WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.240
 Well, I wonder, how might we, how might you, summarise all of those passages from Matthew?

00:00:12.620 --> 00:00:24.000
! There's a lot in there, isn't there? Thank you, Wendy, thank you, Imi, for reading that so clearly today, giving us that opportunity to hear and notice.

00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:29.920
 And I'm curious, what is it that we're noticing as we come to this?

00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:36.460
 Was there anything that you were drawn to that kind of stood out for you?

00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:41.140
 Well, our theme today is turning away.

00:00:42.060 --> 00:00:48.719
 So, we're going to unpack this through this story.

00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:55.439
 We see the huge betrayal that Jesus experienced when Judas turned away from him.

00:00:57.500 --> 00:01:01.019
 So, we'll unpack it and then we'll explore a little bit.

00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:03.739
 What does this mean for us?

00:01:04.759 --> 00:01:10.799
 What might it mean personally in our own discipleship journeys, in our relationship with God?

00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:24.039
 So, first of all, we see Judas agree to betray Jesus.

00:01:25.900 --> 00:01:29.799
 And I don't know if any of you are into traitors, watching traitors.

00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:37.140
 I didn't watch the first two series and then it turns out when you've got a 17-year-old son, actually, you need to find things that you can watch together.

00:01:37.140 --> 00:01:41.859
 And so, we watched the last series, I think it was the last series of traitors.

00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:43.400
 And it was intriguing.

00:01:44.260 --> 00:01:49.079
 And obviously, the word traitor comes up today for us and this theme.

00:01:49.939 --> 00:01:59.060
 But it's a lot heavier and a lot weightier when it's not just a BBC drama.

00:01:59.060 --> 00:02:08.259
 When we're thinking and hearing about the betrayal of Jesus, even though it was written in history.

00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:15.219
 So, as we come to this today, let's just acknowledge how we may have connected with this before.

00:02:16.420 --> 00:02:26.879
 But how God might want to use this story today to stir in our hearts the noticing that he is wanting us to do today.

00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:31.979
 And the response that he is going to take us through this morning.

00:02:35.379 --> 00:02:43.319
 So, I was straight away drawn to wondering, what are the complex motives behind Judas' betrayal?

00:02:44.979 --> 00:02:48.319
 Let's remember, he's been one of Jesus' closest friends.

00:02:48.519 --> 00:02:54.340
 He's literally been doing life with Jesus, with the other disciples.

00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:58.340
 He's been witnessing extraordinary things.

00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:01.319
 Personally, he had experience of those.

00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:02.900
 So, what on earth happened?

00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:08.039
 I wonder, was it greed?

00:03:08.980 --> 00:03:11.740
 He saw an opportunity for financial reward.

00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:14.000
 Was it a lack of faith?

00:03:14.920 --> 00:03:18.259
 Disillusionment with what he saw playing out around him.

00:03:18.620 --> 00:03:22.900
 Different, perhaps, to what he expected or assumed it would look like.

00:03:24.340 --> 00:03:33.400
 Perhaps the power, kind of that desire for power, outweighed his love for Jesus in that moment.

00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:43.180
 And he saw the opportunity to be a significant player in the world, in the growing tensions that the power authorities were fueling.

00:03:43.180 --> 00:03:48.000
 So, we're curious.

00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:50.300
 What's going on for Judas here?

00:03:51.480 --> 00:03:57.020
 And then we move to the Last Supper, as we now call it.

00:03:57.180 --> 00:03:59.040
 So, verses 20 to 30.

00:03:59.659 --> 00:04:01.920
 And here is rich symbolism.

00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:03.759
 It's the Passover meal.

00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:14.519
 A time of communal remembrance, coming together and remembering God's faithfulness to the Jewish people.

00:04:15.459 --> 00:04:23.779
 A time of unity and the foreshadowing of Jesus as the Lamb of God, the ultimate sacrifice.

00:04:23.779 --> 00:04:35.739
 And we see here Jesus speak out a poignant prediction of this betrayal.

00:04:36.119 --> 00:04:43.379
 In this sacred moment, the confusion in the room is tangible.

00:04:43.379 --> 00:04:49.620
 And even Judas, asking what seems to be like the oddest question.

00:04:49.740 --> 00:04:51.100
 I noticed, Alex, you went, hmm.

00:04:52.300 --> 00:04:57.360
 In the message version, it says, bearing in mind Judas knows what he's already done.

00:04:57.459 --> 00:05:01.120
 He's already been to the authorities and said, what will you give me to do this?

00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:05.659
 Judas then says, it isn't me, is it, Rabbi?

00:05:05.660 --> 00:05:08.680
 In front of everyone else.

00:05:09.300 --> 00:05:15.240
 So, straight away, again, I'm noticing these themes coming up of what's going on internally

00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:19.300
 and what's playing out in front of everyone else.

