{ "version": "1.0.0", "segments": [ { "startTime": 0.487, "endTime": 6.228, "body": "Have you ever experienced something so wonderful, breathtaking," }, { "startTime": 6.849, "endTime": 10.489, "body": "or life-changing that you simply could not keep it to yourself?" }, { "startTime": 11.487, "endTime": 16.197, "body": "Think about how easily we share our everyday discoveries. When we find an incredible" }, { "startTime": 16.197, "endTime": 20.078, "body": "meal at a local restaurant, we drive a remarkably dependable car," }, { "startTime": 20.63, "endTime": 24.183, "body": "when we come across a piece of software that saves us hours of frustration," }, { "startTime": 24.415, "endTime": 27.596, "body": "we eagerly tell our friends, our co-workers, and our families." }, { "startTime": 28.025, "endTime": 31.561, "body": "Recommending good things is second nature to us." }, { "startTime": 32.594, "endTime": 38.147, "body": "Yet, when it comes to God who redeemed our souls, yet, when it comes to God" }, { "startTime": 38.147, "endTime": 42.428, "body": "who redeemed our souls, how often do we settle into silence?" }, { "startTime": 43.653, "endTime": 47.275, "body": "Modern culture constantly tells us that faith is purely private." }, { "startTime": 47.751, "endTime": 52.528, "body": "It's a quiet, interior conviction that must never cross over into our public speech." }, { "startTime": 53.44, "endTime": 57.19, "body": "But Psalm 96 shatters that assumption." }, { "startTime": 57.944, "endTime": 62.387, "body": "The psalmist gives us a dynamic, high-energy summons that echoes from the inner" }, { "startTime": 62.387, "endTime": 67.48, "body": "courts of the temple out into foreign lands, across roaring oceans," }, { "startTime": 68.252, "endTime": 72.235, "body": "through singing forests, and straight to the ends of the earth." }, { "startTime": 73.361, "endTime": 77.467, "body": "Last week in episode 116, we walked through Psalm 88, learning how to hold on" }, { "startTime": 77.467, "endTime": 79.537, "body": "to faith into the darkest night of lament." }, { "startTime": 80.112, "endTime": 86.666, "body": "Today, we step out of the quiet chamber of grief and into the open arena of worldwide praise." }, { "startTime": 87.45, "endTime": 90.145, "body": "This is Declare His Glory Today on." }, { "startTime": 119.218, "endTime": 121.987, "body": "I'm your host, Randy Black. I'm an educator, technology specialist," }, { "startTime": 121.987, "endTime": 125.11, "body": "and podcaster, and I've been a Christian for over three decades." }, { "startTime": 125.534, "endTime": 129.647, "body": "And I'm so glad you've joined me as we continue our verse-by-verse journey through" }, { "startTime": 129.647, "endTime": 131.517, "body": "the Psalms, connecting the rich" }, { "startTime": 131.517, "endTime": 135.964, "body": "doctrine of Scripture with the practical reality of our everyday lives." }, { "startTime": 136.95, "endTime": 141.92, "body": "On our previous episode, we spent time in Psalm 88 with faith in the darkest night." }, { "startTime": 142.373, "endTime": 146.197, "body": "We looked honestly at the reality of biblical lament, discovering that genuine" }, { "startTime": 146.197, "endTime": 151.95, "body": "faith still speaks to God even when sorrow lingers and no immediate daylight appears." }, { "startTime": 152.642, "endTime": 156.525, "body": "Yet scripture never leaves God's people in perpetual isolation." }, { "startTime": 157.17, "endTime": 161.9, "body": "The Psalter continually moves our hearts from tears to triumphant proclamation." }, { "startTime": 162.557, "endTime": 166.497, "body": "That shift brings us to an essential question. What is the relationship between" }, { "startTime": 166.497, "endTime": 170.353, "body": "our private adoration of God and our public witness to the world?" }, { "startTime": 170.99, "endTime": 174.457, "body": "In a culture crowded with competing voices and modern idols," }, { "startTime": 174.711, "endTime": 177.586, "body": "how do we proclaim the one true king?" }, { "startTime": 178.3, "endTime": 184.247, "body": "Today, we turn to Psalm 96. In this magnificent text, we discover that authentic" }, { "startTime": 184.247, "endTime": 187.749, "body": "worship is the very engine of witness." }, { "startTime": 188.486, "endTime": 193.427, "body": "We're going to explore three central movements. First, the summons to sing a" }, { "startTime": 193.427, "endTime": 196.346, "body": "new song and declare his salvation among all nations." }, { "startTime": 196.915, "endTime": 202.627, "body": "Second, the striking contrast between the sovereign Creator and the empty idols of this world." }, { "startTime": 203.428, "endTime": 208.496, "body": "And third, the cosmic joy that erupts when we announce that the Lord reigns" }, { "startTime": 208.815, "endTime": 211.689, "body": "and is coming to judge the earth in perfect righteousness." }, { "startTime": 213.076, "endTime": 217.778, "body": "But before we open that up that passage today, let's go to the Lord in prayer." }, { "startTime": 219.485, "endTime": 223.717, "body": "Heavenly Father, you alone are great, and you are greatly to be praised." }, { "startTime": 224.477, "endTime": 228.483, "body": "As we open Psalm 96 today, open our eyes to behold the majesty of your holiness" }, { "startTime": 228.692, "endTime": 230.183, "body": "and the wonder of your works." }, { "startTime": 230.868, "endTime": 234.644, "body": "Lord, forgive us for the times when we have been silent, the times when we have" }, { "startTime": 234.644, "endTime": 239.483, "body": "spoken eagerly about the temporary things of this world while keeping quiet" }, { "startTime": 239.779, "endTime": 241.161, "body": "about your eternal salvation." }, { "startTime": 241.968, "endTime": 245.705, "body": "Strip away our complacency and deliver us from the fear of man." }, { "startTime": 246.709, "endTime": 251.204, "body": "Give us reverend hearts that genuinely delight in your presence And grant us" }, { "startTime": 251.204, "endTime": 255.562, "body": "holy boldness To declare your glory to the people around us," }, { "startTime": 256.171, "endTime": 261.044, "body": "May the words of our mouths And the meditations of our hearts Be accepted in" }, { "startTime": 261.044, "endTime": 264.339, "body": "your sight, O Lord Our strength and our Redeemer," }, { "startTime": 265.111, "endTime": 268.716, "body": "We ask these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen." }, { "startTime": 270.254, "endTime": 275.358, "body": "Our primary scripture today is Psalm 96. As you listen, pay close attention" }, { "startTime": 275.358, "endTime": 277.249, "body": "to the expanding circle of praise." }, { "startTime": 277.806, "endTime": 281.551, "body": "It begins with the individual believer, extends to the congregation," }, { "startTime": 281.823, "endTime": 286.168, "body": "reaches out to the Gentile nations, and ultimately draws in the roaring seas," }, { "startTime": 286.168, "endTime": 288.488, "body": "the open fields, and the trees of the forest." }, { "startTime": 289.26, "endTime": 293.846, "body": "Notice how worship and witness are woven together. In this psalm," }, { "startTime": 293.95, "endTime": 300.167, "body": "praising God and proclaiming God are two sides of the very same coin." }, { "startTime": 301.154, "endTime": 308.518, "body": "Psalm 96 O sing unto the Lord a new song. Sing unto the Lord all the earth." }, { "startTime": 309.134, "endTime": 313.336, "body": "Sing unto the Lord. Bless his name. Shoe forth his salvation from day to day." }, { "startTime": 314.004, "endTime": 317.969, "body": "Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people." }, { "startTime": 318.375, "endTime": 322.659, "body": "For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is to be feared above all gods." }, { "startTime": 323.193, "endTime": 327.228, "body": "For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens." }, { "startTime": 327.797, "endTime": 332.116, "body": "Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary." }, { "startTime": 332.696, "endTime": 338.35, "body": "Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people. Give unto the Lord glory and strength." }, { "startTime": 338.931, "endTime": 346.059, "body": "Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name. Bring an offering and come into his courts." }, { "startTime": 346.756, "endTime": 350.906, "body": "O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Fear before him all the earth." }, { "startTime": 351.452, "endTime": 356.073, "body": "Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth. The world also shall be established" }, { "startTime": 356.311, "endTime": 357.629, "body": "that it shall not be moved." }, { "startTime": 357.884, "endTime": 359.881, "body": "He shall judge the people righteously." }, { "startTime": 360.408, "endTime": 364.378, "body": "Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. Let the sea roar," }, { "startTime": 364.738, "endTime": 365.981, "body": "and the fullness thereof." }, { "startTime": 366.544, "endTime": 371.448, "body": "Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein. Then shall all the trees of" }, { "startTime": 371.448, "endTime": 378.043, "body": "the wood rejoice before the Lord, for he cometh to judge the earth." }, { "startTime": 378.583, "endTime": 383.727, "body": "He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth." }, { "startTime": 385.271, "endTime": 389.073, "body": "What a breathtaking vision of global and cosmic praise." }, { "startTime": 390.019, "endTime": 394.454, "body": "Notice that the psalmist leaves no room for half-hearted silent faith." }, { "startTime": 395.139, "endTime": 401.29, "body": "The glory of God is so vast and his salvation is so marvelous that the only" }, { "startTime": 401.29, "endTime": 407.84, "body": "proper response is an overflow of vocal celebration that reaches to the ends of the earth." }, { "startTime": 408.694, "endTime": 413.93, "body": "Let's go ahead and dive into the historical and biblical background of this great passage." }, { "startTime": 415.567, "endTime": 421.13, "body": "Psalm 96 belongs to a distinct collection often identified by biblical scholars" }, { "startTime": 421.13, "endTime": 429.614, "body": "as the enthronement or the theocratic psalms, spanning from Psalm 93 up through Psalm 99." }, { "startTime": 430.397, "endTime": 433.666, "body": "These psalms celebrate a single monumental truth." }, { "startTime": 434.31, "endTime": 440.92, "body": "Yahweh is the living, sovereign, over all creation, reigning supreme above every" }, { "startTime": 440.92, "endTime": 443.07, "body": "earthly power and spiritual entity." }, { "startTime": 444.416, "endTime": 449.235, "body": "While Psalm 96 does not carry a formal superscription in the Hebrew Psalter," }, { "startTime": 449.85, "endTime": 454.54, "body": "it has an unmistakable canonical connection in the Old Testament." }, { "startTime": 455.429, "endTime": 462.754, "body": "In 1 Chronicles 16, King David brings forth the Ark of the Covenant up to Jerusalem," }, { "startTime": 463.869, "endTime": 466.185, "body": "placing it in the tent that he had prepared." }, { "startTime": 467.149, "endTime": 472.49, "body": "On that momentous day, David delivered a psalm of thanksgiving into the hands" }, { "startTime": 472.49, "endTime": 473.97, "body": "of Asaph and his brethren." }, { "startTime": 475.026, "endTime": 484.812, "body": "Verses 23 and 33 of 1 Chronicles chapter 16 match Psalm 96 almost word for word." }, { "startTime": 486.425, "endTime": 490.889, "body": "This historical connection is illuminating here. The ark symbolized God's holy" }, { "startTime": 490.889, "endTime": 492.735, "body": "presence among his covenant people." }, { "startTime": 493.408, "endTime": 497.829, "body": "Yet David recognized that the presence of God in Jerusalem was never intended" }, { "startTime": 497.829, "endTime": 501.112, "body": "to be insular or private or secret." }, { "startTime": 501.924, "endTime": 505.442, "body": "From the very beginning of the covenant with Abraham in Genesis 12," }, { "startTime": 505.912, "endTime": 511.63, "body": "God's purpose was that through his people, all the families of the earth would be blessed." }, { "startTime": 512.53, "endTime": 517.551, "body": "We see this missionary purpose reflected in the Hebrew vocabulary of Psalm 96." }, { "startTime": 518.428, "endTime": 524.181, "body": "In verse 3, the command to declare God's glory is directed toward the gaoyim," }, { "startTime": 524.39, "endTime": 529.189, "body": "translated into the King James Version as the heathen, which simply refers