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 For those of you, as Sean mentioned, I lead Sovereign Grace Music.

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 It's a ministry of Sovereign Grace Churches, our denomination.

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! We seek to produce Christ-exalting songs and training for the church, capital C, from our local churches.

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 And I've been a part of Sovereign Grace for almost 45 years now.

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 And I'm doing what I do for about 25.

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 And I bring you greetings from our sister church in Louisville, Kentucky.

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 Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville.

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 Even though we live in another part of the country, a very different part of the country,

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 we share a common aim in life, and that is to make much of Jesus.

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 His eternal word, His atoning work, and just to worship Him, to see as many people as possible worshiping Him.

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 And we're sharing in that common aim.

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 And that worship is actually what I want to talk to you about this morning.

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 We're going to be reading from Psalm 145, looking at Psalm 145.

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 So I ask you to turn there in whatever device or book you have.

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 And I asked Sean if I could give a little introduction to the psalm before we read it.

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 Because I want to put it in context.

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 Anyone who's been to my house for dinner knows that my wife Julie is an amazing cook.

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 She didn't start out as an amazing cook.

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 But she is now an amazing cook.

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 And we always have had a number of people living with us.

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 After all our children moved out, we've had other people come and live with us.

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 And whenever we sit down at one of Julie's amazing meals, eventually someone will say something like,

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 This tastes so good.

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 That chicken, it's so moist.

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 I love the sauce you put in this.

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 What spices are in here?

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 Or what every cook wants to hear.

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 Is there enough for seconds?

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 That's the kind of cook she is.

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 And wouldn't it be odd if at the end of the meal, no one had said anything about her cooking.

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 If we talked about our day, talked about the weather, talked about our plans for the night.

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 But never said anything about how delicious the meal was.

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 That would be odd.

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 It's because we tend to praise the things we enjoy.

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 If we really like something, it's hard to stay quiet about it.

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 Think of someone who's discovered a new band or seen a new movie or read a new book, found a new author.

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 They just can't stop talking about it.

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 Why is that?

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 Why do we have to let other people know what we love so much?

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 Why do we praise what we enjoy?

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 British author C.S. Lewis gives an insightful answer to that question.

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 He says, I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses, but completes the enjoyment.

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 It is its appointed consummation.

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 It's not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are.

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 The delight is incomplete until it is expressed.

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 I'll be married 50 years next August to the most wonderful woman I've ever known.

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 And I never tire of telling her why I love her so much.

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 Because the greater the delight, the more intense, the more expressive, the more enduring the praise.

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 So what if you found something that surpassed all of the delights?

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 What if you found something that exceeded all your expectations?

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 That overwhelmed you with its sheer beauty?

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 Humbled you with its grandeur?

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 And compelled your unrestrained, unending praise?

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 Then you might write Psalm 145.

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 It's an expression of praise so comprehensive and passionate it can take your breath away.

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 And I hope it does.

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 C.S. Lewis went on to say,

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 The Scotch Catechism says that man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.

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 But we shall then know that these are the same thing.

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 Fully to enjoy is to glorify.

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 In commanding us to glorify him, God is inviting us to enjoy him.

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 So in Psalm 145, God is inviting us to enjoy him.

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 How?

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 How do we enjoy God?

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 By giving him praise.

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 We have 150 psalms in the Bible.

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 And in the first 144, the psalmist explored not only the topic of praising God,

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 but things like opposition, enemies, loss, discouragement, unfulfilled hopes,

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 enemies, devastation, and sin.

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 I mentioned enemies twice because there's a lot of that.

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 They're songs of confession, songs of doubt, songs of lament.

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 They give us words to say as we wait for God to deliver us.

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 We don't know what to do.

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 But Psalm 145 is an overflow of praise.

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 It is the only one of David's 73 psalms,

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 and the only one of 150 psalms,

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 that is entitled a psalm of praise.

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 I didn't believe that when I first saw it.

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 Some commentator said that.

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 I said, no, no, no.

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 So I looked through all the psalms.

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 It's the only one that's called a psalm of praise.

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 It's this rushing torrent of celebration and confidence and joy

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 that serves as a hinge between the first 144 psalms

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 and the last five psalms,

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 which are called the hallelujah psalms,

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 because they all begin with hallelujah.

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 It's as though God is saying,

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 if you trust me,

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 if you know me,

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 this is where your life is headed.

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 That's good news.

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 Psalm 145 is the song of one who sees God as he really is,

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 and that view is staggering.

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 And what we're going to see is that those who know that God is a king like no other

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 won't rest until he receives praise like no other.

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 That's what the psalmist is telling us.

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 They know that their enjoyment of God must reach its consummation

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 in specific, engaged, joy-filled, universal praise.

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 So we're going to read it, and I'm going to ask you to stand,

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 because this is God's word to us.

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 It's not like I'd ask you to stand for my entire message,

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 because it's me speaking.

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 Hopefully it's the Lord speaking through me,

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 but this is God's word.

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 Psalm 145, a song of praise of David.

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 And by the way, if you're feeling a little lethargic this morning,

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 I hope by the end of this you are not,

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 because it's coming.

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 I will extol you, my God and King,

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 and bless your name forever and ever.

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 Every day I will bless you

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 and praise your name forever and ever.

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 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,

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 and his greatness is unsearchable.

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 One generation shall commend your works to another

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 and shall declare your mighty acts

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 on the glorious splendor of your majesty

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 and on your wondrous works.

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 I will meditate.

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 They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds,

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 and I will declare your greatness.

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 They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness

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 and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

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 The Lord is gracious and merciful,

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 slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

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 The Lord is good to all,

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 and his mercy is over all that he has made.

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 All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,

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 and all your saints shall bless you.

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 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom

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 and tell of your power

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 to make known to the children of man

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 your mighty deeds

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 and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

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 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

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 and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

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 The Lord is faithful in all his words

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 and kind in all his works.

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 The Lord upholds all who are falling

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 and raises up all who are bowed down.

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 The eyes of all look to you,

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 and you give them their food in due season.

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 You open your hand,

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 you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

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 The Lord is righteous in all his ways

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 and kind in all his works.

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 The Lord is near to all who call on him,

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 to all who call on him in truth.

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 He fulfills the desire of those who fear him.

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 He also hears their cry and saves them.

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 The Lord preserves all who love him,

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 but all the wicked he will destroy.

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 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord

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 and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

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 Father, would you open our ears and our hearts

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 and our eyes to see things about you

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 and about your son by the power of your spirit

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 that we have not seen before

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 to the degree that you want to show them to us now.

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 May our joy in you be consummated

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 in the praise of our king.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Let's take our seats.

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 David begins,

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 I will extol you, my God and king.

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 My God, the king.

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 We're going to look at four ways

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 that David extols God as king in this psalm.

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 And I've titled this message,

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 Praise Fit for a King.

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 If you title your messages like I often do,

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 that's the title.

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 Praise Fit for a King.

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 So we're going to look at four ways

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 that God extols,

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 that David extols God as king.

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 And then we're going to take some time

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 at the end

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 to look at what kind of response

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 is fitting for that kind of king.

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 So two parts.

