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Walking Through the Psalms
In this episode, Dave Jenkins walks through Psalm 145 and explains how the greatness, goodness, mercy, and eternal kingdom of God call believers to continual praise and trust in the Lord.
Psalm 145 reminds Christians that the Lord alone is worthy of endless praise. He is great beyond measure, faithful in all His ways, kind in all His works, and near to all who call upon Him in truth.
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How Christians Fight Anxiety with the Promises of God
Show: Anchored in the Word with Dave Jenkins
Episode: How Christians Fight Anxiety with the Promises of God
Date: June 4, 2026
Show Summary
Anxiety is one of the most common struggles believers face today, yet Scripture teaches that believers overcome anxious thoughts by trusting the Lord, resting in His promises, and depending on Him in prayer.
In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins explains how Philippians 4:6–7 calls believers to bring their fears, worries, and concerns before the Lord and trust His sovereign care.
This episode explores how biblical peace flows from trusting the character of God, how Christians should respond to fear, and why the gospel anchors believers in seasons of uncertainty.
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Why Christians Need God's Promises in Times of Anxiety
Anxiety affects people of every age and stage of life. Concerns about health, finances, relationships, work, family, and the future can quickly consume our thoughts and rob us of peace. While the world often encourages self-reliance or positive thinking as solutions, Scripture directs believers to look beyond themselves and trust in the Lord.
The Bible teaches that peace is not found in controlling circumstances but in knowing and trusting the God who rules over all things. Through prayer, believers bring their fears before the Lord and remember His faithfulness, wisdom, and care. God's promises provide stability when life feels uncertain and remind Christians that they are never outside of His sovereign hand.
In this episode, Dave Jenkins explains how believers can fight anxiety with the promises of God by bringing their concerns to the Lord in prayer, resting in His character, and remembering the hope found in Christ. Rather than being controlled by fear, Christians are called to trust the God who is wise, faithful, and good. The peace God provides is rooted not in changing circumstances but in His unchanging nature.
How This Episode Helps Believers
This episode is designed to help Christians think biblically about anxiety and respond to it in a God-honoring way. Rather than turning first to worldly wisdom or self-reliance, believers are encouraged to look to the Lord and His Word for lasting hope and peace.
Scripture teaches that God is not distant from His people. He knows their fears, understands their struggles, and invites them to cast their cares upon Him. As believers meditate on God's promises and bring their concerns before Him in prayer, they learn to trust His sovereign purposes even when circumstances remain difficult.
The truths discussed in this episode provide practical encouragement for daily life and remind Christians that their confidence rests not in themselves but in the faithfulness of God. Because Christ has secured our salvation through His life, death, and resurrection, believers can face uncertainty with confidence and hope.
Biblical Hope for Anxious Hearts
One of the greatest comforts for believers is knowing that God has not left His people without help in their struggles. Throughout Scripture, the Lord repeatedly calls His people to trust Him, remember His faithfulness, and rest in His promises. Anxiety often causes people to focus on what might happen tomorrow, but the Word of God continually directs believers back to the character of God and His care for His children.
Jesus addressed this issue directly in Matthew 6 when He taught His disciples not to be anxious about their lives. He pointed them to the Father's provision for the birds of the air and the lilies of the field as evidence of God's loving care. If God faithfully provides for His creation, believers can trust that He knows their needs and will sustain them according to His perfect wisdom.
For Christians, hope is not found in the absence of difficulty but in the presence of God. The Lord remains faithful in every circumstance, and His promises never fail. Even when fears persist and circumstances remain uncertain, believers can find confidence in the God who is sovereign, good, and worthy of trust. This confidence does not eliminate every struggle, but it anchors the heart in the truth of God's Word and the finished work of Christ.
Key Scriptures

Philippians 4:6–7
1 Peter 5:7
Matthew 6:25–34

Fight Anxiety with the Promises of God

Why anxious thoughts should be redirected through prayer
How Scripture steadies fearful hearts
The difference between worldly peace and biblical peace
Why Christians can trust God's sovereign character
How the gospel gives lasting hope in fearful seasons

Reflection Question
Where are you tempted to trust your fears more than God's promises?
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The Lord Alone Is Our Strength and Blessing — Psalm 144
By Dave Jenkins

In this episode of the Servants of Grace Podcast, Dave Jenkins continues the Walking Through the Psalms series by teaching through Psalm 144.

Psalm 144 reminds believers that true security is not found in human strength, wealth, power, or earthly success. The Lord alone is the strength, refuge, deliverer, and blessing of His people.

