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Guided Sleep Meditation for Insomnia on Psalms 18_ David_s Song of Deliverance 4 hours · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Find rest as you listen to this peaceful bedtime story.
• 0:07
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• 0:11
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to this time on Abide meditation. Would you join
• 0:19
  Speaker 2: me as we invite the calm into the storms of
• 0:23
  Speaker 2: life during this bedtime story. This is your moment to
• 0:29
  Speaker 2: put away your demands and pressures. This is your time
• 0:33
  Speaker 2: alone with God to commune in his comfort, his peace,
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes, get comfortable. Block
• 0:49
  Speaker 2: out the distractions from the day that came between you
• 0:53
  Speaker 2: and our Lord Jesus. Is only a prayer away, a
• 0:58
  Speaker 2: thought away. This is your time with Him as you
• 1:03
  Speaker 2: embrace a deep sleep. Now take a deep breath. Relax
• 1:14
  Speaker 2: as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you for all that
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  Speaker 2: You've done for me. Thank you for being with me today,
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: even when I felt I was alone, surrounded by busyness
• 1:37
  Speaker 2: and pressures of the day. I call upon your name.
• 1:42
  Speaker 2: I release that chaos now, and like David, I sing
• 1:48
  Speaker 2: praises to you. I call upon your name to calm
• 1:53
  Speaker 2: the storms I face. I cry out to you for
• 1:58
  Speaker 2: your ways to be present in my mind, my body,
• 2:04
  Speaker 2: and soul. Forgive me for not always showing it. But
• 2:10
  Speaker 2: I love you so very much. I give you all
• 2:16
  Speaker 2: the praise and all the glory. Amen. I call upon
• 2:24
  Speaker 2: the Lord, who is worthy to be praised. In my distress,
• 2:29
  Speaker 2: I called upon the Lord, to my God, I cried
• 2:33
  Speaker 2: for help from his temple. He heard my voice in
• 2:39
  Speaker 2: my cry to him, reached his ears Psalm eighteen. This
• 2:46
  Speaker 2: psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung by
• 2:50
  Speaker 2: David at the end of his life, as recorded in
• 2:53
  Speaker 2: Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that David
• 2:59
  Speaker 2: composed this song as a younger man. Yet in his
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: old age David could look back with great gratitude and
• 3:09
  Speaker 2: sing this song again, looking at his whole life. Isn't
• 3:14
  Speaker 2: that so true? How many times have you not seen
• 3:19
  Speaker 2: God's hand in your life? That only through the rear
• 3:24
  Speaker 2: view mirror. We're on the other side of the mountain.
• 3:28
  Speaker 2: You saw how God guided you through a storm. Now
• 3:34
  Speaker 2: put yourself in David's sandals for a moment. David is
• 3:39
  Speaker 2: on his own, a fugitive running for his life, and yes,
• 3:46
  Speaker 2: God will be with him during this time abundantly. But
• 3:50
  Speaker 2: David is just learning to walk with the Lord David
• 3:55
  Speaker 2: is desperate and without resources to make an escape. Can
• 4:01
  Speaker 2: you see this fine painting? David paints a practically hopeless
• 4:08
  Speaker 2: situation where you cannot see any way of surviving with
• 4:14
  Speaker 2: your life, destruction and death as compared to a raging
• 4:19
  Speaker 2: river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David
• 4:27
  Speaker 2: in his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
• 4:34
  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle of
• 4:37
  Speaker 2: the Lord of nab can't you just see it? The
• 4:42
  Speaker 2: big stone walls the tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 4:46
  Speaker 2: that day. David requests food. Now the only food Amlik
• 4:55
  Speaker 2: has to give him is some consecrated bread in our time,
• 4:59
  Speaker 2: kind of like day old bread, some loaves of the
• 5:02
  Speaker 2: bread of the presence that has been before the Lord
• 5:05
  Speaker 2: in the tabernacle the previous week. David was so very hungry, yes,
• 5:14
  Speaker 2: physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites this incident when he
• 5:20
  Speaker 2: is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath, and then
• 5:26
  Speaker 2: there is an image of the lamp. It speaks of
• 5:30
  Speaker 2: God's grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years.
• 5:38
  Speaker 2: Now like an image of a candle the light and
• 5:40
  Speaker 2: the glow of a candle. Can't you just see it
• 5:43
  Speaker 2: glowing and reflecting on those big stone walls, and seeing
• 5:47
  Speaker 2: the shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength
• 5:52
  Speaker 2: to run, to leap and fight and defeat the enemy.
• 5:57
  Speaker 2: Do you need that same kind of strength? Well, if so,
• 6:02
  Speaker 2: invited in to imbed in you that same warrior spirit.
• 6:09
  Speaker 2: Psalm eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 6:15
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 6:21
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 6:25
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances. God hears David's voice just as
• 6:30
  Speaker 2: surely as he will hear your voice if you call
• 6:33
  Speaker 2: out to him, And, like David, may you have God's
• 6:38
  Speaker 2: covering to scale walls blocking your progress. Leap like a
• 6:43
  Speaker 2: deer up the mountainside. I will love you, o Lord,
• 6:48
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 6:53
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength, in whom I
• 6:58
  Speaker 2: will trust my shield and the horn of my salvation,
• 7:03
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
• 7:08
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from
• 7:12
  Speaker 2: my enemies. King David is one of the most important
• 7:17
  Speaker 2: figures in Jewish history. Although David does not look like
• 7:22
  Speaker 2: a king should look, he has the heart of a lion,
• 7:27
  Speaker 2: a courageous spirit, and even more, a deep, unending love
• 7:32
  Speaker 2: for God. And like David, you two can build and
• 7:37
  Speaker 2: accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood on this
• 7:43
  Speaker 2: foundation in the days of tribulation and the challenges in
• 7:47
  Speaker 2: his life. And after looking back at God's gracious ministry
• 7:54
  Speaker 2: to him, what else could David do but praise him
• 7:58
  Speaker 2: to sing great praises to God. It's no wonder King
• 8:03
  Speaker 2: David would sing to the Lord, I will love you,
• 8:07
  Speaker 2: a Lord my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 8:12
  Speaker 2: my fortress, in my deliverer, my God, my strength, in
• 8:18
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my strength, and the horn of
• 8:22
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord,
• 8:27
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 8:31
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. And while David was in the temple,
• 8:37
  Speaker 2: God heard the cries of his heart, and he hears
• 8:41
  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart to Psalm eighteen is a
• 8:48
  Speaker 2: resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts. After several verses
• 8:53
  Speaker 2: of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this great victory to
• 8:59
  Speaker 2: the King, the Messiah David's descended Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah,
• 9:09
  Speaker 2: and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I will praise
• 9:14
  Speaker 2: you Lord among the nations. I will sing the praises
• 9:20
  Speaker 2: of your name. Now as you drift asleep. God has
• 9:27
  Speaker 2: not changed one iota during all these years. As he
• 9:33
  Speaker 2: treated David, so he treats you. He is not partial.
• 9:41
  Speaker 2: The only thing that matters is how you have it
• 9:44
  Speaker 2: in your heart. David focused on the heavens above him,
• 9:50
  Speaker 2: the glow of the sun. Can't you see the rays
• 9:53
  Speaker 2: of the sun just shining upon David, the vibrance of
• 9:56
  Speaker 2: the sky above him, the flowing w The entire triumphal
• 10:04
  Speaker 2: procession started with I will love you, o Lord, my strength.
• 10:10
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 10:14
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength in whom I will trust my
• 10:19
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 10:25
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
• 10:30
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. If this
• 10:38
  Speaker 2: is true in you, God will move heaven and earth
• 10:42
  Speaker 2: for you. As you drift into a deep sleep. May
• 10:48
  Speaker 2: you hear David playing his heart rejoicing like King David.
• 10:53
  Speaker 2: May you know God hears the cries of your heart.
• 10:58
  Speaker 2: May your dreams take you to a place where you
• 11:01
  Speaker 2: are dancing and singing before the Lord. I will call
• 11:05
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who was worthy to be praised. In
• 11:09
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 11:13
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
• 11:19
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears. May
• 11:27
  Speaker 2: the Lord bless you and keep you. May he make
• 11:31
  Speaker 2: his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
• 11:37
  Speaker 2: May the Lord turn his face to you and grant
• 11:40
  Speaker 2: you peace. Ask the Lord to lead you to the
• 11:46
  Speaker 2: picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's especially meant for you.
• 11:53
  Speaker 2: He reaches down from on high and takes hold of you.
• 11:59
  Speaker 2: He draws, tells you out of the deep waters. He
• 12:04
  Speaker 2: brings you out into a spacious space. Jesus rescues you
• 12:12
  Speaker 2: because he delights in you. As you fall asleep, step
• 12:21
  Speaker 2: into David's great victory. I will love you a Lord
• 12:28
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 12:33
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength in whom I
• 12:38
  Speaker 2: will trust my shield and the horn of my salvation,
• 12:43
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
• 12:47
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from
• 12:51
  Speaker 2: my enemies. I pray for this dear one, your child
• 12:59
  Speaker 2: who sperately cries out to you and longs for RESTful
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  Speaker 2: sleep in your comforting arms. O, Lord, protect your child
• 13:13
  Speaker 2: and Jesus, deliver the dreams that only you know are needed.
• 13:20
  Speaker 2: Speak your wisdom of truth and salvation that only comes
• 13:26
  Speaker 2: through you. Amen, this is your moment to put away
• 13:39
  Speaker 2: your demands and pressures. This is your time alone with God,
• 13:45
  Speaker 2: to commune in his comfort, his peace, and his goodness. Relax,
• 13:56
  Speaker 2: close your eyes, get comfortable. Block out the distractions from
• 14:05
  Speaker 2: the day that came between you and our Lord Jesus
• 14:12
  Speaker 2: is only a prayer away, a thought away. This is
• 14:16
  Speaker 2: your time with him as you embrace a deep sleep.
• 14:24
  Speaker 2: Now take a deep breath. Relax as I pray, Lord Jesus,
• 14:36
  Speaker 2: thank you for all that You've done for me. Thank
• 14:41
  Speaker 2: you for being with me today, even when I felt
• 14:47
  Speaker 2: I was alone, surrounded by busyness and pressures of the day.
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: I call upon your name. I release that chaos now,
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: and like David, I sing praises to you. I call
• 15:07
  Speaker 2: upon your name to calm the storms I face. I
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: cry out to you for your ways to be present
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: in my mind, my body, and soul. Forgive me for
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: not always showing it. But I love you so very much.
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: I give you all the praise and all the glory. Amen.
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised.
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: In my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears Psalm eighteen.
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: This psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: by David at the end of his life, as recorded
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: in Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: David composed this song as a younger man, Yet in
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: his old age David could look back with great gratitude
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: and sing this song again, looking at his whole life.
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: Isn't that so true? How many times have you not
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: seen God's hand in your life that only through the
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: rear view mirror or on the other side of the
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: mountain you saw how God guided you through a storm.
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: Now put yourself in david sandals for a moment. David
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: is on his own, a fugitive running for his life,
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: and yes, God will be with him during this time. Abundantly,
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: but David is just learning to walk with the Lord.
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: David is desperate and without resources to make an escape.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: Can you see this fine painting? David paints a practically
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: hopeless situation where you cannot see any way of surviving
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: with your life. Destruction and death is compared to a
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: raging river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: In his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle of
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: the Lord of nab Can't you just see it? The
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: big stone walls the tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: that day. David requests food. Now. The only food Amelik
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: has to give him is some consecrated bread in our time,
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: kind of like day old bread, some loaves of the
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: bread of the presence that has been before the Lord
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: in the tabernacle the previous week. David was so very hungry, yes,
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites this incident when he
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath, and then
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: there is an image of the lamp. It speaks of
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: God's grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years. Now,
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: like an image of a candle, the light and the
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: glow of a candle, can't you just see it glowing
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: reflecting on those big stone walls, and seeing the shadows
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: to leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength? Well, if so, invite
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: it in to embed in you that same warrior spirit.
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: Psalm eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances. God hears David's voice just as
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: surely as he will hear your voice if you call
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: out to him, and, like David, may you have God's
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: covering to scale walls blocking your progress. Leap like a
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: dear up the mountainside. I will love you a Lord
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength in whom I
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: will trust my shield and the horn of my salvation,
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: my enemies? King David is one of the most important
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: figures in Jewish history. Although David does not look like
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: a king should look, he has the heart of a lion,
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: a courageous spirit, and even more, a deep, unending love
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: for God. And like David, you two can build and
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood on this
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: foundation in the days of tribulation and the challenges in
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: his life. And after looking back at God's gracious ministry
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: to him, what else could David do that praise him?
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: To sing great praises to God, It's no wonder. King
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: David would sing to the Lord, I will love you,
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: my fortress, in my deliverer, my God, my strength in
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my strength, and the horn of
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies? And while David was in the temple,
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: God heard the cries of his heart, and he hears
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart to Psalm eighteen is a
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts after several verses
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: of thanksgiving. The Psalm ends by this great victory to
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: the King, the Messiah, David's descendant, Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah,
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I will praise
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: you Lord among the nations. I will sing the praises
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: of your name you as you drift asleep. God has
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: not changed one iota during all these years. As he
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: treated David, so he treats you. He is not partial.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: The only thing that matters is how you have it
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: in your heart. David focused on the heavens above him,
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: the glow of the sun. Can't you see the rays
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: of the sun just shining upon David, the vibrance of
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: the sky above him, the flowing waters. The entire triumphal
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: procession started with I will love you, O Lord, my strength.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, and whom I will trust my
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. If this
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: is true in you, God will move heaven and earth
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: for you as you drift into a deep sleep. May
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: you hear David playing his heart, rejoicing like King David.
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: May you know God hears the cries of your heart.
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: May your dreams take you to a place where you
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: are dancing and singing before the Lord. I will call
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who was worthy to be praised. In
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God.
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears. May
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: the Lord bless you and keep you. May he make
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: May the Lord turn his face to you and grant
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: you peace. Ask the Lord to lead you to the
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's especially meant for you.
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: He reaches down from on high and takes hold of you.
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: He draws you out of the deep waters. He brings
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: you out into a spacious space. Jesus rescues you because
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: he delights in you. As you fall asleep, step into
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: David's great victory. I will love you, O Lord my strength.
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength in whom I will trust, my
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation wronghold. I will
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised,
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. I pray
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: for this dear one, your child who desperately cries out
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: to you and longs for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms.
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: Oh Lord, protect your child and Jesus, deliver the dreams
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: that only you know where needed. Speak your wisdom of
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: truth and salvation that only comes through you. Amen, this
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: is your moment to put away your demands and pressures.
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: This is your time alone with God, to commune in
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: his comfort, his peace, and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes,
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: get comfortable, block out the distractions from the day that
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: came between you and our Lord Jesus is only a
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: prayer away, a thought away. This is your time with
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: him as you embrace a deep sleep. Now, take a
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: deep breath. Relax as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: for all that You've done for me. Thank you for
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: being with me today, even when I felt I was alone,
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: surrounded by busyness and pressures of the day, I call
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: upon your name. I release that chaos now, and like David,
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: I sing praises to you. I call upon your name
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: to calm the storms I face. I cry out to
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: you for your ways to be present in my mind,
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: my body, and soul. Forgive me for not always showing it.
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: But I love you so very much. I give you
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: all the praise and all the glory. Amen. I call
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised. In
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my voice,
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: and my cry to him reached his ears Psalm eighteen.
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: This psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: by David at the end of his life, as recorded
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: in Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: David composed this song as a younger man, Yet in
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: his old age David could look back with great gratitude
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: and sing this song again, looking at his whole life.
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: Isn't that so true? How many times have you not
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: seen God's hand in your life, but only through the
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: rear view mirror or on the other side of the
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: mountain you saw how God guided you through a storm.
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: Now put yourself in david sandals for a moment. David
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  Speaker 2: is on his own, a fugitive, running for his life,
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  Speaker 2: and yes, God will be with him during this time abundantly.
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  Speaker 2: But David is just learning to walk with the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: David is desperate and without resources to make an escape.
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  Speaker 2: Can you see this fine painting? David paints a practically
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  Speaker 2: hopeless situation where you cannot see any way of surviving
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  Speaker 2: with your life, destruction and death as compared to a
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  Speaker 2: raging river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing
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  Speaker 2: David in his desperation, he calls out to the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: The first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle
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  Speaker 2: of the Lord of nab can't you just see it?
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  Speaker 2: The big stone walls the tabernacle, the center of worship
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  Speaker 2: of that day. David requests food. Now. The only food
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  Speaker 2: Amelik has to give him is some consecrated bread in
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  Speaker 2: our time, kind of like day old bread, some loaves
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  Speaker 2: of the bread of the presence that has been before
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  Speaker 2: the Lord in the tabernacle the previous week. David was
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  Speaker 2: so very hungry, yes physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: this incident when he is questioned about eating grain on
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  Speaker 2: the Sabbath, and then there is an image of the lamp.
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  Speaker 2: It speaks of God's grace and keeping David alive during
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: those dangerous years. Now, like an image of a candle,
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  Speaker 2: the light and the glow of a candle, can't you
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  Speaker 2: just see it glowing and reflecting on those big stone
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  Speaker 2: walls and seeing the shadows of David dancing. God gave
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  Speaker 2: him the strength to run, to leap and fight and
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  Speaker 2: defeat the enemy. Do you need that same kind of strength? Well,
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  Speaker 2: if so, invited in to embed in you that same
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  Speaker 2: warrior spirit. Psalm eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me from
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  Speaker 2: my powerful enemy, from my foes who were too strong
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  Speaker 2: for me. Can't you just see David dancing and singing
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: before God, thanking him for past deliverances. God hears David's
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  Speaker 2: voice just as surely as he will hear your voice
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  Speaker 2: if you call out to him, and, like David, may
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  Speaker 2: you have God's covering to scale walls blocking your progress,
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  Speaker 2: leap like a deer up the mountainside. I will love you,
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  Speaker 2: O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my strength in
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  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my shield and the horn of
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  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
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  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised, So shall I be
• 33:43
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. King David is one of the
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  Speaker 2: most important figures in Jewish history. Although David does not
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  Speaker 2: look like a king should look, he has the heart
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  Speaker 2: of a lion, a cur rageous spirit, and even more,
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  Speaker 2: a deep, unending love for God. I like David, you
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  Speaker 2: two can build and accomplish something on such a foundation.
• 34:14
  Speaker 2: David stood on this foundation in the days of tribulation
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: and the challenges in his life. And after looking back
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  Speaker 2: at God's gracious ministry to him, what else could David
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  Speaker 2: do but praise him? To sing great praises to God.
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  Speaker 2: It's no wonder. King David would sing to the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: I will love you, a Lord my strength. The Lord
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  Speaker 2: is my rock and my fortress, in my deliverer, my God,
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: my strength, in whom I will trust my strength, and
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, So
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  Speaker 2: shall I be saved from my enemies. And while David
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: was in the temple, God heard the cries of his heart,
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: and he hears the cries of your heart. To Psalm
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: eighteen is a resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts.
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: After several verses of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this
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  Speaker 2: great victory to the King the Messiah, David's descendant, Jesus Yeshiah,
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: your Messiah, and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I
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  Speaker 2: will praise you Lord among the nations. I will sing
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  Speaker 2: the praises of your name. Now as you drift a sleep,
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  Speaker 2: has not changed one iota during all these years. As
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  Speaker 2: he treated David, so he treats you. He is not partial.
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  Speaker 2: The only thing that matters is how you have it
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  Speaker 2: in your heart. David focused on the heavens above him,
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  Speaker 2: the glow of the sun. Can't you see the rays
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  Speaker 2: of the sun just shining upon David, the vibrance of
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: the sky above him.
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  Speaker 3: The flowing waters.
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: The entire triumphal procession started with I will love you,
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: oh Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength, and
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my shield and the horn of
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
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  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies? If this is true in you,
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  Speaker 2: God will move heaven and earth for you. As you
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: drift into a deep sleep. May you hear David playing
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: his heart, rejoicing like King David. May you know God
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  Speaker 2: hears the cries of your heart. May your dreams take
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: you to a place where you are dancing and singing
• 37:35
  Speaker 2: before the Lord. I will call upon the Lord, who
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: was worthy to be praised. In my distress, I called
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, to my God, I cried for help
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  Speaker 2: from his temple. He heard my voice in my cry
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  Speaker 2: to him, reached his ears. Lord bless you and keep you.
