Passion with Louie Giglio

Louie Giglio - Worshipping You Way Through The Wilderness

June 7, 2026 | 27:27

Messages of hope and redemption from Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, with Louie Giglio.

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Passion with Louie Giglio | Louie Giglio - Worshipping You Way Through The Wilderness | June 7, 2026

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>> i'm so excited
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>> i'm so excited about the message today.
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About the message today. i kind of want to come
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I kind of want to come around this idea that what
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Around this idea that what we are desperate for,
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We are desperate for, we give our attention to.
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We give our attention to. and as it relates to being
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And as it relates to being desperate for god,
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Desperate for god, i think one of the clearest
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I think one of the clearest pictures of what that looks
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Pictures of what that looks like in the scripture is
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Like in the scripture is found in psalm 63.
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Found in psalm 63. it's a short psalm,
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It's a short psalm, it's only 11 verses.
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It's only 11 verses. we're going to spend our entire
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We're going to spend our entire time in that psalm today.
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Time in that psalm today. psalm 63 is often called
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Psalm 63 is often called the soul of the psalms,
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The soul of the psalms, which is pretty awesome.
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Which is pretty awesome. and at first when you read it,
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And at first when you read it, and we'll read it
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And we'll read it in just a second,
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In just a second, when you read verse 1
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When you read verse 1 and verse 2,
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And verse 2, you would kind of put it
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You would kind of put it in the category probably
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In the category probably of a psalm of lament.
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Of a psalm of lament. david's writing it,
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David's writing it, he's in a tough spot.
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He's in a tough spot. it seems like a psalm of lament,
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It seems like a psalm of lament, but when you keep reading it,
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But when you keep reading it, even though his circumstances
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Even though his circumstances seem catastrophic,
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Seem catastrophic, it's actually a psalm
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It's actually a psalm of confidence in god.
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Of confidence in god. and that's what i've been
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And that's what i've been praying for, for you today,
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Praying for, for you today, that if you find yourself in
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That if you find yourself in the wilderness like david did,
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The wilderness like david did, and many of us are there today,
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And many of us are there today, life can seemingly throw us
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Life can seemingly throw us into the wilderness just
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Into the wilderness just about at every turn.
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About at every turn. and there are many
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And there are many people today online,
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People today online, there are many people today
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There are many people today in all of our locations,
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In all of our locations, you feel stuck in the desert.
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You feel stuck in the desert. and my prayer coming
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And my prayer coming into today is as we
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Into today is as we kind of excavate under these
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Kind of excavate under these 11 verses in this psalm,
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11 verses in this psalm, that you will sense
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That you will sense your soul's confidence
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Your soul's confidence in god deepening.
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In god deepening. john chrysostom, who was
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John chrysostom, who was a fourth century preacher,
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A fourth century preacher, he was widely kind
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He was widely kind of known as one
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Of known as one of the greatest preachers
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Of the greatest preachers in the ancient world.
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In the ancient world. he says of psalm 63, he says,
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He says of psalm 63, he says, "among the primitive,
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Or the early christians,
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Or the early christians, it was decreed and ordained
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It was decreed and ordained that no day should pass
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That no day should pass without the public singing
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Without the public singing of psalm 63."
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Of psalm 63." isn't that awesome?
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Isn't that awesome? in the early church,
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In the early church, the people of god,
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The people of god, it was ordained that we're
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It was ordained that we're not gonna go 24 hours without
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Not gonna go 24 hours without collectively singing
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Collectively singing this song.
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This song. why?
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Because we so easily
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Because we so easily can be thrown into
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Can be thrown into the wilderness and in
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The wilderness and in the desert night of the soul.
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The desert night of the soul. and yet, there is a psalm that
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And yet, there is a psalm that brings confidence in god
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Brings confidence in god even to the worst
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Even to the worst circumstances of life.
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Circumstances of life. and that's what
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And that's what psalm 63 is about,
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Psalm 63 is about, that you can worship
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That you can worship even in the wilderness.
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Even in the wilderness. so, let's read it together.
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So, let's read it together. psalm 63,
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Psalm 63, the superscription says,
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The superscription says, a psalm of david when he was
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A psalm of david when he was in the desert of judah.
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In the desert of judah. verse 1, do you have it?
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Verse 1, do you have it? do you have your bible open?
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Do you have your bible open? three of us.
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Three of us. let's try one more time.
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Let's try one more time. cumberland, do you have your
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Cumberland, do you have your scripture open to psalm 63?
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Scripture open to psalm 63? 515?
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515? okay, great.
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Okay, great. if you're watching
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If you're watching online and driving,
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Online and driving, just let me read it
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Just let me read it to you, okay?
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To you, okay? verse 1.
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"you, god, are my god.
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"you, god, are my god. earnestly i seek you.
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Earnestly i seek you. i thirst for you.
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I thirst for you. my whole being longs for you
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My whole being longs for you in a dry and parched land
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In a dry and parched land where there is no water.
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Where there is no water. i have seen you in the sanctuary
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I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power
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And beheld your power and your glory.
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And your glory. because your love
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Because your love is better than life,
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Is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
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My lips will glorify you. i will praise you
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I will praise you as long as i live,
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As long as i live, and in your name
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And in your name i will lift up my hands.
