WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.519 Well, thank you for your welcome, not just this morning, but over the last couple of 00:00:08.519 --> 00:00:08.800 weeks. 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:13.419 It's a great privilege and delight to be here with you as an assistant minister. 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:19.440 We seek God's blessing on our worship and our ministry together as we go forward. 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:25.699 Friday night was a lovely evening together, and again, thank you to all who were involved 00:00:25.699 --> 00:00:29.900 in that and for your generosity towards us as a family as well. 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:37.619 We're going to begin our worship this morning by singing to God's praise in Psalm 1a, the 00:00:37.619 --> 00:00:39.579 Sing Psalms version, Psalm 1a. 00:00:40.780 --> 00:00:44.859 We're going to sing from verse 1 to 6, the whole of the psalm to the tune Creator. 00:00:45.899 --> 00:00:51.600 Blessed is the one who turns away from where the wicked walk, who does not stand in sinners' 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:53.679 paths or sit with those who mock. 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:58.159 Instead, he finds God's holy law, his joy and great delight. 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:02.479 He makes the precepts of the Lord, his study day and night. 00:01:02.579 --> 00:01:05.379 We'll sing the whole of this psalm to God's praise. 00:01:05.379 --> 00:01:14.799 Let's sing the whole of the psalm to the psalm to the psalm. 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:44.780 CHOIR SINGS 00:01:44.799 --> 00:02:14.780 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:16.800 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:18.800 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:20.800 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:22.800 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:24.800 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:26.800 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:28.800 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:30.800 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:32.800 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:34.800 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:36.800 CHOIR SINGS 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:47.300 In the air life, the child that's blown now me, 00:02:47.300 --> 00:02:55.300 they will not stand when judgment comes, 00:02:56.100 --> 00:03:02.300 or with the righteous thing. 00:03:02.300 --> 00:03:16.300 It is the Lord who sees and knows the way the righteous flow, 00:03:16.300 --> 00:03:30.300 that those who live an evil lie, the Lord will overthrow. 00:03:32.300 --> 00:03:44.300 Let's throw an ear to God in prayer. Let us pray. 00:03:44.300 --> 00:03:52.300 Our gracious Father in heaven, as we come and bow our heads before you as a holy and living God, 00:03:52.300 --> 00:03:58.300 we thank you that the way is opened up for us to come and approach you in prayer, 00:03:58.300 --> 00:04:06.300 to come offering our petitions before you, everything that is in our hearts, Lord, for ourselves as a people, 00:04:06.300 --> 00:04:12.300 and for the world in which we live, and for your cause throughout this world. 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:18.300 We thank you that you are the creator of the heavens and the earth, and all that we see around us. 00:04:18.300 --> 00:04:24.300 It is formed by the word of your power and by your finger, Lord. 00:04:24.300 --> 00:04:30.300 We thank you that you have framed the world and the skies and the stars in it. 00:04:30.300 --> 00:04:34.300 We thank you that everything that we see has your touch upon it, 00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:43.300 and that even as a people, as we gather here, we recognize, too, that we are formed and made in your image and your likeness, 00:04:43.300 --> 00:04:53.300 and that you have given us a great purpose in this world, to be your people and to worship you. 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:59.300 But we know, too, that as your word tells us, that we are a people who so often do wrong. 00:04:59.300 --> 00:05:06.300 We are sinners. We fall short of your glory. We fail in your purposes so often. 00:05:06.300 --> 00:05:17.300 But we thank you that your word directs our paths, and it leads us, Lord, to see the way to return through repentance, 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:24.300 through coming to you by faith, that you are the one who is able to forgive our sins, 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:35.300 and that you have made every provision for that, that you sent your own Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, into this world for sinners such as we are. 00:05:35.300 --> 00:05:41.300 That he came to gather his people and to draw them to himself. 00:05:41.300 --> 00:05:52.300 And we thank you that today and always that your spirit is working, that you are a God who is faithful, who is ever building his church. 00:05:52.300 --> 00:05:58.300 We are reminded in your word that your kingdom comes and comes with power. 00:05:58.300 --> 00:06:02.300 So we pray to know, Lord, your presence with us here today. 00:06:02.300 --> 00:06:05.300 We remember those tuning in online as well. 00:06:05.300 --> 00:06:15.300 We thank you that we offer up our praise and worship together, that we come with that great desire in our hearts to hear the living word, 00:06:15.300 --> 00:06:22.300 to hear of a glorious Savior, the one who bore our sins on the cross. 00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:37.300 And help us to focus on Jesus, to know him as a friend that stays closer than any brother, the one who is with us always, through the night and through the day, and through each and every day of our lives. 00:06:37.300 --> 00:06:44.300 May we come to put our trust in him and to seek to walk closely with him. 00:06:44.300 --> 00:06:48.300 We do thank you, Lord, for every reason of thanksgiving we have. 00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:55.300 We thank you that every good and perfect gift is from above and from the one who changes not. 00:06:55.300 --> 00:07:02.300 And so we thank you for your great faithfulness towards your people down through all the generations. 00:07:02.300 --> 00:07:09.300 That you are a God who has brought your people through so many experiences, highs and lows. 00:07:09.300 --> 00:07:17.300 As we look at your word, we are reminded so often of a people who have been blessed and a people who wander. 00:07:17.300 --> 00:07:23.300 But we thank you for the Spirit that guides and who helps us and leads us. 00:07:23.300 --> 00:07:28.300 We thank you for the way the gospel has come to our own land. 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:33.300 We see it today as such a great privilege that has been here, we think, always. 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:40.300 But we know it is a gospel that has come with great cost and a great price to many. 00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:42.300 Many were persecuted. 00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:45.300 Many gave their lives for your cause. 00:07:45.300 --> 00:07:50.300 And help us to remember that and not to take things for granted. 00:07:50.300 --> 00:07:57.300 For as we live in a world that is ever changing and there is animosity towards the gospel, 00:07:57.300 --> 00:07:59.300 there are great challenges in our own day. 00:07:59.300 --> 00:08:03.300 Help us that we will stand for your cause. 00:08:03.300 --> 00:08:13.300 That we will look to you to pour out your blessing on this place, upon our islands, upon our nation and upon the world. 00:08:13.300 --> 00:08:19.300 Lord, we thank you that all that seems impossible with us is possible with you. 00:08:19.300 --> 00:08:26.300 And so may you guide us in all that we do and help us to know your strength and your blessing upon us. 00:08:26.300 --> 00:08:33.299 We do thank you as we unite together as a congregation here that we are a praying people. 00:08:33.299 --> 00:08:38.299 We thank you for all the prayers of your people over these past weeks and months. 00:08:38.299 --> 00:08:42.299 We thank you, Lord, for the cause of your kingdom here. 00:08:42.299 --> 00:08:46.299 For every ministry that has taken place up to this point. 00:08:46.299 --> 00:08:51.299 And we thank you for every minister who has preached the gospel. 00:08:51.299 --> 00:08:54.299 For all who have served in so many different ways. 00:08:54.299 --> 00:08:56.299 And for all who continue to serve, Lord. 00:08:56.299 --> 00:08:59.299 We pray your strength and your blessing upon us. 00:08:59.299 --> 00:09:03.299 We thank you for the ministry of Reverend Kenny I. 00:09:03.299 --> 00:09:04.299 McLeod. 00:09:04.299 --> 00:09:06.299 And we thank you for him and his family. 00:09:06.299 --> 00:09:08.299 We remember them today. 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:11.299 Giving thanks for their ministry here over many years. 00:09:11.299 --> 00:09:15.299 And praying for him, Lord, as he is now in his retirement. 00:09:15.299 --> 00:09:18.299 We pray that you will encourage him and strengthen him. 00:09:18.299 --> 00:09:21.299 And particularly as a family at this time. 00:09:21.299 --> 00:09:22.299 With his mother unwell. 00:09:22.299 --> 00:09:23.299 With his mother unwell. 00:09:23.299 --> 00:09:26.299 We pray, Lord, that you will guard them and be with them. 00:09:26.299 --> 00:09:28.299 Surround them with your presence. 00:09:28.299 --> 00:09:31.299 We do pray for all who need you in different ways. 00:09:31.299 --> 00:09:36.299 We thank you that, although we may have little knowledge of one another at this point. 