From Everlasting To Everlasting

Preached October 25, 2026 - Morning Sermon
Text: Psalm 90
Heritage Baptist Church

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Pastor Titus Cannon opens this sermon on Psalm 90 by declaring that the only lasting foundation for a fleeting life is an eternal God. He shows from the opening verses that God has been the dwelling place of His people in every generation, existing from everlasting to everlasting before the mountains or the earth were formed. Moses then sets this eternality against the brevity of human life, which is like grass that flourishes in the morning and withers by evening, and against the reality that our secret sins stand fully exposed before a holy God. The psalm closes with a prayer that God would teach us to number our days, satisfy us with His mercy, and establish the work of our hands. In Jesus Christ we find the refuge and the sure hope that outlasts every change in this temporary world.

Scripture

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Psalm 90

Reflection Questions

1. Where have you placed your hope-on things that pass away, or on the God who is from everlasting to everlasting?
2. What does it look like for you to number your days and live with eternity in view this week?
3. How does the reality that God sees our secret sins call you to honest confession and dependence on His mercy?
4. In what specific ways can you ask the Lord to establish the work of your hands for His glory?

Adapted from the sermon preached October 25, 2026 by Pastor Titus Cannon.

For further reading: Psalm 90; Isaiah 40:28; James 4:14; Romans 6:23; Psalm 46:1; Hebrews 13:8.

Titus Cannon, Pastor | Heritage Baptist Church

Titus has lived in five Southern states but has gladly called Alabama home since 2005. He and his wife Cammy have 10 children. Baptized at the young age of eight, he has long had a love for the Lord. After a debilitating injury in 2012 he learned to lean on God in many ways. Through this experience, God called him to not just be a student of the Word but also a messenger of the Word. He was ordained to ministry in 2021.