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Content to Fill a Little Space, if Thou be Glorified

If you’d take your Bibles in hand and turn with me to Psalm 131, we're continuing our way through the fifth book of the Psalms together. And as we're working through the fifth book of the Psalms, we are also working through the psalms of ascents, those songs that were sung by the pilgrims on the way to Jerusalem during the great, holy festivals. And this psalm is a psalm about submission to the Lord's providence, repose, and rest in Him, even when the circumstances of your life are not conducive to your being able to rest. It's a psalm about contentment and contentment is a pursuit that is easier spoken about than attained. And this psalm has much to teach us about that submission and repose and contentment that the Lord wants us to have even in the midst of the…

The Cure for Covetousness

The Lord's Day Morning September 5, 2010 Luke 12:22-34 “The Cure for Covetousness” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III As we continue to prepare for worship, I want you to take your bulletins in hand if you would. Notice in the middle of the order of service this morning, you will be singing with the choir during the offertory. At that time you’ll sing John Rutter's arrangement of the wonderful hymn, “Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation.” And how many times do you get to sing parts of the ancient Trinitarian creeds of the church in your morning worship? You’ll be singing the words consubstantial and co-eternal, and all of the theologians in the room are so excited about that that we would love to talk with anybody who has questions about those terms. But you’re just singing parts…

How to Pray (3): Daily Bread

The Lord's Day Morning May 30, 2010 Luke 11:1-4 “How to Pray (3): Daily Bread” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker, for He is our God and we are the people of His pasture, the flock under His care. Let us worship Him. If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 11 as we continue working our way through the gospel of Luke and as we continue working our way through the Lord's Prayer. We come today to the third verse especially, the third petition, in Luke's version of our Lord's Prayer. We’ll concentrate on it. We've seen already several things. One, when the disciples ask Jesus to teach them to pray He took them to the Bible. Each of these petitions come right out of the…

Godliness with Contentment Is Great Gain

The Lord's Day Morning November 1, 2009 Stewardship Sunday 1 Timothy 6:6-8 “Godliness with Contentment is Great Gain” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III This morning we will look at 1 Timothy chapter 6, verses 6 to 8 this morning. This is the passage that our deacon-stewardship committee has chosen as the theme, or to draw the theme, of our stewardship season this year — “Godliness with Contentment is Great Gain” — so we're going to consider this passage. Now, T Dale gave us an…

Content in Every Situation

The Lord's Day Morning June 1, 2008 Philippians 4:10-20 Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ and the Peace that Passes Understanding: A Study of Philippians “Content in Every Situation” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Now let me invite you to take your Bibles in hand and turn with me to Philippians 4, as we have drawn almost to the end of this great letter. The amazing passage that we are going to read today contains three of the most well-known and beloved phrases or sentences…

Thirsty for God: The Christian Experience of Longing…

If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 63. David is in the wilderness. This is probably not the time of his wilderness flight from Saul. Our best hint at that comes from verse 11, which tells us about those whose mouths are speaking lies against him, [and] apparently indicates the time from the revolt of Absalom. You’ll remember his own son, Absalom, drove David out of Jerusalem, out of his palace, out of his capital, out of the place of worship of the people of…

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