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 10 and read at verse 11 and verse 12 there.

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 Oseah chapter 10 at verse 11.

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 Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck.

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! But I will put Ephraim to the yoke. Judah must plough, Jacob must harrow for himself.

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 Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap steadfast love, break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord,

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 that he may come and reign righteousness upon you.

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 There are perhaps certain books that you go to in the Bible, and you can turn to them,

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 and there's always a danger of feeling a sense of despondency and a sense of despair.

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 Books like the book of Acts, and you see great things happening in the book of Acts.

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 See the early chapters of the book of Acts, and you find thousands being added to the church in one day.

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 And you say to yourself, how can that be discouraging?

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 Well, it's because when you're reading it, you think to yourself, if only we were seeing days like that ourselves.

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 We feel a sense of despondency, wishing that the Lord would pour out his blessing in that way.

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 We would see thousands added to the church in one day.

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 So if we don't see it happening, we maybe begin to question ourselves, to question our prayers,

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 to question things that we're doing, to question maybe even God.

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 Where is God in the midst of everything that's going on in our day?

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 And you ask, do we live in the days that they lived in the days of Acts?

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 Do we live in a similar kind of time?

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 Well, we do, but we don't always see it.

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 The media doesn't present great things happening for the gospel around the world.

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 The main media, that is.

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 But if you listen to people, missionaries from around the world,

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 if you listen to people who are going out with the gospel around the world,

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 even in our own nation, there are great things happening.

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 The Lord is working.

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 And so we shouldn't lose heart, because the good news is going out and people are responding.

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 So maybe we don't see it in our own midst, maybe we don't see it in the way we would long to see it,

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 but the Lord is still working.

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 Whether it's thousands, whether it's one or two,

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 we are constantly reminded that the Lord is working.

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 So there can be a sense of despondency when things are good,

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 but there are other books that you can turn to,

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 and you can feel a sense of despondency because things are so bad.

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 We see it very often throughout the Old Testament,

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 and here's another example of it.

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 We looked at Habakkuk recently,

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 and we were seeing there how things were so difficult,

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 and here the day of Hosea.

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 As well, it was a difficult time.

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 But I want us to reflect this evening on Hosea and the hardships that he had to endure,

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 and just to see how it still gives us hope.

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 It's a book that's full of many difficulties,

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 difficulties for Hosea himself and difficult days for God's people,

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 and yet we still see God at work.

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 And if we were to ask ourselves,

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 do we see this kind of day in our own experience just now,

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 we would say yes.

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 The gentlemen have been praying.

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 We've been reminded of so many situations around our nation

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 or around the world that show us the kind of despondency and despair that we live in,

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 the uncertainty of the world in which we live,

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 the pain and grief that's around us both in a local sense but also nationally and internationally.

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 There's so much going on that would leave us thinking,

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 where can we go?

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 How can we go forward?

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 And that's very much the kind of day that Hosea was living in.

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 But what you see is God is faithful.

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 God is still with him,

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 and God is still calling a people to himself.

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 And you see it very much here in verse 12 of chapter 10.

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 So for yourselves righteousness,

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 reap steadfast love.

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 This is a reminder here of God's covenant love towards his people.

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 For it is time to seek the Lord.

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 So it's clear that people have been going away from the Lord.

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 They've turned their back on the Lord,

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 and he's saying it is time to seek the Lord,

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 that he may come and rain righteousness upon you,

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 that you might know his blessing.

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 And it was Hosea that was called into this ministry as a prophet.

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 And Hosea, with his own life, as we'll see in a moment,

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 he didn't find it easy to do it.

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 He didn't come into it in an easy background either,

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 and yet God used him in a powerful way,

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 and yet he had to be faithful.

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 He had good news to give,

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 but what he found was a people who didn't want to hear.

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 And that can resonate with ourselves today as well.

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 Think of the Gideons,

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 or good news for everyone as it's called now,

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 putting out Bibles,

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 putting out the word of God to people,

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 individuals, to schools, to hospitals, hotels,

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 all of these things used to be so easy for them to get the word of God in.

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 And yet now people are saying,

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 we don't want it.

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 Or if they take it,

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 they put it in a corner somewhere,

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 so that then if somebody asks,

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 they can get a Bible.

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 Whereas it used to be in many hotels,

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 you'd go in,

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 you'd open the drawer,

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 you'd find it on the bedside cabinet,

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 there would be a Bible there.

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 There is good news,

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 but people don't want to receive it.

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 And that's the same for Hosea.

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 He had great news to give the people,

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 but they had so turned their back on God

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 that they didn't want to hear.

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 And it's hard work for him,

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 but yet he stays faithful to the course.

