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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 One of the joys of an interim period in the life of the church is that we get to have guests come

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 on occasion and feed us from God's Word and spell me and Chad or spell you from me and Chad,

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 however it is that that works out. I'm not sure which one it was.

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 It's a particular privilege to introduce you to pastors who have pastored me.

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 Jay is one of those. Jay is an Old Testament professor at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis.

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 As Chad and I both attended there and learned from him, some teachers teach, and that's wonderful.

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 Some shepherds you as you're developing in your own life and learning God's Word there.

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 Jay is one of those who's done that for us, has done that for me.

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 When one of our previous pastors, Jake Patton, and I were ordained here several years ago,

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 we invited Jay to come and preach that service. Many of you who were here will remember repeating

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 after him the words, will is not the Christ. So he also keeps me in my place, for which I'm

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 very grateful. I'm so excited to have Jay shepherd all of us this morning. I'm eager to hear with you.

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 Jay has asked me to read our passage this morning, which is Psalm 42.

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 This is the Word of God, Psalm 42.

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 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God,

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 for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night,

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 while they say to me continually, where is your God? These things I remember as I pour out my soul.

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 How I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, with glad shouts

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 and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival. Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you

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 in turmoil within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God. My soul is cast

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 down within me. Therefore, I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mazar.

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 Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls. All your breakers and your waves have gone over me.

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 By day the Lord commands His steadfast love, and at night His song is with me, a prayer to the God

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 of my life. I say to God, my rock, why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the

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 oppression of the enemy? As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to

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 me continually, where is your God? Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you in turmoil within

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 me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God. Thus far, God's holy,

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 inerrant, and infallible word.

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 Well, good morning. Am I on? Good morning. Good morning. Thank you, Will. Thank you for your kind

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 words. One of the greatest joys and encouragements for me is to come and to see former students and

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 friends now involved in leading and shepherding God's word. It just, my heart is smiling very deeply

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 right now. When I was a young boy, maybe around 10 or 11 years old, there was a period of time where

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 my mom would try to help my brother and I get to sleep every night by playing a record.

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 And it struck me that some of you here might not know what a record is. So, last night I asked,

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 Will and Christy, you guys have a record. They didn't have any records. Chad and Annalise,

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 you guys have a record. They didn't have any records. But they tracked one down for me.

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 It was delivered this morning. I won't tell you who brought it, but the Romantics was the one

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 that they happened. This is not what my mother played to me, by the way, every night. But this is,

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 if you've never seen one, especially kids here, this is what a record looks like. And it kind of

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 works like a CD. And a CD is kind of like an MP3 on a coaster, right? By the way, it would spin around

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 and you'd put in the record player, it'd spin around and then it would play the songs. And one of the

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 songs that my mom used to play was called, As the Deer Pants for the Water. How many here know that song?

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 Let's just sing the first verse together, shall we? I'll start us off and then very quickly,

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 please drown out my voice. All right?

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 Go with the chorus if you know it.

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 You alone are my strength, my shield. To you alone may my spirit yield. You alone are my heart's

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 desire, and I long to worship. Actually, isn't that a beautiful song? Perfect.

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 song to play somebody to fall asleep. And you may have noticed it's based on Psalm 42.

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 I love that song. There's just one problem with it. It completely misses the mood of Psalm 42.

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 When you hear a song like that, if you were to picture in your mind what the person who is singing

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 or writing the song is feeling, what kind of thoughts come to your mind?

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 I mean, as I listen to a song like that, I think of somebody who is, they are by a bubbling brook.

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 It is sunny outside. They have just been reading their Bibles, and they feel so close to God.

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 Doesn't it feel that way? I mean, their hearts are full. They've just been feasting on some experience

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 of the Lord, and they just want more and more. That's how the song feels. If you noticed in Psalm 42,

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 the psalmist, the person who wrote the psalm, feels exactly the opposite.

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 The person who wrote Psalm 42 doesn't feel like they're having a mountaintop experience with God.

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 They feel like they're in the deepest, darkest valley.

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 They feel like they're in the deepest valley.

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 They feel like they're in the deepest valley.

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 The person who wrote Psalm 42 doesn't feel like God is so close that you could touch Him.

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 They feel like God is a thousand miles away.

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 The person who wrote Psalm 42 doesn't have a heart that's feasting on God.

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 They have a heart that is drier than desert dust.

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 What's going on in Psalm 42 to lead a person to think and to feel that way?

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 What I'd like to do is walk through the psalm by just asking three questions of it.

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 You'll see it on the back of your bulletin.

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 The three questions are these.

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 What is the psalmist feeling?

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 Why is he feeling that way, and what does he do about it?

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 What is the psalmist feeling?

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 Why is he feeling that way, and what does he do about it?

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 First question, what is the psalmist feeling?

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 And you can answer this question in a couple different ways.

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 On the one hand, the psalmist is feeling deep emotional suffering.

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 Deep emotional suffering.

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 In fact, he gets at this a bunch of different ways.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 My tears have been my food.

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 My tears have been my food.

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 In other words, this person is at a point of such despair and sadness

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 that they've lost their appetite.

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 And many of you know what this is like.

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 Years ago, I lost a nephew.

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 It was one of the most painful things I had ever experienced in my life.

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 And my sadness hijacked my hunger.

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 That's what the psalmist is experiencing.

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 No hunger.

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 No interest in food.

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 My tears have been my food.

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 Verse 3 says,

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 My tears have been my food day and night.

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 In other words, even when he lies down on his bed at night

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 and he closes his eyes,

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 the drumbeat of sorrow just keeps pounding.

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 And no matter how tightly he shuts his eyes,

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 the tears keep streaming through.

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 I mean, he just, he can't shut it off.

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 Verse 5.

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 Why are you downcast, O my soul?

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 The Bible uses this word in another passage to describe somebody

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 who has just learned that his mother has died.

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 Just learned it.

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 One of the most painful things that you can experience in life.

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 That's what the psalmist is experiencing.

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 Why are you downcast, O my soul?

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 Why are you in despair?

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 That's a word that's used to describe,

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 have you ever felt like your heart is turned inside out with grief?

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 It's like this bucking bronco that you can't wrestle to the ground.