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 First, David extols God as the great king.

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 Verses three through six.

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 Psalm opens up with this note

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 of joyful celebration,

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 summed up in Psalm three.

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 Great is the Lord

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 and greatly to be praised

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 and his greatness is unsearchable.

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 It's unsearchable,

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 not in the sense that

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 we shouldn't try to understand it,

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 but in the sense that

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 we'll never, ever reach the end of it.

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 Some people would have us believe

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 that it's humble to say

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 that we really can't know God.

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 He's too big.

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 He's too mysterious.

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 He's just beyond our comprehension.

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 Well, yes,

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 but

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 God has revealed himself to us

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 in Scripture,

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 the written word of God,

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 and in Jesus Christ,

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 the living word of God,

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 so we can know

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 true things about him,

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 but what the psalmist is saying is

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 we'll never reach the end

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 of how much we know about God.

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 It's unsearchable.

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 That's how great he is.

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 Just look at the words

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 David piles up

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 to describe

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 God's great reign.

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 I will praise you

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 for your mighty acts

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 in verse 4.

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 Verse 5,

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 the glorious splendor

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 of your majesty,

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 your wondrous works,

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 your awesome deeds,

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 your greatness,

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 your abundant goodness,

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 your righteousness.

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 Why does he take time

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 to use so many words?

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 Why does he just say,

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 Lord is great,

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 greatness is unsearchable.

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 Woo!

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 Woo!

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 Well, because

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 we,

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 well,

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 as a commentator,

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 William Plumer says,

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 unless we have great thoughts

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 of God,

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 our thoughts of sin

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 will be low,

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 our sense of obligation

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 feeble,

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 and our praise is dull.

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 We won't think our sin

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 is that bad.

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 We won't have a right perspective

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 on why God put us

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 on this earth

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 to begin with.

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 And the worship of God

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 will just feel boring.

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 You know,

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 I've heard people say

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 sometimes,

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 like,

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 is heaven is like,

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 we're just gonna sing to him?

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 I don't think that's what

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 the new heavens

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 and the new earth is,

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 but that sure shouldn't be

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 your attitude

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 if you know who God is.

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 If you know that

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 when he calls us to praise him,

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 he's calling us

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 to the highest joy

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 we could ever conceive of.

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 So we want to be really clear

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 about how great God is.

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 Even apart from

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 what he does for us,

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 even though we'll see

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 that's crucial as well.

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 But praise fit for a king

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 begins with how great he is

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 apart from anything

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 he does for us.

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 God was great

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 before he created

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 the universe,

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 and he will be great

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 forever.

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 So he's the great king,

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 and we exalt him

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 as the great king.

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 Second,

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 David extols God

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 as the good king.

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 Verses 7 through 10.

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 I love this.

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 Verse 7.

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 They shall pour forth

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 the fame of your

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 abundant goodness

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 and shall sing aloud

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 of your righteousness.

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 The Lord is gracious

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 and merciful,

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 slow to anger

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 and abounding

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 in steadfast love.

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 If you know your Bible,

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 you'll know those words

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 in verse 8.

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 The Lord is gracious

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 and merciful,

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 slow to anger

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 and abounding

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 in steadfast love.

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 Those are the words

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 that God proclaimed

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 to Moses

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 after Israel

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 had prostituted themselves

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 and worshiped

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 a golden calf

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 in Exodus 32.

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 Those words come

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 from Exodus 34.

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 At that moment,

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 after God had delivered

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 Israel from Egypt,

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 right through the Red Sea,

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 Pharaoh's army lay dead

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 in the Red Sea,

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 never coming out of there,

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 they're delivered,

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 they sing a song

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 of deliverance.

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 He calls them

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 to Mount Sinai.

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 What do they do?

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 They worship

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 a golden calf.

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 So don't you think

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 it would be appropriate

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 at that moment

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 for God to just say,

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 I'm going to wipe you out.

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 In fact,

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 he told Moses,

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 he said,

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 you know what,

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 let me do that

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 and we'll just start over.

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 And Moses says,

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 oh no God,

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 these are your people.

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 What would it be

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 if the nation said

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 he brought them out

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 but couldn't deliver them?

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 And God was just

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 showing Moses his heart

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 which was to do just that.

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 But he doesn't wipe them out.

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 He says,

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 I am merciful.

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 I'm gracious.

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 I'm slow to anger.

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 I'm abounding

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 in steadfast love.

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 God doesn't want

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 to just be known

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 as the great king.

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 He doesn't want us

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 to know that he's

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 really great

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 and transcendent

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 and out there

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 and amazing

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 and high

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 and lifted up.

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 He wants us to know

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 he's the good

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 and merciful king.

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 And David goes on

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 to expand

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 what that means.

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 Verse 9,

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 the Lord is good

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 to all

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 and his mercy

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 is over all

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 that he has made.

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 You know,

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 in this psalm,

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 it's almost 20 times

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 that David uses

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 the word all

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 or every.

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 He wants us to get

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 this isn't just about

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 an individual

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 or a fleeting moment.

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 This is all.

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 The Lord is good

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 to all.

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 His mercy

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 is over all

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 that he has made.

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 Verse 8 speaks

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 of God's goodness

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 to his people

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 but this verse

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 speaks of God's goodness

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 to everyone.

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 He's saying

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 God is so good

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 because we can

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 see his goodness

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 everywhere.

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 All over the world

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 God's providing

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 sights and sounds

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 that astound

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 and delight

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 and propel us

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 to amazement

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 and wonder.

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 Think of the Grand Canyon.

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 You think of

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 Mount Everest.

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 You think of

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 the Hawaiian sunsets.

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 You think of

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 just what happens

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 this time

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 every year

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 in Boston

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 to the trees.

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 Do you realize

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 that God

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 didn't have to

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 make the trees

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 become beautiful

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 in autumn?

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 They could have

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 just like been green

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 and just turned brown.

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 But they don't.

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 Why?

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 Because God's so good.

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 See his goodness

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 everywhere.

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 Rivers and oceans

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 teem with creatures

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 that are

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 fascinatingly beautiful

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 and some people

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 think they're good

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 to eat.

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 I don't personally

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 think that

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 but some people

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 do.

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 Fruits and vegetables

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 and grains

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 grow in abundance.

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 We just took a trip

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 by God's grace

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 and mercy

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 to Italy

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 with five of our

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 children.

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 It was amazing.

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 The golden fields

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 of wheat,

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 the orchards,

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 the olive groves

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 and grapevines

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 and it's just

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 amazing.

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 God's given us

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 these amazing

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 tastes and smells

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 and colors

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 and textures

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 to enjoy.

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 He is so good.

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 But you know

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 what shows us

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 the most

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 that he's good?

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 Is that he doesn't

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 destroy us

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 every time we sin.

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 That's how we know

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 he's good.

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 One of the most

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 overlooked

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 signs,

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 testimonies

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 to God's goodness

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 is his patience.

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 Amazing patience

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 with sinful people.

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 He bears with us.

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 He blesses us.

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 He sustains us

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 and we don't

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 deserve any of it.

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 It's all

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 his goodness

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 and mercy.

