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 We'll begin our worship this evening by singing to God's praise. We're going to sing in Psalm 106,

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 the Scottish Psalter version, Psalm 106, page 378 of the Psalm books. We'll sing from verse 1

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 to verse 5. The tune is done firmly in Psalm 106. At verse 1, give praise and thanks unto the Lord,

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 for bountiful is he, his tender mercy doth endure unto eternity. We'll sing from verse 1 to

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 5 to God's praise, and we stand to sing.

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 Give praise and thanks unto the Lord, for bountiful is he, his tender mercy doth endure unto eternity.

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 God's mighty works who can express, or show forth all his grace.

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 Blessed are they the judgment key, and justly do always.

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 Remember me, Lord, with that love, which thou to thine dost bear. With thy salvation, O my God,

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 for send me draw near. But I, my chosen stood may see, and in their joy rejoice. And may with thine inheritance,

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 Let us unite our hearts in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our gracious and everlasting Father,

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 we thank you that we come to you as our Lord

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 and as our God.

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 We come with so much to be thankful for.

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 We thank you for the peace that we enjoy.

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 We thank you for the blessing that we have

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 in coming to praise your name together.

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 We come, Lord, thankful for your tender mercies towards us,

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 mercies that are new each day.

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 And Lord, as we just look into our hearts this evening

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 and as we look into your word

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 and as we look out into the world, O Lord,

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 we come just thankful, Lord,

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 for the very fact that we have a God to call upon.

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 We have a God who hears the cries of his people.

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 We have a God who is able to do so much more

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 than we even ask or imagine.

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 And when there are times when we feel helpless,

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 when there are times where we feel much grief for our world,

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 when there is so much sorrow and sadness around us,

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 we thank you that you are a God who is able to comfort,

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 that you are a God who is able to change,

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 to change war into peace.

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 And as we have heard and seen in this last week, Lord,

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 the devastation of war in our midst once again in the world,

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 we do pray for you as the God of mercy,

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 the God of peace,

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 even to bring a quick end to this awful war in Israel,

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 as we are reminded on our prayer notes.

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 But in other parts of the world, too,

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 we see much devastation, much atrocities.

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 And we pray, Lord, for quick ends to it all.

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 In many ways, we know that that will not be until you return.

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 For your word reminds us that there will be wars

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 and rumors of war.

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 But we thank you, too, Lord,

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 that you are still God in the midst of it all,

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 that you are the one who is able to change evil to good.

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 And we pray, Lord, that in these days

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 that we would see your power at work,

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 that again, as we see, oh, Lord,

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 so much that we wonder at,

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 we don't have answers to the many questions we might face.

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 We don't have answers to the wickedness of mankind.

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 But, Lord, we thank you that in the midst of confusion

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 that you are able to bring more clarity.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that your word is such a great blessing to us

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 and to all your people,

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 even as we have sung in these words together this evening,

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 remember me, Lord, with that love

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 which thou to thine dost bear.

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 We thank you that your love is unending

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 and unchanging towards your people,

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 wherever they find themselves

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 and whatever circumstances they are in this evening,

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 that your love is unchanging towards them,

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 that you are the God of all covenant and all grace,

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 that you are the God who keeps his people,

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 not just here, but for all eternity,

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 and that whatever comes the way of your people in this world,

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 we know, Lord, that as your word says,

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 that it's greater to come,

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 that our blessings unending

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 and at the throne of God in heaven.

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 And we thank you, Lord,

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 that in the midst of turmoil,

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 that your word is such a blessing to us,

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 but how we need the eyes of faith,

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 how we need to hear your word through ears

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 that hear what you are saying to us.

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 For in the midst of it all,

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 there are warnings to our world

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 and to our people as well,

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 to each of us even here this evening,

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 that our times, O Lord,

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 are out with our control,

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 that all our lives are in your hands,

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 our days are numbered by you,

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 and teach us, Lord,

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 to do wisely with them.

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 For we know, Lord,

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 that we can so often put things away,

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 we can put them off till tomorrow,

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 when tomorrow is never guaranteed for any of us.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 that as you remind us again and again

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 of how quickly our lives and our world can change,

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 teach us, Lord,

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 to come near to you,

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 to call upon you,

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 to find our refuge in you.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that as a church and as a people,

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 that we will be spoken to in these days as well.

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 For we are reminded that there is nothing new under the sun,

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 that your church,

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 your people have been opposed

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 down through all the generations and all time.

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 And we are reminded even in your word,

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 as we will read it this evening

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 and as we study it together,

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 that whether we look in the Old or the New Testament,

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 we see your people suffering at the hands of evil.

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 We see, O Lord,

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 the church, as it were,

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 being attacked from all sides.

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 And yet we see,

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 Lord,

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 the need for your people to stand strong

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 and to stand strong in the Lord,

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 to be a people of vision,

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 to be a people who have fixed their eyes on God

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 and who trust in him with all their hearts.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that in our day and in our time here,

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 that you will help us to stand in the Lord,

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 to stand strong in the Lord,

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 to put on the full armour of God

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 and so to stand as your word sees.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 and thank you for all the armour that we have,

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 for all the provision that you have made for us

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 through your word,

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 through prayer,

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 through your righteousness,

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 through the church at large, Lord.

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 We thank you that you have equipped us

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 in every way to be your people,

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 to stand in this world and fight for your cause.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that you will encourage us,

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 that you will encourage us in these days

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 to see the urgency of the gospel

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 and to see the need to tell others of a saviour,

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 to show them the love of Christ,

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 the one who came to take away the sin of the world.

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 And so we pray and thank you, Lord,

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 that you are able to build your church

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 in the midst of every conflict,

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 every worry and every anxiety,

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 that your promise is that you will build your church.

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 And so we ask, Lord,

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 that to all ends of the earth today,

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 that you will speak,

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 that you will minister,

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 that you will draw people to yourself,

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 from all tribes and from all people,

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 from all ends of the earth,

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 Lord,

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 that you will be the God of salvation

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 that the psalm speaks of.

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 With thy salvation,

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 O my God,

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 to visit me,

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 draw near.

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 We sung these words

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 and we pray these words,

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 that it will be so for all your people,

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 near and far.

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 Draw near with your saving power.

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 Draw near with your grace

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 and with your mercy.

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 Lord,

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 remember us as a congregation here

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 and remember us in homes and families

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 represented and connected with us as a people.

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 Remember us,

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 Lord,

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 in all our different needs.

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 Help us and draw near to us,

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 Lord,

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 as we go through

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 all the different emotions

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 and experience of life,

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 whether it's times of joy,

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 O Lord,

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 as we saw the marriage of Yoin and Dawn on Friday,

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 as we saw such joy and happiness.

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 We thank you for that day.

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 We thank you for the marriage

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 and the celebration of it.

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 And we pray your blessing upon Yoin and Dawn

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 as they set on and married life together,

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 Lord.

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 We pray your blessing will be upon them

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 and for their families too,

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 Lord,

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 as they enjoyed the day together,

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 Lord,

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 that your blessing would be upon them also.

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 And yet in the midst of joy,

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 Lord,

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 we know that there is so often sadness,

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 even on the same hour,

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 Lord,

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 just here and along the road,

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 a wedding in one place

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 and a funeral in another.

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 And it's just a reminder to us

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 of our lives

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 and all that they entail,

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 joy in one place

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 and sorrow in another.

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 And we know that the experience of many,

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 even in this past week,

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 has been that sorrow and grief of loss.

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 And we pray,

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 Lord,

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 that in our communities here

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 and throughout our island,

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 that your comfort would visit homes

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 that have endured such sorrow and sadness.

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 We pray that your comfort will be with them,

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 Lord,

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 who mourn the loss of loved ones.

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 We pray also for those who are unwell.

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 We pray,

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 Lord,

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 for those who are in hospital and homes

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 and confined to their own homes,

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 Lord,

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 going through different experiences just now,

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 times of trial

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 and yet times when you minister,

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 Lord,

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 in powerful ways.

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 And we thank you

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 that your grace is sufficient,

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 sufficient for all experience,

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 that you are the one who draws near

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 in all our times of need.

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 And so,

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 Lord,

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 hear our prayers for one another

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 and do us good,

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 we ask.

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 Look down upon us,

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 Lord,

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 and continue with us this day

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 and in the days ahead as well,

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 Lord,

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 that we would know your leading,

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 your guiding,

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 your blessing with us

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 as we come confessing our sins,

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 Lord,

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 how we fall short of your glory

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 in so many ways

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 and as the word says in thought,

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 word and in deed,

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 how there are so often things

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 that we are convicted by

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 in our own hearts,

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 in our own lives,

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 in so many different ways.

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 But Lord,

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 we thank you

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 for that sense of conviction,

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 for for so many

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 their conscience is dead to sin.

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 But we thank you

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 that when you stir to life

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 there is that sense of conviction.

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 But we thank you too

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 that you do not leave us there,

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 but that with you

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 there is forgiveness,

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 that you are the one

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 who is able to lead us

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 to the rock that is higher,

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 to our Saviour Christ Jesus,

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 our Lord,

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 that we can come

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 confessing our sins,

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 knowing that he is faithful

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 and just to forgive.

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 So, Lord,

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 hear our prayers

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 and draw an ear to us now

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 and continue with us

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 in this time of worship.

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 We ask it all

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 in the precious name

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 our Lord,

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 and for his glory.

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 Amen.

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 We'll again sing

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 to God's praise.

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 We're going to sing

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 in Psalm 17

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 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 Psalm 17,

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 of the Psalm books.

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 We'll sing from verse 4

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 to verse 9.

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 Psalm 17,

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 page 217,

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 verse 4.

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 The tune for this one

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 is St. Andrew.

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 As for men's work,

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 I buy the word

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 that from thy lips

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 doth flow,

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 did me preserve

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 out of the paths

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 wherein destroyers go.

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 Hold up my goings,

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 Lord,

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 me guide

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 in those

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 thy paths divine,

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 so that my footsteps

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 may not slide

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 out of those ways

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 of thine.

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 We'll sing from verse 4

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 to 9

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 to God's praise.

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 St. Andrew.

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 St. Andrew.

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 St. Andrew.

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 ST.

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 those ways of life.

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 I call in love on me, O God,

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 because thou wilt me hear,

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 but thou is hearken to my speech,

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 to me in my, my ear.

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 Thy wondrous loving kindness show,

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 thou art not by thy right hand,

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 since them are just in thee from those

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 that up against them stand.

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 At the apple of the ivy keep,

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 in thy wings shake me close,

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 from lud of deserts compassing,

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 the hand of the heavenly voice.

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 We can turn together this evening to read in Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians,

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 reading in chapter 2.

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 1 Thessalonians chapter 2.

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 We read from the beginning of the chapter down to verse 16.

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 1 Thessalonians chapter 2,

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 and at verse 1.

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 For you yourselves know, brothers,

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 that our coming to you was not in vain.

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 But though we had already suffered

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 and been shamefully treated at Philippi,

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 as you know, we had boldness in our God

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 to declare to you the gospel of God

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 in the midst of such conflict.

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 For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity

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 or any attempt to deceive.

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 But just as we have been approved by God

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 to be entrusted with the gospel,

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 so we speak,

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 not to please man,

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 but to please God,

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 who tests our hearts.

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 For we never came with words of flattery,

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 as you know,

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 nor with a pretext for greed.

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 God is our witness.

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 Nor did we seek glory from people,

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 whether from you or from others,

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 though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.

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 But we were gentle among you,

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 like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

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 So being affectionately desirous of you,

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 we were ready to share with you,

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 not only in the gospel of God,

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 but also our own selves,

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 because you had become very dear to us.

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 For you remember, brothers,

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 our labor and toil.

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 We worked night and day

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 that we might not be a burden to any of you,

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 while we proclaimed to you

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 the gospel of God.

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 You are witnesses and God also,

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 how holy and righteous and blameless

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 was our conduct towards you believers.

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 For you know how like a father with his children,

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 we exhorted each one of you

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 and encouraged you

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 and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God,

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 who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

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 And we also thank God constantly for this,

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 that when you received the word of God,

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 which you heard from us,

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 you accepted it not as the word of men,

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 but as what it really is,

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 the word of God,

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 which is at work in you believers.

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 For you, brothers,

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 became imitators of the churches of God

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 in Christ Jesus that are in Judea.

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 For you suffered the same things

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 from your own countrymen

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 as they did from the Jews,

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 who killed both the Lord Jesus

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 and the prophets

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 and drove us out

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 and displeased God

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 and opposed all mankind

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 by hindering us

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 from speaking to the Gentiles

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 that they might be saved.

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 So as always,

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 to fill up the measure of their sins,

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 but God's wrath has come upon them

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 at last.

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 And so on.

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 May God bless that reading from his word.

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 Before we turn back to look at part of this passage,

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 we'll sing again to God's praise in Psalm 43.

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 Psalm 43 in the Sing Psalms version,

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 page 54 of the psalm book,

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 and we'll sing the whole of this psalm.

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 The tune is Marl.

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 Psalm 43,

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 We'll sing the whole of this psalm

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 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Get me, O my God,

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 Against destruction

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 Bleed my cause.

