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Speaker 1: I'm John Stogey, and today we're in Psalm one oh

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Speaker 1: seven and we'll be reading from the contemporary English version.

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Speaker 1: Shout praises to the Lord. He is good to us,

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Speaker 1: and his love never fails. Everyone the Lord has rescued

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Speaker 1: from trouble should praise him. Everyone he has brought from

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Speaker 1: the east and the west, the north and the south.

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Speaker 1: Some of you were lost in the scorching desert, far

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Speaker 1: from a town. You were hungry and thirsty and about

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Speaker 1: to give up. You were in serious trouble, but you

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Speaker 1: prayed to the Lord, and he rescued you right away.

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Speaker 1: He brought you to a town. You should praise the

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Speaker 1: Lord for his love and for the wonderful things he

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Speaker 1: does for all of us. To everyone who is thirsty,

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Speaker 1: he gives something to drink. To everyone who is hungry,

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Speaker 1: he gives good things to eat. Some of you were prisoners,

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Speaker 1: suffering in deepest darkness and bound by chains because you

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Speaker 1: had rebelled against God most High and refused his advice.

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Speaker 1: You were worn out from working like slaves, and no

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Speaker 1: one came to help. You were in serious trouble, but

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Speaker 1: you prayed to the Lord and he rescued you. He

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Speaker 1: brought you out of the deepest darkness and broke your chains.

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Speaker 1: You should praise the Lord for his love and for

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Speaker 1: the wonderful things he does for all of us. He

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Speaker 1: breaks down bronze gates and shatters iron locks. Some of

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Speaker 1: you had foolishly committed a lot of sins and were

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Speaker 1: in terrible pain. The very thought of food was disgusting

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Speaker 1: to you, and you were almost dead. You were in trouble,

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Speaker 1: but you prayed to the Lord, and he rescued you.

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Speaker 1: By the power of his own word, he healed you

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Speaker 1: and saved you from destruction. You should praise the Lord

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Speaker 1: for his love and for the wonderful things he does

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Speaker 1: for all of us. You should celebrate by offering sacrifices

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Speaker 1: and singing joyful songs to tell what he has done.

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Speaker 1: Some of you made a living by sailing the mighty sea,

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Speaker 1: and you saw the miracles the Lord performed there. At

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Speaker 1: his command, a storm rose and waves covered the sea.

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Speaker 1: You were tossed to the sky and to the ocean depths,

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Speaker 1: until things look so bad that you lost your courage.

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Speaker 1: You staggered like drunkards and gave up all hope. You

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Speaker 1: were in serious trouble, but you prayed to the Lord,

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Speaker 1: and he rescued you. He made the storm stop and

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Speaker 1: the sea be quiet. You were happy because of this,

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Speaker 1: and he brought you to the port where you wanted

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Speaker 1: to go. You should praise the Lord for his love

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Speaker 1: Honor the Lord when you and your leaders meet to worship.

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Speaker 1: If you start doing wrong, the Lord will turn rivers

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Speaker 1: into deserts, flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields

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Speaker 1: into beds of salt. But the Lord can also turn

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Speaker 1: deserts into lakes and scorched land into flowing streams. If

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Speaker 1: You can plant fields and vineyards that produce a good harvest.

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Speaker 1: The Lord will bless you with many children and with

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Speaker 1: herds of cattle. Sometimes you may be crushed by troubles

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Speaker 1: and sorrows until only a few of you are left

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Speaker 1: to survive. But the Lord will take revenge on those

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Speaker 1: who conquer you, and he will make them wander across

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Speaker 1: desert sands. When you are suffering and in need, he

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Speaker 1: will come to your rescue, and f families will grow

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Speaker 1: as fast as a herd of sheep. You will see

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Speaker 1: this because you obey the Lord, but everyone who is

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Speaker 1: wicked will be silenced. Be wise, remember this and think

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Speaker 1: about the kindness of the Lord. Let's pray. Lord, we

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Speaker 1: thank you for your word, and we thank you for

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Speaker 1: the privilege to be able to look at it together today.

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Speaker 1: And Lord, we thank you that when we look at

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Speaker 1: this portion of scripture, we can see that you're the

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Speaker 1: one who rescues your people from trouble. When we have needs,

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Speaker 1: when we have concerns, when we have all sorts of

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Speaker 1: things that are weighing our hearts down and weighing our

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Speaker 1: minds down. We can bring these things before you, and

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Speaker 1: you are the one who rescues us. And Lord, we

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Speaker 1: see a great example of this, particularly in the fact

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Speaker 1: that you rescued us from our sin. We were lost

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Speaker 1: in sin. We were stuck in a spot where we

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Speaker 1: were in permanent rebellion against you unless you intervened, And

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Speaker 1: so you did something about it. You sent your son

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Speaker 1: Jesus Christ to this earth, who suffered on our behalf,

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Speaker 1: and now through faith in Jesus Christ, were rescued. We

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Speaker 1: called out to you for salvation, and you granted it

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Speaker 1: to us as a gift, but you paid for it

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Speaker 1: with your son. Lord. We're grateful that you've done so

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Speaker 1: on our behalf, and we're grateful for the fact that

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Speaker 1: you love us and you invite us to walk with

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Speaker 1: you daily. We pray Lord that in the midst of

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Speaker 1: everything we experience, that we would remember your kindness and

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Speaker 1: that we would give you praise. In the midst of

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Speaker 1: all sorts of things that come across our lives, or

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Speaker 1: things that we deal with that we don't expect, whatever

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Speaker 1: it may be, Lord, we pray that we would give

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Speaker 1: you honor and glory and thank you for who you are.

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Speaker 1: We love you, Lord. We commit this day to your care,

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Speaker 1: and we give you praise in all things in Jesus' name. Amen.