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 in our worship now, and we're singing firstly today in Psalm 118, Psalm 118 on page 397,

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 singing verses 1 to 9.

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 O praise the Lord, for he is good, his mercy lasteth ever. Let those of Israel now say,

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 his mercy faileth never. Now let the house of Aaron say, his mercy lasteth ever. Let

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 those that fear the Lord now say, his mercy faileth never. So this is a call by the psalmist to God's

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 people, which applies nowadays to God's people, wherever they are, to come and praise the Lord for

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 his goodness and for the mercy and loving kindness that lasts forever from him to his people.

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 Psalm 118, verses 1 to 9. O praise the Lord.

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 Praise the Lord, for he is good, his mercy lasteth ever. Let those of Israel now say, his mercy

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 faileth never. Now let the house of Aaron say, his mercy lasteth ever. Let those that fear the Lord

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 Azure say, his mercy lasteth ever. Let people have Quandohythmia in Jerusalem.

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 dobr his mercy lasteth ever. suas mercy blanks whatever. Let those that fear the Lord have come as

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 the Lord has come and has come before the Lord. Let those that fear the Lord have come and Михaillac as

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 The Lord did answer me.

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 He in a large place stood.

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 He said, from trouble made me free.

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 The mighty Lord is on my side.

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 I will not be afraid.

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 For anything that man can do,

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 I shall not be dismayed.

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 The Lord doth take my part with them

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 that help to succor me.

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 Therefore, O those that do me hate,

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 I my desire shall see.

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 Better it is to trust in God

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 and trust in man's defense.

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 Better to trust in God

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 than make princes our confidence.

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 Let's call on the Lord in prayer.

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 This prayer is particularly for the young folks

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 present and for the Sunday school.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, our gracious God, once again we give thanks

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 that you have gathered us here together

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 to worship you today.

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 We know that this is our great privilege

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 and that we are blessed in even coming together this way.

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 We pray that your blessing will accompany, Lord,

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 that privilege for us.

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 We pray especially today for our children,

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 for the young folks,

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 and we ask that you would grant your blessing to them

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 as once more we have them with us

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 and we give thanks for them.

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 And we pray that they, as they grow up

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 and continue to learn different things day by day,

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 that they will learn especially more about yourself,

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 that they will be blessed by you in such a way

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 as to place their trust in you

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 and come to follow you and confess you as their God.

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 Remember them, we pray,

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 as they receive further teaching today in Sunday school.

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 Be with their teachers as well,

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 as we give thanks for them.

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 And grant, Lord, that your blessing

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 will accompany all the efforts made in your name,

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 both at home and in church,

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 to have our young people schooled

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 and nurtured in the things of God.

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 Make these things precious to them, we pray,

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 and go before us now and pardon our sin.

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 For Jesus' sake. Amen.

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 Now I have here today an old recipe book.

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 It's called the Glaxo Recipe Book.

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 Glaxo apparently was a substitute milk powder,

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 which especially in the times after the wars

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 you would have found very important

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 with the scarcity of goods that people had then.

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 So I'm going to read a little bit

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 from the introduction to this recipe book.

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 It's not very big, but you can see it's very old

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 and I have to handle it carefully.

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 It doesn't actually belong to me,

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 so it's on loan.

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 But here it's what it says.

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 To compile this recipe book,

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 we asked nurses to give us their best recipes

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 for children and invalids.

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 I don't think nurses probably do that nowadays,

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 but in those days that's how it was done.

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 These recipes were then tested and revised

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 by our own cookery expert and other recipes added.

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 The result is a collection of over 160 recipes,

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 which while mostly suitable for everyday cookery,

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 will be found particularly useful

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 to those who have to cater for children,

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 invalids, dyspeptics, and the aged.

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 And so it goes on.

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 And it's a really interesting read, that introduction.

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 It tells about glaxo itself.

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 It was a powder which came from milk originally,

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 made into a powder, and then you added water,

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 and that was a substitute for milk.

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 For all of these recipes,

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 you're asked to use the glaxo.

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 And that's interesting that that's what they say

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 at the beginning because obviously it had to be tested,

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 first of all, to see whether it would work

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 or work as well as ordinary milk

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 or milk before it became powdered.

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 And it's interesting that the cookery experts

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 that glaxo themselves had actually took the recipes

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 the nurses provided and tested them out.

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 And when you go through the book,

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 it's really fascinating to find some of these recipes there,

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 including cakes and biscuits and puddings

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 and even such exotic recipes as stewed calves' feet.

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 Let's not go into that,

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 but it's one of those recipes that's mentioned.

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 So how would they know that the thing was actually,

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 that this glaxo was going to work?

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 How would they know that these recipes

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 actually were recipes that were tasty?

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 How would they know that a pudding made with glaxo

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 was actually very nutritious and also very tasty?

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 Well, you'd have to actually prepare it

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 and then you'd have to eat it, of course.

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 And there's a saying nowadays,

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 which is not actually accurately spoken.

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 Many people will say,

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 the proof is in the pudding.

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 Well, that doesn't really mean anything, does it?

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 Because the proof of what?

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 The saying is actually,

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 the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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 You can only prove that a pudding is tasty

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 and good for you or whatever

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 by preparing it according to a recipe

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 and then tasting it.

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 You make it up,

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 you then eat it,

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 and then you decide if it's tasty

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 or maybe it's not.

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 But you can only decide that

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 by actually making it

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 and eating it and tasting it.

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 Now, the Bible, in many ways,

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 is God's recipe book.

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 He has provided us with the Bible

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 as a guidance to how our life should be lived.

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 And if you look at the Bible as a recipe book,

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 there are many things in there

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 that you can only actually find out for yourself

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 and prove to be as the Bible says

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 by taking it to yourself

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 and then by actually tasting and seeing

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 that God is good.

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 How do you know that the peace of God

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 is really precious?

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 Well, not just by reading the Bible

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 and reading about it,

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 but by testing it for yourself.

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 You find that the peace of God is precious.

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 By coming to Jesus,

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 by doing what the recipe says,

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 coming to Jesus,

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 putting your trust in Jesus,

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 loving Jesus,

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 following Jesus,

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 taking Jesus as your Savior.

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 And when you do that,

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 and you confess your sins,

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 and you ask God to pardon your sins,

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 you ask God to accept you,

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 all of these things are in the recipes

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 of the Bible, if you like.

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 And as you do that,

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 then you find out

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 that these things are actually true

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 and precious to yourself.

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 You'll never find out that God is good

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 just by reading about it.

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 You have to test it out for yourself.

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 And you know,

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 one of the great things that we have

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 in the gospel

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 is an invitation to taste and see

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 that God is good.

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 So I hope all young folks

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 and older folks like ourselves

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 as well today

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 will know that for ourselves

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 and realize that just having a Bible

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 or having a Bible in our homes

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 is good,

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 but really there's more than that needed.

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 You need to use the Bible,

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 take what it says into your heart,

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 put it into practice in your life,

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 and then you'll be able to truly see,

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 I know that God is good.

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 I know that this Bible is true

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 because I've tested it

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 and tasted it for myself.

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 Let's now say the Lord's Prayer together.

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 Our Father, which art in heaven,

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 hallowed be thy name.

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 Thy kingdom come.

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 Thy will be done on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 Give us this day our daily bread

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 and forgive us our debts

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 as we forgive our debtors.

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 And lead us not into temptation,

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 but deliver us from evil.

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 For thine is the kingdom

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 and the power

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 and the glory forever.

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 Amen.

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 I'm going to sing again to God's praise,

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 this time in Psalm 141,

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 Psalm 141.

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 This time it's in the Sing Psalms,

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 that's on page 185.

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 We're singing verses 1 to 5.

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 O Lord, I call to you,

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 come quickly, I'm in need.

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 When I cry to you for help,

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 to my appeal give heed.

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 Like incense, may my prayer

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 before your face arise,

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 the raising of my hands be like

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 the evening sacrifice.

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 Verses 1 to 5 to God's praise.

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 O Lord, I call to you,

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 come quickly, I'm in need.

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 And when I cry to you for help,

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 to my appeal give heed.

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 Like incense, may my prayer

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 before your face arise.

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 The raising of my hands be like

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 the evening sacrifice.

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 Keep watch, Lord, on my mouth,

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 and guard my lips, I pray.

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 Let not my heart to evil thoughts

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 be drawn and led astray.

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 Keep me from taking part

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 in what the evil do.

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 Let me not taste their choices food,

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 lest I be false to you.

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 A righteous friend's rebuke

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 will be a soothing balm.

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 Such blows in kindness aimed at me

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 will never do me harm.

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 Let's now turn to read God's word

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 in the book of Psalms,

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 Psalm number 44.

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 Psalm 44, we'll read from the beginning

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 right through to the end of the psalm.

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 It's on page 564 or so

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 if you're using the church Bibles.

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 O God, we have heard with our ears,

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 our fathers have told us

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 what deeds you performed in our days

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 in the days of old.

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 You with your hand drove out the nations,

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 but them you planted.

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 You afflicted the peoples,

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 but them you set free.

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 For not by their own sword

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 did they win the land,

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 nor did their own arm save them,

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 but your right hand and your arm

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 and the light of your face,

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 for you delighted in them.

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 You are my king, O God,

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 ordain salvation for Jacob.

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 Through you we push down our foes,

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 through your name we tread down

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 those who rise up against us.

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 For not in my bow do I trust,

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 nor can my sword save me,

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 but you have saved us from our foes

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 and have put to shame

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 those who hated us.

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 In God we have boasted continually

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 and we will give thanks

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 to your name forever.

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 But you have rejected us

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 and disgraced us

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 and have not gone out with our armies.

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 You have made us turn back from the foe

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 and those who hate us have taken spoil.

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 You have made us like sheep for slaughter

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 and have scattered us among the nations.

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 You have sold your people for a trifle,

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 demanding no high price for them.

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 You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,

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 the derision and scorn of those around us.

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 You have made us a byword among the nations,

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 a laughingstock among the peoples.

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 All day long my disgrace is before me

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 and shame has covered my face.

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 At the sound of the taunter and the reviler,

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 at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

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 All this has come upon us,

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 though we have not forgotten you

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 and we have not been false to your covenant.

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 Our heart has not turned back,

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 nor have our steps departed from your way.

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 Yet you have broken us in the place of jackals

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 and covered us with a shadow of death.

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 If we had forgotten the name of our God

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 or spread out our hands to a foreign God,

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 would not God discover this?

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 For he knows the secrets of the heart.

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 Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long.

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 We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

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 Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?

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 Rouse yourself.

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 Do not reject us forever.

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 Why do you hide your face?

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 Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?

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 For our soul is bowed down to the dust.

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 Our belly clings to the ground.

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 Rise up.

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 Come to our help.

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 Redeem us

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 for the sake of your steadfast love.

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 And again, may God follow with us blessing

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 our reading of that portion of his word.

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 Let's call upon him again in prayer.

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 O Lord, our God,

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 we give thanks that your word draws us

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 into circumstances that we find

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 sometimes above our own experience,

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 but very often also true to what we experience in this life.

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 And we thank you especially that in regard to

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 all the experiences we have,

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 you bring us to yourself.

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 You bring us to know yourself.

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 You bring us the account that we have in your word

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 of your great doings,

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 of your wisdom,

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 of your sovereign government,

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 of all that exists.

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 And we thank you today

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 that we have been reminded of that in this psalm.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 for the facility you give us to pray,

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 to appeal to you,

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 to come before you, Lord,

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 to entreat you

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 that you would come once again

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 with your blessing to visit us,

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 that you would restore,

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 that you would come and bring us once again

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 this knowledge of your power,

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 of your strength working in our own hearts,

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 in our situations,

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 in our circumstances,

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 in our nation,

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 even throughout the world.

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 Forgive us, Lord, we pray,

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 for the many times we fail to acknowledge

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 that you rule over us.

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 Forgive us for the many times

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 we neglect to think of your wisdom

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 as so superior to ours,

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 and that your plans are not like our plans,

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 or your ways like our ways.

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 We thank you today, O Lord,

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 that we can worship you in this way,

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 and that you guide us by your word

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 as to how we worship you

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 and how we call upon you,

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 and indeed what we can place before you.

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 We ask your blessing to be with us then today

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 in our gatherings.

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 We pray that your Holy Spirit once again

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 will take your word,

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 make it effective in our experience,

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 we pray.

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 Lord, leave us not to its outward sound merely,

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 but give us, like the psalmist,

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 to delight in your word inwardly,

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 that they may be our delight,

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 even your laws,

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 that we may find, Lord,

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 our comfort in your word,

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 in a world which has so much

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 to discomfort your people.

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 We ask today that you would continue

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 to encourage us,

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 to lift us up,

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 that you will continue, Lord,

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 to strengthen us

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 against all the temptations that we face,

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 temptations especially designed

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 to draw us away from obedience to you,

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 and designed, Lord,

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 to demoralize

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 and to bring us despondency

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 instead of assurance.

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 We ask that you would grant to us, Lord,

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 that today we may know

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 that the Lord has indeed been amongst us,

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 that you have been pleased once again

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 to look upon us in your favor.

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 We ask that you would revive us

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 and quicken us,

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 give us in our hearts, Lord,

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 to know of that work of your Spirit

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 bringing us out of our times

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 of gloom and despondency

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 and even against the many things in the world

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 that we know are contrary to you

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 and contrary to the advance of your cause.

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 Nevertheless,

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 help us to rejoice in you

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 and help us to realize, Lord,

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 once again,

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 that you are the God

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 who governs all things,

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 even the movements of evil.

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 We pray today for the world

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 in which we live,

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 the society we belong to ourselves,

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 in our own locality

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 and in our nation.

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 Lord, again,

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 be merciful to us,

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 we pray,

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 as we bring before you

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 so many things

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 that are of a concern

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 to your people.

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 We ask that you would

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 bring through the power

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 of the gospel

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 many people under conviction

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 that the ways of sin

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 are not ways

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 that are good for us

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 as a people.

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 Not only are they ways

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 of which you disprove,

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 but they are ways

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 that damage our lives,

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 that prevent us

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 from fulfilling

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 the chief end

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 of our creation,

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 which is to glorify you

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 and to enjoy you forever.

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 We ask your blessing

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 today for the efforts

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 being made

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 against attempts

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 in our own parliament,

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 especially,

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 to further reduce

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 the impact of the gospel

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 and the freedom

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 with which we are able

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 to declare the gospel

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 and its message.

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 Lord,

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 we pray that the attempts

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 to introduce this bill

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 against conversion practices,

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 as they are called.

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 We ask, Lord,

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 that your people

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 will be moved

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 to counter it.

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 We pray that

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 that attempt itself

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 will fail,

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 that you would show,

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 Lord,

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 your own great care

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 and compassion

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 towards your cause

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 in doing this

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 and help us,

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.500
 we pray,

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 to respond as

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 we are encouraged

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 to this

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 and to every other means

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 by which we will seek

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 to set the truth

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 before the minds

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 and the world

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 of our day.

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 Lord,

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 remember those

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 who do roll over us.

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 We pray for them.

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 We pray that

00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:04.819
 you would enlighten them

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.799
 in your paths.

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 We pray that you would

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:08.120
 bring them, Lord,

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 to your laws

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 and to your word.

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 We pray that you would

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 come into their lives

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 to give them

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 to follow you,

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 to give themselves

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 over to you,

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 to be ruled by you

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 and to realize

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.779
 that obedience

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 to Christ

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 is not the restriction

00:23:23.939 --> 00:23:25.439
 the world thinks it is,

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 but is indeed

00:23:26.739 --> 00:23:27.639
 the greatest freedom

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.359
 we can know.

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 And we pray

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.899
 that your blessing

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 will be with all

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:33.000
 throughout the world today

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 who are moved

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 to pray

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 and to act

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 on behalf

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:39.259
 of the cause of Christ.

