WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.080 practical ways. Hey, everybody, good morning, and welcome to The 4 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:13.839 Bible Guys man. 5 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:15.439 It's good to be here, Chris, it is. 6 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:17.000 I'm very excited. 7 00:00:17.079 --> 00:00:18.399 Two days in a row we showed up. 8 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:21.719 Yeah, yeah, of course for us, it was just twenty 9 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:22.199 minutes ago. 10 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:23.079 Hey, that's all right. 11 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:25.399 Yeah, well we're bringing the same outfit. 12 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:26.839 Don't spoil the movie magic. 13 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:30.239 Well, actually, to those listening and not watching, they wouldn't 14 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:30.399 know that. 15 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:33.520 They wouldn't you know. It's about almost half of our 16 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:35.679 listeners listen, they don't watch, like. 17 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:38.320 Forty five percent or so something I don't know. Yeah, okay, 18 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:41.679 pretty cool. Hey, well, first of all, I just want 19 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:44.759 to say thank you for tuning in, and also, if 20 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:47.960 you have missed it this whole series, go back for 21 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.399 the last five or six weeks and listen to them. 22 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:52.840 Because we've been in a series talking about the promises 23 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:55.159 of God. That's right, and so this week we're talking 24 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:57.200 about God's love and forgiveness in our lives. 25 00:00:57.359 --> 00:00:59.079 It's I think it's really going to be a powerful week. 26 00:00:59.079 --> 00:00:59.960 I think people are going to love this. 27 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.119 Yeah, I did too. I've already loved it. It's only 28 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:05.920 been Monday. Okay, So today we have a new segment, Jeff, Well, 29 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:07.959 I shouldn't say now, it's it's it's a new it's 30 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:09.040 a newer segment. 31 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:11.040 Neworst segment. It's called we did this one other time, 32 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:11.319 didn't we? 33 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:14.640 Yeah, one other time. It's called rapid fire Roulette. Okay, 34 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:18.400 and Desiree writes, this was a hit last time, so 35 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:21.120 uh that we did it. So let's hit. 36 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:25.599 Flip rolls, not just pretty good hit, a hit. We've 37 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:26.359 had a few hits. 38 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:28.239 By the way, how does she even know that? 39 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:28.879 I don't know. 40 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:30.040 Did she interview everybody? 41 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:30.439 Yeah? 42 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:33.840 Is this a hit? Yeah? Okay, so she said, Chris 43 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:39.159 will ask a rapid series of unexpected, hilarious questions. Okay, Well, 44 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:43.000 Jeff answers quickly as quickly as possible. 45 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:44.439 As quickly as possible, within thirty seconds. 46 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:48.439 No thinking, yeah, no repeats, no overthinking. It's all about 47 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:52.359 fast reactions, big laughs, embracing the chaos. 48 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:52.840 Okay. 49 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.400 So therefore, I have a list of questions that I 50 00:01:57.400 --> 00:01:59.760 have you writ and down. Here we go as fast 51 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:03.480 as you can go. Okay, Okay, yes, if animals could talk, 52 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:08.719 which species would be the rudest girafts? Okay? Why? 53 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:11.560 Uh? Because they look down on everybody. 54 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:16.960 Oh, there you go, How about you? Okay, okay, what's 55 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:19.360 the most useless superpower you wish you had? 56 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:20.879 Being invisible? 57 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:23.439 If you're if you're like, oh no, we don't want 58 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:26.599 to say that. Okay, you've been arrested with new explanation. 59 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:31.080 What would all your friends assume you were guilty of? 60 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:33.800 Oh, my goodness, what would all my friends speeding? 61 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:38.000 Okay, that's pretty good. Okay. If you had to replace 62 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:40.599 your hands with somebody else's hands, who would you choose? 63 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:45.039 Replace my hands with somebody else's hands? Yep, loos? 64 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:45.719 Nice? 65 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:48.400 Nice? These are the original incredible hole. 66 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:51.840 Yes, yes, okay. What's the most ridiculous fact that you 67 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:53.960 know that sounds completely made up? 68 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:57.639 Oh? Boy, I don't know. None of my facts sound 69 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:01.360 made up. They're all true. Okay, okay, okay. The since 70 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:06.039 it's Thanksgiving week, work, we are in Thanksgiving week? Uh? 71 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:11.120 Did you know that the Pilgrims, the first Indian that 72 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:14.599 they met, spoke perfect English and asked them for a beer. 73 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:16.960 That was the first thing that that was the first 74 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:19.759 engagement with the pilgrims. Did you know that? No, Yeah, 75 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:22.800 is crazy because there were already people that were trading 76 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:24.520 up and down the up and down the coast, and 77 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:27.520 so this guy was the one who helped his village trade. 