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 Deliver me

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 From wicked foes

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 And hypocrites

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 To break your laws

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 You are my stronghold

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 And my God

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 Why then have you rejected me

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 Why must I go

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 Abound in me

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 Untrodden by the enemy

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 O send your life

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 For found your truth

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 Let them direct me

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 In your grace

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 And bring me to your holy hill

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 Into your sacred dwelling place

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 Then to God's altar

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 I will go

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 To God my joy

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 And my delight

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 And I will praise you

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 With the heart

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 O God, you are

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 My God of might

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 Why are you downcast

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 O my soul

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 Why are you so disturbed

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 In me

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 Trust God

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 For I will praise him yet

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 My Savior and my God is he

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 Well we can turn back

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 To our reading

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 In 1 Thessalonians

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 Chapter 2

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 We're going to look at

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 Verse 13 to 16

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 Together this evening

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 1 Thessalonians

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 Chapter 2

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 Verse 13 to 16

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 Reading at verse 13

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 There we also thank God

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 Constantly for this

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 That when you received

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 The word of God

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 Which you heard from us

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 You accepted it

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 Not as a word of men

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 But as what it really is

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 The word of God

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 Which is at work

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 In you believers

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 And so on

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 In some ways

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 We're picking up

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 Where we left off

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 This morning

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 Where James was preaching

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 On the gathered church

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 And being gathered

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 To listen

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 To God's word

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 We were challenged

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 At the end

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 To be hearers

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 Of the word

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 And not

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 Doers of the word

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 And not just

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 Hearers of it

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 And this evening

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 As I was sitting

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 This morning

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 I was saying

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 Stop James

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 You've got so many things

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 I'm going to say tonight

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 That there will be

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 A little bit of overlap

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 Perhaps this evening

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 But hopefully not just

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 Saying the same things

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 But we're continuing

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 Our study

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 In Nehemiah

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 And how are we

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 Continuing the study

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 In Nehemiah

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 When we're in

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 First Thessalonians

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 We're jumping forward

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 Some 500 years

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 We're in the New Testament

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 We're in the days

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 Of Paul writing

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 To this church

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 So how are we

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 Continuing our study

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 In Nehemiah

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 Well as I've said

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 As you go through

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 In the book of Nehemiah

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 The danger is

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 It can easily become

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 About us

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 And not about God

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 It's about our plans

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 Our works

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 Our strategies

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 All of these kinds

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 Of things

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 That naturally

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 Appear in the book

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 Of Nehemiah

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 As he comes to

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 To rebuild

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 The walls of Jerusalem

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 It can become

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 Very structured

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 And organized

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 In some ways

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 But as we saw

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 Before

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 When you look

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 At Nehemiah

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 As one commentator

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 Says

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 It's all about

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 Jesus

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 It's all about

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 The kingdom of God

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 And the kingdom of God

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 Being built

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 When you go back

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 To the days of Nehemiah

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 What was at stake

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 It was more than just

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 The walls

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 It was more than just

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 The city

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 Of Jerusalem

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 It was the good

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 Of the Lord's people

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 And it was the worship

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 Of God

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 And the spread

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 Of the gospel

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 You wonder

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 If Nehemiah

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 Had not had

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 That burden

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 And that burden

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 From God

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 To go back

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 And to rebuild

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 The walls

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 What would have become

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 Of Jerusalem

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 Jerusalem

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 A place where

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 500 years later

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 Paul left from

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 To take the gospel

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 To other parts

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 Of the continents

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 To reach out

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 To the churches

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 In Philippi

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 Thessalonica

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 Corinth

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 All of these

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 Different places

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 But it all goes back

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 To Nehemiah

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 In some ways

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 And you think

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 Nehemiah's ministry

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 Was more about

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 Just the there

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 And then

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 For the people

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 Of his day

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 It was for the kingdom

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 Of God

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 And generations

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 To come

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 In Nehemiah

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 Chapter 4

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 We saw

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 How the people

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 Had become

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 Overwhelmed

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 By the work

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 All they were seeing

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 Was the debris

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 Of the wall

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 And it was coming

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 To that point

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 Where they were

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 Starting

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 To be discouraged

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 And to ask

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 Different questions

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 And the question

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 That can often arise

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:55.439
 In the midst of a work

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:56.679
 Where you don't really see

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:58.359
 The purpose in it

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.579
 Is

00:27:58.579 --> 00:28:00.719
 What's the point?

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:03.159
 What are we doing?

00:28:03.699 --> 00:28:04.719
 And why?

00:28:05.719 --> 00:28:06.759
 What are we doing?

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.019
 And why?

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.639
 And that's the question

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.519
 That can continue

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.439
 To arise

00:28:12.439 --> 00:28:13.719
 Arise in the days

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.819
 Of Paul

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.860
 As he was going out

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.539
 With the gospel

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.720
 To all these places

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:19.200
 What are we doing?

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.420
 And why?

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:22.259
 The question that arises

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.500
 In our day to day

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:25.200
 What are we doing?

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.259
 And why?

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.819
 As a church

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:29.519
 It's always

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.759
 A danger

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:32.160
 For ourselves

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:34.180
 And that's why

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.920
 It's important

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.660
 That we see

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:37.040
 The whole picture

00:28:37.040 --> 00:28:38.080
 Not just

00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:38.840
 Of the gospel

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.400
 And the mission

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:39.900
 Of the gospel

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:41.400
 Not just from Nehemiah

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.880
 But right throughout

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:44.000
 The word of God

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.740
 So as we go

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.680
 Through Nehemiah

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.800
 We intersperse it

00:28:46.800 --> 00:28:48.360
 With little bits

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.759
 From here and there

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:51.140
 We look before

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:52.240
 At the team ministry

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.759
 In Colossae

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:55.080
 How everyone

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:56.480
 Had a part

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.019
 To play

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.640
 And how we saw

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:57.960
 That

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:59.860
 Inacted too

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:01.079
 In Nehemiah's day

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.259
 Where all the people

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.279
 Came together

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.319
 To work

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.840
 On the wall

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.480
 Everyone had

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.539
 Their part

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.200
 To play

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.059
 But I think

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.720
 In the midst

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.160
 Of everything else

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.220
 That's going on

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:12.660
 This question

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.700
 Of vision

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.759
 Is why

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.920
 And what are we doing

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.579
 And why

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:18.100
 It's to see it

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:19.059
 As the work

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.660
 Of God's kingdom

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:22.420
 That's what's important

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:24.180
 To remind ourselves

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.240
 Of constantly

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.900
 It's not just

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.579
 For us

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:29.039
 It's not just

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.859
 For today

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:31.960
 It's for generations

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:33.120
 Coming after

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:34.839
 So that if we were

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.579
 To think even

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.740
 Of Nehemiah's day

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.700
 And Paul's day

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:39.779
 500 years apart

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.759
 How they're connected

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:42.480
 By the kingdom

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.180
 Of God

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:44.740
 And the work

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.500
 Of the gospel

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:47.700
 So that if God willing

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:50.120
 500 years from now

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:51.980
 There's still a congregation

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.359
 Of God's people

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.859
 Here

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.859
 And the gospel

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.479
 Is spreading

00:29:55.479 --> 00:29:56.579
 Far and wide

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:58.000
 They may look back

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.699
 On days

00:29:58.699 --> 00:30:00.399
 Long long time ago

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:00.819
 And think

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:03.199
 Well in difficult days

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:04.759
 In days when the world

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.699
 Was in crisis

00:30:05.699 --> 00:30:07.279
 We thank God

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.199
 For those who were

00:30:08.199 --> 00:30:09.619
 Faithful to the gospel

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.699
 In these times

00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:13.019
 That they stood strong

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:14.059
 In the gospel

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.919
 That they preached

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:16.279
 The word of God

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.959
 That their vision

00:30:16.959 --> 00:30:18.479
 Was for God

00:30:18.479 --> 00:30:19.519
 For his people

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:21.339
 And for his cause

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.559
 Far and wide

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:24.559
 That is the aim

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.720
 Of the gospel

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:27.159
 In all generations

00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:28.980
 Our eyes

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:31.179
 Fixed on God

00:30:31.179 --> 00:30:33.500
 Many churches today

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.839
 They speak

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.619
 Excuse me

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:37.579
 About vision statements

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:39.899
 Vision statements

00:30:39.899 --> 00:30:41.399
 It's a way of reminding us

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:43.379
 About what we are about

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:45.419
 Just a few words

00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:46.119
 That maybe give us

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.759
 A summary of

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:48.019
 What we are doing

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:49.740
 The Free Church of Scotland

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:51.819
 Has a vision statement

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:54.339
 A healthy gospel church

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:56.059
 For every community

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.980
 In Scotland

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:59.019
 Just one sentence

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.779
 And yet

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:02.019
 In that sentence

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.740
 Is packed

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:04.079
 So much vision

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:06.619
 A healthy gospel church

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:08.019
 For every community

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.759
 In Scotland

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:12.200
 Not everybody likes

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:13.359
 These kinds of things

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.639
 But isn't it good

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.519
 To have something

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:17.019
 To focus on

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.919
 And ask ourselves

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:20.500
 What are we doing

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.500
 And why

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:23.219
 The Free Church

00:31:23.219 --> 00:31:23.899
 Is this vision

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:26.039
 A healthy gospel church

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:28.179
 It wants God

00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:29.019
 To be worshipped

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:30.500
 In the right way

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:32.759
 In every community

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.559
 In Scotland

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.899
 That the gospel

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:36.179
 Is for all people

00:31:36.179 --> 00:31:37.719
 Here in this land

00:31:37.719 --> 00:31:38.359
 Because it is

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.339
 The word of God

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:40.419
 That can make

00:31:40.419 --> 00:31:41.419
 Such a difference

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:43.779
 And as you look back

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.900
 In the word of God

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.340
 You look

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:47.340
 Into Nehemiah's day

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:48.259
 You think to yourself

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.620
 Well what was Nehemiah's

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.880
 Vision statement

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.800
 For the people

00:31:51.800 --> 00:31:52.960
 Of Jerusalem

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.600
 In his day

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.460
 Did he have one

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:56.539
 Well as we see

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.620
 Nehemiah is a man

00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:58.120
 Of vision

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:59.960
 He is someone

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:01.560
 Who is fully focused

00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:02.279
 On God

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:04.480
 And in Nehemiah 2

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.460
 Verse 17

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.060
 You have

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:07.220
 If you would like

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.500
 A vision statement

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:10.180
 A vision of what's

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.740
 Happening

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.819
 And a vision

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:13.059
 Of what's to be done

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:15.500
 In Nehemiah 2

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.220
 Verse 17

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:17.039
 We've looked at it

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.559
 It says

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:19.400
 You see the trouble

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.120
 We are in

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:21.720
 How Jerusalem lies

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.279
 In ruins

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.480
 And its gates burned

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.319
 Come

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.519
 Let us build

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.640
 The wall of Jerusalem

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:28.359
 That we may no longer

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:29.940
 Suffer derision

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:31.920
 So there's three

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:33.059
 Aspects

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.920
 To that vision

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.740
 Statement

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:36.660
 The trouble

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:38.000
 That they are in

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.900
 There's a realization

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:39.920
 There's a realization

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:41.579
 That we are in ruin

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.799
 The walls are in ruin

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.059
 The gates are burned

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:45.980
 But there's a vision

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.759
 For the work

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.759
 Come

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.319
 Let us build

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.619
 The wall of Jerusalem

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:52.559
 And there's a purpose

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.160
 In it

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:55.319
 That we may no longer

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.859
 Suffer derision

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:58.680
 That the people of God

00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:00.000
 Would no longer

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.079
 Be mocked

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:02.559
 And so that

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:04.039
 As they come up

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:05.019
 Against challenges

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.899
 Along the way

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:07.599
 They can go back

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.199
 To this

00:33:08.199 --> 00:33:09.599
 They can go back

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.480
 To these words

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.179
 And look on them

00:33:11.179 --> 00:33:11.639
 And say

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.939
 What are we doing

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.539
 And why

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:15.480
 When it doesn't seem

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.220
 To be gaining

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.460
 Any headway

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.059
 When it seems

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.759
 To be failing

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.519
 What are we doing

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.159
 And why

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:21.800
 We don't like

00:33:21.800 --> 00:33:22.660
 What we're seeing

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:24.140
 We don't like

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.860
 What's going on

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.700
 Around us

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:27.120
 We want to build

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:28.420
 The wall of Jerusalem

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:30.180
 Because we don't want

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:31.279
 The people of God

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.720
 To be mocked

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:34.600
 And for ourselves

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.880
 There's a vision statement

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:37.160
 There for us today

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:38.640
 We look around

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.740
 We see the ruins

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:41.580
 We look around

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.600
 And we see the work

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.400
 That's to be done

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.600
 And we are to go

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.480
 To that work

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.740
 To rise to it

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.800
 But always

00:33:47.800 --> 00:33:49.660
 This vision of God

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.580
 Before us

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:52.400
 That we are doing it

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:53.460
 For him

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:55.300
 And so

00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:56.259
 As we come into

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.540
 First Thessalonians

00:33:57.540 --> 00:33:58.920
 We are reminded here

00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:00.960
 Of another kind of

