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 We'll begin our worship this evening. We're going to sing to God's praise in Psalm 103.

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 Psalm 103, the Scottish Psalter version, page 369.

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 We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 5. The tune is Kilmarnock.

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 O thou, my soul, bless God the Lord, and all that in me is,

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 be stood up his holy name to magnify and bless.

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 Bless, O my soul, the Lord thy God, and not forgetful be of all his gracious benefits he hath bestowed on thee.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 5 to God's praise.

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 He's steadfast.

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 He's steadfast.

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 He's steadfast.

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 He's steadfast.

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 He's steadfast.

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 He's steadfast.

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 He's steadfast.

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 He's steadfast.

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 Of all his gracious benefits, he hath bestowed on thee.

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 All thy inequity to the most gracious be forgiven.

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 Through thy diseases, all that things, thou heal and be re-eating.

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 Could thou redeem thy life after, to death which sought for done?

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 Through thee with loving kindness of and tenderest he's come.

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 Through thy abundance of good things, thou satisfy thy love.

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 So that he must be evil, saint, trade you with his thy youth.

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 Let's come to God in prayer. Let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 Our gracious Father in heaven, as we come once more to worship, to sing praise together as your people,

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 to come and hear your words speak to us, to come and offer up our prayers to you.

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 We thank you that you alone are God, you are the one who is able to hear all that comes from our hearts and our lips this night.

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 Even the very groanings that we utter in our hearts, Lord, they are known to you.

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 For you know us in that great way.

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 You know us as our Father in heaven.

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 You know us as our Lord and our God.

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 And we pray that you will stir us up in our time of worship.

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 That you will help us, Lord, to worship you in that right spirit.

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 Even with the words that we have just sung.

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 That from our very souls we would bless the Lord with all that is within us.

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 That you would stir us up by your holy name to magnify and bless you.

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 That you would become more and more of our focus in this time of worship.

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 That you would take away the distractions that so often fill our minds.

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 Even the thoughts of what may lie ahead for us in this coming week.

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 The things that may be cluttering up our inboxes.

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 The things that can be important in their own self.

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 But as we come just now, Lord, we just ask that in looking ahead to the week and the days that lie ahead.

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 That you will help us in this time to be refreshed through your word.

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 To be strengthened by it.

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 To be encouraged through it.

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 To be built up in our faith.

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 So that whatever the challenges that come in this week.

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 Whatever the joys we have.

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 Whatever the lows we may experience.

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 That you would be with us, Lord.

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 And that we would know you as our God.

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 As the one who never leaves or forsakes.

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 The one who is a refuge and a strength for all our different needs.

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 And so, Lord, we ask that you will, as you so often do, remind us of your great promises to us.

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 As you so often do, remind us through your word who you are and all that you have done for us.

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 Even as we have sung from this psalm, we are reminded of the great forgiveness that there is with you.

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 That even in the midst of our forgetfulness, when we forget so much that you have done for us.

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 When we forget that we depend on you for all things.

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 That, Lord, you are gracious towards us.

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 And that all your gracious benefits are there for us day after day.

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 And so, may you give us that sense of thankfulness.

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 That sense of rejoicing in you.

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 That sense of coming anew each day.

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 And receiving, Lord, your great mercies anew each day.

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 And may you help us to fill our hearts with thankfulness even anew this night.

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 That as we come to the close of a day.

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 As we come to the close of your day.

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 And as your word reminds us that the time moves on.

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 The sun rises.

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 The sun sets.

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 The days move on.

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 That we are reminded of your constant faithfulness.

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 Your steadfast love that is unchanging.

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 And we pray, Lord, that to be known as your word is proclaimed.

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 Not just here, but through all the pulpits of our island here.

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 And throughout your church, Lord, near and far.

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 We thank you for your word that is proclaimed in so many different languages.

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 To so many different people.

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 All worshipping the one God.

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 And we thank you that we join in with that worship this evening.

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 That we are reminded, Lord, of what a taste of heaven would be.

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 To know that we enter into praise with one another here.

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 We enter into praise with your people near and far.

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 We enter into praise with saints past and present.

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 And we thank you, Lord, that that praise is at the very throne of heaven.

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 That our praise is offered through that name above every name.

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 In the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 And we thank you that in him we have reason to rejoice and to hope.

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 That in him we have so much to give thanks for.

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 And again, this evening as we open up your word, we pray that as we read and as we hear from it,

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 that you will remind us of that wonder of just who you are.

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 Even in these few words as we read of I am.

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 That you are God.

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 And that in Jesus we have God incarnate.

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 We are the one who has come to draw near to us in all our needs.

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 And Lord, we may we know your peace and your presence in that way.

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 We do pray, Lord, for your people who journey in life and find themselves in so many different places and situations

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 unexpectedly or through no choice of their own.

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 We think of your persecuted people far and wide.

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 Those who suffer for their faith.

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 Those who are believers in Christ.

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 Those who love the Lord with all their hearts.

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 And yet for that, for that very simple faith that they might have.

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 That they are persecuted and experience so much harshness in so many different ways.

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 We do pray, Lord, that you will surround them.

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 We thank you for your word that reminds us of how in wonderful ways you were with your people

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 as they proclaimed you as their Lord.

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 As we think of Daniel in the Old Testament or Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego as they were cast into the fiery furnace.

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 We think of all these experiences that your people have suffered down through so many generations.

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 And yet the one God, the same God, who was near to them is there for all your people even this night

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 to help in every experience and every challenge.

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 And we know, Lord, that we need you in all of these different ways.

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 There are many trials that will come our way.

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 There is grief that comes into our life and sorrow.

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 There are hardships in so many different ways.

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 There is illness.

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 As we hear so many around us, Lord, who are going through times of illness, both old and young.

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 We think of those who may be on the very verge of eternity.

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 Those who are laid aside in different ways at this time, Lord.

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 Who are thankful for those who know you and have that great assurance that you are with them.

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 That you will see them home.

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 We pray for those who maybe have no thought of you.

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 Those who are strangers to you.

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 That your spirit will work.

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 That your spirit will lead and draw people to know the comfort and the comforter.

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 We ask these things, Lord, recognizing that you alone can do it.

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 And so we plead with you, Lord, that you will remember us in mercy.

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 We do pray, Lord, for our governments at this time.

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 We think of situations near and far.

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 We think of our own MP and MSP for our islands here.

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 We pray for you to guide them and to uphold them.

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 To give them your strength and above all, to give them a faith in you.

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 To give them to know that you are their God.

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 That any authority and perceived power that might be had in the hands of man in this world,

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 it is all from above.

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 We pray that for all our MPs and MSPs in Westminster and Holyrood,

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 in our council buildings,

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 and all who deal with us in so many different ways, making decisions for us.

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 We pray for your blessing to be upon them.

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 For you to minister in these places of power,

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 to know your power, to know your greatness in their midst.

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 We again think of situations throughout the world,

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 situations that shock us and leave us just seeing the wickedness in this world.

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 As we again remember America, a powerful nation in so many ways.

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 But yet we see the fear and worries that are so often there.

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 We think of the events of last evening.

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 We just pray, Lord, for your peace, for your calm, for your spirit to work.

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 We think of that for nations in turmoil,

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 where there is war and terror, famine, natural disasters,

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 where we see so much grief all around us.

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 We pray, Lord, to have mercy,

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 to heal, to heal the broken hearts,

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 to heal the suffering,

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 to heal the wickedness of man,

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 to bring us to see ways of peace instead of war.

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 We pray, Lord, that you will remember us then and do us good.

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 Continue with us as a people here, Lord.

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 Guide us by your mercy.

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 Help us in all that we seek to do for you as a congregation.

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 Help us as we open our doors to visitors into our town.

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 We commit the breakfast next Sunday morning

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 that will be open here for many who will be visiting our town.

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 We pray to see people coming in through our doors,

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 not just to receive physical food,

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 but that there will be a word in season for them,

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 that they would come and hear the gospel,

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 that they would come and hear the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 We pray your peace over our town in these coming days,

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 in a busy week.

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 As we see so many visitors coming, Lord,

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 we ask your protection, your safety

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 upon all who will be coming and going.

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 We pray, Lord, all these things,

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 acknowledging our need of you,

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 acknowledging our weakness and frailties,

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 but acknowledging the strength that you give

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 and the grace that is always sufficient.

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 May we know it more and more.

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 So hear our prayers and continue with us now.

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 Bless us and go before us as we ask all things

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 through the forgiveness of our sins.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 We're going to sing again to God's praise,

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 this time in Psalm 34.

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 The Sing Psalms version, page 40 of the psalm books.

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 The tune is St. Stephen.

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 Psalm 34.

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 At the beginning of the psalm,

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 we sing from verse 1 to verse 9.

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 At all times I will bless the Lord.

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 I'll praise him with my voice.

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 Because I glory in the Lord,

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 let troubled souls rejoice.

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 Together let us praise the Lord,

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 exalt his name with me.

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 I sought the Lord.

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 His answer came.

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 From fear he set me free.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 9 to God's praise.

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 That's all.

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 At all times I will bless the Lord.

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 I'll praise him with my voice.

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 Because I glory in the Lord,

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 let troubled souls rejoice.

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 Together let us praise the Lord,

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 and exalt his name with me.

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 I sought the Lord.

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 His answer came.

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 From fears he set me free.

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 He'll lift the heavens and shine with joy.

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 They are not good to shame.

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 Lest suffering man cry to the Lord,

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 from him deliverance came.

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 The angel of the Lord,

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 and guides continually.

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 He sets his people free.

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 In the midst of the Lord,

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 O hear the Lord,

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 who stays with me.

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 You will not be oppressed.

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 We're going to read God's word together now.

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 Our first reading is in Exodus,

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 and then we'll read in the Gospel of John.

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 So we're first reading in Exodus chapter 3,

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 and we read from verse 1 to verse 15.

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 Exodus chapter 3, I'm reading from verse 1.

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 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro,

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 the priest of Midian.

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 And he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness

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 and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire

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 out of the midst of a bush.

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 He looked, and behold, the bush was burning,

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 yet it was not consumed.

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 And Moses said, I will turn aside to see this great sight,

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 why the bush is not burned.

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 When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see,

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 God called to him out of the bush,

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 Moses, Moses.

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 And he said, Here I am.

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 Then he said, Do not come near,

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 or take off your sandals of your feet,

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 for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.

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 And he said, I am the God of your father,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 the God of Isaac,

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 and the God of Jacob.

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 And Moses hid his face,

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 for he was afraid to look at God.

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 Then the Lord said,

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 I have surely seen the affliction of my people

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 who are in Egypt,

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 and I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters.

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 I know their sufferings,

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 and I have come down to deliver them

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 out of the hand of the Egyptians,

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 and to bring them up out of that land

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 to a good and broad land,

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 a land flowing with milk and honey

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 to the place of the Canaanites,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Amorites,

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 the Perisites,

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 the Hivites,

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 and the Jebusites.

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 And now, behold,

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 the cry of the people of Israel has come to me,

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 and I have also seen the oppression

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 with which the Egyptians oppress them.

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 Come, I will send you to Pharaoh,

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 that you may bring my people,

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 the children of Israel,

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 out of Egypt.

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 But Moses said to God,

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 Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh

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 and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?

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 He said,

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 But I will be with you,

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 and this shall be the sign for you

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 that I have sent you.

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 When you have brought the people out of Egypt,

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 you shall serve God on this mountain.

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 Then Moses said to God,

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 If I come to the people of Israel

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 and say to them,

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 The God of your fathers has sent me to you,

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 and they ask me,

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 What is his name?

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 What shall I say to them?

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 God said to Moses,

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 I am who I am.

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 And he said,

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 Say this to the people of Israel,

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 I am has sent me to you.

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 God also said to Moses,

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 Say to the people of Israel,

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 The Lord,

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 the God of your fathers,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 the God of Isaac,

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 and the God of Jacob

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 has sent me to you.

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 This is my name forever,

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 and thus I am to be remembered

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 throughout all generations.

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 And we'll turn to the Gospel of John,

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 chapter 6.

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 We're going to read a few verses there.

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 John 6 from verse 16

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 down to verse 21.

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 This is just after the events

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 of the feeding of the 5,000.

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 As we take up our reading in verse 16,

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 John 6 verse 16.

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 When evening came,

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 his disciples went down to the sea,

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 got into a boat,

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 and started to cross the sea

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 to Capernaum.

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 It was now dark,

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 and Jesus had not yet come to them.

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 The sea became rough

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 because a strong wind was blowing.

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 When they had rowed

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 about three or four miles,

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 they saw Jesus walking on the sea

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 and coming near the boat.

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 And they were frightened.

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 But he said to them,

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 It is I.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 Then they were glad

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 to take him into the boat.

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 And immediately the boat

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 was at the land

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 to which they were going.

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 And so on.

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 Well, let's again sing

00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:07.379
 to God's praise

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 before we come back

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 to the passage in John.

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 We're going to sing

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 in Psalm 99,

00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:14.799
 in the Sing Psalms version,

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 99a.

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 The tune is Peter's Ham,

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 99a,

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 page 130 of the psalm books.

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 We'll sing from verse 1

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 to verse 7.

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 The Lord reigns from his throne on high.

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 Let all the nations quake.

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 He sits between the cherubim,

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 so let the whole earth shake.

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 Great is the Lord on Zion Hill,

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 exalted over all.

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 Upon his great and holy name,

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 let all the nations call.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 7

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 to God's praise.

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 The Lord reigns from his throne

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 on high.

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 Let all the nations quake.

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 He sits between the cherubim,

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 so let the whole earth shake.

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 Great is the Lord on Zion Hill,

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 exalted over all.

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 Upon his great and holy name,

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 let all the nations call.

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 The King of truth and equity,

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 established by his might.

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 In Jacob you have done for us

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 all that is just and right.

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 Exalt the Lord our God with us.

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 Let all the world of God

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 before his boots to worship him,

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 for holy is the Lord.

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 Moses and David and where his priests

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 Samuel called on his name.

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 They called upon the Lord their God,

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 and he replied to them.

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 He spoke to them and gave his law

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 out of the cloud from heaven.

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 They kept the stout to some degrees,

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 where she to them had given.

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 Let's turn back together to a reading

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:29.100
 in the Gospel of John,

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.579
 chapter 6,

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 and reading at verse 20.

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 John, chapter 6,

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:39.940
 and reading at verse 20.

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 But he said to them,

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 It is I, do not be afraid.

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 It is I, do not be afraid.

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 There have been many landmark moments

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.640
 in our history,

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 in the history of this world.

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 Big events that have a massive,

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 a huge and lasting effect in our world.

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 And we can think of them in different ways.

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.940
 We can think of, perhaps,

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:14.220
 things that have changed

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 the way in which we live.

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 Think of inventions, for example.

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 Things that have come into being,

00:26:21.060 --> 00:26:23.520
 that have been made life so much easier,

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 that have transformed lives.

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 The invention of the wheel.

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 A wheel seems such a simple thing now,

00:26:30.020 --> 00:26:31.500
 but how much we rely on it.

00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:33.640
 The industrial revolution,

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 how it changed the landscape of our land,

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.979
 and indeed the world.

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:39.859
 Telecommunication,

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:41.199
 how that came in,

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:43.319
 and how it opened up new avenues

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:45.419
 of communication all over the world.

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.740
 We think of transport,

00:26:47.979 --> 00:26:50.079
 how aeroplanes just changed

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:51.459
 the way we live.

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:53.599
 The space race,

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:56.039
 how people ventured outside

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:58.240
 our own sphere of life

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.199
 here in this world,

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 and travelled to different parts of space,

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 to the moon,

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 to different places.

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 Things that would have seemed

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:07.619
 unimaginable at one point,

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.960
 but that have come into being.

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 You think of the internet,

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:12.799
 and how that's transformed our lives,

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:15.779
 how we rely on it for so many things now,

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:18.779
 for good and for bad, unfortunately.

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:20.480
 We think even of how we're able

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:23.119
 to broadcast worship services

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:24.679
 to all ends of the earth.

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:27.399
 Things that 20 years ago

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:29.259
 would have seemed impossible.

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:31.779
 There are so many things

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.440
 that have happened,

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:34.920
 landmark moments in our history,

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.779
 and that they still impact

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.640
 the way we live

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:39.140
 in our day,

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.460
 and in our age.

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.819
 They are major events.

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:45.000
 They don't happen every day,

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:48.700
 but are they the main impacts

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:50.259
 that we should see in our lives?

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:53.220
 Are they the greatest landmark moments

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:55.160
 that our world has known?

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:59.360
 We are thinking of one of the greatest,

00:27:59.540 --> 00:28:00.460
 if not the greatest,

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.519
 this morning,

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:03.960
 as we looked in Philippians,

00:28:04.040 --> 00:28:06.019
 as we were thinking of Jesus,

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:08.940
 who did not consider equality with God

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:10.480
 a thing to be grasped,

00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:13.320
 but made himself nothing,

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.800
 of how he came into this world,

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:18.820
 how he gave his life and obedience

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:20.300
 to death,

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:23.580
 even death on the cross.

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:26.179
 What a landmark moment

00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:27.439
 in our history

00:28:27.439 --> 00:28:31.199
 that Jesus came to die for sinners.

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:33.980
 We look at it this evening,

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:35.559
 we come to see a little more

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:37.220
 of what Jesus,

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.779
 of who he is.

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:43.240
 The greatest landmark moment

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.799
 in your experience,

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:46.339
 in my experience,

00:28:46.699 --> 00:28:48.019
 should be to see

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:49.659
 and understand

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:52.419
 who Jesus is.

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:55.939
 Who is Jesus?

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:58.639
 How would you answer that question?

00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:00.419
 Who is Jesus?

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:03.059
 You might think that as you read

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:04.139
 in the Bible,

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.720
 in the Gospels in particular,

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:07.379
 that everyone who met Jesus

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:09.220
 knew exactly who he was

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.119
 and knew immediately,

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:12.639
 but far from it.

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.899
 In the Gospel of John earlier,

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:16.480
 it says that he came to his own

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:18.359
 and his own received him not.

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:20.119
 They didn't want anything to do with him.

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:22.299
 They didn't know who he was.

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.219
 They didn't believe

00:29:23.219 --> 00:29:25.199
 who he said he was.

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.979
 There were so many

00:29:27.979 --> 00:29:29.239
 who saw him.

00:29:29.919 --> 00:29:32.319
 They saw him doing miraculous things,

00:29:32.739 --> 00:29:33.799
 and yet still,

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.359
 they didn't understand

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.579
 who he was.

00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.959
 Do you know

00:29:38.959 --> 00:29:40.799
 who Jesus is today?

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.939
 Do you know what he can do

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:45.119
 in your life

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:46.319
 and in your experience?

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.939
 There are many here

00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:48.500
 who can say,

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:48.980
 yes,

00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:51.099
 I've known Jesus.

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.740
 I've known his help.

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.839
 I've known his blessing.

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:56.079
 I've known his transforming power

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:57.279
 in my life,

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:59.099
 and yet still,

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:01.240
 we only know him in part.

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:03.339
 We only understand

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.679
 in part.

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.119
 You think even of

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:08.099
 those who were closest to Jesus

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:09.299
 as you read in the Gospels.

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:10.059
 The disciples,

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.839
 even they,

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.480
 didn't understand

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:14.179
 fully who Jesus was.

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:17.000
 Early on in the Gospel of Mark

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.880
 in chapter 4,

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.980
 there's another occasion

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:20.920
 where they're in a storm

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:22.320
 in a boat with Jesus,

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:24.820
 and they're fearful

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:26.060
 for their very lives,

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.980
 and they ask Jesus,

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.880
 do you not care

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.860
 that we are perishing?

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.299
 And Jesus gets up.

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.400
 He rebukes the wind

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.000
 and the waves,

00:30:33.060 --> 00:30:33.860
 and they are still.

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:35.380
 And what do they say?

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.480
 Well, they say,

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:39.100
 who then is this

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:40.680
 that even the wind

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.460
 and the waves

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.519
 obey him?

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.160
 They just couldn't.

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:46.279
 understand who he was.

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:49.220
 We see so many things,

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.900
 and do we really

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:52.519
 understand who Jesus is?

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:54.539
 Later on in the Gospel of Mark

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.400
 in chapter 8,

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.759
 Jesus was having

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.680
 a conversation

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:59.140
 about who people

00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:00.920
 were saying he was.

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.759
 Some were saying,

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:04.140
 Elijah or one of the prophets,

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.880
 but he turned to them

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.580
 and he said to them,

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.680
 but what about you?

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:08.620
 Who do you say that I am?

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.519
 And Peter answered,

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:13.080
 you are the Christ.

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:15.980
 Did he understand?

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.619
 Did he fully understand

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.659
 what he was saying?

00:31:19.179 --> 00:31:20.980
 Probably not at that point.

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.439
 He didn't fully understand.

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:25.799
 And even we can use Jesus

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.699
 on our lips

00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:27.619
 and our prayers

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.419
 and our worship,

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:31.039
 and do we fully understand

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:32.679
 who he is

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:34.759
 and what he can do for us?

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:36.779
 In both our readings

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:38.220
 this evening in Exodus

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:40.980
 and here in John chapter 6,

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:43.039
 we see landmark moments.

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.119
 Landmark moment,

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.559
 a moment for Moses,

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:49.099
 hearing God speaking to him,

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.799
 reminding that he has not

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:52.140
 forgotten his people,

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:53.200
 that he is about to do

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.779
 a great work of salvation

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.480
 for them.

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:57.380
 And what does he say

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:58.579
 to him

00:31:58.579 --> 00:32:00.759
 when he asks that question,

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.079
 who will I say

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:03.440
 has sent me?

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:06.120
 I am.

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.799
 Two words.

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:11.519
 It seems to make no sense.

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.519
 I am.

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.680
 And yet what power

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:17.539
 there is in these words.

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.819
 And we're reading here

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:22.460
 in Gospel of John chapter 6.

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:25.700
 Again, it's a landmark moment

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.860
 for the disciples.

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:31.079
 There is this realization

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:34.160
 almost of who he is.

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:36.559
 He declares in verse 20

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:38.000
 as they are so afraid.

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.860
 It says there in English,

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.700
 it is I.

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:42.420
 Do not be afraid.

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.279
 But it is I

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:46.819
 is actually I am.

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:49.059
 These two words,

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:50.039
 I am.

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.059
 Do not be afraid.

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.460
 The same words

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:55.180
 that Moses heard

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:56.579
 in the book of Exodus.

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.920
 These two words

00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:00.220
 are powerful.

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.140
 We are hearing of

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:03.700
 the great Redeemer.

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:05.220
 We are hearing of

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:06.240
 the great God

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.539
 who is able to save.

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.799
 He is with us.

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.500
 The people were looking

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:14.480
 for a Savior then,

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.240
 just as so many

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:16.819
 are looking for a Savior,

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.500
 for someone to help today.

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:20.279
 You think of earlier

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.700
 in John's Gospel

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.740
 in chapter 4.

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.980
 When Jesus met

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.440
 with the woman

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.059
 at the well,

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.879
 the woman said to him,

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:29.139
 I know that Messiah

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.859
 is coming

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:31.819
 who is called Christ.

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.819
 When he comes,

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.619
 he will tell us

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:34.500
 all things.

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.899
 And what did Jesus

00:33:35.899 --> 00:33:36.539
 say to her

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.740
 to comfort her,

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.599
 to assure her?

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.440
 He said,

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:41.599
 I who speak to you

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.700
 am here.

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:46.079
 He was there.

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:48.139
 He was there

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:49.699
 with the disciples

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:51.000
 as he came to them

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.019
 walking on the water.

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.980
 I am was with them.

00:33:56.399 --> 00:33:57.939
 And that is a great assurance

00:33:57.939 --> 00:34:00.059
 that we have this evening.

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.079
 That as we look

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.500
 to and trust in him,

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.500
 he says,

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.500
 don't be afraid.

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:08.639
 I am.

00:34:10.319 --> 00:34:11.019
 And do we need

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.619
 to hear these words

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.779
 ourselves?

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:16.360
 when we think

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:17.400
 of the lives

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.380
 in which we live,

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.260
 when we think

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.320
 of all that goes on

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.040
 in our hearts,

00:34:21.120 --> 00:34:21.580
 when we think

00:34:21.580 --> 00:34:23.240
 of all that concerns

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:24.600
 us and troubles us,

00:34:25.140 --> 00:34:25.840
 things that make us

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.460
 afraid,

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.640
 do we not need

00:34:27.640 --> 00:34:29.360
 to hear these words?

00:34:29.660 --> 00:34:30.440
 I am.

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:32.440
 Do not be

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.660
 afraid.

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:36.880
 He is here.

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:38.740
 And when we know

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.380
 Jesus,

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.019
 maybe not in

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.840
 his fullness,

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.740
 but when we know

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:44.019
 him more and more,

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.039
 we understand

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.079
 more about him,

00:34:46.120 --> 00:34:46.980
 we see just what

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.960
 he is able to do

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.400
 for us,

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.420
 who he is

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.600
 and what he is

00:34:50.600 --> 00:34:51.280
 able to do

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.940
 for us.

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.160
 And in these

00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:54.240
 two passages

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:55.740
 so closely connected

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.880
 in Exodus and John,

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.860
 I just want to think

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.760
 of three things

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.360
 this evening

00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:01.180
 that these words

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:02.180
 give to us.

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.820
 I am.

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.320
 Do not be

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.960
 afraid.

00:35:05.600 --> 00:35:06.340
 It gives us

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:07.280
 first hope.

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:10.180
 Then it eases

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:11.139
 our fears.

00:35:11.919 --> 00:35:12.699
 And then thirdly,

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.679
 it answers

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:15.039
 our doubts.

