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 Well, thank you, Johnny, and thank you to all the band for leading us in worship this morning,

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 and thank you to all of you for being here today. I wonder, have you ever sort of had a nightmare

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 whereby you suddenly are told that you have to get up and speak to potentially a fairly large

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 audience of people, and you are utterly unprepared to do so, and you sort of wake up

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 from that nightmare with a startle, and you're very relieved that it wasn't actually real?

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 Has anybody else had that? You know, I've had it from time to time.

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 Unfortunately, the reality, the nightmare became real when I walked into the church this morning

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 and asked the people in the welcome team whether there was a newsletter available.

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 There was only one left. Casually scanned it, thinking, I wonder who we'll be hearing from today.

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 Looked and thought, no, I've definitely got the date wrong. Looked again and thought, no, it really is the 9th of October,

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 and checked with Graham. There's been a mix-up. Somebody swapped, didn't they, and the newsletter's just not up to date,

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 and Graham looked at me and said, no, Paul.

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 Yeah, so here we are, here we are, here we are.

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 And I'm sorry, genuinely sorry, because you've come today here to meet with God and here to listen to God's voice,

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 and generally those who are here are exceptionally well prepared and have spent the week in prayer and preparation,

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 and that's what you're entitled to expect when you come.

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 So my apologies.

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 So all I can do, as we've been singing to God, is share with you some of what's been on my heart and mind.

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 I'm not going to try and pretend that I'm going to be speaking from the passage that we had in Luke 5.

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 All I can do is share stuff that's been in my mind,

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 and indeed a passage that I was reading this morning and that I was talking a bit to Sam about,

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 and that led us to be singing a particular song,

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 and that led Sam to go upstairs and get his guitar.

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 He can't play the guitar, but he got his guitar and he started singing and trying to play this,

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 and he seemed to be enjoying it, and then he got his accordion and started trying to play it in the accordion as well.

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 And so somehow or other, in God's mysterious ways, I trust that I just might,

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 in all my kind of failure and uncertainty and indeed trembling before you,

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 have something to say for some of you,

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 and I want just to speak to you about my sense of the heart of the Father God who we worship today.

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 The song that we started singing this morning was Good, Good Father.

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 I hope some of you know it.

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 I've heard a thousand stories of what they think you're like,

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 but I've heard the tender whispers of love in the dead of night,

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 and you tell me you're pleased and that I am never alone.

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 You're a good, good father.

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 It's who you are.

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 It's who you are, and I'm loved by you.

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 It's who I am.

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 It's who I am.

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 I've seen many searching for answers far and wide,

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 but I know we're all searching for answers only you provide,

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 because you know just what we need before we say a word.

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 You're a good, good father.

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 It's who you are.

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 It's who you are, and I'm loved by you.

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 It's who I am.

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 It's who I am, because you are perfect in all of your ways.

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 You are perfect in all of your ways.

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 You are perfect in all of your ways to us.

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 Let's pause and pray.

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 Father God, we come to you this morning, the good, good father,

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 perfect in all of your ways.

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 Father, we are loved by you.

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 You do not make any mistakes,

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 and so we are before you as your people and your church this morning,

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 inviting you to show yourself to us as the father,

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 who perhaps some of us today just need to know

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 is the father who loves us,

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 is the father who is drawing close.

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 So speak not through any of my words,

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 but through your words, God, this morning.

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 Speak to us, Father, because we are here,

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 a needy people needing to know more about who you are.

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 So reveal yourself to us, we pray, God.

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 Amen.

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 So here's the passage.

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 It's Psalm 80.

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 Psalm 80.

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 I invite you to turn to it or read it on the screen.

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 Part of a small number of Psalms where we see people who,

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 the people of Israel who had known what it was like to be really close to God,

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 but then through their own failure and sin and departure from God

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 had suddenly known separation from God.

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 They had no sense of nearness to God, their father, right?

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 And so we come to a point where they're calling out again to God as father

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 and God as shepherd, asking God to reveal himself to them.

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 And I suppose my starting point is just whether some of us might feel,

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 as we read these passages,

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 yes, we're here and we know God.

