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 Let's begin our worship this evening by singing to God's praise in Psalm 146.

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 It's in the Scottish Psalter version. Psalm 146, page 445.

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 And we're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 7.

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 Psalm 146. Praise God. The Lord praise, O my soul.

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 I'll praise God while I live, while I have being.

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 To my God in songs I'll praises give.

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 Trust not in princes nor man's son, in whom there is no state.

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 His breath departs, to earth he turns. That day his thoughts decay.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 7 to God's praise.

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 Praise God the Lord. Praise, O my soul.

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 I'll praise God while I live, while I have being.

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 To my God in songs I'll praises give.

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 Trust not in princes nor man's son, in whom there is no state.

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 His breath departs, to earth he turns.

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 That day his thoughts decay.

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 O happy is that man unblessed, whom Jacob's God doth hate.

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 Whose hope upon the Lord doth rest, and on his God his state.

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 Who made the earth and heaven's eye.

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 Who made the swelling deep.

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 And all that is within the same.

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 Who truth doth ever keep.

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 Who righteous judgment executes.

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 For those oppressed that be.

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 Who to the hungry giveth food.

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 God sets the prisoners free.

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 Let's come to God in prayer.

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

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 Lord our gracious God, as we gather in your name anew this evening,

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 we are thankful for the blessing of praising your name.

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 The blessing for being able to lift our voices to you in song and to rejoice in your goodness to us.

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 We thank you that we have been reminded in this psalm of the man who is blessed, whom Jacob's God doth aid.

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 And we thank you for every way, Lord, that you help us on a daily basis.

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 That we can lean upon you.

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 That we can find our rest in you.

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 And we thank you, Lord, for your upholding strength toward us.

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 We thank you that as we come to your word anew this evening,

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 that we are reminded through it that the joy of the Lord is indeed the strength of your people.

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 And that that is not when we feel strong, but so often in our weakness, Lord, that joy is what sustains us.

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 For you remind us that apart from you, we can do nothing.

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 And so we praise you as the God who made heavens and earth,

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 made the swelling deep, as the psalmist describes.

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 And yet your truth is constantly with us too.

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 And we thank you for every reminder you give to us of your power and of your goodness towards us.

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 That as we see the wonder of your creation, as we see the seasons changing,

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 even at this time of year, as we see the days growing longer, we see the signs of spring.

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 We see new growth around us, Lord, as we see flowers begin to appear.

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 And we thank you, Lord, that it reminds us of the wonder of the creation,

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 but the wonder of you as the God of it all.

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 That when there is a time when things seem dead and lifeless,

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 that even underneath, Lord, there is the signs of hope.

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 That there is life, that life that comes to fruition.

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 And we see it in our own world and in our own day at this time.

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 And we think of the deadness of the world in the spiritual sense.

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 When we think of how we have put your word behind our back, as it were,

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 and turned away from you.

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 When we see, oh Lord, people just living for self and for their own gain.

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 No thought for others or for you.

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 We, oh Lord, are in pain and grief over this.

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 As we think, oh Lord, of what it means for us as a people,

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 and what it means for those who are a people who are perishing,

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 as your word describes.

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 But yet we thank you for the gospel.

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 We thank you for the hope that that gives of new life.

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 We thank you for the power that is in it to revive and to give life anew through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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 The one who came that we might have life and have it abundantly.

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 And so we pray that your word will be blessed to us all here this evening.

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 That we would, as we heard this morning, not just hear your word, but be doers of it.

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 That we would receive your word with gladness and joy and go into the week ahead,

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 renewed by your spirit, refreshed by your word.

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 Eager, oh Lord, to live for you and to serve you as your people here.

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 We pray, Lord, that your word will be blessed to all ends of the earth today,

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 as we thank you that you are not the God who is confined as so many of the gods of this world,

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 made by the hands of men and women,

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 made by us to represent what we see as worthy of glory.

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 But we thank you that your glory is far and wide,

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 that you are worthy of the praise of all of your people, near and far,

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 and that you have your people throughout the nations of this world,

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 people who call on your name, people who worship and praise you,

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 people who, even as we are praying, that you are hearing their prayers as well,

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 that you hear a people who call upon you at all times, day or night.

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 And so we ask, oh Lord, that you would send out your power into our midst,

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 the power of the gospel, what the psalmist describes as your light and your truth,

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 that they would go out to all ends of the earth,

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 directing people to you, reviving people who are dead in sin,

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 and bringing us all to praise your name all the more.

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 Bless us as we consider your word together here this evening,

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 as we open it up, as we read it.

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 May your spirit help us in our understanding of it,

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 and may you guide us through it in all our thoughts,

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 and what it means to us, oh Lord, as our people.

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 It may be that it means something different to each and every one of us,

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 but may there be a word to be heard from you this evening for each one of us,

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 a word in season, a word to bless, to challenge, to encourage, to do us good.

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 We thank you for all we've enjoyed from your word in this past week as well.

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 As we look back to time of communion last weekend,

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 we thank you for the blessings that we've received from your hand there,

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 being under the preaching of your word,

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 enjoying the sacrament together,

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 and the fellowship of your people together as well.

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 We thank you for all that was done for us, Lord, for our good,

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 and we pray that we will continue to be encouraged going forward.

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 We will not lose sight of the hope of the gospel,

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 and we continue to pray for your blessing over us as a people,

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 homes and families in all our communities.

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 And this communion season throughout our islands, oh Lord,

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 we pray blessing on all who gather in your name in these days,

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 to know the power of your spirit working,

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 to know people coming to profess the Lord as their saviour,

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 people growing in their knowledge of you and understanding of you,

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 people being encouraged in so many different ways.

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 We ask, oh Lord, that you would continue to build your church in our midst

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 and to make us as a people, Lord,

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 a people who would be full of your joy and your strength.

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 We pray for our nation at this time, oh Lord,

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 we ask for our leaders, our governments,

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 that you will help and encourage them in their day-to-day lives of administering direction for our nation.

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 Lord, we feel a drifting away from you,

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 but we know, even as we read in the scriptures of the times when nations were in disarray,

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 turning away from you with no sense of direction,

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 that you are pleased in the past to come in your power and to redirect them towards you.

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 We pray that for our own nation, oh Lord,

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 to know that redirecting, that renewal that comes from you.

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 We pray that for all who are involved in governments nationally and locally as well,

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 Lord, to give the fear of the Lord as the beginning of all wisdom,

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 to give them that sense of dependence upon you.

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 Remember to our royal family,

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 we pray for each one of them,

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 and remember the king just now as he continues to go through treatment for his own time of ill health,

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 and that your hand be upon him to bless him and his family too.

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 And again, that they would rule with you in mind in all things.

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 There may be kings in this world and presidents and powers and authorities,

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 but we know that they are all from your hand.

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 And we pray, Lord, for you to rule above all

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 and to rule in a way that would bring wisdom and help to our world as a whole,

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 to bring peace with this conflict,

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 to bring peace with this persecution,

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 to bring a people to yourself.

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 Remember us then in all of these things.

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 Remember us in the week ahead as a people here.

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 Lord, bless the Youth Fellowship as they will meet this evening.

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 Bless all that takes place throughout the week,

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 the meetings for prayer,

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 the work among the young people,

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 and all that we do in your name, Lord,

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 to share the gospel.

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 May it be that you hear us

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 and receive us in all of these things

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 and show us your hand,

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 your hand of power,

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 working mightily in our midst.

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 So continue with us now, Lord,

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 help us as we sing your praise

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 and hear your word,

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 do all with all of our hearts,

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 to lift our voices to you

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 as our Lord,

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 as our King,

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 as our Saviour,

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 as our Redeemer,

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 the one to whom we look even at this time

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 for forgiveness for all our sins,

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 as we come anew,

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 confessing our thoughts,

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 words,

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 and actions that are so often against you,

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 Lord.

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 We pray your pardon towards us.

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 Hear our prayers,

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 Lord,

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 continue with us,

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 and we ask all in the precious name

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 of our Redeemer,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 for his sake and glory.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We'll again sing to God's praise,

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 this time in Psalm 106,

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 in the Scottish Psalter,

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 page 378.

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 Psalm 106,

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 we'll sing from verse 1 to verse 6.

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 Give praise and thanks unto the Lord,

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 for bountiful is he,

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 his tender mercy doth endure,

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 and to eternity.

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 God's mighty works,

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 who can express,

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 or show forth all his praise.

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 Blessed are they,

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 that judgment keep,

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 and justly do always.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 6,

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 to God's praise.

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 Give praise and thanks unto the Lord,

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 for bountiful is he,

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 His tender mercy doth endure,

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 and to eternity.

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 God's mighty works,

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 God's mighty works,

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 who can express,

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 or show forth all his praise.

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 Blessed are they,

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 that judgment keep,

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 and justly do always.

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 Remember me, Lord,

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 with that love,

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 which thou to thy dust bear.

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 with thy salvation,

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 O my God,

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 to visit me draw near,

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 that I thy chosen's good may see,

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 and in their joy rejoice,

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 and may with thine inheritance

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 triumph with cheerful voice.

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 We with our Father sinned,

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 have and of iniquity.

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 Too long we have the workers been,

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 we have done wickedly.

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 We can turn to read together now

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 in the Old Testament.

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 We're turning back to the book of Nehemiah.

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 This evening we're going to be in chapter 9,

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 as we continue our study in this book.

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 It's Nehemiah chapter 9.

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 You notice it's quite a long chapter,

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 and really what it is,

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 is a prayer that the people are offering up,

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 and that's what we're going to be looking at this evening.

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 We're not going to read through it all.

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 We'll read from verse 1 down to verse 17,

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 and then we'll jump forward to verse 30,

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 and read down to the end of the chapter.

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 So Nehemiah chapter 9,

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 the beginning of the chapter.

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 Now on the 24th day of this month,

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 the people of Israel were assembled,

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 with fasting and in sackcloth,

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 and with earth on their heads.

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 And the Israelites separated themselves

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 from all foreigners,

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 and stood and confessed their sins,

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 and the iniquities of their fathers.

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 And they stood up in their place,

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 and read from the book of the law of the Lord,

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 their God,

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 for a quarter of the day.

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 For another quarter of it,

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 they made confession and worshipped their God.

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 On the stairs of the Levites stood

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 to Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel,

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 Shebaniah, Bani,

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 Sherebiah, Bani, and Cheniah.

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 And they cried with a loud voice

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 to the Lord, their God.

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 Then the Levites,

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 Jeshua, Kadmiel,

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 Bani,

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 Ahashebaniah,

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 Sherebiah,

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 Hodiah,

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 Shebaniah,

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 and Pethathaniah,

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 said,

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 Stand up and bless the Lord your God

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 from everlasting to everlasting.

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 Blessed be your glorious name,

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 which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

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 You are the Lord,

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 you alone.

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 You have made heaven,

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 the heaven of heavens,

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 with all their host,

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 the earth and all that is on it,

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 the seas and all that is in them.

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 And you preserve all of them.

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 And the host of heaven worships you.

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 You are the Lord,

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 the God who chose Abraham

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 and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans

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 and gave him the name Abraham.

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 You found his heart faithful before you

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 and made with him the covenant

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 to give to his offspring

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 the land of the Canaanite,

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 the Hittite,

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 the Amorite,

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 the Perisite,

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 the Jebusite,

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 and the Girgashite.

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 And you have kept your promise,

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 for you are righteous.

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 And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt

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 and heard their cry at the Red Sea

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 and performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh

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 and all his servants and all the people of his land,

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 for you knew that they acted arrogantly against our fathers.

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 And you made a name for yourself,

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 as it is to this day.

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 And you divided the sea before them,

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 so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land.

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 And you cast their pursuers into the depths

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 as a stone into mighty waters.

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 By a pillar of cloud you led them in the day

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 and by a pillar of fire in the night

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 to light for them the way in which they should go.

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 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven

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 and gave them right rules and true laws,

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 good statutes and commandments.

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 And you made known to them your holy Sabbath

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 and commanded them commandments and statutes

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 and a law by Moses your servant.

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 You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger

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 and brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst.

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 And you told them to go in to possess the land

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 that you had sworn to give them.

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 But they and our fathers acted presumptuously

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 and stiffened their neck

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 and did not obey your commandments.

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 They refused to obey

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 and were not mindful of the wonders

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 that you performed among them,

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 but they stiffened their neck

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 and appointed a leader to return

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 to their slavery in Egypt.

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 But you are a God ready to forgive,

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 gracious and merciful,

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 slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love

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 and did not forsake them.

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 And the next number of verses there carry on

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 going through the various times

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 of the children of Israel

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 as they made their way through

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 to the promised land.

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 It speaks of their rebellion

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 and their disobedience along the way.

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 But what we see time and again

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 is the wonder of the grace of God.

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 And we take up our reading at verse 30.

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 For many years you bore with them

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 and warned them by your spirit

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 through your prophets,

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 yet they would not give ear.

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 Therefore you gave them into the hand

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 of the peoples of the lands.

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 Nevertheless, in your great mercies,

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 you did not make an end of them

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 or forsake them,

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 for you are a gracious and merciful God.

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 Now, therefore, our God,

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 the great, the mighty, and the awesome God,

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 who keeps covenant and steadfast love,

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 let not all the hardship seem little to you

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 that has come upon us,

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 upon our kings, our princes,

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 our priests, our prophets,

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 our fathers, and all your people,

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 since the time of the kings of Assyria

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 until this day.

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 Yet you have been righteous

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 in all that has come upon us,

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 for you have dealt faithfully,

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 and we have acted wickedly.

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 Our kings, our princes,

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 our priests, and our fathers

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 have not kept your law

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 or paid attention

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 to your commandments

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 and your warnings that you gave them,

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 even in their own kingdom,

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 enjoying your great goodness

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 that you gave them,

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 and in the large and rich land

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 that you set before them.

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 They did not serve you

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 or turn from their wicked works.

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 Behold, we are slaves this day

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 in the land that you gave to our fathers

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 to enjoy its fruit

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 and its good gifts.

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 Behold, we are slaves,

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 and its rich yield goes to the kings

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 whom you have set over us

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 because of our sins.

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 They rule over our bodies

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 and over our livestock

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 as they please,

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 and we are in great distress.

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 Because of all this,

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 we make a firm covenant in writing.

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 On the sealed document

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 are the names of our princes,

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 our Levites,

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 and our priests,

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 and so on.

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 And may God bless that reading

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 from his word.

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 Before we turn back to this passage,

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 we're going to sing again

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 to God's praise in Psalm 103,

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 and we'll sing Psalm's version,

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 Psalm 103,

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 and we'll sing from verse 1

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 down to verse 11.

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 Praise God, my soul,

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 with all my heart.

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 Let me exalt his holy name.

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 Forget not all his benefits,

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 as praise my soul

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 in song proclaim.

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 The Lord forgives you all your sins

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 and heals your sickness

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 and distress.

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 Your life,

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 he rescues from the grave

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 and crowns you in his tenderness.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 11,

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 Psalm 103,

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 to God's praise.

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 Praise God, my soul,

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 with all my heart.

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 Let me exalt his holy name.

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 Forget not all his benefits,

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 his praise my soul

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 in song proclaim.

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 The Lord forgives you

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 all your sins

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 and heals your sickness

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 and distress.

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 Your life,

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 he rescues from the grave.

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 and crowns you

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 in his tenderness.

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 And crowns you

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 in his tenderness.

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 He satisfies your deep desires

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 from his unending storage of good,

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 so that just like the eagle's strength,

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 your youthful vigor is renewed.

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 The Lord is known for righteous acts,

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 and justice to them,

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 broadened ones.

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 To Moses he made known his ways,

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 His mighty deeds to Israel's sons.

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 His mighty deeds to Israel's sons.

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 The Lord is merciful and kind,

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 to anger slow and full of grace.

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 He will not constantly reprove,

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 or in his anger and his face.

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 He does not punish her misdeeds,

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 or give her sins their just reward.

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 How great is love as high as him

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 towards all those who fear the Lord.

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 Towards all those who fear the Lord.

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 We can turn back to our reading

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 in Nehemiah chapter 9.

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 I'm just going to pick out a few verses

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 throughout the chapter

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 just to show us where we're going this evening.

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 Verse 6, first of all,

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 where the people are praising God,

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 and they say there,

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 you are the Lord,

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 you alone.

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 You have made heaven,

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 the heaven of heavens,

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 with all their host,

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 the earth and all that is on it,

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 and so on.

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 You are the Lord,

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 you alone.

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 Then in verse 17,

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 we see how the people refused to obey.

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 It says they refused to obey

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 and were not mindful of the wonders

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:36.600
 that you performed among them,

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:38.519
 but they stiffened their neck

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.640
 and appointed a leader

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:42.620
 to return to their slavery in Egypt.

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 But you are a God,

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 ready to forgive,

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.600
 gracious and merciful,

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 slow to anger,

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:54.500
 and abounding in steadfast love.

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 People disobeyed,

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 and yet God is still gracious

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:59.300
 and slow to anger.

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 Verse 26,

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 there it says,

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 nevertheless,

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.960
 they were disobedient

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 and rebelled against you,

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:10.660
 and cast your law behind their back,

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 and killed your prophets

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 who had warned them

00:28:13.540 --> 00:28:16.640
 in order to turn them back to you.

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.700
 So again,

00:28:17.800 --> 00:28:20.120
 we see the rebellion of the people,

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.900
 putting the law,

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 turning away from the law of God.

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 And then we go down to verse 30.

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 For many years you bore with them

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:31.180
 and warned them

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 by your spirit through your prophets,

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:35.360
 yet they would not give ear.

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.940
 Therefore you gave them

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:38.440
 into the hand of the peoples

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.840
 of the lands.

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.960
 Nevertheless,

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:43.160
 in your great mercies,

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:45.140
 you did not make an end of them

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 or forsake them,

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 for you are a gracious

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 and merciful God.

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 I'm sure it surprises you

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:58.339
 as it surprises me so often

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.559
 just how patient

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 God is with us all,

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 how long-suffering he is

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 despite all that we do

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:08.079
 amiss towards him,

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.680
 despite the way we so often

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.660
 treat him

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 and are cold towards him.

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 The Lord's mercies

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 are still there for us.

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 And that's a powerful reminder

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 that we have throughout

00:29:19.219 --> 00:29:20.459
 this chapter

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 that we're studying together

00:29:21.959 --> 00:29:22.659
 this evening

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 as Nehemiah and Ezra

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 and the people

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 are gathered together.

