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 We're going to begin by singing to God's praise now in Psalm 93 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 Psalm 93, it's on page 354 of the Psalm books.

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 We're going to sing the whole of this Psalm.

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 The Lord doth reign and clothed is he with majesty most bright, his works to show him

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 clothed to be and girt about with might.

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 We're going to sing the whole of this Psalm, the tune of Stroudwater.

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 The Lord doth reign and clothed is he with majesty most bright, his works to show him clothed

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 to be and girt about with might.

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 The world is also established that it cannot depart.

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 Thy throne is fixed of hope and life from everlasting heart.

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 The floods, O Lord, have lifted up.

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 They lifted up their voice.

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 The floods have lifted up their waves and made a mighty voice.

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 But yet the Lord that is on high is more of might by far than voice of many waters.

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 The iliostaουν트�baum It's famous, in constitution of righteousness,

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 his disciples are rolled above, and able to withstand thing.

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 The generosity of the prayer was fixed of God's force isッ want.

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 Thy resigned is the underwisw занимling, he vertebrate up.

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 The victory of God's Italia, his desire to feed us,

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 the sword and his炎 has shortness of power,

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 this mount isikal.

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 논 asked why the Lord had laid place down.

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 For holiness forever, Lord, thy Christ be cometh well.

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 I will come to God in prayer.

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 Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer.

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 Our Father in heaven, we do come with thanksgiving in our hearts to be able to sing praise to you.

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 That the Lord doth reign and clothe to see with majesty most bright.

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 We thank you that in all that glitters around us in these days and all the lights that we see in so many different forms.

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 We thank you that we come today to focus our attention on the one who is the light of the world.

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 The one who came into the world to give us the light that shines into our darkness.

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 And we pray that today we would see Jesus.

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 That we would know more of him and come to love him with all our hearts.

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 We thank you that, especially maybe at this time of year when there is so much going on around us.

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 That you give us this your day to be able to come aside for a time.

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 That in the busyness of our lives and in the hectic nature of our day-to-day lives just now.

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 That we have this your day.

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 A day that reminds us of the rest that you give and the blessing that is ours in Christ.

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 And so help us to be still in your presence at this time.

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 And to know that you are God.

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 That we would know you near us in every way.

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 That your hand be upon us for good.

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 That you would bless us young and old alike as we come to worship you this day.

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 Take care of us as well, Lord.

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 In the dangers of the day when it's slippy and icy outside.

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 Watch over each and every one of us.

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 And be with us in all our homes and our families.

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 As we look to you and seek your blessing on us.

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 Asking it all in Jesus' precious name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 But before the young ones go out to Sunday school.

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 Just say a wee word to you.

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 It's good to be able to come and just focus our attention on God's word today.

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 And in fact, every day we are to look to God's word.

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 And seek his blessing to us from it.

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 And maybe just now you're hearing lots of different stories from the Bible.

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 And especially the story of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So whether it's in school or nursery.

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 You'll be hearing all about the one who came into this world.

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 For sinners such as we are.

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 We are so thankful to have the good news of Jesus before us.

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 But as well as that, it's a busy time.

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 And we're often distracted as well.

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 There's many things that are just wanting our attention.

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 Many things will distract us from focusing on the good news of Jesus.

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 And one of the main things is, although it's a very good thing.

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 It's also something that can just lead us completely away.

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 And that is the idea of presence.

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 And what we want for Christmas.

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 How often have you been asked that question in these last few days?

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 What do you want for Christmas?

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 And I'm sure every one of you will have an idea maybe of what you want for Christmas.

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 Maybe you've got a very long list of things that you want for Christmas.

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 And it's nice sometimes to have an idea of what we want.

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 But sometimes it can just be distracting.

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 And you may be watching the telly.

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 You may be looking in magazines.

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 You may be looking online.

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 And you're seeing all these gifts being advertised.

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 And they're all just saying, buy me, buy me, buy me.

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 They're all saying, you need me.

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 I'm the most important thing that you need in your life just now.

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 And today as you go into Sunday school and creche, you're going to be hearing about the word covet in the Ten Commandments.

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 One of the commandments says, thou shalt not covet.

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 Now what does that word mean?

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 Well, covet means to really want something.

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 And especially to really want something that's not yours.

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 And you're going to hear a story about a man in the Old Testament called Ahab.

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 And he wanted something that somebody else had.

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 He wanted somebody else's field.

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 Because he thought, this is what I really need.

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 But it wasn't his.

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 And when he went to the man to ask for it, he said, no, you're not going to get it.

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 So what Ahab did was he took things into his own hands.

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 And he did a very silly thing, as you will hear about in Sunday school.

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 But it all came about because he had this covetousness in his heart.

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 He coveted what somebody else had.

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 And that's the danger that we have today as well.

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 And especially at this time of year that we look around and think, that's what I want.

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 That's what I really need in my life.

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 But what we really need is to keep our eyes on Jesus.

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 And to see that he is what we really need.

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 Not just at this time of year, but every day of our lives.

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 In the New Testament, there's a wonderful story about a man who was blind.

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 And Jesus asked him, what do you want me to do for you?

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 It was like he was asking, what do you want me to give to you?

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 And just before he met this blind man, two of his disciples had been asked the same thing.

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 James and John had been asked by Jesus the very same question.

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 He asked of them, what do you want me to do for you?

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 And what they wanted was glory for themselves.

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 They wanted to sit one at his right hand and one at his left in glory in heaven.

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 And Jesus was saying, you're asking for the wrong thing.

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 And so often that's the way we are when we're looking at this world.

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 We're asking Jesus for the wrong things.

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 But Bartimaeus, the man who was blind, is a great example to us.

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 When Jesus asked him the very same question, what do you want me to do for you?

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 He said, I want to see.

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 Not just to be able to see physically, but to be able to see Jesus.

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 And of everything that's going on in our lives just now, of all the busyness of life,

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 all the attractions that are all around us, may we have that longing and desire of Bartimaeus.

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 That we would see Jesus.

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 Keep your eyes on him.

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 And don't get distracted away by everything else that's going on around us.

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 Keep our eyes on the Lord Jesus.

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 And that the Lord would do that for us in the weeks and months and even years ahead.

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 That we would always look to him.

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 We're going to sing to God's praise again.

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 42 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 It's not on the notice sheet, but we're going to sing Psalm 42 in the Scottish Psalter, page 262.

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 Again, this psalm just speaks of our longing for the Lord.

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 We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 5 to God's praise.

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 And the tune is Glencairn.

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 Like as the heart for water brews,

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 Entharched and hunt and pray,

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 So pats my longing soul, O God,

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 That come to thee I may.

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 My soul for God, the living God,

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 Doth thirst when shall I near.

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 And to thy countenance approach,

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 And in God's sight appear.

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 My tears have unto me been me,

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 Both in the night and day.

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 While I love to be contenderly,

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 Where is thy God they see?

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 My soul is poor and I tend me,

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 When this I think upon.

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 Because that with the multitude I here to forth upon.

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 Because that with the multitude I here to forth upon.

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 With the multitude I have to forth upon.

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 With the multitude I have to forth upon.

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 With the multitude I have to forth upon.

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 With the multitude I have to forth upon.

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 With the multitude I have to forth upon.

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 Holy Days.

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 O why, why, why, hast thou my soul, why it be so dismayed?

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 Was God for I shall praise him yet, his countenances my name.

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 We turn together now to read in God's Word.

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 We're going to read two passages, one from the Old Testament and one from the New.

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 Our first reading is in the Old Testament in the book of Psalms.

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 We're going to read Psalm 98.

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 Psalm 98, we'll read the whole of this psalm, then we'll turn to the New Testament and to Luke, the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2.

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 First reading, Psalm 98.

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 O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvellous things.

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 His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

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 The Lord has made known his salvation.

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 He has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

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 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel.

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 All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

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 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.

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 Break forth into joyous song and sing praises.

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 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody.

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 With trumpets and the sound of the horn, make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.

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 Let the sea roar and all that fills it.

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 The world and those who dwell in it.

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 Let the rivers clap their hands.

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 Let the hills sing for joy together before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.

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 He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

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 Now if you turn with me into the New Testament, to the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2.

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 Luke chapter 2.

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 We're going to read from verse 22 down to verse 35.

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 Luke chapter 2 at verse 22.

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 Luke chapter 2.

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 Luke chapter 2.

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 Luke chapter 2.

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 Luke chapter 2.

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 Luke chapter 2.

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 Luke chapter 2.

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 produção mover.

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 Luke chapter 2.

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 And we thank you that wherever we read,

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 we are always pointed to the one

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 who is the Savior of the world,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We thank you that your word is fulfilled in him,

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 for he is the word that became flesh and dwelt among us.

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 And so we ask your blessing on your word to us this day.

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 As we approach it, O Lord,

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 may it not be a word that we become over accustomed with,

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 that we come over familiar with,

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 but there would always be a word

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 that speaks to us in season and out of season,

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 a word that reminds us of the world in which we live,

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 the chaos of it,

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 the wonder of the creation in the midst of all of it.

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 We see your beauty around us

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 and yet the dangers that surround us too.

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 But we thank you that your word reproves,

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 that your word challenges and convicts,

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 even as the psalmist says,

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 that your word is able to convict us,

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 to bring us to that knowledge of salvation.

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 It converts us, O Lord.

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 And we pray, Lord, for your mercy over us as a people,

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 to bring us to that point where we will be turned

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 from having our eyes fixed on the things of this world

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 to having our eyes fixed on the wonder and beauty

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And so we pray your spirit to be with us

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 and to be with the preaching of your word

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 throughout all ends of the earth today.

