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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Love that old hymn. Thank you all for leading us in it.

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 It is a great reminder of what Peter reminds us here at the end of his letter.

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 I'll tell you up front, though, as Bill said and as we've confessed together,

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 it sounds real simple, but it's a lot harder than that in my heart.

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 Maybe you find that to be true in your life this week.

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 Peter's writing to people who are suffering,

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 who are struggling in a world that's not their home,

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 and wondering, how are we to live?

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 What is it specifically that God wants us to do?

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 Peter this morning is very clear, very direct, very specific about some practical ways that we ought to live.

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 Some of you love that, when God is just very direct, right?

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 We're going to be picking up our reading of God's Word at verse 6 of 1 Peter 5.

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 As we read, I want to encourage you to notice these clear commands

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 and the spiritual realities that motivate and enable our obedience to those commands.

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 Preachers call this what's true, the theological foundations,

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 and what to do, the application to our lives.

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 You may realize that because God's Word so often communicates this way that I often do as well,

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 I just usually don't say what's true and what to do.

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 But this morning, this passage is so simply and clearly laid out that way.

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 We will follow God telling us what to do because of what's true.

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 Follow with me as we hear God's holy, inerrant, infallible Word.

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 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God,

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 so that at the proper time He may exalt you,

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 casting all your anxieties on Him because He cares for you.

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 Be sober-minded.

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 Be watchful.

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 Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour.

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 Resist Him, firm in your faith,

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 knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

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 And after you have suffered a little while,

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 the God of all grace,

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 who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ,

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 will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

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 To Him be the dominion forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 Let's pray.

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 God, thank you for clear direction.

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 We so need it.

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 We need also your grace to help us to follow it.

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 We're forgetful.

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 We are weak.

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 We're often weary.

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 We're dependent on you.

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 Would you help us, even now, as we look at your word, work in our hearts by your spirit.

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 What's true and what to do may seem simple,

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 but it's really challenging when increasingly in our culture,

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 people don't believe in spiritual realities.

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 Studies show that about half of Americans now believe that the God, as He's described in the Bible, exists.

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 A fast trend downward in recent years.

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 In fact, only three-fourths of those who call themselves Christians believe in a God who is all-loving,

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 all-knowing, and all-powerful.

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 That last one being the primary issue for most of them.

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 Likewise, only half of Americans believe Satan is real,

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 with increasingly naturalistic explanations accounting for both the good and the evil in our world, right?

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 What you see is what you get, and is all there is, more and more people say these days.

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 I mean, certainly having no powerful, personal God in the picture

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 can't be helping the overwhelming flood of anxiety, suicide, loneliness,

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 that is trending upward at equal and alarming rates.

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 These beliefs are not certainly the only cause of those things increasing.

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 Certainly, that's true, but they do seem connected, don't they?

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 But you know, it's not just that more people say they don't believe in spiritual beings.

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 Probably, in a room that's gathered like this,

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 more than half of us might say we believe in spiritual beings or realities.

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 But it's quite common among us to believe in God,

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 but to try to live without God in the equation.

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 We've confessed as much this morning.

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 I went through a season not long ago when I was busy,

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 feeling overwhelmed,

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 needing to get more done,

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 not sure how I was going to handle everything that was coming.

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 And my first response,

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 as the wonderful spiritual person that I am,

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 was to double down on my own efforts,

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 to work harder,

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 to get things done and make sure they were all under control.

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 That was my instinct in that moment.

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 Maybe for you, you need wisdom for retirement,

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 or parenting, or whatever it is.

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 And the first place you go for wisdom is online,

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 social media.

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 Maybe life gets hard.

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 Maybe you've recently been hurt deeply.

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 And your first instinct is to say,

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 I've got to make everything make sense so that I can control it.

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 Or if I can't control it, at least I can explain it.

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 See, in those ways and myriad other ways,

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 we tend to live as though all that's real is what we see,

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 and God is nowhere to be seen.

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 We so often try, as hard as we can,

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 to live without God in the equation,

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 and expect life to make sense or work out.

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 And it doesn't.

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 It doesn't make sense.

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 It doesn't work out.

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 Peter's pointing that out here.

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 Living as we ought in this world

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 requires awareness of spiritual realities.

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 Let's look at His clear commands,

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 the what to do,

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 and see how they make sense only.

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 We can follow them only

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 in light of spiritual realities,

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 the what's true part.

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 So, first clear command for us,

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 how to live, what to do,

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 humble yourself by casting your burdens on God.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 Humble yourselves, therefore,

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 under the mighty hand of God,

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 so that at the proper time,

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 He may exalt you.

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 How do I do that?

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 Casting all your anxieties on Him

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 because He cares for you.

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 Live not independently, self-sufficient,

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 but dependent upon God.

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 This is at the essence,

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 the Bible says, of human flourishing.

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 Think all the way back to that classic passage

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 in Micah chapter 6.

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 He has told you, O man, what is good.

