Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.
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… David, same guy that wrote Psalm 23. Look at what he says, Psalm 63.3. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. Your love is better than anything in this world. I'll tell you, right now, if you're single and you want to get married, we're believing that this year is a year you'll find your boo. In the name of Jesus. And I hope you find him here at the church. better the church than the club come on somebody i hope you find them right here go fishing in your own pond but no human no human can love you like god can No human. There is a phileo love, which is a brotherly love, which I can't wait for connect groups to start. And I love community and I want you to experience friendship love. There is an eros love, which is a romance love. And I want you to experience that kind of love that God in the Bible is so clear on that God has created and designed us for. But I'll tell you the ultimate love is agape love. It is the unconditional love of Jesus that fills our empty void like nothing that this world could ever give. …
… longs for you in a dry and parched land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods. My singing lips, my mouth, with singing lips, my mouth will praise you. On my bed, I remember you. I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you, verse 8. Your right hand upholds me. Those who want to kill me will be destroyed. They will go down to the depths of the earth. They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals. But the king will rejoice in God, and all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced. …
… and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live. And in your name, I will lift up my hands. I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods. With singing lips, my mouth will praise you. On my bed, I remember you. I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help. I sing in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you. Your right hand upholds me. That's a posture. That's not just words. That's a heart that says, I am humble. It's a heart that says, I am hungry. It's a heart that says, I am desperate. And it's a heart that says, God, among all these other good things, my desire is for you. The second thing I want us to see about prayer is that it's an essential component to our victory. You know, I know, just backing up a second, that when times are tough, people are going to pray. …
… Here's what Psalm 63 and 3 says. Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. Somebody say, I'm going to open my mouth and praise God. Somebody say, I'm going to open my mouth and praise God. Open my mouth and give God the praise that is due to him. Psalm 106 verse 47 says this. Psalm 106 verse 47. Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the Gentiles to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise. There's that word praise. That word praise is the Hebrew word shabbat. I'm going to triumph in your praise. I'm going to triumph with a shout by opening my mouth and giving you a loud noise of celebration. Hallelujah. Here's Psalm 145 verse 4. Psalm 145 verse 4 says, One generation shall praise your works to another. Let me roll back and give it to you again. One generation shall shabak your works to another and shall declare your mighty acts. …
If you've experienced it, then say amen. Your love is better than life. My lips will glorify you. My mouth is gonna be a fountain of praise of the one who has the infinite and intrinsic weight and worth. Life's purpose, we talked about this a moment ago, is God's glory. So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, obviously that knocks out a whole bunch of things because he says do it all for the glory of God. It's not about what you do, it's about why you do what you do. It's not stressing over the decision about grad school. And whatever you do, whatever you do, and maybe this is a word today, somebody's stressing, I'm going to grad school and I got these two options left and I don't know which one God wants me to do and I'm so stressed out right now, please pray for me that I can find God's will. Am I supposed to go to Pepperdine? That's way too big for me. …