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.639
 So the first

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.039
 thing we want to

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:18.000
 see is it gives

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.759
 us hope.

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.239
 He is

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:21.000
 here.

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.940
 In both

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.440
 our readings,

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.319
 we see something

00:35:24.319 --> 00:35:25.679
 miraculous happen.

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.460
 With Moses,

00:35:27.759 --> 00:35:28.139
 there was

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.480
 the burning bush

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.139
 that was not

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.699
 consumed.

00:35:30.859 --> 00:35:31.419
 This bush,

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.559
 it caught his

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.039
 attention,

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.619
 it made him

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:35.199
 turn towards it

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.659
 because there was

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.599
 something unique

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.259
 about it.

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.819
 A burning bush

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.360
 would have not

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:39.960
 been unique

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.380
 in and of

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:41.640
 itself in a

00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:42.360
 hot desert

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.900
 and a hot

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.440
 climate.

00:35:44.140 --> 00:35:44.800
 But the bush

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.420
 that went on

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.059
 fire would be

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.680
 consumed.

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.940
 But not this

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.180
 one.

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:51.059
 It was not

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:52.120
 consumed.

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.360
 There was

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:54.220
 something about

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:54.380
 it.

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.559
 There was

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.380
 something miraculous

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.680
 about it.

00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:58.280
 And here in

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:59.160
 the Gospel of

00:35:59.160 --> 00:35:59.559
 John,

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:01.000
 what we see

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.880
 is Jesus

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.900
 coming to

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.800
 the disciples

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:05.660
 walking on

00:36:05.660 --> 00:36:06.519
 the sea.

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.719
 in verse

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.199
 19,

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.719
 Jesus walking

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.259
 on the sea

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:10.719
 and coming

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.259
 near the

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:11.559
 boat.

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.019
 It's not

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.519
 normal.

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:15.159
 It shouldn't

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.539
 happen.

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.159
 There's something

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:17.900
 miraculous here.

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.239
 But is our

00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:20.259
 focus on the

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:21.739
 miracle or

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.179
 the one

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:23.119
 behind it?

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.159
 You see,

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:25.840
 the purpose

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.480
 in both

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.420
 was not to

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.780
 show something

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.559
 miraculous

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:31.500
 in the sense

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.199
 of the bush

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.940
 not burning

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.940
 or Jesus

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.840
 just walking

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.620
 on water.

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.019
 The greatest

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:39.140
 emphasis behind

00:36:39.140 --> 00:36:39.640
 it was

00:36:39.640 --> 00:36:41.300
 making himself

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:42.200
 known.

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.120
 Showing

00:36:44.120 --> 00:36:45.220
 himself.

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.760
 His identity

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:48.019
 to Moses

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.700
 and to the

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:49.320
 disciples.

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.000
 That they

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.640
 would see

00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:52.240
 more of

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:53.019
 who he

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.620
 was.

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.840
 And what

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.620
 it means

00:36:55.620 --> 00:36:56.579
 to have

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.420
 this God

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.539
 with us.

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.680
 It gives

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:01.559
 us hope.

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:03.420
 it reminds

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:04.480
 us that

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.039
 he is

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.779
 here.

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.639
 As Jesus

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.500
 says there

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.860
 in verse

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.380
 20,

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.099
 he sees

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.880
 that they

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.739
 were frightened

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.299
 in verse

00:37:12.299 --> 00:37:12.679
 19,

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.099
 at the end

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.420
 of verse

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.900
 19,

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.599
 but he

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:14.880
 says,

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.599
 I am,

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.840
 it is I,

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.139
 do not

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:19.480
 be afraid.

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.480
 It's about

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.440
 the one

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:24.980
 who was

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.420
 there.

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.639
 Not the

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.599
 miracle itself,

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.079
 but the one

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.659
 who was there

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.539
 because who

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.000
 is it that

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.519
 has come

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.039
 to them?

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.879
 Yes,

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.500
 we say

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.859
 Jesus came

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:36.480
 walking on

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.920
 water,

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:37.899
 but in

00:37:37.899 --> 00:37:38.359
 what he

00:37:38.359 --> 00:37:39.099
 says to

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.259
 them,

00:37:39.299 --> 00:37:39.619
 in these

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.519
 two words,

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.819
 I am,

00:37:42.399 --> 00:37:42.739
 do not

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:43.299
 be afraid.

00:37:43.399 --> 00:37:43.619
 He is

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.279
 saying more,

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:44.960
 he is

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.960
 saying God

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.639
 is here

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.239
 with you.

00:37:48.259 --> 00:37:48.960
 God of

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.359
 heaven,

00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:50.379
 God of

00:37:50.379 --> 00:37:50.819
 earth,

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.559
 our maker,

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.359
 and the

00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:52.859
 maker of

00:37:52.859 --> 00:37:53.279
 the whole

00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:53.739
 universe,

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:54.659
 he is

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.239
 here,

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.460
 do not

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.940
 be afraid.

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.159
 For only

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.779
 God can

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.359
 go beyond

00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:01.960
 the realm

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.739
 of what

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.619
 is possible

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.899
 to the

00:38:04.899 --> 00:38:06.079
 impossible.

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.259
 I am

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:09.819
 is here.

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:12.119
 The same

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.839
 as what

00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:13.239
 Moses

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:14.119
 experienced

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:15.039
 in that

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.480
 burning

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.940
 bush as

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.599
 he turned

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.819
 towards the

00:38:17.819 --> 00:38:18.099
 burning

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.559
 bush,

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.219
 and he

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:19.899
 asked that

00:38:19.899 --> 00:38:20.399
 question,

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.079
 if I come

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.379
 to the

00:38:21.379 --> 00:38:21.799
 people of

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:22.299
 Israel and

00:38:22.299 --> 00:38:22.639
 say to

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:22.779
 them,

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.659
 the God

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:23.980
 of our

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.480
 fathers

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:25.039
 has sent

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.339
 me to

00:38:25.339 --> 00:38:25.539
 you,

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:25.799
 and they

00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:26.319
 ask me,

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.019
 what is

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.519
 his name,

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:27.960
 what shall

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.399
 I say

00:38:28.399 --> 00:38:28.819
 to them?

00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:30.220
 God said

00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:30.780
 to Moses,

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.800
 I am

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:32.340
 who I

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:32.780
 am,

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.720
 and he

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:33.980
 said,

00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:35.080
 say to

00:38:35.080 --> 00:38:35.340
 this

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:35.900
 people of

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.280
 Israel,

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:37.240
 I am

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:38.460
 sent me

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:39.640
 to you.

00:38:40.600 --> 00:38:41.140
 What

00:38:41.140 --> 00:38:42.180
 assurance

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:43.220
 there is

00:38:43.220 --> 00:38:44.039
 given in

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.860
 these words.

00:38:46.220 --> 00:38:46.760
 He is

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:47.600
 here,

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:49.200
 he is

00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:50.019
 with us,

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.900
 and the

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.380
 children of

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:52.360
 Israel would

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.600
 have been

00:38:52.600 --> 00:38:53.360
 thinking as

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.740
 they were,

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.460
 God has

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:55.059
 forgotten

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.500
 us,

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:56.720
 he has

00:38:56.720 --> 00:38:57.340
 left us

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.720
 in this

00:38:57.720 --> 00:38:58.160
 land,

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:58.700
 in Egypt,

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.400
 to suffer,

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.460
 to die,

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.600
 but I

00:39:02.600 --> 00:39:03.640
 am has

00:39:03.640 --> 00:39:03.960
 not

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.580
 forgotten.

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:06.960
 And as

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.780
 the disciples

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:09.000
 are in

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.620
 this boat

00:39:09.620 --> 00:39:10.180
 once again,

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:10.480
 as they

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.140
 see Jesus

00:39:11.140 --> 00:39:11.740
 walking,

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:13.039
 their fear

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:14.440
 is helped

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:14.920
 by the

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.400
 words,

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.500
 I am.

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.100
 It is

00:39:18.100 --> 00:39:18.600
 God.

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:20.800
 And do

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.320
 you have

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:22.680
 that assurance

00:39:22.680 --> 00:39:23.539
 today?

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.960
 Do you

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:26.080
 have that

00:39:26.080 --> 00:39:26.720
 comfort

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:27.519
 today?

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:29.339
 That in

00:39:29.339 --> 00:39:30.139
 everything that

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:30.839
 you face,

00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:32.480
 that I

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.919
 am is

00:39:33.919 --> 00:39:34.459
 here.

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.399
 That that

00:39:36.399 --> 00:39:36.699
 is the

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:37.119
 one that

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.399
 you are

00:39:37.399 --> 00:39:38.159
 looking to.

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.579
 That that

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:39.819
 is the

00:39:39.819 --> 00:39:40.159
 one who is

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.339
 saying,

00:39:40.439 --> 00:39:40.699
 do not

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:41.459
 be afraid,

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.839
 it is

00:39:42.839 --> 00:39:43.239
 I.

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:45.579
 One of the

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.419
 most common

00:39:46.419 --> 00:39:47.279
 crimes

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:49.419
 today is

00:39:49.419 --> 00:39:50.139
 identity

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.899
 theft.

00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:52.539
 Maybe you've

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.659
 been a part

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:54.059
 of it.

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.659
 Maybe someone

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.519
 has stolen

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.899
 your identity.

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.940
 In some

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.279
 ways it

00:39:58.279 --> 00:39:59.079
 can be

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.579
 quite

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.339
 just an

00:40:00.339 --> 00:40:01.239
 inconvenience.

00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:02.039
 Someone

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.839
 clones you

00:40:02.839 --> 00:40:03.500
 on Facebook.

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:03.960
 Someone's

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:04.699
 copied your

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:05.319
 profile.

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:06.199
 It's more

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.420
 of an

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:07.379
 inconvenience.

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:08.659
 But in

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:09.279
 other ways

00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:09.719
 it can be

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:10.699
 more serious.

00:40:11.839 --> 00:40:12.500
 Your identity

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.279
 is taken

00:40:13.279 --> 00:40:14.019
 and used

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:15.039
 and it

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.679
 makes you

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:16.799
 lose money.

00:40:17.379 --> 00:40:18.219
 It means

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:18.519
 that you

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.219
 maybe have

00:40:19.219 --> 00:40:20.039
 credit cards

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.480
 in your name

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.699
 that you

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.039
 don't even

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.659
 know about

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:22.339
 and people

00:40:22.339 --> 00:40:23.699
 steal from

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:24.159
 you in

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:24.779
 that way.

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.159
 It's a

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:26.960
 serious thing

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.639
 and we're

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:28.659
 always encouraged

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:29.399
 to guard

00:40:29.399 --> 00:40:30.699
 our passwords,

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.440
 to guard

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:31.839
 everything

00:40:31.839 --> 00:40:32.739
 about us.

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.719
 There is

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:36.359
 that side

00:40:36.359 --> 00:40:37.559
 of identity

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.139
 theft.

00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:39.179
 But what

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:39.599
 about a

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:40.460
 greater crime

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:41.119
 committed in

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.619
 terms of

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.500
 identity theft

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:42.879
 where we

00:40:42.879 --> 00:40:43.779
 have tried

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.339
 to take

00:40:44.339 --> 00:40:44.940
 the identity

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.679
 of God

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:46.779
 for ourselves.

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.559
 To steal

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.139
 away from

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:49.759
 God who

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:50.559
 he is

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:51.599
 and make

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.019
 a God

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.719
 that suits

00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:53.579
 ourselves.

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.119
 Taking

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:56.039
 his authority,

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.639
 taking his

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:58.159
 power,

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.519
 taking his

00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.619
 ability

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:01.960
 and just

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.380
 putting it

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:03.320
 into ourselves

00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:03.840
 and what

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:04.659
 we can do.

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.320
 We're making

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:06.840
 God

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.699
 something

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:08.480
 small,

00:41:09.779 --> 00:41:10.239
 something

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:11.259
 he's not

00:41:11.259 --> 00:41:13.119
 because we

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:13.820
 don't see

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:14.779
 who he

00:41:14.779 --> 00:41:15.219
 is.

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:16.599
 We don't

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:17.219
 see him

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:18.019
 as the

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:18.779
 I am.

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:20.900
 the God

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.200
 of the

00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:21.640
 whole

00:41:21.640 --> 00:41:22.440
 universe.

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.760
 We don't

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:25.320
 see him

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:26.000
 in what

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.360
 he can

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:26.740
 do.

00:41:28.040 --> 00:41:28.400
 And so

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:28.780
 we're

00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:29.340
 stealing

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.840
 his

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:30.460
 identity.

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.940
 We're

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.240
 stealing

00:41:32.240 --> 00:41:32.460
 his

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:32.940
 identity

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.380
 when we

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:33.780
 think of

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.400
 what we

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.860
 do with

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.300
 Jesus

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:35.720
 if we're

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:35.960
 not

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.800
 trusting

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.360
 in him

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:37.640
 and his

00:41:37.640 --> 00:41:38.040
 finished

00:41:38.040 --> 00:41:38.680
 work.

