North Ridge Life Church

Pastor Marc Sharp continues the series "Songs of Ascents" with part ten. This series is looking at 15 Psalms (Psalm 120-134) designated as “Songs of Ascents”, which are God’s guidebook for right worship in the church. Previously, in Psalms 127 and 128, we saw how God’s blessing transforms our families. Today, in Psalm 129, we may become anxious when we hear of the afflictions of God's people. Historically, Christ’s church has also been greatly afflicted. She’s known imprisonment, beatings, executions, and the plundering of her property. In the U.S., while we haven’t seen the same degree of persecution thus far, our values are mocked and the truths of the gospel are regarded as injurious to society. We face hostility from the professional, political and academic realms. But the people of God remain. We are the survivors of despots and their decrees, tyrants and their torture chambers, emperors and their empires; all are gone, yet we remain and shall