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 And it's a reminder to ourselves,

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 in whatever we are doing for the Lord,

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 to stay faithful to him,

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 and to trust him,

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 and to serve him,

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 both faithfully and cheerfully.

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 In Colossians chapter 3, verse 17,

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 it says,

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 whatever you do,

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 whether in word or deed,

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 do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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 So we are to be faithful in the name of Jesus.

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 But it also says,

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 giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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 So there's to be a sense of thanksgiving,

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 a sense of delight and cheerfulness

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 in what we are doing for the Lord.

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 We are serving our King.

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 We are serving our Lord.

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 And so Hosea worked in the midst of great difficulty,

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 but with that great assurance

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 that he was serving his Lord.

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 And when you see the people,

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 it's reflected in what they wanted in society

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 in verse 3 there.

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 For now they will say,

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 we have no king,

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 for we do not fear the Lord.

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 They don't want God,

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 but they don't want a king over them either.

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 In a natural way,

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 and a king,

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 what could he do for us?

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 There's this sense of confidence

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 in themselves,

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 and in what they are doing for themselves.

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 We don't need the Lord.

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 We don't need a king.

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 We can look after ourselves.

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 And that's the world today as well.

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 We don't need the Lord.

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 We don't need anybody to rule over us.

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 We can get on fine by ourselves.

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 But the gospel is what was needed here,

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 the good news,

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 and it's the good news

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 that our world needs today.

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 And in Hosea here,

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 we just want to see three things

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 that we can take from these verses,

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 verse 11 and 12.

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 Three things that remind us

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 just to be faithful

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 in the midst of difficult days.

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 And the first thing we see

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 is that we are in difficult days,

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 and Hosea was in a difficult day.

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 But then we see it was a day of dedication,

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 a day of devotion,

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 a day of giving to the Lord.

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 And then thirdly,

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 we see a day not to despair,

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 a day not to despair.

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 So it was a difficult day first.

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 If you know anything of Hosea,

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 maybe you know his own background,

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 his own life,

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 his home situation wasn't easy.

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 We see that in chapter one of this book.

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 Hosea's family life was far from straightforward.

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 He was told by the Lord

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 to take a wife who was unfaithful,

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 and then he had children.

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 And you look at the names of the children,

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 and they reveal so much of what was going on

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 in his own experience,

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 but also it was reflecting the nation of the Lord.

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 So you see that in chapter one.

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 You see in verse two down to verse 11 there,

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 it speaks about Hosea's home setting.

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 And he had children.

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 One was called Jezreel,

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 and behind that name was,

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 it means I will scatter.

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 I will scatter.

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 Then he had a daughter,

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 and she was called Lo-ru-ama,

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 which means no mercy,

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 as you see it here in English.

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 No mercy is the name of the daughter.

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 And then another son,

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 Lo-ami,

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 which means not my people.

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 And this is just reflecting

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 what's going on around us,

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 a people,

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 as a nation.

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 That the Lord is showing a people

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 who are unfaithful to him.

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 And through his children,

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 he's showing what he's going to do.

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 He's going to scatter his people.

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 He's not going to show mercy to his people.

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 And he's going to say,

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 you are not my people.

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 So as you are rejecting me,

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 this is the outcome.

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 And so Hosea's life was a witness,

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 was showing the people

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 just what their relationship

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 of the people with God was like.

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 They have turned their back on God,

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 just like we saw there

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 in verse 3 of chapter 10.

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 We have no king.

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 We do not fear the Lord.

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 So we don't need anything from God.

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 There was this disobedience.

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 But because of this,

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 there was consequences.

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 And you see that as you read through.

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 In chapter 8, for example,

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 it's very much a vine

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 that is being described here as the people.

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 And the vine is not bearing fruit

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 or it's bearing sour fruit.

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 And in chapter 8,

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 verse 7 and 8 and verse 14,

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 you see it very much seen there

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 that in verse 14, for example,

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 Israel has forgotten his maker

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 and built palaces.

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 And Judah has multiplied fortified cities.

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 So I will send fire upon his cities

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 and I shall devour her strongholds.

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 It's very much a sense of judgment.

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 The people have broken the covenant with God.

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 They have forgotten their maker.

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 They have replaced God

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 with an idol in the form of a calf.

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 Verse 5 and 6 of chapter 8 say that to us

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 and also verse 5 of chapter 10.

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 So they're more concerned

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 about this golden calf

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 that their idol that they've made

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 than the fear of losing God.

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 And what you see is

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 the complete turnaround from the people.

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 Instead of,

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 and there's two place names

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 that are important here as well.

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 First of all, you have Bethel.

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 And Bethel is the place

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 where God is worshipped.

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 And that's what the people had had.

