I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to another
3ABN Today Family Worship.
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Happy Sabbath to you.
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We're so grateful
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that you have
joined us this evening.
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It's a busy time
of year, isn't it?
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With the holiday of Thanksgiving
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and we have Christmas coming up.
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Sometimes we
can get so caught up
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in just the busyness
of life that we can forget
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to sit back and
say, "Thank you."
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And so today our
program is on praise,
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praise to the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I think this is a
wonderful time of year
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in the United States,
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it's Thanksgiving season
and here we are thankful,
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we have a holiday
actually for that,
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we're thankful for the pilgrims
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and all of the
history of the United States.
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But I don't think
Thanksgiving is just for people
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in the United States,
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I think it's for
around the world.
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Amen.
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So we're just
grateful for your prayers
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and financial support
of the ministry of 3ABN.
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So my thank you is
thankful to Jesus Christ,
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but thank you for your
support all of the years
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because 3ABN is
here because of you.
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What a blessing it is. Amen.
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And Thanksgiving
is not about a day,
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or even a season, or
a week, or two or three,
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it's a lifestyle.
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And that's all we
want to talk about tonight
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is the lifestyle of praise.
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I know for myself,
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if I choose to praise
and make it a daily habit,
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it gets out a
lot of difficulties,
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and a lot of
junk, and stuff in life,
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so if you're going
through stuff tonight,
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this program is for you
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because it's
talking about praise.
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And we have not
only you at home,
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our 3ABN family,
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but we have our family
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around the table at
this time, don't we?
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We do. We have Brother Tim.
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You're a great friend.
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Hi, I am honored to be...
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And you're a great
asset to the ministry of 3ABN.
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Thank you.
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I love you and Jill wonderfully.
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You are precious to me,
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and we just have a
good time working together
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and living life together,
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you know, here on
the 3ABN compound,
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we live life, we
enjoy each other.
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You share
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from your sweet
potato garden, so...
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That's right. Yes, yes.
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And hint.
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And so...
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Yeah, thank you
for bringing that up
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because my sweet
potatoes have been curing,
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you know when you dig them up,
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they've got to
cure a little bit.
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You cured about
that in Australia
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that they were doing
so, so we're back now.
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Yes, exactly...
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It takes six
weeks to cure. Okay.
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Yeah, so it's Thanksgiving time.
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Okay. Good.
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We're family, so I
won't let you forget.
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Thank you.
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That's a blessing, thank you.
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And we're family. We do.
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But we appreciate
you as the manager
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of the 3ABN Praise Him network,
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and it's exciting
because it launches here
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in first of the
year, in a few weeks.
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Oh, yeah, don't
remind me. Yes, right.
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So it's exciting.
It is very exciting.
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And so talking
about our topic of praise,
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praise Him.
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And you mentioned this
on a program some time back
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that you're actually
been going through the Bible
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which is really cool.
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Right, exactly.
Tell us about that?
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Going through each
chapter of the Bible
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starting from
Genesis and finding...
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In literally every verse,
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something that we
can praise God about,
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we can praise Him for.
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And, I mean, the Word is
just full if we look for it.
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And some
sometimes it's very obvious,
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sometimes we have to look
and see how we can apply it
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to our life and praising Him
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because not every
situation is good in the Bible,
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it's not always
maybe a praiseworthy
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because it benefits us,
but even the bad things,
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the lessons that we
can learn from other people
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having gone through,
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we can praise God that
He gave us those examples.
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So...
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I like that because you think
of psalms and stuff as praise.
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Yes.
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But you actually start
in Genesis, didn't you?
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You start in the Book of
Genesis, and that's great.
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Amen, amen.
That's an exciting study.
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And next on the
other side of the table,
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we have your
counterpart, Pastor Ryan Day,
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and we're just so
blessed to have you
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and your lovely wife, Stephanie.
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I know she's not on
the program here tonight,
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but you both are
a wonderful addition
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to the 3ABN family,
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and we're just
delighted that you are part.
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We are so happy to be a part
of this incredible ministry.
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And although my
wife can't be here,
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she wished that
she could be here.
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But you guys are wonderful,
Danny has been wonderful,
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everyone in
ministry, Tim's been wonderful,
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Jason's been wonderful,
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it's just a
wonderful place to work.
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And the fact that we
can sit around the table
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right now
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even though we're recording this
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and worship God,
it's just incredible.
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I praise the Lord for that.
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Amen.
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And sitting next to
you is Jason Bradley.
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And, Jason, you
are the general manager
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of Dare to Dream Network,
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and we're just so honored
to have you here as well,
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and we consider you
as a brother in Jesus.
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You know, I'm
honored to be here,
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and it's nice to be
able to come together
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and have worship together.
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And I love Thanksgiving,
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you know, you know, maybe
because of the food and family,
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maybe that has a
small thing to do with it,
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but, yeah the food is amazing,
and God's been good to us all,
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every day, all year along.
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Praise the Lord. Amen.
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You know, Jill
and I, we appreciate,
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we mentioned Tim
is a great friend,
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but you all are too.
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That's right.
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You're a great friend,
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I know you're my
neighbor technically
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because your office
is a diagonal to mine,
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it's great.
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So we're friends and
neighbors in the Lord.
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It's a blessing.
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Great topic on praise, so
with that we have some music
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we want to do on
praise, we should have a prayer
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'cause we start our
worship time together,
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and we hope that
you bow your head,
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we want you to bring
your Bible, pull it out,
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and we'll study
together this evening on praise.
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Pastor Ryan, do you mind
opening prayer for us, please.
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Oh, absolutely.
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Oh Father, we just
want to say happy Sabbath
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because You are
the Lord of Sabbath,
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and we just praise You
and thank You for the rest
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that You bestow upon Your people
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and all the many blessings.
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Lord, we are gathered here
not necessarily for ourselves
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but for You.
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And we want to give You
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the praise, the glory, the honor
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that You deserve
for You're worthy.
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As we take the time
now to study in Your Word,
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and to uplift You in
song, may Your Spirit be
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with each and every one of us.
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May You lead us and guide
us in our study this evening,
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and may You forever
draw us closer to our Savior,
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Jesus Christ.
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We thank You for our listeners,
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we thank You for
the family that we have,
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and we're very thankful.
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And that's why
we praise You today,
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for You are worthy.
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We ask these things in
Jesus' holy name, amen.
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Amen.
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What's the song that Tim...
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He's over the piano right now.
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Bless the Lord, Oh, My Soul,
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and connected with
Here I am to Worship,
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but I love it when
Tim leads us in worship,
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I want to encourage
you to sing along with us.
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Bless the Lord Oh my soul
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And all that is within me
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Bless His holy name
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Bless the Lord Oh my soul
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And all that is within me
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Bless His holy name
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He has done great things
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He has done great things
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He has done great things
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Bless His holy name
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Bless the Lord Oh my soul
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And all that is within me
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Bless His holy name
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Here I am to worship
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Here I am to bow down
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Here I am to say
that You're my God
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You're altogether
lovely Altogether worthy
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Altogether wonderful to me
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Thank you Tim, and
thank you everyone here.
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And thank you at
home for joining us,
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we could almost
hear you singing.
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I just wish
there was a connection
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somehow that we
could actually hear you.
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It's neat as we go out...
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And, Tim, your referenced
this, thank you so much again
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for leading us on
powerful song on praise.
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But you mentioned
Australia here just briefly,
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and I know that, Brother
Ryan, you had a chance to go,
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and Jill and I
and several others.
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And it's neat, as
we're in the churches
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to hear everyone
singing together,
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of course, it's in English,
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but we've been
in other countries
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where they're
singing in another language,
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and I think about these
praises being lifted up to God
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as an incense as maybe a
smoke of like an incense to Him,
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and He's just gathering this in,
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and what a way to
go to worship God.
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I just love these
words in the song too,
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so great topic.
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Amen, I love this topic tonight,
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talking about praise.
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And let's turn for
our opening scripture
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to Psalm Chapter 103.
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I love the Book
of Psalms, I like...
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I always say there's
so many of my favorites,
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one day it's John,
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and the next day
it's Paul's epistles,
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and the day
after something else,
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but right now I'm
really loving Psalms.
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And David just runs
the whole gamut of emotion,
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you know, when
you think about it,
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one moment he's
praising God and giving glory
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for what God has done
in his life and who God is.
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And the next moment
he might be depressed,
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or he might be
struggling with something,
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or he might be
dealing with some anger.
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It always kind of
gives me some hope,
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you know, that we
can be honest with God
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in our own walk
in our prayer time.
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Just say, "Okay, God,
this is where I am today."
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But Psalm 103 specifically,
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the entire Psalm is focused
on praise and who God is.
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Before we read the Psalm,
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what is the difference
between praise and thanksgiving?
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Is there a difference
between praise and thanksgiving
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or do you think
there are synonymous?
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Any thoughts on that?
It's a great question.
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So what I'm going to
do is pull my phone out,
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look at Google.
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So let see praise
versus thanksgiving.
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Go ahead.
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While he does
that, any thoughts?
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Well, this is just coming
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'cause you just sprung
that on us really quickly.
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I really did. I
like it, I like it.
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In my opinion, it
doesn't seem like there is.
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Well, I mean, I
think there is some
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synonymous
connection with the two.
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I praise God
because I am thankful.
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I mean, that's
just the first thing
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that comes to
me, but yet we can,
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I think, express a thanks
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that almost comes
across as a praise.
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And so absolutely,
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I think that's kind of
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what's coming to
my mind at the moment,
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but what is Google saying, Greg?
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I think it's a
little bit confused here.
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I always think, but I
don't even know exactly,
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but I always think
that thanks is for things.
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So thanks would be,
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"I'm thankful I
have a bed at night."
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Or "I'm thankful
for my eyesight."
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Or "I'm
thankful for my friends."
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Things, but praise
is different to me,
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it's bigger, it's who God is.
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So when I come to
God, I give Him thanks.
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Thank you for what
You've done in my life,
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thank You for these
different things I have,
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put then praises, God,
You're great, God, You're good.
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God, you're...
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I don't know, that's in my mind,
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but I don't know if that's...
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Well, this actually says
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we praise the
Lord for who He is,
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and we thank the
Lord for what He's done.
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Okay. So that will be okay.