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I will lift up my hands. i will be fully satisfied
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I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods.
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As with the richest of foods. my singing lips, my mouth,
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My singing lips, my mouth, with singing lips my mouth
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With singing lips my mouth will praise you.
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Will praise you. on my bed i remember you.
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On my bed i remember you. i think of you through
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I think of you through the watches of the night.
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The watches of the night. because you are my help,
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Because you are my help, i sing in the shadow
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I sing in the shadow of your wings.
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Of your wings. i cling to you," verse 8,
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I cling to you," verse 8, "your right hand upholds me.
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"your right hand upholds me. those who want to kill me
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Those who want to kill me will be destroyed.
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Will be destroyed. they will go down
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They will go down to the depths of the earth.
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To the depths of the earth. they will be given over
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They will be given over to the sword and become
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To the sword and become food for jackals.
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Food for jackals. but the king
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But the king will rejoice in god,
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Will rejoice in god, and all who swear by god
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And all who swear by god will glory in him,
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Will glory in him, while the mouths of liars
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While the mouths of liars will be silenced."
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Amen.
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Amen. so, let me set the scene
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So, let me set the scene for you a little bit,
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For you a little bit, what's going on, where david is.
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What's going on, where david is. it says, again in
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It says, again in the superscription,
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The superscription, it tells us who the author is,
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It tells us who the author is, and it tells us
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And it tells us kind of the scene,
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Kind of the scene, it tells us what's going on.
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It tells us what's going on. it says this
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It says this is a psalm of david,
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Is a psalm of david, the great king david,
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The great king david, and this is happening when
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He's in the judean wilderness.
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He's in the judean wilderness. he's in the desert of judah.
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He's in the desert of judah. now, david had two times,
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Now, david had two times, two experiences where
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Two experiences where he was in the wilderness,
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He was in the wilderness, and before really digging
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And before really digging into this text over
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Into this text over the last week,
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I assumed when
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I assumed when reading this psalm,
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Reading this psalm, and maybe you would as well,
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And maybe you would as well, that this has to be when
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That this has to be when david is in the wilderness
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David is in the wilderness on the run from king saul.
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On the run from king saul. this is recorded 1st samuel
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This is recorded 1st samuel chapters 19 through 31,
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Chapters 19 through 31, you know the story.
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You know the story. god chose david over king saul,
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God chose david over king saul, which made saul very insecure
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Which made saul very insecure and very jealous.
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And very jealous. ultimately, then he moved into
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Ultimately, then he moved into action and tried to kill his
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Action and tried to kill his son's best friend, david.
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Son's best friend, david. and david fled
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And david fled into the wilderness.
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Into the wilderness. but i think what's more likely
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But i think what's more likely here is that david wrote this
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Here is that david wrote this psalm during his second stint
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Psalm during his second stint in the wilderness,
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In the wilderness, one that is a little
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One that is a little bit less popular,
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Bit less popular, that a lot of people know
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That a lot of people know a little bit less about,
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A little bit less about, and in a lot of ways
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And in a lot of ways i would suggest is way
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I would suggest is way more complex and way
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More complex and way more heartbreaking.
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More heartbreaking. the most obvious reason
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The most obvious reason is that in verse 11,
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Is that in verse 11, david refers to himself
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David refers to himself as the king.
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As the king. do you see it in your bible?
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Do you see it in your bible? this is why reading the bible
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This is why reading the bible closely and carefully
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Closely and carefully and slowly is important.
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And slowly is important. in verse 11, david says,
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In verse 11, david says, the king, me,
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The king, me, will rejoice in you.
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Will rejoice in you. well, when david was
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Well, when david was on the run from king saul,
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On the run from king saul, he was not yet king.
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He was not yet king. there's only one wilderness
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There's only one wilderness experience where david was
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Experience where david was fleeing into the wilderness
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Fleeing into the wilderness after he had already taken
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After he had already taken the throne in israel.
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The throne in israel. and it's recorded in 2nd samuel
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And it's recorded in 2nd samuel chapters 14 through 18.
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Chapters 14 through 18. and some crazy stuff is
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And some crazy stuff is happening in david's family.
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Happening in david's family. in response to an evil act
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In response to an evil act of one of his sons, amnon,
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Of one of his sons, amnon, against one
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Against one of his daughters, tamar,
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Of his daughters, tamar, his other son, absalom,
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His other son, absalom, is rightfully furious
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Is rightfully furious and starts plotting to kill
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And starts plotting to kill amnon, his brother.
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Amnon, his brother. and then,
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And then, absalom does kill amnon,
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Absalom does kill amnon, and david is heartbroken,
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And david is heartbroken, and then absalom grows mad
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And then absalom grows mad at his dad because of,
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At his dad because of, you know, he thought, well,
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You know, he thought, well, they're really-
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They're really- you didn't really move
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You didn't really move into action here.
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Into action here. this should have been
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This should have been you doing this and not me.
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You doing this and not me. and from that moment on,
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And from that moment on, absalom, david's son, begins to
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Absalom, david's son, begins to plot to steal the throne
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Plot to steal the throne from his dad.
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From his dad. this is pretty wild.
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This is pretty wild. this is happening
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This is happening in the scripture.
