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 Psalm 71, the passage that we read there.

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 Last week, we gave our attention to the beginning of that psalm,

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 from verse 1 down to verse 12, verse 11.

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 And tonight, we'll follow on from there.

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 We'll start at verse 12 and take that small section from 12 to 16.

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 And last week, as we came to this psalm, we saw the psalmist's undergirding faith.

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 Underneath all these words, his faith was underneath it, his faith in the Lord.

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 He was holding fast to God in the midst of this great affliction, whatever it was,

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 and the attacks of the devil.

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 So it's as if when we read through these words, we heard these personal expressions that he had,

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 his cry to his Lord, his rock and his refuge, to protect him, to rescue him, to save him.

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 And we give our mind to three points of his vision.

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 He looked to God.

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 He looked also to himself.

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 And he looked to the situation around him, which are all aspects that we should be mindful of as believers.

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 Who we are to others, who we are within ourselves, and who we are before God,

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 primarily with our attention to our God and our Lord, Jesus Christ.

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 And last week, we also mentioned that when generally, when you come to the psalms,

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 it is believed the main point is found within the middle of the psalms.

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 And this is a section we come to tonight, from verse 12 to 16.

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 And there's wonderful words in this section,

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 and words that we're maybe more familiar with in the Scottish Psalter rendering of it.

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 If verse 14 has the words,

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 but with expectation, I will hope continually.

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 And verse 16 is,

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 and I will constantly go on in strength of God the Lord.

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 These words are well known to us,

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 and they speak of faith in general,

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 and holding on to God,

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 and constantly remaining with him,

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 and clinging to him,

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 when things are rough,

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 as if we're in the roughest of seas,

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 and holding on to this one rope,

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 as it were.

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 When there's no,

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 there's no signs of dry land,

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 there's no signs of hope,

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 and the evil forces

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 suppress us.

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 These waves keep battering us,

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 and it's relentless.

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 They come,

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 and they come,

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 and they come,

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 and we feel beaten.

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 This was the psalmist's cry,

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 in a sense.

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 He's feeling as if his strength is spent.

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 He's got nothing left to give.

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 He's running on empty,

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 and he's crying out to his Lord,

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 in his need.

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 And as we saw his personal faith,

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 in the psalm,

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 clinging on,

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 we saw that,

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 the greater faithfulness of his Lord,

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 that God was so faithful to him,

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 that was his assurance,

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 in his own faith,

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 to cling on,

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 because of God's faithfulness,

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 through the years,

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 the years as he had gone on,

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 God who had been with him,

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 his Lord,

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 as we saw in Isaiah,

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 he was the Lord's,

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 and he knew he was the Lord's,

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 and he knew the Lord had made so many promises

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 to his people and to him,

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 and the Lord had not let him go thus far.

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 And so why would he let go of him now?

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 He's holding on faithfully to the Lord,

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 when everything else,

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 every other offer of salvation,

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 is hopeless.

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 But the hope that he has in his Lord

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 is an anchor for his soul,

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 both sure and steadfast,

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 a refuge and a rock to him,

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 could hold on in that hope.

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 And we can hold on to that hope,

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 in the storms that we face in our life,

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 too.

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 But as we acknowledge,

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 there are many times and days

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 where we feel maintaining that hope

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 and maintaining that faithfulness

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 is the most difficult thing.

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 And it's so attractive,

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 when we look at the world

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 and the way they live,

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 almost just to be washed away,

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 to let go,

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 and to let the waves take us,

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 to let the sweeping movements of the world

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 and go with them.

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 But we know all these things would be in vain.

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 It would be us chasing the wind.

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 It would have no hope within it.

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 And it's like the psalmist in Psalm 73,

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 but he assessed all these things

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 that the world had.

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 And then when he came back to the Lord's house,

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 he saw the difference view on the world.

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 Someone once said that

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 when faithfulness is most difficult,

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 it is most necessary.

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 When faithfulness is most difficult,

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 it is most necessary.

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 That's a very true statement.

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 Faith in God,

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 holding on,

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 will never put us to shame.

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 We will be honoured

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 for having faith in God.

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 We will be honoured

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 by entering into his rest

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 as adopted sons of God

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 for being faithful.

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 Well done,

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 good and faithful servant.

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 And in this section

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 from 12 to 16,

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 the writer,

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 composer of this psalm,

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 not entirely sure

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 if it is David or not,

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 but he has these

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 three views of God himself

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 and others.

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 But he has a particular focus

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 on being close to God,

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 a closeness to God,

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 and a consistency

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 in his faith.

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 Closeness and consistency.

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 Two points that we can use

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 just to guide us

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 as we look at this section

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 from 12 to 16.

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 We'll begin with closeness.

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 Now you look there

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 at the first verse

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 of our attention,

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 verse 12.

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 Oh God,

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 be not far from me.

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 And then

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 his continued cry,

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 and a more personal cry.

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 Oh my God,

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 make haste to help me.

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 Now even if you were

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 to take these few lines

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 on their own,

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 there's a lot in it,

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 and there's a lot

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 we can get from it

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 to understand

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 where the psalmist

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 is coming from.

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 If you take it on its own,

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 oh God,

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 be not far from me.

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 Oh my God,

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 make haste to help me.

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 We can see that he

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 desires

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 the presence of God.

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 He also,

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 he does not feel

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 like God is near him.

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 He's calling out

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 to God,

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 be not far from me,

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 but he doesn't know

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 how far away he is.

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 He doesn't,

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 he doesn't

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 feel like God

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 is near him.

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 He's not sure

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 where God is.

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 The third thing

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 that comes from it

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 is that

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 we can see

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 his personal faith

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 in God.

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 Oh my God.

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 He leans on God

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 in his faith

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 and his trust.

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 And the fourth thing

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 we see is that

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 there's an urgency

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 to his need.

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 Make haste

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 to help me.

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 And they are

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 all at times

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 truthful elements

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 for the Christian,

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 for ourselves.

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 I'm sure we can

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 associate with

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 these topics

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 that we've touched

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 on there.

