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 Please take your Bibles and open them up to Psalm chapter 30.

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 Psalm chapter 30 this morning, if you don't have a copy of God's Word that you brought with you,

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! feel free to use one in the seat back nearby. There should be one close by to you. But our aim every time I come up here or Treg comes up here or anybody stands up here is to open up God's Word and see what's there and then to explain it and apply it with his help.

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 And so if you would, turn to Psalm chapter 30. We're concluding our series in the Psalms that we've been in the Psalms for the past several weeks over the summer.

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 And we're concluding it here with chapter 30. And it's fitting that we end here with this theme of David praising and worshiping and giving thanks to the Lord for what he's done.

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 So if you would, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word once you've found that in your Bible. Psalm chapter 30. Let's stand together.

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 Listen along as I read. Psalm chapter 30 is a psalm of David, a song at the dedication of the temple.

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 Psalm chapter 30.

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 Psalm chapter 30.

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 Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me. O Lord, be my helper.

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 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing. You have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.

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 O Lord, my God, I will give thanks to you forever.

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 The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Father, we praise you for this word. And we have much to thank you for, Father.

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 And we have much to praise you for.

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 And so we pray now that as we open up here to Psalm chapter 30 and hear this psalm of thanksgiving together,

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 we pray that our hearts would be filled with thankfulness and move to praise you as you deserve.

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 We pray this in Christ's name. Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Amen.

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 If you ever want to be encouraged, spend some time reading some of the conversion stories of some of the great saints of Christian history.

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 As I read through Psalm 30 this week, I was reminded of Charles Spurgeon's conversion and the story, his testimony of God saving grace in his life.

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 And I want to read it to you. It's a little bit long, so be forewarned.

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 But I want you to hear it from his own words.

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 This is his account of how he came to know the Lord.

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 He writes,

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 I sometimes think I might have been in darkness and despair until now had it not been for the goodness of God and sending a snowstorm one Sunday morning while I was going to a certain place of worship.

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 I turned down a side street and came to a little primitive Methodist church.

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 In that chapel, there may have been a dozen, maybe 15 people.

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 And I had heard of those primitive Methodists, how they sang so loudly that they made people's heads ache.

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 But that did not matter to me. I wanted to know how I might be saved.

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 He said the minister did not come that morning. He was snowed up, I suppose.

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 And at the very last minute, a thin-looking man, a shoemaker, a tailor, something of the sort, went up into the pulpit to preach.

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 And he goes on to describe how this man probably wasn't too bright.

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 He wasn't educated, wasn't that smart.

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 And so he says he was obliged to stick to his text for the simple reason that he had very little else to say.

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 The text was this.

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 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth.

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 Isaiah 45, verse 22.

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 He says he did not even pronounce the words rightly, but that did not matter.

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 There was, I thought, a glimmer of hope for me in that text.

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 So the preacher began thus.

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 This is a very simple text indeed.

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 It says, look.

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 Now, look and don't take a great deal of pain.

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 It ain't lifting your foot or your finger.

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 It is just look.

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 Well, a man needn't go to college to learn to look.

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 You may be the biggest fool, and yet you can look.

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 A man needn't be worth a thousand a year to look.

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 Anyone can look.

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 Even a child can look.

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 But then the text says, look unto me.

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 I, he said in broad Essex, many on ye are looking to yourselves, but it's no use looking there.

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 You'll never find any comfort in yourselves.

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 Jesus Christ said, look unto me.

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 Look unto me, he said.

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 I am sweating great drops of blood.

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 Look unto me.

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 I am hanging on a cross.

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 Look unto me.

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 I am dead and buried.

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 Look unto me.

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 I rise again.

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 Look unto me.

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 I ascend to heaven.

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 Look unto me.

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 I am sitting at the Father's right hand.

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 Oh, poor sinner, look unto me.

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 Look unto me.

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 Look unto me.

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 As Spurgeon says, when the man had managed to spin out about ten minutes or so, he was at the end of his tether.

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 And then he looked at me under the gallery.

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 And I dare say, with so few present, he knew me to be a stranger.

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 And just fixing his eyes on me, as if he knew my heart, he said, young man, you look very miserable.

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 Imagine that.

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 Well, I did, but I had not been accustomed to have remarks made from the pulpit on my personal appearance before.

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 However, it was a good blow struck right at home.

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 He continued, and you will always be miserable, miserable in life and miserable in death if you don't obey my text.

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 But if you obey now, this moment, you will be saved.

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 And lifting up his hands, he shouted, as only a primitive Methodist could do.

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 Young man, look to Jesus Christ.

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 Look.

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 Look.

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 Look to Jesus.

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 You have nothing to do but look and live.

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 Spurgeon says, I saw at once the way of salvation.

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 I know not what else he said.

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 I did not take much notice of it.

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 I was so possessed with that one thought.

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 I had come in waiting to do 50 things.

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 But when I heard that word, look, what a charming word it seemed to me.

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 Oh, I looked until I could have almost looked my eyes away.

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 There and then, the cloud was gone.

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 The darkness had rolled away.

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 And that moment, I saw the sun.

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 And I could have risen that instant and sung with the most enthusiastic of them,

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 of the precious blood of Christ and a simple faith which looks alone to him.

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 Oh, that somebody had told me this before.

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 Trust Christ and you shall be saved.

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 Don't you love to hear testimonies like that?

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 This is a testimony.

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 It's a story of somebody who has been rescued by a gracious God.

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 He's been plucked up out of the pit.

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 Our psalm this morning, Psalm chapter 30, is a testimony a little bit like this.

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 No, this isn't David's conversion story.

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 But it's a testimony nonetheless.

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 It's a story of the Lord rescuing David from some deep distress.

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 And here we see, just as with Spurgeon, the response of somebody who has experienced the saving grace of God.

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 What is it?

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 It's praise, worship, thankfulness, exaltation.

