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

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 23, the Scottish Psalter version, page 229 of the psalm books, Psalm 23.

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 The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want. He makes me down to lie in pastures green.

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 He leadeth me the quiet waters by.

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 We'll stand to sing the whole of this psalm to God's praise.

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 I'll not want. He makes me down to lie in pastures green.

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 He leadeth me the quiet waters by.

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 My soul he doth restore again, and he to work the name.

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 Within the paths of righteousness, before his soul may sing.

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 Hear, though I walk in death's dark hill, yet will I hear not ill.

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 For thou art lift me on thy own.

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 I'm standing on for still.

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 My devil, thou hast furnished, in presence of my foes.

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 My devil, thou hast with oil anoint, and my cup overflows.

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 To death's and mercy, O my life, shall surely follow me.

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 And in God's eyes forevermore, my dwelling place shall be.

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 Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer. Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven, we thank you to be able to sing these words together,

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 to offer up worship to you in song,

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 and to sing these words that perhaps we've sung so often in the past,

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 words that we maybe even know without looking at the pages of our Bibles.

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 We can repeat them, but help us today to know the wonder of them,

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 the wonder of the Lord, our Lord Jesus as our shepherd,

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 the one who leads us and guides us, the one who helps us in all our lives.

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 Every one of us today are dependent upon you, young and old alike.

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 And we do ask, Lord, that together you will bless us,

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 that you will be with us as we come to hear of you,

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 to hear your word and study it together.

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 Bless the young ones in the Sunday school, in the creche, the tweenies, in the Bible class.

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 We thank you for every one of the children here and the families together as well.

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 And together as a people, Lord, that we would have hearts filled with a sense of joy

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 in coming to you and knowing that you are with us, that you meet here with us.

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 We thank you for even the Lord's prayer as we say it week by week.

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 It reminds us of how we are dependent upon you as our Father in heaven.

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 And we pray that even as we say these words together in a moment,

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 that there will be words that we may be familiar with as well,

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 that help us to know who it is we are praying to and what you are able to do for us.

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 And so may we all together know what the power of prayer is,

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 and we especially think of our young people going through exams at this time,

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 that they would do so with that knowledge that they can ask you for help,

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 that they can ask you for guidance, and that you are there for them.

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 And we do pray for them, for all our children,

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 and we just pray for exam periods ahead.

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 Just now, Lord, that you would give clarity and help in all that they have to do.

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 Bless us and we pray and watch over us as we ask all with the forgiveness of our sins.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, I was just praying there about exams,

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 and maybe it's the last thing you want to hear about just now when you're going into May

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 and the exams are starting for those who are older in the higher classes.

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 But every one of us has to face tests at different points in our life.

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 And especially as we're going through school, we do different kinds of tests as we're going through school.

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 And one of the tests we often have is listening tests.

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 So who's good at listening? Hands up if you're good at listening.

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 Many people say, what?

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 You weren't listening, were you?

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 Listening is a skill.

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 It's something we have to learn and to pay attention to things that we are hearing.

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 But it's often a difficult thing for us to do because we're easily distracted.

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 So I want to give you a little test just now.

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 I'm going to read some verses from Psalm 81.

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 And I want you to listen out for words that are related to hearing.

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 And I think the teachers, when they're in school, they do this, do they?

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 So that you have to listen in.

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 You have to listen carefully to these words.

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 I'm going to read Psalm 81 at verse 8 down to verse 13.

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 Hear, my people, let me warn you, if you would but listen now.

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 No strange God shall be among you.

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 To a false God do not bow.

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 I have brought you up from Egypt, from your own God, the Lord am I.

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 Open wide your mouth towards me, and your food I will supply.

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 But my people would not listen, would not do what I required.

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 So I gave them up to follow what their stubborn hearts desired.

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 If my people would but heed me, Israel follow my command.

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 I would soon subdue their enemies and against them turn my hand.

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 So, how many times there did you hear something related to listening?

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 It comes up quite often there, doesn't it?

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 The word listen is there twice.

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 The word hear is the first word that was mentioned.

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 Hear, my people.

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 And then there was the word heed in verse 13 as well.

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 So four times at least you could say there's a word there that's to do with listening.

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 And so God is speaking there, and so it's important, as he says, hear, listen, heed, all of these things to us.

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 And that's what's important for us as we come to God's word, as we're hearing it here, as we're hearing it in our Sunday school classes too, that we listen.

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 Now, what do we need in order to listen?

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 Listen, first of all, we need to stop.

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 Stop what we're doing and just pause so that we're sitting ready to listen.

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 The other thing we need is quietness.

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 If there was loads of noise going on around us, if there was a building site or something outside and people were working away there,

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 and there's so much noise around, we wouldn't be able to hear, so we need quietness to be able to hear.

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 And the third thing we need is focus.

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 To listen is to listen as it's going on.

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 I mean, when you're in the house, do you listen to everything mum and dad say to you?

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 At what point do you stop listening?

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 They'll shout your name, so they maybe shout,

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 Callum, come and do, and that's when you stop listening.

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 Do, no, I'm not going to listen anymore.

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 I don't want to do anything but what I want to do myself.

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 We need to focus.

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 And God is calling us all today to come and to stop and to focus and to listen and to do.

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 And so today we have to stop, hear, listen, and heed the word of God.

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 May he give us that skill, that ability to listen and to hear what he is saying to us.

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 We're going to say the Lord's Prayer together now.

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 Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

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 Thy kingdom come.

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 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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 Give us this day our daily bread.

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 And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

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 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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 for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing together again to God's praise this time

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 in Psalm 107, the Scottish Psalter version, page 384.

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 Psalm 107, and at verse 23,

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 page 384 of the psalm books.

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 And then we're reminded of the passage that we're looking at today,

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 how Jesus is able to bring calm into the midst of a storm.

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 And in verse 29, it says that the storm is changed into a calm

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 at his command and will.

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 We're going to sing from verse 23 to 30 to God's praise.

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 Which makes the sea with roaring wings

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 I want to swell and rise

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 If unto heaven and to the dead

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 They do all come again

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 Their soul of pain can melt away

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 With love alone with fear

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 They relapse stagger like wonder

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 At their waves in daily

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 Then they do come in trouble cry

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 Who then from straits are free

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 The storm is changed into account

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 At his command and will

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 So that the waves which raged before

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 Now quiet and still

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 Then are they not because of rest

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 And quiet the lady

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 So to the lady

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 I will turn to read God's word together now in the gospel of Mark

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 And chapter 6

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 Mark chapter 6

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 We take up our reading at verse 30

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 You find it around page 1015

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 Of the church Bibles

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 Mark chapter 6 at verse 30

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 The apostles returned to Jesus

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 And told him all that they had done and taught

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 And he said to them

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 Come away by yourselves

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 To a desolate place and rest a while

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 For many were coming and going

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 And they had no leisure even to eat

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 And they went away in the boat

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 To a desolate place by themselves

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 Now many saw them going and recognized them

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 And they ran there on foot from all the towns

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 And got there ahead of them

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 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd

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 And he had compassion on them

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 Because they were like sheep without a shepherd

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 And he began to teach them many things

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 And when it grew late

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 His disciples came to him

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 And said

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 This is a desolate place

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 And the hour is now late

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 Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages

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 And buy themselves something to eat

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 But he answered them

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 You give them something to eat

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 And they said to him

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 Shall we go and buy 200 denarii worth of bread

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 And give it to them to eat

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 And he said to them

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 How many loaves do you have?

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 Go and see

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 And when they had found out

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 They said five and two fish

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 Then he commanded them all

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 To sit down in groups on the green grass

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 So they sat down in groups by hundreds and by fifties

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 And taking the five loaves and the two fish

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 He looked up to heaven

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 And said a blessing

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 And broke the loaves

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 And gave them to the disciples

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 To set before the people

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 And he divided the two fish among them all

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 And they all ate and were satisfied

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 And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces

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 And of fish

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 And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men

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 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat

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 And go before him to the other side

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 To Bethsaida

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 While he dismissed the crowd

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 And after he had taken leave of them

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 He went up on the mountain to pray

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 And when evening came

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 The boat was out on sea

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 And he was alone on the land

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 And he saw that they were making headway painfully

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 For the wind was against them

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 And about the fourth watch of the night

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 He came to them walking on the sea

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 He meant to pass by them

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 But when they saw him walking on the sea

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 They thought it was a ghost and cried out

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 For they all saw him and were terrified

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 But immediately he spoke to them and said

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 Take heart

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 It is I

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 Do not be afraid

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 And he got into the boat with them

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 And the wind ceased

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 And they were utterly astounded

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 For they did not understand about the loaves

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 But their hearts were hardened

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 And so on

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 And may God bless that reading from his word

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 We'll again come to God in prayer

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 Let us pray

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 Our Father in heaven

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 As we approach your word

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 We do so

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 Recognising

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 Our own lack of understanding

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 And even

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 As the disciples here

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 Were seeing and hearing

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 The wonders of Jesus

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 It says

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 Their hearts were hardened

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 And we know ourselves

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 That that can be true

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 At times in our own experience

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 Perhaps even we come in here today

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 With that sense of

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 Of hardness

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 Of not coming to listen

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 But maybe just coming

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 And just to show

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 Our face here

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 And to put others at ease

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 That we have come

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 But we thank you

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 That as we come

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 We come under

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 What is your word

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 A living

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 And an active word

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 And a word that is powerful

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 A word that we see there

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 That is still through to this day

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 That Jesus as he spoke

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 Had the power to calm

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 Even the wind itself

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 And the waves of the sea

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 And we thank you

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 That that is true for us today as well

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 That you are the one

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 Who is able to calm us

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 And to change out every situation

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 That seems so powerless to us

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 That we have no ability

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 To change anything

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 In and of ourselves

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 But your word reminds us

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 That you are the one

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 Who is able

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 And so we come in prayer to you

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 Depending on you

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 Depending on you

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 For all things

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 From the beginning of a day

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 To the end

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 And even through the watches

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 Of the night

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 When we may

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 Be unaware of everything

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 Going on around us

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 When we are in the depths of sleep

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 We thank you

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 That you are one

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 Who is constantly awake

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 Never slumbering

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 Nor sleeping

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 As the psalmist says

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 But that you are always

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 Watching over your people

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 That your presence is near

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 And in all our cares

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 And all our anxieties

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 And all our thanksgivings

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 We thank you

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 That we can come

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 And bring them all to you

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 As the one who hears us

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 That you hear us

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 Through the name of your son

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 Our Lord and saviour

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 Jesus Christ

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 And as we have read of him

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 And how he prayed

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 To you himself

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 We thank you

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 That even as he was dependent

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 In all things

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 That we too are as well

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 And so Lord

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 We thank you

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 That we come

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 Through a name

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 Above every name

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 That we offer up our prayers

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 In and through

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 The name of Jesus

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 And so hear us

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 Lord we ask

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 And may your will be done

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 And may all be

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 To your glory

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 And we do ask

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 Oh Lord

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 For all our different needs today

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 And the needs of those around us

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 We thank you

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 That again

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 You are the one

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 The one who is able to comfort

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 The one who is able to heal

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 The one who is able to help

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 In any and every circumstance

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 And we know Lord

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 The many around us

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 Who need you

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 In particular ways

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 And especially

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 Oh Lord

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 In times of

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 Of grief and sorrow

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 As in our own midst

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 Lord

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 There are

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 Those who grieve

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 And those

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 Who we know

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 Even in our own denomination

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 Who are grieving today

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 In the midst of loss

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 We thank you

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 That you are

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 A God of all comfort

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 And so throughout

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 Our communities today

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 May that comfort

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 Be evident

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 In special ways

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 That people

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 Would know

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 The everlasting arms

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 Underneath

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 Upholding

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 And strengthening

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 We do remember

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 Even those

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 In our own denomination

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 Who have been servants

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 To you

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 And who have been

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 Taken to glory

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 As we have heard

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 Of the passing

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 Of the Reverend Ian Allen

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 In these days

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 We thank you

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 For his life

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 And for his ministry

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 In different places

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 And over many years

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 We do

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 Lord

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 Give thanks

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 For the word

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 That he preached

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 So faithfully

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 And pray Lord

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 That even

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 It would still

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 Continue

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 To bear fruit

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 We do pray Lord

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 For comfort

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 For his family

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 That you will

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 Surround them

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 In these times

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 We thank you

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 Of the Macphersion family

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 The Reverend John Macphersion

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 And his wife Catherine

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 In the sad news

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 Of the sudden loss

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 Of a son Malcolm

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 We pray Lord

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 That you will

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 Surround them

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 And comfort them

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 As only you can

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 And Dave Macphersion

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 As well

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 The Reverend Dave Macphersion

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 And his brother

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 In Govan too

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 Lord

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 We just pray Lord

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 For him and his family

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 As well

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 And in this time

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 Of grief Lord

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 That you would be one

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 Who is very near

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 And we know too Lord

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 That there are those

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 Who are going through

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 Ill health

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 And so many different trials

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 And we just commit

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 Each one to you

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 And Lord

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 When they cannot pray

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 That they would feel

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 That they could ask

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 For prayer

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 Or that they would know

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 That there are people

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 Praying for them

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 And we do ask

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 Oh Lord

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 That you will

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 Just go before us

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 In all of these things

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 We thank you Lord

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 Of our nation

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 And all that's going on

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 As we know

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 The various issues

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 Going on in parliaments

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 At this time

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 We thank you

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 For your hearing of prayer

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 And so many different things

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 To do with the gender recognition

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 And we thank you Lord

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 For the way that you are able

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 To turn the tide in that

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 And we thank you

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 Of the upcoming

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 Assisted Suicide Bill

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 And we pray Lord

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 For wisdom

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 And for your intervention

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 And those who maybe have

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 Leanings towards it

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 That they would be convinced

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 Otherwise

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 For we know that

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 Life is precious

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 And life is in your hands

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 And we know that

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 Although there can be

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 So much that will be

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 Painted as intended for good

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 That we see it

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 Oh Lord

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 In the wider picture

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 That it can be used

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 Oh Lord

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 In so many wicked ways

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 And so we pray Lord

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 That you would come

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 In a day of your power

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 And heal our land

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 And pour blessing upon us

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 To see your goodness

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 And your mercy with us

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 In all of these things

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 We pray that for the world

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 In which we live in as well

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 A world in so much turmoil

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 A world with so much conflict

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 And hatred being showered

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 Upon so many

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 In so many different ways

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 We see Lord

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 A stirring of anger

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 In so many places

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 And we just pray for peace

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 May your peace come

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 And so Lord

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 Hear our prayers

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 And give our people

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 Ears to listen

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 To hear what you are saying to us

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 As you call us

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 To bow the knee before you

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 May you open hearts and minds

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 To receive the wonder of the gospel

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 That we would be astounded

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 Even as the disciples were

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 In this passage that we've read

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 That people would be astounded

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 At what you are able to do

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 And to do for good

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 So hear our prayers

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 Continue with us

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 And go before us

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 In the rest of this day

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 That's all we ask

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 We ask for the forgiveness

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 Of our sin

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 In Jesus' name

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 Amen

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 Well before we come back

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 To look at this passage

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 We'll sing again

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 To God's praise

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 In Psalm 62

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 In the Sing Psalms version

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 Psalm 62

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 On page 79

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 Of the Psalm books

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 We're going to sing

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 From verse 1

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 Down to verse 8

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 Psalm 62

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 On page 79

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 My soul finds rest

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 In God alone

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 From him comes my salvation sure

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 My safety fortress

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 Sheltering rock

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 In him alone

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 I am secure

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 8

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 And we stand to sing

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 To God's praise

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 In the Sing Psalms

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 And we stand to sing

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 To God's praise

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 In God alone

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 From him comes my salvation sure

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 My safety fortress

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 Shelter secure

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 In the Singwasser

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 And his hope

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 And his hope

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 And his hope

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 From his high place

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 They take delight

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 In spreading eyes

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 With force

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 And fighting

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 Clouds may bless

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 But in

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 Thy hearts

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 Are times

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 Despite

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 I rest

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 My soul

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 And brought

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 Alone

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 In him

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 My hope

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 Is ever

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 Burture

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 My safety forecast shall be brought, in him alone I am secure.

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 I own the land's salvation rest, on God my rock and my deep heart.

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 O people, trust in him always, to him alone for a pure heart.

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 We can turn back to a reading in the Gospel of Mark, chapter 6.

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 I'm reading again at verse 48.

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 Mark, chapter 6, at verse 48.

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 And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them.

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 And about the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking on the sea.

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 He meant to pass by them.

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 But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out.

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 For they all saw him and were terrified.

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 But immediately he spoke to them and said,

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 Take heart, it is I.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 Are you afraid to follow Jesus?

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 You may have come in here today just thinking,

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 I just want to come and go and maybe not truly hear what the Word of God is saying,

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 because you may be afraid of what it might say to you,

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 what difference it might make in your life.

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 Are you afraid to follow Jesus, to hear what he says?

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 Well, you're not alone.

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 It's not a new thing.

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 It's there from the beginning of time.

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 It'll be there till the return of the Lord Jesus.

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 There'll be a sense of fear in terms of what Jesus means.

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 And sometimes it's a good thing to be afraid.

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 It's a good thing to be afraid because it can make us look for what the right answer is

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 and where help can be found in our fear.

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 And as you're reading here in the Gospel of Mark,

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 as you're looking at the first half of the Gospel of Mark,

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 it's full of accounts of Jesus revealing himself to the people in so many different ways.

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 You see there's many miracles that he's done,

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 so many teachings that he's given,

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 and people were marveling.

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 And you think to yourself,

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 well, the more they're seeing,

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 the more they'll believe,

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 the more people that there will be that will believe.

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 But yes, there were some who believed,

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 but there was many who turned away

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 and many who were afraid

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 because he was preaching a truth to them

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 that they couldn't fully understand.

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 So truth and fear are often things that go together.

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 There can be anxiety in the midst of hearing truth

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 and you're wondering,

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 is it true?

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 You think even of this coming week,

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 it marks 80 years

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 since VE Day,

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 Victory in Europe Day,

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 when the Second World War

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 came to an end,

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 when peace came.

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 And you can imagine

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 the differing emotions

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 that would have been throughout the country

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 at that time.

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 So many mixed emotions,

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 so many tears flowing,

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 tears of joy and tears of sadness

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 mixed together.

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 Joy and fear just there in abundance.

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 And for some,

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 it was probably a moment

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 where they would actually ask,

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 is it really true?

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 Do we really have peace?

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 It would have been hard to believe

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 after all that they'd gone through.

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 Was it actually a day when peace

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 had come?

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 Can we believe what we're hearing?

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 And as we come to the Word of God,

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 sometimes we read through it

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 and we think,

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 can this really be true?

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 Does this really matter to my life?

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 It can make us turn away

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 and reject it.

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 It can make us afraid

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 and it can also fill us

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:46.359
 with joy.

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 And you see here

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 that just mixture of emotions.

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 The disciples terrified

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 and astounded

00:31:54.919 --> 00:31:57.079
 just in a short space of time.

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 And you see it again and again

00:31:58.939 --> 00:32:00.119
 as you're going through Scripture.

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 This is often what the truth

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:03.639
 of God does.

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 And especially when it comes

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:07.140
 to seeing Jesus

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:08.520
 and who He is.

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 You just think back

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:11.060
 a couple of chapters

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 to chapter 4.

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 And there was,

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.800
 Jesus was with the disciples

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.440
 in a boat

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 on another occasion

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.860
 in the middle of a storm.

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.880
 And they're afraid.

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:20.840
 And they asked,

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.540
 do you not care

00:32:21.540 --> 00:32:22.480
 that we are perishing?

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:23.220
 Do you not care

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.780
 that we are dying here?

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:27.100
 And Jesus is able

00:32:27.100 --> 00:32:28.680
 to calm that storm.

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 Peace, be still.

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 And the wind

00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:33.380
 and the waves ceased.

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 And they're asking,

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.580
 who is this?

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.740
 They're afraid

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:39.080
 of this Jesus.

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.500
 And you see it

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:42.000
 in chapter 5 as well

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 in verse 15 to 17.

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 Another time

00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:46.240
 when Jesus did a miracle.

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 He healed a demon-possessed man.

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:50.560
 And you see the crowd's reaction.

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 They're afraid.

00:32:52.040 --> 00:32:52.880
 And what do they do?

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:54.040
 They beg Jesus

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:55.019
 to go away.

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 To leave us alone.

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 And is that what we need

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:01.019
 when we hear about Jesus?

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 Just beg him.

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 Just go away.

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 Leave me alone.

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 I'm too afraid

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:06.379
 of these things.

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:08.180
 Well, fear often keeps us

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:10.059
 from recognizing Jesus

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:11.059
 and who he is

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:12.960
 and what he wants for us.

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:15.160
 Fear paralyzes us.

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 But we need to hear

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:20.299
 what he is saying to us.

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.359
 We need to overcome

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 that fear

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:26.099
 and come to be a people

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:27.460
 of faith

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:29.079
 instead of fear.

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 We are being paralyzed

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:31.500
 by fear.

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 We've all got maybe

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:34.139
 different fears

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 and we're afraid

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.720
 of certain situations

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.980
 and it leaves us

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 kind of paralyzed.

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 If you're afraid

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.799
 of heights,

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 you start climbing a ladder,

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.799
 you look down,

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 the fear

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:46.299
 can just paralyze you.

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:47.079
 You're stuck.

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 You cannot go up.

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 You cannot go down.

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 Fear of spiders

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:53.419
 leaves you afraid

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 of going into

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 any room

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.579
 where you've seen

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.519
 when you close the door

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.160
 and you're afraid

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:58.700
 to go in there again

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 until that spider's gone.

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 Fear of the doctor.

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 You just say,

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 I'm not going.

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.059
 I'm afraid

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:06.839
 what he might say to me.

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.119
 We can be afraid

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:10.519
 in so many different situations.

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.860
 But are you afraid here?

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.239
 Are you afraid

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:15.059
 as you're hearing

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.599
 the word of God?

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.780
 Fear stirs us up

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:22.300
 to see we need faith.

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:24.000
 And somebody once said,

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 I am inwardly fashioned

00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:26.720
 for faith,

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 not for fear.

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.039
 Fear is not

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:30.160
 my native land.

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:31.180
 Faith is.

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:33.019
 I am not made

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.620
 for fear and worry.

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.960
 They are the sand

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.320
 of the machinery of life.

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.740
 They're there

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:40.220
 to grind away

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:40.960
 and to damage

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.660
 the machinery.

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:44.240
 But faith is the oil.

00:34:45.080 --> 00:34:45.900
 Faith is the oil

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:47.019
 that keeps machinery

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.700
 lubricated,

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.880
 that keeps our lives

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:50.980
 going in the right direction.

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:54.940
 fear and worry

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:56.500
 leaves me grasping

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.380
 for breath.

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:59.620
 But faith and confidence

00:34:59.620 --> 00:35:01.460
 helps me to breathe freely.

