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 We'll begin our worship by singing to God's praise in Psalm 34.

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 It's the Sing Psalms version on page 40 of the Psalm book.

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 We're going to sing from verse 8 to verse 14.

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 Again, I'm just a reminder that the Sunday school starts today and the tweenies will

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 come in as well and they'll go out to the Sunday school and the tweenies during the

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 second singing.

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 So we're glad that the Sunday school and resuming again today, we give thanks for that.

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 Psalm 34 at verse 8, come taste and see, the Lord is good who trusts and him is blessed.

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 O fear the Lord, you saints with need, you will not be oppressed.

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 We'll sing from verse 8 to 14 to God's praise and we stand to sing.

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 Come taste and see, the Lord is good who trusts and him is blessed.

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 O fear the Lord, you saints with need, you will not be oppressed.

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 Young lions may grow weak and faint and hunger for their food, but those who wait upon the Lord

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 will not be oppressed.

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 Come hear 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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 Does anyone delight in life and long to see good days?

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 God bless you, the Lord is good.

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 Then keep your tongue from evil speech, your lips from lying ways.

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 Depart and turn from evil paths and practice what is right.

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 Desire to know the way of peace, pursue it with your might.

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 I will come to God in prayer. Let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 I will come to my word and I will help you understand how you may fear the Lord.

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 We pray that every one of us as we gather together here will have a real hunger to come and hear what you have to say to us.

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 And to give thanks that in him we have one who is able to save.

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 Help us to turn from our evil paths if that is what we need.

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 And that we would come and follow him and put our trust in him.

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 We thank you then for your word.

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 We thank you for all your people as we gather together in your name today.

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 Here and as those who tune online.

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 Those who meet throughout our land and throughout the world today.

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 We thank you that there is a chorus of your people offering a praise to you far and wide.

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 And so we ask that you will hear our prayers.

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 That you will bless us in all we do.

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 May it be to your glory.

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 And all we ask, we ask the forgiveness of our sins.

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 In Jesus name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well a word to the young ones before you go out.

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 As I was praying there I mentioned that this is the day that the Lord has made.

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 And what do we think of when we think maybe of these words?

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 This is the day.

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 What day is the psalmist there talking about?

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 What's your favorite day of the week?

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 Does anybody have a favorite day of the week?

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 I'm sure everybody's favorite day is Monday.

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 Is it?

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 Monday is usually everybody's favorite day.

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 When you get to go back to school.

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 When you get to go back to work.

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 It's a great day, is it?

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 I don't think you're convinced that Monday is your favorite day at all.

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 Maybe Saturday is your favorite day.

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 Saturday when you get to take a break.

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 Have a long lie.

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 Do the things that you want.

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 Maybe meet up with pals and enjoy a wee break.

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 Just think about that.

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 What's your favorite day of the week?

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 Another thing is that sometimes maybe when you wake up.

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 You wonder what day is it?

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 Not just young ones but older ones too.

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 Especially maybe during holiday times.

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 You wake up and you wonder what day is it today?

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 And how do you find out what day it is?

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 Maybe you put it on the news.

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 And see well what day is it?

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 They'll tell me on the news.

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 Or you pick up a newspaper and it'll tell you what day it is.

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 Maybe you check your phone or something like that.

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 Just to find out what day it is.

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 And sometimes you'll maybe be disappointed what day it is.

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 Other days you'll be glad what day it is.

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 I want you to think today about a special day that God has given to us.

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 He has given us every day of course.

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 All seven days in the week.

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 But he gave us a special day in the week.

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 And a day that I hope will if it's not already become all of our favorite day of the week.

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 All of that to us.

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 That will be our favorite day of the week.

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 And that is Sunday.

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 Sunday and today is a special day because we come together to worship God.

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 We come together today with Sunday school starting once again.

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 We come with the creche and the tweenies coming together.

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 We come as a people.

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 We come and worship God together.

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 And it really is a special day.

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 And that's what the psalm reminds us.

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 Psalm 118.

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 Where the psalmist says,

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 This is the day God made in it.

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 We'll joy triumphantly.

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 The psalmist is so glad that there is a day that we can come and worship God.

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 And may that be our song today as we come together.

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 That we would delight and rejoice that God has given us this day.

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 His own day.

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 The Lord's day.

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 This Sunday.

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 To come and worship Him together.

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 We may have other favorite days in the week as well.

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 Days we enjoy doing different things on.

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 But may Sunday really be a special day for us all.

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 Where we give thanks to God for the rest that He gives us.

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 And especially the rest that He gives us in knowing His own Son, Jesus.

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 So may you be blessed today in your classes as they resume.

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 And may we all be blessed in this.

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 His day may be a real time of refreshment for us.

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 Well, we give thanks to God.

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 And we're going to share together now in the Lord's Prayer.

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 And we'll just say that together.

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 So we'll put our hands together and say the Lord's Prayer.

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 Our Father which art in heaven.

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 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.

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 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 again to God's praise in Psalm 5.

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 And this is in the Scottish Psalter version.

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 Page 203 of the Psalm book.

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 Psalm 5 on page 203.

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

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 Give ear unto my words, O Lord, my meditation way.

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 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God.

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 For I to thee will pray.

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 So we'll sing these words to God.

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 Psalm 5, verse 1 to 7.

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 And we stand to sing.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Give ear unto my words, O Lord, my meditation way.

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 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God.

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 For I to thee will pray.

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 Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice.

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 I early will direct my prayer to thee.

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 And looking up, an answer will expect.

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 For thou art not the God that doth in wickedness delight.

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 Neither shall evil dwell with thee, nor fool stand in thy sight.

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 All that ill-doers are the haste.

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 God's hope that liars be.

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 The bloody and deceitful man abhorred is by thee.

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 But I into thy heart will come in thine abundant grace.

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 And I will worship in thy fear toward thy holy place.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to read together in God's word now in the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6.

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 Let me read the whole of this chapter.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6.

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 In the previous chapter, Moses has just given to the people of Israel the Ten Commandments.

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 And they're about to enter into the Promised Land.

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 They're preparing to go into the Promised Land.

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 So he's given them these commandments.

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 And now he is instructing them in how they are to live as they seek to go into this new land.

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 So in chapter 6, we read these words.

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 Now this is a commandment, the statutes and the rules that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you.

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 That you may do them in the land to which you are going over.

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 To possess it.

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 That you may fear the Lord your God.

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 You and your son and your son's son.

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 By keeping all his statutes and his commandments.

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 Which I command you all the days of your life.

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 And that your days may be long.

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 Hear therefore, O Israel.

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 And be careful to do them.

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 That it may go well with you.

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 And that you may multiply greatly.

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 As the Lord, the God of your fathers has promised you.

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 In a land flowing with milk and honey.

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 Hear, O Israel.

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 The Lord our God.

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 The Lord is one.

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 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart.

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 And with all your soul.

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 And with all your might.

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 And these words that I command you today.

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 Shall be on your heart.

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 You shall teach them diligently to your children.

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 And shall talk of them when you sit in your house.

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 And when you walk by the way.

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 And when you lie down.

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 And when you rise.

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 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand.

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 And they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

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 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house.

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 And on your gates.

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 And when the Lord your God brings you into the land.

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 That he swore to your fathers.

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 To Abraham.

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 To Isaac.

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 And to Jacob.

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 To give you.

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 With great and good cities.

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 That you did not build.

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 And houses full of good things.

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 That you did not fill.

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 And cisterns that you did not dig.

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 And vineyards and olive trees.

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 That you did not plant.

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 And when you eat and are full.

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 Then take care lest you forget the Lord.

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 Who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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 Out of the house of slavery.

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 It is the Lord your God you shall fear.

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 Him you shall serve.

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 And by his name you shall swear.

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 You shall not go after other gods.

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 The gods of the peoples who are around you.

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 For the Lord your God in your midst is a jealous God.

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 Lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you.

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 And he destroy you from the face of the earth.

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 You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.

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 As you tested him at Massa.

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 You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God.

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 And the testimonies and his statutes which he has commanded you.

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 And you shall do what is right.

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 And good in the sight of the Lord.

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 That it may go well with you.

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 And that you may go in and take possession.

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 Of the good land that the Lord swore to give your fathers.

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 By thrusting out all your enemies from before you.

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 As the Lord has promised.

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 When your sons ask you in time to come.

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 What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes.

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 And the rules that the Lord our God has commanded you.

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 Then you shall say to your son.

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 We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt.

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 And the Lord brought us out of Egypt.

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 With a mighty hand.

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 And the Lord showed signs and wonders.

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 Great and grievous against Egypt.

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 And against Pharaoh.

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 And all his household before our eyes.

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 And he brought us out from there.

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 That he might bring us in.

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 And give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers.

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 And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes.

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 To fear the Lord our God.

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 For our good always.

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 That he might preserve us alive.

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 As we are this day.

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 And it will be righteousness for us.

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 If we are careful to do.

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 All his commandments.

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 Before the Lord our God.

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 As he has commanded us.

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 Amen.

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 And may God bless that reading.

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 From his word.

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 We will again engage in prayer.

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 Let us bow our heads in a word of prayer.

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 Our Father in heaven.

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 As we hear of the instructions.

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 That you gave your people of old.

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 They may seem instructions for a people.

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 So long ago.

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 And not relevant to ourselves.

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 We may be think that in our own wisdom.

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 That we have the knowledge to go forward.

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 By our own understanding.

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 Of the ways of this world.

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 That we can build our own commandments.

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 That we can find our own way.

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 That we can do as we please.

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 But in your word.

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 We find that there is only one way.

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 To live.

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 And that that is according to your truth.

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 And that your truth.

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 Is a word that stands firm forever.

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 That your word is relevant today.

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 As it always is.

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 It always will be.

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 For it is a word that is able to give life.

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 And to give blessing to your people.

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 We thank you that in the midst of.

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 A people who often failed you.

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 As we read in the Old Testament.

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 Who were distracted.

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 Who listened to the wrong voices.

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 Who went according to their own wisdom.

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 That you still spoke to them.

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 And called them back to yourself.

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 And as we live in a day.

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 That is so similar.

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 A day when we have listened to the voices.

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 Of this world.

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 When we have gone our own paths.

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 And had our own wisdom.

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 As we saw it.

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 We thank you that you are still a God who speaks.

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 And a God who is still calling.

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 A people back to yourself.

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 And so may each of us hear your voice.

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 And your word to us this day.

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 Return to me.

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 That I may return to you.

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 May we seek your blessing over us.

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 As a people.

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 And that you would do us good.

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 In these days.

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 That you preserve us.

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 You keep us.

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 And it is only in your strength.

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 That we go on.

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 So help us to acknowledge you.

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 And to give thanks to you.

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 And to praise your name.

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 That you are a God.

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 Who is so faithful.

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 We do thank you for this.

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 Your day.

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 We thank you Lord.

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 For the blessings that are ours.

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 We thank you for the abundance.

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 Of good things.

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 That we enjoy from your hand.

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 We are richly blessed.

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 In this past week.

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 We give you thanks.

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 For the communion season.

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 We enjoyed together.

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 For the encouragements.

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 That were there.

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 We give you thanks.

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 For new members then.

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 And also in the last few months.

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 As we see them.

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 In our intimation sheet today.

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 We pray that you will bless them.

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 Each one mentioned.

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 That you will guard them.

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 That you will uphold them.

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 That you will use them Lord.

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 In your kingdom.

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 And in our midst.

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 As a people here.

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 We thank you for the way.

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 You strengthen us in number.

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 We thank you for the way.

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 You strengthen us.

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 In our faith.

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 Through word and sacrament.

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 We thank you for the way.

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 That we are strengthened.

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 In our fellowship.

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 With one another.

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 And we do pray your blessing.

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 Upon the fellowship.

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 Of your people here.

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 That together.

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 We will indeed encourage.

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 One another.

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 We thank you for all.

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 The things that are resuming.

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 In our midst.

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 As a congregation.

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 We pray your blessing.

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 On the Sunday school.

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 Once again.

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 We give you thanks.

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 For all the children.