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 Here they are gathered

00:29:28.699 --> 00:29:30.019
 around the word of God

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.659
 once again

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 and they're hearing

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 over a long period of time

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 just how faithful

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:36.419
 God has been

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 and even in the midst

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.939
 of their disobedience,

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.119
 how often he has shown

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:42.599
 mercy and graciousness

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 towards them.

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 Nehemiah came to Jerusalem

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 as a leader for the people

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 but where was he leading them to?

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 Or to what end

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:56.559
 was he leading them?

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:58.279
 As we've gone through

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.980
 this wonderful book

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:01.600
 we've seen how he came

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 and found a city

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 that was in disarray

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 in so many ways.

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.740
 The walls were in ruin,

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.680
 the people were in distress,

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.600
 they were in trouble.

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:12.120
 There wasn't much hope for them

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 and so he came

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:16.479
 to rebuild the walls

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 and we've seen

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.959
 how that was done

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 and how that was completed

00:30:20.959 --> 00:30:23.719
 but that was not the end

00:30:23.719 --> 00:30:25.839
 because from the moment

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 that Nehemiah

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:28.339
 had this great burden

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.059
 from God

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:31.099
 for the people of Jerusalem

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 the burden was not just

00:30:33.739 --> 00:30:36.179
 for rebuilding the walls.

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 That was just a part.

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 The burden was for the people.

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 And that was a burden

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:44.799
 that was not going to end

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:47.359
 with a city that was rebuilt.

00:30:48.199 --> 00:30:49.519
 That burden for the people

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:51.259
 was not going to come to an end

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:53.399
 until the people were walking

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:55.699
 in the right way with God

00:30:55.699 --> 00:30:58.079
 because that was his ultimate aim

00:30:58.079 --> 00:31:00.819
 to relieve the trouble,

00:31:00.959 --> 00:31:02.859
 the distress that they were in.

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:05.279
 And the greatest distress,

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.979
 the greatest trouble they were in

00:31:06.979 --> 00:31:09.519
 was their relationship with God.

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:12.680
 The relationship that had broken down,

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:14.339
 the relationship that had led to them

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:16.539
 being taken into captivity

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.759
 in the first place,

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.859
 the reason why the walls

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:21.279
 were in disarray,

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:23.500
 the reason why the people felt hopeless,

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.579
 the relationship with God

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:27.059
 had broken down.

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:29.059
 And so his ultimate aim

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:31.059
 was to restore Jerusalem

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.220
 and God's people

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:33.559
 as a people of worship,

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:35.799
 worshiping a holy God

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:38.299
 and having his joy

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.839
 in their hearts.

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.980
 And as we looked at the last time

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.279
 in this book,

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:45.879
 chapter 8 was a high point.

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:48.000
 Chapter 8 was a point

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.679
 where we see

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:50.919
 the people gathered together.

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:52.980
 The wall had been completed.

00:31:53.179 --> 00:31:54.339
 They were gathered around

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:55.859
 the word of God

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:57.279
 and it brought tears

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.279
 to their eyes.

00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:00.039
 They were weeping,

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.879
 weeping with sorrow

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:03.700
 over all that it meant,

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.980
 all that they had done

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:06.299
 against God.

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:08.059
 But they were told

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:09.960
 that this was not a time

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:12.160
 to mourn and to weep.

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:14.579
 This was a time to rejoice,

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:17.920
 to rejoice in the joy of the Lord

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:19.680
 as their strength.

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:22.299
 The joy of the Lord

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:25.099
 was their strength.

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:27.139
 And what a wonderful blessing

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:28.459
 it was for them

00:32:28.459 --> 00:32:29.439
 to know the Lord

00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:30.959
 had not turned

00:32:30.959 --> 00:32:33.379
 his back on them

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:35.419
 and that they could rejoice

00:32:35.419 --> 00:32:36.539
 in this.

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.500
 And they did rejoice.

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:39.399
 They enjoyed a feast.

00:32:39.699 --> 00:32:40.799
 They enjoyed a time

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:42.299
 of feasting that went on

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:44.059
 for a number of weeks.

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.059
 In chapter 8,

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.899
 as it continues,

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:48.919
 you find the feast of booths

00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:50.179
 celebrated there.

00:32:50.719 --> 00:32:52.099
 A feast that went on

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:53.000
 probably for around

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.339
 three weeks.

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:56.079
 And now as you come

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.219
 into chapter 9,

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:59.399
 that feast has ended.

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:01.699
 And just a few days later,

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:03.459
 they're gathering again together

00:33:03.459 --> 00:33:06.500
 around the Word of God.

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:09.259
 So they had this high point

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.919
 in chapter 8.

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.740
 They had this moment of joy

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:14.179
 and rejoicing in the Lord

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:15.799
 as the joy of the Lord

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:17.079
 is their strength.

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:18.599
 But then as you come

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.939
 into chapter 9,

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:21.740
 you find it's quite

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:23.019
 a different environment.

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.500
 Again,

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.480
 the people of Israel,

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.879
 they're coming

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:28.220
 to confess

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.339
 their sin.

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.099
 There's a sense

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.779
 of mourning

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:33.059
 once again.

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:35.240
 And it's a great reminder

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.920
 to us

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.920
 that this is the way

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:38.000
 our lives

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:39.299
 so often are.

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.579
 There are

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:41.740
 high points,

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:43.000
 high experiences

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:44.359
 in our lives

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:45.859
 and in the Christian life

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.460
 especially.

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:48.220
 There are high points

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.920
 in our life,

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:50.220
 but the majority

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:51.060
 of our lives

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:52.580
 just the ordinary.

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:55.200
 The day-to-day routine.

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.380
 The day-to-day walking

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.660
 with God.

00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:00.060
 And if we just look back

00:34:00.060 --> 00:34:01.060
 a week,

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.640
 last weekend,

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:04.759
 it often is a high point.

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:06.100
 A time of communion

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:06.940
 in the congregation.

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:09.360
 It's a time of blessing,

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.440
 a time of fellowship,

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:12.460
 a time of being gathered

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.740
 around God's Word,

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:15.300
 a time of feasting together

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:16.840
 around God's Word

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:18.160
 and in fellowship together,

00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:20.380
 but we must

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.760
 come away from it.

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:23.640
 We have to come away.

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.720
 We have to come back

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:26.660
 into the ordinary way of life.

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:28.519
 So how has the last week

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.440
 been for you?

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:31.960
 How has the last week gone?

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:34.079
 We pray we all enjoyed

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:35.920
 a high over the weekend,

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:38.120
 but how's the ordinary Monday

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:40.200
 to Saturday gone since?

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:44.300
 How are we going forward?

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:47.160
 Well, that's what's of interest

00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:49.120
 to Nehemiah here as well.

00:34:49.720 --> 00:34:52.160
 The high point of chapter 8

00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:53.039
 and the feasting

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:54.720
 and rejoicing that there is there.

00:34:55.120 --> 00:34:56.340
 But now to go forward

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:57.019
 in the ordinary.

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:59.120
 The day-to-day life.

00:34:59.660 --> 00:35:01.240
 And how are they going to do that?

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:02.840
 How are they going to go forward?

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.660
 And how do you and I

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:07.420
 keep going forward as well?

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:10.240
 Well, as we go through chapter 9,

00:35:10.600 --> 00:35:11.980
 we find that the people

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:13.099
 are learning together

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:15.420
 what it means to go forward.

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.039
 How they can learn

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:18.659
 from their own experience

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:20.260
 and the experiences we see

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:23.039
 from generations past as well.

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:25.179
 How are they going to go forward?

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.000
 Well, they're going to learn

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:28.699
 lessons from the past.

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.579
 They're going to look,

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:31.099
 as they're praying here

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.880
 in chapter 9,

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:33.699
 they're looking to their fathers,

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.519
 to the people

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.840
 in the past generations.

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.480
 How they've ended up

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:39.079
 in a situation of trouble.

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:41.260
 What was the cause?

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.820
 How did they stumble

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.719
 when God had been

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:44.719
 so good to them?

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:46.260
 And what can they learn

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:48.940
 going forward as well?

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:51.260
 Well, they landed in trouble

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:54.400
 because they rejected God.

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.199
 That's what we see

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.539
 in verse 26.

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:59.900
 The generations in the past

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:01.360
 says in verse 26,

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:02.539
 They were disobedient

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:04.880
 and rebelled against you

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:06.740
 and cast your law

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:09.640
 behind their back.

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:13.440
 They killed the prophets,

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:15.860
 the ones God had sent

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:17.160
 to teach them

00:36:17.160 --> 00:36:18.900
 in order to bring them back

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.900
 to him.

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:22.079
 So the word of God

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:24.200
 that they had rejoiced in

00:36:24.200 --> 00:36:25.680
 had been taken

00:36:25.680 --> 00:36:27.400
 and cast away.

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:31.240
 It was put behind their back.

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:34.700
 They didn't do the word

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:36.180
 that they'd heard.

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:38.280
 As we were hearing this morning,

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:40.740
 they'd heard the word of God,

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:42.940
 but they didn't keep applying

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:44.519
 the word of God

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:46.000
 to their lives.

00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:48.700
 And yet the wonder of it all

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:49.920
 is that again and again,

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:52.059
 we're reminded in this passage,

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:55.720
 almost a summary of the Old Testament

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:56.559
 in many ways,

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:58.599
 a summary of how the people

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.599
 were blessed

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.980
 and then were disobedient,

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:03.119
 but a God who is merciful.

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:05.000
 In verse 17,

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:07.099
 you have these wonderful words,

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:08.259
 But you are a God

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:09.400
 ready to forgive,

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:11.400
 gracious and merciful,

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.759
 slow to anger,

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:15.779
 and abounding in steadfast love,

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:17.759
 and did not forsake them.

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.340
 Even though they

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:21.679
 forsook the word of God

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.880
 and put it behind them,

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:25.699
 God did not forsake them.

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:28.019
 And so the people

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:30.039
 here now in Nehemiah's day,

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.719
 they're seeking

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:32.460
 to learn their lessons.

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.719
 They're wanting a renewal

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:35.079
 with God,

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.779
 and that's what's

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:37.360
 at the end of the chapter,

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.440
 in verse 38.

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.900
 Because of all this,

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:42.400
 we make a firm covenant

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.119
 in writing.

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.599
 We're wanting this relationship

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:46.920
 with God renewed.

00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:49.039
 Renewed because again,

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.460
 they know the mercy

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.480
 of God,

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:53.000
 of verse 31.

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:54.320
 You did not make

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:55.019
 an end of them

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.880
 or forsake them,

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:57.000
 for you are a gracious

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:59.559
 and merciful God.

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:01.420
 And so for us,

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:03.460
 as we seek to go forward,

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:05.760
 how can we learn ourselves

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:07.980
 from this prayer this evening?

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.440
 How did the people learn

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:10.679
 then,

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.920
 and how can we learn

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.980
 ourselves?

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.579
 Well, there's three things

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.420
 I want us to take

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:16.940
 from this chapter.

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:19.500
 First, we see

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:21.639
 the Lord of all.

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:24.860
 Our eyes have to be fixed

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:26.000
 on the Lord

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:27.300
 at all times.

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:29.440
 And whatever situation,

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.900
 whatever part of this chapter

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.760
 you're looking at,

00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:33.519
 it is all about you,

00:38:33.700 --> 00:38:34.320
 oh Lord.

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:35.619
 You,

00:38:36.240 --> 00:38:36.900
 oh Lord.

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.480
 And that's what's got to be

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.119
 at the heart

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:40.539
 of our lives.

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.740
 But we also see

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:44.019
 how the people learn

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:45.920
 from past sins.

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:49.099
 And the people learn

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:51.500
 in their present need.

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:53.480
 So we have the Lord of all,

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:55.900
 the people's past sins,

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:58.659
 and the people's present need.

00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:00.079
 We have they,

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.079
 we,

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.480
 and you,

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.700
 oh Lord.

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:05.820
 And so that's how we

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:07.019
 are to go forward

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:08.340
 ourselves as well.

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.320
 First of all,

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:09.940
 thinking of

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:11.980
 the Lord of all.

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:14.940
 The joy of the Lord

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.980
 is your strength,

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:17.420
 they heard in chapter 8.

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:19.079
 And what we find

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:20.039
 is this flowing

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:21.380
 into chapter 9

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:22.360
 as well.

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:23.099
 Because the joy

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.619
 of the Lord

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:24.639
 is not just

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.840
 for a moment.

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.760
 The joy of the Lord

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.980
 is not just something

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:30.380
 for that high point

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.619
 of chapter 8.

00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:32.740
 The joy of the Lord

00:39:32.740 --> 00:39:33.679
 is what is going

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.619
 to keep them going

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:35.420
 in the ordinary

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:37.099
 day-to-day life

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:37.840
 as well.

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.500
 And so it flows

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:41.420
 into chapter 8

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:42.460
 as well.

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:44.340
 the days of feasting

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.260
 that they have enjoyed

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:46.059
 together.

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:48.400
 They've come to an end,

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:50.019
 but they still know

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:51.039
 how much they need

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.900
 the Lord.

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.840
 And so they find

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:54.400
 themselves gathered

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:55.599
 around the word

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.179
 of God.

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:58.460
 In verse 1,

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.480
 on the 24th day

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.079
 of this month,

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:01.159
 the people of Israel

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:02.340
 were assembled

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:03.260
 with fasting

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:04.280
 and in sackcloth

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:05.599
 and with earth

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.860
 on their heads.

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:07.880
 So there was a sense

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.579
 of coming

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:11.400
 in repentance

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:12.160
 here.

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:13.280
 Mourning

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:14.980
 over their sin.

00:40:15.220 --> 00:40:15.840
 Fasting

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:17.320
 they're in sackcloth

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:18.440
 and with earth

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:19.019
 on their heads.

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:19.920
 They've separated

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.480
 themselves

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.559
 from all the foreigners.

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.120
 They stood

00:40:23.120 --> 00:40:24.200
 and they confessed

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:25.780
 their sins.

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:28.200
 This is still

00:40:28.200 --> 00:40:28.840
 a time

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:30.099
 to rejoice

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.800
 in the joy

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:31.480
 of the Lord

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.960
 as their strength.

00:40:33.740 --> 00:40:34.440
 Because it is

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.420
 the joy of the Lord

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:36.280
 as their strength

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.960
 that helps us

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:38.440
 to see our sin

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:39.740
 and to repent

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:41.019
 from them.

00:40:42.120 --> 00:40:42.840
 And that is

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:43.980
 how they are

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.880
 going forward.

00:40:45.540 --> 00:40:46.600
 That's how the people

00:40:46.600 --> 00:40:47.160
 in the past

00:40:47.160 --> 00:40:49.260
 failed to go forward.

00:40:49.640 --> 00:40:50.220
 And that's what

00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:50.800
 they're seeking

00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:52.180
 to learn from.

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:53.600
 It is the Lord

00:40:53.600 --> 00:40:54.880
 who is able

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:56.600
 to keep them going.

00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:57.880
 That they need

00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.500
 to see

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.900
 their dependence

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:01.180
 is on

00:41:01.180 --> 00:41:02.240
 the Lord.

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:04.240
 A man called

00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:05.780
 Leonard Ravenhill

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:07.000
 once wrote this.

00:41:07.060 --> 00:41:07.380
 He said,

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.580
 the devil

00:41:08.580 --> 00:41:09.760
 has two major

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:10.380
 tricks

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.740
 with his people.

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.880
 One is,

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.540
 you're so good

00:41:15.540 --> 00:41:17.060
 you don't need

00:41:17.060 --> 00:41:18.140
 to be saved.

00:41:19.140 --> 00:41:20.600
 That's one of his tricks.

00:41:20.680 --> 00:41:21.580
 You're so good

00:41:21.580 --> 00:41:22.900
 you don't need

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:23.860
 to be saved.

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:26.019
 The other is,

00:41:26.560 --> 00:41:27.960
 you're so bad

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:29.240
 you can't

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:30.000
 be saved.

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:31.960
 That's the two tricks

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:33.800
 the devil uses.

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.960
 Leonard Ravenhill

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.380
 said,

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.619
 you're so good

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:37.280
 you don't need

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:38.000
 to be saved

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:39.400
 or you're so bad

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:40.440
 you can't

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.119
 be saved.

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.519
 But what he said

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.099
 was this,

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.760
 he's a liar

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:46.780
 on both counts.

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.800
 Because that's not

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:49.659
 the way

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:50.699
 to go forward.

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:52.820
 We can't go forward

00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:54.820
 thinking we're so good

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:55.820
 we don't need

00:41:55.820 --> 00:41:56.340
 to be saved.

00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:56.940
 We don't need

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.460
 the Lord.

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:57.980
 We do.

00:41:57.980 --> 00:42:00.320
 But we can't

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.800
 go forward

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:02.079
 thinking we're so bad

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:03.500
 the Lord won't

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:04.199
 want us.

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:05.340
 The Lord can't

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:05.840
 save us.

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:06.820
 That's not

00:42:06.820 --> 00:42:07.599
 true either.

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:09.559
 To go forward

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:10.579
 we need

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:11.320
 the Lord.

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.019
 That's what

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.780
 Psalm 84

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:14.639
 makes so

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:16.119
 clear for us

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:17.780
 when it speaks

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:18.519
 in that Psalm

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:19.199
 in verse 6

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:20.039
 about passing

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:21.519
 through Baker's

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:21.900
 veil

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:23.099
 therein do

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:24.119
 dig up wells

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:25.880
 also the rain

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:26.659
 that falleth

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.679
 down the pools

00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:28.859
 with water

00:42:28.859 --> 00:42:29.440
 fills

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:30.379
 the Lord

00:42:30.379 --> 00:42:31.399
 with his people

00:42:31.399 --> 00:42:32.859
 and so at verse 7

00:42:32.859 --> 00:42:33.419
 goes on

00:42:33.419 --> 00:42:34.239
 so they from

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:34.960
 strength

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:36.079
 unwearied

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.759
 go still

00:42:36.759 --> 00:42:37.359
 forward

00:42:37.359 --> 00:42:38.359
 unto strength

00:42:38.359 --> 00:42:39.519
 until in Zion

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:40.339
 they appear

00:42:40.339 --> 00:42:42.059
 before the Lord

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:43.139
 at length.

00:42:43.279 --> 00:42:44.039
 So they have

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:45.719
 this strength

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:46.679
 that can only

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.759
 come from

00:42:47.759 --> 00:42:48.279
 the Lord

00:42:48.279 --> 00:42:49.500
 and that's

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.179
 the way

00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:51.039
 for us

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:51.960
 to go forward

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:53.019
 as well.

