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  • Singing In A Foreign Land

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Feb 20, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,873 views

    Have you lost your song in a foreign land or ’far country’? The Jewish people did in Babylon...this message offers helps on how to return...(the audio has much more than does the manuscript)

    Singing In a Foreign Land Psalm 137:1-4 * Our Psalm today is written by some unknown writer toward the end of the Jewish captivity. It appears to be a report of the feeling of the Jewish people at this time. In it, we can discover some common truths that we have with the Jewish people. Let’s ...read more

  • Dreams, Tears And A Song

    Contributed by Malcolm Coby on Feb 22, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 15,452 views

    We have dreams that are interrupted by situations that result in tears, but God gives us a song of hope and a pre-determined purpose.

    Dreams, Tears and A Song Scripture Text: Psalm 137:1-4 Focus: HOPE, PURPOSE, and RESTORATION The hopes and dreams of people are often shattered by the unexpected or the undesired events of life. This is a word about the process of restoration. We have dreams that are interrupted by ...read more

  • Don't Hang Up Your Harps & Don't Stop Singing

    Contributed by Vincent Oliver on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 75 ratings
     | 70,411 views

    Eulogy for Derro "Smitty" Smith, a faithful church organist. Sermon can be easily adapted to encourage continued Chritian service.

    Psalm 137:1-6 “By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the ...read more

  • The Willow Tree

    Contributed by Richard Deem on Nov 2, 2006
    based on 54 ratings
     | 30,038 views

    All hope was gone. They went from their precious promised land to the heathen land of Babylon (modern day Iraq). They had been warned repeatedly by God through His prophets, yet they had turned a deaf ear!

    "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of ...read more

  • How Can We Sing The Lord's Song?

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 22, 2002
    based on 81 ratings
     | 14,892 views

    Discouragement is one the Satan’s most powerful tools and has stolen the Lord’s song from the lips of many Christians. Some thoughts on how to face this problem that is common to us all at one time or another in our life.

    HOW CAN WE SING THE LORD’S SONG? "How can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?" Psalm 137:4 I. THE CHILD OF GOD HAS A SONG TO SING! "Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord." Ephesians 5:19. ...read more

  • Hope In A Strange Land

    Contributed by Charles Forshee on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 31 ratings
     | 17,466 views

    Many times in life we feel out of place. We are in a strange land. Our tendancy is to set down and cry, but if we will instead turn to Zion and pray and do what we can do, God will help us to thrive EVEN In a Strange Land. We’re not Beyond His Reach if we

    Does anybody in here know what it’s like to FEEL OUT OF PLACE? I do.... One day a few years back....When I was working in the Retail Business.... We had driven to Memphis, TN for a Hardware Convention..... Bobby and Teresa were in their SUV leading the way..... .... and Debra and I were ...read more

  • You Don't Have The Right To Remain Silent Series

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Jan 16, 2012
    based on 10 ratings
     | 17,888 views

    Background for Nehemiah series, motivating the decimated. In this message we talk about the morale of the Jews who long ago had hung up their harps and how Nehemiah had to some how motivate them to build again.

    You Don't Have the Right to Remain Silent PPT 1 - Series slide Last week we began our series on the book of Nehemiah, "Rebuilding and Restoring," by reading the first four verses of chapter 1 and noting that the people living in Jerusalem were living in great reproach and distress behind broken ...read more

  • God's Enduring Love

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jun 1, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 18,935 views

    Message uses God's dealings with Israel to teach about the love of God.

    God’s Enduring Love Jeremiah 31:3-4 Richard Tow 8/21/16 Intro Our text this morning is Jer. 31:3-4. “The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. 4 Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O ...read more

  • Don't Kill The Mockingbird

    Contributed by J Richison on Aug 10, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,722 views

    We must not lose our song in the darkness of night.

    Don't Kill The Mockingbird “To Kill a Mockingbird” was a novel published in 1960 by a lady named Harper Lee. It was a book dealing with racial inequality. Based on a story of a white attorney representing a black man who was accused of raping a white woman. The book was made into a movie in ...read more

  • Lent4b—rejoice Sunday

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 2, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,519 views

    The theology of enjoyment in the Book of Ecclesiastes is repeated over and over: find enjoyment and satisfaction in your work.

    It’s optional— when the Church’s sacred ministers wear “pink” on Laetare Sunday —the Fourth Sunday of Lent. The word is from the Latin word for the command “rejoice!” To illustrate this theme: A famous preacher was trying to teach his students to make their facial expressions harmonize with ...read more

  • Cuarto Domingo De Cuaresma

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 7, 2018
     | 2,682 views

    Hoy es Domingo de Laetare— de la palabra Latina que es un imperativo: “Alégrense”

    Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma Hoy es Domingo de Laetare— de la palabra Latina que es un imperativo: “Alégrense” Para ilustrar este tema, quisiera comenzar con un cuento de buen humor. Resulta que había un predicador famoso que estaba tratando de enseñar a su clase hacer sus ...read more

  • How Shall We Sing In A Strange Land?

    Contributed by John Crisp on Jul 13, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,598 views

    How shall we sing the Lords song in a strange land?

    Psalm 137.4 – How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? • V5 – By not forgetting our home. o “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.” o They always had their minds on home. o They longed for home not the ...read more

  • Engaging The Enemy

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 8, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,308 views

    Psalm 137 begins with heart-breaking pathos and ends with shocking hostility.

    Psalm 137 begins with heart-breaking pathos and ends with shocking hostility. The children of Israel were taken by force from their homeland, a place given them by God. In captivity they sat by the edge of the Euphrates and wept, overcome with despair. Anyone who has suffered a significant loss ...read more

  • Psalm 137 Series

    Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Mar 11, 2020
     | 8,322 views

    A lament for fallen Jerusalem - either prophetic or written in captivity. The psalmist grieves deeply for Zion and pledges to never forget.

    For Sermon Central researchers: I have posted a series of 15 sermons on the Psalms. In recent personal studies I have found the psalms to be richer and more thought-provoking than I had fully appreciated. I had too often swept swiftly through psalms without slowing down to inquire as thoroughly as ...read more

  • Don't Give Up...great Things Take Time

    Contributed by John Daniel Johnson on Sep 30, 2018
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,297 views

    True believers can't give up. That what we feel is a setback is only a setup for the Savior to step through. Don't give up...great things take time!

    Scripture Reference: Psalm 137:1-4 Preached at Mount Zion Baptist Church on June 10, 2018 Delivered by Rev. John Daniel Johnson Introduction: Israel had been in captivity as slave in Egypt. After nearly 400 years of captivity, they were allowed to leave and follow Moses to the Promised Land of ...read more