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 For the teachers.

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 For the helpers.

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 Your blessing.

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 And peace be upon them.

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 We thank you.

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 For the youth fellowship.

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 God willing to take place.

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 This evening.

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 We thank you Lord.

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 For the young ones.

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 Who are involved in that.

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 Both in leading.

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 And in coming along to it.

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 And we pray your blessing.

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 On us as we gather there.

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 We thank you.

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 For all that's going on.

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 Through the week.

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 With the toddler groups.

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 For the prayer meetings.

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 With the resumption.

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 Of the over 55 group.

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 To start soon.

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 With the WFM.

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 And so many other events.

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 Going on Lord.

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 We give you thanks.

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 That you are a God.

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 Who is giving us.

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 The opportunities.

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 For all of these things.

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 Once again.

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 And may you bless it.

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 To us as a people.

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 We give you thanks.

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 To that in the midst.

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 Of the sorrows.

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 And sadness.

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 Of this world.

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 That you are a God.

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 Who is compassionate.

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 And kind.

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 One who is able.

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 To comfort.

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 As only you can.

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 And as a congregation.

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 As once again.

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 We have the sad news.

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 In this past days.

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 Of deaths in our midst.

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 We give you thanks Lord.

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 That you are a God.

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 Who speaks.

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 And who ministers.

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 We pray for each family.

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 Who has lost a loved one.

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 We pray for our congregation.

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 As we mourn the passing.

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 Of people who are loved.

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 By many here.

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 Lord.

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 And we pray that.

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 In the days ahead.

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 In services.

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 To take place.

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 Of worship.

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 And of the funeral service.

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 We ask your blessing.

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 On all that is done.

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 In your name.

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 We look to our land.

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 As well Lord.

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 And we pray.

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 Oh Lord.

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 That you will guide us.

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 By your wisdom.

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 As we think of the week ahead.

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 And the appointment.

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 Of a new prime minister.

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 To our nation.

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 We pray that.

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 Whoever it is.

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 That is appointed.

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 May be used by you.

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 That they would bow the knee.

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 Before you.

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 That they would hear your voice.

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 In the midst of all the other voices.

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 That will clamor for attention.

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 We pray for our land.

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 Oh Lord.

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 In the midst of all the different struggles.

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 That we have.

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 How we need you Lord.

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 To pour our new spirit upon us.

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 To come in a day of your power.

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 To revive us.

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 To bring us the peace.

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 That only you can.

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 We pray that.

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 For our world as a whole.

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 We thank you for those.

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 Who go out.

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 Into the midst of all the different lands.

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 Of this world.

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 Proclaiming your name.

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 We thank you for Muriel.

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 And pray for our own ministry.

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 And pray your blessing on her.

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 That you will uphold her.

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 And keep her.

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 And we thank you for opportunities.

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 To meet with her online.

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 And pray that that will be blessed.

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 To each and every one of us.

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 So we thank you Lord.

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 That there is much to praise your name for.

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 Above all Lord.

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 We pray that.

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 In this day.

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 In this time of worship.

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 And as we go forward.

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 In your strength.

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 That you will be our shepherd.

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 That you will guide us Lord.

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 And give us.

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 From your living waters.

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 To refresh our souls.

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 And to give us.

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 That quenching of our thirst.

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 That we live in a dry parched land.

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 As your word describes it so often.

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 We thank you Lord.

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 That there is refreshing showers.

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 From your spirit.

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 And from on high.

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 So we pray Lord.

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 Refresh us.

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 Do us good.

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 And continue with us.

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 Throughout this day.

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 Help us to do all.

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 To your glory.

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 The singing of your praise.

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 The worship of your name.

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 The reading of your word.

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 And our meditation upon it.

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 May it be blessed by you.

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 And we ask all.

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 Acknowledging our sins anew.

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 Thankful for the forgiveness you offer.

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 In Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 In whose name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We again sing to God's praise.

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.759
 Before we turn to the passage.

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 We're going to look at.

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 Singing in Psalm 127.

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.520
 Psalm 127.

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 The singing Psalms.

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 Version on page 171.

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 Unless the Lord builds up the house.

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 Its builders toil in vain.

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 Unless he keeps the city safe.

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 They vainly watch maintain.

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 We'll sing the whole of this Psalm.

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 To God's praise.

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 Psalm 127.

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 And we stand to sing.

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 Amen.

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 Unless the Lord builds up the house.

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 It's builders toil in vain.

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 Unless he keeps the city safe.

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 They living watch in vain.

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 In vain you rise before the dawn.

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 And with our vainly keep.

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 That you may toil for food to eat.

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 He gives his love won't sleep.

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 Sons are a precious heritage.

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 A blessing from the Lord.

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 The children that are born to us.

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 The children that are born to us.

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 Are truly history, Lord.

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:14.440
 Like our rose in a warrior's hand.

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 Our children of one's youth.

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 The man who's quivered full of them.

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 The man who's quivered full of them.

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 Is blessed by God in truth.

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 Such men will not be put to shame.

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 That will not be their fate.

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 When they contend against their foes.

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 Who faced them in the gate.

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:23.740
 Well, let's turn to our reading in Deuteronomy chapter 6.

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 We're thinking about the first nine verses of this chapter.

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 We can read again at verse 4.

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 And so it goes on.

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 Normally, when you have a mass walk out in church.

00:28:57.960 --> 00:29:00.960
 It wouldn't fill you with much enthusiasm.

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:03.240
 But today, looking on as the children walked out.

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:06.420
 It was great to see and encouraging to see so many of them.

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:09.019
 Going out through the various exits.

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:14.500
 It's great to see a hunger for parents to bring their children to Sunday school.

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:16.299
 To creche and to twinnies.

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:21.720
 It's great to see so many people of different ages coming together to worship God.

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:25.480
 Because that is the way that we are meant to live as a people.

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:27.079
 We are to be a people.

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:29.799
 Whatever age and stage we are at in life.

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:35.379
 That come and give thanks to God and praise to God for all his goodness to us.

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:41.859
 And we often speak in the place which we live as a sense of community.

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:48.740
 And in our islands, we do indeed enjoy that blessing of having a real sense of community.

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:52.460
 It's something that we hold dear to ourselves.

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.460
 A sense of belonging.

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:58.039
 A sense of knowing that maybe in our greatest times of need.

00:29:58.039 --> 00:30:04.740
 That there are always people who will come and gather around us and help us in our times of need.

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:10.099
 We ask ourselves today, what does it mean to live in a community?

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:12.559
 And what kind of community are we?

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:19.880
 When we look around ourselves, we see that there are many different types of community that we can belong to.

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 A community is often seen as a group of people who have a particular interest in mind.

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:32.539
 So even around us, we could have such a community as we often would say, a Gaelic community.

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 We might have a real sense of being a part of a musical community around us.

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:40.180
 Many people have these kinds of interests.

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:46.980
 We speak about the scientific community and all kinds of different interests that we have.

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:52.700
 But you find with these kinds of communities that there's almost an exclusiveness to them.

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:59.660
 You have to have an interest in these things or a desire for these things to be part of that community

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:02.779
 and to feel a real sense of belonging.

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:08.180
 But there's another kind of community that is even more precious to us.

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:10.940
 We have all these kinds of communities around us.

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:17.980
 But the greatest kind of community that we enjoy and are part of here is to be a community of God's people.

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:24.560
 To have that blessing of being together around God's word, young and old alike.

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:32.519
 There being a oneness and a bond that exists between us that has its foundation in Christ our Lord.

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:38.559
 And to have that desire to bring ourselves together as families, as individuals,

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:43.680
 but collectively coming as a community of God's people, praying together,

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:49.619
 worshipping together, and seeking God's good on us as a people.

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:55.220
 So what kind of community then does God want us to be?

00:31:55.220 --> 00:32:02.059
 As we come together to worship, we are not to be an exclusive kind of group.

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:06.579
 We are not to be accepting only of a certain kind of people.

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:11.279
 But we are to be very much an inclusive community.

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:13.460
 That we would feel welcome.

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.839
 That we would feel at home.

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:21.059
 That we would feel the presence of a place of peace in our midst

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:24.079
 as we gather together to worship God.

00:32:24.179 --> 00:32:28.899
 Young, old, middle-aged, whatever our background, wherever we're from.

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:34.799
 That we would find a real sense of oneness as a community under God's word.

00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:41.940
 And above all, that we would have God and his word in our midst as a people.

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:46.399
 That is what we have here in the book of Deuteronomy.

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:49.220
 That's what we have in the passage before us today.

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:52.160
 And today as we think of the Sunday school resuming,

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:54.319
 as we see so many young ones coming out,

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:57.480
 is to think not just that we are a people who,

00:32:57.940 --> 00:33:00.759
 yes, we are blessed by having young ones and seeing them here.

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:05.860
 That we feel also that we are all part of this community together.

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:10.339
 And to see our own responsibility towards our young ones

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:12.299
 and towards one another.

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:15.200
 And our responsibility towards God.

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:18.400
 To truly be his community.

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:21.160
 And as we look at this passage today,

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:24.640
 we see what Moses is instructing the children of Israel.

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:26.440
 To be as a community.

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:30.340
 And how that they are to live together as one

00:33:30.340 --> 00:33:33.740
 with God at the heart of their community.

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:35.080
 Somebody once said,

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:37.800
 what forms and sustains a community

00:33:37.800 --> 00:33:40.720
 isn't a commitment to community per se,

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:45.460
 but a commitment to the word.

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:50.079
 So it's not just to feel a commitment to the people around us,

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:53.220
 but to have that foundation of a commitment to the word

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:55.920
 that gives us that sense of belonging

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:58.680
 and that sense of community.

00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:02.600
 Because as Moses is speaking to the children of Israel here,

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:04.860
 he is giving them a warning too.

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.880
 This is how you are to live.

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.760
 This is how you will find blessing.

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:12.720
 But he gives them a ringing warning in their ears as well.

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:15.800
 And you see that in verse 11 and 12.

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.540
 He's saying there,

00:34:17.620 --> 00:34:19.180
 when you're going into this land,

00:34:19.680 --> 00:34:22.180
 remember it's not a city you built yourselves.

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:24.720
 It has houses full of all good things

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:26.160
 that you did not fill,

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:28.240
 and cisterns that you did not dig,

00:34:28.640 --> 00:34:31.320
 and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant.

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.640
 There's all of these things.

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.759
 But he says,

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:35.179
 when you eat and are full,

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:39.500
 then take care lest you forget the Lord.

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:41.839
 The Lord, who he says,

00:34:42.319 --> 00:34:46.039
 brought you out of the land of Egypt,

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:48.679
 out of the house of slavery.

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:50.579
 Again, we think of our own day,

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.879
 we have so much.

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:55.199
 And that warning rings through in our ears.

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:58.579
 Let us be careful that as a community of God's people,

00:34:58.759 --> 00:35:01.539
 we do not forget the Lord.

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:04.019
 So I want us to think of three things

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:05.920
 that we have in this passage

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:07.320
 that gives us a sense

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:10.039
 of the kind of community that we are to be.

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.880
 The first thing is

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:13.940
 that we are to be a listening community.

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.739
 The second thing is

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:17.639
 we are to be a loving community.

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.800
 And the third thing is

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:22.460
 we are to be a living community.

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:24.420
 So the first thing is

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:26.860
 we are to be a listening community.

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:29.699
 How can we obey God's word?

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:32.599
 How can we live as God's community

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.659
 if we do not listen

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:35.559
 to what he is saying to us,

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:38.519
 if we do not heed the instruction of his word?

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:40.399
 So there in verse four,

00:35:41.359 --> 00:35:43.259
 Moses is saying to the people,

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:45.299
 hear, O Israel.

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:47.480
 Listen, O Israel,

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:49.019
 to what I am saying to you.

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:52.179
 This is the beginning of God's dealing with the people

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.939
 and telling them,

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:55.159
 as you go into this land,

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:57.799
 this is one of the first things you must do.

00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:00.260
 You must listen to my word.

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:04.120
 Listen to what I am saying to you.

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:06.280
 And why is this?