00:05:20.640 --> 00:05:23.600
 I wonder if any of us can relate.

00:05:24.940 --> 00:05:31.760
 I wonder if any of us are beginning to notice things that God wants to draw our attention to this morning.

00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:40.680
 There is an incredible tension here between the holiness of this meal and the shadow of what's to come.

00:05:43.219 --> 00:05:47.099
 So, let's go a bit further into the Garden of Gethsemane.

00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:50.180
 And Jesus is arrested.

00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:58.180
 The darkness, the tension, the clash of emotions in this moment are vivid.

00:05:58.180 --> 00:06:08.360
 And the symbolism of a kiss, a Judas kiss, a gesture of such intimacy,

00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:12.420
 turned into one of ultimate betrayal.

00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:21.100
 So, as we just hold this space this morning,

00:06:21.900 --> 00:06:25.800
 and for some of us it's a very familiar space,

00:06:26.060 --> 00:06:28.759
 and it will feel a very safe space, naturally.

00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.020
 For others, we may be here for the first time,

00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:37.500
 or we may not be feeling quite so grounded and connected.

00:06:37.500 --> 00:06:42.680
 But I just want to encourage us as we reflect this morning.

00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:44.399
 God is here.

00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:45.980
 His spirit is here.

00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:48.879
 And we're here to do his work.

00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:51.220
 He's invited us into this place.

00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:53.060
 So, we're going to pause.

00:06:54.540 --> 00:06:57.240
 And we're going to just think in the quiet.

00:06:58.120 --> 00:06:59.639
 Maybe draw to mind

00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:05.419
 and consider perhaps the heartache that we might have experienced

00:07:05.419 --> 00:07:09.800
 of a betrayal by someone really close to us.

00:07:13.500 --> 00:07:17.740
 This would have been really confusing and hurtful for the disciples here.

00:07:17.939 --> 00:07:20.639
 And even though Jesus had predicted it would happen,

00:07:21.740 --> 00:07:25.180
 I do still wonder what emotions he was experiencing.

00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:27.000
 He's human

00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:29.000
 and all God.

00:07:30.420 --> 00:07:30.939
 Incredible.

00:07:32.459 --> 00:07:34.519
 Maybe we can recall that time

00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:36.319
 when we've experienced a betrayal.

00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:40.120
 Maybe we didn't name it as that.

00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:43.759
 Maybe we would have just kind of noticed

00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:48.519
 a real deception of another person or a situation.

00:07:49.259 --> 00:07:52.240
 That feeling of really being let down

00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:57.139
 by someone that we thought we could completely trust.

00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:03.660
 The deep pain felt.

00:08:06.660 --> 00:08:08.040
 Or perhaps

00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:11.180
 what might be coming to mind for us

00:08:11.180 --> 00:08:16.079
 is a time when we ourselves have behaved in a way

00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:20.719
 that has caused this pain to others.

00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:24.359
 Someone who trusted us.

00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:28.000
 Deep pain caused.

00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:32.860
 This is really uncomfortable

00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:36.820
 and challenging, I think.

00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:38.899
 And hard to acknowledge

00:08:38.899 --> 00:08:40.879
 that there are times

00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:44.500
 when we are likely to cause this pain

00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:45.659
 unintentionally.

00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:46.840
 We are human.

00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:49.360
 We are broken people.

00:08:49.740 --> 00:08:50.299
 Flawed.

00:08:50.299 --> 00:08:52.299
 And we cannot possibly

00:08:52.859 --> 00:08:54.319
 get relationships right

00:08:54.319 --> 00:08:55.219
 all of the time.

00:08:59.859 --> 00:09:01.819
 But the thing for me

00:09:01.819 --> 00:09:03.500
 that is just so striking

00:09:03.500 --> 00:09:05.719
 and hallelujah that it is

00:09:05.719 --> 00:09:06.979
 is what I was thinking

00:09:06.979 --> 00:09:09.279
 is Jesus' response.

00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:12.359
 Despite the chaos,

00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:14.500
 he seems so composed.

00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:17.860
 He even calls Judas

00:09:17.860 --> 00:09:18.500
 friend.

00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:20.419
 Friend.

00:09:20.740 --> 00:09:21.500
 Why this charade?

00:09:23.419 --> 00:09:25.860
 He seems to be calling Judas

00:09:25.860 --> 00:09:28.500
 gently out on his behaviour,

00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:29.740
 on his actions,

00:09:29.899 --> 00:09:30.679
 his choices.

00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:34.840
 Jesus is not reacting

00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:38.200
 in a big, emotionally charged way.

00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:42.700
 There seems to be peace,

00:09:42.820 --> 00:09:43.899
 even acceptance,

00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:47.299
 but we know

00:09:47.299 --> 00:09:48.220
 that he has already

00:09:48.220 --> 00:09:49.860
 wrestled with his father

00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:51.299
 in the garden

00:09:51.299 --> 00:09:52.840
 just moments before

00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:55.179
 with huge emotion,

00:09:55.860 --> 00:09:56.860
 with questions.

