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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise in Psalm 46 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 Psalm 46 in the Scottish Psalter, page 271 of the psalm book.

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 We're going to sing from verse 1 down to verse 7.

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 Psalm 46, page 271.

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 God is our refuge and our strength in straits a present deed.

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 Therefore, although the earth remove, we will not be afraid.

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 Though hills amidst the seas be cast, the waters roaring make and troubled be.

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 Yea, though the hills by swelling seas do shake.

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 We'll sing verse 1 to 7 to God's praise and we stand to sing.

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 Amen.

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 God is our refuge and our strength in straits a present day.

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 Therefore, although the earth remove, we will not be afraid.

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 Though hills amidst the seas be cast, though waters roaring make and troubled be.

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 In all the hills by swelling seas do shake.

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 A river is whose streams to glad the city of our God.

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 God is our refuge and our strength in the city of God.

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 God is our refuge and our strength in the city of God.

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 God is our refuge and our strength in the city of God.

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 God is our refuge and our strength in the city of God.

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 The Lord of hosts upon our side doth constantly remain.

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 God is our strength in the city of our breve, Amen.

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 The Holy God of hosts upon our prime

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 Our gracious Father in heaven, we thank you for the privilege that is in coming to worship you today on such a glorious day, a beautiful day.

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 Outside, we pray to know the blessing of your peace inside here as well, that you will be with us, Lord, and with all who gather to worship you this day.

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 We thank you that together we come to look to you and to praise your name, even as we have sung, that you are our refuge and our strength, our help in times of trouble.

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 And today, as we remember, Lord, so much that goes on in our world and has gone on in the past, especially on this Remembrance Sunday, we thank you for the freedom we enjoy, especially for those who gave their lives that we might have that freedom.

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 And we pray that from the youngest to the oldest here, we will have a great sense of thankfulness for all that we have, all that is from your hand.

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 And we pray today, Lord, that we will be still before you and just know that you are with us.

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 So bless us, we pray, Lord.

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 Look down upon us.

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 Bless the young ones as they will go through to the Sunday school in a few moments.

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 Lord, be with them there and watch over us all as a people here, pardoning all our sins as we ask it all in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Boys and girls, before you go through to the hall for Sunday school classes, I just want to say a few words to you.

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 Today is Remembrance Sunday and yesterday was Remembrance Day, the 11th of November.

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 It was a significant date in our calendar because we look back over a number of years and to this day and we remember those who have given such a great sacrifice for our freedom.

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 Many lost their lives in conflict in the past and today we remember too that around the world there are many conflicts going on.

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 And we do look to God to help in these times and that he might give us peace.

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 But there's something that we see at this time that reminds us just to pause for a few moments in remembrance.

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 And that is the poppy.

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 You'll see it, people wearing it today and you'll see it in different places.

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 I'm sure you've seen it during this week.

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 The poppy is seen at this time and it just reminds us of people who have given their lives.

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 I wanted to show you a poppy that was made for the church here.

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 It was by someone who comes to the Friday at the Free.

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 And a few weeks ago they gave us this.

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 And it's a number of poppies that have been knitted and then sewn together to make one big wreath.

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 And then in the middle, maybe you can't see it, but this black strip has words on it that says,

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 Lest we forget.

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 We are to remember what many people did for us in the past.

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 And that is really what the poppy is about.

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 It's a reminder for us.

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 It was first used in 1921.

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 Not long after the end of the First World War.

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 And the poppy was significant because after the war ended, there was a number of fields,

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 especially in France, where so much devastation was left.

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 It was just a place of mud.

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 And they were thinking, could anything grow here once again after all these years of war?

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 And the first thing that started to grow on the ground was the poppy.

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 And some of the fields ended up just full of poppies, red in color.

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 And it's a powerful reminder to us, especially when you even think of the color red,

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 when you think of sacrifices made, number of people who died in conflicts over many years.

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 And somebody said at the end of the First World War,

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 when you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we give our today.

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 And again, it's just a powerful reminder to us of the sacrifice that was made for us to enjoy freedom,

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 to be able to come to church, to be able to live our lives,

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 to be able to go to Sunday school, to enjoy our freedom.

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 But our greatest reminder today of our freedom is that another one gave his life,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Our freedom from sin came at a price.

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 And again, the color red reminds us of that,

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 that Jesus shed his blood on the cross,

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 that we might have freedom from our sins.

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 So today, we do remember those who gave their lives and continue to give life for our freedom.

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 But above all, we remember the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who died for our peace and for our salvation and our security,

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 that through him we might have life and life eternal.

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 So may God bless us today as a people and as a nation and indeed as a world

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 as we think of these things and pray for God's peace and presence for all his people.

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 Well, we'll say the Lord's Prayer together now.

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 Let's say the Lord's Prayer.

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 Amen.

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 Well, there's again, sing to God's praise.

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 This time we're singing in Psalm 139a.

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 This is in the Sing Psalms version.

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 Psalm 139a.

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 And we're going to sing from verse 13 down to verse 18.

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 This is on page 181 of the psalm book.

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 Psalm 139a and at verse 13.

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 A reminder to us that the Lord knows all about us and all his people.

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 For you, O Lord, created me.

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 You wove me on your loom.

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 My inmost being you have formed within my mother's womb.

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 Because I'm wonderfully made, with all your praise I'll tell.

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 Your workmanship is marvelous.

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 And this I know full well.

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 We'll sing from verse 13 to 18 to God's praise.

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 For you, O Lord, created me.

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 You hold me on your loom.

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 My inmost being you have formed within my mother's womb.

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 Because I'm wonderfully made, with all your praise I tell.

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 Your workmanship is marvelous.

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 And this I know full well.

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 When in the secret place my frame was made before my birth.

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 You saw my body yet conformed within the depths of earth.

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 And all the days that I should live, which you ordained for me,

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 Were written in your book, O Lord, before they came to me.

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 O God, how precious are your thoughts.

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 I scarred them from afar.

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 And as I seek to grasp them all,

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 How numberless they are.

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 Were I to count them they would be,

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 More than the grains of sand.

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 When I awake, I am with you.

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 Still safe within your hands.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we'll turn together to read in God's word now in the Old Testament

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 in the book of Ecclesiastes.

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 And we're reading in chapter 3.

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 Ecclesiastes chapter 3.

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 You know, the book of Psalms and Proverbs and then Ecclesiastes.

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 Ecclesiastes chapter 3.

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 And we can read the whole of this chapter together.

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 For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven.

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 A time to be born and a time to die.

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 A time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted.

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 A time to kill and a time to heal.

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 A time to break down and a time to build up.

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 A time to weep and a time to laugh.

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 A time to mourn and a time to dance.

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 A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together.

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 A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.

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 A time to seek and a time to lose.

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 A time to keep and a time to cast away.

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 A time to tear and a time to sow.

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 A time to keep silence and a time to speak.

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 A time to love and a time to hate.

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 A time for war and a time for peace.

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 What gain has the worker from his toil?

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 I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

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 He has made everything beautiful in its time.

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 Also he has put enmity into eternity into man's heart.

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 Yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

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 I perceive that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live.

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 Also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil.

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 This is God's gift to man.

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 I perceive that whatever God does endures forever.

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 Nothing can be added to it.

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 Not anything taken from it.

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 God has done it so that people fear before him.

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 That which is already has been.

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 That which is to be already has been.

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 And God seeks what has been driven away.

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 Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of justice even there was wickedness.

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 And in the place of righteousness even there was wickedness.

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 I said in my heart God will judge the righteous and the wicked.

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 For there is a time for every matter and for every work.

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 I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.

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 For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same.

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 As one dies so dies the other.

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 They all have the same breath and man has no advantage over the beasts.

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 For all is vanity.

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 All go to one place.

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 All are from the dust and to dust all return.

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 Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upwards and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth.

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 So I saw there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work.

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 For that is his lot.

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 Who can bring him to see what will be after him.

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 Amen.

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 And may God bless that reading of his word.

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 Let's again just bow our heads in a word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Lord our gracious God as we continue in your presence today.

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 We thank you that your promise is of your presence with your people.

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 We have such great promises in your word that never will you leave us.

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 Never will you forsake us.

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 We have sung of these promises in Psalm 46 that God is our refuge and our strength.

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 And all of these things remind us that we need you.

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 And where would we be without you?

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 And even in times of trouble and conflict as we remember today.

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 We thank you that you are the God of heaven and earth.

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 That you are the God who is sovereign over all things.

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 That you are the one who rules on high and has plans and purposes even that we cannot comprehend at times.

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 We cannot see or understand.

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 And yet we look to your word and we thank you that you remind us through it.

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 That as we look to the things in this world from our own perspective that we seek, where we seek understanding we cannot find it.

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 But yet when we look above, when we look to you as God of heaven and earth, that you are able to help us.

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 That you are able to give us a peace in the midst of trouble.

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 A peace that passes all understanding.

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 For your word is a word of life.

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 You have made us for a purpose, Lord.

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 You have formed us.

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 You have marked our days.

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 And we pray, Lord, that you will help us even as we live and breathe in this earth.

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 That we would seek to do all for your glory.

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 That we would seek to draw near to you and come and offer up worship and praise to you.

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 That even today as you remind us through your word of a time for everything.

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 That you will help us, Lord, to seek understanding and wisdom.

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 Not in our own selves or in anything of this world.

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 But in you.

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 That your spirit will minister to us and help us to have understanding.

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 And we do pray today, Lord, for our world.

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 And we pray, O Lord, in the midst of a day of remembrance.

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 That you will hear your praying people.

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 That you will look down upon us and hear a people who cry.

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 A people who weep.

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 A people who mourn.

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 And we pray, Lord, that you will come in your power.

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 That you will come to bring peace and to bring comfort.

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 In the midst of such devastating situations.

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 We do pray, Lord, that you will remember us as a people.

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 Even as you have done in the past.

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 When you have brought times of conflict to an end as we remember today.

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 We give thanks, O Lord, for the many occasions that you have brought nations and people.

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 Through such difficult days.

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 Such dark days.

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 But you are a God who has been able to bring peace when it seemed impossible.

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 And even today, as we think of things that are impossible for ourselves.

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 We thank you that all things are possible with you.

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 And so, Lord, hear our prayers.

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 Hear us, Lord, and look down upon us.

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 And do us good, we ask.

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 And we thank you that today is a day to rejoice.

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 Today is a day when we are reminded of your great power.

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 A power that is life and resurrection.

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 That on this first day of the week we come to worship you as our Lord and as our God.

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 Thankful for your Son, Christ Jesus.

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 Who you sent into this world.

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 That he would lay down his life for his people.

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 And that he would take it up again.

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 And that he would ascend on high.

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 And that there is a promise that he will come again.

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 That he will come, O Lord, to fulfill all scripture.

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 That he will come to fulfill all promises of peace and life and life eternal.

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 That he will come to bring his people together with him.

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 To wipe away all the tears.

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 And to fill our mouths with joy and singing and gladness.

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 And we thank you for the promise of hope that is in your word.

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 And we pray today that as your word is preached and proclaimed.

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 Far and wide.

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 That people will have ears to hear.

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 And that your spirit will work in power among us.

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 As a people here and throughout our nation and throughout the world.

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 That your word will bear much fruit.

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 And we do thank you, Lord, that in all our different needs.

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 Our needs are there many.

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 That we can come to you in prayer.

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 You are the one who hears.

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 And you are the only one who can help.

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 In so many different situations we find ourselves.

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 We think of those who are mourning and grieving at this time.

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 And we commit them to you, O Lord.

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 We ask your blessing, your comfort, your help towards them.

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 We think of those who are unwell in hospital or homes.

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:02.920
 Or at home, their own homes.

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:05.920
 Lord, we pray for your help towards them.

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:08.920
 It may not be that healing will come.

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:13.920
 But we pray, Lord, for your healing of the soul.

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:16.920
 For you to bless as only you can.

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:21.920
 To give hope in the midst of such uncertain times.

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:25.920
 We pray for our people as a whole throughout our communities, Lord.

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:28.920
 That you will look down upon us.

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:30.920
 That you will bless us, Lord.

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:32.920
 That you will work in our midst.

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:34.920
 Bringing young and old.

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.920
 Boys and girls.

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.920
 Men and women.

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:39.920
 To profess Christ Jesus as Lord.

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:43.920
 Again, O Lord, we pray that you will revive our hearts.

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:45.920
 That you will stir us up, O Lord.

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:47.920
 That you will hear our prayers.

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:51.920
 And so we thank you, Lord, that you are the God who is with us.

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:53.920
 That you have not abandoned us.

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:58.920
 That even in moments of silence, Lord, you speak to us.

00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:00.920
 For there is power even in silence.

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:05.920
 But we thank you, Lord, that you have spoken from the very beginning.

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:09.920
 That you created all things by the word of your power.

