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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise in Psalm 40.

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 This is in the Scottish Psalter, page 259, Psalm 40, on the tune is Earshire.

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 I waited for the Lord my God and patiently did bear.

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 At length to me he did incline my voice and cry to hear.

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 We'll sing down to the end of the double, verse 5, to God's praise.

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 I waited for the Lord my God and patiently did bear.

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 At length to me he did incline my voice and cry to hear.

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 He took me from a fearful pit and from the mighty clay.

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 And on a rock he set my feet, establishing my way.

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 He put a new song in my mouth, our God to magnify.

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 Many shall see it and shall fear and on the Lord rely.

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 O blessed is the man whose trust upon the Lord relies.

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 O Lord my God, so many are.

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 O Lord my God, so many are.

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 The wonders Thou hast done.

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 Thy gracious thoughts to us were far above.

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 All thoughts are gone.

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 And no one can reckon them to thee if them declare.

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 And speak of them I would.

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 They more than can be numbered are.

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 Amen.

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 I will bow our heads in a word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven, we do thank you that as we sing your praise,

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 it reminds us of all the many blessings and privileges that are ours.

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 Even as the psalmist says there that they are so many,

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 that they are so difficult even to number.

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 there are many beyond our comprehension

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 beyond all that we can imagine at times

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 the different ways and through the different means

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 that you bless us

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 we thank you for your word above all

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 for it is a word that gives us life

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 and tells us of the hope that there is in Christ Jesus

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 we thank you for your day

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 a blessing to us in the week where

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 we can be so many busy with so many other different things

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 but we thank you that there is this day

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 where we can come aside and come and worship you

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 and we thank you that even as we come in here today

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 it is that great desire that you put in our hearts

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 to meet with your people

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 but above all to meet with you

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 as our Lord and as our God

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 and so we pray your blessing on all that we do

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 that in the service here

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 and also in the creche and the tweenies

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 and the Sunday school

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 that you will be with us in all things

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 that you will help us to learn more of you

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 and to have a great hunger for you

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 to long for you to be Lord and God of all our lives

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 and to rule over us Lord as our King

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 and as one who knows all people so well

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 knowing every circumstance

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 knowing every trial and difficulty

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 knowing every reason for rejoicing that we all have

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 you know the great variety in our lives

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 you know us each by name

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 and we thank you Lord

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 for your great care and compassion towards us

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 and so we ask Lord that you will bless us

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 and be with us throughout this day

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 and each and every day

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 that we would know that Jesus is a great friend

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 who stays close to us

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 so Lord guide us in all we do

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 and pardon us for all we do are wrong as well

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 the many faults we have

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 and the many mistakes we make

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 we thank you that there is great forgiveness with you

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 and so we ask all things

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 in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

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 for his sake and glory

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 Amen

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 it's good to see many young ones here again today

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 and just want to say a few words to you

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 before you go out to the creche on the Sunday school

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 and the tweenies

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 what's the biggest or maybe the stupidest thing

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 you've ever done

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 has any of you made any mistakes

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 no

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 that's great

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 see if you were to ask me

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 if I have made any mistakes

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 or done any stupid things

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 it's not a question of

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 have I

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 but almost how many

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 mistakes and stupid things I've done

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 because I'm constantly doing

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 silly things

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 stupid things

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 and afterwards you think to yourself

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 why on earth did I do that

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 maybe it's something you've said

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 or maybe it's something you've done

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 and you just feel so stupid afterwards

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 and whoa

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 come on

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 why did I do that

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 and then if it stays with you

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 sometimes you can start to think

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 how am I going to make things right

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 how am I going to do things differently

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 what can I do

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 to change myself

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 or to make things right

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 sometimes it means

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 going to somebody

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 and apologizing for doing something

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 sometimes it means

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 trying to

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 mend the mistakes

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 that you've made

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 maybe you've broken something

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 you've done something

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 you shouldn't

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 you've stolen something

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 something like that

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 and you've got to try and make up for it

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 in different ways

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 but the reality is

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 every one of us does stupid things

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 every one of us makes mistakes

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 and today we're going to be starting a study

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 in a book of the Bible called

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 1 Peter

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 and if you know anything about Peter

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 or if you learn anything about Peter

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 you learn that he was someone

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 who made mistakes

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 mistakes

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 just like every one of us

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 even though he was a disciple of Jesus

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 someone who was very close to Jesus

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 he still made mistakes

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 and so often he regretted

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 these mistakes

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 but the great thing that he knew

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 was that there was someone

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 to make right

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 the mistakes that he had made

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 he didn't have to make up for it himself

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 he looked to Jesus

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 who was able to right

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 all his wrongs

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 and that's what we are reminded of

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 as we go through

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 the book of Peter

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 there are times

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 when we will make mistakes

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 but there is someone

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 who will make up

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 for all of our mistakes

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 so how can you fix mistakes

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 well

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 got a little tool here

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 now you won't all be able to see it

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 it's a tiny little tool

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 now after the service is finished

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 when I go back through

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 to the hall

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 maybe if you're still in the Sunday school

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 or creche

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 ask me to see this tool

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 and I'll show you what it is

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 it's a little tool

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 that helps me fix

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 some of the mistakes I made

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 because it's got lots of little gadgets on it

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 and I love

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 I always take this when I'm fishing

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 because when I'm fishing

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 things often go wrong

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 line gets in a tangle

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 something breaks

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 and this little tool

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 comes in so handy

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 it's got a pair of pliers

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 it's got a little screwdriver

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 it's got a knife

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 all in this tiny little tool

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 that fits neatly

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 in your pocket

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 so it's easy to carry around

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 you can fix

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 so many mistakes

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 with this thing

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 so ask me

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 when I go through to the hall

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 to see this

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 and I'll show you more about it

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 but what it reminds us of

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 is that we have someone

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 we can take with us

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 anywhere too

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 just like I can take that tool

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 with me anywhere

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 and it helps me fix mistakes

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 we have someone

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 who we can take with us always

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 and that is Jesus

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 and no matter what mistake

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 we've got done

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 or what fault we've got

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 Jesus is able to fix it for us

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 and as we put our trust in him

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 as Peter put his trust in him

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 he knew that he was with him always

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 and there to help him

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 through every mistake

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 that he made

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 so we can take Jesus with us everywhere

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 every day of our lives

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 and he is the one

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 who is able to mend

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 all our faults

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 and all our mistakes

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 all the stupid things

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 that we do

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 day by day

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 he is able

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 to fix them

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 so may we come

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 and put our trust

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 in him

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 we're going to share

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 the Lord's prayer together

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 now

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 we'll say the Lord's prayer

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 our Father

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 which art in heaven

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 hallowed be thy name

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 thy kingdom come

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 thy will be done on earth

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 as it is in heaven

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 give us this day

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 our daily bread

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 and forgive us our debts

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 as we forgive our debtors

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 and lead us not into temptation

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 but deliver us from evil

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 for thine is the kingdom

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 the power and the glory

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 forever

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 Amen

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 well we again sing

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 to God's praise

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 this time in Psalm 77

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 let's sing Psalm's version

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 we're singing at verse 6

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 Psalm 77 at verse 6

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 to the tune Glencairn

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 throughout the watches of the night

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 my songs I call to mind

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 I ponder deeply

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 while my heart

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 an answer tried to find

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 we'll sing from verse 6

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 down to the verse 14

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 to God's praise

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 throughout the watches

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 of the night

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 my songs I call to mind

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 I ponder deeply

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 while my heart

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 an answer tried to find

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 forever will the Lord reject

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 and never show his grace

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 as he withdrawn

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 steadfast love

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 and turn from me

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 his face

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 for all time

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 has his promise

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 failed

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 his God

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 no longer

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 kind

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 has he

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 in his

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 great wrath

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 dismissed

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 compassion

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 from his

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 mind

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 then to my heart

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 there

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 care

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 this thought

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 on this

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 I will rely

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 rely

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 the years

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 of the

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 right

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 and of

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 hope

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 of him

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 is

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 most high

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 I will recall

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 the Lord's

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 great deeds

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 your words

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 of long ago

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 I'll meditate

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 on all your acts

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 your mighty days

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 I'll show

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 O God

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 most holy

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 are your ways

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 what God

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 comforts

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 within

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 you are the God

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 of miracles

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 who's power

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 the

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 God

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 of miracles

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 who's power

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 the

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 ancients

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 do

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 well can we turn together now and read in God's word in the New Testament the first letter of Peter 1st Peter reading in chapter 1 and we're going to read the whole of this chapter

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 chapter 1st Peter chapter 1 Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ to those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithynia according to the foreknowledge of God the Father in the sanctification of the spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for the sprinkling for sprinkling for sprinkling with his

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 his blood

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 may grace and peace be multiplied to you

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 blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ according to his great mercy he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance that is imperishable undefiled and unfading kept in heaven for you who by God's power and are being guarded through

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 faith

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 though you have not seen him

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 you love him though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory obtaining the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls

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 concerning the salvation the salvation the prophets who prophesied about the great about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully inquiring what person or time the spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories

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 it was revealed to him

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 it was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven things into which angels longed to look

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 therefore preparing your minds for action and being sober minded set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ

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 as obedient children

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 as obedient children

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 as obedient children do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance

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 but as he who was caught who has who called you is holy you also be holy in all your conduct

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 since it is written you shall be holy for I am holy and if you call on him as father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds conduct yourselves with fear through the

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 throughout the time of your exile knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers not with perishable things such as silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ like that of a lamb without blemish or spot he has foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for your sake who through him are

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 believers in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory so that your faith and hope are in God having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love love one another earnestly from a pure heart since you have been born again not of perishable seed but of imperishable through the living and abiding word of God for

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 all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass the grass withers and the flower falls but the word of the Lord remains forever and this word is the good news that was preached to you

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 amen amen and may God bless his word to us

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 well again call upon God in prayer let's bow our heads in the word of prayer

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 as we continue to worship you as our Lord and as our God this day as we have read in your word we thank you for your word

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 and how it stands and how it stands and remains forever a word that is good news a word that is preached a word that is proclaimed even here today and

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 proclaimed throughout the world today and every day there is this word of hope that goes out to so many

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 and yet as the Bible reminds us in the parable of the sower and the seed we recognize too how there are other things that distract us or snatch this word away from us

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 we pray today Lord that you will prepare our hearts to receive your word that it will be the good ground that the parable speaks of

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 that we would receive it with great joy and that it would bear much fruit in us and even in many around us and throughout the world

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 that there will be great rejoicing over sinners being saved that there will be great rejoicing over your church being built up

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 that there will be great rejoicing that throughout this world that you have made and the people that you have formed

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 that there will be people who will be responding in faith and receiving your word with gladness

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 so we thank you that that power and that salvation is not of ourselves it belongs to you

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 and we pray that we will be able to rejoice in that that we can call upon you as our God and Father in heaven

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 the one who is able to do so much more than we even ask or imagine

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 and so we pray that our confidence and our hope that will be placed in you today and always

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 that no matter the discouragements we see around us no matter the trials that we go through

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 that we would see that we are more precious to you than even gold that is tied in the fire

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 we thank you that we are of great value to you that we are precious in your sight

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 so precious Lord that you gave your own son who came to give his life

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 to give it as a ransom for many

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 that through his shed blood we can know the forgiveness of our sins

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 that all our faults all our mistakes can be wiped away and cleansed anew

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 as we come in through repentance and faith to you

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 we thank you Lord that you teach us

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 that you instruct us and that you guide us

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 we pray that we will know Lord you're leading your guiding day by day

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 that we will know Lord what it is to have prayers answered according to your own will

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 and you know as we sang before that we'll be able to wait with patience upon you

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 so often we may become frustrated with our prayers

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 when we see them not answered in the way that we want them to be

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 we'd be praying for ourselves or praying for others

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 or praying for many situations we see around us in this world

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 and in our own land

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 we know the many difficulties and trials that people are going through

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 little health

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 those who are growing old and weary in this world

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 those who are suffering in many different ways

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 those who are experiencing times of tragedy and loss and grief

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 those who we see in different parts of the world

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 those who are experiencing war

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 famine

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 natural disasters

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 we know that our trials are many

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 that we pray Lord that you will give us the strength

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 to go on

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 the strength to look to Jesus

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 and to put our hope and our trust in him

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 and so we ask that your word will be blessed to us

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 that it will help us

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 even today and as we go on in this week

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 to encourage ourselves together

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 to discuss and to talk about the wonders of the good news

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 and the blessings that are ours in Christ

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 may you help us to fix our eyes on him

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 we pray for our communities

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 we pray for all around us

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 we pray for our schools and our young people

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 we ask your protection over them Lord

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 that you will instruct them in your ways

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 in their young years

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 we pray Lord for your spirit

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 to move among us

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 we pray for a day of revival in our midst

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 we pray to see Lord

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 your hand upon us for good

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 as a people

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 and as a nation

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 may you turn us back to yourself

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 that we will be able to rejoice in you

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 that we would see your goodness to us Lord

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 that as we

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 are commanded in your word

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 to return to you

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 and we have that great promise

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 that you will return to us

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 may we see churches flourishing

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 may we see your word

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 bearing much fruit

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 may we see a people

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 flocking to hear

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 the good news of Jesus Christ

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 and be blessed

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 by those who hunger and thirst for righteousness

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 we pray for our leaders

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 and all who rule over us

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 and we pray for them to have wisdom

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 to have guidance

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 to have a concern

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 not just for themselves

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 but for all our people

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 for all our lands

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 throughout the world

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 that we would see a day of great turning

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 a day of great peace

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 a day of great blessing

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 something that seems so far from our eyes

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 at this time

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 but yet we look to you

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 as the one who is able

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 so Lord may you guard us

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 today and always

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 may you keep us

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 in the hollow of your hands

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 may you uphold us

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 and strengthen us

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 in every situation we are

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 and may we know

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 your blessing upon us

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 we ask it all

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 with the forgiveness

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 of our sins

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 the many faults

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 that we have

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 we thank you

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 that you are able

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 to cleanse

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 and so we come before you

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 humbly

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 bowing our neem

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 bowing our heads

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 and pleading with you

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 to have mercy upon us

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 and to do us good

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 for all we ask

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 we ask in the name of Jesus

