The ideas and instructions laid out here are given for our good, so that we’d be rooted in Christ and built up in his truth.
But here’s what Bartimaeus was good at. He knew how to beg for mercy. And he knew who to beg from.
Not only does God support his people with a lifetime warranty. But he tells us that his faithfulness is forever. His faithfulness to those who trust him – it continues beyond our earthly lifetimes.
As you’re sent out with God’s grace, glory in the Christian faith. Give generously as someone who has been made rich in Christ’s fullness. And guard the good deposit entrusted to you.
As Christians we face constant temptations and difficulties, but in Jesus Christ we have better things than the world can offer.
Jesus sends us into each other’s lives, and into the lives of other people, so that we’d be able to encourage each other: “Do not fear; only believe.”
"We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul..."
Will you curse God and sink? Or will you trust God and swim?
Feeling downcast? Pray, sing, preach the gospel to yourself, and be convinced of God's love and sovereign power.
Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.
We conclude our series on Psalm 16 by considering the Christian's hope as it is laid out in verses 10 and 11. We look forward to our resurrection bodies and the pleasures we will enjoy in the beatific vision – when we gaze upon God in glory.
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
When the Christian Hope of heaven and the enjoyment of God is our hope, we begin to enjoy the blessings of our future inheritance in the present.
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.
Hope in Psalm 16 This evening we’re beginning a little sermon series. We’ll be working through Psalm 16 over the next 4 evenings that I will preach. This evening, July…
Your present state does not give you any choice but to hope or long for something better.
Believers in the God of Abraham have great hope for the future.
(As one who trusts in Christ,) do joyfully look to the future, knowing that the Everlasting God will transform your grief to gladness?
in Christ, life is good and productive, and death is transformed into gain. In Christ, we’re given a new commission to live for the one who died for us, and new confidence to die for the one who lives for us.
God doesn’t just preserve us by putting a big, plexiglass dome over the sapling of our faith – but he preserves us by growing our faith into a mature tree, that can withstand windstorms and winters.