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 Luke of Psalms and Psalm 61.

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 Psalm 61.

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 Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer.

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 From the end of the earth I call to you.

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 When my heart is faint, lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

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 For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.

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 Let me dwell in your tent forever.

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 Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings.

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 Now I suppose if anybody popped their head in here tonight and looked around,

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 they would say, well, this is a very peaceful place.

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 It would look so calm and peaceful.

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 But, of course, we have no idea what might be going on personally in everybody's heart here.

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 Some people, it might be peaceful.

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 Some people, they might be very contentious now because life is going very smoothly.

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 But maybe for others it's anything but.

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 We often don't display just what is going on within our own hearts.

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 And there might be many personal conflicts and many personal troubles.

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 We might feel overwhelmed.

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 Might be filled with doubts and fears and all sorts of things.

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 And one of the things sometimes that distresses the Christian is that they think that they shouldn't be like that.

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 They think that it's because their faith must be lacking.

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 That there's something wrong because they're thinking that as a Christian,

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 we should have the faith to commit everything to the Lord.

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 That there should be a settled peace within us.

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 We remember that Jesus says,

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 My peace I give you, not as the world gives, give I unto you.

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 And so there's this sense that there must be something wrong with my faith,

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 something wrong with me as a Christian,

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 if I feel troubled and anxious and overwhelmed.

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 Well, we've got to remember that the man who penned this psalm, David,

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 was a man termed a man after God's own heart.

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 And David was a man who enjoyed much fellowship with the Lord,

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 a man who had great times,

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 a man who was a man of great praise.

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 But he was also somebody who knew what it was to be troubled.

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 And when we go through the psalms, particularly the Davidic psalms,

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 you will find that there is almost a constant theme.

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 There are some psalms that are so full of praise,

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 but this psalm is so typical, it begins with the urgent cry,

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 and yet it finishes with a sense of triumph and praise.

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 And that is often where we too will be led

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 as we go through all the different experiences that we go through in life.

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 And David knew what it was like to be troubled.

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 Sometimes he knew that trouble brought about by enemies.

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 It had nothing to do with anything with himself,

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 just as the enemies against God and against God's kingdom.

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 And he as a representative was at the forefront of that assault.

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 But sometimes also the troubles were brought about by his own sin,

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 by his own failings.

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 So he knew what it was like on all different levels to be troubled.

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 And so we find David here that he is in absolute distress.

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 And he begins by saying,

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 hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer.

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 And when he says that, you can see this,

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 there's a real urgency in David's prayer here.

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 Now, I know that you know,

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 but I know a lot of people think that prayer

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 is simply just going through a form of repetition.

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 People think that prayer is just mumbling a few words to God,

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 that it is something that a Christian has to do,

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 but it's just part of what they do.

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 And some people almost have the idea

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 that if they just say a wee word,

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 then that's fine.

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 They say, well, I've spoken to God today.

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 But you and I know that real prayer comes from the heart.

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 It is urgent.

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 It is meaningful.

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 It's wonderful.

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 When we really need God,

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 we really pray.

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 And I'm sure we've all gone through different times

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 where we've just gone through the process of prayer.

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 Christians do that.

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 There are times that we've maybe lost the edge

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 and we just go through the motions.

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 But there are other times

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 when it's a real cry.

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 It's an urgent cry.

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 You listen to a little baby cry.

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 And whether they're crying for food

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 or crying because they're uncomfortable

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 or cry because they're needing change,

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 they really cry.

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 Well, that's the kind of cry

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 that the Lord's people make.

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 It is a real heartfelt cry.

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 And so David is here praying

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 and he's in desperation.

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 And he's saying,

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 hear, Lord, listen.

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 And the idea here,

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 hear my cry, O Lord,

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 listen to my prayer.

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 It's got the idea of attend to it.

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 Don't just hear my voice.

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 Listen to my voice in such a way

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 that you will attend to the matter

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 that I'm bringing before you.

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 And if you and I attend to something,

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 it means that

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 if we're going to attend to something,

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 we push other things aside

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 and we say,

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 well, I've got to attend to this right now.

