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 Be patient. Stand firm. Because the Lord's coming is near.

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 There's a type of plant called the Chinese bamboo. It grows in a really, really unusual way.

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! You plant seed and you water it, you fertilize it for about a year and nothing really seems

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 to happen. You give it a second year of more water and fertilizing, waiting and again no

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 sign of anything going on. Year three, more water, more fertilizer. Year four, more water,

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 more fertilizer. Year five, more water, more fertilizer. And then it grows from zero up

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 to 90 feet in five weeks. The big question is this. How long does it really take to grow?

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 Five weeks or five years? You see, as we go through our lives and we wait for the coming

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 of Jesus as James urges us here. To be patient, stand firm, because the Lord is near. As we

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 wait, we can have that sense that, well, what are we waiting for? We need to be reminded that

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 all that time, all that time of praying, all the time of investing our energy, investing

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 our time, our money, our giving, our lives, everything. There's stuff going on. We might

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 not see it. It's below surface. As that old saying goes, nothing never happens.

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 So we need to hold close to these words of James. And we're tempted to think, well, come

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 on. We're going at this for such a long time now. Where's the sign of God's kingdom in the

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 world? Where's the sign of things happening in my life? What about this situation that I'm

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 praying for, that I'm praying about, that I'm reaching out to God for? What's going on?

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 Remember these words. Be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.

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 Being patient is difficult. I'm not a naturally instinctive, patient person.

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 I'm not. And there's a reason why James urges us to be patient. And there's a reason why

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 in scripture there is this continual urge to be patient, why it's named as a fruit of the

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 spirit. It's not something that comes natural to us. So don't be surprised when it is a struggle

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 to be patient. Because most of the time, most of us aren't. And there's nothing new about this.

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 What is new is the culture within which we live, which makes it especially difficult to be patient

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 because we live in a culture that actually thinks that having to be patient is a bad thing.

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 We live in a culture. We live in a culture that's a bad thing. And we live in a culture that's a bad thing.

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 Next day delivery. We've got to wait until the next day for it to come.

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 You send a message, you expect an immediate response.

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 Now, there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, that can be a really good thing.

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 When things happen fast, that's great.

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 But it's a danger when it shapes our understanding such that everything happening instantaneously

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 becomes normalised. Because then when we have to wait at all, we get this instinct, this inner sense

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 that, well, something must be wrong then. Because it hasn't happened immediately.

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 Apparently, a woman called United, phoned United Airlines a while back.

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 And when she got through to the call handler, she said,

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 could you tell me how long does it take to get from Dallas, Texas to Frankfurt, Germany?

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 Well, the person taking the call had to look it up.

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 So she said, just a minute. She said, thank you and hang up.

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 LAUGHTER

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 Great things.

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 Things that really matter take time.

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 They always have.

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 And this side of eternity always will.

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 Think about that.

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 It takes time to invest in something that's really worthwhile.

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 The violinist Fritz Kreisler lived from 1875 to 1962.

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 He was reckoned to be one of the greatest players of the instrument ever.

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 A fan approached him one day after a concert and said to him,

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 I would give my life to play as beautifully as you.

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 He said, I did.

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 Things can't be rushed.

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 We shouldn't expect them to be rushed.

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 And so when we hear these words, be patient,

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 we need to hear them for what they are.

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 Be patient, urges James.

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 Be patient.

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 And he says, stand firm.

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 In other words, he doesn't say just be patient,

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 just kind of breed this virtue of your own accord.

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 He actually gives a very good reason for,

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 or rather good way of how we are to be patient.

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 Because it doesn't just come naturally.

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 Stand firm.

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 He says, now this is one of those classic things

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 that really is lost in translation.

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 The English, this particular English translation,

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 would say stand firm.

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 Greek New Testament would say establish your hearts,

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 or fix your hearts.

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 Now it kind of means the same thing.

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 But the Greek word kardios, from which we get cardiology,

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 is there.

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 Kardios, hearts.

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 Establish your hearts.

