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The Lord Governs My Good and Is My Good: All of Psalm 16 for a New Year

Messages by Desiring God

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The Lord Is My Good

"I have no good apart from you. You are my Lord," David says in verse 2 of the Bible. "If there's none of you in this people, I want nothing of this people." He adds: "What happens when you choose another God besides the true God? Another ultimate good, another Lord, another delight, another treasure?" The sorrows of those who run after another God multiply, he writes.

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