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 Hi, and welcome to the Willow Ridge Church weekly podcast.

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 This is where you can find audio for our current and past sermons.

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 We hope that you enjoy this week's installment, and be sure to check back next week to hear

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 Thanks for listening.

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 Good morning.

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 Glad that you guys are here.

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 Hope you all had a wonderful, wonderful Thanksgiving.

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 Well, before we go into the message, I want to go ahead and address something.

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 I've had a lot of questions this morning be asked to me from different people, and they've

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 asked the question, are you okay?

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 If you're not from South Carolina, let me explain to you about something that happened yesterday.

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 My University of South Carolina Gamecocks lost again to that team from the upstate.

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 So no, I'm not okay.

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 I'm not okay.

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 I'm not okay.

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 I'm not okay at all.

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 But I'm going to change.

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 I heard this this morning from someone.

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 We as Carolina fans are known to have a phrase that we use after a loss.

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 I just heard somebody say it.

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 If you know it, say it with me.

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 Wait till next year, right?

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 Well, I'm going to alter that a little bit.

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 Wait till next decade, all right?

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 2031 is on, right?

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 We got it.

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 All right.

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 It's good to be here with you guys this morning.

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 I do hope you all had a wonderful, wonderful Thanksgiving.

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 Ours was a great time.

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 Spilled, spilled too.

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 We did that, but filled with family and lots of food and good times.

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 And so we're grateful that we could all be here this morning.

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 If you've got your Bibles, go ahead and open up to Psalm 92.

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 That's where we're going to be this morning.

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 As you turn there, if you weren't able to be with us this past Sunday night,

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 we had a wonderful night for our missions and prayer.

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 It was fantastic as we had our missionaries that were here with us

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 from somewhere far away that we can't talk about publicly,

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 at least while we're live streaming,

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 but had a wonderful time just kind of hear the story of what God's doing all over the world.

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 And for the people who were there, we had a great crowd show up.

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 A lot of people asked that night,

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 will we have more opportunities, more things like this?

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 And to answer that, absolutely we will.

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 It was just wonderful seeing all that God was doing

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 as we talked more and more about unreached people groups

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 and what it takes and what God's doing.

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 You know, I think sometimes our focus in our lives

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 can just be what we can see, what we hear, what we know about, right?

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 Because we can't get outside of that.

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 We can't know what we don't know.

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 We can't see what we can't see.

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 But when we have these moments, when we have these opportunities,

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 God just opens up for so much more of what he's doing.

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 And so we're looking forward for more opportunities with that.

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 Something that came out of this night or leading up to this night

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 as we talked about how can we take this season

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 and continue to keep missions and prayer on our minds and in our hearts.

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 And so we as the staff came up with an idea.

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 As you walked into building one or building two,

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 you'll notice there's a Christmas tree that's up

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 and it's got these little paper Christmas ornaments all over them.

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 And so for this Christmas season,

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 what we're going to challenge all of us to do as a Willow Ridge Church family

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 is to embrace what we're calling our prayer trees.

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 Now, these paper ornaments that are up,

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 we had some students that came up on one of their days off this week

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 and cut these out for us.

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 They've got prayer requests from different missionary partners that we have.

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 And so what we're going to challenge you to do is to stop by there,

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 grab one of these ornaments, hang it on your tree.

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 And when you walk by it every morning,

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 that you would see your prayer request,

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 that you would be reminded to pray for that missionary

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 in that specific prayer request

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 and in that area in which they are serving.

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 And so parents, I know that's something we were challenging our kids to do.

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 Dawn's talking with them about that as well this morning.

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 And so if they come with one also, then great.

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 We'd love for each and every one to do that.

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 We do have more ornaments.

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 And so if every single one of you go and take one off, that's fine.

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 We've got more.

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 We'll put them up and we'll keep going.

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 Now, what we've done before in the past

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 is what you're probably used to different organizations.

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 Like we'd have gifts that you could buy for different people

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 or different places or organizations

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 that we've partnered before in the past.

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 And so since we're not doing that with gifts on the tree,

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 we do recognize that some of us,

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 I know our family likes to think of how we can help others,

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 particularly financially during this time of year.

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 And so maybe you've already budgeted for that.

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 Maybe you've already accounted for that.

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 And so what we'll have in building one and building two,

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 in fact, this is the box for building one,

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 is we have these boxes right beside our Christmas trees,

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 right beside our prayer trees.

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 And so out there in the lobby, you'll see these as you walk through

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 and they've got a little hole right here at the top.

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 And so if you've budgeted, if you would like to give,

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 we're going to ask that you give in, financially speaking,

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 that you give and you can place your check,

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 you can place your envelope, you can place that in the box here.

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 Now, this isn't your offering that you give.

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 This is above and beyond.

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 Dave's actually going to run that back there now.

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 So y'all can all fill it up when you leave here this morning.

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 But all of the funds that are put in those boxes above and beyond

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 are going to go to bless the Stopman family in Hope Valley Church

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 so that they can continue on in the ministry for what they're doing.

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 Now, I know that you guys know this.

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 This time of year in your family, right, it gets more expensive, right?

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 There's more meals to plan.

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 There's more things to do.

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 There's more gifts to buy.

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 And a church is often just like your family.

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 And things get more expensive as we do the different things.

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 And so as the Stopmans are continuing on and to plant Hope Valley Church,

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 there are a lot of things that are coming up.

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 And so we want to take this opportunity to bless them.

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 And so what we're going to do is we're going to leave that box

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 with the pearl ornaments out all the way through our Christmas Eve service.

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 And so you're going to have time to be able to go.

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 And maybe it's a check that you want to write.

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 Maybe you want to have a couple of bills in your pocket and drop that in there.

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 But then everything that we'll collect after our Christmas Eve service,

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 we'll get Joel Van Ham, we'll cut them a check,

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 and we'll send it on over there so that they can use it for the ministry that God has for them.

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 And we are excited about that opportunity to bless them as a church.

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 And we thank you for your willingness to partner with us in that.

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 So we're going to, in our psalm series, we've been in this for about eight weeks now.

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 And as we've studied through, if this is your first week,

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 I know we've got some families who are visiting with us.

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 We haven't moved, you know, one by one through the psalms.

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 But each week we've looked at a different psalm.

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 And as we've looked at that psalm, our worship team has led us in worship with that psalm.

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 And so it's been neat as we go through.

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 This morning I sat down in my office.

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 I got here a little bit earlier than normal.

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 And I was just looking at the different psalms that we had done.

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 And a cool thing of what we did was because there's so many different ones that we can set to music,

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 I actually released control of it to Berger, which was a big deal for me

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 when it comes to choosing what passages I'm going to preach out of.

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 And so he, like, gave me a pocket or a sampling of psalms.

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 Like, hey, man, these have got some good music that we can pull from and do this with.

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 And so we picked and chose which ones that we wanted to do, that we felt led to do.

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 And so there wasn't any particular rhyme or reason other than it kind of fits where we're at

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 and what we want to accomplish.

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 And so there's been some themes that we've seen, some differences between all of them.

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 You know, they've had different authors.

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 We've looked at a lot that David wrote because David wrote half of the psalms.

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 But then there's been some where we don't know the authors.

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 Or Moses even wrote the one that we looked at, I believe, last week.

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 As we read through these psalms, some are more somber, right?

