Divine Blessing on Human Endeavors
2026-11-05 · 3.975 MHz · 0600 PST
The Bible reading
Psalm 127
Today's Reading (KJV): Psalm 127
1Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
The study opened with an introduction to Psalm 127, noting it was likely written by David for Solomon to emphasize the necessity of God's blessing in all undertakings. The psalm warns that building a house, guarding a city, or toiling for bread is futile without the Lord's involvement. It highlights that success depends not on human effort alone, but on God's sovereign will and grace.
Participants discussed the dual application of the psalm to Solomon's kingdom and the post-exile return to Jerusalem, where the people rebuilt the temple and city walls under threat. The text was also applied to the life of Jesus Christ, who builds the church and guards the kingdom. Personal testimonies included a member who hung a sign from verse 1 on his property during construction, and another who recalled praying with a Christian contractor before starting work.
The discussion extended to the concept of children as a gift from the Lord, contrasting the biblical view with modern anti-child cultural trends. Members emphasized the importance of raising children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord and protecting them from spiritual enemies. The study concluded with a reminder to maintain balance in life, ensuring that hard work in one area does not neglect responsibilities in family, spiritual, or health domains.
Insights
- The heading 'A Song of Degrees for Solomon' is not inspired but helps identify the context as either David's counsel to Solomon or the post-exile reconstruction.
- Nebuchadnezzar's transformation from pride to humility in Daniel 4 illustrates the danger of taking credit for God-given success.
- The 'bread of painful labors' warns against the anxious overwork that assumes all outcomes depend on human effort.
- Building physical structures and spiritual communities are both acts of imitating God, who is the ultimate Builder.
- The 'quiver full of arrows' metaphor encourages a pro-child stance, viewing children as assets for spiritual and physical defense against enemies.
- Work-life balance is likened to a pie; over-exercising responsibility in one slice violates responsibilities in others.
Transcript
0:00This is WB7MX.
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0:59This is WVV7MX, and we are about four minutes away from getting started with our Bible study.
1:14We're in Psalm 127 today, and that's Psalm 127, so be looking that over,
1:19and we'll be discussing that today on our Bible study.
1:22Great passage, very famous passage, one that's used a lot in application to our lives.
1:29All right, any other check-ins this morning?
1:32Please come out your call sign.
1:36WV7VZL, good morning, Max.
1:39And good morning, Roger, WV7VZL, good to have you with us.
1:42How are you doing?
1:43Well, we have some rather, the application that we were praying for did not fly with this villa,
2:00kind of a retirement community.
2:03And so, anyway, that didn't work, so I guess we're back to hopefully, by faith, something better.
2:12Over.
2:12All right, we'll continue to pray that Autumn finds another place to live.
2:20We'll start that prayer request up again.
2:22Al KJ7Q8, this is a prayer request from Roger.
2:26WV7VZL, Autumn's application was turned down, so she needs to find another place to live,
2:32and let's just go ahead and pray about that.
2:34Roger, did you get that backyard cleaned up that you needed to get cleaned up over?
2:41Oh, my father's for the insurance?
2:44No, no, no.
2:49All right, well, you're going to have to get the rake and shovel on,
2:51get over there and get to work or hire somebody to do it, I guess, huh?
2:54Roger, Roger, yeah.
2:57I was over there yesterday and cut some limbs away from the house
3:03and all the requirements for the insurance.
3:09It's an immense task.
3:11Lots of collection over the years.
3:13Over.
3:15Yeah, we just have to find a young guy in one of your churches that can take that on
3:20and have them hammer that out.
3:22So, anyway, all right, Roger, we've got you checked in.
3:25Appreciate you being there.
3:26That's WV7VZL.
3:28All right, any other check-ins to West Coast Bible Study, please come now.
3:33WV7AOT.
3:36And there is WV7AOT from Ham Lake, Minnesota.
3:39Good morning, Darrell.
3:40How are you doing?
3:41Good morning, Rob.
3:42We have a good study, and we're on WV7AOT.
3:46So, welcome, everybody.
3:48Come by and say hi.
3:49Anyway, this is WV7AOT,
3:52and Ham Lake, Minnesota.
3:54Have a good study.
3:55All this is on the side.
3:58All right, real good, Darrell.
3:59Good to have you with us.
4:00Appreciate you being there.
4:02So, now we'd like to acknowledge Lee, AL7KG.
4:05Good morning, Lee.
4:06See you there on the Utah STR.
4:08Lee, good to have you with us,
4:10and glad to see your call sign there.
4:12That's Lee, AL7KG.
4:14All right, any other check-ins?
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4:18AL4J6, Papa Delta.
4:21Okay, we had a double there.
4:27Station, giving out your call sign.
4:29Please come now with your call sign.
4:31AL4J6, Papa Delta.
4:33Tony in Corsico.
4:34Tony, good to have you with us.
4:41Appreciate you being there.
4:42And, Tony, I need you to say your call sign for me
4:46one more time, please.
4:50Absolutely.
4:51AL4J6, Papa Delta.
4:54AJ6PD.
4:55Roger.
4:58Roger, Roger.
4:59Good copy that time.
5:00Thank you for that, Tony.
5:02Appreciate you being there.
5:03We got you checked in.
5:04We're in Psalm 127 today, Tony.
5:06So you could be looking at that,
5:08and we'll be discussing that in a minute here or so.
5:11All right, I think there's another station along with Tony.
5:14Other station with your comment.
5:15Please come now.
5:18AK6OK with the praise report.
5:23AK6OK with the praise report.
5:24Go ahead.
5:26Yeah, Max, we ship.
5:29I don't know how many.
5:29There's 50, 60, many cases of Bibles all up to the world yesterday.
5:34So it's about 2,500.
5:39All right.
5:40Praise the Lord.
5:41Yeah, Jeff's shipping out Bibles.
5:42Let's pray for those Bibles that got shipped out yesterday,
5:45that they will be used by God to save soldiers
5:49and to sanctify and encourage believers that are in the military.
5:54So, Jeff, that's a good praise report.
5:57Thank you for that.
5:58All right.
5:59To WB7MX, looking for any last-minute check-ins.
6:02Please come now.
6:10All right.
6:10I'm going to check my SDRs here for a minute.
6:13Just give me a second here to scroll down.
6:16Okay.
6:16There they are, hiding out at the bottom.
6:19All right.
6:19We've got Gene, K7GWR.
6:22Good morning, Gene.
6:23Good to have you with us.
6:24We also got Joe, KD7WBV.
6:27Joe, good to have you with us there from Battleground, Washington.
6:31All right.
6:32So that is Gene, K7GWR, and Joe, KD7WBV.
6:38Oh, there's Mark, W7UAR, you rascal.
6:41About time you showed up around here.
6:44Mark, good to have you with us.
6:45Appreciate you being there.
6:46That's Mark from Utah.
6:51I can always remember Mark's call site, W7UAR.
6:54That's Utah Amateur Radio.
6:56That's what that stands for.
6:58All right, Mark.
6:59Good to have you with us, brother.
7:00Thank you.
7:16All right, WB7MX here.
7:23I think I'm pretty well caught up on my SDRs, and Eric will keep me honest there if somebody
7:29shows up that I haven't seen.
7:32So, yep, checked Half Moon Bay.
7:34That looks good.
7:35And just having to scroll around here a little bit, because the box is big.
7:41But I think we've got everybody checked in.
7:44All right, we're in Psalm 127 today, and we are going to be looking at that passage.
7:50But before we do that, we want to open in prayer.
7:52And so, Scott, KD7Y2T, if you could open in prayer for us today.
7:57I sure appreciate that.
7:58Go ahead, Scott.
8:01This is KD7Y2T opening in prayer.
8:05Our gracious Heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you for this group that meets every day, Lord,
8:11to glorify you and to lift you up.
8:14Father, you are so generous.
8:18You are so faithful.
8:20There is nothing, Lord, that we can do to earn our salvation.
8:25It is a gift from you.
8:26It is one that is to be accepted.
8:31And, Lord, we just thank you for that.
8:32We do not deserve it.
8:34And, Lord, I just ask that if there is somebody that's listening that does not know you as Lord
8:39the Savior, that they might be drawn to you, that they might look at their life and realize,
8:44yeah, I haven't done things the way I need to, and I need a Savior.
8:49I need the Savior.
8:50And so, Lord, we thank you for the medium, the amateur radio, for our study.
8:57We just ask blessings on each one as we partake this morning.
9:01We thank you that Pastor Max is able to lead us.
9:04And we just ask for your provision, Lord, as always.
9:10In Jesus' name we pray.
9:12Amen.
9:15Amen.
9:16Thank you so much for that prayer, Scott.
9:19Really appreciate that.
9:20All right, everybody.
9:22Today is Jim N7BKE's birthday.
9:25Jim is 94 years old today.
9:29And says he's only got six more years to go to hit 100.
9:32So, let's all wish Jim a good happy birthday.
9:36On the count of three, everybody key up and say happy birthday to Jim N7BKE.
9:41All right, one, two, three.
9:44Happy birthday.
9:44Happy birthday.
9:46Many more.
9:47Happy birthday to you.
9:49Happy birthday to you.
9:53Happy birthday, dear Jim.
9:58And many more.
10:00Happy birthday.
10:02Oh, that sounded great.
10:06Happy birthday, Jim.
10:07I appreciate you guys.
10:08You don't know how much it means to me to listen in on you as you pray and give your comment.
10:15And as you wish for help and need help at all times.
10:20We need to keep the Lord in our forefront, right in front of us at all times.
10:25When we need to speak, we look to him for guidance.
10:29And let him give you the wisdom and knowledge to know what to say.
10:32Thank you, fellas.
10:33I appreciate it.
10:35I'll stick around as long as the Lord wants me to be here.
10:38God bless you all, and I'm praying for you.
10:41N7BKE.
10:42And I think your spiritual birthday is in three more days, isn't it, brother?
10:47November 5th.
10:48And I was saved on, let's see, 1948 at 10 o'clock, the 10th of 48, and 730 at night in the First Baptist Church of Spokane, Washington.
11:03And that's when I accepted him, and he's been with me every since, 10, 7, BKE.
11:09Okay, five more days.
11:11Amen, brother.
11:11Happy birthday.
11:18All right, WB7 in the X-Air Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study.
11:22And a good happy birthday to Jim, and thank you all for encouraging our brother to carry on and continue to serve the Lord and be a witness for him.
11:32And Jim is a wonderful evangelist, and he's always open and ready to share the gospel with anybody that he can grab a hold of.
11:40All right, WB7MAX here.
11:42We are in Psalm 127.
11:44Scott, KD7YQT, open in prayer for us.
11:48I want to give a little introduction to Psalm 127, and then we will read the psalm together.
11:54Steve is going to read that for us.
11:56All right, Psalm 127 was written for Solomon.
12:00You can see that in the heading.
12:02And it was probably written by David, his father, in order to instruct him about the need for divine blessings in every single undertaking of life.
12:13David was leaving the kingdom to Solomon, and he knew that Solomon had a lot of challenges to face.
12:21Solomon had a house to build.
12:23Solomon had a city to keep.
12:24And Solomon had a family to raise.
12:27And none of those things could ever be successfully done without the aid and the blessing of God.
12:34So all the wisdom and attention and effort in the world to those things will be of no avail if God does not honor and empower our work in doing them and infuse it with his grace and with his blessing.
12:49But if God does infuse our work with his grace and blessing, then it cannot fail.
12:56Indeed, it will be a glorious success.
12:58Therefore, we may not act or think in such a way that leaves the consideration of God out of our efforts.
13:06And so we always have to remember the words of Jesus in John 15, 5, when he says,
13:12Without me, you can do nothing.
13:14That is, you can do nothing of lasting value.
13:17You can do nothing that involves genuine success.
13:21And you can do nothing of eternal significance.
13:24So many people in their pride think they can achieve their goals and their own strength by means of their own wisdom.
13:30But nothing could be further from the truth.
13:34Success depends on more than just hard work and honest effort.
13:39There is an unseen controller behind every situation.
13:43And his choice is determinative in the outcome of whatever comes to pass.
13:50And Job recognized this when Job said, The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
13:56The Lord made Job's efforts to accumulate wealth effective.
14:01And the Lord made Job's efforts to preserve his wealth futile.
14:07So then the unseen but important factor is that God must bless what man does.
14:13And man must be warned against prideful reliance on the means of blessing instead of on the God.
14:20Who blesses those means with his grace and mercy.
14:25So what we have in our psalm today is a warning against an attitude of self-sufficiency.
14:30An encouragement of an attitude of dependence upon God.
14:35We have a warning against taking credit for our achievements.
14:39And an encouragement to give God the glory for all that we achieve.
14:43So that's a little introduction to our psalm.
14:46A little bit of background.
14:47Here's a man starting out with the establishment of his kingdom.
14:52And he needs some counsel from dad about staying humble, about trusting in the Lord.
14:57By all means working hard.
14:59But recognizing that except the Lord bless that work, it really comes to nothing in the end.
15:04All right, that's an introduction to Psalm 127.
15:07Steve, W6YSI, if you could read for us Psalm 127, I would appreciate that.
15:13Go ahead there, Steve.
15:14Okay, Psalm 127.
15:16I'll be reading again from the New American Standard.
15:20Beginning at verse 1.
15:21So, unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.
15:30Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain.
15:35It is vain for you to rise up early, to retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors.
15:47For he gives to his beloved, even in his sleep.
15:54Behold, children are a gift of the Lord.
15:57The fruit of the womb is a reward.
16:00Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth.
16:07How blessed is a man whose quiver is full of them.
16:13They shall not be ashamed when they speak of their enemies in the gate.
16:20As far as the reading of God's Word.
16:25Steve, W6YSI, thank you for that reading.
16:27Really appreciate that.
16:28All right, any comments on Psalm 127, please go now with your call time.
16:34KB7, Zedickson.
16:37Kevin, KB7, Zedickson.
16:38Please go ahead.
16:40I'll get the ball rolling here a little bit.
16:43A very good introduction, Max.
16:45And, you know, it's interesting.
16:47There's another school of thought that scholars consider on this psalm.
16:52And because we're in the last two psalms, as we know, were post-exile, connected to the return, the initial return to Jerusalem from exile in Babylon there under Cyrus.
17:11And the school of thought is that this also follows that time period.
17:18However, as you well pointed out, the look back at Solomon and David is there's a very important principle.
17:27And that is, no matter how hard you work, without God being, having his blessing on it and being in it, it's futile.
17:38And he's not condemning at all hard work and labor.
17:46And whether you work and toil from early to late, late, that's not the source of the blessing.
17:54The blessing still comes from the grace of God.
17:59And the watchman is important.
18:01The guard of the gate, it's important.
18:03And they had many enemies around them then.
18:06But, you know, you can guard as best as you can.
18:10But ultimately, it is the Lord who is the watchman.
18:15And then, of course, the blessing of the children.
18:19You know, one of the things that they toil for and we toil for, too, is to build our families.
18:26As God builds his family in his kingdom, you know, we have that model in our family as we build and toil.
18:35But, again, the focus is on God.
18:42We need to look to God.
18:43He is the one that ultimately needs to bless it.
18:47We need to seek his guidance.
18:49And, ultimately, our work is futile, as you pointed out, Max, without recognizing that God needs to be behind it.
18:59And as they sought here to begin to rebuild the walls and rebuild their lives as returned back from exile,
19:10that they needed to recognize, no matter how hard they work,
19:13unless they keep God in the forefront, as we should in our lives and our marriages, the work is futile.
19:22KB 7, does that extend?
19:23Yeah, Kevin, thanks for that additional insight there about the possibility of a different focus and frame for this psalm.
19:34Now, these headings that are in the psalms in our Bible, they're not inspired.
19:40They were added later.
19:42And they are considered to be accurate, but, of course, not infallible.
19:49And, of course, this heading says, A Song of Degrees for Solomon.
19:53And so, if David is the author, it certainly fits, you know, his instructions to Solomon as one who's building the kingdom.
20:01But, if, as you say, this was written during the exile, that fits really, really well, too.
20:07Because what were they doing?
20:09They were going back, and they were building the temple.
20:12Okay?
20:13That's the house, right?
20:14And they were building the walls around the city under Nehemiah.
20:19And you remember that Samballot and Tobiah were constantly trying to threaten the city and even bring opposition against it.
20:28And so, you remember, when they were building the wall, they worked with a sword in one hand, and with the other hand, they laid up stones, right?
20:36So, it certainly fits either of those situations.
20:39And, you know, Kevin, I'd like to just go on and say it really fits the life of our Lord Jesus Christ, okay?
20:47He's building God a house.
20:49It's called the church, right?
20:51Upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
20:56And he, of course, is guarding the kingdom.
20:59He's defending us against Satan and his helpers, and he is protecting us.
21:05And then, of course, the Lord Jesus also is having lots of children, and he has a new birth.
21:12And so, you know, we can apply this to Solomon.
21:16We can apply it to the return from the exile, and we can apply it to the Lord Jesus.
21:22And, of course, fourthly, we can apply it to our own lives, right?
21:26Hey, Steve, W6YSI, why don't you talk to us about you building your house and how this poem played a role in that.
21:34Go ahead there, Steve, W6YSI.
21:38Yeah, dear brother in our church made really nice signs that one could, you know, hang up inside the house or outside.
21:49But the Lord just laid it on my heart when we started to build our house when we first started breaking ground that I wanted to take verse 1 of this psalm and have Ozzie make me a sign.
22:07And I hung it up on a tree out on the road that was leading up to her new home.
22:12So that was something that was very much on my mind that the Lord, he needed to be involved in this and be behind all of this W6YSI.
22:26Yeah, Steve, so Steve was building a house, and so he had a sign up there that said,
22:32Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain to build it.
22:35And, you know, I built my own house with my own two hands as well.
22:39Been there, done that.
22:41And I'll tell you, you know, you really see the need for the dependence on God for every step.
22:47What a complicated process.
22:50And, you know, I just pray every day God to give me wisdom to know how to put the beams up right and cut the angles right and get the stairway in properly and all of those complicated things, the plumbing, the electrical.
23:04And, you know, it's good to know that you're living together with the Lord.
23:08And that's true in not only physical building, but spiritual building, too.
23:14You remember Paul said in 1 Corinthians chapter 3, we're neighbors together with God in building the kingdom.
23:22He talks about no other foundation can a man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
23:28So, certainly, this passage applies to us building physical buildings.
23:34It also applies to us as we strive under the leadership of Jesus Christ to build the church.
23:40And so, I often thought, you know, if God doesn't bless my efforts as a pastor in shepherding this church, you know, it's all going to be wood, hay, and stubble.
23:52It's all going to be in vain.
23:53So, these passages have tons of different applications to our lives.
24:01All right.
24:01Anybody else with any comments, please come down with your call sign.
24:05N6TMA, late check-in.
24:09All right.
24:09We've got N6GMA.
24:12Did I get that correctly?
24:14N6GMA, is that right?
24:16November 6, Tango, November, India.
24:20N6TMA, Dan, here in North Island.
24:23All right, Dan, real good.
24:25Yeah, sorry I didn't recognize your voice.
24:27Got you.
24:28All right, that's Dan.
24:29N6TMA, late check-in.
24:31Dan, we got you.
24:32Appreciate you being there, brother.
24:33All right.
24:34Any other check-ins?
24:36Please come down.
24:37Oh, I just wanted to make a comment also.
24:41Yeah, Dan, go ahead.
24:43Make a comment.
24:44When I was a youngster, and I do mean a youngster, I worked for a Christian contractor.
24:51We were building houses in Galt.
24:53And every morning before we started work, we would have prayer over the site that God
25:01would guide us and protect us as we were building these houses and stuff.
25:05It was a very eye-opening experience.
25:12Yeah, isn't it wonderful to be working with a bunch of Christians in the construction trade?
25:16That could be an awful rough trade.
25:18I've been in it for many years, and it's so good to know that, you know, you're starting
25:25the day with God and with prayer to God and for His help and blessing on your work and
25:31on your endeavor.
25:33And, you know, when you give glory to God like that and express dependence on God, you
25:38can be assured of God's help and God's blessing.
25:40So, Dan, thanks for telling us about that experience in your life and what an example that is to
25:48the rest of us.
25:50Before we start out on any project, let's just pause and pray and ask God for His blessing
25:56on it.
25:57And that's why we start this Bible study with prayer.
26:00I mean, except the Lord blessed this Bible study, we're just wasting electrons here.
26:03But God's hand is in it, and we need that, and we acknowledge that.
26:09We ask for that at the start of the Bible study, and God provides that.
26:14Dan, thank you for that testimony.
26:16All right, any other comments?
26:18Please come now.
26:19Alpha Romeo?
26:23Alpha Romeo, go ahead there, Mark.
26:25Yeah, so this was a great chapter to jump in on this morning.
26:32I know I've not been on here recently, but I really liked verse 2, warns about the bread
26:40of sorrows and the idea of, you know, the anxious person who overworks and assumes that
26:50everything depends on us, as opposed to recognizing that all the blessings come from Heavenly Father.
26:58And, you know, I was thinking about this.
27:01I'm maybe a little bit younger than some of the guys on the net here.
27:05I'm 45.
27:06I've still got five kids at home, although that's going to change here over the next year.
27:11And, you know, I can very easily slip into this trap of overworking and grinding away.
27:22And, you know, a lot of that is kind of the message that the world gives you, that that's
27:26where success comes from.
27:27And I've certainly had some experiences, I would say, recently in my life where, over the
27:35last few years, where I've been reminded that in a lot of ways I've got to surrender some
27:41of that to God and recognize that He's in control, not only of the blessings I enjoy, but really
27:52my life in general, how long I'm going to live and be here.
27:56And one of those parables in the New Testament always sticks into my mind about the rich man
28:02who keeps laying up in store, laying up in store.
28:05And then the Lord says, thou fool, you know, today you'll be with me in paradise, right?
28:10And so I think it's a good reminder, you know, and a very counterculture to sort of say, hey,
28:18look, you know, recognize that the Lord's going to bless you with what the Lord wants to bless
28:24you with.
28:25Be willing to sort of surrender that and make sure you have some balance and peace, right?
28:32And I really do believe that, you know, despite all the challenges that come with life, a big
28:38part of God's purpose here is for us to find joy.
28:43But the way He teaches us to find it is not the way that the world teaches us to find it.
28:49Anyways, back to that, W7UAR.
28:51We're a great comment.
28:56Thank you for sharing, you know, your experience and struggles with work-life balance.
29:00You know, we all have that.
29:02And, you know, especially when you're driven to excel and to succeed, you know, we think,
29:09well, if we just work one more hour, that's going to make the difference.
29:12And, you know, the passage isn't condemning working significant hours.
29:17It's not encouraging laziness.
29:19It's just saying in your industriousness, have this attitude of recognition that, you know,
29:26God is the one who brings success.
29:28God is the one who preserves success.
29:31And so, therefore, to God be the glory for the success.
29:35But, yeah, you know, I had a guy describe life once as like a pie, right?
29:40And so you have the segment that involves your work life.
29:45And then you have a segment that involves your family life.
29:48And then you have a segment that involves your spiritual and your church life, your ministry.
29:53And then you have a segment that involves your sleep and your health.
29:57And another segment that involves your recreation.
30:00And, you know, we have responsibilities, you know, child raising.
30:04We have responsibilities in all these areas.
30:07And the point that he made is you never so exercise your responsibility in one area of life
30:14that causes you then to violate your responsibility in another area.
30:19And we all know guys who are lazy and never go to work.
30:22Well, that's terrible, okay?
30:24We also know guys who work, you know, 15 hours a day and never have time with a family.
30:29That's terrible, okay?
30:30So we have to have this balance where we pursue our responsibilities in each area of life in such a way
30:38that we don't violate our responsibilities in our other areas of life.
30:44You know, if I'm always at church and never go to work and support my family, that's no good.
30:49And if all I ever do is work and never go to church and leave my family spiritually, that's no good.
30:54So, yeah, Mark, understand about that work-life balance and making sure that every segment of that pie is properly cared for.
31:04What that means is that, you know, you're not going to do perfect in any area,
31:10but you're going to do substantially well in all of the areas.
31:14So the idea of a comprehensive management of the life, you know, it's kind of like working out, right?
31:20If all you have to do is work to your left arm and it gets really big and strong, but your right arm is weak, that doesn't work, okay?
31:26So just like we need to have balance in our bodies, we need to have balance in our life as well.
31:32Mark, W7UAR, great comment.
31:34Thank you for that.
31:35All right, other comments.
31:36Please come down.
31:41K-1-K-O-Y.
31:44K-1-K-O-Y.
31:46George, go ahead.
31:46I'm referring to verse 5, happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them.
31:52The first quiver is referring to his children, the positive gift of children.
31:57Mark understands that very well.
31:59And also having in our quiver the arrows that are in the hand of the mighty man,
32:04the arrows that give us the strength and the honor that we have to have to contend with.
32:10It says the enemy is at the gate.
32:12They're not just at the gate.
32:13They're everywhere.
32:15That's what they take away from that.
32:16K-1-K-O-Y.
32:21Yeah, what's interesting is that here's this godly man, and he's trying to build his house.
32:26He's trying to protect his city.
32:29He's trying to raise a family.
32:31And what did he find?
32:32He finds enemies who are trying to attack him for doing something good.
32:39You know, we see this in the political realm all the time.
32:42We also see it in the church.
32:44You know, we have good and godly pastors who are trying to serve the Lord.
32:48And there's people out there trying to tear him down and tell lies about him.
32:51And then here's a guy trying to raise a family.
32:55And, you know, the world wants those kids.
32:57They want to pervert them.
32:59They want to drag them through the gutter of wicked immorality and all of those things.
33:04And so it is a battle.
33:07And so, you know, as you said, George, you know, children are a great blessing.
33:12And, you know, we live in an age that is anti-child.
33:16You know, it's like, oh, let's kill our babies in the womb.
33:19Oh, our babies are born.
33:21Let's transgender them.
33:23Oh, let's get them involved in same-sex relationships.
33:27Oh, let's get them involved in premarital sex.
33:32The world is constantly trying to destroy children.
33:36Or, hey, don't have children, right?
33:40Children are a burden.
33:41Children will keep you from having fun.
33:43Just have a childless marriage.
33:46And so we have this anti-child agenda that is driven by Satan in our culture.
33:52And we need to fight against that.
33:54We need to have a bunch of kids if we're able to do that.
33:57And then we need to raise them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
34:00And then we need to protect them from the ways of the world.
34:04You know, the original creation mandate that God gave to Adam and Eve,
34:08be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, has never been rescinded.
34:12And so as believers, we need to raise kids and grandkids and great-grandkids
34:20and flourish in our reproductive activities.
34:27And then, of course, as Christians, we need to have spiritual babies, right?
34:32So we need to go out and we need to try to, through the preaching of the Word of God
34:37and the presence of the Spirit of God, conceive new babies in Christ and see them saved.
34:42Well, guess what?
34:43We've got to defend them against the enemies, too, don't we?
34:46So, kids, the next generation, whether physical or spiritual, that's a battle.
34:52And as Christians, we have a real clear theology of a positive attitude towards children,
34:58of protecting those children, of raising them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord,
35:03whether physical or spiritual children, and fight that good fight.
35:07Because one thing Satan hates is the seed.
35:10And you remember the promise to Abraham in the Abrahamic covenant, right?
35:13He was going to give Abraham the land, the seed, and the blessing.
35:17And, of course, the seed was proximally Isaac and ultimately Jesus Christ,
35:21who has all of us as his children.
35:24So the Bible is very pro-child, and we need to be pro-child, too.
35:28And you know what I'm making of a point?
35:29I go to these airports, right, when I'm flying back and forth,
35:32you know, I see a gal and a guy or just a gal, you know, with four or five kids,
35:38and I always give her a word of encouragement.
35:39Good job, Mom.
35:41You know, really proud of you for having those kids.
35:43Because a lot of people look at a woman with two or three or four or five kids,
35:48all those yours, as though there's something wrong with that.
35:51Man, we need to encourage people to have kids.
35:54All right, enough of my rant.
35:56WB7MX here, looking for comments.
35:59Please come down with your call sign.
36:02KM5F.
36:05Well, KM5F, please go ahead.
36:07Yeah, I have a little story about a lot of kids.
36:11When I met my wife, I was at church, kind of church shopping,
36:15and there was a cute little blonde up in the choir.
36:19Well, she came and she sat down with all these little kids,
36:23and they kind of broke my heart a little bit.
36:27There's a short story, KM5F.
36:32Yeah, copy that.
36:34You know, when I met my wife, she was involved in Child Evangelism Fellowship, right?
36:39And she was always having Bible classes in her home with her mom,
36:45and they'd go out in the neighborhood, and they'd recruit kids,
36:48and they'd bring them in, and they'd have Bible studies with them.
36:50And nobody was paying them to do this.
36:52This was a mission that they had.
36:55This was a vision they had.
36:57And, you know, when I met my wife, I thought, man, I want that woman to raise my kids
37:01because she'll lead them to Christ.
37:02She's leading other people's kids to Christ.
37:05She will certainly teach my kids Bible verses and Bible stories and lead them to Christ as well.
37:10And that's exactly what happened.
37:11And so, yeah, any young men out there listening, looking for wives, look for a pro-child woman,
37:18a woman who wants children, who loves children, who cares about other people's children.
37:24Well, she's going to care about yours as well.
37:26Great story there, Will.
37:27Appreciate that.
37:28All right, any other comments?
37:30Please come down.
37:31Yeah, I thought they were all her kids.
37:33Okay, I'm glad that.
37:33Oh, okay, you thought, ha, ha, ha, that's funny.
37:39Well, you're not going to go date a girl who's already got a bunch of kids, right?
37:42So she must be married.
37:43That's funny, Will.
37:45Right.
37:45K-5-S.
37:46That's how you wound up marrying, is that correct?
37:48Yes, K-5-S.
37:54Glad, real good, glad to hear that you guys got married.
37:57Yeah, that would be a bit of a shocker to see a young woman still with a bunch of kids
38:00and they almost hurt.
38:01All right, Will, good story.
38:04All right, any other comments on our passage?
38:06Please come down.
38:22All right, while you're thinking, I was thinking about Nebuchadnezzar, right?
38:27And you remember in Daniel 4, I think it's verse 30 or something,
38:31he said, his book says, Great Babylon, which I have built for the glory of my name, right?
38:37And so he was taking credit to himself for what he built and bragging about how wonderful he was
38:42because he built this great Babylon.
38:45Well, you remember the story, right?
38:46God struck him with insanity and he was acting like an animal for, what, seven years?
38:52I think it was, eating grass or whatever.
38:55And then God gave him back his sanity.
38:58And, boy, did he get a new attitude.
39:02Like, you know, the God of, he does according to his will in the army of heaven
39:08and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay in his hand or say to him,
39:13What doest thou?
39:14So, from then on, Nebuchadnezzar has this attitude that, you know,
39:20it's the Lord who gave me this kingdom.
39:23It's the Lord who gave me my success.
39:25And it's to the Lord that the glory goes.
39:29And so you really see a man going from self-confidence and self-trust and personal autonomy
39:40to one who is going to humility, one who's going to trusting in the Lord,
39:46and one who's giving God the glory for the accomplishments that he has.
39:50So, you know, it's really important for us to recognize that God is the one who's sovereign.
39:57We've read about that, that he made the heaven and the earth.
40:01We've been reading about that constantly.
40:04And so, as a result, we can trust him to help us to make whatever it is he wants us to make,
40:12whether it is a home, whether it is a city, whether it is a family.
40:18If God's in it, it's going to succeed.
40:20And if he's opposed to it, it can't possibly succeed.
40:24All right.
40:24Any other comments on our passage?
40:26Please come now.
40:39WB-7 Visa now.
40:43Roger.
40:43WB-7 Visa now.
40:44Please go ahead.
40:45Last evening, for prayer meeting, I was, after the prayer time, I was hosted by the gifted builders in our church
40:59that were actually taking the mother's room and making it into a bathroom for those in wheelchairs.
41:11And the plumbing modification of that little church in the foyer was just mind-boggling as far as the details of moving two bathrooms
41:26and working it out with the sheetrock and working it out with the sheetrock, the walls, all those details.
41:33It was just incredible what they have done.
41:37It's certainly not in my realm of my gifts.
41:40And so I'm just hoping and praying that those that are in wheelchairs will make use of what has been done with such sacrifice and expense and giftedness.
41:58So that really relates to me as of last night, and I've just shaken my head as to how much work that is for this.
42:10So we hope we don't labor in vain.
42:13And we hope that those that are disabled, those that are needing the extra room in the bathroom, will come to the house of the Lord.
42:26We don't want this labor to be in vain.
42:29And it's just mind-boggling what they've done in that little tiny church foyer.
42:36WB-7 Visa now.
42:37Yeah, Roger, you know, we build to bless others.
42:43And that's true in the physical realm.
42:45You know, my house that I built, I built it for my wife and my kids.
42:48And, yes, I enjoy it.
42:50No question about that.
42:52I have a place to sleep, too.
42:54But, you know, we're building for others.
42:57You know, we're building for the sake of those in wheelchairs and the case that you just mentioned.
43:03We strive to build the church spiritually with people through evangelism so that believers will have a spiritual home, spiritual mom and dad.
43:16They'll have a place where they can receive teaching and grow up into the measure, the stature, the fullness of Christ.
43:23You know, we go out and we work hard to build a business, to practice a trade, whatever it is we do, to put bread on the table for our wife and kids.
43:35And we need that blessing from God.
43:39And he provides that.
43:41So, you know, as we go forward in life, we can go forward in the confidence that God's going to bless our efforts to build our homes, to provide a safe and secure place for our families to live in a culture and in a society, and then that God would help us to build our families.
44:02So who are Christians?
44:04Well, they're builders.
44:05I mean, God's a builder, right?
44:07He built the heavens and the earth and the universe, and so for us to build things and then to try to protect what we build from enemies, because there's always those out there, and to try to build a family and provide a safe, secure environment for a kid, that's to walk in the image of God.
44:26That's to copy God, to be an imitator of God.
44:30So, anyway, I got a text message here.
44:34Let me see who this is.
44:36Okay, this is Tom, WW7T.
44:40He says, please check me in.
44:42Tom, WW7T, you are checked in.
44:45We appreciate you showing up, brother, and glad to have you with us.
44:49We've been in Psalm 127 today, Tom, so thank you for being there.
44:53All right, any final comments?
44:55We are out of time, really.
44:57But any final comments before we go to prayer?
44:59Please come now.
45:00All right, well, WW7MX here, let's build for the Lord and do it with an attitude of dependence, work hard at it, and have a clear goal in doing it,
45:18and that is to bring glory to God, and to be a blessing to others, and to build our spiritual and physical homes, our physical and spiritual cities, as it were, communities,
45:33and then to build our spiritual and physical families, and do all of that with an attitude of hard work, but also dependence on the Lord and recognizing that, in the end, the success is the Lord's, and we can just rest and rely on Him for that,
45:51and recognize that we don't have to work ourselves in such a way that we wind up violating our other responsibilities to accomplish that one single thing.