00:09:58.860 --> 00:10:01.159
 But here it would seem to me

00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:02.159
 his connection

00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:03.720
 with God's presence,

00:10:05.860 --> 00:10:07.799
 his deep knowledge

00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:08.980
 of the truth

00:10:08.980 --> 00:10:10.639
 of who God is

00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:12.639
 keeps him grounded

00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:15.360
 and present

00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:18.379
 and with enough strength

00:10:18.379 --> 00:10:19.100
 to face

00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:20.799
 what he has got to face.

00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:22.939
 It's incredible.

00:10:22.940 --> 00:10:31.000
 So here comes another question.

00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:32.560
 I wonder

00:10:32.560 --> 00:10:35.100
 what you or I

00:10:35.100 --> 00:10:36.100
 might recall

00:10:36.100 --> 00:10:38.380
 of our own reactions

00:10:38.380 --> 00:10:39.340
 and responses

00:10:39.340 --> 00:10:40.280
 to the times

00:10:40.280 --> 00:10:41.160
 of betrayal

00:10:41.160 --> 00:10:42.300
 in our lives

00:10:42.300 --> 00:10:43.740
 or of being

00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:44.260
 betrayed.

00:10:44.259 --> 00:10:48.399
 I imagine

00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:50.439
 and I don't know

00:10:50.439 --> 00:10:51.679
 and I don't assume

00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:54.639
 but I imagine

00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:56.139
 that all of us

00:10:56.139 --> 00:10:56.960
 have had

00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:58.439
 those experiences

00:10:58.439 --> 00:11:00.360
 punctuate our life

00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.039
 and there's more to come.

00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:07.939
 let's just ask God

00:11:07.939 --> 00:11:08.419
 to

00:11:08.419 --> 00:11:10.620
 through his spirit

00:11:10.620 --> 00:11:11.679
 revealed to us

00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:13.620
 just to our internal selves

00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:16.099
 how these experiences

00:11:16.099 --> 00:11:17.379
 have shaped us.

00:11:18.219 --> 00:11:18.980
 Is there anything

00:11:18.980 --> 00:11:20.279
 he's wanting us

00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:21.199
 to notice

00:11:21.199 --> 00:11:21.759
 today

00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:22.860
 and just bring

00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:23.599
 before him

00:11:23.599 --> 00:11:24.519
 in prayer?

00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:27.259
 we will have time

00:11:27.259 --> 00:11:27.919
 at the end

00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:29.460
 to pray

00:11:29.460 --> 00:11:31.039
 with one another

00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:32.100
 or pray

00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:33.259
 with the prayer team

00:11:33.259 --> 00:11:34.960
 or to have

00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:35.819
 that conversation

00:11:35.819 --> 00:11:36.480
 with God

00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:37.139
 ourselves

00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:38.740
 maybe in this space

00:11:38.740 --> 00:11:39.840
 maybe beyond it

00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:41.960
 but let's not miss

00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:42.679
 the noticing

00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:43.679
 he's wanting us

00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:44.139
 to do.

00:11:52.539 --> 00:11:53.740
 And finally

00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:56.480
 a new day dawns

00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.659
 Jesus is condemned

00:11:58.659 --> 00:12:00.279
 the course of history

00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:01.080
 is set

00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:02.700
 and we witness

00:12:02.700 --> 00:12:03.180
 Judas'

00:12:03.539 --> 00:12:05.480
 overwhelming guilt

00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:06.740
 and despair.

00:12:10.740 --> 00:12:12.560
 We see the weight

00:12:12.560 --> 00:12:14.740
 that human weight

00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:16.620
 of him turning away

00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:17.279
 from God

00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:18.720
 and the crushing

00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:20.340
 burden of remorse

00:12:20.340 --> 00:12:22.960
 felt even more sharply

00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:25.420
 following the cruel

00:12:25.420 --> 00:12:25.940
 rejection

00:12:25.940 --> 00:12:26.759
 of his offer

00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:27.740
 to return the money

00:12:27.740 --> 00:12:28.920
 to the high priests.

00:12:31.460 --> 00:12:32.400
 And yet

00:12:32.400 --> 00:12:33.019
 in this

00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:34.920
 darkest of moments

00:12:34.920 --> 00:12:36.379
 we're invited

00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:37.320
 to notice

00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:38.139
 what I feel

00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:38.860
 is like the most

00:12:38.860 --> 00:12:40.379
 extraordinary detail

00:12:40.379 --> 00:12:42.639
 the fate

00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:43.759
 of the 30

00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:44.840
 silver coins.

