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 Well, good morning, everyone. Are we well? Good. Well, let's pray together as we come to God's word.

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 Oh, Father, we thank you so much this morning that we come here.

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 As we've been singing, we do not worship a dead God.

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 We do not worship a man whose body can be found somewhere if you dig up a grave in the Middle East.

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 But we thank you that we worship and we know you who are the living God.

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 You who are the speaking God.

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 And Father, as we come to your word now, as we come to this psalm that we've been thinking about the last wee while.

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 Lord, we ask that you would teach us.

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 We ask that you would encourage us.

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 We ask that you would challenge us.

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 We ask that you would convict us.

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 We ask that you would sharpen us and mold us all for the glory of your son, Jesus Christ.

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 And it's in his name that we pray confidently.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, you up for learning a new word this morning?

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 Yeah.

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 Here is the word that I learned recently.

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 An ultra-crepidarian.

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 Has anyone heard of this word?

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 One person has heard of this word.

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 So I'm not getting away if I'm making this up.

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 You will correct me.

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 An ultra-crepidarian is somebody who offers advice.

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 Now, I wonder how you rate your advice-giving skills.

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 Do you have any agony ants in the room?

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 Do we have any people who really rate their ability to offer advice to people?

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 Well, let me tell you the story of a man I was reading about this week called Joseph.

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 And Joseph is a Maasai warrior in Africa.

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 Joseph hears about Jesus.

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 Becomes a Christian.

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 Inexpressible joy and excitement fill his heart.

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 So what does he do?

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 Naturally, he travels around the surrounding villages that surround his.

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 He tells everyone he meets about this man, Jesus, who has transformed his life.

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 What does he expect to see?

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 He expects to see their faces light up the same way that his did.

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 So what does he see?

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 Well, he sees not faces lit up.

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 He sees faces full of anger.

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 And the people, as you listen to what Joseph has to say, they turn violent.

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 The men of the village, they pin him down.

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 The women of the village, they take barbed wire and they beat him.

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 And they throw him out of the village.

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 And Joseph is sitting there thinking,

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 I mustn't have told them right about Jesus.

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 So what does he do?

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 He goes back into the village.

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 And he starts speaking again.

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 And the same thing happens to him.

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 And the wounds that started to heal, all of a sudden are reopened again.

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 Once again, he's thrown out of the village for speaking about Jesus.

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 So here's what I want you to imagine this morning.

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 Picture him.

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 He's outside the village.

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 Battered.

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 Bruised.

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 Perplexed.

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 Distressed.

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 And he turns to you.

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 Looked you in the eye.

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 And he says, what should I do?

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 So now that we're all confessing ultra-crepidarians, how would you advise Joseph?

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 What do you say to somebody who's feeling the heat and is facing the flames because of their trust in God?

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 Now, I imagine for many of us here this morning, that is a very real question.

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 And I imagine for many of us here this morning, it's a very raw question.

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 What do you say to somebody who's knowing the reality of suffering in their lives?

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 Well, here's what I love about the Bible.

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 It doesn't shy away from telling me about the suffering in human life.

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 Here's what I also love about the Bible.

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 It tells me about a man.

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 It tells me about a man who knows what the realness and the rawness of faith in God is like.

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 It tells me about a suffering king.

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 Psalm 22.

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 We've been in it the last few weeks.

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 Psalm 22.

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 We meet a king.

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 And as Paul read it there, you'll have read it and seen it.

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 A king who is feeling the heat and a king who is facing the flames because he trusts in God.

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 Now, I just want us to see two very quick things this morning about these verses.

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 I think these verses present us, and if you have Psalm 22 there, get it in front of you, these verses.

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 Because I think this is massively important for us this morning.

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 Two great realities for the suffering Christian that these verses give us.

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 Two great realities.

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 You ready for these two realities?

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 Yeah?

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 Show me some enthusiasm.

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 Right?

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 We're good.

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 Here's the first reality.

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 That there is a world that stands against you.

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 Now, we live in a world, don't we, that is hostile to God.

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 And because of that, we live in a world that is hostile to his people.

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 And that's what David is experiencing in our verses in Psalm 22.

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 What does he describe?

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 Look at it there.

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 Scan your eyes over verses 6 to 8 and verses 12 to 17.

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 What does he describe?

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 Firstly, he describes the faces that surround him.

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 Do you see that?

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 How does he describe these people?

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 Well, look at the language that he uses.

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 He uses beastly language.

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 Do you see that?

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 A lot of animals he mentions.

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 Strong bulls.

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 Roaring lions.

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 A pack of dogs.

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 Now, I don't know if you've ever been to Africa or the third world.

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 And you've seen packs of dogs.

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 This is not Butsi the Chihuahua.

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 Right?

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 These are flea-carrying dogs who are out to get him.

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 These are not domesticated pets that David is rhyming off here.

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 These are animals who are out to kill him.

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 This is like that moment in the David Attenborough documentaries that you've probably seen on BBC 2 the last few days.

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 You can tell I've been on holiday.

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 Like the wildebeest when he spots the hunter in the long grass.

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 What does he do?

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 He legs it out of there.

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 They tear their prey.

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 Look what he's saying.

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 They open their mouths.

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 And these animals, these people, they surround him at every side.

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 Do you see that?

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 And their faces don't just surround him.

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 Actually, their hands are on him.

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 They've got him.

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 They pierce him.

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 They mock him.

