Psalm 89
June 11, 2017
preached by Chris Audino
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“‘What a fuss people make about fidelity!’ exclaimed Lord Henry. ‘Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our own will. Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot: that is all one can say.’”

~ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey 

“I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful one hundred percent!”
~ Dr. Seuss, Horton Hatches the Egg

“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.”

~ Confucius

“You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin – to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours – closer than you yourself keep it. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo.”

~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“…It is only when we see the depth of our own unfaithfulness that we can truly begin to understand the faithfulness of Jesus. He is faithful even when we are not.”

~ Jayce O’Neal, Pastor and writer

“By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.”

~ Saint Augustine, Bishop, philosopher and theologian

“Little things are little things; but faithfulness in little things is a very great thing.”

~ William Temple, Bishop of Church of England (early 20th century)

Sermon Passage

Psalm 89:1-8, 30-37 (ESV)

¹    I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
²    For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”
³    You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn to David my servant:
⁴    ‘I will establish your offspring forever,
and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

⁵    Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
⁶    For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,
⁷    a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,
and awesome above all who are around him?
⁸    O Lord God of hosts,
who is mighty as you are, O Lord,
with your faithfulness all around you?

³⁰  If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my rules,
³¹  if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
³²  then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with stripes,
³³  but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴  I will not violate my covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵  Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.
³⁶  His offspring shall endure forever,
his throne as long as the sun before me.
³⁷  Like the moon it shall be established forever,
a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah