Psalm 42:1-11 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to...
Introduction: some years ago, I was at a wedding of a close friend of mine, while Catriona was at a wedding of a close friend of hers. Inconveniently, our two close friends hadn’t co-ordinated very well, and put their weddings on the same day. The one...
Psalm 95:1-11 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! 3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great...
Psalm 8:1-9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I look at your heavens,...
Psalms 73 1 Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4...
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Exodus 3:1-12 [Intro - What’s the problem? Our contemporary cultural context] The story of the Burning Bush One of the most famous stories coming out of the Bible The problem with familiarity… We become indifferent We become apathetic Perhaps, one of the reasons many of us have grown cold in our...
1 Samuel 16:1-13 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” 2 And Samuel...
Matthew 2:13-23 13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the...