00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:53.980
 And that's

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.859
 what this prayer

00:42:54.860 --> 00:42:56.620
 in chapter 9

00:42:56.620 --> 00:42:57.740
 is all

00:42:57.740 --> 00:42:58.760
 about.

00:42:59.460 --> 00:42:59.840
 And from

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:00.720
 verse 6

00:43:00.720 --> 00:43:01.280
 onwards

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:02.340
 it's really

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:03.099
 the people

00:43:03.099 --> 00:43:04.320
 crying out

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:05.140
 to God

00:43:05.140 --> 00:43:06.260
 in prayer.

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:07.140
 Prayer as a

00:43:07.140 --> 00:43:07.920
 result of

00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:09.300
 having heard

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:09.920
 the word

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:11.120
 for three

00:43:11.120 --> 00:43:11.539
 hours

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:13.160
 and then

00:43:13.160 --> 00:43:13.599
 having

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:15.740
 confession

00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:17.240
 and worship

00:43:17.240 --> 00:43:18.440
 for three

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:19.140
 hours as well.

00:43:19.180 --> 00:43:19.720
 You see that

00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:20.840
 in verse 3

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:21.740
 where the

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:22.180
 book of the

00:43:22.180 --> 00:43:22.600
 law of the

00:43:22.600 --> 00:43:22.880
 Lord

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:23.960
 was read

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.340
 for a

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:25.000
 quarter of

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.380
 the day

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:26.140
 and for

00:43:26.140 --> 00:43:26.420
 another

00:43:26.420 --> 00:43:27.200
 quarter of

00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:27.600
 the day

00:43:27.600 --> 00:43:28.579
 confession

00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:29.240
 and worship

00:43:29.240 --> 00:43:30.059
 was made

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:31.160
 and then

00:43:31.160 --> 00:43:32.039
 they went

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:32.940
 into prayer.

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:34.700
 Can you

00:43:34.700 --> 00:43:35.340
 imagine that

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:36.240
 for ourselves

00:43:36.240 --> 00:43:36.760
 tonight?

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:38.440
 We've started

00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:39.539
 half past

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:40.019
 six.

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:41.180
 We're going

00:43:41.180 --> 00:43:41.740
 to read

00:43:41.740 --> 00:43:42.820
 God's word

00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:43.400
 till half

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:44.160
 past nine.

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.500
 Then from

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:46.120
 half past

00:43:46.120 --> 00:43:47.120
 nine to

00:43:47.120 --> 00:43:47.740
 half past

00:43:47.740 --> 00:43:48.300
 midnight

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:49.380
 we're going

00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:49.720
 to make

00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:50.379
 confession

00:43:50.379 --> 00:43:51.579
 and worship

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:52.239
 God

00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:54.059
 and then

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:55.279
 we'll start

00:43:55.279 --> 00:43:56.139
 to pray.

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:58.339
 Who would

00:43:58.339 --> 00:43:58.959
 be with me

00:43:58.959 --> 00:43:59.359
 in that?

00:43:59.879 --> 00:44:00.319
 Who would

00:44:00.319 --> 00:44:00.719
 stay

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:02.679
 six hours

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:03.119
 before we

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.899
 come to

00:44:03.899 --> 00:44:04.319
 the point

00:44:04.319 --> 00:44:04.719
 of actually

00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:05.539
 coming to

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:06.659
 pray to

00:44:06.659 --> 00:44:07.099
 God?

00:44:08.299 --> 00:44:09.219
 But that's

00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:09.599
 where the

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:10.739
 people were

00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:11.159
 at.

00:44:11.899 --> 00:44:12.359
 That's what

00:44:12.359 --> 00:44:13.079
 they realized

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.639
 they needed.

00:44:13.959 --> 00:44:14.500
 They needed

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:15.439
 the Lord

00:44:15.439 --> 00:44:16.019
 and it's a

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:16.779
 challenge to

00:44:16.779 --> 00:44:17.199
 us.

00:44:18.299 --> 00:44:19.179
 How much

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:19.960
 are we

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:20.480
 depending

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:20.859
 on the

00:44:20.859 --> 00:44:21.179
 Lord?

00:44:21.879 --> 00:44:22.379
 How much

00:44:22.379 --> 00:44:22.699
 are we

00:44:22.699 --> 00:44:23.059
 coming

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:24.359
 before God

00:44:24.359 --> 00:44:24.819
 with that

00:44:24.819 --> 00:44:25.599
 sense of

00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:26.559
 confession

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:27.599
 and dependence

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:29.000
 on him?

00:44:30.139 --> 00:44:30.539
 They've

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:31.619
 heard the

00:44:31.619 --> 00:44:32.279
 word of

00:44:32.279 --> 00:44:32.679
 God.

00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:33.440
 They've

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:34.000
 worshipped

00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:34.559
 and made

00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:35.179
 confession

00:44:35.179 --> 00:44:35.960
 and they

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.559
 come to

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.659
 him in

00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:38.139
 prayer.

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.359
 And you

00:44:39.359 --> 00:44:39.719
 wonder,

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:39.919
 well,

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:40.299
 what did

00:44:40.299 --> 00:44:40.940
 they hear

00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:41.719
 in the

00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:42.259
 word of

00:44:42.259 --> 00:44:42.799
 God that

00:44:42.799 --> 00:44:43.339
 brought

00:44:43.339 --> 00:44:44.279
 them to

00:44:44.279 --> 00:44:44.679
 this

00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:45.299
 point?

00:44:45.300 --> 00:44:47.100
 Well,

00:44:47.140 --> 00:44:47.500
 as you

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:47.980
 see in

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:48.160
 the

00:44:48.160 --> 00:44:48.660
 prayer,

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.660
 it opens

00:44:49.660 --> 00:44:50.140
 up what

00:44:50.140 --> 00:44:50.539
 we would

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:51.019
 see as

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:51.640
 Genesis

00:44:51.640 --> 00:44:52.360
 through to

00:44:52.360 --> 00:44:53.039
 Deuteronomy.

00:44:53.620 --> 00:44:54.180
 It's going

00:44:54.180 --> 00:44:55.240
 right back

00:44:55.240 --> 00:44:55.600
 to the

00:44:55.600 --> 00:44:56.000
 beginning,

00:44:56.420 --> 00:44:56.780
 to all

00:44:56.780 --> 00:44:57.039
 that the

00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:57.539
 Lord has

00:44:57.539 --> 00:44:58.620
 done for

00:44:58.620 --> 00:44:59.480
 his people.

00:45:00.140 --> 00:45:00.620
 In verse

00:45:00.620 --> 00:45:01.120
 7,

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:01.640
 you have,

00:45:02.200 --> 00:45:02.500
 you are

00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:03.080
 the Lord

00:45:03.080 --> 00:45:04.260
 who chose.

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.420
 In verse

00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:05.900
 9,

00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:07.120
 you saw

00:45:07.120 --> 00:45:08.140
 the affliction

00:45:08.140 --> 00:45:08.500
 of the

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:09.440
 people as

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:09.640
 they were

00:45:09.640 --> 00:45:10.100
 in Egypt.

00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:10.580
 In verse

00:45:10.580 --> 00:45:11.039
 11,

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:11.900
 as he was

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:12.400
 leading them

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:12.620
 out,

00:45:12.720 --> 00:45:13.360
 you divided

00:45:13.360 --> 00:45:14.059
 the sea.

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:15.019
 In verse

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.620
 13,

00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:16.120
 we have

00:45:16.120 --> 00:45:16.980
 the law

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.420
 given,

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:17.980
 you came

00:45:17.980 --> 00:45:19.079
 down at

00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:19.400
 Mount

00:45:19.400 --> 00:45:20.180
 Sinai.

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.500
 So there's

00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:21.980
 here a

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:22.720
 focus on

00:45:22.720 --> 00:45:23.559
 the Lord

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:23.960
 who has

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:25.099
 done all

00:45:25.099 --> 00:45:25.640
 this.

00:45:27.380 --> 00:45:27.579
 A

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:28.200
 dependence

00:45:28.200 --> 00:45:28.680
 on him.

00:45:28.740 --> 00:45:29.240
 But when

00:45:29.240 --> 00:45:29.440
 you go

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:29.880
 back to

00:45:29.880 --> 00:45:30.900
 verse 6,

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:31.519
 you find

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:32.000
 there the

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:33.059
 key that

00:45:33.059 --> 00:45:33.700
 holds it

00:45:33.700 --> 00:45:34.660
 all together.

00:45:36.240 --> 00:45:37.220
 Verse 6,

00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:38.039
 you are

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:38.800
 the Lord,

00:45:39.140 --> 00:45:39.960
 you alone,

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:40.840
 you have

00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:41.599
 made heaven,

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:42.640
 the heavens

00:45:42.639 --> 00:45:44.319
 of heaven,

00:45:44.319 --> 00:45:45.559
 with all

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:46.279
 their host,

00:45:46.839 --> 00:45:47.460
 the earth

00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:48.539
 and all

00:45:48.539 --> 00:45:49.119
 that is on

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:49.219
 it,

00:45:49.259 --> 00:45:49.579
 and the

00:45:49.579 --> 00:45:50.759
 seas and

00:45:50.759 --> 00:45:51.759
 all that

00:45:51.759 --> 00:45:52.199
 is in

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:52.379
 them.

00:45:52.619 --> 00:45:54.219
 You are

00:45:54.219 --> 00:45:55.400
 the Lord.

00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:57.719
 And here

00:45:57.719 --> 00:45:58.440
 is the

00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:58.980
 key to

00:45:58.980 --> 00:45:59.139
 our

00:45:59.139 --> 00:45:59.900
 understanding

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:00.400
 of who

00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:00.879
 he is.

00:46:01.279 --> 00:46:01.619
 He has

00:46:01.619 --> 00:46:02.839
 made the

00:46:02.839 --> 00:46:03.500
 heavens and

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:03.960
 the earth

00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:05.079
 and all

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:05.440
 that is

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:05.839
 in them.

00:46:06.179 --> 00:46:06.599
 This is

00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:07.219
 the God

00:46:07.219 --> 00:46:08.400
 of creation.

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.440
 This is

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:09.940
 the God

00:46:09.940 --> 00:46:10.920
 of Genesis

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:12.039
 chapter 1.

00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:13.159
 In the

00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:13.599
 beginning,

00:46:14.199 --> 00:46:14.659
 God

00:46:14.659 --> 00:46:15.719
 made all

00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:16.420
 things.

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:17.659
 And this

00:46:17.659 --> 00:46:17.980
 is the

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.819
 key to

00:46:18.819 --> 00:46:19.000
 our

00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:19.699
 relationship

00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:20.619
 with God.

00:46:21.259 --> 00:46:21.779
 To see

00:46:21.779 --> 00:46:22.119
 him not

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.440
 as a

00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:22.940
 small

00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.400
 God,

00:46:23.779 --> 00:46:24.179
 as a

00:46:24.179 --> 00:46:24.440
 God

00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:24.639
 who is

00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:24.839
 there

00:46:24.839 --> 00:46:25.019
 for

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:25.420
 some

00:46:25.420 --> 00:46:25.920
 things,

00:46:26.299 --> 00:46:26.699
 but a

00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:26.980
 God

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:27.319
 who is

00:46:27.319 --> 00:46:27.559
 there

00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:28.279
 for all

00:46:28.279 --> 00:46:28.920
 things.

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:30.239
 As

00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:30.599
 Hebrews

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:31.039
 11,

00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:31.639
 verse 3

00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:32.279
 puts it,

00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:33.559
 by faith

00:46:33.559 --> 00:46:34.659
 we understand

00:46:34.659 --> 00:46:35.219
 that the

00:46:35.219 --> 00:46:35.920
 universe was

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.779
 created by

00:46:36.779 --> 00:46:37.299
 the word

00:46:37.299 --> 00:46:37.980
 of God,

00:46:38.359 --> 00:46:38.699
 so that

00:46:38.699 --> 00:46:39.059
 what is

00:46:39.059 --> 00:46:39.599
 seen was

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:40.159
 not made

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:40.480
 out of

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:41.519
 things that

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:42.159
 are visible.

00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:44.099
 By faith

00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:45.440
 we understand.

00:46:46.300 --> 00:46:47.199
 By faith

00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:48.980
 we go

00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:49.739
 forward.

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:50.840
 And this

00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:51.099
 is what

00:46:51.099 --> 00:46:51.259
 their

00:46:51.259 --> 00:46:51.940
 relationship

00:46:51.940 --> 00:46:53.099
 is all

00:46:53.099 --> 00:46:53.400
 about.

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:53.699
 They are

00:46:53.699 --> 00:46:54.400
 depending

00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:55.960
 on God.

00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:57.340
 Is this

00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:58.099
 the God

00:46:58.099 --> 00:46:59.000
 that you

00:46:59.000 --> 00:46:59.739
 believe in?

00:47:00.340 --> 00:47:00.820
 Is this

00:47:00.820 --> 00:47:01.460
 the God

00:47:01.460 --> 00:47:02.179
 that you

00:47:02.179 --> 00:47:02.900
 see you

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:03.920
 need in

00:47:03.920 --> 00:47:04.639
 your life?

00:47:05.059 --> 00:47:05.699
 The God

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:06.420
 who holds

00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:06.920
 the heaven

00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:07.219
 and the

00:47:07.219 --> 00:47:07.500
 earth,

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:07.840
 the whole

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:08.400
 universe

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:09.380
 together?

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:12.220
 There's a

00:47:12.220 --> 00:47:13.320
 story told

00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:14.220
 about Isaac

00:47:14.220 --> 00:47:14.660
 Newton

00:47:14.660 --> 00:47:16.000
 and he'd

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:16.420
 made a

00:47:16.420 --> 00:47:16.860
 replica

00:47:16.860 --> 00:47:18.019
 of the

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:18.960
 solar system

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:19.559
 in miniature.

00:47:20.619 --> 00:47:21.019
 In the

00:47:21.019 --> 00:47:21.920
 centre was

00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:22.639
 the sun

00:47:22.639 --> 00:47:23.539
 and all

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:24.099
 around it

00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:24.480
 was all

00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:25.200
 the planets

00:47:25.200 --> 00:47:25.619
 and how

00:47:25.619 --> 00:47:25.880
 they were

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:26.619
 revolving

00:47:26.619 --> 00:47:27.760
 around the

00:47:27.760 --> 00:47:28.099
 sun.

00:47:29.160 --> 00:47:29.619
 This was

00:47:29.619 --> 00:47:29.900
 in a

00:47:29.900 --> 00:47:30.500
 study and

00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:31.180
 another

00:47:31.180 --> 00:47:31.760
 scientist

00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:32.440
 came into

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:32.940
 his study

00:47:32.940 --> 00:47:33.800
 and saw

00:47:33.800 --> 00:47:34.400
 this model

00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:35.200
 and marveled

00:47:35.200 --> 00:47:35.460
 at it

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:35.720
 and said

00:47:35.720 --> 00:47:36.680
 who made

00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:37.159
 this?

00:47:38.919 --> 00:47:39.460
 And Isaac

00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:39.739
 Newton

00:47:39.739 --> 00:47:40.259
 replied

00:47:40.259 --> 00:47:40.539
 saying

00:47:40.539 --> 00:47:41.379
 nobody.

00:47:43.619 --> 00:47:43.980
 And the

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:44.519
 other scientist

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:44.899
 said you

00:47:44.899 --> 00:47:45.359
 must think

00:47:45.359 --> 00:47:45.759
 I'm a

00:47:45.759 --> 00:47:46.059
 fool.

00:47:46.419 --> 00:47:47.019
 Of course

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.559
 somebody

00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:47.879
 made it.

00:47:47.899 --> 00:47:48.319
 Now tell

00:47:48.319 --> 00:47:49.039
 me who

00:47:49.039 --> 00:47:49.519
 made it?

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:49.879
 It must

00:47:49.879 --> 00:47:50.259
 be a

00:47:50.259 --> 00:47:50.859
 genius to

00:47:50.859 --> 00:47:51.219
 make this

00:47:51.219 --> 00:47:52.099
 model and

00:47:52.099 --> 00:47:52.480
 how it

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:52.839
 works

00:47:52.839 --> 00:47:53.379
 together.

00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:55.239
 Isaac

00:47:55.239 --> 00:47:55.599
 Newton

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:56.019
 got up

00:47:56.019 --> 00:47:56.319
 of his

00:47:56.319 --> 00:47:56.879
 chair and

00:47:56.879 --> 00:47:57.679
 went over

00:47:57.679 --> 00:47:58.199
 to his

00:47:58.199 --> 00:47:58.799
 friend the

00:47:58.799 --> 00:47:59.019
 other

00:47:59.019 --> 00:47:59.519
 scientist

00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:00.059
 and said

00:48:00.059 --> 00:48:01.059
 this is

00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:01.919
 just a

00:48:01.919 --> 00:48:02.359
 tiny

00:48:02.359 --> 00:48:03.119
 imitation

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:04.319
 of a

00:48:04.319 --> 00:48:04.539
 much

00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:05.480
 grander

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:05.980
 solar

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:06.719
 system

00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:07.519
 whose

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:08.260
 laws

00:48:08.260 --> 00:48:09.400
 and logic

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:09.900
 you and

00:48:09.900 --> 00:48:10.380
 I know

00:48:10.380 --> 00:48:11.300
 all about

00:48:11.300 --> 00:48:12.659
 and I

00:48:12.659 --> 00:48:13.099
 cannot

00:48:13.099 --> 00:48:13.780
 convince

00:48:13.780 --> 00:48:14.260
 you

00:48:14.260 --> 00:48:15.099
 that this

00:48:15.099 --> 00:48:15.380
 mere

00:48:15.380 --> 00:48:15.860
 model

00:48:15.860 --> 00:48:16.840
 has no

00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:17.500
 designer

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:18.559
 or maker

00:48:18.559 --> 00:48:19.500
 and yet

00:48:19.500 --> 00:48:20.199
 you profess

00:48:20.199 --> 00:48:20.740
 that the

00:48:20.740 --> 00:48:21.300
 original

00:48:21.300 --> 00:48:22.240
 from which

00:48:22.240 --> 00:48:22.920
 this model

00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:23.800
 is taken

00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:26.139
 has no

00:48:26.139 --> 00:48:26.840
 creator

00:48:26.840 --> 00:48:27.659
 or designer

00:48:27.659 --> 00:48:28.860
 or maker.