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:02.259
 Vision statement

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.960
 What are we doing

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.580
 And why

00:34:04.580 --> 00:34:06.100
 Paul may be asking

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:06.820
 In the days

00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:08.740
 Here in the New Testament

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:10.180
 And you've got

00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:11.320
 Great statements

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:13.860
 In First Thessalonians

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:15.039
 In chapter 1

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.940
 Verse 3

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.539
 It's wonderful

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.619
 Verse 2

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.340
 And verse 3

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:20.740
 It's wonderful

00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:22.260
 The way Paul here

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.140
 Looks at the church

00:34:23.140 --> 00:34:24.380
 At Thessalonica

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:26.360
 We give thanks to God

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:28.200
 Always for all of you

00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:29.640
 Constantly mentioning you

00:34:29.640 --> 00:34:30.440
 In our prayers

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:32.039
 Remembering before

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:33.320
 Our God and Father

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:34.660
 Your work of faith

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:36.360
 And labour of love

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:38.700
 And steadfastness of hope

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:40.940
 In our Lord Jesus Christ

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:42.179
 What vision

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:43.220
 What vision there is

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:44.260
 In these words

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:45.619
 What purpose

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.679
 There is

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.920
 In these words

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:49.599
 How

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:51.659
 Your work of faith

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.900
 Your labour of love

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:54.659
 Your steadfastness

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.639
 Of hope

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:57.139
 But as you come

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:59.280
 To the end of chapter 2

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:00.400
 Where we're going to focus

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.220
 On this evening

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:03.099
 You see it kind of

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:05.079
 Builds on that vision there

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:07.199
 So that as the believers

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.759
 As he's praying for them

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:10.440
 As he's so encouraged

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:12.460
 In all of their faith

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.059
 Their love

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.779
 Their hope

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:15.799
 In the Lord Jesus Christ

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:17.480
 In verse 13

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.659
 To verse 16

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.199
 Although it's

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:21.559
 A slightly longer section

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:23.579
 It's like a vision statement

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:25.779
 It's like a mission statement

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:26.579
 For us

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:29.139
 Where it's highlighting for us

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.259
 Three things

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:31.659
 That the church

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.779
 At Thessalonica

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.420
 Was about

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:35.639
 And it's these things

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:37.139
 That I want us to focus on

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:38.599
 This evening

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:40.719
 These

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.879
 This section

00:35:41.879 --> 00:35:42.980
 Verse 13

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:44.480
 To verse 16

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.399
 It highlights

00:35:45.399 --> 00:35:47.259
 Three things for us

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:48.559
 Three things that

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:50.019
 Nehemiah would have

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.920
 A focus on

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:52.379
 In his day as well

00:35:52.379 --> 00:35:54.739
 Three things that we

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:56.480
 Can have our focus on

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.960
 In our day as well

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.960
 A vision

00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:00.319
 For the church

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:00.859
 Here

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.620
 A vision for

00:36:01.620 --> 00:36:03.180
 Any congregation

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:05.180
 Of the Lord's people

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:06.780
 And the three things

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.440
 That we can take

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.260
 From these verses

00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:08.860
 Are this

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.980
 One

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:12.079
 Preach the word

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:13.880
 This is what we were hearing

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:15.260
 This morning

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:17.059
 The focus

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:18.280
 The centrality

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:19.820
 Of preaching

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:21.599
 The word of God

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:23.519
 The second thing is

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.900
 Building up

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:26.240
 Of believers

00:36:26.240 --> 00:36:28.300
 Building up

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.960
 Of believers

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.700
 A sense of

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.679
 As it says

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.460
 In verse 14

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.019
 Become

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.679
 You become

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.659
 Imitators

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.980
 Of the churches

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.639
 Of God

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.699
 In Christ Jesus

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.819
 That are in Judea

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:39.279
 The believers

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:40.000
 Are being

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:41.339
 Built up

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:43.660
 And then thirdly

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:45.299
 You see the focus

00:36:45.299 --> 00:36:45.319
 You see the focus

00:36:45.319 --> 00:36:47.199
 In verse 15

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:48.000
 And 16

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.879
 Of the opposition

00:36:48.879 --> 00:36:48.899
 Of the opposition

00:36:48.899 --> 00:36:50.139
 That Paul

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:51.399
 And the people

00:36:51.399 --> 00:36:52.159
 In Paul's day

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.879
 Were facing

00:36:52.879 --> 00:36:54.059
 Those who were

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:55.659
 Opposed to the gospel

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:57.419
 Just as we saw

00:36:57.419 --> 00:36:58.139
 In Nehemiah

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.799
 There were those

00:36:58.799 --> 00:37:00.000
 Who were opposed

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.719
 To the work

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:02.219
 And there is

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.939
 This sense

00:37:02.939 --> 00:37:04.179
 Of reaching

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:05.460
 The lost

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:07.000
 So you have

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:08.579
 These three things

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:10.539
 Preach the word

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.980
 Build up

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.779
 Believers

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:14.160
 And reach

00:37:14.160 --> 00:37:15.060
 The lost

00:37:15.060 --> 00:37:16.340
 And you could

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:16.980
 Take them

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:18.480
 In that order

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:20.960
 It is so

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.560
 Necessary

00:37:21.560 --> 00:37:22.800
 First and foremost

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.940
 To preach

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.560
 The word

00:37:24.560 --> 00:37:25.900
 And in the

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.820
 Preaching of the word

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:28.080
 Believers

00:37:28.080 --> 00:37:29.040
 Are built up

00:37:29.040 --> 00:37:30.580
 And in believers

00:37:30.580 --> 00:37:31.700
 Being built up

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:32.940
 There is this burden

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.820
 And this sense

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.920
 Of reaching

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:36.320
 The lost

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:38.140
 You know

00:37:38.140 --> 00:37:39.080
 What are we doing

00:37:39.080 --> 00:37:40.559
 And why

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:42.240
 It is such an

00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:43.300
 Important question

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:43.800
 For us

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.920
 To always have

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:46.480
 In focus

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:48.519
 Preaching the word

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:50.680
 Building each other up

00:37:50.680 --> 00:37:52.900
 And reaching the lost

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:56.059
 We can ask the question

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:57.600
 What is the point

00:37:57.600 --> 00:37:58.920
 In preaching

00:37:58.920 --> 00:38:01.660
 And you can come at it

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:02.840
 In two ways

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:04.420
 You know

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.380
 What is the point

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:06.820
 In preaching

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:08.440
 And come at it

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.360
 In a negative way

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:11.500
 Nobody is listening

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:13.800
 People are rejecting

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:15.360
 The word of God

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:16.340
 What is the point

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:17.539
 In preaching

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:19.460
 That is the focus

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:20.760
 Of those who would

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.579
 Lose heart

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:21.960
 In it

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:23.900
 But we don't

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.800
 Lose heart

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:26.340
 We don't lose

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:27.340
 Confidence

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:28.559
 In the word

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.260
 Of God

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:31.000
 What is the point

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.660
 In preaching

00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:33.360
 It is because

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:34.539
 The word of God

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.639
 Is powerful

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:36.460
 To change

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.880
 God

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.980
 Is able

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:40.599
 To change

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:42.199
 To change

00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:42.980
 This world

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:44.219
 To change

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.920
 The people

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:46.719
 Of this world

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:48.039
 So we do not

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.920
 Lose heart

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.059
 In the work

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:51.759
 We fix our eyes

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:53.039
 On God

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.579
 In it

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.779
 Nehemiah

00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:56.000
 Did that for his people

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:57.199
 As they set

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:58.119
 To rebuilding

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:59.500
 The walls

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.579
 Of Jerusalem

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:02.319
 Don't think

00:39:02.319 --> 00:39:03.059
 The encouragement

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:04.199
 Was there last week

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.840
 To rebuild

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.500
 A wall

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.559
 From the church

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.400
 Here to plaster

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:08.440
 Field and back

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:10.799
 But we're involved

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:11.840
 In the kingdom

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.360
 Work

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:13.340
 Of God

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:15.179
 That's our work

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:15.579
 Today

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:17.099
 Not building

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:18.799
 A physical wall

00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:20.500
 In many ways

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.639
 We're breaking

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.500
 Down walls

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:23.000
 We're breaking

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.960
 Down barriers

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:25.639
 And we're here

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.380
 To build

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.460
 The kingdom

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.079
 Of God

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.800
 To be used

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.659
 By him

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:31.340
 So the three things

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:32.320
 That he reminds us

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:32.860
 Of here

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.400
 To have

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.820
 In our focus

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.559
 As we get on

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.240
 With the work

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:37.400
 Of building

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:38.199
 The kingdom

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.800
 Of God

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.699
 Firstly

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.639
 Preach

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:41.840
 The word

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:43.880
 Because of the

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:44.440
 Faithfulness

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.460
 Of Nehemiah

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.980
 And the people

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:48.280
 The gospel

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:49.099
 Is here being

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.720
 Preached

00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:51.280
 In Thessalonica

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:53.340
 And look at what it says

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:54.380
 In verse 13

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:56.720
 We also thank God

00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:58.080
 Constantly for this

00:39:58.080 --> 00:39:59.840
 That when you received

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:01.160
 The word of God

00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:02.720
 Which you heard from us

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:03.600
 You accepted it

00:40:03.600 --> 00:40:04.940
 Not as the word of men

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:06.860
 But as what it really is

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:08.200
 The word of God

00:40:08.200 --> 00:40:09.240
 Which is at work

00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:10.260
 In you

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:11.620
 Believers

00:40:11.620 --> 00:40:14.640
 There's a powerful

00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:16.640
 Reminder to us there

00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:18.240
 Of what the church of God

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:18.800
 Is about

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:20.820
 In every generation

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:21.900
 We'll see it more

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.940
 As we go back

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:24.580
 To Nehemiah

00:40:24.580 --> 00:40:26.539
 Again we'll look at it

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:27.580
 In a later date

00:40:27.580 --> 00:40:29.019
 But throughout

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:30.200
 Every generation

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:31.440
 Of God's people

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.360
 The importance

00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:33.220
 As we are hearing

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:33.900
 This morning

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:35.440
 Of listening

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:36.900
 To what God

00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:37.539
 Is saying

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:39.059
 Nehemiah

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.940
 Listened

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:41.380
 To God

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:42.640
 He was given

00:40:42.640 --> 00:40:43.260
 A burden

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:44.700
 But he listened

00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:45.740
 To God

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.600
 The good hand

00:40:46.600 --> 00:40:47.220
 Of God

00:40:47.220 --> 00:40:47.860
 As it says

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.700
 Again and again

00:40:48.700 --> 00:40:50.260
 Was upon him

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:52.460
 And so it was

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:53.800
 With Paul

00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:55.580
 As he listened

00:40:55.580 --> 00:40:56.420
 To God

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:57.120
 As he took

00:40:57.120 --> 00:40:58.180
 The gospel

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:59.680
 To all corners

00:40:59.680 --> 00:41:00.780
 Of the world

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:01.500
 In that day

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.200
 As he preached

00:41:02.200 --> 00:41:02.960
 The gospel

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:04.260
 Look at how it was

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:05.040
 Received

00:41:05.040 --> 00:41:06.740
 In Thessalonica

00:41:06.740 --> 00:41:08.020
 Not as the word

00:41:08.020 --> 00:41:08.780
 Of men

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:10.880
 But what it really is

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:12.660
 The word of God

00:41:12.660 --> 00:41:14.740
 There was power

00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:15.320
 In this

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:16.880
 There was hope

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.340
 And there was

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:18.140
 A realization

00:41:18.140 --> 00:41:19.539
 That this is

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.580
 What we need

00:41:20.580 --> 00:41:23.220
 Nehemiah's day

00:41:23.220 --> 00:41:24.180
 This is what we need

00:41:24.180 --> 00:41:25.180
 We need

00:41:25.180 --> 00:41:26.680
 God with us

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:28.780
 No other God

00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:29.800
 Can help us

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:31.260
 And this is

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:31.840
 What we need

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.519
 Today

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:34.400
 The same God

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:35.539
 And it's

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:36.620
 The same word

00:41:36.620 --> 00:41:37.860
 That we have

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:38.340
 Today

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:39.280
 It is

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:40.280
 The word

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:41.019
 Of God

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:42.519
 Which is at work

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.880
 In you believers

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:45.900
 It is

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:47.420
 A powerful

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:48.539
 Word

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:50.719
 Jim Packer

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:52.119
 He says this

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:52.960
 Of preaching

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:54.559
 In preaching

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.960
 The word of God

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:57.699
 Delivers through the preacher

00:41:57.719 --> 00:41:59.099
 A message from God

00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:00.159
 To his people

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.559
 About God

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:02.539
 And godliness

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:26.579
 How we trust in God

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:28.279
 And how we live

00:42:28.279 --> 00:42:29.400
 For him

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:31.500
 There is commands

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:33.280
 And there is instructions

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:34.239
 For us

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:35.980
 And as we come under

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.579
 The preaching

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.780
 Of God's word

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:39.659
 It should stir up in us

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:40.260
 A love

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:41.500
 And appreciation

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:43.059
 For the word of God

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:45.179
 The blessing that is ours

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:45.780
 To be able

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:47.159
 To come and hear

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:48.300
 The word of God

00:42:48.300 --> 00:42:49.440
 Proclaimed

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:50.960
 And to share

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:51.840
 In this together

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:53.559
 The gathered people