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In the scripture. the scripture says,
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The scripture says, this is pretty crazy,
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This is pretty crazy, that absalom would
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That absalom would get up early in the morning,
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Get up early in the morning, and he would go down
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And he would go down to the city gate,
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To the city gate, and in an attempt to win over
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And in an attempt to win over credibility with the people
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Credibility with the people who were under david's rule,
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Who were under david's rule, he would stand outside
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He would stand outside the city gate early
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The city gate early in the morning.
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In the morning. and when people would go
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And when people would go in to make their case or plead
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In to make their case or plead their case with the king,
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Their case with the king, as they were leaving the courts,
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As they were leaving the courts, there would be absalom just
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There would be absalom just hanging on the corner.
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Hanging on the corner. and he would say to them,
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And he would say to them, "oh, your request is so valid.
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"oh, your request is so valid. i understand why you're
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I understand why you're here to file this grievance.
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Here to file this grievance. i understand what you're doing.
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I understand what you're doing. and i don't know
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And i don't know how they're treating it,
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How they're treating it, but i'd tell you
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But i'd tell you how i would treat it,
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How i would treat it, because you're justified
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Because you're justified in what you're saying,
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In what you're saying, and you're justified
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And you're justified in your complaint."
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In your complaint." and day by day, he did this
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And day by day, he did this to try to win over the hearts
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To try to win over the hearts of the people of israel.
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Of the people of israel. and it says in chapter 15,
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And it says in chapter 15, verse 6, he stole the hearts
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Verse 6, he stole the hearts of the people of israel.
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Of the people of israel. absalom's following
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Absalom's following continued to grow.
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Continued to grow. the hearts of the people,
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The hearts of the people, the scripture says,
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The scripture says, were with absalom, david's son.
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Were with absalom, david's son. and finally, he gets enough men,
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And finally, he gets enough men, he goes to hebron, and he claims
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He goes to hebron, and he claims absalom is now the king.
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Absalom is now the king. and he begins to plot
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And he begins to plot an attack against jerusalem,
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An attack against jerusalem, the city of david.
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The city of david. and david obviously
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And david obviously was unprepared for this.
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Was unprepared for this. this is a very unexpected
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This is a very unexpected opponent in his life.
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Opponent in his life. and to get out quickly
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And to get out quickly from the incoming attack,
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From the incoming attack, david flees to the wilderness.
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David flees to the wilderness. this is the setting that
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This is the setting that psalm 63 was written in.
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Psalm 63 was written in. and i think it's important,
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And i think it's important, because it's one thing to be
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Because it's one thing to be in the wilderness when you got
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In the wilderness when you got a crazy king chasing you.
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A crazy king chasing you. but boy, it's way more complex
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But boy, it's way more complex and complicated
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And complicated and heartbreaking when
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And heartbreaking when the one chasing you
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The one chasing you is your own son.
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Is your own son. and you don't want to hurt him,
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And you don't want to hurt him, but you also want to do what
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But you also want to do what god's called you to do.
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God's called you to do. and the heartbreak
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And the heartbreak and the darkness of this
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And the darkness of this desert experience is where
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Desert experience is where david penned this psalm.
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David penned this psalm. three things i want you
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Three things i want you to see in this psalm that
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To see in this psalm that describe david's desperation
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Describe david's desperation in the desert.
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In the desert. the first thing is that
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The first thing is that desperate faith thirsts for god.
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Desperate faith thirsts for god. desperate faith thirsts for god.
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Desperate faith thirsts for god. look at verses one and two.
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It says, "you, god, are my god.
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It says, "you, god, are my god. earnestly i seek you,
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Earnestly i seek you, i thirst for you.
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I thirst for you. my whole being,
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My whole being, my entire existence
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My entire existence longs for you in a dry
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Longs for you in a dry and weary land where
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And weary land where there is no water."
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There is no water." now, the first few words here,
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The first five words,
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The first five words, can seem to you to kind
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Can seem to you to kind of be a throwaway entry
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Of be a throwaway entry to this prayer song of david.
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To this prayer song of david. but i would argue this is
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But i would argue this is foundational to the psalm.
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Foundational to the psalm. david says, "oh god,
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David says, "oh god, you are my god."
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You are my god." it's not just
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It's not just an acknowledgement of god.
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An acknowledgement of god. he is declaring his
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He is declaring his allegiance to god.
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Allegiance to god. he's not just
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He's not just saying there is a god.
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Saying there is a god. he's saying that god is my god.
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He's saying that god is my god. i have a personal relationship
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I have a personal relationship with god.
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With god. not just i know about him,
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Not just i know about him, i know him.
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I know him. and there are lots of people
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And there are lots of people on planet earth today
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On planet earth today that know a lot about god,
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That know a lot about god, but don't love him as
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But don't love him as he is their god.
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He is their god. even jesus warns us about this.
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Even jesus warns us about this. it's one of the scariest
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It's one of the scariest passages in all
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Passages in all of scripture to me,
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Of scripture to me, matthew chapter 7.
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Matthew chapter 7. "he says, 'not everybody who
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Cries out to me, lord, lord,
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Cries out to me, lord, lord, will enter
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Will enter the kingdom of heaven.
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The kingdom of heaven. but only the ones who does
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But only the ones who does the will of my father
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The will of my father who's in heaven.