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 In 2009,

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 an Air France

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 plane was flying

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 from Rio de Janeiro

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 to Paris

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 when a thunderstorm

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 caused it

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 to plummet

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 into the Atlantic Ocean.

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 All 228 passengers

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 and crew

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 were killed.

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 People were

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 incensed.

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 Social media

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 blew up.

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 Where was God?

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 Well,

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 no one

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 noticed

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 when 100,000

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 flights

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 a day

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 take off

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 with no problem

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 and make it

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 to their destination.

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 filled

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 with people

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 who ignore,

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 minimize,

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 and despise

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 the God

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 who keeps

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 that plane

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 in the air.

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 That's patience.

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 That's goodness.

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 And if we

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 continue to ignore,

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 mock,

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 and sin

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 against God,

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 why doesn't

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 that happen

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 to all of us?

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 Because God's

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 good to all

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 and his mercy

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 is over

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 all he has made.

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 So verse 10

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 is a response.

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 It says,

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 all God's work

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 give thanks to him

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 and his saints

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 bless him.

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 So when God's works

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 give thanks to him,

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 they don't use words.

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 They just do

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 what they were

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 intended to do.

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 Stars shine,

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 oceans roar,

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 birds sing.

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 That's what they do.

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 They're giving glory

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 to God.

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 They're giving thanks.

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 But the saints,

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 God's people,

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 we have better reasons

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 to praise God,

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 to bless God,

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 to thank him.

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 We've been redeemed

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 through the blood

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 of the Lamb,

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 through the death

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 and resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 We are no longer

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 under judgment.

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 We're objects

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 of his affection.

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 Our hearts

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 have been changed

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 so that we really

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 do love to be with him.

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 We really do love

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 to know him.

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 And at one time,

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 we only wanted

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 to praise ourselves.

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 Now we want to praise him.

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 That's a miracle.

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 He watches over

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 our every breath,

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 every breath,

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 the breath you just took.

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 He gave that to you.

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 There's no reason

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 why we shouldn't

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 just die.

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 But God's good.

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 And his saints

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 bless him.

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 There's no one like him.

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 And those who know

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 that God is a king

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 like no other

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 will not rest

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 until he receives

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 praise like no other.

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 Number three.

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 He's the great king,

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 he's the good king,

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 and he's the powerful king.

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 verses 11 through 13.

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 They shall speak

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 of the glory

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 of your kingdom

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 and tell of your power

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 to make known

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 to the children of man

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 your mighty deeds

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 and the glorious splendor

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 of your kingdom.

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 Your kingdom's

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 an everlasting kingdom,

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 and your dominion

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 endures throughout

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 all generations.

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 The Lord is faithful

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 in all his words

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 and kind in all his works.

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 God's kingdom

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 is marked by power.

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 His reign

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 has no term limits.

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 He's not nervous

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.500
 about anyone

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.359
 voting him out

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.099
 or taking over

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.639
 his throne.

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.519
 Think of the great

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.619
 rulers of history.

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 They all have

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:14.339
 the great attached

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.619
 to them.

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.879
 Cyrus the great,

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:17.440
 Alexander the great,

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.859
 Julius Caesar,

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.480
 well, they just

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.160
 called him great,

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.879
 Constantine the great,

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:23.160
 Charlemagne the great,

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.240
 Catherine the great.

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:26.299
 Turns out they

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.859
 weren't so great

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.339
 after all.

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 They're all dead.

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 Whether through election,

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.599
 appointment,

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.339
 or death,

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.940
 other people

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.700
 are sitting

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.359
 on their thrones,

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:38.019
 but they don't even

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.720
 exist anymore

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.279
 at those thrones.

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:42.000
 No one else

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.519
 will ever sit

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.119
 on God's throne.

00:22:44.679 --> 00:22:45.940
 God has always

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.299
 ruled.

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.679
 He always will rule.

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:49.179
 He controls the stars.

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.779
 He controls the atoms.

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.720
 He rules presidents

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:54.440
 and peasants.

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:56.460
 He can move mountains.

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:58.659
 He can move hearts.

00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:01.819
 There is nothing

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:04.460
 our God cannot do.

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:06.279
 He rules over tsunamis

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.279
 and earthquakes

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:09.500
 and floods and fires.

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:12.000
 So those who know him

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.460
 and love him

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:15.399
 speak of the glory

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:16.319
 of his kingdom

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 and tell of his power.

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:23.579
 He's a powerful king.

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 And after praising God

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.899
 for his rule

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.879
 and his dominion

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.919
 and his kingship

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.460
 and his power,

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 one might expect

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:32.440
 David to go on

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 and tell us more

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.460
 about that.

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.900
 How great is he?

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.740
 How big?

00:23:36.820 --> 00:23:37.460
 How mighty?

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:38.259
 How powerful?

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.660
 But to show us

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.240
 how great God

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.080
 really is,

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.279
 David shows us

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.740
 that God

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.640
 has also revealed

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.500
 himself as,

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.380
 number four,

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.600
 the gracious king.

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:53.399
 verses 14 through 20.

00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:56.419
 He's the great king,

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.059
 the good king,

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.939
 the powerful king,

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:59.779
 and he's the gracious king.

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 Grace speaks of

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.639
 undeserved,

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:04.799
 unmerited favor.

00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:06.199
 We see it in verse 14.

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.119
 The Lord upholds

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.359
 all who are falling

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.740
 and raises up

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:13.539
 all who are bowed down.

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 That isn't a promise

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.659
 that no one

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.319
 will ever fall

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 or that no one

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.259
 will ever be

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.220
 bowed down.

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 It's saying that

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.519
 if someone recovers

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.339
 from a fall

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 or is kept

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:30.099
 through trials

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:31.659
 or is raised up

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.799
 from humbling circumstances,

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.899
 the Lord

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:35.339
 is the one

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.039
 who's done it.

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.700
 We can't claim

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.619
 credit for that.

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:41.639
 God is intimately

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.919
 involved

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:43.859
 in sustaining

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.939
 and restoring

00:24:44.939 --> 00:24:46.099
 everything he's made.

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.439
 The next verse,

00:24:47.679 --> 00:24:48.379
 the eyes of all

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.279
 look to you,

00:24:49.399 --> 00:24:50.139
 verse 15,

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.239
 the eyes of all

00:24:51.239 --> 00:24:51.879
 look to you

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.599
 and you give them

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.319
 their food

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.299
 in due season.

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.899
 You open your hand.

00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:58.639
 You satisfy the desire

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.859
 of every living thing.

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:03.119
 Those verses

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:05.019
 remind us

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.559
 that everything

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.339
 in creation

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.319
 is absolutely

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.720
 dependent on God

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.939
 for their existence.

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:13.279
 As Acts 17, 28 says,

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.379
 in him

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.319
 we live

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.279
 and move

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:18.059
 and have our being.

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.700
 God is

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:22.279
 lavish

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.359
 in his generosity,

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.659
 open-handed

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.639
 in his blessings

00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.659
 and free

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.700
 in his giving.

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.139
 It's amazing

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:30.019
 how we don't see him

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.899
 that way so often.

