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The Bible tells us that we are 
to give thanks unto God for His 

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indescribable gift, and the gift
that God gives is the gift of 

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eternal life that only comes 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

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As we celebrate the season of 
Thanksgiving that leads us into 

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the season of Christmas, there 
is no greater time in all the 

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year to focus in on the 
greatness and the majesty of 

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Christ. 
So tonight I'm going to ask you,

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as Psalm 34 three says, to to 
magnify the Lord with me that we

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might exalt his name together on
Sunday mornings. 

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We have been on a journey. 
It's called the Pathway to 

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praise. 
It's been a encouraging journey.

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It's been an enlightening 
journey. 

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It has been and enhancing 
journey, it's been an enriching 

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journey, but most importantly, 
it's been an enabling journey. 

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A journey that enables us to be 
able to understand what it means

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to give praise and thanks to our
God. 

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It's a journey that all 
Christians are on because those 

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who have been formed or created 
by me, they will declare my 

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praise, Isaiah 4321 says. 
And so tonight I want to 

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introduce to you what I'm going 
to talk about this Sunday by 

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looking at the person of praise.
And I want to introduce it to 

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you because it is an immense 
study. 

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In fact, it is so immense that 
all throughout eternity you will

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never fully grasp the personhood
of God. 

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How do we know that We know 
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Because in Revelation 19, when 
Jesus Christ comes again, the 

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Bible tells us that He has a 
name on Him that no one knows 

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except Himself. 
That that means all the angels 

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in heaven do not know that name,
and they are surrounding Him day

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and night, and so they have no 
understanding of the 

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comprehensiveness of God. 
Truly He is inexhaustible. 

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Truly He is incomprehensible. 
Truly, He is indescribable. 

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In fact, the Bible says in Psalm
145 that His greatness is 

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unsearchable. 
So no longer how long you try to

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search and understand his 
greatness, you will never will. 

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The Bible tells us in Romans 
Chapter 11 that his judgments 

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are untraceable and that His 
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So no matter how hard you try, 
no, no matter how long you 

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study, you will never grasp the 
magnitude of the Master himself.

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He is infinite, and yet we are 
called to know him, to 

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understand him, to grasp him, to
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And so tonight I want to begin 
to introduce you, to introduce 

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to you the immenseness of God, 
to help you begin to realize how

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vast and how great He truly is. 
I want to read to you the 1st 6 

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verses in Psalm 95, and I want 
to focus in on just one of those

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verses. 
The Bible says these words. 

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It says, Oh, come, let us sing 
for joy to the Lord. 

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Let us shout joyfully to the 
rock of our salvation. 

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Let us come before His presence 
with Thanksgiving. 

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Let us shout joyfully to Him 
with psalms. 

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For the Lord is a great God, and
a great King above all gods, in 

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whose hand are the depths of the
earth, the peaks of the 

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mountains are His also the sea 
is his. 

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For it was he who made it. 
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land. 
Come, let us worship and bow 

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down, and let us kneel before 
the Lord our Maker, for He is 

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our God. 
Come, let us worship and bow 

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down, and let us kneel before 
the Lord our Maker. 

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If we're going to magnify the 
name of the Lord, that we might 

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exalt His name together, then we
must understand the essence of 

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His name. 
Remember His His name is always 

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singular, never plural. 800 
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Lord has referred to as having a
name. 200 times in the New 

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Testament He's referred to as 
having a name. 1000 times. 

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It is always singular and it's 
never plural. 

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God doesn't have names, He just 
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multifaceted. 
That name is all-encompassing. 

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And so it's imperative that you 
understand, like Isaiah 9/6 for 

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his name will be called 
wonderful counsellor, mighty 

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God, the Prince of Peace, the 
everlasting Father. 

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It doesn't say his names shall 
be called. 

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No, it says his name shall be 
called because he only has one 

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name. 
And that name is so majestic, 

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it's multifaceted. 
And as you begin to study the 

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name of God, you begin to 
realize how great it truly is. 

