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 I want to ask you a question. See if you can remember. When was the first time you picked up

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 a Bible? Just think back. I praise God that was a long time ago, but I've seen it in movies and

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 I've seen other people do it. How do you approach this? Where do you start? Do you start at the

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 title page? Do you start somewhere in the middle? Do you flick through and pick?

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 Maybe you started the New Testament. The first Bible I remember receiving from someone

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 was a little New Testament. So it started in Matthew. But because I wanted to do a little

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 experiment this week, I got one of our church Bibles and I opened it up and I did the old

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 flick, flick, flick, flick point. And this is the verse where I landed.

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 How long, O Lord, will you forget me forever? Psalm 13 verse 1.

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 Imagine those being the first words you ever read in the Bible. These questions that you

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 might have of God at that point would be fair. What kind of God is he? Does he even care about

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 people? Why is his special book seemingly complaining to him? Is being forgotten by God what I should

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 expect if he's real? There are some parts of the Bible that just don't seem to belong.

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 I described this psalm to one of our fellow staff members this week, Veronica, just over a coffee in

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 the morning. And she said, oh, that's a bit strange. Is that what you thought when Psalm 88 was being read out?

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 There are more parts of the Bible like it. There are more weird parts. There are more parts of the

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 Bible like Psalm 88 and they're called laments. They're difficult. They're outpourings of pain and grief,

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 loss and fear. They can seem really strange. They don't pull punches. They often contain questions

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 in complaints and complaints against God himself. So how do we read those without skipping past

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 or just shutting our Bibles? How do you sit here right now in church,

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 hear Psalm 88 and not walk out the door again? Is there anything to be gained by reading and praying

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 with or joining in with a lament like this? I don't know about you, but when I first read this psalm,

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 I didn't expect to see it in the Bible. Before we dive into it right now though, let me say something

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 with confidence. All of the Bible beginning to end is there on purpose, even if it looks like it's

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 warts and all. Each week at St. Paul's we preach a small part of all of it on purpose and without

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 leaving any of it out as we go. And we value what the Bible says as it says it. And to leave any of it

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 out would be a big mistake. It may be that Psalm 88 is exactly what you need right now.

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 It will push you to think differently, maybe challenge the way you think about God and perhaps

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 expose a shallowed or sheltered idea about him that you might have or about his path for you as a follower

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 of Jesus. Or this could be exactly how you're praying in your life right now.

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 But I believe that we all need lament in our lives, as difficult as they may seem in your season of life

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 right now. So as we tackle this, don't be afraid. Don't expect some sort of scandal. Oh, Steve's away.

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 Nick's doing whatever he wants. Rather, God's Word is a beautiful tapestry.

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 It's woven together with a skill unmatched by any human mind. It's planned and laid out with grace.

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 It's stitched together with the history of our world as we know it and painted on purpose with

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 all the colours of the spectrum, even the dark colours.

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 If you were an artist and you had to pick a book in the Bible to study, you would pick Psalms.

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 Psalms is a book of poems and songs and prayers gathered up over hundreds of years of Israel's

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 history, crafted together and bound as a prayer book for God's people and for us too.

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 There is wisdom to be found in there as Israel's history is taught through its pages.

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 Every expression you'd expect from an artist is in there. Exuberant praise, love and devotion,

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 darkest lament, they're all in there.

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 As the Psalms express joy in God's deliverance in Israel's history and excitement for his coming

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 salvation, they don't leave out anything true about God or about their situation.

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 They don't leave out authentic thoughts and feelings, all while they waited for God's promised

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 king to come.

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 So prayer for Israel was always a balance of remembering God's victories and hopefully praising

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 matched with this authentic outpouring out of where they were truly at.

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 And if you've ever read some of the Old Testament, heard about what Israel went through, they were

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 a country who were well acquainted with pain and struggle and suffering.

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 And many would say that that has never stopped for them.

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 As you peel back the pages of Psalms, you see pain and joy.

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 You see their lament and you see their praise.

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 As a young Christian, a very long time ago, I was taught that laments in the Bible always go

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 up at the end.

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 Most do, like Psalm 42.

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 Psalm 42 has this kind of up and down.

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 It's reflected in the song that we sing, Bless the Lord are my soul.

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 It sounds like this.

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 Things are going very wrong for the person singing this Psalm or praying.

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 But they decide to yet praise God and look forward with hope.

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 Verse 3 and verse 5, you can see it.

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 Day and night, my tears are my food.

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 That is a desperate lament.

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 In verse 5, it's followed by,

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 Why are you a downcast soul within me?

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 No, no, no, no, no, soul.

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 Hope in God.

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 For I will yet praise him.

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 That movement from pain to praise is a decision.

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 A decision that the prayer makes because of who God is.

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 For all he has done for them and his people in the past,

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 and because of his great promises to come.

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 And the book of Psalms itself kind of has this trajectory

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 where there are a lot of laments at the beginning

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 and lots of praise Psalms at the end.

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 It actually ends with this repeated Hallelujah Psalm theme.

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 It's like by the end it's just one genre

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 just dominating the mixtape.

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 Hallelujah Psalm.

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 Hallelujah Psalm.

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 It ends, the book ends on a huge up.

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 And that is the pattern that I expect when I read a Psalm.

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 Then how does a lament like Psalm 88 fit that pattern?

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 When it ends, as you would have heard before,

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 darkness is my only friend.

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 Does Psalm 88 belong?

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 Does Psalm 88 belong?

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 What is it trying to say?

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 Let's take a dive right in and step through it.

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 We're going to do three things.

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 We're going to discover what the Psalm is saying

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 so that we can answer the question,

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 does it fit?

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 And that will help us discover what Psalm 88

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 and laments like it mean for us right now

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 as God's people.

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 For me, Psalm 88 is a huge challenge.

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 I always saw myself as quite in touch with my emotions,

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 but through seasons of depression

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 and crippling anxiety and fear,

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 I can say that I have never been able to pray like this.

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 Psalm 88 eats my understanding

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 and expressions of grief for breakfast.

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 And I want to say that's good news for me

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 and it's good news for you.

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 The Psalm reaches people who understand pain,

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 like Israel did and maybe like you do.

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 It gives us these words as a gift.

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 For when it is true that darkness is your closest friend,

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 because life really does suck sometimes.

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 And if it didn't,

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 we'd only have praise Psalms.

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 But laments are for the darkness.

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 So let's discover what this prayer is saying

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 and how it says it.

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 For those of you taking notes,

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 there are five parts to this Psalm.

