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 Well, please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to the book of Psalms.

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 The book of Psalms.

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 And our passage this morning is just one verse, mercifully short for you this morning.

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 Psalm 1611.

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 But don't get any ideas.

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 I promise a full-length sermon for you.

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 We will walk through the entire Psalm, but focus in on Psalm 16, verse 11.

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 And so when you found that, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word this morning.

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 Psalm 16, verse 11.

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 David writes,

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 You make known to me the path of life.

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 In your presence there is fullness of joy.

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 At your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we thank you, God, that this verse is true.

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 Lord, we thank you that there is endless joy and endless pleasure to be had in your presence.

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 And so we pray now, as we've already asked God, that you would move our hearts to seek it in you.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 We're here in the month of January.

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 We spend a little bit of time focusing in on our mission and our vision as a church.

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 Who are we?

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 What do we exist for?

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 What are we up to here at Seawee Bay?

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 Our mission as a church,

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 we exist to magnify the glory of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 Treg showed us this mission last week from Revelation chapter 5,

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 this grand gospel plan.

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 God's mission, we believe, in all of human history,

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 God's mission is God's glory.

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 And so because this is God's mission,

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 this is also our mission.

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 Our mission as a church is to magnify the glory of God.

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 Our mission is God's glory.

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 But that raises an important question,

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 and it's a question that every church has to answer

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 and every individual Christian has to answer.

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 It's a question that really ought to shape the way that we live

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 and the way that we approach our plans

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 and our hopes for the coming year.

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 And that question is how?

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 And so for the next three weeks,

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 we're going to answer that question.

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 How do we as a church plan to magnify the glory of God?

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 What are we going to do?

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 What's on the agenda for Seawee Bay in 2026?

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 And we could answer that question in a lot of ways, couldn't we?

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 I think it's a temptation for all of us,

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 even especially me in leadership, the pastors here,

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 to start off a new year thinking and dreaming

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 of all the big things that we might want to do for God this year.

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 All the good things even, right?

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 We want to give generously this year.

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 We want to support the church in Ghana this year

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 with our partner, Yvonne, over there in Navrongo.

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 We want to share the gospel with our friends

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 and our family members this year.

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 We want to read our Bible all the way through this year.

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 We want to, you fill in the blank

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 with whatever that might be for you.

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 But we need to back up

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 because there is one foundational answer

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 that all of us have to give first.

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 Here it is.

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 Before we go and do anything else,

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 this is primary,

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 we must seek to enjoy God this year.

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 We exist to magnify the glory of God

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 in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 How?

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 Answer number one,

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 by enjoying Him.

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 So here's my argument this morning,

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 and I think that we'll see it all through Psalm 16 here.

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 Delight in God is key to glorifying God.

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 Delight in God is key to truly honoring God.

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 In other words,

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 to truly honor Him,

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 you must truly enjoy Him.

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 And if joy is absent,

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 then do all the good things you want,

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 but at the end of the day,

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 it's ultimately empty and meaningless

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 unless enjoyment of God is right at the center.

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 So let's see it in our psalm this morning.

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 I want to ask the question this morning,

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 why enjoy?

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 Of all the things that we could say,

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 of all the things that we could emphasize as a church,

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 why do we say that we want to enjoy God?

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 Why do we want to make that such a big deal?

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 Why is this one of our three answers

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 for how we magnify the glory of God?

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 Why should you, individual Christian,

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 why should you pursue joy in the Lord this year?

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 I'm glad you asked.

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 I have seven answers.

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 Seven reasons why,

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 here from Psalm 16.

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 Seven reasons why,

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 and then we'll get practical,

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 and we'll ask how.

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 How?

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 So first, seven reasons why we pursue joy in the Lord.

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 First, enjoy Him

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 because we were created to enjoy Him.

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 Reason number one,

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 enjoy Him because we were created to enjoy Him.

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 Jonathan Edwards preached a sermon in 1728

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 called Safety, Fullness, and Sweet Refreshment in Christ.

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 You know, sermon titles were better back then.

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 And he opened up by asking the question,

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 what is it that the soul of every man

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 naturally and necessarily craves?

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 And he answers his own question,

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 and he says,

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 the soul of every man necessarily craves happiness.

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 This is universal.

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 All of us crave happiness.

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 And so then the answer becomes,

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 well, where do we find it?

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 Where do we seek it?

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 Where do we look to be truly satisfied and happy?

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 David, here in Psalm 16,

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 he seems to have found the answer, doesn't he?

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 Look there to verse 2.

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 He says,

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 I say to you, Lord,

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 you are my Lord.

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 I have no good apart from you.

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 In other words,

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 he believes that God is His greatest and His highest good.

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 He delights in Him.

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 And so he says again, verse 11,

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 in your presence, God,

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 is fullness of joy.

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 Now your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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 This whole psalm from beginning to end

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 is just bursting at the seams with this theme,

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 this expression of joy in the Lord, isn't it?

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 David truly believes that God is the source of all true,

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 full, endless, perfect joy.

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 This is the joy that we crave.

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 Why?

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 Because we were created for it.

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 And when we enjoy God as we were created to do,

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 guess what happens?

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 When we enjoy Him as we were made to enjoy Him,

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 we then glorify Him

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 as we were made to glorify Him.

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 The Westminster Shorter Catechism,

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 it asks the question,

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 what is the chief end of man?

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 Anybody know the answer?

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 Man's chief end is,

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 help me out.

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 Yeah, y'all are good.

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 Y'all nailed it.

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 Man's chief end,

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 his ultimate purpose,

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 his reason for existing

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 is to glorify God

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 and to enjoy Him forever.

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 You see, these two things are bound up together.

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 God's glory and our joy.

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 John Piper famously puts his own spin

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 on that answer to say

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 that man's chief end

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 is to glorify God

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 by enjoying Him forever.

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 In other words, as he says,

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 God is most glorified in us

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 when we are most satisfied in Him.

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 As you delight in Him more and more and more,

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 as you taste fullness of joy in His presence

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 more and more and more,

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 you are aligning with your God-given purpose,

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 your reason for existing,

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 and you bring God more and more and more glory.

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 So, reason number one

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 why we make such a big deal out of this,

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 you were made for it.

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 And the chief end of your life,

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 the chief end of this church,

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 is to glorify God

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 by enjoying Him forever.

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 Second reason.

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 Enjoy Him

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 because this is how you bulletproof your faith.

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 This is how you bulletproof your faith.

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 You all know what I mean by bulletproofing.

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 There's a lot of talk

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 in the world of fitness

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 about bulletproofing your knees.

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 And when I hear that,

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 my ears perk up

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 because I got bad knees.

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 Or bulletproofing your shoulders, right?

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 Those are areas that are prone to injury,

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 dick.

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 Amen?

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 And so there are whole fitness regiments

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 that are built around protecting

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 those sensitive areas of your body

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 and building up the muscle groups

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 so that when the tension comes,

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 when the issue comes,

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 when stress is applied

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 to that part of your body,

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 you are ready for it.

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 Or think about it like this.

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 I know that some of y'all

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 are doomsday preppers, right?

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 Be honest.

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 Front row.

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 I'm looking right here.

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 I know who I'm talking to.

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 Your bunker is ready.

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 The food supply is set.

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 Guns and ammo are loaded up,

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 ready to go.

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 The generator is fueled up

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 and ready to go.

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 You are ready in the event of danger,

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 aren't you?

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 We need to ask ourselves

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 if we prepare our soul

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 in the very same way.

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 Are you prepared for

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 when the trial comes your way?

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 When, not if.

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 Look there to verse 1.

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 The trial has come to David.

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 We don't know exactly what this trial is,

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 but if you were to just throw a dart

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 at any of the Psalms

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 and you just said,

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 I think the Psalm

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 is about David being in trouble,

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 you would probably be right.

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 He cries out to the Lord

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 in verse 1,

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 preserve me, O God.

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 Help me.

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 Save me.

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 Keep me alive.

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 Why can he call out like this?

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 Preserve me,

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 for in you I take refuge.

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 Preserve me,

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 for you are my God.

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 Preserve me,

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 for you are my only good.

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 Do you see the order here?

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 He delights in God,

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 and this delight in God

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 anchors his faith

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 when the trouble comes.

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 And this is what he says in verse 8.

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 Look there.

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 He says,

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 I've set the Lord always before me

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 because he is at my right hand.

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 I shall not be shaken.

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 How do you bulletproof your faith?

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 For when the trials come,

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 friend,

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 you pursue delight in the Lord right now.

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 I'll give you one more example

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 from our own church.

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 On Christmas Eve,

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 I talked with the Kennys,

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 and they shared with me

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 about how hard it is for them

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 around Christmas

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 to be separated from their son.

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 And here's what Scott said to me.

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 He said,

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 yes, it is hard,

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 but when I focus on what I do have

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 and pursue joy in Him,

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 who I do have

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 and make Him the focus of my heart

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 rather than what I'm missing,

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 then I'm okay.

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 And I thought,

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 man, that's it, isn't it?

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 That's the type of bulletproof faith

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 I want all of us to have.

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 Number three,

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 third reason to pursue joy in the Lord.

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 Enjoy Him

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 because that is how we love others.

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 Look there to verse 3.

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 David moves straight

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 from this vertical delight in God,

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 Him and God vertically,

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 individually,

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 to horizontal delight in God's people.

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 Look at what he says,

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 verse 3.

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 He says,

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 as for the saints in the land,

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 they are the excellent ones.

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 He's praising them

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 in whom is all my delight.

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 And you read that

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 and it almost seems contradictory,

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 doesn't it?

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 He was just saying,

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 all of His good is in God.

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 All His delight is in God.

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 I thought that all your delight

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 was in the Lord, David.

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 But now,

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 He says,

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 all His delight is in God's people.

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 The truth is,

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 that's not contradictory at all.

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 That's exactly how it ought to be.

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 There is an unbreakable connection

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 between enjoying God

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 and enjoying God's people.

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 When you love God

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 and enjoy God,

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 you begin to love what God loves

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 and enjoy what God enjoys.

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 And there is no doubt,

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 is there?

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 God loves and enjoys His people.

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 God, from eternity past,

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 planned for His people

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 to be with Him

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 for all of eternity.

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 Let me tell you something.

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 You don't want to spend all eternity

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 with someone you don't enjoy.

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 Jesus came,

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 died for His church.

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 She is the bride of Christ.

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 She is His own body.

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 Jesus delights in the church.

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 He loves His people.

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 Do we love the church

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 like Christ loves the church?

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 Do you love and enjoy

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 what God loves and enjoys?

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 It's become somewhat popular

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 to say something like,

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 I love Jesus,

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 but I'm not so sure about His people.

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 Have you heard that?

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 I'm good with Jesus,

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 but it's His followers

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 that I don't want anything to do with.

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 Or even,

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 I'm okay with my individual walk with Jesus.

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 I don't need anybody else

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 to be a part of that.

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 And to be honest,

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 sometimes I get that, okay?

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 I understand the sentiment.

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 But the Bible really doesn't give us

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 that option, does it?

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 Love for God

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 necessarily

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 overflows

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 into love for God's people.

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 Delight in God

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 necessarily

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 overflows

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 into delight

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 in God's people.

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 So much so

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 that John tells us

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 one of the primary ways

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 the world knows

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 that we belong to Him

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 is our love

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 for one another.

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 If we have trouble

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 with this,

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 if we view the church

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 just as an optional

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 add-on to your walk

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 with Christ,

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 something you just

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 got to put up with,

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 if you need to grow

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 in your love

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 for one another,

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 how do you do it?

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 It starts with growing

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 in your delight

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 in Him.

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 And then out of that,

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 you love what He loves.

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 Fourth.

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 Fourth reason.

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 Enjoy Him

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 because counterfeits

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 are constantly

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 competing with Him.

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 Enjoy Him

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 because counterfeits

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 are constantly

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 competing with Him

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 for our heart's affections.

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 We were created for joy.

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 Remember that?

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 Point number one.

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 We were made for joy.

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 We're hardwired

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 to seek happiness.

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 So we will seek it

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 and we will find

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 some form of it

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 either in God

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 or in a counterfeit.

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 Think of it like this.

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 You seek food.

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 You probably woke up

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 this morning

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 seeking food.

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 Your body needs

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 a certain amount

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 of calories

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 in order for it

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 to keep going.

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 But the difference

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 for your body

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 between 500 calories

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 of chicken

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 and rice

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 and veggies

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 and 500 calories

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 of a big bowl

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 of chocolate ice cream

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 is night and day

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 different, isn't it?

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 And if you make

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 an entire diet

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 out of ice cream,

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 it might taste good

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 for a little bit,

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 but that type of diet,

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 eventually,

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 hopefully this is

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 no surprise to you,

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 eventually that type

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 of diet

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 will kill you.

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 See, the devil,

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 our enemy,

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 wants you

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 to fill up

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 on spiritual

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 junk food.

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 In our culture,

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 every single day,

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 all the time,

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 every hour,

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 every minute,

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 it offers it to us

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 every single day.

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 It just lures us

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 and entices us

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 to come

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 and fill up

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 on junk

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 that looks good,

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 looks appealing,

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 tastes good

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 for a minute,

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 but truly does not

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 ultimately satisfy.

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 And when you snack

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 on that,

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 you have no appetite

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 for what's truly

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 nourishing

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 and satisfying

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 for your soul.

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 David sees this issue

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 and he calls our attention

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 to it here in verse 4.

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 He says,

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 the sorrows of those

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 who run after

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 another God

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 shall multiply.

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 Do you see

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.960
 two paths here?

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 one path

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 ends in

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 multiplication

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 of sorrows

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 and the other

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 ends in

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 fullness of joy.

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 One

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 promises

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 satisfaction

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 but never

00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.039
 delivers.

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 The other

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.039
 promises

00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.880
 satisfaction

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 and gives it

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 in full.

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 One is

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 spiritual junk food,

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 the other is

00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:51.920
 a feast

00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:52.960
 of spiritual

00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:54.079
 joy.

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 David sees

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 these two categories

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 of people

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 and he makes it clear

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 he is not

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 one of those

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 who run after

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 false gods.

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 He won't even

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 speak of them.

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 He says,

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 their drink offerings

00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.399
 of blood

00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:06.980
 I will not

00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.639
 pour out

00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.500
 or take their

00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:09.819
 names on my

00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:10.460
 lips.

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 He understands

00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:12.799
 false gods

00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:13.319
 threaten

00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:14.879
 real joy.

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 John Calvin

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 says it like this

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 about those

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 who run after

00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:21.399
 false gods.

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 He says,

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 ultimately

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:23.559
 they leave them

00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.960
 unsatisfied,

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 famished,

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 and disappointed.

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 They may

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 intoxicate

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.839
 and glut

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 themselves

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 with pleasures

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 to the

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 greatest excess

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 but instead

00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:33.500
 of being

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 satisfied

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 they rather

00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:35.579
 become

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 wearied of

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 them through

00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:37.759
 loathing

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 and besides

00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:39.740
 the pleasures

00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:40.339
 of this world

00:18:40.339 --> 00:18:41.200
 vanish away

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:42.339
 like dreams.

