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 We'll begin our worship this evening by singing to God's praise. We're going to

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 sing in Psalm 33 in the Scottish Psalter. Psalm 33, we're going to sing from verse

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 6 down to verse 11. Psalm 33, page 245 of the Psalm book, verse 6.

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 The heavens by the word of God did their beginning take, and by the breathing of

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 his mouth he all their hosts did make. The waters of the seas he brings to

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 together as an heap, and in storehouses as it were he layeth up the deep. And we

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 sing here of God's wondrous creating power and how all belongs to him and how

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 above all the counsel of the Lord, the word of the Lord as it says in verse 11,

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 does stand forever sure. So we'll sing from verse 6 to verse 11 to God's praise.

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 verse 6.

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 The heavens by the word of God did their beginning take, and by the breathing of his mouth he all their

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 and how he all said may. The waters of the seas he brings together as an heap, and in storehouses as

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 as an heap. The waters of the sea he brings together as an heap, and in storehouses as an

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 as an heap, and in storehouses as an heap, and in storehouses as an heap. The waters of the

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 Lord, let all the world's inhabitants tread him with one accord. For he did speak the word

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 modern.

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 Christopher

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 hurt and done it was without delay,

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 and

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 given

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 this

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 it firmly stood

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. Whatever

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 He

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 did say,

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atu

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 doth the counsel bring to naught

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 which heathen folk do take,

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 and what the people do divide

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 of none effect doth make.

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 O but the counsel of the Lord

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 doth stand forever sure,

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 and of his heart the purposes

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 from age to age endure.

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 We'll bow our heads in a word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 Our gracious Father in heaven,

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 we come anew to worship you this evening.

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 We come offering up our praise and thanksgiving to you,

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 that you are our Lord and our God,

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 the one who made heavens and earth as we see around us,

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 the one who created all things for your own glory,

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 the one who made all things through the word of your power.

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 And we thank you, Lord,

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 that it is established to remain,

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 that all that you have done by your word,

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 it stands and endures all things.

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 But as we have sung in this psalm together,

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 we are reminded that there are the counsel of man,

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 there is the words that we offer up ourselves,

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 the wisdom that we feel we have,

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 and as we live in a world that's ever-changing,

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 as it were,

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 through the wisdom of mankind,

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 we recognize,

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 even as your word says,

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 that what the people do devise,

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 of none effect doth make.

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 And we thank you for that, Lord,

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 that in a world that so swiftly and so quickly

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 is discarding your word and your truth,

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 and in the chaos that it brings,

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 in the world that we see descending

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 into more and more chaos.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that all its effects will do nothing

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 in the midst of our generation

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 and generations to come.

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 There may be a sense of dismay

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 and misdirection for many people at this time,

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 but we know, Lord,

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 that your counsel will stand forever,

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 that your word will endure forever,

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 and just as it is today,

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 it has been in the past.

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 As we read your word, Lord,

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 we see such similar days

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 when you have given your people over

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 to their own wisdom and their own ways.

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 And yet, oh Lord,

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 there have always been that time

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 when people have returned to you

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 and recognized and acknowledged

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 their sins and their faults

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 and come in repentance, Lord,

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 acknowledging dependence upon you.

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 And our prayer at this time

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 is that it may be so

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 in our generation,

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 that it may be so in our day,

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 as we see, oh Lord,

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 the failings of our world,

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 that we would come to the word

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 and to the one who never changes,

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 the one who is the same yesterday,

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 today, and forever.

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 And so, Lord,

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 as we live in a world

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 where there's that search for meaning,

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 that search for truth,

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 and where everybody seems to have

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 their own truth to tell,

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 we pray, Lord,

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 that we will hear your truth,

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 that we will hear your wisdom,

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 and that even this evening

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 as we come together,

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 that we will have ears to hear

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 what you will see,

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 that we will have hearts to receive,

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 that we will have the minds to discern,

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 and that we will have the eyes,

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 oh Lord,

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 to look around us

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 and to walk by faith

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 through you.

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 And we know this is only possible

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 through your spirit.

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 It's not of our own wisdom,

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 it's not of our own mindset,

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 but Lord,

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 that you would give us faith

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 as the gift of grace

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 that is so precious

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 and so freely offered by you.

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 And so help us, Lord,

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 each one of us,

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 from the youngest to the oldest,

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 no matter our situation,

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 no matter our life's experience,

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 no matter what we may be feeling

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 at this time,

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 that you will calm us

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 in your presence,

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 that you will still us

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 and help to know

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 that you are God.

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 So may you minister to us all, Lord,

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 and to all who need you

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 in different ways at this time.

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 We thank you that you are one

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 who hears and answers prayer.

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 And we thank you that

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 as we look back

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 in our own life's experience

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 and as we look back

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 in the experience of our nation

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 and even the world

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 in which we live,

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 that we see the power of prayer

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 all around us.

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 We see places and people

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 who, apart from prayer,

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 would be lost.

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 We see even in our own lives

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 and experience, Lord,

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 prayer answered by many,

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 maybe even no longer with us.

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 But we thank you, Lord,

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 for every prayer

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 that is offered up in your name.

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 Prayers past and present, Lord,

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 and prayers still to be answered

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 and answered into the future

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 and into the days that lie ahead.

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 But we thank you that in your time

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 and in your ways,

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 you answer prayer.

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 And help us, Lord,

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 to remember that we always pray

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 that your will be done.

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 No matter what is going on

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 around us, Lord,

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 we pray your will be done.

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 And help us to take hold

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 of the truths of your word.

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 Help us to lean upon them

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 and even the ones

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 that we so often maybe struggle

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 to understand at different points

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 in our own experience.

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 Even great words

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 as we read in your scripture,

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 that all things work together for good

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 for those who love you.

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 Lord, they are some of the most difficult words

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 for us to understand at times

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 when there seems to be little or no good

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 in our experience at times.

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 And yet help us, Lord,

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 to see beyond our experience

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 and to see your ways

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 and to see your paths

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 and to lean upon your wisdom

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 and your understanding,

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 not our own.

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 So, Lord, teach us.

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 Teach us to apply our hearts to wisdom.

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 Teach us to know you.

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 Teach us to walk closely with you.

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 Remember, Lord, your church

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 as it continues to witness for you.

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 Your people far and wide.

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 We pray, Lord, that you will encourage

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 and build up your people

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 near and far.

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 You call all your people,

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 those who believe in you,

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 to be those who will be witnesses for you.

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 We are all being built up together

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 in your kingdom.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that you will strengthen our number,

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 that you will strengthen our faith,

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 that you will strengthen our witness

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 for you as a people.

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 We pray that for ourselves

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 as a congregation here,

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 that you will help us to endeavor

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 to reach out with the gospel,

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 to reach out to those

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 who belong to us as a people,

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 those who are maybe downcast

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 and discouraged at this time,

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 those who are lonely,

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 those who are afraid,

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 those who maybe no longer come out

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 for different reasons.

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 Help us to come alongside

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 and to encourage

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 and to pray with them

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 and to help them along the way.

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 We also pray, Lord,

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 for those of our community

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 who do not come anywhere near a church

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 and have no interest in it,

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 some who are even antagonistic

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 against the faith

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 and against religion as a whole.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 that you will help us

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 to be salt and light

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 among all around us.

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 Help us to speak

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 to them lovingly

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 and graciously,

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 but also with that challenge

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 in our words as well.

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 For we live

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 in these final days, Lord.

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 We live in days

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 when we know

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 we need the Savior.

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 But for those

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 who see no need of him,

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 Lord,

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 we pray

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 that you will give

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 convicting words

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 and convincing words

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 that they might hear.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 for every endeavor

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 we have to reach out

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 with your word

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 through the preaching

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 of your word,

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 through the prayer meetings

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 during the week,

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 to all that is done

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 with young and old alike

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 during the week as well,

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 seeking to come alongside

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 and to encourage.

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 We pray your blessing

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 on all that we seek to do.

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 We pray your blessing

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 far and wide

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 upon your people,

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 Lord,

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 those who are mourning this day

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 as we know

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 there are many,

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 even in our own congregation

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 and in our own town here,

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 Lord.

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 We pray for comfort

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 for those who are

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 brokenhearted at this time,

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 even as we heard

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 about Emma's son

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 this morning,

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 Lord,

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 we continue to remember her,

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 to pray for her

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 and that you would uphold her

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 and all the family

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 at this time

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 and their sorrow

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 and sadness.

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 And far and wide,

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 Lord,

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 throughout our communities

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 when there are broken hearts,

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 we pray that you will come

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 with your healing power

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 and your power

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 to bring people,

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 even in the midst of sorrow,

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 to be able to say,

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 blessed be the name

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 of the Lord.

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 Lord,

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 so Lord,

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 help us

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 and help all who need you

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 in different ways.

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 Remember those

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 who are unwell,

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 those who are

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 in hospital and homes.

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 Remember our community

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 and our people

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 far and wide.

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 Remember our nation

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 and those who govern over us.

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 Again,

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 as we think of

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 all that is going on

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 around us,

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 Lord,

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 we pray

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 for all the needs

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 we see as a nation

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 and as nations

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 of the world.

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 And we think of

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 all that is

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 so much main headlines

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 in the news

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 and yet there are

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 other things

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 that go unnoticed.

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 We think of all

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 that's going on

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 with people fleeing

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 from nations

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 where there is

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 so much turmoil

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 and grief

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 only to meet

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 with much more turmoil

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 on their journey

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 to try and find safety.

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 We know

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 so much is being made

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 of those crossing

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 the channel

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 seeking to find

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 a new life

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 and to seek

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 to find new beginnings

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 only to be met

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 with such hostility

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 and resistance.

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 And we pray

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 for every soul,

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 for every person,

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 for everyone

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 who feels lost

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 in this world

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 with nowhere to turn,

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 for all who are persecuted,

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 for all who are

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 put down upon,

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 for all who are made

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 to feel useless

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 and low

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 and of no worth.

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 Lord,

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 we pray

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 that they will find

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 worth in Christ,

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 that we'll find

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 worth in this world

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 to go on

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 in your strength.

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 Lord,

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 give us that heart

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 of mercy,

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 that heart

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 to love our neighbour

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 as ourself

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 and to look beyond

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 our own needs

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 and to the needs

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 of others.

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 So teach us,

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 Lord,

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 we pray,

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 and teach us

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 by your word,

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 by your grace

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 and by your spirit.

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 May your spirit

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 move among us

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 as a nation

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 and as the world

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 as a whole,

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 Lord,

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 to see your glory,

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 to acknowledge it,

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 Lord,

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 and to be in awe

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 of the God

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 that you are,

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 the one who is able

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 to do abundantly

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 more than all

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 that we ask

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 or imagine.

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 So we commit

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 ourselves into

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 your hands

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 and all who we love

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 and care for

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 and all who we know

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 in need at this time.

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 So, Lord,

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 bless us,

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 we pray,

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 bless your word

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 to us as we sing

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 from it

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 and as we hear it.

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 May all be

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 to your glory

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 and build us up,

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 we pray,

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 in all things

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 as we ask it

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 with forgiveness

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 for all our sins.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, again,

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 sing to God's praise

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 this time in Psalm 25

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 in the Sing Psalms version.

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 We're going to sing

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 from the beginning

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 of the Psalm

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 down to the verse

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 marked 9.

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 Psalm 25

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 is on page 29

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 of the Psalm books.

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 To you, O Lord,

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 I lift my soul,

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 I trust in you

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 continually.

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 Do not let me

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 be put to shame

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 nor let my foes

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 gloat over me.

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 No one who sets

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 their hope in you

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 will ever suffer

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 such disgrace,

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 but those who act

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 with treachery,

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 humiliating shame

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 will face.

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 We'll sing from

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 verse 1 to 9

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 to God's praise

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 and we stand

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 to sing.

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 O Lord,

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 I lift my soul,

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 I trust in you

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 continually.

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 Do not let me

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 be put to shame,

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 nor let my foes

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 gloat over me.

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 No one who sets

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 its open year

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 will ever suffer

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 such disgrace.

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 God, O Lord,

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 we are with treachery,

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 humiliating shame

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 will face.

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 O Lord,

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 reveal to me

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 your way,

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 and all your paths

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 help me to know.

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 Direct and guide me

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 in your truth.

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 Instruct me in the way

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 to come.

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 You are my Savior

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 and my God.

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 All day I hold

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 in you,

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 my Lord.

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 Remember, Lord,

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 your love and grace,

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 which from the sages

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 you have shown.

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 Do not recall

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 my sins of youth

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 or my rebellious,

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 evil ways.

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 Remember me

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 in your great love

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 for you, O Lord,

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 are good

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 always.

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 Because the Lord

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 is just and good,

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 He shows His path

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 to all who stray.

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 He guides the meek

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 in waters

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 strife

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 and teaches

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 them

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 His holy way.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to read

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 together now

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 in the Old Testament

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 in the book of Ecclesiastes.

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 We're going to read

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 chapter 1 together.

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 Ecclesiastes chapter 1.

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 You can read the whole

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 of this chapter

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 together.

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 Psalms,

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 Proverbs,

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 and the book of Ecclesiastes.

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 The words of the preacher,

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 the son of David,

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 king in Jerusalem.

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 Vanity of vanities,

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 says the preacher.

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 Vanity of vanities.

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 All is vanity.

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 What does man gain

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 by all the toil

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 at which he toils

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 under the sun?

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 A generation goes

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 and a generation comes,

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 but the earth

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 remains forever.

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 The sun rises

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 and the sun goes down

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 and hastens to the place

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 where it rises.

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 The wind blows

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 to the south

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 and goes round

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 to the north.

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 Round and round

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 goes the wind

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 and on its circuits

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 the wind returns.

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 All streams run

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 to the sea,

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 but the sea is not full.

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 To the place

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 where the streams flow,

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 there they flow again.

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 All things are full

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 of weariness.

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 A man cannot utter it.

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 The eye is not satisfied

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 with seeing,

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 nor the ear filled

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 with hearing.

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 What has been

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 is what will be,

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 and what has been done

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 is what will be done.

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 There is nothing new

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 under the sun.

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 Is there a thing

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 of which it is said,

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 see, this is new.

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 It has been already

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 in the ages before us.

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 There is no remembrance

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 of former things,

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 nor will there be

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 any remembrance

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 of latter things

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 yet to be

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 among those

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 who come after.

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 I, the preacher,

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 have been king

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 over Israel

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 and Jerusalem.

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 And I applied my heart

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 to seek and to search

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 out by wisdom

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 all that is done

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 under heaven.

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 It is an unhappy business

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 that God has given

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 to the children of man

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 to be busy with.

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 I have seen everything

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 that is done

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 under the sun.

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 Behold,

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 all is vanity

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 and a striving

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 after wind.

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 What is crooked

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 cannot be made straight.

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 What is lacking

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 cannot be counted?

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 I said in my heart,

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 I have acquired

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 great wisdom,

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 surpassing all

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 who were over

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 Jerusalem before me.

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 My heart has had

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 great experience

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 of wisdom

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 and knowledge.

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 And I applied my heart

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 to know wisdom

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 and to know madness

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 and folly.

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 I perceive this

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 also is

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 but a striving

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 after wind.

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 For in much wisdom

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 wisdom is much vexation

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 and he who increases

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 knowledge

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 increases sorrow.

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 And so on.

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 May God bless that

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 reading from his word.

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 Before we turn back

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 to that passage,

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 we're going to

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 read again,

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 sing again

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 to God's praise

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 in Psalm 49.

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 And let's sing Psalms,

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 page 64

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 of the Psalm book.

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 Psalm 49.

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 We're going to sing

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 from verse 1

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 to verse 10.

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 The psalmist

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 begins by saying

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 to us,

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 listen to me

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 all you peoples,

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.539
 all who in the

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.480
 whole world dwell,

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.180
 low and high,

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:50.019
 both rich and needy.

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 Hear the message

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 I will tell.

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.339
 This is a psalm

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.339
 that reminds us

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.440
 of the need

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.200
 to listen,

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.400
 to seek wisdom,

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.400
 to find that

00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:00.460
 with God

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.079
 and especially

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.980
 when it comes

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.880
 to our life.

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 And to the fact

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.700
 as it says

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.440
 in verse 10

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.080
 that we all

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:07.040
 can see life

00:22:07.040 --> 00:22:07.840
 ending,

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.960
 wise and foolish,

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.360
 all will die.

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.220
 There's this sense

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.560
 of looking ahead

00:22:12.560 --> 00:22:13.200
 in our lives

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.740
 and wondering

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.960
 what is life

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.660
 all about?

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.259
 But it says

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.880
 to redeem,

00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:18.840
 a life is costly,

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.279
 none,

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.880
 sufficient price

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.600
 can pay.

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.060
 We know

00:22:23.060 --> 00:22:23.800
 that we cannot

00:22:23.800 --> 00:22:24.860
 save ourselves.

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.640
 But as we come

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.880
 to praise God

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.640
 in these words,

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 we remember too

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.700
 that there is

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.220
 a Redeemer,

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.759
 one who lives,

00:22:32.300 --> 00:22:32.840
 who is

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:34.539
 the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and that we can

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.579
 put our trust

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.579
 in Him

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.819
 for life now

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:40.919
 and for eternal life.