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 They scoff at him.

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 They insult him.

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 They stare at him.

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 They gloat at him.

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 They strip him.

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 And how does David feel?

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 He feels like a worm.

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 So small.

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 So fragile.

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 So powerless.

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 And if he uses beastly language to describe those surround him,

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 do you see how he uses bodily language to describe how he is feeling?

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 His heart.

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 Like wax melting within him.

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 Do you feel the pain?

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 His mouth, it's dry.

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 His tongue sticking to the roof of his mouth.

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 His bones are on display.

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 Here is a world that stands against this king.

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 Now, of course, if David is using this language somewhat hyperbolically here,

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 Jesus, as he endures the cross, well, he is certainly not.

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 His face, his face was targeted.

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 His side was literally pierced.

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 His name was, it was mocked.

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 His trust in God, it was ridiculed.

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 He was slapped.

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 Get your head around that.

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 There was a human being who slapped God.

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 His body was broken.

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 His garments were divided.

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 His life was taken.

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 And the faces that surrounded him, well, their hands were well and truly on Jesus Christ.

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 Now, why?

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 Why?

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 I don't know if you remember ever watching a few years ago the film that came out, The Passion of the Christ.

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 This film that was directed by Mel Gibson.

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 Well, I learned an interesting fact recently about the film.

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 That Gibson, he only appears in one scene in that film.

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 One scene.

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 His are the hands that hold the nail, that drive, hold the hammer, that drive the nail into Jesus' hands.

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 And it was Gibson, in a way, saying, listen, I wasn't there that day.

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 I wasn't there that day.

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 But in another sense, I absolutely was there that day.

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 My sins put him there.

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 He took the punishment that I deserve.

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 That's what Gibson knew to be true in his own life.

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 And that's what's true for all of us here this morning.

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 We were not there.

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 We were not there.

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 But in another sense, we absolutely were there.

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 For he was wounded for our transgressions, writes Isaiah.

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 Isaiah, he was crushed for our iniquities.

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 And with his stripes, we are healed.

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 Now, as we contemplate Christ on the cross this morning,

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 I think there are two wonderful lessons for us to learn as a church family, as we look at him.

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 Here's the first lesson.

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 Lesson number one from the cross.

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 To take heed of the example that Jesus shows us.

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 Now, you can imagine that David was powerless to do much about his situation.

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 But Jesus, well, he definitely wasn't powerless to do much about his situation.

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 What did Jesus say to his disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane?

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 When Judas comes and betrays him, what do the disciples want?

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 Well, they want to fight.

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 They want a scrap, understandably.

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 I don't know if you've ever watched, but I'm sure you have, the Lord of the Rings films.

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 Some of my favorite scenes are when Gandalf, he gets his stick.

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 And what does he do?

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 He just hammers it on the ground.

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 And his enemies just get flung.

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 So great is the power that's unleashed.

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 He does.

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 He smashes those who are opposing him.

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 Well, if I were advising Jesus here, that's what I would have told him to do.

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 But what does he say to his disciples?

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 Put your swords away.

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 put them away do you not think that I could appeal to God and he would send

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 down 12 legions of armies do you think I could play that card at any second if I wanted to

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 but the plan of God would not be fulfilled and so what do we see him do we see him go to the soldier

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 whose ear has been cut off and what does he do he heals him

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 Jesus thoughts in that moment of betrayal are not on returning evil they're on doing good

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 they're not on retribution not on retaliation but they're on restoration

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 with that mindset he goes to the cross and he lays down his life for the very ones who are trying

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 to kill him and do kill him this is our enemy loving king now we love talking about leadership

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 in our culture don't we I don't know if you've ever been into to water zones recently but you look

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 it's just shelves and shelves full of leadership books how to be the best leader you can be

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 we love them don't we we love Steve Jobs we love Alex Ferguson we love Winston Churchill but what is

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 the greatest mark of a great leader surely it's to not ask something of others that you would not

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 be prepared to do yourself so do you see that there is no leader quite like Jesus Christ he truly is in

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 a league of his own he truly is incomparable he is well and truly head and shoulders above any man

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 that I've ever heard of for he who said turn the other cheek

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 let's people hammer in the nails he who said love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you he

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 died for his enemies

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 now we may never plumb the depths of this psalm in terms of our suffering and our persecution

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 but we still face don't we as God's people we still face little fires in our lives we can call

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 them that when those in the office when they ostracize you for being different when those at

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 university they they look on you differently because you will not join in the drinking games

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 when you was at school they bully bully you for standing and declaring your faith in Jesus Christ

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 well what would the cross say to us this morning

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 it would say pray for them

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 and love them

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 and tell them

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 you see this is the pattern that we see

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 at the cross

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 and in case we were in any doubt as to what it means to follow Jesus Christ

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 do you see here

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 that to follow him the pattern is very much cross shaped

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 so there's lesson number one from the cross to heed the example that Jesus shows us

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 but here's lesson number two from the cross

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 to take heart from the truth that Jesus knows us

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 right at the heart of the Christian faith is a God who has suffered

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 that Jesus is not immune from the pain

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 he got involved in our darkness

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 he tasted death

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 and he knows what it means

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 to be targeted

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 because one trusts

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 in God

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 but it's more than that

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 do you remember when you were young

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 and you used to have an imaginary friend

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 no me neither

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 well Jesus

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 is no imaginary friend

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 he is no distant sympathizer

