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September 20 - Psalm 132 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here and it's Friday.
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  It is the 20th of September and you've made it to another day.
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  That is the end of the week. Well done.
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  I hope that the week has been a good one for you and that the
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  weekend ahead is maybe even a little bit sweeter, maybe even a
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  bit of downtime ahead. May the sunshine on your
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  shoulders and maybe, maybe even may you lie in the sunshine next
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  to your dog on the ground. Or maybe that's just me.
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  Maybe that's too much. I'm giving away my trade
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  secrets. I hope you're going well.
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  As we continue, only a handful of more of these Psalms heading
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  up the hill towards Zion. This is another song for
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  pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. This is not just, well, one or
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  two or three verses like the others have been.
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  This has actually got a little bit of rhythm that we can settle
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  into all 18 verses. We won't know ourselves.
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  This Psalm is a hymn. This is a hymn of David calling
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  people to worship as they lift their eyes to the horizon and
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  walk toward that great city where we will all find our rest.
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  So let us share this Psalm together.
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  You can sing it, but I'm just going to read it.
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  As we read together Psalm 132, Lord remembered David and all
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  that he suffered. He made a solemn promise to the
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  Lord. He vowed to the Mighty One of
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  Israel, I will not go home. I will not let myself rest.
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  I will not let my eyes slumber, nor close my eyelids in slumber
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  until I find a place to build a house for the Lord, a sanctuary
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  for the Mighty One of Israel. We heard that the ark was in
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  Ephrata. Then we found it in the distant
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  countryside of Jah. Let us go to the sanctuary of
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  the Lord. Let us worship at the footstool
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  of His throne. Arise, O Lord, and enter your
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  resting place along with the ark, the symbol of your power.
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  May your priests be clothed in godliness.
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  May your loyal servants sing for joy.
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  For the sake of your servant David, do not reject the king
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  you have anointed. The Lord swore an oath to David
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  for the promise he will never take back.
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  I will place one of your descendants on your throne.
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  If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant and the
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  laws that I teach them, then your royal line will continue
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  forever and ever. For the Lord has chosen
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  Jerusalem. He has desired it for his home.
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  This is my resting place forever, he said.
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  I will live here, for this is the home I desired.
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  I will bless the city and make it prosperous.
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  I will satisfy its poor with food.
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  I will clothe its priests with godliness.
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  Its faithful servants will sing for joy here I will increase the
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  power of David. My anointed one will be a light
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  for my people. I will clothe his enemies with
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  shame, but he will be a glorious King.
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  Our Lord, we do come before you in praise, for You are our holy
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  God and You have blessed us through generations and
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  generations stretching so far back we can't even imagine.
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  Thank you for your provision for us, Your love for us that
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  boggles our minds, but still there it is.
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  Thank You that You would invite us to ascend that hill as
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  pilgrims coming home to rest with you.
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  We look forward to that rest, but until that day that we join
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  you in that eternal home, thank you that you walk beside us,
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  that you bless us each step of the way with everything that we
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  need. We are so grateful to you, your
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  love and your provision to us. We thank you and we praise you
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  all in the name of Jesus, Amen.