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  Speaker 2: May he make his face shine upon you and be
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: gracious to you. May the Lord turn his face to
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  Speaker 2: you and grant you peace. Ask the Lord to lead
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  Speaker 2: you to the picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: especially meant for you. He reaches down from on high
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  Speaker 2: and takes hold of you. He draws you out of
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: the deep waters. He brings you out into a spacious space.
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: Jesus rescues you because he delights in you. As you
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: fall asleep, step into David's great victory of you. O Lord,
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  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength in whom I
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: will trust my shield and the horn of my salvation,
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
• 39:20
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised, So shall I be saved from
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: my enemies. I pray for this, dear one, your child
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  Speaker 2: who desperately cries out to you and longs for RESTful
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: sleep in your comforting arms. O, Lord, protect your child
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  Speaker 2: and Jesus, deliver the dreams that only you know are needed.
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  Speaker 2: Speak your wisdom of truth and salvation that only comes
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  Speaker 2: through you. Amen, this is your moment to put away
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  Speaker 2: your demands and pressures. This is your time alone with God,
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: to commune in his comfort, his peace, and his goodness. Relax,
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: close your eyes, get comfortable. Block out the distractions from
• 40:38
  Speaker 2: the day that came between you and our Lord Jesus
• 40:44
  Speaker 2: is only a prayer away, a thought away. This is
• 40:49
  Speaker 2: your time with him as you embrace a deep sleep.
• 40:56
  Speaker 2: Now take a deep breath. Relax as I pray, Lord Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: thank you for all that You've done for me. Thank
• 41:14
  Speaker 2: you for being with me today, even when I felt
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: I was alone, surrounded by busyness and pressures of the day,
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: I call upon your name. I release that chaos now,
• 41:35
  Speaker 2: and like David, I sing praises to you. I call
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: upon your name to calm the storms I face. I
• 41:45
  Speaker 2: cry out to you for your ways to be present
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  Speaker 2: in my mind, my body, and soul. Forgive me for
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  Speaker 2: not always showing it. But I love you so very much.
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  Speaker 2: I give you all the praise and all the glory. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised.
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: In my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 42:21
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears Psalm eighteen.
• 42:35
  Speaker 2: This psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung
• 42:38
  Speaker 2: by David at the end of his life, as recorded
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: in Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that
• 42:47
  Speaker 2: David composed this song as a younger man. Yet in
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: his old age David could look back with great gratitude
• 42:57
  Speaker 2: and sing this song again, looking at his whole life.
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  Speaker 2: Isn't that so true? How many times have you not
• 43:07
  Speaker 2: seen God's hand in your life, but only through the
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: rear view mirror or on the other side of the
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: mountain you saw how God guided you through a storm.
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: Now put yourself in david sandals for a moment. David
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: is on his own a fugitive running for his life.
• 43:34
  Speaker 2: And yes, God will be with him during this time abundantly.
• 43:38
  Speaker 2: But David is just learning to walk with the Lord.
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: David is desperate and without resources to make an escape.
• 43:50
  Speaker 2: Can you see this fine painting? David paints a practically
• 43:56
  Speaker 2: hopeless situation where you cannot see any way of surviving
• 44:03
  Speaker 2: with your life. Destruction and death is compared to a
• 44:07
  Speaker 2: raging river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
• 44:16
  Speaker 2: In his desperation. He calls out to the Lord. The
• 44:22
  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle of
• 44:26
  Speaker 2: the Lord of nob can't you just see it? The
• 44:30
  Speaker 2: big stone walls the tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 44:35
  Speaker 2: that day. David requests food. Now, the only food Amlik
• 44:43
  Speaker 2: has to give him is some consecrated bread in our time,
• 44:47
  Speaker 2: kind of like day old bread, some loaves of the
• 44:51
  Speaker 2: bread of the presence that has been before the Lord
• 44:54
  Speaker 2: in the tabernacle the previous week. David was so very hungry,
• 45:02
  Speaker 2: yes physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites this incident when
• 45:09
  Speaker 2: he is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath, and
• 45:15
  Speaker 2: then there is an image of the lamp. It speaks
• 45:18
  Speaker 2: of God's grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years. Now,
• 45:27
  Speaker 2: like an image of a candle, the light and the
• 45:29
  Speaker 2: glow of a candle, can't you just see it glowing
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: and reflecting on those big stone walls and seeing the
• 45:36
  Speaker 2: shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 45:42
  Speaker 2: to leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 45:46
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength? Well, if so, invited
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: in to embed in you that same warrior spirit Psalm
• 45:58
  Speaker 2: eighteen seventeen. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: my foes who were too strong for me. Can't you
• 46:09
  Speaker 2: just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking him
• 46:14
  Speaker 2: for past deliverances. God hears David's voice just as surely
• 46:19
  Speaker 2: as he will hear your voice if you call out
• 46:22
  Speaker 2: to him, And, like David, may you have God's covering
• 46:27
  Speaker 2: to scale walls blocking your progress, leap like a deer
• 46:33
  Speaker 2: up the mountainside. I will love you, O Lord, my strength.
• 46:39
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
• 46:44
  Speaker 2: My God, my strength in whom I will trust, my
• 46:49
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 46:54
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised,
• 46:59
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. King David
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: is one of the most important figures in Jewish history.
• 47:09
  Speaker 2: Although David does not look like a king should look,
• 47:13
  Speaker 2: he has the heart of a lion, a courageous spirit,
• 47:18
  Speaker 2: and even more, a deep, unending love for God. And
• 47:24
  Speaker 2: like David, you two can build and accomplish something on
• 47:28
  Speaker 2: such a foundation. David stood on this foundation in the
• 47:33
  Speaker 2: days of tribulation and the challenges in his life. And
• 47:39
  Speaker 2: after looking back at God's gracious ministry to him, what
• 47:43
  Speaker 2: else could David do but praise him to sing great
• 47:48
  Speaker 2: praises to God. It's no wonder King David would sing
• 47:53
  Speaker 2: to the Lord. I will love you, a Lord my strength.
• 47:58
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, in my deliverer,
• 48:04
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, in whom I will trust my strength,
• 48:10
  Speaker 2: and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will
• 48:14
  Speaker 2: call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised,
• 48:19
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. And while
• 48:24
  Speaker 2: David was in the temple, God heard the cries of
• 48:27
  Speaker 2: his heart, and he hears the cries of your heart.
• 48:31
  Speaker 2: To Psalm eighteen is a resurrection psalm from King David
• 48:39
  Speaker 2: of Sorts. After several verses of thanksgiving, the psalm ends
• 48:46
  Speaker 2: by this great victory to the King the Messiah. David's
• 48:51
  Speaker 2: descended Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah, and continuing to sing, pro claims, Therefore,
• 49:02
  Speaker 2: I will praise you Lord among the nations. I will
• 49:07
  Speaker 2: sing the praises of your name. Now as you drift asleep.
• 49:15
  Speaker 2: God has not changed one iota during all these years.
• 49:21
  Speaker 2: As he treated David, so he treats you. He is
• 49:27
  Speaker 2: not partial. The only thing that matters is how you
• 49:32
  Speaker 2: have it in your heart. David focused on the heavens
• 49:37
  Speaker 2: above him, the glow of the sun. Can't you see
• 49:41
  Speaker 2: the rays of the sun just shining upon David, the
• 49:44
  Speaker 2: vibrance of the sky above him, the flowing waters. The
• 49:52
  Speaker 2: entire triumphal procession started with I will love you, oh Lord,
• 49:57
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my and my fortress, and
• 50:01
  Speaker 2: my deliverer, my God, my strength, and whom I will
• 50:06
  Speaker 2: trust my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
• 50:13
  Speaker 2: I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to
• 50:17
  Speaker 2: be praised. So shall I be saved from my enemies.
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: If this is true in you God, will move heaven
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  Speaker 2: and earth for you. As you drift into a deep sleep.
• 50:36
  Speaker 2: May you hear David playing his heart, rejoicing like King David.
• 50:42
  Speaker 2: May you know God hears the cries of your heart.
• 50:47
  Speaker 2: May your dreams take you to a place where you
• 50:50
  Speaker 2: are dancing and singing before the Lord. I will call
• 50:54
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who was worthy to be praised. In
• 50:58
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 51:02
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
• 51:08
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears. May
• 51:16
  Speaker 2: the Lord bless you and keep you. May he make
• 51:20
  Speaker 2: his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
• 51:26
  Speaker 2: May the Lord turn his face to you and grant
• 51:29
  Speaker 2: you peace. Ask the Lord to lead you to the
• 51:35
  Speaker 2: picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's especially meant for you.
• 51:42
  Speaker 2: He reaches down from on high and takes hold of you.
• 51:48
  Speaker 2: He draws you out of the deep waters. He brings
• 51:53
  Speaker 2: you out into a spacious space. Jesus rests you because
• 52:02
  Speaker 2: he delights in you. As you fall asleep, step into
• 52:10
  Speaker 2: David's great victory. I will love you, O Lord my strength.
• 52:18
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
• 52:23
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength in whom I will trust my
• 52:28
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 52:33
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised,
• 52:38
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. I pray
• 52:44
  Speaker 2: for this dear one, your child, who desperately cries out
• 52:49
  Speaker 2: to you and longs for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms. O, Lord,
• 52:59
  Speaker 2: protect your chalfe and Jesus, deliver the dreams that only
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  Speaker 2: you know are needed. Speak your wisdom of truth and
• 53:11
  Speaker 2: salvation that only comes through you. Amen, this is your
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  Speaker 2: moment to put away your demands and pressures. This is
• 53:31
  Speaker 2: your time alone with God, to commune in his comfort,
• 53:37
  Speaker 2: his peace, and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes, get comfortable,
• 53:52
  Speaker 2: block out the distractions from the day that came between
• 53:55
  Speaker 2: you and our Lord Jesus is only a prayer away,
• 54:03
  Speaker 2: a thought away. This is your time with Him as
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  Speaker 2: you embrace a deep sleep. Now take a deep breath.
• 54:17
  Speaker 2: Relax as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you for all
• 54:26
  Speaker 2: that You've done for me. Thank you for being with
• 54:32
  Speaker 2: me to day, even when I felt I was alone,
• 54:40
  Speaker 2: surrounded by busyness and pressures of the day, I call
• 54:45
  Speaker 2: upon your name. I release that chaos now, and like David,
• 54:52
  Speaker 2: I sing praises to you. I call upon your name
• 54:57
  Speaker 2: to calm the storms I face. I cry out to
• 55:02
  Speaker 2: you for your ways to be present in my mind,
• 55:08
  Speaker 2: my body, and soul. Forgive me for not always showing it.
• 55:15
  Speaker 2: But I love you so very much. I give you
• 55:21
  Speaker 2: all the praise and all the glory. Amen. I call
• 55:29
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised. In
• 55:33
  Speaker 2: my distress. I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 55:38
  Speaker 2: I cry for help from his temple. He heard my
• 55:42
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears Psalm eighteen.
• 55:51
  Speaker 2: This psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung
• 55:54
  Speaker 2: by David at the end of his life, as recorded
• 55:58
  Speaker 2: in Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that
• 56:03
  Speaker 2: David composed this song as a younger man. Yet in
• 56:09
  Speaker 2: his old age David could look back with great gratitude
• 56:13
  Speaker 2: and sing this song again, looking at his whole life.
• 56:19
  Speaker 2: Isn't that so true? How many times have you not
• 56:23
  Speaker 2: seen God's hand in your life that only through the
• 56:28
  Speaker 2: rear view mirror or on the other side of the
• 56:32
  Speaker 2: mountain you saw how God guided you through a storm.
• 56:38
  Speaker 2: Now put yourself in David's sandals for a moment David
• 56:44
  Speaker 2: is on his own, a fugitive running for his life.
• 56:50
  Speaker 2: And yes, God will be with him during this time abundantly.
• 56:54
  Speaker 2: But David is just learning to walk with the Lord.
• 57:00
  Speaker 2: David is desperate and without resources to make an escape.
• 57:06
  Speaker 2: Can you see this fine painting? David paints a practically
• 57:12
  Speaker 2: hopeless situation where you cannot see any way of surviving
• 57:19
  Speaker 2: with your life. Destruction and death is compared to a
• 57:24
  Speaker 2: raging river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
• 57:32
  Speaker 2: In his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
• 57:39
  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle of
• 57:42
  Speaker 2: the Lord of nab can't you just see it? The
• 57:47
  Speaker 2: big stone walls the tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 57:51
  Speaker 2: that day. David requests food. Now. The only food Amelk
• 58:00
  Speaker 2: cast to give him is some consecrated bread in our time,
• 58:04
  Speaker 2: kind of like dale bread, some loaves of the bread
• 58:07
  Speaker 2: of the Presence that has been before the Lord in
• 58:10
  Speaker 2: the tabernacle the previous week. David was so very hungry,
• 58:18
  Speaker 2: yes physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites this incident when
• 58:25
  Speaker 2: he is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath and
• 58:31
  Speaker 2: then there is an image of the lamp. It speaks
• 58:35
  Speaker 2: of God's grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years. Now,
• 58:43
  Speaker 2: like an image of a candle, the light and the
• 58:45
  Speaker 2: glow of a candle. Can't you just see it glowing
• 58:48
  Speaker 2: and reflecting on those big stone walls and seeing the
• 58:52
  Speaker 2: shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 58:58
  Speaker 2: to leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 59:03
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength, Well, if so, invite
• 59:07
  Speaker 2: it in to embed in you that same warrior spirit.
• 59:14
  Speaker 2: Psalm eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 59:20
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 59:26
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 59:30
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances. God hears David's voice just as
• 59:35
  Speaker 2: surely as he will hear your voice if you call
• 59:38
  Speaker 2: out to him, And, like David, may you have God's
• 59:43
  Speaker 2: covering to scale walls blocking your progress, leap like a
• 59:48
  Speaker 2: deer up the mountainside. I will love you, o Lord,
• 59:53
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress
• 59:58
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength in whom I
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  Speaker 2: will trust, my shield and the Horn of my salvation,
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  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
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  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised, So shall I be saved from
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  Speaker 2: my enemies. King David is one of the most important
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  Speaker 2: figures in Jewish history. Although David does not look like
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  Speaker 2: a king should look, he has the heart of a lion,
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  Speaker 2: a courageous spirit, and even more, a deep, unending love
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  Speaker 2: for God. And like David, you two can build and
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  Speaker 2: accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood on this
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  Speaker 2: foundation in the days of tribulation and the challenges in
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  Speaker 2: his life, and after looking back at God's gracious ministry
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  Speaker 2: to him, what else could David do but praise him
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  Speaker 2: to sing great praises to God. It's no wonder. King
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  Speaker 2: David would sing to the Lord, I will love you,
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  Speaker 2: a Lord my strength. The Lord is my rock and
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  Speaker 2: my fortress. In my deliverer, my God, my strength in
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  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my strength, and the horn of
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  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
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  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised, So shall I be
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  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. And while David was in the temple,
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  Speaker 2: God heard the cries of his heart, and he hears
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  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart to Psalm eighteen is a
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  Speaker 2: resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts. After several verses
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  Speaker 2: of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this great victory to
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  Speaker 2: the King the Messiah David's descended Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah,
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  Speaker 2: and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I will praise
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  Speaker 2: you Lord among the nations. I will sing the praises
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  Speaker 2: of your name. Now as you drift asleep. God has
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  Speaker 2: not changed one iota during all these years. As he
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 2: treated David, so he treats you. He is not partial.
• 1:02:46
  Speaker 2: The only thing that matters is how you have it
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  Speaker 2: in your heart. David focused on the heavens above him,
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  Speaker 2: the glow of the sun. Can't you see the rays
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  Speaker 2: of the sun just shining upon day David, the vibrance
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 2: of the sky above him, the flowing waters. The entire
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  Speaker 2: triumphal procession started with I will love you, O Lord,
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  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength, and whom I
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  Speaker 2: will trust my shield and the horn of my salvation,
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  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
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  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from
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  Speaker 2: my enemies. If this is true in you, God will
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  Speaker 2: move heaven and earth for you. Now, as you drift
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  Speaker 2: into a deep sleep, may you hear David playing his heart,
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  Speaker 2: rejoicing like King David. May you know God God hears
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  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart. May your dreams take you
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  Speaker 2: to a place where you are dancing and singing before
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  Speaker 2: the Lord. I will call upon the Lord, who was
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  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. In my distress, I called upon
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  Speaker 2: the Lord, to my God, I cried for help from
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  Speaker 2: his temple. He heard my voice. In my cry to him,
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  Speaker 2: reached his ears. May the Lord bless you and keep you.
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  Speaker 2: May he make his face shine upon you and be
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  Speaker 2: gracious to you. May the Lord turn his face to
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  Speaker 2: you and grant you peace. Ask the Lord to lead
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  Speaker 2: you to the picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's
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  Speaker 2: especially meant for you. He reaches down from on high
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  Speaker 2: and takes hold of you. He draws you out of
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  Speaker 2: the deep waters. He brings you out into a spacious space.
• 1:05:15
  Speaker 2: Jesus rescues you because he delights in you. As you
• 1:05:23
  Speaker 2: fall asleep, step into David's great victory. I will love you,
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  Speaker 2: o Lord, My strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 1:05:36
  Speaker 2: my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength in
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  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my shield, and the horn of
• 1:05:46
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
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  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. I pray for this dear one,
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  Speaker 2: your child, who desperately cries out to you and longs
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  Speaker 2: for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms. Oh Lord, protect
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 2: your child, and Jesus, deliver the dreams that only you
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  Speaker 2: know are needed. Speak your wisdom of truth and salvation
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  Speaker 2: that only comes through you. Ahmen, this is your moment
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  Speaker 2: to put away your demands and pressures. This is your
• 1:06:48
  Speaker 2: time alone with God, to commune in his comfort, his peace,
• 1:06:54
  Speaker 2: and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes, get comfortable. Block
• 1:07:09
  Speaker 2: out the distractions from the day that came between you
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  Speaker 2: and our Lord Jesus is only a prayer away, a
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  Speaker 2: thought away. This is your time with Him as you
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 2: embrace a deep sleep. Now take a deep breath. Relax
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  Speaker 2: as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you for all that
• 1:07:42
  Speaker 2: You've done for me. Thank you for being with me today,
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 2: even when I felt I was alone, surrounded by busyness
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  Speaker 2: and pressures of the day. I call upon your name.
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 2: I release that chaos now, and like David, I sing
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 2: praises to you. I call upon your name to calm
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  Speaker 2: the storms I face. I cry out to you for
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  Speaker 2: your ways to be present in my mind, my body,
• 1:08:25
  Speaker 2: and soul. Forgive me for not always showing it. But
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  Speaker 2: I love you so very much. I give you all
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  Speaker 2: the praise and all the glory. Amen. I call upon
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  Speaker 2: the Lord, who is worthy to be praised. In my distress,
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 2: I called upon the Lord, to my God, I cried
• 1:08:54
  Speaker 2: for help from his temple. He heard my voice, and
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 2: my cry to him reached his ears Psalm eighteen. This
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  Speaker 2: psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung by
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  Speaker 2: David at the end of his life, as recorded in
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  Speaker 2: Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that David
• 1:09:20
  Speaker 2: composed this song as a younger man, yet in his
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  Speaker 2: old age, David could look back with great gratitude and
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 2: sing this song again, looking at his whole life. Isn't
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  Speaker 2: that so true? How many times have you not seen
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  Speaker 2: God's hand in your life, but only through the rear
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  Speaker 2: view mirror or on the other side of the mountain
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  Speaker 2: you saw how God guided you through a storm. Now
• 1:09:55
  Speaker 2: put yourself in david sandals for a moment. David is
• 1:10:00
  Speaker 2: on his own, a fugitive running for his life. And yes,
• 1:10:07
  Speaker 2: God will be with him during this time abundantly. But
• 1:10:11
  Speaker 2: David is just learning to walk with the Lord. David
• 1:10:16
  Speaker 2: is desperate and without resources to make an escape. Can
• 1:10:23
  Speaker 2: you see this fine painting? David paints a practically hopeless
• 1:10:29
  Speaker 2: situation where you cannot see any way of surviving with
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 2: your life, destruction and death as compared to a raging
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 2: river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
• 1:10:48
  Speaker 2: In his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
• 1:10:55
  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle of
• 1:10:58
  Speaker 2: the Lord of Nab can't you just see it? The
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  Speaker 2: big stone walls the tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 1:11:08
  Speaker 2: that day. David requests food. Now. The only food Amelik
• 1:11:16
  Speaker 2: has to give him is some consecrated bread in our time,
• 1:11:20
  Speaker 2: kind of like dy old bread, some loaves of the
• 1:11:23
  Speaker 2: bread of the presence that has been before the Lord
• 1:11:27
  Speaker 2: in the tabernacle the previous week. David was so very hungry,
• 1:11:35
  Speaker 2: yes physically and spiritually too, and Jesus cites this incident
• 1:11:41
  Speaker 2: when he is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath,
• 1:11:47
  Speaker 2: and then there is an image of the lamp. It
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 2: speaks of God's grace and keeping David alive during those
• 1:11:54
  Speaker 2: dangerous years. Image of a candle, the light and the
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  Speaker 2: glow of a candle. Can't you just see it glowing
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  Speaker 2: and reflecting on those big stone walls and seeing the
• 1:12:08
  Speaker 2: shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 1:12:14
  Speaker 2: to leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength? Well, if so, invited
• 1:12:24
  Speaker 2: in to embed in you that same warrior spirit. Psalm
• 1:12:31
  Speaker 2: eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 1:12:36
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 1:12:42
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 1:12:46
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances. God hears David's voice just as
• 1:12:51
  Speaker 2: surely as he will hear your voice if you call
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 2: out to him, and, like David, may you have God's
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 2: to scale walls blocking your progress, leap like a deer
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 2: up the mountainside. I will love you, o Lord, my strength.
