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Desiring God

Christianity, Messages, Sermons, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Preaching, Desiring God, 163859, Religion & Spirituality, John Piper

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🗓️ 9 January 2005

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to serving Christ, half-heartedness, lukewarmness, laziness, sluggishness, and slothfulness are utterly inappropriate.

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0:00.0	I invite you to open up your Bibles with me to read our scripture text for this evening's
0:06.4	sermon.
0:07.4	It's in the Book of Romans, Chapter 12,
0:10.9	verses 9 through 13.
0:13.0	And if you don't have your own copy of the scriptures with you, you can find a Pew Bible,
0:19.0	either underneath your pew or the pew in front of you.
0:21.0	And in those, it's in page 948.
0:25.0	Reading in Romans 12
0:30.0	versus 9 through 13. V. what is evil, hold fast to what is good.
0:45.0	Love one another with brotherly affection.
0:48.5	Outdo one another in showing honor.
0:51.3	Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
0:59.9	Rejoys in hope. be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer, contribute to the needs of the
1:09.0	Saints and seek to show hospitality.
1:15.0	Let's pray together.
1:19.0	Father, some love to you is more than no love to you.
1:25.0	And so I pray for some love to you in hearts
1:30.3	where there's no love for you.
1:33.0	May this. hearts where there's no love for you.
1:39.0	May this service be the instrument in your gracious hands to awaken love to Christ where there's none.
1:45.0	And for those who have some, and it's an embattled love,
1:50.0	like a little spark with wind blowing against it or a wave breaking over it.
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