View and read Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton's Sermon from the Opening Worship Service of General Conference Psalm 46 God’s Defense of His City and People 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present[a] help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of th