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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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 Amen. Thank you all.

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 Beautiful song with some of the words of our passage this morning.

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 If you'll turn with me to Luke chapter 19, verse 13.

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 It's Luke 19, 13.

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 Thank you. Somebody got that.

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 Just kidding.

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 We're not that far into Luke yet.

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 Some of you are football fans, so I thought I'd just make sure you were awake.

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 We're actually in Luke chapter 1 still.

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 That would be a better place to turn and leave the football behind for now.

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 The rest of you who are quoting scores to me.

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 We are jumping back into Luke this morning.

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 Last time we were here, we looked at Mary's song of praise.

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 The Magnificat.

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 We saw her overflowing joy in what God is doing here.

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 And the excitement just continues to build this week.

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 As we show up for a circumcision and the Father starts to sing and prophesy.

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 Next Sunday, all the excitement and anticipation culminates in the birth of Jesus.

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 The classic Christmas story of Luke 2 that you know and love.

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 So next Sunday, we're going to be celebrating Christmas in September.

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 That's going to be during our worship service next week.

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 We've decided to forego the trees.

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 There will not be trees decorating.

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 But you can come dressed festively and red and green if you would like.

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 We will definitely have a time with our children complete with Christmas gifts.

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 And we'll be singing Joy to the World and various other songs that you will love.

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 You don't want to miss next Sunday.

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 It's going to be a great chance to celebrate Christmas right in the middle of the fall.

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 It'll be a lot of fun.

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 But as we build towards that peak of joy here early in Luke's Gospel,

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 listen to Zechariah's joy in his song here.

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 We'll read beginning at verse 57.

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 This is God's Word.

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 Luke 1, verse 57.

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 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.

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 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her,

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 and they rejoiced with her.

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 And on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child,

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 and they would have called him Zechariah after his father.

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 But his mother answered,

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 No, he shall be called John.

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 And they said to her,

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 None of your relatives is called by this name.

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 And they made signs to his father inquiring what he wanted him to be called.

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 And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote,

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 His name is John.

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 And they all wondered.

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 And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed,

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 and he spoke,

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 Blessing God.

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 And fear came on all their neighbors.

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 And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea.

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 And all who heard them laid them up in their hearts,

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 saying,

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 What then will this child be?

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 For the hand of the Lord was with him.

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 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit,

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 and prophesied,

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 saying,

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 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

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 for he has visited and redeemed his people,

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 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

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 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

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 that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

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 to show the mercy promised to our fathers,

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 and to remember his holy covenant,

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 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham,

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 to grant us that we,

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 being delivered from the hand of our enemies,

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 might serve him without fear and holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

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 And you, child,

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 will be called the prophet of the Most High,

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 for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

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 to give knowledge of salvation to his people and the forgiveness of their sins,

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 because of the tender mercy of our God,

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 whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high,

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 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

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 to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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 And the child grew and became strong in spirit,

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 and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

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 Will you pray with me?

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 Holy Spirit, we ask that you would come this morning as you came and filled Zechariah.

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 Would you come and fill my heart and our hearts

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 that we might see and hear and understand your word?

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 We come not to hear a man,

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 but to hear our God,

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 the one who is all sufficient for us,

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 who has given us his word.

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 And so we pray,

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 speak,

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 Lord.

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 Your servants are listening.

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 Might we hear your word?

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 In Jesus' name,

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 For decades and decades,

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 you could yell and scream

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 and make all sorts of noises in Washington, D.C.

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 And nobody in Baltimore, Maryland,

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 would hear anything at all.

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 But that all changed

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 on May 24th, 1844,

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 when Samuel Morse

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 sat in the U.S. Capitol building,

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 tapped softly on his new machine,

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 and sent a message received by his assistant sitting in Baltimore.

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 Immediately, it got to him.

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 The silence had been broken

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 and a new era of communication begun with the telegraph machine.

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 The content of the message that Morse sent was equally promising.

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 What hath God wrought?

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 Morse wrote.

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 He understood some of the significance of what was happening.

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 It was only 32 years later,

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 March 10, 1876,

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 Alexander Graham Bell made the first phone call

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 from one room of his Boston lab to another.

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 In this iconic image,

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 he's making that call to his assistant

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 and saying a little less profoundly,

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 Mr. Watson, come here.

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 I want to see you.

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 Previously to the telephone,

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 his assistant would have been sitting in that other room

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 in complete silence,

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 hearing nothing at all

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 when Graham Bell called to him.

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 But the telephone broke that silence

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 and changed everything, right?

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 Now you can't imagine living without a telephone

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 or several carried around by people you know and love.

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 A long, long wait for that silence to be broken.

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 Many centuries of human history

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 when that was not possible.

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 There's a long silence broken in the passage that we just read,

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 but it's not a neutral silence

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 like those with Morse and Graham Bell.

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 And it's not a peaceful silence

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 like the silence after the kids are asleep

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 and you sit down.

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 Oh, relief.

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 It's not that kind of silence.

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 But rather an aching silence.

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 Desperate to hear something.

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 To get help.

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 And yet remaining in dark silence.

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 Never hearing anything.

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 Day after day.

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 Silence.

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 It's more like the situation faced by 33 Chilean miners

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 just six years ago

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 when their mine collapsed

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 and they were trapped 2,300 feet,

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 almost half a mile underground.

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 trapped in darkness and silence

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 that for 17 days was filled

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 by only increasing discouragement and despair.

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 And then one day a drill bit

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 breaks into that silence

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 and you've heard the story,

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 you've watched the news,

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 the drill bit comes in,

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 they're able to send a message back up.

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 69 total days trapped

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 before international efforts

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 were able to bring all 33 of them back

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 safely above ground

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 to the light of day

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 for the first time in 10 weeks.

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 Can you imagine?

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 Stuck down there together.

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 You may remember the sign

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 that said it all when they came out.

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 Mission accomplished Chile.

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 It said.

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 What a difference, right?

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 When light finally breaks into darkness.

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 When sound finally breaks into silence.

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 Changes everything, doesn't it?

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 There's an obvious silence

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 in this passage with Zechariah.

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 Zechariah has been silent for nine months

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 because of his unbelief

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 at the angel's promise of a son.

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 And it's highlighted by the awkwardness

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 and the tension surrounding

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 the naming of the child

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 in the first part of the passage.

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 Zechariah has been awaiting in silence

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 the fulfillment of God's promise.

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 And when he obediently writes

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 that the child's name is John,

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 God opens his mouth

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 and he begins to praise and prophesy.

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 Immediately his mouth was open,

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 his tongue loosed,

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 he spoke blessing God.

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 A beautiful picture of those

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 who believe God's word

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 getting to declare his glory

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 to others, right?

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 Many people witness

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 this amazing scene unfold.

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 Word begins to spread all around

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 that something unique is happening

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 in the hills of Judea.

