Psalm 25 offers us a look at King David’s search for guidance from God. What characteristics mark those who earnestly desire to know God’s will? How can we learn more about seeking God’s will for our lives from this ancient song? Join Pastor Jim as he unpacks answers to these questions and more of the timeless truths found in Psalm 25.
“In a world where the only plea is ‘Not guilty,’ what possibility is there for an honest encounter with Jesus, who died for our sins? We can only pretend that we are sinners, and thus only pretend that we are forgiven.”
Brennan Manning
Ruthless Trust
“What we call asking God’s forgiveness very often really consists in asking God to accept our excuses…What we have got to take to him is the inexcusable bit, the sin… As regards my own sins it is a safe bet (though not a certainty) that the excuses are not really so good as I think: as regards other men’s sins against me it is a safe bet (though not a certainty) that the excuses are better than I think.”
C.S. Lewis
The Weight of Glory
“True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.”
Martin Luther
“Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else.”
Madeleine L’Engle
“A real Christian is an odd number, anyway. He feels supreme love for the One whom he has never seen; talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see; expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another; empties himself in order to be full; admits he is wrong so he can be declared right; goes down in order to get up; is strongest when he is weakest; richest when he is poorest and happiest when he feels the worst. He dies so he can live; forsakes in order to have; gives away so he can keep; sees the invisible; hears the inaudible and knows that which passeth knowledge.”
A. W. Tozer
“The ultimate issue in relation to Jesus Christ is not one of semantics (the meaning of words) but of homage (the attitude of the heart), not whether our tongue can subscribe to an orthodox formulation of the person of Jesus, but whether our knee has bowed before his majesty. Besides, reverence always precedes understanding. We shall know him only if we are willing to obey him.”
John Stott
