you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is Core Seminars—Suffering for God’s Glory “Have due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of Class 6: Fighting for Faith (Part 1) talking to yourself? Take thoughts that come to you the moment you wake up in the morning. You have not originated them but they are talking to you, they bring back Struggling for faith in God’s sovereignty and goodness the problems of yesterday…Somebody is talking. Who is talking to you? Your self is talking to you. Now this man’s Introduction treatment [in Psalm 42] was this: instead of allowing this self to talk to him, he starts talking to himself. art thou cast ‘Why Romans 10:17 comes from hearing, and hearing through the “Faith down, O my soul?’ he asks. His soul had been depressing him, Word of Christ.” crushing him. So he stands up and says,: listen for ‘Self, moment, I will speak to you.’” Read the - - Lloyd Jones in Spiritual Depression Protect against rote duty Let Someone Talk Protect against busyness Let Someone Listen When? Sing the Bible The duty of singing praises to God seems to be given wholly to Where? excite and express religious affections. There is no other reason why we should express ourselves to God in verse rather than in prose and with music, except that these things have a tendency to What? move our affections. Jonathan Edwards in Religious Affections Passage being preached that week (Sermon Card) Sovereign Ministries () Bible Reading Plans Keith and Kristyn Getty (http://www.gettymusic.com/); Robert Murray Mc’Cheyne - 1-2 year plan Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) () by Alan Stibbs - 3 year plan Search the Scriptures Study Bible reading plan Conclusion Protect against exhaustion
“Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself? Take thoughts that come to you the moment you wake up in the morning. You have not originated them but they are talking to you, they bring back the problems of yesterday…Somebody is talking. Who is talking to you? Your self is talking to you. Now this man’s treatment [in Psalm 42] was this: instead of allowing this self to talk to him, he starts talking to himself. ‘Why art thou cast down, O my soul?’ he asks. His soul had been depressing him, crushing him. So he stands up and says,: ‘Self, listen for moment, I will speak to you.’” - Lloyd Jones in Spiritual Depression Let Someone Talk Let Someone Listen Sing the Bible The duty of singing praises to God seems to be given wholly to excite and express religious affections. There is no other reason why we should express ourselves to God in verse rather than in prose and with music, except that these things have a tendency to move our affections. Jonathan Edwards in Religious Affections Sovereign Ministries () Keith and Kristyn Getty (http://www.gettymusic.com/); Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) () Conclusion Core Seminars—Suffering for God’s Glory Class 6: Fighting for Faith (Part 1) Struggling for faith in God’s sovereignty and goodness Introduction Romans 10:17 “Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the Word of Christ.” Read the - Protect against rote duty Protect against busyness When? Where? What? Passage being preached that week (Sermon Card) Bible Reading Plans Robert Murray Mc’Cheyne - 1-2 year plan Search the Scriptures by Alan Stibbs - 3 year plan Study Bible reading plan Protect against exhaustion
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