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 Help, I need somebody.

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 Help, not just anybody.

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 Help, you know I need someone.

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 Help.

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 You may recognize this popular Beatles song

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 that goes on to describe this man

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 who lived this formerly very self-assured life

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 and he's come to the realization

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 that he really needs somebody's help.

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 Well, help me is the repeated cry of the Christian.

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 If we were to compare the Christian life to a race,

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 help me would be written on the starting line.

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 By grace, each one of us who is in Jesus Christ

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 has come to recognize his or her own sin

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 and the offense that this sin is to a holy God.

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 And in that recognition,

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 we recognize that God must send help.

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 The cry of the condemned who is aware of need,

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 help, I need somebody.

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 Help, not just anybody.

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 Help, you know I need someone.

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 Help.

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 help.

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 And our God kindly replies,

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 help is on the way.

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 I'm sending somebody,

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 not just anybody.

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 I know you need someone.

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 I give you my son.

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 God has answered the cry of the guilty

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 who cry out to him for help

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 by sending Jesus Christ

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 to die in our place for our sin.

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 And he offers us life eternal in exchange.

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 But we don't just enter the race by saying,

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 help me,

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 and then run it in our own strength.

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 Help me remains our plea

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 while we live in this fallen world.

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 While we struggle through this life

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 that many times,

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 in many ways,

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 is hard,

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 and difficult,

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 and sorrowful,

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 and painful.

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 And that's why we're going to be in the Psalms

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 for the next several weeks this summer.

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 Because the Psalms are full of real people

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 with real problems

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 crying out for help.

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 There's Psalms

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 that describe a lack,

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 whether it's a lack of safety,

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 or a lack of nourishment,

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 or a lack of wisdom

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 and understanding.

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 There's Psalms

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 that address the problems

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 of our hearts,

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 whether it's anger,

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 or fear,

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 or jealousy,

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 and shame.

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 And there's Psalms

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 that speak of great trials

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 and tribulations,

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 whether it's suffering,

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 or enemies pressing in around,

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 or the fallout

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 and consequences of sin.

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 In part,

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 the Psalms teach us

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 that it's okay to cry for help.

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 In fact,

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 we must cry out for help.

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 We cannot run this race alone.

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 And the Psalms aim us

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 to the one who can help us.

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 Helps us aim our emotions

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 and our fears

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 and our heartache

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 at the one who can truly help,

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 the one true living God.

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 We all can grow in this

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 asking for help

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 and turning to God

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 in our need.

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 And so we get to learn

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 and grow together

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 in the Psalms this summer.

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 And there's really

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 no better way

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 to set out

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 on this journey

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 of learning

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 how to ask for help

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 and learning

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 who to turn to

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 in the midst

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 of our need

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 than by opening

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 to Psalm 121.

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 If you haven't opened yet,

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 I invite you to do so.

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 Follow along.

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 The reason why

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 this Psalm is so helpful

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 as we kind of launch

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 into this

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 Psalms for the Helping series

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 is because it's going to

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 ground us in the truth

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 that God

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 is our help.

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 To say it more specifically,

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 Psalm 121

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 teaches us this,

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 that the Lord

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 will guard

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 every detail

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 of your life

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 day by day

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 forever.

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 The Lord

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 will guard

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 every single

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 last detail

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 of your life

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 day after day

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 after day

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 after day

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 after day

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 forever.

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 We're going to walk

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 through this Psalm

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 this morning.

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 We're going to

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 take a look

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 at the four parts.

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 Technical name

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 is four stanzas.

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 There's four stanzas

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 of this Psalm

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 and we're just going to

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 move through them

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 one by one

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 and they sort of

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 build on each other

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 but all of them

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 aim at this main idea

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 that the Lord

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 will guard

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 every detail

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 of your life

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 day after day

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 forever.

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 So look with me

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 in verses 1 and 2.

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 The first stanza

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 of this Psalm.

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 I lift up my eyes

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 to the hills.

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 From where does

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 my help come?

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 My help comes

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 from the Lord

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 who made heaven

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 and earth.

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 As the psalmist

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 gazes up

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 into the mountains

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 this question

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 bubbles up.

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 Where is my help

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 to come?

