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 Have you seen an emotion wheel like this one on the screen?

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 How many ways do you think we can describe the emotion of angry, sad, or feeling bad?

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 Or let me put it another way.

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 If someone say, I feel lonely, isolated, abandoned, vulnerable, victimized, fragile,

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 despair, grief, powerless, guilty, ashamed, remorseful, depressed, empty, inferior, hurt, disappointed, or embarrassed,

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 which emotion do people typically lump these emotions under?

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 These 18 emotions, they often lump under sadness, and often is when we are overwhelmed with sadness.

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 We lost all our hope.

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 We want to complain about our situation and point our fingers at the blames of our sufferings.

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 Instead, we would be more appropriate to ask the question the writer of Lamentation posed in chapter 3, verse 39.

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 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?

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 To help us to lament about what we are facing?

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 Today, I want to take you on a journey with the director of Lamentation to find hope in despair and in darkness.

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 To find our hope in God.

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 If you open our St. Paul's app, you will see the three points for today.

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 Hope eclipse, hope emerge, and hope everlasting.

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 From chapter 1 to chapter 3, verse 18 in the Lamentations,

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 the 62 verses are like dark shadows moving across and eclipse our light shores.

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 All become dark when the writer say in verse 19 to 20,

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 His soul is downcast within him, holy and utterly hopeless because of the desolation to his hometown Jerusalem.

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 The book of Lamentations is a gift from God for us to connect with him.

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 The writer invites us to join God's grieving over sins and destruction of his creations.

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 Barry Webb, a well-known Bible scholar, pointed out that grief itself, by its very nature,

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 is a somewhat formless thing.

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 We need external help to address it.

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 You might have experienced this yourself, especially some grief that hits you very hard.

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 Maybe a tough breakup, or someone very deep to you died,

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 or watching a loved one dealing with debilitating sickness.

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 As your mind moves in circle, repeatedly returning to the source of grief,

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 unable to leave it, unable to resolve it,

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 was it hard to identify precisely how you feel?

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 Lamentation is written in a form that allows grief to be fully exposed and expressed,

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 and yet, at the same time, sets a limit to it.

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 These poems explore grief in its many various aspects,

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 viewing it first from one's perspective,

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 and then from another, and yet another.

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 That is why there are seemingly many repetitions within the book,

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 especially in the first 62 verses,

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 as we slowly eclipse into complete darkness.

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 At one stage, the writer is observer,

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 describing Jerusalem's personified suffering and desolation,

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 and speak out on her behalf to cry out to God for help.

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 And it's during those pleads for God's attention to the suffering,

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 he confessed and admitted that the sufferings are deserved treatment

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 of the sin of rebellion and disobedience,

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 because the Lord is righteous.

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 At another stage, he tries to be a comforter,

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 to describe and understand what God is doing among them.

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 All he saw was God's anger and acting like an enemy against his people.

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 Instead of protecting and holding back the destruction,

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 God plundered and removed all they had.

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 The city wall, the temple,

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 things they trusted for protection and pleasure

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 were all utterly destroyed.

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 They have nothing they can live on.

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 People were dying everywhere due to famine,

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 and even considering cannibalism for survival.

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 Their utter hopelessness drives the writer into darkness,

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 as if all the sufferings and griefs become personal to him,

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 and God is punishing him with the rod of his wrath.

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 In chapter 3, verse 1 to 9,

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 he feels God has locked and imprisoned him in darkness,

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 besieged him, and surrounded him with bitterness and hardship.

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 And even he can get out in verse 10 to 18,

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 God lay a bear and a lion ready to mangle him.

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 And the hunter that should shoot the arrow at the predators

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 was aiming his arrow at him.

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 It was utterly hopeless and dark,

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 and it was at this point, in the dark,

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 the writer finally sees what God is doing

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 and fully connects with God in his grieving process

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 over sin and its destruction.

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 The whole range of human sorrow is explored.

