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 I don't know if you realize this or not, but you just sang the sermon this morning.

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 Far more eloquent and far more uplifting, I'm sure, than my inadequate words, but what

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 a rich time of just being settled, reminded of the wonder of God, the hope that we have

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 in Him, and the comfort that He desires to bring to us through His Son and through relationship

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 with Him.

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 Well, I don't know about any of you.

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 Would any of you, I'm not looking for a show of hands, just check your own heart, how many

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 of you would say you excel at compassion?

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 Or how many of you would say that comfort is your key spiritual quality, your key spiritual

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 gift?

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 I think even for the best of us in this room, my guess is that when you're wronged, there

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 isn't just a little hint of justice in you, in wanting to get a little vengeance, perhaps,

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 on that individual who's hurt you in some way.

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 As I was thinking about this for myself, one vivid activity or event kind of flared up or

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 flashed up in my mind, and it happened while I was in California.

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 See, in the early 2000s, I was living in Southern California, about 30 miles away from the Master's

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 Seminary.

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 And so in order to get to the seminary, there was one of two options.

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 I could either drive a car and fight the traffic there and back, which would be about an hour

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 both ways, sometimes as much as two hours both ways, or I could hop on a motorcycle and take

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 my life in my own hands and split lanes there and back, which means that you're allowed to

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 drive between the cars.

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 That's actually legal in California.

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 And do it in half the time so that instead of a four-hour chunk or block of time, it was

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 somewhere around, you know, an hour and a half there and back.

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 So I chose option number two.

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 Well, you know, God was just really gracious to me, but in one specific instance, I was

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 getting onto the 101, heading southbound back to my home, and I was just next to Universal

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 Studios going up the hill.

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 And if you understand, the highways or freeways in California are five lanes both directions.

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 And in addition, there were two lanes that were merging.

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 I was in the number one and number two lane, actually between the two, splitting lanes going

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 down in rush hour traffic.

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 And it was bumper to bumper, and the person ahead of me didn't like the fact that I was

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 going to be getting ahead of him.

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 Right?

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 He sees this motorcycle kind of cutting up between the cars, and so he decides that because

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 this is not fair, and he's got to wait in traffic, that I should wait too.

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 So he kind of crowds me out and comes and hugs that center lane so I can't get by.

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 Well, fortunately, the car next to him decides to move over and give me a little space, and

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 I'm going to take it.

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 So I begin to take this space, and as I'm looking over at this car, I notice that in the driver's

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 seat is this young teenage...

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 I was going to say punk, but I shouldn't say punk.

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 Bad word.

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 There you go.

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 You see?

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 There's my flesh coming out.

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 There it is.

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 This young teenage juvenile, and just imagine, okay, he is sitting back in his seat, arm extended,

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 and he's got this leather jacket.

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 He's looking back at me.

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 You know what's going on in his head, okay?

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 Well, I make my way by, and there's just a little chuckle in my heart because I know

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 he's got to wait.

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 I get right on his front bumper, and then all of a sudden, boom!

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 He runs into the car ahead of him because he was paying attention to me and not paying

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 attention to the traffic patterns that were taking place in his lane.

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 Now, for someone, again, who is a little fleshly, there was this flash of vindication in my heart.

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 Justice!

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 Ha-ha!

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 He got what he deserved.

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 Serves him right.

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 Now, what was not going through my mind was, oh, I should pull over and make sure he's okay.

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 I should pull over and make sure that everyone is doing fine in this situation.

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 No, for me, it was, ha-ha!

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 I'm out of here.

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 See you later.

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 Well, fortunately, that's my heart, but that is not the heart of our God.

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 The heart of our God is a heart of overflowing compassion for people.

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 And here we come to Isaiah chapter 40.

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 That's where we're going to be this morning.

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 And what we find in Isaiah chapter 40 is this dramatic transition that has taken place.

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 If you remember in our study, you remember that the first 39 chapters of Isaiah dealt with this holy God,

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 with this righteous, unwavering standard,

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 who is addressing his corrupt and ungodly people

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 and seeks to call their heart to the unchangeable and unwavering standard.

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 He confronts them and rebukes them with their wickedness.

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 He even challenges their corrupt worship,

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 working through and moving through the superficiality of worship,

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 this veneer that had coated their heart,

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 thinking that perhaps they were doing things that made God happy

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 when in fact they had made him hurt and sorrowful and grieving over their sin.

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 You would expect that a God who had been so gracious with his people leading up to that point would say,

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 it is over.

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 I am through.

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 It is done.

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 But we come to chapter 40 and we see not what we would expect,

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 but we see the gracious, comforting, glorious God

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 who desires to show up and to give his people comfort.

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 Look with me, if you will, to Isaiah chapter 40.

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 And I just want to open with the first few words as an introduction to our study this morning.

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 Isaiah chapter 40.

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 Let me just read the first couple of verses

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 to give us a path into this study today.

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 It says,

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 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.

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 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her heart.

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 Excuse me.

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 Cry to her that her warfare is ended,

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 that her iniquity is pardoned,

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 that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all of her sins.

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 This morning I want to look at comfort.

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 That really is the anthem,

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 not only of Isaiah chapter 40,

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 but becomes this anthem throughout the rest of the book.

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 From chapters 40 all the way to chapter 66,

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 we see this comforting hand and comforting heart of God

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 that seeks to come to his people

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 and to minister to them in a tangible and physical and emotional and spiritual way.

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 Wants to deal with them in every aspect of life

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 and lead them to true comfort.

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 And that's what we see here.

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 And so as we look at comfort this morning,

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 I want us to ask some questions this morning.

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 And I want to begin with this question.

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 And the question is, why does comfort come?

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 Why do we have the option for comfort in the first place?

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 Why is it available to us?

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 Well, we see here in the very first verse,

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 and in the verses that follow,

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 what we're going to find is that this chapter is separated out into stages of proclamation.

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 The first stage of proclamation there in verse 1

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 is the stage of proclamation where God is initiating comfort.

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 Because it is God's desire for his people.

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 So why does comfort come?

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 Well, comfort comes initially because it is God's desire for you.

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 God wants you to know and enjoy his comfort.

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 He says, comfort my people.

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 He says, a voice is crying.

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 I want, again, to get your attention.

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 We've seen this a number of times throughout our study already,

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 that the repeating of the words and the repeating of the command

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 is to draw emphasis to the urgency of God

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 in seeking to bring to his people something that they lack.

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 And now their heart needs to be ministered to.

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 Their lives need to be touched by something outside of them,

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 something that only God can bring,

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 the comfort that only comes from him,

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 and comfort that comes because that is God's desire for them.

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 Everything that follows in this chapter

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 is because of the initiating comfort of God.

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 We have comfort because the God of all comfort

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 has made comfort accessible.

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 It shows up for you.

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 You can have it for yourself

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 because God has chosen to make it available.

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 Now, certainly we look for comfort in a lot of different venues,

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 a lot of different places,

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 but make no mistake, comfort can only be found in him.

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 So if you need comfort this morning,

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 don't waste your time looking anywhere else.

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 Comfort is available to you,

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 but comfort can only be found in him.

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 There is no true comfort apart from him.

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 And so we can't find comfort apart from him.

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 And he wants to give it to us.

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 There is this eagerness of God

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 to let us participate in this comfort that he gives to us,

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 that he makes available to us.

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 One might think that Israel had exhausted all of their opportunities.

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 One might think that they had used up

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 all of the grace that was available to them,

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 but we find yet again here God showing up to say,

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 you haven't moved too far away.

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 Comfort is still available to you.

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 God's desire for their comfort that we find here

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 in this first phrase that initiates the rest of this study

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 through this chapter.

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 He renews his covenant love for them.

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 We have access to comfort

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 because he yearns for us to enjoy it.

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 Second, we see that comfort comes

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 because of a pardoning God.

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 God chooses to forgive.

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 First, God desires comfort for you.

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 And second, God chooses to forgive.

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 We sang about that earlier in our worship together.

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 We have a pardoning God.

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 He chooses to forgive.

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 You know, a common misconception about comfort

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 is that comfort is all about how I feel.

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 Comfort is about an attitude.

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 Comfort is about making me feel accepted.

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 It's about something that is relational for sure,

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 but it's more external in nature.

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 What God wants the people of Israel to understand

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 is that although there are some external components to comfort,

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 what God is really interested in

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 is not the external

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 so much as he's interested in the entire life,

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 the entire person,

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 the core person that you are.

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 He doesn't care so much about the externals.

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 He cares about your heart.

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 He cares about everything in your life.

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 He wants to change it all.

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 And so, in showing up in terms of comfort,

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 he needs to correct the initial

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 and he needs to correct the thing

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 that corrupts comfort in your heart,

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 that disrupts it to the very core,

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 and that is the sin that gets in the way

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 of your enjoyment of fellowship with the God of comfort.

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 If God is comfort and comfort only comes through him,

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 then your sin always gets in the way

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 of you enjoying true and lasting comfort

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 that God would seek to provide for you.

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 So, if he's going to clear the way for comfort to come in

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 and to pour into your life,

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 it needs to happen through pardoning,

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 through forgiving,

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 through cleansing.

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 God deals with the real issues of life.

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 He's not so interested with the externals

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 as much as he is interested with the core parts

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 of who you are.

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 As we read this language,

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 he says in verse 2,

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 look with me,

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 it says,

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 speak tenderly to Jerusalem.

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 And the Hebrew actually says,

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 speak to their heart.

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 Make a heart connection with them.

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 Let them know that I'm interested

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 at the deepest levels of who they are.

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 Let her know that her warfare is ended,

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 that her iniquity is pardoned.

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 Notice,

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 and maybe unless you're an English major,

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 notice the passive aspect of these words.

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 Her iniquity is pardoned.

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 It's done by another party.

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 We are participants.

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 We enjoy the aspects of activity outside of us.

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 And every time this word is used in the Old Testament

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 in a passive way,

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 it's always dealing with the offering of blood.

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 It's always dealing with what God is doing

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 through the sacrifices

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 and through the blood sacrifices

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 to forgive and to pardon sin.

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 To deal with the punishment

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 that comes as a result of sin,

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 the consequences of sin.

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 Blood is the only way for that to be dealt with.

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 But make no mistake,

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 Israel was never going to be able

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 to atone for their sins

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 through the sacrificial system.

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 If you keep your finger in Isaiah chapter 40

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 and turn with me back to chapter 1,

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 we'll be able to see

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 at the very onset of this book

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 how God feels about their sacrifices.

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 Look with me at verse 11.

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 Isaiah chapter 1, verse 11.

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 It says,

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 So what is God talking about?

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 What kind of pardoning is available?

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 And if the offering of blood and goats

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 and lambs and bulls is not sufficient,

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 what offering is it going to take?

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 And as we'll look at in a few weeks from now,

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 in pointing forward to the perfect servant

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 who will come and offer the perfect sacrifice,

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 we come to understand in Isaiah chapter 53

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 what that sacrifice will look like

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 and who that sacrifice will be.

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 He was despised and rejected by men,

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 a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

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 Surely he has borne our grieves

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 and carried our sorrows,

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 yet we esteemed him stricken,

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 smitten by God and afflicted,

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 but he was pierced for our transgressions,

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 he was crushed for our iniquities.

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 Upon him,

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 the chastisement

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 was the chastisement

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 that brought us peace

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 and with his wounds

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 we are healed.

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 Pardoning happens because

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 of a perfect sacrifice.

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 God initiates comfort,

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 he offers it to his people,

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 and then he makes a way

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 for it to be experienced

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 through pardoning,

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 through his son,

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 through the perfect sacrifice.

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 That's the only way.

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 For pardoning and comfort

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 to happen

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 through the means of Christ.

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 So God makes it available to us.

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 He has a desire

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 for his people to experience it.

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 He's made a way

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 through forgiveness.

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 And he's also made a way,

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 as we'll find here

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 in the second part of verse 2,

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 he's made a way through discipline.