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 Zechariah has been awaiting in silence

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 the fulfillment of God's promise.

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 And that highlights in this passage

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 the deeper silence

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 being broken here.

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 God's people have been awaiting

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 in silence the fulfillment

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 of God's promises,

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 haven't they?

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 Israel is used to hearing from God

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 with great regularity, aren't they?

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 One prophet after another

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 just flip through the Old Testament.

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 Book after book

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 is prophet after prophet

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 to God's people.

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 Speaking God's message to them.

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 Offering the hope

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 that God's promises

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 will be fulfilled.

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 He's coming to rescue

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 his people.

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 But for 400 years now

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 there's been silence.

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 No recorded prophecy.

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 Longer than the United States

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 has been a nation.

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 Generation after generation.

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 Ache and longing.

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 Walking in darkness,

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 the prophet Isaiah says.

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 Cries of desperation,

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 but still silence.

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 No new message from God.

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 And this is the message

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 that bursts out of Zechariah

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 when his lips are loosed.

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 The message that

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 that silence is being broken.

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 His words in this glorious song

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 often called the Benedictus

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 reveal that God is finally

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 and definitively

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 breaking into the silence

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 and fulfilling

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 all his promises.

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 An amazing,

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 life-changing,

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 world-altering message

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 beyond what hath God wrought.

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 The content of what

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 Zechariah is saying.

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 He's so overcome with joy

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 he can't contain his praise.

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 It's overflowing.

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 Verse 68,

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 Blessed be the Lord,

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 God of Israel,

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 for he's visited

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 and redeemed his people.

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 Try to put yourself

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 in his shoes

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 for just a moment

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 this morning.

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 Just one Israelite priest

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 who's experienced

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 the silence of waiting

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 on God to fulfill

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 his promises.

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 Not just for nine months.

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 For his whole life.

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 Imagine yourself

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 as a priest like Zechariah.

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 Day after day.

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 Your whole life

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 laboring before God.

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 You've read the promises

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 going back over

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 2,000 years

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 to your ancestors.

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 You know the great stories

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 of deliverance

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 from Egypt

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 and others

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 but you're not seeing it.

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 Or hearing it.

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 You're back in the promised land,

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 yes,

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 but under Roman rule.

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 You're performing sacrifices

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 hour by hour,

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 day after day,

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 trying to have faith

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 and wondering

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 if you'll ever hear

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 from God.

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 If there will ever be

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 the promised fulfillment

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 of all the blood

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 you've shed.

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 The restoration

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 of your people

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 you've been hoping for

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 and thought would come.

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 You've got the really old

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 scrolls.

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 You read them

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 but

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 God seems to have

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 gone silent

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 as far as you can tell.

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 And then God speaks.

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 And at first of course

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 you hardly know

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 what to think,

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 what to do with it.

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 But as His Spirit

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 unfolds before you

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 over months

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 of your own silence,

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 the meaning of the angel's

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 amazing promise.

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 You begin to see

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 that there's a grander story

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 unfolding than just you

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 and your wife

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 having a son.

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 It's the hope of Israel

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 coming to fruition.

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 This is the culmination.

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 This is going to be

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 mission accomplished.

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 God has broken

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 the silence.

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 He is rescuing us

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 and He's fulfilling

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 all His promises.

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 That's what's happening.

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 This is it.

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 The big moment

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 we've all been waiting for

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 in silence.

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 Let's think back

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 for a few minutes

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 as Zechariah does

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 into the story

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 of God's people

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 in the Old Testament.

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 The good news

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 is that God is

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 finally and

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 definitively

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 breaking into

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 the silence

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 and fulfilling

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 His promises.

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 But what promises?

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 What's happening?

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 What's about to be

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 fulfilled through

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 Zechariah's son

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 and the one

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 for whom He

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 prepares the way?

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 You hear as you

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 read through

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 His song

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 explicit Old Testament

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 references.

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 You'll recognize

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 the names, right?

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 But really every verse

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 is full of these references.

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 Almost every word

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 is pointing back

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 to something.

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 I'm going to walk

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 through just a few

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 chronologically.

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 But here's the point

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 of all of it up front.

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 All of these Old Testament

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 threads.

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 All these things

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 that seem separate

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 and from a long time ago.

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 All of the promises

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 and the workings

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 of God with His people

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 are coming together

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 now.

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 He's saying.

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 This is where

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 it's all happening.

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 This is what it's all

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 been pointing to.

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 Let's go back to

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 Abraham.

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 Verse 72.

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 To show the mercy

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 promised to our fathers

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 to remember His holy

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 covenant, the oath

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 He swore to our

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 father Abraham.

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 Go back there

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 for a minute.

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 God establishes

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 His covenant

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 of grace with Abraham.

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 His relationship

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 with His people.

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 He does it with

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 Abraham all the way

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 back to Genesis 12.

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 The Lord says

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 to Abraham,

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 go from your country

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 and your kindred

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 and your father's house

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 to the land

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 I will show you

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 and I will make

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 of you a great nation

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 and I will bless you

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 and make your name

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 great so that you

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 will be a blessing.

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 I will bless those

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 who bless you

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 and him who dishonors

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 you I will curse

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 and in you

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 all the families

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 of the earth

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 shall be blessed.

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 God ratifies

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 this covenant

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 with Abraham

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 in Genesis 15

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 as he passes

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 through the animals

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 while Abraham

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 sleeps.

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 and then in

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 Genesis 17

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 he comes to him

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 again and says

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 I'm going to establish

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 my covenant

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 between me and you

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 and your offspring

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 after you

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 throughout their generations

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 for an everlasting covenant

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 to be God to you

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 and to your offspring

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 after you.

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 What has God

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 promised Abraham

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 in this great

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 gracious covenant

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 that he's entered

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 into with him?

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 perhaps most obviously

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 a land

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 right?

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 A place to call home

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 which indicates rest

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 and provision

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 for his people.

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 Secondly

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 a people

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 a great nation

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 as numerous

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 as the stars

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 in the sky

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 and the sand

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 on the shore

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 right?

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 Finally

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 let's call it

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 relationship.

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 God promises

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 to be their

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 God

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 generation

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 after generation

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 to have this

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 gracious

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 and unique

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 relationship

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 with his

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 special people

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 and the outcome

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 of all of this

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 of course

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 the result

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 of God's

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 unique relationship

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 with Abraham

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 and his descendants

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 is that all

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 the nations

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 of the earth

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 will be blessed.

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 That's God's promise

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 it's going to be

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 for everyone

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 everywhere

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 it's big stuff

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 right?

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 Well as those

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 promises develop

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 through the Old Testament

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 there are ups and downs

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 with how they seem

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 to be turning out.

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 Abraham's descendants

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 the nation of Israel

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 gets taken into

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 captivity in Egypt

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 not the promised land

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 Abraham has been

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 shown

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 but while they're

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 struggling there

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 for generations

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 in slavery

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 interestingly

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 we see that it's

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 there

00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:20.059
 that Israel

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 begins to grow

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 into a

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 great nation

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 right?

