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 So we're following a series over these few weeks on names for God, names of God.

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 And today we're thinking about the theme, God's personal name.

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 In that passage there from Psalm 68, we read,

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 Sing to God, sing praise to his name.

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 This is very much out of the kind of context of worship.

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 David is worshipping his God as he writes this psalm, and as this psalm has been sung over the centuries.

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 So there's a sense of identifying God as a deeply personal being who is named as such.

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 And the context there is worship.

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 And it perhaps raises a question that's, I think, one that is not an uncommon question to ask.

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 And it's this, why would God, if God's love, if he's a loving God,

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 why would God create human beings in order to receive worship from us?

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 That's a question that I found myself wrestling with actually quite a long time.

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 I found the words of C.S. Lewis quite helpful in this respect.

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 And C.S. Lewis put it like this.

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 He said that God created us, creates us, and sustains us in life in order to enjoy God.

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 In order to have a relationship with God, not just as an impersonal being that we believe in,

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 but actually a loving being who we have a living relationship with in a meaningful way.

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 And in order to enjoy that relationship, praise is a part of that.

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 Because praise is a part of anything that we enjoy in life.

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 For example, if you're eating something that you're really enjoying,

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 you kind of praise the food.

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 When you say, mmm.

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 You know, in the same way, if you stub your toe, you go, ouch.

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 Or something worse.

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 When you have a positive experience, you know, the positive, ouch, is a mmm.

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 And it's not just in food.

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 It's in anything.

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 If you're listening to a piece of music, you'll be expressing something.

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 You might actually find yourself kind of humming along with something as you're listening to it.

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 Then afterwards, you'd be saying, oh, that's just amazing.

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 And then you might be breaking it down and saying, that bit there was absolutely superb.

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 Or if you've seen an amazing film afterwards, you'll be telling people about it.

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 You've got to see this film.

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 It's absolutely amazing.

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 Or if you're out on a walk and there's an amazing scenery,

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 and you're with somebody and say, look at that over there.

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 Isn't that absolutely stunning?

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 You know, when we're generally caught up in the moment of enjoying a reality of life,

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 there's something about the very act of enjoying it that causes us to praise.

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 That might not always be the word that we might think of using, but we praise it.

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 In other words, we express the enjoyment that we have of it.

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 C.S. Lewis wrote this.

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 He said,

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 The most obvious fact about praise strangely escaped me.

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 I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise.

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 The world rings with praise.

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 Walkers praising the countryside.

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 Players praising their favourite game.

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 Praise of weather, wines, dishes, actors, horses, colleges, countries, historical personages,

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 children, flowers, mountains, rare stamps.

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 Not quite sure about that one, but anyway, if that's your thing, enjoy it.

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 Rare books, even sometimes politicians, maybe, and scholars.

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 I think we delight to praise what we enjoy,

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 because the praise not merely expresses, but completes the enjoyment

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 in its appointed consummation.

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 It's not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are.

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 The delight is incomplete until it is expressed.

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 In other words, worship and praise is consummation of joy.

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 And that's important when we come to think here about the way in which David names his God in worship,

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 because it's not just some sort of sterile thing that he's doing with his mind.

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 It's something that overflows from the heart.

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 As he outpours his worship,

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 so we see something of the way in which the name of God is expressed.

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 We see the enjoyment of God expressed in this psalm.

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 So as David celebrates God,

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 he celebrates him not as an abstract concept,

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 but for the very real practical ways in which he sees him in action in his daily lives.

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 Sing to God, says the psalm.

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 Sing to God.

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 Sing praise to his name.

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 His name is the Lord.

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 Now in Jewish thinking, in Hebrew thinking,

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 God considered so holy that there could be no name for God as such.

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 And eventually they came with, they arrived at the term Yahweh,

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 but most of the time in English, modern English translations,

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 that is translated into the word the Lord.

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 But what we see here is David praising the Lord,

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 who is so holy other that cannot actually be given a name,

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 but he calls him Yahweh the Lord.

