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 and whose leaf does not wither.

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 Whatever he does prospers.

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 Not so the wicked.

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 They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

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 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment

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 nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,

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 but the way of the wicked will perish.

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 Well, let's pray.

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 Father, thank you for your word

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 and we thank you for these psalms.

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 Real, true life experiences of people

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 as they cry out to you.

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 Expressing what is upon their heart.

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 Turning their devotion and attention to you.

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 And Father, we pray

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 that as we read through

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 and think about this psalm together,

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 as we meditate upon your word,

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 that it would draw us to delight in you more and more.

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 it would cause us to be full of joy,

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 contentment,

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 rest,

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 and at peace with you.

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 Father, by your Spirit,

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 speak truth into our lives.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So,

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 are you a happy person?

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 Do you think you're happy?

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 Well, let me ask it another way.

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 What do you need in your life

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 to make you happy?

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 What if you could have it

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 at the click of a finger

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 in your life right now

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 and would make you happy?

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 What would you want?

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 Would it be more money

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 so that you can afford

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 that super holiday?

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 Would it be better health

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 so that you don't have to deal

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 with constant nagging pain?

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 Maybe it would be

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 to have someone in your life,

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 a husband or a spouse

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 or wife,

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 so that you're no longer alone.

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 Maybe you just look

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 for stability in work

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 so that you're free from worry

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 and everything about the future

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 is sorted.

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 What if you could have it

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 would make you happy?

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 Well, Psalm 1 not only tells us

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 that we can be truly happy,

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 it tells us how

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 we can find true happiness.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 It starts with this introduction,

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 blessed is the one.

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 Blessed is the person.

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 Blessed simply means

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 to be happy.

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 It doesn't mean that we're always

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 jumping up and down

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 with excitement.

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 It doesn't mean that we have

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 a permanent smile

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 edged on our face.

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 To be blessed,

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 to be happy,

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 is to experience

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 a joyful contentment

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 in life

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 whatever

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 our circumstances.

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 Let me just go through

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 that definition again.

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 To be blessed,

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 to be happy,

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 is to experience

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 a joyful contentment

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 in life

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 whatever

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 our experiences.

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 So where can we find

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 this true happiness?

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 Well, Psalm 1 introduces us

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 to two paths

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 or two ways

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 in which we can live.

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 First there is the path

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 that leads to happiness

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 and that's described

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 in verses 1 to 3.

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 Then we'll see

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 an opposite path,

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 a path that leads

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 to sorrow

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 which is described

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 in verses 4 and 5.

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 And then these two ways

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 are contrasted

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 in verse 6.

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 So let's read verse 6.

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 For the Lord

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 watches over the way

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 of the righteous

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 but the way

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 of the wicked

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 will perish.

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 As we go through the psalm

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 we'll see there's a way

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 that prospers

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 and a way

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 that perishes.

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 A path

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 that brings

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 true happiness

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 and a path

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 that brings

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 unending sorrow.

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 So let's together

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 have a look

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 at these two paths

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 in our pursuit

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 of happiness.

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 first

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 the path

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 of happiness

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 delighting

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 in God's

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 word.

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 The path

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 of happiness

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 is marked

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 or is found

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 by delighting

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 in the word

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 of God.

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 So look at verse 1

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 again at the beginning.

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 Blessed

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 or happy

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 is the one.

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 Why are they happy?

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 Why are they

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 so joyfully

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 content

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 in life?

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 because

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 verse 2

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 his delight

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 is in the law

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 of the Lord.

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 The law

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 refers to

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 the scriptures

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 God's spoken

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 word

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 to us.

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 So the happy

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 person

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 is joyfully

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 content

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 because

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 they are

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 delighting

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 or they find

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 delight

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 in God's word.

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 everything

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 they need

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 for life

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 is found

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 in God's

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 word to us.

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 God's word

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 is fulfilling.

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 It is

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 satisfying.

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 It is

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 refreshing.

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 It's like a

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 tonic.

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 It tastes

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 good.

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 Have a look

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 at Psalm

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 19

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 briefly.

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 Just flick

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 over to

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 Psalm

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 19.

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 Psalm

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 19.

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 Verse 7

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 Here is a

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 description

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 of the

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 delight

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 in God's

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 word.

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 How it

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 brings joy

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 and contentment.

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 How we are

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 to delight

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 in it.

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 Let's pick

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 it up

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 in verse 7.

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 The law

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 of the

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 Lord is

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 perfect

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 reviving

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 the soul.

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 The statutes

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 of the

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 Lord are

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 trustworthy

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 making

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 wise

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 the simple.

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 The precepts

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 of the

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 Lord are

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 right giving

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 joy to

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 the heart.

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 The commands

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 of the

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 Lord are

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 radiant giving

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 light to

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 the eyes.

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 The fear

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 of the

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 Lord is

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 pure enduring

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 forever.

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 The ordinances

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 of the

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 Lord are

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 sure altogether

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 righteous.

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 They are

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 more precious

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 than gold

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 than much

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 pure gold.

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 They are

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 sweeter than

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 honey than

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 honey from

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 the comb.

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 By them

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 is your

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 servant warned.

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 In keeping

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 them

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 there is

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 great

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 reward.

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 Back to

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 Psalm 1.

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 So you

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 see God's

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 word satisfies

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 and fulfills

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 its refreshing.

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 It's like

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 drinking in a

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 tonic.

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 It tastes

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 good.

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 Now if we're

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 to delight

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 in God's

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 word

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 that means

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 we must

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 listen to

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 it

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 intently.

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 Look at the

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 rest of

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 verse 2

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 of Psalm

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 1.

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 His

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 delight is

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 in the

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 law of

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 the

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 Lord

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 and on

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 his

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 law

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 he

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 meditates

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 day and

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 night.

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 Now

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 modern

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 meditation

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 as I'm

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 sure you've

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 probably

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 heard is

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 often

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 associated

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 with

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 emptying

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 your mind.

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 Take

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 everything

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 out of

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 your mind

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 and just

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 have an

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 emptiness

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 a space

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 and be

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 quiet.

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 But

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 meditation

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 as far

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 as the

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 Bible

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 is concerned

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 is not

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 about

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 emptying

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 our

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 minds

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 but

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 rather

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 filling

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 our

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 minds

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 with

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 God's

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 word.

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 Meditation

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 means we

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 are to

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 be soaked

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 in

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 scripture.

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 We are

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 to think

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 upon it,

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 reflect

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 on it,

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 talk about

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 it to

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 each other

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 and apply

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 it,

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 work it

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 into our

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 lives.

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 Meditation

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 is an

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 activity

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 of thinking

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 through

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 God's

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 word.

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 And

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 there's

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 good reason

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 for this

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 meditation

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 of

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 thinking

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 and

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 reading

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 through

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 God's

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 word.

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 Because

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 the

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 person

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 who

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 meditates

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 on it,

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 look at

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 verse 3,

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 they are

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 like a

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 tree

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 planted

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 by

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 streams

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 of

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 water

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 which

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 yields

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 its

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 fruit

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 in

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 season

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 and

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 whose

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 leaf

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 does

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 not

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 wither.