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 And some are more joyful.

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 And so you feel that difference in them.

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 Some of them, now while they're all written as poetry,

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 some of them, you read them, and really quickly, like, you can see,

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 like, this feels like a songwriter wrote it.

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 Like, it feels like this is easy to set to music,

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 while others kind of give you that feel of going all the way back to, like,

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 your British literature class, like, where you're reading,

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 like Shakespeare and poetry, right?

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 Like, you have a hard time placing, like, how would I exactly sing this psalm?

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 In these psalms, some have focused on the past,

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 while others have focused on the future.

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 Some of the psalms have been written from a perspective of the individual.

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 So we hear words like I and me as it talks about the relationship with God

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 and what God was doing in the life of that author.

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 But some of the psalms have been written from the perspective of Israel.

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 And so we are what God has done for this whole people.

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 And as we go through the psalms, we see these differences that are there.

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 But all of them, as we've read through them, have two things in common.

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 And I want to kind of talk about this before we get into Psalm 92 this morning.

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 And here's the two things that all of them have in common.

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 Number one, they were written out of a personal relationship with God

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 and not a religious relationship with God.

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 And I want to talk about that really, really quickly.

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 Here's what I mean about a personal relationship with God.

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 I think that's a phrase that we throw out oftentimes,

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 but we don't explain what we mean by that.

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 By personal relationship with God,

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 what we mean is that there's depth to the relationship.

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 There's a growing knowing of one another in that.

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 So it's not that I know God, meaning I just know things about God,

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 but I know God and I'm knowing Him more every single day.

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 There's a depth of a relationship.

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 It's not that you're an acquaintance,

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 but you're a mingling together.

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 There's an intimacy that we see.

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 There's words that we notice that come from the heart

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 that are not shared between strangers,

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 but words that are delivered to individuals

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 who have depth of relationship,

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 who care about one another,

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 and who are also willing to be honest

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 in their relationship with one another.

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 But also that they're interactive.

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 That we see that this carries on from moment by moment,

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 day by day in their life.

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 And that's what I mean by personal relationship with God.

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 When we read this, we can see this with David.

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 We can see this with Moses.

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 We can see this with the different writers of the Psalms.

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 And not a religious relationship with God.

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 So let me define that.

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 Religious relationship with God is,

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 these are the rules.

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 Let me make sure that I do them.

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 And I check the boxes.

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 This is what is expected of me,

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 but I'm not going to give anything more.

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 And then on that, not only am I checking the boxes,

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 not only am I pausing myself from going beyond,

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 but also within that, I want the recognition for it.

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 If we notice so much of these Psalms,

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 what's dealt with is the personal relationship,

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 not the religious relationship.

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 And because of this, another common theme

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 that's come from these

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 is that we notice that the authors

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 focus on what God has done and what God is doing.

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 It's not their biography that they're writing.

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 It's not their time for them to step back

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 and praise themselves,

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 but it is a reflection of the heart

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 that understands all that God has done

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 and all that God is doing in their life.

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 And then they praise them for it.

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 Like, as we've read through this

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 and as you've been through this with us,

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 excuse me, I'm sorry.

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 Not all of these have been written

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 out of times of prosperity,

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 but all of these have been written

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 out of the praise for the Lord

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 for all that he has done

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 and all that he's going to do.

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 And that comes out of a heart

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 of a personal relationship,

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 not a religious relationship.

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 And so I just want to ask you this question this morning

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 as we get going.

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 What type of relationship do you have with the Lord?

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 Do you have a personal relationship with God,

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 one that's marked by depth

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 and growing to know him

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 and desiring every day to encounter him?

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 Is it marked by intimacy with him?

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 That what is in your heart

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 and what comes from your heart

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 is a reflection of that?

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 That's interactive in the points

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 to where you notice every single day

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 God's goodness

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 and God's blessing

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 and God's faithfulness

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 and the good and the bad

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 and everywhere in between.

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 or do you feel like you just have a religious relationship with God?

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 Well, I'm here.

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 Check.

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 I opened my Bible this week.

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 Check.

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 Somebody recognized me for it.

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 Check.

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 Right?

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 If someone came up to you today

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 and said,

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 hey, could you tell me

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 what a relationship with the Lord looks like?

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 Tell me what your time with him looks like.

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 How would you describe that?

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 What would you point to?

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 What would you draw from?

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 You know, it's really easy here this morning

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 to say that we want,

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 that we have a personal relationship with Jesus.

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 But if a perfect stranger comes out to you on the street

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 and says,

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 what does your walk with Christ look like?

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 What does your walk with Christ look like?

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 Does it reflect a personal

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 or religious relationship with Christ?

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 So we're going to look at Psalm 92 this morning

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 that is going to be an overflow of that relationship.

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 For my coffin,

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 I ran in a race yesterday.

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 I'll never do that again.

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 Okay.

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 All right.

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 Learn my lesson.

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 All right.

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 Now, Psalm 92.

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 Here's what we're going to notice within here.

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 It's a psalm for the Sabbath.

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 So it's a psalm for worship.

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 All right.

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 So everything that we're going to look in here

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 is going to be a psalm

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 that is going to describe an attitude

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 and atmosphere of corporate worship

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 amongst God's people.

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 All right.

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 Now, we don't know who the writer of this is,

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 but what we're going to see from

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 and what you would amen and notice

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 is that it is definitely one

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 that is written

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 out of a personal relationship with the Lord.

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 Start reading verse one.

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 Glad I didn't have much to cheer about last night, right?

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 Sorry.

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 I thank y'all that I'm at a church

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 that that's not awkward for me.

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 So I appreciate that.

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 Verse one.

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 It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

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 to sing praises to your name,

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 O Most High,

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 to declare your steadfast love

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 in the morning

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 and your faithfulness by night,

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 to the music of the lute

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 and the harp,

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 to the melody of the lyre.

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 For you, O Lord,

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 have made me glad by your work.

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 At the works of your hands,

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 I sing for joy.

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 How great are your works, O Lord.

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 Your thoughts are very deep.

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 One thing that I want us to see here

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 and to notice here

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 is that we're going to describe

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 God's people worship.

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 We're going to see three different aspects

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 that describe God's people

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 in worship throughout Psalm 92.

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 But the first thing

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 that we're going to notice in this,

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 in worship,

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 all right,

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 this is key,

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 in worship is that God's people worship.

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 That's important.

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 In worship,

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 we worship.

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 Not in worship we sit here.

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 Not in worship we show up.

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 But in worship we worship.

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 And the gathering of God's people

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 has always been central to his faith.

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 We see it all throughout God's word.

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 The second psalm that we studied

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 in this series was Psalm 134,

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 a psalm of ascent,

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 that the people would say

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 as they walked up the hill

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 to the temple in Jerusalem

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 what they would sing

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 for what they knew to expect

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 when they encountered and to worship.

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 Before God's people built the temple

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 that God called them to,

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 God's people would build places of worship

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 where they would recognize

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 what God has done.

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 God would call for himself

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 in the Old Testament

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 a group of people,

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 a tribe called the Levites.

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 And from this tribe,

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 God would select his priest

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 who would help the people

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 in worshiping him.

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 God would create festivals

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 and holidays

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 so that people would come together

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 and travel from far away

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 to worship him.

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 In the New Testament,

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 Jesus not only went

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 to the temple courts to teach,

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 but also to the temple

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 to worship himself.