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 Set your hearts.

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 Stand firm.

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 Set your hearts.

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 That's what he's saying.

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 Be patient.

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 Set your hearts.

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 Establish your hearts.

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 Now normally if you say,

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 if you set your heart on something,

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 it can be a dangerous thing.

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 Because things can move.

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 And certainly, our hearts,

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 our human emotions,

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 can be quite fickle.

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 We can't really rely on them that much.

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 But it depends on what it is that we set our hearts on.

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 And that's the point.

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 James here is talking about,

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 when he says stand firm,

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 he means establish your hearts

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 on the thing that will not budge.

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 On that upon which you can rely.

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 If you establish your heart,

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 if you fix your heart,

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 upon that which can be trusted,

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 or he whom can be trusted,

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 well that's a different thing.

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 You see, it all depends on the reliability

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 of the one upon which we set our hearts.

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 Because no building is ever stronger

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 than the foundation upon which it has been set.

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 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a great example.

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 185 foot tall.

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 I think they have stopped it leaning now.

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 There was a massive project.

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 I think it was about 20 years ago or so now.

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 They realised that if they didn't take action,

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 it was going to collapse.

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 But even though it was built hundreds of years ago,

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 that 185 foot tall building,

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 which to begin with was on very soft

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 and unstable subsoil anyway,

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 was set on foundations

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 that only went down three metres.

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 Now you compare that with some of the cathedrals

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 that were built at the same time,

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 when the actual foundations were as big

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 as the cathedral that you can actually see itself.

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 But just three metres of rock

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 underneath a 185 foot structure,

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 little wonder that it was leaning so much.

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 You see, something will only be as stable

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 as that upon which it is established.

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 If you want a more recent example,

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 you may remember in 2008,

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 Hurricane Ike that swept across Texas.

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 It completely and utterly obliterated

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 whole communities.

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 Except,

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 there was one house that remained standing.

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 Here's a picture, and it's quite shocking.

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 The owners of that house

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 had previously been victims of storms and flood,

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 and had learnt the importance,

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 when it came to rebuild,

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 of setting things

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 on firm foundations.

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 Interestingly,

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 if you Google that image,

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 and you see comments underneath,

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 you'd be stunned,

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 well maybe not,

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 how many people said,

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 please give me the number of that builder.

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 Here's a question for us all.

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 What do we set our hearts on?

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 We say set,

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 I mean establish,

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 I mean build.

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 What do we build our lives on?

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 What do you stand firm on?

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 What is it that your heart,

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 which will be fickle,

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 because you're human,

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 we all are.

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 What is it established on?

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 James says,

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 be patient,

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 stand firm,

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 establish your heart,

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 fix your heart,

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 build your heart,

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 build your lives

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 on the one

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 who you can rely on.

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 Jesus.

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 Because, he goes on to say,

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 he is near.

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 Now, when James wrote,

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 because the Lord's coming is near,

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 he was writing as a member

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 of that first generation of Christians,

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 some 2,000 years ago,

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 who thought that Jesus' return

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 was imminent,

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 literally.

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 And it took that first generation

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 or so of Christians

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 to work out and think through

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 and process

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 what it means

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 to continue

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 and to sustain

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 as followers of Jesus

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 when he didn't return,

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 literally.

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 And it can be tempting

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 for us

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 some 2,000 years later

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 to draw

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 the conclusion

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 that, well,

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 how can you really

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 take that seriously

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 if some 2,000 years on

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 and the continuation

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 of war raging

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 and people dying

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 and suffering

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 and pain,

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 how can we continue

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 to wait patiently

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 on the Lord

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 to stand firm?

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 There's never been

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 a generation

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 that hasn't asked

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 and wrestled

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 with that question.

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 Of course not.

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 But have you ever

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 thought of it like this?

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 Each of us,

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 every single one of us,

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 is less than a generation

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 away from meeting

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 with ultimate truth.

