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December 22 - Psalm 96 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, here we are. It's a Friday.
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  Congratulations, you have made it to the end.
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  Half another week and I bet it was a big one for you as today
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  is. Is it the 22nd, 23rd, 24th.
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  It's the 22nd. My goodness, not many sleeps now
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  between now and Christmas, although still plenty of time to
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  prepare that Christmas pudding for Annie June's celebration or
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  whatever it is that is sitting at the top of your list of
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  things that you just have to get done.
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  But good on you, because in the midst of the madness here, you
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  are stopping, pausing for a moment to invite me into your
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  day so that you and I can read a Psalm together.
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  And today's psalm's a cracker. It's a short one.
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  It's only 13 verses long and it is a Psalm of praise, praising
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  God for how just He is as he looks at the world.
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  So this is a lovely one that we will just settle into.
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  And we invite the Holy Spirit to slow down our minds, Put down
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  all the things that are bubbling away and fermenting that need to
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  be done. And just hear these words and
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  prepare our heart to focus on him and His Majesty for a
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  moment. All right, friends, let's me and
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  you, let's do it. Read together.
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  Psalm 96. Sing a new song to the Lord.
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  Let the whole earth sing to the Lord.
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  Sing to the Lord. Praise His name each day.
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  Proclaim the good news that he saves.
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  Publish his glorious deeds among the nations.
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  Tell everyone about the amazing things He does.
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  Great is the Lord. He is most worthy of praise.
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  He is to be feared above all gods.
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  The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made
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  the heavens. Honor and majesty surround him.
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  Strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.
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  Our nations of the world recognize the Lord.
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  Recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong.
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  Give to the Lord the glory He deserves.
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  Bring your offering and come into His courts.
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  Worship the Lord in all His holy splendor.
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  Let all the earth tremble before him.
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  Tell all the nations the Lord reigns.
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  The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.
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  He will judge all peoples fairly.
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  Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice.
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  Let the sea and everything in it shout His praise.
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  Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy.
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  Let the trees of the forest sing for joy before the Lord, for He
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  is coming. He is coming to judge the earth.
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  He will judge the world with justice and the nations with his
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  truth. Father, we thank you that you
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  are a God of justice, and you come with your justice and you
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  separate right from wrong. But that's not where it ends.
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  You don't just come with justice, but you come with
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  abundant grace. That you just pour out over your
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  creation, that you pour out over us, these broken people who just
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  struggle, struggle to live as your saved children.
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  And this Christmas, we just celebrate what you have done,
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  that you have given us your son, that we would know who you are
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  and what you are like, and we would feel your love and know
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  your kindness. So we thank you in these last
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  few days as we walk toward that stable in that little town of
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  Bethlehem, to see this miracle of all miracles.
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  You are just wonderful, Our Father, and we thank you for
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  this gift of Jesus. We love you, and we pray all of
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  this in His saving name. Amen.