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  To love letters. Welcome to Love Letters from
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  God. We're going to change things a
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  little bit here today. We've been reading from Psalms
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  quite a little bit, and we are going to read a couple of Psalms
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  today, but we're going to start out in the book of Genesis, way
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  back in the very beginning of the Bible.
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  And this is the last chapter in the book of Genesis, Genesis
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  chapter 50. Then Joseph fell on his father's
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  face, and he wept over him and kissed him.
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  And Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to
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  embalm his father. His father had just died.
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  So the fissions embalmed Israel, 40 days were required for him,
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  for such are the days required for those who are embalmed.
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  And the Egyptians mourn for him for 70 days.
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  Now when the days of his mourning were passed, Joseph
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  spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have
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  found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh,
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  saying, My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I am dying in my
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  grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, and there
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  you shall bury me. Now therefore, please let me go
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  up and bury my father, and I will come back.
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  And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury your father, as he made you
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  swear. So Joseph went up to bury his
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  father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the
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  elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, as
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  well as all the House of Joseph, his brother's and his father's
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  house. Only the little ones and their
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  flocks and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.
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  And there went up with him both Chariots and horsemen, and it
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  was very great gathering. And then they came to the
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  threshing floor of A Tad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they
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  mourned there with great and very solemn lamentations.
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  He observed 7 days of mourning for his father.
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  And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the
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  mourning at the threshing floor of A Tad, they said This is a
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  deep mourning of the Egyptians. Therefore its name was called
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  Abel Miserium, which is beyond the Jordan.
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  So his sons did for him, just as he commanded them.
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  For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, buried him in
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  The Cave of the field of Machpelah before Mabry, which
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  Abraham bought with the field from Ephraim, the high tide, his
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  property for a burial place. And after he had buried his
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  father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and
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  all who went up with him to bury his father.
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  And when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they
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  said, Perhaps Joseph will hate us and may actually repay us for
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  all the evil which we did to him.
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  So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, Before your
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  father died, he commanded, saying, Thus shall you say to
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  Joseph, I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your
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  brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you.
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  Now please forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of
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  your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke
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  to him. Then his brothers also went and
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  fell down before his face. And and they said, Behold, we
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  are your servants. And Joseph said to them, Do not
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  be afraid, for I am in the place of God.
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  But As for you, you meant evil against me, but God has meant it
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  for good in order to bring it about as it is this day to save
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  many people alive now. Therefore do not be afraid, I
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  will provide for you and your little ones.
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  And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
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  So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's household, and
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  Joseph lived 110 years. Joseph saw Ephraim's children to
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  the third generation. The children of Makar, the son
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  of Manasseh were also brought up on Joseph's knees.
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  And Joseph said to his brethren, I am dying, but God will surely
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  visit you and bring you out of this land, to the land of which
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  he swore to Abraham, and to Isaac and to Jacob.
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  And then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel,
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  saying, God will surely visit you, and you should carry up my
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  bones from here. So Joseph died being 110 years
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  old, and they embalmed him and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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  We need to think about, you know, his brothers had dumped
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  him in a hole in the ground, sold him as a slave and trying
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  to get him out of their hair and and he wound up being second in
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  command of all of Egypt. And they tried to tell their dad
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  that so the animals had killed him and so on.
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  But but Joseph is telling them here now because they're afraid.
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  They're afraid now that their dad's dead and buried that he's
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  going to come back on them. But if you would note in verse
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  20 that we just read, Joseph says you intended to arm me, but
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  God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position
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  so I could save the lives of many people.
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  You see, when he got to be second in command over all of
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  Egypt, he helped people through the famine to keep from starving
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  to death. Think for a minute about
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  yourself. Have you ever suffered?
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  Are you suffering now? You know, everyone goes through
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  personal episodes of suffering and it's up to us to discover
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  the meaning in all of that suffering.
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  Yet there are stories in the Bible and which we hear how
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  believers found meaning and suffering, and this is one of
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  them. The story of Joseph is one that
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  his brothers felt that their father had a favorite son and
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  they also felt that he was a bit arrogant, so they decided to get
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  rid of him because they have their own hatred and evil
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  thoughts. Yet when he looks back at what
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  happened, he finds meaning in all of it.
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  If Joseph were bitter and focused on his brother's
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  wickedness, their evil thoughts and actions, he probably would
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  not have been able to see what God was doing.
