Psalm 131 (ESV)
June 20, 2021
preached by Pastor Ryan Bouton
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“If lust and hate is the candy,
If blood and love tastes so sweet,
Then we give ‘em what they want.

So their eyes are growing hazy,
‘Cos they wanna turn it on,
So their minds are soft and lazy.

Well… who do you wanna blame?”

~10,000 Maniacs, “Candy Everybody Wants”

“Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.”

~John R. Stott (1921-2011), English minister and author

“The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust – not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.”

~Brennan Manning (1934-2013), American author and former priest

“Instead of interpreting God’s character in light of our circumstances, we must do the opposite and interpret our circumstances in light of God’s character.”

~ Erik Raymond, contemporary pastor and author

“Everybody I know says they need just one thing
And what they really mean is that they need just one thing more
And everybody seems to think they’ve got it coming
Well I know that I don’t deserve You
Still I want to love and serve You more and more
You’re my one thing.”

~ Rich Mullins, “One Thing”

Sermon Passage

Psalm 131 (ESV)

¹ O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.
² But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child is my soul within me.
³ O Israel, hope in the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore.