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 Thanks, Sean.

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 Get that out of the way a little bit.

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 All right.

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 This evening, our passage is Psalm chapter 16.

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 And yes, I just noticed it lined up with the date for today.

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 That's just how it worked out.

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 I wasn't planning that.

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 This is a psalm that God just had me kind of pick and meditate on for different times throughout this year.

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 And so when Sean needed a little bit more time, it was the one that was on my mind most.

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 And I think it will be a blessing to you this evening as we go through it.

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 Let's pray before we get started.

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 Lord, we ask for your help tonight as we read your word, as we allow your truth to come into our mind and our heart.

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 Lord, we ask that you would help make it sink in and be rich to us, that we would be taught, that we would be encouraged and lifted up by your word tonight, Lord.

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 Help take away distractions.

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 Help make your word real and alive to us tonight, Lord.

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 We pray in your glorious name.

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 Amen.

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 Psalm chapter 16.

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 Let's read it together.

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 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

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 I say to the Lord, you are my Lord.

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 I have no good apart from you.

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 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

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 The sorrows of those who run after another God shall multiply.

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 Their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.

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 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup.

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 You hold my lot.

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 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.

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 Indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

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 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel.

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 In the night also my heart instructs me.

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 I have set the Lord always before me.

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 Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

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 Therefore, my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices.

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 My flesh also dwells secure.

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 For you will not abandon my soul to shield or let your Holy One see corruption.

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 You make known to me the path of life.

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 In your presence there is fullness of joy.

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 At your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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 Am I standing too close to something?

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 I feel like there is feedback.

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 Am I just going to put it in the chair?

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 Yeah.

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 It doesn't want to stay there.

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 That's real quick.

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 Sorry.

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 I can't run right here.

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 I've moved around a lot.

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 Sorry, guys.

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 That should be better.

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 Thanks, man.

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 All right.

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 Good.

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 So this evening as we look at this passage,

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 what I want us to hear,

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 the statement that is over this passage is this,

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 proclaiming God with our life

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 and reclaiming joy

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 now in this life and for eternity.

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 God is our source of real and lasting joy.

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 And we claim it by proclaiming who he is.

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 The joy is from him.

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 The joy is in him.

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 We can't go around him

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 trying to find the joy,

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 not through God,

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 because if we do,

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 we lose the joy.

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 He is the joy.

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 So there isn't another way to get that eternal joy,

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 but to find God and to claim who he is.

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 So this morning,

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 or this evening as we start out,

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 the question that I want you to think about for a minute

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 is what brings you joy?

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 You know,

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 on an earthly basis,

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 on an earthly mindset,

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 what brings you joy?

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 Is it something nice that you're able to buy

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 with money you've made?

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 You're able to enjoy that thing

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 and it brings you joy.

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 Maybe it's a week of working hard

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 and Friday night,

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 you're able to pick up a cheeseburger and fries

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 from Five Guys

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 and go along the river

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 and lay on a blanket with your family or friends

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 and just chill and enjoy the evening.

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 Does that bring you joy?

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 Maybe it's a baby.

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 Whether you've had one

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 or you have plans for one,

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 maybe there's joy that you get from that child.

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 Finishing a paper or a project at work.

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 There could be a number of things.

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 Well, what is it that brings you joy?

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 Granted, it's just temporary joy, right?

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 It being of this earth,

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 it won't last.

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 But for a moment,

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 it brings us joy.

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 So while we focus

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 on something other than earthly joys tonight,

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 there is a truth in that.

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 There's an aspect that's important

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 for us to recognize

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 that also applies to godly joy,

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 our eternal joy in Him.

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 And that is this.

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 In all things that bring joy,

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 there is a level of work

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 or commitment

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 or payment, you could say,

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 that must make that happen.

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 Joy just doesn't come to us.

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 We don't pray for joy

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 and it's plopped in our lap.

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 We don't order joy at the store

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 and wait for it to arrive, right?

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 It comes,

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 something has to be done for it.

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 So as it relates to earthly joy,

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 some of the examples

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 that I just mentioned,

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 take planning and work, right?

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 If you want to enjoy

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 relaxing at the end of the week,

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 you have to have a good hard week.

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 You have to plan

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 what you're going to eat,

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 the friends that you're going to invite,

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 and you have to plan a time

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 to go down to the river

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 and relax and enjoy it.

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 If it's a child,

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 you plan for that child.

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 You're going to go through pain

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 and disruption in your life

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 for that child.

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 But that's what is needed

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 in order for the joy

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 to come from it.

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 The same thing if you were

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 to purchase something

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 like a new car.

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 You have to pay for that.

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 So the joy comes from that payment.

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 If there's no payment,

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 there's no joy that follows that.

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 So that relates to our earthly joy.

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 As it relates to our real

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 and lasting joy in God,

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 we have to proclaim who God is.

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 That is, we have to know who He is

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 in order to find our joy in Him.

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 And then when we live

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 in line with our Creator,

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 and we realize who He is in us

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 and who we are in Him,

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 then we're able to find

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 that eternal joy.

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 Okay?

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 So that's what we're thinking about

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 as we go into this passage

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 this evening.

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 Verse 1 and 2 of chapter 16.

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 Preserve me, O God,

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 for in you I take refuge.

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 I say to the Lord,

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 you are my Lord.

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 I have no good apart from you.

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 Now as we quickly read over

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 these two verses,

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 we can miss what's happening, right?

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 Because we see

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 that first He says,

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 God,

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 and then there's this switch

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 over to Lord.

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 He's talking to God,

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 but then He's talking about the Lord.

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 What's happening here?

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 So it's important for us

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 to separate these first two verses.

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 Although they come to us together

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 and we quickly read them together,

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 we need to separate them.

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 Because verse 1

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 is David's plea,

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 his prayer to God.

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 He says,

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 preserve me, O God,

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 for in you I take refuge.

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 Protect me.

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 Secure me.

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 Help me not to fall away.

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 That's what David is praying for here.

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 That's verse 1.

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 That's his prayer.

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 Now the rest of verses 2 through 8

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 is going to be the main chunk

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 of our time tonight.

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 This is David proclaiming

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 who God is to him

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 and who he is in his life.

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 So I want us to walk through

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 these verses

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 for a couple reasons.

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 One,

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 because God is worth

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 looking through these verses

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 that proclaim who he is.

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 Second,

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 we're going to go through them

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 because it's good for us

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 to go through them

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 because it's here.

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 It's for us.

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 It's written for us,

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 for our edification.

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 And thirdly,

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 we're going to go through

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 these verses

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 because we need it

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 in order to get

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 and see the joy

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 that he has for us

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 at the end of this chapter.

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 We need to walk through them

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 to make the connection

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 between proclaiming God

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 and claiming the joy

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 we have in him.

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 So, verse 1,

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 that was his prayer.

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 Let's jump down

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 to the next verse,

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 verse 2.

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 I say to the Lord,

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 notice all capitals,

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 you are my Lord,

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 I have no good

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 apart from you.

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 The all capitals,

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 Lord,

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 meaning God's name

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 in fullness.

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 Jehovah,

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 creator of heaven

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 and earth,

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 Yahweh.

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 And then next,

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 he says,

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 you are my Lord.

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 Capital L,

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 the rest lowercase.

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 That implies

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 a personal lordship.

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 God over my life.

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 So, what he's saying is,

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 to the God of the universe,

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 you are God of my life.