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 But is it surely

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 true

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 that it is

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 one of the

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 greatest desires

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 of the Christian

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 to know

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 the presence

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 of God,

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 to know

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 his closeness

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 to us,

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 to feel

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 his hand,

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 to hear

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 his voice

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 and to see

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 his outworking

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 in our lives.

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 His presence

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 to the Christians

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 is a comfort

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 and a joy

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 to each of us.

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 and the believer

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 they long

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 to be with God.

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 They have this

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 longing

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 to be with him,

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 to have that

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 communion

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 restored,

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 that we would

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 know something

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 of what it was

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 like for Adam

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 to walk with God

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 in the cool of the day.

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 That it was just

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 something so natural

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 and something so pleasant.

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 And we know

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 that,

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 well,

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 this side of glory,

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 while we live on earth,

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 our communion

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 with God

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 will never

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 be so rich

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 in our experience.

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 For sin

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 has come

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 into our lives

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 and sin

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 is a great

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 separating

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 element.

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 Sin

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 in a way

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 produces

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 maybe a fear

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 of God.

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 where

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 because of

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 our sin

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 and we look

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 at ourselves

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 and we see

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 our sinfulness

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 and we come

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 before this

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 holy God,

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 there's almost

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 a fear within us

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 of what God

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 would do

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 to us,

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 of how God

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 would treat us.

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 And you kind

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 of hear of that

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 and I think

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 it was one of

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 the revival stories

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 from Barbra.

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 us.

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 They were

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 speaking

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 that the

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 presence

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 of God

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 was

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 so prevalent

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 in the area

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 and so prevalent

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 with the people

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 and it's almost

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 like we desire it

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 but the person

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 was saying

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 it was a

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 fearful thing

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 to know

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 that God

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 was so

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 close

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 to us.

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 But nevertheless

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 we long

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 for this

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 communion

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 to be

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 restored.

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 It's something

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 that's planted

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 within the

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 believers'

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 hearts

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 to be

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 near to God

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 and we can

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 remember

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 Paul's words

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 where he says

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 he is hard

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 pressed between

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 the two.

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 My desire

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 is to

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 depart

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 to be

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 with Christ

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 for that's

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 far better

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 but to

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 remain in the

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 flesh is more

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 necessary

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 on your

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 account.

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 There's

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 something in

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 this at once

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 we want to

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 see

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 our Saviour.

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 We want to

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 see our

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 Lord.

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 We want to

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 have a

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 restored

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 communion

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 with him

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 but surely

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 it must be

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 true that

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 as we

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 long for

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 it

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 so God

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 desires it.

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 God desired

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 to be with

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 his people.

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 God

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 had them

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 build a

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 tabernacle

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 so he

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 would be

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 with them

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 and that

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 was even

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 taking place

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 as they

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 were creating

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 their own

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 idol at

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 the bottom

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 and he's

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 giving Moses

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 at the bottom

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 of the mountain

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 and he's

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 giving Moses

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 instructions to

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 build a

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 tabernacle

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 so that he

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 could dwell

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 with them.