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 Now

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 we're

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 used to

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 in this

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 country

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 rain,

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 lots

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 of it,

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 too

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 much

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 of it.

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 But

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 that's

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 not the

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 climate

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 of

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 Sam

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 1.

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 It's

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 written

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 in a

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 place

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 where

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 there's

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 a

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 desert

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 and

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 trees

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 struggle

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 to

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 grow,

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 where

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 plants

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 die

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 because

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 there

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 isn't

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 enough

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 water.

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 So

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 in a

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 barren

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 land,

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 a tree

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 that is

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 planted

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 beside

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 the

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 stream

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 will

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 not

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 only

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 survive,

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 it

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 is

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 going

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 to

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 thrive.

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 It

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 like

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 stands

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 out

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 amongst

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 everything

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 else.

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 It

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 sends

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 its

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 roots

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 deep

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 down,

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 drawing

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 life

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 into

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 its

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 branches.

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 It

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 will

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 be,

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 verse 3,

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 fruitful.

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 It

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 will bring

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 forth

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 a harvest

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 in season.

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 And in

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 the same

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 way as

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 we delight

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 in,

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 as we

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 meditate

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 upon

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 God's

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 word,

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 as we

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 send

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 our

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 roots

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 deep

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 down

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 into

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 the

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 waters

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 of

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 life,

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 we

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 will

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 be

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 fruitful

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 because

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 God's

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 word

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 is

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 life.

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 In

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 fact,

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 look at

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 the end

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 of

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 verse 3.

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 Whatever

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 they do

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 prospers.

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 Now

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 this

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 fruitful

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 prosperous

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 life does

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 not mean

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 or does

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 not guarantee

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 that we'll

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 walk through

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 life full

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 of health

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 and full

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 of wealth.

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 Lots

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 of people,

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 lots of

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 teachers

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 of the

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 Bible,

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 which I

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 think are

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 completely

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 wrong,

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 will tell

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 you that,

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 well,

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 follow this

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 and everything

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 will go

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 well for

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 you.

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 Nothing

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 will go

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 wrong.

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 Well,

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 this is

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 not a

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 promise

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 for success

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 instead of

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 suffering.

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 That's not

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 the kind

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 of fruit

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 or prosperity

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 that is

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 being

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 promised.

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 In fact,

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 if you

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 read through

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 the Psalms

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 very quickly,

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 you will

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 discover

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 that as

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 we journey

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 and walk

00:10:44.959 --> 00:10:45.539
 through life,

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 we will

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 go through

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 all kinds

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 of troubles

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 and hardships

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 and difficulties.

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 They are

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 unavoidable.

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 So,

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 what's

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 being

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 promised

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 to us?

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 Well,

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 the kind

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 of fruit,

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 the kind

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 of prosperity

00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:01.299
 that we're

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 being promised

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 is the

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 fruit that

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 comes as

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 we are

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 being

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 nourished

00:11:07.220 --> 00:11:08.659
 by God's

00:11:08.659 --> 00:11:09.059
 word.

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 Fruit

00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:11.179
 that will

00:11:11.179 --> 00:11:11.840
 give us

00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:12.639
 joyful

00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:13.940
 contentment

00:11:13.940 --> 00:11:16.039
 whatever our

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 circumstances

00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:17.720
 are in

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 life.

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 The kind

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 of fruit

00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:20.320
 it will

00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:21.080
 produce is

00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:22.100
 freedom

00:11:22.100 --> 00:11:23.360
 from our

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 guilt and

00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:24.300
 shame.

00:11:25.040 --> 00:11:25.700
 Forgiveness

00:11:25.700 --> 00:11:26.960
 of all our

00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:27.420
 sin and

00:11:27.420 --> 00:11:27.800
 failure.

00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:28.860
 Grace

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 when we

00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:30.540
 feel weak

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 and low.

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 Joy

00:11:32.259 --> 00:11:33.520
 in times

00:11:33.520 --> 00:11:34.200
 of struggle

00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:35.080
 and suffering.

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 Assurance

00:11:36.180 --> 00:11:37.420
 when we're

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 afraid and

00:11:38.040 --> 00:11:38.420
 in doubt.

00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:39.540
 Confidence

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 that God

00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:40.960
 is working

00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:42.100
 all things

00:11:42.100 --> 00:11:42.560
 for good

00:11:42.560 --> 00:11:42.860
 as we

00:11:42.860 --> 00:11:43.740
 sang earlier.

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 Absolute

00:11:45.020 --> 00:11:45.720
 conviction

00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:46.780
 that nothing

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 can separate

00:11:47.920 --> 00:11:48.520
 us from

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 God's love.

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 peace in

00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:51.339
 times of

00:11:51.339 --> 00:11:51.959
 trouble and

00:11:51.959 --> 00:11:52.480
 trials.

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 Comfort

00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:54.240
 when we

00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:54.719
 lose a

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 loved one.

00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:56.000
 Hope

00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:56.719
 when we

00:11:56.719 --> 00:11:57.299
 are facing

00:11:57.299 --> 00:11:57.699
 death.

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 Eternal

00:11:58.759 --> 00:11:59.319
 life

00:11:59.319 --> 00:12:00.339
 when Christ

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 comes again.

00:12:01.439 --> 00:12:02.120
 All of

00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:03.039
 this wonderful

00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:04.000
 fruit in

00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:04.500
 abundance.

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 This is

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 what we

00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:07.500
 are promised

00:12:07.500 --> 00:12:08.379
 as we

00:12:08.379 --> 00:12:09.039
 meditate

00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:10.639
 on God's

00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:11.019
 word.

00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:12.379
 Joyful

00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:13.659
 contentment

00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:14.379
 whatever

00:12:14.379 --> 00:12:15.600
 circumstance

00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:16.500
 of life

00:12:16.500 --> 00:12:17.500
 we face.

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 True

00:12:18.340 --> 00:12:18.820
 happiness

00:12:18.820 --> 00:12:20.440
 is found

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 as we

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 delight

00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:23.759
 in God's

00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:24.139
 word.

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 So that

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 is the

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 path of

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 happiness.

00:12:29.620 --> 00:12:30.379
 But then

00:12:30.379 --> 00:12:31.399
 in contrast

00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.540
 we are

00:12:32.540 --> 00:12:33.000
 shown the

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 path of

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 sorrow

00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:35.680
 which is

00:12:35.680 --> 00:12:36.379
 a rejection

00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:37.220
 of God's

00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:37.540
 word.

00:12:38.560 --> 00:12:39.180
 That's the

00:12:39.180 --> 00:12:39.700
 path of

00:12:39.700 --> 00:12:40.540
 sorrow marked

00:12:40.540 --> 00:12:41.519
 out by

00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:42.200
 rejection

00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:42.700
 of his

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 word.

00:12:43.040 --> 00:12:43.240
 You see

00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:43.759
 the happy

00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:44.379
 person

00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:45.759
 delights

00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:46.460
 in God's

00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:46.820
 word.