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 That's not like the Psalmist goes through them in order.

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 Let me just give you the quick picture.

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 Praying to God,

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 sharing the situation with Him,

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 calling Him to do something about it,

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 ascribing the blame of what is happening

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 and questioning God Himself.

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 First, Psalm 88 is a prayer to God.

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 Verse 1, verse 9 and verse 13, all together.

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 Lord, You are the God who saves me.

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 Day and night I cry to You.

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 I call to You, Lord, every day.

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 I spread out my hands to You.

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 I cry to You for help, Lord.

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 In the morning, my prayer comes before You.

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 This is very significant

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 because you bring your complaint

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 to the person who can do something about it.

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 Here at St. Paul's at the moment,

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 we're not receiving any parcels.

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 I have no idea why.

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 It doesn't make any sense.

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 But I didn't go to the police with that problem.

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 I didn't go to the Ghostbusters.

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 I didn't even go to my mom.

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 I know there's only one source to go to

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 for that problem to be fixed.

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 Wisdom says go to the one

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 who can do something about it.

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 And that's what praying right looks like

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 when we're hurting and when we're in need.

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 We come to the God who saves.

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 Have a look at verse 1 there.

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 The psalmist summarizes God's previous faithfulness.

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 He doesn't say,

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 God, I know you can save.

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 Rather, he says,

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 God saves.

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 He has shown himself as capable of the past

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 and he'll be faithful with our future.

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 This prayer even reminds God of his own character.

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 Remember, do you say,

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 hey God, you're the God who saves?

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 It's pretty bold.

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 And this prayer is not doing what

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 I have found myself doing.

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 I'm not...

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 This psalm is not calling God to do the right thing

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 like a whinging entitled teenager does to a parent.

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 It's not like that.

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 Rather, the psalmist says,

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 Lord, you are the God who saves me.

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 I'm coming to you and you save me.

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 I believe you will because you have and you can.

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 Faith in God expressed in the middle

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 of the hardest of times

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 is what God wants to hear when we pray.

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 God doesn't need your recovery from an accident

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 or your healing after grief already done

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 to be ready for your motions of words.

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 No, he actually wants them in the middle

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 of your tears and your pain.

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 Take note, there's no line in this psalm that says,

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 now God, fix this.

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 Even though it's a desperate prayer,

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 it's not a list of things that God must take away.

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 It's a statement of faith first,

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 dressed up as an authentic expression

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 of emotions and fears and questions.

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 So is this permission to say what we really think to God?

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 Yes, I think this psalm is that permission.

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 Go to God and tell him how you feel

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 when you feel it.

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 Let's see how this prayer is told to God.

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 Go to verse 3, 4, 5 and 15

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 and this is the summary of how the psalmist prays.

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 They are overwhelmed with trouble.

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 Their life draws near to death.

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 They're weakened in a ditch.

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 They're set apart for slaughter.

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 They're bleeding out and buried alive.

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 Their youth means nothing because their sickness remains.

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 They're near enough to touch death

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 and darkness is their closest friend.

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 This prayer has few real strong details

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 and it kind of is as vague as it is extreme.

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 But remember, this book is songs and poetry

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 for a nation of people,

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 all living unique yet connected lives.

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 And I think this extreme yet general set of situations

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 are invitations for the one who laments

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 to insert their pain into those lines

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 and have those verses echo with their own experiences.

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 When Adrian read Psalm 88 out,

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 did any line grab you?

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 Did it give life to a memory long buried?

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 Have you ever felt close to death in some way

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 or trapped and unjustly excluded?

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 I can look out on this room and know

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 that that's true for some of you right now

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 and has been in the past.

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 This psalm is for praying word for word

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 while the images in it spark remembering an emotion within us,

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 helping us express our situations,

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 the things in our hearts that really hurt,

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 so that we can lift them up to God.

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 And we want God to fix these situations, right?

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 We want his action and justice, yeah?

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 Look and see what the psalmist does in verse 2.

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 As they call God to action, they say,

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 may my prayer come before you.

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 Turn your ear to hear my cry.

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 And that's it.

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 That's all they ask God to do.

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 Just look and listen.

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 When we first started parenting,

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 our little then three-nager, Judson,

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 he wasn't very good at listening sometimes

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 after he did something wrong,

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 especially when he'd done it wrong on purpose.

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 And I learnt for him that

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 listening required looking.

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 I remember gently touching his cheek

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 and saying, look in my eyes,

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 and if I didn't do that,

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 there would be no listening.

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 But if he turned his face to mine,

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 he would take in what I needed to say.

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 And I, or Sam,

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 could start resolving the problem

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 that he or we had created.

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 But that's what it took to get action.

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 I think that's what's being asked here.

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 The prayer knows that God hears,

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 but is so desperate that they're saying,

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 God, look in my eyes while I say this.

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 I need you to listen for real

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 and take action.

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 In the original language,

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 the word cry

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 is actually a stronger word

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 than cry in English.

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 It's more like a wail

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 and a scream together

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 directed at one person.

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 The expectation of the prayer

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 is that God saves.

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 So then if he truly hears a prayer

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 like God save me,

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 it follows that he would act to do so.

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 The prayer believed this

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 and I believe this,

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 but is God doing anything at all?

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 Is he taking action?

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 In fact, the psalm answers

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 by saying that God is taking action,

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 just not in the way

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 that we might expect.

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 In fact, the prayer reckons

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 that God is doing this to them.

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 Here's where we take the step together,

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 right into the confusion

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 about this psalm,

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 feeling out of place.

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 Psalm 88 doesn't lead us around

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 the discomfort around this.

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 It says it out loud

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 and pushes us right in.

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 I'm going to read some verses now

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 and these for me

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 are the hardest bits to hear.

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 Verse 6,

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 You have put me in the lowest pit

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 in the darkest depths.

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 Verse 7,

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 Your wrath lies heavily upon me.

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 You have overwhelmed me

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 with all of your waves.

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 Verse 8,

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 You have taken me

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 from my closest friends

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 and have made me repulsive to them.

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 Verse 15,

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 From my youth I have suffered

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 and been close to death.

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 I have borne your terrors

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 and am in despair.

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 6, 10, 7, 8, 10.

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 Your wrath has swept over me.

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 Your terrors have destroyed me.

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 All day long they surround me

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 like a flood

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 and they've completely engulfed me.

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 You have taken from me

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 friend and neighbour.

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 God,

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 you are doing this to me.

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 It's a big step

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 to say God

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 does the bad things

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 in our lives

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 to us.