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 What does the Lord require of you

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 but to do justice,

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 to love kindness,

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 and to walk how?

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 Humbly with your God.

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 That's still hard.

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 What does that actually mean?

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 Be clearer, Peter.

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 What do I actually do to be humbling myself?

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 And he says,

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 cast all your anxiety on God.

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 Throw the things weighing on you onto God.

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 Toss them.

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 Sling them over there onto Him

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 rather than carrying them alone.

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 It's the picture from Psalm 55.

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 Cast your burden on the Lord

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 and He will sustain you.

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 How will God sustain you?

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 By taking your burdens upon Himself.

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 Stop pretending that you can handle all of them.

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 He's telling you,

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 He's telling you,

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 throw them to me.

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 Bow your knee.

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 Plead for my help.

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 I got to be part of a beautiful picture

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 of this last Sunday

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 as Drew and Taylor Bozeman,

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 still in the shock and pain

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 of a cancer diagnosis,

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 gathered with elders,

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 family members,

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 brothers and sisters from their grace group,

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 and we prayed.

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 We cried.

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 We threw one burden after another

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 onto God

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 because they trust Him.

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 And as we prayed in that room,

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 I had this deep sense

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 that the posture we were in there

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 in those moments,

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 kneeling before God,

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 desperate for His help,

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 was the one that we all need

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 to live in every day.

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 The verse says,

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 all your anxieties.

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 Not just the big ones.

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 Not just the heavy burdens.

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 Every one.

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 The whole bag.

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 Cast it up to Him.

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 Because you can't.

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 You're not made to.

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 Handle it yourself.

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 It's one of our core commitments

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 here at Southwood

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 to acknowledge our deep dependence

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 and our need for prayer

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 in every moment.

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 Peter says simply,

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 humbly live that way.

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 Why is that so hard?

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 Well,

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 because if I'm not worrying

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 about my problems,

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 who is?

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 If I'm not putting myself first,

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 who is?

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 If I'm not taking care of me,

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 who will?

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 And in a world without God,

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 the answer is often,

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 no one.

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 And that is scary,

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 isn't it?

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 No one will be looking out for me,

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 taking care of me.

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 How will we make ends meet

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 without this job?

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 What if my friends

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 stop liking me?

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 Why am I so depressed

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 so often?

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 If I'm on my own,

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 there is no way

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 I can be humble.

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 No way I can cast off

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 anxieties like those

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 just to be lost

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 in a sea of forgetfulness.

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 I can't just forget

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 anxieties like those.

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 And so,

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 Peter reminds us

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 what's true.

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 You are to humble yourself

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 under the mighty hand

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 of God

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 who will exalt you.

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 The mighty hand

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 is about God's strength,

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 His power to deliver,

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 in fact,

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 especially to rescue

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 His people

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 who are suffering

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 in this world.

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 And exactly when is best,

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 quite often on the day

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 we enter eternity,

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 He lifts us up.

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 God is strong.

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 God is loving.

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 He cares for you.

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 That might be

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 the most powerful phrase

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 in this whole verse

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 that we often overlook.

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 It's why we've been

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 hitting it over and over

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 and over this morning.

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 Can you believe this?

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 Could you,

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 kids,

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 just stop and listen

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 for a moment and think.

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 Adults,

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 stop and think.

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 God,

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 He cares for you.

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 He cares for you.

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 He cares for you.

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 And it seems too simple

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 to us sometimes

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 to mean something,

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 but it has to.

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 The spiritual reality here

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 is summarized in Psalm 62.

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 Once God has spoken,

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 twice have I heard this,

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 that power belongs to God

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 and that to you,

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 O Lord,

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 belongs steadfast love.

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 You, O Lord,

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 are strong

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 and you, O Lord,

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 are loving.

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 And we need them both.

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 You can trust Him.

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 You're not alone.

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 You're not on your own.

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 The strong one cares for you.

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 Do you hear that?

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 Do you know that?

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 The strong one cares for you.

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 I remember some time ago

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 going on a hike with my family

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 and my youngest daughter

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 felt the way I often do.

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 She was feeling very independent

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 and strong

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 and she wanted to take

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 her own backpack

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 and water bottle

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 on this hike.

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 So we started out great.

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 I think it was

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 at the first water break

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 that she decided

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 her water bottle

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 should go back

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 in my backpack.

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 So it did.

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 I mean,

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 after all,

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 it was hot.

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 We were going uphill

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 pretty soon

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 with her excitement

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 about the hike

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 left back,

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 I think,

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 around the trailhead

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 where we started.

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 she was throwing

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 her backpack

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 over to me

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 and I was wearing

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 that one too.

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 Before we made it

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 to the top,

00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:04.639
 at the end of the hike,

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 she was riding

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 on Dad's shoulders

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 with both backpacks

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 underneath.

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 I want to suggest to you

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 that she was not

00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.860
 a failure that day.

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 that wasn't disappointing.

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 Throwing the heavy backpack

00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:27.960
 on Dad's back

00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:29.960
 made more sense.