00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:33.339
 Sean mentioned

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:33.819
 Julie and I

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.659
 raised six kids

00:25:34.659 --> 00:25:35.599
 by God's grace

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:38.099
 and even with one kid,

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.679
 I have a fresh

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:40.139
 appreciation for this

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.959
 as a grandparent.

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.559
 Even with one kid,

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.879
 life can be overwhelming.

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:46.019
 The amount of time

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:47.059
 and energy

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.919
 and effort

00:25:47.919 --> 00:25:48.719
 and sweat

00:25:48.719 --> 00:25:49.659
 and wisdom

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.539
 and money

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.480
 and thought

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:53.099
 it takes just to provide

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:54.599
 for one child

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:56.779
 is just overwhelming

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.240
 sometimes.

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:59.179
 And I remember

00:25:59.179 --> 00:26:00.740
 as we had

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.539
 maybe three or four children,

00:26:02.939 --> 00:26:03.419
 just money

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:04.879
 felt just really tight

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.700
 all the time.

00:26:07.020 --> 00:26:08.060
 And when we'd eat out,

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.980
 we had certain rules.

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:10.080
 Just water here.

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.260
 Okay,

00:26:11.280 --> 00:26:11.700
 we're splitting

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.500
 the big fry.

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:13.880
 Okay,

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.400
 no,

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.160
 don't get that.

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.220
 One time

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.120
 we were eating out

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.900
 with Julie's dad

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.880
 and his wife

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:22.000
 and I leaned over

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.440
 to the kids

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.900
 and said,

00:26:24.060 --> 00:26:25.140
 just get whatever

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:25.640
 you want.

00:26:27.780 --> 00:26:29.460
 And my 10-year-old son,

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:29.960
 Jordan,

00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:31.460
 he looked right at me

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.040
 and said,

00:26:32.260 --> 00:26:33.380
 you're not paying

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.780
 for this,

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.120
 are you?

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.440
 Try not to take

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.180
 that personally.

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.840
 Governments

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.360
 spend

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:45.000
 countless hours,

00:26:46.060 --> 00:26:46.600
 organize

00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:47.300
 countless

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:47.940
 committees,

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.740
 make countless

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:50.000
 laws to make sure

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.700
 that people

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.840
 are provided for.

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:52.800
 It's happening

00:26:52.800 --> 00:26:53.380
 right now

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:53.940
 in our government.

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.620
 Often with

00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:56.780
 little success.

00:26:58.800 --> 00:26:59.620
 God doesn't

00:26:59.620 --> 00:26:59.960
 labor.

00:27:01.760 --> 00:27:02.140
 He doesn't

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.500
 worry.

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:02.880
 He doesn't

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.220
 break into

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.579
 sweat,

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:03.960
 doesn't

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.600
 strive.

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.480
 It's what the

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.860
 psalm says.

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.519
 He opens

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.100
 his hand.

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.160
 He satisfies

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.880
 the desire

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.259
 of every

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.819
 living thing.

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.420
 That's grace.

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.120
 He goes on

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.319
 to say,

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:19.680
 the Lord

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.299
 is righteous

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.220
 in all

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.620
 his ways

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:22.220
 and kind

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.579
 in all

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.000
 his works.

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.519
 Duh.

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.360
 Yeah,

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.059
 we're seeing

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.519
 that.

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.640
 But God

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.380
 shows a

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.380
 unique grace

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:30.059
 to his

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.460
 people.

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.500
 people.

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.460
 Is God

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.059
 kind to

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.380
 all?

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:33.779
 Is he

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.220
 good to

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.620
 all?

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.259
 Yes.

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:35.759
 That's what

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.140
 the psalmist

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.440
 says.

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:36.960
 That's what

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.299
 God's word

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.600
 says.

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.180
 But J.I.

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.539
 Packer

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.039
 goes on to

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.420
 explain,

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.380
 God is

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:41.980
 good to

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.819
 all in

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.920
 some ways

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.240
 and to

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.840
 some

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:47.800
 in all

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.279
 ways.

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:50.080
 He's

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.800
 good to

00:27:50.800 --> 00:27:51.400
 all in

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.880
 some ways

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.200
 and to

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.660
 some

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:52.940
 in

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.240
 all

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.460
 ways.

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.060
 And the

00:27:54.060 --> 00:27:54.740
 some

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.840
 that he

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.380
 refers to

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.779
 are those

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.080
 who know

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:57.279
 his

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.759
 steadfast

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.100
 love.

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.400
 Those who

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.740
 know his

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.320
 grace.

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.779
 Those who

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.580
 know his

00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:01.960
 grace and

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.740
 have received

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.360
 his grace.

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.340
 And these

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:04.580
 are the

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.360
 promises God

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:05.820
 makes to

00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:06.779
 his own.

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.840
 And notice

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.640
 how the

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:08.940
 psalmist

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.340
 starts to

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:10.500
 put qualifiers

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.580
 on these

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:12.100
 actions.

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.259
 Verse 18.

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.660
 The Lord

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.080
 is near

00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:15.960
 to all

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:18.140
 who call

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.720
 on him.

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:21.120
 To all

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:22.440
 who call

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.759
 on him

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.240
 in truth.

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:25.039
 Not just

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.320
 all who

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:25.779
 call on him,

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.279
 it's to all

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.759
 who call

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.160
 on him

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.019
 in truth.

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.840
 Those who

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.480
 know him

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.039
 as he

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.140
 really is.

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.420
 God

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.800
 doesn't

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.660
 promise to

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.420
 be near

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.900
 us when

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.400
 we feel

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:36.460
 like he

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.740
 should be

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.200
 giving us

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.560
 what we

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:38.039
 want

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:39.259
 anywhere,

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.279
 anytime.

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.480
 No,

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.060
 those who

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:43.480
 call on

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.940
 the Lord

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.980
 in truth

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.599
 are those

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.039
 who really

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.640
 know him

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.120
 through his

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.660
 word,

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.120
 who humble

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.759
 themselves to

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.559
 believe him

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:52.339
 and trust

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.940
 him and

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.599
 follow him.

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.059
 And for

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.559
 Christians,

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.259
 to call on

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.599
 the Lord

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.160
 in truth

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.980
 means to

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.400
 call on

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.819
 him by

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.579
 him who

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.099
 is the

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.539
 truth,

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:00.819
 Jesus

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.559
 Christ.

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.480
 We bring

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.039
 all our

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.900
 requests in

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.559
 the arms

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.160
 of Jesus

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.680
 Christ and

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.259
 he actually

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.039
 carries us

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.319
 there.

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.120
 Verse 19.

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:10.019
 He fulfills

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.819
 the desire

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:12.779
 of those

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.279
 who fear

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.539
 him.

00:29:15.459 --> 00:29:15.819
 He also

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.259
 hears their

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.679
 cry and

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:17.139
 saves them.

00:29:17.719 --> 00:29:18.019
 Now back

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.299
 in verse

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.879
 16, we

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.199
 just looked

00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:19.659
 at it,

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.239
 we're told

00:29:21.239 --> 00:29:21.619
 the Lord

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.439
 satisfies the

00:29:22.439 --> 00:29:23.000
 desire of

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.479
 every living

00:29:23.479 --> 00:29:24.699
 thing, but

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:26.299
 here God

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.799
 fulfills the

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.419
 desire of

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:27.859
 those who

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.539
 fear him.

