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31 years ago this month, a group
of people had gotten together 

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and they started they wanted to 
start a church and thus Christ 

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Community Church was was born 31
years ago this month. 

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And that group of people got 
together because they wanted to,

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they wanted to, to go on a 
journey, a journey by which they

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would learn to glorify and, and 
magnify the name of Christ. 

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They were fixed on doing that. 
So when we gathered together, 

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they, they made it very clear 
that from the very beginning, 

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they, they wanted to come to 
know and understand the Christ 

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more than anything. 
And so we said that we would 

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make it our, our passion to 
pursue Christ. 

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Then they said they, they wanted
to make sure that not only do we

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know Christ, but that we were 
able to demonstrate and show 

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Christ to other people. 
So we said, not only will we 

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make it our, our, our passion to
pursue Christ, we will make it 

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our, our priority to portray 
Christ. 

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And then they said, well, we 
want to make sure that we, we 

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teach people the gospel and tell
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So we made it our purpose to 
proclaim the Christ. 

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And then they said, as we do all
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we, we magnify and, and praise 
his name. 

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So they made sure that we made 
it our practice to praise 

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Christ. 
And that began the mission 

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statement for our church 31 
years ago. 

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And over the next several weeks,
I want to talk to you about our 

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practice and what it means to 
give praise and glory and honor 

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to the Christ. 
It is a journey that is a 

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lifelong journey. 
That's why we call it a practice

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because it's not going to be 
perfect our praise, but yet we 

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are called by God to praise his 
glorious name as a church. 

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We we are a priesthood of 
believers. 

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First Peter 29 says that we are 
a chosen nation, a people for 

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God's own possession. 
We are a royal priesthood 

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revelation. 
One tells us that we are a 

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Kingdom of priests, and 
sometimes I I think that we 

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forget that part of the identity
of the believer is that he is a 

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priest in God's Kingdom. 
And what a priest do priest 

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offer sacrifices to their God. 
And that's why the writer of 

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Hebrews said this way in Hebrews
13 verse #15 through him, then 

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let us continually OfferUp a 
sacrifice of praise to God. 

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That is the fruit of lips that 
give thanks to His name. 

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Praise is a sacrifice. 
As a Kingdom of priests, we are 

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to offer sacrifices to our God, 
and the key component to our 

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sacrifice is praise to God. 
Because praise is costly. 

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Praise is costly because most of
the time my will does not want 

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to praise the Lord. 
My emotions don't feel like 

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praising the Lord when things 
don't go the way I think they 

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should go or the way I prayed 
that God would make them go. 

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I have a hard time offering 
praise to God. 

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But yet the Bible says that we 
are to continually offer a 

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sacrifice of praise to God. 
It's the fruit of our lips. 

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David understood that. 
And so in Psalm 57 he says these

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words, Be gracious to me, O God,
be gracious to me. 

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For my soul takes refuge in you 
and in the shadow of your wings.

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I will take refuge until 
destruction passes by. 

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I will cry to God most High, to 
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me. 
He will send from heaven and 

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save me. 
He reproaches him who tramples 

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upon me. 
God will send forth His loving 

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kindness and His truth. 
Then he says, My soul is among 

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lions. 
I must lie among those who 

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breathe forth fire, even the 
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Spears and arrows and their 
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Be exalted above the heavens. 
O God, let your glory be above 

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all the earth. 
They have prepared a net for my 

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steps. 
A soul is bound. 

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My soul is bowed down. 
They dug a pit before me. 

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They themselves have fallen into
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My heart is steadfast. 
O God, my heart is steadfast. 

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I will sing. 
Yes, I will sing praises. 

