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\nwe shall see.
\nThe daily tending of the the <\/p>\n
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\nTabernacle with the replenishing
\nof the incense for the the altar<\/p>\n
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\nof incense and also the the oil
\nfor the lampstand was by design.<\/p>\n
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\nThe word of and prayer go
\ntogether is this intimacy that <\/p>\n
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\nthat exists between those two.
\nGod talks with us through his <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s sort of a cliche to say <\/p>\n
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\nthat we we, we, we say that
\noften, but it it’s less <\/p>\n
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\ncontrived than we may think.
\nThere is a living person behind <\/p>\n
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\nthese words, the words of
\nScripture. <\/p>\n
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\nGod spoke those words.
\nIf you come with me to to Psalm <\/p>\n
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\n119, Psalm 119, and we begin.
\nVerse 13 with my lips, have I <\/p>\n
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\ndeclared all the judgments of
\nthy mouth? <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 72 The law of thy mouth is
\nbetter unto me than thousands of<\/p>\n
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\ngold and silver.
\nVerse 88 quicken me after thy <\/p>\n
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\nlove and kindness, so shall I
\nkeep the testimony of thy mouth.<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s obvious God spoke these
\nwords and this expression is not<\/p>\n
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\nsort of a poetic device used in
\nthe Psalms. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s it’s through the Word.
\nOnce you see it, you see it <\/p>\n
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\neverywhere that these words were
\nspoken out of the mouth of God. <\/p>\n
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\nConsider how the word of our
\nFather can speak to us. <\/p>\n
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\nLook at this in Proverbs chapter
\n6. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s 20.
\nIt’s up on the screen here. <\/p>\n
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\nMy son, keep thy father’s
\ncommandments, and forsake not <\/p>\n
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\nthe law of thy mother.
\nBind them continually upon thine<\/p>\n
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\nart, and tie them about thy
\nknee. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen thou goest, it shall leave
\nthee. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen thou sleepest it shall keep
\nthee, and when thou awakest it <\/p>\n
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\nshall talk with thee.
\nHis words talk with us. <\/p>\n
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\nJohn chapter one, verse one.
\nThose famous words in the <\/p>\n
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\nbeginning was the Word, and the
\nWord was with God, and the Word <\/p>\n
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\nwas God.
\nThat expression tells us that <\/p>\n
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\nthe Word is Him.
\nIt expresses who He is, His <\/p>\n
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\npurpose, what He wants.
\nSo the Bible and Bible study is <\/p>\n
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\ncoming to know Him and His Son
\nwhom He has sent. <\/p>\n
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\nNow look at what the Psalmist
\nsays in Psalm 119. <\/p>\n
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\nAgain, come back to to verse 2.
\nBlessed are they that keep His <\/p>\n
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\ntestimonies, and that seek Him
\nwith the whole heart. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 10 With my whole heart
\nhave I sought Thee. <\/p>\n
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\nOh, let me not wander from Thy
\ncommandments. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we know Psalm 119 is all
\nabout the Word of God, and the <\/p>\n
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\nseeking of Him is through His
\nWord. <\/p>\n
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\nBut look at it.
\nIt’s personal. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re seeking Him through the
\npages of that Word. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re trying to find Him, His
\npersonality, who He is, how he <\/p>\n
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\nthinks, how He feels.
\nThere’s a personality that spoke<\/p>\n
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\nthese words about Himself.
\nNow this is what Proverb, Bible <\/p>\n
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\nstudy and meditation is about.
\nWe seek Him as a living person. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it goes further because you
\nsee, we involve God personally <\/p>\n
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\nin our study of His word.
\nLook at verse 27. <\/p>\n
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\nMake me or cause me to
\nunderstand the way of Thy <\/p>\n
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\nprecepts.
\nSo shall I talk of thy wondrous <\/p>\n
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\nwords.
\nThe psalmist is praying to God <\/p>\n
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\nand asking him to show him that
\nGod help him to see these <\/p>\n
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\nthings.
\nIt’s again in verse 33. <\/p>\n
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\nTeach me, O Yahweh, the the, the
\nway of thy statues is not just <\/p>\n
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\nhis statues, it’s the way of his
\nstatutes. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he’s asking God to see that
\nthat way, and I shall keep it <\/p>\n
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\nunto the end.
\nVerse 35 Make me cause me to go <\/p>\n
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\nin the path of thy commandments,
\nfor therein do I delight incline<\/p>\n
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\nmy heart.
\nHe’s asking God to incline my <\/p>\n
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\nheart unto thy testimonies and
\nnot to covetousness. <\/p>\n
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\nNow each of these passages is a
\nprayer, and the psalmist asks <\/p>\n
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\nfor help not only to understand
\nthe Scripture, to understand the<\/p>\n
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\nway of that Scripture.
\nThe precepts have away a path, <\/p>\n
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\nand it’s the path of God’s
\nprecepts and statutes and his <\/p>\n
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\ncommandments that he wishes to
\nunderstand. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not just the preset, it’s
\nthe way and the principle, how <\/p>\n
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\nit works in all its avenues,
\nreally. <\/p>\n
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\nAs he meditates upon God’s Word,
\nthe psalmist ask God to become <\/p>\n
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\ninvolved with him personally in
\nhis Bible study. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Bible study isn’t about
\ngetting just the gems and, and <\/p>\n
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\nthe, and the, you know, the
\npoints and so on. <\/p>\n
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\nBible study is about coming to
\nknow him personally. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s a lifetime’s worth.
\nAnd the psalmist is asking God <\/p>\n
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\nto become involved in teaching
\nhim that that happens through <\/p>\n
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\nhis hand at work in our lives.
\nSo Bible study is more than just<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s involving ourselves with a <\/p>\n
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\npersonality whose voice is heard
\nthrough the pages of this book. <\/p>\n
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\nBut what about the word of God
\nin our prayers? <\/p>\n
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\nconcept soon that we’ve just <\/p>\n
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\nBut what about the word of God <\/p>\n
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\nPeople in Bible times cited <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you just look at the prayers<\/p>\n
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\nof Moses, Jeremiah, Daniel,
\nDavid, his car, all the faithful<\/p>\n
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\nwhose prayers are recorded in
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\nThey they cite, they allude to
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\nJonah, they’re full of <\/p>\n
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\nBut brothers and sisters, they <\/p>\n
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\ndidn’t do this to show off their
\nBible knowledge. <\/p>\n
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\nThey didn’t do it to sound
\nspiritual. <\/p>\n
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\nJonah didn’t pull out a pocket
\nBible in the whale’s valley to <\/p>\n
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\nimpress God. <\/p>\n
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\nThese passages came out of their
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\nTheir minds were full of these
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\nAnd that’s what they did. <\/p>\n
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\nThey used the scriptures, but
\nthey didn’t have a dedicated <\/p>\n
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\nThey had to commit the
\nscriptures to memory because <\/p>\n
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\nThere were very few scriptures
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\nNumbers 14 when Israel murmured <\/p>\n
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\nPromised Land, Yahweh declared <\/p>\n
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\nunto Moses, I will make a smite
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\ndisinherit them and will make of
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\nmightier than they Numbers 14
\nverse 12. <\/p>\n
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\nNow this is the second time that
\nGod offered Moses this this new <\/p>\n
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\nMoses and he could have kept the<\/p>\n
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\nthis. <\/p>\n
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\nBut we know what Moses did on
\nthe first time he appealed on <\/p>\n
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\nthe guard and said no, look you,
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\neyes of the nations because what
\nyou started you haven’t <\/p>\n
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\ncompleted and so is he was
\nconcerned with God’s honor. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, he does the same again.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
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\nNow on the previous occasion as
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\nonwards, God declared His name <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he he gave the the virtues <\/p>\n
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\nand seven. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what does he do this time?