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 So we come

00:22:41.439 --> 00:22:42.000
 to sing

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:43.639
 verse 1 to 10

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:45.099
 of this psalm.

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 Listen to me,

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:55.399
 all you peoples,

00:22:55.740 --> 00:23:01.119
 all who in the whole world dwell.

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:03.740
 Lo and high,

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:07.299
 both rich and needy,

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:10.059
 hear the message

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:13.059
 I will tell.

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:17.460
 I will speak

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:20.319
 with understanding,

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:24.679
 wisdom from the heart

00:23:24.679 --> 00:23:26.759
 I'll preach.

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 I will listen

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 to a proverb,

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:37.519
 tickets with the harp

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 I will teach.

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 Why should I fear

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:47.240
 days of evil

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:50.440
 when the wicked

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:53.440
 have me in

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:56.079
 those who boast

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:59.319
 of their possessions

00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:02.519
 by their trust

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.960
 wealth

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:03.980
 in wealth

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:05.519
 they sin?

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:10.920
 There is no one

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:13.539
 who is able

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:15.720
 to redeem

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:17.759
 a soul

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:19.980
 from death.

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:22.539
 None can pay

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:24.500
 to God

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.879
 the ransom

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 to prolong

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:32.480
 another's breath.

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 To redeem

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:38.480
 a life

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:40.280
 which costly

00:24:40.280 --> 00:24:42.560
 none sufficient

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:46.760
 price can pay

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 so that one

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:51.480
 should live

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.819
 the mortal

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:55.440
 be forever

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:59.200
 only day.

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:03.599
 For we all

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.559
 can see

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:06.940
 life ending,

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:10.200
 wise and foolish

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:13.400
 all will die.

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:15.360
 they must

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:16.160
 leave

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:18.080
 their wealth

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:19.940
 to others.

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.420
 None

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.780
 can death

00:25:22.780 --> 00:25:23.580
 see

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:25.460
 magnified.

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 We can turn

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.740
 back together

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.340
 to our reading

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:36.200
 in Ecclesiastes

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:37.140
 chapter 1.

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 We read again

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.900
 at the beginning

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.559
 of the chapter

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.400
 these words.

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 The words of the preacher,

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.600
 the son of David,

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.600
 king in Jerusalem.

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.500
 Vanity of vanities,

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.460
 says the preacher,

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.640
 vanity of vanities,

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:50.299
 all is vanities.

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:52.220
 What does man gain

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.319
 by all the toil

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.420
 at which he toils

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.340
 under the sun?

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.900
 A generation

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:58.400
 goes and a

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.680
 generation comes

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.920
 but the earth

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.759
 remains forever.

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.120
 And so

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:05.579
 it goes on.

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.620
 As you hear

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:08.360
 these words

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:09.259
 and as you hear

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.620
 them read

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.079
 and as you read

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.799
 them again there

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.960
 you begin to think

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:13.319
 well this word

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.140
 keeps appearing

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.200
 here, vanity of

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:16.559
 vanity, all is

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:16.940
 vanity.

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.640
 You're thinking

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:19.220
 what is the point

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.319
 of all that's

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:21.000
 being said here?

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:22.880
 The preacher

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.579
 as he's called

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.319
 here, Solomon

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.619
 is one who's

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.740
 gathering people

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.579
 around to tell

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.399
 them through

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:29.379
 his experience

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.019
 of life

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:31.019
 what his own

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.460
 take on life

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.980
 is.

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.099
 There are

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.679
 often times

00:26:34.679 --> 00:26:35.139
 in our own

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.799
 experience

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.539
 when we maybe

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.359
 spend a bit

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:37.839
 of time

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:39.339
 reflecting

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:40.299
 reflecting in

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.279
 life, reflecting

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.480
 on our past

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.679
 experience, maybe

00:26:43.679 --> 00:26:44.859
 looking back

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.459
 or for some

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:46.059
 maybe over

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.939
 many years

00:26:46.939 --> 00:26:47.619
 looking back

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.619
 on where

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.139
 we've been

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.740
 and things

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.240
 we've done

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.759
 and people

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.339
 we've known,

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.500
 all of these

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.439
 kinds of things.

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.199
 We look back

00:26:54.199 --> 00:26:55.319
 on all of these

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.139
 things that we've

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:57.459
 experienced in

00:26:57.459 --> 00:26:58.059
 the past.

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.139
 past.

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.519
 And maybe we

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.059
 do it in

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.740
 many kinds

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.619
 of situations.

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.220
 Perhaps

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.159
 for some

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.700
 people it's

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.379
 walking around

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:04.899
 the town

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.339
 here.

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.599
 Maybe you're

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.259
 walking around

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.379
 the streets

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.960
 of Stornaby,

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.419
 maybe you're

00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:10.019
 walking out

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.639
 in the castle

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.379
 grounds and

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:12.240
 as you're

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.899
 looking around

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:13.619
 you're seeing

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.379
 things that

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.619
 used to be

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.240
 and things

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.539
 that have

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.179
 changed.

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.220
 So much

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.980
 has changed

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.899
 in this

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.440
 town when you

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.720
 think of

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.399
 these words

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:22.700
 in verse 4,

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.339
 a generation

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.079
 goes and a

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.579
 generation

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.359
 comes.

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.619
 You walk

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.139
 around and you

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.500
 think of

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.039
 people who

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.619
 used to be

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.400
 and who

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.079
 are no more,

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.119
 other people

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.680
 who are coming

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.619
 into the town,

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.640
 you're seeing

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.500
 shops that have

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.200
 closed down

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.740
 and places

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.119
 that there

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:37.000
 used to be,

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.200
 all kinds

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.940
 of things

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.339
 that have

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:40.759
 changed all

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.519
 around us.

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.859
 I find that

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.700
 myself when I

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.579
 go back to

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.240
 the west side

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.799
 and I go back

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.519
 to Shabbos

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.539
 and walk

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.220
 around the

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.940
 village there

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.400
 and you walk

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.339
 in the street

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:51.500
 where I grew

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.819
 up and you

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.460
 see changes

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.779
 that have

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.640
 taken place.

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.579
 You see

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.380
 places where

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.380
 one's house

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.060
 is stood

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.860
 and the

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.300
 house is

00:27:59.300 --> 00:27:59.860
 no longer

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.260
 there.

00:28:01.020 --> 00:28:01.400
 You see

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:02.080
 other places

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:02.500
 where there

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.200
 was an

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.960
 open field

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.300
 and now

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:04.640
 there's a

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.360
 house built

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:05.700
 there.

00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:06.800
 Things have

00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:07.380
 changed,

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:08.300
 things have

00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:09.580
 moved on.

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.720
 But so often

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.520
 when we reflect

00:28:12.520 --> 00:28:13.120
 on these

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.660
 things, we

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.380
 reflect in a

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.680
 way where

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.200
 we think

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:16.580
 of people.

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:17.900
 And I

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.380
 think that's

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:18.880
 probably what

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.660
 strikes me

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.520
 most as I

00:28:20.520 --> 00:28:21.520
 look back

00:28:21.520 --> 00:28:21.900
 over the

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.400
 years and

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.740
 as I look

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.300
 back over

00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:23.760
 where I

00:28:23.760 --> 00:28:24.240
 grew up

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.299
 and people

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.799
 I've known

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.339
 over the

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:26.839
 years and

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.359
 many of

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.240
 them who

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.559
 are no

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.420
 longer there.

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.660
 You start

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.259
 to reflect

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.259
 on people

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.539
 who you

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.700
 once used

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.440
 to hear

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.839
 talking or

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.539
 maybe once

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.319
 you dismissed

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.240
 what they

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.000
 were saying

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.440
 and now the

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.140
 theme in your

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.799
 heart is

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:44.000
 if only they

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.559
 were here

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.920
 and I could

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.420
 hear them

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.839
 again.

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.099
 If only I

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.519
 could hear

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:47.920
 them once

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.299
 more just

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.799
 to ask

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.259
 them some

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.880
 questions,

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.140
 to glean

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.960
 some wisdom

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.700
 from them.

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.720
 If only I

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.460
 listened more

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.600
 closely to

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:55.980
 what they

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.779
 were saying

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.740
 to me.

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.819
 And we

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.420
 often have

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.960
 this maybe

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:01.340
 regret in

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:02.019
 our hearts

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.440
 or this

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.000
 longing in

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.500
 our hearts

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.200
 if only

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:05.140
 we could

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:06.420
 listen once

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.819
 more.

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.200
 The stories

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.819
 they had,

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.340
 the experiences

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:10.799
 that they

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.400
 went through,

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.759
 what would

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.140
 they make

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.819
 of the

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.640
 world today

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.400
 and life

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.860
 today,

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.220
 we could

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.460
 learn so

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.160
 much from

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.400
 them.

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:19.779
 Well here

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.759
 in Ecclesiastes

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.380
 there's a

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:21.920
 sense,

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:23.100
 of that.

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.480
 There's a

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.079
 sense of

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.319
 this gathering

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.840
 around.

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.200
 As we sang

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.680
 there in

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.559
 Psalm 49,

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.680
 Psalm is

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:30.880
 saying,

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.539
 listen to

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.500
 me all

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.380
 you peoples,

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.480
 come and

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.600
 hear what

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.079
 I will

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.420
 tell.

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.039
 Here is

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.519
 Solomon,

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:39.180
 the preacher

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.799
 in this

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.079
 book,

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.460
 who is

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.940
 saying to

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.579
 the people,

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.660
 come and

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.840
 gather round,

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.700
 come and

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.740
 listen to

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.279
 what I'm

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.920
 saying to

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.240
 you.

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.079
 Because he

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.799
 is speaking,

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.519
 he's speaking

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.240
 to our

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.579
 people,

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.259
 he's speaking

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.299
 to ourselves

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.700
 this evening.

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.039
 And there's a

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.539
 sense where

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.220
 he's speaking

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.240
 into an

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.039
 ever-changing

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.619
 world,

00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:00.019
 an ever-changing

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.599
 people,

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.299
 both in his

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.759
 own day and

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.460
 in our day

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.379
 today as well.

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:04.799
 He's saying,

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.200
 come,

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.259
 come and

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.920
 listen to

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.359
 what I am

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.859
 saying.

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.220
 And as we

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.839
 hear these

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.259
 words,

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:11.079
 vanity of

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.640
 vanities,

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.940
 all is

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.379
 vanity,

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:13.819
 we maybe

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.460
 begin to

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:14.740
 think,

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:14.940
 well,

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.700
 what's he

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.420
 saying to

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.799
 us?

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.759
 He doesn't

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.180
 seem to be

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.000
 encouraging us

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.560
 very much

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:19.960
 with these

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.420
 words,

00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:21.220
 it just

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.620
 seems to

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.039
 be saying

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.500
 to us,

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:22.860
 well,

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.500
 what's the

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.519
 point in

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.960
 it all?

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.720
 It's maybe

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.160
 just what

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.840
 many of us

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.140
 are maybe

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.160
 feeling in

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.539
 our day

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:28.920
 and age

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.560
 just now.

00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:30.320
 We're

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:30.620
 wondering

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:30.960
 what's

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.360
 happening

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:31.660
 in our

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.039
 world and

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.360
 what's

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.400
 the point

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.820
 in it

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:34.240
 all?

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.259
 Well,

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.840
 there is

00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:36.720
 a point

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.160
 in what

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:37.420
 he's

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:37.740
 saying.

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:38.880
 And he's

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.580
 really reminding

00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:40.420
 us of

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.120
 two things.

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.660
 As you read

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.920
 through this

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.460
 chapter in

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.820
 the book of

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.700
 Ecclesiastes,

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.580
 you're reminded

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.900
 of two things

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.140
 that he

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.940
 describes.

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.540
 He's saying

00:30:48.540 --> 00:30:48.900
 there is

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.540
 this life

00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:49.840
 as you

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.200
 look at

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.200
 it under

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.019
 the sun.

00:30:52.820 --> 00:30:53.300
 It's one

00:30:53.300 --> 00:30:54.100
 phrase he

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.600
 uses,

00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:55.380
 under the

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.800
 sun.

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.019
 And there's

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.640
 another phrase

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:57.880
 that he

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.200
 uses,

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:58.560
 and it's

00:30:58.560 --> 00:30:59.580
 life under

00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.220
 heaven.

00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:01.500
 And there's

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.180
 a distinction

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.519
 between the

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.860
 two.

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:04.820
 And it's

00:31:04.820 --> 00:31:05.660
 an understanding

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.500
 that distinction

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.100
 that we begin

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:08.560
 to see that

00:31:08.560 --> 00:31:08.920
 there is

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:10.060
 meaning in

00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:10.740
 what he is

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.200
 saying.

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.080
 So there's

00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:12.660
 a sense

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.300
 here where

00:31:13.300 --> 00:31:14.880
 things are

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:16.340
 always changing

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.240
 and yet

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.119
 not changing.

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.299
 There was

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:20.000
 a Frenchman

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.299
 by the

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.519
 name

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.419
 John

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:22.199
 Baptiste

00:31:22.199 --> 00:31:22.839
 Alphonse

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.459
 Carr who

00:31:23.459 --> 00:31:24.019
 once said

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.599
 back in

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.980
 1849,

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.359
 the more

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:28.959
 things change,

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.119
 the more

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:31.019
 they stay

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:32.199
 the same.

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.679
 The more

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:35.039
 things change,

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.220
 the more

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.019
 they stay

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:38.199
 the same.

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.599
 And that's

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.179
 the sense

00:31:40.179 --> 00:31:40.779
 of what the

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.879
 preacher here

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.759
 in Ecclesiastes

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.339
 is saying.

00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:43.779
 While a lot

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.699
 of big things

00:31:44.699 --> 00:31:45.619
 change or

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.279
 appear to

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.899
 be changing

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.359
 in our

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.739
 eyes,

00:31:48.239 --> 00:31:48.459
 a lot

00:31:48.459 --> 00:31:48.779
 of things

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.079
 seem to

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.719
 be happening

00:31:49.719 --> 00:31:50.479
 around us,

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:50.979
 the real

00:31:50.979 --> 00:31:51.859
 situation,

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.599
 the important

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.699
 situation is

00:31:54.699 --> 00:31:55.579
 that nothing

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.459
 has changed

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:57.359
 much at

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.759
 all.

00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:58.559
 As he

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.299
 says there

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.539
 in verse

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:00.859
 9,

00:32:00.939 --> 00:32:01.219
 there is

00:32:01.219 --> 00:32:02.159
 nothing new

00:32:02.159 --> 00:32:03.299
 under the

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.599
 sun.

00:32:04.459 --> 00:32:04.719
 And you

00:32:04.719 --> 00:32:05.259
 think when

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.179
 Ecclesiastes

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:06.779
 was written

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.239
 all these

00:32:07.239 --> 00:32:07.939
 thousands of

00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:08.619
 years ago,

00:32:08.979 --> 00:32:09.719
 here we are

00:32:09.719 --> 00:32:10.199
 now and we're

00:32:10.199 --> 00:32:10.839
 still in that

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.899
 same situation.

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:12.659
 There's

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.559
 nothing new

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.639
 under the

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:14.899
 sun.

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.440
 So what

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.740
 is he

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.380
 getting at

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:16.780
 here?

00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:18.160
 In the

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.740
 sense of

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.400
 nothing

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.000
 changes,

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.580
 it stays

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:21.140
 the same.

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:22.620
 What's he

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.340
 getting at

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:24.700
 when everything

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.500
 else seems

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.440
 to be changing

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.800
 around us?

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.440
 It's a

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.860
 search for

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.240
 meaning.

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.980
 It's a

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.960
 search for

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:34.480
 purpose in

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.120
 our lives.

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.600
 It's a

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.200
 search for

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.240
 what is

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.259
 life all

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.640
 about?

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.620
 How do we

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:42.360
 understand the

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:43.200
 world in

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.740
 which we

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.060
 live?

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:45.220
 And this

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.740
 is something

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.599
 in the

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.200
 preacher's

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.740
 day here,

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.000
 as in

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.519
 our own

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.700
 day,

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.679
 and every

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:50.419
 generation,

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.599
 a search

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.240
 for meaning,

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.319
 a search

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:54.059
 for wisdom,

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.980
 a search

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:56.039
 for progress,

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.139
 a search

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.579
 for making

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.220
 our lives

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.819
 better,

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.039
 but nothing

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.379
 seems to

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:02.119
 be changing.

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.159
 Many

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:04.139
 things change,

00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:05.240
 but at the

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.399
 root of our

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:07.119
 lives is the

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:08.339
 truth that

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:09.679
 nothing ever

00:33:09.679 --> 00:33:10.339
 changes.

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.480
 others.

00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:12.299
 So here we

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.819
 have this

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.799
 scene in

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.619
 Ecclesiastes

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.079
 where the

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:16.000
 preacher Solomon

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:17.459
 gathers the

00:33:17.459 --> 00:33:18.259
 people round

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.980
 and he's

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.199
 saying,

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.379
 listen to

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:20.619
 this,

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.539
 listen to

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.619
 my experience

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.919
 of life,

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.039
 and listen to

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.559
 what I am

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.240
 telling you

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.099
 that you may

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:28.199
 find wisdom

00:33:28.199 --> 00:33:29.199
 and find

00:33:29.199 --> 00:33:29.819
 meaning and

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:31.139
 purpose in

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.579
 your life.