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:39.820
 That he

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:40.040
 has

00:41:40.040 --> 00:41:40.860
 taken

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:41.220
 our

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:41.519
 sins,

00:41:41.720 --> 00:41:41.880
 that he

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.400
 has humbled

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:42.920
 himself,

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:43.540
 that he

00:41:43.540 --> 00:41:44.320
 has taken

00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:44.980
 death on

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.580
 the cross

00:41:45.580 --> 00:41:46.340
 for us.

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:47.420
 And we

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:47.620
 say,

00:41:47.700 --> 00:41:47.920
 but there

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.360
 must be

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:49.280
 something I

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:49.800
 can do

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.440
 to save

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.079
 myself.

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.320
 Jesus

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:53.000
 can't be

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.380
 the only

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:53.800
 answer.

00:41:54.160 --> 00:41:54.440
 We're

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:54.980
 taking that

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.840
 identity to

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:56.680
 ourselves,

00:41:57.120 --> 00:41:57.860
 an identity

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.539
 that's not

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:58.920
 ours.

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:02.019
 We need

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.780
 to see

00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:03.940
 who he

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.579
 is,

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:06.500
 that he

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.740
 is here.

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:09.980
 And who

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.519
 he is,

00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:11.500
 he is the

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.880
 I am.

00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:15.360
 we

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:15.700
 won't

00:42:15.700 --> 00:42:16.119
 know

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:17.099
 his

00:42:17.099 --> 00:42:17.559
 hope,

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:17.960
 we won't

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.539
 know his

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:18.920
 power,

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.300
 we won't

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:20.099
 know his

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:20.940
 reality while

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:21.200
 we are

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:21.760
 making him

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.559
 into something

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.440
 that he's

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:23.700
 not.

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:23.940
 We're

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.680
 taking away

00:42:24.680 --> 00:42:25.420
 from the

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:25.940
 fact that

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:26.380
 it is

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:26.780
 him,

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.360
 I am,

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.420
 and not

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:31.039
 giving him

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:32.019
 the glory

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.420
 that he

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.000
 is due.

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:35.200
 It is

00:42:35.200 --> 00:42:35.700
 I,

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:36.960
 do not

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.760
 be afraid.

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:39.800
 Not it

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:40.320
 is me,

00:42:41.160 --> 00:42:41.900
 not someone

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:42.440
 else,

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.940
 it is

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.539
 I.

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:48.079
 He gives

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:49.260
 us hope.

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:50.400
 That's the

00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:51.000
 first thing

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.880
 we see

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:52.920
 because he

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:53.599
 is here.

00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:54.800
 The second

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:55.119
 thing he

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.680
 does here

00:42:55.680 --> 00:42:56.059
 is he

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.660
 eases

00:42:56.660 --> 00:42:58.099
 our fears.

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.360
 And what

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:00.820
 we see

00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:01.400
 here is

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:02.059
 that he

00:43:02.059 --> 00:43:02.880
 speaks.

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.960
 In both

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:06.500
 our readings

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:07.599
 what we

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.119
 see is

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.940
 the great

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:10.240
 I am,

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:11.440
 he eases

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.059
 the fears

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:12.779
 of Moses

00:43:12.779 --> 00:43:13.799
 and his

00:43:13.799 --> 00:43:14.619
 disciples.

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.480
 The disciples

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:17.559
 in John 6.

00:43:17.759 --> 00:43:18.099
 And how

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:19.179
 does he do

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:19.420
 it?

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:20.139
 How does

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:20.699
 he ease

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:21.440
 their fears?

00:43:22.759 --> 00:43:23.039
 Well,

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.440
 the great

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:23.980
 assurance

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.480
 is not

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:24.900
 what they

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:25.400
 see,

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.619
 but what

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.340
 they hear.

00:43:28.299 --> 00:43:29.460
 He speaks.

00:43:30.299 --> 00:43:31.500
 He speaks

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:32.320
 to them.

00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:34.280
 And it

00:43:34.280 --> 00:43:34.720
 is these

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:35.480
 words that

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:35.740
 are just

00:43:35.740 --> 00:43:36.600
 so powerful.

00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:37.519
 It is

00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:38.860
 I do

00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:39.240
 not be

00:43:39.240 --> 00:43:39.680
 afraid.

00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:40.519
 Just a

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:41.280
 few words.

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:42.039
 I am

00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:43.120
 do not

00:43:43.120 --> 00:43:43.539
 be

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:44.559
 afraid.

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:46.440
 but what's

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:47.099
 behind that

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:47.320
 is

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:48.320
 recognizing.

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:50.980
 Recognizing

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.779
 who it

00:43:51.779 --> 00:43:51.960
 is.

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:52.219
 Because you

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:52.480
 see in

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:53.259
 verse 21

00:43:53.259 --> 00:43:54.059
 it says

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:55.059
 then they

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:55.920
 were glad

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:56.559
 to take

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:56.900
 him into

00:43:56.900 --> 00:43:57.420
 the boat.

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:59.000
 They knew

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.619
 who it

00:43:59.619 --> 00:44:00.440
 was at

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.340
 these words.

00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:02.639
 Moses

00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:04.059
 was glad

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.500
 when he

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:05.059
 heard who

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:05.500
 it was.

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:06.679
 I am

00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:08.059
 and the

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:08.659
 assurance

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.460
 that he

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:10.139
 was giving

00:44:10.139 --> 00:44:11.219
 to him.

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:12.480
 Do you

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.719
 ever get

00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:13.299
 a phone

00:44:13.299 --> 00:44:13.759
 call?

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:15.539
 And you

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:16.059
 lift up

00:44:16.059 --> 00:44:16.519
 the phone

00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:16.960
 or you

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:17.579
 listen to

00:44:17.579 --> 00:44:18.279
 an answer

00:44:18.279 --> 00:44:19.920
 a message

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.500
 left on

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:20.980
 the phone

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.319
 and the

00:44:21.319 --> 00:44:21.879
 person who

00:44:21.879 --> 00:44:22.059
 is at

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.339
 the other

00:44:22.339 --> 00:44:22.779
 end just

00:44:22.779 --> 00:44:23.139
 says

00:44:23.139 --> 00:44:23.859
 it is

00:44:23.859 --> 00:44:24.179
 me.

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:26.659
 How do

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:27.000
 you know

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:27.420
 who it

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:27.779
 is?

00:44:29.279 --> 00:44:29.519
 There are

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:30.000
 some times

00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:30.259
 when I

00:44:30.259 --> 00:44:30.719
 just I

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:31.319
 don't know.

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.440
 I don't

00:44:32.440 --> 00:44:32.579
 know.

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:32.839
 I don't

00:44:32.839 --> 00:44:33.659
 recognize the

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:34.139
 voice so

00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:34.440
 it is not

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:34.960
 enough to

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.960
 say it is

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.299
 me.

00:44:37.339 --> 00:44:38.039
 I need

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:38.440
 more.

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:40.940
 But if

00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:41.079
 you

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:41.759
 recognize

00:44:41.759 --> 00:44:42.239
 the

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:42.679
 voice,

00:44:43.339 --> 00:44:43.799
 if you

00:44:43.799 --> 00:44:44.259
 know the

00:44:44.259 --> 00:44:44.699
 voice and

00:44:44.699 --> 00:44:45.179
 the person

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:45.819
 who says

00:44:45.819 --> 00:44:46.420
 it is

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:46.779
 me,

00:44:47.339 --> 00:44:47.879
 you know

00:44:47.879 --> 00:44:48.619
 exactly

00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:49.519
 who it

00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:49.960
 is.

00:44:51.299 --> 00:44:52.179
 And that

00:44:52.179 --> 00:44:52.779
 leads us

00:44:52.779 --> 00:44:53.219
 here to

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:53.859
 think about

00:44:53.859 --> 00:44:54.759
 do we

00:44:54.759 --> 00:44:55.719
 know this

00:44:55.719 --> 00:44:56.379
 God who

00:44:56.379 --> 00:44:57.099
 is speaking?

00:44:58.559 --> 00:44:59.099
 Moses

00:44:59.099 --> 00:44:59.659
 did.

00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:00.879
 The

00:45:00.879 --> 00:45:01.440
 disciples

00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:02.400
 here did.

00:45:03.319 --> 00:45:03.799
 But do

00:45:03.799 --> 00:45:04.799
 we know

00:45:04.799 --> 00:45:05.779
 this voice?

00:45:07.259 --> 00:45:07.619
 Do we

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:08.500
 understand

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:09.359
 who it

00:45:09.359 --> 00:45:10.019
 is saying

00:45:10.019 --> 00:45:11.199
 who is

00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:12.179
 speaking to

00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:12.699
 us here

00:45:12.699 --> 00:45:13.019
 when he

00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:13.920
 says it

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:14.639
 is I

00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:15.719
 do not

00:45:15.719 --> 00:45:16.300
 be afraid.

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:17.219
 I am

00:45:17.219 --> 00:45:18.199
 do not

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:18.820
 be afraid.

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:19.079
 Do we

00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:19.960
 understand

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:20.900
 who it

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.579
 is?

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:24.179
 In both

00:45:24.179 --> 00:45:24.460
 these

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:25.139
 situations

00:45:25.139 --> 00:45:25.820
 for Moses

00:45:25.820 --> 00:45:26.320
 and for

00:45:26.320 --> 00:45:27.000
 the disciples

00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:27.639
 here in

00:45:27.639 --> 00:45:27.960
 John,

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:28.840
 they were

00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:29.639
 afraid.

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.719
 But what

00:45:31.719 --> 00:45:32.139
 gave them

00:45:32.139 --> 00:45:32.960
 comfort and

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:34.280
 assurance was

00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:35.079
 the one who

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:35.840
 was speaking.

00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:38.119
 And is

00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:38.639
 that the

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:39.860
 case for

00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:40.240
 you and

00:45:40.240 --> 00:45:40.460
 I

00:45:40.460 --> 00:45:41.039
 tonight?

00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:42.480
 As we

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:43.640
 hear the

00:45:43.640 --> 00:45:44.240
 word of

00:45:44.240 --> 00:45:46.000
 God, do

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.380
 we know

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:46.820
 who is

00:45:46.820 --> 00:45:47.220
 speaking?

00:45:48.180 --> 00:45:48.559
 Do we

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:49.680
 understand who

00:45:49.680 --> 00:45:50.660
 it is that

00:45:50.660 --> 00:45:51.300
 is speaking

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:51.960
 to us

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:52.320
 here?

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:52.660
 It is not

00:45:52.660 --> 00:45:52.940
 me.

00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:54.360
 It is not

00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:54.800
 me who is

00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:55.380
 speaking to

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:55.780
 you through

00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:56.160
 this.

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.640
 It is the

00:45:57.640 --> 00:45:58.019
 Lord.

00:45:59.220 --> 00:46:00.260
 It is I.

00:46:01.260 --> 00:46:01.780
 Do not

00:46:01.780 --> 00:46:03.420
 be afraid.

00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:04.380
 Is there

00:46:04.380 --> 00:46:05.640
 any greater

00:46:05.640 --> 00:46:06.579
 comfort that

00:46:06.579 --> 00:46:06.860
 we can

00:46:06.860 --> 00:46:07.360
 have than

00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:07.619
 these

00:46:07.619 --> 00:46:08.159
 words?

00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:09.319
 To know

00:46:09.319 --> 00:46:10.279
 that God

00:46:10.279 --> 00:46:11.920
 himself is

00:46:11.920 --> 00:46:12.380
 speaking.

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.719
 That God

00:46:13.719 --> 00:46:14.500
 himself is

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:15.279
 giving comfort.

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:15.960
 That God

00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:17.000
 himself is

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:18.380
 giving assurance.

00:46:19.819 --> 00:46:20.539
 Don't be

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:21.119
 afraid.

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.819
 I am.

00:46:25.819 --> 00:46:26.279
 The

00:46:26.279 --> 00:46:26.960
 presence

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:28.679
 of God.

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:29.739
 Do we

00:46:29.739 --> 00:46:30.199
 know it?

00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:32.179
 Have you

00:46:32.179 --> 00:46:33.199
 ever experienced

00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:34.000
 that sense?

00:46:34.899 --> 00:46:35.419
 God is

00:46:35.419 --> 00:46:35.839
 here.

00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:37.639
 And God

00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:38.359
 is speaking.

00:46:39.639 --> 00:46:40.000
 There are

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:40.699
 moments in

00:46:40.699 --> 00:46:41.379
 our experience,

00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:41.859
 I'm sure,

00:46:42.379 --> 00:46:43.379
 every Christian

00:46:43.379 --> 00:46:44.000
 will have had

00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:44.599
 it at some

00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:44.819
 point.

00:46:44.879 --> 00:46:45.359
 Not all

00:46:45.359 --> 00:46:45.899
 the time.

00:46:46.859 --> 00:46:47.339
 But in

00:46:47.339 --> 00:46:47.739
 certain

00:46:47.739 --> 00:46:48.159
 moments,

00:46:48.279 --> 00:46:48.659
 you're just

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:49.139
 aware,

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:50.539
 God is

00:46:50.539 --> 00:46:50.899
 here.