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 There's something

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 about seeing

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 these mountains

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 that prompts

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 this question

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 and I think

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 it's because

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 these mountains

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 represent some

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 sort of danger

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 that he looks

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 at these mountains

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 and fear starts

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 bubbling up.

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 Where's my help?

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 Perhaps he's

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 journeying through

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 some rough terrain

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 in the middle

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 of summer

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 in the desert

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 heat of Israel.

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 Perhaps he's

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 on a route

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 that's known

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 to have violent

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 robbers and thieves

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 who would threaten

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 his life

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 and his possessions.

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 Maybe even

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 these physical mountains

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 that he's looking

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 all around at

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 maybe they represent

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 other fears

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 and dangers

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 in his life

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 that have nothing

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 to do with

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 literal physical mountains.

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 Now the psalmist

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 is in danger

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 of becoming overwhelmed,

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 discouraged,

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 which is much worse

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 than simply

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 what these mountains

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 represent.

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 but we see

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 in verse 2,

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 the psalmist

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 aims his confidence

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 in the Lord.

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 My help

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 comes from

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 the Lord

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 who made heaven

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 and who made earth.

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 Essentially,

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 he says,

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 my helper

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 made these mountains

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 and everything else

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 for that matter.

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 And great confidence

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 rises from his heart

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 that's higher

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 than the mountains

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 that surround him.

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 when the psalmist

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 remembers the power

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 of the God

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 who can say,

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 let there be light

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 and there was light.

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 The one who

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 has the power

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 to create all things

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 out of nothing.

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 That's where

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 the psalmist's help

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 is found.

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 But notice

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 in verse 2 as well

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 that it's not just

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 the awesome power

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 of the creator God

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 that is in view

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 in verse 2.

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 That all caps

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 Lord

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 is important.

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 This is the covenant

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 name of the God

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 of Israel.

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 The one who keeps

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 steadfast love

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 toward all of his people

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 forever.

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 This Israelite songwriter

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 is placing his confidence

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 in the covenant

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 keeping God

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 of Israel.

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 The one who delivered

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 his people

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 from slavery in Egypt.

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 The one who

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 brought his people

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 through the wilderness

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 into the promised land

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 of Canaan.

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 The one who promised

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 to send a forever king

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 to sit on the throne

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 of David.

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 The one who has

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 always been faithful

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 to his promises.

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 This psalm's melody

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 is one of a sweet

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 relationship

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 and intimacy

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 between this psalmist

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 and the one true

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 living God.

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 The one who

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 keeps faith forever.

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 He knows his Lord

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 intimately

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 and he knows

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 that his God

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 is his help.

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 Well this covenant

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 name Lord

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 or in the Hebrew

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 Yahweh

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 will show up

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 four more times

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 in this psalm.

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 Twice in verse 5

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 and then once

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 in verse 7

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 and once in verse 8.

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 The psalmist

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 is confidently

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 declaring that

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 my help

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 comes from

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 the true God.

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 It's not

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 my smarts

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 or my money

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 or my strength.

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 It's not some

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 wooden idol

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 that I've carved

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 myself.

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 but the God

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 of the universe

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 who claims Israel

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 as his own possession.

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 He is

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 my source

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 of help.

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 And it bears

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 mentioning

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 that the kind

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 of writing

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 that we're looking

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 at adds

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 to this confidence.

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 We're not looking

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 at an academic

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 textbook

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 or a comic

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 strip in a newspaper.

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 We're looking

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 at a musical

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 composition.

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 By its nature

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 music affects

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 our emotions

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 and our inner

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 person.

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 It's a way

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 of communicating

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 that speaks

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 to the heart

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 as much

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 if not more

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 so than it

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 speaks to our

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 minds.

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 The confidence

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 the psalmist

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 has is celebratory

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 and joyful.

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 It's melodious

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 confidence.

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 He's so confident

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 in his source

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 of help

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 that he writes

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 a song

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 so he can

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 sing about it.

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 Hopefully

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 we all

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 know something

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 of this

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 right?

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 We've been

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 singing already

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 this morning

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 and

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 I'm guessing

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 that there's

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 certain songs

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 based on certain

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 experiences

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 that you've had

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 in your life

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 that when you

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 hear them

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 you sing them

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 in a certain

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 way.

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 You sing them

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 with more

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 emotion

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 and more tears

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 and more faith

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 than other songs

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 because they speak

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 to where you've

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 been.