00:33:31.679 --> 00:33:32.799
 Listening to

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.679
 not just the

00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.480
 word that he

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.139
 is speaking,

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.000
 but the

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.799
 word as it

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.119
 is,

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:38.159
 the word

00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:38.839
 of God

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:40.079
 and the

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.599
 word of

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:42.019
 wisdom that

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.759
 he is saying

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.199
 to us.

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.059
 Is it all

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:45.479
 just in

00:33:45.479 --> 00:33:45.939
 vain,

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:47.019
 all that we

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.479
 are doing

00:33:47.479 --> 00:33:47.839
 in our

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.519
 search for

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.859
 meaning,

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.219
 or is

00:33:50.219 --> 00:33:50.899
 there meaning

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:52.159
 in it all?

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:53.739
 Have we

00:33:53.739 --> 00:33:55.219
 found what

00:33:55.219 --> 00:33:55.759
 we're looking

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.239
 for?

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.259
 That's the

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.739
 question tonight.

00:33:59.219 --> 00:33:59.699
 And there are

00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.319
 three ways I

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.739
 want us to

00:34:00.739 --> 00:34:01.399
 reflect on

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:02.239
 this question

00:34:02.239 --> 00:34:03.179
 as we think

00:34:03.179 --> 00:34:03.619
 of our

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.859
 search for

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.239
 what we're

00:34:05.239 --> 00:34:05.819
 looking for.

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:06.319
 The first

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.799
 is this

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.940
 reflecting

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:09.279
 on life.

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.960
 Then there's

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.639
 a sense of

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.340
 reviewing

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.440
 all that

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.920
 is going

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.300
 on.

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.179
 And then

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.739
 thirdly,

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.239
 we see

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.860
 the sense

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:18.239
 of renewing

00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:19.519
 our outlook

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.539
 on things.

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:20.900
 So the

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.340
 first thing

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.960
 is reflecting.

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.679
 Reflecting

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.440
 on things.

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.980
 And going

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.559
 into this

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.880
 chapter,

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.320
 indeed,

00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:30.460
 into this

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.759
 book,

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.259
 you see

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.860
 Solomon here.

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.400
 He's very

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:33.860
 much in

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.559
 reflective

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.559
 mood.

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:35.599
 good.

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.779
 He's

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.239
 looking at

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.619
 various

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.519
 aspects of

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.000
 his life,

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.259
 life in

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.739
 general.

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.519
 But what's

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.820
 his outlook?

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.179
 And it

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:46.299
 begins with

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.019
 this theme

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.420
 that just

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.079
 seems to

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.960
 run through

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.779
 Ecclesiastes

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.579
 as a whole.

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.920
 It's almost

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.320
 saying,

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.440
 it doesn't

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.960
 take you long

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.340
 to start

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.679
 thinking,

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:54.880
 well,

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.440
 what's the

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.000
 point in

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.539
 anything at

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:56.880
 all?

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.059
 Everything

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.639
 just seems

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.159
 to be in

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.320
 vain.

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.719
 Everything

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.759
 is vanity

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.500
 of vanities

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.700
 or meaningless,

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.200
 meaningless,

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.720
 as another

00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:04.880
 translation puts

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.100
 it.

00:35:05.580 --> 00:35:05.980
 It's like,

00:35:06.120 --> 00:35:06.540
 what is

00:35:06.540 --> 00:35:07.460
 this purpose?

00:35:08.540 --> 00:35:08.800
 Whatever

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:10.620
 he describes,

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.720
 it seems to

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.120
 be linked

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:12.500
 to this

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.940
 phrase,

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:14.020
 it's all

00:35:14.020 --> 00:35:14.680
 vain,

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.260
 it's all

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:16.380
 vanity of

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.920
 vanities,

00:35:17.060 --> 00:35:17.760
 as you see

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:18.740
 in verse

00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.240
 2.

00:35:20.060 --> 00:35:20.520
 And you

00:35:20.520 --> 00:35:20.960
 have that

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.240
 at the

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:21.660
 beginning of

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:21.860
 the book,

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.080
 and it

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:22.440
 seems to

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.100
 just run

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:23.820
 right through

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.140
 it.

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.440
 But he's

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.860
 using it

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.240
 in a way

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.900
 that brings

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.480
 us back

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.940
 to think,

00:35:28.040 --> 00:35:28.140
 well,

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.900
 what is

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.559
 the point?

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.179
 What is

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:32.299
 he actually

00:35:32.299 --> 00:35:33.139
 getting at

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.400
 here?

00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:34.940
 And perhaps

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.719
 for ourselves

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.379
 this evening

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:36.940
 is the kind

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.859
 of situation

00:35:37.859 --> 00:35:38.960
 that we're

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.199
 in.

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.239
 Maybe in

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.619
 your own

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.299
 life just

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.519
 now,

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:41.859
 you're at

00:35:41.859 --> 00:35:42.539
 that point

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.119
 in life

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:44.139
 where you're

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.719
 beginning to

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.539
 reflect and

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.000
 to think,

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:47.420
 what is

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.019
 my life?

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.839
 What is

00:35:49.839 --> 00:35:50.500
 the purpose?

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.759
 What is

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.079
 it that I

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.679
 am doing

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.779
 with my

00:35:53.779 --> 00:35:54.079
 life?

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.519
 What is

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.400
 the point

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.739
 in it

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.059
 all?

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.019
 And maybe

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.599
 you're coming

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:57.960
 to this

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.539
 conclusion

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.019
 as well.

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.259
 It's

00:35:59.259 --> 00:36:00.019
 vanity

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.259
 of

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:00.679
 vanities.

00:36:00.799 --> 00:36:01.079
 It all

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.699
 just seems

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.299
 to be

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:03.500
 in vain.

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:05.199
 But as

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.900
 he's saying

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.259
 to us

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:06.599
 here,

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.779
 it's about

00:36:07.779 --> 00:36:08.860
 perspective.

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.739
 And what

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.420
 Solomon is

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.000
 doing here

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.519
 is he leads

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.059
 us into

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.779
 his world

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.239
 and looking

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.619
 at it,

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.279
 here he

00:36:15.279 --> 00:36:15.559
 is as

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.319
 an older

00:36:16.319 --> 00:36:16.960
 man looking

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.519
 back and

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.400
 reflecting on

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:18.920
 his life

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.819
 and we're

00:36:19.819 --> 00:36:20.259
 to listen

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:20.860
 to his

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.940
 words of

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.420
 wisdom.

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.719
 And he

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.539
 uses this

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.279
 phrase

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:26.299
 initially,

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:26.960
 which is

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:28.280
 under the

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:28.619
 sun.

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.059
 In verse

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.380
 three,

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.159
 what does

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.500
 a man

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.039
 gain by

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.659
 all the

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.159
 toil at

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.579
 which he

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:34.280
 toils under

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:35.539
 the sun?

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:37.699
 He's

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.039
 looking at

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.980
 life here

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.639
 from a

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.320
 perspective

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.720
 where we're

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:41.280
 just looking

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.980
 around

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.760
 ourselves.

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.780
 We're

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.139
 looking at

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.559
 it on a

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.320
 horizontal

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:47.699
 plane,

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.079
 if you

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.440
 like.

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.480
 We're

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.760
 looking at

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.260
 life and

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:50.860
 just thinking,

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:51.800
 my life

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.480
 just seems

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.820
 to be

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.500
 the same

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.800
 day in,

00:36:55.080 --> 00:36:55.980
 day out.

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.900
 And as

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.260
 you read

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:58.880
 these words

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.220
 that he

00:36:59.220 --> 00:36:59.780
 is saying

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.060
 here,

00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:00.480
 vanity,

00:37:00.640 --> 00:37:00.980
 vanity,

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:02.160
 says the

00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:02.519
 preacher,

00:37:02.640 --> 00:37:02.980
 you think

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.400
 to yourself,

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.600
 well,

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:04.060
 what kind

00:37:04.060 --> 00:37:04.460
 of man

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.519
 was Solomon?

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.860
 This must

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.580
 be someone

00:37:07.580 --> 00:37:09.039
 who had

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.740
 hit rock

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.220
 bottom.

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.220
 This must

00:37:11.220 --> 00:37:11.820
 be someone

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.800
 who's lost

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.620
 everything in

00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:13.820
 life,

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.560
 failed in

00:37:14.560 --> 00:37:15.000
 everything.

00:37:15.620 --> 00:37:16.080
 He must

00:37:16.080 --> 00:37:16.320
 be someone

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.660
 who's almost

00:37:16.660 --> 00:37:17.440
 broke and

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:18.039
 homeless and

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.680
 just has

00:37:18.680 --> 00:37:19.320
 nothing to

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.980
 enjoy in

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.420
 life.

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.120
 And yet

00:37:22.120 --> 00:37:22.539
 it couldn't

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.120
 be further

00:37:23.120 --> 00:37:24.000
 from the

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.260
 truth.

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.539
 When you

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:24.840
 look at

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.460
 Solomon's

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.680
 life,

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.000
 you just

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.400
 have to

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.380
 turn over

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.700
 to the

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:28.480
 next chapter.

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.840
 In chapter

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.160
 2,

00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:30.760
 verse 4,

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:30.960
 and you

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.519
 read there

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.980
 the words

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.260
 that he

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.940
 gives to

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.519
 us there,

00:37:34.720 --> 00:37:35.559
 which reminds

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.059
 us his

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.660
 life was

00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:37.400
 a grand

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:37.800
 life.

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.300
 He says

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:38.660
 in verse

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.059
 4,

00:37:39.580 --> 00:37:39.980
 I made

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.720
 great works,

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.280
 I built

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:42.019
 houses and

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:43.019
 planted vineyards

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.780
 for myself.

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.740
 I made

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:45.760
 myself gardens

00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:46.440
 and parks

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:47.080
 and planted

00:37:47.080 --> 00:37:47.539
 in them

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.620
 all kinds

00:37:48.620 --> 00:37:49.220
 of fruit,

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.539
 trees.

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.300
 I made

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:51.280
 myself pools

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:51.800
 from which

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.440
 to water

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.220
 the forest

00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:54.200
 of growing

00:37:54.200 --> 00:37:54.620
 trees.

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:55.120
 I brought

00:37:55.120 --> 00:37:55.780
 male and

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.840
 female slaves,

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.900
 and slaves

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.220
 who were

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.680
 born in

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.220
 my house.

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.100
 I had

00:38:00.100 --> 00:38:00.840
 also great

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.440
 possessions

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.260
 of herds

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:02.940
 and flocks,

00:38:03.160 --> 00:38:03.980
 more than

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:05.080
 any who

00:38:05.080 --> 00:38:05.500
 had been

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.280
 before me

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:07.120
 in Jerusalem.

00:38:07.620 --> 00:38:07.960
 I had

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.740
 silver and

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.400
 gold and

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.019
 treasure of

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.500
 kings.

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:11.480
 He had

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.039
 all of

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.760
 these things.

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:13.840
 This is

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.539
 not someone

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.000
 who has

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:16.000
 hit rock

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.480
 bottom.

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.400
 This is

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:17.900
 not someone

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.200
 who is

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.820
 broke and

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.180
 homeless.

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:20.120
 This is

00:38:20.120 --> 00:38:20.820
 someone who

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.080
 has

00:38:21.080 --> 00:38:22.000
 everything

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.700
 that the

00:38:22.700 --> 00:38:23.420
 world has

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.019
 to offer.

00:38:24.600 --> 00:38:24.780
 Yet,

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.300
 looking at

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:25.500
 it on

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:25.660
 this

00:38:25.660 --> 00:38:26.400
 horizontal

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:27.100
 plane,

00:38:27.620 --> 00:38:28.180
 this under

00:38:28.180 --> 00:38:28.780
 the sun

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.280
 plane,

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:29.940
 he's saying

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.700
 it's

00:38:30.700 --> 00:38:31.180
 vanity,

00:38:31.580 --> 00:38:32.280
 vanity of

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:32.840
 vanities,

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:33.920
 meaningless,

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:34.580
 meaningless.

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.780
 What's the

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.200
 challenge?

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:37.840
 He's getting

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.380
 at there.

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:40.360
 He's reminding

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:40.920
 us that if

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.900
 our only focus

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.480
 is on what

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.080
 is in this

00:38:43.080 --> 00:38:43.620
 world,

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.360
 and what

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:44.840
 we have

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.500
 day by

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.019
 day in

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.539
 this world

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.800
 and what

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:46.960
 we're

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:48.219
 living for

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.599
 on this

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.400
 horizontal

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:50.199
 plane,

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.360
 under the

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:51.739
 sun,

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.780
 just in

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.440
 this world,

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:53.960
 then it

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.940
 is all

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:56.340
 in vain.

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:57.880
 You can

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.599
 have everything

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.440
 that this

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.199
 world offers

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:00.800
 and yet have

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.199
 nothing.

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:02.860
 You think

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:03.400
 of someone

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.739
 of the

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.420
 wealth of

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:04.800
 Solomon,

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.280
 you think

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:06.079
 of it in

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.679
 today's

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.159
 terms,

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:07.420
 you're

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:07.860
 thinking of

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.440
 someone maybe

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.320
 like Elon

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.840
 Musk,

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.239
 and all the

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:12.059
 billions that

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.559
 he has,

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:13.039
 he doesn't

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.880
 know what

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.300
 to do

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.960
 with it.

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.480
 But under

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.980
 the sun,

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.440
 is there any

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.099
 joy in

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.619
 it all?

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:19.940
 There's

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.579
 still a

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.259
 search for

00:39:21.259 --> 00:39:21.699
 more,

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.779
 because it's

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.599
 all vanity

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.440
 of vanities.

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.360
 There are

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:27.480
 two

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:29.119
 billionaires

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.519
 in the

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:30.079
 computing

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.759
 industry.

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.460
 One is

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.360
 Bill Gates,

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.599
 a billionaire

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.519
 businessman who

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.159
 was behind

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.840
 Microsoft.

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.779
 The other

00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:39.300
 was a

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:39.820
 friend of

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.739
 his who

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.360
 passed away

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:42.539
 in 2011,

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.860
 Steve Job,

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:45.279
 who was

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:46.279
 behind Apple.

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.719
 Both of

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.119
 them were

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:49.759
 billionaires,

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:51.079
 more money

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.820
 than they

00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:52.139
 could do

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.940
 anything with,

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.279
 and yet

00:39:53.279 --> 00:39:54.059
 for what?

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:56.000
 Steve Job,

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.659
 he passed

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.320
 away at a

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:57.679
 relatively

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:58.679
 young age,

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.219
 and at the

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:00.679
 time of

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.559
 his death,

00:40:02.300 --> 00:40:03.239
 Bill Gates

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:04.199
 said this,

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:05.980
 it reminds

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.860
 you that

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:07.199
 you've got

00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:07.739
 to pick

00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:09.000
 important

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.579
 stuff,

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:11.119
 because you

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.840
 only have

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:13.019
 a limited

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.700
 time.

00:40:15.100 --> 00:40:15.480
 And yet

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.019
 in those

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.680
 words that

00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:17.160
 are saying,

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:17.380
 well,

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:18.360
 what is

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.780
 life?

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.240
 He's still

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:19.720
 looking at

00:40:19.720 --> 00:40:20.940
 things under

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.559
 the sun,

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:22.400
 under this

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:22.880
 level,

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:24.160
 this horizontal

00:40:24.160 --> 00:40:24.800
 plane.

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:25.800
 We've got to

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.220
 pick the

00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:27.200
 important stuff,

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:28.380
 but what is

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:29.039
 the important

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.539
 stuff?

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:30.900
 We've only

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.380
 got a

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:32.260
 limited time,

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:33.000
 but what

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.519
 are we doing

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:33.900
 with our

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.340
 time?

00:40:35.300 --> 00:40:35.800
 So there's

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:36.760
 questions,

00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:37.300
 but there's

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:38.180
 unanswered

00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:39.820
 questions that

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:40.700
 Bill Gates

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:41.259
 had.

00:40:42.259 --> 00:40:42.859
 Maybe that's

00:40:42.859 --> 00:40:43.359
 ourselves,

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:43.699
 too.

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.319
 We say at

00:40:44.319 --> 00:40:44.779
 times,

00:40:45.339 --> 00:40:45.879
 we've got to

00:40:45.879 --> 00:40:46.919
 get our

00:40:46.919 --> 00:40:47.939
 priorities right.

00:40:48.359 --> 00:40:48.879
 We've only

00:40:48.879 --> 00:40:49.199
 got a

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:50.139
 limited time,

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:50.980
 as the

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.579
 psalm said,

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:51.939
 which we

00:40:51.939 --> 00:40:52.119
 sang.

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:52.399
 We can

00:40:52.399 --> 00:40:53.199
 all see

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:54.399
 life ending,

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.039
 it's passing

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.639
 us by,

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.819
 but for

00:40:56.819 --> 00:40:57.859
 what purpose?

