(Due to significant technical difficulties, the podcast from 9/14-9/28 (The Awkwardness of Conviction, The Awkwardness of Affection, and the Awkwardness of Failure) is unavailable. We hope to have remedied this problem).
Sometimes life can get awkward because God places you in unthinkable situations. This is where Abraham found himself when God asked him to sacrifice his son Isaac. This story is horrific to modern ears, but what was God doing? Why would he ask this of Abraham? Would he ask us to do the same thing? In the end, it’s all about who you trust.
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Too often the Christian life is painted as though it should be perfect and free from pain. The reality is that life is messy and failures are part of our story. Fortunately, God’s word is full of stories that teach us that God is always at work, especially in the mess of life. When things are messiest and most painful is often doing the biggest work.
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On a very special child dedication Sunday, we consider the blessing of children. God’s purpose for children in our lives is one of tremendous blessing and strategic importance.
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Poetry is meant to move us- to stir something deep within us. In Psalm 19, we see 3 verses that build and evoke something powerful in our hearts…but it doesn’t end with swell of emotion, but instead an inward assessment in light of God’s goodness shown to us through his creation and his word.
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In 1900, the first Hershey’s bar was produced and it was produced for one reason: to be experienced and enjoyed. In Psalm 34, David challenges and pleads with us to taste the goodness of grace. Information, duty, and deeds too often replace the essential experience of grace. Do you know about God or have you feasted at his table? (Note: there is a video clip used as part of this sermon. You can find that clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEN4hcZutO0)
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Sometimes the thing we want is far from the thing that we need. So often we want God to exist for us, but we need a God that has higher goals than that. Thankfully, that’s the God we have- one that is concerned with his glory, but is still good, merciful, and sovereign. Psalm 135 gives a picture of the God that is, which is exactly the God we need.
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David’s life was full of drama and difficulty. Psalm 142 was written at the height of fear and despair, but his trust in God was solid. We can learn from David’s faith and see what it means to follow God in all of life, even when we aren’t sure what that looks like.
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Psalm 2 serves as an introduction to the books of Psalms and as a warning to all those that would oppose Israel’s God. It’s message is clear: Honor and submit to the Lord’s anointed and things will go well for you. Rebel against him and their are dire consequences. Written for the King of Israel, but meant to make us look to the King of Kings.
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This fallen world has no shortage of heartache and difficulty. When faced with this, where do we turn? Who do we look to? Psalm 73 tells us that even when it feels like God is far away, he has given us his word and his church as a source for our hope and joy.
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Your faith has an impact far greater than yourself. The message of Psalm 128 is a powerful reminder that our faith’s effects are not limited to ourselves, but can have a far reach impact on others. This is especially true for men and this Psalm is a profound truth in this Father’s Day message.
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Is Christianity something that can be taught? Or is there something more to it than that?
We can teach someone the science of hitting a baseball and the technique for playing the piano, but this alone will not make them great. The science of hitting and music is helpful, but in the end there is an art to these skills. Christianity is much the same. We can teach, model, read, and study, but there is an art to living out the Christian faith. This is nature of the Book of Psalms. It is the art of the Christian life.
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In 2012 Providence Church participated in a program entitled “The Journey.” Over the course of that year, we read through the entire bible chronologically and all sermons followed this reading plan as well. This sermon is an overview of the Book of Psalms from April 2012. As we begin our summer series “The Songs of Summer”, this is a good primer as we begin our look at the Psalms.
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As Paul concludes his letter to the church in Rome, he sends his personal greetings. In doing so, he provides a great picture of the early church and the relationships they formed. What can we learn about the early church from the way he greets those Christians? It’s a beautiful picture of the way God intends for the church to function. (We apologize for the audio issues)
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God is always at work around us and often time we have no idea why he works in the ways that he does. Paul’s prayer was to make it to Rome without incident before he left for another mission trip. He did make it to Rome, but not quite in the way he had expected. This message helps us see the providence of God and the profound faith we can have in a God that is always at work-even when it hurts.
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Paul was a man on a mission. He knew what God had called him to and the task God had set before him. He also knew the source of power that fueled this mission. This led him to a bold confidence and a deep humility that enabled him to accomplish this task. Do you have the same bold ambition as Paul? His humility? (We apologize for the audio difficulties)
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