• Before Service Song – Hymn 65: 1, 3, 4
• *Votum & Salutation
• *Song of Response – Ps. 34: 3, 4, 7, 8
• Ten Words of the Covenant
• Song of Response – Ps. 130: 2, 4
• Prayer
• Reading of Scripture – Psalm 16
• Song of Response – Ps. 16: 1, 2, 3
• Reading of the Text – Psalm 16
• Ministry of the Word: Christian Contentment
  • The Psalms are not just a random collection of songs and poems. There is an introduction, a suffering, and then the conclusion praising God.
  • Until we get to Psalm 16, they are Psalms of lament. David is still seeking preservation by God. But here he expresses his contentment, despite the things happening to him.
  • In Psalm 16 we start to see David's contentment. God is at the center of his life.
  • David does not focus on what God has given him in his life. He is grateful for what God has given him, but he focuses on God and what is to come in the future.
  • It is often at night that we worry the most.
  • In verse 10 this Psalm presents us with a problem. It seems that David is talking of resurrection. We get the answer in Peter's Pentacost sermon. He speaks of David's death and tomb which is in Jerusalem. David wrote Psalm 16 as a prophet, speaking of the everlasting King, Jesus, who would rise up forever. On one level he speaks of himself, but he is pointing towards the coming of Jesus.
  • Thus, through David, Jesus proclaims his contentment. David recognized that only Jesus could stand at God's right hand.
  • David's contentment can reveal the source of our lack of contentment. We are spoiled. We want more. We expect more.
  • We need to make sure that we are not distracted from Jesus by the world, the places we can go, the things we can do, and the things we own.
  • We need to learn to be content with the word of God, and the incredible gift of salvation.
• *Song of Response – Ps. 16: 4, 5
• Thanksgiving Prayer
• Offertory – Word & Deed
• *Song of Closing – Hymn 37
• *Benediction