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Speaker 1: I'm John Stangi, and today we're in first Chronicles sixteen

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Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the message. They brought the

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Speaker 1: Chest of God and placed it right in the center

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Speaker 1: of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then

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Speaker 1: they worshiped by presenting burnt offerings and peace offerings to God.

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Speaker 1: When David had completed the offerings of worship, he blessed

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Speaker 1: the people in the name of God. Then he passed

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Speaker 1: around to everyone there, men and women alike, a loaf

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Speaker 1: of bread, a slice of barbecue, and a raisin cake.

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Speaker 1: Then David assigned some of the Levites to the Chest

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Speaker 1: of God to lead worship, to intercede, give thanks and

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Speaker 1: praise the God of Israel. Asaf was in charge. Under

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Speaker 1: him were Zechariah, Jayeel, Shameramath Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Beniah, obid Edom,

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Speaker 1: and Jayeel, who played the musical instruments. Asaf was on percussion.

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Speaker 1: The priests Beniah and Jehaziel blew the trumpets before the

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Speaker 1: chest of the Covenant of God at set times through

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Speaker 1: the day. That was the day that David inaugurated regular

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Speaker 1: worship of praise to God, led by Asath and his company.

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Speaker 1: Thank God, call out his name, Tell the whole world

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Speaker 1: who he is and what He's done. Sing to him,

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Speaker 1: play songs for him, Broadcast all his wonders. Revel in

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Speaker 1: his holy name. God Seekers, be jubilant, study God and

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Speaker 1: his strength, Seek his presence and night. Remember all the

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Speaker 1: wonders he performed, the miracles and judgments that came out

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Speaker 1: of his mouth. Seed of Israel, his servant, children of Jacob,

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Speaker 1: his first choice. He is God, our God. Wherever you go,

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Speaker 1: you come on his judgments and decisions. He keeps his

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Speaker 1: commitments across thousands of generations. The covenant he commanded, the

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Speaker 1: same one he made with Abraham, the very one he

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Speaker 1: swore to Isaac. He posted it in big block letters

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Speaker 1: to Jacob, this eternal covenant with Israel. I give you

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Speaker 1: the land of Canaan. This is your inheritance, even though

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Speaker 1: you're not much to look at a few straggling strangers.

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Speaker 1: They wandered from country to country, camped out in one

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Speaker 1: kingdom after another, but He didn't let anyone push them around.

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Speaker 1: He stood up for them against bully kings. Don't you

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Speaker 1: dare touch my anointed ones. Don't let a hand on

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Speaker 1: my prophets. Sing to God, everyone and everything, get out

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Speaker 1: his salvation news every day. Publish his glory among the

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Speaker 1: godless nations, his wonders to all races and religions. And why,

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Speaker 1: because God is great well worth praising. No god or

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Speaker 1: goddess comes close in honor. All the popular gods are

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Speaker 1: stuff and nonsense. But God made the cosmos. Splendor and

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Speaker 1: majesty flow out of him. Strength and joy fill his place.

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Speaker 1: Shout Bravo to God, families of the peoples, in awe

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Speaker 1: of the glory, in awe of the strength. Bravo, Shout

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Speaker 1: bravo to his famous name. Lift high and offering, and

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Speaker 1: enter his presence. Stand resplendent in his robes of holiness.

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Speaker 1: God is serious business. Take him seriously. He's put the

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Speaker 1: earth in place and it's not moving. So let heaven rejoice,

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Speaker 1: Let earth be jubilant, and pass the word among the nations.

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Speaker 1: God reigns. Let ocean all teeming with life below, let

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Speaker 1: feeld and all its creatures shake the rafters. Then the

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Speaker 1: trees in the forest will add their applause to all

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Speaker 1: who are pleased and present before God. He's on his

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Speaker 1: way to set things right. Give thanks to God. He

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Speaker 1: is good and his love never quits. Say save us, Savior, God,

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Speaker 1: round us up and get us out of these godless places,

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Speaker 1: so we can give thanks to your holy name and

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Speaker 1: bask in your life of praise. Blessed be God, the

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Speaker 1: God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Then everybody said yes,

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Speaker 1: Amen and praise God. David left a Esaf and his

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Speaker 1: co workers with the chest of the Covenant of God

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Speaker 1: and in charge of the work of worship. They were

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Speaker 1: also assigned obid Edam and his sixty eight relatives to

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Speaker 1: help them. Obid Edam, son of Jeduthan and Hosa were

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Speaker 1: in charge of the security guards. The priest Zadoc and

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Speaker 1: his family of priests were assigned to the Tent of

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Speaker 1: God at the Sacred Mound at Gibeon to make sure

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Speaker 1: that the services of morning and evening worship were conducted daily,

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Speaker 1: complete with whole burnt offerings offered on the altar of

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Speaker 1: burnt offering as ordered in the law of God, which

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Speaker 1: was the norm for Israel. With them were Heman, Jeduthan,

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Speaker 1: to God for his love never quits. Hemen and Jeduthan

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Speaker 1: were also well equipped with trumpets, symbols, and other instruments

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Speaker 1: for accompanying sacred songs. The sons of Jeduthan formed the

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Speaker 1: and David went home to bless his family. 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 of reading this passage together today and

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Speaker 1: meditating on its content. We thank you for the things

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Speaker 1: that you reveal to us in it, and we thank you,

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Speaker 1: Lord for the encouragement that you give to us to

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Speaker 1: readily and eagerly and openly praise your name, because you

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Speaker 1: are who you are. You are the God who redeems,

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Speaker 1: You are the God who saves, and you deserve praise

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Speaker 1: for all that you have done. We see, Lord, your

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Speaker 1: gift of salvation presented to us through faith in your

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Speaker 1: son Jesus Christ, who came to this earth and secured

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Speaker 1: our redemption, paying for it with his own blood. Lord,

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Speaker 1: This is reason for us to give you praise. You

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Speaker 1: are greater than all the gods worshiped by all the

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Speaker 1: nations of all time. We know, Lord, that there are

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Speaker 1: many people in this world who worship false gods, They

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Speaker 1: worship idols, they buy into false systems of religion. But

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Speaker 1: you present yourself to humanity. You have revealed yourself to us,

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Speaker 1: and you invite us to trust in you. So Lord,

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Speaker 1: we pray that we would do that very thing, and

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Speaker 1: we pray that every day that we live would be

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Speaker 1: a day that we are inspired to give you honor

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Speaker 1: and glory. And we thank you, Lord for your presence

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Speaker 1: with us. We commit this day to your care, and

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Speaker 1: we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen,