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"When
AI Praises The
Lord"
Message
summary:
Don't allow
AI or stones
to take your
place in
praising the
Lord!
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"When He
[Christ] came
near the place
where the road
goes down the
Mount of
Olives, the
whole crowd of
disciples
began joyfully
to praise God
in loud voices
for all the
miracles they
had seen:
'Blessed is
the King who
comes in the
name of the
Lord! Peace in
heaven and
glory in the
highest!' Some
of the
Pharisees in
the crowd said
to Jesus,
'Teacher,
rebuke your
disciples!' 'I
tell you,' He
replied, 'if
they keep
quiet, the
stones will
cry out'" (Luke
19:37-40).
When I travel
I periodically
ask "Siri",
the AI
assistant on
my phone,
questions such
as "What's the
weather
report?". It's
a handy
hands-free way
of getting
information.
You can also
ask "her" to
tell you a
joke which has
thus far been
relatively
funny and
non-offensive.
For instance
"A couple of
years ago two
snails went
for a walk in
the park.
They're having
a great time".
After dropping off Martha, the last Amish teacher at her school last Thursday morning, I began my drive home. Having no one else to talk to I said, "Siri, read me John chapter 3 verse 16 from the Bible".* I then heard that wonderful verse most of us have memorized, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life".
After
hearing the
verse read I
responded
aloud, "Praise
the Lord!".
Then,
surprising to
me, Siri
affirmed that
she heard me
by responding
and said, "Amen,
Hallelujah"
spoken with
the proper
enunciation
and expression
I'd expect to
hear from a
fellow
believer. It
actually
sounded very
earnest.
I
was blessed to
hear her
response but
then I
considered the
validity of
Artificial
Intelligence
praising the
Lord. It's
like the fake
AI singers we
wrote about
several weeks
ago in a
message
titled, "The
Peril Of
Deception".
But
then I
considered
another Bible
teaching in
this regard.
Today's
Scripture text
is from a
portion of the
Bible dealing
with the
Triumphal
Entry. "When
He [Christ]
came near the
place where
the road goes
down the Mount
of Olives, the
whole crowd of
disciples
began joyfully
to praise God
in loud voices
for all the
miracles they
had seen:
'Blessed is
the King who
comes in the
name of the
Lord! Peace in
heaven and
glory in the
highest!'"
For followers
of Christ it's
a beautiful
sound to hear
such praises
to the Lord!
But some of
the Pharisees,
the angry and
jealous ones,
demanded that
they be
silenced and
rebuked, "Teacher,
rebuke your
disciples!"
But Jesus made
a powerful
observation, "I
tell you," He
replied, "if
they keep
quiet, the
stones will
cry out."
We are created
to praise the
Lord. Many
years ago
Steve Moore, a
musician who
would
periodically
visit our
church in
northern
Pennsylvania,
taught us a
song I think
he had
written. The
recurring line
was, "Ain't
no rock gonna
cry out in my
place!"
based on the
daily
Scripture
verse.
God's
Word makes it
abundantly
clear that He
desires His
people to
praise Him no
matter the
circumstance:
in battle or
in victory!
Hebrews 13:15
states, "Through
Him [Jesus]
then, let us
continually
offer up a
sacrifice of
praise to God,
that is, the
fruit of lips
that give
thanks to His
name".
The call to
praise
includes:
Everywhere: "From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised" (Psalm 113:3).
All the time: "I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth" (Psalm 34:1).
That's
you and me
today. Don't
let any rock
take your
place in
praising the
Lord!
Be encouraged today, Hebrews 3:13
Stephen and Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, I want
to praise You,
my great
Redeemer, for
who You are
and for Your
acts of
kindness seen
so many times
throughout my
day. The rocks
won't cry out
in my place
because I
never want to
cease praising
You, for You
never cease to
work on my
behalf. Your
mercy and
love, Your
strength and
comfort, Your
sustaining
power and
guiding hand
are only a
tiny fraction
of the many
reasons that
lead me to
praise You.
Instead of a
murmuring and
ungrateful
attitude, I
want to join
with the
multitude of
believers and
sing of my
great
Redeemer's
praise to
everyone,
everywhere,
all the time.
Amen.
* Today in
reading the
podcast Siri
piped in by
starting to
read the verse
and we had to
start again!!!
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"Praise You Anywhere" Watch on YouTube Brandon Lake
"Faithful
all my life,
blessings day
and night
Countless
reasons why
I'll praise
You anywhere
Every promise
kept, goodness
every step
Each and every
breath, I'll
praise You
anywhere"
Dottie had no idea of her humble beginnings and acted pretty sophisticated. Due to her insistence on scratching furniture over the years we relocated her to our utility barn. She also roamed around in our yard but never much farther.
But we occasionally let her come in and she liked to lay near us when we worked on the computer. Brooksyne had an interesting experience she shares in her own words:
Right after I typed these songs along came Dottie sauntering across my desk. Instead of sitting beside the computer she decided to plop down right on my keyboard. Several random letters came across the screen. All of a sudden a stilted, emotionless voice came out of the computer speaker which initially startled me. I turned up the volume only to hear the words of the choruses I just typed!
Apparently Dottie launched a function I didn't even know existed on our computer at the time and it converted the text to voice. Though it was a rather monotone voice, hearing the words of the songs brought them to life in my heart. By the time the computer generated voice broke into the chorus of "Hallelujah, Hallelujah" and repeated it eight times, strangely enough, I found myself beginning to praise God!
I called Stephen to join me so I could share with him about my unusual experience. We were both rather blessed but we also considered a spiritual application that we might render this in this adaptation of Luke 19:40, "If you keep quiet, the computer will cry out".
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