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 God chooses to discipline.

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 Now,

00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:31.960
 maybe you're asking the question,

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 that doesn't sound like comfort to me.

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 Being disciplined

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 isn't something

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 that I find very comforting.

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 I don't find that

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 very reassuring

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 to be quite honest with you.

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 How in the world

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 can discipline

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 and comfort

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 go together?

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 Well,

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 the reason

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 that comfort

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 and discipline

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 go together

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 is because

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 comfort

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 of God

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 shows up

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 through

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 his love for us

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 in not letting us

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 get away

00:20:06.219 --> 00:20:08.159
 with the sin

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 that we are

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 so easily beset by.

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 Rather than

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 continuing

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 to wander

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.639
 down the path

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 without consequence,

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 God seeks

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:19.000
 to get our attention,

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.059
 help us to see

00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:20.799
 the bankruptcy

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.799
 of the path

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 that we're on,

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 corrects us

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 through discipline

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 so that we can

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 enjoy the real

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 value of him

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 and be truly

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 satisfied by

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 the things

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 that make us

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 truly satisfied.

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 He gets in the way

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 so that we can

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 enjoy him

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 instead of enjoying

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 all of the other things

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 that we tend

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 to fill our life with.

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 But the other question

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.859
 is this,

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 and as I was

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.640
 looking at

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 this verse,

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 I had to scratch

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 my head a little bit

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 and ask this question.

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 It says,

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 she has received

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 from the Lord's hand

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 double

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 for all of her sins.

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 She has received

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:03.000
 from the Lord's hand

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 double

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 for all of her sins.

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 What in the world

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:07.240
 is going on here?

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 Is this to suggest

00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:10.900
 that forgiveness

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 and payment

00:21:12.580 --> 00:21:14.280
 go hand in hand?

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 Is this a statement

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.480
 of God

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 that he finds

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 some fairness

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:23.779
 in exacting

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.559
 some sort of

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 retribution

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 on us

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 and only when

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 we've paid

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 double

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 that he will then

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 forgive us

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 for our sins?

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 What we find here

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.099
 and what we find

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.700
 throughout

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:38.200
 the book of Isaiah

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 is

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 this is

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 the code

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.279
 language

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.319
 for God

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.679
 saying

00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:44.279
 it's enough.

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 They have

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 paid enough.

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 My purposes

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:51.319
 for discipline

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:52.699
 have been accomplished.

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 The thing

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 that I intended

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 to do

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 because

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 of this

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 hard

00:21:59.159 --> 00:22:00.039
 discipline

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.919
 in their life

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 has served

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.779
 its purpose

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.859
 and the purpose

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:05.000
 is to call

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:06.099
 attention to me,

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 to call them

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.119
 to me

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.619
 as the

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.899
 God who alone

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.640
 can bring

00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.340
 comfort.

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 We understand

00:22:14.300 --> 00:22:15.320
 that sin

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 against an

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.860
 eternal God

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:18.220
 requires

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 eternal

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.740
 consequences.

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 We understand

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 that and so

00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:23.519
 Israel could

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 never begin

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 to pay

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 even a

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 fraction

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.600
 of what they

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 owed to an

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.900
 eternal God.

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 That they could

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 go through

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.100
 an eternity

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:34.080
 without having

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 paid up

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 the debt

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.500
 that they owed

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 because of the

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.599
 sin

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 that they

00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.440
 had incurred

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.660
 in their

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.099
 lives.

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 No,

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:44.000
 what God

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.500
 is talking

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.059
 about here

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.920
 is that

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:47.119
 what has

00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.480
 happened

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.859
 to their

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.180
 life

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:49.980
 to bring

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.680
 discipline

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.420
 and judgment

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.960
 into their

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.319
 lives

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.859
 has served

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.500
 its purpose

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.440
 to call

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.799
 attention

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.200
 to me.

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 It has

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.279
 done what

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.799
 I intended

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 it to do.

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 Throughout

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:02.139
 the book

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:02.720
 of Isaiah

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.960
 and if you

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.379
 still have

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:04.839
 your finger

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.339
 there in

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.639
 Isaiah

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.339
 chapter 1

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.579
 you can

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.139
 see the

00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:08.919
 whole point

00:23:08.919 --> 00:23:10.539
 of discipline

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.439
 here in

00:23:11.439 --> 00:23:12.019
 this chapter.