00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:34.399
 Riding Dad's longer legs

00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:37.019
 by putting all her weight

00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:38.840
 on his shoulders

00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:40.440
 made more sense.

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 Her joy increased

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 largely as a result.

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 Our joy

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 increased.

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 And even an imperfect

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 father

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 was pleased

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 to carry

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 everyone

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 and everything.

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 Listen,

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 friends,

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 especially those of you

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 who are

00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:05.779
 like me,

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 prone to being

00:17:06.620 --> 00:17:07.279
 independent,

00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:09.259
 but you're

00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:11.079
 willing to admit

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 you're kind of tired

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.500
 of that.

00:17:13.919 --> 00:17:14.980
 It gets exhausting.

00:17:17.379 --> 00:17:18.480
 Maybe you're feeling

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.619
 that weariness today.

00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:22.539
 Your father

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 is immeasurably

00:17:24.939 --> 00:17:25.720
 strong

00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:27.960
 and he is

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 unfailingly

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 loving.

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 He will not

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 let you down.

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 Remember

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 that that is

00:17:37.199 --> 00:17:38.339
 true of him.

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 So you can

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:41.059
 cast your burdens

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.920
 on him.

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 You can rest

00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:44.859
 in his arms.

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 You can give him

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 the glory.

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 That's the first thing.

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:51.920
 Second,

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 clear command.

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 How do I live

00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.460
 in this world

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 that's not my home?

00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:59.279
 What to do?

00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.500
 Be alert

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:03.599
 to resisting Satan.

00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.640
 Verse 8.

00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:07.440
 Be sober-minded.

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 Be watchful.

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 Your adversary,

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.000
 the devil,

00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:10.800
 prowls around

00:18:10.800 --> 00:18:11.960
 like a roaring lion

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:13.020
 seeking someone

00:18:13.020 --> 00:18:13.880
 to devour.

00:18:14.300 --> 00:18:15.340
 Resist him.

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 It's clear.

00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.960
 You have an enemy.

00:18:21.140 --> 00:18:22.120
 He loves

00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:22.960
 to deceive.

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.680
 It's in his name.

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 He is the

00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:27.060
 father of lies.

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 So don't live

00:18:28.520 --> 00:18:29.360
 like you're not

00:18:29.360 --> 00:18:30.240
 in a battle.

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 Be alert.

00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:34.640
 Sober-minded.

00:18:35.840 --> 00:18:36.480
 Watchful.

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:38.500
 Be alert to the

00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:40.019
 reality around you.

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.799
 Satan would love

00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:43.180
 for you to believe

00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:45.640
 that it's all up to you.

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 That you really are

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.779
 at the end of the day

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.759
 on your own

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:51.740
 to figure life out.

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 But some of you

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:57.039
 insist on believing

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:58.460
 in God.

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 And if you insist

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 on believing in God,

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:02.039
 Satan would love

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:03.099
 for you to believe

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:04.419
 that that God

00:19:04.419 --> 00:19:05.299
 will love you

00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:06.579
 only if

00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:08.000
 you get your life

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.719
 figured out

00:19:08.719 --> 00:19:09.799
 and under control

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.939
 first.

00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:13.079
 And that puts you,

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:14.059
 in case you're not

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.959
 connecting the dots,

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:16.399
 in the exact same place

00:19:16.399 --> 00:19:18.480
 as if you said

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.079
 you didn't believe

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.599
 in him at all.

00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:22.799
 In fact,

00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.480
 if you refuse

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.199
 to embrace

00:19:24.199 --> 00:19:25.259
 that lie,

00:19:25.659 --> 00:19:26.619
 Satan would love

00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:28.179
 to use the suffering

00:19:28.179 --> 00:19:29.019
 going on

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.759
 in your life

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.700
 to get you

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.319
 to start

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:32.279
 to believe

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:33.119
 that God

00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:33.759
 can't be

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:35.119
 fully trusted

00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:36.339
 just sometimes,

00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.579
 but you can't

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.720
 really trust him

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.839
 to do what's best

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.440
 for you.

00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.319
 Clearly,

00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.599
 this illness,

00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:45.319
 this relationship,

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.839
 this tragedy

00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.900
 is not

00:19:47.900 --> 00:19:49.079
 what a good God

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.779
 would want

00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.500
 for you,

00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:51.460
 he says.

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.759
 No, no,

00:19:52.879 --> 00:19:53.460
 Peter says,

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:54.200
 resist

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:55.920
 those lies.

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:57.940
 Don't assume

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.740
 that those things

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.380
 are just your

00:19:59.380 --> 00:19:59.960
 brilliant,

00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:01.640
 rational thinking.

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.660
 Anybody would

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.400
 know this.

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.340
 No, you have

00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:04.860
 an enemy

00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:06.320
 who is a deceiver

00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:07.420
 who makes it

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.300
 sound good.

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.500
 You be all

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.500
 the more alert

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.800
 to the truth

00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:13.480
 of God's word.

