Sermon Notes
Date: 12/28/2025
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs
Key Text: Psalm 118
Description:
Disappointment.
Loss.
Questions… unanswered.
What do you cling to when your year ends this way?
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good… His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to Psalm 118 in our Wisdom and Worship study — a psalm of thanksgiving written from the other side of distress.
His lovingkindness is everlasting.
It does not deny danger, betrayal, or discipline — but declares that none of these things has the final word.
His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Framed by the repeated confession that “His lovingkindness is everlasting…”
…Everlasting.
This psalm calls God’s people to give thanks, trust the Lord alone, and rejoice in the salvation He provides.
His lovingkindness is everlasting.
On this final Lord’s Day of the year, Psalm 118 invites us to look back with honesty, look ahead with hope, and look upward in praise.
His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Ultimately, this psalm finds its fullest meaning in Jesus Christ — the Rejected Stone who became the Chief Cornerstone — whose saving work turns suffering into victory and fear into joyful worship.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good… His lovingkindness is everlasting.
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Discussion Guide:
This guide is designed for both individual reflection, as well as group discussions like family worship. My prayer is that it will allow you to dwell longer, and meditate more, upon God’s holy Word and will be fodder for sanctifying conversations.
— M.S.
Scandia Bible Church 