00:09:36.299 --> 00:09:39.299 That you are a God who knows us all. 00:09:39.299 --> 00:09:42.299 And that every need is known unto you. 00:09:42.299 --> 00:09:44.299 We remember those who are unwell. 00:09:44.299 --> 00:09:50.299 Especially in the midst of so much COVID going around our communities at this time. 00:09:50.299 --> 00:09:52.299 We pray for your protection. 00:09:52.299 --> 00:09:54.299 Your keeping upon us as a people. 00:09:54.299 --> 00:09:56.299 For restoration and health. 00:09:56.299 --> 00:09:59.299 For people to be able to get out once more. 00:09:59.299 --> 00:10:03.299 And especially to be able to return to the place of worship. 00:10:03.299 --> 00:10:06.299 We remember those with other illnesses. 00:10:06.299 --> 00:10:07.299 Those in hospital. 00:10:07.299 --> 00:10:09.299 Those in homes. 00:10:09.299 --> 00:10:12.299 Those who are struggling in different ways. 00:10:12.299 --> 00:10:14.299 In body and in mind. 00:10:14.299 --> 00:10:15.299 And in soul. 00:10:15.299 --> 00:10:18.299 We know the struggles are there so often. 00:10:18.299 --> 00:10:22.299 And we pray, Lord, that we will be able to share one another's burdens. 00:10:22.299 --> 00:10:24.299 And to be there for one another. 00:10:24.299 --> 00:10:26.299 And to be able to call upon your name. 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:29.299 As the one who is able to help. 00:10:29.299 --> 00:10:33.299 Remember those who mourn and grieve in our communities as well. 00:10:33.299 --> 00:10:35.299 Near and far. 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:38.299 We thank you that you are a God of all comfort. 00:10:38.299 --> 00:10:41.299 And may you, O Lord, bless and give help. 00:10:41.299 --> 00:10:43.299 And strengthen all the times of need. 00:10:43.299 --> 00:10:46.299 We thank you for reasons to give thanks as well. 00:10:46.299 --> 00:10:48.299 Even in this past week. 00:10:48.299 --> 00:10:51.299 We thank you for the wedding that took place on Thursday. 00:10:51.299 --> 00:10:55.299 We do continue to pray for James and Marion. 00:10:55.299 --> 00:10:57.299 In the outset of their marriage. 00:10:57.299 --> 00:10:58.299 May you bless them. 00:10:58.299 --> 00:10:59.299 May you be with them. 00:10:59.299 --> 00:11:02.299 May you pour out your spirit upon them. 00:11:02.299 --> 00:11:05.299 That they will know your great peace and blessing in their lives. 00:11:05.299 --> 00:11:07.299 Bless their families too. 00:11:07.299 --> 00:11:09.299 As we commit them to you. 00:11:09.299 --> 00:11:10.299 Look after them, Lord. 00:11:10.299 --> 00:11:12.299 And care for them as well. 00:11:12.299 --> 00:11:16.299 So we thank you that in all things that we are able to look to you. 00:11:16.299 --> 00:11:18.299 We thank you for our young people. 00:11:18.299 --> 00:11:21.299 Thank you for the school holidays just now. 00:11:21.299 --> 00:11:25.299 We pray your blessing on teachers and staff and children alike. 00:11:25.299 --> 00:11:27.299 That you will refresh them over these days. 00:11:27.299 --> 00:11:29.299 We thank you for all the young ones here. 00:11:29.299 --> 00:11:33.299 For the work of Cresce and tweenies today as well. 00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:35.299 We pray your blessing on them as well. 00:11:35.299 --> 00:11:37.299 As they gather in a few moments. 00:11:37.299 --> 00:11:40.299 So Lord, may you lead us in your word today. 00:11:40.299 --> 00:11:43.299 May you remember us as a people. 00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:47.299 And hear our prayers for your cause here. 00:11:47.299 --> 00:11:48.299 Throughout our land. 00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:49.299 For our leaders. 00:11:49.299 --> 00:11:50.299 For our Queen. 00:11:50.299 --> 00:11:52.299 And for all your church. 00:11:52.299 --> 00:11:54.299 Throughout the nations of the world. 00:11:54.299 --> 00:11:56.299 May your spirit be poured out. 00:11:56.299 --> 00:11:58.299 In a great day of your favour. 00:11:58.299 --> 00:12:00.299 And your blessing. 00:12:00.299 --> 00:12:01.299 Forgive us our sins. 00:12:01.299 --> 00:12:03.299 And continue with us now in our worship. 00:12:03.299 --> 00:12:05.299 And throughout this day. 00:12:05.299 --> 00:12:08.299 May we do all to your glory. 00:12:08.299 --> 00:12:11.299 We ask it all in Jesus' precious name. 00:12:11.299 --> 00:12:12.299 And for his sake. 00:12:12.299 --> 00:12:13.299 Amen. 00:12:13.299 --> 00:12:20.299 Well, it's good to see so many young people here today. 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:23.299 It's hard to find you in such a big crowd. 00:12:23.299 --> 00:12:26.299 But I think you're scattered all over the church today. 00:12:26.299 --> 00:12:27.299 But it's lovely to see you. 00:12:27.299 --> 00:12:30.299 And I really look forward to getting to know you. 00:12:30.299 --> 00:12:33.299 As we come to minister in your midst. 00:12:33.299 --> 00:12:35.299 Now you may know my name. 00:12:35.299 --> 00:12:38.299 James has introduced me and told you my name. 00:12:38.299 --> 00:12:39.299 My name's Callum. 00:12:39.299 --> 00:12:42.299 Or Callum Murdo as some people call me. 00:12:42.299 --> 00:12:46.299 And it may be easy for you to remember one name. 00:12:46.299 --> 00:12:47.299 But I've got to have a problem. 00:12:47.299 --> 00:12:50.299 Because I'm going to have to remember lots of different names. 00:12:50.299 --> 00:12:52.299 As I was saying on Friday night. 00:12:52.299 --> 00:12:53.299 It's not one of my great strengths. 00:12:53.299 --> 00:12:55.299 Remembering people's names. 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:56.299 So bear with me. 00:12:56.299 --> 00:12:59.299 As I learn your names and learn about you. 00:12:59.299 --> 00:13:02.299 And how do you learn about people? 00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:05.299 What do you need to do to learn about people? 00:13:05.299 --> 00:13:07.299 I wonder what you have to do. 00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:12.299 Well, probably the easiest thing to do is to speak to people. 00:13:12.299 --> 00:13:13.299 Isn't it? 00:13:13.299 --> 00:13:15.299 Just to come up and to speak to people. 00:13:15.299 --> 00:13:17.299 And to ask, what's your name? 00:13:17.299 --> 00:13:18.299 How old are you? 00:13:18.299 --> 00:13:21.299 Maybe don't ask Joanne that though. 00:13:21.299 --> 00:13:23.299 She might not tell you the truth. 00:13:23.299 --> 00:13:24.299 You never know. 00:13:24.299 --> 00:13:27.299 But you get to know people by asking them questions. 00:13:27.299 --> 00:13:29.299 And talking to them. 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:32.299 So I look forward to getting to know you in different ways. 00:13:32.299 --> 00:13:33.299 And in different places. 00:13:33.299 --> 00:13:34.299 Whether it's meeting you in the hall. 00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:37.299 As we go through to have a cup of tea and some juice. 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:39.299 Or seeing you maybe in the school. 00:13:39.299 --> 00:13:42.299 Or just meeting you out and about in different places. 00:13:42.299 --> 00:13:44.299 I look forward to getting to know you all. 00:13:44.299 --> 00:13:48.299 And indeed all the congregation here as well. 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:49.299 So as I said on Friday. 00:13:49.299 --> 00:13:51.299 Just stop me at any time. 00:13:51.299 --> 00:13:54.299 And come and speak to me. 00:13:54.299 --> 00:13:58.299 But the great thing is that maybe when we don't know each other very well. 00:13:58.299 --> 00:14:03.299 We can speak about someone who knows us all very well. 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:08.299 And we want to speak about who we read about in the Bible. 00:14:08.299 --> 00:14:10.299 And how we read there about God. 00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:12.299 And about what he has done for us. 00:14:12.299 --> 00:14:15.299 How he knows everything about us. 00:14:15.299 --> 00:14:16.299 Nothing's hidden from him. 00:14:16.299 --> 00:14:18.299 He knows your name. 00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:22.299 And sometimes that can be quite hard to imagine and understand. 00:14:22.299 --> 00:14:24.299 But God knows your name. 00:14:24.299 --> 00:14:26.299 And he knows everything about you. 00:14:26.299 --> 00:14:30.299 One of my favorite Psalms in the Bible is Psalm 139. 00:14:30.299 --> 00:14:35.299 And that Psalm tells us about the knowledge that God has about us. 00:14:35.299 --> 00:14:37.299 He knows everything about us. 00:14:37.299 --> 00:14:40.299 He knows our sitting down it says. 00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:41.299 Our rising up. 00:14:41.299 --> 00:14:43.299 He knows about everywhere we go. 00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:45.299 And it doesn't matter where we go in the world. 00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:49.299 Or how far away we might be from people we know and love. 00:14:49.299 --> 00:14:52.299 He knows and is there with us. 00:14:52.299 --> 00:14:54.299 Wherever we go he is with us. 00:14:54.299 --> 00:14:55.299 It says in the Psalm. 00:14:55.299 --> 00:14:59.299 Take eye the morning wings and dwell in utmost parts of sea. 00:14:59.299 --> 00:15:02.299 Even there Lord shall thy hand me lead. 00:15:02.299 --> 00:15:05.299 Thy right hand hold shall me. 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:08.299 It's a great promise in God's word there. 00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:10.299 And that's our prayer for all the young people here. 00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:12.299 Indeed all of us here today. 00:15:12.299 --> 00:15:15.299 That we will get to know each other. 00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:17.299 And get to know one another's names. 