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:14.920
 And we thank you, too, that you have spoken to us and speak to us even now.

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:17.920
 Through your son, Christ Jesus.

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:20.920
 And we pray that as we hear your word even now.

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:23.920
 That you will speak to us all.

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:25.920
 That you will help us to hear.

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:28.920
 And repent and turn to you.

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:32.920
 And so we ask all these things acknowledging our sins.

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:35.920
 We know, Lord, how far short we fall.

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:38.920
 And we seek forgiveness for all our sins.

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:44.920
 We sin daily in thought, word, and indeed in action as your word says.

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:48.920
 And we just ask your forgiveness, Lord, that you will restore us.

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:50.920
 And that you will bless us.

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:54.920
 So be with us now and continue to go before us throughout this day.

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:57.920
 And throughout the days ahead, according to your will.

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:59.920
 That you will direct us in your paths.

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:01.920
 And hear our prayers.

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:04.920
 And all we ask, we ask in Jesus' precious name.

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.920
 Amen.

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:10.920
 Let's again sing to God's praise.

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:13.920
 Before we turn back to our reading in Ecclesiastes.

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:15.920
 We're singing in Psalm 76.

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:19.920
 In the Sing Psalms version, Psalm 76.

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:22.920
 Page 99 of the Psalm book.

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:29.920
 We can sing from verse 1 down to verse 9.

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:36.920
 Psalm 76 from verse 1 down to verse 9.

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:41.920
 In Judah's land, God's name is known.

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:43.920
 In Israel, he is great.

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.920
 In Salem, he has pitched his tent.

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:47.920
 His home in Zion set.

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.920
 He broke the fire.

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.920
 He broke the fire.

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.920
 He arrows there.

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:57.920
 The military might of those who with their swords and shields against us came to fight.

00:26:57.920 --> 00:27:02.920
 We'll sing Psalm 76 verse 1 down to verse 9.

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.920
 Psalm 76.

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:05.920
 In Judah's land, God's name is known.

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.920
 In Israel, he is great.

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:09.920
 In Salem, he has pitched his tent.

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.920
 His home in Zion set.

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:12.920
 He broke the fire.

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.920
 He has pitched his tent.

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.920
 In Israel, he is great.

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:16.920
 He broke the fire.

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:18.920
 In Israel, he is great.

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:20.920
 In Israel, he is great.

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:22.920
 In Salem, he has pitched his tent.

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:35.120
 Salem, he has pitched his tent, his home in Zion set.

00:27:35.119 --> 00:28:03.679
 He broke the fiery arrows there, the military might of those who with their swords and shields against us came to fight.

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:18.120
 Your splendor is more glorious on hillsides rich with praise.

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:32.519
 Brave men were stripped of hope, their squirt asleep in death they lay.

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:46.519
 Not one of those great warriors could lift his hands to kill.

00:28:46.519 --> 00:29:01.519
 At your rebuke, O Jacob's God, ride there and heart lay still.

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:16.519
 For you alone are to be feared before you who can stand.

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:31.519
 Who can injure your anger, Lord, the judgments you command.

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:46.519
 From heaven your verdict was thrown out, and was hashed in awe.

00:29:46.519 --> 00:30:01.519
 When you arose to save the poor and vindicate your law.

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:03.720
 Amen.

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:14.559
 Well, let's turn back to our reading in Ecclesiastes chapter 3.

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:25.119
 Ecclesiastes chapter 3, and it speaks here about a time for everything and how our times are in the hands of God.

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:28.199
 For everything there is a season and a time.

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:33.319
 For every matter under heaven, a time to be born and a time to die.

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:38.979
 And so it goes on down to verse 8 where it speaks of a time to love and a time to hate.

00:30:39.459 --> 00:30:43.899
 A time for war and a time for peace.

00:30:46.459 --> 00:30:51.239
 Newspaper headlines today are designed to catch your attention.

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:57.240
 So as you're looking online or as you're looking in the shops, you'll see the front pages.

00:30:58.299 --> 00:31:02.160
 And you'll be drawn to them by a headline that stands out.

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:07.140
 And in order to do this nowadays, sometimes maybe truth is stretched.

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:14.940
 Or even at times maybe a downright lie is told in order to draw attention towards that.

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:21.279
 But there are times, however, when front page headlines do shock.

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:26.559
 And they shock us to the point where we maybe hope that it is a lie.

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:29.180
 That it is not true.

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:36.779
 The headlines in newspapers at times of war are often such a time.

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:41.759
 A time when we hope this headline may not be true.

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:46.779
 May the suffering that we're seeing not actually be happening.

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:51.519
 And today as we come on a day of remembrance,

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:57.680
 when we remember the sacrifices that have been made for us as a people,

00:31:58.259 --> 00:32:02.559
 as we remember those who lost their lives and conflicts passed,

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:08.400
 and to this day who put their lives on the line so that we might enjoy peace.

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:11.320
 Our thoughts go back.

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:16.200
 We reflect looking back perhaps over many years.

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:20.620
 And when you look at newspaper headlines over the years,

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:26.060
 there have been times when they have shocked this nation's and many nations in the world.

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:31.880
 For example, the newspaper headline on the 5th of August 1914

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:36.060
 was Great Britain at war with Germany.

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.139
 Germany.

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:41.220
 From that date until the end of the First World War,

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:42.480
 four years later,

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:48.159
 the suffering was immense and there was a horrendous loss of life that ensued.

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:52.500
 But then, just a few years later,

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.619
 25 years later,

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:57.339
 on the 3rd of September 1939,

00:32:57.619 --> 00:33:02.019
 the newspaper headline once again had these same words on the front.

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:05.859
 Great Britain at war with Germany.

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:10.900
 And another conflict ensued over a long period of time,

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.460
 and again,

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:13.619
 many lives were lost.

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:17.680
 And these are headlines that our nation has seen at different times.

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:20.720
 In 1982 with the Falklands War,

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.400
 in 2003,

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:24.299
 and 2014

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:26.200
 with the Gulf War.

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:32.180
 And they are headlines that we see in our news in this past year,

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:35.779
 and even in these days in which we live.

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:41.019
 These things cause us to pause.

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:44.559
 And as we think of these things today,

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:48.340
 the Word of God speaks to us.

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:52.140
 It speaks into our situation today,

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:53.640
 as it always does,

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:56.820
 that even into the darkest of times,

00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:00.440
 God's Word is able to give light,

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:02.240
 to give direction,

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:04.440
 and to give hope.

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:08.320
 And to give us a hope of a better future.

00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:12.400
 To give us hope of a peaceful end.

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.820
 And above all,

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:16.640
 to give us hope for eternity.

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:20.019
 The Word here in Ecclesiastes,

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:21.039
 as we're going to look at,

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:25.059
 reminds us of the realities and the truths of life.

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:28.940
 Things that we often cannot understand.

00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:32.199
 Things that we maybe see no reason for,

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:34.679
 and just don't have the answer to.

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:37.980
 God's Word helps us.

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:40.699
 Helps us in some measure to see

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:44.879
 that He has a plan and a purpose in all things.

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:47.780
 And the opening words of Ecclesiastes,

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.460
 if you go back to chapter 1,

00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:52.720
 they're a little like a newspaper headline

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:55.480
 that's there to shock us as well,

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:57.039
 when it says in verse 1,

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.180
 the words of the preacher,

00:34:58.680 --> 00:35:00.940
 the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:03.940
 Then verse 2, it just stands out to us.

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:06.380
 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher.

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.440
 Vanity of vanities.

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:10.320
 All is vanity.

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:13.140
 Another translation is

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:14.539
 meaningless, meaningless,

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:17.440
 all is meaningless.

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:20.900
 And surely you would expect

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:23.500
 something more from the Word of God

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.139
 than to say,

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.480
 meaningless, meaningless,

00:35:25.819 --> 00:35:26.980
 all is meaningless.

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:30.159
 Well, there are two phrases

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:33.119
 that are used in these opening chapters

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:34.319
 of Ecclesiastes

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:37.519
 that help us to see a real contrast.

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:39.280
 And one is,

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.820
 as it speaks here of

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:42.860
 under the sun,

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.300
 as it says in chapter 1,

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.400
 verse 3,

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:47.619
 what does man gain by all the toil

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.619
 at which he toils?

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:50.599
 Under the sun.

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:53.159
 Under the sun is

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:54.780
 when we look at things

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:56.440
 in our own perspective,

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.619
 when we look at things,

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.780
 seeking to understand them

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:01.300
 by ourselves.

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:05.519
 But then as you go into chapter 3,

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:08.039
 the first verse there says,

00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:09.500
 for everything,

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:11.000
 there is a season,

00:36:11.660 --> 00:36:13.440
 a time for every matter

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:15.240
 under heaven.

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:18.740
 And there is the contrast for us.

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.960
 No longer are we looking at things

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:22.700
 under the sun,

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:24.680
 and seeking to look at things

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:26.360
 from our own perspective

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:28.620
 and our own understanding,

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:30.519
 but now we're beginning to see

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:32.079
 how the Lord gives us

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:33.799
 understanding and help,

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.579
 even to understand

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:38.019
 the difficult things in life.

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.960
 For everything,

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.639
 there is a season,

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:42.380
 there is a time,

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:44.500
 and a time for every matter

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:46.059
 under heaven.

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:48.599
 And this is under heaven,

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:49.739
 seeking to help us

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:51.259
 to understand things

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:53.440
 from God's perspective,

00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:55.339
 to look to him

00:36:55.339 --> 00:36:56.059
 in the things

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:57.460
 that we so often

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:59.039
 cannot understand,

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.440
 and to see

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:02.500
 that we can trust him.

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:05.240
 So that is what

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:07.019
 we are looking at today.

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.880
 In chapter 3,

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:10.619
 we see that things

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:12.039
 under heaven,

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.300
 things that are

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:14.240
 in the light

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:15.760
 of God's providence

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:18.119
 and God's control,

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.800
 that everything

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.800
 that happens

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:22.260
 in our world,

00:37:22.720 --> 00:37:23.720
 as it speaks here

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:25.019
 of a time for everything,

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:26.159
 a time to be born,

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:27.639
 a time to die,

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.699
 a time to love,

00:37:28.759 --> 00:37:29.659
 a time to hate,

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:31.440
 a time for war,

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:34.159
 and a time for peace.

00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:36.339
 That we can see it

00:37:36.339 --> 00:37:37.819
 as God is still

00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:39.219
 in control,

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:41.519
 God is still sovereign,

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:43.940
 God is able

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:45.139
 to help.

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:47.279
 And so there's three things

00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:48.259
 I want us to take

00:37:48.259 --> 00:37:50.480
 from verse 1

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:52.860
 to verse 15

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.719
 in particular.

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:56.219
 What we're looking at here

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:57.840
 is a time

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:59.219
 for everything.

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.940
 And that's our first thought,

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.599
 a time

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.920
 for everything.

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.699
 But the second thing

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.920
 slightly changes that

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.940
 it's everything

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:08.460
 in its time.

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:10.599
 So we don't seek

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.780
 to rush things.

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.860
 Much as we would love

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:14.079
 things to change,

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.380
 that God has

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:16.139
 everything

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:17.539
 in its time.

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:19.659
 And then the third thing

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.599
 I want us to think about

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.900
 is a time

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:23.340
 to reflect,

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:24.800
 a time to think

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:26.800
 about these things.

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.079
 So first of all,

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.539
 we see

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.639
 a time

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:31.039
 for everything.

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:33.000
 The opening verses

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:34.420
 in chapter 3

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.320
 remind us

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:36.340
 of the seasons

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:37.179
 of life

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:38.920
 that we go through.

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.519
 Verse 2

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:41.659
 through to verse 8,

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.820
 it just shows us

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:44.420
 the way our lives

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:45.500
 so often go.

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:46.480
 Although these words

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:48.420
 were written so long ago,

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:50.219
 they still speak to us.

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:51.980
 Each of these phrases

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.579
 that you read,

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:54.099
 it still speaks to us

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:55.199
 to this very day.

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.699
 They're a reality

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:58.199
 of our lives

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:59.039
 in this world

00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:01.139
 for every generation.

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:01.840
 And the words

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.659
 open with

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:04.360
 the main events

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:05.579
 in our lives,

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:07.679
 a time to be born

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:09.179
 and a time

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.019
 to die.

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.679
 But then you'll go down

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.500
 to verse 8.

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.300
 Everything else

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:15.320
 in between

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.160
 we have as well.

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:17.320
 But verse 8

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:17.900
 ends with

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.620
 a time

00:39:18.620 --> 00:39:20.000
 of war

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:21.300
 and a time

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:22.580
 for war

00:39:22.580 --> 00:39:24.000
 and a time

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:25.640
 for peace.