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 I find

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 it's

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 amazing

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 that God

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 is so

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 gracious to

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 his people

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 and still

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 desires to

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 dwell with

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 his people

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 and draw

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 near to

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 his people

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 even when

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 they are so

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 rebellious

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 and so

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 stiff-necked

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 and maybe

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 we see that

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 in ourselves

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 at times

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 where we've

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 gone our

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 own way

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 we've done

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 the things

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 that we

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 want to

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 do

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 and we

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 wonder

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 how would

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 God

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 ever

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 draw

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 close to

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 me

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 but he

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 does

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 and that

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 is the

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 wonder

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 of his

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 grace

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 maybe what

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 we can say

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 is that in

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 our experience

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 it is more

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 like those

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 who walked

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 the Emmaus

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 road

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 you remember

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 that story

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 from the end

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 of Luke

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 the two

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 men walked

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 and whilst

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 they went

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 on their

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 way and

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 they were

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 consumed

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 with their

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 worries

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 and their

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 anxieties

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 they were

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 reasoning out

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 what had

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 happened

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 in their

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 experience

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 who draws

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 right beside

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 them but

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 the Lord

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 the Lord

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 is with

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 them and

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 the Lord

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 walked with

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 them all

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 the way

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 and their

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 own hearts

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 were put

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 on fire

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 and they

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 longed that

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 this man

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 would stay

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 with them

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 and subbed

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 with them

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 but he

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 didn't

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 it's like

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 that in

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 our experience

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 we long

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 for God

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 maybe we

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 wonder why

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 he's not

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 with us

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 but unknown

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 to us

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 maybe he's

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 walking right

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 beside us

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 maybe he's

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 talking with

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 us through

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 his word

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 maybe he's

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 closer than

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 we ever

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 understand him

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 to be

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 and maybe

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 it's only

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 after that

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 time that

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 we realise

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 just how

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 close he

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 was to

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 us

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 and he

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 set it

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 hard on

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 fire

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 and then

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 we realise

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 how gracious

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 he has

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 been to

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 us

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 and how

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 he walked

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 with us

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 and how

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 he talked

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 with us

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 and how

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 he showed

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 us through

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 scripture

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 who he is

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 revealed these

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 great things

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 too

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 as it

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 just

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 promotes

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 praise and

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 wonder

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 within our

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 hearts

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 how

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 gracious he

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 is

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 and how

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 loving he

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 is

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 as we read

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 in Isaiah

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 I love

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 you

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 and he's

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 so considerate

00:14:04.019 --> 00:14:05.019
 of the

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 people

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 in that

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 passage

00:14:07.079 --> 00:14:11.199
 but we

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 as his

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 people

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 as we

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 said

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 we long

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 for his

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 presence

00:14:15.059 --> 00:14:16.840
 and we

00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:17.240
 long that

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 God would

00:14:17.819 --> 00:14:18.600
 draw near

00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:19.319
 to us

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 and it's a

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 great motivator

00:14:22.319 --> 00:14:22.659
 of our

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 praise

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 we may

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 be familiar

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 with the

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 hymn

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 abide

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 with me

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 abide

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 with me

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 fast

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 falls

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 the

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 even

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 tide

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 the

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 darkness

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 deepens

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 Lord

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 abide

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 with me

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 abide

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 when other

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 helpers

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 fail

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 and comforts

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 flee

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 help of

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 the

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 helpless

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 oh

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 abide

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 with me

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 there's

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 so many

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 praises

00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:46.500
 within

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 scripture

00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:48.440
 and hymns

00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:48.639
 that have

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 been written

00:14:49.100 --> 00:14:50.919
 desiring

00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:52.500
 the

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 Lord

00:14:52.740 --> 00:14:52.980
 to be

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 with

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 his

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 people

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 desiring

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 personally

00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:57.659
 that God

00:14:57.659 --> 00:14:58.100
 would be

00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:58.440
 there

00:14:58.440 --> 00:14:59.120
 and would

00:14:59.120 --> 00:14:59.559
 be known

00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:04.120
 but often

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 we doubt

00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:05.440
 as we

00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:05.960
 said that

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 the Lord

00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:07.080
 would be

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 with us

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 and it

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 was true

00:15:09.379 --> 00:15:09.659
 in the

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 psalmist

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 experience

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 we saw

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 that last

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 week in

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 verse 9

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 he said

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 do not

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 cast me

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 off in

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 the time

00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:16.399
 of old

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 age

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 forsake

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 me not

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 when my

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 strength

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 is spent

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 and we

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 said that

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 well

00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:22.700
 even

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 these

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 great

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 men

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 of

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 faith

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 even

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 these

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 great

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 examples

00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:25.920
 of

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 faith

00:15:26.139 --> 00:15:26.300
 in

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 our

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 lives

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 personally

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 the

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 doubts

00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:30.560
 are

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 instilled

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 within

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 them

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 it is

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 the truth

00:15:32.860 --> 00:15:33.160
 of the

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 Christian

00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:34.680
 that there

00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:35.000
 are

00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:35.740
 doubts

00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.040
 within

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 our

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 hearts

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.980
 and if

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 we were

00:15:38.300 --> 00:15:38.720
 left to

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 our own

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 devices

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 if we

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 were left

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 to reason

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 things

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 out

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 if we

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 were to

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 see our

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 sin

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 before a

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 holy and

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 almighty

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 God

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 we would

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 see our

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 feelings

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 we would

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 see we

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 would not

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 understand

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 how he

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 would love

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 us

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 how he

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 would draw

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 near to

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 us

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 because he

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 is so

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 righteous

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 we are

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 so sinful

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 it's almost

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 the echo

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 of

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 psalm

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 13

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 he

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 longed

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 for

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 God

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 do not

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 forget

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 me

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 draw

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 near

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 to

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 him

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 he

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 was

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 crying

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 out

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 to

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 God

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 almost

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 as if

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 the

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 Lord

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 had

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 forgotten

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 he

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 felt

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 that

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 way

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 and

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 if

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 we

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 are

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 left

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 to

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 our

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 own

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 devices

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 that's

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 the way

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 we

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 would

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 become

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 we

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 feel

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 like

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 God

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 will

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 have

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 left

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 us

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 but he

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 doesn't

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 we come

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 back to

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 the word

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 of God

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 and he

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 says that

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 he is

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 faithful to

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 those

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 who trust

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 in him

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 and he

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 loves us

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 even when

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 we

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 when we

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 walk away

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 when we

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 do

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 things that

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 are not

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 pleasing to

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 him

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 and then we

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 come back

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 to him

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 the prodigal

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 son that

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 left and

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 came back

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 the father

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 will rejoice

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 to see

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 him

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 the lord

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 says to

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 his people

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 when you

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 pass through

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 water

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 they will

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 not

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 overwhelm

