City of Refuge Church Podcast

Managing What Belongs to God: Property

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea; 2 that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a helper of many, and of myself as well.

3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4 who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles; 5 also greet the church that is in their house.

Romans 16:1-5a NASB

Managing What Belongs to God: Riches

17 Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. 18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, 19 storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.

1 TImothy 6:17-19 NASB

Managing What Belongs to God:Time

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.
11 Who understands the power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?
12 So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

PSalm 90:10-12 NASB

Summer Series: Psalm 100

1 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!

2 Serve the LORD with gladness!

Come into his presence with singing!

3 Know that the LORD, he is God!

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his courts with praise!

Give thanks to him; bless his name!

5 For the LORD is good;

his steadfast love endures forever,

and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 100 ESV

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Chichester Psalms: I. Psalm 108 - Psalm 100 · Tenebrae · Leonard Bernstein · BBC Symphony

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Make Christ Known

16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

‍2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Summer Series: Psalm 127

Unless the Lord builds the house,
    those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
    the watchman stays awake in vain.
² It is in vain that you rise up early
    and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
    for he gives to his beloved sleep.

³ Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
    the fruit of the womb a reward.
⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
    are the children of one's youth.
⁵ Blessed is the man
    who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
    when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Psalm 127 ESV

The Welcome Wagon - Unless the Lord the House Shall Build

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Christ - Followers

⁴ Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. ⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. ⁶ If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. ⁷ If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸ My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. ⁹ Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.

John 15:4-9 NASB

Summer Series: Psalm 68

God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;
   and those who hate him shall flee before him!
2 As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
   as wax melts before fire,
   so the wicked shall perish before God!
3 But the righteous shall be glad;
   they shall exult before God;
   they shall be jubilant with joy!

4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
   lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;
his name is the Lord;
   exult before him!
5 Father of the fatherless and protector of widows
   is God in his holy habitation.
6 God settles the solitary in a home;
   he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
   but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

7 O God, when you went out before your people,
   when you marched through the wilderness, Selah
8 the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
   before God, the One of Sinai,
   before God, the God of Israel.
9 Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
   you restored your inheritance as it languished;
10 your flock found a dwelling in it;
   in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

11 The Lord gives the word;
   the women who announce the news are a great host:
12    “The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!”
The women at home divide the spoil—
13    though you men lie among the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
   its pinions with shimmering gold.
14 When the Almighty scatters kings there,
   let snow fall on Zalmon.

15 O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
   O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
16 Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
   at the mount that God desired for his abode,
   yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
17 The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
   thousands upon thousands;
   the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
18 You ascended on high,
   leading a host of captives in your train
   and receiving gifts among men,
even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.

19 Blessed be the Lord,
   who daily bears us up;
   God is our salvation. Selah
20 Our God is a God of salvation,
   and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
21 But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
   the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
22 The Lord said,
   “I will bring them back from Bashan,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23 that you may strike your feet in their blood,
   that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”

24 Your procession is seen, O God,
   the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
25 the singers in front, the musicians last,
   between them virgins playing tambourines:
26 “Bless God in the great congregation,
   the Lord, O you who are of Israel's fountain!”
27 There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
   the princes of Judah in their throng,
   the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

28 Summon your power, O God,
   the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.
29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem
   kings shall bear gifts to you.
30 Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds,
   the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;
   scatter the peoples who delight in war.
31 Nobles shall come from Egypt;
   Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

32 O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
   sing praises to the Lord, Selah
33 to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens;
   behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
34 Ascribe power to God,
   whose majesty is over Israel,
   and whose power is in the skies.
35 Awesome is God from his sanctuary;
   the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!

‍Psalm 68 ESV

Psalm 68 (Let Our God Arise) - Kurt Carr

https://youtu.be/oNp0xarg3Gc

The Blessings and Challenges of a Diverse Community

11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, 15 by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, 16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near; 18 for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

Ephesians 2:11-18 NASB

Summer Series: Psalm 51

Have mercy on me,^[a] O God,
    according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
    blot out my transgressions.
² Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
    and cleanse me from my sin!

³ For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is ever before me.
⁴ Against you, you only, have I sinned
    and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
    and blameless in your judgment.
⁵ Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
    and in sin did my mother conceive me.
⁶ Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
    and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

⁷ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
    wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
⁸ Let me hear joy and gladness;
    let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
⁹ Hide your face from my sins,
    and blot out all my iniquities.
¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God,
    and renew a right^[b] spirit within me.
¹¹ Cast me not away from your presence,
    and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
¹² Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
    and uphold me with a willing spirit.

¹³ Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
    and sinners will return to you.
¹⁴ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
    O God of my salvation,
    and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
¹⁵ O Lord, open my lips,
    and my mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶ For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
    you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

¹⁸ Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
    build up the walls of Jerusalem;
¹⁹ then will you delight in right sacrifices,
    in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
    then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Psalm 51 ESV

 

Miserere Mei Deus - Kings College Choir

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