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So in the Bible says let us 
magnify the name of the Lord. 

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Let's exalt his name. 
You are elevating the name of 

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Christ and he only has one name.
It's it's used 6823 times in the

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Old Testament. 
It's commonly called the 

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Tetragrammaton, which is 4 
Hebrew consonants that make up 

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the name of God. 
As Gentiles we add some vowels 

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in there, so we call him 
Jehovah. 

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That's really not the name, but 
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pronounce, we add the fowls to 
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say it's Jehovah. 
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I think it's best pronounced 
Yah. 

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They just to understand those 
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how it's best pronounced yave. 
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That's his memorial name. 
Exodus chapter 3, verse #15. 

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That has to be remembered from 
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And so for 6823 times in the Old
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And here in Psalm 95, verse #6 
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Lord your maker. 
It's a unique description of who

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our God is. 
It's a it's a personal 

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involvement in the life of His 
people, where He shapes them, 

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where he molds them, where he 
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like him. 
Yave Hassinu is a very intimate 

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name of God on how he is 
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people. 
In fact, the Bible says in Psalm

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149 verse #1 praise the Lord, 
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praise and his praise in the 
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Let Israel be glad in his maker 
Hassinu. 

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He is the molder and shaper of 
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It's best to find in Isaiah 
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But now, O Lord, you are our 
Father, We are the clay, and you

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are Potter, and all of us are 
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In other words, God is the 
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Creator of everything in our 
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So the Bible says in Ephesians 
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His workmanship, we are His 
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We are His literary masterpiece.
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in Christ Jesus for good works. 
In other words, we are such a 

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masterpiece of God that He is 
shaping and molding every aspect

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of our lives that we might best 
represent Him. 

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It's imperative that you 
understand this because in 

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Revelation 411, the four living 
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which is the Church of Jesus 
Christ, bow down and cast their 

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crowns before the throne. 
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this is what you will say for 
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Worthy are you, O Lord our God, 
to receive glory and honor and 

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power. 
For you created all things, and 

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because of your will, they 
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That is so important to 
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Listen, you have one opportunity
to make a first impression. 

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If this is your first time to 
Christ Community Church, this is

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your first impression of the 
church. 

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This sermon is your first 
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When you have a chance to make a
first impression, you put your 

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best foot forward. 
You do the best you possibly 

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can. 
God had one chance to make a 

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first impression, and when God 
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made it with a prominent 
doctrine that would be forever 

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memorialized. 
The Bible says that in the 

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beginning God created. 
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himself to the world. 
It doesn't say in the beginning 

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God loved. 
That's not how he wanted to be 

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introduced this day. 
In the beginning, God was 

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merciful. 
Nope, they say in the beginning 

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God was just. 
No, God wanted to make a first 

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impression. 
He wanted to make sure that he 

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made an indelible impression in 
the hearts and lives of 

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everybody around the world. 
So he introduced himself one 

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way, as Creator of all things, 
and He is the Creator of all 

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things, for by Him all things 
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In fact, it says that He was one
that He opposed all things that 

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He has created by the word of 
his power. 

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But listen, because God 
introduced himself as Creator, 

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he completely destroys man's 
view of evolution. 

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Because he introduces himself as
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all those who believe in 
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Because God's a creator of life.
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kill a child, I am saying that I
am God and God is not. 

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If I believe in evolution, I say
I believe the way the world came

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together and God's way is not 
true. 

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If I have a transgender 
ideology, I go against what God 

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said when it says have you not 
heard that he created them male 

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and female from the beginning. 
You see, God's word is truth. 

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God himself is true. 
Everything about truth comes 

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from God, and therefore God 
presented himself as the Creator

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of the world. 
That's how he introduced himself

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to every man. 
That's why man in Romans one 

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wants to worship the creature 
rather than the creator, because

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God is the master Creator. 
And the psalmist says in Psalm 

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95 verse #6 that this God is 
called Yave Hassinu. 

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He is the maker and molder and 
Creator of your life. 

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So when you seek to magnify the 
name of the Lord, when you seek 

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to exalt His name, you are 
looking at Him, at Him as the 

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Creator of all things, 
specifically your life. 

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So how do you do that? 
This Thanksgiving? 

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I want you to magnify His name. 
I want you to magnify your 

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Maker. 
How are you going to magnify 

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your Maker tomorrow? 
How will you magnify your maker 

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this weekend? 
How will you magnify your maker 

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for the rest of your life? 
Number one, you must remember 

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your Maker. 
Remember your Creator. 

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Ecclesiastes 12 verse #1 
Remember your Creator in the 

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days of your youth before the 
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Solomon wanted to make sure that
his son Raybum understood that 

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while he was young he needed to 
pay very close attention because

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the word remember means to pay 
very close attention so as to 

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act decisively and follow 
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So he says, remember, pay very 
close attention to your Creator.

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Notice he doesn't say pay very 
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He doesn't say pay very close, 
close attention to your King or 

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pay very close attention to your
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He specifically says pay very 
close attention to your Creator,

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to your Maker, to the one who is
the designer of everything. 

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Pay very close attention to the 
master architect of your life, 

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your circumstances, your 
situations, because the evil 

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days are going to come. 
And if you don't pay very close 

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attention to the fact that the 
God you serve is the creator of 

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all things, those evil days will
overwhelm you. 

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So if you're going to magnify 
your maker, you got to remember 

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your maker in the days of your 
youth. 

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Very, very important. 
So often we we forget that #2 

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You need to recognize your 
Creator in the days of your 

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youth. 
Listen to these words in Isaiah 

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chapter 43. 
But now Thus says the Lord your 

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Creator, O Jacob, and he who 
formed you, O Israel, do not 

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fear, for I have redeemed you. 
I've called you by name, You are

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mine. 
When you pass through the 

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waters, I will be with you, and 
through the rivers they will not

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overflow you. 
When you walk through the fire, 

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you will not be scorched, for I 
am the Lord your God, the Holy 

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One of Israel. 
Your Savior. 

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God introduces himself to Israel
as their Creator. 

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We are so concerned about how we
feel when God is only concerned 

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about how we are formed. 
There is a big difference there,

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how we are formed in His image. 
And here God is telling Israel, 

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when you pass through the 
waters, when you go through the 

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fire, I will be with you. 
I am your Creator. 

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I'm the one who puts you 
together. 

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It says later on in verse #7 
everyone who is called by my 

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name, and whom I have created 
for my glory, whom I have 

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formed, even whom I have made. 
Verse 15. 

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I am the Lord, your holy One, 
the Creator of Israel, your 

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king. 
God says to Israel, recognize 

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this, that I am your Creator. 
I am the one who's making you, 

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molding you, shaping you, 
putting you into the place you 

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need to be. 
And if you're going to magnify 

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the name of the Lord, if you're 
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Lord, if you're going to magnify
your Maker, you must remember #1

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your Creator in the days of your
youth #2 you must recognize your

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Creator, and then #3 you must 
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Listen to what the Bible says in
first Peter chapter 4, verse 19.

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Therefore, those also who suffer
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shall entrust their soul to a 
faithful Creator. 

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If you are suffering according 
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make a deposit. 
That's what it means to entrust 

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make a deposit and to trust your
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In other words, how do you 
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There's only one way, and then 
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remember your Creator, and rest 
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the one who shapes and molds 
every situation and circumstance

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to bring about His perfect 
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He is the master architect of 
everything, and therefore you 

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must learn to rest in your 
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And then #4 it's important that 
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That's Psalm 95, verse #5 The 
sea is his, for it was he who 

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made it, and his hands form the 
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Come, let us worship and bow 
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the Lord, our Maker. 
Revere him, bow before Him. 

