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It was over 3000 years ago that 
the Psalms were written and 

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compiled. 
Most of them written by the 

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sweet Psalmist of Israel. 
King David in Jewish tradition 

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tells us that the Psalms are 
just simply praises. 

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The word means to to pluck with 
a string, and so most, if not 

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all of the Psalms were were put 
to music that they might be sung

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in. 
The Psalms themselves emphasize 

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the the majesty and the 
magnificence of God amidst the 

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malady and misery of man. 
That's why the Psalm are so 

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important to read on a daily 
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For most of us, our our days are
filled with misery and heartache

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and pain, a lot like those 
written by the psalmist. 

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And so through the reading of 
the Psalms, we begin to 

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understand more about the the 
magnificence and the majesty of 

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God and how he operates. 
There's 150 chapters in the book

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of Psalms. 
It's the longest, biggest book 

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in the Bible. 
So turn with me, if you would, 

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to Psalm 150. 
That's the last one. 

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We'll begin our time there this 
morning. 

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Psalm 150 verse #1 it says 
praise the Lord or Hallelujah, 

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praise God in his sanctuary. 
Now maybe your translation says 

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praise God in the assembly of 
the Saints, and both are true. 

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The Bible tells us in Psalm 22 
that God inhabits the praises of

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His people. 
And it is true that when we 

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gather together as a body of 
believers, as Saints, we we give

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praise and honor to God. 
So we are to praise him among 

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the assembly of the Saints. 
But the new American standard. 

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The text that I use I think is 
closest to the translation when 

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it says praise God in the 
sanctuary in in the temple. 

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That's quite interesting because
believe it or not, your body is 

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a sanctuary. 
Paul says it this way in First 

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Corinthians chapter 6 verse #19 
Do you not know that your body 

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is a sanctuary? 
Your body's a temple of the Holy

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Spirit. 
It was in you whom you have from

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God, and that you are not your 
own, for you have been bought 

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with a price. 
Therefore glorify God in your 

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body. 
So when the psalmist says praise

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the Lord in the sanctuary, in 
all reality, our whole lives as 

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believers, our bodies are that 
sanctuary. 

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And there's to be this continual
praise of God in that sanctuary,

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in that temple where the Spirit 
of God him himself dwells. 

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And then the last first says, 
Let everything that has breath 

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praise the Lord. 
Let everything that hath breath 

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praise the Lord. 
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Because praise truly is the 
beauty of the believer. 

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Psalm 147 verse #1 tells us. 
For praise is pleasant and 

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beautiful. 
Psalm 33 One says the same 

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thing. 
Charles Spurgeon, who was a 

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master of words and a master 
preacher, said this about the 

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beauty of praise. 
He said what wings are to a bird

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and what fruit is to a tree, 
what the Rose is to the thorn. 

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That is the praise to a child of
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What makes the the the bird 
beautiful is when it's in flight

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in its wings. 
What makes the tree beautiful is

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the fruit that it grows. 
And what makes the thorn 

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beautiful is that it's attached 
to the Rose. 

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And what Makes You Beautiful is 
when you live a life of praise. 

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So Psalm 63 says this verse #4 
So I will bless you as long as I

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live. 
I will lift up my hands in your 

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name. 
My soul is satisfied as with 

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Morrow and fatness, and my mouth
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So as long as I live, I I'm 
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joyful lips. 
It says over in Psalm 113 that 

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Tim had read earlier. 
Praise the Lord, praise those 

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servants of the Lord, praise the
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Blessed be the name of the Lord 
from this time forth and 

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forever. 
From the rising of the sun to 

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its setting, the name of the 
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From the rising of the sun to 
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praised. 
So when you wake up in the 

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morning and you see the sun 
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in so we don't see the sunrise, 
but the the godly person gets up

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before the sun comes up, but he 
wants to see the sunrise because

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you want to praise the Lord from
the rising of the sun to its 

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setting. 
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continual. 
Praise is perpetual. 

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Praise is something that's 
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Praise never is out of season. 
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It's always essential. 
Praise is a part of who we are. 

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It beautifies us when we open 
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We we praise the Lord for 
bringing a safety through 

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another night. 
We praise the Lord for the 

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events coming that day. 
We praise the Lord for all 

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that's going to happen in my 
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And I get in and I, I take a 
shower and I praise the Lord 

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that I have running water and 
that I have towels to dry off 

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with. 
And for you ladies, you have a 

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blow dryer to blow dry your 
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You praise the Lord for 
electricity to be able to turn 

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it on from the rising of the sun
to that setting. 