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 We've had some sort of experience of God in our lives in the past,

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 maybe through becoming a Christian when we were young children.

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 But for whatever reason,

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 I believe there'll be some of us here today and God seems distant.

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 We're not sure really whether he is hearing and responding to our cries,

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 in which case just maybe this Psalm has got something in it for us.

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 So let's read it together.

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 Hear us, Psalm 80 verse 1.

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 O Lord God Almighty,

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 How long will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?

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 You have fed them with the bread of tears.

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 You have made them drink tears by the bowl full.

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 You have made us a source of contention to our neighbours,

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 and our enemies mock us.

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 Restore us, O God Almighty.

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 Make your face shine upon us that we may be saved.

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 You brought a vine out of Egypt.

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 You drove out the nations and planted it.

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 You cleared the ground for it,

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 and it took root and filled the land.

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 The mountains were covered with its shade,

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 the mighty cedars with its branches.

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 It sent out its boughs to the sea.

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 It shoots as far as the river.

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 Why have you broken down its walls

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 so that all who pass by pick its grapes?

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 Bores from the forest ravage it,

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 and the creatures of the field feed on it.

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 Return to us, O God Almighty.

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 Look down from heaven and see.

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 Watch over this vine,

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 the root your right hand has planted,

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 the sun you have raised up for yourself.

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 Your vine is cut down.

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 It is burned with fire.

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 At your rebuke, your people perish.

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 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,

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 the son of man you have raised up for yourself.

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 Then we will not turn away from you.

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 Revive us, and we will call on your name.

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 Restore us, O Lord God Almighty.

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 Make your face shine upon us

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 that we may be saved.

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 What I'd like to do is just look at four of the real cries

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 that come from this passage,

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 and then look at just some of the ways in which I think,

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 the way in which we see God revealed to us

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 in the New Testament through Jesus Christ,

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 help us understand how these cries can become our cries,

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 but also give us perhaps a new confidence in Christ

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 that God does indeed come near,

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 that God does hear us,

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 that God does restore us,

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 that God does want to shine upon us,

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 and that God does want to watch over us.

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 Those are the four things

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 that have really struck me from this passage

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 that I'd like just to take a few minutes on.

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 And firstly, it's there in verse one.

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 Hear us, O shepherd of Israel,

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 you who lead Joseph like a flock.

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 Their cry at the very start is just that confidence

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 that God hears them.

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 Hear us, O Lord our God.

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 And my children this morning,

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 for some reason,

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 got into a discussion about how it is

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 that we can actually communicate with God

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 and be sure that he hears us.

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 And Ben, my son who's nine,

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 has just recently got a phone with a SIM card,

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 so he's really enjoying the whole experience

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 of texting and making phone calls.

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 And he started saying,

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 I wonder if sometimes you're trying to speak to Jesus,

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 and it's a bit like phoning

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 and getting the engaged tone,

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 and actually he's too busy to speak.

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 And there was a child just thinking through

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 and wondering whether sometimes

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 Jesus is too busy to actually hear us.

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 I wonder if we look at ourselves this week,

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 whether we've taken the time to actually speak to God,

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 and whether we've had the confidence

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 that God is hearing us.

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 Let's just look at the way in which Jesus

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 would speak to us about this,

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 the way in which Jesus would encourage us

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 to look at our Father

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 and to see in our Father

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 someone who always wants to hear us

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 and someone who will respond to us.

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 And so the words of Jesus himself

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 in Matthew chapter 7 and verse 9,

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 he says,

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 Which of you, if his son asks for bread,

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 will give him a stone?

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 Or if he asks for a fish,

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 will give him a snake?

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 If you then, though you are evil,

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 know how to give good gifts to your children,

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 how much more will your Father in heaven

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 give good gifts to those who ask him?

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 How much more will your Father in heaven

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 give good gifts to those who ask him?

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 Here is our Lord Jesus encouraging us

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 to ask our Father for all that we need

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 and to be absolutely sure

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 that unlike even,

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 well, even more than a good earthly father,

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 our heavenly Father is waiting

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 to listen, to answer, and to respond.

