Passion Points

Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:

God Is an Inexhaustible Fountain of Love – Jonathan Edwards (via Trevin Wax)
And there this glorious fountain forever flows forth in streams, yea, in rivers of love and delight, and these rivers swell, as it were, to an ocean of love, in which the souls of the ransomed may bathe with the sweetest enjoyment, and their hearts, as it were, be deluged with love.

Fountain of Love, Fill Our Souls – E. B. Pusey (via Trevin Wax)
O God, Fountain of love, pour your love into our souls,
that we may love those whom you love with the love you have given us…

Conflicts: Our Laboratories of Love – Jon Bloom (DG)
Here’s the good news: Conflict is the laboratory in which love (agapē) grows. Conflict is the construction area where humility is built. Conflict is the radiology department where pride is exposed. Conflict is the field where our treasure is unearthed. Conflict is a discipline God uses to make us holy and bear the peaceful fruit of righteousness (Hebrews 12:10–11).

Worship God as Our Father – Stephen Miller (DG)
Worship is responding to God — who he is and what he has done. And the truth that God would give his own Son that he might make us his sons and daughters ought to produce awe and wonder and amazement in us. It ought to make us stop for a second — or for a Sunday morning — and say, How great is the love of the Father! How could we not sing? How could we not shout? How could we not respond, with all that we are, to all that he has done for us?

Hope you have a great Lord’s Day worshiping our Father and loving his people!

Passion Points

Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:

4 Ways To Pray – Tim Challies

22 Benefits of Meditating on Scripture – Justin Taylor

Our Everyday Obedience Is Our Best Witness – J. D. Greear

Worship Is More Important Than Your Small Group – Jason Helopoulos

Hope you have a great Lord’s Day gathered together to worship with your local church!

Sermon Songs: Isaiah 31

O God our hope – our Holy Lord
Of wisdom, power, and love
Whose judgment’s like a mighty sword
The Lord of Hosts above

O God our hope for each new day
Lord may we turn to you
For all of life, Lord let us pray
Our gaze set firm on you

– From a sermon on Isaiah 31
(To the tune of “O God Our Help In Ages Past”)

Sermon Songs: Isaiah 28

He is our sure foundation, our crown of glory
He is our satisfaction, our wreath of beauty
A rest for the weary, a peaceful repose
From our strivings, our wantings, our fears, and our foes

He’s our stone of salvation, our security
Though mere mortals will fail us, our Helper is He
He’s our source of wisdom, upon which we stand
Firm upon our foundation, held safe in His hand

– From a sermon on Isaiah 28
(To the tune “How Firm A Foundation”)

Sermon Songs: Isaiah 12

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”)