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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>Passing the Torch</title>
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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>
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		<title>Jesus, Servant of Hope</title>
		<link>https://tombenton.org/2016/05/12/jesus-servant-of-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 00:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Benton</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Tom Benton</dc:creator>
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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>
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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>
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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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		<title>Psalm 119 &#8211; He</title>
		<link>https://tombenton.org/2016/01/07/psalm-119-he/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[For this stanza of Psalm 119, the psalmist makes eight requests of God concerning His Word. Teach me (v. 33)- first he wants God to teach him &#8220;the way of your decrees&#8221;.  This is different than teaching him the decrees &#8211; he wants to know the way, the path that God&#8217;s Word leads him to. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Psalm 119 &#8211; Daleth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2016 04:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[In this fourth stanza of Psalm 119, the psalmist mentions that following the Word can be difficult &#8211; he feels &#8220;laid low&#8221; and is weary with sorrow.  Maybe the persecution mentioned in the last stanza from those not obedient is stressing him out.  He calls on God to strengthen him (v. 28) and to not [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Psalm 119 &#8211; Gimel</title>
		<link>https://tombenton.org/2016/01/04/psalm-119-gimel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2016 04:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The third stanza of Psalm 119 looks at how the word separates those who obey it from those who don&#8217;t.  The psalmist starts with calling on God to help him obey the word by being good to him and opening his eyes to what the law says (v. 17-18).  Then he says that he is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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