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Yeah, it goes along
with what you're saying.
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So fortunately,
we get to have both,
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and we don't limit
ourselves to one or the other.
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Praise the Lord,
Tim. That's right.
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So let's do both.
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We've to be
thankful and also praise.
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Thankful that we get to
praise. That's a good question.
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Amen. That's right.
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So we're going to
look at Psalm 103,
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so hopefully you're turning
in your Bible to Psalm 103,
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starting with verse
one, we're going to kind of
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clip along through
some of these verses here
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and see what we can
glean from these great verses
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that David wrote.
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Amen.
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Do you have your Amplified, Tim?
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I do. Oh, yay!
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I'll tell you what,
this psalm right here,
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if there were only one
psalm in the whole Psalm,
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I would choose this psalm
just because it excites me,
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and it's just...
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Of course, like you said,
this was when he was on a high,
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and so it puts me on a high,
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I mean, I could
run around this table
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if I weren't
chained down to this chair.
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And because this...
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By a mic cord.
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By a mic chord, right, right.
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Yeah, we don't literally
chain people necessarily,
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but we just want to
make that clear with all.
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It's the mic cord
that lay with the...
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So let's praise the
Lord that we're not.
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Right, exactly right.
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That's going to be violation
of the penal code somewhere.
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But truly, this is
just a great psalm,
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and so let's just start reading.
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It says, "Bless
the Lord, O my soul,
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and all that is within
me, bless His holy name!"
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We just sang it.
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"Bless the Lord, O my soul,
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and forget not
all His benefits."
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Now who doesn't like benefits?
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We live in, unfortunately
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a very
entitlement driven society,
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and so this ought to hit
home with multitude of people.
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But these benefits
are so much better,
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in verse 3 it says,
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"Who forgives
everyone of your iniquities,
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who heals each
one of your diseases."
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In verse 4, "Who
redeems your life
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from the pit and corruption,
who beautifies, dignifies,
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and crowns you with loving
kindness and tender mercy."
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You know, again,
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this psalm is like one
of those, drop the mic.
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That's the way I feel every time
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when I read clear to verse 22.
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David couldn't say anymore
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than just bless
the Lord, O my soul.
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And I like that
line, "O my soul,"
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he's talking to himself,
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there's some self talk there,
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you know, that
psychology is big now on,
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you know, pepping yourself up,
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and, you know, whenever
you go in for a job interview
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or any kind of
a tough situation,
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you know, you speak to
yourself in good thoughts,
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you know.
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Anyway, this is
perfect for that.
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"Bless the Lord, O my soul,
forget not all His benefits."
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It's just powerful to me.
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It's easy to
forget His benefits,
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isn't it?
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And that's where we can get down
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in the dumps some
times so to speak,
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you know, and you've
heard, been around people,
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and I know even myself sometimes
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you can start
thinking negatively.
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It's interesting
how you can spiral down,
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but there's always something
to praise the Lord for.
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Yeah, forget not
all his benefits.
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That's right. That's great.
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You know, in the Old
Testament when it says,
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"God forgets, " it
speaks of His pardon.
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So in other words,
God says, I forgot that.
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Meaning, those sins were thrown
into the depths of the sea.
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But in the Old Testament
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when it speaks
of man forgetting,
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it's talking about
ingratitude or rebellion.
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And so in this
case, David's saying,
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"And forget not
all His benefits."
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In other words, don't
live in ingratitude, Jill.
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You know, don't
live in ingratitude
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for what God has done for you.
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or don't live in
rebellion for what He's done.
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That's good.
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What have you seen it, Pastor?
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Anything in these
verses that we've been looking
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at 1 through 4?
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Yeah. Absolutely.
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There's a lot
there, isn't there?
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I mean you could
probably preach a sermon off
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of one of those.
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He was reading from
the Amplified Version.
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It's a beautiful translation,
I love the translation
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of the New King
James Version as well.
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I'm going to read
verses 3 to 4 there.
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It says, "Who
forgives all your iniquities,
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who heals all your diseases."
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You know, we
serve a forgiving God.
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And some people when they
think of the Old Testament, God,
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they sometimes
they see the difference
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between the Old Testament
and the New Testament God
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as if the New
Testament God is more lenient,
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and more loving, and kind,
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but the Old
Testament God is stern,
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but yet David served
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what we would
consider the Old Testament God,
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but we know it's the same
wonderful God across the board,
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but He forgives,
He's a forgiving God,
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and He is worthy to be praised,
He heals all of our diseases,
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God still heals diseases today.
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He is still the
ultimate physician
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still today, and so
that's, these powerful words
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that David is choosing here.
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In verse 4, the New
King James Version says,
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"Who redeems your
life from destruction."
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Yes.
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You know, God has a plan for us,
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but sometimes we
don't necessarily walk
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according to that plan.
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But, you know,
He's a redeeming God,
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He's there to save us,
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He's there to watch our
back and to keep up with us,
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to make sure that
that we can be saved,
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and that we're not going to fall
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into that path of destruction.
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It goes on to say,
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"Who crowns you
with loving kindness
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and tender mercies."
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I just praise the
Lord for the Lord,
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for His loving
kindness and His tender mercies.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, Jason, as
you look at verse 3,
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it says, "Who
forgiveth all thine iniquities."
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That's a powerful,
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just section of
that verse, isn't it?
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Doesn't say some of
them, it says, all of them.
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That's right. All of them.
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You know, when I'm reading this
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like, take for
example verse 1, and 2,
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"Bless the Lord, O my soul,
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and all that is within
me, bless His holy name.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul,
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and forget not
all His benefits."
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You know, sometimes we...
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God blesses us, and...
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Well, He's always blessing us,
but sometimes He'll bless us,
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and then we have
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what I like to call a
case of blessing amnesia
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where we have been blessed,
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we have been brought through
a particular circumstance,
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and then we end up
going on to do the same thing
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that we were doing before.
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And, you know, when you look
at the story of the Israelites
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and Moses leading
them through the wilderness
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and all of these things,
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and you end up seeing
where God delivered them
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time and time again,
bless them continually,
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and had the most patience
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that anyone could ever have,
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and yet they still had a
case of blessing amnesia,
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where they would complain
and resort back to the same way
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that they were
going before, you know.
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And there's been cases
and instances in my life,
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personally, where
I've had blessing amnesia.
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Me too.
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Absolutely. I like that.
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Well, I think
that's because, you know,
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life brings us situations.
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I mean, you know, and
you're absolutely right,
00:19:07.01\00:19:09.98
but it's almost like
God is testing us to see,
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He's giving us
another opportunity
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to see how we will
respond the next time
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when it comes around.
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I like to...
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I read something that says,
"Praise is not the byproduct,
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but the driving force."
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It's not... So it's not...
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And so whenever...
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And it's not the
caboose, but the engine.
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Praise should be
our first thought
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and not the reason.
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But when we've
gone through something,
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it's not the byproduct.
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So when we...
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Everything that we go through,
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we need to just have
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an instantaneous
response of praise
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instead of
reacting negatively or...
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But that's a
process of learning.
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It really is. Go ahead.
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I'll jump in, I'll jump in.
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Absolutely.
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I'm so glad that you
said that because like
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whenever we're
going through trials
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and stuff like that,
00:20:11.61\00:20:12.94
there's still a blessing
at the end of the tunnel
00:20:12.97\00:20:14.54
that God is
refining our character
00:20:14.58\00:20:16.18
at that very
moment, and we don't know
00:20:16.21\00:20:17.78
why we're going
through something,
00:20:17.81\00:20:19.21
and it's so hard to
praise God during those times.
00:20:19.25\00:20:23.79
But, you know, you never know
00:20:23.82\00:20:25.79
why you're going
through a particular situation.
00:20:25.82\00:20:28.92
And first, it's
important to know that
00:20:28.96\00:20:31.43
it's not God that's
causing the situation
00:20:31.46\00:20:34.50
that you're going through,
He's allowing it to happen.
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And ultimately, God has...
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He sees the end
from the beginning,
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so He has eternal life in mind,
and your salvation in mind,
00:20:40.70\00:20:45.77
and so how does this trial
00:20:45.81\00:20:49.48
relate to where you can end up.
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You know, years
ago, I got in trouble.
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I struggled with drugs
and the sale of narcotics
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and things like that,
00:20:59.75\00:21:01.09
and I was
struggling with these issues,
00:21:01.12\00:21:03.06
and I remember
getting arrested one day.
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And, you know, now
looking back on it,
00:21:06.19\00:21:09.50
that was a great
time for me, you know,
00:21:09.53\00:21:12.03
because that was a
turning point for me,
00:21:12.07\00:21:13.70
that was my rock bottom.
00:21:13.74\00:21:15.27
And so that particular event,
which was tragic in my mind,
00:21:15.30\00:21:20.31
you know, my parents
didn't raise me that way,
00:21:20.34\00:21:23.01
and I was allowed
to go through that.
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But when I think about
where I could have ended up,
00:21:27.58\00:21:30.25
I could be dead,
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I could not be sitting
at this table right now
00:21:31.79\00:21:33.69
with you guys
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or I could be in
prison for a long time,
00:21:35.32\00:21:38.46
you know, but
God spared my life,
00:21:38.49\00:21:41.20
and so that that blessing
00:21:41.23\00:21:42.86
that was at the
end of the tunnel
00:21:42.90\00:21:44.23
that I didn't see
right then, I see now.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Great
testimony. Praise the Lord.
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Yeah, you know, I
just wanted to mention
00:21:50.47\00:21:52.37
just response from
what Tim just said that
00:21:52.41\00:21:54.48
that praise is
the driving force.
00:21:54.51\00:21:56.41
In other words,
pray should automatically
00:21:56.44\00:21:58.45
precede the
blessings, the gifts,
00:21:58.48\00:22:00.45
the things that
God bestows upon us.
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And I think that's what
you had kind of started with
00:22:02.62\00:22:04.29
in the beginning, Greg.
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And, you know, the
idea of that, you know,
00:22:05.69\00:22:07.02
in the Book of Revelation,
00:22:07.06\00:22:08.39
it tells us that God
is worthy to be worshiped
00:22:08.42\00:22:10.89
just because of who He is.
00:22:10.93\00:22:12.39
He's the creator of all things.