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 Desserted, widowed, enslaved,

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 bittered, betrayed, exiled,

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 restless, distressed, lonely, grief,

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 wandering, afflicted,

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 laughed at, despised, naked,

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 filthy, dishonored, shamed,

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 desisted, crushed, held down,

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 slain and slaughtered.

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 The aid to sad of sorrow

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 is laid in front of the reader

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 in these 62 verses of Lament.

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 By the structure and pattern of these verses,

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 grief is shaped

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 and led to a conclusion

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 where hope emerges.

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 A point of complete darkness

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 where everything necessary has been said,

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 at least for the time being,

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 and a mourner can fall silent

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 without feeling he has been suppressed or stifled.

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 In this sense,

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 the structure and the pattern of the man

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 have more than aesthetic significance.

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 It also has a therapeutic

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 and pastoral significance.

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 After 64 verses

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 of expressing deep sufferings,

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 hope finally offered.

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 This hope has nothing to do

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 with what humans can do.

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 It is all based on God's grace.

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 The remembering up to 3,

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 verse 19 and 20

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 is involuntary,

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 driven by circumstance,

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 as the writer described

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 what he saw and how he felt.

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 However,

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 the call to mind

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 of chapter 3,

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 verse 21

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 is a deliberate choice

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 the sufferer has made.

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 In his choice,

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 hope emerges,

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 and hope emerges

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 because the writer

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 recalls,

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 repents,

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 and returns.

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 Reading verse 21 to 24,

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 Yet this I call to mind

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 and therefore I have hope.

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 Because of the Lord's great love,

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 we are not consumed,

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 for his compassions never fail.

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 They are new every morning.

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 Great is your faithfulness.

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 I say to myself,

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 the Lord is my portion,

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 therefore I will wait for him.

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 Yet this I call to mind

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 reflects a sudden change

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 of perspective,

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 like something had hit the writer.

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 He called to mind

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 the realization

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 that people are not

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 entirely wiped out,

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 we are not consumed,

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 that the destruction

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 was on the city

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 and possessions,

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 on things

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 that have become

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 their idols,

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 but not on all the people.

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 Himself,

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 as a remnant,

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 is a living proof

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 of God's great love

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 and compassions.

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 These two words,

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 in original language,

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 were plural,

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 reflecting the multiple occasions

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 when God demonstrated

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 his great love

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 and compassions.

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 They are more than enough

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 to comfort

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 and deal

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 with the suffering

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 that the writer

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 has faced.

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 Hope emerges

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 with recalling

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 and realizing

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 that even

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 to be able

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 to lament

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 is a gift,

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 for to weep

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 is to be alive.

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 And to that extent,

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 being able

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 to lament

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 is based

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 on God's grace.

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 They are new

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 every morning,

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 similar to the light

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 that emerged

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 from the shadow

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 after the eclipse.

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 The light

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 of the new dawn

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 always emerged

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 after each night,

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 just like what

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 Jackie just shared

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 with us.

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 Eclipse

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 has always been

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 transitional.

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 Sooner or later,

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 the shadow

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 will pass.

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 The dark shadow

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 will move off

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 our light source

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 and hope

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 emerge.

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 All other

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 character

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 and attributes

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 of God

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 rise to the

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 writer's mind

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 in quick succession

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 after the writer's

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 call to mind

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 God's great love,

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 compassion,

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 and faithfulness.

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 With that,

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 the glimmers

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 of hope

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 grew brighter

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 and brighter.

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 The writer

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 calls to mind

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 the truth

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 about God

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 and finds

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 God's promise

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 and confidence

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 are still

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 valid.

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 The joy

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 of discovery

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 is conveyed

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 by the beauty

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 and freshness

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 expressed in the

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 rest of the chapter.

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 Verse 25,

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 The Lord

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 is good

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 to those

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 whose hope

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 is in him,

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 to the one

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 who seeks him.