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 I know certainly as I think about myself

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 as an earthly father,

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 I am certainly not always ready to hear

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 and respond to my children.

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 Certainly not when I was through there in the room

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 in the last hour trying to prepare

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 and I heard Sam calling out,

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 Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, where is my teddy?

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 No, I don't have time.

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 I don't have time.

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 I can't listen and deal with you

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 and engage with you just now.

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 And here is our heavenly Father

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 who maybe just wants to assure

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 some of us this morning,

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 he's a good, good Father.

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 He's ready to hear us

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 and he's ready to respond.

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 Hear us, Father.

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 But then there seems to be a chorus

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 in this passage.

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 I don't know if you noticed it,

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 but it's repeated three times.

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 Psalm 80, verse 3,

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 Restore us, O God.

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 Make your face shine upon us

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 that we may be saved.

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 Verse 7,

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 Restore us, O God Almighty.

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 Make your face shine upon us

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 that we may be saved.

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 Verse 19,

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 Restore us, O Lord God Almighty.

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 Make your face shine upon us

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 that we may be saved.

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 I wonder if some of us are here

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 knowing that our relationship

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 with the Father

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 is not as it should be.

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 Knowing that although we've come

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 and maybe we've been able to sing

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 and enter into it,

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 knowing that although we are pleased

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 to be here

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 and maybe meet some of our friends,

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 if we look deep into our hearts,

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 we know that the relationship

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 with our Father is broken.

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 And maybe the cry of our heart

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 as we pause,

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 as we just reflect this morning,

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 is,

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 Father,

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 restore me.

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 Maybe some feel

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 they have never really known

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 what it is

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 to have a relationship

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 with the Father.

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 And as I think of the Father

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 and my own understanding

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 built up over my years

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 of seeking to follow Jesus,

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 at the very heart of my faith

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 and my understanding

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 of who God is,

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 comes the picture

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 of the Father

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 that we see

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 in the Gospel of Luke,

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 chapter 15.

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 And as I think of that

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 cry of the psalmist saying,

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 restore us,

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 O God.

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 I think of the cry

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 of the prodigal son

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 as he sits there

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 and looks at the pigs

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 eating those husks

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 and realizes

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 how far away

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 he has got

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 from his father.

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 And the cry of his heart there is,

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 I wonder if there's still

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 the possibility,

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 even the merest possibility,

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 of restoration

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 of relationship

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 with my father.

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 Is it too late

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 or is it still possible

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 that I could be restored

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 to some sort of relationship?

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 Not father, son.

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 That's impossible.

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 Maybe slave and master.

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 Maybe that might be possible.

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 And so let's pick it up

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 and remind our hearts

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 and souls

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 of these verses

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 in Luke 15.

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 And we see the son

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 and verse 20

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 getting up.

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 So he got up

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 and went to his father.

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 But while he was still

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 a long way off,

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 his father saw him

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 and was filled

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 with compassion for him.

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 He ran to his son,

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 threw his arms around him

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 and kissed him.

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 The son said to him,

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 Father,

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 I have sinned against heaven

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 and against you.

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 I am no longer worthy

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 to be called your son.

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 But the father said

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 to his servants,

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 Quick,

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 bring the best robe

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 and put it on him.

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 Put a ring on his finger

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 and sandals on his feet.

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 Bring the fattened calf

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 and kill it.

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 Let's have a feast

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 and celebrate.

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 For this son of mine

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 was dead

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 and is alive again.

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 He was lost

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 and is found.

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 So they began

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 to celebrate.

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 Praise God

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 that this passage

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 is captured here

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 in scripture

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 for all of us

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 to get this

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 marvelous insight

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 into the heart

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 of our father.

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 Jesus himself

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 presents the father

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 as the one

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 who longs

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 to have restored

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 relationship

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 with his children.

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 Presents the father

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 as the one

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 who isn't there

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 filled with grudges,

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 isn't there

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 ready to condemn

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 and rebuke,

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 but when he sees

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 his son

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 turn around,

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 turn away

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 from his sin

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 and his rebellion

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 and take those

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 tentative,

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 doubt-filled

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 steps

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 back towards

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 the father's house

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 is one

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 who then

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 runs

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 towards the son,

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 throws his arms

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 around him

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 and kisses him,

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 who says

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 to his servants,

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 quick,

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 let's have a feast.