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\nAnd now I beseech thee, let the
\npower of my Lord be great, <\/p>\n
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\naccording as thou hast spoken,
\nsaying Yahweh is long-suffering <\/p>\n
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\nand of great mercy for giving
\niniquity and transgression, and <\/p>\n
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\nby no means clearing the guilty,
\nvisiting the iniquity of the <\/p>\n
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\nfathers upon the children unto
\nthe 3rd and 4th generation. <\/p>\n
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\nPardon, I beseech thee, the
\niniquity of this people, <\/p>\n
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\nthy mercy, as thou hast forgiven<\/p>\n
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\nthis people from Egypt even
\nuntil now. <\/p>\n
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\nSee what he’s done.
\nHe’s appealed to God’s own <\/p>\n
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\nwords.
\nLet the power of my Lord be <\/p>\n
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\ngreat according as thou hast
\nspoken. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then he cites the
\ndeclaration that God made to him<\/p>\n
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\nback to God in from Exodus 34,
\nsix and seven. <\/p>\n
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\nNow in effect, Moses said to
\nGod, you declared unto me that <\/p>\n
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\nthis is what you’re like, and
\nnow is a time to give power to <\/p>\n
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\nyour words and your character.
\nAnd it worked because in verse <\/p>\n
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\n20 it says I have pardoned
\naccording to thy words. <\/p>\n
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\nHow powerful was that?
\nGod heard Moses prayer because <\/p>\n
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\nof what Moses said, and what
\nMoses said was what God had said<\/p>\n
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\nabout himself.
\nBut God wasn’t merely chuffed <\/p>\n
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\nthat Moses cited God’s words
\nback to him as if he’s vain like<\/p>\n
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\nman is.
\nSimply quoting God’s words in <\/p>\n
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\nprayer don’t make them spiritual
\nor acceptable. <\/p>\n
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\nMoses didn’t recite Exodus 34,
\nverses 6 and seven verbatim. <\/p>\n
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\nA lot of it is, but it’s not all
\nyou compare. <\/p>\n
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\nHere it is on the screen.
\nI’m sorry, I forgot about that <\/p>\n
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\nemphasis.
\nRight, Exodus 34. <\/p>\n
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\nHere it is on the screen.
\nAnd notice the words I’ve given <\/p>\n
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\nemphasis to long-suffering and
\ngoodness. <\/p>\n
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\nThat all that he said of God is
\ncovenant mercy which forgives. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the mercy that forgives.
\nThose are the two qualities he’s<\/p>\n
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\npicked out of God’s name and
\ngive an emphasis to because <\/p>\n
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\nthose are the two he
\nspecifically mentions. <\/p>\n
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\nHe selects part of Yahweh’s
\ndeclaration that were <\/p>\n
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\nappropriate to this occasion.
\nSo he called upon Yahweh’s <\/p>\n
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\nvirtues of long-suffering, His
\nslowness to anger, and he said <\/p>\n
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\nHis covenant mercy.
\nSo Moses drew upon those <\/p>\n
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\nattributes because he understood
\nIsrael’s situation and he <\/p>\n
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\nunderstood how God thinks, His
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\nphrases of Daniel’s passages,
\nand yet he more directly cites <\/p>\n
336
\n00:29:12,760 –> 00:29:18,760
\nLeviticus 26, verse 33,
\nDeuteronomy 425 to 27, third <\/p>\n
337
\n00:29:18,760 –> 00:29:22,160
\nchapter 30, verses 2 to 8, and
\nchapters 12. <\/p>\n
338
\n00:29:22,160 –> 00:29:26,520
\nThis is Deuteronomy 12\/5 to
\nseven and 1423 to 24. <\/p>\n
339
\n00:29:28,840 –> 00:29:31,720
\nNow you have, I hope of copying
\nall that down, but that’s <\/p>\n
340
\n00:29:31,720 –> 00:29:35,520
\nwhere’s mine going.
\nHe’d gone there. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:29:35,640 –> 00:29:38,840
\nThat’s the point.
\nHe’d studied that for himself. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:29:40,360 –> 00:29:43,320
\nDaniel directed them there, and
\nhe studied it for himself. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:29:45,880 –> 00:29:52,240
\nSee, these people wanted to make
\nsure that what they said to God <\/p>\n
344
\n00:29:52,840 –> 00:29:56,920
\nwas in tune with how he thought
\nand how God thinks. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:29:58,600 –> 00:30:04,000
\nSo they learned from the prayers
\nof the faithful, and they saw <\/p>\n
346
\n00:30:04,040 –> 00:30:08,800
\nhow God responded to them, not
\njust the words, but the thoughts<\/p>\n
347
\n00:30:08,800 –> 00:30:14,320
\nbehind them, and they went to
\nthe word itself to discover for <\/p>\n
348
\n00:30:14,320 –> 00:30:18,880
\nthemselves.
\nSo they were, they prayed and <\/p>\n
349
\n00:30:18,880 –> 00:30:23,240
\nthey were heard.
\nThey studied their Bibles to be <\/p>\n
350
\n00:30:23,240 –> 00:30:26,360
\nable to do this, brothers and
\nsisters, and they built up this <\/p>\n
351
\n00:30:26,360 –> 00:30:31,920
\nkind of relationship with God.
\nNow, I mentioned earlier to the <\/p>\n
352
\n00:30:31,920 –> 00:30:35,120
\nHebrews, Bible study wasn’t a
\nthing where you could go into a <\/p>\n
353
\n00:30:35,120 –> 00:30:39,560
\nroom full of lexicons and, and
\ndictionaries and, and all your <\/p>\n
354
\n00:30:39,560 –> 00:30:43,920
\nreference materials and, and sit
\nthere studying. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:30:43,920 –> 00:30:46,120
\nThey had to have the Bible in
\nhere. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:30:47,960 –> 00:30:51,800
\nFor the common folk.
\nIt meant sitting at the feet of <\/p>\n
357
\n00:30:51,800 –> 00:30:58,080
\nthe Levites and memorizing.
\nIt was an oral society so that <\/p>\n
358
\n00:30:58,080 –> 00:31:01,120
\nthey had to listen and they
\nheard and they had very good <\/p>\n
359
\n00:31:01,120 –> 00:31:06,800
\nmemories and then they could
\nthink upon those passages. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:31:07,800 –> 00:31:10,040
\nThat’s meditation, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:31:11,160 –> 00:31:14,840
\nNow, meditation is not the navel
\ngazing, emptying of the mind of <\/p>\n
362
\n00:31:14,840 –> 00:31:19,240
\nthe Hindus and the Buddhists,
\nthe New Ages and the therapists.<\/p>\n
363
\n00:31:21,760 –> 00:31:26,120
\nLook at what the Bible says.