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 You can't stop the sadness.

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 You can't stop the sorrow.

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 That's what the psalmist is feeling.

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 Deep emotional suffering.

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 And along with this suffering,

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 perhaps because of this suffering,

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 the psalmist also feels utterly alone.

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 Completely forsaken.

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 When he says in verse 1,

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 as the deer pants for the water brooks,

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 so my soul pants for you,

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 you know what he's describing here?

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 He's describing a drought.

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 He's describing a drought where there is no water to be found.

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 And we actually have elsewhere in the Bible a description of what a drought was like in Israel.

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 Jeremiah chapter 14, we read these words,

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 In other words,

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 the ground is cracked because there is no rain.

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 The farmers are dismayed.

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 Even the deer in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

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 In other words,

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 when there was a drought in Israel,

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 you got so desperate for just a drop of water

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 that even a mother deer would forsake her newborn

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 because she could think of nothing else

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 except getting some relief from her thirst.

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 It's a horrible thirst.

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 And the psalmist is saying,

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 Lord, I just want a drop,

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 just a drop of your presence

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 and of your comfort and of your love.

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 When I was 16 or 17 years old,

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 my family was in the midst of a really tough time.

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 It was just a year or two away from my parents separating.

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 And I remember one afternoon,

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 feeling the pain of that so keenly,

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 I went into my bedroom and I shut the door

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 and I literally fell on my knees

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 and I began to pray,

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 Oh, Lord.

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 Oh, Lord.

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 Please help.

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 Please comfort me.

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 Please take away the pain.

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 And I wish I could tell you that

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 the ceiling of my bedroom parted

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 and this beam of sunshine came in.

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 But the heavens that day were silent.

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 I didn't feel a drop of comfort or relief.

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 And that's where the psalmist is.

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 What's he feeling?

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 Deep emotional suffering,

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 tears streaming down his face

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 and feeling utterly alone.

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 That's what he's feeling.

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 Well, why is he feeling that way?

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 Why is he feeling that way?

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 We get a hint of this in verses 9 and 10.

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 As we read these,

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 what you'll see is that

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 the psalmist is in the midst of some sort of trial,

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 some sort of suffering,

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 and he's got enemies around him

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 who are piling on,

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 who are pouring salt into the wound.

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 Verse 9,

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 I will say to God,

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 my rock,

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 why have you forgotten me?

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 Why do I go mourning

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 because of the oppression of the enemy?

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 As a shattering of my bones,

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 my adversaries revile me,

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 while they say to me all day long,

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 where is your God?

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 You see what's happening here.

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 He's in the midst of some sort of trial,

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 some sort of suffering.

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 He doesn't name what it is.

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 He doesn't tell us.

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 And you'll notice,

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 actually,

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 often as you're reading through the psalms,

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 they describe the trials pretty generally.

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 And I think the reason is

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 that by describing them generally,

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 it's an invitation for you

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 and for me

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 to be able to identify

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 because we can sort of,

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 it's almost like when you read about a trial,

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 the invitation is,

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 oh, and by the way,

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 insert your personal trial right here.

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 So we can really identify

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 with what's going on.

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 So we don't know what's going on,

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 but some trial,

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 and there are enemies around

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 who are saying this to him.

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 You claim to be

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 one of those followers of the Lord.

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 And he makes

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 all sorts of promises for you.

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 Doesn't he say

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 he's a God of steadfast love?

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 Doesn't he?

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 Doesn't he say

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 he's a God who's with you?

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 Doesn't he?

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 Doesn't he say

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 he cares for you

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 and loves you?

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 Doesn't he?

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 Well, those promises

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 don't line up with your life right now.

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 Where is your God?

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 Give it up.

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 It's all a sham.

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 None of it's real.

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 Some of us here

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 have experienced this,

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 do experience this,

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 with family

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 or friends

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 who aren't excited

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 about the fact

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 we've decided

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 to follow Jesus.

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 And when life

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 goes badly,

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 the whispers

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 start.

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 Oh, is this

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 what happens

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 when you become

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 a follower of Jesus?

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 Is this how

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 he cares for you?

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 For others of us,

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 it's not family

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 or friends

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 that whisper that to us.

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 It's our own hearts

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 that whisper that to us.

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 Even if we don't want them to,

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 they reflexively

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 in the midst of trial

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 can begin to say,

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 where is your God?

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 Look,

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 what you're experiencing

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 in life

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 doesn't seem to line up

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 with his promises.

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 What is a psalmist feeling?

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 Deep,

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 emotional,

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 suffering,

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 utterly alone.

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 Why is he feeling that way?

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 He's in the midst

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 of some sort of trial,

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 some sort of difficulty.

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 And he has people

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 around him

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 saying,

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 where is your God?

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 This doesn't line up.

00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:31.660
 Well,

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.580
 what does he do about it?

00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:35.919
 The psalmist actually does,

00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.759
 as you go through here,

00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:37.699
 he does at least

00:18:37.699 --> 00:18:38.699
 four different things.

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 The first thing he does

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 is one of the most

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.799
 simple

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 and yet one of the most important.

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 The first thing he does

00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:51.699
 is he keeps

00:18:51.699 --> 00:18:53.799
 talking to the Lord.

00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:58.379
 He keeps talking

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 to the Lord.

00:18:59.059 --> 00:19:01.720
 Psalm 42

00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:03.940
 is a prayer.

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 Verse 1,

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 As the deer pants

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.659
 for the water,

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.679
 so my soul pants

00:19:09.679 --> 00:19:10.099
 for you,

00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:11.759
 O God.

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.720
 Verse 9,

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 I will say to God,

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:16.500
 my rock,

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.659
 why have you

00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:18.980
 forgotten me?

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 See,

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.480
 he's praying

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.899
 to God.

00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:23.079
 And the reason

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.819
 he keeps

00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.599
 praying

00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:25.859
 to God,

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 let me put it

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 this way,

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 the danger

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:29.259
 is not feeling

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:31.759
 like God

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.520
 is far away.

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 That's not the danger.

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 The danger

00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.660
 is not feeling

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.220
 like God

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.900
 is far away.

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 No,

00:19:39.020 --> 00:19:39.580
 the danger

00:19:39.580 --> 00:19:40.620
 is believing

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 your feeling

00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:43.440
 and acting

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.340
 as though it's true.