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God's name is to be praised 
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Charles Spurgeon, who has 
written so much about praise in 

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his his book on the Psalms, The 
Treasury of David. 

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And outside of that, he has 
written a a whole lot of books 

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on the perfection of praise and 
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He says these words, and these 
are written in his devotional 

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morning and evening on the date 
of July 31st, as he talks about 

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First Chronicles 933, where the 
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work faithfully, fervently, 
ferociously all throughout the 

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day. 
They were to sing both day and 

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night, for their work was never 
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So Spurgeon would comment on 
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Well, was it so ordered in the 
temple that the sacred chant 

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never ceased. 
Forever more did the singers 

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praise the Lord, whose mercy 
endureth forever. 

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As mercy did not cease to rule 
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neither did music hush it's holy
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There is a lesson sweetly taught
to thee in the ceaseless song of

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Zion's temple. 
Thou too art a constant debtor, 

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and see thou to it that thy 
gratitude, like charity, never 

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faileth. 
God's praise is constant in 

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heaven, which is to be thy final
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Learn thou to practice the 
eternal Hallelujah around the 

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earth. 
As the sun scatters his light, 

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his beams awaken grateful 
believers to tune their morning 

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hymn, so that by the priesthood 
of the Saints, perpetual praise 

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is kept up at all hours. 
They clothe our globe in a 

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mantle of Thanksgiving and 
girdled it with a golden belt of

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song. 
The Lord always deserves to be 

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praised for what He is in 
Himself, for His works of 

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creation and Providence, for His
goodness towards His creatures, 

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and especially for the 
transcended act of redemption 

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and all the marvelous blessing 
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And it's always beneficial to 
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It cheers the day and brightens 
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It lightens toil and softens 
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gladness it sheds a sanctifying 
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liable to blind us with its 
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Have we not something to sing 
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Can we not weave a song out of 
our present joys, or our past 

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deliverances, or our future 
hopes? 

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He leaves us with a question. 
What do you have to praise the 

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Lord for at this very moment? 
Psalm 119. 

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The psalmist says these words. 
Psalm 119, verse #164 Seven 

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times a day I will praise Thee. 
Does that mean that I set my 

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clock for seven different times 
a day for an alarm to go off for

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me to say praise the Lord, or to
thank Him for what happened over

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the last two hours? 
So at 8:00 I praise Him. 

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At 10:00 I praise Him. 
At noon I praise Him. 

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At 2 I praise Him. 
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praise Him. 
Seven times a day I praise the 

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Lord. 
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No, now 7 is the number of 
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It's the number of perfection. 
The psalmist is saying my praise

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for thee will be complete. 
It will, it will encompass the 

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the perfections of the day, the 
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My life will be incomplete if I 
don't praise you, but my life 

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will. 
My life will be complete if I do

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praise you. 
That's what he says. 

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The psalmist understands 
perpetual praise. 

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The psalmist understands the 
perpetuity of praise, that it's 

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something that's lasting not 
just now through this life, but 

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makes its way into eternal life.
For praise truly will be the 

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eternal service of those who 
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living God. 
Amen. 

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Thank you again. 
It was Spurgeon who said these 

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words. 
He says it is a great thing to 

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praise Jesus Christ by day, but 
there is no music sweeter than 

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the nightingales. 
And she praises God by night. 

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His well to praise the Lord for 
His mercy when you are in 

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health, but make sure that you 
do it when you are sick, for 

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then your praise is more likely 
to be genuine when you are deep 

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down in sorrow. 
Do not rob God of the gratitude 

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that is due Him. 
Never stint Him of His revenue 

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of praise. 
Whatever else goes short, Praise

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Him sometimes on the high 
sounding symbols with all your 

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heart and being. 
But when you cannot do that, 

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just sit and mean His praise and
solemn silence in the deep quiet

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of your spirit. 
Because I want to say it would 

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create an almost miraculous 
change in some people's lives if

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they made a point of speaking 
most of the precious things and 

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least of the worries and ills. 
Why always the poverty, Why 

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always the pains, Why always the
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Why always the husband's small 
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Why always the unkindness of a 
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Why not sometimes? 
Yes, and why not always the 

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mercies of the Lord? 
That is praise, and it is to be 

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our everyday garments. 
So true. 