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.619
 Isaiah

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.299
 chapter 1

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.399
 beginning in

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:16.139
 verse 24

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:17.579
 it says

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.059
 this

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:19.279
 therefore

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.839
 the Lord

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.440
 declares

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.599
 the Lord

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.119
 of hosts

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:22.700
 the mighty

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.139
 one of

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.460
 Israel

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:25.019
 I will

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.700
 get relief

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.159
 from my

00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.539
 enemies

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.200
 and avenge

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.700
 myself

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.119
 on my

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.539
 foes

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.220
 I will

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.899
 turn my

00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.240
 hand

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.720
 against

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.319
 you

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.159
 and will

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.779
 smelt

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.259
 away

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.539
 your

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.059
 dross

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.639
 as with

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.019
 lye

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:36.099
 and remove

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.679
 all your

00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.099
 alloy

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:38.379
 and I

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.000
 will restore

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.639
 your judges

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.299
 as the

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.659
 first

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.259
 and your

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.759
 counselors

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.259
 at the

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.659
 beginning

00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.519
 afterwards

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.200
 you shall

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.919
 be called

00:23:44.919 --> 00:23:45.859
 the city

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.759
 of righteousness

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:48.059
 the faithful

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.939
 city

00:23:48.939 --> 00:23:50.619
 discipline

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.299
 is the

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.899
 purging

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.679
 instrument

00:23:52.679 --> 00:23:53.299
 of God

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.699
 to get

00:23:53.699 --> 00:23:54.339
 the attention

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:55.059
 of his

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.519
 people

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.500
 and to

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.319
 draw them

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:57.899
 again to

00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.439
 himself

00:23:58.439 --> 00:23:59.659
 to help

00:23:59.659 --> 00:23:59.919
 them

00:23:59.919 --> 00:24:00.839
 understand

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.699
 the bankruptcy

00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.479
 of where

00:24:02.479 --> 00:24:03.079
 they are

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:04.419
 how it has

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:05.159
 separated them

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.679
 from God

00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:06.619
 and to draw

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.539
 them back

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.979
 to what

00:24:08.979 --> 00:24:09.879
 truly matters

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.759
 to draw

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.279
 them back

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.899
 to himself

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:15.160
 this is

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.259
 the mercy

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.420
 of God

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:19.400
 this is

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.380
 the grace

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.420
 of God

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.400
 to stand

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.340
 in the way

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.980
 of sin

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:25.540
 to get

00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:26.400
 our attention

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.480
 through discipline

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.360
 and to call

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:29.040
 us back

00:24:29.040 --> 00:24:29.500
 to him

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:31.840
 if we were

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.160
 to look

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:32.900
 at Romans

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.680
 chapter 1

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.620
 we would

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:35.040
 see that

00:24:35.040 --> 00:24:35.519
 judgment

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.980
 is to

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.320
 do the

00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:37.740
 opposite

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:39.500
 the judgment

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.120
 of God

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.800
 is actually

00:24:40.800 --> 00:24:41.580
 to let us

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.199
 continue

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:43.079
 to carry

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.460
 out

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.359
 the bankruptcy

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:44.799
 of our

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.079
 heart

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.960
 without ever

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:47.319
 calling attention

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.819
 to it

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:49.220
 listen to this

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.599
 language

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.139
 from Romans

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:50.619
 chapter 1

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:50.939
 it says

00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:51.720
 although they

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.299
 knew God

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.259
 they did not

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.980
 glorify him

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.699
 as God

00:24:54.699 --> 00:24:55.279
 nor were they

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.720
 thankful

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.859
 but they

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:58.199
 became futile

00:24:58.199 --> 00:24:58.740
 in their

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.359
 thoughts

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.299
 their foolish

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.859
 hearts

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:02.159
 were darkened

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:03.299
 therefore

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:04.379
 listen to this

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:05.659
 God gave

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.500
 them up

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.859
 to uncleanness

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:09.339
 then in verse

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.839
 24

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.659
 God gave

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:10.920
 them

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.080
 excuse me

00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:13.040
 verse 25

00:25:13.040 --> 00:25:13.759
 who exchanged

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.160
 the truth

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.560
 of God

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 for a lie

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 for this

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 reason

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.480
 God gave

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.200
 them up

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 to vile

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.840
 passions

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:21.080
 and in verse

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 28

00:25:21.560 --> 00:25:22.380
 God gave

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.080
 them over

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 to a debased

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.860
 mind

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.820
 to do those

00:25:25.820 --> 00:25:26.320
 things which

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 are not

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.519
 fitting

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:29.580
 the judgment

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.640
 of God

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.560
 on a life

00:25:31.560 --> 00:25:32.660
 that he

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.220
 hates

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:35.000
 is to

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.960
 just give

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.480
 them up

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 but we

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 know

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:40.500
 what the

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.120
 character

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.599
 of God

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.120
 is towards

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.700
 those

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.539
 whom he

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.000
 loves

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.160
 whom

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:46.019
 the Lord

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.579
 loves

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.000
 he

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:49.279
 chastens

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 he corrects

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:52.720
 that is a

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.240
 grace of

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.599
 God

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:55.799
 it's a grace

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.200
 of God

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.920
 because it

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.700
 calls us

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.240
 back

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:59.180
 to himself

00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.700
 and God

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:02.240
 is initiating

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.380
 this process

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.320
 so that his

00:26:04.320 --> 00:26:04.840
 mercy

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:05.480
 and grace

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.100
 can flow

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:07.720
 that's God's

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.020
 part

00:26:08.020 --> 00:26:08.860
 of this

00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.300
 equation

00:26:09.300 --> 00:26:11.440
 unfortunately

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.960
 we don't

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.880
 always respond

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:14.020
 to the

00:26:14.020 --> 00:26:14.660
 initiating

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.260
 work of

00:26:15.260 --> 00:26:15.480
 God

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.720
 in our

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.560
 lives

00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:16.920
 and so

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.180
 we need

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.660
 to ask

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.420
 this next

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.940
 question

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:20.080
 how

00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:20.620
 does

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.120
 comfort

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.580
 come

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:22.320
 and what

00:26:22.320 --> 00:26:22.960
 is my

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.020
 response

00:26:24.020 --> 00:26:25.460
 how does

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.800
 comfort

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:26.080
 come

00:26:26.080 --> 00:26:26.680
 we find

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.060
 that in

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:27.340
 the next

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:27.660
 several

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.020
 verses

00:26:28.020 --> 00:26:29.780
 it says

00:26:29.780 --> 00:26:30.180
 in verse

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.740
 3

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.920
 a voice

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.340
 cries

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:32.740
 in the

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.080
 wilderness

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.519
 prepare

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.299
 the way

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.559
 of the

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:34.839
 Lord

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.819
 make

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.259
 straight

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.519
 in the

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.779
 desert

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.259
 a highway

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.759
 for our

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.059
 God

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.639
 every

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.119
 valley

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.379
 shall

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:39.559
 be

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.919
 lifted

00:26:39.919 --> 00:26:40.259
 up

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.720
 every

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.299
 mountain

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.939
 and hill

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.500
 shall be

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.019
 made low

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:44.439
 the uneven

00:26:44.439 --> 00:26:44.939
 ground

00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:45.439
 shall become

00:26:45.439 --> 00:26:45.819
 level

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.419
 and the

00:26:46.419 --> 00:26:46.599
 rough

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.139
 places

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:47.659
 plain

00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:48.379
 and the

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:48.859
 glory

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.299
 of the

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.659
 Lord

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.000
 shall

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.199
 be

00:26:50.199 --> 00:26:50.839
 revealed

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:52.339
 and all

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:52.759
 flesh

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.659
 shall see

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.099
 it together

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:55.179
 for the

00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:55.639
 mouth

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.259
 of the

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.579
 Lord

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.639
 has

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.039
 spoken

00:26:58.039 --> 00:27:01.740
 I was

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.599
 beginning

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.179
 to study

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.619
 this

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.379
 section

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:04.679
 this

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:04.899
 week

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.159
 and of

00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:05.379
 course

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.639
 it's

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.059
 familiar

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:07.659
 we know

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:08.240
 that this

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.079
 points to

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.579
 John the

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.879
 Baptist

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.480
 ministry

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.459
 the

00:27:11.459 --> 00:27:12.139
 ministry

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.679
 of the

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.259
 forerunner

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.699
 who would

00:27:13.699 --> 00:27:14.599
 prepare the

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.019
 way

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:16.459
 for Christ's

00:27:16.459 --> 00:27:16.799
 ministry

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.079
 and what

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.659
 Christ would

00:27:17.659 --> 00:27:18.219
 accomplish

00:27:18.219 --> 00:27:19.539
 but I

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.139
 began to

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.980
 ask myself

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.759
 this question

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:24.159
 is this

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:25.179
 referring to

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:26.379
 the ministry

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.259
 of John the

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.559
 Baptist

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.079
 in preparing

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.759
 for Christ

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:30.359
 or is

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.559
 this

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.259
 referring to

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.879
 the work

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.599
 of Christ

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:32.939
 and what

00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:33.199
 he will

00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:33.480
 do

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.240
 to prepare

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.679
 us

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.779
 for salvation

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:37.559
 or is

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.099
 this the

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.720
 work that

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.240
 we need

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.839
 to do

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.460
 are we

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.119
 being called

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.699
 to prepare

00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.779
 our own

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.179
 hearts

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:44.019
 our own

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.399
 way

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:44.919
 so that

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:45.199
 we can

00:27:45.199 --> 00:27:45.779
 receive

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.399
 the ministry

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:46.679
 of the

00:27:46.679 --> 00:27:47.019
 gospel

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.720
 which one

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.099
 is it

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:51.839
 I was

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.039
 in a

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.379
 quandary

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:55.140
 so as I

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.720
 look through

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:57.300
 the book

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:57.940
 of Isaiah

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:59.200
 and as I

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.740
 begin to

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.360
 understand

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.520
 the context

00:28:01.520 --> 00:28:02.220
 in which

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.820
 these words

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.580
 are given

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.680
 I begin to

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.440
 recognize that

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.500
 it is talking

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.300
 about the

00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:09.220
 preparation of

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.640
 your heart

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:11.620
 it is talking

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.280
 about how to

00:28:12.280 --> 00:28:13.160
 make your

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.100
 heart ready

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:15.700
 for the

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.200
 message

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.180
 that's to

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.480
 come

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.500
 the message

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.800
 of the

00:28:18.800 --> 00:28:19.180
 gospel

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.280
 it comes

00:28:20.280 --> 00:28:20.740
 through

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.840
 the preparation

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.359
 of the

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.539
 heart

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.839
 that is

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.279
 point number

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.559
 one

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.139
 this morning

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:26.099
 how does

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.500
 it come

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.139
 it comes

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:27.559
 through the

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.119
 preparation

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:29.579
 of the

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:29.819
 heart

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:31.259
 it's

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.779
 repentance

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:33.059
 versus

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.740
 hardness

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:36.220
 it is

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.819
 repentance

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:38.220
 versus

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.319
 crookedness

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:41.519
 he's calling

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:41.879
 to these

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.240
 people

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:44.079
 the initiating

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:45.220
 call and

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.699
 proclamation

00:28:45.699 --> 00:28:46.259
 of God

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.659
 in verse

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.019
 one

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.879
 now has

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.539
 this echo

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.599
 this voice

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.139
 who is

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:51.319
 calling his

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.819
 audience

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.599
 to further

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.259
 preparation

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:55.259
 God has

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.200
 begun this

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.519
 work

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.899
 he has

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.819
 initiated

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:59.059
 comfort

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.899
 and he's

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.319
 made it

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.679
 available

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:01.399
 how does

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:02.139
 comfort

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:02.559
 come

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.579
 it comes

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.200
 as our

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.639
 hearts are

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:05.000
 ready to

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.619
 receive it

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:07.299
 now

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:09.960
 living in

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.319
 this day

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.839
 and age

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.619
 we are

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.679
 maybe a

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.379
 little distant

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.899
 from what

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.279
 would need

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.779
 to happen

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.399
 in that

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:15.819
 ancient

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.359
 culture

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.240
 in terms

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.980
 of preparing

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.879
 a way for

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.599
 a dignitary

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.279
 or a king

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.039
 making his

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.459
 way from

00:29:21.459 --> 00:29:22.319
 one part

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.639
 of the

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.000
 country

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.559
 or empire

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.079
 to another

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.539
 and any

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:25.740
 of you

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:25.980
 who have

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.480
 driven in

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.240
 places like

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.240
 Pennsylvania

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.500
 or Kentucky

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:31.019
 or maybe in

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.759
 the hills

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:33.119
 of southern

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.579
 Ohio

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.719
 or Tennessee

00:29:34.719 --> 00:29:36.039
 you would know

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:37.059
 that as the road

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:38.279
 is making its

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.959
 way through

00:29:38.959 --> 00:29:39.599
 the various

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.079
 places

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.740
 that there

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.919
 are huge

00:29:41.919 --> 00:29:43.000
 sections of

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.480
 the mountains

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.019
 that are just

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.859
 chopped away

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:46.519
 and there

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.179
 are these

00:29:47.179 --> 00:29:48.559
 chasms

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.719
 where roads

00:29:49.719 --> 00:29:50.299
 can make

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.859
 their way

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.240
 across

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.179
 and to do

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:52.639
 it with

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.959
 relative ease

00:29:53.959 --> 00:29:55.740
 and you know

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.339
 that there are

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.240
 some massive

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.979
 bridges that

00:29:57.979 --> 00:29:58.659
 you cross

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.659
 in order to

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.519
 span from

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.240
 one valley

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.919
 to the next

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:03.319
 this is the

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.959
 concept that

00:30:03.959 --> 00:30:04.319
 we're talking

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.599
 about

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.939
 the same

00:30:05.939 --> 00:30:06.419
 kind of

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:06.759
 thing would

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.299
