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 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone and I'm one of the pastors here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church and it's my joy to bring God's word to you today.

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! Special welcome if you're new or visiting with us. We're glad that you're here. And we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats, but because we're following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow Jesus together, we become convinced that there's no one so good they don't need God's grace and no one so bad that they can't have it, which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in his word.

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 This week and next week, we are finishing our series in the story of Abraham, which you find in the book of Genesis.

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 The book of Genesis tells the story first of the origin of the world in chapters 1-11 and then in chapters 12-25, it tells the origin story of God's people, his people Israel, which begins with Abraham.

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 And so that's been our focus as we've been going from the end of chapter 11 to the beginning of chapter 25.

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 And we're doing that for two reasons. First, to prepare us to go back into our sermon series in the book of Romans.

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 There we're going to pick up in chapter 4 in just a couple weeks, which tells, again, the story of Abraham.

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 So we've been looking at Abraham to prepare us to look at Abraham.

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 We're doing it for a second reason, which is that it allows us to ask this question,

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 what does it look like to follow God in faith?

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 Last week, we were in chapter 23, the death of Sarah.

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 And we saw once again that God did what he said he would do in the burial plot.

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 He was continuing the process of giving the land that he had promised.

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 This week, we turn to chapter 24, the story of Isaac and Rebecca.

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 And I have both good news and bad news for you.

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 Bad news, this passage is really long.

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 Good news, this story is really fun.

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 And so I'm just going to invite you to really get lost in it as we read it.

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 It's a long passage. It's a rich story.

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 I am simply not going to be able to say the many number of things that could be said.

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 So I want you to enjoy the narrative.

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 We're going to skim the surface.

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 I'm not going to retell the story very much.

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 We're just going to draw out a couple truths from this chapter.

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 We're going to see God's faithfulness.

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 We're going to see his faithfulness through generations.

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 We're going to see his faithfulness to Abraham.

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 We're going to see God's faithfulness through generations.

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 We're going to see God's faithfulness to Abraham.

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 It's with that that I invite you to turn with me to Genesis chapter 24.

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 You'll find it in your worship guide.

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 You can find it on your phone.

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 You can find it in your Bible.

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 No matter where you find it, remember that this is God's word.

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 Proverbs chapter 30 verse 5 tells us every word of God proves true.

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 He's a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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 So that's why we read now Genesis chapter 24 starting at verse 1.

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 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years.

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 And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

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 And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household,

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 who had charge of all that he had,

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 put your hand under my thigh,

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 that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of earth,

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 that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites,

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 among whom I dwell,

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 but will go to my country and to my kindred

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 and take a wife for my son Isaac.

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 The servant said to him,

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 perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land.

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 Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?

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 Abraham said to him,

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 see to it that you do not take my son back there.

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 The Lord, the God of heaven,

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 who took me from my father's house

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 and from the land of my kindred

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 and who spoke to me and swore to me

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 to your offspring I will give this land,

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 he will send his angel before you

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 and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

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 But if the woman is not willing to follow you,

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 then you will be free from this oath of mine.

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 Only you must not take my son back there.

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 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham, his master,

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 and swore to him concerning this matter.

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 Verse 10.

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 Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed,

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 taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master.

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 And he arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.

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 And he made the camels kneel down outside the city

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 by the well of water at the time of evening,

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 the time when women go out to draw water.

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 And he said,

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 O Lord, God of my master Abraham,

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 please grant me success today

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 and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.

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 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water

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 and the daughters of the men of the city

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 are coming out to draw water.

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 Let the young woman to whom I shall say,

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 please let down your jar that I may drink.

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 And who shall say, drink, and I will water your camels.

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 Let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac.

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 By this I shall know that you have shown

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 your steadfast love to my master.

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 Verse 15.

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 Before he had finished speaking,

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 behold, Rebekah,

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 who was born to Bethuel, the son of Milcah,

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 the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother,

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 came out with her water jar on her shoulder.

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 The young woman was very attractive in appearance,

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 a maiden whom no man had known.

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 She went down to the spring

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 and filled her jar and came up.

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 Then the servant ran to meet her and said,

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 please give me a little water to drink from your jar.

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 She said, drink, my lord.

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 And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand

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 and gave him a drink.

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 When she had finished giving him a drink,

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 she said, I will draw water for your camels also

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 until they have finished drinking.

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 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough

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 and ran again to the well to draw water.

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 And she drew for all his camels.

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 The man gazed at her in silence

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 to learn whether the Lord had prospered his journey or not.

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 Verse 22.

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 When the camels had finished drinking,

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 the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel

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 and two bracelets for her arms weighing 10 gold shekels

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 and said, please tell me whose daughter you are.

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 Is there room in your father's house

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 for us to spend the night?

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 She said to him,

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 I am the daughter of Bethuel,

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 the son of Milcah,

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 whom she bore to Nahor.

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 She added,

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 we have plenty of both straw and fodder

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 and room to spend the night.

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 The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord and said,

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 blessed be the Lord,

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 the God of my master Abraham,

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 who has not forsaken his steadfast love

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 and his faithfulness toward my master.

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 As for me,

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 the Lord has led me in the way

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 to the house of my master's kinsmen.

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 Then the young woman ran

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 and told her mother's household about these things.

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 Verse 29.

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 Rebecca had a brother whose name was Laban.

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 Laban ran out toward the man to the spring.

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 As soon as he saw the ring and the bracelets

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 on his sister's arms

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 and heard the words of Rebecca, his sister,

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 thus the man spoke to me,

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 he went to the man.

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 And behold,

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 he was standing by the camels at the spring.

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 He said,

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 come in,

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 O blessed of the Lord.

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 Why do you stand outside?

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 For I have prepared the house

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 and a place for the camels.

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 So the man came to the house

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 and unharnessed the camels

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 and gave straw and fodder to the camels.

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 And there was water to wash his feet

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 and the feet of the men who were with him.

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 Then food was set before him to eat.

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 But he said,

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 I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.

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 He said,

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 speak on.

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 Verse 34.

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 So he said,

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 I am Abraham's servant.

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 The Lord has greatly blessed my master

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 and he has become great.

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 He has given him flocks and herds,

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 silver and gold,

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 male servants and female servants.

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 These,

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 excuse me,

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 camels and donkeys.

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 And Sarah,

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 my master's wife,

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 bore a son to my master

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 when she was old

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 and to him he has given

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 all that he has.

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 My master made me swear,

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 saying,

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 you shall not take a wife for my son

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 from the daughters of the Canaanites

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 in whose land I dwell.

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 But you shall go to my father's house

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 and to my clan

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 and take a wife for my son.

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 I said to my master,

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 perhaps the woman will not follow me.

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 But he said to me,

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 the Lord before whom I have walked

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 will send his angel with you

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 and prosper your way.

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 You shall take a wife for my son

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 from my clan

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 and from my father's house.

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 Then you will be free from my oath

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 and when you come to my clan

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 and if they will not give her to you,

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 you will be free from my oath.

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 Verse 42.

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 I came today to the spring

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 and said,

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 O Lord,

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 the God of my master Abraham,

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 if now you are prospering

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 the way that I go,

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 behold,

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 I am standing by the spring of water.

