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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise in Psalm 30.

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! Let's sing Psalm 30.

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! We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 8.

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 Let's sing from verse 1 to 8, and the tune is St. Minvar.

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 Let's come to God in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Lord, our gracious God, as we have been singing these words,

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 we are reminded of every reason that we have to give thanks to you.

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 We are reminded of all that you have done for us,

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 all that you are doing for us,

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 and indeed all that you will do for us.

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 For you are a God of salvation,

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 one who we can exalt, for you have rescued us.

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 When you bring us from darkness to light,

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 we know that that great work has been done,

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 that you have rescued us from the dominion of darkness

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 and brought us into that kingdom of light.

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 And so as we know you, Lord, and as we put our trust in you,

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 we thank you that that is our cry to you,

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 that we exalt your name,

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 that we praise you for all that you have done,

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 that you have heard our cry,

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 and that you have listened to us in our cries for mercy,

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 and that you have been gracious towards us.

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 And so we thank you for everyone here

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 who can testify to these words this evening,

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 for everyone who knows what it has been

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 and even is at this time to cry unto you

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 and to know that you are a God

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 who is mighty and awesome in power,

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 the one who is above all rule and authority of this world,

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 the one who has power in the heavens high,

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 and yet who looks down upon us so graciously in so many ways.

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 But you have not dealt with us as we deserve, oh Lord,

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 but that you have been merciful to us

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 and even patient and compassionate.

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 You have, oh Lord, not given us what we deserve,

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 but yet you remember us.

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 And we thank you that your favour is upon us still,

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 and that we know a day of grace and mercy.

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 But in that we know too that other days come,

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 and a final day will come,

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 when a day of judgment will be upon us.

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 And we know, Lord, that it is what we hear now

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 and what we do in these days

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 that's so important for us.

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 And so we pray for maybe any who haven't listened

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 to your voice as yet,

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 for any who have not cried out for mercy as yet.

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 That this evening, Lord,

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 we would realise the great privilege that we have in prayer,

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 the blessing that is ours to be able to call upon you

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 as one who hears and answers according to your will.

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 We do thank you, Lord,

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 for the blessing that prayer is to us as a people.

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 We are surrounded by prayer,

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 and we thank you for that.

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 But we pray, Lord, that we will see prayer far and wide

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 throughout our nation and throughout the world.

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 We do thank you that you have your people

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 to all ends of the earth.

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 But we remember those in particular who rule over us,

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 and we thank you for them, Lord,

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 and we pray for kings and queens throughout the world.

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 We pray for presidents and prime ministers.

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 We pray for those who have that sense of authority and power,

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 and yet, oh Lord,

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 not recognising that it comes from you,

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 not depending upon you in prayer,

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 but seeking to do things according to their own ways

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 and their own wisdom.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 that you will humble,

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 that you will humble them under your mighty hand,

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 and that they would come to recognise

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 that all authority and power is from you,

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 and that they would cry out to you,

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 that they would call upon your name,

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 even for mercy for themselves

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 and for all our nations of the world,

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 that we would be a people

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 who would see our great need for you.

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 And we thank you, Lord,

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 that as we call,

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 that you are able to show us your ways

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 and to teach us your paths,

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 just as you have done through all the generations.

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 When we see even the psalmist,

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 as he cries out,

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 Lord, he knew direction.

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 When we see your people

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 throughout the Old Testament

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 in times of great need and anxiety and fear,

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 yet being able to call upon you

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 and to know that you are with them.

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 When we think of the Gospels,

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 when we think of Jesus in them,

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 as he taught his disciples how to pray,

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 and even as we repeat that prayer

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 so often here, the Lord's Prayer,

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 we thank you for its simplicity

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 and yet its depth.

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 We thank you that it teaches us

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 about our relationship with you,

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 that you are our Father in heaven,

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 and that we depend on you for all things,

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 that with you is forgiveness,

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 that with you is all that we need

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 for life and for eternity.

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 And so we thank you for the teaching

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 we have in prayer.

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 We thank you for the way

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 we see prayer answered,

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 even as the disciples

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 and Paul on his missionary journeys

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 as they went out with the Gospel.

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 We thank you for the way

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 that you brought them through

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 so many different places

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 and among so many different people

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 by the power of prayer

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 and the movement of your Spirit.

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 And we thank you that today

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 we still have that power,

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 we still have that access to you

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 and through your Holy Spirit

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 that we are guided in all that we do.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 teach us to pray

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 and to look to you

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 and to wait upon you.

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 Remember us in our homes

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 and our families,

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 we pray, Lord,

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 that you would have mercy upon us.

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 We thank you that

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 even as we pray together this evening,

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 we all have our individual prayers

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 being offered up to you as well.

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 The things that go on

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 in our own lives

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 and experiences

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 that maybe we only know ourselves.

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 We thank you that

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 they are already revealed to you

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 and that you are with us

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 in every situation.

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 And we do thank you, Lord,

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 that your peace and blessing

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 is over us in these ways

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 that we know that

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 you have blessed us so much

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 with the Gospel,

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 with the peace that we enjoy,

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 with the way of life that we have.

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 Lord, we have so much

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 to be thankful for

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 and yet we take so much for granted.

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 And we just pray, Lord,

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 that you would just come

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 in a day of your power.

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 Come and restore to us

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 days of great blessing,

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 days of revival,

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 days of your Spirit

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 working powerfully in our midst.

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 We pray that for our churches

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 throughout our island.

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 We pray it to know it

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 in the preaching of the Gospel

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 in these days

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 and times of communion season,

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 that there would be times

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 of refreshment

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 and blessing to us.

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 But we pray to know it, Lord,

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 throughout our communities as well.

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 In our homes,

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 that there would be peace

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 in families

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 and among parents

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 and children

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 and all relationships like that.

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 We pray for our workplaces, Lord,

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 places where there can be

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 so many challenges to us

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 when we can feel resentment

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 or anger in different ways,

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 when we feel hurt

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 or used in different ways.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 for peace

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 and for your goodness

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 and mercy upon us there.

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 We pray for it in our schools

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 and among our young people.

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 We think of those

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 who are growing up

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 in a different generation

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 to what we have known,

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 with all the different pressures

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 and worries that they bring

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 in terms of technology

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 and so many other different pressures

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 weighing heavily

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 upon our young people.

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 We do pray, Lord,

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 for your protection,

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 your blessing

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 on children,

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 upon teachers,

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 upon all the staff

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 in our schools

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 and the Nicholson

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 and the primary schools

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 and throughout our communities,

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 that we would see

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 your blessing

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 poured out upon us.

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 We do thank you, Lord,

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 that the things

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 that seem impossible for us,

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 the things that seem

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 outwith our control,

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 the things that we seem

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 to only ask,

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 maybe thinking,

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 is it ever possible

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 that these things might be?

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 We thank you

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 that we come to the one

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 through whom

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 all things are possible.

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 For you are God

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 and you are Lord of all.

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 You have power,

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 you have authority

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 over all things.

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 And so help us, Lord,

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 to have faith

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 as we pray

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 and that we would wait upon you

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 and wait upon you

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 with that great expectation

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 that you are able

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 to do abundantly more

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 than all that we ask

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 or imagine.

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 So hear our prayers, Lord,

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 and look down upon us.

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 Continue with us

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 as we open up your word

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 this evening.

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 Guide us through it

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 and may your spirit

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 work in our hearts

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 and go with us

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 in the week ahead, Lord,

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 in all that we do

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 and all the places

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 that we go

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 that your hand

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 would guide us

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 and uphold us

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 and keep us

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 and forgive us

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 all our sins

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 as we come anew

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 this evening

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 confessing before you

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 that we are a people

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 who fall short

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 of your glory,

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 that we can never

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 meet your standards,

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 that your ways

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 are so far above our ways

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 and your thoughts

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 above ours.

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 And yet, O Lord,

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 we thank you

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 for your mercy.

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 We thank you

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 for your grace

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 towards us

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 and we thank you

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 for the forgiveness

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 that we know

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 as we confess

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 in the name

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 above every name,

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 the name of our Lord

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 and Saviour,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So hear our prayers

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 through him

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 as we ask it all,

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 seeking your favour

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 upon us anew.

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 In Jesus' name,

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 Amen.

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 Well, we're going to sing again

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 to God's praise

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 this time

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 in the Scottish Psalter,

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 singing in Psalm 86,

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 of the psalm books.

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 Psalm 86,

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 we're going to sing

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 from verse 6

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 Psalm 86,

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 Hear, Lord,

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 and to my voice

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 of my request

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 which God has come, not any word is there.

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 All nations, new the nations shall come

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 and worship reverently

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 before thy face and day, O Lord,

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 thy name shall glorify.

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 Cause the heart exceeding great

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 and words by thee are done,

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 which are to thee

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 admire not the heart of thyself alone.

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 Be thy way,

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 I'm delighted, O Lord,

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 and what will I?

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 Good night, my heart,

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 as I live with thee for January.

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 Amen.

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 We turn to read God's word together

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 and we're reading in the book of Psalms.

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 I'm going to read in Psalm 5,

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 the whole of this Psalm.

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 Psalm 5.

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 You'll find it around page 538 of the church Bibles,

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 if you're using them.

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 Psalm 5.

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 And we can read the whole of this Psalm together.

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 It's a Psalm of David.

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 Give ear to my words, O Lord,

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 consider my groaning.

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 Give attention to the sound of my cry,

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 my King and my God.

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 For to you do I pray.

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 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice.

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 In the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

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 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness.

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 Evil may not dwell with you.

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 The boastful shall not stand before your eyes.

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 You hate all evildoers.

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 You destroy those who speak lies.

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 The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

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 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,

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 will enter your house.

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 I will bow down towards your holy temple

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 in the fear of you.

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 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness

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 because of my enemies.

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 Make your way straight before me.

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 For there is no truth in their mouth.

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 Their inmost self is destruction.

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 Their throat is an open grave.

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 They flatter with their tongue.

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 Make them bear their guilt, O God.

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 Let them fall by their own counsels.

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 Because of the abundance of their transgressions,

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 cast them out.

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 For they are rebelled against you.

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 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice.

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 Let them ever sing for joy

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 and spread your protection over them.

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 That those who love your name may exult in you.

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 For you bless the righteous, O Lord.

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 You cover him with favour as with a shield.

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 And may God bless that reading from his word.

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 We're going to sing in the Psalms again.

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 Singing in Psalm 116.

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 In the Sing Psalms version.

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 Page 154.

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 Psalm 116.

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 Psalm 116.

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 All our Psalms this evening have this theme of prayer being heard and answered by God in amazing ways.

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 And of course, Psalm 116 is that prayer of love towards the Lord because he's heard the voice of the Psalmist.

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 Psalm 116 at verse 1.

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 I love the Lord because he heard my voice.

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 He listened when I cried to him for aid.

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 I'll call on him as long as I shall live because he turned to hear me when I prayed.

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 We're going to sing from verse 1 down to verse 9 to God's praise and the tune is Eventide.

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 I love the Lord because he heard my voice.

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 He listened when I cried to him for aid.

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 I'll call on him as long as I shall live because he turned to hear me when I prayed.

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 In the hearts of death, breathed and eternal thee,

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 Half on became free, languish of the grave,

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 With grief and trouble I was overcome,

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 Then on the name of God I call, Lord, sing.

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 The Lord the Lord is kind and full of grace.

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 O righteous and compassionate is he.

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 The Lord protects all those of childlike faith.

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 When I was in great need, he rescued me.

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 O my soul, God has been good to you.

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 For you, O Lord, have saved my soul from death.

