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 Well, can we turn together in God's Word to the book of Ecclesiastes and chapter 3

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 to remind ourselves that God sets the times.

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 But before we go there grand scale, I want to think about Lego sets.

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 I'll bring it right down. We have boys in our house, so we often have Lego sets in our houses.

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 I know some of you enjoy, still enjoy Lego. Lego's an amazing thing.

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 If you haven't seen it since when I was growing up in the 1980s and early 90s, it has moved on considerably.

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 So you open a box and you're confronted with a whole host of random pieces, lots of new shapes and designs in the Lego world.

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 And it's amazing for me, anyway, to see how you can go from step one to step however hundred.

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 You're building it up and you're wondering, how is this block going to add to this car or this castle, whatever it is.

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 You go, you follow the instructions, you come out with this brilliant model at the end.

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 There's something wonderful about the imagination and design of engineers.

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 Think about Lego sets. Think about our lives and our times.

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 Our lives are full of various times and seasons.

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 Our stories take in a whole host of people and places and events and circumstances and conversations and joys and sorrows.

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 And many of those we did not plan.

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 But still, somehow they lock together and they piece together to make us who we are.

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 And our stories, as we look around the room today, our stories can and will be hugely different from those around us.

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 But that doesn't matter because our great point today is that we are not the designers.

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 We are not in control.

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 It's God who is the master builder.

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 It's God who sets the time.

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 It's God who chooses the pieces.

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 God who sets the pattern and the plan of our lives.

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 That our times, individually and collectively, are in God's hands.

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 And I hope that we'll see how that's really good news.

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 But it involves us living with an understanding that we have a lack of control.

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 It forces us to acknowledge that we have limits.

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 For some of us, we might find that quite comforting, instinctively.

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 Others of us, we might find that quite challenging, instinctively.

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 Well, to live with limits can be comfort and is comfort for the people of God if and when we learn to trust God.

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 Recognizing that with God there are no limits.

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 Recognizing that God stands beyond time and over time and over our times.

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 And he has a character that we can trust.

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 There is comfort there.

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 Especially if we think about the alternatives.

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 If the alternative is that I set the agenda for my life and I drive the timetable.

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 Then very quickly, I am going to become frustrated or perhaps very stressed.

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 Because things are not working out the way that I hope.

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 Alternatively, if I think blind chance and coincidence is setting the course of our lives.

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 That very quickly becomes a recipe for despair and that sense that life is vanity and is meaningless.

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 But when I come to understand that my times are in God's hands, that's a real source of hope.

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 If I know the character of God and I have learned that I can trust him.

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 And that is true whether we're thinking globally.

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 So we're just coming out of pandemic.

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 Whether we think of what's happening in the Ukraine.

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 Or whether we're thinking about the personal situation that we are in right now.

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 It is comfort and hope for us to appreciate that God sets the times.

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 So that we might stand in awe of him.

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 And we might learn to trust him.

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 That's what we're going to see today.

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 We need to begin with the problem of our times.

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 Because that's really what this poem, this really famous poem, is speaking about in the first nine verses.

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 I've probably said this before.

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 But when it comes to poetry, I would consider myself to be fairly dense.

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 I enjoy the language.

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 I like the sound of poetry.

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 Generally, I don't get it.

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 So coming to any poem, I'm having to ask, what is our author trying to say?

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 Very basic for me, because I've got a basic mind.

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 Here, to understand what's going on in this poem, we need to set it in its context.

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 We need to see it as we've been through Ecclesiastes 1 and 2.

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 And we also need to see the words that follow from verse 10 onwards.

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 Because our poem, as beautiful as it is, reveals a problem to us.

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 And it's the prose that follows in verse 10 onwards that begins to offer real comfort to us.

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 So look at the introduction in verse 1.

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 The introduction to the poem.

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 There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.

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 And I'm sure we agree with that.

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 We understand that life has rhythms and seasons, whether we're thinking about the calendar or just the seasons of life.

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 But the teacher's point, the point of Ecclesiastes, is that God sets those times.

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 Not you and not me.

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 Thinking about the subject matter of the poem in verses 2 to 8, what are we dealing with here?

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 It seems like in these few short lines, our teacher, our poet, is wanting to cover the completeness of human experiences and human emotions.

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 A few clues to that.

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 First of all, if we follow the rule of seven.

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 So in the Bible, seven is the number of completeness.

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 How many lines are in our poem?

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 I'll save you counting.

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 There are 14.

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 So there are two blocks of seven.

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 How many times is the word time in our poem?

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 Time being the key theme.

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 There's 28 time references.

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 Four times seven.

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 Completeness is in view.

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 And then think with me about the very first line, verse 2.

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 A time to be born and a time to die.

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 Doesn't that take in the completeness of our human lives?

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 All else within the poem fits within those two bookends.