00:20:14.580 --> 00:20:15.720
 How do you resist

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.539
 someone who is

00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:17.300
 a deceiver?

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:21.100
 The belt of truth,

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:23.779
 which is

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:25.080
 closely related

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:26.019
 to the sword

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:27.059
 of the Spirit,

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.279
 the word

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:29.339
 of God itself,

00:20:29.699 --> 00:20:30.699
 which Jesus

00:20:30.699 --> 00:20:31.220
 quoted,

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:31.819
 by the way,

00:20:31.879 --> 00:20:32.240
 didn't he?

00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:33.299
 When Satan

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:34.079
 was tempting

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.659
 him,

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.419
 what did he use

00:20:35.419 --> 00:20:36.019
 to thwart

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.939
 those temptations?

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.919
 The word of God

00:20:37.919 --> 00:20:39.359
 time and time

00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:40.439
 and time again.

00:20:40.699 --> 00:20:41.220
 The shield

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.939
 of faith,

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.740
 firm in your

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.619
 faith,

00:20:44.939 --> 00:20:45.559
 it says.

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.679
 Not in yourself,

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.039
 right?

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.099
 Not that you're

00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.779
 strong enough

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.359
 on your own,

00:20:49.679 --> 00:20:50.639
 firm in your faith

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.819
 and you're strong

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:53.939
 and loving God

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.900
 because as you

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.779
 trust God

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.519
 and know that

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.580
 he is good,

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.880
 so good,

00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:00.320
 that even the evil

00:21:00.320 --> 00:21:01.240
 in your life

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.880
 is refining you

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:04.480
 and is making

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.860
 your faith

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:07.140
 of greater worth

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:08.019
 than gold,

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:09.340
 when that's really

00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:10.080
 what you know

00:21:10.080 --> 00:21:10.680
 to be true,

00:21:10.840 --> 00:21:12.220
 then the flaming arrows

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:13.100
 of Satan coming

00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:13.740
 at you will be

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.720
 extinguished.

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:18.000
 He's good.

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.380
 He's safe

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.700
 for you to trust.

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:22.319
 So when Satan

00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:24.160
 appears to stop

00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:24.980
 up our path

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.880
 and fill us

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.680
 with fear,

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.680
 we triumph

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:30.380
 by faith.

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.160
 The Lord

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:33.080
 will provide,

00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:33.600
 right?

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.620
 That's what we say.

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.380
 Satan tells us

00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:38.039
 we're weak.

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.799
 That certainly

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.660
 seems true

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.559
 a lot of times,

00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.039
 doesn't it?

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.299
 Satan tells us

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.380
 our hope

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.319
 is in vain

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.799
 and when suffering

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.419
 is coming

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:50.859
 and life is hard,

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:52.019
 that looks

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.179
 to be true too.

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.779
 The good

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:56.000
 that you seek,

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:57.139
 you will never

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:57.839
 obtain.

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.700
 How many days

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.439
 do you feel like

00:22:01.439 --> 00:22:02.480
 you're not going

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.200
 to persevere?

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:06.279
 You couldn't

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.740
 make it.

00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:07.679
 I'm not going

00:22:07.679 --> 00:22:08.179
 to last

00:22:08.179 --> 00:22:09.139
 through this

00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:10.279
 situation long

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.859
 enough to see

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:12.139
 whatever so-called

00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:13.079
 good there could

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:14.019
 possibly be

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:15.379
 coming of this.

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:17.200
 maybe that's

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.800
 true too.

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.260
 I'm never

00:22:18.260 --> 00:22:19.700
 going to...

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.260
 No.

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.160
 No, we say

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:23.260
 and we sing

00:22:23.260 --> 00:22:24.360
 the Lord

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:26.180
 will provide.

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.560
 He is good.

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.640
 His promises

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.940
 never fail

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:31.180
 and we resist.

00:22:34.080 --> 00:22:35.020
 Resisting Satan,

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.560
 by the way,

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:36.620
 is not just

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.580
 a you

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:39.000
 and God

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.500
 and your

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.400
 Bible

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:41.160
 and your prayer

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.700
 closet

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:43.180
 kind of activity,

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.340
 by the way.

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:46.700
 not just you

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.520
 sitting there alone

00:22:47.520 --> 00:22:48.400
 trying to convince

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.740
 yourself of the truth

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.580
 if you just think

00:22:50.580 --> 00:22:51.220
 about it long

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.880
 and hard enough.

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:53.580
 The prowling lion

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.680
 would love to

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:56.000
 isolate the prey

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.880
 like that.

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.100
 Verse 9,

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:59.060
 resist him

00:22:59.060 --> 00:23:00.680
 firm in the faith

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.980
 knowing

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:03.740
 that the same

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:05.040
 kinds of suffering

00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:06.620
 are being experienced

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:08.000
 by your brotherhood

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:09.620
 throughout the world.

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.060
 Resisting Satan

00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:13.080
 is a community

00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:13.640
 project,

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.300
 isn't it?