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 And so we're going to give all our attention to it.

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 And that's like what David is saying.

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 Lord, I want you to give all your attention

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 to this right now.

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 Now, I know we talk about

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 how some people are able to multitask.

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 And I believe some people are.

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 I haven't a clue how you multitask,

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 but I know that some people are able.

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 But even the best person who can multitask

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 cannot give their full attention

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 to everything at the same time.

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 There is only really one thing

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 that you can really focus on.

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 If you've got a few very important things to do,

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 you cannot do them all together.

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 But the Lord can.

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 The Lord is able to attend

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 to everybody's needs

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 at the same time

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 and to give full attention

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 to everything that is being required.

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 So David is saying here,

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 Lord, give all your attention.

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 Please hear my cry.

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 Listen to my prayer.

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 And then we find that David is here,

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 that he's praying

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 and he's saying that

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 it's as if you're at the ends of the earth.

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 From the end of the earth,

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 I call to you.

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 Now, of course,

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 David was displaced at this time.

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 We don't know the background to it.

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 There were two major times in David's life

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 where he was away from home

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 and away from his comforts,

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 away from the throne,

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 away from the sanctuary,

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 from the tabernacle.

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 And we know one of them

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 was when he was on a run from Saul.

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 And he spent years

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 barely escaping with his life.

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 It could have come from this period.

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 But people think more than likely

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 it came from the time

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 where there was

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 Absalom's rebellion against him,

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 where his own son

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 rose up,

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 turned the hearts of the people

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 against David

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 because he wanted to take over the throne.

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 And it was one of the most

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 heartbreaking periods in David's life.

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 And you cannot but read

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 when Absalom was killed,

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 the absolute heartbroken distress

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 that David was in

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 because he loved Absalom, his son.

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 And yet here's his son

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 wanting to kill him.

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 So David, remember how he had to run.

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 He had to leave, as we say,

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 leave his throne,

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 leave his home,

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 leave Jerusalem,

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 leave the city of God,

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 as it were,

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 leave the sanctuary,

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 the tent of meeting.

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 He had to leave all that.

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 So although it is not geographically

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 the ends of the earth,

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 it is spiritually speaking,

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 the ends of the earth.

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 He's so displaced, as it were,

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 so far away.

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 And so David is crying here

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 with all his heart

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 that the Lord would hear him.

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 And we find that David is saying,

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 from the end of the earth,

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 I call to you

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 when my heart is faint.

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 And again,

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 the idea here

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 of the heart being faint

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 is of being overwhelmed,

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 of distressed,

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 depressed.

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 All these words come into it.

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 Areas of depression,

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 areas of just despair,

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 almost.

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 And we've got to remember,

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 Christians go there.

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 You know,

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 sometimes people say,

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 oh, Christians can't be depressed.

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 Christians cannot be troubled

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 with anxiety.

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 Of course they can.

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 David knew all about these things.

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 David experienced

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 the highest of highs,

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 but he experienced

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 the darkest of lows as well.

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 And that's part of what

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 makes the Psalms,

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 the book of Psalms,

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 such a wonderful book.

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 Because wherever you are tonight,

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 you will find,

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 if you go through the Psalms,

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 you will find there

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 your experience.

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 You will find

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 where you're at.

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 Because sometimes

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 when you go through the Psalms,

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 you will find the Psalmists

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 speaking with a boldness

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 that you'd be frightened

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 to speak with

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 before God.

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 Sometimes there's an anger

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 comes through.

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 Sometimes there's a confusion

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 comes through.

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 Sometimes great questions

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 come through.

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 Sometimes when you read them,

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 you'd say,

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 you know,

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 I would be scared

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 to speak like that.

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 But it's so encouraging

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 for us to see

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 this is a word of God.

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 And this is a place

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 where God's people

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 sometimes are.

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 That's where David was

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 at this particular time.

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 And so David cries,

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 Lord, he says,

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 lead me to the rock

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 that is higher than I.

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 And you see in verse 3,

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 he says,

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 for you have been

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 my refuge.