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 So this is trying to say, here is a summary of the completeness of human experiences and human emotions.

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 So let's have a look at it.

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 We're not going to go line by line, but we're going to notice four features of the poem.

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 First one being that the times of our lives are outside of our control.

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 Now we've already said that and we're going to see this here.

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 So again, first line.

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 A time to be born and a time to die.

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 We know this.

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 The day of our birth, we did not decide.

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 The day we will die, we do not decide.

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 And the ageing that happens in between, we do not control.

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 The second line takes us in the same direction.

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 A time to plant and a time to uproot.

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 There are some gardeners in the room.

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 I am not one of them.

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 But to think very basically about planting and pruning and harvesting, we know that there are right times to plant.

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 And there's right times to pluck up and harvest.

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 If we decide that the right time for planting is in, I don't even know, December, we are not going to get the crop that we are looking for.

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 There are right times for those events and we do not set those times.

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 Rather, God does.

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 We can turn to verse 8.

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 A time to love and a time to hate.

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 A time for war and a time for peace.

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 Most of us were born in peacetime.

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 Some of us were born in times of war.

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 That again was outside of our control.

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 And that we happen to live in the security of Edinburgh.

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 And that we're not living in Kiev.

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 Is down to God's providence.

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 That wasn't our decision.

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 So the times of our lives are outside of our control.

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 We are dancing to someone else's tune.

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 Someone else is setting the rhythm and that's God and that's not us.

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 Another feature that we see in this poem is that the times that we experience in our lives can be wildly contrasting.

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 From day to day.

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 Verse 8.

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 We'll pay attention to verse 8 because it changes the pattern.

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 Did you notice that all the couplets, they kind of corresponded to each other?

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 But these ones, they contrast.

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 So you go love, hate.

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 And instead of going peace, war, you go love, hate, war, peace.

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 It's drawing attention to these closing lines.

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 And it's drawing attention to the fact that they sum up much of the rest of what's come before.

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 To say that life comes with ups and downs that are very markedly different.

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 Our days are full of contrasts.

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 To see some of this.

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 Imagine verse 3.

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 In the ears of a shepherd.

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 There is a time to kill and a time to heal.

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 And they would understand that.

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 There is times when you slaughter the flock.

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 But you may previously have spent many hours and nights tending to that same sheep.

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 Verse 5.

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 There is a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them.

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 In the ancient Near East, during times of war,

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 you would place stones in your enemy's field to prevent them from growing crops.

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 But then in a time of peace, you would gather those stones together to make room for crops to grow.

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 Think about what he's saying about our attitude to our possessions.

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 There's a time to search and a time to give up.

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 A time to keep.

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 And a time to throw away.

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 And we've probably found ourselves doing that.

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 We recognize there's times when it's good for us to acquire.

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 There are certain things that are really important for us to hold on to.

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 But other things we realize.

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 It's okay to get rid of them.

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 We downsize and we declutter.

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 And that's good for us.

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 But they're very different seasons.

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 Again, our poem reminds us.

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 That the times that we live in.

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 Are beautifully complex.

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 Because to read this poem is a reminder that we're never solitary individuals.

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 We're made for relationship.

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 We live in relationship.

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 We're governed by relationships.

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 And because we're involved with other people,

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 our times are never going to be straightforward.

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 Verse 4.

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 A time to weep.

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 A time to laugh.

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 A time to mourn.

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 And a time to dance.

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 Families have weddings.

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 And families have funerals.

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 Families enjoy laughter.

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 And families mourn together.

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 Verse 7.

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 A time to tear.

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 And a time to mend.

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 Again, I didn't know this until this week.

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 But in the ancient Near East, we read this in our Bibles.

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 That with mourning would come the tearing of clothes.

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 But after a period of mourning, as people began to recover and to move on,

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 then those same clothes would be sewn up again.

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 There is in verse 7 a time to be silent and a time to speak.

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 Sometimes we comfort.

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 Sometimes we confront.

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 And the complexity that we see in our human circumstances

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 reminds us that we need much wisdom

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 to know how to live well together

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 and to respond well to different circumstances.

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 The last feature of our times,

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 as we think wider in the book of Ecclesiastes,

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 go to verse 9.

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 What do workers gain from their toil?

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 There is that reminder that our times bring no lasting gain.

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 We won't find lasting and eternal happiness

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 in the times that we experience.

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 Many people are living for the next big experience.

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 And Ecclesiastes is there.

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 It doesn't save.

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 It won't ultimately satisfy.

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 It reminds us that the times are set,

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 including the day of our death.

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 Which again presents that huge problem,

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 that huge barrier to trying to find ultimate meaning

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 only in this life.

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 In a sense, to read through the poem,

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 you get that sense that the times are cancelling each other out.

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 The idea of not making real progress.

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 Our times without God bring no lasting gain.