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Who's in heaven. many will say to me on that day,
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Many will say to me on that day, lord, lord, come on,
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Lord, lord, come on, didn't we prophesy in your name?
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Didn't we prophesy in your name? and didn't we drive out demons
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And didn't we drive out demons in your name?
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In your name? and didn't we perform
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And didn't we perform all kinds of miracles
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All kinds of miracles in your name?'"
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In your name?'" and his response is going to be,
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And his response is going to be, "i will tell them plainly,
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"i will tell them plainly, 'i never knew you.
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'i never knew you. away from me, you evildoers.'"
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And david says he knew god.
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And david says he knew god. he says, god, my god.
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He says, god, my god. then he says,
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Then he says, okay, in light of that,
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Okay, in light of that, in light of you being my god,
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In light of you being my god, earnestly i seek you.
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Earnestly i seek you. if anybody has
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If anybody has older translations,
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It says early i seek you.
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It says early i seek you. because it comes
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Because it comes from a translation of this
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From a translation of this hebrew word that comes with
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Hebrew word that comes with this idea of before dawn,
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This idea of before dawn, before the sun rises,
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Before the sun rises, i'm seeking after you.
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I'm seeking after you. that's why psalm 63 is often
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That's why psalm 63 is often called a morning psalm.
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And what's being
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And what's being communicated here,
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Communicated here, what david's saying
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What david's saying here when he says,
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Here when he says, earnestly i seek you,
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Earnestly i seek you, in the morning i seek you,
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In the morning i seek you, is that seeking you is
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Is that seeking you is a priority to me.
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A priority to me. so, before my feet
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So, before my feet hit the ground,
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Hit the ground, before i begin with
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Before i begin with the events of the day,
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The events of the day, my highest priority
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My highest priority is to seek after god.
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Is to seek after god. i wonder if that's true for you.
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I wonder if that's true for you. i wonder if that's true
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I wonder if that's true of our house today,
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Of our house today, that our priority
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That our priority is to seek after god.
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Is to seek after god. god is not a backup plan,
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God is not a backup plan, god is not here
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God is not here to bail me out if somehow
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To bail me out if somehow my plan doesn't work.
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My plan doesn't work. god is my highest prize.
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God is my highest prize. god is my first priority
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God is my first priority and not my last resort.
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And not my last resort. david says, oh god, my god,
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David says, oh god, my god, earnestly, early in the morning,
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Earnestly, early in the morning, before i do anything else
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Before i do anything else in the day, i seek after you.
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In the day, i seek after you. desperate people
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Desperate people prioritize seeking god.
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Prioritize seeking god. and what we are desperate for,
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And what we are desperate for, we give our attention to,
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We give our attention to, and our affections
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And our affections follow soon after.
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Follow soon after. so, then he says,
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So, then he says, "okay, i'm thinking
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"okay, i'm thinking about you all the time
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About you all the time because i desire you,
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Because i desire you, i'm thinking about you,
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I'm thinking about you, and now my heart grows
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And now my heart grows and burns for you."
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And burns for you." that's why he says,
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That's why he says, my whole being longs
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My whole being longs for you in a dry
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For you in a dry and weary land where
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And weary land where there is no water.
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There is no water. he's going, i'm going to run,
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He's going, i'm going to run, i'm running for my life,
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I'm running for my life, from my own son
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From my own son in the judean desert.
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In the judean desert. and yet what i'm thirsty for,
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And yet what i'm thirsty for, david says, is god.
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David says, is god. i'm in a land
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I'm in a land where there's no water,
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Where there's no water, i'm in the middle
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I'm in the middle of the desert,
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Of the desert, but what i'm parched for,
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But what i'm parched for, what i'm thirsty for,
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What i'm thirsty for, what i'm thinking about is not
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What i'm thinking about is not a cool glass of water,
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A cool glass of water, it's my king.
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It's my king. it's god.
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It's god. you're the one i want.
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You're the one i want. it's interesting that in
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It's interesting that in the 11 verses that begin with
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The 11 verses that begin with david in the wilderness,
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David in the wilderness, in what seems to be
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In what seems to be an impossible scenario,
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An impossible scenario, david doesn't ask god
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David doesn't ask god for anything.
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For anything. nothing.
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Nothing. there's not one request
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There's not one request in the whole psalm.
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In the whole psalm. there's not one, can you please,
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There's not one, can you please, you know, make my son chill out?
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You know, make my son chill out? can you please bring him
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Can you please bring him back into his right mind?
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Back into his right mind? could you please somehow give me
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Could you please somehow give me a glass of water here?
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A glass of water here? could you please make
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Could you please make a stream in the wasteland?
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A stream in the wasteland? could you please do something?
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Could you please do something? no, there's none of that.
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No, there's none of that. all david wants is i'm thirsty,
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All david wants is i'm thirsty, and i'm hungry,
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And i'm hungry, and what i'm thirsty for is you.
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And what i'm thirsty for is you. all he asks god for
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All he asks god for is more of god.
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Is more of god. that's what it looks like
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That's what it looks like to be desperate.
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To be desperate. that is desperate faith.
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That is desperate faith. we come to him in prayer,
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We come to him in prayer, not with our long list
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Not with our long list of requests as though
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Of requests as though he's some form of atm machine
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He's some form of atm machine to get us through tomorrow.