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  But knowing the Lord, he sees that God used the wickedness of
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  his brothers to accomplish his own purpose.
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  And that's why Joseph says that God managed the process, not his
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  brothers. God was able to get right what
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  no human could. He reversed the process of
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  wickedness and he saved an entire nation.
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  And maybe this story, the story of Joseph will help you to
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  remember too, that good can come from evil by the grace of God.
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  And along with that, got a couple of Psalms here that kind
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  of bring out the the same story. So let's let's turn over and
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  look at Psalm 72. Give the King your judgments, O
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  God, and your righteousness to the King's Son.
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  He will judge your people with righteousness and your poor with
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  justice. The mountains will bring peace
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  to the people, and the little hills by righteousness.
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  He will bring justice to the poor of the people.
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  He will Save the Children of the needy and will break in pieces
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  of the oppressor. They shall fear you as long as
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  the sun and the moon endure throughout all generations.
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  He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing
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  like showers that water the earth.
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  In his days the righteous shall flourish an abundance of peace
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  until the moon is no more. He shall have dominion also,
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  from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth.
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  Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before him,
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  and his enemies will lick the dust.
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  The kings of Tarsus and of the Isles will bring presents.
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  The kings of Sheba and Siba will offer gifts.
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  Yes, all the kings shall fall down before him, and nations
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  shall serve him, for he will deliver the needy when he cries,
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  the poor also, and him who has no helper.
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  He will spare the poor and the needy, and he will save the
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  souls of the needy. He will redeem their life from
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  oppression and violence, and precious shall be their blood in
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  his sight, and he shall live, and the gold of Sheba will be
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  given to him. Prayer also will be made for
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  him. Continually and daily shall he
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  be praised. There will be an abundance of
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  grain in the earth on the top of the mountains.
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  His fruits shall wave like Lebanon, and those of the city
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  shall flourish like grass of the earth.
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  His name shall endure forever. His name shall continue as King
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  as long as the sun and men be blessed in him.
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  All nations shall call him blessed.
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  Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel who only does wondrous
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  things, and blessed be his glorious name forever, and let
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  the whole earth be filled with his glory.
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  Amen and Amen. And the prayers of David, the
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  son of Jesse are ended. That was the end of the prayers
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  of David. King Solomon, David's son, is
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  supposed to have written this particular Psalm.
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  And although Psalm Solomon is famous for his collection of
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  sayings in the book of Proverbs, he also was a writer of some of
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  the Psalms and, and this is is one of them.
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  In the very first verse of this Psalm, he asked for God's
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  judgments and righteousness. He wanted wisdom in order to
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  govern the people of Israel wisely and justly.
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  And this is the very request that Solomon made when when God
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  spoke to him and dream and invited him to ask for anything
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  he desired. Solomon chose wisdom and God was
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  pleased with the King's request for that wisdom.
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  And all through this Psalm that we just read, Solomon relates
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  God's care for the land and rainfall and sunshine and
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  abundant grain and, and all the care he has for his people.
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  He says the mountains will bring peace to the people.
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  The righteous should flourish. There should be abundance of
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  peace. All of these things God will
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  provide to His people. But the psalmist also stated
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  that these things would come by righteousness.
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  You see, God is generous, providing what we need so that
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  we can enjoy the peace that He wants us to have.
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  For this generosity presupposes righteous living.
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  One more short Psalm that we want to read here, and that's
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  Psalm #93 It's a pretty short Psalm, and we'll just end with
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  that one here. Today, Psalm 93, the Lord
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  reigns. He is clothed with majesty.
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  The Lord is clothed. He has girded himself with
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  strength. Surely the world is established
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  so that it cannot be moved. Your throne is established from
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  old, You are from everlasting. The floods has lifted us up, O
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  Lord. The floods have lifted up their
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  voice, the floods lift up their waves, and the Lord on high is
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  mightier, and the noise of many waters and the mighty waves of
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  the sea. Your testimonies are very sure.
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  Holiness adorns your house, oh Lord, forever.
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  And we're going to stop there and let's have a prayer.
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  Our Father in heaven, sometimes when we are having a hard time,
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  we wonder why we wonder about. And help us to understand these
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  issues. And you can take these problems
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  and you can turn them into joys, great things, peace and
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  happiness. Help us to understand that.
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  And as we read from your love letters, find that you tell us
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  that all the time. We're thankful for that.
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  And we pray that in the precious name of Jesus, Amen.
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