Welcome back to the podcast on this January 11th, always big day for us, the podcast, this

podcast.

Ask Pastor John turns 10 years old today, episode number one aired on January 11th, 2013.

And more importantly, John Piper was born on January 11th, 1946.

He's 77 years young today.

And that's a Pastor John.

When you hear this episode, happy birthday to you, my friend.

Thank you for this unforgettable decade on the podcast.

And wherever you are today, enjoy that butter finger, blizzard to the glory of God.

Well we are talking Bible reading today.

How do we turn our daily Bible reading into daily worship early in the new year is a very

good time for a refresher on this topic of how to get truth from our heads into our hearts.

So we open up to Psalm 77.

Last Wednesday, we saw how the Psalm teaches us to push past personal discouragement to

get God's truth into our heads.

Asaf, it's author tells us to remember to meditate and to muse upon the deeds and wonders

of God in history.

Why?

Because the central biblical strategy to escape the discouragements of life is through a conscious

effort of the mind.

So Pastor John said, and even when life hurts the most, we discipline ourselves to get

truth into our minds.

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