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To get us through tomorrow. we come to him in prayer because
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We come to him in prayer because he is worthy of our worship,
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He is worthy of our worship, and where else would we go?
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And where else would we go? he is our highest priority.
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He is our highest priority. and then, he says,
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And then, he says, look in verse 2,
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"i've seen you in the sanctuary
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"i've seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power
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And beheld your power and your glory."
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And your glory." now, david's not
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Now, david's not in the sanctuary.
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In the sanctuary. where's david?
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Anybody with me still?
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Anybody with me still? okay, david's not in
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Okay, david's not in the sanctuary.
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The sanctuary. david's where?
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David's where? he's in the wilderness.
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He's in the wilderness. he's in the desert.
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He's in the desert. but he says, "i have seen you
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But he says, "i have seen you in the sanctuary."
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In the sanctuary." he has a previous experience
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He has a previous experience in the sanctuary
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In the sanctuary that's strengthening him
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That's strengthening him now in the wilderness.
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Now in the wilderness. and that's why what we're doing
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And that's why what we're doing right now is so important.
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Right now is so important. that's why being in church
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That's why being in church among the people of god,
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Among the people of god, singing the praises of god,
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Singing the praises of god, sitting under the word of god,
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Sitting under the word of god, pursuing god with brothers
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Pursuing god with brothers and sisters is so important.
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And sisters is so important. why?
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Why? you are loading yourself up
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You are loading yourself up with fuel that will keep
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With fuel that will keep your flame burning when
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Your flame burning when the desert season comes.
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The desert season comes. you don't want to be learning
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You don't want to be learning the song when the winds pick up.
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The song when the winds pick up. you want to already
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You want to already know it and just let it
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Know it and just let it start coming out.
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Start coming out. and this is
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And this is what's happening here.
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What's happening here. this is desperate faith.
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This is desperate faith. he's on the run in the desert,
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He's on the run in the desert, and it was the memory
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And it was the memory of experiences at the temple
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Of experiences at the temple with the people of god that gave
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With the people of god that gave him strength to endure.
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Him strength to endure. all throughout the scripture,
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All throughout the scripture, old testament, new testament,
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Old testament, new testament, you can worship god
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You can worship god from anywhere.
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From anywhere. you can sing
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You can sing the song from anywhere.
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The song from anywhere. but there is something powerful
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But there is something powerful of being together with
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Of being together with the people of god.
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The people of god. desperate faith thirsts for god.
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Desperate faith thirsts for god. number two,
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Number two, we see in this psalm,
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We see in this psalm, desperate faith treasures god.
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Desperate faith treasures god. desperate faith treasures god.
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Desperate faith treasures god. desperate faith delights in god.
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Desperate faith delights in god. desperate faith is happy in god.
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Desperate faith is happy in god. look what he says, verse 3,
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Look what he says, verse 3, "because your love
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Is better than life,
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Is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
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My lips will glorify you. i'm going to praise you
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I'm going to praise you for my whole life," he says,
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For my whole life," he says, "and i will lift up
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"and i will lift up my hands in your name.
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My hands in your name. i will be fully satisfied
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I will be fully satisfied as with the riches of food.
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As with the riches of food. with singing lips, my mouth
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With singing lips, my mouth will praise you," right?
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Will praise you," right? he's going back to remembering
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Being in the sanctuary.
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Being in the sanctuary. he's thinking about god's glory
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He's thinking about god's glory and his power and his beauty,
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And his power and his beauty, and as his mind dwells on
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And as his mind dwells on those previous experiences,
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Those previous experiences, his soul begins to feast on god.
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His soul begins to feast on god. that's a beautiful reality.
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That's a beautiful reality. spurgeon, in his commentary
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Spurgeon, in his commentary on the psalms called
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On the psalms called "treasury of david," writes,
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"treasury of david," writes, "there was no desert
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"there was no desert in his heart,
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In his heart, although there was
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Although there was desert all around him."
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Desert all around him." isn't that beautiful?
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Isn't that beautiful? you could be surrounded
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You could be surrounded by desert on all sides,
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By desert on all sides, and yet inside of you,
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And yet inside of you, you're living with
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You're living with a stream of living water.
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A stream of living water. that's what was happening
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That's what was happening for david.
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For david. david says,
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David says, "your love is better than life."
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"your love is better than life." now, remember, who's writing
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Now, remember, who's writing this is the king of israel,
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This is the king of israel, the greatest king in
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The greatest king in israel's history.
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Israel's history. this guy had a good life.
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This guy had a good life. this guy lived in
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This guy lived in a palace made of cedar.
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A palace made of cedar. this guy had all
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This guy had all the riches of the world.
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The riches of the world. this guy had feasts
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This guy had feasts at every meal.
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At every meal. and yet, he claims when
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And yet, he claims when he's in the wilderness,
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He's in the wilderness, of all the experiences in life,
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Of all the experiences in life, of everything life has to offer,
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Of everything life has to offer, your love is better.
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Your love is better. what would happen if we
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What would happen if we really, truly believed that?
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Really, truly believed that? the wilderness, i think,
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The wilderness, i think, has a way of doing that in us,
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Has a way of doing that in us, of revealing that in us,
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Of revealing that in us, of reminding us how much greater
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Of reminding us how much greater god's love is than anything
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God's love is than anything the world has to offer.
