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Psalm chapter 108, verse 3.

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples.

I will sing praises to you among the nations.

I love this, and we see this all throughout the Psalms,

but here in Psalm 108, the Psalmist is just

singing in praise to God for his steadfast love, for his faithfulness, for his glory, for his

salvation. But the Psalmist so often doesn't just say, I'm just doing this just between you and me,

which, yes, there's a sense in which, and we see this all throughout the Psalms,

there's just personal communion with God, a delight in praising him.

But it always comes back to extending his praise far beyond the psalmist. The psalmist is saying,

I'll give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples, among all the groups of people in the world.

I will sing praises to you among the nations, among all the nations. And that's the thrust we see

in scripture from cover to cover. God is worthy

of praise. God is worthy of thanksgiving. God is worthy of glory for his steadfast love, for his

faithfulness, for his salvation, not just in our lives, but among the nations. And he commissions

us to make his glory known among the nations to sing his

praises among all the peoples so I read this verse in particular today as I read this

prayer request that Alexa sent in so again let me encourage you to continue to

send in these prayer requests during this pandemic

for specific issues related to this pandemic, radical.net slash prayer request.

So Alexa writes, could you please pray for those who were preparing for short or midterm mission trips

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