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 The biggest

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 to the most personal.

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 I have no good

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 apart from you.

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 In that,

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 there's two aspects

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 going on.

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 What is coming into us

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 and what is going out

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 from us.

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 What comes to me

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 apart from God

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 is no good.

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 What comes from me

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 that is disconnected

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 from God

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 is no good.

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 So, the source

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 of what's coming

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 or going,

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 if it's not God,

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 it's not good.

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 That's what David

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 is saying here.

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 Let's read verses

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 three and four.

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 As for the saints

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 in the land,

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 they are the excellent ones

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 in whom is all my delight.

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 The sorrow of those

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 who run after

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 another God

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 shall multiply.

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 Their drink offerings

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 of blood

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 I will not pour out

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 or take their names

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 on my lips.

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 The people

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 I choose to be with,

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 David says,

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 those who I delight in,

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 they are the godly ones.

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 They are the saints

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 in the land.

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 Those are the people

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 of Israel

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 who are seeking

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 after God.

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 Not all of them

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 sought after God,

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 just like not all

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 Christians

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 seek after God.

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 But I delight

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 in those

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 who are seeking

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 after God,

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 the saints

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 of this land,

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 those who are part

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 of God's church.

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 God desires

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 to make us

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 excellent,

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 even delightful.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 catch what's going on here

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 because we get to be

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 on both sides of this.

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 David's saying,

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 I delight in

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 being with

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 the excellent ones.

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 And on the other side

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 of that,

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 those people

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 are delighting

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 in who David is.

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 So,

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 as a church,

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 I'm called

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 to delight

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 in those

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 who love the Lord

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 because here

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 it says

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 they are excellent.

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 And you

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 get to delight

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 in who I am

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 because I am

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 following after God

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 and he calls me

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 excellent.

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 The point

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 we can take

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 from these two verses

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 is this.

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 those who we

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 spend time with

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 or delight in,

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 they affect

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 our joy.

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 Being with people

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 who find their joy

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 outside of God

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 will find that

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 their joy

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 falls short.

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 So,

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 yeah,

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 it's

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 more enjoyable

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 to be around

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 someone who's

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 happy and joyful.

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 If their happiness

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 and joyful

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 is not

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 resting in God,

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 then at some point

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 in their life,

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 it's going to

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 let them down.

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 It's going to

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 break apart.

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 Whether it's

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 in

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 their alone time,

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 behind closed doors,

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 when they feel

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 empty and joyless,

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 or

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 when trials come

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 and what used

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 to bring them joy,

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 it doesn't bring

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 them joy anymore.

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 Maybe

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 it's

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 later on

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 in life,

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 when like Solomon,

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 they realize

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 that

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 everything

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 seems empty.

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 or maybe,

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 even worst case,

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 it is realized

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 after death

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 and

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 they realize

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 that the joy

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 that they set

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 on anything

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 but God

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 no longer

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 matters.

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 It fades

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 away.

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 It turns

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 to sorrow,

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 he says here.

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 Let's read

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 verse

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 five.

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 David said,

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 the Lord

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 is my

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 chosen portion

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 and my cup.

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 You hold

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 my lot.

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 He's talking

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 about choosing

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 that which only

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 comes from the

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 Lord.

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 David says,

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 I want it.

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 Nothing else

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 is as good

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 and nothing else

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 satisfies.

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 That's who

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 I choose.

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 When I was a

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 kid,

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 I enjoyed

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 going to

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 restaurants

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 that were

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 buffet style.

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 Some people

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 say that I'm

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 a little picky

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 with food.

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 I just like

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 to pick

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 what I like.

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 I don't think

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 that's picky

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 but if you've

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 ever gone

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 to a restaurant

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 that is buffet

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 style,

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 you pay a price,

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 you get a plate

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 and then you go

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 up and you get

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 to pick

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 whatever you want.

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 So as a kid,

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 that's awesome,

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 right?

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 Now,

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 if it was

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 a good buffet

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 restaurant,

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 in addition

00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.240
 to the normal

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 food and the

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 salad and the

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 meat and all

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 that,

00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:58.440
 you had a

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 dessert bar.

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 You had a

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 dessert section,

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 right?

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 Normally,

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 they would have

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 ice creams

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 with the fixings

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 but also,

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 there would be

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 cakes and

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 pies and

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 brownies but

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 what you'd

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 normally have

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 happen is

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 those things

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 were divided

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 out for you,

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 right?

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 So they would

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 take a cake

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 and they would

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 cut it up

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 and they would

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 put one slice

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 on a plate.

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 They would put

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 one piece of

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 a pie on a

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 plate or a

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 nice brownie

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 on a plate.

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 That made sense,

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 right?

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 But when I

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 went up to

00:15:26.179 --> 00:15:26.699
 the dessert

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 bar,

00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:27.699
 if I knew

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 that I only

00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:29.459
 got one

00:15:29.459 --> 00:15:29.839
 dessert,

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 then my

00:15:31.339 --> 00:15:32.019
 goal was

00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:32.599
 one thing,

00:15:33.199 --> 00:15:33.799
 the thing

00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:34.519
 of most

00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:35.000
 chocolate.

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 I didn't

00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:36.679
 want anything

00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:36.979
 else.

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 You know

00:15:37.199 --> 00:15:37.359
 why?

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 Because nothing

00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.139
 else brought

00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:39.819
 delight and

00:15:39.819 --> 00:15:41.019
 satisfaction like

00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:41.939
 whatever was

00:15:41.939 --> 00:15:42.939
 richest in

00:15:42.939 --> 00:15:43.299
 chocolate.

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 So I didn't

00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:45.299
 want the

00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:45.899
 carrot cake.

00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:46.859
 I didn't want

00:15:46.859 --> 00:15:47.579
 anything else

00:15:47.579 --> 00:15:48.039
 that wasn't

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:48.559
 chocolate,

00:15:48.819 --> 00:15:49.599
 not because it

00:15:49.599 --> 00:15:50.199
 wasn't good.

00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:51.039
 I knew what

00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:51.819
 was the best.

00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:52.519
 I wanted

00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:52.839
 that.

00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:56.300
 while that's

00:15:56.300 --> 00:15:57.639
 a trivial

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 example,

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 it's what

00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:01.060
 comes to

00:16:01.060 --> 00:16:02.440
 mind when

00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:03.240
 I think

00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:03.800
 about David

00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:04.300
 saying,

00:16:04.940 --> 00:16:05.519
 the Lord

00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.040
 is my

00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:06.940
 chosen portion.

00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:07.820
 I know

00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.480
 nothing else

00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:09.060
 that brings

00:16:09.060 --> 00:16:10.180
 satisfaction like

00:16:10.180 --> 00:16:10.560
 the Lord.

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 I don't want

00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:11.980
 to settle for

00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.680
 something less

00:16:12.680 --> 00:16:13.540
 because I

00:16:13.540 --> 00:16:14.100
 want to

00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:14.620
 choose what

00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.080
 I know

00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:15.680
 to be

00:16:15.680 --> 00:16:16.620
 the best.

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 David not

00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:21.440
 only chooses

00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:21.899
 him as

00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:22.580
 his portion,

00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:23.740
 here we

00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:24.080
 read that

00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:24.480
 he also

00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:25.139
 chooses him

00:16:25.139 --> 00:16:25.679
 as his

00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:26.060
 cup.

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:27.980
 He is

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.500
 the cup

00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.000
 that I

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.820
 choose because

00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:30.639
 nothing else

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.539
 satisfies.

00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.200
 That cup

00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:36.879
 that David

00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.299
 is talking

00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:38.060
 about is

00:16:38.060 --> 00:16:39.279
 the source

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:39.960
 of his

00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:40.879
 nourishment,

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.440
 of his

00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:42.200
 refreshment.

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.980
 David knows

00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.399
 this.

00:16:43.680 --> 00:16:44.340
 It's why he

00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:45.340
 chooses this.

00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:47.340
 Psalm 23,

00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:47.920
 5 says,

00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.379
 you anoint

00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:48.840
 my head

00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.420
 with oil,

00:16:49.860 --> 00:16:50.480
 my cup

00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.560
 overflows.

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.480
 If you

00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:53.980
 recall

00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:54.860
 Jesus,

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 when he

00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:55.700
 meets the

00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:56.100
 woman at

00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:56.580
 the well

00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:57.019
 in John

00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.600
 chapter 4,

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 he says

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.340
 this to

00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:58.560
 her,

00:16:59.180 --> 00:16:59.379
 everyone

00:16:59.379 --> 00:16:59.980
 who drinks

00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.399
 of this

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:00.879
 water

00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.280
 will be

00:17:01.280 --> 00:17:01.639
 thirsty

00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.139
 again,

00:17:02.280 --> 00:17:02.740
 but whoever

00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.320
 drinks of

00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:03.680
 the water

00:17:03.680 --> 00:17:04.100
 that I

00:17:04.100 --> 00:17:04.559
 give them

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.220
 will never

00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:05.740
 be thirsty

00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.220
 again.

00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:07.100
 The water

00:17:07.100 --> 00:17:07.539
 that I

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.519
 give will

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.279
 become in

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.700
 him a

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.100
 spring of

00:17:10.100 --> 00:17:10.500
 water

00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.279
 welling up

00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:11.799
 to eternal

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.380
 life.

00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:13.299
 So if

00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:13.640
 the Lord

00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.180
 is your

00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:14.660
 cup,

00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:16.100
 he

00:17:16.100 --> 00:17:16.500
 becomes

00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:16.700
 your

00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:17.100
 eternal

00:17:17.100 --> 00:17:17.820
 source

00:17:17.820 --> 00:17:18.400
 of

00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:19.420
 refreshment.

00:17:20.340 --> 00:17:20.640
 Compare

00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.120
 that to

00:17:21.120 --> 00:17:21.480
 what you

00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:21.960
 get from

00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:22.660
 the world

00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:23.360
 and you

00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:23.720
 know what

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.140
 the world

00:17:24.140 --> 00:17:24.680
 offers

00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:25.440
 can look

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:25.900
 good

00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:27.300
 at first,

00:17:27.560 --> 00:17:28.180
 but it

00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.460
 doesn't

00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.100
 satisfy.

00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:29.759
 It will

00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.519
 leave you

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 wanting

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 something

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 else.

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 And he

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 ends the

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 verse by

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 saying,

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 you hold

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 my lot.

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 You know

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 what is

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 going to

00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.759
 happen to

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 me.

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 because it's

00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:46.840
 in your

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 hand.

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 You hold

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 my future.

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 When lots

00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:51.560
 are cast,

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 you know

00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:52.640
 how they

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 will land.

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 What comes

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 to me

00:17:55.800 --> 00:17:56.900
 comes through

00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:57.460
 your hand

00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:57.980
 first.

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 So you

00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:00.660
 hold

00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:01.740
 my lot.

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 Verse

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 six.

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 the

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 lines

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:08.700
 have

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 fallen

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.240
 for

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 me

00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:09.579
 in

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 pleasant

00:18:09.859 --> 00:18:10.400
 places.

00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.140
 Indeed,

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 I have

00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:11.960
 a

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.440
 beautiful

00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.400
 inheritance.

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 The

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 psalmist

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 here is

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 using

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 language

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 of

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 lands

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.539
 and

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:20.240
 boundary

00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:20.900
 lines

00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:21.240
 and

00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:21.819
 inheritance.

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 See,

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 this is

00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:23.500
 helpful

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.640
 because the

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 people of

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.720
 Israel would

00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.059
 have picked

00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.460
 up on

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 this.

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.039
 We

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 rewind

00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.579
 history

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 400

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.620
 years,

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 and what

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.539
 we have

00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:31.920
 happening

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.519
 is God

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:32.940
 calling

00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:33.579
 Joshua

00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:35.139
 to lead

00:18:35.139 --> 00:18:35.500
 the

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 Israelites

00:18:35.879 --> 00:18:36.539
 into

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:36.799
 the

00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:37.159
 promised

00:18:37.159 --> 00:18:37.539
 land.

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:38.740
 They

00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.159
 promise

00:18:39.159 --> 00:18:39.639
 to follow

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 God,

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 and God

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 protects

00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.960
 them and

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.439
 gives them

00:18:42.439 --> 00:18:43.319
 victory over

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 the people

00:18:43.699 --> 00:18:44.000
 in that

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 land.

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 What

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 happens

00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.480
 next in

00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:47.019
 Joshua

00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:48.720
 is the

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 point where

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 the people

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.740
 of Israel

00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:52.480
 hearing these

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.099
 verses in

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.839
 Psalm 16

00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:54.859
 will make

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 the connection

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 back.

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 Why?

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 Because

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 prior to

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 God giving

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 them the

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 promised

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:01.279
 land,

00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:01.899
 they had

00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.460
 no land.

00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:02.919
 They had

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.140
 no

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.740
 inheritance.

00:19:09.560 --> 00:19:10.300
 So when

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 God gave

00:19:10.800 --> 00:19:11.320
 them victory

00:19:11.320 --> 00:19:11.640
 in the

00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:11.900
 land,

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.300
 the book

00:19:12.300 --> 00:19:13.240
 of Joshua,

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 if we

00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:14.700
 were to

00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:15.240
 read it,

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 it talks

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.100
 about how

00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:17.560
 they went

00:19:17.560 --> 00:19:18.060
 through the

00:19:18.060 --> 00:19:18.480
 land,

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 and they

00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:20.500
 drew up

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:21.180
 lines,

00:19:21.360 --> 00:19:21.759
 boundary

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.400
 lines,

00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.620
 and they

00:19:23.620 --> 00:19:24.940
 cast lots

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.580
 to see

00:19:25.580 --> 00:19:26.279
 who,

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.080
 what family,

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:28.120
 what clans,

00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:29.180
 what tribes

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:29.640
 would get

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.380
 which plots

00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:30.940
 of land,

00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:31.740
 and that

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.539
 became their

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.079
 inheritance.

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.960
 So as

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:35.399
 the people

00:19:35.399 --> 00:19:35.779
 of Israel

00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:37.240
 sing this

00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.079
 Psalm,

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.700
 these words

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.539
 have history

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.119
 to them.

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.059
 God

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:43.119
 provided for

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.500
 me land

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.279
 and a

00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:45.759
 heritage.

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.480
 God did

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:47.839
 that.

00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.460
 That was

00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:48.980
 his work,

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.740
 his promises.

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.399
 But it

00:19:51.399 --> 00:19:51.920
 doesn't stop

00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.220
 there.