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 Have you ever

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.599
 experienced this?

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 I know I have.

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 He goes on

00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.160
 and says

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 the true

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 and solid

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.940
 joy

00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:51.539
 in which

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.079
 the minds

00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:52.460
 of men

00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:53.160
 may rest

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 will never

00:18:53.879 --> 00:18:54.519
 be found

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 anywhere else

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.099
 but in

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 God

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 and therefore

00:18:57.699 --> 00:18:58.519
 none but

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 the faithful

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 who are

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 contented with

00:19:00.679 --> 00:19:01.199
 his grace

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 alone

00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:02.299
 can be

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 truly

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 and

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 perfectly

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 happy.

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 Do you

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.039
 want to be

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.359
 happy?

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 Of course

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 you do.

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 Don't let

00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:13.000
 counterfeits

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:14.059
 steal away

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.740
 your joy.

00:19:15.159 --> 00:19:15.819
 Seek to

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.779
 delight the

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.240
 Lord

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:18.119
 in his

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 presence.

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 There is

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.339
 fullness

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:21.919
 joy.

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 But also

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:23.000
 fifth

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.839
 quickly

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 here

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 fifth

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 reason

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.879
 enjoy

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 him

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 because

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 that's

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.199
 how we

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 rightly

00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:28.959
 enjoy

00:19:28.959 --> 00:19:29.139
 his

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 gifts.

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 Enjoy

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 him

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 because

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 that is

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.639
 how we

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 rightly

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.819
 enjoy

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.740
 his

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.139
 gifts.

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 I just

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 want to

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.039
 quickly

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 address

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 this

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 because

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 I do

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:38.659
 want

00:19:38.659 --> 00:19:38.899
 to be

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 clear

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.039
 that

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 many

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:40.919
 of

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 the

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 things

00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:41.599
 that

00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:41.759
 we

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 try

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.220
 to

00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:42.500
 find

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.220
 ultimate

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:44.119
 satisfaction

00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:44.579
 in

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:44.759
 are

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.079
 not

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.799
 necessarily

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 bad

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.779
 things

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.039
 in and

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 of

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 themselves

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 are

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 they?

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 What is

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 an

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 idol?

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 What is

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 an

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 idol?

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 Idols

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 are

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 usually

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 good

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 things

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 that

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 we

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 elevate

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 to

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 be

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 God

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 things.

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 Family

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 is a

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 wonderful

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 gift.

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 Food

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 is a

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 wonderful

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 gift.

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 Money

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 is a

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 wonderful

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 gift.

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 Provision

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 of our

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 needs

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 is a

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 wonderful

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 gift.

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 But

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 only

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 when we

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 first

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 delight

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 in

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 him

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 are

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 we

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 able

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 to

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 rightly

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 enjoy

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 all

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 of

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 his

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 good

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 gifts.

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 It

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 puts

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 it

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 all

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 into

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 perspective

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 here.

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 Delight

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 in

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 God

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 brings

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 contentment

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 with

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 all

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 of

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 God's

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 gifts

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 whether

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 it's

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 in

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 much

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 or

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 in

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 little.

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 Look

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 there

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 to

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 verse

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 five.

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 David

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 says

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 the

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 Lord

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 is

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 my

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 chosen

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 portion

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 and

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 my

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 cup.

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 You

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 hold

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 my

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 lot.

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 In

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 other

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 words

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 everything

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 I

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 have

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 comes

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 from

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 you.

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 You're

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 the

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 giver

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 of

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 every

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 good

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 gift.

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 But

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 at

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 the

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 end

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 of

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 the

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 day

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 David

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 says

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 you

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 are

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:45.940
 the

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 gift.

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 You

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 are

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 my

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 portion.

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 And

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 whatever

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.480
 else

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:50.599
 you

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 give

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 to

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 me

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 that's

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 just

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 icing

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 on

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 the

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 cake.

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:52.899
 Remember

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 David

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 is

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 in

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:53.919
 trouble

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 here

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 near

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 the

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 point

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 of

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 death

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 and

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 he's

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 saying

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 this.

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 He

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 says

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 in

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 verse

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 six

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 the

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 lines

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 have

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 fallen

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 for

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 me

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 in

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 pleasant

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 places.

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 He's

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 almost

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 dead.

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 Indeed

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!

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 I

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 have

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 a

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.019
 beautiful

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.639
 inheritance.

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 Ask

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.639
 yourself

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:09.960
 with

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 all

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:11.039
 of

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 your

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!

00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:11.559
 thoughts

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!

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:11.779
 some

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.139
 goals

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:12.359
 for

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:12.500
 the

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:12.659
 new

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.079
 year!

00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:13.319
 All

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.439
 of

00:21:13.439 --> 00:21:13.599
 your

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.579
 ambition!

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:15.359
 Ask

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:15.819
 yourself

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.980
 are

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.199
 you

00:21:17.199 --> 00:21:17.740
 satisfied

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 with

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.220
 what

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 you

00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:18.699
 have?

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 It's

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 not

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:21.619
 wrong

00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:21.779
 to

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 desire

00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:22.939
 things,

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 bigger

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.639
 house,

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:23.919
 better

00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:24.519
 job,

00:21:24.659 --> 00:21:24.839
 a

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 raise,

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.439
 better

00:21:25.439 --> 00:21:25.919
 health,

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.519
 that is

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:26.819
 all

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.559
 fine.

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:27.960
 But

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.259
 is

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.500
 your

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.879
 heart

00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:29.359
 content

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:29.899
 to

00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:30.179
 know

00:21:30.179 --> 00:21:30.460
 that

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.859
 in

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.619
 him

00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:32.299
 you

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.779
 have

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:32.960
 a

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.619
 beautiful

00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:34.439
 inheritance?

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.659
 Can

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.079
 you say

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.519
 with

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:37.879
 David

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.179
 that the

00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:38.539
 lines

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:38.720
 have

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.000
 fallen

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.619
 for

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:39.939
 you

00:21:39.939 --> 00:21:40.119
 in

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.740
 pleasant

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.519
 places,

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:41.759
 that

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:41.960
 you've

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.140
 given

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.359
 me

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:42.819
 above

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.120
 and

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:43.460
 beyond

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.680
 what

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:43.819
 I

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.140
 need

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.400
 because

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:44.620
 my

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:44.980
 joy

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.400
 is

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:45.799
 in

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.880
 you.

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:48.940
 And

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.079
 not

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.380
 just

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:49.680
 for

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.319
 a

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.880
 moment.

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:51.960
 For

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.039
 in

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.140
 the

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.339
 good

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:52.680
 news

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:52.799
 of

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:52.920
 the

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.319
 gospel

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.579
 is

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:53.759
 that

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.319
 all

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.599
 who

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 enjoy

00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:55.700
 him

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.359
 now

00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:56.880
 truly,

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.519
 you

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:57.680
 get

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:57.859
 to

00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.519
 enjoy

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.140
 him

00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.299
 in

00:21:59.299 --> 00:21:59.900
 fullness

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.359
 of

00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:00.779
 joy

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.140
 for

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:01.380
 the

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.819
 rest

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.539
 of

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.559
 eternity.

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.059
 This

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.240
 is

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.920
 reason

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.160
 number

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.700
 six.

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.000
 Reason

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.259
 number

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.700
 six.