00:15:17.299 --> 00:15:20.299 But above all that we'll remember the Lord. 00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:22.299 Who knows our name. 00:15:22.299 --> 00:15:24.299 And who knows everything about us. 00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:30.299 And that we will come to delight together in getting to know him more and more. 00:15:30.299 --> 00:15:33.299 As we get to know each other more and more. 00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:35.299 May the Lord bless you always. 00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:36.299 And look after you. 00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:39.299 Each and every day as we get to know each other. 00:15:39.299 --> 00:15:41.299 More and more in coming weeks. 00:15:41.299 --> 00:15:45.299 Well we're going to share in the Lord's prayer together. 00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:47.299 And say the Lord's prayer together. 00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:49.299 You'll find it on the notice sheet there. 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:51.299 So I'll start us off. 00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:54.299 And we all join in with the Lord's prayer. 00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:57.299 Our Father which art in heaven. 00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:59.299 Hallowed be thy name. 00:15:59.299 --> 00:16:01.299 Thy kingdom come. 00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:05.299 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:08.299 Give us this day our daily bread. 00:16:08.299 --> 00:16:12.299 And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:15.299 And lead us not into temptation. 00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:17.299 But deliver us from evil. 00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:22.299 For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. 00:16:22.299 --> 00:16:23.299 Amen. 00:16:23.299 --> 00:16:24.299 Amen. 00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:30.299 We'll sing again to God's praise now in Psalm 63. 00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:35.299 And again it's in the Sing Psalms version of Psalm 63. 00:16:35.299 --> 00:16:40.299 We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 8. 00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:42.299 And the tune is Weram. 00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:44.299 O God you are my God alone. 00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:47.299 I seek your face with eagerness. 00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:52.299 My soul and body thirst for you in this dry weary wilderness. 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:53.299 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 8. 00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:54.299 We'll sing from verse 1 to 8. 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:55.299 To God's praise. 00:16:55.299 --> 00:17:09.299 O God you are my God alone. 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.299 I seek your face with eagerness. 00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:16.299 I seek your face with eagerness. 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:34.299 My soul and body thirst for you in this dry weary wilderness. 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:39.299 I seek your face with eagerness. 00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:41.299 I seek your face with eagerness. 00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:44.299 I seek your face with eagerness. 00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:51.299 Your glory and the glory have my face. 00:17:51.299 --> 00:18:00.299 Our nature is pure love of life. 00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:10.000 And so my lips will sing your praise 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:19.240 I bless you, Lord, throughout my life 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:28.099 And raise my hands to you in prayer 00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:37.059 My joyfulness will sing your praise 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:47.139 My soul is fed with riches here 00:18:47.139 --> 00:18:56.279 Upon my bed I lie away 00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:05.240 And in my thoughts remember you 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:14.240 I meditate throughout the night 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:23.200 And keep your constant love in you 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:32.160 Because you are my help alone 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:41.160 In shadow of your wings I sing 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:50.120 You hold me up with your right hand 00:19:50.120 --> 00:20:00.120 To you, O God, my soul will cling 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:11.439 We'll turn together to read in God's word 00:20:11.439 --> 00:20:12.779 in the book of Psalms 00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:16.839 The book of Psalms and Psalm 37 00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:25.799 Psalm 37 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:29.959 We're going to read from verse 1 down to verse 26 00:20:29.959 --> 00:20:35.919 It's a psalm of David 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:39.880 Fret not yourself because of evildoers 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:42.880 Be not envious of wrongdoers 00:20:43.580 --> 00:20:46.460 For they will soon fade like the grass 00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:48.860 And wither like the green herb 00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:52.019 Trust in the Lord and do good 00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:55.320 Dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness 00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:57.580 Delight yourself in the Lord 00:20:57.579 --> 00:21:00.779 And he will give you the desires of your heart 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:03.079 Commit your way to the Lord 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:05.879 Trust in him and he will act 00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:09.699 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light 00:21:09.699 --> 00:21:12.439 And your justice as the noonday 00:21:12.439 --> 00:21:15.000 Be still before the Lord 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:17.279 And wait patiently for him 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:21.579 Fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:24.819 Over the man who carries out evil devices 00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:28.419 Refrain from anger and forsake wrath 00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:30.319 Fret not yourself 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:32.759 It tends only to evil 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:35.399 For the evildoers shall be cut off 00:21:35.399 --> 00:21:37.799 But those who wait for the Lord 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:39.559 Shall inherit the land 00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:42.939 In just a little while the wicked will be no more 00:21:42.939 --> 00:21:45.639 Though you look carefully at his place 00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:46.879 He will not be there 00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:50.019 But the meek shall inherit the land 00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:53.059 And delight themselves in abundant peace 00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:56.180 The wicked plots against the righteous 00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.920 And gnashes his teeth at him 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:00.259 But the Lord laughs at the wicked 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:02.799 For he sees that his day is coming 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:06.359 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:08.720 To bring down the poor and needy 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:11.599 To slay those whose way is upright 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:14.559 Their sword shall enter their own heart 00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:16.839 And their bows shall be broken 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:19.879 Better is the little that the righteous has 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:22.520 Than the abundance of many wicked 00:22:22.520 --> 00:22:25.380 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken 00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:28.200 But the Lord upholds the righteous 00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:31.180 The Lord knows the days of the blameless 00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:33.860 And their heritage will remain forever 00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:37.700 They are not put to shame in evil times 00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:39.400 In the days of famine 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:41.040 They have abundance 00:22:41.040 --> 00:22:43.580 But the wicked will perish 00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:46.220 The enemies of the Lord are like the glory 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.480 Of the pastures 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.779 They vanish 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:51.200 Like smoke they vanish away 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:54.960 The wicked borrows but does not pay back 00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:58.079 But the righteous is generous and gives 00:22:58.079 --> 00:23:00.559 For those blessed by the Lord 