to" }, { "startTime": 529.189, "endTime": 530.723, "body": "all of the Gentile nations." }, { "startTime": 531.524, "endTime": 535.789, "body": "Furthermore, in verse 5, when the psalmist declares for all the gods of the" }, { "startTime": 535.789, "endTime": 539.934, "body": "nations are idols, he employs the Hebrew word elelem." }, { "startTime": 540.851, "endTime": 546.331, "body": "This is a deliberate play on words. While the word for God is Elohim," }, { "startTime": 546.825, "endTime": 553.982, "body": "Elohim means things of naught, worthless, hollow, vanishing, or even non-existent." }, { "startTime": 554.894, "endTime": 558.533, "body": "That contrast could not be any sharper." }, { "startTime": 559.398, "endTime": 563.81, "body": "The surrounding nations bow down to a manufactured non-entities." }, { "startTime": 564.611, "endTime": 572.146, "body": "But the God of Israel spoke the cosmos into existence. The Lord made the heavens." }, { "startTime": 573.587, "endTime": 579.142, "body": "Now, with this rich foundation that we've now laid out, let's go ahead and explore" }, { "startTime": 579.316, "endTime": 584.877, "body": "four central teachings that we can take from Psalm 96 that will guide our worship and our witness." }, { "startTime": 586.27, "endTime": 593.571, "body": "The first lesson from Psalm 96 is that true worship is both the fuel and the goal of our witness." }, { "startTime": 594.163, "endTime": 596.079, "body": "Let's look back at how the psalm opens." }, { "startTime": 596.822, "endTime": 599.956, "body": "Oh, sing unto the Lord a new song. Sing unto the Lord all the earth." }, { "startTime": 600.415, "endTime": 605.204, "body": "Sing unto the Lord, bless his name. Shoe forth his salvation from day to day." }, { "startTime": 605.622, "endTime": 610.057, "body": "Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people." }, { "startTime": 611.119, "endTime": 617.058, "body": "Notice the rhythm. Three times in rapid succession, the psalmist commences to sing unto the Lord." }, { "startTime": 617.847, "endTime": 622.956, "body": "Then immediately that song of praise turns outward. Shoe forth his salvation." }, { "startTime": 623.362, "endTime": 625.359, "body": "Declare his glory among the heathen." }, { "startTime": 626.381, "endTime": 632.009, "body": "Scripture doesn't present worship and evangelism as two disconnected spiritual" }, { "startTime": 632.009, "endTime": 634.368, "body": "disciplines. They are inseparable." }, { "startTime": 635.024, "endTime": 636.911, "body": "Evangelism begins without adoration." }, { "startTime": 637.956, "endTime": 641.985, "body": "We cannot effectively declare to others what we do not personally cherish." }, { "startTime": 642.774, "endTime": 651.62, "body": "When our hearts are captivated by who God is, our testimony ceases to be a cold mechanical duty." }, { "startTime": 652.148, "endTime": 655.886, "body": "It becomes the natural overflow of an overwhelmed soul." }, { "startTime": 656.972, "endTime": 662.977, "body": "The psalmist calls for a new song. In the Bible, a new song is not merely a" }, { "startTime": 662.977, "endTime": 665.592, "body": "fresh melody or a newly composed hymn." }, { "startTime": 666.399, "endTime": 671.606, "body": "It is a joyful response of a heart that has freshly experienced the redemptive power of God." }, { "startTime": 672.587, "endTime": 677.818, "body": "When the Lord delivers us, forgives our sins, and answers our prayers," }, { "startTime": 678.386, "endTime": 680.296, "body": "he puts a new song in our mouth." }, { "startTime": 681.364, "endTime": 686.653, "body": "The text tells us to shoo forth his salvation from day to day." }, { "startTime": 687.558, "endTime": 690.559, "body": "Witness is not an occasional event that we should schedule once a year." }, { "startTime": 691.076, "endTime": 696.272, "body": "It is a daily rhythm because God's compassions are new every morning." }, { "startTime": 696.823, "endTime": 701.188, "body": "Our declaration of his goodness should be fresh every single day as well." }, { "startTime": 702.222, "endTime": 705.298, "body": "The Apostle Peter picks up this exact calling in the New Testament." }, { "startTime": 705.861, "endTime": 710.475, "body": "In 1 Peter 2, verse 9, he writes this to believers." }, { "startTime": 711.34, "endTime": 715.897, "body": "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, and a holy nation." }, { "startTime": 716.286, "endTime": 721.717, "body": "A peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of him who have called" }, { "startTime": 721.717, "endTime": 724.837, "body": "you out of the darkness into his marvelous light." }, { "startTime": 725.979, "endTime": 731.523, "body": "Why did God call you out of spiritual darkness into his marvelous light?" }, { "startTime": 732.458, "endTime": 736.945, "body": "Peter says, it's so that you might show forth his praises." }, { "startTime": 737.949, "endTime": 743.267, "body": "The word translated praises refers to the excellencies and the virtues of God." }, { "startTime": 743.905, "endTime": 750.268, "body": "God redeemed you so that your life, your words, and your character would put" }, { "startTime": 750.268, "endTime": 751.864, "body": "his glorious name on display." }, { "startTime": 752.682, "endTime": 757.538, "body": "Likewise, the prophet Isaiah writes this. Sing unto the Lord a new song and" }, { "startTime": 757.538, "endTime": 759.41, "body": "his praise from the end of the earth." }, { "startTime": 759.909, "endTime": 764.948, "body": "Let them give glory unto the Lord and declare his praise in the islands." }, { "startTime": 765.331, "endTime": 768.964, "body": "That's Isaiah 42, verse 10 and verse 12." }, { "startTime": 769.742, "endTime": 774.968, "body": "Ask yourself this question today. Has your faith become quiet," }, { "startTime": 774.968, "endTime": 776.209, "body": "private, and contained?" }, { "startTime": 777.033, "endTime": 779.918, "body": "If you find it difficult to talk about the Lord with others," }, { "startTime": 780.417, "endTime": 783.122, "body": "the remedy is not simply trying harder to be an evangelist." }, { "startTime": 783.894, "endTime": 788.348, "body": "The remedy is to return to the sanctuary of worship. When you sit before the" }, { "startTime": 788.348, "endTime": 793.804, "body": "Lord and you remember the