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 We've heard that many times, we've heard that along with them.

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 Please, can we start again?

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 In some ways it's a cry of desperation,

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 as they realise that because of a wrong move or a wrong choice,

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 that they're out of the game or that they've lost.

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 And sometimes, if I'm feeling very generous,

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 we will start again, we'll have another go.

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 We'll gather up all the pieces and we'll put them all back into their places

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 and we'll begin and start all over again.

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 Another opportunity to make better choices,

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 another chance to do things differently.

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 Now, the truth be told, we can probably feel exactly the same

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 when it comes to the big game of life.

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 We often may say to ourselves, can we please start again?

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 It may be a cry of regret,

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 a cry of unrealised expectations or a cry of self-pity.

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 As we review the things that have happened in the past year

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 or even further back, choices that we have made,

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 things that we've said, the actions that we have taken,

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 we probably all wish from time to time

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 that we could just start again.

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 And in many ways, people say the new year provides

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 the opportunity that we need to start again.

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 A fresh start to make new promises

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 as we set goals for the coming year.

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 But I think, if we're honest with ourselves,

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 we all know that by January the 7th or the 9th,

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 we'll look back and we'll already be saying,

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 I wish we could start again.

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 And things are just the same.

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 We all long at different times for a new beginning

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 and certainly the new year provides that opportunity

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 to refocus our minds and to think about a new beginning.

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 Well, for our encouragement,

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 the God of the Bible specialises in new beginnings.

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 If we just take a quick scan through

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 from Genesis right up to Isaiah 55,

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 we see that he is a God of beginnings.

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 He created a good and beautiful world.

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 That was a new beginning.

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 But not too long into that new creation,

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 we see mankind making their own actions and choices

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 that actually break God's beautiful world.

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 But no sooner is it broken that God comes to Noah.

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 He promises that he's going to destroy the world,

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 but that he's going to start again,

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 this time with a family of eight.

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 And then as we read through,

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 we get to Genesis chapter 11,

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 and we see the world descending into disorder and chaos again

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 as they seek to build a great big building up to the sky,

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 up to heaven itself.

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 They want to rule the world.

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 And in response,

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 God comes to a man called Abraham.

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 And he promises to start again.

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 As all the nations were scattered,

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 as there was a new,

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 all different kinds of languages,

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 people were spread across the world.

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 God promises to start again.

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 And he says to Abraham,

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 I'm going to build a new nation.

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 I'm going to build a new people

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 who will enjoy the blessing of God forever.

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 But as we read on,

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 this new nation,

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 Israel,

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 ends up in slavery in Egypt,

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 oppressed and on the brink of destruction.

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 But God intervenes again,

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 this time through Moses.

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 They're rescued.

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 And there's another opportunity to start again,

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 a new beginning,

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 a fresh start in the promised land.

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 And as we follow through the history of Israel,

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 God continually provides new kings,

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 new leaders to replace those that were corrupt

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 and that were bad.

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 God always bringing a new beginning

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 and a fresh start.

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 But the rebellion and the rejection

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 becomes so great

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 that God sends them off into exile.

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 And that's where we come to in Isaiah 55,

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 where God is promising another new beginning,

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 another fresh start for his people.

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 And in Isaiah 55, verse 1,

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 it says,

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 Come,

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 all you who are thirsty,

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 come to the waters.

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 Verse 3,

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 Come,

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 give ear,

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 come to me,

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 hear me,

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 that your soul may live.

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 So it was an invitation

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 for the people

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 to start again,

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 to come back to God,

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 to get back to their roots,

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 to get things right.

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 In fact,

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 God had promised them

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 a complete transformation.

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 in this new beginning.

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 In verse 5,

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 he says,

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 Surely you will summon nations you know not,

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 and nations that do not know you

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 will run to you.

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 So here is a nation presently in exile,

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 but he's telling them

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 that they are going to have

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 such a transformation,

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 it'll be such a new beginning

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 and a fresh start,

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 that not only are they going to come back

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 to their own land,

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 but that they are going to become a nation

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 that is so attractive

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 that other nations are going to run to them

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 and find the salvation

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 that they could have

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 from God as well.

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 So it seems that this God

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 who specialises in new beginnings

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 is determined

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 to put things right.

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 But I think we should know

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 that when we read through Isaiah,

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 and indeed anywhere through the Old Testament,

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 that as Isaiah spoke of this fresh start,

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 he was looking forward

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 to the ultimate new beginning.

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 Because as we saw in verses 1-5

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 the other week,

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 it all pictured,

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 it all pointed forward

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 to the coming of the Messiah,

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 God's chosen and appointed king

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 who would give the greatest fresh start.

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 The king, the Lord Jesus,

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 who invited people to come to him,

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 those who were thirsty,

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 those who were hungry,

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 said,

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 Come to me,

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 you will never thirst,

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 you will never hunger again.

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 Come to me and receive life,

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 receive eternal life,

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 receive that new beginning,

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 that fresh start

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 that only I can give.

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 So, here's God

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 coming to his people,

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 summoning them to say,

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 Come to me

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 for a fresh start

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 and a new beginning.

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 And we want to ask the question,

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 Well, how can we experience

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 this new beginning?

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 Well, as we start into the new year,

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 I want to give us

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 three things

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 that will help us

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 to experience

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 the new beginning.

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 And the first is this,

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 it is something

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 we can have.

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 Something we can have,

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 a new life.

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 God promised a fresh start

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 to his people,

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 but to experience it

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 for themselves,

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 it needed a response.

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 And if we want a fresh start

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 and a new beginning,

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 this is the kind of response

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 we need.

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 It must start

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 with urgent repentance.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 He says there,

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 Let the wicked

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 forsake his way

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 and the evil person

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 his thoughts.

