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 Good morning. As Chris alluded to in his prayer, Jim Franks and I have been at our national

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 gathering for our church this past week and just got back last night, and so it's our

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 joy to welcome Jason Tippetts to come and bring God's Word to us this morning. So Jason,

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 I invite you to come up and join me here. Jason has been a pastor here in Colorado Springs

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 in our city for many years at one of our sister churches, Westside Presbyterian Church, and

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 has just recently begun a transition away from Westside to begin a new church plant in Buena

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 Vista, Colorado. And so we're excited for Jason as he begins to continue the work that we love,

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 which is to expand the gospel here in Colorado. And so thank you, Jason, and welcome. Thank you.

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 It's okay if I move this? If you said no, I didn't hear you. Well, thank you for allowing me the

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 privilege to—is this on? It is okay. It's a new place. I can't ever tell, and everything's

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 distracting to me, okay? So you might have to be a little gracious. It's really—it's great to be

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 here this morning. I know a lot of guest pastors say that. I mean it. I'm not sure if they do, but

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 I have been—we—your church has allowed us as Westside to use your building for several things,

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 so I've been here doing a funeral for ordination service, been here for Presbytery. I was with you

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 for your Good Friday service. This is the first time I've been here on a Sunday morning, so it is

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 really great to be here, and it's wonderful to join in other communities and worship and just see the

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 differences and take joy in the differences. This morning, we're going to look at Psalm 4. So if you

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 have your Bibles, I encourage you to turn there. God, in His good mercy and kindness, put Psalm 4 in the

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 easy place to find, right before Psalm 3 and Psalm 5. So if you can find those two, it just like turn a

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 little page. There's a couple pages. It's right there. Sorry. This morning in this Psalm, this Psalm has to do

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 with suffering, and as you and I have lived in this world, we know that suffering is everywhere.

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 Specifically in this Psalm, it's the suffering of really of David being slandered by the people

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 around him. There's no historical story that we know. This is exactly when this happened. Like in Psalm 3,

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 when Psalm 3 is about when David was fleeing from Absalom. This one here is just general. David feels

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 discouraged and despair because he has been slandered. And there's something about a love-hate relationship

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 we have with slander. At some level, we hate it because we hate to be slandered, but then if we're

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 really honest, we understand at some other level, we enjoy slandering other people because it brings us

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 some comfort, sadly. And so sometimes we do that for comfort. But let's look at this Psalm together.

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 Psalm 4, let me read this.

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 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. You have given me relief when I was in distress.

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 Be gracious to me and hear my prayer. O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame?

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 How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah.

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 But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself.

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 The Lord hears when I call to him. Be angry and do not sin. Ponder in your own hearts,

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 on your beds, and be silent. Selah.

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 Offer right sacrifices. Put your trust in the Lord. There are many who say,

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 who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord. You have put more joy

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 in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. In peace I both lie down and sleep.

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 For you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

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 In this Psalm, there's really a simple structure of David pleading for God's help.

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 David addresses his enemies who are slandering him and being very hurtful to him.

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 And then there's the expression of David's security in God.

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 We'll begin with the beginning. David pleading for God's help.

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 Have you, what was the place like in your life where you pleaded for God's help?

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 When you knew there was really nothing you could do besides trust in God's goodness and his character

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 and his promises. As David begins in the Psalm, we see this progression of him pleading.

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 And at the end, he finds comfort.

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 David boldly goes before God and pleads for God to answer for two reasons.

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 Because God is the God of his righteousness.

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 It says, God of my righteousness.

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 And he gives relief and grace.

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 Our struggle many times comes when we have this great, wonderful painting of the relief we want God to give us.

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 And the grace we want God to give us to relieve us of whatever burden or struggle we are in.

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 And we're probably very polite and we tell God, if you do this, if you give me this temporary thing,

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 everything's going to be better. I'll find some comfort.

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 So God, if you would just fix this, it would be okay.

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 But that's not at all what David is doing in the Psalm.

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 Because we see where he lands is not a place of him saying,

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 God, thank you for killing everyone who hates me.

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 Now life will be pleasant.

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 But he lands at a place of finding joy and peace in God above all things.

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 And David is very bold as he calls upon God.

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 God of my righteousness.

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 We all have different terms we're called.

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 If you have children and you're a parent, you're called father or mother.

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 If you are an aunt, you're called an aunt.

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 If you have these other names that you know, when you hear that name, you listen in a certain way.

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 When that human is pleading with you.

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 We have several kids in our neighborhood.

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 And the first day we met one of these little kids, I told him my name was Superman.

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 So for the last year, he calls me Superman.

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 And so one, it just helps me feel like I'm a, like every day I just feel a little bit better.

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 But it's, I know when he's calling out Superman, I know who he means.

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 So David here is calling on, he says, the God of my righteousness.

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 David is claiming what God has promised.

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 God has promised righteousness.

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 Which really, we see the whole Bible, we see it's Christ.

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 That's the real promise.

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 David is not saying, God, I'm calling on you because I am righteous.

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 He is claiming God's righteousness because God has graciously extended his righteousness

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 and put David in a place of the family of God where David can receive comfort and peace and joy and rest

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 in a way that does not mean that his temporary circumstances are changed.

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 But in the midst of his circumstances of being slandered and hated by people,

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 there is still peace and rest.

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 David is not claiming that he has done good and he's not claiming to try to leverage his goodness

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 toward God to make God do something.

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 Because as much as we really want to believe the gospel, like the free grace of God,

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 that you are embraced more by God than you can ever, ever understand,

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 and you cannot be any more loved by God.

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 As much as we want to believe that, there's a part of us that is always thinking,

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 well, if I'm more obedient, God will bless me more.

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 And sometimes it's hidden deep.

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 Sometimes we're just really clear about it.

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 And we just get angry.

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 Because we're slandered or we suffer.

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 And our thought is, God, how could you do this to me?

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 God calls us to plead to him.

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 And part of pleading is being honest.

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 And it's being honest with that economy that you secretly have in your heart toward God.

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 Thinking, if I just do all these things right,

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 I can really experience heaven on earth and I'll get all the blessings I would ever want here.

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 But that's not God's promise.

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 God's promise is, when you are slandered,

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 when you are hurt,

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 when you grieve,

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 when you are broken,

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 God meets you.

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 So the psalm begins with David pleading,

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 and then God addresses his enemies.

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 David appeals to his enemies,

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 really for their good sense.

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 He's almost saying,

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 will you please stop?

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 Do you not know what you're doing?

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 It's hurtful.

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 It's destructive.

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 And in a way, he's pleading for them to stop.

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 He's pleading for their general good understanding of humanity.

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 Basically, let's just be fair to each other.

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 Can you stop?

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 He's asking them to be mature.

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 But David is confident that God will answer him when he calls,

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 because the Lord has set apart the godly for himself.

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 The Lord has set apart the godly for himself.

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 Which means,

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 if you trust in Christ,

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 God has you.

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 It does not mean you will not suffer.

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 It means in the midst of your suffering,

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 you can be convinced that God holds you,

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 and he will never let you go.

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 Even when you are being slandered.

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 But in the same way,

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 you are gods,

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 because of the work of Christ,

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 even when you slander others.

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 Because sadly,

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 we still have this sinful, selfish part of us.

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 Even us who are resting in Christ,

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 and we are hurt,

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 and our first thought is,

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 I'm going to hurt back,

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 and then it's fair.

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 Because that's the old economy we really like.

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 And that's how we treat God in the gospel.

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 But that's not how God treats us.

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 We've all been there.

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 Someone slanders you,

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 and you slander them back.

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 I'm sure you do it more politely,

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 more tactfully maybe,

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 more maturely,

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 or what we do,

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 is we have these fantasy arguments in our head.

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 Where we,

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 someone has slandered and hurt us,

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 and we have this fantasy argument in our head with them.

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 You know what's amazing in these?

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 You always win.

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 Don't you?

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 Like never at any point

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 have you had those fantasy arguments,

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 and you're like,

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 oh, they got me.

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 It's more hurt.

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 But in the fantasy argument,

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 it is us extending hurt.

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 You hurt me,

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 I'll hurt you.

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 What David is doing here as he is slanders,

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 he is pleading to God

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 that God would deal with his enemies.

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 But what God does

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 is God deals with David.

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 God matures David

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 through this process.

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 We don't have access to what God did with those enemies,

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 how God answered this plea.

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 We don't have an answer to that.

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 But we do know that God dealt with David.

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 I remember over 20 years ago,

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 I worked at a camp here in the mountains

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 during the summers in college,

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 and one of the things

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 they said over and over and over

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 was talk to and not about.

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 Talk to and not about.

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 That's one way that helps

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 when there is conflict,

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 when there is slander,

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 is talk to and not about.

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 It doesn't mean

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 when you talk to the person,

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 your fantasy argument

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 is going to actually happen

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 and that person is going to be shut down.

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 What happens in that,

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 if you do talk to and not about

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 and you deal with it in a biblical way,

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 is you're giving God,

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 allowing God this great opportunity

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 because you are following the pattern

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 of how to deal with conflict and hurt.