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 you

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 through

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 fire

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 you shall

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 not be

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 burnt

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 the lord

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 is with

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 his people

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 and though

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 we can

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 have doubts

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 in our

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 experience

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 it's true

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 it's an

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 undeniable

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 truth

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 that we

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 will doubt

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 and have

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 doubts

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 in our

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 Christian

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 lives

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 but the

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 word of

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 God

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 when we

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 come to

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 it

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 the word

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 of God

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 is so

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 important

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 when we

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 doubt

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 when we

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 reason that

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 God would

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 never love

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 us

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 that we

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 come to

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 the word

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 of God

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 that says

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 I love

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 you

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 it

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 reorientates

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 our minds

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 it gives us

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 a new

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 understanding

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 it gives us

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 a different

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 it gives us

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 an eternal

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 perspective

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 it changes

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 our view

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 this is

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 the word

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 this is what

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 the word

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 of God

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 does

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 almost

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 just what

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 we said

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 in Psalm

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 73

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 the psalmist

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 had been

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 seeing the

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 things that

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 the people

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 were doing

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 in the world

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 and wondering

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 why everything

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 was going

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 so well

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 for them

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 and he

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 was struggling

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 alone

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 until he

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 went to

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 the Lord's

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 house

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 where the

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 word would

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 have been

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 read out

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 and he

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 considered

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 God

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 and he

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 heard of

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 God

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 his

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 his view

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 was

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 reorientated

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 to

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 to view

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 things

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 eternally

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 not

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 in

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 temporal

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 means

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 and that

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 that changes

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 things

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 for us

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 as believers

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 Mac Shane

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 says that

00:18:40.139 --> 00:18:41.279
 to live

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 near to

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 God

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 all things

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 will appear

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 as little

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 in comparison

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 to eternal

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 realities

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 all things

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 will appear

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 as little

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 in comparison

00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.759
 to eternal

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.599
 realities

00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:59.599
 we can be

00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:00.279
 so consumed

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.599
 with the

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 little at

00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:01.519
 times

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:01.899
 and we

00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.559
 focus on

00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:02.779
 the

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:04.279
 we focus

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.559
 on our

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 own

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 what's

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 happening

00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:07.839
 in our

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 lives

00:19:08.179 --> 00:19:09.759
 we kind

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:09.939
 of get

00:19:09.939 --> 00:19:10.259
 bogged

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.639
 down in

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 that

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:11.679
 the

00:19:11.679 --> 00:19:12.099
 difficulties

00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:12.539
 of the

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 challenges

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.359
 of it

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 whatever

00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:14.059
 it may

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 be

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 the word

00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:16.159
 of God

00:19:16.159 --> 00:19:17.099
 makes us

00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.379
 take a

00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:17.639
 step

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:18.099
 back

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:21.379
 view things

00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:21.919
 differently

00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:24.099
 in light

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.799
 of eternal

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 realities

00:19:26.139 --> 00:19:27.359
 eternal

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:28.059
 truths

00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:29.219
 eternal

00:19:29.219 --> 00:19:29.879
 words

00:19:29.879 --> 00:19:30.259
 that the

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 Lord has

00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:31.459
 spoken

00:19:31.459 --> 00:19:32.719
 to us

00:19:32.719 --> 00:19:35.639
 to draw

00:19:35.639 --> 00:19:36.879
 near to

00:19:36.879 --> 00:19:37.299
 God

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:38.519
 we all

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.279
 desire it

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:40.500
 and the

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:40.779
 Lord

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:42.219
 draws near

00:19:42.219 --> 00:19:42.699
 to his

00:19:42.699 --> 00:19:43.079
 people

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:45.740
 we see

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 there

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.439
 that in

00:19:46.439 --> 00:19:47.079
 verse 13

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.480
 that he

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 he

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:50.059
 addresses

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:51.279
 his accusers

00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:51.740
 so they

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:51.939
 would be

00:19:51.939 --> 00:19:52.339
 brought to

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.699
 shame

00:19:52.699 --> 00:19:53.379
 and consumed

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 with scorn

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.759
 and disgrace

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 they may

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 be covered

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:57.220
 who seek

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 my hurt

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.720
 and I

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.039
 don't want

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.379
 to really

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 I don't

00:19:59.579 --> 00:19:59.980
 have time

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.259
 to go

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 into this

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 but really

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:03.259
 he speaks

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.740
 of shame

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.299
 through this

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 psalm

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.799
 that he

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.119
 would not

00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:06.419
 be put

00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:06.759
 to shame

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.000
 at the

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 beginning

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.679
 and now

00:20:07.679 --> 00:20:07.859
 he's

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.119
 saying

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:09.399
 that his

00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:09.919
 accusers

00:20:09.919 --> 00:20:10.220
 would be

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.619
 put to

00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:10.859
 shame

00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:12.639
 he wants

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:12.819
 them

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.879
 to feel

00:20:13.879 --> 00:20:14.619
 shame

00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:15.039
 he wants

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 them to

00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:15.579
 know

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:15.859
 they've

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 done

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.339
 wrong

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.019
 for all

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.240
 they've

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.479
 done

00:20:17.479 --> 00:20:17.959
 but he

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 wants

00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:18.399
 them to

00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:18.979
 understand

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 I believe

00:20:19.479 --> 00:20:19.939
 this is what

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 he is saying

00:20:20.419 --> 00:20:21.639
 he wants

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 them to

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 see God

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 he wants

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 them to

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 see the

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 glory of

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 God

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 and what

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 the Lord

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 has done

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 for them

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 that they

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 would might

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 also

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 know him

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 and as

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 he

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 in verse

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 12

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 longs that

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 God would

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 not be

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 far from

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 him

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 come down

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 to verse

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 16

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 with me

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 with the

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 mighty deeds

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 of the

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 Lord

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 God

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 I will

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 come

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 I will

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 remind them

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 of your

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 righteousness

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 your

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 shalom

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 that speaks

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 of

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 drawing near

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 to God

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 or being

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 close to

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 God

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 but

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 he doesn't

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 in verse

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 12 he

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 seeks

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 God to

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 come to

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 him

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 verse 16

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 he says

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 I

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 will

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 come

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 he

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 constantly

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 declares

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 that he

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 will

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 come

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 with the

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 mighty

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 deeds

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 of the

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 Lord

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 for evil

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 seeks to

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 divide us

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 from God

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 but the

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 strength of

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 God

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 will reunite

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 us with

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 him

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 he remembers

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 who God

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 is and

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 what he

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 has done

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 for him

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 throughout

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 the years

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 of his

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 life and

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 he is

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 confident

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 knowing

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 that God's

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 hand is

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 mightier

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 and stronger

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 than the

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 hand of

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 the evil

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 one

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 and it

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 is in

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 that name

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 and in

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 that power

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 the Lord

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 is God

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 that he

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 will come

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 with confidence

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 remembering

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 who he is

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 and all

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 that his

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 word

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 has taught

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 him

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 but he

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 will not

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 forsake

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 him in

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 this time

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 of need

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 he will

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 draw near

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 to him

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 when he

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 is broken

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 hearted

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 if he

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 draws near

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 to God

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 he will

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 draw near

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 to you

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 let us

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 then with

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 confidence

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 draw near

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 to the

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 throne

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 of grace

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 that we

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 may receive

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 mercy

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 and find

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 grace

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 to help

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 in the

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 time

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 of need

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 let us

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 draw near

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 with a

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 true heart

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 and full

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 assurance

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 different

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 scriptures

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 say

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 that

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 draw us

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 near

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 and call

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 us to

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 draw near

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 the Lord

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 will draw

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 near to

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 us

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 and it

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 is done

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 in mighty

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 deeds

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 and again

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 this is

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 true

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 that

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 it is

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 only by

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 the power

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 of the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 that we