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And I kind of just insert
the concept of praise there
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because He is
worthy to be praised
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whether we receive
those benefits or not.
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And we kind of see this
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even in the theme of the
great controversy in the Bible.
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For instance, in
the story of Job,
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there's kind of
an implied accusation
00:22:28.11\00:22:29.78
against the character of God
00:22:29.81\00:22:31.15
right there as
the devil shows up
00:22:31.18\00:22:32.51
to this
heavenly, you know, meeting
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and he basically just
throws it right in God's face.
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You know what?
00:22:38.32\00:22:39.65
You in and of yourself
are not worthy to be worship
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because, well, you
give Job good things,
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and that's why he worships
you, that's why he praises you.
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You just shower him
with all those good things.
00:22:47.06\00:22:48.40
If you just take
all those benefits away,
00:22:48.43\00:22:50.57
all of those
gifts that he, you know,
00:22:50.60\00:22:53.00
he's going to
curse You to Your face.
00:22:53.03\00:22:54.70
In other words there's an
implied accusation that God,
00:22:54.74\00:22:57.21
You in and of Yourself
are not worthy to be praised.
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You don't deserve the praise.
You don't deserve the worship.
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But yet the truth is we
know the devil, he's a liar.
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Jesus says, he's a liar,
he's the father of liars.
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And so I love what you just said
00:23:08.38\00:23:09.78
because that is true
00:23:09.82\00:23:11.55
whether I receive
the benefit or I don't,
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whether I receive
the gifts or I don't,
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God is worthy to be praised,
00:23:17.06\00:23:18.43
and I love this
psalm for that, absolutely.
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Amen.
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And you think in Job's life,
00:23:21.73\00:23:23.06
I mean he did have a
lot of material blessings,
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which you could have
said were coming from God.
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But what I like about this psalm
00:23:27.37\00:23:29.04
is these aren't
material blessings,
00:23:29.07\00:23:30.74
these are blessings
that all of us can claim.
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You know, you think about
forget not all of His benefits,
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and what are those benefits?
00:23:36.01\00:23:37.35
He forgives all our iniquities,
00:23:37.38\00:23:38.71
that forgiveness is
extended to everyone.
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And, you know, that forgiveness
is not just for certain people,
00:23:41.52\00:23:43.95
it's extended to all.
00:23:43.99\00:23:45.42
It says, "Who
heals all your diseases."
00:23:45.45\00:23:47.92
Now if you do a word study,
00:23:47.96\00:23:49.92
that's talking
about not just physical,
00:23:49.96\00:23:53.19
but spiritual
healing, and emotional healing.
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So when we read this we
think, "Okay, I'm going to be
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automatically
physically healed,"
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but God's also saying,
00:24:02.94\00:24:04.27
"I want to heal you spiritually,
00:24:04.31\00:24:05.94
you know, I want to
heal you emotionally."
00:24:05.97\00:24:09.04
And, of course, physically,
00:24:09.08\00:24:10.41
and He will heal us
all whether it's now
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or not till the second coming,
but, you know, He does heal.
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One more who redeems
your life from destruction.
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The word
"redeems" means to buy back.
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And God wants to
do that for all of us.
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You know, He
wants to buy us back
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from the land of the enemy.
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And every time I read
that word, I just think,
00:24:26.56\00:24:30.13
you know, if I
had made something,
00:24:30.17\00:24:33.70
you know, and you
loved it with all your heart,
00:24:33.74\00:24:35.44
and then it turned away,
and it spat in your face,
00:24:35.47\00:24:38.77
and just turned
against you and said,
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"I don't care about
you," and yet He says,
00:24:42.41\00:24:43.98
"I want to buy
that person back,"
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you know, I mean how incredible.
00:24:47.18\00:24:48.72
So everything in this psalm,
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who crowns you
with loving kindness
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and tender mercies.
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Tender mercies in
Hebrew means compassion.
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So God's compassion
is extended to everybody.
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So this is for all of us.
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And the crowneth part
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in Hebrew also
means to surround.
00:25:03.77\00:25:05.50
Yeah. So that's
really neat too...
00:25:05.53\00:25:06.87
When you think of crown,
00:25:06.90\00:25:08.24
you think of
putting on somebody's head,
00:25:08.27\00:25:09.60
but it's actually,
00:25:09.64\00:25:10.97
"He surrounds you
with loving kindness."
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So He's encircling you.
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So if you feel alone or
out there all by yourself
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and nobody loves me,
00:25:16.61\00:25:18.08
and you're
surrounded by God's love.
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So it goes back to
He's worthy to be praised.
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He is worthy.
Absolutely. Absolutely.
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You know, and it's sad
00:25:23.15\00:25:24.49
because I think
about just simple things
00:25:24.52\00:25:25.85
we talked about, again,
I'm going back to Australia,
00:25:25.89\00:25:27.32
but, you know, the time,
00:25:27.36\00:25:29.02
the jet lag stuff is
just pretty incredible,
00:25:29.06\00:25:31.19
time difference is incredible.
00:25:31.23\00:25:32.56
So when I wake up in the morning
00:25:32.59\00:25:34.10
and forced myself
to get up at 5 am,
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do you know I complain a
little bit, "I am so tired."
00:25:36.73\00:25:39.67
I should have
been, "Praise the Lord,
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I woke up, I'm alive."
00:25:41.07\00:25:42.97
You know, so
it's just interesting
00:25:43.00\00:25:44.34
how some of these things
00:25:44.37\00:25:45.71
you can get into a
little bit of like,
00:25:45.74\00:25:47.08
"Oh, I'm so tired and
man, that life is tough."
00:25:47.11\00:25:49.24
But it should be like,
"Praise the Lord, I'm alive.
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Someone else didn't wake up."
00:25:51.55\00:25:53.21
It's truly is a habit.
00:25:53.25\00:25:55.88
There you go.
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And just as much as
being negative is a bad habit,
00:25:57.29\00:26:00.99
praising is a good habit,
and it's a choice, it begun as,
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all habits mostly
are, but we're choosing...
00:26:05.13\00:26:09.86
And I have friends
that will tell me, you know,
00:26:09.90\00:26:12.73
even I have
non-Christian friends
00:26:12.77\00:26:15.27
who will say of all the times
I go to church during the week.
00:26:15.30\00:26:20.51
One guy told me,
"You need to relax."
00:26:20.54\00:26:23.24
And I said, "Well,
you know, it's just...
00:26:23.28\00:26:25.91
First of all, going to
church is in my blood."
00:26:25.95\00:26:29.08
It's just been what we've done
00:26:29.12\00:26:31.52
when I started when I was a kid,
00:26:31.55\00:26:32.99
and we went to church,
00:26:33.02\00:26:34.36
and it never
was a pressure to me
00:26:34.39\00:26:36.49
because it was
where my friends were,
00:26:36.52\00:26:38.33
and I got to learn about Christ,
00:26:38.36\00:26:40.60
and, you know, it
was just good time.
00:26:40.63\00:26:43.47
So, but truly,
praising is a choice.
00:26:43.50\00:26:48.90
So, you know, it
doesn't always necessarily mean
00:26:48.94\00:26:52.41
that we feel like it, but it is,
00:26:52.44\00:26:54.71
it's just something we...
00:26:54.74\00:26:56.08
Again, it's your first thought
instead of the afterthought,
00:26:56.11\00:26:59.31
so...
00:26:59.35\00:27:00.68
And it should be. What
is it like our driving?
00:27:00.72\00:27:02.05
Driving force.
00:27:02.08\00:27:03.42
Driving force
instead of the byproduct.
00:27:03.45\00:27:04.79
That's something, but, yeah.
00:27:04.82\00:27:06.49
Sort of make a habit then,
00:27:06.52\00:27:07.86
I'm just going to
divert a little bit,
00:27:07.89\00:27:09.22
how do we make that a habit?
00:27:09.26\00:27:10.59
I mean what would be something
I guess just do it over...
00:27:10.63\00:27:12.76
It's a choice.
00:27:12.79\00:27:14.13
So it comes to
like in the morning
00:27:14.16\00:27:15.50
when I feel really tired
say, "Yes, Lord, I feel tired,
00:27:15.53\00:27:17.33
but praise the Lord, I'm awake."
00:27:17.37\00:27:20.04
Well, I think, you know,
scripture comes to my mind,
00:27:20.07\00:27:22.27
and I can't specifically
remember, you guys might know,
00:27:22.30\00:27:24.81
Paul writes in the
Book of 1 Corinthians,
00:27:24.84\00:27:27.28
maybe 2 Corinthians,
but he writes in the book,
00:27:27.31\00:27:29.74
you know, he talks about
how that when temptation comes,
00:27:29.78\00:27:33.11
God provides the Holy
Spirit there as a way of escape.
00:27:33.15\00:27:37.22
In other words, we won't be...
00:27:37.25\00:27:38.59
He says that we will not be
tempted past what we can bear.
00:27:38.62\00:27:41.49
So I would say that a bad habit,
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as it has become a habit,
as he said, it is a choice,
00:27:43.29\00:27:46.43
we have to, in those
moments, make the choice to say,
00:27:46.46\00:27:49.63
"Lord, I need to be rescued
00:27:49.66\00:27:51.10
from making the
choice of this bad habit.
00:27:51.13\00:27:53.84
Lord, help me every moment
to make the better choice,
00:27:53.87\00:27:58.31
to create a better habit."
00:27:58.34\00:27:59.67
I guess in those
moments, as it is a choice,
00:27:59.71\00:28:01.54
we need to pray
for the right choice,
00:28:01.58\00:28:03.31
the strength to
make the right choice.
00:28:03.35\00:28:04.68
That's good. Amen.
00:28:04.71\00:28:06.05
I think they say
that it takes like 21 days
00:28:06.08\00:28:07.68
to form a habit or change
it or something like that.
00:28:07.72\00:28:11.55
So you need to be consistent...
00:28:11.59\00:28:15.42
And it's 21 days.
00:28:15.46\00:28:16.79
I've heard about how
you lay out your clothes
00:28:16.83\00:28:19.13
before you go to bed, you know,
00:28:19.16\00:28:20.80
what you're going to wear
or have some kind of a plan
00:28:20.83\00:28:22.80
of what you're going to
be doing the next morning.