00:36:07.640 --> 00:36:09.680
 Well, God knows the kind of place

00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:10.840
 that they are going into.

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:13.519
 He knows the land in which they are going into

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.420
 and he knows the temptations

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.900
 that there will be around them.

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:19.519
 They are going to enter into a land

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:23.539
 that already has various kinds of communities.

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:27.840
 Communities that have various and many gods.

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:31.880
 And as God's children go into this land,

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:33.199
 they are going to be confronted

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:35.079
 with these other communities.

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.880
 They are going to hear

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:39.460
 what these other communities are saying to them

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:42.739
 and to listen to them talking about their gods

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.840
 and their ways

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:46.019
 and the way that they would seek

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:48.300
 to move them towards living themselves.

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:51.380
 They are going to hear much advice.

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:53.559
 And in many ways,

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:54.980
 God knows the temptation

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:56.619
 is going to be there for them.

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:58.119
 To listen to this,

00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:01.539
 it's going to seem so much better and easier

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:03.500
 than the God that they have had

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.900
 and listened to in the past.

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:07.660
 But God is saying to them,

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.579
 listen,

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.059
 the Lord,

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:11.240
 our God,

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:13.099
 the Lord is one.

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.099
 So they are to listen

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:16.880
 to what God is saying.

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:19.200
 And as a people today,

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:22.379
 the same instruction rings through to ourselves.

00:37:22.879 --> 00:37:25.599
 How often in your life do you hear advice?

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:28.960
 How often in your life are you given instruction

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:31.619
 and told that this is what you are to do?

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:33.299
 This is how you are to live.

00:37:33.379 --> 00:37:34.639
 This is what you are to believe.

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:38.460
 We're flooded day by day with information.

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:41.199
 It comes at us thick and fast.

00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:42.539
 There's so many voices

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:45.079
 trying to vie for our attention,

00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:47.199
 telling us that this is what we need to hear.

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:49.539
 This is what we need to listen to.

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.519
 It's constant.

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:54.559
 But what or who is it

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:56.980
 that we are listening to ourselves?

00:37:57.899 --> 00:37:59.839
 We can easily become stressed

00:37:59.839 --> 00:38:01.679
 by all that we hear.

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:04.299
 Being pulled in so many different

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:05.779
 kinds of directions.

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.579
 And that's the challenges

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:09.839
 that the children of Israel were going to face.

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:11.659
 That's the temptations

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:14.779
 that they were going to be confronted with constantly.

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:17.800
 So God is saying to his community,

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.840
 to his people,

00:38:19.660 --> 00:38:21.360
 listen first and foremost

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.940
 to what I am saying.

00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:25.880
 Listen to my voice.

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:29.360
 Hear what I am saying to you.

00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:32.400
 And that is what we are to do today

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.580
 ourselves as well.

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:35.420
 In the midst of everything,

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:37.040
 all the information

00:38:37.040 --> 00:38:39.040
 that's constantly flowing our way,

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:41.320
 we as a people are to listen

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:43.700
 to what God is saying to us.

00:38:44.240 --> 00:38:45.780
 To listen to what his word

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:46.860
 is saying to us.

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:49.019
 To put our trust in his word.

00:38:49.700 --> 00:38:51.180
 To put our trust

00:38:51.180 --> 00:38:53.320
 in his son, Christ Jesus,

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:54.360
 who is the word

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:55.660
 that became flesh

00:38:55.660 --> 00:38:56.900
 and dwelt among us.

00:38:57.600 --> 00:38:59.940
 We have this precious resource

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:01.380
 before us

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.820
 to enable us

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:04.039
 as a community,

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:06.480
 a community of God's people,

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:07.720
 to listen

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:09.419
 to what he is saying.

00:39:10.879 --> 00:39:11.519
 The Psalm,

00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:12.679
 Psalm 34

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.559
 that we sung,

00:39:13.959 --> 00:39:14.419
 it says,

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.659
 Come here, my children,

00:39:15.919 --> 00:39:16.619
 gather round

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.299
 and listen

00:39:17.299 --> 00:39:18.799
 to my word

00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:20.719
 and I will help you

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:21.699
 understand

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:23.519
 how you may fear

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:24.539
 the Lord.

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:26.179
 There is instruction

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:27.039
 there for us

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:28.099
 and it is to come

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:29.359
 and to listen.

00:39:30.279 --> 00:39:31.379
 But are you too busy

00:39:31.379 --> 00:39:31.980
 to listen?

00:39:32.939 --> 00:39:33.759
 Are you too busy

00:39:33.759 --> 00:39:34.599
 to be still

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.219
 for a moment

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.859
 and listen

00:39:35.859 --> 00:39:37.079
 to what God

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:38.139
 is saying to us?

00:39:38.339 --> 00:39:39.879
 Even as God's people

00:39:39.879 --> 00:39:41.480
 we can become so busy

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:43.059
 that we don't listen

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:43.739
 to what God

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:44.480
 is saying to us.

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:45.480
 We don't make time

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.980
 to hear what God

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:48.179
 is saying to us.

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:50.899
 Charles Swindle

00:39:50.899 --> 00:39:51.559
 is a famous

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:52.859
 Christian writer.

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:54.039
 He's written many books.

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.839
 He wrote a book

00:39:55.839 --> 00:39:56.399
 called

00:39:56.399 --> 00:39:58.219
 Stress Fractures.

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:00.059
 And in that book

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.779
 he's speaking

00:40:00.779 --> 00:40:01.959
 about the busyness

00:40:01.959 --> 00:40:03.559
 of his own life.

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:05.059
 and the effect

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:06.239
 it had on him.

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:08.019
 And he says

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.719
 at one point

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.420
 in that book

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:10.659
 that he had

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:12.019
 far too many

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.699
 commitments

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:13.900
 in his life.

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:15.119
 He was doing

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:16.139
 too much.

00:40:16.759 --> 00:40:17.460
 He was becoming

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:19.059
 nervous and tense

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:20.179
 about everything.

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:21.139
 And this was affecting

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:22.420
 his life

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:23.119
 at home.

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:24.360
 He was saying

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:25.159
 I was snapping

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:26.019
 at my wife

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:27.019
 and her children.

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.420
 I was choking

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:29.400
 down my food

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:30.279
 at mealtimes.

00:40:30.739 --> 00:40:31.699
 Feeling irritated

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.380
 at those

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:34.579
 unexpected interruptions

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.320
 through the day.

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:37.280
 Before long

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:37.840
 he says

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:39.039
 things around

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:39.599
 our home

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:40.960
 started to reflect

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:41.940
 the pattern

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.940
 of my life.

00:40:43.200 --> 00:40:44.039
 That was just

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.400
 hurry,

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:44.760
 hurry,

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:45.119
 hurry.

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:46.140
 He says

00:40:46.140 --> 00:40:47.000
 it was becoming

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:48.420
 unbearable.

00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:50.220
 But then

00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:51.380
 something happened

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:51.900
 that left

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.579
 an impression

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.019
 on him.

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:53.740
 He says

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:54.660
 I distinctly

00:40:54.660 --> 00:40:55.200
 remember

00:40:55.200 --> 00:40:56.720
 after supper

00:40:56.720 --> 00:40:57.579
 one evening

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.840
 the words

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.780
 of our younger

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:00.380
 daughter

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:01.099
 Colleen.

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:02.779
 she wanted

00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:03.579
 to tell me

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.119
 something

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:04.699
 important.

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.000
 Something that

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.619
 had happened

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.460
 to her

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.099
 in school

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.819
 that day.

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:09.900
 And so

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.659
 she started

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.440
 speaking

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.219
 hurriedly

00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:13.019
 and she said

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.339
 Daddy

00:41:13.339 --> 00:41:14.159
 I want to

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:14.559
 tell you

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:14.880
 something

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.219
 and I'll

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.619
 tell you

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.480
 really fast.

00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:18.920
 And suddenly

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:20.159
 it dawned

00:41:20.159 --> 00:41:20.799
 on Charles

00:41:20.799 --> 00:41:21.299
 Wendell.

00:41:21.799 --> 00:41:22.440
 He realised

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.799
 her frustration

00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:25.380
 that everyone

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:26.119
 was in the

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.599
 household

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.279
 was becoming

00:41:27.279 --> 00:41:28.339
 so fast

00:41:28.339 --> 00:41:28.599
 paced

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:28.920
 everything

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:29.380
 had to

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.039
 be rushed.

00:41:31.240 --> 00:41:31.820
 And he

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:32.360
 stopped

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:32.639
 and he

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:33.000
 answered

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.500
 and said

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:33.860
 to her

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:34.119
 honey

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:35.300
 you can

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:36.019
 tell me

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:37.200
 and you

00:41:37.200 --> 00:41:37.800
 don't have

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:38.320
 to tell

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:38.579
 me

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:40.000
 really fast.

00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:41.280
 Say it

00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:42.000
 slowly.

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:43.840
 But it was

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:44.780
 her response

00:41:44.780 --> 00:41:45.240
 then that

00:41:45.240 --> 00:41:46.200
 really hit

00:41:46.200 --> 00:41:46.840
 home to

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:47.119
 him.

00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:48.180
 She said

00:41:48.180 --> 00:41:49.659
 then listen

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:50.720
 slowly.

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:53.200
 Are we

00:41:53.200 --> 00:41:54.119
 so rushed

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:55.059
 in our

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.779
 life today

00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:56.059
 that

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.980
 everything

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.699
 needs to

00:41:57.699 --> 00:41:58.099
 be done

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.639
 quickly.

00:41:59.219 --> 00:41:59.559
 Even

00:41:59.559 --> 00:41:59.799
 our

00:41:59.799 --> 00:42:00.380
 listening

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:01.299
 has got

00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:01.500
 to be

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.759
 done

00:42:01.759 --> 00:42:02.440
 quickly

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:03.119
 because

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:03.279
 we've

00:42:03.279 --> 00:42:03.659
 got so

00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:04.219
 many other

00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:04.880
 things to

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.179
 do.

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:05.739
 Our

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:06.179
 listening

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:06.940
 to God's

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.319
 word

00:42:07.319 --> 00:42:07.559
 our

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:08.139
 making

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.619
 time

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:09.079
 for him

00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:09.279
 it's

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:09.699
 becoming

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:10.460
 a rush.

00:42:11.819 --> 00:42:12.359
 As

00:42:12.359 --> 00:42:12.799
 God's

00:42:12.799 --> 00:42:13.299
 community

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:13.639
 we are

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.400
 to engage

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.079
 in listening

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:16.119
 to him

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:17.239
 and making

00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:17.920
 time

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:19.000
 to listen

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.679
 to him.

00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:20.739
 As we

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:21.179
 gather

00:42:21.179 --> 00:42:21.859
 round

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.420
 God's

00:42:22.420 --> 00:42:22.860
 word we

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.420
 find that

00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.760
 he's

00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:24.280
 talking

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:25.420
 to every

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:25.900
 one of

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:26.099
 us

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:26.579
 together

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.720
 young

00:42:27.720 --> 00:42:28.660
 and old

00:42:28.660 --> 00:42:29.740
 all of

00:42:29.740 --> 00:42:29.920
 us

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.260
 together

00:42:30.260 --> 00:42:30.920
 to come

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.519
 and listen

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:32.480
 to what

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:33.099
 God is

00:42:33.099 --> 00:42:33.460
 saying

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:33.940
 to us.

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:34.340
 Sometimes

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:34.760
 we just

00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:35.140
 have to

00:42:35.140 --> 00:42:35.400
 heed

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:35.700
 that

00:42:35.700 --> 00:42:36.260
 advice

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:37.320
 ourselves

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:38.519
 that we

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.039
 listen

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:39.940
 slowly

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:41.059
 that we

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.280
 make

00:42:41.280 --> 00:42:41.820
 time

00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:43.019
 for God.

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.039
 So let

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.680
 us be

00:42:44.680 --> 00:42:45.460
 a

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.960
 listening

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:47.059
 community

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:48.320
 of God's

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:48.680
 people.