00:46:52.219 --> 00:46:53.000
 It's a

00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:53.419
 power.

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:54.839
 There's

00:46:54.839 --> 00:46:55.599
 something about

00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:55.980
 it that you

00:46:55.980 --> 00:46:56.539
 just cannot

00:46:56.539 --> 00:46:57.179
 put into

00:46:57.179 --> 00:46:57.879
 words.

00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:58.719
 That

00:46:58.719 --> 00:46:59.339
 experience

00:46:59.339 --> 00:47:00.419
 that he

00:47:00.419 --> 00:47:01.139
 is here.

00:47:01.519 --> 00:47:01.759
 That

00:47:01.759 --> 00:47:02.439
 experience

00:47:02.439 --> 00:47:02.839
 that no

00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:03.079
 doubt

00:47:03.079 --> 00:47:03.559
 Moses

00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:04.420
 and the

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:04.940
 disciples

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:05.640
 here in

00:47:05.640 --> 00:47:06.100
 John were

00:47:06.100 --> 00:47:06.720
 experiencing

00:47:06.720 --> 00:47:07.000
 for

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:07.480
 themselves

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:07.840
 as they

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:08.160
 heard

00:47:08.160 --> 00:47:08.480
 these

00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:08.940
 words,

00:47:09.680 --> 00:47:10.320
 I am.

00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:12.200
 The

00:47:12.200 --> 00:47:12.400
 very

00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:12.980
 voice

00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:13.980
 of God

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.940
 speaking

00:47:14.940 --> 00:47:15.280
 to

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:15.500
 them.

00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:18.140
 You

00:47:18.140 --> 00:47:18.620
 see it

00:47:18.620 --> 00:47:18.980
 through

00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:19.700
 scripture.

00:47:20.640 --> 00:47:20.780
 You

00:47:20.780 --> 00:47:21.220
 see it

00:47:21.220 --> 00:47:21.400
 in

00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:22.019
 moments.

00:47:22.740 --> 00:47:22.980
 In

00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:23.100
 the

00:47:23.100 --> 00:47:23.340
 Old

00:47:23.340 --> 00:47:23.800
 Testament

00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:24.059
 you

00:47:24.059 --> 00:47:24.240
 have

00:47:24.240 --> 00:47:24.800
 Joshua

00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:25.519
 who

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:25.700
 was

00:47:25.700 --> 00:47:26.000
 taking

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:26.400
 over

00:47:26.400 --> 00:47:26.720
 from

00:47:26.720 --> 00:47:27.100
 Moses

00:47:27.100 --> 00:47:27.980
 later

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.420
 on.

00:47:29.380 --> 00:47:29.620
 And

00:47:29.620 --> 00:47:29.700
 he

00:47:29.700 --> 00:47:29.860
 was

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:30.500
 afraid.

00:47:31.539 --> 00:47:31.760
 And

00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:31.940
 what

00:47:31.940 --> 00:47:32.340
 gave

00:47:32.340 --> 00:47:32.559
 him

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:33.019
 peace

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:33.860
 was

00:47:33.860 --> 00:47:34.079
 the

00:47:34.079 --> 00:47:34.539
 presence

00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:34.980
 of

00:47:34.980 --> 00:47:35.480
 God.

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:37.420
 God

00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:37.940
 said to

00:47:37.940 --> 00:47:38.240
 Joshua,

00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:38.679
 have I

00:47:38.679 --> 00:47:38.940
 not

00:47:38.940 --> 00:47:39.460
 commanded

00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:39.840
 you be

00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:40.360
 strong

00:47:40.360 --> 00:47:40.619
 and

00:47:40.619 --> 00:47:41.099
 courageous?

00:47:41.639 --> 00:47:41.740
 Do

00:47:41.740 --> 00:47:42.099
 not be

00:47:42.099 --> 00:47:42.539
 frightened,

00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:42.960
 do not

00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:43.099
 be

00:47:43.099 --> 00:47:43.700
 dismayed,

00:47:43.740 --> 00:47:44.000
 for the

00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:44.519
 Lord your

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:45.119
 God is

00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:45.700
 with you

00:47:45.700 --> 00:47:46.340
 wherever

00:47:46.340 --> 00:47:47.179
 you go.

00:47:48.240 --> 00:47:48.539
 Isn't

00:47:48.539 --> 00:47:48.880
 there a

00:47:48.880 --> 00:47:49.960
 power in

00:47:49.960 --> 00:47:50.240
 that

00:47:50.240 --> 00:47:50.780
 presence?

00:47:51.139 --> 00:47:51.420
 When

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:51.599
 you're

00:47:51.599 --> 00:47:52.400
 afraid of

00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:52.940
 what lies

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:53.260
 ahead,

00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:53.500
 when you're

00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:54.099
 not sure,

00:47:54.460 --> 00:47:54.800
 when you're

00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:55.119
 anxious,

00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:55.519
 when you're

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:55.760
 worried,

00:47:55.820 --> 00:47:56.079
 but you

00:47:56.079 --> 00:47:57.420
 know God

00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:57.940
 is with

00:47:57.940 --> 00:47:58.200
 you.

00:47:59.159 --> 00:47:59.380
 You

00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:00.460
 know God

00:48:00.460 --> 00:48:01.059
 is there.

00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:02.840
 And

00:48:02.840 --> 00:48:03.119
 there is

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:03.299
 a

00:48:03.299 --> 00:48:03.719
 power.

00:48:05.500 --> 00:48:05.739
 But do

00:48:05.739 --> 00:48:06.299
 we see

00:48:06.299 --> 00:48:07.299
 the value

00:48:07.299 --> 00:48:07.599
 in the

00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:08.179
 one who

00:48:08.179 --> 00:48:08.799
 is speaking

00:48:08.799 --> 00:48:09.519
 to us?

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.259
 Do we

00:48:10.259 --> 00:48:10.759
 see his

00:48:10.759 --> 00:48:11.259
 worth?

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:12.340
 Do we

00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:13.139
 understand

00:48:13.139 --> 00:48:13.880
 who it

00:48:13.880 --> 00:48:14.400
 is that

00:48:14.400 --> 00:48:14.880
 was with

00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:15.239
 us?

00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:16.980
 There's a

00:48:16.980 --> 00:48:17.500
 story of

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:18.159
 an American

00:48:18.159 --> 00:48:18.619
 man who

00:48:18.619 --> 00:48:19.139
 was clearing

00:48:19.139 --> 00:48:19.639
 out his

00:48:19.639 --> 00:48:20.039
 loft.

00:48:21.219 --> 00:48:21.519
 And he

00:48:21.519 --> 00:48:22.219
 came across

00:48:22.219 --> 00:48:22.880
 a gold

00:48:22.880 --> 00:48:23.440
 coin.

00:48:24.259 --> 00:48:24.400
 He

00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:24.579
 couldn't

00:48:24.579 --> 00:48:25.000
 remember

00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:25.759
 where it

00:48:25.759 --> 00:48:26.159
 had come

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:26.380
 from,

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:26.679
 but he

00:48:26.679 --> 00:48:27.340
 found it

00:48:27.340 --> 00:48:27.539
 and he

00:48:27.539 --> 00:48:27.940
 was quite

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:28.400
 impressed.

00:48:28.400 --> 00:48:28.680
 It was

00:48:28.680 --> 00:48:29.200
 a

00:48:29.200 --> 00:48:29.720
 beautiful,

00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:30.980
 well-conditioned

00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:31.340
 coin.

00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:32.920
 Not

00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:33.440
 knowing much

00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:34.039
 more about

00:48:34.039 --> 00:48:34.180
 it,

00:48:34.220 --> 00:48:34.820
 he decided

00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:35.160
 what he

00:48:35.160 --> 00:48:35.500
 would do

00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:35.860
 was just

00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:36.180
 put it

00:48:36.180 --> 00:48:36.400
 in a

00:48:36.400 --> 00:48:36.980
 frame and

00:48:36.980 --> 00:48:37.320
 hang it

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:37.619
 on his

00:48:37.619 --> 00:48:38.039
 wall.

00:48:39.240 --> 00:48:39.800
 A few

00:48:39.800 --> 00:48:40.559
 months later,

00:48:40.639 --> 00:48:41.059
 a friend

00:48:41.059 --> 00:48:41.639
 came to

00:48:41.639 --> 00:48:42.220
 visit him.

00:48:43.420 --> 00:48:43.740
 And as

00:48:43.740 --> 00:48:43.980
 he was

00:48:43.980 --> 00:48:44.639
 walking into

00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:45.059
 the house,

00:48:45.139 --> 00:48:45.660
 he noticed

00:48:45.660 --> 00:48:46.480
 this coin

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:46.740
 on the

00:48:46.740 --> 00:48:47.099
 wall and

00:48:47.099 --> 00:48:47.519
 went to

00:48:47.519 --> 00:48:47.980
 have a

00:48:47.980 --> 00:48:48.599
 closer look

00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:48.880
 and he

00:48:48.880 --> 00:48:49.660
 gasped.

00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:50.840
 He was

00:48:50.840 --> 00:48:51.980
 stunned to

00:48:51.980 --> 00:48:52.539
 see this

00:48:52.539 --> 00:48:52.960
 coin because

00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:53.340
 he knew a

00:48:53.340 --> 00:48:53.760
 little bit

00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:54.619
 about coins.

00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:55.460
 And he

00:48:55.460 --> 00:48:55.700
 said,

00:48:55.860 --> 00:48:56.320
 where did

00:48:56.320 --> 00:48:56.780
 you find

00:48:56.780 --> 00:48:57.039
 this?

00:48:57.119 --> 00:48:57.420
 Where did

00:48:57.420 --> 00:48:57.720
 you get

00:48:57.720 --> 00:48:58.119
 this?

00:48:59.039 --> 00:48:59.380
 And he

00:48:59.380 --> 00:48:59.539
 said,

00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:00.039
 I just

00:49:00.039 --> 00:49:00.599
 found it

00:49:00.599 --> 00:49:01.380
 in my

00:49:01.380 --> 00:49:01.840
 loft.

00:49:02.700 --> 00:49:02.980
 And then

00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:03.200
 the man

00:49:03.200 --> 00:49:03.480
 asked him,

00:49:03.539 --> 00:49:03.720
 do you

00:49:03.720 --> 00:49:04.099
 know what

00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:04.559
 this is

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:05.059
 worth?

00:49:06.420 --> 00:49:07.119
 I'm not

00:49:07.119 --> 00:49:07.579
 sure.

00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:08.160
 Maybe a

00:49:08.160 --> 00:49:08.599
 few hundred

00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:09.000
 dollars,

00:49:09.079 --> 00:49:09.420
 maybe a

00:49:09.420 --> 00:49:09.760
 thousand

00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:10.260
 dollars.

00:49:10.680 --> 00:49:11.160
 He says,

00:49:11.220 --> 00:49:11.619
 oh no,

00:49:12.059 --> 00:49:12.740
 this is

00:49:12.740 --> 00:49:13.440
 worth much

00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:13.800
 more.

00:49:14.200 --> 00:49:14.720
 This is

00:49:14.720 --> 00:49:15.400
 worth around

00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:16.119
 two hundred,

00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:16.660
 two hundred

00:49:16.660 --> 00:49:17.240
 and fifty

00:49:17.240 --> 00:49:17.860
 thousand

00:49:17.860 --> 00:49:18.539
 dollars.

00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:19.880
 And the

00:49:19.880 --> 00:49:20.340
 man was

00:49:20.340 --> 00:49:21.099
 gobsmacked

00:49:21.099 --> 00:49:21.519
 that he had

00:49:21.519 --> 00:49:22.340
 this thing

00:49:22.340 --> 00:49:22.800
 of value

00:49:22.800 --> 00:49:23.059
 in his

00:49:23.059 --> 00:49:23.400
 house that

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:23.760
 he didn't

00:49:23.760 --> 00:49:24.440
 realize.

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:27.760
 we have

00:49:27.760 --> 00:49:28.340
 something

00:49:28.340 --> 00:49:29.780
 much more

00:49:29.780 --> 00:49:30.639
 worth,

00:49:30.860 --> 00:49:31.360
 of much

00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:32.039
 more worth

00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:32.280
 for

00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:32.900
 ourselves.

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:35.700
 And you

00:49:35.700 --> 00:49:36.280
 think of

00:49:36.280 --> 00:49:37.200
 God

00:49:37.200 --> 00:49:38.599
 speaking to

00:49:38.599 --> 00:49:39.039
 us.

00:49:39.039 --> 00:49:41.079
 how many

00:49:41.079 --> 00:49:41.340
 of you

00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:42.199
 have a

00:49:42.199 --> 00:49:42.639
 verse of

00:49:42.639 --> 00:49:43.179
 scripture

00:49:43.179 --> 00:49:44.259
 hanging on

00:49:44.259 --> 00:49:44.699
 the wall

00:49:44.699 --> 00:49:45.259
 at home?