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 As we have been reminded in the reading in the psalm,

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 that your wonder of your story is made known

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 throughout all the ends of the earth,

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 that there is the knowledge of the Lord

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 in so many ways and nations and people.

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 As the psalm says,

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 all ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

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 And we pray that that will be true more and more

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 as each and every day goes past,

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 that your salvation will be made known

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 to all the ends of the earth,

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 that every nation, tongue and tribe and creed of people

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 will hear and come to have a knowledge

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 but more than that,

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 to have a saving knowledge.

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 We know how our world needs you

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 and we pray, Lord, for our nations,

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 that you will turn us towards you,

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 that you will have mercy on us as a people,

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 that you, O Lord, will come in a day of your power.

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 We thank you for the assurance and the promise

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 that you are a God who hears your people

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 as we cry to you.

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 We offer up our prayers for one another

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 and for our communities,

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 for our people all around us, near and far.

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 That in all our different needs,

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 in all our different anxieties and worries,

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 in all our different illnesses and times of trial in our lives,

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 in all the sorrow and sadness that life so often brings,

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 that we'll be able to cast our cares upon you

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 as the one who cares for us.

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 And so hear our prayers for one another.

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 And Lord, we come praying for the work of the gospel

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 around us here,

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 thankful for the way the gospel goes out

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 and for the way that the ministry of the gospel goes on

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 in many practical ways as well.

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 We thank you for the service yesterday,

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 for the street pastors in the town,

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 and we do continue to pray for the work of street pastors.

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 Thankful for all who go out in the weekends

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 to be there to help those in different needs.

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 We pray them, especially for them,

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 over this festive season when the nights are so cold

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 and so many people are out and about.

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 We pray your protection over people

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 and for those who are out as street pastors,

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 Lord, that you will guide them and help them

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 in all that they do.

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 Give them strength and courage

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 and boldness as well

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 to proclaim the good news of Jesus

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 in the midst of a world that is perishing.

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 So Lord, be with them in that work,

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 not just now, but throughout the year as well.

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 Remember, Lord, the needs of our congregation as well.

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 Remember all our homes and our families,

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 those who mourn, those who are unwell,

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 those who are going through all kinds of difficulties just now,

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 Lord.

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 We pray that you will surround us

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 and uphold us and keep us.

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 Remember, we pray just now for Scott

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 as he sits exams in Edinburgh.

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 Lord, we thank you for his sharing of the stage

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 he's at in the call of ministry last Sunday evening.

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 We do pray for him over these days

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 as he comes to his last exam on Tuesday.

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 Give him clarity of thought and mind

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 and help in all things.

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 We thank you for his work and life and ministry

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 and pray for his family too.

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 Lord, look after them and care for them day by day.

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 Remember our presbytery and the wider work of the gospel

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 throughout our congregations.

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 Remember our youth.

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 Oh Lord, as we pray for the holiday club this coming week

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 and all the youth work that goes on throughout our presbytery.

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 May you bless Sunday schools, creches,

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 and youth work throughout the week as well.

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 We pray, Lord, your blessing on our young people

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 that you will be with them in their young years,

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 that they will come to praise you.

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 Remember our vacant congregations and our presbytery too.

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 We pray for North Tolstown,

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 especially with the meeting this week,

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 with a view to a call.

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 We pray for your leading and guiding for them

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 as a congregation and the one you will call as well.

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 May your hand be upon them to lead them and to guide them.

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 So remember the congregation in North Uist as well,

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 praying your blessing on all there too.

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 We do continue to remember our nation.

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 We pray for Jersey at this time

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 and then what has been such a tragic week for them

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 with the loss of the fishermen

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 and now this explosion in the last few hours as well.

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 Lord, we pray, Lord, for your help and your peace

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 and your grace upon them.

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 We know, Lord, we live in a world

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 of so many difficulties and trials.

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 And we do pray, Lord, for a day of your peace

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 and for your blessing over us.

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 Lord, hear our prayers as we come,

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 convicted and even in our own hearts

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 of how faithless we are at times.

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 But renew us, we pray,

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 and revive us as your people.

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 Quicken us, O Lord,

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 that we will come to praise you

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 and give glory to you with all our hearts.

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 Continue with us throughout this day.

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 Watch over us, bless us, and keep us

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 as we ask all with forgiveness of our sins.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Well, again, we'll sing to God's praise.

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 98,

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 the psalm we're going to be looking at

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 together this morning.

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 And we're singing in the Sing Psalms version.

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 Psalm 98.

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 We'll sing verse 1 to verse 4,

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 page 1 to 9 of the psalm books.

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 We'll sing a new song to the Lord

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 for wonders he has done.

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 His right hand and his holy arm,

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 the victory have won.

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 The Lord declared his saving work

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 and made it to be known

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 to all the nations of the world

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 his righteousness is shown.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 4,

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 and the tune is blocksome.

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 O sing a new song to the Lord

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 for wonders he has done.

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 His right hand and his holy arm,

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 the victory have won.

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 The Lord declared his saving work

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 and made it to be known.

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 To all the nations of the world

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 his righteousness is shown.

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 His steadfast love and faithfulness

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 he has remembered well.

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 The covenant he made with them

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 the eyes of Israel.

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 And all the nations of the earth

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 have seen what God has done.

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 Our God who brings deliverance

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 by his right hand alone.

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 Acclaim the Lord, all the earth

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 shout loudly and rejoice

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 to Him with our hearts.

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 Well, we can turn back together,

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 especially to our reading in the Old Testament

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 in the book of Psalms and Psalm 98.

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 We'll focus on this psalm for our time together this morning.

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 Read again at verse 3.

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 He has remembered his steadfast love

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 and faithfulness to the house of Israel.

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 All the ends of the earth have seen

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 the salvation of our God.

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 Make a joyful noise to the Lord.

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 All the earth break forth into joyous song

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 and sing praises.

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 It is a busy time of year,

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 and I'm sure maybe many of you feel it

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 in that sense of being.

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 It's a busy and a hectic time

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 when there's so many different things going on.

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 But it's also a time where we need to keep our focus

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 and keep our attention on what is truly important.

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 It's often a time of year when I'm reminded of the words of Jesus

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 as he looked around and surveyed the crowds.

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 It says in Matthew 9, verse 36,

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 that when he saw the crowds,

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:44.059
 he had compassion on them

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 because they were harassed and helpless

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 like sheep without a shepherd.

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 And even just as you walk around the town

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 or if you've been away recently

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 to any of the cities in the mainland

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 and you've been out and about in our busy streets

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:02.339
 when people are dashing around

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:04.139
 going to all the different shops,

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:06.899
 perhaps you've had a sense of that feeling,

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:10.460
 seeing a people who just seem to be harassed

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 and helpless like sheep without a shepherd.

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 You just want to say,

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 you know, just come and sit down for a moment.

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 Come, let's have a cup of tea,

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 have a cup of coffee.

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 Just take the weight off your feet for a moment.

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 Let's just talk.

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 Let's just look at the world in which we live

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 and let's look at what's important.

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 And as we come to God's word,

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 we are reminded of what is truly important,

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 not just at this time of the year,

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 but on every occasion throughout the year.

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 But isn't it sad that at a time of year

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 when our attention and focus should be more so upon

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 a saviour who came into the world

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 that we are so easily distracted?

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 We often maybe hear about how early Christmas comes

00:30:58.820 --> 00:31:02.500
 every year when decorations start to go up,

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 when Christmas gifts start to appear in the shops

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:08.380
 and adverts are there focusing on Christmas.

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 It's become so much commercialized in so many ways.

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:15.680
 And our attention has been drawn away

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 from what's important.

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 You start having these conversations earlier

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 and earlier each year.

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 When can we put the Christmas decorations up?

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 Is it too soon?

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 But what about speaking about the Christmas story?

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:32.319
 Is there a time when we can say to ourselves,

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:35.640
 is it too early to speak about the Christmas story?

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:39.660
 It's a very different kettle of fish altogether.

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:42.800
 We don't put the Christmas story away

00:31:42.800 --> 00:31:44.920
 with the Christmas decorations each year.

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 The Christmas story is a story of salvation

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 and that's a story for all year round.

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 It's a story we are to hear all the time.

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 And the scriptures throughout remind us

00:31:57.780 --> 00:31:59.580
 of the promise of a saviour,

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 that God would send a saviour into this world.

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:06.120
 Right throughout the Old Testament

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:08.200
 and to the birth of the Lord Jesus

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:10.300
 and right to the book of Revelation.

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:13.080
 It's all a story about our redemption

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:14.540
 through Jesus Christ,

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:17.840
 a saviour who came for the world.

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:20.240
 From the very beginning in the book of Genesis,

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:23.620
 when we are reminded of how sin came into the world

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:27.340
 and Jesus, the Lord spoke into that.

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:29.660
 He said, I will put enmity between you and the woman

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:32.480
 and between your offspring and her offspring.

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:34.759
 He shall bruise your head

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:37.099
 and you shall bruise his heel.

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:39.860
 How Satan had come in and deceived

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:42.240
 and sin came into this world.

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:44.440
 But then there is a gospel message,

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 the message of good news,

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:49.920
 that God will provide a saviour.

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:53.519
 And it runs like blood through our veins

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:55.579
 as it runs throughout the Old Testament

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.880
 into the New Testament.

00:32:56.880 --> 00:33:01.680
 It shows us the life that the Lord is able to give.

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 And throughout the Old and New Testament,

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:10.540
 we're always being pointed towards the saviour who will come.