00:28:22.83\00:28:24.80
I think it's...
00:28:24.83\00:28:26.40
Praise is
premeditated in my mind as well
00:28:26.43\00:28:29.70
that I'm determined.
00:28:29.74\00:28:31.81
In the morning when I rise,
00:28:31.84\00:28:33.17
I'm going to wake
up praising the Lord.
00:28:33.21\00:28:35.84
And don't be surprised
if there's every opportunity
00:28:35.88\00:28:39.85
not to, you know,
like you stub your toe
00:28:39.88\00:28:41.85
on the end of the bed
or toast is burnt or...
00:28:41.88\00:28:44.62
You missed your alarm.
You missed your alarm, yeah.
00:28:44.65\00:28:47.12
But, you know,
00:28:47.16\00:28:48.49
even in the
light of those things.
00:28:48.52\00:28:50.73
Good night, those are passing.
00:28:50.76\00:28:52.96
And so, you know,
the toe will heal,
00:28:52.99\00:28:54.66
the bread just
scrape up that little char
00:28:54.70\00:28:57.17
might be good on
toast, you never know.
00:28:57.20\00:28:59.40
And alarm, you may have dreamed
a better dream than, you know,
00:28:59.43\00:29:02.80
since you slept
through the alarm.
00:29:02.84\00:29:04.24
Just praise the
Lord, why not? Amen.
00:29:04.27\00:29:06.91
And don't you
think you can ask God,
00:29:06.94\00:29:08.94
you know, because I mean,
00:29:08.98\00:29:10.31
I know, I've done
that, saying, "Okay, God,
00:29:10.35\00:29:11.71
remind me when I
need to praise You more,
00:29:11.75\00:29:14.58
or remind me when I'm
in the middle of a fog,
00:29:14.62\00:29:17.05
or a situation
00:29:17.09\00:29:18.42
where I should be praising
it this time, you know."
00:29:18.45\00:29:20.72
And God can tap
us on the shoulder.
00:29:20.76\00:29:22.22
Remember, you're supposed to be,
00:29:22.26\00:29:23.83
you know, praising
that way or something.
00:29:23.86\00:29:25.19
And if he doesn't,
00:29:25.23\00:29:26.56
maybe a spouse or a friend will.
00:29:26.59\00:29:28.50
'Cause nobody likes to
be around somebody grumpy.
00:29:28.53\00:29:31.67
Yeah, that's
true. To not praise.
00:29:31.70\00:29:34.80
You know, I think
like stress, right?
00:29:34.84\00:29:38.01
If you're stressing
about everything, you know,
00:29:38.04\00:29:40.18
it's a good time to
just praise the Lord
00:29:40.21\00:29:41.94
because stress can kill
you, but praise can't kill you.
00:29:41.98\00:29:45.48
You're not going
to die from praise.
00:29:45.51\00:29:47.45
You're not going
to die from praise.
00:29:47.48\00:29:48.82
I like the way to go.
00:29:48.85\00:29:50.29
But stress,
stress can take you out.
00:29:50.32\00:29:52.52
Yeah, it's true.
That's a good point.
00:29:52.55\00:29:54.16
Let's look at Hebrews 13.
00:29:54.19\00:29:55.79
Amen. All right.
00:29:55.82\00:29:57.16
Hebrews 13:15, it talks
about sacrifice of praise.
00:29:57.19\00:29:58.76
Keep your thumb,
finger in Psalm 103.
00:29:58.79\00:30:01.53
Hebrews 13:15,
00:30:04.80\00:30:08.44
someone have that, want to read?
00:30:08.47\00:30:09.80
Yes.
00:30:09.84\00:30:11.41
"Therefore by Him
let us continually offer
00:30:11.44\00:30:14.28
the sacrifice of praise to God,
that is, the fruit of our lips,
00:30:14.31\00:30:18.05
giving thanks to His name."
00:30:18.08\00:30:20.18
So what do you think it
means the sacrifice of praise?
00:30:20.22\00:30:23.59
Does that mean that
praise is a sacrifice for God
00:30:23.62\00:30:26.52
as in a sweet smelling savor
as Greg talked about before,
00:30:26.55\00:30:30.13
or does that mean praise
is a sacrifice on my part
00:30:30.16\00:30:33.73
in order to offer, or does
it mean something else entirely?
00:30:33.76\00:30:38.37
Any thoughts?
00:30:38.40\00:30:39.73
You are asking
some deep questions.
00:30:39.77\00:30:41.27
I believe it is a sacrifice
to God, it's not a sacrifice,
00:30:41.30\00:30:45.57
it's no
sacrifice for us to do it,
00:30:45.61\00:30:48.01
I mean, if we look at it, right?
00:30:48.04\00:30:49.38
But certainly,
I think it is a...
00:30:49.41\00:30:51.41
I see it as
something God expects.
00:30:51.45\00:30:53.31
But go ahead.
00:30:53.35\00:30:54.68
I think the explanation's
right there in the verse.
00:30:54.72\00:30:56.45
I mean it says,
"Therefore let's go forward..."
00:30:56.48\00:30:59.49
Excuse me, verse 15,
00:30:59.52\00:31:00.86
"Therefore by Him
let us continually offer
00:31:00.89\00:31:03.32
the sacrifice of praise to God,"
00:31:03.36\00:31:04.86
and then it says, "that
is, the fruit of our lips,
00:31:04.89\00:31:07.83
giving thanks to His name."
00:31:07.86\00:31:10.27
In other words, you know,
00:31:10.30\00:31:11.63
God wants us to constantly
be in a perpetual state of...
00:31:11.67\00:31:15.77
Go back to perpetual
means almost habitual,
00:31:15.80\00:31:18.41
a continual praise, you know,
00:31:18.44\00:31:21.28
constant state of praise,
praising Him in other words.
00:31:21.31\00:31:23.41
I love the beginning,
notice the beginning though.
00:31:23.45\00:31:25.85
The beginning of
that verse in verse 15.
00:31:25.88\00:31:27.45
This is the part that I just
usually would read right over,
00:31:27.48\00:31:30.02
but notice what it
says, "Therefore by Him..."
00:31:30.05\00:31:33.05
Oh. That's good.
00:31:33.09\00:31:34.42
That's a good catch.
That is a good catch.
00:31:34.46\00:31:35.79
"Therefore by Him let us
continually offer our lips."
00:31:35.82\00:31:39.26
What does that mean?
00:31:39.29\00:31:40.63
He's the one who does it.
00:31:40.66\00:31:42.00
Yeah. Yeah.
00:31:42.03\00:31:43.37
I mean, do we
really have it within us,
00:31:43.40\00:31:45.33
in and within
ourselves to change ourselves
00:31:45.37\00:31:48.44
to create those habits.
00:31:48.47\00:31:50.11
And so, no, we don't, I mean,
00:31:50.14\00:31:51.54
so I have to
completely depend upon Him
00:31:51.57\00:31:55.04
to help me praise Him.
00:31:55.08\00:31:57.05
That's powerful.
00:31:57.08\00:31:58.41
That is, actually,
that's a good catch there,
00:31:58.45\00:31:59.78
yeah, by Him.
00:31:59.81\00:32:01.15
Yeah, absolutely. That's just...
00:32:01.18\00:32:02.52
It's incredible.
00:32:02.55\00:32:03.89
I like Romans 12:1 says,
00:32:03.92\00:32:06.19
"I beseech you
brethren by the mercies of God,
00:32:06.22\00:32:07.86
that you present your
bodies," what does it say?
00:32:07.89\00:32:09.39
"A living sacrifice."
00:32:09.42\00:32:11.23
So what is that?
00:32:11.26\00:32:12.59
That is an offering to God,
00:32:12.63\00:32:14.36
and so I always tie
those two in for some reason.
00:32:14.40\00:32:16.83
So the living sacrifice,
00:32:16.87\00:32:18.83
we're to present
ourselves before God
00:32:18.87\00:32:20.40
as a living
sacrifice, and in addition,
00:32:20.44\00:32:22.87
we present the
sacrifice of praise,
00:32:22.90\00:32:24.91
and we bring that before Him.
00:32:24.94\00:32:26.27
Absolutely. Absolutely.
00:32:26.31\00:32:28.28
Amen.
00:32:28.31\00:32:29.64
Well, a lot of
stuff. Isn't the Bible fun?
00:32:29.68\00:32:31.01
It is.
00:32:31.05\00:32:32.38
You just open your Bible
00:32:32.41\00:32:33.75
and there are so many treasures.
00:32:33.78\00:32:35.12
Yeah, you're highlighting away.
00:32:35.15\00:32:36.48
That's good that
you're highlighting.
00:32:36.52\00:32:37.85
So this is Bible
study. That's right.
00:32:37.89\00:32:39.22
When we get to these verses,
you start reading something,
00:32:39.25\00:32:41.56
I'm like, "I've heard that
before but I need to highlight.
00:32:41.59\00:32:44.89
And that's
highlighted in my Bible.
00:32:44.93\00:32:46.96
But the Bible's exciting too,
00:32:47.00\00:32:48.90
because just
like Ryan pointed out,
00:32:48.93\00:32:52.87
you know, you pay
attention to every word,
00:32:52.90\00:32:55.37
you know, one word can
make the world of difference
00:32:55.40\00:32:58.77
in a passage and
you learn something new.
00:32:58.81\00:33:02.94
It doesn't matter how many times
00:33:02.98\00:33:04.31
you've read through the Bible,
00:33:04.35\00:33:05.68
God will always
reveal something to you
00:33:05.71\00:33:08.08
if you ask Him,
00:33:08.12\00:33:09.45
and if you ask for the
guidance of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:09.48\00:33:11.59
Absolutely.
00:33:11.62\00:33:12.95
You know, and I
praise God for the word,
00:33:12.99\00:33:17.13
you know, what is
that the psalmist,
00:33:17.16\00:33:18.49
we're speaking
about the psalmist here,
00:33:18.53\00:33:20.23
which I'm sure we're
going to read a lot of text
00:33:20.26\00:33:22.03
with the remaining time we
have from the Book of Psalms.
00:33:22.06\00:33:23.80
But, you know, I think
00:33:23.83\00:33:25.77
it was the Psalmist
David that wrote, you know,
00:33:25.80\00:33:28.17
"Let me hide Your word
within me that I may not sin."