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 Let's celebrate.

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 Is there a desire

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 in our hearts

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 this morning

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 not only

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 to know

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 what it is

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 for God

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 to hear us,

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 but to know

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 what it is

00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:54.419
 to have

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 restored

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 relationship

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 with our

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 father?

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 I believe

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 that in

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 Jesus Christ,

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 as the one

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 whom we've sung

00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:02.620
 about,

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 who makes

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 the way

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 open

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 between God

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 and man,

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 it is always

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 possible,

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 no matter where

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 we are,

00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.799
 no matter what

00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.320
 we've done,

00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:11.139
 to know what

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 it is to have

00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:13.240
 restored relationship

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.379
 with God the

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 father.

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 And maybe

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 some of us

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.299
 have been

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 messing around

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:18.120
 in our own

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 equivalent of

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 eating the food

00:16:19.940 --> 00:16:20.639
 that the pigs

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 are eating.

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 And maybe

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 some of us

00:16:23.060 --> 00:16:24.299
 recognise how

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 deeply unsatisfactory

00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.720
 that is when

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 somehow or other

00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:28.919
 we've heard echoes

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 of the father's

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 love in our

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 hearts or in

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 all that we've

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 known and

00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:34.039
 heard about

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 in the past.

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 And the father

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 is calling us

00:16:36.560 --> 00:16:37.659
 to turn and

00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:38.580
 to take those

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 steps towards

00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.180
 him and he

00:16:40.180 --> 00:16:40.919
 wants to assure

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 us again of

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 his loving

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 embrace and

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 allow us

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 to know

00:16:45.819 --> 00:16:46.500
 the reality

00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:47.719
 of restored

00:16:47.719 --> 00:16:48.539
 relationship

00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:49.519
 with God.

00:16:49.979 --> 00:16:50.819
 Hear us,

00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:52.359
 restore us.

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 And then

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 the really

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.679
 beautiful thing

00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:55.559
 in this

00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:56.579
 psalm which

00:16:56.579 --> 00:16:57.579
 captured my

00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:58.659
 mind as I

00:16:58.659 --> 00:16:59.199
 looked this

00:16:59.199 --> 00:16:59.739
 morning and

00:16:59.739 --> 00:17:00.079
 thought of

00:17:00.079 --> 00:17:00.619
 the sun

00:17:00.619 --> 00:17:01.639
 shining and

00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:01.879
 what a

00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:02.799
 beautiful morning

00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:03.959
 it really

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 was.

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 And then

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 three times

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:07.159
 as part of

00:17:07.159 --> 00:17:07.799
 this chorus,

00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.519
 not just

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.099
 hear us,

00:17:09.379 --> 00:17:09.799
 not just

00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:10.659
 restore us,

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.919
 but shine

00:17:11.919 --> 00:17:13.240
 upon us.

00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.720
 Father God

00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:16.539
 shine upon

00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:18.039
 us that

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:19.039
 we may be

00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:19.500
 saved.

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 Is it our

00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:21.339
 cry that as

00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:22.440
 we look at

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.160
 the brightness

00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:24.059
 of the sun

00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:25.460
 we might know

00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.180
 the reality

00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:26.940
 of God

00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.660
 the Father

00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:29.539
 shining upon

00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.200
 us?

00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:31.880
 That was the

00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:33.200
 essence of

00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:34.059
 the priestly

00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:35.240
 blessing that

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.059
 God gave to

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.700
 Moses in

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.500
 Numbers chapter

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.680
 6 where he

00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:38.940
 said,

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:39.700
 tell Aaron

00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:40.079
 and his

00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:40.380
 sons,

00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.279
 this is how

00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:41.779
 you are to

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.319
 bless the

00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:42.759
 Israelites,

00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:43.419
 say to

00:17:43.419 --> 00:17:43.619
 them,

00:17:43.899 --> 00:17:44.460
 the Lord

00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:45.240
 bless you

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:45.919
 and keep

00:17:45.919 --> 00:17:46.240
 you.