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 so numerous

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 that the Egyptians

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 are afraid

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 of them

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 just note

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 in that

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 that God often

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 works to fulfill

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 his promises

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 in the midst

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 of pain

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 and darkness

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 where he may

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 otherwise seem

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 distant

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 and silent

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 he's working

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 and he's fulfilling

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.439
 his promises

00:18:43.439 --> 00:18:45.599
 the exodus

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 deliverance

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.939
 of God's

00:18:46.939 --> 00:18:47.980
 people out of

00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.299
 Egypt

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 is yet another

00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:50.000
 thread referenced

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.839
 by Zechariah

00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.879
 multiple times

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 verse 68

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:54.420
 blessed be the

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 Lord the God

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 of Israel

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 he's visited

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 and redeemed

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 his people

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 a reference

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 to the exodus

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 what is he doing?

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 he's delivered us

00:19:03.020 --> 00:19:04.020
 that we should be

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 saved from our

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 enemies

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 and from the

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 hand of all

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 who hate us

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 verse 74

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 that we being

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 delivered from

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 the hand of our

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 enemies

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 might serve him

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 without fear

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 in holiness

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 and righteousness

00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:17.440
 before him

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 all our days

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 do you hear

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 the echoes

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 of let

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 my people

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 go

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 that they

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 may

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 worship

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 me

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 that's the

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.700
 deliverance

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.579
 Zechariah

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.099
 is talking

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.400
 about

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:29.940
 God's

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 famed

00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:31.079
 action

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 on his

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 people's

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 behalf

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 bringing

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 them away

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:35.039
 from their

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 enemies

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 in Egypt

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 but there have

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 been other

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 enemies

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:40.900
 for God's

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 people

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 since Egypt

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 haven't there

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 Zechariah

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 says

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 God is

00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:46.960
 showing up

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.759
 again

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.819
 to redeem

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 that's what's

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 happening

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 it's like

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 Egypt

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 all over

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:52.980
 again

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 he's delivering

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 his

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 people

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 well they

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.680
 leave Egypt

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 and God's

00:19:59.180 --> 00:20:00.039
 people arrive

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 in the

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.400
 promised land

00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:02.000
 after a

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.660
 long trip

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 but they

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:05.039
 struggle to

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.940
 thrive there

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.799
 without a

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.120
 leader

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:08.220
 time and

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:08.579
 again

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 they wander

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.240
 after other

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.680
 gods

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.000
 and they

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:12.180
 suffer defeat

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.779
 at the hands

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.100
 of other

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 nations

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.319
 in Yahweh

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:14.960
 himself

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:16.480
 fighting

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 against

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 them

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.660
 at that

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.019
 time

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 judges

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 says

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 repeatedly

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 in that

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 book

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 there's a

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 refrain

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 over and

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 over

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 at that

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 time

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 there was

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 no king

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 in Israel

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 everyone

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 did what

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 was right

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 in his

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 own eyes

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 over and

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 over again

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 God's people

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 wandering

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 away from

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 him with

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 no one to

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 lead them

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 back to

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 him

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 well eventually

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 God gives

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 them a king

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 and another

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 promise

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 verse 69

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 references

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 one of

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 these kings

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 he's raised

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 up a horn

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 of salvation

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 for us

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 in the house

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 of his

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 servant

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 David

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 as he

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 spoke

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 by the

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 mouth

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 of his

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 holy

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 prophets

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 from of

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 old

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 David

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 a king

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 to lead

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 God's

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 people

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 after their

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 God

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 right

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 who follows

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 after his

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 heart

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 and a promise

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 given to

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 David

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 that his

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 descendants

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 would reign

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 over Israel

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 forever

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 remember

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 2 Samuel 7

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 what does

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 God say

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 to David

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 I will

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 raise up

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 your offspring

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 after you

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 who shall

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 come from

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 your body

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 I'll establish

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 his kingdom

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 he shall

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 build a house

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 for my name

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 and I will

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 establish the

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 throne of

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 his kingdom

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 forever

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 and your

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 house and

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:31.939
 your kingdom

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 shall be

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 made sure

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 forever

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 before me

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 your throne

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.639
 shall be

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 established

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 forever

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 another

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.819
 promise

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.799
 to God's

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 people

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 through

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 King

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 David

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 a king

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 offered the

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 promise of

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 protection

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 power and

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 influence as a

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 great nation

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.899
 and through the

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 prophets who

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 keep talking

00:21:53.719 --> 00:21:54.500
 of David's

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 line over

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 and over

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 it's the

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 hope of

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 Israel

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 and a

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 king in

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 the line

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 of David

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 who will

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 reign

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 forever

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 but when

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 Zachariah is

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 here that's

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.240
 that's yet

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.559
 another

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.119
 promise

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.779
 that seems

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.279
 to have

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.639
 faded

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:11.859
 the line

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.159
 has been

00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:12.679
 lost in

00:22:12.679 --> 00:22:13.099
 the shuffle

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.579
 over the

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 years

00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.699
 hasn't it

00:22:14.699 --> 00:22:15.359
 as the

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.879
 people have

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 wandered

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.939
 from God

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 time and

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:17.919
 again

00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:18.639
 not just

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.059
 the people

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 but even

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 the Davidic

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 monarch

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.000
 has been

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.599
 taken into

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 captivity

00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:22.919
 away from

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 the promised

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.039
 land

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 he doesn't

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 seem to be

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.939
 ruling at

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 all

