Fr. Mike Schmitz

Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. Then I said, behold, I come. in the role of the book it is written of me i delight to do your will o my god your law is within my heart i have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation behold i have not restrained my lips as you know o lord I have not hidden your saving help within my heart.

I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your faithfulness from the great congregation. Do not, O Lord, withhold your compassion from me. Let your mercy and your faithfulness ever preserve me. For evils have encompassed me without number. My iniquities have overtaken me till I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart fails me.

I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your faithfulness from the great congregation. Do not, O Lord, withhold your compassion from me. Let your mercy and your faithfulness ever preserve me. For evils have encompassed me without number. My iniquities have overtaken me till I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart fails me.

I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your faithfulness from the great congregation. Do not, O Lord, withhold your compassion from me. Let your mercy and your faithfulness ever preserve me. For evils have encompassed me without number. My iniquities have overtaken me till I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart fails me.

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me. O Lord, make haste to help me. Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether who seek to snatch away my life. Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire my hurt. Let them be appalled because of their shame who say to me, aha, aha. But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me. O Lord, make haste to help me. Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether who seek to snatch away my life. Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire my hurt. Let them be appalled because of their shame who say to me, aha, aha. But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me. O Lord, make haste to help me. Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether who seek to snatch away my life. Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire my hurt. Let them be appalled because of their shame who say to me, aha, aha. But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.

May those who love your salvation say continually, great is the Lord. As for me, I am poor. But the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer. Do not delay, O my God.

May those who love your salvation say continually, great is the Lord. As for me, I am poor. But the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer. Do not delay, O my God.

May those who love your salvation say continually, great is the Lord. As for me, I am poor. But the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer. Do not delay, O my God.

And it is true that sacrifice and offering, you do not desire. You've given an open ear, an open heart. What you desire is obedience. What you desire is for us to have a heart like yours. What you desire is mercy, not sacrifice, obedience, not sacrifice in so many ways. That when we do offer you sacrifice, it is only out of obedience.

And it is true that sacrifice and offering, you do not desire. You've given an open ear, an open heart. What you desire is obedience. What you desire is for us to have a heart like yours. What you desire is mercy, not sacrifice, obedience, not sacrifice in so many ways. That when we do offer you sacrifice, it is only out of obedience.

And it is true that sacrifice and offering, you do not desire. You've given an open ear, an open heart. What you desire is obedience. What you desire is for us to have a heart like yours. What you desire is mercy, not sacrifice, obedience, not sacrifice in so many ways. That when we do offer you sacrifice, it is only out of obedience.

It is always as simply a gift to you and done in response to your invitation. Lord God, we ask that you please always, always make us obedient to you. Help us to always say yes to you and to never, ever stop saying yes. Then even... even in the moments of disaster, even moments where we have said no to you, even moments of great sin in our lives.

It is always as simply a gift to you and done in response to your invitation. Lord God, we ask that you please always, always make us obedient to you. Help us to always say yes to you and to never, ever stop saying yes. Then even... even in the moments of disaster, even moments where we have said no to you, even moments of great sin in our lives.

It is always as simply a gift to you and done in response to your invitation. Lord God, we ask that you please always, always make us obedient to you. Help us to always say yes to you and to never, ever stop saying yes. Then even... even in the moments of disaster, even moments where we have said no to you, even moments of great sin in our lives.

Help us in that moment to take the very next good step, and that next good step being to simply say yes once again. Help us to say yes to you and to never stop saying yes. In Jesus' name we pray, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. Okay, well gosh, we have, let's just start with in reverse order once again, 1 Chronicles chapter 26.

Help us in that moment to take the very next good step, and that next good step being to simply say yes once again. Help us to say yes to you and to never stop saying yes. In Jesus' name we pray, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. Okay, well gosh, we have, let's just start with in reverse order once again, 1 Chronicles chapter 26.

Help us in that moment to take the very next good step, and that next good step being to simply say yes once again. Help us to say yes to you and to never stop saying yes. In Jesus' name we pray, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. Okay, well gosh, we have, let's just start with in reverse order once again, 1 Chronicles chapter 26.

We have basically what they are called the divisions of gatekeepers, and we think, look, what are the gatekeepers? Well, they're gonna play a very big role later on in 2 Chronicles, where as people are coming to the temple, as people are coming to Jerusalem, they need to have strong men. They say here in our translation, able men, basically, who might be able to be bouncers.