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 It is good

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 to wait

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 quietly

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 for the salvation

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 of the Lord.

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 It is good

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 for a man

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 to bear the yoke

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 while he is young.

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 The theme

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 of a yoke

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 is not new

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 in lamentation.

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 Chapter 1,

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 verse 14

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 says,

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 My sins

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 have been

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 bound

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 into a yoke.

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 So,

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 and the writer

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 said,

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 It is good

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 for man

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 to bear

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 the yoke

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 while he is young.

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 He implies

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 that the earlier

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 we realize

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 our inability

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 to stop sinning

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 and accept

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 the responsibility

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 and consequence

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 of our sins,

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 the earlier

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 we will find

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 hope in our despair.

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 Verse 28,

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 Let him sit

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 alone in silence,

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 for the Lord

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 has laid it on him.

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 Let him bury

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 his face

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 in the dust.

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 There may yet

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 be hope.

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 Let him offer

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 his cheek

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 to one

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 who will strike

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 him and let

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 him be filled

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 with disgrace.

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 When we sit

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 alone in silence,

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 submit ourselves

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 under God,

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 not fighting him

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 or those he used

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 to correct us.

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 As we bury

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 our face

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 in the dust

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 as our sign

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 of repentance,

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 there we will

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 see hope emerge.

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 The darkness

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 will move away.

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 We read on

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 from verse 31,

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 For no one

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 is cast off

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 by the Lord

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 forever.

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 Though he brings

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 grief,

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 he will show

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 compassion.

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 So great

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 is unfailing love,

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 for he does not

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 willingly bring

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 affection or grief

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 to anyone.

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 God's anger

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 was real,

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 but not hasty

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 or irrational.

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 It did not

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 nullify

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 the essential

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 truth

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 about him,

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 which had been

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 revealed in history,

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 especially in the Exodus.

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 Judgment

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 was part

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 of the confident

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 relationship,

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 but did not

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 bring it

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 to an end.

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 The writer

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 remembers that

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 God himself

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 guaranteed

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 the continuance

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 of our relationship

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 with him

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 by his character.

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 We read on

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 in verse 37,

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 who can speak

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 and have it

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 happen

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 if the Lord

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 has not decreed it.

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 It is not

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 from the mouth

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 of the Most High

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 that both calamity

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 and good things

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 come.

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 At this point,

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 the writer

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 realized

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 one fundamental

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 thought

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 humans have

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 been doing

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 and asked

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 the question

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 I mentioned

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 earlier,

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 why shall

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 the living

00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:36.699
 complain

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 when punished

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 for their sins?

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 His answer

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 was,

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 instead of

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 complaining,

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 we should

00:13:42.939 --> 00:13:44.080
 examine ourselves,

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 confess,

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 and repent.

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 Verse 40,

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 let's examine

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 our ways

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 and test them.

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 Let's return

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 to the Lord.

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 Let's lift up

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 our hearts

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 and our hands

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 to God

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 in heaven

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 and say,

00:13:55.980 --> 00:13:56.899
 we have

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 sinned

00:13:57.539 --> 00:13:58.539
 and rebelled

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 and you have

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 not forgotten,

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 forgiven.

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 After we recall

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 and remember

00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.460
 God's character,

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 hope will

00:14:07.940 --> 00:14:08.759
 continue to

00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:09.300
 emerge

00:14:09.300 --> 00:14:10.519
 as we repent

00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:11.220
 of our sin.

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 Only

00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:13.800
 when our

00:14:13.800 --> 00:14:14.460
 laments

00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:15.200
 include

00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:16.040
 confession of

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 sin

00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:17.220
 does it

00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:17.639
 fully

00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:18.400
 come to

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 grip

00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:19.900
 with reality

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 and allow

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 the love,

00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:22.560
 compassion,

00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:23.360
 and faithfulness

00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:23.800
 of God

00:14:23.800 --> 00:14:24.740
 to heal

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 what is

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 broken

00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:27.500
 and make

00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:28.100
 restoration

00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:29.200
 complete.

