The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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And Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you that we're here, we've gathered, we're here to hear from you. So Lord, would you speak? Would you open our eyes, open our ears, open our hearts? Would our hearts be soft to you speaking to us, that the seeds of your truth would go down deep into our hearts, changing us from the inside out. And we're expectant today for what you have for us. And we love you, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Okay, good. Just making sure you're still awake. This couple, I love this passage. This couple is giddy. They love each other. They are each blossoming. Over the past couple of weeks, we've seen them grow individually, but their relationship is blooming and growing together. She's lighting up at the sound of his voice and he's running to her and speaking tenderly to her. And as we look at what a godly engagement looks like, we see that their relationship has, number one, maturity. …
and be our guest. Open our hearts, our minds, our wills to the God who enlivens us through you. Amen. Please be seated. While it's always exciting for me to be back at Duke Chapel, it's especially exciting today on Dean Powery's first Sunday as chaplain to Duke University. If there's anything better than preaching on your first Sunday, it's listening to a guest preacher who was already on the schedule. so that you can catch your breath. As for those of you who might have hoped you would be hearing him today, take heart, for lo, I am with you but this little while, and he shall be with you always. Plus, James is the real preacher today, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. All I really have to do is stay out of his way. I wonder all the time about how Christianity would have shaped up if James had been half the letter writer Paul had been. If you put all the letters of James and Peter and John together, those who knew Jesus in the flesh, their combined witness is shorter than Paul's two letters to the Corinthians. …
Further, if the Psalms are intended for Christian worship, as surely they are, the Prophetic Spirit, who inspired them, saw that they too would in various places describe that sacred Christian feast, which we feel they do describe; and surely we may rightly call this coincidence between the ordinance in the Christian Church and the form of words in the Psalms, a mark of design. For instance: "Thou shalt prepare a Table before me against them that trouble me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my Cup shall be full." "I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord, and so will I go to Thine Altar." "O send out Thy light and Thy truth, that they may lead me, and bring me unto Thy holy hill, and to Thy dwelling; and that I may go unto the Altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladness." "The children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings. They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of Thy house, and Thou shalt give them drink of Thy pleasures as out of the river. For with Thee is the well of life, and in Thy light shall we see light." "Blessed is the man whom Thou choosest and receivest unto Thee; he shall dwell in Thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of Thy house, even of Thy Holy Temple." "My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness, when my mouth praiseth Thee with joyful lips . . . because Thou hast been my helper, therefore under the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice." …