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 It's my pleasure today to welcome Reverend Colin Dow to preach to us at both this morning and this evening service. Colin is minister at Crow Road Free Church in Glasgow.

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 Thank you. Thank you very much, Colin. My legs are kind of sore, has to be said. Wonderful to be here. I always feel like I'm coming home when I'm coming up to Lewis and I never knew why that was until my wife bought me a subscription to an ancestry website for my Christmas present.

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 And it turns out that I am a direct descendant of Summer Edma Gilbride, the first Lord of the Isles. So that must be why I feel I'm coming home.

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 Behold, the Lord God comes with might and his arm rules for him. Behold, his reward is with him and his recompense before him. He will tend his flock like a shepherd.

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 He will gather the lambs in his arms. He will carry them in his bosom and gently lead those with young.

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 Let us worship God. Let us sing to his praise in Psalm 93. Psalm 93 on page 123.

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 The Lord is King, his throne endures, majestic in its height.

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 Let us stand as we sing to God's praise.

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 Let us sing to God's praise.

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 The Lord is King, his throne endures, majestic in its height.

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 The world is found firm and sure,

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 Rebooteth cannot be, Rebooteth cannot be.

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 Your throne is strong, Now you are God.

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 From all eternity, From all eternity,

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 But these the Lord have lifted up,

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 They lifted up their voice,

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 They lifted up their voice,

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 But these the Lord have lifted up their weight,

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 And made a mighty noise,

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 And made a mighty noise,

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 And made a mighty noise.

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 The Lord have grown on high,

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 Is strong,

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 For powerful is he,

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 For powerful is he,

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 And thunder of the ocean's waves,

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 Are breakers of the sea,

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 Are breakers of the sea,

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 Are breakers of the sea,

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 Are breakers of the sea,

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 Are breakers of the sea.

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 Your voice is not a true source and firm,

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 Unchanging is your word,

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 Unchanging is your word,

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 Unchanging is your word,

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 And holiness adorns your eyes,

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 For endless days,

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 For endless days,

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 For endless days,

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 For endless days,

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 For endless days,

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 For endless days,

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 Let us pray.

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 Indeed, O Lord Almighty, had we a thousand tongues,

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 they would not be enough to sing your praises,

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 for you are King.

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 You have always been King, you have always reigned,

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 since before the sun was set in the sky,

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 and you flung the stars into space.

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 You were King, and you are King today.

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 You are in sovereign control of all things that come to pass,

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 and you will always be King.

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 You reign in splendor and glory, and we bow before you,

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 our Sovereign God.

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 You are Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one true and living God.

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 God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable,

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 in his being wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.

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 And yet we have seen you in the face of Jesus Christ.

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 We thank you for your great love for us.

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 You demonstrated your love for us in this.

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 While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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 Surely, O Lord, by nature we were conceived in sin.

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 We sinned daily in thought, word, and deed,

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 both by the wrong things we do,

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 and the right things we fail to do.

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 How we thank you, O Lord,

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 that you have laid all our sins

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 on the shoulders of our Saviour, Jesus Christ,

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 who bore them on Calvary's tree for us.

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 How we thank you that if we confess our sins,

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 you are faithful and just to forgive our sins

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 and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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 How we thank you that the blood of Jesus Christ

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 is enough to forgive all our sins.

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 But more so,

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 the blood of Jesus Christ covers us with his righteousness.

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 So that even as you look upon us,

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 as we are united in Christ,

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 you say of us,

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 you are my beloved son,

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 you are my beloved daughter,

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 in you I am well pleased.

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 What a great message the gospel of Jesus Christ is.

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 And we pray this morning that you would send your Holy Spirit

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 that we may focus our minds

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 on Jesus Christ and him crucified,

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 the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me,

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 the Good Shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep.

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 We ask all these things

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 with the forgiveness of all our sin,

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 It is so wonderful to see all you boys and girls here today.

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 Did any of you run yesterday?

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 We have two down here.

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 Anyone else?

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 Are your legs as sore as mine today?

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 Yeah?

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 I want to help you understand

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 what ministers do for a living.

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 Okay?

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 Because lots of people come to me and say,

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 what do ministers do?

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 And sometimes I find it quite hard

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 to explain to someone

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 who doesn't go to church

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 what a minister does.

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 How would you answer that question,

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 what does a minister do?

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 Well, I want to help

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 try and explain to you

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 what a minister does.

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 So,

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 I here

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 have a pencil case.

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 And I know that there's a young man

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 in this connegation

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 whose father has bought him

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 this pencil case.

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 Who's that young man?

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 Uh-huh.

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 But because

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 it couldn't be delivered

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 here,

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 it had to be delivered

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 to my house in Glasgow.

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 But it wasn't me

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 who bought the pencil case

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 for this young man.

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 It was

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 his father.

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 This young man's father

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 who loves him very much

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 and wants him to have

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 the coolest

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 pencil case

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 in the whole

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 of the world.

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 It's got

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 Mr. Beast

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 written in the front.

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 And it's got a picture

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 of Callum.

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 Right in the front of it.

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 And I wonder

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 whether

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 Callum Angi,

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 would you mind

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 walking up here

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 because I certainly

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 can't walk down there.

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 Would you come

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 and get this

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 from me?

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 Would you mind?

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 Tell you what,

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 I'll meet you halfway.

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 Well,

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 there we go.

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 It's come all the way

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 from China

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 without a 254%

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 cut.

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 Good boy,

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 Callum Angi.

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 So,

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 I came all the way

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 up here

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 to do three things.

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 I came up here

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 to run the half marathon.

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 I came up here

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 to preach today.

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 And I came up here

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 to give a present

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 from a father

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 to his son.

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 because,

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 well,

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 Gordon loves

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 Callum Angi

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 and Gordon loves

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 to buy

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 Callum Angi

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 lovely things.

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 So,

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 what do you think

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 a minister does?

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 And what is me

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 giving that pencil case

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 to you got to do

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 with being a minister?

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 Huh?

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 Ministers

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 give

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 what our loving

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 heavenly father

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 has bought

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 for his children.

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 So,

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 our loving

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 heavenly father,

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 God,

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 has bought

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 salvation

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 through the blood

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 of Jesus

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 for us

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 if we have

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 faith in Jesus.

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 And what the

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 minister does

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 is

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 to tell

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 God's children,

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 us,

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 that God

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 has bought

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 a present

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 for us.

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 And the minister

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 stands up

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 every single Sunday

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 morning and evening.

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 this is what

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 Callum does

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 every Sunday

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 morning and evening

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 to give that gift

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 to God's children.

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 To give that gift

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 to you

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 and to me.

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 That's what he does.