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 our Lord and Saviour

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 for his sake and glory

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 Amen

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 We're going to sing again

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 to God's praise

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 in Psalm 138

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 in the Scottish Psalter

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 page 431

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 of the Psalm book

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 Psalm 138

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 We sing from verse 1

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 to verse 5

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 in the tune

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 of Winchester

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 Thee will I praise

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 with all my heart

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 I will sing praise

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 to Thee

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 before the gods

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 and worship will

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 toward Thy sanctuary

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 We'll sing from verse 1

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 to 5

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 to God's praise

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 We will I praise

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 with all my heart

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 I will sing praise

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 to Thee

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 before the gods

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 and worship will

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 toward Thy sanctuary

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 I will praise

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 Thy name

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 for Thy truth

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 and kindness

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 of Thy love

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 for Thou

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 Thy word

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 has magnified

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 all Thy

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 great name

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 above

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 Thy

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 didst me

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 answer

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 in the day

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 when I

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 to Thee

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 did cry

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 and

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 Thy

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 my

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 fainting

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 soul

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 with strength

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 did strengthen

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 inwardly

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 all kings

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 upon

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 the earth

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 shall

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 give

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 praise

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 O Lord

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 when

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 as

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 they

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 from

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 Thy

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 mouth

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 shall

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 hear

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 thy

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 true

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 and

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 faithful

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 word

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 yea

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 in

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 the

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 righteous

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 ways

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 of

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 God

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 with

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 gladness

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 they

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 shall

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 sing

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 for

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 great

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 who

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 doth

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 forever

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 reign

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 so we're

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 going to

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 begin a

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 study in

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 this letter

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 of Peter

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 first Peter

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 today

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 and in

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 going through

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 it I would

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 encourage you

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 to take your

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 own time to

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 read through

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 this letter

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 to see what

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 it has to

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 say to you

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 personally

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 I would

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 encourage you

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 to talk

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 about it

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 with others

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 around you

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 as well

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 because it

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 does raise

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 many issues

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 that we

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 face

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 today

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 many issues

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 of our

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 heart

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 many issues

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 about faith

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 many issues

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 about the

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 things that

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 go on

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 around us

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 in the

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 world

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 so it's

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 worth

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 pondering

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 and spending

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 time in

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 your own

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 study

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 reading it

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 through and

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 seeing what

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 it has to

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 say but

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 there may

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 be many

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 questions

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 that it

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 raises in

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 your heart

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 as well

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 many answers

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 that you're

00:29:35.040 --> 00:29:35.900
 searching for

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.660
 and you

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.019
 maybe don't

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.700
 understand

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.600
 exactly what

00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:39.160
 it's saying

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.620
 so it's

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.660
 good for

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.120
 us to

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:42.160
 talk about

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.580
 it with

00:29:42.580 --> 00:29:43.140
 one another

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:44.340
 and especially

00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:44.700
 if you have

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.360
 any particular

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:46.180
 questions you'd

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.820
 like to ask

00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:47.360
 of me

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:48.280
 there may be

00:29:48.280 --> 00:29:49.100
 questions that

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:50.080
 and the things

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.580
 I raise

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:50.960
 or the things

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.180
 that we're

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.620
 looking at

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:51.840
 that you

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.360
 might have

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:53.220
 well please

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.920
 do ask

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.820
 if you have

00:29:54.820 --> 00:29:55.720
 any questions

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.580
 that we may

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:57.380
 arise through

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.100
 our study

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:59.160
 in this

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.560
 letter

00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.620
 we're going

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:01.080
 to begin

00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:01.820
 today with

00:30:01.820 --> 00:30:02.300
 just an

00:30:02.300 --> 00:30:02.880
 introduction

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.460
 to the

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.840
 letter

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:05.620
 setting the

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:05.980
 scene

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:07.080
 if you like

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.380
 and our

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.140
 focus is going

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.700
 to be on

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.259
 the first

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.660
 couple of

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.000
 verses

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.319
 of this

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.980
 the opening

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.559
 verses of

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.140
 this letter

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:14.700
 verse 1

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.160
 and 2

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.519
 we can just

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.019
 read that

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.440
 again

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.819
 1 Peter

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.599
 chapter 1

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.759
 at verse 1

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.859
 Peter

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:23.180
 an apostle

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.839
 of Jesus

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.460
 Christ

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.619
 to those

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:25.900
 who are

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.299
 elect

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.980
 exiles

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.420
 of the

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.099
 dispersion

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.940
 in Pontus

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:30.059
 Galatia

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.980
 Cappadocia

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.660
 Asia

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.819
 Bithynia

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:34.000
 according

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.720
 to the

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.480
 foreknowledge

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.259
 of God

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.200
 the Father

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.000
 in the

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.579
 sanctification

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.180
 of the

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.640
 spirit

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.539
 for obedience

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.799
 to Jesus

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.480
 Christ

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.559
 and for

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.279
 sprinkling

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.900
 with his

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.319
 blood

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.680
 may grace

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.779
 and peace

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:49.140
 be multiplied

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:50.420
 to you

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:52.300
 from the

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.920
 outset of

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.400
 this letter

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.680
 there is

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.160
 something we

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.580
 have to

00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:55.100
 remember

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:55.640
 that this

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.020
 is a

00:30:56.020 --> 00:30:56.280
 very

00:30:56.280 --> 00:30:57.259
 personal

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.840
 letter

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:59.720
 a handwritten

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.540
 letter

00:31:00.540 --> 00:31:01.180
 that Peter

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:02.340
 spent time

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.720
 through

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.620
 God's

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.000
 spirit

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.640
 preparing

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.400
 to send

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:06.120
 to a

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.420
 people

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.860
 who as

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.360
 we see

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:07.759
 have been

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.360
 scattered

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.840
 around

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.720
 many

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.240
 different

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.880
 parts

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:12.340
 he has

00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:12.640
 taken

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.280
 his time

00:31:13.280 --> 00:31:13.540
 to

00:31:13.540 --> 00:31:15.060
 prepare

00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:15.640
 this

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:15.920
 letter

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.300
 to make

00:31:16.300 --> 00:31:16.500
 sure

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.800
 it gets

00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:17.240
 sent

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.800
 to them

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.599
 and that

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:18.819
 there is

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.379
 so much

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.659
 in it

00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:20.559
 that he is

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:20.960
 praying

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.339
 over

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.700
 that will

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.359
 encourage

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.039
 and build

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.700
 them up

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.980
 letters

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.019
 are indeed

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.539
 very

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.720
 personal

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.159
 things

00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:28.720
 especially

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.960
 when they

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.000
 are handwritten

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.159