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.740
 Now when we think

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.400
 of the wars

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.440
 we remember today

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.780
 and the lives

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:31.640
 that were lost,

00:39:32.140 --> 00:39:33.580
 so many of them

00:39:33.580 --> 00:39:34.600
 were just

00:39:34.600 --> 00:39:35.440
 young men

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.700
 and young

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.340
 women.

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.840
 And it's hard

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.780
 for us

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:42.039
 to understand.

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:43.440
 It's hard

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.920
 for us

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.420
 even as you

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:44.900
 go around

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.980
 cemeteries

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.360
 or you look

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:47.440
 at war memorials

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.880
 and you see

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.539
 every name

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:50.179
 inscribed there

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.719
 and you see

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:51.460
 their age

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.199
 beside it.

00:39:52.279 --> 00:39:52.820
 Some just

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.500
 teenagers

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.699
 are in their

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:55.219
 twenties.

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.800
 So many

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:57.779
 lost their lives

00:39:57.779 --> 00:39:58.920
 so young.

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.480
 It's hard

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:00.940
 for us

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.960
 to understand.

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.079
 And if you think

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:04.179
 of our own

00:40:04.179 --> 00:40:04.940
 contexts

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:06.179
 here in our

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:06.659
 islands,

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:07.239
 as you think

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:08.059
 of how many

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.860
 have gone away

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.340
 from our

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.860
 islands

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.800
 never

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:12.039
 to return.

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:13.780
 It's hard

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.760
 for us

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:15.920
 to understand.

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.420
 Death

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:17.460
 is something

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.240
 that is always

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:19.240
 hard for us

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:20.059
 to understand

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.680
 no matter

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:21.920
 the context,

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.460
 no matter

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:24.000
 the situation.

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.519
 And Ecclesiastes

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.700
 opens,

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.599
 as I've said,

00:40:28.700 --> 00:40:30.039
 with the vanity

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.860
 of life

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.539
 as it seems

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:32.039
 when everything

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:33.000
 is meaningless,

00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:33.800
 the futility

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:34.400
 of life

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.840
 when we

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:36.539
 give no thought

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.400
 to God.

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:38.960
 nothing makes

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.440
 sense.

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.300
 Nothing

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:42.519
 we can

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.340
 understand

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:44.039
 in this

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.680
 world at

00:40:44.680 --> 00:40:45.420
 times.

00:40:46.160 --> 00:40:46.599
 And if we

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:47.240
 look at life

00:40:47.240 --> 00:40:47.720
 through our

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:48.519
 own wisdom,

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:49.800
 if we look

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:50.579
 at life

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:51.300
 seeking to

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:52.599
 find meaning

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:53.700
 by ourselves,

00:40:54.160 --> 00:40:54.900
 where does it

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.539
 lead us to

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.320
 but so often

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:57.280
 just despair?

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:58.500
 We just

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.099
 cannot

00:40:59.099 --> 00:41:00.500
 understand.

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:01.500
 If you

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.059
 attempt to

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.599
 think of

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.420
 things apart

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:04.240
 from God,

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.440
 because we

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:05.980
 look at this

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.599
 world and we

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:06.900
 look at

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.660
 what has

00:41:07.660 --> 00:41:08.240
 happened in

00:41:08.240 --> 00:41:08.680
 our world

00:41:08.680 --> 00:41:09.440
 in the past

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:09.700
 and we

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:09.980
 look at

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.519
 what's

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:10.920
 happening

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.260
 in our

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:11.920
 world today

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.160
 and there

00:41:12.160 --> 00:41:12.639
 are so

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.079
 many,

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:14.160
 so many

00:41:14.160 --> 00:41:14.820
 heartbreaking

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:16.460
 things that

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:17.039
 have happened

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.760
 and are

00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:18.280
 happening

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:20.240
 and we

00:41:20.240 --> 00:41:21.380
 struggle to

00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:22.079
 have answers

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:23.079
 for them

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:24.579
 and it

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.220
 only leads

00:41:25.220 --> 00:41:25.700
 us to

00:41:25.700 --> 00:41:26.160
 grief

00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:27.220
 and to

00:41:27.220 --> 00:41:27.940
 despair.

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.019
 There seems

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:31.119
 to be no

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:32.220
 meaning and

00:41:32.220 --> 00:41:33.000
 no hope

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.500
 in it.

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:35.860
 and even

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:36.219
 as we

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:37.199
 come into

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:38.219
 chapter 3

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:39.420
 and look

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:39.940
 at things

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.340
 as a

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:40.639
 matter

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:41.280
 under

00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:41.800
 heaven,

00:41:42.219 --> 00:41:42.559
 as we

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:43.059
 begin to

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:44.059
 see in

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.500
 the light

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:45.199
 of God's

00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:45.900
 works of

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.619
 providence,

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:47.019
 as we

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.599
 begin to

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:48.500
 see that

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:49.219
 God is in

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:49.739
 control,

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:51.179
 still we

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:51.840
 can struggle

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:53.039
 to understand

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:55.340
 and that

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:55.760
 is where

00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:57.199
 faith comes

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:57.500
 in,

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:59.539
 to believe

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:00.739
 in God

00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:01.619
 and to

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.279
 trust

00:42:02.279 --> 00:42:02.699
 him,

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:04.779
 to see

00:42:04.779 --> 00:42:05.340
 that with

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:06.480
 him there

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:07.500
 is hope

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:08.759
 because God

00:42:08.759 --> 00:42:09.679
 has appointed

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:10.539
 a season

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.759
 and a time

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.960
 for everything,

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:14.420
 for our

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.000
 lives and

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.279
 for the

00:42:15.279 --> 00:42:16.320
 lives of

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:17.320
 all people.

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.340
 Think of

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:18.759
 the words

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:19.000
 that we

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.599
 sang in

00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:21.659
 Psalm 139.

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:23.039
 In

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:23.699
 verse 15

00:42:23.699 --> 00:42:24.119
 it says,

00:42:24.219 --> 00:42:24.539
 you saw

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:25.079
 my body

00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:26.000
 yet unformed

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.579
 within the

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.139
 depths of

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:28.239
 earth and

00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:28.759
 all the

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:30.399
 days that

00:42:30.399 --> 00:42:31.519
 I should

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:32.239
 live which

00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:32.879
 you ordained

00:42:32.879 --> 00:42:34.139
 for me were

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.619
 written in

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:35.079
 your book,

00:42:35.259 --> 00:42:35.619
 O Lord,

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:37.419
 before they

00:42:37.419 --> 00:42:38.259
 came to

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:38.559
 be.

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:40.339
 You see

00:42:40.339 --> 00:42:40.859
 there that

00:42:40.859 --> 00:42:42.000
 God has

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:43.299
 everything in

00:42:43.299 --> 00:42:44.199
 his hands.

00:42:44.859 --> 00:42:45.399
 There is a

00:42:45.399 --> 00:42:46.879
 time for

00:42:46.879 --> 00:42:47.399
 everything.

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:48.879
 And so

00:42:48.879 --> 00:42:49.219
 when it

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.859
 says there

00:42:49.859 --> 00:42:50.439
 is a time

00:42:50.439 --> 00:42:50.759
 to be

00:42:50.759 --> 00:42:51.659
 born and

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:52.159
 a time

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:52.579
 to die,

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:52.899
 when it

00:42:52.899 --> 00:42:53.359
 says there

00:42:53.359 --> 00:42:53.879
 is a time

00:42:53.879 --> 00:42:54.479
 for war

00:42:54.479 --> 00:42:55.519
 and a time

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:56.399
 for peace,

00:42:56.959 --> 00:42:57.500
 we see

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:58.039
 that some

00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:58.659
 are born

00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:59.500
 for a

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:00.099
 time of

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.579
 war,

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.099
 some are

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:03.019
 born for

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.519
 a time

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.259
 of peace,

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.380
 and some

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:06.000
 are born

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:07.219
 for both.

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:09.380
 Everyone's

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:10.099
 providence

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:11.360
 in life

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:12.380
 is different.

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:14.199
 And it

00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:14.599
 can all

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:15.059
 seem

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:16.000
 meaningless,

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:17.259
 but here

00:43:17.259 --> 00:43:18.199
 the only

00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:18.940
 solution to

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.480
 meaningness

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:19.980
 in life

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.759
 is to

00:43:20.759 --> 00:43:21.360
 see the

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:21.960
 sovereignty

00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:23.480
 of God,

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:25.960
 that he

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.960
 is in

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.599
 control,

00:43:28.220 --> 00:43:28.599
 that there

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:29.420
 is indeed

00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:30.599
 a time

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:31.639
 for

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:32.300
 everything.

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.340
 As I

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:34.880
 shared with

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:35.500
 the children

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:36.619
 before they

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:37.139
 went through,

00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:37.940
 these words

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:38.780
 are often

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:40.079
 used at

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.539
 time of

00:43:40.539 --> 00:43:41.119
 remembrance

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:41.760
 for our

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:42.340
 tomorrow.

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.639
 They gave

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:44.079
 their

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:45.000
 today

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:47.900
 a time

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:48.900
 for

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.420
 everything.

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:50.940
 They

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:51.579
 sacrificed

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:52.860
 that we

00:43:52.860 --> 00:43:53.380
 might have

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:54.039
 a freedom

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:55.319
 to live.

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:57.340
 We don't

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:57.920
 always

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:59.500
 understand

00:43:59.500 --> 00:44:00.400
 this life,

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:02.099
 but God

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:03.360
 is in

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:03.920
 control.

00:44:05.799 --> 00:44:06.659
 The poem

00:44:06.659 --> 00:44:08.099
 The Weaver's

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:08.759
 Shuttle

00:44:08.759 --> 00:44:10.340
 speaks so

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:10.940
 powerfully

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:12.199
 into our

00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:12.619
 sort of

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:13.219
 lack of

00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:14.219
 understanding.

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:15.819
 As it

00:44:15.819 --> 00:44:16.199
 says,

00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:16.819
 not till

00:44:16.819 --> 00:44:17.219
 the loom

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:17.879
 is silent

00:44:17.879 --> 00:44:18.759
 and the

00:44:18.759 --> 00:44:19.199
 shuttles

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:20.019
 cease to

00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:20.439
 fly,

00:44:20.939 --> 00:44:21.559
 shall God

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:22.219
 unroll the

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:22.939
 canvas and

00:44:22.939 --> 00:44:23.879
 explain the

00:44:23.879 --> 00:44:24.679
 reason why.

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:25.799
 The dark

00:44:25.799 --> 00:44:26.500
 threads are

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.199
 as needful

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:27.859
 in the

00:44:27.859 --> 00:44:28.500
 weaver's

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:29.119
 skillful

00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:30.299
 hand as

00:44:30.299 --> 00:44:31.039
 the threads

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:31.819
 of gold

00:44:31.819 --> 00:44:32.539
 and silver

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:33.599
 in the

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:34.879
 pattern he

00:44:34.879 --> 00:44:35.779
 has planned.

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:37.899
 As we

00:44:37.899 --> 00:44:38.339
 think of

00:44:38.339 --> 00:44:38.779
 meaning

00:44:38.779 --> 00:44:40.099
 that God

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:41.059
 gives to

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.619
 life,

00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:42.619
 the things

00:44:42.619 --> 00:44:42.819
 that we

00:44:42.819 --> 00:44:43.000
 don't

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.679
 understand,

00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:44.639
 ultimately

00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:45.339
 it brings

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:46.340
 us to

00:44:46.340 --> 00:44:47.140
 the cross

00:44:47.140 --> 00:44:48.780
 and to

00:44:48.780 --> 00:44:49.380
 see there

00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:49.840
 even the

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:50.660
 darkest of

00:44:50.660 --> 00:44:51.180
 days.

00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:52.180
 As there

00:44:52.180 --> 00:44:53.780
 was darkness

00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:55.059
 at midday

00:44:55.059 --> 00:44:55.720
 as Jesus

00:44:55.720 --> 00:44:56.660
 was crucified,

00:44:56.920 --> 00:44:57.220
 nothing

00:44:57.220 --> 00:44:58.140
 seemed to

00:44:58.140 --> 00:44:58.640
 make sense

00:44:58.640 --> 00:44:59.100
 even to

00:44:59.100 --> 00:44:59.539
 God's

00:44:59.539 --> 00:45:00.559
 people then,

00:45:01.700 --> 00:45:02.420
 but God

00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:02.780
 had a

00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:04.000
 plan and

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.820
 a purpose.

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:06.780
 He is

00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:07.519
 the

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:08.059
 resurrection

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:09.660
 and the

00:45:09.660 --> 00:45:10.140
 life.

00:45:11.640 --> 00:45:12.000
 There is

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:12.700
 a time

00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:13.800
 for

00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:14.460
 everything.

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:15.920
 The

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:16.220
 second

00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:16.700
 thing we

00:45:16.700 --> 00:45:17.320
 see here

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:17.740
 is that

00:45:17.740 --> 00:45:18.320
 everything

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:19.780
 is in

00:45:19.780 --> 00:45:20.660
 its

00:45:20.660 --> 00:45:21.240
 time.

