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 word in the book of psalms and psalm 100

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 psalm 100 we're going to look at this psalm together the whole psalm it is a psalm of

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 thanksgiving as a heading in some of the bibles well how we are to give thanks to god for all

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 his blessings to us we ask ourselves the question though how often do we give thanks to god

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 now are we as thankful as we we should be now these questions still surge at hearts as god's

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 questions often do are we as thankful as we should be and how often do we thank god i'm sure

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 for all of us here there's not a day goes past that we're not thankful to god for so many things

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 but today i want us to think of it as a day of thanksgiving not especially a pointed day

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 but a day as with every day that we can see the many reasons we do have to give thanks

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 and especially tonight looking back over the past weekend and giving thanks for god's goodness to us

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 in so many ways it was a blessed time together and still feeling that even today and hopefully

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 we'll keep feeling that in the days ahead that we were blessed by god he was with us through

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 the preaching of the word he was with us as we sat at the lord's table he was with us in our fellowship

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 with one another he was with us in so many ways and truly we have so many reasons to give thanks

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 an encouraging time and a time we pray that will spur us on and keep us going from strength to strength

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 because we have been through as we heard in the prayers a difficult period of not being able to gather

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 in such a way we pray that bit by bit god god is building up his people again giving us the confidence

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 to go forward in his strength and by filling our hearts with thankfulness that gives us a strength

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 to keep looking to him as we go forward we read in paul's letter to the colossians there in chapter 2

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 these words although i am absent in body as a verse 5 yet i am with you in spirit rejoicing to see your

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 good order and the firmness of your faith in christ therefore as you received christ jesus the lord

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 so walk in him rooted and built up in him and established in the faith just as you were taught

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 and he concludes that little section abounding in thanksgiving abounding in thanksgiving so you see

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 all the things that are mentioned there the rejoicing in the order and firmness of your faith the things

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 we want to see in all god's people how you received christ how you are to walk in him rooted built up

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 established in faith all of these things that we long to see in each of us as god's children

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 abounding in thanksgiving thanksgiving completes our praise to god there paul is encouraging his people

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 in the midst of great challenges not to lose heart but to press on to press on in this way

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 and to do so abounding in thanksgiving the more we see of what christ has done and the faith that we

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 have received from him to be able to love him as we do because he first loved us let us truly be

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 thankful for all that he has done and with these words in mind i want us to look at at psalm 100

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 together this evening a psalm of thanksgiving i want to see what it has to say to us it is as we've said a psalm

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 a song of thanksgiving as a thanksgiving psalm both in terms of who god is and what he has done

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 and indeed what he is continuing to do for his people it's a psalm that gives us commands and

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 instructions to be a people who come to him in worship it's calling us to come before him to come

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 into his presence to serve the lord with gladness to come into his presence with singing to go on

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 in worship and thanksgiving to him it's a psalm you could say has has great breadth it's a psalm that's

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 a call to all mankind to come and give thanks to god that is our prayer but it's also a psalm

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 of great depth the depths that there is in the truths of who god is and the depths that there is

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 and how god has been calling his people through generation after generation we can look at it every

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 generation past present and future who are called to come and worship god and our savior the lord

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 jesus christ even though it was a psalm that has its setting in the temple courts of the old

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 testament as the people gathered there to worship god it doesn't stay in the old testament it's very

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 much a psalm that follows into the new testament that we are to be a people who are to come in this way

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 to gather before god in his presence and to do so through christ who has opened the way fully for us

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 to come and to come as we say with thanksgiving and three things i want us to see here in this psalm

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 about the way this psalm instructs us in our thanksgiving the first thing is the way of

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 thanksgiving and the second thing is the reason of thanksgiving and then thirdly we see the endurance

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 of thanksgiving so the first thing is the way of thanksgiving who or what do we give thanks to

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 it's a question we're all able to answer tonight i hope in the same way we give our thanks to god

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 but as we we think of that question in a wider sense in a wider society who or what do people

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 give thanks to we have been experiencing and still experiencing challenging days that make us think of

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 many of life's issues people are looking for purpose in life what is it what is it to have

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 purpose in life people are thinking about the future what will it be like there's so many changes we're

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 seeing in our world what is lying ahead of us we see a day of many troubles and we're reminded of the reality

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 of them we think of people as we should all be looking for hope but what is it in

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 as god's children we know the answer to these questions we know our purpose we are made to worship god

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 the future we know all the promises that are yeah and amen in christ that he has a plan and a purpose