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 It's one of

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 the reasons

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 why we

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 sing so many

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 songs here

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 about the

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 cross of Jesus.

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 We're very

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 aware of the

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 ugliness of our

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 sin, our

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 rebellious

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 natures that

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 deserve God's

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 wrath

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 and instead

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 God sends

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 Jesus to

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 rescue and

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 forgive us.

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 We sing

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 loud and we

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 sing full

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 because we're

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 grateful.

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 The psalmist

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 declares

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 my help is

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 from the

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 Lord and

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 invites us

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 to agree

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 and to

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 lift our

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 voices with

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 his in

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 celebration.

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 So that's

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 the first

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 stanza of

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 our psalm,

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 the confidence

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 in the

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 Lord.

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 If you look

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 at verses

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 three and

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 four, we

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 have the

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 second part

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 of the

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 psalm.

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 The psalmist

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 is going to

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 give reason

00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:05.759
 for his

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 confidence.

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 The reason

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 is the

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 Lord doesn't

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 sleep.

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 first thing

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 we need to

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 see is that

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 there's a

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 shift in

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 person.

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 Verses

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 one and

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 two, I

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 lift my

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 eyes, where

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 does my

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 help come

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 from?

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 My help

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 comes from

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 the Lord.

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 Now in

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 verses three

00:11:24.379 --> 00:11:24.840
 to the end

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 of the

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 psalm, it's

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 he will not

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 let your

00:11:27.060 --> 00:11:27.759
 foot be

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 moved.

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 He who

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 keeps you

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 will not

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 slumber.

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 So maybe

00:11:35.259 --> 00:11:35.800
 there's a new

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 voice speaking

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 in these

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 verses.

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 It could be

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 that the

00:11:38.259 --> 00:11:38.939
 first person

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 is kind

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 of despairing

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 and his

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 friend starts

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 speaking and

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 no, no, no,

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 no, no, your

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 foot won't be

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 moved.

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 Or it might

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 be the

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 person who's

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 speaking in

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 verse one

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 and two

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 says, I

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 testify to

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 these things

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 and now

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 friend, let

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 me tell

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 you what

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 my God

00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:53.779
 will do

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 for you.

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 Either

00:11:55.620 --> 00:11:58.059
 case, this

00:11:58.059 --> 00:11:58.699
 psalm invites

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 us to speak

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 this not just

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 for ourselves

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 but for each

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 other.

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 We need to

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 remember this.

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 When we see

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 people struggling,

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 we need to

00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:06.620
 remember saying,

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 no, no, God

00:12:07.740 --> 00:12:08.480
 will not let

00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:09.259
 your foot be

00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:09.700
 moved.

00:12:10.820 --> 00:12:11.560
 If God

00:12:11.560 --> 00:12:12.980
 be for you, no

00:12:12.980 --> 00:12:13.759
 man be against

00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:14.060
 you.

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 God will

00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:16.019
 guard your

00:12:16.019 --> 00:12:17.179
 life, brother.

00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:18.259
 God will

00:12:18.259 --> 00:12:18.700
 guard your

00:12:18.700 --> 00:12:19.899
 life, sister.

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 We have

00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:23.779
 reason to

00:12:23.779 --> 00:12:24.460
 be confident

00:12:24.460 --> 00:12:26.019
 because he

00:12:26.019 --> 00:12:26.860
 doesn't sleep.

00:12:27.980 --> 00:12:28.460
 He doesn't

00:12:28.460 --> 00:12:28.960
 slumber.

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 I just love

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 how verse

00:12:32.680 --> 00:12:33.180
 three starts,

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 he will not

00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:34.820
 let your foot

00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:36.180
 be moved.

00:12:36.620 --> 00:12:39.799
 A while

00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:40.320
 back, the

00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:40.879
 family went

00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:41.139
 to the

00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:41.919
 Racine Zoo.

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 Right in

00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:44.120
 the middle

00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:44.600
 of the park,

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 there's this

00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:46.940
 large rock

00:12:46.940 --> 00:12:48.240
 structure that's

00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:48.740
 been built

00:12:48.740 --> 00:12:49.860
 and pretty

00:12:49.860 --> 00:12:50.500
 much in any

00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:51.220
 day or night,

00:12:51.539 --> 00:12:52.379
 on top of it

00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:53.179
 sits this huge

00:12:53.179 --> 00:12:53.940
 mountain goat

00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:56.039
 just gazing over

00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:56.740
 the entire

00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:57.240
 park.