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 In Acts,

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 people were saved,

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 churches were formed,

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 and people were gathered together

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 for worship.

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 God's word never veers away

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 that God calls his people

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 together to worship.

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 It's the desire of his heart.

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 Now, there are those

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 who think differently

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 and who will say,

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 but worship is supposed

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 to be a lifestyle.

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 Worship is supposed

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 to be what we do every day.

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 And to that,

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 I would say yes and amen

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 in full agreeance with that.

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 We are to live

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 a lifestyle of worship.

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 I'm to worship God

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 when I'm here

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 and when I'm not here.

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 Monday through Saturday

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 and all that I have.

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 But we cannot use that

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 as an excuse

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 for not gathering together,

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 to not having the family here.

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 I asked if you had

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 a good Thanksgiving

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 and I hope that you all did.

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 We had a great Thanksgiving.

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 And if your Thanksgiving

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 was like mine,

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 it was a little loud,

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 it was a little messy,

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 it was a little chaotic.

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 Why?

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 Because we were all together.

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 And when God's people

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 come together

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 in his name

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 as his family

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 to worship,

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 it brings that sense together.

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 It's a little loud,

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 it's a little messy,

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 it's a little chaotic,

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 but it's good

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 because we're together.

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 And so when we worship,

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 what we see

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 in these first several verses

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 in Psalm 92

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 is that God is calling us

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 to do some things.

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 Now,

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 when I talk about worship

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 this morning,

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 of us being in worship

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 that God's people worship,

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 I am speaking musically.

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 All right?

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 So what we just did

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 and what we will do

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 is what we're going to talk about

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 in these several verses.

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 And there's three things

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 that I find in this

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 that the psalmist

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 encourages us

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 or challenges us to.

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 All right?

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 Number one is this,

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 we need to sing.

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 We need to sing.

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 There's too many verses

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 in the Bible

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 to go through

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 where God calls

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 and demands

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 his people to sing

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 from Psalms,

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 Colossians,

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 Ephesians,

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 and everywhere in between.

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 Sing.

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 Verse one says,

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 it is good

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 to give thanks

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 to the Lord

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 to sing praises

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 to your name.

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 Now,

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 some of you

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 are gifted

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 in singing.

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 A lot of us,

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 me included,

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 are not.

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 Right?

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 That's right.

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 We just get crazy

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 on the day

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 after Thanksgiving,

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 right Tim?

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 But God calls us

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 to that.

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 And I want to challenge you

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 if you're here this morning

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 and you gather in here

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 and you say,

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 well,

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 I'm here for the fellowship,

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 I'm here for the message,

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 I'm here for the time

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 that we can be together,

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 but when the music

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 and things start,

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 that's just not my thing.

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 Can I plead with you

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 for the heart of God

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 to understand

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 that I don't know why

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 God didn't give us

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 something else to do,

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 but God says

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 to sing to him

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 a new song.

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 And in Colossians 3,

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 he commands

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 that would the churches

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 gather together

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 to sing psalms

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 and hymns to him.

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 That he calls us

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 to sing,

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 to bring forth

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 a song from our mouth.

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 And so when this team

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 gets up here,

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 this isn't American Idol

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 to sit back

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 and watch them

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 and applaud them,

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 but what they're doing

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 is they're leading us,

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 not performing for us.

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 And they're leading us

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 into worship.

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 And so sound ugly with me

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 because God is glorified

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 because that's what

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 he longs for

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 and that's what he desires.

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 And I don't know

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 why it had to be song.

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 I don't know,

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 but he's God and he does.

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 And the tendency

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 for some of us

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 is this.

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 And I just challenge you,

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 maybe in a whisper

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 that only you and God

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 can hear,

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 to be willing

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 to sing before the Lord.

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 Number two,

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 when we sing,

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 and let me say this

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 about Joel Berger.

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 These next two things,

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 I believe he does

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 better than any worship leader

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 that I've ever been around.

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 Number two,

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 when we worship,

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 we need to declare

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 God's faithfulness

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 not our own.

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 All right.

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 God is both the subject

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 and the object

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 of our worship,

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 not us.

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 We are not singing songs

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 about ourselves.

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 We are not singing songs

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 to ourselves.

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 Verse two,

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 to declare your steadfast love

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 in the morning

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 and your faithfulness

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 at night.

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 Who are we singing

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 about God's faithfulness?

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 Not how well we've done,

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 not what we've accomplished,

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 not how we have been

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 faithful to him,

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 but how he has been

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 faithful to us.

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 Number three,

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 connected together,

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 but notice what he is doing

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 and not what we have done.

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 Verse three and four,

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 for you,

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 O Lord,

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 have made me glad

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 by your work

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 at the works of your hands.

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 I sing for joy.

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 How great are your works,

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 O Lord.

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 Your thoughts are very deep

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 to notice the goodness

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 of what God has done.

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 I'm guilty of this,

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 but we miss the blessings

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:17.640
 of God continually.

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 This morning,

00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:21.240
 I was on the way here to work

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:21.960
 and was driving down

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 Nazareth Road

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 and kind of in a more populated

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 area of the road,

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 and all of a sudden

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 I realized

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 and I looked down

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 at my speedometer

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 and it's like 45 miles per hour

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 but for whatever reason

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.980
 I was going 30 miles an hour

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 and I don't know why

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 I was going so slow

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 but I was going so slow

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 and I went to speed up

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 and all of a sudden

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 a deer shot across the road.

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 Right?

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 Right?

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 And maybe it's because

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 I'm a slow driver

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 but is it the goodness

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:53.420
 and the faithfulness of God

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 there in that moment?

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 Right?

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 And what do we choose to notice

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.820
 and what do we choose to do?

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 To notice what God is doing

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 and not what we have done

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 and to boast on Him.

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 For you, O Lord,

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:07.120
 have made me glad

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:08.120
 by your works

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 and at the works

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 of your hand

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 I sing for joy.

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 And so as we see this,

00:23:15.020 --> 00:23:16.460
 as we journey through,

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 as we gather in here

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.160
 for worship,

00:23:19.260 --> 00:23:20.220
 what we are to do

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.500
 is to worship

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:23.480
 and not ourselves

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 and in the songs

00:23:25.520 --> 00:23:26.220
 that we sing

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 are intentional

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 and they direct us

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 and point our eyes

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 and our hearts

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 to who God is

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 and what God has done

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 and if you don't know Him

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 and you're here,

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 the beauty of the songs

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.280
 that we sing

00:23:39.280 --> 00:23:40.780
 is to tell His story

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 of the gospel of Christ

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 and not our own story.

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 Let's keep reading

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 verses 6 through 12.

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 I'm sorry,

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 6 through 11.

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 As we read these verses,

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 I want this to kind of

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.260
 sink into our brain

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 that when we worship,

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 we worship as victors

00:23:56.320 --> 00:23:56.960
 in Christ

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 and no longer as victims.

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 All right?

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.900
 Verse 6.

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 The stupid man cannot know.

00:24:04.540 --> 00:24:06.620
 The fool cannot understand this,

00:24:07.260 --> 00:24:08.140
 that though the wicked

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:09.440
 sprout like grass

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:11.720
 and all evildoers flourish,

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 they are doomed

00:24:12.780 --> 00:24:14.380
 to destruction forever.