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 So we see it here in our passage.

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 Let's take a look.

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 And we'll see it in three parts this morning.

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 This will be our outline if you're taking notes this morning.

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 First, we see we are called to praise a God who delivers.

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 We are called to praise God who delivers.

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 Look there with me to verse 1.

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 David says in verse 1,

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 David gives three reasons here why he will praise the Lord.

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 First, he praises him because the Lord drew him up.

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 He protected him from his enemies.

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 He did not let his enemies rejoice over him.

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 That's one.

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 He praises him, second, because the Lord heard his prayer.

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 David cried out for help.

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 And the Lord healed him.

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 That's two.

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 And he praises him, third, because the Lord brought up his soul from Sheol.

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 That's the grave.

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 So whatever this distress was, we've seen time and time again as we've gone through the Psalms this summer.

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 It seems like David was again near to death.

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 But here the Lord intervened, rescued him, and restored him to life.

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 The Lord has acted in David's life in such a way as to bring this physical deliverance to David.

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 And it may be that you have experienced a similar type of deliverance before.

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 In fact, I know that many of you have shared with me stories, times, where the Lord has delivered you from some physical threat.

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 Maybe it's a diagnosis that had you scared and worried, but the Lord intervened and healed.

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 Maybe you had no clue how you were going to make ends meet for the month,

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 and yet somehow, sovereignly, there's this mysterious, in his own timing, in his own way,

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 he provides exactly what you need at the right moment.

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 Or maybe you have enemies like David had, trying to tear you down.

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 Co-workers, neighbors, friends, family members.

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 It looks like they are going to succeed, but at the last moment, their plans fall apart.

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 The Lord delivered from these physical threats.

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 But we know, don't we, of course, as wonderful as physical deliverance is,

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 that is a fraction of the greatness of the spiritual deliverance that God has brought us in Christ.

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 This salvation, this deliverance that David is experiencing here,

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 it finds its ultimate fulfillment, its true fulfillment,

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 in what God has done for all his people in Christ.

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 If you are in Christ by faith, what's happened to you is that you have been delivered,

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 you have been converted spiritually,

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 in a way that far surpasses any physical healing, monetary provision, relational restoration,

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 any sort of physical deliverance that we might desire.

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 The testimony of a Christian is what we read in Ephesians chapter 2.

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 We were dead in the trespasses and sins in which we once walked, Paul says.

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 Following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air,

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 the spirit that is now at work and the sons of disobedience,

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 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,

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 carrying out the desires of the body and the mind,

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 and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind.

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 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Christ.

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 By grace you have been saved,

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 and raised us up with him,

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 and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

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 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches

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 of his grace and kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.

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 Church, the gospel is the good news that our God,

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 in sending forth his Son to live for us,

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 and to die for us,

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 and to rise for us,

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 to say to us,

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 look unto me and be saved.

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 God has raised us up with him above our enemies.

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 They will not rejoice over us.

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 He has heard our prayers for mercy.

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 He has healed us spiritually.

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 He has resurrected us spiritually.

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 He has rescued us from the pit of death.

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 He's restored us to life in Christ.

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 That's the testimony of a Christian.

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 I wonder if you can see yourself here in David's experience of deliverance.

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 David has been delivered,

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 and this personal, individual deliverance,

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 it leads to personal, individual praise, exaltation.

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 He praises the Lord who delivered him.

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 I wonder, does your heart praise God this morning

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 for the gospel of Christ?

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 Does your heart want to extol the Lord for what he's done for you

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 in sending Christ for you?

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 Do you have a testimony of his deliverance?

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 David does.

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 But it doesn't stop at the individual level, does it?

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 Look there to verse 4.

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 David's personal experience spills over into corporate praise.

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 Look there to verse 4.

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 David turns his attention now to the community of God's people.

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 He doesn't just keep this experience to himself, does he?

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 He instructs them, verse 4,

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 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints.

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 Give thanks to his holy name.

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 For his anger is but for a moment,

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 and his favor is for a lifetime.

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 Weeping may tarry for the night,

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 but joy comes with the morning.

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 You know, there's a reason why God's people

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 are commanded to gather together,

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 as we're doing right now, this morning.

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 There is a reason why we're not just to remain

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 as individual, isolated, free agent Christians,

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 but we are called to come together

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 with God's people to join in with the church

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 and to worship the Lord together.

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 And we see it in Hebrews chapter 10.

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 He says,

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 Let us consider

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 how to stir one another up

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 to love and good deeds.

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 That's the command.

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 Let us consider

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 how we might stir one another up

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 to love and to good deeds.

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 How can we do that?

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 Well, he tells us,

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 Now, someone asked me this week,

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 what's the point of gathering together

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 with the church?

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 What's the point of joining a church?

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 Why can't we just be on our own,

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 individual Christians?

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 What's so bad about being a Lone Ranger Christian?

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 Our gathering together

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 has this horizontal,

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 one another dimension to it.

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 Yes, of course,

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 there's a personal,

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 vertical, individual element to it.

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 Yes, of course,

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 if God's worked in your life,

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 you individually respond with praise.

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 But that individual praise

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 spills over

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 into horizontal, corporate worship.

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 where we gather together

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 and encourage one another

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 and share God's work in our life

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 with one another.

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 We share our testimony

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 with one another.

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 We sing together.

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 We lift up our voices together

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 and praise him as one body.

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 We gather to stir one another up

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 and encourage one another.

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 I wonder if when you come together,

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 when you come to church,

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 is that on your mind?

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 Do you come together

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 with the purpose of encouragement?

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 Do you come looking for reasons,

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 looking for ways to encourage

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 your brother,

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 your sister in Christ?

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 Do you come ready to sing loudly?

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 Do you come ready to share

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 what God has done in your life?

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 Do others around you know your testimony?

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 Your story is not just

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 for your own individual benefit.