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 that he is preparing a city for his people he plans our ways he plans our steps he guides our paths

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 we look to him for all things in the future in the midst of troubles we know too that jesus has promised

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 we will have troubles but to be of good courage to be of good heart because he has overcome

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 the world and our hope our hope is in christ we have that much to be thankful for that as god's people

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 we come to a living god giving thanks to him and our prayer is that as a church we will be built up

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 to show forth that thanksgiving to others that as the psalm i think psalm 69 the first psalm we sang spoke of

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 that we would be a witness to others that they would see our thanksgiving and wonder of it

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 a couple of years back when covid initially started there was a fascinating article in the scotsman

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 newspaper in these early days people were really challenged and shaken by what was happening and an

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 article was written and the title of it was secular gods are failing so many in the time of

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 covid the article opens with this line it says there are no true atheists in reality everybody

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 worships something this was not a christian writing this article but it was written in a sense where

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 we were being made to think well what are we worshiping everyone was being asked the question

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 what are you worshiping we're not atheists we there's no such thing we all worship something

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 so who do we worship it spoke of how many people were inquiring about the christian faith

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 they were seeing their secular gods failing them failing to satisfy their lives and beginning to question

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 what is it who are we worshiping what is the purpose in life but are these questions still through today

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 so quickly people started just to go back to the old ways to forget about god and any thought of

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 inquiring after him instead of giving thanks to god for coming through when was that day appointed as a

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 national day of prayer by our nation for giving thanks for all that we came through in covid

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 well we're still waiting for a day to be appointed will it happen well we doubt it because of where our nation

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 is at but who are we worshiping tonight who do we give thanks to tonight not just for bringing us through

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 for restoring us for being with us but we pray to build us up to make us stronger to go forward in his strength

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 we worship god not just in the good times but at all times we worship him now seeking better times now

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 but also that assurance of eternity the writer c.s lewis once said god whispers to us in our pleasures

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 he speaks in our consciences but shouts in our pains it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world

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 and hasn't god shouted into our pains

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 he has been shaking us he is still shaking us but are we listening that is what psalm 100 reminds us of

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 that we are able to come and worship him and give thanks to him to make a joyful noise to the lord

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 all the earth serve the lord with gladness come into his presence with singing

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 whatever our circumstances we have much to give thanks for

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 and we have been encouraged in these days and let us stay encouraged let us stay with our hope fixed

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 in our lord jesus christ in his word to have confidence in it in his spirit who is working

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 dwight l moody it was a great servant for god and when they began to build what would later become

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 moody bible institute when they were laying the foundation for it they set a cornerstone

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 and dwight l moody was there at that time and it said that as the stone was laid he offered up a prayer

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 and he gave the cornerstone a whack with a trowel and then he prayed and said thus

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 lord you know what this old world needs more than anything else is thy word we pray that the day will

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 never come when anything contrary to the bible is taught here

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 and that is true for everywhere where god's word is taught and proclaimed this world this old world

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 still needs god's word more than anything else these days remind us of scriptures that speak of god

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 seeing a people corrupt corrupt in sin and the judgment that he brought upon them where you go back to the

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 days of noah or the days of the exodus so you just work your way through scriptures and you see time and time

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 again how god sees a people worshiping false gods turning away from the living god and what does he use to bring them back to their senses

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 he brings judgment

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 and today we see god's judgment on us again and again

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 and may it be that as a people we give thanks that god has not turned away but that he is speaking

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 and may we pray that we will hear as his church and pray to god to pour out his spirit upon us as a people

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 to revive us to quicken us that we would see as the psalm says all the earth

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 all the earth to make a joyful noise to the lord what does he see in our hearts today then

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 is it that shout of joy thankfulness we make sure that we keep our eyes on the lord looking to him

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 our call to worship and thanksgiving in this psalm is a call to remember god and all his gracious benefits

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 all that he has done we can look back just a few days

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 but we can look back further as we heard in prayer to

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 generations we give thanks for god's word down through generations to us

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 and we pray that a generation yet unborn

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 would hear the word of god and rejoice

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 in him

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 the second thing we see here is the reason for thanksgiving

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 we have a call to worship with thanks found in verse 1 and 2

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 then in verse 3 we're given this this wonderful reason

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 for giving thanks to god

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 know that the lord is the lord he is god

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 it is he who made us and we are his we are his people and the sheep of his pasture

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 first of all we see that again there is this imperative there

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 know know that the lord he is god

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 know with confidence who you have worshipped and are worshipping

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 know with confidence who we are giving thanks to

