He is all, all in all. Through earth and heaven one
song shall ring, from grateful hearts this anthem spring. Arise ye saints, salute thy king,
all thy days sing his praise. That's a great hymn, isn't it?
Go back to Psalm 145. The title of this message, for
what it's worth, is a message concerning all things. Notice how many times he says,
"...all the Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all
those that be bowed down. The eyes of all wait upon thee. Thou givest them their meat in
due season. Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest
the desire of every living thing." The Lord is righteous in all
His ways and holy in all His works. He is nigh unto all them
that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. Verse 20, the Lord preserveth
all them that love Him, but all the wicked will He destroy. Something
for all here. This psalm speaks of the Name
of our God, the greatness of our God, the works, the mighty
acts, the glory, honor, majesty, goodness, righteousness, grace,
mercy, compassion, kingdom, dominion, holiness of the Lord our God,
preservation, all this and more. Look at verses 1 and 2. David
writes this and says, I will extol thee, my God, O King, I
will bless thy name forever and ever. Every day will I bless
thee, and I will praise thy name forever and ever." He's not boasting
there, he's just from the depth of his heart, he's saying, I
will lift you up, I will praise your name, every day I will bless
thee. Verse 3, great is the Lord, greatly
to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation
shall praise thy works to another, he said, and shall declare thy
mighty acts." May God cause us to praise Him and to do it before
our children and for them to know that we do it with great
joy and with great gratitude. One generation shall praise thy
works to another. Verse 5, I will speak of the
glorious honor of thy majesty and of thy wondrous works. Notice
David says, I want to talk about him, what he's done, what the
Lord has done, his mighty acts and his mighty work. Verse 6,
And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts. terrible acts, and I will declare
thy greatness." You know, these terrible things that happen throughout
the world like earthquakes and hurricanes. Tsunami and so forth. God did that. Very few people
are willing to say that God had anything to do with that. But
that's what he's saying. These are God's terrible acts. And it even says in other places
several times, that his name is terrible. And in terrible
things will the Lord work. God's people know something of
the fear of the Lord. David says, they shall abundantly
utter, verse 7, they shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great
goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness. Now, David says, I will extol
or lift up my God. I will bless His name. I, every
day, will I bless Him. I'll praise His name for He's
great. and one generation a believer to another. God has not left
himself without a witness, that is, to testify, to declare his
greatness and his goodness and even his terrible act. Throughout
every generation he has had a people he has made himself known to,
to the praise of the glory of his great. And so if you think
on the Lord, if you bless Him, if you praise Him and honor Him,
His name, And you don't curse His name. You don't blaspheme
His name. If you praise and honor and glorify
His works and His mighty acts, not man's, how blessed you are. You must be one of these. Most
do not think on God. Know that? Most people do not
think on God at all. God is not in all their thoughts.
That's what Scripture says. They did not like to retain God
in their knowledge, Romans 1 says. They think of many things, but
God's not one of them. Certainly not every morning.
Very seldom. Most blaspheme His name. You
know that? You hear it. Most people blaspheme
His name. Most people speak of man's glory,
man's honor, man's work, man's acts. They talk about the greatness
of man. What about you? David said, I will speak. I'm
going to praise His name and by His grace every morning think
on Him. So may the Lord unite our hearts
to fear His name, declare His greatness, sing of His righteousness
and His only. May He cause us to bless Him
every day and think on Him. Verse 8, For the Lord is gracious. That means giving, beneficent. What do we have that we have
not received? Every good and perfect gift. What do we have that we have
not received? Now if we received it, how? Could we possibly glory
as if we had not received? A man can receive nothing except
to be given him from above. The Lord is gracious. The Lord
God, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Spirit of God is gracious, full
of grace, giving, kind, benevolent, God of all grace. God of all
grace, and He giveth, and He giveth, and He giveth more grace. And He doth not upbraid. He doth not upbraid for the grace
you've wasted. He's full of compassion, it says. Full of compassion. He knoweth
our frame. He's caring. He's tender. He's
feeling. He's touched with the feeling.