00:40:58.899 --> 00:41:00.000
 We reflect

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:01.500
 on all of

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.439
 these things,

00:41:03.319 --> 00:41:03.919
 but our

00:41:03.919 --> 00:41:05.559
 perspective is

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:06.119
 looking at

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:07.439
 things under

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:08.360
 the sun,

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.240
 with this

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:11.760
 world in

00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:12.340
 mind,

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:13.220
 and the

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:14.579
 conclusion is

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.780
 it's all

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:16.539
 vanity.

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.440
 We're looking

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:19.119
 at things

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:20.260
 in the wrong

00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:20.740
 way.

00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:22.639
 Life under

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:23.300
 the sun,

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:24.400
 no matter how

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:25.260
 much we might

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:26.340
 have, or

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:27.119
 even how little

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:27.860
 we've got,

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.559
 we are still

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.559
 in the same

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:31.179
 position,

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.740
 that there is

00:41:32.740 --> 00:41:33.619
 nothing new

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:35.500
 under the

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:35.840
 sun.

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:38.280
 It is a

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:39.320
 life apart

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:40.240
 from God,

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:41.920
 a life

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:43.019
 without a

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.700
 relationship

00:41:43.700 --> 00:41:44.539
 with God,

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.680
 without a

00:41:45.680 --> 00:41:46.240
 relationship

00:41:46.240 --> 00:41:46.900
 with his

00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:47.340
 son.

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.500
 It's not

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:49.280
 an eternal

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:50.200
 perspective

00:41:50.200 --> 00:41:50.800
 we're looking

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:51.600
 at, it's

00:41:51.600 --> 00:41:51.980
 just the

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.460
 temporary

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:53.160
 perspective

00:41:53.160 --> 00:41:53.860
 of here,

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:54.820
 just our

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:55.740
 days here

00:41:55.740 --> 00:41:56.140
 and that

00:41:56.140 --> 00:41:56.660
 is it,

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:57.940
 and yet it

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.960
 all seems

00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:00.220
 so meaningless.

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:03.120
 Life under

00:42:03.120 --> 00:42:03.880
 the sun is a

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.579
 preacher's way

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:05.180
 of talking,

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:06.179
 here about a

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:07.219
 life lived

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:08.539
 apart from

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:09.059
 God.

00:42:10.339 --> 00:42:10.899
 A sad

00:42:10.899 --> 00:42:12.219
 life, no

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:12.759
 matter how

00:42:12.759 --> 00:42:13.779
 much we

00:42:13.779 --> 00:42:14.159
 have.

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:15.339
 Verse 3

00:42:15.339 --> 00:42:16.139
 here is so

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.859
 similar to

00:42:16.859 --> 00:42:17.599
 Mark 8,

00:42:17.759 --> 00:42:19.099
 36, where

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:19.619
 it says,

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:20.480
 For what

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:20.799
 does it

00:42:20.799 --> 00:42:21.399
 profit a

00:42:21.399 --> 00:42:21.919
 man to

00:42:21.919 --> 00:42:22.500
 gain the

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:23.500
 whole world

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:25.059
 and forfeit

00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:26.139
 his soul?

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.960
 That's

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.500
 Mark 8,

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.460
 36, and

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.339
 verse 3

00:42:29.339 --> 00:42:30.019
 here says,

00:42:30.379 --> 00:42:30.739
 What does

00:42:30.739 --> 00:42:31.759
 man gain

00:42:31.759 --> 00:42:32.599
 by all

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:33.400
 the toil

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:34.139
 at which

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.920
 he toils

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:36.480
 under the

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:36.799
 sun?

00:42:38.299 --> 00:42:38.920
 What do we

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:40.380
 gain if we

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:41.960
 lose our

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.519
 soul?

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:44.719
 So we're

00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:45.420
 looking at

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:46.259
 here things,

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.519
 we're looking at

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:48.279
 it in a way

00:42:48.279 --> 00:42:48.839
 where we want

00:42:48.839 --> 00:42:49.659
 to come and

00:42:49.659 --> 00:42:50.239
 think about

00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:51.099
 what God is

00:42:51.099 --> 00:42:51.839
 saying to

00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:52.119
 us.

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.819
 We're looking

00:42:54.819 --> 00:42:55.159
 at our

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:55.619
 life.

00:42:56.819 --> 00:42:57.500
 We're looking

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:58.139
 at what God

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:59.059
 is saying to

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.339
 us.

00:42:59.340 --> 00:43:00.500
 But he's

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:00.700
 saying,

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:01.360
 don't just

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:02.940
 look under

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:04.079
 the sun.

00:43:05.160 --> 00:43:05.960
 Because if

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:06.820
 you're reflecting

00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:07.200
 on your

00:43:07.200 --> 00:43:08.059
 life in that

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:09.100
 way, you've

00:43:09.100 --> 00:43:09.720
 got to see

00:43:09.720 --> 00:43:10.420
 that there

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:11.039
 is more.

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.559
 There's more

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:13.300
 to life

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:14.340
 than that.

00:43:15.140 --> 00:43:15.620
 And if we're

00:43:15.620 --> 00:43:16.059
 looking under

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.660
 the sun,

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.720
 we're looking

00:43:17.720 --> 00:43:18.640
 in the wrong

00:43:18.640 --> 00:43:19.140
 place.

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:19.480
 And that's

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:20.200
 why the

00:43:20.200 --> 00:43:20.820
 second thing

00:43:20.820 --> 00:43:21.300
 we see

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:21.960
 here is a

00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.600
 sense of

00:43:22.600 --> 00:43:23.720
 reviewing

00:43:23.720 --> 00:43:24.620
 things.

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.200
 Now,

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:27.320
 reflecting is

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.220
 maybe more

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:29.480
 looking back.

00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:31.659
 But reviewing

00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:32.639
 it is looking

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:33.299
 now more

00:43:33.299 --> 00:43:33.980
 in the

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.480
 present.

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:35.959
 Okay,

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:37.439
 we're looking

00:43:37.439 --> 00:43:37.980
 back and

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.579
 we're seeing

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:39.639
 all of these

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:39.959
 things,

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.419
 all of these

00:43:40.419 --> 00:43:41.480
 experiences in

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.000
 our life,

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.339
 everything that's

00:43:43.339 --> 00:43:44.299
 changing and

00:43:44.299 --> 00:43:45.079
 yet nothing's

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:46.099
 changing as it

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:46.399
 were.

00:43:46.779 --> 00:43:47.480
 We still don't

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.239
 have this sense

00:43:48.239 --> 00:43:49.079
 of meaning and

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:49.899
 purpose in our

00:43:49.899 --> 00:43:50.259
 life.

00:43:50.919 --> 00:43:51.359
 Well, then he

00:43:51.359 --> 00:43:52.000
 starts to give

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.839
 us a sense of

00:43:52.839 --> 00:43:53.559
 reviewing.

00:43:54.759 --> 00:43:55.239
 What does

00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:56.419
 life look like

00:43:56.419 --> 00:43:57.919
 under the sun?

00:43:58.219 --> 00:43:58.939
 That's what we

00:43:58.939 --> 00:43:59.539
 see in verse

00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:00.599
 4 to

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:01.679
 verse 11.

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:03.339
 Here he's

00:44:03.339 --> 00:44:03.859
 looking at

00:44:03.859 --> 00:44:04.559
 things as if

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:04.939
 to say,

00:44:05.259 --> 00:44:05.839
 you see all

00:44:05.839 --> 00:44:06.500
 these things

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:07.000
 going on

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.739
 around you.

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:09.039
 And you

00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:09.539
 could come to

00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:10.219
 this conclusion,

00:44:10.319 --> 00:44:10.519
 you could

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:11.500
 almost describe

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:12.500
 it as we're

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:13.599
 living life in

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:14.579
 this cycle.

00:44:16.219 --> 00:44:16.519
 You could

00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:17.219
 almost describe

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:17.699
 it as if

00:44:17.699 --> 00:44:18.579
 you're in the

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:19.599
 hamster's wheel,

00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:20.119
 if you like.

00:44:20.259 --> 00:44:21.039
 If you've ever

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:21.819
 seen a hamster

00:44:21.819 --> 00:44:22.519
 in a cage,

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:23.039
 they go on

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:23.480
 the wheel,

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:25.000
 running around,

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:25.859
 their little feet

00:44:25.859 --> 00:44:26.799
 are going flat

00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:27.300
 out, but

00:44:27.300 --> 00:44:28.080
 where are they

00:44:28.080 --> 00:44:28.400
 going?

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:28.880
 Nowhere.

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.620
 The wheel's just

00:44:30.620 --> 00:44:31.380
 going round and

00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:31.800
 round and

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:32.080
 round.

00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:33.840
 No progress is

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:34.480
 being made.

00:44:35.680 --> 00:44:36.300
 And that's so

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:37.380
 much of life

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:38.840
 under the sun,

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:39.560
 as it were.

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:41.240
 We seem to be

00:44:41.240 --> 00:44:42.300
 making progress,

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:42.920
 we seem to be

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:44.160
 going so fast,

00:44:44.260 --> 00:44:44.600
 and yet,

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.720
 at the end,

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:46.300
 we're going

00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:46.920
 nowhere.

00:44:48.580 --> 00:44:49.640
 And how does he

00:44:49.640 --> 00:44:50.740
 describe it here?

00:44:50.740 --> 00:44:52.039
 He describes it

00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:53.059
 in verse 4,

00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:53.900
 as a generation

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.460
 goes,

00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:55.960
 and a generation

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:56.820
 comes,

00:44:57.539 --> 00:44:58.179
 but the earth

00:44:58.179 --> 00:44:59.219
 remains forever.

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:01.159
 People come

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:02.019
 and people go.

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:03.440
 You think even

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:04.019
 of our own

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:04.739
 surroundings.

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:06.320
 How many people

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:06.900
 have been and

00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:07.500
 sat in these

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:08.420
 pews who are

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:09.480
 no longer here?

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:11.079
 How many are

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:11.759
 here now who

00:45:11.759 --> 00:45:13.259
 in a number of

00:45:13.259 --> 00:45:13.920
 years will not

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:14.259
 be here?

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:15.599
 Another generation

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:16.320
 will come.

00:45:16.739 --> 00:45:17.360
 We pray another

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:18.159
 generation will

00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:19.779
 fill this place.

00:45:19.780 --> 00:45:21.340
 But it's this

00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:22.040
 idea that

00:45:22.040 --> 00:45:22.900
 our time

00:45:22.900 --> 00:45:23.420
 comes,

00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:24.060
 our time

00:45:24.060 --> 00:45:24.640
 goes.

00:45:26.140 --> 00:45:27.440
 In verse 5,

00:45:27.560 --> 00:45:28.080
 he's talking

00:45:28.080 --> 00:45:28.780
 about it almost

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:29.920
 on a daily

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:30.360
 basis.

00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:30.920
 The sun

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.480
 rises,

00:45:31.660 --> 00:45:32.080
 the sun

00:45:32.080 --> 00:45:32.900
 goes down,

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:33.980
 and hastens

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:34.700
 to the place

00:45:34.700 --> 00:45:35.060
 where it

00:45:35.060 --> 00:45:35.460
 rises.

00:45:35.620 --> 00:45:36.000
 There's this

00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:36.620
 sense of

00:45:36.620 --> 00:45:37.560
 day after

00:45:37.560 --> 00:45:37.900
 day,

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:38.340
 there's the

00:45:38.340 --> 00:45:39.220
 same things

00:45:39.220 --> 00:45:40.460
 going on.

00:45:41.860 --> 00:45:42.980
 Then verse 6,

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:43.540
 he talks about

00:45:43.540 --> 00:45:44.220
 the wind.

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:45.280
 The wind

00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:46.060
 blows to the

00:45:46.060 --> 00:45:46.500
 south and

00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:46.980
 goes round

00:45:46.980 --> 00:45:47.660
 to the north.

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:48.880
 Round and

00:45:48.880 --> 00:45:49.680
 round goes

00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:50.199
 the wind,

00:45:50.299 --> 00:45:50.779
 and on its

00:45:50.779 --> 00:45:51.419
 circuits,

00:45:51.899 --> 00:45:52.339
 the wind

00:45:52.339 --> 00:45:53.000
 returns.

00:45:53.179 --> 00:45:53.539
 So you've

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:54.719
 got this idea

00:45:54.719 --> 00:45:55.299
 of the wind,

00:45:55.359 --> 00:45:55.759
 as we know

00:45:55.759 --> 00:45:56.579
 only too well

00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:57.000
 here.

00:45:57.659 --> 00:45:58.239
 The gales

00:45:58.239 --> 00:45:58.759
 come,

00:45:58.859 --> 00:45:59.399
 the gales

00:45:59.399 --> 00:45:59.940
 go.

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:01.339
 Week by

00:46:01.339 --> 00:46:01.599
 week,

00:46:01.759 --> 00:46:02.279
 month by

00:46:02.279 --> 00:46:02.619
 month,

00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:03.239
 we see the

00:46:03.239 --> 00:46:04.199
 weather changing

00:46:04.199 --> 00:46:05.299
 all the time.

00:46:05.779 --> 00:46:06.259
 The snow

00:46:06.259 --> 00:46:06.899
 that came in

00:46:06.899 --> 00:46:07.539
 the last few

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:08.279
 days is now

00:46:08.279 --> 00:46:08.940
 disappearing.

00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:09.919
 Where did it

00:46:09.919 --> 00:46:10.359
 come from?

00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:10.940
 Where did it

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:11.279
 go?

00:46:12.319 --> 00:46:12.759
 There's this

00:46:12.759 --> 00:46:13.399
 idea that

00:46:13.399 --> 00:46:14.039
 things are

00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:14.699
 just always

00:46:14.699 --> 00:46:15.399
 moving.

00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:17.179
 Verse 7

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:17.699
 is one of

00:46:17.699 --> 00:46:18.219
 these ones

00:46:18.219 --> 00:46:19.259
 that you just

00:46:19.260 --> 00:46:20.500
 pause and

00:46:20.500 --> 00:46:21.040
 think about

00:46:21.040 --> 00:46:21.620
 what it's

00:46:21.620 --> 00:46:21.940
 saying.

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.920
 All streams

00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:24.340
 run to the

00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:24.780
 sea, but

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:25.360
 the sea

00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:26.200
 is not

00:46:26.200 --> 00:46:26.620
 full.

00:46:27.820 --> 00:46:28.300
 You think

00:46:28.300 --> 00:46:29.440
 of rivers

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:30.140
 round about

00:46:30.140 --> 00:46:30.560
 our own

00:46:30.560 --> 00:46:31.360
 island, all

00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:32.000
 running into

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.600
 the sea.

00:46:33.020 --> 00:46:33.420
 You think

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:34.020
 about great

00:46:34.020 --> 00:46:34.880
 rivers in

00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:35.620
 this world,

00:46:36.160 --> 00:46:36.740
 the Amazon,

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.540
 the Nile,

00:46:37.700 --> 00:46:38.220
 the Elbe,

00:46:38.260 --> 00:46:38.660
 there's so

00:46:38.660 --> 00:46:39.240
 many of

00:46:39.240 --> 00:46:39.500
 them.

00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:41.180
 All these

00:46:41.180 --> 00:46:42.060
 mighty rivers

00:46:42.060 --> 00:46:43.200
 running into

00:46:43.200 --> 00:46:43.600
 the sea,

00:46:43.680 --> 00:46:43.940
 and yet the

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:45.000
 sea, it's

00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:45.580
 not full.

00:46:45.579 --> 00:46:47.019
 what's going

00:46:47.019 --> 00:46:47.299
 on.

00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:47.880
 It's the

00:46:47.880 --> 00:46:49.539
 cycle that

00:46:49.539 --> 00:46:50.159
 runs into

00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:50.559
 the sea,

00:46:50.619 --> 00:46:51.059
 it goes up

00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:51.480
 into the

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:52.340
 air, comes

00:46:52.340 --> 00:46:52.900
 back in

00:46:52.900 --> 00:46:53.400
 rain, and

00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:53.980
 so the

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:55.219
 cycle goes

00:46:55.219 --> 00:46:55.679
 on.

00:46:56.639 --> 00:46:57.159
 There's this

00:46:57.159 --> 00:46:58.480
 idea that

00:46:58.480 --> 00:46:59.420
 there's always

00:46:59.420 --> 00:47:00.380
 this continuity

00:47:00.380 --> 00:47:02.219
 in life, but

00:47:02.219 --> 00:47:02.940
 it's always

00:47:02.940 --> 00:47:04.319
 staying the

00:47:04.319 --> 00:47:04.739
 same.

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:06.679
 If you've

00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:07.219
 ever seen

00:47:07.219 --> 00:47:07.759
 the film

00:47:07.759 --> 00:47:08.980
 Groundhog

00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:10.019
 Day, it's

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:10.420
 this kind of

00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:10.940
 idea where

00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:12.259
 every day the

00:47:12.259 --> 00:47:12.900
 alarm clock

00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:13.380
 goes.

00:47:13.680 --> 00:47:14.240
 He gets

00:47:14.240 --> 00:47:14.680
 up, he

00:47:14.680 --> 00:47:15.260
 lives his

00:47:15.260 --> 00:47:16.280
 day, he

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:16.720
 goes to

00:47:16.720 --> 00:47:17.039
 bed and

00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:17.320
 he gets

00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:17.639
 up the

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:18.000
 next day,

00:47:18.059 --> 00:47:18.920
 it's exactly

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:19.660
 the same.