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 Let the virgin who comes out

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 to draw water

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 to whom I shall say,

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 please give me a little water

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 from your jar to drink

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 and who will say to me,

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 drink and I will draw

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 for your camels also.

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 Let her be the woman

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 whom the Lord has appointed

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 for my master's son.

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 Verse 45.

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 Before I had finished,

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 speaking in my heart,

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 behold,

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 Rebecca came out

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 with her water on her shoulder

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 and she went down

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 to the spring

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 and drew water.

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 I said to her,

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 please let me drink.

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 She quickly let down her jar

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 from her shoulder

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 and said,

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 drink

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 and I will give

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 your camels drink also.

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 So I drank

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 and she gave the camels

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 drink also.

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 Then I asked her,

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 whose daughter are you?

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 She said,

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 the daughter of Bethuel,

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 Nahor's son,

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 who milk aboard to him.

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 So I put the ring on her nose

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 and the bracelets on her arms.

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 Then I bowed my head

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 and worshiped the Lord

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 and blessed the Lord,

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 the God of my master Abraham,

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 who had led me

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 by the right way

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 to take the daughter

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 of my master's kinsman

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 for his son.

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 Now then,

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 if you are going to show

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 steadfast love

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 and faithfulness

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 to my master,

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 tell me.

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 And if not,

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 tell me,

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 that I may turn

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 to the right hand

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 or to the left.

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 Verse 50,

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 Then Laban and Bethuel

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 answered and said,

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 The thing has come

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 from the Lord.

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 We cannot speak to you

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 bad or good.

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 Behold,

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 Rebecca is before you.

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 Take her and go

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 and let her be

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 the wife of your master's son

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 as the Lord has spoken.

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 When Abraham's servant

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 heard their words,

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 he bowed himself

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 to the earth

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 before the Lord.

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 And the servant

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 brought out jewelry

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 of silver and of gold

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 and garments

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 and gave them to Rebecca.

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 He also gave

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 to her brother

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 and to her mother

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 costly ornaments.

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 And he and the men

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 who were with him

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 ate and drank

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 and they spent

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 the night there.

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 When they arose

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 in the morning,

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 he said,

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 Send me away

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 to my master.

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 Her brother

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 and her mother said,

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 Let the young woman

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 remain with us a while,

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 at least ten days.

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 After that,

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 she may go.

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 But he said to them,

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 Do not delay me

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 since the Lord

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 has prospered my way.

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 Send me away

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 that I may go

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 to my master.

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 They said,

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 Let us call

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 the young woman

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 and ask her.

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 And they called Rebecca

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 and said to her,

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 Will you go

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 with this man?

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 She said,

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 I will go.

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 So they sent away

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 Rebecca their sister

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 and her nurse

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 and Abraham's servant

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 and his men.

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 And they blessed Rebecca

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 and said to her,

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 Our sister,

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 may you become

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 thousands of ten thousands

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 and may your offspring

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 possess the gate

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 of those who hate him.

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 Then Rebecca

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 and her young women

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 arose and rode

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 on the camels

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 and followed the man.

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 Thus the servant

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 took Rebecca

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 and went on his way.

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 Now Isaac had returned

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 from Bir Lahai Roy

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 and was dwelling

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 in the Negev.

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 And Isaac went out

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 to meditate

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 in the field

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 toward evening.

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 And he lifted up

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 his eyes and saw

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 and behold,

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 there were camels coming.

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 And Rebecca

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 lifted up her eyes

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 and when she saw Isaac,

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 she dismounted

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 from the camel

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 and said to the servant,

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 Who is that man

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 walking in the field

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 to meet us?

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 The servant said,

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 It is my master.

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 So she took her veil

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 and covered herself.

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 And the servant

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 told Isaac

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 all the things

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 that he had done.

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 Then Isaac brought her

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 into the tent

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 of Sarah his mother

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 and took Rebecca

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 and she became his wife

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 and he loved her.

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 So Isaac was comforted

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 after his mother's death.

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 I invite you to pray

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 as we come to this portion

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 of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 we do praise you

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 and thank you

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 for your providence

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 and work in this world

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 that you arrange

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 all things

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 for our good

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 and for your glory.

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 We ask that you would do that

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 with this passage

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 this morning,

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 that you would

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 open our eyes

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 once again

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 to see

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 your great mercy

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 and work

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 in our lives

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 and in the world

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 that we would grow

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 in our wonder

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 and our love for you.

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 We ask these things

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 in the mighty name

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 If you

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 ever go to the theater

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 and you watch a movie,

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 you know

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 that it can be,

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 well, maybe you know,

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 a little bit dangerous

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 to walk out

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 right as the credits

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 are starting.

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 Although that's

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 what some people do.

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 And it's dangerous

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 to walk out

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 when the credits

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 are starting

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 because you never know

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 if there's going

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 to be another scene.

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 Right?

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 Sometimes in the middle

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 of the credits

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 a scene appears,

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 sometimes after

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 the credits.

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 You know,

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 a teaser for the next

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 movie appears.

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 This is called

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 a stinger

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 or a credit cookie.

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 Happens all the time.

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 You can find a list

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 of every single one

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 documented on Wikipedia.

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 Last year,

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 this happened

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 in Captain America,

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 Brave New World,

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 which I know

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 all of you watched.

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 Captain America

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 defeats the Red Hulk.

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 The credits roll.

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 And after the credits,

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 this villain,

00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:25.719
 Sam Stern,

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 shows up

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 to talk to Captain America

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 and he tells him,

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 by the way,

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 there are other worlds.

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 There's a whole multiverse.

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 You thought you defeated

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 the Red Hulk

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 and it was all good?

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 No,

00:15:40.580 --> 00:15:41.700
 there's probably going to be

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.700
 other threats

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 from other universes.

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 So you've won that battle.

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 The war isn't over.

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 And even more importantly,

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 not only is the war not over,

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 there will be another movie.

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 Right?

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 That's the point.

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 Here,

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 as we're coming near

00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:03.259
 the end of the Abraham story,

00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:05.319
 we are in the middle

00:16:05.319 --> 00:16:06.319
 of the credits.

00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.240
 Okay?

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:09.100
 It started last week

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 with the death of Sarah.

00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:12.379
 Chapter 22

00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:13.480
 is kind of the end

00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:14.939
 of the Abraham story, right?

00:16:15.199 --> 00:16:16.039
 Chapter 21,

00:16:16.199 --> 00:16:17.220
 Isaac is born.

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 Wow,

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:19.339
 the tension that's driven

00:16:19.339 --> 00:16:20.620
 the entire plot

00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:21.620
 is finally resolved.

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:22.940
 Chapter 22,

00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:24.360
 we have this final test.

00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:24.679
 You know,

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:27.379
 is Abraham going to remain faithful

00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:28.720
 when God asks him

00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:30.580
 for such a sacrifice?

00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:32.299
 Then last week,

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.200
 chapter 23,

00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:34.299
 the death of Sarah.

00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:35.620
 Next week,

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.539
 chapter 25,

00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:37.860
 the death of Abraham.

00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:41.080
 It's all over.

00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:43.100
 Except.

00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:44.799
 Right?