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 That's the danger.

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 It's not feeling

00:19:48.020 --> 00:19:48.460
 that God

00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:48.900
 is far away,

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 it's believing

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:51.800
 the feeling

00:19:51.800 --> 00:19:52.340
 and acting

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 as though it's true.

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 Because if you believe

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 that's true,

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 what are you going

00:19:55.320 --> 00:19:55.980
 to stop doing?

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 You're going

00:19:56.860 --> 00:19:57.319
 to stop

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:58.640
 talking to God.

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 And once you

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 stop talking

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.000
 to God,

00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.700
 what happens?

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.099
 Relationship

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:05.019
 with Him

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:06.940
 becomes impossible.

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:09.680
 When there's

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.819
 no communication,

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:11.860
 relationship

00:20:11.860 --> 00:20:13.120
 is impossible.

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:13.920
 And so,

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.000
 the psalmist

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:16.079
 keeps

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.960
 talking

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.980
 to God.

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.720
 He even

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 says things

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.680
 to God

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.259
 that you and I

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.920
 might not always

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.539
 feel comfortable

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:22.920
 saying.

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.980
 Why have you

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.759
 forgotten me?

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 And depending

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.279
 on who we are,

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:28.599
 some of us

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:28.960
 might say,

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.500
 well now,

00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.160
 theologically,

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:30.700
 of course,

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 I know God

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.480
 hasn't forgotten

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 me and so I

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:33.880
 shouldn't say

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 things like that.

00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:35.720
 Look,

00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:37.240
 God gives us

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.960
 these prayers

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.620
 in His Word

00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.480
 as model prayers.

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 If you're feeling

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:42.960
 this way,

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:44.200
 in His love

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.759
 for you,

00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:46.160
 God's given

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:47.019
 you words

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:48.400
 that you can

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 use so

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:51.000
 that you

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.740
 keep

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:53.000
 talking to God.

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 God.

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 That's the

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.880
 first thing

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.299
 the psalmist

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:56.500
 does.

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.180
 He keeps

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.759
 talking

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.599
 to God.

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 The second

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.799
 thing he does,

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:04.119
 he remembers

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.960
 what is true

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.420
 about the

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:05.859
 past.

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.519
 The second

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:07.960
 thing the

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.259
 psalmist

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.079
 does is he

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.640
 remembers

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.539
 what is true

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.440
 about the

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.819
 past.

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 You see

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.240
 this in

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.759
 verse 4.

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 These things

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 I remember

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 and I pour

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.960
 out my soul

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.759
 within me

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 for I used

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.440
 to go along

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:20.859
 with the

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.220
 throng

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.819
 and lead

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.180
 them in

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:22.799
 procession

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.120
 to the

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.580
 house of

00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:23.840
 God

00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:24.279
 with the

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.900
 voice of

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 joy and

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.000
 thanksgiving.

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 A multitude

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.420
 keeping

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:27.900
 festival.

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 And you

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.140
 can almost

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.539
 see him.

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.100
 He is

00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:30.980
 thinking back

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.940
 to those

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:33.160
 times when

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.799
 he and

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.420
 other

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.279
 worshipers of

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.700
 God would

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.140
 go up to

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.660
 Jerusalem,

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:37.840
 the capital

00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:38.400
 of Israel.

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 And when

00:21:39.320 --> 00:21:39.980
 you went up

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.519
 in the ancient

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.080
 days,

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:41.680
 you would

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.299
 go up with

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:43.400
 singing and

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:44.480
 with dancing.

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 And I

00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:45.820
 mean,

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.680
 it was a

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.460
 joyful time.

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:47.920
 And he's

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.820
 remembering those

00:21:48.820 --> 00:21:49.740
 times where

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.759
 he has sensed

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.240
 the presence

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.860
 of God,

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.180
 when he has

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.880
 known the

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.580
 reality of

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:54.960
 God,

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.820
 when he has

00:21:55.820 --> 00:21:57.080
 experienced God

00:21:57.080 --> 00:21:57.840
 in the midst

00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.640
 of worshiping

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.080
 with his

00:21:59.080 --> 00:21:59.460
 people,

00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:00.580
 he is remembering

00:22:00.580 --> 00:22:01.279
 those times

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:02.019
 from the past

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.720
 and he

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.640
 realizes,

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.820
 he recognizes

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:06.340
 it is crucial

00:22:06.340 --> 00:22:07.940
 for him to do

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.860
 so for this

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.320
 reason.

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:12.480
 When you and I

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:12.880
 are in the

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.680
 midst of

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.500
 depression

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:16.299
 and despair,

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.720
 it begins to

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.580
 feel like we're

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.440
 put in this

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.620
 cement

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:23.039
 windowless

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.799
 box.

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.519
 There's a

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.299
 wall behind

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:29.660
 us that

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.440
 cuts us

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.080
 off from

00:22:31.080 --> 00:22:32.059
 any hope

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.740
 from the

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.279
 past.

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:35.380
 Depression and

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.680
 despair,

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.200
 they put a

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.600
 wall in

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.660
 front of us

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.920
 that cuts

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.400
 us off

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.059
 from any

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.980
 hope

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.320
 from the

00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:42.720
 future.

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.680
 Depression and

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:44.960
 despair,

00:22:45.080 --> 00:22:45.759
 they put walls

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.759
 beside us so

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.220
 that as we

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.700
 look around

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.000
 in the

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.279
 present,

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.100
 we can't

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.819
 see any

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.660
 glimpses of

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:50.860
 hope.

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.700
 And depression

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.160
 and despair,

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.740
 they put a

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.259
 wall over

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.900
 top so that

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.519
 it feels like

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.059
 our prayers

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.940
 bounce off

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.440
 the ceiling.

00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:56.880
 And where

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.340
 do we end

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:57.519
 up?

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.140
 We end

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.600
 up in

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.539
 this cement

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:01.500
 pillbox of

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:03.080
 depression and

00:23:03.080 --> 00:23:03.860
 despair.

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.720
 And so what

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.140
 does the

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.779
 psalmist do?

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.160
 Do you know

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.640
 what he's doing

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:06.880
 here?