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 maybe we're

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 not such a

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 great nation

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 after all

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 and where is

00:22:32.719 --> 00:22:33.319
 the God

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.919
 of gods

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 who promised

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.459
 a special

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 relationship

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.559
 with us

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.200
 we don't

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.819
 feel so

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.339
 special

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:40.119
 in Babylon

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.819
 under the

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 thumb

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.519
 of a cruel

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.039
 king

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:46.019
 for those

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.379
 Israelites

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:46.779
 who've

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 listened to

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.839
 the prophets

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.399
 over the

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:48.700
 years

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.779
 the promise

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.299
 is that

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.879
 God will

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:51.659
 indeed work

00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:52.440
 despite the

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.859
 failures

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.859
 of his

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 people

00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:55.119
 despite their

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.720
 wandering

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.720
 God will

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.379
 be faithful

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:58.200
 to his

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.720
 promises

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.419
 he will

00:22:59.419 --> 00:22:59.839
 bring a

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.180
 remnant

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.899
 back from

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:01.460
 exile

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.460
 the prophets

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.899
 say

00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.779
 to rebuild

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.399
 the nation

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:04.720
 in the

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.200
 promised

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.940
 land

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.680
 with a

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.039
 unique

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.779
 relationship

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.119
 with

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.680
 Yahweh

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:10.000
 and featuring

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.160
 a Davidic

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.839
 king

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.839
 reigning

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.779
 eternally

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:15.119
 over God's

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.579
 people

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.819
 and all

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.079
 of it

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.539
 happening

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.000
 for the

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.339
 sake of

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.740
 the good

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.019
 and the

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.420
 blessing

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.279
 of all

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.000
 the nations

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:24.059
 the Messiah

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.740
 is coming

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:26.859
 the Messiah

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.619
 is coming

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:29.039
 the Messiah

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.660
 is coming

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.240
 the prophets

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.920
 keep holding

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.500
 out that

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.899
 hope

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:33.500
 this is how

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.900
 all the

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.380
 promises

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:34.759
 will

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.759
 finally

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.120
 and

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:37.420
 definitively

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.460
 be fulfilled

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:40.480
 for generations

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.960
 now

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.300
 that's

00:23:41.300 --> 00:23:41.880
 that's what

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.400
 prophets

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.759
 have been

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.300
 saying

00:23:43.300 --> 00:23:44.240
 there's one

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.720
 to come

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.620
 the promised

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:45.980
 king

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.780
 will come

00:23:46.780 --> 00:23:47.800
 he will

00:23:47.800 --> 00:23:48.200
 redeem

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.460
 he will

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.960
 rule

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.960
 justly

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.720
 he will

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.220
 deliver

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:53.080
 God's

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:53.580
 people

00:23:53.580 --> 00:23:55.160
 and there

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.420
 will be

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:55.880
 one to

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.440
 prepare the

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.900
 way for

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.240
 him

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.500
 the prophets

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.019
 say

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.840
 they've been

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.540
 saying this

00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:01.740
 for generations

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:03.480
 then 400

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.400
 years of

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:05.279
 silence

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.359
 and now

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:06.980
 at long

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.460
 last

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.440
 Zachariah

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.720
 says

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.380
 that one

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.859
 to prepare

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.220
 the way

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.839
 that's my

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.339
 boy

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:13.000
 that's my

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.759
 son

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:15.740
 verse 76

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.960
 you

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.700
 child

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:19.220
 will be

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.559
 called

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.200
 the prophet

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:21.420
 of the

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.220
 most high

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.240
 for you

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.519
 will go

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.079
 before the

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.359
 Lord

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:25.200
 to prepare

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.859
 his ways

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.680
 pretty

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.180
 weighty

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.620
 words

00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:29.160
 for an

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:29.900
 eight day

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.480
 old

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.319
 child

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:33.119
 listen to

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.299
 what

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.980
 Zachariah

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.200
 is

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:35.220
 prophesying

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.359
 God

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.240
 is breaking

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.319
 into the

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.039
 silence

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:40.279
 he has

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.879
 remembered

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.859
 he has

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.559
 acted

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.359
 he is

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.759
 keeping

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.480
 his promises

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.399
 to Abraham

00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:46.839
 and redeeming

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.379
 his people

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:48.059
 like he did

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.579
 in Exodus

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:50.139
 sending the

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:50.659
 king in

00:24:50.659 --> 00:24:51.399
 David's line

00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:52.079
 it's happening

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:53.159
 right now

00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:55.179
 and why

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:57.159
 how

00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:57.839
 because

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:59.159
 of the

00:24:59.159 --> 00:24:59.980
 unassailable

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.839
 character

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:02.699
 of Yahweh

00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:04.500
 he remembers

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.539
 his covenant

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:07.339
 verse 72

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.579
 and remembering

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.259
 for God

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.859
 is not merely

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.559
 an intellectual

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.279
 activity

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.799
 is it

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.879
 he takes

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.559
 action

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.459
 remembering

00:25:14.459 --> 00:25:15.339
 means he

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.139
 acts

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.859
 on their

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.980
 behalf

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.819
 all of

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.159
 this

00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:20.980
 because of

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:22.579
 his tender

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 mercy

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:25.359
 verse 78

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.559
 his faithful

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.659
 covenant

00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:28.459
 keeping

00:25:28.459 --> 00:25:29.719
 love

00:25:29.719 --> 00:25:31.539
 don't you love

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.639
 that phrase

00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.759
 his tender

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.959
 mercy

00:25:34.959 --> 00:25:37.000
 he is a God

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.459
 who brings

00:25:37.459 --> 00:25:38.279
 salvation

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.859
 forgiveness

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:41.579
 of sins

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.759
 why

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:44.079
 because he is

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.619
 full

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.899
 of tender

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:47.240
 mercy

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.479
 because he

00:25:48.479 --> 00:25:49.179
 sees the

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.619
 broken

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.879
 and the

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.299
 hurting

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.459
 and those in

00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:52.979
 darkness

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.980
 and he

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.620
 gently

00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.299
 and

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:56.460
 compassionately

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.299
 stoops

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:59.120
 to rescue

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.779
 a weak

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:01.640
 and needy

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.200
 people

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:04.039
 verse 78

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.680
 continues

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.420
 the Messiah

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.339
 will dawn

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.400
 that's what it

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:07.680
 means

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.200
 will come

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.799
 to us

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.920
 as light

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.680
 into our

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.200
 darkness

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.319
 as a voice

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.059
 of hope

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.700
 into the

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.160
 silence

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.860
 of our

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.819
 despair

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.880
 the fulfillment

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.720
 of all

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.400
 the promises

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.920
 of this

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.759
 merciful

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.960
 faithful

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.680
 God

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:21.980
 who's

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.599
 entered

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.299
 into covenant

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.980
 with us

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.779
 and is now

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.579
 keeping

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.519
 all his

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.099
 promises

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.099
 do you see

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.480
 why the

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.000
 excitement

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.659
 and joy

00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:30.279
 are building

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.879
 here just

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.399
 in the first

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.159
 chapter of

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.459
 Luke

00:26:32.459 --> 00:26:33.559
 the king

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.240
 is coming

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.219
 now

00:26:35.219 --> 00:26:36.179
 to those

00:26:36.179 --> 00:26:36.480
 of us

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.859
 waiting

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.759
 in silence

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.599