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 But in the way

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 this psalm expresses

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 prayer,

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 can you step around that?

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 While God may not be

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 the one deciding

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 to pull the trigger,

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 very often

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 he's the only one

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 who could stop the bullet.

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 Is God really

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 a control at that level?

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 Or is it safer

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 to think that God

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 is only in charge

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 over all things

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 when

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 over all things

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 means just the good things

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 that are happening

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 in our lives?

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 He does promise

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 that he will work

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 for the good

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 of those who love him.

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 It says that in Romans 8, 28.

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 But his good

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 for our lives

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 is woven through

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 a sometimes horrific mess

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 of selfish human

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 horridness

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 and circumstances.

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 And it can feel like

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 those things

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 are the only thing

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 in our lives

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 that is real.

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 But God

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 but God's good

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 for you

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 for me

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 and for all believers

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 through that mess

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 is real

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 and true.

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 Even if it's unseen

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 for now

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 for a while

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 or even if you

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 don't get to know

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 what is going on

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 until you can ask him

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 face to face.

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 I mentioned my boy

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 Judson

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 he is named

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 after a famous

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 missionary

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 who in the days

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 of the quill

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 and sailing ships

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 and unknown lands

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 decided to give up

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 a life of riches

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 and go to one of those

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 unknown lands

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 and tell them about

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 the gospel.

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 The gospel

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 had never been

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 to Burma

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 so he just went there.

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 he spent his life

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 translating

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:07.299
 the Bible

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:09.959
 into their language.

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 He preached

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 and he taught

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 and through his ministry

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 that country

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 as a whole

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 heard about Jesus.

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 There are 10,000

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.359
 churches

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 and up

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 who can trace

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 their existence

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:26.439
 back to his ministry.

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 but it came

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.660
 at a cost.

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 Incredible persecution

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 torture

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 and sickness

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 mourning

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 and

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 lamenting

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 the loss

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 of his

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 wife

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 and then

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 his second

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 as well

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 the lives

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 of many

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 of his children

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 more than

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 I have fingers

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 on my hand

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 and eventually

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 his own life

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 as he got sick

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 he wrote

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 to his friends

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 back in America

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 and they sent a ship

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 when it arrived

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 he was so unwell

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 and in such pain

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 that he could barely speak

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 they put him on the boat

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 to send him home

00:23:13.300 --> 00:23:13.940
 to get well

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 and he died

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 somewhere

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 as they

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.680
 circled around

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 the bottom of Africa

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 and they didn't have

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 anywhere to bury him

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.359
 so they chucked him

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 in the sea

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:31.640
 he did see

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 some of his children

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 live

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 and grow

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 he saw a flicker

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.500
 of light

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.240
 in his ministry

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 but it was not

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.559
 the good

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.880
 that he expected

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 no

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.880
 but

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:45.380
 we saw

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.839
 the good

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:47.240
 once he was gone

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 I can say

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.440
 that God

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.880
 was good

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:51.200
 to Adoniram Judson

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 because I see

00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:53.700
 from my place

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.320
 in time

00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:55.600
 how the good

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:56.660
 Judson desired

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:58.940
 was multiplied

00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:01.360
 with eternal good

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.760
 and life saved

00:24:02.760 --> 00:24:03.560
 but I'm sure

00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:04.620
 that Psalm 88

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.380
 was on the lips

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:06.280
 of that dear man

00:24:06.280 --> 00:24:06.840
 more readily

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.800
 than it is mine

00:24:07.800 --> 00:24:09.100
 as he battled

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.920
 with the truth

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.900
 in the midst

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:12.100
 of horrific pain

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:13.480
 that God

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.340
 was being good

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:15.320
 to him

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:18.879
 do you

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.579
 know

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.439
 a shade

00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:21.439
 of Judson's

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:21.839
 darkness

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:24.700
 surely

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.399
 it would be easier

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:25.879
 if God just

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.619
 fixed everything

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:29.539
 let me say

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.119
 God has

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.839
 fixed two

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:32.980
 of the only

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.839
 important things

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:36.859
 and he will

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.720
 soon fix

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:39.059
 everything

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:40.579
 once and for all

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:43.819
 but while those

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.419
 things are true

00:24:44.419 --> 00:24:45.079
 and worthy of

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.679
 your full acceptance

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.259
 and confidence

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.619
 we still battle

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.619
 reality

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.839
 mess and pain

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.419
 and unknown

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:51.240
 every single day

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.699
 and sometimes

00:24:51.699 --> 00:24:52.279
 there is no

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.039
 apparent good

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.960
 of God

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.059
 in our lives

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.899
 at all

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:57.599
 so if God

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.699
 has the control

00:24:58.699 --> 00:24:59.899
 then how should

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.639
 we proceed

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:02.399
 with questioning

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.859
 him

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:06.419
 what can we say

00:25:06.419 --> 00:25:07.599
 to God

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.399
 in our mess

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:10.680
 that he is

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.160
 in charge

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.660
 of in our

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.040
 lives

00:25:12.040 --> 00:25:14.380
 how do we

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.040
 question him

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:16.360
 well here's how

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.780
 it sounds

00:25:16.780 --> 00:25:17.320
 in the psalm

00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:17.820
 verse 10

00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.360
 11 12

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:18.920
 and 14

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:20.860
 do you show

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.440
 your wonders

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.120
 to the dead

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.660
 do their spirits

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.320
 rise up

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:25.120
 and praise you

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.960
 is your love

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.940
 declared in the

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.360
 grave

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:28.900
 is your faithfulness