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 Now, they're not words

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 that we would readily

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 use to describe ourselves.

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 We think of other people

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 as being wicked.

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 We think of murderers

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 and paedophiles

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 as being evil.

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 But here is God's description,

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 God's collective description

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 for all mankind

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 because it's very clear

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 that we've all turned away

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 from God.

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 We try to give ourselves

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 the fresh start.

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 We try to live without him.

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 We try to rule and run

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 our own lives without him.

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 And so the invitation

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 at the very beginning

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 is to come

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 and to repent.

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 It says to forsake

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 his way.

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 Literally,

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 it's to turn our backs

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 on trying to run

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 our own life.

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 And in turning back

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 from that,

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 we are to turn

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 to the Lord.

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 We are to accept

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 God's rule

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 over our life.

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 Not only are we

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 to turn away

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 from something,

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 to stop trying

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 to run our own life

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 and be in control

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 of our own lives,

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 but we are to turn

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 to the one

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 who is the ruler

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 over our lives.

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 And so as we start

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 into 2011,

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 this is the path

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 that we ought to take.

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 One that turns

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 from trying to run

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 and rule our own ways

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 and do our own thing

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 and to submit

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 our lives completely

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 to his rule.

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 But please note

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 that this is something

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 that we can't put off.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 It says,

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 Seek the Lord

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 while he may be found.

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 Call on him

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 while he's near.

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 So it's implying

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 that God will not

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 always be found.

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 He's not always

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 going to be near.

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 Presently he is.

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 Christmas has reminded us

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 that God came close

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 to us in Jesus Christ.

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 He did come near.

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 But there will come

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 a time where people

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 will look for him

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 and they won't find him.

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 People will call

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 but there will be

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 no answer.

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 And so there's something

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 of an urgency here

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 that we get our lives

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 sorted out quickly

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 while there is time,

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 while Christ

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 is here for us.

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 And it goes the same

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 not just for us

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 but for those

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 that we know.

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 It's no good

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 putting off

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 this invitation.

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 We must seek the Lord

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 while he may be found

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 and to call on him

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 while he's near.

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 It's a little bit

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 like the January sales

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 if any of you

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 have ventured into town.

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 The invitation

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 is here today.

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 Sale now on.

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 Come while the offer

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 is still available.

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 If you put it off

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 and wait until February

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 then it will be too late.

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 Everything will be gone.

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 And so God offers

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 this new beginning today.

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 He says,

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 don't wait until

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 it's too late.

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 Get it now

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 while it's available.

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 And for all of those

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 who avail of this offer

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 they won't be disappointed.

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 Look at the rest

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 of verse 7.

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 He says,

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 turn to the Lord

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 he will have mercy.

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 Turn to our God

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 and he will freely forgive.

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 So anybody who turns

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 at any time

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 will never be disappointed.

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 we receive the greatest

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 of fresh starts

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 because the slate

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 is wiped clean.

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 We are given

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 a brand new beginning.

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 And in many ways

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 this is just a sign

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 of God's amazing grace

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 towards us

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 because the way

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 in which God deals

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 with us

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 is beyond

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 our wildest dreams

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 and expectations.

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 Look at verse 8.

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 He says,

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 for my thoughts

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 are not your thoughts

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 neither are your ways

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 my ways

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 declares the Lord.

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 He doesn't give us

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 what we do deserve.

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 We deserve

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 to be punished.

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 We deserve

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 to be dealt with.

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 But instead

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 he gives us

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 what we don't deserve.

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 And we operate

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 as people

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 on the basis

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 that we must

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 earn everything

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 that we get.

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 we're judged

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 according to

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 our good performance.

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 Even our children

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 are brought up

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 because they're told

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 you won't get anything

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 unless you're good.

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 But God

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 doesn't deal

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 with us

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 in that way.

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 He deals

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 with us

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 with grace.

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 He says

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 in verse 7

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 as the heavens

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 are higher

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 than the earth

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 so are my ways

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 higher than your ways

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 and my thoughts

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 than your thoughts.

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 We are

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 completely different

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 to God.

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 We don't act

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 the same way

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 that God acts.

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 He deals

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 with us

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 so differently

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 than the way

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 in which we

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 deal with each other.

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 There's no way

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 that we can ever

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 get to God

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 through our own efforts.

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 There's no way

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 that we can enjoy

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 Him by the good

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 things that we do.

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 But yet God

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 is the one

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 who reaches down

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 into our lives.

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 My thoughts

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 are not your thoughts.

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 My ways

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 are not your ways.

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 I don't work

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 the way in which

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 the way you work.

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 I work differently.

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 I work by grace.

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 I intervene

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 into people's lives.

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 I give them

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 a new beginning

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 and a fresh start.

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 So he offers them

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 something to have.

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 A brand new life.

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 That is a brand new life

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 that we can have now.

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 But this is a life

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 that we can continue with

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 as we live a life

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 of repentance

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 and live a life

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 in God's grace

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 each and every day.

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 So that is something

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 for us all

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 to have.

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 A brand new life.

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 But the second thing

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 is that we have

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 something to share.

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 We have a new story

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 to share.

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 God's promise

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 of salvation

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 and a new beginning

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 was not just for Israel.

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 As verse 5

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 implied,

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 it would be

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 for all nations,

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 for all people.

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 So it seems

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 that this

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 new beginning

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 that God

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 has on offer

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 for his people

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 is something

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 that is to be shared.

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 Other people

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 are to be told

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 about it.

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 And it's the same

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 with our new life.

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 With our salvation.

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 Our story

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 is also

00:13:38.900 --> 00:13:39.639
 to be told

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 to other people.