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:17.780
 How many of you

00:23:17.780 --> 00:23:18.580
 have needed that?

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:21.740
 You've needed

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:24.240
 people around you

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:25.740
 helping you remember

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:27.100
 you're not alone.

00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:29.760
 I'm hurting too.

00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:32.080
 She's doubting too.

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:34.360
 He's struggling too.

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:36.919
 And these

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:38.099
 sufferings

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:39.519
 that we're in

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.199
 are the ones

00:23:40.199 --> 00:23:41.039
 that our Savior

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:42.319
 told us

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.039
 we were going

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.959
 to have.

00:23:44.159 --> 00:23:45.419
 And they remind us

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.979
 of something

00:23:45.979 --> 00:23:47.359
 not what Satan

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:47.979
 may be telling

00:23:47.979 --> 00:23:48.500
 your heart

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.659
 not that Jesus

00:23:49.659 --> 00:23:50.699
 has left you

00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:51.359
 no, no

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.199
 far from it.

00:23:52.439 --> 00:23:53.439
 They remind us

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.099
 that Jesus

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.259
 has bound

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.399
 himself to us

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.219
 that we are

00:23:57.219 --> 00:23:58.559
 united with him

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.299
 in these

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.079
 sufferings.

00:24:00.219 --> 00:24:01.039
 The one who went

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:02.059
 to the cross

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:03.179
 we're united

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.600
 with him

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.060
 and then he

00:24:04.060 --> 00:24:04.960
 rose from the

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.740
 grave to deliver

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:07.420
 us from these

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:09.039
 sufferings forever.

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 And we need to

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:10.860
 remember

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:12.880
 that we're bound

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.480
 to him

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.700
 and to one another

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:16.360
 in those

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:17.060
 sufferings.

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.480
 Now that we're

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.360
 able to travel

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:21.200
 again to some

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.640
 of our

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.860
 mission partners

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:24.259
 after COVID

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.299
 and get to

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:26.519
 visit them

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.759
 our mission team

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.199
 as we've been

00:24:28.199 --> 00:24:28.759
 planning some

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.639
 trips has asked

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.000
 them

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.319
 what do y'all

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.699
 need?

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.519
 How can we

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.579
 partner with you?

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.199
 Where can we

00:24:34.199 --> 00:24:35.579
 be of help?