00:49:46.119 --> 00:49:46.739
 Perhaps you

00:49:46.739 --> 00:49:47.480
 walk past

00:49:47.480 --> 00:49:48.360
 it every

00:49:48.360 --> 00:49:48.699
 day.

00:49:48.840 --> 00:49:49.239
 Perhaps you

00:49:49.239 --> 00:49:49.739
 know it

00:49:49.739 --> 00:49:50.300
 off by

00:49:50.300 --> 00:49:50.779
 heart.

00:49:52.460 --> 00:49:53.099
 But do

00:49:53.099 --> 00:49:53.759
 you realize

00:49:53.759 --> 00:49:54.480
 its value?

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:55.719
 Or are you

00:49:55.719 --> 00:49:56.159
 like that

00:49:56.159 --> 00:49:56.759
 man walking

00:49:56.759 --> 00:49:57.320
 past the

00:49:57.320 --> 00:49:58.320
 coin every

00:49:58.320 --> 00:49:58.800
 day until

00:49:58.800 --> 00:49:59.400
 he understood

00:49:59.400 --> 00:50:00.219
 its worth,

00:50:00.360 --> 00:50:01.139
 not realizing

00:50:01.139 --> 00:50:02.099
 the value

00:50:02.099 --> 00:50:02.500
 that was

00:50:02.500 --> 00:50:02.880
 there?

00:50:03.699 --> 00:50:03.940
 Are we

00:50:03.940 --> 00:50:04.300
 like that

00:50:04.300 --> 00:50:04.619
 with the

00:50:04.619 --> 00:50:05.119
 word of

00:50:05.119 --> 00:50:05.400
 God?

00:50:05.480 --> 00:50:05.759
 We have

00:50:05.759 --> 00:50:06.360
 it maybe

00:50:06.360 --> 00:50:06.920
 hanging on

00:50:06.920 --> 00:50:07.420
 a version

00:50:07.420 --> 00:50:07.679
 of the

00:50:07.679 --> 00:50:08.099
 house or

00:50:08.099 --> 00:50:08.799
 we have

00:50:08.799 --> 00:50:09.039
 our

00:50:09.039 --> 00:50:09.579
 Bibles

00:50:09.579 --> 00:50:10.099
 in our

00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:12.319
 homes and

00:50:12.319 --> 00:50:12.599
 yet we

00:50:12.599 --> 00:50:13.279
 don't see

00:50:13.279 --> 00:50:14.400
 the value.

00:50:15.219 --> 00:50:15.599
 We don't

00:50:15.599 --> 00:50:16.940
 understand the

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:17.539
 worth of

00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:17.960
 what it's

00:50:17.960 --> 00:50:18.539
 saying to

00:50:18.539 --> 00:50:18.839
 us, of

00:50:18.839 --> 00:50:19.519
 the promises,

00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:20.860
 the assurances,

00:50:21.059 --> 00:50:21.759
 the comforts

00:50:21.759 --> 00:50:22.219
 that there are

00:50:22.219 --> 00:50:23.219
 there for us.

00:50:23.659 --> 00:50:24.299
 When we look

00:50:24.299 --> 00:50:25.039
 everywhere else

00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:25.719
 apart from

00:50:25.719 --> 00:50:26.279
 the word,

00:50:27.239 --> 00:50:27.900
 our greatest

00:50:27.900 --> 00:50:28.739
 comfort, our

00:50:28.739 --> 00:50:29.739
 greatest assurance

00:50:29.739 --> 00:50:31.159
 is here

00:50:31.159 --> 00:50:32.139
 before us.

00:50:33.659 --> 00:50:34.719
 As he said

00:50:34.719 --> 00:50:35.159
 to the

00:50:35.159 --> 00:50:35.739
 disciples,

00:50:36.099 --> 00:50:36.719
 I am,

00:50:36.719 --> 00:50:38.179
 do not

00:50:38.179 --> 00:50:39.019
 be afraid.

00:50:40.259 --> 00:50:40.599
 They had

00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:41.219
 to hear

00:50:41.219 --> 00:50:42.199
 the voice,

00:50:42.279 --> 00:50:42.459
 they had

00:50:42.459 --> 00:50:43.179
 to recognize

00:50:43.179 --> 00:50:44.559
 the voice

00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:46.059
 and who

00:50:46.059 --> 00:50:46.659
 it was

00:50:46.659 --> 00:50:47.059
 that was

00:50:47.059 --> 00:50:47.579
 speaking.

00:50:49.739 --> 00:50:50.299
 May we

00:50:50.299 --> 00:50:51.619
 hear and

00:50:51.619 --> 00:50:52.519
 recognize the

00:50:52.519 --> 00:50:53.939
 voice of

00:50:53.939 --> 00:50:54.500
 I am,

00:50:55.559 --> 00:50:56.239
 the I

00:50:56.239 --> 00:50:56.779
 am who

00:50:56.779 --> 00:50:57.339
 says,

00:50:58.199 --> 00:50:58.519
 do not

00:50:58.519 --> 00:50:59.319
 be afraid,

00:51:00.539 --> 00:51:01.139
 put your

00:51:01.139 --> 00:51:02.679
 trust in

00:51:02.679 --> 00:51:02.939
 me.

00:51:02.940 --> 00:51:03.000
 me.

00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:05.820
 The third

00:51:05.820 --> 00:51:06.099
 thing and

00:51:06.099 --> 00:51:06.539
 the final

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:07.000
 thing we

00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:07.539
 see here

00:51:07.539 --> 00:51:08.380
 is how

00:51:08.380 --> 00:51:09.240
 he answers

00:51:09.240 --> 00:51:10.720
 our doubts,

00:51:11.880 --> 00:51:12.320
 how he

00:51:12.320 --> 00:51:12.700
 gives

00:51:12.700 --> 00:51:13.579
 reassurance

00:51:13.579 --> 00:51:14.159
 to both

00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:15.599
 Moses and

00:51:15.599 --> 00:51:16.360
 the disciples.

00:51:17.519 --> 00:51:18.159
 All their

00:51:18.159 --> 00:51:18.780
 fears,

00:51:19.440 --> 00:51:19.960
 all their

00:51:19.960 --> 00:51:20.579
 doubts

00:51:20.579 --> 00:51:21.840
 are answered.

00:51:23.119 --> 00:51:24.079
 And that's

00:51:24.079 --> 00:51:24.740
 what God

00:51:24.740 --> 00:51:26.159
 does for

00:51:26.159 --> 00:51:26.579
 us.

00:51:28.220 --> 00:51:28.619
 When you

00:51:28.619 --> 00:51:29.179
 think of the

00:51:29.179 --> 00:51:30.240
 experience of

00:51:30.240 --> 00:51:31.059
 both Moses

00:51:31.059 --> 00:51:31.420
 in the

00:51:31.420 --> 00:51:31.679
 Old

00:51:31.679 --> 00:51:32.219
 Testament

00:51:32.219 --> 00:51:33.119
 and the

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:33.619
 disciples

00:51:33.619 --> 00:51:34.079
 in the

00:51:34.079 --> 00:51:34.320
 New,

00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:35.079
 not in

00:51:35.079 --> 00:51:36.139
 these exact

00:51:36.139 --> 00:51:36.820
 moments but

00:51:36.820 --> 00:51:37.119
 as they

00:51:37.119 --> 00:51:37.860
 went forward

00:51:37.860 --> 00:51:39.259
 from here,

00:51:40.340 --> 00:51:40.659
 do you not

00:51:40.659 --> 00:51:40.980
 think they

00:51:40.980 --> 00:51:41.179
 would have

00:51:41.179 --> 00:51:41.719
 come back

00:51:41.719 --> 00:51:42.099
 to these

00:51:42.099 --> 00:51:42.860
 moments and

00:51:42.860 --> 00:51:43.960
 reminded

00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:44.940
 themselves of

00:51:44.940 --> 00:51:45.779
 who spoke?

00:51:46.940 --> 00:51:47.699
 Moses was

00:51:47.699 --> 00:51:49.000
 afraid to

00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:49.360
 take the

00:51:49.360 --> 00:51:49.900
 children of

00:51:49.900 --> 00:51:50.500
 Israel out

00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:51.059
 of Egypt.

00:51:52.259 --> 00:51:53.239
 But God

00:51:53.239 --> 00:51:53.920
 had said,

00:51:54.539 --> 00:51:55.000
 I am.

00:51:56.400 --> 00:51:57.559
 I am has

00:51:57.559 --> 00:51:58.119
 sent you.

00:51:59.079 --> 00:52:00.259
 I am is

00:52:00.259 --> 00:52:00.900
 with you.

00:52:01.779 --> 00:52:02.219
 And so he

00:52:02.219 --> 00:52:02.559
 would go

00:52:02.559 --> 00:52:03.659
 on in the

00:52:03.659 --> 00:52:04.139
 journey of

00:52:04.139 --> 00:52:04.619
 taking the

00:52:04.619 --> 00:52:05.079
 children of

00:52:05.079 --> 00:52:05.739
 Israel out

00:52:05.739 --> 00:52:06.179
 of Egypt

00:52:06.179 --> 00:52:06.639
 and to

00:52:06.639 --> 00:52:07.059
 the edge

00:52:07.059 --> 00:52:07.360
 of the

00:52:07.360 --> 00:52:07.739
 promised

00:52:07.739 --> 00:52:08.279
 land,

00:52:08.860 --> 00:52:09.759
 always knowing

00:52:09.759 --> 00:52:11.119
 that experience

00:52:11.119 --> 00:52:11.860
 of I am

00:52:11.860 --> 00:52:12.299
 with them.

00:52:13.779 --> 00:52:14.340
 Making the

00:52:14.340 --> 00:52:15.340
 way plain,

00:52:16.299 --> 00:52:16.960
 taking all

00:52:16.960 --> 00:52:17.619
 the challenges,

00:52:18.340 --> 00:52:18.920
 feeding them,

00:52:19.299 --> 00:52:20.019
 opening up the

00:52:20.019 --> 00:52:20.519
 Red Sea,

00:52:20.679 --> 00:52:21.480
 protecting them,

00:52:21.659 --> 00:52:22.199
 guiding them

00:52:22.199 --> 00:52:22.799
 all the way.

00:52:23.219 --> 00:52:23.980
 He was there

00:52:23.980 --> 00:52:24.699
 for them.

00:52:26.699 --> 00:52:27.239
 There are

00:52:27.239 --> 00:52:27.759
 many other

00:52:27.759 --> 00:52:28.860
 moments in

00:52:28.860 --> 00:52:29.239
 the Old

00:52:29.239 --> 00:52:30.000
 Testament that

00:52:30.000 --> 00:52:30.480
 you can look

00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:31.039
 at and see

00:52:31.039 --> 00:52:31.659
 fearful

00:52:31.659 --> 00:52:33.699
 situations that

00:52:33.699 --> 00:52:34.420
 were landmark

00:52:34.420 --> 00:52:35.420
 moments for

00:52:35.420 --> 00:52:36.380
 God's people.

00:52:37.460 --> 00:52:37.900
 Think of

00:52:37.900 --> 00:52:38.260
 Noah.

00:52:38.820 --> 00:52:39.199
 How would

00:52:39.199 --> 00:52:39.539
 he have

00:52:39.539 --> 00:52:40.880
 felt building

00:52:40.880 --> 00:52:41.539
 an ark when

00:52:41.539 --> 00:52:41.960
 there was no

00:52:41.960 --> 00:52:42.639
 sign of

00:52:42.639 --> 00:52:43.039
 water?

00:52:43.159 --> 00:52:44.240
 How inadequate,

00:52:45.059 --> 00:52:45.820
 how stupid

00:52:45.820 --> 00:52:46.760
 in many ways.

00:52:47.079 --> 00:52:47.860
 Yet I am

00:52:47.860 --> 00:52:48.960
 was with him.

00:52:50.159 --> 00:52:50.980
 David must

00:52:50.980 --> 00:52:51.360
 have felt

00:52:51.360 --> 00:52:52.179
 pretty small

00:52:52.179 --> 00:52:53.280
 looking up to

00:52:53.280 --> 00:52:54.059
 Goliath,

00:52:54.159 --> 00:52:54.760
 the giant.

00:52:54.760 --> 00:52:54.940
 man,

00:52:55.320 --> 00:52:57.380
 yet I am

00:52:57.380 --> 00:52:58.120
 was with

00:52:58.120 --> 00:52:58.300
 him.

00:53:00.000 --> 00:53:00.760
 The three

00:53:00.760 --> 00:53:01.540
 Hebrews,

00:53:01.700 --> 00:53:02.180
 Shadrach,

00:53:02.320 --> 00:53:03.080
 Meshach,

00:53:03.140 --> 00:53:03.860
 and Abednego,

00:53:04.600 --> 00:53:05.100
 as they were

00:53:05.100 --> 00:53:05.580
 about to be

00:53:05.580 --> 00:53:06.180
 put into the

00:53:06.180 --> 00:53:07.000
 fiery furnace,

00:53:07.140 --> 00:53:07.320
 there would

00:53:07.320 --> 00:53:07.760
 have been no

00:53:07.760 --> 00:53:08.380
 hope for

00:53:08.380 --> 00:53:08.700
 them.

