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Day 159 or June 8. Let your behavior reveal your inner joy.

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Our thoughts today are from Psalm 40, verse 10. I do not hide your righteousness in my

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heart. I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and

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your faithfulness from the great assembly.

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And now the big picture surrounding this verse. Psalms 39, 40 and 41 were all written for

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the temple choir and must have created a great sense of worship. Psalm 39 is a reminder that

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man has a limited time on earth, so use it well. Psalm 40 encourages us all to enjoy

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doing what God wants, and Psalm 41 urges us into service by helping those who are unable

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to help themselves. You don't have to read many of David's Psalms before you know that

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he really did wear his heart on his sleeve. When he was miserable he looked it, and when

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he was joyful no one was left in doubt about how he felt. David radiated the extremes of

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human emotions, but you always knew where you were with him.

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And now today's action step. Brits tend to hide their emotions unless they are at a music

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festival or a sports event. Having said that, many British Christians revert to culture

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with a vengeance when it comes to hiding their feelings and keeping a stiff upper lip when

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it comes to spiritual daily life. In Psalm 40 David encourages everyone to reveal how

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they feel and not to go around like a poker player practicing for a card game. David urges

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us to speak out, but he also encourages us to let everyone know, and there is no other

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way than to start looking the part. I have a friend who regularly challenges his congregation

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of believers to tell their faces how joyful their hearts are. He gets away with it, but

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don't try this at home. Sensitivity and friendliness can go a long way to help open a host of doors

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for witnessing opportunities. Why not try imagining Jesus is walking alongside you?

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How would you look and behave then? Well, he is with you, so the next move is up to

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you.