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.240
 And it's amazing

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.759
 how many

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.839
 times

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:40.000
 we've heard

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.479
 from them

00:24:40.479 --> 00:24:41.119
 recently

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.919
 not

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:43.639
 send a preacher

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:45.479
 or

00:24:45.479 --> 00:24:46.679
 send a doctor

00:24:46.679 --> 00:24:48.179
 or even

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:49.179
 send money

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.120
 that's usually

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.380
 in there

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:50.640
 somewhere

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 but

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:54.940
 send other

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.740
 Christians

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:59.120
 we need

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.980
 to feel

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 that we're

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 not alone

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 that we are

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 not the only

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.640
 Christians

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.820
 in the world

00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:06.500
 holding

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 to the truth

00:25:07.580 --> 00:25:08.400
 of Jesus

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 and the good

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.000
 news found

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.880
 in God's

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.200
 word

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.080
 in the midst

00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:12.680
 of a world

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.200
 that seems

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 against us

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:16.099
 we need

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:17.019
 brothers and

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.359
 sisters

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:18.579
 to come

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.439
 be with us

00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:21.740
 so when we

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.419
 send a team

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.099
 to DC

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:25.619
 when we

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.259
 send a family

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.039
 to France

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:28.019
 when we

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.659
 send a pastor

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:29.339
 to India

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:31.659
 we're resisting

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.419
 Satan

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:33.839
 with them

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.619
 we are

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.939
 locking arms

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:36.519
 with our

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.119
 brothers and

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.500
 sisters

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.139
 united

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:39.139
 to Jesus

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:40.079
 and by

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.460
 Jesus

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.939
 to one

00:25:40.939 --> 00:25:41.319
 another

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.639
 to stand

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.879
 firm

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:47.400
 well what's

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.740
 true

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:49.680
 we're already

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.460
 talking about

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.720
 it

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.800
 you can

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:53.000
 you really

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:54.080
 can't resist

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:54.920
 Satan

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.420
 if you're

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.000
 not aware

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.440
 that he's

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.740
 real

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.780
 he's active

00:25:57.780 --> 00:25:58.880
 he's against

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.320
 you

00:25:59.320 --> 00:26:00.320
 you don't

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:01.000
 resist

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.760
 Mickey

00:26:01.760 --> 00:26:02.300
 Mouse

00:26:02.300 --> 00:26:05.560
 no need

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:09.480
 so again

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:09.680
 if

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:11.500
 if suffering

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.540
 is no

00:26:12.540 --> 00:26:13.640
 surprise

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.780
 because

00:26:14.780 --> 00:26:14.960
 you're

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.160
 not

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.600
 home

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:15.880
 yet

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.100
 you're

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.740
 you're

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.160
 in a

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.900
 battle

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:19.580
 suffering

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:20.020
 doesn't

00:26:20.020 --> 00:26:20.580
 shock

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.000
 you

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:23.380
 but

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:25.660
 though

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:25.980
 Satan

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.220
 is

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.700
 active

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:28.500
 God

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.700
 is

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.140
 stronger

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:31.860
 you

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.560
 dare

00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:32.900
 not

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.460
 resist

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.000
 Satan

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.340
 unless

00:26:35.340 --> 00:26:35.900
 that's

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.100
 true

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.460
 too

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.700
 right

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:39.520
 it's a

00:26:39.520 --> 00:26:39.759
 similar

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.660
 spiritual

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.140
 reality

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.620
 to that

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:42.819
 first part

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.979
 he is

00:26:43.979 --> 00:26:45.239
 the God

00:26:45.239 --> 00:26:46.399
 of all

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:47.619
 grace

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.659
 you don't

00:26:48.659 --> 00:26:49.279
 have to do

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.679
 enough

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:50.839
 you don't

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.199
 have to

00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:51.839
 figure it

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.159
 out

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:53.399
 you don't

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:53.899
 have to

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:55.079
 measure up

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:56.939
 you have

00:26:56.939 --> 00:26:57.759
 to have

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.519
 him

00:26:58.519 --> 00:27:00.259
 he knows

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:01.179
 exactly what

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:01.599
 you need in

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.119
 your suffering

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:03.000
 to him is

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.139
 the eternal

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:05.299
 dominion

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.199
 the all

00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:07.259
 surpassing

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.119
 power

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:09.379
 and authority

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:10.539
 greater is

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:10.899
 he that

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.419
 is in

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:11.859
 you

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.699
 than he

00:27:12.699 --> 00:27:13.139
 that is

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.679
 in the

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.000
 world

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.319
 amen

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:16.039
 Satan

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.439
 is a

00:27:16.439 --> 00:27:16.839
 fierce

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.159
 enemy

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:19.039
 but he's

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.279
 not

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.979
 omnipresent

00:27:19.979 --> 00:27:21.959
 did you

00:27:21.959 --> 00:27:22.279
 know that

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.279
 he's

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.599
 not

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.579
 he's

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:24.839
 not

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.579
 omniscient

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:28.159
 he is

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.979
 certainly

00:27:28.979 --> 00:27:29.699
 not

00:27:29.699 --> 00:27:31.319
 omnipotent

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.199
 don't

00:27:32.199 --> 00:27:32.659
 believe

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.099
 those

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:34.079
 for a

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.259
 minute

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.739
 that's

00:27:34.739 --> 00:27:35.179
 not

00:27:35.179 --> 00:27:35.399
 who