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 My feet from stumbling and my eyes from tears.

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 That I may live for you while I am afraid.

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 Well, we can turn back together to our reading in the book of Psalms and Psalm 5.

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 And we can read again at the beginning of the psalm, the first three verses there.

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 Give ear to my words, O Lord.

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 Consider my groaning.

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 Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God.

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 For to you do I pray.

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 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice.

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 In the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

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 And then at the end of the psalm, at verse 9, it says,

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 The Lord has heard my plea.

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 The Lord accepts my prayer.

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 Sorry, wrong psalm.

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 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice.

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 Let them ever sing for joy and spread your protection over them.

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 For those who love your name may exult in you.

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 For you bless the righteous, O Lord.

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 You cover him with favor as with a shield.

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 The title for this evening's sermon is The Morning Prayer of Expectation.

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 And it may not seem to make sense to have it in the evening.

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 But it's just a reminder to us of the importance of prayer.

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 And that's going to be the theme of our service this evening, the importance of prayer.

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 And as you look at Psalm 5, you find here David beginning the day in prayer.

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 And he's going on throughout the day, then looking and watching to God who he has prayed to

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 and waiting with that sense of expectation.

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 So that's why we call it the morning prayer of expectation.

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 And prayer is such an important part of church life.

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 It's an important part of the Christian life.

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 Prayer is our relationship with God.

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 Both in a congregational sense as we gather together, prayer is important.

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 Every sermon, you hear every service, you come to, there's prayer in it.

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 Every time we have a prayer meeting, it is about prayer, praying to God.

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 There are times in our denomination once a year when we have a national day of prayer.

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 A day that's set aside for that very purpose.

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 But every day is a day of prayer.

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 We have prayer meetings throughout the week.

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 There's a monthly meeting on a Monday evening.

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 There's prayer meetings in Laxdale on Tuesday.

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 The English in the Seminary on Wednesday and the Gaelic on Thursday and the Seminary.

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 There's the Saturday evening prayer meeting.

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 Prayer is just part of our life and our routines.

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 It's such an important thing.

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 But how do we approach it?

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 It can sometimes become just a habit.

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 It can become something of just going through a routine.

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 And that's something we always have to guard against.

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 Do we have a sense of expectation as we come to prayer?

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 I think it's good to remind ourselves that that is the way that we should come.

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 We should always come with a sense of expectation that we are praying not to ourselves,

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 not to a people who we see around us, but that we are lifting up our voice to God,

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 the God of heaven and earth.

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 And that we remember who it is that we are praying to.

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 That then helps us to have that sense of expectation and anticipation of what God can do.

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 Because there may be times when we sense that coming to God and we feel that things are beyond

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 our reach, beyond change, beyond our capabilities, beyond recovery.

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 There are things that are just totally outwith our control.

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 And in a way, it's good that we would come like that.

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 Because that then reminds us that is why we come to God in prayer.

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 Because what is impossible with man, it is possible with God.

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 And so it's that dependence that we have.

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 And that's what we see with David in this psalm.

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 When we think of prayer and its importance, it is our lifeblood, our relationship with God.

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 And we see it with David in the psalms again and again.

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 In his own life, we see it again and again.

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 And with all God's people in the scriptures, you see it as so vital, so important.

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 And does it make a difference?

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 Well, of course it does.

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 When you look at David in this psalm, he's beginning his day with that sense of expectation,

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 praying to God, I'm crying to you, my enemies are all around me.

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 And yet he concludes this psalm with that, you cover him with favor as with a shield.

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 So he knows that God has been with him.

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 He knows that God is looking after him.

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 And you see it again and again through the scriptures, how God answers prayer in amazing ways.

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 But it's not just in the scriptures.

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 Many of us can testify to it in our own lives.

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 The way God has answered prayer.

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 The way God has helped us in different situations.

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 The way God, maybe even today, you've been praying about someone or something or yourself.

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 And you've seen God do something remarkable, something amazing.

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 That God is able to answer prayer.

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 And we can all look back, I'm sure, and see answered prayer in so many different ways.

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 And I'm sure many of us can look back and not just see answered prayer, but see how many of us are tokens to answered prayer.

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 The people who prayed for us when we seemed maybe beyond the reach of God.

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 When we seemed so far away from God that salvation was the last thing on our mind.

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 And yet people were praying.

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 And by God's grace, he brought us to himself.

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 That many of us are tokens to answered prayers.

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 Faithful prayers.

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 People who wouldn't give up in prayer.

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 Who kept praying.

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 Always believing that this God who we are praying to, the God of heaven and earth.

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 He is able to save.

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 He is able to do so much more than all that we ask or imagine.

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 And the scripture is full of people who are faithful in prayer.

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 David here we're seeing, but there's others too.

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 You think maybe names might come to mind immediately.

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.539
 You think maybe of Daniel.

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 Daniel was a man of prayer.

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 And a man of prayer no matter what.

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:14.980
 Didn't matter what was going on around him or what the threat was.

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:17.119
 He still prayed to God.

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 That's what you read of in Daniel chapter 6.

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 When they decided, the wise men around Nebuchadnezzar decided that all prayer was to be made to him as king.

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.759
 Not to God.

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 So they said, anyone who prays to any God or man during the next 30 days except to you, O king,

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:40.839
 shall be thrown into the lion's den.

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 The lion's den was the threat for anyone who would pray to any other God or man apart from Nebuchadnezzar.

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:50.860
 And it was a real threat.

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 It wasn't just they were saying something they weren't going to do.

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 We know because they were thrown into the lion's den.

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 But what was Daniel's response?

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:04.380
 Was he terrified of this?

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:07.480
 Was he afraid of this and said, I better stop praying?

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:08.660
 No.

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:13.940
 Daniel's response was when he learned about the decree that had been published in verse 10.

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:19.080
 He went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem.

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:25.820
 And three times a day, he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God,

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:28.480
 just as he had done before.

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:31.919
 He was faithful in prayer.

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 And God heard and answered his prayers in amazing ways.

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:43.319
 And so you see it throughout the scripture, this relationship of God with his people.

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:49.779
 And even Jesus himself is a reminder to us of the importance of prayer.

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:54.200
 Jesus spent time in prayer with his Father.

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:58.480
 And it was often at times when things were busy.

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:05.019
 In the Gospel of Luke chapter 5, for example, you read there that there were large crowds

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:08.819
 who were hearing about him and starting to come and follow him.

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:12.460
 But in verse 16 of Luke 5, it says,

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 But he, that's Jesus, would withdraw to desolate places and pray.

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:24.059
 So you see there, it wasn't just once.

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:27.240
 It was his habit, his routine.

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:31.200
 He would withdraw to desolate places and pray.

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:34.819
 He would find his quiet place to pray.

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:42.379
 And down through history, there's so many examples given to us of people who were faithful in prayer.

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:49.279
 People who put us to shame as you read about them and the kind of prayer life that they had.

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:53.799
 For example, Matthew Henry, who wrote a commentary on the whole Bible.

00:31:54.859 --> 00:32:01.720
 It's said of him that he would spend eight hours a day in pure study and prayer.

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:05.539
 Eight hours a day in pure study and prayer.

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:12.600
 And so many of the Puritan theologians of the 16th, 17th century, the same was true of them.

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:15.940
 They were people of prayer.

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 And so we are reminded again and again of the importance of prayer.

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:28.079
 And as somebody once put it, if you are too busy to pray, you are too busy.

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:33.859
 If you don't have time to pray, you're not using your time right.

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:38.500
 That's the challenge to us all the time, is it not?

00:32:39.199 --> 00:32:41.819
 Our relationship with God in prayer.

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 And I'm saying this to myself first.

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:48.379
 And the situation with David here in Psalm 5 is one,

00:32:48.699 --> 00:32:54.399
 when we see him in a situation where there's so much going on around him.

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:58.780
 There's so much that's going on that's weighing heavy upon him.

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:01.660
 He's surrounded by enemies.

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:05.400
 He's surrounded by those who are out to get him.

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:09.460
 Those who are looking for an opportunity to bring him down.

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:13.080
 Making him out to be an enemy of the people.

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:16.180
 And yet, who is David?

00:33:17.040 --> 00:33:20.360
 Who is this David we read of in the Psalms?

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:23.299
 Who is this David we read of in the Scriptures?

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 He is the king who was chosen by God.

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:32.379
 He is the one through whom the line of Jesus would come.

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 So he is appointed by God.

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 He is a man after God's own heart, as the word describes him.

00:33:41.199 --> 00:33:45.019
 He is someone who has this closeness with God.

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:48.339
 And yet, here he is under attack.

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:52.259
 Here he is with his troubles are never far away, as it were.

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:58.079
 And what we see him again and again is reminding us of the need to cry out to God.

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:01.559
 And how real this cry is.

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:04.519
 How real this prayer is.

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:12.900
 The example we are given by David here is to begin each day in prayer with God.

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:16.360
 And look with that expectation to him.

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:22.700
 The God who shields and watches over his people.

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:26.280
 Prayer is so important.

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:32.639
 Spurgeon, Charles Spurgeon, in his book entitled Only a Prayer Meeting,

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:39.200
 he speaks about the importance of prayer in that sense of togetherness.

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:45.379
 And in his first chapter, there's two points that kind of stand out for me.

00:34:45.779 --> 00:34:50.879
 He said this, how could we expect a blessing if we're too idle to ask for it?

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:55.319
 How can we expect a blessing if we're too idle to ask for it?

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:58.980
 The importance of having that time of prayer with God.

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:02.919
 But also of that collective nature of prayer, being together in prayer.

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:10.659
 He said, how could we look for a Pentecost if we're never met with one accord in one place to wait upon the Lord?

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:19.539
 How can we expect the blessing of God to be poured out if we're not meeting together with one accord in one place to wait upon the Lord?

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:24.920
 To have that sense of watching and waiting expectantly on God.

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:28.840
 And so there's lessons for us to learn from this psalm.

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:35.320
 And the first thing is I want to see is David's approach is to God.

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:38.740
 And it sounds obvious, doesn't it?

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:40.619
 David's approach is to God.

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:46.360
 But it's key because he doesn't start to deal with things by himself.

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:49.200
 He has God with him.

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:53.019
 And prayer has been much in the news recently.

00:35:53.879 --> 00:35:56.919
 And not for the reasons we would want it as such.

00:35:57.000 --> 00:36:03.899
 But it highlights that even in a negative sense it can highlight how important prayer is to people.

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:10.299
 For example, just in the last month there has been a call by some to scrap Christian prayers

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:14.339
 at the start of every session of the House of Commons.

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:18.000
 We don't need prayer today.

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:20.940
 We've moved on, was what some were saying.

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:25.280
 And yet it was met with a pushback.

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:29.519
 That there are still those who see the importance of prayer.

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:33.139
 But it's just a reminder to us that that's the mindset of so many.

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:35.380
 We don't need prayer.

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:42.239
 We've seen it too in the news recently with talk of exclusion zones around health clinics.

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:45.900
 Now without going into the details of why they're set,

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:51.099
 it's the challenge that it's bringing towards those who would seek to be a praying people.

00:36:51.740 --> 00:36:55.660
 Where the threat is seen not just in the zones around,

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:59.000
 but even in the homes around them as being under threat if you're praying.

00:36:59.240 --> 00:37:00.519
 Even in your own home.

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:02.720
 That there could be a challenge against you.

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:06.960
 And so there's all these things that are being highlighted for us

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:09.539
 about the challenge that's being made against prayer.

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:12.679
 Let's get rid of prayer.

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:18.219
 Instead of seeing the gift and power that there is in prayer.

