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		<title>Psalm 119 &#8211; Mem</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 02:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[In this stanza, the psalmist talks about how to fully understand the amazing Word that he described in the last stanza.  In v. 97-99, he talks about meditating on the Word.  Meditating on the Word all day long helps him to be wiser than his enemies and have more insight than his teachers.  Meditating on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Psalm 119 &#8211; Lamedh</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 02:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[After closing the first half of the psalm with a prayer stanza, the psalmist begins the second half with thoughts about what God&#8217;s Word is and what it does.  To start the psalm&#8217;s first half, he used the first three verses to talk about those who follow God&#8217;s Word &#8211; those blessed by walking according [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Psalm 119 &#8211; Kaph</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2016 00:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[This stanza marks the end of the first half of Psalm 119, and the psalmist closes the first half with what the NIV Study Bible says is a prayer.  In this prayer, the psalmist spends the first half focused on his weaknesses, then the second half calling on God to help him. The psalmist mentions [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Passing the Torch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 01:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Benton</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Our congregation has a great tradition from over the years called the &#8220;Passing the Torch&#8221; night with the teen ministry. It&#8217;s a special teen devotional that celebrates graduating high school seniors and welcomes students entering high school along with their parents. This year&#8217;s event featured some great fellowship time and lawn games (including some spirited [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Psalm 119 &#8211; Yodh</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Over the last few stanzas, the psalmist has expressed his feelings about God and the Word:  Zayin (v. 49-56) talked about comfort God provides through remembering His laws, Heth (v. 57-64) talks about security by walking in God&#8217;s Word and Teth (v. 65-72) mentions how God teaches us in times of persecution when we obey [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Over the last few stanzas, the psalmist has expressed his feelings about God and the Word:  Zayin (v. 49-56) talked about comfort God provides through remembering His laws, Heth (v. 57-64) talks about security by walking in God&#8217;s Word and Teth (v. 65-72) mentions how God teaches us in times of persecution when we obey [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Nailed to the Cross</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 04:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Communion is a time to consider what Jesus did for us on the cross.  By taking away our debt of sin, he gave us forgiveness, but what does that really mean? Colossians 2:13-14(NIV) 13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus, Servant of Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 00:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Christians, from the earliest 1st century followers to today, view Jesus as Lord and Christ &#8211; the Master of our lives and Savior who gave his life to save us from our sins &#8211; and he is all of that, but more&#8230; In the OT book of Isaiah, there are four passages that some commentaries [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Psalm 119 &#8211; Teth</title>
		<link>https://tombenton.org/2016/01/23/psalm-119-teth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2016 23:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[After talking about the comfort and protection that God&#8217;s Word brings, the psalmist explores how God delivered him from being afflicted &#8211; he mentions how he was afflicted before he went astray (v. 67) but that by obeying God he realized God&#8217;s goodness. He realizes it was good to be afflicted (v. 71) because it [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Psalm 119 &#8211; Heth</title>
		<link>https://tombenton.org/2016/01/15/psalm-119-heth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[After discussing remembering and comfort in God&#8217;s Word, the psalmist talks about security he finds in the Word and it&#8217;s connection to obedience.  He talks about promising to obey and not hastening to obey, and about how the Lord is his portion (what he is given to meet his needs), and that God protects him [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Psalm 119 &#8211; Zayin</title>
		<link>https://tombenton.org/2016/01/15/psalm-119-zayin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The psalmist mentioned feeling weary in stanza Daleth, then makes his requests of God in He and commitments to God in Waw.  Now in Zayin, he talks about how God&#8217;s Word is his comfort, using the word twice in the passage.  He mentions that the promises from God give him hope, preserves his life and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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