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I\u2019m starting a podcast of my sermon audio so this will be the first entry. I preached this past Saturday at LifeSign<\/a> on Psalm 42, which is a psalm that I have a long relationship with. I actually rapped my own translation of the psalm as part of my sermon, which I had already shared in a different post<\/a>. Please don\u2019t laugh. The audio of my voice without any reverb or the full mix to hide behind is not super-flattering. On the surface, Psalm 42 appears to describe a state of spiritual desperation, but it is about someone who does not despair \u201cas those without hope,\u201d because David has eternal living water from God to carry him through even the desert. So here is the sermon \u201cOur Eternal Thirst\u201d: <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"