Would you turn with me please this evening to Psalm 115?

We've been talking about increase.

This is our week of increase.

And we've flat been increasing too, hasn't it?

And I believe we've been increasing more inside than outside.

Do you? I mean, I don't know about you. I needed to hear this.

You know, faith comes by hearing. I don't care what you heard long ago. If you don't keep hearing it, your faith wanes.

And it's not what you think you know. It's what you do. It's what you

practice. And so these things, they worked for me decades ago, but you got to stir up in them,

amen, and not let them slip. And sometimes people begin to put the word into practice

and they get results. And then for whatever reason, they quit doing it. They quit doing the things

that got them set free and they get back in trouble again. Well, then you have to go back and do

what you did the first time to get you out.

And I'm going to believe the word works for everybody.

Anybody and everybody that will put the word into practice will get results.

In Psalm 115, this has been our text throughout the week, Psalm 115 and verse 12 says the Lord has been mindful of us.

He got us on his mind. What's he thinking about? What's the next phrase he said? Is that really

true? That the eyes of the Lord are searching to and fro throughout

the whole earth, looking for somebody whose heart is perfect and wholehearted towards him. Why?

He wants to show himself strong on their behalf. He wants to bless us. Is there really a good God wanting to bless us thinking

about how to bless us he knows how he's been mindful of us he will bless us he will

bless the house of Israel he will bless the house of Aaron he will bless them that fear of

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