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I Will Love Thee - 2/15/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  Amen. Take God's word. Turn with me to
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  the book of Psalms. Psalms division
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  number 18.
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  I love that psalm.
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  Tell you this, we're far be on that.
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  You say, "What do you what do you mean,
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  preacher? We're far behind on blessing
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  his name." Amen.
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  >> And uh
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  I'm telling you, he's been better and
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  good to all of us. You said, "Preacher,
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  you don't know my situation." I don't
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  have to.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> I don't have to. He's just good. And uh
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  if you're here this morning, you're in
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  your right mind. Amen. Uh he's been good
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  to you.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> He's blessed you. And you say,
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  "Preacher, well, I'm not saved." Well,
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  if you're here and you can hear what I'm
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  saying,
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  >> and you want to be saved.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You can be. Amen.
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  >> You're blessed this morning. You're
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  blessed. And I'm blessed. This church is
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  blessed. And I thank God for it. We
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  ought to bless his name for it. Amen.
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  >> Let's stand together. Psalm division
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  number 18. And uh really just
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  everything's led up to this point today.
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  Believe God put this on my heart. You
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  pray for me. I've just got a simple
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  thought on my heart and I just want to
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  be obedient to the Holy Spirit and obey
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  him. You pray God will help us. Psalm
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  Psalm 18 verse number one,
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  David says, "I will love thee, oh Lord,
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  my strength. The Lord is my rock and my
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  fortress." Amen.
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  >> And my deliverer,
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  >> my God,
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  >> my strength,
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  >> in whom I will trust, my buckler, and
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  the horn of my salvation
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  and my high tower. And in verse three,
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  he says, I will call upon the Lord who
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  is worthy to be praised.
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  So shall I be saved
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  >> from mine enemies. Yes.
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  >> And I want to preach on this subject for
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  just a little while this morning. David
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  said, "I will love thee."
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  >> Amen.
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  >> I want to preach on that for just a
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  little while. I will love thee. You
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  know, I was thinking about yesterday,
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  Valentine's Day.
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  I'll tell you what, we we we compare the
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  love symbol to a heart. Got the church
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  decorated here. But I tell you this,
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  much greater than a heart. There was a
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  symbol on a hill
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  >> far far away. some 2,000 years ago.
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  Amen. Two pieces of wood hun together
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  >> where our Lord hung. And I believe if
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  there's ever been a symbol of love, it's
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  the cross. Amen.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> And I want to preach this morning on
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  that thought for just a little while.
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  And I'm pray that the Lord will help us.
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  Let's seek the Father. Father, thank you
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  for this opportunity this morning to
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  preach your word. Thank you, Father God,
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  for this precious scripture. And Lord, I
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  thank you, God, today that you loved us
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  so much
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  >> that you would send your son to die in
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  our place,
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  >> to take our punishment, to bear our sin,
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  and to hang on Calvar's cross.
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  Lord, having done no evil, not deserving
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  to die, but being pure, holy, spotless,
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  and undefiled, separate from sinners,
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  you chose to hang there. And Lord, I
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  thank you for that. I thank you, God,
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  today that you love us the same even at
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  this day. Lord, you love us with a love
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  that will not stop. And Lord, for that
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  today, I want to say, I will love thee.
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  God, I pray that you'll help us to
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  receive with meekness the engrafted
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  word. And we'll give you thanks for what
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  you do because we ask it in Jesus name.
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  And God's children said,
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  >> "Amen."
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  This text this morning, Psalm number 18,
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  is a parallel text with the book of 2
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  Samuel chapter number 22. And if you
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  turn there, what you'll find is in the
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  last verses of chapter number 21, that
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  David has just begotten a great victory.
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  Now, David himself has is up in years
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  and he's not able to fight the way that
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  he once could. And David has become
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  tired, but he's got those men that are
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  with him. Abashai, the son of Zerui, and
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  those other men that are fighting with
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  him, his mighty men. And in that
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  chapter, chapter number 21, Goliath's
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  four brothers show up. And David's men
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  take out the four brothers of Goliath
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  there in that chapter. And the next
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  chapter, chapter number 22, is this
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  psalm that's recorded here in this text.
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  And it is a psalm of praise. It's a
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  psalm of praise for deliverance. It's a
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  psalm of praise for the death, over
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  those giants. How that God wrought
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  victory over those enemies. And I'll say
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  this and just put this out there. Amen.
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  When Goliath died, that didn't mean
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  David was done. Amen. The Philistine
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  army was still there and they were still
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  ready to fight. And and we find out that
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  he had four brothers. But I'm thankful
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  that in passage of time, David was able
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  to take out all the enemies. And let me
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  say this, uh, in your life, Jesus is
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  able to take out all the enemies. Amen.
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  It might take a little while.
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  Sanctification is progressive. Amen.
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  Salvation is immediate, but
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  sanctification is progressive. And so it
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  takes him a while. Not because he needs
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  a while, but just because he wants to
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  perform it progressively. Amen. And
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  sanctify you perfectly. And so David
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  here has come to this point and God has
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  wrought victory for him time and time
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  and time again. And Saul was never able
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  to deliver Israel from the Philistines.
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  But David discomfeitted them completely.