00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.339
 The Lord

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:48.019
 make his

00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:49.599
 face shine

00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:50.419
 upon you

00:17:50.419 --> 00:17:51.279
 and be

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.079
 gracious to

00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.359
 you.

00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.439
 The Lord

00:17:53.439 --> 00:17:54.159
 turn his

00:17:54.159 --> 00:17:55.359
 face towards

00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:56.379
 you and

00:17:56.379 --> 00:17:57.079
 give you

00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:57.960
 peace.

00:17:58.179 --> 00:17:58.519
 So they

00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:58.879
 will put

00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.439
 my name

00:17:59.439 --> 00:17:59.720
 on the

00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.159
 Israelites

00:18:00.159 --> 00:18:01.220
 and I

00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.039
 will bless

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.179
 them.

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:02.720
 Isn't it a

00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.279
 marvellous

00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:03.939
 thought that

00:18:03.939 --> 00:18:04.319
 we can

00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:04.819
 know what

00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.759
 it is to

00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:06.639
 have God's

00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:08.099
 face shine

00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:09.799
 upon us?

00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:11.559
 and in

00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.019
 Christ,

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.099
 this is

00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:14.000
 exactly what

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.740
 is offered

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:16.079
 to us

00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:17.000
 this morning

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.440
 because we

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:17.879
 can turn

00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.639
 to our

00:18:18.639 --> 00:18:19.779
 New Testament

00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:21.059
 and we

00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:21.500
 can read

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.419
 in 2nd

00:18:22.419 --> 00:18:22.839
 Corinthians

00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:24.039
 4 verse

00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:24.539
 6,

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.359
 God who

00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:25.720
 said,

00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.500
 let light

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.159
 shine out

00:18:27.159 --> 00:18:27.859
 of darkness

00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:29.399
 made his

00:18:29.399 --> 00:18:30.619
 light shine

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:31.200
 in our

00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:32.399
 hearts to

00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:32.839
 give us

00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.579
 the light

00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.440
 of the

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.039
 knowledge

00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:35.819
 of the

00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:36.559
 glory of

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:36.980
 God

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.839
 in the

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.819
 face of

00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:39.559
 Christ.

00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:40.420
 But we

00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:40.880
 have this

00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:42.120
 treasure in

00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:42.740
 jars of

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.720
 clay to

00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:44.160
 show that

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.700
 this all

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.380
 surpassing

00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:46.299
 power is

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.980
 from God

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:48.259
 and not

00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:49.380
 from us.

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.180
 God,

00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.160
 the Father

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:51.660
 who this

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.660
 morning not

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.319
 only says

00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:53.660
 he will

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.360
 hear us,

00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:55.180
 not only

00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.740
 says he

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.420
 will restore

00:18:56.420 --> 00:18:56.779
 us,

00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.319
 but the

00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:57.779
 God who

00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.500
 offers to

00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.039
 make his

00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:00.400
 face shine

00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:02.120
 upon us.

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:02.660
 What a

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.500
 blessed people

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.420
 we are to

00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:05.220
 know the

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:06.759
 reality of

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.900
 God's light

00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.680
 shining in

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.400
 our hearts,

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.960
 allowing us

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.680
 to know

00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:12.119
 God,

00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.119
 and as this

00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:13.740
 passage in

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.379
 2 Corinthians

00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:14.759
 says,

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.400
 to know

00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:16.259
 God in

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.879
 the face

00:19:16.879 --> 00:19:18.400
 of Christ.

00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.279
 God,

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:20.960
 please hear

00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.299
 us.

00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:21.900
 God,

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.940
 please restore

00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:23.279
 us.

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:23.879
 God,

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.980
 please shine

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:26.519
 upon us.

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.700
 And then

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.220
 finally,

00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:28.779
 the final

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.599
 phrase that

00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:30.039
 has just

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:31.119
 captured my

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:32.240
 mind is

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:34.440
 this verse,

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.579
 watch over.