 take place

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.579
 in the

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.899
 ancient

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.339
 culture

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.219
 as a

00:30:09.219 --> 00:30:09.419
 king

00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:09.879
 was making

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.299
 his way

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.639
 from one

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:10.839
 place

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.079
 to the

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.219
 other

00:30:11.219 --> 00:30:11.879
 he would

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.119
 send

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.859
 representatives

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.459
 who would

00:30:13.459 --> 00:30:13.959
 prepare

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.880
 the way

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.779
 before him

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.400
 in order

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.880
 for his

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.400
 path

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.960
 and for

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.539
 his trip

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:18.819
 to be

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.360
 as efficient

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.039
 as possible

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:25.700
 we're making

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.600
 a way

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:28.039
 for comfort

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.720
 to come

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:32.000
 and we make

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.779
 the way

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.480
 for comfort

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.220
 to come

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.420
 and it shows

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.559
 up in

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.380
 startling

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.079
 reality

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.900
 through the

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.340
 ministry

00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:39.759
 of John

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.180
 the Baptist

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:41.740
 and if you

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:41.960
 remember

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.340
 anything

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.120
 about John

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.519
 the Baptist

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.980
 ministry

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.440
 you will

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.900
 remember

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.539
 that it

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.879
 was a

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.319
 ministry

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.039
 of repentance

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:48.779
 it was a

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.200
 ministry

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.879
 of calling

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.559
 the people

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.740
 to remember

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.799
 their bankruptcy

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:55.680
 in themselves

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.700
 in calling

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.319
 attention

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.799
 to a bowed

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.160
 heart

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.519
 that was

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.420
 receptive

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.039
 to the

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.379
 message

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:02.119
 of Christ

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:04.180
 there needed

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.559
 to be

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.200
 humility

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.819
 there needed

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.319
 to be

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.000
 repentance

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.839
 there needed

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.299
 to be

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.639
 a willingness

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.639
 to receive

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.200
 and to be

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.740
 taught

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:15.160
 understanding

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:16.460
 the significance

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.220
 of the sin

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.500
 in their

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.940
 life

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:19.740
 making way

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.559
 making

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.640
 the comfort

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.039
 of God

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.319
 to have

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.880
 accessibility

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.480
 in their

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.900
 lives

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:26.500
 the difficulties

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.380
 of life

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:29.000
 can break

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.599
 into

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:32.079
 with salvation

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.700
 and healing

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.339
 that is

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:34.480
 the message

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.339
 that we're

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:36.140
 hearing here

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:37.640
 and we have

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.160
 seen this

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:39.039
 over and over

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.460
 again

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.279
 throughout our

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.940
 study in the

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.500
 book of Isaiah

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.400
 we've seen

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.819
 that humility

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.480
 of heart

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.259
 opens the

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.720
 channel

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.819
 for God's

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.319
 comfort and

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.700
 grace

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.619
 to flow

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:51.799
 why is that

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:53.980
 because God

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.619
 resists the

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.000
 proud

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.920
 and gives

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.480
 grace

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.339
 to the

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.680
 humble

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:59.220
 and as

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.000
 God is the

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.339
 God of

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.799
 comfort

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.440
 he will

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.119
 come to

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.619
 those

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:03.839
 who humbly

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:05.079
 receive him

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.980
 and repent

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:07.259
 and ask him

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.920
 to do his

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.500
 work in their

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:08.900
 life

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:11.320
 they say

00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:11.960
 we can't do

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.340
 this on our

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.519
 own

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:14.220
 we need

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.820
 something greater

00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.280
 than us

00:32:15.280 --> 00:32:15.920
 something better

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.480
 than us

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.720
 something outside

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.220
 of us

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.880
 to rescue

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:20.100
 to save

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.759
 to deliver

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.360
 us

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:24.840
 rescue comes

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.420
 comfort

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.980
 comes

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.800
 through the

00:32:26.800 --> 00:32:27.300
 preparation

00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:27.960
 of the heart

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:29.200
 but it also

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.920
 comes notice

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.440
 here at the

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.080
 at the at

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.860
 the verse 5

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.500
 it comes

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.019
 through the

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.620
 presence of

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:33.980
 the Lord

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:36.559
 when the

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.039
 way has

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.839
 been made

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.420
 we find

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:40.160
 the glory

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.900
 of the

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.220
 Lord

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.140
 shall be

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.740
 revealed

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:44.799
 and all

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.400
 flesh

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.339
 shall see

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.599
 it

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.360
 together

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:48.319
 for the

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.759
 mouth

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.360
 of the

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:49.680
 Lord

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.839
 has spoken

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:53.259
 when the

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.680
 heart is

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:53.980
 ready

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:57.000
 the vacuum

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.620
 has been

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.099
 opened

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.779
 and the

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.220
 rush

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.180
 of comfort

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.880
 of God

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.640
 who desires

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.579
 to show up

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.299
 in comfort

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.599
 in your

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.879
 life

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.759
 rushes

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.319
 to fill

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.500
 the

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.039
 vacancy

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:08.039
 he rushes

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.639
 to come

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.299
 and to

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.740
 give you

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.279
 the comfort

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.819
 that only

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.500
 he can

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:11.919
 bring

00:33:11.919 --> 00:33:13.119
 his presence

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:14.059
 shows up

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.659
 in your

00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:15.180
 life

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:16.980
 in Luke

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.619
 when he is

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.659
 recounting

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.639
 the message

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.680
 and helping

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.740
 to understand

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.519
 helping make

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.039
 the connection

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.779
 between John

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.259
 the Baptist

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.839
 ministry

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.500
 and the

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.019
 words of

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.500
 Isaiah

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:29.000
 he recounts

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.599
 the entire

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.159
 passage

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.559
 but he

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.419
 changes

00:33:31.419 --> 00:33:32.299
 this last

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.879
 phrase

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:34.140
 instead of

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:34.640
 saying the

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.120
 glory of

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.640
 the Lord

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.160
 shall be

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.640
 revealed

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.500
 he says

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.340
 all mankind

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:39.660
 will see

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.900
 the salvation

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:42.060
 of God

00:33:42.060 --> 00:33:44.320
 we see the

00:33:44.320 --> 00:33:44.820
 correlation

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.380
 between

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:46.280
 salvation

00:33:46.280 --> 00:33:47.980
 and glory

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:50.300
 John

00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:51.080
 puts it

00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.500
 this way

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:53.100
 the word

00:33:53.100 --> 00:33:54.620
 became flesh

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.700
 and dwelt

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.560
 among us

00:33:56.560 --> 00:33:57.680
 and we

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.320
 have seen

00:33:58.320 --> 00:33:58.640
 it

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.960
 seen his

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.500
 glory

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.500
 glory

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.460
 the glory

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.480
 the glory

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.920
 is of

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.599
 the only

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:03.039
 son

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.380
 from the

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.740
 father

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.519
 full

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.799
 of grace

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.920
 and truth

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.759
 Jesus

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.519
 came

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.440
 to reveal

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.420
 the glory

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.980
 of God

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.619
 he came

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.260
 to bring

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:13.079
 salvation

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:14.900
 and thus

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.360
 came

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.659
 to bring

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.280
 comfort

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:18.340
 to us

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.619
 so that

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.239
 any who

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:21.039
 participate

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.760
 in him

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.639
 through faith

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.579
 will be able

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.480
 to experience

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.019
 the comfort

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.460
 of God

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.559
 so that all

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.139
 flesh

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.659
 will see

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:28.940
 it

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.420
 together

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.339
 we will

00:34:30.339 --> 00:34:31.239
 experience

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:32.059
 the comfort

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.519
 of God

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.079
 through

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:34.219
 the salvation

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:36.079
 that we have

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.719
 through faith

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.359
 in Christ

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:39.559
 the purpose

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.179
 of God's

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.539
 comfort

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:42.219
 is not

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.639
 just

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.219
 external

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:43.819
 change

00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:44.739
 it is

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.599
 an entire

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:47.219
 transaction

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:48.119
 of life

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:49.579
 it is to

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.420
 meet you

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:50.859
 at the

00:34:50.859 --> 00:34:51.179
 deepest

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.599
 levels

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:51.920
 and to

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.279
 change

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.839
 everything

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:53.500
 about you

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:55.539
 and then

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:55.779
 you'll be

00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:56.099
 able to

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.279
 really

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:56.879
 experience

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.380
 the comfort

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.720
 that God

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.059
 has

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.780
 to bring

00:34:58.780 --> 00:35:01.559
 that leads

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.900
 us to

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.119
 our

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.760
 last

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:03.099
 question

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.300
 this

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:03.539
 morning

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.940
 what

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.760
 does

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.240
 comfort

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.880
 accomplish

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:08.619
 it's

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:08.840
 great

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.000
 that

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.320
 comfort

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.480
 is

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:09.920
 available

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:11.019
 it's

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.220
 great

00:35:11.220 --> 00:35:11.340
 that

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:11.480
 we

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.640
 can

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:12.200
 experience

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:12.619
 through

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.000
 Christ

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.220
 but

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:14.099
 what

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.760
 does

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.220
 comfort

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:15.640
 do

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.640
 what

00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:16.800
 does

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:16.920
 it

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.400
 accomplish

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.700
 in

00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:17.880
 my

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.280
 life

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:18.780
 and

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:18.880
 we

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.140
 see

00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:19.400
 this

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.700
 from

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.420
 verses

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.000
 6

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.280
 to

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:21.780
 31

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:23.280
 and

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.340
 I

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.500
 just

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.640
 want

00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:23.760
 to

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.000
 point

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.360
 out

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.840
 three

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:26.360
 specific

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.920
 things

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:28.059
 because

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.420
 we

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.660
 have

00:35:28.660 --> 00:35:28.820
 the

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.320
 answer

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.640
 in

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:30.200
 verses

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:31.039
 6

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.160
 to

00:35:31.160 --> 00:35:31.519
 31

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.800
 but

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.240
 we

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:32.360
 don't

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:32.519
 have

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.840
 time

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.019
 to

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.240
 read

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.380
 the

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.539
 whole

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:33.940
 passage

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.260
 so

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:34.860
 I

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:34.920
 want

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.019
 to

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.140
 just

00:35:35.140 --> 00:35:35.360
 pick

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.519
 out

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.800
 three

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.240
 things

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.539
 here

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.079
 initially

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.280
 and

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.380
 then

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.620
 we'll

00:35:37.620 --> 00:35:39.220
 finish

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:39.440
 with

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.760
 five

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.240
 more

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:40.800
 questions

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:42.760
 first

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.240
 we find

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.380
 in

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.579
 verses

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:43.900
 6

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.019
 to

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.180
 8

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.380
 that

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.519
 it

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.079
 leads

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.559
 to

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.079
 confidence

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.840
 in

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.120
 God

00:35:47.120 --> 00:35:48.800
 what

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:48.940
 does

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.640
 comfort

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:50.240
 accomplish

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.680
 well

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:50.800
 it

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.240
 leads

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.579
 to

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.180
 confidence

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.720
 in

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:53.960
 God

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.179
 let me

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.380
 read

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.619
 verses

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:54.940
 6

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.059
 to

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.280
 8

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.940
 a

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.300
 voice

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.880
 says

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.500
 cry

00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:00.019
 and I

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.240
 said

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.420
 what

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:00.619
 shall

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:00.780
 I

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.199
 cry

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:02.880
 all

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.400
 flesh

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.179
 is

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.679
 grass

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.699
 and

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:05.980
 all

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.179
 its

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.579
 beauty

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:06.820
 is

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.059
 like

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.260
 the

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.619
 flower

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:07.800
 of

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:07.880
 the

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.220
 field

00:36:08.220 --> 00:36:09.119
 the

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.420
 grass

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:10.119
 withers

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.360
 the

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.780
 flower

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.460
 fades

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.420
 when

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:12.639
 the

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:12.900
 breath

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.019
 of

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.159
 the

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.400
 Lord

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.840
 blows

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.079
 on

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.199
 it

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.720
 surely

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:15.000
 the

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.360
 people

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.579
 are

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.139
 grass

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.240
 the

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:17.720
 grass

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.519
 withers

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.159
 the

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.679
 flower

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:20.579
 fades

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:20.599
!