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 So,

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 as he preaches

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 from the word,

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 he is

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 listening

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 to God the Father

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 saying,

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 tell my children

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 I have wonderful

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 gifts for them.

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 I have forgiveness

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 for them

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 from Jesus.

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 I have peace

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 for them

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 from the Holy Spirit.

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 I have comfort

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 when they're sad.

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 I have joy

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 for them.

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 I have hope

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 for them

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 when they can't

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 see the way ahead.

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 I have all

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 these things

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 for them.

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 And through

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 the preaching

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 of the word,

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 the minister

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 gives these gifts

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 to God's children.

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 So,

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 when next time

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 someone asks you,

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 what does a minister

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 do?

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 This is a bit

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 old for you,

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 but I often

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 get told that

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 a minister's job

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 is six days

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 to be invisible

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 and one day

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 to be incomprehensible.

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 But don't

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 use that.

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 Say,

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 it's the minister's job

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 to give

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 the gift

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 a father

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 has bought

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 to his children.

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 And then

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 when they say,

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 what does that mean?

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 Explain to them,

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 God

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 has bought

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 salvation

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 for his children

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 through the blood

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 of his son,

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 Jesus,

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 and it's

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 the minister's job

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 to offer

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 that salvation

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 to God's children.

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 So,

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 next time

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 you're playing

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 with your pencil case,

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 Calabangi,

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 and fill it up

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 and take it to school

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 and show your teacher,

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 isn't this cool?

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 Or next time

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 you're using

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 your pencil case

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 in school,

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 children,

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 could you remember

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 my story

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 about what a minister

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 does?

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 Giving gifts

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 a loving father

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 has bought

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 for his child

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 to them.

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 We're now going

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 to say the Lord's

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 Prayer together.

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 Our Father,

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 Jordan,

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 heaven,

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 hallowed be thy name.

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 Thy kingdom come,

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 thy will be done

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 on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 Forgive us

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 our debts

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 as we forgive

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 our debtors.

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 And lead us

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 not into temptation,

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 but deliver us

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 from evil.

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 For thine

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 is the kingdom,

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 the power,

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 and the glory

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 forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing

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 a song now,

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 a psalm now,

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 that talks about

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 our sin

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 and how God

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 forgives our sin.

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 This is a great gift

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 the Father gives us.

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 He blocks out our sin

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 because of the death

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 of Jesus.

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 Psalm 51

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 from verse 5

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 to verse 15

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 in St.

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 Psalms,

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 page 68.

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 8.

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 Psalm 51,

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 page 68.

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 From my birth

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 I have been sinful.

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 Such the nature

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 I received,

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 sinful from my first

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 beginning,

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 in my mother's womb

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 concede.

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 Again,

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 let's stand to sing

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 as we sing

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 Psalm 51

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 to God's praise.

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 For my heart

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 I have been sinful,

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 Such the nature

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 I receive,

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 Sent to God

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 from my first

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 beginning,

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 And my mother's

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 womb concede,

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 Truth,

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 you look

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 for in my heart,

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 Wisdom to me

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 you enviars.

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 And with this

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 of beautify me,

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 I'll be whiter

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 than the snow.

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 Let the bones

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 you must be joyful,

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 May I joy

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 and gladness know.

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 From my failure

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 hide your face,

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 Lord,

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 and all my wickedness.

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 Lord,

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 create a pure heart

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 in me,

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 and a steadfast mind

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 renew.

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 Do not take your spirit

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 from me,

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 cast me not away

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 from you.

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 Give me back

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 the joy I have,

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 Keep my will

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 in spirit blood.

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 Then I'll teach

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 your ways to sinners,

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 Rebels will turn

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 back to you.

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 free me from the guilt,

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 my Savior,

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 for those merciful

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 and true.

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 Then I'll praise

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 your righteousness,

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 teach my lips

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 your name to bless.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to read now

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 from Isaiah chapter 40.

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 Isaiah chapter 40.

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 And we're going to read

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 from verse 1

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 to verse 17.

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 This is on page 724

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 of the Bible I have here.

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 Isaiah 40.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Comfort.

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 Comfort, my people,

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 says your God.

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 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem

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 and cry to her

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 that her warfare has ended.

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 That her iniquity is pardoned.

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 That she has received

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 from the Lord's hand

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 double for all her sins.

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 A voice cries.

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 In the wilderness

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 prepare the way of the Lord.

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 Make straight in the desert

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 a highway for our God.

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 Every valley

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 shall be lifted up

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 and every mountain and hill

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 be made low.

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 The uneven ground

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 shall become level

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 and the rough places

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 a plain.

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 and the glory of the Lord

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 shall be revealed.

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 And all flesh

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 shall see it together

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 for the mouth

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 of the Lord

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 has spoken.

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 A voice

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 says,

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 cry.

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 And I said,

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 what shall I cry?

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 All flesh is grass

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 and its beauty

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 is like the flower

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 of the field.

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 The grass withers.

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 The flower fades

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 when the breath

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 of the Lord

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 blows on it.

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 Surely the people

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 are grass.

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 The grass withers.

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 The flower fades.

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 But the word of our God

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 will stand forever.

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 Get you up

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 to a high mountain,

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 O Zion,

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 herald of good news.

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 Lift up your voice

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 with strength,

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 O Jerusalem,

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 herald of good news.

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 Lift it up.

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 Fear not.

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 Say to the cities

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 of Judah,

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 behold your God.

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 Behold the Lord God

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 comes with might

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 and his arm rules for him.

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 Behold his reward

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 is with him

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 and his recompense

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 before him.

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 He will tend his flock

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 like a shepherd.

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 He will gather

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 the lambs in his arms.

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 He will carry them

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 in his bosom

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 and gently lead those

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 that are with young.

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 who has measured

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 the water

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 in the hollow

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 of his hand

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 and marked off

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 the heavens

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 with a span,

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 enclosed the dust

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 of the earth

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 in a measure

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 and weighed

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 the mountains

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 in scales

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 and the hills

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 in a balance?

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 Who has measured

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 the spirit of the Lord

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 or what man

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 shows him his counsel?

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 Whom did he consult

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 and who made him understand?

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 Who taught him

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 the path of justice

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 and taught him knowledge

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 and showed him

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 the way of understanding?

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 Behold the nations

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 are like a drop

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 from a bucket

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 and are accounted

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 as the dust

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 on the scales.

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 Behold he takes up

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 the coastlands

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 like fine dust.

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 Lebanon would not

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 suffice for fuel

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 nor are its beasts

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 enough for a burnt offering.

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 All the nations

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 are as nothing

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 before him.

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 They are accounted

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 by him as less

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 than nothing

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 and emptiness.

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 Amen.