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:22.980
 And who it is that we're praying to and what he's able to do for us.

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:26.480
 And David reminds us in this psalm that in these days,

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.920
 even our own days today,

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:31.920
 it is such a time to see prayer and its importance.

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:37.440
 And to see that it is only by seeking God in these days

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:41.240
 that we will know days of blessing and days of peace.

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:45.599
 And so David's approach is to God.

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:49.019
 And his approach is in the morning.

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.599
 C.S. Lewis said,

00:37:51.599 --> 00:38:16.519
 What was he saying?

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.119
 He was saying,

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:21.019
 We wake up in the morning and we can immediately be faced with,

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:23.659
 I need to do this, that, and the next thing.

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:26.199
 It's all such a rush.

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.719
 And yet he's saying it's time,

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:31.739
 that time in the morning is that time to make sure we push back

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:36.139
 on all these things that will come as a first priority to us

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:40.659
 and just make sure that we let that voice of the Lord come in.

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:44.359
 That time with the Lord come in.

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:46.819
 And so there's the challenge.

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:49.239
 David is approaching God,

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:51.239
 and he's approaching him in the morning.

00:38:51.339 --> 00:38:54.279
 Is that our priority at the beginning of the day?

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:57.559
 To have that time with God.

00:38:57.900 --> 00:39:01.039
 Because the temptation would have been there for David here as well.

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:05.420
 That same temptation coming under attack from those around him.

00:39:05.859 --> 00:39:08.219
 It would be so easy for him to turn on the offense,

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:10.539
 to go on the attack against them.

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:14.579
 But what he does is he approaches his Lord,

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.739
 his God,

00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:16.699
 and his King.

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.079
 David,

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.159
 a king,

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:21.199
 a royal king in this world,

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:25.320
 still sees his dependence upon the Lord,

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.659
 the Lord of all.

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:31.099
 And so David is a great example to us

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:32.779
 of the need for ourselves

00:39:32.779 --> 00:39:34.539
 to pray as well.

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:37.159
 And he approaches God in an honest way.

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:39.539
 Look at how he comes to him.

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:41.039
 Give ear to my words,

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.579
 O Lord.

00:39:42.259 --> 00:39:44.599
 Consider my groaning.

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:48.400
 Give attention to the sound of my cry.

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:50.840
 So he comes honestly.

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:53.200
 He comes with words.

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:57.059
 It's obvious as we pray that we use words.

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.780
 But then he says,

00:39:59.160 --> 00:40:01.039
 Consider my groaning.

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:05.320
 And hear my cries.

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:07.480
 The sound of my cry.

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:09.180
 And so he's coming,

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:12.320
 just bearing his heart to God in every way.

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:15.880
 It's not a case of approaching God

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:18.320
 depending on how you feel.

00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:20.280
 It's not a case of saying,

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:23.139
 I don't feel close to God just now.

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:24.960
 I shouldn't come and pray.

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:28.500
 It's coming whatever our situation,

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:30.220
 whatever our circumstances.

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.400
 Yes,

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.139
 when there are times

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:34.840
 when we can express our prayers in words,

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:38.500
 but other times our prayers are just a groan.

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:41.500
 They're just a noise that maybe comes out of us.

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:43.099
 The groaning of our heart.

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:46.639
 Or the cries of anguish that sometimes come.

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:50.480
 They're still prayers that God hears.

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:54.879
 And so we are to approach God with all our burdens,

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:57.119
 all our cares.

00:40:58.139 --> 00:41:00.420
 And you notice too how he approaches God

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:02.599
 in such a personal way.

00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:05.619
 Give ear to my words,

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:06.859
 O Lord.

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:09.799
 He is coming in that sense of knowing

00:41:09.799 --> 00:41:11.420
 who he is coming to.

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:13.180
 And then at the end of verse 2,

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.619
 he says,

00:41:13.740 --> 00:41:16.039
 My King and my God,

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:18.740
 for to you do I pray.

00:41:19.740 --> 00:41:21.860
 So there's this personal nature

00:41:21.860 --> 00:41:23.740
 of coming to God.

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:25.559
 My Lord,

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:26.840
 my King,

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:28.139
 my God.

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:30.259
 And that's the relationship

00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:31.559
 that's open to us.

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:33.960
 Every one of us can come

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:35.799
 and approach the Lord,

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.599
 the King,

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.799
 my God,

00:41:37.839 --> 00:41:38.819
 in that same way.

00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:40.099
 He is the one

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:41.779
 who is there for us.

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:42.879
 He is the one alone

00:41:42.879 --> 00:41:44.079
 who is able to help.

00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:46.079
 We can approach God

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:47.519
 through Jesus Christ,

00:41:47.879 --> 00:41:48.500
 our Lord,

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:49.839
 the King of kings

00:41:49.839 --> 00:41:51.519
 and Lord of lords.

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:54.980
 What a wonderful privilege it is

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:57.039
 to be able to approach God,

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:58.219
 the same God

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:59.739
 as David prayed to,

00:41:59.780 --> 00:42:00.599
 the same God

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:01.280
 that Daniel

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:02.739
 was praying to,

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:04.239
 the same God

00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:05.900
 down through all the generations,

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:07.099
 the only God

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:08.840
 who is able to help.

00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:11.360
 Somebody once said this,

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:12.460
 Prayer is man's

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:13.980
 greatest means

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.659
 of tapping

00:42:14.659 --> 00:42:16.099
 the infinite resources

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:17.380
 of God,

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:19.539
 invoking by prayer

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:20.840
 the mercy and might

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.380
 of God

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:23.539
 as our most effective means

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:25.039
 of guaranteeing peace

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:26.200
 and security

00:42:26.200 --> 00:42:27.320
 for the harassed

00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:28.539
 and helpless people

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:30.100
 of this earth.

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:34.100
 Invoking by prayer

00:42:34.100 --> 00:42:35.579
 the mercy and might

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:36.780
 of God.

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:38.600
 That is what we have

00:42:38.600 --> 00:42:39.760
 in prayer.

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:42.780
 We have that access.

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:45.519
 We approach the God

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:47.000
 who is able

00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:49.780
 to do so much more

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:51.040
 than we can ask

00:42:51.040 --> 00:42:51.600
 of him.

00:42:51.600 --> 00:42:52.640
 So much more

00:42:52.640 --> 00:42:53.880
 than we can even imagine

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.940
 in our own minds.

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:56.060
 He is able

00:42:56.060 --> 00:42:57.420
 to do it.

00:42:58.620 --> 00:42:59.880
 So David's approach

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:01.019
 is to God

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:01.680
 and so

00:43:01.680 --> 00:43:03.200
 is ours.

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:04.160
 Second thing we see

00:43:04.160 --> 00:43:05.400
 is David's approach

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:07.019
 is a priority.

00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:09.519
 It's a priority.

00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:11.240
 And again,

00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:13.260
 we see it just here

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:14.220
 how he

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:15.400
 just comes

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:15.860
 to him

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.539
 in this sense

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:17.380
 of it's

00:43:17.380 --> 00:43:18.440
 the most important

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:19.539
 and the most precious

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:21.460
 thing he could do.

00:43:23.160 --> 00:43:24.139
 Martin Luther,

00:43:24.720 --> 00:43:25.639
 the reformer,

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.340
 again,

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:27.119
 who we're studying

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:28.400
 in the Bible study

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:29.400
 on Wednesday evenings,

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:30.280
 the Reformation,

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:31.820
 and it was Martin Luther

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:32.760
 who was at the heart

00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:33.420
 of that.

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.860
 He did so much

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:36.139
 to bring the truths

00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:36.900
 of the gospel

00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:38.280
 to the people

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:38.900
 of God.

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:41.059
 And he would spend

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:42.760
 at least two hours

00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:43.079
 a day

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:44.340
 in private prayer.

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.980
 And he once said

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:47.380
 to a friend of his,

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.360
 he said,

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:49.440
 I've got so much

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:50.500
 to do tomorrow.

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:52.219
 I need to spend

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:53.199
 an extra day,

00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:54.579
 an extra hour

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:55.739
 in prayer.

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.179
 Now,

00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:57.719
 is that the kind

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:58.380
 of response

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:59.119
 we would have

00:43:59.119 --> 00:44:00.319
 to the busyness

00:44:00.319 --> 00:44:00.799
 of life?

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:01.699
 I've got so much

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:02.699
 to do tomorrow

00:44:02.699 --> 00:44:04.179
 that I'll add

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:05.559
 an extra hour

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:06.099
 of prayer

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:07.019
 into my schedule.

00:44:07.719 --> 00:44:08.579
 We would probably

00:44:08.579 --> 00:44:09.539
 go the other way.

00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:10.659
 We would think,

00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:11.519
 I've got so much

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:12.299
 to do tomorrow,

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:13.420
 I'll need to cut

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:14.620
 back on my time

00:44:14.620 --> 00:44:15.640
 in prayer.

00:44:16.740 --> 00:44:17.100
 And yet,

00:44:17.200 --> 00:44:17.920
 for Martin Luther,

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.680
 the priority

00:44:18.680 --> 00:44:20.120
 was that

00:44:20.120 --> 00:44:21.519
 prayerful relationship.

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:23.080
 The priority

00:44:23.080 --> 00:44:23.780
 with David

00:44:23.780 --> 00:44:24.560
 here is that

00:44:24.560 --> 00:44:25.460
 prayer

00:44:25.460 --> 00:44:26.640
 with God.

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:28.340
 That morning

00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:29.200
 prayer with God,

00:44:29.240 --> 00:44:29.720
 even though

00:44:29.720 --> 00:44:30.600
 there's so much

00:44:30.600 --> 00:44:31.860
 going on.

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.860
 It was John Bunyan

00:44:33.860 --> 00:44:34.620
 who once said,

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.519
 he who runs

00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:36.519
 from God

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:37.100
 in the morning

00:44:37.100 --> 00:44:37.960
 will scarcely

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.640
 find him

00:44:38.640 --> 00:44:39.640
 the rest

00:44:39.640 --> 00:44:40.760
 of the day.

00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:42.380
 And again,

00:44:42.420 --> 00:44:42.940
 it's just that

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:43.880
 reminder for

00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:44.400
 ourselves

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.900
 that in our

00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:46.300
 prayer life,

00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:47.800
 it is so important

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:48.540
 to begin

00:44:48.540 --> 00:44:49.620
 the day

00:44:49.620 --> 00:44:50.340
 in prayer.

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:51.240
 That priority

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:51.960
 of beginning

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:52.860
 the day

00:44:52.860 --> 00:44:53.400
 in prayer

00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:54.020
 with God

00:44:54.020 --> 00:44:54.700
 is set

00:44:54.700 --> 00:44:55.340
 the day

00:44:55.340 --> 00:44:56.680
 before him.

00:44:57.920 --> 00:44:59.000
 We depend

00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:00.460
 on him.

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:01.760
 Jesus'

00:45:02.040 --> 00:45:03.200
 prayer life

00:45:03.200 --> 00:45:03.620
 was there

00:45:03.620 --> 00:45:04.340
 to see us

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:04.740
 as well as

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:05.160
 we saw

00:45:05.160 --> 00:45:06.260
 in Luke's

00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:06.740
 gospel,

00:45:07.200 --> 00:45:07.660
 how he would

00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:08.259
 go away

00:45:08.259 --> 00:45:08.679
 to a

00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:09.039
 quiet

00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:09.559
 place

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:10.119
 and pray.