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 Encourage your people,

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 we pray,

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:43.119
 and give us

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 as we pray to you

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 and seek

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 to wait upon you

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 for your answer

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 that we may nevertheless,

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:48.779
 Lord,

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 be encouraged

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 to continue

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 to wait upon you

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 and to hold

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 to the fact

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 that your gospel

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.759
 is true,

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.140
 that your word

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 will not return

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 to your void,

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 that it will accomplish

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:03.299
 that which pleases you.

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 We pray your blessing

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.480
 today

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:08.279
 for all other aspects

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:09.620
 of our national need

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.579
 and our local need.

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.220
 We pray that you'd

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.980
 bless all those

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.960
 today whom we know

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 are caught up

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.279
 in various types

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.079
 of difficulties

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.859
 and challenges

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.500
 in life.

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 remember them,

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.920
 we pray,

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.680
 whether they're

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:23.400
 in terms of mental health

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 or in terms

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:26.559
 of behavior,

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 we ask that you

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.720
 would be gracious

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.519
 to us, Lord,

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:30.059
 and come

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:32.740
 and help those

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:34.059
 who maybe not

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.619
 themselves cry out

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:35.960
 to you

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.859
 at this time.

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.700
 We pray that you'd

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.700
 bring them to do so

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:40.039
 and we ask that you

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.480
 would help

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.500
 those who seek

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 to help them.

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.619
 We remember those

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.720
 who provide care

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.839
 for us in our community.

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:46.920
 Again,

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.660
 we commend them

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.360
 to you, O Lord,

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.060
 and ask that you'd

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:49.580
 bless them

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:51.820
 in our health services

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:52.980
 of various kinds

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:55.080
 and the many other ways

00:24:55.080 --> 00:24:55.920
 in which we find

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.600
 volunteers

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:58.320
 and paid employment

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:58.759
 too,

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.519
 helping us

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:01.380
 in our times of need.

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.620
 Remember those

00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:03.600
 who are ill at this time,

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.820
 continue to bless them.

00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:06.320
 Remember those

00:25:06.320 --> 00:25:07.240
 who are mourning

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.620
 the passing of loved ones.

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.920
 Draw near to them,

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.380
 we pray,

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.200
 to their comfort.

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:12.759
 Grant you blessing

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.800
 to our young folks.

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.460
 We thank you for the time

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.420
 that the Bible class

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:18.319
 have had in Scalladale

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.079
 in recent days.

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.960
 We pray that that

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.360
 will be blessed to them.

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:22.620
 We ask that you would

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.360
 continue, Lord,

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:25.000
 to bless the teaching

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.180
 of your word to them

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:27.559
 and to the younger ones

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.079
 as well.

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:30.000
 We pray that you bless

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.720
 our schools.

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.220
 We ask that in all

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.259
 our schools, O Lord,

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:35.200
 we indeed may know

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:37.039
 again the influence

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.960
 of your truth,

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.299
 the influence of your word,

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.980
 both on those who teach

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:42.100
 and those who are taught.

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:43.639
 And we ask, Lord,

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:45.079
 that you would continue

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.980
 to provide us

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:47.319
 with the resources we need

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:49.099
 against the powers

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.379
 of worldliness,

00:25:50.679 --> 00:25:52.719
 the powers of secularism,

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.679
 the powers that seek

00:25:53.679 --> 00:25:54.339
 to destroy

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:56.059
 the impact of the gospel.

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.639
 Continue to hear

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:58.219
 your prayers,

00:25:58.679 --> 00:26:00.079
 your people in their prayers.

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.480
 Guide us now,

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:01.919
 we pray,

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.919
 into your word.

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.759
 Hear us and bless us

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.939
 and forgive our sins.

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.419
 For Jesus' sake.

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:07.899
 Amen.

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:11.240
 Before we turn to God's word,

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:12.519
 let's sing once again.

00:26:13.040 --> 00:26:13.820
 This time we're singing

00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:14.820
 in Psalm 43

00:26:14.820 --> 00:26:16.840
 on page 54.

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:19.680
 We'll sing these five verses.

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.980
 Come, vindicate me,

00:26:26.040 --> 00:26:26.780
 O my God.

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:28.460
 Against this nation

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.660
 plead my cause.

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:31.960
 Deliver me from wicked foes

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.740
 and hypocrites

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:34.420
 who break your laws.

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:36.340
 You are my stronghold

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:37.120
 and my God.

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:39.500
 Why then have you rejected me?

00:26:40.239 --> 00:26:42.119
 Why must I go about in grief,

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:45.339
 downtrodden by the enemy?

00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:46.799
 And you can see

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.579
 that these words

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:50.279
 carry over into the next psalm,

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.879
 which we've read

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.779
 a short time ago.

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.699
 Words where the psalmist

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.819
 is pleading with God

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:57.539
 to send out his light

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.139
 and his truth

00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:58.939
 as he has that

00:26:58.939 --> 00:27:01.119
 in verse 3 of this psalm.

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:03.219
 So we'll sing these five stanzas.

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.959
 Come, vindicate me,

00:27:04.959 --> 00:27:06.079
 O my God.

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:15.339
 Come, vindicate me,

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:19.279
 O my God.

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:23.500
 Against this nation

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:27.419
 plead my cause.

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:36.440
 Deliver me from wicked foes

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:40.880
 and hypocrites

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:45.800
 who break your laws.

00:27:45.800 --> 00:27:51.800
 You are my stronghold

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:53.799
 and my God.

00:27:53.799 --> 00:28:01.799
 Why then have you rejected me?

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:12.039
 Why must I go about in grief,

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:18.039
 death trodden by the enemy?

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.920
 enemy.

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:24.519
 Oh, send

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:26.720
 your light

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:28.839
 forth and

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:30.779
 your truth.

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.740
 Let them

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:34.839
 direct

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:36.460
 me in

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:38.759
 your grace

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.920
 and bring

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:43.180
 me to

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.460
 your

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:46.139
 holy

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:48.900
 hill into

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:50.900
 your

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:52.900
 sacred

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:54.480
 dwelling

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:56.900
 place.

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.900
 Then

00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:00.900
 to God's

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.900
 altar

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:04.900
 I will

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:06.400
 go.

00:29:07.040 --> 00:29:09.240
 To God my

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.900
 joy and

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.380
 my

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:14.759
 delight

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:17.519
 and I

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.379
 will

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.519
 praise

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:21.519
 you with

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.519
 the

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.720
 harp.

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.720
 Oh,

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.720
 God,

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:28.119
 you are

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:29.200
 my

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.660
 God

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.519
 of

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:33.640
 might.

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.519
 Why

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:36.519
 are

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.140
 you

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:39.720
 downcast,

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:41.480
 O my

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.880
 soul?

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.339
 Why

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.799
 are you

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.480
 so

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:48.480
 disturbed

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:50.480
 in me?

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.600
 Trust

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:53.940
 God

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.480
 for

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.480
 I

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.480
 will

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.480
 praise

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.480
 him

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.480
 yet

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.480
 my

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:02.480
 saviour

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.480
 and

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.480
 my

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.740
 my

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:07.240
 God

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.200
 is

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.240
 he.

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.539
 Let's

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.019
 turn now to

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.460
 the book of

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:14.799
 Psalms,

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.660
 Psalm 44.

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.420
 Psalm 44,

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.180
 especially the

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.620
 last few

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:20.220
 verses from

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:21.779
 verse 23

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.740
 to 26.

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.000
 Awake,

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:26.079
 why are you

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.880
 sleeping, O

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.220
 Lord?

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.299
 Rouse

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.920
 yourself.

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.019
 Do not

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.720
 reject us

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.079
 forever.

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.539
 Why do you

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.980
 hide your

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.440
 face?

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.099
 Why do

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.639
 you forget

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.319
 our affliction

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.039
 and oppression?

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.159
 For our

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.619
 soul is

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.119
 bowed down

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.440
 to the

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.779
 dust,

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.279
 our belly

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.819
 clings to

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.299
 the ground.

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.700
 Rise up,

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:43.859
 come to

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.440
 our help.

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.740
 Redeem

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.159
 us for

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:46.680
 the sake

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.779
 of your

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.460
 steadfast

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.960
 love.

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.440
 What's

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.879
 going on

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.119
 here?

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.680
 Why

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.220
 would this

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.720
 man of

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.119
 God

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:57.599
 be so

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.159
 bold as

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:58.539
 to call

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.299
 upon God

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.440
 to awake

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.960
 as if he

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.539
 were sleeping?

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.700
 Why are

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.359
 you sleeping,

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.159
 O Lord?

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.279
 Rouse

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.879
 yourself.

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:07.920
 Do not

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.659
 reject us

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.240
 forever.

00:31:10.659 --> 00:31:11.099
 What's the

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.639
 context?

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.200
 What's

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:13.319
 behind that?

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.339
 What's the

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:16.099
 reason he

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.659
 would speak

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:17.319
 in that way

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.000
 to God?

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.079
 Is that

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.759
 not wrong?

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.000
 Would we

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.559
 not find

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.279
 fault with

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.200
 him for

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.920
 doing so,

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.559
 for using

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.619
 these words

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:25.960
 as he

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.359
 addresses

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.980
 God?

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.019
 Well,

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.500
 perhaps,

00:31:28.659 --> 00:31:28.899
 but we

00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:29.180
 need to

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.759
 understand

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.920
 where that

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.460
 cry is

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.079
 coming from.

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:34.079
 Sam,

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.399
 you can

00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:34.659
 say,

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.599
 divides

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.460
 into two

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.399
 main parts,

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.319
 verses 1

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.879
 to 8.

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:39.779
 You'll notice

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.299
 as we read

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.819
 through it,

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.759
 verses 1

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.420
 to 8 are

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.139
 in many ways

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.879
 a celebration

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.920
 of God's

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.839
 victories on

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.859
 behalf of

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.420
 his people,

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.339
 and especially

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.399
 how he brought

00:31:49.399 --> 00:31:49.879
 them to be

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:51.000
 settled in

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.579
 the land of

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:51.960
 Canaan,

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.899
 his covenant

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.379
 people,

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.339
 having brought

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.879
 them out of

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.700
 Egypt safely

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.200
 and on

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.899
 through the

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.299
 wilderness.

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.740
 But then

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.019
 there's a

00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:00.500
 turn from

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.099
 verse 9

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.539
 onwards.

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.119
 The first

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.839
 eight verses

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:05.279
 are verses

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.980
 that prepare

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.639
 us for

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.379
 the complaint

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:08.740
 and the

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.899
 context that

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.939
 bemoans the

00:32:10.939 --> 00:32:12.119
 defeats that

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.399
 they have

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:12.699
 suffered.

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.099
 We're not

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.799
 told the

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:15.000
 exact historical

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.899
 context of

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.459
 the psalm,

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.659
 but it's

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.259
 obviously a

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.919
 time when

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.959
 they faced

00:32:20.959 --> 00:32:21.619
 defeat and

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.199
 experienced

00:32:22.199 --> 00:32:23.579
 defeat against

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.199
 their enemies

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:24.679
 because,

00:32:25.179 --> 00:32:25.639
 as you can see

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.179
 there in these

00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:26.559
 verses,

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.980
 the Lord,

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.759
 he says,

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.359
 has rejected

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:29.679
 us,

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.339
 you have

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.899
 not gone

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.339
 out with

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:32.199
 our armies,

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.179
 you have

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:33.599
 made us

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.379
 turn back

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:34.919
 from the

00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:35.299
 foe,

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.319
 and those

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:36.779
 who hate

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.159
 us have

00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:37.919
 taken spoil,

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.379
 and then

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:39.359
 twice he

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.799
 says in

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.159
 the psalm,

00:32:40.219 --> 00:32:40.459
 you have

00:32:40.459 --> 00:32:40.899
 made us

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.619
 like sheep

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.799
 for the

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.219
 slaughter.

00:32:44.439 --> 00:32:45.059
 So the

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:46.859
 context is

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.659
 really that

00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:48.559
 context of

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:50.119
 defeat and

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:51.639
 of seeing

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.159
 that God

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.699
 had not

00:32:52.699 --> 00:32:53.899
 actually acted

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.319
 on their

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:55.199
 behalf as

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:55.799
 he had done

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.519
 previously.

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.819
 and he's

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.619
 bringing this

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.259
 to God

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.319
 and actually

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:01.180
 setting that

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:02.160
 before God

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.220
 and expressing

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.099
 the pain

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.639
 of his heart,

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.920
 the bewilderment

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.940
 indeed of his

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.379
 heart as

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:08.440
 why is this

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.079
 the case?

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.680
 Why are we

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.480
 now like this

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.400
 when previously

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.579
 the Lord

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.599
 showed his

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.440
 power in

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.119
 our support

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.839
 on our

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.379
 behalf?

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.819
 Well,

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.200
 that's a

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.039
 pattern here

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.960
 that really

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.500
 the church

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.839
 of God,

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.379
 the people

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:23.019
 of God

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.960
 have known

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.400
 throughout

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:24.960
 history

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:26.240
 because as

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.500
 you know

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.120
 yourselves,

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.079
 there are

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.620
 periods in

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:29.100
 the history

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.519
 of the

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.779
 church

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.299
 down all

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.539
 these

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.440
 generations

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.480
 where you

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.200
 find times

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.100
 of blessings

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:35.259
 nevertheless

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.240
 accompanied by

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:37.200
 times of

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.940
 barrenness

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.519
 spiritually,

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.440
 times when

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.279
 the church

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.039
 has experienced

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.799
 growth,

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.299
 but that's

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.860
 sometimes

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.420
 accompanied

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.039
 or followed

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.980
 by or even

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:48.019
 preceded by

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:49.900
 times of

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.640
 reduction

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.640
 and lack

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.240
 of growth,

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.500
 indeed times

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.180
 when there's

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.600
 been such

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.459
 great decline

00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:56.339
 numerically

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.939
 as well,

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.399
 times when

00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:58.759
 the church

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.959
 has advanced,

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.359
 when the

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.799
 power of

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.240
 the gospel

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.019
 through the

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.259
 church,

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:02.839
 through God's

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.139
 people,

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:03.980
 has really

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.339
 had an

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.119
 impact on

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.839
 society,

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.559
 but times

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:07.980
 such as

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.400
 we're living

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.019
 in now

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:10.619
 when that's

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.019
 not the

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.460
 case,

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.099
 when you

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.460
 can say

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.380
 that these

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.380
 verses 9b

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.960
 to 10

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.139
 might

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:18.199
 characterize

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.039
 the times

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.420
 in which

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.940
 we live,

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.039
 you have

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.460
 not gone

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.880
 out without

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.480
 armies,

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.380
 you've

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.699
 made us

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.279
 turn back

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.640
 from the

00:34:24.640 --> 00:34:25.019
 foe,

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.820
 those who

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.180
 hate us

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:26.640
 have taken

00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:27.320
 spoil,

00:34:28.160 --> 00:34:28.820
 the reduction

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.180
 in the

00:34:29.180 --> 00:34:30.019
 impact of

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.620
 the gospel,

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.940
 the reduction

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.560
 even in

00:34:32.560 --> 00:34:33.080
 terms of

00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:33.940
 not only

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.660
 the volume,

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.320
 the number

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.280
 of God's

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.960
 people that

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.080
 represent him

00:34:38.080 --> 00:34:38.920
 and witness

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.440
 for him in

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:39.880
 the world,

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:40.740
 but how we

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.140
 ourselves

00:34:41.140 --> 00:34:42.200
 experience such

00:34:42.200 --> 00:34:42.760
 a lack of

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.680
 power accompanying

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.500
 that witness.