00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:49.099
 Listening

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.640
 to each

00:42:49.640 --> 00:42:50.000
 other

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.880
 listening

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:51.620
 to our

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:52.059
 children

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:52.619
 listening

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.480
 to young

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:54.039
 and old

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.440
 alike

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.839
 making

00:42:54.839 --> 00:42:55.319
 time

00:42:55.319 --> 00:42:55.719
 for one

00:42:55.719 --> 00:42:56.039
 another

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:57.420
 but above

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:57.859
 all

00:42:57.859 --> 00:42:58.940
 listening

00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:00.319
 to God

00:43:00.319 --> 00:43:01.179
 and what

00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:01.699
 his word

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:02.359
 is saying

00:43:02.359 --> 00:43:03.239
 to us.

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:05.199
 The second

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:05.739
 thing we see

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:06.299
 here is that

00:43:06.299 --> 00:43:06.739
 we are to be

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:07.299
 a loving

00:43:07.299 --> 00:43:08.380
 community.

00:43:09.099 --> 00:43:09.519
 So as you

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:10.039
 go through

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:10.779
 these verses

00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:12.059
 we find that

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:12.679
 following the

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.400
 first part

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:13.940
 which is to

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.460
 listen and

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:14.940
 to hear

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.920
 what God

00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:16.699
 is saying

00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:17.079
 to us

00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:17.940
 we are also

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.279
 to be

00:43:18.279 --> 00:43:19.159
 challenged

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:19.980
 by what

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.579
 we hear.

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:22.179
 We are not

00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:22.579
 just to

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.440
 hear and

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:23.859
 put it

00:43:23.859 --> 00:43:24.259
 away.

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:25.339
 We are to

00:43:25.339 --> 00:43:26.319
 listen and

00:43:26.319 --> 00:43:27.599
 seek understanding

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:28.940
 in what God

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.440
 is saying

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:30.059
 to us.

00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:30.900
 And the

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:31.359
 challenges

00:43:31.359 --> 00:43:32.159
 there for us

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.460
 is that if

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:32.920
 we want to

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.799
 be a

00:43:33.799 --> 00:43:34.299
 community

00:43:34.299 --> 00:43:35.079
 of God's

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.659
 people

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.779
 we have

00:43:36.779 --> 00:43:37.239
 to ask

00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:37.759
 ourselves

00:43:37.759 --> 00:43:38.259
 well where

00:43:38.259 --> 00:43:38.599
 is our

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:39.139
 heart's

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:39.659
 desire

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.719
 directed.

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:41.960
 If we

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:42.539
 come to

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:43.019
 see that

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.639
 God is

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:44.139
 one and

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:44.599
 there is

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:45.599
 no other

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:46.139
 God

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:47.159
 and if

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:47.380
 we are

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:47.980
 listening to

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.299
 him

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:49.120
 then what

00:43:49.120 --> 00:43:49.340
 are we

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:49.780
 to do

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:50.440
 with that?

00:43:51.180 --> 00:43:51.480
 Well he

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:51.920
 goes on

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:52.400
 here in

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:52.980
 verse 5

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.320
 to give

00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:53.480
 us

00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:54.120
 instruction.

00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:55.240
 He says

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:55.720
 you shall

00:43:55.720 --> 00:43:56.660
 love the

00:43:56.660 --> 00:43:57.120
 Lord your

00:43:57.120 --> 00:43:57.700
 God with

00:43:57.700 --> 00:43:58.380
 all your

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:59.380
 heart and

00:43:59.380 --> 00:43:59.880
 with all

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.560
 your soul

00:44:00.560 --> 00:44:01.440
 and with

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:02.720
 all your

00:44:02.720 --> 00:44:03.180
 might.

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:04.200
 And these

00:44:04.200 --> 00:44:04.880
 words that I

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.400
 command you

00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:06.580
 today shall

00:44:06.580 --> 00:44:07.340
 be on

00:44:07.340 --> 00:44:08.620
 your heart.

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.900
 There is

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.620
 instruction

00:44:10.620 --> 00:44:11.380
 there for us

00:44:11.380 --> 00:44:11.780
 we are to

00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:12.760
 be a

00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:13.120
 loving

00:44:13.120 --> 00:44:14.039
 people.

00:44:14.740 --> 00:44:15.380
 That we

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:15.700
 are to

00:44:15.700 --> 00:44:16.840
 listen to

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:17.380
 what God

00:44:17.380 --> 00:44:17.920
 is saying

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:18.620
 to us

00:44:18.620 --> 00:44:19.660
 but that

00:44:19.660 --> 00:44:19.880
 we are

00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:20.500
 also to

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:21.200
 put that

00:44:21.200 --> 00:44:22.100
 into practice

00:44:22.100 --> 00:44:22.740
 in the sense

00:44:22.740 --> 00:44:23.600
 of being

00:44:23.600 --> 00:44:24.400
 affected by

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:24.860
 what we are

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.240
 hearing.

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:26.400
 As we

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:27.000
 make time

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:27.559
 to listen

00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:28.100
 to God

00:44:28.100 --> 00:44:28.400
 as we

00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:29.380
 hear what

00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:29.680
 he is

00:44:29.680 --> 00:44:30.300
 saying to

00:44:30.300 --> 00:44:30.740
 us

00:44:30.740 --> 00:44:31.400
 as he

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:31.800
 opens

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:32.260
 our ears

00:44:32.260 --> 00:44:32.820
 and opens

00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:33.440
 our heart

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:34.220
 what is

00:44:34.220 --> 00:44:34.760
 that doing

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.460
 to us?

00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:36.740
 Is our

00:44:36.740 --> 00:44:37.019
 heart

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.480
 becoming

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:38.039
 hard?

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.300
 Are we

00:44:39.300 --> 00:44:39.740
 pushing

00:44:39.740 --> 00:44:40.320
 him away?

00:44:41.120 --> 00:44:41.559
 Or are we

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:42.300
 listening and

00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:42.660
 seeking

00:44:42.660 --> 00:44:43.559
 understanding

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:44.059
 through

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:45.079
 prayerfully

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:45.680
 approaching

00:44:45.680 --> 00:44:46.079
 him?

00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:47.720
 Moses is

00:44:47.720 --> 00:44:48.519
 saying to

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:48.960
 the children

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.380
 of Israel

00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:49.840
 here you

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:50.480
 shall love

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:51.260
 the Lord

00:44:51.260 --> 00:44:51.820
 your God

00:44:51.820 --> 00:44:52.340
 with all

00:44:52.340 --> 00:44:52.980
 your heart.

00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:54.760
 And the

00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:55.260
 question for

00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:56.200
 us is do

00:44:56.200 --> 00:44:56.680
 we love

00:44:56.680 --> 00:44:57.280
 the Lord

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:58.559
 and especially

00:44:58.559 --> 00:44:59.260
 do we love

00:44:59.260 --> 00:44:59.840
 the Lord

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:01.140
 with all

00:45:01.140 --> 00:45:02.420
 our heart?

00:45:03.900 --> 00:45:04.460
 Somebody

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:05.220
 once said

00:45:05.220 --> 00:45:06.380
 the first

00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:07.220
 duty of

00:45:07.220 --> 00:45:08.460
 every soul

00:45:08.460 --> 00:45:09.559
 is to

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:10.539
 find not

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.460
 its freedom

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:12.640
 but its

00:45:12.640 --> 00:45:13.220
 master.

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:15.340
 Not to

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:15.820
 find our

00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:16.300
 freedom

00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:17.360
 but to

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:18.260
 find our

00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:18.780
 master.

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.140
 And so

00:45:20.140 --> 00:45:20.840
 who is it

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:21.340
 or what

00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:21.640
 is it

00:45:21.640 --> 00:45:21.900
 that you

00:45:21.900 --> 00:45:22.740
 love most

00:45:22.740 --> 00:45:23.700
 in this

00:45:23.700 --> 00:45:24.200
 life?

00:45:25.180 --> 00:45:25.600
 Who or

00:45:25.600 --> 00:45:26.200
 what is

00:45:26.200 --> 00:45:26.980
 the master

00:45:26.980 --> 00:45:27.980
 the ruler

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:28.480
 of your

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:28.940
 life?

00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:31.200
 If we

00:45:31.200 --> 00:45:31.640
 are to be

00:45:31.640 --> 00:45:32.360
 a community

00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:33.060
 of God's

00:45:33.060 --> 00:45:33.620
 people

00:45:33.620 --> 00:45:34.519
 if we

00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:34.800
 are to

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:35.260
 listen

00:45:35.260 --> 00:45:36.140
 to his

00:45:36.140 --> 00:45:36.660
 word

00:45:36.660 --> 00:45:37.480
 then we

00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:37.740
 are to

00:45:37.740 --> 00:45:38.260
 see that

00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:39.240
 our love

00:45:39.240 --> 00:45:39.640
 should be

00:45:39.640 --> 00:45:40.120
 directed

00:45:40.120 --> 00:45:41.240
 towards God

00:45:41.240 --> 00:45:42.420
 first and

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:43.039
 foremost.

00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:44.539
 if we

00:45:44.539 --> 00:45:44.860
 were to

00:45:44.860 --> 00:45:45.279
 ask

00:45:45.279 --> 00:45:45.759
 today

00:45:45.759 --> 00:45:46.639
 how does

00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:46.840
 that

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:47.320
 congregation

00:45:47.320 --> 00:45:48.440
 grow in

00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:49.000
 godliness?

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:50.480
 How do we

00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:51.099
 individually

00:45:51.099 --> 00:45:53.219
 grow in

00:45:53.219 --> 00:45:53.920
 godliness?

00:45:55.199 --> 00:45:56.639
 By listening

00:45:56.639 --> 00:45:58.360
 and recognizing

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:59.019
 that God

00:45:59.019 --> 00:45:59.759
 is worth

00:45:59.759 --> 00:46:00.800
 all our

00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:01.219
 love

00:46:01.219 --> 00:46:02.420
 and that we

00:46:02.420 --> 00:46:03.019
 can love

00:46:03.019 --> 00:46:04.059
 only because

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.639
 he first

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.480
 loved us

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:06.719
 and gave

00:46:06.719 --> 00:46:07.320
 himself

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:08.659
 for us.

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:09.960
 that we

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.219
 would be

00:46:10.219 --> 00:46:11.319
 moved by

00:46:11.319 --> 00:46:11.960
 the love

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:12.859
 of God

00:46:12.859 --> 00:46:13.559
 for us.

00:46:14.179 --> 00:46:14.599
 To love

00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:15.619
 him with

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:16.759
 all our

00:46:16.759 --> 00:46:17.239
 heart.

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:18.719
 To love

00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:19.659
 our families.

00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:21.059
 To love

00:46:21.059 --> 00:46:22.019
 our community.

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:22.659
 To love

00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:23.500
 our young

00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:23.759
 people.

00:46:23.859 --> 00:46:24.119
 To love

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:24.539
 our old

00:46:24.539 --> 00:46:24.940
 people.

00:46:25.359 --> 00:46:25.639
 That the

00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:26.119
 love of

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:26.659
 God would

00:46:26.659 --> 00:46:27.079
 transcend

00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:27.639
 everything

00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:27.980
 that we

00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:28.480
 seek to

00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:28.980
 do for

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:29.259
 him.

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:30.899
 In the

00:46:30.899 --> 00:46:31.079
 New

00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:31.559
 Testament

00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:32.719
 as Jesus

00:46:32.719 --> 00:46:33.579
 was teaching

00:46:33.579 --> 00:46:35.319
 his people

00:46:35.319 --> 00:46:35.940
 around him

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:36.819
 one person

00:46:36.819 --> 00:46:37.259
 came to

00:46:37.259 --> 00:46:37.480
 him and

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:37.659
 said

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.079
 teacher

00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:39.099
 which is

00:46:39.099 --> 00:46:39.639
 the greatest

00:46:39.639 --> 00:46:40.679
 commandment

00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:41.340
 in the

00:46:41.340 --> 00:46:41.679
 law.