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 Lament

00:14:30.920 --> 00:14:31.600
 without

00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.280
 confession

00:14:32.280 --> 00:14:33.340
 of our

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 sin

00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.360
 is merely

00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:35.320
 a complaint.

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 And after

00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:37.660
 we repent

00:14:37.660 --> 00:14:38.420
 and return

00:14:38.420 --> 00:14:39.000
 to the Lord,

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 we can

00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:40.360
 trust in

00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:40.680
 God's

00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:41.080
 judgment

00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:42.320
 because God

00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:42.780
 has not

00:14:42.780 --> 00:14:43.639
 found delight

00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.840
 in crushing

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 all the

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 prisoners of

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 the earth,

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 nor depriving

00:14:48.400 --> 00:14:48.980
 anyone of

00:14:48.980 --> 00:14:49.519
 justice,

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 nor subverting

00:14:51.180 --> 00:14:52.340
 a person

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 in a legal

00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:53.400
 dispute.

00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.320
 His

00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:55.200
 steadfast love

00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:55.519
 lever

00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.019
 ceases

00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:57.060
 and his

00:14:57.060 --> 00:14:57.720
 mercy lever

00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:58.259
 comes to

00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:58.680
 an end.

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 Hope

00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:00.940
 emerges

00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:02.000
 as we

00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:02.340
 return

00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:02.920
 to God

00:15:02.920 --> 00:15:04.100
 for he

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 heard

00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:04.720
 our

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 plea

00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:05.660
 and

00:15:05.660 --> 00:15:05.980
 come

00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:06.340
 near

00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:06.940
 when

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 we

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 call

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 him

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 and

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 he

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 say

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 to

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 us

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 do

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 not

00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:11.260
 fear.

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 Hope

00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:13.500
 emerges

00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:14.120
 when we

00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.540
 recall

00:15:14.540 --> 00:15:15.440
 who God

00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:15.740
 is

00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.440
 and repent

00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:16.880
 of our

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 sins

00:15:17.160 --> 00:15:17.660
 and return

00:15:17.660 --> 00:15:18.180
 to God.

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 In my

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 community

00:15:19.900 --> 00:15:20.300
 group,

00:15:20.780 --> 00:15:21.500
 someone brought

00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:21.800
 up an

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 essential

00:15:22.260 --> 00:15:23.240
 prerequisites

00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:23.740
 for us

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 to call

00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:24.940
 to mind

00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:25.560
 the character

00:15:25.560 --> 00:15:26.100
 of God

00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:27.340
 is

00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:28.240
 we need

00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:28.639
 to know

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 God.

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 That is

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 why

00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.460
 as a

00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:31.639
 body

00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:32.240
 of Christ

00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:33.100
 we make

00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:33.879
 growing

00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:34.259
 in our

00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:34.740
 relationship

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.240
 with God

00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:36.139
 by having

00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:36.700
 four or

00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:36.879
 more

00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:37.519
 devotional

00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:37.960
 a week

00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:38.519
 our goal.

00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:39.920
 By

00:15:39.920 --> 00:15:40.519
 regularly

00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:41.659
 learning

00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:42.700
 under God

00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:43.600
 and submerging

00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:44.420
 yourself

00:15:44.420 --> 00:15:44.840
 in his

00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:45.240
 word,

00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.740
 we store

00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:47.120
 up

00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:48.320
 what we

00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:48.820
 can call

00:15:48.820 --> 00:15:49.340
 to mind

00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:49.759
 in our

00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.200
 darkness.

00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:51.820
 If we

00:15:51.820 --> 00:15:52.480
 have nothing

00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:53.519
 in our

00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:53.960
 tank

00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:54.840
 when you

00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.740
 find no

00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.200
 hope in

00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:56.680
 yourself,

00:15:57.180 --> 00:15:57.639
 where do

00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:57.940
 you look

00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:58.440
 for hope?