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  And all the enemies of God stood at
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  array against David and his armies. And
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  David writes this psalm as a psalm of
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  praise. And here it is pinned in the
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  heavenly hymn book of the book of
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  Psalms. And David highlights a lot of
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  things in this chapter. Now, I want to
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  stay in verses 1 through3, but I want to
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  say this here in the text. I'll give you
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  the outline uh here in just a minute,
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  but there's a lot of things that David
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  says in this chapter that reveals his
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  key to his success. And I I notice here
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  in this chapter in verse number 32 that
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  David was girded in this chapter. Look
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  what the Bible says in Psalm 18 and
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  verse 32. He said, "It is God that
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  girthth me with strength and maketh my
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  way perfect." David fully recognized
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  that God had enabled him and allowed him
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  to bring victory to the house of Israel.
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  And it wasn't his strength. It wasn't
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  even the men of Israel and that army's
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  strength. It had nothing to do with his
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  mighty men, but it had everything to do
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  with the girding of God Almighty. Amen.
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  And let me say this to you this morning,
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  child of God. If there is going to be
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  victory in your life, if there's going
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  to be victory in my life, it's going to
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  come through the girding of strength by
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  the father. Amen. He wasn't only girded
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  in verse number 32, but he was guided in
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  verse number 34. Look what he says. He
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  teacheth my hands to war so that a bow
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  of steel is broken by mine arms. Not
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  only was he girded with strength, but
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  God guided him in using that strength.
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  And let me say this to you. Knowledge is
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  is is strength, but let me say this.
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  Wisdom is strength that is functionable.
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  Amen. You you can be as strong as the
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  world, but if you don't know how to use
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  that strength, if you don't know how to
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  be guided in that strength, you'll not
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  be able to harness that power. But boy,
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  I'm thankful that God gives us his
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  power. But he also gives us his plan to
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  follow by. Amen. He's not left us alone.
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  Amen. And so because he was guarded with
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  strength and he was guided by the spirit
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  of God and by the scriptures the day
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  David says that he was graceful. Notice
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  verse number 33. He maketh my feet like
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  hind's feet and setth me upon high
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  places. And you know those hinds that's
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  a that's a deer over there in the Middle
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  East. And their feet is shaped in such a
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  way that they're able to climb up the
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  mountains faces. Amen. and walk in
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  places where man's not able to walk and
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  go places where you and I cannot go.
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  David said because he's girded with me
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  with strength and he has guided me. He
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  has made me graceful. Amen.
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  >> I'll say this to you this morning. If
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  you're ever going to be graceful in this
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  Christian life, it's going to be through
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  his guidance and by his girding. Amen.
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  >> He's not only graceful, but I want to
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  give you this and we'll get into the
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  thought this morning. Did I turn this
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  thing on, brother? I did. Okay, I'm done
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  forgetting. Amen. what I've done up
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  here. He's not only graceful, but notice
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  verse 35.
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  David has become great.
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  Look what he says. Thou hast also given
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  me the shield of thy salvation, and thy
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  right hand hath holden me up. Look what
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  he says. And thy gentleness
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  hath made me great.
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  >> Right? The same power that made the
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  world. The same power that spun the
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  planets into orbit and flung the stars
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  out in the sky and made this world what
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  it is and shaped the mountains and
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  formed the oceans. And the same hand
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  that made you and I when we were
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  conceived in the womb is the very same
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  hand David said. It's his gentleness.
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  Isn't it amazing that something so
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  powerful,
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  >> something so great in strength, David
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  said, "You girded me with strength.
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  You've guided me by your word." And he
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  said, "Now you've made me great, but
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  it's not because I'm strong.
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  >> But it's just because of that tender
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  touch."
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Well, I don't know about you, but I'm
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  thankful for the tender working.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Of God Almighty. Yeah.
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  >> Isn't it a wonderful thing that the
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  hands that hold the universe are able to
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  touch the smallest places
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  >> in our life when we're in need, when
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  we're in need of help? And when we're
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  hurting, Amen. And and this world's left
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  us high and dry. Aren't you thankful
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  that God can reach down to them tender
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  PLACES IN OUR LIFE? And you know what he
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  can do? He can make us great. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> Amen. I'll tell you this. You'll never
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  be great in the eyes of God until you're
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  touched by his hand. Amen. And I think
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  about David in this chapter. He says
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  about the Lord here in verse number six
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  that God heard him. He said, "In my
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  distress, I called upon the Lord and
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  cried unto my God. He heard my voice out
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  of his temple and my cry came before
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  him." David said, "When I was in
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  trouble," David said, "When the enemy
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  was sure to take me away, I cried unto
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  the Lord and God heard my voice." He
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  heard the voice of my supplications. You
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  say, "What is that, preacher?" Well,
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  that's that hand of Almighty God.
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  Reaching down when we're tender and when
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  we're sensitive BECAUSE THE WORLD'S GOT
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  US in a place where we're in danger.
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  Amen. God reached down and touched him.
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  He heard him. Amen.
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  >> Right.
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  >> He heard him, but he helped him. Listen
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  to what he said in verse 16.
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  He sent me from He sent from above. He
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  took me. He drew me out of many waters.
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  >> I'll tell you this. This world's got a
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  lot of waters.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You and I can drown in.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> But David said when he heard me, he
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  didn't only just hear me, but he helped
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  me.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Any of y'all got help in the building
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  this morning? Amen.
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  >> Drying up on the vine in here. Amen.
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  Y'all can say amen. It'll be all right.