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.759
 He's blowing

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.980
 out the

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.759
 back wall

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:14.440
 so that the

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.580
 light can come

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.119
 back in.

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.819
 He's remembering

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:20.419
 what is true

00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:21.579
 from the

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.480
 past in

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.279
 terms of

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.139
 his experience

00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.859
 with God.

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.419
 Ski and I

00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:27.059
 have a friend,

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.299
 I'll call him

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:30.199
 Steve, and

00:23:30.199 --> 00:23:31.379
 years ago,

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.619
 Steve called

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.259
 us one day,

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.419
 talked with us

00:23:34.419 --> 00:23:34.939
 on the phone,

00:23:35.399 --> 00:23:36.159
 shared with us.

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.460
 He had been

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:39.500
 praying for

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:42.379
 decades that

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:43.740
 his mom would

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.240
 become a

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.579
 Christian.

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.500
 And he was

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.399
 calling to let

00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:48.199
 us know that

00:23:48.199 --> 00:23:49.240
 a few weeks

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.899
 before she

00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.480
 passed away,

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:50.939
 she had

00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:51.779
 decided to

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.199
 give her

00:23:52.199 --> 00:23:52.720
 life to

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.259
 Jesus, to

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.059
 become a

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.879
 follower of

00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:56.159
 Jesus.

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.519
 And he was

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:59.439
 so thankful

00:23:59.439 --> 00:24:01.460
 to God for

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.220
 hearing his

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.559
 prayers.

00:24:02.939 --> 00:24:03.419
 And we

00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:04.259
 rejoiced with

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.480
 him.

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.259
 Four weeks

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.579
 later, we

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.480
 caught up with

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.079
 Steve over

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.539
 coffee.

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:13.339
 And as we

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.119
 talked, he

00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:15.379
 began to

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:15.920
 share with

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:17.980
 us about a

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.720
 trial he was

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.240
 going through.

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.680
 He said,

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.460
 for years,

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.200
 for years,

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.899
 I've prayed

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.259
 that the

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.779
 Lord would

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.920
 provide a

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.279
 wife.

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:26.940
 And the

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.420
 Lord hasn't

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:28.139
 answered that

00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:28.539
 prayer.

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.920
 And it's been

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.740
 deeply painful

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.159
 for me.

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.680
 And the

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.379
 longer he

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:35.579
 talked, his

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.799
 sadness

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:38.099
 turned to

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:39.679
 anger, until

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.159
 he finally

00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:40.599
 looked at

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.019
 us with

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.980
 this face

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.659
 of deep

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:44.079
 hurt and

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:45.000
 anger and

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.639
 said, God

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:48.839
 never hears

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:50.799
 my prayers.

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.480
 Now, his

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:58.119
 pain was

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:59.119
 very real.

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:00.899
 And I

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.480
 don't minimize

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.639
 it in any

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.599
 way whatsoever.

00:25:05.219 --> 00:25:06.240
 And in

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.019
 that moment,

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:08.420
 it seemed

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.000
 that what he

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.559
 needed most

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.099
 was not any

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.879
 correction, but

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.700
 just for us to

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:13.299
 listen and

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.160
 to love and

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.779
 to bear that

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.359
 burden with

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:15.619
 him.

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.700
 But inside

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.480
 my heart

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:21.639
 was breaking

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.319
 saying, oh

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.940
 Steve,

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:25.079
 Steve,

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.039
 remember.

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.579
 Don't you

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:30.339
 remember just

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.920
 four weeks

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.779
 ago?

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:32.879
 God.

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.519
 You see, the

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.980
 psalmist, in

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.500
 the midst of

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.259
 his despair, he

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.980
 keeps talking

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:41.139
 to God, and

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:42.059
 he remembers

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.059
 what is true

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.700
 about the

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.180
 past.

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.480
 There's a

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.920
 third thing

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.420
 the psalmist

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.859
 does.

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.500
 The third

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.019
 thing is that

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.519
 the psalmist

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:52.000
 remembers what

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.559
 is true about

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.379
 the character of

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:55.099
 God right now

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.639
 in the present.

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.639
 The psalmist

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:58.480
 remembers what's

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.920
 true about

00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:00.619
 God right now

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.539
 in the

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.879
 present.

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:03.460
 And he

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.620
 does that

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.800
 so that it

00:26:05.800 --> 00:26:06.840
 can serve as

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:08.400
 a touch

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.540
 point of

00:26:09.540 --> 00:26:10.940
 reality for

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.240
 him.

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.080
 Let me

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:12.540
 explain it

00:26:12.540 --> 00:26:13.020
 this way.

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:14.300
 I have a

00:26:14.300 --> 00:26:14.660
 friend who's

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.100
 a pilot,

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.320
 flies small

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:16.760
 planes.

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.480
 And he's

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.880
 told me, you

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.080
 know, when

00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:19.640
 you're flying,

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.200
 if it's

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.380
 daytime and

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.200
 good weather,

00:26:22.780 --> 00:26:22.960
 you know,

00:26:23.020 --> 00:26:23.820
 there's a lot

00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:24.280
 that you can

00:26:24.280 --> 00:26:24.660
 do just

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.280
 flying by

00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:25.640
 sight.

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.180
 You see

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.520
 where the

00:26:27.520 --> 00:26:28.360
 horizon is,

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.740
 you know if

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.060
 you're headed

00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:29.920
 up or down,

00:26:30.020 --> 00:26:30.420
 you can look

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.140
 out the side,

00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:31.860
 get a

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.379
 sense of

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:32.959
 your speed,

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.419
 all that

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:33.719
 kind of

00:26:33.719 --> 00:26:33.939
 thing.

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.599
 But he

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.259
 said if

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.279
 it turns

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.819
 dark,

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.479
 or if

00:26:38.479 --> 00:26:39.759
 thick fog

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.639
 rolls in,

00:26:41.979 --> 00:26:42.799
 then as a

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.279
 pilot you

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.139
 can experience

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:45.079
 something that

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:46.039
 they have a

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.399
 name for,

00:26:46.459 --> 00:26:46.879
 they call it

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.419
 spatial

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.599
 disorientation.