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 But as he does so,

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 so in this psalm,

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 we can see a number of specific things that emerge

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 that David identifies in practical terms

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 what that means and why he wishes to praise his God in this way.

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 I want to suggest three things.

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 There are many more,

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 but I want to suggest three things that come out of these verses.

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 Firstly, we see David experience,

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 experience poured out in praise

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 as he refers to God,

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 who he sees is always before us,

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 who goes before us.

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 Secondly,

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 how that is the same God who bears our daily burdens.

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 And thirdly,

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 how he calls him Father.

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 Let's just think of those in turn.

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 Firstly,

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 he says that God is the God who goes before us.

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 In verse seven in this psalm,

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 it says,

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 when you went out before your people,

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 oh God,

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 when you marched through the wasteland,

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 the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain.

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 As this psalm is expressing this,

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 so it's pointing back to the time

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 when God's people were set free from slavery in Egypt

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 and they went into the desert

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 with the promise that one day

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 they would enter a promised land.

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 And all the while,

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 God was in front of them leading the way.

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 And as David recounts that experience in this psalm here,

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 we can imagine that David,

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 as a king leading Israel

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 during an extremely turbulent time in its history,

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 was acknowledging that in his daily experience

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 when he wasn't,

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 when he didn't know what was going to happen

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 to him and to his country,

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 nevertheless,

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 he believed,

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 he had this conviction

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 that God goes before us.

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 There's a story about a little girl

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 who first time was on a train,

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 like a train journey.

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 She was excited,

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 but she was also quite nervous.

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 And she was particularly nervous

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 as on this train,

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 she looked out of the window

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 and she could see on the horizon

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 a vast, expansive lake.

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 And the train was heading towards it.

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 And she was worried

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 what was going to happen

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 when the train hit the lake.

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 She couldn't see the bridge

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 until the split second

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 before the train

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 actually passed across the lake.

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 And as she did so,

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 she just said to her mum,

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 someone's put a bridge here for us.

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 And life can sometimes be like that,

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 where sometimes,

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 you know,

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 we're held on tender hooks,

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 we don't quite know

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 what's going to happen,

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 we see this thing

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 coming down the track at us.

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 And it's only when we get to that place

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 that then we sense,

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 no, it's okay,

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 God's got this.

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 And I sense that was

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 probably David's experience.

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 God goes before us.

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 Whatever situation you've got

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 going on in your life right now

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 that you might be feeling

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 apprehensive about,

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 God goes ahead of you

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 into that situation.

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 You can't see

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 how that's going to play out

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 because we can't see the future,

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 but the reassurance here

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 is that God does.

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 He goes ahead.

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 God puts the bridges

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 out ahead of us

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 for when we get there.

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 The second part there

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 is that David goes on

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 and says that

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 God daily bears our burdens

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 in verse 19.

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 He is the God

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 who daily bears our burdens.

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 Again,

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 David's experience

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 of leading his country

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 during this turbulent time

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 was that sense

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 that every day

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 God bears our burdens.

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 Now, what does that mean?

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 Clearly, it does not mean

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 that somehow

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 when we believe in God,

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 when we follow Jesus,

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 that we're suddenly immunised

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 from problems.

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 It doesn't work like that

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 and Jesus never said

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 it would be.

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 But there's a certain power

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 in this dynamic

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 of casting our burdens

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 and learning that dynamic

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 of casting our burdens

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 onto God.

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 when we experience

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 that sense

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 of looking down the track

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 and we don't know

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 what the future

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 is going to be like,

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 we're called to entrust

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 to cast our burdens

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 onto him.

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 1 Peter 5, verse 7

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 says,

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 cast all your anxiety,

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 all your burdens

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 onto him

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 because he cares for you.

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 So what does that

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 actually look like

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 in practical terms?