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  He sent from above. He took me. He drew
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  me out of many waters. Verse 17. He
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  delivered me from my strong enemy and
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  from them which hated me. For they,
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  notice this, were too strong for me.
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  David said, I wasn't able to stand
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  against the enemy, but God heard my
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  prayer. And after he heard my prayer, he
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  sent his hand. He sent his servant to
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  help me. And thank God because this
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  text, he was helped. David was made
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  holy. The Bible says in verse 20, "The
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  Lord rewarded me according to my
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  righteousness, according to the
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  cleanness of mine hands. Hath he
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  recompensed me? For I've kept the ways
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  of the Lord and have not wickedly
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  departed from my God. Listen to what he
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  says. God hears him. God helps him and
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  all of that because he's holy. Look what
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  he says. Verse 24. Therefore hath the
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  Lord recompenseed me according to my
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  righteousness, according to the
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  cleanness of my hands. In his eyesight?
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  With a merciful, thou wilt show thyself
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  merciful. With an upright man, thou wilt
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  show thyself upright. With the pure,
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  thou wilt show thyself pure. And with
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  the thrower, thou wilt show thyself
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  thrower. What is David saying? David,
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  he's saying God is perfect in his
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  dealings.
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  >> Why is he perfect? Because he's holy.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> He's holy in his dealings with man. You
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  say, preacher, what does this have to do
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  with the first part of this chapter?
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  Well, this is why David loves the Lord.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Let me ask you, why do you love him this
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  morning?
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Let me ask you first. Do you love him?
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  Amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Let me ask you this. Why do you love
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  him?
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  >> Amen. David lays out some truths in
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  verses 1 through3. God had guarded him.
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  God had guided him. And because of that,
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  David had been made graceful and been
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  made great. We know he was king. But God
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  put him there. Amen. David couldn't have
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  got that in and of himself. That little
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  ruddy shepherd boy had no right to the
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  throne apart from the power of almighty
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  God. But God empowered him and God and
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  placed him there on the throne. And God
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  is using him. And David says for that,
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  he says, "I will love thee." Amen.
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  >> You know, I thought about that. I was
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  reading this text. You know, David says
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  that to the Lord hearing this text, but
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  I wonder I and and sadly to say, I
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  wonder, you know, many husbands probably
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  probably been a while since they've said
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  that to their wife.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Let me say this to you this morning. If
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  you don't love your wife, you don't love
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  God.
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  >> That's right. Amen.
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  >> And I was thinking about this text,
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  David's praise unto the Lord. He says,
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  "I will love thee." And and I notice in
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  this text number one the expression of
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  his love. Look what he says in verse
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  number one. He says, "I will love thee,
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  oh Lord, my strength." What is David
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  saying? What is the expression of his
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  love? Well, I would say first of all,
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  the expression of his love was his
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  words.
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  >> What David said? And he begins in verse
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  number two to talk about the Lord and
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  who he is. He expresses his love through
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  his words. He expresses his love through
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  his works. David all these years has
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  been fighting the enemies of Israel and
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  God has brought victory and he's saying,
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  "I will love thee." What is he saying?
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  Lord, you've brought victory time and
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  time and time again, but I'm not done
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  fighting. I'm not going to quit fighting
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  for your people and I'm not going to
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  quit standing for you and your holy
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  mountain. WHAT DAVID IS SAYING IS, "I'LL
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  PRAISE YOU WITH WHAT I SAY, but I'll
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  praise you with how I live."
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  >> You're right. his words, his works, his
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  witness. He says, "I'll tell others."
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  What is this psalm recorded for
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  was for them to sing?
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  These psalms would be sung as the
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  children of Israel would go up to the
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  house of God.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> And David gave this song to the chief
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  musician there. It says in the heading,
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  he gave this psalm so that they could
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  sing of this victory. It's recorded
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  twice in the word of God. You say,
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  "Preacher, what are you saying?" And I'm
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  saying he he expressed his love. The
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  Bible says, "Oh, lift up your hands in
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  the sanctuary and bless the Lord, all
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  you people of the Lord." I said it this
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  morning. I'll say it again. We're far
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  behind on blessing the Lord.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, well, I'm just not
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  that tight." Well, down at the ball
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  game, you get wound tight.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> When's the last time you lifted your
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  hands and praised his name? When's the
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  last time that you did a work for God,
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  something that he commanded YOU TO DO?
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  WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THAT YOU TOLD
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  SOMEBODY ELSE about the wonder of the
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  works OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE? WHEN'S THE
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  LAST TIME THAT YOU SAID, "LORD, I'M
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  GOING TO LOVE YOU." AMEN.
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  >> AMEN.
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  >> Jesus said, John said it this way, and
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  it was really recording what Jesus said.
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  He said, "If you love me, you'll keep my
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  commandments."
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  >> Right?
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  >> DAVID SAID, "I WILL LOVE THEE." IT WAS
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  PERSONAL to David. The expression of his
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  love. Look what he says. I will love
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  thee, oh Lord. What does he say? My
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  strength.
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  David said, "The operation of my life
• 16:45
  and the organization OF MY KINGDOM ONLY
• 16:48
  OPERATES UNDERNEATH YOUR BLANKET OF
• 16:50
  LEADERSHIP."
• 16:51
  >> You're right.
