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August 23, 2026 Ps Ian Maree
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Speaker

Ps Ian Maree

Date

August 23, 2026

Scripture

Psalm 27:1-14

Scripture from this message

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

Exodus 33:15 Then he said to Him, If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.

Exodus 33:16 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight? Is it not in Your going with us, so we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth?

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;

Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 27:2 When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell.

Psalm 27:3 Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident.

Psalm 27:4 One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple.

Psalm 27:5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.

Psalm 27:6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

Psalm 27:7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

Psalm 27:8 When You said, Seek My face, My heart said to You, Your face, Lord, I will seek.

Psalm 27:9 Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Psalm 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me.

Psalm 27:11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.

Psalm 27:12 Do not deliver me over to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.

Psalm 27:13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.

Psalm 27:14 Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!

Isaiah 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.

Isaiah 6:2 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

Isaiah 6:3 And one cried to another and said: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!

Isaiah 6:4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.

Isaiah 6:5 So I said: Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 6:6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar.

Isaiah 6:7 And he touched my mouth with it, and said: Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.

Psalm 24:3 Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place?

Psalm 24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.

Psalm 34:4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.

Jeremiah 29:13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.