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:10.899
 But you

00:45:10.899 --> 00:45:11.399
 also see

00:45:11.399 --> 00:45:11.779
 that so

00:45:11.779 --> 00:45:12.039
 often

00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:12.339
 it was

00:45:12.339 --> 00:45:12.980
 in the

00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:13.319
 early

00:45:13.319 --> 00:45:13.799
 hours

00:45:13.799 --> 00:45:14.559
 of the

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:14.960
 morning,

00:45:16.039 --> 00:45:16.420
 in that

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:16.940
 quiet

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.559
 time

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:18.480
 of the

00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:18.799
 day.

00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:20.299
 And that's

00:45:20.299 --> 00:45:21.000
 again a

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.599
 lesson to

00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:21.859
 us.

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.159
 When we

00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:23.000
 are fresh,

00:45:24.339 --> 00:45:24.699
 when we

00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:25.099
 have just

00:45:25.099 --> 00:45:25.920
 had our

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.259
 night's

00:45:26.259 --> 00:45:26.500
 sleep,

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:26.779
 when we

00:45:26.779 --> 00:45:27.279
 are about

00:45:27.279 --> 00:45:27.679
 to go

00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:28.039
 into

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.759
 the

00:45:28.759 --> 00:45:29.339
 busyness

00:45:29.339 --> 00:45:29.699
 of a

00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:29.940
 day,

00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:30.899
 that we

00:45:30.899 --> 00:45:31.420
 give that

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:32.000
 quality

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.619
 time

00:45:32.619 --> 00:45:33.739
 to God.

00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:35.139
 Because we

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:35.579
 have every

00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:36.359
 reason to.

00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:37.700
 because you

00:45:37.700 --> 00:45:38.599
 see in the

00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:39.300
 scriptures how

00:45:39.300 --> 00:45:39.800
 often it

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:40.599
 tells us that

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:41.640
 the blessings

00:45:41.640 --> 00:45:42.519
 of God are

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:43.280
 new each

00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:43.980
 morning.

00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:46.500
 Lamentation

00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:47.380
 speaks of it

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:47.820
 in chapter

00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:48.380
 3,

00:45:48.579 --> 00:45:49.539
 verse 22,

00:45:49.660 --> 00:45:50.120
 because of

00:45:50.120 --> 00:45:50.620
 the Lord's

00:45:50.620 --> 00:45:51.420
 great love,

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.340
 we are not

00:45:52.340 --> 00:45:52.940
 consumed,

00:45:53.140 --> 00:45:53.400
 for his

00:45:53.400 --> 00:45:54.120
 compassion

00:45:54.120 --> 00:45:57.920
 never fail.

00:45:58.220 --> 00:45:58.660
 So there's

00:45:58.660 --> 00:45:59.420
 that reminder

00:45:59.420 --> 00:46:00.260
 of his

00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:01.400
 great love

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:02.880
 towards us.

00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:05.079
 So what

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:05.519
 other reason

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:05.880
 do we need

00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:06.240
 to come

00:46:06.240 --> 00:46:06.720
 and pray

00:46:06.720 --> 00:46:07.480
 than we

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:08.039
 know the

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.380
 Lord's

00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:08.900
 great love.

00:46:09.300 --> 00:46:09.500
 We are

00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:09.900
 not

00:46:09.900 --> 00:46:10.640
 consumed,

00:46:11.460 --> 00:46:11.940
 we don't

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.380
 get what

00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:13.200
 we deserve

00:46:13.200 --> 00:46:14.300
 because of

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:14.500
 his

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:15.559
 compassions

00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:16.559
 that never

00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:17.079
 fail.

00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:18.260
 So we

00:46:18.260 --> 00:46:18.619
 have all

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:19.000
 of these

00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:19.539
 reasons,

00:46:19.900 --> 00:46:20.220
 but then

00:46:20.220 --> 00:46:20.420
 in the

00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:20.880
 next verse

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:21.280
 it says

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:21.660
 they are

00:46:21.660 --> 00:46:22.059
 new

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:23.039
 every

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:23.780
 morning.

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:25.440
 So it's

00:46:25.440 --> 00:46:26.180
 not just

00:46:26.180 --> 00:46:27.240
 a one-off.

00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:28.960
 It's not

00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:29.260
 just we

00:46:29.260 --> 00:46:30.280
 pray on

00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:30.800
 the Monday

00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:31.200
 for the

00:46:31.200 --> 00:46:31.760
 whole week

00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:32.260
 ahead and

00:46:32.260 --> 00:46:32.660
 don't come

00:46:32.660 --> 00:46:33.380
 back again

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:34.180
 until the

00:46:34.179 --> 00:46:34.879
 next Monday.

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:35.779
 Our

00:46:35.779 --> 00:46:36.339
 relationship

00:46:36.339 --> 00:46:36.980
 with God

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.579
 is on a

00:46:37.579 --> 00:46:38.579
 daily basis.

00:46:39.899 --> 00:46:40.159
 They are

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:41.279
 new every

00:46:41.279 --> 00:46:41.719
 morning.

00:46:41.919 --> 00:46:42.379
 Great is

00:46:42.379 --> 00:46:42.559
 your

00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:43.419
 faithfulness

00:46:43.419 --> 00:46:44.219
 it says

00:46:44.219 --> 00:46:44.440
 in

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:45.460
 lamentations.

00:46:46.139 --> 00:46:46.519
 So we

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:46.879
 have that

00:46:46.879 --> 00:46:47.419
 reminder

00:46:47.419 --> 00:46:48.799
 every day

00:46:48.799 --> 00:46:49.119
 we have

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:50.059
 reason to

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:50.679
 give thanks

00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:51.219
 to God,

00:46:51.699 --> 00:46:52.659
 to make it

00:46:52.659 --> 00:46:53.359
 our priority

00:46:53.359 --> 00:46:54.559
 to come

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:55.019
 to him

00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:55.919
 and especially

00:46:55.919 --> 00:46:56.960
 in the

00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:57.339
 morning.

00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:58.860
 Zephaniah

00:46:58.860 --> 00:46:59.280
 has the

00:46:59.280 --> 00:46:59.960
 same thing.

00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:00.820
 Zephaniah

00:47:00.820 --> 00:47:01.620
 chapter 3

00:47:01.620 --> 00:47:02.660
 verse 5

00:47:02.660 --> 00:47:03.700
 The Lord

00:47:03.700 --> 00:47:04.400
 within her

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:05.039
 is righteous.

00:47:05.340 --> 00:47:05.700
 He does

00:47:05.700 --> 00:47:06.380
 no wrong.

00:47:07.059 --> 00:47:07.760
 Morning by

00:47:07.760 --> 00:47:08.539
 morning he

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:09.280
 dispenses

00:47:09.280 --> 00:47:10.140
 his justice

00:47:10.140 --> 00:47:11.260
 and every

00:47:11.260 --> 00:47:12.120
 new day

00:47:12.120 --> 00:47:13.059
 he does

00:47:13.059 --> 00:47:13.940
 not fail.

00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:15.539
 Again

00:47:15.539 --> 00:47:16.079
 there's this

00:47:16.079 --> 00:47:16.559
 reminder

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:17.780
 it's every

00:47:17.780 --> 00:47:18.760
 new day

00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:20.019
 morning by

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:20.820
 morning he

00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:21.559
 dispenses

00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:22.440
 his justice.

00:47:23.160 --> 00:47:23.980
 So every

00:47:23.980 --> 00:47:24.360
 day

00:47:24.360 --> 00:47:25.840
 you wouldn't

00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:26.740
 miss breakfast

00:47:26.739 --> 00:47:27.539
 or you

00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:28.000
 wouldn't miss

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:28.479
 a meal

00:47:28.479 --> 00:47:29.019
 in the

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:29.359
 day that's

00:47:29.359 --> 00:47:29.599
 going to

00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:30.059
 keep you

00:47:30.059 --> 00:47:30.419
 going.

00:47:31.259 --> 00:47:31.479
 And so

00:47:31.479 --> 00:47:31.899
 we see

00:47:31.899 --> 00:47:32.439
 here

00:47:32.439 --> 00:47:33.439
 morning by

00:47:33.439 --> 00:47:33.919
 morning

00:47:33.919 --> 00:47:34.639
 we are

00:47:34.639 --> 00:47:35.299
 reminded of

00:47:35.299 --> 00:47:35.979
 his great

00:47:35.979 --> 00:47:37.199
 faithfulness.

00:47:40.539 --> 00:47:41.319
 And so

00:47:41.319 --> 00:47:41.759
 we are to

00:47:41.759 --> 00:47:42.179
 make it

00:47:42.179 --> 00:47:43.399
 that priority

00:47:43.399 --> 00:47:45.279
 to come

00:47:45.279 --> 00:47:46.219
 to him.

00:47:46.299 --> 00:47:46.459
 Are we

00:47:46.459 --> 00:47:46.919
 giving the

00:47:46.919 --> 00:47:48.119
 best to

00:47:48.119 --> 00:47:48.619
 God in

00:47:48.619 --> 00:47:49.419
 terms of

00:47:49.419 --> 00:47:50.239
 our prayers

00:47:50.239 --> 00:47:51.899
 and beginning

00:47:51.899 --> 00:47:53.139
 each day

00:47:53.139 --> 00:47:54.199
 with him?

00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:55.339
 In many

00:47:55.339 --> 00:47:55.839
 ways and

00:47:55.839 --> 00:47:56.319
 you see it

00:47:56.319 --> 00:47:56.719
 here in

00:47:56.719 --> 00:47:57.980
 David what

00:47:57.980 --> 00:47:58.539
 he says

00:47:58.539 --> 00:48:00.059
 in the

00:48:00.059 --> 00:48:00.519
 morning you

00:48:00.519 --> 00:48:01.019
 hear my

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:02.039
 voice in

00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:02.459
 the morning

00:48:02.459 --> 00:48:03.099
 I prepare

00:48:03.099 --> 00:48:04.359
 a sacrifice

00:48:04.359 --> 00:48:05.299
 for you.

00:48:05.919 --> 00:48:06.179
 And so

00:48:06.179 --> 00:48:06.579
 there's this

00:48:06.579 --> 00:48:07.259
 sense of

00:48:07.259 --> 00:48:08.039
 prayer it

00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:08.559
 is a

00:48:08.559 --> 00:48:09.099
 sacrifice.

00:48:10.339 --> 00:48:11.159
 We don't

00:48:11.159 --> 00:48:11.819
 prepare a

00:48:11.819 --> 00:48:12.679
 sacrifice maybe

00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:13.599
 in the same

00:48:13.599 --> 00:48:14.079
 way that was

00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:14.559
 done in the

00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:15.299
 Old Testament

00:48:15.299 --> 00:48:17.259
 but prayer

00:48:17.259 --> 00:48:18.399
 is still a

00:48:18.399 --> 00:48:18.919
 sacrifice.

00:48:19.799 --> 00:48:20.439
 It is still

00:48:20.439 --> 00:48:21.819
 something costly

00:48:21.819 --> 00:48:23.059
 something that

00:48:23.059 --> 00:48:23.819
 takes time

00:48:23.820 --> 00:48:25.059
 for us to

00:48:25.059 --> 00:48:25.880
 prepare and

00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:26.440
 to come

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:27.460
 to God

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:27.920
 with.

00:48:28.420 --> 00:48:28.920
 And it's

00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:29.519
 pleasing

00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:31.420
 to God.

00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:33.300
 So let us

00:48:33.300 --> 00:48:33.800
 make it our

00:48:33.800 --> 00:48:35.280
 priority to

00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:35.740
 pray.