 there is

00:31:32.159 --> 00:31:32.579
 always

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.639
 something

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.259
 behind

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.639
 them

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.399
 there is

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:35.819
 almost

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.379
 always

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:36.779
 something

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.059
 that will

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.460
 make you

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.460
 consider it

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.119
 more deeply

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:39.659
 when someone

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:40.259
 has taken

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.859
 the time

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.879
 to write

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.859
 some words

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.480
 to you

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.419
 in many

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:44.859
 different

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.440
 kinds

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.680
 of

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.440
 situations

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.440
 I am

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.620
 sure

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:47.799
 you have

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:47.980
 all

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.700
 experienced

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.360
 receiving

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.500
 cards

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.180
 and letters

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.480
 maybe

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.120
 in times

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.460
 of

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.680
 difficulty

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.140
 times

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.400
 of

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.740
 grief

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.120
 times

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.320
 of

00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:55.799
 sorrow

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.779
 but also

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.320
 in times

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:57.680
 of

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.019
 great

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.539
 joy

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.620
 maybe

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.539
 a birth

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.059
 or a

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.420
 wedding

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:02.299
 it may

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.559
 be

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.500
 a sadness

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.940
 in the

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.259
 family

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.759
 and people

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.200
 have taken

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.720
 time

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.720
 to write

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.240
 kind

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.779
 words

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.200
 to you

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.460
 and they

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.759
 mean

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:10.140
 so much

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:11.519
 I still

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.180
 have kept

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.559
 many

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.340
 letters

00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:13.720
 I used

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.279
 to receive

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.559
 when I

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.039
 was working

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.320
 away

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.859
 at sea

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.619
 people

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.200
 taking

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.399
 their

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:17.759
 time

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.059
 to let

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.179
 me

00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:18.359
 know

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.700
 what was

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.139
 happening

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.539
 in their

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.000
 lives

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.960
 or back

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.339
 home

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.700
 and just

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.039
 taking

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.599
 that time

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.679
 to send

00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:24.419
 some news

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.919
 to me

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:25.939
 and they

00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:26.500
 meant so

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.799
 much

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.299
 and still

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.679
 do

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:28.399
 even when

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:28.599
 I go

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:28.919
 back

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.299
 and read

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.919
 them again

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:31.119
 we also

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.399
 have

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:32.119
 letters

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.480
 in our

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:32.919
 family

00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:33.439
 that were

00:32:33.439 --> 00:32:34.039
 written

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.819
 many years

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.240
 ago

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.159
 we have

00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.579
 letters

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.139
 that my

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:38.039
 great uncle

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.899
 wrote to

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.579
 my grandfather

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.339
 during the

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:41.000
 second world

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.439
 war

00:32:41.439 --> 00:32:42.439
 my great

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:42.700
 uncle

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.359
 was lost

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.139
 during that

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.419
 war

00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:44.960
 and therefore

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.980
 these letters

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.620
 have so much

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.120
 more meaning

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.860
 behind them

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:49.019
 the stories

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.579
 that he was

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:49.920
 telling

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.440
 the things

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:50.720
 that he

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.360
 was saying

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.799
 they're very

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.680
 moving to

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.539
 read these

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.340
 kinds of

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:55.779
 letters

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:57.100
 and you

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.799
 imagine to

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.299
 yourself

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.039
 the people

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.620
 who Peter

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.380
 was writing

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.799
 to

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.700
 and as we're

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.360
 going to see

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:03.340
 the situation

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.980
 that they were

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.420
 in the

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.460
 experiences

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.880
 and the

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.539
 trials that

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:06.799
 they were

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.600
 going through

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.400
 and to

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.380
 receive this

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.100
 letter

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.840
 written by

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.279
 Peter

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.380
 with these

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:12.920
 wonderful

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.940
 words to

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.120
 them

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:15.220
 how precious

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.759
 this letter

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.759
 was to

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.080
 them

00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:19.799
 that they

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.559
 were remembered

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.519
 in their

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.019
 trials

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.580
 not just

00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:23.340
 by Peter

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:24.840
 but more

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.779
 so by

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.380
 God

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:28.100
 this was

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:29.500
 big news

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.880
 to them

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.279
 this was

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.000
 precious

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.860
 to them

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.740
 and to

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.299
 ourselves

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.960
 today

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.779
 it should

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.460
 be precious

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.900
 too

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.279
 that this

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.900
 is a word

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.519
 of God

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.580
 to us

00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:39.799
 a word

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.480
 that still

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.180
 speaks

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:42.360
 into our

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:43.279
 circumstances

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.380
 today

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:46.039
 letters

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.500
 from the

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.940
 past

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.500
 can often

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.240
 be put

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.299
 on display

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:50.120
 when they

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.380
 have a

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:50.960
 great meaning

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.799
 behind them

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.279
 and some

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.460
 of them

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:52.860
 can have

00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:54.240
 great value

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.500
 and I'm not

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.940
 sure if you

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.340
 knew but

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.860
 once there

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.160
 was a

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.620
 letter that

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.299
 was sold

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.500
 at auction

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.240
 that reached

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.220
 fetched a

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.860
 price of

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.680
 nearly four

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.160
 million

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:04.080
 pounds

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:06.100
 it was a

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:06.799
 letter that

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.340
 was sold

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.940
 back in

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:09.360
 2013

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.539
 and it

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:10.700
 had been

00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:11.119
 written by

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.539
 a man

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.000
 called

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.679
 Francis

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.119
 Crick

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.159
 back in

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.559
 the year

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:16.000
 1953

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.619
 he had

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.099
 written to

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.700
 his son

00:34:18.700 --> 00:34:19.619
 Michael

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.900
 and Francis

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.420
 Crick had

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.820
 been one

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.539
 of the ones

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.179
 involved

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.940
 in the

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.500
 discovery

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.200
 of the

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:25.760
 structure

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.179
 and the

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.659
 function

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.960
 of DNA

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:29.780
 it was a

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.380
 momentous

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.860
 time

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:32.019
 a momentous

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.639
 discovery

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.539
 in the

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.119
 history of

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.519
 mankind

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.740
 and he'd

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:36.200
 written this

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.579
 letter

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.579
 seven pages

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.480
 that he

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.340
 said contained

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:40.259
 the secret

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:41.599
 of life

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:44.219
 and Francis

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.539
 Crick

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.460
 described this

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.039
 discovery

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:47.559
 as something

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:49.000
 beautiful

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.259
 and this

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:51.639
 letter fetched

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.460
 four million

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.440
 pounds

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:55.440
 well before

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.679
 us today

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.400
 we have access

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.340
 to a letter

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.799
 of far more

00:34:59.799 --> 00:35:00.360
 worth

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:02.199
 access to a

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.940
 letter that's

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.559
 priceless

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.139
 even

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:05.179
 and does

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.319
 indeed contain

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.960
 the real

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.720
 secret

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.760
 to life

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:10.059
 not

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.700
 DNA

00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:12.320
 but what

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:13.200
 life is

00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:13.580
 through

00:35:13.580 --> 00:35:14.480
 the Lord