00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.440
 David

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.639
 actually is

00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:55.240
 not talking

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:56.339
 about property

00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:57.500
 or his

00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:58.059
 inheritance,

00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:58.879
 even though

00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.519
 that's what

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.200
 comes to

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.859
 their mind.

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:02.439
 David is

00:20:02.439 --> 00:20:02.919
 the youngest

00:20:02.919 --> 00:20:03.479
 of eight,

00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:04.399
 so in

00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:05.079
 his family,

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.719
 his odds

00:20:05.719 --> 00:20:06.099
 of getting

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:07.059
 an inheritance

00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:08.000
 are not

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.659
 very good.

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.399
 We don't

00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:10.819
 hear that

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.799
 his father

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.279
 was that

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:12.599
 rich,

00:20:12.679 --> 00:20:13.059
 and if

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.439
 he was,

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.139
 it wouldn't

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:14.379
 have been

00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:14.699
 a lot

00:20:14.699 --> 00:20:15.279
 left once

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:15.599
 it came

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.019
 down to

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.319
 him.

00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:17.500
 In addition

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.059
 to that,

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:18.639
 being the

00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:18.979
 king,

00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:19.899
 it actually

00:20:19.899 --> 00:20:20.740
 didn't give

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.819
 David much.

00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:22.759
 Things

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.240
 didn't go

00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:24.119
 well for him

00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:24.679
 in the beginning.

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.199
 If you remember,

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.659
 he's running

00:20:25.659 --> 00:20:26.279
 from Saul,

00:20:26.719 --> 00:20:27.899
 and close to

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.339
 the end,

00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:28.959
 he's actually

00:20:28.959 --> 00:20:29.599
 running from

00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.159
 his son,

00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.679
 Absalom,

00:20:30.919 --> 00:20:31.319
 for his

00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.799
 life.

00:20:32.619 --> 00:20:33.379
 So there

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:34.079
 were issues

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.500
 in the

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:34.939
 family.

00:20:35.399 --> 00:20:35.879
 There wasn't

00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:36.399
 inheritance

00:20:36.399 --> 00:20:36.899
 that he

00:20:36.899 --> 00:20:37.459
 was getting.

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.219
 So when

00:20:39.219 --> 00:20:39.740
 David says,

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.259
 lines have

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.879
 fallen for

00:20:40.879 --> 00:20:41.459
 me in

00:20:41.459 --> 00:20:41.699
 pleasant

00:20:41.699 --> 00:20:42.219
 places,

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:42.819
 and I

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.099
 have a

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.379
 beautiful

00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:43.839
 inheritance,

00:20:43.939 --> 00:20:44.259
 he's not

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.759
 talking about

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.119
 land,

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.939
 he's talking

00:20:45.939 --> 00:20:46.480
 about having

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.079
 a beautiful

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.699
 inheritance

00:20:47.699 --> 00:20:48.500
 in God,

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.859
 promises

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:51.439
 that he's

00:20:51.439 --> 00:20:52.279
 given then

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.079
 and for

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.639
 eternity.

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:57.699
 So from

00:20:57.699 --> 00:20:58.159
 that,

00:20:58.439 --> 00:20:58.879
 what can

00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:00.160
 be proclaimed

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:01.100
 about God

00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:01.760
 is he

00:21:01.760 --> 00:21:02.140
 is our

00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:02.820
 never-ending

00:21:02.820 --> 00:21:03.660
 refreshment,

00:21:03.780 --> 00:21:04.780
 our portion,

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.480
 our cup,

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:08.040
 and God

00:21:08.040 --> 00:21:08.700
 is our

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.180
 eternal

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.820
 inheritance.

00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:17.940
 Verse

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.380
 seven.

00:21:21.280 --> 00:21:22.160
 I bless

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.500
 the Lord

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.840
 who gives

00:21:22.840 --> 00:21:23.480
 me counsel

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.400
 in the

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.140
 night also

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.920
 my heart

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.600
 instructs

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:26.839
 me.

00:21:28.439 --> 00:21:29.000
 Here David

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.639
 blesses the

00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:30.079
 Lord for

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.699
 the counsel

00:21:30.699 --> 00:21:31.099
 and the

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.459
 teaching

00:21:31.459 --> 00:21:32.439
 that he

00:21:32.439 --> 00:21:33.119
 receives

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:34.259
 from God.

00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:35.980
 Got

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.899
 counsel and

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.719
 guidance that

00:21:37.719 --> 00:21:38.619
 led David

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.699
 to choose

00:21:39.699 --> 00:21:40.599
 the Lord

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.559
 as his

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.019
 portion

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:43.139
 back in

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.859
 verse five.

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.639
 He thanks

00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:46.299
 God for

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:47.000
 this choice

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.579
 he's able

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.219
 to make.

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.579
 Also,

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.500
 blessing the

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.219
 Lord because

00:21:51.219 --> 00:21:51.959
 of the

00:21:51.959 --> 00:21:52.339
 Lord's

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:52.740
 nearness.

00:21:53.439 --> 00:21:54.139
 His counsel

00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:54.719
 and teaching

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.319
 happens

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.059
 because the

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.500
 Lord is

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.440
 near him.

00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:00.380
 In the

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:00.799
 night,

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:02.160
 his heart

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:03.160
 also gives

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:04.059
 him guidance.

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:05.160
 Another sign

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.519
 that God

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.079
 is close

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.440
 by.

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:06.920
 God is

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.339
 active.

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:09.420
 Also,

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:09.920
 in the

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.279
 night,

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.759
 his heart

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.240
 gives him

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.799
 guidance,

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.120
 meaning the

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.860
 truths and

00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:16.480
 the promises

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.039
 and the

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:18.339
 teachings that

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:18.839
 he goes

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.420
 over during

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:19.920
 the day,

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.039
 those are in

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.559
 the forefront

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.500
 of his mind

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.039
 when he lays

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.720
 down at night.

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.420
 When he's

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.339
 struggling with

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:27.220
 the troubles

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.680
 of life,

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.039
 when he's

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.319
 struggling

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.779
 through a

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.180
 hardship,

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.160
 the things

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:30.440
 that he

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.839
 knows that

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.240
 are true

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.720
 and right

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:31.980
 and what

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.259
 he's been

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:33.000
 taught are

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.420
 on his

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.860
 mind,

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.640
 not the

00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:34.980
 things of

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.460
 the world

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:35.819
 that are

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.420
 distracting

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.839
 for those

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.319
 truths.

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.620
 If left

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:45.079
 to our

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.059
 own thoughts,

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.579
 what would

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.140
 we seek

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.500
 after?

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.180
 What looks

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.680
 good to our

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.140
 eyes?

00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:52.059
 What feels

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.400
 good?

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.519
 What desires

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.099
 are the

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:54.500
 brightest,

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.400
 the prettiest?

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.379
 Yeah,

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:57.879
 because our

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.900
 default position

00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:01.480
 in life is

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.980
 to be our

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.579
 own God,

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.539
 right?

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.480
 Doing what

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.240
 we think is

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.660
 best,

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.420
 going after

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:07.139
 pleasures that

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:08.240
 we choose,

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.180
 that we think

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.740
 will bring us

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.160
 the most

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.579
 pleasure.

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.420
 God says

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.139
 that's wrong,

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.700
 you got it

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.079
 backwards.

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.000
 It's upside

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.519
 down.

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:18.799
 See,

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.740
 God knows

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.700
 our paths

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:22.819
 that lead

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.180
 us to

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.519
 emptiness

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.220
 and sorrow.