00:12:47.660 --> 00:12:47.820
 Verse

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 four

00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:50.620
 not so

00:12:50.620 --> 00:12:51.379
 the

00:12:51.379 --> 00:12:51.680
 wicked.

00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:53.820
 Look at

00:12:53.820 --> 00:12:54.560
 the contrast

00:12:54.560 --> 00:12:55.180
 between the

00:12:55.180 --> 00:12:55.620
 path of

00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:56.020
 happiness

00:12:56.020 --> 00:12:57.060
 and the

00:12:57.060 --> 00:12:57.540
 path of

00:12:57.540 --> 00:12:57.840
 sorrow.

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 Go back

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 to verse

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 one.

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 Blessed

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 or happy

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 is the

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 one who

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 does not

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 walk in

00:13:07.140 --> 00:13:07.660
 the counsel

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 of the

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 wicked,

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 does not

00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:11.000
 stand in

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 the way

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 of sinners,

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 does not

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 sit in

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 the seat

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 of mockers.

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 that's the

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 happy

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 one.

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 But the

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 person whose

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 life ends

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 in sorrow,

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 in contrast,

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 again look at

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 verse one,

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 does walk

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 in the

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 counsel of

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 the wicked.

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 They do

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 stand in

00:13:29.400 --> 00:13:29.840
 the way of

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 the sinners.

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 They do

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 sit in

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 the seat

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 of mockers.

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 Can you

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 see the

00:13:34.900 --> 00:13:35.700
 progression

00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:36.180
 that's

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 unfolding?

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 They start

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 by walking

00:13:38.780 --> 00:13:39.259
 in their

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 counsel.

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 They listen

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 to what

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 others have

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 to say.

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 Then they

00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:47.860
 stop and

00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:49.080
 stand in

00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:49.600
 the way of

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 sinners.

00:13:50.180 --> 00:13:50.759
 They begin

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 to reflect

00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:52.200
 on it and

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 engage with

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 it.

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 And then

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 finally they

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 sit down

00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:57.600
 with the

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 mockers.

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 It's what

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 begins to

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 shape and

00:14:01.019 --> 00:14:01.860
 direct their

00:14:01.860 --> 00:14:02.440
 life and

00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:02.899
 how they

00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:03.180
 live.

00:14:03.180 --> 00:14:03.899
 It's a

00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:04.399
 dangerous

00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:05.080
 progression.

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 Walking,

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 standing,

00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:10.159
 and then

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 sitting.

00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:12.740
 You see,

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 when we

00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:14.519
 stop listening

00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:15.080
 to the

00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:15.600
 word,

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 it's because

00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:17.820
 we've started

00:14:17.820 --> 00:14:18.740
 listening to

00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.440
 the world.

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 And it

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 can so

00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:22.480
 easily happen

00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:22.899
 to each

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 one of us.

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 We start

00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:24.899
 listening to

00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:25.420
 the counsel

00:14:25.420 --> 00:14:25.720
 of the

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 world.

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 What does

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 the world

00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:27.700
 tell me?

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 And then

00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:30.720
 we begin

00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:31.539
 to think

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 like the

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 world

00:14:32.659 --> 00:14:33.320
 thinks.

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 And then

00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:35.940
 in time

00:14:35.940 --> 00:14:36.659
 over

00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:37.200
 progression,

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 we start

00:14:38.539 --> 00:14:39.580
 to behave

00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:40.659
 as the

00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:40.940
 world.

00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:41.080
 world.

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 You see,

00:14:42.700 --> 00:14:43.060
 the big

00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:43.639
 message of

00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:43.980
 the world

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 is simply

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 this,

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 that there

00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.379
 is no

00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:46.800
 God.

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.700
 In fact,

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.800
 it's you

00:14:48.800 --> 00:14:49.320
 who are

00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:49.720
 God.

00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:50.279
 We're all

00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:50.659
 little

00:14:50.659 --> 00:14:51.279
 gods.

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 So listen

00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:53.220
 to yourself.

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 You know

00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:54.539
 what you

00:14:54.539 --> 00:14:54.879
 want.

00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:55.360
 You know

00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:55.920
 what's best

00:14:55.920 --> 00:14:56.440
 for yourself.

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 So do

00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:58.120
 what pleases

00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:59.060
 you and

00:14:59.060 --> 00:14:59.659
 do what

00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:00.519
 delights in

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 you.

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 And that

00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:01.960
 is the

00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:02.720
 basis of

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 this

00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:03.960
 mindfulness

00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:05.180
 or meditation

00:15:05.180 --> 00:15:05.920
 that is so

00:15:05.920 --> 00:15:06.440
 popular.

00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:06.520
 other.

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 It's

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 about

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 giving to

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 yourself

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 everything

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 that pleases

00:15:10.180 --> 00:15:10.500
 you.

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 And if

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 it makes

00:15:11.380 --> 00:15:11.980
 you happy,

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 you do

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 it.

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 It doesn't

00:15:13.380 --> 00:15:13.940
 matter the

00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:14.620
 consequences

00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:15.260
 to anybody

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 else.

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 Whatever

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 you do,

00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:18.420
 do not

00:15:18.420 --> 00:15:18.860
 listen to

00:15:18.860 --> 00:15:19.140
 God.

00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:19.980
 Listen to

00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:20.520
 your own

00:15:20.520 --> 00:15:21.060
 voice.

00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:22.940
 Listen to

00:15:22.940 --> 00:15:23.480
 the voice

00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:23.800
 of the

00:15:23.800 --> 00:15:24.120
 world.

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 You are

00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:25.960
 God.

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 So do

00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:28.340
 what you

00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:28.920
 want and

00:15:28.920 --> 00:15:29.500
 what pleases

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:29.880
 you.

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 it seems

00:15:32.059 --> 00:15:32.620
 very little

00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.500
 has changed

00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.700
 from the

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 garden of

00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:36.679
 Eden when

00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:37.200
 the devil

00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:37.799
 came to

00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:38.259
 Adam and

00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:38.659
 Eve and

00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:39.939
 said after

00:15:39.939 --> 00:15:40.620
 God had

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.559
 very clearly

00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:42.399
 spoken to

00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:42.639
 them,

00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:44.220
 Satan says

00:15:44.220 --> 00:15:45.379
 did God

00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:46.299
 really say?

00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.379
 It's an

00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:48.419
 undermining of

00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:48.899
 what God

00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:49.279
 has said.

00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:50.159
 In fact,

00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:50.559
 what does

00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:51.000
 he say?

00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:52.299
 You will

00:15:52.299 --> 00:15:53.139
 be like

00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:54.419
 God.

00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:57.379
 It seems

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.340
 so attractive

00:15:58.340 --> 00:15:59.940
 but in

00:15:59.940 --> 00:16:00.519
 the end

00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:01.840
 it will

00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:02.360
 come to

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:02.840
 sorrow.

00:16:04.780 --> 00:16:05.300
 Again,

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:05.820
 look at the

00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:06.620
 contrast in

00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.240
 verse 4.