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 The place that they would worship God.

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 It's mentioned in verse 15.

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 Bethel's mentioned there.

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 But they have turned from Bethel,

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 the place they worship God,

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 to Beth-Avon.

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 And this means the place of wickedness.

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 So they've turned away from the place

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 of worshipping God.

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 And they've turned instead

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 to the place of wickedness,

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 the house of wickedness.

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 So everything that we're seeing here

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 is outlining the relationship

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 of the people to God.

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 A difficult day.

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 But is our own day

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 any different?

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 Because we're seeing

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 almost exact same things.

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 We do not fear the Lord.

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 What can a king do for us?

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 We've turned away from Bethel,

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 the place of worshipping God,

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 to Beth-Avon,

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 the place of wickedness.

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 And you see it

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 in so many different ways.

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 Where the vine

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 that was once here

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 has not been tended.

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 The vine of the word of God.

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 Because we have known

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 God's favour.

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 We have known

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 God's blessing.

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 But the vine

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 has been turned away from.

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 And we're,

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 instead of tending it,

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 we've just abandoned it.

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 We've abandoned God.

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 And we're bearing

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 sour fruit.

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 You think of places.

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 The place of worship

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 of God, Bethel,

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 became,

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 they turned instead

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 to Beth-Avon,

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 the place of wickedness.

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 There's so many examples

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 of that

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 around our nation.

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 For example,

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 in Aberdeen,

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 the church where

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 Douglas Macmillan

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 once ministered

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 back in the 60s

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 and 70s.

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 It was changed

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 into a nightclub

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 back in the 80s.

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 And what did they call it?

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 Instead of being

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 the place of worship,

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 it was called

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 the ministry of sin.

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 Place of wickedness.

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 Place of just

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 turning away

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 from God.

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 And you see it

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 in so many ways

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 throughout our nation.

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 Places that were

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 once the foundation

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 of our Christian faith

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 are now mocked

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 or turned into

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 other things.

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 There's a hotel

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 in Peebles

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 down in the borders.

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 and it's an old

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 building.

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 And above the doorway,

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 the words carved

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 into the stone

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 was,

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 prepare to meet

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 thy God.

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 It was like

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 there was a warning.

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 Warning to the people

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 as they would come,

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 prepare to meet

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 thy God.

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 Not in the sense

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 there was danger,

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 but just that God

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 was real.

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 And so they were

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 to be aware of God

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 and to be ready

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 to meet God.

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 But now it's just

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 something that's used

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 as a joke

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 as people go in.

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 Something just for

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 a bit of laughter

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 as people go in.

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 The seriousness

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 of being ready

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 to meet God

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 is just taken away

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 from it.

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 So Bethel,

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 the place of worship

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 even in our own land,

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 has become Beth-Avon.

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 The place of wickedness.

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 The place of mocking God

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 and turning our back

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 on God.

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 So,

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 just like Hosea's day,

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 it is a difficult day.

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 So,

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 what can we do

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 in difficult days?

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 Where do we start?

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 Well,

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 with Hosea,

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 as you see here,

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 it's a day

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 for dedication.

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 It's a day

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 for dedication.

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 It's not a day

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 to forget God

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 or turn away

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 from God.

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 And as you go through

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 the book of Hosea,

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 it's a challenging book

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 to go through.

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 There's so many images

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 of despair

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 and hopelessness.

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 But in the midst,

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 you find some gems

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 and wisdom

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 and hope.

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 Just like Habakkuk,

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 which we looked through

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 recently

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 when we were thinking

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 of the nuggets of gold

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 that you find

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 in the midst of darkness.

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 Here again in Hosea,

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 we have that same theme

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 as well.

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 In the midst of

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 all the difficulties,

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 in the midst of everything

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 that is going wrong

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 in their day,

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 there's still hope.

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 And that's what we have

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 in verse 11

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 and verse 12.

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 There is hope.

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 And it's all about

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 turning back

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 to God,

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 dedicating

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 ourselves

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 to Him

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 and continuing

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 to show others

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 the need

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 to turn

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 to God.

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 So what we have

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 in verse 11

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 reminds us

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 that the people

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 were made

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 with a purpose.

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 Ephraim

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 was a trained

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 calf

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 that loved

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 to thresh

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 and I have spared

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 her fair name.

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 But I will put

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 Ephraim

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 to the yoke.

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 Judah must plough.

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 Jacob must harrow

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 for himself.

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 It's a reminder

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 there that

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 we were made

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 to worship

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 God,

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 to serve God.

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 the trained calf

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 as is mentioned there.

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 That's the illustration

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 for us.

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 We are made

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 for God

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 and to worship God.

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 But we turn away.