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  >> Lord, I know if you DIDN'T HAVE YOUR
• 16:54
  HAND UPON ME THAT ALL OF THIS WOULD FALL
• 16:56
  APART AND THAT IT ALL WOULD COME TO
• 16:58
  NOTHING. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU AND I
• 17:00
  AND OUR LITTLE LIFE'S NOTHING BUT DUST
• 17:02
  AND ASHES WITHOUT THE MOLDING OF GOD'S
• 17:05
  ALMIGHTY HAND IF HE DOESN'T HOLD IT
• 17:07
  TOGETHER IT'S SURELY GOING TO FALL TO
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  PIECES AND DAVID SAID I'LL LOVE THEE
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  BECAUSE YOU'RE MY strength
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  >> the Bible says in the book of Colossians
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  chapter number one and by him all things
• 17:19
  consist
• 17:21
  >> means they're held together by him THE
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  WORLDS WERE SPUN INTO orbit but not ONLY
• 17:25
  IN CREATION HE SUSTAINS THIS WORLD. HE
• 17:29
  SUSTAINS YOU AND I. IF IT WERE NOT FOR
• 17:32
  HIS HAND, WE WOULD SURELY FALTER.
• 17:34
  >> RIGHT?
• 17:34
  >> You say, "Preacher, well, I'm a sinner
• 17:36
  and I don't believe that this morning."
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  You don't have to believe it for it TO
• 17:40
  BE TRUE. GOD PUTS THE HEART IN YOU TO
• 17:42
  BE. HE PUTS THE BREATH IN YOUR LUNGS TO
• 17:44
  BREATHE. I'M SAYING, FRIEND, YOU CAN'T
• 17:46
  LIVE WITHOUT HIM. You can't live WITHOUT
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  HIM. YOU CANNOT MAKE IT WITHOUT HIM.
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  AMEN.
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  >> And David says the expression of his
• 17:55
  love, he says, "I'll tell it. I'll live
• 17:58
  it. I'll be it.
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  >> Amen.
• 18:01
  >> It's not just what David said or what
• 18:03
  David did, but it's who David was.
• 18:05
  >> Yeah.
• 18:06
  >> The expression of his love. I think not
• 18:09
  only about the expression of his love.
• 18:11
  I'm moving quickly this morning. Not
• 18:13
  only the expression of his love, but
• 18:14
  notice the excellency of his Lord. In
• 18:17
  verse two, David said, "The Lord is my
• 18:20
  rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
• 18:24
  my God, my strength in whom I will
• 18:26
  trust, my buckler and the horn of my
• 18:29
  salvation and my high tower." David
• 18:33
  said, "God is all of these things to
• 18:35
  me." What does this mean? Well, he says,
• 18:38
  "The Lord is my rock." And that rock
• 18:40
  there, you look it up, it means
• 18:42
  stability. He gave David stability in
• 18:45
  the times of his life when he was
• 18:46
  running from Saul. You see, David was a
• 18:49
  fugitive on this earth for most of his
• 18:51
  life because of the threats that were
• 18:53
  upon him. But even amidst all of that
• 18:55
  running, David had a rock, a place that
• 18:57
  he could run to and find stability. And
• 19:00
  I'm thankful that in Jesus, you and I
• 19:02
  have A STABLE PLACE. AMEN. FOR OTHER
• 19:05
  FOUNDATION CAN NO MAN LAY THAN THAT THAT
• 19:07
  IS LAID, WHICH IS CHRIST JESUS. HE IS A
• 19:11
  SURE, STABLE FOUNDATION. AMEN.
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  >> The Lord is my rock. He is my fortress.
• 19:17
  He's stability, but he's security.
• 19:19
  >> Amen.
• 19:21
  >> He's stability through the fight. He is
• 19:23
  security from the fight.
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  >> You're right.
• 19:26
  >> David said he gives me a place to hide.
• 19:29
  In this chapter just before in chapter
• 19:31
  number 17, listen to what he said in
• 19:33
  verse number eight. Keep me as the apple
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  of thine eye. Hide me under the shadow
• 19:39
  of thy wings.
• 19:43
  >> He got a place to hide.
• 19:44
  >> Amen.
• 19:45
  >> She said, "I've got something to stand
• 19:47
  on when I'm not just standing on him,
• 19:50
  >> but I'm hiding behind him."
• 19:52
  >> Amen.
• 19:53
  >> He's a protector of my life.
• 19:56
  >> He gives stability. He gives security.
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  He not only is the fortress and the
• 20:01
  rock, but he is the deliverer. He has a
• 20:04
  strategy.
• 20:06
  He's got a way for us to go. You're
• 20:09
  >> right. Come on.
• 20:10
  >> Listen to what David said in Psalm
• 20:12
  number 23.
• 20:14
  Oh yes, friend. Psalm 23 and verse
• 20:18
  number four. Yay. Though I walk through
• 20:20
  the valley of the shadow of death, I
• 20:22
  will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
• 20:26
  >> He knows THE WAY THAT I TAKE. Job said,
• 20:30
  >> hallelujah. Bless his name. HE'S GOT A
• 20:33
  PLAN. HE HAS A PURPOSE. HE HAS A
• 20:35
  STRATEGY. HEY, HE'S THE PLACE WE STAND
• 20:37
  ON. He's the building we can stand in.
• 20:40
  But he also GIVES US THE ORDER TO FIGHT.
• 20:42
  THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT
• 20:45
  CARNAL, BUT THEY'RE MIGHTY. THROUGH WHO?
• 20:47
  GOD. TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS.