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.900 Shall inherit the land 00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:04.579 But those cursed by him 00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:06.079 Shall be cut off 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:08.759 The steps of a man are established 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.759 By the Lord 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:12.079 When he delights in his way 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:13.620 Though he fall 00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:15.799 He shall not be cast headlong 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:18.399 For the Lord upholds his hand 00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:20.359 I have been young 00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.939 And now I'm old 00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:23.519 Yet I have not seen 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:25.319 The righteous forsaken 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:28.199 Or his children begging for bread 00:23:28.199 --> 00:23:30.739 He is ever lending generously 00:23:30.739 --> 00:23:34.179 And his children become a blessing 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.720 And so on 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:37.000 And may God bless that reading 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:38.920 From his word 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:40.860 Before we turn back 00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:42.000 To look at that psalm 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:43.120 We're going to sing 00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:44.740 Once again to God's praise 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:46.039 In Psalm 73 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:48.400 In the Scottish Psalter 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:48.920 Page 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:50.779 A316 00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:55.160 Psalm 73 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.640 At verse 23 00:23:56.640 --> 00:24:00.820 In this psalm we see 00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.640 The psalmist 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:03.900 Perplexed by many things 00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:05.160 Wondering about many things 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.840 That are going on around him 00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:08.920 He feels that the Lord 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:11.200 Is so far removed from him 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:14.340 And he says in verse 21 00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:16.300 My heart was grieved in me 00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:17.820 And my reigns oppressed 00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:18.940 But he says I was rude 00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:20.280 And I was ignorant 00:24:20.280 --> 00:24:22.220 And in thy sight a beast 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.980 Then at verse 23 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:25.560 There's this real turning point 00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:26.660 In the psalm 00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.500 Where he says 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.100 Nevertheless 00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:29.319 Continually 00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.919 O Lord 00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:31.359 I am with thee 00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:33.099 Thou dost me hold 00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:34.799 By my right hand 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.559 And still 00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:37.459 Upholdest me 00:24:37.459 --> 00:24:38.219 We're going to sing 00:24:38.219 --> 00:24:38.779 From verse 00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:40.139 23 00:24:40.139 --> 00:24:42.399 Down to the end of the psalm 00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:42.959 To the tune 00:24:42.959 --> 00:24:43.679 Tiverton 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:56.820 And still 00:24:56.820 --> 00:25:05.640 Thou dost me hold 00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:08.920 By my right hand 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:10.920 And still 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:10.940 And still 00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:14.700 Abortest me 00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:19.620 Thou with thy counsel 00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:22.500 While I live 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:25.620 Build me conduct 00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:28.220 And guide 00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:32.600 And to thy glory 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:34.599 Afterward 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:37.599 Receive me 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:41.599 To the night 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:43.599 To the night 00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:49.399 Up I in the heaven's sight 00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:51.519 But thee 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.599 O Lord 00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:54.599 Alone 00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:58.599 And in the earth 00:25:58.599 --> 00:26:02.599 Who I beside 00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:04.599 Besides thee 00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:08.599 There is none 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:11.599 My flesh 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.599 A heart 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:15.599 A faint 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.599 Unfail 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:18.599 But God 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:20.599 Doth fail 00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.599 Me 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.599 Never 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:24.599 For 00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:26.599 O my heart 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:28.599 God 00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:30.599 God is the strength 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:33.599 And portion 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.599 Forever 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:36.599 For 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:40.599 Though they 00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:42.599 That are 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:45.599 Far from thee 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:47.599 Forever 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.599 Perish 00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:51.599 Shall 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:53.599 Then 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.599 That 00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.599 Thou 00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.599 Hold it 00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.599 From 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.599 Thou 00:26:58.599 --> 00:27:00.599 Thou 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.599 Thou 00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.599 Thou hast 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:04.599 Destroyed 00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.599 All 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:08.599 But 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.599 Surely 00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:11.599 It is 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.599 To 00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.599 For 00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.599 Me 00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.599 That 00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.599 I 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.599 Draw 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.599 Here 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.599 To 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.599 God 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.599 Then 00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.599 Lord 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.599 I 00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.599 Trust 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.599 That 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.599 All 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.599 Thy 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.599 Words 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.599 I 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.599 May 00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.599 Declare 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.599 The 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.599 Lord 00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:46.599 Well if we can turn back to the reading we had in the book of Psalms in Psalm 37. 