00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:50.100
 the irony

00:12:50.100 --> 00:12:51.340
 of the chief

00:12:51.340 --> 00:12:52.240
 priest's use

00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:52.800
 of this

00:12:52.800 --> 00:12:53.680
 betrayal money

00:12:53.680 --> 00:12:54.580
 to buy

00:12:54.580 --> 00:12:55.560
 the potter's field

00:12:55.560 --> 00:12:57.019
 holds a deep

00:12:57.019 --> 00:12:57.800
 significance

00:12:57.800 --> 00:12:58.759
 not only

00:12:58.759 --> 00:12:59.860
 because it's

00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.660
 actually used

00:13:00.660 --> 00:13:01.160
 ultimately

00:13:01.160 --> 00:13:02.180
 for something good

00:13:02.180 --> 00:13:03.300
 that would help

00:13:03.300 --> 00:13:03.840
 others

00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:05.759
 it becomes

00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:06.220
 a burial

00:13:06.220 --> 00:13:06.660
 ground

00:13:06.660 --> 00:13:07.480
 for the homeless

00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:09.580
 but

00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:11.060
 it also

00:13:11.060 --> 00:13:11.820
 fulfills

00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:12.759
 a prophecy

00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:14.519
 Jeremiah

00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:15.659
 predicted

00:13:15.659 --> 00:13:17.220
 that this

00:13:17.220 --> 00:13:17.879
 exact

00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:18.460
 thing

00:13:18.460 --> 00:13:19.220
 would happen

00:13:19.220 --> 00:13:20.940
 and so

00:13:20.940 --> 00:13:21.600
 suddenly

00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:23.600
 we are

00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:24.180
 connected

00:13:24.180 --> 00:13:25.000
 firmly

00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:25.519
 in this

00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:25.860
 moment

00:13:25.860 --> 00:13:26.560
 in time

00:13:26.560 --> 00:13:28.440
 to the

00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:28.899
 grand

00:13:28.899 --> 00:13:29.379
 narrative

00:13:29.379 --> 00:13:30.279
 of God's

00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:31.060
 overarching

00:13:31.060 --> 00:13:31.820
 story

00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:34.379
 and it

00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:35.220
 reminds us

00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:36.000
 how God

00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:36.700
 can turn

00:13:36.700 --> 00:13:37.280
 even the

00:13:37.280 --> 00:13:37.700
 worst

00:13:37.700 --> 00:13:38.400
 of human

00:13:38.400 --> 00:13:39.120
 actions

00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:40.980
 into part

00:13:40.980 --> 00:13:41.280
 of his

00:13:41.280 --> 00:13:41.860
 bigger plan

00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:42.340
 for good

00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:45.700
 when we

00:13:45.700 --> 00:13:46.100
 look at

00:13:46.100 --> 00:13:46.720
 this prophecy

00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:48.300
 and its

00:13:48.300 --> 00:13:49.080
 fulfilment

00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:50.900
 we see it

00:13:50.900 --> 00:13:51.500
 fitting into

00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:51.879
 God's

00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:52.720
 larger plan

00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:53.500
 for redemption

00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:55.660
 using the

00:13:55.660 --> 00:13:56.120
 money to

00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:56.400
 buy the

00:13:56.400 --> 00:13:56.800
 potter's

00:13:56.800 --> 00:13:57.000
 field

00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:57.700
 shows

00:13:57.700 --> 00:13:59.700
 that even

00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:00.220
 human

00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:00.940
 mistakes

00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:04.060
 clumsy

00:14:04.060 --> 00:14:06.040
 choices

00:14:06.040 --> 00:14:07.760
 bad

00:14:07.760 --> 00:14:08.480
 choices

00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:10.060
 can be

00:14:10.060 --> 00:14:10.480
 woven

00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:11.640
 into

00:14:11.640 --> 00:14:12.100
 God's

00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:12.740
 story of

00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.340
 salvation

00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:15.000
 this

00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:15.380
 story

00:14:15.380 --> 00:14:15.920
 makes us

00:14:15.920 --> 00:14:16.520
 think about

00:14:16.520 --> 00:14:17.040
 betrayal

00:14:17.040 --> 00:14:19.940
 but it

00:14:19.940 --> 00:14:20.840
 invites us

00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:21.580
 to think

00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:22.000
 about

00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.880
 repentance

00:14:22.880 --> 00:14:24.820
 God's

00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:25.380
 mercy

00:14:25.380 --> 00:14:27.780
 and reminds

00:14:27.780 --> 00:14:28.340
 us that

00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:28.780
 there is

00:14:28.780 --> 00:14:30.040
 always hope

00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:31.240
 and the

00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:31.759
 chance

00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:32.439
 of a

00:14:32.439 --> 00:14:32.719
 fresh

00:14:32.719 --> 00:14:33.319
 start

00:14:33.319 --> 00:14:35.819
 God

00:14:35.819 --> 00:14:36.480
 is

00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.360
 with us

00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:39.199
 fully

00:14:39.199 --> 00:14:39.860
 present

00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:41.279
 there

00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:41.819
 with his

00:14:41.819 --> 00:14:42.419
 unending

00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:43.000
 grace

00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:44.360
 his

00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:44.860
 forgiveness

00:14:44.860 --> 00:14:46.259
 and the

00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:46.860
 possibility

00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:47.559
 of redemption

00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:48.620
 even in our

00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:49.219
 darkest

00:14:49.219 --> 00:14:50.120
 moments

00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:51.120
 love

00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:53.039
 and all

00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:53.580
 we need

00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:53.899
 do

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:55.840
 is turn

00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:56.340
 back

00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:58.960
 turn

00:14:58.960 --> 00:14:59.480
 back

00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:00.659
 to him

00:15:00.659 --> 00:15:02.340
 he is

00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:02.740
 there

00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:08.360
 the

00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:08.720
 bible

00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:09.639
 is full

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.519
 of this

00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:11.060
 message

00:15:11.060 --> 00:15:14.120
 full

00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:15.940
 I

00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:16.940
 was

00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:17.720
 overwhelmed

00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:18.259
 with the

00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:18.500
 number

00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:18.679
 of

00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:19.019
 verses

00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:19.460
 I could

00:15:19.460 --> 00:15:19.620
 have

00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:19.860
 brought

00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:20.320
 to you

00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:20.820
 at this

00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:21.279
 moment

00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:22.320
 but I

00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:22.840
 pray that

00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:23.419
 you hear

00:15:23.419 --> 00:15:24.179
 in these

00:15:24.179 --> 00:15:24.740