• 20:50
  I'M SAYING HE IS THE STRATEGY for our
• 20:53
  fight.
• 20:54
  >> Right.
• 20:56
  >> He's my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
• 20:59
  He's my God.
• 21:00
  >> Amen.
• 21:01
  >> He's my savior. He's my strength.
• 21:05
  Notice there in the text, he says, "In
• 21:07
  whom I will trust, my buckler." That
• 21:10
  buckler there, it literally means a
• 21:11
  shield. He's my safety.
• 21:13
  >> Amen.
• 21:15
  >> Come on.
• 21:16
  >> Can't always be in the fortress.
• 21:18
  >> Right.
• 21:20
  >> Sadly, we're not always on the rock.
• 21:24
  >> But I'm thankful that no, no matter
• 21:26
  where we may find oursel, we have that
• 21:29
  shield.
• 21:29
  >> You're right.
• 21:30
  >> Amen. Thank you.
• 21:30
  >> With us at all times. What is that
• 21:32
  shield? He said it's the shield of
• 21:33
  faith. Ain't that right?
• 21:35
  >> Ephesians says we take it with us
• 21:37
  wherever that we go. He is our buckler.
• 21:40
  He gives us safety. And then there is
• 21:42
  the horn. The horn of salvation. That
• 21:44
  horn speaks of strength. The strength of
• 21:47
  his salvation. He is deliverance
• 21:50
  embodied. And then he says he's my high
• 21:52
  tower. He What does that mean? Well, it
• 21:54
  means situation. He's put me in a high
• 21:56
  place.
• 21:58
  What did he say over there in the text?
• 22:00
  He maketh my feet like hind's feet.
• 22:04
  >> Gets up on them crest of the rock. Amen.
• 22:07
  Where it's so high you can't breathe
• 22:08
  good.
• 22:09
  >> Amen.
• 22:10
  >> Where it's so high the enemy can't get
• 22:12
  to you.
• 22:13
  >> Where it's so high that a weapon is not
• 22:14
  going to reach you.
• 22:15
  >> Amen.
• 22:16
  >> Amen. He puts me in a safe place. He is
• 22:20
  my high tower. You say, "Preacher, what
• 22:23
  is that?" That's the excellency of his
• 22:25
  Lord.
• 22:26
  >> Amen.
• 22:26
  >> You say, "What does that all that mean?"
• 22:28
  He's everything you need. Amen.
• 22:30
  >> Amen. He is everything that you need.
• 22:33
  Amen. WHATEVER YOU'RE LACKING THIS
• 22:35
  MORNING, GOD HAS WHATEVER YOU STAND IN
• 22:37
  need of. And boy, I don't know about
• 22:39
  you, but I'm thankful every day of my
• 22:41
  life, I realize each morning that I get
• 22:43
  up that I stand in desperate NEED OF HIS
• 22:46
  HELP BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN WALK WITHOUT
• 22:48
  HIM HOLDING MY HAND. I HAVE NO ABILITY.
• 22:51
  I HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY. I HAVE NOTHING
• 22:54
  WITHOUT HIM. AMEN.
• 22:56
  And David said, "He is my rock."
• 23:01
  Think about this. David says, "I will."
• 23:04
  Three times in these verses. He says, "I
• 23:07
  will love thee." In verse one. In verse
• 23:09
  two, he says, "In whom I will trust."
• 23:12
  And in verse three, he says, "I will
• 23:14
  call upon the Lord." You say, "Preacher,
• 23:17
  how is that?" David could say, "I will."
• 23:20
  Because of who he knew the Lord is.
• 23:21
  >> You're right.
• 23:23
  >> Look what he says again. He says, "I
• 23:25
  will love thee, oh Lord, my strength."
• 23:27
  Verse two, what's in them first three
• 23:28
  words?
• 23:30
  The Lord is
• 23:32
  >> Amen.
• 23:33
  >> You know why you and I in our life, we
• 23:35
  can make choices,
• 23:36
  >> come on,
• 23:37
  >> that the world says is crazy. The reason
• 23:40
  why we can operate in the realm of faith
• 23:43
  and live the way God has called us to is
• 23:45
  not because we just want to, but just
• 23:47
  because of who he is. You're
• 23:48
  >> right.
• 23:49
  >> David says, "What you've done is good
• 23:51
  enough." He said, "But I'm not even
• 23:52
  trusting in that. I'm trusting in who
• 23:54
  you are.
• 23:54
  >> Amen.
• 23:55
  >> Amen. I I'm I'm trusting here. It's
• 23:58
  David said, "I'm not even trusting in
• 23:59
  what you said, but I'm just trusting who
• 24:01
  you are."
• 24:01
  >> Amen.
• 24:02
  >> He's too good to be unwise.
• 24:04
  >> Right.
• 24:06
  >> Anybody in the house? Amen.
• 24:08
  >> God is too holy
• 24:10
  >> to leave us to ourselves.
• 24:12
  >> GOD IS TOO kind to leave us alone and
• 24:15
  forget ABOUT US. I'M SAYING DAVID SAID,
• 24:17
  "BECAUSE HE IS, I WILL."
• 24:20
  >> AMEN.
• 24:20
  >> I WILL LOVE THEE. I WILL TRUST THEE. I
• 24:23
  WILL CALL UPON THEE.
• 24:24
  >> RIGHT.