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.179
 But

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.340
 the

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.820
 word

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.199
 of

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.380
 our

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.820
 God

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.260
 will

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:23.880
 stand

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.520
 forever

00:36:24.520 --> 00:36:26.300
 what

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.600
 had been

00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:27.020
 so

00:36:27.020 --> 00:36:27.460
 true

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.740
 of the

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.120
 people

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.340
 of

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.660
 Israel

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:28.920
 is

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.600
 that

00:36:29.600 --> 00:36:30.020
 this

00:36:30.020 --> 00:36:31.300
 call

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.540
 to

00:36:31.540 --> 00:36:31.980
 comfort

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.220
 in

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:32.600
 God

00:36:32.600 --> 00:36:32.820
 this

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.520
 call

00:36:33.520 --> 00:36:33.840
 to

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.740
 security

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.200
 in

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.600
 him

00:36:35.600 --> 00:36:36.020
 had

00:36:36.020 --> 00:36:36.220
 been

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:36.600
 so

00:36:36.600 --> 00:36:37.360
 misplaced

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.700
 because

00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.120
 they

00:36:38.120 --> 00:36:38.420
 looked

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:38.640
 for

00:36:38.640 --> 00:36:39.120
 comfort

00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:39.520
 and

00:36:39.520 --> 00:36:40.140
 security

00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:40.560
 and

00:36:40.560 --> 00:36:41.080
 confidence

00:36:41.080 --> 00:36:41.500
 in

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:41.940
 every

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.360
 other

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.260
 avenue

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:45.900
 they

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.400
 found

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.820
 through

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.260
 their own

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:48.940
 misfortune

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.960
 that

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.560
 all of

00:36:50.560 --> 00:36:50.840
 those

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.340
 things

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:51.800
 led

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.820
 to

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.340
 disappointment

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:54.700
 their

00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:55.140
 confidence

00:36:55.140 --> 00:36:55.440
 in

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.880
 Egypt

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.800
 their

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.240
 confidence

00:36:57.240 --> 00:36:57.700
 in

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.280
 other

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.720
 foreign

00:36:58.720 --> 00:36:59.100
 gods

00:36:59.100 --> 00:36:59.340
 their

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:00.100
 confidence

00:37:00.100 --> 00:37:00.720
 in

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.900
 superficial

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.960
 worship

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:04.160
 their

00:37:04.160 --> 00:37:04.820
 confidence

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.220
 in

00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:06.559
 going

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:06.920
 through

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.180
 the

00:37:07.180 --> 00:37:07.760
 motions

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.460
 their

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.860
 confidence

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.100
 in

00:37:09.100 --> 00:37:09.700
 raising

00:37:09.700 --> 00:37:09.960
 up

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.100
 an

00:37:10.100 --> 00:37:10.420
 army

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.620
 and

00:37:10.620 --> 00:37:11.059
 preparing

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.680
 the

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.160
 city

00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:12.360
 of

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:12.720
 Jerusalem

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:13.079
 all

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.260
 of

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.519
 that

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.059
 didn't

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.360
 matter

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.519
 at

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.760
 all

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:16.240
 but

00:37:16.240 --> 00:37:16.380
 what

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:16.600
 God

00:37:16.600 --> 00:37:16.740
 is

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.000
 trying

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.120
 to

00:37:17.120 --> 00:37:17.280
 help

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:17.380
 them

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.880
 understand

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.360
 is

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:19.640
 my

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.300
 message

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:20.660
 to

00:37:20.660 --> 00:37:21.059
 you

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.720
 can

00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:22.000
 and

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.260
 will

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.619
 stand

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:22.960
 it

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.519
 stands

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:23.960
 because

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.720
 it

00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.000
 is

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.559
 coming

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:25.800
 from

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:26.000
 the

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.440
 enduring

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:26.820
 word

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.000
 of

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.240
 God

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:29.059
 man

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.400
 will

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.760
 fail

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:29.940
 you

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.119
 but

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.280
 the

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:30.480
 word

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:30.640
 of

00:37:30.640 --> 00:37:30.840
 God

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.019
 will

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.420
 never

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:32.099
 let

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.220
 you

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:32.519
 down

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:36.680
 God

00:37:36.680 --> 00:37:36.840
 is

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.380
 dependable

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.840
 God

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.000
 is

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.360
 able

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:39.579
 to

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:39.980
 comfort

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:41.440
 God

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.579
 is

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:41.960
 able

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.240
 to

00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:43.000
 overcome

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.559
 the

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.360
 temporal

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.119
 nature

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.420
 of

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.880
 what

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.039
 we

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.480
 find

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:47.320
 to be

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.740
 comfortable

00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:48.180
 and

00:37:48.180 --> 00:37:48.539
 to

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:48.820
 bring

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.059
 us

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.280
 some

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:50.000
 salve

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.180
 for

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:50.340
 the

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:50.740
 moment

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:52.019
 God

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.240
 can

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:52.580
 bring

00:37:52.580 --> 00:37:53.660
 the

00:37:53.660 --> 00:37:54.140
 eternal

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:54.460
 and

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.900
 enduring

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.360
 comfort

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.559
 of

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:55.800
 God

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:55.980
 to

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.220
 bear

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:56.640
 on

00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:56.740
 our

00:37:56.740 --> 00:37:57.080
 life

00:37:57.080 --> 00:37:58.120
 it

00:37:58.120 --> 00:37:58.460
 leads

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.660
 to

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:59.120
 confidence

00:37:59.120 --> 00:37:59.460
 in

00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.700
 God

00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:00.960
 second

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.260
 it

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.580
 leads

00:38:01.580 --> 00:38:01.820
 to

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.660
 proclaiming

00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:02.820
 the

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.000
 good

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.340
 news

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.539
 we

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.120
 find

00:38:04.120 --> 00:38:04.340
 that

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.500
 in

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:04.720
 verse

00:38:04.720 --> 00:38:05.100
 9

00:38:05.100 --> 00:38:06.980
 notice

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.160
 what

00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:07.300
 it

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.700
 says

00:38:07.700 --> 00:38:08.580
 go

00:38:08.580 --> 00:38:08.840
 up

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.120
 to

00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:09.380
 a

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:09.539
 high

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.000
 mountain

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.580
 O

00:38:10.580 --> 00:38:11.000
 Zion

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.920
 herald

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.100
 of

00:38:12.100 --> 00:38:12.320
 good

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.800
 news

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.720
 lift

00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:13.900
 up

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.039
 your

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.400
 voice

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.620
 with

00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:15.140
 strength

00:38:15.140 --> 00:38:15.940
 O

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.420
 Jerusalem

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.960
 herald

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.120
 of

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.299
 good

00:38:17.299 --> 00:38:17.719
 news

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.519
 lift

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.699
 it

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:18.980
 up

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.339
 fear

00:38:19.339 --> 00:38:19.819
 not

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.639
 say

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:20.839
 to

00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:21.000
 the

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.279
 cities

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:21.460
 of

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:21.759
 Judah

00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:22.799
 behold

00:38:22.799 --> 00:38:23.599
 your

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:24.119
 God

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:27.539
 it

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.940
 leads

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.139
 to

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.839
 proclaiming

00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:29.139
 the

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.339
 good

00:38:29.339 --> 00:38:29.579
 news

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:29.980
 notice

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.599
 another

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.159
 channel

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.440
 of

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.739
 proclamation

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:34.219
 initiated

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.880
 by God

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.159
 and now

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.599
 flowing

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:35.920
 through the

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.219
 prophet

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.859
 and now

00:38:36.859 --> 00:38:37.500
 springing

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.839
 up in

00:38:37.839 --> 00:38:37.960
 the

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.239
 people

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:39.459
 as

00:38:39.459 --> 00:38:39.779
 this

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.500
 comfort

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.259
 continues

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:41.479
 to

00:38:41.479 --> 00:38:41.759
 make

00:38:41.759 --> 00:38:41.959
 its

00:38:41.959 --> 00:38:42.379
 way

00:38:42.379 --> 00:38:42.959
 and

00:38:42.959 --> 00:38:43.439
 touch

00:38:43.439 --> 00:38:43.739
 and

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:44.159
 impact

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.379
 the

00:38:44.379 --> 00:38:44.859
 lives

00:38:44.859 --> 00:38:45.259
 of

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.379
 the

00:38:45.379 --> 00:38:45.679
 people

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:45.899
 in

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:47.000
 concentric

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.639
 circles

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:50.059
 we find

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.500
 that those

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.179
 who experience

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.739
 comfort

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:53.059
 gush

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:54.399
 with the

00:38:54.399 --> 00:38:54.979
 good news

00:38:54.979 --> 00:38:55.479
 of God

00:38:55.479 --> 00:38:57.779
 this

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.099
 morning

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:59.919
 one of

00:38:59.919 --> 00:39:00.519
 my kids

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:00.859
 came

00:39:00.859 --> 00:39:01.559
 bounding

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:01.819
 down

00:39:01.819 --> 00:39:02.039
 the

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.439
 stairs

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:03.420
 and as

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.760
 they were

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.260
 looking

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.760
 outside

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.119
 the

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.400
 window

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:05.760
 they

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:06.019
 were

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.659
 singing

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:07.039
 this

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.400
 song

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:07.700
 about

00:39:07.700 --> 00:39:07.940
 the

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.320
 snow

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:09.980
 it

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.179
 just

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.400
 kind

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.619
 of

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.460
 flowed

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:11.639
 out

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:11.760
 of

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:11.920
 them

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.099
 the

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.559
 smile

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:12.940
 on

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.119
 their

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:13.579
 face

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:13.880
 and

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.099
 the

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.679
 spring

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:14.860
 in

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:15.039
 their

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.480
 step

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:15.740
 and

00:39:15.740 --> 00:39:16.220
 just

00:39:16.220 --> 00:39:16.519
 the

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.059
 happiness

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.420
 of

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:17.860
 life

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:19.179
 I

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.619
 didn't

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:19.960
 have

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.220
 to

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:20.519
 tell

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:20.840
 them

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.320
 to

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.500
 do

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:21.820
 that

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.880
 it

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.019
 was

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.340
 just

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:24.460
 gushing

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.800
 out

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.260
 because

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.559
 of

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.460
 their

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.139
 love

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.559
 for

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:28.500
 the

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:28.820
 snow

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.039
 the

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.500
 winter

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:29.860
 time

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:31.900
 that

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.059
 is

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.280
 what's

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:32.420
 going

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.519
 to

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:32.780
 happen

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:33.000
 in

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.120
 the

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:33.460
 life

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.720
 of

00:39:33.720 --> 00:39:33.820
 a

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.200
 person

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:35.160
 who

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:35.340
 is

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:35.600
 so

00:39:35.600 --> 00:39:36.400
 deeply

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:37.240
 impacted

00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:38.400
 by

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:38.640
 the

00:39:38.640 --> 00:39:39.120
 grace

00:39:39.120 --> 00:39:39.400
 of

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.680
 God

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:39.820
 and

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.000
 the

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.360
 comfort

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:40.580
 of

00:39:40.580 --> 00:39:40.760
 God

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:41.100
 it

00:39:41.100 --> 00:39:41.240
 will

00:39:41.240 --> 00:39:41.640
 just

00:39:41.640 --> 00:39:42.660
 rush

00:39:42.660 --> 00:39:43.100
 out

00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:43.280
 of

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:43.480
 you

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:45.540
 kind

00:39:45.540 --> 00:39:45.620
 of

00:39:45.620 --> 00:39:45.740
 like

00:39:45.740 --> 00:39:45.860
 what

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.060
 the

00:39:46.060 --> 00:39:46.460
 psalmist

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:46.880
 says

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.100
 in

00:39:47.100 --> 00:39:47.400
 Psalm

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:47.820
 32

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.000
 he

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:48.160
 says

00:39:48.160 --> 00:39:48.960
 blessed

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.280
 is

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:49.460
 the

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:49.840
 man

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.600
 whose

00:39:50.600 --> 00:39:51.540
 transgression

00:39:51.540 --> 00:39:51.900
 is

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.300
 forgiven

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:52.800
 whose

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.180
 sin

00:39:53.180 --> 00:39:53.380
 is

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:53.780
 covered

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:54.740
 this

00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:55.360
 gushing

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:55.900
 out

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:56.080
 of

00:39:56.080 --> 00:39:56.700
 praise

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:56.900
 to

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.180
 God

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.500
 because

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:57.680
 of

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:57.820
 a

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:57.820


00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:58.360
 recognition

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:58.360


00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:58.980
 of

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.100
 the

00:39:59.100 --> 00:39:59.440
 work

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.620
 of

00:39:59.619 --> 00:39:59.960
 God

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.199
 to

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:01.099
 overcome

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.500
 the

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:02.139
 deficiencies

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.339
 of

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:02.460
 his

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:02.880
 life

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:05.339
 as we

00:40:05.339 --> 00:40:05.799
 evaluate

00:40:05.799 --> 00:40:06.139
 our

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:06.539
 lives

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:06.900
 what

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:08.699
 usually

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:09.480
 marks

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:10.420
 your

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:11.219
 speech

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:13.059
 what

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.339
 usually

00:40:13.339 --> 00:40:13.759
 comes

00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:14.059
 out

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.219
 in

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:14.339
 the

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:14.920
 workplace

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:16.299
 what

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:16.940
 usually

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:18.259
 marks

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.659
 the

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:19.619
 discussions

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.219
 in your

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:20.500
 home

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:20.759
 or the

00:40:20.759 --> 00:40:21.279
 interactions

00:40:21.279 --> 00:40:21.739
 that you

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:22.159
 have

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:23.980
 is

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:23.980


00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.099
 it

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.420
 this

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:25.379
 praise

00:40:25.379 --> 00:40:25.599
 to

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:25.920
 God

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.159
 for

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:26.420
 his

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:27.259
 goodness

00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:28.539
 and

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:28.799
 not

00:40:28.799 --> 00:40:29.279
 some

00:40:29.279 --> 00:40:29.619
 again

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:30.399
 superficial

00:40:30.399 --> 00:40:31.799
 sappy

00:40:31.799 --> 00:40:32.440
 kind

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:32.759
 of

00:40:32.759 --> 00:40:33.379
 artificial

00:40:33.379 --> 00:40:33.839
 praise

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:34.299
 I'm

00:40:34.299 --> 00:40:34.599
 talking

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:34.920
 about

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.619
 deep

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.239
 heartfelt

00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:37.460
 expression

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:38.199
 of love

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:38.779
 to

00:40:38.779 --> 00:40:39.059
 him

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:43.219
 knowing

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:44.139
 what

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.259
 we

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:44.799
 deserve

00:40:44.799 --> 00:40:45.699
 and

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:45.920
 being

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:46.719
 overwhelmed

00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:47.119
 with

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:47.299
 his

00:40:47.299 --> 00:40:47.699
 grace

00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:49.759
 notice

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:49.980
 it's

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:50.519
 expressive

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:51.920
 it's

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.420
 public

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.679
 it's

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:52.860
 on

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.019
 the

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.500
 high

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.079
 mountains

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.820
 it's

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.159
 lifting

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:55.500
 up

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:55.900
 your

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.340
 voice

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.599
 with

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.380
 strength

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:59.079
 not

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.360
 being

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.739
 afraid

00:40:59.739 --> 00:41:00.079
 but

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.280
 it

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:00.780
 centers

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:01.239
 on

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:02.500
 beholding

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:03.559
 God

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.559
 he

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:04.860
 is

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.099
 the

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.440
 focal

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:05.880
 point

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.699
 for

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:07.139
 praise

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:07.340
 and

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.679
 worship

00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:09.780
 for

00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:10.059
 those

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.239
 who

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:10.460
 have

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:10.820
 come

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:11.079
 to

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.400
 grips

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:11.639
 with

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:11.900
 the

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.519
 immense

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:13.019
 mercy

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.239
 of

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:13.500
 God

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:13.599
 in

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:13.739
 their

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:14.039
 lives

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.739
 this

00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:14.820
 is

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:14.900
 going

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:14.980
 to

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.139
 be

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.400
 the

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.340
 refreshing

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:17.539
 life

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:17.940
 giving

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.480
 soul

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:19.579
 satisfying

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:20.179
 words

00:41:20.179 --> 00:41:20.399
 of

00:41:20.399 --> 00:41:21.079
 kindness

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:22.539
 that

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:22.879
 mark

00:41:22.879 --> 00:41:23.219
 us

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:23.559
 as

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:23.940
 people

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:25.859
 will

00:41:25.859 --> 00:41:25.960
 be

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.279
 people

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:26.619
 who

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.679
 are

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:28.179
 committed

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:30.359
 to

00:41:30.359 --> 00:41:30.539
 a

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:30.919
 life

00:41:30.919 --> 00:41:31.940
 that

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.079
 is

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:32.519
 resting

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:32.919
 in

00:41:32.919 --> 00:41:33.219
 him

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:33.399
 and

00:41:33.399 --> 00:41:34.239
 speaking

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:34.739
 of

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:35.000
 him

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:36.259
 and

00:41:36.259 --> 00:41:36.399
 as

00:41:36.399 --> 00:41:36.779
 people

00:41:36.779 --> 00:41:37.199
 see

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:37.480
 our

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:37.859
 lives

00:41:37.859 --> 00:41:38.000
 they

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.239
 will

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:38.779
 notice

00:41:38.779 --> 00:41:39.659
 the

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:40.859
 distinctiveness

00:41:40.859 --> 00:41:42.519
 a

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:42.799
 life

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:42.919
 that

00:41:42.919 --> 00:41:43.059
 is

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.319
 marked

00:41:43.319 --> 00:41:43.500
 with

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:44.019
 peace

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.339
 in

00:41:44.339 --> 00:41:44.480
 the

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:44.759
 midst

00:41:44.759 --> 00:41:45.000
 of

00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:45.779
 hardship

00:41:45.779 --> 00:41:47.359
 you'll

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:47.579
 say

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:48.599
 what

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.899
 is

00:41:48.899 --> 00:41:49.039
 it

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.319
 about

00:41:49.319 --> 00:41:49.579
 that

00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:50.139
 person

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:51.440
 they're

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:51.659
 able

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:51.779
 to

00:41:51.779 --> 00:41:52.319
 respond

00:41:52.319 --> 00:41:52.619
 that

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:52.960
 way

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.179
 when

00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:53.879
 life

00:41:53.879 --> 00:41:54.099
 is

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.379
 so

00:41:54.379 --> 00:41:54.739
 hard

00:41:54.739 --> 00:41:54.940
 for

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.219
 them

00:41:55.219 --> 00:41:56.679
 it's

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:56.819
 the

00:41:56.819 --> 00:41:57.059
 comfort

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.259
 of

00:41:57.259 --> 00:41:57.519
 God

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:59.659
 or

00:41:59.659 --> 00:41:59.839
 when

00:41:59.839 --> 00:42:00.079
 there's

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.219
 a

00:42:00.219 --> 00:42:00.659
 crisis

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.000
 of

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.519
 finances

00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:01.859
 in

00:42:01.859 --> 00:42:02.400
 your

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.839
 life

00:42:02.839 --> 00:42:04.559
 and

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:04.699
 the

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.000
 people

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.379
 looking

00:42:05.379 --> 00:42:05.619
 at

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:05.739
 you

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:05.920
 would

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.179
 say

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:06.460
 how

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:06.639
 in

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:06.779
 the

00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:07.079
 world

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.440
 are

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:07.559
 they

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:07.819
 making

00:42:07.819 --> 00:42:08.079
 ends

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.279
 meet

00:42:08.279 --> 00:42:08.619
 how

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:08.759
 in

00:42:08.759 --> 00:42:08.859
 the

00:42:08.859 --> 00:42:09.019
 world

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.179
 can

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:09.279
 they

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:09.460
 be

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.779
 so

00:42:09.779 --> 00:42:10.359
 settled

00:42:10.359 --> 00:42:12.219
 so

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:13.039
 comforted

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:13.359
 so

00:42:13.359 --> 00:42:13.960
 at

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.440
 rest

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:15.139
 how

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:15.319
 is

00:42:15.319 --> 00:42:15.500
 that

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.940
 possible

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:16.179
 in

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:16.339
 their

00:42:16.339 --> 00:42:16.619
 life

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:17.000
 when

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.279
!