00:15:59.299 --> 00:15:59.940
 For hope

00:15:59.940 --> 00:16:00.740
 to emerge

00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:01.379
 in our

00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:01.799
 darkness,

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:02.779
 for the

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:03.299
 Holy Spirit

00:16:03.299 --> 00:16:03.820
 to remind

00:16:03.820 --> 00:16:04.759
 us of

00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.279
 the teaching

00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:05.940
 of God,

00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:06.779
 we need

00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:07.519
 to regularly

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.159
 come under

00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:08.639
 God's

00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.340
 word and

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:09.860
 store up

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:11.039
 things that

00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.659
 the Holy Spirit

00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:12.460
 can recall

00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:13.480
 and remind

00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:13.960
 us of.

00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:15.240
 That is

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:16.180
 why we

00:16:16.180 --> 00:16:16.779
 should aim

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.340
 for four

00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:17.899
 or more

00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.519
 devotions

00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:19.080
 per week

00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:19.899
 to learn

00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:20.519
 from God.

00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:22.200
 Hope

00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:22.940
 eclipses

00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:24.039
 and emerge

00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:25.299
 is a

00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:25.600
 pattern

00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:26.000
 of our

00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:26.519
 life

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.820
 that every

00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.159
 human

00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:29.279
 will face

00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:30.500
 and continue

00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:31.240
 till we

00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:31.540
 die.

00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:32.980
 Based on

00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:33.700
 the faithfulness

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.180
 of God

00:16:34.180 --> 00:16:36.300
 to his

00:16:36.300 --> 00:16:36.920
 promise

00:16:36.920 --> 00:16:38.139
 to maintain

00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:39.040
 a relationship

00:16:39.040 --> 00:16:39.500
 with those

00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:39.980
 who trust

00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:40.460
 in him,

00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:41.659
 we can

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.279
 wait in

00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.240
 hope for

00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:43.899
 darkness

00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:44.720
 to pass.

00:16:46.040 --> 00:16:46.379
 Hopeful

00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:47.060
 waiting is

00:16:47.060 --> 00:16:47.580
 justified

00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:48.779
 because hope

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.600
 is dependent

00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:50.940
 on who

00:16:50.940 --> 00:16:51.779
 God is

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.600
 rather than

00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.040
 on what

00:16:53.040 --> 00:16:53.759
 we can do

00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.460
 for ourselves.

00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:55.539
 God

00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.259
 is the

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:56.799
 everlasting

00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:57.259
 hope.

00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.500
 God

00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:00.340
 always does

00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:01.120
 what he

00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:01.500
 says he

00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:01.980
 will do.

00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.000
 In

00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:03.779
 contrast to

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.240
 people,

00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.099
 God does

00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:05.579
 not act

00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.319
 capriciously.

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:07.420
 Human

00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.059
 beings are

00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:08.859
 inconsistent

00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:10.299
 and unreliable,

00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.400
 but not

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:11.980
 the God

00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:12.299
 of the

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:12.619
 Bible.

00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:13.960
 The God

00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.240
 of the

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.680
 Bible is

00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.299
 everlasting.

00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:16.200
 He's

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.779
 immutable,

00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:17.900
 which means

00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:18.220
 he is

00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:18.940
 entirely

00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:20.019
 and totally

00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.700
 consistent.

00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.259
 In

00:17:22.259 --> 00:17:22.759
 concise

00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.539
 theology,

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.100
 J.R.

00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:24.400
 Parker

00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:26.279
 explains that

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:26.920
 God is

00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.420
 totally

00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:28.120
 consistent

00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:28.759
 because he

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:28.940
 is

00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:29.880
 necessarily

00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:30.640
 perfect.