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 can come

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 at all

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 it is

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 through the

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 mighty

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 deeds

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 that he

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 has done

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 for us

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 at Calvary

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 that we

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 have any

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 confidence

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 to come

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 and his

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 faithfulness

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 to go

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 and give

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 his life

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 for us

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 gives us

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 assurance

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 in our

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 own

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 faith

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 that he

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 loves us

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 the Christ

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 that was

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 that sacrifice

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 to atone

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 for our

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 sins

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 to pay

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 to pay

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 for sin

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 to separate

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 us from

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 sin

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 so that

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 we may

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 be

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 reunited

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 with our

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 God

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 so that

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 we may

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 come and

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 commune

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 with God

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 again

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 Christ

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.779
 dealt with

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 that great

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 dividing

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 element

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 Christ

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 Christ

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 has restored

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 our

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 communion

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 with God

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 and it

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 is through

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 his

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 mighty

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 deeds

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 that we

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 can come

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 at all

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 and we

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 go

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 we go

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 on

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 we come

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 to him

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 in the

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 strength

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 of the

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 Lord

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.400
 our God

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:03.259
 we draw

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.820
 close to

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 God

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:05.360
 but we

00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:05.740
 come

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 we

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 constantly

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.780
 go on

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 there's a

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 consistency

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 in our

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 lives

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.600
 of coming

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 to God

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 and we'll

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.100
 just touch

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 on

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 consistency

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:17.019
 of the

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 time

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 that we

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 have left

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 verse 16

00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:21.600
 of the

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:21.960
 Psalter

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.860
 is maybe

00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.200
 the one

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 that we

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 know

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 and I

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 will

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 constantly

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.380
 go on

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 in strength

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 of God

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 the

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 Lord

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 the

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 wording

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 it's

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 slightly

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 different

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 it's

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 quite

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 different

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 actually

00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.020
 in

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 verse 16

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:33.140
 of the

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:34.580
 written

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:34.980
 Psalm

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:36.620
 but it

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:36.900
 carries

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.500
 that same

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.640
 emphasis

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:40.600
 in the

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 strength

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.540
 and the

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 mighty

00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:42.240
 deeds

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.580
 of the

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:42.820
 Lord

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.220
 he will

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.740
 come

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:45.620
 and the

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.760
 constancy

00:24:46.760 --> 00:24:47.720
 of coming

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:49.300
 comes through

00:24:49.300 --> 00:24:49.860
 in the

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.180
 Psalm

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 there

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.060
 from

00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:52.020
 verse 14

00:24:52.020 --> 00:24:52.580
 in the

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 central

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.360
 part

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.800
 of the

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 central

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 verse

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.819
 of the

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 central

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.559
 part

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 the

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 main

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 focus

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.659
 I

00:24:58.659 --> 00:25:00.079
 but I

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.599
 will hope

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.299
 continually

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.359
 and will

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.159
 praise you

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:04.720
 yet more

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.639
 and more

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:08.659
 the great

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 confidence

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 is evident

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:10.819
 in his

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 life

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.559
 I

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 I will

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 I will

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.619
 hope

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.319
 continually

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:17.200
 his faith

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.619
 in God

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.099
 to deliver

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 him

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 trusting

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 that God

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.799
 will not

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.159
 put him

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:21.659
 to shame

00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:23.460
 and he

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.099
 will not

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.779
 fail him

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.119
 in his

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 promises

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:27.980
 I will

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 hope

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.500
 continually

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:31.859
 and will

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 praise you

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 yet more

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.259
 and more

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.779
 and maybe

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.399
 this great

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.899
 resolve

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:37.299
 this great

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.279
 faith

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.799
 this great

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.460
 confidence

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:39.879
 has been

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 something

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.619
 that's

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:41.119
 over a

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.839
 life

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.379
 as he

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.920
 has lived

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.359
 he looks

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.000
 back now

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.940
 as he

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:46.359
 comes to

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:46.940
 old age

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:49.100
 he says

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:50.860
 I will

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.120
 hope

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.720
 continually

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.500
 the Lord

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.840
 has been

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.259
 with me

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.940
 thus far

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.220
 and the

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.400
 Lord

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.860
 will not

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.340
 forsake

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:55.519
 me

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:55.759
 now

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.600
 the Lord

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.200
 will keep

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.380
 me

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.920
 and protect

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.100
 me

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.360
 as he

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:58.580
 did

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:58.860
 in the

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.120
 womb

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.820
 as we

00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:00.360
 saw last

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:00.580
 week

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:00.840
 when he

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.180
 was so

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.640
 vulnerable

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.380
 and fragile

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.240
 when he

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.500
 had no

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.019
 strength of

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.480
 himself

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.380
 the Lord

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:05.900
 kept him

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.120
 there

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:07.039
 and so

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.440
 the Lord

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.680
 shall

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.259