00:48:36.160 --> 00:48:36.760
 Each new

00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:37.840
 day to be

00:48:37.840 --> 00:48:38.360
 as David

00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:39.019
 was coming

00:48:39.019 --> 00:48:39.380
 to the

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:40.300
 Lord in

00:48:40.300 --> 00:48:40.760
 the morning

00:48:40.760 --> 00:48:41.059
 in the

00:48:41.059 --> 00:48:41.760
 freshness of

00:48:41.760 --> 00:48:42.200
 the day

00:48:42.200 --> 00:48:43.340
 thankful for

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:43.880
 the Lord's

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:44.460
 mercies that

00:48:44.460 --> 00:48:45.000
 are new each

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:45.500
 day, for

00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:46.420
 his faithfulness

00:48:46.420 --> 00:48:47.019
 each day,

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:47.980
 for all that

00:48:47.980 --> 00:48:48.640
 he gives us

00:48:48.640 --> 00:48:49.500
 day by day,

00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:50.600
 coming with

00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:52.179
 thankfulness to

00:48:52.179 --> 00:48:52.719
 him, to

00:48:52.719 --> 00:48:53.880
 commit that

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:55.619
 day ahead

00:48:55.619 --> 00:48:56.259
 to him,

00:48:56.779 --> 00:48:57.400
 asking for

00:48:57.400 --> 00:48:59.019
 blessings anew

00:48:59.019 --> 00:48:59.420
 in it.

00:49:00.659 --> 00:49:01.480
 So it's a

00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:01.960
 priority.

00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:02.599
 The final

00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:03.299
 thing we see

00:49:03.299 --> 00:49:04.639
 here is David's

00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:05.960
 approach is

00:49:05.960 --> 00:49:06.860
 with confidence.

00:49:08.460 --> 00:49:09.099
 And you see

00:49:09.099 --> 00:49:09.819
 that just in

00:49:09.819 --> 00:49:10.839
 these two

00:49:10.839 --> 00:49:11.539
 words at the

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:12.199
 end of verse

00:49:12.199 --> 00:49:12.559
 3.

00:49:13.460 --> 00:49:14.699
 And watch.

00:49:16.139 --> 00:49:16.960
 O Lord, in

00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:17.480
 the morning you

00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:18.279
 hear my voice.

00:49:18.339 --> 00:49:18.860
 In the morning

00:49:18.860 --> 00:49:19.880
 I prepare a

00:49:19.880 --> 00:49:20.940
 sacrifice for

00:49:20.940 --> 00:49:22.700
 you and

00:49:22.700 --> 00:49:23.579
 watch.

00:49:25.680 --> 00:49:26.400
 As David

00:49:26.400 --> 00:49:27.500
 offers his

00:49:27.500 --> 00:49:28.519
 morning prayer

00:49:28.519 --> 00:49:29.140
 to God, he

00:49:29.140 --> 00:49:30.420
 does so in

00:49:30.420 --> 00:49:30.940
 a way where

00:49:30.940 --> 00:49:31.660
 he leaves it

00:49:31.660 --> 00:49:31.980
 with the

00:49:31.980 --> 00:49:32.360
 Lord and

00:49:32.360 --> 00:49:34.360
 waits expectantly

00:49:34.360 --> 00:49:35.539
 on him.

00:49:36.700 --> 00:49:37.320
 How often

00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:38.160
 are you guilty

00:49:38.160 --> 00:49:39.760
 of praying,

00:49:40.640 --> 00:49:40.980
 committing

00:49:40.980 --> 00:49:41.820
 something to

00:49:41.820 --> 00:49:42.260
 God in

00:49:42.260 --> 00:49:44.039
 prayer, but

00:49:44.039 --> 00:49:44.519
 you can't

00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:44.880
 wait.

00:49:45.720 --> 00:49:46.500
 You can't

00:49:46.500 --> 00:49:47.160
 wait for an

00:49:47.160 --> 00:49:47.500
 answer.

00:49:48.059 --> 00:49:48.460
 You can't

00:49:48.460 --> 00:49:49.160
 wait to see

00:49:49.159 --> 00:49:50.139
 if God is

00:49:50.139 --> 00:49:50.500
 going to

00:49:50.500 --> 00:49:50.759
 work.

00:49:50.819 --> 00:49:51.179
 You start

00:49:51.179 --> 00:49:51.619
 to take

00:49:51.619 --> 00:49:52.599
 the situation

00:49:52.599 --> 00:49:53.199
 into your

00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:53.699
 own hands.

00:49:53.819 --> 00:49:54.379
 You'll do

00:49:54.379 --> 00:49:55.639
 something about

00:49:55.639 --> 00:49:56.319
 it yourself.

00:49:57.899 --> 00:49:58.699
 We all

00:49:58.699 --> 00:49:59.179
 do it.

00:50:00.099 --> 00:50:00.759
 We all

00:50:00.759 --> 00:50:01.579
 lose patience.

00:50:01.799 --> 00:50:02.119
 We all

00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:02.980
 try and do

00:50:02.980 --> 00:50:03.500
 things in

00:50:03.500 --> 00:50:03.960
 our own

00:50:03.960 --> 00:50:04.539
 way instead

00:50:04.539 --> 00:50:05.319
 of waiting

00:50:05.319 --> 00:50:06.579
 on God.

00:50:07.539 --> 00:50:08.159
 But here's

00:50:08.159 --> 00:50:09.099
 another reminder

00:50:09.099 --> 00:50:09.839
 to us

00:50:09.839 --> 00:50:11.199
 that God

00:50:11.199 --> 00:50:11.759
 is never

00:50:11.759 --> 00:50:12.539
 idle.

00:50:13.420 --> 00:50:13.980
 God is

00:50:13.980 --> 00:50:14.980
 never not

00:50:14.980 --> 00:50:16.239
 listening to

00:50:16.239 --> 00:50:16.959
 our prayers.

00:50:17.099 --> 00:50:17.379
 He doesn't

00:50:17.379 --> 00:50:17.919
 always give

00:50:17.919 --> 00:50:18.579
 us what

00:50:18.579 --> 00:50:19.179
 we want

00:50:19.179 --> 00:50:19.500
 as we

00:50:19.500 --> 00:50:19.919
 were thinking

00:50:19.919 --> 00:50:20.519
 this morning,

00:50:20.639 --> 00:50:21.319
 but he

00:50:21.319 --> 00:50:21.919
 does give

00:50:21.919 --> 00:50:22.679
 us what

00:50:22.679 --> 00:50:23.219
 we need.

00:50:24.319 --> 00:50:24.619
 And he

00:50:24.619 --> 00:50:25.159
 doesn't turn

00:50:25.159 --> 00:50:26.279
 any prayer

00:50:26.279 --> 00:50:27.139
 away.

00:50:27.819 --> 00:50:28.379
 He hears

00:50:28.379 --> 00:50:29.000
 our prayer,

00:50:29.379 --> 00:50:29.619
 and we are

00:50:29.619 --> 00:50:30.279
 to pray that

00:50:30.279 --> 00:50:31.399
 prayer in

00:50:31.399 --> 00:50:32.259
 his will

00:50:32.259 --> 00:50:33.359
 to be done.

00:50:34.399 --> 00:50:34.899
 And that's

00:50:34.899 --> 00:50:35.359
 what David

00:50:35.359 --> 00:50:35.939
 is saying

00:50:35.939 --> 00:50:36.919
 here in

00:50:36.919 --> 00:50:37.579
 these words.

00:50:37.739 --> 00:50:38.199
 He offers

00:50:38.199 --> 00:50:38.619
 up his

00:50:38.619 --> 00:50:39.139
 prayer and

00:50:39.139 --> 00:50:39.739
 his sacrifice

00:50:39.739 --> 00:50:40.139
 in the

00:50:40.139 --> 00:50:41.459
 morning and

00:50:41.459 --> 00:50:42.019
 watches.

00:50:42.019 --> 00:50:42.219
 watches.

00:50:43.400 --> 00:50:43.739
 And the

00:50:43.739 --> 00:50:44.219
 word there

00:50:44.219 --> 00:50:44.759
 for watch

00:50:44.759 --> 00:50:45.619
 has that

00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:46.440
 great sense

00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:47.820
 of expectation

00:50:47.820 --> 00:50:49.179
 behind it,

00:50:49.239 --> 00:50:49.599
 where he's

00:50:49.599 --> 00:50:50.900
 looking to

00:50:50.900 --> 00:50:51.420
 God, where

00:50:51.420 --> 00:50:51.800
 he's looking

00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:52.860
 to see what

00:50:52.860 --> 00:50:53.380
 is God

00:50:53.380 --> 00:50:53.920
 going to

00:50:53.920 --> 00:50:54.920
 do today.

00:50:55.000 --> 00:50:55.280
 There's a

00:50:55.280 --> 00:50:55.780
 sense of

00:50:55.780 --> 00:50:56.519
 excitement,

00:50:57.039 --> 00:50:57.559
 anticipation

00:50:57.559 --> 00:50:59.019
 in praying

00:50:59.019 --> 00:51:00.139
 to God.

00:51:01.420 --> 00:51:01.940
 And again,

00:51:02.019 --> 00:51:02.460
 we think of

00:51:02.460 --> 00:51:02.860
 our own

00:51:02.860 --> 00:51:03.559
 prayer life.

00:51:04.019 --> 00:51:04.400
 Do we

00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:05.019
 have that

00:51:05.019 --> 00:51:05.759
 sense of

00:51:05.759 --> 00:51:06.880
 expectation,

00:51:07.079 --> 00:51:07.639
 anticipation

00:51:07.639 --> 00:51:09.039
 as we pray

00:51:09.039 --> 00:51:09.460
 to God?

00:51:09.539 --> 00:51:10.000
 What is he

00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:10.900
 going to

00:51:10.900 --> 00:51:11.259
 do?

00:51:12.019 --> 00:51:12.880
 How is he

00:51:12.880 --> 00:51:13.579
 going to

00:51:13.579 --> 00:51:14.679
 work in

00:51:14.679 --> 00:51:15.079
 our midst?

00:51:15.139 --> 00:51:15.320
 And we

00:51:15.320 --> 00:51:15.860
 just think

00:51:15.860 --> 00:51:16.820
 of things

00:51:16.820 --> 00:51:17.079
 that we

00:51:17.079 --> 00:51:17.639
 have prayed

00:51:17.639 --> 00:51:18.059
 for as

00:51:18.059 --> 00:51:18.900
 a congregation.

00:51:20.019 --> 00:51:20.480
 What have

00:51:20.480 --> 00:51:21.000
 we prayed

00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:21.559
 for when

00:51:21.559 --> 00:51:22.300
 we've seen

00:51:22.300 --> 00:51:23.619
 God answer

00:51:23.619 --> 00:51:24.179
 prayer?

00:51:25.079 --> 00:51:25.539
 When we've

00:51:25.539 --> 00:51:26.119
 prayed for

00:51:26.119 --> 00:51:27.059
 conversions,

00:51:27.860 --> 00:51:28.119
 have we

00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:28.559
 prayed

00:51:28.559 --> 00:51:29.900
 expectantly

00:51:29.900 --> 00:51:30.699
 and watched

00:51:30.699 --> 00:51:31.440
 and waited

00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:32.099
 and say,

00:51:32.599 --> 00:51:33.119
 God, you

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:33.500
 are going

00:51:33.500 --> 00:51:33.900
 to do

00:51:33.900 --> 00:51:34.199
 it?

00:51:35.059 --> 00:51:35.519
 Well, we've

00:51:35.519 --> 00:51:36.059
 seen it.

00:51:36.860 --> 00:51:37.380
 We've seen

00:51:37.380 --> 00:51:38.480
 people come

00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:39.219
 to faith.