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 May God bless

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 this reading

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 of his word.

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 Let us pray.

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 We thank you Lord

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 for your word.

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 We thank you

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 that it is

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 your living breath.

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 That just as you

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 breathed

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 into the nostrils

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 of the first man

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 Adam

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 and he became

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 a living being

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 so you breathe

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 through your word

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 into our hearts

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 and we

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 spiritually

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 live.

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 we thank you

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 that your word

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 is living and active

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 sharper than any

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 two-edged sword.

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 We thank you

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 that your word

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 is like honey

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 honey

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 from the comb

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 and more precious

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 than gold.

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 We pray for

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 every organization

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 engaged in

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 spreading your word

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 in translating

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 it into

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 the languages

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 of the peoples

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 of the world.

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 world.

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 We thank you

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 for Wycliffe

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 Bible Translators

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 for the work

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 of the Bible

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 Societies

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 for the work

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 of the Langham

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 Partnership.

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 We thank you

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 for the growing

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 church

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 all over

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 our world.

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 We thank you

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 especially

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 for the growth

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 of the church

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 in nations

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 which previously

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 had been closed

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 to the gospel.

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 We think of

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 the nation

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 of Mongolia

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 a nation

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 which up

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 until the fall

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 of the Iron

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 Curtain

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 we knew

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 little or

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 nothing about

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 and yet

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 now

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 there is

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 a growing

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 church

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 with 60,000

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 believers

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 sending missionaries

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 all over

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 that part of

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 Asia

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 even into

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 China.

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 Lord we thank

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 you that your

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 spirit is doing

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 amazing things

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 is raising

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 the spiritual

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 temperature

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 of entire

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 nations.

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 Lord we pray

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 that you

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 would send

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 revival

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 on our own

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 beloved Scotland.

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 Will you not

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 O Lord

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 rend the heavens

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 in wrath

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 remember mercy

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 O Lord

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 and do the

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 things you

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 did at first

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 here.

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 We pray

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 that you

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:31.459
 would fill

00:22:31.459 --> 00:22:32.000
 our churches

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.939
 to overflowing

00:22:32.939 --> 00:22:34.719
 with eager

00:22:34.719 --> 00:22:35.379
 worshippers

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:37.799
 and lifelong

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.319
 disciples.

00:22:40.199 --> 00:22:40.899
 We pray

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:41.319
 Lord that you

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.740
 would thrust

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.339
 men into the

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:43.000
 harvest field

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.240
 for the

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.679
 harvest

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:46.000
 is white.

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.980
 We thank

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.440
 you for this

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.820
 church

00:22:49.820 --> 00:22:51.500
 which has

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:53.019
 for so long

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.880
 been a bastion

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:55.400
 of the preaching

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.000
 of the word

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.840
 and the praising

00:22:56.840 --> 00:22:57.420
 of your name.

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.480
 And we pray

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.039
 Lord that you

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:02.460
 would call

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.900
 a man of

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.180
 your own

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.920
 choosing here.

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 We thank you

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.120
 for the thoughts

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:06.720
 of Gordon

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.320
 on Wednesday

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:07.740
 evening

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 and for this

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 little note

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:11.060
 in our orders

00:23:11.060 --> 00:23:11.580
 of service

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:12.240
 which reminds

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.680
 us of the

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.140
 things for

00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:13.580
 which we are

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 to pray

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.480
 regarding

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.180
 this vacancy.

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.000
 We pray

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.839
 for unanimity

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.440
 of spirit

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.220
 among us.

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.799
 We pray

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.059
 that you

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.400
 would help

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.119
 us to

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.700
 be guided

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.279
 and led

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 to a man

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.619
 who is

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:27.180
 word focused

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.640
 in his

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.059
 ministry.

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:30.039
 We pray

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.279
 that you

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.539
 would give

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.480
 us insight.

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.819
 We thank

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.099
 you for the

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.599
 promise that

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.119
 if any lacks

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.500
 wisdom

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:36.799
 we should

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.259
 ask it of

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.460
 you.

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:38.819
 We pray

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.039
 that you

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.380
 would help

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:40.099
 us to trust

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.539
 in your

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:40.900
 timing.

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:43.100
 and we

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.280
 pray

00:23:43.280 --> 00:23:43.500
 Lord

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.759
 that you

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.080
 would help

00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:44.600
 us to

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 yield

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.080
 our

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 hearts

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.420
 to

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 your

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 choice.

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 Father

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 our

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 great

00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:50.480
 desire

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:50.780
 is

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 just as

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 it

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.540
 is

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 for

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 Glasgow.

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.940
 May

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.240
 Glasgow

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.680
 flourish

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 by the

00:23:55.060 --> 00:23:55.340
 preaching

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:56.759
 of the

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.060
 word

00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:57.320
 and the

00:23:57.320 --> 00:23:57.620
 praising

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 of your

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 name

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.380
 may

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 Stornoway

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.320
 flourish

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 in the

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 same

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 way.

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 Lord

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.100
 we pray

00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:03.940
 for our

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 nation

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:05.680
 the

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:05.920
 nation

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.220
 once

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.480
 known

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:06.759
 as

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 the

00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.039
 land

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.240
 of the

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.460
 book.

00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:10.100
 We

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.360
 pray

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.720
 for

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.080
 the

00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:11.340
 great

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 unreached

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.360
 parts

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:12.799
 of our

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 nation

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.600
 for

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 Argyle

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.759
 and for

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 Maryshire

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:17.000
 for

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.720
 increasingly

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.440
 parts of

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 the inner

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.519
 and outer

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 Hebrides.

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 Lord

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.000
 we ask

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.360
 and pray

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.640
 that you

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.060
 would send

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:24.620
 your spirit

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.140
 in new

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.460
 power.

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.039
 We

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.279
 pray

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.539
 Lord

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:28.960
 for

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 our

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.620
 own

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.100
 denomination

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.359
 the

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.519
 free

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:30.759
 church

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:30.939
 of

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 Scotland

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.480
 we

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.939
 recognise

00:24:31.939 --> 00:24:32.319
 that

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.459
 we

00:24:32.459 --> 00:24:32.599
 are

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 a

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.939
 tiny

00:24:33.939 --> 00:24:34.159
 little

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.619
 branch

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.619
 of

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:35.799
 a

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.579
 worldwide

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.039
 tree

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.319
 which

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.679
 keeps

00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:38.339
 growing.

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:39.579
 We

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:39.779
 pray

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.000
 Lord

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.159
 that

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 you

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.439
 would

00:24:40.439 --> 00:24:40.859
 bless

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.539
 however

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.879
 our

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 tiny

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:42.639
 branch.

