Tag: Discipleship

Passion Points

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Here are some great posts for your weekend reading:

Full of Grace and Truth – Kevin DeYoung
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately.  We all need to strive for both and tend to lean toward one or the other.  The need is great as we relate to each other and to our culture. This post says it well – please read!

Students, Don’t Waste Your Summer – Jeff Brewer (TGC)
Here are some great ideas for all of us whether you are a student or not.

“One Anothers” I Can’t Find in the New Testament – Ray Ortlund
Sanctify one another, humble one another, scrutinize one another, pressure one another, embarrass one another, corner one another, interrupt one another, defeat one another, sacrifice one another, shame one another, judge one another, run one another’s lives, confess one another’s sins, intensify one another’s sufferings, point out one another’s failings . . . .  Indeed!

4 Reasons to Give Generously – J. I. Packer (Crossway)
It’s Packer and it’s important, so go ahead and read it…and live it too!

Hope you have a great Lord’s Day showing grace and truth and the proper “one anothers” with your local church!

Sermon Songs: Isaiah 12

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His righteous anger turned away
His comforts ever new
He is my strength and song always
I praise and trust in you

Consider all that He has done
Exalted is His name
Here in our midst – the Holy One!
His praise we now proclaim

– From a sermon on Isaiah 12
(To the tune of “O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing”)

Sermon Songs: Isaiah 11

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Our hope is in the coming King
The Branch and yet the Root
Who died & rose this hope to bring
The Branch will bear much fruit

He’ll rule with wisdom and with might
He’ll judge with righteousness
Fear of the Lord is his delight
Away with wickedness!

He’ll end the strife, bring in the peace
And all will know the Lord
From violence and the curse – release
Eden will be restored

The remnant comes from all the earth
From every century
Together we’ll proclaim his worth
For all eternity

– From a sermon on Isaiah 11
(To the tune of “O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing”)

Prayer for the American Church

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Today we continue our focus on praying for our nation.  Last week we prayed for the American people.  Today we want to focus on praying for the American Church.  Again, I have used parts of Isaiah 1-10 that apply to the church as a guide:

Revival – Isaiah 1:10-18
Pray for repentance; hearts and actions given completely to the Lord

Awe of God – Isaiah 6
Pray for reverence, praise, confession, amazement, and availability

Trust – Isaiah 8:11-14a
Pray that we would trust in the Lord in all things in midst of the fear around us

God’s Word – Isaiah 8:20
Pray for a commitment to God’s Word in the midst of the compromise around us

Hope – Isaiah 9:6-7
Pray that we would walk in the hope of our King in the midst of the despair around us