78 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:29.639 So he spoke English, and he stepped out and asked 79 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:30.680 a beer for a beer? Wow? 80 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:33.400 Okay? How about this? If you could if you could 81 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:38.000 only communicate for a week with only movie quotes from 82 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:42.680 a certain movie or from a certain TV series only, Yeah, 83 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:43.800 what would you choose? 84 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:48.719 I think the one I quote the most is Princess Bride, right, yeah, 85 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:50.759 but I think the office is what you'd have to 86 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:53.800 choose because the office applies to so much more of 87 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:57.360 life than just you know, giants and kidnappings. 88 00:03:57.879 --> 00:03:59.159 Oh, how the turntables? 89 00:03:59.199 --> 00:03:59.360 Yes? 90 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.000 Okay? How about this? What food would you fight someone 91 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:04.360 over if they try to steal it from you? 92 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:07.680 Ooh a real by steak? 93 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:11.000 Right? If you could invent a holiday, what would people 94 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:12.919 be celebrating and how would they celebrate it? 95 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:15.919 We would celebrate the awesomeness of Chris. 96 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:21.959 Oh okay, how would they celebrate that? Bringing gifts? Bringing 97 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.160 gifts would be bringing gifts and laying them down. 98 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:28.839 I think it would be like a elephant? What was it? Elephant? Whatever? 99 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:32.199 What you know whenever you give like a gifts weird 100 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:35.160 gifts sat Christmas? Oh, white elephant, white elephant gift. Yeah, 101 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:37.079 it'd be like a white elephant gift. 102 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:39.199 Okay, all right, that's pretty good holiday. Okay, Now you've 103 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:42.680 just been given ten thousand dollars, but you you must 104 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:44.680 waste it on something stupid. What are you buying? 105 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:47.000 Oh? What would I waste ten thousand dollars on? 106 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:48.199 Yeah? 107 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:49.199 An outdoor kitchen? 108 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:53.120 Ooh, good answer, that's not stupid, though. 109 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:55.319 It's not necessary. 110 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:58.480 It's is not necessary. Okay. What is the worst possible 111 00:04:58.560 --> 00:04:59.279 name for a pet? 112 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:01.560 Uh? Chris Sarbo? 113 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:06.319 That's terrible. You just honored me and then slammed me 114 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:06.839 within throw. 115 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:09.680 You don't want to name your dog after somebody you 116 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:10.920 care about? Your dog? 117 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:14.279 NERO? See I see? Okay, that's pretty good. All right. 118 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:16.720 What's the weirdest thing you believed as a kid but 119 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:18.000 now you're embarrassed to admit it? 120 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:25.279 I don't know. I was so skeptical as a kid 121 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:27.040 that I really probed on stuff. 122 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:29.800 All right, I'll ask you, no'm the question this, This 123 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:32.600 one's going to take a minute. If you could only 124 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:35.199 eat foods for the rest of your life that started 125 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:38.800 with one letter, the same letter. Which letter are you choosing? 126 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:49.160 Uh m, why meat? Eminem's meat and meats? Okay, first 127 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:51.040 of all, so chocolate and meat, that's all I need. 128 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.000 Okay, I guess that's a category of food. 129 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:54.759 Well you didn't say, I. 130 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:56.319 Guess, So there's a lot of wiggle room. 131 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:58.879 Okay, I was not going to be vegetables. 132 00:05:59.000 --> 00:05:59.519 How about this? 133 00:05:59.639 --> 00:05:59.959 Okay? 134 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:03.959 Is that be what conspiracy theory do you secretly think 135 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:08.480 might be true? Even just a little bigfoot? Bigfoot? 136 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:11.600 Bigfoot? Yeah, I think it's legit. I think it's possible. 137 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:13.879 Really yeah, yeah, wow, okay. 138 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:15.040 What about uh. 139 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:17.079 The moon? 140 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:17.959 Oh yeah, the moonlight? 141 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:21.079 Yeah yeah yeah. If you were a ghost, what would 142 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.759 be your go to method for haunting people? 