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:17.460
 things are

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:17.680
 so

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:18.100
 broken

00:42:18.100 --> 00:42:18.800
 and

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:19.740
 what

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:20.300
 points

00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:20.920
 to

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:21.080
 their

00:42:21.080 --> 00:42:21.420
 life

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:21.600
 is

00:42:21.600 --> 00:42:21.960
 not

00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:22.320
 an

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:22.560
 inner

00:42:22.560 --> 00:42:23.280
 strength

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:24.260
 but a

00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:24.880
 divine

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:25.640
 strength

00:42:25.640 --> 00:42:26.540
 a strength

00:42:26.540 --> 00:42:27.040
 outside

00:42:27.040 --> 00:42:27.580
 of them

00:42:27.580 --> 00:42:28.340
 a peace

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:28.600
 and a

00:42:28.600 --> 00:42:28.820
 comfort

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:29.420
 that fills

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:29.860
 them from

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:30.420
 the outside

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:32.700
 when there are

00:42:32.700 --> 00:42:33.280
 health issues

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:33.780
 in your life

00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:34.180
 and there's

00:42:34.180 --> 00:42:34.860
 uncertainty

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:35.400
 about the

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:35.740
 future

00:42:35.740 --> 00:42:38.320
 and you're

00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:38.860
 sitting in the

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:39.240
 hospital

00:42:39.240 --> 00:42:40.180
 you've been

00:42:40.180 --> 00:42:40.540
 there for

00:42:40.540 --> 00:42:40.960
 days

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:42.240
 and you

00:42:42.240 --> 00:42:42.980
 don't know

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.400
 what the

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:43.820
 future

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:44.620
 will hold

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:44.880
 whether

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.299
 things

00:42:45.299 --> 00:42:45.380
 are

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:45.480
 going

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:45.579
 to

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:45.799
 turn

00:42:45.799 --> 00:42:45.980
 for

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.099
 the

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.359
 best

00:42:46.359 --> 00:42:46.519
 or

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:46.719
 turn

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:46.920
 for

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.099
 the

00:42:47.099 --> 00:42:47.519
 worst

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:48.779
 and yet

00:42:48.779 --> 00:42:49.059
 there's

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.420
 still

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.719
 this

00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:50.259
 settled

00:42:50.259 --> 00:42:51.239
 confidence

00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:52.500
 and peace

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.000
 in life

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:54.460
 that's

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:55.359
 a testimony

00:42:55.359 --> 00:42:56.199
 to a

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:56.539
 God of

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.000
 comfort

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:58.079
 a God

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.639
 who saves

00:42:58.639 --> 00:42:59.159
 a God

00:42:59.159 --> 00:42:59.460
 who is

00:42:59.460 --> 00:42:59.880
 able

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:03.239
 that's

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:03.619
 when God

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:04.139
 shows up

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.440
 in our

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:04.819
 lives

00:43:04.819 --> 00:43:06.319
 to help

00:43:06.319 --> 00:43:06.900
 make us

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:07.179
 look

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:07.839
 distinctive

00:43:07.839 --> 00:43:09.159
 as

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:09.599
 God's

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:09.980
 people

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:10.759
 marked

00:43:10.759 --> 00:43:11.159
 by the

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:11.440
 comfort

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:11.599
 of

00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:11.799
 him

00:43:11.799 --> 00:43:13.440
 and

00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:13.839
 finally

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:15.059
 it leads

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:15.300
 to

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:15.860
 commitment

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.900
 of

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.280
 waiting

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:17.620
 on

00:43:17.620 --> 00:43:17.860
 him

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:18.820
 a

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.320
 commitment

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:20.519
 of

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:20.900
 waiting

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:21.800
 on

00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:22.100
 him

00:43:22.100 --> 00:43:32.300
 this

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:32.519
 isn't

00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:32.800
 easy

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:33.820
 to

00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:34.000
 wait

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.140
 on

00:43:34.140 --> 00:43:34.320
 him

00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:36.720
 my

00:43:36.720 --> 00:43:36.980
 guess

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:37.180
 there

00:43:37.180 --> 00:43:37.280
 are

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:37.480
 a lot

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:37.600
 of

00:43:37.600 --> 00:43:37.960
 questions

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:38.260
 in

00:43:38.260 --> 00:43:38.400
 your

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:38.640
 life

00:43:38.640 --> 00:43:38.820
 as

00:43:38.820 --> 00:43:38.980
 there

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.400
 have

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:39.539
 been

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:39.680
 in

00:43:39.680 --> 00:43:39.900
 mine

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:43.079
 it's

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:43.320
 not

00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:43.680
 easy

00:43:43.680 --> 00:43:43.880
 to

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:44.100
 wait

00:43:44.100 --> 00:43:44.400
 on

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:44.720
 God

00:43:44.720 --> 00:43:45.380
 because

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:47.740
 I

00:43:47.740 --> 00:43:48.160
 wonder

00:43:48.160 --> 00:43:48.600
 if

00:43:48.600 --> 00:43:48.760
 he

00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:49.320
 really

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:50.840
 cares

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:51.500
 about

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:51.760
 me

00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:54.380
 there

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.580
 are

00:43:54.580 --> 00:43:55.760
 questions

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:56.140
 that

00:43:56.140 --> 00:43:56.360
 come

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:56.519
 to

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:56.820
 mind

00:43:56.820 --> 00:43:56.980
 that

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.100
 are

00:43:57.100 --> 00:43:57.539
 answered

00:43:57.539 --> 00:43:57.820
 in

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:57.960
 the

00:43:57.960 --> 00:43:58.280
 remaining

00:43:58.280 --> 00:43:58.840
 parts

00:43:58.840 --> 00:43:59.480
 of

00:43:59.480 --> 00:43:59.660
 this

00:43:59.660 --> 00:44:00.120
 passage

00:44:00.120 --> 00:44:02.519
 I'm

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:02.600
 going

00:44:02.600 --> 00:44:02.720
 to

00:44:02.720 --> 00:44:03.059
 pose

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.300
 those

00:44:03.300 --> 00:44:03.780
 questions

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:04.039
 to

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:04.180
 you

00:44:04.180 --> 00:44:04.420
 this

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:04.700
 morning

00:44:04.700 --> 00:44:05.559
 and

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:05.700
 I'm

00:44:05.700 --> 00:44:05.800
 going

00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:05.920
 to

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.280
 answer

00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:06.559
 those

00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:07.039
 questions

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:07.559
 for

00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:07.680
 you

00:44:07.680 --> 00:44:07.900
 next

00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:08.160
 week

00:44:08.160 --> 00:44:08.740
 okay

00:44:08.740 --> 00:44:09.900
 because

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.059
 we're

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:10.200
 running

00:44:10.200 --> 00:44:10.360
 out

00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:10.460
 of

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:10.660
 time

00:44:10.660 --> 00:44:10.860
 and

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:10.920
 I

00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:11.000
 want

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.059
 to

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.240
 be

00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:11.800
 careful

00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:13.320
 the

00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:13.620
 first

00:44:13.620 --> 00:44:14.180
 question

00:44:14.180 --> 00:44:14.640
 and

00:44:14.640 --> 00:44:14.760
 we'll

00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:14.920
 pick

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:15.120
 this

00:44:15.120 --> 00:44:15.300
 up

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:15.580
 next

00:44:15.580 --> 00:44:15.900
 week

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:17.080
 the

00:44:17.080 --> 00:44:17.500
 question

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:17.740
 of

00:44:17.740 --> 00:44:18.320
 a

00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:18.740
 heart

00:44:18.740 --> 00:44:18.940
 that

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:19.100
 is

00:44:19.100 --> 00:44:19.580
 wrestling

00:44:19.580 --> 00:44:20.160
 with

00:44:20.160 --> 00:44:20.500
 waiting

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:20.780
 on

00:44:20.780 --> 00:44:21.140
 God

00:44:21.140 --> 00:44:22.700
 does

00:44:22.700 --> 00:44:23.200
 God

00:44:23.200 --> 00:44:23.700
 care

00:44:23.700 --> 00:44:24.260
 about

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:24.800
 me

00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:26.519
 I

00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:28.420
 don't

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:28.940
 know

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:29.940
 anything

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:30.400
 else

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:30.740
 about

00:44:30.740 --> 00:44:30.940
 him

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:31.140
 but

00:44:31.140 --> 00:44:31.760
 what

00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:31.920
 I

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.200
 do

00:44:32.200 --> 00:44:32.380
 want

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:32.460
 to

00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:32.620
 know

00:44:32.620 --> 00:44:32.840
 does

00:44:32.840 --> 00:44:33.019
 he

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:33.380
 care

00:44:33.380 --> 00:44:33.700
 about

00:44:33.700 --> 00:44:34.200
 me

00:44:34.200 --> 00:44:35.680
 that

00:44:35.680 --> 00:44:35.980
 answer

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.320
 shows

00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:36.539
 up

00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:36.680
 in

00:44:36.680 --> 00:44:36.880
 verses

00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:37.200
 10

00:44:37.200 --> 00:44:37.340
 and

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:37.660
 11

00:44:37.660 --> 00:44:39.100
 God

00:44:39.100 --> 00:44:39.620
 cares

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:40.559
 about

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:41.259
 your

00:44:41.259 --> 00:44:41.900
 situation

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:43.619
 the

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:43.900
 second

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:44.339
 question

00:44:44.339 --> 00:44:44.519
 is

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:44.739
 this

00:44:44.739 --> 00:44:45.339
 does

00:44:45.339 --> 00:44:45.719
 God

00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:46.159
 know

00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:46.759
 what's

00:44:46.759 --> 00:44:47.259
 best

00:44:47.259 --> 00:44:48.019
 in

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:48.219
 my

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:48.679
 life

00:44:48.679 --> 00:44:50.920
 is

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:51.119
 he

00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:52.059
 wise

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:52.519
 enough

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:53.059
 is

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:53.359
 he

00:44:53.359 --> 00:44:54.039
 smart

00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:54.500
 enough

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:54.920
 does

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.139
 he

00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:55.819
 know

00:44:55.819 --> 00:44:56.079
 the

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:56.359
 end

00:44:56.359 --> 00:44:56.559
 from

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:56.699
 the

00:44:56.699 --> 00:44:57.059
 beginning

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:57.559
 does

00:44:57.559 --> 00:44:57.699
 he

00:44:57.699 --> 00:44:57.920
 know

00:44:57.920 --> 00:44:58.079
 what

00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:58.219
 the

00:44:58.219 --> 00:44:58.559
 future

00:44:58.559 --> 00:44:59.199
 holds

00:44:59.199 --> 00:45:00.460
 is

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:00.719
 God

00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:01.179
 wise

00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:01.639
 enough

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:01.839
 and

00:45:01.839 --> 00:45:03.420
 can

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:03.539
 I

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:03.900
 trust

00:45:03.900 --> 00:45:04.079
 him

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.219