00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.519
 Not so

00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:11.019
 the wicked.

00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:12.399
 In other

00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:12.660
 words,

00:16:12.800 --> 00:16:13.600
 they are not

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.220
 like the

00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:15.300
 fruitful tree

00:16:15.300 --> 00:16:16.340
 of verse 3.

00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:17.220
 They're not

00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:17.920
 like the tree

00:16:17.920 --> 00:16:18.759
 planted by

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.340
 streams of

00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:19.899
 water which

00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:20.519
 yields its

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:20.899
 fruit.

00:16:22.060 --> 00:16:22.580
 Instead,

00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:23.620
 verse 4,

00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:24.800
 they are

00:16:24.800 --> 00:16:25.900
 like chaff

00:16:25.900 --> 00:16:27.240
 that the

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:28.320
 wind blows

00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:28.920
 away.

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:32.020
 Chaff is

00:16:32.020 --> 00:16:32.800
 that waste

00:16:32.800 --> 00:16:33.600
 that surrounds

00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.480
 the grain,

00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:35.240
 the kernel

00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:35.860
 of the grain.

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.260
 It's of

00:16:36.260 --> 00:16:37.100
 no value.

00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:38.800
 If you

00:16:38.800 --> 00:16:39.060
 were to

00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:39.640
 go shopping

00:16:39.640 --> 00:16:40.280
 down to

00:16:40.280 --> 00:16:41.400
 Dunn's or

00:16:41.400 --> 00:16:41.920
 to Super

00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:42.440
 Value and

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:42.840
 you're looking

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.320
 for your

00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:44.020
 favourite

00:16:44.020 --> 00:16:44.500
 cereal,

00:16:44.680 --> 00:16:45.040
 you won't

00:16:45.040 --> 00:16:45.720
 find anything

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.120
 called

00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.020
 chaffabix

00:16:47.020 --> 00:16:48.720
 or chaff

00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.220
 flakes.

00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:50.600
 Not very

00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:51.400
 exciting and

00:16:51.400 --> 00:16:51.940
 won't taste

00:16:51.940 --> 00:16:52.600
 very nice.

00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:54.320
 The chaff

00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:55.000
 is the

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.460
 waste.

00:16:55.460 --> 00:16:55.660
 waste.

00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:56.460
 It

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:56.940
 produces

00:16:56.940 --> 00:16:57.639
 nothing

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.420
 that lasts.

00:16:58.560 --> 00:16:59.120
 Its only

00:16:59.120 --> 00:16:59.820
 value is

00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:00.080
 to be

00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:00.700
 thrown out,

00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.500
 to be put

00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.220
 on a fire

00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.879
 and burned.

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.500
 And it's

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.200
 a terrible

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:07.920
 picture of

00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.460
 one who

00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:09.100
 listens to

00:17:09.100 --> 00:17:09.980
 the world

00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:11.620
 rather than

00:17:11.620 --> 00:17:12.460
 the word.

00:17:13.140 --> 00:17:14.000
 It's a life

00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:14.539
 that ends

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.880
 in fruitlessness

00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:17.840
 and all

00:17:17.840 --> 00:17:18.559
 they produce

00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.980
 is worthless,

00:17:21.100 --> 00:17:21.559
 nothing.

00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:21.679
 nothing.

00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.399
 Now you

00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:24.960
 might think

00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.579
 well that's

00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:26.319
 not actually

00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:26.799
 true.

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:27.980
 Because I

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.559
 know lots

00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:29.000
 of people

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.559
 who don't

00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:29.980
 listen to

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.419
 the word

00:17:30.419 --> 00:17:31.159
 and they

00:17:31.159 --> 00:17:31.639
 listen to

00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:32.019
 the world

00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.319
 and they

00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:32.659
 do their

00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:33.079
 own thing

00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:33.819
 and when

00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.279
 I look

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.599
 at their

00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:35.539
 life they

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.099
 seem to

00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:36.579
 prosper.

00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:37.960
 Everything

00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:38.539
 they do

00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.079
 seems to

00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:39.859
 be successful.

00:17:41.179 --> 00:17:41.899
 And that's

00:17:41.899 --> 00:17:42.639
 a theme that

00:17:42.639 --> 00:17:43.240
 runs through

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.799
 the Psalms.

00:17:43.879 --> 00:17:44.279
 If you look

00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.359
 at it Psalm 72

00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:46.019
 I think is

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.240
 one.

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.179
 If you read

00:17:47.179 --> 00:17:48.299
 through Psalm 72

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:49.440
 that's the

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:49.720
 theme.

00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.139
 It's saying

00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:51.059
 I looked

00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:52.039
 and the

00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.359
 wicked

00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:53.200
 prosper.

00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:54.940
 And the

00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:55.359
 innocent

00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:56.779
 well they

00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.240
 seem to

00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:57.500
 suffer.

00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:57.859
 The one

00:17:57.859 --> 00:17:58.279
 who seeks

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:58.639
 to do

00:17:58.639 --> 00:17:58.980
 God's

00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.159
 will

00:17:59.159 --> 00:18:00.220
 ends up

00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:00.619
 in more

00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:00.960
 trouble.

00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.379
 It seems

00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:02.839
 like the

00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.059
 wicked

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.639
 get away

00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.159
 with it.

00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.259
 And that's

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:05.799
 the struggle

00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:06.179
 and the

00:18:06.179 --> 00:18:06.579
 tension

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.119
 in life.

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 But

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:10.419
 when they

00:18:10.419 --> 00:18:11.379
 stand before

00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:12.019
 God as

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.359
 judge,

00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:12.839
 when we

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.779
 all stand

00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:14.500
 before God

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:14.839
 and have

00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.159
 to give

00:18:15.159 --> 00:18:15.579
 an account

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:15.980
 for our

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.359
 life,

00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:18.240
 well their

00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:19.799
 life will

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.359
 be like

00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:21.139
 chaff.

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 There will

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.779
 be nothing.

00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:26.919
 In fact,

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.879
 it will be

00:18:28.879 --> 00:18:30.059
 an eternal

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 judgment.

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 Look at

00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:32.479
 verse 5.

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 Therefore,

00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.859
 the wicked,

00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:38.659
 those who

00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:39.279
 do not

00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:41.019
 listen to

00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.539
 God's

00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:41.839
 word,

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 will not

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:43.939
 stand in

00:18:43.939 --> 00:18:44.619
 the judgment,

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 nor sinners

00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.479
 in the

00:18:47.479 --> 00:18:47.979
 assembly

00:18:47.979 --> 00:18:49.000
 of the

00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:49.359
 righteous.

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 The image

00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:51.739
 that we

00:18:51.739 --> 00:18:52.239
 are given

00:18:52.239 --> 00:18:53.739
 in verse 4

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 of the

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 chaff being

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.559
 blown away

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:57.139
 reflects the

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 judgment

00:18:57.739 --> 00:18:58.819
 that is

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 pronounced

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 in verse 5.