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.339
 Enjoy

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:08.859
 him

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:10.139
 because

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:10.839
 those

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.099
 who

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:11.439
 do

00:22:11.439 --> 00:22:11.779
 will

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.259
 do

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.659
 so

00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:12.899
 for

00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.099
 the

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.539
 rest

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.039
 of

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.799
 eternity.

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.139
 Now

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.439
 that's

00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:15.839
 shocking,

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.139
 isn't

00:22:16.139 --> 00:22:16.399
 it?

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.119
 Because

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.579
 where

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:18.939
 else

00:22:18.939 --> 00:22:19.179
 can

00:22:19.179 --> 00:22:19.359
 you

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:19.779
 find

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.299
 this?

00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:22.240
 For

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.159
 everything

00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:23.559
 else,

00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.339
 the grave

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.819
 is the

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.219
 end

00:22:25.219 --> 00:22:25.719
 of your

00:22:25.719 --> 00:22:26.099
 joy.

00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:26.279
 If

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.439
 your

00:22:26.439 --> 00:22:26.740
 joy

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:26.919
 is

00:22:26.919 --> 00:22:27.359
 ultimately

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.679
 in

00:22:27.679 --> 00:22:28.259
 money

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.279
 or

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.479
 in

00:22:29.479 --> 00:22:30.319
 relationships,

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.659
 in

00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:31.879
 any

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.059
 sort

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.219
 of

00:22:32.219 --> 00:22:32.639
 worldly

00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:33.179
 gain,

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.639
 worldly

00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:34.079
 pleasure,

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.519
 it

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.699
 will

00:22:34.699 --> 00:22:34.939
 be

00:22:34.939 --> 00:22:35.219
 in

00:22:35.219 --> 00:22:35.379
 the

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:35.679
 span

00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:35.859
 of

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:36.419
 eternity,

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.199
 short

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.960
 lived,

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.500
 death

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.640
 will

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:38.740
 be

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:38.880
 the

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.039
 end

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.160
 of

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.240
 it

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.380
 for

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:39.620
 you.

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.160
 But

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.319
 if

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.480
 your

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.819
 joy

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.019
 is

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.200
 in

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.500
 the

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.080
 Lord,

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:43.799
 David

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.180
 says

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.340
 he

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:44.819
 believes

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.000
 that

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.420
 that

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:45.779
 joy

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.539
 continues

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.259
 even

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:48.039
 beyond

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.519
 the

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.059
 grave.

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 Look

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 there

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:49.500
 to

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.660
 verse

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.000
 nine.

00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:51.640
 David

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.100
 says,

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.019
 therefore

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.400
 my heart

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.140
 is glad

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.480
 and my

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:55.740
 whole

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.180
 being

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.200
 rejoices.

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.180
 My

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.519
 flesh

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.940
 also

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.440
 dwells

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.860
 secure

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:01.019
 for

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.180
 you

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:01.319
 will

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.680
 not

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.240
 abandon

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.539
 my

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.019
 soul

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.299
 to

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:03.740
 Sheol

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.380
 or

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:04.539
 let

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:04.700
 your

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.100
 holy

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.500
 one

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.240
 see

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.319
 corruption.

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:07.720
 How can

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.019
 he say

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.460
 this?

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.200
 Because

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.559
 David,

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.299
 he doesn't

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.700
 know he

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.220
 might actually

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 die because

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.240
 of this

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.640
 trial,

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.160
 whatever it

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.460
 is.

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 He

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.720
 doesn't

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.160
 know how

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.480
 this is

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.680
 going to

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.079
 turn out

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.519
 for him,

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:19.220
 but he

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.299
 believes

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.240
 and he

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.799
 rejoices

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.120
 with his

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.539
 whole

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.220
 being

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.680
 because he

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 believes

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.839
 that even

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.539
 the grave

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.559
 won't steal

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:26.960
 his

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.620
 joy.

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.440
 He

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:29.900
 believes

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.240
 that his

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.000
 delight in

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.460
 God

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.380
 will last

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 even

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.859
 beyond

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.759
 the grave.

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 It's the

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.920
 only eternal

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.500
 joy there

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.099
 is.

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 If you

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.500
 want

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.099
 eternal

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.680
 joy,

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:42.359
 it must

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.259
 be attached

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.819
 to an

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.279
 eternal

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.000
 good.

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.039
 David

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.539
 knows

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.079
 this and

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:49.240
 he believes

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.579
 that his

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.819
 joy in

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.480
 his eternal

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.559
 God will

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.559
 last into

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.279
 eternity.

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:54.759
 What he

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.400
 didn't know

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.079
 most likely

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.160
 was that he

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.799
 was speaking

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.880
 prophetically

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.640
 not just

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.279
 about him

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.660
 and his

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.140
 security,

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.940
 but ultimately

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.839
 about the

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:04.140
 coming Messiah,

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:05.540
 Jesus Christ.

00:24:07.280 --> 00:24:07.720
 This is what

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.920
 Peter says

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.259
 in Acts

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.940
 chapter 2.

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 He stands

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.660
 up and he

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.500
 quotes this

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.100
 psalm,

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.860
 Psalm 16,

00:24:14.560 --> 00:24:14.840
 and he

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.200
 says in

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.420
 Acts

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.000
 chapter 2

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.660
 verse 25,

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.440
 he says

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.620
 David wrote

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.220
 all of

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.580
 this,

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.200
 he said

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.880
 all of

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.960
 this ultimately

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.800
 about

00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:23.640
 Jesus.

00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:26.160
 He says

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.640
 brothers I

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.000
 may say

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.320
 to you

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:28.080
 with confidence

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:28.840
 about the

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.800
 patriarch David

00:24:29.800 --> 00:24:30.520
 that he

00:24:30.520 --> 00:24:31.320
 both died

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.779
 and was

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.259
 buried.

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:33.700
 His tomb

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.439
 is with

00:24:34.439 --> 00:24:34.700
 us to

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.279
 this day.

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.619
 Being

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.240
 therefore a

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.980
 prophet and

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.759
 knowing that

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.119
 God had

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.759
 sworn with

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.659
 an oath to

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:40.960
 him that

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.200
 he would

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.659
 set one

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:41.939
 of his

00:24:41.939 --> 00:24:42.460
 descendants

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.079
 on his

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.500
 throne,

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.879
 he foresaw

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:46.079
 and spoke

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.879
 about the

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.579
 resurrection

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.759
 of Christ

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:50.460
 that he

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.879
 was not

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.519
 abandoned to

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.019
 Hades,

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:52.859
 nor did

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.919
 his flesh

00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:55.019
 see corruption.

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:55.960
 This

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.679
 Jesus

00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:57.439
 God

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:58.639
 raised up

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.159
 and of

00:24:59.159 --> 00:24:59.799
 that we

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.759
 are all

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.879
 witnesses.

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.659
 This

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.480
 psalm,

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.779
 like all

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.419
 the psalms,

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.259
 are ultimately

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.019
 fulfilled,

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.839
 they're ultimately

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:10.639
 about Christ.

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.839
 Christ

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.579
 Jesus of

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.480
 all people

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:16.460
 knew what

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.220
 it was to

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.879
 live a life

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:19.139
 enjoying God.

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.379
 Christ

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.019
 Jesus of

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.500
 all people

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.940
 lived a

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.379
 life of

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.440
 fullness of

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.000
 joy.

00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:25.859
 He lived a

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.240
 life of

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.940
 joy in

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.440
 God that

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.319
 overflowed in

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.919
 love for

00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:29.579
 people.

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.639
 He lived a

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:30.980
 life of

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.500
 joy in

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.919
 God that

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:32.700
 overflowed in

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.779
 obedience to

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.259
 the Lord.

