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Psalm chapter 79 verse 9.

Help us, oh god of our salvation, for the glory of your name.

Deliver us and atone for our story. for the glory of your name.

Deliver us and atone for our sins for your name's sake.

This verse is a good reminder to ultimately center all of our prayers around God, not around ourselves.

Yes, part of praying is asking God for things for us or for things for others for God's help and God's provision in different ways.

But listen to the language of Psalm 79.

Help us, oh God of our salvation,

for the glory of your name.

God help us for your glory.

Deliver us and atone for our sins.

Forgive us of our sins.

And that's something we need God to do, but listen to the last part of

verse 9, for your names' sake. These verses are a reminder that ultimately everything God does is for his own glory.

And we've talked about this at different points and different episodes as we've seen

this theme that's cover to cover in scripture.

If that rubs us wrong that God lives to exalt himself, well I would just ask the follow-up question,

who else would you rather him exalt?

You or me or this or that at any point God were to exalt anyone or anything else he would no longer be the God who is worthy of all glory.

It's what it means for him to be God.

Yet the beauty of the Bible is how God chooses to exalt himself.

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