00:51:39.880 --> 00:51:40.759
 Praise God,

00:51:41.119 --> 00:51:41.420
 he has

00:51:41.420 --> 00:51:41.940
 heard,

00:51:42.019 --> 00:51:43.059
 prayers.

00:51:43.980 --> 00:51:44.420
 We think

00:51:44.420 --> 00:51:46.099
 of different

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:46.739
 things going

00:51:46.739 --> 00:51:47.639
 on in

00:51:47.639 --> 00:51:48.539
 our congregation.

00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:50.280
 Whether it's

00:51:50.280 --> 00:51:50.980
 Friday at the

00:51:50.980 --> 00:51:51.420
 Free, as

00:51:51.420 --> 00:51:51.880
 people have

00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:53.039
 prayed for

00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:54.059
 that, and

00:51:54.059 --> 00:51:54.259
 we've

00:51:54.259 --> 00:51:54.519
 prayed,

00:51:54.639 --> 00:51:55.119
 Lord, let

00:51:55.119 --> 00:51:55.840
 us see

00:51:55.840 --> 00:51:56.880
 people come

00:51:56.880 --> 00:51:57.159
 in.

00:51:57.500 --> 00:51:57.880
 Let us

00:51:57.880 --> 00:51:58.659
 see people

00:51:58.659 --> 00:51:59.139
 show an

00:51:59.139 --> 00:52:00.099
 interest in

00:52:00.099 --> 00:52:00.759
 the gospel

00:52:00.759 --> 00:52:01.280
 here.

00:52:01.860 --> 00:52:02.559
 Praise God,

00:52:02.619 --> 00:52:03.099
 we've seen

00:52:03.099 --> 00:52:04.000
 prayer answered.

00:52:04.739 --> 00:52:05.179
 We've been

00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:06.119
 able to watch

00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:06.960
 and wait on

00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:07.920
 God and see

00:52:07.920 --> 00:52:09.440
 amazing ways

00:52:09.440 --> 00:52:10.340
 that he

00:52:10.340 --> 00:52:11.000
 has answered

00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:11.480
 prayer.

00:52:12.039 --> 00:52:12.460
 Think of

00:52:12.460 --> 00:52:13.079
 prayers for

00:52:13.079 --> 00:52:13.920
 holiday clubs

00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:14.539
 or youth

00:52:14.539 --> 00:52:15.000
 work,

00:52:15.460 --> 00:52:15.840
 praying for

00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:16.599
 young people

00:52:16.599 --> 00:52:17.079
 to come.

00:52:17.220 --> 00:52:17.820
 Praise God

00:52:17.820 --> 00:52:18.380
 they're here

00:52:18.380 --> 00:52:18.860
 tonight.

00:52:19.539 --> 00:52:20.019
 They're here,

00:52:20.079 --> 00:52:20.500
 you're here

00:52:20.500 --> 00:52:21.019
 with us.

00:52:21.400 --> 00:52:22.260
 The gospel is

00:52:22.260 --> 00:52:23.019
 being heard and

00:52:23.019 --> 00:52:23.579
 we see it in

00:52:23.579 --> 00:52:24.280
 the mornings as

00:52:24.280 --> 00:52:24.960
 they go out to

00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:25.740
 Sunday school.

00:52:26.280 --> 00:52:26.840
 We see it

00:52:26.840 --> 00:52:27.500
 week by week.

00:52:27.639 --> 00:52:28.400
 Praise God,

00:52:29.099 --> 00:52:29.380
 he has

00:52:29.380 --> 00:52:29.880
 answered

00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:30.420
 prayer.

00:52:32.059 --> 00:52:32.760
 And has that

00:52:32.760 --> 00:52:33.500
 been because of

00:52:33.500 --> 00:52:34.440
 our confidence?

00:52:34.440 --> 00:52:34.720
 confidence.

00:52:35.800 --> 00:52:36.019
 Well,

00:52:36.059 --> 00:52:36.679
 sometimes it's

00:52:36.679 --> 00:52:37.800
 despite our

00:52:37.800 --> 00:52:38.440
 lack of

00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:38.980
 confidence.

00:52:40.579 --> 00:52:41.179
 But we are

00:52:41.179 --> 00:52:42.139
 reminded here

00:52:42.139 --> 00:52:42.740
 that as we

00:52:42.740 --> 00:52:43.740
 pray to

00:52:43.740 --> 00:52:44.079
 God,

00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:44.700
 we pray

00:52:44.700 --> 00:52:45.579
 and watch.

00:52:46.700 --> 00:52:47.440
 That sense

00:52:47.440 --> 00:52:48.700
 of expectation,

00:52:49.460 --> 00:52:50.079
 God is

00:52:50.079 --> 00:52:50.519
 able.

00:52:51.240 --> 00:52:51.700
 So that

00:52:51.700 --> 00:52:52.280
 whatever it

00:52:52.280 --> 00:52:52.900
 is that we're

00:52:52.900 --> 00:52:53.900
 asking for,

00:52:54.400 --> 00:52:55.599
 he is

00:52:55.599 --> 00:52:56.079
 able.

00:52:57.039 --> 00:52:57.700
 You see it

00:52:57.700 --> 00:52:58.440
 with the

00:52:58.440 --> 00:52:59.220
 prophets in

00:52:59.220 --> 00:52:59.579
 the Old

00:52:59.579 --> 00:53:00.420
 Testament as

00:53:00.420 --> 00:53:00.760
 well.

00:53:01.360 --> 00:53:02.260
 The prophet

00:53:02.260 --> 00:53:02.980
 Isaiah in

00:53:02.980 --> 00:53:03.920
 chapter 30.

00:53:04.440 --> 00:53:05.700
 verse 18.

00:53:06.280 --> 00:53:06.780
 Therefore the

00:53:06.780 --> 00:53:07.700
 Lord waits to

00:53:07.700 --> 00:53:08.220
 be gracious

00:53:08.220 --> 00:53:08.700
 to you and

00:53:08.700 --> 00:53:09.159
 therefore he

00:53:09.159 --> 00:53:10.179
 exalts himself

00:53:10.179 --> 00:53:11.119
 to show

00:53:11.119 --> 00:53:12.019
 mercy to

00:53:12.019 --> 00:53:12.440
 you.

00:53:12.920 --> 00:53:13.159
 For the

00:53:13.159 --> 00:53:13.940
 Lord is a

00:53:13.940 --> 00:53:14.380
 God of

00:53:14.380 --> 00:53:14.880
 justice.

00:53:15.139 --> 00:53:15.880
 Blessed are

00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:17.139
 those who

00:53:17.139 --> 00:53:18.360
 wait for

00:53:18.360 --> 00:53:18.760
 him.

00:53:19.340 --> 00:53:19.740
 There is

00:53:19.740 --> 00:53:21.139
 blessing in

00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:22.440
 waiting on

00:53:22.440 --> 00:53:22.860
 the Lord.

00:53:22.980 --> 00:53:23.639
 Micah the

00:53:23.639 --> 00:53:24.420
 prophet, he

00:53:24.420 --> 00:53:25.119
 had the same

00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:26.000
 experience.

00:53:26.539 --> 00:53:26.840
 And you can

00:53:26.840 --> 00:53:27.480
 often go through

00:53:27.480 --> 00:53:28.619
 so many of

00:53:28.619 --> 00:53:29.300
 the Lord's

00:53:29.300 --> 00:53:29.840
 people in

00:53:29.840 --> 00:53:30.420
 the scriptures

00:53:30.420 --> 00:53:31.800
 waiting on

00:53:31.800 --> 00:53:32.220
 God.

00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:33.679
 Micah 7

00:53:33.679 --> 00:53:34.280
 verse 7.

00:53:34.280 --> 00:53:34.700
 But as

00:53:34.700 --> 00:53:35.300
 for me, I

00:53:35.300 --> 00:53:36.120
 watch in

00:53:36.120 --> 00:53:36.800
 hope for

00:53:36.800 --> 00:53:37.300
 the Lord.

00:53:37.720 --> 00:53:38.700
 I wait for

00:53:38.700 --> 00:53:39.320
 God my

00:53:39.320 --> 00:53:39.820
 Savior.

00:53:39.980 --> 00:53:40.680
 My God

00:53:40.680 --> 00:53:41.920
 will hear

00:53:41.920 --> 00:53:42.060
 me.

00:53:42.120 --> 00:53:42.360
 There's

00:53:42.360 --> 00:53:43.060
 confidence.

00:53:44.440 --> 00:53:45.680
 God will

00:53:45.680 --> 00:53:46.700
 deal with

00:53:46.700 --> 00:53:47.400
 this.

00:53:48.500 --> 00:53:48.620
 And

00:53:48.620 --> 00:53:48.960
 surely there's

00:53:48.960 --> 00:53:49.640
 a sense of

00:53:49.640 --> 00:53:50.680
 excitement in

00:53:50.680 --> 00:53:51.080
 that.

00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:52.340
 That God

00:53:52.340 --> 00:53:53.100
 is able to

00:53:53.100 --> 00:53:54.240
 deal with

00:53:54.240 --> 00:53:54.720
 this.

00:53:55.700 --> 00:53:56.400
 For David,

00:53:56.700 --> 00:53:57.019
 he had

00:53:57.019 --> 00:53:57.600
 offered his

00:53:57.600 --> 00:53:58.200
 prayer, he

00:53:58.200 --> 00:53:58.560
 had offered

00:53:58.560 --> 00:53:59.380
 his sacrifice,

00:53:59.740 --> 00:54:00.620
 and watch.

00:54:00.619 --> 00:54:02.199
 He is

00:54:02.199 --> 00:54:02.659
 able to

00:54:02.659 --> 00:54:04.119
 wait for

00:54:04.119 --> 00:54:04.639
 God.

00:54:06.039 --> 00:54:06.480
 In

00:54:06.480 --> 00:54:07.000
 Psalm

00:54:07.000 --> 00:54:09.619
 116,

00:54:10.099 --> 00:54:10.779
 as we

00:54:10.779 --> 00:54:11.739
 sang there,

00:54:11.900 --> 00:54:12.900
 the second

00:54:12.900 --> 00:54:13.380
 half of

00:54:13.380 --> 00:54:13.920
 verse 5,

00:54:14.579 --> 00:54:15.000
 the Lord

00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:15.880
 protects all

00:54:15.880 --> 00:54:16.519
 those of

00:54:16.519 --> 00:54:17.339
 childlike

00:54:17.339 --> 00:54:17.859
 faith.

00:54:18.319 --> 00:54:19.000
 When I was

00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:19.599
 in great

00:54:19.599 --> 00:54:20.599
 need, he

00:54:20.599 --> 00:54:21.460
 rescued me.

00:54:21.539 --> 00:54:21.960
 The Psalm

00:54:21.960 --> 00:54:22.579
 is all about

00:54:22.579 --> 00:54:23.719
 crying out

00:54:23.719 --> 00:54:24.400
 to God.

00:54:25.039 --> 00:54:25.380
 Do we

00:54:25.380 --> 00:54:26.000
 have that

00:54:26.000 --> 00:54:26.940
 childlike

00:54:26.940 --> 00:54:27.579
 faith?

00:54:28.680 --> 00:54:29.019
 That

00:54:29.019 --> 00:54:29.619
 childlike

00:54:29.619 --> 00:54:30.160
 faith, that

00:54:30.160 --> 00:54:32.000
 dependence on

00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:32.380
 him.