of our infirmity, because he himself was encompassed with
that infirmity. He is slow to anger. The psalm says God is angry with
the wicked every day, but that anger is slow in coming. How
long does he put up with men through their rebellion in their
childhood, their adolescence, their young adulthood, and then
their adulthood rebelling against God? How long did he put up with
that? Take this into account that the
long suffering of our God is salvation. The Lord is slow to
anger. Slow to anger. And He is of great
mercy. Great in mercy. Verse 8. Of great
mercy. Mercy means, chiefly means, not
getting what we deserve. Justice is doing what's right,
what's earned. But mercy is not giving what
you deserve, sparing justice. And one, God's of great mercy. How merciful. He's of great mercy,
so great that He will pardon the greatest of sinners. David
said, pardon my iniquity, for it is great. And so he spoke
of so great salvation. One example will suffice to tell
of God's great mercy. Once again, hanging on the cross
beside him was the most wicked, vile sinner to ever live. One of them, one of the many,
a thief and a murderer, and in his dying hour, God Almighty
in a moment, by His miraculous power, changed him, turned his
heart, gave him a new heart, gave him eyes to see who he was.
And His goodness gave him repentance. He made Himself known to him. And that thief asked for mercy.
The Lord granted it right there. Frankly, freely, eternally forgave
him everything he did for all eternity. That's how great in
mercy He is. Great in mercy. What a great
sinner. Look at verse 9. This is good.
The Lord is good to all. And his tender mercies are over
all his works. God is good to all men, women,
and children. Yes, he is. Even the animals
are recipients of the Lord's goodness. His tender mercies,
kindness. Our Lord said in Matthew 5, He
maketh his Son to rise on the evil and the good. If the Lord
didn't cause that sun to rise, we'd all die, wouldn't we? He
sendeth the rain on the just and the unjust. So undeserving
of the water of life. All should praise and thank him.
For he is good to all. I remember Sister Nancy Parks
telling me this story one time. She worked for a woman here in
town and that woman had a business that Nancy operated for her.
And Nancy, as God's people are prone to do, tell what wonderful
works the Lord hath done for them. She was telling this woman
what the Lord's goodness to her and mercy to her. And this woman
said, and I quote, she ain't done nothing for me. He ain't
done nothing for me. Talking about God, she said,
he ain't done nothing for me. Well, she woke up in a house
that God had given her, breathing air that God had given her, drinking
water that God had given her, eating food that God had given
her, got in a car God had gave her, and went to a business God
had gave her. Isn't it a good thing the Lord is slow to anger? Neither worth it. She's not thankful.
He ain't done nothing for me. Man, oh man. Someone once said, the Lord treats
all His creatures with kindness. He treats His subjects with consideration. That is, all men are His subjects. He treats His people with favor. Let's say that again. He treats
all His creatures with kindness, His subjects with consideration,
and His people with favor. Oh, God is good. And His chief
goodness is found in Psalm 100. You've got to see this because
this We sang that, didn't we? We said, pardon for sin and appease
that endurer. That's His greatest goodness
and mercy. Psalm 100 says this, and I can't
tell you how many times in the Scripture it speaks of His mercy
and His truth. I want to preach on that one of these days. Mercy
and truth. By mercy and truth, iniquities
purge. Mercy and truth endureth forever. Psalm 100, verse 5. The Lord is good. How so? His mercy is everlasting. And His truth endureth to all
generations. You see, His truth, or that is
the gospel, is how we know He is merciful. Christ is the truth. And here he sits at the right
hand of God, the mercy of God, the truth of God. For all generations,
God, the gospel has been proclaimed. Verse 10 in our text, Psalm 145,
10. It says, All thy works shall
praise thee, O Lord, and thy saints shall bless thee. Even
the birds praise the Lord. Don't they sing His praises? They wake up whistling. They've
got it worse than we do, don't they? Where do the birds sleep? in these torrential rains and
high winds and so forth. Huh? You ever thought about that?
The Lord takes care of them. And so they wake up singing.
