Complete Dependence
Notes from Ky Martin's sermon on Sunday, November 16, 2025.
Sermon text: Psalm 127
We are completely dependent on God
God created everything (Genesis 1:1, Rom. 4:17, Psalm 90:2)
God upholds everything (Hebrews 1:3, Acts 17:25-28, Job 34:14-15)
A miracle is a less common kind of God’s activity in which he arouses people’s awe and wonder and bears witness to himself. -Wayne Grudem
God preserves water in such a way that it continues to act like water. He causes grass to continue to act like grass, with all its distinctive characteristics. -Wayne Grudem
God rules everything (Matt. 10:29, Prov. 21:1, Deut. 8:17-18).
Nothing happens prosperously to us except in so far as God blesses our proceedings. -John Calvin
We toil while trusting
The faithful…though they lead a laborious life, yet follow their vocations with composed and tranquil minds. Thus their hands are not idle, but their minds repose in the stillness of faith, as if they were asleep. -John Calvin
Get married and have babies.
Discipleship Questions:
Sermon text: Psalm 127
We are completely dependent on God
God created everything (Genesis 1:1, Rom. 4:17, Psalm 90:2)
God upholds everything (Hebrews 1:3, Acts 17:25-28, Job 34:14-15)
A miracle is a less common kind of God’s activity in which he arouses people’s awe and wonder and bears witness to himself. -Wayne Grudem
God preserves water in such a way that it continues to act like water. He causes grass to continue to act like grass, with all its distinctive characteristics. -Wayne Grudem
God rules everything (Matt. 10:29, Prov. 21:1, Deut. 8:17-18).
Nothing happens prosperously to us except in so far as God blesses our proceedings. -John Calvin
We toil while trusting
The faithful…though they lead a laborious life, yet follow their vocations with composed and tranquil minds. Thus their hands are not idle, but their minds repose in the stillness of faith, as if they were asleep. -John Calvin
Get married and have babies.
Discipleship Questions:
- List some things that you are dependent on God for.
- Is God always “intervening" in the world? Or is He sometimes passive? (See Hebrews 1:3 and Job 34:14-15)
- If all things are under God’s control, does that mean we aren’t responsible for our actions?
- Verse 2 says God gives his beloved sleep. Does your trust in God allow you to sleep with a clear conscious? Why or why not?
- How does this Psalm describe the benefits of having children? Have you seen that in your own life?
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