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Psalms That Connect Us With God Pt. 4 · Time with God with John North

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  Speaker 1: Good morning. We're looking all this week at Psalms in
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  Speaker 1: the Bible that reflect King David's beautiful relationship with God,
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  Speaker 1: a personal, caring relationship that's growing.
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  Speaker 1: As we look at these psalms, it just challenges us
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  Speaker 1: and encourages us, doesn't it, to build a personal relationship
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  Speaker 1: with God. Don't just be committed to God. Don't just
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  Speaker 1: be committed to church.
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  Speaker 1: Rather grow your relationship with God, not just your knowledge
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  Speaker 1: about God, not just your knowledge of the Bible, but
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  Speaker 1: rather go to the Bible to know God, to hear
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  Speaker 1: from God, to respond to God, to talk to Him,
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  Speaker 1: build a relationship with Him.
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  Speaker 1: Each day we're looking at a different Psalm this week
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  Speaker 1: that reflects David's relationship with God, and today Psalm 66.
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  Speaker 1: In this Psalm, David has gone through some hard times,
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  Speaker 1: and he's come out of them and has trusted God
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  Speaker 1: through it all, and he just talks about it here.
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  Speaker 1: He says, Shout for joy to God, all the earth,
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  Speaker 1: sing the glory of His name. Give to Him glorious praise.
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  Speaker 1: Say to God.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, how awesome are your deeds. So great is your
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  Speaker 1: power that your enemies come cringing to you. All the
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  Speaker 1: earth worships you and sings praises to you. They sing
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  Speaker 1: praises to your name.
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  Speaker 1: Then he steps out of his direct conversation with God
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  Speaker 1: and starts speaking to us. He says, come and see
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  Speaker 1: what God has done. He is awesome in his deeds
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  Speaker 1: toward the children of men.
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  Speaker 1: He turned the sea into dry land. That's when the
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  Speaker 1: people of Israel crossed the Red Sea as they escaped
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  Speaker 1: from Egypt. They passed through the river on foot.
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  Speaker 1: There did we rejoice in Him who rules by His
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  Speaker 1: might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations. Let
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  Speaker 1: not the rebellious exalt themselves. Bless our God, O peoples.
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  Speaker 1: Let the sound of His praise be heard, who has
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  Speaker 1: kept our soul among the living and has not let
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  Speaker 1: our feet slip.
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  Speaker 1: For You, O God, have tested us. You have tried
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  Speaker 1: us as silver is tried. You brought us into the net.
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  Speaker 1: You laid a crushing burden on our backs. You let
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  Speaker 1: men ride over our heads.
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  Speaker 1: We went through fire and through water.
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel like that's you right now going through
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  Speaker 1: fire and water? You're trying to understand why is God
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  Speaker 1: letting this happen in my life? Why isn't He, uh,
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  Speaker 1: setting me free from this difficult time, this painful situation.
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  Speaker 1: You, God, have tested us. You've tried us as silver
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  Speaker 1: is tried.
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  Speaker 1: We went through fire and through water, and then listened
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  Speaker 1: to him.
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  Speaker 1: Yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.
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  Speaker 1: No matter what you're going through now, hold on to God.
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  Speaker 1: Trust God. He may be testing you, trying you, growing
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  Speaker 1: you by teaching you to trust Him in difficult times.
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  Speaker 1: But if you hold on to Him, obey Him, and
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  Speaker 1: trust Him, He will bring you out.
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  Speaker 1: Of that difficult time into a place of abundance.
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  Speaker 1: He says, I will come into your house, God, with
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  Speaker 1: burnt offerings. I will perform my vows to you that
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  Speaker 1: which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I
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  Speaker 1: was in trouble.
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  Speaker 1: I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals
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  Speaker 1: with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams. I will
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  Speaker 1: make an offering of bulls and goats. That's in those
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  Speaker 1: days how they showed their thankfulness to God. How can
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  Speaker 1: you show your thankfulness to God if He's brought you
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  Speaker 1: out of a really hard time into a place of abundance?
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  Speaker 1: How will you show Him your thankfulness?
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  Speaker 1: He goes on to say,
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  Speaker 1: Come and hear all you who fear God, and I
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  Speaker 1: will tell what He has done for my soul.
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  Speaker 1: I really encourage you as you grow in your relationship
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  Speaker 1: with God, just to be open about it with the
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  Speaker 1: people around you. Tell them what God has done for you,
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  Speaker 1: what He has done for your soul.
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  Speaker 1: He says, I cried to God with my mouth, and
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  Speaker 1: high praise was on my tongue. If I had cherished
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  Speaker 1: iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
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  Speaker 1: But truly God has listened. He has attended to the
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  Speaker 1: voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, because He has
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  Speaker 1: not rejected my prayer or removed His steadfast love from me.
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  Speaker 1: I'm John North.