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This Sunday, the Apostle Paul's closing words to Philemon will show off a gospel-formed love that relies. This love empowers and encourages as we discover the church meets practical needs, supports each other through prayer, and partners together to lead people to the real Jesus.

Our world is full of imitation. Whether on the basketball court or fashion or food, we see others trying to look like, be like, our sound like their heroes. All so they can be good. The problem is that all of those heroes eventually let down.This Sunday, we will see Paul imitating Jesus, who never lets us down, as he helps Philemon learn what it means to be a good brother to Onesimus. Paul will help Philemon understand that the gospel of Jesus forms in us a love that receives.

As Paul's writes to Philemon, there has been great offense committed ... but there's also been a great love enter the world in Christ. This is a love that reconciles, making fierce enemies into family. While obstacles to reconciliation maybe large, Paul will show us that the ramifications of the gospel are way, way larger.

In his letter to Philemon, Paul shows how a relationship with Jesus changes our relationships with one another in deep, profound, and practical ways. As the realities of faith in Christ set in, Christ grows in us a love that: refreshes, reconciles, receives, and relies. As we begin a four-week sermon this Sunday in Philemon 1-7, we'll begin by hearing of a love that refreshes others.

In Psalm 62, David invites us to cultivate a difficult yet freeing inner habit: waiting for God in silence.So often we try to take matters into our own hands, but the Spirit reminds us that true power, security and rescue come from God alone.We live like God is our refuge when we wait for him to act and pour out our hearts to him in prayer.

When our blood boils for justice, when we are so wronged, so hurt, so betrayed, and it seems the injustice of our enemies has free rein, what do we do? We call on the name of God, we expect the God of the universe to right all the wrongs.It’s in Psalm 58 that we see this honest plea to our just God, but we also see a stranger expectation that the wrongdoers will bleed, and that the plight of the wicked would be to the joy of the Saints. David seems to wish harm upon his enemies, interesting. How does a Christian understand this Psalm, in what way can a Christian maintain a holy expectation of God’s vengeance.

What is our desire or wish for all the people who don’t yet know the God of the Bible? Unbelievers near us and the many nations of people groups abroad need to know Jesus. The psalmist expresses the attitude and purpose of our experiential blessings. This is what our ongoing prayers & songs for blessing should be pointing towards. Bless us, so that all people might have gladness in Christ.Psalm 67

Who doesn't enjoy a good love story? Love stories are woven into the fabric of all our entertainment.  They are a consistent undercurrent in our movies, television, music, and books. Not only this, but the desire we all feel for the love portrayed in these stories is woven into our very DNA because we've been created and sought by the One who defines what true love is. Yet so often we walk through life failing to believe that God loves and delights in His people. This Sunday we will see in Psalm 45 that we are invited to walk in the greatest love story ever - the one personally orchestrated by God our King. Ps 45