WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.339 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:10.500 ! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us. 00:00:12.500 --> 00:00:13.000 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.439 Throughout this discussion that you experience peace and rest and refuge from the Word of God and from the Spirit of God. 00:00:41.980 --> 00:00:50.219 Recently I was dropping my son off at school and I just watched him walk into school and it was a very average day. 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:53.359 You know, I just get out of the car, nothing out of the ordinary was happening. 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:57.359 I see him get his laptop out of his backpack and then just go in the door. 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:04.079 But as I watched him enter this day, I just had this overwhelming feeling of just love. 00:01:05.180 --> 00:01:08.159 It was just, man, I love him. 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:11.340 Not because of anything he did, but just because. 00:01:12.019 --> 00:01:13.680 He's such a gift. 00:01:15.099 --> 00:01:18.900 And then that same day, I was passing by my wife. 00:01:18.980 --> 00:01:21.460 She's driving down the road in the opposite direction and we just wave. 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:26.480 And she was going about her day and again, nothing extraordinary happening. 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:30.799 But I had that same feeling just kind of washed over me. 00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:33.099 And it was this feeling of love. 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:35.939 It was just because I love her. 00:01:36.420 --> 00:01:38.739 Just because she's awesome and she's a gift. 00:01:39.379 --> 00:01:48.340 And I was just, if I could just have those moments, that feeling and just stay there and that just because love. 00:01:48.340 --> 00:01:50.100 Oh, it's great. 00:01:50.420 --> 00:01:51.719 There's no performance. 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:54.040 There's no requirements. 00:01:54.260 --> 00:01:58.300 There's just, it's just this feeling of peace and rest and joy and safety. 00:01:59.320 --> 00:02:00.939 And those moments are gifts. 00:02:01.859 --> 00:02:03.939 Have you ever had a moment like that? 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:06.879 Just where you just stop and you just feel something like that. 00:02:07.020 --> 00:02:08.340 It's just a little gift from God. 00:02:08.340 --> 00:02:14.099 To me, it's like standing in like a sunbeam on a cold day a little bit. 00:02:14.340 --> 00:02:16.780 And you just get a little bit of warmth just for a minute. 00:02:16.980 --> 00:02:20.259 You're just, ah, that joy and that love. 00:02:21.219 --> 00:02:26.680 A few weeks ago, we went for fall break to North Carolina and we went to hike some waterfalls. 00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:31.599 And those feelings again showed up. 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:35.739 And this time though, it was in the presence of God's creation. 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:37.199 I've got some pictures here. 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:40.120 It's the most beautiful waterfalls. 00:02:41.259 --> 00:02:47.780 And it was just so peaceful and so restful. 00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:50.939 And it felt safe and it felt settled. 00:02:52.060 --> 00:02:59.400 And if I could just capture those moments and stay in them forever, it would be amazing. 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:02.439 What it feels like is refuge. 00:03:02.740 --> 00:03:14.599 And when I say refuge, what I mean is a place of safety where you feel completely safe from any trouble or any danger where you can just be fully at rest. 00:03:15.640 --> 00:03:19.240 You ever long for that sort of feeling? 00:03:20.580 --> 00:03:21.860 I know you do. 00:03:22.460 --> 00:03:23.120 And I do. 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:31.900 And I think that we all have that longing because it comes from somewhere that we remember. 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:32.900 Okay? 00:03:33.659 --> 00:03:35.780 It's a refuge that's remembered. 00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:39.420 The garden that we still long for. 00:03:40.259 --> 00:03:40.420 All right? 00:03:40.419 --> 00:03:53.859 So that longing for that home and that safety and that peace is not random because we were made for a world that has no fear and no trouble and no danger and no death. 00:03:53.939 --> 00:04:00.359 And if you think back to the Garden of Eden, original creation, Adam and Eve, they're walking with God. 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:06.880 And as they lived in harmony with God and his original design for his creation, they were safe. 00:04:07.940 --> 00:04:09.180 There's no hiding. 00:04:09.820 --> 00:04:10.800 There's no threat. 00:04:10.920 --> 00:04:11.700 There's no hurt. 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:18.000 All of their longings, we have these core longings, all of us as human beings. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:28.060 These longings for safety, for security, for significance, for understanding, for love, for purpose, for belonging. 00:04:28.220 --> 00:04:29.600 We have these as human beings. 00:04:30.060 --> 00:04:36.139 Well, in the Garden of Eden, those were all experienced in complete wholeness and complete fulfillment. 00:04:38.019 --> 00:04:39.819 And they were met by God himself. 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:44.579 So that's also what we're made for. 00:04:44.579 --> 00:04:48.439 And those core longings are meant to be met by God himself. 00:04:49.219 --> 00:04:54.339 And sometimes we get special little glimpses of that on earth, little gifts. 00:04:55.459 --> 00:04:58.360 But it's not necessarily how we feel all the time, is it? 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:05.399 On the way to North Carolina, we stopped at a hotel about halfway there. 00:05:05.740 --> 00:05:08.879 And it was a nice enough hotel, but it felt peaceful. 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:11.379 You know, we're resting, about to go see the waterfalls. 00:05:11.479 --> 00:05:14.539 It felt peaceful and calm until 4 a.m. 00:05:14.579 --> 00:05:16.979 And, ar, ar, ar, ar, ar. 00:05:18.039 --> 00:05:20.599 Warning, warning, fire, fire. 00:05:21.180 --> 00:05:24.719 You know, and exit, exit to the, what, I don't even know. 00:05:24.819 --> 00:05:28.479 I woke up, my wife and my son, there, JP was a trooper. 00:05:28.579 --> 00:05:29.879 He said, get out, get out the door. 00:05:29.919 --> 00:05:31.779 He, like, had mom out there on the curb. 00:05:33.139 --> 00:05:36.419 I stood there like a day's extra from a low-budget action movie. 00:05:36.899 --> 00:05:41.180 I was just standing there trying to figure out who I was and what was happening. 