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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise from Psalm 95 in the Scottish

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! It's on page 357 and we're singing at verse number 6. Psalm 95 at verse number 6 and we're going to sing to the end of the psalm.

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 O come and let us worship him. Let us bow down with all and on our knees before the Lord our maker let us fall.

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 We stand to sing from verse 6 to the end of the psalm.

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 Our maker let us fall.

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 For he's our God, the people we, of his own pasture and hand, and of his hand, the sheep, today if he is born.

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 Then harden not your hearts as in the provocation, as in the desert on the day,

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 of the temptation.

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 When me, your father, stepped and grew, and did my working see,

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 He lived for the space of forty years, the traits that beeth me.

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 I said,

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 I said,

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 I said,

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 But to my rest they should not go

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 Let us bow our heads in prayer. Let us pray.

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 Almighty and most gracious God,

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 we rejoice in you this evening as the only true and living God.

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 As we come to worship you, we give thanks to you

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 that you are the sovereign God who rules and who reigns

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 in every aspect of this world in which we live.

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 We give thanks to you that you are the God of the storm

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 and the God of the calm,

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 and that whatever changes take place around us

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 that affect our everyday lives,

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 that you are the God who sits on your throne

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 and to seize everything from the beginning to the end

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 and to direct the course of this world

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 for the glory of your name,

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 to fulfill your purposes and to save your people.

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 And we are thankful to you for your word

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 that once more we sing as we begin this time of worship,

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 a word that reminds us of the history of your people,

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 a word that reminds us of their waywardness

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 and their falling away from the paths

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 that you set out for them.

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 We pray you, O Lord our God,

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 to help us to hear these words

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 and to give thanks to you

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 that you are the great shepherd of your people

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 and that you call those who do go astray,

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 that you claim them for yourself anew,

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 that you bring them back,

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 that you heal them and that you restore them,

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 and that you give them once more

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 that sense of spiritual health and well-being,

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 living as the children of God

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 in this dark world in which we live.

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 And we pray, O Lord our God,

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 that we may sense always

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 such a shepherding hand upon our lives,

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 guiding us and steering us,

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 supplying our need,

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 giving us comfort in the trials

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 and the sufferings of this life,

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 and giving us a sense of believing

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 and understanding

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 that everything that takes place

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 in the lives of your people

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 works together for their good

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 in accordance with your purpose.

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 We pray your blessing to be upon all of us

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 as we do worship you together here.

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 We pray for your blessing to be upon those

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 who are joining us online as well.

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 We give thanks to you

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 for the many different ways

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 in which the gospel reaches

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 the hearts and minds

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 of people in this world

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 today and this evening.

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 And we pray that your Holy Spirit,

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 that breath of life,

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 that alone will bring about change,

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 will make your word

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 the living word

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 in the hearts and minds

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 of all who do here,

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 and so that we may see

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 and know

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 and see evidence

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 of your work

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 going on

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 in this world

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 in which we live.

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 As we reflect on

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 the wider Christian community

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 in our own nation

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 and across the nations

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 of the earth,

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 we do give thanks to you

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 that you are the God

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 who is working,

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 the God who is building

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 your church.

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 And we pray that you help us

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 to be aware

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 of such encouragements,

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 help us to be aware

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 of your great work

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 in the midst of

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 different corners

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 of our own land

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 and the different nations

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 of the earth.

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 And help us to be encouraged

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 in our hearts

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 that you are indeed

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 building your church.

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 And as we reflect

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 on your word

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 and see the different ways

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 in which

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 your people

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 turned their backs

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 upon you

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 and you turned

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 your backs

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 upon them,

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 help us to be encouraged,

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 O Lord,

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 because of the fact

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 that you are working

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 and that you continue

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 to build

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 and to save

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 those who are lost.

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 Continue to build up

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 your children

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 into the maturity

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 of faith

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 and giving all

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 of your people

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 to grow in appreciation

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 of the preciousness

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 of your grace,

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 of the supreme cost

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 of their salvation

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 and rejoicing

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 and marvelling

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 day by day

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 in the gift

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 of your Son

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 and in every way

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 in which

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 the riches

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 that come to us

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 as your people

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 are because of

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 the poverty

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 that he endured.

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 And help us,

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 O Lord our God,

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 to truly sense

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 that we are rich

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 in the grace of God

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 and help us,

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 therefore,

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 to ensure

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 that day by day

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 our treasure

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 is in heaven

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 where Christ is.

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 We pray for your

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 blessing to be upon

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 the homes

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 of our congregation.

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 We pray that you will

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 remember all of your people,

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 remember all of those

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 who are in need

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 this evening.

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 We pray for your

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 comforting presence

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 for those who continue

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 to mourn the loss

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 of loved ones

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 and to have that sense

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 of emptiness

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 in their hearts

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 and that sense

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 of emptiness

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 in their homes.

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 We pray you

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 that you will

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 draw near to them,

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 that you will

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 comfort them

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 with your gracious

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 presence,

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 that you will give

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 peace to them

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 and strength

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 to them

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 and give them

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 to lift up

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 their heads

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 in the knowledge

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 that you are

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 their God,

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 the God who promises

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 to be present

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 with your people

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 in every situation

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 and in every trial

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 of life.

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 We pray also

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 for those who are

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 unwell

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 and especially

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 those who are

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 seriously ill.

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 We ask for your

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 blessing to be upon

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 them in the midst

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 of the trauma

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 that comes into

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 people's lives

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 through serious

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 illness.

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 Help them,

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 O Lord our God,

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 to cope with

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 such trauma,

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 to cope with

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 such change

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 in their lives

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 and even

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 in the storms

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 of the trauma

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 of serious

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 illness.

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 May they sense

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 that inner peace,

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 the knowledge

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 that you are

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 with them,

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 your gracious

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 hand upon them,

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 giving strength

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 to them each day

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 to face whatever

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 each day brings

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 to them

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 and to do so

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 in the strength

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 of our God

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 to know your

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 grace and the

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 sufficiency

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 you offered.

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 Bless them

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 in their illnesses,

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 bless them

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 in their treatment

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 that they receive

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 and may you

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 grant your healing

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 hand to be upon

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 them and to

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 may you give

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 to them and to

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 all of their

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 families a sense

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 of your love

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 and your presence

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 with them,

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 carrying them

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 through such

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 trials in life

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 and giving them

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 together strength

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 day by day

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 in the knowledge

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 that God is

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 a refuge

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 and their strength

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 and in straits

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 a present aid.

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 we pray for

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 your blessing

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 to be upon

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 the church

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 to which we

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 belong,

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 that you will

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 bless our

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 witness,

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 that you will

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 bless the

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 ministry of

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 the gospel,

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 that you will

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 bless all of

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 our congregations

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 and all of

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 our ministers

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 and all of

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 our people,

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 that you will

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 bless the

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 seminary in

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 Edinburgh,

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 that you will

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 bless those

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 who are training

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 for ministry,

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 pray that you

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 will bless those

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 who are already

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 working in their

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 studies and we

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 do pray that

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 you will also

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 call others

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 to yourself

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 to serve you

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 and to serve

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 you in the

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 gospel across

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 our land and

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 beyond.

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 We are thankful

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 to you that you

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 are the God

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 who does indeed

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 prepare workers

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 for the harvest

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 which is yours

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 and we pray that

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 you will lay your

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 claims on the

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 hearts and minds

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 of men here

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 and elsewhere

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 even this evening

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 to lay upon

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 their shoulders

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 the burden of

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 your calling

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 and to give

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 them a sense

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 of their need

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 to respond

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 in obedience

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 to your claims

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 upon them

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 and to may

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 they be truly

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 equipped and

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 gifted and

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 prepared by you

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 to be mighty

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 instruments in

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 your hand

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 in the preaching

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 of your word

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 and in the

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 advancement of

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 your kingdom

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 in the days

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 that are to

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 come.

