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Speaker 1: You're listening to daily devotions with Pastor John I'm john

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Speaker 1: Stongey and today's devotion is inspired by Psalm nineteen, verse one,

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Speaker 1: which says, the heavens declare the glory of God, and

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Speaker 1: the sky above proclaims his handiwork. It has always been

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Speaker 1: God's desire to have a deep, abiding personal relationship with mankind.

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Speaker 1: He created us in his image, He placed us in

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Speaker 1: a perfectly designed environment. He entrusted to us meaningful work

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Speaker 1: and responsibilities, and He has surrounded us with visible evidence

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Speaker 1: of His power, creativity, and presence. In every direction we look,

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Speaker 1: we see the handiwork of God. When we look to

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Speaker 1: the sky, we see birds, stars, planets, and the visible

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Speaker 1: aspects of our atmosphere. God's fingerprints are all over these things.

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Speaker 1: They preach a message to our hearts that God is

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Speaker 1: real and glorious. Creation, by its very existence and complexity,

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Speaker 1: testifies to its creator. When we look at ourselves, we

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Speaker 1: see God's hand as well. In our intellect, emotions, and will,

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Speaker 1: we see a reflection of his image, and again he

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Speaker 1: testifies to us that he is real, and he is

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Speaker 1: intentionally making himself known. Ultimately, God took on flesh and

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Speaker 1: walked among us. Jesus Christ spoke to us, healed us, died,

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Speaker 1: rose from death, ascended back to heaven, and promised to return.

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Speaker 1: He made himself known to us because he desires a

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Speaker 1: relationship with us. Do you feel like you truly know

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Speaker 1: Jesus or do you simply know about him? 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 that it is to be able to

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Speaker 1: read a small portion of it today from the book

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Speaker 1: of Psalms. And Father, we're grateful for the work that

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Speaker 1: you've done in our lives and the work that you've

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Speaker 1: done all around us. When we look at your creation,

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Speaker 1: it testifies to the fact that you exist. It screams

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Speaker 1: out to us that you're real and you're actively involved

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Speaker 1: in what you've made. Father, we see that all around us.

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Speaker 1: But we also see that truth reflected in our lives.

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Speaker 1: The way you've designed us, the way you've made us

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Speaker 1: to reflect your image, the way that you assure our

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Speaker 1: hearts that you're present right here with us. In each

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Speaker 1: of these things, we see that you're real. And Father,

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Speaker 1: we're grateful for the fact that it's always been your

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Speaker 1: desire to have a deep, abiding personal relationship with us.

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Speaker 1: You didn't create us in your image for no reason.

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Speaker 1: We were designed to have fellowship with you, and we

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Speaker 1: recognize that we broke that fellowship in the garden of

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Speaker 1: Eden when we rebelled against you. But we're also grateful,

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Speaker 1: Father that you sent your son, who took on flesh,

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Speaker 1: who walked among us, who pointed our hearts to you,

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Speaker 1: and did this all so that our relationship with you

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Speaker 1: could be restored. Lord. We pray that if we've been

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Speaker 1: living in ignorance, we've been neglecting to acknowledge your presence

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Speaker 1: and your power, and the fact that your handiwork is

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Speaker 1: testifying to you. We pray that today would be the

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Speaker 1: day that that stops. We pray that today would be

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Speaker 1: the day that we come to know you in a

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Speaker 1: personal way through faith in your son Jesus Christ, and

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Speaker 1: that from this day forward, when we look at what

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Speaker 1: you've made, whether it be people or other aspects of

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Speaker 1: your creation, that our eyes would be opened to see

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Speaker 1: your fingerprints all over what you've created. Thank you, Lord

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Speaker 1: for what you've done, and thank you for using your

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Speaker 1: power to enable us to begin seeing all that you've

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Speaker 1: accomplished in the past and all that you're accomplishing in

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Speaker 1: the present. We're thankful for all of these things, and

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