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 And Psalm 98 is one of those points

00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:18.220
 where we are seeing the psalmist expressing his delight,

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:21.980
 that the Lord will make known to all the nations

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:24.660
 the salvation that is being revealed

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:28.620
 and about to be revealed through the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:32.259
 Psalm 98 is very much a psalm that reminds us

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 of the real joy that is to the world

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:39.099
 and that that is through Jesus Christ.

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:42.099
 You hear so many different songs,

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.980
 maybe being played on the radio

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:45.440
 or being sung out and about.

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:48.880
 Even yesterday was the carol service in the town

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:51.700
 where you're hearing all these different songs being sung.

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:54.500
 And there's one maybe you hear from time to time.

00:33:55.020 --> 00:33:57.440
 It's called Joy to the World,

00:33:57.660 --> 00:34:00.540
 a hymn written by Isaac Watt.

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:05.020
 And the hymn is based on this very psalm,

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.220
 Psalm 98.

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:10.360
 It's a paraphrase of the psalm.

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:13.780
 It's a reminder that joy to the world

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:16.079
 is found in the one who is king.

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:18.819
 And the Lord is king over all.

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.960
 And the Lord, the king,

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:23.579
 has come into this world for our salvation.

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:26.819
 Isaac Watt never intended it just to be

00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:29.480
 a hymn that would be sung at Christmas time,

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:32.659
 although it is a time it seems to be brought to the fore.

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.699
 Because it's a psalm that speaks

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:37.319
 not just about the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:40.860
 it speaks also about how we need the Lord with us

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.900
 in all our days.

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:44.319
 And then as you see at the end of the psalm,

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:48.260
 it speaks about the coming of the Lord in judgment.

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:51.780
 So it's a wonderful psalm for this time of year

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:53.100
 and for all year round

00:34:53.100 --> 00:34:56.780
 that we remind ourselves of the wonderful theme

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.500
 and the thrust,

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.180
 joy to the world.

00:34:59.700 --> 00:35:01.160
 The Lord is come.

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:04.519
 Let earth receive her king.

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:07.620
 And as we look around ourselves today

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:10.860
 and we see the crowds harassed and helpless,

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:13.160
 like sheep without a shepherd,

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:16.280
 don't you just want to shout that praise?

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.880
 Joy to the world.

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:19.340
 The Lord is come.

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:23.940
 Let the world, let the earth receive her king

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:29.599
 to see and seek the Lord Jesus with all our hearts.

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:33.140
 This psalm is a psalm that's then we see quoted

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:36.280
 around the time of the birth of Jesus.

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:41.400
 We see it quoted three times early on in the book of Luke.

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:46.100
 In chapter 1, Mary's song, it's quoted there.

00:35:46.560 --> 00:35:49.680
 In Zacharias' prophecy, it's quoted there.

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:53.900
 And also as we read in chapter 2 with Simeon,

00:35:54.540 --> 00:35:58.900
 being able to see the salvation that was promised,

00:35:59.060 --> 00:36:01.220
 we see it quoted there as well.

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:05.439
 It's pointing us towards the Lord Jesus.

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:08.579
 He has come for our salvation.

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:12.759
 He has come to be judge over the world.

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:15.159
 And I want us to focus on three things

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:18.379
 and take three things from this psalm together today.

00:36:18.459 --> 00:36:22.139
 The first thing is the purpose of the psalm.

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:25.359
 The second thing is we see the passion of the psalm.

00:36:25.359 --> 00:36:29.959
 And the third thing is the progression of the psalm.

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:32.780
 So the first thing we see is the purpose.

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:38.579
 And the purpose is so clear as you go throughout this psalm.

00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:42.199
 The purpose is to give praise to God.

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 To come and offer up our praise to God.

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:49.099
 Like many of the psalms,

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:52.960
 sometimes we struggle just to find the exact place

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.820
 that it points to,

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:57.220
 the exact maybe occasion that it points towards.

00:36:57.219 --> 00:37:01.359
 But from the outset of the psalm,

00:37:01.419 --> 00:37:06.439
 what is clear is that it's a sense of making a joyful noise to the Lord.

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:08.219
 Sing to the Lord a new song,

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:11.000
 for He has done marvelous things.

00:37:11.379 --> 00:37:16.039
 His right hand and His holy arm have worked salvation for Him.

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:21.739
 There is a sense that God has been with His people.

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:24.639
 Maybe in a particular set of circumstances,

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:27.119
 or maybe just in a general sense,

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:29.759
 the psalmist is pointing us towards the fact

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:31.400
 that salvation,

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:33.759
 deliverance from all the dangers,

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:35.500
 the wickedness of this world,

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:38.139
 belongs to God.

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:41.559
 And so the purpose from the outset

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:46.239
 is the sense of bringing a praise to Him.

00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:49.539
 In the hymn, Joy to the World,

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:52.299
 it resonates that theme throughout it,

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:56.679
 that salvation is completely of God.

00:37:56.679 --> 00:38:00.960
 And when we think of just this time of year,

00:38:01.399 --> 00:38:03.559
 we're reminded again and again

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:07.119
 that our salvation is come

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:09.579
 in the person of Jesus Christ.

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:13.219
 That in everything that's going on in our lives,

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:14.879
 and all the dangers that we're in,

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:17.059
 and everything that would lead us astray,

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:20.399
 that God sent His Son into this world.

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:23.099
 He sent Him as the light into the darkness,

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:26.699
 to make His light shine upon His people,

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:31.319
 to give them the hope that is found in Him.

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:34.599
 And so the thrust of this psalm

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:37.239
 is very much to see the Lord,

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:39.179
 to recognize the Lord

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:42.940
 as the one who is able to save.

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:46.659
 Because what does salvation lead us to?

00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:50.119
 Where does a knowledge of salvation lead us to?

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:53.179
 It leads us, as we saw last week,

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:55.039
 it leads us to the cross.

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:58.960
 It leads us to that place of darkness

00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:01.819
 where Christ gave His life.

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:05.480
 It brings us to that place of sorrow.

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:10.039
 But it also brings us beyond that.

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:12.980
 Because we remember, He is risen.

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:16.859
 He came, He gave His life,

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.819
 He rose from the grave,

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:20.559
 and He will come again.

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:23.740
 And that's what we see in the purpose of this psalm.

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:26.539
 It ties our whole lives together.

00:39:27.140 --> 00:39:29.300
 In the fact that the Lord has come,

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:31.240
 the Lord lives with us,

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:32.059
 He is risen,

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:34.320
 and that He will come again.

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:36.760
 And the more we see that,

00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:39.920
 the more we are led to praise God,

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:42.240
 to give thanks to Him.

00:39:43.120 --> 00:39:45.340
 You know, as we come to worship God,

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:47.880
 we will hear these words,

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:51.079
 let us praise God together.

00:39:52.140 --> 00:39:54.300
 As we come and sing praise to Him,

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:56.920
 we say, let us come and worship God.

00:39:56.980 --> 00:40:00.119
 Let us praise His name together in song.

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:02.940
 We come and we sing praise to God.

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:06.039
 And how we love to sing praise to God.

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:10.099
 But there's a great difference between singing

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:12.639
 and singing with conviction.

00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:17.519
 Singing with this knowledge of the one who we are singing about.

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:20.199
 To sing the words, you know,

00:40:20.279 --> 00:40:23.019
 such the well-known psalm as Psalm 23.

00:40:23.759 --> 00:40:25.539
 If we were asked to sing it just now,

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:29.619
 I'm sure you could sing it probably without even looking at the pages before you.

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:31.679
 You know the words so well.

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:36.319
 But there's such a difference between singing the words that you know well

00:40:36.319 --> 00:40:38.879
 and the Savior that you know well.

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:42.839
 Because the more that you sing with a knowledge of the Savior,

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:46.259
 the more your praise is full and complete.

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:49.119
 And so the psalmist here is saying,

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:52.199
 Sing to the Lord a new song.

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:56.359
 Sing to Him of the wonders that He has done.

00:40:57.519 --> 00:41:00.920
 Convinced in the saving work of God.

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:05.460
 In the book of Romans chapter 10 verse 14,

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:06.019
 it says,

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:10.440
 How then will we call on Him in whom they have not believed?

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:15.440
 How can we offer up our praise if we have not fully believed,

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:17.339
 if we are not fully convinced?

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:19.980
 Well, the psalmist here is saying,

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:23.740
 To come and know the Savior for yourself.

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:30.180
 The purpose is to know that the Lord has provided His way to salvation.

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:33.539
 Psalm 40 puts it like that as well.

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:36.700
 He gives us a new song to sing.

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:39.980
 He has put a new song in my mouth.

00:41:40.120 --> 00:41:43.100
 Our God to magnify, to praise.

00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:46.820
 And that is the longing of this psalm too,

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:51.080
 that we would come and praise Him with all our hearts.

00:41:51.080 --> 00:41:53.620
 It is leading us to God.

00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:57.200
 It is leading us to the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:41:57.960 --> 00:42:02.000
 The one who has brought salvation for us.

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 And how undeserving we are.

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:08.380
 And yet He came for us.

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:14.340
 And so often we feel our lives may be just a mess.

00:42:15.700 --> 00:42:19.780
 Our lives are just caught up in the ways of this world.

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.140
 And we think,

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:22.720
 Well, what can God do with me?

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:26.559
 Well, God can do so much.

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:35.320
 There was a story told about a sculptor who had ruined a huge piece of marble.

00:42:35.739 --> 00:42:38.440
 An enormous piece of marble.

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:44.059
 And he'd started trying to sculpt it, but it just ended in disaster.

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:46.619
 Everything had gone wrong for him.

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:49.579
 And this was in Florence, in Italy.

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:54.159
 And the sculptor just abandoned this work.

00:42:54.259 --> 00:43:00.799
 And it was left for almost a hundred years with no one almost daring to go near this piece.

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:04.199
 It was an expensive, a valuable piece of marble.

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:10.579
 But no one could see a way forward with it because of the mess that this sculptor had made.

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:17.539
 Then in the year 1505, a young sculptor by the name of Michelangelo,

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:21.420
 he started to look at this giant piece of marble.

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:26.739
 And he started to get an impression in his mind of what he could do with it.

00:43:26.759 --> 00:43:28.219
 And he measured it carefully.

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:29.719
 He looked around.

00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:32.119
 He saw all the imperfections in it.

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:35.340
 But he started working on it.

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:40.600
 And the image that came to his mind was David, the young shepherd.

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:46.120
 And he worked away on this piece of marble for three years.

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:48.920
 Chiseling away bit by bit.

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:50.740
 Shaping it skillfully.

00:43:51.120 --> 00:43:53.559
 And finally, it was finished.

00:43:54.620 --> 00:43:58.460
 And out of this, what had been seen as a disaster to so many,

00:43:59.320 --> 00:44:02.559
 Michelangelo had created this wonderful sculpture.

00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:05.519
 And one of his students, when he saw it,

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:09.519
 nine tons of marble shaped in this wonderful sculpture,

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:15.139
 exclaimed, Master, the only thing it lacks is speech.

00:44:16.059 --> 00:44:17.820
 It was so impressive.

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:21.179
 The only thing it lacked was speech.

00:44:21.259 --> 00:44:22.239
 It was so real.

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:28.460
 But isn't there a greater story than that about the way God brings our lives,

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:31.299
 how he works away at us?

00:44:31.300 --> 00:44:32.900
 It takes time.

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:34.900
 Sometimes it takes years.

00:44:35.060 --> 00:44:38.100
 But in the mess that we have made of our own lives,

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:39.900
 in all that we have done wrong,

00:44:40.080 --> 00:44:44.820
 God can come and chip away and shape us and form us

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:47.260
 and make us into something beautiful,

00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:50.260
 but something that doesn't lack speech.

00:44:51.140 --> 00:44:52.420
 Because we have that.

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:55.920
 He's able to put a new song within us,

00:44:56.100 --> 00:44:58.660
 to make us praise God.

00:44:58.659 --> 00:45:03.059
 And the reality for us all is that we're never the finished product.

00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:06.399
 He's still chipping away at us all,

00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:09.219
 shaping us, correcting us,

00:45:09.699 --> 00:45:13.059
 writing us, and putting us back on the right track again and again.

00:45:13.779 --> 00:45:16.460
 But the wonder of it is that the Lord has come.

00:45:17.299 --> 00:45:19.519
 He has made known his salvation.

00:45:19.719 --> 00:45:23.279
 It has been revealed to us as his people.

00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:28.860
 May we know more and more of the purpose of this psalm,

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:32.300
 to see a Savior given for us,

00:45:32.380 --> 00:45:35.860
 a Savior given to so many people who are imperfect,

00:45:36.200 --> 00:45:38.680
 with every wrong chip in us,

00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:40.360
 so much wrong about us,

00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:45.060
 but God chipping away at us day after day.

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:49.000
 The second thing we see about this psalm

00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:52.400
 is the passion of this psalm,

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:56.219
 the passion that there is in this psalm.

00:45:56.320 --> 00:45:58.980
 And it just reminds us, as you look at these words,

00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:01.380
 the purpose is to show us God,

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:02.559
 but then there's the passion

00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:06.639
 that runs through these words of what God has done.

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:10.619
 For he has done marvelous things, it says.

00:46:11.460 --> 00:46:15.199
 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness,

00:46:15.259 --> 00:46:16.519
 it says in verse 3.

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:20.279
 Verse 4, make a joyful noise all the earth.

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:22.599
 Sing praises to the Lord.

00:46:22.699 --> 00:46:26.559
 There is this passion that we are to sing with.

00:46:27.779 --> 00:46:32.500
 The Christian faith is very much a singing faith.

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:36.860
 And as Christians, we are to be a singing people.

00:46:37.460 --> 00:46:40.980
 Our praise is expressed so much in song.

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:44.099
 In whatever tongue we sing with,

00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:45.619
 whether it's in English or Gaelic,

00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:48.300
 or whatever other language we might be able to sing in,

00:46:48.679 --> 00:46:51.619
 we are to offer up praise to God.

00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:55.079
 Because there's a passion in our praise,

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:58.059
 and there's a passion to our praise.

00:46:58.320 --> 00:47:02.400
 And the passion is the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:06.780
 Because we're able to sing about God's victories.

00:47:07.760 --> 00:47:11.760
 The battles that we could never fight by ourselves.

00:47:12.380 --> 00:47:15.440
 The victories that he has won for us.

00:47:16.139 --> 00:47:17.860
 We start singing to the Lord.

00:47:18.179 --> 00:47:22.019
 No matter how low or defeated we might feel,

00:47:22.739 --> 00:47:26.619
 we can come and offer up our praise to God.

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:29.679
 Psalm 42, which we sung together,

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:33.319
 it's one of these Psalms that you just see this turning in it.

00:47:33.980 --> 00:47:38.539
 So often you find the Psalmist low or challenged

00:47:38.539 --> 00:47:40.359
 or in difficult circumstances.

00:47:41.219 --> 00:47:42.859
 But he says in Psalm 42,

00:47:43.019 --> 00:47:46.019
 why are you so downcast, O my soul?

00:47:46.079 --> 00:47:47.940
 He says, praise God.

00:47:48.659 --> 00:47:50.759
 And isn't it great as God's people,

00:47:51.119 --> 00:47:52.759
 that whatever goes on in our lives,

00:47:52.819 --> 00:47:54.119
 we can still come and say,

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:55.779
 yet God is good.

00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:58.320
 That we can come and say it with passion.

00:47:58.720 --> 00:47:59.720
 We can say it with conviction.

00:47:59.720 --> 00:48:02.700
 Because we know the victory is in God.

00:48:03.019 --> 00:48:04.280
 It's not in ourselves.

00:48:05.280 --> 00:48:07.360
 So we sing about his victories.

00:48:07.540 --> 00:48:09.840
 We sing about his salvation.

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:12.620
 Praise God, my soul,

00:48:13.040 --> 00:48:15.280
 the Psalmist so often says.

00:48:15.740 --> 00:48:16.940
 From our very soul,

00:48:17.040 --> 00:48:18.640
 we are to often up with passion

00:48:18.640 --> 00:48:21.160
 our praise to God.

00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:23.519
 We sing about his mercy

00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:25.399
 and his faithfulness.

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:27.819
 We sing about his steadfast love,

00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:30.460
 how he has remembered us.

00:48:31.420 --> 00:48:33.980
 Even as we were singing together last week

00:48:33.980 --> 00:48:35.259
 at the Lord's table,

00:48:35.259 --> 00:48:37.940
 we come and remember him.

00:48:38.339 --> 00:48:40.359
 We come and rejoice in him.

00:48:40.859 --> 00:48:43.299
 We come and give all glory to him.

00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:45.319
 And we do so today again.

00:48:46.119 --> 00:48:48.539
 He has remembered his steadfast love

00:48:48.539 --> 00:48:50.699
 and faithfulness to the house of Israel.

00:48:50.699 --> 00:48:51.699
 In verse 3,

00:48:51.759 --> 00:48:53.139
 all ends of the earth

00:48:53.139 --> 00:48:55.679
 have seen the salvation of God.

00:48:56.460 --> 00:48:59.279
 He has made himself known to us.

00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:01.759
 And so the question is,

00:49:01.839 --> 00:49:03.639
 are we singing with passion?

00:49:04.399 --> 00:49:05.919
 Are we singing with that passion

00:49:05.919 --> 00:49:08.000
 and praise to the Lord?

00:49:08.859 --> 00:49:09.819
 You know, there's times

00:49:09.819 --> 00:49:12.639
 when we can lose our song.

00:49:13.259 --> 00:49:15.500
 When we don't feel like singing.

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:19.199
 It means we've lost something else,

00:49:19.300 --> 00:49:21.400
 so if that's the way we feel.

00:49:21.860 --> 00:49:23.500
 It brings us to realize

00:49:23.500 --> 00:49:25.780
 we're losing our vision of God.

00:49:26.500 --> 00:49:28.400
 We're losing our sight on him.

00:49:28.719 --> 00:49:30.039
 We're looking at the troubles

00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:30.800
 that surround us.

00:49:30.880 --> 00:49:32.519
 We're looking at maybe the wickedness

00:49:32.519 --> 00:49:33.480
 of our own hearts.

00:49:33.519 --> 00:49:34.039
 And we feel,

00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:37.300
 how can I offer up praise to God?

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:39.960
 And yet we are to come

00:49:39.960 --> 00:49:41.980
 with passion and conviction

00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:43.659
 to sing to him.

00:49:44.039 --> 00:49:44.619
 The psalm,

00:49:44.699 --> 00:49:45.940
 like so many other psalms,

00:49:46.360 --> 00:49:48.219
 they refocus our attention.

00:49:48.960 --> 00:49:50.159
 They point us back

00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:52.079
 to the Lord of our salvation,

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:53.980
 to the God who is good,

00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:55.740
 whose steadfast love

00:49:55.740 --> 00:49:57.880
 goes on and on.

00:49:58.099 --> 00:49:59.539
 Sing to the Lord

00:49:59.539 --> 00:50:01.659
 a new song, he says.