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.420
 Let's look to

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.200
 verse 14,

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.120
 return to

00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:38.380
 us,

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:38.960
 O God

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.500
 Almighty,

00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:40.420
 look down

00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:40.980
 from heaven

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.680
 and see,

00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:43.080
 watch over

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:44.160
 this vine,

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.840
 the root

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 your right

00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:47.740
 hand has

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 planted,

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 the sun

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 you have

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 raised up

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 for yourself.

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 And I love

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 that sense

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 of the

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.200
 people of

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 Israel who

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 have wandered

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 away from

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 God,

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.600
 almost calling

00:20:00.600 --> 00:20:01.220
 to God

00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:01.759
 and saying,

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 God,

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:03.420
 remember that

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:03.920
 you've done

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:05.000
 great things

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:06.140
 in us,

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.039
 you've done

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.700
 great things

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.180
 among us,

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.100
 we are your

00:20:09.100 --> 00:20:09.500
 people,

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.300
 we are the

00:20:10.300 --> 00:20:11.440
 ones whom

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.080
 you have

00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:12.720
 planted,

00:20:13.320 --> 00:20:13.860
 we are the

00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:14.660
 ones who

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.640
 have been

00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.620
 taken and

00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:17.320
 you've been

00:20:17.320 --> 00:20:17.860
 turning us

00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.700
 into something

00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:20.100
 really amazing.

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 But without

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:22.920
 you,

00:20:23.060 --> 00:20:23.539
 without the

00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:24.100
 light of

00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:24.840
 your face

00:20:24.840 --> 00:20:26.060
 shining on

00:20:26.060 --> 00:20:26.320
 us,

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:27.080
 we will be

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 absolutely

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.140
 nothing,

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 and so we're

00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.519
 calling on you,

00:20:29.580 --> 00:20:29.779
 God,

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.599
 to watch

00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:31.359
 over this

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:31.899
 vine,

00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:32.899
 to watch

00:20:32.899 --> 00:20:34.200
 over what

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.200
 you have

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.819
 planted,

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 because if

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.440
 you don't,

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 then we know

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.119
 we will

00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:40.460
 simply wither

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 and we'll

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:42.019
 come to

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.940
 absolutely

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.559
 nothing,

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.240
 so watch

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.819
 over us,

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.180
 God.

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:45.680
 And again,

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.859
 if I reflect

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.440
 very,

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.200
 very simply

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:49.099
 on what

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:50.039
 Jesus brings

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.559
 to us and

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.160
 how Jesus

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.480
 reveals God

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.000
 the Father

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.500
 to us,

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 I'm turned

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.240
 again to

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.160
 his words

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 and to

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 John chapter

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 15,

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.079
 where again

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.680
 we get

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.100
 the image

00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:00.799
 of gardening,

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.680
 where again

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.200
 we get the

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.960
 image of

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:04.060
 the vine,

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:04.920
 and in

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.460
 John chapter

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.120
 15,

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:07.440
 verse 5,

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.039
 we read this,

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.600
 I am the

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:08.940
 vine,

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.860
 you are the

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.320
 branches.

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.840
 If a man

00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:12.539
 remains in

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.039
 me and I

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.460
 in him,

00:21:13.560 --> 00:21:13.840
 he will

00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:14.440
 bear much

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:14.860
 fruit.

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.140
 Apart from

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:16.539
 me,

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.120
 you can

00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:17.720
 do nothing.

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:18.799
 If anyone

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.340
 does not

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:19.799
 remain in

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.000
 me,

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.759
 he is like

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.279
 a branch

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:21.640
 that is

00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.420
 thrown away

00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.160
 and withers.

00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:24.240
 Such branches

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.740
 are picked

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.120
 up,

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:25.980
 thrown into

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.539
 the fire

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.240
 and burned.

00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:28.340
 If you

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.039
 remain in

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.360
 me,

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:29.979
 and my

00:21:29.979 --> 00:21:30.779
 words remain

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.359
 in you,

00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:32.539
 ask whatever

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.259
 you wish

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:34.259
 and it

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.639
 will be

00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:35.259
 given you.

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.240
 As the

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.740
 Father has

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.419
 loved me,

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.619
 so I

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.579
 have loved

00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:40.179
 you.