 something

00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.519
 that connects

00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.000
 with your

00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.379
 soul

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:27.600
 in 1

00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:28.019
 John

00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:28.779
 it says

00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:30.320
 if we

00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:30.740
 confess

00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:31.480
 our sins

00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:33.100
 he is

00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:33.580
 faithful

00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:35.299
 and just

00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:36.460
 and will

00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:36.980
 forgive us

00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.659
 our sins

00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:39.259
 and purify

00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:40.159
 us from

00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:40.460
 all

00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:41.519
 unrighteousness

00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.759
 psalm 103

00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.659
 says

00:15:44.659 --> 00:15:46.299
 as far

00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:46.939
 as the

00:15:46.939 --> 00:15:47.279
 east

00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:48.000
 is from

00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.799
 the west

00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:50.679
 so far

00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.199
 has he

00:15:51.199 --> 00:15:51.960
 removed his

00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:52.879
 transgressions

00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:53.559
 from us

00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:57.960
 Romans 3

00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:59.519
 I find

00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:00.179
 a lot of

00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:00.939
 comfort here

00:16:00.939 --> 00:16:02.840
 for all

00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:03.740
 have sinned

00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:05.220
 all

00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:06.240
 fall short

00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.819
 of the

00:16:06.819 --> 00:16:07.299
 glory of

00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:07.639
 God

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:09.179
 and

00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:10.079
 all

00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:11.100
 are

00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:11.759
 justified

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:13.040
 freely

00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:14.100
 by his

00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:14.600
 grace

00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.519
 through the

00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:16.019
 redemption

00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:16.680
 that came

00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.259
 by Christ

00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:17.800
 Jesus

00:16:17.800 --> 00:16:21.940
 and

00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:22.340
 Micah

00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:22.720
 7

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:25.340
 who

00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:25.980
 is

00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:26.240
 a

00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:26.759
 God

00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.379
 like

00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:27.940
 you

00:16:27.940 --> 00:16:29.940
 who

00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:30.840
 pardons

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.220
 sin

00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:32.820
 forgives

00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:33.040
 the

00:16:33.040 --> 00:16:33.740
 transgression

00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:34.480
 of the

00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:34.899
 remnant

00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:35.279
 of his

00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:35.840
 inheritance

00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:37.320
 you

00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:37.899
 do not

00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:38.220
 stay

00:16:38.220 --> 00:16:38.580
 angry

00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:39.060
 forever

00:16:39.059 --> 00:16:40.139
 but

00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:40.839
 delight

00:16:40.839 --> 00:16:41.699
 to show

00:16:41.699 --> 00:16:42.399
 mercy

00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:44.899
 you will

00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.339
 again

00:16:45.339 --> 00:16:45.719
 have

00:16:45.719 --> 00:16:46.279
 compassion

00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:46.859
 on us

00:16:46.859 --> 00:16:47.459
 you will

00:16:47.459 --> 00:16:48.219
 tread our

00:16:48.219 --> 00:16:48.519
 sins

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.119
 underfoot

00:16:49.119 --> 00:16:50.000
 and hurl

00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.579
 all our

00:16:50.579 --> 00:16:51.179
 iniquities

00:16:51.179 --> 00:16:51.839
 into the

00:16:51.839 --> 00:16:52.219
 depths

00:16:52.219 --> 00:16:52.639
 of the

00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:52.959
 sea

00:16:52.959 --> 00:16:54.959
 and I

00:16:54.959 --> 00:16:55.319
 say

00:16:55.319 --> 00:16:55.779
 amen

00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.359
 to that

00:16:56.359 --> 00:16:57.079
 God

00:16:57.079 --> 00:16:58.099
 hurling

00:16:58.099 --> 00:16:58.779
 oh I love

00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.319
 that word

00:16:59.319 --> 00:17:00.839
 hurling our

00:17:00.839 --> 00:17:01.419
 iniquities

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:01.919
 all the

00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:02.519
 stuff that

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:02.719
 we

00:17:02.719 --> 00:17:03.819
 intentionally

00:17:03.820 --> 00:17:04.440
 and

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:05.600
 unintentionally

00:17:05.600 --> 00:17:06.660
 just

00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:07.759
 get wrong

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:09.440
 that causes

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:10.820
 that gap

00:17:10.820 --> 00:17:11.680
 between us

00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.200
 and God

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.980
 he

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:14.539
 constantly

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:16.220
 takes it

00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:17.519
 and by

00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.100
 his grace

00:17:18.100 --> 00:17:18.519
 we are

00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:19.019
 forgiven

00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:20.120
 and we

00:17:20.120 --> 00:17:20.580
 have

00:17:20.580 --> 00:17:22.080
 relationship

00:17:22.080 --> 00:17:22.720
 with him

00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:24.279
 he is

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:25.019
 with us

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:26.360
 for all

00:17:26.360 --> 00:17:26.960
 eternity

00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:28.880
 and we're

00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:29.299
 in this

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:29.600
 bit

00:17:29.600 --> 00:17:30.620
 in the

00:17:30.620 --> 00:17:30.880
 middle

00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:35.240
 but he

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.000
 is here

00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.100
 he is

00:17:38.100 --> 00:17:38.560
 here

00:17:38.560 --> 00:17:39.520
 for us

00:17:39.520 --> 00:17:40.580
 to turn

00:17:40.580 --> 00:17:41.360
 back to

00:17:41.360 --> 00:17:42.500
 when I

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:42.880
 ask you

00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:43.580