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 I don't mean to sound bleak

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 when I say that,

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 but we will all

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 come to our own

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 personal expiry dates

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 on earth

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 at some point

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 and that won't be

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 2,000 years away.

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 We're called

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 to build our lives,

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 to set our hearts,

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 our foundations

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 on him

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 because it's not

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 that far off.

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 the history

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 of this world

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 may roll on

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 for quite a while

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 longer

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 before he comes

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 to make all things

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 new,

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 but in terms

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 of the place

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 that we play,

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 in terms of our own

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 role within

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 world history,

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 well that time's

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 limited.

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 That's why

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 these words

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 are here

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 to warn

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 every generation

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 to take it

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 seriously.

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 to be patient,

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 to stand firm

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 because

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 it's not

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 actually that long

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 before we

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 meet with

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 eternity.

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 And that's

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 an eternity

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 that right now

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 we can't see,

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 but all the while

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 the kingdom

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 is coming

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 and he is

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 preparing that

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 for us.

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 When I grew up

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 on the Isle

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 of Wight

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 the house

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 where I grew up

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 there was a garage

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 and I remember

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 shortly after

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 I first started

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 driving

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 I got my first car

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 it was an

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 Austin Allegro

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 do you remember

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 those?

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 It was my pride

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 and joy

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 I had a square

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 steering wheel

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 and they did

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 but

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 0 to 60

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 eventually

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 this was on

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 the Isle

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 of Wight

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 you can only

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 go so far

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 before you

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 hit the sea

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 or a wall

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 or something

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 anyway

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 I can remember

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 the early stages

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 of having

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 this car

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 and the first

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 time I ever

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 topped up

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 the washer

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 fluid

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 flipped open

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 the bonnet

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 and walked

00:14:16.560 --> 00:14:17.100
 into the garage

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 and my dad

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 was really

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 really tidy

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 and organised

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 and he had

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 a tap

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 in the garage

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 but there was

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 a hose

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 connected to

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 that tap

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 and it was

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 quite a long

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 hose

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 all tidily

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 coiled up

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 and the end

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 of that hose

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 pointed down

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 into a bucket

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 so I went

00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:33.279
 out there

00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:33.819
 with a jug

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 wanting some

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 water

00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:35.919
 to fill up

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 the washer

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 fluid

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 on the car

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 and then

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 I didn't

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 know how

00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:45.840
 to disconnect

00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.579
 this hose

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 so I looked

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 at it

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 and I thought

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 well surely

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 if I just

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 turn the tap

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 on

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 put the jug

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 underneath

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 the end

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 of that hose

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 sooner or later

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 I'll get some

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 water

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 that's what

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 I did

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 turned on

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 the tap

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 there was

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 a quiet

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 hissing

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 held the jug

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 there

00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:03.980
 and waited

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 and waited

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 and waited

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 there was

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 nothing

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 really long

