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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 this short word from our sponsors, we'll reflect

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Speaker 2: on tonight's scripture Psalm ninety six. Tonight's scripture reflection is

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Speaker 2: written by Christine Brown and read by Carrie Eichberger. Psalm

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Speaker 2: ninety six. Sing to the Lord a new song. Sing

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Speaker 2: to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord.

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Speaker 2: Praise his name, Proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare

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Speaker 2: his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

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Speaker 2: For greed is the Lord and most worthy of praise.

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Speaker 2: He is to be feared above all gods. For all

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Speaker 2: the gods of the nations are idols. But the Lord

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Speaker 2: made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before him. Strength

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Speaker 2: and glory are in his sanctuary. Ascribe to the Lord,

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Speaker 2: all you, families of nations. Ascribe to the Lord glory

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Speaker 2: and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory. Do his name,

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Speaker 2: Bring an offering, and come into his courts. Worship the

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Speaker 2: Lord and splendor of his holiness. Tremble before him, all

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Speaker 2: the earth, say among the nations. The Lord reigns. The

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Speaker 2: world is firmly established, it cannot be moved. He will

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Speaker 2: judge the peoples with equity. Let the heavens rejoice. Let

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Speaker 2: the earth be glad, Let the sea resound and all

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Speaker 2: that isn't it. Let the fields be jubilant, and everything

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Speaker 2: in them. Let all the trees of the forest sing

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Speaker 2: for joy. Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for

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Speaker 2: he comes. He comes to judge the earth. He will

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Speaker 2: judge the world in her righteousness, and the peoples and

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Speaker 2: his faithfulness. Every day we wake up to a new

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Speaker 2: set of unknowns. A day can start off like any other,

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Speaker 2: but then change in an instant. The unpredictability can cause

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Speaker 2: worry and stress to rule the day that as children

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Speaker 2: of God, we have confidence and the one who truly reigns.

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Speaker 2: It's hard to understand why some days are easier than others.

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Speaker 2: I wish every day could bring smiles instead of tears,

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Speaker 2: laughter instead of mourning. But if we look at each

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Speaker 2: day and the light of who God is in our lives,

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Speaker 2: you will find a reason to praise, no matter what

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Speaker 2: today looked like. Psalm ninety six is a song about

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Speaker 2: God's sovereignty, reminding us that God is in control no

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Speaker 2: matter what the circumstances are. So as nighttime approaches, let's

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Speaker 2: refresh our thoughts with three reminders from this passage of scripture,

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Speaker 2: seeing to the Lord. Whatever difficulties we've faced in our

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Speaker 2: waking hours, we can choose to end each day with

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Speaker 2: a song of praise in our hearts. Recognize the Lord

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Speaker 2: God forever remains on his throne. He is the Alpha

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Speaker 2: and Omega. He ruled in the beginning, and his reign

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Speaker 2: will never end. The Lord is coming. We can rejoice

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Speaker 2: in the truth that God did not leave us without hope.

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Speaker 2: His son Jesus is coming again one day. There is

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Speaker 2: no better reason to be glad. We are not promised

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Speaker 2: to predictable life. Jesus himself told us we would have trouble,

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Speaker 2: Yet he also declared, take heart, I have overcome the world.

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Speaker 2: Tonight's scripture assures us that whatever happened today, we can

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Speaker 2: find rest because God still reigns over all. Toar God,

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Speaker 2: some days are harder than others. I want to rest

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Speaker 2: in the truth of who You are in my life,

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Speaker 2: instead of being at the mercy of unpredictable days. Put

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Speaker 2: a new song in my heart. Lord, give me the

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Speaker 2: strength to lift my voice and praise no matter what

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Speaker 2: today looks like. I am encouraged when I remind myself

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Speaker 2: that you were a sovereign. Knowing you are in control

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Speaker 2: relieves me of the worry and stress I carry from

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Speaker 2: things I can't control. You are my provider, healer, and

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Speaker 2: miracle worker. Praise your name. Amen. How did tonight scripture

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Speaker 2: speak to you? Share your thoughts and in your Nightly

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Speaker 2: Scripture Forum discussion.

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