 walking

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.959
 in darkness

00:26:39.959 --> 00:26:40.679
 a light

00:26:40.679 --> 00:26:42.139
 has dawned

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.639
 all the

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.119
 threads are

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.859
 coming together

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.579
 here

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.639
 and now

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:47.500
 our God

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.240
 is confirming

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.319
 his special

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.119
 relationship

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:51.439
 he will give

00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:52.459
 us the rest

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.960
 and provision

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.100
 and protection

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:56.579
 and blessing

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.460
 will flow

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.480
 once more

00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:00.740
 to many

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:04.000
 wonderful news

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.920
 that Zechariah

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.299
 proclaims

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:08.559
 so what about

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.019
 us

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:11.779
 have you ever

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.600
 been in a place

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.740
 where God

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.660
 seemed silent

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:17.299
 where you were

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.779
 longing

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:17.920
 waiting

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.839
 to hear

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.619
 him speak

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:21.399
 where you

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:22.500
 were waiting

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:24.059
 and waiting

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.000
 for him

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.879
 to show up

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:27.539
 and fulfill

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.440
 his promises

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:31.819
 Francis Schaeffer

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.920
 famously wrote

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.000
 of God

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:35.000
 he is there

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:36.480
 and he is

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.379
 not silent

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:39.559
 that's true

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.960
 in a great book

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:42.940
 but sometimes

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.819
 it feels

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.900
 like he is

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:46.299
 silent

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.140
 doesn't it

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:48.500
 you can

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.420
 feel the

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.880
 darkness

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:51.279
 and silence

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.120
 in your own

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.600
 heart

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:53.680
 and life

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.340
 and you don't

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:55.240
 hear the voice

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.960
 of God

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:57.240
 or see

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:58.039
 his light

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.940
 I remember

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.539
 feeling

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.500
 that way

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.960
 myself

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.940
 after we

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.720
 miscarried

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.600
 our first

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:05.519
 pregnancy

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:08.180
 the grief

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.859
 of the

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.779
 loss

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.339
 the

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.000
 disappointment

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.579
 of

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.680
 joyous

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.819
 expectations

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:16.379
 dashed

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.639
 the

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.559
 darkness

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.339
 and the

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.379
 pain

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:21.759
 that we

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.500
 felt

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:24.319
 acutely

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.740
 then

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:26.720
 I remember

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.940
 longing

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.920
 for God

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.920
 to speak

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.200
 for

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:31.099
 him to

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.400
 speak

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.200
 something

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.779
 that would

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.579
 give me

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.160
 hope

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.539
 something

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:34.980
 I could

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.799
 hold on

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.119
 to

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:37.019
 for him

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.420
 to speak

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.139
 something

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.720
 that would

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.740
 allow me

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.299
 to give

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.180
 comfort

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.859
 to my

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.839
 heartbroken

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.319
 wife

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.539
 that

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.619
 that wasn't

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.700
 trite

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:47.119
 that didn't

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.639
 belittle

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.639
 our pain

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:48.920
 but

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:50.079
 but that

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.740
 helped

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:54.019
 we cried

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.599
 a lot

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:57.440
 we slept

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.059
 a lot

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:59.799
 and we

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.460
 cried

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.079
 some more

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:04.000
 maybe you

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.579
 can recall

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:05.359
 a time

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.839
 like that

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.079
 in your

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.279
 own

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.599
 life

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:08.720
 maybe

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.019
 God

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.420
 seems

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.059
 silent

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.539
 because

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:10.960
 your

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.400
 adult

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:11.880
 child

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.180
 has

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:13.059
 wandered

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.460
 away

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:13.819
 after

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.359
 years

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.579
 of

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.240
 prayer

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.480
 and

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.099
 instruction

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.660
 from

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:16.960
 you

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.200
 and

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.920
 you're

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.380
 longing

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.960
 for God

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.519
 to remember

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.380
 his promises

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.140
 and act

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.660
 on your

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.359
 behalf

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:26.039
 maybe it's

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.420
 the dark

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:26.980
 silence

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.299
 of

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.059
 depression

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.559
 that you

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.859
 can't

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.160
 even

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:30.059
 explain

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:31.460
 but it

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.460
 feels like

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:32.899
 you live

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.279
 in a

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.419
 soundproof

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:35.000
 box

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.960
 that no

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.639
 light can

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.220
 penetrate

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:38.259
 and no

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.980
 hope can

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.700
 ever come

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:39.980
 in

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.539
 you're just

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.359
 stuck

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.839
 there

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:45.139
 maybe you're

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:46.059
 indulging in

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:47.059
 sin right

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.740
 now

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:49.220
 and something

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.700
 you know

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.539
 is running

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.299
 away from

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.819
 God

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.500
 but there

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.099
 seems to be

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.679
 no hope

00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:54.220
 of turning

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.740
 around

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.559
 you feel

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.159
 you've left

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:56.740
 him so

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.740
 far behind

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.400
 and he

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.920
 doesn't seem

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.180
 to be

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.480
 calling

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.000
 you back

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.440
 anyway

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.000
 you don't

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.240
 hear that

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:05.579
 maybe life

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.180
 has become

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.000
 so busy

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.460
 that you

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.900
 haven't heard

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.480
 from God

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.380
 in a long

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:10.859
 while

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.859
 the constant

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.519
 noise

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.180
 around you

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.680
 makes you

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.440
 feel you

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.079
 you've had

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.839
 silence

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.380
 from him

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:16.759
 since

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.599
 shortly

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.120
 after you

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.440
 met him

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.059
 years ago

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.539
 maybe all

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:19.720
 the way

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.120
 back in

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.519
 college

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.940
 and then

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.539
 life

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.940
 happened

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.200
 and you

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.940
 never hear

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:24.240
 from him

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.880
 anymore

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:27.880
 maybe for

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.280
 you it's

00:30:28.280 --> 00:30:28.680
 that you've

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.280
 never heard

00:30:29.280 --> 00:30:30.280
 God speak

00:30:30.280 --> 00:30:30.820
 at all

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:33.220
 as far

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.560
 as you're

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:34.020
 concerned

00:30:34.020 --> 00:30:35.020
 he's never

00:30:35.020 --> 00:30:35.760
 broken

00:30:35.760 --> 00:30:37.340
 his silence

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:38.920
 you've been

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.660
 in and around

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.560
 church for

00:30:40.560 --> 00:30:41.280
 for years

00:30:41.280 --> 00:30:41.900
 maybe you've

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.480
 sat in these

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.100
 pews many

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:43.780
 times and

00:30:43.780 --> 00:30:44.440
 you've you've

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.240
 prayed prayers

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.680
 in the middle

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.180
 of a worship

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.960
 service and

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.680
 they've they've

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.540
 sounded like

00:30:48.540 --> 00:30:50.240
 God if

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.760
 you're even

00:30:50.760 --> 00:30:52.380
 there I

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.380
 want to

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.020
 believe you're

00:30:54.020 --> 00:30:54.740
 there but I

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.420
 I just

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:56.720
 don't know

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.680
 what would

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.039
 it even

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:59.240
 sound like

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.359
 if God

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:01.000
 spoke

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.819
 into your

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.440
 life

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:06.859
 perhaps he

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.480
 is speaking