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:16.500
 But you, O Lord,

00:24:16.580 --> 00:24:17.900
 are on high forever.

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.200
 For behold,

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:20.520
 your enemies, O Lord,

00:24:21.260 --> 00:24:21.700
 for behold,

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.200
 your enemies

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 shall perish.

00:24:23.780 --> 00:24:24.880
 All evildoers

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.960
 shall be scattered.

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.800
 But you have exalted

00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.600
 my horn

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.580
 like that

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.900
 of the wild ox.

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 You have poured

00:24:32.040 --> 00:24:32.680
 over me

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.820
 fresh oil.

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.180
 My eyes have seen

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.980
 the downfall

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.800
 of my enemies.

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 My ears have heard

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.280
 the doom

00:24:39.280 --> 00:24:41.420
 of my evil assailants.

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 And so as we gather

00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:43.980
 into worship

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.920
 as victors

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.200
 and no longer victims,

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.000
 we need to know

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.740
 that in worship,

00:24:48.080 --> 00:24:49.360
 God's people overcome.

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 The psalmist draws

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.380
 to comparison

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:53.440
 of two different people

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.020
 in the world.

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 The people of God

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 and the people

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 who are not of God.

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 It's been a theme

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:04.100
 throughout all of Scripture,

00:25:04.580 --> 00:25:05.900
 primarily in the psalms,

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 that we see this.

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 You stupid man,

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:10.200
 you fool.

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 And what these words,

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.680
 what they're portraying

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.380
 is to those

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:15.400
 who do not know God.

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 Verse six,

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 the stupid man

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.600
 cannot know,

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.640
 the fool cannot

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.820
 understand this,

00:25:20.060 --> 00:25:20.840
 that though the wicked

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:22.140
 sprout like grass

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.260
 and all the evildoers

00:25:23.260 --> 00:25:23.860
 flourished,

00:25:24.020 --> 00:25:25.000
 they are doomed

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:27.220
 to destruction forever.

00:25:28.040 --> 00:25:29.380
 Now I know in this world,

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:30.960
 and people say

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.040
 that the world changes,

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 I don't think

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.460
 the world changes,

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 we just rinse

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:34.940
 and repeat

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:36.000
 over and over again.

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.820
 Wickedness and evil

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 appeared and appear

00:25:41.060 --> 00:25:42.540
 to be all around us.

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 And it's not hard to see.

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.240
 And the psalmist

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:47.400
 uses an illustration

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:49.140
 that it's like grass.

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.780
 It says the evil

00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:51.460
 and the wickedness

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.120
 are like grass.

00:25:52.280 --> 00:25:53.600
 It grows quickly.

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 And if you think about this,

00:25:55.060 --> 00:25:56.600
 if you've had the opportunity

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:58.000
 to travel around

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.800
 to different parts

00:25:58.800 --> 00:25:59.680
 of the world,

00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:00.000
 all right,

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.700
 most people

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:03.100
 don't treat grass

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:04.540
 and really pine straw

00:26:04.540 --> 00:26:05.300
 the way that people

00:26:05.300 --> 00:26:05.900
 here do,

00:26:06.020 --> 00:26:07.860
 both of them

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:09.180
 are considered inconveniences,

00:26:09.600 --> 00:26:11.080
 not things to use

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:12.140
 to make our houses pretty.

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:14.280
 So when you hear this grass,

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:16.020
 it's what's everywhere.

00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:17.340
 And they acknowledge

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:19.400
 because grass grows quickly.

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.680
 And if you're not trying

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:22.440
 to produce high dollar zoysia,

00:26:22.560 --> 00:26:22.700
 right,

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.820
 if you just let it go,

00:26:24.280 --> 00:26:24.420
 you know,

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.080
 it's all the weeds

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.480
 and everything

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.880
 that will come through there.

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.820
 That's what they're talking about.

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.780
 That grass grows quickly.

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:32.180
 Grass grows easily.

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:34.560
 But they do not last.

00:26:35.780 --> 00:26:37.220
 We saw this this past week, right?

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:40.260
 Let the frost of the morning come

00:26:40.260 --> 00:26:41.940
 and they're gone.

00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:45.180
 And the psalmist writes,

00:26:46.020 --> 00:26:46.460
 and he says,

00:26:46.540 --> 00:26:47.380
 here's what the fool,

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.000
 here's what the person

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.960
 far from God

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:51.200
 cannot understand.

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.760
 That this is what they are like.

00:26:54.320 --> 00:26:55.400
 That we see them

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:57.160
 and we think they're flourishing.

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.400
 We see them,

00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:00.120
 we think that they're growing.

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:03.040
 But there's just destruction.

00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:07.040
 And it's not depth that's there.

00:27:07.780 --> 00:27:09.140
 And it's not life.

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.420
 But we as believers,

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:13.860
 we don't fall into this.

00:27:14.540 --> 00:27:15.400
 We as believers,

00:27:15.580 --> 00:27:16.800
 this does not define us.

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.640
 Instead,

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:19.420
 verse eight begins for us

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.760
 and tells us that we overcome.

00:27:22.040 --> 00:27:24.100
 And we are here to worship him today

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:26.860
 because we overcome in Christ.

00:27:28.060 --> 00:27:28.620
 But you,

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.360
 oh Lord,

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.540
 are on high forever,

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:32.000
 verse eight says.

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:34.020
 For behold your enemies,

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.820
 oh Lord,

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:36.320
 for behold your enemies

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:37.640
 shall perish.

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.460
 All evildoers

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.620
 shall be scattered.

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:42.620
 But you have exalted

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.720
 my horn like that

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.720
 of the wild ox.

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:46.360
 You have poured over me

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:47.540
 fresh oil.

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.940
 My eyes have seen

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.720
 the downfall

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.580
 of my enemies

00:27:50.580 --> 00:27:52.240
 and my ears have heard

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.140
 the doom

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.880
 of my evil assailants.

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:57.580
 We overcome church

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:58.700
 because we are in him.

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.580
 Verse eight says,

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.000
 but you,

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.480
 oh Lord,

00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:02.480
 are on high

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:04.160
 forever.

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.980
 Forever.

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:08.060
 Not like the grass

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.960
 who will come and go.

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.520
 Not like a season

00:28:10.520 --> 00:28:11.900
 who will change.

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.840
 But the Lord

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.960
 sits on high

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.860
 exalted

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.800
 as ruler

00:28:15.800 --> 00:28:16.600
 forever.

00:28:17.020 --> 00:28:17.960
 And then as this,

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.660
 what the psalmist

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.640
 does is that

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:21.060
 as he sits on high,

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:22.320
 he does something

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:24.220
 that God is working

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.680
 and that he works

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.540
 for us.

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:26.700
 Now,

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.600
 he uses a couple

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.160
 of illustrations

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:29.140
 that are hard

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:30.220
 for us to understand.

00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:31.460
 When we look down

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.200
 to see in verse 10,

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:33.300
 he describes this.

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.180
 He says,

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.340
 but you have exalted

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.020
 my horn

00:28:36.020 --> 00:28:38.100
 like that of the wild ox.

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:38.520
 All right,

00:28:38.540 --> 00:28:39.620
 so the wild ox

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.340
 was considered

00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:41.020
 the animal

00:28:41.020 --> 00:28:42.040
 that was associated

00:28:42.040 --> 00:28:42.820
 with a warrior.