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 Well, apparently,

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 the only other place

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 in the whole

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 of the New Testament

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 where that word

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 casting actually appears

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 is in Luke chapter 19

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 and it's when the disciples

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 get the colt

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 that Jesus rides on

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 into Jerusalem

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 in what was celebrated

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 as Palm Sunday

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 and we're told

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 that the disciples

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 took the colt

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 and they cast their cloaks

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 onto the colt

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 before Jesus got on it.

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 So what you've got there

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 is something,

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 a visual idea

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 of what that actually,

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 you know,

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 if you want to know

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 what that looks like,

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 just think of Jesus' disciples

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 taking off their robes

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 and just casting them

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 onto the colt.

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 They're throwing them on

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 and that's the same word

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 that is then used

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 in 1 Peter chapter 5.

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 Cast your anxieties

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 onto God.

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 Now that's not an easy thing.

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 In some ways,

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 it's a lifelong process

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 that we're called

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 every day of our lives

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 to learn and to practice

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 more and more and more

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 but it's an ancient practice

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 and one that we see

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 going on in David

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 as he talks about

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 the God

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 who carries

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 our burdens

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 daily.

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 He promises

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 to carry them

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 but he calls us

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 to cast

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 those burdens

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 in trust

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 onto him.

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 George Muller,

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 he lived from

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 1805 to 1898

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 and during his

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 magnificent life

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 he did some

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 extraordinary things

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 but he was most

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 known for setting up

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 the orphanages

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 just up the road

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 in Bristol.

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 During his lifetime

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 it's estimated

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 that over

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 10,000

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 orphans

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 were taken care of

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 by George Muller's homes.

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 Over 10,000

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 young people.

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 It's extraordinary.

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 He was not only

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 just a practical man,

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 principally he was

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 a man of prayer.

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 And during the time

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 of setting these

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 orphanages up

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 he never made

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 public appeals

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 for money.

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 They were all

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 unsolicited gifts

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 apparently.

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 But he just prayed

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 that the provision

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 would come.

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 And he was known

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 and you may have

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 heard many stories

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 before about

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 how it wasn't

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 an uncommon

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 experience for him

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 to set out

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 everything not

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 knowing where

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 the next meal

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 was going to

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 come from.

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 One occasion

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 there was even

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 300 children

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 out and they

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 even said grace

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 before the food

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 actually arrived

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 that day.

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 It was another

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 occasion when

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 the boiler

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 broke down

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 and he just

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 prayed that

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 the people

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 would come along

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 and fix it

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 and that it

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 would happen

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 and it did.

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 It was another

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 occasion when

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 he was out

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 on a ship

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 and they

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 needed to get

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 somewhere

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 but there was

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 fog everywhere

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 and they had to

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 stop,

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 they had to

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 slow right down

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 and he said

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 to the captain

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 of the ship

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 let's go and

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 pray and the

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 captain just

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 said you're

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 wasting your

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 time,

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 you cannot

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 change the

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 meteorological

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 conditions by

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 prayer and

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 apparently

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 Muller said

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 let's just

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 go down

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 and pray

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 and he

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 insisted and

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 he went down

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 reluctantly and

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 apparently Muller

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 led in this

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 prayer and the

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 captain could see

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 this man was

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 earnest so he

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 started to then

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 pray and Muller

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 apparently classed

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 him by the arm

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 and said you

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 can stop there

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 and he just

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 said we've got

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 to come and

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 pray and he

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 said no no

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 you don't need

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 to,

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 I've already

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 said it,

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 you don't need

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 to say it

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 again,

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 honestly,

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 believe me,

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 the fog has

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 lifted,

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 they went

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 upstairs on

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 ship and

00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:27.879
 sure enough

00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:28.220
 the fog

00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:28.480
 had just

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 gone,

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 but apparently

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 Muller was

00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:33.139
 once asked

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 how on

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 earth he

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 managed to

00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:35.919
 keep up

00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:37.500
 with so

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 much activity

00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:38.980
 during his

00:14:38.980 --> 00:14:39.360
 life,

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 how he

00:14:40.340 --> 00:14:41.620
 managed to

00:14:41.620 --> 00:14:42.180
 keep going

00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:42.560
 in the middle

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 of a hectic

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 day with

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 continual

00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:45.899
 uncertainties as

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 to how he

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 would keep

00:14:46.779 --> 00:14:47.600
 these orphanages

00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:48.080
 going.

