Day 108 of Heart Dive 365.

I'm your Bible study friend Kenoy.

Welcome to the Heart Dive podcast.

Well, we're back in the book of Psalms today once again with David expressing some of his

lament, but also his trust in the Lord as Saul pursues him and as he's going through some of the accusations

and the pursuit of his enemies. But before we begin, if you're part of the heart dive fam, we would

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entire lives into your hands today. We surrender our lives as we take up our cross. Thank you, Lord,

for making us a brand new creation when we were saved. We will continue to work to keep that purification,

to keep that holiness, that righteousness before you. But even whenever we mess up, Lord,

we thank you for the grace that abounds before us. We thank you for the robes that clothe us in the

righteousness that we are so not worthy of. But you are the giver of good gifts. And for those who seek

you, Lord, you will withhold no good things. So we're grateful for that today because that is what we're

here for to seek you, to seek your face, to seek your kindness, your goodness, your grace and your mercy. And so I pray that that is exactly what we will find today. Lord, as we read your word, thank you for the life of David. And I just pray, Lord, that it will bless your heart, the fact that we are here to be with you to spend this time.

We love you so much in Jesus' name, amen.

So we're starting off here in Psalm 17.

This is the first of the Psalms that actually calls it a prayer.

It is a Psalm of Lament, but also a protest of innocence and trust, very similar to many

of the prayers or the Psalms of David.

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