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Steve Webb (00:00):
Does any of that
change who God is?
Coming to you from Riverside,California, this is the
Lifespring family Audio Biblepodcasting since 2004. I'm your
OG God caster Steve Webb,welcome. Like my dad used to say
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I'm just tickled to see you.This is the daily show where
we're reading through the entireBible in a year. Today is
Psalms. Wednesday, we'll readchapters 111 through 113. I'll
have a brief introduction beforereading each chapter and after
the reading. I'll have somecomments. I have an on this date
in church history segment foryou, and we've got some prayer
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requests. The title of today'sepisode is I will the show notes
page for today's episode is atLifespring media.com/s 12 e 259.
And my email address as alwaysis Steve at Lifespring
media.com. You ready? Let's go.
Psalm 111, like the rest of thePsalms we have today has no
Psalms chapter 111. Praise theLord. I will praise the Lord
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title or author attribution.Psalm 111 is an acrostic which
means that in Hebrew each of the22 lines begins with successive
letters except for the firstline which begins with the
Hebrew word hallelujah or inEnglish. Praise the Lord. Being
an acrostic makes the psalmeasier to memorize if you speak Hebrew,
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with my whole heart in theassembly of the upright and in
the congregation. The works ofthe Lord are great studied by
all who have pleasure in them.His work is honorable and
glorious, and his righteousnessendures forever. He has made His
wonderful works to beremembered. The Lord is gracious
and full of compassion. He hasgiven food to those who fear
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Him, He will be ever mindful ofhis covenant. He has declared to
his people the power of hisworks in giving them the
heritage of the nations. Theworks of His hands are Verity
injustice, all his precepts aresure they stand fast forever and
ever and are done in truth anduprightness. He has sent
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redemption to his people. He hascommanded His covenant forever.
Holy and awesome is His name.The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom, a goodunderstanding have all those who
do His commandments, his praiseendures forever.
Psalm 112 is very similar toPsalm 111. This is what James
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Montgomery Boice wrote aboutthese two Psalms, they are the
same length. They fall intoidentical stanzas and they even
have identical or similarphrases occurring at the same
places in each. Both are preciseacross texts, that is they have
22 lines, each of which beginswith a successive letter of the
Hebrew alphabet. Also, beloved,were 111 declared the glory of
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God 112 was about the man wholoves and serves God.
Psalms chapter 112 Praise theLord bless it is the man who
fears the Lord who delightsgreatly in his commandments. His
descendants will be mighty onEarth, the generation of the
upright will be blessed. Healthand riches will be in his house
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and his righteousness enduresforever. Unto the upright, there
arises light in the darkness. Heis gracious and full of
compassion and righteous. A goodman deals graciously and lens he
will guide his affairs withdiscretion. Surely he will never
be shaken, the righteous will bein everlasting remembrance. He
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will not be afraid of eviltidings. His heart is steadfast
trusting in the Lord. His heartis established, he will not be
afraid until he sees his desireupon his enemies. He has
dispersed abroad, he has givento the poor, his unrighteousness
endures forever. His horn willbe exalted with honor. The
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wicked will see it and begrieved. He will gnashed his
teeth and melt away, the desireof the wicked shall perish.
There are three specific groupsof Psalms in the book of Psalms
which are called Hallel. One ofthose groups begins with this
Psalm 113, and it ends withPsalm 118. These six psalms are
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called the Egyptian Hillelbecause they're associated with
a Passover, which marks Israel'sdeliverance from Egypt. The
Psalms were sung as part of thePassover observance and Psalms
113 and 114. were sung beforethe meal and Psalms 115 through
118 were sung after the meal. Ihave a question for you. When
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was Jesus crucified? Just beforethe Passover? What did he do
before the At His crucifixion?He celebrated the Passover meal
with His disciples. So it's mostlikely that he sang these songs
with His disciples on his lastnight with them. both Matthew
and Mark made mention in theirgospels that they sang a hymn
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and went out to the Mount ofOlives, which is where he prayed
to the Father asking, if it ispossible that this cup of
suffering be taken away from me,yet I want your will to be done
not mine. After he prayed thisprayer, Judas betrayed Him with
a kiss. So as we read this song,listen carefully and imagine
what he must have thought andfelt as he sang, knowing that he
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would soon be betrayed into thehands of those who would put him
to death.
Psalms chapter 113. Praise theLord, praise all servants of the
Lord, praise the name of theLord, bless it be the name of
the Lord, from this time forthand forevermore. From the rising
of the sun to it's going down.The Lord's name is to be
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praised. The Lord is high aboveall nations, his glory above the
heavens, who is like the Lordour God who dwells on high, who
humbles himself to behold thethings that are in the heavens
and in the earth. He raises thepoor out of the dust and lifts
the needy out of the trash heap,that he may seed him with
princes with the princes of hispeople. He grants the barren
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woman a home like a joyfulmother of children, praise the
Lord.
Beloved, did you notice that allthree of the Psalms we read
today began the same way. Theybegan with praise the Lord.