00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:53.599 Our focus this morning is going to be on verse 1 to verse 9. 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:56.599 You can just read a few verses from the beginning. 00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:59.599 Fret not yourself because of evil doers. 00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:01.599 Be not envious of wrongdoers. 00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:06.599 For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.599 The green herb. 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:09.599 Trust in the Lord and do good. 00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:12.599 Dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. 00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:19.599 Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:25.599 We live in a world that is ever changing. 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:30.599 We always have change around us in so many different ways. 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:39.599 I am sure every one of us as we look back over our lives we see and we reflect often on the changes that we have seen taking place. 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:41.599 Whether it is just looking at ourselves. 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:43.599 The changes in ourselves. 00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:45.599 Or the changes in our communities. 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.599 The changes in our islands. 00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:48.599 The changes in the church. 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:50.599 The changes in our nation. 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:52.599 The changes in our world. 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:55.599 Change is there all the time. 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:58.599 And some change is good. 00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:00.599 Some change is always necessary. 00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:07.599 But there are other times when change just seems to worry us and cause us great anxiety. 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:14.599 We look around our world today and I am sure we have so many questions about what is happening. 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:16.599 What is happening in our own islands. 00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:18.599 What is happening in our nation. 00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:20.599 What is happening in our world. 00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.599 Where are we heading. 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.599 lequel ten times when can you have commanded people to pantry. 00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:24.599 Ne reviewing and do that toward God. 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:27.599 But theaint passion is actually big, teaching Paul Christ. 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.599 You have now heard the religion of the town on earth. 00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.599 And you have now within our own. 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.599 Even those who haveДингlias. 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.599 A tremendous job going through. 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.599 On other ف Mai. 00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.599 We have now heard the change of prais. 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.599 We make Giulie taxes maybe better at this time. 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.599 The century in our place. 00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.599 And your claim will increase all the issues. 00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.599 Are these remove all the issues and people that are good. 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.599 So for real life go. 00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.599 How often do we know people את voit disabled people about to their degree. 00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:45.639 And the certain things that we have 00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:46.599 So how one says Ephem shoes would you probably own pain in our 자�łybiacilly. 00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.599 Do you love how green gardens it will openly? 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:52.740 his word that reminds us that there are times, even in the psalmist's life, when he had so many 00:29:52.740 --> 00:30:01.519 questions of the Lord asking why or for how long are these things going to go on. We are surrounded 00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:11.079 by change. And even today as I come to minister here, it is because of change. A change in our 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:17.500 own personal circumstances, a change for you as a congregation. And for us as a congregation now, 00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:27.819 a change of ministry. Change is everywhere, but it's how we react in change and how we go forward 00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:34.259 in the midst of change that is important. And that's what I want to reflect on from this psalm 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:42.160 together today. In this psalm, we see David reflecting in his own life and in the midst of all that he has 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:49.019 seen changing in his own experience and in the experience of God's people and in the experience 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:56.620 of the world around him. You read in verse 25 of this psalm, and it gives you an insight into the 00:30:56.620 --> 00:31:05.540 stage that the psalmist is at. He says, I have been young and now I'm old, yet I have not seen the 00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:18.279 righteous forsaken. David is able to look around in his old age and reflect on all the change that he 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:27.619 has seen. But in it all, he is able to take confidence and to take heart in the midst of all 00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:36.139 of this change. As you read through this psalm, the theme from the outset is very clear where his main 00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:42.359 concerns of change that he has seen is taking place. The opening verse tells us, 00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:53.759 fret not yourself because of evildoers. Be not envious of wrongdoers. He's seeing the experience of God's 00:31:53.759 --> 00:32:00.160 people and his own experience of life as so often where it seems that those who have no thought of 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:07.440 God, no interest in God or his ways, those who are committing evil and wrongdoings on a regular basis, 00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:15.059 they're the ones that seem to be prospering. They're the ones who seem to be getting on well. 00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:22.379 Whereas he may look on the lives of God's people and he will see many of them struggling. He's had his own 00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:30.500 struggles and he's seeing others who are struggling in many different ways. But his response to this is 00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:41.460 to call his people, God's people, to trust in the Lord. And he gives them a focus. And that focus 00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:51.680 is on the one who changes not. And so as we come together today, that is where our focus needs to be. 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:58.440 As we look at the world around us or our own individual lives and all the anxieties, all the 00:32:58.440 --> 00:33:07.920 worries we may have, we come to focus on the one who changes not and to go forward together with our 00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:16.600 focus on him. There's a hymn that has this line in it that says, yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the 00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:26.839 same. All may change, but Jesus never. Glory to his name. To go forward with that in mind, Jesus the 00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:35.079 same yesterday, today, and forever. He never changes that we may come to give glory to his name. 00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:43.480 So in verse 1 to verse 9 here, David gives a number of commands for God's people to follow. 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:51.420 But there are four particular commands that he gives that give us a real sense of focus on the 00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:58.819 Lord. So wherever we are, whatever stage of life we are at today, whatever we are doing in life today, 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:08.760 there is encouragement for us all to fix our eyes on the Lord and for Jesus to be our focus. 