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.519
 Jesus Christ

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.900
 and what

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.340
 he has

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:16.760
 done

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.519
 for us

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.140
 the abundance

00:35:18.140 --> 00:35:18.940
 of life

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.860
 that is

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.440
 found in

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.740
 him

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:22.039
 and so as

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.480
 we go

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.180
 through this

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.600
 letter we

00:35:23.600 --> 00:35:23.960
 want to

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.460
 see just

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.180
 how precious

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:26.460
 this is

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.940
 it is the

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.480
 word of

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.880
 God

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:29.019
 to us

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:30.200
 and today

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.820
 as we set

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.320
 the scene

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:32.400
 for this

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:32.860
 letter I

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.260
 want us to

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.740
 think of

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.619
 three things

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.819
 noting how

00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:36.899
 personal this

00:35:36.899 --> 00:35:37.479
 letter is

00:35:37.479 --> 00:35:38.139
 first of all

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:39.059
 we're going to

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.579
 think of the

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.459
 one who wrote

00:35:40.459 --> 00:35:41.259
 the pastor

00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:41.979
 Peter

00:35:41.979 --> 00:35:43.819
 then we're going

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.419
 to think of the

00:35:44.419 --> 00:35:45.799
 people that he's

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:46.500
 writing to

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.439
 and then thirdly

00:35:47.439 --> 00:35:48.319
 we're just going

00:35:48.319 --> 00:35:49.079
 to touch on the

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.119
 purpose of it

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.359
 and all of these

00:35:51.359 --> 00:35:52.419
 things will expand

00:35:52.419 --> 00:35:53.319
 on more as we go

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:54.539
 through this

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:54.959
 letter

00:35:54.959 --> 00:35:56.279
 the first thing

00:35:56.279 --> 00:35:56.819
 we want to see

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:58.019
 is the pastor

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:59.139
 behind the letter

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.599
 Peter

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:02.059
 look at the

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:03.199
 opening verses

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:04.159
 in this letter

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.619
 Peter

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:06.259
 an apostle

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:07.880
 of Jesus

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.579
 Christ

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.880
 Peter

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.679
 an apostle

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:12.199
 of Jesus

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:13.000
 Christ

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:14.159
 now to

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:15.039
 understand how

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.559
 remarkable

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:17.019
 these words

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.739
 are we have to

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:18.239
 remember

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.599
 what Peter

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.219
 himself

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:21.299
 has come

00:36:21.299 --> 00:36:21.759
 through

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.739
 Peter it says

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.079
 here

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:24.420
 an apostle

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.920
 of Jesus

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.619
 Christ

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:28.159
 here Peter

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:29.699
 is older

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.500
 in his years

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.839
 now

00:36:30.839 --> 00:36:32.619
 the impulsive

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.219
 Peter

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:34.239
 the Peter

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:35.039
 who made

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.480
 so many

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.159
 mistakes

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.920
 in the past

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:38.179
 he has learned

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:38.839
 through all his

00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.639
 experiences

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:41.239
 he has learned

00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:41.739
 through many

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:43.099
 trials himself

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.799
 and here he is

00:36:43.799 --> 00:36:44.279
 writing

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:45.639
 later on in his

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.739
 life to encourage

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:47.519
 people that no

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.719
 matter what

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.579
 circumstances

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.259
 they are in

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:51.359
 no matter what

00:36:51.359 --> 00:36:52.139
 mistakes

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:53.259
 they have made

00:36:53.259 --> 00:36:54.239
 that there is

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:54.899
 still hope

00:36:54.899 --> 00:36:55.659
 to be found

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.779
 in Christ

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.239
 Jesus

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:58.279
 he has been

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:58.799
 through the

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.439
 highs and

00:36:59.439 --> 00:36:59.879
 lows

00:36:59.879 --> 00:37:00.939
 in life

00:37:00.939 --> 00:37:02.219
 but here he

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.819
 is able to

00:37:02.819 --> 00:37:03.759
 speak of the

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:05.159
 wonder of a

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.879
 saviour who

00:37:05.879 --> 00:37:06.500
 is Jesus

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.139
 Christ

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:08.259
 and the

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:08.979
 wonder that

00:37:08.979 --> 00:37:10.439
 he is able

00:37:10.439 --> 00:37:11.019
 to be a

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.479
 servant

00:37:11.479 --> 00:37:12.959
 of his

00:37:12.959 --> 00:37:13.659
 saviour

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:15.099
 Peter

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:16.359
 is an

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:16.759
 ordinary

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:17.279
 man

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:18.559
 who has

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.000
 known

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:20.379
 amazing

00:37:20.379 --> 00:37:21.199
 grace in

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.779
 his life

00:37:21.779 --> 00:37:22.859
 from an

00:37:22.859 --> 00:37:23.459
 extraordinary

00:37:23.459 --> 00:37:25.019
 God

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:26.500
 and that

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.940
 is indeed

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.900
 what everyone

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.539
 who comes

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.139
 to know

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:30.039
 the Lord

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.480
 Jesus

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.119
 Christ

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.980
 experiences

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:33.340
 and that's

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.900
 the hope

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.500
 that every

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.000
 one of us

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.360
 has

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.980
 that no

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.440
 matter even

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.139
 how far

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.719
 we may be

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.420
 away from

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.840
 God

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.639
 no matter

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.059
 how much

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.360
 we may

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:41.119
 have forgotten

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.639
 of him

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:42.420
 no matter

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:42.820
 how much

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.099
 we may

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.639
 feel we're

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.519
 undeserving

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:45.099
 of any

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.440
 of his

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.820
 mercy

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:47.199
 that he

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.699
 is able

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.300
 to help

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.619
 us

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.440
 in our

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.039
 time of

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.340
 need

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:51.760
 there is

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.240
 so much

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:52.600
 we could

00:37:52.600 --> 00:37:53.140
 see of

00:37:53.140 --> 00:37:54.000
 Peter's

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.460
 past

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.820
 that just

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.680
 helps us

00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:56.620
 to understand

00:37:56.620 --> 00:37:57.680
 what he

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:58.320
 is writing

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:58.760
 here and

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.460
 the reasons

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.260
 that he

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.940
 is writing

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.780
 what he

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.280
 says

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.860
 but there

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.300
 are three

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.920
 things

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.800
 I want to

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.460
 highlight about

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.039
 Peter as

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.620
 we go into

00:38:06.620 --> 00:38:07.280
 this letter

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:09.300
 three things

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:10.160
 from his

00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:10.840
 past that

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.960
 highlight to

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.460
 us how we

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:13.380
 know more

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:14.059
 of him and

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.820
 more of his

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.740
 experiences

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:17.019
 and how that

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.700
 helps us to

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:18.559
 understand

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:19.519
 our own

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.240
 situation

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:22.059
 the first

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.419
 thing we

00:38:22.419 --> 00:38:23.159
 know about

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.699
 Peter is

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:23.939
 that he

00:38:23.939 --> 00:38:24.779
 was far

00:38:24.779 --> 00:38:25.099
 from

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.879
 perfect

00:38:25.879 --> 00:38:27.359
 he had

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:28.159
 many faults

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.579
 he made

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.839
 many mistakes

00:38:29.839 --> 00:38:30.239
 he was

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:30.779
 rash

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:32.199
 and impulsive

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:33.639
 so often

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.000
 he was

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.799
 saying things

00:38:34.799 --> 00:38:35.119
 he would

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:36.179
 then regret

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:37.139
 soon after

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:38.639
 and who

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.039
 of us

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:40.000
 doesn't

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.699
 do that

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.899
 we all

00:38:41.899 --> 00:38:42.959
 make mistakes

00:38:42.959 --> 00:38:44.459
 for example

00:38:44.459 --> 00:38:45.000
 Peter

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:46.799
 when Jesus

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.299
 had just

00:38:47.299 --> 00:38:48.059
 told them

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:49.319
 the disciples

00:38:49.319 --> 00:38:49.739
 that he was

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.059
 going to

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.820
 suffer and

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.159
 die

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:52.380
 Peter

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.039
 it says

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.519
 in Matthew

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.279
 16

00:38:54.279 --> 00:38:55.219
 verse 22

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:56.279
 he took

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:57.340
 Jesus aside

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.920
 and began

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.659
 to rebuke

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.239
 him saying

00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:00.440
 far be it

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.860
 from you

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.219
 Lord

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:02.380
 this shall

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.219
 never happen

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.799
 to you

00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:05.139
 but he

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:05.639
 turned

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.059
 that's

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.320
 Jesus

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.779
 turned

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:07.299
 and said

00:39:07.299 --> 00:39:07.739
 to Peter

00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:08.900
 get behind

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.539
 me Satan

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:11.039
 you are a

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.779
 hindrance to

00:39:11.779 --> 00:39:12.019
 me

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:13.000
 for you are

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.599
 not setting

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.079
 your mind

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.380
 on the

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:14.880
 things of

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.239
 God

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:16.279
 but the

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:16.860
 things of

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:17.199
 man

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:18.739
 he was

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:19.299
 impulsive

00:39:19.299 --> 00:39:20.199
 he said

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.579
 the wrong

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.099
 things

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:22.719
 and Jesus

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.659
 rebuked

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:23.899
 him

00:39:23.899 --> 00:39:25.839
 and again

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:26.819
 we've been

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:27.179
 there

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:28.579
 we've been

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:28.779
 there

00:39:28.779 --> 00:39:29.419
 we've said

00:39:29.419 --> 00:39:30.480
 the wrong

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.239
 things

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:34.000
 Peter also

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:35.980
 perhaps as

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.980
 hard as time

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.599
 was when

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:38.480
 the Lord

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.339
 was crucified

00:39:39.339 --> 00:39:40.879
 and when he

00:39:40.879 --> 00:39:41.980
 heard the

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.980