00:47:21.579 --> 00:47:22.139
 Every

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:23.579
 generation, we

00:47:23.579 --> 00:47:24.139
 think we've

00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:24.920
 found answers

00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:25.760
 to all the

00:47:25.760 --> 00:47:26.559
 questions of

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:27.000
 life.

00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:28.099
 We think

00:47:28.099 --> 00:47:28.579
 we're making

00:47:28.579 --> 00:47:29.960
 progress all

00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:32.139
 the time, and

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:32.639
 yet we're not

00:47:32.639 --> 00:47:33.240
 making any

00:47:33.240 --> 00:47:34.740
 progress at

00:47:34.740 --> 00:47:35.160
 all.

00:47:36.200 --> 00:47:36.720
 Look at

00:47:36.720 --> 00:47:37.519
 verse 10

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:38.460
 there, which

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:38.740
 says,

00:47:39.119 --> 00:47:39.780
 Is there a

00:47:39.780 --> 00:47:40.220
 thing of

00:47:40.220 --> 00:47:40.680
 which it

00:47:40.680 --> 00:47:41.200
 is said,

00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:42.899
 see, this

00:47:42.899 --> 00:47:43.559
 is new.

00:47:44.419 --> 00:47:44.699
 And you

00:47:44.699 --> 00:47:45.019
 think of

00:47:45.019 --> 00:47:45.339
 all the

00:47:45.339 --> 00:47:46.480
 discoveries made

00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:47.039
 in our own

00:47:47.039 --> 00:47:48.019
 days, you

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:48.199
 know, the

00:47:48.199 --> 00:47:49.219
 last 20,

00:47:49.359 --> 00:47:50.619
 30 years, how

00:47:50.619 --> 00:47:51.319
 many things

00:47:51.319 --> 00:47:51.639
 have been

00:47:51.639 --> 00:47:52.119
 invented?

00:47:52.759 --> 00:47:53.019
 So it's

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:53.779
 this idea

00:47:53.779 --> 00:47:54.099
 that there's

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.699
 nothing new,

00:47:54.799 --> 00:47:56.000
 the internet's

00:47:56.000 --> 00:47:56.839
 new, there's

00:47:56.839 --> 00:47:57.539
 lots of new

00:47:57.539 --> 00:47:58.359
 things in that

00:47:58.359 --> 00:48:00.500
 sense, but

00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:01.059
 it's this idea

00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:01.899
 that is it

00:48:01.899 --> 00:48:02.960
 really progress?

00:48:04.119 --> 00:48:04.480
 There is

00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:05.099
 nothing that

00:48:05.099 --> 00:48:06.519
 is new in

00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:07.339
 that sense.

00:48:07.439 --> 00:48:08.039
 It has been

00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:09.319
 already in the

00:48:09.319 --> 00:48:10.259
 ages before

00:48:10.260 --> 00:48:10.800
 us.

00:48:11.640 --> 00:48:12.220
 People will

00:48:12.220 --> 00:48:12.620
 say, this

00:48:12.620 --> 00:48:12.960
 is the

00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:14.020
 answer to

00:48:14.020 --> 00:48:14.460
 all of

00:48:14.460 --> 00:48:14.880
 life's

00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:15.240
 trouble.

00:48:15.540 --> 00:48:16.080
 This is the

00:48:16.080 --> 00:48:16.740
 answers that

00:48:16.740 --> 00:48:17.360
 we need for

00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:19.140
 today, and

00:48:19.140 --> 00:48:19.440
 yet there's

00:48:19.440 --> 00:48:20.200
 nothing new

00:48:20.200 --> 00:48:21.840
 under the

00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:22.180
 sun.

00:48:24.040 --> 00:48:24.780
 Our needs

00:48:24.780 --> 00:48:26.140
 have not

00:48:26.140 --> 00:48:26.780
 changed.

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:28.680
 Our greatest

00:48:28.680 --> 00:48:30.040
 need has

00:48:30.040 --> 00:48:31.060
 not changed.

00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:32.640
 As we

00:48:32.640 --> 00:48:33.480
 review our

00:48:33.480 --> 00:48:34.000
 life, we

00:48:34.000 --> 00:48:34.480
 can think,

00:48:34.920 --> 00:48:35.420
 okay, we

00:48:35.420 --> 00:48:36.440
 seem to have

00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:37.240
 made progress,

00:48:37.340 --> 00:48:37.960
 but reality

00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:39.440
 is we're

00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:40.000
 no further

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:40.480
 on than

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:40.980
 any other

00:48:40.980 --> 00:48:42.480
 generation in

00:48:42.480 --> 00:48:43.360
 the past,

00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:45.139
 because we

00:48:45.139 --> 00:48:46.559
 cannot make

00:48:46.559 --> 00:48:48.019
 any difference

00:48:48.019 --> 00:48:48.720
 to our

00:48:48.720 --> 00:48:49.240
 eternal

00:48:49.240 --> 00:48:50.420
 situation by

00:48:50.420 --> 00:48:50.960
 ourselves.

00:48:51.980 --> 00:48:52.720
 Again, we go

00:48:52.720 --> 00:48:53.340
 back to the

00:48:53.340 --> 00:48:53.900
 psalm we

00:48:53.900 --> 00:48:54.820
 sung, to

00:48:54.820 --> 00:48:55.539
 redeem my

00:48:55.539 --> 00:48:56.179
 life is

00:48:56.179 --> 00:48:57.059
 costly, none

00:48:57.059 --> 00:48:58.800
 sufficient price

00:48:58.800 --> 00:48:59.519
 can pay.

00:49:00.139 --> 00:49:00.780
 Even in the

00:49:00.780 --> 00:49:01.500
 search for

00:49:01.500 --> 00:49:02.880
 renewed youth

00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:03.800
 and keeping

00:49:03.800 --> 00:49:04.820
 ourselves alive

00:49:04.820 --> 00:49:05.559
 as long as

00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:06.179
 possible, and

00:49:06.179 --> 00:49:06.799
 all of these

00:49:06.799 --> 00:49:07.380
 things that

00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:08.500
 people long

00:49:08.500 --> 00:49:09.380
 for in this

00:49:09.380 --> 00:49:10.679
 world, we

00:49:10.679 --> 00:49:11.039
 cannot.

00:49:12.659 --> 00:49:13.779
 Every generation

00:49:13.779 --> 00:49:14.619
 has looked at

00:49:14.619 --> 00:49:15.940
 ways to keep

00:49:15.940 --> 00:49:16.759
 ourselves going,

00:49:16.860 --> 00:49:17.139
 to keep

00:49:17.139 --> 00:49:18.119
 ourselves alive,

00:49:18.259 --> 00:49:19.340
 to save

00:49:19.340 --> 00:49:20.239
 ourselves, as

00:49:20.239 --> 00:49:20.840
 it were, for

00:49:20.840 --> 00:49:22.480
 eternity, but

00:49:22.480 --> 00:49:23.000
 there's nothing

00:49:23.000 --> 00:49:23.820
 new under the

00:49:23.820 --> 00:49:24.039
 sun.

00:49:24.119 --> 00:49:24.699
 The answer

00:49:24.699 --> 00:49:26.400
 hasn't changed.

00:49:29.279 --> 00:49:30.400
 Our greatest

00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:31.340
 need as we

00:49:31.340 --> 00:49:32.159
 look in life,

00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:33.420
 as we think of

00:49:33.420 --> 00:49:33.880
 what we're

00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:34.900
 looking for in

00:49:34.900 --> 00:49:35.519
 this world, as

00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:36.000
 we think of

00:49:36.000 --> 00:49:36.840
 what we're

00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:37.780
 searching for,

00:49:37.860 --> 00:49:38.420
 it's not

00:49:38.420 --> 00:49:39.320
 something new,

00:49:40.360 --> 00:49:40.800
 it's something

00:49:40.800 --> 00:49:41.800
 that has always

00:49:41.800 --> 00:49:42.180
 been.

00:49:43.380 --> 00:49:44.059
 It's been there

00:49:44.059 --> 00:49:44.500
 since the

00:49:44.500 --> 00:49:44.880
 beginning.

00:49:45.619 --> 00:49:46.360
 It's there in

00:49:46.360 --> 00:49:47.139
 Solomon's day,

00:49:47.200 --> 00:49:47.720
 it's here in

00:49:47.720 --> 00:49:48.820
 our day, it

00:49:48.820 --> 00:49:49.380
 will remain

00:49:49.380 --> 00:49:49.900
 forever.

00:49:50.539 --> 00:49:51.220
 And what is

00:49:51.220 --> 00:49:51.480
 it?

00:49:52.599 --> 00:49:53.039
 Well, it's

00:49:53.039 --> 00:49:54.980
 based on the

00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:56.059
 word of God.

00:49:56.559 --> 00:49:57.320
 It is only

00:49:57.320 --> 00:49:58.619
 God who can

00:49:58.619 --> 00:49:59.019
 make a

00:49:59.019 --> 00:50:00.460
 difference in

00:50:00.460 --> 00:50:01.160
 our life.

00:50:02.139 --> 00:50:02.720
 It is only

00:50:02.720 --> 00:50:03.860
 God through

00:50:03.860 --> 00:50:04.400
 his son,

00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:05.340
 Christ Jesus

00:50:05.340 --> 00:50:05.740
 who can

00:50:05.740 --> 00:50:07.220
 save our

00:50:07.220 --> 00:50:07.840
 soul.

00:50:09.880 --> 00:50:10.340
 And so as

00:50:10.340 --> 00:50:11.059
 we think of

00:50:11.059 --> 00:50:12.039
 living our

00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:13.019
 life and

00:50:13.019 --> 00:50:13.760
 things under

00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:14.400
 the sun,

00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:15.720
 when everything

00:50:15.720 --> 00:50:16.780
 seems to be

00:50:16.780 --> 00:50:17.260
 in vain,

00:50:17.660 --> 00:50:18.420
 no endeavor,

00:50:18.920 --> 00:50:19.660
 no achievement,

00:50:19.880 --> 00:50:20.539
 no possession

00:50:20.539 --> 00:50:21.440
 under the sun

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:22.260
 can give

00:50:22.260 --> 00:50:23.180
 purpose and

00:50:23.180 --> 00:50:23.740
 meaning and

00:50:23.740 --> 00:50:24.660
 fulfillment in

00:50:24.660 --> 00:50:25.079
 life.

00:50:25.880 --> 00:50:26.619
 That's what the

00:50:26.619 --> 00:50:27.920
 preacher is

00:50:27.920 --> 00:50:28.559
 telling us

00:50:28.559 --> 00:50:29.000
 here.

00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:30.579
 If you want

00:50:30.579 --> 00:50:31.320
 to live life

00:50:31.320 --> 00:50:32.139
 under the sun,

00:50:32.139 --> 00:50:33.139
 if you want

00:50:33.139 --> 00:50:33.920
 to live life

00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:34.699
 apart from

00:50:34.699 --> 00:50:35.199
 God,

00:50:35.859 --> 00:50:36.239
 you're just

00:50:36.239 --> 00:50:36.480
 going to

00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:37.119
 carry on,

00:50:37.179 --> 00:50:37.739
 as it were,

00:50:38.219 --> 00:50:38.480
 in the

00:50:38.480 --> 00:50:39.239
 hamster's

00:50:39.239 --> 00:50:39.500
 wheel,

00:50:40.199 --> 00:50:41.099
 everything just

00:50:41.099 --> 00:50:41.900
 going round

00:50:41.900 --> 00:50:42.579
 and round

00:50:42.579 --> 00:50:43.839
 and nothing

00:50:43.839 --> 00:50:45.379
 is changing.

00:50:47.759 --> 00:50:48.599
 Perhaps that's

00:50:48.599 --> 00:50:49.139
 the way you

00:50:49.139 --> 00:50:50.460
 feel in life

00:50:50.460 --> 00:50:50.940
 just now.

00:50:51.019 --> 00:50:51.519
 You get up in

00:50:51.519 --> 00:50:52.019
 the morning,

00:50:52.579 --> 00:50:53.339
 you live your

00:50:53.339 --> 00:50:53.679
 day,

00:50:54.079 --> 00:50:54.679
 you go to

00:50:54.679 --> 00:50:54.980
 bed,

00:50:55.079 --> 00:50:55.739
 and day

00:50:55.739 --> 00:50:56.400
 after day,

00:50:56.579 --> 00:50:57.000
 so much

00:50:57.000 --> 00:50:57.639
 just seems

00:50:57.639 --> 00:50:58.739
 to be the

00:50:58.739 --> 00:50:59.119
 same.

00:50:59.920 --> 00:51:00.319
 And you've

00:51:00.319 --> 00:51:00.739
 come to

00:51:00.739 --> 00:51:01.579
 the conclusion,

00:51:02.460 --> 00:51:03.819
 what's the

00:51:03.819 --> 00:51:04.420
 point?

00:51:05.279 --> 00:51:06.079
 Is it all

00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:07.319
 in vain?

00:51:08.519 --> 00:51:08.779
 Well,

00:51:08.819 --> 00:51:09.980
 without Christ

00:51:09.980 --> 00:51:11.039
 it is.

00:51:12.639 --> 00:51:13.500
 But what the

00:51:13.500 --> 00:51:14.299
 preacher here

00:51:14.299 --> 00:51:15.199
 is telling us

00:51:15.199 --> 00:51:16.319
 is that there

00:51:16.319 --> 00:51:17.139
 is a gospel,

00:51:18.219 --> 00:51:18.519
 that there

00:51:18.519 --> 00:51:19.000
 is good

00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:19.579
 news,

00:51:20.159 --> 00:51:20.500
 that there

00:51:20.500 --> 00:51:21.199
 is hope

00:51:21.199 --> 00:51:22.299
 that makes

00:51:22.299 --> 00:51:23.099
 a difference.

00:51:23.940 --> 00:51:24.460
 So that as

00:51:24.460 --> 00:51:25.179
 we reflect

00:51:25.179 --> 00:51:25.719
 on life

00:51:25.719 --> 00:51:26.480
 looking back,

00:51:26.480 --> 00:51:27.400
 as we

00:51:27.400 --> 00:51:28.019
 review where

00:51:28.019 --> 00:51:28.599
 we are at

00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:29.000
 present,

00:51:29.099 --> 00:51:29.539
 we want to

00:51:29.539 --> 00:51:30.000
 come to

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:30.579
 that point

00:51:30.579 --> 00:51:30.920
 where we

00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:31.260
 think,

00:51:31.860 --> 00:51:32.000
 well,

00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:32.619
 what can

00:51:32.619 --> 00:51:33.400
 change?

00:51:35.019 --> 00:51:35.820
 What needs

00:51:35.820 --> 00:51:36.820
 to change

00:51:36.820 --> 00:51:37.699
 in our

00:51:37.699 --> 00:51:38.179
 life?

00:51:38.800 --> 00:51:39.139
 That's what

00:51:39.139 --> 00:51:39.440
 we see

00:51:39.440 --> 00:51:40.240
 thirdly here,

00:51:40.320 --> 00:51:41.059
 that sense

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:43.079
 of renewing.

00:51:44.219 --> 00:51:44.559
 It's about

00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:45.000
 looking at

00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:46.480
 things in

00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:46.980
 a different

00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:47.740
 perspective.

00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:49.179
 Seeing things

00:51:49.179 --> 00:51:49.940
 not just on

00:51:49.940 --> 00:51:50.780
 this world's

00:51:50.780 --> 00:51:51.219
 horizon,

00:51:51.780 --> 00:51:52.500
 but beyond.

00:51:53.460 --> 00:51:53.760
 And looking

00:51:53.760 --> 00:51:54.400
 beyond the

00:51:54.400 --> 00:51:55.500
 things that

00:51:55.500 --> 00:51:56.039
 are under

00:51:56.039 --> 00:51:56.699
 the sun

00:51:56.699 --> 00:51:58.119
 to how he

00:51:58.119 --> 00:51:59.099
 describes it

00:51:59.099 --> 00:51:59.980
 as under

00:51:59.980 --> 00:52:00.900
 heaven.

00:52:01.679 --> 00:52:02.039
 That's what

00:52:02.039 --> 00:52:02.519
 you see

00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:03.759
 in verse

00:52:03.759 --> 00:52:04.639
 13.

00:52:06.199 --> 00:52:06.880
 I applied

00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:07.559
 my heart

00:52:07.559 --> 00:52:08.199
 to seek

00:52:08.199 --> 00:52:08.539
 and to

00:52:08.539 --> 00:52:09.279
 search out

00:52:09.279 --> 00:52:10.400
 by wisdom

00:52:10.400 --> 00:52:10.920
 all that

00:52:10.920 --> 00:52:11.579
 was done

00:52:11.579 --> 00:52:12.539
 under

00:52:12.539 --> 00:52:13.279
 heaven.

00:52:14.320 --> 00:52:14.880
 This is to

00:52:14.880 --> 00:52:15.179
 look at

00:52:15.179 --> 00:52:15.739
 things in

00:52:15.739 --> 00:52:16.539
 a different

00:52:16.539 --> 00:52:17.059
 way,

00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:18.159
 to look

00:52:18.159 --> 00:52:19.239
 beyond the

00:52:19.239 --> 00:52:20.679
 things of

00:52:20.679 --> 00:52:21.500
 this world.