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.199
 And all of a

00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:51.559
 sudden you

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.459
 lose your

00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:53.159
 bearings.

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.399
 And when

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.759
 you're in the

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.359
 midst of this,

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.879
 you can

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:57.240
 actually feel

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.579
 like your

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.439
 plane is headed

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.519
 up when

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.180
 in reality

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.900
 it is headed

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.440
 straight for

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:02.900
 the ground.

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.620
 It's

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.120
 incredibly

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:06.640
 dangerous to

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.360
 fly by your

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:08.480
 feelings and

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.039
 that moment.

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.900
 And so of

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.100
 course,

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.559
 well why aren't

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.180
 more planes

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.759
 crashing into

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.100
 the ground?

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.820
 Well because

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.880
 pilots know,

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:15.860
 oh at that

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.600
 moment what do

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:17.240
 I need to do?

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:19.259
 I need to look

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.700
 at my

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:21.080
 instrument panel.

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.000
 The instrument

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:25.059
 panel provides

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:26.019
 that touch

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.240
 point of

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.419
 reality against

00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:29.059
 which to

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.079
 check my

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.659
 feelings.

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.200
 See that's

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.559
 what the

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.119
 psalmist is

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.700
 doing here.

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.339
 You see this

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:37.759
 in verse

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.259
 8.

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.440
 The Lord

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.799
 will command

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.679
 his loving

00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.539
 kindness,

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.419
 steadfast love

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:45.139
 in the

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.740
 daytime,

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.299
 his song

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.159
 will be with

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:49.000
 me in the

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.220
 night.

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.700
 You see what

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.000
 he's doing?

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.720
 He's reminding

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.779
 himself of

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.500
 what is true

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.099
 about the

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.319
 Lord.

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.279
 This is a

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.759
 God of

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.799
 steadfast love.

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.779
 In fact,

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.099
 do you

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.460
 remember?

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.400
 This is not

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.200
 the first time

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:02.019
 in this psalm

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.539
 we've heard

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.039
 the words

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.299
 day and

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.740
 night.

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.920
 Do you

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.240
 remember where

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.819
 the first time

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.160
 was?

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.900
 Verse 3,

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.059
 my tears

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.819
 have been

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.240
 my food

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.519
 when?

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.319
 Day

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:16.500
 and

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.279
 night.

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.799
 And what

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.160
 does the

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.680
 psalmist say

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.400
 in verse 8?

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.420
 The Lord

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:22.359
 will command

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:23.599
 his steadfast

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.420
 love in

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.000
 the day

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.680
 time.

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.640
 His song

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.019
 will be

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.440
 with me

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.560
 in the

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:28.860
 night.

00:28:29.060 --> 00:28:29.420
 And the

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.100
 psalmist

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:32.039
 is choosing

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.820
 to live

00:28:32.820 --> 00:28:33.360
 his faith

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:33.779
 not by

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.539
 his feelings

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:36.400
 but by

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.100
 reminding

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.580
 himself

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.000
 what is

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.480
 true about

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.000
 the Lord

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:40.380
 to provide

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.420
 those touch

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.519
 points of

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.380
 reality in

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.900
 the midst

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.580
 of the

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:44.940
 storm.

00:28:46.800 --> 00:28:47.300
 There's a

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:47.740
 final thing

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.220
 the psalmist

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.660
 does.

00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:49.980
 You see it

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.680
 in verse 5.

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.799
 The

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.840
 psalmist

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.860
 remembers

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:55.220
 God's

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.000
 promises

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.000
 for the

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.440
 future.

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.220
 Why are

00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:00.360
 you downcast

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.860
 O my

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.200
 soul?

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:01.640
 Why have

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.120
 you become

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.620
 disturbed

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:03.180
 within me?

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:03.900
 Hope

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:05.440
 in God

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.279
 for I

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.860
 shall

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.519
 again

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.180
 praise

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.580
 him

00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:09.560
 the help

00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.620
 of his

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.519
 presence.

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.039
 You see

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.380
 what he's

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.700
 saying?

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.299
 Soul.

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.080
 What he's

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:16.420
 doing here

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.180
 actually he is

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:18.080
 grabbing his

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.580
 soul

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:20.319
 by the

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.699
 scruff

00:29:20.699 --> 00:29:21.139
 of the

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.619
 neck

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:23.539
 and saying

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.500
 remember

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:27.339
 have

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.339
 hope

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.379
 because the

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:30.399
 God you

00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:30.899
 worship

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.879
 is a

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.480
 God

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.000
 who

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.819
 gives

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.740
 hope.

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.259
 You see

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.559
 it again

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:37.899
 at the

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.299
 end of

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.819
 the psalm.

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.099
 He says

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.559
 the exact

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.199
 same words.

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:41.899
 Why are

00:29:41.899 --> 00:29:42.759
 you downcast

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.159
 O my

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:43.500
 soul?

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:43.779
 Why

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.199
 disturbed

00:29:44.199 --> 00:29:44.699
 within me?

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.259
 Hope

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.759
 in God

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.019
 I

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.279
 shall

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.720
 praise

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:46.899
 him

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.299
 the help

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.619
 of my

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.139
 countenance

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.620
 and my

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:48.820
 God.

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.100
 You see

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:49.380
 what he's

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.600
 done

00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.440
 by this

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.740
 point?

00:29:51.520 --> 00:29:52.000
 He's

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.259
 blown

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.520
 out

00:29:52.520 --> 00:29:52.820
 all

00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:53.000
 the

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.440
 walls.

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.040
 Remember

00:29:56.040 --> 00:29:56.440
 what's

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:56.620
 true

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:56.840
 about

00:29:56.840 --> 00:29:57.020
 the

00:29:57.020 --> 00:29:57.340
 past?

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.680
 Blown

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:57.940
 that

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.200
 wall

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.380
 out.

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:58.900
 Remember

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.220
 what's

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.360
 true

00:29:59.360 --> 00:29:59.560
 about

00:29:59.560 --> 00:29:59.800
 God

00:29:59.800 --> 00:29:59.920
 in

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.040
 the

00:30:00.040 --> 00:30:00.340
 present?

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.680
 Blown

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:00.940
 that

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.160
 wall

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.320
 out.