• 24:25
  >> The expression of his love, the
• 24:27
  excellency of his Lord, the expectancy
• 24:31
  of his Lord in whom I will trust. Why
• 24:34
  could he trust him? Because he'd been
• 24:36
  faithful before.
• 24:37
  >> Amen.
• 24:41
  >> Y'all not hooking up with this this
• 24:43
  morning. Amen.
• 24:45
  >> He'd been faithful before.
• 24:48
  >> He was faithful presently.
• 24:50
  >> You're right. Amen. David said, "All
• 24:53
  this victory,
• 24:55
  >> all these giants, Goliath and all four
• 24:57
  of his brothers, all them men,
• 25:00
  >> yeah,
• 25:01
  >> all of these armies, all of these
• 25:03
  battles," David said maybe something
• 25:06
  like this, "Through many dangers, toils,
• 25:09
  and snares,
• 25:11
  >> I have already come."
• 25:12
  >> Amen.
• 25:13
  >> Grace hath brought me saved thus far,
• 25:16
  >> and grace will lead me home. Amen.
• 25:18
  >> What I'm saying is as David said, he's
• 25:21
  been faithful thus far, but even more,
• 25:23
  what he's done, who he is. HE SAYS HE'S
• 25:26
  FAITHFUL.
• 25:26
  >> AMEN.
• 25:27
  >> HE ALONE IS FAITHFUL AND TRUE. AND WHAT
• 25:29
  HE'S PROMISED ME IS GREATER THAN I CAN
• 25:31
  UNDERSTAND. HE PROMISED ME a kingdom. He
• 25:34
  promised ME A SEED. HE PROMISED ME A
• 25:36
  SON. HE PROMISED ME A THRONE THAT WOULD
• 25:39
  ENDURE FOREVER and ever and ever. AND
• 25:42
  DAVID SAYS, "I'LL TRUST HIM because of
• 25:45
  that.
• 25:47
  the expectancy.
• 25:50
  He's been my fortress, my deliverer, and
• 25:53
  my strength. He said, "But he will be my
• 25:55
  buckler."
• 25:56
  >> He will be the horn of my salvation, and
• 25:59
  he will be my high tower.
• 26:01
  >> Yes.
• 26:02
  >> Then notice this, like I said, simple
• 26:05
  thought this morning. I'll be done.
• 26:08
  Notice not only the expression, the
• 26:10
  expectancy, but notice the exclamation
• 26:12
  in verse number three.
• 26:15
  David said, 'I will call upon the Lord.
• 26:19
  He said, 'I will call upon the Lord who
• 26:23
  is worthy to be praised.
• 26:24
  >> Amen.
• 26:25
  >> What is David saying? David here in this
• 26:27
  text is leading off with this thought.
• 26:29
  He says, look, what's brought me this
• 26:32
  far has been my conversation with him.
• 26:34
  >> Amen.
• 26:35
  >> In the witness of this truth, David is
• 26:37
  giving his witness here. He says, I will
• 26:39
  call upon the Lord. What does that speak
• 26:41
  of? It speaks of his faith. You're
• 26:43
  >> right.
• 26:44
  I believe.
• 26:46
  You know the reason why you don't talk
• 26:48
  to God is because you don't believe.
• 26:51
  >> It speaks of his faith. It speaks of
• 26:53
  fellowship.
• 26:54
  >> I'll call upon the Lord. It's God his
• 26:57
  father. He wanted HE WANTED FELLOWSHIP
• 27:00
  WITH THE MASTER.
• 27:01
  >> AMEN.
• 27:03
  >> The exclamation
• 27:05
  is that HE WOULD CALL UPON GOD. WHY?
• 27:08
  BECAUSE he is worthy.
• 27:11
  >> Amen.
• 27:11
  >> That's right.
• 27:13
  Yes, he is. Amen.
• 27:15
  >> David says, "Look, I'm not calling upon
• 27:17
  him because I need victory this time."
• 27:19
  >> Come on.
• 27:20
  >> He's already given me the victory.
• 27:23
  >> Thank you, Lord.
• 27:25
  >> I'm not calling upon him because I need
• 27:26
  help this time. He's already helped me.
• 27:29
  >> I'M NOT CALLING UPON HIM JUST BECAUSE I
• 27:32
  WANT something from him. He's already
• 27:33
  GIVEN ME EVERYTHING I WANT MORE. IS
• 27:35
  ANYBODY IN THE BUILDING THIS MORNING?
• 27:38
  DAVID SAID, "I WILL CALL UPON THE LORD."
• 27:41
  WHY? BECAUSE HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED.
• 27:44
  HIS SONG WASN'T A SONG OF SAD STORIES.
• 27:48
  HIS SONG WAS SAYING, "GOD, YOU'VE DONE
• 27:50
  ALL I EVER ASKED AND MORE. YOU'VE BEEN
• 27:53
  ALL I'VE EVER WANTED AND MORE. GOD, I
• 27:55
  JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU'RE
• 27:57
  WORTHY. YOU'RE WORTHY. YOU'RE WORTHY OF
• 28:00
  PRAISE." AMEN.
• 28:02
  >> HE SAID, "I'LL CALL UPON THE LORD
• 28:04
  BECAUSE HE'S WORTHY." THERE'S A REASON
• 28:06
  WHY THE ANGELS NON-STOP IN HEAVEN NEVER
• 28:09
  CEASE TO SAY, "WORTHY, WORTHY, WORTHY,
• 28:13
  WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN.
