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Before we pray, let me read 
Psalm 23 to you. 

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The Lord is my shepherd. 
I shall not want. 

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He makes me to lie down in green
pastures. 

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He leads me beside the still 
waters. 

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He restores my soul. 
He leads me in the paths of 

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righteousness for His name's 
sake. 

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Yeah, though I walk through the 
valley of with the shadow of 

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death, I will fear no evil, for 
you are with me. 

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Your rod and your staff, they 
comfort me. 

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You prepare a table before me in
the presence of my enemies. 

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You anoint my head with oil. 
My cup runs over. 

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Surely goodness and mercy shall 
follow me all the days of my 

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life, and I will dwell in the 
House of the Lord forever. 

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Amen. 
So reads the Word of God. 

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Let's pray, shall we? 
Heavenly Father, we bow in your 

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presence right now, and we thank
you for this Psalm which has 

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been such a comfort, such a 
relief, such a help to so many 

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Saints over so many centuries, 
over so many years. 

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And right now we know and we 
believe that your word is living

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and it's alive. 
And this very day, this very 

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morning, Lord, we believe you 
are going to speak to us. 

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We believe You are going to help
us through this Psalm. 

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We believe that there are 
promises here that can help us 

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right now. 
Whoever we are, wherever we're 

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listening to this round the 
world right now, we know that 

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this Psalm is for us. 
And You have a word and a 

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message for us. 
Father, thank you that we can 

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say the Lord is my shepherd. 
He's not someone else's 

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shepherd. 
He's not another man. 

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He's not another woman. 
He's not the person down the 

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street. 
No, he's my shepherd. 

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Lord, thank you that I can say 
that you are mine and I am 

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yours. 
Lord, thank you for the 

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relationship that we have with 
you, our Heavenly Father. 

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The gods who flung stars into 
space, the God who can name all 

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the stars in the sky knows them 
all by name. 

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The God who is so big that the 
universe cannot contain you. 

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Lord, we know that about you. 
And yet, Father, you love us 

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individually. 
You have a personal, intimate 

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relationship with us, and we 
thank you for this. 

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Thank you, Lord God, that if we 
truly do believe that you are 

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our shepherd and we are your 
sheep, that we don't have to 

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fear anything. 
Thank you that we are able to 

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trust in you, the sovereign 
shepherd, that you will provide 

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for all of our needs. 
That we don't have to search 

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this world. 
We don't have to be discontent. 

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We don't have to envy. 
We don't have to want, We don't 

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have to worry because we know 
that you are our shepherd. 

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And if there's anything good in 
this world, Lord God, that you 

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know we need to have, you will 
not withhold it from us. 

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You will not stop that from 
happening. 

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So Lord, help every single one 
of us to be truly be able to say

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in our hearts, the Lord is my 
shepherd and I shall not want. 

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There's nothing I need. 
There's nothing I need to say. 

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I must have this Lord because 
you're our shepherd and you 

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provide for everything we need. 
You are Jehovah Jireh. 

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The Lord provides. 
Lord God, we thank you that your

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word says he makes me to lie 
down in green pastures. 

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Father, there are times when we 
can be so busy, we can be so 

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full of activity. 
We can be so prideful, Lord, 

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thinking that we need to do this
and we're needed here in this 

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place. 
We thank you, Lord, that there 

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are seasons where you make us 
lie down in green pastures. 

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Sometimes it might be a 
difficulty, sometimes it might 

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be just a case of a removal of a
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But Lord, thank you that you do 
make us lie down at times. 

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And Lord, if there's anyone 
listening right now who is in a 

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season of difficulty, of grief, 
of sadness, of just loss, or 

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just not on the mountain 
anymore, Lord, I pray that they 

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would use this season right now 
to lie down in those green 

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pastures to get to know you 
again, to get into your word, to

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see just what a lovely, 
wonderful God you really are. 

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Precious Lord, thank you that 
you lead us to those still 

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waters. 
Thank you that you led us to 

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drink of the living waters of 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 

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Oh, before we were saved, Lord, 
we were drinking of those WAVY, 

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flurried, messy, dirty waters. 
We drank of many streams, We 

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drank of broken cisterns. 
But we thank you right now that 

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you have led us. 
You have led us to that 

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refreshing, lovely, pure water 
of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

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And we can say with the hymn 
writer, it is well with my soul,

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my soul is nourished, My soul is
satisfied because Jesus died for

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me. 
He's risen from the dead and I 

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trust in him. 
And we thank you for this, Oh 

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God of heaven. 
Thank you. 

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As verse 3 says, He restores my 
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There are so many people on this
very Internet we're on right now

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that would promise us that they 
can restore our soul. 