00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:45.600
 Except.

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:48.960
 The battle for Abraham

00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:49.620
 is over.

00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.100
 over.

00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:53.379
 The war is not.

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:54.940
 Remember,

00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:55.980
 God made this promise

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:57.220
 in Genesis chapter 12,

00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:58.220
 which was then repeated.

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 You're going to be

00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:01.460
 the father of many nations.

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.519
 And the question was,

00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:03.659
 how is this going to happen

00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:04.880
 when I'm so old

00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:05.759
 and Sarah's so old

00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.720
 and she's not going to be able

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.299
 to have children?

00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:08.759
 And so all of that

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:10.579
 drives us to the birth of Isaac

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 and Isaac is finally born.

00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:12.700
 Great.

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:16.480
 Abraham is still

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:18.799
 not a great nation.

00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:21.460
 And that will only happen

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:23.519
 if Isaac himself

00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.420
 marries

00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:26.000
 and has children.

00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:28.299
 And so we are not even close

00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:29.539
 to the end

00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.660
 of the story.

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:33.360
 The death of Sarah, though,

00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:34.840
 signals this transition,

00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:37.279
 this passing of the baton

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:39.839
 off to the next generation.

00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:44.279
 Unless the Lord returns,

00:17:45.639 --> 00:17:49.039
 every single one of us

00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:52.379
 will exit stage left.

00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:57.100
 There is a sense in which

00:17:57.100 --> 00:17:59.060
 my job

00:17:59.060 --> 00:18:01.740
 is to prepare this church

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:03.520
 for its next pastor.

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:07.800
 And there is a sense in which

00:18:07.800 --> 00:18:09.320
 it is our job

00:18:09.320 --> 00:18:11.280
 to prepare this church

00:18:11.280 --> 00:18:13.280
 for the next congregation.

00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:18.240
 This church was founded

00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:20.240
 in 1996.

00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:22.299
 And there are only

00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:23.519
 two people in the room

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:24.000
 right now

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.680
 who were there.

00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:33.059
 Abraham's story

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:34.259
 is over.

00:18:34.859 --> 00:18:35.839
 Look what it tells us

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.519
 in verse 1.

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:39.279
 Abraham was old,

00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:41.579
 advanced in years.

00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:44.319
 Abraham's story is over.

00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:46.000
 There is still work

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.519
 to be done.

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.460
 Abraham's story is over.

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.000
 The mission

00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:50.220
 is not complete.

00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:51.720
 This particular challenge

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.539
 has ended.

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:54.299
 There is still

00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:56.099
 so much more

00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:56.980
 to do.

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.920
 Point is this.

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.940
 The challenge

00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:02.000
 of faith

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:03.380
 continues

00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:04.759
 generation

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:06.200
 to generation.

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:08.599
 The challenge

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.180
 of faith

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.220
 continues

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:11.200
 generation

00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:12.640
 to generation.

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.299
 It continues

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:16.099
 your entire

00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:17.019
 life.

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:19.180
 Yes,

00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:20.240
 verse 1 is true.

00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:22.039
 Abraham is old.

00:19:23.420 --> 00:19:23.940
 But

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:26.980
 Abraham's work

00:19:26.980 --> 00:19:28.200
 is not

00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:29.200
 done.

00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:31.680
 Abraham is old.

00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:33.299
 His work

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:34.480
 is not done.

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:35.460
 You know this

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:36.660
 in your own life

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.599
 if you've lived

00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:38.440
 long enough.

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.839
 It never

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.779
 stops.

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.039
 Okay,

00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:42.960
 you reach retirement.

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.160
 Great.

00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:47.700
 time to raise

00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.640
 up the next

00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.240
 generation.

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:51.200
 You raised

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.900
 your kids.

00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:53.259
 Great.

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.740
 And then

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.180
 what happens

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.580
 next?

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:58.220
 Your kids

00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:58.980
 have kids.

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:01.080
 The work

00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:02.019
 does not

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.740
 end.

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.820
 Maybe your kids

00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:04.620
 love the Lord,

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:04.860
 right,

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.440
 and you have a

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.500
 sigh of relief.

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.279
 It's not over.

00:20:09.540 --> 00:20:09.740
 Well,

00:20:09.800 --> 00:20:10.600
 their kids

00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:11.720
 rise up

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.640
 to know

00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.440
 the Lord.

00:20:14.100 --> 00:20:14.519
 And maybe

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.019
 they do.

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.700
 Maybe you're

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.100
 like my

00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:17.440
 grandmother.

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:17.960
 You have

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.579
 multiple

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.120
 great

00:20:19.120 --> 00:20:19.700
 grandchildren,

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.220
 right?

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:20.620
 And so

00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:21.200
 the question

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.759
 begins

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:23.160
 all over

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:23.980
 again.

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.299
 One generation

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:26.100
 stands for

00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:26.839
 truth and

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.519
 wins the

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:27.839
 battle.

00:20:30.100 --> 00:20:30.720
 And it

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.059
 can be

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.680
 all

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.740
 lost

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.680
 by the

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.039
 next.

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.279
 The

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.600
 basketball

00:20:36.600 --> 00:20:37.160
 player

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.600
 J.J.

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:37.900
 Reddick

00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.180
 says,

00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:38.820
 you never

00:20:38.820 --> 00:20:39.759
 arrive,

00:20:40.120 --> 00:20:40.620
 you are

00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:41.480
 always

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.259
 becoming.

00:20:43.300 --> 00:20:43.800
 And I'll

00:20:43.800 --> 00:20:44.320
 change that

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:44.660
 quote to

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.000
 this.

00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.380
 You never

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.460
 arrive,

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:49.279
 you're always

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.900
 following God

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.960
 in faith.

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.140
 Never

00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:54.800
 arrive,

00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:56.100
 you're always

00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:57.580
 following God

00:20:57.580 --> 00:20:58.779
 in faith.

00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.680
 And that's

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.259
 discouraging

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.220
 news in a

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.500
 sense,

00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:01.759
 right,

00:21:01.800 --> 00:21:02.140
 to say,

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.340
 well,

00:21:02.340 --> 00:21:02.900
 it's never

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.400
 over.

00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:04.700
 You might

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:04.860
 think,

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.400
 no,

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.759
 I was

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.540
 hoping it

00:21:07.540 --> 00:21:08.019
 would end

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.420
 at some

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:08.759
 point,

00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:08.940
 right?

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.160
 I was

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.580
 hoping at

00:21:09.580 --> 00:21:09.820
 some

00:21:09.820 --> 00:21:10.540
 point I

00:21:10.540 --> 00:21:10.980
 could put

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.519
 my feet

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:11.980
 up.

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:13.640
 It's

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.320
 discouraging

00:21:14.320 --> 00:21:15.540
 news unless

00:21:15.540 --> 00:21:17.140
 until we

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.759
 remember a

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.440
 greater truth.

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.340
 Yes,

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.060
 it's true

00:21:23.060 --> 00:21:23.620
 that you've

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.560
 never arrived.

00:21:25.780 --> 00:21:26.300
 It is

00:21:26.300 --> 00:21:27.380
 also true

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:28.700
 that God

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.759
 is faithful

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:31.480
 again and

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.740
 again.