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.400
 Written

00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:24.200
 3,000

00:45:24.200 --> 00:45:24.920
 years ago,

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.640
 these words

00:45:25.640 --> 00:45:26.660
 in Ecclesiastes

00:45:26.660 --> 00:45:27.900
 still speak

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.960
 powerfully

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:29.840
 to us.

00:45:30.860 --> 00:45:31.360
 What was

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:31.800
 happening

00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:32.960
 then still

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.720
 happens

00:45:33.720 --> 00:45:34.720
 to this

00:45:34.720 --> 00:45:35.140
 day.

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:36.079
 In

00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:36.780
 chapter 1

00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:37.420
 verse 9

00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:37.880
 it says,

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:38.200
 there is

00:45:38.200 --> 00:45:39.039
 nothing new

00:45:39.039 --> 00:45:40.000
 under the

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:40.340
 sun.

00:45:41.340 --> 00:45:41.700
 And even

00:45:41.700 --> 00:45:41.960
 as we

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:42.220
 look in

00:45:42.220 --> 00:45:42.660
 the world

00:45:42.660 --> 00:45:43.000
 in which

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.380
 we live

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:43.740
 today,

00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:44.220
 we say

00:45:44.220 --> 00:45:44.519
 there is

00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:45.300
 nothing new

00:45:45.300 --> 00:45:46.280
 under the

00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:46.619
 sun.

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:47.599
 As we

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:47.980
 think of

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.559
 man's

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:49.300
 inhumanity

00:45:49.300 --> 00:45:49.900
 to man,

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:50.619
 there is

00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:51.480
 nothing new

00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:52.539
 under the

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:52.880
 sun.

00:45:53.699 --> 00:45:54.159
 Still

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:55.019
 people live

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:56.019
 without any

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.820
 thought of

00:45:56.820 --> 00:45:57.300
 God,

00:45:57.880 --> 00:45:58.420
 just as

00:45:58.420 --> 00:45:58.960
 they did

00:45:58.960 --> 00:45:59.699
 in the

00:45:59.699 --> 00:46:00.179
 days of

00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:00.579
 the

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:01.440
 writer to

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:01.599
 the

00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:02.460
 Ecclesiastes.

00:46:04.460 --> 00:46:05.239
 But when

00:46:05.239 --> 00:46:05.960
 we see

00:46:05.960 --> 00:46:06.579
 things as

00:46:06.579 --> 00:46:07.599
 under God's

00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:08.639
 sovereign rule,

00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:09.639
 as under

00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:10.199
 heaven,

00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:11.360
 in light of

00:46:11.360 --> 00:46:12.099
 who God

00:46:12.099 --> 00:46:12.539
 is,

00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:14.099
 God at

00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:14.579
 work in

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:15.039
 every

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:15.779
 period of

00:46:15.779 --> 00:46:16.119
 time,

00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:16.619
 in every

00:46:16.619 --> 00:46:17.279
 generation,

00:46:17.860 --> 00:46:18.799
 moving things

00:46:18.799 --> 00:46:19.739
 on by

00:46:19.739 --> 00:46:20.460
 his will

00:46:20.460 --> 00:46:21.039
 and his

00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:21.759
 purpose,

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:23.299
 we see

00:46:23.299 --> 00:46:23.900
 that he

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:25.019
 is in

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:25.759
 control.

00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:26.860
 In

00:46:26.860 --> 00:46:27.539
 chapter 1

00:46:27.539 --> 00:46:28.219
 it speaks

00:46:28.219 --> 00:46:29.079
 of the

00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:29.779
 cycle of

00:46:29.779 --> 00:46:30.539
 life almost

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:30.880
 in the

00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:31.559
 sense of

00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:32.500
 going round

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:33.019
 and round

00:46:33.019 --> 00:46:33.460
 in a

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:33.900
 circle.

00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:35.039
 When you

00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:35.339
 look at

00:46:35.339 --> 00:46:36.360
 verse 4

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:36.980
 through to

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.659
 verse 9

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.559
 of chapter 1,

00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:39.440
 you can read

00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:40.039
 it again in

00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:40.719
 your own time,

00:46:40.719 --> 00:46:41.119
 it says,

00:46:41.199 --> 00:46:41.819
 a generation

00:46:41.819 --> 00:46:42.879
 goes and

00:46:42.879 --> 00:46:43.559
 a generation

00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:44.239
 comes,

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:45.059
 but the

00:46:45.059 --> 00:46:46.259
 earth remains

00:46:46.259 --> 00:46:47.259
 forever.

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:48.699
 And so it

00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:49.459
 goes on to

00:46:49.459 --> 00:46:50.139
 speak about

00:46:50.139 --> 00:46:51.079
 our lives as

00:46:51.079 --> 00:46:52.359
 almost this

00:46:52.359 --> 00:46:53.139
 way the sun

00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:53.939
 rises, the

00:46:53.939 --> 00:46:54.459
 sun goes

00:46:54.459 --> 00:46:55.359
 down and

00:46:55.359 --> 00:46:55.939
 hastens to

00:46:55.939 --> 00:46:56.480
 the place

00:46:56.480 --> 00:46:56.919
 where it

00:46:56.919 --> 00:46:57.299
 rises.

00:46:57.719 --> 00:46:57.959
 There is

00:46:57.959 --> 00:46:58.739
 this constant

00:46:58.739 --> 00:46:59.239
 just going

00:46:59.239 --> 00:46:59.899
 round and

00:46:59.899 --> 00:47:00.519
 round in

00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:00.879
 life.

00:47:01.259 --> 00:47:01.859
 It almost

00:47:01.859 --> 00:47:02.919
 seems that

00:47:02.919 --> 00:47:03.419
 there is no

00:47:03.419 --> 00:47:04.119
 direction.

00:47:06.239 --> 00:47:07.339
 But here

00:47:07.339 --> 00:47:08.919
 in verse

00:47:08.919 --> 00:47:10.299
 11, we

00:47:10.299 --> 00:47:10.599
 see that

00:47:10.599 --> 00:47:10.900
 as we

00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:11.460
 see things

00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:11.819
 under

00:47:11.819 --> 00:47:12.339
 heaven and

00:47:12.339 --> 00:47:12.960
 in God's

00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:14.139
 control, in

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:14.839
 chapter 3,

00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:15.619
 verse 11, he

00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:16.420
 says, he

00:47:16.420 --> 00:47:16.839
 has made

00:47:16.839 --> 00:47:17.440
 everything

00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:19.039
 beautiful in

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:19.819
 its time.

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:22.259
 In its

00:47:22.259 --> 00:47:22.839
 time.

00:47:23.819 --> 00:47:24.599
 That God

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:26.099
 has time

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:27.019
 in his

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.679
 hands.

00:47:28.319 --> 00:47:28.659
 That

00:47:28.659 --> 00:47:29.259
 everything

00:47:29.259 --> 00:47:30.279
 is in

00:47:30.279 --> 00:47:31.400
 his time.

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:32.819
 His promise

00:47:32.819 --> 00:47:33.339
 is that he

00:47:33.339 --> 00:47:33.659
 will make

00:47:33.659 --> 00:47:34.179
 everything

00:47:34.179 --> 00:47:36.019
 beautiful in

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:36.719
 its time.

00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:38.719
 even the

00:47:38.719 --> 00:47:39.359
 most difficult

00:47:39.359 --> 00:47:40.339
 experiences

00:47:40.339 --> 00:47:41.819
 of life.

00:47:42.779 --> 00:47:43.159
 But it

00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:43.599
 is in

00:47:43.599 --> 00:47:44.179
 his

00:47:44.179 --> 00:47:45.299
 appointed

00:47:45.299 --> 00:47:46.099
 time.

00:47:46.259 --> 00:47:46.480
 Things

00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:47.659
 don't just

00:47:47.659 --> 00:47:48.239
 happen.

00:47:48.819 --> 00:47:49.459
 It isn't

00:47:49.459 --> 00:47:50.079
 just a

00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:50.500
 random

00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:51.599
 sequence of

00:47:51.599 --> 00:47:52.299
 events.

00:47:52.919 --> 00:47:53.359
 We are

00:47:53.359 --> 00:47:53.839
 looking at

00:47:53.839 --> 00:47:54.639
 things here

00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:55.319
 in light of

00:47:55.319 --> 00:47:56.419
 God who

00:47:56.419 --> 00:47:57.159
 has time

00:47:57.159 --> 00:47:57.879
 and everything

00:47:57.879 --> 00:47:58.859
 in his

00:47:58.859 --> 00:47:59.699
 hands, who

00:47:59.699 --> 00:47:59.919
 gives

00:47:59.919 --> 00:48:00.579
 direction.

00:48:00.579 --> 00:48:02.340
 the Bible

00:48:02.340 --> 00:48:03.360
 often speaks

00:48:03.360 --> 00:48:04.159
 of things

00:48:04.159 --> 00:48:04.940
 being at

00:48:04.940 --> 00:48:05.739
 the right

00:48:05.739 --> 00:48:06.619
 time.

00:48:08.699 --> 00:48:10.059
 Romans 5,

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:10.920
 verse 6

00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:12.219
 says, for

00:48:12.219 --> 00:48:12.860
 while we

00:48:12.860 --> 00:48:13.500
 were still

00:48:13.500 --> 00:48:14.819
 weak, at

00:48:14.819 --> 00:48:15.360
 the right

00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:16.980
 time, Christ

00:48:16.980 --> 00:48:18.500
 died for

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:19.480
 the ungodly.

00:48:20.259 --> 00:48:20.980
 We don't

00:48:20.980 --> 00:48:22.239
 rush God.

00:48:23.099 --> 00:48:23.619
 We don't

00:48:23.619 --> 00:48:24.139
 make him

00:48:24.139 --> 00:48:25.279
 move quicker

00:48:25.279 --> 00:48:26.219
 even though we

00:48:26.219 --> 00:48:26.880
 would want it

00:48:26.880 --> 00:48:28.460
 at times, but

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:29.279
 at the right

00:48:29.279 --> 00:48:30.059
 time.

00:48:30.579 --> 00:48:31.259
 he will

00:48:31.259 --> 00:48:31.880
 make things

00:48:31.880 --> 00:48:32.299
 right.

00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:33.579
 God is

00:48:33.579 --> 00:48:34.119
 working.

00:48:34.819 --> 00:48:35.420
 God will

00:48:35.420 --> 00:48:36.139
 put things

00:48:36.139 --> 00:48:36.400
 right.

00:48:36.519 --> 00:48:36.980
 That is the

00:48:36.980 --> 00:48:38.119
 promise of

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:39.239
 his word, even

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:40.099
 in times and

00:48:40.099 --> 00:48:41.480
 situations that

00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:42.199
 seem to make

00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:43.440
 no sense to

00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:44.000
 us.

00:48:45.759 --> 00:48:46.239
 There are

00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:47.239
 numerous stories

00:48:47.239 --> 00:48:48.099
 told of

00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:49.579
 heroic actions

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:50.920
 during times

00:48:50.920 --> 00:48:51.799
 of conflict.

00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:54.079
 I'm sure you

00:48:54.079 --> 00:48:54.739
 know many

00:48:54.739 --> 00:48:55.279
 of them.

00:48:56.279 --> 00:48:57.319
 One I

00:48:57.319 --> 00:48:58.559
 have heard

00:48:58.559 --> 00:48:59.219
 so often

00:48:59.219 --> 00:48:59.840
 and recall

00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:00.480
 so often

00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:00.860
 is about

00:49:00.860 --> 00:49:01.280
 a ship

00:49:01.280 --> 00:49:01.860
 called

00:49:01.860 --> 00:49:02.440
 the

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:02.980
 Jarvis

00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:03.420
 Bay.

00:49:04.820 --> 00:49:05.579
 Back in

00:49:05.579 --> 00:49:06.940
 1940, in

00:49:06.940 --> 00:49:07.260
 the early

00:49:07.260 --> 00:49:07.780
 years of

00:49:07.780 --> 00:49:08.219
 the Second

00:49:08.219 --> 00:49:09.099
 World War,

00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:10.360
 the Jarvis

00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:10.980
 Bay was

00:49:10.980 --> 00:49:11.800
 part of a

00:49:11.800 --> 00:49:12.320
 convoy

00:49:12.320 --> 00:49:12.900
 making its

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:13.599
 way across

00:49:13.599 --> 00:49:13.940
 to the

00:49:13.940 --> 00:49:14.199
 United

00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:14.740
 Kingdom,

00:49:15.139 --> 00:49:15.679
 across the

00:49:15.679 --> 00:49:16.179
 Atlantic.