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Awake, my glory, awake harp and 
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I will give thanks to you, O 
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I will sing praises to you among
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kindness is great to the heavens
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Be exalted above the heavens, O 
God, let your glory be above all

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the earth. 
David and Psalm 57 knew that he 

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was surrounded by those who 
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he knew that the answer to that 
was to give praise and glory to 

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his God, to sing to his God. 
And he was a sweet psalmist of 

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Israel. 
So he knew that the key to his 

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life in handling the 
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facing was to give praise to 
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He offered a sacrifice of praise
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priests do. 
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which we are, we are to offer 
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So I thought that beginning 
today and into the holiday 

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season of Thanksgiving and 
Christmas, we are going to take 

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a journey along the pathway. 
We're going to call it the 

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pathway of praise, and we're 
going to begin to look at the 

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different aspects of praise that
need to be practiced by us every

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single moment of every single 
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So this journey will take us 
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it will help us learn that our 
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at Thanksgiving, or does it just
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It comes all year around because
our lives are marked by a 

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sacrifice of praise to God. 
Now, you must understand that 

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when you get to heaven, this is 
what you're going to do. 

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You're going to give praise to 
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So it's best to practice now 
what you're going to be doing 

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perfectly in heaven. 
In fact, I like the way Charles 

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Spurgeon said it. 
He said it this way. 

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He said when you step into 
heaven, you may take your place 

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among the singers and say, I 
have been practicing these songs

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for years. 
I have praised God while I was 

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in the world of sin and 
suffering and when I was weighed

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down by a feeble body. 
But now that I am set free from 

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earth, from sin and the bondage 
of the flesh, I take up the same

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strain to sing more sweetly to 
the same Lord and God. 

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When you get to heaven, you'll 
be filled with praise and you 

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will do this for eternity. 
It's hard for us to comprehend 

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that that goes way beyond any 
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What do you mean praise God for 
eternity? 

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Read Revelation 4, Revelation 
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Read Revelation Chapter 11. 
Read Revelation chapter 15, 

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Revelation chapter 19. 
It's all about the glory and 

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Hallelujah and praise given to 
God in heaven by those who are 

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there. 
The four living creatures that 

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are around the throne give 
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saying holy, holy, holy is the 
Lord God Almighty who was and is

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and is to come. 
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God

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Almighty. 
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over and over and over again. 
And these are the four living 

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creatures who have eyes all 
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These are angelic cherubim. 
And yet they can't stop praising

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the God they serve. 
They've been doing that since 

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they were created. 
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eternity. 
And we will one day join them in

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the course of praise. 
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God is so overwhelmingly 
majestic, and so you will be 

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overwhelmed by His glory, and 
you can't help but praise Him 

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just for the opportunity to be 
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So I thought today we would 
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praise. 
As we journey along the pathway 

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of praise, let's begin with the 
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Why is praise a privilege to the
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Well, number one is that praise 
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Praise verifies my identity. 
The verse Isaiah 43 verse #21 

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which says the people whom I 
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declare my praise. 
God makes it very clear that the

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people that I form for myself, 
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They will give praise and glory 
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They will honor my name. 
I have created them for my 

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glory, and therefore they will 
praise my glorious name. 

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The Bible says in Proverbs 2225 
from you comes my praise. 

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I'm sorry, that's Psalm 2225. 
From you comes my praise. 

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In other words, because of God, 
and God is in me, comes forth my

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praise to Him. 
The psalmist says in Psalm 40 

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verse #1 These words. 
I waited patiently for the Lord,

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and he inclined to me and heard 
my cry. 

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He brought me up out of the pit 
of destruction, out of the miry 

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clay, and he set my feet up on a
rock, making my footsteps firm. 

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He put a new song in my mouth, a
song of praise to our God. 

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Many will see in fear and will 
trust in the Lord when God takes

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you and brings you up out of the
miry pit. 

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He puts a new song in your 
mouth, a song of deliverance 

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that causes you to want to 
praise his glorious name. 

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The Bible makes it very clear 
that the identity the believer 

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is wrapped up in his praise to 
God way back in. 

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In First Samuel, I'm sorry, 
Second Samuel chapter 23, David 

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gives his last literary 
masterpiece. 

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We know that 73 of the Psalms 
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David, and so as he sings this 
last song to his son to help 

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encourage him in his leadership,
listen to what David says and 

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then listen to what he doesn't 
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Second same of 23 verse #1 Now 
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David. 
David, the son of Jesse, 

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declares the man who was raised 
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of the God of Jacob and the 
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David is describing himself to 
his son, and he described 

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himself as the one who was 
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anointed by God, that God had 
called him and commissioned him.