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.680
 There's no

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 good and

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.819
 lasting joy

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.259
 in the

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.420
 world or

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.299
 in ourselves

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.400
 if it's

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:30.960
 separate from

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.420
 God.

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:36.580
 David nails

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:38.039
 this in

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.560
 verse 2

00:23:38.560 --> 00:23:38.840
 when he

00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.080
 says,

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 you are

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 my

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.200
 Lord,

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.340
 I have

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:42.279
 no good

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.060
 apart

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:44.039
 from you.

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:45.640
 See,

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:45.800
 we're

00:23:45.800 --> 00:23:46.400
 creatures of

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:46.720
 sin,

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.840
 born into

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.420
 this world

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:48.820
 with a

00:23:48.820 --> 00:23:49.360
 sin nature

00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:50.200
 and by

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.880
 default we

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.580
 don't want

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.140
 what God

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.920
 wants for

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.380
 us.

00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.360
 We don't

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:54.900
 seek him,

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:55.960
 we want

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.259
 to do

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.580
 what we

00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:56.940
 want to

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.300
 do,

00:23:58.300 --> 00:23:59.400
 thinking

00:23:59.400 --> 00:23:59.800
 that'll

00:23:59.800 --> 00:24:00.220
 bring us

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.600
 joy.

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.799
 It doesn't.

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.299
 It leaves

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:05.100
 us sorrowful,

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.720
 which is why

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.460
 he talks about

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:06.960
 coming up.

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.960
 Only God

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:09.200
 can bring

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.860
 us joy

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.579
 that lasts.

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.839
 I'm going

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.079
 to read

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.519
 for you

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.400
 Ephesians

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:16.500
 chapter 2

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:18.860
 verses 3

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.440
 to 10.

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.299
 You can

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.900
 turn to it

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.240
 if you'd

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.740
 like to.

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.420
 Just speaking

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:23.059
 of our,

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.360
 I'll just

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:25.920
 read it.

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.559
 Ephesians

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 2 verse

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 3.

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 Among

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:30.980
 whom we

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.039
 all once

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.740
 lived in

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.339
 the passions

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:33.799
 of our

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.240
 flesh,

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.859
 carrying out

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.519
 the desires

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.220
 of the body

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.779
 and mind,

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.599
 and were

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.279
 by nature

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.079
 children of

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.839
 wrath like

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.339
 the rest

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:40.859
 of mankind.

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.000
 But God,

00:24:43.139 --> 00:24:43.839
 being rich

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.379
 in mercy

00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:45.179
 because of

00:24:45.179 --> 00:24:45.539
 the great

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.079
 love with

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.579
 which he

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.119
 loved us,

00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:48.000
 even when

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.339
 we were

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.960
 dead in

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.139
 our

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.879
 trespasses,

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.419
 made us

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:51.220
 alive together

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.919
 with Christ.

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.099
 By grace

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.599
 you have been

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.000
 saved,

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.000
 and raised

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.859
 us up with

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.259
 him and

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.819
 seated us

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.240
 with him

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.759
 in the heavenly

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.839
 places in

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.559
 Christ Jesus,

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.480
 so that in

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.859
 the coming

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.639
 age he

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.159
 might show

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.980
 the immeasurable

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.740
 riches of

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.319
 the grace

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.939
 and kindness

00:25:04.939 --> 00:25:05.699
 towards us

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.539
 in Christ

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.939
 Jesus.

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.639
 For by grace

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.079
 you have been

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.659
 saved through

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.059
 faith,

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.220
 and that this

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.939
 is not your

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.559
 own doing,

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.399
 it is the

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.019
 gift of God,

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.679
 not a result

00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:15.299
 of works,

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.559
 so that no

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.379
 one may boast.

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.839
 For we are

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.659
 his workmanship

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.720
 created in

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.419
 Christ Jesus

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:22.500
 for good works,

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.079
 which God

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.019
 prepared beforehand

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:25.099
 that we should

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.859
 walk in them.

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:27.679
 we didn't

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:28.479
 start out

00:25:28.479 --> 00:25:29.299
 good people,

00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:29.759
 we didn't

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.279
 start out

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.159
 wanting God,

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.619
 we didn't

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.119
 start out

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:33.599
 knowing where

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.859
 real joy

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.819
 can be found.

00:25:36.679 --> 00:25:37.359
 It's all

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.139
 about God.

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:39.399
 In and of

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.019
 ourselves we

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.539
 are dead.

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.579
 He saved

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:41.819
 us,

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.259
 he brought

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.879
 us to

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.439
 everlasting

00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:44.059
 life.

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.059
 This evening

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.519
 if you

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.419
 don't know

00:25:47.419 --> 00:25:47.919
 God,

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:49.319
 if you

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.859
 don't know

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.779
 that saving

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.539
 grace that

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.219
 he offers,

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.759
 then please

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.399
 don't wait

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.159
 to find out.

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.519
 If you

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:55.759
 have

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.300
 questions,

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.740
 if you've

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:56.920
 been

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.440
 struggling,

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.720
 please ask

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.180
 somebody,

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:00.800
 ask me,

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.519
 ask anybody

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.300
 in this room,

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.840
 somebody that

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.180
 you came

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.320
 with.

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.640
 If you're

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.200
 online,

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.420
 reach out

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.040
 to someone.

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.300
 A friend,

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.000
 reach out

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.420
 to somebody.

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.080
 If you

00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:10.220
 go to a

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.519
 community

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.880
 group,

00:26:11.060 --> 00:26:11.420
 you can

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.120
 email me

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.820
 or Sean

00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:13.900
 or Ray.

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.120
 But don't

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.779
 put off

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.759
 the grace,

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.500
 the saving

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.400
 grace that

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.519
 Christ offers

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.140
 for you.

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.380
 If you

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.100
 know God

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.480
 and you

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.920
 believe in

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.279
 what he's

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.019
 done for

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.579
 you in

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:25.900
 Christ

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.319
 Jesus,

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:30.519
 then who

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.059
 is your

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.599
 counselor?

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.720
 Who is

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.059
 the one

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.379
 that you

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.099
 listen to

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.859
 for ultimate

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:37.220
 guidance when

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.879
 you're struggling

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.639
 with life,

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.200
 when you have

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:39.500
 to make

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.019
 decisions,

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:41.000
 when you lay

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.460
 down at

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.980
 night and

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.420
 you're just

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.160
 wrestling with

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.579
 something?

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.319
 Who's in

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.920
 your ear?

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.019
 What's on

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.839
 your heart?

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:52.259
 what can

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.000
 we proclaim

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.099
 about God

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.899
 in those

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:55.459
 times?

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.559
 He is

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:56.859
 our

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:58.419
 counselor.

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:58.919
 He is

00:26:58.919 --> 00:26:59.119
 our

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.579
 teacher.

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.119
 He wants

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.480
 to be

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.339
 our guide,

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.399
 our

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:02.899
 faithful

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.399
 guide.

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.559
 Verse

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:06.959
 eight.

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:07.980
 It says,

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.559
 I have set

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.099
 the Lord

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:10.139
 always before

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.759
 me because

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.339
 he is at

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.819
 my right

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.179
 hand.

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.599
 I shall

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.220
 not be

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.599
 shaken.

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.859
 I want

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.779
 you to

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.179
 hear the

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:17.839
 intention

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:20.079
 in David's

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.500
 words.