00:52:23.019 --> 00:52:23.420
 In our

00:52:23.420 --> 00:52:24.159
 search for

00:52:24.159 --> 00:52:24.460
 meaning,

00:52:24.460 --> 00:52:25.380
 we've got

00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:25.619
 to look

00:52:25.619 --> 00:52:26.260
 beyond the

00:52:26.260 --> 00:52:26.980
 wisdom of

00:52:26.980 --> 00:52:28.280
 man and

00:52:28.280 --> 00:52:28.679
 look to

00:52:28.679 --> 00:52:29.320
 the wisdom

00:52:29.320 --> 00:52:30.860
 of God.

00:52:32.340 --> 00:52:33.360
 So how

00:52:33.360 --> 00:52:34.260
 is your

00:52:34.260 --> 00:52:35.220
 search in

00:52:35.220 --> 00:52:36.019
 life going?

00:52:36.940 --> 00:52:37.400
 How is

00:52:37.400 --> 00:52:38.380
 your search

00:52:38.380 --> 00:52:39.619
 in life for

00:52:39.619 --> 00:52:40.240
 meaning and

00:52:40.240 --> 00:52:40.740
 purpose?

00:52:40.920 --> 00:52:41.260
 Where are

00:52:41.260 --> 00:52:41.699
 you at

00:52:41.699 --> 00:52:42.280
 with it?

00:52:43.599 --> 00:52:45.000
 In 1987,

00:52:45.380 --> 00:52:45.820
 a band

00:52:45.820 --> 00:52:46.440
 called

00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:47.300
 You Too,

00:52:48.320 --> 00:52:49.079
 they released

00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:49.720
 a song,

00:52:49.900 --> 00:52:50.500
 the title,

00:52:51.079 --> 00:52:51.559
 I Still

00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:52.039
 Haven't

00:52:52.039 --> 00:52:52.480
 Found,

00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:53.480
 What I'm

00:52:53.480 --> 00:52:53.779
 Looking

00:52:53.779 --> 00:52:54.239
 For.

00:52:55.219 --> 00:52:55.800
 And the

00:52:55.800 --> 00:52:56.340
 song was

00:52:56.340 --> 00:52:57.019
 all about

00:52:57.019 --> 00:52:57.800
 the sense

00:52:57.800 --> 00:52:58.539
 of a

00:52:58.539 --> 00:52:59.380
 search going

00:52:59.380 --> 00:53:00.440
 on in

00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:00.920
 life.

00:53:01.940 --> 00:53:02.300
 And no

00:53:02.300 --> 00:53:03.500
 matter where

00:53:03.500 --> 00:53:04.380
 they looked,

00:53:05.340 --> 00:53:05.820
 no matter

00:53:05.820 --> 00:53:06.360
 what they

00:53:06.360 --> 00:53:07.539
 found in

00:53:07.539 --> 00:53:08.380
 this world,

00:53:08.719 --> 00:53:09.320
 there was a

00:53:09.320 --> 00:53:09.759
 sense,

00:53:10.300 --> 00:53:10.960
 I still

00:53:10.960 --> 00:53:11.980
 haven't found

00:53:11.980 --> 00:53:12.840
 what I'm

00:53:12.840 --> 00:53:13.599
 looking for.

00:53:15.159 --> 00:53:15.900
 And perhaps

00:53:15.900 --> 00:53:16.619
 that's how

00:53:16.619 --> 00:53:17.619
 you feel

00:53:17.619 --> 00:53:18.539
 today.

00:53:19.579 --> 00:53:20.119
 Perhaps

00:53:20.119 --> 00:53:20.679
 that's the

00:53:20.679 --> 00:53:21.139
 way you've

00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:21.579
 been living

00:53:21.579 --> 00:53:22.079
 your life

00:53:22.079 --> 00:53:22.400
 for a

00:53:22.400 --> 00:53:23.039
 long time,

00:53:24.059 --> 00:53:24.759
 knowing that

00:53:24.759 --> 00:53:25.119
 there's got

00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:25.719
 to be more

00:53:25.719 --> 00:53:26.379
 to life,

00:53:26.960 --> 00:53:27.339
 knowing that

00:53:27.339 --> 00:53:27.679
 there's got

00:53:27.679 --> 00:53:28.519
 to be more

00:53:28.519 --> 00:53:29.059
 of a meaning

00:53:29.059 --> 00:53:29.839
 and a purpose

00:53:29.839 --> 00:53:30.420
 in life

00:53:30.420 --> 00:53:30.980
 than this,

00:53:32.039 --> 00:53:32.519
 the life

00:53:32.519 --> 00:53:33.279
 under the

00:53:33.279 --> 00:53:33.579
 sun.

00:53:33.920 --> 00:53:34.359
 There's got

00:53:34.359 --> 00:53:34.779
 to be more

00:53:34.779 --> 00:53:35.039
 but you

00:53:35.039 --> 00:53:35.739
 still haven't

00:53:35.739 --> 00:53:37.199
 found what

00:53:37.199 --> 00:53:37.659
 you're looking

00:53:37.659 --> 00:53:38.079
 for.

00:53:39.619 --> 00:53:40.059
 Well,

00:53:41.119 --> 00:53:41.779
 the preacher

00:53:41.779 --> 00:53:42.839
 here tells

00:53:42.839 --> 00:53:43.059
 us,

00:53:43.139 --> 00:53:43.460
 just like

00:53:43.460 --> 00:53:44.420
 every generation

00:53:44.420 --> 00:53:45.699
 seeks an

00:53:45.699 --> 00:53:46.059
 answer,

00:53:46.279 --> 00:53:46.799
 thankfully

00:53:46.799 --> 00:53:47.699
 there's an

00:53:47.699 --> 00:53:48.279
 answer to

00:53:48.279 --> 00:53:48.960
 be found

00:53:48.960 --> 00:53:50.199
 in the

00:53:50.199 --> 00:53:50.679
 gospel.

00:53:51.599 --> 00:53:52.199
 The more

00:53:52.199 --> 00:53:53.619
 things change,

00:53:54.139 --> 00:53:54.819
 the more

00:53:54.819 --> 00:53:55.619
 they stay

00:53:55.619 --> 00:53:56.579
 the same.

00:53:57.659 --> 00:53:58.099
 And what

00:53:58.099 --> 00:53:58.500
 is it that

00:53:58.500 --> 00:53:59.259
 stays the

00:53:59.259 --> 00:53:59.899
 same for

00:53:59.899 --> 00:54:00.319
 us?

00:54:01.239 --> 00:54:01.639
 Well,

00:54:01.659 --> 00:54:02.139
 the word

00:54:02.139 --> 00:54:02.839
 of God

00:54:02.839 --> 00:54:03.980
 stands

00:54:03.980 --> 00:54:04.439
 forever.

00:54:05.639 --> 00:54:06.439
 1 Peter

00:54:06.439 --> 00:54:07.599
 verse 24

00:54:07.599 --> 00:54:08.059
 says,

00:54:08.059 --> 00:54:08.500
 for all

00:54:08.500 --> 00:54:09.259
 flesh is

00:54:09.259 --> 00:54:09.980
 like grass

00:54:09.980 --> 00:54:10.659
 and all

00:54:10.659 --> 00:54:11.279
 its glory

00:54:11.279 --> 00:54:11.679
 like the

00:54:11.679 --> 00:54:12.320
 flower of

00:54:12.320 --> 00:54:12.639
 grass.

00:54:12.759 --> 00:54:13.239
 The grass

00:54:13.239 --> 00:54:13.820
 withers,

00:54:14.299 --> 00:54:14.820
 the flower

00:54:14.820 --> 00:54:15.679
 falls,

00:54:16.519 --> 00:54:16.940
 but the

00:54:16.940 --> 00:54:17.440
 word of

00:54:17.440 --> 00:54:18.059
 the Lord

00:54:18.059 --> 00:54:19.360
 remains

00:54:19.360 --> 00:54:20.179
 forever.

00:54:21.759 --> 00:54:22.219
 There is

00:54:22.219 --> 00:54:23.619
 wisdom to

00:54:23.619 --> 00:54:24.299
 be found

00:54:24.299 --> 00:54:25.299
 in the

00:54:25.299 --> 00:54:26.259
 word of

00:54:26.259 --> 00:54:26.719
 God.

00:54:27.360 --> 00:54:28.139
 He tells

00:54:28.139 --> 00:54:29.219
 us to

00:54:29.219 --> 00:54:29.940
 look above

00:54:29.940 --> 00:54:30.639
 the sun.

00:54:31.340 --> 00:54:31.920
 We're looking

00:54:31.920 --> 00:54:32.699
 beyond the

00:54:32.699 --> 00:54:33.500
 horizon of

00:54:33.500 --> 00:54:34.079
 this world,

00:54:34.179 --> 00:54:34.659
 of everything

00:54:34.659 --> 00:54:35.279
 being under

00:54:35.279 --> 00:54:35.880
 the sun,

00:54:35.880 --> 00:54:36.860
 and instead

00:54:36.860 --> 00:54:37.960
 seeing things

00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:38.760
 done under

00:54:38.760 --> 00:54:39.300
 heaven.

00:54:40.599 --> 00:54:41.140
 Seeing the

00:54:41.140 --> 00:54:41.740
 God who

00:54:41.740 --> 00:54:43.000
 created the

00:54:43.000 --> 00:54:43.599
 heavens and

00:54:43.599 --> 00:54:44.079
 the earth

00:54:44.079 --> 00:54:45.200
 and made

00:54:45.200 --> 00:54:46.000
 us in

00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:47.160
 this image.

00:54:48.619 --> 00:54:49.039
 Everything

00:54:49.039 --> 00:54:49.539
 in this

00:54:49.539 --> 00:54:50.160
 world is

00:54:50.160 --> 00:54:51.500
 incapable of

00:54:51.500 --> 00:54:52.680
 satisfying our

00:54:52.680 --> 00:54:53.539
 deepest and

00:54:53.539 --> 00:54:54.300
 our greatest

00:54:54.300 --> 00:54:54.880
 need,

00:54:55.700 --> 00:54:56.240
 of our

00:54:56.240 --> 00:54:57.039
 soul's

00:54:57.039 --> 00:54:57.860
 satisfaction,

00:54:58.360 --> 00:54:58.880
 of our

00:54:58.880 --> 00:54:59.900
 soul's

00:54:59.900 --> 00:55:00.800
 salvation.

00:55:00.800 --> 00:55:00.880
 salvation.

00:55:02.019 --> 00:55:02.240
 And the

00:55:02.240 --> 00:55:03.019
 preacher here

00:55:03.019 --> 00:55:04.140
 in old age

00:55:04.140 --> 00:55:04.840
 looking back

00:55:04.840 --> 00:55:05.539
 over life,

00:55:05.980 --> 00:55:06.720
 his ridges,

00:55:06.900 --> 00:55:07.539
 his wisdom,

00:55:07.640 --> 00:55:08.100
 and all that

00:55:08.100 --> 00:55:08.560
 he has,

00:55:09.060 --> 00:55:09.620
 is vanity

00:55:09.620 --> 00:55:10.560
 without God.

00:55:11.460 --> 00:55:12.320
 It's all in

00:55:12.320 --> 00:55:13.200
 vain apart

00:55:13.200 --> 00:55:14.000
 from God.

00:55:14.860 --> 00:55:15.440
 And today,

00:55:15.600 --> 00:55:15.900
 if you're

00:55:15.900 --> 00:55:16.680
 searching for

00:55:16.680 --> 00:55:17.760
 meaning apart

00:55:17.760 --> 00:55:18.480
 from looking

00:55:18.480 --> 00:55:19.560
 to Christ,

00:55:20.220 --> 00:55:20.880
 you'll never

00:55:20.880 --> 00:55:21.600
 find what

00:55:21.600 --> 00:55:22.019
 you're looking

00:55:22.019 --> 00:55:22.380
 for.

00:55:23.460 --> 00:55:24.060
 Your song

00:55:24.060 --> 00:55:24.820
 will always

00:55:24.820 --> 00:55:25.220
 be,

00:55:25.780 --> 00:55:26.280
 I still

00:55:26.280 --> 00:55:27.220
 haven't found

00:55:27.220 --> 00:55:28.039
 what I'm

00:55:28.039 --> 00:55:28.820
 looking for.

00:55:28.820 --> 00:55:29.840
 There will

00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:30.900
 always be

00:55:30.900 --> 00:55:32.140
 that missing

00:55:32.140 --> 00:55:32.700
 link.

00:55:33.920 --> 00:55:34.559
 And what

00:55:34.559 --> 00:55:34.760
 are we

00:55:34.760 --> 00:55:35.600
 encouraged to

00:55:35.600 --> 00:55:35.900
 do?

00:55:36.420 --> 00:55:37.140
 We are

00:55:37.140 --> 00:55:37.920
 encouraged to

00:55:37.920 --> 00:55:39.080
 come and

00:55:39.080 --> 00:55:39.680
 listen to

00:55:39.680 --> 00:55:40.340
 the wisdom

00:55:40.340 --> 00:55:41.120
 of God's

00:55:41.120 --> 00:55:41.420
 word.

00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:42.539
 We are

00:55:42.539 --> 00:55:43.360
 encouraged to

00:55:43.360 --> 00:55:44.180
 come and

00:55:44.180 --> 00:55:45.039
 find meaning

00:55:45.039 --> 00:55:45.940
 in God's

00:55:45.940 --> 00:55:46.400
 word and

00:55:46.400 --> 00:55:47.120
 purpose.

00:55:48.100 --> 00:55:48.559
 That in

00:55:48.559 --> 00:55:49.539
 Jesus Christ

00:55:49.539 --> 00:55:49.960
 there is

00:55:49.960 --> 00:55:50.380
 life.

00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:51.519
 And in

00:55:51.519 --> 00:55:52.360
 him there

00:55:52.360 --> 00:55:53.120
 is life

00:55:53.120 --> 00:55:53.880
 eternal.

00:55:55.519 --> 00:55:55.940
 As I said

00:55:55.940 --> 00:55:56.220
 at the

00:55:56.220 --> 00:55:56.680
 start,

00:55:56.680 --> 00:55:57.740
 we can all

00:55:57.740 --> 00:55:58.240
 regret

00:55:58.239 --> 00:55:58.979
 people we

00:55:58.979 --> 00:55:59.279
 would have

00:55:59.279 --> 00:55:59.899
 loved to

00:55:59.899 --> 00:56:00.439
 listen to

00:56:00.439 --> 00:56:01.479
 today who

00:56:01.479 --> 00:56:01.859
 we didn't

00:56:01.859 --> 00:56:02.459
 listen to

00:56:02.459 --> 00:56:02.759
 in the

00:56:02.759 --> 00:56:03.239
 past.

00:56:03.919 --> 00:56:04.379
 To be

00:56:04.379 --> 00:56:04.759
 able to

00:56:04.759 --> 00:56:05.539
 hear the

00:56:05.539 --> 00:56:06.159
 wisdom of

00:56:06.159 --> 00:56:06.879
 a generation

00:56:06.879 --> 00:56:07.979
 gone or

00:56:07.979 --> 00:56:09.099
 a people who

00:56:09.099 --> 00:56:09.759
 we knew so

00:56:09.759 --> 00:56:10.219
 well but

00:56:10.219 --> 00:56:10.859
 didn't listen

00:56:10.859 --> 00:56:11.339
 to what they

00:56:11.339 --> 00:56:11.859
 were telling

00:56:11.859 --> 00:56:12.199
 us.

00:56:12.659 --> 00:56:12.919
 Well,

00:56:12.959 --> 00:56:13.459
 the preacher

00:56:13.459 --> 00:56:14.179
 here is

00:56:14.179 --> 00:56:14.479
 saying,

00:56:14.599 --> 00:56:15.159
 listen to

00:56:15.159 --> 00:56:15.519
 me,

00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:16.639
 all you

00:56:16.639 --> 00:56:17.199
 people.

00:56:17.879 --> 00:56:18.239
 Come and

00:56:18.239 --> 00:56:19.199
 listen to

00:56:19.199 --> 00:56:19.679
 what I

00:56:19.679 --> 00:56:20.379
 will tell.

00:56:20.759 --> 00:56:21.000
 And that

00:56:21.000 --> 00:56:21.679
 is God's

00:56:21.679 --> 00:56:22.719
 word speaking

00:56:22.719 --> 00:56:23.439
 to us.

00:56:24.119 --> 00:56:24.639
 And speaking

00:56:24.639 --> 00:56:25.319
 to us

00:56:25.319 --> 00:56:26.500
 tonight as

00:56:26.500 --> 00:56:26.879
 well.

00:56:27.039 --> 00:56:27.659
 Speaking to

00:56:27.659 --> 00:56:28.019
 us, to

00:56:28.019 --> 00:56:28.559
 say to

00:56:28.559 --> 00:56:28.859
 us,

00:56:29.319 --> 00:56:29.719
 come and

00:56:29.719 --> 00:56:30.619
 listen to

00:56:30.619 --> 00:56:31.079
 what this

00:56:31.079 --> 00:56:32.139
 word says.