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 It is for corporate up-building.

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 The praise of God's people.

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 David here praises the Lord

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 who delivers

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 and then he calls God's people

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 to join him in that praise.

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 That's the popular message.

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 But here in verse 6 through 10,

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 second, David's going to give us

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 a less popular reason

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 to praise the Lord.

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 Okay?

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 That's the,

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 everybody might agree with that one.

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 Here's a little less popular.

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 Second,

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 we are called to praise God

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 who disciplines.

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 We are called to praise God

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 who disciplines.

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 Look there,

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 starting in verse 6.

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 It's like David sort of

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 has a flashback here

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 to what happened

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 before this deliverance

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 at the beginning of the psalm.

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 It's like he starts off

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 the psalm saying,

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 praise the Lord,

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 he's brought me up,

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 he's saved me,

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 but now,

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 let's back it up a little bit.

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 Let me tell you where I was.

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 Let me tell you

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 what was going on in my heart

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 before he did that rescuing

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 in my life.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 He says,

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 As for me,

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 I said in my prosperity,

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 I shall never be moved.

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 I shall never be moved.

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 By your favor,

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 O Lord,

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 you had made my mountain

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 stand strong,

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 but you hid your face

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 and I was dismayed.

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 You hear the tone

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 of David's heart here?

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 David apparently

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 was puffed up with pride.

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 Do you hear what he said?

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 I shall never be moved.

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 He was prosperous

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 and successful.

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 He thought that all of his success

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 was stable.

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 He put his confidence

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 in himself

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 and as a matter of discipline,

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 the Lord hid his face.

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 You know,

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 there's some conversation,

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 some debate

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 on the background

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 of this psalm,

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 but I wonder if you realized

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 something peculiar

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 about the heading

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 at the top of the psalm.

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 Do you notice this?

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 Look back there

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 at the top of the psalm.

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 The context that we're given

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 is it says,

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 A Psalm of David,

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 a song at the dedication

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 of the temple.

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 Now,

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 what's so strange about that?

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 Think about it for a minute.

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 If you know your Bible,

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 you might recognize

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 that what's so strange

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 about that

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 is that David

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 wasn't around

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 for the dedication

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 of the temple,

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 was he?

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 David,

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 as a matter

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 of the Lord's discipline

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 in his life,

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 because he was a man

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 of blood,

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 we're told,

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 he was not permitted

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 to build the temple.

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 Solomon,

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 his son,

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 would build it.

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 So what's going on here?

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 Well,

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 my belief

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 is actually

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 what our friend Spurgeon

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 believed

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 about this psalm,

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 which is that David

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 was writing this psalm

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 prophetically

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 for that moment

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 of the dedication

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 of the temple.

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 And he's writing this psalm

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 not for his own sake,

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 but for his son Solomon

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 to teach Solomon

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 and us

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 that there is great benefit

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 in the discipline

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 of the Lord.

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 As if to say,

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 don't be prideful

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 like me.

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 I wasn't permitted

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 to build this temple

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 because of my sin.

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 Don't fall into

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 the same patterns

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 of sinful boasting

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 and pride as I did.

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 And if you do,

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 don't despise

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 the discipline

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 of the Lord

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 because look at where

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 it ultimately brought me.

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 It brought me

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 to this place

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 of humble thanksgiving,

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 a humble praise,

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 a humble prayer.

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 You realize

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 it is good for God

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 to discipline

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 his children.

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 And the end result

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 of that discipline

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 is praise.

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 Has the Lord

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 ever humbled you?

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 Has the Lord

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 ever brought you

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 low?

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 Has the Lord

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 ever taken

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 something away

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 from you

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 in order to

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 reorient your trust

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 around him

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 and not his gifts?

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 If so,

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 as painful

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 as that is,

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 praise God.

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 What a kindness

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 that is

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 for him to do

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 that for his children.

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 Y'all may know

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 there's a trend

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 called gentle parenting.

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 Y'all ever heard

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 that term?

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 This is kind of

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 an aside here.

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 As I understand it,

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 gentle parenting

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 is instead of

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 speaking in the negative,

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 right,

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 like stop doing that.

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 Don't hit your brother.

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 Don't run

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 in the street.

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 Instead of talking

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 like that,

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 that's too harsh.

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 That's too negative.

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 Instead of doing that,

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 they try to replace it

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 with the positive.

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 Let's hug our brother,

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 right?

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 Now let's say nice,

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 run in the yard

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 instead of the street,

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 please.

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 And it's a teamwork

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 based approach.

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 So you and your kid

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 are equals

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 and you work together

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 to keep each other happy.

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 You don't always have

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 to take the lead

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 as the parent.

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 Sometimes a kid

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 can take the lead

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 and you just,

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 you work together.

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 I'll tell you,

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 I got,

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 in my limited experience

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 as a parent,

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 y'all can probably

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 affirm this too,

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 no is a perfectly

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 appropriate word

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 a lot of the time.

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 Amen?

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 Right?

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 No is a good word

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 to teach your children

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 a lot of the time

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 and it is okay

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 if your child

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 is not happy

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 for a moment

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 if that temporary

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.119
 discipline

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 redirects them

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 to something

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 that is actually

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 good for them.

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 You understand?

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 Some people think

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 that God loves us

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 so much

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 he would never

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 take anything

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 from us.

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 He's not a God

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 of no,

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.700
 he's a God

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 of yes.

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 He'd never do anything

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 to make us upset.

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 He'd never do anything

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 to hurt our feelings

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 and make us sad

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 for a moment.

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 Friend,

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 that could not be

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.740
 further from the truth.

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 God loves you

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 so much

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 that he is

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 willing to do

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 whatever it takes

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 to fix your heart's

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 affections

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 entirely on him.

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 He loves you

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 so much

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 that he will

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.860
 refine you

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 often through trial.