00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:09.280
 hose

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 I'd better

00:15:09.560 --> 00:15:10.139
 turn the tap

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 a little bit

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 more

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 hissing

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 got a bit

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 louder

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 still no

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 water

00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:15.040
 still no

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 movement

00:15:15.500 --> 00:15:16.820
 turned the

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 tap again

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 and waited

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 and waited

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 and waited

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 and waited

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 and waited

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 suddenly I

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 wasn't waiting

00:15:24.460 --> 00:15:24.920
 anymore

00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:28.639
 this hose

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 just unleashed

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 itself

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 seemingly

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 at the speed

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 of light

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 and snaked

00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.360
 around the

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 garage

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 as I ran

00:15:36.579 --> 00:15:36.839
 around

00:15:36.839 --> 00:15:37.500
 trying to

00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:38.019
 retrieve

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 the end

00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:38.919
 of it

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 well by

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 the end

00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.139
 of the

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 episode

00:15:41.459 --> 00:15:42.099
 yes I

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 turned the

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 tap off

00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:43.459
 and yes

00:15:43.459 --> 00:15:43.740
 I got

00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:44.339
 my water

00:15:44.339 --> 00:15:45.319
 none of

00:15:45.319 --> 00:15:45.599
 it was

00:15:45.599 --> 00:15:45.899
 in the

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 jug

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 quite a lot

00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:46.939
 of it

00:15:46.939 --> 00:15:47.279
 was on

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 me

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 and a lot

00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:48.059
 of it

00:15:48.059 --> 00:15:48.299
 was on

00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:48.719
 the floor

00:15:48.719 --> 00:15:52.779
 you see

00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.019
 all that

00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:53.339
 time of

00:15:53.339 --> 00:15:53.620
 waiting

00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:53.919
 I

00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:54.179
 couldn't

00:15:54.179 --> 00:15:54.500
 see

00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:54.940
 the water

00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:55.299
 I could

00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:55.740
 hear the

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 faintest

00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:56.820
 hiss

00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:59.480
 but things

00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:00.000
 were happening

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.559
 it was

00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:02.980
 moving

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:05.799
 and all

00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.220
 the time

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:06.820
 we pray

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.200
 and we

00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:07.740
 wait for

00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:08.100
 the kingdom

00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:08.440
 and we

00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:08.960
 prepare for

00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:09.340
 the kingdom

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:09.639
 and we

00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.019
 listen to

00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:10.440
 these words

00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:10.919
 of scripture

00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.559
 which has

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 been issued

00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:13.480
 to every

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 generation

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 after generation

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 after generation

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.100
 since they

00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:17.259
 were written

00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:18.000
 some 2,000

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.659
 years ago

00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:20.419
 things are

00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:20.700
 happening

00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:21.679
 we can't

00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:22.240
 see them

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:22.980
 most of

00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:23.379
 the time

00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:23.899
 we're not

00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.379
 aware of

00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:24.480
 them

00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:24.899
 but things

00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:25.460
 are happening

00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:27.820
 the Lord

00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.279
 is near

00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.180
 and one

00:16:31.180 --> 00:16:31.340
 day

00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:31.519
 and it

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:31.740
 won't be

00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.279
 that far

00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:32.659
 off in

00:16:32.659 --> 00:16:33.060
 the scheme

00:16:33.060 --> 00:16:33.460
 of things

00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:34.060
 historically

00:16:34.060 --> 00:16:35.060
 we will

00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:35.539
 wake up

00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:35.960
 to that

00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:36.519
 reality

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.360
 in eternity

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:40.580
 the Lord

00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:41.000
 is near

00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.539
 his kingdom

00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:42.080
 is near

00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:42.800
 be patient

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.940
 stand firm

00:16:43.940 --> 00:16:44.460
 set your

00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:44.940
 hearts on

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 the thing

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 that matters

00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:46.840
 the one

00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.440
 who matters

00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:50.879
 because the

00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.180
 Lord is

00:16:51.180 --> 00:16:51.440
 near

00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:55.000
 you see

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.680
 we read in

00:16:55.680 --> 00:16:56.560
 the first

00:16:56.560 --> 00:16:57.000
 verse of

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.879
 Hebrews

00:16:57.879 --> 00:16:58.860
 chapter 11

00:16:58.860 --> 00:17:00.580
 that faith

00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:03.639
 faith is

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:06.180
 confidence

00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.480
 confidence

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.360
 in what

00:17:07.360 --> 00:17:07.980
 we hope

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.500
 for

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.480
 and assurance

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.440
 about what

00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:10.759
 we do

00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.340
 not see

00:17:11.340 --> 00:17:14.380
 and that's

00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:14.799
 what we're

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.140
 called

00:17:15.140 --> 00:17:15.480
 and we're

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:15.980
 reminded of

00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.259
 particularly

00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:16.700
 during our

00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:16.960
 events

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:17.360
 we think

00:17:17.360 --> 00:17:17.640
 of this

00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:17.960
 theme

00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:18.560
 of preparing

00:17:18.560 --> 00:17:18.980
 and getting

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.299
 ready