00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:31.799
 He cannot

00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.460
 change

00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:33.360
 either for

00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:34.259
 better or

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:35.039
 for the

00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:35.400
 worse.

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.820
 Because God

00:17:36.820 --> 00:17:37.420
 is not

00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:38.220
 in the

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.059
 time or

00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:39.779
 confined by

00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.200
 time,

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.259
 he is not

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.820
 subject to

00:17:41.820 --> 00:17:43.120
 change as

00:17:43.120 --> 00:17:43.620
 we are.

00:17:44.580 --> 00:17:45.240
 Far from

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:46.160
 being detached

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.820
 and immobile,

00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:48.039
 he is always

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:49.000
 active in

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.539
 his world,

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.859
 constantly

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 making new

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 things sprung

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 forth.

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 But in

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 all this,

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 he expresses

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 his perfect

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 character in

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 perfect

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 consistency.

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 God's

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 unchanging

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 unchangelessness

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 or changelessness

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 does not

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 involve

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 unresponsive

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 indifference

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 to what

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 goes on

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 in this

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 world.

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 He is not

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 cold-hearted

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 towards our

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 suffering and

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 not be

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 moved by

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 them.

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 The

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 immorality

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 of God's

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 character is

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 precisely the

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 guarantee of

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 his adherence

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 to the

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 words he

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 has spoken

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 and the

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 plans he

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 has made.

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 God's

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 immorality

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 is the

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 reason why

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 when people

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 return to

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 him,

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 when they

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 confess and

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 pray and

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 trust in

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 him,

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 God changes

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 his attitude

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 towards them

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 and they

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 have hope

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 everlasting.

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 God

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 promised not

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 only that

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 he'll dash

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 some of

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 our hope

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 but he'll

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 give you

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 better one.

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 Trials are

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 coming into

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 your life.

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 If you know

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 God's character,

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 you can trust

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 him.

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 God's grace

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 help us to

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 discern God's

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 plan in our

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 suffering.

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 The unchanging

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 character of God

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 are your hope

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 everlasting.

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 reading from

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 verse 57,

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 you come

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 near when I

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 call you

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 and you

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 say do not

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 fear.

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 You,

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 Lord,

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 took up

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 my case.

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 You

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 redeemed my

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 life.

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 Lord,

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 you have

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 seen the

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 wrong done

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 to me.

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 Uphold

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 my cause.

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 God

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 had come

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 near in

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 the fresh.

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 He took

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 up our

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 case by

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 Jesus,

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 who is

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 the light

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 of all

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 mankind,

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 that shines

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 in the

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 darkness.

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 In

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 Matthew

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 chapter 14,

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 silent,

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 verse 22,

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 the disciples

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 of Jesus

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 was in a

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 boat in

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 the dark

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 of night,

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 buffered

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 by waves

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 and wind

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 against them.

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 Shortly

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 before dawn,

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 Jesus went

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 out to

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 them,

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 walking on

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 the water.

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 They were

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 terrified and

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 cried out,

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 and Jesus

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 immediately

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 said to

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 them,

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 take courage,

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 it is I,

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 do not

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 be afraid.

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 It was

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 still dark,

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 maybe in

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 the trite

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 light,

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 where Peter

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 could not

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 see clearly.

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 So he

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 replied,

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 Lord,

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 if it is

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 you,

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 tell me to

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 come to

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 you on

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 the water.

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 He

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 stepped out

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 onto the

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 water,

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 after hearing

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 Jesus

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 answer,

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 come.

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 He had

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 to rely

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 on the

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 voice of

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 Jesus to

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 walk towards

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 him,

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 because the

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 light of

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 the dawn

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 had not

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 fully

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 shone.

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 But when

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 he saw

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 the wind,

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 he was

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 afraid and

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 beginning to

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 sink,

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 and he

00:20:47.300 --> 00:20:47.800
 cried out,

00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:48.140
 Lord,

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:49.100
 save me!