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:30.120
 in destruction

00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:31.860
 are your wonders

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.360
 known

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.360
 in the place

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:34.019
 of the darkness

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.740
 or your righteous

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.360
 deeds

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.680
 in the land

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.360
 of oblivion

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.819
 why Lord

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.439
 do you reject

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:40.679
 me

00:25:40.679 --> 00:25:41.039
 and hide

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.500
 your face

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.959
 from me

00:25:41.959 --> 00:25:44.199
 there are two

00:25:44.199 --> 00:25:44.659
 parts

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.740
 to this

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.179
 questioning

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.740
 first

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:48.819
 it has

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.740
 God's fame

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:51.079
 and reputation

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:52.019
 in mind

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.859
 in the midst

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.639
 of your pain

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.519
 are you

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.179
 saying to

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.639
 God

00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:56.619
 hey God

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.139
 this looks

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:58.059
 bad for you

00:25:58.059 --> 00:26:00.879
 in verses

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.619
 10 to 12

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.119
 the unknown

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.799
 benefit

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:04.459
 of God's

00:26:04.459 --> 00:26:04.939
 sovereign

00:26:04.939 --> 00:26:06.099
 ravaging

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.740
 in their

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.119
 life

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.459
 brings

00:26:07.459 --> 00:26:08.119
 first

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.919
 questions

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.939
 about

00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.519
 God's

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.039
 care

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.459
 for his

00:26:12.459 --> 00:26:12.899
 power

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.199
 and the

00:26:13.199 --> 00:26:13.399
 world's

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:14.259
 perception

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.899
 of him

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:16.439
 how is

00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:17.980
 the good

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.799
 and the

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.219
 greatness

00:26:19.219 --> 00:26:20.219
 of who you

00:26:20.219 --> 00:26:20.639
 are going to

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.379
 be received

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:23.200
 it's a

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.560
 first

00:26:23.560 --> 00:26:24.080
 call

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.560
 on God

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:25.040
 to stand

00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:25.360
 up for

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.760
 himself

00:26:25.760 --> 00:26:26.720
 stand

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.140
 by his

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.540
 promises

00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:28.320
 and purposes

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:29.940
 in full

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.260
 view

00:26:30.260 --> 00:26:31.180
 of everyone

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.660
 around

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:34.120
 is that

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.660
 what you

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.560
 pray first

00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:36.500
 when life

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.160
 falls apart

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:40.779
 God

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.180
 act

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.720
 to preserve

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:41.920
 your

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.519
 reputation

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.940
 for the

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.200
 sake

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.500
 of your

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.779
 name

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.120
 and your

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.440
 fame

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.160
 I care

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.420
 more

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:45.720
 about

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.180
 that

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:47.440
 I'm

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.620
 not

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.340
 reflexively

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.700
 going to

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.040
 care

00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:49.759
 about

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.200
 God's

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.480
 kingdom

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.000
 if I'm

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.320
 bleeding

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:51.700
 out in

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:51.840
 a

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.120
 ditch

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:55.240
 but

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.820
 personal

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.279
 grief

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.740
 here

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.019
 is

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.620
 articulated

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.360
 alongside

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.680
 a

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 fully

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.700
 Christ

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.220
 centred

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.560
 world

00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:01.900
 view

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:03.220
 where

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.360
 the

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.640
 life

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:03.820
 we

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.200
 live

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.400
 is

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.680
 lived

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:05.980
 for

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.440
 God

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.539
 with

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:07.799
 his

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.539
 priorities

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.860
 always

00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.059
 in

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.180
 view

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.440
 namely

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.680
 that

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:09.840
 the

00:27:09.840 --> 00:27:10.340
 people

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:11.200
 who

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.480
 see

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.759
 God

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.180
 working

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.380
 in

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.559
 my

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.000
 life

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.460
 at

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.700
 every

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.080
 stage

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.240
 of

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.440
 my

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.860
 life

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:16.340
 would

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:17.000
 respond

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.480
 in

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.960
 repentance

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.360
 and

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:18.680
 faith

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:18.940
 and

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.160
 know

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.440
 God

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.759
 too

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:23.380
 this

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.539
 is

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.820
 something

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.200
 that I

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.700
 believe

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.240
 that's

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.500
 in

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:25.759
 this

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.340
 psalm

00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:27.420
 to be

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.019
 learned

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:29.900
 it's

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.059
 written

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.400
 in on

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.840
 purpose

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.200
 as

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.559
 God's

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:31.799
 word

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.759
 builds

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.559
 our

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.340
 reflexive

00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:34.840
 care

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.400
 for

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:35.559
 the

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:35.880
 people

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.280
 around

00:27:36.280 --> 00:27:37.200
 us

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.360
 that

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:37.600
 they

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:37.840
 would

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.240
 know

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.300
 this

00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:39.760
 great

00:27:39.760 --> 00:27:40.140
 God

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.320
 who

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:40.480
 we

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.820
 come

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.400
 and

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.780
 worship

00:27:41.780 --> 00:27:44.200
 even

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.360
 in

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.460
 the

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.780
 midst

00:27:44.780 --> 00:27:45.400
 of

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.840
 incredible

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.320
 personal

00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:46.720
 pain

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:50.320
 but

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.740
 it's

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.140
 still

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:52.840
 personal

00:27:52.840 --> 00:27:53.380
 pain

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:55.340
 the

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:55.960
 understated

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.340
 simple

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:56.780
 line in

00:27:56.780 --> 00:27:57.540
 verse 14

00:27:57.540 --> 00:27:58.480
 is

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.100
 I feel

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.720
 rejected

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.260
 God

00:28:00.260 --> 00:28:01.280
 and you

00:28:01.280 --> 00:28:01.740
 aren't

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.300
 seeing

00:28:02.300 --> 00:28:03.480
 what I'm

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.760
 going

00:28:03.760 --> 00:28:04.120
 through

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:07.479
 and this

00:28:07.479 --> 00:28:07.859
 is where

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.279
 I think

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.579
 we need

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:08.879
 to be

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.599
 encouraged

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.419
 into

00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:11.779
 lamenting

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:14.099
 how often

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.519
 have you

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.159
 felt hard

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.639
 done by

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.279
 or cheated

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.719
 or defeated

00:28:17.719 --> 00:28:18.879
 or overwhelmed

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.479
 with debt

00:28:19.479 --> 00:28:23.439
 overwhelmed

00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:24.379
 with what

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:25.719
 we often

00:28:25.719 --> 00:28:26.319
 flippantly

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.059
 call our

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.319
 own

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.219
 misfortune

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:31.460
 how God