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.580
 These are the

00:34:46.580 --> 00:34:47.420
 kind of times

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.740
 that we have

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.540
 actually come to

00:34:49.540 --> 00:34:51.060
 experience in

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.460
 the wisdom

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.860
 and the

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.420
 providence

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.639
 of God.

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.179
 And undoubtedly

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.719
 that's the

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.179
 case with

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.559
 the church

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:56.900
 in the

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.599
 west today,

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.639
 that while

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:58.880
 there are

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.340
 other parts

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.579
 of the

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.039
 world for

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.360
 which we

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:00.759
 give thanks

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.219
 to God,

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.019
 where the

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.519
 church is

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.019
 increasing,

00:35:03.279 --> 00:35:04.119
 where the

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.900
 gospel itself

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.460
 is having

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.179
 an impact,

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.159
 even if you

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.759
 wouldn't

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.199
 necessarily

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.699
 agree with

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.759
 everything that's

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.159
 happening,

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:10.900
 nevertheless it's

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.279
 still the

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:11.799
 case that

00:35:11.799 --> 00:35:13.119
 in other

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.719
 parts of the

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.119
 world the

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.539
 church is

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:14.960
 growing.

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:16.599
 It's not

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.539
 the case by

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.300
 enlarge with

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:19.480
 ourselves in

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.980
 the western

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:21.079
 nations.

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.800
 And we

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.559
 find ourselves

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:25.079
 sometimes in

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.759
 the position of

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:26.340
 the psalmist

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:27.579
 here, asking

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.239
 the question

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.779
 why.

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.219
 And there

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.500
 are three

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.900
 things I

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.279
 want to

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:32.599
 take from

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.679
 this context

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:34.179
 today.

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.360
 I want to

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.860
 look first of

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.759
 all at the

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.420
 importance of

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.019
 a living

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:39.099
 relationship

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:40.139
 with God.

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.019
 Secondly,

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:42.860
 I would

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.619
 call our

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.239
 second point

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:45.179
 behind a

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:45.739
 frowning

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:46.579
 providence,

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.799
 taking words

00:35:47.799 --> 00:35:48.659
 from William

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.199
 Cowper's

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.880
 great poem

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.920
 God Moves

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.699
 in a Mysterious

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:51.980
 Way.

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.400
 So that'll

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.659
 be our

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.619
 second point.

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.019
 We'll try

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.819
 and open

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.400
 up why

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:56.079
 we're giving

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.480
 it that

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.819
 title,

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.360
 that second

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:57.779
 point.

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.619
 The third

00:35:58.619 --> 00:36:00.039
 will be,

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.739
 again,

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.380
 borrowed

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:02.019
 from Romans,

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.440
 this time

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.259
 Romans 15,

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.299
 these things

00:36:04.299 --> 00:36:04.819
 were written

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:05.759
 for our

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.599
 instruction.

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.119
 Things which

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.440
 are written

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:09.219
 beforehand

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:10.319
 were written

00:36:10.319 --> 00:36:10.940
 for our

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.500
 instruction.

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:11.960
 So that's

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.340
 our way of

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.659
 final application

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:15.019
 of these

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.639
 verses and

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:15.960
 of the

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.400
 context

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.300
 in the

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:18.240
 psalm.

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.980
 So the

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.380
 importance

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.200
 of a

00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:20.539
 living

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.360
 relationship

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.280
 with God.

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:22.860
 The

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.360
 psalmist

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:24.400
 now has

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:25.000
 the benefit

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.320
 here,

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.740
 though he's

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:26.300
 speaking in

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.800
 this way,

00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:27.619
 he has the

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.220
 benefit of

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:28.820
 personally

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.619
 knowing

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.300
 God.

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.639
 You can

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.079
 see that

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.619
 coming through.

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.220
 Nobody

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:34.039
 would use

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:35.160
 these words

00:36:35.160 --> 00:36:35.599
 in the

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:35.960
 form of

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.420
 a prayer

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.780
 and of

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.400
 an appeal

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.480
 unless he

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:39.200
 actually knew

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.780
 God to

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.519
 begin with.

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.480
 These are

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.760
 not the

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.160
 words of

00:36:42.160 --> 00:36:42.720
 somebody who

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.019
 is a

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.639
 stranger to

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.039
 fellowship

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.880
 with God.

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:44.920
 God.

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:45.960
 They're

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.240
 not the

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:46.619
 words of

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.220
 somebody who's

00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:47.980
 never known

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.460
 God in

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:49.140
 his life.

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.200
 They're

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.700
 the words of

00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:51.260
 somebody who

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:52.200
 values the

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:53.079
 relationship he

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.420
 and his

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.220
 people have

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:54.880
 with God,

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.720
 have had in

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:56.180
 the past

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:56.740
 with God,

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.519
 and continue

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:57.980
 to have

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.660
 with God.

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.300
 And that's

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.680
 why he can

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:02.019
 express his

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.660
 sorrow and

00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:03.840
 his consternation

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.420
 and his

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.660
 puzzlement to

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.300
 God in

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:06.960
 his way.

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.119
 It's through

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.940
 this relationship

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.940
 that he has

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.640
 with God

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.299
 that he's

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:11.719
 able to

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.779
 use such

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:14.339
 language in

00:37:14.339 --> 00:37:15.379
 expressing the

00:37:15.379 --> 00:37:15.980
 sorrow of

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.659
 his heart.

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.179
 And he

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.719
 even uses

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:20.940
 this language

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.799
 very boldly,

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.539
 this bold

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.099
 language,

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.659
 calling on

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.639
 God to

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.139
 awake.

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.839
 Why are

00:37:25.839 --> 00:37:26.519
 you sleeping?

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.579
 Did the

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.639
 psalmist really

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.319
 believe that

00:37:29.319 --> 00:37:29.739
 God had

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.400
 fallen asleep?

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:30.920
 Of course

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.339
 not.

00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:34.599
 God never

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.500
 slumbers nor

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.879
 sleeps.

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.539
 He knew that

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.159
 very well.

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.460
 But he puts

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.920
 it in this

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.539
 form as

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:39.920
 as to

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:41.179
 reinforce

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:42.500
 the strength

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.840
 of his

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.719
 appeal to

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.159
 God.

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:45.239
 It's as if

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:45.719
 God has

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.460
 fallen asleep.

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:47.400
 It's as if

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:48.000
 God is no

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:49.000
 longer active.

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.920
 It's as if

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.360
 God has

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.239
 withdrawn his

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:52.159
 power altogether

00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:53.000
 and is not

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.619
 prepared to

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.179
 come to

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:55.059
 bless them

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.400
 as his

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:56.300
 people anymore.

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.000
 And so he

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.559
 uses this

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.619
 graphic language,

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.440
 awake,

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.440
 why are you

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:00.840
 sleeping?

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.639
 He didn't

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.320
 believe God

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:03.159
 was actually

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.679
 asleep,

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.880
 but it

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.679
 reinforces his

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.320
 appeal to

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:07.360
 God for

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:07.860
 God to

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.539
 act once

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.960
 again.

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.820
 as he

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.179
 used to

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:10.460
 in the

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:10.880
 past.

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:15.059
 In fact,

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:15.720
 you could

00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:16.260
 say that

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:17.199
 the words

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:17.860
 he's using

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:19.220
 here actually

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:20.780
 reveals that

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.519
 he believes

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:22.559
 in a God

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.340
 who acts.

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.599
 Why would

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.199
 he call upon

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.099
 God to

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.900
 come, as

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.320
 he put it

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.679
 here, to

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.539
 awaken himself

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.159
 from sleep

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.780
 and to

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.460
 show himself

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.280
 again if

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.679
 he didn't

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.240
 believe to

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.720
 begin with,

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.400
 this is the

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.740
 God who

00:38:33.740 --> 00:38:34.300
 acts on

00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:34.820
 behalf of

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.300
 his people,

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:36.019
 the God

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.780
 who actively

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:38.139
 intervenes for

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.799
 their support

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:39.279
 from time

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:39.859
 to time.

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.619
 But he

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.460
 also believes

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.839
 in a God

00:38:43.839 --> 00:38:44.259
 who is

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:45.079
 wise,

00:38:45.839 --> 00:38:46.539
 who for

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.960
 his own

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.420
 sake

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:48.480
 sometimes

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.339
 does things

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:50.000
 like this,

00:38:50.779 --> 00:38:51.420
 and instead

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.879
 of acting

00:38:51.879 --> 00:38:52.199
 as he

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.920
 once did,

00:38:53.359 --> 00:38:54.299
 he withdraws

00:38:54.299 --> 00:38:54.859
 his power

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:56.119
 sometimes for

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.980
 reasons unknown

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.759
 to us.

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.000
 God.

00:38:58.000 --> 00:39:00.400
 But there's

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:00.820
 one of the

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.480
 great benefits

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.040
 we have

00:39:02.040 --> 00:39:03.520
 in a living

00:39:03.520 --> 00:39:04.220
 relationship

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:05.120
 with God.

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.520
 Where do

00:39:06.520 --> 00:39:06.940
 you go

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.560
 today with

00:39:07.560 --> 00:39:08.260
 the agonies

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:08.580
 of your

00:39:08.580 --> 00:39:08.920
 heart?

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.740
 Where do

00:39:09.740 --> 00:39:10.000
 you go

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.480
 today with

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.800
 the things

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:11.400
 that really

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.040
 trouble you?

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:12.720
 Where do

00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:13.140
 you go with

00:39:13.140 --> 00:39:13.860
 the sturrings

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.440
 that come

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.040
 within your

00:39:15.040 --> 00:39:16.280
 soul that

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:16.780
 you cannot

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:18.140
 really understand

00:39:18.140 --> 00:39:19.280
 or fathom

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:20.060
 that cause

00:39:20.060 --> 00:39:21.240
 you bewilderment?

00:39:21.560 --> 00:39:21.940
 Where do

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.380
 you go with

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.940
 the events

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.760
 in your life

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.800
 that perplex

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.100
 you?

00:39:25.100 --> 00:39:25.680
 Where do

00:39:25.680 --> 00:39:26.080
 you go with

00:39:26.080 --> 00:39:26.500
 the things

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.059
 that actually

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.760
 cause you

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.840
 real hurt

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.340
 and real

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:29.900
 pain

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:31.360
 and unexpected

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:32.199
 agony of

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.579
 soul?

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.559
 You bring

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:33.980
 them to

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.380
 God and

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:34.739
 even if

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:35.460
 it's expressing

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:36.099
 it in this

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:36.820
 way it

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.780
 shows that

00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:38.300
 you're bringing

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:38.719
 them to

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.420
 God means

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:40.239
 you still

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:41.039
 believe in

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.219
 him.

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:41.900
 You still

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.440
 believe in

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:42.920
 his power

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.619
 to act.

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.340
 You still

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:44.900
 believe that

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.320
 he is able

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:45.800
 to help

00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:46.139
 you.

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.760
 He allows

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:51.159
 us the

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.820
 outpouring

00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:52.340
 of our

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:52.719
 grief.

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.380
 He allows

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:55.300
 us to frame

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:55.880
 things in

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.420
 question.

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.739
 questions

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:57.980
 which perhaps

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.380
 at other

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:58.940
 times we

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.260
 wouldn't

00:39:59.260 --> 00:40:00.099
 ask or

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.340
 wouldn't

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.840
 even need

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.679
 to ask.

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:03.360
 But as

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:03.880
 part of

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.880
 the greatness

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.460
 of our

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.940
 God,

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.659
 as part of

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:08.840
 the facility

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.539
 he gives

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.219
 us in

00:40:10.219 --> 00:40:10.940
 his kindness,

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.340
 in his

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:12.039
 loving kindness,

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.639
 that's how the

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.239
 psalm finishes,

00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:14.360
 redeem us for

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:15.159
 the sake of

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:16.000
 your steadfast

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.340
 love,

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:17.079
 your loving

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.599
 kindness,

00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:18.260
 for your

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:18.900
 own sake,

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.260
 Lord.

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:19.380
 Lord.

00:40:20.660 --> 00:40:21.060
 And we

00:40:21.060 --> 00:40:22.620
 today can

00:40:22.620 --> 00:40:23.100
 bring to

00:40:23.100 --> 00:40:24.620
 him all

00:40:24.620 --> 00:40:25.100
 that is

00:40:25.100 --> 00:40:26.080
 lying on

00:40:26.080 --> 00:40:26.740
 our hearts

00:40:26.740 --> 00:40:28.580
 and perhaps

00:40:28.580 --> 00:40:29.200
 say to

00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:29.700
 him as we

00:40:29.700 --> 00:40:30.040
 would not

00:40:30.040 --> 00:40:30.380
 say to

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:31.100
 anyone else,

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.700
 these

00:40:32.700 --> 00:40:33.180
 Lord are

00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:33.580
 the things

00:40:33.580 --> 00:40:33.980
 that I'm

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:34.640
 experiencing.

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:36.280
 Come to

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.500
 me.

00:40:37.140 --> 00:40:37.480
 Tell me

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:37.840
 why.

00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:39.200
 Tell me

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:39.800
 about them.

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:41.180
 Explain

00:40:41.180 --> 00:40:41.620
 them to

00:40:41.620 --> 00:40:41.820
 me.

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:42.600
 Help me

00:40:42.600 --> 00:40:42.880
 through

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:43.220
 them.

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:47.859
 What a

00:40:47.859 --> 00:40:48.339
 great God

00:40:48.339 --> 00:40:48.879
 we have

00:40:48.879 --> 00:40:51.000
 that we

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.399
 can do

00:40:51.399 --> 00:40:51.859
 this.

00:40:53.279 --> 00:40:53.779
 That we

00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:54.119
 can do

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.799
 this and

00:40:54.799 --> 00:40:55.179
 he doesn't

00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:55.659
 then say

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:55.959
 to us,

00:40:56.299 --> 00:40:56.719
 you put

00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:57.259
 that into

00:40:57.259 --> 00:40:57.939
 more decent

00:40:57.939 --> 00:40:58.519
 language.

00:40:58.899 --> 00:40:59.279
 You put

00:40:59.279 --> 00:40:59.679
 that into

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.339
 language that

00:41:00.339 --> 00:41:00.779
 shows you

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:01.359
 understand

00:41:01.359 --> 00:41:02.039
 something more

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.539
 of what I'm

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:02.879
 doing.

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.500
 He doesn't

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:03.859
 turn us

00:41:03.859 --> 00:41:04.259
 away and

00:41:04.259 --> 00:41:04.359
 say,

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.039
 come back

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.379
 with your

00:41:05.379 --> 00:41:06.099
 more polished

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.719
 prayers.

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:08.919
 He hears

00:41:08.919 --> 00:41:09.159
 us.

00:41:09.439 --> 00:41:09.859
 He hears

00:41:09.859 --> 00:41:10.319
 the cry

00:41:10.319 --> 00:41:10.699
 of our

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.119
 souls.

00:41:11.899 --> 00:41:12.579
 He hears

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:13.199
 the tears

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:13.919
 that sometimes

00:41:13.919 --> 00:41:14.460
 fall from

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.139
 our eyes

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.719
 when we

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:16.139
 can't put

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.899
 into words

00:41:16.899 --> 00:41:17.539
 the things

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:17.980
 that really

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.579
 bewilder

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:18.939
 us in

00:41:18.939 --> 00:41:19.619
 this life.

00:41:21.399 --> 00:41:22.159
 God is

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:23.259
 still our

00:41:23.259 --> 00:41:23.659
 God,

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:24.960
 even when

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.419
 we can't

00:41:25.419 --> 00:41:26.039
 understand

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:27.460
 how he

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:27.899
 deals with

00:41:27.899 --> 00:41:28.199
 us at

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.559
 certain

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:29.239
 times.

00:41:30.279 --> 00:41:31.119
 Is that

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:32.319
 the case

00:41:32.319 --> 00:41:33.059
 with yourself?