00:50:02.699 --> 00:50:03.840
 And isn't it interesting

00:50:03.840 --> 00:50:05.740
 how when you sometimes look around

00:50:05.740 --> 00:50:07.440
 the things of this world

00:50:07.440 --> 00:50:09.840
 and you see how song plays

00:50:09.840 --> 00:50:11.360
 such an important part

00:50:11.360 --> 00:50:12.559
 in people's lives.

00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:14.820
 Often strikes me

00:50:14.820 --> 00:50:15.700
 how when you see

00:50:15.700 --> 00:50:17.880
 maybe films more so,

00:50:17.960 --> 00:50:18.800
 but other times

00:50:18.800 --> 00:50:19.920
 it's seeing footage

00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:21.659
 of old films

00:50:21.659 --> 00:50:23.800
 where you have maybe soldiers

00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:25.639
 or slaves

00:50:25.639 --> 00:50:29.460
 or workers doing a very hard work

00:50:29.460 --> 00:50:32.460
 or sailors in difficult conditions.

00:50:32.720 --> 00:50:33.599
 You look around

00:50:33.599 --> 00:50:34.500
 and you see people

00:50:34.500 --> 00:50:35.159
 going through

00:50:35.159 --> 00:50:37.599
 all these hard experiences,

00:50:38.059 --> 00:50:39.239
 these hard jobs,

00:50:39.619 --> 00:50:41.400
 but what you so often see

00:50:41.400 --> 00:50:42.619
 is they sing.

00:50:43.759 --> 00:50:44.579
 It is song

00:50:44.579 --> 00:50:46.219
 that keeps them going.

00:50:47.860 --> 00:50:50.099
 And yet how as God's people

00:50:50.099 --> 00:50:52.659
 we have a greater song to sing.

00:50:53.739 --> 00:50:55.880
 The song of salvation.

00:50:56.579 --> 00:50:57.860
 The song of the one

00:50:57.860 --> 00:50:59.059
 who is the Lord

00:50:59.059 --> 00:50:59.860
 who has come

00:50:59.860 --> 00:51:01.239
 to be with us.

00:51:01.400 --> 00:51:02.860
 Born into this world

00:51:02.860 --> 00:51:04.099
 for the salvation

00:51:04.099 --> 00:51:05.240
 of his people.

00:51:06.220 --> 00:51:07.260
 And we are to sing

00:51:07.260 --> 00:51:08.599
 with passion.

00:51:09.620 --> 00:51:11.340
 To sing the song

00:51:11.340 --> 00:51:12.640
 that keeps us going.

00:51:12.780 --> 00:51:13.940
 To sing the songs

00:51:13.940 --> 00:51:15.260
 through all our trials,

00:51:15.800 --> 00:51:17.120
 through all our experiences.

00:51:17.300 --> 00:51:18.160
 And that's the beauty

00:51:18.160 --> 00:51:19.160
 of the Psalms.

00:51:19.960 --> 00:51:21.019
 They speak into

00:51:21.019 --> 00:51:22.180
 our circumstances,

00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:23.220
 into the reality

00:51:23.220 --> 00:51:24.640
 of our lives.

00:51:24.740 --> 00:51:25.900
 They don't hide

00:51:25.900 --> 00:51:27.099
 the things that are difficult.

00:51:27.740 --> 00:51:28.980
 They don't shy away

00:51:28.980 --> 00:51:30.360
 from the trials

00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:31.360
 and temptations

00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:32.400
 of this world.

00:51:32.860 --> 00:51:34.440
 They focus on them

00:51:34.440 --> 00:51:36.059
 in order to bring us

00:51:36.059 --> 00:51:38.460
 to see the Lord Jesus.

00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:41.660
 To see how he has come

00:51:41.660 --> 00:51:43.079
 to save us

00:51:43.079 --> 00:51:44.660
 from our sins.

00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:45.960
 What he has done

00:51:45.960 --> 00:51:47.099
 is worthy

00:51:47.099 --> 00:51:49.079
 of all our praise.

00:51:50.300 --> 00:51:50.900
 But again,

00:51:51.059 --> 00:51:52.519
 we see the sin

00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:53.500
 that so easily

00:51:53.500 --> 00:51:54.940
 clings to us.

00:51:55.300 --> 00:51:56.079
 But when we come

00:51:56.079 --> 00:51:56.700
 to sing

00:51:56.700 --> 00:51:58.160
 the song of salvation,

00:51:58.280 --> 00:51:58.820
 we are reminded

00:51:58.820 --> 00:51:59.720
 that he has come

00:51:59.719 --> 00:52:00.859
 to deal with

00:52:00.859 --> 00:52:02.159
 all our sins.

00:52:02.439 --> 00:52:02.959
 Look at it

00:52:02.959 --> 00:52:04.019
 in this way

00:52:04.019 --> 00:52:04.899
 as somebody

00:52:04.899 --> 00:52:05.859
 once highlighted.

00:52:06.559 --> 00:52:07.480
 A story about

00:52:07.480 --> 00:52:09.639
 a national park

00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:10.139
 where there was

00:52:10.139 --> 00:52:11.980
 many trees growing,

00:52:12.139 --> 00:52:12.480
 but there was

00:52:12.480 --> 00:52:13.739
 this one particular

00:52:13.739 --> 00:52:14.619
 oak tree

00:52:14.619 --> 00:52:16.159
 that was,

00:52:16.599 --> 00:52:17.500
 if you looked at it,

00:52:17.500 --> 00:52:18.279
 just seemed to be

00:52:18.279 --> 00:52:19.939
 surrounded by this vine

00:52:19.939 --> 00:52:20.719
 that had grown

00:52:20.719 --> 00:52:22.399
 all around it.

00:52:22.400 --> 00:52:23.660
 and the vine

00:52:23.660 --> 00:52:24.700
 had started growing

00:52:24.700 --> 00:52:25.820
 and over a long

00:52:25.820 --> 00:52:26.720
 period of time

00:52:26.720 --> 00:52:28.980
 the talons

00:52:28.980 --> 00:52:29.720
 of the vine

00:52:29.720 --> 00:52:30.639
 were just reaching

00:52:30.639 --> 00:52:31.200
 out and out

00:52:31.200 --> 00:52:31.860
 and surrounding

00:52:31.860 --> 00:52:32.800
 the whole tree.

00:52:33.180 --> 00:52:34.059
 And it almost seemed

00:52:34.059 --> 00:52:34.800
 like this vine

00:52:34.800 --> 00:52:36.019
 was starting to crush

00:52:36.019 --> 00:52:36.960
 into the oak tree.

00:52:37.240 --> 00:52:38.019
 It was going to

00:52:38.019 --> 00:52:38.860
 take the life

00:52:38.860 --> 00:52:40.059
 out of this tree.

00:52:41.059 --> 00:52:42.320
 But the gardeners

00:52:42.320 --> 00:52:43.019
 had seen

00:52:43.019 --> 00:52:44.400
 what was happening.

00:52:44.400 --> 00:52:46.160
 And if you looked

00:52:46.160 --> 00:52:46.680
 closely

00:52:46.680 --> 00:52:47.480
 you could see

00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:48.840
 that the gardeners

00:52:48.840 --> 00:52:49.559
 had dealt

00:52:49.559 --> 00:52:50.579
 with a problem.

00:52:51.420 --> 00:52:52.000
 They had dealt

00:52:52.000 --> 00:52:52.800
 with it down

00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:53.400
 at the root

00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:54.099
 of the vine

00:52:54.099 --> 00:52:56.180
 with one precise

00:52:56.180 --> 00:52:56.900
 cut

00:52:56.900 --> 00:52:58.539
 the vine's

00:52:58.539 --> 00:52:59.019
 root

00:52:59.019 --> 00:52:59.980
 had been cut

00:52:59.980 --> 00:53:00.440
 into

00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:01.539
 and it was

00:53:01.539 --> 00:53:02.240
 being killed.

00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:03.539
 And although

00:53:03.539 --> 00:53:04.180
 to the eyes

00:53:04.180 --> 00:53:04.880
 of those

00:53:04.880 --> 00:53:05.480
 who were passing

00:53:05.480 --> 00:53:06.059
 it seemed

00:53:06.059 --> 00:53:07.559
 like this vine

00:53:07.559 --> 00:53:08.480
 was still holding

00:53:08.480 --> 00:53:09.160
 on and clinging

00:53:09.160 --> 00:53:09.660
 to the oak

00:53:09.660 --> 00:53:10.519
 and crushing it,

00:53:11.079 --> 00:53:12.300
 the life was gone

00:53:12.300 --> 00:53:13.539
 out of the vine.

00:53:14.400 --> 00:53:15.280
 And over time

00:53:15.280 --> 00:53:16.240
 the vine

00:53:16.240 --> 00:53:17.000
 would gradually

00:53:17.000 --> 00:53:18.019
 fall away.

00:53:19.039 --> 00:53:19.559
 And that's

00:53:19.559 --> 00:53:20.320
 sometimes the way

00:53:20.320 --> 00:53:20.800
 we can look

00:53:20.800 --> 00:53:22.160
 at our own lives too.

00:53:22.720 --> 00:53:23.660
 Where we see

00:53:23.660 --> 00:53:24.619
 the sin

00:53:24.619 --> 00:53:25.480
 that so easily

00:53:25.480 --> 00:53:26.900
 clings to us.

00:53:27.380 --> 00:53:28.139
 And where focus

00:53:28.139 --> 00:53:28.660
 is on that

00:53:28.660 --> 00:53:29.360
 and can seem

00:53:29.360 --> 00:53:30.240
 to be just

00:53:30.240 --> 00:53:31.579
 crushing in on us.