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.359
 A life of

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:35.859
 joy in

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.240
 God that

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.099
 overflowed into

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:38.019
 worship.

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.460
 Jesus of

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.059
 all people

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.240
 truly delighted

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.099
 in God.

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.460
 And so

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.119
 when he

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.659
 went to

00:25:43.659 --> 00:25:44.159
 the grave

00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:45.019
 for us

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.399
 and like

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:47.500
 David cried

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.019
 out to

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.559
 the Lord,

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.200
 what happened?

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:50.980
 God did

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.579
 not abandon

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.319
 his soul

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.740
 to the

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:54.480
 grave or

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.859
 let his

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.440
 holy one

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.940
 see

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:57.299
 corruption.

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:58.059
 Jesus,

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.599
 the one

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.399
 who truly

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:01.399
 delighted in

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:01.779
 God,

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:03.519
 triumphed over

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.639
 the grave

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:06.059
 so that

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.680
 now all

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.099
 who come

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.519
 to him

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.119
 in faith,

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.519
 all who

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.399
 delight in

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:10.000
 him,

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.259
 share his

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.559
 victory over

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.279
 the grave.

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.740
 Now all

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.240
 who come to

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.700
 him in

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:17.480
 faith will

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.279
 enjoy fullness

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.000
 of joy in

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.919
 his presence

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.680
 for the rest

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:22.019
 of eternity.

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.980
 So,

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.460
 number seven,

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.139
 here's our

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:27.200
 summary verse.

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.440
 Enjoy him

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.200
 because in

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.379
 him alone

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:32.240
 can we find

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.960
 real lasting

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:35.240
 joy.

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.920
 Verse 11,

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.559
 in your

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.099
 presence

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:39.639
 there is

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.460
 fullness of

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.819
 joy.

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.519
 At your

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.160
 right hand

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.980
 are pleasures

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:45.079
 forever

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:46.180
 more.

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.819
 Church,

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.319
 do you

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.099
 believe this?

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:53.699
 do you

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.480
 live as if

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.719
 it were

00:26:54.719 --> 00:26:55.319
 really true?

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.959
 That you

00:26:57.959 --> 00:26:59.079
 have access

00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:00.459
 to fullness

00:27:00.459 --> 00:27:01.480
 of joy

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.500
 in God

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.639
 through Christ?

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:05.079
 Is our

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.779
 church marked

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.939
 by joy?

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.579
 Jonathan

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.519
 Edwards preached

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.519
 another sermon,

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.519
 he did that

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.939
 a lot,

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.539
 called

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.619
 The Christian

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.179
 Pilgrim.

00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:16.699
 And he

00:27:16.699 --> 00:27:17.240
 says this,

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:18.459
 he says,

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.299
 God is the

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.140
 highest good

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.400
 of the

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.759
 reasonable

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.240
 creature.

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.259
 And the

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.779
 enjoyment

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.579
 of him

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.200
 is the

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.680
 only

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.319
 happiness

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.000
 with which

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.759
 our souls

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.299
 can be

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.940
 satisfied.

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.340
 To go

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:29.880
 to heaven

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.799
 fully to

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.740
 enjoy God

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:33.000
 is infinitely

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:34.160
 better than

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.480
 the most

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.059
 pleasant

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.900
 accommodations

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.420
 here.

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.759
 Fathers

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.460
 and mothers,

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.140
 husbands,

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.940
 wives,

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.579
 or children,

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.440
 the company

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.000
 of earthly

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:43.000
 friends are

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.019
 but shadows.

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.720
 But the

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.579
 enjoyment of

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.400
 God is the

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.940
 substance.

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:48.160
 These are

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:49.100
 but scattered

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.720
 beams,

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.320
 but God

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.720
 is the

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.180
 sun.

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.320
 These are

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:53.299
 but streams,

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.980
 but God

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.440
 is the

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.900
 fountain.

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:55.740
 These are

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.480
 but drops,

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.299
 but God

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.880
 is the

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.480
 ocean.

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.180
 Therefore,

00:28:00.320 --> 00:28:00.860
 it becomes

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.500
 us to

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.660
 spend this

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.820
 life only

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.480
 as a

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:04.779
 journey

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.320
 towards

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.900
 heaven,

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.480
 as it

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.880
 becomes

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.320
 us to

00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:07.700
 make the

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.279
 seeking of

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.900
 our highest

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.500
 end and

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.320
 proper good

00:28:10.320 --> 00:28:11.019
 the work

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.380
 of our

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.980
 lives,

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.500
 to which

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.799
 we should

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.299
 subordinate

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.360
 all other

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.080
 concerns

00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:15.960
 of life.

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:18.019
 Does this

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:19.059
 add up

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.380
 with your

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:19.820
 own heart

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.340
 this morning?

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.460
 Does it

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.880
 line up

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.140
 with your

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.799
 goals for

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.440
 the year?

00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:26.180
 Does it

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.620
 line up

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:26.900
 with your

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.880
 expectations

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.680
 for what

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.340
 you think

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:30.100
 this church

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.900
 ought to be

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.700
 and ought

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.340
 to do?

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.559
 Friend,

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.240
 I believe

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.680
 with all my

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.080
 heart that

00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:35.340
 there is

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.420
 nothing more

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.180
 important for

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.880
 us to do

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.440
 than to

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.980
 delight

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.580
 ourselves

00:28:39.580 --> 00:28:40.039
 in

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.680
 him.

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.640
 So that

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.059
 is why.

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.380
 Now,

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.160
 let's finish

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.700
 by asking

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.519
 how.

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:46.920
 I want

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.120
 to just

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.820
 get practical

00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:48.560
 here.

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.320
 How do

00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:50.380
 we enjoy

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.040
 him?

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:51.300
 And we'll

00:28:51.300 --> 00:28:51.640
 start

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.560
 individually

00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.580
 and then

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.180
 we'll move

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.640
 out from

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:54.900
 there.

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.420
 First of

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:55.560
 all,

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:55.820
 if you

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.480
 are not

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.360
 a Christian,

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.180
 if you're

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.019
 hearing this

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.320
 for the

00:28:59.320 --> 00:29:00.019
 first time,

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:00.360
 if you've

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.980
 been putting

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.759
 this off,

00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:02.300
 listen,

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.160
 your new

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.019
 life starts

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:05.300
 right here.

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.880
 Not with

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.420
 you doing

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.180
 something for

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.580
 God,

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.980
 but with

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:11.160
 you delighting

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:12.140
 in God.

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:14.240
 before you

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.960
 pass go

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.580
 and think

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.040
 about what

00:29:16.040 --> 00:29:16.520
 you must

00:29:16.520 --> 00:29:17.200
 do and

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.500
 all the

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.920
 things that

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.500
 you can

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.900
 go do

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.560
 for God.

00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:20.420
 Here is

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.060
 your call

00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:22.080
 right here

00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:22.600
 at the

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:23.060
 start of

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:23.520
 the year

00:29:23.520 --> 00:29:24.360
 to look

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:24.820
 to the

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.540
 cross of

00:29:25.540 --> 00:29:26.000
 Christ

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.100
 and see

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:28.100
 God as

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.780
 infinitely

00:29:28.780 --> 00:29:29.680
 satisfying

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.160
 for your

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.460
 soul.

00:29:32.020 --> 00:29:32.700
 Here's

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.240
 the call,

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.740
 friend,

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.580
 to turn

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:35.980
 from

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:37.420
 counterfeit

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.000
 gods

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.360
 that offer

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:40.160
 satisfaction

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.840
 but never

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.300
 deliver,

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.399
 put your

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:43.159
 faith in

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:43.879
 Christ.