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 Hosea was faithful.

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 Amos,

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 another prophet,

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 was faithful.

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.740
 Habakkuk,

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 Isaiah,

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 the prophets

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 faithfully proclaiming

00:17:47.600 --> 00:17:48.960
 the good news

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 of the gospel.

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 But what kind of people

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 did they come up against?

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 Well,

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 we find,

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 just what we find today,

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 a stubborn people.

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 The trained calf

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 as it's mentioned there,

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 the one

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 that the Lord

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 is able to use,

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 is contrasted

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 in chapter 4,

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 verse 16.

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 There it says,

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 like a stubborn heifer,

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 Israel is stubborn.

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 Can the Lord

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 now feed them

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 like a lamb

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 in a broad pasture?

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 the stubborn heifer.

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 They will not listen.

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 They will not budge.

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 Are we like that sometimes?

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 Are we sometimes

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 the stubborn heifer

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 it's talking about here

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 where we won't budge?

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 We hold on to things.

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 Yes, we are.

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 And they're all around us too.

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 We've all got that stubborn nature in us.

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 But there are many who,

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 when it comes to hearing the gospel,

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 even just wanting to

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 be close to them

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 in the sense of

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 giving them the gospel,

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 they're stubborn.

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 They don't want

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 to hear.

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 And it's hard

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:02.220
 to keep going in the work

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 when that's what you're

00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.920
 coming up against.

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 But yet,

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.359
 we are being reminded

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.140
 in these verses

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 that God has made

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:09.579
 everyone

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 with a soul.

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 God has made everyone

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:14.759
 with a soul

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 that is accountable

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 to God.

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 We are made

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 to worship God.

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 And therefore,

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 we don't lose heart.

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 We don't lose heart.

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 We keep on

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:28.140
 knowing that God

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 has his people.

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 Knowing that God

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 is working

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 in his people.

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 And even though

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 as it goes on here

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 to talk about the yoke

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 and the plough

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 and all of these things,

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 it's showing the hard work

00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:41.480
 of delivering

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.860
 the good news

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 of the gospel.

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.680
 Even into verse 12,

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 break up

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 your fallow ground.

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 It is hard ground.

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:51.580
 It's a difficult ground

00:19:51.580 --> 00:19:52.580
 to work.

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 We're coming into

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.660
 this season now

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 with March time.

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 Many people

00:19:56.620 --> 00:19:57.440
 start getting

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.620
 plots ready

00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.580
 or fields ready

00:19:59.580 --> 00:20:00.519
 for planting.

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.360
 But if you start

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:03.380
 on new ground,

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.140
 it's hard.

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:05.980
 Fallow ground,

00:20:06.100 --> 00:20:06.779
 it's hard

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:08.160
 to break into.

00:20:08.300 --> 00:20:08.820
 It's hard

00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:10.100
 to break down.

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:11.060
 And it's going

00:20:11.060 --> 00:20:12.019
 to take time

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:13.480
 to turn that ground

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.620
 into good ground.

00:20:15.300 --> 00:20:16.140
 But there's still

00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:16.800
 that need

00:20:16.800 --> 00:20:17.700
 to plough.

00:20:18.320 --> 00:20:18.900
 There's still

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.440
 that need

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:19.900
 to work,

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.820
 to break up

00:20:20.820 --> 00:20:22.259
 the fallow ground.

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 It's not always easy.

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.220
 And that's

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.980
 the image

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.660
 of the vineyard

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.180
 that you see

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.960
 right throughout.

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:30.400
 We'll see a vineyard

00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.400
 that takes time.

00:20:31.840 --> 00:20:33.259
 It takes tending to

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 in order to bear

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.700
 good fruit.

00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.440
 And so it is

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.559
 with the ministry

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.920
 of the gospel.

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 It needs

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:42.799
 that dedication.

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.400
 It needs

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.480
 that devotion

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.740
 to it.

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.220
 And that's

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 the kind of people

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:50.680
 that God calls

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.119
 on us

00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:52.200
 to be as well,

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.279
 to be faithful

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.359
 as we do

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:55.879
 all for the Lord.

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 And you see it

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.859
 in different ways

00:20:58.859 --> 00:21:00.379
 throughout the scriptures

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 as well.

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.839
 In different ways

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 we are not to give up,

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 we are not to lose heart.

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:07.059
 Jesus in Luke 18

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:08.879
 he spoke the parable

00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:10.119
 of the woman

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 who kept coming

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 to the master.

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 And it's called

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 in verse 1

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 he says

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 he told them

00:21:16.639 --> 00:21:17.240
 a parable

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.960
 to the effect

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 that they ought

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.879
 always to pray

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 and not lose heart.