And the slightest little breeze, the trees, clap their hands. All the works of the Lord praise
Him, but the God's people, the sanctified ones, they bless Him. That is, they know something
of His person and His work, and they attribute all things to
Him. That's what blessed me. Say wonderful
things about Him. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and
all that is within me. Bless His holy name. The saints. The saints bless Him. Those that
are set apart, sanctified for His glory. Here's their conversation. Verse 11, the saints, here's their conversation,
11-13, they shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk
of thy power to make known to the sons of men. It's their desire
that the sons of men might see His mighty acts and the glorious
majesty of His kingdom. His reign, His sovereignty. Thy
kingdom, David says, on our behalf, is an everlasting kingdom of
His reign and rule. There's no end. His government
throughout the world and the universe. And thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations. Aren't you glad? The Lord reigneth. Say among the heathen, if anybody
comes in here, that's what they're going to hear. Anybody comes
wherever the saints meet, that's what they're going to hear. The
sons of men are going to hear of His kingdom and His dominion. That's how they pray. Thy kingdom
come, Thy will be done. They speak of His mighty acts,
His majesty, His kingdom, His dominion, His sovereignty, His
power, His salvation. Him, Him, Him. And that's what
they want men to know and hear. The saints speak of the King
and His Kingdom. Now, I did it. Fifteen minutes. Now I've got
to what I really want to dwell on here. Verse 14. This is wonderful. These are
the verses that really made me want to deal with it. The Lord
upholdeth, or that is, picks up, holds up all that fall, and
raiseth up all those that be bowed down. The Lord picks up,
holds up all that fall. Now, in Adam, we are all fallen,
aren't we? All fallen, fallen creatures. We've fallen into sin and depravity
in Adam. But all don't know that. And
who he's talking about here is all that know that. All that
the Lord has made known, their fallen nature in Adam. If any
man says, John says, he hath no sin, truth's not in him. But this is the first thing the
Lord reveals to us, doesn't it? Paul said, O wretched man that
I am, in my place dwelleth no good thing. Lord, I'm a fallen
creature. All that fall, all that fall
into sin and fall to temptation. Sin is not a temptation to the
world. You ever thought about that?
It's a desire. It's a heart's desire. It's a
pursuit. It's a way of life, death to
the world. But God's people are tempted
by sin, by the tempter. And they often fall to those
temptations. Lord, David said, I have sinned
against thee, and thee only have I sinned. Lord, I could not stand
before the tempter. I could not stand before that
temptation. I have fallen. All those that
fall short of the glory of God. All men do, but all men don't
care. God's people do. Lord, I try to pray. But I can't. My mind wanders. Lord, I try to walk by faith.
I try to believe You. I can't. I try to keep Your Word.
I try to remember You. I try to speak of You. I try to act and do what's right. But I fall so short. I fall so
short. All that fall is stumble and
fall trying to walk by faith. All that try to walk by faith
will stumble and fall, won't they? They look here and they
look there, and they fall into the pit instead of looking right
on. Or you fall for this and fall
for that. Fall into doubt, fall into fear. You look back, look
within, and you fall into despair, don't you? Fall into despair. Look at Psalm 37. These are wonderful
psalms speaking of the Lord upholding the fallen. That's who this is
speaking to. Those who know that they've fallen
in Adam. A fallen creature. Those who
have fallen into sin and temptation. Those who fall short of the glory
of God. Those that stumble and fall.
You can't seem to walk by faith those that fall into doubts and
fears and despair. Look at Psalm 37, verse 23. Now, the steps of a good man
are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way, though
he fall. It's not if. It doesn't say if
he fall. No, no, no, no. Though he fall. He shall not be utterly cast
out, for the Lord will pick him up. How many times, look at Proverbs
24, this is good. How many times will a man fall
and the Lord still pick him up? How many times will a believer
fall to temptation, fall into sin, stumble and fall, fall short
of God's glory and the Lord have mercy upon him and the Lord pick
him up? How many times? Well, he told us, if your brother
trespassed, how many times? Seventy times seven. How often? Every day. Look at Proverbs 24,
verse 16. It says, a just man falleth seven
times and rises up again. How does he rise up? The Lord
picks him up. The Lord picks him up. So our
text says, The Lord upholdeth. He picks up all that fall. He
raiseth up. Look at the next line of Psalm
145, verse 14. He raiseth up all those that
be bowed down. All those that be bowed down.
All those whose heads are bowed with guilt and shame. The Lord
will raise them up. That's what guilt and shame does
to you that causes you to hold your head down. Like that adulterous
woman, guilty at the Lord's feet. You know her head was bowed.