00:29:29.459 --> 00:29:30.000
 Those who

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.539
 fear him

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.919
 are the

00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:32.319
 ones who

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.099
 want God

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.379
 to be

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:33.879
 glorified.

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:34.899
 Those who

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.519
 fear him

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.119
 are the

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.559
 ones who

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.119
 want to

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.619
 walk in

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:37.959
 God's

00:29:37.959 --> 00:29:38.259
 ways.

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.940
 Those who

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.379
 fear him

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.700
 are the

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.420
 ones who

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.259
 want others

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.759
 to know

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.220
 God's

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.640
 forgiveness.

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.319
 They want

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.900
 to see the

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.299
 name of

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.839
 Jesus lifted

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.140
 up.

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.779
 So God

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.180
 hears their

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.879
 cry and

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.359
 he saves

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.619
 them.

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.799
 And he

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.619
 often saves

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.079
 them from

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.039
 their situation

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:56.960
 but ultimately

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.879
 he saves them

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.660
 from his

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.819
 wrath and

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.180
 from their

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.660
 sins.

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.160
 That's the

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.440
 kind of

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:02.900
 saving we

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.200
 want.

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.819
 Not just

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.259
 to be saved

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.640
 out of our

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:05.920
 current

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.440
 circumstance

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.720
 but to

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.559
 save from

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.299
 his just

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.000
 condemnation.

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.220
 And verse

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.000
 20 contains

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.480
 one more

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.920
 promise.

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.200
 The Lord

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.819
 preserves

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.460
 all who

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.140
 love him

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:20.240
 but all

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.740
 the wicked

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:22.579
 he will

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.720
 destroy.

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.299
 Did you

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.779
 notice that's

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.380
 the first

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:26.559
 mention of

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.140
 evil in

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.620
 the psalm?

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.799
 The first

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.600
 time anything

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.640
 is out of

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:30.980
 sync.

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.620
 It's as

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:32.960
 though the

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.360
 psalmist

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.900
 wanted to

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.240
 keep us

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.339
 focused on

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.860
 God

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.519
 himself

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.719
 but finally

00:30:37.719 --> 00:30:38.740
 has to

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.500
 say something

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.339
 about the

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.699
 fact that

00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.579
 not everyone

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.319
 believes in

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.819
 this God.

00:30:42.959 --> 00:30:43.659
 Not everyone

00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:44.479
 loves this

00:30:44.479 --> 00:30:44.759
 God.

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.379
 Not everyone

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.919
 wants to

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.519
 follow this

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.119
 God or

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.399
 even

00:30:47.399 --> 00:30:48.059
 acknowledges

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.919
 the existence

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:49.699
 of this

00:30:49.699 --> 00:30:50.119
 God.

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.579
 God

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.399
 has

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:53.259
 enemies.

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:57.059
 But we

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.319
 don't need

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.500
 to be

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.899
 afraid of

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.019
 him.

00:30:59.979 --> 00:31:01.059
 We don't

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.479
 need to be

00:31:01.479 --> 00:31:01.819
 afraid of

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:01.859
 him.

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.139
 There's a

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.459
 verse in

00:31:02.459 --> 00:31:03.139
 Psalm 112

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:05.600
 that has

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.200
 ministered

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:07.120
 grace to

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.480
 my soul

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.220
 repeatedly

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.759
 when I

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.520
 am in a

00:31:09.520 --> 00:31:11.220
 situation

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.620
 where I'm

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.520
 fearing what's

00:31:12.520 --> 00:31:12.759
 going to

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.100
 happen.

00:31:14.520 --> 00:31:15.040
 Fearing what

00:31:15.040 --> 00:31:15.560
 my enemies

00:31:15.560 --> 00:31:15.980
 might do

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.259
 to me.

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:16.860
 Psalm

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:18.500
 112

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.200
 verse 7

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.940
 says he

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.720
 is not

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.140
 afraid.

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:22.060
 Speaking of

00:31:22.060 --> 00:31:22.920
 the man who

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.300
 fears the

00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:23.680
 Lord or

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.060
 woman who

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:24.380
 fears the

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.680
 Lord,

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.940
 he's not

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.360
 afraid of

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:27.020
 bad news.

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.160
 What?

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.640
 His heart

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.259
 is firm

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.960
 trusting in

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.259
 the Lord.

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.059
 His heart

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.519
 is steady.

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.220
 He will

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.519
 not be

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.099
 afraid until

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.480
 he looks

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.140
 in triumph

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.559
 on his

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.099
 adversaries.

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.299
 You know

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.579
 when we're

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:39.819
 going to

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.119
 look in

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.640
 triumph on

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:40.759
 our

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.240
 adversaries?

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.799
 It may

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.019
 be in

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.460
 this life

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:42.779
 at different

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.099
 times,

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:43.920
 but you

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.099
 know when

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.379
 it's really

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:44.599
 going to

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:44.839
 be?

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.019
 When all

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.359
 the wicked

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:46.720
 he will

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.079
 destroy.

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.039
 God

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.779
 protects us

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.140
 from our

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.480
 enemies.

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.559
 He ensures,

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.400
 he will

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:57.000
 ensure that

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.420
 the kingdom

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.879
 of heaven

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.980
 is made

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.839
 up exclusively

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.779
 of those

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.119
 who love

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.480
 the king,

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.959
 those who

00:32:02.959 --> 00:32:03.459
 treasure the

00:32:03.459 --> 00:32:03.679
 king,

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.619
 those who

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.799
 prize the

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:05.980
 king,

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.500
 those who

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.179
 want to

00:32:07.179 --> 00:32:07.859
 obey the

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.079
 king.

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.419
 In Luke

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:09.899
 21,

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.539
 Jesus is

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.279
 talking to

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.699
 the disciples

00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:13.379
 about how

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:15.319
 they will

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.579
 encounter

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.139
 situations

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:18.519
 where some

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.159
 of them will

00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:19.579
 be put to

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.859
 death.

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:21.980
 And then a

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.319
 verse later

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.659
 he says,

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.259
 but no one

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.519
 will be able

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.039
 to harm a

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.419
 hair of your

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.639
 head.

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:26.879
 And I'm

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.099
 thinking,

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:29.819
 Jesus,

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:31.859
 if they

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.359
 put me

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.639
 to death

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:33.099
 that sounds

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.419
 like they're

00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:34.039
 harming every

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.480
 hair of my

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.679
 head.

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.740
 But Jesus

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.139
 knows there

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.719
 is a life

00:32:39.719 --> 00:32:40.279
 that others

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.719
 can't take

00:32:40.719 --> 00:32:41.199
 from us.

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:42.699
 And that's

00:32:42.699 --> 00:32:42.879
 what he

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.199
 promises.

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.639
 But that

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.139
 promise of

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.699
 protection for

00:32:47.699 --> 00:32:48.240
 us is also

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.879
 a warning.

