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Speaker 1: Chronicles twenty two today and the preparation that David does

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Speaker 1: of the psalms. He wrote all different types of psalms.

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Speaker 1: He wrote happy psalms, sad psalms, prayerful psalms, joyful psalms.

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Speaker 1: And he also wrote a type of psalm called an

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Speaker 1: imprecatory psalm. An imprecatory psalm is when you ask for

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Speaker 1: Christians pray them? Can we pray for God's judgment on

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Speaker 1: our enemies? So my sister and I talked about that

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Speaker 1: on the YouTube channel, which I have that video linked

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Speaker 1: in the description, and I think it's a really important topic.

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Speaker 1: You know, how do we deal with the anger that

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Speaker 1: So take a look at that video when you get

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Speaker 1: a chance. But for now, let's go ahead and read

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Speaker 1: First Chronicles twenty two. The entire thing. I'll be reading

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Speaker 1: as I usually do, from the web. I've also got

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Speaker 1: my delicious cup of seven weeks coffee right here with me.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, you know, I haven't drank any tea in

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Speaker 1: a very long period of time, and I couldn't be happier.

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Speaker 1: I love coffee, I love the smell of it, I

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Speaker 1: love the taste of it, and I am just overjoyed

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Speaker 1: right now to be sharing a cup of coffee with

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Speaker 1: all of you wonderful, faithful listeners. So grab a cup

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Speaker 1: of coffee, or I guess you're a cup of tea

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Speaker 1: for those of you who prefer tea over coffee. And

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Speaker 1: let's go ahead and read first Chronicles twenty two, the

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Speaker 1: entire thing. As always, I'll be reading from the web.

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Speaker 1: Then David said, this is the house of Yahweh, God,

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Speaker 1: David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were

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Speaker 1: cut dressed stones to build God's house. David prepared iron

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Speaker 1: David said, Solomon, my son, is young and tender, and

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Speaker 1: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared

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Speaker 1: abundantly before his death. Then he called for Solomon his son,

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Speaker 1: house to the name of Yahweh, my god. But Yahwei's

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Speaker 1: word came to me, saying, you have shed blood abundantly

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Speaker 1: But faithful listeners, check out that episode I did with

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Speaker 1: Comment on the video, let me know what you think,

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Speaker 1: to see more videos coming out as well. Faithful listeners,

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Speaker 1: have a lovely and wonderful rest of your day as

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Speaker 1: always happy listening and God bless