WEBVTT - 487 Praying Through Psalms 66: Through the Fire, Into Abundance!

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<v Speaker 1>Life audio.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi there, and welcome to another Prayer through the Psalms

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<v Speaker 2>episode of the Praying Christian Women podcast. I'm Jamie, and

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<v Speaker 2>today we are going to be talking about and praying

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<v Speaker 2>through Psalm sixty six. So this psalm is called praise

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<v Speaker 2>for God's mighty deeds and his answer to prayer. And

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<v Speaker 2>it does not say that it's a psalm of David.

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<v Speaker 2>It says for the choir director, a song a psalm.

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<v Speaker 2>So commentators and scholars think that it could have been

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<v Speaker 2>written by David, It could have been written by maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a later temple worship leader, and it could have been

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<v Speaker 2>used because of the content and the context. It could

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<v Speaker 2>have been used during a time of national deliverance or

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<v Speaker 2>military victory, or just post exile worship in general. But

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<v Speaker 2>it has themes of remembrance, and it has themes of

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<v Speaker 2>remembering God's goodness but also remembering that God allows catastrophe,

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<v Speaker 2>he allows difficulty, and the psalm writer likens this to

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<v Speaker 2>refining silver. So kind of the idea that the trials,

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<v Speaker 2>the tribulations, the difficulties that actually in the psalm are

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<v Speaker 2>attributed to God, Like you laid the net, you allowed

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<v Speaker 2>us to be trapped. You allowed us to go through

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<v Speaker 2>suffering because you were refining us. You were bringing us

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<v Speaker 2>through the fire and then through the water, and then

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<v Speaker 2>into a purification and then remembering God's deliverance into what

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<v Speaker 2>we would consider abundance. The refining process is not something

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<v Speaker 2>that we would consider abundant. It's something we would consider

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<v Speaker 2>painful and difficult. So it's kind of a both. And

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<v Speaker 2>so if you find yourself right now in a time

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<v Speaker 2>where you're going through something, and I'm going to interject

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<v Speaker 2>because I don't always believe, and this is jaming the

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<v Speaker 2>non theologian, just from what I read, what I've experienced,

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<v Speaker 2>how I perceive God in the Bible. I believe that

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<v Speaker 2>there are times when God absolutely either invites calamity, causes calamity,

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<v Speaker 2>or allows calamity for a purpose of refinement. But it

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<v Speaker 2>seems to me that there are also times when we

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<v Speaker 2>just are reaping the sinful world we live in. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think every sickness is sent by God or allowed

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<v Speaker 2>by God for a specific purpose to test us or

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<v Speaker 2>to beat us into submission. I think sure there are

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<v Speaker 2>times and biblical examples that job sickness, death, tragedy were

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<v Speaker 2>all allowed, They were caused by Satan, but they were

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<v Speaker 2>allowed by God to reveal Job's faithfulness, not necessarily to

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<v Speaker 2>beat him into submission, but to kind of just be like,

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<v Speaker 2>I know this man will be faithful no matter what,

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<v Speaker 2>so go ahead, do your worst. And Job was faithful.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think there are times when we're just basically

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<v Speaker 2>living a life that's hard because sin is in the world,

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<v Speaker 2>and we have a choice of whether to lean into

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<v Speaker 2>God and find the peace and the comfort and the

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<v Speaker 2>healing that comes from him, or to go the other

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<v Speaker 2>way and to rebel against him, to curse him for

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<v Speaker 2>allowing these things, and to live a terrible life. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know that He always intends for some of the

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<v Speaker 2>things that we endure. I think sometimes he does. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't. But that's me, and maybe that's me coming

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<v Speaker 2>to terms with not wanting to think that everything bad

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<v Speaker 2>is specifically allowed by God.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Some people say everything happens for a reason. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if I adhere to that. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>everything happens for a specific reason and purpose. I know

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<v Speaker 2>that in all things God works for the good of

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<v Speaker 2>those who love him, absolutely, I don't know if everything

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<v Speaker 2>happens specifically for a purpose. There are some terrible tragedies

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<v Speaker 2>that I don't know if they are meant to produce

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<v Speaker 2>a certain outcome, but without God they're impossible to weather.

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<v Speaker 2>If that makes any kind of sense at all to anyone.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my philosophy. It's not carved in stone. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have to be yours. But this particular psalm is celebrating

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<v Speaker 2>that God is a God who can be both rescuer

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<v Speaker 2>and gift giver and also refiner. And I love that

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<v Speaker 2>and I embrace that for sure. So that was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a long way to say, welcome to Psalm sixty six.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's pray other God, we just give you thanks for

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<v Speaker 2>your word, and as always we just come before you

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<v Speaker 2>with complete love and adoration, with complete humility and just

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<v Speaker 2>mindfulness that we are so unworthy of your love and

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<v Speaker 2>of your fellowship and of your invitation to be sons

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<v Speaker 2>and daughters. And so we just thank you and praise

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<v Speaker 2>you for your goodness and love and for that invitation,

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<v Speaker 2>and we welcome that, we embrace it, we accept, we

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<v Speaker 2>take that offer, that olive branch in the form of

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ, who literally was the bridge between us and

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<v Speaker 2>you and fellowship.