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.399
 Those who

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:52.259
 refuse the

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.799
 mercy and

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.279
 grace of

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.719
 God that

00:32:53.719 --> 00:32:54.000
 we've been

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.759
 talking about

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.500
 will receive

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.339
 exactly what

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.959
 they deserve.

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.219
 And that is

00:32:58.219 --> 00:32:58.639
 the righteous

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:59.519
 punishment for

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.919
 their sin and

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.339
 rebellion.

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.399
 They will be

00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:02.839
 destroyed.

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.500
 You can't

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.099
 fight the

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:05.339
 king and

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.599
 win.

00:33:08.159 --> 00:33:08.939
 But there's

00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:09.459
 always hope.

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:12.219
 We can turn

00:33:12.219 --> 00:33:12.799
 to Jesus

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.719
 Christ and

00:33:13.719 --> 00:33:14.879
 find refuge in

00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.679
 this good,

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.699
 great,

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.459
 powerful,

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.179
 and gracious

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.799
 king.

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.119
 Which brings

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.519
 us to the

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.399
 final question.

00:33:23.699 --> 00:33:24.199
 What is the

00:33:24.199 --> 00:33:25.119
 fitting response

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.619
 to this

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:25.899
 king?

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:27.900
 God is

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:33.220
 so great

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.560
 and so

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:33.980
 good and

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.440
 so powerful

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.720
 and so

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:34.960
 gracious.

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.560
 What kind

00:33:35.560 --> 00:33:36.060
 of praise

00:33:36.060 --> 00:33:36.660
 is fit for

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.040
 a king?

00:33:38.040 --> 00:33:38.360
 This one

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:38.640
 gives you

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.440
 four ways,

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.560
 four characteristics

00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:41.080
 of the way

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.360
 we should

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:41.740
 respond.

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.120
 First,

00:33:43.540 --> 00:33:43.740
 it's

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.100
 personal.

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.660
 David is

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.220
 the king,

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.840
 but he

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.900
 recognizes an

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.440
 infinitely

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.720
 greater king.

00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:50.280
 And he

00:33:50.280 --> 00:33:50.780
 starts out,

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.759
 I will

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.940
 extol you,

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.299
 my God

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.119
 and king.

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.200
 He doesn't

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.700
 want to watch

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.539
 everybody else

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.180
 around him

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.799
 praise God

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.500
 for him.

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.399
 This is what he

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:01.779
 says in the

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.180
 beginning of the

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.339
 psalm.

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:03.440
 I will exalt,

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.599
 I will bless,

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.680
 I will praise,

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.779
 I will meditate,

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:08.019
 I will sing.

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.500
 David is not

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.000
 going to stand

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.539
 in the midst

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.039
 of a crowd

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.619
 and watch

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.340
 other people,

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.279
 as his arms

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:13.699
 are folded,

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.440
 watch other

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.019
 people praise

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.380
 God and

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.659
 love me.

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:16.800
 He says,

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.079
 I'm not

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.400
 going to do

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.639
 that.

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.000
 I can't do

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.199
 that.

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.840
 It's personal.

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.119
 This is what

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.940
 God means to

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.079
 me.

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.519
 This is how

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.860
 God has

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.440
 revealed himself

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.059
 to me.

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.659
 He's not

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:24.960
 going to be

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.539
 swallowed up

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.960
 in the crowd

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.239
 no matter

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.719
 how big

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.079
 the crowd

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.380
 is.

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.320
 It's

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.780
 personal.

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.920
 Second,

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:31.719
 and this

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.039
 will be

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.880
 obvious,

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.179
 it's

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.559
 passionate.

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.300
 It's

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.780
 passionate

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.219
 praise.

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.360
 Verse

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:37.599
 two,

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.920
 every day

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.420
 I will

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.139
 bless you.

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.579
 Every day

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.340
 I will

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:43.000
 bless you.

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.980
 Not just

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.740
 occasionally

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:46.760
 or when I

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.420
 feel like

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.619
 it.

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.699
 Every day

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.240
 I will

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.760
 bless you.

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.579
 Certainly

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:50.920
 on the

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.440
 good days.

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.900
 But also

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.820
 on the

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.559
 bad days.

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:56.980
 The hard

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.340
 days.

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.240
 The turbulent

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.840
 days.

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.000
 The confusing

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.360
 days.

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.619
 The painful

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.260
 days.

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.500
 The sad

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.740
 days.

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.460
 The disappointing

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.719
 days.

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.480
 The discouraging

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.780
 days.

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:07.000
 The I'm

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.460
 not sure

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.820
 I can

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.300
 go on

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:08.780
 anymore

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.460
 days.

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.440
 Every day.

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.240
 I will

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.740
 bless you.

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.739
 God.

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:15.079
 Because

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.959
 his praise

00:35:15.959 --> 00:35:17.259
 aligns with

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:17.619
 what is

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.539
 true about

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.159
 God.

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.699
 God is

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.039
 always

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.500
 worthy.

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:22.959
 So

00:35:22.959 --> 00:35:23.519
 David says,

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.839
 I'm going

00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:25.079
 to always

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.679
 praise you.

00:35:25.879 --> 00:35:26.179
 And I'm

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.319
 going to

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:26.519
 do it

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.799
 with all

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.419
 my heart.

00:35:28.419 --> 00:35:28.779
 Not

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:28.899
 going to

00:35:28.899 --> 00:35:29.319
 be half

00:35:29.319 --> 00:35:29.659
 hearted.

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:29.819
 Not

00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:29.919
 going to

00:35:29.919 --> 00:35:30.359
 be lazy.

00:35:30.479 --> 00:35:30.579
 Not

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:30.679
 going to

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.139
 be quiet.

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.399
 It's

00:35:31.399 --> 00:35:32.119
 every day

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.519
 and it's

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.179
 exuberant.

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.299
 It's

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:34.599
 just in

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:34.959
 the Bible

00:35:34.959 --> 00:35:35.359
 guys.

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.179
 Verse

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.619
 seven.

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.199
 They

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.479
 shall

00:35:37.479 --> 00:35:37.779
 pour

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.259
 forth

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:38.539
 the

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:38.879
 fame

00:35:38.879 --> 00:35:39.039
 of

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.159
 your

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.579
 abundant

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:39.579


00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.019
 over

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.279
 the

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.739
 top.

00:35:45.979 --> 00:35:46.399
 This

00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:46.659
 is how

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:46.899
 God

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:47.339
 calls us

00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:47.479
 to

00:35:47.479 --> 00:35:47.699
 praise

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:47.859
 him.

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.139
 Now I

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.419
 know what

00:35:50.419 --> 00:35:50.679
 some of

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:50.839
 you are

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.099
 thinking.

00:35:52.959 --> 00:35:53.519
 I grew

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:53.639
 up

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.199
 Presbyterian.

00:35:57.779 --> 00:35:58.299
 I'm an

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:58.799
 introvert.

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:01.979
 What would

00:36:01.979 --> 00:36:02.619
 my friends

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:02.979
 think?

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.739
 It's just

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.099
 not my

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.799
 style.

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:08.419
 I'm kind

00:36:08.419 --> 00:36:08.699
 of new

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:09.179
 here.

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.239
 You just

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.539
 don't know

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.859
 me very

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:11.059
 well.