00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:17.760
 On the

00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:18.179
 5th of

00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:18.639
 November

00:49:18.639 --> 00:49:20.039
 1940, they

00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:20.639
 came under

00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:21.440
 attack from

00:49:21.440 --> 00:49:22.960
 a battleship

00:49:22.960 --> 00:49:23.539
 called the

00:49:23.539 --> 00:49:24.039
 Admiral

00:49:24.039 --> 00:49:24.740
 Shear.

00:49:24.739 --> 00:49:24.799
 convoy.

00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:26.739
 The convoy

00:49:26.739 --> 00:49:27.219
 was in

00:49:27.219 --> 00:49:28.059
 great danger.

00:49:28.859 --> 00:49:29.539
 The battleship

00:49:29.539 --> 00:49:30.019
 was too

00:49:30.019 --> 00:49:31.339
 powerful for

00:49:31.339 --> 00:49:32.079
 the convoy

00:49:32.079 --> 00:49:32.739
 and one

00:49:32.739 --> 00:49:33.219
 by one

00:49:33.219 --> 00:49:33.479
 it was

00:49:33.479 --> 00:49:34.139
 starting to

00:49:34.139 --> 00:49:34.639
 take the

00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:35.379
 ships out.

00:49:36.759 --> 00:49:37.219
 But the

00:49:37.219 --> 00:49:37.939
 Jarvis Bay,

00:49:38.039 --> 00:49:38.539
 the captain

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:38.899
 of the

00:49:38.899 --> 00:49:39.639
 Jarvis Bay,

00:49:39.739 --> 00:49:40.839
 decided to

00:49:40.839 --> 00:49:41.599
 take action

00:49:41.599 --> 00:49:43.179
 and he

00:49:43.179 --> 00:49:43.839
 turned the

00:49:43.839 --> 00:49:45.039
 ship towards

00:49:45.039 --> 00:49:46.099
 the battleship,

00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:46.639
 the Admiral

00:49:46.639 --> 00:49:47.119
 Shear.

00:49:47.119 --> 00:49:49.039
 And although

00:49:49.039 --> 00:49:49.460
 they only

00:49:49.460 --> 00:49:50.119
 had small

00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:50.900
 guns on

00:49:50.900 --> 00:49:51.219
 board,

00:49:51.659 --> 00:49:52.420
 they engaged

00:49:52.420 --> 00:49:53.199
 in battle

00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:53.659
 with this

00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:54.319
 battleship,

00:49:54.440 --> 00:49:55.299
 knowing it

00:49:55.299 --> 00:49:56.239
 was hopeless,

00:49:57.139 --> 00:49:57.819
 but hoping

00:49:57.819 --> 00:49:58.259
 that it would

00:49:58.259 --> 00:49:58.819
 give enough

00:49:58.819 --> 00:49:59.739
 time for

00:49:59.739 --> 00:50:00.440
 the convoy

00:50:00.440 --> 00:50:00.819
 to get

00:50:00.819 --> 00:50:01.639
 further ahead

00:50:01.639 --> 00:50:02.299
 and further

00:50:02.299 --> 00:50:02.759
 away.

00:50:03.599 --> 00:50:04.139
 And so

00:50:04.139 --> 00:50:04.639
 it did.

00:50:04.799 --> 00:50:05.559
 The convoy

00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:06.759
 escaped,

00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:07.960
 but it was

00:50:07.960 --> 00:50:08.500
 at a great

00:50:08.500 --> 00:50:09.099
 cost.

00:50:10.019 --> 00:50:10.599
 The Jarvis

00:50:10.599 --> 00:50:11.739
 Bay was

00:50:11.739 --> 00:50:12.299
 sunk,

00:50:13.019 --> 00:50:13.359
 and of

00:50:13.359 --> 00:50:14.940
 the 255

00:50:14.940 --> 00:50:15.539
 on board,

00:50:15.659 --> 00:50:16.900
 187,

00:50:17.119 --> 00:50:18.299
 were lost.

00:50:19.279 --> 00:50:19.719
 It was a

00:50:19.719 --> 00:50:20.579
 great loss

00:50:20.579 --> 00:50:21.839
 of life.

00:50:22.779 --> 00:50:23.440
 They turned

00:50:23.440 --> 00:50:24.460
 knowing it

00:50:24.460 --> 00:50:25.359
 was futile,

00:50:25.940 --> 00:50:26.460
 but in the

00:50:26.460 --> 00:50:27.460
 hope of

00:50:27.460 --> 00:50:28.559
 saving others.

00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:29.759
 The reason

00:50:29.759 --> 00:50:30.279
 I know

00:50:30.279 --> 00:50:31.400
 this story

00:50:31.400 --> 00:50:32.039
 so well

00:50:32.039 --> 00:50:32.539
 is because

00:50:32.539 --> 00:50:33.339
 I sailed

00:50:33.339 --> 00:50:34.159
 on a

00:50:34.159 --> 00:50:35.099
 ship in

00:50:35.099 --> 00:50:35.480
 my own

00:50:35.480 --> 00:50:35.940
 time at

00:50:35.940 --> 00:50:36.819
 sea called

00:50:36.819 --> 00:50:37.920
 the Jarvis

00:50:37.920 --> 00:50:38.279
 Bay.

00:50:39.119 --> 00:50:39.480
 It was

00:50:39.480 --> 00:50:40.099
 the third

00:50:40.099 --> 00:50:40.759
 one to

00:50:40.759 --> 00:50:41.059
 have been

00:50:41.059 --> 00:50:41.519
 built.

00:50:42.219 --> 00:50:42.519
 And on

00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:43.219
 board was

00:50:43.219 --> 00:50:44.619
 a memory

00:50:44.619 --> 00:50:45.699
 towards the

00:50:45.699 --> 00:50:46.619
 first Jarvis

00:50:46.619 --> 00:50:46.839
 Bay,

00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:47.500
 the story

00:50:47.500 --> 00:50:48.300
 was told

00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:49.079
 of the

00:50:49.079 --> 00:50:49.579
 original

00:50:49.579 --> 00:50:50.300
 Jarvis

00:50:50.300 --> 00:50:51.340
 Bay that

00:50:51.340 --> 00:50:51.760
 had made

00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:52.120
 that

00:50:52.120 --> 00:50:52.740
 sacrifice.

00:50:52.940 --> 00:50:53.100
 It was

00:50:53.100 --> 00:50:53.840
 a powerful

00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:54.800
 witness.

00:50:54.960 --> 00:50:55.220
 Even though

00:50:55.220 --> 00:50:55.600
 I wasn't

00:50:55.600 --> 00:50:56.180
 a Christian

00:50:56.180 --> 00:50:56.480
 at the

00:50:56.480 --> 00:50:56.760
 time,

00:50:57.240 --> 00:50:57.579
 it was

00:50:57.579 --> 00:50:58.340
 a powerful

00:50:58.340 --> 00:50:58.960
 witness.

00:51:00.340 --> 00:51:01.079
 But there's

00:51:01.079 --> 00:51:01.640
 nothing more

00:51:01.640 --> 00:51:03.079
 powerful than

00:51:03.079 --> 00:51:03.600
 the witness

00:51:03.600 --> 00:51:04.000
 of the

00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:05.000
 one who

00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:05.620
 gave his

00:51:05.620 --> 00:51:06.539
 life for

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:08.360
 us on

00:51:08.360 --> 00:51:09.079
 the cross.

00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:11.280
 But all

00:51:11.280 --> 00:51:11.680
 of these

00:51:11.680 --> 00:51:12.200
 things,

00:51:12.340 --> 00:51:13.059
 they remind

00:51:13.059 --> 00:51:13.960
 us of

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:14.360
 what it

00:51:14.360 --> 00:51:15.340
 says here

00:51:15.340 --> 00:51:16.260
 that the

00:51:16.260 --> 00:51:17.079
 Lord has

00:51:17.079 --> 00:51:17.320
 made

00:51:17.320 --> 00:51:17.680
 everything

00:51:17.680 --> 00:51:18.180
 beautiful

00:51:18.180 --> 00:51:18.740
 in its

00:51:18.740 --> 00:51:19.079
 time,

00:51:19.160 --> 00:51:19.460
 but it

00:51:19.460 --> 00:51:19.980
 says there

00:51:19.980 --> 00:51:20.240
 in verse

00:51:20.240 --> 00:51:20.500
 11,

00:51:20.900 --> 00:51:21.140
 he has

00:51:21.140 --> 00:51:21.360
 put

00:51:21.360 --> 00:51:22.160
 eternity

00:51:22.160 --> 00:51:22.599
 into

00:51:22.599 --> 00:51:23.320
 man's

00:51:23.320 --> 00:51:24.120
 heart.

00:51:26.039 --> 00:51:26.700
 Eternity

00:51:26.700 --> 00:51:27.700
 is before

00:51:27.700 --> 00:51:28.420
 us all

00:51:28.420 --> 00:51:28.900
 at such

00:51:28.900 --> 00:51:29.640
 times as

00:51:29.640 --> 00:51:29.920
 these.

00:51:30.019 --> 00:51:30.160
 It's

00:51:30.160 --> 00:51:30.680
 always

00:51:30.680 --> 00:51:31.780
 before us.

00:51:32.599 --> 00:51:33.019
 But on

00:51:33.019 --> 00:51:33.460
 a day of

00:51:33.460 --> 00:51:34.000
 remembrance,

00:51:34.099 --> 00:51:34.360
 as we

00:51:34.360 --> 00:51:34.920
 think of

00:51:34.920 --> 00:51:36.160
 the lives

00:51:36.160 --> 00:51:37.120
 given for

00:51:37.120 --> 00:51:37.380
 our

00:51:37.380 --> 00:51:38.079
 freedom,

00:51:39.160 --> 00:51:39.760
 eternity

00:51:39.760 --> 00:51:40.840
 becomes

00:51:40.840 --> 00:51:41.480
 more

00:51:41.480 --> 00:51:42.120
 powerful.

00:51:43.320 --> 00:51:43.840
 We all

00:51:43.840 --> 00:51:44.060
 have

00:51:44.060 --> 00:51:44.740
 eternity

00:51:44.740 --> 00:51:45.740
 before

00:51:45.740 --> 00:51:46.340
 us.

00:51:47.460 --> 00:51:47.560
 And

00:51:47.560 --> 00:51:48.020
 Thomas

00:51:48.020 --> 00:51:48.520
 Watson,

00:51:48.580 --> 00:51:48.720
 the

00:51:48.720 --> 00:51:49.100
 Puritan,

00:51:49.240 --> 00:51:49.700
 once said,

00:51:49.820 --> 00:51:50.200
 eternity

00:51:50.200 --> 00:51:50.700
 to the

00:51:50.700 --> 00:51:51.140
 godly

00:51:51.140 --> 00:51:51.940
 is a

00:51:51.940 --> 00:51:52.440
 day that

00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:53.220
 has no

00:51:53.220 --> 00:51:53.860
 sunset,

00:51:54.920 --> 00:51:55.820
 but eternity

00:51:55.820 --> 00:51:56.300
 to the

00:51:56.300 --> 00:51:56.560
 wicked

00:51:56.560 --> 00:51:57.620
 is a

00:51:57.620 --> 00:51:58.020
 night

00:51:58.020 --> 00:51:59.040
 that has

00:51:59.040 --> 00:51:59.360
 no

00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:00.200
 sunrise.

00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:01.900
 And that

00:52:01.900 --> 00:52:02.220
 is the

00:52:02.220 --> 00:52:02.820
 difference.

00:52:03.780 --> 00:52:04.360
 Eternity

00:52:04.360 --> 00:52:04.720
 for the

00:52:04.720 --> 00:52:05.160
 godly

00:52:05.160 --> 00:52:05.860
 is a

00:52:05.860 --> 00:52:06.240
 day that

00:52:06.240 --> 00:52:06.840
 has no

00:52:06.840 --> 00:52:07.360
 sunset.

00:52:07.540 --> 00:52:07.740
 We will

00:52:07.740 --> 00:52:07.960
 be in

00:52:07.960 --> 00:52:08.400
 the light

00:52:08.400 --> 00:52:08.720
 of the

00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:09.679
 Lord for

00:52:09.679 --> 00:52:10.019
 all

00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:10.739
 eternity.

00:52:12.039 --> 00:52:12.259
 But

00:52:12.259 --> 00:52:12.699
 eternity

00:52:12.699 --> 00:52:13.239
 to the

00:52:13.239 --> 00:52:13.619
 wicked

00:52:13.619 --> 00:52:14.339
 is a

00:52:14.339 --> 00:52:14.679
 night

00:52:14.679 --> 00:52:14.919
 that

00:52:14.919 --> 00:52:15.299
 has

00:52:15.299 --> 00:52:15.579
 no

00:52:15.579 --> 00:52:16.339
 sunrise,

00:52:17.319 --> 00:52:17.579
 no

00:52:17.579 --> 00:52:17.980
 hope

00:52:17.980 --> 00:52:18.199
 of

00:52:18.199 --> 00:52:18.639
 light,

00:52:19.239 --> 00:52:19.679
 darkness

00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:20.639
 for

00:52:20.639 --> 00:52:21.159
 all

00:52:21.159 --> 00:52:22.339
 eternity.