This sermon explores how David praises God as his rock and deliverer while reminding believers of the frailty of human life, the necessity of depending upon the Lord, and the covenant blessing of belonging to God through Christ alone.
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Key Themes from Psalm 144

God as our rock and refuge
The frailty and brevity of human life
Depending upon God in suffering and spiritual warfare
The covenant blessings of belonging to the Lord
Christ as the true and greater King

Key Scriptures

Psalm 144
James 4:14
Galatians 6:1–2
John 14:15

Conclusion
Psalm 144 teaches believers that true strength, security, and blessing are found in the Lord alone. Human strength fades, earthly power disappears, but the Lord remains faithful forever.

Through Jesus Christ, believers receive forgiveness, reconciliation, spiritual security, and everlasting hope. The greatest blessing any people can possess is belonging to the Lord.

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How the Holy Spirit Leads Through Scripture Not Feelings
Dave Jenkins | Anchored in the Word | Servants of Grace


Show Summary
How does the Holy Spirit lead believers according to the Word of God and not according to subjective impressions or feelings?

In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins answers an important question about spiritual guidance, discernment, and sanctification. In a time when many people define the Spirit’s leading by personal impressions, inner peace, or emotional certainty, Scripture gives us a far more reliable foundation.

This episode explains that the Holy Spirit never leads believers away from the truth He inspired. Instead, He leads God’s people through the Word of God, producing holiness, obedience, discernment, and Christlike character.


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Episode Highlights

The Spirit of God always leads through the Word of God
The Spirit never contradicts Scripture
Spiritual maturity is seen in holiness and obedience, not dramatic experiences
Feelings are real, but they are not the final authority
God’s will is revealed primarily in His Word
Believers must test teaching carefully and reject partial truth and subtle deception


Key Scriptures

John 16:13
2 Timothy 3:16–17
Hebrews 4:12
2 Peter 3:18
Luke 24:27
Luke 24:45
Galatians 5:22–23
Romans 8:13–14
Jeremiah 17:9
1 Thessalonians 4:3
John 17:17
Acts 17:11
1 Thessalonians 2:13
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Psalm 119:105


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Many Christians today speak about spiritual guidance in deeply personal terms. They say things like, “The Spirit told me,” “I felt led,” or “God gave me peace about this.” While those phrases may sound sincere, the real issue is not whether they sound spiritual, but whether they reflect what Scripture actually teaches about the leading of the Holy Spirit.

The Bible presents the Spirit’s leading in a very different way than much of modern evangelical language does. The Holy Spirit does not lead believers away from the Word of God, beyond the Word of God, or in contradiction to the Word of God. He leads believers through the Word He inspired. That is where discernment begins. That is where spiritual maturity grows. That is where true assurance and stability are found.

Jesus says in John 16:13, “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth.” That statement matters greatly. The Spirit is the Spirit of truth. He does not guide believers into confusion, contradiction, or self-defined spirituality. He guides them into truth. And since Scripture is the truth that He inspired, His ministry is never detached from the written Word of God.

That is why 2 Timothy 3:16–17 is so important. All Scripture is breathed out by God and is sufficient for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness. The same Spirit who inspired the Word now uses the Word to shape the people of God. He leads us not by bypassing Scripture, but by bringing us deeper into it. He uses the Word to expose sin, renew the mind, strengthen faith, and train believers in obedience.

This means that true spiritual guidance is not mainly about receiving private impressions. It is about being formed by divine revelation. The Spirit works through the means God has appointed. He illuminates the text, helps us understand its meaning, presses its truth upon our conscience, and empowers us to obey it. He does not lead us into self-trust, but into submission to Christ through His Word.

Luke 24 helps us see this clearly. Jesus opened the minds of His disciples to understand the Scriptures, and He taught them that the whole Bible points to Him. The Spirit’s ministry today follows that same Christ-centered pattern. He helps believers understand the Bible rightly, see how it testifies to Christ, and apply it faithfully in daily life. Spiritual growth is not mystical independence from the Bible. It is deeper dependence on the truth of God revealed in Scripture.

That is also why the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22–23 matters so much. The Spirit’s leading is seen not mainly in dramatic claims, but in transformed character. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are evidences of His work. Romans 8:13–14 adds that those who are led by the Spirit are those who, by the Spirit, put sin to death. In other words, the Spirit leads believers toward holiness, not toward self-centered certainty.

This is where feelings must be put in their proper place. Feelings are real. Scripture speaks honestly about them, especially in the Psalms. But feelings are not infallible. Jeremiah 17:9 reminds us that the heart is deceitful. That means emotions, impressions, and internal sensations cannot serve as the final authority for the Christian life. They must be tested by the Word of God.

Many spiritual errors begin here. People redefine obedience by their emotions. They confuse inner peace with divine approval. They assume that sincerity is the same thing as truth. But biblical peace does not come from personal preference. It comes from walking in the truth. God’s will is revealed primarily in Scripture, and His great will for His people is their sanctification. As John 17:17 says, “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” God grows His people through His truth.