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.199
 I

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 selfishly

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.000
 pray

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.240
 for

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.399
 our

00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:45.639
 two

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:45.919
 church

00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.279
 plants

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.599
 from

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.259
 our

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.459
 own

00:24:47.459 --> 00:24:48.000
 connegation

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.199
 in

00:24:48.199 --> 00:24:48.579
 Glasgow

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.519
 for

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.719
 Hope

00:24:49.719 --> 00:24:50.039
 Community

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.459
 Church

00:24:50.459 --> 00:24:50.679
 in

00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:51.179
 Helensburgh

00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:52.279
 and

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.459
 for

00:24:52.459 --> 00:24:53.079
 Crossbridge

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.459
 Church

00:24:53.459 --> 00:24:53.639
 in

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:53.899
 Merced

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.079
 Den

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.240
 Will

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.579
 Guy.

00:24:55.439 --> 00:24:55.639
 We

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:55.779
 give

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:55.879
 you

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.199
 thanks

00:24:56.199 --> 00:24:56.379
 for

00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:56.539
 their

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.019
 growth

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.379
 over

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:57.759
 these

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.759
 last

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.240
 months

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:01.460
 when

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.579
 they

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:01.740
 have

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.019
 first

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.420
 begun

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.660
 to

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:02.980
 worship

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.420
 you

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.339
 publicly

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.640
 and

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:05.819
 yet

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.019
 have

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.339
 both

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.700
 doubled

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:06.960
 in

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.460
 size.

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.059
 Lord

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.240
 we

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.420
 pray

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.599
 for

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:09.940
 such

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.119
 a

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.619
 growth

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:10.879
 and

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.259
 movement

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.619
 all

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:11.839
 over

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.240
 Scotland.

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.680
 We

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:13.819
 pray

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:13.980
 for

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.160
 any

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.339
 who

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.480
 are

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.759
 sick

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:14.940
 and

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.279
 struggling

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.440
 in

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:15.599
 our

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.119
 connegation

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.519
 here.

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:17.839
 We

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:17.920
 pray

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.079
 for

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.319
 those

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.480
 who

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.660
 are

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.379
 physically

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.700
 ill.

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:19.879
 We

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.059
 pray

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.240
 for

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.500
 those

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.640
 who

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:20.759
 are

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.220
 mentally

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.859
 challenged.

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.200
 We

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.339
 pray

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.500
 for

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.720
 those

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:23.819
 who

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:23.900
 are

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.379
 discouraged.

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.019
 We

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.299
 also

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.579
 pray

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:26.839
 Lord

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.220
 for

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:27.759


00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:27.920
 who

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.140
 were

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.039
 born

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:30.119
 baptized

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.720
 and

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:30.960
 brought

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.180
 up

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.359
 in

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:31.519
 our

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.079
 connegation

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.319
 but

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.700
 have

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.460
 backslidden

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.480
 have

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:34.740
 left

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:34.900
 the

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.099
 faith

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.460
 behind

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.700
 them.

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:36.960
 We

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.240
 remember

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.440
 the

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.859
 promises

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.700
 made

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:38.859
 at

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.339
 baptism.

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:40.980
 Promises

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.660
 not

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:41.980
 so

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.299
 much

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.660
 made

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:42.960
 by

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.539
 parents

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:43.859
 to

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.160
 you

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:45.039
 but

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.279
 made

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.519
 by

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.900
 you

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.940
 to

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.420
 parents.

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:48.859
 Lord

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.059
 we

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.259
 pray

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.500
 that

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.599
 you

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:49.740
 would

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.160
 remember

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.400
 the

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.640
 covenant

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.180
 promises

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.599
 you

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:51.940
 made

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:53.059
 and

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.259
 bring

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.440
 our

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.740
 people

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.279
 back.

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.420
 Now

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.579
 Lord

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:56.740
 we

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:56.960
 commit

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.440
 ourselves

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.680
 to

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:57.980
 you

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.299
 asking

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.539
 that

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.660
 you

00:25:59.660 --> 00:25:59.799
 would

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.039
 make

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.299
 war

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.740
 cease

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.539
 to

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.680
 the

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:01.940
 ends

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.059
 of

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.200
 the

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.519
 earth

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.720
 and

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:03.819
 that

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:03.940
 the

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.240
 gospel

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.440
 of

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.640
 Jesus

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.120
 Christ

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.400
 would

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:05.779
 reign.

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 Let me be, he have I sought, with all my soul and heart.

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 O let me not from the right path of thy commands depart.

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 Thy word I in my heart have lived, but I offend not thee.

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 O Lord, the weather blessed are thy status teach the me.

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 But judgment so thy mouth each one, my lips decreed how.

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 For joy thy testimonies plead, the righteous, O only name.

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 Thy will thy holy present make, my meditation.

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 And carefully I'll have respect, but to thy ways each one.

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 Among thy statutes my delight shall constantly be set.

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 And by thy grace I never will, my holy word forget.

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 Amen.

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 It really is a great privilege to preach to you today and to share this time with you.

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 Some of you may remember that I did a placement as a student here 24 years ago.

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 Back then I had far more hair, far more energy and far less children.

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 So it's lovely to bring with me this weekend my wife, who won first prize in the over 50s female half marathon yesterday.

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 I'm very proud of her.

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 And then son number two, Aidan.

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 Son number three, Jonathan.

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 And his girlfriend, Ailey.

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 So thank you for your very kind welcome.

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 It really is lovely, lovely to be here and to see old friends.

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 We're going to turn in our Bibles now to Isaiah chapter 40 and verse 11.

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 Isaiah 40 and verse 11.

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 Where we read of God, he will tend his flock like a shepherd.

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 He will gather the lambs in his arms.

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 He will carry them in his bosom.

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 And gently lead those that are with young.

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 Heavenly Father, we bow in your presence.

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 May your word be our rule, your spirit our teacher, and your greater glory our supreme concern.

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 Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 Amen.

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 There are few more indeeding images that you may have in your minds of God than that of him being our shepherd.

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 Perhaps the most famous line of any song in any language is the first line of Psalm 23.

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 The Lord's my shepherd.

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 One of Jesus' most famous parables is that of the shepherd.

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 Who having left the 99 sheep in safety, searches for that one lost sheep.

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 And when he finds it, he lays that one lost sheep across his shoulders.

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 And joyfully brings it home.

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 Our Lord said to himself, I am the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep.

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 There's something about the image of God as our shepherd which comforts us.

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 And whatever our circumstances makes us feel safe.

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 This chapter, Isaiah 40, tells the story of how God will rescue his people from their exile in Babylon.

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 Having spiraled downwards through their unfaithfulness to him,

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 the Israelites were forcibly relocated all across the vast Babylonian empire.