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 He loves you

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.880
 so much

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 that he will

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:45.100
 sanctify you.

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 He will make you

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 like Christ

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 often

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 through the most

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:50.259
 challenging moments

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.200
 of your life.

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 He loves you

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.900
 so much

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.559
 that if there's

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.620
 pride in your heart

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.160
 like there was

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.220
 in David's heart here

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 he will turn

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 his face away

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 and humble you

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 so that you

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.640
 call out to him

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 in faith

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.960
 for mercy.

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.519
 He loves you

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.059
 so much

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:07.480
 that as a loving

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.420
 father he will

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.279
 discipline his

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.200
 children for sin

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 in their life.

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 Hebrews chapter 12

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 tells us

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 my son do not

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 regard lightly

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 the discipline

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.500
 of the Lord

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 nor be

00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:19.220
 wary when

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 reproved by him

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.800
 for the Lord

00:24:21.800 --> 00:24:22.759
 disciplines the

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.700
 one he loves

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 and chastises

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 every son

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 whom he receives.

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 It is for

00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.460
 discipline that

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 you have to

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 endure.

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 God is treating

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 you as sons

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 for what son

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 is there whom

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:34.880
 his father

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.460
 does not

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 discipline.

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 If you are

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 left without

00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:38.859
 discipline in

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 which all

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.299
 have participated

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 it is a

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.299
 different time

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 back then

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 then you are

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.619
 illegitimate

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 children and

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.019
 not sons.

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 Besides this

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 we have had

00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.659
 earthly fathers

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.339
 who disciplined

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.079
 us and we

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.279
 respected them.

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 Shall we not

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.199
 much more be

00:24:53.199 --> 00:24:54.039
 subject to the

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.879
 father of spirits

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.419
 and live?

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.119
 For they

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:57.879
 disciplined us

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.519
 for a short

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.220
 time as it

00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.079
 seemed best to

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:01.159
 them but he

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:02.079
 disciplines us

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.039
 for our good

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.819
 that we may

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.720
 share his

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.339
 holiness.

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.919
 For the

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.319
 moment all

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.039
 discipline seems

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.839
 painful rather

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.460
 than pleasant

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:11.319
 but later it

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.899
 yields the

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.740
 peaceful fruit

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.699
 of righteousness

00:25:13.699 --> 00:25:15.299
 to those who

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.839
 have been

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:17.579
 trained by

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:17.919
 it.

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:20.339
 David here

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.079
 is disciplined

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.059
 for his

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.480
 pride.

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.319
 Hear the

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.960
 posture of his

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.179
 heart.

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.919
 I shall never

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.539
 be moved.

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.220
 In my

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:29.099
 prosperity I

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.559
 said I

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.339
 shall never

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.839
 be moved.

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:32.799
 I wonder if

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.339
 you have that

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.359
 same posture

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:35.059
 towards anything

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.819
 in your life.

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:38.460
 what is it

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.819
 that you're

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.299
 tempted to

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.799
 put your

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.720
 pride, put

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.460
 your trust

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.559
 in rather

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:42.899
 than the

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.139
 Lord?

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.720
 Some of us

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.740
 may be tempted

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.299
 to trust in

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.679
 our bank

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.379
 account, our

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.419
 401k.

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.480
 We say in

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.119
 our prosperity

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.939
 I shall never

00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:51.539
 be moved.

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:51.839
 This will

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.379
 always be

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.740
 there.

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:54.279
 You remember

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.019
 the 2018

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.879
 crash?

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.599
 How many

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.000
 people thought

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.279
 they were

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.980
 secure only

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.299
 to have

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.759
 everything

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.480
 wiped out

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.939
 almost

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.599
 instantly?

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:03.740
 Some of

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.199
 us trust

00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:05.500
 in political

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.199
 stability.

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.459
 My

00:26:06.459 --> 00:26:07.019
 candidate's

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.459
 in office

00:26:07.459 --> 00:26:08.019
 everything's

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.359
 okay,

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.000
 everything's

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.379
 stable,

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:09.919
 everything's

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.279
 great,

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.859
 I will

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.459
 never be

00:26:11.459 --> 00:26:11.899
 moved,

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.259
 give it

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.599
 time.

00:26:13.959 --> 00:26:14.679
 Every four

00:26:14.679 --> 00:26:15.179
 years there's

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.719
 a shake

00:26:15.719 --> 00:26:16.099
 up isn't

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.279
 there?

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.539
 Maybe you're

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:18.939
 tempted to

00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.959
 trust in

00:26:19.959 --> 00:26:20.539
 the life that

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.919
 you've built

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:21.480
 for yourself,

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.279
 your job,

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.519
 your home,

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.639
 your family.

00:26:25.159 --> 00:26:25.799
 Jobs can be

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.279
 lost,

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.519
 homes can be

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.039
 destroyed,

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.459
 families can be

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.019
 destroyed.

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.660
 Let's be

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.519
 reminded church

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.039
 that we are

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.900
 called as

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.960
 God's people

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:38.079
 to put our

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.680
 whole trust

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.880
 in something,

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.900
 in someone

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:43.340
 that cannot

00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:43.960
 be taken

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.500
 away from

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.920
 us.

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.700
 We are

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.360
 called to

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:48.340
 humbly put

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.920
 our full

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.480
 faith in

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.920
 the Lord.

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.400
 God

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.880
 disciplines

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.440
 the one

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.360
 he loves

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:54.640
 and the

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.299
 result of

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:56.000
 that discipline

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.340
 in our

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.920
 life is

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.340
 that he

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.519
 strips away

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.319
 every idol

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.640
 of the

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.019
 heart as

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.639
 painful as

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:00.960
 it may

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.720
 be and

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.400
 leads us

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.240
 to cling

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:05.099
 to him.

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.619
 Look there

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:05.920
 to verse

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.220
 seven.