00:05:41.180 --> 00:05:43.540 And it's going, wah, wah, wah. 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:49.699 And by the time I stumbled outside, halfway put together, I think they'd been there probably 10 minutes on the curb. 00:05:50.220 --> 00:05:52.420 And not only them, but the hotel next door. 00:05:52.620 --> 00:05:53.720 Everyone is just out. 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:57.300 You can imagine wearing their Sunday best. 00:05:57.300 --> 00:06:03.840 And it was a good reminder to me of the brokenness in this world, right? 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:07.079 That room felt safe and then suddenly it didn't. 00:06:08.060 --> 00:06:11.879 And that's how fragile our refuge in this world can seem sometimes. 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:16.560 It highlights that tension in life that we long for this place of safety. 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:20.439 But we live in disrupted refuge right now. 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:24.680 And refuge, though, is what we're really all longing for. 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:25.920 In everything. 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:30.079 And so many times we look for it in experiences. 00:06:30.719 --> 00:06:32.279 We look for it in moments. 00:06:32.699 --> 00:06:35.879 We look for it in places or in things that we have. 00:06:36.779 --> 00:06:38.540 But I want you to consider this. 00:06:38.540 --> 00:06:44.920 What if God's telling us through his word today that refuge isn't found in what we experience. 00:06:45.860 --> 00:06:47.819 Or in a moment we seek out. 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:50.240 Or in a place that we try to escape to. 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:55.100 But what if it's who we can trust in every experience. 00:06:55.300 --> 00:06:56.540 In every moment. 00:06:56.960 --> 00:06:58.340 And in every place. 00:06:59.580 --> 00:07:05.720 So the book of Daniel opens with a story also of disrupted refuge. 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:08.400 And it's in the format of dislocation. 00:07:08.740 --> 00:07:08.900 Okay? 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:12.000 So there's the power-hungry king, Nebuchadnezzar. 00:07:12.140 --> 00:07:14.040 And he storms Jerusalem. 00:07:14.860 --> 00:07:16.460 And he doesn't just take treasure. 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:18.500 He takes the future. 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:21.720 All of the smartest teenage boys. 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:25.720 And among them, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 00:07:25.900 --> 00:07:28.480 Now they had different names that he changed around. 00:07:28.580 --> 00:07:30.160 But that's how we refer to them today. 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.880 He wants them to forget who they were. 00:07:33.080 --> 00:07:35.880 And he wants them to become who he wants them to be. 00:07:36.460 --> 00:07:38.800 So he exposes them to new gods. 00:07:38.939 --> 00:07:42.380 He puts them in this sort of boot camp to rewire them. 00:07:42.520 --> 00:07:43.860 And reprogram their thinking. 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:45.240 He retrains them. 00:07:46.640 --> 00:07:48.540 But even, listen to this, kids. 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:50.800 Even as teenagers. 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:53.520 They remember who they are. 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:55.420 And they make a difference. 00:07:56.340 --> 00:07:58.480 They don't compromise their faith. 00:07:59.160 --> 00:08:00.319 And God honors it. 00:08:01.340 --> 00:08:02.520 He gives wisdom. 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:03.780 He gives influence. 00:08:04.060 --> 00:08:07.199 And to Daniel, he gives the gift to interpret dreams. 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:10.879 So then comes this crisis. 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:13.480 King Nebuchadnezzar has a nightmare. 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:15.860 And it really freaks him out. 00:08:15.860 --> 00:08:18.420 And he says, I've got to know what this means. 00:08:18.939 --> 00:08:21.360 And he demands that someone come interpret it. 00:08:21.379 --> 00:08:22.660 He has all these magicians. 00:08:23.580 --> 00:08:25.540 And nobody can tell him what it means. 00:08:26.100 --> 00:08:28.040 So he issues a death sentence. 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:30.939 As any narcissistic king would do. 00:08:31.259 --> 00:08:31.939 Power-hungry king. 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:34.460 If no one can tell me, I'm going to kill everyone. 00:08:36.220 --> 00:08:39.120 That includes Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:40.879 So what do they do? 00:08:40.920 --> 00:08:42.080 What do these teenagers do? 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:44.440 They pray to God. 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:50.120 And God blesses Daniel with the interpretation of the dream. 00:08:50.520 --> 00:08:52.120 It's a massive statue. 00:08:52.340 --> 00:08:55.160 It's made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, clay. 00:08:55.780 --> 00:09:00.360 And in the dream, it's shattered by this stone that's not cut by human hands. 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:06.440 And then Daniel tells the king, these are the empires of the world, King Nebuchadnezzar. 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:10.440 And yours, Babylon, is going to fall. 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:18.460 So Nebuchadnezzar stays in this moment of amazement by the power of them to interpret his dream. 00:09:18.460 --> 00:09:23.259 So he promotes the four exiles and he makes them his inner circle. 00:09:23.980 --> 00:09:25.960 His interpreters for everything. 00:09:26.540 --> 00:09:28.759 His ancient version of chat GPT. 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:32.580 Where if Nebuchadnezzar has a question, they have an answer immediately. 00:09:33.139 --> 00:09:41.180 But by chapter 3, which Alan read for us, Nebuchadnezzar's awe and appreciation for them turns to arrogance. 00:09:41.179 --> 00:09:44.259 And his power shifts him over there. 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:50.239 And so what he decides to do is instead of listening that, hey, your kingdom's going to fall. 00:09:50.319 --> 00:09:50.939 He says, well, you know what? 00:09:50.979 --> 00:09:54.779 I'm going to actually make a statue and it's going to be made of pure gold. 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:57.679 And everyone's going to have to worship it. 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:04.899 It's a loud defiant statement to say basically to God, my kingdom will not fall. 