00:33:28.20\00:33:33.48
I praise God for the Word,
00:33:33.51\00:33:35.51
and, you know,
just like you mentioned,
00:33:35.54\00:33:37.45
sometimes we may read a passage
00:33:37.48\00:33:39.25
and we may think
that we have it memorized,
00:33:39.28\00:33:42.15
or we get the concept I
don't need to read that again
00:33:42.18\00:33:44.22
but there's passages I've read
over and over and over and over
00:33:44.25\00:33:46.82
and I go back and
I'll read that verse again
00:33:46.86\00:33:48.76
thinking that I
already really knew it
00:33:48.79\00:33:50.83
when really there
was something there that,
00:33:50.86\00:33:52.49
you know, my human
eyes just overlook.
00:33:52.53\00:33:55.53
And I praise God
for the Word because
00:33:55.56\00:33:58.53
the Word draws me closer to Him.
00:33:58.57\00:34:00.24
The Word helps me to
see my need to praise Him
00:34:00.27\00:34:03.81
because He is worthy.
00:34:03.84\00:34:05.17
Amen. Absolutely.
00:34:05.21\00:34:06.54
And the Word is Jesus, in
the beginning was the Word,
00:34:06.57\00:34:07.91
and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
00:34:07.94\00:34:09.54
So I mean, we
hear the Word of God,
00:34:09.58\00:34:12.45
and this is the Word of
God, but it's also Jesus.
00:34:12.48\00:34:14.82
I don't even begin
to know how that works
00:34:14.85\00:34:17.19
but the words of Him and
His character is inherent.
00:34:17.22\00:34:21.39
Not him
literally, I don't mean that.
00:34:21.42\00:34:22.89
But His character inherent,
I mean what a powerful thing.
00:34:22.92\00:34:27.20
The Word of God
is life changing.
00:34:27.23\00:34:28.90
Yes, it is. Yeah.
00:34:28.93\00:34:30.27
You know, I've heard people
say that the Bible B-I-B-L-E
00:34:30.30\00:34:34.14
basic instructions
before leaving early.
00:34:34.17\00:34:36.44
Like why wouldn't I
want to read the Bible,
00:34:36.47\00:34:39.11
when it's been inspired...
00:34:39.14\00:34:40.48
It's the Word of God.
00:34:40.51\00:34:42.18
He knows the end
from the beginning,
00:34:42.21\00:34:43.88
why wouldn't I want to.
00:34:43.91\00:34:45.25
That's like when
you were in school,
00:34:45.28\00:34:47.78
and I don't recommend this.
00:34:47.82\00:34:50.22
Feel like when
you're in the school...
00:34:50.25\00:34:51.59
A little disclaimer right there.
00:34:51.62\00:34:52.95
Yeah, disclaimer,
and they had CliffsNotes.
00:34:52.99\00:34:55.76
All right. And
you can get to the...
00:34:55.79\00:34:57.49
You can get to
the point with a book.
00:34:57.53\00:35:00.86
I can avoid so many
pitfalls if I just follow
00:35:00.90\00:35:03.73
what the Word of
God say, I'd recommend,
00:35:03.77\00:35:07.34
but I don't recommend, you
know, the CliffsNotes part.
00:35:07.37\00:35:09.44
Okay. Absolutely.
00:35:09.47\00:35:11.91
You know, it's hard.
00:35:11.94\00:35:14.94
It's not always
easy to praise God.
00:35:14.98\00:35:16.31
That's right.
00:35:16.34\00:35:17.68
For instance, what about
the people who are suffering,
00:35:17.71\00:35:20.92
the people who are
dealing with trials.
00:35:20.95\00:35:23.55
Over the years in ministry,
00:35:23.59\00:35:25.15
I've had
opportunity to talk with people,
00:35:25.19\00:35:26.96
and visitation, and counseling.
00:35:26.99\00:35:28.92
And, you know, you
want to encourage people.
00:35:28.96\00:35:30.79
You know, give God the praise.
00:35:30.83\00:35:32.33
And it's like,
well, it's hard, you know,
00:35:32.36\00:35:33.70
hurt people to
tell me, you know,
00:35:33.73\00:35:35.06
it's hard for me to
praise God when I'm suffering
00:35:35.10\00:35:37.70
and that is truly a
dilemma, but, you know,
00:35:37.73\00:35:40.14
I want to share
some scripture here
00:35:40.17\00:35:41.50
because this a scripture
that often we kind of overlook
00:35:41.54\00:35:43.91
at times or what we know of it,
00:35:43.94\00:35:45.27
but it's not
really read that much.
00:35:45.31\00:35:47.21
But I love...
00:35:47.24\00:35:48.58
This is found in
the Book of James.
00:35:48.61\00:35:49.94
If you have your
Bibles, turn in James Chapter 1,
00:35:49.98\00:35:52.21
and then we're going to read
a text from James Chapter 5.
00:35:52.25\00:35:55.05
There's an entire sermon,
00:35:55.08\00:35:56.72
there's an entire
study that could be done
00:35:56.75\00:35:58.55
just on this one point.
00:35:58.59\00:36:00.02
But still kind of
connected to giving God praise
00:36:00.06\00:36:02.96
in moments where
you may not even think
00:36:02.99\00:36:05.56
that you can praise
God, but God says you can.
00:36:05.59\00:36:07.90
Notice, James 1:2-4.
00:36:07.93\00:36:11.53
It says, "My
brethren, count it all joy
00:36:11.57\00:36:14.90
when you fall
into various trials,
00:36:14.94\00:36:17.47
knowing that the
testing of your faith
00:36:17.51\00:36:19.74
produces patience.
00:36:19.77\00:36:22.04
But let patience
have its perfect work,
00:36:22.08\00:36:24.78
that you may be perfect
and complete, lacking nothing."
00:36:24.81\00:36:28.35
It's like, "Lord,
I want to praise You,
00:36:28.38\00:36:29.75
but it's hard
for me to praise You
00:36:29.78\00:36:31.65
through this trial
I'm going through."
00:36:31.69\00:36:33.29
And James writes, you know what?
00:36:33.32\00:36:34.66
"That trial...
00:36:34.69\00:36:36.02
You should kind of
enjoy that the trial's there.
00:36:36.06\00:36:37.69
We should be praising God that
00:36:37.73\00:36:39.06
that trial was sending you away,
00:36:39.09\00:36:40.43
because in some
way, form or fashion,
00:36:40.46\00:36:41.80
God has sent that
trial or allowed that trial
00:36:41.83\00:36:44.17
to happen to build character,
to draw you closer to Him.
00:36:44.20\00:36:47.84
Sometimes it's
through the trials
00:36:47.87\00:36:49.64
or having to
walk through the flood
00:36:49.67\00:36:51.51
or endure the fire
00:36:51.54\00:36:53.17
that we sense our need of Him,
00:36:53.21\00:36:55.34
we sense our need to
give Him praise, you know.
00:36:55.38\00:36:59.81
And I love James.
00:36:59.85\00:37:01.32
Try to tie to this
James 5:13. It's a question.
00:37:01.35\00:37:04.92
"Is anyone among you suffering?
00:37:04.95\00:37:07.72
Let him pray.
00:37:07.76\00:37:09.19
Is anyone cheerful?
00:37:09.22\00:37:11.09
Let him sing psalms."
00:37:11.13\00:37:13.53
So, you know, if we're
walking through those trials,
00:37:13.56\00:37:15.96
we still have
something to praise Him for,
00:37:16.00\00:37:17.50
but, you know,
God says, "Pray to Me.
00:37:17.53\00:37:19.33
you know, talk to
Me, I want to hear you."
00:37:19.37\00:37:21.30
But if you're cheerful,
sing me a praise for Him.
00:37:21.34\00:37:25.24
And so that's
just... It's powerful.
00:37:25.27\00:37:27.08
And I appreciate
the Word for that.
00:37:27.11\00:37:28.54
Amen.
00:37:28.58\00:37:29.91
This is interesting too,
00:37:29.94\00:37:31.28
backing up just a
little bit in James 5,
00:37:31.31\00:37:33.52
there's a quite a bit said here.
00:37:33.55\00:37:34.88
We can just start with verse 10,
00:37:34.92\00:37:36.25
James 5:10 says,
00:37:36.28\00:37:37.62
"Take my
brother in the prophets,
00:37:37.65\00:37:39.25
who have spoken in
the name of the Lord
00:37:39.29\00:37:40.96
for an example of suffering,
affliction, and of patience.
00:37:40.99\00:37:44.33
Behold we count
them happy which endure,
00:37:44.36\00:37:47.40
you have heard of
the patience of Job
00:37:47.43\00:37:49.20
and have seen
the end of the Lord
00:37:49.23\00:37:50.87
that the Lord is very
pitiful and of tender mercy."
00:37:50.90\00:37:53.47
I don't know, Tim,
00:37:53.50\00:37:54.84
how does it
state in the Amplified
00:37:54.87\00:37:56.20
that I haven't looked it up.
00:37:56.24\00:37:57.57
Yeah, the verse 10 says,
"As an example of suffering
00:37:57.61\00:37:59.31
and ill treatment
together with patience,
00:37:59.34\00:38:01.48
brethren, take the prophets
00:38:01.51\00:38:02.88
who spoke in
the name of the Lord
00:38:02.91\00:38:04.28
as His messengers.
00:38:04.31\00:38:05.65
Eleven, you know how we
call those blessed happy,
00:38:05.68\00:38:08.72
who are steadfast, who endured,
00:38:08.75\00:38:10.62
you have heard of
the endurance of Job,
00:38:10.65\00:38:12.65
you've seen the Lord's purpose,
00:38:12.69\00:38:14.26
and how He richly
blessed him in the end
00:38:14.29\00:38:15.92
and as much as the
Lord is full of pity,
00:38:15.96\00:38:18.33
and compassion, and
tenderness, and mercy."
00:38:18.36\00:38:20.76
We have the advantage of...
00:38:20.80\00:38:23.16
As we read the Bible,
knowing how the story end.
00:38:23.20\00:38:26.53
But for those
00:38:26.57\00:38:27.90
who were going through
the situation at the time,
00:38:27.94\00:38:32.51
as people are today
going through situations,
00:38:32.54\00:38:34.71
they don't see the end.