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<v Speaker 1>When we were broken.

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<v Speaker 2>Because of sin, and we just pray that we could

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<v Speaker 2>come before you and just understand a little bit more

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<v Speaker 2>about who you are through this psalm. Help us to

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<v Speaker 2>see you clearly. Help this psalm to help us make

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<v Speaker 2>more sense of the lives that we're living. Help the

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<v Speaker 2>pain and the suffering and the difficulty to be a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit more bearable through acknowledgment of your goodness and

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<v Speaker 2>your work in our lives. That no pain is wasted

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<v Speaker 2>in Jesus name.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's read Psalm sixty six. I'm using the

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<v Speaker 2>Nasby nineteen ninety five praise for God's mighty deeds and

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<v Speaker 2>for his answer to prayer. Love it the Praying Christian

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<v Speaker 2>Women podcast. I love that this specifically says this is

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<v Speaker 2>praising God's mighty deeds and his answer to prayer. So

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<v Speaker 2>let's read this and let's try to find what prayers

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<v Speaker 2>were answered for. The choir director a song a psalm.

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<v Speaker 2>Shout joyfully to God, all the earth, sing the glory

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<v Speaker 2>of his name, Make his praise glorious. Say to God,

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<v Speaker 2>how awesome are your works. Because of the greatness of

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<v Speaker 2>your power, your enemies will give feigned obedience to you.

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<v Speaker 2>All the earth will worship you and will sing praises

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<v Speaker 2>to you. They will sing praises to your name. Saylah,

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<v Speaker 2>Come and see the works of God, who is awesome

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<v Speaker 2>in his deeds. Towards the sons of men, he turned

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<v Speaker 2>the sea into dry land. They pass through the river

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<v Speaker 2>on foot. There, Let us rejoice in him. He rules

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<v Speaker 2>by his might forever. His eyes keep watch on the nations.

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<v Speaker 2>Let not the rebellious exult themselves. Saylah, bless our God,

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<v Speaker 2>o peoples, and sound his praise abroad, who keeps us

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<v Speaker 2>in life and does not allow our feet to slip.

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<v Speaker 2>For you have tried us, O God, You have refined

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<v Speaker 2>us as silver is refined. You brought us into the net.

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<v Speaker 2>You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins. You made

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<v Speaker 2>men ride over our heads. We went through fire and

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<v Speaker 2>through water, Yet you brought us out into a place

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<v Speaker 2>of abundance. I shall come into your house with burnt offerings.

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<v Speaker 2>I shall pay you my vows, which my lips uttered

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<v Speaker 2>and my mouth spoke when I was in distress. I

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<v Speaker 2>shall offer to you burnt offerings of fat beasts with

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<v Speaker 2>the smoke of rams. I shall make an offering of

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<v Speaker 2>bulls with male goats Selah, Come and hear, all who

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<v Speaker 2>fear God, and I will tell of what he has

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<v Speaker 2>done for my soul. I cried to him with my mouth,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was extolled with my tongue. If I regard

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<v Speaker 2>wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear. But

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<v Speaker 2>certainly God has heard. He has given heed to the

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<v Speaker 2>voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, who is not

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<v Speaker 2>turned away my prayer nor his loving kindness for me.

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<v Speaker 1>So there is a lot in here, I think. In

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning.

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<v Speaker 2>What stands out to me is this line in verse three.

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<v Speaker 2>Because of the greatness of your power, your enemies will

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<v Speaker 2>give feigned obedience to you. And I looked into this

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit into commentaries and the lexicon. The word

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<v Speaker 2>used here about giving feigned obedience is the same word

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<v Speaker 2>used when someone is conquered and they bow to their conqueror.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't mean that they're plotting or pretending that they're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to submit. It means that they're forced into it,

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<v Speaker 2>and their heart isn't in it, but they have to.

