08.01.07
Posted in The Psalms at 10:58 am by dowboy
I want to start tonight with two different worlds. My first world is approximately 400BC where there was a great man writing a masterpiece. His name was Sun Tzu and he was a general of an army in China. He wrote a book called, ‘The Art of War’ where he discusses the tactics of battle and the strategies of war. My second world is that of Ashes Cricket where, at the present moment, Australia are threatening to whitewash England. Cricket commentators have termed this present Australian Cricket Team one of the greatest to have ever played Test Cricket. But these same commentators also pay tribute to the Australian Cricket Coach, a man called John Buchanan – a ruthless winner with, what sportsmen call, the Eye of the Tiger. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted in The Psalms at 10:56 am by dowboy
Remember! That’s the message of Psalm 105 – Remember the amazing things God has done for you! God has worked an epic of salvation and deliverance in your life – Remember it and praise God! That is the message of the next different type of Psalm we are looking at – Psalms of Remembrance – like Psalm 105 – Psalms which look back to all the wonderful ways in which God has and is blessing His people. I want to see three things tonight about this epic story of God’s salvation: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted in Shorter Catechism on Prayer at 10:54 am by dowboy
Read: Luke 17:1-19
For every ten who ask, there is only one who thanks. It is my observation as a parent that I do not need to educate my children into the art of asking for things, but I do need to teach them how to say thank you. Last time we looked at a hard word to say to God - the word ‘sorry’, and this time we are looking at another hard word to say to God - ‘thank you’. But just as saying sorry, or confession, is a vital part of prayer, so is saying thank you, or thanksgiving. And so we reach the last of our six studies into what the Westminster Shorter Catechism teaches us about prayer in A.98 - “Prayer is an offering up to God of our desires, for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with due confession of our sins and thankful acknowledgement of His mercies” by looking at what the Catechism has to tell us of the unbreakable link between prayer and thanksgiving. I want to see three things tonight about thanksgiving in prayer - first, the fundamentals of thanksgiving - things we need to understand about thanksgiving before we go any further; secondly, the fund of thanksgiving - things we are to give thanks for; lastly, the foundation of thanksgiving or why we need to give thanks to God for what He gives us. Read the rest of this entry »
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