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.380
 in this

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.680
 psalm

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.160
 undoes

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.420
 that

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.860
 word

00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:36.160
 this

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.680
 psalm

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.220
 is your

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.740
 permission

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.680
 to ask

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.019
 those

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.579
 questions

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.039
 of God

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:41.920
 without

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.559
 polished

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.100
 words

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:43.779
 or manners

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.799
 or formality

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:46.559
 for he

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.019
 is willing

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.500
 to hear

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.100
 you speak

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:48.420
 them

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:50.140
 he knows

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.480
 that we're

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.839
 sinful

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.940
 and emotional

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.880
 and brittle

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:54.120
 Jesus himself

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:54.740
 felt the

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.120
 same

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:57.459
 he knows

00:28:57.459 --> 00:28:58.259
 and understands

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.439
 exactly how

00:28:59.439 --> 00:29:00.000
 a human

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.419
 feels

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:00.959
 rejection

00:29:00.959 --> 00:29:02.219
 he knows

00:29:02.219 --> 00:29:02.739
 the pain

00:29:02.739 --> 00:29:03.399
 of injustice

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.500
 in our

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.899
 hearts

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.839
 and in our

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.659
 fragile bodies

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.679
 and while

00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:08.259
 those around

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.939
 us suffer

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:09.619
 those who

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.259
 we love

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:12.259
 our father

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.000
 identifies

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.159
 with us

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:15.219
 he knows

00:29:15.219 --> 00:29:15.859
 the pain

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.899
 of losing

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.859
 those who

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.299
 we love

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.879
 or seeing

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.559
 them suffer

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:21.319
 as he

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.659
 watched

00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:22.739
 his son

00:29:22.739 --> 00:29:23.859
 die on a

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.219
 cross

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:26.100
 he can

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:26.620
 be trusted

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.660
 and relied

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.039
 upon

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.299
 as gracious

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.519
 with the

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.019
 worst

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.880
 you have

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.339
 to share

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.799
 with him

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:35.700
 in the

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.000
 middle of

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.380
 the mess

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:38.160
 from every

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.519
 day

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.299
 from now

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.680
 to the

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:39.960
 end of

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.480
 your life

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.319
 here on

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.579
 earth

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.600
 even if

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:42.980
 it seems

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.339
 he isn't

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.860
 hearing you

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.160
 or that

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.559
 he's turned

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:44.960
 away

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:46.759
 every day

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.079
 that is

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.480
 dark

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.819
 and there

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.380
 might be

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.740
 many

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:50.680
 he wants

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.400
 your lament

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:53.560
 until

00:29:53.560 --> 00:29:54.140
 the dark

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:55.180
 comes to

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.540
 light

00:29:55.540 --> 00:29:58.440
 is that

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.640
 what you

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.259
 expected to

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.540
 read in

00:29:59.540 --> 00:29:59.860
 the bible

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:02.620
 a tool

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:03.380
 for processing

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.100
 pain and

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.540
 expressing

00:30:04.540 --> 00:30:05.180
 yourself

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.880
 to an

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.300
 apparently

00:30:06.300 --> 00:30:06.980
 absent

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.800
 god

00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:10.140
 that's not

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.360
 what i

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:10.759
 expected

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:12.920
 let me

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.259
 take this

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.540
 a step

00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:13.800
 further

00:30:13.800 --> 00:30:14.080
 everyone

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:14.480
 grab your

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.780
 bible

00:30:14.780 --> 00:30:15.280
 that's got

00:30:15.280 --> 00:30:15.780
 psalm 88

00:30:15.780 --> 00:30:16.180
 open

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.460
 if you

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.860
 don't

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.379
 do it

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.559
 right

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:17.839
 now

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:22.500
 because

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.799
 this

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.939
 for us

00:30:23.939 --> 00:30:24.479
 right now

00:30:24.479 --> 00:30:24.799
 is the

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.099
 hardest

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.559
 part

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.059
 to hear

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.679
 because it

00:30:27.679 --> 00:30:28.119
 means that

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.399
 we have

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:28.799
 to do

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.259
 something

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.839
 have a

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.339
 look at

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.939
 the title

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.899
 of this

00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.839
 psalm

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:34.099
 psalm 88

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:36.759
 a song

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:41.379
 this was

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.679
 written

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.619
 to be

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.079
 sung

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.579
 in the

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:43.979
 temple

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:46.059
 by

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.660
 everyone

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.120
 gathered

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.940
 in

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.299
 worship

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:50.319
 not just

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.860
 an item

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.319
 to be

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.839
 processed

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.579
 and prayed

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.819
 through

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.180
 by the

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.480
 listeners

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.880
 but as

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.140
 something

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.819
 to sing

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.740
 to pray

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.500
 and to

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.000
 learn

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.799
 together

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:59.620
 can you

00:30:59.620 --> 00:30:59.960
 imagine

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.640
 standing up

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.200
 in church

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.339
 and singing

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.740
 and darkness

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.839
 is my

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.920
 best friend

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:08.880
 no

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:10.900
 certainly

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.460
 a weird

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.000
 choice

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:13.180
 for a

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.420
 Sunday

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.819
 worship

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.240
 song

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:16.899
 or is

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.079
 it

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:19.159
 is it

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.819
 counterproductive

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.240
 to find

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.539
 this in

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:20.960
 the Bible

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.939
 is it

00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.859
 counterproductive

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.819
 to sing

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.299
 this in

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.720
 church

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:28.700
 what is

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.200
 this

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:32.779
 let's

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:32.980
 just

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.579
 quickly go

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.039
 back over

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.480
 our five

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.939
 steps that

00:31:34.939 --> 00:31:35.279
 we've been

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.740
 through so

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.220
 far looking

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.519
 at this

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.839
 psalm

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.500
 remember

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.139
 questioning

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.679
 God is

00:31:38.679 --> 00:31:39.039
 a step

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.639
 of faith

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:40.259
 and

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.799
 authenticity

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.639
 we go

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:41.939
 to our

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.379
 God

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.919
 who we

00:31:42.919 --> 00:31:43.259
 know

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.859
 has saved

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.259
 us

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.200
 and say

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.500
 that he

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.680
 can

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.099
 save

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:48.559
 secondly

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.420
 we share

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.759
 what is

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.559
 going on

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.339
 because we

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.879
 trust that

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.500