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.440
 And so if you saw

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.980
 a warrior

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.020
 and you want to describe

00:28:46.020 --> 00:28:47.180
 how fierce they were

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.760
 in battle

00:28:47.760 --> 00:28:49.040
 and how strong

00:28:49.040 --> 00:28:49.960
 they were in battle,

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:51.020
 you would describe

00:28:51.020 --> 00:28:53.120
 them as the wild ox.

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.680
 And when you were out

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.540
 in nature,

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.300
 when you were out

00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:57.320
 and you would see

00:28:57.320 --> 00:28:58.460
 the wild ox,

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:59.720
 what would stand out

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:01.020
 that would embrace

00:29:01.020 --> 00:29:01.860
 their power

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:03.020
 and their domination

00:29:03.020 --> 00:29:04.280
 was the horns

00:29:04.280 --> 00:29:05.860
 that they had.

00:29:07.300 --> 00:29:08.740
 And that the psalmist

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:10.440
 writes and says

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.880
 that this is who

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.940
 we are

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:14.820
 when we are found

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.500
 in him.

00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:17.220
 That the authority

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.920
 and the power

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.940
 that we have

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.700
 in God

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.840
 and because

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.620
 of who he is

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.040
 and because

00:29:22.040 --> 00:29:23.460
 what he has done.

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:25.320
 And then the psalmist

00:29:25.320 --> 00:29:25.960
 says also,

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:26.380
 and you have

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:28.120
 poured oil

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:29.260
 over me,

00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:30.620
 fresh oil.

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.200
 Now this oil

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.700
 was used

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.660
 to anoint people,

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.160
 special people,

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.400
 prophets,

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:37.560
 priests,

00:29:38.020 --> 00:29:38.400
 kings.

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.620
 And I don't know

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.240
 if the psalmist

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.540
 was one of these,

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.600
 but he says

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:43.620
 that this is

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.640
 what he does

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.680
 for us.

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:46.320
 And it was

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:46.960
 as a form

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.840
 of a symbol

00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:48.620
 of blessing

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:50.800
 that God

00:29:50.800 --> 00:29:51.260
 as he sits

00:29:51.260 --> 00:29:51.880
 on high

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:54.300
 is empowering

00:29:54.300 --> 00:29:55.660
 and blessing

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.520
 his people.

00:29:57.300 --> 00:29:57.780
 And so because

00:29:57.780 --> 00:29:58.280
 of that

00:29:58.280 --> 00:29:58.980
 we are not like

00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:00.000
 the foolishness

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.800
 of this world

00:30:00.800 --> 00:30:01.760
 that comes

00:30:01.760 --> 00:30:03.080
 and looks powerful

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:04.300
 and looks appealing

00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:06.460
 but then dies

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.860
 and fades away.

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:09.480
 Instead that we

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.320
 are beyond that.

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.800
 And so we're

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:12.480
 to worship him

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.920
 for that.

00:30:14.280 --> 00:30:14.800
 And then one

00:30:14.800 --> 00:30:15.400
 last way

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.740
 that we

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.980
 worship him.

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:17.820
 Verse 12

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.360
 through 15.

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.320
 It says,

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.080
 the righteous

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:22.800
 flourish like

00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:23.660
 the palm tree

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:25.060
 and grow

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.800
 like a cedar

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.340
 in Lebanon.

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.320
 They are planted

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:28.920
 in the house

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.540
 of the Lord.

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.980
 They flourish

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.660
 in the courts

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.380
 of our God.

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:33.940
 They still bear

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.340
 fruit in old age.

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.700
 They are ever

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.740
 full of sap

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.340
 and green.

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.880
 To declare

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.600
 that the Lord

00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:41.380
 is upright.

00:30:42.060 --> 00:30:42.980
 He is my rock

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:44.000
 and there is

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:46.040
 no unrighteousness

00:30:46.040 --> 00:30:46.840
 in him.

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.060
 And the last thing

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.940
 that we see

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.760
 is that God's

00:30:49.760 --> 00:30:50.180
 people,

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.320
 we don't just

00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:52.260
 simply overcome

00:30:52.260 --> 00:30:53.600
 that God's

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:54.720
 people flourish.

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.560
 So much

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:58.080
 of growth

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:58.820
 in Christ

00:30:58.820 --> 00:31:00.480
 is learning

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.040
 to see

00:31:01.040 --> 00:31:01.780
 ourselves

00:31:01.780 --> 00:31:03.000
 in the way

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.340
 that God

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:03.920
 sees us.

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:05.700
 To see

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.600
 how God

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.340
 looks at his

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:07.740
 people

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:09.400
 that he sent

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.300
 his son

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:11.320
 to die for.

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.860
 to see

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.180
 and to be

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.840
 able to

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.340
 understand

00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:14.640
 that.

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.440
 And when we

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.240
 understand

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.200
 how God

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.000
 sees us,

00:31:18.280 --> 00:31:18.820
 then this is

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.220
 what it can

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.780
 mean to

00:31:19.780 --> 00:31:20.240
 flourish

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.740
 in this

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.100
 life.

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.780
 Because it's

00:31:21.780 --> 00:31:22.380
 no longer

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:23.780
 my self-esteem

00:31:23.780 --> 00:31:24.440
 that I need

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.300
 to figure out,

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.760
 but it's

00:31:25.760 --> 00:31:26.360
 who I am

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:27.120
 in Christ.

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.540
 It's no longer

00:31:28.540 --> 00:31:29.220
 defined by the

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.800
 things that I've

00:31:29.800 --> 00:31:30.140
 done,

00:31:30.260 --> 00:31:30.580
 but it's

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.060
 defined by

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:31.580
 what Christ

00:31:31.580 --> 00:31:32.360
 has done

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:32.900
 and now

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.720
 I partake

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.040
 in that,

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.960
 I receive

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.280
 that,

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.860
 I am

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.400
 known for

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.160
 that in

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:38.000
 Christ.

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:39.440
 And so

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.800
 we see

00:31:39.800 --> 00:31:40.380
 that God's

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.880
 people

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.520
 flourished.

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.340
 And the

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:42.660
 psalmist

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.460
 understands

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.140
 this and

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.660
 he writes

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.000
 this in

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.500
 verse 12.

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.680
 He says,

00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:47.200
 the righteous

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.900
 flourish

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.920
 like the

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.660
 palm tree

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:51.280
 and grow

00:31:51.280 --> 00:31:52.260
 like a

00:31:52.260 --> 00:31:52.660
 cedar

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.880
 in Lebanon.

00:31:54.520 --> 00:31:54.940
 Now think

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.320
 back to the

00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:55.760
 verses that

00:31:55.760 --> 00:31:56.080
 we just

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:56.380
 read.

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.520
 The wicked

00:31:57.520 --> 00:31:57.840
 are like

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:58.360
 the grass

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:58.960
 that comes

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.600
 and grows.

00:31:59.760 --> 00:32:00.080
 It's

00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:00.560
 everywhere.

00:32:00.780 --> 00:32:01.140
 It's not

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.760
 special.

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.060
 But the

00:32:03.060 --> 00:32:03.760
 righteous

00:32:03.760 --> 00:32:04.240
 people,

00:32:04.520 --> 00:32:05.360
 there's value

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:05.920
 in God's

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.140
 people.

