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 I'd like to carry out a couple of thought experiments this morning.

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 Here's the first one.

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 I'm going to ask you to imagine, to remember,

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 a time in your life that you would perhaps regard as the happiest.

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 I'm not going to ask you to share this with the person next to you or anywhere near you.

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 I'm just going to ask you to think about it.

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 So I want you to think about a moment in your life,

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 it might have been a period of your life, say childhood, for example,

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 or it might have been a particular day or a week,

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 maybe a holiday, a special event, a special occasion,

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 but something that you look back on that you regard as perhaps the happiest time in your life so far.

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 I'll just give you a few moments to think about that.

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 Okay, so think about something that was really special.

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 And having thought about that thing, just ask yourself the question,

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 what is it particularly about that memory or set of memories

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 that gives you that really warm glow inside?

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 And just hold on to that for a few moments.

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 Now you've got that,

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 here's a question.

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 If you're really honest with yourself,

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 what at that point in your life would have been not good?

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 In other words, at some point, no matter how wonderful life was at that moment,

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 I'm pretty sure that there would have been something going on in your life as well

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 that was not so great.

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 And the reason for I to say that, I think quite confidently,

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 is that life is never perfect.

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 There's always that combination of what you might call the blessings and the battles,

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 or the battles and the blessings.

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 And sometimes one becomes more prominent than the other.

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 That's true of life completely.

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 It's never perfect this side of eternity.

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 And so as you think of that moment, that day, or that period of your life

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 that you think of, that's what brings you that warm glow,

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 what kind of troubles or concerns were going on at that time?

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 For me, I'm thinking of two things.

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 One thing I'm thinking of, time when I was a student.

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 I loved being a student.

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 It just was a time of, I think of straight away,

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 I think it was a time of freedom and just learning so much as well.

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 It was just such a great time for me, and I absolutely loved it.

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 But I'm also aware that if I'm really honest with myself,

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 that actually I very quickly forget about things like exams

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 and all the crisis that goes with trying to meet essay deadlines

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 and all the other stuff.

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 The other sort of really pleasant thought that brings me a warm glow inside

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 is when our children were really young, were really tiny.

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 And then I kind of remember that actually there was a time

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 when we had three of them under the age of four.

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 And actually, do I need to even complete that sentence?

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 The point is, is we look back on our lives at those times that we think,

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 oh, that was just such an amazing time, wasn't it?

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 And we look through those rose-tinted spectacles, don't we?

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 Where we only see the positives, but not the negatives.

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 So why is it then that when we look to the future,

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 that instinct seems to be reversed?

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 That we look to the future and our human instincts latch on

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 to the things that we fear.

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 The things that we get anxious and worried about

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 and the things that could go wrong, probably won't most of the time,

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 but we fear they might.

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 And we find it difficult, if not impossible,

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 to latch on to all that is positive.

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 Christian hope is focused on an ultimate future

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 where Christ will return and all will be made new.

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 There will be no more suffering, no more death or dying or pain,

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 no more tears, every last one of them will be wiped away.

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 Ultimately, all of Scripture and all of the teachings of Jesus

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 point towards that reality.

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 And what I want to suggest is looking through the lens of hope

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 is like putting on those rose-tinted spectacles,

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 not to look back at the past, but to look at the future.

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 Not in a way that denies the reality of pains and troubles of this life

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 and the things that we might worry about,

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 but actually focusing on those ultimate promises of God,

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 such that those ultimate promises of life everlasting with him

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 burn through the fog of the fears

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 and everything that this life throws at us

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 that might be described as in any way negative.

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 And that embracing hope,

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 and this is the challenge to all of us,

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 embracing hope is daring to look through those glasses,

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 through that lens.

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 I want to suggest that it's about having a sense of readiness.

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 It's about having a sense of expectancy,

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 and it's about being focused.

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 Firstly, it is about being ready.

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 And in those words that we read just now,

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 it says that it will happen like a thief coming in the night.

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 It will be in an instant.

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 We don't know how or when or exactly what that will look like,

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 but we are promised that Jesus will return.