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 Now we're going to see,

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 in verses 10 to 15,

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 that our response to that

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 isn't, you know, fatalism.

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 You know, what will be, will be.

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 The right response is not,

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 well, let's eat, drink and be merry,

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 for tomorrow we die,

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 and to just live as if nothing matters

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 apart from enjoying what we've got.

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 Nor is the right response

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 to simply throw up our hands and say,

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 well, what's the point?

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 Rather, we're invited to trust

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 and worship God as Lord over all times

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 and to enjoy Him in the times that He gives to us.

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 But before we get there,

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 three practical observations

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 as we think about the problem of our times.

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 One, to do with expectations.

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 And it's simply this,

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 that we need to recognize

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 that the seasons of our lives

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 will change.

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 If we find ourselves

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 in a time of joy

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 or a time of sorrow,

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 we might expect that that will last forever.

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 God says the seasons of our lives will change.

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 And we know by experience

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 that those changes

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 in the times of our lives,

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 they often surprise us.

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 those changes can often be very dramatic.

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 But we need to be ready

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 that our times change.

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 We're all made with different temperaments.

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 Some feel more comfortable

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 with the up times and the happy times.

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 Some are more reflective or melancholic

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 or happy with the down times.

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 But life is never going to be flat,

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 calm, and constant.

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 And our poem is telling us that.

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 And so related to that

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 is a reminder that we need wisdom.

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 So this is Old Testament wisdom

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 and it's calling us to have wisdom from God.

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 And the wisdom from God,

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 as we think about the life

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 as we see it in Ecclesiastes,

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 is wisdom that learns to adapt.

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 Wisdom that learns to respond

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 to the changing times.

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 So we've used the illustration

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 of someone learning to drive.

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 A driving instructor

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 is teaching a pupil

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 how to face new driving conditions,

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 how to deal with different types of hazards,

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 different road conditions,

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 how busy the road is.

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 And wisdom learns how to respond well

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 to changing circumstances.

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 The Bible is teaching us

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 to understand that your joys

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 and your sorrows,

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 they come from God's hands.

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 And we should seek his wisdom

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 to know how to live well in both.

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 And again, related to that

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 is the idea of trust.

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 If you have walked around this area at all,

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 you might have seen

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 Cafe Nero just around there.

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 On the box outside,

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 I've got a picture of it up there.

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 Someone has spray-painted

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 we are not gods,

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 small g,

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 we are gods.

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 We belong to him.

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 And that's actually really helpful

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 when it comes to the times of our lives.

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 We need to learn to accept

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 our time-bound limits.

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 To learn to fight the impatience

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 that would want to push us

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 beyond the season

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 that God has us in right now

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 rather than live well

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 and patiently waiting on God

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 and patiently waiting on God in that season.

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 We're invited to trust the eternal God

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 and his unchanging character

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 and his unfailing promises.

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 And that moves us

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 from the problem of our times

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 to think about the comfort

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 in our times.

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 It's what we're going to see

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 in verses 10 to 15.

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 I don't know if anybody,

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 I guess a few folks

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 may be familiar with the TV program

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 as kids or as parents,

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 Art Attack,

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 Neil Buchanan,

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 something of a legend,

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 children's after-school television.

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 One of the things that Neil Buchanan

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 would do in his TV program,

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 Art Attack,

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 he would go to a beach

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 and he would begin

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 a piece of art.

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 But the camera would be really close up

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 as he was working

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 and so you'd see the fine detail

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 but you wouldn't really know

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 what he was making

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 until as he got towards

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 the end of his design,

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 the camera would pull back

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 and all of a sudden you'd see

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 it was as if the beach

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 had become this huge canvas.

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 That's a really helpful way

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 to think about

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 the burden

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 that our teacher talks about

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 in verses 10 and 11.

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 Let me read those again.

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 I have seen the burden

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 God has laid on the human race.

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 He has made everything beautiful

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 in its time.

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 He has also set eternity

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 in the human heart

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 yet no one can fathom

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 what God has done

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 from beginning to end.

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 Here is the burden.

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 There is beauty.

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 There is a rightness

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 to our times.

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 We are made with eternity

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 in our hearts.

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 We are made to reflect

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 and to seek ultimate

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 and to seek

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 to know what lies beyond

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 but

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 here is the burden

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 we cannot see

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 and understand

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 what God is doing

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 from beginning to end.

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 It's like we see close up.

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 We don't have the right camera angle.

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 We don't have the right perspective.

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 We cannot have God's perspective

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 on what he is doing

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 in our times.

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 But here is the comfort.

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 Having spoken of the burden

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 our teacher then gives us comfort.

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 Verse 14.

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 I know

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 there is certainty

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 that everything God does

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 will endure forever.

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 Nothing can be added to it

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 and nothing taken from it.

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 God's plans,

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 God's purposes

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 endure.

