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Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your

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Speaker 1: You're listening to Daily Devotions with Pastor John. I'm John Stangey,

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Speaker 1: and today's devotion is inspired by Psalm one nineteen, verse

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Speaker 1: one thirty, which says, the unfolding of your words gives

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Speaker 1: light it imparts understanding to the simple. One of the

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Speaker 1: greatest blessings the Lord is granted to us during this

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Speaker 1: era of time is the ability to access information quickly

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Speaker 1: and easily. If we want to know something or learn something,

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Speaker 1: the process has become easier than ever, Like no generation

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Speaker 1: that has come before us, we have been amply blessed

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Speaker 1: with access to God's Word. We own printed copies of

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Speaker 1: the Bible and can access digital copies in a matter

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Speaker 1: of seconds. But having access to something doesn't necessarily guarantee

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Speaker 1: that we're using it. Yet, when we do choose to

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Speaker 1: read and internalize the teaching of God's Word, we have

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Speaker 1: the privilege of growing in our walk with the Son

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Speaker 1: of God, Jesus Christ. All scripture has been given to

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Speaker 1: us by God. Every portion of his word points us

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Speaker 1: to Jesus. His word blesses us with the wisdom and

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Speaker 1: understanding that we desperately need. Through his word, he grants

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Speaker 1: light to those who seek the illumination of His truth.

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Speaker 1: Through his word, he grants understanding to those who crave it.

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Speaker 1: Never trivialize the blessing of having immediate access to God's word.

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Speaker 1: This is a blessing unique to our generation. Let's pray. Lord,

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

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Speaker 1: for the privilege that it is to be able to

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Speaker 1: read the portion of scripture from Psalm one nineteen. And Lord,

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Speaker 1: we know that when we look at psalmone nineteen, the

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Speaker 1: longest chapter in the Bible, we see that all throughout

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Speaker 1: that chapter, all throughout that Psalm, you're continually highlighting aspects

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Speaker 1: of your word and ways in which you use your

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Speaker 1: word to bless us and give benefit to our lives.

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Speaker 1: And in verse one thirty of that Psalm, we see

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Speaker 1: that your word gives light and your word imparts understanding

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Speaker 1: to us. And we're grateful that you use your word

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Speaker 1: to do these things. Lord. We're also grateful for the

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Speaker 1: fact that we live in an era of time where

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Speaker 1: we can access your words so freely and so readily.

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Speaker 1: Printed copies are available, digital copies are also available, and

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Speaker 1: we can listen to recordings of it through various tools.

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Speaker 1: But Lord, we also know that just because we have

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Speaker 1: access to it, it doesn't mean we're going to use it.

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Speaker 1: And it can be very easy for us to take

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Speaker 1: for granted the fact that we have such easy access

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Speaker 1: to your word. Sometimes we trivialize that access, we don't

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Speaker 1: think about it until it goes away. But Lord, we

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Speaker 1: pray that today would be a day that we would

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Speaker 1: value the access to your word that we've been given.

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Speaker 1: We pray that we would listen to your counsel. We

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Speaker 1: pray that we would grow in our understanding of you,

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Speaker 1: and we pray that our faith in your son, Jesus

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Speaker 1: Christ would grow as your word points us to your son. Again, Father,

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Speaker 1: we thank you for all of these blessings and we

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Speaker 1: thank you for bringing them to our attention today. We

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Speaker 1: commit ourselves now to your care, and we thank you

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Speaker 1: for all of these things in Jesus' name. Amen,