• 1:13:11
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
• 1:13:16
  Speaker 2: My God my strength, in whom I will trust my
• 1:13:21
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 1:13:26
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised,
• 1:13:31
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. King David
• 1:13:36
  Speaker 2: is one of the most important figures in Jewish history.
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 2: Although David does not look like a king should look,
• 1:13:46
  Speaker 2: he has the heart of a lion, a courageous spirit,
• 1:13:51
  Speaker 2: and even more, a deep, unending love for God. And
• 1:13:56
  Speaker 2: like David, you two can build and accomplish something on
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 2: such a foundation. David stood on this foundation in the
• 1:14:05
  Speaker 2: days of tribulation and the challenges in his life, and
• 1:14:11
  Speaker 2: after looking back at God's gracious ministry to him, what
• 1:14:16
  Speaker 2: else could David do but praise him to sing great
• 1:14:21
  Speaker 2: praises to God. It's no wonder King David would sing
• 1:14:26
  Speaker 2: to the Lord. I will love you, a Lord my strength.
• 1:14:30
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, in my deliverer,
• 1:14:36
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, in whom I will trust my
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 2: strength and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised,
• 1:14:51
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. And while
• 1:14:57
  Speaker 2: David was in the temple, God heard the cries of
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  Speaker 2: his heart, and he hears the cries of your heart
• 1:15:04
  Speaker 2: to Psalm eighteen is a resurrection psalm from King David
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  Speaker 2: of Sorts. After several verses of thanksgiving, the psalm ends
• 1:15:18
  Speaker 2: by this great victory to the King the Messiah David's
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  Speaker 2: descended Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah, and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore,
• 1:15:34
  Speaker 2: I will praise you Lord among the nations. I will
• 1:15:40
  Speaker 2: sing the praises of your name. Now as you drift asleep.
• 1:15:48
  Speaker 2: God has not changed one iota during all these years.
• 1:15:54
  Speaker 2: As he treated David so he treats you. Is not partial.
• 1:16:02
  Speaker 2: The only thing that matters is how you have it
• 1:16:05
  Speaker 2: in your heart. David focused on the heavens above him,
• 1:16:11
  Speaker 2: the glow of the sun. Can't you see the rays
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 2: of the sun just shining upon David, the vibrance of
• 1:16:17
  Speaker 2: the sky above him, the flowing waters. The entire triumphal
• 1:16:25
  Speaker 2: procession started with I will love you, o Lord, my strength.
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 1:16:35
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, and whom I will trust my
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 1:16:46
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
• 1:16:52
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. If this
• 1:16:59
  Speaker 2: is true in you, God will move heaven and earth
• 1:17:03
  Speaker 2: for you. As you drift into a deep sleep. May
• 1:17:09
  Speaker 2: you hear David playing his heart rejoicing like King David.
• 1:17:15
  Speaker 2: May you know God hears the cries of your heart.
• 1:17:19
  Speaker 2: May your dreams take you to a place where you
• 1:17:22
  Speaker 2: are dancing and singing before the Lord. I will call
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who was worthy to be praised. In
• 1:17:30
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God.
• 1:17:35
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my voice.
• 1:17:41
  Speaker 2: In my cry to him, reached his ears. May the
• 1:17:48
  Speaker 2: Lord bless you and keep you. May he make his
• 1:17:53
  Speaker 2: face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May
• 1:18:00
  Speaker 2: and his face to you and grant you peace. Ask
• 1:18:05
  Speaker 2: the Lord to lead you to the picture in verse
• 1:18:09
  Speaker 2: from Psalm eighteen that's especially meant for you. He reaches
• 1:18:15
  Speaker 2: down from on high and takes hold of you. He
• 1:18:20
  Speaker 2: draws you out of the deep waters. He brings you
• 1:18:26
  Speaker 2: out into a spacious space. Jesus rescues you because he
• 1:18:34
  Speaker 2: delights in you. As you fall asleep, step into David's
• 1:18:44
  Speaker 2: great victory. I will love you a Lord my strength.
• 1:18:51
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 1:18:56
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength in whom I will trust my
• 1:19:01
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 1:19:06
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
• 1:19:11
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. I pray
• 1:19:16
  Speaker 2: for this, dear one, your child who desperately cries out
• 1:19:22
  Speaker 2: to you and longs for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms. O, Lord,
• 1:19:31
  Speaker 2: protect your child and Jesus, deliver the dreams that only
• 1:19:38
  Speaker 2: you know are needed. Speak your wisdom of truth and
• 1:19:44
  Speaker 2: salvation that only comes through you. Amen. Welcome to this
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  Speaker 2: time on abide meditation. Would you join me as we
• 1:19:56
  Speaker 2: invite the calm into the storms of life during this
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  Speaker 2: bedtime story. This is your moment to put away your
• 1:20:06
  Speaker 2: demands and pressures. This is your time alone with God,
• 1:20:11
  Speaker 2: to commune in his comfort, his peace, and his goodness. Relax,
• 1:20:20
  Speaker 2: close your eyes, get comfortable, block out the distractions from
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  Speaker 2: the day that came between you and our Lord. Jesus
• 1:20:32
  Speaker 2: is only a prayer away, a thought away. This is
• 1:20:36
  Speaker 2: your time with Him as you embrace a deep sleep.
• 1:20:44
  Speaker 2: Now take a deep breath, Relax as I pray Lord Jesus,
• 1:20:56
  Speaker 2: Thank you for all that you've done for me. Thank
• 1:21:01
  Speaker 2: you for being with me today, even when I felt
• 1:21:07
  Speaker 2: I was alone, surrounded by busyness and pressures of the day.
• 1:21:15
  Speaker 2: I call upon your name. I release that chaos now,
• 1:21:22
  Speaker 2: and like David, I sing praises to you. I call
• 1:21:27
  Speaker 2: upon your name to calm the storms I face. I
• 1:21:32
  Speaker 2: cry out to you for your ways to be present
• 1:21:37
  Speaker 2: in my mind, my body, and soul. Forgive me for
• 1:21:44
  Speaker 2: not always showing it. But I love you so very much.
• 1:21:51
  Speaker 2: I give you all the praise and all the glory. Amen.
• 1:22:00
  Speaker 2: I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised.
• 1:22:04
  Speaker 2: In my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 1:22:09
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
• 1:22:13
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears Psalm eighteen.
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  Speaker 2: This psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung
• 1:22:26
  Speaker 2: by David at the end of his life, as recorded
• 1:22:29
  Speaker 2: in Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that
• 1:22:34
  Speaker 2: David composed this song as a younger man. Yet in
• 1:22:40
  Speaker 2: his old age, David could look back with great gratitude
• 1:22:45
  Speaker 2: and sing this song again, looking at his whole life.
• 1:22:50
  Speaker 2: Isn't that so true? How many times have you not
• 1:22:54
  Speaker 2: seen God's hand in your life? That only through the
• 1:22:59
  Speaker 2: rear mirror. We're on the other side of the mountain.
• 1:23:04
  Speaker 2: You saw how God guided you through a storm. Now
• 1:23:10
  Speaker 2: put yourself in david sandals for a moment. David is
• 1:23:15
  Speaker 2: on his own, a fugitive running for his life. And yes,
• 1:23:22
  Speaker 2: God will be with him during this time abundantly. But
• 1:23:26
  Speaker 2: David is just learning to walk with the Lord. David
• 1:23:31
  Speaker 2: is desperate and without resources to make an escape. Can
• 1:23:38
  Speaker 2: you see this fine painting? David paints a practically hopeless
• 1:23:44
  Speaker 2: situation where you cannot see any way of surviving with
• 1:23:50
  Speaker 2: your life, destruction and death as compared to a raging
• 1:23:55
  Speaker 2: river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
• 1:24:03
  Speaker 2: In his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
• 1:24:10
  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle of
• 1:24:13
  Speaker 2: the Lord of Nab Can't you just see it? The
• 1:24:18
  Speaker 2: big stone walls the tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 1:24:23
  Speaker 2: that day. David requests food. Now. The only food Amelik
• 1:24:31
  Speaker 2: has to give him is some consecrated bread in our time,
• 1:24:35
  Speaker 2: kind of like day old bread, some loaves of the
• 1:24:38
  Speaker 2: bread of the presence that has been before the Lord
• 1:24:41
  Speaker 2: in the tabernacle the previous week, David was so very hungry, Yes,
• 1:24:50
  Speaker 2: physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites this incident when he
• 1:24:56
  Speaker 2: is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath, and then
• 1:25:02
  Speaker 2: there is an image of the lamp. It speaks of
• 1:25:06
  Speaker 2: God's grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years. Now,
• 1:25:14
  Speaker 2: like an image of a candle, the light and the
• 1:25:17
  Speaker 2: glow of a candle. Can't you just see it glowing
• 1:25:19
  Speaker 2: and reflecting on those big stone walls and seeing the
• 1:25:23
  Speaker 2: shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 1:25:29
  Speaker 2: to leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 1:25:34
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength? Well, if so, invited
• 1:25:39
  Speaker 2: in to embed in you that same warrior spirit. Psalm
• 1:25:46
  Speaker 2: eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 1:25:51
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 1:25:57
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 1:26:01
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances. God hears David's voice just as
• 1:26:06
  Speaker 2: surely as he will hear your voice if you call
• 1:26:10
  Speaker 2: out to him, And, like David, may you have God's
• 1:26:14
  Speaker 2: covering to scale walls blocking your progress, leap like a
• 1:26:19
  Speaker 2: deer up the mountainside. I will love you a Lord,
• 1:26:25
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 1:26:29
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength, in whom I
• 1:26:34
  Speaker 2: will trust my shield and the horn of my salvation,
• 1:26:39
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
• 1:26:44
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised, So shall I be saved from
• 1:26:48
  Speaker 2: my enemies. King David is one of the most important
• 1:26:53
  Speaker 2: figures in Jewish history. Although David does not look like
• 1:26:59
  Speaker 2: a king should look, he has the heart of a lion,
• 1:27:03
  Speaker 2: a courageous spirit, and even more, a deep, unending love
• 1:27:08
  Speaker 2: for God. And like David, you two can build and
• 1:27:13
  Speaker 2: accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood on this
• 1:27:19
  Speaker 2: foundation in the days of tribulation and the challenges in
• 1:27:24
  Speaker 2: his life, and after looking back at God's gracious ministry
• 1:27:30
  Speaker 2: to him, what else could David do but praise him?
• 1:27:35
  Speaker 2: To sing great praises to God. It's no wonder King
• 1:27:40
  Speaker 2: David would sing to the Lord. I will love you,
• 1:27:43
  Speaker 2: a Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
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  Speaker 2: my fortress, in my deliverer, my God, my strength, in
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  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my strength and the horn of
• 1:27:59
  Speaker 2: my salvation my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
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  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised, so shall I be
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  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. And while David was in the temple,
• 1:28:13
  Speaker 2: God heard the cries of his heart, and he hears
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  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart. To Psalm eighteen is a
• 1:28:24
  Speaker 2: resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts. After several verses
• 1:28:30
  Speaker 2: of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this great victory to
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  Speaker 2: the King, the Messiah, David's descendant, Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah,
• 1:28:45
  Speaker 2: and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I will praise
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  Speaker 2: you Lord among the nations. I will sing the praises
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  Speaker 2: of your name as you drift asleep. God has not
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  Speaker 2: changed one iota during all these years. As he treated David,
• 1:29:11
  Speaker 2: so he treats you. He is not partial. The only
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  Speaker 2: thing that matters is how you have it in your heart.
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  Speaker 2: David focused on the heavens above him, the glow of
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  Speaker 2: the sun. Can't you see the rays of the sun
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  Speaker 2: just shining upon David, the vibrance of the sky above.
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  Speaker 3: Him, the flowing waters.
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  Speaker 2: The entire triumphal procession started with I will love you,
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  Speaker 2: o Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 1:29:47
  Speaker 2: my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength, and
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  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my shield and the horn of
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  Speaker 2: my salvation hold. I will call upon the Lord who
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  Speaker 2: is worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved
• 1:30:08
  Speaker 2: from my enemies. If this is true in you, God
• 1:30:16
  Speaker 2: will move heaven and earth for you. As you drift
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  Speaker 2: into a deep sleep. May you hear David playing his
• 1:30:26
  Speaker 2: heart rejoicing like King David. May you know God hears
• 1:30:32
  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart. May your dreams take you
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  Speaker 2: to a place where you are dancing and singing before
• 1:30:39
  Speaker 2: the Lord. I will call upon the Lord who was
• 1:30:43
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. In my distress, I called upon
• 1:30:47
  Speaker 2: the Lord, to my God, I cried for help from
• 1:30:52
  Speaker 2: his temple. He heard my voice in my cry to him,
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  Speaker 2: reached his May the Lord bless you and keep you.
• 1:31:07
  Speaker 2: May he make his face shine upon you and be
• 1:31:11
  Speaker 2: gracious to you. May the Lord turn his face to
• 1:31:15
  Speaker 2: you and grant you peace. Ask the Lord to lead
• 1:31:22
  Speaker 2: you to the picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's
• 1:31:26
  Speaker 2: especially meant for you. He reaches down from on high
• 1:31:32
  Speaker 2: and takes hold of you. He draws you out of
• 1:31:37
  Speaker 2: the deep waters. He brings you out into a spacious space.
• 1:31:46
  Speaker 2: Jesus rescues you because he delights in you. As you
• 1:31:54
  Speaker 2: fall asleep, step into David's great victory. I will love you,
• 1:32:04
  Speaker 2: O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 1:32:07
  Speaker 2: my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength in
• 1:32:13
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my shield and the horn of
• 1:32:17
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
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  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 1:32:27
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. I pray for this, dear one,
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  Speaker 2: your child who desperately cries out to you and longs
• 1:32:39
  Speaker 2: for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms. O Lord, protect
• 1:32:47
  Speaker 2: your child and Jesus deliver the dreams that only you
• 1:32:53
  Speaker 2: know are needed. Speak your wisdom of truth and salvation
• 1:33:01
  Speaker 2: that only comes through you. Amen, This is your moment
• 1:33:15
  Speaker 2: to put away your demands and pressures. This is your
• 1:33:19
  Speaker 2: time alone with God, to commune in his comfort, his peace,
• 1:33:25
  Speaker 2: and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes, get comfortable. Block
• 1:33:40
  Speaker 2: out the distractions from the day that came between you
• 1:33:44
  Speaker 2: and our Lord. Jesus is only a prayer away, a
• 1:33:50
  Speaker 2: thought away. This is your time with Him as you
• 1:33:55
  Speaker 2: embrace a deep sleep. Now take a deep breath, relax
• 1:34:06
  Speaker 2: as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you for all that
• 1:34:14
  Speaker 2: you've done for me. Thank you for being with me today,
• 1:34:22
  Speaker 2: even when I felt I was alone, surrounded by busyness
• 1:34:29
  Speaker 2: and pressures of the day. I call upon your name.
• 1:34:34
  Speaker 2: I release that chaos now, and like David, I sing
• 1:34:40
  Speaker 2: praises to you. I call upon your name to calm
• 1:34:45
  Speaker 2: the storms I face. I cry out to you for
• 1:34:51
  Speaker 2: your ways to be present in my mind, my body,
• 1:34:56
  Speaker 2: and soul. Forgive me for not always showing it. But
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  Speaker 2: I love you so very much. I give you all
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  Speaker 2: the praise and all the glory. Amen. I call upon
• 1:35:17
  Speaker 2: the Lord, who is worthy to be praised. In my distress,
• 1:35:22
  Speaker 2: I called upon the Lord, to my God, I cried
• 1:35:26
  Speaker 2: for help from his temple. He heard my voice in
• 1:35:31
  Speaker 2: my cry to him, reached his ears Psalm eighteen. This
• 1:35:38
  Speaker 2: psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung by
• 1:35:42
  Speaker 2: David at the end of his life, as recorded in
• 1:35:46
  Speaker 2: Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that David
• 1:35:51
  Speaker 2: composed this song as a younger man, Yet in his
• 1:35:56
  Speaker 2: old age, David could look back with great gratitude and
• 1:36:01
  Speaker 2: sing this song again, looking at his whole life isn't
• 1:36:07
  Speaker 2: that so true? How many times have you not seen
• 1:36:11
  Speaker 2: God's hand in your life that only through the rear
• 1:36:16
  Speaker 2: view mirror or on the other side of the mountain,
• 1:36:20
  Speaker 2: you saw how God guided you through a storm. Now
• 1:36:26
  Speaker 2: put yourself in david sandals for a moment. David is
• 1:36:31
  Speaker 2: on his own, a fugitive running for his life. And yes,
• 1:36:38
  Speaker 2: God will be with him during this time abundantly. But
• 1:36:42
  Speaker 2: David is just learning to walk with the Lord. David
• 1:36:48
  Speaker 2: is desperate and without resources to make an escape. Can
• 1:36:54
  Speaker 2: you see this fine painting? David paints a practically hopeless
• 1:37:00
  Speaker 2: situation where you cannot see any way of surviving with
• 1:37:07
  Speaker 2: your life. Destruction and death is compared to a raging
• 1:37:11
  Speaker 2: river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
• 1:37:19
  Speaker 2: In his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
• 1:37:26
  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle of
• 1:37:29
  Speaker 2: the Lord of Nab can't you just see it? The
• 1:37:34
  Speaker 2: big stone walls the tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 1:37:39
  Speaker 2: that day. David requests food. Now the only food Amelik
• 1:37:47
  Speaker 2: has to give him is some consecrated bread in our time,
• 1:37:51
  Speaker 2: kind of like day old bread some loaves of the
• 1:37:54
  Speaker 2: bread of the presence that has been before the Lord
• 1:37:58
  Speaker 2: and the tabernacle. The previous war, David was so very hungry, yes,
• 1:38:06
  Speaker 2: physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites this incident when he
• 1:38:13
  Speaker 2: is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath, and then
• 1:38:19
  Speaker 2: there is an image of the lamp. It speaks of
• 1:38:22
  Speaker 2: God's grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years. Now,
• 1:38:30
  Speaker 2: like an image of a candle, the light and the
• 1:38:33
  Speaker 2: glow of a candle. Can't you just see it glowing
• 1:38:36
  Speaker 2: and reflecting on those big stone walls and seeing the
• 1:38:40
  Speaker 2: shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 1:38:46
  Speaker 2: to leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 1:38:50
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength? Well, if so, invited
• 1:38:55
  Speaker 2: in to embed in you that same warrior spirit. Psalm
• 1:39:02
  Speaker 2: eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 1:39:08
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 1:39:13
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 1:39:17
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances. God hears David's voice just as
• 1:39:23
  Speaker 2: surely as he will hear your voice if you call
• 1:39:26
  Speaker 2: out to him, And like David, may you have God's
• 1:39:31
  Speaker 2: covering to scale walls blocking your progress. Leap like a
• 1:39:36
  Speaker 2: deer up the mountainside. I will love you, o Lord,
• 1:39:41
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 1:39:45
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength, in whom I
• 1:39:50
  Speaker 2: will trust, my shield and the horn of my salvation,
• 1:39:56
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord, who who
• 1:40:00
  Speaker 2: is worthy to be praised, So shall I be saved
• 1:40:04
  Speaker 2: from my enemies. King David is one of the most
• 1:40:09
  Speaker 2: important figures in Jewish history. Although David does not look
• 1:40:15
  Speaker 2: like a king should look, he has the heart of
• 1:40:18
  Speaker 2: a lion, a courageous spirit, and even more, a deep,
• 1:40:23
  Speaker 2: unending love for God. And like David, you two can
• 1:40:29
  Speaker 2: build and accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood
• 1:40:35
  Speaker 2: on this foundation in the days of tribulation and the
• 1:40:39
  Speaker 2: challenges in his life, and after looking back at God's
• 1:40:44
  Speaker 2: gracious ministry to him, what else could David do but
• 1:40:49
  Speaker 2: praise him? To sing great praises to God. It's no
• 1:40:55
  Speaker 2: wonder King David would sing to the Lord, I will
• 1:40:59
  Speaker 2: love you, a Lord, my strength. The Lord is my
• 1:41:03
  Speaker 2: rock and my fortress, in my Deliverer, my God, my strength,
• 1:41:10
  Speaker 2: in whom I will trust my strength and the horn
• 1:41:15
  Speaker 2: of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the
• 1:41:19
  Speaker 2: Lord who is worthy to be praised, so shall I
• 1:41:23
  Speaker 2: be saved from my enemies. And while David was in
• 1:41:29
  Speaker 2: the temple, God heard the cries of his heart, and
• 1:41:33
  Speaker 2: he hears the cries of your heart. To Psalm eighteen
• 1:41:40
  Speaker 2: is a resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts. After
• 1:41:45
  Speaker 2: several verses of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this great
• 1:41:51
  Speaker 2: victory to the King the Messiah David's descended Jesus Yeshiah,
• 1:41:59
  Speaker 2: your Messiah, and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I
• 1:42:05
  Speaker 2: will praise you Lord among the nations. I will sing
• 1:42:11
  Speaker 2: the praises of your name. Now as you drift asleep.