00:21:40.979 --> 00:21:41.240
 Now

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:42.139
 remain in

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:42.759
 my love.

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:43.619
 Can we

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.259
 just dwell on

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:44.819
 verse 9

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.439
 for a moment?

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.619
 Can we

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.339
 just reflect

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.859
 on it?

00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:48.619
 Can we

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:49.039
 just try and

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.639
 let it sink

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.159
 down into

00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:50.799
 our hearts

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.439
 as we hear

00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:52.139
 so many

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.599
 competing

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.419
 voices about

00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:53.740
 what's

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.279
 important,

00:21:54.439 --> 00:21:54.759
 as we

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.359
 hear so

00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:55.819
 many things

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.240
 about how

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:57.019
 people value

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.259
 us,

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.559
 how they

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.059
 see us,

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.500
 as we

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:58.759
 have so

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.420
 many pressures,

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:01.940
 perhaps from

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.799
 all sorts of

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.180
 angles,

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.039
 and we hear

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.660
 these words

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.319
 from Jesus

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.519
 as he speaks

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:06.940
 about the

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.160
 good,

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.920
 good Father

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.299
 and he

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.980
 says this,

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.859
 as the

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.839
 Father has

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.740
 loved me,

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:13.220
 so have I

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.700
 loved you.

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:15.960
 Now

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:17.539
 remain in

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.859
 my love.

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:19.900
 Can we

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.700
 see ourselves

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.579
 like those

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.420
 branches,

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.639
 like those

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.799
 branches connected

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.460
 to Jesus

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.399
 the vine?

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.639
 And can we

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.159
 say to God,

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.399
 God,

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.079
 would you

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:30.039
 watch over

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.440
 us?

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:31.599
 Please don't

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.399
 leave us

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.039
 because we

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.559
 know that we

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.119
 will wither

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.519
 if we are

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.579
 not subject

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.180
 to your

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:37.079
 constant loving

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.559
 care.

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.319
 And then we

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.919
 hear Jesus

00:22:38.919 --> 00:22:39.339
 saying,

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:39.639
 as the

00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:40.079
 Father has

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.639
 loved me,

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:42.079
 so have I

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:43.139
 loved you

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:44.379
 and remain

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:45.460
 in my

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.200
 love.

00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:47.759
 So,

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:50.039
 I wonder

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.480
 if there's

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.059
 something for

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.700
 us in Psalm

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.099
 80.

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.680
 I wonder

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.059
 if this

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.480
 morning,

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.599
 we can

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.279
 look to

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.819
 God and

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.079
 we can

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.299
 say,

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:58.559
 God,

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.279
 please hear

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.819
 us.

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.759
 God,

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.680
 please restore

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.039
 us.

00:23:02.159 --> 00:23:02.339
 God,

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.319
 please shine

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:04.279
 upon us.

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:04.839
 God,

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.599
 please watch

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.119
 over us.

00:23:06.159 --> 00:23:06.419
 For some

00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:06.720
 of you,

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.419
 maybe it's

00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:07.839
 new to

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.200
 Edinburgh,

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:10.059
 maybe it's

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:11.039
 involved in

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.720
 a whole new

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.339
 set of

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:13.099
 experiences.

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.539
 If you're

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.000
 starting

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:15.359
 student life

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.700
 and there's

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:17.059
 many temptations

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:18.859
 with at

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.220
 least the

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.819
 perception

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.740
 of new

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.079
 found

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.680
 freedom

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:23.460
 to perhaps

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.680
 just wander

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.340
 away from

00:23:25.340 --> 00:23:25.759
 some of

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.440
 that faith

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.279
 that you

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.180
 know of

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.440
 and that

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:28.640
 you've

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.200
 heard of

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.420
 and that

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.580
 you've

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.320
 experienced

00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:30.980
 through

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.500
 childhood,

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.340
 through teenage

00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:32.960
 years.

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.840
 In which

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.259
 case,

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.080
 just maybe

00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:35.539
 there's a

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.500
 word from

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.060
 God,

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.820
 the good,

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.600
 good Father,

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.299
 who says

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.279
 he wants

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.920
 to hear

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.279
 you.