00:48:30.219 --> 00:48:31.460
 The model

00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:32.079
 that was

00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:32.880
 so tiny

00:48:32.880 --> 00:48:34.039
 must have

00:48:34.039 --> 00:48:34.500
 a maker.

00:48:35.980 --> 00:48:36.980
 but the

00:48:36.980 --> 00:48:37.320
 real

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:37.699
 thing

00:48:37.699 --> 00:48:37.920
 the

00:48:37.920 --> 00:48:38.280
 heaven

00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:39.079
 the

00:48:39.079 --> 00:48:39.519
 earth

00:48:39.519 --> 00:48:39.740
 the

00:48:39.740 --> 00:48:39.980
 moon

00:48:39.980 --> 00:48:40.219
 the

00:48:40.219 --> 00:48:40.639
 stars

00:48:40.639 --> 00:48:41.059
 and all

00:48:41.059 --> 00:48:41.380
 of these

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:41.820
 things

00:48:41.820 --> 00:48:42.539
 there's

00:48:42.539 --> 00:48:42.800
 no

00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:43.199
 maker.

00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:44.500
 He's

00:48:44.500 --> 00:48:44.639
 saying

00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:45.059
 where's

00:48:45.059 --> 00:48:45.719
 the logic

00:48:45.719 --> 00:48:46.760
 in that?

00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:48.480
 But that's

00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:49.019
 what we see

00:48:49.019 --> 00:48:49.639
 as we look

00:48:49.639 --> 00:48:50.240
 to the

00:48:50.240 --> 00:48:50.780
 word of

00:48:50.780 --> 00:48:51.139
 God.

00:48:51.519 --> 00:48:52.039
 You are

00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:52.559
 the Lord

00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:53.639
 you alone

00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:54.500
 you have

00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:55.300
 made heaven

00:48:55.300 --> 00:48:56.139
 the heaven

00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:56.940
 of heavens

00:48:56.940 --> 00:48:57.940
 and all

00:48:57.940 --> 00:48:58.260
 of its

00:48:58.260 --> 00:48:58.659
 host

00:48:58.659 --> 00:48:59.719
 everything

00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:00.860
 is made

00:49:00.860 --> 00:49:01.659
 by God

00:49:01.659 --> 00:49:03.099
 and this

00:49:03.099 --> 00:49:03.420
 is the

00:49:03.420 --> 00:49:03.819
 God

00:49:03.819 --> 00:49:04.519
 that the

00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:04.940
 people

00:49:04.940 --> 00:49:05.500
 are looking

00:49:05.500 --> 00:49:05.839
 to

00:49:05.839 --> 00:49:06.980
 and depending

00:49:06.980 --> 00:49:07.379
 on

00:49:07.379 --> 00:49:08.179
 to go

00:49:08.179 --> 00:49:08.699
 forward.

00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:11.159
 The question

00:49:11.159 --> 00:49:11.859
 is that

00:49:11.859 --> 00:49:13.000
 our God

00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:13.960
 as we

00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:14.460
 seek

00:49:14.460 --> 00:49:15.239
 to go

00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:15.799
 forward

00:49:15.799 --> 00:49:16.899
 ourselves.

00:49:18.259 --> 00:49:18.839
 So there

00:49:18.839 --> 00:49:20.159
 is God

00:49:20.159 --> 00:49:21.279
 over all.

00:49:21.859 --> 00:49:22.359
 You

00:49:22.359 --> 00:49:23.440
 oh Lord

00:49:23.440 --> 00:49:24.099
 have done

00:49:24.099 --> 00:49:25.159
 so much

00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:26.059
 for us.

00:49:27.659 --> 00:49:28.239
 But then

00:49:28.239 --> 00:49:28.879
 the focus

00:49:28.879 --> 00:49:29.399
 secondly

00:49:29.400 --> 00:49:30.019
 here is

00:49:30.019 --> 00:49:30.639
 the

00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:31.519
 people's

00:49:31.519 --> 00:49:32.240
 past

00:49:32.240 --> 00:49:32.800
 sin.

00:49:33.860 --> 00:49:34.440
 When we

00:49:34.440 --> 00:49:34.860
 think of

00:49:34.860 --> 00:49:35.280
 moving

00:49:35.280 --> 00:49:35.880
 forward

00:49:35.880 --> 00:49:36.380
 we always

00:49:36.380 --> 00:49:36.780
 have to

00:49:36.780 --> 00:49:37.180
 learn

00:49:37.180 --> 00:49:38.000
 from the

00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:38.539
 past

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:39.139
 whether

00:49:39.139 --> 00:49:39.519
 that's

00:49:39.519 --> 00:49:40.099
 good

00:49:40.099 --> 00:49:40.900
 or bad.

00:49:42.079 --> 00:49:42.599
 Nehemiah

00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:43.139
 as a

00:49:43.139 --> 00:49:43.420
 book

00:49:43.420 --> 00:49:43.780
 as a

00:49:43.780 --> 00:49:44.119
 whole

00:49:44.119 --> 00:49:45.139
 is all

00:49:45.139 --> 00:49:45.539
 about

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:46.099
 renewal.

00:49:46.900 --> 00:49:47.139
 The

00:49:47.139 --> 00:49:47.519
 renewal

00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:48.700
 of the

00:49:48.700 --> 00:49:49.200
 wall.

00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:50.160
 The

00:49:50.160 --> 00:49:50.559
 renewal

00:49:50.559 --> 00:49:51.660
 of their

00:49:51.660 --> 00:49:52.240
 lives

00:49:52.240 --> 00:49:52.559
 and as

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:52.840
 we will

00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:53.360
 see

00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:54.280
 God

00:49:54.280 --> 00:49:54.579
 willing

00:49:54.579 --> 00:49:55.139
 later

00:49:55.139 --> 00:49:55.639
 the

00:49:55.639 --> 00:49:56.099
 renewal

00:49:56.099 --> 00:49:56.980
 of their

00:49:56.980 --> 00:49:57.619
 relationship

00:49:57.619 --> 00:49:57.900
 their

00:49:57.900 --> 00:49:58.300
 covenant

00:49:58.300 --> 00:49:59.079
 relationship

00:49:59.079 --> 00:50:00.000
 with

00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:00.539
 God.

00:50:02.019 --> 00:50:02.460
 But

00:50:02.460 --> 00:50:02.980
 renewal

00:50:02.980 --> 00:50:03.960
 always

00:50:03.960 --> 00:50:05.299
 entails

00:50:05.299 --> 00:50:05.699
 as it

00:50:05.699 --> 00:50:05.940
 is

00:50:05.940 --> 00:50:06.139
 with

00:50:06.139 --> 00:50:06.599
 God's

00:50:06.599 --> 00:50:07.159
 people

00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:08.400
 repentance.

00:50:09.739 --> 00:50:10.099
 We

00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:10.319
 cannot

00:50:10.319 --> 00:50:10.599
 go

00:50:10.599 --> 00:50:11.199
 forward

00:50:11.199 --> 00:50:12.059
 without

00:50:12.059 --> 00:50:12.920
 repentance.

00:50:13.699 --> 00:50:14.000
 We

00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:14.259
 cannot

00:50:14.259 --> 00:50:14.639
 keep

00:50:14.639 --> 00:50:15.119
 going

00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:15.860
 without

00:50:15.860 --> 00:50:16.779
 repentance.

00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:17.880
 And

00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:18.099
 this

00:50:18.099 --> 00:50:18.460
 means

00:50:18.460 --> 00:50:18.639
 a

00:50:18.639 --> 00:50:19.219
 realization

00:50:19.219 --> 00:50:19.819
 where

00:50:19.819 --> 00:50:20.380
 things

00:50:20.380 --> 00:50:20.980
 have

00:50:20.980 --> 00:50:21.279
 gone

00:50:21.279 --> 00:50:21.679
 wrong.

00:50:22.579 --> 00:50:22.860
 And

00:50:22.860 --> 00:50:23.059
 that

00:50:23.059 --> 00:50:23.239
 is

00:50:23.239 --> 00:50:23.500
 what

00:50:23.500 --> 00:50:23.980
 God's

00:50:23.980 --> 00:50:24.360
 word

00:50:24.360 --> 00:50:25.380
 does

00:50:25.380 --> 00:50:25.960
 for

00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:26.480
 us.

00:50:26.480 --> 00:50:28.019
 as

00:50:28.019 --> 00:50:28.099
 you

00:50:28.099 --> 00:50:28.260
 go

00:50:28.260 --> 00:50:28.740
 through

00:50:28.740 --> 00:50:29.659
 this

00:50:29.659 --> 00:50:30.079
 prayer,

00:50:30.159 --> 00:50:30.219
 as

00:50:30.219 --> 00:50:30.280
 you

00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:30.420
 go

00:50:30.420 --> 00:50:30.820
 through

00:50:30.820 --> 00:50:31.820
 these

00:50:31.820 --> 00:50:32.360
 verses,

00:50:33.260 --> 00:50:33.500
 the

00:50:33.500 --> 00:50:33.920
 people

00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:34.159
 are

00:50:34.159 --> 00:50:34.800
 confronted

00:50:34.800 --> 00:50:35.139
 with

00:50:35.139 --> 00:50:35.539
 two

00:50:35.539 --> 00:50:36.099
 specific

00:50:36.099 --> 00:50:36.880
 things.

00:50:37.719 --> 00:50:38.119
 They

00:50:38.119 --> 00:50:38.280
 are

00:50:38.280 --> 00:50:38.880
 confronted

00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:39.240
 with

00:50:39.240 --> 00:50:39.860
 who

00:50:39.860 --> 00:50:40.340
 God

00:50:40.340 --> 00:50:40.800
 is.

00:50:41.699 --> 00:50:41.940
 What

00:50:41.940 --> 00:50:42.079
 we

00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:42.199
 have

00:50:42.199 --> 00:50:42.500
 just

00:50:42.500 --> 00:50:42.820
 looked

00:50:42.820 --> 00:50:43.000
 at,

00:50:43.099 --> 00:50:43.300
 you

00:50:43.300 --> 00:50:43.599
 O

00:50:43.599 --> 00:50:44.000
 Lord,

00:50:44.380 --> 00:50:44.579
 are

00:50:44.579 --> 00:50:44.699
 the

00:50:44.699 --> 00:50:44.980
 one

00:50:44.980 --> 00:50:45.119
 who

00:50:45.119 --> 00:50:45.320
 has

00:50:45.320 --> 00:50:45.659
 made

00:50:45.659 --> 00:50:46.000
 all

00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:46.639
 things.

00:50:47.320 --> 00:50:47.760
 But

00:50:47.760 --> 00:50:47.940
 the

00:50:47.940 --> 00:50:48.199
 second

00:50:48.199 --> 00:50:48.440
 thing

00:50:48.440 --> 00:50:48.579
 that

00:50:48.579 --> 00:50:48.679
 they

00:50:48.679 --> 00:50:48.840
 are

00:50:48.840 --> 00:50:49.780
 confronted

00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:50.420
 with

00:50:50.420 --> 00:50:51.300
 is

00:50:51.300 --> 00:50:51.639
 who

00:50:51.639 --> 00:50:51.940
 they

00:50:51.940 --> 00:50:52.300
 are.

00:50:52.300 --> 00:50:53.600
 And

00:50:53.600 --> 00:50:53.820
 who

00:50:53.820 --> 00:50:54.120
 they

00:50:54.120 --> 00:50:54.440
 are

00:50:54.440 --> 00:50:54.920
 in

00:50:54.920 --> 00:50:55.080
 the

00:50:55.080 --> 00:50:55.460
 midst

00:50:55.460 --> 00:50:55.920
 of

00:50:55.920 --> 00:50:56.300
 all

00:50:56.300 --> 00:50:56.500
 of

00:50:56.500 --> 00:50:56.900
 this.

00:50:58.220 --> 00:50:58.420
 And

00:50:58.420 --> 00:50:58.560
 if

00:50:58.560 --> 00:50:58.700
 we

00:50:58.700 --> 00:50:59.000
 read

00:50:59.000 --> 00:50:59.480
 verse

00:50:59.480 --> 00:51:00.019
 30

00:51:00.019 --> 00:51:00.200
 and

00:51:00.200 --> 00:51:00.840
 31,

00:51:01.640 --> 00:51:02.220
 for

00:51:02.220 --> 00:51:02.519
 many

00:51:02.519 --> 00:51:03.100
 years

00:51:03.100 --> 00:51:03.360
 you

00:51:03.360 --> 00:51:03.700
 bore

00:51:03.700 --> 00:51:04.060
 with

00:51:04.060 --> 00:51:04.320
 them

00:51:04.320 --> 00:51:04.860
 and

00:51:04.860 --> 00:51:05.260
 warned

00:51:05.260 --> 00:51:05.500
 them

00:51:05.500 --> 00:51:05.700
 by

00:51:05.700 --> 00:51:05.940
 your

00:51:05.940 --> 00:51:06.420
 spirit

00:51:06.420 --> 00:51:06.740
 through

00:51:06.740 --> 00:51:06.980
 your

00:51:06.980 --> 00:51:07.539
 prophets,

00:51:07.760 --> 00:51:07.920
 yet

00:51:07.920 --> 00:51:08.100
 they

00:51:08.100 --> 00:51:08.300
 would

00:51:08.300 --> 00:51:08.600
 not

00:51:08.600 --> 00:51:08.920
 give

00:51:08.920 --> 00:51:09.320
 ear,

00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:10.380
 therefore

00:51:10.380 --> 00:51:10.700
 you

00:51:10.700 --> 00:51:11.120
 gave

00:51:11.120 --> 00:51:11.300
 them

00:51:11.300 --> 00:51:11.480
 into

00:51:11.480 --> 00:51:11.700
 the

00:51:11.700 --> 00:51:12.039
 hand

00:51:12.039 --> 00:51:12.200
 of

00:51:12.200 --> 00:51:12.380
 the

00:51:12.380 --> 00:51:12.900
 peoples

00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:14.220
 of

00:51:14.220 --> 00:51:14.500
 the

00:51:14.500 --> 00:51:15.060
 lands.

00:51:15.760 --> 00:51:16.260
 Nevertheless,

00:51:17.260 --> 00:51:17.460
 in

00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:17.660
 your

00:51:17.660 --> 00:51:17.980
 great

00:51:17.980 --> 00:51:18.480
 mercies

00:51:18.480 --> 00:51:18.660
 you

00:51:18.660 --> 00:51:18.800
 did

00:51:18.800 --> 00:51:19.000
 not

00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:19.260
 make

00:51:19.260 --> 00:51:19.440
 an

00:51:19.440 --> 00:51:19.800
 end

00:51:19.800 --> 00:51:20.120
 of

00:51:20.120 --> 00:51:20.340
 them

00:51:20.340 --> 00:51:20.880
 or

00:51:20.880 --> 00:51:21.539
 forsake

00:51:21.539 --> 00:51:21.720
 them,

00:51:21.720 --> 00:51:21.900
 for

00:51:22.300 --> 00:51:22.460
 a

00:51:22.460 --> 00:51:22.940
 gracious

00:51:22.940 --> 00:51:23.780
 and

00:51:23.780 --> 00:51:24.460
 merciful

00:51:24.460 --> 00:51:25.680
 God.

00:51:27.300 --> 00:51:28.000
 It's

00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:28.200
 the

00:51:28.200 --> 00:51:28.700
 story

00:51:28.700 --> 00:51:29.380
 of

00:51:29.380 --> 00:51:29.539
 the

00:51:29.539 --> 00:51:29.800
 Old

00:51:29.800 --> 00:51:30.420
 Testament.

00:51:31.160 --> 00:51:31.500
 So

00:51:31.500 --> 00:51:31.920
 often

00:51:31.920 --> 00:51:32.340
 again

00:51:32.340 --> 00:51:32.519
 and

00:51:32.519 --> 00:51:32.880
 again

00:51:32.880 --> 00:51:33.100
 you

00:51:33.100 --> 00:51:33.560
 find

00:51:33.560 --> 00:51:33.740
 it

00:51:33.740 --> 00:51:35.039
 the

00:51:35.039 --> 00:51:35.600
 God

00:51:35.600 --> 00:51:36.160
 who

00:51:36.160 --> 00:51:36.440
 is

00:51:36.440 --> 00:51:37.480
 pursuing

00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:38.340
 his

00:51:38.340 --> 00:51:38.940
 people,

00:51:39.200 --> 00:51:39.320
 the

00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:39.600
 God

00:51:39.600 --> 00:51:39.740
 who

00:51:39.740 --> 00:51:39.840
 is

00:51:39.840 --> 00:51:40.100
 showing

00:51:40.100 --> 00:51:40.700
 grace

00:51:40.700 --> 00:51:41.280
 to

00:51:41.280 --> 00:51:41.519
 his

00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:41.860
 people,

00:51:41.960 --> 00:51:42.080
 a

00:51:42.080 --> 00:51:42.460
 people

00:51:42.460 --> 00:51:42.700
 who

00:51:42.700 --> 00:51:42.920
 so

00:51:42.920 --> 00:51:43.320
 often

00:51:43.320 --> 00:51:43.980
 aren't

00:51:43.980 --> 00:51:44.340
 looking

00:51:44.340 --> 00:51:44.700
 for it,

00:51:44.700 --> 00:51:44.840
 a

00:51:44.840 --> 00:51:45.260
 people

00:51:45.260 --> 00:51:45.820
 who

00:51:45.820 --> 00:51:45.980
 so

00:51:45.980 --> 00:51:46.300
 often

00:51:46.300 --> 00:51:46.720
 don't

00:51:46.720 --> 00:51:47.300
 deserve

00:51:47.300 --> 00:51:47.480
 it,

00:51:47.519 --> 00:51:47.660
 a

00:51:47.660 --> 00:51:48.039
 people

00:51:48.039 --> 00:51:48.700
 so

00:51:48.700 --> 00:51:48.960
 often

00:51:48.960 --> 00:51:49.780
 resisting

00:51:49.780 --> 00:51:50.200
 this

00:51:50.200 --> 00:51:50.720
 grace.

00:51:52.300 --> 00:51:52.560
 And

00:51:52.560 --> 00:51:52.660
 who

00:51:52.660 --> 00:51:52.900
 don't

00:51:52.900 --> 00:51:53.600
 appreciate

00:51:53.600 --> 00:51:54.440
 what

00:51:54.440 --> 00:51:54.640
 they

00:51:54.640 --> 00:51:55.180
 have.