• 1:42:19
  Speaker 2: God has not changed one iota during all these years.
• 1:42:25
  Speaker 2: As he treated David, so he treats you. He is
• 1:42:31
  Speaker 2: not partial. The only thing that matters is how you
• 1:42:36
  Speaker 2: have it in your heart. David focused on the heavens
• 1:42:41
  Speaker 2: above him, the glow of the sun. Can't you see
• 1:42:44
  Speaker 2: the rays of the sun just shining upon David, the
• 1:42:48
  Speaker 2: vibrance of the sky above him, the flowing waters. The
• 1:42:55
  Speaker 2: entire triumphal procession started with I will love you Lord
• 1:43:00
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 1:43:05
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength, and whom I
• 1:43:10
  Speaker 2: will trust my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
• 1:43:15
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
• 1:43:20
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from
• 1:43:25
  Speaker 2: my enemies. If this is true in you, God will
• 1:43:33
  Speaker 2: move heaven and earth for you. As you drift into
• 1:43:38
  Speaker 2: a deep sleep. May you hear David playing his heart,
• 1:43:43
  Speaker 2: rejoicing like King David. May you know God hears the
• 1:43:48
  Speaker 2: cries of your heart. May your dreams take you to
• 1:43:52
  Speaker 2: a place where you are dancing and singing before the Lord.
• 1:43:56
  Speaker 2: I will call upon the Lord who was worthy to
• 1:44:00
  Speaker 2: be praised. In my distress, I called upon the Lord,
• 1:44:05
  Speaker 2: to my God, I cried for help from his temple.
• 1:44:10
  Speaker 2: He heard my voice in my cry to him, reached
• 1:44:15
  Speaker 2: his ears. May the Lord bless you and keep you.
• 1:44:23
  Speaker 2: May he make his face shine upon you and be
• 1:44:27
  Speaker 2: gracious to you. May the Lord turn his face to
• 1:44:32
  Speaker 2: you and grant you peace. Ask the Lord to lead
• 1:44:38
  Speaker 2: you to the picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's
• 1:44:42
  Speaker 2: especially meant for you. He reaches down from on high
• 1:44:48
  Speaker 2: and takes hold of you. He draws you out of
• 1:44:53
  Speaker 2: the deep waters. He brings you out into a spacious space.
• 1:45:02
  Speaker 2: Jesus rescues you because he delights in you. As you
• 1:45:10
  Speaker 2: fall asleep, step into David's great victory. I will love you,
• 1:45:20
  Speaker 2: O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 1:45:24
  Speaker 2: my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength in
• 1:45:30
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my shield and the horn of
• 1:45:33
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
• 1:45:39
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised, So shall I be
• 1:45:43
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. I pray for this dear one,
• 1:45:49
  Speaker 2: your child, who desperately cries out to you and longs
• 1:45:55
  Speaker 2: for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms. O Lord, protect
• 1:46:03
  Speaker 2: your child, and Jesus deliver the dreams that only you
• 1:46:10
  Speaker 2: know where needed. Speak your wisdom of truth and salvation
• 1:46:17
  Speaker 2: that only comes through you. Amen. This is your moment
• 1:46:31
  Speaker 2: to put away your demands and pressures. This is your
• 1:46:35
  Speaker 2: time alone with God, to commune in his comfort, his peace,
• 1:46:41
  Speaker 2: and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes, get comfortable, block
• 1:46:56
  Speaker 2: out the distractions from the day that came between you
• 1:47:00
  Speaker 2: and our Lord. Jesus is only a prayer away, a
• 1:47:06
  Speaker 2: thought away. This is your time with him. As you
• 1:47:11
  Speaker 2: embrace a deep sleep. Now take a deep breath, relax
• 1:47:23
  Speaker 2: as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you for all that
• 1:47:30
  Speaker 2: you've done for me. Thank you for being with me today,
• 1:47:38
  Speaker 2: even when I felt I was alone, surrounded by busyness
• 1:47:45
  Speaker 2: and pressures of the day, I call upon your name.
• 1:47:51
  Speaker 2: I release that chaos now, and like David, I sing
• 1:47:57
  Speaker 2: praises to you. I call your name to calm the
• 1:48:01
  Speaker 2: storms I face. I cry out to you for your
• 1:48:07
  Speaker 2: ways to be present in my mind, my body, and soul.
• 1:48:15
  Speaker 2: Forgive me for not always showing it. But I love
• 1:48:20
  Speaker 2: you so very much. I give you all the praise
• 1:48:26
  Speaker 2: and all the glory. Amen. I call upon the Lord,
• 1:48:34
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. In my distress, I
• 1:48:38
  Speaker 2: called upon the Lord, to my God, I cried for
• 1:48:42
  Speaker 2: help from his temple. He heard my voice, and my
• 1:48:48
  Speaker 2: cry to him reached his ears Psalm eighteen. This psalm
• 1:48:55
  Speaker 2: is virtually the same as the psalm sung by David
• 1:48:59
  Speaker 2: at the end of it his life, as recorded in
• 1:49:02
  Speaker 2: Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that David
• 1:49:07
  Speaker 2: composed this song as a younger man, Yet in his
• 1:49:13
  Speaker 2: old age, David could look back with great gratitude and
• 1:49:17
  Speaker 2: sing this song again, looking at his whole life. Isn't
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  Speaker 2: that so true? How many times have you not seen
• 1:49:27
  Speaker 2: God's hand in your life, but only through the rear
• 1:49:32
  Speaker 2: view mirror or on the other side of the mountain
• 1:49:37
  Speaker 2: you saw how God guided you through a storm. Now
• 1:49:42
  Speaker 2: put yourself in david sandals for a moment. David is
• 1:49:47
  Speaker 2: on his own, a fugitive running for his life. And yes,
• 1:49:54
  Speaker 2: God will be with him during this time abundantly. But
• 1:49:58
  Speaker 2: David has just learned to walk with the Lord. David
• 1:50:04
  Speaker 2: is desperate and without resources to make an escape. Can
• 1:50:10
  Speaker 2: you see this fine painting? David paints a practically hopeless
• 1:50:17
  Speaker 2: situation where you cannot see any way of surviving with
• 1:50:23
  Speaker 2: your life. Destruction and death is compared to a raging
• 1:50:28
  Speaker 2: river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
• 1:50:36
  Speaker 2: In his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
• 1:50:42
  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle of
• 1:50:46
  Speaker 2: the Lord of Nab can't you just see it? The
• 1:50:50
  Speaker 2: big stone walls the tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 1:50:55
  Speaker 2: that day. David request us food. Now. The only food
• 1:51:03
  Speaker 2: Amelik has to give him is some consecrated bread in
• 1:51:07
  Speaker 2: our time, kind of like day old bread, some loaves
• 1:51:10
  Speaker 2: of the bread of the presence that has been before
• 1:51:13
  Speaker 2: the Lord in the tabernacle the previous week. David was
• 1:51:19
  Speaker 2: so very hungry, yes, physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites
• 1:51:27
  Speaker 2: this incident when he is questioned about eating grain on
• 1:51:31
  Speaker 2: the Sabbath, and then there is an image of the lamp.
• 1:51:38
  Speaker 2: It speaks of God's grace and keeping David alive during
• 1:51:41
  Speaker 2: those dangerous years now, like an image of a candle,
• 1:51:48
  Speaker 2: the light and the glow of a candle. Can't you
• 1:51:51
  Speaker 2: just see it glowing and reflecting on those big stone
• 1:51:54
  Speaker 2: walls and seeing the shadows of David dancing. God gave
• 1:52:00
  Speaker 2: him the strength to run, to leap and fight and
• 1:52:04
  Speaker 2: defeat the enemy. Do you need that same kind of strength? Well,
• 1:52:09
  Speaker 2: if so, invite it in to embed in you that
• 1:52:14
  Speaker 2: same warrior spirit. Psalm eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me
• 1:52:22
  Speaker 2: from my powerful enemy, from my foes who were too
• 1:52:26
  Speaker 2: strong for me. Can't you just see David dancing and
• 1:52:31
  Speaker 2: singing before God, thanking him for past deliverances. God hears
• 1:52:37
  Speaker 2: David's voice just as surely as he will hear your
• 1:52:41
  Speaker 2: voice if you call out to him, and like David,
• 1:52:45
  Speaker 2: may you have God's covering to scale walls blocking your progress.
• 1:52:51
  Speaker 2: Leap like a deer up the mountainside. I will love
• 1:52:56
  Speaker 2: you a Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock
• 1:53:00
  Speaker 2: and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength
• 1:53:06
  Speaker 2: in whom I will trust my shield and the horn
• 1:53:10
  Speaker 2: of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord,
• 1:53:16
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 1:53:19
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. King David is one of the
• 1:53:25
  Speaker 2: most important figures in Jewish history. Although David does not
• 1:53:30
  Speaker 2: look like a king should look, he has the heart
• 1:53:34
  Speaker 2: of a lion, a courageous spirit, and even more, a deep,
• 1:53:40
  Speaker 2: unending love for God. I like David, you two can
• 1:53:45
  Speaker 2: build and accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood
• 1:53:51
  Speaker 2: on this foundation in the days of tribulation and the
• 1:53:55
  Speaker 2: challenges in his life. And after looking back, God's gracious
• 1:54:02
  Speaker 2: ministry to him, what else could David do but praise
• 1:54:06
  Speaker 2: him to sing great praises to God. It's no wonder
• 1:54:12
  Speaker 2: King David would sing to the Lord, I will love you,
• 1:54:16
  Speaker 2: a Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 1:54:20
  Speaker 2: my fortress, and my Deliverer, my God, my strength in
• 1:54:26
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my strength, and the horn of
• 1:54:31
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
• 1:54:36
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 1:54:40
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. And while David was in the temple,
• 1:54:46
  Speaker 2: God heard the cries of his heart, and he hears
• 1:54:50
  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart to Psalm eighteen is a
• 1:54:56
  Speaker 2: resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts. After several verses
• 1:55:02
  Speaker 2: of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this great victory to
• 1:55:08
  Speaker 2: the King, the Messiah, David's descendant, Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah,
• 1:55:17
  Speaker 2: And continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I will praise
• 1:55:22
  Speaker 2: you Lord among the nations. I will sing the praises
• 1:55:29
  Speaker 2: of your name. Now as you drift asleep. God has
• 1:55:36
  Speaker 2: not changed one iota during all these years. As he
• 1:55:42
  Speaker 2: treated David, so he treats you. He is not partial.
• 1:55:49
  Speaker 2: The only thing that matters is how you have it
• 1:55:52
  Speaker 2: in your heart. David focused on the heavens above him,
• 1:55:59
  Speaker 2: the glow of the sun. Can't you see the rays
• 1:56:01
  Speaker 2: of the sun just shining upon David, The vibrance of
• 1:56:05
  Speaker 2: the sky above him, the flowing waters, The entire triumphal
• 1:56:13
  Speaker 2: procession started with I will love you, O Lord, my strength.
• 1:56:18
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 1:56:23
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, and whom I will trust my shield,
• 1:56:29
  Speaker 2: and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will
• 1:56:34
  Speaker 2: call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
• 1:56:39
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. If this
• 1:56:46
  Speaker 2: is true in you, God will move heaven and earth
• 1:56:50
  Speaker 2: for you. As you drift into a deep sleep. May
• 1:56:56
  Speaker 2: you hear David playing his heart rejoice like King David.
• 1:57:02
  Speaker 2: May you know God hears the cries of your heart.
• 1:57:06
  Speaker 2: May your dreams take you to a place where you
• 1:57:09
  Speaker 2: are dancing and singing before the Lord. I will call
• 1:57:14
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord who was worthy to be praised. In
• 1:57:18
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God.
• 1:57:22
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
• 1:57:28
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears. May
• 1:57:36
  Speaker 2: the Lord bless you and keep you. May he make
• 1:57:40
  Speaker 2: his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
• 1:57:46
  Speaker 2: May the Lord turn his face to you and grant
• 1:57:49
  Speaker 2: you peace. Ask the Lord to lead you to the
• 1:57:55
  Speaker 2: picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's especially meant for you.
• 1:58:02
  Speaker 2: He reaches down from on high and takes hold of you.
• 1:58:08
  Speaker 2: He draws you out of the deep waters. He brings
• 1:58:13
  Speaker 2: you out into a spacious space. Jesus rescues you because
• 1:58:21
  Speaker 2: he delights in you. As you fall asleep, step into
• 1:58:30
  Speaker 2: David's great victory. I will love you, O Lord, my strength.
• 1:58:38
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 1:58:43
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength in whom I will trust my
• 1:58:48
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 1:58:53
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised,
• 1:58:58
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. I pray
• 1:59:04
  Speaker 2: for this dear one, your child, who desperately cries out
• 1:59:09
  Speaker 2: to you and longs for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms.
• 1:59:16
  Speaker 2: O Lord, protect your child, and Jesus deliver the dreams
• 1:59:25
  Speaker 2: that only you know are needed. Speak your wisdom of
• 1:59:30
  Speaker 2: truth and salvation that only comes through you. Amen, This
• 1:59:46
  Speaker 2: is your moment to put away your demands and pressures.
• 1:59:50
  Speaker 2: This is your time alone with God to commune in
• 1:59:55
  Speaker 2: his comfort, his peace, and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes,
• 2:00:08
  Speaker 2: get comfortable, block out the distractions from the day that
• 2:00:15
  Speaker 2: came between you and our Lord. Jesus is only a
• 2:00:21
  Speaker 2: prayer away, a thought away. This is your time with
• 2:00:26
  Speaker 2: him as you embrace a deep sleep. Now take a
• 2:00:35
  Speaker 2: deep breath, Relax as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you
• 2:00:45
  Speaker 2: for all that you've done for me. Thank you for
• 2:00:51
  Speaker 2: being with me today, even when I felt I was alone,
• 2:01:00
  Speaker 2: surrounded by busyness and pressures of the day, I call
• 2:01:05
  Speaker 2: upon your name. I release that chaos now, and like David,
• 2:01:12
  Speaker 2: I sing praises to you. I call upon your name
• 2:01:17
  Speaker 2: to calm the storms I face. I cry out to
• 2:01:22
  Speaker 2: you for your ways to be present in my mind,
• 2:01:28
  Speaker 2: my body, and soul. Forgive me for not always showing it.
• 2:01:35
  Speaker 2: But I love you so very much. I give you
• 2:01:41
  Speaker 2: all the praise and all the glory. Amen. I call
• 2:01:49
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised. In
• 2:01:53
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 2:01:57
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
• 2:02:02
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears Psalm eighteen.
• 2:02:11
  Speaker 2: This psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung
• 2:02:14
  Speaker 2: by David at the end of his life, as recorded
• 2:02:18
  Speaker 2: in Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that
• 2:02:23
  Speaker 2: David composed this song as a younger man, yet in
• 2:02:29
  Speaker 2: his old age. David could look back with great gratitude
• 2:02:33
  Speaker 2: and sing this song again, looking at his whole life.
• 2:02:39
  Speaker 2: Isn't that so true? How many times have you not
• 2:02:43
  Speaker 2: seen God's hand in your life? That only through the
• 2:02:48
  Speaker 2: rear view mirror, or on the other side of the
• 2:02:52
  Speaker 2: mountain you saw how God guided you through a storm.
• 2:02:58
  Speaker 2: Now put yourself in david sandals for a moment. David
• 2:03:04
  Speaker 2: is on his own, a fugitive running for his life.
• 2:03:10
  Speaker 2: And yes, God will be with him during this time abundantly.
• 2:03:14
  Speaker 2: But David is just learning to walk with the Lord.
• 2:03:20
  Speaker 2: David is desperate and without resources to make an escape.
• 2:03:26
  Speaker 2: Can you see this fine painting? David paints a practically
• 2:03:32
  Speaker 2: hopeless situation where you cannot see any way of surviving
• 2:03:39
  Speaker 2: with your life. Destruction and death is compared to a
• 2:03:43
  Speaker 2: raging river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
• 2:03:52
  Speaker 2: In his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
• 2:03:59
  Speaker 2: first leg of David Its flight is to the Tabernacle
• 2:04:02
  Speaker 2: of the Lord of nob can't you just see it?
• 2:04:06
  Speaker 2: The big stone walls, the tabernacle, the center of worship
• 2:04:11
  Speaker 2: of that day. David requests food. Now the only food
• 2:04:19
  Speaker 2: Amelik has to give him is some consecrated bread in
• 2:04:23
  Speaker 2: our time, kind of like day old bread, some loaves
• 2:04:27
  Speaker 2: of the bread of the presence that has been before
• 2:04:30
  Speaker 2: the Lord in the tabernacle the previous week. David was
• 2:04:35
  Speaker 2: so very hungry, Yes, physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites
• 2:04:44
  Speaker 2: this incident when he is questioned about eating grain on
• 2:04:47
  Speaker 2: the Sabbath, and then there is an image of the lamp.
• 2:04:54
  Speaker 2: It speaks of God's grace and keeping David alive during
• 2:04:58
  Speaker 2: those dangerous years. Now, like an image of a candle,
• 2:05:05
  Speaker 2: the light and the glow of a candle. Can't you
• 2:05:07
  Speaker 2: just see it glowing and reflecting on those big stone
• 2:05:10
  Speaker 2: walls and seeing the shadows of David dancing. God gave
• 2:05:16
  Speaker 2: him the strength to run, to leap and fight and
• 2:05:20
  Speaker 2: defeat the enemy. Do you need that same kind of strength, Well,
• 2:05:25
  Speaker 2: if so, invite it in to embed in you that
• 2:05:30
  Speaker 2: same warrior spirit. Psalm eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me
• 2:05:38
  Speaker 2: from my powerful enemy, from my foes who were too
• 2:05:42
  Speaker 2: strong for me. Can't you just see David dancing and
• 2:05:47
  Speaker 2: singing before God, thanking him for past deliverances. God hears
• 2:05:53
  Speaker 2: David's voice just as surely as he will hear your
• 2:05:57
  Speaker 2: voice if you call out to him. And like David,
• 2:06:02
  Speaker 2: may you have God's covering to scale walls blocking your progress,
• 2:06:07
  Speaker 2: leap like a deer up the mountainside. I will love you,
• 2:06:13
  Speaker 2: o Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 2:06:16
  Speaker 2: my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength in
• 2:06:22
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my shield and the horn of
• 2:06:26
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
• 2:06:32
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised, So shall I be
• 2:06:36
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. King David is one of the
• 2:06:41
  Speaker 2: most important figures in Jewish history. Although David does not
• 2:06:47
  Speaker 2: look like a king should look, he has the heart
• 2:06:50
  Speaker 2: of a lion, a courageous spirit, and even more, a deep,
• 2:06:56
  Speaker 2: unending love for God. Like David, you two can build
• 2:07:02
  Speaker 2: and accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood on
• 2:07:08
  Speaker 2: this foundation in the days of tribulation and the challenges
• 2:07:12
  Speaker 2: in his life. And after looking back at God's gracious
• 2:07:18
  Speaker 2: ministry to him, what else could David do that praise him?
