Life on Planet Earth on Courts

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Seek not Courts

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William Billings

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Luke 2:6-7, Philippians 2:6-8, Micah 5:2, John 1:14, 2 Corinthians 8:9

Seek not in courts, nor palaces, Nor royal curtains draw; But search the stable, see your God, Extended on the straw.

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Author

Ken Sande

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Laws

The courts have been expected to fill the void created by the decline of church, family and neighborhood unity.

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Adapted from Psalm 84 (2)

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Austin D. Hill

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Psalm 84:null

How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. For a day in your courts is better than...

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Adapted from Psalm 100 (ESV)

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Psalm 100:null

Leader: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! People: Serve the Lord with gladness! Leader: Come into his presence with singing! People: Know that the Lord, he is God! Leader: It is ...

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S.I.T (Sermon Illustration Tuesday) for the week of 5/27

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Isaiah 70:null

America's Habit for Lawyers We love to sue people don't we? And just to prove this point, I want to point out just how many lawyers live in the U.S. compared to the rest of the world. List...

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Better is one day in your courts than

Author

Austin D. Hill

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Psalm 84:10

Better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere. Almighty God, we are sorry for the times we’ve failed to help others experience the goodness of your presence. For the times we’ve intentiona...

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Be Slow to Sue

Author

Antonin Scalia

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1 Corinthians 6:1-8, Matthew 18:15-17, Romans 12:18, James 3:17-18, Proverbs 15:1

Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia argues how Christians ought to resolve conflict based on 1 Corinthians 6: I think this passage [1 Cor. 6:1–8] has something to say about the pro...

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Prayer for Sound Government

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1 Timothy 2:8, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Proverbs 11:14, Proverbs 21:1, Daniel 2:21, Proverbs 29:2, Romans 13:1-7

The responses in bold may be omitted. O Lord our Governor, bless the leaders of our land, that we may be a people at peace among ourselves and a blessing to other nations of the earth. Lord, keep t...

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Biblical Rigtheousness Goes Beyond the Private

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John R. W. Stott

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Micah 6:8, Isaiah 1:16-17, Amos 5:24, Jeremiah 22:3, Zechariah 7:9-10

For biblical righteousness is more than a private and personal affair; it includes social righteousness as well. And social righteousness, as we learn from the law and the prophets, is concerned with ...

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Leader: How lovely is your dwelling

Author

Gabe Fung

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Psalm 84:1-2

Leader: How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! Our souls long, yes, faint for the courts of the Lord; our hearts and flesh sing to the living God. People: For the Lord God is a sun and ...

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Holy God, to Your grace how great a

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Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

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Holy God, to Your grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be. Let Thy goodness like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord I feel it; prone to leave the God I l...

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Adapted from Acts 2:42-46

Author

Austin D. Hill

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Acts 2:42-46

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread; and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. ...

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Adapted from Psalm 100 (WEB)

Author

Allen Thompson

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Psalm 100:null

LEADER: Shout for joy to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. ALL: Know that the Lord, he is God. It is he who made us, and we are his. We are...

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Adapted from Psalm 116:12-19

Author

Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Psalm 116:12-19

Leader: What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me? People: I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord, Leader: I will pay my vows to the Lord in the pres...

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Lord–Father, Son and Holy Spirit: Thank

Author

Richard Herman

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Nehemiah 1:1-11, Acts 16:25-34, Mark 4:35-41, Acts 2:1-13, Luke 10:25-37, Matthew 11:28-30, Acts 1:8

Lord–Father, Son and Holy Spirit: Thank You that there’s no place we can hide from Your Spirit, no place we can flee from Your presence. We can’t go beyond the reach of Your love, nor out-distance the...

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O Lord and Father of the household of

Author

Hughes Oliphant Old

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1 Timothy 2:1-2, Galatians 6:2, Romans 12:10, Micah 6:8, James 5:16

O Lord and Father of the household of faith, we thank you for the gift of faith worked within us by your Holy Spirit. We thank you for having called us to yourself, for consecrating us to your ser...

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Adapted from Psalm 65:1-4

Author

Dustin Ray

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Psalm 65:1-4

Leader: Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed. All: O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come. Leader: When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for...

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Adapted from Psalm 135:1-4

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Psalm 135:1-4

Leader: Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord; Give praise, O servants of the Lord. People: We who stand in the house of the Lord, In the courts of the house of our God. Leader: Praise ...

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Adapted from Psalm 96

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Psalm 46:null

Leader: Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day! Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works...

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Adapted from Psalm 84 (1)

Author

Dustin Ray

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Psalm 84:1, Psalm 84:10-12

Pastor: How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! All: For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the...

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Gracious God—Father, Son and Holy

Author

Richard Herman

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Matthew 5:14-16

Gracious God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit: You are the light of life, the One who speaks light into darkness and gives us hope like the rising sun as night gives way to morning. With the light of joy:...

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Adapted from Psalm 84:1-5

Author

Bud Thoreen

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Scripture

Psalm 84:1-5

Leader: How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! People: My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Leader: Blessed are ...

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A Reward Seat

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Source Unknown

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During the ancient Greek Olympics, the judge of the contest sat on an elevated seat. After the contest was over the competitors came before him to receive their rewards. This was not a judicial bench ...

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A Better And Wiser Judge

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Source Unknown

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Proverbs 21:2, Revelation 20:12, James 2:12-13, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 14:12

Horace Gray was a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. During one of his cases, a criminal was about to be released, not because he was innocent, but because of a technicality. As Gray prepared to relea...

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The Corinthian Judgment Seat

Author

Discover Revelation

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2 Corinthians 5:10

The city of Corinth was famous for the Isthmian Games, a festival of athletic contests and events similar to the Olympic games. At the end of each contest or event, the athletes would appear before a ...

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Don’t Mediocre Judges Deserve a Chance?

Author

Clifton Fadiman

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James 1:5, Psalm 75:7

On January 19, 1970, President Richard Nixon submitted to the Senate the nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court. That Mr. Carswell was hardly qualified was apparent to most, though not...

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Author

Richard Dahlstrom

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Trials are the ruler and scale to reveal in our lives.

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The Justice and the Mercy of the Judge

Author

Frederick Buechner

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Judgment

We are all of us judged every day. We are judged by the face that looks back at us from the bathroom mirror. We are judged by the faces of the people we love and by the faces and lives of our children...

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Author

J. C. Ryle

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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.

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Author

Alexis de Tocqueville

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Laws

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded upon the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people.

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