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 it is god who we met with in word and sacrament

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 it is god who we meet with day by day

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 in thanksgiving and prayer and through his word to us

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 we meet with a living god

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 and that we are thankful for

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 but what does it mean

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 to know god

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 what does it mean

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 for us to know god

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 well one of the things that we

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 see in the scriptures is

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 the gift of god knowing him that we find in psalm 40

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 verse 1 to verse 3

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 that psalm says and we could repeat it i waited

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 patiently for the lord he heard my cry

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 he took me from the pit

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 out of the clay and set my feet

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 upon a rock making my steps secure

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 it is the lord who is the god of our salvation

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 it is him who has brought us up

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 it is him who we are thankful for the reason we are thankful is

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 we could not save ourselves

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 but god by his grace lifted us up

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 and as he lift us up he says he puts a new song

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 in my mouth a song

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 to praise our god

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 he gives us

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 a new song

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 a song of praise

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 a song of thanksgiving

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 he reminds us of all the reasons we have to give thanks to god

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 the psalmist then says that

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 we are

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 his people

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 the sheep of his

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 pasture

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 we are his

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 personal

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 possession

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 that's what the psalmist is saying there

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 and why is that

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 well it's the foundation of our reasons for thanksgiving

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 as we have remembered over these past days

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 our reason for thanksgiving is that he gave himself for us

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 titus 2 verse 14 says

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 who gave himself for us to redeem us

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 from all lawlessness

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 is that such an encouraging verse

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 thinking back

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 but also looking forward

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 who gave himself for us

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 to redeem us

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 to purify for himself a people for his own possession

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 we are his

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 who are sellers for good works

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 who are sellers going forward

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 in serving the lord

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 we are his by the reason of the fact that

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 he paid the price

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 to redeem us

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 when we were sold

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 under sin

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 we can praise his name

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 that he paid the price

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 he died for us

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 to set us free

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 we are to be thankful

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 that we are his

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 redeemed

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 what does that mean

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 to be redeemed

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 by god

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 there are

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 three different words

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 used in translation of redeemed

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 in the new testament

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 but every one of them

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 the foundation is being bought

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 with a price

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 galatians 4

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 verse 5

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 but when the fullness of time had come

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 god sent forth

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 his son

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 he goes on

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 to redeem those

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 who are under the law

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 so we might receive adoption

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 as sons

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 the word there means

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 to take off the market

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 in other words

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 jesus

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 paid the price

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 for us

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 we're no longer for sales

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 for sale

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 we are no longer slaves

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 to sin

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 in that way

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 that we have been redeemed

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 and bought and purchased

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 with a price

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 not just bought for a time

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 but bought for eternity

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 because he intends to keep us

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 and he will

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 keep us

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 preacher robert murray mcshane

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 who was in

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 dundee

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 who died

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 very young himself

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 he said

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 he said if christ

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 had not chosen me

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 i would never have chosen him

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 if christ had not shed his blood for me

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 i would never have shed a tear for him

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 if christ had not sought after me

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 i would never have sought after him

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 if christ had not loved me

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 i would never have loved him

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 the transforming power of grace

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 robert murray mcshane knew it

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 and if we know it

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 as i hope we all do

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 then it makes us thankful

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 to god for all

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 that he has done

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 that he has redeemed us

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 that he has paid

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 the price

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 for us

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 that we might praise

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 his name

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 and as we see in this verse too

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 we are his people of his pasture

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:38.720
 he gives us that assurance

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.960
 here in this psalmist

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:41.080
 we see so often

00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:42.000
 through the scriptures

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.660
 that we are

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.980
 his sheep

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:45.200
 that he will look after

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:46.840
 jesus says

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:48.120
 i lay down my life

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:49.080
 for my sheep

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 and we are a reminder

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.640
 of that constantly

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.820
 of the

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 the way that he will supply

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.900
 our every need

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 and it's summed up really

00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:58.039
 in psalm

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:59.080
 23

00:21:59.080 --> 00:21:59.799
 for us

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:02.200
 the lord is my shepherd

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:04.340
 i shall not want

00:22:04.340 --> 00:22:05.799
 i shall not lack

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:07.359
 it covers

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.619
 it all

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:11.159
 the list is endless

00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:12.119
 of the reasons

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:14.119
 that we have to give thanks

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:17.119
 because the lord is my shepherd

00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:19.879
 i shall not lack

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:22.919
 may we go on

00:22:22.919 --> 00:22:25.319
 giving thanks to god

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:27.599
 with that reason of thanksgiving