00:27:20.679 --> 00:27:21.480
 I set

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.179
 the Lord

00:27:22.179 --> 00:27:23.399
 before me.

00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:23.919
 Not like

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.459
 an object

00:27:24.459 --> 00:27:24.980
 that you

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.599
 control.

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.599
 It's like

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.859
 a holy

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:29.279
 grid through

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.819
 which you

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:32.359
 focus on

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:33.339
 everything,

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.919
 anything.

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.359
 He says,

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.199
 I have placed

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:35.740
 the Lord

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.259
 first,

00:27:36.459 --> 00:27:37.199
 number one

00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:37.579
 in my

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.019
 life.

00:27:38.699 --> 00:27:38.919
 Whatever

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.740
 I do

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.779
 goes through

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.759
 God first.

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.719
 He knows

00:27:43.719 --> 00:27:44.000
 all.

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.880
 He provides

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.119
 all.

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.779
 He controls

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.039
 all.

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.579
 Why would

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.119
 I not

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.680
 go through

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.640
 him first

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.900
 knowing those

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.359
 things?

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.940
 And then it

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.099
 says,

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.700
 because he

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.099
 is my

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.759
 right hand.

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.539
 That means

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.400
 David has

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.940
 put God

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.359
 in the

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:56.980
 highest

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.779
 place of

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.420
 honor and

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.960
 authority

00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:00.160
 in his

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.579
 life.

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.420
 It is also

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.940
 a sign of

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.619
 strength that

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.319
 God is his

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.940
 right hand.

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.660
 And so he

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:04.859
 says,

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.559
 I will not

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.140
 be shaken.

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.799
 So in

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.319
 this he's

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.160
 proclaiming that

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.500
 God is his

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.200
 guidance,

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.440
 his protection,

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:15.200
 his stability

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:16.120
 in life.

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.420
 So that's

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.980
 where we

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.680
 find ourselves

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.360
 here ending

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:23.019
 verse 8.

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.400
 As we look

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:25.080
 back to

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.940
 verse 1,

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.259
 remember that

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.420
 David prayed

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.039
 that God

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.940
 would preserve

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:31.259
 him, keep

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.039
 him strong

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:33.019
 and steadfast,

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:33.940
 protect him

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.720
 from enemies

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.759
 that we know

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.539
 were constantly

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.400
 on David,

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.320
 protect him

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:39.080
 from sin,

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.799
 protect him

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.980
 from his

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:42.399
 heart,

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.059
 his sinful

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.519
 ways,

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.240
 protect his

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.279
 legacy in

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.839
 God,

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.220
 preserve his

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.919
 body and

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.480
 his heart,

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.399
 his soul.

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.319
 Then,

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:53.299
 after going

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.879
 through these

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.480
 verses of

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.279
 proclaiming who

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.139
 God is,

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.200
 he ends with

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.119
 verse 8 saying,

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.480
 I will not be

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.799
 shaken.

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.159
 I prayed that

00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:01.940
 God would preserve

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.779
 me and I

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.720
 proclaimed these

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.779
 things and then

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:06.419
 I know that I

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:07.019
 will not be

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.339
 shaken.

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.480
 shaken.

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.500
 It's in that

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.519
 foundation where

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.480
 we move to

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.179
 the last few

00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:14.079
 verses of this

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.539
 chapter.

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:16.959
 From proclaiming

00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:18.399
 God to

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:19.500
 claiming joy.

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.879
 Let's read

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:24.079
 verse 9.

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.480
 Therefore,

00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:27.779
 my heart is

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.939
 glad and my

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.639
 whole being

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:31.099
 rejoices, my

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:32.299
 flesh also

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.379
 dwells secure.

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:35.019
 Verse 9 starts

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.740
 with therefore.

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:37.880
 And the

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:39.039
 first eight

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.839
 verses that we

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:41.059
 just read are

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.079
 the reason for

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.880
 the therefore.

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.200
 David says,

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.120
 God, you are

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.779
 my refuge,

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.559
 you are my

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.880
 Lord, the

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.700
 creator of

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.759
 delight amongst

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.859
 your people,

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.960
 my chosen

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:53.240
 portion, the

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.079
 holder of my

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.839
 future, my

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:56.180
 inheritance, my

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.920
 counselor, my

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.700
 teacher, my

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.620
 faithful guide, the

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.440
 one who is always

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.559
 with me, keeping

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.279
 me secure.

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.460
 Therefore, my

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.819
 heart is glad,

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:06.439
 my whole being

00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:07.859
 rejoices and my

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:09.439
 flesh dwells

00:30:09.439 --> 00:30:09.839
 secure.

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.439
 The confidence

00:30:12.439 --> 00:30:13.819
 we have in

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.579
 verses 1 through

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.500
 8 is how we

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.159
 get to the

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:17.460
 therefore of

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.159
 verse 9.

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.039
 Proclaiming who

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.980
 God is, not

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:22.039
 just proclaiming

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.679
 with our mouth,

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.460
 proclaiming him

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.539
 with our life,

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:27.279
 brings us the

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.879
 joy that is

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.700
 here in verse

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.159
 9.

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:34.140
 my heart is

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:35.460
 glad, my

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.360
 whole being

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:38.300
 rejoices, my

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:39.000
 flesh is

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.460
 secure.

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.480
 I hope that

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.200
 connection makes

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.540
 sense.

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.200
 Now you got to

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.740
 hold on because

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.540
 David is going to

00:30:45.540 --> 00:30:46.460
 take it to another

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.160
 level here.

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.560
 Read verse 10.

00:30:50.040 --> 00:30:51.000
 For you will not

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.120
 abandon my soul

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:53.640
 to Sheol or let

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.880
 your Holy One see

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.380
 corruption.

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:57.340
 All right, now

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:58.060
 David is not

00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:58.980
 talking about

00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:00.000
 current life

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.340
 anymore.

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:00.900
 He's talking

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:03.320
 about afterlife.

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:04.200
 He's talking

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.960
 about death

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:06.120
 stuff here.

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.580
 Here's the

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.440
 connection between

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:12.080
 this life and

00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:12.620
 eternity.

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:15.200
 Because of who

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.780
 God is for

00:31:15.780 --> 00:31:16.920
 David and for

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:19.140
 us, he will

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.960
 not be abandoned.

00:31:20.560 --> 00:31:21.680
 We will not be

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.560
 separated from

00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:24.080
 God, nor will we

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:25.159
 be left with the

00:31:25.159 --> 00:31:25.899
 wicked, which is

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.480
 what he's talking

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.119
 about here.

00:31:27.699 --> 00:31:28.539
 For you will not

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.599
 abandon my soul

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:31.159
 to Sheol or let

00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:32.519
 your Holy One see

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.039
 corruption.

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:35.299
 You will not let

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.939
 us be corrupted,

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:39.480
 that is, destroyed

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.399
 after death.

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.299
 How do we see

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.519
 that?

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:45.980
 How is that

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.439
 possible?

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.039
 See, David

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.879
 here is not

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.720
 talking about

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.819
 himself in these

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.220
 verses.

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.339
 verses, he's

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:56.539
 pointing ahead to

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.640
 a future Savior.

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.460
 One who makes

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.299
 all these things

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.740
 possible.

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.620
 See, how can we

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.480
 have joy in this

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.539
 life, right?

