Grace South Bay

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

2 O Lord, I have heard the report of you,

    and your work, O Lord, do I fear.

In the midst of the years revive it;

    in the midst of the years make it known;

    in wrath remember mercy.

3 God came from Teman,

    and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah

His splendor covered the heavens,

    and the earth was full of his praise.

4 His brightness was like the light;

    rays flashed from his hand;

    and there he veiled his power.

5 Before him went pestilence,

    and plague followed at his heels.

6 He stood and measured the earth;

    he looked and shook the nations;

then the eternal mountains were scattered;

    the everlasting hills sank low.

    His were the everlasting ways.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;

    the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

8 Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?

    Was your anger against the rivers,

    or your indignation against the sea,

when you rode on your horses,

    on your chariot of salvation?

9 You stripped the sheath from your bow,

    calling for many arrows. Selah

    You split the earth with rivers.

10 The mountains saw you and writhed;

    the raging waters swept on;

the deep gave forth its voice;

    it lifted its hands on high.

11 The sun and moon stood still in their place

    at the light of your arrows as they sped,

    at the flash of your glittering spear.

12 You marched through the earth in fury;

    you threshed the nations in anger.

13 You went out for the salvation of your people,

    for the salvation of your anointed.

You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,

    laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah

14 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,

    who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,

    rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.

15 You trampled the sea with your horses,

    the surging of mighty waters.

16 I hear, and my body trembles;

    my lips quiver at the sound;

rottenness enters into my bones;

    my legs tremble beneath me.

Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble

    to come upon people who invade us.

17 Though the fig tree should not blossom,

    nor fruit be on the vines,

the produce of the olive fail

    and the fields yield no food,

the flock be cut off from the fold

    and there be no herd in the stalls,

18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord;

    I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

19 God, the Lord, is my strength;

    he makes my feet like the deer’s;

    he makes me tread on my high places.

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.

Q&A from the November 8 sermon, "The Messenger and the Message" with Matt Cabot and Bob Crossland

Q&A from the November 1 sermon, "Sowing and Reaping" with Matt Cabot and Bob Crossland

On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance 13 and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” 14 When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; 16 and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”

See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. 12 It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. 14 But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 16 And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.17 From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

Q&A from the October 25 sermon, "Someone and Something" with Matt Cabot and Steven Chitty

Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Q&A from the October 18 sermon, "Fruit Forward" with Matt Cabot and Steven Chitty

If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. 5 For each will have to bear his own load.

Q&A from the October 11 sermon, "The Narrow Way to Freedom" with Matt Cabot and Steven Chitty