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We are looking at the pathway of
praise, and we are still 

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covering this topic, the 
perpetuity of praise, and giving

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you the principles that would 
allow you to continue on day 

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after day, seven times a day or 
all day, lifting up your hands 

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or making sure that as long as 
you live, you will praise the 

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Lord. 
Giving you the principles that 

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will help you understand that as
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power is available. 
And because God's power is 

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available, His promises are 
undeniable. 

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And because His promises are 
undeniable, His presence is 

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unavoidable. 
And because His presence is 

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unavoidable, then we know that 
His Providence is unsearchable, 

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The Providence of God. 
Have you ever taken a moment and

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look back at your life and 
watched and seen all the things 

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that God has done by bringing 
you where you are to this point 

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today? 
It's so important to do that 

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because as you look back and see
what God has done, you're able 

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to see how God is going to 
manifest Himself daily in your 

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lives. 
That that's just so important. 

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You read the Old Testament. 
They were written for our 

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encouragement. 
Romans 15, four says why? 

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Because you see how God led his 
people all throughout the 

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wilderness wanderings, how He 
led the kings and the judges, 

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how he led the priests and the 
prophets, how God was 

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orchestrating everything, 
determining every event under 

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the heavens to bring about His 
glory. 

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The precision of His plan, the 
precision of His prophecy all 

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being fulfilled so that he can 
say in Galatians 4, in the 

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fullness of time, God sent forth
the Son born of a woman, born 

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under the law, that he might 
redeem his people in the 

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fullness of time. 
In other words, at the perfect 

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time, it was the right time. 
It was the, the, the specific 

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time God had made a plan and 
that plan was to make sure that 

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a son came at the right time and
all the events, everything was 

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right socially, everything was 
right politically, everything 

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was right religiously. 
Israel was right where God 

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wanted them to be so that he 
would send forth his son at the 

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proper time. 
The Providence of God, it's, 

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it's unsearchable, it's 
unfathomable. 

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It goes way beyond anything we 
can imagine because God 

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orchestrates all things and 
brings about his perfect plan. 

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But as you travel the pathway of
praise, there is times in which 

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we we sin, there's disobedience 
on our part, There's times we 

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think things we should never 
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We do things we should never do,
and we realize that we've sinned

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against the Lord. 
So as you travel the pathway of 

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praise, the 5th principle is 
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invaluable. 
His pardon is invaluable. 

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Bless the Lord, O my soul, and 
all that is within me. 

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Bless His holy name, bless the 
Lord, O my soul, and forget none

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of his benefits. 
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psalmist mentions is that he 
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It is so, so valuable. 
It is so important to realize 

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that God is the forgiver of 
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So no longer, no matter how long
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committed in that journey, if we
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faithful and just to forgive us 
our sins and to cleanse us from 

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all unrighteousness. 
That's why the psalmist says in 

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in Psalm 32, How blessed is he 
whose transgression is forgiven,

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whose sin is covered, How 
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Lord does not impute iniquity, 
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deceit. 
When I kept silent about my sin,

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my body wasted away through my 
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For day and night your hand was 
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My vitality was drained away, as
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So wonder solemnly recorded in 
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Excuse me, 13 that he who covers
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prosper, but he who confesses 
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compassion. 
And here is David talking about 

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the blessing that comes with the
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But while he hid his sin and 
concealed his sin, so he thought

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he was, the Lord knew. 
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that God's hand was heavy upon 
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He drained his couch with tears.
Because you see, God doesn't 

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allow his children to continue 
in sin without confessing the 

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sin, without turning from the 
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And Dave is a classic example of
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He said God's hand was heavy 
upon me. 

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Verse 5 So I acknowledge my sin 
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I did not hide. 
I said, I will confess my 

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transgressions to the Lord, and 
you forgave the guilt of my sin.

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That is just so great, and 
therefore let everyone who is 

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godly pray to you in a time when
you may be found surely in a 

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flood of great waters, they will
not reach him. 

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You are my hiding place, You 
preserve me from trouble. 

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You surround me with songs of 
deliverance. 

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The Bible says, and Isaiah 53 
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Surely our grief see Himself 
bore, and our sorrows He 

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carried. 
Yet we ourselves esteem Him 

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stricken, smitten of God, and 
afflicted. 

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But he was pierced through for 
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He was crushed for our 
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The chastening for our 
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His scourging we are healed. 
All of us, like sheep have gone 

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astray. 
Each of us has turned to his own

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way, but the Lord has caused the
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him. 
He was oppressed and he was 

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afflicted, yet he did not open 
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Like a land that has led to 
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a silent before its shearers, so
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By oppression and judgement He 
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his generation who considered 
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land of the living for the 
transgression of my people to 

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whom the stroke was due. 
It just goes to show you that 

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our Lord is the one who who 
forgives us all of our sins. 

