O God, you are my God.

Earnestly, I seek you.

My soul thirsts for you.

My flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there's no water.

So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and your glory.

Because your steadfast love is better than life,

do you hear that?

Because your steadfast love is better than being alive,

my lips will praise you.

Now, that's Psalm 63, first three verses.

And the reason I start with that is as a kind of completion of Psalm 96.

I have a feeling that one of the questions asked last night is how do you get a church razzed up for missions?

And my answer was you don't. You get them razzed up for missions and my answer was you don't you get them razzed up for god

and missions follows and and you hear those two psalms psalm 96 declare his glory among the nations

his marvelous works among all the peoples i mean that's a task But you're not going to do that if you're not,

oh, God, you are my God.

Your steadfast love is better than life.

So my prayer, as I was praying for you this morning,

my prayer is that as we sit here,

you would experience a sweet sense, he's my God.

He's my Savior.

I have a God who loves me.

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