She couldn't look up. She was guilty and everybody
knew it. By the time the Lord was through, there were no more
accusers. He stooped down to where she
was, bowed down, and he raised her up. He said, now lift up
your head. Look around. Where are thine accusers? That
no man accused thee? No man, Lord. He said, now you
look at me. Neither do I. Lord, the prodigal, you know
that prodigal when he came home, was hanging his head in shame,
don't you? He was ashamed to come home, but he had to. He
had to. That's the only place that he's
going to find mercy after being in the hog pen. He was ashamed
to come home, and you know he had his head bowed. What did
the father do? Fell on his neck. Son said, I'm
sorry, Dad. I'm sorry. I've sinned against
heaven, against you. Before he could get his little
speech out, and it was a good little speech. He wanted to tell
his dad he'd be a servant. Just make me a servant. He didn't
get that out until the father said, bring the best robe. Son, lift up your head. Here
comes the fatted calf. Sacrifice. Look, all those that
be bowed down with guilt and shame. All those that be bowed
down weary and tired through this walk of faith. You walk through this world,
you go weary, don't you? Weary of this battle. It says
He raises them up all the time. You tell me what it is that picks
you up when you feel bowed down. Isn't there one thing? The Lord's Word, the Lord's Gospel
picks you up when you hear it, renews you, restores you, gives
you new strength to go on for a day, doesn't it? All those
that be bowed down in grief and affliction. God's people are. Man is born of woman a few days
and full of trouble. The waters of a full cup are
wrung out, especially on God's people. Waters of grief and affliction. Water their bed with tears. Listen
to this. There was a woman who had a spirit
of infirmity 18 years, and said she was bowed down so much, she
was so completely bowed down that she could in no wise lift
up herself. all of her troubles, whatever
it was, the Lord doesn't tell us. Be it sickness, be it trials,
be it sorrow, be it grief, be it trial after trial just weighed
her down until she was so broken and so bowed down with grief
and sorrow. As she bowed down, she could
in no way lift herself up. But you know what? It says, the
Lord saw her and called her to Him and said unto her, Woman,
straighten up. He lifted her up. Raised her
up and He said, She was made straight. That is, she stood
up straight. And she glorified God. And no
matter how much You go through, no matter how much you be bowed
down through the afflictions and trials of this life and the
grief and the sufferings and the sorrow, He will raise you
up. He will lift you up. And you
will praise Him for His goodness. Praise Him. Go back to the text
now. It says in Psalm 145, verses
15 and 16, the eyes of all awake. upon thee. All flesh, all animals, all things
wait upon thee. Scripture so often speaks of
this, doesn't it? The young lions. Well, Job, the
book of Job, God said to Job, I feed the whales, I feed the
birds, I feed them all, the conies, all of this. They all wait upon
thee and He gives them their meat in due season. He gives them their meat in due
season. Thou openest thy hand, here it is, hand to mouth. God's
hand to our mouth. He opens His hand, thy hand,
and satisfies the desire of every living thing. That's how good
God is. Even a sparrow. The Father feeds
them by and by. And how much more will He give
us our meat in due season? And verse 17, it says, the Lord
is righteous in all His ways. He's holy in all His acts, His
work. He's righteous in all His ways.
He's just. Whatever the Lord does, and the Lord does all things. He said, I wound, I heal, I kill,
I make alive. I, the Lord, do all these things.
The Lord does all things. The Lord makes peace. He makes
evil and so on and so forth. I the Lord do all these things.
And the Lord is righteous and God's people know this and they
praise Him for it and they declare it. That the Lord does all things
and He does all things well and He does all things right. The
judge of the earth shall do right. That was Abraham's final plea
with the Lord who was going to destroy Sodom. He said, I know
you're righteous and you won't destroy the righteous with the
wicked. No, he won't. And he said, shall not the judge
of the earth do right? Yes, he will, in all cases, for
all people. And we look at things that happen
in the world today, such as what just happened to Japan. Now,
you know, we feel sorry for those people. We should feel great
compassion for those people. But the Lord did that. And let me just say that Japan
is no worse than America with all its idolatry, but the fact
is that nation is a Buddhist nation. They don't worship God. So, all nations that forget God, Right? It's going to happen.
It is happening to this nation. Katrina came through and wiped
out a decadent city called New Orleans. No worse than Roanoke.
But the Lord is righteous. It's holy. It's holy. Men only think of God and preachers
have falsely, have lied on God saying to all flesh that God
is love and only love. And a loving God wouldn't do
that. No, a loving God wouldn't. But a holy God will. And that's
who did it. The God of the Bible is holy.
Holy. Holy. He's just. He's righteous
in all His ways. And you know, that is our comfort.
The justice of God, the righteousness of God is our comfort in everything
that falls upon us. God's just. God's right. He'll
do what's right. He'll do what's right. He's righteous, he's just, he's
holy in all that he does. Read on. He says in verse 18,
the Lord is nigh unto all them that call on him. All that call
on the name of the Lord. Whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord. Who? What Lord? The God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob. Jehovah. The only living and
true God. There is no other. Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God is God. The one God. Whosoever shall
call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ." God hath made
this same Jesus Lord and Christ. Whosoever. It doesn't matter
how idolatrous or sinful or how long. How long they've contended
and rebelled. Whosoever shall call on the name
of this Lord, God will come near. Bring them nigh unto Him in mercy.
