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August 30
Sunday


LIKE A
DIAMOND IN
THE SKY

READ:
Psalm 8
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You have crowned him
with glory and honor.
__Psalm 8
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Astronomers discovered a star in the sky that has cooled and compressed into a giant diamond. The largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found on Earth is the cullinan Diamond--at over 3,100 carats. So how many carats are in the cosmic diamond? __10 billion trillion trillion carats!

In our world, diamonds are prized for their rarity, beauty, and durability, and we often hear it said, "Diamonds are forever." But God isn't enamored with diamonds. to Him there is something far more precious.

Thousands of years ago, David marveled at the great value God had set on human beings: "What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor" (Ps. 8:4-5).

In fact, God placed such a high value on us that it cost Him dearly to buy our redemption. The purchase price was the precious blood of Hi Son, Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:18-19).

If God places such a high value on us, we should also place a high value on the people He has brought into our lives. Bring them before the Lord in prayer. ask Him to show you how each is more priceless than the most costly jewel in the universe. __Dennis Fisher
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````````````````````Oh, teach me what it cost Thee```````````````
``````````````````````To make a sinner whole;``````````````````
```````````````````And teach me, Savior, teach me```````````````
```````````````````The value of a soul! __Bennett`````````````````
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We are more precious to Jesus
than the costliest diamond.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 8*****************
1 O LORD, our Lord, how
excellent is Your name in
all the earth, who have set
Your glory above the
heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of
babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
because of Your enemies,
that You may silence the
enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider Your
heavens, the work of Your
fingers, the moon and the
stars, which You have
ordained, 4 what is man that
You are mindful of him,
and the son of man that You
visit him? 5 For You have
made him a little lower than
the angels, and You have
crowned him with glory and
honor.

6 You have made him to
have dominion over the
works of Your hands; You
have put all things under his
feet, 7 all sheep and oxen--
even the beast s of the field,
8 the birds of the air, and
the fish of the sea that pass
through the paths of the
seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord, how
excellent is Your name in
all the earth!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The superscription to this psalm, "To the Chief Musician. On the
instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David," suggests to us that this is
a praise hymn used in temple worship, extolling God as Creator
(vv.1,9). Some translations say, "according to the Gittith." The gittith
was either a stringed instrument (like the guitar), or a musical
melody or arrangement. Inspired by the stars in the night (v.3),
David wrote of the majesty of God (vv.1-3) and the mortality of man
(vv.4-5). __SIM KAY TEE