143 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:26.639 Uh? Touching them? 144 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:29.800 Oh that's creepy, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. If I was, 145 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:32.439 If I felt something and nobody was around. 146 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:33.920 Whispering and touching at the same time. 147 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:37.399 Oh yes, yeah, creepy, creeped out. 148 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:38.000 Just think about it. 149 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:41.839 If you could force everyone in the world to do 150 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:44.399 one thing at the exact same time, what would it. 151 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:49.319 Be, Uh Sing? If I could teach the world to sing? 152 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:53.360 Oh? If I could teach the world to sing in 153 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:58.040 perfect harmony. Okay, how about this one. Huh if your 154 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:00.959 if your brain had a loading what would it say? 155 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:06.920 A loading screen? So so like trying to find his thoughts, 156 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:09.959 I guess, so hang on a second, I say to him, 157 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:10.560 hang on a second. 158 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:12.199 Okay, and then finally, here's the last one. 159 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:12.480 Huh. 160 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:16.360 What movie would be absolutely terrible if it were turned 161 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:17.199 into a musical? 162 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.560 Uh, Brave Heart. 163 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:27.959 Brave Heart, I Kill you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that'd be terrible. 164 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:30.560 You could have said Shindler's List. That'd be pretty bad. 165 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:35.399 That would be terrible. 166 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:37.160 That would be a terrible one. Yeah. 167 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:40.240 Yeah, that'd be really really bad. So, hey, that is 168 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:42.399 pretty good. That was pretty rapid fire question. 169 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:44.360 Those were good. Yeah, that's a fun one. 170 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:46.040 I think that is funny. And you know what, to 171 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:48.160 be honest with you, there's a certain amount of anxiety. 172 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:49.199 I'm sure there is. 173 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:51.720 Yeah, where you were like because your brain just doesn't 174 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:54.639 want to write, find the word in the moment, right, 175 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:56.680 Like I should have a funnier answer than this. 176 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:01.800 Yeah, yeah, you know, those were pretty random. But you 177 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:04.920 know what Psalm Chapter one O three, David Psalm. It 178 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:05.800 was not random at all. 179 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:07.120 No, he wrote it on purpose. 180 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:10.560 No, he did, he did. They all had a theme. 181 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:13.720 They were all connected, unlike the segment in which we 182 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:14.120 just did. 183 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:17.079 Yeah. So this week we're talking about God's forgiveness and mercy. Yep. 184 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:19.519 And today is as far as the east is from 185 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:21.920 the west. And I love this. This is one of 186 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:25.759 my favorite passages. Yes, of course, so Psalm one O three. 187 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:30.000 I've read through this passage. I bet you at least 188 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.399 one hundred and three times. I'm not joking, hundreds of times. 189 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:32.879 Yeah. 190 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:35.840 So it says, let all that I am praise the 191 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:38.919 Lord with my whole heart. I will praise his holy name. 192 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:41.480 Let all that I am praise the Lord Man. Never 193 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:44.240 forget the good things He's done for me. He forgives 194 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:48.320 all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems 195 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:51.240 me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. 196 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:54.600 He fills my life with good things. My youth is 197 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.519 renewed like the eagles. The Lord gives righteousness and justice 198 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:02.039 to all who are treated unfair. He revealed his character 199 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:04.039 to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel. 200 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:07.639 The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry 201 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.720 and filled with unfailing love, he will not constantly accuse us, 202 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:14.919 nor remain angry forever. He does not punish us for 203 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:17.720 all our sins. He does not deal harshly with us, 204 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:21.159 as we deserve, for his unfailing love toward those who 205 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:23.360 fear him is as great as the height of the 206 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:26.440 heavens above the earth. He has removed our sins as 207 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:29.159 far from us as the east is from the west. 208 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:32.000 The Lord is like a father to his children, tender 209 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.679 and compassion to those who fear him. For he knows 210 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:37.399 how weak we are. He remembers, we are only dust. 211 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:41.240 Our days on earth are like grass, like wildfires flowers. 