00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:43.519
 And where

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:44.139
 did Jesus

00:46:44.139 --> 00:46:45.199
 take them

00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:45.799
 for that

00:46:45.799 --> 00:46:46.559
 greatest

00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:47.219
 commandment?

00:46:47.759 --> 00:46:48.119
 He took

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:48.380
 them to

00:46:48.380 --> 00:46:49.059
 these words

00:46:49.059 --> 00:46:49.340
 that we

00:46:49.340 --> 00:46:50.340
 have in

00:46:50.340 --> 00:46:50.980
 Deuteronomy.

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:52.340
 Jesus

00:46:52.340 --> 00:46:52.920
 said to

00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:53.119
 him you

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:53.619
 shall love

00:46:53.619 --> 00:46:54.039
 the Lord

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:54.559
 your God

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:55.059
 with all

00:46:55.059 --> 00:46:55.599
 your heart

00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:56.440
 with all

00:46:56.440 --> 00:46:56.940
 your soul

00:46:56.940 --> 00:46:57.199
 and with

00:46:57.199 --> 00:46:57.639
 all your

00:46:57.639 --> 00:46:58.059
 mind.

00:46:58.840 --> 00:46:59.500
 This is

00:46:59.500 --> 00:47:00.019
 the great

00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:00.639
 and first

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:01.500
 commandment

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:02.639
 and a

00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:03.179
 second is

00:47:03.179 --> 00:47:03.719
 like it.

00:47:04.299 --> 00:47:04.599
 You shall

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:05.159
 love your

00:47:05.159 --> 00:47:06.639
 neighbor as

00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:07.440
 yourself.

00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:09.719
 a loving

00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:10.500
 community

00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:11.559
 as the

00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:12.319
 Lord at

00:47:12.319 --> 00:47:13.019
 his heart

00:47:13.019 --> 00:47:13.900
 and in

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:14.500
 our heart

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:15.299
 and as

00:47:15.299 --> 00:47:15.719
 we love

00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:16.119
 the Lord

00:47:16.119 --> 00:47:16.519
 with all

00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:17.000
 our heart

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:18.019
 that leads

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:18.420
 to us

00:47:18.420 --> 00:47:19.000
 loving our

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:20.119
 neighbor as

00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:20.659
 ourself.

00:47:20.759 --> 00:47:21.119
 Having a

00:47:21.119 --> 00:47:21.940
 desire and a

00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:22.880
 hunger that

00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:23.539
 our community

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:24.279
 be one

00:47:24.279 --> 00:47:25.519
 but in the

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:25.920
 sense that we

00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:26.599
 would also see

00:47:26.599 --> 00:47:27.239
 many others

00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:27.900
 coming into

00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:28.779
 this community

00:47:28.779 --> 00:47:30.019
 a belonging

00:47:30.019 --> 00:47:31.159
 and finding

00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:31.739
 belonging

00:47:31.739 --> 00:47:33.099
 in God

00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:33.819
 and in

00:47:33.819 --> 00:47:34.360
 his son

00:47:34.360 --> 00:47:34.860
 Christ

00:47:34.860 --> 00:47:35.480
 Jesus.

00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:38.259
 Moses is

00:47:38.259 --> 00:47:38.900
 telling his

00:47:38.900 --> 00:47:39.599
 people here

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:40.860
 he's instructing

00:47:40.860 --> 00:47:41.659
 them in

00:47:41.659 --> 00:47:42.799
 discipleship if

00:47:42.799 --> 00:47:43.159
 you like.

00:47:43.559 --> 00:47:43.900
 That's what we

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:44.440
 would call it

00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:44.659
 today.

00:47:44.779 --> 00:47:45.440
 We disciple

00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:46.579
 one another.

00:47:46.739 --> 00:47:47.319
 We disciple

00:47:47.319 --> 00:47:48.239
 individuals.

00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:48.900
 We disciple

00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:49.360
 ourselves

00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:50.039
 collectively.

00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:50.839
 He is

00:47:50.839 --> 00:47:51.360
 speaking to

00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:51.940
 the community

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:53.719
 here in

00:47:53.719 --> 00:47:54.319
 Moses'

00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:55.039
 day and

00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:56.380
 saying disciple

00:47:56.380 --> 00:47:56.920
 one another.

00:47:57.119 --> 00:47:57.579
 Love one

00:47:57.579 --> 00:47:57.940
 another.

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:58.980
 Love the

00:47:58.980 --> 00:48:00.039
 Lord and

00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:01.019
 do good to

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:01.579
 each other.

00:48:02.599 --> 00:48:02.880
 And so

00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:04.579
 today he's

00:48:04.579 --> 00:48:05.500
 instructing us

00:48:05.500 --> 00:48:06.099
 in the same

00:48:06.099 --> 00:48:06.719
 way too.

00:48:07.539 --> 00:48:08.320
 To disciple,

00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:09.219
 to encourage

00:48:09.219 --> 00:48:09.759
 one another,

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:10.880
 to pray for

00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:11.420
 one another,

00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:12.519
 to be there

00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:12.900
 for one

00:48:12.900 --> 00:48:13.199
 another.

00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:14.199
 All of

00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:15.039
 these things.

00:48:15.820 --> 00:48:16.300
 It's not

00:48:16.300 --> 00:48:17.119
 just thinking

00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:18.539
 biblically but

00:48:18.539 --> 00:48:19.759
 acting biblically.

00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:21.259
 He says

00:48:21.259 --> 00:48:22.440
 here these

00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:22.739
 are the

00:48:22.739 --> 00:48:24.199
 commands that

00:48:24.199 --> 00:48:24.800
 you are to

00:48:24.800 --> 00:48:25.159
 do.

00:48:25.920 --> 00:48:26.559
 These are

00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:27.259
 the things

00:48:27.259 --> 00:48:28.360
 that you

00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:29.019
 are to do.

00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:29.900
 So it's

00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:30.440
 not just a

00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:30.780
 case of

00:48:30.780 --> 00:48:31.220
 simply

00:48:31.220 --> 00:48:32.440
 listening to

00:48:32.440 --> 00:48:32.720
 these

00:48:32.720 --> 00:48:33.240
 commandments.

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:34.639
 It's not

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:34.980
 just a

00:48:34.980 --> 00:48:35.420
 case that

00:48:35.420 --> 00:48:35.960
 you know

00:48:35.960 --> 00:48:36.760
 these

00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:37.340
 commandments.

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:38.740
 It's not

00:48:38.740 --> 00:48:39.320
 a case that

00:48:39.320 --> 00:48:39.619
 you can

00:48:39.619 --> 00:48:40.159
 recite

00:48:40.159 --> 00:48:40.579
 these

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:41.200
 commandments

00:48:41.200 --> 00:48:42.619
 or that

00:48:42.619 --> 00:48:42.940
 even you

00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:43.500
 accept

00:48:43.500 --> 00:48:43.880
 these

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:44.440
 commandments.

00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:45.860
 It's

00:48:45.860 --> 00:48:46.139
 that you

00:48:46.139 --> 00:48:46.599
 do

00:48:46.599 --> 00:48:47.400
 these

00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:47.960
 commandments.

00:48:48.980 --> 00:48:49.320
 That you

00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:49.860
 put these

00:48:49.860 --> 00:48:50.440
 things

00:48:50.440 --> 00:48:51.320
 into

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:52.119
 practice.

00:48:53.599 --> 00:48:54.099
 Martin

00:48:54.099 --> 00:48:54.880
 Luther once

00:48:54.880 --> 00:48:55.079
 said,

00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:55.579
 a religion

00:48:55.579 --> 00:48:56.740
 that gives

00:48:56.740 --> 00:48:57.240
 nothing,

00:48:57.740 --> 00:48:58.200
 costs

00:48:58.200 --> 00:48:58.659
 nothing,

00:48:58.740 --> 00:48:59.440
 and suffers

00:48:59.440 --> 00:49:00.639
 nothing is

00:49:00.639 --> 00:49:01.159
 worth

00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:01.619
 nothing.

00:49:03.179 --> 00:49:04.159
 So what

00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:05.179
 is our

00:49:05.179 --> 00:49:05.800
 community

00:49:05.800 --> 00:49:06.320
 like?

00:49:06.880 --> 00:49:07.400
 Is it a

00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:07.880
 community

00:49:07.880 --> 00:49:09.300
 that's willing

00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:09.900
 to give?

00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:11.440
 Is it a

00:49:11.440 --> 00:49:12.099
 community that's

00:49:12.099 --> 00:49:12.519
 willing to

00:49:12.519 --> 00:49:13.039
 bear a

00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:13.500
 cost?

00:49:14.059 --> 00:49:14.559
 Is it a

00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:15.260
 community that's

00:49:15.260 --> 00:49:16.000
 willing to

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:16.519
 suffer?

00:49:17.740 --> 00:49:18.260
 Because if

00:49:18.260 --> 00:49:18.760
 we're not,

00:49:18.860 --> 00:49:19.420
 we're worth

00:49:19.420 --> 00:49:19.840
 nothing.

00:49:21.220 --> 00:49:21.940
 So God's

00:49:21.940 --> 00:49:22.860
 word challenges

00:49:22.860 --> 00:49:24.440
 us to do

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:25.240
 as he

00:49:25.240 --> 00:49:25.880
 commands,

00:49:26.099 --> 00:49:26.559
 to be

00:49:26.559 --> 00:49:27.599
 a loving

00:49:27.599 --> 00:49:28.320
 community,

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:29.679
 loving the

00:49:29.679 --> 00:49:30.920
 Lord and

00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:32.240
 loving our

00:49:32.240 --> 00:49:32.579
 neighbor.

00:49:34.240 --> 00:49:35.099
 The final

00:49:35.099 --> 00:49:35.659
 thing I want

00:49:35.659 --> 00:49:36.159
 us to take

00:49:36.159 --> 00:49:36.659
 from this

00:49:36.659 --> 00:49:37.559
 is that we

00:49:37.559 --> 00:49:38.019
 are to be

00:49:38.019 --> 00:49:38.639
 a living

00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:39.619
 community.

00:49:40.760 --> 00:49:41.500
 If we are

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:42.039
 called to be

00:49:42.039 --> 00:49:42.780
 a people who

00:49:42.780 --> 00:49:43.679
 hear these

00:49:43.679 --> 00:49:44.200
 things,

00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:45.159
 and if we are

00:49:45.159 --> 00:49:45.820
 called to be

00:49:45.820 --> 00:49:46.559
 a people who

00:49:46.559 --> 00:49:47.460
 love the

00:49:47.460 --> 00:49:48.039
 Lord with

00:49:48.039 --> 00:49:48.559
 all our

00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:48.960
 heart,

00:49:49.679 --> 00:49:50.260
 we have to

00:49:50.260 --> 00:49:50.720
 leave it with

00:49:50.719 --> 00:49:50.879
 this,

00:49:50.959 --> 00:49:51.319
 what are we

00:49:51.319 --> 00:49:51.839
 going to

00:49:51.839 --> 00:49:52.980
 do with

00:49:52.980 --> 00:49:53.359
 that?

00:49:54.259 --> 00:49:54.799
 What will

00:49:54.799 --> 00:49:55.399
 we do

00:49:55.399 --> 00:49:56.519
 with that?

