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April 3, 2025 Daily Reading- Read the Bible in 1 Year
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Today. We will we will complete Psalm 119, read Psalm 122, Psalm 124, and Psalm 138. We will read about how wonderful God's Word is and the joy it brings. We will be reminded of how meditating on God's rules brings wisdom as well as a love for things that are right and good and dislike for things and people who do not follow God's rules. We will be encouraged to call upon God when we need Him and pray for peace for Jerusalem. We will discuss how God fights our battles for us and praise Him for being stronger than any enemy. We will be encouraged that God's plans for us will always be carried out and completed. We have purpose!
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Introduction and Bible Reading Plan
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Hello everybody, today is April 3rd and you are here with Robin at In the Family Way Coaching and we're here for our daily Bible reading. We are reading through the entire Bible this year using the dayby Day by Day Kids Bible, which is written by Karen Henley.
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And if you have your calendar out, it's time to get that sticker ready because you're about to hear the Bible today. I have my sticker out and it's on my calendar for the day.
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If you would like a copy of your own calendar, you can head over to my site, and that's at
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and click on that tab for Read the Bible in a Year, and you will find a downloadable calendar for you. It is absolutely free, and you don't need to do anything to get it. Just download it and use it, even if you just need it for on the refrigerator.
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It's great for that.
Accessing and Participating in the Journey
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Well, thank you for joining me today, whether you are listening along on your favorite podcasting app or whether you are following along on video via Spotify or YouTube or TikTok or on my site even.
Exploring 'Songs of Joy' in Psalms
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I'm so glad that you're here and that you're participating in this event. We are reading through the book of Psalms right now, and we're in the section entitled Songs of Joy. We are reading Psalm 119 at the moment, and it's a very long psalm. We started it yesterday, and we read all the way from Psalm 1 through, let's see, 1 through 96.
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through let's see one through ninety six Looks like we've read most of 1 through 96. Not every line, but most of it.
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And today we are picking up with 97 to 112. And then we will read all the way through verse 160.
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Each section has its own title, and this title of this section is entitled Sweet Words. I bet you can figure out what that's about. We have been reading a lot about how wonderful God's Word is And today we're going to continue along with that theme.
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Psalm 119, set 97 through 112. I love your law so much. I think about it all day. Your rules make me wiser than my enemies.
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I understand more than my teachers do. I understand more than the leaders do. That's because I think about your rules. I stay away from sin.
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Your words taste so sweet. They are sweeter than honey in my mouth. Your commands teach me to understand. So I hate everything that is wrong.
Meditation and Wisdom in God's Word
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Your word is like a lamp that shows my feet where to go. It's like a light for my path. I may put my life in danger, but I won't forget your rules.
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Your law. Sinful people set traps for me, but I will not leave your ways. Your rules will be my gift forever. They fill my heart with joy.
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One of the first things it says is, i think about it all day. you remember what the word is for when you spend time all day thinking about God's rules? It's meditate.
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And we've talked a little bit about meditation on God's rules. And it says to meditate on the law day and night. means to think about it. And in this psalm, it is saying that they think about the rules all day.
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And that doing so will make us wise. We'll know more than some teachers and more than some leaders. When you focus on God's law, you learn to love what is right and hate what is wrong.
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And it teaches us to understand things because God doesn't just let us sit there by ourself while we think. When we sit there in meditation over God's rules and over the Bible and over things that we have read, God speaks to us.
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When we read in the New Testament that God's spoken word is alive and it cuts through and he speaks to us.
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And it's wonderful. God's word is wonderful. The words that God speaks are wonderful. says they are sweeter than honey in my mouth.
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I like how they use the comparison that it's like a light that shows us where to go. And we've seen and by reading our stories this year so far that it is like a light.
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We can see where to go and where not to go when we read the stories that we read about in the Bible. They help us to learn how to trust God more and how to have faith in him and how to obey him so that things will go well.
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And God is always working good into everything, even when it seems things are not going so well.
Joy and Fulfillment through Scripture
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And I love how it says that your rules will be my gift forever. They fill my heart with joy. Reading the Bible does give us a lot of joy, doesn't it?
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The next section of this psalm is verses 113 to 128. And it's entitled, My Guard.
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I hate people who say one thing and then say a different thing. They can't make up their minds. But I love your law. You are, I can go to you to be safe.
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You are my guard. The words you say give me hope.
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Get away from me, you sinful people. I want to obey God. Hold me, God, and then I'll be safe. I shake when I think about it.
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Oops, I'm sorry, i skipped a line. I will always follow your rules. You are so great. I shake when I think about it, and I wonder at your laws.
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I have done what is right and fair. Don't leave me alone with my enemies. Make sure I'm all right. Don't let proud people boss me around. Show me your love.
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Teach me your rules. It's time for you to do something, God. People are not obeying your law. I love your law more than gold.
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I know that all your commands are right.
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It is frustrating when people say one thing and then say a different thing and they can't make up their minds. But we know God never changes. He is always the same and he is love.
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So he doesn't change from one day being loved to the next day, just being angry to the next day to being hate to back to love. He always loves us. Even when we are naughty, he still loves us.
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He made us so that we could have a relationship with him. And that's so wonderful. He never turns us away. He's always here for us. It's us who turn away from him.
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But he's always there when we're ready to turn back.
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We can go to him to be safe.