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.660
 David says

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.960
 that God

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.539
 hid his

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.759
 face from

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.180
 him and

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.639
 he was

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:14.019
 dismayed.

00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.379
 So the

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:14.799
 result,

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.339
 he cries

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:16.759
 out to

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.200
 the Lord

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.799
 in faith.

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.839
 He prays

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.440
 this prayer

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.619
 of desperation.

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.359
 He throws

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:23.440
 himself into

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:23.940
 the arms

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.240
 of the

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.559
 Lord,

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:24.859
 which is

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.259
 exactly

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.639
 where he

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.039
 needs to

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.339
 be.

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:27.879
 To you,

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.279
 O Lord,

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.879
 I cry

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.220
 and to

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.539
 the Lord

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.319
 I plead

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.940
 for mercy.

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.180
 What

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.740
 profit is

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.059
 there in

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.639
 my death?

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.799
 If I go

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.160
 down to

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.539
 the pit,

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:34.839
 will the

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.480
 dust praise

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.700
 you?

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.779
 Will it

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.079
 tell of

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.259
 your

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.980
 faithfulness?

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.500
 Hear,

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.099
 O Lord,

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.420
 and be

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.940
 merciful to

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.299
 me.

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.940
 Here's a

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.339
 dangerous

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.200
 prayer to

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.460
 pray.

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.799
 Okay?

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.680
 You ready?

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:49.940
 Lord,

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.879
 do whatever

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.819
 you have to

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.279
 do to

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.700
 make me

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.420
 like Christ.

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.259
 Be careful

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.639
 praying a

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.000
 prayer like

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.259
 that.

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:58.319
 Lord,

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.240
 take

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.859
 whatever

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.720
 you have

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.279
 to take

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.859
 to lead

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.279
 me to

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.000
 cling to

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.500
 you in

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.039
 full

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.720
 dependence.

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.019
 Lord,

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.900
 shatter

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.700
 the pride

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.299
 of my

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.799
 heart

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:12.180
 so that

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.779
 I love

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.240
 you and

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.960
 trust you

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.619
 and honor

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.059
 you and

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.740
 depend on

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.059
 you and

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.779
 worship you

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.079
 as you

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.420
 deserve.

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:17.779
 Have you

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.099
 ever prayed

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.339
 a prayer

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.859
 like that?

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.619
 David

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.339
 desires to

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.339
 praise the

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.160
 Lord as

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.819
 a result of

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.299
 the discipline

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.639
 in his

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:27.039
 life.

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.099
 That's

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.599
 exactly what

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:28.939
 he does

00:28:28.939 --> 00:28:29.980
 here at

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.159
 the end

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:30.399
 of our

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:30.659
 psalm,

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.259
 verses 11

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.819
 and 12.

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.159
 Here we

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.419
 see our

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.299
 final call,

00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:33.720
 third.

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.259
 We are

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.000
 called to

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.439
 praise God

00:28:37.439 --> 00:28:38.659
 who deserves

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:40.299
 all praise.

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.819
 Look at the

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.740
 fruit of this

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.339
 discipline in

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.980
 David's life.

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.720
 He praises

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.419
 the Lord

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:47.179
 who has

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:47.779
 turned his

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.339
 mourning

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.539
 into dancing.

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.099
 He praises

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.539
 the Lord

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.859
 who has

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.339
 loosed

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.139
 his sack

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:53.659
 cloth and

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:54.439
 clothed him

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.279
 with gladness

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.580
 that his

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.259
 glory may

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.240
 sing God's

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.779
 praise and

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.460
 not be

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.000
 silent.

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.460
 O Lord

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.019
 my God,

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.380
 he says,

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:00.799
 I will

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.259
 give thanks

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.799
 to you

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.820
 forever.

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.640
 This is a

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.160
 picture of

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:05.660
 total praise,

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.120
 isn't it?

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.220
 This is

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.059
 praise that

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:10.100
 involves all

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:10.799
 of David.

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.299
 That's what it

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.660
 means when he

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:12.820
 says,

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.640
 my glory

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.420
 will praise

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.620
 you.

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.360
 This is his

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:16.400
 entire self

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.380
 inside and

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.759
 out,

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.720
 body and

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.259
 soul.

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.539
 This is the

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.299
 response of

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.279
 worship that

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.539
 involves all

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.200
 of him.

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.799
 He's moved

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.680
 internally to

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.500
 thankfulness.

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.819
 How is that

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.399
 demonstrated?

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.759
 He sings

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.480
 and he

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.139
 dances.

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.559
 He's clothed

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.240
 internally

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.819
 with gladness.

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.420
 How is that

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.759
 seen?

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.960
 He changes

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.579
 his clothes.

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.079
 He takes

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.460
 off his

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.180
 sackcloth.

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.859
 There's an

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:44.000
 internal and

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.259
 external element

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.759
 of worship

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.000
 here.

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:47.420
 It is all

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.399
 encompassing,

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.059
 body and

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.339
 soul.

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.359
 It's all

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.960
 of him.

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.940
 When I

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.519
 make my

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.039
 coffee in

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.319
 the morning,

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.079
 I boil

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.900
 water in

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.480
 a kettle.

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.840
 I pour

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.120
 it in.

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.920
 I know

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.559
 the water

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.279
 is hot

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.840
 inside when

00:30:01.840 --> 00:30:02.539
 the lid on

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.059
 the outside

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.559
 starts to

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.960
 dance.

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.400
 There's

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.960
 some steam

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.579
 coming out.

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.759
 Then what's

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.579
 inside doesn't

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.259
 pour itself

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.920
 out until

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.279
 the whole

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.900
 body is

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:12.240
 bent over.

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.779
 There's a

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.660
 necessary

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.720
 demonstration.

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.700
 The external

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.400
 has to work

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.680
 with the

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.240
 internal for

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.460
 the whole

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.720
 thing to

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:17.900
 work.

