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Hey everybody, welcome to the sanctuary. This week I've been down battling a cold. As you

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could tell I'm still pretty congested. And as such, I really haven't had the energy to

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really plan out a message like I normally do. However, I did not want to leave you just

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hanging with nothing. After all, we need God's food every day. That matter is important.

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So this week it's going to be pretty short as you're going to see here. However, my prayer

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is that this still hits home for you. I know it will for someone out there, just as it

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has me on occasion. Now with that said, let's dive into it here. There are times in life

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where we really just kind of get down. You could call it a question of faith if you want.

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That's probably a good way to look at it. Where we say, you know, hey, what has God

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done for me and why should I praise Him? Well, there is an answer right here in the Bible.

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So join me as we go to look at Psalm 117. Now this Psalm is the shortest chapter in

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the entire Bible. And along with the following Psalm, Psalm 117 and Psalm 117, I'm sorry,

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118, these are both roughly looked at as being the center of the Bible. All right. So let's

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read Psalm 117 now. The Bible says, praise the Lord, all you nations, extol Him, all

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you peoples, for great is His love toward us and the faithfulness of the Lord endures

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forever. Praise the Lord. So again, the questions that we all have at some point in our lives

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are what's God done for me and why should I praise Him? Well, as you can see here, this

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Psalm actually gives us two wonderful answers for those questions. First and foremost, God

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loves you. He does. He loves each and every one of us. He loves everyone on this planet,

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whether they've chosen to love Him in return or not, which shows just how unlimited His

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love is. Secondly, He remains faithful to us no matter what we do, no matter how many

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times we stray, no matter how many times we break His commandments, God's faithfulness,

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much like His love, is absolutely unwavering. The Father loves His children and is there

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for them through thick and through thin, whether we realize it or not. So if for no other reason,

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if He had done nothing else for us or does nothing else for us, these reasons alone are

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more than enough for us to glorify our God and to show our love for Him in return. So

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the next time life is kind of beaten up by you, getting you down, and you start to question,

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and you start to think about the why, or what's He done for me lately, refer back to this.

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This right here is all we need. That's matter for the Lord and reminder of His love for

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each and every one of us. I'll catch you next time, and I'll be feeling much better by that

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time. God bless.