To all that call upon Him in truth, you know,
many call in mockery, many call in formality, many call in hypocrisy,
mockery. You know, people, they pray as
if it's like a rabbit's foot, just in case, you know. If there's
anybody up there, you know. Prayer and luck. You know, your
athletes say that all the time. God, no. He doesn't hear it.
He won't hear that. Those who pray out of formality.
Repeat after me. Let's pray together. Our Father,
our Father, which art in heaven, which art in heaven. He doesn't
hear that. Those who pray in hypocrisy because it's a duty
or because you want to be seen praying. Or, you know, we tell
our children, say your prayer. You don't say prayer. Hypocrisy. All who call upon
Him in truth. In truth. What's that? Who's
that? That's the Lord Jesus Christ.
Call upon Him from a true heart in need of what? What's our greatest
need? You know what a man will call
on? Whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be saved. That's what the Scripture is
talking about. Saved. Whosoever shall call upon
the name of the Lord shall be saved. Saved from what? Christ
came to save His people from their sin. Whosoever shall call
upon Him to be saved from their sin. Well, it says, How shall
they call on Him whom they have not believed? You're not going
to call on a God if you don't believe He's God, if you don't
believe He's sinning against you, against thee and thee only.
How shall they believe in Him whom they've not heard? I've
heard of you, Job said, and how might I see if they? And I hate
myself. And how shall they hear without
a preacher? Whosoever shall call upon the Lord in truth with a
true heart, need for repentance." A lot of people call on God when
they get in trouble, and then when they get out of trouble,
they quit calling. Right? Everybody calls. out, Oh God,
or Lord have mercy, you know, when they get in trouble. But
as soon as the trouble is over, no more calling. God's people
call and call and call and call and keep calling. Why? Because
they're needy. They're poor and needy. And out
of a true heart, they need one thing. The Lord Jesus Christ.
And God will hear us in Christ always. He's promised that. Christ
said that. You call on the Father. If you
ask anything in my name, you'll hear it. It will be known to
you. And the Lord will hear. The Lord
will answer when you call Him from a true need and call Him
Christ. Verse 19, He will fulfill the desire of them that fear
Him. He will fulfill the desire of them
that fear Him. You know, I thought about this.
that whatever men and women desire, pretty much, the Lord will give
it to them. You know that? God is good. You
work hard enough, and you get it. If you work hard enough, you
know, honest, hard work, diligence pays off, and it will be rewarded.
Honesty will be rewarded, and on and on it goes. You go after
something hard enough, you can get it. You give yourself to
it, you can get it. Whatever your soul desires. There's a proverb that says,
God puts the world in their heart. In the world's heart, men and
women just go after this world and they get it. Whatever they
desire. Right now, you know, I run around
a little bit, run, I mean run, run, many that I run, and my
goal is to run so many minutes per mile. And I intend to do
it, barring injury and death. I'm going to get it. But so what? Big deal. What will it matter? And if you get all, our Lord
said, if a man gained the whole world, go after it, you'll get
it. What do you got? It all goes out in a draft. It's
all vanity. Go after it. Whatever you desire,
you can get it. That's Ecclesiastes. The whole
book of Ecclesiastes says, go after it, young man. Go get it.
While you're young, go after it. Hold on to it. Remember,
it ain't going to last. And there's nothing to it. All
right? And look at this. Here's what
the Scripture says to God's people. It says, He will fulfill the
desire of them that fear Him. What's that? All God's people,
all that fear Him, say like David, One thing have I desired. And
that's what I'm going after. What's that? Oh, that I may dwell
in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. I want to
be a part of His kingdom. I want to be a part of His body,
the body of Christ, the people of Christ. I want to be like
Ruth said, your people be my people. Your God's my God. Where
you go, I want to go. That's what God's people, they
desire Christ. Like Paul said, one thing. He
said, I want to win Christ and be found in Him. He said, forget
all that's done. I'm going after Him. The Lord
will grant that. The desire of the Christian is
to win Christ. To be like Christ. And that's
what you'll get. All that fear Him. Fear is throughout
Scripture. He also will hear their cry.
All that fear Him, all that come nigh in truth, realizing who
He is, reverence, respect, He will hear their cry every time. Every time. Don't you, your children? Hannah, don't you hear them?