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.179
 Of God

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:55.420
 With God's presence

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:56.920
 With us

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:59.200
 We should hunger

00:42:59.200 --> 00:42:59.920
 To learn

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:01.900
 More of this Christ

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:03.860
 More of God

00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:04.940
 And what he has done

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:06.079
 For us

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:07.380
 And this is what

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:08.519
 Paul

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:10.579
 Is rejoicing in here

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:12.800
 We also thank God

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:14.420
 Constantly for this

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:17.280
 That you received

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:18.400
 The word

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:19.860
 Of God

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:21.780
 It was something

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:23.599
 To rejoice in

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:26.420
 And what we

00:43:26.420 --> 00:43:27.539
 See here

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.980
 Is God's word

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:30.719
 And being received

00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:31.819
 And at work

00:43:31.819 --> 00:43:33.119
 In them

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:35.099
 And you wonder

00:43:35.099 --> 00:43:36.000
 What does it mean

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:37.579
 The word of God

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:38.599
 At work in them

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:40.639
 It's keeping

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:42.259
 The people going

00:43:42.259 --> 00:43:44.259
 Day by day

00:43:44.259 --> 00:43:45.239
 It's this word

00:43:45.239 --> 00:43:45.920
 Of God

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:47.480
 That's sustaining them

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.440
 And encouraging them

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:49.400
 And building them up

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:50.819
 And keeping them going

00:43:50.819 --> 00:43:51.920
 Day after day

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:54.300
 Think about it

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:55.139
 In this way

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:56.579
 It's like a car engine

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:58.880
 And a car engine

00:43:58.880 --> 00:44:00.200
 Needs certain things

00:44:00.200 --> 00:44:01.720
 To keep it going

00:44:01.720 --> 00:44:04.159
 You need to put fuel in

00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:05.519
 To keep it going

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:07.460
 You need to put water in

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:08.940
 To keep it cooled

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:11.079
 But you also need

00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:12.519
 To put oil in

00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:14.460
 To keep all the parts

00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:15.860
 Moving and lubricated

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:17.180
 And all working

00:44:17.180 --> 00:44:18.220
 Together

00:44:18.220 --> 00:44:20.440
 So for ourselves

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:21.099
 Too

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:23.360
 We need all aspects

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:24.619
 Of the gospel

00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:25.319
 Of God

00:44:25.319 --> 00:44:26.880
 In our lives

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:29.360
 We need prayer

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:31.199
 We need fellowship

00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:33.380
 But we need the preaching

