To see the gospel bear fruit in the Inner West and the World as we commit, grow, engage and send.
Sermons on Psalms
Introduction – Being ‘Australian’ and being ‘human’
To be truly human is to magnify God’s majesty by:
- Praising Him verbally (1b-2)
- Viewing ourselves humbly (3-4)
- Caring for the Earth responsibly (5-6)
Do you have the mind of Christ?
Introduction – Resolutions and aspirations for 2020
- A dire situation (3)
- Crying to God in desperation (1 and 4)
- Experiencing God’s salvation (1-2 and 5-8)
- Responding to God’s gracious provision (10-19)
What shall I return to the Lord for all his goodness to me?
- Speaking of God’s goodness in saving us (13a)
- Calling on Him and no other (2b, 13b and 17b)
- Serving our God all our days (9 and 15-16)
Will you play to please your Master only?
Introduction and Background
· What if I don’t feel jolly?
· Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
· Joy to the World (1719)
· Watts and chronic illness
Why can we sing for joy at Christmas, even when times are tough?
1) Jesus has come as our Promised King (Lk 2:8-12)
2) King Jesus has come to save us from sin (Matt 1:20-21)
3) King Jesus will end sin’s destruction of things (Ps 98; Gen 3:17-19; Rom 8:20-22)
4) Jesus will reign as the best of all Kings (Is 9:6-7; Phil 2:9-11)
- Learning wisdom through a riddle
- If that’s the riddle, what’s the lesson?
- Putting wisdom into practice
- Our God is for us (1-8)
- Our God has left us (9-16)
- Our God achieves His own purposes through our suffering (17-22)
- Our only hope when in the depths … (23-26)
- Exposed: The story behind the prayer
- Feeling the weight
- Seeing God and myself clearly
- Restoration and God’s purposes