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 And

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 immediately,

00:20:51.300 --> 00:20:51.580
 Jesus

00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:52.300
 reached out

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 his hand

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 and caught

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 him.

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 You of

00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.700
 little faith,

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 why do you

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.180
 doubt?

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 I can

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 imagine the

00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.180
 dawn of

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 light shining

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:05.259
 through as

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.180
 Jesus reached

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.880
 out and

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.320
 caught the

00:21:07.320 --> 00:21:07.580
 sinking

00:21:07.580 --> 00:21:08.080
 Peter,

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.640
 who was

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.140
 crying out,

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.500
 Lord,

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.340
 save me!

00:21:12.560 --> 00:21:13.400
 The light

00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:13.920
 of hope

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.880
 shined

00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:16.140
 through as

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:17.160
 Peter and

00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:18.620
 Jesus climb

00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:19.100
 into the

00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:19.480
 boat,

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.380
 and the

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:21.460
 wind dies

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 down.

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 In our

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 suffering and

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.039
 pain,

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 in our

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.600
 sorrow,

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.680
 allow

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:30.580
 yourself the

00:21:30.580 --> 00:21:31.200
 time to

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:32.360
 sit in

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 silence and

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.820
 describe what

00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:35.700
 you see and

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.100
 how you

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 feel.

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 Take as

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 long as

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 you need.

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 Do not

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.899
 suppress or

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:44.459
 stifle any

00:21:44.459 --> 00:21:44.919
 of your

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 emotions.

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 After you

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 remember all

00:21:48.939 --> 00:21:49.399
 that God

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:50.099
 has allowed

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:51.039
 happening to

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:52.240
 you, in

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:53.219
 that darkness,

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:55.079
 call to

00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.819
 your mind

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.599
 the great

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.179
 love and

00:21:57.179 --> 00:21:58.419
 compassion of

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 the everlasting

00:21:59.199 --> 00:21:59.719
 God.

00:22:00.959 --> 00:22:02.039
 In his

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:03.119
 everlasting hope,

00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.679
 you can say

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.200
 to God,

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.140
 Lord, if

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.799
 it's you,

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.220
 tell me to

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.779
 come to

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.960
 you on

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.720
 all the

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.620
 trouble and

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.299
 sufferings,

00:22:13.820 --> 00:22:14.900
 to step

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.440
 into the

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.960
 sea of

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.880
 uncertainty and

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.460
 worries.

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.000
 Even if it's

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.880
 dark and I

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.620
 cannot see

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:22.220
 clearly, I

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.720
 will follow

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.720
 your voice to

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.320
 find you.

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:25.940
 And if you

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.680
 get afraid

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.580
 while walking

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.340
 towards Jesus

00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:29.920
 and begin

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.580
 to think,

00:22:31.060 --> 00:22:31.580
 cry out,

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.500
 Lord, save

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:34.379
 me, Jesus'

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.539
 saving hand

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.519
 with the

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.779
 hole from

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.480
 nail on the

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.539
 cross will

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.579
 reach out in

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.119
 the light of

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:42.000
 hope to

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.679
 catch you.

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:43.980
 The

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.960
 everlasting hope

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.960
 will emerge

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.539
 and shine

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.539
 through after

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.460
 each eclipse

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.659
 and darkness

00:22:49.659 --> 00:22:51.019
 because great

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.599
 is the

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.579
 faithfulness of

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.220
 our everlasting

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.679
 God.

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:55.299
 Our

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.919
 benification

00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:57.460
 pastor, Nick,

00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:58.679
 has recorded a

00:22:58.679 --> 00:22:59.359
 song to help

00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.759
 us reflect on

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.559
 God's great

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:03.039
 faithfulness and

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.700
 give us something

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.400
 to call to

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.019
 our mind.

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 So let's

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 listen and

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:08.220
 reflect and

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.319
 join in praise

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.259
 to our King

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.819
 of Kings.