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.200
 In his

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.700
 presence

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.079
 there is

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.619
 fullness of

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:47.940
 joy.

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.579
 At his

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.159
 right hand

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.879
 are pleasures

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:52.339
 forevermore.

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.779
 Come to

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.419
 Christ and

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:53.899
 say with

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.240
 David,

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.059
 you are

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.619
 my

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.279
 Lord,

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.839
 you are

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.399
 my

00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:58.019
 only

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.680
 good.

00:29:59.759 --> 00:29:59.879
 And

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.220
 then,

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.259
 and only

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.460
 then,

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.980
 let's ask

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.339
 together,

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.319
 how do

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.200
 we pursue

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:05.039
 enjoyment

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.680
 of God

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.240
 as an

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.720
 individual

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.339
 Christian?

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.639
 And the

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:07.919
 answer,

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.099
 it really

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.940
 is simple.

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:11.460
 it's not

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.820
 flashy,

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.500
 it's not

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:15.580
 complicated.

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.539
 God has

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.580
 given what

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.299
 we call

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.039
 the ordinary

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:21.279
 means of

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.620
 grace to

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.039
 this very

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.440
 end.

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.200
 Primarily,

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.759
 a regular

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:28.400
 steady diet

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.039
 of the

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.539
 word of

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.920
 God and

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.920
 a regular

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.960
 constant

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.779
 conversation

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.620
 with him

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.519
 in prayer.

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:37.480
 these are

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.099
 the means

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.579
 God has

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.119
 given us

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.859
 to know

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.720
 him and

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.599
 enjoy him

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.639
 and glorify

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:43.779
 him forever.

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:46.259
 Share another

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.180
 story with

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.319
 you.

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.639
 George

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:47.960
 Mueller,

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.839
 I know

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.220
 I've talked

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.740
 about him

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.460
 before.

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.019
 He ran

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.720
 an orphanage

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.119
 for over

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:54.359
 10,000

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:55.000
 children

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.319
 throughout

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.079
 his lifetime.

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.660
 He wrote

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:57.980
 in his

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.139
 journal about

00:30:59.139 --> 00:30:59.960
 an important

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:01.000
 discovery he

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.519
 made one

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.920
 day in

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:03.059
 1854,

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.559
 and here's

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:03.779
 what he

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.039
 said.

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.639
 He said,

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.279
 the first

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.159
 great and

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.720
 primary

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.879
 business to

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.240
 which I

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.639
 ought to

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.720
 attend every

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:12.200
 day is

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.659
 to have

00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:13.579
 my soul

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.899
 happy in

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.359
 the Lord.

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:18.139
 The first

00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:18.940
 thing to be

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:20.059
 concerned about

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:21.799
 was not

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:23.059
 how much I

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.659
 might go

00:31:23.659 --> 00:31:24.539
 serve the

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:24.899
 Lord,

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.440
 how much

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.359
 I might

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:28.779
 glorify the

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.099
 Lord,

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.879
 but how I

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.379
 might get

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.179
 my soul

00:31:32.179 --> 00:31:32.759
 into a

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.179
 happy

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.799
 state,

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.779
 and how

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.720
 my inner

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.440
 man might

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.460
 be nourished,

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.640
 for I

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.100
 might seek

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.460
 to set

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.860
 the truth

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.380
 before the

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.080
 unconverted,

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.240
 I might

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.700
 seek to

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.080
 benefit

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:43.720
 believers,

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.240
 I might

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.680
 seek to

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.259
 relieve the

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.980
 distressed,

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:46.820
 I might

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.080
 in other

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.560
 ways seek

00:31:47.560 --> 00:31:48.200
 to behave

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.920
 myself as

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.320
 it becomes

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:49.759
 the child

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.140
 of God

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.420
 in this

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.740
 world,

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.440
 and yet

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.539
 not being

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.340
 happy in

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:53.920
 the Lord,

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.000
 and not

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.960
 being nourished

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.720
 and strengthened

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.380
 in my inner

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.940
 man day

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.519
 by day,

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.580
 all this

00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:00.200
 might not

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.779
 be attended

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.279
 to in the

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.960
 right spirit.

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.880
 Do you

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.140
 hear the

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.579
 priority

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.900
 here?

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.900
 Get my

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.840
 soul happy

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.340
 in the

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.759
 Lord.

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.779
 He ended

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.259
 that note

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.860
 saying how

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:12.039
 different when

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.740
 the soul is

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.600
 refreshed and

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.519
 made happy early

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.140
 in the morning

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:16.180
 from what it is

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.039
 when without

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.420
 spiritual preparation,

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.220
 the service,

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.059
 the trials,

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.819
 the temptations

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.299
 of the day

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.180
 come upon me.

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.140
 A first

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.519
 order,

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.539
 first thing,

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.700
 get my

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.640
 soul happy

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.880
 in the

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.180
 Lord.

00:32:29.280 --> 00:32:29.560
 How did

00:32:29.560 --> 00:32:29.800
 he do

00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:29.940
 it?

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.380
 His

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.900
 practice

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:33.400
 was to

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:34.060
 get up

00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:34.560
 early

00:32:34.560 --> 00:32:36.340
 and read

00:32:36.340 --> 00:32:37.620
 and meditate

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.280
 on the

00:32:38.280 --> 00:32:38.780
 word of

00:32:38.780 --> 00:32:39.180
 God,

00:32:39.520 --> 00:32:40.800
 and then to

00:32:40.800 --> 00:32:41.380
 let that

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.680
 turn into

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.480
 spill over

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.340
 into prayer,

00:32:44.820 --> 00:32:45.759
 and then off

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.180
 to the rest

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.680
 of his day.

00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:46.960
 Now,

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.500
 you can figure

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.220
 out the best

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.820
 rhythm for

00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:50.160
 you,

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.620
 okay?

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.060
 I know

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:51.580
 everybody's

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:51.980
 schedule's

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.160
 different.

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.460
 Some of

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.620
 you all

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:52.920
 wake up

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.100
 at the

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.500
 crack of

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.780
 dawn,

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.040
 get in

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:54.360
 the car,

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.680
 go to

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:54.920
 work.

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.680
 Moms,

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.240
 young moms,

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.559
 some of

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:56.859
 you have

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:58.579
 obligations,

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.519
 responsibilities

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.099
 tugging at

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.799
 you almost

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.799
 constantly every

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.140
 moment.

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:03.039
 The rhythm,

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.980
 you figure that

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.400
 out for

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.819
 yourself,

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.160
 okay?

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.120
 But here's

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.980
 my suggestion.

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.779
 Make a

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.559
 plan to

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.160
 get your

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:13.380
 soul satisfied

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.140
 in God

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.319
 every single

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.720
 day.

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.099
 How?

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.839
 By coming

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.460
 to the

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.079
 word of

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.460
 God,

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.900
 and then by

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.980
 responding to

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.819
 him in

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.120
 prayer.

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.500
 Do you

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.039
 have a

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.640
 plan for

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.039
 this?

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:28.220
 When will

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.620
 you read

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:29.059
 the word

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.740
 this year?

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.559
 And why

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.940
 not take

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.539
 the afternoon

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.079
 this afternoon

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.660
 and make

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.220
 a plan for

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.519
 the rest

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.740
 of the

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.099
 week if

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.420
 you haven't

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.940
 done so

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.720
 already?

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.519
 When will

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.059
 I meet

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.740
 with God

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.200
 to get

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.700
 my soul

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.519
 happy in

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.700
 him?

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.259
 Go ahead

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.519
 and make

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.880
 a plan

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.160
 for the

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.440
 month.