cross, when you meditate on his day-to-day salvation," }, { "startTime": 794.332, "endTime": 797.136, "body": "your heart will begin to burn within you." }, { "startTime": 797.809, "endTime": 801.838, "body": "Worship provides the passion that makes witness compelling." }, { "startTime": 802.772, "endTime": 807.618, "body": "The second lesson from Psalm 96 is that the living God alone is worthy of our" }, { "startTime": 807.618, "endTime": 811.224, "body": "reverence because all other gods are utterly empty." }, { "startTime": 812.176, "endTime": 815.352, "body": "The psalmist writes this in verses 4 through 6." }, { "startTime": 816.1, "endTime": 819.408, "body": "For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is to be feared above all" }, { "startTime": 819.408, "endTime": 823.862, "body": "gods, for all the gods of the nations are idols. But the Lord made the heavens." }, { "startTime": 824.245, "endTime": 828.347, "body": "Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary." }, { "startTime": 829.415, "endTime": 834.552, "body": "Here's the grand reason why we must declare God's glory among the nations." }, { "startTime": 835.017, "endTime": 839.272, "body": "For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised." }, { "startTime": 840.073, "endTime": 843.596, "body": "The degree of our praise must correspond to the greatness of the one we worship." }, { "startTime": 844.014, "endTime": 848.467, "body": "Since his greatness is unsearchable, our praise must know no bounds." }, { "startTime": 849.372, "endTime": 853.372, "body": "Then the writer directly confronts the false religious systems of his day." }, { "startTime": 854.162, "endTime": 857.987, "body": "In the ancient world, every culture had its localized deities." }, { "startTime": 858.312, "endTime": 862.875, "body": "Gods of rain, fertility, war, and the harvest." }, { "startTime": 863.531, "endTime": 868.574, "body": "People carve them out of wood, stone, silver, and God, but the psalmist exposes" }, { "startTime": 868.574, "endTime": 872.929, "body": "them for what they truly are, elelem, worthless vanities." }, { "startTime": 873.661, "endTime": 878.142, "body": "They cannot see, they cannot hear, and they cannot save." }, { "startTime": 879.024, "endTime": 882.507, "body": "By contrast, the psalmist proclaims, but the Lord made the heavens." }, { "startTime": 883.245, "endTime": 888.464, "body": "The false gods had to be carried by men. A true God carried the cosmos into" }, { "startTime": 888.464, "endTime": 891.539, "body": "being by the word of his power." }, { "startTime": 892.433, "endTime": 898.847, "body": "The prophet Jeremiah voiced the exact same contrast in Jeremiah 10, verses 11 and 12." }, { "startTime": 899.811, "endTime": 903.284, "body": "The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish" }, { "startTime": 903.284, "endTime": 905.633, "body": "from the earth and from under these heavens." }, { "startTime": 906.063, "endTime": 910.3, "body": "He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom," }, { "startTime": 910.631, "endTime": 913.569, "body": "and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion." }, { "startTime": 914.899, "endTime": 920.811, "body": "In our modern 21st century world, we may not see many physical shrines or carved" }, { "startTime": 920.811, "endTime": 923.485, "body": "wooden statues out on our street corners." }, { "startTime": 924.274, "endTime": 931.466, "body": "But make no mistake, our world is just as thoroughly adulterous as ancient Babylon or as in Canaan." }, { "startTime": 932.685, "endTime": 937.562, "body": "What are our modern idols? Well, we construct idols out of career achievement," }, { "startTime": 938.409, "endTime": 942.767, "body": "financial portfolios, physical appearance, digital approval," }, { "startTime": 942.988, "endTime": 944.526, "body": "and even political platforms." }, { "startTime": 945.229, "endTime": 949.661, "body": "An idol is anything in your life that you may depend upon to give you what only" }, { "startTime": 949.661, "endTime": 954.453, "body": "God can provide, ultimate security, significance, and peace." }, { "startTime": 955.637, "endTime": 961.181, "body": "Modern idols make tremendous promises, but they demand your life and give back emptiness." }, { "startTime": 961.79, "endTime": 964.211, "body": "A bank account cannot forgive your sin." }, { "startTime": 965.239, "endTime": 968.431, "body": "A political party, they can't raise you from the dead." }, { "startTime": 969.203, "endTime": 976.233, "body": "Human approval cannot comfort your soul when you're walking through the valley of the shadow of death." }, { "startTime": 977.586, "endTime": 981.361, "body": "When the Apostle Paul stood in the midst of Mars Hill in Athens," }, { "startTime": 981.721, "endTime": 988.592, "body": "surrounded by idols, he declared in Acts chapter 17, verses 24 and 25 this," }, { "startTime": 989.654, "endTime": 993.941, "body": "God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven" }, { "startTime": 993.941, "endTime": 997.212, "body": "and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands," }, { "startTime": 997.659, "endTime": 1001.31, "body": "neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything," }, { "startTime": 1001.553, "endTime": 1005.971, "body": "seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things." }, { "startTime": 1007.427, "endTime": 1010.591, "body": "Notice how verse 6 describes God's presence." }, { "startTime": 1011.549, "endTime": 1016.105, "body": "Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary." }, { "startTime": 1017.261, "endTime": 1020.755, "body": "In human rulers, strength is often separated from beauty." }, { "startTime": 1021.638, "endTime": 1024.906, "body": "Power is frequently corrupt, harsh, and tyrannical." }, { "startTime": 1025.771, "endTime": 1030.316, "body": "But in the presence of God, infinite strength is joined with perfect moral beauty." }, { "startTime": 1031.03, "endTime": 1036.771, "body": "When we realize the hollow vanity of worldly idols and the radiant beauty," }, { "startTime": 1037.253, "endTime": 1041.421, "body": "of our Creator, our fear of human opinion begins to evaporate." }, { "startTime": 1042.193, "endTime": 1046.985, "body": "We no longer hesitate to share our faith because we know the living God holds" }, { "startTime": 1046.985, "endTime": 1049.635, "body": "every breath in His sovereign hands." }, { "startTime": 1051.144, "endTime": 1055.713, "body": "The third truth that we find taught in Psalm 96 is that true worship demands" }, { "startTime": 1056.131, "endTime": 1058.795, "body": "tangible surrender and holy reverence before the Lord." }, { "startTime": 1059.862, "endTime": 1065.005, "body": "Listen to verses 7 through 9 again. Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the" }, { "startTime": 1065.005, "endTime": 1067.763, "body": "people. Give unto the Lord glory and strength." }, { "startTime": 1068.32, "endTime": 1071.304, "body": "Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name." }, { "startTime": 1071.803, "endTime": 1076.125, "body": "Bring an offering and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty" }, { "startTime": 1076.125, "endTime": 1079.663, "body": "of holiness. Fear before him, all the earth." }, { "startTime": 1080.976, "endTime": 1084.151, "body": "Notice the repetition of the command to give unto the Lord." }, { "startTime": 1084.726, "endTime": 1089.844, "body": "Three times the psalmist here calls upon the families of the nations to ascribe" }, { "startTime": 1089.844, "endTime": 1092.191, "body": "glory and strength to God." }, { "startTime": 1093.19, "endTime": 1097.734, "body": "Now, we have to be careful with our theology here. We cannot add anything to" }, { "startTime": 1097.734, "endTime": 1099.883, "body": "God that he doesn't already possess." }, { "startTime": 1100.701, "endTime": 1102.216, "body": "God's not lacking in strength." }, { "startTime": 1103.047, "endTime": 1108.354, "body": "He's not waiting for our praise to bolster his power. To give or ascribe glory" }, { "startTime": 1108.354, "endTime": 1112.108, "body": "to God means to acknowledge what's already true." }, { "startTime": 1112.752, "endTime": 1116.114, "body": "It means recognizing the weight, the majesty, and the excellence of his character" }, { "startTime": 1116.473, "endTime": 1119.02, "body": "and declaring that reality publicly." }, { "startTime": 1119.937, "endTime": 1126.525, "body": "We give him the glory due unto his name, the honor that belongs exclusively to him." }, { "startTime": 1127.437, "endTime": 1132.139, "body": "Notice, too, that this worship is not merely verbal. It is tangible." }, { "startTime": 1132.719, "endTime": 1135.425, "body": "The psalmist says, bring an offering and come into his courts." }, { "startTime": 1136.406, "endTime": 1140.204, "body": "Biblical worship also costs something. In the Old Testament," }, { "startTime": 1140.204, "endTime": 1144.016, "body": "approaching God meant bringing a sacrificial animal, confessing sin," }, { "startTime": 1144.521, "endTime": 1146.489, "body": "and giving of one substance." }, { "startTime": 1147.203, "endTime": 1150.764, "body": "In the New Testament, the sacrificial system has been fulfilled once and for" }, { "startTime": 1150.764, "endTime": 1152.903, "body": "all by the blood of Jesus Christ." }, { "startTime": 1153.362, "endTime": 1156.421, "body": "Yet our call to bring an offering still remains." }, { "startTime": 1157.298, "endTime": 1161.971, "body": "In Romans 12, verse 1, the Apostle Paul appeals to us," }, { "startTime": 1162.9, "endTime": 1167.394, "body": "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your" }, { "startTime": 1167.394, "endTime": 1174.736, "body": "bodies a living sacrifice, holy, unacceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." }, { "startTime": 1175.704, "endTime": 1181.544, "body": "And the author of Hebrews reminds us in Hebrews chapter 13, verses 15 through 16 of this." }, { "startTime": 1182.194, "endTime": 1187.378, "body": "By him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually." }, { "startTime": 1187.866, "endTime": 1192.594, "body": "That is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name, but to do good and" }, { "startTime": 1192.594, "endTime": 1194.025, "body": "to communicate, forget not." }, { "startTime": 1194.495, "endTime": 1199.063, "body": "For with such sacrifices, God is well-pleased." }, { "startTime": 1200.311, "endTime": 1206.621, "body": "True worship involves bringing our bodies, our time, our financial resources," }, { "startTime": 1206.97, "endTime": 1209.025, "body": "and our very lives into his courts." }, { "startTime": 1209.797, "endTime": 1213.715, "body": "You cannot say you worship God with your heart if your calendar," }, { "startTime": 1214, "endTime": 1218.667, "body": "your wallet, and your daily actions remain entirely untouched by his lordship." }, { "startTime": 1220.066, "endTime": 1223.201, "body": "Then the psalmist gives us that memorable phrase in verse 9," }, { "startTime": 1223.88, "endTime": 1228.21, "body": "O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, fear before him all the earth." }, { "startTime": 1229.238, "endTime": 1233.017, "body": "Many people hear the word holiness and think of cold, joyless legalism." }, { "startTime": 1233.683, "endTime": 1240.579, "body": "But scripture speaks of the beauty of holiness. Holiness is God's absolute dazzling purity." }, { "startTime": 1241.369, "endTime": 1246.106, "body": "It is his complete separation from all sin, darkness, and decay." }, { "startTime": 1247.017, "endTime": 1251.092, "body": "There's an attractive, breathtaking splendor in God's moral perfection." }, { "startTime": 1252.311, "endTime": 1255.713, "body": "That purity demands reverence. Fear before him all the earth." }, { "startTime": 1256.537, "endTime": 1261.715, "body": "Biblical fear is not a cowering terror that drives a believer away from God." }, { "startTime": 1262.36, "endTime": 1268.188, "body": "It is a profound, holy awe that removes all flippancy and superficiality." }, { "startTime": 1268.832, "endTime": 1272.042, "body": "It recognizes that God is not our peer." }, { "startTime": 1272.588, "endTime": 1278.683, "body": "He is our holy creator, and we enter His presence with deep gratitude, humility, and wonder." }, { "startTime": 1280.384, "endTime": 1286.224, "body": "Our last and culminating truth from Psalm 96 is that our message to the world," }, { "startTime": 1286.747, "endTime": 1290.189, "body": "is the triumphant reign and the righteous judgment of God." }, { "startTime": 1290.996, "endTime": 