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All right, welcome back as we deep dive Psalm 1. I'm just going to read it every day so you guys can get into it.

Blessed is the man who walks in the way, who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, or stand in the way of the center or sit in the seat of the scoffer.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law, he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of running water that yields its fruit and its season. Its leaf does not wither, and all he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore, the wicked will not stand in judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous, for the Lord the way of the righteous but the way of the wicked will perish all right we're back to

mat carriers again i know we talk about it ad nauseum but i don't know you talk about things and you repeat

things that are important and so of all the things to start all the Psalms off with, it starts this way,

Blessed as a man who walks not in the council of the wicked or stands in the way of the center

or sits in the seat of the scoffer. Notice the progression of influence. There are some people

you walk with. There are some people you stand with. And then there's some people you get really

comfortable with. And so not only do you need

to add Matt carriers to your life, and a Matt carrier based on Mark chapter two is there were four men,

and there was a friend of theirs who was paralyzed, and they picked up this paralyzed man,

Matt, and carried him to Jesus. You need at least four men, Foxhole Brothers, King's Table,

Matt Carriers, whatever you want to call them, that will carry you to Jesus. You need at least four men, Foxhole brothers, Kings table, Matt carriers, whatever

you want to call them, that will carry you to Jesus. But a part of your sanctification process

is there are some people that you need to cut out of your life, the wicked, the sinful, and the scoffer.

And now you may say, yeah, but the Bible says that Jesus was a friend of sinners. Okay, I'll give you that.

But every single time, Jesus was the influencer and not the influence. So, of course, you need your

one more's. But like my football coach used to always tell me, show me your friends, I'll show you

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