00:44:33.380 --> 00:44:34.259
 Of the word

00:44:34.259 --> 00:44:35.960
 That keeps everything

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.539
 Moving

00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:38.099
 And lubricated

00:44:38.099 --> 00:44:38.960
 Together

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:41.139
 The preaching

00:44:41.139 --> 00:44:41.920
 Of the word

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:43.480
 Is essential

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:44.960
 Essential

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:46.199
 In any vision

00:44:46.199 --> 00:44:47.199
 And mission

00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:47.839
 Statement

00:44:47.839 --> 00:44:48.500
 That we're going

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.059
 To have

00:44:49.059 --> 00:44:49.960
 We are going

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.659
 To preach

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:51.679
 The word

00:44:51.679 --> 00:44:52.940
 Of God

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:54.920
 Romans

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:56.500
 Chapter 10

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:58.039
 Verse 15

00:44:58.039 --> 00:44:58.739
 Shows us

00:44:58.739 --> 00:45:00.099
 Just how important

00:45:00.099 --> 00:45:01.119
 The preaching

00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:01.739
 Of the word

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:02.279
 Of God

00:45:02.279 --> 00:45:02.679
 Is

00:45:02.679 --> 00:45:03.719
 And says

00:45:03.719 --> 00:45:04.239
 How are they

00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:04.779
 To preach

00:45:04.779 --> 00:45:05.440
 Unless they

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:06.059
 Are sent

00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:07.340
 As it is written

00:45:07.340 --> 00:45:07.940
 How beautiful

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.579
 Are the feet

00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:09.179
 Of those

00:45:09.179 --> 00:45:10.159
 Who preach

00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:11.079
 The good news

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:12.179
 But they

00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:12.880
 Have not all

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.340
 Obeyed

00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:13.900
 The gospel

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:14.659
 For Isaiah

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:15.199
 Says

00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:16.279
 Lord who

00:45:16.279 --> 00:45:17.159
 Has believed

00:45:17.159 --> 00:45:17.980
 What he has

00:45:17.980 --> 00:45:18.940
 Heard from us

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:20.940
 But faith

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.559
 Comes

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:22.759
 From hearing

00:45:22.759 --> 00:45:24.059
 And hearing

00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:24.559
 Through

00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:25.639
 The word

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:26.440
 Of Christ

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:27.699
 Faith

00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:28.319
 Comes

00:45:28.319 --> 00:45:30.059
 Through hearing

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:31.739
 So the word

00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:32.400
 Of God

00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:33.199
 Preached

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:34.539
 Is essential

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:35.460
 In our vision

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.860
 In our mission

00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:39.639
 The next thing

00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:40.380
 We see here

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:41.860
 Is the building

00:45:41.860 --> 00:45:43.659
 Up of believers

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:46.480
 There's a sense

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:47.299
 Of the believers

00:45:47.299 --> 00:45:48.659
 Responding

00:45:48.659 --> 00:45:49.820
 To the word

00:45:49.820 --> 00:45:50.639
 Of God

00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:52.079
 In verse 14

00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:53.440
 For you brothers

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:54.599
 Became imitators

00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:55.380
 Of the churches

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:56.059
 Of God

00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:56.659
 In Christ

00:45:56.659 --> 00:45:57.199
 Jesus

00:45:57.199 --> 00:45:58.759
 That are in Judea

00:45:58.760 --> 00:45:59.780
 For you suffered

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:01.140
 The same things

00:46:01.140 --> 00:46:01.700
 From your own

00:46:01.700 --> 00:46:02.380
 Countrymen

00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:03.660
 As they did

00:46:03.660 --> 00:46:04.660
 From the Jews

00:46:04.660 --> 00:46:07.800
 You look at this

00:46:07.800 --> 00:46:08.420
 And you see

00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:09.640
 The similarities

00:46:09.640 --> 00:46:10.940
 With Nehemiah's day

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:12.640
 You know

00:46:12.640 --> 00:46:13.400
 As soon as

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:14.180
 The people

00:46:14.180 --> 00:46:15.220
 In Nehemiah's day

00:46:15.220 --> 00:46:16.240
 Started to build

00:46:16.240 --> 00:46:16.960
 The wall

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:18.580
 They were met

00:46:18.580 --> 00:46:19.600
 With opposition

00:46:19.600 --> 00:46:21.680
 Opposition

00:46:21.680 --> 00:46:23.320
 From hostiles

00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:23.960
 Outside

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:24.820
 Their own people

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:25.980
 But opposition

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.680
 Within

00:46:26.680 --> 00:46:27.620
 From their own

00:46:27.620 --> 00:46:28.680
 People as well

00:46:28.679 --> 00:46:30.179
 And here it is

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:31.099
 Again in the days

00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:32.319
 Paul writing

00:46:32.319 --> 00:46:33.579
 To the Thessalonians

00:46:33.579 --> 00:46:35.500
 There's opposition

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:36.719
 From out with

00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:37.199
 Which you can

00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:37.699
 Understand

00:46:37.699 --> 00:46:39.199
 But here it's

00:46:39.199 --> 00:46:40.359
 Coming within

00:46:40.359 --> 00:46:41.059
 As well

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:43.139
 The same things

00:46:43.139 --> 00:46:44.460
 That you suffered

00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:45.419
 The same things

00:46:45.419 --> 00:46:46.039
 From your own

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:46.799
 Countrymen

00:46:46.799 --> 00:46:48.239
 As they did

00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:49.179
 From the Jews

00:46:49.179 --> 00:46:51.899
 It's fascinating

00:46:51.899 --> 00:46:53.399
 How whenever

00:46:53.399 --> 00:46:54.539
 There's something

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:55.419
 Good happening

00:46:55.419 --> 00:46:56.159
 With the Lord

00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:58.299
 There's always

00:46:58.299 --> 00:46:59.519
 Opposition

00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:03.519
 Nehemiah's day

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:04.019
 The work

00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:04.320
 Had been

00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:05.420
 At a standstill

00:47:05.420 --> 00:47:07.579
 There was

00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:08.099
 Nothing

00:47:08.099 --> 00:47:08.759
 Happening

00:47:08.759 --> 00:47:09.179
 There was

00:47:09.179 --> 00:47:10.039
 No opposition

00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:11.739
 But as soon

00:47:11.739 --> 00:47:12.500
 As the stones

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:13.139
 Started to get

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:14.139
 Built up together

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:15.659
 All of a sudden

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:16.500
 The evil one

00:47:16.500 --> 00:47:17.259
 Is in there

00:47:17.259 --> 00:47:19.019
 And the same

00:47:19.019 --> 00:47:19.780
 Is true here

00:47:19.780 --> 00:47:20.480
 The gospel

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:21.780
 Is spreading

00:47:21.780 --> 00:47:22.699
 Through the ministry

00:47:22.699 --> 00:47:23.320
 Of Paul

00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:24.139
 And his partners

00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:25.920
 And again

00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:27.199
 The evil one

00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:27.980
 Is in there

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.879
 Straight away

00:47:28.879 --> 00:47:30.079
 There'll be

00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:30.619
 Opposition

00:47:30.619 --> 00:47:31.599
 And for ourselves

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:32.119
 Today

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:33.539
 There'll be

00:47:33.539 --> 00:47:34.019
 Opposition

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:34.420
 In whatever

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:35.119
 We do

00:47:35.119 --> 00:47:35.960
 For the gospel

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:37.400
 If we are

00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:38.299
 Going to stand

00:47:38.299 --> 00:47:39.000
 For the gospel

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:39.339
 If we are

00:47:39.339 --> 00:47:39.839
 Going to preach

00:47:39.839 --> 00:47:40.519
 The gospel

00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:41.279
 If we are

00:47:41.279 --> 00:47:41.539
 Going to be

00:47:41.539 --> 00:47:42.219
 Witnesses

00:47:42.219 --> 00:47:42.879
 For the gospel

00:47:42.879 --> 00:47:43.460
 Whatever the

00:47:43.460 --> 00:47:44.279
 Lord puts us

00:47:44.279 --> 00:47:45.219
 There will be

00:47:45.219 --> 00:47:45.819
 Opposition

00:47:45.819 --> 00:47:47.319
 And so

00:47:47.319 --> 00:47:48.239
 What do we need

00:47:48.239 --> 00:47:49.579
 What do we need

00:47:49.579 --> 00:47:50.299
 In our vision

00:47:50.299 --> 00:47:51.079
 In our mission

00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:51.879
 Statement

00:47:51.880 --> 00:47:53.019
 Well we need

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:54.340
 To be built up

00:47:54.340 --> 00:47:56.420
 As the word

00:47:56.420 --> 00:47:56.960
 Of God

00:47:56.960 --> 00:47:57.700
 Is preached

00:47:57.700 --> 00:47:58.960
 We need to be

00:47:58.960 --> 00:48:00.200
 Building one

00:48:00.200 --> 00:48:00.800
 Another up

00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:01.440
 As well

00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:03.079
 What do we need

00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:03.559
 Most

00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:04.980
 As a church

00:48:04.980 --> 00:48:05.460
 Today

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:08.320
 Do we need

00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:09.059
 More people

00:48:09.059 --> 00:48:09.720
 To come

00:48:09.720 --> 00:48:10.960
 Yes

00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:11.900
 We long

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:12.760
 For that

00:48:12.760 --> 00:48:15.240
 Do we need

00:48:15.240 --> 00:48:17.920
 What do we need

00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:21.220
 Is it not

00:48:21.220 --> 00:48:21.840
 Spiritual

00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:23.000
 Growth

00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:24.860
 Is it not

00:48:24.860 --> 00:48:25.280
 So that when

00:48:25.280 --> 00:48:26.039
 People come

00:48:26.039 --> 00:48:26.280
 In

00:48:26.280 --> 00:48:27.480
 They meet

00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:28.980
 With mature

00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:29.640
 Christians

00:48:29.640 --> 00:48:31.200
 People who

00:48:31.200 --> 00:48:31.860
 Have experienced

00:48:31.860 --> 00:48:33.059
 Life in all

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:33.800
 Shapes and

00:48:33.800 --> 00:48:34.240
 Form

00:48:34.240 --> 00:48:35.360
 And who are

00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:36.019
 Able to meet

00:48:36.019 --> 00:48:36.640
 People in

00:48:36.640 --> 00:48:37.200
 Their need

00:48:37.200 --> 00:48:37.579
 Now

00:48:37.579 --> 00:48:39.260
 And to show

00:48:39.260 --> 00:48:40.400
 The power

00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:41.100
 And the wonder

00:48:41.100 --> 00:48:41.940
 Of the gospel

00:48:41.940 --> 00:48:43.539
 That the gospel

00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:44.320
 Can help

00:48:44.320 --> 00:48:45.700
 In every

00:48:45.700 --> 00:48:46.980
 Situation

00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:48.640
 A church

00:48:48.640 --> 00:48:49.280
 Will never

00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:50.300
 Grow or

00:48:50.300 --> 00:48:50.900
 Prosper

00:48:50.900 --> 00:48:51.760
 When there

00:48:51.760 --> 00:48:52.280
 Is no

00:48:52.280 --> 00:48:52.980
 Spiritual

00:48:52.980 --> 00:48:53.720
 Growth

00:48:53.720 --> 00:48:55.300
 When there

00:48:55.300 --> 00:48:55.700
 Is no

00:48:55.700 --> 00:48:56.300
 Growing

00:48:56.300 --> 00:48:57.380
 In our

00:48:57.380 --> 00:48:58.280
 Understanding

00:48:58.280 --> 00:48:59.079
 Of god

00:48:59.079 --> 00:49:00.180
 And who

00:49:00.180 --> 00:49:01.180
 He is

00:49:01.180 --> 00:49:02.800
 Again

00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:03.260
 This is what

00:49:03.260 --> 00:49:03.619
 We see

00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:04.139
 Paul

00:49:04.139 --> 00:49:05.019
 Teaching

00:49:05.019 --> 00:49:05.740
 Again and

00:49:05.740 --> 00:49:06.280