00:53:08.700 --> 00:53:09.860
 How inadequate

00:53:09.860 --> 00:53:10.620
 they would have

00:53:10.620 --> 00:53:11.520
 seen against

00:53:11.520 --> 00:53:12.280
 the fiery

00:53:12.280 --> 00:53:12.940
 furnace.

00:53:13.940 --> 00:53:15.100
 But I am

00:53:15.100 --> 00:53:15.660
 was with

00:53:15.660 --> 00:53:15.920
 them.

00:53:17.500 --> 00:53:18.060
 Daniel

00:53:18.060 --> 00:53:19.040
 must look

00:53:19.040 --> 00:53:19.800
 pretty pathetic

00:53:19.800 --> 00:53:20.440
 beside the

00:53:20.440 --> 00:53:21.160
 lion's den

00:53:21.160 --> 00:53:21.560
 as he was

00:53:21.560 --> 00:53:22.160
 about to be

00:53:22.160 --> 00:53:22.800
 thrown in.

00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:24.140
 But who

00:53:24.140 --> 00:53:24.600
 was with

00:53:24.600 --> 00:53:24.900
 him?

00:53:25.500 --> 00:53:26.200
 I am.

00:53:27.380 --> 00:53:28.200
 And so

00:53:28.200 --> 00:53:29.160
 it goes

00:53:29.160 --> 00:53:29.560
 on.

00:53:31.080 --> 00:53:31.560
 There are

00:53:31.560 --> 00:53:32.940
 always doubts

00:53:32.940 --> 00:53:33.740
 and fears

00:53:33.740 --> 00:53:34.480
 and worries

00:53:34.480 --> 00:53:35.460
 and anxieties

00:53:35.460 --> 00:53:36.940
 and yet I

00:53:36.940 --> 00:53:37.340
 am

00:53:37.340 --> 00:53:38.240
 Yeshua.

00:53:39.360 --> 00:53:40.420
 He gives

00:53:40.420 --> 00:53:41.360
 us so many

00:53:41.360 --> 00:53:42.000
 promises

00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:43.060
 in his

00:53:43.060 --> 00:53:43.500
 word.

00:53:45.220 --> 00:53:45.700
 And as we

00:53:45.700 --> 00:53:46.580
 think ourselves

00:53:46.580 --> 00:53:47.800
 of going

00:53:47.800 --> 00:53:48.420
 forward,

00:53:48.519 --> 00:53:48.980
 as we think

00:53:48.980 --> 00:53:50.180
 ourselves of

00:53:50.180 --> 00:53:50.960
 a service

00:53:50.960 --> 00:53:51.980
 to God,

00:53:51.980 --> 00:53:52.960
 we think

00:53:52.960 --> 00:53:53.159
 of the

00:53:53.159 --> 00:53:53.740
 disciples

00:53:53.740 --> 00:53:54.480
 here.

00:53:55.519 --> 00:53:56.219
 I am.

00:53:56.639 --> 00:53:57.059
 Do not

00:53:57.059 --> 00:53:57.740
 be afraid.

00:53:57.920 --> 00:53:58.099
 And they

00:53:58.099 --> 00:53:58.500
 would go

00:53:58.500 --> 00:53:59.980
 on to

00:53:59.980 --> 00:54:00.619
 serve the

00:54:00.619 --> 00:54:01.099
 Lord in

00:54:01.099 --> 00:54:01.519
 so many

00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:02.059
 ways.

00:54:03.639 --> 00:54:04.300
 Many of

00:54:04.300 --> 00:54:04.860
 them gave

00:54:04.860 --> 00:54:05.900
 their lives

00:54:05.900 --> 00:54:07.159
 in serving

00:54:07.159 --> 00:54:07.940
 the Lord.

00:54:08.860 --> 00:54:09.260
 But they

00:54:09.260 --> 00:54:09.559
 were still

00:54:09.559 --> 00:54:10.340
 assured of

00:54:10.340 --> 00:54:11.000
 I am

00:54:11.000 --> 00:54:12.059
 with them.

00:54:13.500 --> 00:54:14.199
 And we

00:54:14.199 --> 00:54:14.659
 are never

00:54:14.659 --> 00:54:15.900
 without that

00:54:15.900 --> 00:54:17.000
 God as

00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:17.440
 we look

00:54:17.440 --> 00:54:18.240
 to him.

00:54:19.639 --> 00:54:20.139
 In these

00:54:20.139 --> 00:54:21.259
 two words,

00:54:22.099 --> 00:54:22.359
 we are

00:54:22.359 --> 00:54:23.059
 reminded of

00:54:23.059 --> 00:54:23.759
 his power.

00:54:24.940 --> 00:54:25.239
 We are

00:54:25.239 --> 00:54:25.859
 reminded of

00:54:25.859 --> 00:54:26.659
 his presence.

00:54:27.659 --> 00:54:28.159
 We are

00:54:28.159 --> 00:54:28.799
 reminded of

00:54:28.799 --> 00:54:29.799
 all that

00:54:29.799 --> 00:54:30.119
 he can

00:54:30.119 --> 00:54:31.219
 do for

00:54:31.219 --> 00:54:31.759
 us.

00:54:35.179 --> 00:54:36.059
 We need

00:54:36.059 --> 00:54:36.239
 him.

00:54:37.440 --> 00:54:38.219
 We need

00:54:38.219 --> 00:54:38.739
 him every

00:54:38.739 --> 00:54:40.000
 moment of

00:54:40.000 --> 00:54:40.799
 our lives.

00:54:41.819 --> 00:54:42.400
 But these

00:54:42.400 --> 00:54:43.299
 words assure

00:54:43.299 --> 00:54:43.719
 us there's

00:54:43.719 --> 00:54:44.239
 not a

00:54:44.239 --> 00:54:44.980
 situation.

00:54:44.980 --> 00:54:46.039
 you will

00:54:46.039 --> 00:54:46.840
 ever find

00:54:46.840 --> 00:54:47.539
 yourself

00:54:47.539 --> 00:54:49.099
 where God

00:54:49.099 --> 00:54:50.340
 doesn't

00:54:50.340 --> 00:54:51.300
 keep you.

00:54:52.719 --> 00:54:53.659
 Where God

00:54:53.659 --> 00:54:55.340
 is always

00:54:55.340 --> 00:54:56.119
 there.

00:54:57.079 --> 00:54:57.980
 I am.

00:54:58.760 --> 00:54:59.539
 Do not

00:54:59.539 --> 00:55:00.900
 be afraid.

00:55:03.900 --> 00:55:04.679
 He is the

00:55:04.679 --> 00:55:05.820
 one who

00:55:05.820 --> 00:55:06.480
 is able

00:55:06.480 --> 00:55:07.820
 and he is

00:55:07.820 --> 00:55:08.340
 the one

00:55:08.340 --> 00:55:09.599
 who enables

00:55:09.599 --> 00:55:12.240
 in all

00:55:12.240 --> 00:55:12.519
 that we

00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:12.800
 do.

00:55:14.019 --> 00:55:14.480
 But the

00:55:14.480 --> 00:55:15.380
 question so

00:55:15.380 --> 00:55:16.219
 often is,

00:55:16.940 --> 00:55:17.920
 do we

00:55:17.920 --> 00:55:18.380
 know who

00:55:18.380 --> 00:55:18.960
 it is?

00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:22.820
 Do we

00:55:22.820 --> 00:55:23.800
 see I

00:55:23.800 --> 00:55:24.079
 am?

00:55:25.000 --> 00:55:25.659
 Do we

00:55:25.659 --> 00:55:27.259
 hear I

00:55:27.259 --> 00:55:27.639
 am?

00:55:29.239 --> 00:55:30.179
 Does he

00:55:30.179 --> 00:55:30.780
 help you?

00:55:31.800 --> 00:55:32.440
 Does he

00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:33.239
 comfort you?

00:55:33.840 --> 00:55:34.460
 Does he

00:55:34.460 --> 00:55:35.280
 assure you?

00:55:37.559 --> 00:55:38.000
 Praise

00:55:38.000 --> 00:55:38.559
 God he

00:55:38.559 --> 00:55:38.960
 does.

00:55:40.559 --> 00:55:41.219
 There are

00:55:41.219 --> 00:55:42.019
 times when

00:55:42.019 --> 00:55:42.280
 we can

00:55:42.280 --> 00:55:42.659
 have our

00:55:42.659 --> 00:55:43.139
 doubts.

00:55:44.199 --> 00:55:44.539
 There are

00:55:44.539 --> 00:55:45.920
 times when

00:55:45.920 --> 00:55:46.320
 we have

00:55:46.320 --> 00:55:47.119
 our fears.

00:55:48.699 --> 00:55:49.480
 But that's

00:55:49.480 --> 00:55:50.199
 nothing new

00:55:50.199 --> 00:55:50.579
 for the

00:55:50.579 --> 00:55:51.000
 Christian.

00:55:52.659 --> 00:55:53.119
 There was

00:55:53.119 --> 00:55:53.480
 a man

00:55:53.480 --> 00:55:54.000
 called

00:55:54.000 --> 00:55:54.719
 George

00:55:54.719 --> 00:55:55.360
 Campbell

00:55:55.360 --> 00:55:56.059
 Morgan,

00:55:57.280 --> 00:55:58.079
 a famous

00:55:58.079 --> 00:55:58.699
 preacher.

00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:01.519
 He preached

00:56:01.519 --> 00:56:02.239
 his first

00:56:02.239 --> 00:56:02.960
 sermon when

00:56:02.960 --> 00:56:03.219
 he was

00:56:03.219 --> 00:56:04.519
 aged 13.

00:56:06.259 --> 00:56:06.639
 And by

00:56:06.639 --> 00:56:06.980
 the age

00:56:06.980 --> 00:56:07.579
 of 19

00:56:07.579 --> 00:56:08.119
 he had

00:56:08.119 --> 00:56:08.599
 preached

00:56:08.599 --> 00:56:09.880
 many times.

00:56:11.119 --> 00:56:11.440
 He was

00:56:11.440 --> 00:56:11.800
 becoming

00:56:11.800 --> 00:56:12.440
 well-known

00:56:12.440 --> 00:56:12.840
 as a

00:56:12.840 --> 00:56:13.300
 preacher,

00:56:13.420 --> 00:56:14.400
 an evangelistic

00:56:14.400 --> 00:56:14.900
 preacher.

00:56:16.260 --> 00:56:16.980
 But then

00:56:16.980 --> 00:56:17.300
 for a

00:56:17.300 --> 00:56:17.860
 number of

00:56:17.860 --> 00:56:18.360
 months,

00:56:19.559 --> 00:56:20.400
 he had

00:56:20.400 --> 00:56:21.400
 his doubts.

00:56:22.659 --> 00:56:23.240
 He had

00:56:23.240 --> 00:56:24.019
 his fears.

00:56:25.059 --> 00:56:25.639
 He started

00:56:25.639 --> 00:56:27.280
 hearing various

00:56:27.280 --> 00:56:28.500
 scientists and

00:56:28.500 --> 00:56:29.500
 atheists and

00:56:29.500 --> 00:56:30.420
 agnostics

00:56:30.420 --> 00:56:31.380
 debating and

00:56:31.380 --> 00:56:32.780
 discussing the

00:56:32.780 --> 00:56:33.260
 things of

00:56:33.260 --> 00:56:33.679
 God and

00:56:33.679 --> 00:56:34.400
 putting doubts

00:56:34.400 --> 00:56:35.340
 into people's

00:56:35.340 --> 00:56:35.740
 minds.

00:56:35.739 --> 00:56:35.919
 things.

00:56:37.479 --> 00:56:38.159
 And he

00:56:38.159 --> 00:56:39.139
 decided this

00:56:39.139 --> 00:56:40.379
 day, in

00:56:40.379 --> 00:56:41.039
 his fears

00:56:41.039 --> 00:56:41.459
 and his

00:56:41.459 --> 00:56:42.039
 worries, that

00:56:42.039 --> 00:56:43.039
 he had to

00:56:43.039 --> 00:56:43.639
 come near

00:56:43.639 --> 00:56:44.479
 to God.

00:56:45.479 --> 00:56:46.319
 So what

00:56:46.319 --> 00:56:46.859
 did he do?

00:56:48.359 --> 00:56:49.239
 He bought

00:56:49.239 --> 00:56:50.659
 himself a

00:56:50.659 --> 00:56:51.299
 new Bible.

00:56:51.839 --> 00:56:52.239
 Not that he

00:56:52.239 --> 00:56:52.859
 didn't have a

00:56:52.859 --> 00:56:53.319
 Bible, he

00:56:53.319 --> 00:56:54.639
 did, but he

00:56:54.639 --> 00:56:55.359
 wanted a new

00:56:55.359 --> 00:56:55.819
 Bible.