00:52:23.980 --> 00:52:24.819
 The

00:52:24.819 --> 00:52:25.259
 Lord

00:52:25.259 --> 00:52:26.619
 has a

00:52:26.619 --> 00:52:27.099
 time

00:52:27.099 --> 00:52:27.739
 for

00:52:27.739 --> 00:52:28.219
 everything

00:52:28.219 --> 00:52:28.419
 and

00:52:28.419 --> 00:52:28.939
 everything

00:52:28.939 --> 00:52:30.099
 in its

00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:30.739
 time.

00:52:31.839 --> 00:52:32.099
 But

00:52:32.099 --> 00:52:32.539
 where are

00:52:32.539 --> 00:52:32.980
 we when

00:52:32.980 --> 00:52:33.480
 we think

00:52:33.480 --> 00:52:34.439
 of our

00:52:34.439 --> 00:52:34.980
 freedom

00:52:34.980 --> 00:52:35.519
 today,

00:52:36.419 --> 00:52:36.759
 our

00:52:36.759 --> 00:52:37.119
 freedom

00:52:37.119 --> 00:52:37.399
 to

00:52:37.399 --> 00:52:37.819
 worship,

00:52:38.719 --> 00:52:39.199
 our

00:52:39.199 --> 00:52:39.779
 freedom

00:52:39.779 --> 00:52:40.559
 that is

00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:40.919
 offered

00:52:40.919 --> 00:52:41.339
 in

00:52:41.339 --> 00:52:41.959
 Christ,

00:52:43.019 --> 00:52:43.279
 the

00:52:43.279 --> 00:52:43.919
 eternity

00:52:43.919 --> 00:52:45.119
 before

00:52:45.119 --> 00:52:45.559
 us.

00:52:46.339 --> 00:52:46.679
 Where

00:52:46.679 --> 00:52:47.639
 are

00:52:47.639 --> 00:52:47.959
 we?

00:52:49.619 --> 00:52:50.359
 The

00:52:50.359 --> 00:52:50.699
 third

00:52:50.699 --> 00:52:51.179
 thing we

00:52:51.179 --> 00:52:51.859
 see here

00:52:51.859 --> 00:52:53.019
 is a

00:52:53.019 --> 00:52:54.379
 time to

00:52:54.379 --> 00:52:55.000
 reflect.

00:52:56.119 --> 00:52:57.019
 It's a

00:52:57.019 --> 00:52:57.639
 time to

00:52:57.639 --> 00:52:58.319
 pause

00:52:58.319 --> 00:52:59.239
 and

00:52:59.239 --> 00:52:59.859
 remember

00:52:59.859 --> 00:53:00.919
 and it's

00:53:00.919 --> 00:53:01.299
 a time

00:53:01.299 --> 00:53:02.079
 to reflect

00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:02.899
 for

00:53:02.899 --> 00:53:03.559
 ourselves.

00:53:04.339 --> 00:53:05.000
 As we

00:53:05.000 --> 00:53:05.739
 have stopped

00:53:05.739 --> 00:53:06.480
 in silence

00:53:06.480 --> 00:53:06.920
 for a

00:53:06.920 --> 00:53:07.219
 moment

00:53:07.219 --> 00:53:07.840
 today as

00:53:07.840 --> 00:53:08.300
 we come

00:53:08.300 --> 00:53:09.079
 under

00:53:09.079 --> 00:53:09.300
 the

00:53:09.300 --> 00:53:09.740
 word

00:53:09.740 --> 00:53:10.059
 for

00:53:10.059 --> 00:53:10.219
 a

00:53:10.219 --> 00:53:10.659
 time,

00:53:12.219 --> 00:53:12.440
 it

00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:12.760
 brings

00:53:12.760 --> 00:53:13.000
 to

00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:13.440
 mind

00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:14.420
 things

00:53:14.420 --> 00:53:14.619
 that

00:53:14.619 --> 00:53:14.740
 we

00:53:14.740 --> 00:53:14.920
 can

00:53:14.920 --> 00:53:15.179
 so

00:53:15.179 --> 00:53:15.800
 easily

00:53:15.800 --> 00:53:16.780
 forget.

00:53:17.940 --> 00:53:18.159
 We

00:53:18.159 --> 00:53:18.440
 don't

00:53:18.440 --> 00:53:18.800
 want to

00:53:18.800 --> 00:53:19.219
 go away

00:53:19.219 --> 00:53:19.480
 from

00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:19.860
 here

00:53:19.860 --> 00:53:20.539
 and

00:53:20.539 --> 00:53:20.780
 just

00:53:20.780 --> 00:53:21.360
 forget

00:53:21.360 --> 00:53:22.119
 all

00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:22.360
 that's

00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:22.539
 been

00:53:22.539 --> 00:53:22.840
 done

00:53:22.840 --> 00:53:23.059
 for

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:23.139
 us.

00:53:23.179 --> 00:53:23.240
 We

00:53:23.240 --> 00:53:23.340
 don't

00:53:23.340 --> 00:53:23.539
 want to

00:53:23.539 --> 00:53:23.960
 go away

00:53:23.960 --> 00:53:24.159
 from

00:53:24.159 --> 00:53:24.360
 here

00:53:24.360 --> 00:53:24.579
 today

00:53:24.579 --> 00:53:24.719
 and

00:53:24.719 --> 00:53:25.099
 forget

00:53:25.099 --> 00:53:25.800
 all

00:53:25.800 --> 00:53:25.940
 that

00:53:25.940 --> 00:53:26.059
 the

00:53:26.059 --> 00:53:26.360
 word

00:53:26.360 --> 00:53:26.559
 of

00:53:26.559 --> 00:53:26.920
 God

00:53:26.920 --> 00:53:27.179
 is

00:53:27.179 --> 00:53:27.579
 saying

00:53:27.579 --> 00:53:27.940
 to

00:53:27.940 --> 00:53:28.380
 us.

00:53:29.059 --> 00:53:29.440
 That

00:53:29.440 --> 00:53:29.579
 there

00:53:29.579 --> 00:53:30.000
 is a

00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:30.320
 time

00:53:30.320 --> 00:53:30.500
 for

00:53:30.500 --> 00:53:30.820
 everything.

00:53:30.820 --> 00:53:31.340
 That

00:53:31.340 --> 00:53:31.780
 everything

00:53:31.780 --> 00:53:32.179
 is in

00:53:32.179 --> 00:53:32.360
 its

00:53:32.360 --> 00:53:32.840
 time.

00:53:32.840 --> 00:53:33.720
 God

00:53:33.720 --> 00:53:33.900
 has

00:53:33.900 --> 00:53:34.100
 put

00:53:34.100 --> 00:53:34.760
 eternity

00:53:34.760 --> 00:53:35.160
 into

00:53:35.160 --> 00:53:35.480
 our

00:53:35.480 --> 00:53:35.840
 hearts

00:53:35.840 --> 00:53:36.079
 so we

00:53:36.079 --> 00:53:36.280
 might

00:53:36.280 --> 00:53:37.200
 reflect

00:53:37.200 --> 00:53:37.960
 on

00:53:37.960 --> 00:53:38.320
 these

00:53:38.320 --> 00:53:38.940
 things.

00:53:40.340 --> 00:53:41.220
 We

00:53:41.220 --> 00:53:41.539
 don't

00:53:41.539 --> 00:53:42.160
 forget

00:53:42.160 --> 00:53:42.900
 our

00:53:42.900 --> 00:53:43.539
 past,

00:53:44.340 --> 00:53:45.579
 but let's

00:53:45.579 --> 00:53:46.480
 not forget

00:53:46.480 --> 00:53:47.360
 our

00:53:47.360 --> 00:53:47.980
 future

00:53:47.980 --> 00:53:48.880
 either.

00:53:49.940 --> 00:53:50.500
 We

00:53:50.500 --> 00:53:50.960
 may not

00:53:50.960 --> 00:53:51.800
 understand

00:53:51.800 --> 00:53:52.539
 his time

00:53:52.539 --> 00:53:53.480
 and his

00:53:53.480 --> 00:53:54.000
 purpose

00:53:54.000 --> 00:53:54.880
 as always.

00:53:55.680 --> 00:53:56.140
 There are

00:53:56.140 --> 00:53:56.720
 many things

00:53:56.720 --> 00:53:57.079
 we can

00:53:57.079 --> 00:53:57.600
 struggle

00:53:57.600 --> 00:53:58.380
 to

00:53:58.380 --> 00:53:58.980
 understand,

00:53:59.340 --> 00:53:59.900
 but we

00:53:59.900 --> 00:54:00.559
 remember

00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:01.579
 that we

00:54:01.579 --> 00:54:01.779
 will

00:54:01.779 --> 00:54:02.219
 step

00:54:02.219 --> 00:54:02.539
 out

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:02.739
 of

00:54:02.739 --> 00:54:03.219
 time

00:54:03.219 --> 00:54:04.440
 and

00:54:04.440 --> 00:54:05.019
 into

00:54:05.019 --> 00:54:06.599
 eternity.

00:54:08.579 --> 00:54:09.219
 And what

00:54:09.219 --> 00:54:09.559
 we do

00:54:09.559 --> 00:54:09.880
 with our

00:54:09.880 --> 00:54:10.279
 time

00:54:10.279 --> 00:54:10.639
 now

00:54:10.639 --> 00:54:11.699
 is what

00:54:11.699 --> 00:54:12.340
 matters.

00:54:14.139 --> 00:54:14.539
 There are

00:54:14.539 --> 00:54:15.179
 times

00:54:15.179 --> 00:54:16.460
 of war

00:54:16.460 --> 00:54:17.019
 in this

00:54:17.019 --> 00:54:17.480
 world.

00:54:17.940 --> 00:54:18.360
 We are

00:54:18.360 --> 00:54:19.000
 seeing such

00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:19.519
 days

00:54:19.519 --> 00:54:20.320
 in other

00:54:20.320 --> 00:54:20.860
 parts of

00:54:20.860 --> 00:54:21.279
 the world

00:54:21.279 --> 00:54:21.579
 even

00:54:21.579 --> 00:54:22.139
 today.

00:54:23.559 --> 00:54:24.119
 But we

00:54:24.119 --> 00:54:24.699
 remember

00:54:24.699 --> 00:54:26.059
 as the

00:54:26.059 --> 00:54:26.360
 word

00:54:26.360 --> 00:54:26.960
 says

00:54:26.960 --> 00:54:27.920
 there is

00:54:27.920 --> 00:54:28.579
 a time

00:54:28.579 --> 00:54:29.299
 for

00:54:29.299 --> 00:54:29.940
 peace.

00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:31.559
 peace.

00:54:31.559 --> 00:54:32.239
 And that

00:54:32.239 --> 00:54:32.980
 is what

00:54:32.980 --> 00:54:33.599
 we pray

00:54:33.599 --> 00:54:34.440
 for today.

00:54:35.199 --> 00:54:35.639
 Peace.

00:54:36.759 --> 00:54:37.860
 Peace from

00:54:37.860 --> 00:54:38.400
 war.

00:54:39.380 --> 00:54:40.539
 Peace from

00:54:40.539 --> 00:54:41.320
 conflict.

00:54:42.239 --> 00:54:43.139
 But above

00:54:43.139 --> 00:54:43.659
 all,

00:54:44.420 --> 00:54:45.980
 peace in

00:54:45.980 --> 00:54:46.559
 Christ.

00:54:47.659 --> 00:54:48.119
 That we

00:54:48.119 --> 00:54:48.679
 might know

00:54:48.679 --> 00:54:49.699
 his peace

00:54:49.699 --> 00:54:51.259
 that passes

00:54:51.259 --> 00:54:52.880
 understanding.

00:54:54.139 --> 00:54:54.900
 One of the

00:54:54.900 --> 00:54:55.779
 most powerful

00:54:55.779 --> 00:54:56.500
 images of

00:54:56.500 --> 00:54:57.139
 wartime

00:54:57.139 --> 00:54:58.879
 is at a

00:54:58.879 --> 00:55:00.199
 time of

00:55:00.199 --> 00:55:01.039
 ceasefire.

00:55:02.039 --> 00:55:02.920
 A time

00:55:02.920 --> 00:55:04.359
 when peace

00:55:04.359 --> 00:55:05.139
 comes.

00:55:06.440 --> 00:55:07.359
 When you

00:55:07.359 --> 00:55:08.139
 see armies

00:55:08.139 --> 00:55:08.900
 marching

00:55:08.900 --> 00:55:09.859
 back from

00:55:09.859 --> 00:55:10.400
 battle.