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:07.159 I'll take matters into my own hands. 00:10:07.359 --> 00:10:08.639 So you can see him thinking this. 00:10:08.699 --> 00:10:12.199 Well, maybe if I just change the statue and make it all gold, then everything will be okay. 00:10:12.199 --> 00:10:14.179 Because the dream had gold and bronze and this and that. 00:10:14.439 --> 00:10:15.379 I'm going to make it all gold. 00:10:16.479 --> 00:10:22.819 So that's where we jump into that dislocation and that dislocated refuge. 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:25.799 That disrupted refuge and dislocation of this story. 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:28.099 So I'm going to read verses 14 and 15. 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:33.599 So Nebuchadnezzar answered and he said to them, is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 00:10:33.740 --> 00:10:37.599 that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I've set up? 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:42.639 Now, if you're ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:46.899 and every kind of music to fall down and worship the image that I've made, well and good. 00:10:46.979 --> 00:10:48.359 See, this is their second chance. 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:48.879 All right. 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.559 Remember earlier they'd been accused of not bowing down. 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:54.159 He's like, if you're going to worship, well and good. 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:55.279 We won't have a problem here. 00:10:55.279 --> 00:11:01.259 But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into the burning fiery furnace. 00:11:01.839 --> 00:11:04.519 And who is the God who will deliver you out of my hands? 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:08.699 So let's imagine for a minute. 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:10.120 That's a lot of instruments. 00:11:10.459 --> 00:11:13.539 You would think that somewhere on the internet someone has recreated this sound. 00:11:13.819 --> 00:11:14.579 Nobody has. 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:16.039 I have looked for hours. 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:18.220 So this is the best I can do. 00:11:18.220 --> 00:11:18.540 Okay. 00:11:22.040 --> 00:11:22.399 Okay. 00:11:22.460 --> 00:11:27.200 So imagine you're walking about your business and that comes up, right? 00:11:27.259 --> 00:11:31.540 Then wherever you are in the city or whatever, you got to stop and you got to bow down. 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:32.639 Right? 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:33.820 He's making a statement. 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:38.600 It's supposedly like a big symphony around this statue. 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:43.159 So in that moment, they're being threatened, right? 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:44.259 You hear this sound. 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:45.320 You bow down. 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:46.259 You do that. 00:11:46.300 --> 00:11:47.019 We don't have a problem. 00:11:47.259 --> 00:11:48.060 You don't do that. 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:49.820 I've got to throw you into the fiery furnace. 00:11:50.019 --> 00:11:55.180 The furnace which is most likely used to build the statue and refine the gold. 00:11:55.179 --> 00:12:02.959 So in that moment, they had that illusion of safety for a bit, but it's gone. 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:05.519 Their refuge is lost. 00:12:06.599 --> 00:12:06.799 Okay. 00:12:07.500 --> 00:12:08.659 That sound familiar? 00:12:09.979 --> 00:12:19.299 We live in a world where refuge is lost, where there's this ache of being dislocated or this dislocated refuge. 00:12:19.299 --> 00:12:26.539 And I think that if we go back to the Garden of Eden, we might find some similarities here. 00:12:27.179 --> 00:12:33.219 Because they had this ultimate refuge and all they had to do was walk with God and talk with him and trust him. 00:12:33.479 --> 00:12:34.139 But then what happened? 00:12:35.219 --> 00:12:36.439 The serpent comes in. 00:12:37.179 --> 00:12:44.019 He causes them to question the goodness of God, the trustworthiness of God, to doubt and fear. 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:47.259 All of a sudden, the one that's protecting them. 00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:49.419 So they disobey God and what do they do? 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:53.100 They provide for themselves by taking the fruit, right? 00:12:53.259 --> 00:12:54.240 Apart from him. 00:12:55.179 --> 00:13:02.039 And then that sinful disobedience is followed by death and disruption and dislocation. 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:03.899 They get kicked out of the garden. 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:06.319 They get kicked out of God's presence. 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:14.500 And now we're born into that same world of disruption, separation from God, death, dislocation. 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:24.159 And just like Adam and Eve, we fear a lot of times that we aren't going to find refuge unless we make it ourselves. 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:27.500 So we take matters into our own hands. 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:33.779 So we live in this world that wants Eden, but we try to get it without God. 00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:36.840 How's that working out for us? 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:38.039 Right? 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:41.839 And when we do that, our personal pleasure becomes our real goal. 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:44.839 It's a world of pluralism. 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:47.000 Let's talk about pluralism for a minute. 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:48.259 Okay? 00:13:49.419 --> 00:13:51.099 You've probably seen this bumper sticker. 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:56.500 And I thank God that we live in a culture where we can worship freely. 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:01.839 That rarely demands our worship with the thread of a furnace. 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:02.320 Okay? 00:14:04.420 --> 00:14:08.840 Some places it does, but right here in Huntsville, Alabama, we're not being told, 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:12.320 I'm going to burn you if you don't worship and bow it out this way. 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:17.280 But it does, make no mistake, it does still demand our worship. 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:21.300 Not with fire, but with applause. 