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.779
 No matter

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.160
 what you've

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.539
 done in

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.000
 the last

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.259
 days or

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.720
 weeks,

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:46.920
 restoration

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:48.320
 is possible.

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:49.460
 that through

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.460
 Jesus Christ

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:50.839
 and his

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.700
 sacrifice and

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.159
 through making

00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:52.559
 a way,

00:23:52.919 --> 00:23:53.379
 he wants

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:54.319
 to shine

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:55.779
 upon you

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.639
 and he

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.539
 will watch

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.259
 over you.

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.819
 Maybe it's

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.299
 a word not

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.759
 just for

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.539
 young people,

00:24:01.679 --> 00:24:02.000
 but maybe

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.480
 it's a word

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.939
 for those

00:24:02.939 --> 00:24:03.259
 who are

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.259
 much older,

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:04.720
 who maybe

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.339
 in some

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:06.579
 ways have

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.119
 just given

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:08.659
 up a little

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:08.919
 bit,

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:10.919
 maybe just

00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:12.359
 not really

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.439
 thriving in

00:24:13.439 --> 00:24:13.859
 terms of

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.579
 that relationship

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.240
 with God,

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.619
 in which

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.059
 case,

00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:17.439
 please take

00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:18.019
 again,

00:24:18.419 --> 00:24:19.720
 despite my

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.639
 weakness and

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.059
 failure,

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.859
 a word from

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.439
 God which

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:23.419
 says he

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:23.859
 wants to

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.460
 hear you,

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.139
 he wants

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:26.000
 to restore

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.339
 you,

00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:27.039
 he wants

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.379
 to make

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:27.879
 his face

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.819
 shine upon

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.139
 you,

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.740
 and he

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.659
 will watch

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.419
 over you

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:31.639
 if you

00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:32.379
 just turn

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:32.939
 to him

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.779
 again.

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 Maybe it's

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 something for

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 us as a

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 church.

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 As we are

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 in this

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 period of

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 really looking

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 to God

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 for what

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 he wants

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 to do

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 with us

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 in the

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 future,

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:46.559
 as we

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 prepare to

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 say goodbye

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 to John,

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 our pastor,

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 and we're

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 seeking God

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 together.

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 We say,

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 God,

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 our good,

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 good Father,

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 would you

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 hear us?

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 Would you

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 restore us?

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 Would you

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 shine your

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 face upon

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 us?

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 Imagine what's

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 going to go

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 on here if

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 we know the

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 reality of

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 God's face

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 shining upon

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 us.

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 And God,

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 as we face

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 difficult

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 decisions and

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 many uncertainties,

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 would you

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 watch over

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 us?

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 let's pause

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 and let's

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 pray together.

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 Father God,

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 we just

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 ask you to

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 draw so

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 close to

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 each one

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 of us.

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 And in

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 this moment,

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 as we just

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 pause,

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 would you

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 reveal yourself

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 to us as the

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 good,

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 good Father?

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 Maybe as we

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 reflect on

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 the words of

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 Jesus as he

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 talked about

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 how the

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 Father would

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 would be

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 ready to

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 respond.

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 Maybe as we

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 think about

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 Jesus telling

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 us that story

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 of the

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 prodigal son

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 and the

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 father who

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 was ready

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 to see

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 restored

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 relationship.

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 Maybe as we

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 think of how

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 you, Lord

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 Jesus, are

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 the one who

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 shines in

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 our hearts.

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 Maybe as we

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 remember that

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 you are the

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 vine and we

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 are simply the

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 branches and

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 we are told

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 to remain

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 in you and

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 to have real

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 assurance that

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 then we can

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 know what it

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 is to be

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 loved by you

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 and we can

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 know your

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 presence and

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 power and

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 peace.

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 So, Lord, I

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 just ask that

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 you would be

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 present with

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 each one of

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 us, draw near,

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 speak to us.

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 May we go

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 away more

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 assured that

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 we worship a

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 good, good

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 Father.

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 Amen.

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 Seventeen.

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 We

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 need

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 us

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 the

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 one

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 one

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 one

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 one

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 one