00:35:02.560 --> 00:35:03.539
 We are not designed

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.019
 for fear,

00:35:04.080 --> 00:35:04.840
 but we are a people

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.420
 of fear.

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:08.100
 But we are to be

00:35:08.100 --> 00:35:09.660
 a people of faith.

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:10.280
 So is fear

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.880
 keeping you back today?

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.760
 Are you afraid

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.620
 of Jesus?

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.140
 Are you afraid

00:35:14.140 --> 00:35:15.460
 of what might happen

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.240
 if you commit

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:17.240
 to Jesus?

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.820
 Are you afraid

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.980
 that you'll let him down?

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.180
 Are you afraid

00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:21.039
 of what people

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.760
 will think?

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.400
 Are you afraid

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.080
 maybe you're sitting

00:35:23.080 --> 00:35:23.600
 at home

00:35:23.600 --> 00:35:24.620
 watching online?

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.320
 Are you afraid

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:26.760
 to come to church

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:29.020
 in case something

00:35:29.020 --> 00:35:29.920
 happens?

00:35:32.020 --> 00:35:33.000
 We should be more

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.700
 afraid

00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:35.200
 of what will happen

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:36.120
 if we don't come

00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:36.840
 to Jesus.

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.380
 We should be more

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 afraid of not

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.900
 listening

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 to Jesus

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:43.320
 because the day

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:43.940
 comes when we have

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.440
 to appear

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.320
 before him.

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 And we need

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 to be a people

00:35:47.620 --> 00:35:48.400
 of faith,

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.960
 believing

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.920
 in him.

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.679
 William Garnall

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 once said,

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:54.460
 we fear men

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 so much

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 because we fear

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 God so little.

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.179
 What are we

00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.900
 more afraid

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.599
 of today?

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.440
 What people

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 will think,

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.159
 what people

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.940
 will say,

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.559
 or what God

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.019
 the Lord

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.679
 will think?

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.980
 Are we afraid

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:10.179
 of Jesus?

00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:11.440
 Well,

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.159
 the disciples

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.740
 here,

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.900
 they were learning.

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.880
 and there was

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.980
 a mix of fear

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.760
 and faith

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:18.579
 all intermingled.

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.680
 And I want us

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 to look at

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.099
 three things

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:22.220
 from this passage

00:36:22.220 --> 00:36:22.720
 today.

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:24.119
 And they help us

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:25.099
 to see our own

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:26.300
 lives as well.

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:28.000
 And the three things

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.820
 are the Lord's

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.579
 paths,

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.300
 the way the Lord

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:32.059
 leads us.

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:33.039
 And then you see

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:34.360
 the Lord's presence

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:36.539
 and then the Lord's

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.380
 prompting.

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:38.920
 And there are

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.660
 three things,

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:41.220
 situations that can

00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:42.139
 leave us afraid,

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:43.000
 but that can also

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:44.719
 give us assurance.

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.839
 And the first thing

00:36:46.839 --> 00:36:47.440
 we see is the

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.599
 Lord's path.

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.480
 We can focus,

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.079
 first of all,

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.839
 on the disciples

00:36:51.839 --> 00:36:52.440
 here.

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:55.059
 It's late at night

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:56.559
 and we've seen

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.579
 they've fed

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:59.379
 the 5,000 men

00:36:59.379 --> 00:36:59.759
 there.

00:36:59.759 --> 00:37:00.619
 And Jesus

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.699
 has instructed

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:03.000
 them to go

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.739
 before him

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.659
 to the other side,

00:37:04.759 --> 00:37:05.579
 it says in verse

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.199
 45,

00:37:06.359 --> 00:37:07.279
 to Bethsaida,

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.739
 while he

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.759
 remained with

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.279
 the crowd

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:11.579
 to dismiss them.

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:13.139
 And so

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.859
 they've listened.

00:37:14.879 --> 00:37:15.799
 The Lord's

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:16.379
 told them

00:37:16.379 --> 00:37:16.920
 what to do

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.400
 and they've

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.839
 gone and

00:37:17.839 --> 00:37:18.559
 they've done it.

00:37:19.299 --> 00:37:20.139
 They've gone

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:21.059
 out in the boat.

00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:22.940
 But once more

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:24.059
 they find themselves

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.960
 out on the lake

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.779
 and a storm

00:37:25.779 --> 00:37:26.319
 rises,

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.039
 the wind

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:28.420
 is against them.

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:30.460
 And it almost

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.699
 seems to happen

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.239
 so often

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.819
 whether they're

00:37:32.819 --> 00:37:33.639
 away from the

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.039
 Lord,

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.440
 that they're

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.420
 presented with

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.400
 a challenge.

00:37:38.339 --> 00:37:39.159
 They're left

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:40.099
 in a situation

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.759
 where what

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.000
 are you

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.480
 going to

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:41.839
 do

00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:42.519
 here?

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.839
 And so

00:37:45.839 --> 00:37:46.219
 often in

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.799
 these early

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:47.279
 days,

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.339
 it seems

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:49.119
 that fear

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.559
 is what

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.500
 overwhelms

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:50.719
 them.

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.279
 Fear is

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:51.739
 what almost

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:52.599
 overcomes

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.619
 each time.

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.460
 And it's

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.119
 so similar

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.880
 to the

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.500
 situation

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.940
 where they

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.299
 were in

00:37:58.299 --> 00:37:59.360
 chapter 4.

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.559
 The Lord

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.400
 had instructed

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:02.079
 them to go

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.940
 out in the

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.739
 boat and

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:04.099
 to make

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.480
 their way

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:04.739
 and they're

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.319
 caught up

00:38:05.319 --> 00:38:06.559
 in a storm.

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.699
 the Lord

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.619
 was directing

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:08.920
 them.

00:38:09.299 --> 00:38:09.900
 It's not

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.360
 like a

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:10.699
 Jonah

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.539
 situation

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.960
 where they're

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.759
 running away

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:13.179
 from the

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:13.480
 Lord.

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.279
 When the

00:38:14.279 --> 00:38:15.119
 Lord's told

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.719
 him to do

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.199
 something,

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:16.880
 to go one

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.159
 way,

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:17.739
 and he

00:38:17.739 --> 00:38:18.099
 goes the

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.500
 completely

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.019
 opposite,

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:19.639
 that's not

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:20.420
 the situation

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:20.820
 here.

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.199
 They're doing

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:22.099
 exactly what

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.460
 they've been

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.940
 told.

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:26.000
 And still

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:27.219
 a storm

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.980
 comes.

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:28.380
 They're

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:28.960
 listening to

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:30.059
 Jesus and

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.739
 a storm

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.860
 arises and

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.559
 they're afraid

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.679
 in the midst

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.159
 of this

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.699
 storm.

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:36.679
 And it

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:36.939
 would be

00:38:36.939 --> 00:38:37.599
 easy for

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:37.960
 them to

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.899
 blame him.

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.119
 You've

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.879
 sent us

00:38:41.879 --> 00:38:42.539
 this way.

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.500
 You told

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.879
 us to do

00:38:43.879 --> 00:38:44.079
 this and

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.460
 we're doing

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:44.759
 it and yet

00:38:44.759 --> 00:38:45.480
 still here

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:45.839
 we are

00:38:45.839 --> 00:38:46.799
 caught in

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.460
 a storm.

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.739
 But what

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:49.259
 you find

00:38:49.259 --> 00:38:49.500
 with the

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.439
 disciples is

00:38:50.439 --> 00:38:50.799
 that so

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:51.179
 often in

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.659
 these early

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.419
 experiences

00:38:52.419 --> 00:38:53.339
 they're

00:38:53.339 --> 00:38:54.119
 obedient to

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.519
 the Lord

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.299
 but the

00:38:55.299 --> 00:38:55.939
 Lord is

00:38:55.939 --> 00:38:56.739
 testing them.

00:38:57.899 --> 00:38:58.339
 The Lord

00:38:58.339 --> 00:38:59.339
 is discipling

00:38:59.339 --> 00:39:00.279
 them and

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:00.599
 the Lord

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.359
 is reminding

00:39:01.359 --> 00:39:01.799
 them of

00:39:01.799 --> 00:39:02.319
 their need

00:39:02.319 --> 00:39:03.079
 to depend

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:04.219
 on him.

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.399
 And the

00:39:05.399 --> 00:39:05.839
 same is

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:06.899
 true for

00:39:06.899 --> 00:39:07.719
 ourselves.

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:08.939
 If we

00:39:08.939 --> 00:39:09.259
 are to be

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:09.919
 a people

00:39:09.919 --> 00:39:10.699
 of faith

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.519
 there are

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.719
 going to

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.279
 be times

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:13.019
 of fear,

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.480
 times of

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.899
 doubt,

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:15.639
 times of

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.000
 worry,

00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:16.659
 times of

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.239
 testing.

00:39:17.439 --> 00:39:17.899
 They're

00:39:17.899 --> 00:39:18.759
 always going

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.480
 to come.

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.659
 Even when

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.079
 we're doing

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.980
 exactly what

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.339
 the Lord

00:39:22.339 --> 00:39:22.939
 has told

00:39:22.939 --> 00:39:23.319
 us.

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.539
 We can

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:25.259
 be obedient

00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:26.179
 to God

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:26.919
 and doing

00:39:26.919 --> 00:39:27.399
 everything

00:39:27.399 --> 00:39:28.039
 in his

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:28.480
 will and

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:28.759
 the way

00:39:28.759 --> 00:39:29.279
 he wants

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.619
 us and

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:30.439
 yet still

00:39:30.439 --> 00:39:31.099
 testing

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.799
 comes.

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:33.319
 And we

00:39:33.319 --> 00:39:33.839
 are thinking

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.360
 am I

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:34.760
 wrong?

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:35.980
 Have I

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.480
 done the

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.140
 wrong thing?

00:39:37.660 --> 00:39:37.960
 Yes,

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:38.240
 there are

00:39:38.240 --> 00:39:38.760
 times when

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:39.079
 we do

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.400
 and the

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.760
 Lord will

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:40.220
 teach us

00:39:40.220 --> 00:39:40.539
 in that

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:41.019
 as well

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:42.059
 but sometimes

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.380
 when we're

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:42.920
 obedient

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:44.079
 testing

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.880
 comes.

00:39:46.160 --> 00:39:46.600
 But it's

00:39:46.600 --> 00:39:46.980
 how we

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:47.600
 respond

00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.720
 in that

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:49.340
 testing.

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.579
 Hardships

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.280
 and trials

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.780
 will come

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.120
 but it's

00:39:52.120 --> 00:39:52.480
 not to

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:53.460
 misunderstand

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:54.420
 that we're

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:54.760
 on the

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:55.680
 wrong path.

00:39:57.140 --> 00:39:57.680
 The

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:58.120
 Lord's

00:39:58.120 --> 00:39:58.579
 paths

00:39:58.579 --> 00:39:59.000
 aren't

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.539
 always

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.300
 easy

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:02.340
 and the

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:02.780
 Lord is

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:03.060
 here

00:40:03.060 --> 00:40:03.760
 testing

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.400
 the

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.100
 disciples

00:40:05.100 --> 00:40:06.760
 testing

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:07.019
 them to

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:07.539
 see how

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.260
 they respond

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.620
 and how

00:40:08.620 --> 00:40:09.200
 they react

00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:09.500
 and what

00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:10.160
 they'll learn

00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:10.880
 in the

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.500
 midst of

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:11.780
 it but

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:12.280
 the Lord

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:12.960
 is with

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.780
 them and

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.100
 we'll come

00:40:14.100 --> 00:40:14.480
 to that

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:14.760
 in a

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:15.260
 moment.