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 Always to pray

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 and not lose heart.

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 To break up

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 the fallow ground.

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 To not give up

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 in our prayers.

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 And to keep on

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 praying.

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:36.440
 In Psalm 126

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 which we sang together

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 it says there

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 he goes out weeping

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 carrying seed to sow

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 will return

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 with songs of joy

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 carrying sheaves

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 with him.

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 So

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 you're going out

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 weeping,

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.819
 you're going out

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 sowing,

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 you're wondering

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 what's going to come.

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 You're maybe feeling

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.680
 a sense of despair

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 and yet the Lord

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.579
 assures

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 there will be a day

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 when you return

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 in song

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 carrying the sheaves

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 the harvest

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 will come.

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 The Lord

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 can do it.

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 We're reminded

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 even how Jesus

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 himself

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.299
 wept over

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 his people.

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 Luke 19

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 verse 41

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 as he approached

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 Jerusalem

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 and saw the city

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 he wept over it

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 and said

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 if you

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 even you

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 had known

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 on this day

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 what would bring

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 you peace

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 but now

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 it is hidden

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 from your eyes.

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 He was weeping

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 because he had

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 what could bring

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 them peace

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 yet it's hidden

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 and so

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 we are in

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 difficult days

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 but yet it's still

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 a day

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 for dedication

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 a day

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 for devotion

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 to the Lord

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 because

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 we have

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.679
 what can bring

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 peace

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:47.599
 to the people

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 so we still

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 have hope

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 and so

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 finally in 30

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.759
 we see here

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 it's a day

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 not to despair

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 it's a day

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 not to despair

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 as chapter

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 10

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 verse 12

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 tells us

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 there is this hope

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 sow for yourselves

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 righteousness

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 reap

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 steadfast love

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:11.380
 break up

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 your fallow ground

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 for it is time

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 to seek

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 the Lord

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 that he may come

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 and rain

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 righteousness

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 upon you

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 one commentator

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 put it this way

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 Hosea

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 is a story

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 heavy

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:27.460
 with tragedy

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 but buoyant

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 in hope

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 I think that's

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 just a great way

00:23:32.800 --> 00:23:33.460
 of putting it

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 heavy with tragedy

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 there's so much

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.340
 that's tragic

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:37.600
 in the book

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.340
 of Hosea

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 but yet it's

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 buoyant

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.480
 with hope

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 because there is

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 still

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.660
 the hope

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.960
 of the Lord

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 and why

00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:48.920
 why can they hope

