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We're going to read together the
Word of God in Psalm 84, the 

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Psalm 84, reading from verse 
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And the psalmist says how 
amiable or how lovely are thy 

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tabernacles, O Lord of hosts, My
soul longeth, yeah, even 

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fainteth, for the courts of the 
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My heart and my flesh cryeth out
for the living God. 

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Yeah, this Sparrow hath found in
house and the swallowing nest 

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for herself where she me lay her
young, Even thine altars. 

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O Lord of hosts, my King and my 
God, blessed are they that dwell

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in my house. 
They will be still praising 

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thee, Sealer. 
Blessed is the man whose 

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strength is in thee, in whose 
heart are the ways of them who, 

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passing through the valley of 
Becca, make it a well. 

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The rein also filleth the pools.
They go from strength to 

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strength. 
Everyone of them in Sion 

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appeareth before God. 
O Lord God of hosts, hear my 

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prayer, give, hear, O God of 
Jacob, Selah. 

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Behold our God, O God, our 
shield, and look upon the face 

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of thine anointed, for a day in 
thy courts is better than 1000. 

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I had rather be a door keeper in
the House of my God than to 

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dwell in the tents of 
wickedness, for the Lord God is 

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a son and shield. 
The Lord will give grace and 

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glory. 
No good thing will He withhold 

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from them that walk uprightly. 
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the 

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man that trusteth in thee. 
And we know the Lord will add 

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His own blessing to the public 
reading of His precious word. 

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We will open our Bibles once 
again in Psalm 84, Psalm 84, and

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in verse 11, the psalmist tells 
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shield. 
The Lord will give grace and 

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glory. 
No good thing will he withhold 

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from them that walk uprightly. 
And with the word of the Lord 

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before us, let us unite our 
hearts for a moment again in 

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prayer our love. 
We do know that thou hast hung 

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all the divine glory on thy well
beloved Son. 

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We know, Lord, that Thou art the
brightness of the Father's glory

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and the express image of His 
person. 

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And so we pray, as we turn to 
Thy precious word, that our 

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hearts will be taken up with 
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O Lord, reveal Thyself beyond 
the sacred page and help us to 

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learn more of Thee. 
Help us to walk before the Lord 

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unto all pleasing, being 
fruitful in every good work, and

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increasing in the knowledge of 
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So pour out of Thy Spirit, give 
wisdom, give grace, whereby we 

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may serve thee acceptably, with 
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We ask it in the Saviour's name.
Amen. 

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What a wonderful affection and 
regard David had for the temple 

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in Jerusalem. 
He had watched it with loving 

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eyes, and he had watched the 
words, finding rest and refuge 

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by the altars in the temple. 
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of dwelling within its 
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He had also known the bitterness
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longed, as we have read in this 
Psalm, he longed to be even a 

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doorkeeper in the House of God. 
So what was it that drew David's

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heart to the temple? 
It was the Lord's presence 

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there. 
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the Lord, and there he sought 
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It was not a superstitious 
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it so special. 
It was a meeting place, the 

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place where David met with the 
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He speaks of the Lord in our 
text in glowing terms. 

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The Lord God is a sun and 
shield. 

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The Lord will give grace and 
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No good thing will He withhold 
from them that walk uprightly. 

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It is so clear that the Lord was
everything to David. 

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The Lord is still everything to 
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What tremendous words are these?
Words full of cheer, of 

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encouragement and promise. 
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that we want to consider 
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First of all, we come to the 
comparisons that David draws. 

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The Lord God is a sun and shield
and when we think of the sun, 

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this is an impressive 
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What a word picture we have 
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Consider the immensity of the 
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creation in Genesis 1 and the 
verse 16, here's what we read 

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concerning the sun. 
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The greater light to rule the 
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the night, the greater light the
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This is an impressive 
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We think of the immensity of the
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The sun. 
It's shone on Adam walking in 

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the Garden of Eden. 
It stood still in the valley of 

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Angelon as Joshua was engaged in
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It shone on the dial of Ahas. 
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Jonah. 
It has shone for 6000 years and 

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it still shines undiminished. 
The Sun, we are told, is 

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95,000,000 miles from the Earth,
whereas the Moon is 240,000 

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miles away. 
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to the moon, but the sun is far 
beyond his reach. 

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The Sun 900,000 miles in the 
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It can easily contain the earth 
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Those statistics are mind 
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All the immensity of the sun. 
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Lord God who is infinite. 
The prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 

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chapter 24 and the verse 23. 
Isaiah 24, verse 23. 

