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September 18
Thursday


LOVE TO TELL
HIS STORY

READ:
1 Chronicles 16:7-13
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Oh, give thanks to
the LORD! Call upon
His name; make
known His deeds
among the peoples!
__1 Chronicles 16:8
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When noted author Studs Terkel was looking for a topic for his next book, one of his friends suggested "death." While he was resistant at first, the idea gradually began to take shape, but its voice became all too real when Mr. Terkel's wife of 60 years passed away. Now the book was also a personal search: a yearning to know what lies beyond, where his loved one had just gone. Its pages are a poignant reminder of our own search for Jesus and the questions and concerns we have about eternity while we walk our faith journey.

I'm thankful for the assurance we can have that we will be with Jesus after we die if we have trusted in Him to forgive our sin. There is no greater hope. It is now our privilege to share that hope with as many as we can. First Peter 3:15 encourages us: "...always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. We have the opportunity from God, as David said, to "call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples" (1 Chron. 16:8).

The stories of so many people we love are not yet ended, and the privilege to tell them about the love of Jesus is a gift most precious. __Randy Kilgore

``````````````````````I love to tell the story; more wonderful it seems``````````````````````
````````````````````Than all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams.````````````````````
```````````````````````I love to tell the story, it did so much for me;```````````````````````
```````````````````And that is just the reason I tell it now to thee.. __Hankey`````````````````
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Let our days be filled with a longing__
and the opportunities__to tell our story of Jesus.

********************************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Chronicles 16:7-13********************************
7 On that day David first
delivered this psalm into the
hand of Asaph and his
brethren, to thank the LORD:

8 Oh, give thanks to the
LORD! call upon His name;
make known His deeds
among the peoples! 9 Sing
to Him, sing psalms to
Him; talk of all His
wondrous works! 10 glory
in His holy name; let the
hearts of those rejoice who
seek the LORD! 11 seek the
LORD and His face evermore!

12 Remember His marvelous
works which He has done,
His wonders, and the
judgments of His mouth,

13 O seed of Israel His
servant, you children of
Jacob, His chosen ones!

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The psalm David sings in 1 Chronicles 16:7 seems to be drawn
from parts of several different psalms found in the Hebrew psalter.
according to The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, the lyrics of
verses 8-22 closely parallel Psalm 105:1-15. In verses 23-33, the
song seems to continue with words from Psalm 96, while the
remainder of the song (vv.34-36) relates to the ideas expressed in
Psalm 106. In this way, David's song resembles a modern hymn
medley, where parts of several songs are combined together to
express the singer's heart of worship.