 cock crow

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:44.099
 and he

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.599
 knew he

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:45.440
 had denied

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:46.420
 the Lord

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:48.159
 how difficult

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:49.019
 an experience

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:50.380
 that was

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:50.840
 for him

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:52.119
 and you

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:52.539
 read of it

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.240
 in all

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:53.980
 the Gospels

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.500
 it's interesting

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.699
 that Matthew

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:56.099
 Mark

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.659
 Luke and

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.019
 John

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:58.159
 all record

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.900
 this incident

00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:00.500
 not everything

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.119
 is always

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.820
 recorded in

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:02.280
 the four

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.820
 Gospels

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.300
 but this

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:03.800
 is

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:05.420
 and in

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:05.880
 Luke's

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.659
 account of

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:06.900
 it in

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.840
 chapter 22

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:08.719
 verse 60

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.679
 it says

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.159
 immediately

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.599
 while he

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:11.039
 was still

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.619
 speaking

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.539
 that was

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.199
 Peter still

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:13.679
 speaking

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.339
 the rooster

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:15.079
 crowed

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:16.199
 and the

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:17.099
 Lord turned

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:18.219
 and looked

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:18.819
 at Peter

00:40:18.819 --> 00:40:19.960
 and Peter

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.799
 remembered the

00:40:20.799 --> 00:40:21.339
 saying of the

00:40:21.339 --> 00:40:21.659
 Lord

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:22.440
 how he had

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.019
 said to him

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.679
 before the

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:24.659
 rooster crows

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.900
 you will deny

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.779
 me three

00:40:26.779 --> 00:40:27.480
 times

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:29.539
 he denied

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.199
 the Lord

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:31.619
 three times

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.219
 and imagine

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:33.699
 how he felt

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:34.279
 in that

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:34.759
 moment

00:40:34.759 --> 00:40:35.739
 look at

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:36.019
 what it

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.460
 says

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:37.759
 the Lord

00:40:37.759 --> 00:40:38.519
 turned

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:40.059
 and looked

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.859
 at Peter

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:42.780
 the feeling

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.039
 of

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:44.079
 disappointment

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:45.500
 the feeling

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.220
 of letting

00:40:46.220 --> 00:40:46.780
 the Lord

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:47.400
 down

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:48.840
 isn't an

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.579
 experience we

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.019
 all go

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.480
 through at

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:51.059
 times

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:52.539
 and just

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.120
 think of

00:40:53.120 --> 00:40:53.460
 Peter

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:54.660
 in that

00:40:54.660 --> 00:40:55.220
 situation

00:40:55.220 --> 00:40:55.740
 this is a

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.099
 Peter

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.940
 who is

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:57.320
 writing

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:57.740
 with such

00:40:57.740 --> 00:40:58.599
 a pastor's

00:40:58.599 --> 00:40:58.840
 heart

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.200
 to a

00:40:59.200 --> 00:40:59.640
 people

00:40:59.640 --> 00:41:00.280
 who have

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:00.440
 been

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.000
 scattered

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.480
 and who

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.620
 are

00:41:01.620 --> 00:41:02.260
 suffering

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:03.880
 but perhaps

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.460
 the third

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:04.900
 thing we

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.440
 note about

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:05.720
 Peter

00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:06.280
 that helps

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:06.519
 us

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:07.760
 to understand

00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:08.300
 what he's

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:09.059
 why he is

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.700
 writing with

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:10.980
 such passion

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:12.119
 is this

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:13.559
 that he

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:14.579
 knew the

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.079
 restoration

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:16.179
 of Christ

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:18.960
 after the

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.699
 resurrection

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:21.019
 you have

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.619
 the wonder

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:22.480
 of and

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:23.019
 beauty of

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.419
 Jesus

00:41:23.419 --> 00:41:24.819
 restoring

00:41:24.819 --> 00:41:25.899
 Peter

00:41:25.899 --> 00:41:27.559
 and you

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.159
 read about

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:29.500
 it in

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:31.119
 John 21

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:32.739
 verse 17

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:33.019
 and the

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.739
 verses around

00:41:33.739 --> 00:41:34.819
 it when

00:41:34.819 --> 00:41:36.099
 Jesus asks

00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:37.059
 Peter three

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.779
 times

00:41:37.780 --> 00:41:38.980
 do you

00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:39.620
 love me

00:41:39.620 --> 00:41:41.019
 and the

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.660
 third time

00:41:41.660 --> 00:41:42.240
 he asks

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:42.480
 him

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.540
 it says

00:41:43.540 --> 00:41:43.840
 this

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:44.220
 in John

00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:44.700
 21

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:45.640
 verse 17

00:41:45.640 --> 00:41:46.660
 Jesus

00:41:46.660 --> 00:41:47.160
 said to

00:41:47.160 --> 00:41:47.460
 him the

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:48.180
 third time

00:41:48.180 --> 00:41:48.760
 Simon

00:41:48.760 --> 00:41:49.460
 that's

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:49.780
 Peter

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:50.300
 son of

00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:50.660
 John

00:41:50.660 --> 00:41:51.600
 do you

00:41:51.600 --> 00:41:52.200
 love me

00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:53.360
 Peter

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:53.740
 was

00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:54.340
 grieved

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:54.880
 because he

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:55.380
 said to

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:55.680
 him the

00:41:55.680 --> 00:41:55.980
 third

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.380
 time

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:57.120
 do you

00:41:57.120 --> 00:41:57.640
 love me

00:41:57.640 --> 00:41:57.920
 and he

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.340
 said to

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:58.500
 him

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:58.880
 Lord

00:41:58.880 --> 00:42:00.100
 you know

00:42:00.100 --> 00:42:00.620
 everything

00:42:00.620 --> 00:42:02.280
 you know

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:03.200
 that I

00:42:03.200 --> 00:42:03.780
 love you

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:04.900
 Jesus

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:05.560
 said to

00:42:05.560 --> 00:42:05.800
 him

00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:06.780
 feed

00:42:06.780 --> 00:42:07.539
 my

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.240
 sheep

00:42:08.240 --> 00:42:10.460
 Jesus

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:11.440
 restored

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:11.740
 him

00:42:11.740 --> 00:42:13.160
 despite

00:42:13.160 --> 00:42:13.960
 all his

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.720
 mistakes

00:42:14.720 --> 00:42:15.740
 despite

00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:16.300
 all the

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:16.780
 ways he

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:17.320
 let the

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.580
 Lord

00:42:17.580 --> 00:42:18.060
 down

00:42:18.060 --> 00:42:18.960
 Jesus

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.820
 restored

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:19.980
 him

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.320
 and where

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.580
 do we

00:42:20.580 --> 00:42:20.920
 find

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:21.340
 Peter

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:21.700
 now

00:42:21.700 --> 00:42:22.440
 in his

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.400
 old age

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:24.820
 he is

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.200
 feeding

00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:25.720
 the

00:42:25.720 --> 00:42:26.160
 sheep

00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:27.340
 he is

00:42:27.340 --> 00:42:27.680
 feeding

00:42:27.680 --> 00:42:28.200
 the

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:28.820
 lambs

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:29.800
 he is

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:30.120
 as it

00:42:30.120 --> 00:42:30.420
 says

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:30.700
 here

00:42:30.700 --> 00:42:31.200
 Peter

00:42:31.200 --> 00:42:31.920
 an

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:32.519
 apostle

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.380
 of

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:33.780
 Jesus

00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:34.440
 Christ

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:35.300
 a

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:35.920
 servant

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:36.900
 of

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.340
 Jesus

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:37.980
 Christ

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:39.280
 and that's

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:39.900
 the wonder

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:41.159
 of God's

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:41.619
 grace

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:44.539
 someone once

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:44.920
 said

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:46.259
 the way up

00:42:46.259 --> 00:42:46.880
 comes

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:48.019
 by going

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:48.519
 down

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.559
 restoration

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.619
 comes

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:51.480
 after

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:52.340
 trials

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:53.860
 and Peter

00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:54.900
 could certainly

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:56.340
 testify to

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:56.820
 this

00:42:56.820 --> 00:42:58.259
 and in our

00:42:58.259 --> 00:42:58.940
 own lives

00:42:58.940 --> 00:42:59.340
 how many

00:42:59.340 --> 00:43:00.139
 experiences

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:01.239
 we have

00:43:01.239 --> 00:43:01.739
 to go

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:02.099
 through

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:02.900
 and how

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:03.039
 many

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.659
 experiences

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:04.460
 perhaps

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.099
 is the

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:05.359
 Lord

00:43:05.359 --> 00:43:05.759
 using

00:43:05.759 --> 00:43:06.119
 even

00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:06.420
 just

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:06.779
 now

00:43:06.779 --> 00:43:07.719
 to help

00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:08.079
 us to

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.539
 realize

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:08.960
 to help

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.279
 us to

00:43:09.279 --> 00:43:09.779
 see

00:43:09.779 --> 00:43:10.719
 our need

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:11.099
 of him

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:11.779
 and to

00:43:11.779 --> 00:43:12.239
 see the

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:12.839
 wonder of

00:43:12.839 --> 00:43:13.400
 his grace

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:14.400
 his restoring

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:15.679
 gracious

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.400
 love

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:17.359
 for us

00:43:17.359 --> 00:43:18.980
 the Lord

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.579
 uses

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:20.719
 so many

00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:21.199
 different

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:21.819
 ways to

00:43:21.819 --> 00:43:22.639
 remind us

00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:23.500
 that we

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:24.239
 need him

00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:26.299
 there was a

00:43:26.299 --> 00:43:27.159
 man called

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:28.119
 Oswald

00:43:28.119 --> 00:43:28.719
 Smith

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:30.139
 back in

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:30.480
 the year

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.319
 1920

00:43:31.319 --> 00:43:32.959
 his great

00:43:32.959 --> 00:43:33.480
 ambition

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:34.480
 was to

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.899
 be a

00:43:34.899 --> 00:43:35.359
 missionary

00:43:35.359 --> 00:43:36.199
 for the

00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:36.559
 Lord

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:37.419
 to be

00:43:37.419 --> 00:43:38.159
 sent into

00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:39.359
 the fields

00:43:39.359 --> 00:43:40.000
 of mission

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.419
 throughout

00:43:40.419 --> 00:43:41.099
 the world

00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:41.419
 that was

00:43:41.419 --> 00:43:42.439
 his burning

00:43:42.439 --> 00:43:43.139
 desire

00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:44.179
 it had been

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:44.719
 his prayer

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:45.399
 for a long

00:43:45.399 --> 00:43:45.859
 time

00:43:45.859 --> 00:43:47.299
 and on this

00:43:47.299 --> 00:43:48.419
 day in 1920

00:43:48.419 --> 00:43:49.599
 he was standing

00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:50.539
 before the

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:51.179
 board of a

00:43:51.179 --> 00:43:51.500
 mission

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:52.699
 organization

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:53.259
 they were

00:43:53.259 --> 00:43:54.159
 interviewing him

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:55.559
 and asking

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.539
 him questions

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:58.159
 and finding

00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:58.679
 out more

00:43:58.679 --> 00:43:59.360
 about him

00:43:59.360 --> 00:44:00.480
 as to

00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:01.259
 the reasons

00:44:01.259 --> 00:44:01.659
 why he

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:01.960
 would be

00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:02.539
 suitable

00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:03.639
 to be a

00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:04.000
 missionary

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:05.460
 he went

00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:05.920
 through