00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:00.379
 That goat

00:13:00.379 --> 00:13:01.240
 needs to be

00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:01.980
 sure-footed

00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:02.960
 to make it

00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:03.440
 up that

00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:05.480
 rocky ledge.

00:13:06.560 --> 00:13:07.180
 And he

00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:07.480
 is.

00:13:07.580 --> 00:13:07.980
 By his

00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:08.879
 nature, this

00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:09.460
 mountain goat

00:13:09.460 --> 00:13:10.220
 is sure-footed.

00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:13.720
 Psalm 121

00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:14.580
 says that the

00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:16.279
 Christian is

00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:17.080
 sure-footed by

00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:17.600
 grace.

00:13:19.700 --> 00:13:20.539
 Because notice,

00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:21.399
 it's not because

00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:22.920
 we've set

00:13:22.920 --> 00:13:24.080
 ourselves up for

00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:24.920
 success, we

00:13:24.920 --> 00:13:25.600
 don't have good

00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:26.879
 traction on our

00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:28.539
 new hiking boots

00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:29.240
 or whatever else,

00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:30.799
 it's the Lord

00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:31.759
 will not let

00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:32.379
 your foot be

00:13:32.379 --> 00:13:32.820
 moved.

00:13:33.779 --> 00:13:34.840
 Our sure-footedness

00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:35.779
 is by grace

00:13:35.779 --> 00:13:37.120
 because God

00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:38.019
 has set us on

00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:39.519
 a solid rock

00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:41.180
 and we will

00:13:41.180 --> 00:13:42.360
 never be moved.

00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:46.580
 He who placed

00:13:46.580 --> 00:13:47.080
 you there

00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:48.720
 doesn't slumber.

00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.659
 This word slumber

00:13:51.659 --> 00:13:52.399
 is interesting.

00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:53.000
 It kind of

00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:54.980
 signifies dozing

00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:55.700
 off or kind of

00:13:55.700 --> 00:13:56.560
 that mid-afternoon

00:13:56.560 --> 00:13:57.460
 energy lull when

00:13:57.460 --> 00:13:58.060
 your eyes start

00:13:58.060 --> 00:13:58.460
 kind of getting

00:13:58.460 --> 00:13:59.019
 a little heavy.

00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:01.860
 God doesn't

00:14:01.860 --> 00:14:02.600
 catnap.

00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:05.600
 He has no need

00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:06.399
 of kind of a

00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:07.539
 mid-afternoon

00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:10.060
 caffeine jolt

00:14:10.060 --> 00:14:10.600
 to get him

00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:11.960
 back alive.

00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.799
 That word's

00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:15.480
 important because

00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.500
 then in verse 4,

00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:18.259
 notice that the

00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:19.060
 psalmist expands

00:14:19.060 --> 00:14:19.899
 it, he who keeps

00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:20.740
 Israel will neither

00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:22.060
 slumber nor sleep.

00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:23.299
 So now we're

00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:23.940
 talking about that

00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:26.180
 deep REM cycle,

00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:27.139
 that REM cycle

00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:28.399
 sleep, the

00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:29.759
 nighttime sleep

00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:30.799
 that's extended

00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:32.299
 to recharge for

00:14:32.299 --> 00:14:33.059
 the next day.

00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:34.459
 God doesn't

00:14:34.459 --> 00:14:35.620
 catnap and God

00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.600
 has no need of

00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:37.379
 sleeping at night.

00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:38.559
 He's always awake

00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:39.860
 and perfectly awake,

00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:40.959
 completely awake.

00:14:41.059 --> 00:14:41.819
 He doesn't slumber

00:14:41.819 --> 00:14:42.659
 or sleep.

00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.139
 We can have

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.740
 confidence.

00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:45.620
 There's good reason

00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.559
 to trust him

00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:47.840
 because he's always

00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:49.620
 on the watch.

00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:52.419
 God doesn't sleep.

00:14:52.419 --> 00:14:53.419
 He doesn't sleep.

00:14:53.419 --> 00:14:54.279
 He doesn't sleep.