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 For 70 years they were exiled from their homeland because of their unfaithfulness to God.

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 These were terrifying years of exile and pain.

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 But a time will come when God will lead them back from Babylon and bring them back to Israel.

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 When their sins shall be forgiven and they shall once again be established in Jerusalem.

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 The rescue from Babylon is pictured in verse 11 here as that of the Lord.

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 Like a shepherd.

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 Tending his flock.

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 Gathering the lambs in his arms.

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 Carrying them in his bosom.

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 And gently leading those who have young.

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 After all, these returning people of Israel will have hundreds of miles to travel back to their homeland from Babylon.

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 But the Lord shall be their shepherd.

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 He shall lead them like a flock of sheep.

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 He shall provide for them.

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 He shall protect them every step of the way.

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 Now, although it may be a bit fanciful,

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 the homeward journey of the exiles from Babylon was compared by many of the early church fathers

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 to the lifelong journey of the Christian.

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 Like Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress,

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 we leave behind us the city of destruction when we become Christians

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 and we make our way to the celestial city of heaven.

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 But we do not travel alone in life.

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 Unkept.

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 Unloved.

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 Unprotected.

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 Rather, as we make our way through life,

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 the Lord tends to us,

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 gathers us,

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 carries us,

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 and gently leads us to himself.

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 We may experience many hardships on the journey.

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 We may be attacked by all kinds of enemies.

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 But the Lord will be our shepherd

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 and he will lead us home.

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 Picture this.

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 In all of life's ups and downs,

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 in all of our pleasures,

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 in all of our pains,

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 in all of our joys,

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 and in all of our sorrows,

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 our Lord is tender,

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 loving.

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 He's our powerful shepherd.

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 And he will hold us fast,

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 nearer to his heart.

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 I want us to explore this image of the Lord as our shepherd

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 from this verse in Isaiah 40,

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 under three headings,

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 our glorious shepherd,

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 our gracious shepherd,

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 our gentle shepherd.

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 For any today who feel as though they're lost and alone,

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 take comfort.

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 Take comfort.

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 The Lord is your shepherd.

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 He will never leave you.

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 He will never forsake you.

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 He will carry you.

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 He will be with you always.

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 First of all then,

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 we have our glorious shepherd.

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 Our glorious shepherd.

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 When I was a child,

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 and I'd get into verbal spat with another boy in my class,

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 the argument would always end up with him saying to me,

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 my dad's bigger than your dad.

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 And then I'd say to him,

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 no, no, no, no, no, no.

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 My dad's bigger than your dad.

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 Truth be told,

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 both dads were the same size.

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 In Isaiah 40,

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 there's no doubt who's the bigger.

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 One of the reasons that we love Isaiah 40 is

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 because of the picture that it paints

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 of the sheer immensity,

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 glory,

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 and power of the Lord who is our shepherd.

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 It all begins in verse 9

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 with the announcement,

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 Behold your God.

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 Behold your God.

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 Behold him indeed.

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 See him in the limitless sovereignty

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 of his kingly reign.

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 There follows from verse 12

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 a series of rhetorical questions.

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 Who has measured the waters

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 in the hollow of his hand?

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 Who has measured the spirit of the Lord?

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 The might and power of Babylon

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 can be counted and measured.

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 But the immensity of God

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 is beyond all calculation.

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 Behold,

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 Isaiah cries out,

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 the nations are like drops from a bucket

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 and are accounted as dust on the scales.

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 Drops of water.

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 Dust indeed.

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 The greatest

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 of all the human empires

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 is but dust

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 in the scales

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 to God.

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 On one side

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 is the weight of God.

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 On the other

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 a fleck of dust.

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 All the nations

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 there is nothing before him.

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 Who does this puny

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 king of Babylon

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 suppose himself

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 to be compared

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 to the immensity

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 of the glory

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 of the God

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 of heaven and earth?

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 The God

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 who cannot be likened

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 to any image?

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 The limitless

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 infinity of his essence

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 and character

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 going beyond

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 the limited

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 finite mind

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 any of us

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 can ever imagine?

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 And then come

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 the three great questions

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 of this chapter.

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 Do you not know?

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 Have you not heard?

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 He sits above

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 the circle of the earth

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 and its inhabitants

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 are like grasshoppers.

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 He brings princes

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 to nothing

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 and makes the rulers

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 of the earth

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 as emptiness

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 or vanity.

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 Lift up your eyes

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 on high

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 and see

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 who created

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 all these.

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 He brings out

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 their host

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 by number

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 and he calls

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 them all

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 by name.

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.980
 Astronomers

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:45.480
 will admit

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:47.300
 they haven't

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:47.860
 even begun

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.380
 to scratch

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.900
 the surface

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.360
 of all

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:50.079
 there is to know

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.420
 about

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:52.039
 the stars

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.820
 we can see.

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.460
 Never mind

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:53.960
 the stars

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.740
 only the Hubble

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:55.200
 can see.

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:57.019
 God created

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.599
 them all

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:59.119
 and he gave

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.420
 each one

00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.760
 a name.

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.880
 It crescendos

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.760
 in verse 28

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.800
 The Lord

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.519
 is the everlasting

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.160
 God

00:39:06.160 --> 00:39:06.760
 the creator

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:07.240
 of the ends

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:07.700
 of the earth.

00:39:08.200 --> 00:39:09.220
 He does not

00:39:09.220 --> 00:39:10.680
 faint or grow weary

00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:11.780
 his understanding

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:12.700
 is unsearchable.

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:16.200
 The king of Babylon

00:39:16.200 --> 00:39:17.700
 he's seated

00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:18.639
 on a throne

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.740
 of earthly glory.

00:39:20.660 --> 00:39:21.720
 He sneers

00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:22.220
 at the world

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:22.699
 around him

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.319
 but all the

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:23.679
 time

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.359
 his beauty

00:39:24.359 --> 00:39:24.719
 is like

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:25.399
 the flower

00:39:25.399 --> 00:39:25.980
 of the field.

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:27.099
 He is less

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.599
 than a grain

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.099
 of dust.

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.679
 He's a grasshopper.

00:39:29.939 --> 00:39:30.699
 He's a great

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.599
 nothing.

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:34.179
 My dad's

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.639
 bigger than

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.159
 your dad

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.579
 indeed.

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:38.119
 Our great

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.879
 shepherd king

00:39:38.879 --> 00:39:39.319
 the Lord

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:39.739
 himself

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.259
 he is the

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:40.679
 everlasting

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.139
 God

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:41.699
 the created

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.239
 of the ends

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.799
 of the earth.