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 Now David is talking here

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 about something

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 he wants to happen

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 and something

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 that has happened

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 before.

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 And that's very much

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 how David

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 kind of goes in life.

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 You remember when David

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 went out to fight Goliath?

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 He said to Saul,

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 look,

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 it's all right.

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 God,

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 in the past,

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 I have fought the lion

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 and I have fought the bear

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 and I defeated both.

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 And because God

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 helped me there,

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 he will help me again.

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 So David is always

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 looking back

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 on what God

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 has done for him

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 in the past,

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 convinced that God

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 will do for him

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 in the future.

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 And we should do that as well.

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 We should look back

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 and remember

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 because, you know,

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 there are times

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 if we're down

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 and distressed,

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 sometimes we can't

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 lay hold upon

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 what God has actually

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 done for us.

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 And we need his help.

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 We need sometimes

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 to ask the Lord,

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 Lord, refocus.

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 Help me to look back

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 and to see the blessings

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 that you have actually

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 blessed me with.

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 Because sometimes

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 we lose sight

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 of these things.

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 And some of these blessings

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 even come in the hard times,

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 even the things that,

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 the difficult times

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 that we go through,

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 we're able to identify

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 the blessings

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 that we have actually

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 received in them.

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 So David is here saying,

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 lead me to the rock

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 that is higher than I.

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 Now a rock we always

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 think of as a place

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 of a stronghold

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 and somewhere

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 it's a good viewpoint.

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 Somewhere safe.

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 Get up onto a rock.

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 The first psalm

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 that we sang,

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 Psalm 40,

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 talks about this rock.

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 And you can never

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 look on the rock

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 or read about the rock

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 without thinking

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 of the great picture

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 that the Bible

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 so often gives

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And in fact,

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 we even see

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 the symbolism

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 of that

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 in the Old Testament

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 where Moses

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 struck the rock

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 and the water

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 came out.

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 And Jesus Christ,

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 of course,

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 is the ultimate rock

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 who was,

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 he was struck

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 in order

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 that we

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 may live.

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 But in that psalm,

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 Psalm 40,

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 we have the picture

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 there of

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 in the fearful pit

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 and miry clay

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 and the cry

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 and being taken

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 from it

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 with our feet

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 put upon a rock

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 and our way

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 established.

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 Now, of course,

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 that is a once

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 and for all

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 that happens

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 when we're converted.

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 And that will

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 never,

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 in a sense,

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 be

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 replicated

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 again in our life.

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 But the experiences

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 will go on

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 over and over

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 and over again.

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 We will constantly

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 be crying

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 to the Lord

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 to deliver us

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 from the different pits

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 that we find

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 ourselves in

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 and to

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 give us

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 a sense

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 again

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 of our feet

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 of being

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 upon the rock

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 that is Christ.

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 Because everything

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 else in this life,

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 it doesn't matter

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 what philosophies

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 or strategies,

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 it doesn't matter

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 what plans

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 or people,

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 it doesn't matter,

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 everything ultimately

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 will fail.

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 Everything else

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 will give up

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 or give in.

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 except Christ.

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 And so there's

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 this great

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 sense of the rock.

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 You know,

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 sometimes at a

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 human level,

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 maybe when you

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 go through a,

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 you may be going

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 through a particularly

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 difficult time

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 and you look back

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 and you'll remember

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 one or two

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 or a few people

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 and they stuck

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 with you

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 through thick

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 and thin.

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 they didn't

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 shift,

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 they didn't

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 flinch,

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 they were there

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 and so often

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 you'll say,

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 you know,

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 he or she,

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 he was a rock

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 to me.

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 She was a rock

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 to me.

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 In that time

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 where I was

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 going through

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 so much trouble,

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 they were there

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 for me

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 just like a rock.

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 Well,

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 that's a picture

00:14:30.319 --> 00:14:32.179
 of the supreme

00:14:32.179 --> 00:14:32.699
 rock

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 who is Jesus Christ

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 and he and he

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 alone can give us

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 what nobody else

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 can and so he is

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 this rock of defense

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 and this rock

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 of refuge.