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 Have mercy upon

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 us we do

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 pray and

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 we pray for

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 ourselves we

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 pray for the

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 wider church

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 across the

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 world blessing

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 upon her

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 ministry blessing

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 upon your

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 people that

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 you will give

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 to us all

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 across the

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 world lives

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 that are

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 honouring to

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 you that are

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 faithful to

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 the gospel

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 and lives

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 that are

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 lived in

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 this world

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 where there

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 are so many

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 distractions

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 so many

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 things to

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 take our

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 minds away

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 from you

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 so many

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 things to

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 invade our

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 thinking and

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 to displace

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 the glory of

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 your truth

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 we pray that

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 you will help

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 us oh lord

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 god in

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 these days

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 to know

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 your protection

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 and to

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 know what

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 it is to

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 remain in

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 your paths

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 and to

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 walk in

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 your truth

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 as you have

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 called us

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 so to be

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 help us to

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 be wise in

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 the day in

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 which we

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 live and

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 give to us

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 that wisdom

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 day by day

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 to understand

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 to know

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 to put your

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 word into

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 practice and

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 to know what

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 it is to

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 have your

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 strength in

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 our hearts

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 day by day

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 to continue

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 to live

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 faithfully

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 as you have

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 called us to

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 be as your

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 people here in

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 this world

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 we pray for

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 your blessing

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 upon the

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 parts of the

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 world tonight

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 and you

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 where there

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 is conflict

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 and strife

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 and war

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 there is so

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 much destruction

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 of innocent

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 life

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 lord our

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 god we do

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 pray that

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 you will

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 stretch out

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 your hand

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 and that

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 you will

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 bless those

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 who are in

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 leadership in

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 these parts of

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 the world

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 and elsewhere

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 those who

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 have influence

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 on these

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 parts of the

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 world

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 we do pray

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 oh lord

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 our god

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 for your

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 hand to

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 be upon

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 them

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 that they

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 may have

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 the wisdom

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 to lead

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 to these

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 parts of

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 the world

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 to a

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 peace that

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 will be

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 maintained in

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 the future

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 a peace which

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 will be embraced

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 by all

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 involved

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 and a peace

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 which will

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 show your

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 peace as

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 the god

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 who is the

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 god of

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 peace

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 who lays

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 your hand

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 upon the

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 hearts of

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 kings and

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 of leaders

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 and who

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 directs them

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 and turns

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 them around

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 to follow

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 in your

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 paths

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 we pray

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 for your

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 intervention

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 we pray

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 for peace

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 to be

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 restored

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 and we

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 pray for

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 your

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 people

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 to

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 continue

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 to have

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 strength

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 and grace

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 to remain

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 faithful to

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 you

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 in the midst

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 of such

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 suffering

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 and also

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 in the midst

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 of persecution

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 bless your

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 people

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 we do pray

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 and to make

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 your own

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 name great

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 in this

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 world in

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 which we

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 live

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 we pray

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 by your

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 blessing

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 to be

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 upon

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 your word

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 to us

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 this evening

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 as we

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 share in

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 it together

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 once more

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 may you

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 guide us

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 and help

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 us

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 and bless

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 us in

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 our reading

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 and in

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 your study

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 offered

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 and as

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 we reflect

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 on our

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 being here

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 and reflect

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 upon the

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 ministry of

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 your word

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 we do pray

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 for your

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 blessing to

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 be upon

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 your servant

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 round

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 Calamurdo

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 at this time

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 of holiday

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 at this time

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 may you

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 grant him

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 to be

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 strengthened

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 and to

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 be refreshed

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 and to

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 return in

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 the strength

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 of your

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 grace

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 to continue

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 his work

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 of ministry

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 here in

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 our congregation

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 be with

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 himself

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 and with

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 his family

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 and bless

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 your

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 servant

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 and call

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 him a

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 clear as

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 well as

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 responsibility

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 for the

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 congregation

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 also at

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 this time

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 we pray

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 for strength

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 and grace

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 and blessing

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 upon him

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 in his own

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 congregation

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 and his

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 home and in

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 his family

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 and in his

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 work with

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 the congregation

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 here

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 so bless

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 them and

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 bless us

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 all and

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 hear our

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 prayer and

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 go before

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 us having

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 mercy upon

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 us for

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 we pray

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 these things

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 for Jesus

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 sake

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 amen

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 it's not

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 going to

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 turn to

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 praise God

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 this time

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 from sing

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 psalms

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 psalm

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 number 56

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 on page

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 73

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 psalm 56

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 at verse

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 number 9

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 and sing it

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 to the end

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 of the psalm

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 psalm 56

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 at verse

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 9

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 when I

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 call on

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 you to

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 help me

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 then my

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 foes will

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 turn aside

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 this is how

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 I will be

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 certain

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 that my

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 God is

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 on my

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 side

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 from

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 verse 9

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 to the end

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 of the psalm

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 to God's

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 praise

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 when I

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 call on

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 you to

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 help me

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 then my

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 foes will

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 turn aside

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 this is

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 I will

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 be

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 certain

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 that my

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 God

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 is

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 on my

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 side

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 in the

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 Lord

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 his word

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 I

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 honor

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 in my

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 God

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 I

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 praise

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 his word

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 I

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 will

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 I

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 will

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 trust

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 and

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 not

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 be

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 fearful

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 what

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 can

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 man

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 do

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 to

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 the

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 Lord

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 I

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 have

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 taken

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 vows

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 before

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 you

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 to

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 my

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 God

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 I

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 will

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 be

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 true

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 sacrifices

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!

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 of

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 thanksgiving

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!

