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August 16 - Psalm 127 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here and it is the 16th of August.
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  It's a Friday and you have made it to the end of another week.
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  Good on you. So good to have your company.
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  And I don't just say it's so good to have your company
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  because I don't know what else to say, but it really is
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  wonderful. Do you know this little
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  community of us who gather around the wireless?
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  Well, that's old language, but gather around God's Word each
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  day. There are many of us.
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  Do you know There are individuals, there are families,
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  there are couples who are right now sitting in bed with a cup of
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  tea listening to God's Word. I know some of you are on your
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  way to work, Others of you are around the breakfast table.
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  Some of you are tucked in at night at the end of your day.
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  For those of you friends who have emailed me in the last
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  couple of weeks, Gee, that's wonderful.
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  I really appreciate you reaching out to, to let me know how this
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  fits into the rhythm of your day.
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  And for those of you who catch up with me and let me know that
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  this is a part of your routine, Gee, it is such a blessing to
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  me. And it is a blessing to all of
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  us because, well, we continue these psalms that that are not
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  just regular psalms, but they are these songs for pilgrims
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  ascending to Jerusalem. And that is us.
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  We are a group of pilgrims ascending to that holy city
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  together where our God will welcome us.
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  And we don't do it alone. So take heart, take courage that
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  that you are part of a large group, an enormous group that
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  stretches across the globe, and that together today we are all
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  going to hear these words from our God to us.
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  And that today, as you go about your day, know that you and
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  hundreds of others have got these words ringing in their
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  ears as we go about this Christian life in community, not
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  by ourselves. And that is inspiring to me and
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  I hope that's encouraging to you.
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  So thank you. Thank you for being a part of
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  what we do You ready? You're ready to get on with it
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  and get over sent sentimental, Sean.
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  Yeah, me too. Alright, let us do it.
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  Let us sing a song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem, a Psalm
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  of Solomon, Psalm 127. Unless the Lord builds a house,
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  the work of the builders is wasted.
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  Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with centuries will
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  do no good. It is useless for you to work so
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  hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working
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  for food to eat, for God gives rest to His loved ones.
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  Children are a gift from the Lord.
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  They are a reward from Him. Children born to a young man are
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  like arrows in a warrior's hands.
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  How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them?
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  He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the
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  city gates. Lord, You certainly are in
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  control as we, your pilgrims, continue to ascend this mountain
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  toward you on Your holy hill. Our Lord, help us continually
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  know that it is not by our own efforts that we achieve
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  anything, but it is Your gift to us.
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  And yes, You want us to be diligent with the gifts You give
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  us. But our Lord, I thank you.
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  I thank you for the rest that you give us.
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  I thank you for the food on our tables and in our bellies.
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  I thank you for our families and, if we're lucky enough to
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  have children, for those arrows in our quiver who make us proud.
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  I thank you, Lord, for the 1000 gifts that you bless us with
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  each day, and many of them that we won't even ever know about.
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  But those gifts that you orchestrate behind the scenes to
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  support and encourage and equip us, You are a merciful and
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  generous God, and we thank you and we praise you.
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  And it's in your name, Jesus, that we pray all of this.
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  Amen.