00:40:17.160 --> 00:40:17.500
 But it's

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:17.900
 the reality

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.539
 of a life

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.260
 of faith

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:19.940
 and fear

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.460
 together

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.480
 is how

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.300
 we respond

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:23.780
 but the

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.340
 Lord is

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:25.480
 often teaching

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.019
 us.

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.320
 And if

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:27.740
 you think

00:40:27.740 --> 00:40:28.420
 of different

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:29.580
 career paths

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.199
 in life,

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:31.519
 if you

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.880
 want to

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.179
 be a

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:32.579
 pilot,

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:32.799
 an

00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:33.199
 aircraft

00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:33.819
 pilot,

00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:34.440
 if you

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.639
 want to

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:34.900
 go into

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.639
 space or

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:35.759
 if you

00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:35.980
 want to

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.319
 go to

00:40:36.319 --> 00:40:36.840
 sea,

00:40:37.299 --> 00:40:37.819
 work on

00:40:37.819 --> 00:40:38.159
 ships,

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:38.599
 there's

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:40.199
 often times

00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:40.559
 in the

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:41.019
 training where

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.279
 you have

00:40:41.279 --> 00:40:41.579
 to be in

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.420
 a simulator

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:43.920
 and you

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:44.259
 go into

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:45.000
 a simulator

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.819
 and it

00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:46.259
 simulates

00:40:46.259 --> 00:40:46.900
 a certain

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.779
 situation.

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.179
 It may

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.659
 be you're

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:50.299
 flying a

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:50.860
 plane and

00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:51.380
 a bird

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:52.139
 strike comes.

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.460
 How are

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:52.699
 you going

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:53.119
 to deal

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.519
 with it?

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.319
 Well,

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:55.039
 the simulator

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.340
 is a

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:56.340
 safe place

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:57.039
 to learn

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:58.000
 and you'll

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.440
 get all

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:59.000
 kinds of

00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:00.420
 issues being

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:01.360
 thrown at

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:01.460
 you.

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:01.800
 So maybe

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:02.139
 it's not

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:02.860
 just one

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.239
 issue.

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.039
 It'll be

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.480
 two or

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.199
 three things

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:05.840
 coming all

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.199
 at once.

00:41:06.260 --> 00:41:06.559
 And how

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:06.860
 do you

00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:07.440
 respond?

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.599
 In a

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:09.139
 simulator,

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:10.019
 it's a

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:10.380
 safe

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.059
 environment.

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.300
 Training

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:12.880
 you to do

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.480
 the right

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:13.960
 thing if it

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.579
 happens for

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.000
 real.

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:16.659
 And many

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:16.900
 of the

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:17.800
 situations go

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.579
 beyond anything

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:19.019
 you'll ever

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.519
 see.

00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:20.860
 But it's

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:21.579
 still good to

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:22.039
 know how

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.840
 to respond.

00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:24.940
 And you

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.239
 could almost

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:25.920
 look at this

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:27.380
 simulator in

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:27.720
 Jesus'

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.579
 experience with

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.220
 his disciples.

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.320
 He's there

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:30.900
 in a safe

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.900
 environment with

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.159
 them.

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:32.780
 It's almost

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:33.079
 like they're

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.659
 learning to

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.159
 ride their

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:34.740
 bike but

00:41:34.740 --> 00:41:35.619
 the stabilizers

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:36.220
 are on and

00:41:36.220 --> 00:41:37.300
 the parent is

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:38.500
 alongside just

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.320
 there to catch

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:40.000
 when we

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.539
 fall.

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:41.800
 Well,

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.780
 Jesus is here

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.260
 putting them

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:44.099
 on these

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:44.780
 paths,

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:45.380
 putting them

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:46.019
 through these

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:47.240
 testing times

00:41:47.240 --> 00:41:48.599
 because he's

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:49.440
 preparing them

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.700
 for when he's

00:41:50.700 --> 00:41:51.579
 not there with

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:52.200
 them, when he

00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:52.880
 leaves them

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.920
 to it.

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:56.039
 Jesus is

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.579
 going to go

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:57.320
 away from

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:57.599
 them.

00:41:58.180 --> 00:41:58.640
 He'd be at a

00:41:58.640 --> 00:42:00.240
 distance and

00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:00.800
 when he's not

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:01.240
 there, how

00:42:01.240 --> 00:42:01.519
 will they

00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:02.160
 respond?

00:42:03.740 --> 00:42:04.119
 Of course,

00:42:04.160 --> 00:42:04.700
 he's always

00:42:04.700 --> 00:42:05.440
 there as we'll

00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:05.900
 see in a

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:06.900
 moment as well.

00:42:07.240 --> 00:42:07.700
 But we are

00:42:07.700 --> 00:42:08.800
 to learn in

00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:09.880
 every situation

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.320
 that we're

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:11.180
 going through.

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:12.860
 Trusting

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:14.000
 Jesus is

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.440
 what we

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:14.780
 need.

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:16.539
 As we go

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:17.160
 on our own

00:42:17.160 --> 00:42:18.720
 paths, as we

00:42:18.720 --> 00:42:19.240
 go our own

00:42:19.240 --> 00:42:19.740
 way, as we

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:20.360
 live a life

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:21.000
 of faith,

00:42:21.160 --> 00:42:21.579
 doing what

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:21.960
 the Lord

00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:22.519
 wants,

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:23.800
 obedient to

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:25.420
 him, know

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:26.599
 that testings

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:27.880
 will come,

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.719
 that we need

00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:31.019
 to lean on

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.599
 the Lord

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:33.300
 and be

00:42:33.300 --> 00:42:34.280
 prepared through

00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:35.059
 learning through

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:35.639
 his word,

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.759
 through experience,

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:37.199
 through the

00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:38.519
 experience of

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.199
 others.

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.679
 Even as James

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.500
 says in his

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:41.900
 letter,

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:43.099
 consider it

00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:43.820
 pure joy,

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:44.360
 my brothers,

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:44.820
 whenever you

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:45.659
 face trials

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.739
 of many kinds

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:47.579
 because you

00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:47.900
 know the

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:48.599
 testing of

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:49.219
 your faith

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.860
 develops

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:50.619
 perseverance.

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:51.559
 And

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:52.000
 perseverance

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:53.099
 must finish

00:42:53.099 --> 00:42:53.679
 its work

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:54.099
 so that you

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:54.420
 may be

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:55.699
 mature and

00:42:55.699 --> 00:42:56.340
 complete,

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.179
 not lacking

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:58.239
 in anything.

00:42:58.699 --> 00:42:59.299
 It's there

00:42:59.299 --> 00:43:00.079
 for us.

00:43:01.279 --> 00:43:01.719
 We're going

00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:02.159
 through the

00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:02.599
 fire,

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.440
 testing,

00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:04.739
 but it's

00:43:04.739 --> 00:43:05.119
 for our

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:05.519
 good.

00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:07.239
 To make us

00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:08.139
 mature and

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:08.799
 complete,

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:10.219
 not lacking

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:11.559
 in anything.

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:13.840
 are you

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:15.159
 afraid of

00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:15.799
 what Jesus

00:43:15.799 --> 00:43:16.500
 might put

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:17.000
 you through?

00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:18.000
 Are you

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.960
 afraid of

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.500
 what path

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.179
 Jesus might

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:20.679
 take you

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:21.039
 down?

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:22.779
 Well,

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:23.320
 whatever it

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:23.480
 is,

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:23.900
 it's to be

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.940
 obedient to

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:25.239
 God.

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:25.739
 It may be

00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:26.279
 a hard

00:43:26.279 --> 00:43:26.840
 path,

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:28.940
 but be

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:30.000
 obedient to

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:31.539
 God and

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:32.599
 follow the

00:43:32.599 --> 00:43:33.219
 way that he's

00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:33.559
 showing.

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:35.519
 The Lord's

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:36.239
 path is one

00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:36.739
 filled with

00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:37.440
 testing but

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:38.940
 also teaching.

00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:40.800
 but above

00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:41.320
 all is the

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:41.860
 path to

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:43.559
 salvation and

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:44.280
 to eternal

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:45.440
 life.

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.700
 So the

00:43:47.700 --> 00:43:48.220
 Lord's

00:43:48.220 --> 00:43:48.780
 path.

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:49.119
 The second

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:49.519
 thing we see

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:49.840
 is the

00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:50.639
 Lord's

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:51.320
 presence.

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:52.860
 And we

00:43:52.860 --> 00:43:53.220
 have this

00:43:53.220 --> 00:43:54.240
 great assurance

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:55.039
 here as

00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:55.480
 well, the

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:56.039
 Lord's

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.900
 presence.

00:43:58.519 --> 00:43:58.920
 And when we

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.320
 look at this,

00:43:59.400 --> 00:43:59.860
 we do so

00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:00.679
 first of all

00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:01.679
 looking at the

00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:02.519
 situation where

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:03.760
 we find the

00:44:03.760 --> 00:44:04.099
 Lord.

00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:06.240
 As he sent

00:44:06.240 --> 00:44:06.740
 them on,

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:07.679
 he sent

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.240
 them ahead

00:44:08.240 --> 00:44:08.579
 to the

00:44:08.579 --> 00:44:09.199
 other side

00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:09.980
 to Bethsaida,

00:44:10.319 --> 00:44:11.119
 he's dismissed

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:11.880
 the crowd,

00:44:12.319 --> 00:44:12.840
 and he's

00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:13.360
 gone up the

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:14.559
 mountain to

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:15.000
 pray.

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:17.759
 Jesus lets

00:44:17.759 --> 00:44:18.420
 the disciples

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:19.860
 go, and

00:44:19.860 --> 00:44:21.440
 he goes to

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:21.900
 pray.

00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:24.960
 Is he

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.779
 leaving the

00:44:25.779 --> 00:44:26.319
 disciples?

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:28.219
 Has he just

00:44:28.219 --> 00:44:29.340
 left them to

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:29.659
 go?

00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:31.119
 Or is there

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:32.079
 a reminder to

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:33.420
 us here of

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:34.139
 where he is

00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:34.940
 even now?

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.400
 praying?

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:37.539
 In the

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:38.139
 gospel of

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:39.400
 Mark, there

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:39.900
 are three

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.980
 times when

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:41.700
 Jesus is

00:44:41.700 --> 00:44:42.200
 mentioned

00:44:42.200 --> 00:44:43.099
 praying.

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:44.800
 In chapter

00:44:44.800 --> 00:44:45.420
 one, at the

00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:45.940
 beginning of

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:46.519
 his ministry,

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:47.700
 here in this

00:44:47.700 --> 00:44:48.300
 chapter, and

00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:48.760
 in chapter

00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:49.619
 14 in

00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:50.400
 Gethsemane,

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:52.039
 in each he is

00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:53.639
 alone, in

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:54.000
 each the

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.820
 disciples are

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:55.079
 in the

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:57.119
 vicinity, and

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:58.059
 in each they

00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:58.380
 do not

00:44:58.380 --> 00:45:00.119
 understand, or

00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:00.920
 they're afraid.

00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:02.900
 And yet

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:03.740
 he's praying.

00:45:05.700 --> 00:45:06.260
 I wonder, was

00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:07.680
 he praying for

00:45:07.680 --> 00:45:07.900
 them?

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:09.960
 We know in

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:11.139
 John 17 that

00:45:11.139 --> 00:45:12.360
 Jesus prays for

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:13.139
 his people, he

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:14.019
 prays for us.

00:45:15.480 --> 00:45:15.780
 And you

00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:16.539
 wonder here if

00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:17.300
 that prayer that

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:17.840
 he was offering

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.260
 up was,

00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:19.639
 Father, teach

00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:20.900
 these disciples

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.539
 through this

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:22.360
 experience.