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 I

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 will

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 gladly

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 give

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 to

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 you

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 for

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 you

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 kept

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 my

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 feet

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 from

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 stumbling

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 and

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 from

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 death

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 you

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 set

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 me

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 free

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 so

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 that

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 I

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 may

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 walk

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 before

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 you

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 and

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 the

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 light

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 of

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 life

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 receive

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 me

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 I

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 turn

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 again

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 now

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 to

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 hear

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 from

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 the

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 New

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 Testament

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 from

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 the

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 letter

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 to

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 Hebrews

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 and

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 chapter

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 number

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 3

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 Hebrews

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 chapter

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 3

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 I'm

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 going

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 to

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 read

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 the

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 whole

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 of

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 this

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 chapter

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 Hebrews

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 3

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 let

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 us

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 hear

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 therefore

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 holy

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 brothers

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 you

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 who share

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 in a

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 heavenly

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 calling

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 consider

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 Jesus

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 the

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 apostle

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 and

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 high

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 priest

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 of

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 our

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 confession

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 who

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 was

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 faithful

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 to

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 him

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 who

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 appointed

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 him

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 just

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 as

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 Moses

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 also

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 was

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 faithful

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 in

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 all

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 God's

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 house

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 for

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 Jesus

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 has

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 been

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 counted

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 worthy

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 of

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 more

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 glory

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 than

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 Moses

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 as

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 much

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 more

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 glory

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 as

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 the

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 builder

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 of

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 a

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 house

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 has

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 more

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 honor

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 than

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 a

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 house

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 itself

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 for

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 every

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 house

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 is

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 built

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 by

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 someone

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 but

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 the

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 builder

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 of

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 all

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 things

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 house

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 as

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 a

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 servant

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 to

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 testify

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 to

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 were

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 to

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 be

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 spoken

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 later

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 but

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 Christ

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 is

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 faithful

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 over

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 God's

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 house

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 as

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 a

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 son

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 his

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 house

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 if

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 indeed

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 we

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 hold

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 fast

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 our

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 confidence

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 and

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 our

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 boasting

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 in

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 our

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 hope

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 therefore

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 as

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 says

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 today

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 if

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 you

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 hear

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 his

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 voice

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 do

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 not

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 harden

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 your

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 hearts

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 as

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 in

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 the

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 rebellion

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 on

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 the

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 day

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 of

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 resting

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 in

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 the

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 wilderness

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 where

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 your

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 fathers

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 put

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 me

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 to

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 the

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 test

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 and

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 saw

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 my

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 works

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 for

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 forty

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 years

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 therefore

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 I

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 was

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 provoked

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 with

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 that

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 generation

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 and

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 said

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 they

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 always

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 go

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 astray

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 in

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 their

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 heart

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 they

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 have

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 not

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 known

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 my

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 ways

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 as

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 I

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 swore

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 in

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 my

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 wrath

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 they

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 shall

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 not

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 enter

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 my

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 rest

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 take

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 care

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 brothers

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 lest

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 there

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 have

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 been

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 in

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 any

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 of

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 you

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 an

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 evil

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 unbelieving

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 today

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 that

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 none

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 of

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 you

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 may

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 be

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 hardened

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 by

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 the

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 deceitfulness

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 of

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 sin

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 for

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 we

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 share

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 in

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 Christ

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 if

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 indeed

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 we

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 hold

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 our

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 original

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 confidence

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 firm

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 to

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 the

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 end

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 as

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 it

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 is

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 said

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 today

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 if

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 you

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 hear

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 his

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 voice

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 do

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 not

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 harden

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 your

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 hearts

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 as

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 in

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 the

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 rebellion

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 for

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 who

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 were

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 those

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 who

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 heard

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 and

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 yet

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 rebelled

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 was

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 it

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 not

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 all

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 those

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 who

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 left

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 Egypt

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 led

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 by

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 Moses

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 and

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 with

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 whom

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 was

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 he

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 provoked

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 for

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 forty

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 years

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 was

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 it

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 not

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 with

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 those

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 who

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 sinned

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 whose

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 bodies

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 fell

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 in

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 the

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 wilderness

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 and

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 to

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 whom

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 did

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 he

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 swear

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 that

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 they

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 would

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 not

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 enter

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 his

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 rest

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 but

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 to

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 those

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 who

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 are

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 disobedient

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 so

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 we

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 say

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 that

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 they

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 were

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 unable

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 to

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 enter

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 because

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 of

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 unbelief

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 I

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 mean

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 this

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 God's

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 word

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 we

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 trust

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 they

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 were

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 blessed

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 to

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 us

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 that

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 reading

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 from

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 it

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 we

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 turn

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 to

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 praise

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 God

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 this

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 time

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 in

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 the

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 Scottish

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 Psalter

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 and

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 in

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 Psalm

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 number

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 37

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 Psalm

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 37

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 on

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 page

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 254

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 and

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 we're

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 singing

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 at

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 verse

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 23

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 Psalm

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 37

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 at

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 verse

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 23

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 a

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 good

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 man's

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 footsteps

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 by the

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 Lord

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 are

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 ordered

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 aright

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 and

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 in

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 the

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 way

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 wherein

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 he

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 walks

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 he

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 greatly

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 doth

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 delight

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 we

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 stand

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 to

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 sing

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 from

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 verse

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 23

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 to

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 the

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 verse

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 mark

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 30

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 to

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 God's

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 praise

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 a

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 good

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 man's

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 footsteps

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 by

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 the

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 Lord

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 and

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 ordered

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 aright

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 and

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 in

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 the

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 way

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 wherein

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 he

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 walks

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!

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 he

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 greatly

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 doth

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 delight

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!

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 although

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 he

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 fall

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 yet

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 shall

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 he

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 not

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 be

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 cast

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 down

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 utterly

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 because

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 the

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 Lord

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 with

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 his

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 own

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 hand

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 up

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 hand

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 up

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 also

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!

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 might

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!

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 he

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 he

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 I

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 have

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 been

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 young

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 and

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 never

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 old

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 yet

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 have

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 I

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 never

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 seen

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!

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 the

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 just

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 man

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 left

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!

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 he

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 is

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 ever

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 merciful

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 and

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 blessed

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 his

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 seed

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 is

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 blessed

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 therefore

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!

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 he

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 is

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 many

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 days

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 depart

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 from

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 evil

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 good

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 dwell

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 forever

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 more

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!

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 For

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 God

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 loves

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 and

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 his

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 sins

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!

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 not

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 in

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 days

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 not

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 in

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 many

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 days

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 they

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 are

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 kept

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 ever

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 but

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 God

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 all

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 shall

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 be

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 the

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 sinner's

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 grace

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 the

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 just

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 inherited

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 shall

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 belong

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 and

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 ever

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 in

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 his

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 heart

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 and

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 ever

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 in

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 it

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 dwell

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 the

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 just

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 man's

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 mouth

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 doth

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 wisdom

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 speak

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 his

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 tongue

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 doth

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 judgment

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 tell

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 hell

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 let's turn together now to the end to Hebrews and chapter number three and we can read once more at verse number 12

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 Hebrews 3 at verse 12

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 take care brothers

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 lest there be in any of you an evil and believing heart leading you to fall away from the living God

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 but exhort one another every day as long as it is called today that enough you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin

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 for we share in Christ if indeed we hold our original confidence for him to the end and so on

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 and so on

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 i guess when we reflect on this letter and think of the hearers of it we can think of our people who faced perhaps the same difficulties as we do ourselves

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 the same challenges in the world in which we live of course they lived in a different age to us in the sense of science and technology and all of the other advancements

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 nevertheless

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 the crisis that they faced in life were similar to our own and when we do read the letter there are three particular crises that we can see highlighted

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 and the first of these is that there is a hearing crisis

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 they are not good at listening to what God has to say to them and that causes great difficulties for them

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 there is a hearing crisis

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 secondly there is

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 a faith crisis

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 their faith is at times it seems ready to begin to fail

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 they are not hearing well

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 they are not hearing well

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 and because of that their faith is in trouble

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 and the third aspect of the crisis is that there is a worship crisis

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 they are falling back into the religion the worship practice of the Old Testament

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 and losing sight of where they should be

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 and i guess these three things will impact our own lives from time to time

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 we are not hearing well

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 our faith is

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 stuttering and trembling

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 and our worship

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 may not be the way that God wants our worship to be

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 and the writer's response to that

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 is to highlight for them

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 the significance and the supremacy

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 that's how the letter begins

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 Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God

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 the express imprint of his nature

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 he is the son of God

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 and the work that the son of God has taken on

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 is explained through the letter

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 to the beginning of the letter

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 and in the chapters that do follow

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 that's the answer

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 to all of their problems

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 that they do understand the passion and work of Jesus

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 alongside of that

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 we can see two other things

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 that are mingled in

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 that whole purpose

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 in showing the importance of the Lord Jesus

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 the emphasis on faith itself

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 and how that faith works

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 and along with that

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 we see list

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 five times in this letter

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 warning passages

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 key passages

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 that highlight to them

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 the danger that they are in

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 because of the crisis

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.559
 and because they fail to appreciate

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:50.559
 the importance of the passion and work of the Lord Jesus

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:53.559
 and when we come into this chapter this evening

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:57.559
 we are looking at the second of these warning passages

00:26:58.559 --> 00:27:02.559
 and we do want to look at the words especially in verses 12 to 14

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:05.559
 and see what the writer has to say to the hearers

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:09.559
 and see what these words have to say to ourselves

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:12.559
 as the word of God together this evening

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:15.559
 and we want to think of these verses

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.559
 under the title

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:21.559
 faith and the danger of finishing badly

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:24.559
 you want to think first of all

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:27.559
 that we see regard in the passage

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.559
 that is to say

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:32.559
 there are things that they need to consider carefully

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:35.559
 and that's how verse 12 begins

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.559
 take care

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:37.559


00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.559
 now if

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.559
 I hear anybody saying that to me

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.559
 I think immediately

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.559
 the person that is saying this

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.559
 is interested in my well-being

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.559


00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:51.559
 it usually comes from somebody

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.559
 who is concerned for me

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.559
 somebody who has love for me

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.559
 in a particular way

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.559
 they want me to take care

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.559
 and when the writer is saying that

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:03.559
 he wants first of all

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.559
 to address them as who they are

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.559
 it's really important that

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.559
 the person who is going to

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.559
 ask me to take care about something

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:15.559
 that he recognizes who I am first of all

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:16.559


00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:17.559


00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.559
 he is addressing them here as those

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:20.559


00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.559
 brothers

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.559
 in the Lord

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.559
 at the beginning of the chapter

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.559
 they are holy brothers

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.559
 and they are set apart

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.559
 by God himself

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.559
 in the life of the church of God

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.559
 in the place where these people lived

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.559
 that's where they belong

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:37.559


00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.559
 they are the people of God

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.559
 that's who we are ourselves together this evening

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.559
 we are under the banner of the gospel

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.559
 we are under the ministry of the word of God

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.559
 we are the people of God

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:50.559
 and when he is addressing them

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.559
 there is a particular characteristic

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.559
 that he draws attention to

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:56.559
 at the beginning of the chapter

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:57.559


00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.559
 the kind of people

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:00.559


00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.559
 and especially the direction of their lives

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:05.559
 there are people in verse 1

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.559
 who share in

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.559
 a heavenly calling

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:12.559
 they are doing something together

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:15.559
 they are participating in something together

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:19.559
 and it is not so much a thing

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.559
 as a journey

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:23.559
 they are sharing a journey together

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.559
 it is a heavenly calling

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.559


00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:29.559
 and we hear the words of Paul

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.559
 in Philippians chapter 3

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:34.559
 and he is being driven by this

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:38.559
 sense of the upward heavenly call of Jesus Christ

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.559
 God's claims upon him

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:44.559
 and he gives the image of a journey

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.559
 on which he has embarked

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.559
 from a particular time in his life

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.559
 and a journey that carries him

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:52.559
 nearer and nearer to where Jesus is

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:55.559
 and that's the image that we have here

00:29:56.559 --> 00:30:00.559
 they are sharing in a heavenly calling

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:03.559
 they are going in the direction of the people of God

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:06.559
 they know what the outcome is

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.559
 we see it in chapter 11

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.559
 as those who have faith

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.559
 they desire a better country

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.559
 even a heavenly one

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.559
 in this world

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.559
 in this world

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.559
 they are exiles and strangers

