The following message is by pastor John Piper.

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Almighty God and Heavenly Father. God.

Almighty God and Heavenly Father, I pray that pride would now be shattered

would now be shattered by your word,

wherever it is rearing its ugly head

after such humbling songs.

And I pray that the shattering would be decisive and long term,

that you would put in the place of an excessive view of ourselves a sober view

according to the measure of faith that you have signed to each.

I pray that we would be a congregation stunned

and humbled by your sovereign mercy,

that everything we have sung would come to bear upon our souls

as we relate to each other in loneliness and servanthood and to the world.

And so come now and help me be faithful to especially verse three.

As I try to be a responsible shepherd of this food for your sheep.

And if any is here, Lord, who does not believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and Treasure of life.

I pray that they would be saved by the power of your Holy Spirit and through the agency of your Word in Jesus

name. Amen.

What we've seen now in verse two for a couple of weeks is that in order for us to discern the will of God, what is good, acceptable, and perfect, the revealed

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