In my distress I called to the\xa0Lord, and he answered me. Deliver me, O\xa0Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? A warrior's\xa0sharp arrows, with glowing\xa0coals of the broom tree! Woe to me, that I sojourn in\xa0Meshech, that I dwell among\xa0the tents of\xa0Kedar! Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace. I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war! Psalm 120:1-7(ESV)
From that time on Jesus began to preach,\xa0\u201cRepent, for the kingdom of heaven\xa0has come near.\u201d Matthew 4:17 (NIV)
1. In Despair of Reality
2. From the disillusionment of man\u2019s ways
3. Toward God in Delight
\u201cIt is the turning point marking the transition from a dreamy nostalgia for a better life to a rugged pilgrimage of discipleship in faith, from complaining about how bad things are to pursuing all things good.\u201d \u2013 Eugene Peterson