00:49:57.619 --> 00:49:58.239
 Surely it's

00:49:58.239 --> 00:49:58.759
 to make sure

00:49:58.759 --> 00:49:59.139
 that we are

00:49:59.139 --> 00:50:00.199
 practicing these

00:50:00.199 --> 00:50:00.679
 things,

00:50:01.419 --> 00:50:02.480
 not just on

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:03.079
 a Sunday,

00:50:03.539 --> 00:50:04.279
 not just in

00:50:04.279 --> 00:50:04.980
 our time of

00:50:04.980 --> 00:50:05.259
 worship,

00:50:05.399 --> 00:50:06.319
 not just in

00:50:06.319 --> 00:50:06.799
 bringing our

00:50:06.799 --> 00:50:07.399
 children to

00:50:07.399 --> 00:50:08.119
 Sunday school

00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:08.559
 and that's

00:50:08.559 --> 00:50:09.179
 that box

00:50:09.179 --> 00:50:09.839
 checked for

00:50:09.839 --> 00:50:10.239
 the week,

00:50:11.219 --> 00:50:12.159
 but together

00:50:12.159 --> 00:50:13.919
 actively living

00:50:13.919 --> 00:50:14.799
 for God,

00:50:15.459 --> 00:50:16.419
 instructing our

00:50:16.419 --> 00:50:16.899
 children,

00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:17.980
 encouraging them,

00:50:19.219 --> 00:50:19.939
 discipling and

00:50:19.939 --> 00:50:20.539
 helping one

00:50:20.539 --> 00:50:20.840
 another,

00:50:21.219 --> 00:50:21.699
 being in

00:50:21.699 --> 00:50:22.400
 fellowship with

00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:22.920
 one another,

00:50:23.460 --> 00:50:23.960
 worshipping

00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:25.099
 throughout the

00:50:25.099 --> 00:50:25.400
 week,

00:50:26.239 --> 00:50:27.139
 living together

00:50:27.139 --> 00:50:27.940
 in a sense

00:50:27.940 --> 00:50:28.699
 of being

00:50:28.699 --> 00:50:29.500
 active in

00:50:29.500 --> 00:50:30.059
 every way

00:50:30.059 --> 00:50:30.659
 we can,

00:50:31.159 --> 00:50:31.820
 prayerfully,

00:50:32.219 --> 00:50:32.840
 practically.

00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:34.119
 We all have

00:50:34.119 --> 00:50:34.880
 a part to

00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:35.219
 play,

00:50:35.340 --> 00:50:35.960
 every one

00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:36.420
 of us.

00:50:36.900 --> 00:50:37.360
 It doesn't

00:50:37.360 --> 00:50:38.019
 matter where

00:50:38.019 --> 00:50:38.619
 we are in

00:50:38.619 --> 00:50:38.980
 life,

00:50:39.539 --> 00:50:39.840
 it doesn't

00:50:39.840 --> 00:50:40.300
 matter even

00:50:40.300 --> 00:50:40.659
 if we're not

00:50:40.659 --> 00:50:41.400
 able to come

00:50:41.400 --> 00:50:41.880
 out as we

00:50:41.880 --> 00:50:42.519
 once did.

00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:43.900
 Maybe there's

00:50:43.900 --> 00:50:44.500
 those tuning

00:50:44.500 --> 00:50:45.219
 in online and

00:50:45.219 --> 00:50:45.539
 you maybe

00:50:45.539 --> 00:50:46.199
 don't feel

00:50:46.199 --> 00:50:47.360
 you belong to

00:50:47.360 --> 00:50:48.000
 this community,

00:50:48.159 --> 00:50:48.659
 you do,

00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:50.139
 and you have

00:50:50.139 --> 00:50:50.639
 an active

00:50:50.639 --> 00:50:51.339
 part to

00:50:51.339 --> 00:50:51.799
 play in

00:50:51.799 --> 00:50:52.539
 this community

00:50:52.539 --> 00:50:53.659
 as you

00:50:53.659 --> 00:50:54.420
 pray for

00:50:54.420 --> 00:50:54.699
 it,

00:50:55.219 --> 00:50:55.659
 as you

00:50:55.659 --> 00:50:56.159
 remember

00:50:56.159 --> 00:50:56.559
 different

00:50:56.559 --> 00:50:57.199
 people,

00:50:57.539 --> 00:50:57.900
 as we

00:50:57.900 --> 00:50:58.679
 all engage

00:50:58.679 --> 00:50:59.199
 together,

00:50:59.199 --> 00:50:59.799
 we become

00:50:59.799 --> 00:51:00.679
 a living

00:51:00.679 --> 00:51:01.619
 community for

00:51:01.619 --> 00:51:02.179
 Christ,

00:51:03.000 --> 00:51:03.799
 showing forth

00:51:03.799 --> 00:51:04.579
 his love

00:51:04.579 --> 00:51:05.819
 towards those

00:51:05.819 --> 00:51:06.839
 around us.

00:51:07.779 --> 00:51:08.179
 Paul,

00:51:08.239 --> 00:51:08.679
 as he wrote

00:51:08.679 --> 00:51:09.339
 to the church

00:51:09.339 --> 00:51:10.420
 at Philippi,

00:51:10.500 --> 00:51:11.239
 he instructed

00:51:11.239 --> 00:51:12.299
 them to live

00:51:12.299 --> 00:51:13.559
 in this way.

00:51:13.639 --> 00:51:14.400
 He says in

00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:15.159
 chapter 4,

00:51:15.239 --> 00:51:15.739
 verse 8,

00:51:15.739 --> 00:51:16.559
 finally,

00:51:16.739 --> 00:51:17.059
 brothers,

00:51:17.179 --> 00:51:17.759
 whatever is

00:51:17.759 --> 00:51:18.219
 true,

00:51:18.699 --> 00:51:19.259
 whatever is

00:51:19.259 --> 00:51:19.579
 honorable,

00:51:19.779 --> 00:51:20.299
 whatever is

00:51:20.299 --> 00:51:20.719
 just,

00:51:20.959 --> 00:51:21.459
 whatever is

00:51:21.459 --> 00:51:21.959
 pure,

00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:23.059
 whatever is

00:51:23.059 --> 00:51:23.419
 lovely,

00:51:23.539 --> 00:51:24.059
 whatever is

00:51:24.059 --> 00:51:24.839
 commendable,

00:51:25.259 --> 00:51:25.799
 if there is

00:51:25.799 --> 00:51:26.699
 any excellence,

00:51:26.899 --> 00:51:27.299
 if there is

00:51:27.299 --> 00:51:28.479
 anything worthy

00:51:28.479 --> 00:51:29.259
 of praise,

00:51:29.759 --> 00:51:30.559
 think about

00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:31.559
 these things.

00:51:32.639 --> 00:51:33.179
 And what you

00:51:33.179 --> 00:51:33.759
 have learned

00:51:33.759 --> 00:51:34.399
 and received

00:51:34.399 --> 00:51:35.019
 and heard

00:51:35.019 --> 00:51:36.139
 and seen

00:51:36.139 --> 00:51:36.639
 in me,

00:51:37.179 --> 00:51:37.699
 practice

00:51:37.699 --> 00:51:39.159
 these things.

00:51:40.119 --> 00:51:40.659
 Practice

00:51:40.659 --> 00:51:41.659
 these things.

00:51:41.659 --> 00:51:42.440
 And he

00:51:42.440 --> 00:51:42.940
 says the

00:51:42.940 --> 00:51:43.739
 God of

00:51:43.739 --> 00:51:44.279
 peace

00:51:44.279 --> 00:51:45.259
 will be

00:51:45.259 --> 00:51:45.920
 with you.

00:51:46.460 --> 00:51:46.980
 That is

00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:47.539
 a promise

00:51:47.539 --> 00:51:47.859
 that the

00:51:47.859 --> 00:51:48.339
 children of

00:51:48.339 --> 00:51:49.179
 Israel had

00:51:49.179 --> 00:51:50.159
 from God

00:51:50.159 --> 00:51:50.599
 here in

00:51:50.599 --> 00:51:51.099
 Deuteronomy

00:51:51.099 --> 00:51:51.639
 6.

00:51:52.239 --> 00:51:52.980
 He says

00:51:52.980 --> 00:51:53.379
 to them

00:51:53.379 --> 00:51:54.039
 that it

00:51:54.039 --> 00:51:54.379
 would go

00:51:54.379 --> 00:51:54.899
 well

00:51:54.899 --> 00:51:55.960
 with you.

00:51:57.259 --> 00:51:58.500
 He speaks

00:51:58.500 --> 00:51:58.879
 here about

00:51:58.879 --> 00:51:59.519
 teaching

00:51:59.519 --> 00:52:00.079
 diligently

00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:00.879
 the children,

00:52:01.359 --> 00:52:02.119
 speaking about

00:52:02.119 --> 00:52:02.679
 these things

00:52:02.679 --> 00:52:03.279
 as you sit

00:52:03.279 --> 00:52:03.559
 in your

00:52:03.559 --> 00:52:03.879
 house,

00:52:03.920 --> 00:52:04.179
 when you

00:52:04.179 --> 00:52:04.739
 walk in

00:52:04.739 --> 00:52:05.099
 the way,

00:52:05.420 --> 00:52:05.779
 when you

00:52:05.779 --> 00:52:06.420
 lie down,

00:52:06.500 --> 00:52:06.779
 when you

00:52:06.779 --> 00:52:07.339
 rise.

00:52:07.980 --> 00:52:08.279
 You shall

00:52:08.279 --> 00:52:08.980
 bind these

00:52:08.980 --> 00:52:09.639
 words as

00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:10.219
 signs on

00:52:10.219 --> 00:52:10.759
 your hand.

00:52:11.199 --> 00:52:11.379
 There shall

00:52:11.380 --> 00:52:11.700
 be as

00:52:11.700 --> 00:52:12.240
 frontlets

00:52:12.240 --> 00:52:12.579
 between

00:52:12.579 --> 00:52:13.099
 your eyes.

00:52:13.180 --> 00:52:13.440
 You shall

00:52:13.440 --> 00:52:14.119
 write them

00:52:14.119 --> 00:52:14.840
 in your

00:52:14.840 --> 00:52:15.840
 doorposts

00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:16.619
 and in

00:52:16.619 --> 00:52:17.380
 your gates.

00:52:18.539 --> 00:52:19.280
 And all

00:52:19.280 --> 00:52:19.880
 of this

00:52:19.880 --> 00:52:20.760
 is so

00:52:20.760 --> 00:52:21.059
 that it

00:52:21.059 --> 00:52:21.539
 may go

00:52:21.539 --> 00:52:22.019
 well

00:52:22.019 --> 00:52:23.180
 with them.

00:52:24.220 --> 00:52:24.740
 Practice

00:52:24.740 --> 00:52:26.500
 these things.

00:52:27.119 --> 00:52:27.599
 That is

00:52:27.599 --> 00:52:27.960
 what we

00:52:27.960 --> 00:52:28.240
 are to

00:52:28.240 --> 00:52:28.619
 do as

00:52:28.619 --> 00:52:29.220
 a people

00:52:29.220 --> 00:52:29.900
 as well.

00:52:30.320 --> 00:52:30.980
 We are

00:52:30.980 --> 00:52:31.260
 given

00:52:31.260 --> 00:52:31.720
 these

00:52:31.720 --> 00:52:32.840
 instructions

00:52:32.840 --> 00:52:34.119
 as how

00:52:34.119 --> 00:52:34.420
 we are

00:52:34.420 --> 00:52:35.000
 to live

00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:35.619
 for God,

00:52:35.680 --> 00:52:36.340
 to practice,

00:52:36.500 --> 00:52:37.079
 to teach,

00:52:37.340 --> 00:52:38.039
 to talk,

00:52:38.160 --> 00:52:38.820
 to bind,

00:52:39.160 --> 00:52:40.119
 to write.

00:52:40.119 --> 00:52:41.639
 to be

00:52:41.639 --> 00:52:42.119
 a living

00:52:42.119 --> 00:52:42.960
 and a

00:52:42.960 --> 00:52:43.359
 learning

00:52:43.359 --> 00:52:44.000
 community

00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:44.480
 together,

00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:45.460
 a people

00:52:45.460 --> 00:52:45.920
 who know

00:52:45.920 --> 00:52:46.420
 God

00:52:46.420 --> 00:52:47.480
 and love

00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:47.960
 God,

00:52:48.380 --> 00:52:48.940
 and show

00:52:48.940 --> 00:52:49.420
 that in

00:52:49.420 --> 00:52:50.279
 our practice

00:52:50.279 --> 00:52:51.279
 in how

00:52:51.279 --> 00:52:51.839
 we live.