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 Pre-technology

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 farmers would

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.679
 have to sort

00:19:04.679 --> 00:19:05.139
 out the

00:19:05.139 --> 00:19:05.859
 grain from

00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:06.500
 the chaff.

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.659
 They would

00:19:07.659 --> 00:19:08.099
 get their

00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:09.039
 winnowing fork,

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.439
 as it was

00:19:09.439 --> 00:19:09.699
 called,

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 they would

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.659
 dig it in,

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 throw it up

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 into the air,

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 the wind

00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:14.160
 would blow

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 through,

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 and it

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.700
 would blow

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 all the

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.539
 chaff,

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 all the

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.700
 waste away,

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 and then

00:19:18.820 --> 00:19:19.220
 the heavy

00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:19.799
 grain would

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 fall to

00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:20.940
 the ground,

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 and they

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.700
 would store

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.220
 the grain

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 and the

00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:24.120
 chaff and

00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:24.400
 everything

00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:24.740
 would be

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.380
 blown away,

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 gathered up,

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 and burned.

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 Well,

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.900
 that's the

00:19:29.900 --> 00:19:31.420
 picture of

00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:31.880
 God's

00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.519
 judgment that

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:33.120
 we have in

00:19:33.120 --> 00:19:34.100
 verse 5.

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 Those who

00:19:35.600 --> 00:19:36.299
 reject the

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.480
 word,

00:19:36.580 --> 00:19:36.900
 those who

00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:37.700
 turn away

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.299
 from God,

00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:39.340
 are like

00:19:39.340 --> 00:19:40.019
 chaff.

00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.360
 When they

00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:42.240
 stand before

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.759
 God in

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.220
 his judgment,

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:43.700
 they will

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.599
 not stand.

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:45.819
 They will

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.440
 have nothing

00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:46.980
 to stand

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.259
 for.

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 It is like

00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.480
 the wind

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.000
 of God's

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.259
 judgment

00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:49.779
 will come

00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.079
 in and

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.819
 blow them

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.140
 away,

00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:51.740
 and they

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.240
 will become

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.700
 nothing,

00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:53.160
 they will

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.960
 perish.

00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:56.380
 In fact,

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:56.900
 end of

00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.620
 verse 5,

00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.059
 they will

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.880
 not stand,

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.420
 the sinners

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:02.980
 will not

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.779
 stand in

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.660
 the assembly

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:06.140
 of the

00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.539
 righteous.

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.559
 The

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.480
 assembly is

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.799
 simply the

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.720
 gathering of

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.480
 God's

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.940
 people.

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:12.599
 It is

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:12.920
 where we

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.259
 get our

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:13.480
 New

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:13.880
 Testament

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.559
 word for

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.160
 church.

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.460
 Church are

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:17.180
 those who

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:17.799
 belong to

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:17.980
 God.

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.380
 It is not

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:18.960
 the building.

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:19.839
 It is the

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.480
 people of

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:20.920
 God who

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:21.539
 belong to

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.259
 him today

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.079
 and will

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.539
 be with

00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:23.920
 him for

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.819
 all eternity.

00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:25.880
 And at

00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:26.519
 the end

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:26.980
 of it all

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.319
 they will

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:28.059
 not stand,

00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.420
 they will

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:28.960
 not have a

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.480
 place with

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.019
 God's

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.940
 people in

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.700
 his eternal

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.160
 kingdom.

00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:33.099
 Instead of

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.620
 eternal

00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:34.180
 happiness,

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.500
 it will be

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.319
 eternal

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.259
 judgment,

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:40.120
 separation

00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:41.139
 from him.

00:20:42.239 --> 00:20:42.939
 So the

00:20:42.939 --> 00:20:43.539
 path of

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:45.719
 sorrow is

00:20:45.719 --> 00:20:46.439
 marked by

00:20:46.439 --> 00:20:47.659
 rejecting this

00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.779
 life-giving

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.479
 word and

00:20:50.479 --> 00:20:51.479
 listening to

00:20:51.479 --> 00:20:52.139
 the words.

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.619
 So there we

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.179
 have two

00:20:55.179 --> 00:20:55.879
 paths, the

00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:56.339
 path of

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:58.799
 happiness and

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.659
 the path of

00:20:59.659 --> 00:21:00.039
 sorrow.

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:02.059
 And the

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.879
 question is,

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:05.520
 what path

00:21:05.520 --> 00:21:06.780
 am I going

00:21:06.780 --> 00:21:07.420
 to walk?

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.540
 Now we

00:21:10.540 --> 00:21:11.020
 all know

00:21:11.020 --> 00:21:11.920
 which path

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.500
 we want

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.080
 to walk.

00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.560
 But the

00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:16.300
 truth is,

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.680
 with a

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.040
 little bit

00:21:18.040 --> 00:21:18.500
 of looking

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.180
 inwardly,

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.840
 we actually

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.440
 know how

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.140
 we all

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.660
 walk.

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.620
 So often

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:25.940
 we are

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.920
 not like

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.640
 the person

00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:28.460
 in verse

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:28.800
 one.

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:31.440
 We do

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.640
 walk,

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.360
 in the

00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:33.920
 counsel of

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.280
 the wicked.

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.260
 We do

00:21:36.260 --> 00:21:38.140
 stand in

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.460
 the way

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:38.960
 of sinners.

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.680
 And we

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.720
 do sit

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:43.200
 in the

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.600
 seat of

00:21:43.600 --> 00:21:44.160
 mockers.

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:46.500
 And so

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.140
 often we

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.760
 are not

00:21:47.760 --> 00:21:48.320
 like the

00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:48.900
 person of

00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.580
 verse two.

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.340
 Our delight

00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:52.200
 is not in

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.800
 God's word.

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.880
 We never

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.560
 seem to have

00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:55.140
 time to

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.920
 meditate on

00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:56.020
 it.

00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.740
 We're so

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.700
 busy doing

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.400
 other things.

00:21:58.780 --> 00:21:59.080
 And it's

00:21:59.080 --> 00:21:59.560
 hard enough

00:21:59.560 --> 00:21:59.980
 for me to

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.520
 do it once

00:22:00.520 --> 00:22:00.820
 a week,

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.540
 never mind

00:22:01.540 --> 00:22:02.540
 meditating on

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:02.899
 it day

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.500
 and night.

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.440
 And as

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.019
 I reflect

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.500
 on my

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.139
 life a bit

00:22:11.139 --> 00:22:11.500
 more,

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.019
 well,

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.879
 it's really

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.500
 not like

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.940
 the tree

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.720
 planted by

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.379
 streams of

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:15.740
 water.

00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:18.920
 Sometimes

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.779
 I find it

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.740
 is fruitless.

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.519
 And the

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.079
 leaves do

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.480
 wither.

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:25.519
 water.

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.759
 So where

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.240
 does that

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.720
 actually

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.420
 leave us?

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.059
 Well,

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.579
 look at how

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:32.960
 the two

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.440
 ways are

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:34.380
 contrasted in

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:35.019
 verse six.