212 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:45.000 We bloom and die. The wind blows, and we are gone, 213 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:47.679 as though we had never been here. But the love 214 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:50.480 of the Lord remains forever with those who fear him. 215 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:53.600 His salvation extends to the children's children, of those who 216 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:56.240 are faithful to his covenant, of those who obey as commands. 217 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.440 The Lord has made the heavens his throne. From there 218 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:02.720 he ruled over everything. Praise the Lord, you angels, you 219 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:05.120 mighty ones who carry out his plans, listening for each 220 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.519 of his commands. Yes, praise the Lord. You armies of 221 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:10.240 angels who serve him and do his will. Praise the Lord. 222 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:14.159 Everything is created, everything in all his kingdom. Let all 223 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:16.279 that I am praise the Lord. Nah. 224 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:19.279 Good, that is a great That's a good one statement, right. 225 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:23.120 I mean, think about the meaning of every word. Let 226 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:25.480 all that I am praise the Lord with my whole heart. 227 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:30.159 I would praise his holy name. You know, it's it immediately, 228 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:32.679 you know, I just think to myself, that's an entire sermon, 229 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:35.960 right because full surrender, you know, when you want, when 230 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:40.000 you have to, you know, address everything that's in God's word. 231 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:42.159 You know, We've always said this. In fact, Wesley said 232 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:44.919 it at the We taught the one on one class 233 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.440 last night, and he said, people treat the Bible like 234 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:49.639 a buffet, you know, And he started going through a 235 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:52.000 buffet and he used Golden Corral as an example, and 236 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:55.000 I was like, dude, Golden Corral. But he was like, oh, 237 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:57.519 I don't want Brussels sprouts. I want some chicken. I 238 00:10:57.559 --> 00:11:00.360 want some shrimp and everything else. But he was just saying, like, 239 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:03.720 you know, there are parts of the Bible we don't 240 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.840 necessarily like or to adopt or listen to or ithre 241 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:09.879 and then at the same time, you know, if you 242 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:12.360 think about another visual aid, you can think of your 243 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:15.799 body like a house. And you know, when you clean 244 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.440 your house for a guest to come over, sometimes you 245 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:22.759 stuff all the clutter in a closet and you say 246 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.080 hey to all your guests. You're allowed in every part 247 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:27.840 of the room except for that closet or that bedroom, 248 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:30.320 you know, and you shut the bedroom. But it's like, 249 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:31.120 it's like and you have. 250 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:33.360 To say, praise the Lord with almost all that I. 251 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:36.519 Am correct, correct, Yeah, So I think of all those things, 252 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:39.679 and I think of Man, it's the true definition of surrender. 253 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:42.639 It's the true definition of become a fully devoted follower 254 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:45.960 of Christ, to say, God, you have all of me. 255 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:49.440 I hold nothing back, and I'm going to allow you 256 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:52.440 to speak into every area of my life regardless of 257 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:53.039 my preference. 258 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:56.399 I've said several times from stage that I believe that 259 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:00.840 gratitude is one of the most powerful things in your life. 260 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:04.039 Right when you choose a life of gratitude, it winds 261 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:07.759 up resolving so many things, or it changes your perspective 262 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:11.720 and it changes it. Gratitude has potential for changing everything 263 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:13.919 in your life. And so that's one of the reason 264 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:16.240 why I read this passage so much, And I think 265 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:20.559 it's interesting this this The notes for Psalm one oh 266 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:24.320 three says, David's praise focuses on all the good God 267 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:26.559 was doing for him. It's easy to find reasons to 268 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:29.559 complain about life, but David's list gives us plenty for 269 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:32.639 which to praise God. He forgives our sins, he heals 270 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:36.000 our diseases, He redeems us from death. He crowns us 271 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:40.080 with love and compassion. He satisfies our desires, and he 272 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:44.279 gives righteousness and justice. We receive all these without deserving 273 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:46.679 any of them. No matter how difficult your life's journey, 274 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:49.360 you can always count your blessings past, present, and future. 