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And notice the very next thing 
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He doesn't say he commissioned 
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He doesn't say he commissioned 
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a soldier for his God. 
He identifies himself as a sweet

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psalmist of Israel because when 
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to sing praises to his name, to 
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And that was more important than
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It was more important than being
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It was to be able to praise His 
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And David recognized that. 
And at the end of his life, he 

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helps his Son understand that 
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This is what people who are 
kings do. 

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They give praise to God because 
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Nothing verifies the identity of
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Then the person who gives praise
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That's very, very important #2 
not only does praise verify my 

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identity, but praise is that 
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There's something that ratifies 
the fact that I am loyal to God 

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and that is fruitful lips that 
sing forth praise. 

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Listen to what the Bible says in
Psalm 145 verse #1 I will extol 

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you, my God O King, and I will 
bless your name forever and 

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ever. 
Every day I will bless you and I

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will praise your name forever 
and ever. 

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

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unsearchable. 
One generation shall praise your

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works to another, and shall 
declare your mighty acts. 

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Notice he says, I will four 
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I will extol your name. 
I will praise your name, I will 

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lift your name. 
I will do this because I am 

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loyal to the King. 
He recognized God as his King 

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and as a loyal subject to his 
King. 

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He's going to not only obey his 
King, he's going to give glory 

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and honor to his King. 
He's going to praise His 

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glorious name. 
So nothing ratifies my loyalty 

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to God more than my willingness 
to praise His glorious name. 

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The psalmist said in Psalm 22 
verse #26 those who seek Him 

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will praise His name. 
Those who seek Him will praise 

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His name. 
If your passion is to pursue 

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Him, your practice will be to 
praise Him. 

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Why? 
Because those who seek Him can't

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help but praise His glorious 
name. 

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And so it's important for us to 
realize that that praise is that

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which verifies my identity, 
ratifies my loyalty, and #3 

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praise is that which beautifies 
my personality. 

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Praise is that which beautifies 
my personality. 

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Listen to what the psalmist said
in Psalm 147 verse #1 praise the

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Lord, for it is good to sing 
praises to our God, for it is 

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pleasing and praise is 
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Maybe your text says praise is 
becoming, or maybe your text 

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says praise is fitting. 
No matter how you cut it, praise

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beautifies every scene, every 
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So when you begin to praise God 
amidst hardship and difficulty, 

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broken dreams and promises you 
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sphere that's dark. 
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your personality is simply 
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reflecting himself in and 
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you who somehow need to see the 
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reflecting the righteous 
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unapproachable light. 
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praise to God, you are shining 
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souls, in human circumstances 
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only answer. 
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the personality more than 
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So many times our lives are 
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darkness. 
Our lives are marked by a dreary

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and dreadful attitude, by bitter
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But praise, praise changes all 
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When you recognize that God is 
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and you want to give Him glory 
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which verifies my identity, 
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my personality. 
That's what the psalmist said in

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Psalm one O 3 verse #1 Bless the
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within me. 
Bless His holy name, because He 

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wanted everything within him, 
His soul, His mind, His heart, 

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everything to give praise to His
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His life was determined by His 
praise #4 Praise is that which 

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clarifies my priority. 
Praise is that which clarifies 

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my priority. 
Psalm 146 verse #1 says Praise 

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the Lord, praise the Lord, O my 
soul, I will praise the Lord 

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while I live. 
I will sing praises to my God 

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while I have my being the 
priority the psalmist was as 

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long as I live, I will praise 
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Psalm 119 verse #175 Let my soul
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The psalmist says, I only want 
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name. 
So let me live that I might do 

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that. 
Let me live that I might sing 

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praises. 
Be grateful, be thankful all the

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days of my life. 
The psalmist knew that praising 

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God sustained him. 
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praising God strengthened him. 
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praise your glorious name. 
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one's priority. 
Remember Job? 

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Job, chapter one, verse 21. 
The Lord gave and the Lord is 

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taken away. 
Blessed be the name of the Lord.

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He lost everything. 
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his home, everything. 
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Blessed be the name of the Lord.
He spoke well of God's name. 