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<v Speaker 2>And what I see here is here we are like

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<v Speaker 2>the whole earth is shouting to God, is singing the

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<v Speaker 2>glory of his name. This is universal praise like this

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<v Speaker 2>is even the rocks will cry out. If there wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>a human on the planet to give praise to God,

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<v Speaker 2>even the rocks would cry out and worship because He

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<v Speaker 2>is worthy of praise. And then you've got God's people,

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<v Speaker 2>who are the ones who are singing this. Obviously this

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<v Speaker 2>is the people of Israel singing this, but they're talking

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<v Speaker 2>about all of the earth will worship you and sing

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<v Speaker 2>praises to you. And then, because of the greatness of power,

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<v Speaker 2>even your enemies will have no choice. It's that every niche,

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<v Speaker 2>all about, every tongue confessed that Jesus Christ is Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not robotic, it's a response that's necessary when confronted

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<v Speaker 2>with the greatness of our God. And the thought that

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<v Speaker 2>came to my mind is if everyone, even God's enemies,

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<v Speaker 2>are going to have no choice but to submit to him,

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<v Speaker 2>why wouldn't we willingly turn ourselves to this great God

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<v Speaker 2>and partner with him to bring love and God's kingdom

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<v Speaker 2>here on earth as it is in heaven. Why would

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<v Speaker 2>we not be on his side? And so that contrast

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<v Speaker 2>of even your enemies are going to just be flat

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<v Speaker 2>on their faces giving glory. Sorry to you, not because

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<v Speaker 2>it's in their hearts, but because they have to. They

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<v Speaker 2>have no choice. What a gift that we can choose

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<v Speaker 2>to be in relationship with him, not to have to

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<v Speaker 2>just fall flat on our faces out of obligation or

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<v Speaker 2>because that's how things go. But the invitation, the hand

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<v Speaker 2>that is extended out to us of Jesus, why would

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<v Speaker 2>we not take that. The next section, verses five through seven,

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<v Speaker 2>it talks about come and see the works, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is remembering what He did for his people. He turned

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<v Speaker 2>the sea into dry land, so that evokes imagery of

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<v Speaker 2>the Red Sea when Moses and the people cross the

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<v Speaker 2>Red Sea, or maybe the Jordan when it was parted.

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<v Speaker 2>Also they passed through the river on foot. There let

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<v Speaker 2>us rejoice him in him And this is a call

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<v Speaker 2>to remembrance. And this is a thing that I think

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<v Speaker 2>is so important. You can call him Ebenezers where you

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<v Speaker 2>place these monuments of memory on.

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<v Speaker 1>Ways that God was faithful.

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<v Speaker 2>There are several times in my life when God was

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<v Speaker 2>blaringly obviously faithful to me, times when I wasn't sure

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<v Speaker 2>if He was there, and a prayer was answered in

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<v Speaker 2>a way that couldn't have been explained any other way,

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<v Speaker 2>and I stand on these things. I go back to

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<v Speaker 2>them in my mind during times when things are hard,

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<v Speaker 2>and I love that they bring this up first, whether

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<v Speaker 2>it's David or someone else. The psalmist brings this up

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<v Speaker 2>and says, remember these miraculous things that God did for

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<v Speaker 2>our people, because the next section brings up God doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>allow our feet to slip. He keeps us in life.

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<v Speaker 2>But in verses ten through twelve, it talks about how,

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<v Speaker 2>even though he is faithful, let's also remember the times

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<v Speaker 2>when they were hard, times when God allowed us to suffer.

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<v Speaker 2>When God allowed us to be tried, He tried us

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<v Speaker 2>find us. As silver is refined, God brought us into

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<v Speaker 2>the net or the trap. The net is used sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>in these psalms. Remember it talks about how, like David

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<v Speaker 2>will say, my adversaries have laid a net, have laid

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<v Speaker 2>a trap. Let them get caught in their own net.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is saying He brought us into the net.

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<v Speaker 2>God brought his own people into a trap. He refined them.

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<v Speaker 2>As silver is refined, which means pain and heat and fire.

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<v Speaker 2>It means turning the heat up just enough so that

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<v Speaker 2>that draws the impurities would rise to the surface, but

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<v Speaker 2>not so hot that the silver would be consumed, and

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<v Speaker 2>that language is used also, But we were not consumed.

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<v Speaker 2>And a good refiner knew the precise temperature that was

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<v Speaker 2>needed to precipitate out the impurities from the silver, so

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<v Speaker 2>it could be skimmed off, but that silver would be preserved.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's a good God and he does that. He

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<v Speaker 2>does not consume his people, He refines them. You laid

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<v Speaker 2>oppressive burden upon our loins. You made men to ride

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<v Speaker 2>over our heads. This language isn't just we live in

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<v Speaker 2>a fallen world. Bad stuff happens, like I was talking about,

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<v Speaker 2>I think sometimes that does happen. This is talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>This is evidence that there are times when God makes

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<v Speaker 2>difficulties happen. And yet even though we went through fire

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<v Speaker 2>and through water, yet in verse twelve, you brought us

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<v Speaker 2>out into a place of abundance. And so that is

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<v Speaker 2>where we can say whether this trial I'm going through

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<v Speaker 2>was just something that's a result of a fallen world.