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 And what's so amazing

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 about it,

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 when we do

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 tell our story,

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 it can have

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 an effect

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 on people's lives

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 that their lives

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 are also changed

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 and that they also

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 receive a brand

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 new beginning.

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 And the reason is

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 because of two things.

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 God's power

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 and God's promise.

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 Look at verse 10

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 at God's power.

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 It says,

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 As the rain

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 and the snow

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 come down from heaven

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 and do not return

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 to it without

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 watering the earth

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 and making it

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 blood and flourish

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 so that it yields

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 seed for the sower

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 and bread

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 for the eater,

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 so is my word

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 that goes out

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 from my mouth.

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 Now I think

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 we've all had

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 our fair share

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 of rain

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 over the year

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 and in recent weeks

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 we've had

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 our fair share

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 of snow

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 and everything else,

00:14:34.339 --> 00:14:35.039
 other forms

00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:36.039
 of precipitation

00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:37.059
 that have fallen.

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 And it's caused

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 a lot of chaos.

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 Some of us

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 have been without water.

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 Thankfully it's

00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:42.799
 back on.

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 But it's

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 very soon

00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.399
 we are going

00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:47.860
 to see the true effects

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 of all the water

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 and all the snow

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 that's fallen.

00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:52.559
 Seeds that fell

00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:53.240
 to the ground

00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:54.500
 earlier in the year

00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.659
 will begin

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 to germinate.

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 We'll see

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 small shoots

00:14:58.679 --> 00:14:59.319
 will appear

00:14:59.319 --> 00:14:59.959
 in the ground

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 and then they'll

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 grow into plants

00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:04.779
 and then we'll see

00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.740
 buds appearing

00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:06.480
 on the plants

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 and then they will

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 turn to blossom

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 and then the blossom

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 will turn to flowers,

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 the flowers will fall

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 and then we'll see

00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:14.059
 fruits

00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:15.759
 which will produce

00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:16.719
 more seeds

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 and more plants

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 and more fruit

00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:22.079
 for more people.

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 And all of these

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 effects,

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 it all happens

00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:26.239
 so naturally

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 that we don't

00:15:27.539 --> 00:15:28.439
 really take notice

00:15:28.439 --> 00:15:29.299
 of what happens.

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 But it's all

00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:31.159
 a result,

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 as we see in verse 10,

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 of the rain

00:15:33.939 --> 00:15:34.539
 and the snow

00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.299
 that falls.

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.439
 Without the rain

00:15:37.439 --> 00:15:38.079
 there would be

00:15:38.079 --> 00:15:38.799
 no life.

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 And so,

00:15:42.019 --> 00:15:42.679
 verse 11,

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 so it is,

00:15:43.959 --> 00:15:44.500
 God says,

00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:45.699
 with my word

00:15:45.699 --> 00:15:46.819
 that goes out

00:15:46.819 --> 00:15:47.739
 from my mouth.

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 He's saying that

00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:50.439
 as the story

00:15:50.439 --> 00:15:51.659
 of God's salvation

00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.539
 is told,

00:15:53.459 --> 00:15:54.620
 it's like the effect

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.299
 of rain

00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:56.559
 on the earth.

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 Now we might

00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:00.779
 think that

00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:01.579
 some seeds

00:16:01.579 --> 00:16:02.579
 look a bit dead

00:16:02.579 --> 00:16:03.159
 and rotten

00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:04.839
 and not up to much

00:16:04.839 --> 00:16:07.019
 and we can see

00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.879
 people as being

00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.399
 a little bit

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.399
 unresponsive

00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.099
 and a little bit

00:16:10.099 --> 00:16:10.899
 dead and we think

00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:12.299
 that they can't

00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:13.139
 really respond

00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.679
 to God

00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:15.639
 and how are they

00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.419
 ever going to

00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:18.120
 experience the new life?

00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:20.299
 But when God's word

00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:20.860
 is spoken,

00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:22.299
 when his story,

00:16:23.079 --> 00:16:24.179
 when his salvation

00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:24.879
 is spoken

00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:26.039
 into people's life,

00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:27.579
 something powerful

00:16:27.579 --> 00:16:28.159
 happens,

00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:30.079
 a brand new life

00:16:30.079 --> 00:16:32.220
 begins to appear

00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:33.699
 and begins to take shape.

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:36.800
 So God's power

00:16:36.800 --> 00:16:38.060
 in God's story

00:16:38.060 --> 00:16:39.060
 and his salvation

00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:40.879
 is powerful

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.960
 but this power

00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.800
 also comes with

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.259
 a promise.

00:16:43.400 --> 00:16:43.900
 Look at the rest

00:16:43.900 --> 00:16:44.680
 of verse 11.

00:16:45.920 --> 00:16:46.400
 It says,

00:16:46.520 --> 00:16:47.680
 it will not return

00:16:47.680 --> 00:16:48.680
 to me empty

00:16:48.680 --> 00:16:50.900
 but will accomplish

00:16:50.900 --> 00:16:52.140
 what I desire

00:16:52.140 --> 00:16:53.440
 and achieve

00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.320
 the purpose

00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:56.780
 for which I sent it.

00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:59.220
 So just as the rain

00:16:59.220 --> 00:16:59.839
 and the snow

00:16:59.839 --> 00:17:00.679
 falls

00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:04.359
 and has an impact

00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:06.039
 and the impact

00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:07.000
 is undeniable

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:08.039
 because we see

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:09.379
 brand new shoots

00:17:09.379 --> 00:17:10.240
 and new plants

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.940
 coming up.

00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.680
 So it is exactly

00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.240
 the same

00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.220
 with God's word.

00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.359
 Look at the emphasis

00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:16.259
 in verse 11.