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He says, Then the moon shall be 
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when the Lord of hosts shall 
reign in Mount Zion, and in 

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Jerusalem, and before his 
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The glory of the sun, in other 
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compared with the Lord's glory. 
The glory of the great King, and

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only head of the Church is all 
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So keep before you in this 
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Infinity of God. 
The Lord, like the Son, abides 

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through endless years. 
The same in Isaiah chapter 44 

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and verse 8. 
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Fear ye not, neither be afraid. 
Have not I told thee from that 

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time and have declared it? 
Ye are even my witnesses. 

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Is there a God beside me? 
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There is no God I know not any. 
There is none like the Lord in 

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heaven above or in the earth 
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He is glorious in holiness. 
He is fearful in praise. 

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He's the God that doeth wonders.
The immensity of the sun. 

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Then we should consider too, the
illumination of the sun. 

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Can you imagine what the world 
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What a dark place if there were 
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light. 
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darkness fell on Egypt, such was
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No one could move but God's 
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Israel had light in their homes,
in their dwellings. 

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You see, the Lord is the light 
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By His saving grace He has 
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sinful darkness into His 
marvellous light. 

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And with Psalm 27 and verse one,
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light and my salvation with the 
same assurance as the hymn 

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writer we took and say, I look 
to Jesus and I found in Him my 

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star and my son. 
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walk till travelling days are 
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The immensity and the 
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We also consider the impact of 
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winter months. 
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spring, what a difference. 
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replaced with life. 
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It revives. 
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Psalm 19 and verse 6 concerning 
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from the heat thereof, Nothing 
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The common dandelion, when the 
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the night. 
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the morning sun the dandelion 
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It lifts up its head, and may 
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Son visits nature. 
We need to be revived, or we 

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must seek earnestly the gracious
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reviving the quickening of our 
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Our prayers should be as in 
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Wilt thou not revive us again, 
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thee? 
Campbell Morgan, the great 

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preacher in Westminster Chapel 
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And he said we cannot organise A
revival, but we can set our 

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sails to catch the wind from 
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on his people once again. 
Or may we have the seals of our 

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life set to catch the wind of 
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The Lord God is a son, our text 
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And then we see the other part 
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The Lord God is a son and 
shield. 

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This defence of armour, consider
its proximity a shield, it will 

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always be at hand. 
It's there between the warrior 

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and the danger that he faces. 
And so the Lord, our shield is 

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always at hand. 
We do not have to bring him from

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afar. 
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verse, we breed. 
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Jerusalem, so the Lord is round 
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From henceforth, even forever, 
the Lord will be at your hand, 

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believer as your shield every 
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He will be your present help. 
We think of Abraham and the the 

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difficulties that he faced there
in Genesis chapter 15 when verse

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one says after these things. 
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Abraham in a vision saying after
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we go, go into chapter 14 of 
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Abraham fought with the 5 kings,
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was apprehensive that those 5 
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once again. 
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his servant, saying, fear not 
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Abram, I am thy shield and thy 
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Oh, just as the Lord knew how to
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extremity and in the hour of his
need, so he will meet with us in

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our need. 
He's our shield. 

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The proximity offered, the 
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It's not a toy. 
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It's invincible against every 
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In Ezekiel chapter 27 and verse 
11, it's recorded of the 

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soldiers of Tyre that they 
hanged their Shields upon the 

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walls roundabout. 
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were hung up in public. 
The Shields were put on display.

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They were emblems of the 
victories that those soldiers 

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had won. 
The Lord, our shield, his right 

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hand and his holy arm hath 
gotten him the victory, said the

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psalmist. 
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Jericho with its stout walls. 
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It's defence seems so secure and
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In Joshua chapter 5 and verse 14
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preincarnation appearance of the
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In verse 13 of chapter 5 in 
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When he was by Jericho, that he 
lifted up his eyes and looked, 

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and behold, there stood a man 
over against him, with his sword

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drawn in his hand. 
And Joshua went on to him, and 

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said, Art thou for us, art for 
our adversaries? 

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O, the Lord was at hand with 
Joshua as he faced Jericho. 

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The Lord was the one with the 
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He's the man of war. 
Or let us take the shield of 

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faith, and with it quench all 
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May we be like those who have 
gone before, who have 

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experienced victories. 
May we see the gospel impacting 

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on our community. 
May we see the grim towers of 

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spiritual darkness and the 
ramparts of sin brought down. 

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And may we see again the cross 
holding sway in society. 

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May it be true of us as of 
Abraham, recorded there in 

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Romans chapter 4 verses 20 and 
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He staggered not at the promise 
of God through unbelief, but was

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strong in faith, giving glory to
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what He had promised, he was 
able also to perform. 

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Oh, the comparisons that David 
draws. 