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 But when we see

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 here,

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 David says,

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 lead me to the rock.

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 In other words,

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 he's asking for help.

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 I can't,

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 I can't get there

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 myself and you

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 and I know that.

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 We can't,

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 we can't work

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 that up ourselves.

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 We are dependent

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 upon his grace

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 and his help.

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 Then he says,

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 for you have been

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 my refuge

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 and it's interesting,

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 David is then

00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:10.220
 starting to move

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 as it were

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 into a greater

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 degree of personalness.

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 You have been

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 my refuge,

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 a strong tower

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 against the enemy.

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 He used this

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 strong tower

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 and gets the idea

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 that not only

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 is it a defense

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 but that strength

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 is being imparted

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 as well.

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 That's what the Lord

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 does to you

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 and to me,

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 isn't it?

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 He gives us

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 strength.

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 His strength

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 is made perfect

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 in our weakness

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 and many a time

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 we've felt weak

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 facing what we've

00:15:43.640 --> 00:15:44.320
 had to face.

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 Every day

00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:47.600
 there's a sense

00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.760
 of our inability

00:15:48.760 --> 00:15:50.940
 to walk the walk.

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 There are times

00:15:53.140 --> 00:15:54.620
 when we feel

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.480
 we're being overcome

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 by temptation.

00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:58.880
 Times we feel

00:15:58.880 --> 00:15:59.660
 we're being overcome

00:15:59.660 --> 00:16:00.620
 by sin.

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 sometimes we think

00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:02.940
 how am I going

00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:03.679
 to make it on?

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 But you know this,

00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:05.779
 the Lord keeps us

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.139
 going.

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 So they from strength

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 and weary

00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:08.879
 go,

00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:10.120
 still forward

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:10.940
 unto strength.

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 That's how the Lord

00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.799
 takes us.

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 His strength

00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.799
 being made perfect

00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:17.259
 in our weakness.

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 But then

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 the psalmist

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:21.720
 moves in verse 4

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 and he says

00:16:22.899 --> 00:16:23.759
 he's moving now

00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:25.180
 into the place

00:16:25.180 --> 00:16:25.840
 of fellowship.

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 Let me dwell

00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:28.420
 in your tent

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 forever.

00:16:30.680 --> 00:16:31.379
 And again

00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.220
 that's so often

00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:33.600
 the prayer

00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.720
 of David.

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 You think of

00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:37.080
 Psalm 27

00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:38.720
 and it's just

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.580
 this delight

00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:41.019
 to be in God's house.

00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:42.340
 This is the place.

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.200
 And you know

00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:45.120
 that's one of the

00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.940
 wonderful things.

00:16:46.040 --> 00:16:46.540
 It's wonderful

00:16:46.540 --> 00:16:48.080
 like in a midweek

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 meeting

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 because as I say

00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.900
 maybe some of you

00:16:50.900 --> 00:16:52.000
 came in here tonight

00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:52.860
 and you were

00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.940
 distressed in heart.

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.660
 Nobody else

00:16:54.660 --> 00:16:55.340
 could see it.

00:16:57.040 --> 00:16:57.360
 And you know

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:58.440
 sometimes when we're

00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:00.060
 sometimes when we're

00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:00.760
 distressed

00:17:00.760 --> 00:17:02.640
 and when we're

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 almost

00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:04.720
 our thinking

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.519
 is all kind of

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:05.960
 displaced

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:07.140
 it's hard to pray

00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:08.779
 because we're

00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.140
 kind of

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:10.600
 we're all over

00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:11.200
 the place.

00:17:12.620 --> 00:17:13.380
 But you know

00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:14.059
 there's something

00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:15.039
 wonderful when we

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:16.059
 come to God's house

00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:16.820
 because God

00:17:16.820 --> 00:17:17.440
 has a way

00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.559
 of dealing with us

00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.480
 when we come

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 together like this.

00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:21.759
 If Asaph

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.259
 who wrote

00:17:22.259 --> 00:17:23.240
 Psalm 73

00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:24.819
 was here

00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:25.599
 with us tonight

00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:26.059
 he would say

00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:26.339
 you know

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:27.799
 there's no place

00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.700
 like God's house.