46:04All right, we are done with our Bible study.
46:07It's time for us to go to prayer.
46:08Are there any final prayer requests?
46:11Please come now is your call time.
46:12All right, hearing nothing, Al, KJ7QQH, please go ahead and close in prayer for us.
46:28Thank you, Pastor Max, and good morning to everyone on the net.
46:33This is KJ7QQH.
46:35Let's all come together before the Lord in prayer.
46:39Definitely, Father, we thank you for this time, and thank you for bringing us all together here in your presence.
46:47And we just are so glad that you're pleased to hear our prayers and praises we have for you today.
46:56We begin by joining our brother Keith, K7NEV, and praise for the help you gave him in finding a care home for his mom to move into today.
47:11We pray for her adjustment, that that transition goes well, for her to adjust well to the new place and the people there.
47:21We join our brother Kevin, KB7ZXN, and pray for Michelle, who had cancer surgery yesterday.
47:31And we give praise that there was no cancer found for our brother Darrell, WB7AOT.
47:38And we pray with him, we pray for the midwest Bible study, and for the new frequency that they're on, 3977.
47:47And they come on it for a specific time.
47:51And we just pray for the net to be successful and blessed with the new frequency and less interference.
47:58For Roger, WB7BZL, we continue to pray for autumn, to find a new place to live.
48:07And we pray for our pastor Max, and for his time in New Jersey right now, as he does more teaching and preaching.
48:18We just pray for his ministry there, and we just ask your protection over him and for his safe return on Saturday.
48:28For Dave, David, K-I-7, P-W-E, we pray for his daughter, Brenda, who's battling breast cancer.
48:37She's receiving chemotherapy treatments now.
48:40And we just ask her, he can't be over her with that.
48:45We also pray for the relief of fake pain from both of you just sitting back for the treatments to be effective.
48:53For our brother Jim and 7BKE, we give praise for another year of Jim being with us and in your service.
49:06We just also pray for the clearing of the illness that's spreading to the retirement home for Jim visit.
49:16And that shares the gospel with those there for Steve, W6YSI.
49:23We pray for the success in the purchase that Steve and his wife, Leslie, do home in Jamestown, California.
49:34And we pray that that issue goes well.
49:37We did pray that Leslie had a doctor appointment for a follow-up on her link name.
49:43And we also pray that she got a referral to a vascular surgeon.
49:50We just pray that that diagnosis and a treatment plan could be set up for her.
50:01And she can be relieved of that pain.
50:04For our brother Jerry, AE-70R.
50:06We give praise that he had his heart ablation for the future.
50:11And he is feeling much better now.
50:14For Jeff, AK-ZCoke, we join him in praying for Peter, KT-60T, who's dealing with blood damage in his home.
50:24For Glenn, KJ-7UMW.
50:28Our prayers for good sleep and relief from his foot pain that's causing him some trouble sleeping.
50:34For Rob, KB-7PL.
50:38And for Mark, KJ-7TBP, both with unspoken prayer requests.
50:44For Mike, N7GND.
50:48For safety and success of his elk hunting trip.
50:53For Al, N6MOT.
50:56Prayers for health issues for both he and his wife.
50:59For George, K-1-K-O-Y.
51:03Who lost his wife, Pamela, to cancer in July.
51:06We pray for comfort for George and his family.
51:09And for all who are dealing with him.
51:12And for his daughter, a granddaughter, Kayla.
51:15Due to deliver.
51:17Her first old son.
51:19Mid-November was any day now.
51:22We pray for safe delivery and a healthy day.
51:25For Charles, N7PES.
51:29His son, Trevor, passing cancer October 11th.
51:33And we just continue to ask for peace and comfort for that family.
51:37And we go through this time of grief.
51:41For Dave, AI-7QQ.
51:45We give praise that Noah, a young man in his prison ministry, is now saved and attending church.
51:51We continue to pray that Noah will continue in your work as he treats his face.
51:58For Jerry, KG6J.
52:01We continue to pray for his boss, Rochelle.
52:04As she goes through evil and radiation treatments on her neck cancer.
52:08We pray for the treatments to be effective.
52:12We give praise that Jerry is approved for a few more physical therapy treatments.
52:18And we just pray that they'll continue to improve his back pain and get him released from that pain and improve balance.
52:28For our brother, Beck, Alpha Alpha 5A.
52:31We pray for continued healing of his vision from his head injury.
52:36We also pray for our neighbor, Nancy, who's weak healing of cancer.
52:42And also salvation.
52:46We give praise that Nancy is showing great improvement.
52:50We continue to pray for Jan Brookhart, a diabetic who has removed her footwork group and is home now and recovering as well.
53:00And also for her husband, Jen, who's having partner and may have issues.
53:03For Mike, Mike, K-I-7-R-S-B.
53:09We choose to pray for his wife, Liz, who's fighting cancer.
53:13And we're praying for the effective treatments that she's receiving.
53:18Chemo treatments to be effective.
53:22For Will, K-I-7-R-S-B.
53:24We ask the parents to give prayers for continued home office treatments for this next year.
53:33And we pray that these treatments will be effective in restoring and moving as far as they can.
53:40We continue to pray for Keisha, who's waiting for a liver transplant that's been postponed since she's now stable.
53:49And we also ask that she would still be able to receive that liver transplant.
53:57So also prayers for the stress that she's having in her life and for praying for her salvation.
54:04For Jeff, any case that's okay, we pray for the thousands of lives that's being shipped out to our troops that you can respond for more.
54:11And we give praise for another shipment that's going on today that Jeff reported to us today.
54:17Please use these Bibles to save and sanctify the soldiers wherever they are.
54:23We pray that the need for these three new chapels to be built on Camp Emton would be met and for you, God, to raise up those to manage them.
54:36We pray for Jeff as he talks to a Rotary Club today.