00:17:16.399 --> 00:17:16.740
 It says,

00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:18.639
 it will not return

00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.399
 to me empty.

00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:21.220
 It will accomplish

00:17:21.220 --> 00:17:22.259
 what I desire.

00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:23.759
 It will achieve

00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.519
 the purpose

00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:26.400
 for which I sent it.

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 You see,

00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.639
 when we receive

00:17:29.639 --> 00:17:30.420
 God's offer

00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:31.279
 of new life

00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:33.079
 we have been

00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:34.059
 given a story.

00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:36.579
 God's salvation

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:38.379
 is also our story.

00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:39.200
 It's a story

00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:40.240
 that is to be told

00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:41.420
 because our life

00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:42.240
 has been changed.

00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:42.940
 Our life

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.859
 has been transformed.

00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:45.000
 We now have

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:46.059
 a story of hope

00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:46.960
 and of salvation

00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:47.700
 of forgiveness

00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:48.740
 of mercy

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.519
 of grace.

00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:53.000
 And so when we

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:53.960
 begin to speak

00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.840
 our story

00:17:54.840 --> 00:17:55.640
 to others

00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:57.460
 we can be assured

00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.480
 that God will do

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 his promised work.

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 And I want to

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 encourage us

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 over this coming year

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 and I want you

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 to think right now

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 of people

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 that you're going

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 to meet

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 and people

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 that you're going

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 to see

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 over this year

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 who you know

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 are not yet Christians.

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 People who

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 haven't yet experienced

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 God's new beginning

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 and new life.

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 And I want you

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 to be encouraged

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 not because of you

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 or because of

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 your words

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 but because of

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 God's power

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 and God's promise.

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 Because as you

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 begin to speak

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 your story

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 as you begin

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 to speak

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 that salvation

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 into other

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 people's life

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 there will be

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 effects.

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 That's God's promise.

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 It's not my

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 making it up.

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 This is God's

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 promise to us.

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 We mightn't see

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 the effects

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 immediately

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 just as the seeds

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 don't sprout

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 immediately

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 just as when

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 the rain falls

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 we don't see

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 immediate growth

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 but over time

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 in the coming

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 year

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 maybe even

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 next year

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 maybe in a

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 couple of years

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 God has promised

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 look at the promise

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 read it for yourselves

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 again in verse 11

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 it will not

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 return to me

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 empty

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 it will accomplish

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 what I desire

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 and achieve

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 the purpose

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 for which I sent

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 it.

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 As God's

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 story

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 as our story

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 of new life

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 is told

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 it will penetrate

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 deep into

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 people's lives

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 his spirit

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 will water

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 that word

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 hardened hearts

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 will be softened

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 and new shoots

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 will begin

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 and there will be

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 the beginnings

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 of new life.