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 And apparently

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 he said

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 this,

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 I rolled

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 60 things

00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.120
 onto the

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 Lord this

00:14:53.560 --> 00:14:53.940
 morning.

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 Casting your

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 burdens.

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 It's simple,

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 it's not easy

00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:00.960
 though.

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 Of course it's

00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:02.740
 not easy,

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 sometimes the

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 most simple

00:15:03.820 --> 00:15:04.740
 things are the

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 most challenging

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 things.

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 And this is a

00:15:08.300 --> 00:15:09.060
 challenging thing

00:15:09.060 --> 00:15:09.600
 even though it's

00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.139
 a very simple

00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:10.519
 thing.

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 But that's what

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 we're called to

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 do, to trust in

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 that same God

00:15:15.340 --> 00:15:16.120
 that is named

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 by David as

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 the one who

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 carries our

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 burdens daily.

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 And in

00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:20.759
 practical terms,

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 what does that

00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:21.679
 look like?

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 What it looks

00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:22.879
 like learning

00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:23.639
 that discipline,

00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:24.779
 just being able

00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:25.320
 to let go and

00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:25.659
 to get on

00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:25.940
 with it.

00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:29.440
 The last

00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:30.000
 thing here

00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:31.860
 that David

00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:32.799
 says is that

00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:33.639
 he refers to

00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:35.460
 God as he

00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:36.159
 is the father

00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:36.519
 of the

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.139
 fatherless.

00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:38.659
 That was

00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:39.019
 David's

00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:39.519
 experience.

00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:39.940
 You need to

00:15:39.940 --> 00:15:40.220
 remember,

00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:40.860
 David was,

00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:41.559
 when David

00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:42.360
 became king

00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:44.180
 and all his

00:15:44.180 --> 00:15:44.659
 brothers were

00:15:44.659 --> 00:15:45.919
 all lined up

00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:47.220
 as he was

00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:47.600
 going to be

00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.180
 a, you

00:15:48.180 --> 00:15:48.340
 know,

00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:49.379
 the prophet

00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:49.899
 went along

00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:50.139
 to his

00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:50.460
 house and

00:15:50.460 --> 00:15:50.600
 said,

00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.039
 who's going

00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:52.940
 to be the

00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:53.440
 new king?

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.220
 And I'll

00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:54.779
 just know

00:15:54.779 --> 00:15:55.139
 when it's

00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.480
 the new

00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:55.879
 king and

00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.320
 I'll anoint

00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:56.779
 the one

00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:57.419
 with oil

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:57.840
 who is

00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:58.159
 lined up.

00:15:58.180 --> 00:15:58.379
 All his

00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:58.639
 brothers

00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:59.360
 brought in

00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.279
 and David

00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:00.500
 was,

00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:00.759
 and he was

00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.100
 just still

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.440
 out in the

00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:01.879
 field looking

00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:02.300
 after the

00:16:02.300 --> 00:16:02.519
 sheep.

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.300
 He was the

00:16:03.300 --> 00:16:03.700
 runt of the

00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:03.879
 litter.

00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:04.180
 He didn't

00:16:04.180 --> 00:16:04.500
 think he was

00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:04.899
 worth even

00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.480
 bringing in.

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.700
 No, no,

00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.000
 he's got to

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.580
 be brought in.

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:07.940
 And David

00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:08.539
 eventually was

00:16:08.539 --> 00:16:08.920
 brought in

00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:09.599
 straight away.

00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:09.919
 Yeah,

00:16:10.479 --> 00:16:10.899
 here's the

00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:11.159
 one.