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They can promise us wealth. 
They can promise us success. 

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They can promise us happiness. 
Oh Lord, we know that Satan 

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prowls around like a lion 
seeking who he might devour, and

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at times he is so stealthy he 
dangles things in front of us, 

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thinking that this will give us 
some kind of happiness. 

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Just like that forbidden fruit 
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Adam and Eve in the garden and 
they ate of it. 

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Lord help us to always remember 
this verse, that it is only 

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Christ who can restore our soul.
Some of us are weary, some of us

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are tired. 
Some of us, as we go into this, 

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this new year, we're just 
hurting. 

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We've had a difficult few 
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We've had a difficult year, and 
we need restoring, Lord. 

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So we as your children cry out 
to you now and ask that you 

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would restore our soul. 
You would do that goodness. 

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You would do a new work in US, 
that you would birth something 

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new in each of us, that this 
year, these months, these weeks 

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would be precious weeks, 
precious times of drawing near 

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to your throne and knowing you. 
Thank you, precious Saviour, 

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that you do lead us into those 
paths of righteousness for his 

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name's sake. 
Again, as the hymn writer sings,

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prone to wonder. 
Lord, I feel it prone to leave 

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the God I love. 
I know I can say that. 

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It's so relatable. 
There have been so many seasons 

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in my life where I've been so 
prone to wander from you. 

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I've lived in sin, I've wandered
away from you, the Lord. 

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Perhaps someone listening right 
now can say the same things. 

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But thank you that you 
graciously, you take that one 

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sheep from the 99 that has 
wandered away, that that sheep 

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that's wandered away from the 
100, that one sheep that's 

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that's gone it's own way. 
And you bring that sheep back, 

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sometimes gently, sometimes 
firmly. 

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But we thank you that you always
lead us back to those paths of 

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righteousness for your name's 
sake. 

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And Lord God, we praise you 
right now because you've done 

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that for us. 
We can think of times we've 

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wandered and you've brought us 
back and we praise your name. 

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And Father, if there's anyone 
listening right now who is in a 

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season of wandering, who is in a
season of contemplating sin or 

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in a season where they're just 
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please, please, Father, bring 
that person back. 

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Please let this new day as they 
pray to you, let this new day be

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a day where they do wonderful 
business with you, where they 

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have a newness, a joy in their 
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their mouth where they praise 
you And that they would know 

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Christ's righteousness is 
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That they have a righteousness 
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righteousness that is given as a
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moment they trusted in Christ. 
In verse 4, Lord, we read a 

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verse that is very moving and 
very serious. 

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Yeah, Though I walk through the 
valley of the shadow of death, I

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will fear no evil, for you are 
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Your rod and your staff, they 
comfort me. 

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Some of us know what it is to 
walk in that valley of the 

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shadow of death when there's no 
joy there. 

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There's no laughter, there's no 
happiness. 

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Just darkness in this valley. 
It's bleak. 

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It's black. 
You can't see your your hand 

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even in front of your face. 
It's so dark. 

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Times of sadness, times when it 
feels like everyone has rejected

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you, when it feels like you're 
walking all alone. 

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It feels like you feel like I 
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Lord, some of us have been in 
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Some perhaps are in that very 
valley, this very day where they

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see no hope for the future. 
And yet, Lord, we know. 

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Your word says even though we 
walk through this valley, even 

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though there is so much darkness
all around us, we will fear no 

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evil, for you are with us. 
You are with us. 

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You will hold our hand, You will
take hold of us and bring us 

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through that valley. 
Even as all darkness is around, 

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even as though everyone might 
laugh at us, we're totally 

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alone. 
We're not alone because you, our

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Lord, will hold our hand and get
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We know that you have a rod to 
staff and they are a comfort 

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because you are not just some 
gentle, meek Saviour, though you

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are those things. 
You also, Lord, are protected, 

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Lord, and we praise Jesus Christ
knowing that He will protect us.

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If he can defeat the enemy, the 
evil one on the cross, He can 

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defeat any darkness that might 
come for us. 

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And Lord, we claim that promise.
We thank you for that promise. 

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We rest on that promise that you
will protect us from any 

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darkness, any evilness that is 
surrounding whoever is listening

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right now. 
We thank you, Father, that we 

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can rest knowing that Christ is 
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So who can be against us? 
If the Lord of Lords and the 

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King of kings is by our side? 
Who on earth, who on this 

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planet, who on this earth can 
ever put a fault, put a claim 

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against us, children of God, 
because we rest in him, our 

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shield and our protector. 
Heavenly Father, as we read 

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verse 5, you prepare a table 
before me in the presence of my 

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enemies. 
You anoint my head with oil. 