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.620
 The Lord

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.500
 watches over

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.099
 the way of

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.759
 the righteous

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.259
 or the

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.660
 blessed,

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.299
 the person

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.960
 who delights

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.500
 in God's

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:41.700
 word,

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:43.019
 but the

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.420
 way of

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:43.779
 the wicked

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.700
 will perish.

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:46.920
 it's like

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.480
 verse six

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.860
 is a

00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:48.519
 sting in

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.019
 the tail.

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.519
 The psalm

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.200
 paints the

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.700
 picture of

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.220
 the person

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.920
 we all

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.539
 want to

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:53.920
 be.

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:55.220
 But as the

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.559
 psalm

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.360
 progresses and

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.740
 as we

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.519
 meditate and

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.160
 reflect and

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.720
 think upon

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:58.880
 it,

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.920
 we come to

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.460
 the terrible

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.360
 conclusion that

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:01.940
 we're not

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.580
 like this

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:03.019
 person.

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.700
 We fail

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.319
 far too

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.700
 often.

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.880
 So is

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.440
 there any

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.880
 one of

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:12.340
 us who

00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:12.960
 can actually

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:14.180
 walk the

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.000
 right path?

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.799
 Well,

00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.180
 there is

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.860
 one who

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.620
 has walked

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.200
 the right

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.519
 path for

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.039
 us.

00:23:25.340 --> 00:23:26.400
 The God

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.840
 man,

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.059
 Jesus

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.640
 Christ.

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.160
 Listen to

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.920
 how John,

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.840
 the author

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.400
 in the New

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:33.880
 Testament,

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.460
 John's

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.800
 Gospel

00:23:34.800 --> 00:23:35.720
 introduces

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.440
 us to

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:36.980
 Jesus.

00:23:38.060 --> 00:23:38.540
 This is at

00:23:38.540 --> 00:23:38.900
 the beginning

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.240
 of his

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.500
 Gospel.

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:39.860
 He says,

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.140
 in the

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.520
 beginning

00:23:40.520 --> 00:23:42.300
 was the

00:23:42.300 --> 00:23:42.860
 Word,

00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:44.720
 and the

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.440
 Word was

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.200
 with God,

00:23:46.300 --> 00:23:46.760
 and the

00:23:46.760 --> 00:23:48.320
 Word was

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:48.900
 God.

00:23:49.840 --> 00:23:50.480
 He was

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.340
 with God

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:51.860
 in the

00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:52.180
 beginning.

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 The Word

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:54.540
 became flesh

00:23:54.540 --> 00:23:55.200
 and made

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.840
 his dwelling

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:56.440
 among us,

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.320
 and from

00:23:57.320 --> 00:23:57.920
 the fullness

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.500
 of his

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.920
 grace,

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 we have

00:23:59.780 --> 00:24:00.780
 received one

00:24:00.780 --> 00:24:01.520
 blessing

00:24:01.520 --> 00:24:03.200
 after another.

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.500
 The

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.200
 Word

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:07.380
 is living.

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:08.360
 The

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.400
 Word came

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.920
 to us

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.460
 in a

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.060
 person,

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.080
 the person

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:12.660
 of Jesus

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.180
 Christ,

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.980
 and he

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:15.460
 walked this

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.160
 life and

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.300
 lived our

00:24:17.300 --> 00:24:18.680
 life for

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.260
 us.

00:24:20.260 --> 00:24:21.080
 Where we

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:22.280
 rejected God's

00:24:22.280 --> 00:24:22.580
 Word,

00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:23.520
 Christ

00:24:23.520 --> 00:24:24.780
 delighted in

00:24:24.780 --> 00:24:25.620
 God's Word.

00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:26.960
 Where we

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:28.260
 have disobeyed,

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.320
 he obeyed the

00:24:30.320 --> 00:24:31.300
 Word fully and

00:24:31.300 --> 00:24:31.780
 completely.

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.799
 He lived a

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.819
 faithful and

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:35.079
 fruitful life

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.740
 for us.

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.720
 He is

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:38.399
 the person

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:39.019
 of Psalm

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 1,

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.099
 the blessed

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:42.539
 man who

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 did not

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.799
 walk in

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.279
 the counsel

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.599
 of the

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.039
 wicked or

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.660
 stand in

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.039
 the way of

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.460
 sinners or

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.039
 sit in the

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.420
 seat of

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:47.839
 mockers,

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:49.359
 but delighted

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:50.920
 in the

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.299
 Word.

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.500
 But more

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.240
 than that,

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.119
 Jesus Christ

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.660
 is the one

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.299
 who walked

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.859
 the path

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.399
 for us

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.399
 and died

00:24:59.399 --> 00:25:00.019
 our death

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.639
 for us.

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.620
 verse 6

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.620
 of Psalm

00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:02.920
 1,

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.660
 For the

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.680
 Lord watches

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.180
 over the

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.540
 way of

00:25:05.540 --> 00:25:06.240
 the righteous,

00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:08.640
 but the

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.060
 way of

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:09.520
 the wicked

00:25:09.520 --> 00:25:10.460
 will perish.

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.500
 Christ

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.440
 was treated

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.680
 like the

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.380
 wicked for

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:14.820
 us,

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.880
 so that we

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.380
 might be

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.120
 treated as

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:18.020
 righteous like

00:25:18.020 --> 00:25:18.380
 him.

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.140
 He took

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.980
 our judgment

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.800
 upon us,

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.700
 so that we

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.320
 would not

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:23.860
 perish,

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:25.160
 but prosper.

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.060
 As Christ

00:25:27.060 --> 00:25:28.040
 died on the

00:25:28.040 --> 00:25:28.320
 cross,

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:29.040
 he took

00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:29.820
 upon himself

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.839
 all our

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.480
 sorrow,

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.559
 so that we

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.700
 might experience

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.599
 his happiness.

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.980
 Again,

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.619
 listen to

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.439
 the words

00:25:38.439 --> 00:25:39.740
 of Christ,

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.359
 the living

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:40.859
 Word.

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.240
 It's there

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.700
 at the bottom

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.259
 of the screen.

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.019
 I tell you

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.659
 the truth,

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.259
 Jesus said,

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.119
 whoever

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:48.740
 hears my

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.299
 word,

00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:51.059
 believes him

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.759
 who sent

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.079
 me,

00:25:52.419 --> 00:25:53.359
 has eternal

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:53.819
 life,

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:54.720
 will not be

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.179
 condemned.

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:55.960
 He is

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.939
 crossed over

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.860
 from death

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:59.039
 to life.

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:00.960
 Life is

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.580
 found in

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.100
 the living

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.640
 Word,

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.240
 the person

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.779
 Jesus

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.420
 Christ.

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.420
 Now,

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.640
 the way

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.279
 we are to

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.420
 express our

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.180
 faith in

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.660
 Christ,

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.100
 and our

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:14.680
 dependence

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.559
 upon him,

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.720
 is

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:18.340
 delighting

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:18.920
 in his

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.400
 Word.

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:20.880
 Go with

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.080
 me,

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.440
 please,

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.700
 to

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.100
 John

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:22.559
 chapter

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.240
 15.