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 Over the Christmas

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 we gave out

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 calendars

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 over the coming

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.099
 year we'll be

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 giving out

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 the prodigal

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 son leaflets

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 that we've

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 put together

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 and we may

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 think what's

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 the point

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 in doing that

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 is anybody

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 going to read

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 it

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 will anybody

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 be changed

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 it's God's

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 words

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 it's powerful

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 and it comes

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 with a promise

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 and so here

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 is something

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 secondly

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 that we have

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 to share

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 we have a new

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 story

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 we've been given

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 a new beginning

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 a fresh start

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 and that new

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 beginning

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 and fresh start

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 is to be told

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 it's a story

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 for others

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 that they can

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 have

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 but the third

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 thing

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 that I want

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 to give us

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 this morning

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 is that we

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 have something

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 to enjoy

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 not only

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 have we been

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 given something

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 a new life

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 not only

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 have we

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 something to

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 share a new

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 story

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 but we

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 have something

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 to enjoy

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 a new

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 world

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:45.579
 the bible

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 clearly

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.960
 introduces us

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 to a God

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 who specialises

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.960
 in new

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 beginnings

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 and one

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 day God

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.559
 is going

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:51.940
 to bring

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 about the

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 last

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 of his

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 new

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:54.799
 beginnings

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.460
 the new

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 heavens

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 and the

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.460
 new earth

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 in all

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.359
 its fullness

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 and this

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.700
 new beginning

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:02.039
 will be a

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 great celebration

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.779
 look at verse

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 12

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 it says

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 you will

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 go out

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 in joy

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 and be led

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 forth in peace

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 the mountains

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 and the hills

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.799
 will burst

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 into song

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.160
 before you

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 the trees

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.980
 of the field

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 will clap

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 their hands

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 it's pointing

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 forward to

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 the new

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 heaven

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.619
 and the new

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 earth

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 and it's

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 like all

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.200
 God's

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 people

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 and all

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 of nature

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 will be

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 joining

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 in this

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 great

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.599
 celebration

00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:31.079
 it will

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.720
 be a new

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.279
 lease of

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 life

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 it's like

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.299
 nature

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:34.920
 becomes

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.519
 everything

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.000
 that it

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.700
 was intended

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.139
 to be

00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:37.879
 we see

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.519
 so much

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:38.879
 that is

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.379
 broken

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:39.980
 so much

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.359
 that is

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:40.839
 corrupt

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.819
 things don't

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.480
 work the way

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:42.859
 it is

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.579
 but here

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:43.899
 in this

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.200
 picture

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.720
 it's almost

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 like the

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.680
 hills

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.059
 and the

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.480
 mountains

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.659
 are rolling

00:21:47.659 --> 00:21:48.799
 in excitement

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:50.460
 the branches

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.460
 of the trees

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.599
 begin swaying

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:52.920
 as they

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.700
 clap their

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.779
 their branches

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.420
 together

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.159
 creating

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:57.079
 an enormous

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.759
 sound

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:59.480
 and it's

00:21:59.480 --> 00:21:59.799
 as if

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.359
 God is

00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:01.180
 the conductor

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:04.740
 conducting

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:06.019
 this world

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.820
 of nature

00:22:06.820 --> 00:22:07.299
 and his

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 people

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.880
 bringing out

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.460
 a wonderful

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.460
 symphony of

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.240
 praise and

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.980
 celebration

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.440
 as they

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.180
 all come

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:13.680
 together

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:17.779
 now while

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.660
 this is all

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.580
 celebrations

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.519
 to come

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.680
 it is

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.240
 something that

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.560
 we can

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:23.259
 begin to

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.740
 celebrate

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.960
 now

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:26.200
 because it

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.860
 was prompt

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.399
 because it

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:27.919
 has been

00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:28.439
 promised

00:22:28.439 --> 00:22:29.699
 it is

00:22:29.699 --> 00:22:30.240
 guaranteed

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.039
 just as

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.599
 God's

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.000
 word

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.199
 is promised

00:22:33.199 --> 00:22:33.639
 to have

00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:34.099
 an effect

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.519
 it's

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.000
 guaranteed

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.639
 to do

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.019
 a work

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.219
 so God's

00:22:37.219 --> 00:22:37.799
 promise of

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.139
 the new

00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:38.659
 heaven and

00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:38.979
 the new

00:22:38.979 --> 00:22:39.379
 earth is

00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:39.699
 promised

00:22:39.699 --> 00:22:40.119
 it's

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.539
 guaranteed

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.139
 so we

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:41.319
 can

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.879
 celebrate

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.619
 today

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.919
 what we

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:44.240
 know

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.619
 we are

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:44.979
 going to

00:22:44.979 --> 00:22:45.199
 have

00:22:45.199 --> 00:22:45.699
 tomorrow

00:22:45.699 --> 00:22:47.019
 it's a

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.339
 little bit

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.599
 like

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.299
 celebrating

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.779
 the new

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.139
 year

00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:50.979
 if any

00:22:50.979 --> 00:22:51.259
 of you

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.559
 are at

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:51.959
 a new

00:22:51.959 --> 00:22:52.179
 year

00:22:52.179 --> 00:22:52.959
 celebration

00:22:52.959 --> 00:22:54.099
 this year

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:55.859
 you'll know

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.259
 that the

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.279
 party starts

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.939
 well before

00:22:57.939 --> 00:22:58.439
 midnight

00:22:58.439 --> 00:22:59.319
 nobody turns

00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.679
 up at

00:22:59.679 --> 00:23:00.539
 twelve o'clock

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.819
 we all

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.259
 turn up

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.119
 before twelve

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.519
 o'clock

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:05.079
 because we're

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:05.819
 celebrating

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:07.079
 in anticipation

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:08.019
 of what's

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.480
 to come

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.379
 and then when

00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:10.000
 it strikes

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.500
 midnight

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.519
 everybody