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.679
 Do you

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.099
 have this

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:35.539
 living

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:36.480
 relationship

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:37.279
 with God

00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:38.000
 where you

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.419
 can come

00:41:38.419 --> 00:41:38.819
 not only

00:41:38.819 --> 00:41:39.399
 to sing

00:41:39.399 --> 00:41:40.019
 his praises

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.359
 as we

00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:41.179
 do in

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.480
 church,

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:41.859
 but to

00:41:41.859 --> 00:41:42.599
 sing his

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.039
 praises,

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.880
 even the

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:44.360
 kind of

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:44.960
 words that

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.380
 you find

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.779
 in the

00:41:45.779 --> 00:41:46.579
 psalm that

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:47.119
 are real

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:48.340
 expressions of

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:48.940
 how you

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.239
 feel,

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:49.579
 how you

00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:49.980
 know in

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.400
 your heart

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:50.820
 things to

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:51.139
 be?

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:51.980
 Are there

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.400
 things in

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:52.840
 your life

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:53.320
 today where

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.759
 you know

00:41:53.759 --> 00:41:54.519
 things are

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.920
 not as

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:55.340
 they should

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:55.880
 be between

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:56.679
 yourself and

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:57.159
 God?

00:41:59.259 --> 00:42:00.059
 Is God

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.960
 less clear to

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.539
 you today than

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:01.940
 he was

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.659
 previously?

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:04.099
 Is there

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:04.639
 something in

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:05.039
 your life

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:05.360
 where you

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:06.679
 know there's

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:07.480
 something affecting

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:08.480
 your relationship

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:09.280
 with God?

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.059
 Or perhaps

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.539
 you haven't

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:12.059
 even come

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:13.740
 yet to

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:14.320
 embrace

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:14.920
 this God

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.280
 and all

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:15.579
 that he

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:16.079
 is.

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:18.340
 Perhaps

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:18.820
 you'd rather

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:19.219
 the things

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:19.880
 were comfortable

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.380
 all the

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:20.740
 time.

00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:21.380
 Well,

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:21.780
 so would

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:22.059
 I.

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:23.820
 But that's

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:24.260
 not the

00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:24.740
 God we

00:42:24.740 --> 00:42:25.460
 worship,

00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:25.980
 the God

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:26.500
 we follow,

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:26.900
 the God

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.579
 we serve.

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:29.460
 Instead,

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.559
 we need to

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.320
 come at

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.940
 all times,

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.380
 as Psalm

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:33.280
 34 begins,

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:34.700
 at all

00:42:34.700 --> 00:42:35.860
 times I

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.880
 will bless

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.540
 the Lord,

00:42:38.080 --> 00:42:38.519
 even the

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.680
 times when

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:40.240
 it's beyond

00:42:40.240 --> 00:42:41.260
 your understanding

00:42:41.260 --> 00:42:42.300
 why he's

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:42.780
 dealing with

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.040
 you in

00:42:43.040 --> 00:42:43.980
 certain ways.

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:45.280
 First thing

00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:45.680
 then is a

00:42:45.680 --> 00:42:46.900
 living relationship

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.480
 with God,

00:42:47.560 --> 00:42:48.220
 the importance,

00:42:48.700 --> 00:42:49.260
 the necessity

00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:50.019
 of that,

00:42:50.560 --> 00:42:51.160
 the need we

00:42:51.160 --> 00:42:51.400
 have,

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:51.880
 each one of

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:51.980
 us,

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.340
 to have

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:53.280
 that for

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:53.800
 ourselves.

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.300
 Secondly,

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.800
 behind a

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:57.260
 frowning

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:57.680
 providence,

00:42:57.760 --> 00:42:58.200
 as we said

00:42:58.200 --> 00:42:58.700
 from verse

00:42:58.700 --> 00:43:00.060
 17,

00:43:00.200 --> 00:43:00.640
 especially,

00:43:01.560 --> 00:43:01.900
 the Psalm

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:02.340
 is showing

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:02.980
 why he's

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.699
 perplexed.

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:04.599
 And what's

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:05.619
 really perplexing

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:06.420
 is that he's

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:06.840
 saying here,

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:07.940
 we have

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:08.980
 not forgotten

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.440
 you,

00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:10.240
 verse 17,

00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:11.099
 all this

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:11.480
 has come

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:12.000
 upon us,

00:43:12.260 --> 00:43:12.639
 and we

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:13.059
 have not

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.659
 been false

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:14.059
 to your

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:14.480
 covenant,

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:15.340
 our heart

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:15.820
 has not

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.559
 turned back,

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:17.320
 not have

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:17.900
 our steps

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.460
 departed

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:19.039
 from your

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.260
 way,

00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:20.099
 yet you

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.719
 have broken

00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:21.199
 us.

00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:22.240
 This is

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.579
 what makes

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.380
 it really

00:43:23.380 --> 00:43:24.199
 perplexing.

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:24.900
 If he was

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:25.440
 coming with

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:26.059
 a confession

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:27.099
 of backsliding,

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:28.039
 a confession

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.460
 where he

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.139
 found the

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.760
 people and

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:30.340
 himself to

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:30.920
 have departed

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:31.320
 from the

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:31.880
 ways of the

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.139
 Lord,

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:32.780
 or as he

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:33.280
 says there,

00:43:33.620 --> 00:43:34.280
 if we had

00:43:34.280 --> 00:43:34.960
 forgotten the

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:35.360
 name of

00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:36.080
 God and

00:43:36.080 --> 00:43:36.580
 spread our

00:43:36.580 --> 00:43:37.200
 hands to a

00:43:37.200 --> 00:43:37.720
 foreign God,

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.340
 to idols,

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:38.860
 in other words,

00:43:39.080 --> 00:43:39.600
 God would

00:43:39.600 --> 00:43:40.240
 know this and

00:43:40.240 --> 00:43:40.660
 he would make

00:43:40.660 --> 00:43:41.220
 it known to

00:43:41.220 --> 00:43:41.360
 us.

00:43:41.600 --> 00:43:42.180
 This is not

00:43:42.180 --> 00:43:42.760
 the case.

00:43:43.700 --> 00:43:44.360
 He's convinced

00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:45.240
 that it's not

00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:45.860
 because they've

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:46.760
 gone astray or

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:48.100
 badly astray that

00:43:48.100 --> 00:43:48.860
 this has happened.

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:49.560
 So he's asking

00:43:49.560 --> 00:43:50.380
 God the question,

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:51.540
 well, what is the

00:43:51.540 --> 00:43:52.200
 meaning of this

00:43:52.200 --> 00:43:52.480
 then?

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.760
 Maybe in your

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:56.380
 life today,

00:43:56.560 --> 00:43:57.920
 you can't put your

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.780
 finger on something

00:43:58.780 --> 00:44:00.120
 you've done that

00:44:00.120 --> 00:44:00.560
 you know is

00:44:00.560 --> 00:44:01.820
 wrong and that

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.340
 you may think

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:03.160
 God is now

00:44:03.160 --> 00:44:04.640
 laying some

00:44:04.640 --> 00:44:05.320
 sort of

00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:06.280
 chastisement upon

00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:06.840
 you to bring

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:07.440
 you back to

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:07.780
 himself.

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:08.240
 Maybe you say,

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:09.300
 well, I can't

00:44:09.300 --> 00:44:09.940
 put my finger

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:10.340
 on anything,

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:11.960
 so why don't

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.720
 I have God's

00:44:12.720 --> 00:44:13.460
 closeness the

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.019
 way I used

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.240
 to?

00:44:14.640 --> 00:44:15.040
 Well, if you

00:44:15.040 --> 00:44:16.400
 go to the

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:17.180
 book of Job,

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:18.440
 you'll find a

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:19.160
 man in exactly

00:44:19.160 --> 00:44:19.960
 that position.

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:21.960
 And the

00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:22.760
 book of Job,

00:44:23.080 --> 00:44:23.680
 difficult though

00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:24.380
 many parts of

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:24.840
 it is to

00:44:24.840 --> 00:44:25.480
 understand,

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:26.280
 we can

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:27.160
 certainly understand

00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:28.379
 the main thread

00:44:28.379 --> 00:44:28.719
 of it,

00:44:28.839 --> 00:44:29.500
 which is this,

00:44:29.899 --> 00:44:31.219
 God is showing,

00:44:31.299 --> 00:44:31.759
 he's showing

00:44:31.759 --> 00:44:32.460
 Satan,

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:33.420
 with which the

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:34.039
 book begins,

00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:34.679
 the first few

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:35.039
 chapters,

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.759
 Satan coming

00:44:35.759 --> 00:44:36.639
 to be given

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.379
 permission to

00:44:37.379 --> 00:44:38.399
 attack Job.

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.819
 Job's a holy

00:44:39.819 --> 00:44:40.239
 man.

00:44:40.739 --> 00:44:41.420
 Job has not

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:42.119
 gone astray.

00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:43.699
 Job is respected

00:44:43.699 --> 00:44:44.480
 in his community

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:45.199
 as a man of

00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:45.699
 God.

00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:48.480
 And yet,

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:49.079
 he has this

00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:50.000
 immense suffering

00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:50.739
 laid upon him

00:44:50.739 --> 00:44:51.219
 in God's

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:51.799
 providence.

00:44:52.859 --> 00:44:53.519
 God has given

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:54.319
 permission to

00:44:54.319 --> 00:44:55.219
 Satan to attack

00:44:55.219 --> 00:44:55.679
 him in this

00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:56.039
 way.

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:57.579
 what's the

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:57.880
 purpose?

00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:58.400
 What's the

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:58.659
 meaning?

00:44:59.199 --> 00:44:59.360
 Well,

00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:00.019
 so that

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:05.239
 when you

00:45:05.239 --> 00:45:05.679
 look at the

00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:06.340
 book of Job,

00:45:07.579 --> 00:45:08.960
 God is

00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:09.659
 showing that

00:45:09.659 --> 00:45:11.900
 Job wasn't

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:12.480
 a believer

00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:14.279
 for personal

00:45:14.279 --> 00:45:15.619
 selfish reasons.

00:45:17.179 --> 00:45:18.000
 He's showing

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.599
 that Job

00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:19.300
 didn't put his

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:20.019
 confidence and

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.920
 trust in God,

00:45:21.279 --> 00:45:21.759
 as it were,

00:45:21.759 --> 00:45:22.679
 just so he could

00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:23.279
 get so much

00:45:23.279 --> 00:45:23.960
 out of it for

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:24.519
 himself.

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:27.019
 He's showing

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:28.259
 that faith,

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:30.159
 in the case of

00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:30.539
 Job,

00:45:30.619 --> 00:45:31.239
 when we trust

00:45:31.239 --> 00:45:33.519
 more and more

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:34.079
 in our own

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:34.320
 case,

00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:36.019
 faith trusts

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.699
 in God,

00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:37.779
 come what

00:45:37.779 --> 00:45:38.179
 may.

00:45:39.759 --> 00:45:40.480
 Faith trusts

00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:41.119
 in God not

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:41.739
 just in the

00:45:41.739 --> 00:45:42.360
 fair weather,

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:43.119
 but during the

00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:43.659
 storms.

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.340
 Faith is

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:46.099
 concerned to

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:47.139
 honor God,

00:45:48.179 --> 00:45:48.759
 even at the

00:45:48.759 --> 00:45:49.559
 worst of times,

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.259
 if we can put it

00:45:50.259 --> 00:45:50.779
 that way,

00:45:51.779 --> 00:45:52.559
 as much as the

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:53.380
 times when we

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:54.840
 have things

00:45:54.840 --> 00:45:55.600
 going quietly

00:45:55.600 --> 00:45:56.360
 and comfortably.

00:45:59.620 --> 00:46:00.360
 Whenever you

00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:00.820
 find a

00:46:00.820 --> 00:46:01.160
 Christian

00:46:01.160 --> 00:46:01.680
 suffering,

00:46:02.680 --> 00:46:03.640
 when you

00:46:03.640 --> 00:46:03.940
 find a

00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:04.240
 Christian

00:46:04.240 --> 00:46:04.920
 obviously

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.559
 suffering,

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:07.539
 never conclude

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:08.160
 that that's a

00:46:08.160 --> 00:46:08.840
 chastisement.

00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:10.880
 Never conclude

00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:11.480
 about that

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:11.860
 person,

00:46:12.640 --> 00:46:13.240
 something's

00:46:13.240 --> 00:46:13.780
 gone wrong

00:46:13.780 --> 00:46:14.860
 between himself

00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:15.260
 and God,

00:46:15.300 --> 00:46:15.740
 he's done

00:46:15.740 --> 00:46:16.320
 something or

00:46:16.320 --> 00:46:16.820
 she's done

00:46:16.820 --> 00:46:17.519
 something really

00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:18.100
 bad,

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:19.079
 or else there

00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:19.620
 wouldn't be that

00:46:19.620 --> 00:46:20.320
 sort of suffering

00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:20.680
 in their

00:46:20.680 --> 00:46:21.180
 life.

00:46:22.660 --> 00:46:22.960
 God

00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:23.580
 sometimes

00:46:23.580 --> 00:46:24.640
 brings

00:46:24.640 --> 00:46:25.500
 suffering for

00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:26.440
 other reasons,

00:46:27.220 --> 00:46:28.019
 reasons known

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:28.760
 to himself,

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:29.940
 reason known

00:46:29.940 --> 00:46:30.380
 to his

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:30.820
 wisdom.

00:46:31.860 --> 00:46:32.080
 You see,

00:46:32.140 --> 00:46:32.620
 that's when you

00:46:32.620 --> 00:46:33.480
 go to the

00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:34.080
 likes of Job

00:46:34.080 --> 00:46:34.380
 and his

00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:35.039
 wife came.

00:46:35.140 --> 00:46:35.559
 You remember

00:46:35.559 --> 00:46:37.120
 early on in

00:46:37.120 --> 00:46:37.559
 the book of

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:37.860
 Job,

00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:39.740
 his wife came

00:46:39.740 --> 00:46:41.260
 and was a

00:46:41.260 --> 00:46:42.100
 temptation to

00:46:42.100 --> 00:46:42.340
 him,

00:46:42.780 --> 00:46:43.480
 used of course

00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:44.440
 I'm sure by

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:45.240
 Satan as well,

00:46:45.300 --> 00:46:45.720
 who's so

00:46:45.720 --> 00:46:46.059
 involved,

00:46:46.120 --> 00:46:46.640
 as we said,

00:46:47.180 --> 00:46:47.880
 in the whole

00:46:47.880 --> 00:46:49.059
 of Job's

00:46:49.059 --> 00:46:50.019
 incidents.

00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:50.980
 You find

00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:51.360
 there in

00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:51.900
 Job chapter

00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:52.320
 2,

00:46:52.740 --> 00:46:53.480
 verses 9

00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:53.960
 to 10,

00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:54.400
 that this

00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:55.300
 is what

00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:56.720
 Job resisted,

00:46:56.900 --> 00:46:58.039
 where his

00:46:58.039 --> 00:46:58.579
 wife said

00:46:58.579 --> 00:46:58.800
 to him,

00:46:59.240 --> 00:46:59.800
 do you still

00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:00.500
 hold fast

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:01.180
 your integrity?

00:47:01.660 --> 00:47:02.579
 Curse God

00:47:02.579 --> 00:47:03.300
 and die.

00:47:03.619 --> 00:47:03.940
 She was really

00:47:03.940 --> 00:47:04.420
 saying to him,

00:47:04.660 --> 00:47:04.900
 you know,

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:05.960
 you're believing

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:06.820
 in this God

00:47:06.820 --> 00:47:07.380
 and look what's

00:47:07.380 --> 00:47:07.880
 happened to

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:08.360
 your life.