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.580
 God is

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.279
 faithful

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:36.799
 generation

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.919
 to

00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:38.839
 generation.

00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.759
 Your

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.559
 challenges

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.779
 in this

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:44.119
 life do

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.919
 not

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:45.599
 end.

00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:48.359
 Neither

00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:49.659
 does

00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:50.480
 God's

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.559
 faithfulness.

00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:54.039
 And that's

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.480
 what we see

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:54.799
 in this

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.159
 story.

00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.319
 In every

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.879
 step,

00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:57.939
 God is

00:21:57.939 --> 00:21:58.679
 at work

00:21:58.679 --> 00:21:59.220
 guiding

00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.039
 Abraham's

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.339
 servant.

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.480
 One of the

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.079
 key words

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.599
 that appears

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.220
 over and

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.740
 over here

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.059
 is this

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.740
 idea of

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.640
 success or

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.519
 prospering.

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.380
 So track

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:07.859
 with me here

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.420
 for a second.

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.079
 You have

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:10.440
 verse 12.

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:10.799
 He said,

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.319
 O Lord,

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:11.799
 God of my

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.559
 master Abraham,

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.500
 please grant

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.660
 me success.

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:15.960
 The servant

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.940
 realizes God's

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.240
 going to have

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.839
 to show up

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.359
 for this to

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:18.599
 work.

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.180
 If his

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.920
 promises will

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.640
 be fulfilled

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.420
 and generation

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.019
 to generation

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.839
 will continue

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.779
 until Abraham

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.400
 becomes the

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.900
 father of

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.620
 many nations,

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:27.240
 God must

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.920
 act.

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.000
 So that's

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.500
 his prayer

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.400
 in verse 12.

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.839
 Then we get

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.859
 to verse 21.

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:33.799
 The man

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.299
 gazed at her

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.779
 in silence

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.459
 to learn

00:22:35.459 --> 00:22:36.299
 whether the

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.799
 Lord had

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:38.000
 prospered his

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.599
 journey or

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.000
 not.

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.139
 So it's the

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.779
 same question,

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.000
 right?

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.599
 We could talk

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.399
 all day about

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:42.959
 the servant

00:22:42.959 --> 00:22:43.379
 and his

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.099
 faithfulness

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.720
 and that

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.019
 would be

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.459
 true.

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.839
 But what

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.339
 is more

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.819
 true and

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.740
 more important

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.519
 is God's

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.259
 work and

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.939
 God's

00:22:50.939 --> 00:22:51.779
 faithfulness.

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.539
 It keeps

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.139
 going through

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:53.639
 all that we

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:53.939
 read.

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.759
 Verse 40.

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:56.779
 He said

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.079
 to me,

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.519
 the Lord

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.119
 before whom

00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:58.519
 I have

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.000
 walked will

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.460
 send his

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.119
 angel with

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:01.079
 you and

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.779
 prosper your

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.160
 way.

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.420
 Verse 42.

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.259
 And if

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.019
 now you are

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.099
 prospering the

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:11.259
 way that I

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.640
 go.

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.200
 Go with

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.379
 me to

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:15.140
 verse 36.

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.140
 56.

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.539
 He said

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:17.839
 to them,

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.519
 do not delay

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.440
 me since the

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:20.720
 Lord has

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:22.819
 prospered my

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.680
 way.

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.599
 And why

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:25.900
 is God

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.480
 prospering

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.839
 his way?

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.019
 Well,

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.180
 there's

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.660
 another word

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.099
 that appears

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.559
 over and

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.759
 over.

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.660
 The servant

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.900
 keeps returning

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.700
 to God's

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.980
 steadfast love.

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:33.920
 Remember,

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.379
 we've talked

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:34.779
 about this

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.140
 before.

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.440
 It's the

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:35.940
 Hebrew word

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.460
 hesed,

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.180
 which the

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.579
 children's

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.000
 storybook

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.720
 Bible tells

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.079
 us means

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.480
 God's

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.400
 never ending,

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.180
 never stopping,

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.879
 never giving

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.640
 up, always

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.539
 and forever

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.339
 love.

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.059
 So go back

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.619
 again to

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.339
 verse 12.

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.019
 We looked

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.440
 at this just

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.779
 a second

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.160
 ago.

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.440
 Please grant

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.039
 me success

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.759
 today and

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.500
 show

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:54.059
 steadfast

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.919
 love.

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.240
 Verse 14,

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:00.659
 he gives

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.200
 this prayer.

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.059
 The end

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.339
 of verse

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.759
 14,

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.220
 by this

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.579
 I shall

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.419
 know that

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:05.019
 you have

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.700
 shown

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:07.159
 steadfast

00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:07.599
 love.

00:24:09.919 --> 00:24:10.940
 Verse 27,

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.299
 blessed

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.619
 be the

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:12.819
 Lord,

00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.159
 the God

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:13.419
 of my

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:13.779
 master

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.200
 Abraham,

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.679
 who has

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:14.940
 not

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.639
 forsaken

00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:16.579
 his

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:18.179
 steadfast

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:19.099
 love.

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:21.099
 God

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:23.219
 is

00:24:23.219 --> 00:24:24.159
 faithful.

00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:26.939
 God

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.619
 is more

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.179
 faithful

00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:28.679
 still.

00:24:32.459 --> 00:24:33.240
 There's

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.839
 tons of

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.480
 faith here.

00:24:35.699 --> 00:24:36.599
 It only

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.339
 works

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.419
 because of

00:24:38.419 --> 00:24:39.359
 God's

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:40.980
 faithfulness.

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.079
 God's

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.639
 faithfulness

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.059
 to honor

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.719
 his promise,

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:46.199
 to continue

00:24:46.199 --> 00:24:47.980
 the line

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.579
 that he's

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:48.920
 begun.

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.360
 Of course,

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.799
 it happens,

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.000
 right,

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.180
 because the

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.700
 servant actually

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.099
 finds a

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.279
 wife.

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.599
 It actually

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:53.880
 works.

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.299
 He goes

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.579
 out,

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.799
 gets what

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.140
 he needs.

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.480
 If you've

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.779
 been with

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.000
 us,

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.440
 I don't

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:00.700
 need to

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.039
 tell you

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.339
 at this

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.880
 point that

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.400
 one of

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.059
 the major

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:04.400
 themes of

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.519
 Abraham's

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:07.000
 story is

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.640
 God's

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.620
 faithfulness to

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.200
 his promises.

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:09.660
 What we've

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.059
 been saying

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.480
 over and

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.700
 over,

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.440
 that God

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.039
 will do

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.539
 what he

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.480
 said he's

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.920
 going to

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.180
 do.

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:14.660
 And you

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:14.940
 might be

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.339
 thinking at

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:15.740
 this point,

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:15.960
 well,

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:16.299
 you know,

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:17.059
 why are

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.519
 we still

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.139
 just saying

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.700
 the same

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.799
 thing over

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.200
 and over?

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.519
 You know,

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:20.799
 you get to

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.319
 this point

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.960
 sometimes when

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.319
 you're in a

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.740
 narrative and

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.180
 you think the

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.799
 preacher doesn't

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.240
 have a new

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.680
 point,

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.000
 right?