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:20.559
 they know that this world is not their home

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.559
 they are on a journey together

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.559
 and they have the hope

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.559
 and the expectation

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.559
 that when that journey ends

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.559
 they will be in heaven

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.559
 where Jesus is at God's right hand

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:35.559
 and where God is gathering his church

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:40.559
 and tonight that's the hope that we share in ourselves

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:43.559
 we are participating in the same thing

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:46.559
 we are on the same journey

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:49.559
 and to a greater or lesser degree

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.559
 this evening we are here because

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.559
 heaven is a place

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:56.559
 to which God is calling his people

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.559
 and to which he is gathering them

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:01.559
 and we are journeying on those who are around us

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.559
 because they are going to that place

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:06.559
 we are sharing that moment with them

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:09.559
 we are on a journey with them

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:13.559
 we don't think of our life

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.559
 in the church of Jesus Christ

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:19.559
 as simply events dotted along life's way

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.559
 it includes that

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:24.559
 but they are events on our journey

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:28.559
 and tonight we are going forward on that journey together

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.559
 a step closer, a step further

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:33.559
 to where we expect to be

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.559
 the journey

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.559
 and it is

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.559
 to these people

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.559
 on that journey

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.559
 that the writer asks them

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.559
 to take care

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:50.559
 to consider something keenly

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:53.559
 to see something

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:56.559
 and to let what they see

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.559
 impact upon their thinking

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:02.559
 in such a way as to impact on their lives

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.559
 and to take care

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.559


00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.559
 and what they are to take care of

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.559
 and to consider is

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:09.559
 that there is something they want to avoid

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.559
 and surely anybody who has got

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.559
 or interests in view

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:15.559
 if there are things in life that should be avoided

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.559
 the person who loves us most

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:21.559
 will make sure that they will make us aware of the things

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.559
 that we want to avoid

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:29.559
 and what is the danger

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:33.559
 for those who are on this journey to heaven to be where Jesus is

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.559
 the danger is

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:38.559
 that there be in any of you

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.559
 an evil heart

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.559
 an evil unbelieving heart

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.559
 believing heart

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:45.559
 it's all about

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.559
 what our heart is really

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:50.559
 we are driven by

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:51.559


00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:52.559


00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:53.559


00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:56.559
 we make these decisions in life

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.559
 and we journey on in the light of

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.559


00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.559
 that makes us who we are

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.559
 but here is

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.559
 what they are to be concerned about

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.559


00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.559
 another movement

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.559
 that could take place

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:12.559
 it's a movement

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.559
 that could take them away

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.559
 from the direction of travel

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:19.559
 and the destination to which they are going

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.559


00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.559


00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:22.559


00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:23.559


00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:26.559
 and when you think of the people of God

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.559


00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:30.559
 the particular evil that they are guilty of

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:33.559
 is turning their backs upon God

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:37.559
 forsaking me the living God

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.559
 says God

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.559
 says God in Jeremiah chapter 2

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:42.559
 that was the first great evil

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.559
 they forsook him

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.559
 they turned away from him

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.559
 and the turning away

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.559
 here is

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.559
 is the evil

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.559
 unbelieving heart

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.559
 the heart

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.559
 that reaches the point

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.559
 of stopping to believe

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:06.559
 and when we understand that these people are not

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.559
 we are looking at people

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:09.559
 we are looking at people

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.559
 and considering people

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.559
 who are moved from a position of

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.559


00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.559
 to a position of

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:16.559


00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.559
 it is not as if

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:21.559
 they were always characterized by unbelief

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:21.559
!

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.559
 this is something

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.559
 that they are to be aware of

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.559
 that could

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.559
 come in

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.559
 something that could develop in their lives

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.559
 the heart of unbelief

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:36.559
 and for us

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.559


00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.559
 together this evening

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.559
 as we

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.559
 think of that journey

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.559
 here is one of

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:44.559
 the greatest dangers in life

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.559
 that we can go from

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:49.559
 a life of believing

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:52.559
 to a life of unbelief

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:55.559
 and perhaps you are saying to me

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.559
 surely that's not possible

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.559
 God tells us

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:00.559


00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.559
 that's what he highlights

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:03.559


00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.559
 in these chapters

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.559
 about the people of the Old Testament

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.559
 it can surely happen

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.559
 and God wants us to

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.559
 to consider

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.559
 such a development

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.559
 taking place in our own lives

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:16.559


00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.559
 that

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.559
 there is

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.559
 that side road

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.559
 that we are going away from

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.559
 the main direction of travel

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:25.559
 and it is a side road

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.559
 that is bringing us to a place

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.559
 of

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.559
 unbelief

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.559
 in God

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:32.559


00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:35.559
 there is a loving concern

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.559


00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:39.559
 who is writing on behalf of a loving God

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:42.559
 and he is asking them to take care

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.559
 about this great danger

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.559
 and the danger

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.559
 is the outcome

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.559
 it's the unbelieving heart

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.559
 it's the unbelieving heart

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:53.559
 in falling away

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.559
 from the living

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.559


00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.559
 it's

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.559


00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:00.559


00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.559
 place of standing

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.559
 it's to be removed from one place

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:05.559


00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.559


00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.559
 it's to lose their status

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.559
 and be given a new status

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.559
 it's the unbelieving heart

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.559
 of unbelief

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.559
 that takes them where they are

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.559
 a journey

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.559
 a journey

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.559
 that they did not expect

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.559
 to be on

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:23.559
 a journey of

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.559
 departing from God

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.559
 a journey

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.559
 that leaves them

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.559
 departing from the way

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.559
 to the rest

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.559
 that is set before

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:34.559


00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.559
 and that

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.559
 falling away

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.559
 is exactly that

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:42.559
 that they fall away from

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.559
 the prospect

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:45.559


00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.559
 and the destination

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.559
 of being

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.559
 in heaven

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.559
 where

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.559
 Christ is

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.559


00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.559


00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.559
 heart

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:56.559
 is it a possibility

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:57.559


00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:58.559


00:36:59.559 --> 00:36:59.559


00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:00.559


00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.559
 that kind of development

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.559


00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.559
 this evening

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.559
 we may

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.559
 ask

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:08.559


00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.559
 come from

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.559


00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:11.559


00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.559


00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.559
 because of

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.559
 the kind of individuals

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.559
 we are

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.559
 because of our culture

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.559
 that there may be blind spots

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.559
 in our lives

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:20.559


00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.559
 and these blind spots

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.559
 leave us

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.559
 making mistakes

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.559
 from time to time

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.559
 and going down

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.559
 a road that we

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.559
 should not be on

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.559
 and never intended

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.559
 on being on

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:32.559
 perhaps

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.559
 their developments

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.559
 because of the

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.559
 busyness of life

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.559
 that they take over

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.559
 our thinking

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.559
 perhaps their developments

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:42.559
 simply because of

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.559
 of the world

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.559
 around us

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.559
 the developments

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:47.559
 that take us

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.559
 down this road

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:51.559
 and there's a book

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.559
 written by

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.559
 Susan Scott

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.559
 it's called

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.559
 Fierce Conversations

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:57.559


00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.559
 having conversations

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:00.559
 that ensure that we

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.559
 have a successful

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.559
 career and life

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.559
 and so on and so forth

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.559
 and there's a sentence

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.559
 in that book

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.559
 which says this

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:10.559
 our lives succeed

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.559
 or fall gradually

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:13.559
 then suddenly

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.559
 one conversation

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:16.559
 at a time

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.559
 and you see

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:19.559
 what she's saying

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:22.559
 there's the gradual

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.559


00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.559
 from our

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.559
 belief of faith

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:26.559


00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:29.559
 and it's one

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.559
 conversation

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.559
 at a time

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:32.559
 influences that

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.559
 bear upon our thinking

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.559
 and step by step

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.559
 we go gradually

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.559
 we go gradually

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.559
 away

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.559
 and we don't realize

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.559
 that we have gone

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.559
 away until

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.559
 suddenly there is

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.559
 that drop

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.559
 and there is that fall

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.559
 life

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.559
 and all of its influences

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.559
 faith

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:51.559
 and all of the

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.559
 external influences

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.559
 and all of the

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.559
 external pressures

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.559
 and every way

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:57.559


00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.559
 tonight we need to

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.559
 take good heed

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.559
 to regard

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:03.559
 the danger

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.559
 of

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:06.559
 unbelief

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:08.559
 and losing

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:09.559
 not just our

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.559
 sense of direction

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.559
 but losing

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.559
 our sense

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.559
 of God

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.559
 and of Christ

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.559
 in our lives

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.559
 the regard

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.559
 secondly

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.559
 we want to think of

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.559
 the responsibility

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:28.559
 in verse 13

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.559
 we read

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.559
 but exhort

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:30.559


00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.559
 every day

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.559
 as long as it is

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.559
 is called today

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.559
 that none of you

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.559
 be hardened

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.559
 by the deceitfulness

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.559
 of sin

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:39.559
 every day

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:41.559
 exhort

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:42.559
 one another

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.559
 it's the

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.559
 responsibility

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:48.559
 that they had

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.559
 for each other

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:51.559
 it's the responsibility

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:53.559
 that you and I have

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:54.559
 for one another

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.559
 and for everybody

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:55.559


00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:57.559
 it is the responsibility

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.559
 that arises

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.559
 from being part

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.559
 part of the church

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.559
 of Jesus Christ

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.559
 in the world

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.559
 we are the body

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.559
 of Christ

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.559
 we are members

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.559
 of his body

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.559
 we are united

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.559
 in him

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.559
 we have a responsibility

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.559
 for one another

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:13.559
 and to one another

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:15.559
 exhort

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:16.559
 one another

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.559
 every day

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:22.559
 it's the image of

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.559
 coming alongside

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.559
 somebody

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.559
 to help them

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.559
 it's paracallio

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.559
 paracallio

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:29.559
 that's what it means

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.559
 come alongside

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.559
 to help

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:33.559
 Jesus told the disciples

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.559
 that the Holy Spirit

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.559
 the paracallios

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.559
 the helper

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:37.559
 would come

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.559
 and be with them

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:39.559
 come alongside them

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.559
 when he's no longer there

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:42.559
 the writer

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:43.559
 wants them

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:45.559
 to come alongside

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:47.559
 other people

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.559
 to come alongside

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:51.559
 to help them

00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:53.559
 and to help them

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.559
 in the crisis

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.559
 the crisis

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:56.559
 that they are facing

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.559
 to be an influence

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:58.559
 for good

00:40:58.559 --> 00:41:00.559
 to show that

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.559
 the love that comes

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.559
 with your exhortation

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:04.559
 is a love that works

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.559
 through the people of God

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:07.559
 to the rest of the people of God

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:09.559
 it's a love that comes from

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:12.559
 the loving heart of God himself

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:14.559
 that filters through

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.559
 and that should touch your life

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.559
 from my life

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:19.559
 that should touch the life of the next person

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.559
 from your life

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:22.559
 it's a love that filters through

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:24.559
 that comes

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.559
 to help

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.559
 and of course

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:29.559
 for us

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.559
 to do that

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:31.559
 we need to have

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.559
 some knowledge

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:33.559
 of the person

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.559
 who needs help

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:37.559
 and very often

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.559
 when there is this

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:40.559
 kind of development

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.559
 in anyone's life

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:43.559
 it begins to become obvious

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:46.559
 if you or I tonight

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.559
 were going to start drifting

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.559
 from our faith

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.559
 then eyes would see

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:51.559
 that the people of God

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:52.559
 who are alert

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:54.559
 to the church of Jesus

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:56.559
 will recognize that

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:58.559
 and instead of

00:41:59.559 --> 00:41:59.559


00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:02.559
 reflecting upon that

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:02.559


00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:04.559
 the exhortation here is

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:06.559
 for the person

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:06.559


00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:09.559
 to go and help that person

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:10.559
 who is in need

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:12.559
 because the time is short

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:13.559


00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:15.559
 every day

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:18.559
 as long as it is called

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.559
 today

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:21.559
 and today

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:22.559
 the Bible is

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:24.559
 God's favorable time

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:25.559
 it's the day of salvation

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:28.559
 we are in the world for

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:30.559
 a limited amount of time

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:32.559
 we know that the world will come

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:33.559


00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.559
 that this day

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:36.559
 which is the day of salvation

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:38.559
 will be overtaken by the day of the Lord

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:40.559
 when Jesus will return

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:41.559
 and then the opportunity

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:42.559
 to help anyone

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:44.559
 will be lost

00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:47.559
 there is an urgency

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.559
 on two counts

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:51.559
 there is the urgency because of the person

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:52.559
 who has the need

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:55.559
 and there is the urgency because of

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:57.559
 the limited time

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:59.559
 available to us

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:02.559
 the responsibility

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:04.559
 the responsibility

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:07.559
 that God gives

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:08.559


00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:10.559
 to be sensitive

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:12.559
 to the needs of others

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:15.559
 to recognize those who are around us

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:18.559
 to see changes in their lives

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:20.559
 that suggest certain things to us

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:24.559
 and to come alongside them

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:28.559
 and to encourage and to help

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:31.559
 I quoted that verse from the

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:33.559
 the book

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:34.559
 Fierce Conversation

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:36.559
 the next sentence goes

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:40.559
 while no single conversation

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:43.559
 is guaranteed to change the trajectory

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:45.559
 of a career

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.559
 a business

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:47.559
 a marriage

00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:48.559
 or a life

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.559
 any single conversation

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:50.559
 can

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:52.559
 there are conversations

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:55.559
 which influence our lives

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.559
 or thinking

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:57.559
 that lead us away from the Lord Jesus

00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:59.559
 the crisis is there

00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:01.559
 but it is through conversations

00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:03.559
 from the people of God

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:06.559
 and the fellowship of the church of Jesus Christ

00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:08.559
 it is through these conversations

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.559
 that we are brought back

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:12.559
 and placed back in the groove

00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:14.559
 and walking

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:15.559
 continuing our journey

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:17.559
 with the people of God

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:19.559
 it's a conversation

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:21.559
 it includes prayer

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:23.559
 it includes sharing the gospel

00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:26.559
 but it's your responsibility

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:27.559
 and mine

00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:28.559
 to ensure

00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:30.559
 we help through our conversation

00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:32.559
 to ensure that

00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:34.559
 anyone in danger

00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:35.559
 may be rescued from it

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:38.559
 because we don't want to see anyone

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:41.559
 falling into a state of unbelief

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:45.559
 and forsaking their God and their Savior

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:48.559
 the responsibility

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:53.559
 and the conversation is important

00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:55.559
 because

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:59.559
 the second half of that verse

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:01.559
 that none of you may be hardened

00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:02.559
 by the deceitfulness

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:04.559
 of sin

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:07.559
 something that's rock hard

00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:09.559
 it doesn't hear anything

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:10.559
 God said to

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:12.559
 the people in the Old Testament

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:13.559
 and the book of Ezekiel

00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:14.559
 Ezekiel

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:15.559
 that his work would be to

00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:17.559
 take away the heart of stone

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:18.559
 doesn't feel anything

00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:19.559
 doesn't receive anything

00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:20.559
 doesn't respond to anything

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:22.559
 he will take away that heart of stone

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:24.559
 and give a living heart

00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:27.559
 a heart that is pumping with

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:28.559
 with his own love and with his grace

00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:32.559
 and here there is the image of

00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:35.559
 of going back to that sense of hardness

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:39.559
 that the person who loved the gospel

00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:41.559
 who loved to hear the word of God

00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:45.559
 whose heart responded positively to that word

00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:47.559
 can reach the stage in life

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:50.559
 where the heart has once more become hardened

00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:55.559
 the gospel is dry

00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:58.559
 the minister had nothing to say to me

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:02.559
 there is no attraction in the message of Jesus Christ

00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:04.559
 it's anyone else's fault

00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:06.559
 and my heart becomes harder and harder

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:08.559
 and I go on my way

00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:11.559
 continuing to reject the gospel

00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:13.559
 which I previously loved

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:16.559
 and arriving at that place

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:21.559
 because of the deceitfulness of sin

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:25.559
 in other words

00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:31.559
 the person who has been distracted from

00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:33.559
 following the proper path

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:35.559
 on the journey to heaven

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:38.559
 that person has taken a conscious decision

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:42.559
 this person that has gone down that path

00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:45.559
 has not done so against their will

00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:49.559
 they have been deceived into thinking

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:51.559
 that the path that they are following

00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:53.559
 is the right path

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:55.559
 they wouldn't be on it otherwise

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:57.559
 if we allow ourselves to

00:46:58.559 --> 00:46:59.559
 to think of the kind of person

00:46:59.559 --> 00:47:00.559
 the person that is on this path

00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:02.559
 they are happy to be journeying on it

00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:06.559
 they don't see their lives as having changed in any way

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:10.559
 they continue to be satisfied in the life that they are living

00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:12.559
 they are deceived into thinking

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:14.559
 that the path that they are on

00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:16.559
 is still the right path