00:38:34.74\00:38:36.08
And you, know, we can't.
00:38:36.11\00:38:37.45
We can't, in fact,
back in Psalm 103 that says,
00:38:37.48\00:38:42.12
"Who forgives all our diseases."
00:38:42.15\00:38:43.99
That's one with
that, when you mentioned,
00:38:44.02\00:38:47.26
the study of that word,
00:38:47.29\00:38:48.86
how it doesn't necessarily
mean physical diseases
00:38:48.89\00:38:51.13
because as I have
read that, I've thought,
00:38:51.16\00:38:53.13
you know, I don't know
that I would want to read that
00:38:53.16\00:38:55.26
to a friend who is in a disease,
00:38:55.30\00:38:57.10
who has a certain disease,
00:38:57.13\00:38:58.47
who is going
through an ailment right now
00:38:58.50\00:38:59.87
that it seems like
this is never going to end
00:38:59.90\00:39:02.37
because, "Well,
where's my benefit
00:39:02.40\00:39:05.61
for healing of that disease?"
00:39:05.64\00:39:07.34
But when we know that God has...
00:39:07.38\00:39:11.91
Well, I mean, it's a
point under man wants to die.
00:39:11.95\00:39:14.75
So everyone goes
through something
00:39:14.78\00:39:17.22
that will
eventually lead them to death.
00:39:17.25\00:39:19.62
But the bottom line is I
think it goes back to that
00:39:19.65\00:39:23.96
just drawing close to God
00:39:23.99\00:39:26.13
and knowing that
He loves us so much.
00:39:26.16\00:39:27.86
And as we praise Him,
00:39:27.90\00:39:29.76
our eyes get off
of our circumstance,
00:39:29.80\00:39:32.97
and they get on to
who He is strictly again
00:39:33.00\00:39:36.14
because He is worthy of praise.
00:39:36.17\00:39:37.74
And I don't think people,
the unbeliever has no way
00:39:37.77\00:39:42.08
of really understanding
that until you truly...
00:39:42.11\00:39:45.81
And I tell you this
is the bottom line for me
00:39:45.85\00:39:48.68
with anything
that I ever encounter.
00:39:48.72\00:39:51.89
If you fall in
love with Jesus so much,
00:39:51.92\00:39:55.12
all, everything else falls away,
00:39:55.16\00:39:57.59
and truly it just
becomes about loving Him
00:39:57.63\00:40:01.13
because He is so precious.
00:40:01.16\00:40:03.06
And that's what praise is about.
00:40:03.10\00:40:04.93
Yeah, it's a
beautiful thing, and it's...
00:40:04.97\00:40:08.30
I just want to
make that my life.
00:40:08.34\00:40:09.67
And I don't.
00:40:09.70\00:40:11.04
And this is not as negative,
00:40:11.07\00:40:12.41
but it
simplifies it, doesn't it?
00:40:12.44\00:40:13.78
It really does.
00:40:13.81\00:40:15.14
I mean that's just totally...
00:40:15.18\00:40:16.51
Yeah, love Jesus, it's
a relationship we build
00:40:16.54\00:40:18.01
with Jesus Christ.
00:40:18.05\00:40:19.65
And in the complexity sometimes
of the life, and the trials,
00:40:19.68\00:40:22.22
and all the stuff,
they just melt away.
00:40:22.25\00:40:25.25
Good, Tim. No,
you go ahead, Jill.
00:40:25.29\00:40:26.62
No, you go ahead, Jay.
00:40:26.65\00:40:27.99
Then you might, you
know, people might think,
00:40:28.02\00:40:29.36
"Well, how do I build a
relationship with Christ?"
00:40:29.39\00:40:31.89
You know, how do I build...
00:40:31.93\00:40:33.26
Well, how do you build a
relationship with anybody?
00:40:33.29\00:40:35.33
You have to spend time,
you have to spend that quality
00:40:35.36\00:40:38.27
one-on-one time, you know,
00:40:38.30\00:40:39.63
the Bible says
somewhere in Psalms,
00:40:39.67\00:40:41.17
I forgot where.
00:40:41.20\00:40:42.64
"O taste and see
that the Lord is good."
00:40:42.67\00:40:44.77
Psalm 34. There we go.
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.18
And I mean, just
like if I have an apple
00:40:47.21\00:40:50.18
and I take a
bite into this juicy,
00:40:50.21\00:40:54.15
crisp apple, right?
00:40:54.18\00:40:56.92
Tim at the
other end of the table
00:40:56.95\00:40:58.75
he's not going
to be able to taste
00:40:58.79\00:41:00.82
how good that apple is.
00:41:00.86\00:41:02.52
What's he going to have to do?
00:41:02.56\00:41:03.89
He's going to have to
grab an apple for himself,
00:41:03.93\00:41:05.69
not my apple, but he's
going to grab an apple.
00:41:05.73\00:41:08.50
You know
because that's just Jay.
00:41:08.53\00:41:12.93
But then he's got
to grab that apple,
00:41:12.97\00:41:15.04
he's got to take a bite
out of that apple himself
00:41:15.07\00:41:18.07
to taste and see that it's good.
00:41:18.11\00:41:19.57
And that's what
the Lord calls us to do
00:41:19.61\00:41:21.01
is to open His
Word for ourselves,
00:41:21.04\00:41:23.95
and to find out that He's good
00:41:23.98\00:41:25.31
because character
is not transferable.
00:41:25.35\00:41:27.62
And just because my
mom or my great grandma
00:41:27.65\00:41:30.75
or whoever has a
relationship with Christ
00:41:30.79\00:41:34.09
that relationship
doesn't transfer to me.
00:41:34.12\00:41:37.76
They can't save
me, only God can.
00:41:37.79\00:41:40.70
And so to build
that relationship,
00:41:40.73\00:41:43.43
you have to spend time with God.
00:41:43.47\00:41:46.03
And how awesome is that
the creator of the universe
00:41:46.07\00:41:50.04
wants to spend time with us.
00:41:50.07\00:41:52.71
Who are we?
00:41:52.74\00:41:54.08
Who are we? Amen.
00:41:54.11\00:41:55.51
Praise the Lord for that.
00:41:55.54\00:41:58.48
And all comments. Praise.
00:41:58.51\00:42:00.52
It's the truth. Right.
00:42:00.55\00:42:01.98
I just wanted to
go back to suffering,
00:42:02.02\00:42:03.39
you talked about that, Tim,
for just a moment, you know,
00:42:03.42\00:42:06.22
we say do Christians suffer?
00:42:06.25\00:42:07.86
Yes, they do. Absolutely.
00:42:07.89\00:42:10.33
Do non-Christian suffer? Yes.
00:42:10.36\00:42:12.29
Absolutely, so this
world is full of tribulation
00:42:12.33\00:42:16.33
just because of
the nature of sin
00:42:16.36\00:42:17.90
because of the nature of
the world that we live in,
00:42:17.93\00:42:20.20
but I would much rather
experience it with Jesus.
00:42:20.24\00:42:23.87
You know, to be able to learn
to praise in the midst of that
00:42:23.91\00:42:28.44
because what you
said, Tim, is so true.
00:42:28.48\00:42:30.28
Those who don't walk with Jesus,
00:42:30.31\00:42:32.41
those who don't know Him
don't experience that peace,
00:42:32.45\00:42:36.08
don't experience that strength.
00:42:36.12\00:42:39.15
And praise actually
brings strength, you know,
00:42:39.19\00:42:42.46
I know I have
experience in my own life
00:42:42.49\00:42:44.49
when I didn't feel like it
00:42:44.53\00:42:46.86
and I made a
mental choice to praise.
00:42:46.90\00:42:50.87
God changed my
emotions, God changed my heart.
00:42:50.90\00:42:55.37
Do you think in
praise you need to sing?
00:42:55.40\00:42:59.51
How much is music...
00:42:59.54\00:43:02.71
We got musical people here.
00:43:02.74\00:43:04.61
How much is music
associated with praise?
00:43:04.65\00:43:06.92
Oh, man, story of my life,
00:43:06.95\00:43:11.39
every single day,
00:43:11.42\00:43:13.59
if there's not any other way
00:43:13.62\00:43:14.96
that that I can praise the Lord,
00:43:14.99\00:43:17.43
it's for sure through
song, not just because,
00:43:17.46\00:43:21.10
you know, God has blessed
me with a gift of singing
00:43:21.13\00:43:23.60
but, you know,
00:43:23.63\00:43:27.97
music is a language.
00:43:28.00\00:43:30.74
And through music,
00:43:30.77\00:43:32.27
and through
powerful lyrics of songs,
00:43:32.31\00:43:34.18
and hymns, and
worship songs, you know,
00:43:34.21\00:43:36.71
you can express your
thanks, and your praise,
00:43:36.75\00:43:39.21
your gratitude to the Lord.
00:43:39.25\00:43:40.72
And there's not
a day of my life,
00:43:40.75\00:43:42.38
and this isn't boasting,
00:43:42.42\00:43:43.75
this is just
simply, if it is boasting,
00:43:43.79\00:43:45.12
it's boasting in the
Lord as Paul would say,
00:43:45.15\00:43:48.02
"I lift up my singing
voice every single day for Him."
00:43:48.06\00:43:54.00
And I think that that's
vitally important for us to do.
00:43:54.03\00:43:57.63
You don't have
to be a Pavarotti,
00:43:57.67\00:43:59.47
or you don't have
to be a Tim Parton
00:43:59.50\00:44:01.34
to be able to lift up
your gifts, your voice,
00:44:01.37\00:44:05.34
your instrument of
praise for the Lord.
00:44:05.37\00:44:08.78
You should do it as
we've already established
00:44:08.81\00:44:10.98
because He is worthy.
00:44:11.01\00:44:12.35
Amen.
00:44:12.38\00:44:13.72
And, you know, I've
heard people that I would say,
00:44:13.75\00:44:17.15
"Ah, you know,
that person can't sing,
00:44:17.19\00:44:19.05
they should never sing."
00:44:19.09\00:44:20.42
Is that so?
00:44:20.46\00:44:21.79
You know, you see it
in your human nature,
00:44:21.82\00:44:23.16
you hear, sometimes hear that,
00:44:23.19\00:44:24.53
"Oh, please, hope that
person never sings again."