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:50.620
 why could Hosea

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 hope

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:54.160
 because the Lord

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 because the Lord

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.440
 is with him

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 the Lord

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.140
 is there

00:23:59.140 --> 00:24:01.080
 it is time

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:02.060
 to seek

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:03.460
 the Lord

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.779
 the Lord

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.620
 is bringing them

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.920
 down to that point

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.920
 where there's

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.840
 nowhere else

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.600
 to go

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 and again

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 that's the kind

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:13.300
 of world

00:24:13.300 --> 00:24:14.300
 in which we live

00:24:14.300 --> 00:24:15.539
 a world

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:15.940
 that as

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:17.039
 you often see

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.680
 the wheel

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.420
 go round

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.799
 where there's

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.340
 a turning

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:21.259
 away from God

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.039
 after a time

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 of blessing

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 and we can

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.740
 have everything

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.440
 we do not

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.160
 fear the Lord

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.519
 we don't need

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.140
 a king

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:28.180
 over us

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:29.340
 until we come

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 to the point

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.900
 where we're

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.640
 so low

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.940
 we've got

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.700
 nowhere else

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.400
 to go

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:36.180
 and where

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.700
 do we go

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.060
 then

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:38.440
 well that's

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.880
 the answer

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.840
 that Hosea

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.300
 has

00:24:40.300 --> 00:24:41.960
 it is time

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.860
 to seek

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.980
 the Lord

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:46.000
 and we have

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.900
 a day to day

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.960
 where people

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.519
 are looking

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.880
 for these answers

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:51.680
 and we have

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:53.280
 the good news

00:24:53.280 --> 00:24:54.600
 to give them

00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:56.380
 it is time

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:57.580
 to seek

00:24:57.580 --> 00:24:58.360
 the Lord

00:24:58.360 --> 00:25:00.080
 and we should

00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:00.960
 be encouraged

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:02.600
 that there are

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:03.259
 things that are

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.680
 happening

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.700
 where the

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.000
 Lord

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.460
 is working

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.960
 I'm speaking

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.480
 to somebody

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:08.980
 this week

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.620
 who was speaking

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:09.960
 about

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:11.299
 Christian unions

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.900
 and the

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.500
 blessings that

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.820
 they are

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:14.620
 in schools

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:16.240
 and we're

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.279
 privileged here

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.720
 to have

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.600
 some of our

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.279
 schools have

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.140
 Christian unions

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.660
 being run

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.000
 in them

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.100
 it's a great

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.640
 delight

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:24.080
 but we maybe

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.900
 think to ourselves

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.539
 if only

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.299
 they were

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.900
 happening in

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.600
 other places

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:28.120
 in the mainland

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:29.539
 they are

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.880
 and in

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.940
 amazing ways

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:33.019
 there were

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.620
 an update

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.279
 given where

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.799
 schools down

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.460
 in the borders

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.460
 there's just

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.259
 a hunger

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.900
 for the gospel

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:41.019
 because

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:42.299
 the young

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.840
 people

00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:43.860
 they know

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.380
 that there's

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.259
 something missing

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.460
 they know

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.120
 the answers

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:48.320
 aren't coming

00:25:48.320 --> 00:25:49.160
 in the way

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.559
 that we're

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:49.980
 going

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:51.080
 and in many

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:51.400
 ways

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.360
 they're seeking

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.460
 the Lord

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.460
 great

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.779
 opportunities

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:57.480
 and there

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.240
 is hope

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:59.539
 because

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.660
 the gospel

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.500
 is always

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.599
 filled with

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.019
 hope

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:04.399
 we were

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:05.099
 down in

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.559
 Manchester

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.059
 a few

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.720
 years ago

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.319
 in a small

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.779
 town

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.680
 south of

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.180
 Manchester

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:11.240
 and on

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.980
 the Sunday

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.500
 on the Lord's

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.779
 Day we

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.299
 went along

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.899
 to church

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.160
 in the

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.440
 town

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:16.019
 and we

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.539
 went in

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.359
 got a

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.920
 very warm

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.339
 welcome

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:18.839
 into the

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.259
 place

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.379
 and there

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:20.759
 was quite

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.200
 a number

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.519
 in it

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.819
 was a

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.220
 reasonable

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.940
 congregation

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.279
 but as

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.440
 we were

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.039
 looking around

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.519
 we thought

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.299
 there's not

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.940
 many young

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.779
 people here

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:29.319
 it's mostly

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.960
 a more

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.359
 elderly

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.000
 congregation

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.519
 or middle

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:31.900
 aged

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:33.039
 congregation

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.519
 there's one

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.859
 or two

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.579
 young people

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.119
 and one

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.420
 or two

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.900
 infants

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:37.819
 but as

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.119
 as we

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.559
 sat down

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.099
 the preacher

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.720
 came in

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.639
 one of the

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.180
 first things

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.680
 he said

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.000
 was

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.559
 we're going

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:42.799
 to be

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.200
 praying

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.839
 today for

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.299
 our youth

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.639
 group

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:44.940
 who are

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.220
 away

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.519
 for the

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.879
 weekend

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:47.299
 80 of

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.579
 them have

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:47.879
 gone

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.599
 on a

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:48.900
 trip

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.579
 and I

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:49.859
 was like

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.139