275 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:51.279 When you feel as though you have nothing for which 276 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:53.120 to praise God. Read David's list. 277 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:57.480 Yeah, count your blessings named then well, yeh, by what 278 00:12:57.799 --> 00:13:00.440 there you go? You know you have you ever known that? 279 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:02.320 I don't know that I've ever heard anybody snap their 280 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:03.120 fingers of that song? 281 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:10.759 So yeah, gone, and then they go, God your blessings? Yeah, 282 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:15.759 okay them one by one, that's right, got your many blessing. 283 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:17.360 See what God has done? 284 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:19.759 Hey, So did you ever notice this that in Psalm 285 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:23.279 one of three. There are no requests. No, David doesn't 286 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:27.519 make a single request. This psalm is a psalm of singing, right, 287 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.279 because psalms were put to music, So this is a 288 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:33.440 psalm of David, which meant it was it was a independent, 289 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:37.639 rehearsed lyric. I don't know what would you call it, 290 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:39.399 like a I guess just a song. 291 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:43.840 This is a praise song. So there's worship songs. There's 292 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:48.039 praise songs. There's spiritual songs those are remind us of 293 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:51.960 biblical principles or ideas. And then there's testimony songs this 294 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:54.320 is this is what God has done for me or 295 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:57.559 this is my and then there's like prayer songs, requests God, 296 00:13:57.600 --> 00:14:00.559 I need you kind of thing, right, And so in 297 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:03.679 this instance, it's just pure praise. Just God, You're good. 298 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:04.759 You're good. 299 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:07.559 Yeah, and and uh and you know, I think I've 300 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:10.559 mentioned this before, but like I heard a preacher one 301 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.039 time say that's the reason why when Jesus taught us 302 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:17.000 to pray. He started off by saying, uh, our Father 303 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:19.240 hoard in heaven hallold be your name. Hello, be your 304 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:21.919 name means great as your name, right, And he says, 305 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:25.080 just spend time there before, you know, because Jesus gave 306 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:28.440 us a model to pray, and uh, you know, we 307 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:30.360 you know it's not it's not a bad thing to 308 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:34.320 rehearse or recite the Our Father or the Lord's prayer. 309 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:36.960 It's not a bad thing at all. However, we believe 310 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:39.919 that it wasn't necessarily given as something to recite as 311 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:43.519 much as it was given as a pattern of how 312 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:45.679 to pray, which was the question of the disciples teach 313 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:48.240 us how to pray, right, And and the reason why 314 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:53.360 is because in another gospel he also listed a prayer 315 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:57.159 and it was similar, but it was different, right, So anyway, 316 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:00.039 the point is is that, uh, it's it's a I 317 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.279 heard a preacher say that's probably the reason why he 318 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:06.320 started with saying great is your name, because he's saying, like, 319 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:09.320 spend time there, remind yourself just to it as you're 320 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:11.399 praying to because by the time you get to all 321 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:14.679 your requests, you'll feel better about them anyway, you know. 322 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.960 That's great, which is great, that's really powerful. So by 323 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:26.679 the time you get down to versus h well, I 324 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:31.639 think eight right, the Lord is compassionate and merciful, He's 325 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:35.080 slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You know, 326 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.919 the devil always whispering You're God's so mad at you. 327 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:41.120 You don't deserve anything. God's angry at you. Right, he said, 328 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:44.799 God is slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. 329 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:49.759 Unfailing is never failing love, right, Right. Maybe we've had 330 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:51.480 people who told us they loved us and then got 331 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:54.039 mad at us later and then stopped loving us, broke 332 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.000 up with us. Whatever. Right, God will never break up 333 00:15:57.039 --> 00:16:00.639 with you, and he will not constantly accuse us, nor 334 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:04.840 remain angry forever. He does not punish us for all 335 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:07.600 our sins. He does not deal harshly with us as 336 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:11.039 we deserve. What we deserve is far worse than anything 337 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:14.240 that we're getting. And then instead it says, his unfailing 338 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:16.720 love toward us, toward those who fear him, is as 339 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:20.759 great as the height of heavens above the earth. So 340 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:24.399 he talks about as high as you can go wherever 341 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:29.080 heaven is, it's that far away. The immensity of his 342 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:33.720 love for us is beyond this universe, is what he's saying. 