 that question

00:17:43.580 --> 00:17:44.560
 to bring

00:17:44.560 --> 00:17:45.260
 to mind

00:17:45.260 --> 00:17:46.360
 perhaps a

00:17:46.360 --> 00:17:47.040
 time when

00:17:47.040 --> 00:17:47.660
 you have

00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:47.960
 felt

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.780
 betrayed

00:17:48.780 --> 00:17:49.460
 deceived

00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:50.220
 by someone

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:51.280
 or

00:17:51.280 --> 00:17:52.160
 you

00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:53.460
 perhaps

00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:53.880
 have

00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:55.360
 brought

00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:55.920
 to mind

00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:56.280
 when

00:17:56.280 --> 00:17:57.180
 that has

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:57.480
 been

00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:58.100
 your

00:17:58.100 --> 00:17:58.540
 action

00:17:58.540 --> 00:17:59.200
 I know

00:17:59.200 --> 00:17:59.560
 that I

00:17:59.560 --> 00:18:00.000
 can do

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.300
 this

00:18:00.300 --> 00:18:00.520
 I've

00:18:00.520 --> 00:18:00.740
 done

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:00.980
 this

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.160
 in

00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:01.559
 preparing

00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.059
 today

00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:03.539
 I can

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:03.839
 think

00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.380
 of both

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:04.980
 of those

00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:06.480
 situations

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:07.019
 I can

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.539
 place

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.140
 myself

00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:09.019
 back

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.420
 there

00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:14.240
 perhaps

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:15.180
 for some

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:15.599
 of us

00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:15.880
 it's

00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:16.339
 remembering

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:16.920
 a time

00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.299
 when

00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:18.380
 that has

00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:18.799
 been our

00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.259
 experience

00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:19.599
 in our

00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:20.140
 relationship

00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:20.880
 with God

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:25.259
 honest

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:25.660
 enough

00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:26.480
 to say

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.079
 to God

00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:28.240
 when I

00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.859
 think back

00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.299
 to that

00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:29.839
 time

00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:30.279
 God

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:31.099
 God

00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:31.460
 I felt

00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:32.079
 betrayed

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.960
 by you

00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:35.039
 and now

00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:35.399
 I'm

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:36.059
 reminded

00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:36.480
 this

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:36.879
 morning

00:18:36.879 --> 00:18:37.200
 of

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.799
 who

00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.200
 you

00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:38.539
 are

00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:38.779
 the

00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.660
 truth

00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:39.859
 of

00:18:39.859 --> 00:18:40.079
 who

00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:40.379
 you

00:18:40.379 --> 00:18:40.759
 are

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:42.039
 you

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.819
 never

00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:43.740
 betray

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.299
 us

00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:45.000
 you

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.759
 never

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.700
 let

00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:46.940
 us

00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:47.359
 down

00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:49.379
 we

00:18:49.379 --> 00:18:49.660
 are

00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:50.220
 never

00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.879
 alone

00:18:50.879 --> 00:18:51.480
 we may

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:51.940
 feel

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.259
 it

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.740
 everything

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.259
 around

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:54.720
 us

00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.259
 may

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.880
 suggest

00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:56.180
 that

00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:56.519
 that

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:56.759
 is

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.339
 truth

00:18:57.339 --> 00:19:00.500
 but

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.039
 perhaps

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.279
 what

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.519
 he's

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:01.900
 reminding

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.220
 us

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.480
 this

00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:02.819
 morning

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.200
 is

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.400
 that

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:03.579
 we

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:03.779
 are

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.259
 deceived

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.579
 if

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:04.740
 we

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.100
 believe

00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:05.500
 that

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:08.220
 the

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.640
 truth

00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:09.059
 is

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:10.100
 that

00:19:10.100 --> 00:19:10.299
 he

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.539
 is

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:10.819
 with

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.160
 us

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.980
 his

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.620
 plans

00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:12.819
 for

00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.079
 us

00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:13.339
 are

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:13.660
 good

00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:13.980
 and

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.180
 they

00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.500
 play

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:14.900
 out

00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:15.700
 in

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.039
 many

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.519
 different