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:23.780 With what's trending. 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:28.360 With subtle slogans like, you do you. 00:14:29.199 --> 00:14:30.379 Live your truth. 00:14:31.459 --> 00:14:32.779 Believe whatever you want. 00:14:33.220 --> 00:14:34.919 Just don't push it on anyone else. 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:41.579 You see, pluralism doesn't usually ask you to reject your God outright. 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:42.740 Okay? 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:45.779 It asks you to relocate your God. 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.879 Relocate him to Sunday. 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:50.699 Relocate him to silence. 00:14:50.839 --> 00:14:51.899 Relocate him to your closet. 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:55.620 Relocate him to the safe corners of your personal life. 00:14:55.699 --> 00:14:57.299 You can worship your God in private. 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:01.220 But in public, I will threaten you. 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:04.799 I will exclude you if you make the wrong move. 00:15:05.139 --> 00:15:06.220 We will pressure you. 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:08.199 We will assassinate you. 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:15.899 You see, behind the idea of tolerance, the society we live in, is always intolerance. 00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:18.240 You have to know that. 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:31.299 Because we will be tolerated as long as we don't, as long as I don't make you mad, I don't say the wrong thing. 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:33.980 And it's going to get worse and worse, people. 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:36.379 Get ready. 00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:37.820 Okay? 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:41.799 That may be the fire, the bigger fire that we're up against as Christians. 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:44.899 But sometimes the pressure is not always loud. 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:47.779 Sometimes it's just a look in a meeting. 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:51.419 Or an unspoken rule at work. 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:53.659 Or this tiny lie you say to fit in. 00:15:54.339 --> 00:15:56.719 Or this casual comment you let slide. 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:00.299 Sometimes it's not these big betrayals, like I'm not worshiping God. 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:04.120 It's you're not living the way that you say you believe. 00:16:04.459 --> 00:16:05.120 These tiny compromises. 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:12.039 And you're not necessarily told to bow down, but it feels easier to just blend in than it does to be noticed. 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:15.039 And honestly, that's what Nebuchadnezzar was saying too. 00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.019 Okay? 00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:19.899 He didn't tell them to abandon their faith. 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:23.179 He did not say, do not bow down to your God. 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:27.820 He just said, when this song plays, you bow down to this statue. 00:16:28.700 --> 00:16:29.100 Okay? 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:34.540 He told them to add his God to their Rolodex of faith. 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:35.500 Okay? 00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:39.800 Believe what you want as long as you bow with everybody else. 00:16:39.920 --> 00:16:40.940 That's pluralism. 00:16:41.560 --> 00:16:41.740 Okay? 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:46.340 Not the denial of all gods, but the equalization of all gods. 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:53.000 And this 90-foot statue wasn't just for one deity it's believed. 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.720 There's a lot of different research on it. 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:57.399 But some would say it was King Nebuchadnezzar. 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.399 I don't think it was. 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:03.620 I think this was a statue that represented Babylon is where everything goes. 00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:04.440 Okay? 00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:06.700 And to be a Babylonian, you got to bow to this. 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:10.299 You can do your own thing, but you bow to this or you don't fit in. 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.420 Okay? 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:13.480 It represented every deity. 00:17:13.859 --> 00:17:14.359 Bow with us. 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.099 Believe in whatever. 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:17.519 Just don't say yours is true for everyone. 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:22.160 And yet, what did Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego do? 00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:24.660 Actually, what did they not do? 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:26.619 They didn't fight. 00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:28.719 They didn't yell. 00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:30.719 They didn't storm out. 00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:34.179 They didn't even draw attention to themselves in this moment. 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:35.799 They just stood. 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:40.359 Quietly, calmly, and courageously. 00:17:40.739 --> 00:17:43.379 Probably about 18 at this time when this happened. 00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:47.880 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:50.980 O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:57.360 If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace. 00:17:57.760 --> 00:18:01.180 And he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:09.400 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up. 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.860 Notice their faith. 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:13.440 Okay? 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:18.299 Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the fire. 00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:21.620 He will deliver us out of your hand. 00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:25.699 They're saying, live or die, we won't bow down. 