00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:56.340
 He doesn't sleep.

00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:58.740
 We could spend all

00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:59.700
 day and all night

00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:00.580
 in awe of this,

00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:01.519
 but we doze off

00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:02.360
 before we fully

00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:03.060
 comprehend it.

00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:07.399
 But in verse 4,

00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:09.980
 we see something else

00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:10.600
 as well.

00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:11.820
 That this is the one

00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:12.679
 place in the psalm

00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:13.620
 where it's not an

00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:14.980
 I or a you

00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:15.379
 singular.

00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:16.820
 It's not an individual

00:15:16.820 --> 00:15:17.720
 being spoken of.

00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:18.580
 In verse 4,

00:15:19.800 --> 00:15:20.540
 the psalmist zooms

00:15:20.540 --> 00:15:20.980
 out and says,

00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:21.340
 Behold,

00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:23.019
 he who keeps Israel

00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:25.639
 will neither slumber

00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:26.639
 nor sleep.

00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:32.440
 We could say a few

00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:33.019
 different things

00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:33.460
 about this,

00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:34.580
 but what I want to

00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:36.300
 call to your mind

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 is if you're ever

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 in the position

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 of thinking yourself

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 too insignificant,

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 not important enough

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 for God to actually

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 care about your life

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 and your problems

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 and your concerns

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 and your fears.

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 This verse helps us.

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 It shows us that

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 things are much bigger

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 than just individuals.

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 The God who is

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 looking over individuals

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 is looking over individuals

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 because they're part

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 of his people.

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 It's a huge community

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 of people,

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 and because God is faithful

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 to his community,

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 to his family,

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 he's faithful to the

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 individuals that make up

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 that family.

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 We have good reason

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 to believe that he will

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 guard our lives

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 in Christ.

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 That's the second stanza.

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 The third stanza

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 gives us this beautiful image

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 of the Lord's care,

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 and it's not a,

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 the Lord will do X,

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 Y, and Z,

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 and that's how he will

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 do this,

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 but it gives us

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 this common image,

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 this common experience

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 that we can understand

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 and say,

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 God keeps you like that.

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 So listen for it.

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 First verse five,

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 the Lord is your keeper.

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 This is now the third use

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 of this word keeper.

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 It showed up twice before

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 in verse three

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 and in verse four

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 as he who keeps you

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 and he who keeps Israel.

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 So since it shows up

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 three times already

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 and will show up

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 three more times

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 in verses seven and eight,

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 we should probably

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 try and understand it

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 a little bit.

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 This word keep

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 speaks of paying

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 careful attention

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 to something.

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 So if you're looking on

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 with an NIV Bible,

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 you might see

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 that he will watch over you.

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 I think that's a helpful

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 way to understand this,

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 that it's the gaze of God

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 on his people,

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 but in a way

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 that's looking out for them,

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 that's protecting them,

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 that's keeping them

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 from all evil and harm.

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 The idea of guarding

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 and protecting

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 is caught up in this word.

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 The Lord is your keeper,

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 Christian,

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 and it's beautiful

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 because this line

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 of verse five

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 is at the very center

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 of the psalm.

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 I read something

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 that said there's something

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 like 58 syllables

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 before this statement

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 and 58 syllables

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 after this statement.

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 This is really

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 the center

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 of the words,

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 but not just

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 the center of the words,

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 this is the center

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 of the whole purpose

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 of the psalm.

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 It's the theological center.

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 The Lord is your keeper.

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 It's part of who God is

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 towards his people.

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 He protects,

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 he guards,

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 he upholds

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 those who are his.

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 And to drive this point home,

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 the psalmist tells people

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 who are living

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 in a desert climate

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 that the Lord

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 guards them

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 like shade

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 in a heat wave.

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 That's how

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 he guards

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 his people.

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 Even in Wisconsin,

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 we get the imagery,

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 right?

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 Summer is here.

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 Maybe in March,

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 we wouldn't want

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 to be sitting

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 in the shade,

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 but in July,

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 you better find

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 some shade.

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 You're going to get burned.

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 You're going to get weary

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 and start sweating

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 and need water

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 and other things.

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 Shade protects us

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 from the heat.

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 Doesn't mean

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 that it's not hot.

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 Plenty of life

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 that's uncomfortable

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 and difficult.