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.480
 celebrates

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.719
 the poppers

00:23:13.719 --> 00:23:14.019
 go

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.819
 the fireworks

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.319
 go

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.639
 the lanterns

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:16.899
 go

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.379
 or whatever

00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:17.899
 else you

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.339
 saw on

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.879
 new year's

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.099
 eve

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:20.259
 everything

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.839
 happens

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.480
 the party

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.059
 begins

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:24.079
 but the

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.679
 celebration

00:23:24.679 --> 00:23:25.579
 begins

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.519
 before that

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.899
 in anticipation

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.679
 of what's

00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:29.119
 to come

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.299
 and it's

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.740
 the same

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.279
 way what

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.740
 god has

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.279
 promised

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.539
 we can

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.099
 begin to

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.559
 celebrate

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.139
 today

00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:36.359
 because

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:36.779
 it is

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.419
 guaranteed

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:39.019
 but the

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.859
 reason why

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.259
 we can

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.700
 celebrate

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.639
 is because

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.579
 the curse

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.980
 has been

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.519
 removed

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.220
 the bad

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.879
 is replaced

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.539
 and the good

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.240
 is restored

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.639
 look at

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.399
 verse 13

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.960
 instead of

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:51.019
 the thorn bush

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.220
 will grow

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.879
 the pine

00:23:52.879 --> 00:23:53.279
 tree

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.539
 instead of

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.440
 the briars

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.720
 the myrtle

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.660
 will grow

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:59.700
 it's telling

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.339
 us that the

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.160
 curse is going

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.900
 to be broken

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:03.279
 there will be

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.759
 no more

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.480
 thorns

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.700
 or briars

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.559
 in life

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:08.799
 no more

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.299
 sharp

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.980
 stings

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.879
 no more

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.500
 the sting

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.139
 of death

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:14.680
 no more

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.180
 the sting

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.740
 of anything

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:17.339
 there will be

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.740
 no more

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.279
 pain

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:19.660
 no more

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.180
 sickness

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.460
 no more

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.099
 suffering

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:23.420
 no more

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.879
 death

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.799
 and no

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.740
 more disease

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.639
 no more

00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:27.480
 disappointment

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:29.279
 and no

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.480
 more heartache

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:32.619
 instead of

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.819
 the curse

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.940
 blessings are

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.379
 going to

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.859
 flow

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.960
 across the

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.399
 world

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:39.359
 it says that

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:39.920
 there will be

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.639
 instead of the

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.119
 briar

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:42.299
 the myrtle

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.779
 will grow

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.480
 instead of the

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.019
 thorn bush

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.980
 the pine tree

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.539
 will grow

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:47.139
 the pine

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:47.460
 and the

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.779
 myrtle

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.159
 were the

00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:48.480
 great

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.240
 evergreens

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.859
 symbolising

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.579
 the fullness

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.059
 and the

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.619
 continuation

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.500
 of life

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.500
 it will be

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.000
 beauty

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.859
 upon beauty

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.920
 the world

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.720
 restored

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:59.180
 to absolute

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.899
 perfection

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:01.799
 this is what

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.519
 God is going

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.039
 to do

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.839
 and this is

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.379
 what we can

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:05.379
 celebrate today

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.299
 it's already

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.019
 ours

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:10.339
 I don't know

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.899
 if any of you

00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:11.440
 went to

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.240
 the cinema

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.460
 to see the

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:13.859
 new

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.619
 Narnia

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.740
 the voyage

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.039
 of the

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.279
 dawn

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.699
 treader

00:25:16.699 --> 00:25:17.379
 has anybody

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:18.740
 seen it

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.299
 yep

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.159
 do you enjoy

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:21.459
 it

00:25:21.459 --> 00:25:22.500
 yep

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.119
 very good

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:24.119
 recommend you

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.579
 to go to

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.259
 all Narnia

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.919
 films and

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.319
 read the

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.779
 stories

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.879
 full of

00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:28.399
 symbolism

00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:29.379
 it's wonderful

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.299
 let me just

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.139
 read to you

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:33.379
 the books are

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.879
 better than

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.519
 the films

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:36.139
 by the way

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:37.039
 there's a lot

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.659
 more in them

00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.459
 but at the

00:25:38.459 --> 00:25:38.979
 end of the

00:25:38.979 --> 00:25:39.279
 dawn

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.799
 treader

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:43.119
 they're seeking

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:45.459
 to deal

00:25:45.459 --> 00:25:45.859
 with the

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.199
 curse

00:25:46.199 --> 00:25:46.619
 there's been

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.119
 a curse

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.419
 and the

00:25:47.419 --> 00:25:48.119
 three lords

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.959
 are sleeping

00:25:48.959 --> 00:25:49.319
 and they

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.199
 want to

00:25:50.199 --> 00:25:50.959
 undo this

00:25:50.959 --> 00:25:51.259
 curse

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.599
 and they've

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:51.979
 got to

00:25:51.979 --> 00:25:52.419
 go to

00:25:52.419 --> 00:25:53.000
 the end

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.319
 of the

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.699
 world

00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:55.059
 to make

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.519
 sure that

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.119
 the curse

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:57.379
 is lifted

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:59.379
 and they're

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.979
 setting off

00:25:59.979 --> 00:26:00.539
 across the

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:00.879
 sea

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:02.019
 and as they

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.539
 go across

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.919
 the sea

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.419
 they're going

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:04.059
 across a

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.719
 sea full

00:26:04.719 --> 00:26:05.219
 of white

00:26:05.219 --> 00:26:05.759
 lilies

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:07.000
 and they're

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.959
 coming towards

00:26:07.959 --> 00:26:08.939
 the end

00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.159
 of the

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.439
 world

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:09.919
 and in the

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.319
 book the

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:10.899
 chapter is

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.460
 called the

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.340
 very end

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:13.000
 of the

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.380
 world

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:15.519
 there was

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.019
 no need

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.600
 to row

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.440
 for the

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.860
 current

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.720
 drifted them

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.540
 steadily to

00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:20.140
 the east

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:21.560
 none of them

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.640
 slept or ate

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:24.460
 all that night

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.320
 and all next

00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:25.820
 day they

00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.940
 glided eastward

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:28.240
 and when the

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.820
 third day

00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:29.560
 dawned

00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:30.360
 with a

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.740
 brightness

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.780
 you or I

00:26:31.780 --> 00:26:32.280
 could not

00:26:32.280 --> 00:26:32.980
 even bear

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.580
 even if we

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.200
 had dark

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.960
 glasses on

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.180
 they saw

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.080
 a wonder

00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:37.780
 ahead

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:39.279
 it was

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.639
 as if

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.079
 a wall

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.639
 stood up

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.119
 between

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.559
 them

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.899