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 We find that really hard to get our minds around how it will happen.

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 But it will happen.

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 And that's the promise of Scripture.

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 That the world won't just gradually, slowly disintegrate

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 into meaningless chaos,

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 although it might feel like that at times.

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 But God's got it in hand.

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 And in an instant, he will return.

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 Now, if we find that so hard to imagine,

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 let's remember that our own individual personal ends

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 actually will come,

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 and we don't know when that's going to happen.

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 We will all die.

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 Now, that might sound like a really bleak thing

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 to be saying on a Sunday morning,

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 or at any time.

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 But let's be honest.

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 It's a reality.

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 What is the saying?

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 Death and taxes.

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 The only two things of which we can be absolutely sure.

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 It will happen.

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 Life is finite.

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 And we don't know,

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 none of us know,

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 when that is going to happen for us.

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 So if we can grasp that reality,

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 it's not such a greater reality,

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 surely, to grasp that actually the same truth

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 applies to the whole of the cosmos.

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 It will come to an end,

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 or rather, it will come to a new beginning.

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 And the call to Christian hope,

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 to see things through that lens,

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 is a call to readiness,

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 that sense of being poised

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 to knowing that it can happen at any time.

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 That's the first thing.

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 The second thing is,

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 it's about being expectant.

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 Living in the light of the promises of God

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 is about looking forward

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 to the day of the Lord,

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 as it's put in these verses that we read just now.

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 Living in the light of God's promise

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 and eternal future.

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 So what does it look like

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 as a daily reality to do that,

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 to live with that sense of expectancy?

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 Well, living in hope in that way,

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 and again, this is a challenge to all of us,

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 has to do with the way in which

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 our minds latch on

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 to those images of hope.

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 See, when we talk about tomorrow,

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 when we talk about the future,

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 we are navigating pictures in our minds.

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 When we think about the future,

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 we think in pictures.

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 As a matter of fact,

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 we think in pictures most of the time.

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 I said there were going to be two thought experiments.

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 Here's the second one.

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 I'm going to tell you a story.

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 On my way here this morning,

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 I met a dog.

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 It was an ugly dog.

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 And it was a big dog.

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 And it was an aggressive dog.

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 This thing wanted to bite me.

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 And so I ran away from this dog,

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 and it started to chase me.

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 And as I ran down the road,

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 it was coming after me,

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 and so I jumped onto a car.

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 Okay, I'll stop there.

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 I was making all of that up.

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 Firstly, let me tell you

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 that I absolutely love dogs,

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 and I would actually find it really hard

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 to describe any dog as ugly.

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 The second thing is,

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 I also know that actually,

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 if a dog is looking aggressive,

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 running away from it

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 is probably not the best thing to do.

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 But stay with me

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 for the purposes of the illustration.

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 What was going on just now

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 as I was telling you that story?

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 I was feeding you

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 a sequence of pictures.

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 When I said I met a dog this morning,

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 I doubt anybody in this room

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 thought of the letters D-O-G.

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 You had a picture of a dog.

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 You saw your cute, adorable dog.

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 Except when I said

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 it was an ugly dog,

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 in which case it was no longer your dog.

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 When I told you it was a big dog,

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 that little dog grew suddenly.

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 And as I described this dog

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 that was aggressive

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 and it was chasing me down the street,

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 you had this picture

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 of this gnarly dog

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 that was running after me

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 along the road.

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 All along the while,

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 all the while,

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 I was feeding you pictures.

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 I was affecting the pictures

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 in your mind.

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 If you have the wrong

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 sort of information,

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 you have the wrong

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 sort of pictures

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 in your mind.

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 And if you have the wrong

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 pictures in your mind,

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 you have the wrong

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 expectations

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 of the future.

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 Living in hope

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 means seeing things

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 through the right

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 sort of pictures.

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 and this isn't always

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 an easy thing

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 for us to do.

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 But the call

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 to live in hope

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 is to take those pictures

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 that cause us

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 so much fear

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 and stress

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 and trauma

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 and to replace them

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 with those ultimate pictures

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 of hope.

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 Picture

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 of light.

