Psalm 63
July 18, 2021
preached by Pastor Ryan Bouton
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“Let not your heart go after the things of this world, as your chief good. Indulge not yourself in the possession of earthly things as though they were to satisfy your soul. This is the reverse of seeking heaven; it is to go in a way contrary to that which leads to the world of love. If you would seek heaven, your affections must be taken off from the pleasures of the world.”

~Heaven is a World of Love by Jonathan Edwards

“Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”

~C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.”

~J.M. Barrie

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

~Psalm 90:14

Sermon Passage

Psalm 63 (ESV)

¹  O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
²  So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.
³  Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
⁴  So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
⁵  My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,
and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
⁶  when I remember you upon my bed,
and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
⁷  for you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
⁸  My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
⁹  But those who seek to destroy my life
shall go down into the depths of the earth;
¹⁰ they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
they shall be a portion for jackals.
¹¹ But the king shall rejoice in God;
all who swear by him shall exult,
for the mouths of liars will be stopped.