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:07.420
 that experience

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:07.800
 he went

00:44:07.800 --> 00:44:08.440
 through that

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:09.059
 day of

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:09.940
 answering

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:10.460
 and trying

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:10.960
 to show

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:11.679
 himself as

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:12.099
 worthy

00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:13.039
 to be a

00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:13.340
 missionary

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:13.820
 for the

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:14.119
 Lord

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:15.579
 but the

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:15.980
 Lord had

00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:16.980
 other plans

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:18.199
 and the

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:18.880
 mission board

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:20.460
 didn't accept

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:20.739
 him

00:44:20.739 --> 00:44:22.139
 and he said

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:22.460
 to the

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:22.719
 Lord

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.480
 afterwards

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:23.880
 Lord

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:25.119
 you know

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:25.719
 I want

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:26.260
 to be

00:44:26.260 --> 00:44:26.820
 a missionary

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:27.579
 for you

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.780
 will you

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:29.340
 not open

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:29.840
 a door

00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:31.179
 of service

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:32.019
 to me

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:34.119
 that door

00:44:34.119 --> 00:44:35.019
 had closed

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:36.159
 but the

00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:36.699
 Lord laid

00:44:36.699 --> 00:44:37.280
 on his heart

00:44:37.280 --> 00:44:37.800
 something

00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:38.380
 different

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:39.659
 he took

00:44:39.659 --> 00:44:40.039
 him in a

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.400
 different

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:40.860
 direction

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:41.199
 he took

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:41.420
 him on

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:42.139
 a detour

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:43.539
 and what

00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:43.900
 he ended

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:44.420
 up doing

00:44:44.420 --> 00:44:45.380
 was Oswald

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:45.740
 Smith

00:44:45.740 --> 00:44:46.320
 he prayed

00:44:46.320 --> 00:44:46.980
 to God

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:47.940
 and God

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:48.500
 gave him

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.420
 another idea

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:50.079
 another way

00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:50.719
 of serving

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.059
 him

00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:52.380
 instead of

00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:52.780
 being a

00:44:52.780 --> 00:44:53.179
 missionary

00:44:53.179 --> 00:44:54.339
 he came

00:44:54.339 --> 00:44:55.019
 to form

00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:55.719
 a church

00:44:55.719 --> 00:44:56.519
 that would

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:57.019
 become a

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.379
 church

00:44:57.379 --> 00:44:57.699
 that would

00:44:57.699 --> 00:44:58.599
 send out

00:44:58.599 --> 00:44:59.419
 missionaries

00:44:59.419 --> 00:45:01.219
 and the

00:45:01.219 --> 00:45:01.779
 church that

00:45:01.779 --> 00:45:02.359
 he formed

00:45:02.359 --> 00:45:03.079
 in Canada

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:04.279
 sent out

00:45:04.279 --> 00:45:04.619
 more

00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:05.199
 missionaries

00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:05.899
 than any

00:45:05.899 --> 00:45:06.179
 other

00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:06.879
 during that

00:45:06.879 --> 00:45:07.359
 period

00:45:07.359 --> 00:45:09.319
 God had

00:45:09.319 --> 00:45:10.159
 other plans

00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:10.659
 for him

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:12.000
 and our

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:12.599
 plans

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:13.119
 they don't

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:13.759
 always

00:45:13.759 --> 00:45:15.179
 work out

00:45:15.179 --> 00:45:16.279
 just like

00:45:16.279 --> 00:45:16.839
 Peter's

00:45:16.839 --> 00:45:17.519
 plans

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:18.339
 Peter's

00:45:18.339 --> 00:45:18.739
 ideas

00:45:18.739 --> 00:45:19.099
 they didn't

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:20.259
 always work

00:45:20.259 --> 00:45:20.799
 out the way

00:45:20.799 --> 00:45:21.519
 he wanted

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:21.859
 to

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:23.640
 but God

00:45:23.640 --> 00:45:23.980
 had a

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:24.320
 greater

00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:25.079
 purpose

00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:26.440
 and God

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:27.180
 used him

00:45:27.180 --> 00:45:28.140
 to his

00:45:28.140 --> 00:45:28.660
 glory

00:45:28.660 --> 00:45:29.860
 in serving

00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:30.220
 him

00:45:30.220 --> 00:45:30.599
 Peter

00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:31.480
 is an

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:32.059
 apostle

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:33.039
 of the

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:33.280
 Lord

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:33.680
 Jesus

00:45:33.680 --> 00:45:34.200
 Christ

00:45:34.200 --> 00:45:35.059
 a servant

00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:36.059
 of the

00:45:36.059 --> 00:45:36.320
 Lord

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:36.780
 Jesus

00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:37.440
 Christ

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:38.880
 a servant

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:40.200
 who loved

00:45:40.200 --> 00:45:40.880
 the Lord

00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:42.559
 now the

00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:43.200
 question for

00:45:43.200 --> 00:45:43.920
 us as we

00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:44.320
 come to

00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:44.860
 this is

00:45:44.860 --> 00:45:46.180
 do you

00:45:46.180 --> 00:45:46.680
 love the

00:45:46.680 --> 00:45:47.019
 Lord

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:49.019
 and do

00:45:49.019 --> 00:45:49.300
 you have

00:45:49.300 --> 00:45:50.019
 that openness

00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:50.960
 to be used

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:51.460
 by God

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:52.139
 to serve

00:45:52.139 --> 00:45:52.579
 God

00:45:52.579 --> 00:45:53.440
 in whatever

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:54.039
 way that

00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:54.380
 he may

00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:55.099
 have planned

00:45:55.099 --> 00:45:55.800
 for you

00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:56.679
 to give

00:45:56.679 --> 00:45:57.300
 your whole

00:45:57.300 --> 00:45:57.759
 heart

00:45:57.759 --> 00:45:58.460
 to him

00:45:58.460 --> 00:45:59.659
 we will

00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:00.159
 not be an

00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:00.639
 apostle

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:01.500
 of the

00:46:01.500 --> 00:46:01.759
 Lord

00:46:01.759 --> 00:46:02.139
 Jesus

00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:02.739
 Christ

00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:03.759
 but we

00:46:03.759 --> 00:46:04.039
 can all

00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:04.759
 be servants

00:46:04.759 --> 00:46:05.719
 of the

00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:05.940
 Lord

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.360
 Jesus

00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:06.960
 Christ

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:08.219
 we all

00:46:08.219 --> 00:46:08.659
 have our

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:09.340
 faults

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:10.300
 we all

00:46:10.300 --> 00:46:10.699
 have our

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:11.420
 mistakes

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:11.840
 in the

00:46:11.840 --> 00:46:12.360
 past

00:46:12.360 --> 00:46:13.340
 we all

00:46:13.340 --> 00:46:13.780
 have things

00:46:13.780 --> 00:46:14.320
 we've done

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:15.180
 that we

00:46:15.180 --> 00:46:15.900
 may regret

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:17.420
 but we

00:46:17.420 --> 00:46:17.840
 can all

00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:18.300
 know that

00:46:18.300 --> 00:46:18.840
 amazing

00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:19.539
 love of

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:19.940
 God

00:46:19.940 --> 00:46:21.280
 that restores

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:22.480
 us in

00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:22.920
 a right

00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:23.680
 relationship

00:46:23.680 --> 00:46:24.820
 with him

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:26.000
 Jesus

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:26.840
 asks us

00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:27.400
 always

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:28.980
 do you

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:29.579
 love me

00:46:29.579 --> 00:46:30.860
 just like

00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:31.320
 he'll ask

00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:31.780
 Peter

00:46:31.780 --> 00:46:33.340
 and if we

00:46:33.340 --> 00:46:33.880
 love him

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:34.760
 we are to

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:35.420
 do as he

00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:35.980
 commands

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:37.300
 and we

00:46:37.300 --> 00:46:37.820
 may not

00:46:37.820 --> 00:46:38.740
 write letters

00:46:38.740 --> 00:46:39.519
 like this

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:40.380
 that will be

00:46:40.380 --> 00:46:41.140
 recounted

00:46:41.140 --> 00:46:41.420
 throughout

00:46:41.420 --> 00:46:42.059
 churches

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:42.579
 all over

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.159
 the world

00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:44.679
 but we

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:45.199
 can have

00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:45.940
 our own

00:46:45.940 --> 00:46:46.539
 ministry

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:47.739
 our own

00:46:47.739 --> 00:46:48.320
 service

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:48.840
 to God

00:46:48.840 --> 00:46:49.219
 here's

00:46:49.219 --> 00:46:49.599
 Peter

00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:50.739
 encouraging

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:51.500
 a people

00:46:51.500 --> 00:46:52.679
 we can

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:53.139
 all be

00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:53.880
 like that

00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:54.639
 to be

00:46:54.639 --> 00:46:55.440
 encouragers

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:57.739
 so let's

00:46:57.739 --> 00:46:58.259
 learn about

00:46:58.259 --> 00:46:58.719
 Peter

00:46:58.719 --> 00:46:59.659
 and all

00:46:59.659 --> 00:47:00.219
 his faults

00:47:00.219 --> 00:47:00.739
 and see

00:47:00.739 --> 00:47:01.880
 that God

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:02.460
 can use

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:02.980
 each of

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:03.299
 us

00:47:03.299 --> 00:47:04.679
 the second

00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:05.079
 thing we

00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:05.679
 see here

00:47:05.679 --> 00:47:05.880
 then

00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:06.659
 is the

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:07.219
 people

00:47:07.219 --> 00:47:08.320
 that Peter

00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:08.980
 is writing

00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:09.380
 to

00:47:09.380 --> 00:47:10.900
 and you

00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:11.400
 note here

00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:12.160
 Peter's

00:47:12.160 --> 00:47:13.059
 ministry

00:47:13.059 --> 00:47:13.599
 Peter's

00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:13.960
 vision

00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:14.160
 of

00:47:14.160 --> 00:47:14.660
 ministry

00:47:14.660 --> 00:47:15.380
 is

00:47:15.380 --> 00:47:16.079
 towards

00:47:16.079 --> 00:47:16.800
 the

00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:17.380
 people

00:47:17.380 --> 00:47:18.480
 and there's

00:47:18.480 --> 00:47:19.039
 a powerful

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:19.700
 lesson in

00:47:19.700 --> 00:47:20.139
 that to

00:47:20.139 --> 00:47:20.860
 ourselves

00:47:20.860 --> 00:47:22.420
 that our

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:22.820
 ministry

00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:23.160
 and our

00:47:23.160 --> 00:47:23.820
 vision for

00:47:23.820 --> 00:47:24.500
 our church

00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:25.579
 should always

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:26.559
 be for

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:27.220
 a people

00:47:27.220 --> 00:47:28.559
 to serve

00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:29.200
 God with

00:47:29.200 --> 00:47:29.680
 a heart

00:47:29.680 --> 00:47:30.500
 for people

00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:31.639
 people within

00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:32.380
 these walls

00:47:32.380 --> 00:47:32.820
 but also

00:47:32.820 --> 00:47:33.480
 people out

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:34.099
 with these

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:34.619
 walls

00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:35.639
 people who

00:47:35.639 --> 00:47:35.900
 have been

00:47:35.900 --> 00:47:36.539
 scattered

00:47:36.539 --> 00:47:37.300
 far and

00:47:37.300 --> 00:47:37.720
 wide

00:47:37.720 --> 00:47:38.660
 people have

00:47:38.660 --> 00:47:38.860
 been

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:39.619
 gone away

00:47:39.619 --> 00:47:40.420
 from God

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:41.219
 in different

00:47:41.219 --> 00:47:41.859
 directions

00:47:41.859 --> 00:47:42.880
 but to

00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:43.179
 have a

00:47:43.179 --> 00:47:43.739
 vision to

00:47:43.739 --> 00:47:44.059
 gather

00:47:44.059 --> 00:47:45.239
 people to

00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:45.819
 hear the

00:47:45.819 --> 00:47:46.639
 good news

00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:47.440
 of the

00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:48.139
 Lord Jesus

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:48.799
 Christ

00:47:48.799 --> 00:47:50.500
 what do we

00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:50.980
 see of the

00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:52.219
 people that

00:47:52.219 --> 00:47:52.759
 Peter is

00:47:52.759 --> 00:47:53.480
 writing to

00:47:53.480 --> 00:47:53.940
 here

00:47:53.940 --> 00:47:55.519
 three things

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:56.159
 we see just

00:47:56.159 --> 00:47:56.920
 briefly about

00:47:56.920 --> 00:47:57.199
 them

00:47:57.199 --> 00:47:58.420
 first of all

00:47:58.420 --> 00:47:59.000
 we see

00:47:59.000 --> 00:47:59.739
 that they

00:47:59.739 --> 00:48:00.079
 are a

00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:00.619
 scattered

00:48:00.619 --> 00:48:01.480
 people

00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:02.819
 here he

00:48:02.819 --> 00:48:03.480
 speaks to

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:03.940
 those who

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.359
 are elect

00:48:04.359 --> 00:48:05.019
 exiles

00:48:05.019 --> 00:48:05.839
 of the

00:48:05.839 --> 00:48:06.639
 dispersion in

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:07.179
 Pontus

00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:07.799
 Galatia

00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:08.600
 Cappadocia

00:48:08.600 --> 00:48:09.100
 Asia

00:48:09.100 --> 00:48:09.960
 Bithynia

00:48:09.960 --> 00:48:10.320
 they've been

00:48:10.320 --> 00:48:11.120
 scattered all

00:48:11.120 --> 00:48:11.580
 over the

00:48:11.580 --> 00:48:12.140
 place

00:48:12.140 --> 00:48:14.580
 and again

00:48:14.580 --> 00:48:15.080
 it takes

00:48:15.080 --> 00:48:15.720
 us to

00:48:15.720 --> 00:48:16.260
 Peter's

00:48:16.260 --> 00:48:16.740
 past

00:48:16.740 --> 00:48:17.380
 again as

00:48:17.380 --> 00:48:17.720
 well

00:48:17.720 --> 00:48:18.519
 Jesus

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:19.160
 said to

00:48:19.160 --> 00:48:19.640
 him back

00:48:19.640 --> 00:48:20.240
 in the

00:48:20.240 --> 00:48:20.760
 gospel of

00:48:20.760 --> 00:48:21.200
 Matthew

00:48:21.200 --> 00:48:22.780
 chapter 26

00:48:22.780 --> 00:48:23.660
 verse 31

00:48:23.660 --> 00:48:25.519
 he said

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:26.140
 Jesus said

00:48:26.140 --> 00:48:26.360
 to them

00:48:26.360 --> 00:48:26.660
 to the

00:48:26.660 --> 00:48:27.080
 disciples

00:48:27.080 --> 00:48:27.460
 you will

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:28.140
 all fall

00:48:28.140 --> 00:48:28.440
 away

00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:29.060
 because of

00:48:29.060 --> 00:48:29.600
 me this

00:48:29.600 --> 00:48:29.940
 night

00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:30.460
 the night

00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:30.760
 of his

00:48:30.760 --> 00:48:32.120
 crucifixion

00:48:32.120 --> 00:48:32.539
 for it

00:48:32.539 --> 00:48:32.960
 is written

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:33.780
 I will

00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:34.500
 strike the

00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:34.820
 shepherd

00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:35.160
 and the

00:48:35.160 --> 00:48:35.580
 sheep

00:48:35.580 --> 00:48:36.480
 of the

00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:36.840