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The world has to offer. desperate faith treasures
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Desperate faith treasures god above everything else.
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God above everything else. and then, he says,
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And then, he says, "i will praise you
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"i will praise you as long as i live,
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As long as i live, and in your name,
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And in your name, i will lift up my hands."
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This is a beautiful reality.
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This is a beautiful reality. we can worship
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We can worship in the wilderness.
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We can delight in the desert
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We can delight in the desert because our god, our god,
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Because our god, our god, who we have a personal
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Who we have a personal relationship with,
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Relationship with, rules over the wilderness
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Rules over the wilderness and joins us in the desert.
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And joins us in the desert. pastor louis has said this
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Pastor louis has said this here a thousand times.
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Here a thousand times. worship is a weapon.
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Worship is a weapon. it's a weapon for the dark,
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It's a weapon for the dark, and it's a weapon for
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And it's a weapon for the desert.
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The desert. so, load up your playlist now
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So, load up your playlist now and sing your way
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And sing your way through the desert.
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Through the desert. praising god in seasons of pain
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Praising god in seasons of pain does something to our faith
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Does something to our faith that few other things can.
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That few other things can. i really believe this
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I really believe this to be true,
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To be true, that singing through suffering
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That singing through suffering is the purest form of praise.
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Is the purest form of praise. and you can sing from anywhere.
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And you can sing from anywhere. you can sing from
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You can sing from anywhere if you have
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Anywhere if you have a memory of the power
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A memory of the power and glory of god,
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And glory of god, an experience with how
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An experience with how he's pulled you through.
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He's pulled you through. david's going, he pulled me
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David's going, he pulled me out of the desert before,
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Out of the desert before, he pulled me out
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He pulled me out of the wilderness before,
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Of the wilderness before, and he's gonna do it again.
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And he's gonna do it again. so, he can worship his way
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So, he can worship his way through even the darkest
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Through even the darkest of nights.
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Of nights. and in verse five, he says,
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"i'll be fully satisfied as
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"i'll be fully satisfied as with the richest of food.
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With the richest of food. with singing lips,
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With singing lips, my mouth will praise you."
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My mouth will praise you." now, think about this.
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Now, think about this. in verse one,
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He says he was thirsty,
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He says he was thirsty, and there's no water.
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And there's no water. now, in verse five,
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Now, in verse five, he says he's satisfied as with
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He says he's satisfied as with the richest of foods.
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The richest of foods. what changed?
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What changed? no servant came to david
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No servant came to david with a platter of food.
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With a platter of food. there's no mention
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There's no mention of drinking water here.
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Of drinking water here. so, how do you go from
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So, how do you go from starving of thirst
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Starving of thirst to being satisfied as with
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To being satisfied as with the richest of foods?
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The richest of foods? you feast on god.
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You feast on god. you realize that god
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You realize that god will be enough for you.
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Will be enough for you. you understand that
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You understand that in the human soul,
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In the human soul, nothing can satisfy
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Nothing can satisfy the longing of a human soul
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The longing of a human soul outside of the person
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Outside of the person of jesus christ.
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Of jesus christ. and we all know that to be true.
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And we all know that to be true. how do we know it to be true?
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How do we know it to be true? because we've run to a thousand
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Because we've run to a thousand other things to do it.
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Other things to do it. career, or status,
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Career, or status, or money, or being
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Or money, or being in the right neighborhood,
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In the right neighborhood, or you name it,
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Or you name it, whatever the world has to offer,
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Whatever the world has to offer, but all of those things
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But all of those things leave you hungrier after
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Leave you hungrier after than before you took
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Than before you took your first bite.
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Your first bite. and david says,
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And david says, in the middle of the wilderness,
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In the middle of the wilderness, with none of life's
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With none of life's advantages on my side,
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Advantages on my side, i am satisfied as with
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I am satisfied as with the richest of foods.
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The richest of foods. it's what isaiah says.
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It's what isaiah says. why labor for
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Why labor for what does not satisfy?
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What does not satisfy? or john in john 4,
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Or john in john 4, when he's telling the story
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When he's telling the story of the woman at the well,
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Of the woman at the well, he said,
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He said, man, you've had five husbands.
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Man, you've had five husbands. the dude you're with now is not
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The dude you're with now is not even your husband.
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Even your husband. why are you doing that?
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Why are you doing that? you can have living water,
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You can have living water, water that if you drink of it,
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Water that if you drink of it, you'll never thirst again.
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You'll never thirst again. or in john six, he calls himself
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Or in john six, he calls himself the bread of life.
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The bread of life. i'm the bread of life.
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I'm the bread of life. if you eat of me,
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If you eat of me, you'll never hunger again.
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You'll never hunger again. jesus is the only person who can
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Jesus is the only person who can satisfy the longing
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Satisfy the longing in your soul.
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In your soul. and for somebody
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And for somebody in this room today,
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In this room today, you have tried too many
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You have tried too many fragile options that have left
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Fragile options that have left you hungrier and emptier
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You hungrier and emptier after you took a bite.
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After you took a bite. and jesus is available
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And jesus is available in this church today,
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In this church today, and he's saying, i'm here.
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And he's saying, i'm here. i'm the bread of heaven.