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<v Speaker 2>Whether it's a trial that God is placygone me, or

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's a trial God is allowing Satan to put

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<v Speaker 2>on me, it doesn't matter. I think for me, the

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<v Speaker 2>absolute worst case scenario is that God is making it happen,

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<v Speaker 2>because that's hard to take and hard to swallow. But

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<v Speaker 2>even if that that's what's happening, he is good. He

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<v Speaker 2>is at work, and he will bring us out into

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<v Speaker 2>a place of abundance. And we know that why because

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<v Speaker 2>we look back on the times when he did when

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<v Speaker 2>the times that he showed himself to be all powerful,

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<v Speaker 2>to be capable of crushing enemies and making miracles happen

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<v Speaker 2>and parting waters. If he is capable of it, then

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<v Speaker 2>we can trust that he will do it when it's necessary.

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<v Speaker 2>And if he has done it, he'll do it again,

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<v Speaker 2>and we can praise him for being the God of

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<v Speaker 2>all power. And the Psalmist ends with I will come

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<v Speaker 2>into your house with burnt offerings. I'll pay you my

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<v Speaker 2>vows which my lips uttered and my mouth spoke when

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<v Speaker 2>I was in distress. And he's saying that everyone, everyone

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<v Speaker 2>who knows that there's a god who's worthy of paying

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<v Speaker 2>attention to listen as I tell what he has done

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<v Speaker 2>for my soul, That he has listened to the cries

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<v Speaker 2>of my mouth, and he has answered my prayers. So

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<v Speaker 2>the ending of this, because it is whether you're feeling

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<v Speaker 2>it or not, today You can pray this as the

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<v Speaker 2>Psalmist praise. You can borrow the faith and the positivity

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<v Speaker 2>of this Psalmist to remember that God has certainly heard,

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<v Speaker 2>He's given heed to my cries, and he is good,

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<v Speaker 2>and he has not turned away my prayer. You can

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<v Speaker 2>know that no matter what you're going through today, and

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<v Speaker 2>no matter why you're going through it, you don't even

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<v Speaker 2>need to really know why, but no matter why it's happening,

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<v Speaker 2>you can know God is blessed. Blessed be the name

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord. He has not turned away my prayer

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<v Speaker 2>or his loving kindness from me. He is with me,

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<v Speaker 2>He loves me. He's with you. He loves you, and

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<v Speaker 2>he hears your prayer, and your prayer will be answered.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's pray.

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<v Speaker 2>God, We praise you for being a hearer of prayers,

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<v Speaker 2>for being a good God who never leaves us. We

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<v Speaker 2>pray that the rocks wouldn't have to cry out for

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<v Speaker 2>lack of praise on this planet. Let us be the

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<v Speaker 2>first to lift up your voice, lift up our voices,

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<v Speaker 2>to lift up your name and praise you as the

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<v Speaker 2>creator of the universe, as the God of Abraham, Isaac

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<v Speaker 2>and Jacob, who provided a ram in the wilderness for

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<v Speaker 2>Abraham so that Isaac didn't have to be sacrificed. Who

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<v Speaker 2>provided your son, Jesus so that we could have a

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<v Speaker 2>relationship with You, Who refines us. And even though it's painful,

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<v Speaker 2>there is abundance on the other side of it that

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<v Speaker 2>could never have been attained without that pain. Who comforts

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<v Speaker 2>us in our time of need, Who meets us in

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<v Speaker 2>our deepest, darkest hour. You are close to the brokenhearted.

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<v Speaker 2>You bring healing and love and hope and peace, and

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<v Speaker 2>you hear our prayers. You are the God who sees,

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<v Speaker 2>You see us. You see the difficulties we're going through,

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<v Speaker 2>the pain, the worry, the hard work that no one

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<v Speaker 2>else sees, the frustration, the hopelessness.

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<v Speaker 1>We cling to you Lord in this moment, and.

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<v Speaker 2>We pray that you would give us a glimpse of

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<v Speaker 2>your presence, that your Holy Spirit would be with us

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<v Speaker 2>and wrap us up in a warm blanket, that you

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<v Speaker 2>would give us God winks throughout our day, things that

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<v Speaker 2>people say, verses, we come across songs, we hear messages

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<v Speaker 2>from pastors, whatever it is to help us to just

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<v Speaker 2>know that you are with us. We pray that you

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<v Speaker 2>would just be with the person listening today, who is

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<v Speaker 2>feeling hopeless, forgotten, who is feeling like you're heaping difficulties

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<v Speaker 2>on them, that you would remind them that you love them,

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<v Speaker 2>that you are in this for their good, that you

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<v Speaker 2>have provided before and you will provide again, and even

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<v Speaker 2>now you're providing in Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen. We'd like to.

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