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:21.640
 You and

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.360
 I are

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.700
 made body

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:25.019
 and soul.

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.100
 God made

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.640
 us this

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.300
 way, body

00:30:27.300 --> 00:30:28.340
 and soul.

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.840
 Both body

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:31.040
 and soul

00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:32.300
 are meant

00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:33.420
 to engage

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.200
 the Lord

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.259
 in worship.

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.300
 Sometimes

00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:37.060
 just the

00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:37.540
 external

00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:38.100
 expression

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.820
 is empty.

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.240
 Sometimes

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.600
 it's just

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.140
 a show.

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.500
 I'm not

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.900
 saying do

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.160
 that.

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.180
 Sometimes

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.700
 if the

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.220
 insides

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.900
 are boiling

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.759
 over with

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.600
 thankfulness

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:46.920
 to the

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.240
 Lord,

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:49.240
 you can't

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.960
 help but

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.740
 just do

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.180
 something

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.539
 with your

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:51.880
 body.

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.759
 I wonder

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.099
 if you

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.140
 sit in

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:57.019
 silence

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.440
 when you

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.940
 come and

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.400
 gather with

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.720
 God's

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.240
 people or

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.539
 if you

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.339
 use your

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.920
 voice and

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.500
 you sing

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.500
 out loudly

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.160
 with thankful

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.759
 hearts to

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.160
 God.

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.920
 Do you

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.279
 ever lift

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.759
 your hands

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.420
 in worship?

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.120
 I know

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.759
 that might

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.539
 seem strange

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.019
 at first.

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.279
 It might

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.259
 feel a little

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.140
 strange at

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.519
 first.

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:13.920
 It might

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.660
 feel unnatural.

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:16.600
 Do you

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:16.840
 ever get

00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:17.180
 down on

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.660
 your knees

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.140
 and pray?

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.180
 Or lay

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.700
 flat,

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.400
 outstretched,

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:21.880
 don't fall

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.320
 asleep,

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.320
 be careful.

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.380
 Do you

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.820
 ever lay

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.800
 yourself out

00:31:25.800 --> 00:31:26.380
 and pray

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.779
 to the

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:26.960
 Lord?

00:31:27.060 --> 00:31:27.259
 Do you

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.660
 ever nod

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.800
 your head

00:31:28.800 --> 00:31:29.080
 as you

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:29.620
 hear God's

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.200
 word preached?

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.320
 Do you

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:30.740
 ever say

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.420
 amen when

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.660
 you hear

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.060
 something you

00:31:32.060 --> 00:31:32.580
 agree with?

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.400
 All of

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.700
 this is

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.240
 okay,

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.800
 church.

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.660
 We are

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.519
 made body

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.700
 and soul.

00:31:38.860 --> 00:31:39.860
 That internal

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.700
 thankfulness

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.620
 ought to boil

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.279
 over and

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.959
 spill out

00:31:42.959 --> 00:31:43.479
 of us.

00:31:44.979 --> 00:31:45.459
 David here

00:31:45.459 --> 00:31:46.239
 responds with

00:31:46.239 --> 00:31:47.119
 singing and

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.859
 dancing and

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:50.639
 thankfulness to

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:51.099
 the Lord.

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.079
 He responds

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.819
 by worshiping

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.459
 that involves

00:31:53.459 --> 00:31:54.679
 all of him.

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.139
 Not only

00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:55.619
 this, he

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:57.459
 responds with

00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:58.139
 praise for

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.979
 all to

00:31:58.979 --> 00:31:59.479
 hear.

00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:01.959
 My glory

00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:02.819
 will sing

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.859
 your praise

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.879
 and not be

00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.559
 silent.

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:06.259
 His praise

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:07.259
 is an audible

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.019
 praise,

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.399
 isn't it?

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:10.199
 Others can't

00:32:10.199 --> 00:32:10.899
 actually hear

00:32:10.899 --> 00:32:11.159
 it.

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.919
 Others can

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:13.619
 hear him

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.819
 singing of

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.379
 what God

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.219
 has done.

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.619
 We've seen

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.279
 this application

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.899
 a few times

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.219
 already,

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:18.679
 haven't we?

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.139
 God's people

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:22.319
 are called,

00:32:22.479 --> 00:32:23.519
 commanded even,

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:25.199
 to sing

00:32:25.199 --> 00:32:26.299
 praise to

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.899
 the Lord.

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.279
 God's people

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.339
 are commanded

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.539
 to sing.

00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:31.959
 Why do we

00:32:31.959 --> 00:32:32.419
 come and we

00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:33.079
 sing songs

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.679
 every Sunday?

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.159
 It's not just

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.459
 because that's

00:32:34.459 --> 00:32:34.919
 what we like

00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:35.299
 to do,

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.699
 although we

00:32:35.699 --> 00:32:36.039
 do like

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.459
 to do it.

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.339
 It's because

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.839
 God has

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.119
 commanded us

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.899
 to sing.

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.859
 Not everybody

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.679
 needs to sing

00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:42.079
 into a

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.659
 microphone,

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.599
 right?

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.039
 Amen?

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.740
 But we

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.399
 are all

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:47.039
 commanded

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:49.059
 to sing.

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.059
 Paul tells

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.379
 us in

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:52.199
 Ephesians,

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.599
 we're called

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.279
 to address

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.079
 one another

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:55.099
 in psalms

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:56.039
 and hymns

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.619
 and spiritual

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.179
 songs,

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.599
 singing and

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.240
 making melody

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.079
 to the Lord

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.500
 with your

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.939
 heart,

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.179
 giving thanks

00:33:02.179 --> 00:33:02.959
 always and

00:33:02.959 --> 00:33:03.500
 for everything

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.159
 to God the

00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.779
 Father in the

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.859
 name of our

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.639
 Lord Jesus

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:07.640
 Christ.