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.700
 That's

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.019
 okay.

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.620
 Plan

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:43.940
 out for

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.259
 the whole

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.640
 year.

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:44.940
 If you

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.420
 miss a

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:45.680
 day or

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:45.839
 two,

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.140
 that's

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.559
 okay.

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.480
 When

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.740
 will

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.000
 you

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.480
 read?

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:48.799
 When

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.000
 will

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.220
 you

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.700
 spend

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.099
 time

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.279
 with

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.420
 the

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:50.700
 Lord?

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:50.920
 When

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.059
 will

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.180
 you

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.559
 feed

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.740
 your

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:51.980
 inner

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.400
 man?

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.620
 Plan

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:57.079
 for

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.500
 prayer.

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.480
 Make

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.640
 an

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.039
 appointment

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.380
 with

00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.880
 God

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.079
 and

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:00.579
 don't

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:00.819
 blow

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:00.980
 him

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.420
 off.

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:02.819
 Set

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.180
 time

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.640
 aside

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:03.980
 with

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.259
 him

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.420
 for

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:04.579
 the

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:04.980
 purpose

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.299
 of

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.980
 enjoying

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:07.160
 him.

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.319
 But

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.460
 it's

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:07.680
 not

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.079
 just

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.780
 individuals,

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.559
 is it?

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.739
 Broaden

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.199
 that circle

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.460
 out.

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.719
 And your

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.400
 families,

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:12.820
 do you

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.300
 have a

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.880
 plan

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.619
 for

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:14.780
 your

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.400
 family

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:17.139
 and

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.519
 for how

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.739
 you

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:17.980
 will

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.579
 delight

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:18.780
 in

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:18.980
 him

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.480
 together?

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.099
 Husbands,

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.059
 how will

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.579
 you enjoy

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.900
 him with

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.320
 your wife

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.760
 this year?

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.360
 Moms

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.960
 and dads,

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.340
 parents,

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:26.039
 how will

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.440
 you lead

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.620
 your

00:34:26.620 --> 00:34:27.200
 children

00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:27.579
 to

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.280
 enjoy

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.519
 him

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.920
 together

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.280
 as a

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.660
 family

00:34:29.660 --> 00:34:30.000
 this

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.260
 year?

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.980
 Grandparents,

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.240
 with the

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:31.740
 opportunities

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.200
 that you

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:32.539
 have,

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.140
 how will

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.579
 you sow

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.280
 seeds

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.920
 in your

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.559
 grandchildren

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.420
 to raise

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:37.019
 them up

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:38.120
 in the

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:38.480
 Lord?

00:34:38.620 --> 00:34:39.059
 The means

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.380
 are the

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.720
 same.

00:34:40.620 --> 00:34:40.920
 It's the

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.280
 word

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:42.000
 and prayer.

00:34:42.120 --> 00:34:42.600
 The word

00:34:42.600 --> 00:34:43.420
 and prayer.

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.880
 But now

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.220
 it's not

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.600
 just you

00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:44.840
 in your

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.160
 closet

00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:45.940
 by yourself.

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.280
 Now

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:46.519
 it's

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.980
 with your

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.519
 family.

00:34:47.660 --> 00:34:48.019
 How will

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.420
 you make

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:48.720
 this a

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:48.960
 part of

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.059
 your

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.500
 life

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.260
 together?

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.500
 Will

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.880
 you open

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.340
 up God's

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.660
 word

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:52.360
 over a

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.620
 meal?

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:52.940
 Or

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.700
 before

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:54.300
 breakfast

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:54.599
 will

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:54.840
 you pick

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.000
 some

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.240
 key

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.679
 verses,

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.039
 key

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.679
 chapters,

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:56.940
 key

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.420
 passages

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.760
 to

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.500
 memorize

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.179
 together?

00:34:59.780 --> 00:34:59.980
 Will

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.539
 you linger

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.039
 just a

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.400
 little bit

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.800
 longer

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.380
 in prayer

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.220
 at bedtime?

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:04.679
 How will

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.159
 you seek

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.800
 to enjoy

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.179
 him

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:07.280
 as a

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.639
 family?

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:08.039
 Mom and

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.280
 Dad,

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:12.599
 if you

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:12.940
 want to

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.500
 shape the

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.260
 future of

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.860
 the church,

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:17.539
 if you

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.740
 want to

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.119
 shape the

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.700
 future of

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.360
 the nation,

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.240
 if you

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:20.480
 want to

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.900
 shape the

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.440
 future of

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.159
 the world,

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.720
 make

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.400
 disciples of

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.539
 your

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.880
 children,

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.280
 spend

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:27.760
 time

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.720
 enjoying

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.099
 God

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.559
 together

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.519
 as a

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:30.840
 family,

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.220
 would you

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:32.659
 prioritize

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.659
 this this

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:33.940
 year,

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.500
 but not

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.460
 just in

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.599
 your

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.019
 families?

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.519
 Lastly

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.900
 here,

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.139
 let's

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.460
 think

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.360
 together

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.000
 corporately

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.900
 as a

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.179
 church,

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.440
 because

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.840
 again,

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:41.599
 this

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.220
 pursuit

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.940
 of joy

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.679
 in him

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.820
 is our

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.840
 mission

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.780
 together.

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.800
 How do

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.360
 you plan

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.119
 to enjoy

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.559
 him

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.400
 together

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:51.159
 as a

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.460
 church

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.179
 this year?

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.440
 And for

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.019
 one thing,

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.519
 if you're

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:54.859
 not a

00:35:54.859 --> 00:35:55.299
 member of

00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:55.699
 a church,

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.399
 I just

00:35:56.399 --> 00:35:56.599
 want to

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.079
 encourage you,

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.119
 find a

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.739
 healthy,

00:35:58.879 --> 00:36:00.319
 gospel-preaching

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:01.440
 local church

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.059
 where you

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.460
 will be

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.419
 led week

00:36:03.419 --> 00:36:03.940
 in and

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.500
 week out

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.279
 to delight

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:06.219
 in God.

00:36:06.399 --> 00:36:06.899
 I would

00:36:06.899 --> 00:36:07.279
 highly

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:07.719
 recommend

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.299
 this one,

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:10.980
 but it

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.379
 doesn't have

00:36:11.379 --> 00:36:11.799
 to be this

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.039
 one.

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.659
 And if

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:13.919
 not,

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.639
 then please

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.500
 find another

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.759
 gospel-preaching,

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:18.159
 healthy church,

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.519
 rightly-ordered

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.039
 church,

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:21.000
 and join

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.579
 yourself

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.400
 to it,

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.639
 not just

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:23.880
 as a

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.460
 formality,

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.119
 but as

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.699
 a mutual

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.400
 encouragement

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.099
 to know

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.840
 and enjoy

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.300
 the Lord.

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.719
 Don't

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.579
 treat church

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.059
 just as

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.559
 like an

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.380
 a la carte

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.000
 menu,

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.719
 where you

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.059
 have like

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.820
 ten different

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.679
 Bible studies

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.079
 and you

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.440
 like the

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:36.139
 music here

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.519
 and the

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.480
 youth here

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:37.759
 and the

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:38.079
 preaching

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.659
 here and

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.320
 you just

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:40.219
 make your

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:40.840
 own path.

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.440
 No,

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.800
 link arms

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.259
 with a

00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:44.019
 body.

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:45.759
 Join

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.480
 together.

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.079
 Enjoy

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.400
 Him

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.219
 together.

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.860
 Pursue

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.460
 joy in

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.860
 the Lord

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.559
 together.