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:12.379
 It

00:36:12.379 --> 00:36:12.639
 wouldn't be

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:12.959
 cool.

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:15.439
 our

00:36:15.439 --> 00:36:15.979
 response

00:36:15.979 --> 00:36:16.519
 to God,

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:16.899
 our

00:36:16.899 --> 00:36:17.379
 praise of

00:36:17.379 --> 00:36:17.719
 God,

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.679
 praise fit

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:18.859
 for

00:36:18.859 --> 00:36:19.159
 King,

00:36:19.339 --> 00:36:20.339
 is not

00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:20.799
 determined

00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:21.159
 by our

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.779
 personality

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.959
 or our

00:36:22.959 --> 00:36:23.319
 preferences

00:36:23.319 --> 00:36:24.719
 or our

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.199
 background

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:26.500
 or our

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.119
 circumstances

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:28.539
 but by

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:28.859
 God's

00:36:28.859 --> 00:36:29.119
 greatness.

00:36:32.979 --> 00:36:33.779
 We just

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:34.319
 don't see

00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:34.699
 how great

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.019
 he is.

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:36.939
 David

00:36:36.939 --> 00:36:37.259
 doesn't

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:37.479
 want to

00:36:37.479 --> 00:36:37.799
 keep his

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:38.279
 personal

00:36:38.279 --> 00:36:38.839
 and passionate

00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.399
 praise to

00:36:39.399 --> 00:36:39.879
 himself.

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.079
 It's not

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.539
 only personal

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.000
 and passionate,

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.839
 it's passed

00:36:42.839 --> 00:36:43.279
 on.

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.860
 It's a

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.040
 third

00:36:44.040 --> 00:36:44.580
 characteristic

00:36:44.580 --> 00:36:45.000
 of a

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.240
 fitting

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.780
 response.

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.580
 One

00:36:46.580 --> 00:36:47.440
 generation

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.480
 shall commend

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:49.080
 your works

00:36:49.080 --> 00:36:49.580
 to another

00:36:49.580 --> 00:36:50.100
 and shall

00:36:50.100 --> 00:36:50.640
 declare

00:36:50.640 --> 00:36:51.780
 your mighty

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.160
 acts.

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.019
 David's

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.660
 describing the

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:54.320
 godly desire

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:54.960
 to pass on

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.360
 what is

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:56.120
 true and

00:36:56.120 --> 00:36:56.660
 praiseworthy

00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:57.340
 about God

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:58.220
 to future

00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:59.000
 generations.

00:36:59.240 --> 00:36:59.420
 Our

00:36:59.420 --> 00:36:59.980
 children,

00:37:00.120 --> 00:37:00.320
 as we were

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.660
 just hearing

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:00.900
 about.

00:37:01.140 --> 00:37:01.660
 Our

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.440
 grandchildren,

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:02.980
 our

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.560
 great

00:37:03.560 --> 00:37:04.480
 grandchildren.

00:37:05.540 --> 00:37:06.000
 And notice

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:07.280
 we're not

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:08.200
 just passing

00:37:08.200 --> 00:37:08.640
 on our

00:37:08.640 --> 00:37:09.240
 practices

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:10.479
 or our

00:37:10.479 --> 00:37:11.019
 preferences

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.519
 or our

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.079
 traditions

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.979
 as time

00:37:12.979 --> 00:37:13.699
 proven as

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.159
 they may

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.559
 be.

00:37:15.919 --> 00:37:16.119
 We're

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.699
 pressing on

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.579
 praise for

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.039
 God's

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:19.959
 works so

00:37:19.959 --> 00:37:20.819
 that every

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.859
 generation

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:23.179
 might have an

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.739
 understanding

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:24.739
 that God is

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:26.059
 always great,

00:37:26.399 --> 00:37:27.459
 always good,

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.879
 always powerful,

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.959
 always gracious,

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:31.299
 not just to you

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:31.799
 all,

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:33.299
 but to us.

00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:34.779
 That's who he

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.219
 is.

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:36.179
 And those

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:36.779
 who know

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:38.199
 God is a

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.899
 king like

00:37:38.899 --> 00:37:39.439
 no other

00:37:39.439 --> 00:37:39.839
 will not

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:40.779
 rest until

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.319
 he receives

00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:42.500
 praise like

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.019
 no other

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.839
 from every

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:44.579
 generation.

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.939
 Every

00:37:45.939 --> 00:37:46.599
 generation.

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.059
 Finally,

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.599
 our response

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.139
 is eternal.

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.359
 David begins

00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:52.819
 and ends the

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.299
 psalm with

00:37:53.299 --> 00:37:53.980
 eternity in

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.199
 view.

00:37:54.339 --> 00:37:54.599
 It starts

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:54.859
 off,

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.299
 I will

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.779
 extol you,

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.159
 my God

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.519
 and king,

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:56.859
 and bless

00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:57.239
 your name

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.719
 forever and

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:57.899
 ever.

00:37:58.959 --> 00:37:59.239
 That's what I'm

00:37:59.239 --> 00:37:59.519
 going to do.

00:37:59.839 --> 00:38:00.159
 Look how he

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.379
 ends.

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.179
 My mouth

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.659
 will speak

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.139
 the praise

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.599
 of the Lord

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.379
 and let all

00:38:03.379 --> 00:38:04.259
 flesh bless

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.859
 his holy

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.460
 name

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:07.000
 forever and

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.519
 ever.

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.720
 God's praise

00:38:10.720 --> 00:38:11.160
 can't be

00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:13.140
 contained to

00:38:13.140 --> 00:38:13.599
 a meeting

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:15.039
 or a

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.740
 calendar year

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:17.400
 or a

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:17.820
 century

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:20.059
 or time

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.460
 itself.

00:38:22.620 --> 00:38:23.360
 We will

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.920
 never,

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:26.260
 ever reach

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:26.740
 the end

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.059
 of it.

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.420
 No one

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.800
 in the new

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.220
 heavens and

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:29.480
 the new

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:30.980
 earth is

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.180
 going to

00:38:31.180 --> 00:38:31.420
 look at

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.880
 their watch

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.280
 and say,

00:38:32.700 --> 00:38:33.079
 aren't we

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.599
 about done

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:33.880
 yet?

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.640
 Isn't

00:38:35.640 --> 00:38:36.780
 that,

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.380
 like haven't

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:37.820
 we covered

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.340
 everything?

00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:43.000
 They won't

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.579
 be able to

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:43.960
 do that

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.400
 because we'll

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:44.720
 see him

00:38:44.720 --> 00:38:44.920
 as he

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.420
 really is.

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.940
 So at the

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.160
 end,

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.099
 David prays,

00:38:51.160 --> 00:38:51.480
 let all

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:52.620
 flesh bless

00:38:52.620 --> 00:38:53.039
 his holy

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.680
 name forever

00:38:53.680 --> 00:38:54.559
 and ever.

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.160
 And we

00:38:55.160 --> 00:38:55.620
 know that

00:38:55.620 --> 00:38:56.059
 prayer will

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.559
 be answered

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:58.900
 because God

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.260
 has pulled

00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.660
 back the

00:38:59.660 --> 00:39:00.059
 curtain of

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.460
 heaven and

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:01.180
 showed us

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:01.660
 what's

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.260
 happening and

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:02.500
 what will

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.120
 always be

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.559
 happening.