00:44:24.56\00:44:26.43
That's the hobo
thing to think of,
00:44:26.46\00:44:28.50
that's hobo thing to say.
00:44:28.53\00:44:29.90
You know, but
truthfully you know,
00:44:29.93\00:44:31.73
what is God
hearing from that voice?
00:44:31.77\00:44:34.04
We may hear this
horrible wretched sound
00:44:34.07\00:44:36.84
of someone hitting wrong notes
on an instrument or singing,
00:44:36.87\00:44:40.31
but, you know,
what is God hearing?
00:44:40.34\00:44:41.84
We don't know that.
00:44:41.88\00:44:43.21
God, and heaven's
probably rejoicing
00:44:43.24\00:44:45.01
because that person
is uplifting their voice
00:44:45.05\00:44:47.88
in praise to God.
00:44:47.92\00:44:49.48
And I praise God for music.
00:44:49.52\00:44:52.75
I don't know where I
would be without music,
00:44:52.79\00:44:54.26
I think Tim could attest to this
00:44:54.29\00:44:55.62
probably even more than myself.
00:44:55.66\00:44:57.29
You wouldn't be here.
00:44:57.33\00:44:58.66
I wouldn't be
here, that's right.
00:44:58.69\00:45:00.03
That's the truth.
00:45:03.33\00:45:04.67
But I know that
throughout the Bible
00:45:04.70\00:45:06.03
there are several examples
of where praise was a song,
00:45:06.07\00:45:09.00
you know, Miriam,
00:45:09.04\00:45:10.81
as soon as they
cross the Red Sea,
00:45:10.84\00:45:12.41
she grabbed her tambourine
00:45:12.44\00:45:14.64
and started dancing and singing,
00:45:14.68\00:45:16.91
and the song is
written in scripture.
00:45:16.95\00:45:19.18
Paul and Silas in
the New Testament,
00:45:19.21\00:45:21.18
at the midnight and in
jail they were singing praise,
00:45:21.22\00:45:24.19
and it unlocked the door.
00:45:24.22\00:45:25.55
So praise is...
00:45:25.59\00:45:27.52
It can be a song.
00:45:27.56\00:45:29.16
There are some
wonderful worship songs
00:45:29.19\00:45:31.99
that our scripture put to song.
00:45:32.03\00:45:35.10
And so the praise of
that of singing those verses
00:45:35.13\00:45:40.74
and scripture
verses back to God,
00:45:40.77\00:45:43.71
it doesn't matter about...
00:45:43.74\00:45:46.31
Style in my opinion or quality,
00:45:46.34\00:45:49.34
if you are singing to God,
00:45:49.38\00:45:51.71
praising God from your
heart, let it rip tear the chip.
00:45:51.75\00:45:55.58
So that's what I say.
00:45:55.62\00:45:58.09
You know, I think
also about David and Saul.
00:45:58.12\00:46:01.62
Remember he was
there to quiet his spirit.
00:46:01.66\00:46:03.63
So music there again
tells you the power of music
00:46:03.66\00:46:06.26
as he was there
playing the music there
00:46:06.29\00:46:08.40
in his throne room.
00:46:08.43\00:46:10.60
Psalm 104:33.
00:46:10.63\00:46:12.43
Let's read it. Right.
00:46:12.47\00:46:13.84
Beautiful, take us to
a couple of psalms here.
00:46:13.87\00:46:17.71
Psalm 104:33 which says,
00:46:17.74\00:46:19.94
"I will sing to the
Lord as long as I live,"
00:46:19.97\00:46:23.98
that's awesome, "I
will sing praise to my God
00:46:24.01\00:46:27.15
while I have my being."
00:46:27.18\00:46:29.45
You know, as long as we
draw the breath of life,
00:46:29.48\00:46:31.42
we can always
sing praises to God.
00:46:31.45\00:46:33.99
Another passage that comes
to my mind, kind of, you know,
00:46:34.02\00:46:37.06
on that same, you know,
praise and worship theme.
00:46:37.09\00:46:40.00
I love Psalm 95:1-7, it says,
00:46:40.03\00:46:43.03
"Oh come, let us
sing to the Lord!"
00:46:43.06\00:46:47.94
It says, "Let us shout joyfully
to the rock of our salvation.
00:46:47.97\00:46:52.11
Let us shout
joyfully to Him with psalms.
00:46:52.14\00:46:56.41
For the Lord is the great God,
00:46:56.44\00:46:58.41
and the great
king above all gods.
00:46:58.45\00:47:00.62
In His hand are the
deep places of the earth,
00:47:00.65\00:47:03.12
the heights of the
hills are His also."
00:47:03.15\00:47:05.82
But I like how this
starts with, you know,
00:47:05.85\00:47:07.49
"Let us sing to the Lord."
00:47:07.52\00:47:08.86
Someone is there
singing these words,
00:47:08.89\00:47:10.23
I can imagine David
singing these words.
00:47:10.26\00:47:12.23
It goes on to say,
00:47:12.26\00:47:13.60
"The heights of
the hills are His also,
00:47:13.63\00:47:15.26
the sea is His, for He made it,"
00:47:15.30\00:47:17.77
which is going
through, and he just...
00:47:17.80\00:47:19.37
I could just imagine him singing
00:47:19.40\00:47:20.97
these words to the Lord,
00:47:21.00\00:47:22.34
and I love the last
verse, you know, verse 7,
00:47:22.37\00:47:24.21
I just want to
highlight this one.
00:47:24.24\00:47:25.57
It says, "For He is our God."
00:47:25.61\00:47:28.08
You know, he could have stopped
it right there, just end,
00:47:28.11\00:47:30.61
you know, drop the
mic as Tim would say,
00:47:30.65\00:47:32.18
just be right there.
00:47:32.21\00:47:33.55
He's worthy, He is our God.
00:47:33.58\00:47:35.28
It says, "And we are
the people of His pasture,
00:47:35.32\00:47:38.32
and the sheep of His hand today
if you will hear His voice."
00:47:38.35\00:47:42.39
I love that. It's powerful.
00:47:42.42\00:47:44.49
We got to read the next verse.
00:47:44.53\00:47:45.93
"Today, if you
will hear His voice,
00:47:45.96\00:47:47.46
'Do not harden your
hearts, as in the rebellion,
00:47:47.50\00:47:50.13
as in the day of
trial in the wilderness.'"
00:47:50.17\00:47:51.70
So, you know, that call is
to make a choice for Jesus.
00:47:51.73\00:47:56.91
You know, we just...
00:47:56.94\00:47:58.27
I never want to take
and pass an opportunity
00:47:58.31\00:48:01.74
to extend a call to you
at home to make a choice,
00:48:01.78\00:48:04.18
to accept the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:48:04.21\00:48:06.38
He made you, He redeemed you,
00:48:06.41\00:48:08.92
and He wants
you to be His child.
00:48:08.95\00:48:11.82
So just today, say, "Lord Jesus,
00:48:11.85\00:48:13.66
I know I've messed up,
00:48:13.69\00:48:15.02
and I know I've done
a lot of things wrong,
00:48:15.06\00:48:17.39
will You forgive me?
00:48:17.43\00:48:18.76
Will You accept me right now?"
00:48:18.79\00:48:21.13
And you know
what? He will do that.
00:48:21.16\00:48:23.60
His word is faithful and true.
00:48:23.63\00:48:25.50
And He stands back
of all His promises
00:48:25.53\00:48:28.00
that He has made.
00:48:28.04\00:48:30.11
You know, haven't had
time to actually research this
00:48:30.14\00:48:31.67
or maybe you'll help me on this,
00:48:31.71\00:48:33.17
but you mentioned
sheep for the shepherd.
00:48:33.21\00:48:36.75
Don't shepherds,
didn't they sing to the sheep,
00:48:36.78\00:48:39.08
have you ever heard that?
00:48:39.11\00:48:40.45
I may have just concocted
that in my head right now,
00:48:40.48\00:48:43.08
but it seems as though
00:48:43.12\00:48:44.45
when we would
travel to the holy land,
00:48:44.49\00:48:45.82
they actually mentioned
about the actual shepherd
00:48:45.85\00:48:48.06
singing to his sheep.
00:48:48.09\00:48:50.06
And so it's just interesting
as I was just thinking about
00:48:50.09\00:48:52.06
us singing to Him.
00:48:52.09\00:48:53.43
I think about Jesus actually,
00:48:53.46\00:48:54.80
can you imagine
us being His sheep,
00:48:54.83\00:48:56.53
and Him singing to
us 'cause I remember...
00:48:56.56\00:48:58.43
Because I remember,
the Bible does say that.
00:48:58.47\00:49:00.04
It does say that. Yeah.
00:49:00.07\00:49:01.64
I remember my dad, who is,
00:49:01.67\00:49:03.47
he's not like a
real strong musician,
00:49:03.51\00:49:05.24
but I tell you, when I was sick,
00:49:05.27\00:49:06.81
he would sing to me at
night, you know, that's common.
00:49:06.84\00:49:10.11
So I think if
our great shepherd,
00:49:10.15\00:49:11.51
you know, just singing to us,
00:49:11.55\00:49:12.88
"It's all right,
child, you're good,
00:49:12.91\00:49:14.25
you're good, you're okay."
00:49:14.28\00:49:15.62
And I think also at this time
00:49:15.65\00:49:16.99
your tour holidays
can be tough, right?
00:49:17.02\00:49:18.85
You know, people
have lost loved ones,
00:49:18.89\00:49:20.26
they are going
through terrible times.
00:49:20.29\00:49:21.62
And unfortunately,
holidays can be really happy,
00:49:21.66\00:49:23.46
Thanksgiving, Christmas,
00:49:23.49\00:49:24.83
but then else we're really down.
00:49:24.86\00:49:26.80
So we want to encourage
you to find something to praise
00:49:26.83\00:49:29.16
the Lord Jesus
Christ for what you have.
00:49:29.20\00:49:32.03
I like what Ryan's
brought up several times.
00:49:32.07\00:49:34.17
We praise the
Lord for who He is.
00:49:34.20\00:49:35.84
So that's something,
write that on your list.