00:33:07.780 --> 00:33:08.560
 That internal

00:33:08.560 --> 00:33:09.620
 thankfulness is

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.540
 expressed,

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.580
 it's heard,

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:13.660
 it's out loud,

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.720
 it's boiled

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.400
 over and

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.100
 spilled out

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:17.420
 together in

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.259
 singing.

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.740
 It's praise

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.280
 for all of

00:33:21.280 --> 00:33:21.700
 him, it's

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.180
 praise for

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.720
 all to

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.320
 hear and

00:33:23.320 --> 00:33:23.800
 lastly,

00:33:24.040 --> 00:33:24.600
 verse 12,

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.180
 we see this

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.740
 is praise

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.840
 for all

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:28.259
 time, he

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.580
 says in

00:33:28.580 --> 00:33:29.140
 verse 12,

00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:29.759
 O Lord

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.400
 my God,

00:33:30.780 --> 00:33:31.620
 I will

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.400
 give thanks

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.180
 to you

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:34.400
 forever.

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:37.320
 here's the

00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:37.759
 good news

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.320
 church,

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:40.920
 no matter

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:42.160
 what comes

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.880
 into your

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.360
 life,

00:33:44.320 --> 00:33:45.220
 no matter

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.000
 what trial,

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.460
 no matter

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.660
 what hardship,

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.160
 no matter

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:49.060
 what discipline,

00:33:49.280 --> 00:33:49.540
 no matter

00:33:49.540 --> 00:33:50.400
 how low

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:50.920
 you are

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.460
 brought,

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.060
 no matter

00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:53.140
 what threat,

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.660
 no matter

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.340
 what danger,

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.740
 no matter

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.480
 what sickness

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.900
 or temptation,

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.180
 God's

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.820
 redeemed

00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:01.519
 people will

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.080
 spend the

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:02.759
 rest of

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.280
 eternity

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.500
 giving

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.139
 thanks to

00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:05.579
 the Lord

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.019
 for who

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.519
 he is

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.759
 and what

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.059
 he's done

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.379
 for us

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:07.920
 in Christ.

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.759
 Do you

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.279
 look forward

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:10.800
 to that?

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.259
 This

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:14.079
 gathering is

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.880
 a foretaste,

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.820
 is a sample

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.219
 of what

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.980
 eternity has

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.480
 in store

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.019
 for God's

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.259
 redeemed

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.679
 people.

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.440
 Paul tells

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.920
 us in

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:25.019
 chapter 2

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.699
 of Philippians

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.840
 that Jesus

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.480
 though he

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.880
 was in the

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.320
 form of

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.659
 God,

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.179
 did not

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.480
 count

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.099
 equality

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.679
 with God

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.099
 a thing

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.460
 to be

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.019
 grasped,

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:33.460
 but emptied

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:33.840
 himself

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.500
 by taking

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.920
 the form

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.199
 of a

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.559
 servant,

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.980
 being born

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.259
 in the

00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:37.699
 likeness

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:38.179
 of men

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:39.539
 and being

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.099
 found in

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.960
 human form

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:42.280
 he humbled

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:43.099
 himself

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:44.019
 by becoming

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.780
 obedient to

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.159
 the point

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.599
 of death,

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.360
 even death

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:47.059
 on the

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.500
 cross.

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:47.980
 Therefore,

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:49.199
 God has

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:50.079
 highly exalted

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:51.079
 him and bestowed

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.960
 on him the name

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.480
 that is above

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.179
 every name

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:54.199
 so that at

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:55.019
 the name of

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.440
 Jesus

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.539
 every knee

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.139
 should bow

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.960
 in heaven

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.679
 and on earth

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.320
 and under

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.840
 the earth

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:01.059
 and every tongue

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.699
 confess

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.659
 that Jesus

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.319
 Christ

00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:04.159
 is Lord

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.739
 to the

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.179
 glory

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.980
 of God

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.759
 the Father.

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.739
 How much

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.339
 do we have

00:35:09.339 --> 00:35:10.259
 to be thankful

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:10.919
 to the Lord

00:35:10.919 --> 00:35:11.239
 for,

00:35:11.359 --> 00:35:11.879
 for what he's

00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.259
 done in

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:12.659
 Christ?

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:16.039
 Christ is

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.419
 the one

00:35:16.419 --> 00:35:16.759
 who went

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.199
 down to

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.579
 the pit

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:19.299
 and was

00:35:19.299 --> 00:35:20.079
 raised up

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.759
 for us

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:22.439
 so that

00:35:22.439 --> 00:35:23.119
 all who

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.659
 call to him

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.139
 in faith,

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:24.679
 though we

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.539
 may fail

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.119
 like David,

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.519
 though we

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.759
 may temporarily

00:35:27.759 --> 00:35:28.579
 be disciplined

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.519
 for our sin,

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:30.500
 all who are

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.340
 united to

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.980
 Christ by

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.400
 faith,

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.079
 have the

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.800
 promise of

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.519
 everlasting

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.760
 life,

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.019
 eternal

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.000
 joy,

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.480
 glory.

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.300
 This great

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:43.159
 reversal that

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:44.579
 David experiences

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.280
 from mourning

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.900
 to dancing,

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:47.340
 from sackcloth

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.559
 to gladness,

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.320
 from weeping

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.800
 in the night

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.880
 to joy in the

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.179
 morning,

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:52.699
 that is true

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:54.019
 for all who

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.980
 trust in

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.699
 Christ.

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:55.839
 Christ,

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:58.799
 how do we

00:35:58.799 --> 00:36:00.639
 respond to

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.199
 a hope like

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.699
 this,

00:36:01.879 --> 00:36:02.259
 church?

00:36:02.379 --> 00:36:03.139
 We respond

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:04.439
 with total

00:36:04.439 --> 00:36:05.859
 praise,

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:07.980
 because he

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.960
 deserves all

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.899
 praise and

00:36:09.899 --> 00:36:10.719
 glory forever

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.179
 and ever.