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.500
 He's just

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.399
 repeating the

00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:27.980
 same thing

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.639
 over and

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:28.980
 over.

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.200
 Here we are

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.839
 talking about

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.119
 God's

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.599
 faithfulness

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:31.859
 again,

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.339
 but there's

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.899
 a specific

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.879
 angle and

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.819
 detail that

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.319
 we're zoned

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.700
 in on,

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.019
 and it's

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.339
 this.

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.299
 Not God's

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.859
 faithfulness

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.519
 in general,

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.779
 but his

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.819
 faithfulness

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.700
 throughout

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:43.119
 the ages.

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:45.599
 God's

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.579
 faithfulness

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.539
 generation

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.779
 after

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.559
 generation.

00:25:49.739 --> 00:25:49.939
 And so

00:25:49.939 --> 00:25:50.359
 we're not

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.979
 just talking

00:25:50.979 --> 00:25:52.019
 about God's

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.459
 faithfulness

00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:52.739
 to his

00:25:52.739 --> 00:25:53.439
 promises to

00:25:53.439 --> 00:25:53.979
 you in

00:25:53.979 --> 00:25:54.619
 particular as

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.119
 a Christian,

00:25:55.419 --> 00:25:55.859
 which we've

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.619
 covered before.

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.399
 We are

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.239
 talking about

00:25:58.239 --> 00:25:59.619
 his faithfulness

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.359
 to his

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:01.539
 church until

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.099
 the end of

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.519
 the age.

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.659
 I don't

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:07.279
 know if

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.699
 Cheyenne

00:26:07.699 --> 00:26:07.979
 Mountain

00:26:07.979 --> 00:26:08.759
 Presbyterian

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.359
 Church will

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:10.099
 exist until

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.479
 the end of

00:26:10.479 --> 00:26:10.819
 the world.

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:12.299
 I hope

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.700
 it does.

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.299
 I don't

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.619
 have any

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.000
 reason to

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.339
 believe it

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:15.619
 won't,

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.019
 but I do

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.659
 know this.

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.339
 God's

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.819
 church,

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.139
 his

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.720
 capital

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.299
 C

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.899
 church,

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.919
 will

00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:23.859
 not

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.559
 fail.

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.980
 And I

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.460
 know that

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.879
 because of

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.559
 the character

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.240
 of God

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.899
 and the

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.439
 promises

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:31.399
 that he's

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:31.759
 made.

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.079
 Eight years

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.439
 ago,

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.220
 in the

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.079
 summer of

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:37.799
 2017,

00:26:38.179 --> 00:26:38.579
 I told you

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.200
 guys a story,

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.720
 almost none

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.059
 of you were

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.460
 here back

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.679
 then,

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.240
 about how

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.619
 when I was

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.000
 a sophomore

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.480
 in college,

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:43.839
 I went on

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.240
 this study

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.980
 abroad trip,

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.619
 a trip to

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.339
 the classics

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.679
 department at

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.220
 my college,

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.159
 and so part

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.460
 of it was

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.059
 focused on

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.460
 ancient

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.119
 archaeology,

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.480
 and we

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.700
 had to

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.019
 take this

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.899
 final exam

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.839
 after we'd

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.359
 seen all

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:55.679
 of these

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.240
 sites across

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.899
 the Mediterranean.

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:57.859
 The last

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.339
 question on

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.720
 the exam

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.279
 was this,

00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:00.379
 if you're

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:01.039
 an ancient

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.679
 building,

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.000
 and you

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.339
 would like

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.159
 to survive

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.740
 until the

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.779
 modern day,

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.720
 what do you

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.099
 need to do

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.559
 to make sure

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.200
 that you make

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.419
 it,

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.579
 and you don't

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.279
 fall down and

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.619
 topple?

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:12.519
 the answer

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.019
 is this,

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.000
 if you're an

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.619
 ancient building

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.219
 and you want

00:27:15.219 --> 00:27:15.819
 to survive,

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.939
 you need to be

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:18.139
 used continuously

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:19.179
 as a place of

00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:19.939
 Christian worship.

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.459
 That's how you

00:27:22.459 --> 00:27:22.819
 make it.

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:36.299
 God's people,

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.200
 his church,

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.939
 his mission,

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:39.399
 transcends and

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:41.599
 outlasts every

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:43.480
 earthly kingdom.

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.200
 It is his

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.439
 faithfulness,

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.599
 generation

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.719
 generation after

00:27:49.719 --> 00:27:50.859
 generation.

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:57.000
 As you work

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.879
 in this world

00:27:57.879 --> 00:28:00.799
 to make it

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.619
 on earth

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:03.459
 as it is

00:28:03.459 --> 00:28:04.339
 in heaven,

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.939
 know this,

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:09.480
 God cares

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.439
 about that

00:28:10.439 --> 00:28:11.439
 more than

00:28:11.439 --> 00:28:12.119
 you do.

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:15.139
 God cares

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.599
 about it

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.479
 more than

00:28:16.479 --> 00:28:16.899
 you do.

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.959
 God cares

00:28:18.959 --> 00:28:19.679
 about this

00:28:19.679 --> 00:28:20.239
 church

00:28:20.239 --> 00:28:21.199
 more than

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:22.039
 any of us

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.379
 does.

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:27.099
 God cares

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.819
 about people

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.599
 worshiping in

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:28.979
 him and

00:28:28.979 --> 00:28:29.699
 following him

00:28:29.699 --> 00:28:30.539
 in every

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.339
 generation

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.779
 more than

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.500
 any parent

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.239
 in this room

00:28:34.239 --> 00:28:34.579
 can.

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:38.740
 God cares

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.139
 more than

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.559
 you do

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:41.299
 and

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:43.639
 he will

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.619
 finish

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.339
 what he

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.759
 started.

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.539
 He'll

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.980
 finish

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.939
 what he

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.299
 started.

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.519
 Isaac

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.980
 matters

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.579
 ultimately

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:54.579
 because of

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.179
 the promise,

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.480
 right?

00:28:56.199 --> 00:28:56.980
 Because of

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.539
 the promise,

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.759
 Isaac must

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.839
 have a wife

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:01.460
 and the

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.379
 promise matters

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:03.259
 because it

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.199
 is through

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:05.860
 Isaac that

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.900
 Jesus ultimately

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.640
 is going to

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.000
 come.

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.680
 Matthew

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.440
 chapter 1

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.799
 when we go

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.059
 to the

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.640
 New Testament

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.019
 we have

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:12.299
 Jesus'

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.299
 genealogy

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.740
 which starts

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:16.600
 with Abraham.

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.000
 It shows

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.440
 us how

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.240
 God's promise

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.860
 is fulfilled

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.980
 from Abraham

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:23.380
 all the way

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.920
 to Christ.

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.420
 Luke

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.000
 chapter 1

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.360
 which we

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:27.039
 read this

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.420
 morning,

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.140
 page 3

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.480
 of your

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.180
 worship guide.

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.440
 You might

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:29.860
 be wondering

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.220
 why did

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.519
 we read

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.039
 Mary's

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.400
 song

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:31.980
 when we're

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.460
 talking about

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:32.799
 Abraham?

