The following message is by Pastor John Piper.

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Text for God's preached word tonight will be from Micah chapter 7. You can read the entire chapter.

Woe is me, for I've become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the grapes have been gleaned, there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.

The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind.

They all lie and wait for blood.

Each hunts the other with a net.

Their hands are on what is evil to do it well.

The prince and the judge asked for a bribe and the great man utters the

evil that is in his soul. Thus they weave it together. The best of them is like a briar, the most upright of them, a thorn hedge.

The day of your watchman, of your punishment, has come. Now their confusion is at hand.

Put no trust in a neighbor.

Have no trust, have no confidence in a friend.

Guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

For the son treats his father with contempt.

The daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law, against her mother-in-law.

A man's enemies are the men of his own house.

But as for me, I will look to the Lord.

I will wait for the God of my salvation.

My God will hear me. Re rejoice not over me, oh my enemy.

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