1294.152, "body": "Look at the final movement we see in verses 10 through 13." }, { "startTime": 1295.238, "endTime": 1299.673, "body": "Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth. The world also shall be established" }, { "startTime": 1299.673, "endTime": 1300.904, "body": "that it shall not be moved." }, { "startTime": 1301.432, "endTime": 1303.539, "body": "He shall judge the people righteously." }, { "startTime": 1304.224, "endTime": 1310.406, "body": "Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad. Let the sea roar and the fullness thereof." }, { "startTime": 1310.958, "endTime": 1314.098, "body": "Let the field be joyful and all that is therein." }, { "startTime": 1314.731, "endTime": 1318.377, "body": "Then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord." }, { "startTime": 1318.8, "endTime": 1323.463, "body": "For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with" }, { "startTime": 1323.463, "endTime": 1326.283, "body": "righteousness and the people with his truth." }, { "startTime": 1327.49, "endTime": 1332.848, "body": "What are we commanded to say among the nations? Well, here's our headline. The Lord reigneth." }, { "startTime": 1333.806, "endTime": 1338.143, "body": "When we look around at our world today, it often appears that chaos," }, { "startTime": 1338.143, "endTime": 1340.459, "body": "corruption, and confusion are all in control." }, { "startTime": 1341.173, "endTime": 1346.635, "body": "Nations rage, moral foundations crumble, and uncertainty dominates the news cycle." }, { "startTime": 1347.535, "endTime": 1352.683, "body": "But the believer's public testimony does not panic. We look the world in the" }, { "startTime": 1352.683, "endTime": 1354.772, "body": "eye and we declare the Lord reigneth." }, { "startTime": 1355.631, "endTime": 1360.908, "body": "God has not abdicated his throne. He sets in the heavens, sovereign over history," }, { "startTime": 1361.28, "endTime": 1364.473, "body": "directing all things according to the counsel of his will." }, { "startTime": 1365.564, "endTime": 1370.928, "body": "Because the Lord reigns, the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved." }, { "startTime": 1371.874, "endTime": 1377.323, "body": "God's moral order and redemptive purpose will stand firm, no matter how furiously" }, { "startTime": 1377.323, "endTime": 1379.009, "body": "the world likes to shake about it." }, { "startTime": 1379.804, "endTime": 1383.743, "body": "Notice how the psalm describes the coming of the Lord. For he cometh to judge" }, { "startTime": 1383.743, "endTime": 1387.745, "body": "the earth, he shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth." }, { "startTime": 1388.593, "endTime": 1395.221, "body": "In modern culture, the word judgment is often viewed with dread or with suspicion." }, { "startTime": 1395.988, "endTime": 1402.24, "body": "But in the biblical worldview, God's righteous judgment is a reason for unrestrained cosmic celebration." }, { "startTime": 1403.239, "endTime": 1409.715, "body": "Why? Well, because the righteous judgment of God means that evil will not have the final word." }, { "startTime": 1410.342, "endTime": 1414.513, "body": "It means every injustice will be made right. It means oppression," }, { "startTime": 1414.513, "endTime": 1417.162, "body": "lies, violence, and death will be permanently dismantled." }, { "startTime": 1417.789, "endTime": 1423.089, "body": "God will not judge based on superficial appearance, political spin, or wealth." }, { "startTime": 1423.496, "endTime": 1427.037, "body": "He will judge according to absolute righteousness and truth." }, { "startTime": 1427.867, "endTime": 1432.063, "body": "This is why all of creation joins in the psalm." }, { "startTime": 1433.109, "endTime": 1436.958, "body": "The psalmist pictures the physical creation bursting into praise." }, { "startTime": 1437.428, "endTime": 1443.198, "body": "The skies rejoice, the seas roar, the fields dance, and the trees of the woods sing before the Lord." }, { "startTime": 1444.295, "endTime": 1448.927, "body": "Creation knows that it was subjected to futility because of human sin." }, { "startTime": 1449.444, "endTime": 1455.623, "body": "And Paul writes in Romans 8, verses 21 and 22, Creation the creature itself" }, { "startTime": 1455.623, "endTime": 1457.163, "body": "also shall be delivered from the" }, { "startTime": 1457.163, "endTime": 1460.532, "body": "bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God." }, { "startTime": 1461.031, "endTime": 1468.338, "body": "For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now." }, { "startTime": 1469.157, "endTime": 1474.52, "body": "Creation grown under the curse, but it anticipates the day when King Jesus returns" }, { "startTime": 1474.776, "endTime": 1476.233, "body": "to consummate his kingdom." }, { "startTime": 1477.388, "endTime": 1485.085, "body": "When Paul stood before the philosophers of Athens, he concluded his sermon by echoing Psalm 96." }, { "startTime": 1485.77, "endTime": 1494.008, "body": "In Acts chapter 17, verses 30 and 31, he declared, And the times of this ignorance God winked at," }, { "startTime": 1494.664, "endTime": 1499.44, "body": "but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent, because he hath appointed a" }, { "startTime": 1499.44, "endTime": 1503.441, "body": "day in the thousand, he will judge the world in righteousness," }, { "startTime": 1503.911, "endTime": 1509.095, "body": "by the man whom he hath ordained, whereof he hath given assurance unto all men" }, { "startTime": 1509.356, "endTime": 1511.626, "body": "in that he hath raised him from the dead." }, { "startTime": 1512.758, "endTime": 1518.429, "body": "And in Revelation chapter 11 verse 15, John hears the heavenly announcement." }, { "startTime": 1519.277, "endTime": 1524.287, "body": "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ," }, { "startTime": 1524.709, "endTime": 1527.681, "body": "and he shall reign forever and ever." }, { "startTime": 1528.691, "endTime": 1534.34, "body": "This is the glorious gospel message that we carry into our neighborhoods and our workplaces." }, { "startTime": 1534.879, "endTime": 1541.799, "body": "The Lord reigns, Christ is risen, and he is to establish eternal righteousness and peace." }, { "startTime": 1543.33, "endTime": 1549.385, "body": "So how do