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May 10 - Psalm 115 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is, Friday, the end of
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  another week, and congratulations for making it
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  here. I hope you're doing well.
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  I hope the week's been a good one and the weekend ahead is
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  looking grand as it lays itself before you.
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  But there's probably a little bit of life to be lived between
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  now and the weekend. And so to get us along our way,
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  we are going to read a Sam together, which is how we do our
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  Fridays together. We are up to some 115, which is
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  part of this little section of Psalms between 113 and 118 that
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  is celebrated red sung together by Jewish people as they
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  celebrate the Passover. This is part of their tradition
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  and something that never really occurred to me, but I was just
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  reading earlier is that therefore, this sound that we're
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  going to read today was on the lips of Jesus as he and his
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  disciples celebrated the Passover feast the night that he
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  was betrayed. So we are going to share this
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  arm that our Lord shared with his disciples on that night.
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  This is a Sam that talks about God's saving his people from
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  their oppressors. How cool is that?
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  So, friends, let's do it. Let us read together, Psalm 115
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  Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name goes all the
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  glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness.
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  Why? Let the nations say Where is
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  their God. Our God is in the heavens, and
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  He does as He wishes. Their idols are merely things of
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  silver and gold, shaped by human hands.
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  They have mouths, but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.
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  They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell.
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  They have hands but cannot feel, and feet but cannot walk, and
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  throats but cannot make a sound. And those who make idols are
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  just like them, as are all who trust in them all.
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  Israel trust the Lord. He is your helper and your
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  shield. I'll priests descendants of
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  Aaron, trust the Lord. He is your helper and your
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  shield. All you who fear the Lord trust
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  the Lord. He is your helper and your
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  shield. The Lord remembers us and will
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  bless us. He will bless the people of
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  Israel and bless the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
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  He will bless those who fear the Lord both great and lowly.
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  May the Lord richly bless both you and your children.
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  May you be blessed by the Lord who made heaven and earth.
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  The heavens belong to the Lord, but He has given the earth to
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  all humanity. The dead cannot sing praises to
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  the Lord, for they have gone into the silence of the grave.
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  But we can praise the Lord both now and forever.
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  Praise the Lord. Lord, what higher calling could
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  we possibly have for our lives and to spend each day in praise
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  of you, removed from our lips? Everything that does not praise
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  you a raise. Everything in our hearts that
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  does not call your praise. Take from our hands every action
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  that we would perform that does not shine praise to you, for you
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  are our praiseworthy God. May every one of those deaf,
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  dumb and blind idols be stripped from us and our lives, leaving
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  you and only you, Lord, worthy of our praise.
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  So here we are, Your people. We give you our praise in
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  everything we do, all in the name of Jesus.
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  Amen.