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:28.299 We don't know how this is going to play out as far as specifics. 00:18:28.699 --> 00:18:30.899 But we do know that we will not bow. 00:18:31.419 --> 00:18:32.599 We will not compromise. 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:34.519 We will not hide our faith. 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:36.500 And we will not relocate. 00:18:37.139 --> 00:18:41.000 Because you cannot relocate something that is immovable. 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:44.879 Their allegiance to God was anchored. 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:48.080 And that's the power of resurrection faith. 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:49.980 We talked about it with Abraham and Isaac. 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:53.940 The ability to see past outcomes. 00:18:55.080 --> 00:18:55.340 Okay? 00:18:55.840 --> 00:19:02.120 It's that deep anchored belief that God is who he says he is no matter what happens. 00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:05.660 God was their constant shelter. 00:19:06.300 --> 00:19:10.520 They could see through the threat of fire to the promise of his refuge. 00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:13.360 We read about this in Psalm 91. 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:18.419 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 00:19:18.939 --> 00:19:24.899 I will say to the Lord, my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust. 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:27.099 That's the faith they have. 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.979 That's the faith we can have. 00:19:29.939 --> 00:19:30.219 Right? 00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:32.419 That's exactly what they believed. 00:19:33.219 --> 00:19:36.459 We will trust in our refuge no matter what happens here. 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.699 God is our fortress. 00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:40.740 We always dwell in the shelter of the Most High. 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:42.579 We abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:45.699 Our refuge is not lost in this moment, Nebuchadnezzar. 00:19:45.879 --> 00:19:46.779 It's found. 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:48.220 Especially in the fire. 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:49.240 Bring it on. 00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:52.480 They said it a lot nicer than that. 00:19:54.939 --> 00:19:56.000 And what happens? 00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:59.139 Nebuchadnezzar is filled with fury, of course. 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.759 You don't stand up to power. 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:05.680 And the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:07.160 He genuinely liked them. 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:09.640 He probably liked what they got him. 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:12.599 But he was pleasant to them until this moment. 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:15.819 He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it's usually heated. 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:20.640 And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:22.259 And cast them into the furnace. 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:24.019 And we know that they burned up too. 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.379 It was so hot. 00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:29.720 They didn't know how the story would end. 00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:32.980 They just knew who would be with them in it. 00:20:34.080 --> 00:20:36.380 And then something happens that no one expects. 00:20:37.800 --> 00:20:40.460 God doesn't just offer refuge in theory. 00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:43.059 He steps into the fire. 00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:48.440 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and he rose up in haste. 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.720 And he declared to his counselors, 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:53.160 Did we not cast three men bound into the fire? 00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:55.940 They answered and said to the king, 00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:57.160 True, O king. 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.700 He answered and said, 00:20:58.779 --> 00:21:02.100 But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire. 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.460 They're not hurt. 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:07.259 And the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods. 00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:10.180 Like a son of the gods. 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:12.180 And see, the fire did not destroy them. 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:15.400 It revealed something. 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:21.900 That instrument of death becomes this window into heaven for us. 00:21:22.060 --> 00:21:23.460 And for everyone watching there. 00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:25.220 A glimpse of heaven. 00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:26.460 It's called a theophany. 00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:30.539 There's an appearance of God in the Old Testament. 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:33.560 It's Jesus before we knew he was Jesus. 00:21:34.560 --> 00:21:38.120 It's the son of God present with his people. 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.820 Shielding them. 00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:41.620 Covering them. 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:45.160 Being their refuge and their fortress. 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:48.700 This is resurrection before the resurrection. 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:54.539 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace. 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.240 And he declared, 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:58.560 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God. 00:21:58.580 --> 00:21:58.980 Look at that. 00:21:59.060 --> 00:22:00.799 Now he wants to be associated with the God again. 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.980 Come out and come here. 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:06.839 Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire. 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:08.400 Imagine that moment. 00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.599 Everyone's watching. 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:12.819 All of the high up people. 