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I love what what Nehemiah said 
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verse #17 You are a God of 
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compassionate, slow to anger, 
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Micah would say in seven verse 
#18 Who was a God like you who 

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pardons iniquity and passes over
the rebellious acts of his 

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possession, who does not retain 
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Psalm 85. 
Psalm 85, verse #3 You forgive 

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the iniquity of your people. 
You covered all their sin. 

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You withdrew all your fury. 
You turned away from your 

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burning anger. 
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chapter 43, the prophet Isaiah 
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God says, I even I am the one 
who wipes out your 

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transgressions for my own sake, 
and I will not remember your 

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sins. 
Why is it I can continue down 

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the pathway of praise, giving 
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It's because His pardon is 
invaluable to me. 

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I know that I will sin. 
I know that I will offend my 

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God. 
I know that there's times going 

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to come that I will not be 
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And so I go to him and when I 
when I go to him, he so 

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willingly forgives all of our 
transgressions. 

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It's not that they are not 
already forgiven, because they 

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are. 
Ephesians tells us that they 

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were forgiven in the past, 
present and future. 

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His forgiveness is 
all-encompassing and the very 

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first words on the cross where 
Father forgive them for they 

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know not what they are doing. 
And even though they necessarily

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weren't forgiven at that point, 
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forgiveness. 
That's that's available to those

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who will come to me and repent 
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I will forgive you. 
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cross, but His purpose in coming
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And so when we give our lives to
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we are totally forgiven of all 
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But the reason we confess our 
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sins is because we want the 
fellowship and the communion 

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with God to be intimate and 
sweet. 

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But because of my sin, I bring 
up a barrier between me and my 

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God. 
It's it's like you and your 

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children, right? 
As a father loves his children 

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and is willing to forgive his 
his children. 

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When a child sins against him, 
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He wants to forgive. 
He has forgiven. 

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forgiven. 
He must come and repent of a 

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sin. 
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that the Son put up is torn 
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The sweetness of the communion 
then begins to happen and to 

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flow because there's been 
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confession of sin. 
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a positional sense, because 
positionally we are, we are 

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forgiven in Christ, but from a 
practical sense, from the sense 

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of our communion and intimacy 
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It comes because we go to Him 
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we want to be right with our 
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We don't want there to be a 
barrier between US and Him 

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because we've erected the 
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So we go to Him and we ask 
forgiveness and confess our 

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sins. 
The word confess means to say 

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the same thing. 
So we say the same thing about 

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our sin that God says about our 
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And we go to him, and he 
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freely, because that's the kind 
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That's why along the pathway of 
praise, you must remember that 

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His pardon is invaluable. 
It will cause you to praise Him 

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all the more for His willingness
to forgive you of all your sins.

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So as you travel, remember the 
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The promises of God are 
undeniable. 

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The presence of God is 
unavoidable. 

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The Providence of God is 
unsearchable, His pardon 

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invaluable. 
Invaluable. 

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Remember in Matthew Chapter 9, 
when the paralyzed man was 

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healed, they dropped him down 
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They couldn't get in because the
crowds were so big around the 

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house that the text literally 
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And Can you imagine? 
Jesus is sitting in the house 

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and he's teaching people about 
his Kingdom, and all of a sudden

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all of the dirt and the hay and 
wood come falling down upon all 

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who are sitting there because 
the paralyzed man had to get in 

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to see Jesus. 
And then they would lower him 

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down right before him. 
And Jesus says to him, My son, 

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your sins are forgiven. 
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And the Pharisees that were 
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themselves, This man blasphemes.
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Jesus knowing what they were 
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I love that because you know, 
when I'm preaching, I have no 

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idea what you're thinking, but 
the Lord does. 

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He knows exactly what's on your 
mind right now. 

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Those of you are thinking about 
lunch plans and those of you 

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think about football plans this 
afternoon. 

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He knows what's on your mind, 
but he knows what's on their 

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mind. 
So he says, let me ask you guys 

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a question. 
Which is easier to say your sins

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are forgiven or to take up your 
bed and walk? 

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Well, the answer is simple, just
say you're forgiven. 

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Why? 
Because who's going to know? 