 flock

00:48:36.840 --> 00:48:37.320
 will be

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:37.820
 scattered

00:48:37.820 --> 00:48:39.640
 there was

00:48:39.640 --> 00:48:40.140
 a great

00:48:40.140 --> 00:48:42.660
 dispersion

00:48:42.660 --> 00:48:43.400
 of people

00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:45.320
 a great

00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:45.900
 scattering

00:48:45.900 --> 00:48:46.620
 of people

00:48:46.620 --> 00:48:47.480
 after

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:48.340
 the

00:48:48.340 --> 00:48:49.160
 crucifixion

00:48:49.160 --> 00:48:49.660
 people were

00:48:49.660 --> 00:48:50.240
 scattered

00:48:50.240 --> 00:48:51.100
 far and

00:48:51.100 --> 00:48:51.539
 wide

00:48:51.539 --> 00:48:53.240
 as a

00:48:53.240 --> 00:48:53.640
 reminder

00:48:53.640 --> 00:48:54.600
 to ourselves

00:48:54.600 --> 00:48:55.039
 that to

00:48:55.039 --> 00:48:55.519
 this day

00:48:55.519 --> 00:48:55.840
 there are

00:48:55.840 --> 00:48:56.400
 people

00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:57.340
 scattered

00:48:57.340 --> 00:48:57.880
 throughout

00:48:57.880 --> 00:48:58.620
 our land

00:48:58.620 --> 00:48:59.200
 scattered

00:48:59.200 --> 00:48:59.780
 throughout

00:48:59.780 --> 00:49:00.480
 the world

00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:01.160
 and a

00:49:01.160 --> 00:49:01.700
 people who

00:49:01.700 --> 00:49:02.120
 need to

00:49:02.120 --> 00:49:03.039
 still hear

00:49:03.039 --> 00:49:03.880
 of the

00:49:03.880 --> 00:49:04.260
 wonder

00:49:04.260 --> 00:49:05.000
 of God's

00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:05.500
 grace

00:49:05.500 --> 00:49:07.780
 by

00:49:07.780 --> 00:49:08.519
 ourselves

00:49:08.519 --> 00:49:09.500
 we have

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:10.320
 no desire

00:49:10.320 --> 00:49:11.219
 for God

00:49:11.219 --> 00:49:12.340
 we're on

00:49:12.340 --> 00:49:12.780
 the run

00:49:12.780 --> 00:49:13.739
 from God

00:49:13.739 --> 00:49:14.500
 so often

00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:15.340
 we run

00:49:15.340 --> 00:49:15.719
 in all

00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:16.559
 kinds of

00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:17.079
 different

00:49:17.079 --> 00:49:17.880
 directions

00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:19.159
 but the

00:49:19.159 --> 00:49:19.679
 wonder of it

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.239
 is God

00:49:20.239 --> 00:49:21.039
 knows where

00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:21.619
 to find

00:49:21.619 --> 00:49:21.980
 us

00:49:21.980 --> 00:49:23.519
 and God

00:49:23.519 --> 00:49:25.079
 still speaks

00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:25.820
 to us

00:49:25.820 --> 00:49:27.280
 and here

00:49:27.280 --> 00:49:27.760
 as Peter

00:49:27.760 --> 00:49:28.440
 is writing

00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:29.480
 he is writing

00:49:29.480 --> 00:49:30.179
 to a people

00:49:30.179 --> 00:49:30.539
 who are

00:49:30.539 --> 00:49:31.179
 scattered

00:49:31.179 --> 00:49:32.099
 and a

00:49:32.099 --> 00:49:32.599
 people who

00:49:32.599 --> 00:49:32.940
 are to

00:49:32.940 --> 00:49:33.360
 know

00:49:33.360 --> 00:49:34.539
 that God

00:49:34.539 --> 00:49:35.119
 knows

00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:37.000
 and that's

00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:37.320
 what he's

00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:37.779
 saying to

00:49:37.779 --> 00:49:38.460
 us today

00:49:38.460 --> 00:49:39.099
 as well

00:49:39.099 --> 00:49:40.039
 we have

00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:40.219
 been

00:49:40.219 --> 00:49:40.900
 scattered

00:49:40.900 --> 00:49:41.719
 we have

00:49:41.719 --> 00:49:41.880
 been

00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:42.340
 flung

00:49:42.340 --> 00:49:42.840
 to all

00:49:42.840 --> 00:49:43.320
 corners

00:49:43.320 --> 00:49:43.719
 of the

00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:44.099
 world

00:49:44.099 --> 00:49:45.219
 and yet

00:49:45.219 --> 00:49:45.539
 God

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:45.980
 knows

00:49:45.980 --> 00:49:46.380
 where we

00:49:46.380 --> 00:49:46.719
 are

00:49:46.719 --> 00:49:47.920
 and God

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:48.420
 knows

00:49:48.420 --> 00:49:49.320
 what we

00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:49.659
 need

00:49:49.659 --> 00:49:51.800
 the second

00:49:51.800 --> 00:49:52.420
 thing we see

00:49:52.420 --> 00:49:52.779
 about the

00:49:52.779 --> 00:49:53.460
 people as we

00:49:53.460 --> 00:49:54.460
 see going

00:49:54.460 --> 00:49:55.199
 through this

00:49:55.199 --> 00:49:55.880
 letter is that

00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:56.300
 they were a

00:49:56.300 --> 00:49:56.880
 persecuted

00:49:56.880 --> 00:49:58.139
 people

00:49:58.139 --> 00:49:59.619
 the reason

00:49:59.619 --> 00:49:59.860
 that they

00:49:59.860 --> 00:50:00.579
 were scattered

00:50:00.579 --> 00:50:01.119
 was because

00:50:01.119 --> 00:50:01.519
 a great

00:50:01.519 --> 00:50:02.239
 persecution

00:50:02.239 --> 00:50:02.920
 arose

00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:03.860
 after the

00:50:03.860 --> 00:50:04.740
 crucifixion

00:50:04.740 --> 00:50:05.340
 of Jesus

00:50:05.340 --> 00:50:07.720
 they were

00:50:07.720 --> 00:50:08.340
 forced to

00:50:08.340 --> 00:50:08.820
 leave their

00:50:08.820 --> 00:50:09.280
 homeland

00:50:09.280 --> 00:50:09.880
 and found

00:50:09.880 --> 00:50:10.440
 themselves

00:50:10.440 --> 00:50:11.099
 scattered

00:50:11.099 --> 00:50:12.099
 because of

00:50:12.099 --> 00:50:12.659
 their belief

00:50:12.659 --> 00:50:13.200
 because of

00:50:13.200 --> 00:50:13.820
 their faith

00:50:13.820 --> 00:50:14.500
 in the

00:50:14.500 --> 00:50:15.180
 Lord Jesus

00:50:15.180 --> 00:50:16.079
 and continually

00:50:16.079 --> 00:50:16.460
 they were

00:50:16.460 --> 00:50:17.099
 subjected

00:50:17.099 --> 00:50:18.619
 to persecutions

00:50:18.619 --> 00:50:19.599
 and sufferings

00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:20.639
 things that

00:50:20.639 --> 00:50:21.119
 you and I

00:50:21.119 --> 00:50:22.139
 cannot imagine

00:50:22.139 --> 00:50:24.079
 and yet

00:50:24.079 --> 00:50:24.579
 things that

00:50:24.579 --> 00:50:25.240
 to this day

00:50:25.240 --> 00:50:25.740
 that people

00:50:25.740 --> 00:50:26.460
 suffer in

00:50:26.460 --> 00:50:27.099
 this world

00:50:27.099 --> 00:50:28.039
 people are

00:50:28.039 --> 00:50:28.960
 persecuted

00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:29.599
 for their

00:50:29.599 --> 00:50:30.099
 faith in

00:50:30.099 --> 00:50:30.800
 many places

00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:31.539
 throughout

00:50:31.539 --> 00:50:32.360
 this world

00:50:32.360 --> 00:50:33.460
 unimaginable

00:50:33.460 --> 00:50:34.480
 suffering

00:50:34.480 --> 00:50:38.159
 but we

00:50:38.159 --> 00:50:38.579
 will all

00:50:38.579 --> 00:50:39.340
 suffer in

00:50:39.340 --> 00:50:40.360
 different ways

00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:41.219
 for our

00:50:41.219 --> 00:50:41.779
 faith

00:50:41.779 --> 00:50:43.300
 we will

00:50:43.300 --> 00:50:43.719
 all have

00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:44.380
 battles

00:50:44.380 --> 00:50:45.139
 that we

00:50:45.139 --> 00:50:45.579
 have to

00:50:45.579 --> 00:50:45.980
 fight

00:50:45.980 --> 00:50:46.960
 we will

00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:47.380
 all have

00:50:47.380 --> 00:50:47.800
 valleys

00:50:47.800 --> 00:50:48.179
 that we

00:50:48.179 --> 00:50:48.619
 have to

00:50:48.619 --> 00:50:49.219
 go through

00:50:49.219 --> 00:50:50.259
 we will

00:50:50.259 --> 00:50:50.739
 all have

00:50:50.739 --> 00:50:51.500
 dark nights

00:50:51.500 --> 00:50:51.920
 we have

00:50:51.920 --> 00:50:52.699
 to endure

00:50:52.699 --> 00:50:54.340
 but in

00:50:54.340 --> 00:50:54.719
 the midst

00:50:54.719 --> 00:50:54.960
 of it

00:50:54.960 --> 00:50:55.400
 all as

00:50:55.400 --> 00:50:55.940
 Peter is

00:50:55.940 --> 00:50:56.340
 writing

00:50:56.340 --> 00:50:56.800
 here

00:50:56.800 --> 00:50:57.840
 we are

00:50:57.840 --> 00:50:58.320
 not to

00:50:58.320 --> 00:50:58.719
 lose

00:50:58.719 --> 00:50:58.980
 our

00:50:58.980 --> 00:50:59.739
 perspective

00:50:59.739 --> 00:51:01.779
 he is

00:51:01.779 --> 00:51:02.219
 writing

00:51:02.219 --> 00:51:02.659
 to our

00:51:02.659 --> 00:51:03.059
 people

00:51:03.059 --> 00:51:03.899
 to encourage

00:51:03.899 --> 00:51:04.179
 them

00:51:04.179 --> 00:51:05.179
 to look

00:51:05.179 --> 00:51:05.839
 to Jesus

00:51:05.839 --> 00:51:07.319
 and to

00:51:07.319 --> 00:51:07.979
 trust in

00:51:07.979 --> 00:51:08.399
 him and to

00:51:08.399 --> 00:51:09.279
 know that

00:51:09.279 --> 00:51:09.879
 he is with

00:51:09.879 --> 00:51:10.399
 us through

00:51:10.399 --> 00:51:10.839
 it all

00:51:10.839 --> 00:51:12.000
 that he

00:51:12.000 --> 00:51:12.459
 will never

00:51:12.459 --> 00:51:13.179
 leave us

00:51:13.179 --> 00:51:14.119
 that he

00:51:14.119 --> 00:51:14.599
 will never

00:51:14.599 --> 00:51:15.359
 forsake

00:51:15.359 --> 00:51:15.779
 us

00:51:15.779 --> 00:51:17.479
 and the

00:51:17.479 --> 00:51:18.139
 third thing

00:51:18.139 --> 00:51:18.959
 that we see

00:51:18.959 --> 00:51:19.559
 of the people

00:51:19.559 --> 00:51:20.459
 reminds us of

00:51:20.459 --> 00:51:20.899
 just how

00:51:20.899 --> 00:51:21.359
 precious

00:51:21.359 --> 00:51:22.399
 we are

00:51:22.399 --> 00:51:23.019
 to God

00:51:23.019 --> 00:51:24.259
 he's

00:51:24.259 --> 00:51:24.739
 writing to

00:51:24.739 --> 00:51:25.279
 our people

00:51:25.279 --> 00:51:25.719
 who are

00:51:25.719 --> 00:51:26.839
 a chosen

00:51:26.839 --> 00:51:27.859
 people

00:51:27.860 --> 00:51:29.440
 a people

00:51:29.440 --> 00:51:30.140
 chosen

00:51:30.140 --> 00:51:31.620
 by God

00:51:31.620 --> 00:51:33.039
 and something

00:51:33.039 --> 00:51:33.360
 we're going

00:51:33.360 --> 00:51:33.860
 to look at

00:51:33.860 --> 00:51:34.360
 more as we

00:51:34.360 --> 00:51:34.780
 go through

00:51:34.780 --> 00:51:35.500
 this letter

00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:36.280
 but it

00:51:36.280 --> 00:51:36.940
 says here

00:51:36.940 --> 00:51:38.599
 to those

00:51:38.599 --> 00:51:38.840
 who are

00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:39.340
 elect

00:51:39.340 --> 00:51:40.400
 exiles

00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:40.960
 of the

00:51:40.960 --> 00:51:41.680
 dispersion

00:51:41.680 --> 00:51:43.400
 through

00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:44.160
 according to

00:51:44.160 --> 00:51:45.140
 the foreknowledge

00:51:45.140 --> 00:51:46.200
 of God

00:51:46.200 --> 00:51:46.860
 the Father

00:51:46.860 --> 00:51:48.559
 they are a

00:51:48.559 --> 00:51:49.480
 people chosen

00:51:49.480 --> 00:51:50.220
 by God

00:51:50.220 --> 00:51:51.099
 they are a

00:51:51.099 --> 00:51:52.539
 people known

00:51:52.539 --> 00:51:53.380
 by God

00:51:53.380 --> 00:51:53.720
 so in the

00:51:53.720 --> 00:51:54.480
 midst of all

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:55.200
 their trials

00:51:55.199 --> 00:51:56.359
 they are still

00:51:56.359 --> 00:51:57.399
 able to

00:51:57.399 --> 00:51:58.059
 rejoice

00:51:58.059 --> 00:51:59.980
 they are still

00:51:59.980 --> 00:52:00.359
 able to

00:52:00.359 --> 00:52:00.819
 rejoice

00:52:00.819 --> 00:52:01.239
 because he's

00:52:01.239 --> 00:52:01.839
 reminding them

00:52:01.839 --> 00:52:02.639
 that you are

00:52:02.639 --> 00:52:03.699
 God's chosen

00:52:03.699 --> 00:52:04.639
 people

00:52:04.639 --> 00:52:06.039
 that no matter

00:52:06.039 --> 00:52:06.519
 how much

00:52:06.519 --> 00:52:07.179
 you suffer

00:52:07.179 --> 00:52:08.239
 in this

00:52:08.239 --> 00:52:08.699
 world

00:52:08.699 --> 00:52:09.759
 you have

00:52:09.759 --> 00:52:10.199
 greater

00:52:10.199 --> 00:52:10.839
 to come

00:52:10.839 --> 00:52:12.439
 and the

00:52:12.439 --> 00:52:12.939
 word there

00:52:12.939 --> 00:52:13.599
 that reminds

00:52:13.599 --> 00:52:14.119
 us of

00:52:14.119 --> 00:52:14.659
 this is

00:52:14.659 --> 00:52:15.719
 that they

00:52:15.719 --> 00:52:15.980
 are

00:52:15.980 --> 00:52:17.039
 exiles

00:52:17.039 --> 00:52:18.739
 they are

00:52:18.739 --> 00:52:19.460
 exiles

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:20.500
 of the

00:52:20.500 --> 00:52:21.279
 dispersion

00:52:21.279 --> 00:52:22.019
 and what

00:52:22.019 --> 00:52:22.379
 does that

00:52:22.379 --> 00:52:22.980
 word mean

00:52:22.980 --> 00:52:23.359
 it means

00:52:23.359 --> 00:52:23.859
 those who

00:52:23.859 --> 00:52:24.500
 are travelling

00:52:24.500 --> 00:52:25.099
 through

00:52:25.099 --> 00:52:26.320
 a strange

00:52:26.320 --> 00:52:26.880
 land

00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:28.119
 those who

00:52:28.119 --> 00:52:28.719
 are travelling

00:52:28.719 --> 00:52:29.619
 through a

00:52:29.619 --> 00:52:30.179
 place that

00:52:30.179 --> 00:52:30.599
 is not

00:52:30.599 --> 00:52:31.380
 their permanent

00:52:31.380 --> 00:52:31.900
 home

00:52:31.900 --> 00:52:33.079
 and that's

00:52:33.079 --> 00:52:33.639
 what Peter

00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:35.420
 is reminding

00:52:35.420 --> 00:52:35.880
 them of

00:52:35.880 --> 00:52:36.320
 here

00:52:36.320 --> 00:52:37.659
 he is reminding

00:52:37.659 --> 00:52:38.139
 them that

00:52:38.139 --> 00:52:39.380
 they're not

00:52:39.380 --> 00:52:40.179
 home yet

00:52:40.179 --> 00:52:42.920
 this world

00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:43.920
 is not

00:52:43.920 --> 00:52:44.519
 their home

00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:46.719
 there's a song

00:52:46.719 --> 00:52:47.340
 that says

00:52:47.340 --> 00:52:48.260
 this world

00:52:48.260 --> 00:52:49.139
 is not

00:52:49.139 --> 00:52:49.739
 my home

00:52:49.739 --> 00:52:50.719
 I'm just

00:52:50.719 --> 00:52:51.400
 a passing

00:52:51.400 --> 00:52:51.880
 through

00:52:51.880 --> 00:52:53.219
 and that's

00:52:53.219 --> 00:52:53.820
 the story

00:52:53.820 --> 00:52:54.160
 of the

00:52:54.160 --> 00:52:54.660
 Christian

00:52:54.660 --> 00:52:55.840
 we are

00:52:55.840 --> 00:52:56.120
 all

00:52:56.120 --> 00:52:56.780
 exiles

00:52:56.780 --> 00:52:57.960
 this is

00:52:57.960 --> 00:52:58.460
 not our

00:52:58.460 --> 00:52:59.100
 permanent

00:52:59.100 --> 00:52:59.559
 home

00:52:59.559 --> 00:53:00.260
 this is

00:53:00.260 --> 00:53:00.660
 not the

00:53:00.660 --> 00:53:01.000
 place

00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:01.360
 we will

00:53:01.360 --> 00:53:01.780
 remain

00:53:01.780 --> 00:53:02.300
 forever

00:53:02.300 --> 00:53:03.519
 one day

00:53:03.519 --> 00:53:04.280
 our journey

00:53:04.280 --> 00:53:04.980
 will end

00:53:04.980 --> 00:53:06.140
 and then

00:53:06.140 --> 00:53:06.620
 we will be

00:53:06.620 --> 00:53:06.980
 home

00:53:06.980 --> 00:53:07.420
 with the

00:53:07.420 --> 00:53:07.740
 Lord

00:53:07.740 --> 00:53:08.740
 if we

00:53:08.740 --> 00:53:09.100
 are putting

00:53:09.100 --> 00:53:10.000
 our trust

00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:11.519
 in him

00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:13.360
 he brings

00:53:13.360 --> 00:53:14.000
 us through

00:53:14.000 --> 00:53:15.519
 many different

00:53:15.519 --> 00:53:16.539
 directions

00:53:16.539 --> 00:53:17.539
 and paths

00:53:17.539 --> 00:53:19.180
 but he's

00:53:19.180 --> 00:53:19.640
 bringing us

00:53:19.640 --> 00:53:20.320
 on a journey

00:53:20.320 --> 00:53:21.180
 a journey

00:53:21.180 --> 00:53:21.559
 that he

00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:22.000
 is with

00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:22.400
 us

00:53:22.400 --> 00:53:23.380
 and a

00:53:23.380 --> 00:53:23.640
 journey

00:53:23.640 --> 00:53:23.900
 that

00:53:23.900 --> 00:53:24.559
 although

00:53:24.559 --> 00:53:25.280
 we suffer

00:53:25.280 --> 00:53:25.620
 and have

00:53:25.620 --> 00:53:26.120
 many other

00:53:26.120 --> 00:53:26.519
 different

00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:27.120
 things

00:53:27.120 --> 00:53:28.140
 it is still

00:53:28.140 --> 00:53:28.680
 a journey

00:53:28.680 --> 00:53:29.420
 of hope

00:53:29.420 --> 00:53:30.580
 a journey

00:53:30.580 --> 00:53:30.960
 where we are

00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:31.640
 learning more

00:53:31.640 --> 00:53:32.880
 of the grace

00:53:32.880 --> 00:53:33.500
 of the Lord

00:53:33.500 --> 00:53:34.580
 Jesus Christ

00:53:34.580 --> 00:53:35.860
 and that's

00:53:35.860 --> 00:53:36.400
 more of what

00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:36.940
 we want to

00:53:36.940 --> 00:53:38.160
 learn as we

00:53:38.160 --> 00:53:38.680
 go through

00:53:38.680 --> 00:53:39.460
 this letter

00:53:39.460 --> 00:53:41.760
 a man in his

00:53:41.760 --> 00:53:42.460
 old age

00:53:42.460 --> 00:53:43.059
 once said

00:53:43.059 --> 00:53:43.460
 this

00:53:43.460 --> 00:53:44.880
 contrary to

00:53:44.880 --> 00:53:45.340
 what might

00:53:45.340 --> 00:53:46.240
 be expected

00:53:46.239 --> 00:53:47.599
 I look back

00:53:47.599 --> 00:53:48.519
 on experiences

00:53:48.519 --> 00:53:49.399
 that at the

00:53:49.399 --> 00:53:50.359
 time seemed

00:53:50.359 --> 00:53:52.299
 especially hard

00:53:52.299 --> 00:53:53.459
 and painful

00:53:53.459 --> 00:53:55.019
 but I look

00:53:55.019 --> 00:53:55.819
 back on them

00:53:55.819 --> 00:53:56.119
 with a

00:53:56.119 --> 00:53:56.659
 particular

00:53:56.659 --> 00:53:57.739
 satisfaction

00:53:57.739 --> 00:53:59.439
 indeed he

00:53:59.439 --> 00:54:00.299
 says I

00:54:00.299 --> 00:54:00.779
 can say

00:54:00.779 --> 00:54:01.459
 with complete

00:54:01.459 --> 00:54:02.119
 truthfulness

00:54:02.119 --> 00:54:02.879
 that everything

00:54:02.879 --> 00:54:03.559
 I have learned

00:54:03.559 --> 00:54:04.439
 in my 75

00:54:04.439 --> 00:54:05.879
 years in

00:54:05.879 --> 00:54:06.539
 this world

00:54:06.539 --> 00:54:07.719
 everything that

00:54:07.719 --> 00:54:08.279
 has truly

00:54:08.279 --> 00:54:09.139
 enhanced and

00:54:09.139 --> 00:54:09.919
 enlightened my

00:54:09.919 --> 00:54:11.559
 experience has

00:54:11.559 --> 00:54:12.299
 been through

00:54:12.299 --> 00:54:13.219
 affliction

00:54:13.219 --> 00:54:14.799
 and not through

00:54:14.799 --> 00:54:15.379
 happiness

00:54:15.380 --> 00:54:17.680
 we learn

00:54:17.680 --> 00:54:18.660
 so much

00:54:18.660 --> 00:54:19.119
 more

00:54:19.119 --> 00:54:19.820
 through

00:54:19.820 --> 00:54:20.460
 affliction

00:54:20.460 --> 00:54:22.059
 but the

00:54:22.059 --> 00:54:22.720
 greatest thing

00:54:22.720 --> 00:54:23.260
 we want to

00:54:23.260 --> 00:54:23.619
 learn in

00:54:23.619 --> 00:54:24.280
 our affliction

00:54:24.280 --> 00:54:25.900
 is the hope

00:54:25.900 --> 00:54:26.599
 that there is

00:54:26.599 --> 00:54:27.260
 in Christ

00:54:27.260 --> 00:54:28.960
 the hope

00:54:28.960 --> 00:54:29.440
 that even

00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:29.900
 though we

00:54:29.900 --> 00:54:30.840
 are in

00:54:30.840 --> 00:54:31.640
 this world

00:54:31.640 --> 00:54:32.740
 it is not

00:54:32.740 --> 00:54:33.360
 our home

00:54:33.360 --> 00:54:34.700
 we are just

00:54:34.700 --> 00:54:35.940
 passing through

00:54:35.940 --> 00:54:37.099
 and passing

00:54:37.099 --> 00:54:38.320
 through to

00:54:38.320 --> 00:54:38.800
 a better

00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:39.440
 place

00:54:39.440 --> 00:54:40.860
 and so what

00:54:40.860 --> 00:54:41.539
 he says to

00:54:41.539 --> 00:54:42.240
 them here is

00:54:42.240 --> 00:54:43.800
 God knows

00:54:43.800 --> 00:54:45.860
 according to

00:54:45.860 --> 00:54:46.960
 the foreknowledge

00:54:46.960 --> 00:54:48.180
 of God

00:54:48.180 --> 00:54:50.080
 and yet he

00:54:50.080 --> 00:54:51.480
 says you

00:54:51.480 --> 00:54:52.240
 are a chosen

00:54:52.240 --> 00:54:52.880
 people

00:54:52.880 --> 00:54:54.519
 you are God's

00:54:54.519 --> 00:54:55.019
 people

00:54:55.019 --> 00:54:56.420
 and that's the

00:54:56.420 --> 00:54:57.580
 people we

00:54:57.580 --> 00:54:58.660
 want to belong

00:54:58.660 --> 00:54:59.920
 to and to be

00:54:59.920 --> 00:55:00.620
 part of

00:55:00.620 --> 00:55:02.400
 part of God's

00:55:02.400 --> 00:55:02.880
 elect

00:55:02.880 --> 00:55:04.620
 God's chosen

00:55:04.620 --> 00:55:05.960
