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Evil surrounds us and wells up within us. Where do we turn? Chad has great things to meditatate on, as usual. The talented Izzi Ray sings "Hold Back the Flood".
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Lyrics to Hold Back the Flood:
Deliver me from evil ; and
 apreserve me, from myself
The traps are laid,  the words are said, and the waters rise
Your hands O Lord can save me
From the hands of those who surround 
Within and without
I’ve no strength for the fight
While my life is going down
 
Turn back the waters
Send them away
Guard me from evil
And hear when I pray
 
Hold back the flood
Hold back the flood
Hold back the flood
Hold back the flood
 
You covered my head
You covered my sin
In the day of battle, Your mercy wins.
You carried the cross, for the poor and afflicted,
To bring justice for the needy,
And straighten the twisted
 
Turn back the waters
Send them away
Guard me from evil
Lord. hear when I pray
 
Hold back the flood
Hold back the flood
Hold back the flood Hold back the flood

Where does King David's thoughts go when his enemies are pursuing him? Chad offers an encouraging meditation for the seasons when we feel surrounded. Chris Lizotte sings  "Stretch Out Your Hand".
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Lyrics for "Stretch Out Your Hand" My sleep had fled from my eyes
I hid, alone in the darkness 
Like one who cannot be found
I was thinking You wanted to harm us
Stretch out Your hand
Stretch out Your hand
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
 
(Chorus)
By Your mercy
You call me by name
By Your mercy
Its the end of my shame 
By Your mercy
You are the Christ, my Lord, my God 
And I am your servant
Everything changed
By Your mercy 
 
 
Let me hear Your voice in the morning
I can rest in Your steadfast love
Lord, You know how I thirst for you
Like the dry land under the sun
Stretch out Your hand
Stretch out Your hand
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
 
For the enemy has pursued my soul;
    he has crushed my life to the ground;
    he has made me sit in darkness like those long counted as dead
Stretch out Your hand
Stretch out Your hand
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy

In this episode we hear the Psalmist ask God to "search me and know my heart". Chad has an interesting reflection on this passage, especially when he considers that new life happens in the dark. Izzi Ray sings "From Eternity Past".
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Lyrics for "From Eternity Past"
In the dark
You knew me
Before I was cast
You called me
Your thoughts of me 
Are even more,  than the sands of the sea
The sands of the sea
 
Chorus
From eternity past
You planned me
From darkness to light
From blindness to sight
From eternity past
You chose me
I was not hidden from You
I was not hidden from You  
In the dark
You loved me 
You saved me 
 
 
Every breath
I need You
Before I could see
You came for me
Your redeeming love
Is too wonderful, too wondrous for me
Like the sands of the sea
 
Search me, O God, and know my heart
Try me and know my thoughts
And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way 
Lead me in the way
Everlasting, everlasting, everlasting

Psalm 139 shows us God's loving care, for looking after us wherever we are. Chad quotes from Francis Thompson's Hound of Heaven, "How little worthy of any love thou art! Save Me, save only Me? I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years." Colin Henirch sings "Redeeming Love".
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Lyrics for "Redeeming Love"
Psalm 139a.
 
If I take the wings of morning
If I dwell in the deepest part of the sea
The dark is as bright as light to you
And you are always there with me
 
O my Lord, you alone have searched me
There is nothing you don't already know
You know my thoughts from far away
You surround me as I come and as I go 
 
(Chorus)
Where can I hide?
You will always find me
Where can I run?
You’re already there
I want You to find me
I want to be found
In Your redeeming love 
In Your redeeming love 
 
You alone created my being
You formed me in my mother’s womb
I have been so wonderfully made
I’ve never been hidden from you
 
(Chorus)
Where can I hide?
You will always find me
Where can I run?
You’re already there
I want You to find me
I want to be found
In Your redeeming love 
In Your redeeming love 

"Hand Made" sounds great, except when it comes to treating something hand made as though it were God. Chad gives a wonderful meditation on idolatry, and Aralyn Macare sings "Human Hands".
 
 
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Lyrics to "Human Hands"
Psalm 135bs
 
Human hands make idols
Human hands don’t make God
Human hands make idols
Human hands don’t make God
The idols don’t hear me
The idols don’t see me
They don’t have any feeling
They're made by human hands
 
I don’t trust them
But I trust in You
Your hands were pierced
And your word is true
You name lives on
You took my sin
Forgave me, and
Put Your Spirit  within
 
The idols of the nations
Will never hear,
Will never comfort
Never calm the fear
Those who bow down to them
Lose their feeling
Lose their hearing
Lose their soul
 
I don’t trust them
But I trust in You
Your hands were pierced
And your word is true
You name lives on
You took my sin
Forgave me, and
Put Your Spirit  within
 

In difficult times, we can take comfort in the knowledge that Christ has defeated death forever, that His name will be confessed as Lord by the whole world, and we will be with Him, because of His great love. Izzi Ray sings a stunningly beautiful version of Psalm 8, "How Majestic Is Your Name In All The Earth".
 
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