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.299
 that we have

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:30.440
 in christ jesus

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:33.059
 the third and final thing

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:34.100
 we see in this psalm

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:35.120
 then is the endurance

00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:37.000
 of thanksgiving

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 and we see that in the

00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:40.620
 in the closing verses

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.600
 verse four and five

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:43.180
 enter his gates with thanksgiving

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.480
 and his courts with praise

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:46.000
 give thanks to him

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.519
 bless his name

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.980
 for the lord

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:50.160
 is good

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:52.080
 his steadfast love

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:53.200
 endures forever

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.900
 ever

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:55.940
 and his faithfulness

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.660
 to all

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.920
 generations

00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:00.059
 when we have this

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:01.160
 thankful knowledge

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.740
 of god

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:03.259
 he opens

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.000
 the gates

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.920
 for us

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:06.539
 the experience

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.200
 of the psalmist

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.299
 was to enter

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.140
 into praise

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.580
 and worship

00:23:09.580 --> 00:23:10.059
 of god

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.940
 was to go through

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.900
 the gates

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.700
 into the presence

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.380
 of god

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:15.100
 and we have that

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.700
 access

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.960
 through christ

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:19.039
 we come

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:20.100
 through him

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:21.180
 who is the door

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.720
 we come

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.640
 through him

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.820
 who is the way

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:25.419
 we enter boldly

00:23:25.419 --> 00:23:26.759
 into the presence

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.519
 of god

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.539
 through his name

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 we have access

00:23:30.179 --> 00:23:31.559
 in this way

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.279
 no longer

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.539
 do we come

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.700
 with sacrifices

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:36.399
 no longer

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:37.099
 do we come

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:37.639
 with bull

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.240
 and oxen

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.179
 and all the rest

00:23:39.179 --> 00:23:41.079
 because the price

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:42.339
 has been paid

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.799
 the sacrifice

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.399
 has been given

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:45.720
 given

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:47.500
 we come

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.579
 in the name

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.099
 of the lord

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:50.139
 jesus christ

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:51.379
 we come

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:52.099
 to remember

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:53.679
 his precious name

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.820
 and to give

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.740
 thanks to him

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.560
 and to go on

00:23:56.560 --> 00:23:57.880
 giving thanks

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.660
 to him

00:23:58.660 --> 00:24:00.380
 this is ongoing

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.539
 praise

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:03.380
 god's love

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.660
 is steadfast

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:06.100
 and endures

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:07.539
 to all generations

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:09.460
 and that is a reason