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One day every knee will bow, 
every tongue will confess that 

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Jesus Christ is Lord to the 
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And one day when you go to 
heaven, because you're a 

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believer, you will cast your 
crowns before him, you will bow 

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before him, and you will say, 
worthy is the Lord who created 

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all things, and because of him 
all things exist. 

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That's who he is. 
Yave Hassinu, the Lord, our 

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Maker. 
You must understand this about 

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your God or you will have a hard
time handling the difficulties 

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that come your way. 
You're going to have a hard time

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when situations and 
circumstances are negative and 

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not positive. 
You're going to have a hard time

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when your world comes crumbling 
around you because God is the 

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master Architect of everything 
and you must remember that he is

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Jave Hassinu the Lord your 
Maker. 

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So you remember your Creator, 
you recognize your Creator, you 

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in turn rest in your Creator, 
Revere your Creator, and you 

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know what? 
You should always run to and 

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with your Creator. 
Back in the book of Isaiah, the 

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40th chapter, God says this to 
Israel. 

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To whom then will you liken me 
that I would be as equal, Says 

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the Holy One. 
Lift up your eyes on high and 

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see who has created these stars,
the one who leads forth their 

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hosts by number. 
He calls them all by name 

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because of the greatness of His 
might and the strength of His 

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power. 
Not one of them is missing. 

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So why do you say, O Jacob and 
Asserto Israel, my way is hidden

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from the Lord, and the justice 
do me escapes and notice of my 

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God. 
Do you not know? 

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Have you not heard the 
everlasting Lord, the Lord God, 

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the Lord, the Creator of the 
ends of the earth, the master 

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designer of everything, does not
become where we are tired. 

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His understanding is 
inscrutable. 

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He gives strength to the weary 
and to him he lacks might. 

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He increases power and they'll 
use grow weary and tired and 

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vigorous young men stumble 
badly, yet those who wait for 

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the Lord will gain new strength,
will mount up with wings like 

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eagles. 
They will run and not get tired.

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They will walk and not become 
weary. 

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He says you need to run with 
your Creator. 

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You need to run toward your 
Creator, the psalmist said in 

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Psalm 119. 
I will run the way of all your 

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commandments, and you will 
enlarge my heart. 

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We need to be running with and 
to our Creator and then need to 

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rejoice in Your Creator. 
The Bible says in Psalm 100 

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verse #3 Know that the Lord 
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It is He who has made us and not
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We are His people in the sheep 
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Therefore enter His gates with 
Thanksgiving, His courts with 

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praise. 
Give thanks to Him and bless His

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name. 
We are to rejoice in our 

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Creator. 
And lastly, we need to repent 

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and turn to your Creator. 
This is so important. 

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Why? 
Remember Job? 

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Job was a man who was afflicted 
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He had lost everything. 
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he wanted an audience with God. 
He wanted to be able to talk 

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with God. 
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of Job, he keeps asking for this
audience with God, and God says 

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nothing, says nothing. 
Job has no idea that God offered

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Job up to Satan. 
He has no idea. 

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He had no idea till he went to 
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We know that's what happened 
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Job wasn't able to read the book
because it wasn't written yet. 

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And yet all this was happening 
to Job. 

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And finally God gives Job his 
audience, and God speaks to Job,

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and God asks Job 77 questions. 
Ask Job to answer them. 

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Of course, Job cannot answer 
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And the neat thing about God is 
that when God finally spoke, he 

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never said to Job. 
Job, it's got to be so tough on 

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you. 
Life must be so hard. 

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You've lost everything. 
You've lost your family, you've 

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lost your health, you have no 
friends. 

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Your wife is not a support to 
you at all. 

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I am so sorry about that. 
God didn't say that. 

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God didn't say to Job. 
Boy, I tell you, I am so sorry 

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you lost your family. 
It's got to be hard when you're 

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a dad and you lose all your 
kids. 