\nThat meditationist come with me <\/p>\n
364
\n00:31:26,120 –> 00:31:31,640
\nto our reading in Psalm 1
\nconcerning the blessed or happy <\/p>\n
365
\n00:31:31,640 –> 00:31:37,360
\nman of verse one.
\nHe says in verse 2, but his <\/p>\n
366
\n00:31:37,360 –> 00:31:45,080
\ndelight is in the law of Yahweh
\nand in His law doth he meditate <\/p>\n
367
\n00:31:45,960 –> 00:31:50,200
\nday and night.
\nAnd the word meditate there is <\/p>\n
368
\n00:31:50,320 –> 00:31:55,240
\nHagar and it means to mutter,
\ntalk, meditate or muse. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:31:56,320 –> 00:31:59,640
\nHis delight is in the law of
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:31:59,640 –> 00:32:04,680
\nHis His happiness comes because
\nhe meditates in the law day and <\/p>\n
371
\n00:32:04,680 –> 00:32:07,600
\nnight.
\nSo that cannot mean that he sits<\/p>\n
372
\n00:32:07,600 –> 00:32:11,520
\nat a desk with his Bible open
\nand studying day and night. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:32:13,360 –> 00:32:17,040
\nSo what does it mean?
\nWell, it’s in the next verse, <\/p>\n
374
\n00:32:17,040 –> 00:32:20,160
\nverse three.
\nAnd he shall be like a tree <\/p>\n
375
\n00:32:20,360 –> 00:32:24,880
\nplanted by the rivers of water
\nthat bringeth forth his fruit <\/p>\n
376
\n00:32:24,880 –> 00:32:27,520
\nand his season.
\nHis leaf also shall not wither, <\/p>\n
377
\n00:32:27,640 –> 00:32:29,880
\nand whatsoever he doeth shall
\nprosper. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:32:29,880 –> 00:32:34,040
\nYou see, the tree is the key.
\nA person who meditates in the <\/p>\n
379
\n00:32:34,040 –> 00:32:38,840
\nLord day and night is like a
\ntree that’s planted right by the<\/p>\n
380
\n00:32:38,840 –> 00:32:42,640
\nrivers of the waters of the word
\nand he’s the roots are drawing <\/p>\n
381
\n00:32:42,640 –> 00:32:47,440
\nup from that water constantly.
\nConstantly as he goes about his <\/p>\n
382
\n00:32:47,520 –> 00:32:51,120
\nlife and as life throws things
\nat him, he’s constantly drawing <\/p>\n
383
\n00:32:51,120 –> 00:32:56,160
\nfrom that word in response.
\nThat’s what the Lord did, didn’t<\/p>\n
384
\n00:32:56,160 –> 00:32:58,800
\nhe?
\nIn the temptation he just drew <\/p>\n
385
\n00:32:58,800 –> 00:33:03,320
\nupon the word in answer.
\nAnd that’s what Brother Tim was <\/p>\n
386
\n00:33:03,320 –> 00:33:08,240
\ntalking about, using example of
\nof Josiah, how he would have <\/p>\n
387
\n00:33:08,240 –> 00:33:15,400
\napproached Veronico’s challenge.
\nAnd that’s what they did. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:33:16,880 –> 00:33:19,480
\nThey had that as the basis for
\nthe things that they did. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:33:20,440 –> 00:33:25,960
\nNow, Exodus 30 shows that there
\nwere set times for replenishing <\/p>\n
390
\n00:33:25,960 –> 00:33:32,240
\nthe incense and the oil.
\nAnd we’ve seen that what that <\/p>\n
391
\n00:33:32,240 –> 00:33:35,800
\nmeans for prayer, but it’s the
\nsame for Bible study. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:33:37,240 –> 00:33:43,440
\nThat expression morning and
\nevening we have seen to be also <\/p>\n
393
\n00:33:43,760 –> 00:33:49,560
\nnot just set times, but
\nidiomatic for constantly day and<\/p>\n
394
\n00:33:49,560 –> 00:33:57,840
\nnight.
\nSo Psalm one is expressing what <\/p>\n
395
\n00:33:57,840 –> 00:34:01,720
\nthat means to draw upon the word
\nconstantly. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:34:02,760 –> 00:34:07,200
\nRotherham renders Psalm one
\nverse two this way and in his <\/p>\n
397
\n00:34:07,200 –> 00:34:12,880
\nlaw Duffy talk with himself day
\nand night. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:34:13,400 –> 00:34:18,760
\nMeditation is about talking with
\nourselves about the word. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:34:19,360 –> 00:34:22,080
\nIt’s really talking to the word
\nin ourselves. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:34:23,040 –> 00:34:26,400
\nSo as we go about our daily
\nlives, as we assess those things<\/p>\n
401
\n00:34:26,400 –> 00:34:30,760
\nthat happen in our lives, but we
\nwe discuss with ourselves or <\/p>\n
402
\n00:34:30,760 –> 00:34:34,960
\nwith the word that we have, we
\nhave knowledge of and we think <\/p>\n
403
\n00:34:34,960 –> 00:34:36,800
\nabout the issues and then apply
\nit. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:34:38,480 –> 00:34:40,400
\nThat’s what it’s really saying.
\nAnd this makes sense. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:34:40,400 –> 00:34:45,000
\nYou see, if God’s word is in our
\nheart and we, when we ask of <\/p>\n
406
\n00:34:45,000 –> 00:34:48,520
\nthat word, answers to those
\nissues, the word gives an answer<\/p>\n
407
\n00:34:48,520 –> 00:34:51,040
\nback.
\nThat’s what it said in Proverbs <\/p>\n
408
\n00:34:51,040 –> 00:34:54,520
\n6, didn’t it?
\nWhen our awakest it shall talk <\/p>\n
409
\n00:34:54,520 –> 00:34:58,880
\nwith thee and the words that
\nwere spoken by our heavenly <\/p>\n
410
\n00:34:58,880 –> 00:35:03,400
\nFather.
\nIt’s like a conversation with <\/p>\n
411
\n00:35:03,400 –> 00:35:07,440
\nGod.
\nNow there are several words for <\/p>\n
412
\n00:35:07,440 –> 00:35:12,960
\nmeditation in the Old Testament.
\nHere’s a list of them and I <\/p>\n
413
\n00:35:12,960 –> 00:35:15,760
\nthink there there are others
\nthat are used as synonyms as <\/p>\n
414
\n00:35:15,760 –> 00:35:17,760
\nwell.
\nBut here’s words that are used <\/p>\n
415
\n00:35:18,080 –> 00:35:23,080
\nfor meditation.
\nHagar, hagiks, siak, suak, <\/p>\n
416
\n00:35:23,320 –> 00:35:26,840
\nzakhar, and generally they all
\nmean the same thing, thinking or<\/p>\n
417
\n00:35:26,840 –> 00:35:32,800
\ntalking about something.
\nThe word Zika and Zakhar have <\/p>\n
418
\n00:35:32,800 –> 00:35:38,120
\nthe idea of recalling.