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 he is no removed empathizer

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 here is a king

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 who we can call our brother

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 and our king has sent his spirit to dwell in the lives of his people

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 not as a casual dweller

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 but as a permanent occupier

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 to live inside of us

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 and to help us

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 and where is Jesus now

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 well he's at the right hand of God praying for us

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 isn't it a wonderful truth for us to grasp this morning

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 that Jesus is more committed to his sheep

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 than his sheep are to him

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 that Jesus is more committed to praying for me

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 than I am to praying for me

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 I find that in my own prayer life

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 that I'm praying for people

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 praying for things

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 so what happens

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 Lord would you bless David

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 would you look after him

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 would you surround him with your peace

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 so that reminds me

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 I need to meet David this week

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 I wonder where we can meet

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 maybe we can go to Starbucks

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 they're doing that new vanilla latte

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 do you not find that in your prayer life

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 is it not incredible to think

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 that Jesus is more committed

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 to prayer than I am

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 that Jesus is more committed to me

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 as his sheep

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 than I am to him

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 that I get tired

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 my concentration drifts

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 but Jesus never ceases to pray

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 at the right hand of the Father

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 for his people

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 and as we think on the blessed truth

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 of our praying saviour

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 his ceaseless

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 fervent

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 impassioned

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 hearty

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 intercession

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 on our behalf

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 that should drive us

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 to love him more

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 Robert Marnie McShane

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 one of Scotland's finest preachers

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 preachers

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 he said this

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 if I could hear

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 Christ praying for me

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 in the next room

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 oh I would not fear

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 a million enemies

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 yet distance makes no difference

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 for he is praying for me

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 oh that should massively

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 comfort us this morning

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 that should massively inspire us

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 this morning

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 as we live our lives

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 following this king

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 in a world

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 that stands

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 against us

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 for in Jesus Christ

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 do you see friends

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 that we do not have

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 we could not ask for

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 a better king

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 as we return to the psalm

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 in the midst of the suffering

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 see what David is doing

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 this is the second

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 big thing for us

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 to know this morning

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 the second big reality

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 for the suffering Christian

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 that there may be a world

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 that stands against you

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 but know

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 that there is a God

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 who stands

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 beside you

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 now just cast your eyes

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 over these verses here

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 look firstly

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 at what David is declaring

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 do you see it there

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 in those verses

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 what is he declaring

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 that God

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 is

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 my

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 strength

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 God you are

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 my

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 strength

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 and he's not

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 picturing God

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 as some kind of

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 divine

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 Duracell bunny

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 God is not

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 some triple A

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 after his name

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 who will zap him

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 with power

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 he's reminding himself

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 of God's

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 absolute

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 sovereignty

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 that God

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 is in

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 total control

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 of his life

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 that God

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 holds

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 his times

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 in the palms

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 of his

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 hands

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 do you see the language

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 here

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 that God

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 is the one

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 who has nursed him

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 from the womb

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 that God

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 is the one

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 who has given him

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 every heartbeat

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 such intimate

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 language

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 as if to say

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 God

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 there has never

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 been a moment

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 where you've not

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 been there

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 so a personal note

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 I found that so

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 comforting this week

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 to know

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 that

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 God

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 holds

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 my family's

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 life

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 in his hands

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 just as much

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 as he does

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 my hand

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 that nothing

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 is happening

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 that he does not

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 know about

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 nothing is happening

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 that he's not

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 in control over

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 he holds

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 our life

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 in his hand

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 words

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 that I found

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 so massively

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 reassuring

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 this week

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 and I wrote them

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 about six times

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 to know

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 I wouldn't cry

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 but you see

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 what he's declaring

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 here

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 that God

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 is in control

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 of his life

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 that he trusts

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 that God

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 is good

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 and he trusts

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 that God

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 has a purpose

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 and a plan

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 for his life

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 he's trusting

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 in God's

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 total ability

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 to provide

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 everything

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 that he needs

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 and his people

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 need

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 in their time

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 of trial

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 he's throwing

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 himself

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 on that truth

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 that God

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 you are

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 sustaining me

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 God

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 you hold

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.799
 my life

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 in the palm

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 of your hand

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 George Whitefield

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 American evangelist

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 back in the day

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 famously said

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 I am immortal

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 until God

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 calls me home

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 that God

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 holds

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 our lives

00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.420
 in his hands

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 now where has

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.900
 David got that

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 idea from

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 I wonder

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 where has he

00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:00.120
 got that from

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 well he's got it

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.420
 from God's

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:03.799
 proven track record

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:05.320
 he knows

00:20:05.320 --> 00:20:05.900
 God is a

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.580
 faithful God

00:20:06.580 --> 00:20:07.120
 he knows

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:07.460
 that God

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.160
 is a God

00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:09.160
 of abundant

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.660
 goodness

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.519
 and so

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:10.840
 what does

00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:11.440
 he declare

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.240
 God

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:13.160
 you are

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:14.580
 my strength

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 and if that's

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:17.880
 what David

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:18.519
 is declaring

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.660
 notice secondly

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.340
 what he is

00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:20.800
 praying

00:20:20.800 --> 00:20:22.580
 that God

00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:23.240
 would save

00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:23.519
 him

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.800
 look at the

00:20:24.800 --> 00:20:25.519
 words he uses

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.960
 in verses

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 19 to 21

00:20:27.320 --> 00:20:29.160
 what does

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:29.720
 he pray

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:30.759
 help me

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:32.900
 save me

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:34.500
 deliver me

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.620
 rescue me

00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.380
 he knows

00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:36.640
 that he

00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.380
 needs God's

00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:37.920
 help

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:41.900
 as I was

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.840
 preparing

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 and I was

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.900
 thinking about

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.500
 this passage

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:44.980
 over the last

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.460
 few weeks

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.680
 it got me

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.100
 thinking

00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:48.840
 how can we

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.620
 use this

00:20:49.620 --> 00:20:50.259
 prayer in

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.820
 our lives

00:20:50.820 --> 00:20:51.519
 as a church

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.960
 how can we

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.420
 use this

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.560
 prayer in

00:20:54.560 --> 00:20:55.100
 the lives

00:20:55.100 --> 00:20:56.320
 of our

00:20:56.320 --> 00:20:56.880
 lives as

00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.500
 God's people

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.880
 now it

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.400
 occurred to me

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:58.640
 that we

00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:59.180
 might never

00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:00.000
 experience the

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.480
 depths of

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:00.700
 this

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:03.019
 this cry

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:04.039
 it might

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.519
 never be

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:04.840
 mine

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:06.259
 these words

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.779
 they might

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.380
 never be

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.680
 mine

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.220
 but how

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.940
 many of

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.140
 our

00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:09.500
 brothers

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.200
 and sisters

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.900
 around the

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.340
 world

00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:13.060
 face this

00:21:13.060 --> 00:21:13.920
 as a

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.200
 daily

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.820
 reality

00:21:14.820 --> 00:21:16.920
 they know

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.420
 physical

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:17.960
 suffering

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:19.440
 they know

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:19.900
 what it means

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.180
 to be

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.480
 beaten

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.080
 they know

00:21:21.080 --> 00:21:21.360
 what it

00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:21.660
 means to

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.140
 be spat

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.300
 at

00:21:22.300 --> 00:21:22.720
 they know

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:22.920
 what it

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.200
 means to

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.680
 be mocked

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:26.360
 I don't know

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:26.620
 about you

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 but I find

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:28.100
 that one of

00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:28.600
 the hardest

00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:29.260
 things in my

00:21:29.260 --> 00:21:29.680
 own prayer

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.140
 times

00:21:30.140 --> 00:21:31.780
 to raise

00:21:31.780 --> 00:21:32.440
 my eyes

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:32.820
 to lift

00:21:32.820 --> 00:21:33.400
 my mind

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.160
 to things

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.960
 above

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.720
 just me

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.279
 and mine

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:39.160
 how often

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.519
 do I just

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.140
 never think

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.440
 about my

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:40.900
 brothers and

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.440
 sisters in

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:41.920
 Christ

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.900
 as they

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.539
 suffer for

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.079
 their faith

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.500
 in the other

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.039
 side of the

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.400
 world

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:46.460
 for that's

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:46.880
 the truth

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.200
 isn't it

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.500
 that the

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.160
 same spirit

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.600
 of God

00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:49.000
 that lives

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.360
 in me

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:49.620
 is the

00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.140
 same spirit

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.500
 of God

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.019
 that lives

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.660
 in my

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.200
 brother and

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.700
 sister in

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.299
 North Korea

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:57.079
 one of

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.440
 the things

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:57.740
 that we've

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.039
 tried to

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.180
 do

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.740
 practically

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.680
 in our

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.259
 small group

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.579
 as we

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:00.879
 meet

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:01.859
 is to

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.319
 pray for

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.839
 the unreached

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.440
 people groups

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:03.720
 in the

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.000
 world

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.220
 and to

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.680
 pray for

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:05.819
 the

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.379
 persecuted

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:07.019
 church

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:08.240
 what we

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.720
 do is

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.200
 we've only

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.480
 been doing

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:09.799
 it the last

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.159
 couple of

00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:10.359
 meets

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:11.180
 but someone

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.460
 will go

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:11.879
 away and

00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:12.599
 will research

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.980
 a persecuted

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.619
 country in

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.000
 the world

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.339
 they will

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.059
 research it

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.500
 bring it

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.740
 to the

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:16.980
 group

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.359
 and they'll

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:17.680
 lead us

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.019
 in praying

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.299
 for the

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:18.619
 country

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:18.839
 well

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.680
 last time

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.059
 we met

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.559
 Sarah

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.159
 who's not

00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:21.539
 here this

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.319
 morning so I

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:22.539
 won't

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.059
 embarrass her

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.339
 she was

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.819
 telling us

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.119
 about the

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.539
 church in

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:24.919
 India

00:22:24.919 --> 00:22:27.679
 the last

00:22:27.679 --> 00:22:28.039
 year I'll

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 just read

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.619
 this out

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:28.879
 to you

00:22:28.879 --> 00:22:29.339
 it was

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:29.799
 estimated

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.599
 that 15

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.079
 Christians

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.679
 were attacked

00:22:31.679 --> 00:22:32.440
 every week

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.879
 because of

00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.379
 their faith

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.819
 in Jesus

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.379
 Christ

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:36.839
 she was

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.159
 telling us

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.419
 about a

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:37.899
 new Hindu

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.319
 government

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.720
 which is

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.200
 in India

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:40.460
 who are

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.980
 seeking to

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.379
 make it

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:41.859
 statewide

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.419
 illegal

00:22:42.419 --> 00:22:43.500
 to convert

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.359
 from Hinduism

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.839
 to any

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.639
 other religion

00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:47.440
 and you can

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.579
 imagine if

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.099
 you're a

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.779
 Hindu and you

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.119
 come to

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.639
 faith in

00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:50.940
 Christ

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.359
 that's going

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.899
 to lead to

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.399
 immense

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:52.879
 problems

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.200
 in your

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.580
 life

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.860
 and that's

00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.060
 going to

00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:55.360
 lead to

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:55.740
 immense

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.280
 suffering

00:22:56.280 --> 00:22:59.180
 not just

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.500
 from the

00:22:59.500 --> 00:22:59.880
 state but

00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.260
 also from

00:23:00.260 --> 00:23:00.880
 your family

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.480
 as well

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:03.060
 and it

00:23:03.060 --> 00:23:03.320
 was a

00:23:03.320 --> 00:23:03.740
 sobering

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.340
 privilege to

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.800
 sit there as

00:23:04.800 --> 00:23:05.240
 a group of

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.100
 believers in

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.580
 Edinburgh

00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:08.720
 and not only to

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.500
 identify with

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.080
 believers in

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:10.400
 India

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:12.420
 but to pray

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.840
 for them

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:14.600
 and to pray

00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:15.060
 what?

