Psalm 1 (ESV)
August 16, 2020
preached by Pastor Ryan Bouton
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“My rest is a weapon against the oppression
Of man’s obsession to control things
Look at the long line of make believe kings
And the lord of the flies wants you to kiss his ring
Follow new rules with invisible strings
And become a puppet in a diabolical scheme
How do good men become a part of the regime?
They don’t believe in resistance.”

~Josh Garrels, “Resistance”

“Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While it lasts, the religion of worshipping oneself is the best… As you perhaps know, I haven’t always been a Christian. I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity I am certain there must be a patent American article on the market which will suit you far better, but I can’t give any advice on it.”

~C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock

“I long to be a happy man, in this life that I’ve been given.
In this life that I’ve been given I long to be a happy man.
When the noise turns to stillness, I see I have the makings,
I see I have the makings to be one happy man

And a happy man will be my true companion.
When all else has abandoned for happy of their own,
And a happy man will fill my days with gladness,
Make joy out of sadness when I show this happy man.

I walk a crooked road to get where I am going;
To get where I am going I must walk a crooked road.
And only when I’m looking back I see the straight and narrow,
I see the straight and narrow when I walk a crooked road.”

~Darrell Scott, “A Crooked Road”

“Christ was sent not to mend wounded people or wake sleepy people or advise confused people or inspire bored people or spur on lazy people or educate ignorant people, but to raise dead people.”

~Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Sermon Passage

Psalm 1 (ESV)

¹ Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
² but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

³ He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
⁴ The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
⁶ for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.