00:51:56.940 --> 00:51:57.180
 And

00:51:57.180 --> 00:51:57.360
 yet

00:51:57.360 --> 00:51:57.920
 God

00:51:57.920 --> 00:51:58.400
 is

00:51:58.400 --> 00:51:59.000
 merciful

00:51:59.000 --> 00:51:59.400
 and

00:51:59.400 --> 00:51:59.900
 gracious

00:51:59.900 --> 00:52:00.320
 and

00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:00.800
 kind.

00:52:02.460 --> 00:52:03.039
 You

00:52:03.039 --> 00:52:03.519
 find the

00:52:03.519 --> 00:52:03.880
 word

00:52:03.880 --> 00:52:04.460
 they

00:52:04.460 --> 00:52:05.300
 is

00:52:05.300 --> 00:52:05.740
 mentioned

00:52:05.740 --> 00:52:06.160
 so

00:52:06.160 --> 00:52:06.600
 often

00:52:06.600 --> 00:52:07.440
 in the

00:52:07.440 --> 00:52:07.840
 prayer.

00:52:08.780 --> 00:52:09.080
 As

00:52:09.080 --> 00:52:09.380
 they are

00:52:09.380 --> 00:52:09.700
 praying,

00:52:09.860 --> 00:52:10.780
 they

00:52:10.780 --> 00:52:11.539
 turned

00:52:11.539 --> 00:52:11.820
 their

00:52:11.820 --> 00:52:12.260
 back,

00:52:12.700 --> 00:52:13.140
 they

00:52:13.140 --> 00:52:14.519
 disobeyed.

00:52:14.519 --> 00:52:14.740
 This

00:52:14.740 --> 00:52:15.680
 kind of

00:52:15.680 --> 00:52:16.340
 looking

00:52:16.340 --> 00:52:16.840
 to the

00:52:16.840 --> 00:52:17.360
 past,

00:52:17.519 --> 00:52:17.620
 it's

00:52:17.620 --> 00:52:18.120
 remembering

00:52:18.119 --> 00:52:18.859
 the

00:52:18.859 --> 00:52:19.339
 journey

00:52:19.339 --> 00:52:20.119
 of

00:52:20.119 --> 00:52:20.319
 their

00:52:20.319 --> 00:52:21.059
 ancestors,

00:52:21.239 --> 00:52:21.380
 what

00:52:21.380 --> 00:52:21.539
 the

00:52:21.539 --> 00:52:21.900
 Lord

00:52:21.900 --> 00:52:22.779
 brought

00:52:22.779 --> 00:52:23.059
 them

00:52:23.059 --> 00:52:23.599
 through.

00:52:24.920 --> 00:52:25.099
 Now

00:52:25.099 --> 00:52:25.619
 for us

00:52:25.619 --> 00:52:25.940
 as we

00:52:25.940 --> 00:52:26.119
 would

00:52:26.119 --> 00:52:26.380
 come

00:52:26.380 --> 00:52:26.559
 to

00:52:26.559 --> 00:52:26.880
 this,

00:52:27.420 --> 00:52:27.599
 we

00:52:27.599 --> 00:52:27.779
 might

00:52:27.779 --> 00:52:28.019
 think,

00:52:28.119 --> 00:52:28.199
 well,

00:52:28.239 --> 00:52:28.380
 it's

00:52:28.380 --> 00:52:28.519
 a

00:52:28.519 --> 00:52:28.699
 way

00:52:28.699 --> 00:52:28.839
 of

00:52:28.839 --> 00:52:29.500
 blame.

00:52:30.400 --> 00:52:30.699
 They

00:52:30.699 --> 00:52:31.859
 went

00:52:31.859 --> 00:52:32.259
 wrong,

00:52:32.440 --> 00:52:32.980
 not us,

00:52:33.339 --> 00:52:33.679
 they

00:52:33.679 --> 00:52:34.000
 went

00:52:34.000 --> 00:52:34.339
 wrong.

00:52:35.980 --> 00:52:36.139
 And

00:52:36.139 --> 00:52:36.400
 when we

00:52:36.400 --> 00:52:36.880
 think of

00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:37.420
 the things

00:52:37.420 --> 00:52:37.699
 we've

00:52:37.699 --> 00:52:37.960
 done

00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:38.699
 ourselves,

00:52:39.839 --> 00:52:40.199
 is that

00:52:40.199 --> 00:52:40.380
 the

00:52:40.380 --> 00:52:40.839
 approach

00:52:40.839 --> 00:52:41.259
 that we

00:52:41.259 --> 00:52:41.739
 have?

00:52:42.079 --> 00:52:42.480
 Blame

00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:43.380
 someone

00:52:43.380 --> 00:52:43.940
 else.

00:52:45.460 --> 00:52:46.019
 Somebody

00:52:46.019 --> 00:52:46.739
 else's

00:52:46.739 --> 00:52:47.420
 fault.

00:52:48.119 --> 00:52:48.880
 We

00:52:48.880 --> 00:52:49.279
 look for

00:52:49.279 --> 00:52:49.639
 someone

00:52:49.639 --> 00:52:49.920
 to

00:52:49.920 --> 00:52:50.199
 blame.

00:52:50.299 --> 00:52:50.380
 It's

00:52:50.380 --> 00:52:50.699
 often

00:52:50.699 --> 00:52:51.319
 a

00:52:51.319 --> 00:52:51.859
 natural

00:52:51.859 --> 00:52:52.759
 reaction.

00:52:53.839 --> 00:52:54.299
 You

00:52:54.299 --> 00:52:54.460
 can

00:52:54.460 --> 00:52:54.699
 think

00:52:54.699 --> 00:52:54.880
 of

00:52:54.880 --> 00:52:55.319
 many

00:52:55.319 --> 00:52:55.699
 different

00:52:55.699 --> 00:52:56.039
 things

00:52:56.039 --> 00:52:56.199
 you

00:52:56.199 --> 00:52:56.359
 could

00:52:56.359 --> 00:52:56.679
 blame

00:52:56.679 --> 00:52:56.859
 in

00:52:56.859 --> 00:52:56.980
 your

00:52:56.980 --> 00:52:57.219
 own

00:52:57.219 --> 00:52:57.619
 life.

00:52:58.779 --> 00:52:59.059
 We

00:52:59.059 --> 00:52:59.779
 blame

00:52:59.779 --> 00:53:00.699
 a

00:53:00.699 --> 00:53:01.279
 generation

00:53:01.279 --> 00:53:01.699
 that we

00:53:01.699 --> 00:53:02.259
 live in

00:53:02.259 --> 00:53:03.059
 that's

00:53:03.059 --> 00:53:03.400
 turning

00:53:03.400 --> 00:53:03.779
 away

00:53:03.779 --> 00:53:04.059
 from

00:53:04.059 --> 00:53:04.539
 God.

00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:05.799
 We

00:53:05.799 --> 00:53:06.119
 can

00:53:06.119 --> 00:53:06.500
 blame

00:53:06.500 --> 00:53:06.759
 the

00:53:06.759 --> 00:53:07.199
 government

00:53:07.199 --> 00:53:07.559
 who

00:53:07.559 --> 00:53:07.699
 are

00:53:07.699 --> 00:53:08.099
 passing

00:53:08.099 --> 00:53:08.679
 rules

00:53:08.679 --> 00:53:09.279
 that

00:53:09.279 --> 00:53:09.519
 go

00:53:09.519 --> 00:53:10.000
 against

00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:10.359
 the

00:53:10.359 --> 00:53:10.759
 laws

00:53:10.759 --> 00:53:11.000
 of

00:53:11.000 --> 00:53:11.380
 God.

00:53:12.119 --> 00:53:12.539
 We

00:53:12.539 --> 00:53:12.739
 can

00:53:12.739 --> 00:53:13.079
 blame

00:53:13.079 --> 00:53:13.279
 an

00:53:13.279 --> 00:53:13.759
 upbringing

00:53:13.759 --> 00:53:14.519
 perhaps.

00:53:15.219 --> 00:53:15.380
 We

00:53:15.380 --> 00:53:15.539
 can

00:53:15.539 --> 00:53:15.839
 blame

00:53:15.839 --> 00:53:16.079
 a

00:53:16.079 --> 00:53:16.519
 person.

00:53:16.519 --> 00:53:17.980
 They

00:53:17.980 --> 00:53:18.559
 they

00:53:18.559 --> 00:53:19.159
 they

00:53:19.159 --> 00:53:19.699
 it's

00:53:19.699 --> 00:53:20.019
 their

00:53:20.019 --> 00:53:20.659
 fault.

00:53:22.300 --> 00:53:23.099
 But

00:53:23.099 --> 00:53:23.539
 that's

00:53:23.539 --> 00:53:23.780
 not

00:53:23.780 --> 00:53:24.019
 what

00:53:24.019 --> 00:53:24.300
 they're

00:53:24.300 --> 00:53:24.619
 doing

00:53:24.619 --> 00:53:25.119
 here.

00:53:26.079 --> 00:53:26.780
 They're

00:53:26.780 --> 00:53:27.000
 not

00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:27.360
 looking

00:53:27.360 --> 00:53:27.679
 to

00:53:27.679 --> 00:53:27.860
 the

00:53:27.860 --> 00:53:28.320
 past

00:53:28.320 --> 00:53:28.659
 here

00:53:28.659 --> 00:53:29.119
 and

00:53:29.119 --> 00:53:29.759
 blaming

00:53:29.759 --> 00:53:30.940
 somebody

00:53:30.940 --> 00:53:31.659
 else.

00:53:32.699 --> 00:53:33.440
 They

00:53:33.440 --> 00:53:33.579
 are

00:53:33.579 --> 00:53:33.840
 looking

00:53:33.840 --> 00:53:34.059
 at

00:53:34.059 --> 00:53:34.679
 they

00:53:34.679 --> 00:53:36.059
 as

00:53:36.059 --> 00:53:36.280
 what

00:53:36.280 --> 00:53:36.539
 they

00:53:36.539 --> 00:53:36.820
 are

00:53:36.820 --> 00:53:37.219
 too.

00:53:38.420 --> 00:53:38.900
 They

00:53:38.900 --> 00:53:39.380
 got it

00:53:39.380 --> 00:53:39.719
 wrong

00:53:39.719 --> 00:53:41.019
 and

00:53:41.019 --> 00:53:41.179
 we

00:53:41.179 --> 00:53:41.379
 are

00:53:41.379 --> 00:53:41.959
 suffering

00:53:41.959 --> 00:53:42.480
 too

00:53:42.480 --> 00:53:43.419
 because

00:53:43.419 --> 00:53:43.879
 we

00:53:43.879 --> 00:53:44.719
 get it

00:53:44.719 --> 00:53:45.079
 wrong.

00:53:46.419 --> 00:53:46.739
 Someone

00:53:46.739 --> 00:53:47.179
 spoke

00:53:47.179 --> 00:53:47.559
 of our

00:53:47.559 --> 00:53:48.179
 generation

00:53:48.179 --> 00:53:48.719
 as being

00:53:48.719 --> 00:53:49.839
 persuaded

00:53:49.839 --> 00:53:50.459
 by the

00:53:50.459 --> 00:53:51.199
 weightlessness

00:53:51.199 --> 00:53:53.019
 of God.

00:53:54.099 --> 00:53:54.859
 Weightlessness.

00:53:55.980 --> 00:53:56.379
 I.e.

00:53:56.379 --> 00:53:56.539
 there's

00:53:56.539 --> 00:53:57.019
 nothing

00:53:57.019 --> 00:53:57.959
 to him.

00:53:59.099 --> 00:53:59.599
 God

00:53:59.599 --> 00:54:00.459
 cannot

00:54:00.459 --> 00:54:00.959
 help.

00:54:01.919 --> 00:54:02.379
 What the

00:54:02.379 --> 00:54:03.259
 people here

00:54:03.259 --> 00:54:03.799
 were saying

00:54:03.799 --> 00:54:04.539
 was just

00:54:04.539 --> 00:54:05.539
 how weighty

00:54:05.539 --> 00:54:06.379
 God is.

00:54:07.059 --> 00:54:07.319
 How

00:54:07.319 --> 00:54:07.959
 great

00:54:07.960 --> 00:54:08.820
 God

00:54:08.820 --> 00:54:09.159
 is.

00:54:09.300 --> 00:54:09.480
 How

00:54:09.480 --> 00:54:10.119
 he is

00:54:10.119 --> 00:54:10.679
 the

00:54:10.679 --> 00:54:11.159
 God,

00:54:11.320 --> 00:54:11.659
 the

00:54:11.659 --> 00:54:12.079
 only

00:54:12.079 --> 00:54:12.519
 God

00:54:12.519 --> 00:54:12.699
 who

00:54:12.699 --> 00:54:12.900
 can

00:54:12.900 --> 00:54:13.460
 help.

00:54:15.320 --> 00:54:15.760
 Alistair

00:54:15.760 --> 00:54:16.079
 Begg

00:54:16.079 --> 00:54:16.539
 recently

00:54:16.539 --> 00:54:17.320
 put sin

00:54:17.320 --> 00:54:18.240
 like this.

00:54:18.280 --> 00:54:18.599
 He said

00:54:18.599 --> 00:54:19.240
 our

00:54:19.240 --> 00:54:19.980
 sins

00:54:19.980 --> 00:54:20.619
 are

00:54:20.619 --> 00:54:21.119
 simply

00:54:21.119 --> 00:54:21.360
 the

00:54:21.360 --> 00:54:21.740
 outward

00:54:21.740 --> 00:54:22.500
 manifestation

00:54:22.500 --> 00:54:23.099
 of

00:54:23.099 --> 00:54:23.740
 our

00:54:23.740 --> 00:54:24.800
 personal

00:54:24.800 --> 00:54:25.380
 decision

00:54:25.380 --> 00:54:26.039
 to

00:54:26.039 --> 00:54:26.639
 suppress

00:54:26.639 --> 00:54:26.920
 the

00:54:26.920 --> 00:54:27.240
 truth

00:54:27.240 --> 00:54:27.599
 about

00:54:27.599 --> 00:54:28.079
 God

00:54:28.079 --> 00:54:28.780
 and

00:54:28.780 --> 00:54:29.179
 thereby

00:54:29.179 --> 00:54:30.139
 pursue

00:54:30.139 --> 00:54:30.599
 whatever

00:54:30.599 --> 00:54:31.179
 it is

00:54:31.179 --> 00:54:31.860
 that we

00:54:31.860 --> 00:54:32.000
 have

00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:32.679
 decided

00:54:32.679 --> 00:54:33.119
 to put

00:54:33.119 --> 00:54:33.440
 in the

00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:33.960
 place

00:54:33.960 --> 00:54:34.780
 of

00:54:34.780 --> 00:54:35.240
 God.

00:54:36.800 --> 00:54:37.119
 That's

00:54:37.119 --> 00:54:37.360
 what the

00:54:37.360 --> 00:54:37.840
 people are

00:54:37.840 --> 00:54:38.480
 experiencing

00:54:38.480 --> 00:54:38.880
 here.

00:54:38.960 --> 00:54:39.200
 They may

00:54:39.200 --> 00:54:39.620
 be saying

00:54:39.620 --> 00:54:40.340
 they

00:54:40.340 --> 00:54:40.599
 got

00:54:40.599 --> 00:54:40.880
 wrong

00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:41.160
 in the

00:54:41.160 --> 00:54:41.680
 past

00:54:41.680 --> 00:54:42.640
 but

00:54:42.640 --> 00:54:42.780
 they're

00:54:42.780 --> 00:54:43.000
 also

00:54:43.000 --> 00:54:43.280
 saying

00:54:43.280 --> 00:54:43.500
 it's

00:54:43.500 --> 00:54:43.800
 our

00:54:43.800 --> 00:54:44.480
 sins.

00:54:45.420 --> 00:54:45.880
 Our

00:54:45.880 --> 00:54:46.280
 sins,

00:54:46.400 --> 00:54:46.599
 our

00:54:46.599 --> 00:54:47.180
 personal

00:54:47.180 --> 00:54:47.860
 decisions

00:54:47.860 --> 00:54:48.640
 have

00:54:48.640 --> 00:54:49.000
 landed

00:54:49.000 --> 00:54:49.280
 us

00:54:49.280 --> 00:54:49.519
 in

00:54:49.519 --> 00:54:49.860
 this

00:54:49.860 --> 00:54:50.460
 too.

00:54:52.740 --> 00:54:52.960
 In

00:54:52.960 --> 00:54:53.160
 verse

00:54:53.160 --> 00:54:53.840
 26

00:54:53.840 --> 00:54:54.240
 where it

00:54:54.240 --> 00:54:54.539
 speaks

00:54:54.539 --> 00:54:54.900
 about

00:54:54.900 --> 00:54:55.840
 they

00:54:55.840 --> 00:54:56.620
 put

00:54:56.620 --> 00:54:56.800
 the

00:54:56.800 --> 00:54:57.059
 law

00:54:57.059 --> 00:54:57.579
 behind

00:54:57.579 --> 00:54:57.840
 their

00:54:57.840 --> 00:54:58.280
 back.

00:54:59.000 --> 00:54:59.280
 It's

00:54:59.280 --> 00:54:59.780
 exactly

00:54:59.780 --> 00:55:00.079
 the

00:55:00.079 --> 00:55:00.460
 same

00:55:00.460 --> 00:55:01.079
 as

00:55:01.079 --> 00:55:01.260
 what

00:55:01.260 --> 00:55:01.519
 they

00:55:01.519 --> 00:55:01.720
 were

00:55:01.720 --> 00:55:02.160
 doing

00:55:02.160 --> 00:55:02.780
 as

00:55:02.780 --> 00:55:03.160
 well.

