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Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the Spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

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Psalm 30, a Psalm of David. I will extol you, o Lord, for you have drawn me up and you have not let my foes rejoice over me. Psalm 30, a Psalm of David, and give thanks to his holy name, for his anger is but for a moment and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved. But your favor, o Lord, you made my mountain stand strong. You hid your face. I was dismayed. To you, o Lord, I cry, and to the Lord I plead for mercy. What profit is there in my death If I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness? Hear, o Lord, and be merciful to me. O Lord, be my helper. You have turned for me my mourning into dancing. You have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness. That my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. Oh Lord, my God, I will give thanks to you forever.

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So, guys, if you have a modern translation of the Bible, like the English Standard Version that I just read from, they will help you out by giving you section headers so that you know what you're about to dig into. The section header before Psalm 30 reads Joy comes with the morning, and that's a pretty appropriate header because that is the most famous phrase from this Psalm of lament. Some others would say that verse 11, you have turned for me my morning into dancing, right, because that got turned into a song that got you know all over the charts here recently. That would be a highlight of this Psalm as well. But I want us to focus on a different verse, one that I think should get a little bit more play and consideration, and that's verse 9. I'll read it again here what profit is there in my death If I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

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Now, one of the most unfortunate side effects of the post-Genesis 3 world that we live in is that there are some people that see no escape from their despair and they decide to take matters into their own hands to end the despondency and they take their own lives. Personally, I've attended too many funerals for buddies that made that exact decision, and I'm sure a lot of you have experienced that as well. Many of you know the pain of loss that comes from suicide, and I'm sure many of you listening to this have heard the siren song that lures you to your own demise. But what profit is there in your death? Seriously, what is gained for you? What is gained for those that love you? What is gained for humanity?

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You see, we were put here on this planet to worship guys. We are worshipful beings. We live in a world that provides us with a panoply of different altars to worship at the altar of money, the altar of sex, the altar of dominance, the altar of influence. But it is but one altar that we are ultimately called to, and that is the altar of God. And from that altar we gain the wisdom, ability and duty to tell of the faithfulness of God to anyone who may listen. Men, hear me, it might suck right now, you might not deserve it, you might even deserve it, but joy does indeed come with the morning. So will the dust praise God? No, but we should, and you have to be here to fulfill that duty. So be here, see you in the morning.

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