00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:24.360
 May they see

00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:25.800
 your glory.

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:27.300
 May they know

00:45:27.300 --> 00:45:28.639
 your presence.

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:30.039
 We don't know,

00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:31.039
 it's not recorded

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:31.739
 for us.

00:45:32.279 --> 00:45:33.360
 But that prayer

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:34.400
 in John 17

00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:35.779
 certainly makes

00:45:35.779 --> 00:45:36.639
 it clear to

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:37.219
 us that he

00:45:37.219 --> 00:45:38.500
 prays for

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:39.139
 his own.

00:45:41.259 --> 00:45:42.059
 And here we

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:42.400
 have this

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:43.300
 reminder too

00:45:43.300 --> 00:45:44.179
 for ourselves

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:45.500
 that even we

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:45.860
 are going

00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:47.099
 through times

00:45:47.099 --> 00:45:48.759
 of trial

00:45:48.759 --> 00:45:49.800
 and challenge.

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:50.860
 Where is

00:45:50.860 --> 00:45:51.300
 he now?

00:45:52.340 --> 00:45:52.940
 He is at the

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:53.759
 right hand of

00:45:53.759 --> 00:45:54.619
 God, and

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.019
 what is he

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:55.259
 doing?

00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:55.719
 He's making

00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:56.860
 intercession for

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.559
 his people.

00:45:58.659 --> 00:45:59.119
 Even as we

00:45:59.119 --> 00:45:59.659
 offer up our

00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:00.639
 cries and our

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:02.000
 prayers, Jesus

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:02.799
 is the one

00:46:02.799 --> 00:46:03.399
 who is

00:46:03.399 --> 00:46:04.179
 interceding

00:46:04.179 --> 00:46:04.980
 for us.

00:46:06.359 --> 00:46:06.899
 And so he

00:46:06.899 --> 00:46:07.799
 was one who

00:46:07.799 --> 00:46:10.119
 prayed, showing

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:10.879
 us our need

00:46:10.879 --> 00:46:12.679
 to pray, that

00:46:12.679 --> 00:46:13.659
 we are dependent

00:46:13.659 --> 00:46:15.159
 on God for

00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:16.219
 all things.

00:46:17.359 --> 00:46:18.159
 It's a lesson

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:19.379
 and a reminder

00:46:19.379 --> 00:46:21.079
 to us, a

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.759
 lesson to have

00:46:21.759 --> 00:46:22.920
 our own times

00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:23.699
 alone with the

00:46:23.699 --> 00:46:24.480
 Lord because we

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:25.299
 do face all

00:46:25.299 --> 00:46:26.000
 these trials.

00:46:26.319 --> 00:46:26.899
 But it's to be

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:27.619
 in the presence

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:28.760
 of our Lord

00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:29.440
 as we do

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:29.860
 so.

00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:31.579
 And it's a

00:46:31.579 --> 00:46:32.500
 reminder too

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:33.260
 that as Jesus

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:34.079
 was dependent

00:46:34.079 --> 00:46:34.500
 on the

00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:35.559
 Father, so

00:46:35.559 --> 00:46:36.059
 are we.

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.360
 We do

00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:38.099
 nothing by

00:46:38.099 --> 00:46:38.619
 ourselves.

00:46:38.700 --> 00:46:39.680
 And that's a

00:46:39.680 --> 00:46:40.380
 reminder, but

00:46:40.380 --> 00:46:41.000
 it's also a

00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:41.480
 blessing.

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.579
 We don't have

00:46:43.579 --> 00:46:44.400
 to face up to

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:44.880
 anything by

00:46:44.880 --> 00:46:45.440
 ourselves.

00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:46.160
 Whatever it

00:46:46.160 --> 00:46:47.440
 is, we go

00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:48.160
 through it knowing

00:46:48.160 --> 00:46:48.980
 that there is

00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:50.019
 prayer there to

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:50.840
 the Father in

00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:51.900
 heaven who is

00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:53.559
 able to help.

00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:53.619
 help.

00:46:55.460 --> 00:46:55.940
 And so it

00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:56.539
 seems he was

00:46:56.539 --> 00:46:57.440
 at a distance,

00:46:58.299 --> 00:46:58.960
 but he was

00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:00.500
 close, and

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:01.400
 he is close to

00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:02.539
 us as well.

00:47:03.980 --> 00:47:04.539
 And even

00:47:04.539 --> 00:47:04.960
 though he had

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:05.519
 sent his

00:47:05.519 --> 00:47:06.219
 disciples, he

00:47:06.219 --> 00:47:06.559
 had not

00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:07.139
 forgotten

00:47:07.139 --> 00:47:07.480
 them.

00:47:09.299 --> 00:47:10.000
 And you

00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:10.599
 see that in

00:47:10.599 --> 00:47:11.519
 verse 48.

00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:14.139
 He saw that

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:14.440
 they were

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:15.480
 making headway

00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:16.579
 painfully for

00:47:16.579 --> 00:47:17.259
 the wind was

00:47:17.259 --> 00:47:17.860
 against them.

00:47:18.159 --> 00:47:18.980
 He was aware.

00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:20.239
 He knew what

00:47:20.239 --> 00:47:20.820
 was happening

00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:21.199
 to them.

00:47:21.239 --> 00:47:21.739
 He knew their

00:47:21.739 --> 00:47:22.420
 situation.

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:23.360
 like he knows

00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:23.920
 yours and

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.639
 mine too.

00:47:24.740 --> 00:47:25.039
 He knows

00:47:25.039 --> 00:47:26.159
 everything that's

00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:26.860
 going on.

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:28.019
 And he was

00:47:28.019 --> 00:47:29.180
 aware they

00:47:29.180 --> 00:47:29.519
 were in

00:47:29.519 --> 00:47:30.519
 trouble, and

00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:31.880
 he came to

00:47:31.880 --> 00:47:32.599
 their aid.

00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:34.340
 But isn't it

00:47:34.340 --> 00:47:35.280
 strange what it

00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:35.780
 says?

00:47:36.780 --> 00:47:37.059
 They were

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:38.260
 making headway

00:47:38.260 --> 00:47:39.119
 painfully for

00:47:39.119 --> 00:47:39.599
 the wind was

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:40.320
 against them, and

00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:41.119
 about the fourth

00:47:41.119 --> 00:47:41.740
 watch of the

00:47:41.740 --> 00:47:42.820
 night, he came

00:47:42.820 --> 00:47:43.519
 to them walking

00:47:43.519 --> 00:47:44.240
 on the sea.

00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:46.099
 He meant to

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:47.500
 pass by them.

00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:49.780
 It seems a

00:47:49.780 --> 00:47:50.300
 bit odd.

00:47:50.300 --> 00:47:52.180
 He meant to

00:47:52.180 --> 00:47:53.760
 pass by them.

00:47:54.120 --> 00:47:54.600
 Had he

00:47:54.600 --> 00:47:55.340
 changed his

00:47:55.340 --> 00:47:55.780
 mind?

00:47:56.660 --> 00:47:57.260
 Had he

00:47:57.260 --> 00:47:57.840
 thought they're

00:47:57.840 --> 00:47:58.720
 being disobedient,

00:47:58.800 --> 00:47:59.140
 they're not

00:47:59.140 --> 00:47:59.660
 listening, I'm

00:47:59.660 --> 00:48:00.000
 just going to

00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:00.880
 go past them?

00:48:01.140 --> 00:48:01.880
 What was he

00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:02.420
 doing here?

00:48:02.460 --> 00:48:02.920
 Was he not

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:04.000
 concerned about

00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:04.360
 them?

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:06.400
 Or was there

00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:07.460
 more to this?

00:48:09.640 --> 00:48:11.060
 He made to

00:48:11.060 --> 00:48:12.560
 pass by them.

00:48:13.720 --> 00:48:14.200
 There was

00:48:14.200 --> 00:48:15.880
 revelation in

00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:16.300
 this.

00:48:16.300 --> 00:48:17.820
 they were to

00:48:17.820 --> 00:48:18.840
 see who he

00:48:18.840 --> 00:48:20.440
 was and what

00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:21.320
 he was doing.

00:48:22.680 --> 00:48:23.380
 Some people

00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:24.560
 have tried to

00:48:24.560 --> 00:48:25.360
 put this down

00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:26.100
 as the walking

00:48:26.100 --> 00:48:26.760
 on the sea,

00:48:26.900 --> 00:48:27.740
 that the

00:48:27.740 --> 00:48:29.019
 disciples were

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:29.820
 tired, it was

00:48:29.820 --> 00:48:30.400
 late at night,

00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:31.140
 they thought they

00:48:31.140 --> 00:48:31.720
 saw him walking

00:48:31.720 --> 00:48:32.280
 on the sea, but

00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:32.700
 he was actually

00:48:32.700 --> 00:48:33.380
 on the land.

00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:34.160
 No.

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:35.440
 Others have

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:35.840
 said, oh, there

00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:36.440
 must have been a

00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:37.780
 shallow part, a

00:48:37.780 --> 00:48:39.240
 sandbar, the

00:48:39.240 --> 00:48:39.900
 water was very

00:48:39.900 --> 00:48:40.480
 shallow, he was

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:41.260
 just walking on

00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:41.500
 that.

00:48:41.600 --> 00:48:41.860
 No.

00:48:42.860 --> 00:48:43.860
 He was walking

00:48:43.860 --> 00:48:46.140
 on the sea, and

00:48:46.140 --> 00:48:46.900
 he made to

00:48:46.900 --> 00:48:48.160
 pass by.

00:48:49.680 --> 00:48:50.200
 What was he

00:48:50.200 --> 00:48:50.760
 doing here?

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:51.380
 He was showing

00:48:51.380 --> 00:48:52.440
 who it was that

00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:53.160
 was with them.

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:54.400
 When you go

00:48:54.400 --> 00:48:55.120
 back to the

00:48:55.120 --> 00:48:55.900
 Old Testament,

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:56.559
 to Exodus

00:48:56.559 --> 00:48:58.660
 33, verse 19

00:48:58.660 --> 00:48:59.920
 to 23, there

00:48:59.920 --> 00:49:01.059
 you see the

00:49:01.059 --> 00:49:02.320
 word pass by

00:49:02.320 --> 00:49:04.300
 used again, and

00:49:04.300 --> 00:49:05.120
 the phrase is

00:49:05.120 --> 00:49:06.000
 used to

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:07.019
 describe God

00:49:07.019 --> 00:49:08.260
 revealing himself

00:49:08.260 --> 00:49:09.579
 to Moses as

00:49:09.579 --> 00:49:10.260
 he passed

00:49:10.260 --> 00:49:10.760
 by.

00:49:10.760 --> 00:49:13.180
 And here

00:49:13.180 --> 00:49:13.820
 is Jesus

00:49:13.820 --> 00:49:14.600
 making us

00:49:14.600 --> 00:49:15.260
 to pass

00:49:15.260 --> 00:49:16.920
 by, that

00:49:16.920 --> 00:49:17.260
 they might

00:49:17.260 --> 00:49:18.300
 see his

00:49:18.300 --> 00:49:19.600
 glory, that

00:49:19.600 --> 00:49:19.920
 they might

00:49:19.920 --> 00:49:20.620
 know who

00:49:20.620 --> 00:49:21.320
 it is that

00:49:21.320 --> 00:49:21.820
 is with

00:49:21.820 --> 00:49:22.640
 them, that

00:49:22.640 --> 00:49:23.060
 it's not

00:49:23.060 --> 00:49:24.340
 just on the

00:49:24.340 --> 00:49:24.960
 land he's

00:49:24.960 --> 00:49:25.380
 walking on,

00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:25.720
 on a

00:49:25.720 --> 00:49:26.440
 sandbar, that

00:49:26.440 --> 00:49:27.460
 Jesus has

00:49:27.460 --> 00:49:28.140
 power and

00:49:28.140 --> 00:49:28.960
 authority over

00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:29.580
 all things.