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That's right? 
But if I say to you first take 

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up your bed and walk and you 
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You can't do anything. 
So the Son of Man says your sins

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are forgiven, but to prove to 
you his sons are his sins are 

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forgiven, he says take up your 
bed and walk in. 

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The paralyzed man takes up his 
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So great. 
So in that from that context, 

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Matthew takes us to the call of 
Matthew, and Matthew is a tax 

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collector. 
He was below the sinners. 

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He was below the prostitutes, He
was, he was below the 

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adulterers. 
He was the worst of the worst. 

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And Jesus says follow me and 
Matthew leaves. 

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It all follows Christ. 
And Matthew was so overwhelmed 

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by the forgiveness of God, he 
invites all the tax gatherers 

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and all the sinners that he 
knows to come to his house for 

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dinner. 
And Jesus and the disciples dine

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with the tax gatherers and the 
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And again the Pharisees are so 
upset because here he is dining 

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with the filthy riffraff of the 
day and not dining with them, 

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the religious elite of the day. 
And Jesus says you guys missed 

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it. 
I've not come to call the 

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righteous. 
I've come to call the sinners to

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repentance. 
That was his ministry. 

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Our gods are forgiving God. 
And so as you travel the pathway

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of praise, there's going to come
incidences and times and issues 

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that will arise where you will 
sin against the Lord. 

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That's why his pardon is so 
invaluable that you can go to 

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him and say, God, please forgive
me in my sin. 

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And God does that. 
He wants to, he wants to 

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fellowship with you more than 
you want the fellowship with 

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him. 
And so he he longs for you. 

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He wants to dwell in intimacy 
with you. 

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His pardon is invaluable. 
Next, his provision is 

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indescribable. 
His provision is indescribable. 

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2nd Corinthians 915 Thanks being
to God for his indescribable 

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gift. 
Thanks being to God for his 

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incomparable gift. 
Thanks being to God for His 

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irresistible gift. 
What's the gift? 

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The gift of God is eternal life 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

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Romans 623 The gift is eternal 
life. 

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That's His provision, but his 
provision goes way beyond that 

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because He is a son and a 
shield, Psalm 84 tells us, and 

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that no good thing does the Lord
withhold from those who walk 

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uprightly. 
Psalm 8411, what a beautiful 

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verse. 
But our Lord's a son and the 

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shield. 
He's a provider and a protector.

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And so because his, his 
provision is indescribable, 

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because it is, how do you 
describe eternal life? 

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How do you do that? 
How do you describe the the 

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angels, Peter tells us, look 
down upon the redeemed and 

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scratch their heads. 
They don't want to stand it. 

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They don't get it. 
And yet we in our finite sinful 

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minds expect to describe eternal
life, describe the forgiveness 

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of sins. 
We can't do that. 

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It's indescribable. 
And so you you thank God for his

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provision of salvation. 
You go all the way back to 

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Genesis 22. 
We've already talked about this 

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where Abraham named that place 
Yabe Yuray, the Lord, my 

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provider. 
The Lord would provide the 

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substitute at the right moment, 
at the right time within His 

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Providence so that you would not
have to pay the price for your 

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sin. 
God did that, His wonderful 

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provision so indescribable. 
The Bible says that eternal life

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is imperishable. 
It tells us that our inheritance

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not only is imperishable, it's 
incorruptible. 

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We, we don't understand that we,
we live in the law of the second

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law of thermodynamics, where 
everything is getting worse and 

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worse, not getting better and 
better. 

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Everything is crumbling. 
Just look at your own life. 

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You're getting older, you're not
getting more fit, you're getting

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less fit. 
You know you're not getting 

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stronger, you're getting weaker.
Why? 

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Because your body's breaking 
down. 

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But yet eternal life is 
incorruptible. 

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It's imperishable. 
The call of God, Romans 11/29 is

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irrevocable. 
The gifts and calling of God are

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irrevocable. 
God never takes it back. 

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God says, you know, I know, I 
forgave you, but no more. 

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I'm taking the gift of eternal 
life back from you. 

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No, He didn't do that. 
It's it's the unchangeable God, 

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the immutability of God, the 
greatness of God that allows us 

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to be forgiven of our sins and 
that we are securing Him. 

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The provision of God is 
indescribable. 

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And we live in that realm 
because we want to try to 

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explain to you all that eternal 
life means we just can't. 

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It's the life with the eternal 
God in His presence forever and 

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ever and ever. 
But it goes beyond an extended 

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life. 
Why? 

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Because the unbeliever, he will 
have an extended life in hell. 