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:35.619
 he

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:35.899
 is

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.720
 greater

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:38.000
 is

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.180
 he

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.360
 that

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:38.540
 is

00:27:38.540 --> 00:27:38.720
 in

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:38.880
 you

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.240
 Satan

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.759
 fights

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.400
 God's

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.660
 people

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.180
 only

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.480
 under

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.040
 God's

00:27:42.040 --> 00:27:42.420
 ultimate

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.200
 control

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:45.019
 greater

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.300
 is

00:27:45.300 --> 00:27:45.500
 he

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.740
 that

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.120
 is

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:47.120
 where

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:49.660
 in

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.060
 you

00:27:50.060 --> 00:27:50.600
 not

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:53.060
 not

00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:53.420
 some

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:53.960
 out

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.220
 there

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:55.000
 somewhere

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.880
 distant

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.720
 figment

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.100
 of your

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.980
 imagination

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:59.080
 God

00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.840
 no

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.759
 in

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.620
 you

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.240
 so

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.680
 you

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:02.940
 can

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.540
 resist

00:28:03.540 --> 00:28:04.220
 Satan

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.700
 without

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:04.980
 it

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.320
 being a

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.680
 fool's

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.000
 errand

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:07.320
 you

00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:07.740
 are

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:07.900
 the

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.600
 tabernacle

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.160
 of the

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.519
 most

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.060
 high

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.660
 God

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.039
 whose

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.519
 spirit

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.120
 is

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.480
 in

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.700
 you

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.279
 Christian

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.259
 resist

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:15.259
 Satan

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.980
 cast

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.200
 your

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.560
 burdens

00:28:16.560 --> 00:28:16.880
 on the

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.080
 Lord

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.700
 gather

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.060
 brothers

00:28:18.060 --> 00:28:18.320
 and

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:18.640
 sisters

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.180
 who

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.360
 can

00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:19.680
 help

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:19.840
 you

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.200
 stand

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.039
 whatever

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.340
 is

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.600
 needed

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:21.940
 but

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.140
 by

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.380
 all

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.759
 means

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.580
 resist

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.600
 and

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.120
 fight

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:25.759
 and

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.240
 live

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.420
 in

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.100
 confident

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.779
 faith

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.640
 because

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:28.940
 of who

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.100
 your

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.420
 God

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.820
 is

00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.580
 listen

00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:30.759
 to

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:30.940
 what

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.120
 your

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.720
 God

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:31.920
 is

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.240
 going

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.620
 to

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:32.820
 do

00:28:32.820 --> 00:28:33.220
 Peter

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.380
 is

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.700
 writing

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.080
 this

00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.700
 passage

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:34.960
 right

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.100
 here

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.539
 this whole

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.819
 letter

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.599
 to people

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:36.899
 who are

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.259
 already

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.679
 facing

00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:38.319
 persecution

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:40.179
 who he

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:40.539
 said are

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.019
 enduring

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.839
 sufferings

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.419
 of all

00:28:42.419 --> 00:28:42.959
 sorts

00:28:42.959 --> 00:28:43.779
 many of

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.219
 whom will

00:28:44.219 --> 00:28:44.599
 face

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.419
 martyrdom

00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:46.419
 for their

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:46.779
 faith

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:49.119
 listen

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:50.079
 he says

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:51.319
 no matter

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.779
 what

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.660
 no matter

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.139
 all of

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:53.379
 those

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:53.639
 things

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.180
 no matter

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.680
 what

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.399
 the

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.700
 God

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.079
 of all

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.460
 grace

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.940
 will

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.639
 himself

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:59.200
 personally

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.180
 you can

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.859
 count

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.500
 on it

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.619
 restore

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.579
 confirm

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.639
 strengthen

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:05.980
 and establish

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.799
 you

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.519
 he will

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.079
 one day

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:09.099
 set back

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.720
 right

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.359
 like a

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.240
 bone that's

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.019
 been broken

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.480
 and needs

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.940
 to be

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.559
 fixed

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.559
 everything

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:16.779
 that's been

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.240
 messed up

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.000
 by suffering

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:19.940
 that's a lot

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:21.220
 he will

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.240
 reaffirm

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.379
 your status

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:24.460
 as children

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.879
 and heirs

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.720
 he will give you

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:28.000
 power beyond

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.659
 anything

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.839
 Satan has

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.480
 and he will

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.059
 plant you

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.539
 forever

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.700
 on the firm

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.500
 foundation

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.899
 of the good news

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.339
 of Jesus'

