Overview
A Shelter in the Time of Storm:
Meditations on God and Trouble
A fresh, edgy, personal, challenging, and hopeful devotional on Psalm 27, a psalm that juxtaposes trouble and worship. A companion to
Whiter Than Snow, a devotional based on Psalm 51.
Fifty-two meditations on Psalm 27 instruct and encourage believers to worship God through the ups and downs of life.
Psalm 27 is a psalm of trouble and worship, of difficulty and beauty, of the evil of people against people, and of the mercy of God. Because of its honesty about life in this fallen world, Psalm 27 speaks into the life of every believer. At the same time it places joyful and self-sacrificing worship right next to the trouble that is the psalm’s background theme. This juxtaposition makes Psalm 27 unique, interesting, practical, challenging, and encouraging.
A Shelter in the Time of Storm takes readers through this roller-coaster-ride of a psalm in fifty-two brief and engaging meditations. These meditations are designed to fill hearts with a patient hope that grows stronger as the trouble-spotted days go by. Reflection questions at the end of the chapter make these meditations thought-provoking and practical.
"Paul Tripp writes out of the experience of his own suffering and his skill as a pastor/counselor in helping people through times of trouble. He knows what it is like to go through the storms of life, but more importantly, he knows where to find shelter. This book will help anyone who is hoping to find refuge."
- Phil Ryken, Senior Pastor, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
"Can one psalm really changee your life? It can if you dig deeply enough. A Shelter in the Time of Storm is Paul Tripp at his fines - excavating Psalm 27 with clarity, potency, and straight-to-the-heart relevance. When troubles come knocking, do yourself a favor: let this book teach you how to treasure no less than fify-two life transforming truths from a grace-filled psalm."
- Dave Harvey, church care and church planting, Sovereign Grace Ministries; author
Sample Content:
View Introduction, Chapter 8 and Chapter 14
| Table of Contents |
|
| Introduction: Hope in God in a World That Is Broken |
7 |
| Psalm 27 |
13 |
| Meditations |
| 1. Life as a Student |
17 |
| 2. Breathing Violence |
20 |
| 3. Realistic Expectations |
23 |
| 4. Fearless Forever |
26 |
| 5. The World’s Best Security System |
29 |
| 6. On Christ the Solid Rock |
32 |
| 7. Sight Problems |
35 |
| 8. What Is Your One Thing? |
38 |
| 9. Two Words You Never Want to Hear |
41 |
| 10. Sign Beauty |
44 |
| 11. Inner Strength |
47 |
| 12. Goodness |
50 |
| 13. Why Would God Ever Answer Me? |
53 |
| 14. You’re Talking to Yourself |
56 |
| 15. The Shortest Distance between Two Points |
58 |
| 16. Mercy Prayer |
60 |
| 17. Uber Music |
62 |
| 18. Take Heart |
64 |
| 19. Not Yours |
67 |
| 20. Sinned Against Again |
69 |
| 21. The Pursuit-of-God Paradigm |
72 |
| 22. Safe |
75 |
| 23. The Delusion of Independence |
78 |
| 24. Singleness of Focus |
80 |
| 25. The Worship of Another |
82 |
| 26. The Rejection of Rejection |
85 |
| 27. Spiritual Muscles |
88 |
| 28. The Back of God’s Head |
91 |
| 29. Under Attack |
93 |
| 30. Someday |
96 |
| 31. The Theology of Beauty |
99 |
| 32. One Beauty |
102 |
| 33. Wanting What Is Right When You Are Wronged |
105 |
| 34. People in Need of Help |
108 |
| 35. Watch Out for the Flesh Eaters! |
110 |
| 36. Why I Hate to Wait |
114 |
| 37. Losing Heart |
117 |
| 38. Where You Gonna Run, Where You Gonna Hide? |
119 |
| 39. Days of Beauty |
122 |
| 40. Going to School |
125 |
| 41. The Good Life |
128 |
| 42. Family Forever |
130 |
| 43. Caught in the Middle |
133 |
| 44. From Your Lips to Messiah’s Ears |
136 |
| 45. Why Bother? |
139 |
| 46. Productive Delay |
142 |
| 47. Hearts at Rest |
144 |
| 48. False Witnesses |
147 |
| 49. A Plan for Your Life |
149 |
| 50. Stumbling at the Cross |
152 |
| 51. Functional Blindness |
154 |
| 52. Rest |
158 |
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