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My cup runs over. 
Help us to remember that those 

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who trust in you, you have given
them a feast, a feast on that 

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table and you invite us to eat 
at this feast. 

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You've given us so many 
blessings, the richness of 

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eternal life, forgiveness of 
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We don't always have to be 
wandering and doing this, that 

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and the other. 
Like our unbelieving friends and

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family, we have inner peace, we 
have joy, we have godliness that

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you have put inside of us a 
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We have justice, we have mercy. 
Oh, Father, thank you. 

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Thank you for the feast you 
prepare for us when we open up 

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the Word and we see all these 
riches, all these Nuggets of 

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gold in your Word. 
Thank you for the feast even 

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now. 
Oh how sweet it is to pray to 

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you, the living God, what a gift
this is. 

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Thank you Lord God, for the 
feast you prepare for us when we

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sit at your table, the Lord's 
table, and we partake in the 

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Lord's cup and we partake in the
bread and the wine. 

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Thank you for that feast to to 
those who don't know you, it 

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seems so simple and yet we know 
that that that table means that 

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we have been washed in the 
blood, the precious blood of our

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Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. 
We know that Christ's body was 

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broken for us, That body was 
beaten, it was bruised for us 

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that our body might be renewed 
and one day in heaven we will 

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have the glorified body. 
Thank you for that. 

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Thank you, Father, that you 
anoint our head with oil and our

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cup, it runs over. 
We're overflowing with grace, 

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we're overflowing with joy. 
We're overflowing of all of this

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goodness. 
And Father, if there's anyone 

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today who's listening and they 
are a child of God, they, they 

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do love you. 
And yet they don't know what it 

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is to have their cup 
overflowing. 

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Lord, show them the spiritual 
blessings that they need. 

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Let them know the joy. 
Let them know the peace, the 

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love that you have and let them 
walk into this day, this very 

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day, knowing what a good God you
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Lord, let them keep searching, 
keep tapping at the door, 

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perhaps even keep praying this 
prayer until they know what it 

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is to have their cup overflowing
with joy, to know that you are a

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loving Godfather. 
Help me to know that at times I 

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can look in my own cup and and 
see it as half empty and and and

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complain and moan and grumble. 
And yet what have I got to 

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complain about when you have 
saved a Wretch like me and you 

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have given me eternal life. 
And no matter what man can do to

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me, no matter what I can even do
to myself with my sins, I'm I'm 

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safe and I'm secure knowing that
Christ has died for me and he's 

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given me eternal life. 
Help us all to trust in that. 

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And Lord God, as we consider 
this final verse, surely 

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goodness and mercy shall follow 
me all the days of my life, and 

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I will dwell in the House of the
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Father, what a promise that is. 
I feel very moved even just 

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reading those words out loud 
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Some of us struggle in this 
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Some of us find it very 
difficult even to get out of bed

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this very morning. 
Some people listening have very 

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little to look forward to. 
They live in loneliness. 

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They see trouble and trial and 
tribulation daily. 

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And yet here is a promise that 
goodness and mercy follow me. 

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I have the Lord and He is my 
Shepherd, and one day I'm going 

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to dwell in his house forever 
and ever. 

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I'm going to dwell and see the 
face of my Saviour, the Lord 

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Jesus Christ. 
Is there anything more beautiful

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than the face of Christ? 
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So, Father, help us all to fix 
our eyes on heavenly things, no 

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matter what this day might 
bring, no matter what trouble 

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might be before us. 
Help us to fix our eyes on 

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Christ and remember that we have
a heavenly treasure. 

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Eternal rich is joy forever with
Jesus. 

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And here we are on the other 
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Perhaps we'll never meet each 
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Children of God all around the 
world, and yet in heaven we're 

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going to meet, we're going to 
rejoice together, we're going to

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hold hands and sing songs of 
worship and praise to our Lord 

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and Savior Jesus Christ for all 
of eternity. 

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What wonder that will be, what 
joy that will be. 

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What a wonderful day that will 
be. 

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So Father, help us be near to 
us. 

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Help us not to complain. 
Help us to love this, this day. 

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Help us to rejoice that we have 
right now. 

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We're not promised tomorrow is 
all we have is now. 

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And so right now, oh, what good 
it has done us this very day, 

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this very morning to read Psalm 
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It has made our hearts happy. 
It has put gladness in our soul.

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And so we pray, Lord, that we 
take this gladness, this joy 

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into the rest of the day. 
We pray all of these things in 

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Jesus Christ precious and holy 
name, our Lord, our Saviour, our

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Shepherd. 
We pray all of these things in 

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His name and asked that He would
bless our day greatly in Jesus 

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name. 
Amen.

