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Steve Webb: Your right hand will hold me fast.

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Together Again, this is the Lifespring family Audio Bible

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coming to you from Riverside, California, podcasting since

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2004. I'm your OG God cast her Steve Webb. This is the daily

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show where we're reading through the entire Bible in a year.

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Today is Psalms Wednesday, and we'll read chapters 1/14 through

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1/16. And today's episode will be a bit different than normal.

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I'm going to give you a brief introduction to the Psalms, but

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no comments afterward. I think the Psalms speak for themselves,

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given the context that I'll give you in a moment. And with my

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medical procedure coming up on Friday, I'm kind of crunched for

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time. I will still have an on this date in church history

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segment for you and a time of prayer. The title of today's

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episode is he hears my voice. The show notes page is at

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Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 265. And my email address is Steve at

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Lifespring media.com. Let's begin.

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If you heard last week's Psalms episode, Psalms 111 through 113,

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the one entitled I will You might remember that Psalm 113

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was the first of a collection of Psalms called the Egyptian

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Hillel, the others are 114 through 118. So the total is 113

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through 118. The Psalms were sung as a part of the annual

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Passover celebration. Psalms 113 and 14 were sung before the

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Passover meal and Psalms 115 through 118 were sung after the

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meal. And it's more than likely that Jesus sang the songs with

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the disciples at their Passover meal the night of his betrayal.

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Once again, listen carefully, and try to imagine what must

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have been going through his mind as he sang the Psalms.

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Psalms chapter 114. When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of

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Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became his

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sanctuary and Israel, his dominion. The sea, saw it and

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fled Jordan and turned back. The mountains skipped like rams, the

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little hills like lambs. What ails you? Oh, see that you fled?

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Oh, Jordan, that you turned back? Oh, mountains that you

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skipped like rams? Oh, little hills like lambs tremble, oh

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Earth at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God

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of Jacob, who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint

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into a fountain of waters. Psalms chapter 115. Let honor be given to your name and not to

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us, oh Lord, not to us, because you are loving and kind and

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faithful. Why should the nation say where is their God now? But

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our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he wants to do.

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Their gods are silver and gold, the work of human hands, they

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have mouths but they cannot speak. They have eyes but they

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cannot see. They have ears but they cannot hear. They have

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noses but they cannot smell. They have hands but they cannot

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feel they have feet but they cannot walk. They cannot make a

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sound come out of their mouths. Those who make them and trust

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them will be like them. Oh Israel, trust in the Lord. He is

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their help and safe covering all house of Aaron trusted the Lord.

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He is there help and safe covering you who fear the Lord,

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trust in the Lord. He is there help and safe covering. The Lord

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has remembered us and will make good come to us. He will make

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good come to the house of Israel. He will make good come

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to the house of Aaron. He will make good come to those who fear

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the LORD, both the small and the great. May the Lord make your

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numbers grow both you and your children. May you be given good

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things by the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. The heavens

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belong to the Lord, but he has given the earth to the children

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of men. The dead do not praise the Lord. Neither do those who

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go down into the quiet place. But we will give honor and

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thanks to the Lord now and forever. Praise the Lord.

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Psalm 116. I love the Lord because He hears my voice and my

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prayers. I will call on him as long as I live because he has

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turned his ear to me. The strings of death are all around

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me. And the fear of the grave came upon me. I suffered with

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trouble and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the Lord.

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Oh Lord, I beg you saved my life. The Lord is loving and

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right. Yes, our Lord is full of loving kindness. The Lord takes

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care of the child like I was brought down and he saved me.

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Return to your resto my soul for the Lord has been good to you.

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For you, oh Lord have saved my soul from death, my eyes from

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tears and my feet from falling. I will walk with the Lord in the

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land of the living. I believed when I said I am very troubled.

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I said in my fear of All men are liars. What should I give to the

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Lord for all the good things he has done for me, I will show him

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my Thanks for saving me with a gift of wine and praise his

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name. I will keep my promises to the Lord before all his people.

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The death of His holy ones is of great worth in the eyes of the

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Lord, for sure I am your servant, oh Lord, I am your

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servant, the son of the woman who served you. You have set me

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free from my chains. I will give a gift of thanks to you and call

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on the name of the Lord. I will keep my promises to the Lord

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before all his people in the holy place of the Lord. And in

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the center of you. Oh Jerusalem, praise the Lord.

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On this date in church history, May 25 1868 Billy Bray of

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Cornwall passed away. He was the Welsh Methodist preacher who for

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43 years had preached built chapels, and taken orphans into

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his home by the ministry. And on this date in church history

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1876, the reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland united with a

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Free Church of Scotland to form the new Free Church of Scotland.

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Let's pray. Our Heavenly Father, we praise You for being the God

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who hears us. You are not far removed from us. You're always

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closer than a brother. As David wrote, where can I go from your

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spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the

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heavens, you were there. If I make my bed in the depths, you

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are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle

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on the far side of the sea, even there, your hand will guide me.

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Your right hand will hold me fast. Hallelujah. Lord, it is so

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good to know that you are always there. And because that is true,

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I'm so glad to know that you're with a Lifespring family today,

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Lord, bless them, provide for their needs in love them today.

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Thank you for this in Jesus name, amen. If you have a prayer

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request or a praise, go to prayer dot Lifespring media.com

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Comment at Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 265. Share the

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show and email me at Steve at Lifespring media.com Thanks to

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the awesome team of Kirsty, Sean of San Pedro and Denise. and I'm

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always thankful for you. Thank you for being here. Thank you

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for giving me part of your day. Thank you for sharing your time

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until tomorrow. May God bless you richly. My name is Steve

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Webb. Bye