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 There is no plan B

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 with God.

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 There is nothing

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 that happens

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 in the world

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 that takes God

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 by surprise

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 so he has to modify

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 his plan.

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 The world

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 is often surprised

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 by the actions

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 of men.

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 Think again

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 about the Russian invasion.

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 God

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 was not

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 surprised.

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 That does not

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 throw off

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 God's plans

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 and purposes.

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 Verse 15.

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 Whatever it is

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 has already been

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 and what will be

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 has been before

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 and God will call

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 the past to account.

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 What's that saying

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 about God?

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 It's saying

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 God is over all time

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 and God is able

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 to weave

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 past,

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 present,

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 and future

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 all together

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 by his

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 grand

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 design.

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 The thousands,

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 maybe tens of thousands

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 of people

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 and places

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 and events

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 and moments

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 and conversations

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 and discoveries

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 and heartbreaks

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 and joys

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 and sorrows

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 and opportunities,

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 all of them

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 that make up

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 our lives

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 planned and patterned

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 by the God

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 of glory

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 who is the Lord

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 of time

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 and he knows

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 what he is doing

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 in his people's

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 lives.

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 Joni Erickson,

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 a name many of us

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 will be familiar

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 with,

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 paralyzed for many

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 decades,

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 living for years

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 with chronic pain.

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 I was reading

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 just this morning

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 one of her books

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 on suffering

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 and she was talking

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 about Ephesians

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 chapter 2

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 which talks about

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 us being God's

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 workmanship,

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 God's masterpiece,

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 God's poem.

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 And on that

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 picture she said,

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 do I have the right

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 to say to God

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 the poet,

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 you need to change

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 that line.

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 I feel like

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 this line's a bit dark,

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 you need to sort of

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 brighten my life

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 somewhat.

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 Do I,

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 the poem,

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 know more

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.640
 than the poet?

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 It's learning

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.660
 to trust

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.600
 in the God

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.100
 who sets

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.759
 the times.

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 Every moment

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.940
 comes from

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 God's hands.

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.200
 Us being here

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.980
 today is no accident

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:19.039
 but God's design.

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 He is weaving

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.340
 this moment,

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:21.980
 this day

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:23.100
 into the great

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:24.640
 poem of our lives

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.799
 and what's the design

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.519
 that he wants

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.340
 for the people of God?

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 What is it that he's

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:29.980
 working in us?

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.640
 That his people

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 would be saved

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.299
 by his love

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.120
 and grace

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 and would be

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.799
 molded

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.680
 and conformed

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.319
 into the beautiful

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.200
 image of his son

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 Jesus.

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 That's his purpose

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:44.279
 in all the times

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.539
 that he sends

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:47.119
 into our lives

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:48.399
 using them

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.579
 to make us

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:51.019
 more like Jesus.

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.579
 Now let's go back

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.519
 to think about

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.420
 some implications.

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.519
 So since we

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.599
 cannot control

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.500
 and often cannot

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.220
 understand

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.119
 the times

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.899
 that God sets,

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:02.160
 what should

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:03.160
 we do?

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:05.019
 There are two

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.680
 things that we're

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.460
 told that we should

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:08.139
 do in our text.

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.200
 The first

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:10.299
 is to concentrate

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.000
 on enjoying

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.660
 God's gifts

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.160
 today.

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.440
 Verse 12

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.039
 and 13

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:15.200
 I know

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:16.340
 that there is

00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:17.160
 nothing better

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.680
 for people

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.539
 than to be happy

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.779
 and to do good

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.519
 while they live.

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.840
 That each of them

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:22.680
 may eat and drink

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.820
 and find satisfaction

00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:24.779
 in all their toil.

00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:25.559
 This

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.019
 is the gift

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.580
 of God.

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.799
 So we thought

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.160
 about that

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.400
 last week as well.

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.580
 Whatever season

00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:32.720
 we find ourselves

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.180
 in,

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.580
 satisfaction

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:36.120
 in God

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:36.940
 and his everyday

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.799
 gifts and mercies

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.940
 is possible

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:41.100
 if we accept

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:41.900
 our limits,

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:43.560
 if we trust

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.259
 our unlimited

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.900
 God

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:47.259
 and if we receive

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.460
 with gratitude

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.060
 his kindness

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:49.880
 to us.

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:52.259
 Wherever we are,

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.220
 wherever we find

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.420
 ourselves in our lives

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:56.019
 is by God's

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.700
 design.

00:24:57.540 --> 00:24:58.759
 It's a portion

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.720
 for us to receive

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.700
 from our Father's

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.160
 hand

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:02.680
 so that we would

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.560
 make the most

00:25:03.560 --> 00:25:04.160
 of the life

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.880
 that we have

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.720
 today.

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:08.960
 So we're

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.920
 invited to ask

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:11.000
 God for wisdom.