 to

00:45:04.219 --> 00:45:04.420
 make

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:04.559
 the

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:04.719
 right

00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:05.380
 decisions

00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:06.799
 does

00:45:06.799 --> 00:45:06.980
 God

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:07.099
 know

00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:07.259
 what's

00:45:07.259 --> 00:45:07.599
 best

00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:07.819
 we

00:45:07.819 --> 00:45:08.239
 find

00:45:08.239 --> 00:45:08.380
 that

00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:08.759
 answer

00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:09.460
 in

00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:09.680
 verses

00:45:09.680 --> 00:45:10.120
 12

00:45:10.120 --> 00:45:10.260
 to

00:45:10.260 --> 00:45:10.660
 14

00:45:10.660 --> 00:45:12.380
 the

00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:12.860
 third

00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:13.260
 question

00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:13.460
 is

00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:13.720
 this

00:45:13.720 --> 00:45:14.140
 is

00:45:14.140 --> 00:45:14.440
 God

00:45:14.440 --> 00:45:15.140
 able

00:45:15.140 --> 00:45:15.820
 to

00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:16.200
 help

00:45:16.200 --> 00:45:16.480
 me

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:19.860
 he

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:20.320
 might

00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:20.600
 be

00:45:20.600 --> 00:45:21.600
 he

00:45:21.600 --> 00:45:21.820
 might

00:45:21.820 --> 00:45:22.200
 care

00:45:22.200 --> 00:45:22.460
 about

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:22.680
 my

00:45:22.680 --> 00:45:23.060
 life

00:45:23.060 --> 00:45:23.500
 he

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.680
 might

00:45:23.680 --> 00:45:23.940
 know

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:24.340
 what's

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:24.700
 best

00:45:24.700 --> 00:45:24.900
 for

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:25.120
 my

00:45:25.120 --> 00:45:25.520
 life

00:45:25.520 --> 00:45:26.080
 but

00:45:26.080 --> 00:45:27.200
 but

00:45:27.200 --> 00:45:27.340
 does

00:45:27.340 --> 00:45:27.620
 God

00:45:27.620 --> 00:45:28.000
 really

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:29.600
 is

00:45:29.600 --> 00:45:29.720
 God

00:45:29.720 --> 00:45:29.920
 really

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:30.320
 able

00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:30.560
 to

00:45:30.560 --> 00:45:30.820
 show

00:45:30.820 --> 00:45:31.120
 up

00:45:31.120 --> 00:45:31.340
 and

00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:31.820
 to

00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:32.540
 fix

00:45:32.540 --> 00:45:33.260
 my

00:45:33.260 --> 00:45:34.000
 crisis

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:35.080
 we

00:45:35.080 --> 00:45:35.220
 find

00:45:35.220 --> 00:45:35.380
 that

00:45:35.380 --> 00:45:35.660
 answer

00:45:35.660 --> 00:45:35.860
 in

00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:36.180
 verses

00:45:36.180 --> 00:45:36.680
 15

00:45:36.680 --> 00:45:36.800
 to

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 26

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 question

00:45:39.220 --> 00:45:39.460
 number

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:39.740
 four

00:45:39.740 --> 00:45:40.059
 is

00:45:40.059 --> 00:45:41.380
 is

00:45:41.380 --> 00:45:41.740
 God

00:45:41.740 --> 00:45:42.260
 watching

00:45:42.260 --> 00:45:43.860
 does

00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:44.120
 God

00:45:44.120 --> 00:45:44.440
 take

00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:45.100
 interest

00:45:45.100 --> 00:45:45.740
 with

00:45:45.740 --> 00:45:45.880
 the

00:45:45.880 --> 00:45:46.220
 things

00:45:46.220 --> 00:45:46.360
 that

00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:46.440
 are

00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:46.780
 happening

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:47.019
 for

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:47.280
 me

00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:49.519
 or

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:49.940
 is

00:45:49.940 --> 00:45:50.059
 he

00:45:50.059 --> 00:45:50.460
 off

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:50.980
 some

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.380
 other

00:45:51.380 --> 00:45:52.039
 place

00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:52.980
 dealing

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.200
 with

00:45:53.200 --> 00:45:53.420
 other

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:53.940
 problems

00:45:53.940 --> 00:45:54.260
 because

00:45:54.260 --> 00:45:54.620
 those

00:45:54.620 --> 00:45:55.039
 problems

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.300
 are

00:45:55.300 --> 00:45:56.019
 worse

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.240
 than

00:45:56.240 --> 00:45:56.480
 my

00:45:56.480 --> 00:45:57.120
 problems

00:45:57.120 --> 00:45:58.019
 is

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.240
 God

00:45:58.240 --> 00:45:58.760
 watching

00:45:58.760 --> 00:46:00.059
 we

00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:00.260
 find

00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:00.380
 that

00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:00.620
 answer

00:46:00.620 --> 00:46:00.760
 in

00:46:00.760 --> 00:46:00.960
 verses

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:01.539
 27

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:01.700
 and

00:46:01.700 --> 00:46:02.100
 28

00:46:02.100 --> 00:46:04.039
 and

00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:04.140
 the

00:46:04.140 --> 00:46:04.280
 fifth

00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:04.740
 question

00:46:04.740 --> 00:46:06.039
 will

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:06.460
 God

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:06.740
 help

00:46:06.740 --> 00:46:06.980
 me

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:07.840
 if

00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:07.980
 I

00:46:07.980 --> 00:46:08.300
 trust

00:46:08.300 --> 00:46:08.460
 in

00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:08.659
 him

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:10.000
 will

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:10.219
 God

00:46:10.219 --> 00:46:10.519
 help

00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:10.740
 me

00:46:10.740 --> 00:46:10.940
 if

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:11.079
 I

00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:11.519
 trust

00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:12.039
 in

00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:12.300
 him

00:46:12.300 --> 00:46:13.599
 is

00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:13.740
 he

00:46:13.740 --> 00:46:14.219
 faithful

00:46:14.219 --> 00:46:14.880
 is

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:14.980
 he

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.460
 victorious

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:15.780
 will

00:46:15.780 --> 00:46:16.159
 he

00:46:16.159 --> 00:46:16.400
 give

00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:16.539
 me

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:16.699
 the

00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:16.880
 inner

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:17.639
 strength

00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:18.280
 to

00:46:18.280 --> 00:46:18.880
 persevere

00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:19.679
 and

00:46:19.679 --> 00:46:19.800
 the

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:20.119
 answer

00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:20.320
 to

00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:20.500
 that

00:46:20.500 --> 00:46:20.659
 is

00:46:20.659 --> 00:46:21.000
 found

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:21.260
 in

00:46:21.260 --> 00:46:21.719
 verses

00:46:21.719 --> 00:46:22.440
 29

00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:23.159
 to

00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:23.579
 31

00:46:23.579 --> 00:46:25.639
 and

00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:25.780
 as

00:46:25.780 --> 00:46:25.900
 you

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:26.039
 can

00:46:26.039 --> 00:46:26.440
 imagine

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:26.860
 all

00:46:26.860 --> 00:46:27.039
 of

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:27.219
 those

00:46:27.219 --> 00:46:27.559
 answers

00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:27.760
 are

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.139
 affirmative

00:46:28.139 --> 00:46:29.880
 God

00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:30.019
 will

00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:30.199
 do

00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:30.420
 all

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:30.639
 those

00:46:30.639 --> 00:46:30.880
 things

00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:31.059
 for

00:46:31.059 --> 00:46:31.300
 you

00:46:31.300 --> 00:46:31.880
 and

00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:32.320
 because

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:32.519
 of

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:32.679
 that

00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:32.900
 you

00:46:32.900 --> 00:46:33.420
 can

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:34.199
 wait

00:46:34.199 --> 00:46:34.659
 and

00:46:34.659 --> 00:46:35.119
 trust

00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:35.380
 in

00:46:35.380 --> 00:46:35.719
 him

00:46:35.719 --> 00:46:37.519
 and

00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:37.639
 you

00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:37.779
 can

00:46:37.779 --> 00:46:38.339
 experience

00:46:38.339 --> 00:46:38.579
 the

00:46:38.579 --> 00:46:38.899
 comfort

00:46:38.899 --> 00:46:39.859
 that

00:46:39.859 --> 00:46:40.159
 only

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:40.539
 comes

00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:40.739
 from

00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:40.980
 him

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:42.579
 do

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:42.699
 you

00:46:42.699 --> 00:46:42.859
 know

00:46:42.859 --> 00:46:43.099
 it

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:44.199
 have

00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:44.319
 you

00:46:44.319 --> 00:46:44.679
 tasted

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:44.939
 it

00:46:44.939 --> 00:46:46.219
 are

00:46:46.219 --> 00:46:46.359
 you

00:46:46.359 --> 00:46:46.819
 enjoying

00:46:46.819 --> 00:46:47.059
 it

00:46:47.059 --> 00:46:47.359
 right

00:46:47.359 --> 00:46:47.659
 now

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:48.480
 the

00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:48.799
 comfort

00:46:48.799 --> 00:46:49.000
 of

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:49.259
 God

00:46:49.259 --> 00:46:49.459
 in

00:46:49.459 --> 00:46:49.579
 your

00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:49.899
 life

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:51.280
 he

00:46:51.280 --> 00:46:51.519
 wants

00:46:51.519 --> 00:46:51.660
 it

00:46:51.660 --> 00:46:51.800
 for

00:46:51.800 --> 00:46:52.059
 you

00:46:52.059 --> 00:46:53.980
 come

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.180
 back

00:46:54.180 --> 00:46:54.400
 next

00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:54.619
 week

00:46:54.619 --> 00:46:54.720
 and

00:46:54.720 --> 00:46:54.860
 we'll

00:46:54.860 --> 00:46:55.119
 finish

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:55.320
 out

00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:55.920
 this

00:46:55.920 --> 00:46:56.200
 part

00:46:56.200 --> 00:46:56.300
 of

00:46:56.300 --> 00:46:56.460
 our

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:56.760
 study

00:46:56.760 --> 00:46:57.639
 I

00:46:57.639 --> 00:46:57.760
 look

00:46:57.760 --> 00:46:57.980
 forward

00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:58.139
 to

00:46:58.139 --> 00:46:58.400
 sharing

00:46:58.400 --> 00:46:58.700
 this

00:46:58.700 --> 00:46:59.860
 it's

00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:02.420
 something

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:02.780
 that God

00:47:02.780 --> 00:47:03.079
 has had

00:47:03.079 --> 00:47:03.380
 to work

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:03.780
 in my

00:47:03.780 --> 00:47:04.000
 own

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:04.360
 heart

00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:04.820
 for the

00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:05.200
 last

00:47:05.200 --> 00:47:06.539
 several

00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:06.940
 years

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:08.220
 is

00:47:08.220 --> 00:47:08.519
 God

00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:09.240
 trustworthy

00:47:09.240 --> 00:47:11.300
 and

00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:11.760
 there

00:47:11.760 --> 00:47:12.360
 are

00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:13.000
 moments

00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:13.680
 in

00:47:13.680 --> 00:47:14.119
 life

00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:14.360
 where

00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:14.840
 we

00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:15.380
 know

00:47:15.380 --> 00:47:15.940
 who

00:47:15.940 --> 00:47:16.240
 God

00:47:16.240 --> 00:47:16.940
 is

00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:19.559
 we

00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:19.840
 know

00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:20.000
 what

00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:20.260
 he

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:20.780
 can

00:47:20.780 --> 00:47:21.320
 do

00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:23.159
 and

00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:23.280
 all

00:47:23.280 --> 00:47:23.360
 we

00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:23.460
 have

00:47:23.460 --> 00:47:23.539
 to

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:23.659
 do

00:47:23.659 --> 00:47:23.780
 is

00:47:23.780 --> 00:47:23.960
 just

00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:24.159
 wait

00:47:24.159 --> 00:47:24.300
 for

00:47:24.300 --> 00:47:24.400
 him

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:24.500
 to

00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:24.639
 do

00:47:24.639 --> 00:47:24.840
 it

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:27.380
 it's

00:47:27.380 --> 00:47:27.760
 certain

00:47:27.760 --> 00:47:30.940
 it

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.099
 can

00:47:31.099 --> 00:47:31.400
 be

00:47:31.400 --> 00:47:32.159
 expected

00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:32.539
 and

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:33.139
 anticipated

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:34.559
 he

00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:34.760
 will

00:47:34.760 --> 00:47:35.179
 do

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:35.519
 what

00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:36.039
 he

00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:36.579
 intends

00:47:36.579 --> 00:47:36.780
 to

00:47:36.780 --> 00:47:36.920
 do

00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:37.039
 in

00:47:37.039 --> 00:47:37.139
 your

00:47:37.139 --> 00:47:37.559
 life

00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:38.880
 he

00:47:38.880 --> 00:47:39.079
 is

00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:39.599
 faithful

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:39.940
 he

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:40.099