\nIt’s still talking about <\/p>\n
419
\n00:35:38,120 –> 00:35:42,520
\nsomething that you’re recalling
\nin your mind now. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:35:42,520 –> 00:35:47,680
\nThe sounds are made-up of two
\nbasic types. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:35:48,840 –> 00:35:56,320
\nThey are either meditations or
\nthey are prayers, or a <\/p>\n
422
\n00:35:56,320 –> 00:36:04,760
\ncombination of both.
\nCome with me to Psalm 143. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:36:05,920 –> 00:36:12,600
\nLet’s have an example of a
\nprayer, Psalm 143. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:36:12,600 –> 00:36:19,960
\nNow look through the Psalm.
\nWho is David speaking to all the<\/p>\n
425
\n00:36:19,960 –> 00:36:30,640
\nway through the sun?
\nGod. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:36:30,880 –> 00:36:35,760
\nYeah, this one.
\nHe opens with an appeal to <\/p>\n
427
\n00:36:35,880 –> 00:36:38,840
\nYahweh to hear his prayer.
\nAnd throughout the Psalm, David <\/p>\n
428
\n00:36:38,960 –> 00:36:41,840
\naddresses God.
\nIt’s clearly a prayer. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:36:42,880 –> 00:36:48,080
\nNow, it’s the personal pronouns
\nfor a little bit of grammar <\/p>\n
430
\n00:36:48,080 –> 00:36:52,640
\nagain, but it’s not too hard.
\nThe personal pronouns are the <\/p>\n
431
\n00:36:52,640 –> 00:36:56,360
\nkey to whether it’s a meditation
\nor a prayer. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:36:56,800 –> 00:37:01,280
\nIt’s like this, the speaker is
\nin the first person, I, me, my, <\/p>\n
433
\n00:37:01,480 –> 00:37:05,560
\nand we ourselves and so on.
\nThat’s the first person. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:37:05,600 –> 00:37:10,040
\nThe second person is those that
\nare spoken to you, your and so <\/p>\n
435
\n00:37:10,040 –> 00:37:11,400
\non.
\nYou’re speaking directly to <\/p>\n
436
\n00:37:11,400 –> 00:37:17,640
\nsomeone and then the the third
\nperson are those spoken about. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:37:19,560 –> 00:37:24,120
\nNow prayers are spoken to.
\nThat’s in the second person to <\/p>\n
438
\n00:37:24,120 –> 00:37:28,520
\nYahweh.
\nMeditations are spoken about <\/p>\n
439
\n00:37:28,720 –> 00:37:33,200
\nYahweh in the third person, and
\nthat’s the key. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:37:34,600 –> 00:37:39,080
\nSo in the Psalm, it’s always
\nthee, thy, thy well in the AV. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:37:39,840 –> 00:37:44,080
\nThat’s what it is.
\nIt’s a it’s a prayer spoken to <\/p>\n
442
\n00:37:44,080 –> 00:37:46,320
\nGod.
\nIt’s in the second person. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:37:47,280 –> 00:37:53,520
\nNow notice how a meditation
\nspeaks about God, not to him. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:37:54,240 –> 00:38:05,720
\nCome with me to Psalm 103.
\nNow notice how he’s speaking <\/p>\n
445
\n00:38:05,720 –> 00:38:08,200
\nfirst of all to himself.
\nVerse one. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:38:08,440 –> 00:38:12,080
\nBless Yahweh, O my soul and all
\nthat is within me. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:38:12,080 –> 00:38:15,320
\nBless His holy name.
\nBless Yahweh O my soul, and <\/p>\n
448
\n00:38:15,320 –> 00:38:18,200
\nforget not all His benefit.
\nHe’s talking to himself. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:38:19,600 –> 00:38:26,760
\nThat’s meditation and all the
\nway through the Psalm you you <\/p>\n
450
\n00:38:26,760 –> 00:38:29,400
\nskim through and you’ll see it’s
\nall in the third person he’s <\/p>\n
451
\n00:38:29,400 –> 00:38:34,240
\nspeaking about.
\nHe is all the way through until <\/p>\n
452
\n00:38:34,240 –> 00:38:38,440
\nyou get to verse 20, and then
\nhe’s speaking directly to not <\/p>\n
453
\n00:38:38,440 –> 00:38:44,960
\nGod, but to others.
\nIn fact, it’s the angels in <\/p>\n
454
\n00:38:44,960 –> 00:38:48,640
\nverses 20 to 22, and he calls
\nupon others to bless Yahweh. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:38:49,200 –> 00:38:54,640
\nNow, meditations often do that.
\nMeditations speak to oneself, <\/p>\n
456
\n00:38:54,680 –> 00:39:02,040
\none’s soul, or they call out to
\nthe congregation, to their <\/p>\n
457
\n00:39:02,040 –> 00:39:07,840
\nenemies, to angels to also join
\nwith him. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:39:09,760 –> 00:39:12,080
\nAnd that’s what meditations are
\nlike. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:39:12,160 –> 00:39:18,160
\nIt’s like a real conversation
\nwith either oneself or with <\/p>\n
460
\n00:39:18,160 –> 00:39:20,480
\nothers.
\nAnd let’s have a look at another<\/p>\n
461
\n00:39:20,480 –> 00:39:24,040
\nexample.
\nPsalm 105, verses one to four <\/p>\n
462
\n00:39:24,560 –> 00:39:28,280
\ncalls the seed of Abraham.
\nIt’s there in verse six because <\/p>\n
463
\n00:39:28,280 –> 00:39:31,320
\nhe says, Oh, give thanks unto
\nYahweh, call it upon his name. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:39:31,320 –> 00:39:33,800
\nWho is he speaking to?
\nWell, he tells us in verse six, <\/p>\n
465
\n00:39:33,960 –> 00:39:36,920
\nO ye seed of Abraham, his
\nservant, ye children of Jacob <\/p>\n
466
\n00:39:36,920 –> 00:39:41,360
\nhas chosen.
\nSo he’s calling upon his people <\/p>\n
467
\n00:39:44,600 –> 00:39:46,840
\nto give thanks unto God.
\nAnd then you look through the <\/p>\n
468
\n00:39:46,840 –> 00:39:52,480
\nrest of the sun, all the way
\nthrough. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:39:53,000 –> 00:39:55,240
\nIt’s about God.
\nIt’s all in the third person. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:39:55,240 –> 00:39:58,840
\nHe is all the way through.
\nBut notice at the end of this <\/p>\n
471
\n00:39:59,200 –> 00:40:05,520
\n20, I’m sorry, it’s in verse.
\nNo, I’m getting mixed up here. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:40:05,520 –> 00:40:11,520
\nWhat we’ve got is in verse five
\nhe says, remember his marvellous<\/p>\n
473
\n00:40:11,520 –> 00:40:15,440
\nworks, that he had done his
\nwonders and the judgements of <\/p>\n
474
\n00:40:15,440 –> 00:40:18,920
\nhis mouth.