00:47:08.579 --> 00:47:09.160
 What benefit

00:47:09.160 --> 00:47:09.720
 has it been

00:47:09.720 --> 00:47:10.160
 to you?

00:47:11.380 --> 00:47:12.180
 What advantage

00:47:12.180 --> 00:47:12.960
 do you have

00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:14.140
 continuing to

00:47:14.140 --> 00:47:14.680
 believe in

00:47:14.680 --> 00:47:15.180
 this God?

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:15.360
 Now,

00:47:15.380 --> 00:47:15.700
 what did he

00:47:15.700 --> 00:47:15.900
 say?

00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:16.840
 He said,

00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:17.480
 you speak

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:17.800
 as one

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:18.079
 of the

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:18.380
 foolish

00:47:18.380 --> 00:47:18.679
 women

00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:18.920
 would

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:19.320
 speak.

00:47:19.820 --> 00:47:20.059
 Shall

00:47:20.059 --> 00:47:20.280
 we

00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:20.840
 receive

00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:21.460
 good

00:47:21.460 --> 00:47:21.780
 from

00:47:21.780 --> 00:47:22.280
 God?

00:47:22.599 --> 00:47:23.460
 And shall

00:47:23.460 --> 00:47:23.880
 we not

00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:24.340
 receive

00:47:24.340 --> 00:47:24.940
 evil

00:47:24.940 --> 00:47:25.260
 or what

00:47:25.260 --> 00:47:25.940
 is bad?

00:47:26.599 --> 00:47:27.019
 In all

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.579
 this Job

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:28.460
 did not

00:47:28.460 --> 00:47:29.159
 sin

00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:30.340
 with his

00:47:30.340 --> 00:47:30.800
 lips.

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:32.880
 That's

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:33.159
 why I've

00:47:33.159 --> 00:47:33.579
 called this

00:47:33.579 --> 00:47:33.880
 point

00:47:33.880 --> 00:47:34.659
 behind

00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:34.940
 a

00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:35.400
 frowning

00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:36.179
 providence.

00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:37.800
 Because it's

00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:38.320
 not always

00:47:38.320 --> 00:47:38.860
 the case

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:40.199
 that God

00:47:40.199 --> 00:47:40.760
 brings

00:47:40.760 --> 00:47:41.320
 difficulty

00:47:41.320 --> 00:47:41.940
 into our

00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:42.320
 lives

00:47:42.320 --> 00:47:43.659
 to test

00:47:43.659 --> 00:47:44.119
 us by

00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:44.740
 way of

00:47:44.740 --> 00:47:46.079
 bringing

00:47:46.079 --> 00:47:46.619
 us back

00:47:46.619 --> 00:47:46.859
 from

00:47:46.859 --> 00:47:48.000
 disobedience.

00:47:49.639 --> 00:47:49.880
 Every

00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:50.819
 suffering

00:47:50.819 --> 00:47:51.659
 is a

00:47:51.659 --> 00:47:52.079
 form of

00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:52.519
 testing,

00:47:52.699 --> 00:47:53.000
 yes,

00:47:53.519 --> 00:47:54.400
 but it

00:47:54.400 --> 00:47:54.619
 doesn't

00:47:54.619 --> 00:47:55.159
 always mean

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:55.519
 we've done

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:55.839
 something

00:47:55.839 --> 00:47:56.500
 really badly

00:47:56.500 --> 00:47:56.980
 wrong.

00:47:57.980 --> 00:47:58.319
 You bring

00:47:58.319 --> 00:47:58.619
 it back

00:47:58.619 --> 00:47:59.440
 to that

00:47:59.440 --> 00:48:00.039
 great poem

00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:00.579
 of William

00:48:00.579 --> 00:48:01.079
 Cowper's

00:48:01.079 --> 00:48:01.299
 God

00:48:01.299 --> 00:48:02.219
 moves in

00:48:02.219 --> 00:48:02.759
 a mysterious

00:48:02.759 --> 00:48:04.519
 way his

00:48:04.519 --> 00:48:04.940
 judgments

00:48:04.940 --> 00:48:05.599
 to perform.

00:48:05.779 --> 00:48:06.960
 And later

00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:07.679
 on in the

00:48:07.679 --> 00:48:07.920
 poem,

00:48:08.359 --> 00:48:08.779
 these three

00:48:08.779 --> 00:48:09.119
 verses,

00:48:09.119 --> 00:48:10.500
 judge not

00:48:10.500 --> 00:48:11.019
 the Lord

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:11.880
 by feeble

00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:12.400
 sense,

00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:13.739
 but trust

00:48:13.739 --> 00:48:14.139
 him for

00:48:14.139 --> 00:48:14.699
 his grace.

00:48:15.460 --> 00:48:16.159
 Behind a

00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:16.599
 frowning

00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:17.159
 providence

00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:18.460
 he hides

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:19.119
 a smiling

00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:19.619
 face.

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:21.139
 His purposes

00:48:21.139 --> 00:48:22.000
 will ripen

00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:22.480
 fast,

00:48:23.059 --> 00:48:23.779
 unfolding

00:48:23.779 --> 00:48:24.659
 every hour.

00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:25.739
 The bud

00:48:25.739 --> 00:48:26.199
 may have

00:48:26.199 --> 00:48:26.579
 a bitter

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:27.179
 taste,

00:48:27.839 --> 00:48:28.559
 but sweet

00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:29.000
 will be

00:48:29.000 --> 00:48:29.639
 the flower.

00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:31.099
 Blind

00:48:31.099 --> 00:48:32.139
 unbelief

00:48:32.139 --> 00:48:33.239
 is sure

00:48:33.239 --> 00:48:33.920
 to err

00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:35.299
 and scan

00:48:35.299 --> 00:48:36.039
 his works

00:48:36.039 --> 00:48:36.639
 in vain.

00:48:36.639 --> 00:48:38.139
 God

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:38.539
 is his

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:38.839
 own

00:48:38.839 --> 00:48:39.480
 interpreter

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:41.119
 and he

00:48:41.119 --> 00:48:42.199
 will make

00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:42.779
 it plain.

00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:44.359
 Well,

00:48:44.440 --> 00:48:44.759
 Cowper

00:48:44.759 --> 00:48:45.859
 knew very

00:48:45.859 --> 00:48:46.559
 well himself

00:48:46.559 --> 00:48:47.159
 of grievous

00:48:47.159 --> 00:48:47.819
 providences.

00:48:48.679 --> 00:48:49.039
 He was a

00:48:49.039 --> 00:48:49.460
 man who

00:48:49.460 --> 00:48:50.219
 suffered from

00:48:50.219 --> 00:48:51.659
 severe acute

00:48:51.659 --> 00:48:52.259
 depression,

00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:53.619
 a friend of

00:48:53.619 --> 00:48:54.460
 the hymn

00:48:54.460 --> 00:48:55.079
 writer John

00:48:55.079 --> 00:48:55.379
 Newton,

00:48:56.219 --> 00:48:57.000
 but that

00:48:57.000 --> 00:48:57.359
 was his

00:48:57.359 --> 00:48:57.779
 lot in

00:48:57.779 --> 00:48:58.219
 life.

00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:00.099
 And that's

00:49:00.099 --> 00:49:00.859
 out of that

00:49:00.859 --> 00:49:01.719
 agony of soul,

00:49:01.819 --> 00:49:02.339
 out of that

00:49:02.339 --> 00:49:03.659
 darkness that

00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:04.379
 came upon him

00:49:04.379 --> 00:49:04.980
 from time

00:49:04.980 --> 00:49:05.500
 to time,

00:49:05.500 --> 00:49:06.719
 he actually

00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:07.539
 penned these

00:49:07.539 --> 00:49:08.679
 wonderful words,

00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:09.820
 words that

00:49:09.820 --> 00:49:10.219
 have been

00:49:10.219 --> 00:49:11.059
 such an

00:49:11.059 --> 00:49:11.760
 assurance and

00:49:11.760 --> 00:49:12.340
 comfort to

00:49:12.340 --> 00:49:12.980
 God's people

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:13.460
 down through

00:49:13.460 --> 00:49:14.019
 the ages.

00:49:14.820 --> 00:49:15.760
 God is

00:49:15.760 --> 00:49:16.280
 his own

00:49:16.280 --> 00:49:16.920
 interpreter

00:49:16.920 --> 00:49:18.519
 and he

00:49:18.519 --> 00:49:19.039
 will make

00:49:19.039 --> 00:49:19.579
 it plain.

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:21.579
 His ways

00:49:21.579 --> 00:49:21.940
 are not

00:49:21.940 --> 00:49:22.559
 our ways,

00:49:23.639 --> 00:49:24.300
 his paths

00:49:24.300 --> 00:49:24.800
 are not

00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:25.460
 as our

00:49:25.460 --> 00:49:26.119
 paths.

00:49:27.199 --> 00:49:27.639
 Behind

00:49:27.639 --> 00:49:28.300
 the frowning

00:49:28.300 --> 00:49:28.900
 providence

00:49:28.900 --> 00:49:30.579
 there hides

00:49:30.579 --> 00:49:33.099
 a smiling

00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:33.679
 face.

00:49:33.679 --> 00:49:35.719
 that doesn't

00:49:35.719 --> 00:49:35.940
 mean,

00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:36.419
 of course,

00:49:37.039 --> 00:49:38.059
 that when

00:49:38.059 --> 00:49:38.639
 God lays

00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:39.019
 something

00:49:39.019 --> 00:49:40.059
 difficult and

00:49:40.059 --> 00:49:40.699
 grievous upon

00:49:40.699 --> 00:49:41.000
 us in

00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:41.399
 providence,

00:49:41.639 --> 00:49:42.460
 he's not

00:49:42.460 --> 00:49:43.719
 correcting us

00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:44.179
 into his

00:49:44.179 --> 00:49:44.359
 way.

00:49:44.460 --> 00:49:44.619
 There are

00:49:44.619 --> 00:49:45.000
 times when

00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:45.339
 we do

00:49:45.339 --> 00:49:46.839
 cause an

00:49:46.839 --> 00:49:47.359
 interruption

00:49:47.359 --> 00:49:47.719
 or a

00:49:47.719 --> 00:49:48.379
 break between

00:49:48.379 --> 00:49:49.619
 ourselves and

00:49:49.619 --> 00:49:50.119
 God in

00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:50.579
 fellowship,

00:49:51.859 --> 00:49:52.519
 and that we

00:49:52.519 --> 00:49:53.699
 need the

00:49:53.699 --> 00:49:54.179
 kind of

00:49:54.179 --> 00:49:54.779
 chastisement

00:49:54.779 --> 00:49:55.519
 that sometimes

00:49:55.519 --> 00:49:56.179
 he lays on

00:49:56.179 --> 00:49:57.199
 us to

00:49:57.199 --> 00:49:57.599
 bring us

00:49:57.599 --> 00:49:58.019
 back.

00:49:59.019 --> 00:49:59.480
 But here

00:49:59.480 --> 00:49:59.759
 is the

00:49:59.759 --> 00:49:59.980
 man,

00:50:00.339 --> 00:50:00.799
 a man in

00:50:00.799 --> 00:50:01.219
 the psalm

00:50:01.219 --> 00:50:01.719
 here as we're

00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:02.119
 looking at

00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:02.299
 it,

00:50:02.759 --> 00:50:03.039
 in Psalm

00:50:03.039 --> 00:50:03.500
 44,

00:50:03.959 --> 00:50:04.459
 who's asking

00:50:04.459 --> 00:50:04.980
 these great

00:50:04.980 --> 00:50:05.719
 questions of

00:50:05.719 --> 00:50:06.719
 God in

00:50:06.719 --> 00:50:07.679
 that context

00:50:07.679 --> 00:50:08.579
 where as we

00:50:08.579 --> 00:50:09.039
 see him

00:50:09.039 --> 00:50:09.980
 awake,

00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:10.619
 why are you

00:50:10.619 --> 00:50:10.980
 sleeping,

00:50:11.159 --> 00:50:11.899
 rouse yourself,

00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:13.459
 do not reject

00:50:13.459 --> 00:50:14.339
 us for his

00:50:14.339 --> 00:50:15.059
 concern,

00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:16.279
 is not just

00:50:16.279 --> 00:50:16.959
 for himself,

00:50:17.259 --> 00:50:17.759
 his concern

00:50:17.759 --> 00:50:18.299
 is for the

00:50:18.299 --> 00:50:18.819
 people of

00:50:18.819 --> 00:50:19.079
 God,

00:50:19.179 --> 00:50:19.559
 for the

00:50:19.559 --> 00:50:20.139
 cause of

00:50:20.139 --> 00:50:20.500
 God,

00:50:20.879 --> 00:50:21.239
 for the

00:50:21.239 --> 00:50:21.819
 name of

00:50:21.819 --> 00:50:22.139
 God,

00:50:22.539 --> 00:50:23.039
 for the

00:50:23.039 --> 00:50:23.639
 reputation

00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:24.299
 indeed of

00:50:24.299 --> 00:50:24.719
 God,

00:50:24.879 --> 00:50:25.399
 because they

00:50:25.399 --> 00:50:25.759
 have just

00:50:25.759 --> 00:50:26.399
 capitulated

00:50:26.399 --> 00:50:27.239
 against the

00:50:27.239 --> 00:50:27.799
 enemies of

00:50:27.799 --> 00:50:28.000
 God,

00:50:28.059 --> 00:50:28.459
 the enemies

00:50:28.459 --> 00:50:28.799
 of his

00:50:28.799 --> 00:50:29.179
 people.

00:50:29.179 --> 00:50:30.480
 And the

00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:30.819
 psalmist

00:50:30.819 --> 00:50:31.139
 here is

00:50:31.139 --> 00:50:32.779
 concerned that

00:50:32.779 --> 00:50:33.399
 God would

00:50:33.399 --> 00:50:33.819
 come to

00:50:33.819 --> 00:50:34.379
 act for

00:50:34.379 --> 00:50:34.819
 them once

00:50:34.819 --> 00:50:35.199
 again,

00:50:35.940 --> 00:50:36.839
 and show

00:50:36.839 --> 00:50:37.440
 once again

00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:38.079
 his power

00:50:38.079 --> 00:50:39.279
 and his

00:50:39.279 --> 00:50:39.719
 grace.

00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:41.759
 A living

00:50:41.759 --> 00:50:42.359
 relationship

00:50:42.359 --> 00:50:42.980
 with God

00:50:42.980 --> 00:50:44.259
 behind a

00:50:44.259 --> 00:50:45.259
 frowning

00:50:45.259 --> 00:50:45.899
 providence.

00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:47.279
 And then

00:50:47.279 --> 00:50:48.039
 from the

00:50:48.039 --> 00:50:48.339
 book of

00:50:48.339 --> 00:50:48.819
 Romans,

00:50:49.279 --> 00:50:50.099
 some verses

00:50:50.099 --> 00:50:50.639
 from chapter

00:50:50.639 --> 00:50:51.299
 15,

00:50:51.659 --> 00:50:52.199
 just to make

00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:52.679
 our third

00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:53.039
 point,

00:50:53.139 --> 00:50:53.519
 it's written

00:50:53.519 --> 00:50:54.359
 for our

00:50:54.359 --> 00:50:54.960
 instruction,

00:50:55.139 --> 00:50:55.759
 verses 3

00:50:55.759 --> 00:50:56.639
 and 4

00:50:56.639 --> 00:50:57.079
 of chapter

00:50:57.079 --> 00:50:57.739
 15 of

00:50:57.739 --> 00:50:58.059
 Romans.