we take the truths we've seen in Psalm 96 and live them out in our everyday lives?" }, { "startTime": 1550.018, "endTime": 1553.913, "body": "Well, here are five actionable steps that we can take to do that." }, { "startTime": 1554.877, "endTime": 1558.005, "body": "First, let your worship precede your witness." }, { "startTime": 1558.807, "endTime": 1564.077, "body": "Commit to beginning each day by beholding God's greatness before stepping into your daily tasks." }, { "startTime": 1564.728, "endTime": 1568.71, "body": "When your private devotions are focused on delighting in who God is," }, { "startTime": 1569.07, "endTime": 1573.418, "body": "speaking his goodness to others will become the natural overflow of your heart." }, { "startTime": 1574.468, "endTime": 1578.7, "body": "Second, identify and dethrone those modern idols." }, { "startTime": 1579.774, "endTime": 1585.031, "body": "Take an honest inventory of your heart. Ask yourself where you turned for the" }, { "startTime": 1585.031, "endTime": 1587.377, "body": "ultimate security, comfort, and validation." }, { "startTime": 1588.184, "endTime": 1592.248, "body": "Whenever you catch yourself leaning on your career, on your finances," }, { "startTime": 1592.573, "endTime": 1597.571, "body": "or on human approval, actively renounce those empty idols and fix your hope" }, { "startTime": 1597.891, "endTime": 1600.137, "body": "on the living God who made the heavens." }, { "startTime": 1601.327, "endTime": 1604.398, "body": "Third, bring a tangible offering to the Lord." }, { "startTime": 1605.506, "endTime": 1610.899, "body": "Demonstrate that Christ is your primary treasure by giving your resources cheerfully." }, { "startTime": 1611.433, "endTime": 1615.831, "body": "Support the work of your local church. Invest in gospel missions and use your" }, { "startTime": 1615.831, "endTime": 1617.505, "body": "time to serve those in need." }, { "startTime": 1618.295, "endTime": 1621.139, "body": "Worship must involve sacrificial surrender." }, { "startTime": 1622.277, "endTime": 1626.573, "body": "Fourth, normalize speaking of God's works in your daily conversation." }, { "startTime": 1627.42, "endTime": 1630.23, "body": "You don't have to preach an eloquent sermon to be a witness." }, { "startTime": 1630.921, "endTime": 1634.235, "body": "Practice sharing simple, honest testimonies of God's faithfulness." }, { "startTime": 1634.839, "endTime": 1638.711, "body": "When someone asks how your week went, mention an answered prayer." }, { "startTime": 1639.274, "endTime": 1644.549, "body": "Express gratitude for God's provision or point to His peace during a stressful season." }, { "startTime": 1646.268, "endTime": 1651.082, "body": "And fifth, live with eternity in view. When the current cultural," }, { "startTime": 1651.082, "endTime": 1657.239, "body": "economic, or political news threatens to stir up anxiety, remind yourself that the Lord reigneth." }, { "startTime": 1657.802, "endTime": 1663.142, "body": "Anchor your confidence in the promise that Christ is coming to judge the world" }, { "startTime": 1663.142, "endTime": 1667.398, "body": "in righteousness, and let that hope give you steadfast peace." }, { "startTime": 1669.058, "endTime": 1673.534, "body": "Here's your challenge for the week. Step one, pause and read." }, { "startTime": 1674.561, "endTime": 1679.287, "body": "Every morning this week, pause for five minutes before looking at your phone or checking the news." }, { "startTime": 1679.734, "endTime": 1684.854, "body": "Slowly read this passage from Psalm 96 out loud, letting the grandeur of God" }, { "startTime": 1685.161, "endTime": 1687.774, "body": "set your perspective for the rest of the day." }, { "startTime": 1688.784, "endTime": 1694.192, "body": "Step two, reflect and journal. Answer these three core reflection questions" }, { "startTime": 1694.192, "endTime": 1695.895, "body": "in a notebook or in a journal." }, { "startTime": 1696.707, "endTime": 1701.008, "body": "The first is, what did this passage reveal to me today about the majesty," }, { "startTime": 1701.193, "endTime": 1703.411, "body": "holiness, and sovereignty of God?" }, { "startTime": 1704.189, "endTime": 1709.792, "body": "Number two, what subtle, idle, distraction, or false security is the Holy Spirit," }, { "startTime": 1710.412, "endTime": 1712.687, "body": "prompting me to surrender today?" }, { "startTime": 1713.895, "endTime": 1719.632, "body": "And number three, what conversation, relationship, or uncertain outcome must" }, { "startTime": 1719.632, "endTime": 1723.305, "body": "I entrust completely into the sovereign hands of King Jesus?" }, { "startTime": 1724.733, "endTime": 1729.063, "body": "And then step three for the week, for the challenge, take faithful action." }, { "startTime": 1729.719, "endTime": 1735.257, "body": "Before this week ends, intentionally declare God's goodness to at least one person." }, { "startTime": 1736.296, "endTime": 1740.569, "body": "Send an encouraging text message pointing to a friend, to scripture," }, { "startTime": 1740.911, "endTime": 1743.878, "body": "to share a testimony of God's faithfulness with a co-worker," }, { "startTime": 1744.313, "endTime": 1747.982, "body": "or perform a quiet act of generous service in Christ's name." }, { "startTime": 1748.655, "endTime": 1752.057, "body": "Take the step and then leave the results in God's hands." }, { "startTime": 1753.606, "endTime": 1757.135, "body": "Here are some key takeaways from our study today of Psalm 96." }, { "startTime": 1757.964, "endTime": 1763.032, "body": "The first is worship fuels witness. Evangelism is not a begrudging religious task." }, { "startTime": 1763.682, "endTime": 1769.411, "body": "It is the natural overflow of a heart that daily rejoices in God's great salvation." }, { "startTime": 1770.41, "endTime": 1774.315, "body": "The second is that God alone is the creator. Every worldly idol," }, { "startTime": 1774.315, "endTime": 1777.675, "body": "whether ancient statues or modern pursuits of wealth, status," }, { "startTime": 1777.675, "endTime": 1779.797, "body": "and approval, is empty vanity." }, { "startTime": 1780.354, "endTime": 1782.67, "body": "The Lord alone made the heavens." }, { "startTime": 1783.982, "endTime": 1788.995, "body": "Third is that true worship requires tangible surrender. Coming before God