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I'm the bread of life.
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I'm the bread of life. i am the living water.
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I am the living water. and even in the darkest desert,
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And even in the darkest desert, there can be a well
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There can be a well spring up in you.
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Spring up in you. he'll satisfy you.
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He'll satisfy you. he'll satisfy the longing
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He'll satisfy the longing of the human heart.
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Of the human heart. the third thing i want you
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The third thing i want you to see is that desperate
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To see is that desperate faith trusts god.
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Desperate faith thirsts for god.
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Desperate faith thirsts for god. desperate faith treasures god.
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Desperate faith treasures god. and desperate faith trusts god.
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And desperate faith trusts god. look at verse six.
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Look at verse six. "on my bed," he says,
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"i remember you.
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"i remember you. i think of you through
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I think of you through the watches of the night.
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The watches of the night. because you are my help,
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Because you are my help, i sing in the shadow
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I sing in the shadow of your wings.
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Of your wings. i cling to you,
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I cling to you, and your right hand upholds me."
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And your right hand upholds me." he's going on my bed,
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He's going on my bed, not just in the desert,
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But in the darkest part
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But in the darkest part of the desert,
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Of the desert, in the middle of the night
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In the middle of the night in the desert.
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In the desert. i remember you.
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I remember you. i'm thinking back
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I'm thinking back of all the ways
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Of all the ways you've come through for me.
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You've come through for me. i think about you through
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I think about you through the watches of the night.
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The watches of the night. this is persistent faith.
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This is persistent faith. this is persistent prayer.
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This is persistent prayer. this is what we talked
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This is what we talked about last week.
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About last week. this is day after day,
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This is day after day, night after night,
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Night after night, showing up again,
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Showing up again, knocking on the door of heaven,
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Knocking on the door of heaven, going, god, i want more of you.
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Going, god, i want more of you. i want more of you.
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I want more of you. please come through for me.
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Please come through for me. i want more of you.
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I want more of you. in the darkest of nights,
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In the darkest of nights, david said, i remember you.
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David said, i remember you. and remembering what he has
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And remembering what he has done gives you confidence
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Done gives you confidence in what he will do.
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In what he will do. just look at the verse here
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Just look at the verse here in verse seven.
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In verse seven. verses six and seven.
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Verses six and seven. he said, "i'm on my bed.
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I'm in the darkness of night,
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I'm in the darkness of night, and i remember you."
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And i remember you." that is a present activity
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Of a past event.
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Of a past event. i am currently remembering
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I am currently remembering something you've done before.
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Something you've done before. do you see it?
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Do you see it? okay, not a lot
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Okay, not a lot of english students here.
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Of english students here. i am currently,
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I am currently, i remember you on my bed,
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I remember you on my bed, and in order to remember,
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And in order to remember, it's of a past event.
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It's of a past event. but then look at verse,
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But then look at verse, the next verse.
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The next verse. he says, because you are,
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He says, because you are, present tense.
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Present tense. i'm in this moment.
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I'm in this moment. i think about
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I think about what you have done.
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What you have done. now, i'm back to this moment,
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Now, i'm back to this moment, and you are my help now.
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And you are my help now. this is how it works.
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This is how it works. remembering god's faithfulness.
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Remembering god's faithfulness. some of you need to buy
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Some of you need to buy a journal and just put down
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A journal and just put down on there all the ways
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On there all the ways god's come through for you.
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God's come through for you. and that way when you get
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And that way when you get to the next intersection
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To the next intersection of life where you think
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Of life where you think you're wallowing in
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You're wallowing in the wilderness,
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The wilderness, you can worship instead
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You can worship instead because you know the same god
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Because you know the same god that got you through
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That got you through the last one is available
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The last one is available and will get you through
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And will get you through the current one.
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The current one. this is
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This is the opportunity of faith.
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The opportunity of faith. i remember you in the night,
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I remember you in the night, and you are my help.
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And you are my help. our ability, you see,
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Our ability, you see, i want you to get this.
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I want you to get this. your ability to worship in
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Your ability to worship in the wilderness, in large part,
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The wilderness, in large part, is determined by your knowledge
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Is determined by your knowledge of the word of god.
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Of the word of god. look what he says.
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Look what he says. like when we study the word,
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Like when we study the word, when we load these things into
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When we load these things into our brains and into our hearts,
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Our brains and into our hearts, when we meditate on scripture,
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When we meditate on scripture, you are fueling your tank for
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You are fueling your tank for unexpected seasons ahead,
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Unexpected seasons ahead, so that all of a sudden,
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So that all of a sudden, the truth of god's word
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The truth of god's word will come out.
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Will come out. when your vision is foggy,
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When your vision is foggy, your heart will remain confident
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Your heart will remain confident because it's got food to eat
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Because it's got food to eat from the word of god.
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From the word of god. and then he says in verse 8,
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And then he says in verse 8, "i cling to you."
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I love this verse.
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I love this verse. "i cling to you, and your
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"i cling to you, and your right hand upholds me."
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Right hand upholds me." so, he's going,
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So, he's going, i'm holding on to you,
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And you're holding on to me.
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And you're holding on to me. who's doing the holding here?
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Who's doing the holding here? who's holding who?
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Who's holding who? yes is the answer.