00:55:04.300 --> 00:55:04.700
 But

00:55:04.700 --> 00:55:04.820
 they

00:55:04.820 --> 00:55:04.980
 are

00:55:04.980 --> 00:55:05.240
 beginning

00:55:05.240 --> 00:55:05.519
 to

00:55:05.519 --> 00:55:05.980
 realize

00:55:05.980 --> 00:55:06.620
 that

00:55:06.619 --> 00:55:06.799
 the

00:55:06.799 --> 00:55:07.119
 God

00:55:07.119 --> 00:55:07.299
 who

00:55:07.299 --> 00:55:07.480
 was

00:55:07.480 --> 00:55:07.699
 able

00:55:07.699 --> 00:55:07.880
 to

00:55:07.880 --> 00:55:08.199
 help

00:55:08.199 --> 00:55:08.339
 in

00:55:08.339 --> 00:55:08.480
 the

00:55:08.480 --> 00:55:09.019
 past

00:55:09.019 --> 00:55:09.960
 is

00:55:09.960 --> 00:55:10.139
 the

00:55:10.139 --> 00:55:10.460
 God

00:55:10.460 --> 00:55:10.579
 who

00:55:10.579 --> 00:55:10.739
 is

00:55:10.739 --> 00:55:10.960
 able

00:55:10.960 --> 00:55:11.139
 to

00:55:11.139 --> 00:55:11.420
 help

00:55:11.420 --> 00:55:11.819
 now

00:55:11.819 --> 00:55:12.659
 if

00:55:12.659 --> 00:55:12.779
 they

00:55:12.779 --> 00:55:12.980
 will

00:55:12.980 --> 00:55:13.679
 confess

00:55:13.679 --> 00:55:14.000
 their

00:55:14.000 --> 00:55:14.619
 sins

00:55:14.619 --> 00:55:15.480
 and

00:55:15.480 --> 00:55:15.859
 turn

00:55:15.859 --> 00:55:16.279
 from

00:55:16.279 --> 00:55:16.559
 them.

00:55:17.739 --> 00:55:17.980
 And

00:55:17.980 --> 00:55:18.139
 that

00:55:18.139 --> 00:55:18.319
 is

00:55:18.319 --> 00:55:18.539
 for

00:55:18.539 --> 00:55:18.880
 us

00:55:18.880 --> 00:55:19.400
 too.

00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:21.259
 The

00:55:21.259 --> 00:55:21.599
 God

00:55:21.599 --> 00:55:21.739
 who

00:55:21.739 --> 00:55:21.900
 has

00:55:21.900 --> 00:55:22.239
 helped

00:55:22.239 --> 00:55:22.400
 his

00:55:22.400 --> 00:55:22.739
 people

00:55:22.739 --> 00:55:22.900
 in

00:55:22.900 --> 00:55:23.039
 the

00:55:23.039 --> 00:55:23.519
 past

00:55:23.519 --> 00:55:24.059
 is

00:55:24.059 --> 00:55:24.279
 the

00:55:24.279 --> 00:55:24.579
 same

00:55:24.579 --> 00:55:25.119
 God

00:55:25.119 --> 00:55:25.859
 today.

00:55:26.380 --> 00:55:26.739
 The

00:55:26.739 --> 00:55:27.059
 same

00:55:27.059 --> 00:55:27.579
 God

00:55:27.579 --> 00:55:27.779
 who

00:55:27.779 --> 00:55:27.960
 is

00:55:27.960 --> 00:55:28.500
 gracious

00:55:28.500 --> 00:55:29.359
 and

00:55:29.359 --> 00:55:29.859
 merciful,

00:55:30.400 --> 00:55:30.779
 who

00:55:30.779 --> 00:55:30.940
 is

00:55:30.940 --> 00:55:31.299
 able

00:55:31.299 --> 00:55:31.599
 to

00:55:31.599 --> 00:55:32.099
 pardon

00:55:32.099 --> 00:55:32.960
 all

00:55:32.960 --> 00:55:33.299
 our

00:55:33.299 --> 00:55:33.980
 sins.

00:55:33.980 --> 00:55:36.760
 But we

00:55:36.760 --> 00:55:37.179
 must

00:55:37.179 --> 00:55:38.119
 confess

00:55:38.119 --> 00:55:39.139
 our

00:55:39.139 --> 00:55:39.659
 sins.

00:55:40.320 --> 00:55:40.800
 The

00:55:40.800 --> 00:55:41.179
 things

00:55:41.179 --> 00:55:41.480
 that we

00:55:41.480 --> 00:55:41.639
 have

00:55:41.639 --> 00:55:42.039
 done

00:55:42.039 --> 00:55:43.260
 that we

00:55:43.260 --> 00:55:43.780
 shouldn't.

00:55:44.980 --> 00:55:45.480
 But even

00:55:45.480 --> 00:55:45.960
 the things

00:55:45.960 --> 00:55:46.280
 that we

00:55:46.280 --> 00:55:46.719
 haven't

00:55:46.719 --> 00:55:47.019
 done

00:55:47.019 --> 00:55:47.940
 that we

00:55:47.940 --> 00:55:48.400
 should,

00:55:49.119 --> 00:55:49.820
 we need

00:55:49.820 --> 00:55:50.699
 to confess

00:55:50.699 --> 00:55:51.679
 them

00:55:51.679 --> 00:55:52.019
 all.

00:55:53.179 --> 00:55:53.500
 There's a

00:55:53.500 --> 00:55:54.260
 book called

00:55:54.260 --> 00:55:55.659
 Why Prayers

00:55:55.659 --> 00:55:56.000
 Are

00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:57.159
 Unanswered.

00:55:57.940 --> 00:55:58.300
 And in

00:55:58.300 --> 00:55:58.780
 this book

00:55:58.780 --> 00:55:59.159
 there's a

00:55:59.159 --> 00:56:00.000
 story told

00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:00.900
 about a

00:56:00.900 --> 00:56:01.360
 boy who

00:56:01.360 --> 00:56:01.780
 found

00:56:01.780 --> 00:56:02.840
 a big

00:56:02.840 --> 00:56:03.519
 cigar

00:56:03.519 --> 00:56:04.540
 in his

00:56:04.540 --> 00:56:05.160
 father's

00:56:05.160 --> 00:56:05.660
 house.

00:56:07.500 --> 00:56:07.720
 I'm

00:56:07.720 --> 00:56:07.900
 sure

00:56:07.900 --> 00:56:08.440
 maybe

00:56:08.440 --> 00:56:08.980
 many of

00:56:08.980 --> 00:56:09.140
 us have

00:56:09.140 --> 00:56:09.440
 been in

00:56:09.440 --> 00:56:09.660
 this

00:56:09.660 --> 00:56:10.300
 situation

00:56:10.300 --> 00:56:10.860
 ourselves

00:56:10.860 --> 00:56:11.220
 in the

00:56:11.220 --> 00:56:11.600
 past.

00:56:12.240 --> 00:56:12.480
 He

00:56:12.480 --> 00:56:12.760
 took

00:56:12.760 --> 00:56:12.960
 the

00:56:12.960 --> 00:56:13.420
 cigar,

00:56:14.280 --> 00:56:14.700
 slipped

00:56:14.700 --> 00:56:15.360
 outside

00:56:15.360 --> 00:56:15.900
 down an

00:56:15.900 --> 00:56:16.160
 alley,

00:56:16.780 --> 00:56:17.500
 and decided

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:18.260
 to light

00:56:18.260 --> 00:56:18.720
 it up.

00:56:19.760 --> 00:56:19.980
 It

00:56:19.980 --> 00:56:20.300
 didn't

00:56:20.300 --> 00:56:20.660
 taste

00:56:20.660 --> 00:56:21.040
 good,

00:56:21.760 --> 00:56:22.120
 but it

00:56:22.120 --> 00:56:22.500
 made him

00:56:22.500 --> 00:56:23.600
 feel like

00:56:23.600 --> 00:56:24.040
 a man.

00:56:24.140 --> 00:56:24.200
 It

00:56:24.200 --> 00:56:24.500
 made him

00:56:24.500 --> 00:56:24.940
 feel

00:56:24.940 --> 00:56:26.019
 grown up,

00:56:26.080 --> 00:56:26.300
 and so

00:56:26.300 --> 00:56:26.780
 he carried

00:56:26.780 --> 00:56:27.640
 on puffing

00:56:27.640 --> 00:56:28.240
 away on

00:56:28.240 --> 00:56:29.640
 it until

00:56:29.640 --> 00:56:30.120
 he saw

00:56:30.120 --> 00:56:30.700
 his father

00:56:30.700 --> 00:56:31.140
 coming.

00:56:31.780 --> 00:56:32.420
 And then

00:56:32.420 --> 00:56:32.660
 it was

00:56:32.660 --> 00:56:33.100
 panic

00:56:33.100 --> 00:56:33.820
 stations.

00:56:35.200 --> 00:56:35.480
 And he

00:56:35.480 --> 00:56:36.220
 quickly hid

00:56:36.220 --> 00:56:37.019
 the cigar

00:56:37.019 --> 00:56:37.700
 behind his

00:56:37.700 --> 00:56:38.160
 back.

00:56:38.740 --> 00:56:38.940
 And his

00:56:38.940 --> 00:56:39.400
 father was

00:56:39.400 --> 00:56:40.380
 coming towards

00:56:40.380 --> 00:56:41.180
 him, and

00:56:41.180 --> 00:56:41.700
 he was just

00:56:41.700 --> 00:56:42.200
 trying to

00:56:42.200 --> 00:56:43.240
 act casual.

00:56:44.480 --> 00:56:44.980
 But he

00:56:44.980 --> 00:56:45.260
 thought, I've

00:56:45.260 --> 00:56:45.900
 got to divert

00:56:45.900 --> 00:56:46.600
 my father's

00:56:46.600 --> 00:56:47.380
 attention away

00:56:47.380 --> 00:56:48.260
 from what's

00:56:48.260 --> 00:56:48.940
 happening here

00:56:48.940 --> 00:56:49.480
 to something

00:56:49.480 --> 00:56:49.900
 else.

00:56:50.300 --> 00:56:50.840
 And across

00:56:50.840 --> 00:56:51.400
 the street

00:56:51.400 --> 00:56:51.860
 there was a

00:56:51.860 --> 00:56:52.460
 billboard

00:56:52.460 --> 00:56:54.000
 advertising a

00:56:54.000 --> 00:56:54.400
 circus.

00:56:55.460 --> 00:56:55.940
 And so he

00:56:55.940 --> 00:56:56.519
 said quickly

00:56:56.519 --> 00:56:56.980
 to his

00:56:56.980 --> 00:56:57.340
 father,

00:56:57.460 --> 00:56:57.940
 Can I go,

00:56:58.080 --> 00:56:58.220
 Dad?

00:56:58.260 --> 00:56:58.640
 Can I go

00:56:58.640 --> 00:56:58.980
 to the

00:56:58.980 --> 00:56:59.360
 circus?

00:57:00.040 --> 00:57:00.420
 When it

00:57:00.420 --> 00:57:00.900
 comes to

00:57:00.900 --> 00:57:01.140
 town,

00:57:01.139 --> 00:57:01.460
 we should

00:57:01.460 --> 00:57:02.239
 both go.

00:57:04.440 --> 00:57:04.859
 Well, he

00:57:04.859 --> 00:57:05.400
 learned a

00:57:05.400 --> 00:57:06.599
 lesson that

00:57:06.599 --> 00:57:07.460
 day by

00:57:07.460 --> 00:57:08.299
 his father's

00:57:08.299 --> 00:57:09.000
 reply.

00:57:10.059 --> 00:57:10.579
 He said,

00:57:10.900 --> 00:57:11.179
 Son,

00:57:13.019 --> 00:57:14.259
 never make

00:57:14.259 --> 00:57:15.099
 a request

00:57:15.099 --> 00:57:16.359
 at the

00:57:16.359 --> 00:57:17.139
 same time

00:57:17.139 --> 00:57:17.980
 you're trying

00:57:17.980 --> 00:57:18.679
 to hide

00:57:18.679 --> 00:57:19.960
 a smoldering

00:57:19.960 --> 00:57:20.920
 disobedience.

00:57:22.199 --> 00:57:22.980
 The father

00:57:22.980 --> 00:57:24.079
 knew what

00:57:24.079 --> 00:57:24.679
 was going

00:57:24.679 --> 00:57:25.019
 on.

00:57:25.879 --> 00:57:26.619
 He couldn't

00:57:26.619 --> 00:57:27.179
 hide it

00:57:27.179 --> 00:57:27.779
 from his

00:57:27.779 --> 00:57:28.199
 father.

00:57:28.199 --> 00:57:29.980
 But his

00:57:29.980 --> 00:57:30.719
 father knew

00:57:30.719 --> 00:57:31.839
 too the

00:57:31.839 --> 00:57:32.639
 request that

00:57:32.639 --> 00:57:33.199
 he wanted.

00:57:34.059 --> 00:57:34.379
 But he

00:57:34.379 --> 00:57:34.659
 had to

00:57:34.659 --> 00:57:35.559
 deal with

00:57:35.559 --> 00:57:35.679
 the

00:57:35.679 --> 00:57:36.579
 disobedience

00:57:36.579 --> 00:57:37.299
 first.

00:57:38.779 --> 00:57:39.559
 And that's

00:57:39.559 --> 00:57:40.079
 the way

00:57:40.079 --> 00:57:41.259
 our father

00:57:41.259 --> 00:57:41.839
 in heaven

00:57:41.839 --> 00:57:42.539
 is too.

00:57:43.460 --> 00:57:44.239
 We cannot

00:57:44.239 --> 00:57:44.839
 come to

00:57:44.839 --> 00:57:45.559
 him hiding

00:57:45.559 --> 00:57:46.899
 sin behind

00:57:46.899 --> 00:57:47.659
 our back.

00:57:48.419 --> 00:57:49.039
 We cannot

00:57:49.039 --> 00:57:49.739
 keep on

00:57:49.739 --> 00:57:50.759
 sinning and

00:57:50.759 --> 00:57:51.159
 make a

00:57:51.159 --> 00:57:52.179
 request to

00:57:52.179 --> 00:57:52.619
 God.

00:57:53.399 --> 00:57:53.939
 We need

00:57:53.939 --> 00:57:54.719
 to confess

00:57:54.719 --> 00:57:55.819
 our sin,

00:57:55.820 --> 00:57:57.200
 to bring

00:57:57.200 --> 00:57:58.059
 them to

00:57:58.059 --> 00:57:59.080
 God in

00:57:59.080 --> 00:58:00.200
 order to

00:58:00.200 --> 00:58:00.720
 move

00:58:00.720 --> 00:58:01.600
 forward.

00:58:03.059 --> 00:58:03.660
 The people

00:58:03.660 --> 00:58:04.240
 here were

00:58:04.240 --> 00:58:05.120
 confessing

00:58:05.120 --> 00:58:06.160
 their sins,

00:58:06.340 --> 00:58:07.420
 learning from

00:58:07.420 --> 00:58:08.039
 the past

00:58:08.039 --> 00:58:09.140
 sins of

00:58:09.140 --> 00:58:09.840
 the people

00:58:09.840 --> 00:58:10.780
 and coming

00:58:10.780 --> 00:58:11.220
 to the

00:58:11.220 --> 00:58:12.240
 God who

00:58:12.240 --> 00:58:12.960
 was able

00:58:12.960 --> 00:58:14.180
 to help.

00:58:15.940 --> 00:58:16.840
 So the

00:58:16.840 --> 00:58:17.440
 final thing

00:58:17.440 --> 00:58:17.880
 we want to

00:58:17.880 --> 00:58:18.360
 take from

00:58:18.360 --> 00:58:19.019
 this chapter

00:58:19.019 --> 00:58:19.460
 is the

00:58:19.460 --> 00:58:20.280
 people's

00:58:20.280 --> 00:58:21.360
 present

00:58:21.360 --> 00:58:22.000
 need.

00:58:22.800 --> 00:58:23.200
 And it's

00:58:23.200 --> 00:58:23.800
 our need

00:58:23.800 --> 00:58:24.300
 too.

00:58:24.300 --> 00:58:25.500
 You see

00:58:25.500 --> 00:58:26.180
 the story

00:58:26.180 --> 00:58:27.320
 of the

00:58:27.320 --> 00:58:27.940
 people of

00:58:27.940 --> 00:58:28.360
 God in

00:58:28.360 --> 00:58:28.900
 the past

00:58:28.900 --> 00:58:29.280
 that so

00:58:29.280 --> 00:58:29.760
 much is

00:58:29.760 --> 00:58:30.220
 said of

00:58:30.220 --> 00:58:31.440
 in Nehemiah

00:58:31.440 --> 00:58:32.220
 chapter 9

00:58:32.220 --> 00:58:32.960
 speaking of

00:58:32.960 --> 00:58:34.140
 beginning of

00:58:34.140 --> 00:58:34.760
 creation,

00:58:34.980 --> 00:58:35.580
 Abraham and

00:58:35.580 --> 00:58:36.160
 the covenant,

00:58:36.880 --> 00:58:37.360
 children of

00:58:37.360 --> 00:58:37.860
 Israel and

00:58:37.860 --> 00:58:38.500
 the exodus

00:58:38.500 --> 00:58:39.080
 going into

00:58:39.080 --> 00:58:39.760
 the promised

00:58:39.760 --> 00:58:40.320
 land,

00:58:40.820 --> 00:58:42.060
 to the

00:58:42.060 --> 00:58:42.380
 people

00:58:42.380 --> 00:58:43.060
 present

00:58:43.060 --> 00:58:44.280
 in

00:58:44.280 --> 00:58:45.120
 Nehemiah's

00:58:45.120 --> 00:58:45.360
 day.

00:58:46.760 --> 00:58:47.480
 It's the

00:58:47.480 --> 00:58:47.960
 same need

00:58:47.960 --> 00:58:48.620
 as for

00:58:48.620 --> 00:58:49.200
 our day.

00:58:50.900 --> 00:58:51.800
 It's our

00:58:51.800 --> 00:58:52.600
 need too

00:58:52.600 --> 00:58:53.100
 because we

00:58:53.099 --> 00:58:53.599
 are all

00:58:53.599 --> 00:58:54.559
 part of

00:58:54.559 --> 00:58:54.799
 this

00:58:54.799 --> 00:58:55.339
 ongoing

00:58:55.339 --> 00:58:56.139
 story.

00:58:56.860 --> 00:58:57.219
 The

00:58:57.219 --> 00:58:57.579
 ongoing

00:58:57.579 --> 00:58:58.299
 story of

00:58:58.299 --> 00:58:59.099
 God's

00:58:59.099 --> 00:59:00.420
 people who

00:59:00.420 --> 00:59:01.319
 reject God

00:59:01.319 --> 00:59:01.980
 one minute

00:59:01.980 --> 00:59:02.900
 but then

00:59:02.900 --> 00:59:03.440
 cry for

00:59:03.440 --> 00:59:04.500
 help the

00:59:04.500 --> 00:59:04.920
 next.

00:59:06.940 --> 00:59:07.440
 Throughout

00:59:07.440 --> 00:59:08.319
 this prayer

00:59:08.319 --> 00:59:08.920
 and throughout

00:59:08.920 --> 00:59:09.539
 the scriptures

00:59:09.539 --> 00:59:10.219
 you find

00:59:10.219 --> 00:59:11.159
 it's this

00:59:11.159 --> 00:59:11.880
 back and

00:59:11.880 --> 00:59:12.400
 forth.