 he sees

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.079
 third

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.779
 we call

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.220
 on him

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.619
 to hear

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:54.839
 our

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.220
 prayer

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.900
 because

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:57.180
 we trust

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.240
 he wants

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.660
 to

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.720
 and will

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:01.180
 for

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.960
 we acknowledge

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.680
 his sovereignty

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.400
 over all

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.819
 things

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.539
 not just

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:04.960
 the easy

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.599
 to explain

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.359
 happy bits

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:06.640
 of our

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.019
 lives

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.019
 and five

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.799
 we bring

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.480
 exactly

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.119
 where we

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.480
 are to

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.680
 him

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.140
 even

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.319
 if

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.480
 it

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.740
 seems

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:11.980
 like

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.120
 he

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.319
 isn't

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.640
 there

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:12.980
 or

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.279
 doesn't

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.700
 care

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.579
 humbly

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.480
 with the

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.759
 truth

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.079
 of our

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.480
 life

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.180
 our love

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.680
 for others

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.099
 and his

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.579
 grace

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.660
 in full

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:19.960
 view

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:21.279
 that

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.880
 sounds

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:23.019
 like a

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.299
 prayer

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.740
 for the

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.099
 Christian

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:25.000
 to use

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.039
 in a

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.480
 season

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.559
 of trial

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.099
 and trouble

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:30.319
 our God

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.839
 knows

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:32.019
 how hard

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.500
 life is

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.940
 and how

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.599
 it works

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.440
 and has

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.019
 shown us

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.460
 a path

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.860
 toward

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.539
 recovery

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.279
 namely

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.599
 that we

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.039
 go to

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.339
 him

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.460
 wherever

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.160
 we are

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:41.079
 with all

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.440
 that we

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.000
 feel

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.700
 to be

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.139
 heard

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:44.139
 and heal

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:45.180
 I believe

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:46.119
 that lamenting

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.019
 rightly

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.940
 before God

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.539
 like this

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.180
 should be

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.420
 in the

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.720
 Bible

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:51.059
 as it's

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.740
 a treatment

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.379
 for the

00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:53.240
 silence

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.180
 of pain

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:55.019
 that our

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.619
 culture

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.899
 says is

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.480
 normal

00:32:57.480 --> 00:33:00.680
 and permits

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.500
 and equips

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.240
 words to

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.920
 fill our

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.399
 mouths

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:05.079
 to get

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.480
 out

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.759
 as we

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.220
 grieve

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.940
 and process

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.360
 the

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:08.819
 horrors

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.819
 of our

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.339
 lives

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:13.200
 so how

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.400
 do we

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.579
 know

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:13.960
 what to

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.240
 say

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:17.100
 after

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.500
 hearing

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:17.819
 Adrian

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.220
 read it

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.480
 do you

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.660
 now

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.059
 remember

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.339
 this

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.700
 psalm

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:21.460
 certainly

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.819
 not one

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.019
 we've

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.299
 taught

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.720
 with a

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.039
 snappy

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.319
 memory

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.620
 verse

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:23.779
 in

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:23.980
 kids

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.319
 church

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.620
 yet

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:28.420
 let me

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.819
 say a few

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.299
 things about

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.759
 lamenting

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.339
 your life

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:31.019
 and our

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.380
 life as

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.839
 a church

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.920
 we need

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.539
 to practice

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.980
 in our

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.420
 seasons

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:36.220
 of joy

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:37.720
 and blessing

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:39.600
 for the

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.380
 lamenting

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.900
 in our

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.380
 seasons

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:42.740
 of horror

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.700
 and hardship

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:45.420
 I believe

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:45.940
 that's why

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.680
 this prayer

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.759
 is a song

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.500
 look back

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.600
 at the title

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:50.539
 it's written

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.319
 by the sons

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:51.940
 of Korah

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.700
 the hit makers

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.240
 of the time

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.100
 written for the

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.860
 music pastor

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.860
 to the tune

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.180
 of

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:58.100
 Mahalalaleth

00:33:58.099 --> 00:34:01.099
 I'm sure

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.519
 it sounds

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.099
 better

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:03.519
 in Hebrew

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.039
 but it's

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.500
 taken from

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.879
 the main

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.480
 praise and

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.759
 lament

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.199
 charts

00:34:06.199 --> 00:34:06.480
 of the

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.839
 time

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:09.360
 I deliberately

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.960
 made that a bit

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.679
 silly because

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.380
 we like to

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:12.440
 downplay art

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.839
 in our

00:34:12.839 --> 00:34:13.259
 churches

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:14.059
 as a

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.579
 sideshow

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.039
 as something

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.819
 to use

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:17.159
 in the rest

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.639
 of our life

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.079
 but not in the

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.900
 important bits

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.759
 yet God

00:34:19.759 --> 00:34:20.819
 really cares

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:22.679
 that we

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.739
 use art

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.819
 he's created

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.619
 for us

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.599
 strategically

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.759
 and not

00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.339
 leaving anyone

00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:28.719
 out

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:30.019
 the activity

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.639
 of singing

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.519
 praise and

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.139
 prayers and

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.920
 proclamations

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.739
 to and about

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.179
 God

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:35.519
 are worthwhile

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.719
 they're never

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.860
 the afterthought

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.420
 of the corporate

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.239
 worship pastor

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.860
 because he's

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.299
 worried that

00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:40.920
 Steve won't

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.819
 have the time

00:34:41.819 --> 00:34:43.259
 in his sermon

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.900
 to fill the

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.579
 quota of a

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.039
 service

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:47.259
 no God

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:47.799
 has given us

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.400
 time together

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.980
 each week

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.639
 to train us