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.140
 to your

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.519
 heart

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.480
 right now

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.339
 maybe you're

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:12.079
 hearing his

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.059
 voice telling

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:14.140
 you that

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.980
 in Jesus

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:16.880
 he has

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.640
 spoken

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:19.440
 into this

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.200
 world and

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:21.599
 into your

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.900
 life

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:22.960
 life

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.840
 the writer

00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:25.100
 to the

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.400
 Hebrews

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.060
 starts his

00:31:26.060 --> 00:31:26.740
 letter this

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.519
 way listen

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.980
 to these

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.480
 words

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.340
 Hebrews

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:30.320
 chapter 1

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:31.360
 at verse

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:31.800
 1

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:33.640
 long ago

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.720
 at many

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.500
 times and

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.860
 in many

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.360
 ways

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:37.880
 God spoke

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.320
 to our

00:31:38.320 --> 00:31:38.800
 fathers

00:31:38.800 --> 00:31:39.700
 by the

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.280
 prophets

00:31:40.280 --> 00:31:41.240
 but in

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:42.040
 these last

00:31:42.040 --> 00:31:43.019
 days he

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.759
 has spoken

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.640
 to us

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.840
 by his

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.300
 son

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:47.740
 his son

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.080
 whom he

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.480
 appointed

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.040
 the heir

00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:49.480
 of all

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.900
 things

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.420
 through whom

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.920
 also he

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.580
 created the

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:51.960
 world

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.940
 the son

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.279
 is the

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.940
 radiance

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.279
 of the

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.740
 glory

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.400
 of God

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.019
 and the

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.560
 exact

00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:57.080
 imprint

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.560
 of his

00:31:57.560 --> 00:31:58.000
 nature

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.920
 and he

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.480
 upholds

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.100
 the universe

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.700
 by the

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.140
 word of

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.740
 his power

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:03.340
 after making

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:04.120
 purification

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.800
 for sins

00:32:04.800 --> 00:32:05.259
 he sat

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.779
 down at

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.160
 the right

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:06.560
 hand of

00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:07.160
 the majesty

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.880
 on high

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.640
 having

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.240
 become as

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.539
 much

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.120
 superior

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:11.000
 to angels

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.779
 as the

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.259
 name he

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.460
 has

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.060
 inherited

00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:13.960
 is more

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.539
 excellent

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.920
 than theirs

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:17.620
 he has

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.420
 spoken to

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.820
 us

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.640
 by

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.539
 his

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.920
 son

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:23.300
 and the

00:32:23.300 --> 00:32:23.779
 rest of

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.320
 the passage

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:25.200
 says there

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.800
 is no

00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:26.340
 other

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:27.700
 no better

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:29.180
 no greater

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:30.039
 message

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.860
 that he

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.820
 could send

00:32:31.820 --> 00:32:32.620
 for us

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.680
 to hear

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:35.759
 even if he

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.300
 sent an

00:32:36.300 --> 00:32:37.340
 angel to

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:37.740
 us

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.860
 this morning

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.860
 the message

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.420
 would not

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.640
 be better

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.420
 than the

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:43.140
 one he

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:44.220
 has sent

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.200
 the light

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:46.160
 into our

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.680
 darkness

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.680
 the voice

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.460
 of hope

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.440
 into our

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.100
 silence

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:51.140
 is Jesus

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:52.200
 himself

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:53.360
 who entered

00:32:53.360 --> 00:32:54.200
 our world

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:55.480
 who endured

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:57.259
 our pain

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.140
 and came

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.740
 to speak

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.400
 life

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.860
 and hope

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:02.120
 and joy

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:03.680
 to us

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.759
 he's the

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.440
 radiance

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.519
 of the glory

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.460
 of God

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.319
 the exact

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.080
 imprint

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.860
 of his

00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.319
 nature

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.160
 he made

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:12.140
 purification

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:13.299
 for all

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.740
 of our

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.380
 sins

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.480
 mission

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.920
 accomplished

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.880
 that's what

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.700
 God's speaking

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.320
 to us

00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:19.740
 in him

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.680
 I've done

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.020
 it

00:33:21.020 --> 00:33:22.620
 it's

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.400
 finished

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:27.520
 I often

00:33:27.520 --> 00:33:28.100
 sit around

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.760
 hoping to

00:33:28.760 --> 00:33:29.500
 hear a new

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.040
 message

00:33:30.040 --> 00:33:31.060
 from God

00:33:31.060 --> 00:33:31.640
 you may

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:32.060
 do the

00:33:32.060 --> 00:33:32.300
 same

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.700
 thing

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:34.940
 hoping that

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.260
 he'll

00:33:35.260 --> 00:33:35.880
 speak

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.320
 something

00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:37.040
 that will

00:33:37.040 --> 00:33:38.460
 change

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.420
 me

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:41.460
 looking

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.039
 for a

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.420
 new

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.060
 message

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.440
 a new

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.000
 direction

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.380
 but

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.940
 but he

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.380
 often

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.980
 speaks

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.360
 that

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:47.060
 very

00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:47.640
 old

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.279
 message

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:49.259
 in a

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.720
 fresh

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.140
 way

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:52.480
 when we

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:52.920
 are grieving

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.300
 that

00:33:53.300 --> 00:33:54.259
 miscarriage

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:55.019
 over time

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.800
 he spoke

00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:56.560
 to us

00:33:56.560 --> 00:33:57.500
 through

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.200
 friends

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:59.700
 who came

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.140
 and spoke

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.940
 words of

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.880
 comfort

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:03.440
 from the

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.880
 pain

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.539
 that they

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.980
 had

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.800
 experienced

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.379
 that was

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:07.279
 similar

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.980
 to ours

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.519
 they loved

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.960
 us

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.800
 cried

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.420
 with us

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.219
 and offered

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.539
 us

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.099
 that

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.619
 hope

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:14.860
 I wanted

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.239
 to hear

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.639
 God

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.119
 speak

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.779
 why

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:18.599
 to tell

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.779
 me

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.259
 why

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.480
 it

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.980
 happened

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.880
 I wanted

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.519
 a promise

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.199
 from God

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:23.159
 of when

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.699
 things were

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.079
 going to

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.440
 change

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.800
 when we

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.179
 would have

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.579
 another

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.320
 child

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:27.219
 how things

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.639
 were going

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.119
 to happen

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.460
 that's

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.860
 what I

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.219
 wanted

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.599
 him

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.960
 to speak

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:33.039
 but he

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.599
 didn't

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.000
 then

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.400
 he

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:35.920
 reminded

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.360
 me

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.760
 from

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.119
 his

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.599
 word

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.960
 in the

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.360
 mouths

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.579
 of

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:38.860
 his

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.420
 people

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:41.159
 that

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.280
 he

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.559
 loved

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.900
 me

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:43.960
 that

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.139
 in

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.500
 Jesus

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.059
 he

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.679
 did

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.219
 exactly

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.639
 what

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.139
 Ron

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.039
 celebrated

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.619
 with us

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.019
 earlier

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.400
 in the

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.860
 service

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.500
 that

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.760
 he

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.199
 entered

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.440
 our

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.860
 pain

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.179
 and

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.539
 bore

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.579
 our

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.820
 sorrows

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:56.659
 that

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:56.960
 he

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.320
 had

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.639
 done

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.000
 that

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.539
 and

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.699
 the

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:58.960