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:06.660
 And the

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:06.980
 psalmist

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.460
 says that

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.180
 we are

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.540
 like the

00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:09.380
 palm trees

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:10.580
 and the

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:11.200
 cedar trees.

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.200
 Now during

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.600
 the time

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:12.860
 that the

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:13.140
 psalmist

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.400
 would have

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:14.220
 written this,

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:14.880
 these two

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.700
 trees would

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:15.900
 have been

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.240
 considered

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.260
 very valuable

00:32:17.260 --> 00:32:18.120
 and they

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.420
 would have

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.100
 flourished in

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.840
 the area

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:20.480
 that this

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.740
 would have

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.220
 been written.

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.060
 And they

00:32:22.060 --> 00:32:22.820
 were valuable

00:32:22.820 --> 00:32:23.860
 for three

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.400
 reasons.

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.260
 And as we

00:32:25.260 --> 00:32:26.060
 understand these

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:26.460
 trees,

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:26.940
 we will

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:28.220
 understand how

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.700
 we are seen

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.200
 by God.

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.060
 Number one,

00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:30.320
 they were

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:31.020
 valuable because

00:32:31.020 --> 00:32:31.620
 both of these

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.760
 trees were

00:32:32.760 --> 00:32:33.460
 planted for

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.020
 a purpose.

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.480
 For a

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.840
 purpose.

00:32:36.520 --> 00:32:37.400
 a palm tree

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.860
 for its

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:39.480
 fruit and

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.900
 a cedar

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:41.040
 tree for

00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:41.460
 its wood.

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.960
 And so both

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.280
 of these

00:32:43.280 --> 00:32:43.880
 trees would

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.000
 have been

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.920
 very valuable

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.560
 to those

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:46.040
 of whom

00:32:46.040 --> 00:32:46.220
 they

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.680
 belonged.

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.740
 And that

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.360
 we understand

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:48.760
 that when

00:32:48.760 --> 00:32:49.380
 God saves

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:49.760
 us,

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.160
 that there's

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.920
 value in

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:53.200
 us because

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.740
 God gives

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.280
 us purpose

00:32:54.280 --> 00:32:54.960
 in our

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.440
 salvation.

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:57.020
 To live

00:32:57.020 --> 00:32:58.000
 a life to

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:59.060
 glorify Him

00:32:59.060 --> 00:33:00.100
 in declaring

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:00.780
 His greatness.

00:33:01.540 --> 00:33:01.880
 So just like

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.340
 the grass,

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:03.060
 what's it here

00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:03.320
 for?

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.380
 It's just

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.820
 there.

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.520
 It's going

00:33:05.520 --> 00:33:05.920
 to burn

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.160
 up.

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.700
 More is

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:06.880
 going to

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.520
 come back.

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.040
 And it's

00:33:08.040 --> 00:33:08.540
 just this

00:33:08.540 --> 00:33:09.160
 cycle.

00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.340
 But there's

00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:10.900
 the palm

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.400
 and there's

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.340
 the cedar.

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.740
 And in

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.380
 that there's

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.420
 great value

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.400
 because of

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:16.820
 the purpose

00:33:16.820 --> 00:33:17.140
 that it

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.500
 brings.

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.480
 Because of

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.920
 the life

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.220
 that it

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.500
 brings.

00:33:20.060 --> 00:33:20.700
 The second

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.360
 thing is

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.680
 this.

00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:23.680
 Both of

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.280
 these trees

00:33:24.280 --> 00:33:24.980
 were seen

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.420
 as beautiful.

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:26.440
 Right?

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.780
 I don't

00:33:27.780 --> 00:33:27.920
 know about

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.300
 you, but

00:33:28.300 --> 00:33:29.180
 we got

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.980
 roses planted

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.300
 at our

00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:30.680
 house.

00:33:31.280 --> 00:33:31.860
 We got

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.520
 azaleas

00:33:32.520 --> 00:33:33.340
 planted

00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:33.640
 at our

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.000
 house.

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.020
 And we

00:33:35.020 --> 00:33:35.820
 don't plant

00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.300
 them for

00:33:36.300 --> 00:33:36.840
 any other

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.360
 purpose

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:38.820
 except for

00:33:38.820 --> 00:33:39.140
 when they

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.540
 bloom.

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.580
 They're

00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:40.920
 beautiful.

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.440
 We'll look

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.820
 at them as

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.260
 we walk

00:33:43.260 --> 00:33:43.760
 in and when

00:33:43.760 --> 00:33:44.600
 we're out

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.100
 working in

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.560
 the yard

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:46.600
 and during

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.180
 this time

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.720
 people would

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.420
 look at

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.260
 palm trees

00:33:49.260 --> 00:33:50.020
 and the

00:33:50.020 --> 00:33:50.620
 cedar trees

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.000
 and they

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.920
 would notice

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.400
 them just

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.920
 because they're

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.320
 beautiful.

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.300
 Maybe you

00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:55.640
 need to hear

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.120
 this this

00:33:56.120 --> 00:33:56.380
 morning.

00:33:58.020 --> 00:33:58.780
 Maybe you've

00:33:58.780 --> 00:33:59.220
 walked through

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.920
 some things in

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.520
 your life and

00:34:00.520 --> 00:34:00.780
 in your

00:34:00.780 --> 00:34:01.180
 past.

00:34:01.280 --> 00:34:03.280
 You've

00:34:03.280 --> 00:34:03.680
 made some

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.340
 decisions that

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.640
 you're not

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.200
 proud of,

00:34:05.260 --> 00:34:05.560
 that you're

00:34:05.560 --> 00:34:06.180
 ashamed of.

00:34:08.640 --> 00:34:09.260
 But when

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.820
 God sees

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:11.840
 you, God

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.340
 sees you as

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:14.300
 beautiful because

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.800
 he sees you

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.280
 in Christ.

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.100
 He doesn't

00:34:17.100 --> 00:34:17.680
 see us in

00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:18.000
 the way that

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.460
 we define

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.900
 ourselves.

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.820
 He doesn't

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.280
 see us in

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:20.660
 the way that

00:34:20.660 --> 00:34:21.080
 the world

00:34:21.080 --> 00:34:22.400
 defines us.

00:34:23.040 --> 00:34:23.620
 But he

00:34:23.620 --> 00:34:24.340
 sees us as

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:25.360
 his.

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.420
 I was

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.800
 watching a

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.480
 documentary one

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:33.580
 time and

00:34:33.580 --> 00:34:33.940
 it was about

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:36.640
 a girl who

00:34:36.640 --> 00:34:36.900
 had made

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.220
 some very

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:37.880
 bad decisions

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.480
 in her life

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:40.320
 and she

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.860
 ended up

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.520
 being murdered

00:34:41.520 --> 00:34:43.960
 and her

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.720
 dad was the

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.360
 police officer

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:46.340
 who found

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.540
 her.

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.420
 And they

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.920
 asked him

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.180
 in the

00:34:50.180 --> 00:34:50.520
 interview,

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:52.940
 what did

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.480
 you see

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:55.340
 when you

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:55.800
 walked up

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.120
 to her?

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.200
 And he

00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:58.340
 said,

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.560
 you know,

00:34:58.640 --> 00:34:59.060
 my daughter

00:34:59.060 --> 00:35:01.060
 had lived

00:35:01.060 --> 00:35:01.380
 a rough

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.800
 life.

