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Speaker 1: I'm John Stangey, and today we're in Psalms ninety five
Speaker 1: and ninety six, and we'll be reading from the New
Speaker 1: Living Translation. Come, let us sing to the Lord. Let
Speaker 1: us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let
Speaker 1: us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms
Speaker 1: of praise to him. For the Lord is a great God,
Speaker 1: a great king above all gods. He holds in his
Speaker 1: hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains.
Speaker 1: The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His
Speaker 1: hands formed the dry land too. Come, let us worship
Speaker 1: and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord, our maker,
Speaker 1: for he is our God. We are the people He
Speaker 1: watches over the flock under his care. If only you
Speaker 1: would listen to his voice today, the Lord says, don't
Speaker 1: harden your hearts as Israel did at Marabah, as they
Speaker 1: did at Massah in the wilderness. For there your ancestors
Speaker 1: tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything
Speaker 1: I did for forty years. I was angry with them,
Speaker 1: and I said, they are a people whose hearts turn
Speaker 1: away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.
Speaker 1: So in my anger I took an oath. They will
Speaker 1: never enter my place of rest Psalm ninety six. Sing
Speaker 1: a new song to the Lord. Let the whole earth
Speaker 1: sing to the Lord. Sing to the Lord. Praise his
Speaker 1: name each day, Proclaim the good news that he saves.
Speaker 1: Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about
Speaker 1: the amazing things he does. Great is the Lord. He
Speaker 1: is most worthy of praise. He is to be feared
Speaker 1: above all gods. The gods of other nations are mere idols.
Speaker 1: But the Lord made the heavens. Honor and majesty surround him.
Speaker 1: Strength and beauty fill his sanctuary. Ow nations of the
Speaker 1: world recognize the Lord. Recognize that the Lord is glorious
Speaker 1: and strong. Give to the Lord the glory he deserves.
Speaker 1: Bring your offering and come into his courts. Worship the
Speaker 1: Lord in all his holy splendor. Let all the earth
Speaker 1: tremble before him. Tell all the nations the Lord reigns.
Speaker 1: The world stands firm and cannot be shaken. He will
Speaker 1: judge all peoples fairly. Let the heavens be glad and
Speaker 1: the earth rejoice. Let the sea and everything in it
Speaker 1: shout his praise. Let the fields and their crops burst
Speaker 1: out with joy. Let the trees of the forest sing
Speaker 1: for joy before the Lord, for he is coming. He
Speaker 1: is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the
Speaker 1: world with justice and the nations with his truth. Let's pray. Lord,
Speaker 1: we thank you for your word, and we thank you
Speaker 1: for the privilege of being able to look at it
Speaker 1: together today. And Lord, we thank you for the fact
Speaker 1: that you are the source of our joy. We find
Speaker 1: great contentment, and we find great joy in you through
Speaker 1: faith in your son Jesus Christ. And this Psalmist is
Speaker 1: reminding us time and time again of the fact that
Speaker 1: we can have joy in you, that you are the
Speaker 1: source of joy for all this earth. Lord, we're also
Speaker 1: reminded that there's a day coming when you will return
Speaker 1: to judge the earth. And your word tells us that
Speaker 1: your son Jesus Christ can come at any moment. Is
Speaker 1: coming can be today or tomorrow, or maybe still a
Speaker 1: distance away. We aren't told exactly when it will be,
Speaker 1: but his return is imminent. And so Lord, you invite us,
Speaker 1: and you remind us to live as if his return
Speaker 1: could be today. So we pray Lord that by your grace,
Speaker 1: that that's exactly what we would do, and that that's
Speaker 1: exactly how we would live, and that that would be
Speaker 1: evidence and fruit of the genuine faith that you have
Speaker 1: placed within us. Lord, we love you, We thank you
Speaker 1: for your presence with us today, and we commit this
Speaker 1: day to your care and pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.