00:56:33.059 --> 00:56:33.779
 Your search

00:56:33.779 --> 00:56:34.379
 for meaning,

00:56:35.079 --> 00:56:35.899
 you find it

00:56:35.899 --> 00:56:36.319
 here.

00:56:37.399 --> 00:56:37.960
 That God

00:56:37.960 --> 00:56:38.699
 sent his

00:56:38.699 --> 00:56:39.839
 son into

00:56:39.839 --> 00:56:40.480
 this world,

00:56:40.559 --> 00:56:40.799
 that you

00:56:40.799 --> 00:56:41.379
 might have

00:56:41.379 --> 00:56:42.659
 life, he

00:56:42.659 --> 00:56:43.799
 says, and

00:56:43.799 --> 00:56:44.859
 life in

00:56:44.859 --> 00:56:45.539
 abundance,

00:56:46.299 --> 00:56:47.539
 life to

00:56:47.539 --> 00:56:48.119
 the full.

00:56:49.779 --> 00:56:50.079
 There's an

00:56:50.079 --> 00:56:50.960
 author called

00:56:50.960 --> 00:56:51.980
 Jack Higgins.

00:56:53.079 --> 00:56:53.879
 He's written

00:56:53.879 --> 00:56:55.259
 millions of

00:56:55.259 --> 00:56:55.799
 books, sold

00:56:55.799 --> 00:56:56.500
 millions of

00:56:56.500 --> 00:56:57.360
 books around

00:56:57.360 --> 00:56:58.000
 the world,

00:56:58.119 --> 00:56:58.360
 some of

00:56:58.360 --> 00:56:59.099
 them made

00:56:59.099 --> 00:56:59.420
 into

00:56:59.420 --> 00:57:00.099
 films,

00:57:00.980 --> 00:57:02.139
 TV series.

00:57:03.260 --> 00:57:03.539
 Well, he

00:57:03.539 --> 00:57:04.039
 was once

00:57:04.039 --> 00:57:04.699
 asked a

00:57:04.699 --> 00:57:05.219
 question,

00:57:05.300 --> 00:57:05.500
 he was

00:57:05.500 --> 00:57:05.880
 asked a

00:57:05.880 --> 00:57:06.219
 question,

00:57:06.760 --> 00:57:07.119
 what would

00:57:07.119 --> 00:57:07.380
 you have

00:57:07.380 --> 00:57:07.920
 liked to

00:57:07.920 --> 00:57:08.559
 have known

00:57:08.559 --> 00:57:09.440
 when you

00:57:09.440 --> 00:57:09.800
 were a

00:57:09.800 --> 00:57:10.139
 boy?

00:57:11.559 --> 00:57:12.199
 This was

00:57:12.199 --> 00:57:12.820
 his answer.

00:57:12.940 --> 00:57:13.340
 He said,

00:57:13.920 --> 00:57:14.219
 I would

00:57:14.219 --> 00:57:14.719
 have loved

00:57:14.719 --> 00:57:15.139
 to have

00:57:15.139 --> 00:57:16.559
 known that

00:57:16.559 --> 00:57:17.039
 when you

00:57:17.039 --> 00:57:17.719
 get to

00:57:17.719 --> 00:57:18.480
 the top,

00:57:19.139 --> 00:57:19.480
 there's

00:57:19.480 --> 00:57:19.880
 nothing

00:57:19.880 --> 00:57:20.360
 there.

00:57:21.960 --> 00:57:22.659
 He was

00:57:22.659 --> 00:57:23.119
 looking at

00:57:23.119 --> 00:57:24.280
 things on

00:57:24.280 --> 00:57:24.659
 the level

00:57:24.659 --> 00:57:25.519
 under the

00:57:25.519 --> 00:57:25.860
 sun.

00:57:26.500 --> 00:57:27.739
 in all

00:57:27.739 --> 00:57:28.059
 of his

00:57:28.059 --> 00:57:29.619
 search for

00:57:29.619 --> 00:57:31.019
 wisdom and

00:57:31.019 --> 00:57:31.619
 meaning and

00:57:31.619 --> 00:57:33.559
 success, he

00:57:33.559 --> 00:57:34.139
 was on this

00:57:34.139 --> 00:57:35.039
 journey as he

00:57:35.039 --> 00:57:36.119
 saw it, but

00:57:36.119 --> 00:57:37.079
 he said sadly

00:57:37.079 --> 00:57:38.400
 that when you

00:57:38.400 --> 00:57:39.039
 get to the

00:57:39.039 --> 00:57:40.519
 top, there's

00:57:40.519 --> 00:57:41.440
 nothing there.

00:57:43.880 --> 00:57:44.699
 That's when we

00:57:44.699 --> 00:57:46.260
 see things under

00:57:46.260 --> 00:57:46.900
 the sun.

00:57:47.880 --> 00:57:48.460
 But when we

00:57:48.460 --> 00:57:49.760
 see things under

00:57:49.760 --> 00:57:51.500
 heaven, when

00:57:51.500 --> 00:57:52.360
 we see things

00:57:52.360 --> 00:57:53.900
 with an eternal

00:57:53.900 --> 00:57:55.840
 perspective, we

00:57:55.840 --> 00:57:56.320
 see that there

00:57:56.320 --> 00:57:57.079
 is much more

00:57:57.079 --> 00:57:58.360
 meaning and

00:57:58.360 --> 00:57:59.380
 direction for

00:57:59.380 --> 00:57:59.780
 us.

00:58:00.680 --> 00:58:01.280
 For where

00:58:01.280 --> 00:58:01.980
 does it bring

00:58:01.980 --> 00:58:02.460
 us as we

00:58:02.460 --> 00:58:02.960
 think of

00:58:02.960 --> 00:58:04.780
 reaching, as

00:58:04.780 --> 00:58:05.320
 we think of

00:58:05.320 --> 00:58:06.019
 our goal?

00:58:06.400 --> 00:58:06.920
 We're not

00:58:06.920 --> 00:58:07.440
 going to say

00:58:07.440 --> 00:58:07.960
 like Jack

00:58:07.960 --> 00:58:08.300
 Higgins,

00:58:08.480 --> 00:58:09.320
 there's nothing

00:58:09.320 --> 00:58:10.180
 at the top.

00:58:10.960 --> 00:58:11.240
 We just

00:58:11.240 --> 00:58:11.760
 think of the

00:58:11.760 --> 00:58:12.019
 book,

00:58:12.519 --> 00:58:14.100
 Pilgrim's Progress

00:58:14.100 --> 00:58:15.200
 by John Bunyan,

00:58:16.480 --> 00:58:17.019
 where you read

00:58:17.019 --> 00:58:17.460
 there of

00:58:17.460 --> 00:58:18.720
 Christian on

00:58:18.720 --> 00:58:19.579
 his journey.

00:58:20.280 --> 00:58:21.360
 His journey to

00:58:21.360 --> 00:58:22.300
 rid himself of

00:58:22.300 --> 00:58:22.840
 this great

00:58:22.840 --> 00:58:23.560
 burden on

00:58:23.560 --> 00:58:24.180
 his back,

00:58:25.240 --> 00:58:25.620
 and the

00:58:25.620 --> 00:58:26.060
 different

00:58:26.060 --> 00:58:27.340
 directions that

00:58:27.340 --> 00:58:28.100
 he went along

00:58:28.100 --> 00:58:28.940
 that journey.

00:58:29.560 --> 00:58:30.000
 And yet the

00:58:30.000 --> 00:58:31.019
 last part of

00:58:31.019 --> 00:58:31.640
 the journey,

00:58:32.140 --> 00:58:32.519
 as he's

00:58:32.519 --> 00:58:33.539
 ascending up

00:58:33.539 --> 00:58:34.260
 this hill,

00:58:34.760 --> 00:58:35.200
 as he's

00:58:35.200 --> 00:58:35.780
 making his

00:58:35.780 --> 00:58:37.000
 way up this

00:58:37.000 --> 00:58:37.760
 hill, and he

00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:39.539
 stands before

00:58:39.539 --> 00:58:40.900
 the cross,

00:58:42.480 --> 00:58:43.080
 that is where

00:58:43.080 --> 00:58:43.920
 he begins to

00:58:43.920 --> 00:58:45.280
 realize that

00:58:45.280 --> 00:58:46.200
 under heaven

00:58:46.200 --> 00:58:46.620
 there is

00:58:46.620 --> 00:58:47.160
 purpose.

00:58:48.260 --> 00:58:49.039
 It's not that

00:58:49.039 --> 00:58:49.720
 there's nothing

00:58:49.719 --> 00:58:50.500
 at the top,

00:58:51.079 --> 00:58:51.699
 but for the

00:58:51.699 --> 00:58:52.299
 Christian there

00:58:52.299 --> 00:58:53.019
 is everything.

00:58:54.879 --> 00:58:55.259
 And what

00:58:55.259 --> 00:58:56.319
 Christian found

00:58:56.319 --> 00:58:57.839
 was that as

00:58:57.839 --> 00:58:58.579
 he came to

00:58:58.579 --> 00:58:59.319
 the cross,

00:58:59.899 --> 00:59:00.659
 his burden

00:59:00.659 --> 00:59:01.480
 was loosed.

00:59:02.039 --> 00:59:02.859
 It fell off

00:59:02.859 --> 00:59:03.559
 his back.

00:59:03.859 --> 00:59:04.599
 It tumbled

00:59:04.599 --> 00:59:06.079
 away, never

00:59:06.079 --> 00:59:07.099
 to be seen

00:59:07.099 --> 00:59:07.779
 again.

00:59:08.899 --> 00:59:09.519
 And Christian

00:59:09.519 --> 00:59:11.919
 said, as it

00:59:11.919 --> 00:59:12.480
 says, with a

00:59:12.480 --> 00:59:13.259
 merry heart,

00:59:13.679 --> 00:59:14.079
 he said,

00:59:14.179 --> 00:59:15.000
 he hath given

00:59:15.000 --> 00:59:16.699
 me rest by

00:59:16.699 --> 00:59:17.699
 his sorrow

00:59:17.699 --> 00:59:19.039
 and life

00:59:19.039 --> 00:59:20.480
 by his

00:59:20.480 --> 00:59:21.019
 death.

00:59:22.779 --> 00:59:23.500
 There is

00:59:23.500 --> 00:59:24.079
 something at

00:59:24.079 --> 00:59:24.860
 the top for

00:59:24.860 --> 00:59:25.480
 the Christian

00:59:25.480 --> 00:59:26.199
 to see,

00:59:26.840 --> 00:59:27.659
 and that is

00:59:27.659 --> 00:59:28.320
 Christ, the

00:59:28.320 --> 00:59:29.159
 one we were

00:59:29.159 --> 00:59:29.880
 hearing of

00:59:29.880 --> 00:59:30.619
 this morning,

00:59:31.059 --> 00:59:32.099
 the man in

00:59:32.099 --> 00:59:32.559
 the middle,

00:59:33.219 --> 00:59:33.840
 the man on

00:59:33.840 --> 00:59:34.340
 the middle

00:59:34.340 --> 00:59:34.960
 cross,

00:59:36.039 --> 00:59:36.900
 the one who

00:59:36.900 --> 00:59:37.679
 we search

00:59:37.679 --> 00:59:38.920
 and we should

00:59:38.920 --> 00:59:39.639
 be searching

00:59:39.639 --> 00:59:40.519
 for to find

00:59:40.519 --> 00:59:41.099
 meaning in

00:59:41.099 --> 00:59:41.500
 life.

00:59:42.000 --> 00:59:43.139
 We find it

00:59:43.139 --> 00:59:44.440
 in him

00:59:44.440 --> 00:59:46.059
 as we come

00:59:46.059 --> 00:59:46.900
 to the

00:59:46.900 --> 00:59:47.480
 cross.

00:59:47.480 --> 00:59:49.760
 don't come

00:59:49.760 --> 00:59:50.119
 to the

00:59:50.119 --> 00:59:50.699
 point where

00:59:50.699 --> 00:59:51.219
 you wish

00:59:51.219 --> 00:59:52.320
 you could

00:59:52.320 --> 00:59:53.780
 listen and

00:59:53.780 --> 00:59:54.360
 no longer

00:59:54.360 --> 00:59:55.219
 you can hear

00:59:55.219 --> 00:59:56.139
 that word,

00:59:56.599 --> 00:59:57.380
 no longer

00:59:57.380 --> 00:59:58.280
 hear that

00:59:58.280 --> 00:59:58.900
 voice,

00:59:59.800 --> 01:00:00.740
 but listen

01:00:00.740 --> 01:00:01.139
 to the

01:00:01.139 --> 01:00:02.480
 preacher as

01:00:02.480 --> 01:00:03.260
 he is speaking

01:00:03.260 --> 01:00:03.960
 to you.

01:00:04.500 --> 01:00:05.139
 What is there

01:00:05.139 --> 01:00:05.940
 to gain by

01:00:05.940 --> 01:00:07.420
 toiling under

01:00:07.420 --> 01:00:08.179
 the sun?

01:00:08.880 --> 01:00:09.860
 It's all

01:00:09.860 --> 01:00:11.039
 vanity of

01:00:11.039 --> 01:00:11.699
 vanities,

01:00:11.699 --> 01:00:11.759
 grace,

01:00:12.919 --> 01:00:13.339
 but there

01:00:13.339 --> 01:00:13.899
 is meaning

01:00:13.899 --> 01:00:15.299
 found in

01:00:15.299 --> 01:00:15.879
 the voice

01:00:15.879 --> 01:00:17.179
 of God,

01:00:17.619 --> 01:00:18.059
 in the

01:00:18.059 --> 01:00:18.719
 voice of

01:00:18.719 --> 01:00:19.339
 his son

01:00:19.339 --> 01:00:20.000
 that says

01:00:20.000 --> 01:00:20.559
 come,

01:00:21.359 --> 01:00:22.039
 come and

01:00:22.039 --> 01:00:23.119
 I will

01:00:23.119 --> 01:00:23.739
 give you

01:00:23.739 --> 01:00:24.279
 rest.

01:00:25.480 --> 01:00:25.839
 When you

01:00:25.839 --> 01:00:26.500
 reach that

01:00:26.500 --> 01:00:27.799
 top and

01:00:27.799 --> 01:00:28.460
 you see it

01:00:28.460 --> 01:00:29.099
 is all

01:00:29.099 --> 01:00:29.539
 there,

01:00:29.980 --> 01:00:30.759
 it is all

01:00:30.759 --> 01:00:31.239
 done,

01:00:31.839 --> 01:00:32.279
 it is

01:00:32.279 --> 01:00:32.879
 finished

01:00:32.879 --> 01:00:34.219
 by him.

01:00:34.219 --> 01:00:36.119
 when you

01:00:36.119 --> 01:00:36.799
 skip right

01:00:36.799 --> 01:00:38.039
 forward to

01:00:38.039 --> 01:00:38.759
 the end

01:00:38.759 --> 01:00:39.500
 of the

01:00:39.500 --> 01:00:39.759
 book of

01:00:39.759 --> 01:00:40.599
 Ecclesiastes

01:00:40.599 --> 01:00:41.419
 into chapter

01:00:41.419 --> 01:00:43.159
 12 and

01:00:43.159 --> 01:00:44.079
 verse 13,

01:00:44.299 --> 01:00:45.059
 it says

01:00:45.059 --> 01:00:45.500
 this,

01:00:46.299 --> 01:00:46.859
 the end

01:00:46.859 --> 01:00:47.459
 of the

01:00:47.459 --> 01:00:47.859
 matter,

01:00:48.439 --> 01:00:49.639
 all has

01:00:49.639 --> 01:00:50.619
 been heard,

01:00:51.719 --> 01:00:52.619
 fear God

01:00:52.619 --> 01:00:53.799
 and keep

01:00:53.799 --> 01:00:54.959
 his commandments

01:00:54.960 --> 01:00:56.400
 for this

01:00:56.400 --> 01:00:56.860
 is the

01:00:56.860 --> 01:00:57.400
 whole

01:00:57.400 --> 01:00:58.519
 duty

01:00:58.519 --> 01:00:59.800
 of man.

01:01:01.079 --> 01:01:01.679
 There is

01:01:01.679 --> 01:01:02.320
 purpose.

01:01:03.559 --> 01:01:04.179
 It all

01:01:04.179 --> 01:01:05.559
 seems so

01:01:05.559 --> 01:01:06.220
 vain on

01:01:06.220 --> 01:01:07.199
 our search

01:01:07.199 --> 01:01:08.619
 and we

01:01:08.619 --> 01:01:09.619
 think to

01:01:09.619 --> 01:01:10.139
 ourselves,

01:01:10.300 --> 01:01:10.699
 I still

01:01:10.699 --> 01:01:11.740
 haven't found

01:01:11.740 --> 01:01:12.720
 what I'm

01:01:12.720 --> 01:01:13.619
 looking for.

01:01:14.659 --> 01:01:14.900
 Well,

01:01:14.940 --> 01:01:15.659
 it is found

01:01:15.659 --> 01:01:16.320
 in this

01:01:16.320 --> 01:01:17.539
 as a

01:01:17.539 --> 01:01:17.900
 preacher

01:01:17.900 --> 01:01:18.599
 says,

01:01:19.199 --> 01:01:20.460
 fear God

01:01:20.460 --> 01:01:21.920
 and keep

01:01:21.920 --> 01:01:22.519
 his

01:01:22.519 --> 01:01:23.260
 commandments.

