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Psalm chapter 128.

One of my favorite Psalms, it's actually the psalm I preached at my dad's funeral.

I'm going to read the whole thing here at six verses and then lead us to pray for Carol accordingly.

And you'll see why.

Psalm 128, verse 1, blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways.

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands.

You shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house.

Your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. The Lord bless you from Zion. May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May you see

your children's children. Peace be upon Israel. Oh, there's so much here in this Psalm that just talks about

from the very beginning to the very end, the blessing that comes and fearing God

and the way that plays out in family. It's the reason why I preached this Psalm at my dad's funeral

because he feared the Lord and it was evident in the way he loved his family.

So there's so many different ways we could pray according to this Psalm,

but as we're praying for each other during these days of pandemic,

and people are sending in specific prayer requests that relate to this pandemic at radical.net slash prayer

requests. Bren writes, please pray for family members who are serving as full-time caregivers

during this time. Brin says recently my grandmother, who's 86 years old, had a stroke and since then has

required 24-hour care.

And my mom, Carol, has been caring for my grandmother since her stroke.

But during this pandemic, it has gotten a lot harder.

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