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April 12 - Psalm 111 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it is shown here. It is Friday, it's the 12th of
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  April and you've made it to the end of the week.
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  Congratulations friend. I hope you're feeling good.
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  I hope the weekend ahead has got some treats, some time, some
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  recuperation. My weekend is going to look a
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  whole lot like going out Bush with a bunch of soldiers as we
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  go into a training exercise up in the north of the state.
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  I hope the weather will be warm for us and we won't be out there
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  in the freezing cold and the rain.
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  It doesn't look too bad, actually.
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  It should be good fun, and that is good chaplaincy.
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  Time to get to hang out with soldiers and support them and
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  see how they're going. So I would appreciate your
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  prayer as I am out chaining in this new space.
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  I don't know about you, but unstructured social
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  environments, it's it's just like torture.
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  So as much as I'm looking forward to the opportunity to do
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  this work, it also involves just my absolute social nightmare of
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  being in a space for the whole lot of people with very little
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  structure needing to go and talk to people.
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  I'm going to put on my brave big boy pants and go and do the work
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  that God calls me to do. I hope you have a good weekend
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  because today we get to read Assam together.
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  Yes. And it is some 111, Sam 111.
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  This is a sum of praise, which is actually an acrostic.
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  You know, the old poetry that we used to write in primary school
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  where the first letters spell a word as you look down the page?
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  Well, this is an acrostic, except it's probably a little
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  bit lost in translation as it's an acrostic in Hebrew.
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  But we will just have to trust that as you read down the page
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  with these 10 phrases, it yeah, it made sense.
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  But for us it doesn't need to be an acrostic and poetry.
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  It is just a cracker of Assam that speaks of praising our God.
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  So let's do it together, friends.
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  Let us praise our God. Reading together.
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  Psalm 111 Praise the Lord.
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  I will thank the Lord with all my heart as I meet with His
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  godly people. How amazing are the deeds of the
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  Lord. All who delight in Him should
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  ponder them. Everything he does reveals His
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  glory and majesty. His righteousness never fails.
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  He causes us to remember His wonderful works.
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  How gracious and merciful is our Lord.
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  He gives food to those who fear Him.
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  He always remembers his covenant.
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  He has shown His great power to His people by giving them the
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  lands of other nations. All He does is just and good,
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  and all His commandments are trustworthy.
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  They are forever true to be obeyed faithfully and with
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  integrity. He has paid a full ransom for
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  his people. He has guaranteed His covenant
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  with them forever. What a holy or inspiring name he
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  has. Fear of the Lord is the
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  foundation of true wisdom. All who obey His commandments
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  will grow in wisdom. Praise Him forever.
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  Ah, Lord, we do indeed praise you.
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  We do. Remember your mighty works.
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  We are struck by Your graciousness and Your mercy.
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  To us you have conquered all things that stand before you,
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  all so that in the name of love you can restore us, your people,
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  back to you. And so here, as we bask in your
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  presence, your beautiful holy presence, we are overcome with
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  our thankful hearts, filled with gratitude for everything.
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  Everything that you are, everything that you've done, and
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  everything that you promised for us, You are a good, good God and
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  we adore you. And it's in your name, that
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  precious saving name of Jesus, that we pray all these things.
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  Ah man.