 keep him

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.519
 now

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.059
 when he

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.380
 feels

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:09.940
 like his

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:11.059
 strength

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.820
 is likewise

00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:12.600
 spent

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:14.139
 he will

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.879
 praise him

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:16.079
 more and

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.459
 more

00:26:16.459 --> 00:26:16.980
 there's

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.119
 an increasing

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:19.119
 praise in

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:19.740
 his life

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.699
 as he

00:26:20.699 --> 00:26:21.439
 as he

00:26:21.439 --> 00:26:21.939
 grows in

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.500
 age he

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.559
 grows in

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.139
 faith he

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.659
 grows in

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.599
 praise of

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.139
 his Lord

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:28.379
 consistently

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.740
 praising his

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.199
 Saviour

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:32.059
 and continually

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.359
 relying on

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.000
 the strength

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.419
 that is

00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:35.419
 given to

00:26:35.419 --> 00:26:35.839
 him

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:37.819
 such as

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.219
 you find

00:26:38.219 --> 00:26:38.679
 in Isaiah

00:26:38.679 --> 00:26:39.159
 40

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:39.659
 that those

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.859
 who wait

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.179
 on the

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.439
 Lord

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:42.039
 shall renew

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.680
 their strength

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.599
 they shall

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.119
 mount up

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.619
 like wings

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.220
 like eagles

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.639
 they shall

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.279
 run and

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.639
 not be

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:46.980
 weary

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.799
 they shall

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.259
 walk

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.220
 and not

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.819
 be faint

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:52.899
 waiting

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:55.059
 in faith

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.980
 upon God

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:57.339
 it can be

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.779
 a great

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.359
 test of

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:58.859
 our faith

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.960
 and the

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.599
 hardest of

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.659
 circumstances

00:27:01.659 --> 00:27:03.480
 it can be

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.920
 in the hardest

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.839
 of circumstances

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:06.279
 when as we

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.159
 said when

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:08.000
 faithfulness is

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.720
 most difficult

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:10.139
 it is

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:11.480
 most necessary

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:14.079
 and in

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.680
 our times

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.019
 when we

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.799
 feel like

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.039
 we are

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.240
 just

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.880
 holding on

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:18.960
 people are

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.120
 going to

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:20.019
 be looking

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.440
 at us

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.839
 and watching

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.180
 us to

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.000
 see how

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.880
 we react

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.259
 and what

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.000
 we do

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:26.259
 faithfulness

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.920
 isn't

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:29.480
 holding on

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.860
 until it

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.400
 gets bad

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.700
 and then

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.240
 letting go

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.660
 and doing

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:31.960
 what we

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.240
 want

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.620
 or doing

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:32.880
 what we

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.279
 think is

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.620
 right

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.920
 faithfulness

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.360
 is holding

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.659
 on

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.839
 every day

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:38.179
 every hour

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:39.139
 all the

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.419
 day

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:40.459
 and all

00:27:40.459 --> 00:27:40.879
 the hour

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.399
 and all

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:41.959
 the year

00:27:41.959 --> 00:27:43.199
 all the

00:27:43.199 --> 00:27:43.539
 time

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:45.219
 consistently

00:27:45.219 --> 00:27:46.339
 holding

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:47.019
 on

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.719
 to the

00:27:48.719 --> 00:27:49.019
 Lord

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.179
 holding

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:50.699
 on

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:52.559
 to all

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.119
 that we

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.359
 as believers

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.919
 in the Lord

00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:55.879
 Jesus Christ

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.740
 have in

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.179
 his word

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:57.519
 and his

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.000
 promises

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.159
 that he

00:27:59.159 --> 00:27:59.899
 has redeemed

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.300
 us

00:28:00.300 --> 00:28:01.780
 and that

00:28:01.780 --> 00:28:02.460
 we hold

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.900
 on to

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.300
 that

00:28:03.300 --> 00:28:05.060
 every day

00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:06.920
 every year

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.759
 faithfully

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:10.340
 whatever the

00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:11.080
 circumstances

00:28:11.080 --> 00:28:11.860
 for us

00:28:11.860 --> 00:28:13.840
 and he

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.960
 proclaims

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.960
 his mouth

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.880
 it's a

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.300
 thing of

00:28:18.300 --> 00:28:18.860
 praise

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:20.580
 more and

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:20.940
 more and

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.540
 his mouth

00:28:21.540 --> 00:28:22.080
 in verse

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.980
 15 tells

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.380
 of all

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:23.600
 these

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.759
 righteous

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.360
 acts

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:26.480
 your deeds

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.259
 of salvation

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.880
 all the

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.720
 day

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:30.360
 for their

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:30.720
 number

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.600
 is past

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.180
 my

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.620
 knowledge

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:34.339
 it's

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.559
 almost

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.440
 as if

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:37.279
 as his

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.779
 praise

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.640
 grows

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.160
 more and

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.380
 more

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.059
 his cup

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.839
 is overflowing

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:42.299
 it's just

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.799
 been filled

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.120
 to the

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.539
 top

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.200
 his

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.519
 praise

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.860
 is so

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.339
 abounding

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.680
 that it

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:45.900
 is

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:47.079
 I remember

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.579
 an image

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:47.960
 of that

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.240
 cup

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.920
 overflowing

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:50.000
 and the

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:51.059
 water

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:52.019
 is making

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.480
 such a

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.779
 noise

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.079
 as it

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.299
 comes

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.740
 over the

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.120
 sides

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:56.200
 the

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.920
 faithful's

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.600
 proclamation

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:59.579
 and praise

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.799
 of how

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.899
 their cup

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.399
 has been

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.419
 so filled

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:04.980
 by the

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.219
 Lord

00:29:05.219 --> 00:29:06.740
 and

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:08.379
 the

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:08.759
 psalmist

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.699
 he's

00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:10.240
 unashamed

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.839
 before his

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.159
 enemies

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:12.839
 he feels

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.339
 no shame

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.000
 for trusting

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.599
 well

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.779
 he may

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.359
 feel shame

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.639
 but he

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.000
 knows that

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.240
 he will

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.599
 ultimately

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.559
 not have

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:18.980
 shame

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:21.019
 before his

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.459
 enemies

00:29:21.459 --> 00:29:22.259
 he knows

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.519
 that the

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.899
 Lord will

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.279
 not put

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.519
 him to

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:23.740
 shame

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:23.980
 and he

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.159
 knows

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:24.419
 that the

00:29:24.419 --> 00:29:24.579
 Lord

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:24.779
 will

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.079
 honour

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.339
 him

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:27.220
 and yet

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.819
 at times

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.899
 we acknowledge

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.240
 it

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.240
 there may

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.480
 be an

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.720
 element

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.179
 of shame

00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:31.480
 that we