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 After David has introduced God

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 as righteous and gracious,

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 he is showing that people

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 fall into really only two categories.

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 There's either,

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 you are either receiver of God's grace

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 or you are a seeker of this world.

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 It's just a summary of the two categories

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 of where people fall in this world.

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 And David goes on in verse four

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 and he says,

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 be angry and do not sin.

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 Ponder in your hearts

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 and on your beds

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 and be silent.

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 Another way to translate this,

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 which I think fits better

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 and I'm not the only person

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 to think that.

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 Other commentators think that

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 and I might even have a footnote

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 in your Bible

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 that the word,

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 where it says be angry,

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 it's also translated tremble.

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 And it uses this

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 in Psalm 18 verse seven.

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 So if you read it that way,

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 tremble and do not sin.

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 Ponder in your hearts

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 and on your beds

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 and be silent.

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 What is David calling

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 his enemies here to do?

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 To tremble,

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 to ponder in their heart

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 while they're in their bed

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 and to be silent.

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 I think that's really good advice

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 for all of us

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 to have time where we separate

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 and we ponder.

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 We live in such

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 a distracted world

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 that we don't think

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 this is worthwhile time anymore.

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 If someone is to say,

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 all right,

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 next week you need to have

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 three hours

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 where you just rest.

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 You're not on your phone,

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 you're not reading a book,

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 you go for a walk

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 and you're just really

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 wasting time.

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 That's what we call it

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 as Americans.

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 You're just wasting time,

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 you're not being productive.

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 For many of us,

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 it's just frustrating

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 and it's hard.

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 There's a book I'm reading

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 and I say that very liberally.

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 I think I've had this book

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 for six weeks

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 and I'm in chapter three,

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 but it's really good, okay?

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 But I did open it recently.

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 It is called

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 Disruptive Witness

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 and it talks about

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 as Christians,

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 as the people

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 and family of God,

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 what we want

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 and we see it

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 in the Great Commission

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 is we want people

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 to know Christ.

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 We want people

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 who don't know Jesus

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 to be introduced to Jesus

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 and to grow in

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 what it means

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 to walk with Jesus.

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 That's one of the things

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 we really want.

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 But what happens is

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 when we're communicating

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 the gospel,

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 we're communicating it

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 in a way

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 that we assume

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 that everyone thinks

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 deep and thick

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 about this world.

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 That we all spend time

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 pondering the question,

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 why are we here?

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 But what happens is

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 many people in this world,

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 they don't ask that question.

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 I was talking to a friend recently

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 and he works in real estate

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 and he was asking someone

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 in his office,

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 he asked them,

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 what do you think it means

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 to live in the fullness

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 of your humanity?

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 And the person's office

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 was like,

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 what?

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 It doesn't make any sense.

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 But as Christians,

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 we are called

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 to live thick lives.

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 Our struggle is

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 we many times

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 choose really thin lives.

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 and the thinness

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 of our life is

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 you hurt me,

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 I'll hurt you.

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 You slander me,

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 I will slander you.

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 It's the thinness

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 of life.

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 But we're called

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 to live thick lives

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 built on a completely

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 different foundation.

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 So we are to ponder,

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 to stop,

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 and to wrestle

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 with the claims of God.

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 But we are too distracted

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 to make the time

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 to do that.

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 You're in your car,

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 what do you do?

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 Turn the radio on.

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 Everywhere we go,

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 there's music.

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 I'm not a big music fan.

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 So I like to turn music off

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 and just have it be quiet.

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 But I have four kids,

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 another on the way.

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 Sometimes I do want

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 to turn it up

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 because it's just quieter.

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 We're all listening

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 to the same thing.

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 But we don't spend

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 a lot of time

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 pondering.

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 And maybe that is

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 a step you could take

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 to live a thick life

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 in the midst

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 of your suffering.

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 that you take time

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 to ponder.

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 That you take time

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 to think.

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 That you take time

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 with God's word.

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 And not stick to your

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 read the Bible

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 in a year plan

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 where you're plowing

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 through stuff

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 so at the end of the year

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 you can check the box.

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 But take time

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 and take something small

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 from scripture

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 and ponder

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 and meditate

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 on the good things

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 of God.

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 Sit in the beauty

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 of his creation.

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 Aim to live

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 a thick,

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 deep life.

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 Because when we aim

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 for that,

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 for the richness

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 of life,

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 when there is suffering,

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 when there is slander,

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 when there is hurt,

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 we are equipped

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 to deal with that

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 much better

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 than if we just

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 live a thin life.

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 And try to do

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 everything we can.

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 There is this

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 fascination

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 in our culture

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 with the next

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 thing.