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God didn't say that either. 
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God never showed compassion on 
Job. 

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God never did anything to reach 
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Except give him a revelation of 
himself. 

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God never explained to Job his 
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He never gave an answer to Job 
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Because you see, in the divine 
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The Who is all that matters. 
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matters. 
In the human life, how I feel 

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matters. 
In the divine life, how you feel

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doesn't matter. 
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matter. 
And that's because God is more 

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concerned about perfecting you 
spiritually than pampering you 

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physically. 
Big difference. 

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But in our narcissistic society,
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minister to us. 
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God speaks to Joe. 
When God speaks to him, He asks 

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him 7 questions. 
When he asks them those 

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questions. 
At the same time he speaks to 

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him about his powerful control 
over creation. 

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He speaks to him about his 
providential care for creation, 

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and they speak to him about his 
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creation. 
When he comes to Job, he focuses

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on one thing the very beginning.
In the beginning, God created. 

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Because when you see God as 
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When you see God as Yahweh 
Hassinu, your feelings don't 

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matter. 
When you see Goddess Yave 

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Hassinu, He is the one that 
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and designer of everything. 
You see, our perception of God 

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is so skewed that we forget who 
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And so God says to Job these 
words. 

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He says this the Lord said to 
Job. 

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Will the fault Finder contend 
with the Almighty? 

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Let him who reproves God answer 
Job, you're the fault Finder. 

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You a finding fault in your 
creator. 

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So answer me my questions. 
To which Job reply was this? 

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Behold, I am insignificant. 
What can I reply to you? 

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I lay my hand on my mouth once I
have spoken and I will not 

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answer even twice, and I will 
add nothing more. 

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God didn't say. 
Joe didn't say. 

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He didn't answer my question. 
I'm asking you why and you're 

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telling me about creation. 
I'm asking you why my wife 

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doesn't support me and you're 
answering me with creation. 

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I'm asking you why my friends 
don't pray with me and you're 

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answering me with creation. 
So didn't say that because he 

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saw the Lord God as yave 
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And so when you come to Joe 42, 
he said, I have heard of thee 

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with the hearing of my ear, but 
now I see you, and I repent in 

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dust and ashes. 
That's the man who understood 

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Yahweh Hassinu. 
He says, I repent, I have 

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nothing to say. 
Now remember, God has not healed

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him. 
God has not given him twice as 

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much as what he's had before. 
That doesn't happen until later 

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in chapter 42. 
God has done nothing to make him

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feel better. 
God has done nothing to make his

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circumstances better. 
He's in the same spot he was 

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before God answered him. 
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I've seen, I've heard you, but 
for the very first time, I see 

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you. 
I see you as who yave Hassinu, 

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the maker and creator and master
architect of everything. 

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I have nothing to say. 
I repent in dust and ashes. 

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And once he repented and turned 
to his creator, everything in 

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Job's life turned better. 
Because God blesses the man who 

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falls before him and recognizes 
his name. 

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This Thanksgiving. 
Have you recognized the name of 

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God? 
Yave Hassinu, the Lord your 

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maker? 
Let's pray. 

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Lord, we thank you for tonight, 
the opportunity you give us to 

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spend a few moments in Your 
word. 

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Our prayer, Lord, is that we 
would truly see you for who you 

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are. 
You are a valuable, valuable 

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God. 
In fact, you're so valuable we 

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can't even put a price tag on 
you because you are absolutely 

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incredible. 
Forgive us, Lord, for our 

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misunderstanding of who you are.
Forgive us, Lord, for our 

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devaluing you in our eyes. 
Forgive us Lord for not seeing 

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you as as Java Hassinu, the Lord
our Maker. 

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You are forming us, shaping us, 
molding us because you want to 

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perfect us spiritually. 
May we see you doing that in our

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lives this Thanksgiving, that we
might magnify the Lord and exalt

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His name together in Jesus name,
Amen.