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:01.880
 Remember

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.140
 his

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.580
 promises

00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:02.840
 for

00:30:02.840 --> 00:30:02.980
 the

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.220
 future?

00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:03.560
 Blown

00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:03.780
 that

00:30:03.780 --> 00:30:03.920
 way.

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.160
 He's

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.440
 praying

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.620
 to

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:04.860
 God

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.120
 that

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.360
 wall

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.460
 is

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.720
 gone

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.080
 too

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.780
 so

00:30:06.780 --> 00:30:06.940
 that

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.140
 the

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.480
 light

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.960
 can

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.500
 stream

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.180
 in.

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.300
 Now

00:30:12.300 --> 00:30:12.640
 let me

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.060
 ask.

00:30:14.280 --> 00:30:14.940
 Is it

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.360
 easy to

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.559
 do

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.859
 these

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.179
 kinds

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.379
 of

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:16.740
 things

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.740
 in

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:17.879
 the

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.119
 midst

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.399
 of

00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:19.399
 depression

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.719
 and

00:30:19.719 --> 00:30:20.219
 despair?

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.619
 No.

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.740
 Now

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.179
 how many

00:30:26.179 --> 00:30:26.799
 times does

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.079
 he have

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.599
 to grab

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.019
 his soul

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.399
 by the

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:28.619
 scruff

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:28.899
 of the

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.179
 neck?

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.779
 Two

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.099
 different

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.659
 times.

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:32.639
 It's

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.019
 not like

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.419
 one and

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:33.699
 done.

00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:34.439
 Right?

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.059
 Verse

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.500
 five,

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:35.839
 okay,

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.579
 psalm ends

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.899
 here.

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.319
 No.

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.000
 In fact,

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.259
 do you

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.659
 notice

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:41.279
 what happens

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.639
 between

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:41.939
 verses

00:30:41.939 --> 00:30:42.439
 eight and

00:30:42.439 --> 00:30:42.779
 nine?

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:44.680
 Did

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:44.879
 this

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.160
 strike

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.339
 you

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:45.579
 on the

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:45.740
 way

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:45.899
 through?

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.099
 Look

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.240
 at

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.440
 verse

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.819
 eight.

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.559
 The

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:47.899
 Lord

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.160
 will

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.660
 command

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:48.980
 his

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.339
 loving

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.839
 kindness

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.220
 in the

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.619
 daytime.

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.220
 His

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.720
 song

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:51.899
 will

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.019
 be

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.259
 with

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.420
 me

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.539
 in

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.660
 the

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:52.879
 night.

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.160
 A

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.440
 prayer

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.599
 to

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:53.720
 the

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:53.960
 God

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.099
 of

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.279
 my

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.559
 life.

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:54.960
 It

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.299
 seems

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.599
 as though

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.220
 everything's

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.420
 under

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.899
 control.

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.559
 Very

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.940
 next

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.339
 verse,

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:58.720
 I

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:58.899
 will

00:30:58.899 --> 00:30:59.139
 say

00:30:59.139 --> 00:30:59.299
 to

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.519
 God

00:30:59.519 --> 00:30:59.740
 my

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.039
 rock,

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.259
 why

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.399
 have

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:00.519
 you

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:00.899
 forgotten

00:31:00.899 --> 00:31:01.180
 me?

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.740
 How

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.000
 is

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.240
 that

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.859
 possible?

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.519
 If

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.759
 you've

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.440
 experienced

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.579
 deep

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.099
 sadness

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:12.599
 or

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.179
 despair

00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:13.399
 or

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:13.799
 depression,

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.379
 you know

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:14.899
 exactly

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.159
 how

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:15.439
 that's

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:15.899
 possible.

00:31:18.199 --> 00:31:18.719
 Isn't

00:31:18.719 --> 00:31:18.859
 it

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.119
 true in

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.219
 the

00:31:19.219 --> 00:31:19.399
 midst

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:19.519
 of

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.719
 those

00:31:19.719 --> 00:31:20.059
 times

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.359
 our

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:20.719
 hearts

00:31:20.719 --> 00:31:21.000
 can

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.719
 pinball

00:31:21.719 --> 00:31:22.619
 back

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.019
 and

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.339
 forth

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.579
 a

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.099
 dozen

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.679
 times

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:24.879
 a

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.119
 day?

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.199
 Isn't

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.319
 it

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.619
 true you

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:27.779
 could

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.119
 leave a

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.539
 time of

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.799
 prayer

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.159
 feeling

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.379
 the

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:29.639
 peace

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:29.779
 of

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.000
 God

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.139
 and

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.399
 twenty

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:30.740
 minutes

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.139
 later

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:32.019
 your

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.299
 heart

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.659
 begins

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:32.879
 to

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.240
 crumble

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.939
 again?

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.279
 That's

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.839
 exactly

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:40.019
 what the

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.359
 psalmist

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.579
 is

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.259
 experiencing.

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.259
 And

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.799
 so

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.480
 God

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.279
 gives

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.939
 him

00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.799
 words

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.299
 to

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.919
 use

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:48.859
 just

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.279
 for

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.779
 times

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.199
 like

00:31:50.199 --> 00:31:50.480
 that.

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:50.919
 You know

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.099
 in the

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.259
 midst

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.399
 of

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:51.559
 those

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:51.819
 times

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.659
 sometimes

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:53.579
 sometimes

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:56.159
 we

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:56.519
 end up

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:56.719
 being

00:31:56.719 --> 00:31:57.079
 harder

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.339
 on

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.839
 ourselves

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.099
 than

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.379
 God

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.679
 is.

00:31:59.699 --> 00:32:00.039
 We

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.319
 end up

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.519
 being

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.859
 harder

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.079
 on

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.459
 ourselves

00:32:01.459 --> 00:32:01.699
 than

00:32:01.699 --> 00:32:01.939
 God

00:32:01.939 --> 00:32:02.099
 is.

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.439
 Sometimes

00:32:02.439 --> 00:32:02.759
 in

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:02.899
 the

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.119
 midst

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.319
 of

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.579
 those

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.939
 times

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.599
 we

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:04.899
 say

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.059
 to

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.419
 ourselves

00:32:05.419 --> 00:32:05.659
 with

00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:06.299
 disgust

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.539
 you

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:06.759
 should

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:06.980
 have

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.240
 more

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.679
 faith.