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 And I think

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 that is why

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 we don't,

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 that is why I don't

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 sit and ponder

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 more.

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 Because I am too

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 focused

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 on what is

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 the next thing.

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 And what do I

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 need to do

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 to accomplish

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 that next thing?

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 Instead of sitting

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 and resting

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 to have time

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 to ponder.

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 So verse 4,

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 be angry

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 and do not sin.

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 Again,

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 tremble

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 and do not sin.

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 Ponder

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 in your own hearts

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 on your beds

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 and be silent.

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 And this does not

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 mean that you

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 lay in your bed

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 and tweak

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 your fantasy

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 argument

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 to really

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 attack the other

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 person.

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 It is that you

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 sit

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 and you remember

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 God's goodness

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 to you.

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 And who you are

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 as a child

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 of God.

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 And the blessings

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 that you have

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 that can never

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 be taken away

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 no matter what

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 anyone

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 says about you.

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 even in the

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.339
 midst of real

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 suffering,

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 of slander,

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 of hurt,

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 but in your

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.940
 grief,

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.859
 remembering God's

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.740
 promise that he

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 will never leave

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.639
 you nor forsake

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 you.

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 That is what

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:25.379
 adds to the

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:25.759
 richness

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:27.420
 of our life.

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 life.

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 But our

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.660
 tendency is to

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.120
 live this

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.660
 thin,

00:22:32.800 --> 00:22:33.400
 reactionary

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.860
 life.

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 And as

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 you,

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:41.019
 as we grow

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.600
 as people,

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.380
 we begin to

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 realize that

00:22:43.060 --> 00:22:45.060
 our retaliation,

00:22:45.300 --> 00:22:46.460
 our reaction

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.620
 in slander

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.340
 or anger

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:49.300
 never ever

00:22:49.300 --> 00:22:50.259
 accomplishes the

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.779
 peace that we

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.140
 want.

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 Never.

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 But there's

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:55.140
 something about

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:56.680
 anger as a

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.680
 feeling that I

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 think it's one

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 of the most

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 desired,

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:02.500
 like reactionary

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.180
 feelings.

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 Because there's

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.840
 something about

00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.759
 anger that we

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.680
 feel in control.

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.700
 So when someone

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:12.319
 hurts you or

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.980
 slanders you,

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.360
 when you are

00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:15.279
 walking through

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:16.059
 suffering,

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.500
 understand you

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.700
 have a choice.

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.460
 You can go down

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.400
 the path of

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:21.800
 anger,

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.840
 which feels

00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:24.700
 much better

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.480
 than the

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:25.960
 other one.

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 Because you

00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:27.400
 feel in

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.880
 control,

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.560
 you feel

00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:29.220
 powerful,

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.080
 you feel

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.560
 like you

00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:31.060
 are the

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.860
 only person

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.700
 that's just.

00:23:34.540 --> 00:23:35.280
 The other

00:23:35.280 --> 00:23:36.240
 avenue is to

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.480
 feel brokenness.

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 Which part of

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.759
 brokenness feels

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:42.180
 out of control.

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:44.180
 In some way it

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.960
 feels more

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:46.120
 hurtful.

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.720
 In some ways it

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.440
 feels like this

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:50.160
 open pit that

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.700
 you could

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:52.640
 step into and

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.200
 you feel like

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:54.019
 you could never

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:55.420
 ever come out.

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.380
 But if we

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.200
 choose the path

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.819
 of brokenness,

00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:02.400
 then we see in

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:03.220
 scripture who is

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:04.539
 God near to?

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.100
 The broken

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:06.580
 hearted.

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.480
 It doesn't say

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.160
 in the Bible

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:10.539
 God is near to

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.819
 those who are

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:13.860
 angry and

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:15.220
 retaliate well.

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.400
 It is God is

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.400
 near to the

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.500
 broken hearted.

00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.420
 So when you

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:23.140
 are slandered,

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.500
 feel the

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.320
 brokenness of

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:26.600
 that.

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.420
 Feel the

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.740
 brokenness with

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.560
 the thickness

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:31.580
 of life

00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:33.740
 that God will

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.460
 never leave

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.700
 you nor

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.519
 forsake you.

00:24:37.300 --> 00:24:38.080
 Because you

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.700
 can be broken

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.600
 not only of

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:41.220
 the sin of

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.140
 being slandered,

00:24:42.780 --> 00:24:43.600
 you can feel the

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.460
 brokenness of the

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.660
 one who slandered

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:47.420
 you and the

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.300
 state that their

00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:50.019
 life is in.

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.940
 And then David

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.800
 commands his

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:54.500
 enemies, offer

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.560
 right sacrifices

00:24:55.560 --> 00:24:56.440
 and trust in the

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.560
 Lord.