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.440
 Jesus

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:06.259
 Christ has

00:39:06.259 --> 00:39:06.940
 opened the

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.679
 scroll as

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.239
 we sang about

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:08.639
 earlier.

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.539
 He's ensured

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:10.980
 that through

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.639
 his redeeming

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.139
 work,

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.539
 God will

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.019
 have a

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.519
 people who

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:14.960
 will bless

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.539
 his name

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.980
 forever and

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.339
 ever.

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.299
 Revelation 5,

00:39:19.359 --> 00:39:20.039
 13 and 14,

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.900
 I heard every

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.599
 creature in

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.019
 heaven and

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.559
 on earth and

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:22.940
 under the

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.299
 earth and

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:23.859
 in the sea

00:39:23.859 --> 00:39:24.239
 and all

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:24.699
 that is in

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:26.539
 them saying

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:28.199
 to him who

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:28.639
 sits on the

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:29.500
 throne and

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:29.759
 to the

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:30.059
 lamb,

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.039
 be blessing

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:32.179
 and honor

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:33.340
 and glory

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:34.239
 and might

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:36.099
 forever and

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:36.460
 ever.

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.420
 And for

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:39.279
 those of us

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:41.300
 here who

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:42.000
 have experienced

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.880
 God's life

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:44.199
 transforming grace

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.920
 through Christ,

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.719
 we sit here

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:47.079
 confident that

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.759
 we will be

00:39:47.759 --> 00:39:48.400
 among that

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:49.139
 multitude.

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:52.159
 But it's

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:53.940
 here we

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:55.239
 realize this

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.779
 is a psalm

00:39:55.779 --> 00:39:56.320
 that none of

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:56.619
 us in

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:57.559
 integrity could

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.579
 really pray

00:39:58.579 --> 00:39:59.179
 by ourselves.

00:39:59.179 --> 00:40:01.879
 do I

00:40:01.879 --> 00:40:03.219
 bless God's

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:03.579
 name every

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:03.759
 day?

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:05.399
 Do you?

00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:06.819
 Do we

00:40:06.819 --> 00:40:07.719
 consistently

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.460
 meditate on

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:08.819
 his wondrous

00:40:08.819 --> 00:40:09.099
 works?

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:11.239
 Do our

00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:11.579
 mouths

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:12.399
 consistently

00:40:12.399 --> 00:40:13.239
 speak the

00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:13.739
 praise of

00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:14.199
 the Lord

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:14.799
 at every

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:15.059
 moment?

00:40:15.339 --> 00:40:15.739
 Do we

00:40:15.739 --> 00:40:16.699
 always come

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:17.159
 to God

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:17.719
 with praise

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.019
 that is

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.679
 personal and

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.059
 passionate?

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:20.980
 I mean,

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.480
 I don't know

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:21.919
 you, but I'm

00:40:21.919 --> 00:40:22.359
 pretty sure the

00:40:22.359 --> 00:40:22.859
 answer is no.

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.099
 But there's

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.659
 one who did.

00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:29.719
 praise.

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:30.079
 I don't know

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:32.440
 because praise

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:33.239
 fit for a

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:35.399
 king must be

00:40:35.399 --> 00:40:36.019
 given by the

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.679
 king himself.

00:40:40.819 --> 00:40:41.799
 We may never

00:40:41.799 --> 00:40:42.379
 praise the

00:40:42.379 --> 00:40:42.879
 king as we

00:40:42.879 --> 00:40:46.139
 ought, but we

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.899
 have a king who

00:40:46.899 --> 00:40:47.480
 has done that

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.239
 for us.

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:51.000
 And we can be

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:52.339
 assured that he

00:40:52.339 --> 00:40:53.059
 is working those

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:54.399
 desires in us.

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:57.119
 God gave us

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:57.700
 this psalm to

00:40:57.700 --> 00:40:59.119
 raise us above

00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:00.019
 our circumstances,

00:41:00.180 --> 00:41:00.559
 above the

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.340
 temptations we're

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.240
 fighting, the

00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:02.780
 trials we're

00:41:02.780 --> 00:41:03.760
 facing, the

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:04.360
 suffering we

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.680
 may be

00:41:04.680 --> 00:41:06.099
 enduring, to

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.619
 see our great

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.300
 God as ruling

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:08.139
 over all

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:08.820
 things and

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:10.019
 graciously working

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:11.079
 all things for

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:12.680
 our good in

00:41:12.680 --> 00:41:13.139
 Christ.

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:14.240
 And so we

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:15.860
 respond in

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.639
 ways that

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:18.000
 defy our

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:19.480
 circumstances and

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:20.599
 astound and

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:21.440
 confound the

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.300
 people around us

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:22.860
 who don't know

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.200
 God.

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:24.399
 that's what

00:41:24.399 --> 00:41:25.059
 he's called us

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.559
 to, brothers

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.139
 and sisters.

00:41:27.219 --> 00:41:28.779
 Praise fit for

00:41:28.779 --> 00:41:30.460
 a king because

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:31.980
 God is a king

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:33.500
 like no other.

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:35.399
 And with all the

00:41:35.399 --> 00:41:36.699
 joys he gives us

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:38.179
 in this life, we

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:39.759
 know that our

00:41:39.759 --> 00:41:41.119
 greatest joy lies

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:42.000
 in the future when

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:43.019
 we join our

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:44.519
 voices with those

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:45.379
 around the throne.

00:41:47.839 --> 00:41:48.859
 But we don't

00:41:48.859 --> 00:41:49.599
 want to wait until

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:51.879
 that day because

00:41:51.879 --> 00:41:53.139
 God is great and

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:54.079
 good and God is

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.859
 powerful and

00:41:54.859 --> 00:41:55.699
 gracious and we

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.619
 will bless his

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:58.879
 name every day

00:41:58.879 --> 00:42:00.259
 all to the

00:42:00.259 --> 00:42:01.259
 praise of his

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:03.460
 glorious grace.

00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:05.019
 Father, we thank

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.539
 you that your

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:06.460
 grace has come to

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:07.000
 us in Jesus

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.639
 Christ.

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:10.099
 We thank you that

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:10.900
 you have given

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:13.279
 us a reason to

00:42:13.279 --> 00:42:13.679
 praise you.

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:14.339
 You've given us

00:42:14.339 --> 00:42:15.619
 countless reasons

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:16.559
 to praise you.

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:17.119
 for our good and

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:18.299
 and it's for our

00:42:18.299 --> 00:42:20.340
 good and our joy

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:21.739
 and our health and

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:22.579
 our benefit.

00:42:24.299 --> 00:42:25.259
 It's all for your

00:42:25.259 --> 00:42:25.679
 glory.

00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:26.739
 We thank you that

00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:27.779
 Jesus has done this

00:42:27.779 --> 00:42:28.579
 for us.

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:31.279
 It's in his name we

00:42:31.279 --> 00:42:31.500
 pray.

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.420
 Amen.