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.259
 and teach us

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:51.119
 and let him

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:52.839
 speak to us

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:53.759
 through these

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.239
 songs

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:55.480
 all together

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.960
 in song

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.500
 every week

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.980
 at St. Paul's

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:59.360
 unity of song

00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:00.059
 disarms

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:01.420
 spoken

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:02.659
 and unspoken

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:04.139
 but unhelpful

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.800
 rules

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:06.300
 about emotional

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.980
 honesty

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.920
 in our

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.480
 community

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:11.940
 all culturally

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.519
 driven

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:14.420
 misguided

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.079
 theological

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:16.199
 expectations

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:17.019
 about

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:19.139
 how happiness

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.280
 should work

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.940
 for those

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.340
 who do

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.780
 the right

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.119
 thing

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:24.079
 they help

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.739
 undo hopes

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.359
 that God

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:26.079
 does not

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.619
 promise

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.139
 in his

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.539
 gospel

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.899
 and together

00:35:28.899 --> 00:35:29.500
 we declare

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.119
 as we sing

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.199
 that if God

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.979
 is for us

00:35:31.979 --> 00:35:32.559
 as the gospel

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.179
 shows as we

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:33.739
 sung before

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.859
 that none

00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:35.459
 can stand

00:35:35.459 --> 00:35:36.339
 against us

00:35:36.339 --> 00:35:37.059
 but

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:39.179
 we do stand

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.579
 with enemies

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.219
 against us

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.779
 as Christians

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:42.619
 there is nothing

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:44.039
 that can take

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.739
 our salvation

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:45.279
 away

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:46.759
 but we can

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:47.199
 lose it

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.639
 life

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.759
 and it can

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.399
 be unfair

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:51.639
 as Australians

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.160
 we can't

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.579
 abide by

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:52.900
 that

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:54.300
 a fair go

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.639
 is part

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:54.880
 of our

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.400
 values

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:56.280
 but that's

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.639
 not what

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.300
 God promises

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.039
 in fact

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.760
 we get

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.059
 something

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.579
 better

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.780
 than a

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.300
 fair go

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:02.500
 from God

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.700
 we get

00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:04.440
 the reality

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:04.980
 check

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.940
 of the gospel

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:07.300
 that unifies

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:08.079
 man under

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.579
 the banner

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.360
 of sinful

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.760
 and in need

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.420
 and divides

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.099
 us only

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:13.400
 by those

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.099
 who believe

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.680
 in Jesus

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:16.059
 and receive

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.960
 his salvation

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:18.380
 immeasurable

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:19.079
 blessings

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.980
 and riches

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.920
 now

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:22.360
 and forevermore

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.760
 in Jesus

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:25.539
 or not

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:27.559
 that is the

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.000
 promise

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:30.159
 when we sing

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.820
 a lament

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.440
 like

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:33.280
 blessed be

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:33.880
 your name

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.599
 on the road

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.179
 marked with

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.820
 suffering

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.519
 though there's

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.119
 pain in the

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.519
 offering

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.480
 blessed be

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:39.119
 your name

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:40.659
 we start

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.400
 to turn

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.159
 the corner

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:43.059
 of grief

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:44.159
 together

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:46.039
 encouraging

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.659
 movement

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.500
 through the

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.079
 process

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:49.219
 of pain

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:50.000
 taking

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.619
 with us

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.299
 who we

00:36:51.299 --> 00:36:52.000
 don't even

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.579
 know yet

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.219
 are hurting

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:54.079
 amongst us

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:56.159
 giving endurance

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.679
 a chance

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.319
 to continue

00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:57.960
 and remind

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.699
 us of the

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.039
 need to

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.739
 support one

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.039
 another

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.579
 emotionally

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:04.179
 this psalm

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.480
 is meant

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.000
 to be sung

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.519
 together

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.659
 so what's

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.219
 the benefit

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:08.659
 is this

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:09.259
 how to do

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:09.619
 lament

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:12.000
 well it's

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.539
 the start

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.920
 to sing

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.440
 psalm 88

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.839
 together

00:37:14.839 --> 00:37:15.619
 is practicing

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.299
 this type

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:16.819
 of lament

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:17.279
 prayer

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:18.440
 and for

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:18.839
 some

00:37:18.839 --> 00:37:19.920
 while we

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.619
 practice it

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.619
 and learn

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:21.839
 it

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:23.159
 it's going

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.440
 to be

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:24.119
 their real

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.579
 time

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.599
 cry

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.639
 to god

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:29.559
 this psalm

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:29.880
 is here

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.239
 for you

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.739
 any time

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:31.119
 of the day

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.699
 every day

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:33.359
 we're devoted

00:37:33.359 --> 00:37:34.000
 to pursuing

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.880
 prayer as a

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.500
 daily life

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.000
 goal here

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.719
 at St Paul's

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.159
 and so

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:38.359
 bring laments

00:37:38.359 --> 00:37:39.079
 like this

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:40.239
 into the way

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.960
 that you speak

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.400
 to god

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.059
 every day

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.460
 in your

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.779
 prayer

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:45.299
 and practice

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:46.079
 and pray

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.820
 for real

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:48.239
 psalm 88

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:51.139
 pray

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.519
 laments

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.880
 with a

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.199
 struggling

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.679
 friend

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.980
 when you

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.259
 don't know

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:55.579
 what to

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:55.860
 say

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:58.940
 give them

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:01.400
 the gift

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:03.579
 of words

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:05.179
 that are

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.579
 full of

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:05.940
 pain

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:09.259
 but directed

00:38:09.259 --> 00:38:09.739
 rightly

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:11.739
 pray

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:11.919
 them

00:38:11.919 --> 00:38:12.159
 in your

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.599
 marriage

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:15.039
 when things

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.299
 are going

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:15.699
 badly

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:17.759
 own it

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:18.079
 together

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.679
 and bring

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.199
 it to god

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:20.159
 in lament

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:21.639
 demonstrate

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.319
 their value

00:38:22.319 --> 00:38:22.839
 with your

00:38:22.839 --> 00:38:23.279
 children

00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:25.859
 lament

00:38:25.859 --> 00:38:26.339
 together

00:38:26.339 --> 00:38:26.799
 and share

00:38:26.799 --> 00:38:27.319
 your heart

00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:27.839
 and turn