 Again as

00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:06.840
 He's writing

00:49:06.840 --> 00:49:07.380
 To all

00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:08.139
 These different

00:49:08.139 --> 00:49:09.059
 Churches

00:49:09.059 --> 00:49:11.019
 Encourage one

00:49:11.019 --> 00:49:11.340
 Another

00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:12.480
 Build one

00:49:12.480 --> 00:49:13.119
 Another up

00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:14.279
 That the

00:49:14.279 --> 00:49:14.719
 One

00:49:14.719 --> 00:49:15.039
 Another

00:49:15.039 --> 00:49:15.599
 Are there

00:49:15.599 --> 00:49:16.480
 Constantly

00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:17.299
 For us

00:49:17.299 --> 00:49:19.619
 And there's

00:49:19.619 --> 00:49:20.119
 Just another

00:49:20.119 --> 00:49:21.319
 Reminder to

00:49:21.319 --> 00:49:21.880
 Us here

00:49:21.880 --> 00:49:22.639
 You brothers

00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:23.139
 Became

00:49:23.139 --> 00:49:23.960
 Imitators

00:49:23.960 --> 00:49:24.819
 Of the

00:49:24.819 --> 00:49:25.500
 Churches of

00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:26.019
 God in

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:26.699
 Christ Jesus

00:49:26.699 --> 00:49:27.179
 That are in

00:49:27.179 --> 00:49:27.719
 Judea

00:49:27.719 --> 00:49:28.980
 We learn

00:49:28.980 --> 00:49:29.480
 From one

00:49:29.480 --> 00:49:29.739
 Another

00:49:29.739 --> 00:49:30.400
 We share

00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:31.480
 With one

00:49:31.480 --> 00:49:31.819
 Another

00:49:31.819 --> 00:49:32.759
 And it is

00:49:32.759 --> 00:49:33.219
 This that

00:49:33.219 --> 00:49:33.980
 Will see us

00:49:33.980 --> 00:49:34.380
 Through

00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:35.759
 The times

00:49:35.759 --> 00:49:37.179
 Of persecution

00:49:37.179 --> 00:49:38.099
 The times

00:49:38.099 --> 00:49:39.319
 Of our

00:49:39.319 --> 00:49:40.380
 Afflictions

00:49:40.380 --> 00:49:41.239
 The times

00:49:41.239 --> 00:49:41.579
 Of our

00:49:41.579 --> 00:49:42.219
 Suffering

00:49:42.219 --> 00:49:43.719
 When we

00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:44.000
 Have been

00:49:44.000 --> 00:49:44.719
 Built up

00:49:44.719 --> 00:49:45.400
 Through the

00:49:45.400 --> 00:49:45.900
 Preaching of

00:49:45.900 --> 00:49:46.239
 The word

00:49:46.239 --> 00:49:46.440
 And we

00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:46.880
 Are built

00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:47.259
 Up in

00:49:47.259 --> 00:49:47.920
 The fellowship

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:49.519
 Of god's

00:49:49.519 --> 00:49:50.139
 People

00:49:50.139 --> 00:49:52.960
 It is this

00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:53.699
 That enables

00:49:53.699 --> 00:49:54.839
 Them to

00:49:54.839 --> 00:49:55.420
 Stand

00:49:55.420 --> 00:49:56.119
 It is this

00:49:56.119 --> 00:49:56.839
 That will

00:49:56.839 --> 00:49:57.699
 Enable us

00:49:57.699 --> 00:49:58.619
 To stand

00:49:58.619 --> 00:49:59.360
 As well

00:49:59.360 --> 00:50:00.440
 And you

00:50:00.440 --> 00:50:00.940
 Go back

00:50:00.940 --> 00:50:01.500
 Again to

00:50:01.500 --> 00:50:02.219
 Verse 3

00:50:02.219 --> 00:50:03.599
 Of chapter

00:50:03.599 --> 00:50:04.079
 1

00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:05.219
 Verse 2

00:50:05.219 --> 00:50:05.639
 And 3

00:50:05.639 --> 00:50:05.980
 Where he's

00:50:05.980 --> 00:50:06.579
 Giving thanks

00:50:06.579 --> 00:50:07.039
 To god

00:50:07.039 --> 00:50:07.699
 Always

00:50:07.699 --> 00:50:08.619
 In his

00:50:08.619 --> 00:50:08.980
 Prayers

00:50:08.980 --> 00:50:09.679
 Remembering

00:50:09.679 --> 00:50:10.299
 Before our

00:50:10.299 --> 00:50:10.819
 God and

00:50:10.819 --> 00:50:11.179
 Father

00:50:11.179 --> 00:50:11.919
 Your work

00:50:11.919 --> 00:50:12.559
 Of faith

00:50:12.559 --> 00:50:13.679
 Your labour

00:50:13.679 --> 00:50:14.339
 Of love

00:50:14.339 --> 00:50:16.219
 Your steadfastness

00:50:16.219 --> 00:50:17.500
 Of hope

00:50:17.500 --> 00:50:18.559
 Why was this

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:20.079
 So important

00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:22.000
 Why were

00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:22.960
 These things

00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:24.119
 Three things

00:50:24.119 --> 00:50:25.079
 There so

00:50:25.079 --> 00:50:26.579
 Important

00:50:26.579 --> 00:50:27.199
 A labour

00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:27.799
 Of love

00:50:27.799 --> 00:50:29.219
 Steadfastness

00:50:29.219 --> 00:50:29.919
 Of hope

00:50:29.919 --> 00:50:31.719
 All of these

00:50:31.719 --> 00:50:32.299
 Things

00:50:32.299 --> 00:50:33.199
 Were so

00:50:33.199 --> 00:50:33.719
 Important

00:50:33.719 --> 00:50:34.339
 Because it

00:50:34.339 --> 00:50:34.679
 Is what

00:50:34.679 --> 00:50:35.339
 Kept them

00:50:35.339 --> 00:50:35.799
 Going

00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:37.400
 When the

00:50:37.400 --> 00:50:37.720
 Days

00:50:37.720 --> 00:50:38.360
 Were hard

00:50:38.360 --> 00:50:38.960
 And difficult

00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:39.940
 It's what

00:50:39.940 --> 00:50:40.519
 Kept them

00:50:40.519 --> 00:50:40.860
 Going

00:50:40.860 --> 00:50:41.480
 God

00:50:41.480 --> 00:50:42.320
 With them

00:50:42.320 --> 00:50:44.180
 God

00:50:44.180 --> 00:50:44.640
 Giving them

00:50:44.640 --> 00:50:45.300
 Assurance

00:50:45.300 --> 00:50:46.660
 It's what

00:50:46.660 --> 00:50:47.400
 We're seeing

00:50:47.400 --> 00:50:48.460
 In Nehemiah

00:50:48.460 --> 00:50:49.320
 Chapter 4

00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:50.480
 As the people

00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:51.460
 Were dismayed

00:50:51.460 --> 00:50:52.080
 At the rubble

00:50:52.080 --> 00:50:52.519
 That seemed

00:50:52.519 --> 00:50:53.300
 To be everywhere

00:50:53.300 --> 00:50:55.019
 The lost cause

00:50:55.019 --> 00:50:55.620
 Asking these

00:50:55.620 --> 00:50:55.960
 Questions

00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:56.500
 What are we

00:50:56.500 --> 00:50:56.860
 Doing

00:50:56.860 --> 00:50:57.519
 And why

00:50:57.519 --> 00:50:59.699
 It's for

00:50:59.699 --> 00:51:00.300
 God

00:51:00.300 --> 00:51:02.300
 It's because

00:51:02.300 --> 00:51:03.039
 God is

00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:03.759
 With us

00:51:03.759 --> 00:51:05.219
 Because God

00:51:05.219 --> 00:51:05.920
 Is at work

00:51:05.920 --> 00:51:06.559
 In this place

00:51:06.559 --> 00:51:06.940
 He wants

00:51:06.940 --> 00:51:07.420
 Good

00:51:07.420 --> 00:51:08.199
 For his

00:51:08.199 --> 00:51:08.780
 People

00:51:08.780 --> 00:51:10.559
 God is

00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:11.579
 On our

00:51:11.579 --> 00:51:12.280
 Side

00:51:12.280 --> 00:51:15.019
 So

00:51:15.019 --> 00:51:15.780
 Paul

00:51:15.780 --> 00:51:16.519
 Is thankful

00:51:16.519 --> 00:51:17.159
 Here that

00:51:17.159 --> 00:51:17.940
 He sees

00:51:17.940 --> 00:51:19.099
 The word

00:51:19.099 --> 00:51:19.800
 Of God

00:51:19.800 --> 00:51:20.719
 At work

00:51:20.719 --> 00:51:21.739
 In these

00:51:21.739 --> 00:51:22.320
 People

00:51:22.320 --> 00:51:23.840
 Building

00:51:23.840 --> 00:51:24.980
 Them

00:51:24.980 --> 00:51:25.400
 Up

00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:26.840
 And this

00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:27.240
 Is again

00:51:27.240 --> 00:51:27.780
 Is a great

00:51:27.780 --> 00:51:28.220
 Part

00:51:28.220 --> 00:51:29.019
 Of our

00:51:29.019 --> 00:51:29.320
 Vision

00:51:29.320 --> 00:51:29.900
 Statement

00:51:29.900 --> 00:51:30.559
 For us

00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:31.260
 As well

00:51:31.260 --> 00:51:32.500
 We preach

00:51:32.500 --> 00:51:33.260
 The word

00:51:33.260 --> 00:51:34.599
 We build

00:51:34.599 --> 00:51:35.220
 Up one

00:51:35.220 --> 00:51:35.619
 Another

00:51:35.619 --> 00:51:37.260
 And all

00:51:37.260 --> 00:51:37.539
 Of this

00:51:37.539 --> 00:51:38.220
 Is focus

00:51:38.220 --> 00:51:39.240
 On God

00:51:39.240 --> 00:51:40.500
 Who is

00:51:40.500 --> 00:51:41.139
 Good to

00:51:41.139 --> 00:51:41.920
 His people

00:51:41.920 --> 00:51:43.760
 A focus

00:51:43.760 --> 00:51:45.180
 On Christ

00:51:45.180 --> 00:51:46.200
 Our

00:51:46.200 --> 00:51:46.760
 Savior

00:51:46.760 --> 00:51:48.200
 That is

00:51:48.200 --> 00:51:48.940
 What keeps

00:51:48.940 --> 00:51:50.160
 Our vision

00:51:50.160 --> 00:51:51.180
 Right

00:51:51.180 --> 00:51:53.039
 But added

00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:53.800
 Unto these

00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:55.180
 Two things

00:51:55.179 --> 00:51:56.219
 Is the

00:51:56.219 --> 00:51:56.599
 Last

00:51:56.599 --> 00:51:57.099
 Part

00:51:57.099 --> 00:51:58.919
 Reaching

00:51:58.919 --> 00:51:59.899
 The

00:51:59.899 --> 00:52:00.379
 Lost

00:52:00.379 --> 00:52:02.059
 What you

00:52:02.059 --> 00:52:02.480
 See

00:52:02.480 --> 00:52:03.639
 At the

00:52:03.639 --> 00:52:04.039
 End of

00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:04.819
 Verse 14

00:52:04.819 --> 00:52:05.399
 Down to

00:52:05.399 --> 00:52:06.519
 Verse 16

00:52:06.519 --> 00:52:07.899
 Is again

00:52:07.899 --> 00:52:08.859
 A reminder

00:52:08.859 --> 00:52:09.659
 To us

00:52:09.659 --> 00:52:10.579
 Of the

00:52:10.579 --> 00:52:11.199
 World in

00:52:11.199 --> 00:52:11.659
 Which we

00:52:11.659 --> 00:52:12.000
 Live

00:52:12.000 --> 00:52:12.480
 Today

00:52:12.480 --> 00:52:13.799
 That the

00:52:13.799 --> 00:52:14.419
 Gospel

00:52:14.419 --> 00:52:15.960
 And Jesus

00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:16.619
 Christ

00:52:16.619 --> 00:52:17.179
 Is so

00:52:17.179 --> 00:52:17.579
 Often

00:52:17.579 --> 00:52:19.099
 Rejected

00:52:19.099 --> 00:52:20.779
 Verse 15

00:52:20.779 --> 00:52:21.579
 Who killed

00:52:21.579 --> 00:52:22.139
 Both

00:52:22.139 --> 00:52:23.239
 The Lord

00:52:23.239 --> 00:52:23.819
 Jesus

00:52:23.819 --> 00:52:25.000
 And the

00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:25.739
 Prophets

00:52:25.739 --> 00:52:26.779
 And drove

00:52:26.779 --> 00:52:27.719
 Us out

00:52:27.719 --> 00:52:29.179
 And displeased

00:52:29.179 --> 00:52:29.679
 God

00:52:29.679 --> 00:52:31.019
 And oppose

00:52:31.019 --> 00:52:32.019
 All mankind

00:52:32.019 --> 00:52:34.119
 By hindering

00:52:34.119 --> 00:52:34.659
 Us

00:52:34.659 --> 00:52:36.059
 From speaking

00:52:36.059 --> 00:52:37.000
 To the

00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:37.819
 Gentiles

00:52:37.819 --> 00:52:38.659
 That they

00:52:38.659 --> 00:52:39.039
 Might

00:52:39.039 --> 00:52:40.219
 Be saved

00:52:40.219 --> 00:52:42.059
 You see

00:52:42.059 --> 00:52:42.420
 What's

00:52:42.420 --> 00:52:42.980
 Happening

00:52:42.980 --> 00:52:43.460
 Here

00:52:43.460 --> 00:52:46.219
 Paul is

00:52:46.219 --> 00:52:46.940
 Reaching out

00:52:46.940 --> 00:52:47.259
 With the

00:52:47.259 --> 00:52:47.739
 Gospel

00:52:47.739 --> 00:52:49.339
 And he's

00:52:49.339 --> 00:52:49.959
 Got his

00:52:49.959 --> 00:52:50.559
 Church

00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:51.619
 Reaching

00:52:51.619 --> 00:52:51.899
 Out

00:52:51.899 --> 00:52:52.219
 With the

00:52:52.219 --> 00:52:52.719
 Gospel

00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:53.719
 Reaching

00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:54.059
 Out

00:52:54.059 --> 00:52:54.559
 Speaking

00:52:54.559 --> 00:52:54.919
 To the

00:52:54.919 --> 00:52:55.639
 Gentiles

00:52:55.639 --> 00:52:56.699
 That they

00:52:56.699 --> 00:52:57.279
 Might be

00:52:57.279 --> 00:52:57.979
 Saved

00:52:57.980 --> 00:52:59.900
 But in

00:52:59.900 --> 00:53:00.340
 This

00:53:00.340 --> 00:53:01.519
 There is

00:53:01.519 --> 00:53:02.320
 Opposition

00:53:02.320 --> 00:53:05.440
 And again

00:53:05.440 --> 00:53:06.960
 You ask

00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:07.400
 What are

00:53:07.400 --> 00:53:07.960
 We doing

00:53:07.960 --> 00:53:09.480
 And why

00:53:09.480 --> 00:53:11.579
 What's

00:53:11.579 --> 00:53:12.519
 Our vision

00:53:12.519 --> 00:53:12.900
 In the

00:53:12.900 --> 00:53:13.480
 Midst

00:53:13.480 --> 00:53:14.179
 Of this

00:53:14.179 --> 00:53:15.400
 What was

00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:16.300
 Nehemiah's

00:53:16.300 --> 00:53:16.760
 Vision

00:53:16.760 --> 00:53:17.380
 In his

00:53:17.380 --> 00:53:17.659
 Day

00:53:17.659 --> 00:53:18.599
 As all

00:53:18.599 --> 00:53:19.079
 Around

00:53:19.079 --> 00:53:19.440
 Was

00:53:19.440 --> 00:53:20.199
 Opposition

00:53:20.199 --> 00:53:22.179
 Well it

00:53:22.179 --> 00:53:22.920
 Was so

00:53:22.920 --> 00:53:23.760
 The nations

00:53:23.760 --> 00:53:24.800
 Wouldn't

00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:25.599
 Ridicule

00:53:25.599 --> 00:53:26.559
 God

00:53:26.559 --> 00:53:26.960
 And his

00:53:26.960 --> 00:53:27.480
 People

00:53:27.480 --> 00:53:29.159
 So that

00:53:29.159 --> 00:53:29.599
 Jerusalem

00:53:29.599 --> 00:53:30.519
 Would stand

00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:31.360
 Tall

00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:32.219
 Once again

00:53:32.219 --> 00:53:33.260
 As a

00:53:33.260 --> 00:53:33.920
 Place that

00:53:33.920 --> 00:53:34.639
 Worshipped

00:53:34.639 --> 00:53:35.159
 God

00:53:35.159 --> 00:53:36.460
 And honoured

00:53:36.460 --> 00:53:36.920
 Him

00:53:36.920 --> 00:53:38.179
 And sought

00:53:38.179 --> 00:53:39.420
 For others

00:53:39.420 --> 00:53:40.119
 All around

00:53:40.119 --> 00:53:40.380
 Them

00:53:40.380 --> 00:53:41.460
 To see

00:53:41.460 --> 00:53:42.099
 This is

00:53:42.099 --> 00:53:42.740
 Our

00:53:42.740 --> 00:53:43.260
 God

00:53:43.260 --> 00:53:45.199
 He is

00:53:45.199 --> 00:53:45.679
 On our

00:53:45.679 --> 00:53:46.300
 Side

00:53:46.300 --> 00:53:46.639
 And you

00:53:46.639 --> 00:53:47.260
 Will not

00:53:47.260 --> 00:53:48.300
 Defeat

00:53:48.300 --> 00:53:48.719
 Us

00:53:48.719 --> 00:53:50.440
 And when

00:53:50.440 --> 00:53:50.820
 You look

00:53:50.820 --> 00:53:51.440
 Into the

00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:52.159
 New Testament

00:53:52.159 --> 00:53:52.440
 When you

00:53:52.440 --> 00:53:52.699
 Look at

00:53:52.699 --> 00:53:53.639
 The days

00:53:53.639 --> 00:53:54.320
 Of Paul

00:53:54.320 --> 00:53:54.719
 Here

00:53:54.719 --> 00:53:55.059
 Where he's

00:53:55.059 --> 00:53:55.320
 Saying