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He praised God's name. 
The Lord has given, and the Lord

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has seen fit to take it away. 
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recognizing God's plan, blessed 
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And Job never cursed his God. 
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amidst all of his hardship, he 
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honor his God. 
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individual. 
David was the man after God's 

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own heart. 
He was marked at the sweet 

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Psalmist of Israel. 
Job was the greatest man on the 

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planet by God's testimony, and 
he lived a life of blessing and 

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honoring his God. 
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How do you handle your 
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How do you handle your 
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How do you handle your 
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How do you handle the dark days?
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glory to God? 
Because it's a sacrifice you 

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offer. 
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God that priests offer. 
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believers. 
Therefore we offer a sacrifice 

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of praise to our God 
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ceasing to honor our God. 
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my identity, ratifies my 
loyalty, beautifies my 

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personality, clarifies my 
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Praise is that which specifies 
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Praise is such a privilege 
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generosity. 
You know the verse Psalm One O 3

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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 

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forget none of his benefits. 
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Who pardons all our iniquities? 
Who heals all our diseases? 

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Who redeems our life from the 
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Who crowns us with loving 
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Who satisfies our years with 
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is renewed like the eagles. 
That's blessing the Lord. 

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That's praising the Lord. 
It specifies His generosity. 

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Praise is very specific. 
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It's specific because of the 
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own. 
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men would give thanks to the 
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His wonderful works to the 
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And, and the next one follows 
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Not only is is a privilege of 
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specifies his generosity, but it
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It testifies to God's ministry. 
In other words, when I when I 

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give praise to God, I am giving 
a a testimony to the ministry of

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God in my life. 
Listen to what the psalmist says

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in Psalm 76. 
In you, O Lord, I have taken 

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refuge. 
Let me never be ashamed in your 

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righteousness. 
Deliver me and rescue me, and 

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climb your ear to me and save 
me. 

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Be to me a rock of habitation to
which I may continually come. 

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You have given commandment to 
save me, for you are my rock and

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my fortress. 
Rescue me, Oh my God, out of the

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hand of the wicked, out of the 
grasp of the wrongdoer and the 

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ruthless man, For you are my 
hope. 

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O Lord God, You are my 
confidence from my youth. 

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By You I have been sustained 
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You are he who took me from my 
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My praise is continually of You.
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for You are my strong refuge. 
My mouth is filled with Your 

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praise and with Your glory all 
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So you see, he testifies to the 
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Who's going to deliver him? 
Who's going to rescue him? 

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Who is this rock and stronghold 
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And he offers a, a continual 
praise to God day after day 

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after day. 
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I have become a marvel to many. 
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Why has he become a marvel to 
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Because who praises God when 
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But those who believe in God, 
those who who verify their 

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identity, those who ratify their
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their I, their their 
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who who specify his generosity 
because they clarify their 

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priority. 
So therefore they testify to 

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God's ministry in their life. 
And that is a privilege of 

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praise. 
Many marvel at me. 

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They don't understand. 
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The world doesn't get this. 
The world doesn't understand why

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you would praise your God amidst
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They can understand why you 
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God when when all things are 
going good, when your team wins 

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or you win the game because you 
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pay raise or, or you get some 
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you give glory to God. 
Well, of course you give glory 

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and praise to God because 
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But what about things that when 
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negative and you're downcast and
things are very difficult in 

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your family, in your workplace, 
in your physical life, Is there 

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a voice that says, I praise you,
God, for what you've done in my 

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life? 
I praise you for all the 

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sickness. 
I praise you for all the 

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negative circumstances. 
I praise you for the loss of my 

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job. 
I praise you in the midst of my 

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divorce because somehow, God, 
you are doing a work and I'm 

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going to lift your name on high 
because I am a priest in the 

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Kingdom of God and I will offer 
a sacrifice of praise to my 

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king. 
That's the privilege of praise. 

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If you're counting, it's #7 if 
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#7 #7 is this praise? 
This is so good. 

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Purifies me from iniquity. 
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One of the keys to living a pure
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to God. 
It's said this way in Ephesians 

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chapter 5 verse #3 pulses. 
But immorality or any impurity 

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or greed must not even be named 
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the Saints. 
And there must be no filthiness 

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and silly talk or coarse jesting
which are not fitting, but 

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rather giving of thanks, being 
grateful, praising God, thanking

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him for who he is. 
These things should not even be 

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named among you. 
Paul says you shouldn't even be 

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mentioning them, but what you 
should be doing is giving thanks

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to God for what He has done in 
your life. 

