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August 25 -Psalm 79 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it is Sean here and it is Friday, it is the 25th
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  of August and it is the end of the week.
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  Good on you. Welcome to this last day of the
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  week and today's a day of treats.
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  Isn't it Friday? Do you normally do something a
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  little bit special? Maybe you get take away for
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  dinner. Maybe you you get a little bit.
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  Of ice cream after. I don't know.
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  Whatever it is that you do to treat yourself, you know today's
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  actually National Banana Split Day.
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  So why don't you celebrate today?
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  Say good on me for for ending the week.
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  Chop yourself a banana and half whack some.
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  Ice cream in the middle and I don't.
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  Know if there's sprinkles on top of the cherry.
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  It's pretty much a health food, right?
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  It's it's a piece of fruit with a bit of dairy in the middle and
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  then berries on top. My goodness, you are so diligent
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  looking after yourself either way, with or without a banana
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  split. Happy Friday.
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  So good to have your company, as today we continue in our
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  tradition of reading a Psalm to finish the week, and today we
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  have another Psalm of ASAP. And this is a Psalm of lament,
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  as the Psalmist writes about the fall of Jerusalem.
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  So, not a particularly happy Psalm, but well, it's part of
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  life as we lament the tragedies that have happened around us and
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  before us. So before our banana splits, let
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  us read together. Psalm 79, a Psalm of ASAP.
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  Oh God, Pagan nations have conquered your land, your
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  special possession. They have defiled your temple
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  and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
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  They have left the bodies of your servants as food for the
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  birds of heaven. The flesh of your godly ones has
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  become food for the wild animals.
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  Blood has flowed like water all around Jerusalem.
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  No one is left to bury the dead. We are mocked by our neighbors,
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  an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
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  Oh Lord, how long will you be angry with us?
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  Forever. How long will your jealousy burn
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  like fire? Pour out your wrath on the
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  nations that refuse to acknowledge you, on kingdoms
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  that do not call upon your name, for they have devoured your
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  people. Israel, making the land a
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  desolate wilderness, Do not hold us guilty for the sins of our
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  ancestors. Let your compassion quickly meet
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  our needs, for we are on the brink of despair.
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  Help us, O God of our salvation. Help us for the glory of your
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  name. Save us and forgive our sins for
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  the honor of your name. Why should Pagan nations be
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  allowed to scoff, asking where is their God?
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  Show us your vengeance against the nations, for they have
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  spilled the blood of your servants.
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  Listen to the moaning of the prisoners.
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  Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.
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  Oh Lord, pay back our neighbors 7 times for the scorn they have
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  hurled at you. Then we, your people, the sheep
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  of your pasture, will thank you forever and ever, praising your
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  greatness from generation to generation.
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  Yep, I can feel pretty hopeless sometimes.
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  Like everything is going wrong. Like so much pressure is
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  mounting on our shoulders. Like there is no banana splits
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  inside to to give us refuge from the dramas that we face.
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  And in these moments, Lord, let us come back to you, let it be
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  your name that we cry out to, to save us.
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  Because in your provision is everything that we need through
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  the difficult times and the good times.
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  Thank you, Lord, that your provision is not just for now,
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  but it is for all eternity as you draw us close to you and
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  never ever, ever let us go. We just praise you, Jesus, for
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  that everlasting embrace and pray that we would know it for
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  sure, even when times are tough. We pray all of this in your
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  name, Jesus. Amen show Vijay Prakash Kannada
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  sung.