 is

00:47:40.099 --> 00:47:40.559
 God

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:42.800
 the

00:47:42.800 --> 00:47:43.179
 question

00:47:43.179 --> 00:47:43.599
 is

00:47:43.599 --> 00:47:44.519
 will

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:44.860
 we

00:47:44.860 --> 00:47:46.360
 step

00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:46.740
 back

00:47:46.739 --> 00:47:48.000
 and

00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:48.199
 wait

00:47:48.199 --> 00:47:48.399
 for

00:47:48.399 --> 00:47:48.659
 him

00:47:48.659 --> 00:47:49.939
 and

00:47:49.939 --> 00:47:50.119
 let

00:47:50.119 --> 00:47:50.439
 him

00:47:50.439 --> 00:47:51.039
 have

00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:51.219
 his

00:47:51.219 --> 00:47:51.519
 way

00:47:51.519 --> 00:47:51.899
 in

00:47:51.899 --> 00:47:52.019
 our

00:47:52.019 --> 00:47:52.399
 life

00:47:52.399 --> 00:47:54.239
 let

00:47:54.239 --> 00:47:54.259
 me

00:47:54.259 --> 00:47:54.399
 just

00:47:54.399 --> 00:47:54.639
 finish

00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:54.859
 with

00:47:54.859 --> 00:47:55.139
 this

00:47:55.139 --> 00:47:57.279
 encouragement

00:47:57.279 --> 00:47:57.799
 from

00:47:57.799 --> 00:47:58.259
 Isaiah

00:47:58.259 --> 00:47:58.539
 chapter

00:47:58.539 --> 00:47:58.919
 40

00:47:58.919 --> 00:48:01.759
 in

00:48:01.759 --> 00:48:01.939
 verse

00:48:01.939 --> 00:48:02.479
 28

00:48:02.479 --> 00:48:04.479
 have

00:48:04.479 --> 00:48:04.599
 you

00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:04.799
 not

00:48:04.799 --> 00:48:05.239
 known

00:48:05.239 --> 00:48:06.379
 have

00:48:06.379 --> 00:48:06.479
 you

00:48:06.479 --> 00:48:06.659
 not

00:48:06.659 --> 00:48:07.179
 heard

00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:08.159
 the

00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:08.699
 Lord

00:48:08.699 --> 00:48:10.279
 is

00:48:10.279 --> 00:48:10.500
 the

00:48:10.500 --> 00:48:11.059
 everlasting

00:48:11.059 --> 00:48:11.739
 God

00:48:11.739 --> 00:48:12.379
 the

00:48:12.379 --> 00:48:13.000
 creator

00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:13.259
 of

00:48:13.259 --> 00:48:13.419
 the

00:48:13.419 --> 00:48:13.919
 ends

00:48:13.919 --> 00:48:14.159
 of

00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:14.299
 the

00:48:14.299 --> 00:48:14.699
 earth

00:48:14.699 --> 00:48:15.659
 he

00:48:15.659 --> 00:48:15.899
 does

00:48:15.899 --> 00:48:16.119
 not

00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:16.519
 faint

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:16.699
 or

00:48:16.699 --> 00:48:16.900
 grow

00:48:16.900 --> 00:48:17.219
 weary

00:48:17.219 --> 00:48:17.800
 his

00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:18.599
 understanding

00:48:18.599 --> 00:48:18.880
 is

00:48:18.880 --> 00:48:19.599
 unsearchable

00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:20.239
 he

00:48:20.239 --> 00:48:20.579
 gives

00:48:20.579 --> 00:48:21.219
 power

00:48:21.219 --> 00:48:21.739
 to

00:48:21.739 --> 00:48:21.940
 the

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:22.420
 faint

00:48:22.420 --> 00:48:22.960
 and

00:48:22.960 --> 00:48:23.099
 to

00:48:23.099 --> 00:48:23.360
 him

00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:23.559
 who

00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:23.920
 has

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:24.139
 no

00:48:24.139 --> 00:48:24.539
 might

00:48:24.539 --> 00:48:24.900
 he

00:48:24.900 --> 00:48:25.460
 increases

00:48:25.460 --> 00:48:26.440
 strength

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:28.000
 even

00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:28.199
 the

00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:28.800
 youths

00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:29.099
 shall

00:48:29.099 --> 00:48:29.500
 faint

00:48:29.500 --> 00:48:29.840
 and be

00:48:29.840 --> 00:48:30.199
 weary

00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:30.699
 and

00:48:30.699 --> 00:48:31.019
 young

00:48:31.019 --> 00:48:31.300
 men

00:48:31.300 --> 00:48:31.579
 shall

00:48:31.579 --> 00:48:32.039
 fail

00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:32.960
 and

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:33.099
 be

00:48:33.099 --> 00:48:33.619
 exhausted

00:48:33.619 --> 00:48:33.900
 but

00:48:33.900 --> 00:48:34.579
 those

00:48:34.579 --> 00:48:35.059
 who

00:48:35.059 --> 00:48:35.820
 wait

00:48:35.820 --> 00:48:36.699
 for

00:48:36.699 --> 00:48:36.840
 the

00:48:36.840 --> 00:48:37.239
 Lord

00:48:37.239 --> 00:48:38.159
 shall

00:48:38.159 --> 00:48:38.639
 renew

00:48:38.639 --> 00:48:38.699
!

00:48:38.699 --> 00:48:39.099
 their

00:48:39.099 --> 00:48:39.840
 strength

00:48:39.840 --> 00:48:40.780
 they

00:48:40.780 --> 00:48:40.960
 shall

00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:41.300
 mount

00:48:41.300 --> 00:48:41.619
 up

00:48:41.619 --> 00:48:42.199
 with

00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:42.579
 wings

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:42.599
!

00:48:42.820 --> 00:48:42.900
 like

00:48:42.900 --> 00:48:43.259
 eagles

00:48:43.259 --> 00:48:43.699
 they

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:43.980
 shall

00:48:43.980 --> 00:48:44.380
 run

00:48:44.380 --> 00:48:44.739
 and not

00:48:44.739 --> 00:48:44.940
 be

00:48:44.940 --> 00:48:45.280
 weary

00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:45.780
 they shall

00:48:45.780 --> 00:48:46.360
 walk

00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:47.940
 and not

00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:48.599
 faint

00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:49.320
 that

00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:50.220
 is what

00:48:50.220 --> 00:48:50.820
 the comforting

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:51.280
 God

00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:51.960
 intends

00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:52.820
 to do

00:48:52.820 --> 00:48:53.300
 for your

00:48:53.300 --> 00:48:53.680
 life

00:48:53.680 --> 00:48:55.400
 will we

00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:55.840
 let him

00:48:55.840 --> 00:48:58.599
 we have

00:48:58.599 --> 00:48:58.880
 to wait

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 and let him

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 show up

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 so that he

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 can work out

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 his plans

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 instead of

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 us getting

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 in his way

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 but requires

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 some confidence

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 in the now

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 comforting

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 in the here

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 and now

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 so that we

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 can anticipate

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 the power

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 of God

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 and the

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 presence

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 of God

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 showing up

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 later

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 it will

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 come

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 if we

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 let him

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 let's

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 pray

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 God we

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 thank you

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 that you

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 are the

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 God of

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 all comfort

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 who intends

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 to comfort

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 your people

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 thank you

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 for

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 the ways

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 in which

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 you pursue

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 comfort

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 for us

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 the ways

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 in which

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 you make

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 comfort

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 available

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 to us

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 through the

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 pardoning

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 and through

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 discipline

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 help us

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 Lord

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 to be

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 those

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 who

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 prepare

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 our

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 hearts

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 make it

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 ready

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 through

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 repentance

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 and make

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 way

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 and accessibility

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 for your

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 presence

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 to show up

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 in our

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 lives

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 so that we

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 can experience

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 your comfort

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 and so that

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 we can

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 we can

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 herald

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 the good

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 news

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 of our

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 great

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 comforting

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 God

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 we pray

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 in Jesus

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 name

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 amen

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 this morning

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 if you need

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 comfort

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 we have

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 comfort

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 to give

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 not because

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 not because

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 we have

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 comfort

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 at our

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 own

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 disposal

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 but because

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 God has

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 made his

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 comfort

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 available

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 to us

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 through

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 faith in

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 him

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 we would

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 love to

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 pray with

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 you and

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 encourage

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 you

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 however

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 you need

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 it

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 we'd love

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 to just

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 hear

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 what your

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 burdens

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 might be

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 and to

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 try to

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 provide

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 some

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 measure

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 of

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 comfort

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 to you

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 from

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 the

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 Lord

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 maybe

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 this

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 morning

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 you don't

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 know

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 Jesus

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 as your

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 Savior

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 and today

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 is the

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 day

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 where you'd

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 like

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 you'd like

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 to make

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 him the

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 Lord of

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 your life

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 and experience

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 that comfort

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 in a fresh

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 new way

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 so as we sing

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 this song

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 why don't we

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 stand

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 as we

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 Thank you.