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.200
 love

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.259
 his life

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.839
 and death

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.539
 and resurrection

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.899
 for you

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.799
 so that on that

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.299
 foundation

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.839
 you will

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.279
 never

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.899
 be

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.700
 moved

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:45.099
 he promises

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.779
 he will do

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.119
 that

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:47.119
 it's a bunch

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.779
 of verbs

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.599
 piled up

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:48.940
 there

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:50.039
 to promise

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.779
 that God

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.539
 will bring

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.159
 you to

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:53.079
 glory

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.379
 eternally

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:55.859
 his

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:57.159
 eternal

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:58.279
 glory

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.659
 in Christ

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.559
 the Father

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.639
 and the Son

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.899
 they won't

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.480
 have it

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.659
 without you

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:06.720
 they will

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.339
 bring you

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.059
 to be there

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:09.299
 standing firm

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:14.279
 listen

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.759
 if you're

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.859
 out of

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.259
 patience

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.759
 this morning

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:19.559
 weary

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:22.700
 worn down

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:24.839
 feeling weak

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:26.019
 you need to

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.619
 know God

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.680
 will soon

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.399
 crush

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:29.019
 Satan

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:30.059
 under your

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.599
 feet

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:32.500
 that's the

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.839
 kind of

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.480
 power

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.539
 he gives

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.859
 you

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.440
 when he

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.119
 dwells

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.799
 in you

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:38.139
 and establishes

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:39.420
 you forever

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.680
 Satan

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.380
 is pictured

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:42.180
 here as a

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.520
 lion

00:30:42.520 --> 00:30:42.940
 and that

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.680
 that can

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.640
 be scary

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.620
 there's

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.580
 danger

00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:47.300
 there

00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:48.360
 but Jesus

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:49.460
 is the

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.200
 lion

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.080
 of Judah

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.740
 with the

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.740
 true scepter

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:54.060
 the rightful

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.700
 throne

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.800
 the eternal

00:30:55.800 --> 00:30:56.540
 kingdom

00:30:56.540 --> 00:30:57.380
 he is the

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.800
 real lion

00:30:58.800 --> 00:31:00.400
 which C.S. Lewis

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.920
 pictures so well

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.540
 in the lion

00:31:02.540 --> 00:31:03.440
 Aslan

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.040
 and the lion

00:31:04.040 --> 00:31:04.740
 the witch

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.420
 and the wardrobe

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.920
 where he writes

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.220
 wrong will be

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.800
 right

00:31:08.800 --> 00:31:10.320
 when Aslan

00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:11.500
 comes in sight

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:13.100
 at the sound

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:14.120
 of his roar

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:15.100
 sorrows

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:16.560
 will be no more

00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:17.279
 when he

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.580
 bears his teeth

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:19.279
 winter

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.820
 meets its death

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.580
 and when he

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:22.960
 shakes his mane

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.220
 we shall have

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.940
 spring

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:26.259
 again

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:28.420
 yes

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.840
 yes

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.440
 we will

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:30.880
 can't you

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.380
 hardly

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:32.240
 wait

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.180
 until the

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.799
 true

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.680
 king

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.680
 rules

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.539
 over

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.220
 everything

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:39.640
 justice

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:41.880
 peace

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:43.779
 righteousness

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.779
 everywhere

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.960
 can't you

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.900
 hardly wait

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:48.019
 until sorrows

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.700
 are no more

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:50.359
 a day

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.599
 where tears

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.779
 are going to be

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.740
 wiped away

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:55.579
 can't you

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.460
 hardly wait

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.980
 until an

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.620
 eternal

00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:58.620
 spring

00:31:58.620 --> 00:32:00.180
 comes

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.160
 life

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.440
 and

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.640
 beauty

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.720
 and joy

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.560
 everywhere

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:05.460
 unending

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:07.600
 friends

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.340
 the reality

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:09.320
 we must

00:32:09.320 --> 00:32:09.779
 remember

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.380
 to live

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.960
 in this

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.500
 world

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.720
 is there's

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.620
 a God

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.240
 who is

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.200
 strong

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.840
 and loving

00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:18.860
 how could

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.500
 we imagine

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.100
 living

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:22.120
 setting

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:22.880
 priorities

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:24.440
 making

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.340
 decisions

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:27.440
 losing

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.039
 loved

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.860
 ones

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:30.059
 enduring

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:31.099
 persecution

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:33.379
 without

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:33.879
 him

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:37.159
 he's

00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:37.799
 greater

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:39.119
 than the

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.899
 very real

00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:40.199
 enemy

00:32:40.199 --> 00:32:41.099
 we face

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:42.319
 and because

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.119
 of that

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:44.219
 there's a

00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:44.939
 guaranteed

00:32:44.939 --> 00:32:45.959
 eternity

00:32:45.959 --> 00:32:47.879
 so full

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:49.240
 of glory

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.919
 that it

00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:51.599
 far outweighs

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.159
 somehow

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:54.179
 the worst

00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:55.000
 sufferings

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.399
 that we

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.159
 face here

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.820
 your

00:32:57.820 --> 00:32:58.320
 eternal

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:58.759
 life

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.660
 so full

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.400
 of glory

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.100
 that your

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.620
 finite

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:02.259
 mind

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.940
 can't

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:04.000
 comprehend

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.519
 it

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.200
 an eternity

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.200
 so full

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.779
 of glory

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.360
 that the

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:07.820
 God of

00:33:07.820 --> 00:33:08.660
 all grace

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.380
 has called

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.019
 you to it

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.480
 and will

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.880
 make you

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.900
 fit for

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.100
 it

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:13.040
 forever

00:33:13.040 --> 00:33:14.180
 clothed

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.700
 in the

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.100
 righteous

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.680
 robes

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.420
 of his

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:17.259
 son

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:18.340
 depend

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:19.460
 on

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.420
 him

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:22.019
 cast

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.900
 your cares

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.580
 on

00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:24.400
 him

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:25.720
 fight

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.820
 with his

00:33:26.820 --> 00:33:27.640
 power

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:30.000
 trust

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.860
 his

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.620
 strong

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.280
 hand

00:33:32.280 --> 00:33:33.480
 to bring

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.360
 you

00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:35.519
 home

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:39.019
 father

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.460
 we

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.700
 do

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.220
 trust

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.560
 you

00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:46.740
 would you

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.320
 help our

00:33:47.320 --> 00:33:48.180
 unbelief

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:53.500
 would you

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.900
 keep

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.580
 satan

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:54.900
 and his

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.519
 lies

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.400
 from us

00:33:56.400 --> 00:34:00.000
 would you

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.779
 anchor us

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.120
 in your

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.580
 word

00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:02.400
 would you

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.240
 reassure

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.320
 our

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:05.220
 wandering

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.180
 wondering

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:07.200
 hearts

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:10.760
 would we

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.320
 feel your

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.820
 arms

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.639
 around us

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.480
 strong

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:16.380
 and loving

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:19.380
 and know

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.700
 that you

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.079
 care

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:23.920
 help us

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.340
 Lord we

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.900
 are weak

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.980
 but you

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.019
 are strong

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.760
 and you

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.420
 are in

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.860
 us

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.680
 and with

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:30.079
 us

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.980
 and for

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.480
 us

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:33.000
 and so

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.360
 we are

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.960
 delighted

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.340
 to be

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:34.800
 yours

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:36.099
 give us

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.760
 rest

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:38.440
 right there

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.160
 we ask

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:39.599
 in Jesus

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.039
 name

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.059
 amen

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:44.360
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00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.880
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00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.679
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