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I love what Ephesians chapter 1 
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to go back and read it. 
It talks about God saving us and

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how he does it. 
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praise of the glory of his name.
God does what He does for the 

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praise of the glory of His name,
the glory of His character, the 

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glory of His person. 
He wants to be praised and 

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honored among His people and we.
As priests are his. 

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People. 
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We. 
We do. 

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What priests do we We offer a 
sacrifice of praise continually 

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to our God, no matter what the 
circumstance, no matter what the

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situation, because we want to 
honor his name and. 

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Praise is that which? 
Purifies me from iniquity. 

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If I just learned to to give 
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on him, right? 
It's not on my. 

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Own self. 
My own. 

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Needs my own wants. 
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So all the impure thoughts and 
all the, the immoral thoughts 

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and all the course gisting and 
all the silly talk that goes 

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away because my thoughts are not
on those around me, nor is my 

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thought on me. 
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And therefore I I live a life of
thankfulness to God, a life of 

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praising Him for what He's done,
and it purifies me from my 

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iniquity. 
Next. #8 Praise is that which 

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glorifies His Majesty. 
It glorifies His Majesty. 

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That's what a psalmist said in 
Psalm One. 

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O 3 Bless his holy name, the 
holiness of God. 

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Back in Exodus chapter 15, 
Miriam would lead the song of 

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praise after Pharaoh and his 
army was cast into the sea and 

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Israel was able to pass by on 
dry land. 

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And it says that Exodus chapter 
15 verse #21 Miriam answered 

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them. 
Sing to the Lord, for he is 

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highly exalted, The horse and 
rider he has hurled into the 

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sea. 
You. 

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You. 
Want to glorify His? 

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Majesty, you want to glorify his
royalty, you want to magnify his

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name, and that's what that's 
what praise does over in 

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Revelation Chapter 19. 
Revelation Chapter 19 you had 

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the fourfold Hallelujah, it says
after. 

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These things I heard. 
Some something like a loud voice

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of a great multitude in heaven 
saying Hallelujah. 

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Salvation and glory and power 
belong to our God because his 

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judgments are true and righteous
For His judge, the great harlot 

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who was corrupting the earth 
with her immorality, and he has 

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avenged the blood of his bond 
servants on her. 

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The second time they said 
Hallelujah, her smoke rises up 

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forever and ever. 
And the 24 elders and the four 

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living creatures fell down and 
worshipped God who sits on the 

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throne saying Amen, Hallelujah. 
And a voice came from the throne

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saying, Give praise to our God, 
all you his bond servants, you 

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who fear him, the small and the 
great. 

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Then I heard something like the 
voice of a great multitude, and 

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like the sound of many waters 
and like the sound of mighty 

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peals of Thunder, saying 
Hallelujah for the Lord our God 

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the Almighty reigns. 
That that's what heaven is. 

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It's the it's the Hallelujah 
chorus of the of the Saints and 

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priests of God who are his bond 
servants. 

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So the voice that of heaven 
says, Give praise to His name, 

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for praise glorifies His Majesty
#9 praise is that which 

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magnifies His sovereignty. 
It magnifies His sovereignty. 

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Paul says in Romans 11. 
O the depth of the riches both 

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of the wisdom and glory of God. 
How unsearchable are His 

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judgments, and unfathomable His 
ways. 

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For who has known the mind of 
the Lord, or who became His 

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counselor, or who has first 
given to him, that it might be 

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paid back to him again? 
For from him and through him and

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to him are all things. 
To him be the glory forever. 

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Amen. 
Paul lifts. 

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Praise to God. 
Because of His sovereignty, it 

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magnifies that even Jesus, Even 
Jesus would magnify the 

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sovereignty of God. 
Listen to what Jesus says. 

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Matthew 11 verse #25 At that 
time Jesus said, I praise you, 

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Father. 
I praise you, Father. 

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Lord of heaven and earth, that 
you have hidden these things 

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from the wise and intelligent 
and have revealed them to 

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infants. 
Yes, Father, for this way was 

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pleasing in your sight. 
He magnified. 