00:16:11.579 --> 00:16:11.819
 Here's the

00:16:11.819 --> 00:16:12.039
 one who's

00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:12.360
 going to be

00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:12.759
 chosen,

00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.199
 promoted from

00:16:14.199 --> 00:16:15.099
 shepherd to

00:16:15.099 --> 00:16:15.419
 king,

00:16:16.059 --> 00:16:16.799
 just like

00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:17.099
 that.

00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.120
 So that was

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:18.559
 David's

00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:19.419
 experience.

00:16:20.719 --> 00:16:20.919
 Now,

00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.079
 much history

00:16:22.079 --> 00:16:22.779
 passed since

00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:23.179
 David.

00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:25.799
 Jesus

00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.939
 enters the

00:16:26.939 --> 00:16:29.579
 scene and

00:16:29.579 --> 00:16:30.279
 proclaims that

00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:30.799
 we can have

00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:31.259
 that living

00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:31.939
 relationship

00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:33.899
 with our

00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.219
 God,

00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:35.240
 where we're

00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:35.659
 promoted,

00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.199
 not from

00:16:36.199 --> 00:16:36.819
 shepherd to

00:16:36.819 --> 00:16:37.059
 king,

00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:39.799
 but from

00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:40.299
 an ordinary

00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:41.219
 person to

00:16:41.219 --> 00:16:41.839
 a child of

00:16:41.839 --> 00:16:42.119
 God,

00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.500
 where we

00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:44.139
 can call

00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.739
 God

00:16:44.739 --> 00:16:45.899
 father.

00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:48.019
 Whatever our

00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:49.039
 experiences of

00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:49.959
 human fathers

00:16:49.959 --> 00:16:50.359
 have been,

00:16:50.439 --> 00:16:50.699
 whether it's

00:16:50.699 --> 00:16:51.299
 been magnificent,

00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:51.819
 whether it's

00:16:51.819 --> 00:16:52.379
 been terrible,

00:16:52.939 --> 00:16:54.679
 whatever it may

00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:55.439
 be, we're all

00:16:55.439 --> 00:16:55.779
 different.

00:16:56.479 --> 00:16:57.359
 The point here

00:16:57.359 --> 00:16:59.039
 is that the

00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:00.199
 true experience

00:17:00.199 --> 00:17:00.879
 of fatherhood as

00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.379
 it's meant to

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.119
 be is defined

00:17:02.119 --> 00:17:04.720
 in the God

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.480
 who loves you

00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:06.839
 unconditionally.

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.960
 whatever you

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.319
 might think

00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:09.899
 about yourself,

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.319
 you're given

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:11.000
 that radically

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.859
 new identity,

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:12.960
 you're offered

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.440
 that new

00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.179
 identity and

00:17:14.179 --> 00:17:14.740
 invited to

00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:16.019
 enjoy that

00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:17.579
 identity and

00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.139
 to know that

00:17:18.139 --> 00:17:18.759
 you can dare

00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.619
 to call God

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.319
 father, the

00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:20.980
 most personal

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.700
 name that

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.119
 you could

00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:22.819
 possibly be.

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:26.759
 Apparently

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:29.399
 Napoleon was

00:17:29.399 --> 00:17:29.960
 riding his

00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:30.440
 horse one

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:32.460
 day and a

00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:33.460
 young private

00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:34.399
 just happens

00:17:34.399 --> 00:17:35.059
 to be nearby.

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:37.819
 the horse

00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:38.339
 went out of

00:17:38.339 --> 00:17:38.819
 control.

00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:41.019
 This young

00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:41.919
 private ran

00:17:41.919 --> 00:17:42.399
 up to

00:17:42.399 --> 00:17:42.899
 Napoleon,

00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:43.639
 grabbed the

00:17:43.639 --> 00:17:43.980
 horse and

00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:44.220
 brought it

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.919
 under control,

00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:45.740
 preventing

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.599
 Napoleon from

00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:47.119
 being thrown

00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:47.639
 off the

00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:47.960
 horse.