01:01:24.340 --> 01:01:24.740
 Listen,

01:01:24.960 --> 01:01:25.900
 to his

01:01:25.900 --> 01:01:26.480
 word,

01:01:26.960 --> 01:01:27.440
 for this

01:01:27.440 --> 01:01:27.820
 is the

01:01:27.820 --> 01:01:28.320
 whole

01:01:28.320 --> 01:01:29.360
 duty

01:01:29.360 --> 01:01:30.659
 of man.

01:01:31.940 --> 01:01:32.519
 Don't

01:01:32.519 --> 01:01:32.840
 keep

01:01:32.840 --> 01:01:33.440
 yourself

01:01:33.440 --> 01:01:34.159
 trapped

01:01:34.159 --> 01:01:35.079
 in the

01:01:35.079 --> 01:01:35.900
 hamster's

01:01:35.900 --> 01:01:36.159
 wheel

01:01:36.159 --> 01:01:36.820
 where

01:01:36.820 --> 01:01:37.420
 everything

01:01:37.420 --> 01:01:37.780
 just

01:01:37.780 --> 01:01:38.119
 seems

01:01:38.119 --> 01:01:38.420
 to be

01:01:38.420 --> 01:01:38.639
 going

01:01:38.639 --> 01:01:39.139
 round

01:01:39.139 --> 01:01:39.380
 and

01:01:39.380 --> 01:01:39.800
 round

01:01:39.800 --> 01:01:40.340
 the

01:01:40.340 --> 01:01:40.820
 same

01:01:40.820 --> 01:01:41.179
 all

01:01:41.179 --> 01:01:41.380
 the

01:01:41.380 --> 01:01:41.840
 time.

01:01:42.840 --> 01:01:43.480
 Instead,

01:01:44.199 --> 01:01:44.960
 reach out,

01:01:45.619 --> 01:01:46.159
 reach out

01:01:46.159 --> 01:01:46.940
 to Christ

01:01:46.940 --> 01:01:48.179
 and he

01:01:48.179 --> 01:01:48.599
 is the

01:01:48.599 --> 01:01:48.980
 one

01:01:48.980 --> 01:01:49.659
 who we

01:01:49.659 --> 01:01:50.240
 can come

01:01:50.240 --> 01:01:50.539
 to

01:01:50.539 --> 01:01:51.539
 and find

01:01:51.539 --> 01:01:52.139
 rest

01:01:52.139 --> 01:01:53.460
 and find

01:01:53.460 --> 01:01:53.900
 meaning

01:01:53.900 --> 01:01:54.400
 and find

01:01:54.400 --> 01:01:55.119
 purpose

01:01:55.119 --> 01:01:56.180
 and find

01:01:56.180 --> 01:01:56.800
 life

01:01:56.800 --> 01:01:58.119
 and life

01:01:58.119 --> 01:01:58.720
 to the

01:01:58.720 --> 01:01:59.099
 full

01:01:59.099 --> 01:02:00.160
 as he

01:02:00.160 --> 01:02:00.579
 offers

01:02:00.579 --> 01:02:01.380
 to us

01:02:01.380 --> 01:02:02.260
 as we

01:02:02.260 --> 01:02:02.680
 come

01:02:02.680 --> 01:02:03.820
 to him.

01:02:04.500 --> 01:02:04.980
 Let us

01:02:04.980 --> 01:02:06.240
 hear what

01:02:06.240 --> 01:02:06.700
 the word

01:02:06.700 --> 01:02:07.340
 of God

01:02:07.340 --> 01:02:08.260
 says.

01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:09.380
 Let us

01:02:09.380 --> 01:02:09.680
 pray.

01:02:11.360 --> 01:02:12.079
 Our

01:02:12.079 --> 01:02:12.740
 Father in

01:02:12.740 --> 01:02:13.059
 heaven,

01:02:13.180 --> 01:02:13.660
 we thank

01:02:13.660 --> 01:02:14.000
 you that

01:02:14.000 --> 01:02:14.660
 with you

01:02:14.660 --> 01:02:15.360
 there is

01:02:15.360 --> 01:02:15.860
 a word

01:02:15.860 --> 01:02:16.500
 that is

01:02:16.500 --> 01:02:17.320
 unchanging

01:02:17.320 --> 01:02:18.400
 and unchangeable,

01:02:19.019 --> 01:02:19.619
 a wisdom

01:02:19.619 --> 01:02:20.260
 that is not

01:02:20.260 --> 01:02:20.920
 the wisdom

01:02:20.920 --> 01:02:21.360
 of this

01:02:21.360 --> 01:02:21.980
 world that

01:02:21.980 --> 01:02:22.519
 is new

01:02:22.519 --> 01:02:23.380
 with each

01:02:23.380 --> 01:02:23.840
 passing

01:02:23.840 --> 01:02:24.599
 generation,

01:02:25.159 --> 01:02:25.519
 but a

01:02:25.519 --> 01:02:25.880
 wisdom

01:02:25.880 --> 01:02:26.659
 that remains

01:02:26.659 --> 01:02:27.420
 the same

01:02:27.420 --> 01:02:28.039
 down through

01:02:28.039 --> 01:02:29.099
 every generation.

01:02:29.719 --> 01:02:30.059
 There is

01:02:30.059 --> 01:02:30.719
 nothing new

01:02:30.719 --> 01:02:31.340
 under the

01:02:31.340 --> 01:02:31.659
 sun.

01:02:32.340 --> 01:02:32.480
 So,

01:02:32.559 --> 01:02:32.679
 Lord,

01:02:32.760 --> 01:02:33.420
 help us

01:02:33.420 --> 01:02:34.240
 to see

01:02:34.240 --> 01:02:34.960
 our purpose,

01:02:35.099 --> 01:02:35.519
 to find

01:02:35.519 --> 01:02:36.039
 our meaning

01:02:36.039 --> 01:02:37.000
 and to

01:02:37.000 --> 01:02:37.639
 search for

01:02:37.639 --> 01:02:37.860
 you,

01:02:37.980 --> 01:02:38.099
 Lord,

01:02:38.159 --> 01:02:38.519
 while we

01:02:38.519 --> 01:02:39.099
 have that

01:02:39.099 --> 01:02:39.880
 opportunity,

01:02:40.059 --> 01:02:40.559
 to seek

01:02:40.559 --> 01:02:41.159
 the Lord

01:02:41.159 --> 01:02:42.159
 while he

01:02:42.159 --> 01:02:42.699
 is to be

01:02:42.699 --> 01:02:43.039
 found,

01:02:43.139 --> 01:02:43.579
 to call

01:02:43.579 --> 01:02:44.159
 upon him

01:02:44.159 --> 01:02:45.119
 while he

01:02:45.119 --> 01:02:45.579
 is near.

01:02:46.000 --> 01:02:46.679
 Teach us

01:02:46.679 --> 01:02:47.079
 in all

01:02:47.079 --> 01:02:47.399
 these

01:02:47.399 --> 01:02:47.779
 things

01:02:47.779 --> 01:02:48.379
 and help

01:02:48.379 --> 01:02:49.199
 us to

01:02:49.199 --> 01:02:49.559
 see that

01:02:49.559 --> 01:02:50.000
 it is not

01:02:50.000 --> 01:02:50.559
 all in

01:02:50.559 --> 01:02:50.879
 vain,

01:02:51.500 --> 01:02:51.899
 that with

01:02:51.899 --> 01:02:52.599
 Christ there

01:02:52.599 --> 01:02:53.199
 is life

01:02:53.199 --> 01:02:53.819
 and life

01:02:53.819 --> 01:02:54.299
 to the

01:02:54.299 --> 01:02:54.599
 full.

01:02:55.039 --> 01:02:55.219
 So,

01:02:55.259 --> 01:02:55.599
 we ask

01:02:55.599 --> 01:02:55.960
 it all

01:02:55.960 --> 01:02:56.440
 for his

01:02:56.440 --> 01:02:56.940
 glory,

01:02:57.419 --> 01:02:57.619
 with the

01:02:57.619 --> 01:02:57.940
 forgiveness

01:02:57.940 --> 01:02:58.579
 of our

01:02:58.579 --> 01:02:58.940
 sin.

01:02:59.480 --> 01:02:59.819
 Amen.

01:03:04.039 --> 01:03:04.799
 We're going

01:03:04.799 --> 01:03:05.679
 to conclude

01:03:05.679 --> 01:03:06.299
 by singing

01:03:06.299 --> 01:03:07.179
 to God's

01:03:07.179 --> 01:03:07.739
 praise in

01:03:07.739 --> 01:03:08.879
 Psalm 33.

01:03:09.960 --> 01:03:10.239
 The

01:03:10.239 --> 01:03:10.619
 Psalm we

01:03:10.619 --> 01:03:11.779
 began with.

01:03:13.219 --> 01:03:14.460
 Psalm 33,

01:03:15.179 --> 01:03:16.659
 page 246.

01:03:16.679 --> 01:03:17.199
 of the

01:03:17.199 --> 01:03:17.819
 Psalm books.

01:03:23.399 --> 01:03:24.099
 We're going

01:03:24.099 --> 01:03:24.759
 to sing

01:03:24.759 --> 01:03:25.859
 verse 18

01:03:25.859 --> 01:03:26.359
 down to

01:03:26.359 --> 01:03:26.719
 the end

01:03:26.719 --> 01:03:27.019
 of the

01:03:27.019 --> 01:03:27.319
 Psalm.

01:03:28.039 --> 01:03:29.039
 Psalm 33

01:03:29.039 --> 01:03:29.980
 at verse 18.

01:03:30.559 --> 01:03:31.000
 Behold

01:03:31.000 --> 01:03:31.500
 on those

01:03:31.500 --> 01:03:31.859
 that do

01:03:31.859 --> 01:03:32.339
 him fear,

01:03:32.419 --> 01:03:32.879
 the Lord

01:03:32.879 --> 01:03:33.599
 hath set

01:03:33.599 --> 01:03:34.119
 his eye,

01:03:34.579 --> 01:03:35.239
 even those

01:03:35.239 --> 01:03:35.659
 who on

01:03:35.659 --> 01:03:36.199
 his mercy

01:03:36.199 --> 01:03:36.819
 do with

01:03:36.819 --> 01:03:37.679
 confidence

01:03:37.679 --> 01:03:38.539
 rely.

01:03:38.759 --> 01:03:39.119
 We'll sing

01:03:39.119 --> 01:03:39.759
 from 18

01:03:39.759 --> 01:03:40.619
 down to

01:03:40.619 --> 01:03:40.980
 the end

01:03:40.980 --> 01:03:41.279
 of the

01:03:41.279 --> 01:03:41.599
 Psalm

01:03:41.599 --> 01:03:42.460
 to God's

01:03:42.460 --> 01:03:42.839
 praise.

01:03:46.679 --> 01:03:48.219
 hold on

01:03:48.219 --> 01:03:49.480
 those

01:03:49.480 --> 01:03:51.440
 that do

01:03:51.440 --> 01:03:53.339
 him fear,

01:03:53.339 --> 01:03:56.079
 the Lord

01:03:56.079 --> 01:03:56.859
 does

01:03:56.859 --> 01:03:58.419
 set

01:03:58.419 --> 01:03:59.239
 his

01:03:59.239 --> 01:04:01.299
 eye.

01:04:01.299 --> 01:04:02.559
 In

01:04:02.559 --> 01:04:04.079
 those

01:04:04.079 --> 01:04:05.880
 who on

01:04:05.880 --> 01:04:08.679
 his mercy

01:04:08.679 --> 01:04:10.659
 do,

01:04:10.659 --> 01:04:13.460
 in those

01:04:13.460 --> 01:04:15.639
 who on

01:04:15.639 --> 01:04:18.139
 his mercy

01:04:18.139 --> 01:04:19.960
 do,

01:04:19.960 --> 01:04:21.219
 with

01:04:21.219 --> 01:04:23.659
 confidence

01:04:23.659 --> 01:04:26.239
 rely.

01:04:26.239 --> 01:04:31.559
 from death

01:04:31.559 --> 01:04:33.239
 to free

01:04:33.239 --> 01:04:34.559
 their

01:04:34.559 --> 01:04:36.279
 soul

01:04:36.279 --> 01:04:37.279
 in

01:04:37.279 --> 01:04:38.519
 death,

01:04:38.519 --> 01:04:39.879
 life

01:04:39.879 --> 01:04:41.719
 unto

01:04:41.719 --> 01:04:43.819
 them

01:04:43.819 --> 01:04:44.719
 to

01:04:44.719 --> 01:04:46.799
 yield,

01:04:47.239 --> 01:04:48.119
 our

01:04:48.119 --> 01:04:49.739
 soul

01:04:49.739 --> 01:04:50.699
 doth

01:04:50.699 --> 01:04:52.199
 wait

01:04:52.199 --> 01:04:53.279
 upon

01:04:53.279 --> 01:04:55.539
 the

01:04:55.539 --> 01:04:56.759
 Lord,

01:04:57.099 --> 01:04:57.959
 our

01:04:57.959 --> 01:04:59.539
 soul

01:04:59.539 --> 01:05:00.419
 doth

01:05:00.419 --> 01:05:02.019
 wait

01:05:02.019 --> 01:05:03.059
 upon

01:05:03.059 --> 01:05:05.319
 the

01:05:05.319 --> 01:05:06.519
 Lord,

01:05:07.059 --> 01:05:07.839
 he

01:05:07.839 --> 01:05:09.419
 is

01:05:09.419 --> 01:05:10.279
 our

01:05:10.279 --> 01:05:11.919
 help

01:05:11.919 --> 01:05:12.739
 and

01:05:12.739 --> 01:05:15.219
 shield,

01:05:16.219 --> 01:05:17.179
 saith

01:05:17.179 --> 01:05:18.739
 in

01:05:18.739 --> 01:05:19.639
 his

01:05:19.639 --> 01:05:21.379
 holy

01:05:21.379 --> 01:05:22.500
 name

01:05:22.500 --> 01:05:24.559
 we

01:05:24.559 --> 01:05:25.859
 trust,

01:05:26.279 --> 01:05:27.159
 our

01:05:27.159 --> 01:05:28.699
 heart

01:05:28.699 --> 01:05:29.559
 shall

01:05:29.559 --> 01:05:30.500
 joy

01:05:30.500 --> 01:05:32.139
 for

01:05:32.139 --> 01:05:33.079
 thee,

01:05:34.759 --> 01:05:35.699
 Lord,

01:05:35.819 --> 01:05:37.319
 let

01:05:37.319 --> 01:05:38.159
 thy

01:05:38.159 --> 01:05:39.779
 mercy

01:05:39.779 --> 01:05:40.779
 be

01:05:40.779 --> 01:05:43.019
 on

01:05:43.019 --> 01:05:44.259
 us,

01:05:44.659 --> 01:05:45.399
 Lord,

01:05:45.559 --> 01:05:47.059
 let

01:05:47.059 --> 01:05:47.880
 thy

01:05:47.880 --> 01:05:49.539
 mercy

01:05:49.539 --> 01:05:50.539
 be

01:05:50.539 --> 01:05:52.880
 on

01:05:52.880 --> 01:05:54.119
 us,

01:05:54.599 --> 01:05:55.440
 as

01:05:55.440 --> 01:05:56.539
 we

01:05:56.539 --> 01:05:57.880
 do

01:05:57.880 --> 01:05:59.539
 hope

01:05:59.539 --> 01:06:00.500
 in

01:06:00.500 --> 01:06:01.420
 thee.

01:06:03.539 --> 01:06:04.320
 After the

01:06:04.320 --> 01:06:04.739
 benediction,

01:06:04.880 --> 01:06:05.579
 I'll go to the

01:06:05.579 --> 01:06:06.079
 main door,

01:06:06.159 --> 01:06:06.719
 we'll close

01:06:06.719 --> 01:06:07.460
 with a

01:06:07.460 --> 01:06:07.880
 benediction.

01:06:08.840 --> 01:06:09.199
 Now may

01:06:09.199 --> 01:06:09.639
 grace,

01:06:09.840 --> 01:06:10.119
 mercy,

01:06:10.299 --> 01:06:10.840
 and peace

01:06:10.840 --> 01:06:11.559
 from God,

01:06:11.779 --> 01:06:12.199
 Father,

01:06:12.460 --> 01:06:12.679
 Son,

01:06:12.759 --> 01:06:13.219
 and Holy

01:06:13.219 --> 01:06:13.679
 Spirit,

01:06:14.239 --> 01:06:14.960
 rest upon

01:06:14.960 --> 01:06:15.559
 and abide

01:06:15.559 --> 01:06:16.079
 with you

01:06:16.079 --> 01:06:16.380
 all,

01:06:16.380 --> 01:06:17.260
 no one

01:06:17.260 --> 01:06:18.119
 forevermore.

01:06:18.539 --> 01:06:18.920
 Amen.

01:06:46.380 --> 01:07:02.000
 God

01:07:02.000 --> 01:07:03.500
 but

01:07:03.500 --> 01:07:33.480
 Thank you.