\nSo he calls upon the people to <\/p>\n
475
\n00:40:18,920 –> 00:40:23,520
\nthink upon what God has done and
\nthe rest of the sons, not just <\/p>\n
476
\n00:40:23,640 –> 00:40:28,160
\nthat word, remember, that’s that
\nword, Zachariah, it means to <\/p>\n
477
\n00:40:28,160 –> 00:40:30,840
\nbring to remembrance, to to Mull
\nover in the mind. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:40:31,520 –> 00:40:35,080
\nAnd so he’s remembering the
\nthings stored in the mind about <\/p>\n
479
\n00:40:35,080 –> 00:40:40,720
\nthe history of the people, about
\nGod and his history. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:40:43,960 –> 00:40:46,200
\nThis is typical of Israel’s
\nmeditations. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:40:46,240 –> 00:40:50,960
\nTheir history, creation, God’s
\ncharacter, his works are all <\/p>\n
482
\n00:40:50,960 –> 00:40:54,000
\nsignificant themes for their
\nmeditations. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:40:54,240 –> 00:40:58,040
\nAnd they’re drawing upon the
\nword in in connections through <\/p>\n
484
\n00:40:58,040 –> 00:41:01,840
\nthe word on these matters.
\nNow, other meditations are more <\/p>\n
485
\n00:41:02,080 –> 00:41:07,360
\npersonal now dealing with
\nobservations of life, of trials,<\/p>\n
486
\n00:41:07,600 –> 00:41:13,040
\nand of one’s need for God, what
\nothers simply contemplations <\/p>\n
487
\n00:41:13,040 –> 00:41:22,200
\nabout God.
\nPsalm 100, I just want you to <\/p>\n
488
\n00:41:22,200 –> 00:41:28,720
\nnotice the superscription
\nbecause Psalm 100 is a Psalm of <\/p>\n
489
\n00:41:29,240 –> 00:41:32,400
\npraise or Thanksgiving as it is,
\nbut it’s a Psalm. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:41:33,080 –> 00:41:38,560
\nAnd it’s interesting that that
\nthese meditations are sounds. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:41:40,360 –> 00:41:43,720
\nThey were meditations set to
\nmusic. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:41:44,720 –> 00:41:49,160
\nAnd if you think about it,
\npsalms contemplate and discuss a<\/p>\n
493
\n00:41:49,240 –> 00:41:55,720
\nparticular theme, and so do our
\nhymns, and many of which are <\/p>\n
494
\n00:41:55,720 –> 00:42:02,800
\nmeditations.
\nBoth psalms and hymns can also <\/p>\n
495
\n00:42:02,800 –> 00:42:07,240
\nbe prayers.
\nThey’re thinking about the <\/p>\n
496
\n00:42:07,240 –> 00:42:10,960
\nperson, and sometimes it’s to
\nthe person or to Yahweh. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:42:12,080 –> 00:42:16,000
\nNow, haven’t you found that?
\nNow most psalms I mentioned <\/p>\n
498
\n00:42:16,000 –> 00:42:19,720
\nearlier that some are
\ncombinations of, in fact, most <\/p>\n
499
\n00:42:19,960 –> 00:42:23,200
\nare combinations of prayer and
\nmeditations. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:42:23,400 –> 00:42:26,880
\nAnd I want to just give you an
\nexample of this Psalm 93. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:42:30,520 –> 00:42:32,880
\nNow we don’t have time.
\nI’m really skipping through <\/p>\n
502
\n00:42:32,880 –> 00:42:36,160
\nthis, I know, but and I’ve sort
\nof made it simple. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:42:37,160 –> 00:42:40,840
\nThis is how it goes in.
\nVerse one is a meditation <\/p>\n
504
\n00:42:40,840 –> 00:42:45,840
\nbecause it speaks about God.
\nVerses two to three are a prayer<\/p>\n
505
\n00:42:46,360 –> 00:42:48,520
\nbecause they speak directly to
\nGod. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:42:49,040 –> 00:42:51,400
\nVerse four is another
\nmeditation. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:42:52,200 –> 00:42:56,320
\nAnd verse five closes the Psalm
\nwith a prayer, and not just how <\/p>\n
508
\n00:42:56,320 –> 00:43:00,400
\nit drifts from meditation into
\nprayer and then back again. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:43:00,640 –> 00:43:04,560
\nThe the the psalmist meditation
\nin verse one is about God’s <\/p>\n
510
\n00:43:04,600 –> 00:43:09,440
\nmajesty and his strength and the
\nsurety of God’s word that the <\/p>\n
511
\n00:43:09,560 –> 00:43:12,200
\nearth or the land will not be
\nmoved. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:43:12,480 –> 00:43:18,760
\nAnd that thought spawned his
\nprayer in verses two to three, <\/p>\n
513
\n00:43:19,320 –> 00:43:24,120
\nwhich mentions the floods, which
\nleads to his meditation in verse<\/p>\n
514
\n00:43:24,120 –> 00:43:27,200
\nfour about Yahweh being mightier
\nthan many waters. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:43:29,640 –> 00:43:33,080
\nAnd then his meditation becomes
\na prayer at the end. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:43:33,280 –> 00:43:35,360
\nNow you can see how natural this
\nis. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:43:36,360 –> 00:43:41,440
\nCan you see how this works?
\nThere’s a certain informality <\/p>\n
518
\n00:43:42,480 –> 00:43:51,800
\nand yet a very deep reverence,
\neven an intensity here in these <\/p>\n
519
\n00:43:51,800 –> 00:43:57,720
\ntimes spent with God and His
\nWord, and it’s all taking place <\/p>\n
520
\n00:43:57,720 –> 00:44:02,360
\nin the mind.
\nWe’ll look at one more, Psalm <\/p>\n
521
\n00:44:02,360 –> 00:44:15,230
\n16, Psalm 16, and once again
\nI’ll put it up here. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:44:15,230 –> 00:44:19,710
\nThe breakdown, verse one this
\ntime opens with the prayer, and <\/p>\n
523
\n00:44:20,830 –> 00:44:24,910
\nthen verses 2 to halfway through
\nverse 5 is a meditation. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:44:25,070 –> 00:44:27,750
\nAnd then there’s this little
\nprayer, the second part of verse<\/p>\n
525
\n00:44:27,750 –> 00:44:32,240
\nfive, as he quickly gives a
\nprayer to God based on his <\/p>\n
526
\n00:44:32,240 –> 00:44:37,400
\nmeditation, and then immediately
\nin verses 6 to 9 goes back into <\/p>\n
527
\n00:44:37,400 –> 00:44:41,480
\nhis meditation.
\nAnd then verses 10:50, he closes<\/p>\n
528
\n00:44:41,480 –> 00:44:47,800
\nwith prayer.
\nNow, often what’s happening here<\/p>\n
529
\n00:44:47,880 –> 00:44:53,480
\nas they move from one to the
\nother, that it’s their <\/p>\n
530
\n00:44:53,480 –> 00:44:58,160
\nreflection, their meditation is
\nusually about convincing <\/p>\n
531
\n00:44:58,160 –> 00:45:03,280
\nthemselves, adding to what
\nthey’ve asked in their prayer or<\/p>\n
532
\n00:45:03,280 –> 00:45:07,400
\nsaid in their prayer.
\nHave you ever noticed this, <\/p>\n
533
\n00:45:07,400 –> 00:45:15,000
\nbrothers and sisters?