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.360
 She had

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.720
 made a lot

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:05.020
 of bad

00:35:05.020 --> 00:35:05.640
 decisions and

00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:05.980
 a lot of

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.520
 bad choices.

00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:09.300
 But when I

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:09.860
 walked up there

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.240
 that day,

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.740
 I hadn't seen

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.280
 her in five

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.980
 or six years.

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.940
 But when I

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.500
 walked up and

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.960
 saw her,

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.640
 all I saw

00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:16.920
 was my

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.440
 beautiful little

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.660
 girl.

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.860
 When God

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.540
 sees you,

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.420
 he doesn't

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.940
 see your

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.320
 failures,

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:26.220
 he doesn't

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.540
 see your

00:35:26.540 --> 00:35:26.920
 sin,

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:28.540
 he doesn't

00:35:28.540 --> 00:35:28.860
 see your

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.240
 ugly,

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.660
 he doesn't

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.000
 see your

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.360
 regret.

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:33.000
 When God

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.400
 looks at

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.680
 you,

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:35.280
 he sees

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:36.520
 the beauty

00:35:36.520 --> 00:35:37.340
 of Christ.

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.640
 The last

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:40.140
 thing about

00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:40.860
 these trees

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:42.680
 is these

00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:43.660
 trees survive.

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.480
 We planted

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.180
 peach trees in

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:46.540
 our yard.

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.500
 We love our

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.280
 peach trees and

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.220
 every year our

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:49.700
 peach trees

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.680
 produce fruit

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.060
 for us.

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:51.320
 We get

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.900
 peaches off

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.260
 of them and

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:52.800
 it's been a

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.500
 wonderful blessing

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.320
 every springtime.

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.280
 But what we

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:55.800
 know is every

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.440
 five to six

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:56.820
 years we

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.400
 got to cut

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.760
 them peach

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.260
 trees down

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:58.440
 and we

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.620
 got to

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:59.100
 plant new

00:35:59.100 --> 00:35:59.880
 peach trees.

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.240
 They're not

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.680
 trees that

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:02.060
 survive and

00:36:02.060 --> 00:36:02.440
 stand the

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.120
 test of time.

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.480
 But palm

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:06.100
 trees and

00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:06.860
 cedar trees,

00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:08.200
 they stand

00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:08.660
 the test of

00:36:08.660 --> 00:36:09.000
 time.

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.700
 They're known

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:12.200
 as trees that

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.960
 survive.

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:14.720
 And so when

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:15.220
 the psalmist

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:16.160
 writes this and

00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:17.040
 this is who

00:36:17.040 --> 00:36:17.600
 we are in

00:36:17.600 --> 00:36:18.020
 Christ,

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:19.600
 we're reminded

00:36:19.600 --> 00:36:20.460
 that in him

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.540
 we stand the

00:36:21.540 --> 00:36:22.100
 test of time

00:36:22.100 --> 00:36:22.460
 as well.

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:24.000
 In him,

00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:24.980
 death is just

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.860
 but a moment.

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.460
 In him we

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.320
 survive for

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.940
 all of

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:30.180
 eternity and

00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:31.360
 in him we

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:32.480
 thrive and

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.260
 we flourish

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:34.340
 because we

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:35.420
 are in

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:36.200
 Christ.

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.560
 I'm going to

00:36:38.560 --> 00:36:39.140
 close with this

00:36:39.140 --> 00:36:39.580
 question.

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:42.040
 You came to

00:36:42.040 --> 00:36:42.680
 worship this

00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:42.980
 morning,

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.860
 but have you

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.340
 worshiped?

00:36:47.620 --> 00:36:48.320
 have you

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.760
 worshipped?

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.560
 Have you

00:36:50.560 --> 00:36:50.960
 gathered?

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.160
 Yeah.

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.000
 Have you

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.540
 been here

00:36:54.540 --> 00:36:55.520
 while music

00:36:55.520 --> 00:36:56.080
 is played?

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.120
 Yeah.

00:36:58.020 --> 00:36:58.700
 Have you

00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:59.260
 listened to a

00:36:59.260 --> 00:36:59.500
 message?

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.060
 Yeah.

00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:02.600
 Has someone

00:37:02.600 --> 00:37:03.040
 prayed?

00:37:03.580 --> 00:37:04.100
 Absolutely.

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.960
 Is there a

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.660
 call when there

00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:07.580
 be a challenge?

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.380
 You bet.

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.880
 You bet.

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.460
 But none

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.900
 of those

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.600
 answers the

00:37:12.600 --> 00:37:13.100
 position of

00:37:13.100 --> 00:37:13.660
 your heart

00:37:13.660 --> 00:37:15.480
 of have you

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.940
 worshipped?

00:37:17.060 --> 00:37:17.660
 Have you

00:37:17.660 --> 00:37:18.180
 worshipped in

00:37:18.180 --> 00:37:18.960
 song of the

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.860
 declaration of

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.760
 who he is and

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:21.460
 what he's done?

00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:22.960
 And as a

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:24.300
 well overflows

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:25.180
 with the water

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.900
 that's in it,

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.780
 so too our

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.840
 hearts overflow

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.740
 with the story

00:37:28.740 --> 00:37:29.600
 and the goodness

00:37:29.600 --> 00:37:30.420
 of God and

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.020
 who he is.

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.140
 It's not about

00:37:32.140 --> 00:37:32.880
 the notes we

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.680
 sing, it's about

00:37:33.680 --> 00:37:34.300
 the declaration

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:35.180
 of Christ.

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:37.760
 Have we

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.760
 lived, have

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:40.100
 we worshipped

00:37:40.100 --> 00:37:40.520
 out of the

00:37:40.520 --> 00:37:41.340
 nature because

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:42.260
 we're flourishing

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.900
 in him?

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:44.040
 That we are

00:37:44.040 --> 00:37:44.940
 a life with

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:46.020
 a purpose, we

00:37:46.020 --> 00:37:46.960
 are a life

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:48.980
 of value, we

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.840
 are a life

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.820
 forever because

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:52.020
 of Christ and

00:37:52.020 --> 00:37:52.780
 Christ alone.

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.480
 And lastly,

00:37:56.080 --> 00:37:56.480
 and there's

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:56.900
 people who

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.380
 walked in here

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:57.840
 this morning

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.420
 with struggles.

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:00.240
 There's people

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:00.800
 who are walking

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.800
 in this morning

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.840
 bringing the

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.980
 tons and

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.440
 tons of

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:05.500
 baggage that

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.040
 they have.

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.600
 But are you

00:38:07.600 --> 00:38:08.360
 worshipping in

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:08.880
 the victory

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.540
 in Christ?

00:38:10.140 --> 00:38:10.640
 That because

00:38:10.640 --> 00:38:11.080
 he has

00:38:11.080 --> 00:38:12.100
 overcome, so

00:38:12.100 --> 00:38:13.240
 too we have

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:13.620
 overcome.

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:14.780
 And we are

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:15.400
 not like the

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:16.200
 grass that

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:17.060
 dies and

00:38:17.060 --> 00:38:18.380
 fades away,

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.840
 but we are

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:20.200
 like the

00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:21.620
 trees who

00:38:21.620 --> 00:38:21.920
 have been

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:23.360
 planted and

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.580
 who are

00:38:23.580 --> 00:38:23.800
 there.

