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[SPEAKER_00]: Well, hello, and welcome to the True Seekers Podcast.
[SPEAKER_00]: Today's episode is part of our praying the Bible series.
[SPEAKER_00]: Each month we read a verse from the Bible and learn how to pray it back to God.
[SPEAKER_00]: Have you ever struggled with knowing what to say to God when you pray?
[SPEAKER_00]: Sometimes we don't always know how to pray or what to pray when we're talking to God.
[SPEAKER_00]: The good news is that God has given us the Bible and the Bible is filled with all kinds of truths that we can pray back to God.
[SPEAKER_00]: When we are at a loss and don't know how or what to pray, we can turn to the Bible to give us truths that we can stand on and believe in when we pray to God.
[SPEAKER_00]: Did you know that when you asked Jesus into your heart, you became a child of God?
[SPEAKER_00]: The Bible says we can have confidence as we come before God and talk to him in prayer
[SPEAKER_00]: Today's passage from the Bible comes from Psalms 30.
[SPEAKER_00]: Now if you've been following along for any time, you know that I love reading through the Psalms.
[SPEAKER_00]: When I do not know what to pray, the Psalms always give me wonderful examples of how to talk to God.
[SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 30 was written by David, who knew how to pour his heart out to God.
[SPEAKER_00]: This Psalm is a Psalm of praise and thanksgiving.
[SPEAKER_00]: When I don't know what else to do or say, I practice praise, praising God for his goodness and kindness and faithfulness keeps my eyes off of myself and my problems and puts them back on God, the mighty God who can do all things.
[SPEAKER_00]: Let's listen to David's
[SPEAKER_00]: I will exalt you, Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths, and did not let my enemies glow to over me.
[SPEAKER_00]: Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.
[SPEAKER_00]: You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead.
[SPEAKER_00]: You spared me from going down to the pit.
[SPEAKER_00]: Seeing the praises of the Lord you, his faithful people, praises holy name for his anger last only a moment, but his favor last a lifetime.
[SPEAKER_00]: Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
[SPEAKER_00]: When I felt secure, I said, I will never be shaken.
[SPEAKER_00]: Lord, when you favored me, you made my royal mountain stand firm, but when you hid your face, I was dismayed, to you Lord I called, to the Lord I cried for mercy, what is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit, will the dust praise you, will it proclaim your faithfulness, your Lord and be merciful to me, Lord be my help.
[SPEAKER_00]: You turned my morning into dancing.
[SPEAKER_00]: You removed my sackcloth and cloth me with joy that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.
[SPEAKER_00]: Lord my God, I will praise you forever.
[SPEAKER_00]: Now two secrets, before we pray, I want you to think for a moment about what you just heard.
[SPEAKER_00]: I want you to notice how David started his song.
[SPEAKER_00]: The first sentence David said was, I will exalt you, Lord.
[SPEAKER_00]: Do you know what it means to exalt someone?
[SPEAKER_00]: It means to lift up, to hold up, to set up on high.
[SPEAKER_00]: When we exalt the Lord, we lift up His name as most holy, as the Lord most high above all the earth and above all living things.
[SPEAKER_00]: He is worthy of our exaltation.
[SPEAKER_00]: David exalt to the Lord by simply saying, O Lord, I exalt you!
[SPEAKER_00]: Why did He exalt the Lord?
[SPEAKER_00]: Well, the rest of the Psalm gives all the reasons for why David exalt to the Lord.
[SPEAKER_00]: Can you count how many good things David remembered that the Lord had done in His life?
[SPEAKER_00]: that leads me to the next thing I want us to think about in this Psalm.
[SPEAKER_00]: David could praise the Lord and exalt him because he chose to remember all the ways God had been good to him.
[SPEAKER_00]: Can you think back on all the ways God has been good to you?
[SPEAKER_00]: When you begin to remember God's love for you and his kindness over you, you can't help but exalt him and praise him.
[SPEAKER_00]: David said that when he called
[SPEAKER_00]: He said that God turned his sadness into joy, his weeping into dancing, David knew the goodness of God, and so he could praise him.
[SPEAKER_00]: Finally, I want you to think about how David said, weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
[SPEAKER_00]: Have you found yourself saddened lately?
[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you even cried some tears.
[SPEAKER_00]: David reminds us that while we may feel sad for a time,
[SPEAKER_00]: God always brings us joy.
[SPEAKER_00]: We can trust in him even in the sad times.
[SPEAKER_00]: As long as we put our faith in him, He will lighten our load.
[SPEAKER_00]: He will take the heavy burden from our shoulders and replace it with his garment of joy.
[SPEAKER_00]: He will be our joy.
[SPEAKER_00]: He understands when we walk through hard times and when we feel sad, but he has promised to be with us and fill us with Himself with His Holy Spirit.
[SPEAKER_00]: And that means His joy and His love for the fruit of the Spirit is love and joy and peace.
[SPEAKER_00]: Our sadness will not last forever.
[SPEAKER_00]: Keep holding on friends.
[SPEAKER_00]: Keep putting your faith in Him.
[SPEAKER_00]: great job two seekers now that we have thought about all of the truths of this Psalm and what it means to us we are ready to pray so if you did not know what to pray about before now you have many things you can pray to God about would you like to listen to me say a prayer first before you give it a try okay let me pray and you listen for all the ways I practice praising God in this prayer
[SPEAKER_00]: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you that we can be like David and come and praise you anytime day or night.
[SPEAKER_00]: We don't have to wait until we feel happy to praise you.
[SPEAKER_00]: We can praise you even in our sadness.
[SPEAKER_00]: We can remember your promise that though the sorrow may last for a season, you promise you're joy in your gladness.
[SPEAKER_00]: You have commanded us to put on the garment of praise instead of an exchange for the spirit of heaviness.
[SPEAKER_00]: So we do that now.
[SPEAKER_00]: We put on the garment of praise.
[SPEAKER_00]: We receive your joy in our hearts.
[SPEAKER_00]: We praise your name.
[SPEAKER_00]: We exalt you.
[SPEAKER_00]: We lift you up for you our worthy of our praise.
[SPEAKER_00]: We fix our eyes on you and not on our problems.
[SPEAKER_00]: For we know that you hold us and you hear us and you are a good and faithful God.
[SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for being a God.
[SPEAKER_00]: We can praise and exalt.
[SPEAKER_00]: We love you so much, Father.
[SPEAKER_00]: In Jesus' name.
[SPEAKER_00]: Amen.
[SPEAKER_00]: Alright true seekers, it's your turn.
[SPEAKER_00]: I encourage you to take time this week to you Psalm 30 to help you when you pray to God.
[SPEAKER_00]: He is right there with you and he can't wait for you to start talking to him.
[SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for joining me today true seekers and I'll talk to you soon.