 we're

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.519
 blown

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.960
 away

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.819
 80

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.259
 children

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.619
 and if

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:52.839
 they'd

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.259
 been there

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.859
 as well

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.400
 the place

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.619
 would have

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:54.959
 been pretty

00:26:54.959 --> 00:26:55.659
 much full

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.519
 and you're

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.899
 thinking to

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.259
 yourself

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.899
 we didn't

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.919
 expect this

00:26:58.919 --> 00:27:00.039
 we didn't

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.699
 expect this

00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:00.979
 you almost

00:27:00.979 --> 00:27:01.439
 think that

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:02.379
 the gospel

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.319
 has come

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.839
 out of our

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.119
 nation

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.979
 it hasn't

00:27:04.979 --> 00:27:05.979
 there are

00:27:05.979 --> 00:27:07.439
 many congregations

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:08.159
 all over

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:09.219
 the country

00:27:09.219 --> 00:27:10.119
 where the

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.699
 Lord is

00:27:10.699 --> 00:27:11.339
 working and

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.500
 working in

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.399
 amazing ways

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:14.159
 so we don't

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:15.319
 lose hope

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.919
 we don't

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.979
 lose heart

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:20.120
 and Hosea

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:21.220
 didn't

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.019
 lose heart

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:23.200
 he kept

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.940
 devoting

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.440
 himself

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:25.120
 to

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.880
 proclaiming

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.860
 the word

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.880
 of God

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:29.019
 now at the

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.579
 beginning we

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.019
 said about

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.700
 his children

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.579
 and what

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.299
 their names

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.200
 meant

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.220
 Jezreel

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.480
 I will

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.099
 scatter

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.440
 my people

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.079
 how he had

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.259
 then a

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.599
 daughter

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.779
 no mercy

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.960
 and then

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.819
 another son

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:44.120
 not my

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.900
 people

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:46.180
 but it's

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.880
 actually in

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.580
 these names

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:48.500
 that you

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.640
 see the

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.259
 hope that

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.720
 he had

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.880
 because if

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.160
 you just

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.800
 turn back

00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:53.560
 to chapter

00:27:53.560 --> 00:27:54.860
 two as

00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:55.700
 we conclude

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:57.200
 you see

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.720
 there the

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.140
 names

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.920
 mentioned

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.000
 again

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.920
 from verse

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.740
 20

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:04.080
 I will

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.940
 betroth you

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.600
 to my

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.280
 faithfulness

00:28:06.280 --> 00:28:06.560
 and you

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:07.200
 shall know

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.120
 the Lord

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:09.280
 and in

00:28:09.280 --> 00:28:09.740
 that day

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.060
 I will

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.480
 answer

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.080
 declares

00:28:11.080 --> 00:28:11.519
 the Lord

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:11.820
 I will

00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:12.180
 answer

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.720
 the heavens

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.500
 and they

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.980
 shall answer

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.460
 the earth

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.920
 and the earth

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.600
 shall answer

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.640
 the grain

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.259
 the wine

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.819
 the oil

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.140
 and they

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.840
 shall answer

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:20.120
 Jezreel

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:21.120
 and I will

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.720
 sow her

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.680
 for myself

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.960
 in the land

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:25.039
 so you're

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.519
 seeing with

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.299
 Jezreel

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.700
 that although

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.059
 they were

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.420
 going to be

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.120
 scattered

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:30.259
 there was

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.600
 going to be

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:31.200
 a sowing

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:32.620
 and if there

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.340
 was a sowing

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:34.620
 there would

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.460
 be a harvest

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:37.200
 so the harvest

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:38.400
 although it

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.920
 was difficult

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.440
 days

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.500
 was promised

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.740
 and then

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.360
 you go on

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:44.759
 and I

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.479
 will have

00:28:45.479 --> 00:28:46.099
 mercy

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.279
 on no

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.699
 mercy

00:28:47.699 --> 00:28:49.119
 so the

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.419
 Lord

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:50.519
 is able

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.959
 to show

00:28:50.959 --> 00:28:51.299
 mercy

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.799
 even in

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.259
 the midst

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.379
 of no

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:53.819
 mercy

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:55.039
 the Lord

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.599
 is able

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.579
 to show

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.039
 mercy

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:58.319
 and then

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.559
 he goes

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.859
 on

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.459
 and I

00:28:59.459 --> 00:28:59.939
 will say

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.719
 to not

00:29:00.719 --> 00:29:01.579
 my people

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:03.079
 you are

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.879
 my people

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:05.039
 and he

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.759
 shall say

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.699
 you

00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:07.740
 are my

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.259
 God

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.480
 and so

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.019
 you see

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.819
 even in

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.200
 the imagery

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.500
 that was

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.039
 given to

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.440
 Hosea

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.779
 of his

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:12.960
 own

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.519
 family

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.420
 and the

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.720
 misery

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.140
 that there

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.640
 was in

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:15.879
 it

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:17.099
 a scattered

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.619
 people

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.099
 a people

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.920
 of no

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:19.359
 mercy

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.940
 a people

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.279
 who are

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.940
 not my

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.420
 people

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:21.819
 the Lord

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.279
 says

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.720
 he is able

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.259
 to turn

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.480
 it

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.799
 he is able

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.160
 from the

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.640
 scattering

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.099
 to bring

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.619
 sowing

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.559
 to bring

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.119
 a harvest

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.700
 he is able

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.440
 to have

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.980
 mercy

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:32.000
 on no

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.480
 mercy

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.680
 he is able

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.160
 to say

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.539
 to you

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:34.920
 are not

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.759
 my people

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:37.180
 you are

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:38.000
 my people

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.220