00:23:15.800 --> 00:23:16.300
 Well that they

00:23:16.300 --> 00:23:17.080
 would know God

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.400
 as their

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:17.920
 strength

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:19.380
 and that they

00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:19.740
 would know

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.320
 him as an

00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:20.960
 ever-present

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.519
 help in

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:21.920
 time of

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.200
 need

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.300
 and that

00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:23.740
 God

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.700
 by his

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.160
 grace and

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.480
 in his

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.080
 mercy would

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:26.860
 stand over

00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.240
 them and

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.880
 protect them

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.200
 as his

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.580
 people

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.880
 and wouldn't

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.220
 that be a

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.860
 wonderful thing

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.640
 to become part

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.279
 of our DNA

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.800
 as a church

00:23:32.800 --> 00:23:33.279
 community

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:35.320
 that we pray

00:23:35.320 --> 00:23:35.680
 for our

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.100
 brothers and

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.720
 sisters around

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.120
 the world

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.660
 that we pray

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.320
 for our

00:23:38.320 --> 00:23:39.120
 area

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.680
 that we pray

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.120
 for our

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:40.519
 nation

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.000
 that we pray

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.400
 for our

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:41.900
 world

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:44.980
 now you're

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.580
 probably thinking

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:46.019
 how do I

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.380
 do that

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:46.880
 where do I

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.280
 start

00:23:47.280 --> 00:23:47.580
 well

00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:48.880
 just printed

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.300
 off this

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:49.560
 morning

00:23:49.560 --> 00:23:50.120
 Adam printed

00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:50.540
 a ton of

00:23:50.540 --> 00:23:50.880
 them off

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.820
 the world

00:23:51.820 --> 00:23:52.560
 watch list

00:23:52.560 --> 00:23:53.120
 that's produced

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.780
 by Open

00:23:53.780 --> 00:23:54.160
 Doors

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.660
 you can grab

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:54.960
 it on the

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.320
 way out

00:23:55.320 --> 00:23:55.720
 before you

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.080
 go this

00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:56.340
 morning

00:23:56.340 --> 00:23:56.620
 and it

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.080
 lists the

00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:58.160
 50 hardest

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.920
 places to

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.160
 be a

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.500
 Christian

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:01.460
 and the

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:01.840
 thing is

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:02.300
 I read

00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:02.759
 this this

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.140
 week

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:04.860
 is not

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.400
 only did I

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:05.700
 know

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:05.980
 and this

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.540
 was to my

00:24:06.540 --> 00:24:06.820
 shame

00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:07.340
 not only did

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.080
 I not

00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:08.440
 know that

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.720
 some of

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.200
 these countries

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.740
 would be on

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.340
 this list

00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:11.560
 but I

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:11.919
 didn't even

00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.240
 know some

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.440
 of these

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.740
 countries

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.299
 existed

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:16.700
 let's get

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.259
 praying for

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.639
 our brothers

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.159
 and sisters

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.919
 who know

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:20.399
 the trials

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:21.019
 and who know

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.539
 the flames

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:21.980
 because of

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.519
 their trust

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.039
 in God

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.659
 this is the

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.299
 pattern of

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:25.359
 our persecuted

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:26.039
 and pierced

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.379
 king

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:29.159
 but as we

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:29.940
 return to

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.339
 the psalm

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:30.740
 this morning

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.419
 just as we

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:32.299
 finish off

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:33.179
 I wonder

00:24:33.179 --> 00:24:33.599
 how you

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.119
 square the

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:34.519
 circle

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:38.559
 that David

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.059
 was delivered

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.720
 from death

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:41.720
 but Jesus

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.180
 Christ

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.680
 the true

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.039
 king of

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.720
 psalm 22

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.259
 was not

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.600
 delivered

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.299
 from death

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:48.079
 how do you

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.519
 make sense

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:48.839
 of that

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.079
 one

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:51.420
 let me

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.620
 take you

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.019
 back just

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.380
 to the

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:53.140
 word that

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.460
 we were

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.480
 thinking about

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.039
 earlier on

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.480
 an ultra

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.140
 crepidarian

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:58.079
 now I'll be

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.480
 honest I was

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:58.759
 a little bit

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.259
 cheeky there

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.319
 and I only

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.079
 gave you half

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.519
 of its

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.059
 definition

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.460
 Calum

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.640
 am I

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:02.900
 right

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:04.799
 I'm

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.120
 right

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:07.380
 actually an

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.640
 ultra

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.100
 crepidarian

00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:08.460
 is somebody

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.960
 who offers

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.779
 advice but

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.340
 it's someone

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:11.600
 who offers

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.400
 advice not

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.840
 knowing the

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.420
 full wisdom

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.740
 of the

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.100
 picture

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:16.880
 let me

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.200
 take you

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.600
 back to

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.120
 Joseph

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:20.279
 picture him

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.840
 outside that

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.340
 village

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:22.700
 bruised

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:24.140
 perplexed

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.920
 distressed

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.799
 battered

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.319
 looks to

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.660
 you what

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.259
 should I

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.640
 do

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:29.700
 well here's

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:29.980
 how I

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.220
 would have

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.860
 advised him

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:32.340
 run a mile

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:32.740
 mate

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:34.420
 head down

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.079
 coat on

