Psalm 145
September 2, 2018
preached by Doug Cooper
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“Curiosity is a willing, a proud, an eager confession of ignorance.”

~ S. Leonard Rubinstein (1922-2013), American author and professor of writing and literature

“Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God; but only he who sees, takes off his shoes – the rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.”

~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), English poet of the Victorian era

“Many times when you’re a tourist you can just stay on the surface and not really experience the place you’re visiting, which will probably leave you disappointed. Everywhere has something interesting; it’s just about being curious enough to find it, and scratch where you have to scratch, and stay longer and walk further.”

~ Diego Luna (1979) is a Mexican actor, director and producer

“It’s easy to love a deer
But try to care about bugs and scrawny trees
Love the puddle of lukewarm water
From last week’s rain.
Leave the mountains alone for now.
Also the clear lakes surrounded by pines.
People are lined up to admire them.
Get close to the things that slide away in the dark.
Be grateful even for the boredom
That sometimes seems to involve the whole world.
Think of the frost
That will crack our bones eventually.”

~ Tom Hennen (1942-present), American poet, this poem is entitled “Love for Other Things”

“Every awesome thing in creation is designed to point you to the One who alone is worthy of capturing and controlling the awe of your searching and hungry heart.”

~ Paul David Tripp (1950-present), a pastor, writer and speaker

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”

~ C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), British writer, academic and Christian apologist

Sermon Passage

Psalm 145 (ESV)

¹  I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
²  Every day I will bless you
and praise your name forever and ever.
³  Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and his greatness is unsearchable.

⁴  One generation shall commend your works to another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.
⁵  On the glorious splendor of your majesty,
and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
⁶  They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds,
and I will declare your greatness.
⁷  They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness
and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

⁸  The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
⁹  The Lord is good to all,
and his mercy is over all that he has made.

¹⁰ All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
and all your saints shall bless you!
¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom
and tell of your power,
¹² to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds,
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
¹³ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

[The Lord is faithful in all his words
and kind in all his works.]
¹⁴ The Lord upholds all who are falling
and raises up all who are bowed down.
¹⁵ The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food in due season.
¹⁶ You open your hand;
you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
¹⁷ The Lord is righteous in all his ways
and kind in all his works.
¹⁸ The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
¹⁹ He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
he also hears their cry and saves them.
²⁰ The Lord preserves all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.

²¹ My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.