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:58.279
 He is calling his

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.320
 enemies to

00:24:59.320 --> 00:25:01.240
 come and know

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.980
 the goodness of

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.220
 God.

00:25:02.540 --> 00:25:03.040
 Offer right

00:25:03.040 --> 00:25:03.580
 sacrifices.

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.340
 A part of that

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.779
 is confession

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:07.120
 and repentance.

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.359
 repentance.

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:13.479
 Returning to

00:25:13.479 --> 00:25:14.519
 a right

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.479
 relationship with

00:25:15.479 --> 00:25:16.979
 God where

00:25:16.979 --> 00:25:17.679
 God would

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.739
 become their

00:25:18.739 --> 00:25:19.699
 righteousness.

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:22.639
 Because it is

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.759
 only by faith

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.819
 that we receive

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.919
 his

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.899
 righteousness.

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.699
 It's not being

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.959
 more righteous.

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:33.000
 And even the

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.939
 worst enemy of

00:25:33.939 --> 00:25:35.419
 God can receive

00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:36.119
 his righteousness.

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:38.959
 So that

00:25:38.959 --> 00:25:39.879
 opportunity,

00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:40.939
 that situation

00:25:40.939 --> 00:25:42.299
 like this one

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.879
 when David

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.659
 is being

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.459
 slandered

00:25:45.459 --> 00:25:46.279
 against,

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:46.919
 just like this

00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:47.979
 situation that

00:25:47.979 --> 00:25:48.659
 you may be in

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.639
 now or maybe a

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.919
 close memory in

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.399
 your mind where

00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:52.819
 you are slandered,

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:54.539
 it is an

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:56.919
 opportunity for

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:57.479
 someone to

00:25:57.479 --> 00:25:58.359
 understand the

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.339
 mercy and grace

00:25:59.339 --> 00:25:59.979
 of God.

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:01.859
 But if you

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.959
 choose anger

00:26:02.959 --> 00:26:04.859
 and retaliation,

00:26:05.439 --> 00:26:06.500
 you are doing

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.559
 opposite of

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:07.880
 what that

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.759
 opportunity could

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.059
 open.

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.400
 David's view

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.640
 of his

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:15.960
 enemies

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:17.279
 changes in

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.839
 the psalm.

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.319
 He wants

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.980
 them to know

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.720
 the path

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.980
 of life.

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.819
 And I think

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.680
 that's where

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:28.660
 we can see

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.660
 God working

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.259
 in our heart

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.660
 in those

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.259
 situations.

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.400
 situations.

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.500
 And I

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.119
 think we've

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.619
 all been

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.200
 there where,

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.099
 again,

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.599
 you have been

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.879
 hurt and you

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.519
 just want to

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.500
 retaliate and

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.339
 squish that

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.819
 person.

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.160
 But your

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.599
 heart grows

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.720
 more in the

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.379
 direction of

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.099
 brokenness.

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.159
 grace.

00:26:47.159 --> 00:26:47.959
 And you

00:26:47.959 --> 00:26:48.659
 begin to have

00:26:48.659 --> 00:26:50.919
 compassion on

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.519
 that person.

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.199
 We see there,

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.980
 that's a great

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:55.259
 growth and

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.879
 maturity in

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.480
 life and

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.000
 understanding

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.839
 relationships.

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.099
 God,

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:04.119
 David wants

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.699
 them to

00:27:04.699 --> 00:27:06.740
 receive God's

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.799
 grace.

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:07.899
 grace.

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.659
 There's a way

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.139
 of receiving

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:14.339
 relief when

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.119
 we are in

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:16.319
 distress.

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.579
 There's a way

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.359
 to grow in

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.799
 confidence in

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.960
 our creator and

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:23.639
 redeemer when

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.399
 we are in

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:25.399
 hurt.

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.720
 It is the way

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:30.599
 of grace.

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.299
 We all want

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.059
 to be heard.

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.700
 We all want

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.559
 to have peace.

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.480
 We all want

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.399
 to have rest.

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:40.899
 But this

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:42.159
 psalm shows

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:43.319
 us it is

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.839
 not, those

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.139
 are not

00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:45.299
 circumstantial

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.980
 things.

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:49.099
 To have

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:50.720
 peace and

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.019
 rest and

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.200
 joy are

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.339
 not based on

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.759
 what is

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.559
 presently going

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.019
 on in your

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.399
 life.

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.399
 If they

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:59.480
 are, you

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.059
 are choosing

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.819
 the thin

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.599
 life.

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:05.339
 The thick

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:05.859
 life.