00:49:29.660 --> 00:49:30.420
 He is walking

00:49:30.420 --> 00:49:31.640
 on the water,

00:49:32.160 --> 00:49:32.960
 and he is

00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:33.800
 there for

00:49:33.800 --> 00:49:34.640
 them, and

00:49:34.640 --> 00:49:34.880
 then he

00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:35.380
 comes into

00:49:35.380 --> 00:49:35.960
 the boat

00:49:35.960 --> 00:49:36.740
 with them.

00:49:36.739 --> 00:49:40.819
 It's a

00:49:40.819 --> 00:49:41.519
 reminder to

00:49:41.519 --> 00:49:42.279
 the disciples,

00:49:42.559 --> 00:49:42.859
 they won't

00:49:42.859 --> 00:49:43.479
 always have

00:49:43.479 --> 00:49:44.279
 Jesus in a

00:49:44.279 --> 00:49:45.199
 physical way,

00:49:46.419 --> 00:49:47.099
 but that he's

00:49:47.099 --> 00:49:48.079
 always going to

00:49:48.079 --> 00:49:48.759
 be with them.

00:49:49.939 --> 00:49:50.359
 We have

00:49:50.359 --> 00:49:51.000
 God the

00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:52.000
 Lord on

00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:52.519
 our side.

00:49:52.579 --> 00:49:52.939
 Even as we

00:49:52.939 --> 00:49:53.479
 sang in

00:49:53.479 --> 00:49:54.379
 Psalm 23,

00:49:55.119 --> 00:49:55.539
 there's these

00:49:55.539 --> 00:49:56.419
 great words of

00:49:56.419 --> 00:49:57.159
 the Lord being

00:49:57.159 --> 00:49:57.639
 with his

00:49:57.639 --> 00:49:58.179
 people.

00:49:59.259 --> 00:50:00.039
 Verse 2

00:50:00.039 --> 00:50:00.579
 gives that

00:50:00.579 --> 00:50:01.079
 image of

00:50:01.079 --> 00:50:02.779
 the green

00:50:02.779 --> 00:50:03.599
 pastures and

00:50:03.599 --> 00:50:04.079
 the calm

00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:05.000
 waters, and

00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:05.859
 a lovely

00:50:05.860 --> 00:50:07.340
 calm setting.

00:50:07.460 --> 00:50:07.680
 But then

00:50:07.680 --> 00:50:07.860
 you have

00:50:07.860 --> 00:50:08.320
 verse 3

00:50:08.320 --> 00:50:08.920
 and 4

00:50:08.920 --> 00:50:10.579
 that remind

00:50:10.579 --> 00:50:10.920
 us that

00:50:10.920 --> 00:50:11.220
 even in

00:50:11.220 --> 00:50:11.599
 the valley

00:50:11.599 --> 00:50:11.860
 of the

00:50:11.860 --> 00:50:12.420
 shadow of

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:12.880
 death, he

00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:13.420
 is there

00:50:13.420 --> 00:50:13.820
 for his

00:50:13.820 --> 00:50:14.320
 people.

00:50:15.340 --> 00:50:15.820
 His rod

00:50:15.820 --> 00:50:16.120
 and his

00:50:16.120 --> 00:50:16.840
 staff, they

00:50:16.840 --> 00:50:17.340
 comfort.

00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:18.220
 So the

00:50:18.220 --> 00:50:19.500
 Lord is

00:50:19.500 --> 00:50:19.940
 there.

00:50:22.240 --> 00:50:22.900
 God is

00:50:22.900 --> 00:50:23.500
 with us.

00:50:23.599 --> 00:50:24.000
 That's his

00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:24.440
 promise.

00:50:24.640 --> 00:50:25.039
 Never will

00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:25.420
 I leave

00:50:25.420 --> 00:50:26.460
 you, never

00:50:26.460 --> 00:50:27.019
 will I

00:50:27.019 --> 00:50:27.700
 forsake

00:50:27.700 --> 00:50:27.960
 you.

00:50:28.820 --> 00:50:29.579
 Thomas, when

00:50:29.579 --> 00:50:30.260
 he saw the

00:50:30.260 --> 00:50:30.820
 risen Lord,

00:50:30.900 --> 00:50:31.300
 he said he

00:50:31.300 --> 00:50:31.740
 would not

00:50:31.740 --> 00:50:32.480
 believe unless

00:50:32.480 --> 00:50:33.780
 he saw the

00:50:33.780 --> 00:50:34.340
 marks on his

00:50:34.340 --> 00:50:34.880
 hands and

00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:35.539
 the side.

00:50:35.860 --> 00:50:37.340
 But what

00:50:37.340 --> 00:50:37.860
 did Jesus

00:50:37.860 --> 00:50:38.460
 say to

00:50:38.460 --> 00:50:38.760
 him when

00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:39.860
 he believed?

00:50:40.539 --> 00:50:40.860
 Because you

00:50:40.860 --> 00:50:41.280
 have seen

00:50:41.280 --> 00:50:41.599
 me, you

00:50:41.599 --> 00:50:42.300
 have believed.

00:50:43.480 --> 00:50:44.240
 Blessed are

00:50:44.240 --> 00:50:44.720
 those who

00:50:44.720 --> 00:50:45.180
 have not

00:50:45.180 --> 00:50:45.680
 seen and

00:50:45.680 --> 00:50:46.039
 yet have

00:50:46.039 --> 00:50:46.519
 believed.

00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:48.599
 Do these

00:50:48.599 --> 00:50:49.039
 things make

00:50:49.039 --> 00:50:49.760
 you afraid

00:50:49.760 --> 00:50:50.400
 of Jesus?

00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:53.220
 He can't

00:50:53.220 --> 00:50:53.720
 walk on

00:50:53.720 --> 00:50:54.280
 water, he

00:50:54.280 --> 00:50:54.960
 can't feed

00:50:54.960 --> 00:50:56.039
 5,000, he

00:50:56.039 --> 00:50:56.880
 can't calm

00:50:56.880 --> 00:50:58.120
 a storm, the

00:50:58.120 --> 00:50:58.680
 wind and the

00:50:58.680 --> 00:50:59.079
 waves.

00:50:59.240 --> 00:50:59.460
 Well, he

00:50:59.460 --> 00:50:59.820
 can.

00:51:00.820 --> 00:51:01.200
 That's the

00:51:01.200 --> 00:51:01.660
 truth we

00:51:01.660 --> 00:51:02.079
 hear.

00:51:03.140 --> 00:51:03.700
 But do we

00:51:03.699 --> 00:51:04.399
 believe it?

00:51:05.679 --> 00:51:06.399
 That's the

00:51:06.399 --> 00:51:06.939
 question.

00:51:08.699 --> 00:51:09.439
 So the

00:51:09.439 --> 00:51:09.939
 Lord's

00:51:09.939 --> 00:51:11.519
 presence is

00:51:11.519 --> 00:51:12.119
 there for

00:51:12.119 --> 00:51:12.279
 us.

00:51:12.319 --> 00:51:12.579
 What a

00:51:12.579 --> 00:51:13.039
 wonderful

00:51:13.039 --> 00:51:13.960
 assurance we

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:14.399
 have that

00:51:14.399 --> 00:51:14.659
 he is

00:51:14.659 --> 00:51:15.739
 there for

00:51:15.739 --> 00:51:16.639
 his people.

00:51:18.299 --> 00:51:18.939
 And he

00:51:18.939 --> 00:51:19.339
 is there

00:51:19.339 --> 00:51:20.000
 for you.

00:51:21.239 --> 00:51:21.599
 Do not

00:51:21.599 --> 00:51:22.399
 be afraid,

00:51:23.299 --> 00:51:24.379
 but believe.

00:51:25.659 --> 00:51:27.259
 Believe in

00:51:27.259 --> 00:51:27.599
 the Lord

00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:28.059
 Jesus.

00:51:28.059 --> 00:51:28.219
 Jesus.

00:51:30.179 --> 00:51:30.519
 Well, the

00:51:30.519 --> 00:51:30.960
 third and

00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:31.679
 final thing

00:51:31.679 --> 00:51:32.119
 we see

00:51:32.119 --> 00:51:32.519
 here is

00:51:32.519 --> 00:51:33.360
 the Lord's

00:51:33.360 --> 00:51:34.380
 prompting.

00:51:35.420 --> 00:51:36.159
 The Lord's

00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:36.759
 prompting.

00:51:36.860 --> 00:51:37.279
 Fear can

00:51:37.279 --> 00:51:38.239
 often lead

00:51:38.239 --> 00:51:38.599
 us to

00:51:38.599 --> 00:51:39.000
 missing

00:51:39.000 --> 00:51:39.799
 what's

00:51:39.799 --> 00:51:40.539
 important.

00:51:42.440 --> 00:51:42.820
 And the

00:51:42.820 --> 00:51:43.380
 disciples

00:51:43.380 --> 00:51:44.739
 here, yes,

00:51:44.820 --> 00:51:45.059
 they were

00:51:45.059 --> 00:51:46.099
 terrified, but

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:46.960
 Jesus spoke

00:51:46.960 --> 00:51:47.420
 to them there

00:51:47.420 --> 00:51:48.239
 in verse 50

00:51:48.239 --> 00:51:48.679
 saying,

00:51:49.019 --> 00:51:49.420
 take heart,

00:51:49.539 --> 00:51:50.019
 it is I,

00:51:50.420 --> 00:51:51.299
 do not be

00:51:51.299 --> 00:51:51.820
 afraid.

00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:52.400
 The Lord

00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:53.320
 prompts them

00:51:53.320 --> 00:51:53.799
 here.

00:51:54.759 --> 00:51:55.460
 You fear

00:51:55.460 --> 00:51:55.940
 so much,

00:51:55.980 --> 00:51:56.519
 you're afraid

00:51:56.519 --> 00:51:57.279
 even of me.

00:51:57.280 --> 00:51:58.240
 Do not

00:51:58.240 --> 00:51:59.000
 be afraid.

00:51:59.800 --> 00:52:00.200
 See who

00:52:00.200 --> 00:52:00.740
 it is.

00:52:01.100 --> 00:52:01.940
 It is I.

00:52:02.660 --> 00:52:03.380
 I am.

00:52:03.820 --> 00:52:04.440
 I am the

00:52:04.440 --> 00:52:05.100
 Lord who

00:52:05.100 --> 00:52:05.580
 is with

00:52:05.580 --> 00:52:05.900
 you.

00:52:06.400 --> 00:52:06.800
 And he's

00:52:06.800 --> 00:52:07.400
 prompting

00:52:07.400 --> 00:52:08.000
 them in

00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:08.640
 their hearts

00:52:08.640 --> 00:52:09.360
 to believing.

00:52:10.260 --> 00:52:10.540
 Take

00:52:10.540 --> 00:52:11.060
 heart.

00:52:13.000 --> 00:52:13.640
 And they

00:52:13.640 --> 00:52:14.500
 were astounded,

00:52:14.680 --> 00:52:15.080
 utterly

00:52:15.080 --> 00:52:15.820
 astounded,

00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:16.420
 it says

00:52:16.420 --> 00:52:16.900
 there in

00:52:16.900 --> 00:52:17.660
 verse 51.