00:50:58.059 --> 00:50:58.199
 Romans,

00:50:59.039 --> 00:50:59.460
 where he

00:50:59.460 --> 00:50:59.940
 says that

00:50:59.940 --> 00:51:00.579
 Christ did

00:51:00.579 --> 00:51:01.159
 not please

00:51:01.159 --> 00:51:01.659
 himself,

00:51:02.380 --> 00:51:03.119
 but as it

00:51:03.119 --> 00:51:03.539
 is written,

00:51:03.659 --> 00:51:04.360
 the reproaches

00:51:04.360 --> 00:51:04.799
 of those

00:51:04.799 --> 00:51:05.460
 who reproached

00:51:05.460 --> 00:51:06.320
 you fell

00:51:06.320 --> 00:51:06.960
 on me.

00:51:07.639 --> 00:51:08.179
 For whatever

00:51:08.179 --> 00:51:08.699
 was written

00:51:08.699 --> 00:51:09.299
 in former

00:51:09.299 --> 00:51:10.320
 days was

00:51:10.320 --> 00:51:10.860
 written for

00:51:10.860 --> 00:51:11.659
 our instruction,

00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:12.900
 that through

00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:14.259
 endurance and

00:51:14.259 --> 00:51:14.639
 through the

00:51:14.639 --> 00:51:15.619
 encouragement of

00:51:15.619 --> 00:51:16.179
 the scriptures,

00:51:16.840 --> 00:51:17.500
 we might have

00:51:17.500 --> 00:51:17.860
 hope.

00:51:19.340 --> 00:51:20.139
 That's why it

00:51:20.139 --> 00:51:20.539
 was written.

00:51:21.039 --> 00:51:21.420
 That's why

00:51:21.420 --> 00:51:22.059
 these passages

00:51:22.059 --> 00:51:22.880
 exist in the

00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:23.219
 Bible.

00:51:23.900 --> 00:51:24.519
 That we,

00:51:24.699 --> 00:51:24.880
 through

00:51:24.880 --> 00:51:25.880
 encouragement

00:51:25.880 --> 00:51:27.320
 and assurance

00:51:27.320 --> 00:51:27.840
 of the

00:51:27.840 --> 00:51:28.200
 scriptures,

00:51:28.440 --> 00:51:29.400
 might have

00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:29.700
 hope,

00:51:29.780 --> 00:51:30.000
 that we

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:30.460
 might come

00:51:30.460 --> 00:51:30.920
 to have

00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:31.660
 assurance.

00:51:31.820 --> 00:51:31.900
 And

00:51:31.900 --> 00:51:32.360
 interestingly,

00:51:33.440 --> 00:51:33.900
 it's in

00:51:33.900 --> 00:51:34.480
 Romans chapter

00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:34.840
 8,

00:51:35.019 --> 00:51:35.360
 we'll see

00:51:35.360 --> 00:51:35.720
 that in a

00:51:35.720 --> 00:51:35.900
 minute,

00:51:36.380 --> 00:51:36.860
 that Paul

00:51:36.860 --> 00:51:38.099
 actually quotes

00:51:38.099 --> 00:51:38.640
 from this

00:51:38.640 --> 00:51:38.900
 Psalm,

00:51:38.980 --> 00:51:39.660
 Psalm 44,

00:51:39.880 --> 00:51:40.400
 these words

00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:41.260
 that we are

00:51:41.260 --> 00:51:41.640
 made as

00:51:41.640 --> 00:51:42.680
 sheep for

00:51:42.680 --> 00:51:43.280
 the slaughter.

00:51:44.119 --> 00:51:44.519
 But let me

00:51:44.519 --> 00:51:44.900
 take you to

00:51:44.900 --> 00:51:45.500
 another incident

00:51:45.500 --> 00:51:46.200
 first of all,

00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:46.900
 before we come

00:51:46.900 --> 00:51:47.800
 to that,

00:51:47.980 --> 00:51:48.680
 and you'll

00:51:48.680 --> 00:51:49.119
 find it in

00:51:49.119 --> 00:51:49.760
 the Gospels,

00:51:50.480 --> 00:51:51.440
 especially

00:51:51.440 --> 00:51:53.480
 in Mark's

00:51:53.480 --> 00:51:53.780
 Gospel.

00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:54.059
 I'm going

00:51:54.059 --> 00:51:54.300
 to read

00:51:54.300 --> 00:51:54.940
 from Mark's

00:51:54.940 --> 00:51:55.280
 Gospel,

00:51:56.039 --> 00:51:56.539
 and from

00:51:56.539 --> 00:51:57.400
 chapter 4,

00:51:57.800 --> 00:51:58.420
 and verses

00:51:58.420 --> 00:52:00.320
 37 to 38.

00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:01.300
 This is

00:52:01.300 --> 00:52:02.159
 something that

00:52:02.159 --> 00:52:04.119
 took place

00:52:04.119 --> 00:52:06.880
 when the

00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:08.240
 disciples were

00:52:08.240 --> 00:52:09.420
 on the sea

00:52:09.420 --> 00:52:10.079
 in the storm.

00:52:11.240 --> 00:52:12.280
 And when

00:52:12.280 --> 00:52:12.980
 Jesus came

00:52:12.980 --> 00:52:13.559
 to them,

00:52:14.720 --> 00:52:15.519
 and when

00:52:15.519 --> 00:52:16.320
 Jesus rather

00:52:16.320 --> 00:52:16.800
 was in the

00:52:16.800 --> 00:52:17.820
 boat, but

00:52:17.820 --> 00:52:18.360
 actually was

00:52:18.360 --> 00:52:19.460
 asleep at the

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:20.659
 back of the

00:52:20.659 --> 00:52:20.940
 boat.

00:52:21.460 --> 00:52:21.659
 And the

00:52:21.659 --> 00:52:22.380
 disciples called

00:52:22.380 --> 00:52:22.840
 upon him,

00:52:23.280 --> 00:52:23.860
 did they not

00:52:23.860 --> 00:52:24.760
 care for him,

00:52:25.119 --> 00:52:25.960
 for them at

00:52:25.960 --> 00:52:26.260
 all?

00:52:26.480 --> 00:52:27.000
 Why was he

00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:27.539
 sleeping in

00:52:27.539 --> 00:52:27.800
 this way?

00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:28.360
 Very similar

00:52:28.360 --> 00:52:28.920
 really in a

00:52:28.920 --> 00:52:29.760
 sense to what

00:52:29.760 --> 00:52:30.320
 you find in

00:52:30.320 --> 00:52:31.820
 Psalm 44.

00:52:32.740 --> 00:52:33.280
 And when the

00:52:33.280 --> 00:52:33.900
 disciples came

00:52:33.900 --> 00:52:34.280
 and found

00:52:34.280 --> 00:52:35.200
 Jesus asleep,

00:52:35.539 --> 00:52:36.079
 how did he

00:52:36.079 --> 00:52:36.820
 actually respond?

00:52:36.920 --> 00:52:37.119
 He said,

00:52:37.320 --> 00:52:38.079
 where is your

00:52:38.079 --> 00:52:38.659
 face?

00:52:39.659 --> 00:52:40.000
 Now that's

00:52:40.000 --> 00:52:40.659
 really interesting

00:52:40.659 --> 00:52:41.500
 in the context.

00:52:41.920 --> 00:52:42.260
 And then of

00:52:42.260 --> 00:52:42.920
 course he arose

00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:43.780
 and rebuked the

00:52:43.780 --> 00:52:44.720
 wind, the

00:52:44.720 --> 00:52:45.659
 storm, and the

00:52:45.659 --> 00:52:46.240
 sea became a

00:52:46.240 --> 00:52:46.940
 great calm.

00:52:47.740 --> 00:52:48.099
 And they were

00:52:48.099 --> 00:52:48.940
 amazed, and they

00:52:48.940 --> 00:52:49.659
 said, who is

00:52:49.659 --> 00:52:50.179
 this then?

00:52:50.940 --> 00:52:51.260
 That he

00:52:51.260 --> 00:52:51.980
 commands even

00:52:51.980 --> 00:52:52.920
 the wind and

00:52:52.920 --> 00:52:53.420
 the seas to

00:52:53.420 --> 00:52:54.139
 obey him.

00:52:54.659 --> 00:52:54.980
 She has the

00:52:54.980 --> 00:52:56.039
 whole point of

00:52:56.039 --> 00:52:56.639
 the purpose to

00:52:56.639 --> 00:52:57.099
 bring the

00:52:57.099 --> 00:52:57.780
 disciples to

00:52:57.780 --> 00:52:58.900
 learn something

00:52:58.900 --> 00:52:59.740
 more about

00:52:59.740 --> 00:53:00.119
 Jesus.

00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:00.980
 To actually

00:53:00.980 --> 00:53:01.820
 come once again

00:53:01.820 --> 00:53:02.900
 to stand in

00:53:02.900 --> 00:53:03.599
 the presence of

00:53:03.599 --> 00:53:04.300
 Jesus and say,

00:53:04.720 --> 00:53:05.139
 this is no

00:53:05.139 --> 00:53:05.940
 ordinary man,

00:53:06.019 --> 00:53:06.380
 this is no

00:53:06.380 --> 00:53:07.220
 ordinary person,

00:53:07.500 --> 00:53:08.000
 this is a

00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:08.420
 person who's

00:53:08.420 --> 00:53:09.280
 got extraordinary

00:53:09.280 --> 00:53:10.200
 ability and

00:53:10.200 --> 00:53:11.119
 power, and he's

00:53:11.119 --> 00:53:11.760
 here with us, and

00:53:11.760 --> 00:53:12.220
 he's in this

00:53:12.220 --> 00:53:12.940
 boat, and he's

00:53:12.940 --> 00:53:13.539
 looking after

00:53:13.539 --> 00:53:13.920
 us.

00:53:14.679 --> 00:53:15.240
 See, that's one

00:53:15.239 --> 00:53:16.159
 of the great

00:53:16.159 --> 00:53:18.159
 privileges we

00:53:18.159 --> 00:53:19.259
 have in this

00:53:19.259 --> 00:53:19.719
 life.

00:53:20.119 --> 00:53:20.779
 These disciples

00:53:20.779 --> 00:53:21.319
 were actually

00:53:21.319 --> 00:53:23.459
 quite safe, even

00:53:23.459 --> 00:53:24.299
 while Jesus was

00:53:24.299 --> 00:53:24.679
 sleeping.

00:53:25.479 --> 00:53:26.359
 The storm was

00:53:26.359 --> 00:53:26.959
 not going to

00:53:26.959 --> 00:53:28.500
 overwhelm them, but

00:53:28.500 --> 00:53:29.059
 they were being

00:53:29.059 --> 00:53:29.479
 tested.

00:53:30.959 --> 00:53:31.659
 That's why he

00:53:31.659 --> 00:53:33.119
 addressed them in

00:53:33.119 --> 00:53:33.719
 terms of their

00:53:33.719 --> 00:53:35.179
 faith, or indeed

00:53:35.179 --> 00:53:36.339
 the lack of their

00:53:36.339 --> 00:53:36.839
 faith.

00:53:36.840 --> 00:53:36.920
 faith.

00:53:38.740 --> 00:53:39.780
 And so, for you

00:53:39.780 --> 00:53:42.660
 and I as well, our

00:53:42.660 --> 00:53:43.559
 privilege is to

00:53:43.559 --> 00:53:44.900
 learn more and

00:53:44.900 --> 00:53:46.140
 more about God.

00:53:47.079 --> 00:53:47.620
 And sometimes

00:53:47.620 --> 00:53:48.660
 that comes through

00:53:48.660 --> 00:53:49.800
 the asking of

00:53:49.800 --> 00:53:50.860
 questions in really

00:53:50.860 --> 00:53:52.019
 difficult times.

00:53:53.220 --> 00:53:54.320
 But when we use

00:53:54.320 --> 00:53:55.260
 that facility to

00:53:55.260 --> 00:53:57.000
 come to God, and

00:53:57.000 --> 00:53:58.100
 wait upon God, and

00:53:58.100 --> 00:53:58.940
 bring our concerns

00:53:58.940 --> 00:54:00.700
 to him, we know

00:54:00.700 --> 00:54:01.420
 that he's still the

00:54:01.420 --> 00:54:02.120
 same God.

00:54:03.140 --> 00:54:03.980
 We know that he

00:54:03.980 --> 00:54:04.860
 hasn't changed.

00:54:04.860 --> 00:54:06.900
 We know that even

00:54:06.900 --> 00:54:07.880
 although things

00:54:07.880 --> 00:54:08.680
 change maybe in

00:54:08.680 --> 00:54:09.340
 our relationship

00:54:09.340 --> 00:54:10.559
 with him, in

00:54:10.559 --> 00:54:11.360
 terms of how we

00:54:11.360 --> 00:54:12.000
 see things and

00:54:12.000 --> 00:54:12.539
 how we feel

00:54:12.539 --> 00:54:13.260
 things to be,

00:54:14.059 --> 00:54:15.660
 essentially, nothing

00:54:15.660 --> 00:54:16.640
 is different with

00:54:16.640 --> 00:54:17.079
 God.

00:54:18.120 --> 00:54:19.059
 He remains the

00:54:19.059 --> 00:54:19.400
 same.

00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:20.900
 He remains

00:54:20.900 --> 00:54:21.440
 faithful.

00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:23.240
 He remains the

00:54:23.240 --> 00:54:23.760
 God we can

00:54:23.760 --> 00:54:25.620
 depend upon, the

00:54:25.620 --> 00:54:26.420
 God we can pray

00:54:26.420 --> 00:54:27.920
 to, the God we

00:54:27.920 --> 00:54:28.539
 can pour our

00:54:28.539 --> 00:54:30.440
 heart out to, and

00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:31.360
 bring our concerns

00:54:31.360 --> 00:54:31.880
 to him.

00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:34.320
 And then, I

00:54:34.320 --> 00:54:35.039
 mention Romans

00:54:35.039 --> 00:54:37.280
 chapter 8, again

00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:37.980
 written for our

00:54:37.980 --> 00:54:38.559
 instruction.

00:54:39.440 --> 00:54:40.400
 Romans chapter 8,

00:54:40.460 --> 00:54:41.539
 one of the great

00:54:41.539 --> 00:54:44.160
 chapters of this

00:54:44.160 --> 00:54:44.980
 great book of the

00:54:44.980 --> 00:54:45.280
 Bible.

00:54:46.440 --> 00:54:47.580
 And near the end

00:54:47.580 --> 00:54:48.120
 of the chapter,

00:54:48.280 --> 00:54:49.180
 Paul moves to

00:54:49.180 --> 00:54:51.539
 encouraging those

00:54:51.539 --> 00:54:52.640
 Christians in Rome

00:54:52.640 --> 00:54:54.160
 by that wonderful

00:54:54.160 --> 00:54:55.760
 passage, beginning

00:54:55.760 --> 00:54:56.559
 verse 31.

00:54:56.559 --> 00:54:57.660
 What shall we then

00:54:57.660 --> 00:54:58.559
 say to these

00:54:58.559 --> 00:54:59.019
 things?

00:54:59.580 --> 00:55:00.780
 If God is for us,

00:55:00.860 --> 00:55:01.700
 who can be against

00:55:01.700 --> 00:55:02.019
 us?

00:55:02.019 --> 00:55:03.280
 He who did not

00:55:03.280 --> 00:55:04.079
 spare his own

00:55:04.079 --> 00:55:04.800
 son, but gave

00:55:04.800 --> 00:55:05.380
 him up for us

00:55:05.380 --> 00:55:06.739
 all, how will he

00:55:06.739 --> 00:55:08.099
 also not with him

00:55:08.099 --> 00:55:09.320
 graciously give us

00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:10.300
 all things?

00:55:10.360 --> 00:55:11.239
 And so it goes on.

