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Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

Christianity, Business, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Non-profit, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Have you ever thought about what life would be like if the Lord had not worked in your life? Where would you be? Take the time today to think of what God has kept you from and sing a song of praise to Him! Join Scott Pauley's study through Scripture this year. Find resources for every book of the Bible by Dr. Pauley and Enjoying the Journey at enjoyingthejourney.org/journey-through-scripture/.Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. Explore now at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides every resource for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/

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0:00.0	Life is a journey, and God has provided songs to help us along the way.
0:12.0	Join Scott Pauli today as we study the songs of degrees found in the Psalms.
0:18.0	They will encourage your heart and give help for the journey ahead.
0:29.2	When we sing about the Lord's goodness, generally we sing about the blessings, the good things that God has brought into our lives, and rightly we should.
0:37.7	But has it ever dawned on you how many bad things the Lord has kept from you and kept you
0:43.6	from? David's song today, Psalm 124, one of the songs of degrees, a song for the traveler.
0:51.7	The entire song is centered not on the good things that have come,
0:56.6	but all the evil things that God has prevented. I want you to listen to it. Psalm 124 verse 1 says,
1:03.6	If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say,
1:09.9	If it had not been the Lord who was on our side when men rose up against us,
1:15.1	then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us, then the waters had
1:21.0	overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul, then the proud waters had gone over our soul. Blessed be the Lord,
1:30.4	who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the
1:37.6	fowlers. The snare is broken, and we're escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth.
1:48.0	This Psalm of faith begins with the word if.
1:52.3	He's playing the what if game,
1:54.7	but he's saying,
1:55.9	I want you to ponder for a moment
1:57.9	what life would be like if the Lord had not been on our side. Let me just
2:03.0	tell you, if it hadn't been for the Lord, I'd be in hell today. I'd either be in hell or I'd be on
2:08.2	my way to hell, but praise God, I'm not there and I'm never going there because of the Lord
2:13.8	Jesus Christ and His goodness and his mercy. Would you pause just a moment and think how good God has been to you, what he's kept you
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