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.380
 Ask God

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.440
 for wisdom

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.620
 to act wisely

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:17.000
 in our

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:18.299
 relationships.

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.579
 For wisdom

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.440
 to have a good

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.819
 attitude to our

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.880
 possessions.

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.680
 Wisdom

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.240
 to know how

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.819
 to use

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.900
 our emotions

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:29.299
 appropriately.

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.440
 Today,

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.940
 ask for wisdom

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.539
 to know how

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.299
 to Sabbath

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.940
 well.

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.000
 Think about

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.460
 the times

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.000
 and the seasons

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.680
 that God sets.

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.720
 Here's a season,

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.220
 a day

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.240
 for rest,

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:41.779
 for worship,

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.340
 for mercy,

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.059
 for fellowship.

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.860
 Ask God

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.460
 for wisdom

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.240
 to use the

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 gifts that he

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 gives

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 as a good

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 father.

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 So that's

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 the first

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 thing

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 that we're

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 invited to do.

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 The second

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 is to stand

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 in awe

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 of the God

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 who sets

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 the times.

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 That's what it

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 says in verse

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 14.

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 I know

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 that everything

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 God does

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 will endure

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 forever.

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 Nothing can

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 be added to

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 it and

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 nothing taken

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 from it.

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:10.299
 God does

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 it so

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 that people

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 will fear

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 him.

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 So our

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.519
 teacher has

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 been making

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 the point

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 time and

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 again,

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 as people

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 we are

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 limited.

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 We are

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 helpless.

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 We are

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 not in

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 control.

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 We are

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 dependent.

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 And that's

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 something that

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 can be very

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.580
 humbling for

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 us.

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 Runs

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 contrary to

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 our culture

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 in many

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 ways.

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 But at

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 the same

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 time he

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 invites us

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 to see

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 that God

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.940
 has no

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 limits.

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:37.799
 He is

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.420
 the Lord

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.580
 of time.

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 He is

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 the Lord

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 over our

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 times that

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.960
 his purposes

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:44.600
 stand forever.

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 He knows

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:47.080
 our changing

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 times that

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.019
 can cause

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.539
 us so much

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.440
 confusion and

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 distress.

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 And so

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:52.060
 our proper

00:26:52.060 --> 00:26:53.259
 response

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:55.019
 is to

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.640
 fear him.

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.720
 To stand

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.600
 in awe

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.160
 of him.

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 to rejoice

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.860
 with a

00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:02.360
 sense of

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.100
 wonder

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:04.960
 how great

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 he is.

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 That we

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 would behold

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.920
 our God

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 in his

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.180
 glory.

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.680
 To receive

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:14.019
 him as

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.680
 our Lord.

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 Whatever our

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.360
 situation is

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.460
 today, to

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.400
 follow him

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:19.740
 in faith

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.920
 and in

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.460
 trust.

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:29.319
 departs through

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.420
 the

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:31.120
 I want to

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:32.079
 notice

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.100
 time.

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:37.019
 So the message of Ecclesiastes 3 is that God sets the times, God controls all times,

00:27:37.219 --> 00:27:42.879
 including the times of salvation. And the amazing truth that the Bible teaches is that the Son of

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 God, the creator of time, at just the right time, entered into time and history as the Savior that

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:56.519
 we need. That's why we read the beginning from Galatians 4. When the set time had fully come,

00:27:56.519 --> 00:28:05.660
 God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under the law.

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:16.559
 At God's set time, the Redeemer came, and he came to free us from judgment as lawbreakers by taking

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:25.759
 the judgment that we deserve, so that we could become children of God in God's perfect timing.

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:32.059
 Mark chapter 1, verse 15, as Jesus' public ministry begins, what does he say? He said,

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:40.220
 the time has come. The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news. God's time has

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:46.279
 come because God's King has come, and he comes bringing in the kingdom, and that's good news.

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:53.259
 That Jesus has come to make a way for us once again to live in proper relationship to our God. And what

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:59.140
 do we need to do? We need to turn from our sin, turn from thinking we are in control, where we

00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:11.839
 ignore God as Lord, and we need to trust in Jesus. And think about the times of Jesus' life as we think

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:20.900
 about the Gospels. Jesus knew times of joy and feasting, and we read about those, but we also know he

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:32.160
 wept tears and had sorrow. Jesus spoke of times of seeking lost sheep, but he also spoke of

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:44.220
 separating, losing the goats who would reject him. Jesus spent much time speaking and speaking truth,

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:56.920
 but at his trial, he was silent. At the cross of Jesus, there was a time of war as Jesus went to war

00:29:56.920 --> 00:30:04.400
 on the great enemies of Satan and sin and death, and achieving for us and for the world, a time of peace

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:07.980
 for those who would trust in Jesus.

