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Psalms That Connect Us With God Pt. 2 · Time with God with John North

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  Speaker 1: Good morning. As we get started today, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: start our day the best way possible, and that's by
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  Speaker 1: listening to God. That's what we do when we read
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  Speaker 1: the Bible. We spend time with God.
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  Speaker 1: I wonder if the concept of having a personal relationship
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  Speaker 1: with God seems a little strange to you. You may
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  Speaker 1: be even a Christian, a person who goes to church,
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  Speaker 1: and yet it's sort of an external thing. You go
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  Speaker 1: to hear about God and about what's said in the Bible,
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  Speaker 1: but you don't feel that you're building a personal relationship
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  Speaker 1: with God.
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  Speaker 1: And if you're not yet a follower of Jesus, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you may not realise this either. You might think it's
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  Speaker 1: just a religious thing, but actually, when you come into
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  Speaker 1: a personal relationship with God, that's what it is. It's
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  Speaker 1: not just religion, it's a relationship. There's plenty of religions
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  Speaker 1: in the world, but what you want in your life,
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  Speaker 1: what your soul is thirsty for, is a relationship with
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  Speaker 1: God Himself.
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  Speaker 1: When we read the Psalms in the Bible, we get
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  Speaker 1: a picture of what it looks like to have a
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  Speaker 1: real relationship with God. That's what we're doing all this week,
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  Speaker 1: taking a different Psalm every day that really connects us
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  Speaker 1: with God. Today we're looking at Psalm 63, another Psalm
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  Speaker 1: of King David from Israel when he was in the
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  Speaker 1: wilderness of Judah. Here's what he says.
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  Speaker 1: Oh God, you are my God.
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  Speaker 1: Earnestly I seek you.
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  Speaker 1: Well, are you seeking for God in your life? Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you've got a lot of questions. Maybe you've got some
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  Speaker 1: hopes and doubts. You're just unsure and you're seeking for God. Well,
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  Speaker 1: this is what David says, and I encourage you to
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  Speaker 1: actually talk to God about your search for Him.
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  Speaker 1: Earnestly I seek you, David says. My soul thirsts for you.
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  Speaker 1: Are you thirsty inside?
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  Speaker 1: Looking for answers, you've been so invested in your business,
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  Speaker 1: and it's not doing for you in the depths of
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  Speaker 1: your heart what you thought it would.
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  Speaker 1: Are you, uh, good at sports, but that also, it
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  Speaker 1: makes you feel good, fit, healthy, but your soul is
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  Speaker 1: still thirsty.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you thought that these relationships in your life would
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  Speaker 1: meet that deep inner thirst, and for sure those relationships
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  Speaker 1: are like medicine to you, aren't they? It's so good
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  Speaker 1: to be in relationship with people, but there's still something
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  Speaker 1: that you're thirsty for in your soul. Well, King David says,
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  Speaker 1: what I'm thirsty for, God, is you.
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  Speaker 1: My flesh faints for you as in a dry and
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  Speaker 1: weary land where there is no water. Here he is
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  Speaker 1: writing this in the wilderness.
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  Speaker 1: And he says, I'm, that's how I'm thirsty for you, God,
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  Speaker 1: just like I'm thirsty for water.
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  Speaker 1: So I've looked upon you in the sanctuary beholding your
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  Speaker 1: power and glory.
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  Speaker 1: Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips
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  Speaker 1: will praise you. Do you know the love of God
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  Speaker 1: in your life? Have you experienced God's love? It's easy
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  Speaker 1: to hear about it and think it just means mushy,
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  Speaker 1: warm feelings. That's such a little part of the full
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  Speaker 1: picture of what God's love means. Have you experienced that?
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  Speaker 1: Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips
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  Speaker 1: will praise you, so I will bless you as long
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  Speaker 1: as I live. In your name. I will lift up
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  Speaker 1: my hands.
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  Speaker 1: My soul will be satisfied as with fat rich food,
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  Speaker 1: and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips when
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  Speaker 1: I remember you upon my bed and meditate on you
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  Speaker 1: in the watches of the night, for you have been
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  Speaker 1: my help, and in the shadow of your wings I
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  Speaker 1: will sing for joy.
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  Speaker 1: A picture of those little baby chicks sheltering under the
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  Speaker 1: mother bird's wings.
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  Speaker 1: In the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
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  Speaker 1: My soul clings to you, God. Your right hand upholds me,
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  Speaker 1: but those who seek to destroy my life shall go
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  Speaker 1: down into the depths of the earth. They shall be
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  Speaker 1: given over to the power of the sword. They shall
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  Speaker 1: be apportioned for jackals. But the king, that's David, shall
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  Speaker 1: rejoice in God. All who swear by God shall exult.
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  Speaker 1: For the mouths of liars will be stopped.
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  Speaker 1: My soul thirsts for you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm John North.