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.620
 chin up

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.460
 ship out

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:38.299
 here's

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.720
 what happened

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.100
 to him

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:41.039
 he goes

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.460
 back into

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.000
 the village

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:44.140
 and he

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.860
 speaks

00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:45.700
 and this

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.220
 time people

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.840
 attacked him

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.299
 before he

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.840
 even had a

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.220
 chance to

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.620
 open his

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.000
 mouth

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.600
 and it's

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.299
 recorded his

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.140
 testimony is

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.240
 that before he

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.079
 felt unconscious

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.200
 the last thing he

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.160
 remembers hearing

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:57.600
 is a woman

00:25:57.600 --> 00:25:58.059
 crying

00:25:58.059 --> 00:26:00.299
 and he wakes

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.640
 up

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:02.259
 and he was

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.520
 in his

00:26:02.520 --> 00:26:03.060
 own bed

00:26:03.060 --> 00:26:04.759
 and the

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.380
 same people

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:06.160
 who were

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.400
 trying to

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:07.040
 attack him

00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:08.020
 are now

00:26:08.020 --> 00:26:08.700
 standing over

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.140
 him and

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.840
 weeping and

00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:10.200
 trying to

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.600
 nurse him

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.020
 back to

00:26:11.020 --> 00:26:11.300
 life

00:26:11.300 --> 00:26:11.900
 now why

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.780
 well because

00:26:12.780 --> 00:26:13.320
 God had

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:14.160
 used Joseph's

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.580
 life

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:16.880
 to convert

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.540
 the entire

00:26:17.540 --> 00:26:18.080
 village to

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.520
 Christ

00:26:18.520 --> 00:26:21.880
 I find it

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.600
 sobering to

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.040
 know that

00:26:23.040 --> 00:26:23.640
 God's ways

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.020
 are higher

00:26:24.020 --> 00:26:24.380
 than my

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.700
 ways

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:27.060
 I find it

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:27.700
 humbling to

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.000
 know that

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.580
 God's wisdom

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:29.100
 is not my

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.420
 wisdom

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:31.320
 I find it

00:26:31.320 --> 00:26:32.000
 so encouraging

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.720
 to know that

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.320
 God's plan

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:33.640
 is better

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.000
 than my

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.340
 plan

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:36.000
 I find it

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.660
 so awesome

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.240
 to know that

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.039
 his purposes

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:39.300
 are unstoppable

00:26:39.300 --> 00:26:40.420
 for his

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:40.800
 glory

00:26:40.800 --> 00:26:42.000
 and so

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.980
 sovereign and

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.620
 good is our

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.660
 God that he

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.820
 uses man's

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:47.360
 worst and he

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:48.240
 turns it into

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.080
 his best

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:50.840
 do we not

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:51.360
 know that so

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.060
 beautifully as

00:26:52.060 --> 00:26:52.560
 we look at the

00:26:52.560 --> 00:26:53.000
 cross

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:55.460
 here is a

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.940
 king over

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.320
 whom the

00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:57.019
 world shouted

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.660
 defeated

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:59.039
 but in actual

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.559
 fact here

00:26:59.559 --> 00:26:59.839
 was a

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.159
 king's

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:00.480
 death

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.960
 that shouted

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.619
 victory

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.240
 here is a

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.680
 God whose

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.359
 plans appeared

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.659
 to be

00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:05.220
 thwarted

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.779
 but in actual

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.379
 fact here

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.659
 is a

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.079
 God who

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.859
 is gloriously

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.480
 accomplishing

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.359
 his plans

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.859
 did you

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.299
 remember I

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.720
 said a few

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.139
 weeks ago

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.460
 when we

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.039
 started this

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.480
 psalm that

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.859
 it moves

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.180
 from the

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.559
 minor key

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:14.819
 to the

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.339
 major key

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:17.539
 well as we

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.099
 hit the

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.399
 end of

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:19.119
 verse 21

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:19.519
 we've hit

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.099
 the lowest

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.500
 note in

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.799
 the minor

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.159
 key

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:23.180
 verse 22

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.579
 we'll see

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.039
 next week

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.599
 a massive

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.220
 key change

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.440
 and what

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.639
 we're going

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.119
 to see over

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.440
 the next

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.920
 few weeks

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.640
 is that God

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.519
 will use

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.140
 this apparent

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.640
 moment of

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.060
 defeat

00:27:30.060 --> 00:27:31.600
 to gather

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.240
 people from

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.900
 around the

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.240
 world

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.779
 men and

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:33.980
 women

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.519
 boys and

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:34.759
 girls

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.700
 throughout the

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.320
 generations

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:37.400
 all those

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.880
 who look

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.240
 on the

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.620
 sun

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.360
 will have

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.019
 life in

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.480
 his name

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.920
 God will

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.360
 use this

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.840
 moment of

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:42.360
 defeat

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.360
 apparent

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:43.900
 defeat

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:45.000
 to accomplish

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.320
 his greatest

00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:47.380
 victory

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:49.279
 the apostle

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.640
 Paul

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.060
 let's end

00:27:50.060 --> 00:27:50.420
 with these

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.700
 words

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.480
 Romans 11

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.480
 oh the

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.079
 depth

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.519
 of the

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.860
 riches

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.480
 and wisdom

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.940
 and knowledge

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.500
 of God

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:57.599
 how unsearchable

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.019
 are his

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.460
 judgments

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.000
 and how

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.779
 inscrutable

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.559
 are his

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.140