00:53:55.320 --> 00:53:56.059
 You know

00:53:56.059 --> 00:53:57.259
 Those are

00:53:57.259 --> 00:53:57.960
 The ones

00:53:57.960 --> 00:53:58.940
 Who killed

00:53:58.940 --> 00:54:00.059
 The Lord

00:54:00.059 --> 00:54:00.559
 Jesus

00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:02.460
 They were

00:54:02.460 --> 00:54:03.519
 So opposed

00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:03.840
 To the

00:54:03.840 --> 00:54:04.219
 Gospel

00:54:04.219 --> 00:54:04.579
 That they

00:54:04.579 --> 00:54:05.219
 Killed

00:54:05.219 --> 00:54:06.139
 The Lord

00:54:06.139 --> 00:54:06.799
 Jesus

00:54:06.799 --> 00:54:09.199
 Did they

00:54:09.199 --> 00:54:09.559
 Win

00:54:09.559 --> 00:54:10.940
 Were they

00:54:10.940 --> 00:54:11.759
 Victorious

00:54:11.760 --> 00:54:12.880
 Was the

00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:13.320
 Gospel

00:54:13.320 --> 00:54:14.380
 Silenced

00:54:14.380 --> 00:54:15.500
 No

00:54:15.500 --> 00:54:17.000
 The

00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:17.580
 Gospel

00:54:17.580 --> 00:54:18.380
 Spread

00:54:18.380 --> 00:54:19.340
 Spread

00:54:19.340 --> 00:54:19.860
 Even as

00:54:19.860 --> 00:54:20.500
 Paul was

00:54:20.500 --> 00:54:21.000
 Preaching

00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:21.340
 Here

00:54:21.340 --> 00:54:21.940
 Ministering

00:54:21.940 --> 00:54:22.140
 Here

00:54:22.140 --> 00:54:22.500
 To the

00:54:22.500 --> 00:54:23.400
 Church

00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:23.740
 At

00:54:23.740 --> 00:54:24.500
 Thessalonica

00:54:24.500 --> 00:54:26.039
 To all

00:54:26.039 --> 00:54:26.059
 To all

00:54:26.059 --> 00:54:26.360
 Ends

00:54:26.360 --> 00:54:26.619
 Of the

00:54:26.619 --> 00:54:26.940
 Earth

00:54:26.940 --> 00:54:27.179
 The

00:54:27.179 --> 00:54:27.739
 Gospel

00:54:27.739 --> 00:54:28.659
 Still

00:54:28.659 --> 00:54:29.019
 Goes

00:54:29.019 --> 00:54:29.500
 Out

00:54:29.500 --> 00:54:30.380
 God

00:54:30.380 --> 00:54:30.599
 Is

00:54:30.599 --> 00:54:31.539
 Building

00:54:31.539 --> 00:54:32.039
 His

00:54:32.039 --> 00:54:32.739
 Church

00:54:32.739 --> 00:54:34.400
 And we

00:54:34.400 --> 00:54:35.079
 Are part

00:54:35.079 --> 00:54:36.139
 Of this

00:54:36.139 --> 00:54:36.719
 Work

00:54:36.719 --> 00:54:37.960
 We are

00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:38.639
 Involved

00:54:38.639 --> 00:54:39.320
 In the

00:54:39.320 --> 00:54:39.719
 Kingdom

00:54:39.719 --> 00:54:40.300
 Work

00:54:40.300 --> 00:54:41.539
 Of God

00:54:41.539 --> 00:54:43.179
 What's

00:54:43.179 --> 00:54:43.960
 The point

00:54:43.960 --> 00:54:45.260
 What are

00:54:45.260 --> 00:54:45.780
 We doing

00:54:45.780 --> 00:54:47.079
 And why

00:54:47.079 --> 00:54:49.639
 We are

00:54:49.639 --> 00:54:50.259
 Seeking

00:54:50.259 --> 00:54:52.000
 To worship

00:54:52.000 --> 00:54:52.579
 God

00:54:52.579 --> 00:54:52.900
 Through

00:54:52.900 --> 00:54:53.179
 His

00:54:53.179 --> 00:54:53.659
 Word

00:54:53.659 --> 00:54:55.119
 To build

00:54:55.119 --> 00:54:56.239
 One another

00:54:56.239 --> 00:54:56.619
 Up

00:54:56.619 --> 00:54:57.980
 And to

00:54:57.980 --> 00:54:58.539
 Reach

00:54:58.539 --> 00:54:59.460
 Those

00:54:59.460 --> 00:55:00.099
 Who are

00:55:00.099 --> 00:55:00.719
 Perishing

00:55:00.719 --> 00:55:02.319
 Those

00:55:02.319 --> 00:55:03.279
 Who are

00:55:03.279 --> 00:55:03.779
 Lost

00:55:03.779 --> 00:55:05.460
 Those

00:55:05.460 --> 00:55:06.039
 Who as it

00:55:06.039 --> 00:55:06.500
 Says at

00:55:06.500 --> 00:55:06.960
 The end

00:55:06.960 --> 00:55:07.380
 Of this

00:55:07.380 --> 00:55:08.380
 Verse 16

00:55:08.380 --> 00:55:09.920
 But God's

00:55:09.920 --> 00:55:10.380
 Wrath

00:55:10.380 --> 00:55:10.920
 Has come

00:55:10.920 --> 00:55:11.659
 Upon them

00:55:11.659 --> 00:55:12.420
 At last

00:55:12.420 --> 00:55:14.440
 To realize

00:55:14.440 --> 00:55:15.880
 God's

00:55:15.880 --> 00:55:16.380
 Wrath

00:55:16.380 --> 00:55:16.739
 Is a

00:55:16.739 --> 00:55:17.039
 Thing

00:55:17.039 --> 00:55:17.399
 To be

00:55:17.399 --> 00:55:18.000
 Feared

00:55:18.000 --> 00:55:19.079
 And you

00:55:19.079 --> 00:55:19.659
 Want no

00:55:19.659 --> 00:55:19.919
 One

00:55:19.919 --> 00:55:21.179
 To experience

00:55:21.179 --> 00:55:21.739
 And to

00:55:21.739 --> 00:55:22.359
 Suffer

00:55:22.359 --> 00:55:22.819
 That

00:55:22.819 --> 00:55:24.219
 And so

00:55:24.219 --> 00:55:25.639
 We preach

00:55:25.639 --> 00:55:26.879
 The gospel

00:55:26.879 --> 00:55:28.259
 So we

00:55:28.259 --> 00:55:29.159
 Reach out

00:55:29.159 --> 00:55:30.159
 With the

00:55:30.159 --> 00:55:30.599
 Gospel

00:55:30.599 --> 00:55:31.239
 Even when

00:55:31.239 --> 00:55:31.719
 It means

00:55:31.719 --> 00:55:32.599
 At times

00:55:32.599 --> 00:55:34.019
 That we

00:55:34.019 --> 00:55:34.739
 Suffer

00:55:34.739 --> 00:55:35.619
 For it

00:55:35.619 --> 00:55:37.099
 You know

00:55:37.099 --> 00:55:37.639
 As Paul

00:55:37.639 --> 00:55:38.759
 Was writing

00:55:38.759 --> 00:55:39.139
 To them

00:55:39.139 --> 00:55:39.519
 Here he

00:55:39.519 --> 00:55:39.959
 Was saying

00:55:39.959 --> 00:55:41.000
 You will

00:55:41.000 --> 00:55:41.639
 Suffer

00:55:41.639 --> 00:55:43.619
 As Nehemiah

00:55:43.619 --> 00:55:44.279
 Was speaking

00:55:44.279 --> 00:55:44.879
 To the people

00:55:44.879 --> 00:55:45.599
 In his day

00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:46.719
 You are going

00:55:46.719 --> 00:55:47.319
 To suffer

00:55:47.319 --> 00:55:47.679
 In this

00:55:47.679 --> 00:55:47.919
 There is

00:55:47.919 --> 00:55:48.539
 Opposition

00:55:48.539 --> 00:55:49.759
 All around

00:55:49.759 --> 00:55:50.019
 It

00:55:50.019 --> 00:55:50.699
 But all

00:55:50.699 --> 00:55:50.899
 He was

00:55:50.899 --> 00:55:51.399
 Doing was

00:55:51.399 --> 00:55:52.119
 Confirming

00:55:52.119 --> 00:55:52.919
 One thing

00:55:52.919 --> 00:55:55.699
 That people

00:55:55.699 --> 00:55:56.480
 Were noticing

00:55:56.480 --> 00:55:58.219
 They were

00:55:58.219 --> 00:55:58.719
 Noticing

00:55:58.719 --> 00:55:59.019
 That they

00:55:59.019 --> 00:55:59.799
 Were faithful

00:55:59.799 --> 00:56:00.939
 To God

00:56:00.939 --> 00:56:01.599
 The Lord

00:56:01.599 --> 00:56:03.480
 And because

00:56:03.480 --> 00:56:04.259
 They were

00:56:04.259 --> 00:56:05.359
 They were

00:56:05.359 --> 00:56:06.199
 Attacked

00:56:06.199 --> 00:56:08.779
 The question

00:56:08.779 --> 00:56:09.799
 For us

00:56:09.799 --> 00:56:10.539
 Today is

00:56:10.539 --> 00:56:11.619
 Are we

00:56:11.619 --> 00:56:14.460
 Are we

00:56:14.460 --> 00:56:15.960
 Noticed

00:56:15.960 --> 00:56:18.259
 Does anybody

00:56:18.259 --> 00:56:18.920
 Notice

00:56:18.920 --> 00:56:19.659
 What we're

00:56:19.659 --> 00:56:20.159
 Doing for

00:56:20.159 --> 00:56:20.659
 The Lord

00:56:20.659 --> 00:56:22.639
 Does anybody

00:56:22.639 --> 00:56:23.940
 See the

00:56:23.940 --> 00:56:24.559
 Faith that

00:56:24.559 --> 00:56:25.219
 I have

00:56:25.219 --> 00:56:26.900
 Do they

00:56:26.900 --> 00:56:27.739
 Challenge me

00:56:27.739 --> 00:56:28.519
 For it

00:56:28.519 --> 00:56:30.119
 Do they

00:56:30.119 --> 00:56:30.940
 Take notice

00:56:30.940 --> 00:56:32.019
 Of who we

00:56:32.019 --> 00:56:33.299
 Are and

00:56:33.299 --> 00:56:33.839
 What we

00:56:33.839 --> 00:56:34.179
 Do

00:56:34.179 --> 00:56:35.579
 Do they

00:56:35.579 --> 00:56:35.779
 Because if

00:56:35.779 --> 00:56:36.339
 We do

00:56:36.339 --> 00:56:37.539
 If we

00:56:37.539 --> 00:56:37.899
 Are doing

00:56:37.899 --> 00:56:38.879
 It right

00:56:38.879 --> 00:56:40.199
 There will

00:56:40.199 --> 00:56:40.919
 Be those

00:56:40.919 --> 00:56:42.019
 Who oppose

00:56:42.019 --> 00:56:42.299
 It

00:56:42.299 --> 00:56:43.419
 There will

00:56:43.419 --> 00:56:44.059
 Be those

00:56:44.059 --> 00:56:45.339
 Who reject

00:56:45.339 --> 00:56:45.659
 It

00:56:45.659 --> 00:56:47.319
 But we

00:56:47.319 --> 00:56:48.739
 Have God

00:56:48.739 --> 00:56:49.859
 On our

00:56:49.859 --> 00:56:50.399
 Side

00:56:50.399 --> 00:56:51.799
 And that

00:56:51.799 --> 00:56:52.119
 Is what

00:56:52.119 --> 00:56:52.399
 We are

00:56:52.399 --> 00:56:53.099
 Always

00:56:53.099 --> 00:56:54.420
 To remember

00:56:54.420 --> 00:56:55.779
 To set

00:56:55.779 --> 00:56:56.399
 The Lord

00:56:56.399 --> 00:56:57.719
 Always

00:56:57.719 --> 00:56:59.079
 Before us

00:56:59.079 --> 00:57:00.339
 What do

00:57:00.339 --> 00:57:00.839
 We do

00:57:00.839 --> 00:57:02.259
 And why

00:57:02.259 --> 00:57:04.059
 When Hudson

00:57:04.059 --> 00:57:04.559
 Taylor

00:57:04.559 --> 00:57:05.799
 Was director

00:57:05.799 --> 00:57:06.440
 Of China

00:57:06.440 --> 00:57:06.859
 Inland

00:57:06.859 --> 00:57:07.199
 Mission

00:57:07.199 --> 00:57:08.420
 He would

00:57:08.420 --> 00:57:09.219
 Often interview

00:57:09.219 --> 00:57:10.000
 Candidates

00:57:10.000 --> 00:57:10.319
 For the

00:57:10.319 --> 00:57:10.599
 Mission

00:57:10.599 --> 00:57:11.099
 Field

00:57:11.099 --> 00:57:12.799
 On one

00:57:12.799 --> 00:57:13.239
 Occasion

00:57:13.239 --> 00:57:13.639
 As he was

00:57:13.639 --> 00:57:14.179
 Meeting with

00:57:14.179 --> 00:57:14.500
 A group

00:57:14.500 --> 00:57:15.339
 Of applicants

00:57:15.340 --> 00:57:16.579
 He wanted

00:57:16.579 --> 00:57:17.180
 To ask

00:57:17.180 --> 00:57:17.539
 What their

00:57:17.539 --> 00:57:18.400
 Motivation

00:57:18.400 --> 00:57:19.000
 Was

00:57:19.000 --> 00:57:20.120
 In going

00:57:20.120 --> 00:57:20.780
 On the

00:57:20.780 --> 00:57:21.120
 Mission

00:57:21.120 --> 00:57:22.900
 And he

00:57:22.900 --> 00:57:23.340
 Asked the

00:57:23.340 --> 00:57:23.820
 Question

00:57:23.820 --> 00:57:25.320
 To each

00:57:25.320 --> 00:57:25.980
 In turn

00:57:25.980 --> 00:57:27.500
 Why do

00:57:27.500 --> 00:57:28.120
 You wish

00:57:28.120 --> 00:57:30.440
 To go

00:57:30.440 --> 00:57:30.880
 As a

00:57:30.880 --> 00:57:31.280
 Foreign

00:57:31.280 --> 00:57:32.340
 Missionary

00:57:32.340 --> 00:57:34.180
 The first

00:57:34.180 --> 00:57:35.120
 One replied

00:57:35.120 --> 00:57:35.660
 I want to

00:57:35.660 --> 00:57:36.100
 Go because

00:57:36.100 --> 00:57:36.860
 Christ has

00:57:36.860 --> 00:57:37.640
 Commanded us

00:57:37.640 --> 00:57:38.660
 To go into

00:57:38.660 --> 00:57:39.160
 All the

00:57:39.160 --> 00:57:39.640
 World and

00:57:39.640 --> 00:57:40.160
 Preach the

00:57:40.160 --> 00:57:40.579
 Gospel

00:57:40.579 --> 00:57:42.860
 The next

00:57:42.860 --> 00:57:43.600
 Replied

00:57:43.600 --> 00:57:44.019
 I want to

00:57:44.019 --> 00:57:44.660
 Go because

00:57:44.659 --> 00:57:45.539
 Millions

00:57:45.539 --> 00:57:46.339
 Are perishing

00:57:46.339 --> 00:57:46.719
 Without

00:57:46.719 --> 00:57:47.420
 Christ

00:57:47.420 --> 00:57:49.199
 So the

00:57:49.199 --> 00:57:49.739
 Answers

00:57:49.739 --> 00:57:50.639
 Kept coming

00:57:50.639 --> 00:57:51.699
 One after

00:57:51.699 --> 00:57:52.079
 Another

00:57:52.079 --> 00:57:53.079
 And at

00:57:53.079 --> 00:57:53.460
 The end

00:57:53.460 --> 00:57:53.699
 He had

00:57:53.699 --> 00:57:54.139
 Them all

00:57:54.139 --> 00:57:54.599
 Together

00:57:54.599 --> 00:57:54.940
 And he

00:57:54.940 --> 00:57:55.940
 Started sharing

00:57:55.940 --> 00:57:56.339
 Some of the

00:57:56.339 --> 00:57:57.139
 Motivations

00:57:57.139 --> 00:57:58.179
 That people

00:57:58.179 --> 00:57:58.619
 Had shared

00:57:58.619 --> 00:57:58.839
 And he

00:57:58.839 --> 00:57:59.099
 Says

00:57:59.099 --> 00:58:00.099
 He says

00:58:00.099 --> 00:58:00.420
 You've all

00:58:00.420 --> 00:58:00.980
 Given your

00:58:00.980 --> 00:58:01.599
 Motives

00:58:01.599 --> 00:58:02.579
 Many of

00:58:02.579 --> 00:58:02.920
 Them are

00:58:02.920 --> 00:58:03.460
 Good

00:58:03.460 --> 00:58:04.860
 Motives

00:58:04.860 --> 00:58:07.199
 But these

00:58:07.199 --> 00:58:07.779
 Motives

00:58:07.779 --> 00:58:08.599
 Will fail

00:58:08.599 --> 00:58:08.940
 You in

00:58:08.940 --> 00:58:09.559
 Times of

00:58:09.559 --> 00:58:10.139
 Testing

00:58:10.139 --> 00:58:11.480
 Times of

00:58:11.480 --> 00:58:12.019
 Trials

00:58:12.019 --> 00:58:12.960
 Times of

00:58:12.960 --> 00:58:14.059
 Tribulations

00:58:14.059 --> 00:58:15.380
 Times even

00:58:15.380 --> 00:58:16.179
 Of possible

00:58:16.179 --> 00:58:16.819
 Death

00:58:16.819 --> 00:58:18.159
 He says

00:58:18.159 --> 00:58:18.380
 There is

00:58:18.380 --> 00:58:18.980
 But one

00:58:18.980 --> 00:58:19.599
 Motive

00:58:19.599 --> 00:58:20.719
 That will

00:58:20.719 --> 00:58:21.599
 Sustain you

00:58:21.599 --> 00:58:22.179
 In all

00:58:22.179 --> 00:58:22.579
 Of these

00:58:22.579 --> 00:58:23.559
 Situations

00:58:23.559 --> 00:58:25.519
 Love of

00:58:25.519 --> 00:58:26.079
 Christ

00:58:26.079 --> 00:58:28.759
 That is your

00:58:28.759 --> 00:58:29.500
 Greatest

00:58:29.500 --> 00:58:30.340
 Motive

00:58:30.340 --> 00:58:32.059
 The love

00:58:32.059 --> 00:58:33.559
 Of Christ

00:58:33.559 --> 00:58:34.880
 All these

00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:35.799
 Other things

00:58:35.799 --> 00:58:36.920
 Are good

00:58:36.920 --> 00:58:38.840
 A burden

00:58:38.840 --> 00:58:39.559
 For people

00:58:39.559 --> 00:58:40.219
 Perishing

00:58:40.219 --> 00:58:41.880
 A burden

00:58:41.880 --> 00:58:43.460
 To go and

00:58:43.460 --> 00:58:44.259
 Preach to

00:58:44.259 --> 00:58:44.900
 All the

00:58:44.900 --> 00:58:45.559
 Ends

00:58:45.559 --> 00:58:46.019
 Of the

00:58:46.019 --> 00:58:46.460
 Earth

00:58:46.460 --> 00:58:48.400
 But it's

00:58:48.400 --> 00:58:48.960
 All to be

00:58:48.960 --> 00:58:50.119
 Done in

00:58:50.119 --> 00:58:50.579
 The love

00:58:50.579 --> 00:58:51.320
 Of Christ

00:58:51.320 --> 00:58:53.279
 Because he

00:58:53.279 --> 00:58:54.880
 First loved

00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:55.420
 Us

00:58:55.420 --> 00:58:57.900
 So everything

00:58:57.900 --> 00:58:58.799
 That we

00:58:58.799 --> 00:59:00.599
 Do is to

00:59:00.599 --> 00:59:01.019
 Be for

00:59:01.019 --> 00:59:01.719
 Christ

00:59:01.719 --> 00:59:03.320
 For his

00:59:03.320 --> 00:59:03.820
 Sake

00:59:03.820 --> 00:59:04.900
 And for

00:59:04.900 --> 00:59:06.159
 His glory

00:59:06.159 --> 00:59:07.619
 And so

00:59:07.619 --> 00:59:08.239
 What is our

00:59:08.239 --> 00:59:09.639
 Vision here

00:59:09.639 --> 00:59:11.539
 What is our

00:59:11.539 --> 00:59:13.179
 Mission here

00:59:13.179 --> 00:59:15.460
 In Nehemiah's

00:59:15.460 --> 00:59:15.760
 Day

00:59:15.760 --> 00:59:17.000
 It was for

00:59:17.000 --> 00:59:17.679
 The glory

00:59:17.679 --> 00:59:18.400
 Of God

00:59:18.400 --> 00:59:19.480
 That the

00:59:19.480 --> 00:59:20.000
 People

00:59:20.000 --> 00:59:21.179
 Would worship

00:59:21.179 --> 00:59:21.820
 God

00:59:21.820 --> 00:59:23.119