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:09.099
 is

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.659
 understanding

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:10.279
 that only

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.579
 that joy

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.639
 and peace

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.659
 and comfort

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:15.379
 comes in

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:15.819
 understanding

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.199
 God's

00:28:16.199 --> 00:28:16.659
 promises.

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:24.000
 So what

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.359
 does God

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.019
 provide in

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.339
 the midst

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.000
 of suffering

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.279
 that nothing

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.799
 else provides?

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:32.960
 what is

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.200
 there in

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:35.680
 how God

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.319
 relates to

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.940
 humanity

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.839
 that is

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.639
 drastically

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.899
 different than

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.759
 anything else

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.240
 this world

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.899
 provides that

00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:42.159
 they would

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:43.680
 call peace?

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:47.059
 Things this

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.859
 world provides

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.299
 that are called

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:49.220
 peace may be

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.980
 a gated

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.579
 community,

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.139
 may be a

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.960
 better security

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.500
 system,

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.839
 may be kids

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.259
 that are

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.859
 well-educated

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.799
 and productive

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.539
 members of

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.159
 society.

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.059
 We could

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.899
 say that

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.240
 would bring

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.579
 a level

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.179
 of peace

00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:04.439
 but that's

00:29:04.439 --> 00:29:04.779
 not at

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.859
 all the

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.539
 peace that

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.019
 David is

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.799
 talking about.

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.759
 David ends

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.179
 this,

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.000
 so you have

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.659
 put more

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.679
 joy in

00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:14.479
 my heart

00:29:14.479 --> 00:29:15.039
 than they

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:16.019
 have when

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.719
 their grain

00:29:16.719 --> 00:29:18.039
 and wine

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.899
 abound.

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.419
 In peace

00:29:20.419 --> 00:29:20.859
 I both

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.539
 lie down

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.519
 and sleep

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.879
 for you

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.179
 alone,

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.619
 O Lord,

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.319
 make me

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.719
 dwell in

00:29:26.719 --> 00:29:27.239
 safety.

00:29:31.399 --> 00:29:32.059
 I think

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.699
 the general

00:29:32.699 --> 00:29:33.359
 nature of

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:33.979
 the psalm

00:29:33.979 --> 00:29:35.000
 helps us

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:36.739
 to implant

00:29:36.739 --> 00:29:37.519
 this in

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.879
 our own

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.339
 life.

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.559
 When we

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.299
 read Psalm

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.679
 3,

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.539
 David fleeing

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.399
 from Absalom,

00:29:42.719 --> 00:29:43.239
 there's something

00:29:43.239 --> 00:29:43.839
 of history

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.219
 where we

00:29:44.219 --> 00:29:44.839
 think like,

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.459
 I don't

00:29:46.459 --> 00:29:46.759
 really know

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.059
 what to do

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.419
 with this.

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:47.879
 Someone's

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.479
 chasing me,

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:48.819
 someone's

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.159
 really not

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:49.599
 chasing me

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.039
 right now.

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.719
 Well,

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.139
 here,

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.979
 there's this

00:29:51.979 --> 00:29:52.599
 general,

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.279
 you are

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.899
 slandered,

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.259
 you are

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.820
 in despair,

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.640
 you are

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:55.940
 hurt,

00:29:56.040 --> 00:29:56.300
 you do

00:29:56.300 --> 00:29:56.620
 not know

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:56.860
 what to

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.080
 do.

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.740
 Where is

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.280
 your comfort?

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.580
 Your comfort

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:00.140
 is in

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.560
 Christ

00:30:00.560 --> 00:30:01.500
 alone.

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.820
 But it's

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.360
 taking those

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:05.080
 steps to

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.460
 live a

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.800
 thick

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:07.019
 life.

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.820
 In this

00:30:10.820 --> 00:30:11.060
 Psalm,

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.620
 there's no

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.320
 answer given

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:14.320
 to the

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.860
 oppression

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.480
 that David

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.140
 is going

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:16.440
 through.

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.900
 There's no

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.480
 answer given

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.840
 for the

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.400
 suffering

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:24.700
 of David,

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.940
 a child

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.460
 of God.

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.420
 There's no

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.000
 answer given

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.259
 how long

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.840
 will David

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.740
 suffer under

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.220
 this.

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:35.240
 No answer

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.519
 given.

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:38.019
 There's no

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.519
 timeline,

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.060
 there's no

00:30:39.060 --> 00:30:39.460
 reason,

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:43.180
 and that's

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.700
 frustrating.

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.840
 Because when

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.980
 we suffer,

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.640
 if we at

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.240
 least know

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.940
 why,

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:51.360
 then we

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.880
 feel better.

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.660
 Don't we?