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The sovereignty of His Father in
Heaven. 

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I praise you, Lord, for you have
hidden these things. 

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You have hidden this gospel from
the intelligent and the wise, 

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and you've opened the the minds 
and the hearts of the lowly that

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they might receive the gospel 
and believe the gospel. 

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He's magnifying God's 
sovereignty and salvation. 

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Even Jesus gives praise to his 
Father because he wants to 

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magnify his sovereignty. 
That's the privilege of praise. 

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So if you're taking notes 
because all spirit filled 

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Christians take notes, you know 
that the privilege of praise 

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verifies my identity, ratifies 
my loyalty, beautifies my 

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personality, clarifies my 
priority, specifies God's 

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generosity, testifies to God's 
ministry, purifies me from 

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iniquity, glorifies God's 
majesty, magnifies his 

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sovereignty, and lastly, 
intensifies, intensifies my joy.

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It intensifies. 
My joy. 

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Listen to the Psalmist in Psalm 
63. 

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Psalmist. 
Says oh God, you. 

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Are my God. 
I shall seek you earnestly. 

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My soul thirsts for you, my 
flesh yearns for you in a dry 

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and where we land where there is
no water. 

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Thus I have seen you in the 
sanctuary to see your power and 

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your glory, because your loving 
kindness is better than life. 

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My lips will praise you, 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. 
Why? 

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My soul is satisfied, as with 
Morrow and fatness and my youth.

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Or, excuse me, my mouth offers 
praises with joyful lips. 

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Praise intensifies my joy it. 
Makes it so it. 

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Is all consuming in my life so. 
Many times we live. 

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Lives joy joylessly, and that 
should. 

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Never be the case. 
And then the psalmist says these

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words over in Psalm 18 verse #1 
I love you, O Lord, my, my 

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strength. 
The Lord is my rock and my 

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fortress, my deliverer, my God, 
my rock, and whom I take refuge,

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my shield and the horn of my 
salvation, my stronghold. 

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I call upon the Lord who is 
worthy to be praised, and I'm 

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saved from my enemies. 
I'm saved from my enemies. 

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He's my rock, my refuge, my 
strength, my fortress, my 

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stronghold. 
And then over in Psalm 9 verse 

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#1 I will give thanks to the 
Lord with all my heart. 

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I will tell of all your wonders.
I will be glad and exalt in You.

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I will sing praise to your name,
O Most High, and then over. 

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In Psalm one O. 4 Psalmist says 
these words in verse #33. 

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I will sing. 
To the Lord as long as I live, I

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will sing praise to my God while
I have my being. 

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Let my meditation be pleasing to
him. 

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As for me, I shall be glad in 
the Lord again. 

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The psalmist knew that. 
His gladness and his joy came 

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from his praise. 
That is the the privilege of 

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praise as we. 
Journey along this. 

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This pathway of praise we will 
instruct you more and more and 

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how it is we are to offer a 
sacrifice of praise as priests 

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in the Kingdom of God. 
Let's pray together. 

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Father, we thank you for this 
day and the opportunity you give

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us to spend a brief moment in 
Your word. 

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We pray, Lord, that we would be 
a people of praise, a people who

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magnify your name, a people who 
sing unto your name, a people 

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who glorify your name, a people 
who live in the realm of praise.

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You are a great God. 
We thank you. 

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For your salvation. 
And. 

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As priests in your. 
Kingdom, we want to. 

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Be those who continually. 
Offer up a sacrifice of praise 

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to our King, to our God, to the 
majestic. 

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Holy one of. 
Israel, Jesus Christ our Lord, I

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pray. 
For those today who? 

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Are going through difficult 
times I pray Lord that you would

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strengthen them and. 
Help them to offer. 

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A sacrifice of praise, knowing 
that they might not feel like 

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it, they might not even want to,
but they know it's a sacrifice. 

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00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:58,160
So they lift their voices in 
praise to their God for who you 

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are and what you have done. 
And may their joy be intensified

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all the more simply because of 
you. 

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And our gladness comes from the 
Lord Jesus. 

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We pray this in your name, Amen.