Sermons on Contentment

Psalm 131

Psalm 131

  • An Inappropriate Introduction
  • Testimony Time
  • Psalms Toolset
    • Superscriptions
    • Beginning and Ending
    • The Naming of God
    • Voices and Addresses
    • Questions
    • Imperatives
    • The Previous and Following Psalm
  • Applying the toolset to Psalm 131
  • Psalm 131
    • What David doesn’t do (Verse 1)
    • What he has done (Verse 2)
    • What God’s people should do (Verse 3)
  • A not so inappropriate conclusion

“There remain with God” Sex, Marriage and Counter-cultural Contentment

1 Corinthians 7:1-24

  • Love in an age of manufactured discontent
  • Particular issues…
    • For the married: sex or celibacy? (v1-7)
    • For widows and the unmarried: to (re)marry or not to (re)marry? (v8-9)
    • For those married to a fellow believer: to stay together or to separate? (v10-11)
    • For those married to an unbeliever: to stay or to leave? and if your partner leaves?
  • General Principles…
    • Accepting God’s gifts (v7, 17, 21)
    • Keeping God’s commandments (v10, 19)
    • Responding to God’s call (v17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24)
    • Living in God’s freedom (v23)