54:40And as he prepares to travel on November 11th, to leave with his publishers and share his testimony.
54:50For some WW7P, the cops are covering a major spine surgery.
54:55He's confined to a wheelchair.
54:57We pray for his physical therapy to provide relief from his pain and give him some increased mobility.
55:04And we're also continuing to pray that he'll be approved for that new power chair that we need.
55:09For Pastor Jeff Black, who has severe ulcerative colitis, we pray for his healing through the medical treatment he needs to be.
55:21We continue to pray for Cody, KI-7TRS, Uncle Doug.
55:26He's a believer with a severe head injury.
55:29And we're praying for ongoing treatment and recovery.
55:33And we give praise that he's showing improvement.
55:39For Scott, KD-7YQD.
55:42We pray for his wife, Samuel Camp, who has headaches from severe lupus.
55:48We're praying that it was going to remission.
55:51We pray for his daughter, Kendra, who's ongoing multiple chronic health needs.
55:55We're praying for Mike, KK-7N, with stage 4 cancer.
56:01We pray that the chemo treatment that he's receiving and that started on September 26th will be effective.
56:08For Kevin, KB-7ZXN, his daughter, Martin Rayo, has a three-month wait for gallstone surgery.
56:17And we're just praying that she'll be free from pain until then.
56:23For Ed, S6FOH, Ed's niece, Ruth, husband, Thomas.
56:30We pray for the health needs of their three children, Macy, Mika, and McKay.
56:36Ruth needs wisdom and strength to be caring for her children.
56:40We pray for Elvin, KF-7FIA, for him and his back pain.
56:46We join JR, W6-LVP, in lifting up Gary, W6-GLV, in his stage 4 cancer.
57:00And he's receiving communal therapy for that.
57:03He's experiencing good improvement.
57:06For Brother Mike, W7-TWO, Mike's sister, Barbara, needs salvation.
57:12And Mike needs healing from his polio and our arthritis.
57:17Well, that's what's on our list today, Lord.
57:19We just thank you for all of your mercy and your grace and many blessings.
57:25And just be with us, protect and guide us.
57:28Help us to follow the path to you and your will and bring us back again tomorrow for more of you and your word.
57:39And we thank you most of all for the gift of your son, Jesus Christ.
57:44And it's through him that we pray all these things.
57:46Amen.
57:47This is KJ7QQH.
57:49Returning back to you, Pastor Max, at NetControl.
57:55Well, KJ7QQH, thank you so much for that wonderful prayer.
57:58I really appreciate you leading us to the throne of grace.
58:02This is WB7MX, NetControl for the West Coast Bible City.
58:05I want to thank all the stations who checked in this morning,
58:08as well as those who stood by to give us a clear operating frequency.
58:12We meet here seven days a week at 6 a.m. in order to read the scriptures,
58:16understand their meaning, message, and application,
58:19and then pray for grace and mercy to be able to live out what we've learned
58:22and for God to meet the needs of those that are in our circle of fellowship.
58:26I'll be returning this frequency now to regular amateur youth.
58:30This is WB7MX.
58:31I'll be clear and standing by.
58:34Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee with this morning's joke.
58:38Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee, please go ahead.
58:42What can you catch but never throw?
58:47What can you catch but never throw?
58:52Wow, I don't know the answer to that.
58:54Anybody want to take a stab at that?
58:55Go ahead.
58:57A coal.
58:58A lot of coal.
58:59QQH.
59:01You guys got it.
59:03Congratulations.
59:03Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee.
59:04I'm going to be QRT.
59:05Have a blessed day.
59:08All right, Beck, we've got some sharp guys here on the net.
59:11What can you catch but never throw?
59:13A coal.
59:14Yes, that's so true.
59:16Beck, have a great day, you and Sandy, and understand QRT, and we'll talk to you tomorrow.
59:227-3.
59:23Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee, WB7MX.
59:25Anybody else want to throw out their call sign or talk about anything, we're here to chat.
59:30Go ahead.
59:30K1-K-O-Y.
59:35George, K1-K-O-Y.
59:36Go ahead.
59:37Yeah, I checked in this morning with Todd on the Midwest Bible Study.
59:41Good, strong signal here in Idaho on their new frequency.
59:443-9-7-7.
59:45K1-K-O-Y.
59:46Well, that's great, George.
59:50I'm glad you were able to check in and that that frequency is working well for them.
59:54It's certainly a lot easier to remember than the previous one.
59:57So, 3-9-7-7 for the Midwest Bible Study at 4 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
60:05So, I imagine that's 5 a.m. Mountain Time, and then, of course, 6 a.m. Central Time.
60:13So, anyway, a good report there, George.
60:16Thank you for that.
60:17And Todd's a great guy.
60:18I know him personally.
60:19So, we're glad to hear that that Bible Study is going well and that the new frequency is working out well.
60:25All right.
60:25Anybody else want to chat?
60:26Please go ahead.
60:34All right.
60:45Well, this is WV-7MX.
60:47I'm going to be clearing QRT.
60:48I've got to get ready for my classes, so I'm going to run.
60:52Good talking to all of you this morning.
60:54We'll see you tomorrow morning.
60:55Same frequency, same time.
60:57I'll be talking once again from New Jersey via the Rockland Remote, and then I'll be flying home Saturday.
61:04So, Jeff AK-60K is going to handle the net on Saturday, and then I will be back with you Sunday morning.
61:11All right.
61:12WV-7MX is clear in QRT.
61:15God bless each one.
61:16We'll see you all tomorrow.
61:17God willing.
61:17And we'll see you tomorrow morning.
61:18Thank you.
61:18And we'll see you tomorrow morning.
61:20Thank you.
61:24You are going to be watching us.
61:28We'll see you tomorrow morning.
61:36Here I will be coming soon.
61:40And we'll see you tomorrow morning.
61:44Thank you, sir.
61:45Thank you.
62:15Thank you.
62:45Thank you.
63:15Thank you.
63:45Thank you.
64:15Thank you.
64:45Thank you.