343 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:36.679 And then the next one is He's removed our sins 344 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:40.080 as far from us as the east is from the west. 345 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:42.159 The east never meets the west, and the west never 346 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:42.720 meets the east. 347 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:44.519 Yeah. So how far is that? It's infinity? 348 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.519 Yeah, yeah, infinity. 349 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:49.799 Yeah. It's an incredible picture, you know. And you know, 350 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:54.000 here's another thought that I had. This is a deep 351 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:58.879 thinking sort of chapter because he says, you know, it's 352 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:01.080 like the wind that comes and it goes. It's like 353 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:04.680 a wildflower that blooms and then it dies. Right. God 354 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.200 remembers that we're only dust. 355 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:08.720 It's like, you know, it's like a father and his children. 356 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:12.160 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, there's all these like deep contemplative 357 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.720 you know, you'd have to really think about life from 358 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:17.839 a grand scale to just be reminded that all of 359 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:20.680 us are just dust in God's eyes, you know, just 360 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.759 we're just this temporary creations that are here for a 361 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:26.599 while and then we return to dust. It's like, what, 362 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:30.559 that's incredible, right, I Mean, we're only reminded of that 363 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:34.799 when we you know, see corpses on movies or something, right, right, 364 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:37.279 But you know, but from God's point of view, we 365 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:39.200 came from the earth, and we go back to the Earth, 366 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:41.960 or at least these earthly shells do, right. And then 367 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:44.279 and then he says, yeah, it's like a wildflower that 368 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:46.000 comes it just blooms, Oh how pretty it is, and 369 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:48.640 then then all of a sudden it's gone. The wind 370 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:51.839 just blows and we're just gone. It's it's a really 371 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:54.880 deep thinking verse, you know, Like like when Jesus was 372 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:59.640 talking about the lilies of the field and Solomon clothing 373 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:04.839 you know, or God clothing the lilies and feeding the birds. 374 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:08.480 It's like those are just deep thoughts that I just 375 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.880 think are really really great. 376 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:15.720 Well, God uses nature to reflect his glory. God made 377 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:19.200 us in his image to be able to reflect his 378 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:21.839 heart and attitude. That's why it talks about here he's 379 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:25.160 like a father, right, was it say, is like a 380 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:27.680 father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who 381 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:32.759 fear him. So the fear him is respect. He's tender 382 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:36.559 and compassionate to those who respect him, which means if 383 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:39.920 you don't show respect, he's not going to be tender 384 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:44.559 and compassionate. Right, So when you're when and I think 385 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:47.359 you and I know what this means. There are times 386 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:52.200 when our kids were particularly naughty, and in that moment, 387 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:54.839 we weren't wanting to cuddle them, right, We're wanting to 388 00:18:54.880 --> 00:19:00.680 throttle them, right, but when your children were respect or 389 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:04.160 like right now, my granddaughter's in this big cuddly stage. 390 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:06.680 She comes running over to me. She's not quite too. 391 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:09.000 She'll come running over to me, put her hands up, 392 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:11.680 then just put her head on my shoulder. You know, hey, 393 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:14.000 would you go get me that? She'd go run and 394 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.680 get it, grab it and come back. And she's just 395 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:17.680 so happy to serve and all this stuff, and man, 396 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:19.799 you just want to hold her all the time, right, 397 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:23.000 And that's kind of what he's saying here, is that 398 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:26.200 the Lord is like a father to his children. We're 399 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:29.960 the children. He's tender and compassionate. He's wanting to hold us. 400 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:32.119 He's wanting to treat us in a tender and compassionate 401 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:35.839