00:38:27.839 --> 00:38:28.339
 together

00:38:28.339 --> 00:38:29.559
 to our

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.000
 saviour

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:31.339
 it's only

00:38:31.339 --> 00:38:32.339
 then

00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:32.939
 that we

00:38:32.939 --> 00:38:33.599
 begin to

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.479
 normalise

00:38:34.479 --> 00:38:34.979
 what is

00:38:34.979 --> 00:38:35.899
 counter-cultural

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:37.059
 in this

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:38.259
 that humble

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:39.099
 authenticity

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:40.599
 in the

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.299
 area of

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:41.940
 declaring

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.920
 need for

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.360
 help

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:44.119
 in the

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.440
 hardest

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:44.699
 of

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:45.219
 times

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:48.539
 are you

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:48.900
 ready

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:50.500
 to start

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.079
 practicing

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:55.480
 today we're

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:55.759
 going to

00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:56.519
 sing psalm 88

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:56.940
 together

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:58.860
 and that

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.279
 might be a

00:38:59.279 --> 00:38:59.659
 curveball

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.119
 for you

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:02.679
 it was a

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.099
 curveball

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:03.579
 for me

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:08.179
 today we're

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.699
 going to

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:11.880
 first

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.340
 before we

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:12.759
 do that

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:14.400
 be reminded

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:14.900
 of why

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.319
 we can

00:39:15.319 --> 00:39:15.819
 say

00:39:15.819 --> 00:39:18.139
 you are

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.559
 the god

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.400
 who saves

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:19.659
 me

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.440
 as we

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:20.739
 pray

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.299
 and sing

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:24.380
 we can

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:24.840
 say that

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.639
 because god

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.679
 has already

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:27.759
 delivered us

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.840
 from the

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.599
 worst thing

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.519
 that has

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.039
 happened

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:32.039
 it's already

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.579
 happened to

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:33.059
 all women

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.440
 and men

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.139
 the world

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:35.019
 over from

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.659
 birth namely

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.199
 that we've

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:36.800
 cut ourselves

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:38.159
 off from

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.579
 the living

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:40.059
 god through

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:40.579
 our sin

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.719
 sentencing

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.400
 ourselves to

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:43.079
 a spiritual

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:44.400
 death in

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:45.159
 this life

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:46.440
 and for

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.920
 eternity

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:50.759
 but god so

00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:51.579
 loved all

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.440
 peoples that

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.099
 he sent his

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:54.400
 only son to

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:55.320
 die that

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:56.219
 spiritual death

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:57.360
 for us and

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:58.219
 to be forsaken

00:39:58.219 --> 00:39:58.759
 by his

00:39:58.759 --> 00:39:59.199
 father

00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:01.339
 as he

00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:01.759
 put on

00:40:01.759 --> 00:40:02.739
 our sins

00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:05.379
 while he

00:40:05.379 --> 00:40:06.000
 felt and

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.939
 endured our

00:40:06.939 --> 00:40:07.679
 punishment for

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:08.379
 sin and died

00:40:08.379 --> 00:40:08.799
 upon the

00:40:08.799 --> 00:40:09.299
 cross while

00:40:09.299 --> 00:40:09.819
 he cried

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.559
 out why

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.019
 have you

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.619
 forsaken

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.480
 me to

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.319
 his father

00:40:13.319 --> 00:40:14.379
 so that we

00:40:14.379 --> 00:40:14.859
 would never

00:40:14.859 --> 00:40:15.619
 be forsaken

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:18.279
 no matter

00:40:18.279 --> 00:40:18.619
 what you

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.519
 face as

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.059
 you process

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.599
 your grief

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:21.099
 and loss

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:22.939
 you know

00:40:22.939 --> 00:40:23.259
 that you

00:40:23.259 --> 00:40:23.579
 have a

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:23.919
 god who

00:40:23.919 --> 00:40:24.319
 saves

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:28.820
 who's

00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:29.340
 rescued you

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:29.740
 from sin

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:30.019
 and done

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.640
 the impossible

00:40:30.640 --> 00:40:31.400
 to redeem

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.980
 your life

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.460
 from hell

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:34.860
 he is

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.280
 worthy

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:35.720
 listening

00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:36.240
 and even

00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:36.640
 if he is

00:40:36.640 --> 00:40:37.160
 silent for

00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:37.559
 now he

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:37.940
 will not

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.760
 stay silent

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:40.480
 he has

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:40.980
 not always

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.780
 been silent

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:43.039
 and he

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.580
 will always

00:40:43.580 --> 00:40:44.220
 be working

00:40:44.220 --> 00:40:45.300
 for your

00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:45.960
 god for

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.519
 your good

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:50.460
 this hymn

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:51.240
 a recording

00:40:51.240 --> 00:40:51.980
 of it is

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.760
 available on

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:53.180
 our website

00:40:53.180 --> 00:40:53.720
 today and

00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:53.980
 on our

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.299
 facebook

00:40:54.299 --> 00:40:56.500
 take it

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:56.859
 into your

00:40:56.859 --> 00:40:58.159
 life and

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.959
 learn it so

00:40:58.959 --> 00:40:59.759
 it's ready on

00:40:59.759 --> 00:41:00.439
 your lips to

00:41:00.439 --> 00:41:02.079
 pray in the

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:02.839
 worst seasons

00:41:02.839 --> 00:41:03.519
 of your life

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:05.839
 as you turn

00:41:05.839 --> 00:41:06.239
 to the god

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:06.799
 who saves

00:41:06.799 --> 00:41:07.639
 let this be

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.359
 your voice

00:41:08.359 --> 00:41:08.779
 for the

00:41:08.779 --> 00:41:09.139
 darkness

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:12.359
 and if you

00:41:12.359 --> 00:41:12.939
 need to go

00:41:12.939 --> 00:41:13.679
 further today

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.119
 with your

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:14.500
 grief

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:17.319
 and pray with

00:41:17.319 --> 00:41:17.859
 a brother and

00:41:17.859 --> 00:41:18.399
 sister i'm

00:41:18.399 --> 00:41:19.059
 here after the

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.639
 service and

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:20.099
 many more

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:20.439
 here would

00:41:20.439 --> 00:41:21.019
 love to pray

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.500
 with you and

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:21.939
 speak with

00:41:21.939 --> 00:41:23.459
 you we are

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.639
 all here to

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.800
 share whatever

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:26.619
 has happened

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.900
 and whatever

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:29.400
 will happen in

00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:29.820
 this life

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:31.599
 together why

00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:32.059
 don't you stand

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.699
 and join me in

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:32.880
 this

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:47.920
 all day and night

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:50.640
 i cry for you

00:41:50.640 --> 00:41:53.700
 allow my prayer

00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:56.300
 before you

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:59.860
 incline your ear to

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:01.960
 hear my plight

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:05.039
 lord turn your gaze

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:06.519
 to me

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:12.039
 see my weary hands

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:13.360
 like shadows

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:17.460
 touching death itself

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:33.019
 where is your voice in

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:34.800
 this darkness lord are you faithful to me where is your love that you promise

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:51.800
 you are the god who saves me

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:58.800
 you send me out abandon me to deep despair forgotten you drown my screams with ceaseless waves and pinned me to me to despair

00:42:58.800 --> 00:43:05.800
 you send me out abandon me to deep despair forgotten you drown my screams with ceaseless waves and pin me down with wrath blind and chains with ceaseless waves and pin me down with wrath

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:12.800
 blind and chained with grief and sorrow near my grave from you

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:42.780
 oblivion i call my home

00:43:42.780 --> 00:44:12.760
 with shame to sooth my fears where is your voice in this darkness lord are you faithful to me where is your love that you promise you are the god who saves me

00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:19.760
 will your assaults and horrors heal your praise swell while you slay me shall i proclaim your righteousness if all i love are love

00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:22.100
 nh drier

00:44:22.100 --> 00:44:25.980
owa

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:31.980
 Your prayers heal your praise well while you slay me.

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:43.980
 Shall I proclaim your righteousness if all I love are lost?

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:54.980
 Lord, why turn your back and shun me? Where are you, my God?

00:44:54.980 --> 00:45:09.980
 Your terrors strike and flood with doubt and darkness is my friend.

00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:22.980
 Where is your voice in this darkness? Lord, are you faithful to me?

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:34.980
 Where is your love that you promised? You are the God who saves me.

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:39.980
 You are the God who saves me.

00:45:39.980 --> 00:45:44.980
 You are the God who saves me.

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:48.980
 You are the God who saves me.

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:51.980
 You are the God who saves me.

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:56.980
 You are the God who saves me.

00:45:56.980 --> 00:46:00.980
 You are the God who saves me.

00:46:00.980 --> 00:46:03.980
 You are the God who saves me.