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says, I want to obey God. That's our prayer a lot of times, isn't it? That we want to obey. and I pray that we're all able to obey. It says sometimes that the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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So we're not perfect. God knows that. Thankfully, we have Jesus who paid the price for our sin. And he teaches us also how to how to do what is right by his examples.
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Let's see.
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I like how it calls out to God and says, people are not obeying your law. It's time for you to do something. We can be impatient waiting for God to come, but God's timing is always perfect.
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And I'm so glad that his timing is perfect because we don't want to hurry things up. He will come in his good time.
Seeking God for Guidance and Comfort
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The next section of the Psalm is entitled Before Sunrise and it's Psalm 119 verses 145 through 160.
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I call you with all my heart, answer me God, then I'll obey you. Save me, then I'll keep your laws. I get up before sunrise and I cry for help.
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My eyes stay open all night so I can think about your promises. Hear my voice because of your love. Many enemies are coming against me, but I don't turn away from you.
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I don't like people who don't obey you. See how I love your ways. Save my life, God, by your love.
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Remember, this is all one long psalm. So there's a lot of different topics covered in here. but i i like how this one starts out with, I call you with all my heart.
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Answer me, God. When we call upon God and when we seek him, we are to seek him with all of our hearts, all of our minds, and all of our soul. And God says that when you seek me with all of your heart, you will find me.
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God is always here for us.
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And there are times that we get up early because we can't sleep or we're up in the middle of the night because we can't sleep.
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And we stay open all night long so we can think of his promises. And they're very comforting.
Prayers for Peace and Acknowledging God's Protection
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The next section is entitled, Where God's People Go. And it's Psalm 122. So this is a different Psalm now. And this one is written by David.
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I was glad with the people who said, let's go to God's house. Our feet stand at your gate, Jerusalem. Jerusalem is a city with buildings close together.
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That's where God's people go. They go there to praise God in its name. And that's where the judges sit. Pray for Jerusalem to have peace.
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I pray that people who love you will be saved. I pray that there will be peace in your city. I pray that there will be safety around your towers. Then my family and friends will be all saved.
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I will pray for good things to come to Jerusalem.
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Even today, Jerusalem has a lot of violence going on, so we can pray for Jerusalem's peace, peace in Israel. I pray that people who love you will be safe, Lord.
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I pray that there will be peace in your city. I pray that there will be safety around your towers. Then families and friends will be safe. And I pray for good things to come to Jerusalem.
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Psalm 124 is also by David, and it's entitled, Out of the Hunter's Trap.
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Men came to fight us. They were angry with us. God was on our side or they would have eaten us alive. Our troubles would have covered us like deep water.
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They would have taken us away. Praise God. He did not let them get us. We got away like a bird gets out of the hunter's trap. The trap broke and we got away.
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Our help is in God's name. He is the maker of heaven and earth.
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This is definitely a song of joy. This takes place after a battle. And David is giving thanks to God because there were often times that the armies of Israel were outnumbered and God fought the fight for them and they won.
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And we've seen that a number of times, a lot of times. says God was on our side or they would have eaten us alive.
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meaning that there was quite a lot of people and they had, it looked to them like they would have no chance, but God was with them and that's how they won the battle. And so David is giving praise to God, knowing that it wasn't their great fighting skills that won the battle.
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It was God. And in the same way, God is with us for our battles too. And things might look difficult and it might look like we can't win, but God is on our side.
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And if God is for us, who can be against us?
Praising God's Love and Faithfulness in Psalm 138
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Psalm 138 by David. This is our last Psalm today. It's entitled, You Made Me Bold. I will praise you, God, with all my heart. I will sing your praise.
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I will bow down toward your worship house. I praise you for your love. I praise you for keeping your promises. You made your name and your words to be the greatest.
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You answered me when I called. You made me bold, gave me a brave heart. I may have trouble, but you saved my life, God.
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You hold out your hand to stop my angry enemies. God will do what he planned for me. God, your love lasts forever.
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That is a great song.
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God's promises are always kept. God is always truthful. And I love how David says, you made your name and your word to be the greatest.
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And he's praising God for answering him when he called. Let's remember to thank God that were all the times that he is there for us when we call. He's always just a call away. He's always right there with us.
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I may have trouble, Lord, but you saved my life and you hold out your hand to stop our enemies. And God will always do what he has planned for you. There is no enemy, no weapon formed that can come against us.
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They can come against God. Because what God has designed to be done, it will be done. And we can take comfort in that.
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And God's love lasts forever. Amen.
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And that's the end of our psalms today.
Conclusion and Invitation to Share God's Word
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I hope you enjoyed reading hearing them as much as I enjoyed reading them today. i know they filled me with some light today.
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I'm at the end of my day, and I'm a bit tired, so I hope that didn't come through a little bit. But God has been with me all day, and i don't know what part of the day this is for you, but God will be with you all day, too.
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And I am thankful for his presence with us every single day.
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And I'm so glad that he lights my light with him, and with his light, that he shines through me. And I'm so thankful that he is shining through you too. So if you feel God's light shining through you, and after as we are finished here with our reading, click that light button and we'll help this event gain some attention so that other people can hear these beautiful Psalms that are written in the Bible for us to read and to be encouraged with and to spread the word about reading God's word.
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I will be here for everybody again tomorrow, and I hope everybody has a great rest of their April third