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:15.400
 actually

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:15.620
 what

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:15.960
 the

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.140
 Lord

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.420
 does

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:16.820
 here

00:32:16.820 --> 00:32:17.340
 is

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:17.460
 he

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.740
 says

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.060
 let

00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:18.200
 me

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.440
 give

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.779
 you

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.960
 words

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.240
 to

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.799
 use

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.360
 when

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.539
 you're

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:21.840
 feeling

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.140
 like

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.539
 that

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.720
 because

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.100
 that's

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.480
 something

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.140
 that

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:25.519
 people

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.460
 often

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.220
 experience

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.680
 and

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:27.880
 you

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.140
 need

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.400
 to

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.640
 know

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:28.820
 how

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:28.980
 to

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.180
 pray

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.320
 in

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:29.440
 the

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.680
 midst

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:29.840
 of

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.000
 it.

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.460
 If

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.720
 this

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.019
 is

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.539
 where

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.840
 the

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.240
 psalmist

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.480
 can

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.779
 come

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.079
 to

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.839
 hope

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.079
 has

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:43.519
 the

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.919
 last

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.399
 word

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:46.359
 hope

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.319
 has

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.659
 the

00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:48.099
 last

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.399
 word

00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:48.740
 because

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.019
 the

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.339
 psalmist

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.679
 knows

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:49.879
 the

00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:50.099
 God

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.259
 to

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.399
 whom

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:50.559
 I

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:50.859
 pray

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.459
 is

00:32:51.459 --> 00:32:51.679
 a

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:52.159
 hope

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.740
 giving

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.359
 God

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:53.720
 and

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:53.879
 if

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.220
 that's

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.379
 true

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:54.559
 for

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:54.759
 the

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.240
 psalmist

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.179
 remember

00:32:56.179 --> 00:32:56.480
 he

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.959
 writes

00:32:56.959 --> 00:32:57.599
 this

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.299
 hundreds

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.099
 of

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.720
 years

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.639
 before

00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:01.439
 Jesus

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:02.059
 comes

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.720
 hundreds

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:02.980
 of

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.199
 years

00:33:03.199 --> 00:33:03.659
 before

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:05.059
 and

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.220
 if

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.460
 the

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.860
 psalmist

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.039
 in

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.160
 the

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.360
 midst

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.539
 of

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:06.860
 his

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.220
 troubles

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.460
 and

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:07.980
 trials

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:09.319
 not

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.539
 even

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:09.920
 knowing

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.200
 about

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.539
 Jesus

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:10.819
 can

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.039
 come

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.180
 to

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.339
 a

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.700
 place

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:11.880
 of

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.240
 hope

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:13.100
 because

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.299
 he

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.480
 knows

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.740
 God

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:13.860
 is

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:13.980
 a

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.120
 God

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.259
 of

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.440
 hope

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.220
 how

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.120
 much

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.839
 more

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.319
 can

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.740
 we

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.299
 today

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:20.059
 we

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.200
 have

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.480
 something

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.680
 the

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.100
 psalmist

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.960
 didn't

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.480
 have

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:24.640
 we

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.059
 know

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.259
 that

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.100
 God

00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:28.380
 in

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.900
 his

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.480
 love

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:29.880
 for

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.440
 us

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.920
 chose

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 to

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 come

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.579
 into

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:32.779
 the

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 brokenness

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.759
 darkness

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.579
 and

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.480
 despair

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.799
 in

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.159
 human

00:33:37.159 --> 00:33:37.659
 flesh

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:38.079
 in

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.480
 Jesus

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:40.559
 in

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.759
 fact

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.059
 do you

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.480
 remember

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.659
 that

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:42.899
 when

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:43.579
 Jesus

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:43.859
 was

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.079
 on

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 the

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.700
 cross

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.539
 one

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:45.680
 of

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:45.819
 the

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.099
 things

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.339
 he

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.659
 prayed

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:46.940
 was

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.359
 this

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 my

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 God

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.759
 my

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.399
 God

00:33:50.399 --> 00:33:52.480
 finish

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 it

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:52.839
 for

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.099
 me

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.420
 why

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.700
 have

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:54.899
 you

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.440
 forsaken

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.799
 me

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:59.519
 he

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.099
 knows

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:03.119
 he

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.699
 knows

00:34:03.699 --> 00:34:05.359
 what

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.519
 the

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:05.759
 person

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:05.919
 of

00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:06.159
 psalm

00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:06.539
 42

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:06.740
 has

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:06.980
 gone

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.299
 through

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:09.039
 because

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.360
 he's

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.000
 experienced

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.239
 it

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.400
 and

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 experienced

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.380
 it

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.819
 even

00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:11.980
 at

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.099
 a

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.299
 level

00:34:12.299 --> 00:34:12.500
 you

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.619
 and

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:12.779
 I

00:34:12.779 --> 00:34:13.079
 can't

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.460
 begin

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.679
 to

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.119
 imagine

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.279
 which

00:34:15.279 --> 00:34:15.619
 means

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:15.960
 if

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.259
 you

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:16.420
 are

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.679
 where

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:16.920
 the

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.339
 person

00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:17.819
 of

00:34:17.819 --> 00:34:18.099
 psalm

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.559
 42

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.099
 was

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.619
 if

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:19.799
 you're

00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:19.900
 in

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.059
 that

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.659
 situation

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.500
 you

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.799
 can

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.059
 have

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.259
 the

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.599
 greatest

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:22.980
 hope

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.360
 because

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.059
 you're

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.400
 not

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.819
 alone

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.319
 no

00:34:25.319 --> 00:34:25.559
 matter

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:25.839
 what

00:34:25.839 --> 00:34:26.039
 you're

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.440
 feeling

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.559
 because

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.039
 Jesus

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.699
 knows

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.859
 and he

00:34:29.859 --> 00:34:30.399
 cares

00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:31.099
 and he

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.399
 loves

00:34:31.399 --> 00:34:31.719
 you

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.460
 and he

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.639
 is

