Contrite Courage: How the Guilty Lean on Grace

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

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🗓️ 15 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

How do Christians respond to God’s fatherly indignation against our sin? The prophet Micah teaches us: Respond with brokenhearted boldness, with contrite courage.

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0:00.0	I invite you to turn to Micah, Chapter 7.
0:05.6	Obadiah Jonah Micah, or if you're using the Bible 794, page 794.
0:14.2	And while you're turning there, thank you for welcoming me again.
0:19.7	I love this church.
0:21.6	How can you not love Capitol Hill?
0:24.5	That's the church.
0:29.3	You have ministered to me when we sat down after singing.
0:32.7	I said to Mark, I love your people.
0:35.3	He said, me too.
0:38.9	And I love the truth that we sing.
0:43.2	Micah 7,
0:45.6	verses 7, 8, and 9.
0:48.9	But as for me,
0:51.9	I will look to the Lord.
1:02.3	I will wait to the Lord. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
1:10.9	Rejoice not over me, oh, my enemy. When I fall, I shall rise. When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
1:17.3	I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him,
1:24.3	until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me.
1:32.0	He will bring me out to the light.
1:36.1	I shall look upon his vindication.
1:41.9	So the message today is about brokenhearted boldness.
1:47.2	Brokenhearted boldness is the phrase I hope you'll remember.
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