 and what

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.440
 do the

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.799
 people

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.240
 say

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.660
 you are

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.359
 my God

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:44.039
 so there

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.779
 is hope

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:46.119
 the people

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.640
 who say

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.420
 we will

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.859
 have no

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.440
 king

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.440
 over us

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.680
 we do

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.420
 not fear

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.980
 the Lord

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.900
 there is

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.420
 the hope

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.720
 that they

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.500
 will return

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.859
 and say

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:56.220
 you are

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.420
 my God

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:59.819
 so Hosea

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:01.099
 breaks the

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:01.940
 fallow ground

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.960
 for it is

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.519
 time

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.819
 to seek

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.400
 the Lord

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.440
 and so

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.779
 that as

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.380
 we do

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.700
 likewise

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.160
 as we

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.680
 seek

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.840
 to proclaim

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:11.560
 the good

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:12.020
 news

00:30:12.020 --> 00:30:12.480
 of the

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.920
 gospel

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:14.040
 we do

00:30:14.040 --> 00:30:14.580
 so in

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:15.080
 light of

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.340
 that

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:15.680
 it is

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.200
 time

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:17.360
 to seek

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:17.860
 the Lord

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.460
 the Lord

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.460
 who is able

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.080
 to bear

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:21.140
 a great

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.740
 harvest

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.720
 the Lord

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.300
 who is able

00:30:23.300 --> 00:30:24.340
 to show

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.780
 mercy

00:30:24.780 --> 00:30:26.180
 and the Lord

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.660
 who is able

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.200
 to turn a

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.780
 people who

00:30:27.780 --> 00:30:28.260
 are not

00:30:28.260 --> 00:30:29.260
 his people

00:30:29.260 --> 00:30:30.240
 into a

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.740
 people

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.440
 who are

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.260
 his people

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.339
 that they

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:33.799
 would say

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.440
 with one

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.000
 voice

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:36.839
 my Lord

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:38.079
 and my

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.559
 God

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.900
 we have

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.980
 difficult days

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:42.420
 it's days

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:43.720
 for dedication

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:45.480
 and devotion

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:47.160
 and it's a

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.460
 day

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.480
 that we will

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.960
 see the

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.519
 delight

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:51.039
 as we see

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.519
 God

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.420
 working

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.579
 there is

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.900
 good news

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:56.039
 for all

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.539
 so we are

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.119
 to keep

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:58.579
 proclaiming

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.599
 that good

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.039
 news

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.960
 in the

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.539
 hope of

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:01.980
 God

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.019
 hearing

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:04.519
 and answering

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.899
 our prayers

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:07.220
 well let us

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.539
 pray

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:10.500
 Lord our

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.439
 gracious God

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:11.799
 we do

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.460
 thank you

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.859
 for your

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.419
 word that

00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:14.019
 fills us

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.500
 with that

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.899
 hope

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.199
 that in

00:31:15.199 --> 00:31:15.699
 the midst

00:31:15.699 --> 00:31:16.559
 of the

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:16.960
 heaviness

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.759
 of tragedy

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.240
 as that

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.939
 commentator

00:31:18.939 --> 00:31:19.519
 put it

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.480
 that we

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.019
 see that

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.379
 too

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.119
 that it

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.679
 was filled

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:23.399
 and buoyant

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:24.259
 with hope

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.039
 and we

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.500
 thank you

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.699
 Lord

00:31:25.699 --> 00:31:26.039
 that that

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.599
 encourages

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.099
 in our

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.699
 day too

00:31:27.699 --> 00:31:28.059
 that we

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.519
 would see

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.079
 a world

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.859
 that is

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.299
 so full

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.000
 of tragedy

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.460
 in so

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.700
 many

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.180
 different

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.639
 ways

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.379
 but yet

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:33.559
 that we

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:33.980
 would see

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.599
 the hope

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:34.940
 that there

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:36.000
 is in

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.619
 seeking

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.440
 the Lord

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.519
 we ask

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.859
 Lord that

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.079
 you will

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.619
 bless us

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.019
 in every

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.579
 endeavour

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.639
 to show

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.440
 forth that

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.139
 good news

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.700
 to show

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.400
 it to

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:45.059
 all around

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.460
 us

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.299
 to be a

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.819
 people who

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.160
 do not

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.900
 lose heart

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.379
 in doing

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:48.799
 so

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.639
 even though

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:49.980
 there are

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.700
 difficulties

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.279
 Lord

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.539
 that we

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:51.839
 would be

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.240
 filled

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.180
 with that

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.639
 dedication

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.960
 to you

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.299
 and that we

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.799
 would see

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.200
 Lord

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.579
 a delight

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.000
 in you

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.240
 that we

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.660
 would see

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.279
 a people

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.480
 coming to

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.099
 rejoice

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:02.140
 in the hope

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.480
 that there

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:02.980
 is in

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.339
 Jesus

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.240
 so we

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.740
 ask all

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.460
 these things

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.759
 Lord

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.460
 confessing

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.359
 our need

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 of you

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 confessing

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 our short

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 comings

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 and our

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 sins

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 but thankful

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 for the

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 one who

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 is on

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 our side

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 our Lord

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 and Saviour

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 Jesus Christ

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 as we pray

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 in his name

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 Amen

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 we voy

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 voy

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