 and the

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.299
 sky

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.460
 a greyish

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.899
 green

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.680
 trembling

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.539
 shimmering

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:45.920
 wall

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:47.440
 then up

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.940
 came the

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.339
 sun

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.279
 and at

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.799
 its first

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.299
 rising

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.899
 they saw

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.200
 it through

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.680
 the wall

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.019
 and it

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.740
 turned into

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.319
 wonderful

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.759
 rainbow

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.220
 colours

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.519
 then they

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:55.980
 knew that

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.579
 the wall

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.119
 was really

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.799
 a long

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.599
 tall

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.160
 wave

00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.399
 a wave

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:01.000
 endlessly

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.619
 fixed

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.099
 in one

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:02.559
 place

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.200
 as you

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.660
 may often

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.139
 see at

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.619
 the edge

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:04.920
 of the

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.460
 waterfall

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:08.140
 they could

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.620
 not have

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.500
 even seen

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.400
 even if

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:10.980
 the sun

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.720
 sorry

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.220
 they could

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.720
 not have

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.140
 seen

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.840
 even if

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.380
 the sun

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:15.340
 their eyes

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:15.640
 had been

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.160
 strengthened

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.620
 by the

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:16.900
 water

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.180
 of the

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.460
 last

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.779
 sea

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.980
 but now

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.400
 they could

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:19.840
 look at

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.360
 the rising

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.799
 sun

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.279
 and see

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.920
 it clearly

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.799
 and see

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.279
 things

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:24.039
 beyond it

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.160
 what they

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.519
 saw

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.160
 eastward

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:27.059
 beyond the

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.299
 sun

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.740
 was a

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.120
 range

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.319
 of

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.759
 mountains

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.620
 it was

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.340
 so high

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.840
 that neither

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.519
 they never

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.160
 saw the

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.779
 top of it

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.620
 nor ever

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.400
 forgot it

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.500
 none of

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.640
 them

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.180
 remembered

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.880
 seeing any

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.560
 sky in

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:38.360
 that direction

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:39.440
 and the

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.840
 mountains

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.620
 must really

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.080
 have been

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.860
 outside the

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:42.180
 world

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.240
 for any

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.800
 mountains

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:44.460
 even a

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.080
 quarter of

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.780
 a twentieth

00:27:45.780 --> 00:27:46.240
 of that

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.560
 height

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.140
 ought to

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.480
 have had

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.120
 ice and

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:48.620
 snow in

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:48.820
 them

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:50.259
 but these

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.140
 were warm

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:52.400
 and green

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.540
 and full

00:27:53.540 --> 00:27:54.259
 of forest

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:56.040
 and waterfalls

00:27:56.040 --> 00:27:57.400
 however high

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.580
 you looked

00:27:58.579 --> 00:28:01.019
 no one

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.399
 in that

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:01.759
 boat

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.460
 doubted

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.679
 that they

00:28:03.679 --> 00:28:04.339
 were seen

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.359
 beyond the

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.839
 end of the

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.259
 world

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.319
 into

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.179
 Aslan's

00:28:08.179 --> 00:28:08.679
 country

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:13.039
 Isaiah the

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.439
 prophet

00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:15.199
 who's been

00:28:15.199 --> 00:28:15.939
 writing for

00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:16.500
 us here

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.799
 has also

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.419
 been given

00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:19.619
 a bird's

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.319
 eye view

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.319
 into

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:22.259
 Aslan's

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.619
 country

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.740
 we can

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.240
 read of it

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.899
 in Isaiah

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.679
 65

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.500
 if you want

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.139
 to turn to

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.580
 it there

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:29.640
 Isaiah 65

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:34.560
 As he

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:35.060
 pictures

00:28:35.060 --> 00:28:36.140
 what is

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.740
 to come

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.300
 it's as if

00:28:37.300 --> 00:28:37.720
 he has

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.300
 been given

00:28:38.300 --> 00:28:39.759
 a glimpse

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:41.360
 beyond the

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:42.060
 sun to be

00:28:42.060 --> 00:28:42.780
 able to look

00:28:42.780 --> 00:28:43.620
 beyond to the

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.500
 sun to see

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.560
 the new

00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.180
 creation

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.920
 verse 17

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.820
 behold I

00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.480
 will create

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.880
 a new

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.540
 heavens and

00:28:50.540 --> 00:28:50.900
 a new

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.200
 earth

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.900
 the former

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.600
 things will

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.140
 not be

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.720
 remembered

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:56.220
 nor will

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.880
 they come

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.600
 to mind

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:59.940
 verse 20

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.760
 never again

00:29:00.760 --> 00:29:01.220
 will there

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.700
 be in it

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.180
 an infant

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.760
 who lives

00:29:02.760 --> 00:29:03.380
 but a few

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:03.880
 days

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:05.300
 or an old

00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:05.900
 man who

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.400
 does not

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.860
 live out

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.460
 his years

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.740
 he who

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.320
 dies at

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:09.800
 a hundred

00:29:09.800 --> 00:29:10.220
 will be

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.740
 thought a

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.320
 mere youth

00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:12.060
 he who

00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:12.760
 fails to

00:29:12.760 --> 00:29:13.120
 reach a

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.440
 hundred

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:13.900
 will be

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.460
 considered

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.020
 accursed

00:29:15.020 --> 00:29:16.800
 they will

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.660
 build houses

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.280
 and dwell

00:29:18.280 --> 00:29:18.620
 in them

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.360
 they will

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:20.460
 plant vineyards

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.040
 and eat

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:21.740
 their fruit

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:23.279
 no longer

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.740
 will they

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.539
 build houses

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.160
 and others

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.700
 live in them

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.339
 or plant

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.759
 and others

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.079
 eat

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.980
 for as the

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.620
 days of a

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.319
 tree so

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.740
 will the

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.319
 days of

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.000
 my people

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.539
 my chosen

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.220
 ones will

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.620
 long enjoy

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.859
 the works

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.200
 of their

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.680
 hands

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:40.279
 they will

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.000
 not toil

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.539
 in vain

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:41.980
 or bear

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:43.099
 children doomed

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:44.059
 to misfortune

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:45.200
 for they

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.680
 will be a

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.579
 people blessed

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.140
 by the

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.759
 Lord they

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.119
 and their

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:48.640
 descendants

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.480
 with them

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:52.660
 verse 25

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.599
 the wolf

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.039
 and the

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.339
 lamb

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.000
 will feed

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.519
 together

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:57.059
 the lion

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.619
 will eat

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.160
 straw

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.740
 like the

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.140
 ox

00:29:59.140 --> 00:30:00.019
 but dust