00:59:14.259 --> 00:59:14.920
 Faithfulness

00:59:14.920 --> 00:59:15.639
 to God

00:59:15.639 --> 00:59:16.319
 one minute

00:59:16.319 --> 00:59:17.239
 putting

00:59:17.239 --> 00:59:17.739
 his law

00:59:17.739 --> 00:59:18.360
 behind her

00:59:18.360 --> 00:59:19.039
 back the

00:59:19.039 --> 00:59:19.420
 next.

00:59:19.420 --> 00:59:21.960
 what we

00:59:21.960 --> 00:59:22.360
 need to

00:59:22.360 --> 00:59:22.980
 see is

00:59:22.980 --> 00:59:23.960
 who God

00:59:23.960 --> 00:59:24.400
 is.

00:59:25.820 --> 00:59:26.760
 You have

00:59:26.760 --> 00:59:27.260
 made

00:59:27.260 --> 00:59:27.800
 heaven

00:59:27.800 --> 00:59:29.039
 and earth.

00:59:30.019 --> 00:59:30.579
 You have

00:59:30.579 --> 00:59:31.119
 kept

00:59:31.119 --> 00:59:32.320
 your promise.

00:59:33.300 --> 00:59:33.519
 You are

00:59:33.519 --> 00:59:34.039
 the God

00:59:34.039 --> 00:59:34.440
 who is

00:59:34.440 --> 00:59:35.639
 ready to

00:59:35.639 --> 00:59:36.220
 forgive,

00:59:37.200 --> 00:59:37.740
 to hear

00:59:37.740 --> 00:59:38.700
 these words

00:59:38.700 --> 00:59:39.579
 that would

00:59:39.579 --> 00:59:40.000
 bring us

00:59:40.000 --> 00:59:40.480
 out of

00:59:40.480 --> 00:59:40.920
 hiding

00:59:40.920 --> 00:59:42.280
 and bring

00:59:42.280 --> 00:59:42.720
 us to

00:59:42.720 --> 00:59:43.079
 him.

00:59:44.579 --> 00:59:45.340
 Because

00:59:45.340 --> 00:59:46.340
 this language

00:59:46.340 --> 00:59:47.380
 is familiar

00:59:47.380 --> 00:59:48.380
 to us

00:59:48.380 --> 00:59:48.800
 all.

00:59:49.500 --> 00:59:50.260
 Because we

00:59:50.260 --> 00:59:50.700
 are all

00:59:50.700 --> 00:59:51.280
 a people

00:59:51.280 --> 00:59:52.200
 of

00:59:52.200 --> 00:59:52.880
 rebellion.

00:59:53.900 --> 00:59:54.420
 We can

00:59:54.420 --> 00:59:55.300
 all say

00:59:55.300 --> 00:59:56.280
 God

00:59:56.280 --> 00:59:57.059
 you have

00:59:57.059 --> 00:59:57.260
 been

00:59:57.260 --> 00:59:57.980
 faithful.

00:59:58.980 --> 00:59:59.619
 I have

00:59:59.619 --> 00:59:59.840
 been

00:59:59.840 --> 01:00:00.800
 unfaithful.

01:00:01.680 --> 01:00:02.519
 You have

01:00:02.519 --> 01:00:03.140
 been loving.

01:00:04.420 --> 01:00:04.960
 I have

01:00:04.960 --> 01:00:05.980
 been lukewarm

01:00:05.980 --> 01:00:07.059
 towards you.

01:00:08.099 --> 01:00:08.599
 You have

01:00:08.599 --> 01:00:09.519
 been committed

01:00:09.519 --> 01:00:10.340
 to me

01:00:10.340 --> 01:00:11.680
 and I have

01:00:11.680 --> 01:00:12.480
 been fickle

01:00:12.480 --> 01:00:14.019
 towards you.

01:00:14.900 --> 01:00:15.380
 That's the

01:00:15.380 --> 01:00:16.680
 story of

01:00:16.679 --> 01:00:17.440
 our life.

01:00:19.239 --> 01:00:19.980
 It's a

01:00:19.980 --> 01:00:20.839
 language that

01:00:20.839 --> 01:00:21.319
 is probably

01:00:21.319 --> 01:00:22.159
 familiar with

01:00:22.159 --> 01:00:23.299
 every one

01:00:23.299 --> 01:00:23.619
 of us.

01:00:23.719 --> 01:00:24.359
 Myself

01:00:24.359 --> 01:00:25.019
 too.

01:00:26.299 --> 01:00:27.000
 How God

01:00:27.000 --> 01:00:27.599
 is good

01:00:27.599 --> 01:00:29.480
 and yet

01:00:29.480 --> 01:00:29.940
 we don't

01:00:29.940 --> 01:00:30.359
 listen.

01:00:31.440 --> 01:00:31.960
 We don't

01:00:31.960 --> 01:00:32.599
 deserve

01:00:32.599 --> 01:00:33.879
 his mercy.

01:00:34.699 --> 01:00:35.199
 And it

01:00:35.199 --> 01:00:36.239
 all becomes

01:00:36.239 --> 01:00:37.219
 very

01:00:37.219 --> 01:00:38.099
 personal.

01:00:39.480 --> 01:00:40.139
 And that's

01:00:40.139 --> 01:00:41.219
 because that

01:00:41.219 --> 01:00:41.980
 is exactly

01:00:41.980 --> 01:00:42.460
 what the

01:00:42.460 --> 01:00:43.519
 gospel is.

01:00:44.079 --> 01:00:44.839
 It is

01:00:44.839 --> 01:00:45.419
 personal.

01:00:45.420 --> 01:00:47.599
 it is

01:00:47.599 --> 01:00:48.460
 between you

01:00:48.460 --> 01:00:50.659
 and God.

01:00:52.000 --> 01:00:52.539
 It is

01:00:52.539 --> 01:00:53.300
 between me

01:00:53.300 --> 01:00:54.980
 and God.

01:00:57.480 --> 01:00:58.440
 Have you

01:00:58.440 --> 01:00:59.780
 and have

01:00:59.780 --> 01:01:00.180
 I

01:01:00.180 --> 01:01:01.700
 have we

01:01:01.700 --> 01:01:01.980
 been a

01:01:01.980 --> 01:01:02.460
 people that

01:01:02.460 --> 01:01:02.700
 have put

01:01:02.700 --> 01:01:03.220
 the law

01:01:03.220 --> 01:01:03.800
 of God

01:01:03.800 --> 01:01:04.920
 behind our

01:01:04.920 --> 01:01:05.360
 back?

01:01:07.400 --> 01:01:08.159
 Have you

01:01:08.159 --> 01:01:08.599
 have I

01:01:08.599 --> 01:01:09.019
 been a

01:01:09.019 --> 01:01:10.099
 people

01:01:10.099 --> 01:01:11.099
 who have

01:01:11.099 --> 01:01:11.360
 sought to

01:01:11.360 --> 01:01:11.680
 try and

01:01:11.680 --> 01:01:12.320
 hide our

01:01:12.320 --> 01:01:12.920
 sins

01:01:12.920 --> 01:01:14.380
 behind our

01:01:14.380 --> 01:01:14.860
 back?

01:01:16.420 --> 01:01:16.860
 Have you

01:01:16.860 --> 01:01:17.280
 have I

01:01:17.280 --> 01:01:17.659
 been a

01:01:17.659 --> 01:01:18.200
 people who

01:01:18.200 --> 01:01:18.700
 have thought

01:01:18.700 --> 01:01:20.099
 God is

01:01:20.099 --> 01:01:21.139
 just weightless?

01:01:22.420 --> 01:01:22.880
 God is

01:01:22.880 --> 01:01:23.680
 not powerful.

01:01:23.940 --> 01:01:24.200
 God

01:01:24.200 --> 01:01:25.320
 cannot deal

01:01:25.320 --> 01:01:26.400
 with my

01:01:26.400 --> 01:01:26.740
 sin.

01:01:28.599 --> 01:01:29.519
 What do we

01:01:29.519 --> 01:01:30.159
 think of

01:01:30.159 --> 01:01:30.940
 when we

01:01:30.940 --> 01:01:31.320
 think of

01:01:31.320 --> 01:01:32.079
 rebuilding

01:01:32.079 --> 01:01:33.240
 and renewal?

01:01:34.000 --> 01:01:35.480
 What do

01:01:35.480 --> 01:01:36.000
 we need?

01:01:36.000 --> 01:01:39.440
 this is

01:01:39.440 --> 01:01:40.159
 pointing us

01:01:40.159 --> 01:01:40.920
 towards

01:01:40.920 --> 01:01:42.179
 what we

01:01:42.179 --> 01:01:42.780
 all need

01:01:42.780 --> 01:01:44.360
 a

01:01:44.360 --> 01:01:44.800
 redeemer

01:01:44.800 --> 01:01:46.440
 a

01:01:46.440 --> 01:01:46.840
 savior

01:01:46.840 --> 01:01:48.440
 one who

01:01:48.440 --> 01:01:48.940
 can take

01:01:48.940 --> 01:01:49.639
 us out

01:01:49.639 --> 01:01:50.320
 of this

01:01:50.320 --> 01:01:51.079
 situation

01:01:51.079 --> 01:01:52.940
 and into

01:01:52.940 --> 01:01:53.500
 a place

01:01:53.500 --> 01:01:53.860
 where we

01:01:53.860 --> 01:01:54.239
 know

01:01:54.239 --> 01:01:55.420
 salvation

01:01:55.420 --> 01:01:56.619
 with him.

01:01:57.880 --> 01:01:58.900
 We need

01:01:58.900 --> 01:01:59.699
 Jesus.

01:01:59.699 --> 01:02:01.579
 we need

01:02:01.579 --> 01:02:02.559
 him as

01:02:02.559 --> 01:02:03.839
 lord and

01:02:03.839 --> 01:02:04.279
 redeemer.

01:02:05.199 --> 01:02:05.960
 We need

01:02:05.960 --> 01:02:06.439
 him as

01:02:06.439 --> 01:02:06.960
 the one

01:02:06.960 --> 01:02:07.779
 who is

01:02:07.779 --> 01:02:08.879
 able to

01:02:08.879 --> 01:02:09.559
 renew our

01:02:09.559 --> 01:02:10.119
 lives,

01:02:10.719 --> 01:02:11.679
 to make

01:02:11.679 --> 01:02:12.500
 the difference

01:02:12.500 --> 01:02:13.659
 in our

01:02:13.659 --> 01:02:14.099
 lives,

01:02:14.199 --> 01:02:14.739
 to know

01:02:14.739 --> 01:02:15.659
 his

01:02:15.659 --> 01:02:16.439
 great

01:02:16.439 --> 01:02:17.599
 salvation.

01:02:19.199 --> 01:02:20.079
 That is

01:02:20.079 --> 01:02:20.419
 what the

01:02:20.419 --> 01:02:21.199
 people needed.

01:02:21.960 --> 01:02:22.339
 That is

01:02:22.339 --> 01:02:22.659
 why they

01:02:22.659 --> 01:02:23.059
 come to

01:02:23.059 --> 01:02:23.519
 the point

01:02:23.519 --> 01:02:23.980
 in verse

01:02:23.980 --> 01:02:24.719
 38,

01:02:25.419 --> 01:02:25.579
 well,

01:02:25.779 --> 01:02:26.719
 the end

01:02:26.719 --> 01:02:27.039
 of verse

01:02:27.039 --> 01:02:27.739
 37,

01:02:28.159 --> 01:02:28.819
 we are

01:02:28.820 --> 01:02:29.700
 in great

01:02:29.700 --> 01:02:30.460
 distress.

01:02:31.840 --> 01:02:32.460
 That is

01:02:32.460 --> 01:02:32.800
 where they

01:02:32.800 --> 01:02:33.440
 are brought

01:02:33.440 --> 01:02:33.820
 to.

01:02:34.580 --> 01:02:34.860
 That's

01:02:34.860 --> 01:02:35.240
 where we

01:02:35.240 --> 01:02:35.559
 should be

01:02:35.559 --> 01:02:36.059
 brought to

01:02:36.059 --> 01:02:36.440
 as well.

01:02:36.500 --> 01:02:36.800
 We are

01:02:36.800 --> 01:02:37.320
 in great

01:02:37.320 --> 01:02:38.000
 distress.

01:02:39.320 --> 01:02:40.100
 Because of

01:02:40.100 --> 01:02:40.780
 all this,

01:02:41.500 --> 01:02:42.380
 we make

01:02:42.380 --> 01:02:42.920
 a firm

01:02:42.920 --> 01:02:43.480
 covenant

01:02:43.480 --> 01:02:45.000
 in writing.

01:02:46.160 --> 01:02:47.200
 They return

01:02:47.200 --> 01:02:48.539
 to God,

01:02:49.420 --> 01:02:50.000
 to the

01:02:50.000 --> 01:02:50.580
 God who

01:02:50.580 --> 01:02:51.300
 is merciful,

01:02:51.960 --> 01:02:52.640
 the God

01:02:52.640 --> 01:02:53.380
 who is

01:02:53.380 --> 01:02:53.880
 gracious,

01:02:54.880 --> 01:02:56.300
 and we

01:02:56.300 --> 01:02:56.960
 can come

01:02:56.960 --> 01:02:58.039
 to God

01:02:58.039 --> 01:02:58.380
 too.

01:02:58.820 --> 01:03:00.380
 we can

01:03:00.380 --> 01:03:01.580
 come to

01:03:01.580 --> 01:03:02.220
 him who

01:03:02.220 --> 01:03:03.559
 came to

01:03:03.559 --> 01:03:04.240
 give us

01:03:04.240 --> 01:03:04.920
 life,

01:03:05.920 --> 01:03:06.580
 the one

01:03:06.580 --> 01:03:07.519
 who is

01:03:07.519 --> 01:03:08.160
 the answer

01:03:08.160 --> 01:03:09.380
 to all

01:03:09.380 --> 01:03:10.059
 our

01:03:10.059 --> 01:03:10.559
 troubles.

01:03:11.900 --> 01:03:12.700
 Somebody

01:03:12.700 --> 01:03:13.360
 once put

01:03:13.360 --> 01:03:13.780
 Jesus'

01:03:14.059 --> 01:03:14.820
 life like

01:03:14.820 --> 01:03:15.240
 this,

01:03:16.200 --> 01:03:16.600
 and how

01:03:16.600 --> 01:03:16.860
 he is

01:03:16.860 --> 01:03:17.720
 able to

01:03:17.720 --> 01:03:18.539
 help us

01:03:18.539 --> 01:03:19.660
 in all

01:03:19.660 --> 01:03:19.960
 our

01:03:19.960 --> 01:03:20.400
 different

01:03:20.400 --> 01:03:20.760
 needs.

01:03:20.900 --> 01:03:21.360
 It says,

01:03:21.640 --> 01:03:23.039
 he began

01:03:23.039 --> 01:03:23.940
 his ministry

01:03:23.940 --> 01:03:25.059
 by being

01:03:25.059 --> 01:03:25.660
 hungry,

01:03:25.659 --> 01:03:26.659
 thirsty,

01:03:26.659 --> 01:03:27.420
 yet he

01:03:27.420 --> 01:03:27.859
 is the

01:03:27.859 --> 01:03:28.299
 bread

01:03:28.299 --> 01:03:29.480
 of life.

01:03:30.879 --> 01:03:31.420
 Jesus

01:03:31.420 --> 01:03:32.420
 ended

01:03:32.420 --> 01:03:33.119
 his earthly

01:03:33.119 --> 01:03:33.659
 ministry

01:03:33.659 --> 01:03:34.199
 by being

01:03:34.199 --> 01:03:34.899
 thirsty,

01:03:35.899 --> 01:03:36.599
 yet he

01:03:36.599 --> 01:03:37.299
 is the

01:03:37.299 --> 01:03:37.639
 living

01:03:37.639 --> 01:03:38.440
 water.

01:03:39.699 --> 01:03:40.219
 Jesus

01:03:40.219 --> 01:03:41.199
 was weary,

01:03:42.139 --> 01:03:42.879
 yet he

01:03:42.879 --> 01:03:43.339
 is

01:03:43.339 --> 01:03:44.639
 a rest.

01:03:45.940 --> 01:03:46.319
 Jesus

01:03:46.319 --> 01:03:46.920
 wept,

01:03:47.579 --> 01:03:48.099
 yet he

01:03:48.099 --> 01:03:48.539
 wipes

01:03:48.539 --> 01:03:48.980
 away

01:03:48.980 --> 01:03:49.359
 our

01:03:49.359 --> 01:03:49.739
 tears.

01:03:49.739 --> 01:03:49.859
 sinners.

01:03:51.199 --> 01:03:51.479
 Jesus

01:03:51.479 --> 01:03:52.299
 was sold

01:03:52.299 --> 01:03:53.019
 for 30

01:03:53.019 --> 01:03:53.719
 pieces of

01:03:53.719 --> 01:03:54.239
 silver,

01:03:54.699 --> 01:03:55.259
 yet he

01:03:55.259 --> 01:03:55.779
 redeemed

01:03:55.779 --> 01:03:56.719
 the world.

01:03:58.000 --> 01:03:58.319
 Jesus

01:03:58.319 --> 01:03:59.039
 was brought

01:03:59.039 --> 01:03:59.439
 as a

01:03:59.439 --> 01:03:59.919
 lamb to

01:03:59.919 --> 01:04:00.579
 the slaughter,

01:04:01.279 --> 01:04:01.899
 yet he

01:04:01.899 --> 01:04:02.319
 is the

01:04:02.319 --> 01:04:03.199
 good shepherd.

01:04:04.479 --> 01:04:04.819
 Jesus

01:04:04.819 --> 01:04:05.579
 died,

01:04:06.739 --> 01:04:07.039
 yet

01:04:07.039 --> 01:04:08.539
 by his

01:04:08.539 --> 01:04:09.259
 death,

01:04:09.479 --> 01:04:10.299
 he destroyed

01:04:10.299 --> 01:04:11.579
 the power

01:04:11.579 --> 01:04:12.339
 of death

01:04:12.340 --> 01:04:13.800
 and gives

01:04:13.800 --> 01:04:14.240
 us

01:04:14.240 --> 01:04:15.120
 life.

