January 13, 2008:
Growing Toward the Light, Part 1:
If I Only Had the Heart of Jesus
Rev. Gary Rideout

Old Testament Lesson: Psalm 1:1-3

¹Happy are those
   who do not follow the advice of the wicked,
or take the path that sinners tread,
   or sit in the seat of scoffers;
²but their delight is in the law of the Lord,
   and on his law they meditate day and night.
³They are like trees
   planted by streams of water,
which yield their fruit in its season,
   and their leaves do not wither.
In all that they do, they prosper. 

New Testament Lesson: Luke 6:44-46

⁴⁴...for each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. ⁴⁵The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.

The Two Foundations

⁴⁶‘Why do you call me “Lord, Lord”, and do not do what I tell you?