00:54:33.820 --> 00:54:34.500
 We need to

00:54:34.500 --> 00:54:35.480
 be like

00:54:35.480 --> 00:54:36.260
 that child,

00:54:36.380 --> 00:54:37.240
 but a

00:54:37.240 --> 00:54:37.880
 child with

00:54:37.880 --> 00:54:38.599
 that sense

00:54:38.599 --> 00:54:40.160
 of expectation,

00:54:40.420 --> 00:54:40.960
 childlike

00:54:40.960 --> 00:54:42.180
 faith, where

00:54:42.180 --> 00:54:42.960
 we trust

00:54:42.960 --> 00:54:44.200
 that God

00:54:44.200 --> 00:54:45.240
 is able.

00:54:46.079 --> 00:54:46.440
 Dr.

00:54:46.519 --> 00:54:46.800
 Helen

00:54:46.800 --> 00:54:47.460
 Rosevear,

00:54:47.880 --> 00:54:48.440
 she was a

00:54:48.440 --> 00:54:49.019
 missionary in

00:54:49.019 --> 00:54:50.480
 Africa, and

00:54:50.480 --> 00:54:51.059
 she tells

00:54:51.059 --> 00:54:51.840
 some amazing

00:54:51.840 --> 00:54:52.720
 stories of

00:54:52.720 --> 00:54:53.460
 how she saw

00:54:53.460 --> 00:54:55.000
 prayer answered.

00:54:55.380 --> 00:54:56.480
 I wanted to

00:54:56.480 --> 00:54:57.019
 finish with

00:54:57.019 --> 00:54:57.460
 this one.

00:54:58.579 --> 00:54:59.180
 It's a story

00:54:59.180 --> 00:54:59.780
 of a time

00:54:59.780 --> 00:55:01.700
 when they

00:55:01.700 --> 00:55:02.220
 had had a

00:55:02.220 --> 00:55:03.140
 great tragedy

00:55:03.140 --> 00:55:04.400
 where they

00:55:04.400 --> 00:55:04.760
 were.

00:55:05.860 --> 00:55:06.280
 She was

00:55:06.280 --> 00:55:06.800
 working in

00:55:06.800 --> 00:55:07.340
 a mission

00:55:07.340 --> 00:55:09.099
 station, and

00:55:09.099 --> 00:55:09.300
 she was

00:55:09.300 --> 00:55:10.019
 working among

00:55:10.019 --> 00:55:11.400
 young mothers,

00:55:12.140 --> 00:55:12.500
 and she

00:55:12.500 --> 00:55:12.960
 said this

00:55:12.960 --> 00:55:13.880
 day a

00:55:13.880 --> 00:55:14.300
 mother at

00:55:14.300 --> 00:55:14.780
 her mission

00:55:14.780 --> 00:55:15.960
 station died

00:55:15.960 --> 00:55:16.800
 giving birth

00:55:16.800 --> 00:55:17.640
 to a

00:55:17.640 --> 00:55:18.079
 premature

00:55:18.079 --> 00:55:18.700
 baby.

00:55:19.700 --> 00:55:20.200
 So obviously

00:55:20.200 --> 00:55:20.619
 it was a

00:55:20.619 --> 00:55:21.680
 difficult time,

00:55:22.500 --> 00:55:22.940
 and they

00:55:22.940 --> 00:55:23.579
 didn't have

00:55:23.579 --> 00:55:24.619
 the medical

00:55:24.619 --> 00:55:25.859
 facilities

00:55:25.859 --> 00:55:26.279
 that we

00:55:26.279 --> 00:55:27.059
 have today.

00:55:27.719 --> 00:55:27.940
 And she

00:55:27.940 --> 00:55:28.199
 was saying

00:55:28.199 --> 00:55:28.679
 we tried

00:55:28.679 --> 00:55:29.519
 to improvise

00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:30.279
 an incubator

00:55:30.279 --> 00:55:31.659
 to keep

00:55:31.659 --> 00:55:32.179
 the infant

00:55:32.179 --> 00:55:32.779
 alive, to

00:55:32.779 --> 00:55:33.619
 keep the

00:55:33.619 --> 00:55:34.400
 baby warm.

00:55:34.960 --> 00:55:35.460
 But the

00:55:35.460 --> 00:55:36.000
 only hot

00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:36.699
 water bottle

00:55:36.699 --> 00:55:37.139
 we had

00:55:37.139 --> 00:55:37.779
 was beyond

00:55:37.779 --> 00:55:38.559
 repair.

00:55:39.839 --> 00:55:40.139
 And so

00:55:40.139 --> 00:55:40.579
 we asked

00:55:40.579 --> 00:55:41.199
 the children

00:55:41.199 --> 00:55:42.099
 to pray

00:55:42.099 --> 00:55:43.199
 for the

00:55:43.199 --> 00:55:44.279
 baby and

00:55:44.279 --> 00:55:44.779
 for her

00:55:44.779 --> 00:55:45.259
 sister.

00:55:46.539 --> 00:55:46.819
 And she

00:55:46.819 --> 00:55:47.259
 goes on to

00:55:47.259 --> 00:55:47.500
 say one

00:55:47.500 --> 00:55:47.719
 of the

00:55:47.719 --> 00:55:48.880
 girls responded

00:55:48.880 --> 00:55:49.980
 and prayed

00:55:49.980 --> 00:55:50.480
 like this,

00:55:50.480 --> 00:55:51.280
 dear God,

00:55:51.860 --> 00:55:52.699
 please send

00:55:52.699 --> 00:55:53.260
 a hot

00:55:53.260 --> 00:55:54.119
 water bottle

00:55:54.119 --> 00:55:54.880
 today.

00:55:56.019 --> 00:55:56.360
 Tomorrow

00:55:56.360 --> 00:55:56.820
 will be

00:55:56.820 --> 00:55:57.539
 too late,

00:55:58.099 --> 00:55:59.159
 because by

00:55:59.159 --> 00:55:59.559
 then the

00:55:59.559 --> 00:56:00.039
 baby will

00:56:00.039 --> 00:56:00.559
 have died.

00:56:01.599 --> 00:56:02.099
 And dear

00:56:02.099 --> 00:56:02.440
 Lord,

00:56:02.599 --> 00:56:03.340
 please send

00:56:03.340 --> 00:56:03.920
 a doll

00:56:03.920 --> 00:56:04.920
 for the

00:56:04.920 --> 00:56:05.920
 sister so

00:56:05.920 --> 00:56:06.539
 she won't

00:56:06.539 --> 00:56:07.860
 feel lonely.

00:56:08.820 --> 00:56:09.719
 It's such

00:56:09.719 --> 00:56:10.679
 a simple

00:56:10.679 --> 00:56:11.679
 prayer,

00:56:12.119 --> 00:56:12.860
 a child

00:56:12.860 --> 00:56:13.719
 prayer.

00:56:15.639 --> 00:56:15.920
 Well,

00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:16.980
 that afternoon

00:56:16.980 --> 00:56:17.639
 she said a

00:56:17.639 --> 00:56:18.679
 large package

00:56:18.679 --> 00:56:19.779
 arrived from

00:56:19.779 --> 00:56:20.119
 England.

00:56:21.239 --> 00:56:21.779
 And the

00:56:21.779 --> 00:56:22.599
 children watched

00:56:22.599 --> 00:56:23.199
 eagerly,

00:56:23.219 --> 00:56:23.519
 she said,

00:56:23.539 --> 00:56:23.799
 as we

00:56:23.799 --> 00:56:24.419
 opened it.

00:56:25.379 --> 00:56:25.739
 And much

00:56:25.739 --> 00:56:26.079
 to their

00:56:26.079 --> 00:56:26.679
 surprise,

00:56:26.799 --> 00:56:27.299
 under some

00:56:27.299 --> 00:56:27.859
 clothing,

00:56:28.379 --> 00:56:28.819
 was a

00:56:28.819 --> 00:56:29.579
 hot water

00:56:29.579 --> 00:56:30.019
 bottle.

00:56:31.419 --> 00:56:31.619
 The

00:56:31.619 --> 00:56:32.879
 prayer was

00:56:32.879 --> 00:56:33.379
 answered.

00:56:34.460 --> 00:56:34.859
 But the

00:56:34.859 --> 00:56:35.319
 little girl

00:56:35.319 --> 00:56:35.599
 who had

00:56:35.599 --> 00:56:36.179
 prayed,

00:56:36.299 --> 00:56:36.559
 what did

00:56:36.559 --> 00:56:37.079
 she start

00:56:37.079 --> 00:56:37.460
 doing?

00:56:38.319 --> 00:56:38.519
 Ellen

00:56:38.519 --> 00:56:38.919
 Rosevear

00:56:38.919 --> 00:56:39.699
 says immediately

00:56:39.699 --> 00:56:40.460
 she started

00:56:40.460 --> 00:56:41.219
 digging into

00:56:41.219 --> 00:56:41.980
 the package

00:56:41.980 --> 00:56:43.419
 and exclaiming

00:56:43.419 --> 00:56:44.139
 with great

00:56:44.139 --> 00:56:44.639
 excitement,

00:56:44.779 --> 00:56:44.859
 well,

00:56:44.899 --> 00:56:45.339
 if God

00:56:45.339 --> 00:56:46.059
 sent that

00:56:46.059 --> 00:56:46.879
 hot water

00:56:46.879 --> 00:56:47.179
 bottle,

00:56:47.259 --> 00:56:47.779
 I'm sure

00:56:47.779 --> 00:56:48.379
 he sent

00:56:48.380 --> 00:56:48.940
 a doll

00:56:48.940 --> 00:56:49.440
 too.

00:56:50.460 --> 00:56:50.880
 And there

00:56:50.880 --> 00:56:51.119
 in the

00:56:51.119 --> 00:56:51.519
 bottom of

00:56:51.519 --> 00:56:51.900
 the box

00:56:51.900 --> 00:56:52.300
 was a

00:56:52.300 --> 00:56:52.559
 doll.

00:56:53.920 --> 00:56:54.220
 And what

00:56:54.220 --> 00:56:54.579
 was so

00:56:54.579 --> 00:56:55.039
 amazing

00:56:55.039 --> 00:56:55.619
 about it

00:56:55.619 --> 00:56:56.519
 was God's

00:56:56.519 --> 00:56:57.019
 timing.

00:56:58.440 --> 00:56:58.860
 It was

00:56:58.860 --> 00:56:59.660
 five months

00:56:59.660 --> 00:57:00.800
 previous that

00:57:00.800 --> 00:57:01.599
 that package

00:57:01.599 --> 00:57:01.980
 had been

00:57:01.980 --> 00:57:02.519
 made up

00:57:02.519 --> 00:57:03.099
 and sent

00:57:03.099 --> 00:57:03.860
 from England

00:57:03.860 --> 00:57:04.880
 and sent

00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:05.400
 over to

00:57:05.400 --> 00:57:06.039
 this mission

00:57:06.039 --> 00:57:07.300
 station in

00:57:07.300 --> 00:57:07.900
 Africa to

00:57:07.900 --> 00:57:09.140
 arrive on

00:57:09.140 --> 00:57:09.740
 that very

00:57:09.740 --> 00:57:10.920
 day that

00:57:10.920 --> 00:57:11.240
 it was

00:57:11.240 --> 00:57:11.579
 needed.

00:57:13.200 --> 00:57:13.700
 God

00:57:13.700 --> 00:57:14.519
 had known

00:57:14.519 --> 00:57:15.140
 that prayer

00:57:15.140 --> 00:57:16.000
 even before

00:57:16.000 --> 00:57:16.800
 it was

00:57:16.800 --> 00:57:17.300
 offered up.

00:57:17.380 --> 00:57:17.579
 They'd

00:57:17.579 --> 00:57:17.960
 known,

00:57:18.199 --> 00:57:18.559
 he had

00:57:18.559 --> 00:57:18.779
 known

00:57:18.779 --> 00:57:19.019
 their

00:57:19.019 --> 00:57:19.440
 need.

