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November 3 - Psalm 89 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friend Sean here and it is Friday the 3rd of November and a
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  happy weekend. Well almost weekend to you.
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  Happy Friday. Well done.
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  Here we are at the end of another week.
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  You have reached the point where we can now look forward to a
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  weekend ahead. I hope that it has got some kind
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  of rest and restoration for you as we now do whatever it is we
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  need to do to finish off strong. I hope you are going well today.
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  As is our way, we will be reading a Psalm together and
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  this is a Royal Psalm. It is a Psalm remembering the
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  covenant with David and expressing sorrow for those
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  blessings that have been lost through, Well, of course, the
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  foolishness of humanity that that goes against what God asks
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  us to do to remain faithful to him.
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  That's how we roll. That's that's the story of the
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  Bible, isn't it? This is the bigger narrative.
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  God says I love you do this. And we say, ah Nah, we'll do our
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  own thing. And God says no, no, I love you
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  do this. And we say Nah, and again and
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  again and again through the history of God's work with
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  humanity. This is how we behave,
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  unfortunately. And it's not swept under the
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  carpet. It is written about and
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  celebrated in the Psalms because this is our heritage.
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  So let us read together a Psalm of Ethan the Ezra Height, Psalm
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  89. I will sing of the Lord's
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  unfailing love forever. Young and old will hear of your
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  faithfulness. Your unfailing love will last
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  forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring
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  as the heavens. The Lord said.
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  I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant.
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  I have sworn this oath to him. I will establish your
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  descendants as kings forever. They will sit on your throne
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  from now until eternity. All heaven will praise your
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  great wonders. Lord Myriads of Angel will
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  praise you for your faithfulness.
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  For who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord?
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  What mightiest Angel is anything like the Lord?
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  The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God.
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  He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.
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  O Lord God of Heaven's armies, where is there anyone as mighty
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  as you? O Lord, you are entirely
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  faithful. You rule the oceans.
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  You subdue their storm tossed waves.
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  You crushed the great sea monster.
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  You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
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  The heavens are yours and the earth is yours.
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  Everything in the world is yours.
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  You created it all. You created North and South.
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  Mount table and Mount Hermon. Praise your name.
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  Powerful is your arm. Strong is your hand.
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  Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.
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  Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne.
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  Unfailing. Love and truth walk before you
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  as attendants. Happy are those who hear the
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  joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your
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  presence. Lord, they rejoice all day long
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  in your wonderful reputation. They exalt in your
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  righteousness. You are their glorious strength.
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  It pleases you to make us strong.
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  Yes. Our protection comes from the
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  Lord and He, the holy One of Israel has given us our king.
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  Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people.
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  You said. I have raised up a warrior.
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  I have selected him from the common people to be king.
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  I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy
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  oil. I will steady him with my hand.
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  With my powerful arm I will make him strong.
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  His enemies will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower
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  him. I will beat down his adversaries
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  before him and destroy those who hate him.
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  My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by my
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  authority he will grow in power. I will extend his rule over the
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  sea, his dominion over the rivers, and he will call out to
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  me. You are my father, my God, and
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  the rock of my salvation. I will make him my first born
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  son, the mightiest king on earth.
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  I will love him and be kind to him forever.
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  My covenant with him will never end.
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  I will preserve an heir for him. His throne will be as endless as
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  the days of heaven. But if his descendants forsake
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  my instructions and fail to obey my regulations, if they do not
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  obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands, then I will punish
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  their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.
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  But I will never stop loving him, nor fail to keep my promise
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  to him. No, I will not break my
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  covenant. I will not take back a single
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  word I said. I have sworn an oath to David,
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  and in my holiness. I cannot lie.
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  His dynasty will go on forever. His Kingdom will endure as the
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  sun. It will be as eternal as the
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  moon. My faithful witness in the sky.
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  But now you have rejected him and cast him off.
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  You are angry with your anointed king.
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  You have renounced your covenant with him.
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  You have thrown his crown into the dust.
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  You have broken down the walls protecting him and ruined every
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  Fort defending him. Everyone who comes along has
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  robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.
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  You have strengthened his enemies and made them all
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  rejoice. You have made his sword useless
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  and refused to help him in battle.
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  You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.
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  You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him.
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  Oh Lord, how long will this go on?
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  Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn
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  like fire? Remember how short my life is,
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  How empty and futile this human existence.
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  No one can live forever. We all die.
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  No one can escape the power of the grave.
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  Lord, where is your unfailing love?
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  You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.
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  Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced.
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  I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.
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  Your enemies have mocked me. O Lord, they mock your anointed
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  king wherever he goes. Praise the Lord forever.
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  Amen and Amen. Wow.
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  Thank you for the Psalm, Father. Thank you that it talks of your
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  eternal faithfulness on one hand, but also the consequences
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  of us turning our back on you on the other hand.
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  We know this story only too well as we read through the
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  Scriptures, but also as we examine our own heart and our
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  own lives. Thank you that through our own
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  folly, as we turn to you and turn away from you.
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  Through all of that, you remain consistent and when we find
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  ourselves backs turn to you, help us like the Psalmist cry
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  out to you that we would turn back to you and step back into
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  your embrace that was there on offer all along.
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  You are an incredibly faithful, loving, generous God.
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  Help us to live in your promise to us and thank you that when we
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  completely mess it up, we have Jesus cleansing us and drawing
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  us back in. You are a wonderful God who has
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  taken care of everyone of our foibles, and we are so grateful
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  and we rest in your loving embrace, our Father, our God and
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  our Savior. In Jesus name, we pray these
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  things. Amen.