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.960
 There's a

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.799
 part of us

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.059
 that thinks,

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.700
 if I know

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.140
 why I'm

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.559
 suffering,

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:57.980
 I can

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.480
 take it.

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.200
 But God,

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.600
 in his

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.840
 providence,

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:07.039
 many times,

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:07.559
 I think

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.460
 majority of

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.820
 the time,

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.600
 does not

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:09.920
 give us

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.620
 reasons for

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:10.799
 our

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.160
 suffering.

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.220
 suffering.

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.440
 But as

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.279
 we understand

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:19.200
 psalms like

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.820
 this, we

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.960
 see it

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.779
 helps us to

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.700
 live a

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:24.140
 thick life,

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.820
 being more

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:26.720
 dependent on

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:28.220
 Christ for

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:30.460
 peace than

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:32.240
 we are about

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.180
 the security

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.100
 system in our

00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:36.240
 home, or

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.620
 how much

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.180
 money you

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.900
 have in the

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.300
 bank.

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:45.599
 nothing will

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:47.099
 give you the

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:48.139
 peace that you

00:31:48.139 --> 00:31:49.740
 truly long

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.119
 for.

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.819
 Nothing in

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:53.019
 this world will

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.799
 give you that.

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.940
 It is in

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.419
 Christ alone.

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.659
 And if you're

00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:02.440
 here today and

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:03.519
 you trust in

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.159
 Christ, you

00:32:04.159 --> 00:32:04.899
 probably like me

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.579
 when I listen to

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.519
 sermons, I

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.099
 nod like,

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.559
 yeah, I

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.019
 believe that.

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.740
 Yeah, that's

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.220
 probably true.

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:09.980
 And then I

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.599
 walk out the

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.839
 door, and I

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:13.419
 live my life, and

00:32:13.419 --> 00:32:14.559
 I get frazzled by

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:16.019
 crazy things, and

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.700
 I begin to live

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.180
 with a whole

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.039
 different economy

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.799
 than the

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.240
 gospel.

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.659
 There is no

00:32:23.659 --> 00:32:25.299
 greater peace

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.559
 than knowing

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.559
 Christ.

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.059
 And this is

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.599
 something we have

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.079
 to remind

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.879
 ourselves of

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:32.319
 every single

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.980
 day.

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.779
 And that's one

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.500
 reason why we're

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.019
 all here this

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:37.299
 morning, is we

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.879
 understand,

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.299
 we need to be

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.899
 together as

00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:40.559
 God's people.

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.919
 And we need to

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:44.559
 be reminded of

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.180
 what is true,

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.639
 because we

00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:47.339
 slowly start to

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.899
 build our own

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:49.379
 economy of how

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:49.839
 do I earn

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.579
 peace, how do I

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.859
 earn joy, how do I

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:53.240
 earn significance, how

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.119
 do I stay away from

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:55.319
 slander, how do I

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.019
 hurt people who

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.859
 hurt me the best

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:57.599
 way I can.

00:32:57.599 --> 00:33:03.779
 you have put more

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:05.240
 joy in my heart than

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.859
 they have when

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.819
 their grain and

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:08.519
 wine abound.

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:11.419
 It truly makes no

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:17.099
 sense that David is

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:18.559
 being slandered and

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.000
 hurt.

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.059
 hurt.

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:23.180
 And he says, God, I

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:24.279
 have more joy in my

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:26.339
 heart than if I was

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.980
 the wealthiest man in

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.819
 this nation.

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:36.099
 That is how, that is

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:37.720
 what it means to walk

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:39.180
 closely with Jesus.

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:42.940
 when you can say, that

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.960
 is all I have.

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:48.100
 That is the only joy,

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:51.160
 the deep, thick joy

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:52.019
 that I have.

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:54.680
 Now, there is joy in

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:57.320
 a nice, hot cup of

00:33:57.320 --> 00:33:58.160
 coffee in the morning,

00:33:58.620 --> 00:34:00.100
 a beautiful sunset, a

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:01.019
 hug from your family.

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.500
 Those are truly joyful

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.080
 things.

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:05.799
 But it is not the joy

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:08.720
 that David is trying to

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:10.399
 root himself in.

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:14.480
 In peace I both lie

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.299
 down and sleep.

00:34:15.399 --> 00:34:16.459
 For you alone, O Lord,

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:18.599
 make me dwell in

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.019
 safety.

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:25.679
 Sleeping is one of the

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.819
 most vulnerable things

00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:27.599
 we do as people.

00:34:28.819 --> 00:34:30.519
 Isn't it shocking that

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:33.039
 we live through our

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:34.139
 day, like we do

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.679
 whatever, all the

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:36.599
 activity, we eat, and

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:38.179
 then it comes nighttime,

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.699
 like bedtime, like

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.139
 seven.