\nYou know, often in our prayers, <\/p>\n
534
\n00:45:15,000 –> 00:45:19,480
\nour minds will drift off onto
\nthe subject we’ve been thinking <\/p>\n
535
\n00:45:19,480 –> 00:45:25,000
\nabout in our prayers, our
\nthoughts, sort of wonders and <\/p>\n
536
\n00:45:25,000 –> 00:45:26,560
\nthoughts about what you’ve just
\nsaid. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:45:28,280 –> 00:45:30,640
\nWe view this as a lack of
\nconcentration. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:45:32,080 –> 00:45:36,880
\nBut the faithful in Israel did
\nthis on purpose, yet they <\/p>\n
539
\n00:45:36,920 –> 00:45:42,160
\npracticed it.
\nIt’s how they meditate. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:45:45,480 –> 00:45:48,480
\nAnd sometimes it was how they
\nprayed and they meditated. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:45:48,600 –> 00:45:51,560
\nCan you see?
\nYou see that intimately involved<\/p>\n
542
\n00:45:51,560 –> 00:45:56,200
\ntogether the two the word of God
\nin prayer. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:45:58,360 –> 00:46:01,080
\nThere’s more to this than we may
\nrealize. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:46:01,280 –> 00:46:04,960
\nNotice how the transition from
\nmeditation into prayer in verse <\/p>\n
545
\n00:46:04,960 –> 00:46:08,120
\n9 Here he’s meditating in verse
\n9. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:46:08,320 –> 00:46:13,400
\nTherefore my heart is glad, and
\nmy glory rejoiceth, my flesh <\/p>\n
547
\n00:46:13,400 –> 00:46:17,600
\nalso shall rest and hope for
\nthat will not leave myself for <\/p>\n
548
\n00:46:17,600 –> 00:46:20,280
\nthat.
\nSee, he’s just just slid into a <\/p>\n
549
\n00:46:20,280 –> 00:46:24,640
\nprayer.
\nIt’s as if the meditation was <\/p>\n
550
\n00:46:24,640 –> 00:46:29,880
\npart of his prayer.
\nNow I want to show you just how <\/p>\n
551
\n00:46:29,880 –> 00:46:38,600
\nclose come with me to Psalm 19.
\nNow Psalm 19 is a meditation on <\/p>\n
552
\n00:46:38,600 –> 00:46:42,800
\nthe Word of God, but it
\nconcludes with the prayer verse <\/p>\n
553
\n00:46:42,800 –> 00:46:45,360
\n14.
\nLet the, and this is the prayer,<\/p>\n
554
\n00:46:45,680 –> 00:46:51,080
\nlet the words of my mouth and
\nthe meditation of my heart be <\/p>\n
555
\n00:46:51,080 –> 00:46:55,800
\nacceptable in Thy sight, O
\nYahweh, my strength and my <\/p>\n
556
\n00:46:55,800 –> 00:47:03,000
\nredeem.
\nHe’s asking God to consider His <\/p>\n
557
\n00:47:03,000 –> 00:47:10,160
\nmeditation in His prayer.
\nIs He here A prayer and the word<\/p>\n
558
\n00:47:10,160 –> 00:47:18,120
\nof God put together intimately,
\nBoth are done before God for His<\/p>\n
559
\n00:47:18,120 –> 00:47:21,480
\nconsideration.
\nNow this is significant. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:47:23,160 –> 00:47:28,320
\nJust come back to Psalm 18.
\nLook at verse one. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:47:31,640 –> 00:47:33,840
\nI will love thee, O Yahweh, my
\nstrength. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:47:35,920 –> 00:47:40,520
\nThat’s a prayer.
\nVerse two, Yahweh is my rock and<\/p>\n
563
\n00:47:40,520 –> 00:47:43,040
\nmy fortress is the third person.
\nIt’s a meditation. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:47:43,480 –> 00:47:48,280
\nSo there’s this little prayer at
\nthe beginning and then from <\/p>\n
565
\n00:47:48,280 –> 00:47:51,320
\nverse two right through to verse
\n48, it’s all on the third <\/p>\n
566
\n00:47:51,320 –> 00:47:53,440
\nperson.
\nIt’s a meditation is spoken <\/p>\n
567
\n00:47:53,440 –> 00:47:57,800
\nabout Yahweh.
\nIt’s a meditation on how Yahweh <\/p>\n
568
\n00:47:57,800 –> 00:48:00,240
\nsaved David out of the hand of
\nhis enemies. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:48:00,360 –> 00:48:03,480
\nAnd it right runs right through
\nto verse 48 and then he breaks <\/p>\n
570
\n00:48:03,520 –> 00:48:08,800
\ninto another prayer in verse 49
\nand then back to meditation in <\/p>\n
571
\n00:48:08,800 –> 00:48:14,840
\nverse 50.
\nNow we have a record of when <\/p>\n
572
\n00:48:14,840 –> 00:48:19,400
\nthis son was first written.
\nNow I want you to hold your hand<\/p>\n
573
\n00:48:19,400 –> 00:48:25,560
\nhere, and compare with that
\noccasion and 2nd of Samuel and <\/p>\n
574
\n00:48:25,560 –> 00:48:39,180
\nchapter 22, Second Samuel
\nchapter 22 and verse one. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:48:39,820 –> 00:48:44,100
\nAnd David spake unto Yahweh the
\nwords of this song in the day <\/p>\n
576
\n00:48:44,100 –> 00:48:46,380
\nthat Yahweh had delivered him
\nout of the hand of all his <\/p>\n
577
\n00:48:46,380 –> 00:48:48,380
\nenemies, and out of the hand of
\nSaul. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:48:48,380 –> 00:48:51,740
\nAnd he said, Yahweh is my rock,
\nand my fortress, and my <\/p>\n
579
\n00:48:51,740 –> 00:48:53,660
\ndelivery.
\nHe goes straight to verse two of<\/p>\n
580
\n00:48:53,660 –> 00:48:56,740
\nPsalm 18.
\nHe does not open with the word <\/p>\n
581
\n00:48:56,740 –> 00:49:01,880
\nof prayer, but look at how it
\nwas delivered. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:49:04,520 –> 00:49:13,640
\nDavid spake unto Yahweh the
\nwords of this meditation, the <\/p>\n
583
\n00:49:13,640 –> 00:49:19,520
\nsong.
\nThis means his meditation about <\/p>\n
584
\n00:49:20,120 –> 00:49:29,640
\nGod was still uttered to him.
\nThat’s this is pretty powerful <\/p>\n
585
\n00:49:29,640 –> 00:49:31,400
\nstuff.
\nThis is how they thought, <\/p>\n
586
\n00:49:31,440 –> 00:49:33,880
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nThis is how they did their Bible<\/p>\n
587
\n00:49:33,880 –> 00:49:41,070
\nstudy.
\nIt’s incredible really, isn’t <\/p>\n
588
\n00:49:41,070 –> 00:49:43,270
\nit?
\nNow we’ve labored the point that<\/p>\n
589
\n00:49:43,270 –> 00:49:48,070
\nGod spoke his word and he speaks
\nto us through his word. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:49:48,750 –> 00:49:52,470
\nBut here it says that we should
\ndo our Bible study and <\/p>\n
591
\n00:49:52,470 –> 00:49:55,950
\nmeditations in the presence of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:49:58,200 –> 00:50:03,920
\nIt’s like a real conversation.
