Sermon Notes
Date: 01/11/2026
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs
Key Text: Psalm 116
Description:
When the pain is real…
when the cry is desperate…
and when life feels closer to the end than the beginning…
What kind of God listens?
Today on the Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Monty Simao continues our Wisdom and Worship series
with Psalm 116 —
a song of suffering, deliverance, and grateful devotion.
The psalmist reveals a God who hears the voice of the lowly,
rescues those at the edge,
and dares to call the death of His saints precious.
But the psalm does more:
It points us forward to Jesus —
God’s own Son —
who sang these words
on the night He was betrayed
and went to the cross,
transforming death itself
from an ending… into a doorway to life.
Here we learn what it means to trust the Lord in suffering,
to offer a sacrifice of praise,
and to live — and die —
with the confidence that we are precious in His sight.
Because the very God who hears your cry
is the same God who holds your life…
and your final breath.
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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 