• 2:07:23
  Speaker 2: To sing great praises to God. It's no wonder King
• 2:07:28
  Speaker 2: David would sing to the Lord. I will love you,
• 2:07:32
  Speaker 2: a Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 2:07:37
  Speaker 2: my fortress, in my deliverer, my God, my strength in
• 2:07:43
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my strength, and the horn of
• 2:07:47
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
• 2:07:52
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 2:07:56
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. And while David was in the temple,
• 2:08:02
  Speaker 2: God heard the cries of his heart, and he hears
• 2:08:06
  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart to Psalm eighteen is a
• 2:08:13
  Speaker 2: resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts. After several verses
• 2:08:18
  Speaker 2: of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this great victory to
• 2:08:24
  Speaker 2: the King the Messiah, David's descended Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah,
• 2:08:34
  Speaker 2: and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I will praise
• 2:08:39
  Speaker 2: you Lord among the nations. I will sing the praises
• 2:08:45
  Speaker 2: of your name. Now as you drift asleep. God has
• 2:08:52
  Speaker 2: not changed one iota during all these years. As he
• 2:08:58
  Speaker 2: treated David, so he treats you. He is not partial.
• 2:09:05
  Speaker 2: The only thing that matters is how you have it
• 2:09:09
  Speaker 2: in your heart. David focused on the heavens above him,
• 2:09:15
  Speaker 2: the glow of the sun. Can't you see the rays
• 2:09:18
  Speaker 2: of the sun just shining upon David, The vibrance of
• 2:09:21
  Speaker 2: the sky above him, the flowing waters. The entire triumphal
• 2:09:29
  Speaker 2: procession started with I will love you, O Lord, my strength.
• 2:09:35
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 2:09:39
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, and whom I will trust my
• 2:09:44
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 2:09:50
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
• 2:09:55
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. If this
• 2:10:03
  Speaker 2: is true in you, God will move heaven and earth
• 2:10:06
  Speaker 2: for you. As you drift into a deep sleep. May
• 2:10:13
  Speaker 2: you hear David playing his heart, rejoicing like King David.
• 2:10:18
  Speaker 2: May you know God hears the cries of your heart.
• 2:10:23
  Speaker 2: May your dreams take you to a place where you
• 2:10:26
  Speaker 2: are dancing and singing before the Lord. I will call
• 2:10:30
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord who was worthy to be praised. In
• 2:10:34
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 2:10:38
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
• 2:10:44
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears. May
• 2:10:52
  Speaker 2: the Lord bless you and keep you. May He make
• 2:10:56
  Speaker 2: his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
• 2:11:02
  Speaker 2: May the Lord turn his face to you and grant
• 2:11:05
  Speaker 2: you peace. Ask the Lord to lead you to the picture.
• 2:11:12
  Speaker 2: In verse from Psalm eighteen, that's especially meant for you.
• 2:11:18
  Speaker 2: He reaches down from on high and takes hold of you.
• 2:11:24
  Speaker 2: He draws you out of the deep waters. He brings
• 2:11:29
  Speaker 2: you out into a spacious space. Jesus rescues you because
• 2:11:38
  Speaker 2: he delights in you. As you fall asleep, step into
• 2:11:47
  Speaker 2: David's great victory. I will love you a Lord, my strength.
• 2:11:54
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 2:11:59
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength in whom I will trust my
• 2:12:04
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 2:12:10
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised,
• 2:12:14
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. I pray
• 2:12:20
  Speaker 2: for this dear one, your child, who desperately cries out
• 2:12:26
  Speaker 2: to you and longs for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms. O, Lord,
• 2:12:35
  Speaker 2: protect your child, and Jesus deliver the dreams that only
• 2:12:42
  Speaker 2: you know are needed. Speak your wisdom of truth and
• 2:12:48
  Speaker 2: salvation that only comes through you. Amen, This is your
• 2:13:03
  Speaker 2: moment to put away your demands and pressures. This is
• 2:13:07
  Speaker 2: your time alone with God to commune in his comfort,
• 2:13:13
  Speaker 2: his peace, and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes, get comfortable,
• 2:13:28
  Speaker 2: block out the distractions from the day that came between
• 2:13:32
  Speaker 2: you and our Lord Jesus is only a prayer away,
• 2:13:39
  Speaker 2: a thought away. This is your time with him as
• 2:13:44
  Speaker 2: you embrace a deep sleep. Now take a deep breath,
• 2:13:54
  Speaker 2: relax as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you for all
• 2:14:02
  Speaker 2: that you've done for me. Thank you for being with
• 2:14:08
  Speaker 2: me today, even when I felt I was alone, surrounded
• 2:14:17
  Speaker 2: by busyness and pressures of the day. I call upon
• 2:14:21
  Speaker 2: your name. I release that chaos now, and like David,
• 2:14:28
  Speaker 2: I sing praises to you. I call upon your name
• 2:14:33
  Speaker 2: to calm the storms I face. I cry out to
• 2:14:38
  Speaker 2: you for your ways to be present in my mind,
• 2:14:44
  Speaker 2: my body, and soul. Forgive me for not always showing it.
• 2:14:51
  Speaker 2: But I love you so very much. I give you
• 2:14:57
  Speaker 2: all the praise and all the glory. Amen. I call
• 2:15:05
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised. In
• 2:15:09
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 2:15:14
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
• 2:15:18
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears Psalm eighteen.
• 2:15:27
  Speaker 2: This psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung
• 2:15:31
  Speaker 2: by David at the end of his life, as recorded
• 2:15:34
  Speaker 2: in Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that
• 2:15:39
  Speaker 2: David composed this song as a younger man. Yet in
• 2:15:45
  Speaker 2: his old age David could look back with great gratitude
• 2:15:49
  Speaker 2: and sing this song again, looking at his whole life.
• 2:15:55
  Speaker 2: Isn't that so true? How many times have you nuts
• 2:15:59
  Speaker 2: seen God's hand in your life that only through the
• 2:16:04
  Speaker 2: rear view mirror, or on the other side of the
• 2:16:08
  Speaker 2: mountain you saw how God guided you through a storm.
• 2:16:14
  Speaker 2: Now put yourself in david sandals for a moment. David
• 2:16:20
  Speaker 2: is on his own, a fugitive running for his life.
• 2:16:26
  Speaker 2: And yes, God will be with him during this time abundantly.
• 2:16:31
  Speaker 2: But David is just learning to walk with the Lord.
• 2:16:36
  Speaker 2: David is desperate and without resources to make an escape.
• 2:16:42
  Speaker 2: Can you see this fine painting? David paints a practically
• 2:16:49
  Speaker 2: hopeless situation where you cannot see any way of surviving
• 2:16:55
  Speaker 2: with your life. Destruction and death is compared to a
• 2:17:00
  Speaker 2: raging river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
• 2:17:08
  Speaker 2: In his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
• 2:17:15
  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle of
• 2:17:18
  Speaker 2: the Lord of nab Can't you just see it? The
• 2:17:23
  Speaker 2: big stone walls the tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 2:17:28
  Speaker 2: that day, David requests food. Now the only food Amlik
• 2:17:36
  Speaker 2: has to give him is some consecrated bread in our time,
• 2:17:40
  Speaker 2: kind of like sty o bread, some loaves of the
• 2:17:43
  Speaker 2: bread of the presence that has been before the Lord
• 2:17:46
  Speaker 2: in the tabernacle the previous week. David was so very hungry, Yes,
• 2:17:55
  Speaker 2: physically and spiritually too. Jesus this incident when he is
• 2:18:02
  Speaker 2: questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath, and then there
• 2:18:08
  Speaker 2: is an image of the lamp. It speaks of God's
• 2:18:11
  Speaker 2: grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years. Now,
• 2:18:19
  Speaker 2: like an image of a candle, the light and the
• 2:18:22
  Speaker 2: glow of a candle. Can't you just see it glowing
• 2:18:24
  Speaker 2: and reflecting on those big stone walls and seeing the
• 2:18:28
  Speaker 2: shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 2:18:34
  Speaker 2: to leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 2:18:39
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength? Well, if so, invited
• 2:18:44
  Speaker 2: in to embed in you that same warrior spirit. Psalm
• 2:18:51
  Speaker 2: eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 2:18:56
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 2:19:02
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 2:19:06
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances God hears David's voice just as
• 2:19:11
  Speaker 2: surely as he will hear your voice if you call
• 2:19:15
  Speaker 2: out to him. And like David, may you have God's
• 2:19:19
  Speaker 2: covering to scale walls blocking your progress. Leap like a
• 2:19:24
  Speaker 2: deer up the mountainside. I will love you, O Lord,
• 2:19:29
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 2:19:34
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, My God, my strength in whom I
• 2:19:39
  Speaker 2: will trust my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
• 2:19:44
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord, who is
• 2:19:49
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised, So shall I be saved from
• 2:19:53
  Speaker 2: my enemies. King David is one of the most important
• 2:19:58
  Speaker 2: figures in Jewish history. Although David does not look like
• 2:20:04
  Speaker 2: a king should look, he has the heart of a lion,
• 2:20:08
  Speaker 2: a courageous spirit, and even more, a deep, unending love
• 2:20:13
  Speaker 2: for God. And like David, you two can build and
• 2:20:18
  Speaker 2: accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood on this
• 2:20:24
  Speaker 2: foundation in the days of tribulation and the challenges in
• 2:20:29
  Speaker 2: his life, And after looking back at God's gracious ministry
• 2:20:35
  Speaker 2: to him, what else could David do but praise him?
• 2:20:40
  Speaker 2: To sing great praises to God. It's no wonder King
• 2:20:45
  Speaker 2: David would sing to the Lord, I will love you
• 2:20:48
  Speaker 2: a Lord my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 2:20:53
  Speaker 2: my fortress, in my deliverer, my God, my strength, in
• 2:20:59
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my strength, and the horn of
• 2:21:04
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
• 2:21:08
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 2:21:12
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. And while David was in the temple,
• 2:21:18
  Speaker 2: God heard the cries of his heart, and he hears
• 2:21:22
  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart to Psalm eighteen is a
• 2:21:29
  Speaker 2: resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts. After several verses
• 2:21:35
  Speaker 2: of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this great victory to
• 2:21:40
  Speaker 2: the King the Messiah David's descended Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah,
• 2:21:50
  Speaker 2: and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I will praise
• 2:21:55
  Speaker 2: you Lord among the nations, sing the praises of your name.
• 2:22:04
  Speaker 2: Now as you drift asleep. God has not changed one
• 2:22:10
  Speaker 2: iota during all these years, as he treated David, so
• 2:22:17
  Speaker 2: he treats you. He is not partial. The only thing
• 2:22:23
  Speaker 2: that matters is how you have it in your heart.
• 2:22:28
  Speaker 2: David focused on the heavens above him, the glow of
• 2:22:32
  Speaker 2: the sun. Can't you see the rays of the sun
• 2:22:35
  Speaker 2: just shining upon David, the vibrance of the sky above him,
• 2:22:40
  Speaker 2: the flowing waters. The entire triumphal procession started with I
• 2:22:47
  Speaker 2: will love you, oh Lord, my strength. The Lord is
• 2:22:52
  Speaker 2: my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God,
• 2:22:56
  Speaker 2: my strength, and whom I will trust my shield and
• 2:23:01
  Speaker 2: the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call
• 2:23:07
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised. So
• 2:23:12
  Speaker 2: shall I be saved from my enemies. If this is
• 2:23:19
  Speaker 2: true in you, God will move heaven and earth for you. Now,
• 2:23:25
  Speaker 2: as you drift into a deep sleep, May you hear
• 2:23:29
  Speaker 2: David playing his heart, rejoicing like King David. May you
• 2:23:35
  Speaker 2: know God hears the cries of your heart. May your
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  Speaker 2: dreams take you to a place where you are dancing
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  Speaker 2: and singing before the Lord. I will call upon the
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  Speaker 2: Lord who was worthy to be praised. In my distress,
• 2:23:51
  Speaker 2: I called upon the Lord, to my God, I cried
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  Speaker 2: for help from his temple. He heard my voice in
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  Speaker 2: my cry to him, reached his ears. May the Lord
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  Speaker 2: bless you and keep you. May He make his face
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  Speaker 2: shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the
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  Speaker 2: Lord turn his face to you and grant you peace.
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  Speaker 2: Ask the Lord to lead you to the picture in
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  Speaker 2: verse from Psalm eighteen. That's especially meant for you. He
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  Speaker 2: reaches down from on high and takes hold of you.
• 2:24:40
  Speaker 2: He draws you out of the deep waters. He brings
• 2:24:45
  Speaker 2: you out into a spacious space. Jesus rescues you because
• 2:24:54
  Speaker 2: he delights in you. As you fall asleep, step into
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  Speaker 2: David's great victory. I will love you, O Lord, my strength.
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  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 2:25:16
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength in whom I will trust my
• 2:25:21
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
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  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised,
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  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. I pray
• 2:25:36
  Speaker 2: for this dear one, your child, who desperately cries out
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  Speaker 2: to you and longs for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms.
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  Speaker 2: O Lord, protect your child, and Jesus deliver the dreams
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  Speaker 2: that only you know are needed. Speak your wisdom of
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  Speaker 2: truth and salvation that only comes through you. Ahmen, this
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  Speaker 2: is your moment to put away your demands and pressures.
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  Speaker 2: This is your time alone with God, to commune in
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  Speaker 2: his comfort, his peace, and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes,
• 2:26:41
  Speaker 2: get comfortable, block out the distractions from the day that
• 2:26:47
  Speaker 2: came between you and our Lord Jesus is only a
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  Speaker 2: prayer away, a thought away. This is your time with
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  Speaker 2: him as you embrace a deep sleep. Now take a
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  Speaker 2: deep breath, relax as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you
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  Speaker 2: for all that You've done for me. Thank you for
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  Speaker 2: being with me today, even when I felt I was alone,
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  Speaker 2: surrounded by busyness and pressures of the day, I call
• 2:27:37
  Speaker 2: upon your name. I release that chaos now, and like David,
• 2:27:45
  Speaker 2: I sing praises to you. I call upon your name
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  Speaker 2: to calm the storms I face. I cry out to
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  Speaker 2: you for your ways to be present in my mind,
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  Speaker 2: my body, and soul. Forgive me for not always showing it.
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  Speaker 2: But I love you so very much. I give you
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  Speaker 2: all the praise and all the glory. Amen. I call
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  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised. In
• 2:28:25
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God.
• 2:28:30
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
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  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears Psalm eighteen.
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  Speaker 2: This psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung
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  Speaker 2: by David at the end of his life, as recorded
• 2:28:50
  Speaker 2: in Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that
• 2:28:55
  Speaker 2: David composed this song as a younger man. Yet in
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  Speaker 2: his old age David could look back with great gratitude
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  Speaker 2: and sing this song again, looking at his whole life.
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  Speaker 2: Isn't that so true? How many times have you not
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  Speaker 2: seen God's hand in your life, but only through the
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  Speaker 2: rear view mirror or on the other side of the
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  Speaker 2: mountain you saw how God guided you through a storm.
• 2:29:31
  Speaker 2: Now put yourself in David's sandals for a moment. David
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  Speaker 2: is on his own, a fugitive running for his life,
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  Speaker 2: and yes, God will be with him during this time abundantly.
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  Speaker 2: But David is just learning to walk with the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: David is desperate and without resources to make an escape.
• 2:29:59
  Speaker 2: Can you see this fine painting? David paints a practically
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  Speaker 2: hopeless situation where you cannot see any way of surviving
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  Speaker 2: with your life. Destruction and death is compared to a
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  Speaker 2: raging river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
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  Speaker 2: In his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
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  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the tabernacle of
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  Speaker 2: the Lord of Nab Can't you just see it? The
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  Speaker 2: big stone walls the Tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 2:30:44
  Speaker 2: that day, David requests food. Now the only food Amlik
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  Speaker 2: has to give him is some consecrated bread in our time,
• 2:30:56
  Speaker 2: kind of like day old bread, some lobes of the
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  Speaker 2: out of the presence that has been before the Lord
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  Speaker 2: in the tabernacle the previous week. David was so very hungry, yes,
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  Speaker 2: physically and spiritually too. And Jesus cites this incident when
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  Speaker 2: he is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath, and
• 2:31:23
  Speaker 2: then there is an image of the lamp. It speaks
• 2:31:27
  Speaker 2: of God's grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years,
• 2:31:35
  Speaker 2: like an image of a candle, the light and the
• 2:31:38
  Speaker 2: glow of a candle. Can't you just see it glowing
• 2:31:41
  Speaker 2: and reflecting on those big stone walls and seeing the
• 2:31:45
  Speaker 2: shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 2:31:51
  Speaker 2: to leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 2:31:55
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength? Well, if so, invite
• 2:32:00
  Speaker 2: it in to embed in you that same warrior spirit.
• 2:32:07
  Speaker 2: Psalm eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 2:32:13
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 2:32:18
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 2:32:22
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances. God hears David's voice just as
• 2:32:28
  Speaker 2: surely as he will hear your voice if you call
• 2:32:31
  Speaker 2: out to him, And like David, may you have God's
• 2:32:36
  Speaker 2: covering to scale walls blocking your progress. Leap like a
• 2:32:41
  Speaker 2: deer up the mountainside. I will love you, O Lord,
• 2:32:46
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 2:32:50
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, My God, my strength in whom I
• 2:32:55
  Speaker 2: will trust my shield and the horn of my salve,
• 2:32:59
  Speaker 2: a my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord, who
• 2:33:05
  Speaker 2: is worthy to be praised, So shall I be saved
• 2:33:09
  Speaker 2: from my enemies. King David is one of the most
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  Speaker 2: important figures in Jewish history. Although David does not look
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  Speaker 2: like a king should look, he has the heart of
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  Speaker 2: a lion, a courageous spirit, and even more, a deep,
• 2:33:28
  Speaker 2: unending love for God. And like David, you two can
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  Speaker 2: build and accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood
• 2:33:40
  Speaker 2: on this foundation in the days of tribulation and the
• 2:33:44
  Speaker 2: challenges in his life, and after looking back at God's
• 2:33:49
  Speaker 2: gracious ministry to him, what else could David do but
• 2:33:54
  Speaker 2: praise him? To sing great praises to God no wonder.
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  Speaker 2: King David would sing to the Lord, I will love you,
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  Speaker 2: a Lord my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 2:34:09
  Speaker 2: my fortress, in my deliverer, my God, my strength, in
• 2:34:15
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my strength, and the horn of
• 2:34:20
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord,
• 2:34:24
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 2:34:29
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. And while David was in the temple,
• 2:34:34
  Speaker 2: God heard the cries of his heart, and he hears
• 2:34:38
  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart to Psalm eighteen is a
• 2:34:45
  Speaker 2: resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts. After several verses
• 2:34:51
  Speaker 2: of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this great victory to
• 2:34:56
  Speaker 2: the King the Messiahvid's descended, Jesus Yeshiah, you're a Messiah,
• 2:35:06
  Speaker 2: and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I will praise
• 2:35:11
  Speaker 2: you Lord among the nations. I will sing the praises
• 2:35:18
  Speaker 2: of your name. Now as you drift asleep. God has
• 2:35:25
  Speaker 2: not changed one iota during all these years. As he
• 2:35:30
  Speaker 2: treated David, so he treats you. He is not partial.
• 2:35:38
  Speaker 2: The only thing that matters is how you have it
• 2:35:41
  Speaker 2: in your heart. David focused on the heavens above him,
• 2:35:47
  Speaker 2: the glow of the sun. Can't you see the rays
• 2:35:50
  Speaker 2: of the sun just shining upon David, the vibrance of
• 2:35:54
  Speaker 2: the sky above him, the flowing waters. The entire triumphal
• 2:36:01
  Speaker 2: procession started with I will love you, O Lord, my strength.