00:38:24.520 --> 00:38:24.840
 Would you

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.120
 pray with

00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:25.280
 me?

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.340
 Lord, I

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:32.880
 thank you for

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.480
 your goodness,

00:38:33.740 --> 00:38:33.880
 Lord.

00:38:36.180 --> 00:38:36.880
 I thank you

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.220
 for your

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:39.040
 grace on

00:38:39.040 --> 00:38:39.540
 me this

00:38:39.540 --> 00:38:43.240
 morning and

00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:43.940
 your protection

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.560
 as I got

00:38:44.560 --> 00:38:44.880
 here.

00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:47.880
 Lord, I

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.400
 thank you for

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:50.400
 giving me the

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:51.300
 opportunity to

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:51.940
 be able to

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.600
 communicate your

00:38:52.600 --> 00:38:54.220
 word and with

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:55.220
 a voice that's

00:38:55.220 --> 00:38:56.180
 cracking and

00:38:56.180 --> 00:38:56.960
 coughing, Lord,

00:38:57.080 --> 00:38:58.140
 that you

00:38:58.140 --> 00:38:59.720
 endured me

00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:00.780
 through this.

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.220
 And Lord, I

00:39:01.220 --> 00:39:02.180
 praise you for

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:02.560
 what you've

00:39:02.560 --> 00:39:02.820
 done.

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:04.760
 Lord, I

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.300
 thank you that

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:06.360
 when we were

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:06.980
 singing just a

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.460
 few moments

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:09.440
 ago, Lord, we

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:10.080
 could hear the

00:39:10.080 --> 00:39:11.800
 voices of the

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:12.920
 redeemed saints

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:14.840
 singing about

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.460
 your goodness,

00:39:15.740 --> 00:39:15.860
 Lord.

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.680
 I thank you for

00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:18.140
 the wonderful

00:39:18.140 --> 00:39:19.080
 privilege that it

00:39:19.080 --> 00:39:20.940
 is, Lord, that

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.520
 we can worship

00:39:21.520 --> 00:39:22.320
 away from here,

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:24.100
 but Lord, we

00:39:24.100 --> 00:39:25.040
 get to worship

00:39:25.040 --> 00:39:26.520
 here together

00:39:26.520 --> 00:39:28.480
 as a family

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:30.060
 with our

00:39:30.060 --> 00:39:30.620
 brothers and

00:39:30.620 --> 00:39:31.180
 sisters in

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:31.540
 Christ.

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.560
 Lord, this

00:39:33.560 --> 00:39:34.240
 season we're

00:39:34.240 --> 00:39:34.960
 reminded of

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:36.280
 all the many

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:38.500
 things that we

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:38.860
 have to be

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:39.540
 thankful for.

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.140
 Thankful for

00:39:44.140 --> 00:39:46.460
 family and for

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:49.100
 friends, for

00:39:49.100 --> 00:39:51.740
 good food, for

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.160
 fellowship.

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:55.320
 Lord, we're

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:57.860
 thankful that for

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.760
 a few hours on a

00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:59.680
 Saturday, for a

00:39:59.680 --> 00:40:00.260
 lot of us, we

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:01.580
 can cut on a

00:40:01.580 --> 00:40:03.100
 game that in

00:40:03.100 --> 00:40:03.440
 the scope of

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:04.120
 eternity means

00:40:04.120 --> 00:40:05.980
 nothing, but we

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.520
 can enjoy

00:40:06.520 --> 00:40:07.400
 ourselves and

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:11.320
 laugh and have

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.880
 that time.

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:15.000
 But most

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.820
 importantly, Lord,

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.540
 we're thankful

00:40:16.540 --> 00:40:19.040
 for you and all

00:40:19.040 --> 00:40:19.900
 that you've done

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:22.060
 in your grace and

00:40:22.060 --> 00:40:22.640
 your goodness.

00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:25.760
 Lord, you didn't

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:26.460
 have to do any

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:28.160
 of it, but you

00:40:28.160 --> 00:40:28.800
 chose to.

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:31.040
 Lord, and we

00:40:31.040 --> 00:40:33.180
 stand in the

00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:34.960
 wave of that

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:35.380
 blessing.

00:40:39.560 --> 00:40:40.400
 Lord, it's my

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:41.340
 prayer for us

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:44.120
 in the moment

00:40:44.120 --> 00:40:46.500
 that we'll

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:51.480
 stand and that

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:52.220
 we won't just

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:52.700
 sing.

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.820
 We won't just

00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:56.300
 raise our

00:40:56.300 --> 00:40:56.760
 hands.

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:59.340
 We won't just

00:40:59.340 --> 00:41:00.220
 read the words.

00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:02.540
 We won't just

00:41:02.540 --> 00:41:03.020
 play the

00:41:03.020 --> 00:41:05.900
 instruments, but

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:06.400
 we'll worship

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:10.020
 you as if the

00:41:10.020 --> 00:41:10.680
 words of the

00:41:10.680 --> 00:41:12.400
 screen were our

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:13.060
 very own,

00:41:15.060 --> 00:41:16.600
 declaring who

00:41:16.600 --> 00:41:18.700
 you are and

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:19.180
 what you've

00:41:19.180 --> 00:41:19.400
 done.

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:22.920
 Lord, you're

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.280
 who it's

00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:25.920
 about, and

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.280
 you're who

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:26.760
 we're singing

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:27.100
 to.

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.160
 May our

00:41:30.160 --> 00:41:32.580
 worship be a

00:41:32.580 --> 00:41:33.380
 sweet offering.

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.600
 Lord, may you

00:41:36.600 --> 00:41:37.540
 be glorified in

00:41:37.540 --> 00:41:37.720
 it.

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.560
 It's in Jesus'

00:41:39.640 --> 00:41:40.080
 name we pray.

00:41:40.720 --> 00:41:41.040
 Amen.

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:42.860
 In just a

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.600
 moment, when we

00:41:43.600 --> 00:41:45.220
 stand, we got

00:41:45.220 --> 00:41:46.080
 prayer encouragers

00:41:46.080 --> 00:41:46.880
 on either side of

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.620
 our auditorium.

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.380
 Maybe you're

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:49.800
 here this

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.340
 morning, and

00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:50.900
 maybe it was a

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.540
 tough Thanksgiving.

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.360
 It's been a

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:53.920
 tough weekend.

00:41:55.140 --> 00:41:55.460
 It's been a

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:55.880
 tough year.

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:58.120
 Maybe you came

00:41:58.120 --> 00:41:58.540
 in here this

00:41:58.540 --> 00:41:59.080
 morning, and you

00:41:59.080 --> 00:41:59.800
 want to talk to

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.280
 someone about a

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:00.980
 relationship with

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:02.740
 Christ, about

00:42:02.740 --> 00:42:03.380
 what it means to

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:03.960
 follow Him.

00:42:05.640 --> 00:42:06.360
 They'd love to

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.900
 pray with you.

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:07.460
 They'd love to

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:08.400
 talk with you.

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.540
 I don't want you

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 to respond to me.

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 I don't want you

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 to respond to the

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 team.

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 I just want you

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 to respond to

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 God as He draws

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 your heart to

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 His, who

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 worshiped this

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 morning.

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 So would you

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 stand and

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 worship Him?

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