00:55:11.579 --> 00:55:12.519
 These questions that

00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:13.219
 he then puts in the

00:55:13.219 --> 00:55:14.019
 form of questions

00:55:14.019 --> 00:55:15.400
 that are designed to

00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:16.860
 assure us, designed

00:55:16.860 --> 00:55:18.039
 to encourage us, to

00:55:18.039 --> 00:55:19.199
 reinforce the truth

00:55:19.199 --> 00:55:20.280
 that we know about

00:55:20.280 --> 00:55:20.719
 God.

00:55:21.619 --> 00:55:22.519
 Who shall separate

00:55:22.519 --> 00:55:23.559
 us from the love

00:55:23.559 --> 00:55:24.119
 of Christ?

00:55:24.539 --> 00:55:26.039
 Shall tribulation, or

00:55:26.039 --> 00:55:26.800
 distress, or

00:55:26.800 --> 00:55:27.920
 persecution, or

00:55:27.920 --> 00:55:28.559
 famine, or

00:55:28.559 --> 00:55:29.280
 nakedness, or

00:55:29.280 --> 00:55:30.300
 danger, or sword,

00:55:30.300 --> 00:55:31.600
 as it is written,

00:55:31.700 --> 00:55:32.220
 and here's Psalm

00:55:32.220 --> 00:55:33.780
 44, for your

00:55:33.780 --> 00:55:34.700
 sake we are being

00:55:34.700 --> 00:55:35.700
 killed all the day

00:55:35.700 --> 00:55:36.620
 long, we are

00:55:36.620 --> 00:55:37.700
 regarded as sheep

00:55:37.700 --> 00:55:38.800
 to be slaughtered.

00:55:39.340 --> 00:55:41.060
 Why does Paul find

00:55:41.060 --> 00:55:42.580
 Psalm 44, given the

00:55:42.580 --> 00:55:43.760
 kind of Psalm it is,

00:55:43.920 --> 00:55:45.019
 to be so meaningful

00:55:45.019 --> 00:55:46.660
 and important in the

00:55:46.660 --> 00:55:47.420
 context of

00:55:47.420 --> 00:55:48.920
 encouragement, the

00:55:48.920 --> 00:55:49.860
 context of giving

00:55:49.860 --> 00:55:50.880
 assurance to those

00:55:50.880 --> 00:55:51.519
 people that he's

00:55:51.519 --> 00:55:52.840
 writing to, that

00:55:52.840 --> 00:55:54.180
 God has not

00:55:54.180 --> 00:55:54.840
 changed?

00:55:55.400 --> 00:55:56.160
 Well, because that's

00:55:56.160 --> 00:55:57.260
 the context in which,

00:55:57.660 --> 00:55:58.200
 as we're seeing,

00:55:58.360 --> 00:56:00.140
 Psalm 44 has to be

00:56:00.139 --> 00:56:01.599
 looked at as a

00:56:01.599 --> 00:56:02.500
 sign itself of

00:56:02.500 --> 00:56:03.159
 encouragement,

00:56:04.039 --> 00:56:05.199
 pouring out the

00:56:05.199 --> 00:56:06.239
 heart before God

00:56:06.239 --> 00:56:07.480
 and waiting upon

00:56:07.480 --> 00:56:07.940
 God.

00:56:08.420 --> 00:56:09.059
 Somebody put it

00:56:09.059 --> 00:56:09.500
 this way, and I

00:56:09.500 --> 00:56:12.440
 like this way of

00:56:12.440 --> 00:56:14.259
 describing it, the

00:56:14.259 --> 00:56:15.259
 use of these words

00:56:15.259 --> 00:56:16.819
 here from Psalm 44

00:56:16.819 --> 00:56:18.239
 in Romans 8, a

00:56:18.239 --> 00:56:18.920
 passage of great

00:56:18.920 --> 00:56:19.420
 encouragement.

00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:21.219
 Sometimes he says,

00:56:22.460 --> 00:56:23.599
 the scars that we

00:56:23.599 --> 00:56:24.159
 bear, the

00:56:24.159 --> 00:56:25.039
 sufferings that we

00:56:25.039 --> 00:56:25.839
 have to go through

00:56:25.839 --> 00:56:27.819
 as Christians, he

00:56:27.819 --> 00:56:29.319
 said, they are

00:56:29.320 --> 00:56:30.019
 actually more

00:56:30.019 --> 00:56:31.780
 battle scars

00:56:31.780 --> 00:56:33.640
 rather than

00:56:33.640 --> 00:56:34.780
 punishments.

00:56:35.720 --> 00:56:36.500
 What he meant by

00:56:36.500 --> 00:56:38.039
 that was that, as

00:56:38.039 --> 00:56:39.580
 he put it again, in

00:56:39.580 --> 00:56:41.340
 our battle with the

00:56:41.340 --> 00:56:41.920
 world, in our

00:56:41.920 --> 00:56:43.460
 fighting against a

00:56:43.460 --> 00:56:44.340
 world which is at

00:56:44.340 --> 00:56:45.860
 war with God,

00:56:47.740 --> 00:56:48.559
 why would we not

00:56:48.559 --> 00:56:49.700
 expect some scars,

00:56:49.860 --> 00:56:50.920
 some battle scars?

00:56:52.000 --> 00:56:52.580
 Why would we not

00:56:52.580 --> 00:56:53.680
 expect sometimes to

00:56:53.680 --> 00:56:55.580
 be defeated rather

00:56:55.580 --> 00:56:56.440
 than just pushing and

00:56:56.440 --> 00:56:57.340
 advancing all the

00:56:57.340 --> 00:56:57.660
 time?

00:56:58.660 --> 00:56:59.500
 Why would we not

00:56:59.500 --> 00:57:00.539
 expect the kind of

00:57:00.539 --> 00:57:01.480
 suffering that really

00:57:01.480 --> 00:57:03.640
 tests us, just like a

00:57:03.640 --> 00:57:04.440
 soldier on the front

00:57:04.440 --> 00:57:06.700
 line is tested, seeing

00:57:06.700 --> 00:57:07.960
 many of their comrades

00:57:07.960 --> 00:57:09.960
 killed, all different

00:57:09.960 --> 00:57:11.600
 kinds of testings, it's

00:57:11.600 --> 00:57:12.720
 all part of the war,

00:57:13.079 --> 00:57:14.140
 part of the engagement,

00:57:14.380 --> 00:57:15.120
 part of the battle

00:57:15.120 --> 00:57:17.300
 scene, and many go

00:57:17.300 --> 00:57:19.039
 home with mental and

00:57:19.039 --> 00:57:20.480
 physical scars from that

00:57:20.480 --> 00:57:22.960
 battlefield, and God's

00:57:22.960 --> 00:57:23.860
 people are like that

00:57:23.860 --> 00:57:24.440
 spiritually.

00:57:25.420 --> 00:57:27.039
 We bear battle

00:57:27.039 --> 00:57:27.559
 scars.

00:57:29.300 --> 00:57:31.500
 We bear sufferings to

00:57:31.500 --> 00:57:32.300
 do with following

00:57:32.300 --> 00:57:34.539
 Christ, to do with

00:57:34.539 --> 00:57:35.820
 faithfulness to Christ.

00:57:37.660 --> 00:57:38.260
 And you know, these

00:57:38.260 --> 00:57:40.260
 words in the psalm are

00:57:40.260 --> 00:57:41.900
 picked up as well in

00:57:41.900 --> 00:57:42.940
 Paul's use of them.

00:57:43.400 --> 00:57:45.660
 For your sake we are

00:57:45.660 --> 00:57:47.480
 accounted as sheep for

00:57:47.480 --> 00:57:48.019
 the slaughter.

00:57:48.120 --> 00:57:49.440
 In many ways that's

00:57:49.440 --> 00:57:50.599
 really the key to

00:57:50.599 --> 00:57:51.440
 everything, isn't it?

00:57:51.440 --> 00:57:53.760
 For your sake.

00:57:54.519 --> 00:57:55.760
 For the Lord's sake.

00:57:56.280 --> 00:57:57.820
 Why are we engaged in

00:57:57.820 --> 00:57:59.059
 a battle against the

00:57:59.059 --> 00:58:00.800
 world in its opposition

00:58:00.800 --> 00:58:01.659
 to the gospel?

00:58:02.159 --> 00:58:03.659
 Why are we engaged in

00:58:03.659 --> 00:58:05.320
 living the kind of life

00:58:05.320 --> 00:58:06.500
 that's contrary to the

00:58:06.500 --> 00:58:07.460
 world, and therefore

00:58:07.460 --> 00:58:09.039
 attracting suffering and

00:58:09.039 --> 00:58:10.179
 difficulty and challenge

00:58:10.179 --> 00:58:10.720
 to ourselves?

00:58:10.880 --> 00:58:12.400
 Why is it done?

00:58:12.700 --> 00:58:13.780
 What is the purpose of

00:58:13.780 --> 00:58:13.860
 it?

00:58:13.900 --> 00:58:14.720
 What is the rationale?

00:58:15.320 --> 00:58:16.740
 It's for his sake,

00:58:16.820 --> 00:58:17.300
 isn't it?

00:58:18.659 --> 00:58:19.740
 Why are we encouraged

00:58:19.740 --> 00:58:21.420
 to combat the attempt

00:58:21.420 --> 00:58:22.320
 that are being made

00:58:22.320 --> 00:58:23.500
 to introduce further

00:58:23.500 --> 00:58:25.260
 measures in law that

00:58:25.260 --> 00:58:26.159
 would curtail the

00:58:26.159 --> 00:58:27.820
 gospel for his sake?

00:58:28.079 --> 00:58:28.800
 That's why.

00:58:31.039 --> 00:58:32.300
 Why do we encourage

00:58:32.300 --> 00:58:34.420
 one another as those

00:58:34.420 --> 00:58:35.500
 who are together in

00:58:35.500 --> 00:58:36.200
 this battle?

00:58:37.039 --> 00:58:38.240
 For his sake.

00:58:39.340 --> 00:58:40.180
 For his loving

00:58:40.180 --> 00:58:41.220
 kindness sake.

00:58:42.300 --> 00:58:43.900
 The struggles, the

00:58:43.900 --> 00:58:46.139
 defeats, the

00:58:46.139 --> 00:58:48.139
 challenges, the

00:58:48.139 --> 00:58:48.800
 hurts and the

00:58:48.800 --> 00:58:50.599
 pains of being a

00:58:50.599 --> 00:58:51.699
 soldier of Christ,

00:58:51.900 --> 00:58:52.759
 male or female,

00:58:53.839 --> 00:58:54.259
 they're not

00:58:54.259 --> 00:58:55.980
 evidences that God

00:58:55.980 --> 00:58:57.259
 has forgotten us.

00:58:58.339 --> 00:58:59.659
 They're evidences of

00:58:59.659 --> 00:59:00.559
 the struggles that

00:59:00.559 --> 00:59:01.500
 we're engaged with

00:59:01.500 --> 00:59:03.119
 in our war with sin

00:59:03.119 --> 00:59:04.159
 and with the world.

00:59:05.920 --> 00:59:06.719
 They're marks of

00:59:06.719 --> 00:59:07.579
 honor, in fact, in

00:59:07.579 --> 00:59:08.199
 that sense.

00:59:09.019 --> 00:59:09.860
 You wouldn't have

00:59:09.860 --> 00:59:10.500
 them if you weren't

00:59:10.500 --> 00:59:10.980
 a Christian.

00:59:12.559 --> 00:59:13.440
 You wouldn't have

00:59:13.440 --> 00:59:14.099
 them if you didn't

00:59:14.099 --> 00:59:14.819
 belong to these

00:59:14.819 --> 00:59:15.339
 people who are

00:59:15.339 --> 00:59:16.960
 sometimes bewildered,

00:59:17.059 --> 00:59:17.819
 but can bring their

00:59:17.820 --> 00:59:19.160
 bewilderment to God

00:59:19.160 --> 00:59:21.519
 and wait upon him

00:59:21.519 --> 00:59:23.280
 until he comes once

00:59:23.280 --> 00:59:24.240
 again to act on

00:59:24.240 --> 00:59:24.880
 their behalf.

00:59:26.380 --> 00:59:27.880
 It's an aspect of

00:59:28.500 --> 00:59:29.120
 that living

00:59:29.120 --> 00:59:30.980
 relationship with

00:59:30.980 --> 00:59:31.280
 him.

00:59:32.100 --> 00:59:33.220
 So today, friends,

00:59:33.380 --> 00:59:34.300
 don't be

00:59:34.300 --> 00:59:34.960
 discouraged.

00:59:35.720 --> 00:59:36.800
 Don't be discouraged

00:59:36.800 --> 00:59:37.620
 when you look into

00:59:37.620 --> 00:59:39.260
 yourself and find

00:59:39.260 --> 00:59:39.820
 much to be

00:59:39.820 --> 00:59:40.700
 discouraged about.

00:59:41.480 --> 00:59:42.519
 Don't be discouraged

00:59:42.519 --> 00:59:43.780
 as you look out on

00:59:43.780 --> 00:59:44.940
 that world and find

00:59:44.940 --> 00:59:45.780
 even more to be

00:59:45.780 --> 00:59:46.640
 discouraged about.

00:59:47.380 --> 00:59:48.200
 Don't be discouraged

00:59:48.200 --> 00:59:50.860
 when you are sad

00:59:50.860 --> 00:59:51.480
 about how little

00:59:51.480 --> 00:59:53.019
 impact the gospel

00:59:53.019 --> 00:59:54.080
 and the church has

00:59:54.080 --> 00:59:55.120
 in our society

00:59:55.120 --> 00:59:55.640
 today.

00:59:56.060 --> 00:59:57.019
 Don't be discouraged.

00:59:57.519 --> 00:59:58.260
 Take all of that

00:59:58.260 --> 00:59:58.860
 to God.

00:59:59.400 --> 01:00:00.160
 Bring all of that

01:00:00.160 --> 01:00:01.140
 into your living

01:00:01.140 --> 01:00:02.240
 relationship with

01:00:02.240 --> 01:00:02.519
 him.

01:00:03.000 --> 01:00:03.860
 Set it out before

01:00:03.860 --> 01:00:04.080
 him.

01:00:04.240 --> 01:00:04.760
 Pour out your

01:00:04.760 --> 01:00:05.340
 heart to him.

01:00:05.680 --> 01:00:06.240
 Beseech him.

01:00:06.380 --> 01:00:07.180
 Appeal to him to

01:00:07.180 --> 01:00:08.160
 come as if you

01:00:08.160 --> 01:00:08.840
 were sleeping, to

01:00:08.840 --> 01:00:10.000
 rise up again like

01:00:10.000 --> 01:00:10.820
 the psalmist here,

01:00:10.980 --> 01:00:11.960
 to come and revive

01:00:11.960 --> 01:00:12.600
 his cause and

01:00:12.600 --> 01:00:13.519
 revive ourselves.

01:00:14.700 --> 01:00:15.260
 In other words,

01:00:15.260 --> 01:00:17.220
 make it a means of

01:00:17.220 --> 01:00:19.300
 encouragement to

01:00:19.300 --> 01:00:20.020
 pray and to

01:00:20.020 --> 01:00:20.780
 beseech and to

01:00:20.780 --> 01:00:21.860
 appeal to God

01:00:21.860 --> 01:00:23.600
 and to continue

01:00:23.600 --> 01:00:25.460
 to serve him.

01:00:26.280 --> 01:00:27.000
 May God bless

01:00:27.000 --> 01:00:28.180
 these thoughts on

01:00:28.180 --> 01:00:28.620
 his word.

01:00:28.740 --> 01:00:29.680
 Let's conclude by

01:00:29.680 --> 01:00:31.320
 singing some more

01:00:31.320 --> 01:00:32.040
 verses this time.

01:00:32.140 --> 01:00:32.660
 We're singing from

01:00:32.660 --> 01:00:33.840
 Psalm 119.