Now, you don't always jump up and run in there when Lily's
crying. Kelly doesn't cry too much anymore, but Lily does,
doesn't she? And you don't always run and every time she cries,
sometimes it's a cry of rebellion. Sometimes it's just a cry of
agitation. Sometimes it's just, well, but
there's times when she really needs you. Are you going to make
her wait? How long are you going to make
her wait? Maybe I'll speak to her daddy. Daddy's girl. Oh, the Lord will hear their
cry. He hears them all. And He will
save them. Whatever we need saving from,
He'll save us from it. Despair. Verse 20. Oh, I love
this. The Lord preserveth all them
that love Him. That is, He will keep you. I mean, He'll keep you. He will in no wise cash you out.
When He saved you as a sinner, He knew what He was getting. He knew what He was getting.
He knew what He was paying for. And in the end, we're not much
better than that. The Lord, when He saved us, intended
to keep it. And He said, of all which thou
hast given Me, I have lost nothing. I have kept them all. He preserveth
all them that love Him. He's going to keep them. Old
Abner is still with me. He's still with me. He's been
in a lot of trouble. In fact, right now, in his old
age, with his hoary hairs, poor fellow, he's getting to be nothing
but trouble. You reckon I'm going to kick
him out in his old age? My, my. No way. He needs me the
most then. He needs me the most. The Lord
will preserveth all them that love him. The Lord will keep,
he's able to keep from falling. Kept by his power, preserveth
all them that love him. And all them that love him, you
love Peter. Here's a good example. After Peter took his greatest
fall into sin, after he denied the Lord and reverted right back
to the way he was when the Lord found him, the Lord said, you
go tell my disciples and Peter. And Peter came back, and you
know his head was hanging. And they were sitting around
that fire, and the first thing the Lord asked him was, what? Simon,
son of Joseph, do you love me? What did he say, Father? He didn't
have to think long, did he? Yes, Lord. You know I do. You
know I do. We love him. Why? Because he
first loved us. God has put His love in His people,
and they love Him. They love Him as God. They love
everything about the Lord Jesus Christ. They wouldn't have it
any other way. They love His salvation. They love His glory.
They love His honor. They talk about Him and Him alone. That's how you know who they
are. They love Him. The Lord preserveth all that love Him
but the wicked. All the wicked. The wicked are
those that forget God. All those that do not thank God.
All those that do not worship the Son of God. All those that
steal His glory. It's wicked, isn't it, to steal
God's glory when He's done it all? Isn't it? It's wicked to
talk about man when man's a worthless creature, when the Son of God
well deserves the praise, isn't it? It's wicked to not thank
God when He does everything for you. It's wicked, isn't it? It's
wicked to do things in the name of God and yet you're doing it
for your own glory. That's what the Lord said. You workers of
iniquity, mind them hand and foot and get them out of here.
They're all, and the Lord knows them all. He knows them all.
And all those that curse His name, we ought to be blessing
His name. Everybody. It's wicked, isn't it? It's wicked.
Now, the Lord is angry with the wicked every day, but He's slow
to anger. My mouth. My mouth. My mouth. There was a time when
this mouth did not thank God, did not praise God,
did not speak of the Lord. Right? There was a time when
this mouth was full of nothing but cursing and bitterness. Poison
of asps and so forth, wasn't it? But bless God, David says
on our behalf, my mouth. And would that we could put a
watch over our lips and be slow to speak if we're going to speak.
If we're going to speak, may it be this, my mouth shall speak
the praise of the Lord. Let me never open my mouth before
men, especially the sons of men, in cursing or bitterness or murmuring
or complaining. Let my mouth speak the praise
of the Lord. Let all flesh. All flesh bless
His holy name. Everything that hath breath ought
to and should, because God is good to all. Giveth and giveth
and giveth and giveth and giveth. Great is the Lord,
and greatly to be praised, and of His greatness is unsearchable. Our great God and our Father,
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we ascribe all greatness,
honor, and glory to Thee. Majesty. Riches, honor, glory,
power, majesty, thanksgiving, praise, salvation belongeth unto
our God. That's what your people believe
and feel and rejoice in from the heart and with the mouth.
We, Lord, we want to praise Thee. Praise Thy holy name. Bless Thy
holy name. Thank You, Lord, for Your Word.
As we pray before, we pray again. Lord, write it on the tables
of our heart. Let these sayings sink down deep
in our ears. Let it be like a spring of water
coming up another time that we might remember the mercies of
our God and His great kindness toward us through our Lord Jesus
Christ. And it is in His name we have
met here tonight. Amen. Thank you.