00:47:17.559 --> 00:47:18.559
 they are persuaded

00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:21.559
 because of the wrong conversations

00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:25.559
 and the wrong information that floods their minds

00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:26.559
 that floods their minds

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:29.559
 and they continue on their way

00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:34.559
 and that makes the conversation

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:36.559
 even more important

00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:39.559
 your conversation with them and mine

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:41.559
 because

00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:43.559
 with the blessing of God

00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:46.559
 and with the help of the Spirit of God

00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:50.559
 we must prayerfully persuade the person

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:51.559
 who is on that path

00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:53.559
 that they are on the wrong path

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:56.559
 and it takes God to

00:47:57.559 --> 00:47:59.559
 to switch something in their minds

00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:02.559
 to help them realize

00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:03.559


00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:06.559
 where they ought to be

00:48:07.559 --> 00:48:10.559
 because they are there firmly persuaded

00:48:11.559 --> 00:48:13.559
 that they are still okay

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:16.559
 when we have done wrong

00:48:17.559 --> 00:48:18.559
 and we realize it

00:48:19.559 --> 00:48:22.559
 it's bad enough doing the wrong

00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:25.559
 but if we realize we have done the wrong

00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:27.559
 then there is hope

00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:28.559


00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:30.559
 there is light there

00:48:31.559 --> 00:48:32.559
 but when we have done the wrong

00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:34.559
 and we don't understand that we have done the wrong

00:48:35.559 --> 00:48:36.559
 and are persuaded that we have done the right thing

00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:38.559
 then that's challenging

00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:40.559
 and ultimately

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:43.559
 only God can turn the person around

00:48:44.559 --> 00:48:47.559
 but God does it through his people

00:48:48.559 --> 00:48:50.559
 God sent Nathan to David

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:53.559
 God uses his people

00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:55.559
 to bring his people back

00:48:56.559 --> 00:48:57.559
 the exhortation

00:48:58.559 --> 00:49:00.559
 what a wonderful

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:04.559
 powerful witness it would be

00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:06.559
 of all of us this evening

00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:09.559
 we are able to show God's love

00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:11.559
 to any who are in need

00:49:12.559 --> 00:49:14.559
 and to any who may be distracted by this world

00:49:15.559 --> 00:49:17.559
 and to need to be restored to faithfulness

00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:18.559


00:49:19.559 --> 00:49:20.559
 what a blessing

00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:22.559
 that we could help them

00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:24.559
 how honoring to God

00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:26.559
 that we are showing his love to them

00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:31.559
 as part of his process of recovery

00:49:32.559 --> 00:49:34.559
 don't let's forget

00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:35.559
 let's forget

00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:36.559
 our responsibility

00:49:37.559 --> 00:49:38.559
 your conversation

00:49:39.559 --> 00:49:40.559
 can change a person

00:49:41.559 --> 00:49:43.559
 can change the path that they are taking

00:49:44.559 --> 00:49:47.559
 and can change their path for the good

00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:49.559
 the regard

00:49:50.559 --> 00:49:51.559
 the responsibility

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:55.559
 and finally the reassurance

00:49:56.559 --> 00:50:00.559
 he has addressed them

00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:03.559
 as those who are on their journey

00:50:03.559 --> 00:50:03.559


00:50:03.559 --> 00:50:07.559
 and now in verse 14

00:50:08.559 --> 00:50:09.559
 he reminds them of

00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:12.559
 why they are on that journey

00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:14.559
 for

00:50:15.559 --> 00:50:17.559
 the explanation

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:18.559


00:50:19.559 --> 00:50:20.559
 in

00:50:21.559 --> 00:50:21.559


00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:25.559
 we are not on this journey

00:50:25.559 --> 00:50:26.559
 simply

00:50:26.559 --> 00:50:27.559
 simply

00:50:27.559 --> 00:50:28.559
 or because

00:50:28.559 --> 00:50:29.559
 we know that

00:50:29.559 --> 00:50:30.559
 it has a good ending

00:50:31.559 --> 00:50:32.559
 we are not on this journey

00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:32.559


00:50:33.559 --> 00:50:33.559


00:50:33.559 --> 00:50:34.559
 heaven is a great place

00:50:35.559 --> 00:50:37.559
 we are on this journey

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:39.559
 because

00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:41.559
 we share in Christ

00:50:42.559 --> 00:50:43.559
!

00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:45.559
 because the day came

00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:46.559


00:50:47.559 --> 00:50:48.559
 and in the mercy of God

00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:50.559
 when Jesus Christ met with us

00:50:50.559 --> 00:50:52.559
 and when

00:50:52.559 --> 00:50:53.559
 we sensed

00:50:53.559 --> 00:50:54.559
 the call of God

00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:55.559
 upon our lives

00:50:56.559 --> 00:50:57.559
 when we woke up

00:50:57.559 --> 00:50:57.559


00:50:58.559 --> 00:50:58.559


00:50:58.559 --> 00:50:59.559
 God's choice of us

00:50:59.559 --> 00:51:01.559
 as we referred to this morning

00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:02.559
 when we came to

00:51:03.559 --> 00:51:04.559
 to sense and to feel in our hearts

00:51:05.559 --> 00:51:07.559
 all of the love of God

00:51:07.559 --> 00:51:09.559
 through the passion of Jesus Christ

00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:11.559
 to me and my lostness

00:51:12.559 --> 00:51:14.559
 arrested along life's way

00:51:15.559 --> 00:51:16.559
 come to participate

00:51:17.559 --> 00:51:18.559
 to share in Christ

00:51:18.559 --> 00:51:20.559
 the Christ

00:51:20.559 --> 00:51:21.559
 the Christ who is

00:51:21.559 --> 00:51:22.559
 in the pages of this

00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:24.559
 the Christ who is

00:51:24.559 --> 00:51:25.559
 in the pages of

00:51:25.559 --> 00:51:27.559
 the whole of the New Testament

00:51:28.559 --> 00:51:30.559
 the one who was rich

00:51:31.559 --> 00:51:33.559
 for our sakes became poor

00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:34.559
 that we through his poverty

00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:36.559
 might be made rich

00:51:37.559 --> 00:51:39.559
 the unsearchable riches

00:51:40.559 --> 00:51:40.559


00:51:41.559 --> 00:51:42.559
 the connection

00:51:43.559 --> 00:51:44.559
 the live link

00:51:45.559 --> 00:51:47.559
 that brings me into this relationship

00:51:47.559 --> 00:51:49.559
 with the Lord Jesus

00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:50.559


00:51:51.559 --> 00:51:52.559
 the love of God

00:51:52.559 --> 00:51:53.559
 and the peace of God

00:51:54.559 --> 00:51:55.559
 and knowing God

00:51:56.559 --> 00:51:56.559


00:51:57.559 --> 00:51:58.559
 and knowing that

00:51:59.559 --> 00:52:00.559
 through all of these things

00:52:01.559 --> 00:52:02.559
 that he who has

00:52:03.559 --> 00:52:04.559
 begun that work

00:52:05.559 --> 00:52:06.559
 will bring it on

00:52:06.559 --> 00:52:07.559
 to the day of Christ

00:52:08.559 --> 00:52:10.559
 why tonight

00:52:11.559 --> 00:52:12.559
 are we here?

00:52:13.559 --> 00:52:15.559
 why are we on this journey?

00:52:15.559 --> 00:52:17.559
 why do we expect

00:52:18.559 --> 00:52:19.559
 to be in heaven

00:52:20.559 --> 00:52:20.559


00:52:21.559 --> 00:52:22.559
 and the people of God?