00:57:20.480 --> 00:57:20.759
 That

00:57:20.759 --> 00:57:21.460
 childlike

00:57:21.460 --> 00:57:22.039
 faith

00:57:22.039 --> 00:57:22.819
 was

00:57:22.819 --> 00:57:23.400
 rewarded.

00:57:24.639 --> 00:57:25.219
 And God

00:57:25.219 --> 00:57:25.840
 has promised

00:57:25.840 --> 00:57:26.559
 to hear

00:57:26.559 --> 00:57:27.860
 his praying

00:57:27.860 --> 00:57:28.719
 people.

00:57:29.539 --> 00:57:29.920
 And that's

00:57:29.920 --> 00:57:30.079
 what we

00:57:30.079 --> 00:57:30.360
 have to

00:57:30.360 --> 00:57:30.799
 remind

00:57:30.799 --> 00:57:31.400
 ourselves

00:57:31.400 --> 00:57:32.039
 of too.

00:57:32.519 --> 00:57:32.840
 We are

00:57:32.840 --> 00:57:33.440
 to come

00:57:33.440 --> 00:57:34.860
 and approach

00:57:34.860 --> 00:57:36.039
 God who

00:57:36.039 --> 00:57:36.639
 is able,

00:57:36.860 --> 00:57:37.340
 God who

00:57:37.340 --> 00:57:37.940
 is Lord

00:57:37.940 --> 00:57:39.079
 of all.

00:57:39.599 --> 00:57:40.000
 And we

00:57:40.000 --> 00:57:40.199
 are to

00:57:40.199 --> 00:57:40.420
 make it

00:57:40.420 --> 00:57:41.219
 our priority

00:57:41.219 --> 00:57:42.460
 to come.

00:57:42.460 --> 00:57:43.840
 God

00:57:43.840 --> 00:57:44.000
 and we

00:57:44.000 --> 00:57:44.280
 are to

00:57:44.280 --> 00:57:44.860
 wait and

00:57:44.860 --> 00:57:45.300
 watch

00:57:45.300 --> 00:57:46.380
 with that

00:57:46.380 --> 00:57:47.340
 expectation

00:57:47.340 --> 00:57:48.300
 as we

00:57:48.300 --> 00:57:48.740
 do so

00:57:48.740 --> 00:57:49.099
 that he

00:57:49.099 --> 00:57:49.720
 is able

00:57:49.720 --> 00:57:51.000
 to hear

00:57:51.000 --> 00:57:52.220
 and answer

00:57:52.220 --> 00:57:52.840
 prayer.

00:57:54.280 --> 00:57:54.780
 And again,

00:57:55.159 --> 00:57:55.760
 somebody wants

00:57:55.760 --> 00:57:56.139
 prayer like

00:57:56.139 --> 00:57:56.480
 this, when

00:57:56.480 --> 00:57:57.099
 we pray we

00:57:57.099 --> 00:57:57.400
 are to

00:57:57.400 --> 00:57:57.900
 remember

00:57:57.900 --> 00:57:59.480
 three things.

00:58:00.539 --> 00:58:01.039
 First,

00:58:01.679 --> 00:58:02.159
 the love

00:58:02.159 --> 00:58:02.699
 of God

00:58:02.699 --> 00:58:03.280
 that wants

00:58:03.280 --> 00:58:03.880
 the best

00:58:03.880 --> 00:58:04.440
 for us.

00:58:04.440 --> 00:58:05.880
 Secondly,

00:58:06.480 --> 00:58:07.420
 the wisdom

00:58:07.420 --> 00:58:09.079
 of God

00:58:09.079 --> 00:58:10.280
 that knows

00:58:10.280 --> 00:58:11.480
 what is

00:58:11.480 --> 00:58:12.240
 best for

00:58:12.240 --> 00:58:12.599
 us.

00:58:13.420 --> 00:58:14.139
 And thirdly,

00:58:14.619 --> 00:58:15.360
 the power

00:58:15.360 --> 00:58:15.960
 of God

00:58:15.960 --> 00:58:16.920
 that can

00:58:16.920 --> 00:58:17.420
 accomplish

00:58:17.420 --> 00:58:17.820
 it.

00:58:19.099 --> 00:58:19.400
 And so

00:58:19.400 --> 00:58:19.659
 as we

00:58:19.659 --> 00:58:20.099
 think of

00:58:20.099 --> 00:58:20.480
 David

00:58:20.480 --> 00:58:21.179
 here,

00:58:22.039 --> 00:58:22.440
 reminding

00:58:22.440 --> 00:58:22.960
 us of

00:58:22.960 --> 00:58:23.900
 the importance

00:58:23.900 --> 00:58:25.280
 of prayer,

00:58:26.119 --> 00:58:26.659
 let us

00:58:26.659 --> 00:58:27.240
 have that

00:58:27.240 --> 00:58:27.940
 confidence,

00:58:28.780 --> 00:58:29.639
 that boldness

00:58:29.639 --> 00:58:30.280
 to come

00:58:30.280 --> 00:58:31.480
 and approach

00:58:31.480 --> 00:58:32.659
 God with

00:58:32.659 --> 00:58:33.280
 all our

00:58:33.280 --> 00:58:33.760
 cares,

00:58:33.900 --> 00:58:34.340
 with all

00:58:34.340 --> 00:58:34.600
 our

00:58:34.600 --> 00:58:35.200
 prayers,

00:58:35.940 --> 00:58:36.420
 making it

00:58:36.420 --> 00:58:36.579
 our

00:58:36.579 --> 00:58:37.200
 priority

00:58:37.200 --> 00:58:38.700
 and knowing

00:58:38.700 --> 00:58:39.640
 that he

00:58:39.640 --> 00:58:40.240
 is able,

00:58:40.900 --> 00:58:41.260
 that we

00:58:41.260 --> 00:58:42.059
 can watch

00:58:42.059 --> 00:58:43.380
 and wait

00:58:43.380 --> 00:58:44.059
 for him

00:58:44.059 --> 00:58:44.940
 to do

00:58:44.940 --> 00:58:45.400
 more than

00:58:45.400 --> 00:58:45.860
 we ever

00:58:45.860 --> 00:58:47.260
 ask or

00:58:47.260 --> 00:58:47.740
 imagine.

00:58:48.460 --> 00:58:49.059
 Let us

00:58:49.059 --> 00:58:49.320
 pray.

00:58:51.340 --> 00:58:51.900
 Lord,

00:58:51.960 --> 00:58:52.120
 our

00:58:52.120 --> 00:58:52.579
 gracious

00:58:52.579 --> 00:58:53.019
 God,

00:58:53.079 --> 00:58:53.320
 we do

00:58:53.320 --> 00:58:53.940
 thank you

00:58:53.940 --> 00:58:54.600
 that we

00:58:54.600 --> 00:58:55.680
 have such

00:58:55.680 --> 00:58:56.720
 great power

00:58:56.720 --> 00:58:57.300
 in prayer,

00:58:57.380 --> 00:58:57.780
 not from

00:58:57.780 --> 00:58:58.380
 ourselves,

00:58:59.180 --> 00:58:59.539
 but in

00:58:59.539 --> 00:58:59.920
 the one

00:58:59.920 --> 00:59:00.220
 to whom

00:59:00.220 --> 00:59:00.640
 we offer

00:59:00.640 --> 00:59:01.320
 our prayers

00:59:01.320 --> 00:59:01.840
 up to.

00:59:02.380 --> 00:59:02.920
 We thank

00:59:02.920 --> 00:59:03.100
 you that

00:59:03.100 --> 00:59:03.400
 the way

00:59:03.400 --> 00:59:03.880
 is opened

00:59:03.880 --> 00:59:04.440
 up for

00:59:04.440 --> 00:59:04.700
 us

00:59:04.700 --> 00:59:04.960
 through

00:59:04.960 --> 00:59:05.420
 Jesus

00:59:05.420 --> 00:59:06.059
 Christ,

00:59:06.160 --> 00:59:06.340
 our

00:59:06.340 --> 00:59:06.680
 Lord,

00:59:07.360 --> 00:59:07.660
 that we

00:59:07.660 --> 00:59:08.099
 come in

00:59:08.099 --> 00:59:08.780
 his name,

00:59:09.240 --> 00:59:09.700
 the name

00:59:09.700 --> 00:59:09.960
 above

00:59:09.960 --> 00:59:10.760
 every name,

00:59:11.400 --> 00:59:11.940
 acknowledging

00:59:11.940 --> 00:59:12.300
 their

00:59:12.300 --> 00:59:13.019
 dependence

00:59:13.019 --> 00:59:13.940
 upon you

00:59:13.940 --> 00:59:14.840
 and thankful

00:59:14.840 --> 00:59:15.360
 for every

00:59:15.360 --> 00:59:16.079
 blessing that

00:59:16.079 --> 00:59:16.460
 you give

00:59:16.460 --> 00:59:17.039
 to us.

00:59:17.519 --> 00:59:17.740
 Your

00:59:17.740 --> 00:59:18.220
 blessings

00:59:18.220 --> 00:59:18.940
 new each

00:59:18.940 --> 00:59:19.400
 morning,

00:59:19.920 --> 00:59:20.460
 great is

00:59:20.460 --> 00:59:20.660
 your

00:59:20.660 --> 00:59:21.539
 faithfulness,

00:59:22.039 --> 00:59:22.380
 and may

00:59:22.380 --> 00:59:22.800
 you make

00:59:22.800 --> 00:59:23.340
 us a

00:59:23.340 --> 00:59:23.720
 faithful

00:59:23.720 --> 00:59:24.360
 people

00:59:24.360 --> 00:59:25.240
 to keep

00:59:25.240 --> 00:59:26.039
 on praying

00:59:26.039 --> 00:59:26.980
 and not

00:59:26.980 --> 00:59:27.500
 to lose

00:59:27.500 --> 00:59:27.900
 heart,

00:59:27.980 --> 00:59:28.200
 and to

00:59:28.200 --> 00:59:28.660
 remember

00:59:28.660 --> 00:59:29.420
 that we

00:59:29.420 --> 00:59:30.059
 can watch

00:59:30.059 --> 00:59:30.719
 and wait

00:59:30.719 --> 00:59:30.920
 with

00:59:30.920 --> 00:59:31.779
 expectation,

00:59:32.360 --> 00:59:32.739
 for you

00:59:32.739 --> 00:59:33.360
 are God

00:59:33.360 --> 00:59:33.860
 who is

00:59:33.860 --> 00:59:34.259
 able.

00:59:34.779 --> 00:59:35.239
 So continue

00:59:35.239 --> 00:59:35.799
 to hear

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 continue to

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 and teach us

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 always to

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 pray as a

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 priority in

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 our lives.

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 We ask it

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 with the

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 forgiveness of

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 our sin,

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 in Jesus'

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 name,

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 Amen.

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 We're going

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 to conclude

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 by singing

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 from this

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 psalm that

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 we've been

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 Psalm 5.

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 In the

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 version,

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 Psalm 5

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 is Arlington,

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 O Lord,

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 give ear to

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 me as I

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 O my

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 King and

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 God,

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 as I

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 earnestly

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 because

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 to you

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 I cry.

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 to God's

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 praise.

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 Amen.

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 I lay before you my request

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 And with expectation here

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 After the benediction I'll go to the door to my left

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 We'll close with the benediction

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 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God

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 Father, Son and Holy Spirit

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 Rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore

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 Amen

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 Thank you.