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 But this says

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 that through the midst

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 of it all,

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 God is like a shade

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 in a heat wave

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 on the right hand

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 of his people.

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 He preserves us.

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 He supplies

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 what we need.

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 In verse 6,

00:19:50.399 --> 00:19:51.599
 the imagery continues,

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 the sun shall not

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 strike you by day

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 nor the moon

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 by night.

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 Notice the

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 kind of parallel

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 symbols.

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 Sun and moon,

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 day and night.

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 Maybe you see shade

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 and a heat wave

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 and you go,

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 okay,

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 that's great,

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 but God,

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 what if my problems

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 are all after dark?

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 I don't need shade

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 at that point.

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 I need light

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 or illumination

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 or something like that.

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 Sun and moon,

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 day and night.

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 The psalmist says,

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 there is not a single

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 minute of any single

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 day that goes by

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 that God is not

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 your protector.

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 Shade on your right hand.

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 He is your guard

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 24-7.

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 He will keep watch

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 over you.

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 He's your keeper.

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 There's one last stanza,

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 verses 7 and 8,

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 for us to look at.

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 So far,

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.419
 we've seen the psalmist

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 declaring his confidence

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 in his source of help.

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 We've seen the reason

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 why we too

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.319
 should be confident

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 in the Lord's help.

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 We've seen this imagery

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.940
 that the Lord's help

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 is like shade

00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:01.399
 on the right hand.

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 And finally,

00:21:04.560 --> 00:21:05.220
 we see that

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:07.720
 verses 7 and 8

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 are going to tell us

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 about how far reaching

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.400
 the scope

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:12.840
 of the Lord's care.

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 And notice how far

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 it goes.

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 Every detail,

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 now,

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 and forever.

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 The Lord will keep you

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 from all evil.

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 He will keep your life.

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 The Lord will keep

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 your going out

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 and your coming in

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 from this time forth

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 and forevermore.

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 He will keep your life,

00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:41.740
 verse 7 tells us.

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 From all evil,

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.620
 you're going out

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.279
 and you're coming in,

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:46.080
 now and always.

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:48.460
 He will keep your life.

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 It's a glorious truth

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:55.220
 this psalm shares with us.

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 Hope you're hearing

00:21:57.100 --> 00:21:58.220
 its melody today.

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 The Lord,

00:21:59.380 --> 00:21:59.920
 your keeper,

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:01.960
 will guard every single

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.460
 detail of your life

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:05.440
 day after day

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.420
 forever.

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:09.579
 There's no day,

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:11.079
 there's no event,

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.680
 there's no set of circumstances

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:14.900
 that slips by his care.

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:17.620
 He is your keeper.

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:21.979
 It's amazing

00:22:21.979 --> 00:22:23.439
 that the psalmist

00:22:23.439 --> 00:22:25.159
 gives no qualifications,

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.859
 no exception clauses.

00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:28.899
 He keeps your life,

00:22:28.979 --> 00:22:29.119
 well,

00:22:29.199 --> 00:22:30.419
 accept that one time

00:22:30.419 --> 00:22:32.599
 and he keeps your life.

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.339
 Period.

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 If you belong to the Lord,

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.699
 he's got you covered.

00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:44.139
 Maybe at this point,

00:22:44.179 --> 00:22:44.379
 you're saying,

00:22:44.459 --> 00:22:44.799
 okay,

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:44.899
 okay,

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.259
 okay,

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:46.740
 but what sense

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.379
 of that,

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.680
 right?

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:49.419
 Because we've all been

00:22:49.419 --> 00:22:50.319
 burned by the sun.

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:53.099
 We all know times

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:54.099
 when it doesn't seem

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:55.759
 that shade is available,

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:57.019
 both literal shade

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.759
 and then also

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:59.519
 just shade in life.

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:02.399
 Seems like the problems

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:03.599
 are just weighing us down,

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.539
 beating us down.

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.480
 There's nowhere to turn

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:05.980
 for help.

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.659
 Can we really believe

00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:09.779
 that this psalm is true?

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:12.039
 We've all had experiences

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.859
 that make us

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.879
 kind of uncomfortable

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.299
 to say,

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.660
 the Lord is my helper,

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.180
 right?

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.460
 At least I have.