00:52:53.279 --> 00:52:53.980
 Today it's

00:52:53.980 --> 00:52:54.519
 encouraging

00:52:54.519 --> 00:52:55.420
 that the

00:52:55.420 --> 00:52:56.099
 Sunday school

00:52:56.099 --> 00:52:56.799
 starts and

00:52:56.799 --> 00:52:57.480
 to see so

00:52:57.480 --> 00:52:58.119
 many coming,

00:52:58.480 --> 00:52:58.819
 but this

00:52:58.819 --> 00:52:59.480
 isn't just a

00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:00.039
 message of

00:53:00.039 --> 00:53:00.380
 how to

00:53:00.380 --> 00:53:01.619
 parent and

00:53:01.619 --> 00:53:02.099
 to teach

00:53:02.099 --> 00:53:02.739
 our children.

00:53:03.179 --> 00:53:03.339
 This

00:53:03.339 --> 00:53:03.980
 isn't

00:53:03.980 --> 00:53:05.199
 Moses giving

00:53:05.199 --> 00:53:05.839
 instruction

00:53:05.839 --> 00:53:06.239
 here.

00:53:06.380 --> 00:53:07.119
 This is how

00:53:07.119 --> 00:53:07.539
 you deal

00:53:07.539 --> 00:53:07.940
 with your

00:53:07.940 --> 00:53:08.659
 young ones

00:53:08.659 --> 00:53:09.239
 and that's

00:53:09.239 --> 00:53:09.639
 all.

00:53:10.679 --> 00:53:11.059
 It's a

00:53:11.059 --> 00:53:11.500
 whole

00:53:11.500 --> 00:53:12.239
 community

00:53:12.239 --> 00:53:12.940
 of God's

00:53:12.940 --> 00:53:13.420
 people

00:53:13.420 --> 00:53:14.559
 living

00:53:14.559 --> 00:53:15.139
 together

00:53:15.139 --> 00:53:15.880
 as one,

00:53:16.980 --> 00:53:17.420
 worshipping

00:53:17.420 --> 00:53:17.980
 together

00:53:17.980 --> 00:53:19.299
 as one.

00:53:21.099 --> 00:53:21.699
 Everything

00:53:21.699 --> 00:53:22.059
 that we

00:53:22.059 --> 00:53:22.400
 do,

00:53:22.799 --> 00:53:23.179
 we do

00:53:23.179 --> 00:53:23.579
 for the

00:53:23.579 --> 00:53:24.019
 glory

00:53:24.019 --> 00:53:25.299
 of God.

00:53:26.099 --> 00:53:26.400
 So may

00:53:26.400 --> 00:53:26.739
 it be

00:53:26.739 --> 00:53:27.480
 that we

00:53:27.480 --> 00:53:27.980
 seek to

00:53:27.980 --> 00:53:28.279
 do it

00:53:28.279 --> 00:53:29.039
 all together

00:53:29.039 --> 00:53:30.139
 for His

00:53:30.139 --> 00:53:30.639
 glory.

00:53:31.719 --> 00:53:32.359
 What's

00:53:32.359 --> 00:53:32.559
 your

00:53:32.559 --> 00:53:33.199
 greatest

00:53:33.199 --> 00:53:34.659
 accomplishment

00:53:34.659 --> 00:53:35.960
 in life?

00:53:37.119 --> 00:53:37.799
 As you

00:53:37.799 --> 00:53:38.339
 look back

00:53:38.339 --> 00:53:38.879
 over your

00:53:38.879 --> 00:53:39.279
 life,

00:53:39.440 --> 00:53:39.679
 what's

00:53:39.679 --> 00:53:39.819
 your

00:53:39.819 --> 00:53:40.379
 greatest

00:53:40.379 --> 00:53:41.519
 accomplishment?

00:53:42.579 --> 00:53:43.119
 It's a

00:53:43.119 --> 00:53:43.719
 question that

00:53:43.719 --> 00:53:44.279
 the former

00:53:44.279 --> 00:53:45.079
 President of

00:53:45.079 --> 00:53:45.539
 the United

00:53:45.539 --> 00:53:46.159
 States,

00:53:46.359 --> 00:53:47.159
 George Bush

00:53:47.159 --> 00:53:47.719
 Senior,

00:53:47.839 --> 00:53:48.399
 was asked

00:53:48.399 --> 00:53:48.839
 once.

00:53:50.239 --> 00:53:50.599
 And he

00:53:50.599 --> 00:53:50.879
 had done

00:53:50.879 --> 00:53:51.699
 many things

00:53:51.699 --> 00:53:52.039
 in his

00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:52.440
 life.

00:53:53.239 --> 00:53:53.559
 There are

00:53:53.559 --> 00:53:54.219
 many things

00:53:54.219 --> 00:53:54.440
 that he

00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:54.719
 could have

00:53:54.719 --> 00:53:55.299
 maybe said,

00:53:55.379 --> 00:53:55.679
 well this

00:53:55.679 --> 00:53:56.039
 is the

00:53:56.039 --> 00:53:56.399
 greatest

00:53:56.399 --> 00:53:57.119
 accomplishment

00:53:57.119 --> 00:53:58.199
 I see

00:53:58.199 --> 00:53:58.559
 in my

00:53:58.559 --> 00:53:58.839
 life.

00:53:58.899 --> 00:53:59.079
 He had

00:53:59.079 --> 00:53:59.819
 been a

00:53:59.819 --> 00:54:00.099
 Navy

00:54:00.099 --> 00:54:00.779
 pilot in

00:54:00.779 --> 00:54:01.239
 the Second

00:54:01.239 --> 00:54:02.159
 World War.

00:54:03.159 --> 00:54:03.659
 He had

00:54:03.659 --> 00:54:04.579
 been a

00:54:04.579 --> 00:54:04.879
 vice

00:54:04.879 --> 00:54:05.420
 president

00:54:05.420 --> 00:54:06.000
 to

00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:06.319
 Ronald

00:54:06.319 --> 00:54:06.759
 Reagan

00:54:06.759 --> 00:54:07.460
 for eight

00:54:07.460 --> 00:54:07.920
 years.

00:54:08.559 --> 00:54:08.920
 He was

00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:09.440
 president

00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:10.379
 himself.

00:54:11.079 --> 00:54:11.460
 He could

00:54:11.460 --> 00:54:12.019
 have spoken

00:54:12.019 --> 00:54:12.359
 of his

00:54:12.359 --> 00:54:12.819
 time as

00:54:12.819 --> 00:54:13.199
 the head

00:54:13.199 --> 00:54:13.539
 of the

00:54:13.539 --> 00:54:14.000
 CIA.

00:54:14.899 --> 00:54:15.399
 He could

00:54:15.399 --> 00:54:15.559
 have

00:54:15.559 --> 00:54:16.039
 mentioned

00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:16.819
 so many

00:54:16.819 --> 00:54:17.239
 different

00:54:17.239 --> 00:54:18.379
 things that

00:54:18.379 --> 00:54:18.639
 he had

00:54:18.639 --> 00:54:19.079
 done in

00:54:19.079 --> 00:54:19.599
 his life.

00:54:19.699 --> 00:54:19.940
 But you

00:54:19.940 --> 00:54:20.279
 know what

00:54:20.279 --> 00:54:20.879
 he answered

00:54:20.879 --> 00:54:22.179
 when he

00:54:22.179 --> 00:54:22.619
 was asked

00:54:22.619 --> 00:54:23.440
 that question,

00:54:23.539 --> 00:54:23.779
 what is

00:54:23.779 --> 00:54:23.940
 your

00:54:23.940 --> 00:54:24.339
 greatest

00:54:24.339 --> 00:54:25.139
 accomplishment

00:54:25.139 --> 00:54:26.379
 in life?

00:54:27.559 --> 00:54:28.039
 He said,

00:54:28.119 --> 00:54:28.639
 my greatest

00:54:28.639 --> 00:54:29.420
 accomplishment

00:54:29.420 --> 00:54:30.119
 is that my

00:54:30.119 --> 00:54:31.460
 children still

00:54:31.460 --> 00:54:32.119
 come to

00:54:32.119 --> 00:54:32.679
 see me.

00:54:33.659 --> 00:54:35.279
 He had

00:54:35.279 --> 00:54:36.299
 done all

00:54:36.299 --> 00:54:36.879
 these things

00:54:36.879 --> 00:54:37.199
 in his

00:54:37.199 --> 00:54:37.619
 life,

00:54:38.319 --> 00:54:39.059
 but it

00:54:39.059 --> 00:54:39.299
 hadn't

00:54:39.299 --> 00:54:40.119
 affected the

00:54:40.119 --> 00:54:40.539
 fact that

00:54:40.539 --> 00:54:41.159
 his children

00:54:41.159 --> 00:54:42.299
 could still

00:54:42.299 --> 00:54:43.299
 come to

00:54:43.299 --> 00:54:43.960
 speak to

00:54:43.960 --> 00:54:44.159
 him.

00:54:45.579 --> 00:54:46.460
 That means

00:54:46.460 --> 00:54:47.359
 making

00:54:47.359 --> 00:54:47.940
 time.

00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:49.799
 And for

00:54:49.799 --> 00:54:50.460
 ourselves,

00:54:51.339 --> 00:54:51.940
 what would

00:54:51.940 --> 00:54:52.359
 be our

00:54:52.359 --> 00:54:52.980
 greatest

00:54:52.980 --> 00:54:54.119
 accomplishment?

00:54:55.039 --> 00:54:55.819
 We can

00:54:55.819 --> 00:54:56.579
 maybe achieve

00:54:56.579 --> 00:54:57.399
 so much

00:54:57.399 --> 00:54:58.379
 in life,

00:54:59.239 --> 00:54:59.980
 but our

00:54:59.980 --> 00:55:00.420
 greatest

00:55:00.420 --> 00:55:01.119
 accomplishment

00:55:01.119 --> 00:55:01.779
 would surely

00:55:01.780 --> 00:55:03.100
 be that

00:55:03.100 --> 00:55:03.340
 we have

00:55:03.340 --> 00:55:03.860
 time for

00:55:03.860 --> 00:55:04.040
 our

00:55:04.040 --> 00:55:04.540
 children,

00:55:05.340 --> 00:55:05.920
 time for

00:55:05.920 --> 00:55:06.120
 our

00:55:06.120 --> 00:55:06.680
 families,

00:55:07.600 --> 00:55:07.980
 time for

00:55:07.980 --> 00:55:09.380
 ourselves as

00:55:09.380 --> 00:55:09.940
 a community

00:55:09.940 --> 00:55:10.620
 of God's

00:55:10.620 --> 00:55:11.120
 people,

00:55:11.680 --> 00:55:12.160
 time for

00:55:12.160 --> 00:55:12.740
 each other,

00:55:13.440 --> 00:55:14.200
 but above

00:55:14.200 --> 00:55:14.680
 all,

00:55:15.460 --> 00:55:16.060
 time for

00:55:16.060 --> 00:55:16.500
 God.