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:15.000 The satraps, the prefects, the governors. 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:23.680 And the king's counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. 00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:25.680 The hair of their heads was not singed. 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.079 Their cloaks were not harmed. 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:29.639 And no smell of fire had come upon them. 00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:32.539 No smell of fire. 00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:35.579 The fire did not consume them as we sang earlier. 00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:38.379 When you walk through the fire, you'll not be burned. 00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:41.980 The miracle isn't just that they survived though. 00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:44.360 It's that they walked out whole. 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.840 Not a hair singed. 00:22:47.060 --> 00:22:48.200 Not a cloak scorched. 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:50.500 Not even the smell of smoke. 00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:53.000 So Nebuchadnezzar answered and he said, 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:55.880 Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 00:22:56.660 --> 00:23:00.080 Who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him. 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:06.040 And set aside the king's command and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own god. 00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:07.780 Therefore I make a decree. 00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:17.180 Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses laid in ruins. 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:20.360 For there's no other god who's able to rescue this way. 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:23.180 And he still rescues. 00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:25.140 He still rescues you all. 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:27.380 But what about us? 00:23:27.540 --> 00:23:28.540 What about us right now? 00:23:29.520 --> 00:23:35.060 Can we find refuge in our confusing world of pluralism? 00:23:36.300 --> 00:23:37.320 Yes, we can. 00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:47.660 In our fires and in our suffering, God gives us the same refuge that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego clung to. 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:51.920 His word, his presence, and his people. 00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:54.779 He gives us his word. 00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:57.440 And that points us to where true refuge is found. 00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:58.380 That's why we read it. 00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.580 That's why we read the Bible. 00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.060 Okay? 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:02.480 If you don't read the Bible, I want to invite you to read the Bible. 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.480 He gives us the Bible. 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:05.480 He gives us community. 00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:05.960 He gives us community. 00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.680 That's each other. 00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:08.099 To stand with us in the fire. 00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:09.079 Notice they weren't alone. 00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:12.039 They went in together and they needed each other's faith. 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.960 And they prayed for each other. 00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:16.539 He gives us himself. 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.960 The Holy Spirit. 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:20.420 Jesus in us. 00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:21.240 Always. 00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:27.180 And Jesus is the one like a son of the gods in the fire because he is the son of the living God. 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.519 He is our Messiah. 00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.400 He entered our fire. 00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:35.880 He entered our dislocation by leaving his home to come here and die for our sins. 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.000 Jesus. 00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:38.560 And you know what I think Jesus would say? 00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:43.580 If you are right now able to stand at the foot of the cross and see him bleeding and look him in the eyes. 00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:45.960 And you say, why are you doing this? 00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:49.220 I think he would smile at you and say, because you're worth it. 00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.720 And you might need to hear that today. 00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:53.040 You're worth it. 00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:55.020 You're worth it. 00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:58.200 But he didn't stay dead. 00:24:58.780 --> 00:24:59.660 He rose. 00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:02.580 So that we too can have refuge. 00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.620 Not just later. 00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:04.760 But right now. 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:06.059 Right now in this room. 00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:10.059 And he has placed us in this new community. 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:12.180 A community of refuge. 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.220 His body. 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.519 So we can stand together. 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.879 We can walk together. 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:21.400 And we can be shaped together by his spirit who's with us in this confusing world. 00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:27.539 And when the three came out of the fire, remember they didn't smell like smoke. 00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:30.319 There's a refuge that's restored. 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:32.200 There's going to be a refuge that's forever. 00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:35.180 That's a glimpse of the new creation. 