00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.160
 I was all over

00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.640
 the place

00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:31.519
 Asaph would say.

00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:32.859
 I was in a

00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.759
 terrible state.

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 My mind

00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.259
 was

00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:37.460
 turning cartwheels.

00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:38.460
 I was envying

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:39.240
 the godless.

00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:39.900
 I was here

00:17:39.900 --> 00:17:40.519
 there and everywhere

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:41.819
 until I went

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:42.700
 to God's house.

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.660
 And when he went

00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:45.019
 there

00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:46.240
 the Lord

00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:47.859
 restored his focus.

00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:49.740
 and he began

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.479
 to see that

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 the very people

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.019
 that he was

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.559
 envying

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 he actually

00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:54.059
 should be

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.659
 pitting them.

00:17:55.679 --> 00:17:56.219
 That they were

00:17:56.219 --> 00:17:56.899
 on a slippery

00:17:56.899 --> 00:17:57.659
 slope heading

00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:58.479
 to destruction.

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 And that's why

00:17:59.439 --> 00:18:00.359
 he goes on to say

00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:01.399
 whom have I

00:18:01.399 --> 00:18:01.939
 in the heavens

00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.400
 high but

00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:03.460
 thee O Lord

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:03.960
 alone

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.480
 and in the

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.080
 earth whom I

00:18:05.080 --> 00:18:05.660
 desire

00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:07.120
 besides thee

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 there is none.

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 There's the

00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:10.360
 therapy

00:18:10.360 --> 00:18:12.039
 of God's

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 house.

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.500
 God is a

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:14.160
 great work

00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:14.980
 of restoration

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:17.960
 in his house.

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.279
 And so

00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:20.200
 you can understand

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.880
 why David

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.360
 is saying

00:18:21.360 --> 00:18:22.340
 here I am

00:18:22.340 --> 00:18:22.860
 I'm crying

00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:23.360
 as it were

00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:23.759
 from the

00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.240
 end to the

00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:24.340
 earth.

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 Oh I

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.600
 long to get

00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.039
 back

00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:27.519
 to dwell

00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:28.579
 in your tent.

00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.299
 And then he

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:31.000
 goes then

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 it's even more

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 it's closer

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 still let me

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 take refuge

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 under the

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 shelter of

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 your wings.

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 It's that

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 picture that

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 we often

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 find in

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 the Bible

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 as the

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 Lord speaks

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 to us

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 in the

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 beautiful

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 imagery

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 in different

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 ways of

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 just like

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 the mother

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 bird

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 sheltering

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 the chicks.

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 We sang

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 about it

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 in Psalm

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 91

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 about his

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 feathers

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 and it's

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 a place

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 of warmth

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 the place

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 of protection

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 the place

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 of nearness

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 the place

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 of love

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 that's what

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 the Lord

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 does with

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 us.

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 He shelters

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 us and

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 keeps us

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 close to

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 himself.

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 And so

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 as David

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 is working

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 his way

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 through

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 by the

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 time he's

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 come to

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 this stage

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 you can

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 see that

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 he's moved

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 from the

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 desperation.

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 Yes he's

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 still in

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 desperation

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 but you

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 know this

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 is what

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 happens when

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 we're in

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 touch with

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 God

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 really

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 praying

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 to the

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 Lord.

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 The

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 Lord

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 is lifting

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 us up

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 little by

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 little by

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 little along

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 the way.

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 And so

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 we find

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 that David

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 is you

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 can almost

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 feel the

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 different

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 spirit within

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 him as

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 he's becoming

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 more convinced

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 of God's

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 goodness and

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 God's

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 faithfulness

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 and of

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 God's love

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 towards him.

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 And then

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 we find

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 that as

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 it moves

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 on in

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 the

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 focusing

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 upon

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 Christ

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 because

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 nobody

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 else.