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.059
 ways

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:18.500
 often

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:18.880
 not

00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:19.140
 how

00:19:19.140 --> 00:19:19.339
 we

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.860
 expect

00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:21.039
 so

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.219
 I

00:19:21.219 --> 00:19:21.500
 want

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.859
 to

00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.319
 leave

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.759
 you

00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:24.079
 us

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:25.399
 include

00:19:25.399 --> 00:19:26.059
 myself

00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:26.399
 in

00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:26.919
 this

00:19:26.919 --> 00:19:27.599
 with

00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:27.839
 one

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.439
 question

00:19:28.439 --> 00:19:30.959
 what

00:19:30.959 --> 00:19:31.639
 story

00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:32.579
 are

00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:32.779
 you

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.079
 telling

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.759
 yourself

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:38.219
 what

00:19:38.219 --> 00:19:39.000
 story

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:41.019
 are

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.240
 you

00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.639
 telling

00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:42.439
 yourself

00:19:42.439 --> 00:19:44.339
 that's

00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:44.519
 going

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:44.659
 to

00:19:44.659 --> 00:19:45.179
 require

00:19:45.179 --> 00:19:46.439
 a bit

00:19:46.439 --> 00:19:46.719
 of a

00:19:46.719 --> 00:19:46.919
 look

00:19:46.919 --> 00:19:47.579
 inside

00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:48.959
 a bit

00:19:48.959 --> 00:19:49.119
 of

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:49.779
 curiosity

00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.359
 perhaps

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:50.599
 with

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:50.940
 God

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:52.799
 I

00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.220
 wonder

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:54.639
 does

00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:54.839
 it

00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:55.299
 align

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:55.859
 with

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.099
 the

00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:56.559
 truth

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:56.799
 of

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.160
 God's

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.619
 message

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.000
 to

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.299
 us

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:58.579
 in

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:58.859
 his

00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.259
 word

00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.599
 is

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.039
 the

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.460
 central

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.079
 message

00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.379
 in

00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:02.579
 the

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.079
 story

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.339
 we

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:03.579
 tell

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.279
 ourselves

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:05.240
 one

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.440
 of

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.039
 hope

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:07.839
 of

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.559
 renewal

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:11.480
 encouraging

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.039
 us

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:13.680
 to

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:14.259
 always

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.579
 be

00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:14.940
 seeking

00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:15.519
 forgiveness

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:17.200
 and

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:17.480
 to

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.039
 extend

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.359
 it

00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:18.680
 to

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.160
 others

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:22.060
 and we

00:20:22.060 --> 00:20:22.380
 know

00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:23.000
 how hard

00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:23.420
 that can

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:23.680
 be

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.100
 or how

00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:24.840
 complex

00:20:24.840 --> 00:20:25.360
 that can

00:20:25.360 --> 00:20:25.700
 be

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:27.500
 and if

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:27.820
 that's

00:20:27.820 --> 00:20:28.120
 something

00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:28.440
 you're

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:28.779
 wrestling

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.080
 with

00:20:29.080 --> 00:20:29.620
 please

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.120
 come and

00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:30.779
 have a

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.400
 conversation

00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:32.500
 or find

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.120
 someone you

00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:33.580
 can have a

00:20:33.580 --> 00:20:34.160
 conversation

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.640
 with

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.720
 because

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.300
 forgiveness

00:20:36.300 --> 00:20:37.200
 doesn't always

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.980
 look like

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.620
 or mean

00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.580
 perhaps what

00:20:39.580 --> 00:20:40.740
 we assume

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.220
 it does

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.600
 mean

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:46.639
 are we

00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:47.139
 aligned

00:20:47.139 --> 00:20:48.740
 with that

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.299
 redemption

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:50.259
 that is

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:51.079
 always

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.639
 within

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.219
 reach

00:20:52.219 --> 00:20:56.859
 just

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.199
 going to

00:20:57.199 --> 00:20:57.579
 give

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:59.459
 time

00:20:59.459 --> 00:21:01.899
 going to

00:21:01.899 --> 00:21:02.219
 have a

00:21:02.219 --> 00:21:02.599
 couple of

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:03.079
 minutes

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:04.599
 and then

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:04.959
 I'm going

00:21:04.959 --> 00:21:05.319
 to just

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.839
 draw that

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:06.359
 time

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.500
 julian to

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.079
 a close

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.699
 by reading

00:21:08.699 --> 00:21:09.279
 a poem

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.899