• 2:36:07
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 2:36:12
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, in whom I will trust my
• 2:36:17
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 2:36:22
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
• 2:36:28
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. If this
• 2:36:35
  Speaker 2: is true in you, God will move heaven and earth
• 2:36:39
  Speaker 2: for you. As you drift into a deep sleep. May
• 2:36:45
  Speaker 2: you hear David playing his heart, rejoicing like King David.
• 2:36:51
  Speaker 2: May you know God hears the cries of your heart.
• 2:36:55
  Speaker 2: May your dreams take you to a place where you
• 2:36:58
  Speaker 2: are dancing and seeing before the Lord. I will call
• 2:37:02
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord who was worthy to be praised. In
• 2:37:06
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 2:37:11
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
• 2:37:16
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears. May
• 2:37:24
  Speaker 2: the Lord bless you and keep you. May he make
• 2:37:29
  Speaker 2: his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
• 2:37:35
  Speaker 2: May the Lord turn his face to you and grant
• 2:37:38
  Speaker 2: you peace. Ask the Lord to lead you to the
• 2:37:44
  Speaker 2: picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's especially meant for you.
• 2:37:50
  Speaker 2: He reaches down from on high and takes hold of you.
• 2:37:56
  Speaker 2: He draws you out of the deep waters. He brings
• 2:38:02
  Speaker 2: you out into a spacious space. Jesus rescues you because
• 2:38:10
  Speaker 2: he delights in you. As you fall asleep, step into
• 2:38:19
  Speaker 2: David's great victory. I will love you a Lord my strength.
• 2:38:27
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 2:38:32
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength in whom I will trust my
• 2:38:37
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 2:38:42
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised,
• 2:38:47
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. I pray
• 2:38:53
  Speaker 2: for this dear one, your child, who desperately cries out
• 2:38:58
  Speaker 2: to you, longs for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms.
• 2:39:05
  Speaker 2: Oh Lord, protect your child, and Jesus, deliver the dreams
• 2:39:14
  Speaker 2: that only you know are needed. Speak your wisdom of
• 2:39:19
  Speaker 2: truth and salvation that only comes through you. A ed.
• 2:39:28
  Speaker 2: Welcome to this time on abide meditation. Would you join
• 2:39:32
  Speaker 2: me as we invite the calm into the storms of life.
• 2:39:36
  Speaker 2: During this bedtime story, This is your moment to put
• 2:39:42
  Speaker 2: away your demands and pressures. This is your time alone
• 2:39:47
  Speaker 2: with God to commune in his comfort, his peace, and
• 2:39:52
  Speaker 2: his goodness. Relax, close your eyes, get comfortable. Block out
• 2:40:02
  Speaker 2: the distractions from the day that came between you and
• 2:40:06
  Speaker 2: our Lord Jesus is only a prayer away, a thought away.
• 2:40:12
  Speaker 2: This is your time with him as you embrace a
• 2:40:17
  Speaker 2: deep sleep. Now take a deep breath. Relax as I pray,
• 2:40:30
  Speaker 2: Lord Jesus, thank you for all that you've done for me.
• 2:40:37
  Speaker 2: Thank you for being with me today, even when I
• 2:40:43
  Speaker 2: felt I was alone, surrounded by busyness and pressures of
• 2:40:50
  Speaker 2: the day, I call upon your name. I release that
• 2:40:56
  Speaker 2: chaos now, and like dadd I sing praises to you.
• 2:41:03
  Speaker 2: I call upon your name to calm the storms I face.
• 2:41:09
  Speaker 2: I cry out to you for your ways to be
• 2:41:14
  Speaker 2: present in my mind, my body, and soul. Forgive me
• 2:41:20
  Speaker 2: for not always showing it. But I love you so
• 2:41:25
  Speaker 2: very much. I give you all the praise and all
• 2:41:31
  Speaker 2: the glory. Amen. I call upon the Lord who is
• 2:41:39
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. In my distress, I called upon
• 2:41:43
  Speaker 2: the Lord, to my God, I cried for help from
• 2:41:48
  Speaker 2: his temple. He heard my voice and my cry to
• 2:41:52
  Speaker 2: him reached his ears, Psalm eighteen. This psalm is virtually
• 2:42:00
  Speaker 2: the same as the psalm sung by David at the
• 2:42:03
  Speaker 2: end of his life, as recorded in Second Samuel twenty two.
• 2:42:09
  Speaker 2: It is most likely that David composed this song as
• 2:42:14
  Speaker 2: a younger man, Yet in his old age David could
• 2:42:18
  Speaker 2: look back with great gratitude and sing this song again,
• 2:42:23
  Speaker 2: looking at his whole life. Isn't that so true? How
• 2:42:30
  Speaker 2: many times have you not seen God's hand in your
• 2:42:33
  Speaker 2: life that only through the rear view mirror, or on
• 2:42:38
  Speaker 2: the other side of the mountain you saw how God
• 2:42:42
  Speaker 2: guided you through a storm. Now put yourself in david
• 2:42:48
  Speaker 2: sandals for a moment. David is on his own, a
• 2:42:54
  Speaker 2: fugitive running for his life, and yes, God will be
• 2:42:59
  Speaker 2: with him during this time abundantly. But David is just
• 2:43:04
  Speaker 2: learning to walk with the Lord. David is desperate and
• 2:43:09
  Speaker 2: without resources to make an escape. Can you see this
• 2:43:15
  Speaker 2: fine painting? David paints a practically hopeless situation where you
• 2:43:24
  Speaker 2: cannot see any way of surviving with your life, destruction
• 2:43:30
  Speaker 2: and death as compared to a raging river or torrents
• 2:43:34
  Speaker 2: of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David in his desperation,
• 2:43:41
  Speaker 2: he calls out to the Lord. The first leg of
• 2:43:47
  Speaker 2: David's flight is to the Tabernacle of the Lord of
• 2:43:51
  Speaker 2: nab can't you just see it, the big stone walls,
• 2:43:56
  Speaker 2: the tabernacle, the center of worship of that day? David
• 2:44:03
  Speaker 2: requests food. Now. The only food Amelik has to give
• 2:44:08
  Speaker 2: him is some consecrated bread in our time, kind of
• 2:44:12
  Speaker 2: like day old bread, some loaves of the bread of
• 2:44:15
  Speaker 2: the presence that has been before the Lord in the
• 2:44:18
  Speaker 2: tabernacle the previous week. David was so very hungry, yes,
• 2:44:27
  Speaker 2: physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites this incident when he
• 2:44:33
  Speaker 2: is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath, and then
• 2:44:39
  Speaker 2: there is an image of the lamp. It speaks of
• 2:44:43
  Speaker 2: God's grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years. Now,
• 2:44:51
  Speaker 2: like an image of a candle, the light and the
• 2:44:53
  Speaker 2: glow of a candle. Can't you just see it glowing
• 2:44:56
  Speaker 2: and reflecting on those big stone walls and seeing the
• 2:45:00
  Speaker 2: shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 2:45:06
  Speaker 2: to leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 2:45:10
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength? Well? If so, invited
• 2:45:15
  Speaker 2: in to embed in you that same warrior spirit. Psalm
• 2:45:22
  Speaker 2: eighteen seventeen reads, he rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 2:45:28
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 2:45:33
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 2:45:38
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances. God hears David's voice just as
• 2:45:43
  Speaker 2: surely as he will hear your voice if you call
• 2:45:46
  Speaker 2: out to him, And, like David, may you have God's
• 2:45:51
  Speaker 2: covering to scale walls blocking your progress. Leap like a
• 2:45:56
  Speaker 2: deer up the mountainside. I will love you a Lord
• 2:46:01
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 2:46:06
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength in whom I
• 2:46:11
  Speaker 2: will trust my shield and the horn of my salvation,
• 2:46:16
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
• 2:46:20
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised, So shall I be saved from
• 2:46:24
  Speaker 2: my enemies. King David is one of the most important
• 2:46:30
  Speaker 2: figures in Jewish history. Although David does not look like
• 2:46:35
  Speaker 2: a king should look, he has the heart of a lion,
• 2:46:40
  Speaker 2: a courageous spirit, and even more, a deep, unending love
• 2:46:45
  Speaker 2: for God. I like David, you two can build and
• 2:46:50
  Speaker 2: accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood on this
• 2:46:56
  Speaker 2: foundation in the days of tribulation and the challenge in
• 2:47:00
  Speaker 2: his life. And after looking back at God's gracious ministry
• 2:47:06
  Speaker 2: to him, what else could David do but praise him
• 2:47:11
  Speaker 2: to sing great praises to God. It's no wonder King
• 2:47:16
  Speaker 2: David would sing to the Lord, I will love you,
• 2:47:20
  Speaker 2: a Lord my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 2:47:24
  Speaker 2: my fortress, in my deliverer, my God, my strength, in
• 2:47:31
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my strength, and the horn of
• 2:47:35
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
• 2:47:40
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 2:47:44
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. And while David was in the temple,
• 2:47:50
  Speaker 2: God heard the cries of his heart, and he hears
• 2:47:54
  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart to me. Eighteen is a
• 2:48:01
  Speaker 2: resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts. After several verses
• 2:48:06
  Speaker 2: of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this great victory to
• 2:48:12
  Speaker 2: the King the Messiah David's descended Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah,
• 2:48:22
  Speaker 2: and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I will praise
• 2:48:27
  Speaker 2: you Lord among the nations. I will sing the praises
• 2:48:33
  Speaker 2: of your name. Now as you drift asleep. God has
• 2:48:40
  Speaker 2: not changed one iota during all these years, as he
• 2:48:46
  Speaker 2: treated David, so he treats you. He is not partial.
• 2:48:53
  Speaker 2: The only thing that matters is how you have it
• 2:48:56
  Speaker 2: in your heart. David focused on the heavens above him,
• 2:49:03
  Speaker 2: the glow of the sun. Can't you see the rays
• 2:49:06
  Speaker 2: of the sun just shining upon David, The vibrance of
• 2:49:09
  Speaker 2: the sky above.
• 2:49:10
  Speaker 3: Him, the flowing waters.
• 2:49:15
  Speaker 2: The entire triumphal procession started with I will love you,
• 2:49:20
  Speaker 2: o Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 2:49:24
  Speaker 2: my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength, and
• 2:49:30
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my shield and the horn of
• 2:49:34
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
• 2:49:40
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 2:49:44
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. If this is true in you,
• 2:49:53
  Speaker 2: God will move heaven and earth for you. As you
• 2:49:57
  Speaker 2: drift into a deep sleep. May you hear David playing
• 2:50:02
  Speaker 2: his heart, rejoicing like King David. May you know God
• 2:50:08
  Speaker 2: hears the cries of your heart. May your dreams take
• 2:50:12
  Speaker 2: you to a place where you are dancing and singing
• 2:50:15
  Speaker 2: before the Lord. I will call upon the Lord who
• 2:50:19
  Speaker 2: was worthy to be praised. In my distress, I called
• 2:50:24
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, to my God. I cried for help
• 2:50:29
  Speaker 2: from his temple. He heard my voice in my cry
• 2:50:34
  Speaker 2: to him, reached his ears. May the Lord bless you
• 2:50:41
  Speaker 2: and keep you. May he make his face shine upon
• 2:50:46
  Speaker 2: you and be gracious to you. May the Lord turn
• 2:50:51
  Speaker 2: his face to you and grant you peace. Ask the
• 2:50:57
  Speaker 2: Lord to lead you to the picture in verse from
• 2:51:01
  Speaker 2: Psalm eighteen that's especially meant for you. He reaches down
• 2:51:07
  Speaker 2: from on high and takes hold of you. He draws
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  Speaker 2: you out of the deep waters. He brings you out
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  Speaker 2: into a spacious space. Jesus rescues you because he delights
• 2:51:26
  Speaker 2: in you. As you fall asleep, step into David's great victory.
• 2:51:39
  Speaker 2: I will love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord
• 2:51:43
  Speaker 2: is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God,
• 2:51:48
  Speaker 2: my strength in whom I will trust my shield, and
• 2:51:53
  Speaker 2: the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call
• 2:51:58
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised. So
• 2:52:03
  Speaker 2: shall I be saved from my enemies. I pray for
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  Speaker 2: this dear one, your child, who desperately cries out to
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  Speaker 2: you and longs for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms.
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  Speaker 2: O Lord, protect your child, and Jesus deliver the dreams
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  Speaker 2: that only you know are needed. Speak your wisdom of
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  Speaker 2: truth and salvation that only comes through you. Amen, this
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  Speaker 2: is your moment to put away your demands and pressures.
• 2:52:55
  Speaker 2: This is your time alone with God to commune in
• 2:52:59
  Speaker 2: his comfort, his peace, and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes,
• 2:53:12
  Speaker 2: get comfortable. Block out the distractions from the day that
• 2:53:19
  Speaker 2: came between you and our Lord Jesus is only a
• 2:53:25
  Speaker 2: prayer away, a thought away. This is your time with
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  Speaker 2: him as you embrace a deep sleep. Now, take a
• 2:53:39
  Speaker 2: deep breath. Relax as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you
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  Speaker 2: for all that you've done for me. Thank you for
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  Speaker 2: being with me today, even when I felt I was alone,
• 2:54:04
  Speaker 2: surrounded by busyness and pressures of the day. I call
• 2:54:09
  Speaker 2: upon your name. I release that chaos now, and like David,
• 2:54:16
  Speaker 2: I sing praises to you. I call upon your name
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  Speaker 2: to calm the storms I face. I cry out to
• 2:54:26
  Speaker 2: you for your ways to be present in my mind,
• 2:54:32
  Speaker 2: my body, and soul. Forgive me for not always showing it.
• 2:54:39
  Speaker 2: But I love you so very much. I give you
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  Speaker 2: all the praise and all the glory. Amen, I call
• 2:54:53
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised. In
• 2:54:57
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord to my God.
• 2:55:02
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my
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  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him reached his ears Psalm eighteen.
• 2:55:15
  Speaker 2: This psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung
• 2:55:18
  Speaker 2: by David at the end of his life, as recorded
• 2:55:22
  Speaker 2: in Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that
• 2:55:27
  Speaker 2: David composed this song as a younger man, Yet in
• 2:55:33
  Speaker 2: his old age David could look back with great gratitude
• 2:55:37
  Speaker 2: and sing this song again, looking at his whole life.
• 2:55:43
  Speaker 2: Isn't that so true? How many times have you not
• 2:55:47
  Speaker 2: seen God's hand in your life, but only through the
• 2:55:52
  Speaker 2: rear view mirror or on the other side of the
• 2:55:56
  Speaker 2: mountain you saw how God guided you through a storm.
• 2:56:02
  Speaker 2: Now put yourself in David's sandals for a moment. David
• 2:56:08
  Speaker 2: is on his own, a fugitive running for his life,
• 2:56:14
  Speaker 2: and yes, God will be with him during this time abundantly.
• 2:56:18
  Speaker 2: But David is just learning to walk with the Lord.
• 2:56:24
  Speaker 2: David is desperate and without resources to make an escape.
• 2:56:30
  Speaker 2: Can you see this fine painting? David paints a practically
• 2:56:36
  Speaker 2: hopeless situation where you cannot see any way of surviving
• 2:56:43
  Speaker 2: with your life. Destruction and death is compared to a
• 2:56:48
  Speaker 2: raging river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
• 2:56:56
  Speaker 2: In his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
• 2:57:03
  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle of
• 2:57:06
  Speaker 2: the Lord of nob Can't you just see it, the
• 2:57:11
  Speaker 2: big stone walls, the tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 2:57:15
  Speaker 2: that day. David requests food. Now, the only food Amelik
• 2:57:24
  Speaker 2: has to give him is some consecrated bread in our time,
• 2:57:28
  Speaker 2: kind of like day old bread, some loaves of the
• 2:57:31
  Speaker 2: bread of the presence that has been before the Lord
• 2:57:34
  Speaker 2: in the tabernacle the previous week. David was so very hungry, yes,
• 2:57:43
  Speaker 2: physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites this incident when he
• 2:57:49
  Speaker 2: is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath, and then
• 2:57:55
  Speaker 2: there is an image of the lamp. It speaks of
• 2:57:59
  Speaker 2: God's grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years. Now,
• 2:58:07
  Speaker 2: like an image of a candle, the light and the
• 2:58:09
  Speaker 2: glow of a candle. Can't you just see it glowing
• 2:58:12
  Speaker 2: and reflecting on those big stone walls and seeing the
• 2:58:16
  Speaker 2: shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 2:58:22
  Speaker 2: to leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 2:58:27
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength. Well, if so invited
• 2:58:32
  Speaker 2: in to embed in you that same warrior spirit. Palm
• 2:58:39
  Speaker 2: eighteen seventeen reads, he rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 2:58:44
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 2:58:50
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 2:58:54
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances. God hears David's voice, just as
• 2:58:59
  Speaker 2: sure he will hear your voice if you call out
• 2:59:03
  Speaker 2: to him. And like David, may you have God's covering
• 2:59:08
  Speaker 2: to scale walls blocking your progress. Leap like a deer
• 2:59:13
  Speaker 2: up the mountainside. I will love you a Lord my strength.
• 2:59:19
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 2:59:24
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, in whom I will trust my
• 2:59:29
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 2:59:34
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised,
• 2:59:39
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. King David
• 2:59:44
  Speaker 2: is one of the most important figures in Jewish history.
• 2:59:50
  Speaker 2: Although David does not look like a king should look,
• 2:59:53
  Speaker 2: he has the heart of a lion, a courageous spirit,
• 2:59:58
  Speaker 2: and even more, a deep, unending love for God. And
• 3:00:04
  Speaker 2: like David, you two can build and accomplish something on
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  Speaker 2: such a foundation. David stood on this foundation in the
• 3:00:13
  Speaker 2: days of tribulation and the challenges in his life, and
• 3:00:19
  Speaker 2: after looking back at God's gracious ministry to him, what
• 3:00:24
  Speaker 2: else could David do but praise him to sing great
• 3:00:29
  Speaker 2: praises to God. It's no wonder King David would sing
• 3:00:33
  Speaker 2: to the Lord, I will love you, a Lord my strength.
• 3:00:38
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, in my deliverer,
• 3:00:44
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, in whom I will trust my strength,
• 3:00:51
  Speaker 2: and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will
• 3:00:55
  Speaker 2: call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
• 3:00:59
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. And while
• 3:01:05
  Speaker 2: David was in the temple, God heard the cries of
• 3:01:07
  Speaker 2: his heart, and he hears the cries of your heart
• 3:01:12
  Speaker 2: to Psalm eighteen is a resurrection psalm from King David
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  Speaker 2: of Sorts. After several verses of thanksgiving, the psalm ends
• 3:01:26
  Speaker 2: by this great victory to the King, the Messiah, David's descendant,
• 3:01:33
  Speaker 2: Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah, and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore,
• 3:01:42
  Speaker 2: I will praise you Lord among the nations. I will
• 3:01:47
  Speaker 2: sing the praises of your name. Now as you drift
• 3:01:53
  Speaker 2: asleep God has not changed one iota during all the
• 3:01:59
  Speaker 2: easy as he treated David, so he treats you. He
• 3:02:07
  Speaker 2: is not partial. The only thing that matters is how
• 3:02:12
  Speaker 2: you have it in your heart. David focused on the
• 3:02:17
  Speaker 2: heavens above him, the glow of the sun. Can't you
• 3:02:21
  Speaker 2: see the rays of the sun just shining upon David,
• 3:02:24
  Speaker 2: The vibrance of the sky above him, the flowing waters.
• 3:02:32
  Speaker 2: The entire triumphal procession started with I will love you,
• 3:02:36
  Speaker 2: o Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 3:02:40
  Speaker 2: my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength, and
• 3:02:46
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust, my shield, and the horn of
• 3:02:50
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
• 3:02:56
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. Oh, shall I be
• 3:03:01
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies? If this is true in you,
• 3:03:09
  Speaker 2: God will move heaven and earth for you. As you
• 3:03:14
  Speaker 2: drift into a deep sleep. May you hear David playing
• 3:03:18
  Speaker 2: his heart, rejoicing like King David. May you know God
• 3:03:24
  Speaker 2: hears the cries of your heart. May your dreams take
• 3:03:28
  Speaker 2: you to a place where you are dancing and singing
• 3:03:32
  Speaker 2: before the Lord. I will call upon the Lord who
• 3:03:35
  Speaker 2: was worthy to be praised. In my distress, I called
• 3:03:40
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, to my God, I cried for help
• 3:03:45
  Speaker 2: from his temple. He heard my voice in my cry
• 3:03:50
  Speaker 2: to him, reached his ears. May the Lord bless you
• 3:03:57
  Speaker 2: and keep you. May he make his face shine upon
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  Speaker 2: you and be gracious to you. May the Lord turn
• 3:04:07
  Speaker 2: his face to you and grant you peace. Ask the
• 3:04:13
  Speaker 2: Lord to lead you to the picture in verse from
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  Speaker 2: Psalm eighteen that's especially meant for you. He reaches down
• 3:04:23
  Speaker 2: from on high and takes hold of you. He draws
• 3:04:29
  Speaker 2: you out of the deep waters. He brings you out
• 3:04:34
  Speaker 2: into a spacious space. Jesus rescues you because he delights
• 3:04:43
  Speaker 2: in you. As you fall asleep, step into David's great victory.