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.819
 Well,

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:34.159
 look with

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.440
 me what

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.960
 she says

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.319
 in verse

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.759
 50.

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.740
 His mercy

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.259
 is for

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.779
 those who

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.619
 fear him

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:40.619
 from

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.339
 generation

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.200
 to

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.919
 generation.

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.099
 Verse

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.819
 54 and

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.399
 55.

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.599
 He has

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.039
 helped

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.700
 his servant

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.339
 Israel

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:53.119
 in remembrance

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.859
 of his

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.339
 mercy

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.879
 as he

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:56.639
 spoke to

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.419
 our fathers

00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:59.039
 to Abraham

00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:00.259
 and his

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.879
 offspring

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:02.039
 forever.

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:04.419
 brothers

00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:04.899
 and sisters,

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.720
 it is not

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.359
 just or

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.500
 simply that

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.039
 God will

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.599
 do what

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.220
 he said

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.639
 he would

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:09.960
 do.

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.200
 It is

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.639
 that in

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.480
 doing it

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.279
 God will

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.619
 finish what

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.119
 he started.

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.919
 He will

00:30:17.919 --> 00:30:18.539
 finish it

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.240
 for you.

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.339
 He will

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:21.019
 finish it

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:22.759
 in his

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.159
 church.

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.779
 It's what

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.259
 we sang

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.359
 earlier this

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.619
 morning.

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.200
 We will

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:29.240
 stand as

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.019
 children of

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.399
 the what?

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:32.600
 the promise.

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:33.720
 We will

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.320
 fix our

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:34.960
 eyes on

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.400
 him,

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.940
 our soul's

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.540
 reward.

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.080
 Till the

00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:39.660
 race is

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.920
 finished and

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.440
 the work

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.180
 is done,

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:44.000
 we'll walk

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.620
 by faith

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.660
 and not

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.620
 by sight.

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.680
 And by the

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:48.960
 way,

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.060
 unless you're

00:30:50.060 --> 00:30:50.340
 dead,

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.700
 the work

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.820
 is not

00:30:52.820 --> 00:30:53.420
 done.

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:58.100
 some of

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.240
 you all

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.600
 remember,

00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.340
 we had

00:30:59.340 --> 00:31:00.600
 congregants

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.759
 before who

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:01.980
 have been

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.240
 in their

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.840
 90s and

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:03.080
 I tell

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.380
 people,

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.600
 you know

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:03.740
 they're

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.160
 serving the

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.680
 church and

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:05.940
 the way

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.200
 that they

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.539
 serve the

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:06.900
 church when

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.100
 they're in

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.640
 their 90s

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:07.900
 or even

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.120
 in the

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:08.340
 triple

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:09.620
 digits is

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:10.300
 they pray

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:11.420
 faithfully

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.120
 to God.

00:31:13.300 --> 00:31:13.840
 There is

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.779
 always a

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:16.120
 task before

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:17.580
 us when

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:17.840
 we're on

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.300
 this earth.

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:23.000
 It's not

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.519
 just that God

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.059
 is faithful

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.359
 though,

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.059
 generation to

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.500
 generation,

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.079
 we also

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.419
 see his

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:28.519
 faithfulness

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:30.019
 in growing

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.319
 and refining

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.960
 Abraham.

00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:34.220
 I mentioned

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.740
 this before

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.019
 in our

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.680
 confession of

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:35.919
 faith,

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.680
 Andy said

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.180
 last week,

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.379
 you know,

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.240
 Abraham is

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.619
 kind of a

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:38.839
 dummy.

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.519
 Abraham is

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.899
 kind of a

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.059
 dummy.

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.799
 Abraham has

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.940
 many failures.

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.319
 Genesis

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:46.159
 chapter 12,

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.779
 right after God

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.279
 made this

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.859
 promise to

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.119
 him,

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:49.539
 he lies to

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.759
 Pharaoh about

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.259
 Sarai,

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.740
 right?

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.259
 And then God

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.639
 has to come

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.180
 rescue them.

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:53.799
 Genesis

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.799
 chapter 16,

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.819
 Abraham and

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.259
 Sarah don't

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.839
 trust God's

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.379
 promise and

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:57.659
 so they have

00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:58.200
 to create

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.779
 their own

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.559
 alternative by

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.039
 having a

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.619
 child through

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:01.059
 Hagar.

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.599
 Genesis

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.419
 chapter 20,

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:04.519
 Abraham lies

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.159
 again,

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.139
 this time to

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.839
 Abimelech.

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.200
 God rescues

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.940
 him again.

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.819
 But,

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:14.879
 at the

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.980
 very end,

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:19.160
 Abraham is

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.460
 not a

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.779
 dummy

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:22.480
 anymore.

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:27.440
 When he

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.539
 is almost

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.259
 finished,

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.539
 Abraham

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:32.440
 has this

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:34.620
 unshakable

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.220
 faith.

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:39.160
 Here he is

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:40.940
 only trusting

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:42.099
 and obedient.

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:43.919
 There are

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.519
 two different

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.419
 mistakes Abraham

00:32:45.419 --> 00:32:46.359
 could make in

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.119
 this situation,

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.379
 right?

00:32:47.439 --> 00:32:48.059
 He knows

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:49.379
 his son

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:50.459
 needs a

00:32:50.459 --> 00:32:50.819
 wife,

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.119
 right?

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.159
 So we see

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.500
 this at the

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.039
 very beginning.

00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:53.659
 The first

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.859
 mistake would

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.500
 be for his

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.219
 son to

00:32:56.219 --> 00:32:57.059
 marry a

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.599
 Canaanite.

00:32:57.699 --> 00:32:57.980
 Look with

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.199
 me at

00:32:58.199 --> 00:32:58.779
 verses 3

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.359
 and 4.

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.559
 He makes

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.139
 him swear

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.619
 with his

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.219
 hand under

00:33:02.219 --> 00:33:02.799
 his thigh.

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.279
 Don't ask

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.799
 about that.

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:05.139
 you will

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.940
 not take

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.720
 a wife

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.180
 or my

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:08.019
 son from

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.319
 the

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:08.720
 daughters

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.220
 of the

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.079
 Canaanites

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:12.480
 among whom

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.460
 I dwell.

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.240
 No matter

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.059
 what happens,

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.059
 we will

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.099
 not compromise.

00:33:20.659 --> 00:33:21.240
 And who's

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.879
 saying this?

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:23.099
 It's Abraham

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:24.379
 who we've

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.180
 seen time

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.559
 and time

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.919
 again

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:26.500
 compromise.

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.659
 But now

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:29.919
 that is not

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:30.359
 an option.

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.740
 So that's

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.359
 mistake one.

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.619
 You could

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:32.039
 marry a

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.539
 Canaanite.

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.339
 Abraham

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.779
 has no

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.200
 time for

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.460
 that.

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.460
 Mistake

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:36.159
 number two,

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.659
 you could

00:33:36.659 --> 00:33:37.220
 leave the

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:38.000
 promised land.

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.279
 That's

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.960
 verses 5

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.500
 and 6.

00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:40.519
 The servant

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.079
 said to him,

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.639
 perhaps the

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.059
 woman may

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.420
 not be

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:42.899
 willing to

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:43.559
 follow me

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.059
 to this

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.579
 land.