 pain

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.239
 didn't

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.460
 just

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.900
 all

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.099
 of a

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.340
 sudden

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.619
 go

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.039
 away

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.260
 in

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:01.440
 that

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.780
 moment

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.699
 but

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:02.900
 I

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.260
 heard

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.539
 that

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.960
 old

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.599
 message

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.360
 break

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.699
 into

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.099
 my

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.699
 silence

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.059
 in a

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.840
 fresh

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.460
 way

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.340
 because

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.019
 all

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.480
 God's

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.099
 promises

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.900
 all

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.340
 of them

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.599
 are

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.320
 yes

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.980
 in

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.940
 Jesus

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.699
 2nd

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:16.199
 Corinthians

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.719
 1

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.719
 remember

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.119
 he's

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.840
 not just

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.179
 one

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:19.699
 message

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:19.920
 that

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.340
 God's

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.860
 sending

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.159
 out

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.400
 there

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.920
 he is

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.460
 God's

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.059
 definitive

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.960
 message

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.719
 and

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.239
 God

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.639
 still

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.400
 speaks

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.779
 perhaps

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:28.079
 that

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.679
 same

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.159
 message

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.500
 in a

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.099
 fresh

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.719
 way

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.279
 to

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:31.800
 you

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.780
 God

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.380
 still

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.100
 speaks

00:35:34.100 --> 00:35:35.860
 maybe

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.120
 this

00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:36.440
 morning

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:36.660
 in

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:37.400
 Zachariah's

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.740
 song

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:38.039
 God

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.240
 is

00:35:38.240 --> 00:35:38.620
 speaking

00:35:38.620 --> 00:35:39.500
 to

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.860
 you

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:41.740
 maybe

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.100
 for the

00:35:42.100 --> 00:35:42.400
 first

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.760
 time

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.019
 this

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.300
 morning

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.500
 you

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.680
 can

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:43.960
 hear

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.180
 him

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.720
 saying

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.360
 that

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.480
 he

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.860
 loves

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.220
 you

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:46.960
 so

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.300
 much

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.480
 that

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:47.580
 he

00:35:47.580 --> 00:35:48.120
 sent

00:35:48.120 --> 00:35:48.360
 his

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.900
 son

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.840
 to

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.160
 die

00:35:50.160 --> 00:35:50.440
 for

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.760
 you

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.320
 the

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.820
 word

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.280
 made

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:52.820
 flesh

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.420
 speaking

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.300
 to

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.600
 you

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:54.960
 and

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.180
 now

00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:55.380
 his

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:55.940
 written

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.380
 word

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:56.900
 speaking

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.660
 clearly

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.000
 to

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.320
 you

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.840
 this

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.260
 morning

00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:00.000
 don't

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.580
 ignore

00:36:00.580 --> 00:36:00.940
 his

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.539
 voice

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.759
 don't

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.300
 miss

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:03.599
 his

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.219
 call

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.840
 to

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.380
 you

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.519
 there's

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.719
 no

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.199
 greater

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.719
 message

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:07.940
 he

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.119
 could

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.360
 give

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.500
 you

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.719
 than

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.179
 Jesus

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:10.259
 himself

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:10.679
 he

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:10.920
 has

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.480
 sent

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.759
 his

00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:12.199
 son

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.980
 for

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.279
 you

00:36:13.279 --> 00:36:13.659
 his

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.219
 promise

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.480
 is

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.619
 that

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:14.800
 in

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.059
 doing

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.320
 that

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:15.800
 he's

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.259
 announcing

00:36:16.259 --> 00:36:16.820
 blessing

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.219
 to

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.699
 many

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.219
 who

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:18.659
 don't

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:19.039
 deserve

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.420
 it

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.119
 who

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.360
 could

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:20.960
 never

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.579
 earn

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:21.920
 it

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.579
 to

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.980
 all

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.559
 kinds

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:23.759
 of

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.059
 people

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.279
 that

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.380
 he

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:24.539
 will

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.000
 welcome

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.279
 into

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:25.519
 his

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.000
 family

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.639
 because

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:26.920
 of

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.059
 his

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.460
 beloved

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.099
 son

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:32.079
 maybe

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.299
 you've

00:36:32.299 --> 00:36:32.460
 heard

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.699
 God

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.139
 before

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.400
 but

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.559
 you're

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.860
 so

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:35.079
 stuck

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.239
 in

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:35.400
 your

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.679
 sin

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:35.900
 that

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.039
 you

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.259
 need

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:36.460
 to

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:36.819
 hear

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.519
 again

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.279
 in

00:36:38.279 --> 00:36:38.699
 Jesus

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.420
 that

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.579
 there

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:39.759
 is

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:40.279
 forgiveness

00:36:40.279 --> 00:36:41.199
 of

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:41.739
 sins

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.319
 and

00:36:42.319 --> 00:36:42.460
 a

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.159
 relationship

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.480
 with

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:43.619
 a

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:43.900
 God

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.279
 who

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:44.819
 promises

00:36:44.819 --> 00:36:45.139
 to

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.679
 fix

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.000
 the

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.360
 mess

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:46.599
 you're

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:46.900
 dealing

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.239
 with

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:47.980
 himself

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:49.199
 so

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.360
 that

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.559
 he

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:49.819
 can

00:36:49.819 --> 00:36:50.139
 be

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.639
 your

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.099
 God

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.259
 and

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.400
 the

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:51.699
 God

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:51.839
 of

00:36:51.839 --> 00:36:52.000
 your

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.420
 children

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.980
 after

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.480
 you

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.139
 too

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.960
 that

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.079
 is

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.179
 the

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.359
 kind

00:36:55.359 --> 00:36:55.480
 of

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.119
 relationship

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.420
 he

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.759
 wants

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.159
 he

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.679
 promises

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.000
 your

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.359
 sin

00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:58.539
 is

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:58.779
 not

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.039
 too

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.500
 big

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:01.179
 even

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.319
 though

00:37:01.319 --> 00:37:01.480
 it

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.920
 feels

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.199
 that

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:02.579
 way

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:02.980
 to

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.279
 you

00:37:03.279 --> 00:37:03.739
 he

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.239
 crossed

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:04.799
 heaven

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:05.119
 and

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.440
 earth

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:05.900
 in

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.279
 Jesus

00:37:06.279 --> 00:37:06.839
 to

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.279
 reach

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:07.799
 you

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:08.460
 to

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.500
 cleanse

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.279
 you

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:11.619
 even

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:11.980
 now

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.179
 he

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.599
 stands

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:12.779
 at

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:12.940
 the

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.319
 door

00:37:13.319 --> 00:37:13.819
 and

00:37:13.819 --> 00:37:14.500
 knocks

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.460
 do

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.619
 you

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.920
 hear

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.359
 him

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:17.980
 calling

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.319
 you

00:37:18.319 --> 00:37:18.739
 back

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.259
 won't

00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:19.440
 you

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:19.799
 turn

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:20.319
 back

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:20.879
 to

00:37:20.879 --> 00:37:21.319
 him

00:37:21.319 --> 00:37:21.839
 there's

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:22.400
 life

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:22.819
 there

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:23.259
 and

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.779
 sin

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.140
 leads

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:24.360
 to

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.000
 death

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.440
 he

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.720
 says

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.140
 come

00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:26.620
 back

00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:27.080
 child

