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Psalm 3, English Standard Version Save Me, O My God A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. 1) O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; 2) many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah 3) But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. 4) I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah 5) I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me. 6) I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around. 7) Arise, O Lord! Save me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked. 8) Salvation belongs to the Lord; your blessing be on your people! Selah

John 1, New King James Version

Psalm 137, English Standard Version How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song? 1) By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. 2) On the willows there we hung up our lyres. 3) For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4) How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! 6) Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! 7) Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!” 8) O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us! 9) Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!

We acknowledge that there is a deadly virus that is sweeping across the world and in our nation. We must be vigilant, responsible, and careful not just for ourselves but for our fellow man. This being said, we are a nation of laws, first of which would be the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. There have been several instances this week where our enforcement of "safe-at-home" protocols in our localities seemingly infringe upon our constitutional rights. Host Michael O'Fallon explores the consequences of giving up our individual autonomy in today's episode of "The Causes of Things." https://sovereignnations.com Support Sovereign Nations: paypal.me/sovnations patreon.com/sovnations Follow Sovereign Nations: sovereignnations.com/subscribe facebook.com/SovereignNat... twitter.com/SovNations youtube.com/SovereignNations instagram.com/sovnations/ minds.com/sovnations parler.com/profile/sovnations © 2020 Sovereign Nations. All rights reserved.

Psalm 22 English Standard Version (ESV) Why Have You Forsaken Me? To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. 1) My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? 2) O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. 3) Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 4) In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. 5) To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. 6) But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people. 7) All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads; 8) “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!” 9) Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts. 10) On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God. 11) Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help. 12) Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me; 13) they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion. 14) I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast; 15) my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death. 16) For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet— 17) I can count all my bones—they stare and gloat over me; 18) they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. 19) But you, O Lord, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid! 20) Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog! 21) Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen! 22) I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you: 23) You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel! 24) For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him. 25) From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him. 26) The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever! 27) All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. 28) For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations. 29) All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive. 30) Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation; 31) they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.

Psalm 41 English Standard Version (ESV) O Lord, Be Gracious to Me To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1)Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him; 2) the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies. 3) The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health. 4) As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!” 5) My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?” 6) And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. 7) All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me. 8) They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies.” 9) Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. 10) But you, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them! 11) By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me. 12) But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever. 13) Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.

Romans 8, English Standard Version

1 Corinthians 13, English Standard Version The Way of Love 1) If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2) And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3) If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4) Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5) or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6) it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7) Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8) Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9) For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10) but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11) When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12) For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 13) So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 John 1, English Standard Version The Word of Life 1) That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2) the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— 3) that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4) And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. Walking in the Light 5) This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6) If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8) If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10) If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Something has been happening around you over the past 12 years or so that you have probably only been aware of for the last year or two. It’s the Operational Preparation of the Environment. This term, Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE) is used in military circles as an essential “preparing the way” before an overt military event. OPE softens a populace, prepares them for “out of the box” thinking, and can also turn previously loyal citizens against their own governing bodies. How does this factor into our current situations and struggles in the United States and throughout western civilization? Join us today as we explore “The Causes of Things.” https://sovereignnations.com Support Sovereign Nations: paypal.me/sovnations patreon.com/sovnations Follow Sovereign Nations: https://sovereignnations.com/subscribe https://facebook.com/SovereignNat... https://twitter.com/SovNations https://youtube.com/SovereignNations https://instagram.com/sovnations/ https://minds.com/sovnations https://parler.com/profile/sovnations © 2020 Sovereign Nations. All rights reserved.

Proverbs 24, English Standard Version Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them, 2) for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble. 3) By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; 4) by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5) A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might, 6) for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory. 7) Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth. 8) Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer. 9) The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind. 10) If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. 11) Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. 12) If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work? 13) My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. 14) Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off. 15) Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home; 16) for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. 17) Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, 18) lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him. 19) Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, 20) for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out. 21) My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise, 22) for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both? More Sayings of the Wise 23) These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good. 24) Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, 25) but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them. 26) Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips. 27) Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house. 28) Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. 29) Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.” 30) I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, 31) and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32) Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. 33) A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 34) and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

Psalm 91, English Standard Version My Refuge and My Fortress, 1) He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2) I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” 3) For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. 4) He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. 5) You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6) nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. 7) A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. 8) You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. 9) Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place—the Most High, who is my refuge— 10) no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent. 11) For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. 12) On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. 13) You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot. 14) “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. 15) When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. 16) With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

Psalm 23, English Standard Version A Psalm of David. 1)The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2) He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 3) He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4) Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5) You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalm 77, English Standard Version I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me. 2) In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. 3) When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah 4) You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5) I consider the days of old, the years long ago. 6) I said, “Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart.” Then my spirit made a diligent search: 7) “Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable? 8) Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time? 9) Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah 10) Then I said, “I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”[b] 11) I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. 12) I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds. 13) Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God? 14) You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples. 15) You with your arm redeemed your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah 16) When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled. 17) The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth thunder; your arrows flashed on every side. 18) The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook. 19) Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen.[c] 20) You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Philippians 4:4-23, English Standard Version 4) Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5) Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6) do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7) And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8) Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9) What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. God's Provision 10) I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. 11) Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12) I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13) I can do all things through him who strengthens me. 14) Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. 15) And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. 16) Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. 17) Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. 18) I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. 19) And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 20) To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. Final Greetings 21) Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you. 22) All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar's household. 23) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.