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The Lord Speaks Peace to His People
Psalm 85. It’s a community lament. The psalmist moves from God’s past favor to his people to the present needs to a future hope in him. As we look to the reading of God’s Word, if you’d please join with me in prayer. Father, indeed you are a helper, and so we would come asking that by your Holy Spirit Your help in opening up our minds so that as…
Conflict, Complaints, and Christ
Standing for the reading of God’s word. We’re looking in the book of Proverbs how we biblically deal wisely with personal offenses and conflicts through the wisdom of God’s word. And as we look to his word, if you would join with me in prayer. Heavenly Father, as we come before you in your presence, we ask that you would open our ears to hear your voice,…
Joy in the Journey
Psalm 126. I’m sure regarding finances you’ve heard that expression, past performance is no guarantee of future or present results. People hedging their bets. But when you speak of the Lord’s past performance, there is no hedging. We have a future hope based on what he has done for us in the past. And it is true and it is certain. If we look to the…
Defeating Disappointment, Discouragement, and Despair
Text morning, we’re starting in Proverbs 14. We consider how we deal with disappointments as Christians as we look to the reading of God’s word. If you join with me in prayer. Blessed are you, O God, the Father of all mercy. You have elected us, you’ve called us, you have…
Good News for Skeptics & Cynics
As we look to God’s Word, one brief quote comes to mind from Oswald Chambers today. He said that “eyes that look are common and eyes that see are rare.” Something for us to ponder as we look together in God’s Word. If you want to follow with your pew Bible, it’s on page 878, but you can also look from your bulletin as we read from Luke 19. He…
Forgiven
Continue in our Summer Psalms and Proverbs series. We’re in Psalm 32 today, one of the 7 penitential psalms, which means psalms of confession and forgiveness. As we look to the reading of God’s word, if you join with me in prayer. Father of all mercies, in your word we see your great glory, and your word guides our steps. It gives discernment to those who seek…
The True Judge
And I told them, “Oh, I’m gonna preach a sermon for you.” And that started happening more and more. Even this morning I heard a story of some great injustice. And so there is a time and a place for this. And here we go. So let’s now turn our eyes to God’s word. Let’s ask that he might give us fresh eyes, open ears, and a soft heart to…
Thriving in an Anxious Age
If you’re visiting with us, it’s our normal practice to preach systematically through whole books of the Bible or sections. This morning, however, we are going to be looking topically as Christians dealing with anxiety, and you see a medley of texts printed in your bulletin. As we look to reading of God’s Word, if you’d join with me in prayer. Our…
Proverbs and Marriage
Please rise for the reading of God’s Word. Continuing in the book of Proverbs this morning, looking at the wisdom of Proverbs, particularly regarding marriage. So we’re looking at Proverbs starting in verse 3. But as we look to the reading of God’s Word, if you would please join with me in prayer. Our God, we do ask that you guide us by your word and…
Mocking Our Way to Foolishness
In the book of Proverbs this morning, we start our summer Psalms and Proverbs series. We’re looking this morning at the mocker or the scorner, the type of fool who tears down rather than builds up, who insults rather than encourages, and who divides rather than unites. As we look to the reading of God’s word, if you join with me in prayer. Lord, we do ask that…