00:55:11.400 --> 00:55:11.879
 Often

00:55:11.879 --> 00:55:12.440
 dirty,

00:55:13.059 --> 00:55:13.539
 tired,

00:55:13.779 --> 00:55:14.139
 carrying

00:55:14.139 --> 00:55:14.679
 wounded.

00:55:15.759 --> 00:55:16.179
 And their

00:55:16.179 --> 00:55:16.900
 own wounds

00:55:16.900 --> 00:55:17.639
 are obvious.

00:55:18.739 --> 00:55:19.119
 And yet

00:55:19.119 --> 00:55:19.799
 because of

00:55:19.799 --> 00:55:20.359
 peace

00:55:20.359 --> 00:55:21.559
 there may

00:55:21.559 --> 00:55:22.159
 be joy.

00:55:22.159 --> 00:55:24.359
 And for

00:55:24.359 --> 00:55:24.559
 the

00:55:24.559 --> 00:55:25.099
 Christian,

00:55:25.839 --> 00:55:26.379
 that is

00:55:26.379 --> 00:55:27.059
 the promise

00:55:27.059 --> 00:55:27.500
 too.

00:55:28.259 --> 00:55:28.659
 That though

00:55:28.659 --> 00:55:29.000
 there are

00:55:29.000 --> 00:55:29.839
 many things

00:55:29.839 --> 00:55:30.679
 that we

00:55:30.679 --> 00:55:31.440
 suffer in

00:55:31.440 --> 00:55:32.159
 this world,

00:55:32.259 --> 00:55:32.699
 although there

00:55:32.699 --> 00:55:32.980
 is a

00:55:32.980 --> 00:55:33.699
 reality of

00:55:33.699 --> 00:55:34.480
 a time

00:55:34.480 --> 00:55:34.779
 to be

00:55:34.779 --> 00:55:35.299
 born and

00:55:35.299 --> 00:55:35.759
 a time

00:55:35.759 --> 00:55:36.239
 to die,

00:55:36.299 --> 00:55:36.739
 a time

00:55:36.739 --> 00:55:37.359
 of war

00:55:37.359 --> 00:55:38.219
 and a

00:55:38.219 --> 00:55:38.799
 time of

00:55:38.799 --> 00:55:39.460
 peace,

00:55:40.759 --> 00:55:41.259
 there is

00:55:41.259 --> 00:55:41.839
 a reality

00:55:41.839 --> 00:55:42.980
 of a

00:55:42.980 --> 00:55:43.339
 greater

00:55:43.339 --> 00:55:44.000
 day as

00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:44.399
 well.

00:55:45.239 --> 00:55:45.679
 A day

00:55:45.679 --> 00:55:46.539
 spoken of

00:55:46.539 --> 00:55:47.099
 in Isaiah

00:55:47.099 --> 00:55:47.920
 35,

00:55:48.579 --> 00:55:49.279
 verse 8

00:55:49.280 --> 00:55:49.540
 through

00:55:49.540 --> 00:55:50.300
 verse 10

00:55:50.300 --> 00:55:51.820
 where it

00:55:51.820 --> 00:55:52.160
 says,

00:55:52.280 --> 00:55:52.860
 a highway

00:55:52.860 --> 00:55:53.420
 shall be

00:55:53.420 --> 00:55:54.500
 there and

00:55:54.500 --> 00:55:54.820
 it shall

00:55:54.820 --> 00:55:55.380
 be called

00:55:55.380 --> 00:55:55.780
 the way

00:55:55.780 --> 00:55:56.500
 of holiness.

00:55:57.360 --> 00:55:57.540
 The

00:55:57.540 --> 00:55:58.260
 unclean

00:55:58.260 --> 00:55:58.820
 shall not

00:55:58.820 --> 00:55:59.600
 pass over

00:55:59.600 --> 00:55:59.760
 it,

00:55:59.800 --> 00:56:00.120
 it shall

00:56:00.120 --> 00:56:00.820
 belong to

00:56:00.820 --> 00:56:01.420
 those who

00:56:01.420 --> 00:56:01.960
 walk on

00:56:01.960 --> 00:56:02.340
 the way.

00:56:02.920 --> 00:56:03.400
 Even if

00:56:03.400 --> 00:56:03.720
 they are

00:56:03.720 --> 00:56:04.160
 fools,

00:56:04.280 --> 00:56:04.580
 they shall

00:56:04.580 --> 00:56:05.080
 not go

00:56:05.080 --> 00:56:05.580
 astray.

00:56:06.040 --> 00:56:06.720
 No lion

00:56:06.720 --> 00:56:07.360
 shall be

00:56:07.360 --> 00:56:07.700
 there,

00:56:08.180 --> 00:56:08.700
 nor shall

00:56:08.700 --> 00:56:09.580
 any ravenous

00:56:09.580 --> 00:56:10.280
 beast come

00:56:10.280 --> 00:56:10.920
 upon it.

00:56:11.420 --> 00:56:11.700
 They shall

00:56:11.700 --> 00:56:12.100
 not be

00:56:12.100 --> 00:56:12.740
 found there,

00:56:12.800 --> 00:56:13.080
 but the

00:56:13.080 --> 00:56:13.600
 redeemed

00:56:13.600 --> 00:56:14.800
 shall walk

00:56:14.800 --> 00:56:15.100
 there.

00:56:15.440 --> 00:56:15.820
 And the

00:56:15.820 --> 00:56:16.380
 ransomed

00:56:16.380 --> 00:56:16.740
 of the

00:56:16.740 --> 00:56:17.400
 Lord shall

00:56:17.400 --> 00:56:18.280
 return and

00:56:18.280 --> 00:56:18.860
 come to

00:56:18.860 --> 00:56:19.960
 Sion with

00:56:19.960 --> 00:56:20.460
 singing.

00:56:21.000 --> 00:56:21.720
 Everlasting

00:56:21.720 --> 00:56:22.599
 joy shall

00:56:22.599 --> 00:56:23.140
 be upon

00:56:23.140 --> 00:56:23.920
 their heads.

00:56:24.559 --> 00:56:24.860
 They shall

00:56:24.860 --> 00:56:26.099
 obtain gladness

00:56:26.099 --> 00:56:26.880
 and joy,

00:56:27.620 --> 00:56:28.240
 and sorrow

00:56:28.240 --> 00:56:29.220
 and sighing

00:56:29.220 --> 00:56:30.700
 shall flee

00:56:30.700 --> 00:56:31.140
 away.

00:56:32.400 --> 00:56:32.980
 There we

00:56:32.980 --> 00:56:33.660
 are reminded

00:56:33.660 --> 00:56:34.920
 of a

00:56:34.920 --> 00:56:35.780
 greater day

00:56:35.780 --> 00:56:36.300
 for the

00:56:36.300 --> 00:56:36.820
 Christian,

00:56:37.700 --> 00:56:38.260
 a day

00:56:38.260 --> 00:56:39.240
 that Isaiah

00:56:39.240 --> 00:56:40.200
 prophesied,

00:56:40.660 --> 00:56:41.240
 a day that

00:56:41.240 --> 00:56:41.740
 the book of

00:56:41.740 --> 00:56:42.320
 Revelation

00:56:42.320 --> 00:56:43.240
 speaks of

00:56:43.240 --> 00:56:44.120
 being fulfilled,

00:56:44.240 --> 00:56:45.340
 a day when

00:56:45.340 --> 00:56:46.000
 he will wipe

00:56:46.000 --> 00:56:47.300
 away every

00:56:47.300 --> 00:56:47.860
 tear.

00:56:48.860 --> 00:56:49.780
 Today,

00:56:50.380 --> 00:56:51.300
 we remember

00:56:51.300 --> 00:56:51.960
 those who

00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:52.660
 served and

00:56:52.660 --> 00:56:53.320
 who serve.

00:56:54.180 --> 00:56:54.900
 We remember

00:56:54.900 --> 00:56:55.559
 those who

00:56:55.559 --> 00:56:56.500
 gave the

00:56:56.500 --> 00:56:56.940
 ultimate

00:56:56.940 --> 00:56:57.740
 sacrifice,

00:56:58.180 --> 00:56:58.519
 who lay

00:56:58.519 --> 00:56:59.000
 down their

00:56:59.000 --> 00:57:00.300
 lives for

00:57:00.300 --> 00:57:01.099
 our peace

00:57:01.099 --> 00:57:02.260
 and our

00:57:02.260 --> 00:57:02.820
 freedom.

00:57:03.960 --> 00:57:04.860
 But above

00:57:04.860 --> 00:57:05.720
 all today,

00:57:06.559 --> 00:57:07.000
 let us

00:57:07.000 --> 00:57:07.820
 remember the

00:57:07.820 --> 00:57:09.160
 one who

00:57:09.160 --> 00:57:09.780
 gives us

00:57:09.780 --> 00:57:10.280
 peace.

00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:12.760
 The news

00:57:12.760 --> 00:57:14.340
 headlines so

00:57:14.340 --> 00:57:15.440
 often shock

00:57:15.440 --> 00:57:15.860
 us.

00:57:17.420 --> 00:57:18.159
 A war,

00:57:18.940 --> 00:57:19.679
 a time of

00:57:19.679 --> 00:57:20.079
 war when

00:57:20.079 --> 00:57:20.760
 a war has

00:57:20.760 --> 00:57:21.800
 broken out.

00:57:22.300 --> 00:57:23.240
 We see

00:57:23.240 --> 00:57:24.119
 these headlines

00:57:24.119 --> 00:57:24.980
 that shock

00:57:24.980 --> 00:57:25.300
 us.

00:57:25.920 --> 00:57:26.460
 We see the

00:57:26.460 --> 00:57:28.119
 devastation it

00:57:28.119 --> 00:57:28.860
 brings.

00:57:30.460 --> 00:57:30.820
 And we

00:57:30.820 --> 00:57:32.179
 pray for

00:57:32.179 --> 00:57:32.780
 peace.

00:57:34.880 --> 00:57:35.480
 Today,

00:57:35.820 --> 00:57:36.539
 that is our

00:57:36.539 --> 00:57:37.159
 prayer for

00:57:37.159 --> 00:57:37.740
 the world

00:57:37.740 --> 00:57:38.860
 in which we

00:57:38.860 --> 00:57:39.179
 live,

00:57:40.019 --> 00:57:40.300
 that we

00:57:40.300 --> 00:57:40.780
 may know

00:57:40.780 --> 00:57:42.280
 days of

00:57:42.280 --> 00:57:42.800
 peace,

00:57:43.159 --> 00:57:44.460
 days of

00:57:44.460 --> 00:57:44.980
 freedom.

00:57:46.159 --> 00:57:47.139
 But above

00:57:47.139 --> 00:57:47.579
 all,

00:57:48.280 --> 00:57:48.659
 let us

00:57:48.659 --> 00:57:49.420
 remember the

00:57:49.420 --> 00:57:49.840
 Lord.

00:57:51.099 --> 00:57:51.579
 There is a

00:57:51.579 --> 00:57:52.760
 time for

00:57:52.760 --> 00:57:53.260
 everything.

00:57:54.639 --> 00:57:55.539
 But everything

00:57:55.539 --> 00:57:56.840
 is in its

00:57:56.840 --> 00:57:57.320
 time.

00:57:58.220 --> 00:57:58.860
 And God

00:57:58.860 --> 00:57:59.260
 has put

00:57:59.260 --> 00:57:59.940
 eternity

00:57:59.940 --> 00:58:01.139
 into the

00:58:01.139 --> 00:58:01.659
 heart of

00:58:01.659 --> 00:58:02.019
 man.

00:58:02.740 --> 00:58:03.240
 So let's

00:58:03.240 --> 00:58:03.720
 not see

00:58:03.720 --> 00:58:04.380
 things as

00:58:04.380 --> 00:58:05.019
 under the

00:58:05.019 --> 00:58:05.420
 sun,

00:58:05.920 --> 00:58:06.519
 where we

00:58:06.519 --> 00:58:07.360
 struggle to

00:58:07.360 --> 00:58:07.980
 understand.

00:58:08.980 --> 00:58:09.599
 Let's see

00:58:09.599 --> 00:58:11.139
 things under

00:58:11.139 --> 00:58:11.639
 heaven,

00:58:12.639 --> 00:58:13.480
 that God

00:58:13.480 --> 00:58:14.199
 rules,

00:58:14.460 --> 00:58:15.340
 that he

00:58:15.340 --> 00:58:15.900
 is with

00:58:15.900 --> 00:58:16.360
 us,

00:58:17.019 --> 00:58:17.440
 and that

00:58:17.440 --> 00:58:18.639
 he will

00:58:18.639 --> 00:58:19.400
 give joy

00:58:19.400 --> 00:58:20.780
 and gladness

00:58:20.780 --> 00:58:21.280
 to his

00:58:21.280 --> 00:58:22.639
 people when

00:58:22.639 --> 00:58:23.139
 he takes

00:58:23.139 --> 00:58:24.000
 them to

00:58:24.000 --> 00:58:24.559
 himself.