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.620
 god is faithful

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:11.299
 and worthy

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:13.140
 of all our praise

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:14.680
 and thanksgiving

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.779
 and that's what

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.580
 he's calling us

00:24:16.580 --> 00:24:17.980
 to today as well

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.700
 to come

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:20.380
 and worship him

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.799
 to come and give

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.880
 thanks to him

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:24.180
 because all

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:25.160
 other secular

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.740
 gods

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.960
 are worthless

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:28.060
 they are idols

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:28.580
 dumb

00:24:28.580 --> 00:24:29.780
 as the scriptures

00:24:29.780 --> 00:24:30.800
 describe them

00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:32.540
 but we read here

00:24:32.540 --> 00:24:33.620
 for the lord

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:34.260
 is good

00:24:34.260 --> 00:24:36.000
 and that is

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.500
 what we have

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.920
 known

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:38.120
 that is what

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.540
 we know

00:24:38.540 --> 00:24:38.900
 and that's

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.500
 what we pray

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.820
 we will go on

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:41.340
 knowing that

00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:42.280
 he is good

00:24:42.280 --> 00:24:44.500
 and are we able

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.460
 to say that

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.240
 today

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.960
 because if we know

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.160
 him

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.340
 you surely

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:49.879
 can

00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:51.319
 can we not

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.720
 come

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.720
 and say

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.359
 the lord

00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:54.740
 has been good

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.599
 to us

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:58.059
 so may we go

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.619
 forward

00:24:58.619 --> 00:25:00.639
 remembering that

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.759
 we are his

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:03.879
 that we are

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.839
 his people

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:07.419
 that his love

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:09.139
 endures forever

00:25:09.139 --> 00:25:11.159
 and his faithfulness

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:12.480
 to all

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.679
 generations

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:15.460
 the lord

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.980
 is saying

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.519
 to us

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:18.240
 you are mine

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:20.240
 and i will

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.019
 keep you

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.500
 just like it

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.240
 says in malachi

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.779
 in the old

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.259
 testament

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.240
 there in

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.900
 chapter 3

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.620
 verse 16

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:26.960
 it says

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.480
 then those

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.960
 who feared

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.440
 the lord

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.600
 spoke with

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.200
 one another

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:32.279
 it speaks

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.620
 there

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:34.060
 of fellowship

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:35.360
 of reminding

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.160
 and encouraging

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.759
 one another

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.779
 and then it

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.480
 says the lord

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.420
 paid attention

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.779
 and heard

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.039
 them

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.360
 and a book

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:43.019
 of remembrance

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.720
 was written

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.840
 before him

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.460
 of those

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.080
 who feared

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.500
 the lord

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.259
 and esteemed

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.779
 his name

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:49.039
 and he said

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:50.279
 they shall be

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.740
 mine

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.620
 says the lord

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:52.279
 of hosts

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.360
 in the day

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:54.000
 when i make

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.420
 up my

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.140
 treasured

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.620
 possession

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.779
 and i will

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.500
 spare them

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.100
 as a man

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:59.019
 spares his

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.380
 son

00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:00.820
 who serves

00:26:00.820 --> 00:26:01.180
 him

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:03.000
 he will

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.539
 make up

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.320
 his treasures

00:26:04.320 --> 00:26:05.660
 and you

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.440
 as his

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.019
 people

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.980
 as his

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.460
 children

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.360
 will be

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:10.200
 part of

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.900
 that

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.720
 treasured

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.240
 possession

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:13.779
 we have

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.120
 that

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:15.100
 assurance

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:16.000
 the endurance

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.940
 of praises

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.319
 that we

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.720
 will ever

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.319
 praise

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.460
 the lord

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:21.360
 the parents

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:21.840
 of a young

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.400
 man who

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.340
 was killed

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:23.660
 in the

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.380
 second world

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.819
 war

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.980
 they were

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.640
 at a memorial

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.400
 service

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:28.539
 in the church

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.500
 after the war

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.880
 and they

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:32.039
 made a payment

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.000
 to the church

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.920
 of 200

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.720
 pounds

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:36.460
 as a memorial

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.319
 to the son

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.720
 that they'd

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.120
 lost

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:40.479
 and that

00:26:40.479 --> 00:26:40.779
 was a

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.439
 great sum

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:41.899
 of money

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.879
 at that

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.339
 time

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.839
 but in the

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.239
 service

00:26:45.239 --> 00:26:45.979
 that day

00:26:45.979 --> 00:26:46.819
 was another

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:48.259
 mother of

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.859
 a son who

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.259
 had been

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.919
 to war

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:51.539
 but that

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.119
 son had

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.819
 come home

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:54.639
 but she

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.279
 whispered to

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.819
 her husband

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.839
 who was

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.619
 sitting beside

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.059
 her and

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:59.219
 said let

00:26:59.219 --> 00:26:59.799
 us give

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.559
 the same

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.539
 for our

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.919
 boy

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:04.279
 the husband

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.839
 turned and

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.179
 said well

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:06.179
 why what

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:06.619
 are you

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.479
 talking about

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.039
 our boy

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.940
 didn't

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.559
 lose his

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.000
 life

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:11.940
 and the

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.599
 mother said

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.940
 that's just

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.000
 the point

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:17.339
 the ones

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.599
 who had

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.240
 lost a

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.559
 son

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:20.019
 were thankful

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.900
 the ones

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.319
 who still

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.839
 had their

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.259
 son

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:25.039
 were encouraged

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.059
 in that

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.519
 moment

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.360
 to give

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:27.880
 thanks for

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.279
 what they

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.640
 had

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:30.120
 and so

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.620
 often in

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.140
 our life

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:31.519
 as we