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.019
 feel

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:34.859
 for trusting

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:36.339
 in our

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.659
 Lord

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:38.000
 it's a

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.319
 truthful

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.819
 thing

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:40.759
 but ultimately

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.539
 when we

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:41.799
 have

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:43.179
 that

00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:43.779
 perspective

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.139
 that the

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.459
 word of

00:29:44.459 --> 00:29:44.699
 God

00:29:44.699 --> 00:29:45.339
 gives us

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.220
 we can

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.519
 see that

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.139
 it won't

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.639
 be shame

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.480
 it will

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.859
 be honour

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.859
 we need

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.079
 to have

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.359
 that

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.899
 eternal

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.539
 perspective

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.939
 that the

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:52.279
 word of

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.539
 God

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.919
 brings

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.379
 to us

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.360
 to rely

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.720
 on our

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:54.940
 own

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.600
 understanding

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:57.780
 and he

00:29:57.780 --> 00:29:58.220
 has this

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.600
 praise

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.020
 within his

00:29:59.020 --> 00:29:59.280
 heart

00:29:59.280 --> 00:30:00.120
 all the

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.340
 day

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:02.200
 he proclaims

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.500
 these

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.060
 things

00:30:03.060 --> 00:30:05.040
 and this

00:30:05.040 --> 00:30:05.460
 phrase

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.920
 all the

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.220
 day

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.940
 it's

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.240
 something

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.740
 that comes

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:07.960
 through

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.280
 in this

00:30:08.280 --> 00:30:08.560
 psalm

00:30:08.560 --> 00:30:09.340
 three times

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:11.520
 maybe

00:30:11.520 --> 00:30:11.860
 you've

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.380
 maybe not

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.840
 noticed

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.000
 it

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.360
 maybe you

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:13.660
 have

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.220
 it comes

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.480
 through

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.040
 in verse

00:30:15.040 --> 00:30:15.380
 eight

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:16.980
 his mouth

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.760
 is filled

00:30:17.760 --> 00:30:18.460
 with praise

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:20.220
 and glory

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.680
 all the

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:20.960
 day

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:22.180
 we have

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.519
 it here

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.059
 in verse

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.579
 15

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:25.240
 all the

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.519
 day

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.539
 proclaiming

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.299
 what his

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.640
 righteous

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.000
 acts

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.360
 the deeds

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.100
 of salvation

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:30.180
 all the

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.420
 day

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.539
 and then

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.059
 we have

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.440
 it there

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.759
 in the

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.360
 final

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.860
 version

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.319
 verse

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.880
 24

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:36.079
 my tongue

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.519
 will talk

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.819
 of your

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.200
 righteous

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.640
 help

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.440
 all

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.160
 the

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.440
 day

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:42.740
 it's a

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.460
 characteristic

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.259
 of

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:46.200
 a life

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.840
 of faith

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:48.799
 a person

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.279
 who is

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:51.019
 wholeheartedly

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:52.240
 holding on

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.379
 to his

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:53.740
 Lord

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:55.359
 and knows

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.759
 that his

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.159
 Lord will

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.859
 not forsaken

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:58.220
 that he

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.740
 will speak

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.079
 of his

00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.419
 Lord

00:30:59.419 --> 00:31:00.839
 all the

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.099
 day

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.099
 and he

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.579
 will continue

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:02.859
 in his

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.279
 worship of

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.659
 his Lord

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:05.199
 all the

00:31:05.199 --> 00:31:05.480
 day

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:10.399
 he will

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:11.379
 hope

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.740
 continually

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:14.619
 verse 14

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.419
 the main

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:16.039
 point of the

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.519
 psalm

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.799
 it's a

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.259
 continuous

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.779
 thing

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.859
 in his

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.259
 life

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:23.500
 and when

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.920
 he thinks

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.480
 about all

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.940
 the Lord

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.379
 has done

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:25.799
 for him

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.339
 all these

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.839
 things that

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.460
 provoke

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.220
 praise in

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.900
 his heart

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:31.279
 he comes

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.720
 to realize

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.279
 that well

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:34.240
 for their

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.720
 number is

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.200
 past my

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.599
 knowledge

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:37.039
 all your

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.559
 deeds of

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.099
 salvation

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:42.500
 I don't

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.879
 grasp

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.359
 them all

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:46.539
 they're

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.199
 beyond my

00:31:47.199 --> 00:31:48.159
 understanding

00:31:48.159 --> 00:31:50.399
 and you

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:50.679
 may know

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.339
 that yourself

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.339
 I've seen

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.579
 it to

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:52.879
 Fiona

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:54.259
 when we

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.619
 tell her

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:54.979
 testimony

00:31:54.979 --> 00:31:56.139
 we can

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.539
 go so

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:56.979
 far

00:31:56.979 --> 00:31:57.459
 and then

00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:57.939
 it's like

00:31:57.939 --> 00:32:01.459
 we just

00:32:01.459 --> 00:32:01.759
 don't

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:01.879
 know

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:03.019
 how the

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.479
 Lord has

00:32:03.479 --> 00:32:03.819
 worked

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.259
 and why

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.639
 the Lord

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:04.979
 did the

00:32:04.979 --> 00:32:05.379
 things that

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.679
 he did

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.880
 we do

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.160
 not

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.400
 know

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:10.720
 and

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:12.519
 we're

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.720
 just

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.220
 left in

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.740
 wonder

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:15.480
 at the

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.039
 things that

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.400
 the Lord

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.880
 has done

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:18.120
 his deeds

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:19.360
 of salvation

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.940
 they are

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.480
 beyond

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:23.240
 their number

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.400
 is beyond

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.340
 our knowledge

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:27.100
 yes there are

00:32:27.100 --> 00:32:27.519
 things that

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.480
 we look back

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.060
 and we see

00:32:29.060 --> 00:32:30.060
 the Lord

00:32:30.060 --> 00:32:30.580
 was with me

00:32:30.580 --> 00:32:31.160
 then and

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:32.060
 they're here

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:32.560
 and there

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:34.200
 he guided

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.639
 me here

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:36.000
 and showed

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.339
 me this

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.220
 but equally

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:39.440
 we don't

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.779
 know

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.679
 exactly

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:42.279
 when he

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.679
 was there

00:32:42.679 --> 00:32:43.399
 it's like

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:43.799
 we're walking

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.119
 the road

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.559
 to a maze

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:44.819
 and we

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.099
 don't know

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.440
 he's there

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.599
 and we

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:46.819
 don't even

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.440
 remember that

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.819
 he was

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.220
 there with

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.500
 us

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.759
 but he

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.119
 was

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:51.980
 and he

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.319
 guided

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.700
 us

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.579
 and he

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.059
 showed us

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.419
 the way

00:32:54.419 --> 00:32:55.779
 and these

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.519
 things that

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:58.460
 we have

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.059
 no knowledge

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.980
 of

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.639
 it's just