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.940
 How is God keeping us then

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.879
 in the midst of very,

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:23.220
 very difficult things?

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:25.220
 Is he keeping us then?

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:29.200
 Of course he is

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.599
 and

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:33.539
 it's why the all capital

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.359
 Lord

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.639
 is so important.

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:39.640
 this everlasting

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:41.259
 steadfast love

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.880
 of God

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.860
 who has made a covenant

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:44.040
 with us.

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.600
 We certainly know

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.180
 and must say

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.340
 that this earthly life

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:50.280
 is but a vapor,

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.180
 that our outer selves

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:53.560
 are wasting away,

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.820
 that sometimes

00:23:55.820 --> 00:23:56.800
 the flaming darts

00:23:56.800 --> 00:23:57.660
 of the evil one

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.680
 hit their mark

00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:00.460
 and wound us deeply.

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.540
 And we're all walking around

00:24:02.540 --> 00:24:03.680
 with various limbs

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:05.460
 and dried tears

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.840
 and scars.

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.900
 But God

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:11.820
 is our keeper.

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:16.360
 Nothing in this life

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:17.600
 will be our downfall

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:20.759
 because we're his.

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:24.140
 I invite you to turn over

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:25.539
 to Romans chapter 8

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:29.320
 starting in verse 31.

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.439
 Psalm 121.

00:24:34.439 --> 00:24:35.859
 I think this is how

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:37.099
 Psalm 121

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:39.379
 would answer

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.919
 in the midst

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.980
 of life.

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.839
 This is how

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.859
 the Lord is our keeper

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:46.139
 in the midst

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:47.759
 of hardship.

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.839
 Start in verse 31

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.519
 and read to the end

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.019
 of the chapter.

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:57.099
 What then shall we say

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:58.039
 to these things?

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:01.460
 If God is for us,

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.819
 who can be against us?

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.700
 He who did not spare

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.559
 his own son

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 but gave him up

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 for us all,

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 how will he not also

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 with him

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 graciously give us

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 all things?

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 Who shall bring

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.859
 any charge

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:20.200
 against God's elect?

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 It is God

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 who justifies.

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 Who is to condemn?

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 Christ Jesus

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 is the one who died.

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 More than that,

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 who was raised.

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 Who is at the right

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 hand of God

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 who indeed

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 is interceding

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 for us.

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 I think he will

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 keep you from all evil.

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 Who shall separate us

00:25:37.560 --> 00:25:38.720
 from the love of Christ?

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 Shall tribulation

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 or distress

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 or persecution

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 or famine

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:47.140
 or nakedness

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:48.320
 or danger

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 or sword?

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 As it is written,

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.860
 for your sake

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 we are being killed

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 all the day long.

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 We are regarded

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.099
 as sheep

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:57.480
 to be slaughtered.

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 No.

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.059
 No.

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 In all these things,

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:07.019
 in all these things,

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.519
 we are more

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.880
 than conquerors

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.960
 through him

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.920
 who loved us.

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:14.360
 For I am sure

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 that neither death

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.160
 nor life

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:18.019
 nor angels

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.259
 nor rulers

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.539
 nor things present

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.900
 nor things to come

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.700
 nor powers

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.580
 nor height

00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:24.720
 nor depth

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 nor anything else

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:28.380
 in all creation

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 will be able

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 to separate us

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.460
 from the love of God

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.960
 in Christ Jesus

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:35.059
 our Lord.

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 Paul says,

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.079
 suffering,

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.139
 evil,

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.519
 hardships

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.179
 will come.

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.700
 But our lives

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.220
 are secure.

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.480
 Our feet

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.480
 will not be moved.

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:51.399
 Harm

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:51.879
 will not get

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.440
 the last word.

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.419
 Evil doesn't win.

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.720
 So our Lord

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.599
 is our keeper.

00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:58.159
 He will guard

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:59.759
 every single detail

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.700
 of our lives

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.659
 day by day

00:27:01.659 --> 00:27:02.200
 forever.

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.319
 forever.

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:05.279
 We can sing it

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:07.500
 because Jesus

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.840
 died for our sins

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.799
 and was raised.

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:14.360
 As we start

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.960
 the series,

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.880
 it is right

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:17.380
 and good

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.500
 to remember

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.640
 who our help

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:21.120
 and who our keeper

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.920
 is.