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:49.539
 Napoleon

00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.559
 didn't actually

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.839
 know this

00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:52.480
 young man by

00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:53.019
 name except

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:53.539
 he knew he

00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.159
 was a private

00:17:54.159 --> 00:17:54.659
 who hadn't

00:17:54.659 --> 00:17:55.039
 been in the

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.500
 army long.

00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.339
 In one

00:17:57.339 --> 00:17:57.799
 breath, in

00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:58.319
 one moment,

00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:58.980
 he turned to

00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.379
 this young

00:17:59.379 --> 00:17:59.919
 man and

00:17:59.919 --> 00:18:00.119
 said,

00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:01.679
 thank you

00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:03.019
 captain.

00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:06.319
 He promoted

00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:08.619
 him in a

00:18:08.619 --> 00:18:09.079
 heartbeat.

00:18:11.679 --> 00:18:12.479
 In just

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 one word.

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 And in just

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 one word, you

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 were not

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 promoted from

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 private to

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 captain.

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 You

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 promoted to

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 child of

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 God.

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 In that one

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 word, father,

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 that you

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 were invited

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 to address

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 God as.

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 We get so

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 used to doing

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 this in praying

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 the Lord's

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 prayer as a

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 matter of

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 our father in

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 heaven, as

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 though it

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 just trots

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 off the

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 tongue.

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 What a

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 radical thing.

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 We are

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 called not

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 just to know

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 about God,

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 but to know

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 God.

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 And when we

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 hear that

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 name, we

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 hear God's

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 name as

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 father, the

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 most personal

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 name there

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 can possibly

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 be.

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 And with

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 it, we

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 hear that

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 new identity,

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 that

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 promotion.

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 You are

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 a child

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 of God.

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 So let's

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 praise and

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 let's worship

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 him every

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 day, but

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 let's do

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 that right

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 now.

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 Let's

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 pray.

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 Lord, thank

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 you that

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 you call

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 us into

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 that relationship,

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 not just a

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 belief system,

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 but a

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 relationship

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 with you.

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 And that

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 it's in

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 that relationship

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 of knowing

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 you and

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 enjoying you

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 that we're

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 invited to

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 praise you,

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 to praise you

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 out of that

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 sense of

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 overflowing

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 enjoyment,

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 of knowing

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 who you

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 are, and

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 of knowing

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 who we

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 are in

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 you.

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 Lord, we

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 thank you

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 for the

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 way in

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 which you

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 call us,

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 to know

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 that you

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 are always

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 before us,

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 that you

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 go ahead

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 of us,

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 that you

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 lay down

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 bridges that

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 we don't

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 know about.

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 Help us to

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 trust in you

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 for that.

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 Lord, thank

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 you that you

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 are the God

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 who promises

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 to bear our

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 daily burdens.

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 Help us to

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 trust in you

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 for that.

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 Help us to

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 cast our

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 burdens, our

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 anxieties onto

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 you in that

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 trust that we

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 can.

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 And whatever

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 we've got going

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 on in our

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 lives right

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 now, help

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 us to do

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 that right

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 now, to

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 cast it onto

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 you, knowing

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 that you carry

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 those burdens

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 and that is

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 your promise.

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 And Lord,

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 most of all,

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 thank you that

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 when we praise

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 your name, we

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 know that we

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 are not talking

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 about something

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 cold and

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 impersonal, but

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 we are talking

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 about you as

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 the living God,

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 our living

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 Father, who

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 loves us and

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 wants us to

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 know that we

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 are known and

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 loved by you

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 as your

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 children.

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 So help us to

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 do that, help

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.179
 us to know

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 that, help us

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 to live by

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 that, now

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 and in the

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 time to come.

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 In Jesus'

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:12.379
 name.

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 Amen.

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.159
 Amen.