00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:01.019
 like our

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.559
 footsteps

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:03.200
 poem

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:05.399
 where they

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:05.940
 looked back

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.299
 together

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.819
 on the

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.059
 two

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.500
 pairs of

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.839
 footsteps

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.419
 then there

00:33:08.419 --> 00:33:08.960
 was one

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:10.200
 and

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:12.440
 he asked

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.119
 why the

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.480
 Lord had

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.980
 left him

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.779
 but it

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.079
 was that

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.399
 the Lord

00:33:15.399 --> 00:33:15.980
 had carried

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.259
 him

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.139
 and he

00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:18.119
 knew nothing

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.579
 of it

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:20.859
 but the

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.500
 Lord told

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.759
 him

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:23.919
 it's

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.720
 we don't

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.099
 know

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:26.419
 how close

00:33:26.419 --> 00:33:26.819
 the Lord

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.399
 is to us

00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:28.000
 at times

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.179
 and we

00:33:29.179 --> 00:33:29.619
 wish we

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.659
 knew it

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:31.059
 we wish

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.359
 we

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:32.159
 we

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:33.419
 felt

00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:35.240
 that

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.719
 presence

00:33:35.719 --> 00:33:36.000
 of

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.599
 walking

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.240
 with God

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.899
 every day

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:39.219
 but the

00:33:39.219 --> 00:33:39.819
 reality of

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.559
 the Christian

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:41.139
 life is that

00:33:41.139 --> 00:33:41.679
 it comes

00:33:41.679 --> 00:33:42.319
 and goes

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:44.079
 at times

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.459
 yes

00:33:44.459 --> 00:33:45.139
 we know

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.419
 it

00:33:45.419 --> 00:33:46.019
 there's times

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.299
 where we

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.699
 don't feel

00:33:46.699 --> 00:33:47.240
 it at all

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:49.039
 but nevertheless

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.959
 whatever we

00:33:49.959 --> 00:33:50.339
 feel

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:53.039
 the Lord

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.419
 is with

00:33:53.419 --> 00:33:53.719
 us

00:33:53.719 --> 00:33:55.500
 the Lord

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.579
 draws close

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.179
 to us

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:58.479
 even when we

00:33:58.479 --> 00:33:59.079
 don't realise

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.319
 it

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.960
 the Lord

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.159
 is

00:34:00.159 --> 00:34:01.639
 often

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.559
 walking

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.539
 with us

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.619
 in our

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:05.319
 difficulties

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:07.399
 as the

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.819
 psalmist

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.239
 he had

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:09.119
 held fast

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.460
 to the

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:09.739
 Lord

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:11.659
 he asked

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.079
 the Lord

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.420
 to draw

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.940
 close to

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.239
 him

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:13.599
 and he

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.319
 declared

00:34:14.319 --> 00:34:14.779
 that he

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:15.420
 would come

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.139
 it's

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:17.279
 almost got

00:34:17.279 --> 00:34:17.900
 a relational

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:19.539
 element to it

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:21.079
 our faith

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.819
 is relational

00:34:21.819 --> 00:34:23.559
 and the best

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.799
 of relationships

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.480
 are when

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.980
 each party

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.980
 longs to see

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.659
 each other

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.099
 when each

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:31.039
 side

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.400
 desires to

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.159
 be near

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.559
 again

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.819
 to talk

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:35.420
 and commune

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.799
 with one

00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:36.159
 another

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.880
 long lost

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.920
 friends

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:40.159
 or relations

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:42.420
 that's what

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:43.000
 Christ has

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.500
 done for

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.799
 us

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:45.039
 he will

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.679
 bring those

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:45.900
 who have

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.539
 been separated

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:48.119
 back together

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:49.739
 and we

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.639
 shall

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.819
 commune

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.259
 again

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.679
 with our

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.019
 Lord

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:55.820
 we draw

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.619
 near to

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.039
 God

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.039
 in worship

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.719
 as we

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.179
 come to

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.420
 him

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.380
 and we

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.800
 continue

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.280
 to do

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.539
 so

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.559
 we come

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:02.900
 to his

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.239
 word

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.960
 to be

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.320
 guided

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.940
 by it

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:06.400
 we pray

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.699
 that we

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.139
 would know

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:08.139
 and be

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.739
 encouraged

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:10.179
 by feeling

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:11.199
 his presence

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:11.859
 with us

00:35:11.859 --> 00:35:13.899
 and that

00:35:13.899 --> 00:35:14.319
 as we

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:14.639
 gather

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.119
 together

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.679
 we may

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.259
 know

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:17.039
 his blessings

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:18.179
 coming upon

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.759
 the people

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:20.439
 as he

00:35:20.439 --> 00:35:22.559
 promises in

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.659
 Psalm 133

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.359
 where the

00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:25.179
 people gather

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:26.919
 he will

00:35:26.919 --> 00:35:27.519
 pour down

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.559
 his blessings

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.379
 upon them

00:35:29.379 --> 00:35:31.179
 so we go

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.739
 on in

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.119
 faith

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:34.299
 we may

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:34.900
 feel like

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.380
 our strength

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.960
 is spent

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.819
 we may

00:35:36.819 --> 00:35:37.420
 feel like

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.679
 we are

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.139
 running on

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:38.480
 empty

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.619
 but we

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.079
 go on

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:41.239
 we go

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:41.440
 on

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.799
 we go

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.159
 on

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.599
 just as

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.000
 Ali was

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.319
 praying

00:35:43.319 --> 00:35:44.719
 we step

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.259
 by step

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.719
 we feel

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.059
 like we're

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.400
 slipping

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.920
 we feel

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.239
 like we're

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.579
 dragging

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.059
 our heels

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.420
 we feel

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.739
 like we're

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.019
 walking

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.279
 through

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.739
 sludge

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.799
 but we

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:51.199
 go on

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:53.059
 we constantly

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.539
 give on

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.500
 with the

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.079
 strength that

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.539
 the Lord

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.980
 gives to

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.199
 us

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.500
 it's not

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:58.819
 in our

00:35:58.819 --> 00:35:59.519
 own strength

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.719
 the Lord

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:02.959
 strengthens

00:36:02.959 --> 00:36:03.359
 us

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:04.239
 along the

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:04.579
 way

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:06.199
 and

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:08.519
 his

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.299
 faithfulness

00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.739
 to us

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.119
 is our

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.599
 assurance

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.099
 in our

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.419
 faith

00:36:11.419 --> 00:36:11.839
 as we

00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:13.219
 as we

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.719
 go on

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:16.359
 to continue

00:36:16.359 --> 00:36:17.059
 every day

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:19.519
 when faithfulness

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.899
 is most

00:36:19.899 --> 00:36:20.339
 difficult

00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:21.759
 it is most

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.299
 necessary

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 I think

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:23.839
 that's

00:36:23.839 --> 00:36:24.219
 something

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 that we

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.699
 should all

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:27.779
 remember

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.639
 worth

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.259
 beneficial

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.739
 for us

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.219
 to remember

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:50.919
 that had

00:36:53.419 --> 00:36:54.039
 got

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.219
 a

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:55.179
 go on

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 person