01:04:16.940 --> 01:04:17.880
 We have

01:04:17.880 --> 01:04:18.480
 sin

01:04:18.480 --> 01:04:19.320
 past,

01:04:19.920 --> 01:04:20.600
 we have

01:04:20.600 --> 01:04:21.039
 sin

01:04:21.039 --> 01:04:21.660
 present,

01:04:22.100 --> 01:04:22.720
 we have

01:04:22.720 --> 01:04:23.240
 a great

01:04:23.240 --> 01:04:23.660
 need,

01:04:24.519 --> 01:04:25.300
 but we

01:04:25.300 --> 01:04:25.640
 have a

01:04:25.640 --> 01:04:25.960
 great

01:04:25.960 --> 01:04:26.440
 God,

01:04:27.180 --> 01:04:27.740
 for you

01:04:27.740 --> 01:04:28.120
 are a

01:04:28.120 --> 01:04:28.600
 gracious

01:04:28.600 --> 01:04:29.800
 and a

01:04:29.800 --> 01:04:30.300
 merciful

01:04:30.300 --> 01:04:31.360
 God,

01:04:32.059 --> 01:04:32.740
 and that's

01:04:32.740 --> 01:04:33.320
 the God

01:04:33.320 --> 01:04:33.579
 who we

01:04:33.579 --> 01:04:33.920
 want to

01:04:33.920 --> 01:04:34.660
 go forward

01:04:34.660 --> 01:04:35.140
 with,

01:04:35.800 --> 01:04:36.420
 to be

01:04:36.420 --> 01:04:36.880
 renewed

01:04:36.880 --> 01:04:37.440
 with.

01:04:38.680 --> 01:04:39.260
 Nehemiah

01:04:39.260 --> 01:04:40.620
 wasn't just

01:04:40.620 --> 01:04:41.800
 about walls,

01:04:42.340 --> 01:04:43.140
 it was

01:04:43.140 --> 01:04:44.079
 about people

01:04:44.079 --> 01:04:45.480
 and their

01:04:45.480 --> 01:04:46.320
 relationship

01:04:46.320 --> 01:04:47.660
 with God,

01:04:48.300 --> 01:04:48.840
 that they

01:04:48.840 --> 01:04:49.220
 would have

01:04:49.220 --> 01:04:49.880
 a fresh

01:04:49.880 --> 01:04:51.140
 start with

01:04:51.140 --> 01:04:51.960
 their faithful

01:04:51.960 --> 01:04:52.519
 God.

01:04:53.579 --> 01:04:54.260
 Is that

01:04:54.260 --> 01:04:54.940
 our longing

01:04:54.940 --> 01:04:55.640
 tonight?

01:04:56.900 --> 01:04:57.320
 Is that

01:04:57.320 --> 01:04:57.980
 our longing

01:04:57.980 --> 01:04:59.260
 day by

01:04:59.260 --> 01:04:59.660
 day,

01:05:00.480 --> 01:05:01.120
 a fresh

01:05:01.120 --> 01:05:01.700
 start,

01:05:02.380 --> 01:05:03.160
 to begin

01:05:03.160 --> 01:05:04.140
 again,

01:05:04.840 --> 01:05:05.579
 because we

01:05:05.579 --> 01:05:06.160
 all need

01:05:06.160 --> 01:05:06.660
 renewal,

01:05:07.180 --> 01:05:07.840
 on a

01:05:07.840 --> 01:05:08.800
 daily basis,

01:05:09.640 --> 01:05:10.600
 and it's

01:05:10.600 --> 01:05:11.579
 available to

01:05:11.579 --> 01:05:11.960
 us,

01:05:12.340 --> 01:05:12.980
 through

01:05:12.980 --> 01:05:13.360
 this

01:05:13.360 --> 01:05:13.800
 God.

01:05:15.140 --> 01:05:16.100
 So let's

01:05:16.100 --> 01:05:16.840
 end today,

01:05:17.559 --> 01:05:18.200
 as we

01:05:18.200 --> 01:05:18.940
 began this

01:05:18.940 --> 01:05:19.320
 morning.

01:05:20.240 --> 01:05:21.160
 Let's not

01:05:21.160 --> 01:05:21.660
 just be

01:05:21.660 --> 01:05:23.240
 hearers of

01:05:23.240 --> 01:05:23.820
 the word,

01:05:24.539 --> 01:05:25.480
 but let us

01:05:25.480 --> 01:05:26.600
 be doers.

01:05:27.760 --> 01:05:28.240
 Let us

01:05:28.240 --> 01:05:29.539
 hear what

01:05:29.539 --> 01:05:30.100
 God is

01:05:30.100 --> 01:05:30.760
 saying to

01:05:30.760 --> 01:05:31.180
 us,

01:05:31.579 --> 01:05:32.780
 to come,

01:05:33.539 --> 01:05:34.380
 to confess

01:05:34.380 --> 01:05:35.180
 our sin,

01:05:36.000 --> 01:05:36.720
 to plead

01:05:36.720 --> 01:05:37.300
 with him

01:05:37.300 --> 01:05:38.519
 who is

01:05:38.519 --> 01:05:38.920
 alone,

01:05:38.920 --> 01:05:39.440
 God,

01:05:40.000 --> 01:05:40.559
 who made

01:05:40.559 --> 01:05:40.780
 the

01:05:40.780 --> 01:05:41.300
 heaven and

01:05:41.300 --> 01:05:41.740
 the earth

01:05:41.740 --> 01:05:42.260
 and all

01:05:42.260 --> 01:05:42.579
 that is

01:05:42.579 --> 01:05:43.059
 in him,

01:05:44.420 --> 01:05:45.039
 who sees

01:05:45.039 --> 01:05:45.740
 our sin,

01:05:46.579 --> 01:05:47.280
 and yet

01:05:47.280 --> 01:05:48.059
 who is a

01:05:48.059 --> 01:05:48.720
 God who

01:05:48.720 --> 01:05:49.460
 is gracious

01:05:49.460 --> 01:05:51.000
 and merciful.

01:05:52.000 --> 01:05:52.380
 And may

01:05:52.380 --> 01:05:52.820
 we be

01:05:52.820 --> 01:05:53.340
 renewed

01:05:53.340 --> 01:05:54.840
 in him.

01:05:55.400 --> 01:05:55.960
 Let us

01:05:55.960 --> 01:05:56.240
 pray.

01:05:56.239 --> 01:05:58.879
 our

01:05:58.879 --> 01:05:59.699
 Father in

01:05:59.699 --> 01:06:00.039
 heaven,

01:06:00.159 --> 01:06:00.879
 we rejoice

01:06:00.879 --> 01:06:02.019
 in the

01:06:02.019 --> 01:06:02.859
 gospel for

01:06:02.859 --> 01:06:03.279
 it is a

01:06:03.279 --> 01:06:04.379
 story for

01:06:04.379 --> 01:06:04.799
 us all

01:06:04.799 --> 01:06:05.379
 to hear.

01:06:06.099 --> 01:06:06.359
 It's a

01:06:06.359 --> 01:06:07.119
 very personal

01:06:07.119 --> 01:06:07.919
 story that

01:06:07.919 --> 01:06:08.539
 speaks to

01:06:08.539 --> 01:06:09.039
 each one

01:06:09.039 --> 01:06:09.439
 of us.

01:06:10.019 --> 01:06:10.679
 It's not

01:06:10.679 --> 01:06:11.199
 just about

01:06:11.199 --> 01:06:12.259
 us collectively,

01:06:12.799 --> 01:06:14.099
 but individually,

01:06:14.319 --> 01:06:14.819
 for you know

01:06:14.819 --> 01:06:15.559
 us all by

01:06:15.559 --> 01:06:15.919
 name.

01:06:16.679 --> 01:06:17.279
 We cannot

01:06:17.279 --> 01:06:18.559
 stand before

01:06:18.559 --> 01:06:19.239
 you hiding

01:06:19.239 --> 01:06:20.699
 anything behind

01:06:20.699 --> 01:06:21.500
 our backs,

01:06:22.099 --> 01:06:22.679
 for you already

01:06:22.679 --> 01:06:23.459
 see it and

01:06:23.459 --> 01:06:23.859
 know it.

01:06:23.860 --> 01:06:25.120
 but help us

01:06:25.120 --> 01:06:25.680
 to come

01:06:25.680 --> 01:06:27.280
 confessing our

01:06:27.280 --> 01:06:28.480
 sin and

01:06:28.480 --> 01:06:29.539
 ready to

01:06:29.539 --> 01:06:30.039
 come to

01:06:30.039 --> 01:06:30.480
 you in

01:06:30.480 --> 01:06:30.860
 order to

01:06:30.860 --> 01:06:32.120
 receive the

01:06:32.120 --> 01:06:32.720
 blessing that

01:06:32.720 --> 01:06:33.360
 it brings,

01:06:34.120 --> 01:06:34.920
 to know you

01:06:34.920 --> 01:06:35.519
 as a

01:06:35.519 --> 01:06:36.760
 gracious and

01:06:36.760 --> 01:06:37.800
 merciful God.

01:06:38.380 --> 01:06:39.180
 So hear our

01:06:39.180 --> 01:06:39.780
 prayers and

01:06:39.780 --> 01:06:40.539
 continue with

01:06:40.539 --> 01:06:41.519
 us as we

01:06:41.519 --> 01:06:42.140
 ask all of

01:06:42.140 --> 01:06:42.740
 these things

01:06:42.740 --> 01:06:43.340
 in Jesus'

01:06:43.599 --> 01:06:43.800
 name.

01:06:44.340 --> 01:06:44.680
 Amen.

01:06:48.260 --> 01:06:49.079
 We're going

01:06:49.079 --> 01:06:50.360
 to conclude

01:06:50.360 --> 01:06:51.000
 by singing

01:06:51.000 --> 01:06:51.620
 to God's

01:06:51.620 --> 01:06:52.160
 praise in

01:06:52.160 --> 01:06:53.260
 Psalm 104.

01:06:53.860 --> 01:06:59.420
 Psalm 104,

01:06:59.780 --> 01:07:00.340
 we sing from

01:07:00.340 --> 01:07:01.460
 verse 31 to

01:07:01.460 --> 01:07:02.740
 36 in the

01:07:02.740 --> 01:07:03.480
 Singed Psalms

01:07:03.480 --> 01:07:03.920
 version,

01:07:04.700 --> 01:07:06.380
 page 138.

01:07:07.380 --> 01:07:08.160
 May the

01:07:08.160 --> 01:07:08.559
 Lord's

01:07:08.559 --> 01:07:09.160
 majestic

01:07:09.160 --> 01:07:10.260
 glory always

01:07:10.260 --> 01:07:11.099
 last and

01:07:11.099 --> 01:07:11.920
 never fade.

01:07:12.400 --> 01:07:12.800
 May the

01:07:12.800 --> 01:07:13.860
 Lord rejoice

01:07:13.860 --> 01:07:14.519
 and triumph

01:07:14.519 --> 01:07:15.380
 in the works

01:07:15.380 --> 01:07:16.420
 that he has

01:07:16.420 --> 01:07:16.700
 made.

01:07:16.780 --> 01:07:17.079
 When he

01:07:17.079 --> 01:07:17.780
 gazes on

01:07:17.780 --> 01:07:18.360
 creation,

01:07:18.900 --> 01:07:19.660
 earth begins

01:07:19.660 --> 01:07:20.360
 to shake

01:07:20.360 --> 01:07:20.940
 in fear.

01:07:21.400 --> 01:07:21.780
 At his

01:07:21.780 --> 01:07:22.300
 touch,

01:07:22.300 --> 01:07:24.080
 the mountains

01:07:24.080 --> 01:07:24.820
 tremble,

01:07:25.340 --> 01:07:25.880
 smoke and

01:07:25.880 --> 01:07:26.539
 flames of

01:07:26.539 --> 01:07:27.860
 fire appear.

01:07:27.860 --> 01:07:28.300
 We'll sing

01:07:28.300 --> 01:07:28.960
 these last

01:07:28.960 --> 01:07:30.340
 four stanzas

01:07:30.340 --> 01:07:31.420
 to God's

01:07:31.420 --> 01:07:32.039
 praise.

01:07:32.039 --> 01:07:32.099
 praise.

01:07:32.099 --> 01:07:32.779
 Amen.

01:07:32.779 --> 01:07:33.039
 Amen.

01:07:33.039 --> 01:07:33.340
 Amen.

01:07:33.340 --> 01:07:34.039
 Amen.

01:07:34.039 --> 01:07:35.039
 Amen.

01:07:35.039 --> 01:07:35.539
 Amen.

01:07:35.539 --> 01:07:37.039
 Amen.

01:07:37.039 --> 01:07:37.440
 Amen.

01:07:37.440 --> 01:07:38.320
 May the

01:07:38.320 --> 01:07:39.739
 Lord's

01:07:39.739 --> 01:07:41.779
 majestic

01:07:41.779 --> 01:07:43.779
 glory

01:07:43.779 --> 01:07:45.779
 always

01:07:45.779 --> 01:07:47.199
 last

01:07:47.199 --> 01:07:47.920
 and

01:07:47.920 --> 01:07:49.219
 never

01:07:49.219 --> 01:07:50.679
 fade.

01:07:50.679 --> 01:07:52.860
 May the

01:07:52.860 --> 01:07:54.019
 Lord

01:07:54.019 --> 01:07:54.739
 rejoice

01:07:54.739 --> 01:07:55.739
 joy

01:07:55.739 --> 01:07:56.479
 and

01:07:56.479 --> 01:07:57.739
 triumph

01:07:57.739 --> 01:07:59.979
 in the

01:07:59.979 --> 01:08:01.059
 works

01:08:01.059 --> 01:08:02.479
 that he

01:08:02.479 --> 01:08:03.379
 has

01:08:03.379 --> 01:08:04.579
 made.

01:08:05.099 --> 01:08:05.739
 When

01:08:05.739 --> 01:08:06.839
 he

01:08:06.839 --> 01:08:08.239
 gives

01:08:08.239 --> 01:08:09.899
 his own

01:08:09.899 --> 01:08:11.539
 creation,

01:08:12.199 --> 01:08:13.179
 earth

01:08:13.179 --> 01:08:14.859
 begins

01:08:14.859 --> 01:08:16.479
 to shake

01:08:16.479 --> 01:08:18.239
 in fear.

01:08:18.899 --> 01:08:20.579
 At his

01:08:20.579 --> 01:08:21.619
 touch,

01:08:21.619 --> 01:08:23.779
 the mountains

01:08:23.779 --> 01:08:25.340
 tremble,

01:08:25.779 --> 01:08:27.420
 smoke and

01:08:27.420 --> 01:08:29.119
 flames of

01:08:29.119 --> 01:08:30.079
 fire

01:08:30.079 --> 01:08:32.099
 appear.

01:08:33.099 --> 01:08:34.960
 To the

01:08:34.960 --> 01:08:36.239
 Lord

01:08:36.239 --> 01:08:37.079
 throughout

01:08:37.079 --> 01:08:38.619
 my

01:08:38.619 --> 01:08:39.819
 lifetime,

01:08:40.359 --> 01:08:42.079
 to my

01:08:42.079 --> 01:08:42.800
 God,

01:08:43.279 --> 01:08:44.880
 I will

01:08:44.880 --> 01:08:45.539
 sing

01:08:45.539 --> 01:08:46.460
 praise.

01:08:47.159 --> 01:08:47.659
 May

01:08:47.659 --> 01:08:48.859
 my

01:08:48.859 --> 01:08:51.599
 meditation

01:08:51.599 --> 01:08:53.159
 please

01:08:53.159 --> 01:08:53.579
 him,

01:08:53.920 --> 01:08:55.420
 as to

01:08:55.420 --> 01:08:56.579
 him

01:08:56.579 --> 01:08:57.159
 my

01:08:57.159 --> 01:08:57.859
 song

01:08:57.859 --> 01:08:58.800
 I

01:08:58.800 --> 01:08:59.960
 raise.

01:09:00.519 --> 01:09:01.659
 But

01:09:01.659 --> 01:09:02.319
 may

01:09:02.319 --> 01:09:03.699
 sinners

01:09:03.699 --> 01:09:04.699
 flee

01:09:04.699 --> 01:09:06.159
 before

01:09:06.159 --> 01:09:07.180
 him,

01:09:07.460 --> 01:09:08.500
 and

01:09:08.500 --> 01:09:09.119
 the

01:09:09.119 --> 01:09:10.300
 wicked

01:09:10.300 --> 01:09:11.619
 be

01:09:11.619 --> 01:09:12.420
 no

01:09:12.420 --> 01:09:13.420
 more.

01:09:14.019 --> 01:09:15.079
 Praise

01:09:15.079 --> 01:09:16.579
 be to

01:09:16.579 --> 01:09:17.340
 the

01:09:17.340 --> 01:09:18.559
 Lord

01:09:18.559 --> 01:09:20.260
 Almighty,

01:09:21.019 --> 01:09:21.699
 O

01:09:21.699 --> 01:09:22.460
 my

01:09:22.460 --> 01:09:23.559
 soul

01:09:23.559 --> 01:09:24.140
 the

01:09:24.140 --> 01:09:25.000
 Lord

01:09:25.000 --> 01:09:26.479
 adore.

01:09:29.059 --> 01:09:29.840
 After the

01:09:29.840 --> 01:09:30.239
 benediction,

01:09:30.359 --> 01:09:30.840
 I'll go to

01:09:30.840 --> 01:09:31.380
 the door to

01:09:31.380 --> 01:09:31.899
 my left.

01:09:32.019 --> 01:09:32.600
 We'll close

01:09:32.600 --> 01:09:32.899
 with a

01:09:32.899 --> 01:09:33.340
 benediction.

01:09:34.239 --> 01:09:34.680
 Now may

01:09:34.680 --> 01:09:35.180
 grace,

01:09:35.479 --> 01:09:35.739
 mercy,

01:09:35.899 --> 01:09:36.420
 and peace

01:09:36.420 --> 01:09:37.159
 from God,

01:09:37.539 --> 01:09:37.840
 Father,

01:09:38.039 --> 01:09:38.300
 Son,

01:09:38.380 --> 01:09:38.880
 and Holy

01:09:38.880 --> 01:09:39.819
 Spirit rest

01:09:39.819 --> 01:09:40.899
 upon and

01:09:40.899 --> 01:09:41.539
 abide with

01:09:41.539 --> 01:09:42.180
 you all now

01:09:42.180 --> 01:09:42.779
 and forever

01:09:42.779 --> 01:09:43.159
 more.

01:09:43.539 --> 01:09:43.939
 Amen.

01:09:46.579 --> 01:09:47.579
 Amen.

01:10:16.579 --> 01:10:17.579
 Amen.