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.360
 If we know in

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:06.420
 the end we're

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:06.779
 going to see

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.180
 corruption.

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.420
 If we know the

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.299
 end ends in

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.220
 death, and we're

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.240
 just to join all

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.299
 the other people,

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.259
 all the other

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:16.539
 sinners that we

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.039
 thought were

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.120
 separated by God

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:19.000
 to begin with.

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:21.100
 There's no joy in

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.360
 that.

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:23.319
 David knows

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.099
 that's not the

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.459
 case.

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.139
 David knows

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:26.219
 that there's a

00:32:26.219 --> 00:32:27.019
 fuller, deeper

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:28.039
 joy in the

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.379
 end.

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.959
 David knows

00:32:33.959 --> 00:32:34.579
 that he will

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:36.000
 die and be

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.779
 buried with his

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.159
 fathers.

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.519
 He says that,

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.599
 Nathan tells him

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:41.379
 that, but he also

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:41.959
 knows he's going to

00:32:41.959 --> 00:32:42.539
 live forever.

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:45.680
 add to that the

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.279
 fact that God

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.960
 has promised the

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.920
 king that will be

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:49.000
 on the throne of

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:50.119
 David and will

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:50.940
 reign forever.

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:52.220
 So knowing both

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.920
 of those to be

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:56.019
 true, David here

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.680
 is making a

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:58.099
 prophecy about

00:32:58.099 --> 00:33:00.480
 Jesus who isn't

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:00.980
 coming to the

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.579
 earth for another

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.519
 thousand years.

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.339
 Now, I don't

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.980
 want you to take

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.799
 my word for it.

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.599
 I want to show

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.259
 you in Scripture

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.359
 that this is what's

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:10.059
 taking place.

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:11.099
 And we see this

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.759
 when we look into

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.480
 the New Testament.

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.639
 See, Peter and

00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:14.819
 Paul both use

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:16.200
 these verses here

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.980
 in Psalm 16

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:18.799
 in Acts.

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:20.099
 They connect

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.879
 them to the

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.619
 resurrection of

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.079
 Christ.

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:25.379
 Peter, in Acts

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:26.839
 chapter 2, as

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.879
 the church is

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:29.539
 being brought

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.220
 up, as the

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.919
 spirit is being

00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:31.519
 given to the

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.379
 church, Peter

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:32.919
 says this,

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.059
 Brothers, I may

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.679
 say to you with

00:33:34.679 --> 00:33:35.539
 confidence about

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.960
 the patriarch David

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:38.799
 that he both died

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.539
 and was buried

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.220
 and his tomb

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.680
 is with us

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.059
 today.

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:43.139
 Being therefore

00:33:43.139 --> 00:33:44.019
 a prophet and

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.819
 knowing that God

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.599
 had sworn an

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.420
 oath to him that

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:48.059
 he would set one

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:48.839
 of his descendants

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:50.359
 on his throne, he

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:51.639
 foresaw and spoke

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:52.420
 about the

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.480
 resurrection of the

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:55.099
 Christ, that he

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.899
 was not abandoned

00:33:55.899 --> 00:33:57.399
 to Hades, nor did

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:58.639
 his flesh see

00:33:58.639 --> 00:33:59.139
 corruption.

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.139
 See, he's talking

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:01.680
 about the

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.420
 resurrection of

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.759
 Christ.

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.980
 Christ did not

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.700
 see corruption.

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.480
 Christ died, was

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.519
 not abandoned, the

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.879
 shield.

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:09.480
 God raised him

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.860
 up.

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:12.940
 The things that

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:14.320
 God is for us in

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.200
 verses 1 through

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:17.119
 8, the joys, the

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:19.340
 delight are for us

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:21.039
 are solidified in

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:22.140
 Jesus Christ.

00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:27.380
 But that's not

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:27.660
 all.

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:29.440
 Let's read verse

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.840
 11.

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:32.320
 You make known to

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:33.140
 me the path of

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.460
 life.

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.740
 In your presence

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.519
 there is fullness

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.220
 of joy.

00:34:36.640 --> 00:34:37.820
 At your right hand

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.620
 are pleasures

00:34:38.620 --> 00:34:39.539
 forevermore.

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:43.620
 This is rich

00:34:43.620 --> 00:34:44.120
 stuff.

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:46.680
 It's just good

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:47.240
 stuff.

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:48.820
 You make known to

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.740
 me the path of

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:50.160
 life.

00:34:51.600 --> 00:34:53.260
 This is what God

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:55.120
 has wanted for his

00:34:55.120 --> 00:34:56.100
 people from the

00:34:56.100 --> 00:34:56.519
 beginning.

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.480
 with the

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.940
 Israelites.

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:59.000
 He wanted to

00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:00.139
 be their path

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.840
 of life.

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.079
 For them to

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:03.099
 follow him because

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.699
 he was their

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.199
 God.

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.079
 He wanted to

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:06.039
 protect them, to

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:07.219
 be their refuge, to

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.980
 be their counselor,

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:10.440
 their guide, to

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.500
 find their joy in

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.059
 him.

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:14.460
 But instead, they

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.159
 looked to other

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.639
 things.

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.320
 They looked to

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:17.119
 other gods.

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:17.820
 They looked for

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:19.300
 joy somewhere else.

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.579
 And they found

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.639
 their joy in those

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.619
 earthly pleasures

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.139
 empty.

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.239
 And they found

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:25.440
 themselves separated

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.519
 from God.

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:29.059
 But God's plan

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:30.059
 didn't stop there.

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.960
 He didn't give up.

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.920
 He continues to

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.720
 offer hope.

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.960
 He still wants a

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.019
 people for himself.

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:39.519
 And now, where we

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.659
 are on this side of

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.880
 the cross, that hope

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:43.659
 is available to us

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.760
 through Jesus

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.340
 Christ.

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.639
 This path of life

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.179
 that he's talking

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:49.280
 about can be known

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:50.119
 to us through

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.740
 Christ.

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:52.200
 God isn't some

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:53.519
 disconnected God.

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:54.500
 Because of the

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.159
 work of Jesus

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:57.179
 Christ, we are

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.920
 able to know

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.799
 and to proclaim

00:35:59.799 --> 00:36:00.859
 and have God

00:36:00.859 --> 00:36:01.679
 as those things

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.420
 in our lives.

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:06.259
 Now, in verse

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:07.219
 11, notice the

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:08.179
 progression that he

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.819
 goes through.

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:10.059
 First, the path

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.699
 of life.

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:11.779
 Right?

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.799
 Next, we move

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.559
 into the presence

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.980
 of God, where

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.619
 there is fullness

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.279
 of joy.

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.799
 And lastly,

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:19.519
 most gloriously,

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.920
 we move closer

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:22.839
 into his presence,

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.980
 pleasures, where

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.480
 David says he

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.240
 finds himself at

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:26.000
 the right hand

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:28.260
 of God, where

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.900
 there are pleasures

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.700
 forevermore.

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:31.460
 That is, pleasures

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.860
 and fullness of joy

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:34.019
 that is only found

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.620
 in God.

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.600
 That's something

00:36:39.600 --> 00:36:40.740
 awesome, brothers

00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:43.220
 and sisters, to

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:44.059
 have pleasures

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:47.320
 that are forevermore.

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.360
 Pleasures that we

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:49.140
 can't think about

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.940
 because our minds

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.599
 and our hearts

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.299
 are just too

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:52.980
 muddied in the

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.359
 world.