• 28:15
  HALLELUJAH. ONE OF THESE DAYS WE'LL BOW
• 28:18
  AT HIS FEET AND FOR ETERNITY OF ALL
• 28:21
  ETERNITIES, WE'LL STAND THERE AND WE'LL
• 28:23
  SHOUT, "THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR SAVING MY
• 28:26
  SOUL. YOU'RE WORTHY." AMEN.
• 28:31
  >> David said, "You've done everything I
• 28:33
  want. I JUST WANT TO CALL AND tell you,
• 28:35
  you're worthy. You're worthy to be
• 28:37
  praised. I bless your name.
• 28:41
  I will bless his name.
• 28:46
  >> Look what he says.
• 28:49
  I will call upon the Lord who is worthy
• 28:51
  to be praised. Look what he says. So
• 28:54
  shall I be saved from my enemies. Amen.
• 28:57
  >> Thank you.
• 28:58
  >> David says it's not a request for
• 29:00
  deliverance
• 29:02
  that's going to save me from my enemy.
• 29:04
  >> But he said it's just a revelation of
• 29:07
  his deity. It's going to save me.
• 29:08
  >> Amen.
• 29:11
  >> When you praise his name,
• 29:14
  all hell trembles.
• 29:15
  >> You're right.
• 29:17
  >> When you exalt Jesus and lift him high
• 29:21
  and just say, "Lord, I love you."
• 29:23
  >> Yeah.
• 29:25
  Amen.
• 29:29
  >> God says, "Here it is, child."
• 29:32
  >> Amen.
• 29:34
  >> Yeah. Come on.
• 29:35
  >> What is it the psalmist said, "Blessed
• 29:37
  be God who daily loadeth us
• 29:40
  >> with benefits."
• 29:42
  You know why that psalmist was daily
• 29:44
  loaded with benefits? Because he daily.
• 29:46
  >> Yeah. Come on.
• 29:47
  >> Daniel said, "Evening, at noon, morning,
• 29:50
  noon, and at night, I'll call unto God."
• 29:53
  >> Amen. David said, "Morning, e morning,
• 29:55
  noon, and night, I'll call unto God."
• 29:58
  And daily,
• 30:00
  just as the mana fell in the wilderness
• 30:03
  to supply their need, the blessing would
• 30:05
  fall.
• 30:05
  >> Amen.
• 30:06
  >> You say, "Preacher, this is awfully
• 30:07
  simple this morning." Yeah, it is. And
• 30:09
  you still ain't getting it.
• 30:12
  >> The blessing salvation here. See, here's
• 30:15
  the thing about this. What I love about
• 30:18
  salvation by grace through faith.
• 30:21
  You didn't do nothing to earn it. Yeah.
• 30:23
  >> You can't do nothing to keep it.
• 30:25
  >> That's right.
• 30:25
  >> And you can't do nothing to lose it.
• 30:28
  >> Amen.
• 30:29
  >> And salvation. Here's what this comes
• 30:31
  down to. You say, "Preacher, what is
• 30:33
  it?" When you come to God
• 30:36
  in your heart and in submission,
• 30:39
  realizing that you're a sinner and he's
• 30:40
  a savior. He's the savior. And you look
• 30:42
  to him and all you can say is, "Lord, I
• 30:44
  know that I've got to have what you got
• 30:47
  to give."
• 30:47
  >> Amen.
• 30:49
  >> You know what you'll do? You'll
• 30:50
  immediately start to praise him. Amen.
• 30:53
  >> And as you praise him, God is working
• 30:55
  behind the scenes doing everything you
• 30:56
  can't do yourself.
• 30:58
  >> The Bible says that heath be that he
• 31:00
  which hath begun a good work in you
• 31:03
  shall perform it under the day of Jesus
• 31:04
  Christ.
• 31:05
  >> Yeah.
• 31:06
  >> And David in this text, his exclamation
• 31:08
  here of his liberation is this. He says,
• 31:11
  "God's works I'll be delivered when I
• 31:13
  just praise him."
• 31:14
  >> Amen.
• 31:15
  >> You say, "Preacher, my problem's too big
• 31:17
  to get deliverance that way."
• 31:20
  Let me tell you, if you'll just stop
• 31:23
  where you're at.
• 31:24
  >> That's right.
• 31:24
  >> Yeah.
• 31:25
  >> And just look up to heaven and say,
• 31:27
  "Lord, I'm going to set it all aside."
• 31:30
  >> That's right.
• 31:30
  >> Cuz Lord, whether you fix it or not,
• 31:33
  whether you take care of it or not,
• 31:36
  whether I ever see another victory,
• 31:38
  Lord, you're worthy of praise. And I
• 31:41
  want to bless your holy name
• 31:44
  >> because you're worthy to be exalted and
• 31:49
  glorified. You died on Calvary for my
• 31:51
  sins to take care of me and save me. And
• 31:54
  Lord, that was more than enough.
• 31:56
  >> Right?
• 31:57
  >> But Lord, I just want to give you praise
• 31:58
  for who you are. And you know what
• 31:59
  you'll find if you do that?
• 32:03
  >> You'll find those problems that seem so
• 32:05
  big.
• 32:07
  >> That's right.
• 32:08
  >> Just start to come down to size. You're
• 32:10
  right.
• 32:12
  >> You say, "Preacher, what are you
• 32:13
  saying?"
