62.4 Unless The Lord Builds The House, We Labor In Vain

(Psalm 127)

If the Lord does not build the house, the work of the builders is useless;
If the Lord does not protect the city, it does no good for the sentries to stand guard
It is useless to work so hard for a living, getting up early and going to bed late.
For the Lord provides for those he loves, while they are asleep.
Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a real blessing.
The sons a man has when he is young are like arrows in a soldier's hand.
Happy is the man who has many such arrows.
He will never be defeated when he meets his enemies in the place of judgment.

62.3 Ministers Are Just Servants: The Real Growth Comes From God

(1 Corinthians 3:5-9)

After all, who is Apollos?  And who is Paul? We are simply God's servants, by whom you were led to believe.

Each one of us does the work which the Lord gave him to do: I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow.  The one who plants and the one who waters really do not matter. It is God matters, because he makes the plant grow.  There is no difference between the man who plants and man who waters; God will reward each one according to the work he has done.  For we are partners working together for God, and you are God's field.

62.2 They Will Hate You As They Hated Me

(John 15:18-20)

"If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me first.  If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own.  But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you.  Remember what I told you: 'No slave is greater than his master,' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.

62.1 The Blind Guide And The Log In Your Eye

(Luke 6:39-42)

And Jesus told them this parable:  "One blind man cannot lead another one; if he does, both will fall into a ditch.  No pupil is greater than his teacher; but every pupil, when he has completed his training, will be like his teacher.

"Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but pay no attention to the log in your own eye?  How can you say to your brother, 'Please, brother, let me take that speck out of your eye,' yet cannot even see the log in your own eye?  You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will be able to see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

61.4 Praise The Lord

(Psalm 150)

Praise the Lord!

Praise God in his Temple!
Praise the strength in heaven!
Praise him for the mighty things he has done.
Praise his supreme greatness.

Praise him with trumpets.
Praise him with harps and lyres.
Praise him with drums and dancing
Praise him with harps and flutes.
Praise him with cymbals.
Praise him with loud cymbals.
Praise the Lord, all living creatures!

Praise the Lord!