070916 David Do I Matter (Psalm 8)

0867 To Canaan's Land I'm On My Way

0957 This World Is Not My Home

Psalms 8:1-9 NIV ,[object Object]

David: Shaping a Godly Heart Do I Matter? Psalm 8

Where were you July 20, 1969? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Vatican’s message was the words of Psalm 8 ,[object Object]

What a choice for that cosmic journey! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Everything in the psalm hinges on this glorious affirmation of God: ,[object Object]

David looked at the immensity of creation and asked, ,[object Object],[object Object]

David has us looking at the stars ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Immanuel Kant ,[object Object],[object Object]

For David, it’s a crazy idea ,[object Object],[object Object]

There are 300-million people in America ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

There are over 6.5 billion people in the world ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our sun is one of 500-billion stars in the Milky Way ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

David, without modern science was equally mesmerized: ,[object Object]

Do I Matter? Two ways of understanding the question ,[object Object],[object Object]

Absolutely! Some people make a difference!

In many ways, what we accomplish, is up to us ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A second way of understanding the question ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Jesus tried to explain how important each one of us is ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

And Jesus did more than talk about it - he showed it ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A woman too full of shame to approach Jesus face to face ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

David once again: ,[object Object],[object Object]

Sam Shoemaker, early 20 th Century preacher ,[object Object],[object Object]

Fifteen hundred years before , Augustine said it wonderfully: ,[object Object]

Karl Barth ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Do we understand it? Of course not! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Do I matter? Do you? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Victor Serebriakoff ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Victor Serebriakoff ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Creation by James Weldon Johnson ,[object Object]

Next time you stop at one of those scenic views ,[object Object],[object Object]

You were created by God to live in God’s love ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Closing Prayer Please stay for a brief period of fellowship followed by Bible Classes from 10:30 to 11:15

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