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:22.140
 it's what

00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:22.880
 we're called

00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.680
 to do

00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.779
 to live

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.840
 and wait

00:17:25.840 --> 00:17:26.600
 patiently

00:17:26.600 --> 00:17:27.259
 not in a

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:27.940
 passive way

00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:28.340
 but in an

00:17:28.340 --> 00:17:29.039
 active way

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.160
 engaging with

00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.720
 the challenges

00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.380
 around us

00:17:31.380 --> 00:17:32.080
 praying about

00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:32.539
 what's going

00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:32.980
 on in our

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.259
 lives

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.900
 about what's

00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:34.259
 going on

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.460
 in the

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:34.680
 world

00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:35.420
 being poised

00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:35.940
 being ready

00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:36.620
 being engaged

00:17:36.620 --> 00:17:37.460
 getting ready

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.360
 to hasten

00:17:38.360 --> 00:17:38.960
 that kingdom

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.640
 that is coming

00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:40.340
 that we can't

00:17:40.340 --> 00:17:41.140
 control but God

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.779
 can and God

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.120
 will

00:17:42.120 --> 00:17:45.160
 and trusting

00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:45.820
 that all the

00:17:45.820 --> 00:17:46.480
 while we can't

00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:46.960
 see him

00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:48.039
 he is there

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:48.559
 and he is

00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:48.840
 near

00:17:48.840 --> 00:17:52.559
 I want to

00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.160
 leave this image

00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:53.420
 with you

00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:53.759
 it's taken

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.360
 to prayer

00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:57.320
 there's going

00:17:57.320 --> 00:17:57.640
 to be some

00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:57.960
 music

00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:59.799
 in a moment

00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.640
 and during

00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:01.039
 that time

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.320
 I'm going

00:18:01.320 --> 00:18:01.960
 to invite us

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.480
 to just

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:05.059
 pray during

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.599
 that music

00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:06.039
 as it

00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.399
 comes up

00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:06.619
 on the

00:18:06.619 --> 00:18:07.159
 screens

00:18:07.159 --> 00:18:10.919
 but the

00:18:10.919 --> 00:18:11.259
 image

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:11.740
 that I

00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:12.259
 think is a

00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:12.839
 helpful one

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.960
 for discipleship

00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:15.379
 at any time

00:18:15.379 --> 00:18:15.899
 but particularly

00:18:15.899 --> 00:18:16.440
 as we think

00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:17.000
 during Advent

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.639
 of this theme

00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:18.259
 of waiting

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:20.980
 trusting in

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.440
 that which we

00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.119
 cannot see

00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:24.679
 expecting

00:18:24.679 --> 00:18:25.419
 patiently

00:18:25.419 --> 00:18:25.779
 and the

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.119
 promises

00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:26.639
 of God

00:18:26.639 --> 00:18:30.319
 I want to

00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:30.700
 share this

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.179
 with you

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:32.740
 it comes

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.019
 from the

00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:33.320
 world of

00:18:33.320 --> 00:18:33.820
 developmental

00:18:33.820 --> 00:18:34.600
 psychology

00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:37.840
 particularly

00:18:37.840 --> 00:18:38.200
 somebody

00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:38.640
 called

00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.440
 Jean Piaget

00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:43.060
 who wrote

00:18:43.060 --> 00:18:44.000
 about something

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.920
 called object

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.680
 permanence

00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:48.220
 you see

00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:48.560
 when we're

00:18:48.560 --> 00:18:49.140
 first born

00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:49.600
 when we first

00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:49.940
 come into

00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:50.620
 this world

00:18:50.620 --> 00:18:52.039
 we haven't

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.940
 learned to

00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:54.140
 differentiate

00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:55.120
 between

00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:56.720
 what we

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.580
 can see

00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:59.419
 and what

00:18:59.419 --> 00:19:00.079
 we can't

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.500
 see

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.299
 and what

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.720
 just simply

00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.019
 doesn't

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.559
 exist

00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:04.740
 and so

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.099
 for the

00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:06.000
 early stages

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.679
 of life

00:19:06.679 --> 00:19:08.079
 a baby

00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:10.319
 when they

00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:11.279
 see something

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.240
 and then it's

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:13.019
 taken out of

00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.299
 sight

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:14.319
 as far as

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.779
 they're concerned

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.139
 it doesn't

00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:15.639
 exist

00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:18.720
 before

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.399
 object

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:20.099
 permanence

00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:21.179
 has surfaced

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:22.799
 now when

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.560
 we've acquired

00:19:23.560 --> 00:19:24.299
 object

00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:25.039
 permanence

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.620
 in our

00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:26.060
 developmental

00:19:26.060 --> 00:19:26.620
 journey

00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:27.560
 and the

00:19:27.560 --> 00:19:28.019
 very early

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:28.560
 stages

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 of growing

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 up

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 it's then

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 that we

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 realise

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 that just

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 because something

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 is out of

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 sight

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 it hasn't

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 ceased to

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 exist

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 and you can

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 see this

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 in a young

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 child

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 when if you

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 take something

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 a toy

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 for example

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 and you

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 put it

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 underneath

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 a blanket

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 the child

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 that has