00:49:35.87\00:49:37.21
If that's all you've got,
that's a powerful one to have.
00:49:37.24\00:49:39.34
We praise Jesus for who He is.
00:49:39.37\00:49:41.28
It's been a great study. Amen.
00:49:41.31\00:49:42.94
By no hurry, any other
points before we go to prayer?
00:49:42.98\00:49:44.85
Well, I think
that it's important
00:49:44.88\00:49:46.38
also in the church today,
00:49:46.41\00:49:48.58
there are a lot
of debate over style.
00:49:48.62\00:49:52.65
I've just
mentioned styles of music,
00:49:52.69\00:49:55.16
and just styles
of how we worship,
00:49:55.19\00:49:57.33
and praising God.
00:49:57.36\00:50:00.13
And I think that we
get lost in all of that,
00:50:00.16\00:50:02.83
and that's just in
my opinion the devil
00:50:02.86\00:50:05.63
or us allowing
distractions, you know,
00:50:05.67\00:50:08.70
when we need to keep
our eye on the prize,
00:50:08.74\00:50:11.64
keep our eye on the fact
that, you know, God is worthy,
00:50:11.67\00:50:14.34
and that praise is something
that becomes all of us.
00:50:14.38\00:50:17.28
It look so much better than
00:50:17.31\00:50:19.88
non praising or whatever.
00:50:19.91\00:50:23.85
It's... Complaining.
00:50:23.89\00:50:25.22
Yeah, complaining, yeah, right.
00:50:25.25\00:50:26.59
So praise, no matter the style,
and just apply the Word of God,
00:50:26.62\00:50:31.39
or memorize these psalms
and sing them in your own way,
00:50:31.43\00:50:35.10
sing them in your heart.
00:50:35.13\00:50:36.46
Yeah, you can't go
wrong. Thank you very much.
00:50:36.50\00:50:38.33
I want praise to
be automatic response.
00:50:38.37\00:50:41.10
My dad in West
Virginia would teach me,
00:50:41.14\00:50:42.90
"Son, this is how
you get out of a skid.
00:50:42.94\00:50:44.41
In case your car on a
snowy road goes into a skid,
00:50:44.44\00:50:46.78
you want to steer into the skid,
00:50:46.81\00:50:48.14
and all this
kind of good stuff."
00:50:48.18\00:50:49.51
So we would
practice in parking lots
00:50:49.54\00:50:50.98
that were snow and ice covered.
00:50:51.01\00:50:52.35
"All right,
son," he say, "get it."
00:50:52.38\00:50:53.72
And then he say, you know,
00:50:53.75\00:50:55.08
"we crank it,
and, how, you know,
00:50:55.12\00:50:56.45
try to help me
get out of the skid."
00:50:56.48\00:50:57.82
He said the reason
we're doing this stuff is
00:50:57.85\00:50:59.19
because you want it to
be an automatic response.
00:50:59.22\00:51:00.56
You don't want to be
in a skid some day, like,
00:51:00.59\00:51:01.92
"I see, is it this way?
No, this way, oh, that..."
00:51:01.96\00:51:04.69
Well, that time is too late.
00:51:04.73\00:51:06.06
So I think we're
talking about here is
00:51:06.09\00:51:07.46
we're trying to make
this habit, so it's automatic.
00:51:07.50\00:51:09.63
Wake up or stub our
toe, wake up in the morning,
00:51:09.66\00:51:11.47
miss our alarm,
whatever it is, it's automatic.
00:51:11.50\00:51:14.44
I praise You,
Lord. That's sweet.
00:51:14.47\00:51:15.80
Amen. Let's go to prayer.
00:51:15.84\00:51:17.17
Smart. Absolutely.
00:51:17.21\00:51:18.54
Okay, well, then
Jason, you want to start,
00:51:18.57\00:51:20.51
we'll just go around the circle.
00:51:20.54\00:51:22.58
Sure.
00:51:22.61\00:51:23.95
Dear Heavenly
Father, we thank You so much
00:51:23.98\00:51:26.78
that we even have the
opportunity to praise You.
00:51:26.82\00:51:30.22
We thank You for the love
that You have bestowed upon us,
00:51:30.25\00:51:34.59
the blessings that
You bestowed upon us.
00:51:34.62\00:51:36.59
And every day You're
performing a new miracles,
00:51:36.62\00:51:39.76
Lord, every day that
we have air in our lungs,
00:51:39.79\00:51:43.23
we are able to walk or
even watch a broadcast,
00:51:43.26\00:51:48.24
Father, that's a
blessing in and of itself.
00:51:48.27\00:51:51.41
And so we thank You and we ask
that You would strengthen us,
00:51:51.44\00:51:54.64
help us to make our praise
just an automatic response
00:51:54.68\00:51:59.91
as Brother Greg had said.
00:51:59.95\00:52:01.72
Help that to be the
go to and not negativity.
00:52:01.75\00:52:04.89
We thank You for all
that You've done for us.
00:52:04.92\00:52:06.65
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
00:52:06.69\00:52:08.46
Amen.
00:52:08.49\00:52:10.79
Father in
heaven, praise You, Lord.
00:52:10.83\00:52:15.46
We cannot say that enough
as we have established here
00:52:15.50\00:52:20.20
over and over more
than once, You are worthy.
00:52:20.24\00:52:23.30
And there's not a
single person on this planet
00:52:23.34\00:52:25.04
that can deny that.
00:52:25.07\00:52:27.34
Lord, You've been
so good to Your people.
00:52:27.38\00:52:28.91
And as we read
today, You are the redeemer.
00:52:28.94\00:52:33.82
And You forgive Your
children of their iniquities.
00:52:33.85\00:52:37.52
Lord, I just
pray for Your people,
00:52:37.55\00:52:38.92
I pray for myself,
00:52:38.95\00:52:40.29
and I ask forgiveness of
any sins that I might have.
00:52:40.32\00:52:43.43
And I praise You in return
00:52:43.46\00:52:45.66
not because but
just simply because
00:52:45.69\00:52:49.10
of who You are,
00:52:49.13\00:52:50.73
not because You just forgive
00:52:50.77\00:52:52.17
or that You give us good
things or all the many benefits,
00:52:52.20\00:52:55.04
but, Lord, You're
so good to Your people,
00:52:55.07\00:52:57.57
and we praise You and
thank You continuously.
00:52:57.61\00:53:00.91
We ask a
blessing upon Your people,
00:53:00.94\00:53:03.41
we ask a blessing upon
this particular program
00:53:03.45\00:53:05.91
and speak to someone.
00:53:05.95\00:53:07.28
Thank You, God. And
draw them closer to Jesus.
00:53:07.32\00:53:10.99
Draw Your people together, Lord.
00:53:11.02\00:53:13.19
Heal our wounds, heal our...
00:53:13.22\00:53:16.19
Heal us and
separate us from our sins.
00:53:16.22\00:53:19.69
And may we one day enter
the kingdom to be with You,
00:53:19.73\00:53:22.36
and praise You, and thank You,
00:53:22.40\00:53:23.73
and ask this in
Jesus' holy name, amen.
00:53:23.77\00:53:25.63
Amen.
00:53:25.67\00:53:28.10
Father, God, we just
thank You because You are good.
00:53:28.14\00:53:31.57
We thank You
because You are gracious,
00:53:31.61\00:53:34.38
You are loving,
and compassionate,
00:53:34.41\00:53:36.58
forgiving, and
You are sovereign,
00:53:36.61\00:53:38.71
You are on the throne.
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Thank You because You
called us as Your children.
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And we just call
You, "Abba" right now.
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Thank You, God
that You are always good
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no matter what we do.
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You are good in the good times
and You're good in the bad.
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And you are always
consistent, and always love.
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And oh, Father, I know that
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I have not
always reacted that way.
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And so I ask for
Your forgiveness.
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And I pray Lord Jesus
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that You are
creating me a new heart.
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Renew in me a right spirit.
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We pray for our
brothers and sisters at home,
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our brothers and
sisters here at 3ABN
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that we would
walk in unity with You.
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And we would sense Your Spirit
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and Your presence
that we would long more
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for more of You.
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That we would
spend time in Your Word
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and that You would change us.
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God, transform us
into the image of Jesus.
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Thank you.
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Father, God, from
the beginning of time,
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You have proven
Yourself by Your actions,
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by Your creation,
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by the way You
have moved in history,
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and You have moved
throughout Your Word,
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You have shown Your
worth, You've shown Your value,
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You've shown
Your design for man,
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You've shown yourself God,
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and I,
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in my short 48 years
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can't imagine the things
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anything being more worthy
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than spending my life,
giving You praise and worship
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for all You've done in the past.
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But, God, the future, I
can't imagine all the things
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that I'm going
to be able to praise
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and worship You
for in the future.
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So I'm just thanking You
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that You have given me a future,
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and that You have
given our viewers a future,
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and that as Your children,
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we are going to be able to spend
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the eternity around the
throne, worshipping You,
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and praising You just because
You gave us breath and life.
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And, Lord, I
would just encourage
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those who don't feel like
they have a reason to praise
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because of situations
they are going through.
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Oh, God, just
encourage them, lift them,
00:56:20.61\00:56:24.71
may they just choose
right now to praise You,
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and to just surrender
their situation to You,
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and knowing that it's
amazing what praising can do.
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So we give You glory,
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we thank You for
being so wonderful.
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It's truly, it's
more than just words,
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we are truly
grateful in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Father in heaven,
what a blessing it is,
00:56:48.50\00:56:49.84
we thank You for who You are.
00:56:49.87\00:56:51.84
We thank You for Jesus and
the great gift that we have
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in His dying on the cross,
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and the gift of
salvation we'll have.
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We praise You for who
You are as God and Creator.
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Thank You for sustaining us,
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and giving us so
many wonderful blessings.
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We thank You for the Sabbath.
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In Jesus' name
we pray, amen. Amen.
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Hard to believe our
time is almost all gone.
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Thank you, Tim,
thank you, Jason and Ryan.
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Thank you at home for joining us
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for family worship.
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We just want to encourage you
at home, spend time this week,
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make a decision to praise,
00:57:25.17\00:57:27.81
make a decision to
choose Jesus and His way.
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Know that we love
you, and we pray for you.
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Happy Sabbath.
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Bye- bye.
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