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:18.960
 Romans chapter 5 verse 6 speaks of the wonderful timing of God's grace. At just the right time,

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:25.380
 when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Didn't wait for us to clean ourselves up,

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:30.360
 because we never can. Doesn't wait for us to be good enough for God's love, because we never will be.

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:37.160
 When we were undeserving, powerless sinners, God, in love, at just the right time, sent his Son to die

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:46.920
 on the cross. Paul, in 2 Corinthians chapter 6 and verse 2, in light of the Gospel, declares,

00:30:47.060 --> 00:30:54.680
 now is the time of God's favour. It's wonderful. Today is the day of salvation. Today,

00:30:54.680 --> 00:31:06.060
 as we recognise Jesus as God's Son and Saviour, we're invited again to trust him, to live worshipping him.

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:16.060
 When God entered time. To go back to our Lego sets, every Lego set, every set of instructions has one final

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:23.700
 piece. Every piece of beach art, no matter how big, has one last line,

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:33.740
 and then it's completed. Your life and mine will have one last breath. Our lives will draw to an end.

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:42.960
 Only God knows our time. But by way of one last application, our teacher would say to us,

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:54.480
 be prepared for the day of your death. Be prepared by looking to Jesus with trust. Trust in his death

00:31:54.480 --> 00:32:01.059
 as the sacrifice that you need to cover your sin, to bring you the forgiveness that you need.

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:08.680
 Trust in his resurrection to new life to be the guarantee of the eternal life that you desire.

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:12.980
 to be at home with God in a world of perfect love forever.

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:25.220
 When we know Jesus as Lord, we can trust him in the times of our lives, remembering that he said,

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:29.539
 surely I'm with you always to the end of the age.

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:36.079
 Let's pray together in response.

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:45.500
 Lord, our God, we thank you for the hope that we find in your words, in your words of truth.

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:50.059
 That reminder that nothing lies outside of your control.

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:51.059
 Lord, our God, we thank you for the time.

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:53.480
 That you are altogether wise.

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:56.099
 You know the beginning from the end.

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:59.159
 That nothing stops your purposes.

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:02.399
 And that your character is good.

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:04.220
 And we can trust you.

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:08.139
 Lord, help us, each one of us, to trust you

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:11.019
 in the times of our lives.

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:14.460
 Whether they be good or whether they be difficult.

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:20.840
 Whether we feel like we have a handle on what's going on or whether we're thoroughly confused.

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:24.400
 Help us to have faith and to trust.

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:28.039
 And Lord, as we think about your control,

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:33.380
 we pray once again for the situation that we see unfolding in the Ukraine.

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:37.819
 Lord, we pray for a swift end to violence.

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:44.220
 We pray for a wise international response.

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:47.100
 That would halt the terror.

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:54.440
 Lord, we pray that for those who are injured,

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:58.259
 that you would bring comfort and healing.

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:02.799
 Lord, we pray that as many cry out in distress,

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:05.039
 that you would hear and that you would answer.

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:08.280
 Lord, that in your amazing providence,

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:10.699
 you would work through this awful situation

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:17.639
 to bring your saving purposes to pass in Ukraine and Russia and beyond.

00:34:18.279 --> 00:34:25.960
 May the gospel message of peace ring out from churches in Ukraine and Russia and all around

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:31.819
 so that many men and women and boys and girls would put their trust in the Lord Jesus,

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:36.900
 not in a government or in a rule.

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:44.820
 Lord, we also want to commit our church times into your hands.

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:54.400
 We thank you for the opportunity that we have to begin to talk together and to learn together and to encourage one another

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:58.200
 about how we can share our faith in our communities.

00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:02.240
 Lord, you know the challenges that we have, the struggles that we face.

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:06.059
 And so we pray that that would be a time of equipping for us.

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:11.280
 Lord, we thank you for the chance that we have to run Hope Explored in a few weeks.

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:18.540
 And Lord, we know that there are so many people asking questions about hope and peace and purpose.

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:24.400
 And we know that your word has answers and that Jesus is the answer.

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:29.980
 And so as we invite our friends and our family and our neighbours and our colleagues,

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:33.000
 may you put it in the hearts of many to come along.

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:37.080
 And for those who maybe aren't clear on what Christianity teaches,

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:43.539
 that we'd be able to gather together and as we spend time in Luke's gospel to have greater clarity

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:51.079
 so that we could invite many to discover the good news that's found in knowing Jesus as Lord.

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:54.619
 Lord, we think about our church.

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:57.619
 We thank you for our elders and deacons,

00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:04.500
 for the way that they serve and pastor and enable the church to keep functioning.

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:11.039
 And Lord, we pray as we vote for new deacons and elders that you would be guiding us,

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:13.900
 that we'd be thankful for your provision.

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:22.099
 Lord, that we'd be able to continue in our mission and purpose of making disciples.