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:32.919
 a

00:34:32.919 --> 00:34:33.259
 shepherd

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.799
 who's

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:34.019
 ready

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.199
 to

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.599
 reach

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.000
 down

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:36.279
 and to

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.599
 hold

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.039
 and to

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.399
 carry

00:34:37.399 --> 00:34:37.839
 you

00:34:37.839 --> 00:34:40.899
 so

00:34:40.899 --> 00:34:41.239
 who is

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.480
 psalm

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:41.899
 42

00:34:41.899 --> 00:34:42.319
 for

00:34:42.319 --> 00:34:44.259
 who's

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.359
 it

00:34:44.359 --> 00:34:44.579
 written

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.939
 for

00:34:44.939 --> 00:34:47.079
 it's

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.259
 not

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:47.460
 written

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.619
 for

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:47.879
 those

00:34:47.879 --> 00:34:47.980
 who

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.079
 are

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.399
 strong

00:34:48.399 --> 00:34:48.599
 in

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:48.919
 faith

00:34:48.919 --> 00:34:49.379
 you're

00:34:49.379 --> 00:34:49.539
 of

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:49.759
 course

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.059
 welcome

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.279
 to

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:50.500
 pray

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.699
 it

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:53.219
 it's

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.439
 not

00:34:53.439 --> 00:34:53.679
 written

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:53.859
 for

00:34:53.859 --> 00:34:54.099
 those

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.219
 who

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:54.419
 feel

00:34:54.419 --> 00:34:54.699
 very

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.119
 close

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.339
 to

00:34:55.339 --> 00:34:55.719
 God

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.779
 you're

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:56.919
 of

00:34:56.919 --> 00:34:57.139
 course

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.480
 welcome

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.719
 to

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:57.939
 pray

00:34:57.939 --> 00:34:58.179
 it

00:34:58.179 --> 00:35:01.339
 it's

00:35:01.339 --> 00:35:01.519
 written

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.739
 for

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.139
 those

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:03.219
 who

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.299
 are

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:03.519
 very

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:03.819
 weak

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:03.980
 in

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.440
 faith

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.839
 in

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:05.960
 the

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.179
 midst

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.339
 of

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:06.779
 despair

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.039
 who

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.500
 feel

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.899
 like

00:35:07.899 --> 00:35:08.279
 God

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:08.460
 is

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.699
 a

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.119
 thousand

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.679
 miles

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.139
 away

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:12.819
 it's

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:12.980
 written

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.199
 for

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.539
 those

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.699
 who

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:13.859
 are

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.019
 on

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.139
 their

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.500
 bedroom

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.980
 floor

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:16.079
 on

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.259
 their

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.759
 knees

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.940
 with

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.219
 tears

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.639
 streaming

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:18.919
 down

00:35:18.919 --> 00:35:19.119
 their

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.679
 face

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:21.119
 who

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.379
 need

00:35:21.379 --> 00:35:21.719
 words

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:21.940
 to

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.279
 pray

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:23.219
 that

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.440
 keep

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:23.619
 them

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.000
 talking

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.259
 to

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:24.639
 God

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:26.259
 words

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.500
 to

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.739
 pray

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:26.960
 that

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.480
 remind

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.679
 them

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:27.860
 what

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.019
 is

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.460
 true

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.159
 from

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.340
 the

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.980
 past

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:31.039
 words

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.260
 to

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.440
 pray

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.639
 that

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.000
 remind

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.159
 them

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.440
 what's

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.619
 true

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:32.840
 about

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.099
 God

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.240
 in

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.360
 the

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.679
 present

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:33.900
 and

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.219
 words

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:34.440
 to

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.639
 pray

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:34.880
 that

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.420
 remind

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.760
 them

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.280
 of

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:36.659
 God's

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.099
 promises

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.400
 for

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.559
 the

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.820
 future

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.179
 that's

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.320
 who

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:39.000
 Psalm 42

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.260
 is

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.480
 for

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.000
 and

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.260
 God

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.519
 has

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.820
 given

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.000
 it

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.159
 to

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.519
 you

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.320
 in

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.519
 his

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:42.900
 love

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.139
 for

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.440
 you

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.039
 so

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.219
 that

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.400
 you

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.639
 might

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:44.860
 have

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.139
 those

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.420
 words

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.639
 to

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:45.940
 pray

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:47.880
 let

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:47.980
 me

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.139
 pray

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.460
 together

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.720
 for

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.019
 us

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:53.780
 oh

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.220
 Lord

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:55.500
 truly

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:55.880
 you

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.159
 are

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.460
 the

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.880
 Lord

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.240
 of

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:58.019
 steadfast

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.820
 love

00:35:58.820 --> 00:36:01.420
 I

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.639
 pray

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.039
 for us

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.320
 today

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.500
 I

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:02.679
 pray

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.280
 especially

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:04.800
 for

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.059
 those

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.400
 of us

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.679
 whose

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:06.099
 hearts

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.440
 are

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.480
 downcast

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:07.760
 or

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:07.960
 in

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.440
 despair

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.659
 or

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.059
 feeling

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.320
 that

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.519
 you

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.700
 are

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.099
 far

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.559
 away

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.219
 that

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.579
 you

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.059
 would

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.559
 help

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.199
 us

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.279
 to

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.980
 remember

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:16.099
 what

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.299
 is

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.779
 true

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:17.920
 and

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.199
 would

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.420
 the

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.719
 truth

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:18.900
 of

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.139
 who

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.380
 you

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.639
 are

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.139
 provide

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.480
 those

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.960
 touch

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.400
 points

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.619
 of

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.219
 reality

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:22.579
 to

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.980
 help

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.340
 us

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.480
 in

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.619
 the

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:23.840
 midst

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.019
 of

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.199
 the

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.599
 storm

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.239
 oh

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:25.519
 Lord

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:25.779
 by

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:26.039
 your

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.820
 spirit

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.679
 in

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:27.840
 the

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.259
 mercies

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:28.440
 of

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.880
 Jesus

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:30.679
 encourage

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.699
 and

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.059
 help

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.360
 and

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.679
 heal

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:32.960
 we

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.360
 ask

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:33.699
 in

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:34.079
 his

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.480
 name

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.320
 amen

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:39.679
 for

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:39.880
 more

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.400
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00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.980
 visit

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.200
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