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:24.380
 It's the one

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:25.799
 we see in Psalm 121

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.440
 made heaven

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.920
 and earth.

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.360
 The one

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:30.400
 who never slumbers

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.400
 nor sleeps.

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:34.100
 the one

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.500
 who sent

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.039
 his son

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.559
 to save

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:35.940
 sinners

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.640
 like us.

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:39.220
 He will guard

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:41.259
 every single

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.039
 detail

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:43.539
 of our lives

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:45.920
 day after day

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.680
 after day

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.519
 forever.

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.000
 It's who he is.

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.059
 He's pleased

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.620
 to do so

00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:53.539
 for all of us

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:55.480
 if we're in Christ,

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.900
 if we're Christians.

00:27:57.900 --> 00:28:02.640
 after I pray,

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.940
 we get to sing

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.420
 together,

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.220
 yet not I

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.080
 but through Christ

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:06.820
 in me.

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.600
 There's this

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.420
 repeated line

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.860
 that's been

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.780
 hooking me

00:28:10.780 --> 00:28:11.759
 day after day

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.340
 this week.

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.220
 We have this

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.200
 instant opportunity

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.780
 now to

00:28:16.780 --> 00:28:18.980
 put this

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.420
 Psalm into

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.019
 practice.

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.040
 The line

00:28:22.040 --> 00:28:22.320
 of this

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:22.620
 Psalm,

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.140
 to this

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.780
 I hold.

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:27.259
 It keeps

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.940
 getting repeated

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.420
 over and over.

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.759
 It's kind of

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.339
 the refrain.

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.460
 To this

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:30.920
 I hold,

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.440
 my hope

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.859
 is only

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.259
 Jesus.

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.500
 He's guarding

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.200
 my life.

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.000
 I hope

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.379
 in him.

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.180
 To this

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.779
 I hold,

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.220
 my shepherd

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.160
 will defend

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.460
 me.

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:43.000
 Through the

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.779
 deepest valley

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.379
 he will lead.

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.099
 There's nothing

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.859
 in this life

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.200
 that will

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.839
 overtake me

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.500
 because God

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.000
 has put my

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.440
 foot on the

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:48.700
 rock.

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.720
 To this

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.279
 I hold,

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.980
 my sin

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.319
 has been

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.700
 defeated.

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:56.480
 evil

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.980
 doesn't get

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.359
 the last

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:57.899
 word because

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.500
 Christ has

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.000
 conquered the

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.379
 grave,

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.399
 shed his

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:00.759
 blood for

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.220
 my sin.

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.379
 Let's pray

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.920
 together and

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:06.039
 then sing

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.680
 in response

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.000
 to the

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.559
 goodness of

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.599
 Psalm 121.

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.420
 Father,

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.019
 we thank you

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.379
 for your

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.720
 word.

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.480
 It's

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.799
 true.

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.960
 You are

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.680
 our keeper.

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.420
 We long

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.240
 to by faith

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.920
 live in the

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.460
 goodness of

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.799
 this.

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.579
 God,

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.220
 we just

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.740
 ask that

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.639
 joy would

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.039
 rise in

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.639
 our hearts

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:30.599
 as this

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.359
 truth lingers

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.680
 there.

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:34.000
 We rejoice

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.559
 in you and

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.259
 we trust in

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.599
 you and

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.039
 your goodness

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.639
 to preserve

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.319
 our lives

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:39.240
 because Jesus

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.980
 is our

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.299
 king.

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.119
 It's in

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.740
 his name we

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.019
 pray.

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:43.899
 Amen.

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.000
 Amen.

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.039
 Amen.

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.059
 Amen.

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.099
 Amen.

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.119
 Amen.

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.139
 Amen.

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:46.039
 Amen.

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.139
 Amen.

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:46.160
 Amen.

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:48.079
 Amen.

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.099
 Amen.

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.240
 Amen.

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:50.139
 Amen.

00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:52.180
 Amen.

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.220
 Amen.

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.240
 Amen.

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.259
 Amen.

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.319
 Amen.

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.759
 Amen.

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:52.839
 Amen.

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:52.859
 Amen.

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:52.879
 Amen.

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.160
 Amen.

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.899
 Amen.

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:53.920
 Amen.

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.759
 Amen.