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GOD IS MY HELP // A SERMON ON PSALM 40 FOR HSC STUDENTS

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At St Faith’s Narrabeen we are deliberate in the way that we seek to care for our year 12s in their final year of schooling. This week is our HSC Study Hall and on the weekend we had a year 12 church service. It’s got the normal night church crowd, but we give a little bit of love to the year 12s. We thank their leaders, meet them, pray for them, give them a gift and then have a sermon with particular application for them. See below for my sermon.

GOD IS MY HELP // PSALM 40 // DAVE MIERS SERMON (right-click etc to download)

Feel free to pass it on to anyone about to do their exams. But likewise anyone who is currently going through a time of stress and distress.

Here is the outline:

WHERE DO YOU TURN IN TIMES OF STRESS & DISTRESS?
1) REMEMBER GOD HAS RESCUED YOU ONCE (Psalm 40:1-10)
2) REMEMBER GOD WILL RESCUE YOU AGAIN (Psalm 40:11-17)
YOU ARE MY HELP

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LOOKING FOR A BIBLE READING PLAN? NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN #BIBLESTOTT

One week down, fifty-one to go! A week ago I shared a new Bible reading plan by John Stott that I have just begun. You can read all about it here: davemiers.com/BibleStott. Basically it’s an overview of the whole Bible based around some key dates in the church calendar.

Here are 5 reasons I am really enjoying this plan:

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THROUGH THE BIBLE // THROUGH THE YEAR // WITH JOHN STOTT #BibleStott

I’ve been doing the same bible reading plan for the last 4 years. It’s time to mix it up a bit! So starting on September 1 I am beginning a 12-month reading plan written by John Stott. John Stott, who died at the age of 90 in 2011, is one of my favourite authors. I appreciate his clear, compelling and Christ-centred writing. His commentaries in the Bible Speaks Today series have been a particular help in preaching. The new reading plan is from a book Through the Bible, Through the Year with ‘Daily Reflections from Genesis to Revelation.’ Stott is the legend flossin the blue tracksuit and bird-watching binoculars in the pic below.

Key features

  • Read through an overview of the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation
  • Each day has a short bible reading with a short devotional comment from Stott
  • Each day has a suggestion for further reading in the Bible
  • September until Christmas, read the Old Testament story from the creation until the coming of Christ
  • January through April, read the story of Jesus in the Gospels
  • May through August, read the story of Acts through Revelation

Get the reading plan

Keen to join in?

Doing physical exercise is often easier when you do it in a group. Likewise with spiritual exercise. A number of people have already indicated they’re keen. If you want to join in, let me know in the comments below. If you’re not sure, perhaps you could do the first two weeks for free and then make a decision.

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If you use Twitter, Facebook or Instagram – use the #BibleStott hashtag when sharing Bible verses or reflections of what you’re learning

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DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY // THE FUEL OF DEATH-DEFYING MISSIONS

At St Faith’s we have a one week break from our normal preaching program. So last night at our Young Adults small group we took a week off from our Matthew 22-25 series. In Matthew 24:14 it says that the “gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” I thought it would be worthwhile thinking a bit more about mission to the Nations. So we watched the above Together for the Gospel sermon from David Platt.

Our group found this talk particularly compelling and fuelled some fervent prayer for the Nations.

Justin Taylor has a solid summary of the talk on his blog. Here is the basic outline…
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JESUS VS. HYPOCRISY // MATTHEW 23

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Below is my sermon from this past weekend on Matthew 23:1-22. Is the church full of hypocrites? It’s an accusation often levelled against the Christianity. Here is a really useful article from R.C. Sproul that I found useful in preparation.

Dave Miers Sermon on Matthew 23 JESUS VS. HYPOCRISY (right click etc to download)

Here is the structure:

THE CHURCH IS FULL OF HYPOCRITES
1) HYPOCRISY IS NOT PRACTISING WHAT YOU PREACH? (Matt 23:1-7)
2) JESUS CONDEMNS HYPOCRISY (Matt 23:13-22)
3) FIGHT HYPOCRISY WITH HUMBLE SERVICE (Matt 23:8-12)
TAKE OFF YOUR MASK

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