00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.299 Okay. 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:39.180 The new heavens and the new earth are coming. 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:44.620 It's a promise of what's to come to those who put their resurrection faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:48.559 And Jesus never promises to keep us from the fire. 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:53.059 But he always promises to be with us in the fire. 00:25:54.059 --> 00:26:03.559 And one day he promises that if you look to him with resurrection faith, that deep anchored belief that God is who he says he is no matter what. 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:07.720 That you will be able to also see past the threat of the fire. 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:10.179 To the promise of his heavenly refuge. 00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:12.299 Because he's promised to save you. 00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:15.599 Second Corinthians says it this way. 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:21.659 We know that if the tent that our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God. 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:23.960 A house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.039 Friends. 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:27.500 So we are always of good courage. 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:31.519 We know that while we're at home in the body, we are away from the Lord. 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:34.539 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:39.579 And he who has prepared us for this very thing is God who has given us what? 00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:42.660 The spirit as a guarantee. 00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.380 Okay. 00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:48.880 That's the confidence that we have, y'all. 00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:56.860 You know what words Jesus uses to describe the judgment at the end of the world in Matthew 13? 00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.720 Does anybody know? 00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.720 Fiery furnace. 00:27:02.780 --> 00:27:10.620 And this passage today shows us a real picture of what happens on the day of judgment for those who look to Jesus as their refuge. 00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:13.360 You will not be burned. 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.240 Isn't that beautiful? 00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:22.920 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are showing us a picture of Jesus right here and right now. 00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:28.880 And you're not going to be burned any more than they were burned if you have your faith in Christ. 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:34.800 One day all the fires are going to go cold and the idols are going to fall and God will dwell with his people again. 00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:37.840 But until then, he walks with us right now. 00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:42.140 Every morning I see a dad on my street. 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.760 That's not him. 00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.100 That's AI. 00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:48.080 That's AI, dad. 00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:50.300 Walking his little daughter to school. 00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:54.200 Some days she skips ahead and she's full of energy. 00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:56.260 Other days she's lagging behind and she's angry. 00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:59.460 And sometimes she's holding his hand. 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:01.060 Sometimes she's not holding his hand. 00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.840 It's every day. 00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:03.080 It's like, what's it going to be like? 00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:06.080 But the dad, he never leaves. 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:11.359 He is always right there, steady, walking, watching, protecting. 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:15.059 And I think that's what refuge really looks like for us. 00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:17.639 I think that's what God promises. 00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:21.319 That he's with you right now and forever. 00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:27.500 However, no matter how far ahead you're trying to run or how far behind you may feel, you can stop. 00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:32.740 He will come to you, hold you, strengthen you, and walk with you. 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:34.640 And here's why that matters. 00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:38.079 And here's what I think this passage is teaching us. 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:40.240 Refuge isn't about where you are. 00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:42.180 It's not about what you have. 00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:45.579 It's not about all of the things that you think it might be about. 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.359 It's about who's with you. 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:54.000 And if that's true, then Jesus is with you right now if you believe in him. 00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.939 And I want to take a moment to notice. 00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:57.479 You can say, well, how do I rest in him? 00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:59.000 Great question. 00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.139 Great question. 00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:10.439 I want to walk you through a brief prayer exercise as we end that might be helpful to you in the moments where you feel like the fire is burning. 00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:16.399 I want to hold your hand while we go to our refuge right now. 00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:22.319 Okay, so if you're comfortable, maybe close your eyes. 00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.639 We should go to the Lord in prayer. 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:27.119 Let's take a few deep breaths. 00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:36.859 Holy Spirit, we invite you right here, right now. 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:43.719 As we breathe, we welcome you. 