• 3:04:56
  Speaker 2: I will love you a Lord, my strength. The Lord
• 3:04:59
  Speaker 2: is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God,
• 3:05:04
  Speaker 2: my strength in whom I will trust my shield and
• 3:05:09
  Speaker 2: the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call
• 3:05:14
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, So
• 3:05:19
  Speaker 2: shall I be saved from my enemies. I pray for
• 3:05:24
  Speaker 2: this dear one, your child, who desperately cries out to
• 3:05:30
  Speaker 2: you and longs for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms. O, Lord,
• 3:05:39
  Speaker 2: protect your child, and Jesus deliver the dreams that only
• 3:05:46
  Speaker 2: you know where needed speak your wisdom of truth and
• 3:05:52
  Speaker 2: salvation that only comes through you. Amed. This is your
• 3:06:07
  Speaker 2: moment to put away your demands and pressures. This is
• 3:06:11
  Speaker 2: your time alone with God to commune in his comfort,
• 3:06:17
  Speaker 2: his peace, and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes, get comfortable.
• 3:06:32
  Speaker 2: Block out the distractions from the day that came between
• 3:06:36
  Speaker 2: you and our Lord Jesus is only a prayer away,
• 3:06:43
  Speaker 2: a thought away. This is your time with Him as
• 3:06:48
  Speaker 2: you embrace a deep sleep. Now take a deep breath.
• 3:06:58
  Speaker 2: Relax as I I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you for
• 3:07:06
  Speaker 2: all that You've done for me. Thank you for being
• 3:07:12
  Speaker 2: with me today, even when I felt I was alone,
• 3:07:20
  Speaker 2: surrounded by busyness and pressures of the day, I call
• 3:07:25
  Speaker 2: upon your name. I release that chaos now, and like David,
• 3:07:32
  Speaker 2: I sing praises to you. I call upon your name
• 3:07:37
  Speaker 2: to calm the storms I face. I cry out to
• 3:07:42
  Speaker 2: you for your ways to be present in my mind,
• 3:07:48
  Speaker 2: my body, and soul. Forgive me for not always showing it.
• 3:07:55
  Speaker 2: But I love you so very much. I give you
• 3:08:01
  Speaker 2: all the praise and all the glory. Amen. I call
• 3:08:09
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised in
• 3:08:13
  Speaker 2: my distress. I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 3:08:18
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my voice,
• 3:08:24
  Speaker 2: and my cry to him reached his ears Psalm eighteen.
• 3:08:31
  Speaker 2: This psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung
• 3:08:35
  Speaker 2: by David at the end of his life, as recorded
• 3:08:38
  Speaker 2: in Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that
• 3:08:43
  Speaker 2: David composed this song as a younger man, Yet in
• 3:08:49
  Speaker 2: his old age David could look back with great gratitude
• 3:08:54
  Speaker 2: and sing this song again, looking at his whole life.
• 3:08:59
  Speaker 2: Isn't that so true? How many times have you not
• 3:09:04
  Speaker 2: seen God's hand in your life, but only through the
• 3:09:08
  Speaker 2: rear view mirror or on the other side of the
• 3:09:12
  Speaker 2: mountain you saw how God guided you through a storm.
• 3:09:19
  Speaker 2: Now put yourself in david sandals for a moment. David
• 3:09:24
  Speaker 2: is on his own, a fugitive running for his life,
• 3:09:30
  Speaker 2: and yes, God will be with him during this time abundantly.
• 3:09:35
  Speaker 2: But David is just learning to walk with the Lord.
• 3:09:40
  Speaker 2: David is desperate and without resources to make an escape.
• 3:09:46
  Speaker 2: Can you see this fine painting? David paints a practically
• 3:09:53
  Speaker 2: hopeless situation where you cannot see any way of surviving
• 3:09:59
  Speaker 2: with your life. Destruction and death is compared to a
• 3:10:04
  Speaker 2: raging river or torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David.
• 3:10:12
  Speaker 2: In his desperation, he calls out to the Lord. The
• 3:10:19
  Speaker 2: first leg of David's flight is to the Tabernacle of
• 3:10:22
  Speaker 2: the Lord of nab Can't you just see it, the
• 3:10:27
  Speaker 2: big stone walls, the tabernacle, the center of worship of
• 3:10:32
  Speaker 2: that day. David requests food. Now, the only food Amlik
• 3:10:40
  Speaker 2: has to give him is some consecrated bread in our time,
• 3:10:44
  Speaker 2: kind of like day old bread, some loaves of the
• 3:10:47
  Speaker 2: bread of the presence that has been before the Lord
• 3:10:51
  Speaker 2: in the tabernacle the previous week. David was so very hungry, yes,
• 3:10:59
  Speaker 2: physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites this incident when he
• 3:11:06
  Speaker 2: is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath, and then
• 3:11:11
  Speaker 2: there is an image of the lamp. It speaks of
• 3:11:15
  Speaker 2: God's grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years. Now,
• 3:11:23
  Speaker 2: like an image of a candle, the light and the
• 3:11:26
  Speaker 2: glow of a candle, can't you just see it glowing
• 3:11:28
  Speaker 2: and reflecting on those big stone walls, and seeing the
• 3:11:32
  Speaker 2: shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 3:11:38
  Speaker 2: to leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 3:11:43
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength? Well, if so, invited
• 3:11:48
  Speaker 2: in to embed in you that same warrior spirit. Psalm
• 3:11:55
  Speaker 2: eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 3:12:00
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 3:12:06
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 3:12:10
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances. God hears David's voice just as
• 3:12:15
  Speaker 2: surely as he will hear your voice if you call
• 3:12:19
  Speaker 2: out to him, And, like David, may you have God's
• 3:12:23
  Speaker 2: covering to scale walls blocking your progress. Leap like a
• 3:12:28
  Speaker 2: deer up the mountainside. I will love you, O Lord,
• 3:12:34
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 3:12:38
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength in whom I
• 3:12:43
  Speaker 2: will trust, my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
• 3:12:49
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
• 3:12:53
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from
• 3:12:57
  Speaker 2: my enemies. King David is one of the most important
• 3:13:02
  Speaker 2: figures in Jewish history. Although David does not look like
• 3:13:08
  Speaker 2: a king should look, he has the heart of a lion,
• 3:13:12
  Speaker 2: a courageous spirit, and even more, a deep, unending love
• 3:13:17
  Speaker 2: for God. I like David, you two can build and
• 3:13:23
  Speaker 2: accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood on this
• 3:13:28
  Speaker 2: foundation in the days of tribulation and the challenges in
• 3:13:33
  Speaker 2: his life. And after looking back at God's gracious ministry
• 3:13:39
  Speaker 2: to him, what else could David do but praise him
• 3:13:44
  Speaker 2: to sing great praises to God. It's no wonder. King
• 3:13:49
  Speaker 2: David would sing to the Lord, I will love you,
• 3:13:52
  Speaker 2: a Lord my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 3:13:57
  Speaker 2: my fortress, in my deliverer, my God, my strength in
• 3:14:03
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my strength, and the horn of
• 3:14:08
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
• 3:14:12
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 3:14:17
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. And while David was in the temple,
• 3:14:22
  Speaker 2: God heard the cries of his heart, and he hears
• 3:14:26
  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart to Psalm eighteen is a
• 3:14:33
  Speaker 2: resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts. After several verses
• 3:14:39
  Speaker 2: of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this great victory to
• 3:14:44
  Speaker 2: the King, the Messiah, David's descendant, Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah,
• 3:14:54
  Speaker 2: and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I will praise
• 3:14:59
  Speaker 2: you Lord among the nations. I will sing the praises
• 3:15:05
  Speaker 2: of your name. Now as you drift asleep. God has
• 3:15:13
  Speaker 2: not changed one iota during all these years. As he
• 3:15:18
  Speaker 2: treated David, so he treats you. He is not partial.
• 3:15:26
  Speaker 2: The only thing that matters is how you have it
• 3:15:29
  Speaker 2: in your heart. David focused on the heavens above him,
• 3:15:35
  Speaker 2: the glow of the sun. Can't you see the rays
• 3:15:38
  Speaker 2: of the sun just shining upon David, The vibrance of
• 3:15:42
  Speaker 2: the sky above him, the flowing waters. The entire triumphal
• 3:15:49
  Speaker 2: procession started with, I will love you, oh Lord, my strength.
• 3:15:55
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 3:16:00
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, and whom I will trust my
• 3:16:04
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 3:16:10
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
• 3:16:16
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. If this
• 3:16:23
  Speaker 2: is true in you, God will move heaven and earth
• 3:16:27
  Speaker 2: for you. As you drift into a deep sleep. May
• 3:16:33
  Speaker 2: you hear David playing his heart, rejoicing like King David.
• 3:16:39
  Speaker 2: May you know God hears the cries of your heart.
• 3:16:43
  Speaker 2: May your dreams take you to a place where you
• 3:16:46
  Speaker 2: are dancing and singing before the Lord. I will call
• 3:16:50
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord who was worthy to be praised. In
• 3:16:54
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 3:16:59
  Speaker 2: I cried for health from his temple. He heard my
• 3:17:04
  Speaker 2: voice in my cry to him, reached his ears. May
• 3:17:12
  Speaker 2: the Lord bless you and keep you. May he make
• 3:17:17
  Speaker 2: his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
• 3:17:23
  Speaker 2: May the Lord turn his face to you and grant
• 3:17:25
  Speaker 2: you peace. Ask the Lord to lead you to the
• 3:17:32
  Speaker 2: picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's especially meant for you.
• 3:17:38
  Speaker 2: He reaches down from on high and takes hold of you.
• 3:17:44
  Speaker 2: He draws you out of the deep waters. He brings
• 3:17:50
  Speaker 2: you out into a spacious space. Jesus rescues you because
• 3:17:58
  Speaker 2: he delights in you. As you fall asleep, step into
• 3:18:07
  Speaker 2: David's great victory. I will love you, o Lord, my strength.
• 3:18:15
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 3:18:20
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength in whom I will trust my
• 3:18:25
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 3:18:30
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
• 3:18:35
  Speaker 2: so shall I be saved from my enemies. I pray
• 3:18:40
  Speaker 2: for this dear one, your child, who desperately cries out
• 3:18:46
  Speaker 2: to you and longs for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms. O, Lord,
• 3:18:55
  Speaker 2: protect your child and Jesus, deliver the dreams that only
• 3:19:02
  Speaker 2: you know are needed. Speak your wisdom of truth and
• 3:19:08
  Speaker 2: salvation that only comes through you. Amen. This is your
• 3:19:23
  Speaker 2: moment to put away your demands and pressures. This is
• 3:19:28
  Speaker 2: your time alone with God to commune in his comfort,
• 3:19:33
  Speaker 2: his peace, and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes, get comfortable.
• 3:19:48
  Speaker 2: Block out the distractions from the day that came between
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  Speaker 2: you and our Lord Jesus is only a prayer away way.
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  Speaker 2: This is your time with him as you embrace a
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  Speaker 2: deep sleep. Now take a deep breath. Relax as I pray,
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  Speaker 2: Lord Jesus, thank you for all that you've done for me.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for being with me today, even when I
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  Speaker 2: felt I was alone, surrounded by busyness and pressures of
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  Speaker 2: the day. I call upon your name. I release that
• 3:20:45
  Speaker 2: chaos now, and like David, I sing praises to you.
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  Speaker 2: I call upon your name to calm the storms I face.
• 3:20:57
  Speaker 2: I cry out to you for your ways to be
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  Speaker 2: present in my mind, my body, and soul. Forgive me
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  Speaker 2: for not always showing it. But I love you so
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  Speaker 2: very much. I give you all the praise and all
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  Speaker 2: the glory. Amen, I call upon the Lord, who is
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  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. In my distress, I called upon
• 3:21:32
  Speaker 2: the Lord, to my God. I cried for help from
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  Speaker 2: his temple. He heard my voice, and my cry to
• 3:21:41
  Speaker 2: him reached his ears Psalm eighteen. This psalm is virtually
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  Speaker 2: the same as the psalm sung by David at the
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  Speaker 2: end of his life, as recorded in Second Samuel twenty two.
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  Speaker 2: It is most likely that David composed this song as
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  Speaker 2: a younger man. Yet in his old age David could
• 3:22:07
  Speaker 2: look back with great gratitude and sing this song again,
• 3:22:12
  Speaker 2: looking at his whole life. Isn't that so true? How
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  Speaker 2: many times have you not seen God's hand in your life,
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  Speaker 2: but only through the rear view mirror or on the
• 3:22:28
  Speaker 2: other side of the mountain you saw how God guided
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  Speaker 2: you through a storm. Now put yourself in david sandals
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  Speaker 2: for a moment. David is on his own, a fugitive
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  Speaker 2: running for his life, and yes, God will be with
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  Speaker 2: him during this time abundantly. But David is just learning
• 3:22:53
  Speaker 2: to walk with the Lord. David is desperate and without
• 3:22:59
  Speaker 2: resources to make an escape. Can you see this fine painting?
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  Speaker 2: David paints a practically hopeless situation where you cannot see
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  Speaker 2: any way of surviving with your life, destruction and death
• 3:23:19
  Speaker 2: is compared to a raging river or torrents of continual
• 3:23:24
  Speaker 2: ungodliness that is pursuing David. In his desperation, he calls
• 3:23:31
  Speaker 2: out to the Lord. The first leg of David's flight
• 3:23:37
  Speaker 2: is to the Tabernacle of the Lord of nob Can't
• 3:23:41
  Speaker 2: you just see it, the big stone walls, the tabernacle,
• 3:23:46
  Speaker 2: the center of worship of that day. David requests food. Now.
• 3:23:55
  Speaker 2: The only food Amlik has to give him is some
• 3:23:58
  Speaker 2: consecrated bread our time, kind of like they old bread,
• 3:24:03
  Speaker 2: some loaves of the bread of the presence that has
• 3:24:06
  Speaker 2: been before the Lord in the tabernacle the previous week.
• 3:24:11
  Speaker 2: David was so very hungry, yes physically and spiritually too.
• 3:24:19
  Speaker 2: Jesus cites this incident when he is questioned about eating
• 3:24:23
  Speaker 2: grain on the Sabbath, and then there is an image
• 3:24:29
  Speaker 2: of the lamp. It speaks of God's grace and keeping
• 3:24:33
  Speaker 2: David alive during those dangerous years. Now, like an image
• 3:24:40
  Speaker 2: of a candle, the light and the glow of a candle,
• 3:24:43
  Speaker 2: can't you just see it glowing and reflecting on those
• 3:24:46
  Speaker 2: big stone walls and seeing the shadows of David dancing.
• 3:24:53
  Speaker 2: God gave him the strength to run, to leap and
• 3:24:56
  Speaker 2: fight and defeat the enemy. Do you need that same
• 3:25:00
  Speaker 2: kind of strength, Well, if so, invite it in to
• 3:25:05
  Speaker 2: embed in you that same warrior spirit. Psalm eighteen seventeen reads,
• 3:25:14
  Speaker 2: he rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes
• 3:25:18
  Speaker 2: who were too strong for me. Can't you just see
• 3:25:23
  Speaker 2: David dancing and singing before God, thanking him for past deliverances.
• 3:25:29
  Speaker 2: God hears David's voice just as surely as he will
• 3:25:33
  Speaker 2: hear your voice if you call out to him, And,
• 3:25:38
  Speaker 2: like David, may you have God's covering to scale walls
• 3:25:42
  Speaker 2: blocking your progress, leap like a deer up the mountainside.
• 3:25:48
  Speaker 2: I will love you a Lord my strength. The Lord
• 3:25:52
  Speaker 2: is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God,
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  Speaker 2: my strength in whom I will trust my shield, and
• 3:26:02
  Speaker 2: the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call
• 3:26:07
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised. So
• 3:26:12
  Speaker 2: shall I be saved from my enemies. King David is
• 3:26:17
  Speaker 2: one of the most important figures in Jewish history. Although
• 3:26:23
  Speaker 2: David does not look like a king should look, he
• 3:26:26
  Speaker 2: has the heart of a lion, a courageous spirit, and
• 3:26:31
  Speaker 2: even more, a deep unending love for God. And like David,
• 3:26:37
  Speaker 2: you two can build and accomplish something on such a foundation.
• 3:26:43
  Speaker 2: David stood on this foundation in the days of tribulation
• 3:26:48
  Speaker 2: and the challenges in his life. And after looking back
• 3:26:53
  Speaker 2: at God's gracious ministry to him, what else could David
• 3:26:57
  Speaker 2: do that praise him? To sing great praises to God,
• 3:27:04
  Speaker 2: It's no wonder King David would sing to the Lord,
• 3:27:08
  Speaker 2: I will love you, a Lord my strength. The Lord
• 3:27:11
  Speaker 2: is my rock and my fortress, in my deliverer, my God,
• 3:27:18
  Speaker 2: my strength in whom I will trust my strength, and
• 3:27:23
  Speaker 2: the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call
• 3:27:28
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, So
• 3:27:32
  Speaker 2: shall I be saved from my enemies. And while David
• 3:27:38
  Speaker 2: was in the temple, God heard the cries of his heart,
• 3:27:42
  Speaker 2: and he hears the cries of your heart to Psalm
• 3:27:48
  Speaker 2: eighteen is a resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts.
• 3:27:53
  Speaker 2: After several verses of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this
• 3:27:59
  Speaker 2: great victory to the King the Messiah, David's descendant, Jesus Yeshiah,
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  Speaker 2: your Messiah, and continuing to sing, David proclaims, therefore, I
• 3:28:15
  Speaker 2: will praise you, Lord, among the nations. I will sing
• 3:28:20
  Speaker 2: the praises of your name now as you drift asleep.
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  Speaker 2: God has not changed one iota during all these years.
• 3:28:34
  Speaker 2: As he treated David, so he treats you. He is
• 3:28:40
  Speaker 2: not partial. The only thing that matters is how you
• 3:28:45
  Speaker 2: have it in your heart. David focused on the heavens
• 3:28:50
  Speaker 2: above him, the glow of the sun. Can't you see
• 3:28:54
  Speaker 2: the rays of the sun just shining upon David, the
• 3:28:57
  Speaker 2: vibrance of the sky above him, the flowing waters. The
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  Speaker 2: entire triumphal procession started with I will love you, o Lord,
• 3:29:09
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 3:29:14
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength, and whom I
• 3:29:19
  Speaker 2: will trust my shield and the horn of my salvation,
• 3:29:24
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
• 3:29:29
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from
• 3:29:34
  Speaker 2: my enemies. If this is true in you, God will
• 3:29:42
  Speaker 2: move heaven and earth for you. As you drift into
• 3:29:47
  Speaker 2: a deep sleep. May you hear David playing his heart,
• 3:29:52
  Speaker 2: rejoicing like King David. May you know God hears the
• 3:29:57
  Speaker 2: cries of your heart. Your dreams take you to a
• 3:30:01
  Speaker 2: place where you are dancing and singing before the Lord.
• 3:30:06
  Speaker 2: I will call upon the Lord who was worthy to
• 3:30:09
  Speaker 2: be praised. In my distress, I called upon the Lord,
• 3:30:14
  Speaker 2: to my God, I cried for help from his temple.
• 3:30:19
  Speaker 2: He heard my voice in my cry to him, reached
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  Speaker 2: his ears. May the Lord bless you and keep you.
• 3:30:32
  Speaker 2: May he make his face shine upon you and be
• 3:30:36
  Speaker 2: gracious to you. May the Lord turn his face to
• 3:30:41
  Speaker 2: you and grant you peace. Ask the Lord to lead
• 3:30:47
  Speaker 2: you to the picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's
• 3:30:52
  Speaker 2: especially meant for you. He reaches down from on high
• 3:30:58
  Speaker 2: and takes hold of you. He draws you out of
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  Speaker 2: the deep waters. He brings you out into a spacious space.