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.720
 Must I

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.180
 then take

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.619
 your son

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.099
 back to

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.500
 the land

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:47.879
 from which

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:48.420
 you came?

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.480
 And Abraham

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.819
 is crystal

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.339
 clear.

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.159
 Verse 6,

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.819
 see to it

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.180
 that you

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.180
 do not

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.920
 take my

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.519
 son

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.440
 back

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.159
 there.

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.879
 Abraham

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:02.640
 refuses

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:04.600
 the

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.260
 compromise

00:34:05.260 --> 00:34:05.980
 that he

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.820
 has found

00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:07.420
 so

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.200
 tempting

00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:09.140
 before.

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.720
 In

00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.160
 verse 7

00:34:11.160 --> 00:34:11.539
 we find

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.000
 out why.

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.940
 Because

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.500
 Abraham

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.200
 has what

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:14.400
 I've

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.640
 called

00:34:14.640 --> 00:34:14.880
 this

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.880
 unshakable

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.400
 faith.

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:16.920
 Look

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.180
 with me

00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:17.480
 at verse

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.820
 7.

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.740
 The

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.059
 Lord,

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:19.280
 the

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.460
 God

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.619
 of

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:19.880
 heaven

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.059
 who

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.320
 took

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.500
 me

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.720
 from

00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:20.920
 my

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.539
 father's

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:21.900
 house

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.660
 and

00:34:22.660 --> 00:34:22.820
 from

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.000
 the

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.240
 land

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:23.380
 of

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.559
 my

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:23.960
 kindred

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.460
 and

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.559
 who

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.860
 spoke

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.000
 to

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.119
 me

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.260
 and

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:25.559
 swore

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:25.720
 to

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:25.980
 me

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.579
 to

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:26.740
 your

00:34:26.740 --> 00:34:27.119
 offspring

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.360
 I

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.519
 will

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.720
 give

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:27.960
 this

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.340
 land.

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:35.780
 Abraham

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.880
 believes

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.860
 what he

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.420
 doubted

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:38.860
 before.

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.840
 Abraham

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.820
 finally

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.680
 believes

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.760
 that God

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.340
 really

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.920
 will

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.680
 keep

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:46.200
 his

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:46.680
 promise.

00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:49.280
 What's

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.820
 changed him?

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.860
 Remember

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.440
 Abraham's

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.880
 failures

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.260
 before

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.680
 were driven

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.280
 by fear.

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.840
 Driven

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.480
 by fear

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.079
 that God

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.300
 wouldn't

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.700
 provide,

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:57.960
 that he

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.219
 wouldn't

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.639
 protect

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:58.839
 him

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.039
 and

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.359
 Sarah.

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.299
 Fear

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:00.859
 that God

00:35:00.859 --> 00:35:01.159
 needed

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.439
 their

00:35:01.439 --> 00:35:01.759
 help

00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:01.960
 to

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.319
 provide

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:02.500
 a

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.839
 child

00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:03.119
 through

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.579
 Hagar.

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.000
 Now

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.679
 finally,

00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:06.279
 as he's

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:06.539
 at the

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:06.819
 end of

00:35:06.819 --> 00:35:06.980
 his

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.359
 life,

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.419
 Abraham

00:35:08.419 --> 00:35:09.000
 has

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.699
 seen

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.879
 God's

00:35:10.879 --> 00:35:11.859
 faithfulness

00:35:11.859 --> 00:35:12.719
 again

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.899
 and

00:35:13.899 --> 00:35:14.199
 again.

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.539
 He's

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.699
 seen

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.059
 God's

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.719
 faithfulness

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:19.819
 that Sarah

00:35:19.819 --> 00:35:20.239
 gave

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.699
 birth

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.480
 in her

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.879
 old

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:22.339
 age.

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:23.739
 He's

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:23.879
 seen

00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.179
 God's

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.679
 faithfulness

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:24.960
 chapter

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.500
 22.

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:26.099
 Remember,

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.599
 the

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.159
 ram was

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.579
 provided

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:27.899
 instead

00:35:27.899 --> 00:35:28.039
 of

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.359
 Isaac

00:35:28.359 --> 00:35:28.539
 and

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.699
 what

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:28.859
 does

00:35:28.859 --> 00:35:29.440
 Abraham

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.759
 say

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.119
 at this

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.440
 point?

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:30.960
 On the

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.319
 mountain

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:31.679
 of the

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:31.940
 Lord,

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.420
 he

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.099
 will

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.960
 provide.

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.859
 Abraham

00:35:35.859 --> 00:35:36.219
 has

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:36.559
 seen

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.119
 God

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.859
 provide

00:35:37.859 --> 00:35:38.739
 over

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.539
 and

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.859
 over.

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.619
 Abraham

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:42.960
 has

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.379
 struggled

00:35:43.379 --> 00:35:43.739
 and

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.399
 stumbled

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:45.859
 for many

00:35:45.859 --> 00:35:46.359
 years.

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.839
 And

00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:49.440
 at the

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.920
 end,

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.500
 God

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.779
 has

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:52.259
 used

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:52.899
 all of

00:35:52.899 --> 00:35:53.179
 those

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.759
 things

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.640
 to

00:35:54.640 --> 00:35:55.400
 produce

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.840
 a

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.400
 sweet

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.780
 fruit.

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:00.000
 At

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.220
 the

00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:00.580
 end,

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.560
 God

00:36:02.560 --> 00:36:02.820
 has

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.360
 shown

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.900
 Abraham

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.320
 his

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.180
 faithfulness

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.640
 in the

00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:06.060
 midst of

00:36:06.060 --> 00:36:06.600
 Abraham's

00:36:06.600 --> 00:36:07.180
 failure

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:09.100
 and that

00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:09.380
 has

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:10.340
 grown a

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.700
 man

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.180
 who

00:36:11.180 --> 00:36:11.880
 trusts

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.400
 God

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.260
 more

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.740
 than

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.320
 anything

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:14.840
 else.

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:19.820
 Christian,

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:22.200
 your

00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:22.720
 life

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.860
 is

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.420
 filled

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.200
 with

00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:26.039
 stumblings

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.700
 and

00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:27.220
 failures.

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.740
 God's

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.579
 faithfulness

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.600
 still

00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:34.360
 shines

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:34.820
 through.

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.360
 Your

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.780
 life

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.039
 is

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.500
 full

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.380
 of

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:39.960
 mistakes

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.620
 and

00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:41.260
 compromise.

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.400
 God

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.039
 is still

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.640
 at work.

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.880
 God

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:47.320
 is

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.880
 growing

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.600
 you

00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:49.579
 year

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.380
 after

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.940
 year

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.760
 after

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.100
 year.

00:36:54.120 --> 00:36:54.920
 God

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.160
 is

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.579
 making

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.200
 you

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:57.180
 more

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:58.180
 like

00:36:58.180 --> 00:36:59.120
 Jesus.

00:37:00.640 --> 00:37:00.980
 You can

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.260
 look with

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:01.920
 me on

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.360
 page

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:03.300
 nine of

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.440
 your

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.680
 worship

00:37:03.680 --> 00:37:04.019
 guide.

