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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your daily Bible Verse, the

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Speaker 2: podcast that examines one verse each day to learn more

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Speaker 2: about God and as will for our lives. I'm your host,

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Speaker 2: Kyle Norman. After a brief message from one of our sponsors,

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Speaker 2: we will continue with today's verse. Today's verse can be

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Speaker 2: found in Psalm one oh five, Verse one Oh give

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Speaker 2: thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known

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Speaker 2: his deeds among the peoples. When I was growing up,

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Speaker 2: my family had five large photo albums. We kept these

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Speaker 2: in the base of our coffee table. In the living room. Periodically,

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Speaker 2: us children, we would take out these photo albums and

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Speaker 2: we would go through them. We would leave through all

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Speaker 2: the photos and ask the stories that lied behind every image. No,

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Speaker 2: on one hand this was entertaining, but on the other hand,

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Speaker 2: the album served as a type of history lesson. We

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Speaker 2: heard or reheard about the events and people in our lives.

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Speaker 2: We learned the story of our family, the story that

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Speaker 2: we were a part of. No. Ancient Israel never had

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Speaker 2: photo albums, but I did have the psalms. And Psalm

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Speaker 2: one oh five is a psalm that retells the story

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Speaker 2: of Israel's salvation, and by articulating the story of the

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Speaker 2: Exodus in the verses that followed, the psalm reminded Israel

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Speaker 2: of the story of their lives, the story and the

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Speaker 2: history that they were called to live out now. In

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Speaker 2: the Psalm, living out their salvation involved three actions. The

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Speaker 2: psalm begins, give thanks to the Lord, call upon God's name,

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Speaker 2: and make known God's deeds among the peoples. These three

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Speaker 2: actions were to define Israel's identity as the people of God.

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Speaker 2: They were to direct how they lived out their faith

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Speaker 2: and witness. It begins with thankfulness. Thankfulness is about recognizing

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Speaker 2: what God has done in our lives. The Psalm causes

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Speaker 2: Israel's to recognize themselves as the beneficiaries of God's saving acts. Now,

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Speaker 2: thankfulness isn't just about the small blessings of life. It's

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Speaker 2: about the Lord saving events through which God has secured

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Speaker 2: salvation for God's people. Later in the Psalm, the Psalmus

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Speaker 2: encourages Israel to remember quote the wonders that God has done.

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Speaker 2: In thankfulness, we bring to mind how God has touched

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Speaker 2: our lives in a deep and profound way. And with

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Speaker 2: that in mind, we then mold our life around that truth.

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Speaker 2: We live in that reality. See, the purpose of thanksgiving

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Speaker 2: isn't just nostalgia. It's not just a walk down memory lane.

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Speaker 2: We give thanks so that we might engage with God's

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Speaker 2: presence Today. Thankfulness leads to trust. We trust that God

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Speaker 2: is here and that God will act. And so the

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Speaker 2: Psalma says, give thanks to the Lord and call upon

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Speaker 2: God's name. In scripture, God's name is always equal to

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Speaker 2: God's act of presence. So when Psalm calls Israel to

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Speaker 2: call on God's name, it was about recognizing God's presence

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Speaker 2: that surrounded them. Calling on God was about daring to

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Speaker 2: believe that God was with them, and that just as

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Speaker 2: God was faithful in the past, so too God would

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Speaker 2: be faithful in the present. Just as God proved to

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Speaker 2: be forgiving in Israel's history, so too God would be

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Speaker 2: forgiving in current circumstances. Having reflected on God's gracious acts

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Speaker 2: of salvation in their history, having opened themselves to God's

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Speaker 2: saving presence around them, Israel is then called to make

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Speaker 2: that reality known to others. Give thanks to the Lord,

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Speaker 2: call upon name, and make known his deeds among the peoples.

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Speaker 2: The Psalmis calls the community of faith to make known

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Speaker 2: God's deeds. Now this may sound like it's another instance

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Speaker 2: of remembering God's saving acts. It sounds as if Israel

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Speaker 2: is simply to retell their story to show other people

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Speaker 2: their photo album, as it were. But that's not what's

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Speaker 2: going on. See. The fact is the gospel truths and

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Speaker 2: the divine promises that we enjoy are not just for ourselves.

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Speaker 2: They're also for others. We are saved so that we

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Speaker 2: can tell others about God's gift of salvation. We experience

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Speaker 2: God's presence today so that we can help others open

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Speaker 2: their lives to God's presence and so our willingness to

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Speaker 2: be outwardly faithful, to be invitational and encouraging, and how

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Speaker 2: other people explore their faith is part of how we

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Speaker 2: are to live as God's people. We keep ourselves open

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Speaker 2: to the ways that God wants us to share God's works. Remember,

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Speaker 2: the Psalm is about the history of Israel, and Israel

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Speaker 2: was always supposed to be a light to the nations,

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Speaker 2: pointing other peoples to the loving presence of the Ahwah.

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Speaker 2: Later in the Gospel, Jesus says to the disciples and

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Speaker 2: then to us, that we are to be a city

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Speaker 2: on a hill and a light to the world as

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Speaker 2: Christenas today, as followers of Jesus, we have the same call.

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Speaker 2: The words of the Psalm are applied just as much

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Speaker 2: to us as they were to ancient Israel, and this

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Speaker 2: means that there are three ways that we live out

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Speaker 2: our faith. Three calls that we have, three actions that

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Speaker 2: we are to take part in. We give thanks for

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Speaker 2: what God has done, We pray about what God will do,

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Speaker 2: and we make known what God can do in other

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Speaker 2: people's lives. What action do you need to spend time

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Speaker 2: on this week? Do you need to spend time rehearsing

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Speaker 2: the story of your salvation. Perhaps you can spend some

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Speaker 2: time in scripture, reading through the Gospel so that you

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Speaker 2: know more deeply what Jesus has done for you. Do

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Speaker 2: you need to call on God for a situation that

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Speaker 2: you are currently experiencing? Do you need to trust that

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Speaker 2: God is with you? Or maybe God is calling you

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Speaker 2: to take a bold step in declaring God's word to

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Speaker 2: someone else. The truth is, we're called to all of

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Speaker 2: these actions and we live from this way. Well, who

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Speaker 2: knows how God's presence and power will be revealed