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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture, a Calming

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Speaker 2: Scripture Center devotional podcast designed to help you end each

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Speaker 2: day with God's word in your mind and on your heart.

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Speaker 2: Right after the short word from our sponsors, we will

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Speaker 2: reflect on tonight's scripture, Psalm eighty six. Our evening reflection

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Speaker 2: is written by Christine Brown and read by Kyle Norman.

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Speaker 2: Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor

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Speaker 2: and needy. Guard my life, for I am faithful to you.

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Speaker 2: Save your servant who trust in you. You are my God.

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Speaker 2: Have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you

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Speaker 2: all day long. Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for

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Speaker 2: I put my trust in you. You Lord, are forgiving

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Speaker 2: and good, abounding in love to all who call on you.

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Speaker 2: Hear my prayer. Lord, listen to my cry for mercy.

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Speaker 2: What I am in distress. I call to you because

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Speaker 2: you answer me. Among the gods, there is none like you, Lord.

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Speaker 2: No deeds can compare with yours. All the nations you

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Speaker 2: have made will come and worship before you. Lord. They

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Speaker 2: will bring glory to your name, for you are great

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Speaker 2: and do marvelous deeds. You alone are God. Teach me

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Speaker 2: your ways, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness.

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Speaker 2: Give me an undivided heart that I may fear your name.

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Speaker 2: I will praise you, Lord, my God, with all my heart.

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Speaker 2: I will glorify your name forever. For great is your

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Speaker 2: love towards me. You have delivered me from the depths,

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Speaker 2: from the realm of the dead. Arrogant foes are attacking me,

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Speaker 2: Oh God, ruthless people are trying to kill me. They

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Speaker 2: have no regard for you. But you, Lord, are compassionate

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Speaker 2: and gracious, God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

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Speaker 2: Turn to me and have mercy on me. Show your

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Speaker 2: strength in behalf of your servant. Save me because I

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Speaker 2: serve you, just as my mother did. Give me a

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Speaker 2: sign of your goodness that my enemies may see it

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Speaker 2: and be put to shame. For you, Lord, have helped

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Speaker 2: me and comforted me. As we approach the end of

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Speaker 2: another day, Psalm eighty six reminds us that we can

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Speaker 2: call on our Father in Heaven continuely, day or night.

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Speaker 2: The cares of this life threatened to take our focus

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Speaker 2: away from our God, who sees us and cares for us.

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Speaker 2: To shift our focus back or it belongs, all we

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Speaker 2: have to do is call upon his name, He is

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Speaker 2: always near. The Psalmist David cries out to God in

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Speaker 2: the time of need, acknowledging several praiseworthy attributes. Let's review

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Speaker 2: these truths from Tonight's psalm and allow them to settle

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Speaker 2: our hearts at the close of a long day. God

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Speaker 2: is good. He forgives without condition and abounds in love

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Speaker 2: that never ends. He delivers us from darkness. God answers

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Speaker 2: our prayers. There is no other like him in all creation.

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Speaker 2: He understands our needs and works continually on our behalf.

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Speaker 2: God is gracious and faithful. We may not always feel

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Speaker 2: his nearness, but every day we can count on him.

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Speaker 2: It does not turn away in anger, but pursues us

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Speaker 2: with compassionate care. Some days begin and end like any other,

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Speaker 2: with a predictable routine, as we tend to our daily tasks.

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Speaker 2: Then there are other days, those when the trials of

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Speaker 2: life weigh heavy on us, and hope seems like a

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Speaker 2: distant dream. Whatever today looked like for you, let tonight's

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Speaker 2: scripture passage soothe you and prepare you for sleep. God

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Speaker 2: is near you right now. Dear God, thank you for

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Speaker 2: your promise to be near me always. I'm calling on you,

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Speaker 2: knowing you are here right now. Your presence brings me

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Speaker 2: much needed comfort at the end of a long day.

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Speaker 2: I've made some mistake, but you are compassionate and gracious

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Speaker 2: to your children. As I think back on my words,

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Speaker 2: my actions, and my thoughts from today, I release them

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Speaker 2: all to you. Thank you for your forgiveness. Father. I

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Speaker 2: am undeserving, but you love me unconditionally. Thank you for

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Speaker 2: giving me strength in my time of need. When I

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Speaker 2: feel buried under a weight that is too heavy for

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Speaker 2: me to carry, help me remember that you hear my prayers.

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Speaker 2: You are good and faithful. In Jesus' name, I pray.

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