00:52:19.080 --> 00:52:19.680
 And they

00:52:19.680 --> 00:52:20.280
 were growing

00:52:20.280 --> 00:52:20.620
 in their

00:52:20.620 --> 00:52:21.940
 knowledge of

00:52:21.940 --> 00:52:22.880
 Jesus and

00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:23.040
 their

00:52:23.040 --> 00:52:23.860
 understanding

00:52:23.860 --> 00:52:24.880
 of who

00:52:24.880 --> 00:52:25.620
 he is.

00:52:25.619 --> 00:52:27.739
 we may

00:52:27.739 --> 00:52:28.400
 be believers

00:52:28.400 --> 00:52:28.900
 in our

00:52:28.900 --> 00:52:29.380
 hearts,

00:52:29.799 --> 00:52:30.339
 but our

00:52:30.339 --> 00:52:30.900
 hearts are

00:52:30.900 --> 00:52:31.759
 still hardened

00:52:31.759 --> 00:52:32.539
 at times,

00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:33.420
 as we see

00:52:33.420 --> 00:52:33.799
 here in

00:52:33.799 --> 00:52:34.719
 verse 52.

00:52:35.719 --> 00:52:36.279
 Our hearts

00:52:36.279 --> 00:52:36.900
 are hardened

00:52:36.900 --> 00:52:37.500
 by things

00:52:37.500 --> 00:52:38.159
 that go on

00:52:38.159 --> 00:52:38.799
 and our

00:52:38.799 --> 00:52:39.579
 experience

00:52:39.579 --> 00:52:40.359
 and our

00:52:40.359 --> 00:52:40.639
 own

00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:41.420
 sinfulness.

00:52:41.659 --> 00:52:42.039
 All of

00:52:42.039 --> 00:52:42.699
 these things

00:52:42.699 --> 00:52:43.539
 leave us

00:52:43.539 --> 00:52:43.940
 hardened,

00:52:44.059 --> 00:52:44.259
 but we

00:52:44.259 --> 00:52:44.539
 should be

00:52:44.539 --> 00:52:44.960
 utterly

00:52:44.960 --> 00:52:45.880
 astounded

00:52:45.880 --> 00:52:47.039
 by what

00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:47.619
 God is

00:52:47.619 --> 00:52:48.159
 saying to

00:52:48.159 --> 00:52:48.579
 us.

00:52:49.380 --> 00:52:50.059
 We don't

00:52:50.059 --> 00:52:50.539
 always

00:52:50.539 --> 00:52:51.500
 understand,

00:52:52.179 --> 00:52:52.619
 but here

00:52:52.619 --> 00:52:53.239
 is Jesus,

00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:54.059
 the Son of

00:52:54.059 --> 00:52:54.460
 God,

00:52:54.559 --> 00:52:54.860
 revealing

00:52:54.860 --> 00:52:55.340
 himself

00:52:55.340 --> 00:52:56.139
 to us.

00:52:58.519 --> 00:52:59.119
 He had

00:52:59.119 --> 00:52:59.599
 come to

00:52:59.599 --> 00:52:59.820
 them,

00:52:59.900 --> 00:53:00.139
 as it

00:53:00.139 --> 00:53:00.739
 says here,

00:53:00.820 --> 00:53:01.400
 by walking

00:53:01.400 --> 00:53:01.799
 on the

00:53:01.799 --> 00:53:02.239
 sea.

00:53:02.820 --> 00:53:03.199
 And Psalm

00:53:03.199 --> 00:53:03.960
 77,

00:53:04.099 --> 00:53:04.820
 verse 19,

00:53:04.960 --> 00:53:05.460
 it says

00:53:05.460 --> 00:53:05.699
 there,

00:53:05.779 --> 00:53:06.239
 your way

00:53:06.239 --> 00:53:06.759
 was through

00:53:06.759 --> 00:53:07.360
 the sea,

00:53:07.699 --> 00:53:08.420
 your path

00:53:08.420 --> 00:53:08.860
 through the

00:53:08.860 --> 00:53:09.699
 great waters,

00:53:09.799 --> 00:53:10.239
 yet your

00:53:10.239 --> 00:53:10.719
 footprints

00:53:10.719 --> 00:53:11.860
 were unseen.

00:53:13.519 --> 00:53:13.799
 It's

00:53:13.799 --> 00:53:14.259
 almost like

00:53:14.259 --> 00:53:14.880
 for this

00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:15.480
 occasion,

00:53:15.679 --> 00:53:16.340
 that Psalm

00:53:16.340 --> 00:53:17.779
 footprints

00:53:17.779 --> 00:53:18.320
 they couldn't

00:53:18.320 --> 00:53:18.719
 see,

00:53:18.840 --> 00:53:19.099
 but he

00:53:19.099 --> 00:53:19.599
 was there

00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:20.219
 with them.

00:53:21.259 --> 00:53:21.699
 The Lord

00:53:21.699 --> 00:53:22.860
 is prompting

00:53:22.860 --> 00:53:23.079
 them,

00:53:24.019 --> 00:53:24.500
 prompting

00:53:24.500 --> 00:53:24.880
 them through

00:53:24.880 --> 00:53:25.500
 his word

00:53:25.500 --> 00:53:25.920
 and through

00:53:25.920 --> 00:53:26.820
 his presence

00:53:26.820 --> 00:53:28.340
 to lean

00:53:28.340 --> 00:53:29.559
 upon him,

00:53:29.680 --> 00:53:30.099
 to not

00:53:30.099 --> 00:53:31.000
 be afraid,

00:53:31.160 --> 00:53:32.160
 but to

00:53:32.160 --> 00:53:33.480
 listen to

00:53:33.480 --> 00:53:33.860
 him.

00:53:34.660 --> 00:53:35.019
 And this

00:53:35.019 --> 00:53:35.360
 was not

00:53:35.360 --> 00:53:35.820
 just a

00:53:35.820 --> 00:53:36.480
 word for

00:53:36.480 --> 00:53:38.140
 this one

00:53:38.140 --> 00:53:38.940
 occasion.

00:53:40.400 --> 00:53:40.620
 Take

00:53:40.620 --> 00:53:41.019
 heart,

00:53:41.120 --> 00:53:41.720
 as I do

00:53:41.720 --> 00:53:42.140
 not be

00:53:42.140 --> 00:53:42.620
 afraid,

00:53:42.720 --> 00:53:43.059
 was for

00:53:43.059 --> 00:53:43.680
 this day

00:53:43.680 --> 00:53:44.320
 onwards.

00:53:45.980 --> 00:53:46.340
 And his

00:53:46.340 --> 00:53:47.079
 promise to

00:53:47.079 --> 00:53:48.440
 always be

00:53:48.440 --> 00:53:49.039
 with them

00:53:49.039 --> 00:53:50.120
 and to be

00:53:50.120 --> 00:53:50.700
 with all

00:53:50.700 --> 00:53:51.440
 his people,

00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:52.980
 for all

00:53:52.980 --> 00:53:54.360
 their future,

00:53:54.500 --> 00:53:54.840
 all their

00:53:54.840 --> 00:53:55.500
 eternity,

00:53:56.019 --> 00:53:56.460
 he would

00:53:56.460 --> 00:53:56.960
 be there

00:53:56.960 --> 00:53:57.519
 with them.

00:54:00.300 --> 00:54:00.840
 But when

00:54:00.840 --> 00:54:01.280
 we look at

00:54:01.280 --> 00:54:01.700
 Jesus,

00:54:01.940 --> 00:54:02.340
 he has

00:54:02.340 --> 00:54:03.099
 our future

00:54:03.099 --> 00:54:03.720
 proofed

00:54:03.720 --> 00:54:04.240
 entirely.

00:54:05.619 --> 00:54:06.159
 For any

00:54:06.159 --> 00:54:06.619
 change,

00:54:06.700 --> 00:54:06.920
 for anything

00:54:06.920 --> 00:54:07.360
 that comes

00:54:07.360 --> 00:54:07.740
 our way,

00:54:07.840 --> 00:54:08.400
 he's got

00:54:08.400 --> 00:54:09.000
 it covered.

00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:09.940
 He is

00:54:09.940 --> 00:54:10.380
 ever

00:54:10.380 --> 00:54:11.380
 enough.

00:54:12.579 --> 00:54:13.119
 There is

00:54:13.119 --> 00:54:14.099
 no situation

00:54:14.099 --> 00:54:14.840
 that arises

00:54:14.840 --> 00:54:15.420
 that's out of

00:54:15.420 --> 00:54:16.000
 his control.

00:54:16.179 --> 00:54:16.440
 There's no

00:54:16.440 --> 00:54:17.380
 time in

00:54:17.380 --> 00:54:17.760
 our life

00:54:17.760 --> 00:54:18.000
 that we

00:54:18.000 --> 00:54:18.460
 go through

00:54:18.460 --> 00:54:18.800
 that he's

00:54:18.800 --> 00:54:19.280
 not there

00:54:19.280 --> 00:54:19.880
 for us.

00:54:19.880 --> 00:54:20.760
 Everything

00:54:20.760 --> 00:54:21.380
 is there,

00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:21.800
 whether it's

00:54:21.800 --> 00:54:22.579
 personally,

00:54:22.820 --> 00:54:23.460
 collectively,

00:54:24.099 --> 00:54:24.400
 even as we

00:54:24.400 --> 00:54:24.800
 think of the

00:54:24.800 --> 00:54:25.300
 world in

00:54:25.300 --> 00:54:25.640
 which we

00:54:25.640 --> 00:54:25.960
 live in,

00:54:26.000 --> 00:54:26.480
 the chaos

00:54:26.480 --> 00:54:26.720
 that we

00:54:26.720 --> 00:54:27.220
 see all

00:54:27.220 --> 00:54:27.880
 around us,

00:54:28.440 --> 00:54:28.840
 he is

00:54:28.840 --> 00:54:29.880
 still enough.

00:54:30.880 --> 00:54:31.360
 He is

00:54:31.360 --> 00:54:32.440
 all we

00:54:32.440 --> 00:54:32.760
 need.

00:54:34.300 --> 00:54:35.039
 He alone

00:54:35.039 --> 00:54:35.860
 is to

00:54:35.860 --> 00:54:36.860
 be our

00:54:36.860 --> 00:54:37.500
 hope,

00:54:37.760 --> 00:54:38.539
 our refuge,

00:54:38.660 --> 00:54:39.400
 our security,

00:54:39.579 --> 00:54:40.539
 all of

00:54:40.539 --> 00:54:41.480
 these things.

00:54:43.260 --> 00:54:43.720
 And yet

00:54:43.720 --> 00:54:44.400
 still,

00:54:45.039 --> 00:54:45.380
 we're

00:54:45.380 --> 00:54:45.940
 afraid.

00:54:48.140 --> 00:54:48.700
 We're

00:54:48.700 --> 00:54:49.220
 afraid

00:54:49.219 --> 00:54:50.799
 what people

00:54:50.799 --> 00:54:51.359
 might say,

00:54:51.459 --> 00:54:51.980
 what people

00:54:51.980 --> 00:54:52.799
 might think.

00:54:53.399 --> 00:54:53.699
 We're

00:54:53.699 --> 00:54:54.279
 afraid of

00:54:54.279 --> 00:54:54.679
 letting him

00:54:54.679 --> 00:54:54.879
 down.

00:54:54.980 --> 00:54:55.119
 We're

00:54:55.119 --> 00:54:55.759
 afraid of

00:54:55.759 --> 00:54:56.000
 going

00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:56.699
 forward

00:54:56.699 --> 00:54:57.319
 in

00:54:57.319 --> 00:54:57.879
 faith

00:54:57.879 --> 00:54:58.439
 because

00:54:58.439 --> 00:54:58.699
 we're

00:54:58.699 --> 00:54:59.199
 fearful.