00:56:56.559 --> 00:56:57.419
 And so that he

00:56:57.419 --> 00:56:57.959
 could start

00:56:57.959 --> 00:56:59.139
 looking at the

00:56:59.139 --> 00:56:59.879
 Word of God

00:56:59.879 --> 00:57:00.679
 almost anew,

00:57:00.779 --> 00:57:01.559
 almost afresh,

00:57:01.679 --> 00:57:02.359
 with no notes

00:57:02.359 --> 00:57:03.099
 or marks on

00:57:03.099 --> 00:57:04.259
 the pages,

00:57:04.260 --> 00:57:05.620
 but just to

00:57:05.620 --> 00:57:06.220
 go through

00:57:06.220 --> 00:57:07.320
 the Scriptures.

00:57:08.960 --> 00:57:09.560
 And what he

00:57:09.560 --> 00:57:10.420
 said afterwards

00:57:10.420 --> 00:57:11.260
 was this.

00:57:11.560 --> 00:57:11.920
 He said the

00:57:11.920 --> 00:57:12.820
 result was

00:57:12.820 --> 00:57:13.320
 this.

00:57:14.320 --> 00:57:15.140
 The Bible

00:57:15.140 --> 00:57:16.920
 found me.

00:57:18.940 --> 00:57:20.000
 He turned

00:57:20.000 --> 00:57:20.920
 to the

00:57:20.920 --> 00:57:21.460
 Word of

00:57:21.460 --> 00:57:22.640
 God in

00:57:22.640 --> 00:57:23.100
 all his

00:57:23.100 --> 00:57:24.160
 doubts, in

00:57:24.160 --> 00:57:24.700
 all that he

00:57:24.700 --> 00:57:25.500
 was hearing

00:57:25.500 --> 00:57:26.720
 at a young

00:57:26.720 --> 00:57:27.160
 age and

00:57:27.160 --> 00:57:27.360
 then he

00:57:27.360 --> 00:57:28.500
 went on to

00:57:28.500 --> 00:57:29.560
 serve God

00:57:29.560 --> 00:57:30.360
 with all

00:57:30.360 --> 00:57:31.020
 his heart.

00:57:32.540 --> 00:57:33.600
 The Bible

00:57:33.599 --> 00:57:34.980
 found him.

00:57:36.059 --> 00:57:36.940
 I am

00:57:36.940 --> 00:57:38.420
 was there.

00:57:40.059 --> 00:57:40.400
 And you

00:57:40.400 --> 00:57:40.699
 know we

00:57:40.699 --> 00:57:41.980
 have the

00:57:41.980 --> 00:57:42.940
 Bible before

00:57:42.940 --> 00:57:43.219
 us.

00:57:43.319 --> 00:57:43.799
 We have the

00:57:43.799 --> 00:57:44.900
 Word of

00:57:44.900 --> 00:57:46.059
 God before

00:57:46.059 --> 00:57:46.699
 us.

00:57:47.539 --> 00:57:47.900
 Do we

00:57:47.900 --> 00:57:49.480
 understand the

00:57:49.480 --> 00:57:50.179
 power that

00:57:50.179 --> 00:57:50.759
 there is?

00:57:51.960 --> 00:57:52.380
 Do we

00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:54.159
 understand God?

00:57:54.779 --> 00:57:55.619
 I am.

00:57:56.599 --> 00:57:56.920
 Do we

00:57:56.920 --> 00:57:58.139
 understand Jesus?

00:57:59.279 --> 00:57:59.739
 Do we

00:57:59.739 --> 00:58:00.579
 understand what

00:58:00.579 --> 00:58:01.179
 he has done?

00:58:01.179 --> 00:58:02.359
 Do we

00:58:02.359 --> 00:58:03.279
 understand the

00:58:03.279 --> 00:58:04.159
 Holy Spirit?

00:58:04.899 --> 00:58:05.440
 And how the

00:58:05.440 --> 00:58:06.379
 Spirit leads us

00:58:06.379 --> 00:58:07.799
 closer to this

00:58:07.799 --> 00:58:08.739
 great I am.

00:58:10.379 --> 00:58:11.099
 May we be

00:58:11.099 --> 00:58:12.219
 helped by God

00:58:12.219 --> 00:58:13.779
 to seek his

00:58:13.779 --> 00:58:15.199
 Word, to

00:58:15.199 --> 00:58:15.779
 know his

00:58:15.779 --> 00:58:17.359
 presence, to

00:58:17.359 --> 00:58:18.419
 find the hope

00:58:18.419 --> 00:58:19.460
 that there is

00:58:19.460 --> 00:58:20.739
 here, that

00:58:20.739 --> 00:58:21.460
 eases our

00:58:21.460 --> 00:58:22.719
 fears, to

00:58:22.719 --> 00:58:23.279
 see the way

00:58:23.279 --> 00:58:23.599
 that he

00:58:23.599 --> 00:58:25.539
 speaks, that

00:58:25.539 --> 00:58:26.299
 he speaks to

00:58:26.299 --> 00:58:27.399
 us in power.

00:58:27.559 --> 00:58:28.239
 It is I.

00:58:28.899 --> 00:58:29.619
 Do not be

00:58:29.619 --> 00:58:31.900
 afraid, and

00:58:31.900 --> 00:58:32.159
 that he

00:58:32.159 --> 00:58:32.880
 answers our

00:58:32.880 --> 00:58:34.519
 doubts, and

00:58:34.519 --> 00:58:35.339
 gives us that

00:58:35.339 --> 00:58:37.519
 reassurance that

00:58:37.519 --> 00:58:38.219
 he is with

00:58:38.219 --> 00:58:38.599
 us.

00:58:39.799 --> 00:58:40.839
 We all have

00:58:40.839 --> 00:58:42.279
 fears and

00:58:42.279 --> 00:58:44.599
 worries, but

00:58:44.599 --> 00:58:45.019
 we have the

00:58:45.019 --> 00:58:45.559
 Word of

00:58:45.559 --> 00:58:46.000
 God.

00:58:46.659 --> 00:58:47.279
 We have

00:58:47.279 --> 00:58:48.179
 God himself,

00:58:49.420 --> 00:58:49.739
 and we

00:58:49.739 --> 00:58:50.440
 have I am

00:58:50.440 --> 00:58:51.960
 saying, do

00:58:51.960 --> 00:58:52.420
 not be

00:58:52.420 --> 00:58:53.019
 afraid.

00:58:53.739 --> 00:58:54.139
 Let us

00:58:54.139 --> 00:58:54.400
 pray.

00:58:56.400 --> 00:58:56.980
 Our

00:58:56.980 --> 00:58:57.639
 Father in

00:58:57.639 --> 00:58:58.179
 heaven, may

00:58:58.179 --> 00:58:59.159
 we know the

00:58:59.159 --> 00:58:59.819
 wonder of

00:58:59.819 --> 00:59:00.980
 the power of

00:59:00.980 --> 00:59:01.619
 your Word.

00:59:02.519 --> 00:59:03.099
 May we know

00:59:03.099 --> 00:59:04.399
 it finding us

00:59:04.399 --> 00:59:05.019
 even in our

00:59:05.019 --> 00:59:05.739
 hearts this

00:59:05.739 --> 00:59:06.079
 night.

00:59:06.980 --> 00:59:07.319
 May we

00:59:07.319 --> 00:59:08.339
 understand the

00:59:08.339 --> 00:59:09.059
 one who is

00:59:09.059 --> 00:59:09.920
 speaking to

00:59:09.920 --> 00:59:10.139
 us.

00:59:10.239 --> 00:59:11.019
 May we hear

00:59:11.019 --> 00:59:12.339
 that voice

00:59:12.339 --> 00:59:13.139
 that calls.

00:59:13.279 --> 00:59:13.980
 It is I,

00:59:14.440 --> 00:59:15.239
 I am.

00:59:15.859 --> 00:59:16.379
 Do not be

00:59:16.379 --> 00:59:16.960
 afraid.

00:59:17.779 --> 00:59:18.119
 May you

00:59:18.119 --> 00:59:18.779
 help us to

00:59:18.779 --> 00:59:19.399
 find our

00:59:19.399 --> 00:59:20.079
 comfort and

00:59:20.079 --> 00:59:21.000
 our reassurance

00:59:21.000 --> 00:59:22.219
 in you at

00:59:22.219 --> 00:59:23.139
 all times and

00:59:23.139 --> 00:59:23.899
 in all ways,

00:59:24.379 --> 00:59:25.059
 as we ask it

00:59:25.059 --> 00:59:25.799
 all in Jesus'

00:59:25.799 --> 00:59:26.259
 name.

00:59:26.759 --> 00:59:27.139
 Amen.

00:59:29.159 --> 00:59:33.799
 We are

00:59:33.799 --> 00:59:34.319
 going to

00:59:34.319 --> 00:59:35.219
 conclude by

00:59:35.219 --> 00:59:35.940
 singing to

00:59:35.940 --> 00:59:36.299
 God's

00:59:36.299 --> 00:59:36.759
 praise in

00:59:36.759 --> 00:59:37.940
 Psalm 36.

00:59:41.940 --> 00:59:42.539
 The

00:59:42.539 --> 00:59:42.779
 Sing

00:59:42.779 --> 00:59:43.179
 Psalms

00:59:43.179 --> 00:59:43.539
 version,

00:59:43.719 --> 00:59:44.920
 Psalm 36,

00:59:45.279 --> 00:59:45.719
 in page

00:59:45.719 --> 00:59:46.539
 44,

00:59:47.199 --> 00:59:47.480
 we will

00:59:47.480 --> 00:59:47.920
 sing from

00:59:47.920 --> 00:59:48.639
 verse 5

00:59:48.639 --> 00:59:49.299
 to verse

00:59:49.299 --> 00:59:50.000
 7.

00:59:51.920 --> 00:59:52.519
 These

00:59:52.519 --> 00:59:52.980
 wonderful

00:59:52.980 --> 00:59:53.879
 words remind

00:59:53.879 --> 00:59:55.059
 us of the

00:59:55.059 --> 00:59:56.000
 great steadfast

00:59:56.000 --> 00:59:57.519
 love that is

00:59:57.519 --> 00:59:58.339
 so great from

00:59:58.340 --> 00:59:58.780
 the Lord.

00:59:58.900 --> 00:59:59.539
 Your steadfast

00:59:59.539 --> 01:00:00.100
 love is

01:00:00.100 --> 01:00:00.579
 great, O

01:00:00.579 --> 01:00:01.000
 Lord, it

01:00:01.000 --> 01:00:01.720
 reaches heaven

01:00:01.720 --> 01:00:02.140
 high.

01:00:02.600 --> 01:00:02.820
 Your

01:00:02.820 --> 01:00:03.900
 faithfulness is

01:00:03.900 --> 01:00:04.460
 wonderful,

01:00:04.660 --> 01:00:05.420
 extending to

01:00:05.420 --> 01:00:06.019
 the sky.

01:00:06.539 --> 01:00:06.740
 Your

01:00:06.740 --> 01:00:07.780
 righteousness is

01:00:07.780 --> 01:00:08.360
 very great,

01:00:08.420 --> 01:00:09.079
 like mountains

01:00:09.079 --> 01:00:09.620
 high and

01:00:09.620 --> 01:00:10.079
 steep.

01:00:10.539 --> 01:00:10.740
 Your

01:00:10.740 --> 01:00:11.620
 justice is

01:00:11.620 --> 01:00:12.280
 like ocean

01:00:12.280 --> 01:00:13.019
 depths, both

01:00:13.019 --> 01:00:13.579
 man and

01:00:13.579 --> 01:00:13.960
 beast.

01:00:14.519 --> 01:00:14.960
 You keep.

01:00:15.019 --> 01:00:15.360
 We'll sing

01:00:15.360 --> 01:00:15.760
 from verse

01:00:15.760 --> 01:00:16.880
 5 to 7

01:00:16.880 --> 01:00:17.760
 and the

01:00:17.760 --> 01:00:18.079
 tune of

01:00:18.079 --> 01:00:18.619
 Strapiting.

01:00:18.619 --> 01:00:18.940
 Thank you.

01:00:18.940 --> 01:00:19.660
 Thank you.

01:00:19.659 --> 01:00:49.639
 Thank you.

01:00:49.659 --> 01:01:19.639
 Thank you.

01:01:19.659 --> 01:01:21.659
 Thank you.

01:01:49.659 --> 01:01:51.659
 Thank you.

01:01:51.659 --> 01:01:53.659
 Amen.

01:01:53.659 --> 01:01:55.659
 Amen.

01:01:55.659 --> 01:01:57.659
 Amen.

01:01:57.659 --> 01:01:59.659
 Amen.

01:02:00.659 --> 01:02:04.539
 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my right. We'll close with a benediction.

01:02:05.359 --> 01:02:15.279
 Now may grace, mercy, and peace from God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. Amen.