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:27.059
 Lord, we also pray for other churches as we're invited to.

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:31.400
 We remember the church in Cumbernauld, just on the outskirts of Glasgow,

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:33.539
 just recently vacant.

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:35.360
 Lord, give them unity.

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:40.500
 Lord, we thank you for the contacts that they have in their community through a toddler group

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.360
 and through youth work.

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:45.099
 And may that lead many to saving faith.

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:49.400
 Lord, we also pray for New Mills Church in Ayrshire.

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:56.079
 And we pray that you would bind them together in unity and in purpose and in the joy of the Lord Jesus.

00:36:56.079 --> 00:37:06.799
 We pray that you would give them wisdom as they think together about how to be most effective in sharing the good news with the towns and villages around them.

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:11.059
 And Lord, we also remember the church in Moldova.

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:20.480
 And we thank you that they are able to give help to refugees fleeing the Ukraine.

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:28.679
 Thank you for women for mission who were able to help the church in Moldova last year and will continue to help this year.

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:38.440
 Lord, that as your people love and serve in Jesus' name, may it draw many to trust in the Lord Jesus.

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:45.579
 We pray this so that you would be glorified and so that many people would have deep and lasting joy.

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.819
 Amen.

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:54.440
 Now, as we sing together, our boys and girls will come back in.

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:58.159
 Our hymn is, My Times Are In Your Hands.

00:37:58.659 --> 00:38:01.340
 So we can stand together to sing.

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:18.760
 My Times Are In Your Hands

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:24.539
 My God, I wish them there

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:39.440
 My life, my friends, my soul, I leave entirely to your care.

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:52.759
 My times are in your hand, whatever they may be.

00:38:52.760 --> 00:39:07.420
 Pleasing or painful, dark or bright, as you know best for me.

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:22.740
 My times are in your hand, why should I?

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:26.519
 Should I doubt or fear, a father's hand, why should I die or fear?

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:41.139
 A father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear.

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:49.139
 My times are in your hand, Jesus the crucified.

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:53.879
 Jesus the crucified.

00:39:53.879 --> 00:40:09.379
 Those hands, my cruel sins that pierced are now my guard and guide.

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:28.820
 My times are in your hand, such faith you give to me.

00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:43.460
 That after death at your right hand, I shall forever be.

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:49.460
 Please have a seat.

00:40:49.460 --> 00:41:00.960
 As we come to the Lord's table, I wanted to continue with that sense of understanding that our times,

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:05.300
 and indeed the time of salvation, is in God's hands.

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:11.300
 One of the themes that we find in John's Gospel is Jesus speaking about his hour.

00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:14.880
 At the beginning of the Gospel, his hour had not yet come.

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:20.560
 And then we come to John chapter 12 and verse 23, where we read,

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:25.340
 The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:35.120
 And then as Jesus prays, the night before the cross, John chapter 17, he looked towards heaven and prayed,

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:37.820
 Father, the hour has come.

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:44.460
 Glorify your Son that your Son may glorify you.

00:41:46.120 --> 00:41:50.440
 How was Jesus' glory revealed?

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:57.579
 His glory is revealed through his death for sinners on the cross.

00:41:58.260 --> 00:42:05.220
 His glory is revealed in perfectly completing God's saving plan,

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:10.159
 in perfectly demonstrating God's righteousness,

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:15.440
 that God cannot sweep sin under the carpet but must deal with it,

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:19.000
 but in his love and grace for his people,

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:23.300
 he deals with it in his Son, Jesus,

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:30.380
 in his loving sacrifice to bring us eternal life.

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:34.260
 So as we share the Lord's Supper as the people of God,

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:39.059
 we remember the glory of our Savior.

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:47.039
 We remember with thankfulness that the time of salvation is in God's hand.

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:50.559
 And in the fullness of time, just as he planned,

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:54.199
 he sent his Son to be Savior.

00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:57.799
 Who is the Lord's Supper for?

00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:02.420
 The Lord's Supper is for all who have seen the glory of Jesus,

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:06.599
 who have become aware of our great need for mercy and forgiveness,

00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:09.539
 who are trusting him for salvation,

00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:13.139
 who are part of his church.

00:43:14.319 --> 00:43:19.940
 In a moment, we will sing words from Psalm 116.

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:22.739
 And as we do so,

00:43:23.259 --> 00:43:28.480
 our stewards will direct those who are wishing to share the Lord's Supper

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:31.319
 to come and to take the elements from the front.

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:34.559
 And then if you take them back to your seat,

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:37.539
 then we can eat and drink together.

00:43:38.740 --> 00:43:42.720
 So we can remain seated while we sing Psalm 116.

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:44.640
 And then folks can actually, no, let's stand.

00:43:45.180 --> 00:43:47.320
 And then as folks are invited,

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:50.320
 you can come down and collect the bread and the wine.