00:53:32.780 --> 00:53:33.800
 But as we focus

00:53:33.800 --> 00:53:34.519
 our attention

00:53:34.519 --> 00:53:35.680
 on the one

00:53:35.680 --> 00:53:36.559
 who has remembered

00:53:36.559 --> 00:53:37.260
 us with his

00:53:37.260 --> 00:53:38.260
 steadfast love

00:53:38.260 --> 00:53:39.280
 we remember

00:53:39.280 --> 00:53:40.420
 that he has cut

00:53:40.420 --> 00:53:41.720
 that source

00:53:41.720 --> 00:53:43.220
 to our sin

00:53:43.220 --> 00:53:44.119
 that he has dealt

00:53:44.119 --> 00:53:44.779
 with it.

00:53:45.420 --> 00:53:46.480
 Yes we'll sin.

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:48.539
 Yes we'll still

00:53:48.539 --> 00:53:49.319
 go on

00:53:49.319 --> 00:53:49.799
 and it seems

00:53:49.799 --> 00:53:50.559
 that it's clinging

00:53:50.559 --> 00:53:51.319
 to us.

00:53:52.059 --> 00:53:52.819
 But the wonder

00:53:52.819 --> 00:53:53.920
 of his salvation

00:53:53.920 --> 00:53:55.119
 is that he has

00:53:55.119 --> 00:53:56.619
 dealt with our sin.

00:53:57.500 --> 00:53:58.539
 And so we are able

00:53:58.539 --> 00:53:59.940
 to praise

00:53:59.940 --> 00:54:00.699
 the Lord

00:54:00.699 --> 00:54:02.019
 our God.

00:54:02.940 --> 00:54:03.900
 The final thing

00:54:03.900 --> 00:54:04.619
 and just briefly

00:54:04.619 --> 00:54:05.579
 that we see

00:54:05.579 --> 00:54:06.239
 with this psalm

00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:07.420
 is the progression

00:54:07.420 --> 00:54:09.159
 of this psalm.

00:54:09.880 --> 00:54:10.599
 It's a psalm

00:54:10.599 --> 00:54:11.179
 not just

00:54:11.179 --> 00:54:12.199
 for this season.

00:54:12.199 --> 00:54:13.379
 It's a psalm

00:54:13.379 --> 00:54:14.359
 for every season

00:54:14.359 --> 00:54:15.139
 of our life

00:54:15.139 --> 00:54:16.319
 for every day

00:54:16.319 --> 00:54:17.559
 of our life.

00:54:17.679 --> 00:54:18.339
 It's a psalm

00:54:18.339 --> 00:54:19.319
 that reminds us

00:54:19.319 --> 00:54:20.519
 of the battles

00:54:20.519 --> 00:54:21.480
 that we're in

00:54:21.480 --> 00:54:22.719
 but the victory

00:54:22.719 --> 00:54:24.639
 that is the Lord's.

00:54:25.239 --> 00:54:25.960
 We may not be

00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:26.859
 in the same battle

00:54:26.859 --> 00:54:27.719
 as the psalmist

00:54:27.719 --> 00:54:28.879
 was focusing on

00:54:28.879 --> 00:54:30.379
 but we may be

00:54:30.379 --> 00:54:31.939
 in a very similar battle.

00:54:32.519 --> 00:54:33.539
 We're all in the same

00:54:33.539 --> 00:54:34.939
 battle against sin.

00:54:35.659 --> 00:54:36.239
 And it's why

00:54:36.239 --> 00:54:37.419
 the likes of Paul

00:54:37.419 --> 00:54:39.059
 in Ephesians chapter 6

00:54:39.059 --> 00:54:39.939
 reminds us

00:54:39.940 --> 00:54:41.099
 how much we need

00:54:41.099 --> 00:54:41.679
 the Lord.

00:54:42.599 --> 00:54:43.440
 And he says there

00:54:43.440 --> 00:54:44.460
 in Ephesians 6

00:54:44.460 --> 00:54:45.860
 that wonderful passage

00:54:45.860 --> 00:54:47.200
 on the whole armor

00:54:47.200 --> 00:54:47.800
 of God

00:54:47.800 --> 00:54:48.220
 he says

00:54:48.220 --> 00:54:48.700
 put on

00:54:48.700 --> 00:54:49.940
 the whole armor

00:54:49.940 --> 00:54:50.440
 of God

00:54:50.440 --> 00:54:51.139
 that you may be able

00:54:51.139 --> 00:54:51.960
 to stand

00:54:51.960 --> 00:54:53.000
 against the schemes

00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:53.740
 of the devil.

00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:55.420
 For we do not wrestle

00:54:55.420 --> 00:54:56.260
 against flesh

00:54:56.260 --> 00:54:56.800
 and blood

00:54:56.800 --> 00:54:58.380
 but against the rulers

00:54:58.380 --> 00:54:59.440
 against the authorities

00:54:59.440 --> 00:55:01.320
 against the cosmic powers

00:55:01.320 --> 00:55:03.500
 over this present darkness

00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:05.320
 against the spiritual

00:55:05.320 --> 00:55:06.480
 forces of evil

00:55:06.480 --> 00:55:08.320
 in the heavenly places.

00:55:08.320 --> 00:55:10.039
 we are all

00:55:10.039 --> 00:55:11.720
 in this battle.

00:55:12.720 --> 00:55:13.539
 But the progression

00:55:13.539 --> 00:55:14.580
 of this psalm

00:55:14.580 --> 00:55:16.160
 is it reminds us

00:55:16.160 --> 00:55:16.980
 that we go on

00:55:16.980 --> 00:55:18.160
 in the strength

00:55:18.160 --> 00:55:18.880
 of the Lord.

00:55:19.600 --> 00:55:20.519
 We go on

00:55:20.519 --> 00:55:21.880
 through him.

00:55:23.300 --> 00:55:24.440
 You see the progression

00:55:24.440 --> 00:55:25.200
 of this psalm

00:55:25.200 --> 00:55:26.460
 and how it's quoted

00:55:26.460 --> 00:55:28.400
 in those early chapters

00:55:28.400 --> 00:55:29.059
 of Luke

00:55:29.059 --> 00:55:30.200
 reminding us

00:55:30.200 --> 00:55:31.200
 of the fulfillment

00:55:31.200 --> 00:55:32.080
 that there is

00:55:32.080 --> 00:55:33.080
 in the coming

00:55:33.080 --> 00:55:34.760
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:55:35.480 --> 00:55:36.260
 But the psalm

00:55:36.260 --> 00:55:37.000
 also goes on

00:55:37.000 --> 00:55:37.619
 as you see

00:55:37.619 --> 00:55:39.239
 towards the end

00:55:39.239 --> 00:55:40.119
 where it says

00:55:40.119 --> 00:55:40.739
 in verse 9

00:55:40.739 --> 00:55:41.739
 before the Lord

00:55:41.739 --> 00:55:42.679
 for he comes

00:55:42.679 --> 00:55:44.340
 to judge the earth.

00:55:44.980 --> 00:55:46.000
 He is coming

00:55:46.000 --> 00:55:47.179
 again.

00:55:48.340 --> 00:55:49.219
 And so this psalm

00:55:49.219 --> 00:55:50.260
 is reminding us

00:55:50.260 --> 00:55:51.019
 to go on

00:55:51.019 --> 00:55:52.599
 in his strength.

00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:54.019
 To go on

00:55:54.019 --> 00:55:56.039
 reminding ourselves

00:55:56.039 --> 00:55:56.780
 that when the Lord

00:55:56.780 --> 00:55:57.340
 came

00:55:57.340 --> 00:55:58.780
 there was a choir

00:55:58.780 --> 00:55:59.559
 of angels

00:55:59.559 --> 00:56:00.840
 that proclaimed

00:56:00.840 --> 00:56:01.780
 his coming.

00:56:02.300 --> 00:56:03.059
 That's as you see

00:56:03.059 --> 00:56:04.219
 in the early chapters

00:56:04.219 --> 00:56:04.759
 of Luke

00:56:04.759 --> 00:56:05.699
 the angels

00:56:05.699 --> 00:56:06.619
 sang glory

00:56:06.619 --> 00:56:07.159
 to God

00:56:07.159 --> 00:56:07.759
 in the highest

00:56:07.759 --> 00:56:08.359
 and on earth

00:56:08.359 --> 00:56:08.919
 peace

00:56:08.919 --> 00:56:10.179
 and goodwill

00:56:10.179 --> 00:56:11.119
 to all men.

00:56:12.219 --> 00:56:13.000
 We go on

00:56:13.000 --> 00:56:14.159
 in that knowledge

00:56:14.159 --> 00:56:14.919
 that Christ

00:56:14.919 --> 00:56:15.839
 has come.

00:56:16.399 --> 00:56:17.500
 Joy to the world

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:18.480
 the Lord

00:56:18.480 --> 00:56:19.259
 has come.

00:56:19.899 --> 00:56:20.579
 Let earth

00:56:20.579 --> 00:56:21.459
 receive

00:56:21.459 --> 00:56:22.399
 her king.

00:56:23.259 --> 00:56:24.339
 That is the king

00:56:24.339 --> 00:56:25.299
 that we are

00:56:25.299 --> 00:56:26.399
 to look to today.

00:56:27.139 --> 00:56:28.459
 So do you rejoice

00:56:28.459 --> 00:56:30.239
 in God today?

00:56:30.639 --> 00:56:31.519
 Or are you saying

00:56:31.519 --> 00:56:33.000
 why should I

00:56:33.000 --> 00:56:34.079
 rejoice

00:56:34.079 --> 00:56:35.219
 in God today?

