On Sunday my father-in-law and our church’s financial administrator, Gary Warkentin, gave an introduction to our service on comparing cultural worlviews of money to the bibical gospel worldview. This week we take a break from the “Developing the Disciplines” blog series to summarize his talk on Treasuring Jesus and His mission.
The second segment of two sermons addressing the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This sermon is part of the Walking According to the Spirit sermon series and is an exegetical treatment of Romans 8:9-13. This sermon was originally preached August 26th of 2007 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
This week we look at prayer.
There are many spiritual disciplines God makes available to us as means for growing, stabilizing, and delighting us in a pursuit of his glory. I am expounding on 9 of them, one each week.
For many how one is to live as a Christian in this world is a huge question mark. The result is often a compartmentalization, where your Christian self fits into Sunday mornings and the rest of the week is a different story. I want to help us all have a picture of what the regular Christian life is to look like.
The first segment of two sermons addressing the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This sermon is part of the Walking According to the Spirit sermon series and is an exegetical treatment of Romans 8:9-13. This sermon was originally preached August 19th of 2007 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
2. Meditation
Psa 19:14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psa 77:12 I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty deeds.
In our day and age, most of us, when we hear the word “meditation,” automatically think of eastern meditation, where the goal is to empty your mind in attempt to gain relaxation and tranquility.
Here is an excerpt from the Upanishad, “OM! This syllable is the whole world…