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The Lord God is a sun and 
shield. 

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And then the comfort that David 
derives, for he says the Lord 

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will give grace and glory. 
Grace is the favour, it's the 

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loving kindness, it's the 
blessing that flows into our 

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lives so undeservedly. 
Ruth was so overwhelmed by the 

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favour, the grace that Boaz 
demonstrated to her in Ruth 

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chapter 2 and verse 10. 
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She bowed herself to the ground 
and said unto Boaz, Why have I 

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found grace in thy eyes, that 
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me, saying I am a stranger? 
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of the grace, and the God of all
grace promises to give it to us.

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And how constant and continual 
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We are totally inadequate in the
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that has to be done, the race 
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that has to be accomplished. 
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grace to help. 
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What a great trial. 
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He prayed earnestly for its 
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answered in this way in 2nd 
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The Lord answered Paul's prayer,
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for thee, and that word 
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It has within it the thought 
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correspond need. 
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great it may be, there's 
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We need grace to help in our 
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We need it in our temptations. 
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right from the Garden of Eden. 
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exemption from temptation. 
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without, but also from within. 
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scattered abroad and in first 
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he can assure them that they are
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faith unto salvation, ready to 
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verse 6 wherein you greatly 
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if need be, ye are in heaviness 
through manifold temptations. 

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There were numerous temptations 
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you and I need prison. 
God said to to Abimelech 

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concerning Sarah in Genesis 
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I withheld. 
I kept thee from sinning against

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me. 
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seek grace to be kept from 
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May we be kept amid temptations,
snares. 

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We need grace to help in our 
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our tasks for the Lord. 
A great work lies to hand, a 

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work for which none of us is 
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we always having all sufficiency
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every good work. 
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Lord, please either lighten the 
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O the Lord's grace is sufficient
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the load. 
He will give grace and glory. 

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He will give present glory. 
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glory. 
There's a glory about the sun, a

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little bit of broken glass when 
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with the brilliance out, shining
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light of Christ your light, your
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glory. 
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in John 17 and verse 22. 
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givest me, I have given them. 
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In Zechariah chapter 8 and verse
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hold of the skirt, the garment 
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They took hold of the garment 
saying, We will go with you, for

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we have heard that God is with 
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You see the Lord's people there,
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was an A drawing power that drew
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We read of Paul's experience 
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Galatians chapter 4 and verse 
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Paul says she know how through 
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preached the gospel unto you at 
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which was in my flesh ye 
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And then he says, You received 
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Christ Jesus. 
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Paul says, I bear you record 
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you would have plucked out your 
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me. 
Oh, they were drawn to Paul. 

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They would have done anything 
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The glory of the Lord may it be 
seen in our lives, drawing 

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others to the Saviour. 
He will give glory, present 

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glory, He will give future 
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When the days of this life are 
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Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the
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As soon as this earthly house is
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God and house not made with 
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And of this glory that is ahead 
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understanding until we hear the 
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see. 
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coupled together. 
Apart from saving grace, none 

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can see heaven's glory. 
Heaven would be as hell without 

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the renewing, regenerating grace
of God. 

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Only saving grace can fit 
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What about yourself? 
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A Sinner saved by grace alone? 
Can you say it is well with my 

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soul? 
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says blessed is the man that 
trusteth in him. 

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Is your trust this morning? 
Is it fixed in Christ? 

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Is it truly well with your soul?
Lastly, we see the confidence 

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David displays when he says the 
Lord will withhold no good thing

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from them that walk uprightly 
what is truly good. 

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The Lord alone is the infallible
judge. 

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The Lord is truly good and do us
good. 

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The burdens and the buffetings 
of life, The Lord will turn them

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around for His people's good. 
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they will bless the hand that 
guided, the heart that planned 

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when throned, where glory 
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He will withhold no good thing 
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was exceedingly wicked, a 
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But it's recorded of Noah there 
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He was a just man, perfect in 
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He walked uprightly. 
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God while others walked with the
devil. 

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Noah walked with God. 
All may you and I be as an 

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Israelite indeed, in whom is no 
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And when we walk with God, then 
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He has all good things, all good
gifts at His disposal. 

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He is able to do for us 
exceeding abundantly above all 

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that we can ask or think. 
So when may we see the arm of 

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the Lord revealed? 
May we see His Kingdom come, His

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church built, the gates of hell 
not prevailing against it, His 

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name glorified and exalted far 
above all the Lord God is a sun 

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and shield. 
The Lord will give grace and 

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glory. 
No good thing will He withhold 

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from them that walk uprightly. 
May the Lord bless His word to 

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each of our hearts.