00:37:27.080 --> 00:37:28.380
 come

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.040
 home

00:37:29.040 --> 00:37:30.200
 to

00:37:30.200 --> 00:37:30.380
 your

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.880
 father

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:34.560
 busy

00:37:34.560 --> 00:37:34.980
 one

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:37.260
 hear

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.760
 God

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.280
 in

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:38.640
 Jesus

00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:39.560
 speaking

00:37:39.560 --> 00:37:39.860
 his

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.360
 promise

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.660
 of

00:37:40.660 --> 00:37:41.340
 rest

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:42.980
 to

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.140
 your

00:37:43.140 --> 00:37:43.400
 weary

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:43.880
 soul

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:46.080
 you

00:37:46.080 --> 00:37:46.220
 and

00:37:46.220 --> 00:37:46.380
 I

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.980
 must

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.800
 slow

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.400
 down

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:50.080
 regularly

00:37:50.080 --> 00:37:50.519
 to

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:50.740
 hear

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:50.860
 it

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:50.980
 it's

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.160
 the

00:37:51.160 --> 00:37:51.460
 only

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.760
 way

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.000
 I've

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.140
 been

00:37:52.140 --> 00:37:52.300
 able

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:52.480
 to

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:52.740
 figure

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:52.940
 it

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.100
 out

00:37:53.100 --> 00:37:53.300
 because

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:53.540
 I'm

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.679
 one

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:53.820
 of

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.039
 those

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.380
 busy

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:54.820
 ones

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.960
 where

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.259
 my

00:37:56.259 --> 00:37:56.940
 life

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.400
 moves

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.960
 quickly

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.920
 and

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.039
 I

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.380
 love

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.559
 to

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:00.039
 function

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.300
 on

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:00.460
 that

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:00.699
 I

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.059
 have

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.279
 to

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.639
 slow

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.179
 down

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:03.420
 slow

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.039
 down

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:05.320
 open

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.619
 his

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.199
 word

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:07.539
 listen

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.860
 to

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.119
 him

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.739
 speak

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:12.820
 depressed

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:14.119
 soul

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:15.599
 Jesus

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.219
 comes

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:16.759
 to give

00:38:16.759 --> 00:38:17.259
 light

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:17.900
 to

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.360
 those

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.599
 who

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.000
 sit

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.480
 in

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.000
 darkness

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:21.000
 and

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.119
 in

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.300
 the

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.699
 shadow

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.099
 of

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.619
 death

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.400
 a

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:23.859
 promise

00:38:23.859 --> 00:38:24.159
 to

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.359
 be

00:38:24.359 --> 00:38:24.619
 your

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:25.259
 loving

00:38:25.259 --> 00:38:26.099
 king

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.679
 who

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:26.980
 with

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.279
 the

00:38:27.279 --> 00:38:27.739
 tender

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.259
 mercy

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.599
 of

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.000
 God

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.880
 guides

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.179
 you

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.579
 into

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.359
 peace

00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:32.199
 you

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:32.759
 thought

00:38:32.759 --> 00:38:33.400
 was

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:34.099
 impossible

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.599
 to

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.039
 feel

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:36.159
 ever

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.739
 again

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:39.219
 is his

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.519
 spirit

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.079
 speaking

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.880
 softly

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.359
 into

00:38:41.359 --> 00:38:41.659
 your

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.239
 turmoil

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:43.179
 this

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.579
 morning

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:45.219
 there's

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:45.619
 hope

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:47.539
 remember

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.099
 Jesus

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:49.840
 you

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.019
 can

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.400
 trust

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:50.699
 me

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:53.320
 once

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:53.519
 and

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:53.699
 for

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:53.960
 all

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.199
 in

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.519
 Jesus

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.539
 God

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:56.759
 speaks

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:58.440
 rest

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:59.559
 a

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.000
 family

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.519
 welcome

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.000
 to

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.500
 many

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.460
 love

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.679
 you

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.000
 can

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.559
 count

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:03.980
 on

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.920
 protection

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.800
 provided

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.300
 by the

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:06.539
 one

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:06.719
 who

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.039
 knows

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.360
 what's

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.759
 best

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.059
 for

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.400
 you

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:09.199
 joy

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.400
 of

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:09.599
 being

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:10.179
 used

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.440
 to

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.159
 bring

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.380
 his

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.920
 blessing

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.279
 to

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:12.880
 others

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:14.940
 may

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.180
 our

00:39:15.180 --> 00:39:15.680
 hearts

00:39:15.680 --> 00:39:15.980
 that

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.099
 are

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.500
 waiting

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:18.059
 and

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.500
 waiting

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.480
 hear

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.880
 him

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:21.099
 and

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.440
 trust

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.780
 him

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:23.280
 let's

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.539
 pray

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 holy

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 spirit

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 we

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 ask

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 you

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 not

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 for

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 a

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 new

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 message

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 this

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 morning

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 we

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 don't

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 need

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 a

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 new

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 message

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 but

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 we

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 do

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 need

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 new

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 ears

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 this

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 morning

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 hear

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 you

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 speak

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 might

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 you

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 work

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 through

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 your

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 word

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 as

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 you

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 so

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 delight

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 to

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 do

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 might

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 you

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 speak

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 clearly

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 and

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 may

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 we

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 hear

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 may

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 we

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 hear

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 a

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 message

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 of

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 comfort

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 of

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 grace

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 of

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 hope

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 and

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 may

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 it

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 give

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 us

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 joy

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 beyond

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 any

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 joy

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 known

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 in

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 this

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 day

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 in

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 all

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 of

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 our

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 lives

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 may

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 for

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 the

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 first

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 time

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 perhaps

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 we

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 hear

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 and

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 know

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 a

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 God

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 who

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 is

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 for

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 us

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 a

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 God

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 who

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 would

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 have

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 relationship

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 with

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 us

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 holy

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 holy

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 spirit

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 bring

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 light

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 into

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 our

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 darkness

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 speak

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 into

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 what

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 feels

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 like

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 a

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 silence

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 that

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 will

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 never

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 go

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 away

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 change

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 us

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 forever

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 we

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 ask

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 speak

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 through

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 Jesus

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 we

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 pray

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 in

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 his

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 name

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 amen

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 for

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 more

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 visit

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