Message: Psalm 109:1-15, 21-22 “Cursing in the Pews”

What do you do when your honest feelings collide with your faith? Have you ever felt a desire for vengeance that made you feel guilty, only to find that same raw emotion reflected in the Bible itself? In this message, we are diving deep into the difficult “Psalms of cursing,” focusing on the shocking prayer in Psalm 109 where David asks God to make his enemies’ children fatherless and their wives widows. We will wonder how these passages share pages in the same Bible as Jesus’s command to love and bless our enemies, examining the psalmist’s raw honesty, his ultimate trust in God for justice, and the higher call Jesus places on his followers. We’ll even look at how we might use these Psalms today, but differently than they were first intended.