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 Now we

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 know that

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 from a

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 human

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 point of

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 view

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 when we

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 follow the

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 genealogy

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 the human

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 genealogy

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:32.339
 Christ came

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 through the

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 Davidic line

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 and so

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 this prayer

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 of David's

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 is fulfilled

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 in Jesus

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 Christ.

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 But then

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 we see him

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:44.019
 finishing

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 so will I

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 ever sing

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 praises to

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 your name

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 what a

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 difference to

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 the start.

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 And you

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 know it

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 will be the

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 same for

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 you and

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 for me as

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 well.

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 Even if

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 tonight we're

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.259
 in the

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 depth when

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 we start

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 out the

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:01.660
 Lord will

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.140
 take us

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 on and

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 he'll take

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 us up so

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 that that's

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 how we will

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 finish that

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 we will so

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 will I ever

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:10.460
 sing praises to

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:10.940
 your name.

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 And you

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.539
 know that's

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:12.920
 how it's going

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.480
 to be for the

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.200
 Christian at the

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.680
 end of the

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 day because

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:17.079
 us we're all

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.639
 moving on

00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.279
 that journey

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.759
 to where we

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.459
 will forever

00:21:20.459 --> 00:21:21.699
 sing praises to

00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:22.199
 his name.

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 This world

00:21:24.439 --> 00:21:26.079
 is it is

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.659
 a veil of

00:21:26.659 --> 00:21:27.079
 tears.

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.519
 We have our

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.399
 good times and

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:29.839
 we have our

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:31.959
 sad times but

00:21:31.959 --> 00:21:32.579
 we're moving

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:34.039
 on to this

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.719
 world of

00:21:34.719 --> 00:21:35.939
 eternal praise

00:21:35.939 --> 00:21:37.279
 and how

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.939
 wonderful that

00:21:37.939 --> 00:21:38.759
 that is the

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.439
 end of our

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 journey.

00:21:40.979 --> 00:21:41.679
 So we pray

00:21:41.679 --> 00:21:42.319
 that tonight

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:43.119
 we will have

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:44.459
 this sense

00:21:44.459 --> 00:21:45.919
 of God's

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.400
 goodness,

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.400
 God's ear

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:47.940
 open to

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.220
 us,

00:21:48.800 --> 00:21:49.340
 of God's

00:21:49.340 --> 00:21:50.100
 willingness to

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:50.580
 answer,

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.640
 of his

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.680
 faithfulness to

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:54.120
 us and his

00:21:54.120 --> 00:21:55.180
 abundant love

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:56.060
 in all the

00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:57.140
 different situations.

00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:57.840
 Let us pray.

00:21:58.580 --> 00:21:59.320
 Lord our God

00:21:59.320 --> 00:22:00.080
 we give thanks

00:22:00.080 --> 00:22:00.820
 for your word

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.340
 to us.

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.840
 We give thanks

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:03.279
 for your

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.360
 unfailing love.

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.900
 We give thanks

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.720
 oh Lord that

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.140
 you are the

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.980
 God who hears

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.660
 our cry,

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.800
 that you

00:22:09.800 --> 00:22:10.960
 attend to

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.440
 our need.

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:12.900
 And yet

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.580
 Lord we have

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:14.819
 to confess

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.319
 that we're

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.939
 not worthy

00:22:15.939 --> 00:22:16.299
 of the

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.740
 least of

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:16.919
 your

00:22:16.919 --> 00:22:17.359
 mercies.

00:22:18.699 --> 00:22:18.960
 And so

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.599
 often as we

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.199
 begin to

00:22:20.199 --> 00:22:21.619
 pray and

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.059
 as we get

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.519
 a greater

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.460
 awareness of

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:23.879
 who you

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.339
 are we

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.879
 begin to

00:22:24.879 --> 00:22:25.519
 feel less

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.339
 within ourselves

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:28.099
 and we

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.799
 feel that we

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.220
 are nothing

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.539
 but poor

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.099
 creatures.

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.039
 But Lord we

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.819
 pray that

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.980
 like the

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.639
 psalmist said

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.199
 when I am

00:22:36.199 --> 00:22:36.759
 poor and

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.960
 needy yet

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.439
 the Lord

00:22:38.439 --> 00:22:39.059
 will think

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.699
 upon me.