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.159
 He alone

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:44.639
 stands

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.339
 gloriously

00:39:45.339 --> 00:39:45.879
 enthroned

00:39:45.879 --> 00:39:46.419
 above all

00:39:46.419 --> 00:39:46.859
 that he has

00:39:46.859 --> 00:39:47.259
 made.

00:39:48.339 --> 00:39:48.919
 Our human

00:39:48.919 --> 00:39:49.339
 minds

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:50.280
 cannot imagine

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:51.220
 the greatness

00:39:51.220 --> 00:39:52.019
 of his being.

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:52.900
 Our human

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:53.559
 calculations

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:54.200
 will always

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:54.900
 fall short

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.579
 of measuring

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.240
 even the

00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:57.620
 smallest movement

00:39:57.620 --> 00:39:58.340
 of his power.

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.579
 There are no

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.420
 words in any

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.120
 human language

00:40:01.120 --> 00:40:02.420
 sufficient to

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:03.420
 even begin to

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.700
 describe his

00:40:04.700 --> 00:40:05.380
 immensity.

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:07.000
 To describe

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:08.039
 himself to us

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.940
 God must use

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.780
 baby talk

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.660
 so that we may

00:40:10.660 --> 00:40:11.280
 understand.

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:12.960
 All his

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.740
 revelations of

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.640
 himself are like

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.579
 a toddler

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:16.480
 babbling

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:18.059
 but that is

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.460
 what our

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:18.980
 God must

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.579
 do so that

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.019
 we may

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.519
 know him.

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:22.779
 Who then

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:23.119
 is your

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.480
 shepherd

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:25.960
 who tends

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.219
 you?

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.900
 Who holds

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.480
 you close

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:28.819
 to his

00:40:28.819 --> 00:40:29.139
 heart?

00:40:30.319 --> 00:40:30.940
 Who is

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.960
 this shepherd

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.460
 king who

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:33.379
 gathers you

00:40:33.379 --> 00:40:34.119
 like a

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.460
 lamb in

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:35.000
 his arms

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:36.279
 and gently

00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:36.879
 leads you

00:40:36.879 --> 00:40:37.539
 through life?

00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:39.359
 He is the

00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:39.759
 everlasting

00:40:39.759 --> 00:40:40.599
 God before

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.000
 whom the

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.559
 nations are

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:42.059
 as drops

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.900
 in a bucket

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.800
 and as

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:44.599
 grains of

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:45.139
 dust.

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.900
 The God

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:48.160
 who will

00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:48.700
 rescue his

00:40:48.700 --> 00:40:49.340
 captive people

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:49.900
 from Babylon

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:51.320
 who will

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:51.880
 lead them

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.280
 through the

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:52.559
 wilderness

00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:53.139
 home to

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:53.500
 Israel.

00:40:53.660 --> 00:40:54.180
 This is

00:40:54.180 --> 00:40:54.519
 who he

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:54.880
 is in

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.000
 the

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.420
 immensity

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:55.840
 of his

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.320
 power,

00:40:56.680 --> 00:40:56.840
 his

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.380
 supremacy

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.760
 and his

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:58.160
 glory.

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.420
 What

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:01.000
 comfort this

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.380
 must have

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.720
 been to

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:02.160
 the fearful

00:41:02.160 --> 00:41:02.700
 people of

00:41:02.700 --> 00:41:03.000
 Israel.

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.180
 Nothing

00:41:04.180 --> 00:41:04.680
 need they

00:41:04.680 --> 00:41:05.260
 fear if

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:05.780
 God be

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.000
 their

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.380
 shepherd.

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:07.619
 No

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.000
 hunger,

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:08.660
 no thirst,

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.400
 no army,

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.059
 no robber,

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:10.880
 no mountain

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.440
 or desert.

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.400
 As the

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:13.920
 famous St.

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.380
 Julian of

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:14.700
 Norwich

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.300
 once said,

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:16.800
 all shall

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.240
 be well,

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.680
 all shall

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.160
 be well.

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:21.059
 It shall

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:21.619
 be well

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:22.180
 because of

00:41:22.180 --> 00:41:22.780
 the glory

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:23.400
 of the

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:24.139
 God who

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.519
 is our

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.019
 shepherd.

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.500
 Our

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.099
 enemies may

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:28.460
 be greater

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:28.960
 than us,

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:30.220
 but there

00:41:30.220 --> 00:41:30.619
 is drops

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:30.900
 from a

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.360
 bucket to

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.639
 God.

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.340
 The

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:33.940
 deserts of

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.519
 our lives

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:35.119
 may seem

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:35.840
 empty,

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:37.460
 but the

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:38.000
 God who

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.539
 created

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.280
 water

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:40.500
 shall fill

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:40.800
 them with

00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:41.180
 refreshing

00:41:41.180 --> 00:41:41.760
 pools.

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.440
 He is

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:43.579
 the

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:43.900
 Lord,

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:44.559
 our

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:44.960
 shepherd,

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:45.860
 who will

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.180
 lead us

00:41:46.180 --> 00:41:46.780
 beside the

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:47.460
 still waters

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:47.920
 and make

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.280
 us lie

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:48.680
 down in

00:41:48.680 --> 00:41:48.880
 green

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.420
 pastures,

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:50.440
 who will

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:50.720
 lead us

00:41:50.720 --> 00:41:51.240
 in paths

00:41:51.240 --> 00:41:51.420
 of

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.940
 righteousness.

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.420
 The

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:53.700
 Lord,

00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:53.940
 our

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.260
 shepherd,

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.519
 who will

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.860
 be with

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:55.119
 us,

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:55.559
 comforting

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:56.720
 us with

00:41:56.720 --> 00:41:57.200
 his rod

00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:57.780
 and staff

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.059
 as we

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.440
 walk through

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:58.860
 the valleys

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.139
 of the

00:41:59.139 --> 00:41:59.420
 shadow

00:41:59.420 --> 00:41:59.960
 of death.

00:42:01.700 --> 00:42:02.340
 As the

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:02.599
 Israelites

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.180
 make their

00:42:03.180 --> 00:42:03.680
 way from

00:42:03.680 --> 00:42:04.099
 Babylon

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:04.820
 to

00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:05.240
 Canaan,

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.340
 God

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:06.960
 will prepare

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.220
 them

00:42:07.220 --> 00:42:07.800
 banqueting

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:08.500
 tables in

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:08.619
 the

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:08.900
 wilderness,

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.280
 and his

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:10.559
 goodness

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.139
 and mercy

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:11.700
 shall follow

00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:12.360
 them always.

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:15.420
 Behold,

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:16.180
 our

00:42:16.180 --> 00:42:16.840
 God,

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.720
 Isaiah

00:42:17.720 --> 00:42:18.260
 cries.