So how do believers discern whether something is truly the Spirit’s leading? A few questions help. Does it align with Scripture? Does it promote holiness? Does wise Christian counsel affirm it? Does it produce the fruit of the Spirit? If something contradicts the Bible, it is not from the Spirit. It does not matter how intense the feeling is, how persuasive the teacher sounds, or how attractive the message appears. The Spirit never contradicts Scripture.

This is especially important in a time of subtle deception. Some teachers use Bible words but do not explain the Bible in context. Others give partial truth while avoiding the full meaning of a passage. Some appeal constantly to emotion, experience, and personal story while minimizing careful biblical interpretation. These are serious warning signs. Acts 17:11 commends the Bereans because they searched the Scriptures to test what they were hearing. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 commands believers to test everything and hold fast to what is good.

That means faithful teaching should help Christians think biblically, read carefully, and grow in discernment. If a teacher encourages you to focus more on your feelings than on God’s Word, more on your experience than on God’s truth, or more on private impressions than on the meaning of Scripture, that teacher is not helping you. The Spirit of God always leads deeper into the truth of God’s Word.

There is actually great comfort in this. Many Christians worry that they are somehow missing God’s voice. But the good news is that God has already spoken clearly, sufficiently, and finally in His Word. You do not need secret guidance. You need faithful obedience. The Spirit’s work is often quiet, steady, and ordinary. He grows your love for Scripture. He convicts you of sin. He deepens your trust in Christ. He strengthens perseverance in the daily responsibilities of life. That is real spiritual maturity.

Psalm 119:105 says, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” That is how God leads His people. He does it by His truth. He does it through His Word. He does it by His Spirit. And because the Spirit never contradicts Scripture, believers can walk with confidence, clarity, and discernment as they stay anchored in Christ.


Takeaways and Reflection Questions

Am I looking to Scripture first when I need wisdom and direction?
Have I confused strong feelings with the leading of God?
Is my understanding of spiritual maturity shaped by holiness and obedience or by dramatic experiences?
Do I test what I hear from teachers and preachers by the context and meaning of Scripture?
How is the Spirit using the Word of God to grow me in Christlikeness today?


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Psalm 143 — Hope for the Weary Soul
Walking Through the Psalms | Dave Jenkins
There are seasons in the Christian life when the soul feels weary, discouraged, and overwhelmed. In Psalm 143, David cries out to the Lord for mercy, guidance, and steadfast love in the middle of spiritual exhaustion and suffering.
In this episode of Walking Through the Psalms, Dave Jenkins explains how Psalm 143 teaches believers to honestly bring their struggles before God, remember His faithfulness, seek His guidance, and rest in His steadfast love through Christ alone.
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Psalm 143 is the final penitential psalm and gives voice to the weary believer who brings sorrow, fear, weakness, and need honestly before the Lord. David does not hide his weakness from God. Instead, he cries out for mercy, remembers the works of the Lord, asks for guidance, and rests in the steadfast love of God.
This psalm reminds Christians that God hears the prayers of weary believers, guides His people by His Word and Spirit, and preserves them by His mercy and faithfulness.
Key Scripture

Psalm 143
1 Peter 5:7
Galatians 6:1–2
2 Corinthians 5

Episode Highlights

Why weary believers should cry out to God for mercy
How Psalm 143 speaks to spiritual exhaustion and discouragement
The importance of remembering God’s faithfulness
Why Christians need God’s Word, Spirit, guidance, and people
How Psalm 143 points us to the righteousness and mercy of Christ

Main Points

Crying Out for Mercy Before a Holy God — Psalm 143:1–2
When the Soul Feels Overwhelmed — Psalm 143:3–4
Remembering the Faithfulness of God — Psalm 143:5–6
Seeking the Lord’s Guidance and Steadfast Love — Psalm 143:7–10
Resting in the Steadfast Love of God — Psalm 143:11–12

Why This Matters
Psalm 143 reminds us that bringing weakness before God is not failure. It is faith. The Christian life includes seasons of sorrow, discouragement, and heaviness, but believers are never left without hope. The Lord hears His people, leads them by His Word, and upholds them by His steadfast love.
Ultimately, Psalm 143 points us to Christ, the truly righteous One, who bore judgment for sinners and rose again so that His people might receive mercy, forgiveness, guidance, and everlasting hope.
Reflection Questions

Where do you feel weary, discouraged, or overwhelmed right now?
Have you brought those burdens honestly before the Lord in prayer?
How can remembering God’s past faithfulness strengthen your faith today?
Are you seeking the Lord’s guidance through His Word and Spirit?
Who are trusted, mature believers in your local church you can share burdens with?

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