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:56.460
 But, listen, I

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.440
 don't want to

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.659
 miss out on this.

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.279
 I don't want you

00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:00.900
 to think that

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.659
 verse 11

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:03.480
 is only

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.259
 eternally

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.920
 focused,

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:06.539
 because it's not.

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.579
 It wasn't for

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:07.940
 David,

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.159
 and it's not for

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.500
 us.

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:12.339
 It can apply to

00:37:12.339 --> 00:37:13.139
 you right

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.379
 now.

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:16.780
 but you have

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.480
 to claim it.

00:37:18.680 --> 00:37:19.519
 I know that

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.079
 sounds odd.

00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:21.200
 I don't want you

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:22.019
 to hear the

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.900
 name it and

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.740
 claim it gospel

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.340
 in here, but

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:25.519
 you have to

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.220
 proclaim who

00:37:26.220 --> 00:37:27.559
 God is in

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.440
 order to claim

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.380
 the joy that

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.320
 he provides.

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.980
 You want to

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.660
 know the joy

00:37:34.660 --> 00:37:35.340
 that comes from

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:36.200
 God being your

00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:37.579
 refuge, then

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:38.680
 you must rely

00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:39.940
 on God as

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.500
 your refuge.

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.480
 You want to

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.079
 know the joy

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.740
 that comes from

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.140
 God,

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:45.119
 being your

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.659
 counselor,

00:37:46.759 --> 00:37:48.400
 your God that

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.099
 walks you through

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:50.219
 life, who

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:51.619
 shows you the

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:53.000
 path that

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.920
 matters most.

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.460
 Then you have

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.179
 to let God

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.679
 talk.

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:00.239
 You have to be

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.659
 silent.

00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:01.359
 You have to be

00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:01.719
 listened.

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:03.079
 Humble yourself.

00:38:04.379 --> 00:38:05.420
 Let God speak

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.000
 to you.

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:07.379
 Let him lead.

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.079
 You want to

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.980
 know the joy of

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.480
 having an

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.299
 inheritance with

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.759
 God.

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.859
 You need to

00:38:12.859 --> 00:38:13.799
 claim the

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:15.140
 inheritance that

00:38:15.140 --> 00:38:15.800
 you have been

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.880
 given as a

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.280
 Christian.

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:19.300
 Listen, you

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:20.420
 are a child of

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:22.080
 God, saved by

00:38:22.080 --> 00:38:22.860
 the blood of

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.820
 Jesus Christ,

00:38:24.160 --> 00:38:25.039
 created for

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:26.100
 good works which

00:38:26.100 --> 00:38:27.300
 he planned, and

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.100
 given the Holy

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:29.140
 Spirit which lives

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:29.860
 inside of you.

00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:31.740
 Now go and live

00:38:31.740 --> 00:38:33.300
 with joy and the

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:34.940
 power that that

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.820
 means, that that

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:37.060
 comes with as a

00:38:37.060 --> 00:38:37.480
 Christian.

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:39.220
 Not your power,

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:40.200
 God's power.

00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:40.279
 power.

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.419
 You want to know

00:38:42.419 --> 00:38:43.839
 the joy of God

00:38:43.839 --> 00:38:44.699
 being your chosen

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:45.199
 portion?

00:38:45.399 --> 00:38:46.419
 Then stop grabbing

00:38:46.419 --> 00:38:47.500
 at the portions of

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.079
 the world.

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:50.139
 If God is your

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.980
 chosen portion,

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:52.460
 then live like he

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:53.059
 is your chosen

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.500
 portion.

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.639
 Your cup of

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:57.219
 delight, the

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:58.179
 sovereign holder

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:59.679
 of your life.

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:03.039
 You want to know

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:04.519
 the joy of not

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.619
 being shaken by

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:06.359
 sin and the

00:39:06.359 --> 00:39:07.539
 troubles that

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:08.239
 come in this

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:08.639
 world?

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.719
 Then set the

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:11.439
 Lord always

00:39:11.439 --> 00:39:12.979
 before you and

00:39:12.979 --> 00:39:13.839
 go to him for

00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:14.399
 counsel.

00:39:16.399 --> 00:39:17.519
 Not an unsaved

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.439
 friend and not

00:39:18.439 --> 00:39:19.339
 your cell phone.

00:39:20.359 --> 00:39:21.539
 Go to God for

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.139
 counsel.

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:30.219
 We've read the

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:30.759
 Psalms.

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:32.279
 We know that

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:33.839
 David has always

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:35.479
 found joy in the

00:39:35.479 --> 00:39:35.759
 Lord.

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.579
 In the times of

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:37.579
 struggles, when

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:39.420
 life is dry,

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:40.440
 when it's heavy,

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:42.079
 when it's hard,

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.559
 we read how

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.360
 David found

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:45.279
 strength in

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:47.179
 God and joy

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:48.119
 in his

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.679
 presence.

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.239
 What was his

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:51.639
 secret to

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.340
 finding that

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:52.739
 joy?

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:55.699
 David knew

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:56.199
 God.

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:58.319
 David knew

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:59.599
 God and he

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.799
 proclaimed who

00:40:00.799 --> 00:40:02.380
 God was in

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:03.059
 his life.

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:04.900
 and he

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.440
 claimed the

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.779
 joy that

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:07.860
 came from

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.119
 that

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:08.900
 proclamation.

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.420
 See, joy in

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:13.199
 this life

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:15.039
 made possible

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:16.199
 by declaring

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:16.920
 who God

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:18.139
 is in

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.940
 your life.

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.119
 I'm going to

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:22.519
 say it again.

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:23.420
 Joy in this

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:23.960
 life, where we

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.559
 are right now,

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.460
 on this earth.

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.840
 Joy here,

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.259
 regardless of

00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:29.039
 your circumstance,

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:31.119
 made possible by

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:32.039
 declaring who God

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.779
 is for you

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.400
 right now.

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:36.079
 Not all.

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.539
 There's more.

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:40.039
 A fullness of

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.360
 joy.

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.480
 Joy even more

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:42.159
 than the joy we

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.820
 have on earth

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.940
 for eternity

00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:45.380
 because we have

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:46.679
 already confidently

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:48.119
 declared who God

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:49.719
 is for us here.

00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:53.759
 that's what David

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:54.639
 wants us to see

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:55.319
 in this psalm.

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:57.199
 I pray you see it

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:57.959
 in this psalm.

00:40:58.379 --> 00:40:59.159
 And if you don't,

00:40:59.219 --> 00:41:00.179
 I pray that you

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:01.219
 would spend time

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:02.379
 getting to know

00:41:02.379 --> 00:41:03.639
 who God is

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.559
 in your life.

00:41:04.959 --> 00:41:06.079
 You can't find

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:07.259
 joy if you

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:08.019
 don't know and

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.919
 declare who God

00:41:08.919 --> 00:41:10.199
 is in your life.

00:41:11.699 --> 00:41:12.539
 Take a couple

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:12.939
 minutes,

00:41:13.379 --> 00:41:14.359
 think about those

00:41:14.359 --> 00:41:15.719
 thoughts,

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:17.919
 and we'll pray

00:41:17.919 --> 00:41:18.339
 together.

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:25.400
 confident

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:26.500
 issues and

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:29.660
 mandarš

00:41:29.660 --> 00:41:29.920
 and

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:34.260
 r right