 And not be

00:59:23.119 --> 00:59:23.720
 Mocked and

00:59:23.720 --> 00:59:24.440
 Ridiculed as

00:59:24.440 --> 00:59:24.900
 They were

00:59:24.900 --> 00:59:26.940
 In Paul's

00:59:26.940 --> 00:59:27.240
 Day

00:59:27.240 --> 00:59:28.480
 It was a

00:59:28.480 --> 00:59:28.920
 People

00:59:28.920 --> 00:59:29.960
 Would hear

00:59:29.960 --> 00:59:30.500
 The word

00:59:30.500 --> 00:59:31.019
 Of God

00:59:31.019 --> 00:59:31.559
 Be built

00:59:31.559 --> 00:59:32.340
 Up by it

00:59:32.340 --> 00:59:33.260
 And reach

00:59:33.260 --> 00:59:33.800
 Out to

00:59:33.800 --> 00:59:34.460
 The lost

00:59:34.460 --> 00:59:36.240
 Is it not

00:59:36.240 --> 00:59:37.079
 Still the

00:59:37.079 --> 00:59:37.619
 Same for

00:59:37.619 --> 00:59:38.300
 Ourselves

00:59:38.300 --> 00:59:38.720
 Today

00:59:38.720 --> 00:59:40.320
 For the

00:59:40.320 --> 00:59:40.960
 Glory of

00:59:40.960 --> 00:59:41.440
 God

00:59:41.440 --> 00:59:42.639
 And for

00:59:42.639 --> 00:59:43.199
 The love

00:59:43.199 --> 00:59:44.119
 Of Christ

00:59:44.119 --> 00:59:45.440
 We are

00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:46.119
 To preach

00:59:46.119 --> 00:59:47.359
 We are

00:59:47.359 --> 00:59:48.239
 To encourage

00:59:48.239 --> 00:59:49.559
 And we

00:59:49.559 --> 00:59:49.880
 Are to

00:59:49.880 --> 00:59:50.380
 Reach

00:59:50.380 --> 00:59:52.179
 May that

00:59:52.179 --> 00:59:53.400
 Be our

00:59:53.400 --> 00:59:53.839
 Vision

00:59:53.839 --> 00:59:54.980
 And our

00:59:54.980 --> 00:59:55.460
 Mission

00:59:55.460 --> 00:59:56.279
 Statement

00:59:56.279 --> 00:59:57.679
 Day after

00:59:57.679 --> 00:59:58.159
 Day

00:59:58.159 --> 00:59:59.659
 Our eyes

00:59:59.659 --> 01:00:00.639
 On Christ

01:00:00.639 --> 01:00:01.900
 Who loved

01:00:01.900 --> 01:00:02.319
 Us

01:00:02.319 --> 01:00:03.559
 And gave

01:00:03.559 --> 01:00:04.099
 Himself

01:00:04.099 --> 01:00:05.019
 For us

01:00:05.019 --> 01:00:05.980
 Let us

01:00:05.980 --> 01:00:06.239
 Pray

01:00:06.239 --> 01:00:08.839
 Our

01:00:08.839 --> 01:00:09.299
 Father

01:00:09.299 --> 01:00:10.199
 In heaven

01:00:10.199 --> 01:00:11.079
 We rejoice

01:00:11.079 --> 01:00:11.699
 In you

01:00:11.699 --> 01:00:12.619
 As the

01:00:12.619 --> 01:00:13.079
 God of

01:00:13.079 --> 01:00:13.759
 All glory

01:00:13.759 --> 01:00:14.239
 The God

01:00:14.239 --> 01:00:14.879
 Of hope

01:00:14.879 --> 01:00:15.939
 The God

01:00:15.939 --> 01:00:16.339
 Of all

01:00:16.339 --> 01:00:16.739
 Love

01:00:16.739 --> 01:00:17.279
 And grace

01:00:17.279 --> 01:00:17.839
 And mercy

01:00:17.839 --> 01:00:19.019
 And we

01:00:19.019 --> 01:00:19.559
 Thank you

01:00:19.559 --> 01:00:19.819
 Lord

01:00:19.819 --> 01:00:20.179
 That you

01:00:20.179 --> 01:00:20.739
 Are indeed

01:00:20.739 --> 01:00:21.239
 Building

01:00:21.239 --> 01:00:22.079
 Your church

01:00:22.079 --> 01:00:23.219
 And that

01:00:23.219 --> 01:00:23.679
 Through your

01:00:23.679 --> 01:00:24.079
 Word

01:00:24.079 --> 01:00:24.779
 Proclaimed

01:00:24.779 --> 01:00:25.859
 There is

01:00:25.859 --> 01:00:26.559
 Such power

01:00:26.559 --> 01:00:27.399
 Such mighty

01:00:27.399 --> 01:00:27.899
 Power

01:00:27.899 --> 01:00:29.079
 Even as the

01:00:29.079 --> 01:00:29.619
 Psalmist

01:00:29.619 --> 01:00:29.979
 Says

01:00:29.979 --> 01:00:30.419
 It is the

01:00:30.419 --> 01:00:30.899
 Power that

01:00:30.899 --> 01:00:31.419
 Is able to

01:00:31.419 --> 01:00:31.939
 Convict

01:00:31.939 --> 01:00:32.699
 And convert

01:00:32.699 --> 01:00:33.879
 The soul

01:00:33.879 --> 01:00:34.479
 That lies

01:00:34.479 --> 01:00:35.019
 In sin

01:00:35.019 --> 01:00:36.059
 And we

01:00:36.059 --> 01:00:36.719
 Pray Lord

01:00:36.719 --> 01:00:37.579
 That as

01:00:37.579 --> 01:00:37.980
 Your word

01:00:37.980 --> 01:00:38.340
 Has been

01:00:38.340 --> 01:00:38.940
 Proclaimed

01:00:38.940 --> 01:00:39.440
 Today

01:00:39.440 --> 01:00:40.039
 Through all

01:00:40.039 --> 01:00:40.539
 Ends of

01:00:40.539 --> 01:00:41.000
 The earth

01:00:41.000 --> 01:00:41.900
 That it

01:00:41.900 --> 01:00:42.159
 Will have

01:00:42.159 --> 01:00:42.579
 Gone out

01:00:42.579 --> 01:00:43.219
 With power

01:00:43.219 --> 01:00:44.219
 That it

01:00:44.219 --> 01:00:44.860
 Will accomplish

01:00:44.860 --> 01:00:45.579
 All the

01:00:45.579 --> 01:00:46.059
 Purposes

01:00:46.059 --> 01:00:46.460
 That you

01:00:46.460 --> 01:00:47.179
 Have for it

01:00:47.179 --> 01:00:48.039
 And that it

01:00:48.039 --> 01:00:48.380
 Will not

01:00:48.380 --> 01:00:49.159
 Return to

01:00:49.159 --> 01:00:49.380
 You

01:00:49.380 --> 01:00:49.739
 Empty

01:00:49.739 --> 01:00:50.320
 Or void

01:00:50.320 --> 01:00:51.539
 We commit

01:00:51.539 --> 01:00:52.179
 Ourselves

01:00:52.179 --> 01:00:52.780
 Into your

01:00:52.780 --> 01:00:53.159
 Hands

01:00:53.159 --> 01:00:53.639
 Oh Lord

01:00:53.639 --> 01:00:55.179
 Take care

01:00:55.179 --> 01:00:55.619
 Of us

01:00:55.619 --> 01:00:55.940
 Lord

01:00:55.940 --> 01:00:56.559
 Help us

01:00:56.559 --> 01:00:56.900
 To be

01:00:56.900 --> 01:00:57.440
 Strong

01:00:57.440 --> 01:00:57.860
 In this

01:00:57.860 --> 01:00:58.219
 Day

01:00:58.219 --> 01:00:59.500
 To stand

01:00:59.500 --> 01:01:00.000
 Up for

01:01:00.000 --> 01:01:00.280
 You

01:01:00.280 --> 01:01:01.119
 To have

01:01:01.119 --> 01:01:01.460
 A great

01:01:01.460 --> 01:01:02.099
 Vision of

01:01:02.099 --> 01:01:02.659
 Christ

01:01:02.659 --> 01:01:03.639
 And to

01:01:03.639 --> 01:01:04.179
 Love him

01:01:04.179 --> 01:01:04.739
 With all

01:01:04.739 --> 01:01:05.259
 Our hearts

01:01:05.259 --> 01:01:05.959
 To serve

01:01:05.959 --> 01:01:06.299
 Him

01:01:06.299 --> 01:01:07.239
 With all

01:01:07.239 --> 01:01:07.859
 We have

01:01:07.859 --> 01:01:08.959
 Knowing that

01:01:08.959 --> 01:01:09.279
 He has

01:01:09.279 --> 01:01:10.079
 Loved us

01:01:10.079 --> 01:01:11.099
 And given

01:01:11.099 --> 01:01:11.919
 Himself for

01:01:11.919 --> 01:01:12.259
 Us

01:01:12.259 --> 01:01:13.399
 So Lord

01:01:13.399 --> 01:01:14.019
 Hear our

01:01:14.019 --> 01:01:14.579
 Prayers

01:01:14.579 --> 01:01:15.199
 Watch over

01:01:15.199 --> 01:01:16.199
 Us and

01:01:16.199 --> 01:01:16.719
 Continue with

01:01:16.719 --> 01:01:17.139
 Us now

01:01:17.139 --> 01:01:17.699
 In Jesus

01:01:17.699 --> 01:01:18.159
 Name

01:01:18.159 --> 01:01:19.159
 Amen

01:01:19.159 --> 01:01:23.539
 We are

01:01:23.539 --> 01:01:23.559
 We are

01:01:23.559 --> 01:01:23.920
 Going to

01:01:23.920 --> 01:01:24.719
 Conclude by

01:01:24.719 --> 01:01:25.920
 Singing to

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 God's

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 Praise

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 In Psalm

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 84

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 Psalm 84

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 On page

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 339 of

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 The

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 Psalm

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 Books

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 We will

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 Sing from

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 Verse 8

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 To the

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 End of

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 The

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 Psalm

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 Psalm 84

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 At verse

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 8

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 Lord

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 God of

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 hosts

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 My prayer

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 Hear

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 O Jacob's

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 God

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 Give

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 Ear

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 See

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 God

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 Our

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 Shield

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 Look

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 On the

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 Face

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 Of

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 Thine

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 Anointed

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 Dear

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 The tune

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 is

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 Gerlach

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 And we'll

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 Sing from

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 Verse 8

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 To the

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 End of

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 The

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 Psalm

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 Lord

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 God of

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 Us

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 My

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 Prayer

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 Hear

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 O

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 Jacob

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 God

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 Give

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 Ear

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 See

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 God

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 Our

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 Shield

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 Look

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 Look

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 On

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 The

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 Face

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 Of

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 Thine

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 Anointed

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 Dear

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 For

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 In

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 Thy

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 Course

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 One

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 Day

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 Excels

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 A

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 Thousand

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 Brother

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 In

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 My

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 God

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 God

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 Has

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 Thine

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 Thine

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 Thine

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 Adore

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 And

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 Dwell

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 In

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 Tempts

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 Of

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 Sin

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 For

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 God

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 The

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 Lord

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 Thine

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 Son

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 And

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 Shield

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 Heal

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 Grace

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 And

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 Glory

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 Heir

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 And

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 Well

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 With

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 Hope

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 No

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 Good

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 From

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 Them

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 But

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 Thine

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 Thine

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 Thine

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 Thine

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 Thine

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 Thine

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 Thine

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 Thine

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 Thine

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 Thine

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 Who

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 I'll go to the main door after the benediction.

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 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God,

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 Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon

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 and abide with you all now and forevermore.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.