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:19.559
 He will

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.019
 tend his

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.480
 flock like

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:20.920
 a shepherd.

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.200
 He will

00:42:22.200 --> 00:42:22.680
 gather the

00:42:22.680 --> 00:42:23.079
 lambs in

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:23.559
 his arms.

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.200
 He will

00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:24.840
 carry them

00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:25.099
 in his

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:26.320
 bosom and

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:26.920
 gently lead

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.300
 those who

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:27.440
 have

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:27.720
 young.

00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:27.819
 him.

00:42:30.319 --> 00:42:31.000
 If the

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.219
 church

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:31.599
 fathers

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.279
 were

00:42:32.279 --> 00:42:32.699
 right,

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.099
 and

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:35.319
 the

00:42:35.319 --> 00:42:35.619
 return

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:35.839
 from

00:42:35.839 --> 00:42:36.179
 exile

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:36.539
 is a

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:36.799
 picture

00:42:36.799 --> 00:42:37.059
 of the

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:37.359
 Christian

00:42:37.359 --> 00:42:37.719
 life,

00:42:37.799 --> 00:42:37.919
 then

00:42:37.919 --> 00:42:38.239
 surely

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:38.500
 we

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:38.679
 too

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:38.879
 can

00:42:38.879 --> 00:42:39.119
 take

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:39.500
 comfort

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.519
 from

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:40.699
 the

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:41.319
 immensity

00:42:41.319 --> 00:42:41.959
 and glory

00:42:41.959 --> 00:42:42.239
 of the

00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:42.480
 Lord

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:42.719
 who is

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:42.879
 our

00:42:42.879 --> 00:42:43.159
 shepherd.

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:44.599
 Who are

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:44.819
 these

00:42:44.819 --> 00:42:45.119
 enemies

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.739
 who stand

00:42:45.739 --> 00:42:46.039
 against

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:46.519
 us,

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:47.819
 who seem

00:42:47.819 --> 00:42:48.399
 so tall

00:42:48.399 --> 00:42:48.879
 and strong

00:42:48.879 --> 00:42:49.419
 to us?

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:51.340
 They have

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:51.820
 not seen

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:52.440
 the glory

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:53.139
 of God

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:53.659
 who stands

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:54.200
 tall over

00:42:54.200 --> 00:42:54.519
 them.

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.380
 What is

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:56.940
 this physical

00:42:56.940 --> 00:42:57.460
 or mental

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:58.920
 illness we

00:42:58.920 --> 00:42:59.360
 are enduring?

00:43:00.220 --> 00:43:00.880
 This grief

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.659
 which gnaws

00:43:01.659 --> 00:43:01.920
 at our

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:02.740
 very bones.

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:03.900
 Surely

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:04.639
 our God

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:05.440
 who sustains

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:06.139
 the innumerable

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:07.099
 stars in

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:07.559
 their heavenly

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:08.119
 positions.

00:43:09.700 --> 00:43:09.900
 Surely

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:10.300
 he can

00:43:10.300 --> 00:43:11.119
 sustain us

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:12.460
 and cause

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:12.780
 our cup

00:43:12.780 --> 00:43:13.139
 of joy

00:43:13.139 --> 00:43:13.599
 yet to

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:14.019
 overflow.

00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:16.780
 Are there

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:17.119
 any here

00:43:17.119 --> 00:43:17.639
 this morning

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:17.900
 who are

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.340
 anxious

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:20.039
 any here

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.480
 this morning

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:20.720
 who are

00:43:20.720 --> 00:43:21.079
 fearful?

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:23.579
 In my

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:24.559
 Spurgeon's

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:25.000
 morning and

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.519
 evening readings

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:25.840
 for the

00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:26.640
 27th of

00:43:26.640 --> 00:43:26.920
 March,

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.380
 I read

00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:27.600
 some

00:43:27.600 --> 00:43:27.880
 beautiful

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.340
 words.

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:30.019
 He wrote,

00:43:30.600 --> 00:43:31.019
 this is

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.579
 the royal

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:32.180
 road to

00:43:32.180 --> 00:43:32.640
 comfort.

00:43:33.700 --> 00:43:34.019
 Great

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.500
 thoughts

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:34.860
 of your

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.840
 sin alone

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:36.780
 will drive

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:37.180
 you to

00:43:37.180 --> 00:43:37.620
 despair.

00:43:37.740 --> 00:43:38.019
 But listen

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:38.400
 to this.

00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:40.220
 Great

00:43:40.220 --> 00:43:40.620
 thoughts

00:43:40.620 --> 00:43:41.360
 of Christ

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:42.640
 will

00:43:42.640 --> 00:43:43.500
 pilot you

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:43.920
 into the

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.380
 heaven of

00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:44.760
 peace.

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:45.920
 Great

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.240
 thoughts

00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:46.980
 of Christ

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.860
 will

00:43:47.860 --> 00:43:48.519
 pilot you

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:48.880
 into the

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:49.280
 heaven of

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:49.680
 peace.

00:43:50.620 --> 00:43:51.019
 Look not

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:51.680
 inwards at

00:43:51.680 --> 00:43:51.840
 our

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.200
 weakness

00:43:52.200 --> 00:43:52.760
 and sin

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:54.380
 but upwards

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.700
 at the

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:55.220
 glory and

00:43:55.220 --> 00:43:55.900
 holiness and

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:56.200
 love of

00:43:56.200 --> 00:43:56.680
 our shepherd.

00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:57.700
 Then,

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.780
 surely then,

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.420
 we shall

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:00.700
 be at

00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:01.099
 peace and

00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:01.420
 all shall

00:44:01.420 --> 00:44:01.740
 be well

00:44:01.740 --> 00:44:02.240
 with us.

00:44:03.340 --> 00:44:03.780
 The

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:04.079
 Lord's

00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:04.220
 our

00:44:04.220 --> 00:44:04.579
 glorious

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:04.980
 shepherd.

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:07.860
 Well,

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:08.220
 second,

00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:09.440
 the Lord is

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:10.000
 our gracious

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.420
 shepherd.

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:10.920
 He's our

00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:11.280
 gracious

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:11.680
 shepherd.

00:44:12.720 --> 00:44:13.079
 You will

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.420
 know that

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:13.800
 the people

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:14.260
 of Israel

00:44:14.260 --> 00:44:14.559
 were in

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:15.099
 exile in

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.420
 Babylon

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:16.719
 because of

00:44:16.719 --> 00:44:16.819
 their

00:44:16.819 --> 00:44:17.360
 unfaithfulness

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:17.940
 to God.

