St Michael's talks & sermons

Biblical Hope: Part II

St Michael's talks & sermons

Show Notes

Mel looks at David's claim in Psalm 16 'apart from you I have no good thing' and asks what means to live this out. Spiritual hope begins with a settled posture of dependence on God - but how do we get there? Mel invites to examine where we feel lack and ask how God sees that area instead.

Gospel reading and key texts: Numbers 18:20-24 Psalm 16 Luke 10:38-42

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