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Psalm chapter 136, verse 1. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

If you know Psalm 136, you know that in all of the verses that follow this, so 26 verses total, every verse ends with

this phrase for his steadfast love endures forever. 26 different times. We read that. Clearly,

God is telling us in the Psalm to meditate on this reality that the steadfast love of God.

And that word in the original language of the Old Testament is Hesed.

It's one of the most beautiful words in all of Hebrew and all the Old Testament, because it's this

word that there's really not an English word that can capture the beauty of it. It's like love and

loyalty and kindness and goodness and mercy and faithfulness all wrapped up into one word.

And over and over again Psalm 136 says, this loyal, loving, steadfast, mercy, and faithfulness of God toward you and me endures forever.

Like what a rock to stand on today.

No matter what's happening in the world, no matter what's happening in your life to know

that today, as you wake up in the morning new has said is greeting

you new mercy new faithful loyal steadfast love from god is ready to hold you up all day today

and when you lay your head on your pillow at night, that his steadfast love, his mercy, his

kindness, his goodness towards you will still be pouring out. And as you sleep to the night,

it will endure. And when you wake up tomorrow morning, it'll be new again. And this will be your life

for all of eternity through Jesus, through the one who has given

his life to restore us to God. Through the one whose spirit now dwells inside of all who

trust in him, forgiven of all your sin filled with his spirit to live in his steadfast love

today. And so I just want to remind you amidst all the lies of the adversary that will come at you

today to tempt you that God does not love you, that your way is better than God's way, that if he really loved you, this would not be

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