• 32:15
  David said, "I will love thee."
• 32:16
  >> Amen.
• 32:19
  >> But my admonition to you is this.
• 32:24
  David, long before he ever fought a
• 32:25
  battle, hear what I'm saying. David,
• 32:29
  long before he ever fought a battle as
• 32:32
  the king, when he was out there in the
• 32:34
  sheep coat watching after sheep,
• 32:36
  >> Yes. His heart was saying,"Lord,
• 32:41
  >> Amen.
• 32:41
  >> I will love thee."
• 32:43
  >> Amen.
• 32:44
  >> You know why David was able to say it
• 32:45
  this day? Because he'd been saying it
• 32:47
  before.
• 32:47
  >> You're right.
• 32:49
  >> Here's what you need to do today.
• 32:52
  You need to make up your mind right now,
• 32:54
  regardless of the circumstances.
• 32:57
  Say, "Lord, I'm going to bless your
• 32:58
  name. I'm going to love you."
• 33:02
  >> The world's going to see my love for
• 33:04
  you.
• 33:04
  >> Amen.
• 33:04
  >> You say, "Preacher, I just can't right
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  now." Well, you'll never do it.
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  >> Right.
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  >> If you start now,
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  down there when the trial gets so hot.
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  >> Say, "Preacher, it can't get worse. You
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  better You better buckle up."
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Look, I don't I don't I'm not to bear
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  bad news this morning. I'm telling you,
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  this life ain't a bed of roses.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> And if it's bad, it can get worse.
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  >> But let me tell you, there's one that
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  does not change.
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  >> Right. Amen.
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  >> And David said, "I will love thee."
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  >> You know what? Every one of us in here
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  are very far behind.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> As she begins to play this morning and
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  we all stand, head bows and eyes closed,
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  I want to ask you, do you love him?
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  Are you saved? Do you know him this
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  morning? Let me ask you this, child of
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  God. Will you love him? Will you let the
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  world see
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  Your words, your works, and your witness
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  are going to declare
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  whether or not you really love him.
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  I will love thee.
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  Oh Lord, my strength.
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  John said it in 1 John chapter 4 verse
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  number 19. And he said, "We love him
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  because he first loved us."
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  And let me tell you today, he loves you.
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  You say, "Preacher, I love the Lord."
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  Let me ask you, when's the last time you
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  talked to him?
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  When's the last time you sat at his feet
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  and said, "Lord, I don't need anything.
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  Don't want anything. I just want to come
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  tell you I love you."
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  You know what happened in your life if
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  you said that to him this morning? The
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  whales of glory would spring up in you.
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  A smile would come over your face like
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  you ain't never seen.
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  You say, "Preacher, you can't promise
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  that." No, I can.
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  If you'll just come to him, say, "Lord,
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  I don't need anything. Lord, I don't
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  want anything. I just want to say I love
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  you. I just want to say thank you.
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  You've brought me safe thus far.
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  And Lord, I know the only thing that's
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  brought victory in my life is when I
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  just decided to stop and praise your
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  name.
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  not for taking care OF THE PROBLEM, BUT
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  LORD, JUST PRAISE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE
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  AND JUST IN MY HEART TRUST YOU KNOW him
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  that you're aware of the problem AND
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  THAT YOU'LL DEAL WITH IT IN YOUR TIME.
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  HEY CHILD OF GOD, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE
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  FACT GOD IS AWARE. HE KNOWS WHERE YOU'RE
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  AT.
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  >> HE KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED. YOU ARE NOT
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  ALONE this morning.
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  You got to make the decision though to
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  love him.
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  He loves you.
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  Let me ask you this this morning.
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  You say, "Preacher, I'm here today and I
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  don't know Jesus.
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  I don't know Jesus." Preacher, I never
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  been saved.
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  Hey, you can know him today.
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  You'll never know a love on this side
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  sweeter than his love.
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  Oh, friend, I'm telling you, the longer
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  it goes, the sweeter it gets,
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  the more real it becomes.
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  It's just all you need. You just get to
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  a point in life and you just say, "Lord,
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  I I don't need nothing else. I don't
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  want NOTHING ELSE, LORD. I JUST WANT
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  YOU.
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  Hey sinner, you need to be saved today.
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  These altars are open. You can come.
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  Father, thank you for this good day.
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  Lord, I will love thee.
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  I'll worship you.
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  I'll bless your holy name.
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  You alone are worthy of all praise.
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  God, I don't deserve the least of your
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  mercies,
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  but God, you've been so good.
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  And Lord, I'll love you today.
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  I'll love you with my words. I'll love
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  you with my works, and I'll love you
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  with my witness. God,
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  I'll be what you've called me to be. And
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  I pray for every heart in here, they
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  would make that resolve today to love
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  you.
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  You've been faithful before. You'll be
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  faithful again. But Lord, I'm just
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  thankful that who you are today.
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  God is who you've always been and who
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  you always will be. That you never
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  change.
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  Help us to trust you today. I pray. Save
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  that one nearest tail.
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  And I pray that all of us who are saved
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  draw closer to you today. And we love
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  you, Lord. We ask you to help us now in
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  Jesus name. Amen. A
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  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
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  We'd love it if you'd join us in person
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  the next time you are able at Meadows
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  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
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  2988
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  Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
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  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
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  worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday
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  evening Bible study at 700 p.m. For more
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  information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.