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:17.140 And David gives us four direct commands that focus our attention on the Lord today. And it's these four 00:34:17.140 --> 00:34:25.780 commands I want us to think about briefly. There is the command to trust in the Lord. There is the command 00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:34.420 to delight yourself in the Lord. There is the command to commit your way to the Lord. And there is the command 00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:42.940 to be still before the Lord and wait on the Lord. So it's these four commands I want us to look at. First of all, 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:45.220 trust in the Lord. 00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:55.920 The commands he gives are in light of the problems of an ever-changing world, where the wicked are 00:34:55.920 --> 00:35:05.500 prospering. And what is the problem that that causes for God's people? Well, as David opens the psalm, 00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:10.800 he reminds us, he tells us one of the greatest problems it gives to us. He says, 00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:21.099 fret not yourself because of evildoers. Do not be jealous or envious of wrongdoers. 00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:31.059 We can think of the word fret or fretting. And we think about maybe as being anxious or worried. 00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:37.880 And as we look at a world where so much change is taking place and so much evil seems to be around, 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:46.019 and we think it makes us worried or anxious. But this word goes deeper than that. There is so much 00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:53.280 more to this word. It's a stronger word than just being anxious or worried. At the root of this word 00:35:53.280 --> 00:36:07.119 is anger, being angry. And it's an anger that is a burning hot anger, a rage, and a rage that consumes you. 00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:15.460 Now, there are times when we are rightfully angry about what happens in this world. There is a righteous 00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:24.559 anger. But there are other times when we can let anger consume us. And anger take our focus away 00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:32.119 from the Lord. And often throughout this psalm, as you read through it, this is highlighted for us, 00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:39.000 the danger of our anger consuming us. But even in our anger at what's happening, 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:49.059 God, David, by the word of God, is telling us, fret not. Don't let your anger consume you. 00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:59.099 Because if you remain in an angry state, what does it do to you? It robs you of your joy. It robs you of 00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:06.019 your peace. It can paralyze you. And you are not effective in anything that you are doing. 00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:13.920 If you allow anger to consume you, it is not going to do you good. We can have a righteous anger 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:21.219 about what we see, but it's what we do with that. And that's what David is guiding us to here. We may 00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:28.179 look around our own town here. We may look around our islands and all around us when we see change and 00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:32.079 evil going on. We may look around our own. We may look around our own. We may look around our own. 00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:39.419 But we don't want that anger to consume us. And that's the point that David is making here. 00:37:39.879 --> 00:37:46.699 Fret not yourself because of evil. Don't be envious or jealous towards them because what it says, 00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:57.480 they will soon fade away. But instead, he says, he gives us these commands. You as God's people, 00:37:57.480 --> 00:38:06.460 in your anger, in your worries, in your concerns, look to the Lord. This is the antidote. It is to begin 00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:17.539 by trusting in the Lord. Trust in the Lord and do good. Overcome evil by good, it says in another part 00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:23.219 of Scripture. Don't let your anger distract from the work that you are to do for the Lord, 00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:34.639 to go forward trusting in him. It is to walk by faith and not by sight. Even in our fretting, 00:38:34.939 --> 00:38:39.879 even in our anger, we must remember that even though things appear in our vision to be going 00:38:39.879 --> 00:38:47.659 completely out of control, that change may be hurting so many people, that God is in control. 00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:58.420 We are to look through the eyes of faith and to remember God is still working out his eternal 00:38:58.420 --> 00:39:10.039 purposes for us. We must learn to trust the Lord in all of life, to be angry but not consumed, 00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:19.460 and go forward trusting in the Lord. Martin Luther, the great reformer, who was used by God in such an 00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:28.239 amazing way to bring the church back in a right track. He spoke about what it meant to trust the Lord. 00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:33.480 And he said this in his own life story. He said, 00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:43.900 I have one preacher that I love better than any other on earth. And you may be expecting that this 00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:51.440 would be some man who's preaching God's word. Well, it wasn't. He said, I have one preacher that I love 00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:59.760 more than any other. It is my little tame robin, a little bird. And he said, this bird preaches to me 00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:07.460 daily about what it means to trust. He said, I put crumbs out of my windowsill, especially at night. 00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:15.320 And every day, day after day, this bird will come and hop on the windowsill when he wants his food. 00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:21.880 And he takes as much as he wants. He satisfies his hunger. And then he'll go and he'll hop up on the 00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:29.660 tree. And he'll lift his head and he'll start tweeting away as if he's praising God for all his 00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:39.559 goodness. And then he'll put his head down under his wing and go to sleep. And with no worry for what 00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:48.019 tomorrow will bring, because tomorrow will take care of itself. And he says, is that how we are not to be 00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:56.659 with God? That God will supply our every need on a daily basis. Tomorrow will take care of itself. 00:40:56.659 --> 00:41:05.599 So don't let your anger consume you. Don't let your anger take away and distract you from trusting in 00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:14.859 the Lord first and foremost. In an ever-changing world, do we have that trust? David, in his old age 00:41:14.859 --> 00:41:22.239 and learned experience, has learned he needs to trust the Lord. Just like the book of Proverbs says 00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:31.639 in chapter 3, trust in the Lord with all your heart. So instead of letting anger burn and consume you, 00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:39.619 may it turn us instead to hearts like those who met with Jesus on the road to Emmaus, hearts that are 00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:48.379 burning for the Lord, rejoicing in the Lord and trusting the Lord. So that's the first command then, 00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:56.820 trust in the Lord. The second command is delight in the Lord. Trust is more than just words, it's action. 00:41:57.680 --> 00:42:05.019 It's showing our faith in action. That's why David progresses here from trust to delight. Delight 00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:12.720 yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Again, verse 1 speaks about 00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:20.839 those who are prospering in life, but with all the wrong motives and no thought of God. And it highlights 00:42:20.839 --> 00:42:27.699 for us how easy it is to be jealous, how easy it is to look on these people and think, well, if only I was 00:42:27.699 --> 00:42:40.539 like that, if only I had that in my life. But it's only temporary. Are you envious? Are you jealous of what 00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:46.800 others have in life without God when they seem to be getting on so well? Do you ever think, why am I 00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:53.800 struggling as a Christian? Why does nothing ever seem to go right in my life? These people who don't 00:42:53.800 --> 00:43:00.980 even trust God, everything is going right for them. My life could be so much different. Maybe I should 00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:08.739 just go the way that they have gone. But they are rejoicing. They are delighting in something that is 00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:17.679 only temporary. It will go. It will pass. But David is saying here, delight yourself in the Lord. 00:43:18.899 --> 00:43:25.639 That is what will keep you. That is what will help you go on. That is what will give you a focus 00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:33.419 going forward. Delight yourself in the Lord. He will give you the desires of your heart. He will give you 00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:40.780 not just what you may think you want. He will change your desires. He will focus your desires 00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:49.860 to desire what is good and what is right. You'll be familiar with maybe giving three cheers to people. 