00:37:04.120 --> 00:37:04.240
 You'll

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.800
 find this

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.120
 quote.

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.620
 God

00:37:06.620 --> 00:37:06.800
 is

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.240
 working

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:07.640
 throughout

00:37:07.640 --> 00:37:07.920
 your

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.320
 life

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:09.519
 on a

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.920
 scale

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.160
 of

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.740
 days,

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.460
 years,

00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:11.840
 and

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.579
 decades

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.539
 to

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.039
 remake

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.480
 you

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.760
 into

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.019
 the

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.619
 likeness

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.860
 of

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.240
 Jesus.

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:17.659
 You

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:17.900
 are

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.340
 being

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:19.159
 progressively

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:20.039
 sanctified.

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.199
 You

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.960
 are

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.679
 being

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.920
 saved.

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.519
 Christian,

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.920
 God

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.780
 is doing

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.519
 a

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.159
 beautiful

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:33.019
 work

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.460
 in

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.960
 your

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.639
 life.

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.440
 In

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.179
 the midst

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:38.059
 of your

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:39.079
 failure and

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.780
 compromise

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.760
 sin.

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.960
 He is

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.500
 shaping

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.920
 and

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.519
 forming

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:45.060
 you

00:37:45.060 --> 00:37:46.100
 to look

00:37:46.100 --> 00:37:46.660
 more

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:47.120
 like

00:37:47.120 --> 00:37:47.580
 Jesus

00:37:47.580 --> 00:37:48.200
 Christ

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:48.680
 at the

00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.140
 end of

00:37:49.140 --> 00:37:49.300
 your

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:49.640
 life

00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:50.200
 than you

00:37:50.200 --> 00:37:50.519
 did at

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:50.620
 the

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:50.940
 beginning.

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.519
 He is

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.280
 doing that

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:54.240
 through the

00:37:54.240 --> 00:37:55.180
 sufferings that

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:56.100
 you encounter

00:37:56.100 --> 00:37:57.600
 as he grows

00:37:57.600 --> 00:37:58.760
 your faithfulness

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.400
 in him

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:00.300
 because he

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:01.240
 shows up

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:02.519
 over and

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.040
 over

00:38:03.040 --> 00:38:03.800
 again.

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:06.600
 And I

00:38:06.600 --> 00:38:06.980
 tell you

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.440
 that not

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.100
 because it's a

00:38:08.100 --> 00:38:08.800
 happy sentimental

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.560
 thought but

00:38:09.560 --> 00:38:10.600
 because God

00:38:10.600 --> 00:38:11.340
 has made a

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:12.160
 promise to

00:38:12.160 --> 00:38:12.580
 you.

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:13.800
 Philippians

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.560
 chapter 1

00:38:14.560 --> 00:38:15.320
 verse 6,

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.300
 he who

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:16.980
 began a

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.860
 good work

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.760
 in you

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:20.120
 will bring

00:38:20.120 --> 00:38:20.400
 it to

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.920
 completion

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.760
 at the

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.760
 day of

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.100
 Jesus

00:38:23.100 --> 00:38:24.080
 Christ.

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:29.400
 where is

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.840
 God

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:31.860
 growing

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.380
 your

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:33.079
 confidence

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.840
 in

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.659
 him?

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.779
 What does

00:38:44.779 --> 00:38:45.039
 it look

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.920
 like to

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.460
 follow

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.539
 God

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.460
 in

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:48.840
 faith?

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.739
 It means

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.219
 trusting

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:53.559
 that little

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.059
 by little

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:55.380
 day by

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.880
 day.

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:57.199
 He is

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:58.179
 making you

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:59.380
 more like

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:00.320
 Jesus

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:01.420
 Christ.

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:05.039
 At the

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.380
 end,

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:05.860
 the very

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.340
 last

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:07.840
 verse of

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.059
 this

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.500
 chapter,

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.679
 then Isaac

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.279
 brought her

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.719
 into the

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.739
 tent of

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.279
 Sarah,

00:39:13.779 --> 00:39:14.320
 his mother.

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:17.960
 The

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.599
 baton

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.579
 has been

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.119
 passed.

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:22.320
 One

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:22.960
 generation

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.799
 has handed

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.980
 off to

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.120
 the

00:39:25.120 --> 00:39:25.460
 next.

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:29.460
 God

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.660
 is

00:39:29.660 --> 00:39:30.220
 faithful

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:31.620
 generation

00:39:31.620 --> 00:39:31.860
 to

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.360
 generation.

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:34.240
 God

00:39:34.240 --> 00:39:34.539
 is

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.100
 faithful

00:39:35.100 --> 00:39:35.960
 to you,

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.280
 growing

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:37.820
 your

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.360
 confidence

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:39.340
 in

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.600
 him.

00:39:41.600 --> 00:39:42.280
 So that's

00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:42.600
 why we're

00:39:42.600 --> 00:39:42.900
 able to

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.180
 sing,

00:39:44.060 --> 00:39:44.420
 take my

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:44.860
 life and

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:45.120
 let it

00:39:45.120 --> 00:39:45.440
 be,

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.180
 consecrated

00:39:47.180 --> 00:39:48.060
 Lord to

00:39:48.060 --> 00:39:48.260
 thee.

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:49.600
 God

00:39:49.600 --> 00:39:50.460
 to

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:50.720
 God

00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:50.720


00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:50.720


00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:51.520
 you.

00:39:51.520 --> 00:39:52.060
 Let's pray.

00:39:52.060 --> 00:39:52.120
 Our

00:39:52.120 --> 00:39:52.560
 Father in

00:39:52.560 --> 00:39:52.760
 heaven,

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.280
 we do

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:54.480
 praise you

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:54.960
 and thank you

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:55.320
 that your

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:55.860
 mercy and

00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:56.440
 your grace

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:58.480
 mean that you

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:59.540
 don't leave us

00:39:59.540 --> 00:40:01.000
 or abandon us

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.680
 in the midst of

00:40:01.680 --> 00:40:03.180
 our sin and

00:40:03.180 --> 00:40:03.880
 stupidity and

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.440
 foolishness,

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:05.140
 but instead you

00:40:05.140 --> 00:40:05.800
 work through

00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:07.480
 them to grow

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.880
 us and to

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.460
 change us.

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.360
 That's our

00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:09.800
 hope and our

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.260
 only hope,

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:10.860
 that we belong

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.260
 to you.

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.500
 We ask that

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:12.760
 you would

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.500
 remind us of

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.920
 that this

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.240
 morning,

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.600
 that you

00:40:14.600 --> 00:40:15.440
 would grow

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.500
 and create

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:17.480
 in us an

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.200
 unshakable

00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:19.160
 confidence and

00:40:19.160 --> 00:40:19.960
 trust in you

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.520
 that gives us

00:40:20.520 --> 00:40:21.240
 peace and

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:21.820
 joy and

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.420
 boldness and

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:23.000
 courage and

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:24.200
 confidence and

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:24.540
 humility.

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:25.980
 We ask these

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.500
 things in the

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.160
 mighty name of

00:40:27.160 --> 00:40:27.860
 Jesus Christ.

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:28.560
 Amen.