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.600
 John's

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:26.980
 gospel

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.519
 chapter

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.220
 15.

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.440
 Somebody

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:36.779
 got a

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.100
 page

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:37.440
 number?

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:42.759
 1-0-8-3.

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:45.240
 1-0-8-3.

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.720
 John

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.279
 chapter

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.940
 15,

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.720
 and down

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.299
 in verse

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.100
 7.

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.859
 Again,

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.619
 listen to

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.259
 the living

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.779
 Word,

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.299
 Jesus

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.899
 speaking

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:55.339
 his

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.799
 words

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.139
 to

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:56.679
 us.

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.399
 Verse

00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.779
 7,

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.079
 chapter

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.459
 7,

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.699
 verse

00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:01.059
 15,

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.579
 if

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.740
 you

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.480
 remain

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.119
 in

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.500
 me,

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.059
 and

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.480
 my

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.019
 words

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.679
 remain

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:08.219
 in

00:27:08.219 --> 00:27:08.659
 you.

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.919
 So,

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.279
 he's

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.919
 talking

00:27:10.919 --> 00:27:11.079
 in

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.519
 similar

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.000
 language

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.240
 to

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.639
 Psalm

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:12.839
 1,

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:13.000
 if

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.159
 you

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:13.899
 meditate,

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:14.959
 as

00:27:14.959 --> 00:27:15.159
 you

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:16.000
 delight

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.459
 in

00:27:16.459 --> 00:27:16.899
 God's

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.179
 Word,

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.439
 as

00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:17.919
 the

00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.480
 Word

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.059
 remains

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.279
 in

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.399
 you,

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:19.579
 as

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:19.719
 you

00:27:19.719 --> 00:27:20.079
 think

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.339
 about

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.480
 it,

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:20.639
 you

00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:21.059
 dwell

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.379
 upon

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:21.699
 it,

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.539
 ask

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.980
 whatever

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.519
 you

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.119
 wish,

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.639
 and

00:27:26.639 --> 00:27:26.819
 it

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.019
 will

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.220
 be

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.519
 given

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.919
 you.

00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:29.879
 Ask

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.240
 whatever

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.539
 you

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.799
 wish,

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:30.939
 and

00:27:30.939 --> 00:27:31.059
 it

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.179
 will

00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:31.339
 be

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.519
 given

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.699
 you.

00:27:31.939 --> 00:27:32.179
 Now,

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.439
 again,

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.919
 that doesn't

00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.359
 mean God

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.659
 is going

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:33.919
 to give

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.059
 you

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.299
 whatever

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.579
 you

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.299
 demand,

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.119
 health

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.399
 and

00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:36.939
 wealth.

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:37.839
 No,

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.220
 as we

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.419
 are

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:39.159
 nourished

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:39.779
 by the

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.539
 life-giving

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.019
 word,

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.019
 we can

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.579
 ask

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.000
 God

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.419
 that he

00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:43.619
 will

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.299
 produce

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.720
 fruit

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:44.960
 in

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.299
 us.

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:45.839
 Look

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:45.980
 at

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.220
 verse

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.500
 8.

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.500
 this is

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.880
 to my

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.440
 father's

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.799
 glory,

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.599
 that you

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.700
 bear much

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.500
 fruit,

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.579
 showing

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.259
 yourselves

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.799
 to be

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.359
 my

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.400
 disciples.

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.279
 It's

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.859
 really a

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.720
 prayer that we

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.380
 will become

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.039
 like the

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.500
 blessed,

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.900
 happy person

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.880
 of Psalm 1,

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.079
 that we

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:06.059
 will be like

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.880
 that tree

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.839
 planted by

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.819
 streams of

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.819
 water which

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.740
 yields its

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.720
 fruit in season

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.500
 and whose

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.240
 leaf does

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.039
 not wither.

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:16.519
 as we

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.039
 delight,

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:17.420
 as we

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.899
 remain,

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.299
 as we

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:19.579
 express our

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.440
 faith in

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.799
 Christ by

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:23.099
 delighting in

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.779
 his word,

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.920
 he will

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.779
 produce a

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.399
 fruit in

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:28.799
 us that

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.240
 will bring

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.059
 glory to

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.440
 God.

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.899
 So as we

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.539
 delight in

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:33.920
 the word,

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.299
 as we

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:35.420
 meditate upon

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.980
 his word,

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.980
 we will

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.980
 experience

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.119
 true happiness,

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:41.059
 a joyful

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:42.099
 contentment in

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.420
 life,

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.799
 whatever our

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.859
 circumstances

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:46.240
 are in

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.639
 life.

00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:50.279
 Now, I

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.659
 want to be

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.480
 very practical

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.200
 this morning

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:54.440
 and help

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.480
 us on that

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.119
 path and

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.859
 to help us

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.819
 on that

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.259
 journey.

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.639
 As we

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.220
 read through

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.919
 Psalm 1

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.200
 and we're

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.539
 thinking,

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:01.859
 right,

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.440
 meditate,

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.000
 well,

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.740
 think upon,

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.779
 delight in

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.159
 God's word,

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.000
 how am I

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.440
 going to

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.079
 do that?

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.319
 Well,

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.960
 turn back

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.480
 to Psalm

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.680
 119.

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:14.240
 Psalm 119

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.600
 is the

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:16.160
 longest

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.920
 psalm in

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.299
 the book

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:19.019
 of Psalms.

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.519
 And you

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.039
 will see

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.779
 that it

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.500
 starts,

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.279
 it's kind

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.920
 of divided

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.440
 up into

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.299
 little sections

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.680
 of about

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.380
 eight verses

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.940
 in each

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.640
 one.

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.900
 Remember,

00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:32.740
 verses were

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.500
 added a long

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.700
 time,

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.060
 they're not

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.980
 inspired by

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.340
 God.

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.700
 But what is

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.580
 inspired is,

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:38.180
 you'll see at

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.580
 the beginning,

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.060
 there's a little

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.599
 introduction,

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.200
 it's got a

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.480
 letter,

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.079
 it's not an

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.079
 English letter,

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.639
 but it's a

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.480
 Hebrew letter.

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.299
 So it's got,

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.839
 it looks like

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.259
 an X,

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:46.980
 don't ask me

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.460
 what it is,

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.399
 I should know

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:49.259
 that and look

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.559
 it up,

00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:51.119
 but Aleph,

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.460
 right,

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.319
 so the first

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.200
 letter in

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.679
 the Hebrew

00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:54.119
 alphabet.

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.599
 And as you

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.079
 read through

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.279
 that,

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:56.559
 if you're

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.059
 reading the

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.740
 original in

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.159
 Hebrew,

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.079
 then the

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.579
 beginning of

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.099
 every line

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:01.019
 starts with

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.559
 the first

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.079
 letter of

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.500
 the Hebrew

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.859
 alphabet.

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.240
 And then

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.599
 you go on

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:03.839
 to the

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.500
 next section

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.159
 where it

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.779
 says Beth,

00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:07.940
 and it

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.500
 starts with

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.900
 the second

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.339
 letter of

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.660
 the alphabet.