00:43:50.320 --> 00:44:12.240
 How can I thank the Lord for all he's done?

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:24.019
 With gratitude, salvation's cup I raise.

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:33.239
 I'll call upon his name and will fulfill

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:44.799
 my vows to him before his people's face.

00:44:44.799 --> 00:44:57.419
 The Lord holds dear the death of all his saints.

00:44:57.420 --> 00:45:07.180
 Hear me, O Lord, I am your servant true.

00:45:09.180 --> 00:45:18.340
 I am your servant and your handmaid son.

00:45:20.200 --> 00:45:26.519
 And from my chains I have been freed.

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:41.519
 Thank offerings I will sacrifice to you.

00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:53.659
 And call upon the name of God the Lord.

00:45:53.659 --> 00:46:04.859
 When all his people in assembly meets.

00:46:04.859 --> 00:46:15.859
 With joy I will fulfill my solemn word.

00:46:15.860 --> 00:46:27.880
 Before his people I will keep my vows.

00:46:27.880 --> 00:46:38.860
 Within the courts of our God's holy place.

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 Within the city of Jerusalem.

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 Unto the Lord alone be all the praise.

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 And where is my friend of all his saints.

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 For the gods of Jerusalem.

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 Please have a seat.

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 Let me read our words of institution from 1 Corinthians chapter 11.

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 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you.

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 The Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he broke it and said this is my body which is for you.

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 Do this in remembrance of me.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Lord our God we thank you that in your kindness to us that you have given us a visible picture of the gospel.

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 That this bread and wine representing the broken body and the shed blood of the Lord Jesus reminds us of our need of him.

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 It reminds us of your grace towards us in giving us your son as our saviour.

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 It reminds us that we come to this table as broken sinners who need forgiveness, who need ongoing grace and help from you.

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 And so we pray that as we eat and drink that we would do it with a sense of grateful wonder.

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 That you would be so kind to us.

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 That you would give us that spirit of worship.

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 That you would also give us that spirit of unity as we remember that we share one loaf as one body made one by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 That you would also give us that spirit of unity as we pray in his name.

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 Amen.

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 So when Jesus had given thanks he broke it and said this is my body which is for you.

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 Do this in remembrance of me.

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 Let's eat together to remember Jesus as Lord.

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 In the same way after supper he took the cup saying this cup is the new covenant in my blood.

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 Do this whenever you drink it in remembrance of me.

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 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup.

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 You proclaim the Lord's death.

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 Until he comes.

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 Let's drink and proclaim the good news of our Lord's death.

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 And we will close our time together with a wonderful hymn that reminds us of the hope that we have in Jesus Christ.

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 Our hope in life and death.

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 And let's again stand to sing together with a praise.

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 What is our hope in life and death?

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 Christ alone, Christ alone.

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 What is our only confidence?

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 What is our only confidence?

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 That our souls to him belong.

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 Who holds our days within his hand?

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 What comes apart from his command?

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 And what will keep us to the end?

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 The love of Christ in which we stand.

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 O sing hallelujah.

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 Our hope springs eternal.

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 O sing hallelujah.

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 Now and ever we confess.

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 Christ our hope in life and death.

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 Christ our hope in life and death.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 What truth can come the troubled soul?

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 God is good.

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 God is good.

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 Where is his grace and goodness known?

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 God is good.

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 In our great Redeemer's blood.

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 Who holds our faith when fears arise?

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 Who stands above the stormy trial?

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 Who sends the waves that bring us nigh unto the shore, the rock of Christ?

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 followingैers, let us grow old man.

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 And what are my words that bring us nigh not?

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 God is true.

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 I have clouded praises roads in which we stand above the sea.

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 Amen.

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 God is good.

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 A booth extension 정 Valley.

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 God is a tenner.

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 Can we try and buy us not far?

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 And how many are we достиhing every day?

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eno Jesus blood is angry now thejähr.

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 God is become holy, R is a tenner.

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 Whenever we confess Christ our hope in life and death.

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 Unto the grave what shall we sing?

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 Christ he lives, Christ he lives.

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 And what reward will heaven bring?

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 Everlasting life with him.

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 There we will rise to meet the Lord.

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 Then sin and death will be destroyed.

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 And we will feast in endless joy.

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 When Christ is ours forevermore.

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 O sing hallelujah.

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 Our hope springs eternal.

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 O sing hallelujah.

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 Now and ever we confess Christ our hope in life and death.

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 Now and ever we confess Christ our hope in life and death.

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 Amen.

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 And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And the love of God.

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 And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.

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 Be with you all.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:55:09.160 --> 00:55:10.820
 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:55:11.100 --> 00:55:11.500
 Amen.

00:55:11.579 --> 00:55:11.640
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:55:14.120 --> 00:55:14.760
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:55:16.960 --> 00:55:17.780
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.