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:11.799
 Amen.

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.960
 Charles Spurgeon

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:17.079
 wrote about

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.699
 that day of

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.319
 his conversion.

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.359
 He said,

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:20.859
 that happy

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.460
 day when I

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.019
 found the

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.659
 Savior and

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.539
 learned to

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.199
 cling to his

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.859
 dear feet

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.260
 was a day

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:25.880
 never to be

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.599
 forgotten by

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:26.900
 me.

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.360
 I listened

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.860
 to the

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.260
 word of

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:29.620
 God,

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:29.940
 and that

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.599
 precious

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.620
 text led

00:36:31.620 --> 00:36:32.000
 me to

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.420
 the cross

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:33.059
 of Christ.

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.620
 I can

00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:35.260
 testify that

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.840
 the joy of

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.240
 that day

00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:37.160
 was utterly

00:36:37.160 --> 00:36:38.300
 indescribable.

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.880
 I could

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.559
 have leaped,

00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:40.519
 I could

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.220
 have danced,

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.140
 and there

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.599
 was no

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.320
 expression,

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:43.720
 however

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.460
 fanatical,

00:36:44.700 --> 00:36:44.980
 which would

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.180
 have been

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:45.579
 out of

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.140
 keeping with

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:46.579
 the joy

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.140
 of that

00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:47.620
 hour.

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.340
 He says,

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.740
 I thought

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:48.980
 I could

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.460
 have sprung

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.820
 from the

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.200
 seat in

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.519
 which I

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.880
 sat,

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.700
 and have

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.140
 called out

00:36:52.140 --> 00:36:52.500
 with the

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:53.180
 wildness of

00:36:53.180 --> 00:36:53.820
 those Methodist

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.160
 brothers,

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.879
 I am

00:36:54.879 --> 00:36:55.440
 forgiven.

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.799
 I am a

00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:58.500
 monument of

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.980
 grace.

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.579
 I am a

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.699
 sinner saved

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.699
 by blood.

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.460
 My spirit

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.920
 saw its

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.940
 chains broken

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.619
 to pieces.

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.440
 I felt that I

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.759
 was an

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.639
 emancipated

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.119
 soul,

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.239
 an heir of

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:10.559
 heaven,

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.379
 a forgiven

00:37:11.379 --> 00:37:12.239
 one accepted

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:12.779
 in Jesus

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:13.279
 Christ,

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.259
 plucked out

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:14.659
 of the

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.539
 miry clay

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.059
 and out

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.440
 of the

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.339
 horrible pit,

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.279
 with my feet

00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:19.159
 set upon a

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.759
 rock and my

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:20.199
 goings

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.879
 established.

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:23.360
 between

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.860
 half past

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.380
 ten o'clock

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.640
 when I

00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:25.099
 entered that

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.660
 chapel and

00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:26.200
 half past

00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:26.800
 twelve o'clock

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.280
 when I was

00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:27.780
 going back

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.079
 home,

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.099
 what a

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.680
 change had

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:30.360
 taken place

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.840
 in me,

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.660
 simply by

00:37:32.660 --> 00:37:33.840
 looking to

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.280
 Jesus.

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:35.900
 I had been

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.660
 delivered from

00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:37.420
 despair and I

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.079
 was brought

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.640
 into such a

00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:39.300
 joyous state

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.860
 of mind that

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.380
 when they all

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:41.039
 saw me back

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.400
 at home,

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:41.920
 they said to

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.059
 me,

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.380
 something

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:43.260
 wonderful has

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:43.720
 happened to

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:43.920
 you.

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.800
 I was eager

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.300
 to tell them

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.900
 all about it.

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:48.500
 Oh, there was

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.519
 joy in the

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.280
 household that

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:51.180
 day when all

00:37:51.180 --> 00:37:52.160
 heard that the

00:37:52.160 --> 00:37:53.139
 eldest son had

00:37:53.139 --> 00:37:53.639
 found the

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:55.099
 Savior and

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:56.019
 knew himself to

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:57.480
 be forgiven.

00:37:57.740 --> 00:37:58.579
 That's Spurgeon's

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:58.940
 story.

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:01.760
 Friend, do you

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:02.780
 have a story like

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.380
 that to tell?

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:06.280
 Has the Lord

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:08.180
 delivered you?

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.900
 If so, friend,

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.740
 give thanks,

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:13.720
 sing,

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.019
 and rejoice,

00:38:15.220 --> 00:38:15.760
 and if not,

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.460
 friend, look

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.639
 unto Christ.

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.420
 Look unto

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:20.039
 Christ.

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:22.000
 Look unto

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.699
 Christ and

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.840
 give him all

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.900
 praise.

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.159
 Let's pray.

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:27.659
 Father,

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:30.900
 we have so

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.599
 much to be

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.440
 thankful for

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.019
 for your work

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.599
 in our life.

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:35.099
 We thank you

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:36.519
 for delivering

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.119
 us.

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:37.800
 We thank you

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:38.400
 even for

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:39.300
 disciplining us

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:39.860
 at times.

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.139
 Lord, we

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.920
 confess that

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:43.320
 you are worthy

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:44.480
 of all praise

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.119
 and yet our

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.820
 efforts to

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.320
 praise you are

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:47.240
 often so feeble

00:38:47.240 --> 00:38:47.880
 and half-hearted.

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.580
 Lord, would you

00:38:49.580 --> 00:38:50.640
 work thankfulness

00:38:50.640 --> 00:38:51.260
 in our hearts

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:51.940
 for who you

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.340
 are and what

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:52.740
 you've done.

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.300
 I pray this in

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:53.800
 Christ's name.

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.340
 Amen.

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.480
 Amen.

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:55.500
 Amen.

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 Thank you.