 ways

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.259
 for who

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.920
 has known

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.420
 the mind

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:03.720
 of the

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.019
 Lord

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.420
 or who

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.779
 has been

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:04.980
 his

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.519
 counselor

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:07.319
 or who

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.039
 has given

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.400
 a gift

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.720
 to him

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.059
 that he

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.440
 might be

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.059
 repaid

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:11.759
 for from

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.059
 him

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:13.099
 and through

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.400
 him

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.839
 and to

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.079
 him

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.559
 are all

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:14.920
 things

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.440
 to him

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.240
 be glory

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.400
 forever

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.519
 amen

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:21.200
 well just

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.639
 before we

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:21.879
 close

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.200
 here's what

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.440
 I want

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.680
 to do

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:22.900
 this

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.180
 morning

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.480
 I'd love

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.740
 us to

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.139
 pray

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:25.139
 in response

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.539
 to some

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:25.740
 of the

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:25.960
 things

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.240
 that we've

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.519
 seen

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.680
 I'm just

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:27.839
 going to

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.240
 ask three

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.639
 people

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:29.779
 if I'm

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.000
 right

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.500
 I'm thinking

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.019
 Fiona

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.879
 Andy

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.619
 and Ali

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.539
 who are

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:33.799
 just going

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.039
 to come

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.359
 up and

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:34.480
 they're

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:34.660
 going to

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.019
 lead us

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.680
 in three

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.379
 quick short

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:36.779
 prayers

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.680
 for some

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:37.879
 of the

00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.099
 things

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.279
 we've

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.400
 been

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.639
 looking

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:38.940
 at

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.740
 to give

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.200
 thanks

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.660
 for our

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.200
 victorious

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.599
 king

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:43.200
 to pray

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.740
 for us

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.039
 as a

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.319
 church

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.599
 as we

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.180
 stand in

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.400
 this

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:45.720
 world

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.200
 that stands

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.579
 against

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:46.980
 us

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.319
 and to

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.759
 pray for

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:48.980
 our

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.319
 brothers

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.939
 and sisters

00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:50.500
 around the

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.720
 world

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.039
 who are

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.460
 really

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.859
 feeling

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.339
 the heat

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.879
 and facing

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.559
 the flames

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.079
 because of

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:55.099
 their trust

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.819
 in Christ

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.939
 so guys

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.240
 you want to

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.159
 come up

00:28:58.159 --> 00:29:02.099
 let's pray

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.480
 together

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:04.899
 our father

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.579
 we thank you

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.539
 that Jesus

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.099
 blood has

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.559
 washed away

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.159
 our sins

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:09.960
 we thank you

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.259
 that your

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.859
 wrath is

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.299
 completely

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.919
 satisfied

00:29:11.919 --> 00:29:12.579
 we thank

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.019
 you that

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.759
 though we

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.059
 were your

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.639
 enemies now

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.159
 we're seated

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:15.519
 at your

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.919
 table

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:17.660
 oh death

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.539
 where is

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.140
 your sting

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.460
 our

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.060
 resurrected

00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:20.519
 king

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.100
 has rendered

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:21.539
 you

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.519
 defeated

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.019
 and we

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.400
 sing

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.440
 hallelujah

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.580
 the lamb

00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:26.000
 is on the

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.279
 throne

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.460
 he is risen

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.240
 he is alive

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.539
 and we

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.940
 thank you

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.259
 father

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.100
 amen

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:33.539
 lord we

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:33.940
 just thank

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.320
 you for

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.740
 the

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.519
 immense

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.160
 privilege

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.680
 it is to

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.019
 be part

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.279
 of your

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.720
 church

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.539
 we thank

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.120
 you for

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.480
 the immense

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.900
 privilege

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.480
 it is to

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.800
 have been

00:29:40.800 --> 00:29:41.240
 purchased

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.480
 by your

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.920
 son's

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.240
 precious

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.620
 blood

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:45.339
 thank you

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.839
 for the

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.500
 unbelievable

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.279
 joy of

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.559
 being

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.319
 adopted

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.039
 into your

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:50.659
 family as

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.059
 sons and

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.559
 daughters of

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:51.959
 christ

00:29:51.959 --> 00:29:52.739
 and we

00:29:52.739 --> 00:29:53.179
 just pray

00:29:53.179 --> 00:29:55.919
 that you

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.359
 would use

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.779
 this lord

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.159
 that you

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:57.479
 would

00:29:57.479 --> 00:29:59.799
 use the

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.099
 gifts

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.819
 that we

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.159
 would use

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.519
 the gifts

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.079
 that you've

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.739
 given to us

00:30:02.739 --> 00:30:03.019
 lord

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.419
 that we

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:03.859
 wouldn't

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.859
 hide them