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 Picture of life.

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 The picture

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 where every last tear

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 is wiped away.

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 Where there's no more death

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 or dying

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 or mourning

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 or suffering.

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 Pictures that go

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 far, far, far

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 greater and deeper

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 than the pictures

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 that you started off

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 this morning

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 when I asked you

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 think of something

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 that represents

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 happiest moment

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 in your life so far.

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 I mean,

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 think of that

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 and times it by a million

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 and you still don't even

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 get close

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 as to what eternity

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 will be like

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 according to the promises

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 of God.

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 It's not pie in the sky

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 when you die.

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 It's a picture

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 of hope

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 that is set

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 before us

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 in scripture.

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 A picture

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 of how Christ

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 will return

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 and make all things new.

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 And our calling

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 is to live

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 in that sense

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 of expectation

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 that it will

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 come to pass.

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 And when we have

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 that picture

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 in our mind

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 when we allow

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 that picture

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 to navigate

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 all the others

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 all the other pictures

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 as scary as they may be

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 that we hold

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 in our minds

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 about the future

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 and we carry with us

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 fall into line

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 and are put into

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 that ultimate perspective

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 as that image

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 of resurrection hope

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 that picture

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 of hope

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 burns through the fog

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 and floods us

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 with light.

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 But the last thing is

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 we're called

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 to be focused

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 with this.

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 What does that mean?

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 To be focused

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 to be focused

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 means

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 to look forward

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 to look forward

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 in hope

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 with Jesus

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 front and centre.

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 I'll share with you

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 one last story.

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 There's a story

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 from years and years ago

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 where a ship

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 was brought in

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 to harbour

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 on a very

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 very rough night.

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 The waves

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 were crashing

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 and it was

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 there was

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 it was very dark

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 and the account

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 that I'm going

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 to read to you

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 is the account

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 of the

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 it was actually

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 the wife

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 of the captain

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 of the ship

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 who was escorted

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 from the ship

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 onto land

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 in the midst

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 of the darkness.

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 She said this

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 that one man

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 came to me

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 and said

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 do not be afraid

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 I will take care

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 of you.

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 Her account

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 reads like this.

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 He brought

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 a peculiarly

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 shaped

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 dark lantern

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 only

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 single ray

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 of light

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 being emitted

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 from a small

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 circular

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 opening.

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 Now

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 said he

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 take my hand

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 hold fast

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 do not

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 fear

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 do not

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 look about

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 you

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 or on

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 either side

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 of you

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 only on

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 the little

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 spot

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 lighted

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 by my

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 lantern

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 and place

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 your footsteps

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 firmly

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 right there.

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 I heard

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 the rushing

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 of the waters

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 and was still

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 conscious of fear

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 by looking

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 steadily

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 only where

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 the light

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 fell

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 and planting

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 my footsteps

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 just there

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 not turning

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 either to the

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 right

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 or to the

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 left

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 clasping

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 firmly

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 the strong

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 hand

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 the danger

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 was overcome

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 and the

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 shore

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 reached

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 in safety.

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 The next

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 day my

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 kind

00:14:55.959 --> 00:14:56.579
 guide

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 said

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 would you

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 like to

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 see the

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 way by

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 which you

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 came last

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 night

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 and then he

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 showed me

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 where our

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 vessel had

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 been lying

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 and the

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 very

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 very

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 narrow

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 plank

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 by which

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 we had

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 reached

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 the shore

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 he knew

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 that I

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 had turned

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 either

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 he knew

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 that had

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 I turned

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 either to

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 the right

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 or to

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 the left

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 I should

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 in all

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 probability

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 have lost

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 my balance

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 and gone

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 over into

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 those dark

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 waters

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 but by

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 holding fast

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 and treading

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 just where

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 the light

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 fell

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 all danger

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 would be

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 averted.