 people and

00:55:05.960 --> 00:55:06.580
 that's what this

00:55:06.580 --> 00:55:07.960
 letter this good

00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:09.160
 news shows us

00:55:09.160 --> 00:55:10.400
 the way to be

00:55:10.400 --> 00:55:12.060
 part of God's

00:55:12.059 --> 00:55:13.900
 people that's

00:55:13.900 --> 00:55:14.539
 the third and

00:55:14.539 --> 00:55:15.259
 final thing we

00:55:15.259 --> 00:55:15.840
 want to take

00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:17.219
 from this the

00:55:17.219 --> 00:55:18.719
 purpose for

00:55:18.719 --> 00:55:20.259
 which Peter

00:55:20.259 --> 00:55:21.619
 is writing

00:55:21.619 --> 00:55:23.460
 when we receive

00:55:23.460 --> 00:55:24.179
 a handwritten

00:55:24.179 --> 00:55:25.739
 letter there's

00:55:25.739 --> 00:55:26.920
 always a reason

00:55:26.920 --> 00:55:28.139
 behind it

00:55:28.139 --> 00:55:30.059
 when you open

00:55:30.059 --> 00:55:31.059
 a card or a

00:55:31.059 --> 00:55:31.960
 letter you see

00:55:31.960 --> 00:55:32.759
 there that

00:55:32.759 --> 00:55:33.420
 someone has

00:55:33.420 --> 00:55:34.460
 taken time

00:55:34.460 --> 00:55:35.900
 to encourage

00:55:35.900 --> 00:55:37.759
 to give you a

00:55:37.759 --> 00:55:38.500
 word of

00:55:38.500 --> 00:55:39.199
 comfort

00:55:39.199 --> 00:55:40.859
 and it's no

00:55:40.859 --> 00:55:41.779
 different here

00:55:41.779 --> 00:55:42.439
 with Peter

00:55:42.439 --> 00:55:43.799
 there's purpose

00:55:43.799 --> 00:55:44.879
 behind writing

00:55:44.879 --> 00:55:45.559
 this letter

00:55:45.559 --> 00:55:46.739
 and there are

00:55:46.739 --> 00:55:47.279
 two main

00:55:47.279 --> 00:55:48.179
 purposes we

00:55:48.179 --> 00:55:48.779
 see as we

00:55:48.779 --> 00:55:49.239
 go through

00:55:49.239 --> 00:55:49.519
 it

00:55:49.519 --> 00:55:50.819
 one is

00:55:50.819 --> 00:55:52.259
 encouragement

00:55:52.259 --> 00:55:54.199
 the people

00:55:54.199 --> 00:55:55.179
 to be

00:55:55.179 --> 00:55:55.939
 encouraged

00:55:55.939 --> 00:55:57.679
 and the

00:55:57.679 --> 00:55:58.199
 second is

00:55:58.199 --> 00:55:59.539
 to be built

00:55:59.539 --> 00:56:00.679
 up in the

00:56:00.679 --> 00:56:01.119
 faith

00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:02.759
 to be

00:56:02.759 --> 00:56:03.439
 encouraged

00:56:03.439 --> 00:56:04.519
 and to be

00:56:04.519 --> 00:56:05.199
 built up

00:56:05.199 --> 00:56:06.279
 in the

00:56:06.279 --> 00:56:06.739
 faith

00:56:06.739 --> 00:56:07.719
 it's

00:56:07.719 --> 00:56:08.239
 wonderful

00:56:08.239 --> 00:56:09.119
 to be

00:56:09.119 --> 00:56:09.559
 remembered

00:56:09.559 --> 00:56:10.379
 by friends

00:56:10.379 --> 00:56:11.079
 and family

00:56:11.079 --> 00:56:12.239
 it's

00:56:12.239 --> 00:56:12.599
 wonderful

00:56:12.599 --> 00:56:13.419
 to receive

00:56:13.419 --> 00:56:13.979
 a word

00:56:13.979 --> 00:56:14.439
 that just

00:56:14.439 --> 00:56:15.359
 means that

00:56:15.359 --> 00:56:15.839
 someone has

00:56:15.839 --> 00:56:16.479
 taken the

00:56:16.479 --> 00:56:17.699
 time to

00:56:17.699 --> 00:56:18.500
 remember you

00:56:18.500 --> 00:56:18.779
 in your

00:56:18.779 --> 00:56:19.359
 time of

00:56:19.359 --> 00:56:19.699
 need

00:56:19.699 --> 00:56:21.539
 but how

00:56:21.539 --> 00:56:22.299
 precious it

00:56:22.299 --> 00:56:23.500
 is to

00:56:23.500 --> 00:56:24.139
 receive a

00:56:24.139 --> 00:56:24.679
 word from

00:56:24.679 --> 00:56:25.939
 God in

00:56:25.939 --> 00:56:26.439
 our time

00:56:26.439 --> 00:56:26.979
 of need

00:56:26.979 --> 00:56:28.099
 to be

00:56:28.099 --> 00:56:28.599
 remembered

00:56:28.599 --> 00:56:30.079
 by God

00:56:30.079 --> 00:56:31.559
 that God

00:56:31.559 --> 00:56:32.379
 has a word

00:56:32.379 --> 00:56:33.579
 for us

00:56:33.579 --> 00:56:35.199
 and that's

00:56:35.199 --> 00:56:35.440
 what we

00:56:35.440 --> 00:56:36.719
 have in

00:56:36.719 --> 00:56:37.440
 this letter

00:56:37.440 --> 00:56:39.420
 God is

00:56:39.420 --> 00:56:40.739
 speaking to

00:56:40.739 --> 00:56:41.199
 us

00:56:41.199 --> 00:56:43.259
 if a letter

00:56:43.259 --> 00:56:43.819
 written by

00:56:43.819 --> 00:56:44.980
 Francis Crick

00:56:44.980 --> 00:56:45.840
 on the

00:56:45.840 --> 00:56:46.420
 secret of

00:56:46.420 --> 00:56:47.119
 life found

00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:47.779
 in DNA

00:56:47.779 --> 00:56:48.480
 can be worth

00:56:48.480 --> 00:56:49.259
 four million

00:56:49.259 --> 00:56:51.119
 then how much

00:56:51.119 --> 00:56:51.980
 more is this

00:56:51.980 --> 00:56:52.840
 letter worth

00:56:52.840 --> 00:56:54.039
 a letter

00:56:54.039 --> 00:56:54.659
 that shows

00:56:54.659 --> 00:56:55.420
 his life

00:56:55.420 --> 00:56:56.880
 in Christ

00:56:56.880 --> 00:56:58.599
 it is

00:56:58.599 --> 00:56:59.199
 priceless

00:56:59.199 --> 00:57:01.639
 it reminds

00:57:01.639 --> 00:57:02.000
 us

00:57:02.000 --> 00:57:03.299
 of God's

00:57:03.299 --> 00:57:03.779
 love

00:57:03.779 --> 00:57:04.759
 towards

00:57:04.759 --> 00:57:05.379
 us

00:57:05.379 --> 00:57:06.759
 Jim

00:57:06.759 --> 00:57:07.359
 Packer

00:57:07.359 --> 00:57:08.239
 in his

00:57:08.239 --> 00:57:08.519
 book

00:57:08.519 --> 00:57:09.079
 the father

00:57:09.079 --> 00:57:09.759
 loves you

00:57:09.759 --> 00:57:10.579
 says this

00:57:10.579 --> 00:57:11.980
 grace

00:57:11.980 --> 00:57:13.159
 is God

00:57:13.159 --> 00:57:13.599
 drawing

00:57:13.599 --> 00:57:14.059
 sinners

00:57:14.059 --> 00:57:15.980
 closer

00:57:15.980 --> 00:57:17.079
 and closer

00:57:17.079 --> 00:57:17.719
 to him

00:57:17.719 --> 00:57:19.059
 how does

00:57:19.059 --> 00:57:19.460
 God

00:57:19.460 --> 00:57:20.019
 and grace

00:57:20.019 --> 00:57:20.839
 prosecute

00:57:20.839 --> 00:57:21.699
 this purpose

00:57:21.699 --> 00:57:22.919
 not by

00:57:22.919 --> 00:57:23.639
 shielding us

00:57:23.639 --> 00:57:24.379
 from assault

00:57:24.379 --> 00:57:25.199
 by the work

00:57:25.199 --> 00:57:26.039
 the flesh

00:57:26.039 --> 00:57:26.679
 and the devil

00:57:26.679 --> 00:57:27.739
 nor by

00:57:27.739 --> 00:57:28.599
 protecting us

00:57:28.599 --> 00:57:29.599
 from burdensome

00:57:29.599 --> 00:57:30.659
 and frustrating

00:57:30.659 --> 00:57:31.759
 circumstance

00:57:31.759 --> 00:57:33.019
 not by

00:57:33.019 --> 00:57:33.699
 shielding us

00:57:33.699 --> 00:57:34.480
 from troubles

00:57:34.480 --> 00:57:35.599
 created by

00:57:35.599 --> 00:57:36.059
 our own

00:57:36.059 --> 00:57:36.719
 temperament

00:57:36.719 --> 00:57:37.639
 and psychology

00:57:37.639 --> 00:57:39.400
 but rather

00:57:39.400 --> 00:57:40.259
 by exposing

00:57:40.259 --> 00:57:41.019
 us to all

00:57:41.019 --> 00:57:41.819
 these things

00:57:41.819 --> 00:57:42.880
 so as to

00:57:42.880 --> 00:57:43.860
 overwhelm us

00:57:43.860 --> 00:57:44.599
 with a sense

00:57:44.599 --> 00:57:45.079
 of our own

00:57:45.079 --> 00:57:45.799
 inadequacy

00:57:45.799 --> 00:57:47.039
 and to

00:57:47.039 --> 00:57:47.639
 drive us

00:57:47.639 --> 00:57:48.279
 to cling

00:57:48.279 --> 00:57:49.819
 more closely

00:57:49.819 --> 00:57:50.819
 to him

00:57:50.819 --> 00:57:52.420
 this is the

00:57:52.420 --> 00:57:53.360
 ultimate reason

00:57:53.360 --> 00:57:53.880
 from our

00:57:53.880 --> 00:57:54.579
 standpoint

00:57:54.579 --> 00:57:55.679
 why God

00:57:55.679 --> 00:57:56.400
 fills our

00:57:56.400 --> 00:57:57.019
 lives with

00:57:57.019 --> 00:57:57.440
 troubles

00:57:57.440 --> 00:57:58.579
 and perplexities

00:57:58.579 --> 00:57:59.619
 of one

00:57:59.619 --> 00:58:00.119
 sort

00:58:00.119 --> 00:58:00.679
 and another

00:58:00.679 --> 00:58:02.199
 it is to

00:58:02.199 --> 00:58:02.840
 ensure

00:58:02.840 --> 00:58:03.239
 that we

00:58:03.239 --> 00:58:03.679
 will all

00:58:03.679 --> 00:58:04.099
 learn

00:58:04.099 --> 00:58:05.599
 to hold

00:58:05.599 --> 00:58:06.319
 fast

00:58:06.319 --> 00:58:07.319
 to him

00:58:07.319 --> 00:58:09.880
 that is

00:58:09.880 --> 00:58:10.559
 why Peter

00:58:10.559 --> 00:58:11.920
 writes this

00:58:11.920 --> 00:58:12.319
 letter

00:58:12.319 --> 00:58:13.440
 that we

00:58:13.440 --> 00:58:14.139
 may learn

00:58:14.139 --> 00:58:15.079
 how to

00:58:15.079 --> 00:58:16.159
 hold fast

00:58:16.159 --> 00:58:16.880
 to him

00:58:16.880 --> 00:58:18.039
 in all

00:58:18.039 --> 00:58:18.299
 of our

00:58:18.299 --> 00:58:19.159
 experiences

00:58:19.159 --> 00:58:20.480
 and so as

00:58:20.480 --> 00:58:20.960
 we begin

00:58:20.960 --> 00:58:21.619
 to go into

00:58:21.619 --> 00:58:22.420
 this letter

00:58:22.420 --> 00:58:23.440
 may we go

00:58:23.440 --> 00:58:23.880
 into it

00:58:23.880 --> 00:58:24.460
 remembering

00:58:24.460 --> 00:58:25.840
 it is God's

00:58:25.840 --> 00:58:26.460
 word to

00:58:26.460 --> 00:58:27.320
 us today

00:58:27.320 --> 00:58:29.360
 God's word

00:58:29.360 --> 00:58:30.440
 from his

00:58:30.440 --> 00:58:31.019
 hand

00:58:31.019 --> 00:58:31.940
 a very

00:58:31.940 --> 00:58:33.119
 personal word

00:58:33.119 --> 00:58:34.480
 of encouragement

00:58:34.480 --> 00:58:36.220
 and a building

00:58:36.220 --> 00:58:37.019
 in faith

00:58:37.019 --> 00:58:38.500
 and may he

00:58:38.500 --> 00:58:39.240
 bless us

00:58:39.240 --> 00:58:40.280
 as we go

00:58:40.280 --> 00:58:41.039
 into his

00:58:41.039 --> 00:58:41.720
 word day

00:58:41.720 --> 00:58:42.360
 by day

00:58:42.360 --> 00:58:43.539
 as we take

00:58:43.539 --> 00:58:44.079
 from it

00:58:44.079 --> 00:58:44.500
 the great

00:58:44.500 --> 00:58:45.380
 encouragements

00:58:45.380 --> 00:58:46.099
 that are ours

00:58:46.099 --> 00:58:46.920
 the great

00:58:46.920 --> 00:58:47.519
 challenges

00:58:47.519 --> 00:58:48.519
 that are ours

00:58:48.519 --> 00:58:50.280
 but above all

00:58:50.280 --> 00:58:51.160
 the great

00:58:51.160 --> 00:58:51.860
 mercy and

00:58:51.860 --> 00:58:52.320
 grace

00:58:52.320 --> 00:58:53.640
 that is ours

00:58:53.640 --> 00:58:54.519
 through Christ

00:58:54.519 --> 00:58:56.400
 as he says

00:58:56.400 --> 00:58:56.820
 here

00:58:56.820 --> 00:58:57.860
 at the end

00:58:57.860 --> 00:58:58.480
 of verse 2

00:58:58.480 --> 00:58:59.280
 may grace

00:58:59.280 --> 00:59:00.120
 and peace

00:59:00.120 --> 00:59:01.519
 be multiplied

00:59:01.519 --> 00:59:02.900
 to you

00:59:02.900 --> 00:59:04.240
 well as we

00:59:04.240 --> 00:59:04.740
 go into

00:59:04.740 --> 00:59:05.460
 this letter

00:59:05.460 --> 00:59:06.760
 may grace

00:59:06.760 --> 00:59:07.440
 and peace

00:59:07.440 --> 00:59:08.740
 be multiplied

00:59:08.740 --> 00:59:10.160
 to us all

00:59:10.160 --> 00:59:11.320
 to know

00:59:11.320 --> 00:59:11.840
 a loving

00:59:11.840 --> 00:59:12.400
 God

00:59:12.400 --> 00:59:13.400
 who has

00:59:13.400 --> 00:59:13.980
 a gracious

00:59:13.980 --> 00:59:14.620
 word

00:59:14.620 --> 00:59:15.900
 for us

00:59:15.900 --> 00:59:17.140
 an ordinary

00:59:17.140 --> 00:59:17.860
 people

00:59:17.860 --> 00:59:18.800
 just like

00:59:18.800 --> 00:59:19.640
 Peter was

00:59:19.639 --> 00:59:20.159
 with all

00:59:20.159 --> 00:59:21.179
 his mistakes

00:59:21.179 --> 00:59:22.679
 but a new

00:59:22.679 --> 00:59:23.599
 great restoration

00:59:23.599 --> 00:59:24.440
 through the

00:59:24.440 --> 00:59:24.839
 love of

00:59:24.839 --> 00:59:25.339
 Christ

00:59:25.339 --> 00:59:26.679
 may we

00:59:26.679 --> 00:59:27.319
 know that

00:59:27.319 --> 00:59:27.940
 powerful

00:59:27.940 --> 00:59:28.460
 love

00:59:28.460 --> 00:59:29.440
 more and

00:59:29.440 --> 00:59:29.739
 more

00:59:29.739 --> 00:59:31.199
 for ourselves

00:59:31.199 --> 00:59:32.239
 let us

00:59:32.239 --> 00:59:32.559
 pray

00:59:32.559 --> 00:59:34.960
 our

00:59:34.960 --> 00:59:35.659
 father in

00:59:35.659 --> 00:59:35.980
 heaven

00:59:35.980 --> 00:59:36.420
 we do

00:59:36.420 --> 00:59:37.239
 thank you

00:59:37.239 --> 00:59:37.579
 that your

00:59:37.579 --> 00:59:37.980
 word

00:59:37.980 --> 00:59:38.739
 speaks

00:59:38.739 --> 00:59:40.500
 speaks so

00:59:40.500 --> 00:59:41.119
 personally

00:59:41.119 --> 00:59:41.819
 to us

00:59:41.819 --> 00:59:42.299
 for as a

00:59:42.299 --> 00:59:42.799
 word from

00:59:42.799 --> 00:59:43.199
 your own

00:59:43.199 --> 00:59:43.679
 hand

00:59:43.679 --> 00:59:44.799
 it's a

00:59:44.799 --> 00:59:45.079
 word

00:59:45.079 --> 00:59:45.440
 written

00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:46.440
 to each

00:59:46.440 --> 00:59:46.940
 of us

00:59:46.940 --> 00:59:47.619
 by name

00:59:47.619 --> 00:59:48.579
 for you

00:59:48.579 --> 00:59:48.980
 know us

00:59:48.980 --> 00:59:49.320
 in all

00:59:49.320 --> 00:59:49.480
 our

00:59:49.480 --> 00:59:49.800
 different

00:59:49.800 --> 00:59:50.619
 situations

00:59:50.619 --> 00:59:51.280
 just as

00:59:51.280 --> 00:59:52.019
 Peter

00:59:52.019 --> 00:59:52.599
 was known

00:59:52.599 --> 00:59:53.240
 to you

00:59:53.240 --> 00:59:53.639
 so

00:59:53.639 --> 00:59:55.019
 preciously

00:59:55.019 --> 00:59:56.260
 so are

00:59:56.260 --> 00:59:56.760
 we known

00:59:56.760 --> 00:59:57.380
 to you

00:59:57.380 --> 00:59:58.480
 we thank

00:59:58.480 --> 00:59:58.900
 you Lord

00:59:58.900 --> 00:59:59.260
 that you

00:59:59.260 --> 00:59:59.760
 speak

00:59:59.760 --> 01:00:00.260
 and ask

01:00:00.260 --> 01:00:00.679
 us

01:00:00.679 --> 01:00:01.500
 do we

01:00:01.500 --> 01:00:02.199
 love you

01:00:02.199 --> 01:00:02.860
 as we

01:00:02.860 --> 01:00:03.240
 should

01:00:03.240 --> 01:00:04.420
 we pray

01:00:04.420 --> 01:00:04.699
 Lord

01:00:04.699 --> 01:00:05.179
 that as we

01:00:05.179 --> 01:00:05.699
 see your

01:00:05.699 --> 01:00:06.219
 love for

01:00:06.219 --> 01:00:06.559
 us

01:00:06.559 --> 01:00:07.500
 that our

01:00:07.500 --> 01:00:08.000
 love for

01:00:08.000 --> 01:00:08.440
 you will

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 grow

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 and increase

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 all the

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 more

01:00:10.900 --> 01:00:11.760
 teach us

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 Lord

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 to live

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 by faith

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 in the

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 midst of

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 everything

01:00:14.800 --> 01:00:15.159
 that goes

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 on in

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 our

01:00:15.639 --> 01:00:16.079
 lives

01:00:16.079 --> 01:00:17.119
 to look

01:00:17.119 --> 01:00:17.679
 to you

01:00:17.679 --> 01:00:18.420
 and to

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 hold fast

01:00:19.220 --> 01:00:19.900
 to you

01:00:19.900 --> 01:00:20.840
 we ask

01:00:20.840 --> 01:00:21.220
 it all

01:00:21.220 --> 01:00:21.760
 in Jesus

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 name

01:00:22.220 --> 01:00:23.220
 Amen

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 we're going

01:00:27.340 --> 01:00:28.400
 to conclude

01:00:28.400 --> 01:00:29.880
 by singing

01:00:29.880 --> 01:00:30.420
 to God's

01:00:30.420 --> 01:00:30.900
 praise in

01:00:30.900 --> 01:00:32.300
 Psalm 138

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 once again

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 in the

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 Scottish

01:00:35.579 --> 01:00:36.099
 Psalter

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 page

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 432

01:00:37.960 --> 01:00:38.539
 Psalm

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 138

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 at verse

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 6

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 Though God

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 be high

01:00:43.759 --> 01:00:44.279
 yet he

01:00:44.279 --> 01:00:44.920
 respects

01:00:44.920 --> 01:00:45.699
 all those

01:00:45.699 --> 01:00:46.460
 that lowly

01:00:46.460 --> 01:00:46.759
 be

01:00:46.759 --> 01:00:47.539
 whereas

01:00:47.539 --> 01:00:48.420
 the proud

01:00:48.420 --> 01:00:49.159
 and lofty

01:00:49.159 --> 01:00:49.659
 ones

01:00:49.659 --> 01:00:51.019
 afar off

01:00:51.019 --> 01:00:51.900
 knoweth

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 he

01:00:52.279 --> 01:00:53.159
 the tune

01:00:53.159 --> 01:00:53.860
 is Warwick

01:00:53.860 --> 01:00:54.219
 and we'll

01:00:54.219 --> 01:00:54.799
 sing these

01:00:54.799 --> 01:00:55.480
 three verses

01:00:55.480 --> 01:00:56.559
 to God's

01:00:56.559 --> 01:00:57.019
 praise

01:00:57.019 --> 01:01:04.980
 O God

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 be high

01:01:06.440 --> 01:01:07.920
 yet he

01:01:07.920 --> 01:01:09.420
 respects

01:01:09.420 --> 01:01:12.219
 all those

01:01:12.219 --> 01:01:14.340
 that lowly

01:01:14.340 --> 01:01:16.480
 be

01:01:16.480 --> 01:01:18.119
 whereas

01:01:18.119 --> 01:01:20.800
 the proud

01:01:20.800 --> 01:01:22.920
 and lofty

01:01:22.920 --> 01:01:24.179
 ones

01:01:24.179 --> 01:01:26.920
 afar off

01:01:26.920 --> 01:01:29.360
 knoweth

01:01:29.360 --> 01:01:31.300
 he

01:01:31.300 --> 01:01:32.820
 though

01:01:32.820 --> 01:01:34.000
 I

01:01:34.000 --> 01:01:34.860
 in

01:01:34.860 --> 01:01:35.780
 midst

01:01:35.780 --> 01:01:36.680
 of

01:01:36.680 --> 01:01:37.820
 trouble

01:01:37.820 --> 01:01:39.340
 long

01:01:39.340 --> 01:01:40.559
 I

01:01:40.559 --> 01:01:41.700
 life

01:01:41.700 --> 01:01:42.619
 from

01:01:42.619 --> 01:01:43.539
 thee

01:01:43.539 --> 01:01:44.500
 shall

01:01:44.500 --> 01:01:46.300
 have

01:01:46.300 --> 01:01:47.740
 yet

01:01:47.740 --> 01:01:48.619
 my

01:01:48.619 --> 01:01:49.720
 foe's

01:01:49.720 --> 01:01:50.599
 wrath

01:01:50.599 --> 01:01:51.539
 thou

01:01:51.539 --> 01:01:52.659
 stretch

01:01:52.659 --> 01:01:53.659
 thine

01:01:53.659 --> 01:01:54.340
 hand

01:01:54.340 --> 01:01:55.680
 thy

01:01:55.680 --> 01:01:56.840
 right

01:01:56.840 --> 01:01:57.780
 hand

01:01:57.780 --> 01:01:58.720
 shall

01:01:58.720 --> 01:01:59.280
 be

01:01:59.280 --> 01:02:02.019
 saved

01:02:02.019 --> 01:02:03.880
 surely

01:02:03.880 --> 01:02:05.579
 that

01:02:05.579 --> 01:02:06.579
 which

01:02:06.579 --> 01:02:08.620
 concern

01:02:08.619 --> 01:02:10.059
 me

01:02:10.059 --> 01:02:11.059
 the

01:02:11.059 --> 01:02:12.500
 Lord

01:02:12.500 --> 01:02:13.380
 will

01:02:13.380 --> 01:02:14.739
 perfect

01:02:14.739 --> 01:02:17.219
 make

01:02:17.219 --> 01:02:18.619
 Lord

01:02:18.619 --> 01:02:19.519
 still

01:02:19.519 --> 01:02:20.460
 thy

01:02:20.460 --> 01:02:21.739
 mercy

01:02:21.739 --> 01:02:23.619
 last

01:02:23.619 --> 01:02:24.059
 do

01:02:24.059 --> 01:02:25.279
 not

01:02:25.279 --> 01:02:26.779
 thine

01:02:26.779 --> 01:02:27.679
 own

01:02:27.679 --> 01:02:28.679
 hands

01:02:28.679 --> 01:02:29.400
 are

01:02:29.400 --> 01:02:32.000
 forsake

01:02:32.000 --> 01:02:34.400
 after

01:02:34.400 --> 01:02:34.599
 the

01:02:34.599 --> 01:02:35.019
 benediction

01:02:35.019 --> 01:02:35.320
 I'll

01:02:35.320 --> 01:02:35.760
 go to

01:02:35.760 --> 01:02:35.980
 the

01:02:35.980 --> 01:02:36.300
 main

01:02:36.300 --> 01:02:36.639
 door

01:02:36.639 --> 01:02:37.039
 and

01:02:37.039 --> 01:02:37.340
 close

01:02:37.340 --> 01:02:37.480
 with

01:02:37.480 --> 01:02:37.579
 the

01:02:37.579 --> 01:02:38.019
 benediction

01:02:38.019 --> 01:02:39.539
 now may

01:02:39.539 --> 01:02:40.059
 grace

01:02:40.059 --> 01:02:40.599
 mercy

01:02:40.599 --> 01:02:41.260
 and peace

01:02:41.260 --> 01:02:41.539
 from

01:02:41.539 --> 01:02:41.960
 God

01:02:41.960 --> 01:02:42.619
 Father

01:02:42.619 --> 01:02:43.119
 Son

01:02:43.119 --> 01:02:43.360
 and

01:02:43.360 --> 01:02:43.719
 Holy

01:02:43.719 --> 01:02:44.179
 Spirit

01:02:44.179 --> 01:02:45.199
 rest

01:02:45.199 --> 01:02:45.559
 upon

01:02:45.559 --> 01:02:45.739
 and

01:02:45.739 --> 01:02:46.139
 abide

01:02:46.139 --> 01:02:46.440
 with

01:02:46.440 --> 01:02:46.659
 you

01:02:46.659 --> 01:02:46.940
 all

01:02:46.940 --> 01:02:47.239
 now

01:02:47.239 --> 01:02:47.519
 and

01:02:47.519 --> 01:02:48.000
 forever

01:02:48.000 --> 01:02:48.380
 more

01:02:48.380 --> 01:02:49.200
 amen

01:03:18.380 --> 01:03:19.579
 No

01:03:19.579 --> 01:03:19.619
 nothing

01:03:19.619 --> 01:03:21.059
 nor

01:03:21.059 --> 01:03:21.119
 glory

01:03:21.119 --> 01:03:22.039
 is

01:03:22.039 --> 01:03:23.519
 a

01:03:23.760 --> 01:03:23.800
 God

01:03:38.800 --> 01:03:39.440
 a

01:03:40.900 --> 01:03:42.000
 speaker

01:03:43.960 --> 01:03:44.200
 of