• 3:31:11
  Speaker 2: Jesus rescues you because he delights in you. As you
• 3:31:19
  Speaker 2: fall asleep, step into David's great victory. I will love you,
• 3:31:29
  Speaker 2: o Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 3:31:33
  Speaker 2: my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength in
• 3:31:39
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my shield and the horn of
• 3:31:43
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
• 3:31:48
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised, So shall I be
• 3:31:52
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. I pray for this dear one,
• 3:31:58
  Speaker 2: your child, who desperately cries out to you and longs
• 3:32:04
  Speaker 2: for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms. O Lord, protect
• 3:32:12
  Speaker 2: your child and Jesus, deliver the dreams that only you
• 3:32:19
  Speaker 2: know are needed. Speak your wisdom of truth and salvation
• 3:32:26
  Speaker 2: that only comes through you. Amen. This is your moment
• 3:32:40
  Speaker 2: to put away your demands and pressures. This is your
• 3:32:44
  Speaker 2: time alone with God, to commune in his comfort, his peace,
• 3:32:51
  Speaker 2: and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes, get comfortable. Block
• 3:33:05
  Speaker 2: out the distractions from the day that came between you
• 3:33:09
  Speaker 2: and our Lord Jesus is only a prayer away, a
• 3:33:16
  Speaker 2: thought away. This is your time with him as you
• 3:33:20
  Speaker 2: embrace a deep sleep. Now take a deep breath. Relax
• 3:33:32
  Speaker 2: as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you for all that
• 3:33:39
  Speaker 2: you've done for me. Thank you for being with me today,
• 3:33:47
  Speaker 2: even when I felt I was alone, surrounded by busyness
• 3:33:54
  Speaker 2: and pressures of the day. I call upon your name.
• 3:34:00
  Speaker 2: I release that chaos now, and like David, I sing
• 3:34:06
  Speaker 2: praises to you. I call upon your name to calm
• 3:34:10
  Speaker 2: the storms I face. I cry out to you for
• 3:34:16
  Speaker 2: your ways to be present in my mind, my body,
• 3:34:22
  Speaker 2: and soul. Forgive me for not always showing it. But
• 3:34:28
  Speaker 2: I love you so very much. I give you all
• 3:34:34
  Speaker 2: the praise and all the glory. Amen, I call upon
• 3:34:42
  Speaker 2: the Lord, who is worthy to be praised. In my distress,
• 3:34:47
  Speaker 2: I called upon the Lord, to my God, I cry
• 3:34:51
  Speaker 2: for help from his temple. He heard my voice in
• 3:34:56
  Speaker 2: my cry to him, reached his ears Psalm eighteen. This
• 3:35:04
  Speaker 2: psalm is virtually the same as the psalm sung by
• 3:35:08
  Speaker 2: David at the end of his life, as recorded in
• 3:35:11
  Speaker 2: Second Samuel twenty two. It is most likely that David
• 3:35:16
  Speaker 2: composed this song as a younger man. Yet in his
• 3:35:22
  Speaker 2: old age David could look back with great gratitude and
• 3:35:26
  Speaker 2: sing this song again, looking at his whole life. Isn't
• 3:35:32
  Speaker 2: that so true? How many times have you not seen
• 3:35:36
  Speaker 2: God's hand in your life? That only through the rear
• 3:35:41
  Speaker 2: view mirror, or on the other side of the mountain
• 3:35:46
  Speaker 2: you saw how God guided you through a storm. Now
• 3:35:51
  Speaker 2: put yourself in david sandals for a moment. David is
• 3:35:57
  Speaker 2: on his own, a fugitive running for his life, and yes,
• 3:36:03
  Speaker 2: God will be with him during this time abundantly. But
• 3:36:07
  Speaker 2: David is just learning to walk with the Lord. David
• 3:36:13
  Speaker 2: is desperate and without resources to make an escape. Can
• 3:36:19
  Speaker 2: you see this fine painting David paints a practically hopeless situation.
• 3:36:29
  Speaker 2: Where you cannot see any way of surviving with your life.
• 3:36:34
  Speaker 2: Destruction and death is compared to a raging river or
• 3:36:38
  Speaker 2: torrents of continual ungodliness that is pursuing David. In his desperation,
• 3:36:46
  Speaker 2: he calls out to the Lord. The first leg of
• 3:36:52
  Speaker 2: David's flight is to the Tabernacle of the Lord of
• 3:36:55
  Speaker 2: nab Can't you just see it, the big stoned walls
• 3:37:01
  Speaker 2: the tabernacle, the center of worship of that day. David
• 3:37:08
  Speaker 2: requests food. Now, the only food Amlik has to give
• 3:37:13
  Speaker 2: him is some consecrated bread in our time, kind of
• 3:37:17
  Speaker 2: like day old bread, some loaves of the bread of
• 3:37:20
  Speaker 2: the presence that has been before the Lord in the
• 3:37:23
  Speaker 2: tabernacle the previous week. David was so very hungry, yes
• 3:37:32
  Speaker 2: physically and spiritually too. Jesus cites this incident when he
• 3:37:38
  Speaker 2: is questioned about eating grain on the Sabbath, and then
• 3:37:44
  Speaker 2: there is an image of the lamp. It speaks of
• 3:37:48
  Speaker 2: God's grace and keeping David alive during those dangerous years. Now,
• 3:37:56
  Speaker 2: like an image of a candle, the light and the
• 3:37:58
  Speaker 2: glow of a candle. Can you just see it glowing
• 3:38:01
  Speaker 2: and reflecting on those big stone walls and seeing the
• 3:38:05
  Speaker 2: shadows of David dancing. God gave him the strength to run,
• 3:38:11
  Speaker 2: to leap, and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you
• 3:38:15
  Speaker 2: need that same kind of strength? Well, if so, invited
• 3:38:20
  Speaker 2: in to embed in you that same warrior spirit. Psalm
• 3:38:27
  Speaker 2: eighteen seventeen reads, He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
• 3:38:33
  Speaker 2: from my foes who were too strong for me. Can't
• 3:38:38
  Speaker 2: you just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking
• 3:38:43
  Speaker 2: him for past deliverances. God hears David's voice just as
• 3:38:48
  Speaker 2: surely as he will hear your voice if you call
• 3:38:51
  Speaker 2: out to him, And, like David, may you have God's
• 3:38:56
  Speaker 2: covering to scale walls blocking your progress, Leap like a
• 3:39:01
  Speaker 2: deer up the mountainside. I will love you a Lord
• 3:39:06
  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
• 3:39:11
  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength, in whom I
• 3:39:16
  Speaker 2: will trust my shield and the horn of my salvation,
• 3:39:21
  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
• 3:39:25
  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from
• 3:39:29
  Speaker 2: my enemies. King David is one of the most important
• 3:39:35
  Speaker 2: figures in Jewish history. Although David does not look like
• 3:39:40
  Speaker 2: a king should look, he has the heart of a lion,
• 3:39:44
  Speaker 2: a courageous spirit and even more a deep unending love
• 3:39:50
  Speaker 2: for God. I like David, you two can build and
• 3:39:55
  Speaker 2: accomplish something on such a foundation. David stood on this
• 3:40:01
  Speaker 2: foundation in the days of tribulation and the challenges in
• 3:40:05
  Speaker 2: his life. And after looking back at God's gracious ministry
• 3:40:11
  Speaker 2: to him, what else could David do that praise him?
• 3:40:16
  Speaker 2: To sing great praises to God. It's no wonder. King
• 3:40:21
  Speaker 2: David would sing to the Lord, I will love you,
• 3:40:25
  Speaker 2: a Lord my strength. The Lord is my rock and
• 3:40:29
  Speaker 2: my fortress, in my deliverer, my God, my strength in
• 3:40:36
  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my strength, and the horn of
• 3:40:40
  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord,
• 3:40:45
  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
• 3:40:49
  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. And while David was in the temple,
• 3:40:55
  Speaker 2: God heard the cries of his heart, and he hears
• 3:40:59
  Speaker 2: the cries of your heart to Psalm eighteen is a
• 3:41:05
  Speaker 2: resurrection psalm from King David of Sorts. After several verses
• 3:41:11
  Speaker 2: of thanksgiving, the psalm ends by this great victory to
• 3:41:17
  Speaker 2: the King the Messiah. David's descended Jesus Yeshiah, your Messiah,
• 3:41:26
  Speaker 2: and continuing to sing, David proclaims. Therefore, I will praise
• 3:41:32
  Speaker 2: you Lord among the nations. I will sing the praises
• 3:41:38
  Speaker 2: of your name. Now as you drift asleep. God has
• 3:41:45
  Speaker 2: not changed one iota during all these years. As he
• 3:41:51
  Speaker 2: treated David, so he treats you. He is not partial.
• 3:41:58
  Speaker 2: The only thing that matters is how you have it
• 3:42:01
  Speaker 2: in your heart. David focused on the heavens above him,
• 3:42:08
  Speaker 2: the glow of the sun. Can't you see the rays
• 3:42:11
  Speaker 2: of the sun just shining upon David, The vibrance of
• 3:42:14
  Speaker 2: the sky above him, the flowing waters. The entire triumphal
• 3:42:22
  Speaker 2: procession started with I will love you, o Lord, my strength.
• 3:42:27
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 3:42:32
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, and whom I will trust my
• 3:42:37
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 3:42:43
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
• 3:42:48
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. If this
• 3:42:56
  Speaker 2: is true in you, God will move heaven and earth
• 3:42:59
  Speaker 2: three you. Now as you drift into a deep sleep,
• 3:43:05
  Speaker 2: May you hear David playing his heart, rejoicing like King David.
• 3:43:11
  Speaker 2: May you know God hears the cries of your heart.
• 3:43:16
  Speaker 2: May your dreams take you to a place where you
• 3:43:19
  Speaker 2: are dancing and singing before the Lord. I will call
• 3:43:23
  Speaker 2: upon the Lord who was worthy to be praised. In
• 3:43:27
  Speaker 2: my distress, I called upon the Lord, to my God,
• 3:43:31
  Speaker 2: I cried for help from his temple. He heard my voice.
• 3:43:38
  Speaker 2: In my cry to him, reached his ears. May the
• 3:43:45
  Speaker 2: Lord bless you and keep you. May he make his
• 3:43:49
  Speaker 2: face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May
• 3:43:55
  Speaker 2: the Lord turn his face to you and grant you peace.
• 3:44:01
  Speaker 2: Ask the Lord to lead you to the picture in
• 3:44:05
  Speaker 2: verse from Psalm eighteen that's especially meant for you. He
• 3:44:11
  Speaker 2: reaches down from on high and takes hold of you.
• 3:44:17
  Speaker 2: He draws you out of the deep waters. He brings
• 3:44:22
  Speaker 2: you out into a spacious space. Jesus rescues you because
• 3:44:31
  Speaker 2: he delights in you. As you fall asleep, step into
• 3:44:39
  Speaker 2: David's great victory. I will love you, O Lord, my strength.
• 3:44:47
  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
• 3:44:52
  Speaker 2: my God, my strength in whom I will trust my
• 3:44:57
  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
• 3:45:02
  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
• 3:45:07
  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. I pray
• 3:45:13
  Speaker 2: for this, dear one, your child, who desperately cries out
• 3:45:18
  Speaker 2: to you and longs for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms.
• 3:45:25
  Speaker 2: Oh Lord, protect your child and Jesus, deliver the dreams
• 3:45:34
  Speaker 2: that only you know are needed. Speak your wisdom of
• 3:45:39
  Speaker 2: truth and salvation that only comes through you. Ahmen, this
• 3:45:55
  Speaker 2: is your moment to put away your demands and pressures.
• 3:46:00
  Speaker 2: This is your time alone with God, to commune in
• 3:46:04
  Speaker 2: his comfort, his peace, and his goodness. Relax, close your eyes,
• 3:46:17
  Speaker 2: get comfortable, block out the distractions from the day that
• 3:46:24
  Speaker 2: came between you and our Lord Jesus is only a
• 3:46:30
  Speaker 2: prayer away, a thought away. This is your time with
• 3:46:35
  Speaker 2: him as you embrace a deep sleep. Now take a
• 3:46:44
  Speaker 2: deep breath. Relax as I pray, Lord Jesus, thank you
• 3:46:54
  Speaker 2: for all that You've done for me. Thank you for
• 3:47:00
  Speaker 2: or being with me today. Even when I felt I
• 3:47:05
  Speaker 2: was alone, surrounded by busyness and pressures of the day,
• 3:47:13
  Speaker 2: I call upon your name. I release that chaos now,
• 3:47:20
  Speaker 2: and like David, I sing praises to you. I call
• 3:47:25
  Speaker 2: upon your name to calm the storms I face. I
• 3:47:30
  Speaker 2: cry out to you for your ways to be present
• 3:47:35
  Speaker 2: in my mind, my body, and soul. Forgive me for
• 3:47:42
  Speaker 2: not always showing it. But I love you so very much.
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  Speaker 2: I give you all the praise and all the glory. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: I call upon the Lord, who he was worthy to
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  Speaker 2: be praised. In my distress, I called upon the Lord,
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  Speaker 2: to my God, I cried for help from his temple.
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  Speaker 2: He heard my voice in my cry to him, reached
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  Speaker 2: his ears Psalm eighteen. This psalm is virtually the same
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  Speaker 2: as the psalm sung by David at the end of
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  Speaker 2: his life, as recorded in Second Samuel twenty two. It
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  Speaker 2: is most likely that David composed this song as a
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  Speaker 2: younger man, Yet in his old age David could look
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  Speaker 2: back with great gratitude and sing this song again, looking
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  Speaker 2: at his whole life. Isn't that so true? How many
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  Speaker 2: times have you not seen God's hand in your life,
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  Speaker 2: but only through the rear view mirror or on the
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  Speaker 2: other side of the mountain you saw how God guided
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  Speaker 2: you through a storm. Now put yourself in david sandals
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  Speaker 2: for a moment. David is on his own, a fugitive
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  Speaker 2: running for his life, and yes, God will be with
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  Speaker 2: him during this time abundantly. But David is just learning
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  Speaker 2: to walk with the Lord. David is desperate and without
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  Speaker 2: resources to make an escape. Can you see this fine painting.
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  Speaker 2: David paints a practically hopeless situation where you cannot see
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  Speaker 2: any way of surviving with your life, destruction and death
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  Speaker 2: as compared to a raging river or torrents of continual
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  Speaker 2: ungodliness that is pursuing David. In his desperation, he calls
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  Speaker 2: out to the Lord. The first leg of David's flight
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  Speaker 2: is to the Tabernacle of the Lord of nob can't
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  Speaker 2: you just see it, the big stone walls the tabernacle,
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  Speaker 2: the center of worship of that day. David requests food. Now.
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  Speaker 2: The only food Amelik has to give him is some
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  Speaker 2: consecrated bread in our time, kind of like dy old bread,
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  Speaker 2: some loaves of the bread of the presence that has
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  Speaker 2: been before the Lord in the tabernacle the previous week.
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  Speaker 2: David was so very hungry, yes, physically and spiritually too.
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  Speaker 2: And Jesus cites this incident when he is questioned about
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  Speaker 2: eating grain on the Sabbath. And then there is an
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  Speaker 2: image of the lamp. It speaks of God's grace and
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  Speaker 2: keeping David alive during those dangerous years. Now, like an
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  Speaker 2: image of a candle, the light and the glow of
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  Speaker 2: a candle, can't you just see it glowing and reflecting
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  Speaker 2: on those big stone walls, and seeing the shadows of
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  Speaker 2: David dancing. God gave him the strength to run, to
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  Speaker 2: leap and fight and defeat the enemy. Do you need
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  Speaker 2: that same kind of strength? Well, if so, invited in
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  Speaker 2: to embed in you that same warrior spirit. Psalm eighteen
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  Speaker 2: seventeen reads, He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from
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  Speaker 2: my foes who were too strong for me. Can't you
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  Speaker 2: just see David dancing and singing before God, thanking him
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  Speaker 2: for as deliverances. God hears David's voice just as surely
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  Speaker 2: as he will hear your voice if you call out
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  Speaker 2: to him, and, like David, may you have God's covering
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  Speaker 2: to scale walls blocking your progress. Leap like a deer
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  Speaker 2: up the mountainside. I will love you, o Lord, my strength.
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  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
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  Speaker 2: my God, my strength in whom I will trust my
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  Speaker 2: shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
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  Speaker 2: will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised.
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  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. King David
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  Speaker 2: is one of the most important figures in Jewish history.
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  Speaker 2: Although David does not look like a king should look.
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  Speaker 2: He has the heart of a lion, a courageous spirit,
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  Speaker 2: and even more, a deep, unending love for God. And
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  Speaker 2: like David, you two can build and accomplish something on
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  Speaker 2: such a foundation. David stood on this foundation in the
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  Speaker 2: days of tribulation and the challenges in his life. And
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  Speaker 2: after looking back at God's gracious ministry to him, what
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  Speaker 2: else could David do but praise him to sing great
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  Speaker 2: praises to God. It's no wonder King David would sing
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  Speaker 2: to the Lord, I will love you, a Lord my strength.
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  Speaker 2: The Lord is my rock and my fortress, in my deliverer,
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  Speaker 2: my God, my strength, in whom I will trust my strength,
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  Speaker 2: and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will
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  Speaker 2: call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
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  Speaker 2: So shall I be saved from my enemies. And while
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  Speaker 2: David was in the temple, God heard the cries of
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  Speaker 2: his heart, and he hears the cries of your heart
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  Speaker 2: to Psalm eighteen is a resurrection psalm from King David
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  Speaker 2: of Sorts. After several verses of thanksgiving. The psalm ends
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  Speaker 2: by this great victory to the King the Messiah, David's
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  Speaker 2: descendant Jesus Yeshiah, You're Messiah, And continuing to sing, David proclaims, Therefore,
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  Speaker 2: I will praise you Lord among the nations. I will
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  Speaker 2: sing the praises of your name. Now as you drift asleep.
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  Speaker 2: God has not changed one iota during all these years.
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  Speaker 2: As he treated David, so he treats you. He is
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  Speaker 2: not partial. The only thing that matters is how you
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  Speaker 2: have it in your heart. David focused on the heavens
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  Speaker 2: above him, the glow of the sun. Can't you see
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  Speaker 2: the rays of the sun just shining upon David, the
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  Speaker 2: vibrance of the sky above him, the flowing waters. The
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  Speaker 2: entire triumphal procession started with I will love you, oh Lord,
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  Speaker 2: my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress,
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  Speaker 2: and my deliverer, my God, my strength, and whom I
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  Speaker 2: will trust my shield and the horn of my salvation,
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  Speaker 2: my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord who is
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  Speaker 2: worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from
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  Speaker 2: my enemies. If this is true in you, God will
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  Speaker 2: move heaven and earth for you. As you drift into
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  Speaker 2: a deep sleep. May you hear David playing his heart,
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  Speaker 2: rejoicing like King David. May you know God hears the
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  Speaker 2: cries of your heart. May your dreams take you to
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  Speaker 2: a place where you are dancing and singing before the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: I will call upon the Lord who was worthy to
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  Speaker 2: be praised. In my distress, I called upon the Lord,
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  Speaker 2: to my God, I cried for help from his temple.
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  Speaker 2: He heard my voice. In my cry to him, reached
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  Speaker 2: his ears. May the Lord bless you and keep you.
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  Speaker 2: May he make his face shine upon you and be
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  Speaker 2: gracious to you. May the Lord turn his face to
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  Speaker 2: you and grant you peace. Ask the Lord to lead
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  Speaker 2: you to the picture in verse from Psalm eighteen that's
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  Speaker 2: especially meant for you. He reaches down from on high
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  Speaker 2: and takes hold of you. He draws you out of
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  Speaker 2: the deep waters. He brings you out into a spacious space.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus rescues you because he delights in you. As you
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  Speaker 2: fall asleep, step into David's great victory. I will love you,
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  Speaker 2: O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and
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  Speaker 2: my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength in
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  Speaker 2: whom I will trust my shield and the horn of
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  Speaker 2: my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord
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  Speaker 2: who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be
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  Speaker 2: saved from my enemies. I pray for this dear one,
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  Speaker 2: your child, who desperately cries out to you and longs
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  Speaker 2: for RESTful sleep in your comforting arms. O Lord, protect
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  Speaker 2: your child, and Jesus deliver the dreams that only you
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  Speaker 2: know are needed. Speak your wisdom of truth and salvation
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  Speaker 2: that own comes through you. Amen.
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