means" }, { "startTime": 1788.995, "endTime": 1797.664, "body": "offering Him our lives, our time, and our resources as a living sacrifice of praise." }, { "startTime": 1798.715, "endTime": 1804.455, "body": "Fourth is that holiness radiates divine beauty. God's set-apart purity and moral" }, { "startTime": 1804.455, "endTime": 1807.086, "body": "perfection are not cold or legalistic." }, { "startTime": 1807.655, "endTime": 1811.66, "body": "They draw our hearts into reverent wonder and holy awe." }, { "startTime": 1812.81, "endTime": 1818.605, "body": "Fifth is that the sovereign Lord reigns. In the midst of global upheaval and" }, { "startTime": 1818.605, "endTime": 1825.132, "body": "impersonal uncertainty, our peace rests upon the unshakable truth that God sets on his throne." }, { "startTime": 1826.125, "endTime": 1829.434, "body": "And last is that righteous judgment is good news." }, { "startTime": 1830.159, "endTime": 1835.378, "body": "The promise that Christ will judge the earth assures us that evil will be defeated," }, { "startTime": 1836.133, "endTime": 1844.135, "body": "Justice ultimately will prevail And creation will be restored Go ahead and take" }, { "startTime": 1844.135, "endTime": 1848.88, "body": "a moment right now to reflect on these questions First," }, { "startTime": 1849.751, "endTime": 1855.289, "body": "has your spiritual life become quiet, routine, or confined strictly to Sunday mornings?" }, { "startTime": 1856.752, "endTime": 1862.075, "body": "Take the time to ask the Lord to revive your heart with a new song by reflecting" }, { "startTime": 1862.418, "endTime": 1864.002, "body": "on what He has delivered you from." }, { "startTime": 1865.442, "endTime": 1871.688, "body": "Second, what functional idols are competing for your trust and emotional energy right now?" }, { "startTime": 1872.96, "endTime": 1879.854, "body": "Bring those anxieties and those ambitions before God, confessing that He alone is your security." }, { "startTime": 1881.276, "endTime": 1888.597, "body": "Third, who in your daily life needs to hear that the Lord reigns and the Lord saves?" }, { "startTime": 1889.195, "endTime": 1897.646, "body": "Write down one name and pray for an opportunity this week to speak God's goodness to them And fourth," }, { "startTime": 1898.239, "endTime": 1902.024, "body": "how does the truth that Christ is coming to judge the world in righteousness" }, { "startTime": 1902.453, "endTime": 1905.176, "body": "Alter how you view today's headlines?" }, { "startTime": 1906.32, "endTime": 1913.464, "body": "Release worldly panic and rest in the assurance of God's sovereign control So" }, { "startTime": 1913.464, "endTime": 1918.26, "body": "if you're listening today and you're feeling inadequate, timid," }, { "startTime": 1919.172, "endTime": 1925.662, "body": "or even hesitant in sharing your faith Let the truth of Psalm 96 bring comfort to your heart," }, { "startTime": 1926.794, "endTime": 1931.864, "body": "Being a witness for Christ does not require a theological degree It doesn't" }, { "startTime": 1931.864, "endTime": 1935.54, "body": "require a platform It doesn't require silver-tongued eloquence." }, { "startTime": 1936.41, "endTime": 1939.696, "body": "Witnessing is simply pointing to the one who saved you." }, { "startTime": 1940.782, "endTime": 1945.716, "body": "It is one beggar telling another beggar where they can go to find bread." }, { "startTime": 1947.068, "endTime": 1952.844, "body": "You do not carry the burden of changing anyone's heart. That's the work of the Holy Spirit." }, { "startTime": 1953.663, "endTime": 1957.844, "body": "Your calling is simply to adore the Lord in His beauty and in the beauty of" }, { "startTime": 1957.844, "endTime": 1963.021, "body": "His holiness, and to declare the righteousness and wonderful things of his works." }, { "startTime": 1964.367, "endTime": 1970.172, "body": "The Lord who reigns over the cosmos is the very same Lord who walks with you daily." }, { "startTime": 1971.113, "endTime": 1976.824, "body": "Rest in his sovereign grace, take courage in his presence, and step out in faith" }, { "startTime": 1976.824, "endTime": 1980.325, "body": "this week knowing that his truth will never fail." }, { "startTime": 1981.946, "endTime": 1986.919, "body": "Let's close out today's study of Psalm 96 in prayer. Heavenly Father," }, { "startTime": 1986.919, "endTime": 1990.537, "body": "we praise you because you are great and you are greatly to be praised." }, { "startTime": 1991.25, "endTime": 1996.44, "body": "You made the heavens, you reign over the nations, and you hold our lives in your hands." }, { "startTime": 1997.548, "endTime": 2002.425, "body": "Lord, empower us by your Holy Spirit to live lives of unbroken worship." }, { "startTime": 2003.15, "endTime": 2008.897, "body": "Set our hearts free from the empty idols of this world and fill our mouths with your praises." }, { "startTime": 2009.936, "endTime": 2014.369, "body": "Give us divine appointments this week to speak of your marvelous salvation to" }, { "startTime": 2014.369, "endTime": 2015.939, "body": "those who do not yet know you." }, { "startTime": 2016.757, "endTime": 2022.045, "body": "We commit our hearts, our families, and our conversations into your loving hands." }, { "startTime": 2022.719, "endTime": 2030.109, "body": "We pray all these things in the mighty and matchless name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen." }, { "startTime": 2031.223, "endTime": 2034.544, "body": "Thank you so much for joining me today on this episode of Bible Bites." }, { "startTime": 2035.356, "endTime": 2038.491, "body": "Walking through God's word with this community is an absolute joy." }, { "startTime": 2038.921, "endTime": 2046.319, "body": "And I pray today that this study in Psalms 96 has strengthened your faith and" }, { "startTime": 2046.319, "endTime": 2047.709, "body": "has deepened your walk with Christ." }, { "startTime": 2048.585, "endTime": 2052.242, "body": "If this message encourages you, please take a moment to share it with a friend," }, { "startTime": 2052.735, "endTime": 2057.687, "body": "a family member, or someone in your church who might need a reminder of God's sovereign reign." }, { "startTime": 2058.749, "endTime": 2062.081, "body": "I'd also love to hear from you. 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