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His eternity will be spent in 
hell. 

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But the eternal life is the 
quality of life that God gives. 

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His children have a certain 
quality of life that those who 

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are not as children do not have.
They do not have that quality of

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life that springs from the 
inside out because of what God 

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has done to cleanse their soul 
from their sin and give them 

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eternal life. 
How great is that? 

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His pardon is invaluable. 
His provision is indescribable. 

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And let me give you one more and
Lord willing, I'll finish it 

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next week. 
His person is adorable, His 

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person's worthy of adoration. 
And we've already talked to you 

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about the person of praise and 
why it's so important to to bow 

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before and the magi when they, 
when they came to the house, 

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they bowed before the Lord and 
worshipped him out of adoration.

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There's something about our our 
Lord that makes him so 

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incredibly majestic that we 
can't help but bow before him 

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and worship him. 
The psalmist said in Psalm 97 

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verse #12 Be glad in the Lord, 
you righteous ones, and give 

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thanks to his holy name. 
Give praise and Thanksgiving to 

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the holy name of God. 
I love what it says in in Psalm 

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145. 
I would extol you, Oh my God, O 

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King, I will bless your name 
forever and ever every day I 

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will bless you and I will praise
your name forever and ever. 

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Four times the psalmist says I 
will do this, I will do this. 

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I'm giving you my word. 
This is what I'm going to do all

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day long, forever and ever. 
I'm going to praise your name. 

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Great is the Lord how to be 
praised, and His greatness is 

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untraceable. 
One generation shall praise you,

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your works to another, and shall
declare your mighty acts on the 

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glorious splendor of Your 
majesty. 

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And on your wonderful works I 
will meditate. 

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Men will speak of the power of 
your awesome acts, and I will 

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tell of Your greatness. 
They will eagerly utter the 

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memory of Your abundant 
goodness, and will shout 

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joyfully of your righteousness. 
The Lord is gracious and 

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merciful, slow to anger, and 
great in loving kindness. 

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The Lord is good to all, and His
mercies are over. 

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All His works. 
All your works shall give thanks

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to you, O Lord, and your godly 
ones shall bless you. 

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His person is adorable, worthy 
of adoration. 

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When you can't think of anything
to praise the Lord for that day,

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as you travel the pathway of 
praise, you always remember His 

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holy name and give thanks to 
Him. 

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You remember that He's the Lord,
my Provider, the Lord, my 

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Shepherd. 
He is the Lord of hosts, the one

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who fights for me and protects 
me. 

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I thank Him for those things by 
thinking that he's a sovereign 

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God of the universe who 
overrides everything because he 

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rules over everything. 
That's who he is, Spurgeon said.

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These words we don't sing 
enough. 

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My brothers and sisters, how 
often do I stir you up about the

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matter of prayer? 
But perhaps I might be just as 

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earnest about the matter of 
praise. 

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Do we sing as much as the birds 
do? 

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00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:10,400
Yet what have birds to sing 
about compared with us? 

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Do you think we sing as much as 
the angels do? 

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00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:20,400
Yet they were never redeemed by 
the blood of Christ. 

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He says many of our doubts and 
fears would fly away if we 

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00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:30,440
praised God more, and many of 
our trials and troubles would 

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00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:34,520
all together vanish if we began 
to sing of our mercies. 

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00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:38,840
Often times, depression of 
spirit that will not yield to a 

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00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:43,280
whole night of wrestling would 
yield to 10 minutes of 

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Thanksgiving before God. 
The perpetuity of praise needs 

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to be understood as you travel 
the pathway of praise. 

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And because of what God has made
available to you through His 

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power and His presence, through 
His promises and through His 

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00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:10,240
provisions, through His pardon 
and through His person, we have 

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00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:15,960
no excuse not to praise the 
Lord. 

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Let everything that hath breath 
praise the Lord. 

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00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:27,400
Let's pray together. 
Father God, we thank you for 

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today. 
We are grateful for all that you

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have done. 
Forgive us Lord, for going 

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through days, nights, weeks 
without lifting our voices in 

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praise. 
Our prayer, Father, is that we 

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would be cloaked with the 
garment of praise every single 

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day. 
You've formed us for yourself, 

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and the people that you have 
formed for yourself will declare

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your praise. 
May we do that, Lord, 

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constantly, continually, 
consistently, as we travel the 

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00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:25,720
pathway of praise until that day
where we go home to be with the 

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Christ and we'll live the life 
of eternal praise in your 

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presence. 
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.