01:00:35.620 --> 01:00:37.240
 Psalm 119 and

01:00:37.240 --> 01:00:38.160
 at verse 51,

01:00:38.400 --> 01:00:39.020
 that's on page

01:00:39.020 --> 01:00:40.580
 404.

01:00:40.579 --> 01:00:48.159
 And singing from

01:00:48.159 --> 01:00:49.400
 verse 51 down to

01:00:49.400 --> 01:00:49.940
 the end of that

01:00:49.940 --> 01:00:51.239
 section, verse 56.

01:00:51.659 --> 01:00:52.400
 The men whose

01:00:52.400 --> 01:00:53.480
 hearts with pride are

01:00:53.480 --> 01:00:54.400
 stuffed did greatly

01:00:54.400 --> 01:00:56.599
 me deride, yet from

01:00:56.599 --> 01:00:57.279
 thy straight

01:00:57.279 --> 01:00:58.360
 commandments I have

01:00:58.360 --> 01:00:59.400
 not turned aside.

01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:00.960
 Thy judgments

01:01:00.960 --> 01:01:02.139
 righteous, O Lord,

01:01:02.239 --> 01:01:03.239
 which thou of old

01:01:03.239 --> 01:01:05.179
 forthgave, I did

01:01:05.179 --> 01:01:07.000
 remember, and myself

01:01:07.000 --> 01:01:08.920
 by them comforted

01:01:08.920 --> 01:01:09.340
 have.

01:01:09.780 --> 01:01:10.720
 Horror took hold

01:01:10.720 --> 01:01:11.940
 on me, because

01:01:11.940 --> 01:01:13.000
 ill men thy law

01:01:13.000 --> 01:01:13.659
 forsake.

01:01:14.500 --> 01:01:15.539
 I in my house of

01:01:15.539 --> 01:01:16.800
 pilgrimage, thy

01:01:16.800 --> 01:01:18.119
 laws my songs do

01:01:18.119 --> 01:01:18.480
 make.

01:01:19.280 --> 01:01:20.539
 Thy name by night,

01:01:20.639 --> 01:01:21.200
 Lord, I did

01:01:21.200 --> 01:01:23.019
 mind, and I have

01:01:23.019 --> 01:01:25.079
 kept thy law, and

01:01:25.079 --> 01:01:26.619
 this I had, because

01:01:26.619 --> 01:01:28.059
 thy word I kept

01:01:28.059 --> 01:01:30.680
 and stood in awe.

01:01:30.679 --> 01:01:32.259
 from verse 51 to

01:01:32.259 --> 01:01:32.759
 the end of the

01:01:32.759 --> 01:01:33.119
 section.

01:01:37.119 --> 01:01:40.579
 The men whose

01:01:40.579 --> 01:01:42.919
 hearts with

01:01:42.919 --> 01:01:45.319
 pride are

01:01:45.319 --> 01:01:46.500
 stuffed

01:01:46.500 --> 01:01:49.460
 did greatly

01:01:49.460 --> 01:01:51.639
 me

01:01:51.639 --> 01:01:54.019
 deride,

01:01:54.619 --> 01:01:57.339
 yet from

01:01:57.340 --> 01:01:59.579
 thy straight

01:01:59.579 --> 01:02:02.880
 commandments

01:02:02.880 --> 01:02:05.340
 I have

01:02:07.019 --> 01:02:07.340
 no

01:02:07.340 --> 01:02:08.340
 turn

01:02:08.980 --> 01:02:11.340
 aside.

01:02:13.420 --> 01:02:14.340
 Thy

01:02:14.340 --> 01:02:16.340
 judgments

01:02:16.340 --> 01:02:19.340
 righteous,

01:02:19.340 --> 01:02:22.760
 O Lord,

01:02:23.380 --> 01:02:25.340
 which thou

01:02:25.340 --> 01:02:28.039
 of old

01:02:28.039 --> 01:02:30.680
 forthgave,

01:02:31.320 --> 01:02:32.800
 I did

01:02:32.800 --> 01:02:34.800
 remember

01:02:34.800 --> 01:02:36.800
 and

01:02:38.200 --> 01:02:39.800
 myself

01:02:39.800 --> 01:02:43.800
 by them

01:02:43.800 --> 01:02:46.800
 comforted

01:02:47.340 --> 01:02:49.120
 have.

01:02:50.120 --> 01:02:51.180
 Horror

01:02:51.180 --> 01:02:53.800
 took hold

01:02:53.800 --> 01:02:55.840
 hold on

01:02:55.840 --> 01:02:59.460
 me, because

01:02:59.460 --> 01:03:02.420
 ill men

01:03:02.420 --> 01:03:04.580
 thy love

01:03:04.580 --> 01:03:07.160
 forsake.

01:03:07.840 --> 01:03:08.920
 I

01:03:08.920 --> 01:03:11.380
 in my

01:03:11.380 --> 01:03:12.580
 house

01:03:12.580 --> 01:03:13.860
 of

01:03:13.860 --> 01:03:16.420
 pilgrimage,

01:03:16.420 --> 01:03:18.920
 thy

01:03:18.920 --> 01:03:20.260
 laws,

01:03:20.260 --> 01:03:21.260
 thy

01:03:21.260 --> 01:03:22.760
 songs

01:03:22.760 --> 01:03:25.820
 to make

01:03:25.820 --> 01:03:27.820
 thy name

01:03:27.820 --> 01:03:29.880
 my

01:03:29.880 --> 01:03:31.020
 night,

01:03:31.380 --> 01:03:32.340
 Lord,

01:03:32.460 --> 01:03:33.680
 I

01:03:33.680 --> 01:03:34.700
 did

01:03:34.700 --> 01:03:35.880
 mine,

01:03:35.880 --> 01:03:37.380
 and

01:03:37.380 --> 01:03:38.740
 I

01:03:38.740 --> 01:03:39.640
 have

01:03:39.640 --> 01:03:40.740
 kept

01:03:40.740 --> 01:03:42.060
 thy

01:03:42.060 --> 01:03:43.520
 law,

01:03:44.100 --> 01:03:45.280
 and

01:03:45.280 --> 01:03:46.880
 this

01:03:46.880 --> 01:03:47.740
 I

01:03:47.740 --> 01:03:48.820
 had,

01:03:49.180 --> 01:03:50.220
 because

01:03:50.219 --> 01:03:52.599
 thy

01:03:52.599 --> 01:03:53.799
 word

01:03:53.799 --> 01:03:55.239
 I

01:03:55.239 --> 01:03:57.019
 kept

01:03:57.019 --> 01:03:57.899
 and

01:03:57.899 --> 01:03:59.099
 stood

01:03:59.099 --> 01:04:00.559
 in

01:04:00.559 --> 01:04:01.399
 all.

01:04:03.039 --> 01:04:03.759
 Can I

01:04:03.759 --> 01:04:04.239
 ask you to

01:04:04.239 --> 01:04:04.719
 be seated

01:04:04.719 --> 01:04:05.039
 for a

01:04:05.039 --> 01:04:05.259
 moment,

01:04:05.399 --> 01:04:05.679
 please?

01:04:09.339 --> 01:04:10.019
 I have

01:04:10.019 --> 01:04:10.500
 something to

01:04:10.500 --> 01:04:10.799
 announce

01:04:10.799 --> 01:04:11.179
 to you.

01:04:13.819 --> 01:04:14.379
 I

01:04:14.379 --> 01:04:15.299
 notified

01:04:15.299 --> 01:04:16.259
 the

01:04:16.259 --> 01:04:16.659
 Kirk

01:04:16.659 --> 01:04:17.039
 session

01:04:17.039 --> 01:04:17.379
 last

01:04:17.379 --> 01:04:17.779
 Monday,

01:04:17.780 --> 01:04:19.060
 and the

01:04:19.060 --> 01:04:19.420
 presbyter

01:04:19.420 --> 01:04:19.620
 the

01:04:19.620 --> 01:04:19.880
 following

01:04:19.880 --> 01:04:20.160
 day,

01:04:20.220 --> 01:04:20.600
 Tuesday,

01:04:21.320 --> 01:04:21.980
 of my

01:04:21.980 --> 01:04:22.560
 intention

01:04:22.560 --> 01:04:22.920
 to

01:04:22.920 --> 01:04:23.440
 retire,

01:04:24.120 --> 01:04:24.460
 and to

01:04:24.460 --> 01:04:25.260
 retire as

01:04:25.260 --> 01:04:25.960
 from the

01:04:25.960 --> 01:04:26.320
 end of

01:04:26.320 --> 01:04:27.480
 June this

01:04:27.480 --> 01:04:27.800
 year.

01:04:27.980 --> 01:04:28.240
 So it's

01:04:28.240 --> 01:04:28.760
 only right

01:04:28.760 --> 01:04:29.320
 that you,

01:04:29.760 --> 01:04:30.100
 as the

01:04:30.100 --> 01:04:30.640
 congregation,

01:04:31.240 --> 01:04:31.760
 would actually

01:04:31.760 --> 01:04:32.280
 have that

01:04:32.280 --> 01:04:32.760
 announcement

01:04:32.760 --> 01:04:33.780
 as well.

01:04:34.600 --> 01:04:35.280
 So we've

01:04:35.280 --> 01:04:35.700
 got a few

01:04:35.700 --> 01:04:36.560
 months yet,

01:04:36.660 --> 01:04:37.260
 it'll go past

01:04:37.260 --> 01:04:37.840
 fairly quickly,

01:04:37.920 --> 01:04:38.200
 I'm sure,

01:04:38.280 --> 01:04:38.680
 God willing,

01:04:39.340 --> 01:04:40.280
 but it's only

01:04:40.280 --> 01:04:40.980
 right that you

01:04:40.980 --> 01:04:41.820
 know that

01:04:41.820 --> 01:04:42.620
 just now,

01:04:42.700 --> 01:04:43.120
 and especially

01:04:43.120 --> 01:04:43.660
 for those who

01:04:43.660 --> 01:04:44.720
 need to make

01:04:44.719 --> 01:04:45.879
 some preparation

01:04:45.879 --> 01:04:47.259
 for the time

01:04:47.259 --> 01:04:48.079
 after which I'm

01:04:48.079 --> 01:04:48.559
 no longer

01:04:48.559 --> 01:04:49.859
 here as

01:04:49.859 --> 01:04:50.339
 minister.

01:04:53.159 --> 01:04:53.879
 It's something

01:04:53.879 --> 01:04:54.799
 that I find

01:04:54.799 --> 01:04:55.379
 difficult to

01:04:55.379 --> 01:04:55.759
 announce,

01:04:56.339 --> 01:04:57.619
 simply because

01:04:57.619 --> 01:04:58.399
 of the love

01:04:58.399 --> 01:04:58.919
 that you have

01:04:58.919 --> 01:04:59.599
 shown to me,

01:05:00.519 --> 01:05:00.980
 and the love

01:05:00.980 --> 01:05:01.519
 that I have

01:05:01.519 --> 01:05:02.019
 for you,

01:05:02.719 --> 01:05:03.139
 as the

01:05:03.139 --> 01:05:03.599
 congregation,

01:05:03.799 --> 01:05:04.199
 God has

01:05:04.199 --> 01:05:04.639
 called me

01:05:04.639 --> 01:05:06.000
 to the

01:05:06.000 --> 01:05:06.579
 final part

01:05:06.579 --> 01:05:06.879
 of my

01:05:06.879 --> 01:05:07.559
 ministry in,

01:05:08.699 --> 01:05:09.039
 and that

01:05:09.039 --> 01:05:09.459
 has been

01:05:09.459 --> 01:05:10.779
 certainly a

01:05:10.779 --> 01:05:12.219
 time of

01:05:12.219 --> 01:05:12.879
 much delight

01:05:12.880 --> 01:05:13.640
 to myself

01:05:13.640 --> 01:05:15.559
 of much

01:05:15.559 --> 01:05:16.760
 benefit,

01:05:17.800 --> 01:05:18.420
 and I hope

01:05:18.420 --> 01:05:19.180
 to yourselves

01:05:19.180 --> 01:05:20.280
 as well.

01:05:21.599 --> 01:05:22.220
 So that's

01:05:22.220 --> 01:05:22.720
 really all

01:05:22.720 --> 01:05:23.180
 there is to

01:05:23.180 --> 01:05:23.380
 it,

01:05:24.019 --> 01:05:25.039
 let's just

01:05:25.039 --> 01:05:25.519
 enjoy,

01:05:25.860 --> 01:05:26.320
 God willing,

01:05:26.760 --> 01:05:27.140
 the months

01:05:27.140 --> 01:05:27.760
 we still have

01:05:27.760 --> 01:05:28.140
 together,

01:05:28.680 --> 01:05:29.320
 until that

01:05:29.320 --> 01:05:30.400
 final cut-off

01:05:30.400 --> 01:05:31.260
 point comes.

01:05:31.820 --> 01:05:32.260
 After the

01:05:32.260 --> 01:05:32.840
 benediction just

01:05:32.840 --> 01:05:33.039
 now,

01:05:33.099 --> 01:05:33.500
 I'll go to

01:05:33.500 --> 01:05:33.780
 the door

01:05:33.780 --> 01:05:34.119
 here to

01:05:34.119 --> 01:05:34.660
 my right,

01:05:35.500 --> 01:05:35.760
 no,

01:05:35.800 --> 01:05:36.119
 I'll go to

01:05:36.119 --> 01:05:36.420
 the main

01:05:36.420 --> 01:05:37.000
 door because

01:05:37.000 --> 01:05:37.579
 I won't

01:05:37.579 --> 01:05:37.880
 see you

01:05:37.880 --> 01:05:38.300
 this evening,

01:05:38.860 --> 01:05:39.760
 at least

01:05:39.760 --> 01:05:40.360
 not at

01:05:40.360 --> 01:05:40.680
 the door,

01:05:41.220 --> 01:05:41.480
 so I'll

01:05:41.480 --> 01:05:41.680
 go to

01:05:41.680 --> 01:05:41.980
 the main

01:05:41.980 --> 01:05:42.840
 door after

01:05:42.840 --> 01:05:42.960
 the

01:05:42.960 --> 01:05:43.340
 benediction.

01:05:43.460 --> 01:05:43.620
 Please

01:05:43.620 --> 01:05:44.039
 stand there

01:05:44.039 --> 01:05:44.240
 for the

01:05:44.240 --> 01:05:44.559
 benediction.

01:05:47.800 --> 01:05:48.320
 Now may

01:05:48.320 --> 01:05:48.700
 the grace

01:05:48.700 --> 01:05:49.000
 of the

01:05:49.000 --> 01:05:49.480
 Lord Jesus

01:05:49.480 --> 01:05:49.980
 Christ,

01:05:50.059 --> 01:05:50.400
 the love

01:05:50.400 --> 01:05:50.820
 of God

01:05:50.820 --> 01:05:51.300
 the Father,

01:05:51.420 --> 01:05:51.620
 and the

01:05:51.620 --> 01:05:51.940
 communion

01:05:51.940 --> 01:05:52.360
 of the

01:05:52.360 --> 01:05:52.900
 Holy Spirit

01:05:52.900 --> 01:05:53.400
 be with

01:05:53.400 --> 01:05:53.900
 you now

01:05:53.900 --> 01:05:54.800
 and ever

01:05:54.800 --> 01:05:55.280
 more.

01:05:55.500 --> 01:05:55.780
 Amen.

01:06:13.120 --> 01:06:13.780
 his

01:06:13.940 --> 01:06:22.280
 name прекрас

01:06:22.380 --> 01:06:23.519
 and

01:06:24.180 --> 01:06:24.760
 the

01:06:24.760 --> 01:06:25.840
 behavior

01:06:30.360 --> 01:06:30.460
 you

01:06:30.460 --> 01:07:00.440
 Thank you.