Fostering Spiritual Growth Through Revelation and Reflection

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### Quotes for Outreach

1. "The universe sings. It sings a song of worship to the Creator God, the Glorious One. And then He provides His special revelation, God's Word for us, so that we can get to know His character, that He is a God of covenant love and faithfulness. And out of that, we should be evaluating our hearts. As we get to know Him, then we can evaluate our hearts and adjust our lives from there." [01:21:08] (24 seconds) ( | | )

2. "So the idea is, is every day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, anyone can walk outside and look up and they can see the sky. They can see the first heaven, which declares there is a God. And even at night, we can go outside and we can look up and we can see the stars and the planets and what's going on in outer space. And we can know there is a God. There is a God who's glorious. There's a God who's creator. There's a God who's powerful. There's a God who is wise." [50:42] (27 seconds) ( | | )

3. "When I experience his presence, it's usually in two different environments. One environment is, when the family of God is gathering and we're doing corporate worship, this is just me. This might not be true for you, but I love coming into a space like this and being able to worship with God's people. The second place, and probably happens even more often, is when I'm outside. There's something about creation for me. And again, this might not be true for you. God is individual. He's got a personal relationship with all of us." [55:25] (24 seconds) ( | | )

4. "How many come in here tired, carrying a heavy burden, and you say, boy, I would just love for my life to be renewed. God's word can do that. The testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making the inexperienced, wise. If you've been around here any length of time, you know, you know, and I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I mean, second grade was two of the best years of my life. And not that smart. I don't know what my IQ is. I don't think I want to know. But you know what I would rather be than smart? I have nothing against you guys that have a high IQ. That's awesome. Okay. I don't. But all of us can be wise. How? Through God's word." [01:03:21] (44 seconds) ( | | )

5. "The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing one's life. The testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise. The precepts of the Lord are right, making the heart glad. The command of the Lord is radiant, making the eyes light up. The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the Lord are reliable and altogether righteous. They are more desirable than gold, than the abundance of pure gold, and sweeter than honey dripping from the honeycomb. In addition, your servant is warned by them, and in keeping them, there is abundant reward." [01:00:38] (39 seconds) ( | | )

### Quotes for Members

1. "David recognizes that he struggles against two types of sin. And they're the same two types of sin that you and I struggle with. There's a sin that we know about, right? Sin is anything that we do that displeases God. And there's sin that we know about. There's sin in our lives that we struggle with. And we struggle, and it's a temptation, and it's a struggle over and over and over again. And David's saying, keep me from those willful sins. Keep me from those things that I know are sin. If you're sitting here, and you're a follower of Christ, and you say, man, I'm really struggling with sin. Good. Good. Fathers of Christ struggle with sin. People who don't know Christ are enslaved to it." [01:10:28] (34 seconds) ( | | )

2. "David's saying, listen, the issue isn't the words, as it is the heart. And he's saying, man, I get the meditations of my heart right. And then he says, Yahweh, my rock and my redeemer. And in that word redeemer there, David is looking forward to something. He's looking forward to God taking care of his sin. He knows he cannot pay for his own sin. And he's looking forward to God taking care of it. The good news for us is we don't look forward to it. We live out of that. Because since David's time, Jesus has come. He's lived a perfect life. He was crucified on a Roman cross. He was buried for three days. And then he rose again victorious over sin and death. And then we have access to that forgiveness when we place our faith and trust in him." [01:13:07] (47 seconds) ( | | )

3. "What brings us freedom is when we look at God in natural revelation, see that there is a God. He's glorious and powerful and creator and wise. And then we get to know him in God's word and we see that he's a God of covenant love and faithfulness. And then we adjust our lives based on that. That's what leads us to freedom. That's the exact opposite of what our culture says. And be careful because our culture can impact our thinking way more than we would like to think. So how's your heart this morning? Midsummer, spiritual check-in. How's your heart?" [01:14:31] (32 seconds) ( | | )

4. "So David now switches his attention. From natural revelation, that which we can see in the sky 24 hours a day, to special revelation. Special revelation. He turns his attention to God's Word. He turns his attention to God's Word. So you might say, what's special revelation? Special revelation is that which comes directly from God and is recorded in the inspired scriptures. So he's talking about God's Word, what we have here in the Bible. The content of this revelation is truth that we could not know about God. Unless God told us directly. For instance, the Trinity and justification by faith through faith in Christ would be impossible to figure out on our own." [01:00:38] (46 seconds) ( | | )

5. "So David says that this unintentional sin, this sin I'm not even aware of, would you cleanse me from that? And so that I may be blameless and cleansed from blatant rebellion. And then in verse 14, he says, may the words of my mouth, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to you. Some versions say pleasing to you. How many of you struggle with the words of your mouth? I mean, I do. I'm not sure I've ever gotten to the end of a day when all the words of my mouth were pleasing to him. I think I've come, I don't mean to brag, I think I've come really close. Like, I've had days when I've been by myself the whole day. And I think I've, I think then I might've come close. But this is a struggle for all of us, isn't it? Like the words of our mouth, isn't that such a struggle to get them, get them right? That's, that's huge." [01:11:47] (52 seconds) ( | | )

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