\nAnd so as we’re doing our Bible <\/p>\n
593
\n00:50:03,920 –> 00:50:06,840
\nstudy, we also talk with him
\nabout it. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:50:08,480 –> 00:50:10,640
\nThat’s meaningful Bible study,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n
595
\n00:50:14,960 –> 00:50:18,920
\nWe view Bible study as studying
\nabout God, don’t we? <\/p>\n
596
\n00:50:21,640 –> 00:50:24,960
\nBut this is how they did it.
\nIt should be done in his <\/p>\n
597
\n00:50:24,960 –> 00:50:27,120
\npresent.
\nWe should include Him in our <\/p>\n
598
\n00:50:27,120 –> 00:50:30,880
\nthinking about him and talk to
\nHim about it. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:50:30,880 –> 00:50:34,400
\nIt is this intimacy in the
\ncommunication. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:50:34,440 –> 00:50:38,080
\nIt is this is a relationship.
\nBecause He’s real, we believe he<\/p>\n
601
\n00:50:38,080 –> 00:50:41,040
\nexists and he’s talking to us.
\nThis is real. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:50:43,040 –> 00:50:46,960
\nNow, because of this close link
\nbetween meditation and prayer, <\/p>\n
603
\n00:50:47,400 –> 00:50:52,560
\nwe often find that the words
\ntranslated meditation are often <\/p>\n
604
\n00:50:52,600 –> 00:50:57,760
\nalso used for prayer because
\nthey’re closely linked. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:50:58,080 –> 00:51:01,000
\nLook at this example, Psalm 5,
\nverse one. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:51:01,760 –> 00:51:05,520
\nGive ear unto my words, O
\nYahweh, consider my meditation, <\/p>\n
607
\n00:51:05,520 –> 00:51:08,120
\nHagi.
\nHow can unto the voice of my <\/p>\n
608
\n00:51:08,120 –> 00:51:12,440
\ncry, my King and my God, For
\nunto thee will I pray my, my <\/p>\n
609
\n00:51:12,440 –> 00:51:15,640
\nvoice shall shall thou hear in
\nthe morning, O Yahweh, In the <\/p>\n
610
\n00:51:15,640 –> 00:51:19,680
\nmorning will I direct my prayer
\nunto Thee, and will will look up<\/p>\n
611
\n00:51:20,080 –> 00:51:22,920
\nso clearly.
\nHe’s talking really primarily <\/p>\n
612
\n00:51:22,920 –> 00:51:26,560
\nabout prayer here.
\nAnd even the word meditation <\/p>\n
613
\n00:51:26,560 –> 00:51:31,280
\nhere means mutterings, but
\nthey’re mutterings of much <\/p>\n
614
\n00:51:31,280 –> 00:51:36,360
\nthought in prayer.
\nAnd here look at this one, Psalm<\/p>\n
615
\n00:51:36,360 –> 00:51:40,560
\n55, verses 16 to 17.
\nAs for me, I will call upon God <\/p>\n
616
\n00:51:40,680 –> 00:51:43,800
\nand Yahweh shall say to me
\nevening and morning, and at noon<\/p>\n
617
\n00:51:43,880 –> 00:51:47,880
\nwill I pray and cry loud.
\nAnd he shall hear my voice. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:51:48,360 –> 00:51:51,200
\nAnd he’s clearly speaking about
\nprayer here. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:51:51,640 –> 00:51:55,320
\nBut the word pray is siach, a
\nword for meditation. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:51:56,280 –> 00:51:59,280
\nAnd it, it obviously is
\nreferring to the kind of prayer <\/p>\n
621
\n00:51:59,360 –> 00:52:02,440
\nthat we’ve been talking about, a
\nmeditative prayer. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:52:07,520 –> 00:52:10,560
\nAnd so here we have both the
\nword and prayer brought together<\/p>\n
623
\n00:52:10,800 –> 00:52:15,160
\nat the times of prayer, morning
\nand evening, morning at noon, <\/p>\n
624
\n00:52:16,040 –> 00:52:19,600
\nthey go together.
\nReally, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
625
\n00:52:19,600 –> 00:52:28,280
\nmeditation is a form of prayer.
\nNow, I’ve already got to <\/p>\n
626
\n00:52:28,280 –> 00:52:31,240
\nconclude them.
\nI wanted to give you a fantastic<\/p>\n
627
\n00:52:31,240 –> 00:52:33,600
\nexample.
\nI’ll leave you with that. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:52:35,200 –> 00:52:37,760
\nJust to let you know you’ve
\nmissed out on something amazing <\/p>\n
629
\n00:52:41,280 –> 00:52:46,840
\nin Psalm 77 and you’ve got all
\nthese words for for prayer. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:52:49,840 –> 00:52:53,120
\nBrother Daniel, am I able to
\nfinish right on 11? <\/p>\n
631
\n00:52:54,320 –> 00:52:56,520
\nIs that OK?
\nOr should I finish now? <\/p>\n
632
\n00:52:56,520 –> 00:52:57,800
\nI don’t mind finishing right
\nnow. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:53:01,440 –> 00:53:03,520
\nThank you.
\nAll right, let’s do this at <\/p>\n
634
\n00:53:03,520 –> 00:53:08,320
\nsuper speed.
\nPsalm 77 and we’ve got several <\/p>\n
635
\n00:53:08,320 –> 00:53:12,800
\nof our words for meditation that
\nall in this this the sun. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:53:13,720 –> 00:53:19,600
\nIt’s clearly a meditation about
\nmeditation, but it also includes<\/p>\n
637
\n00:53:19,600 –> 00:53:27,760
\nprayers.
\nPsalm 77 And in verse one I <\/p>\n
638
\n00:53:27,760 –> 00:53:32,280
\ncried unto Yahweh with my voice,
\neven unto God with my voice, and<\/p>\n
639
\n00:53:32,280 –> 00:53:36,360
\nI gave, and he gave ear unto me.
\nIn the day of my trouble I <\/p>\n
640
\n00:53:36,360 –> 00:53:39,440
\nsought the Lord.
\nMy soul ran in the night and <\/p>\n
641
\n00:53:39,440 –> 00:53:42,560
\nceased not.
\nMy soul refused to be comforted.<\/p>\n
642
\n00:53:42,800 –> 00:53:48,880
\nI remembered Zakah God and was
\ntroubled. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:53:49,200 –> 00:53:58,400
\nI complained seer he meditated
\nand my spirit was overwhelmed. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:53:58,520 –> 00:54:00,640
\nSina.
\nNow why was he troubled when he <\/p>\n
645
\n00:54:00,640 –> 00:54:04,560
\nmeditated upon God’s word?
\nWell, he was so distressed, he <\/p>\n
646
\n00:54:04,560 –> 00:54:08,560
\nsays, and verse 4 Thou wholest
\nmy eyes waking, and I’m so <\/p>\n
647
\n00:54:08,560 –> 00:54:12,800
\ntroubled I cannot speak.