00:36:53.299 --> 00:36:53.840
 Come to

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.360
 worship

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:55.599
 weekly for

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.159
 the purpose

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.759
 of enjoying

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.199
 God

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.739
 together.

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.159
 Come

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.940
 ready to

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.519
 sing to

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.920
 the Lord

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.480
 and to

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.340
 one another,

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.599
 not mindlessly,

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.219
 but singing

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.619
 from the

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:03.920
 heart,

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.559
 songs that

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.679
 teach us

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.119
 about the

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.679
 Lord and

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.619
 encourage us

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:07.920
 on our

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.119
 way.

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.440
 Come

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.900
 ready to

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.360
 hear the

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.719
 word

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.440
 preached.

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.659
 Would

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.139
 you pray

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.799
 over this

00:37:11.799 --> 00:37:12.480
 hour and

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.319
 expect the

00:37:13.319 --> 00:37:13.639
 Lord to

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.299
 meet you?

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:15.599
 Read the

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.059
 word before

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.699
 you come,

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.299
 till the

00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:17.779
 soil of

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:18.320
 your heart.

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:18.940
 Prepare

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.880
 yourself to

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.380
 come and

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:21.240
 enjoy Him

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.740
 through the

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.140
 word.

00:37:23.140 --> 00:37:23.380
 Come

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:24.460
 expecting to

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:24.860
 meet with

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.300
 the Lord

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.960
 and to

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.460
 hear from

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:26.640
 Him.

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:26.920
 Come

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.400
 ready to

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:28.120
 serve one

00:37:28.120 --> 00:37:28.460
 another.

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.460
 Come

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:29.960
 eager to

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.620
 show your

00:37:30.620 --> 00:37:31.300
 delight in

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:31.960
 each other

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.620
 with word

00:37:32.620 --> 00:37:32.980
 and with

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.280
 deed.

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:33.540
 Come

00:37:33.540 --> 00:37:33.940
 ready to

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.400
 give,

00:37:34.580 --> 00:37:35.200
 plan for

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:35.400
 it.

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.180
 Come

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:36.560
 ready to

00:37:36.560 --> 00:37:36.960
 share a

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.300
 word of

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:38.019
 encouragement.

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.260
 Come

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:39.700
 ready to

00:37:39.700 --> 00:37:40.680
 love one

00:37:40.680 --> 00:37:40.980
 another.

00:37:41.120 --> 00:37:41.240
 Come

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:41.840
 expecting

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.700
 your soul

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:43.019
 to be

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.519
 nourished.

00:37:43.640 --> 00:37:43.800
 Come

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.920
 looking to

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.780
 delight in

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.320
 God.

00:37:46.560 --> 00:37:47.240
 This is

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.619
 what the

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:47.979
 church is

00:37:47.979 --> 00:37:48.359
 for.

00:37:51.359 --> 00:37:51.919
 It's a

00:37:51.919 --> 00:37:52.119
 simple

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.619
 approach to

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:52.859
 church.

00:37:52.939 --> 00:37:53.299
 I get it.

00:37:53.319 --> 00:37:53.579
 It's not

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.099
 complicated.

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.679
 It's not

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.079
 flashy.

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:56.699
 The production

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.439
 value of

00:37:57.439 --> 00:37:57.859
 this is

00:37:57.859 --> 00:37:58.379
 zero.

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.339
 But it's

00:38:01.339 --> 00:38:01.719
 the reason

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:02.399
 we exist.

00:38:03.479 --> 00:38:04.379
 We are

00:38:04.379 --> 00:38:05.079
 a people

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.739
 who have

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.239
 been given

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:07.599
 true and

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:09.079
 lasting joy.

00:38:09.459 --> 00:38:09.739
 We have

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.919
 been rescued

00:38:10.919 --> 00:38:11.619
 by the

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.259
 grace of

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:13.000
 God from

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:14.059
 the multiplying

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.839
 sorrows of

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:15.500
 false gods.

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:16.860
 And we

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.260
 have been

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:18.240
 shown the

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:18.960
 path of

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:20.000
 life in

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.680
 Christ.

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.340
 We have

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:23.800
 been shown

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:25.039
 the glory

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.800
 of God in

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.460
 the face of

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.180
 Jesus Christ.

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.700
 We've had our

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:28.720
 hearts changed

00:38:28.720 --> 00:38:29.519
 to know that

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.120
 there is fullness

00:38:30.120 --> 00:38:31.100
 of joy to be

00:38:31.100 --> 00:38:32.019
 had in the

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.600
 presence of

00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:32.860
 God.

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.660
 The joy that

00:38:33.660 --> 00:38:34.840
 we crave

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.480
 day in and

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.100
 day out because

00:38:36.100 --> 00:38:36.600
 we were

00:38:36.600 --> 00:38:38.300
 created for

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.620
 it.

00:38:40.100 --> 00:38:40.620
 Church,

00:38:40.720 --> 00:38:41.800
 we exist to

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.800
 magnify the

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.360
 glory of

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:44.160
 God in

00:38:44.160 --> 00:38:44.680
 the gospel

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:45.320
 of Jesus

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:46.060
 Christ.

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:46.680
 How?

00:38:47.640 --> 00:38:48.700
 By enjoying

00:38:48.700 --> 00:38:49.920
 Him together.

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:52.720
 Make this

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.420
 your chief

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:54.680
 end this

00:38:54.680 --> 00:38:54.980
 year,

00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:56.039
 church.

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.519
 Our chief

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:57.960
 end,

00:38:58.080 --> 00:38:58.380
 see we

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:58.580
 may,

00:38:58.680 --> 00:38:59.260
 our chief

00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:00.940
 end is

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.580
 to glorify

00:39:01.580 --> 00:39:03.519
 God and

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:04.080
 to enjoy

00:39:04.080 --> 00:39:05.460
 Him forever.

00:39:05.660 --> 00:39:05.940
 Why?

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.560
 Because in

00:39:07.560 --> 00:39:08.220
 His presence

00:39:08.220 --> 00:39:08.640
 there is

00:39:08.640 --> 00:39:09.760
 fullness of

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.140
 joy.

00:39:11.060 --> 00:39:11.460
 At His

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.080
 right hand

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:13.000
 our pleasures

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:14.559
 forevermore.

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.539
 Let's pray.

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:15.960
 Father,

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:19.139
 we praise

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.539
 You that

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.279
 this is

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:21.159
 gloriously

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.779
 true,

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.139
 that there

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:23.039
 is infinite

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.759
 joy to be

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:24.199
 had in

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:24.719
 Your presence.

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.799
 We praise

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.099
 You for

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:28.619
 Christ who

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.319
 came that we

00:39:29.319 --> 00:39:30.219
 might have

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:31.059
 this joy by

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.559
 faith in

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:31.779
 Him.

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.259
 We praise

00:39:32.259 --> 00:39:32.599
 You for

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.319
 the church,

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:34.840
 this community

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.579
 of the saints.

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.799
 We praise

00:39:36.799 --> 00:39:37.159
 You for

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:38.440
 Your word.

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.480
 We praise

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.779
 You for the

00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:40.159
 gift of

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.619
 prayer.

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:40.699
 here.

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:41.980
 And we

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.359
 pray,

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.139
 that we

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.500
 would not

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.460
 leave here

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.219
 without committing

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:45.940
 to seek

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.559
 You and

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.039
 to seek to

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.779
 enjoy You

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.159
 from the

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:48.579
 heart this

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:48.819
 year.

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.339
 We pray

00:39:49.339 --> 00:39:49.699
 in Jesus'

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.059
 name.

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.119
 Amen.

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:51.219
 Amen.