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Father, walk with us as we seal these songs of ascent in our hearts.
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Walk with us as you walked with Israel out of Egypt.
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May these words be a guiding light through the dark times and a pillar of hope when we arrive in the wilderness.
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We love you and we praise you.
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Bless you, Father.
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Today I'm reading Psalm one twenty seven.
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Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted.
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Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with the sentries will do no good.
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It's useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat, for God gives rest to his loved ones.
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Children are a gift from the Lord.
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They're a reward from him.
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Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior's hands.
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How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them?
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He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.
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Let the words of Psalm one hundred twenty seven rest in your heart.
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Psalm one hundred twenty seven reaffirms the perspective that our work is not the center of life.
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God's work is.
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Since the fall, humanity has lost itself in work.
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The great mission of sin is to twist the good, even just slightly, so that it misses the target, and it has done so with great effect on work.
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Many people throughout history have done immense work at the cost of their lives or even worse, the cost of innocent life.
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This is not God's work.
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God's work brings light back to the darkness.
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Work is not evil.
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Work can be a place where the sin we carry is enlarged and fed, or a place where our faith can be tested and deepened.
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Keep your eye on the true work.
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God's work.