\nHis meditation caused his <\/p>\n
648
\n00:54:12,920 –> 00:54:17,000
\nsleeplessness and he finds it
\ndifficult to continue with his <\/p>\n
649
\n00:54:17,000 –> 00:54:18,600
\nmeditation.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
650
\n00:54:19,240 –> 00:54:23,760
\nWell, this is what he had done.
\nVerse five I have considered, <\/p>\n
651
\n00:54:24,120 –> 00:54:28,400
\ncounted, reckoned, thought upon.
\nHe meditated, meditated upon the<\/p>\n
652
\n00:54:28,400 –> 00:54:31,360
\ndays of old, the years of
\nancient times. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:54:31,520 –> 00:54:38,160
\nI called to remembrance my song.
\nThis was a meditation he had <\/p>\n
654
\n00:54:38,160 –> 00:54:44,360
\nwritten and he’d made into a
\nsong and and he recalled that <\/p>\n
655
\n00:54:44,360 –> 00:54:47,160
\nsong in the night I commute.
\nSee ya. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:54:47,280 –> 00:54:52,760
\nHe talked with my own heart and
\nmy spirit made diligent search <\/p>\n
657
\n00:54:52,880 –> 00:54:55,480
\nand he searched the scriptures
\nin his mind. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:54:55,720 –> 00:54:58,120
\nThis is part of what meditation
\nis. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:55:01,000 –> 00:55:02,600
\nWhat was it then that disturbed
\nhim? <\/p>\n
660
\n00:55:02,720 –> 00:55:07,200
\nWell, he says verse seven, will
\nthe Lord cast off forever? <\/p>\n
661
\n00:55:07,720 –> 00:55:09,600
\nAnd will he be favourable no
\nmore? <\/p>\n
662
\n00:55:09,880 –> 00:55:12,880
\nIs his mercy clear?
\nGod forever Does his promise <\/p>\n
663
\n00:55:12,880 –> 00:55:15,720
\nfail forevermore?
\nHath God forgotten to be <\/p>\n
664
\n00:55:15,720 –> 00:55:18,600
\ngracious?
\nHath he in anger shut up his <\/p>\n
665
\n00:55:18,800 –> 00:55:20,720
\ntender mercies?
\nSealer? <\/p>\n
666
\n00:55:21,200 –> 00:55:25,600
\nAnd he searches the Scriptures,
\nHe searches the Word, and he <\/p>\n
667
\n00:55:25,600 –> 00:55:29,040
\ncan’t find anywhere that God has
\ncast off forever. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:55:33,920 –> 00:55:37,160
\nBut the circumstances he’s in
\nseem to deny this. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:55:39,160 –> 00:55:43,360
\nIt’s like that at times, isn’t
\nit, Brothers and sisters, what <\/p>\n
670
\n00:55:43,360 –> 00:55:46,600
\nthe Word says in our own
\ncircumstances at times seem like<\/p>\n
671
\n00:55:46,600 –> 00:55:51,000
\nGod has forsaken us.
\nThat’s how the sun was felt. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:55:51,520 –> 00:55:54,440
\nAnd then he pulls himself
\ntogether in in verse 10. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:55:55,360 –> 00:56:03,560
\nAnd I said this is my infirmity,
\nbut I will remember the years of<\/p>\n
674
\n00:56:03,560 –> 00:56:06,600
\nthe right hand of the Most High.
\nHe’s strengthening himself now. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:56:07,360 –> 00:56:12,520
\nI will remember the works of
\nYahweh, third person about <\/p>\n
676
\n00:56:12,520 –> 00:56:16,480
\nYahweh, surely I will remember
\nthy wonders about. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:56:16,480 –> 00:56:20,000
\nHe’s turned into a prayer man.
\nHe’s trying to strengthen <\/p>\n
678
\n00:56:20,000 –> 00:56:23,040
\nhimself.
\nHe speaks directly to God, and <\/p>\n
679
\n00:56:23,040 –> 00:56:26,080
\nso he now meditates, but not
\nonly is he speaking to himself, <\/p>\n
680
\n00:56:26,200 –> 00:56:28,640
\nhe’s speaking to God because
\nhe’s wanting to strengthen <\/p>\n
681
\n00:56:28,640 –> 00:56:31,600
\nhimself in God and the reality
\nof God. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:56:32,000 –> 00:56:36,240
\nVerse 13 Thy way, O God, is in
\nthe century, and to himself he <\/p>\n
683
\n00:56:36,240 –> 00:56:38,720
\nsays, Who is so great a God is
\nour God. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:56:39,120 –> 00:56:40,520
\nAnd then he continues his
\nprayer. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:56:40,760 –> 00:56:42,880
\nThou art the God that doest
\nwonders. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:56:42,960 –> 00:56:45,320
\nThou hast declared thy strength
\namong the people. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:56:45,440 –> 00:56:48,400
\nThou hast with thine own arm
\nredeemed thy people. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:56:48,400 –> 00:56:50,520
\nThe sons of Jacob and Joseph
\nsealer. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:56:50,520 –> 00:56:52,920
\nThe water saw thee of God, the
\nwater saw thee. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:56:52,920 –> 00:56:55,360
\nThey were afraid.
\nThe depths also were troubled. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:56:55,360 –> 00:56:58,920
\nAnd so he goes on meditating,
\nand he’s just filling his mind <\/p>\n
692
\n00:56:59,080 –> 00:57:03,120
\nto encourage himself.
\nIt’s magnificent, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
693
\n00:57:04,640 –> 00:57:08,320
\nIt’s so helpful.
\nThe thing is, brothers and <\/p>\n
694
\n00:57:08,320 –> 00:57:12,480
\nsisters, this is how the
\nfaithful of old thought upon <\/p>\n
695
\n00:57:12,480 –> 00:57:14,840
\nGod’s word.
\nThat’s why Christ broke into <\/p>\n
696
\n00:57:15,040 –> 00:57:17,160
\nprayers and then continued on
\ntalking. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:57:17,280 –> 00:57:21,920
\nThat’s why Nehemiah in his his
\ndiary is writing along his diary<\/p>\n
698
\n00:57:21,920 –> 00:57:25,200
\nof the facts of the day, and he
\nincludes his prayers dotted all <\/p>\n
699
\n00:57:25,200 –> 00:57:28,200
\nthe way through it.
\nThat’s why Paul in his letters <\/p>\n
700
\n00:57:28,320 –> 00:57:32,080
\njust breaks into prayers,
\nbecause that’s how they thought.<\/p>\n
701
\n00:57:32,880 –> 00:57:35,680
\nNow we can do this, brother and
\nsisters, and we can start <\/p>\n
702
\n00:57:35,680 –> 00:57:40,120
\npractising it because Christ
\ngave us a meditation, the Lord’s<\/p>\n
703
\n00:57:40,120 –> 00:57:43,640
\nPrayer, so easy to remember.
\nMeditate upon it. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:57:44,400 –> 00:57:49,560
\nI need to conclude, and I’ll
\nleave on the screen, the fact <\/p>\n
705
\n00:57:49,560 –> 00:57:55,440
\nthat God loves us to do this.
\nIt’s those who speak one to <\/p>\n
706
\n00:57:55,440 –> 00:58:08,240
\nanother who think upon His name,
\nthat He looks to None.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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