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.359
 will be

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:00.599
 the

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.039
 servants

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.539
 food

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.859
 they will

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.160
 neither

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.759
 harm

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.720
 nor destroy

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:06.119
 on all

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.819
 my holy

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.400
 mountain

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.640
 says the

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:08.940
 Lord

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:11.980
 so this

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.400
 is a

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:12.799
 wonderful

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.700
 new world

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.379
 something

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.859
 that we

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.180
 have been

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.579
 given

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.079
 something

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:17.140
 to enjoy

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:18.560
 and this

00:30:18.560 --> 00:30:19.420
 new world

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.340
 will be

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:20.840
 God's

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.340
 eternal

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.900
 sign

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.480
 back in

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.320
 chapter 5

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:24.640
 verse 13

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:24.980
 at the

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.680
 very end

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:27.440
 says that

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.120
 this will be

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.500
 for the

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.900
 Lord's

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.360
 renown

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:30.180
 for an

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:31.020
 everlasting

00:30:31.020 --> 00:30:32.020
 sign

00:30:32.020 --> 00:30:33.100
 which will

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.580
 not be

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.080
 destroyed

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.640
 the new

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:34.980
 heaven

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.300
 and the

00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:35.500
 new

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.820
 earth

00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:37.360
 will be

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.880
 God's

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.240
 sign

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.740
 that this

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.360
 will never

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:39.860
 be

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.280
 there will

00:30:40.280 --> 00:30:40.759
 never be

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.140
 a new

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.540
 beginning

00:30:41.540 --> 00:30:42.020
 again

00:30:42.020 --> 00:30:43.160
 this will

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.660
 be it

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.680
 for all

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.240
 eternity

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.820
 never again

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.179
 will we

00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:47.579
 have to

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:47.859
 say

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.599
 please

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.439
 can we

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:49.859
 start

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.279
 again

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.759
 because this

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.259
 is a new

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.700
 world

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.720
 which we

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.879
 have to

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.399
 enjoy

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:57.599
 so these

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.039
 are three

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.859
 things that

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.899
 we have

00:30:59.899 --> 00:31:00.500
 been given

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.980
 something

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.500
 we've been

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.179
 given a

00:31:02.179 --> 00:31:02.819
 new life

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:04.159
 something to

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:04.619
 share

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.720
 a new

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.179
 story

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:07.019
 something to

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.599
 enjoy

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.720
 a new

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.200
 world

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:10.599
 and I just

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.079
 want us to

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.659
 think how

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.619
 this very

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.279
 briefly how

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.899
 this affects

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:14.599
 our past

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.240
 our present

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.579
 in the

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.960
 future

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.740
 if we

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.160
 have a

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.319
 new

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.759
 life

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:19.259
 the past

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.480
 is forgiven

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.779
 our sins

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.519
 are forgotten

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.880
 they are all

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.599
 dealt with

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.420
 at the

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.799
 cross

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:27.200
 each day

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.620
 we can

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.440
 find his

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.980
 forgiveness

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.279
 afresh

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.660
 each day

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:33.180
 is a fresh

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.660
 start

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:35.000
 each moment

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.259
 is a fresh

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.900
 start with

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.180
 him

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.859
 and it

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.500
 affects the

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.339
 present because

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.920
 we have a

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.720
 new story

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:43.140
 this week

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:44.299
 whatever your

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.319
 situation

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.960
 whether you're

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.839
 employed or

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.380
 unemployed

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.920
 whatever may

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.319
 come

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.620
 we have the

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.759
 greatest story

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.819
 to tell

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:54.880
 salvation

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:56.059
 the new

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.480
 beginning

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.960
 the new

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.360
 life

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:58.480
 and we have

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.420
 God's promise

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.299
 of his word

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.500
 that he will

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.319
 do his work

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.039
 in people's

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.380
 lives

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:05.519
 but we also

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.940
 find that this

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.600
 affects our

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.059
 future

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:09.299
 we don't

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.619
 know what

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.139
 the future

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.639
 holds

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:12.339
 a lot of

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.859
 it is going

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.700
 to be bleak

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.619
 I can assure

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:15.279
 you that as

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.899
 we come into

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.480
 a new year

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.960
 with the way

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.579
 the economy

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:17.899
 is

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.919
 all kinds

00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:19.339
 of things

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:19.819
 will happen

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.200
 to us

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.519
 there may

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.079
 be sickness

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:22.399
 there may

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:22.839
 even be

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.179
 death

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:26.019
 but we have

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.419
 been given

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:27.059
 the promise

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.559
 of a new

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:27.899
 world

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.319
 a new

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.779
 future

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.659
 where everything

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.259
 is taken

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.899
 care of

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.679
 where we

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.279
 will rest

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.099
 and celebrate

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.700
 forever

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:35.119
 in the new

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.480
 heaven

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.000
 and the new

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.200
 earth

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.440
 a day will

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.859
 come

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:39.719
 where we

00:32:39.719 --> 00:32:40.379
 will never

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:40.939
 ever have

00:32:40.939 --> 00:32:41.439
 to say

00:32:41.439 --> 00:32:42.539
 please

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.959
 can we

00:32:42.959 --> 00:32:43.879
 start again

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:45.219
 because it

00:32:45.219 --> 00:32:45.519
 will all

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.000
 be over

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.119
 and we

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.500
 will be

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.619
 with the

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:48.939
 Lord

00:32:48.939 --> 00:32:50.740
 so if you

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.099
 are looking

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.519
 for a

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.459
 fresh start

00:32:52.459 --> 00:32:54.619
 Isaiah 55

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:56.459
 is the place

00:32:56.459 --> 00:32:57.119
 to go to

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:58.039
 and I

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.659
 encourage you

00:32:58.659 --> 00:32:59.059
 to keep

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.659
 turning to

00:32:59.659 --> 00:33:00.839
 that in

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.240
 the year

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.979
 that's ahead

00:33:01.979 --> 00:33:03.500
 let's pray

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.399
 together

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:11.240
 we'll just

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.640
 take a

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.160
 moment or

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.340
 two

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:12.920
 if anybody

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.380
 would like

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:13.980
 to pray

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.840
 in response

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.280
 to what

00:33:15.280 --> 00:33:15.580
 we've

00:33:15.580 --> 00:33:15.900
 heard

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:17.440
 then please

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.640
 feel free

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.060
 to do

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.359
 with

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.460
 and if

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.039
 I

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:23.000
 will

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.659
 close

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:24.119
 to

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:27.000
 B

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.539
 or

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.399
 see