 that

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.679
 will

00:21:10.679 --> 00:21:12.319
 hopefully

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:13.519
 just draw

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:13.980
 together

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.599
 some of

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:15.099
 the themes

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:15.579
 from this

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:15.899
 morning

00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:17.539
 and invite

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.359
 people beyond

00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:19.139
 this space

00:21:19.139 --> 00:21:20.379
 to not

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:22.259
 just rush

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.879
 away from

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.279
 what God

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.299
 is doing

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:26.960
 thank you

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:28.839
 let's just

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.460
 take a couple

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:29.960
 of moments

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.639
 with the music

00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:31.240
 quietly

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.519
 and now

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.039
 just bring

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.379
 ourselves

00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:34.159
 before God

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:58.180
 everything we

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.800
 bring to

00:21:58.800 --> 00:21:59.600
 this place

00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:01.500
 finds a

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.220
 place here

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:05.460
 every case

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:05.960
 that we

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.380
 carry

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.880
 can be

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.579
 consigned

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.079
 here

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:10.880
 every load

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.319
 we are

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.700
 lifting

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.380
 can be

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.880
 left

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:16.380
 every

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.980
 secret

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.640
 we are

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.480
 slaves to

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.640
 can be

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.039
 spoken

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.579
 here

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.299
 and every

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.860
 terror

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.380
 that

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:22.980
 torments

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.440
 us

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.579
 can be

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.100
 told

00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:27.299
 there is

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.980
 room here

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.799
 for anguish

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.980
 for the

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.400
 agony

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.680
 of abandonment

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:33.400
 there is

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:34.340
 ground here

00:22:34.340 --> 00:22:35.120
 for grieving

00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:36.640
 for the

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.160
 weeping

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.740
 wounds

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.480
 of loss

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:41.140
 in this

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.000
 circle of

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.480
 safety

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.720
 at this

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.640
 fireside

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:45.440
 of faith

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:46.680
 there is

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.240
 space

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.580
 for story

00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:50.259
 and song

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:53.060
 there is

00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:53.500
 room

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:55.220
 for revelation

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:57.440
 and renewal

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:59.799
 here is

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.340
 hope

00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:02.240
 and healing

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:04.720
 here is

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.220
 forgiveness

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:07.820
 and freedom

00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:11.240
 here is

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.140
 connection

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:14.920
 and correction

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:16.440
 and coming

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:16.960
 to our

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.380
 senses

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:19.539
 at this

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.340
 source

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:21.420
 whose depths

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.200
 are never

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.740
 ending

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:24.539
 this river

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.100
 that will

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:26.079
 never run

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.539
 dry

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:28.639
 at this

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.179
 table

00:23:29.179 --> 00:23:30.679
 whose banquet

00:23:30.679 --> 00:23:31.500
 of abundance

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.919
 knows no

00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:33.579
 bounds

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:36.919
 no wrong

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.759
 is too

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.319
 wrong

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.379
 to be

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:39.919
 righted

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.279
 here

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:42.599
 no tragedy

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.939
 too twisted

00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:45.480
 to be

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.119
 turned

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:48.879
 for everything

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.599
 we bring

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.359
 to this

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:50.879
 place

00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:52.519
 finds

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.239
 a place

00:23:53.239 --> 00:23:53.619
 here

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:55.659
 and every

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.239
 load

00:23:56.239 --> 00:23:56.839
 we are

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.279
 lifting

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.659
 can be

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:59.119
 left

00:23:59.119 --> 00:24:01.699
 up

00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699


00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:01.699