00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:56.460 Maybe if you're at a birthday party or a wedding, sometimes they offer up three cheers for the 00:43:56.460 --> 00:44:04.519 individual or for the couple. It's about rejoicing with them, being happy with them. Well, a preacher 00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:12.480 once told his congregation of the three cheers of Christ and the reasons to delight in him. And he was 00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:19.460 reading from the King James Version, which uses the words cheer in the three different texts. And he 00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:30.579 says the three cheers of Christ are this, the cheer of forgiven sin. It says, be of good cheer. Thy sins 00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:40.659 are forgiven. Jesus' words. He said it also tells us of the cheer of companionship. Be of good cheer. 00:44:40.780 --> 00:44:48.440 Again, it is Jesus saying these words. It is I. Be not afraid to the disciples when they were afraid. 00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:57.199 And it's the third cheer was this, the cheer of victory. Jesus said, be of good cheer. I have 00:44:57.199 --> 00:45:04.880 overcome the world. And he went on to say these three cheers cover the whole of life. They deal 00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:13.360 with our past, our present, and our future. The sins of the past forgiven. The fellowship of Christ 00:45:13.360 --> 00:45:20.740 Christ is there in the present. And in the future, all will be revealed in the victory of Christ. 00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:29.440 The three cheers that we have in Christ. The reasons that we have to delight even a world that is ever 00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:37.019 changing. That in Jesus we have one who is able to forgive our sins. In Jesus we have one who is ever 00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:47.400 with us who is always faithful. And the cheer of victory that he has overcome the world. So what does 00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:56.179 your heart delight in today? Are you envious? Are you jealous? Are you thinking, oh, things could be so 00:45:56.179 --> 00:46:03.780 much better, so much different if I just went along with the ways of this world? David is saying, no, 00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:14.080 delight yourself in the Lord. Anything else is temporary. Again, Jesus says in Matthew 6, 00:46:14.080 --> 00:46:21.900 do not lay up for yourselves treasure on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and 00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:29.360 steal. But lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys, where thieves 00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:38.440 do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 00:46:39.660 --> 00:46:46.099 Let us go forward, not envying or jealous of others in the world who are without God, 00:46:46.860 --> 00:46:53.099 but instead delighting in the Lord. That is the second command we have. 00:46:53.099 --> 00:47:00.139 The third command we see here then is to commit your way to the Lord. In verse 5, 00:47:00.659 --> 00:47:10.219 trust in him and he will act. Commit your way to the Lord. And again, you see there's a progression 00:47:10.219 --> 00:47:16.519 here all the time. When you look at the picture of the psalm of the wicked prospering, 00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:23.719 the idea is that instead of worrying and fretting, what are we to do? We are to commit your way to the 00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:31.460 Lord. And what does this mean? Well, the word commit here means rolling something onto something else. 00:47:32.619 --> 00:47:38.980 If you're struggling to lift something or to carry something, you maybe roll it into a wheelbarrow, 00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:44.619 and that will help you carry it. If it's a bigger thing, you might put it onto a trailer that's going 00:47:44.619 --> 00:47:51.759 to carry it for you. You commit it to something else. You roll it onto something else. And so here, 00:47:51.940 --> 00:48:02.940 David is saying to us, commit, roll all your burdens, your ways to the Lord. Trust him and he will act. 00:48:03.839 --> 00:48:10.599 You see, the Lord doesn't want us to carry our burdens by ourselves. Jesus tells us in the New 00:48:10.599 --> 00:48:18.699 Testament to come to him, come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 00:48:19.460 --> 00:48:28.279 Roll yourselves onto me. Commit yourselves to me. In 1 Peter, he tells us, cast your burdens on the Lord, 00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:37.179 for he cares for you. Again, it's just this idea of committing everything to God, rolling everything 00:48:37.179 --> 00:48:48.919 onto him. Commit your way to the Lord. Trust in him and he will act. We don't bear these burdens 00:48:48.919 --> 00:48:58.659 by ourselves. We have a God who cares and commands us to bring our burdens to him. As we heard on Friday 00:48:58.659 --> 00:49:07.579 evening in the service, we are in partnership with God. He is with us. And we are in partnership with 00:49:07.579 --> 00:49:14.980 one another. We carry one another's burdens too, and we commit all our burdens to the Lord. We are to 00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:26.199 trust in him. We bring our burdens together as a people in worship and in prayer. And beyond that, 00:49:26.199 --> 00:49:31.099 we look at everything that we want to do as a congregation and are doing as a congregation. 00:49:31.639 --> 00:49:38.939 And we want to roll it all onto God, to commit all of our ways to him and to see that he will act. 00:49:39.619 --> 00:49:46.719 Whether it's youth work or counseling work, whether it's the different groups that meet in the church 00:49:46.719 --> 00:49:51.159 throughout the week, whether it's the church opening when there's a cruise ship in or when the 00:49:51.159 --> 00:49:58.859 heb-kelt festival, whether it's visiting or fellowship, whatever we are doing, we are to commit our way 00:49:58.859 --> 00:50:05.839 to the Lord. You know, we could ask ourselves, are we where we want to be? 00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:15.879 Are we where we want to be as a congregation? I hope our answer would be no, that we would never be 00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:21.559 satisfied with where we are. While there are lost people, while there are perishing people around us, 00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:30.059 our work is never finished. We are to be active in the work of the Lord and committing our ways to 00:50:30.059 --> 00:50:40.660 the Lord, trusting him that he will act. We are to have the heart of Isaiah, who as the Lord was looking 00:50:40.659 --> 00:50:49.940 for those who would serve him, what did he say? He said, here am I, Lord, send me. There is work to be 00:50:49.940 --> 00:50:58.799 done. There is a commitment to the Lord. And let us all have that heart to say, Lord, here am I, send me. 00:50:59.759 --> 00:51:07.259 And as we have that heart, we see that as we trust in him, it says, he will act. 00:51:07.260 --> 00:51:16.740 God will act. It's not just about what we want to come to pass, but more importantly, 00:51:17.140 --> 00:51:28.480 what the Lord wants. Does the Lord want just a few to be saved? No, the Lord wants everyone to be saved. 00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:38.699 Do we? Is that our desire? Is that our longing as we minister together? Does God want us to struggle 00:51:38.699 --> 00:51:47.139 in the work each year and find it just a burden all the time? No, he wants us to prosper in the work so 00:51:47.139 --> 00:51:55.159 we can do more. Do we? Is that our desire as we seek to go forward in the ministry together? 00:51:55.159 --> 00:52:05.059 Would God just want us to look after what we have and to be satisfied with that? No. He wants us to go 00:52:05.059 --> 00:52:14.440 to all the people, all the nations. Do we? If we have a vision for the church here in Stormy and indeed 00:52:14.440 --> 00:52:20.359 further afield as we support and encourage many different ministries to go forward, 00:52:20.360 --> 00:52:32.280 can we say, are we there? Are we finished? No. We commit our way to the Lord. We roll all of our 00:52:32.280 --> 00:52:40.300 burdens onto the Lord and we trust he will act. It would be easy to look at the change that we see 00:52:40.300 --> 00:52:47.380 around us in these days and be satisfied. COVID restrictions are easing, even though it's so 00:52:47.380 --> 00:52:54.840 prevalent in our midst. The assistant role is filled. There have been new members recently at a 00:52:54.840 --> 00:53:00.900 communion. There have been a number of baptisms and there's a couple to come yet. Be easy to think, 00:53:01.059 --> 00:53:10.360 it's been good, it's been nice, job done. It's never job done. It's unfinished and ongoing. 00:53:10.360 --> 00:53:20.079 And in this change we seek to commit our ways to God, trusting that he will act. 00:53:21.539 --> 00:53:27.900 The final thing, and just briefly we take from this, is that we are to wait on the Lord. In verse 7 00:53:27.900 --> 00:53:36.460 and verse 9 you have that command, be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him. And then verse 9, 00:53:36.460 --> 00:53:43.420 for the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. 