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 acquired

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 object

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 permanence

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 will go

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 looking for

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 it

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 they'll try

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 to find

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 it

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 because they

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 know that

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 even though

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 it's out

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 of sight

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 it's still

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 there

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 somewhere

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 and that's

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 why games

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 like peekaboo

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 are really

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 helpful in

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 developing

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 in coaching

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 this

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 object

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 permanence

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 in the

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 mind of

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 a young

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 child

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 well what I

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 want to

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 suggest for

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 all of us

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 is that

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 when it

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 comes to

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 our

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 relationship

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 with

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 God

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 do we

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 need to

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 learn

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 or rather

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 relearn

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 a new

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 dimension

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 of object

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 permanence

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 to learn

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 to understand

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 that just

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 because

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 he may be

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 out of

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 sight

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 he's not

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 out of

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 action

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 he's

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 there

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 he's

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 here

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 be

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 patient

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 then

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 stand

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 firm

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 because the

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 Lord is

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 near

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 let's

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 pray

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 Lord your

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 word teaches

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 us

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 that

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 faith

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 faith is

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 that confidence

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 in what we

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 hope for

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 and assurance

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 of what we

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 do not

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 see

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 help us

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 to mature

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 and to

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 develop

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 that trust

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 in the

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 kingdom that

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 we may

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 not be

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 able to

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 see

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 whatever is

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 going on in

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 our lives

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 right now

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 and whatever

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 is going on

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 within that

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 wider world

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 may we

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 become ever

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 more patient

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 and ever

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 more firm

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 setting our

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 hearts on

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 you

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 knowing that

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 you are

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 near

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 we hold

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 this prayer

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 before you

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 now

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 in Jesus

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 name

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Bluetooth

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 You could have come like a forest fire

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 With the power of heaven in your flame

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 But you came like a winter snow

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 Quiet and soared and slow

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 Falling from the sky in the night

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 To the earth below

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 We could have swept in like a tidal of light

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 Or in an ocean to ravage our hearts

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 You could have come through like a roaring flood

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 To wipe away the waves we've scarred

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 But you came like a winter snow

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 Yes you did

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 You were quiet, you were soft and slow

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 Falling from the sky in the night

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 To the earth below

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 Oh no

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 Your voice wasn't in a bush burning

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 No

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 Your voice wasn't in a rushing wind

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 It was still, it was small

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 It was hidden

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 You came like a winter snow

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 Quiet and soft and slow

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 Falling from the sky in the night

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 To the earth below

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 Falling

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 To the earth below

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 You came falling

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 From the sky in the night

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 To the earth below

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 Lord God

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 Lord God, we bring you our prayers

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 We bring you our past, our present and our future

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 Help us to trust in you

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 Help us to be patient

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 To stand firm

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 And to know that you are near

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 Now and every day

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 In Jesus' name

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 Amen