00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:24.559
 only because

00:52:25.559 --> 00:52:27.559
 Christ came into our lives

00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:30.559
 and in the day of our conversion

00:52:31.559 --> 00:52:32.559
 the day of our new birth

00:52:33.559 --> 00:52:34.559
 the day when life was changed forever

00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:36.559
 we came to know

00:52:37.559 --> 00:52:38.559
 the Lord Jesus

00:52:38.559 --> 00:52:39.559
 I know

00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:40.559
 I know

00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:41.559
 whom I have believed

00:52:41.559 --> 00:52:42.559
 says Paul

00:52:43.559 --> 00:52:45.559
 the one who came to

00:52:46.559 --> 00:52:47.559
 to help us in our need

00:52:48.559 --> 00:52:49.559
 and

00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:51.559
 had the gospel conversation

00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:52.559
 with us

00:52:53.559 --> 00:52:54.559
 when our minds were open

00:52:54.559 --> 00:52:55.559
 to the truths of salvation

00:52:56.559 --> 00:52:58.559
 he spoke to us

00:52:59.559 --> 00:52:59.559


00:53:00.559 --> 00:53:01.559
 the living word of God

00:53:02.559 --> 00:53:04.559
 and he changed us forever

00:53:04.559 --> 00:53:06.559
 written

00:53:07.559 --> 00:53:07.559


00:53:08.559 --> 00:53:09.559
 Jeremiah and Ezekiel

00:53:10.559 --> 00:53:11.559
 writing his laws

00:53:11.559 --> 00:53:12.559
 in our hearts

00:53:13.559 --> 00:53:14.559
 engraving them

00:53:14.559 --> 00:53:15.559
 on our minds

00:53:16.559 --> 00:53:17.559
 never to be erased

00:53:18.559 --> 00:53:18.559


00:53:19.559 --> 00:53:20.559
 we share

00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:22.559
 in Christ

00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:24.559
 and the reassurance

00:53:25.559 --> 00:53:26.559
 tonight comes

00:53:27.559 --> 00:53:28.559
 to you

00:53:29.559 --> 00:53:30.559
 if you go

00:53:30.559 --> 00:53:31.559
 to a time in your life

00:53:31.559 --> 00:53:32.559
 or to a stage

00:53:32.559 --> 00:53:33.559
 in your life

00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:35.559
 when that great change

00:53:35.559 --> 00:53:36.559
 took place

00:53:37.559 --> 00:53:38.559
 a change

00:53:39.559 --> 00:53:40.559
 that gave you

00:53:41.559 --> 00:53:42.559
 Christ in you

00:53:42.559 --> 00:53:42.559


00:53:43.559 --> 00:53:43.559


00:53:44.559 --> 00:53:45.559
 that because

00:53:45.559 --> 00:53:46.559
 he lives

00:53:46.559 --> 00:53:47.559
 you shall live also

00:53:48.559 --> 00:53:48.559


00:53:49.559 --> 00:53:49.559


00:53:50.559 --> 00:53:51.559
 and united to him

00:53:52.559 --> 00:53:53.559
 that you will be

00:53:54.559 --> 00:53:55.559
 united with him

00:53:55.559 --> 00:53:56.559
 in the glory

00:53:56.559 --> 00:53:57.559
 which he now enjoys

00:53:58.559 --> 00:53:59.559
 the moment

00:53:59.559 --> 00:54:00.559
 the conversation

00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:01.559
 the new beginning

00:54:01.559 --> 00:54:02.559
 the intervention

00:54:02.559 --> 00:54:03.559
 of God

00:54:04.559 --> 00:54:05.559
 the new life

00:54:06.559 --> 00:54:07.559
 through faith

00:54:07.559 --> 00:54:08.559
 in Christ Jesus

00:54:09.559 --> 00:54:10.559
 the reassurance

00:54:11.559 --> 00:54:12.559
 the

00:54:13.559 --> 00:54:13.559


00:54:14.559 --> 00:54:14.559


00:54:15.559 --> 00:54:15.559


00:54:16.559 --> 00:54:17.559
 that we ask ourselves

00:54:18.559 --> 00:54:19.559
 do we know that moment

00:54:20.559 --> 00:54:21.559
 do we know that stage

00:54:21.559 --> 00:54:22.559
 do we know that time

00:54:23.559 --> 00:54:24.559
 do we know what it means

00:54:25.559 --> 00:54:26.559
 to begin

00:54:26.559 --> 00:54:27.559
 our walk

00:54:27.559 --> 00:54:28.559
 to heaven

00:54:28.559 --> 00:54:29.559
 with Jesus

00:54:29.559 --> 00:54:29.559


00:54:29.559 --> 00:54:31.559
 by the power

00:54:31.559 --> 00:54:32.559
 of the Holy Spirit

00:54:32.559 --> 00:54:33.559
 of God

00:54:34.559 --> 00:54:37.559
 and the reassurance

00:54:38.559 --> 00:54:39.559
 is conditional

00:54:40.559 --> 00:54:42.559
 we share in Christ

00:54:42.559 --> 00:54:43.559
 if indeed

00:54:44.559 --> 00:54:45.559
 we hold our

00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:46.559
 religion

00:54:46.559 --> 00:54:47.559
 our confidence

00:54:48.559 --> 00:54:49.559
 firm

00:54:49.559 --> 00:54:50.559
 to the end

00:54:51.559 --> 00:54:52.559
 there was a danger

00:54:52.559 --> 00:54:55.559
 the

00:54:55.559 --> 00:54:56.559
 there was a danger

00:54:58.559 --> 00:54:59.559
 the reassurance

00:54:59.559 --> 00:55:00.559
 for us this evening

00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:01.559
 is

00:55:02.559 --> 00:55:02.559


00:55:03.559 --> 00:55:03.559


00:55:03.559 --> 00:55:04.559
 lay hold

00:55:05.559 --> 00:55:06.559
 tightly

00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:07.559


00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:08.559
 on Jesus Christ

00:55:09.559 --> 00:55:10.559
 as our Savior

00:55:11.559 --> 00:55:12.559
 to hold him

00:55:12.559 --> 00:55:13.559
 firmly in our

00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:14.559


00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:14.559


00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:16.559
 to embrace him

00:55:16.559 --> 00:55:16.559


00:55:16.559 --> 00:55:16.559


00:55:16.559 --> 00:55:20.559
 when it comes to

00:55:20.559 --> 00:55:24.960
 When it comes to holding Jesus fast in our hands,

00:55:25.519 --> 00:55:27.219
 we cannot juggle any balls.

00:55:28.880 --> 00:55:30.980
 We can try and juggle balls in life

00:55:30.980 --> 00:55:33.860
 and we can never keep a firm hold of any of them.

00:55:34.179 --> 00:55:35.259
 They're all over the place

00:55:35.259 --> 00:55:38.139
 and no matter how much we master juggling the balls,

00:55:38.559 --> 00:55:39.739
 they're still all over the place.

00:55:40.119 --> 00:55:42.179
 We cannot use that image

00:55:42.179 --> 00:55:44.320
 when it comes to our faith in Jesus.

00:55:44.320 --> 00:55:46.219
 We have to throw everything else away

00:55:46.219 --> 00:55:47.840
 so that our hands,

00:55:48.500 --> 00:55:49.860
 the hands with which we embrace him,

00:55:49.860 --> 00:55:51.240
 so that they're empty

00:55:51.240 --> 00:55:54.019
 and that we use all of our strength

00:55:54.019 --> 00:55:55.380
 and all of our energy

00:55:55.380 --> 00:55:57.180
 in embracing the Lord Jesus

00:55:57.180 --> 00:55:59.800
 and in holding him firm in our lives.

00:56:01.660 --> 00:56:02.920
 That will ensure

00:56:02.920 --> 00:56:05.940
 what the writer is saying here.

00:56:09.360 --> 00:56:12.360
 We hold fast our original confidence

00:56:12.360 --> 00:56:14.920
 firm to the end.

00:56:16.680 --> 00:56:18.660
 There's a firm foundation

00:56:18.659 --> 00:56:24.179
 that there's the reality of being part of the foundation

00:56:24.179 --> 00:56:25.659
 which is Christ himself.

00:56:25.980 --> 00:56:28.039
 There is that sense of the firmness

00:56:28.039 --> 00:56:29.759
 and the steadfastness

00:56:29.759 --> 00:56:31.500
 that comes into our lives

00:56:31.500 --> 00:56:34.440
 by laying hold firmly

00:56:34.440 --> 00:56:37.079
 upon Jesus Christ.

00:56:37.079 --> 00:56:40.699
 and that's our greatest need

00:56:40.699 --> 00:56:41.519
 this evening

00:56:41.519 --> 00:56:42.639
 as we come to our close.

00:56:44.639 --> 00:56:46.699
 We may have our blind spots.

00:56:47.699 --> 00:56:48.900
 We may be tempted

00:56:48.900 --> 00:56:50.279
 by the busyness of life.

00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:52.059
 We may be tempted

00:56:52.059 --> 00:56:54.840
 by the pressures of the world around us

00:56:54.840 --> 00:56:56.039
 and the age

00:56:56.039 --> 00:56:56.840
 and the society

00:56:56.840 --> 00:56:57.699
 in which we live.

00:56:59.460 --> 00:57:00.940
 Our responsibility.

00:57:00.940 --> 00:57:04.360
 the urgency is that we

00:57:04.360 --> 00:57:06.940
 keep hold firmly

00:57:06.940 --> 00:57:09.159
 of Jesus Christ.