00:53:45.480 --> 00:53:54.659 You may think that this is where we should start. Wait on the Lord. But David shows us here a 00:53:54.659 --> 00:54:05.679 progression and a path to follow. If we are, as we began, as we saw in verse 1, fretting, angry about what 00:54:05.679 --> 00:54:11.940 we are seeing around us, angry about the lack of interest in the gospel, angry about the evil in 00:54:11.940 --> 00:54:19.079 this world, if we are fretting about all of these things, have you ever tried to pray when you're 00:54:19.079 --> 00:54:28.899 angry? How difficult it is to pray when there's this burning anger in your heart. If we are angry 00:54:28.900 --> 00:54:36.240 in all the changes that are taking place around us, we need to find a place where we bring that anger. 00:54:37.760 --> 00:54:39.400 And that is to the Lord. 00:54:41.400 --> 00:54:45.340 Vengeance is mine, says the Lord. He will deal. 00:54:46.539 --> 00:54:49.039 What we are to do is to trust, 00:54:50.039 --> 00:54:50.940 to delight, 00:54:51.639 --> 00:54:52.660 to commit, 00:54:52.659 --> 00:54:54.839 and to wait 00:54:54.839 --> 00:54:56.119 on the Lord. 00:54:57.480 --> 00:54:58.980 To wait on the Lord 00:54:58.980 --> 00:55:00.899 is to know and believe 00:55:00.899 --> 00:55:02.219 that He is sovereign, 00:55:03.059 --> 00:55:04.179 that He is ruling, 00:55:04.699 --> 00:55:06.960 that He works all things together for good 00:55:06.960 --> 00:55:08.099 for those who love Him 00:55:08.099 --> 00:55:10.839 and are called according to His purpose. 00:55:11.779 --> 00:55:12.859 Somebody once said, 00:55:13.059 --> 00:55:14.059 true patience 00:55:14.059 --> 00:55:16.699 is waiting without 00:55:16.699 --> 00:55:17.440 worrying. 00:55:18.659 --> 00:55:19.899 We are anxious. 00:55:19.900 --> 00:55:22.800 We are fearful about the world 00:55:22.800 --> 00:55:24.220 that we live in. 00:55:25.280 --> 00:55:26.079 But we remember 00:55:26.079 --> 00:55:28.019 this is God's world. 00:55:28.820 --> 00:55:30.980 And that He uses all things 00:55:30.980 --> 00:55:32.559 for the good of His people. 00:55:33.360 --> 00:55:35.000 There are difficulties in life. 00:55:35.500 --> 00:55:37.180 There are challenges in life. 00:55:37.599 --> 00:55:39.980 You see it in the Old and the New Testament. 00:55:40.180 --> 00:55:43.200 You see it in the experience of God's people 00:55:43.200 --> 00:55:43.960 always. 00:55:44.920 --> 00:55:45.840 There are challenges. 00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:48.380 There are things that are hard. 00:55:48.380 --> 00:55:50.880 But as David said 00:55:50.880 --> 00:55:52.720 in Psalm 73, 00:55:53.420 --> 00:55:55.220 even in his own questions 00:55:55.220 --> 00:55:57.720 and wondering and asking why, 00:55:58.820 --> 00:56:00.500 where did his focus come 00:56:00.500 --> 00:56:04.260 to trusting and waiting on the Lord? 00:56:04.960 --> 00:56:06.980 Nevertheless, he said continually, 00:56:07.619 --> 00:56:09.760 O Lord, You are with me. 00:56:11.059 --> 00:56:12.599 To get to that place 00:56:12.599 --> 00:56:13.780 of being still 00:56:13.780 --> 00:56:16.140 and waiting on God 00:56:16.139 --> 00:56:19.179 is to follow David's path here. 00:56:19.739 --> 00:56:21.679 To trust God 00:56:21.679 --> 00:56:23.400 with all our heart. 00:56:24.099 --> 00:56:25.359 To delight in Him. 00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:27.900 To commit our plans to Him 00:56:27.900 --> 00:56:29.440 and let Him carry our cares 00:56:29.440 --> 00:56:30.879 and concerns. 00:56:31.819 --> 00:56:32.420 Then, 00:56:32.799 --> 00:56:34.699 we will be able to be still 00:56:34.699 --> 00:56:36.099 and wait 00:56:36.099 --> 00:56:37.319 on the Lord. 00:56:38.319 --> 00:56:39.259 We are always 00:56:39.259 --> 00:56:40.139 in the midst 00:56:40.139 --> 00:56:41.279 of change. 00:56:41.280 --> 00:56:43.980 But let's remember the one 00:56:43.980 --> 00:56:45.840 who changes not. 00:56:46.460 --> 00:56:48.240 The one who is the same yesterday, 00:56:48.960 --> 00:56:49.460 today, 00:56:49.780 --> 00:56:50.760 and forever. 00:56:51.560 --> 00:56:52.820 To look around us 00:56:52.820 --> 00:56:53.519 and to see 00:56:53.519 --> 00:56:54.620 the changes 00:56:54.620 --> 00:56:55.620 that we have seen. 00:56:56.660 --> 00:56:57.200 And yes, 00:56:57.260 --> 00:56:58.880 in our anger about it, 00:56:59.680 --> 00:57:01.060 not to let that anger 00:57:01.060 --> 00:57:02.300 consume us, 00:57:02.840 --> 00:57:04.040 but instead 00:57:04.040 --> 00:57:05.580 to go forward 00:57:05.580 --> 00:57:06.760 with our focus 00:57:06.760 --> 00:57:07.519 on the Lord. 00:57:07.519 --> 00:57:08.759 trusting, 00:57:09.679 --> 00:57:10.380 delighting, 00:57:11.039 --> 00:57:11.460 committing, 00:57:12.179 --> 00:57:12.960 and waiting 00:57:12.960 --> 00:57:14.099 on Him. 00:57:15.039 --> 00:57:16.079 May God's Word 00:57:16.079 --> 00:57:17.559 always guide us 00:57:17.559 --> 00:57:18.900 and help us 00:57:18.900 --> 00:57:20.280 to that end 00:57:20.280 --> 00:57:21.519 that we may see 00:57:21.519 --> 00:57:22.239 His blessing 00:57:22.239 --> 00:57:23.400 upon us. 00:57:23.500 --> 00:57:24.139 Let us pray. 00:57:27.559 --> 00:57:28.659 Our Father, 00:57:28.860 --> 00:57:29.420 in heaven, 00:57:29.559 --> 00:57:30.599 we do rejoice 00:57:30.599 --> 00:57:31.460 in Your Word. 00:57:32.159 --> 00:57:32.980 A Word that 00:57:32.980 --> 00:57:33.980 stills us, 00:57:34.079 --> 00:57:34.719 a Word that 00:57:34.719 --> 00:57:35.579 helps us 00:57:35.579 --> 00:57:37.179 to recognize 00:57:37.179 --> 00:57:38.659 our own issues, 00:57:39.420 --> 00:57:40.259 to recognize 00:57:40.259 --> 00:57:41.119 our own anger 00:57:41.119 --> 00:57:42.639 in so many circumstances. 00:57:43.380 --> 00:57:44.259 But above all, 00:57:44.819 --> 00:57:46.099 to see where we bring 00:57:46.099 --> 00:57:47.079 that anger, 00:57:47.920 --> 00:57:48.599 to where we bring 00:57:48.599 --> 00:57:49.579 those concerns, 00:57:50.239 --> 00:57:51.480 to bring it to You 00:57:51.480 --> 00:57:52.340 as the Lord 00:57:52.340 --> 00:57:52.960 and God 00:57:52.960 --> 00:57:54.219 who is sovereign 00:57:54.219 --> 00:57:55.099 over all. 00:57:55.880 --> 00:57:56.699 And may we come 00:57:56.699 --> 00:57:58.059 to trust in You 00:57:58.059 --> 00:57:59.699 and delight in You 00:57:59.699 --> 00:58:00.980 and commit our ways 00:58:00.980 --> 00:58:01.619 to You 00:58:01.619 --> 00:58:03.719 and to wait upon You 00:58:03.719 --> 00:58:04.880 that we would see 00:58:04.880 --> 00:58:05.480 Your goodness 00:58:05.480 --> 00:58:06.200 over us 00:58:06.200 --> 00:58:06.960 and Your blessing 00:58:06.960 --> 00:58:07.760 upon us. 00:58:08.300 --> 00:58:09.039 For we ask it 00:58:09.039 --> 00:58:10.119 in Jesus' name. 00:58:10.700 --> 00:58:11.079 Amen. 00:58:15.340 --> 00:58:16.680 Let's sing together 00:58:16.680 --> 00:58:18.260 in conclusion 00:58:18.260 --> 00:58:19.360 and to God's praise 00:58:19.360 --> 00:58:20.099 in the psalm. 00:58:20.800 --> 00:58:21.700 We've been looking at 00:58:21.700 --> 00:58:22.840 Psalm 37 00:58:22.840 --> 00:58:24.220 in the Scottish 00:58:24.220 --> 00:58:25.200 Psalter version. 00:58:25.199 --> 00:58:33.719 Psalm 37 00:58:33.719 --> 00:58:35.000 at verse 3 00:58:35.000 --> 00:58:35.439 said, 00:58:35.519 --> 00:58:36.460 Thou thy trust 00:58:36.460 --> 00:58:37.519 upon the Lord 00:58:37.519 --> 00:58:38.960 and be thou doing good 00:58:38.960 --> 00:58:40.719 and so thou in the land 00:58:40.719 --> 00:58:41.419 shalt dwell 00:58:41.419 --> 00:58:43.139 and verily have food. 00:58:43.219 --> 00:58:43.539 We'll sing 00:58:43.539 --> 00:58:44.480 verse 3 to 7 00:58:44.480 --> 00:58:45.059 to the tune 00:58:45.059 --> 00:58:45.879 Grafenberg 00:58:45.879 --> 00:58:47.000 and we stand 00:58:47.000 --> 00:58:47.699 to sing. 00:58:47.699 --> 00:58:48.699 Psalm 37 00:58:48.699 --> 00:58:49.699 at verse 3 00:58:49.699 --> 00:59:04.019 and be thou doing good 00:59:04.019 --> 00:59:09.399 and so thou in the land 00:59:09.399 --> 00:59:10.939 shalt dwell 00:59:10.940 --> 00:59:17.320 and reverie have food. 00:59:17.320 --> 00:59:20.320 Give my thyself 00:59:20.320 --> 00:59:24.519 and God yield him 00:59:24.519 --> 00:59:28.260 thy heart's desire 00:59:28.260 --> 00:59:30.320 to lead. 00:59:30.320 --> 00:59:34.760 Thy way to God 00:59:34.760 --> 00:59:38.140 form it in trust 00:59:38.140 --> 00:59:41.880 it bring to God 00:59:41.880 --> 00:59:43.680 shall he 00:59:43.680 --> 00:59:47.260 and thy path 00:59:47.260 --> 00:59:50.720 unto the light 00:59:50.720 --> 00:59:52.220 he shall 00:59:52.220 --> 00:59:55.340 thy righteousness 00:59:55.340 --> 00:59:57.520 display 00:59:57.520 --> 01:00:03.140 and he thy judgment 01:00:03.139 --> 01:00:06.259 shall be forth 01:00:06.259 --> 01:00:08.460 thy gloom 01:00:08.460 --> 01:00:12.519 tide of the day 01:00:12.519 --> 01:00:17.719 rest in the Lord 01:00:17.719 --> 01:00:20.519 and patiently 01:00:20.519 --> 01:00:23.519 wait for him 01:00:23.519 --> 01:00:27.519 to not pray 01:00:27.519 --> 01:00:29.920 for him 01:00:29.920 --> 01:00:31.759 who cross 01:00:31.760 --> 01:00:33.740 bring him 01:00:33.740 --> 01:00:35.380 his way 01:00:35.380 --> 01:00:37.080 such as 01:00:37.080 --> 01:00:39.240 his sin 01:00:39.240 --> 01:00:41.140 God gave 01:00:41.140 --> 01:00:44.900 after the benediction 01:00:44.900 --> 01:00:45.920 I'll go to the 01:00:45.920 --> 01:00:46.580 main door 01:00:46.580 --> 01:00:47.100 if you give me 01:00:47.100 --> 01:00:47.560 a wee minute 01:00:47.560 --> 01:00:48.260 to get out 01:00:48.260 --> 01:00:48.900 we'll close 01:00:48.900 --> 01:00:50.140 with the benediction 01:00:50.140 --> 01:00:52.500 now may grace 01:00:52.500 --> 01:00:53.020 mercy 01:00:53.020 --> 01:00:53.720 and peace 01:00:53.720 --> 01:00:54.480 from God 01:00:54.480 --> 01:00:55.220 Father 01:00:55.220 --> 01:00:55.860 Son 01:00:55.860 --> 01:00:56.980 and Holy Spirit 01:00:56.980 --> 01:00:58.260 rest upon 01:00:58.260 --> 01:00:58.860 and abide 01:00:58.860 --> 01:00:59.920 with us all 01:00:59.920 --> 01:01:01.579 now and forever 01:01:01.579 --> 01:01:02.000 more 01:01:02.000 --> 01:01:02.920 Amen 01:01:02.920 --> 01:01:20.880 I'll go on 01:01:20.960 --> 01:01:24.340 let is怎麼樣 01:01:24.340 --> 01:01:25.220 remembered