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.159
 away

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.659
 that we

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.699
 would have

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:06.959
 a real

00:30:06.959 --> 00:30:07.639
 heart for

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.239
 others lord

00:30:08.239 --> 00:30:08.659
 a heart

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.859
 for reaching

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.879
 out beyond

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.539
 this place

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.179
 lord into

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:13.360
 a city

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:13.900
 that is

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:15.160
 so often

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.640
 filled with

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.920
 despair

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.660
 lord with

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:20.680
 sin and

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.940
 with a

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.660
 rejection of

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.039
 you lord

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.340
 we pray

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:23.600
 that we

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:23.960
 would have

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.580
 a real

00:30:24.580 --> 00:30:25.060
 heart as

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.860
 a church

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.560
 together

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:28.440
 to take

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.080
 your message

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:30.680
 of reconciliation

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.740
 out of

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:33.560
 this building

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:34.019
 lord and

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.480
 into the

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.779
 city

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.720
 we pray

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:37.360
 that as

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.799
 a church

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.279
 we would

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.900
 know real

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:41.200
 fellowship lord

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.480
 that we

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.440
 would support

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.039
 each other

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.440
 and care

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.779
 for each

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.259
 other lord

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.600
 that we

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:44.880
 would

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:47.600
 really show

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:48.080
 each other

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:49.039
 love in

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.580
 our lives

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:51.960
 and lord

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.440
 we just pray

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.759
 that we

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.440
 would fully

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.059
 rely on

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.860
 you for

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.259
 everything

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:56.240
 that everything

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.860
 that is done

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.660
 here would

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.220
 be done for

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.840
 your glory

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.759
 and for

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:01.319
 the glory

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.660
 of your

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:01.960
 name

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.799
 amen

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:05.539
 heavenly

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.019
 father we

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.299
 want to

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.579
 pray for

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.119
 the church

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:08.180
 across the

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.720
 world lord

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.039
 where

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:10.039
 persecution

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:11.539
 is horrendous

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:11.960
 we want to

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.319
 pray for the

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.680
 church in

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:12.940
 Syria

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:14.059
 where

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:15.220
 criminal

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.559
 christians

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:15.740
 have been

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.339
 displaced

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.740
 and put

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:16.899
 into

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.279
 camps

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.480
 we want

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.799
 to pray

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.019
 that

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.519
 their

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.919
 wisdom

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:20.119
 and their

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:21.779
 life

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.240
 will shine

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.659
 out for

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.119
 you lord

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:24.579
 we want

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:24.919
 to pray

00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:25.240
 for

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.859
 India

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.980
 we want

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.220
 to pray

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.500
 for this

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.839
 new

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.759
 government

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.259
 we want

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.519
 to pray

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.859
 for the

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.319
 prime minister

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.539
 there

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.919
 that he

00:31:30.919 --> 00:31:31.179
 would

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:32.859
 soften

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.480
 his heart

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.559
 and that

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.799
 he would

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.159
 let the

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.519
 church

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.339
 be able

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.859
 to thrive

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.220
 there and

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.480
 grow

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.119
 we do

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.460
 thank you

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.939
 for things

00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:39.200
 that are

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.480
 happening

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.980
 we thank you

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.419
 in China

00:31:40.419 --> 00:31:41.339
 your church

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.960
 is growing

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:45.039
 very strong

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.659
 indeed lord

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.159
 we thank you

00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:46.539
 for that

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.079
 the government

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.460
 there is

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.480
 quite scared

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.839
 about that

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.119
 we want

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.379
 to pray

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:49.740
 for some

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.179
 parts of

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:50.480
 Africa

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.819
 where your

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.200
 church is

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.480
 really

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.439
 growing

00:31:52.439 --> 00:31:52.740
 lord

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.019
 but we

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.439
 want to

00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:54.939
 ask lord

00:31:54.939 --> 00:31:55.279
 that you

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.519
 will be

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.359
 with your

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:56.960
 people today

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.179
 and may

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:58.700
 them remember

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.339
 even through

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.879
 death

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:01.060
 death

00:32:01.060 --> 00:32:01.500
 has lost

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.000
 its sting

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:03.840
 there is

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.340
 no victory

00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:04.720
 in death

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.020
 because

00:32:05.020 --> 00:32:06.460
 Jesus Christ

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.680
 you came

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.280
 here and

00:32:08.280 --> 00:32:09.120
 you died

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.400
 and you

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.960
 was again

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.100
 defeating

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.500
 death

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.940
 once and

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.360
 for all

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:13.480
 in Jesus

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:13.880
 name

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.540
 amen

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:35.140
 thanks to

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.420
 and

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.820
 little

00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:45.940
 right

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.560
 we

00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:47.520
 we

00:32:47.520 --> 00:32:47.600
 we

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.040
 we

00:32:48.040 --> 00:32:48.140
 we

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.700
 we

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.300
 and

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.640
 we