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.160
 So it's

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.619
 just little

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.200
 sections,

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:11.759
 that's just

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.059
 what I'm

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.359
 trying to

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.960
 get us

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.220
 to,

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:13.920
 is that

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.920
 Psalm 119

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.579
 comes in

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.259
 little sections

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.319
 and it's

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.359
 all about

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.079
 God's

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.380
 Word.

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.880
 So my

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.460
 encouragement

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.359
 to you is,

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:23.819
 and to

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.640
 myself is,

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.579
 how do we

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.279
 start to

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:27.039
 meditate and

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.599
 think about

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.240
 God's Word

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.539
 and to

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.180
 delight in it?

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.660
 Well,

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.599
 Psalm 119

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.440
 is all about

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.160
 God's Word.

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.900
 So there you

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.240
 are,

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.619
 every day,

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.019
 or once a

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.299
 week,

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.019
 not going

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.259
 to be

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.039
 prescriptive,

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.579
 take that

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.259
 little section,

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:41.859
 take the

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.680
 first letter,

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.139
 read through

00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:44.440
 it,

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.899
 meditate upon

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.180
 it,

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.399
 think about

00:30:47.399 --> 00:30:47.680
 it,

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.639
 talk to

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:49.220
 others about

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.519
 it,

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.359
 maybe

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.819
 memorize one

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.579
 verse from

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.859
 it,

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.940
 something like

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.200
 that,

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.879
 to take

00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:56.539
 in God's

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:56.919
 Word,

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.220
 praying that

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.700
 God will

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.639
 produce fruit

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.539
 in your

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.000
 life.

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:04.859
 Tim Keller,

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.579
 who's a

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:07.099
 pastor in

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:08.160
 New York,

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.759
 has written

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.180
 a little

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.579
 book,

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:11.339
 and it's

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:11.980
 working his

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.740
 way through

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.700
 the Psalms

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.400
 bit by bit,

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.900
 and in his

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:16.599
 introduction,

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.440
 this is what he

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.700
 says,

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:20.000
 which I can't

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.460
 better it,

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.079
 I think it's

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.680
 very helpful.

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.519
 He gives us

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.339
 three things

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.799
 that we can

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.539
 do as we

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.700
 read God's

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:25.880
 Word,

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.500
 as we read

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.039
 a section

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.880
 of a Psalm.

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.180
 If you're

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.819
 taking notes,

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.660
 then write

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.140
 this down.

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.500
 They all

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.920
 begin with

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.240
 A,

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:31.720
 so it's

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.240
 easy to

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.480
 follow.

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:32.960
 The first

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.400
 one is,

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.020
 as you

00:31:34.020 --> 00:31:34.360
 read a

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:34.720
 section,

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.860
 adore.

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:37.880
 And the

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.480
 thing after

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.640
 it,

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:38.960
 it says,

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.660
 what did

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.240
 you learn

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.460
 about God

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.540
 for which

00:31:42.540 --> 00:31:42.940
 you could

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.980
 praise or

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.580
 thank him?

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.420
 So adore,

00:31:46.560 --> 00:31:46.940
 so as you

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.500
 read it,

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.600
 turn what

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.040
 you read

00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:49.660
 into praise,

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:49.840
 say,

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.440
 what is

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.920
 there that

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.380
 will help

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.259
 me to

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.360
 praise God

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.720
 and thank

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.320
 him for?

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.860
 The second

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.640
 one is

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.259
 admit.

00:31:58.259 --> 00:32:00.379
 what do

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:00.779
 you learn

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.740
 about yourself

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:03.079
 for which

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.460
 you could

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.879
 repent?

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.480
 So as you

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.019
 read the

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.400
 Psalm and

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:06.140
 reflect upon

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.359
 it,

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.420
 maybe we

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.980
 see something

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.220
 that,

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.519
 well,

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.279
 as we

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.859
 read Psalm

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.099
 1,

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.839
 I'm not

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:12.079
 like this

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.680
 person who

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.319
 delights in

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.859
 God's Word.

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.000
 Help me

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.359
 that I

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.660
 would

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.099
 delight.

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:18.339
 So admit,

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.799
 what did

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.200
 you learn

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.119
 about yourself

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:21.259
 which you

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.879
 could repent

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.220
 of?

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.920
 And the

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.500
 third one

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.879
 is aspire.

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:26.660
 what did

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.040
 you learn

00:32:27.040 --> 00:32:27.880
 about life

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.320
 that you

00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:29.280
 could aspire

00:32:29.280 --> 00:32:29.760
 to,

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:31.260
 ask for,

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.640
 and act

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:32.860
 on?

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.260
 That is

00:32:33.260 --> 00:32:33.860
 what brings

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.440
 about the

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.900
 fruit.

00:32:35.280 --> 00:32:35.680
 What did

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.100
 you learn

00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:36.860
 about life

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.260
 that you

00:32:37.260 --> 00:32:38.100
 could aspire

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.580
 to,

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.900
 ask for,

00:32:40.520 --> 00:32:41.380
 and act

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:41.860
 on?

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.600
 So three

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:44.000
 simple

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.440
 things,

00:32:44.560 --> 00:32:45.020
 adore,

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.560
 admit,

00:32:47.520 --> 00:32:48.580
 and aspire.

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.600
 So my

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:50.120
 encouragement,

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:51.100
 very practical,

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.180
 just take a

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.840
 little section

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.139
 and work

00:32:54.139 --> 00:32:54.659
 through those

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.480
 three things.

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.839
 Take you a

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.459
 few minutes,

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.819
 not long.

00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.000
 Maybe you

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.379
 could do it

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:00.879
 with somebody

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.179
 else,

00:33:01.199 --> 00:33:01.639
 or if you're

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:02.079
 married,

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.119
 why not do

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.659
 it with your

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:04.139
 spouse?

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.220
 If you want

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.819
 somebody to

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.259
 do it with,

00:33:06.679 --> 00:33:07.459
 I would be

00:33:07.459 --> 00:33:08.199
 more than

00:33:08.199 --> 00:33:08.639
 delighted,

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.159
 I would be

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:10.059
 so happy to

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.679
 come and sit

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.079
 with you,

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.000
 read a

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.359
 section,

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.399
 and work

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:14.259
 those things

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.599
 through.

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:16.619
 So,

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.859
 in our

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.599
 pursuit of

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.159
 happiness,

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.819
 happiness is

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.559
 found as we

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.819
 delight in

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.519
 God's word,

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:23.859
 as we

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.939
 meditate upon

00:33:24.939 --> 00:33:25.299
 it,

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.839
 as we run

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.480
 to Christ,

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.299
 the true and

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.899
 living word,

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.919
 who lived our

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:31.000
 life for us,

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.679
 so that he

00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.480
 might take our

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.919
 sorrow,

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.619
 and we might

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:37.000
 share in his

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.399
 happiness.

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.259
 Let's pray

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.119
 together.

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.259
 Amen.