00:58:25.039 --> 00:58:25.639
 Let us

00:58:25.639 --> 00:58:25.900
 pray.

00:58:27.480 --> 00:58:28.119
 Our

00:58:28.119 --> 00:58:29.019
 Father in

00:58:29.019 --> 00:58:29.400
 heaven,

00:58:29.619 --> 00:58:30.220
 we thank

00:58:30.220 --> 00:58:30.720
 you for

00:58:30.720 --> 00:58:31.340
 your word,

00:58:31.420 --> 00:58:32.059
 a word that

00:58:32.059 --> 00:58:32.740
 speaks in

00:58:32.740 --> 00:58:34.280
 every situation

00:58:34.280 --> 00:58:35.220
 and circumstance

00:58:35.220 --> 00:58:36.480
 of life for

00:58:36.480 --> 00:58:36.780
 us.

00:58:37.420 --> 00:58:37.880
 We thank

00:58:37.880 --> 00:58:38.220
 you that it

00:58:38.220 --> 00:58:38.780
 speaks not

00:58:38.780 --> 00:58:39.340
 just for

00:58:39.340 --> 00:58:39.960
 this day,

00:58:40.059 --> 00:58:40.800
 but for

00:58:40.800 --> 00:58:41.820
 eternity too,

00:58:41.920 --> 00:58:42.240
 for you have

00:58:42.240 --> 00:58:42.880
 put eternity

00:58:42.880 --> 00:58:43.640
 in all our

00:58:43.640 --> 00:58:44.079
 hearts.

00:58:44.780 --> 00:58:45.119
 And we

00:58:45.119 --> 00:58:45.440
 pray,

00:58:45.619 --> 00:58:45.740
 Lord,

00:58:45.800 --> 00:58:46.240
 that on

00:58:46.240 --> 00:58:46.760
 this day

00:58:46.760 --> 00:58:47.539
 of reflection,

00:58:48.099 --> 00:58:48.519
 on this

00:58:48.519 --> 00:58:48.920
 day of

00:58:48.920 --> 00:58:49.500
 remembrance,

00:58:49.800 --> 00:58:50.039
 that we

00:58:50.039 --> 00:58:50.840
 will give

00:58:50.840 --> 00:58:51.240
 thanks,

00:58:51.360 --> 00:58:51.700
 O Lord,

00:58:51.760 --> 00:58:52.140
 for the

00:58:52.140 --> 00:58:52.760
 freedom that

00:58:52.760 --> 00:58:53.500
 we enjoy,

00:58:54.360 --> 00:58:54.820
 that we

00:58:54.820 --> 00:58:55.579
 will realize

00:58:55.579 --> 00:58:56.260
 too that

00:58:56.260 --> 00:58:57.220
 the greatest

00:58:57.220 --> 00:58:57.920
 price of

00:58:57.920 --> 00:58:58.380
 all has

00:58:58.380 --> 00:58:59.079
 been paid,

00:58:59.539 --> 00:59:00.160
 that Christ

00:59:00.160 --> 00:59:01.480
 came to

00:59:01.480 --> 00:59:02.000
 lay down

00:59:02.000 --> 00:59:02.660
 his life

00:59:02.660 --> 00:59:03.119
 for his

00:59:03.119 --> 00:59:03.619
 people.

00:59:04.180 --> 00:59:04.800
 So help

00:59:04.800 --> 00:59:05.039
 us,

00:59:05.320 --> 00:59:05.440
 Lord,

00:59:06.000 --> 00:59:06.660
 to consider

00:59:06.660 --> 00:59:07.440
 these things,

00:59:07.559 --> 00:59:08.180
 to reflect

00:59:08.180 --> 00:59:08.900
 upon them,

00:59:09.200 --> 00:59:10.000
 to turn to

00:59:10.000 --> 00:59:10.420
 you in

00:59:10.420 --> 00:59:11.059
 prayer and

00:59:11.059 --> 00:59:11.780
 cry out,

00:59:11.860 --> 00:59:12.280
 O Lord,

00:59:12.360 --> 00:59:12.880
 have mercy,

00:59:13.440 --> 00:59:14.019
 have mercy

00:59:14.019 --> 00:59:14.480
 on your

00:59:14.480 --> 00:59:14.860
 world,

00:59:14.960 --> 00:59:15.420
 have mercy

00:59:15.420 --> 00:59:16.059
 upon your

00:59:16.059 --> 00:59:16.599
 people.

00:59:17.179 --> 00:59:17.739
 Come to

00:59:17.739 --> 00:59:17.940
 us,

00:59:18.039 --> 00:59:18.219
 Lord,

00:59:18.300 --> 00:59:18.820
 we pray,

00:59:19.320 --> 00:59:19.780
 and give

00:59:19.780 --> 00:59:20.239
 us your

00:59:20.239 --> 00:59:20.760
 peace,

00:59:21.280 --> 00:59:21.619
 as we

00:59:21.619 --> 00:59:22.119
 ask it

00:59:22.119 --> 00:59:22.639
 in Jesus'

00:59:22.900 --> 00:59:23.119
 name.

00:59:23.699 --> 00:59:24.039
 Amen.

00:59:27.280 --> 00:59:27.820
 We're

00:59:27.820 --> 00:59:28.420
 going to

00:59:28.420 --> 00:59:29.300
 conclude by

00:59:29.300 --> 00:59:30.179
 singing to

00:59:30.179 --> 00:59:31.019
 God's praise

00:59:31.019 --> 00:59:31.559
 in Psalm

00:59:31.559 --> 00:59:32.579
 72.

00:59:34.019 --> 00:59:35.280
 Psalm 72

00:59:35.280 --> 00:59:35.780
 in the

00:59:35.780 --> 00:59:36.139
 Scottish

00:59:36.139 --> 00:59:36.739
 Psalter,

00:59:36.860 --> 00:59:37.199
 page

00:59:37.199 --> 00:59:38.500
 314.

00:59:38.500 --> 00:59:40.239
 We sing

00:59:40.239 --> 00:59:40.699
 from verse

00:59:40.699 --> 00:59:41.579
 17 to

00:59:41.579 --> 00:59:41.980
 the end

00:59:41.980 --> 00:59:42.260
 of the

00:59:42.260 --> 00:59:42.639
 psalm,

00:59:43.219 --> 00:59:43.880
 words we

00:59:43.880 --> 00:59:44.980
 perhaps know

00:59:44.980 --> 00:59:46.199
 well and

00:59:46.199 --> 00:59:46.900
 often sing

00:59:46.900 --> 00:59:47.659
 at times when

00:59:47.659 --> 00:59:48.320
 we remember

00:59:48.320 --> 00:59:49.539
 the Lord's

00:59:49.539 --> 00:59:49.960
 death,

00:59:50.119 --> 00:59:50.679
 but too we

00:59:50.679 --> 00:59:51.139
 can sing

00:59:51.139 --> 00:59:51.739
 them today

00:59:51.739 --> 00:59:52.880
 knowing that

00:59:52.880 --> 00:59:53.559
 his name

00:59:53.559 --> 00:59:54.840
 will forever

00:59:54.840 --> 00:59:55.820
 endure.

00:59:56.420 --> 00:59:57.019
 His name

00:59:57.019 --> 00:59:57.920
 forever shall

00:59:57.920 --> 00:59:58.360
 endure,

00:59:58.539 --> 00:59:59.300
 last like the

00:59:59.300 --> 00:59:59.760
 sun it

00:59:59.760 --> 01:00:00.139
 shall,

01:00:00.639 --> 01:00:01.159
 men shall

01:00:01.159 --> 01:00:01.860
 be blessed

01:00:01.860 --> 01:00:02.460
 in him

01:00:02.460 --> 01:00:03.639
 and blessed

01:00:03.639 --> 01:00:04.719
 all nations

01:00:04.719 --> 01:00:05.780
 shall him

01:00:05.780 --> 01:00:06.179
 call.

01:00:06.239 --> 01:00:06.579
 We sing

01:00:06.579 --> 01:00:07.019
 from verse

01:00:07.019 --> 01:00:08.219
 17 to

01:00:08.219 --> 01:00:08.599
 the end

01:00:08.599 --> 01:00:08.879
 of the

01:00:08.879 --> 01:00:09.239
 psalm.

01:00:09.239 --> 01:00:15.459
 His name

01:00:15.459 --> 01:00:16.659
 forever

01:00:16.659 --> 01:00:19.459
 shall

01:00:19.459 --> 01:00:22.139
 endure,

01:00:22.799 --> 01:00:25.019
 last like

01:00:25.019 --> 01:00:27.539
 the sun

01:00:27.539 --> 01:00:28.239
 it

01:00:28.239 --> 01:00:29.739
 shall,

01:00:30.339 --> 01:00:31.099
 men

01:00:31.099 --> 01:00:31.839
 shall

01:00:31.839 --> 01:00:33.379
 be

01:00:33.379 --> 01:00:35.219
 blessed

01:00:35.219 --> 01:00:37.659
 in him

01:00:37.659 --> 01:00:39.659
 and blessed

01:00:39.659 --> 01:00:41.659
 all nations

01:00:41.659 --> 01:00:43.659
 shall

01:00:43.659 --> 01:00:44.659
 him

01:00:44.659 --> 01:00:46.659
 call.

01:00:46.659 --> 01:00:48.659
 Now

01:00:48.659 --> 01:00:50.659
 blessed

01:00:50.659 --> 01:00:52.659
 be

01:00:52.659 --> 01:00:54.659
 the

01:00:54.659 --> 01:00:55.659
 Lord

01:00:56.259 --> 01:00:57.659
 our God,

01:00:57.659 --> 01:00:59.659
 the

01:00:59.659 --> 01:01:00.659
 God

01:01:00.659 --> 01:01:01.099
 God

01:01:01.099 --> 01:01:03.099
 of Israel

01:01:03.099 --> 01:01:05.099
 of Israel

01:01:05.099 --> 01:01:08.099
 for he

01:01:08.099 --> 01:01:10.099
 alone

01:01:10.099 --> 01:01:11.099
 doth

01:01:11.099 --> 01:01:13.099
 wondrous

01:01:13.099 --> 01:01:15.099
 works

01:01:15.099 --> 01:01:18.099
 in glory

01:01:18.099 --> 01:01:19.099
 that

01:01:19.099 --> 01:01:21.099
 excel

01:01:21.099 --> 01:01:27.539
 and blessed

01:01:27.539 --> 01:01:28.539
 and blessed

01:01:28.539 --> 01:01:30.539
 be his

01:01:30.539 --> 01:01:31.539
 glorious

01:01:31.539 --> 01:01:33.539
 name

01:01:33.539 --> 01:01:35.539
 to all

01:01:35.539 --> 01:01:37.539
 eternity

01:01:37.539 --> 01:01:42.539
 the whole

01:01:42.539 --> 01:01:44.480
 earth

01:01:44.480 --> 01:01:47.539
 let his

01:01:47.539 --> 01:01:48.860
 glory

01:01:48.860 --> 01:01:49.699
 glory

01:01:49.699 --> 01:01:51.259
 fill

01:01:51.259 --> 01:01:52.980
 amen

01:01:52.980 --> 01:01:54.980
 so

01:01:54.980 --> 01:01:56.820
 let

01:01:56.820 --> 01:01:56.980
 it

01:01:56.980 --> 01:01:57.980
 be

01:01:57.980 --> 01:02:01.860
 after the

01:02:01.860 --> 01:02:02.279
 benediction

01:02:02.279 --> 01:02:03.259
 I'll go to the door

01:02:03.259 --> 01:02:03.960
 to my left

01:02:03.960 --> 01:02:04.679
 we'll close

01:02:04.679 --> 01:02:05.719
 the benediction

01:02:05.719 --> 01:02:06.899
 now may

01:02:06.899 --> 01:02:07.459
 grace

01:02:07.459 --> 01:02:08.099
 mercy

01:02:08.099 --> 01:02:09.079
 and peace

01:02:09.079 --> 01:02:10.179
 from God

01:02:10.179 --> 01:02:10.719
 Father

01:02:10.719 --> 01:02:11.199
 Son

01:02:11.199 --> 01:02:11.819
 and Holy

01:02:11.819 --> 01:02:12.379
 Spirit

01:02:12.379 --> 01:02:13.839
 rest upon

01:02:13.839 --> 01:02:14.480
 and abide

01:02:14.480 --> 01:02:15.059
 with us

01:02:15.059 --> 01:02:15.500
 all

01:02:15.500 --> 01:02:16.379
 now and

01:02:16.379 --> 01:02:17.119
 forevermore

01:02:17.119 --> 01:02:18.019
 amen