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:54.479 I want you to ask the Spirit to bring to mind right now where the fires are burning in your life. 00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.779 Keep breathing deep. 00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.500 What's holding you down? 00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:06.099 What's hot right now and heavy? 00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:10.099 Keep breathing. 00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:14.480 Listen to these words. 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:19.480 Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy burdened. 00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:22.099 I will give you rest. 00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:28.319 Truly my soul finds rest in God. 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:31.019 My salvation comes from him. 00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:36.099 In peace I will lie down and sleep. 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:38.660 For you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety. 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.579 This is what the Lord says. 00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:44.200 Stand at the crossroads and look. 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:46.240 Ask for the ancient paths. 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:49.559 Ask where the good way is and walk in it. 00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:51.659 And you will find rest for your souls. 00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:58.919 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:02.480 I will say to the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress. 00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:05.279 My God in whom I trust. 00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:09.960 Whatever fire he's brought to your mind, 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:15.079 I want you to think about Jesus right now. 00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:18.220 He's standing right there in it with you. 00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:21.559 What do you feel? 00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.299 What do you see? 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.679 He says, I love you. 00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:29.059 There's no performance here. 00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:33.159 There's only comfort and there's only rest. 00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:37.700 His Holy Spirit is holding you right now, 00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:40.559 right where you are. 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:45.139 Hear him saying, you are mine. 00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:49.480 You are not alone. 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:54.079 I am your refuge. 00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:58.720 Holy Spirit, thank you that this is true. 00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:04.119 Would you please minister to the hearts of those who need you in the fire 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:07.200 in only the way that you can, I ask in Jesus' name. 00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.460 Amen. 00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.980 You can open your eyes back up. 00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:13.379 See, refuge is not about where you are. 00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:16.760 It's about who is with you right now where you are. 00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:20.400 And Jesus is with you in every moment. 00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:28.180 Even the toughest ones holding you, strengthening you, protecting you, forgiving you, loving you. 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:31.200 And sometimes we got to close our eyes just to see him. 00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:37.259 So wherever you're trying to take control today to create your own safety, 00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:46.799 apart from him, I want you to know you can stop and you can surrender to him and let him take care of it. 00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:52.539 That hotel room in North Carolina, I felt safe until it didn't. 00:32:52.539 --> 00:33:03.500 But later that week, I got to stand underneath those waterfalls and I felt the warmth and the stillness and the peace and the love and the refuge of God. 00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:07.039 And that's what God offers you, church. 00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:18.339 Refuge, his perfect presence in our disrupted refuge, in the fire, in the peace, in every moment you can go to him. 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:25.319 And one day, when you step into the new heavens and the new earth, you won't even smell like smoke. 00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:33.359 You won't even carry a speck of sin and you won't be stepping alone because God has people for you. 00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.960 Ask him to help you find them. 00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:37.220 He'll bring them to you to walk with you right where you are. 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:41.900 But in the meantime and all the time, he's there first. 00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:46.299 Refuge isn't about where you are, it's about who is with you. 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:49.220 So let this be the invitation that we close with today. 00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:52.700 Rest in him and walk with each other. 00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:55.700 God bless you in the name of Jesus Christ. 00:33:56.259 --> 00:34:02.480 Father, I pray that you would rest upon this place and that the power of your spirit would be our refuge at all times. 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:07.519 And may we find shelter in the shadow of your wings just like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:10.820 And thank you that you are a God who is near. 00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:13.019 We give you praise in Christ's holy name. 00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.619 Amen. 00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:13.780 Amen. 00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:18.519 For more information, visit us online at southwood.org. 00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:26.820 And thank you. 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.820