See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
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… the one that said, create in me a clean heart. Lord, deal with the thorns in my life. Search me, O God, and know my heart. See if there's any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. That's the prayer we should pray. That's why David knew, Lord, get rid of all the thorns in here, all the tears around me, whatever. Look at Joseph. Joseph's siblings sold him into slavery. I don't know how bad your brothers and sisters are, but I'm pretty sure they're not as bad as Joseph's siblings. He had 11 of them. Tear, tear, tear, tear, tear, tear, tear, tear, tear. And then he goes to work for Potiphar. Tear. He goes to work. Potiphar's wife literally tore his clothes. She's a real tear. And then he ends up in prison. And then he's ministering. And all of a sudden, the guy he ministers, he forgets him. He's surrounded by tears, his whole destiny. But in one day, he goes from prisoner to prime minister, because all the tears in the world cannot change your destiny leave the tear alone leave the tear alone and let God do a fresh work you know here's the thing there's some gardening required you know I confession I hate gardening personally I mean I'm grateful for gardeners in fact gardeners are grateful for me because I hate gardening there are gardeners otherwise every male will have to do their own gardening But when we had lawn and stuff back in the day, …
… Test me and know my anxious thoughts. see if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. Before I give you my title, would you just make David's words your prayer this morning? Would you just say, search me, God? Now say it to your father in heaven, say, search me, God. The title of my message today is I left that out. I left that out. You may be seated. Amen. doing marriage counseling together, and it's been so helpful. Every time I say that, people go like, oh no, what's wrong? But for us, it was, you know, we just thought, wouldn't it be good to talk with someone regularly, get perspective, get healthy before something goes wrong, you know, especially as life becomes more complex as we're trying to raise kids and all that. And so we've been doing this for a few years now, and it's been so helpful for us. 99% of our time with the counselor is Anna working through things, but now and then there's something that comes up that pertains to me. …
… 139 verse 23 says search me oh god and know my heart try me and know my anxieties and see if there's any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting wow Wow. survey says number 10 check in over time if appropriate if appropriate oh nine oh i was wanted to did i skip nine oh i wanted to get to ten make your decision and commit to taking action um psalm 32 8 listen how beautiful this is god says i will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go i will guide you with my eye i love that are you i mean this is the starting point of awe. And then you already know 10. check in over time I'm so glad we don't have to do that as believers excuse me God I'll check in with you in a few weeks the Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 1 17, please get this, everybody, pray without ceasing, you know what that means, so how am I going to go to work, how am I going to eat, if I'm just praying all the time, that's not what it means, it means you live your life, and you're, think about, think about your dish, like your radar, your TV thing, or a television station or SpaceX. …
Psalms 139, 23. Test me and know my anxious thoughts. See that there is no offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. Opening up my heart, opening up my thoughts to a holy God. We have to weigh our words. We have to admit our lies. When you do that first step, your lies are going to start showing up. You're going to start seeing them in front of your face. What are you going to do about it? Step one is I'm going to admit to God that I lied. That's called confession. It's saying, God, I'm just acknowledging what you already know about me. I lied. Please forgive me. Thank you for your forgiveness. I confess it to you. Now I'm gonna admit it to others. That's a natural response. Once I receive forgiveness from God and I've admitted it to him, it's a natural response to go make things right with the person on a horizontal level that I wronged. Son, I know I told you I was coming to the game, but I chose to work late. …
… Try me and know my thoughts and see if there be any grievous way in me and lead me in the way everlasting, Psalm 139. When I open my Bible each morning and I've stared at Jesus there for another 10 or 30 or 60 minutes, I sure hope I leave that time a little more like him. God address my sin Okay fourth prayer And this is the entree The S is the whole feast In just three words Satisfy my soul Psalm 90 14 Satisfy us in the morning With your steadfast love That we may rejoice And be glad all our days Do you ever pray like that? do you pray like that when you sit down to meet with god in his word god satisfy me again this morning do you pray like that it's my main burden for you this evening that when i think about your time alone with the lord you've probably prayed for god to help you understand the bible and you've probably prayed for God to forgive you and sanctify you. …
… and know my heart, try me and know my ways and see if there be some wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. Now, I want to tell you some good news. I'm finished with the body of the sermon. The Bible says, judge not that you be not judged. Let me talk to you a little bit about judgment. Our judgment was taken by the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary. Therefore, you and I do not need to endure judgment because Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in agony and blood, died for us. And therefore, Romans 8, 1, there is therefore now no condemnation, no judgment to those who are in Christ Jesus. Father God, help me today to examine my own heart. Don't let me, dear Lord, be a hypocrite. preaching to others trying to get sawdust from their eye when there's a log in mind. Help us, dear Lord, to know how to discriminate between right and wrong and teach our children. …