00:56:36.099 --> 00:56:36.800
 Well if you look

00:56:36.800 --> 00:56:37.219
 through

00:56:37.219 --> 00:56:38.380
 verse 1

00:56:38.380 --> 00:56:39.139
 to verse 3

00:56:39.139 --> 00:56:40.059
 of this psalm

00:56:40.059 --> 00:56:40.880
 you see

00:56:40.880 --> 00:56:41.980
 six reasons

00:56:41.980 --> 00:56:42.420
 given

00:56:42.420 --> 00:56:43.400
 for singing

00:56:43.400 --> 00:56:44.659
 praise to God.

00:56:44.780 --> 00:56:45.360
 The psalmist

00:56:45.360 --> 00:56:46.239
 puts it in

00:56:46.239 --> 00:56:47.460
 six different ways.

00:56:48.059 --> 00:56:48.539
 He says

00:56:48.539 --> 00:56:49.719
 he has done

00:56:49.719 --> 00:56:50.960
 marvelous things.

00:56:52.039 --> 00:56:52.619
 Can you not

00:56:52.619 --> 00:56:53.519
 say that today?

00:56:54.579 --> 00:56:55.159
 He says

00:56:55.159 --> 00:56:56.179
 his right hand

00:56:56.179 --> 00:56:57.759
 and his holy arm

00:56:57.759 --> 00:56:58.360
 have worked

00:56:58.360 --> 00:56:59.039
 salvation.

00:57:00.139 --> 00:57:00.619
 Can you not

00:57:00.619 --> 00:57:01.500
 put your confidence

00:57:01.500 --> 00:57:03.280
 in that today?

00:57:04.539 --> 00:57:05.340
 He has made

00:57:05.340 --> 00:57:05.880
 known

00:57:05.880 --> 00:57:07.460
 his salvation.

00:57:08.500 --> 00:57:09.019
 Can we not

00:57:09.019 --> 00:57:09.739
 say that today

00:57:09.739 --> 00:57:10.380
 as we come

00:57:10.380 --> 00:57:11.360
 before the word

00:57:11.360 --> 00:57:11.920
 of God

00:57:11.920 --> 00:57:13.039
 his salvation

00:57:13.039 --> 00:57:14.559
 is made known.

00:57:15.199 --> 00:57:15.920
 He has revealed

00:57:15.920 --> 00:57:16.800
 his righteousness

00:57:16.800 --> 00:57:17.659
 in the sight

00:57:17.659 --> 00:57:18.599
 of the nations.

00:57:19.599 --> 00:57:20.320
 It's seen

00:57:20.320 --> 00:57:21.219
 around

00:57:21.219 --> 00:57:22.320
 the world.

00:57:23.239 --> 00:57:24.059
 He has remembered

00:57:24.059 --> 00:57:24.960
 his people

00:57:24.960 --> 00:57:26.500
 with steadfast

00:57:26.500 --> 00:57:27.019
 love.

00:57:27.400 --> 00:57:28.059
 As we saw

00:57:28.059 --> 00:57:28.719
 last week

00:57:28.719 --> 00:57:29.380
 as we saw

00:57:29.380 --> 00:57:30.519
 in the Lord's

00:57:30.519 --> 00:57:30.960
 supper we

00:57:30.960 --> 00:57:32.039
 remembered that

00:57:32.039 --> 00:57:32.519
 how he has

00:57:32.519 --> 00:57:33.099
 remembered

00:57:33.099 --> 00:57:33.920
 his people

00:57:33.920 --> 00:57:35.360
 with steadfast

00:57:35.360 --> 00:57:35.840
 love.

00:57:36.699 --> 00:57:37.159
 And all

00:57:37.159 --> 00:57:37.840
 the ends

00:57:37.840 --> 00:57:38.759
 of the earth

00:57:38.759 --> 00:57:39.940
 have seen

00:57:39.940 --> 00:57:41.179
 the salvation

00:57:41.179 --> 00:57:42.599
 of the Lord.

00:57:43.599 --> 00:57:44.159
 The Lord

00:57:44.159 --> 00:57:44.800
 makes known

00:57:44.800 --> 00:57:45.599
 to people

00:57:45.599 --> 00:57:46.679
 far

00:57:46.679 --> 00:57:48.000
 and wide.

00:57:49.179 --> 00:57:49.860
 How often

00:57:49.860 --> 00:57:50.739
 have we

00:57:50.739 --> 00:57:51.320
 boasted

00:57:51.320 --> 00:57:51.820
 or heard

00:57:51.820 --> 00:57:52.759
 people boasting

00:57:52.759 --> 00:57:53.400
 in gifts

00:57:53.400 --> 00:57:54.340
 and purchases

00:57:54.340 --> 00:57:55.639
 that they have

00:57:55.639 --> 00:57:56.420
 made saying

00:57:56.420 --> 00:57:57.539
 oh you need

00:57:57.539 --> 00:57:57.980
 this.

00:57:58.559 --> 00:57:59.420
 What a difference

00:57:59.420 --> 00:58:00.400
 this will make

00:58:00.400 --> 00:58:01.139
 in your life.

00:58:01.719 --> 00:58:02.699
 Oh it's pricey

00:58:02.699 --> 00:58:03.599
 but it's worth

00:58:03.599 --> 00:58:05.119
 every penny.

00:58:06.759 --> 00:58:07.440
 Well how much

00:58:07.440 --> 00:58:08.320
 more we have

00:58:08.320 --> 00:58:09.480
 to rejoice

00:58:09.480 --> 00:58:10.380
 and boast

00:58:10.380 --> 00:58:11.820
 in the Lord

00:58:11.820 --> 00:58:12.679
 who has come

00:58:12.679 --> 00:58:14.119
 to make himself

00:58:14.119 --> 00:58:14.519
 known.

00:58:15.079 --> 00:58:15.940
 And if we know

00:58:15.940 --> 00:58:17.659
 this for ourselves

00:58:17.659 --> 00:58:19.360
 how much more

00:58:19.360 --> 00:58:20.539
 we are to show

00:58:20.539 --> 00:58:21.300
 that forth

00:58:21.300 --> 00:58:22.259
 in our praise

00:58:22.259 --> 00:58:23.279
 of him.

00:58:23.280 --> 00:58:24.280
 just remember

00:58:24.280 --> 00:58:25.360
 Simeon

00:58:25.360 --> 00:58:26.840
 and the joy

00:58:26.840 --> 00:58:27.500
 that he had

00:58:27.500 --> 00:58:27.940
 that we read

00:58:27.940 --> 00:58:28.720
 of in Luke

00:58:28.720 --> 00:58:29.960
 where it says

00:58:29.960 --> 00:58:30.860
 Lord now you

00:58:30.860 --> 00:58:31.300
 are letting

00:58:31.300 --> 00:58:32.000
 your servant

00:58:32.000 --> 00:58:33.240
 depart in peace

00:58:33.240 --> 00:58:34.500
 according to

00:58:34.500 --> 00:58:35.260
 your word

00:58:35.260 --> 00:58:36.920
 for my eyes

00:58:36.920 --> 00:58:37.900
 have seen

00:58:37.900 --> 00:58:39.400
 your salvation.

00:58:40.900 --> 00:58:41.820
 It is the only

00:58:41.820 --> 00:58:43.100
 way that we

00:58:43.100 --> 00:58:43.500
 can ever

00:58:43.500 --> 00:58:45.100
 depart in peace

00:58:45.100 --> 00:58:46.519
 if we

00:58:46.519 --> 00:58:47.280
 behold

00:58:47.280 --> 00:58:48.540
 the wonder

00:58:48.540 --> 00:58:49.760
 of this

00:58:49.760 --> 00:58:50.500
 salvation.

00:58:51.340 --> 00:58:52.080
 The saviour

00:58:52.079 --> 00:58:52.900
 who came

00:58:52.900 --> 00:58:53.900
 into the world

00:58:53.900 --> 00:58:54.500
 joy

00:58:54.500 --> 00:58:56.539
 to the world

00:58:56.539 --> 00:58:57.880
 the Lord

00:58:57.880 --> 00:58:58.739
 has come

00:58:58.739 --> 00:59:00.119
 let earth

00:59:00.119 --> 00:59:01.460
 receive

00:59:01.460 --> 00:59:02.659
 her king.

00:59:03.400 --> 00:59:03.980
 May we

00:59:03.980 --> 00:59:04.799
 receive

00:59:04.799 --> 00:59:06.059
 this king

00:59:06.059 --> 00:59:07.599
 anew today

00:59:07.599 --> 00:59:08.599
 and keep

00:59:08.599 --> 00:59:09.360
 our eyes

00:59:09.360 --> 00:59:10.319
 fixed

00:59:10.319 --> 00:59:11.059
 on him

00:59:11.059 --> 00:59:11.920
 in the busyness

00:59:11.920 --> 00:59:12.779
 of this life

00:59:12.779 --> 00:59:14.039
 in the busyness

00:59:14.039 --> 00:59:15.079
 of this season

00:59:15.079 --> 00:59:16.159
 may we know

00:59:16.159 --> 00:59:16.920
 the joy

00:59:16.920 --> 00:59:18.279
 of salvation

00:59:18.279 --> 00:59:19.699
 that is in him.

00:59:20.079 --> 00:59:20.799
 Let us pray.