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 Jesus

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 front and

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 centre

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 as the

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 light of

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 the world

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 he is the

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 one

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 that we are

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 called to

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 focus our

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 hope on

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 he is the

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 one

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 to set

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 as the

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 central

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 image

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 of hope

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 in our

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 hearts

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 and in

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 our

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 minds

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 and his

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 promise is

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 that when

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 we do

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 that

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 there may

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 still be

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 fears lurking

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 there may

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 still be

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 things that

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 we know

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 are out

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 there as

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 possibilities

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 but his

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 light of

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 hope

00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:23.099
 burns

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 through the

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 fog and

00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:25.219
 the darkness

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 and enables

00:16:27.539 --> 00:16:28.039
 us

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 to walk

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 let's

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 pray

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 Lord

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 thank you

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 that you

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.339
 don't just

00:16:41.339 --> 00:16:41.899
 leave us

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 in this

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 world

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 and expect

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 us to

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 get on

00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.019
 with it

00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.379
 but you

00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:45.939
 come to

00:16:45.939 --> 00:16:46.339
 us in

00:16:46.339 --> 00:16:46.679
 Jesus

00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:48.919
 as the

00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:49.319
 light of

00:16:49.319 --> 00:16:49.799
 the world

00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:50.659
 to lighten

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.199
 our darkness

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 and to give

00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:52.220
 us that

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 direction

00:16:52.819 --> 00:16:53.220
 to give

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:53.539
 us that

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:54.120
 focus

00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:55.839
 Lord

00:16:55.839 --> 00:16:56.360
 would you

00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:56.819
 be

00:16:56.819 --> 00:16:59.539
 front and

00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:00.000
 centre

00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:00.959
 in our

00:17:00.959 --> 00:17:01.339
 vision

00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:04.259
 Lord

00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:05.340
 help us

00:17:05.340 --> 00:17:05.900
 to live

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:06.759
 in a

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 way

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 that is

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 truly

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 ready

00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:12.740
 ready to

00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.180
 meet with

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 you in

00:17:13.840 --> 00:17:14.279
 our daily

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.860
 lives

00:17:14.860 --> 00:17:19.240
 may we

00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:19.720
 live in a

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.079
 way that

00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.559
 is truly

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.600
 expectant

00:17:21.600 --> 00:17:22.200
 living in

00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.720
 the light

00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.700
 of your

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.319
 promises

00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:28.039
 the light

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.460
 of that

00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.140
 future

00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:30.380
 that will

00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:30.860
 be so

00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:31.359
 amazing

00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:34.639
 Lord

00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.119
 may that

00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:35.539
 picture

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.019
 of that

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.639
 future

00:17:36.639 --> 00:17:38.359
 be at

00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:38.879
 the centre

00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:39.339
 of our

00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:39.859
 minds

00:17:39.859 --> 00:17:40.619
 in our

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 everyday

00:17:41.179 --> 00:17:41.839
 thinking

00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:43.219
 that we

00:17:43.219 --> 00:17:43.979
 might navigate

00:17:43.979 --> 00:17:44.659
 our way

00:17:44.659 --> 00:17:45.099
 forwards

00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:45.559
 knowing

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.659
 that that

00:17:46.659 --> 00:17:47.019
 future

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.479
 is in

00:17:47.479 --> 00:17:47.779
 you

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:51.379
 so be

00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:51.779
 at the

00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.119
 centre

00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:52.559
 of our

00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:52.919
 lives

00:17:52.919 --> 00:17:53.379
 be at

00:17:53.379 --> 00:17:53.859
 the centre

00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:54.299
 of our

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:54.799
 thinking

00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:55.659
 be at the

00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:55.919
 centre

00:17:55.919 --> 00:17:56.359
 of our

00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:56.799
 being

00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:58.440
 this

00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:58.879
 day

00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.779
 and in

00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:00.299
 whatever

00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:01.159
 lies ahead

00:18:01.159 --> 00:18:01.740
 over these

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.119
 coming

00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:02.619
 days

00:18:02.619 --> 00:18:05.819
 in

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.180
 Jesus

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:06.700
 name

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.059
 we

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.419
 pray

00:18:07.419 --> 00:18:08.799
 amen

00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.539
 amen

00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:10.480
 to

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.680
 to

00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:15.000
 do

00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:20.659
 ert

00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:22.819
 away