00:55:17.500 --> 00:55:17.800
 That we

00:55:17.800 --> 00:55:18.500
 don't become

00:55:18.500 --> 00:55:19.800
 so busy

00:55:19.800 --> 00:55:20.700
 and so

00:55:20.700 --> 00:55:21.480
 rushed in

00:55:21.480 --> 00:55:21.860
 life,

00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:22.860
 that we

00:55:22.860 --> 00:55:23.420
 start to

00:55:23.420 --> 00:55:24.000
 listen to

00:55:24.000 --> 00:55:24.400
 all the

00:55:24.400 --> 00:55:25.040
 voices that

00:55:25.040 --> 00:55:25.620
 are speaking

00:55:25.620 --> 00:55:26.380
 around us,

00:55:26.840 --> 00:55:27.380
 that this

00:55:27.380 --> 00:55:27.900
 is what we

00:55:27.900 --> 00:55:28.180
 need,

00:55:29.320 --> 00:55:29.780
 but that we

00:55:29.780 --> 00:55:30.420
 would listen

00:55:30.420 --> 00:55:31.619
 to God,

00:55:32.619 --> 00:55:33.340
 listen to

00:55:33.340 --> 00:55:33.700
 what he

00:55:33.700 --> 00:55:34.320
 is saying,

00:55:34.720 --> 00:55:35.639
 to do as

00:55:35.639 --> 00:55:36.480
 he commands,

00:55:37.599 --> 00:55:38.300
 to love

00:55:38.300 --> 00:55:39.559
 him with

00:55:39.559 --> 00:55:40.119
 all our

00:55:40.119 --> 00:55:40.659
 hearts,

00:55:41.599 --> 00:55:41.980
 and to

00:55:41.980 --> 00:55:42.480
 live in

00:55:42.480 --> 00:55:42.940
 fellowship

00:55:42.940 --> 00:55:43.619
 for him

00:55:43.619 --> 00:55:44.760
 with one

00:55:44.760 --> 00:55:45.180
 another,

00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:46.220
 young,

00:55:46.579 --> 00:55:47.000
 old,

00:55:47.240 --> 00:55:47.940
 middle-aged,

00:55:48.460 --> 00:55:49.039
 that we

00:55:49.039 --> 00:55:49.460
 would be the

00:55:49.460 --> 00:55:50.220
 community of

00:55:50.220 --> 00:55:51.300
 God that

00:55:51.300 --> 00:55:51.539
 he would

00:55:51.539 --> 00:55:52.039
 want us

00:55:52.039 --> 00:55:52.480
 to be,

00:55:53.099 --> 00:55:53.440
 and to

00:55:53.440 --> 00:55:54.400
 reflect his

00:55:54.400 --> 00:55:55.619
 love to

00:55:55.619 --> 00:55:56.360
 those around

00:55:56.360 --> 00:55:56.800
 us.

00:55:57.380 --> 00:55:57.760
 So may

00:55:57.760 --> 00:55:58.519
 God help

00:55:58.519 --> 00:55:59.500
 us to be

00:55:59.500 --> 00:56:00.200
 the community

00:56:00.199 --> 00:56:01.219
 that he

00:56:01.219 --> 00:56:01.759
 longs for

00:56:01.759 --> 00:56:02.319
 his people

00:56:02.319 --> 00:56:02.839
 to be,

00:56:03.419 --> 00:56:04.079
 a listening

00:56:04.079 --> 00:56:04.699
 community,

00:56:05.299 --> 00:56:05.839
 a loving

00:56:05.839 --> 00:56:06.519
 community,

00:56:07.239 --> 00:56:07.599
 and a

00:56:07.599 --> 00:56:07.859
 living

00:56:07.859 --> 00:56:08.500
 community

00:56:08.500 --> 00:56:09.579
 for him.

00:56:09.939 --> 00:56:10.460
 Let us

00:56:10.460 --> 00:56:10.719
 pray.

00:56:13.399 --> 00:56:13.919
 Our

00:56:13.919 --> 00:56:14.519
 Father in

00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:14.819
 heaven,

00:56:14.919 --> 00:56:15.179
 we do

00:56:15.179 --> 00:56:16.119
 pray that

00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:16.419
 in our

00:56:16.419 --> 00:56:16.939
 weaknesses

00:56:16.939 --> 00:56:17.980
 and in

00:56:17.980 --> 00:56:18.159
 our

00:56:18.159 --> 00:56:18.919
 temptations

00:56:18.919 --> 00:56:19.460
 to listen

00:56:19.460 --> 00:56:19.839
 to all

00:56:19.839 --> 00:56:20.139
 the wrong

00:56:20.139 --> 00:56:20.579
 voices

00:56:20.579 --> 00:56:21.339
 around us,

00:56:21.939 --> 00:56:22.239
 that you

00:56:22.239 --> 00:56:22.759
 will help

00:56:22.759 --> 00:56:23.099
 us in

00:56:23.099 --> 00:56:23.699
 our hearts

00:56:23.699 --> 00:56:25.019
 to love

00:56:25.019 --> 00:56:25.460
 you and

00:56:25.460 --> 00:56:25.919
 to listen

00:56:25.919 --> 00:56:26.480
 to you

00:56:26.480 --> 00:56:27.359
 and to

00:56:27.359 --> 00:56:27.859
 live for

00:56:27.859 --> 00:56:28.319
 you with

00:56:28.319 --> 00:56:28.799
 all our

00:56:28.799 --> 00:56:29.179
 being.

00:56:29.179 --> 00:56:30.159
 Lord,

00:56:30.239 --> 00:56:30.799
 teach us

00:56:30.799 --> 00:56:31.419
 your ways

00:56:31.419 --> 00:56:31.859
 and show

00:56:31.859 --> 00:56:32.319
 us your

00:56:32.319 --> 00:56:32.779
 paths,

00:56:32.899 --> 00:56:33.339
 we pray,

00:56:33.960 --> 00:56:34.239
 for we

00:56:34.239 --> 00:56:34.679
 ask it

00:56:34.679 --> 00:56:35.039
 all in

00:56:35.039 --> 00:56:35.199
 your

00:56:35.199 --> 00:56:35.599
 precious

00:56:35.599 --> 00:56:36.000
 name.

00:56:36.559 --> 00:56:36.879
 Amen.

00:56:45.460 --> 00:56:46.039
 We're

00:56:46.039 --> 00:56:46.460
 going to

00:56:46.460 --> 00:56:47.199
 conclude by

00:56:47.199 --> 00:56:47.960
 singing to

00:56:47.960 --> 00:56:48.299
 God's

00:56:48.299 --> 00:56:48.799
 praise in

00:56:48.799 --> 00:56:50.440
 Psalm 133.

00:56:51.219 --> 00:56:51.299
 Let's

00:56:51.299 --> 00:56:51.619
 sing

00:56:51.619 --> 00:56:52.179
 Psalms

00:56:52.179 --> 00:56:52.639
 version.

00:56:52.639 --> 00:56:59.019
 Psalm 133,

00:56:59.119 --> 00:56:59.500
 the sing

00:56:59.500 --> 00:56:59.980
 Psalms

00:56:59.980 --> 00:57:00.539
 version on

00:57:00.539 --> 00:57:02.319
 page 175.

00:57:04.440 --> 00:57:04.799
 It's

00:57:04.799 --> 00:57:05.239
 maybe a

00:57:05.239 --> 00:57:05.619
 familiar

00:57:05.619 --> 00:57:06.319
 Psalm 2

00:57:06.319 --> 00:57:06.659
 as it

00:57:06.659 --> 00:57:07.259
 speaks of

00:57:07.259 --> 00:57:07.900
 the blessing

00:57:07.900 --> 00:57:08.779
 that there

00:57:08.779 --> 00:57:09.219
 is in

00:57:09.219 --> 00:57:09.759
 unity and

00:57:09.759 --> 00:57:10.199
 the blessing

00:57:10.199 --> 00:57:10.500
 that we

00:57:10.500 --> 00:57:11.099
 seek from

00:57:11.099 --> 00:57:11.460
 God.

00:57:11.920 --> 00:57:12.059
 How

00:57:12.059 --> 00:57:12.879
 excellent a

00:57:12.879 --> 00:57:13.219
 thing it

00:57:13.219 --> 00:57:13.440
 is,

00:57:13.500 --> 00:57:14.139
 how pleasant

00:57:14.139 --> 00:57:14.759
 and how

00:57:14.759 --> 00:57:15.119
 good,

00:57:15.559 --> 00:57:15.799
 when

00:57:15.799 --> 00:57:16.319
 brothers

00:57:16.319 --> 00:57:16.980
 dwell in

00:57:16.980 --> 00:57:17.539
 unity and

00:57:17.539 --> 00:57:18.539
 live as

00:57:18.539 --> 00:57:18.980
 brothers

00:57:18.980 --> 00:57:19.739
 should.

00:57:19.739 --> 00:57:20.000
 we'll

00:57:20.000 --> 00:57:20.399
 sing the

00:57:20.399 --> 00:57:20.659
 whole

00:57:20.659 --> 00:57:20.959
 of the

00:57:20.959 --> 00:57:21.279
 Psalm

00:57:21.279 --> 00:57:21.819
 to

00:57:21.819 --> 00:57:22.259
 God's

00:57:22.259 --> 00:57:22.739
 praise and

00:57:22.739 --> 00:57:23.319
 we stand

00:57:23.319 --> 00:57:23.879
 to sing.

00:57:27.500 --> 00:57:28.459
 How

00:57:28.459 --> 00:57:30.959
 excellent

00:57:30.959 --> 00:57:33.299
 a

00:57:33.299 --> 00:57:34.879
 thing

00:57:34.879 --> 00:57:35.759
 it

00:57:35.759 --> 00:57:37.039
 is,

00:57:37.500 --> 00:57:38.299
 how

00:57:38.299 --> 00:57:40.239
 pleasant

00:57:40.239 --> 00:57:42.479
 and

00:57:42.479 --> 00:57:43.399
 how

00:57:43.399 --> 00:57:44.959
 good,

00:57:45.500 --> 00:57:46.479
 when

00:57:46.479 --> 00:57:48.299
 brothers

00:57:48.300 --> 00:57:51.519
 dwell in

00:57:51.519 --> 00:57:56.440
 unity and

00:57:56.440 --> 00:57:58.740
 live as

00:57:58.740 --> 00:58:00.640
 brothers

00:58:00.640 --> 00:58:02.060
 should.

00:58:03.900 --> 00:58:07.420
 For it is

00:58:07.420 --> 00:58:09.920
 like the

00:58:09.920 --> 00:58:11.700
 precious

00:58:11.700 --> 00:58:13.740
 heart,

00:58:13.740 --> 00:58:14.740
 for

00:58:14.739 --> 00:58:15.739
 the

00:58:15.739 --> 00:58:16.739
 heart,

00:58:16.739 --> 00:58:17.739
 the

00:58:17.739 --> 00:58:18.739
 hero's

00:58:18.739 --> 00:58:20.739
 head,

00:58:20.739 --> 00:58:22.739
 that

00:58:23.459 --> 00:58:24.739
 running

00:58:24.739 --> 00:58:26.739
 over

00:58:26.739 --> 00:58:28.739
 down

00:58:28.739 --> 00:58:30.739
 his

00:58:30.739 --> 00:58:31.839
 fear,

00:58:31.839 --> 00:58:33.739
 upon

00:58:33.739 --> 00:58:35.959
 his

00:58:35.959 --> 00:58:37.739
 color

00:58:37.739 --> 00:58:39.739
 spread,

00:58:39.739 --> 00:58:41.739
 like

00:58:41.739 --> 00:58:42.739
 care,

00:58:42.739 --> 00:58:43.739
 most

00:58:43.739 --> 00:58:45.739
 view,

00:58:45.739 --> 00:58:46.739
 upon

00:58:46.739 --> 00:58:48.739
 the

00:58:48.739 --> 00:58:49.739
 hill,

00:58:49.739 --> 00:58:51.739
 hold

00:58:51.739 --> 00:58:53.739
 high

00:58:53.739 --> 00:58:54.739
 on

00:58:54.739 --> 00:58:55.739
 it

00:58:55.739 --> 00:58:56.739
 he

00:58:56.739 --> 00:58:58.739
 stands,

00:58:58.739 --> 00:58:59.739
 the

00:58:59.739 --> 00:59:00.739
 Lord

00:59:00.739 --> 00:59:03.739
 bestows

00:59:03.739 --> 00:59:04.739
 his

00:59:04.739 --> 00:59:05.739
 blessing

00:59:05.739 --> 00:59:06.739
 there,

00:59:06.739 --> 00:59:07.739
 the

00:59:07.739 --> 00:59:08.739
 light

00:59:08.739 --> 00:59:09.739
 of

00:59:09.739 --> 00:59:11.739
 life

00:59:11.739 --> 00:59:12.739
 that

00:59:12.739 --> 00:59:13.739
 never

00:59:13.739 --> 00:59:17.739
 ends.

00:59:17.739 --> 00:59:19.739
 If you

00:59:19.739 --> 00:59:20.739
 allow me a

00:59:20.739 --> 00:59:24.739
 moment to go to the main door after the benediction, we'll close with the benediction.

00:59:24.739 --> 00:59:37.739
 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. Amen.

00:59:54.739 --> 00:59:55.739
 Thank you.