00:59:22.079 --> 00:59:23.860
 Our Father

00:59:23.860 --> 00:59:24.440
 in heaven

00:59:24.440 --> 00:59:25.400
 we do thank you

00:59:25.400 --> 00:59:26.219
 for your word

00:59:26.219 --> 00:59:27.219
 and the way

00:59:27.219 --> 00:59:27.659
 we are able

00:59:27.659 --> 00:59:28.239
 to sing

00:59:28.239 --> 00:59:29.360
 your praise

00:59:29.360 --> 00:59:30.500
 we thank you

00:59:30.500 --> 00:59:30.960
 that you put

00:59:30.960 --> 00:59:31.480
 a song

00:59:31.480 --> 00:59:32.179
 in our mouth

00:59:32.179 --> 00:59:32.840
 that song

00:59:32.840 --> 00:59:33.679
 of salvation

00:59:33.679 --> 00:59:34.519
 and help us

00:59:34.519 --> 00:59:34.920
 Lord

00:59:34.920 --> 00:59:36.139
 to rejoice

00:59:36.139 --> 00:59:36.900
 in you

00:59:36.900 --> 00:59:37.940
 and to know

00:59:37.940 --> 00:59:38.619
 the joy

00:59:38.619 --> 00:59:39.599
 that you are

00:59:39.599 --> 00:59:40.380
 able to give

00:59:40.380 --> 00:59:41.519
 in salvation

00:59:41.519 --> 00:59:42.400
 and the peace

00:59:42.400 --> 00:59:43.219
 that is ours

00:59:43.219 --> 00:59:44.559
 through looking

00:59:44.559 --> 00:59:45.299
 and focusing

00:59:45.299 --> 00:59:46.259
 on and trusting

00:59:46.259 --> 00:59:47.460
 in the Lord

00:59:47.460 --> 00:59:48.559
 Jesus Christ

00:59:48.559 --> 00:59:49.179
 to have

00:59:49.179 --> 00:59:50.480
 even the peace

00:59:50.480 --> 00:59:51.300
 of Simeon

00:59:51.300 --> 00:59:52.280
 who was

00:59:52.280 --> 00:59:53.380
 able to say

00:59:53.380 --> 00:59:54.579
 those great words

00:59:54.579 --> 00:59:55.340
 your servant

00:59:55.340 --> 00:59:56.380
 is able

00:59:56.380 --> 00:59:57.340
 to depart

00:59:57.340 --> 00:59:57.980
 in peace

00:59:57.980 --> 00:59:58.920
 for my eyes

00:59:58.920 --> 00:59:59.880
 have seen

00:59:59.880 --> 01:00:00.900
 your salvation

01:00:00.900 --> 01:00:02.360
 may we see

01:00:02.360 --> 01:00:03.320
 with eyes

01:00:03.320 --> 01:00:03.900
 of faith

01:00:03.900 --> 01:00:04.500
 ourselves

01:00:04.500 --> 01:00:05.280
 as we ask

01:00:05.280 --> 01:00:05.940
 it in Jesus

01:00:05.940 --> 01:00:06.400
 name

01:00:06.400 --> 01:00:07.340
 Amen

01:00:07.340 --> 01:00:13.039
 we sing

01:00:13.039 --> 01:00:13.640
 to God's

01:00:13.640 --> 01:00:13.920
 praise

01:00:13.920 --> 01:00:14.700
 and conclusion

01:00:14.700 --> 01:00:15.660
 in this

01:00:15.660 --> 01:00:16.039
 psalm

01:00:16.039 --> 01:00:16.860
 psalm 98

01:00:16.860 --> 01:00:17.460
 at the end

01:00:17.460 --> 01:00:18.039
 of the psalm

01:00:18.039 --> 01:00:18.800
 verse 5

01:00:18.800 --> 01:00:20.240
 down to the end

01:00:20.240 --> 01:00:23.519
 page 129

01:00:23.519 --> 01:00:24.420
 of the psalm books

01:00:24.420 --> 01:00:26.039
 psalm 98

01:00:26.039 --> 01:00:26.820
 at verse 5

01:00:26.820 --> 01:00:27.320
 with harp

01:00:27.320 --> 01:00:27.980
 make music

01:00:27.980 --> 01:00:28.600
 to the Lord

01:00:28.600 --> 01:00:29.160
 with harp

01:00:29.160 --> 01:00:30.160
 his praises

01:00:30.160 --> 01:00:30.579
 sing

01:00:30.579 --> 01:00:31.620
 with trumpet

01:00:31.620 --> 01:00:32.500
 and with horn

01:00:32.500 --> 01:00:32.940
 rejoice

01:00:32.940 --> 01:00:34.079
 before the Lord

01:00:34.079 --> 01:00:35.019
 the King

01:00:35.019 --> 01:00:36.159
 let earth

01:00:36.159 --> 01:00:36.699
 and all

01:00:36.699 --> 01:00:37.719
 in them

01:00:37.719 --> 01:00:38.360
 rejoice

01:00:38.360 --> 01:00:39.280
 triumphantly

01:00:39.280 --> 01:00:40.360
 let streams

01:00:40.360 --> 01:00:41.139
 clap hands

01:00:41.139 --> 01:00:41.659
 and mountains

01:00:41.659 --> 01:00:42.099
 sing

01:00:42.099 --> 01:00:43.039
 together

01:00:43.039 --> 01:00:43.900
 joyfully

01:00:43.900 --> 01:00:44.440
 we'll sing

01:00:44.440 --> 01:00:45.340
 these last

01:00:45.340 --> 01:00:46.239
 three stanzas

01:00:46.239 --> 01:00:46.800
 to God's

01:00:46.800 --> 01:00:47.179
 praise

01:00:47.179 --> 01:00:47.780
 and the tune

01:00:47.780 --> 01:00:49.019
 is Gainsborough

01:00:49.019 --> 01:00:56.500
 with harp

01:00:56.500 --> 01:00:58.500
 make music

01:00:58.500 --> 01:01:02.280
 to the Lord

01:01:02.280 --> 01:01:05.000
 with harp

01:01:05.000 --> 01:01:07.159
 his praises

01:01:07.159 --> 01:01:09.420
 sing

01:01:09.420 --> 01:01:12.380
 with trumpet

01:01:12.380 --> 01:01:16.280
 and with horn

01:01:16.280 --> 01:01:18.280
 rejoice

01:01:18.280 --> 01:01:22.280
 before the Lord

01:01:22.280 --> 01:01:25.280
 the King

01:01:25.280 --> 01:01:29.340
 let earth

01:01:29.340 --> 01:01:30.840
 the sea

01:01:30.840 --> 01:01:33.280
 and all

01:01:33.280 --> 01:01:35.640
 in them

01:01:35.640 --> 01:01:37.280
 rejoice

01:01:37.280 --> 01:01:39.420
 thy

01:01:39.420 --> 01:01:40.640
 heart

01:01:40.640 --> 01:01:41.920
 humbly

01:01:41.920 --> 01:01:45.880
 let streams

01:01:45.880 --> 01:01:48.260
 clap hands

01:01:48.260 --> 01:01:50.599
 and mountains

01:01:50.599 --> 01:01:52.500
 sing

01:01:52.500 --> 01:01:55.260
 together

01:01:55.260 --> 01:01:58.559
 joyfully

01:01:58.559 --> 01:02:02.659
 now let

01:02:02.659 --> 01:02:05.740
 them sing

01:02:05.740 --> 01:02:10.260
 before the Lord

01:02:10.260 --> 01:02:12.840
 who comes

01:02:12.840 --> 01:02:15.140
 to judge

01:02:15.140 --> 01:02:17.500
 the earth

01:02:17.500 --> 01:02:20.380
 he'll judge

01:02:20.380 --> 01:02:22.800
 the world

01:02:22.800 --> 01:02:25.820
 in righteousness

01:02:25.820 --> 01:02:30.760
 the people's

01:02:30.760 --> 01:02:32.180
 heaven

01:02:32.180 --> 01:02:33.140
 is

01:02:33.140 --> 01:02:33.940
 through

01:02:33.940 --> 01:02:37.380
 after the benediction

01:02:37.380 --> 01:02:38.480
 I'll go to the door

01:02:38.480 --> 01:02:39.260
 to my right

01:02:39.260 --> 01:02:39.900
 we'll close

01:02:39.900 --> 01:02:40.880
 with a benediction

01:02:40.880 --> 01:02:42.860
 now may grace

01:02:42.860 --> 01:02:44.140
 mercy and peace

01:02:44.140 --> 01:02:44.900
 from God

01:02:44.900 --> 01:02:45.700
 Father

01:02:45.700 --> 01:02:46.180
 Son

01:02:46.180 --> 01:02:47.180
 and Holy Spirit

01:02:47.180 --> 01:02:48.220
 rest upon

01:02:48.220 --> 01:02:48.820
 and abide

01:02:48.820 --> 01:02:49.660
 with you all

01:02:49.660 --> 01:02:51.539
 now and forevermore

01:02:51.539 --> 01:02:52.440
 Amen

01:02:52.440 --> 01:02:58.119
 Christ

01:02:58.119 --> 01:03:00.280
 amen

01:03:00.280 --> 01:03:02.519
 while

01:03:02.519 --> 01:03:03.300
 tonight

01:03:03.300 --> 01:03:04.700
 we're

01:03:04.700 --> 01:03:06.320
 eles

01:03:06.320 --> 01:03:06.380
 and

01:03:06.380 --> 01:03:06.679
 their

01:03:06.679 --> 01:03:16.480
 those

01:03:18.480 --> 01:03:19.480
 are

01:03:19.480 --> 01:03:49.460
 Thank you.

01:03:49.480 --> 01:04:19.460
 Thank you.

01:04:19.480 --> 01:04:49.460
 Thank you.