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.779
 and how

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.240
 wonderful

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.360
 that the

00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.880
 Lord would

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:43.539
 think upon

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:45.180
 us realizing

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.759
 that his

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:47.080
 thoughts are

00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:48.319
 beyond numbering

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:49.640
 his thoughts

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.600
 of good to

00:22:50.600 --> 00:22:51.180
 his people.

00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:52.740
 So we pray

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.440
 to bless us

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:53.960
 tonight.

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.000
 Pray for

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.519
 those who

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.279
 are struggling,

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:56.840
 those who

00:22:56.840 --> 00:22:57.080
 are going

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.819
 through difficult

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.420
 times,

00:22:59.340 --> 00:22:59.940
 those maybe

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.319
 who have

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.000
 anxieties

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:02.240
 and worries

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.580
 that they

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:03.000
 haven't been

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.759
 able to share

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.380
 with anybody

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:04.740
 else.

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.559
 Give them

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.220
 the faith

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:07.000
 to pour out

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.559
 their hearts

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.080
 to you

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.839
 that they

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.199
 might be

00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:09.619
 able to

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.339
 share with

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:11.599
 you and

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:11.980
 do them

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.500
 good we

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:12.859
 pray.

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.119
 Lord we

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.599
 pray for

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.099
 those who

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.539
 are nursing

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.500
 broken hearts.

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.559
 Pray Lord

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.299
 for those who

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.980
 are recovering

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:20.240
 from illness.

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:20.879
 We pray for

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.399
 those who

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:21.899
 are ill.

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.500
 We pray for

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.859
 all in

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.419
 hospital,

00:23:23.939 --> 00:23:24.359
 those who

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:24.740
 are in

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:24.980
 need.

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.259
 Tonight we

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.179
 remember again

00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:28.639
 your servants

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.679
 Reverend Duncan

00:23:29.679 --> 00:23:30.439
 MacLeod and

00:23:30.439 --> 00:23:31.039
 Moraghan.

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.519
 We think of

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.519
 the funeral of

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.059
 their daughter

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.779
 Katie and

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.159
 Tuesday.

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.799
 Lord be

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.299
 near to

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.599
 them.

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.759
 There are

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.159
 so many

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:39.000
 mysteries in

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.359
 life,

00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.119
 so many

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.659
 harrowing

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.439
 pains and

00:23:41.439 --> 00:23:41.899
 sorrows.

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:42.959
 So many

00:23:42.959 --> 00:23:43.719
 can follow

00:23:43.719 --> 00:23:44.539
 and understand

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.859
 where they

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.279
 are.

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:46.819
 Many

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.240
 cannot.

00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:48.659
 We pray

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.119
 then that

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.419
 you will

00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:49.959
 help them,

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.599
 grant them

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.519
 a great

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.119
 sense of

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.759
 your peace.

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.000
 Watch over

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.599
 us tonight

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.039
 then we

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.379
 pray.

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.779
 We give

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.319
 thanks for

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.839
 the prayers

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.259
 offered,

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.519
 for the

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.639
 words sung,

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.119
 for your

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 word that

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 has been

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 read.

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 And we

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 pray that

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 you will

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 bless us,

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 taking every

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 single one

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 of us home

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 safely.

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 Lord we

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 give thanks

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 for this

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 congregation.

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 We give

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 thanks for

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 the witness

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 and testimony.

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 Lord we

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 give thanks

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 for everybody

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 who does.

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 So much

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 is done

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 here for

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 you.

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 And we

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 pray Lord

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 that you

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 will indeed

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 as we

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 heard open

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 the windows

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 of heaven

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 and pour

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 out a

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 blessing upon

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 us.

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 Not because

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 of our

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 deserving,

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 but Lord

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 that we

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 might be

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 an ever

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 growing

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 witness in

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 this

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 community

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 to your

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 power,

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 to your

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 grace,

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 and to

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 your love.

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 Take away

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 then from

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 us our

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 sin in

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 Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 We're going

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 to conclude

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 singing.