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Yes is the answer. but here's
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But here's the beautiful reality.
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The beautiful reality. it's like when we go anywhere,
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It's like when we go anywhere, to a grocery store,
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To a grocery store, and we make our kids
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And we make our kids hold our hands when we cross
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Hold our hands when we cross over a busy street.
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Over a busy street. i'll say to my girls,
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I'll say to my girls, you know, everybody got
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You know, everybody got to hold somebody's hand,
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To hold somebody's hand, and we're holding hands,
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And we're holding hands, and we're walking
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And we're walking across the street.
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Across the street. now, they are holding on to me,
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Now, they are holding on to me, and i'm holding on to them.
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And i'm holding on to them. but their security doesn't
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But their security doesn't come from their ability
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Come from their ability to hold my hand.
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To hold my hand. their security comes from
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Their security comes from my strength holding on to them.
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My strength holding on to them. and the way i know that is
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And the way i know that is because sometimes they don't
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Because sometimes they don't want to hold my hand.
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Want to hold my hand. so, i just grab them by the arm.
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So, i just grab them by the arm. now, you're coming with me
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Now, you're coming with me anyways.
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Anyways. right?
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Right? listen, we hold on to god.
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Listen, we hold on to god. we cling to god
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We cling to god out of obedience to him.
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Out of obedience to him. it is our obedience that
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It is our obedience that clings to him.
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Clings to him. it is his omnipotence
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It is his omnipotence that holds on to us.
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That holds on to us. it is his all-powerful
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It is his all-powerful nature that goes,
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Nature that goes, i'm holding on to my children,
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I'm holding on to my children, and nothing's going
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And nothing's going to shake them.
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To shake them. we hold on to him,
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We hold on to him, and he holds on to us.
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And he holds on to us. somebody needs
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Somebody needs to hear that today.
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To hear that today. you're not going
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You're not going to break free from his grip,
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To break free from his grip, and you white-knuckling onto him
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And you white-knuckling onto him is a good work of obedience.
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Is a good work of obedience. but don't lay your head on
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But don't lay your head on that pillow at night,
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That pillow at night, it'll keep you up.
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It'll keep you up. you hold on to him
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You hold on to him out of a genuine,
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Out of a genuine, heart posture of obedience,
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Heart posture of obedience, but you rest your head
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But you rest your head and go to sleep knowing
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And go to sleep knowing that the god of heaven
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That the god of heaven has got his grip on you,
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Has got his grip on you, and he will not let you go.
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And he will not let you go. not in the desert,
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Not in the desert, not in the wilderness,
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Not in the wilderness, not in the valley.
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Not in the valley. he's got you, and that promise
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He's got you, and that promise is all throughout scripture.
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Is all throughout scripture. deuteronomy 31:6, "he'll never
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Leave or forsake you."
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Leave or forsake you." isaiah 41:10, "so do not fear,
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Isaiah 41:10, "so do not fear, for i am with you.
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For i am with you. do not be dismayed,
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Do not be dismayed, for i am your god.
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For i am your god. i will strengthen you
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I will strengthen you and help you.
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And help you. i will uphold you with
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I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
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My righteous right hand." psalm 23:4, "even though i walk
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Through the valley,
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Through the darkest valley,
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Through the darkest valley, i will fear no evil,
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I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
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For you are with me. your rod and your staff,
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Your rod and your staff, they comfort me."
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You can rest in his strength,
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You can rest in his strength, even in the wilderness.
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Even in the wilderness. somebody needs to hear
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Somebody needs to hear that today.
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That today. you can rest.
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You can rest. you can go to sleep knowing
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You can go to sleep knowing that the god of heaven
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That the god of heaven is holding on to you,
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Is holding on to you, and he's not going
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And he's not going to let you go.
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To let you go. he's not going to let you go.
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He's not going to let you go. we cling to him.
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We cling to him. he clings to us.
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He clings to us. desperate faith, trusting god.
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Desperate faith, trusting god. and in the last few verses,
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And in the last few verses, which are, you know,
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Which are, you know, kind of wild to read,
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Kind of wild to read, his enemies are going
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His enemies are going to be destroyed.
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To be destroyed. they're going to become
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They're going to become food for jackals.
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Food for jackals. what's all that about?
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What's all that about? it's about trusting god.
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It's about trusting god. it's about, i don't have
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It's about, i don't have to avenge myself.
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To avenge myself. i don't have to protect myself.
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I don't have to protect myself. i don't have to figure
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I don't have to figure my way out of this.
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My way out of this. i trust in god.
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I trust in god. he will bring about justice.
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He will bring about justice. he will set all things right,
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He will set all things right, so i will sleep
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So i will sleep and let him work.
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And let him work. i will stay with him
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I will stay with him and let him lead.
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And let him lead. i'm not going
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I'm not going to get in front of him.
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To get in front of him. i trust that the god of heaven,
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I trust that the god of heaven, the righteous judge,
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The righteous judge, will make all things
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Will make all things right in time.
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Right in time. desperate faith
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Desperate faith thirsts for god.
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Thirsts for god. desperate faith treasures god.
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Desperate faith treasures god. and desperate faith
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And desperate faith trusts in god.
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♪ ♪
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Louie Giglio - Worshipping You Way Through The Wilderness

June 7, 2026 | 27:27

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