00:57:10.320 --> 00:57:13.920
 To go from this time of worship together

00:57:13.920 --> 00:57:17.400
 and to sense

00:57:17.400 --> 00:57:19.019
 in our hearts

00:57:19.019 --> 00:57:21.780
 the sheer importance

00:57:21.780 --> 00:57:23.579
 of ensuring

00:57:23.579 --> 00:57:25.599
 that our grip

00:57:25.599 --> 00:57:26.700
 upon the Lord Jesus

00:57:26.700 --> 00:57:28.420
 is always strong.

00:57:29.139 --> 00:57:30.159
 And we know that it is

00:57:30.159 --> 00:57:30.920
 his grip

00:57:30.920 --> 00:57:32.820
 that keeps us safe.

00:57:34.119 --> 00:57:34.800
 Nevertheless,

00:57:36.240 --> 00:57:37.500
 our grasp of him

00:57:37.500 --> 00:57:39.360
 is key to the relationship.

00:57:40.099 --> 00:57:41.639
 It's key to us living

00:57:41.639 --> 00:57:45.059
 the life that he calls us to live

00:57:45.059 --> 00:57:46.920
 and is certainly key

00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:48.819
 to us arriving at last

00:57:48.819 --> 00:57:50.039
 to the place

00:57:50.039 --> 00:57:52.559
 that he has prepared for us.

00:57:53.460 --> 00:57:54.839
 There is the regard then.

00:57:54.839 --> 00:57:56.159
 There's the responsibility

00:57:56.159 --> 00:57:58.460
 and there's the reassurance.

00:57:59.219 --> 00:58:00.960
 And let us journey on

00:58:00.960 --> 00:58:02.920
 along life's way together.

00:58:03.980 --> 00:58:05.179
 Having your conversations.

00:58:05.900 --> 00:58:06.839
 Encouraging each other.

00:58:07.259 --> 00:58:08.199
 Building each other up.

00:58:08.920 --> 00:58:10.059
 And ensuring that we don't

00:58:10.059 --> 00:58:12.440
 fall into this trap.

00:58:13.279 --> 00:58:14.199
 And I close with the words

00:58:14.199 --> 00:58:15.880
 of a hymn called

00:58:15.880 --> 00:58:18.199
 Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord.

00:58:18.279 --> 00:58:19.679
 And it summarizes

00:58:19.679 --> 00:58:22.079
 what we want to take with us

00:58:22.079 --> 00:58:22.900
 from God's Word

00:58:22.900 --> 00:58:24.579
 as we leave or serve us this evening.

00:58:25.539 --> 00:58:27.799
 Long as my life shall last,

00:58:28.599 --> 00:58:29.679
 teach me thy way.

00:58:30.519 --> 00:58:32.039
 Wherever my lot be cast,

00:58:32.880 --> 00:58:33.880
 teach me thy way.

00:58:34.380 --> 00:58:35.599
 Until the race is run,

00:58:36.299 --> 00:58:37.539
 until the journey is done,

00:58:37.539 --> 00:58:39.519
 until the crown is won,

00:58:40.400 --> 00:58:42.440
 teach me thy way.

00:58:42.920 --> 00:58:43.679
 Let's ensure

00:58:43.679 --> 00:58:45.099
 we get the crown.

00:58:45.759 --> 00:58:46.579
 Let's ensure

00:58:46.579 --> 00:58:48.159
 we finish our course.

00:58:48.860 --> 00:58:49.759
 And let's ensure

00:58:49.759 --> 00:58:50.460
 that at last

00:58:50.460 --> 00:58:52.099
 we shall be summoned in

00:58:52.099 --> 00:58:54.039
 to the everlasting joy

00:58:54.039 --> 00:58:54.840
 of our God.

00:58:55.259 --> 00:58:55.759
 The place

00:58:55.759 --> 00:58:57.599
 where Christ is in glory

00:58:57.599 --> 00:58:58.900
 awaiting for

00:58:58.900 --> 00:59:00.440
 his faithful people.

00:59:00.619 --> 00:59:01.699
 May God bless his Word to us.

00:59:01.759 --> 00:59:02.239
 Let us pray.

00:59:03.500 --> 00:59:04.599
 Most gracious God,

00:59:04.599 --> 00:59:06.259
 we give thanks to you

00:59:06.259 --> 00:59:07.319
 for your grace

00:59:07.319 --> 00:59:09.019
 and for your love

00:59:09.019 --> 00:59:09.880
 and for the way

00:59:09.880 --> 00:59:10.239
 in which

00:59:10.239 --> 00:59:11.219
 your love

00:59:11.219 --> 00:59:12.339
 will not let us go.

00:59:13.079 --> 00:59:13.699
 We are conscious

00:59:13.699 --> 00:59:15.119
 of the different ways

00:59:15.119 --> 00:59:15.639
 in life

00:59:15.639 --> 00:59:17.799
 in which our hearts

00:59:17.799 --> 00:59:18.599
 become called

00:59:18.599 --> 00:59:19.279
 to your Word

00:59:19.280 --> 00:59:21.900
 and we sometimes

00:59:21.900 --> 00:59:22.920
 lose our way

00:59:22.920 --> 00:59:24.100
 as we journey on

00:59:24.100 --> 00:59:24.740
 through life.

00:59:25.160 --> 00:59:26.140
 We are thankful to you

00:59:26.140 --> 00:59:27.380
 that you are the God

00:59:27.380 --> 00:59:28.560
 who lays hold of us

00:59:28.560 --> 00:59:29.440
 and who restores

00:59:29.440 --> 00:59:30.519
 and does recover.

00:59:31.300 --> 00:59:32.160
 Bless your Word to us

00:59:32.160 --> 00:59:32.460
 tonight.

00:59:32.580 --> 00:59:32.980
 Help us

00:59:32.980 --> 00:59:34.800
 to live in constant

00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:35.680
 awareness of

00:59:35.680 --> 00:59:36.820
 the dangers

00:59:36.820 --> 00:59:37.840
 that surround us

00:59:37.840 --> 00:59:38.320
 in life.

00:59:39.100 --> 00:59:39.820
 Help us to be

00:59:39.820 --> 00:59:40.519
 constantly aware

00:59:40.519 --> 00:59:41.800
 of the need

00:59:41.800 --> 00:59:42.660
 of walking

00:59:42.660 --> 00:59:43.600
 closely with you.

00:59:44.460 --> 00:59:45.440
 Help us to be aware

00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:46.560
 of the needs

00:59:46.560 --> 00:59:47.200
 of those who are

00:59:47.200 --> 00:59:47.720
 around us

00:59:47.719 --> 00:59:48.659
 that together

00:59:48.659 --> 00:59:49.459
 we may be

00:59:49.459 --> 00:59:50.579
 built up in the faith

00:59:50.579 --> 00:59:51.459
 and strengthened

00:59:51.459 --> 00:59:52.199
 and encouraged

00:59:52.199 --> 00:59:53.279
 as we share

00:59:53.279 --> 00:59:54.379
 this journey together.

00:59:54.859 --> 00:59:55.500
 So bless your Word

00:59:55.500 --> 00:59:55.899
 as we pray

00:59:55.899 --> 00:59:56.500
 and hear us

00:59:56.500 --> 00:59:57.919
 for we ask these things

00:59:57.919 --> 00:59:59.099
 for Jesus' sake.

00:59:59.980 --> 01:00:00.299
 Amen.

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 Our closing psalm

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 is psalm number 28

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 and sing psalms.

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 Psalm 28

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 it's on page 33

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 and we're singing

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 at verse number 5

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 down to the end

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 of the psalm.

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 Psalm 28

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 at verse 5

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 on page 33.

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 Because the Lord's works

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 they despise

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 and treat his actions

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 with disdain

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 and just as he will

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 tear them down

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 and never build them

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 up again.

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 We stand to sing

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 from verse 5

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 to verse 9

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 and after the benediction

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 I'll go to the main door.

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 Amen.

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 Because the Lord's works

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 they despise

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 and treat his actions

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 with disdain

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 injustice he will tear

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 them down

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 and never build

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 them up again.

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 praise to the Lord

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 for he has served

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 the plea for mercy

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 which I made

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 my heart uplifted

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 lifted leaps

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 for joy

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 my thanks

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 to him

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 I gladly

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 sing

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 the Lord

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 God is

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 his people's

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 strength

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 a saving

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 fortress

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 fortress

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 for his king

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 Lord

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 Savior

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 be

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 a

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 your own

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 flock

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 be

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 pleased

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 to

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 heritage

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 to

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 bless

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 be

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 their

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 good

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 shepherd

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 glory

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 forever

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 in

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 your

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 faithfulness

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 the grace

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 the love of God

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 the Father

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 and the fellowship

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 be with you all

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 now and forevermore

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 Amen

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