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:44.219
 And I may be getting

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.519
 old.

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.980
 7 p.m., and what do

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.299
 we do?

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:50.480
 We close our eyes, and

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.279
 we sleep.

00:34:52.879 --> 00:34:54.419
 The most vulnerable

00:34:54.419 --> 00:34:54.859
 thing.

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:57.219
 It's also fascinating,

00:34:57.359 --> 00:34:58.119
 animals do the same

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.379
 thing.

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.980
 They don't go to bed

00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:02.599
 at 7, but we sleep.

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:05.779
 Who cares for us in our

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.119
 sleep?

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.699
 God does.

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:14.099
 Every single night, you

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:16.139
 go to sleep, and you

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:17.139
 wake up the next day.

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.299
 And I know you have

00:35:18.299 --> 00:35:18.880
 because you're here.

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:21.000
 You went through that

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.079
 vulnerable time.

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.000
 You probably weren't

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:24.279
 even stressed about it.

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:26.420
 And here you are.

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:29.159
 And that's a small

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.220
 picture of God's

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.480
 goodness.

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:34.559
 God takes care of

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.180
 his people.

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.780
 And the great thing

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:40.559
 is, the greater thing

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:42.000
 than that is, if we

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:43.780
 were to go to sleep and

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:45.019
 not wake up the next

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:47.240
 day, we are in the

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:49.539
 presence of God, in the

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:51.019
 fullness of joy.

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.800
 And we have missed out

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:54.360
 on nothing.

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:59.360
 God is the only

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:03.019
 being who truly

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:04.800
 provides the joy that

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.539
 you long for.

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:08.200
 I encourage you to

00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:09.180
 live a life of

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.840
 thickness.

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:12.700
 Ponder and meditate

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:15.680
 and rest in God's

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:16.100
 goodness.

00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:18.920
 Because when turmoil

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:20.820
 and suffering come,

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:22.180
 and they will to all

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:24.019
 of us, you will have

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:25.460
 a thickness in your

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.859
 life.

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.399
 And you'll remember

00:36:27.399 --> 00:36:29.259
 that it is God who

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:31.279
 really, truly cares

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.699
 for you.

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.500
 Won't you pray with

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:34.679
 me?

00:36:39.419 --> 00:36:40.799
 Most gracious God,

00:36:41.339 --> 00:36:42.980
 we thank you that we

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.359
 are here this morning.

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:46.119
 We thank you that your

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:48.460
 promises are true.

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.980
 And God, we also

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:52.460
 admit that we come to

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.800
 you in such weak

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.940
 faith.

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:57.119
 We come to you and

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:59.400
 want to distort the

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:01.139
 grace you extend to

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.500
 us.

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:04.639
 And we pray that we

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:05.820
 would not only know

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:08.139
 your forgiveness, we

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:10.740
 would experience it, and

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:12.079
 you would increase our

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.599
 faith.

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.980
 That we would see the

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:18.099
 beauty of knowing you

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.980
 are the one who gives

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:20.719
 us true joy, even

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:22.360
 when we are on the

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:23.800
 sharp end of

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.219
 slander.

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:26.880
 You are good, you

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.619
 are faithful.

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:29.840
 In Jesus' name we

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.320
 pray.

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.539
 Amen.

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.679
 Amen.

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.879
 Amen.

00:37:32.879 --> 00:37:32.919
 Amen.

00:37:32.919 --> 00:37:33.239
 Amen.

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:33.679
 Amen.

00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:34.419
 Amen.

00:37:34.419 --> 00:37:34.639
 Amen.

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.460
 Amen.

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:38.480
 Amen.

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:40.779
 Amen.

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.739
 Amen.

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.399
 Amen.

00:37:44.919 --> 00:37:47.919
 Amen.

00:37:48.359 --> 00:37:49.239
 Amen.

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:50.199
 Amen.

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.460
 Amen.

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.599
 Amen.

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:50.639
 Amen.

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.139
 Amen.

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.179
 Amen.

00:37:51.419 --> 00:37:51.659
 Amen.

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.039
 Amen.

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.299
 Amen.

00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:52.599
 Amen.

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.119
 Amen.

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.139
 Amen.

00:37:53.139 --> 00:37:57.099
 Amen.

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:58.039
 Amen.

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.219
 Amen.

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:59.319
 Amen.

00:37:59.319 --> 00:37:59.460
 Amen.

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.299
 Amen.

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:00.319
 Amen.

00:38:00.319 --> 00:38:00.339
 Amen.