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.920
 live

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:33.440
 we forget

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.299
 the price

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.660
 that has

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.360
 been paid

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.500
 the one

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.179
 who gave

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:38.379
 his life

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:40.119
 we live

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:41.699
 because he

00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.199
 died

00:27:42.199 --> 00:27:43.839
 and as we

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.339
 think of

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.740
 that

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:46.319
 the endurance

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.740
 of our

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.459
 thanksgiving

00:27:47.459 --> 00:27:48.059
 should go

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.399
 on

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:49.399
 we have

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:49.919
 life

00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:51.459
 through him

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:52.959
 by faith

00:27:52.959 --> 00:27:54.599
 and for that

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.839
 we give

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.459
 thanks

00:27:56.459 --> 00:27:58.259
 God alone

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.639
 is worthy

00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:00.799
 of all

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.699
 our praise

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.980
 may he

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.500
 fill our

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.000
 hearts

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.880
 with

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.759
 thankfulness

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.900
 there was

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.340
 a minister

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:07.600
 in

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:07.960
 Edinburgh

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.420
 many years

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.720
 back

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:09.980
 he was

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.180
 known

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 he was

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.580
 called

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 Alexander

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 White

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 he was

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.480
 quite a

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.759
 famous

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.240
 minister

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.600
 in his

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:14.840
 day

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.059
 but he

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.180
 was

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.519
 always

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.960
 knowing

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.360
 for

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:17.460
 uplifting

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.120
 prayers

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.600
 in the

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.019
 pulpit

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.660
 he always

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.080
 had

00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:21.319
 a reason

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:21.920
 to give

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.500
 thanks

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.900
 well there

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.259
 was this

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.680
 Sunday

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.100
 morning

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.700
 one Sunday

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.039
 morning

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.360
 as they

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.759
 gathered

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.519
 for worship

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.779
 and the

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.100
 weather

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.799
 outside

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.940
 was horrendous

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.980
 rain and

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.440
 wind

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.559
 gales

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.080
 blowing

00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:35.640
 and there

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.200
 was someone

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.680
 sitting in

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.360
 the church

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:38.840
 whispered to

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.299
 the person

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.080
 beside them

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:41.259
 well surely

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.920
 the preacher

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:43.019
 he won't

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.539
 have anything

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:43.980
 to give

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.620
 thanks for

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:45.000
 today

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:46.180
 not on

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.779
 such a

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.120
 wretched

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.759
 day as

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.160
 this

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.799
 as he

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.519
 began to

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.940
 pray

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:52.360
 his words

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.740
 were

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:54.080
 we thank

00:28:54.080 --> 00:28:54.480
 thee oh

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.920
 God

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:56.080
 it's not

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.940
 always like

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.340
 this

00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:59.080
 and as we

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.779
 look back

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.559
 over these

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.299
 last number

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.980
 of years

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.559
 are we

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:03.759
 given

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.519
 thanks to

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.879
 God

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.179
 in the

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.639
 midst of

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.059
 all the

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.539
 challenges

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.960
 it's not

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.759
 always like

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.179
 this

00:29:09.179 --> 00:29:10.859
 and as we

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.740
 go forward

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:13.220
 may we see

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.899
 his son

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.599
 rising

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.980
 on our

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.859
 church

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.200
 and on

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.919
 our people

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:19.079
 to make

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.839
 us thankful

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:21.179
 and bless

00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:21.579
 us

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.740
 and give

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.779
 our thankfulness

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:25.000
 even more

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:26.419
 going forward

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:27.399
 praising his

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:27.740
 name

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.940
 for all

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.980
 that he

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.519
 has done

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.660
 may we

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.420
 be thankful

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.820
 evermore

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.279
 for all

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.799
 his goodness

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.500
 to us

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.820
 let us

00:29:35.820 --> 00:29:36.140
 pray

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:39.160
 our father

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.779
 in heaven

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.400
 you bless

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.900
 us so

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.259
 much

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.299
 and we

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.799
 thank you

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.140
 that even

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.420
 in the

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:43.820
 darkest

00:29:43.820 --> 00:29:44.480
 of days

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.820
 we can

00:29:44.820 --> 00:29:45.220
 say

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.340
 thank you

00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:46.720
 lord

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.680
 it's not

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.480
 always like

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.860
 this

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.779
 and we

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.380
 pray lord

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:50.740
 that you

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.160
 will make

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.940
 your face

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.480
 to shine

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.039
 upon us

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.420
 anew

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.460
 that you

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.880
 will fill

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.420
 our hearts

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.960
 with a

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.779
 true sense

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.740
 of thankfulness

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.680
 to be able

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.360
 to praise

00:29:59.360 --> 00:29:59.920
 your name

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:01.039
 and to go

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.680
 on oh lord

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.100
 in your

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.580
 strength

00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:02.960
 saying

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.980
 the lord

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.600
 is good

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.660
 we are

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.039
 blessed

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.500
 as so

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:06.880
 much

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.860
 and we

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.480
 are humbled

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.120
 by you

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:10.200
 and so we

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.759
 pray lord

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.480
 keep us

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.240
 in your

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.740
 presence

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.080
 and in

00:30:13.080 --> 00:30:13.840
 your strength

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.500
 as we

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.920
 ask it

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.420
 in jesus

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.860
 name

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.820
 amen

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:46.799
 thank you