Psalm 112, said, praise theLord, I will praise the Lord
with my whole heart in theassembly of the upright and in
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the congregation. Notice thatthe psalmist says, I will praise
the Lord. He doesn't say I feellike praising the Lord for this
psalmist it's an act of will.It's not an emotion. Let's face
it, sometimes we don't feel likepraising the Lord, do we? Maybe
we've had a difficult week ormaybe we're on the outs with our
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spouse, or money ran out beforethe month dead. Or maybe we're
just in a dry spell with theLord. So does any of that change
who God is? Of course not. Nomatter what happens in our life,
God is still God. He's stillworthy of praise. And when we
decide that we will praise theLord with our whole hearts 99
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times out of 100 our emotionswill be lifted up as we lift up
the name of the Lord. I knowthis because I've experienced it
myself. And I've talked toothers who agree. When you're
feeling down or afraid or lonelyor like God doesn't hear you.
Praise the Lord with your wholeheart. Do you remember that old
milk commercial? Milk? It does abody good. Well, let's change
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that up. Praise. It does aspirit good. What do you think?
I'd love to hear your comments,let me know at Lifespring
media.com/s 12 e 259. Tomorrowis poetry Thursday and we're in
the Proverbs we'll read chapter25. Boost.
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On this date in church history,May 18 1843 Nearly half of the
member congregations of thenational Church of Scotland
seceded on this day to form theFree Church of Scotland.
Renowned clergymen associatedwith this reformed Presbyterian
denomination included ThomasChalmers Horatius and Andrew
Boehner and William RobertsonSmith.
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Sean of San Pedro sent in twoprayer requests today, he said,
My friend's beloved mom passedaway yesterday. Please pray for
him, his father and the rest ofhis family as they grieve and go
through this thing, God will allmeet again in heaven. Amen to
that shot. And then hecontinues, another of my friends
reached out from the ER he'sfeeling at risk of leaving his
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three young teenage and tweenkids behind. I don't think it'll
come to that. But please prayfor his recovery and comfort. As
shown that would be a scarythought leaving youngsters
behind. Let's pray. Our lovingHeavenly Father we will praise
you because you are worthy.There is none like you. You're
holy, you're righteous. You aregracious and full of compassion,
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and we can sing. We will singyour praises forever. The Psalms
are a treasure Lord, they teachus they inspire us to lift up
your name. So we thank you forthem. And Father, we pray for
this family who lost their wife,mom and family member comfort
them, hold them close. May theirmemories of her be warm and
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sweet and vivid as they lookback Agatha time with her. Be
with him, Lord, and may theyfeel your presence. And we pray
for Shawn's friend who was inthe ER I don't know anything at
all about why he was there orhis present condition, but you
know, and that's all that'snecessary. Bring him healing
Lord, he has children, socomfort them as you do the same
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for this man. We pray that youwould be glorified in this
situation, and that they allwill look to you and know that
you are with them. I pray thatYou would bless the Lifespring
family, Lord, help us to praiseyou even when we don't feel like
it. I thank you and I pray thisin Jesus name, amen.
After I recorded the show, mygood friend Ron Ploof, host of
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the Griddlecakes Radio podcasttexted me. Now normally, I would
put this prayer request on thenext day show but this one's
different, not because it'swrong, but because of the
request. You may have heard thatthis past Monday, May 16 2022,
there was a shooting in LagunaWoods in Orange County,
California at GenevaPresbyterian Church. This is
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about Oh 40 miles or so fromwhere I live and just a few
miles from where Ron lives.Here's what Ron texted me. Hi,
Steve, please pray for thefamily of Dr. John Cheng. He was
the hero that stopped theshooter at the Geneva
Presbyterian Church yesterdayand paid with his life. He's
been my primary physician for 23years still in shock. So here's
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a bit more context from CBSNews. Authorities also
identified the sole churchgoerkilled as Dr. John Cheng, a
sports medicine doctor who tookheroic action in charged the
gunman. While Cheng rushed thesuspect. It was said that his
actions allowed the other churchgoers who ranged between 66 and
90 years old, to subdue thegunman, undoubtedly saving more
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lives. Cheng leaves behind awife and two children official
said two additional victims havebegun recovering and are now
listed in good condition toremain in stable condition in
one's condition is stillunknown. So let's pray. And
Father we pray for the family ofDr. Cheng. We pray you comfort
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them and the many other peoplewho knew him or were his
patients, including Ron, wethank you for the courage he had
in sacrificing himself so thatothers could live. We pray that
in all this tragedy, you wouldsomehow be glorified. In Lord,
we pray for the shooter. Touchhis heart. Help him to find you.
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I pray this in Jesus name. Amen.If you have a prayer request or
a praise, please go to prayerdot Lifespring media.com And
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request or your praise and sendme an email. And I'll pray for
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Comment on the show atLifespring media.com/s 12 e 259.
Email me at Steve at Lifespringmedia.com thanks to the team
Kirstie Sean of San Pedro andDenise You guys are awesome. And
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tomorrow, may God bless yourichly. My name is Steve Webb.
Bye