00:55:01.719 --> 00:55:02.319
 It's

00:55:02.319 --> 00:55:02.699
 better to

00:55:02.699 --> 00:55:03.519
 be afraid

00:55:03.519 --> 00:55:04.759
 of the

00:55:04.759 --> 00:55:05.399
 consequences

00:55:05.399 --> 00:55:06.179
 of naught

00:55:06.179 --> 00:55:07.819
 and to

00:55:07.819 --> 00:55:08.339
 come

00:55:08.339 --> 00:55:09.739
 and follow

00:55:09.739 --> 00:55:10.139
 him.

00:55:12.219 --> 00:55:12.819
 He

00:55:12.819 --> 00:55:13.259
 says,

00:55:13.419 --> 00:55:14.139
 take heart

00:55:14.139 --> 00:55:14.500
 at his

00:55:14.500 --> 00:55:14.819
 eye.

00:55:15.699 --> 00:55:16.119
 Do not

00:55:16.119 --> 00:55:16.859
 be afraid.

00:55:16.860 --> 00:55:18.840
 And he

00:55:18.840 --> 00:55:19.480
 speaks that

00:55:19.480 --> 00:55:20.019
 word to

00:55:20.019 --> 00:55:20.740
 us today

00:55:20.740 --> 00:55:21.360
 as well.

00:55:22.620 --> 00:55:23.180
 Don't be

00:55:23.180 --> 00:55:24.519
 afraid to

00:55:24.519 --> 00:55:24.840
 follow

00:55:24.840 --> 00:55:25.340
 Jesus.

00:55:26.640 --> 00:55:27.280
 The paths

00:55:27.280 --> 00:55:27.760
 may not

00:55:27.760 --> 00:55:28.460
 always be

00:55:28.460 --> 00:55:29.000
 straightforward,

00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:30.400
 but it's

00:55:30.400 --> 00:55:30.880
 better to be

00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:31.360
 on his

00:55:31.360 --> 00:55:31.900
 path,

00:55:32.599 --> 00:55:33.320
 the narrow

00:55:33.320 --> 00:55:33.780
 way that

00:55:33.780 --> 00:55:34.200
 leads to

00:55:34.200 --> 00:55:35.019
 eternal life

00:55:35.019 --> 00:55:35.300
 and the

00:55:35.300 --> 00:55:35.860
 broad road

00:55:35.860 --> 00:55:36.320
 that leads

00:55:36.320 --> 00:55:37.120
 to destruction.

00:55:38.240 --> 00:55:38.860
 You have

00:55:38.860 --> 00:55:39.579
 the promise

00:55:39.579 --> 00:55:40.440
 of his

00:55:40.440 --> 00:55:41.059
 presence.

00:55:41.059 --> 00:55:41.259
 presence.

00:55:42.420 --> 00:55:43.480
 He sees,

00:55:43.599 --> 00:55:44.119
 he knows,

00:55:44.219 --> 00:55:45.000
 he prays,

00:55:45.480 --> 00:55:46.380
 and he's

00:55:46.380 --> 00:55:46.920
 with you.

00:55:49.199 --> 00:55:49.820
 And that

00:55:49.820 --> 00:55:50.119
 is what he

00:55:50.119 --> 00:55:50.880
 is prompting

00:55:50.880 --> 00:55:51.259
 us with

00:55:51.259 --> 00:55:51.679
 today,

00:55:52.279 --> 00:55:53.299
 to go

00:55:53.299 --> 00:55:53.880
 his way,

00:55:54.380 --> 00:55:55.340
 to follow

00:55:55.340 --> 00:55:55.519
 him,

00:55:55.579 --> 00:55:56.039
 not to be

00:55:56.039 --> 00:55:56.639
 afraid,

00:55:57.639 --> 00:55:57.940
 but to

00:55:57.940 --> 00:55:58.699
 have faith

00:55:58.699 --> 00:56:00.039
 and to

00:56:00.039 --> 00:56:00.519
 go with

00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:00.759
 him.

00:56:02.779 --> 00:56:03.400
 Are you

00:56:03.400 --> 00:56:03.739
 good at

00:56:03.739 --> 00:56:04.139
 listening?

00:56:06.400 --> 00:56:06.880
 Because

00:56:06.880 --> 00:56:07.420
 God the

00:56:07.420 --> 00:56:07.880
 Lord is

00:56:07.880 --> 00:56:08.320
 speaking,

00:56:09.219 --> 00:56:09.940
 and we

00:56:09.940 --> 00:56:10.219
 are to

00:56:10.219 --> 00:56:10.820
 follow him.

00:56:11.900 --> 00:56:12.360
 Let's

00:56:12.360 --> 00:56:12.599
 pray.

00:56:16.659 --> 00:56:17.139
 Lord,

00:56:17.219 --> 00:56:17.360
 our

00:56:17.360 --> 00:56:17.739
 gracious

00:56:17.739 --> 00:56:18.199
 God,

00:56:18.259 --> 00:56:18.759
 we thank

00:56:18.759 --> 00:56:19.619
 you that

00:56:19.619 --> 00:56:20.099
 your word

00:56:20.099 --> 00:56:20.440
 is a

00:56:20.440 --> 00:56:21.039
 living word,

00:56:21.099 --> 00:56:21.320
 and we

00:56:21.320 --> 00:56:22.679
 pray that

00:56:22.679 --> 00:56:22.900
 you will

00:56:22.900 --> 00:56:23.480
 take it to

00:56:23.480 --> 00:56:24.099
 our hearts

00:56:24.099 --> 00:56:24.519
 today,

00:56:25.159 --> 00:56:25.480
 and that

00:56:25.480 --> 00:56:25.699
 you will

00:56:25.699 --> 00:56:26.500
 apply these

00:56:26.500 --> 00:56:27.199
 truths of

00:56:27.199 --> 00:56:27.599
 our need

00:56:27.599 --> 00:56:28.699
 to listen,

00:56:28.860 --> 00:56:29.259
 even in the

00:56:29.259 --> 00:56:29.659
 midst of

00:56:29.659 --> 00:56:30.360
 our fear

00:56:30.360 --> 00:56:31.299
 and our

00:56:31.299 --> 00:56:31.900
 anxieties

00:56:31.900 --> 00:56:32.299
 and all

00:56:32.299 --> 00:56:32.880
 that troubles

00:56:32.880 --> 00:56:33.279
 us,

00:56:34.019 --> 00:56:34.320
 that,

00:56:34.480 --> 00:56:34.559
 Lord,

00:56:34.619 --> 00:56:34.900
 we would

00:56:34.900 --> 00:56:35.299
 come to

00:56:35.299 --> 00:56:35.820
 recognize

00:56:35.820 --> 00:56:36.239
 that you

00:56:36.239 --> 00:56:36.639
 are with

00:56:36.639 --> 00:56:36.940
 us,

00:56:37.420 --> 00:56:37.719
 and that

00:56:37.719 --> 00:56:38.000
 you are

00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:38.599
 for us.

00:56:39.219 --> 00:56:39.759
 So help

00:56:39.759 --> 00:56:40.239
 us to

00:56:40.239 --> 00:56:40.519
 be a

00:56:40.519 --> 00:56:41.079
 people of

00:56:41.079 --> 00:56:41.539
 faith,

00:56:42.320 --> 00:56:42.860
 leaning upon

00:56:42.860 --> 00:56:43.320
 you for

00:56:43.320 --> 00:56:43.780
 all of

00:56:43.780 --> 00:56:44.500
 these things,

00:56:44.920 --> 00:56:45.320
 as we

00:56:45.320 --> 00:56:45.840
 ask it

00:56:45.840 --> 00:56:46.519
 in Jesus'

00:56:46.739 --> 00:56:46.960
 name.

00:56:47.480 --> 00:56:47.780
 Amen.

00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:51.920
 We're

00:56:51.920 --> 00:56:52.320
 going to

00:56:52.320 --> 00:56:53.239
 conclude by

00:56:53.239 --> 00:56:53.900
 singing in

00:56:53.900 --> 00:56:55.159
 Psalm 34.

00:56:56.440 --> 00:56:57.219
 We'll sing

00:56:57.219 --> 00:56:57.699
 from verse

00:56:57.699 --> 00:56:58.400
 8 to

00:56:58.400 --> 00:56:58.820
 11.

00:56:58.820 --> 00:57:06.340
 Psalm 34.

00:57:06.340 --> 00:57:07.780
 Come

00:57:07.780 --> 00:57:09.600
 taste and

00:57:09.600 --> 00:57:10.080
 see the

00:57:10.080 --> 00:57:10.600
 Lord is

00:57:10.600 --> 00:57:10.860
 good,

00:57:10.920 --> 00:57:11.039
 who

00:57:11.039 --> 00:57:11.800
 trusts in

00:57:11.800 --> 00:57:11.980
 him,

00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:12.140
 is

00:57:12.140 --> 00:57:12.620
 blessed.

00:57:13.180 --> 00:57:13.340
 Oh,

00:57:13.380 --> 00:57:13.700
 fear the

00:57:13.700 --> 00:57:13.960
 Lord,

00:57:14.059 --> 00:57:14.200
 your

00:57:14.200 --> 00:57:14.620
 saints

00:57:14.620 --> 00:57:14.900
 with

00:57:14.900 --> 00:57:15.180
 need,

00:57:15.240 --> 00:57:15.360
 you

00:57:15.360 --> 00:57:15.580
 will

00:57:15.580 --> 00:57:15.880
 not

00:57:15.880 --> 00:57:16.559
 be

00:57:16.559 --> 00:57:17.200
 oppressed.

00:57:17.980 --> 00:57:18.260
 Then

00:57:18.260 --> 00:57:18.820
 verse 11,

00:57:18.920 --> 00:57:19.260
 it says,

00:57:19.380 --> 00:57:20.019
 come here,

00:57:20.100 --> 00:57:20.680
 my children,

00:57:20.920 --> 00:57:21.720
 gather round

00:57:21.719 --> 00:57:22.819
 and listen

00:57:22.819 --> 00:57:23.339
 to my

00:57:23.339 --> 00:57:23.759
 word,

00:57:24.179 --> 00:57:24.539
 and I

00:57:24.539 --> 00:57:25.059
 will help

00:57:25.059 --> 00:57:26.099
 you understand

00:57:26.099 --> 00:57:26.679
 how you

00:57:26.679 --> 00:57:27.939
 may fear

00:57:27.939 --> 00:57:28.679
 the Lord.

00:57:28.779 --> 00:57:29.119
 We'll sing

00:57:29.119 --> 00:57:29.500
 from verse

00:57:29.500 --> 00:57:30.239
 8 to 11,

00:57:30.339 --> 00:57:30.799
 we stand

00:57:30.799 --> 00:57:31.319
 to sing

00:57:31.319 --> 00:57:32.279
 to God's

00:57:32.279 --> 00:57:32.539
 praise.

00:57:32.539 --> 00:57:33.420
 Amen.

00:57:33.420 --> 00:57:33.420


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 The Lord is true, you trust in His best.

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 Oh, fear the Lord, you saints with me, you will not be offended.

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 And thy odds may grow weak and faint and hunger for their good.

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 But those who wait upon the Lord will not lack any good.

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 Come here, my children, gather round and listen to my word.

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 And I will help you understand how you may fear the Lord.

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 Amen.

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 After the benediction, I'll go to the main door.

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 We'll close the benediction.

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 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore.

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 Amen.

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 dethъ

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 Amen.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.