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:19.920
 For

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.440
 hundreds of

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:21.119
 years prior

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:21.500
 to their

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:22.039
 exile,

00:44:22.380 --> 00:44:22.839
 ever since

00:44:22.839 --> 00:44:23.279
 the days

00:44:23.279 --> 00:44:23.819
 of David,

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.279
 they had

00:44:24.279 --> 00:44:24.719
 been on

00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:25.179
 a downward

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:26.079
 spiral.

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:27.519
 They had

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:28.059
 worshipped the

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.319
 Lord,

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:28.819
 but they had

00:44:28.819 --> 00:44:29.559
 worshipped many

00:44:29.559 --> 00:44:30.059
 other gods

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:30.480
 also,

00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:31.619
 idols made

00:44:31.619 --> 00:44:32.019
 of wood

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.759
 and stone,

00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:33.900
 and they

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:34.339
 sacrificed

00:44:34.339 --> 00:44:34.799
 to these

00:44:34.799 --> 00:44:35.039
 idols.

00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:36.719
 We even

00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:37.079
 read of

00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:37.920
 one of the

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:38.299
 kings of

00:44:38.299 --> 00:44:39.319
 Israel who

00:44:39.319 --> 00:44:40.460
 sacrificed his

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:42.960
 children to

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:43.199
 one of

00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:43.659
 these idols.

00:44:43.659 --> 00:44:45.859
 prior to

00:44:45.859 --> 00:44:46.039
 their

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:46.799
 captivity in

00:44:46.799 --> 00:44:47.059
 Babylon,

00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:48.460
 Israel had

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:49.219
 become a

00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:49.699
 morally

00:44:49.699 --> 00:44:50.539
 disgusting,

00:44:51.159 --> 00:44:51.559
 socially

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:52.339
 corrupted,

00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:52.819
 and

00:44:52.819 --> 00:44:53.579
 religiously

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:54.219
 depraved

00:44:54.219 --> 00:44:54.719
 nation.

00:44:56.319 --> 00:44:56.819
 Well,

00:44:56.960 --> 00:44:57.319
 God's

00:44:57.319 --> 00:44:58.019
 judgment upon

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.420
 them was

00:44:58.420 --> 00:44:58.819
 severe.

00:44:59.379 --> 00:44:59.779
 He caused

00:44:59.779 --> 00:45:00.480
 the Babylonian

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:00.980
 army to

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.579
 march in

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:02.179
 and destroy

00:45:02.179 --> 00:45:02.659
 Jerusalem,

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:03.519
 to carry

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:03.980
 its best

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.699
 people away

00:45:04.699 --> 00:45:05.759
 into exile,

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:06.619
 to scatter

00:45:06.619 --> 00:45:07.139
 them to the

00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:07.879
 four winds of

00:45:07.879 --> 00:45:08.500
 the massive

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:09.299
 Babylonian

00:45:09.299 --> 00:45:09.839
 empire.

00:45:10.899 --> 00:45:11.239
 However,

00:45:11.339 --> 00:45:11.819
 his judgment

00:45:11.819 --> 00:45:12.440
 upon them,

00:45:12.819 --> 00:45:13.099
 to use

00:45:13.099 --> 00:45:13.480
 technical

00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:13.900
 terms,

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:14.480
 was not

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:16.079
 retributive as

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:16.539
 much as it

00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:17.519
 was restorative.

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:18.619
 He punished

00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:19.240
 them to bring

00:45:19.240 --> 00:45:19.800
 them to their

00:45:19.800 --> 00:45:20.240
 senses,

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:20.820
 as we may

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:21.280
 a child.

00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:23.440
 Because during

00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:24.039
 those 70

00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:24.460
 years of

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:24.880
 exile,

00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:25.619
 the people

00:45:25.619 --> 00:45:26.079
 of Israel

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.719
 came to

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:27.360
 their senses

00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:28.380
 and realized

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:28.880
 why all this

00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:29.300
 had happened

00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:29.679
 to them.

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:31.280
 They realized

00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:31.960
 that it was

00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:32.500
 because of

00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:33.199
 their sin

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:34.820
 that God

00:45:34.820 --> 00:45:35.199
 had judged

00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:35.440
 them.

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:37.039
 They repented

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.800
 and once again

00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:39.440
 began to

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:39.800
 seek the

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:40.079
 Lord.

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:41.820
 And as at

00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:42.440
 this point we

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:43.079
 enter Isaiah

00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:43.599
 40,

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:44.559
 where God

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:44.940
 says,

00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:45.519
 Comfort,

00:45:45.659 --> 00:45:46.260
 comfort my

00:45:46.260 --> 00:45:46.639
 people,

00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:47.159
 says your

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:47.519
 God.

00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:48.820
 Speak tenderly

00:45:48.820 --> 00:45:49.400
 to Jerusalem

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:50.659
 and cry to

00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:51.200
 her that her

00:45:51.200 --> 00:45:51.820
 warfare is

00:45:51.820 --> 00:45:52.119
 ended,

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:52.820
 that her

00:45:52.820 --> 00:45:53.440
 iniquity is

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:54.079
 pardoned,

00:45:54.260 --> 00:45:54.619
 that she

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.139
 has received

00:45:55.139 --> 00:45:55.440
 from the

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:55.960
 Lord's hand

00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:56.579
 double for

00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:56.940
 all her

00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:57.400
 sins.

00:45:58.860 --> 00:45:59.720
 The God

00:45:59.720 --> 00:46:00.360
 who had

00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:00.860
 judged them

00:46:00.860 --> 00:46:01.240
 on account

00:46:01.240 --> 00:46:01.579
 of their

00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:02.019
 sins,

00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:03.659
 now forgives

00:46:03.659 --> 00:46:04.300
 and restores

00:46:04.300 --> 00:46:04.679
 them to

00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:05.099
 himself.

00:46:06.340 --> 00:46:06.579
 His

00:46:06.579 --> 00:46:07.900
 gracious love

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.380
 for them

00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:08.960
 means that

00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:09.420
 they shall

00:46:09.420 --> 00:46:10.220
 never cease

00:46:10.219 --> 00:46:10.879
 to be

00:46:10.879 --> 00:46:12.119
 his people

00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:13.579
 and he

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:13.980
 shall never

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:14.459
 cease to

00:46:14.459 --> 00:46:14.799
 be their

00:46:14.799 --> 00:46:15.139
 God.

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:16.439
 He announces

00:46:16.439 --> 00:46:17.359
 his forgiveness,

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:18.579
 her warfare

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:19.139
 is ended,

00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:20.039
 her iniquity

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:20.859
 is pardoned.

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:22.119
 Israel has

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:23.019
 paid for

00:46:23.019 --> 00:46:23.559
 its sin

00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:24.579
 by being

00:46:24.579 --> 00:46:25.119
 judged

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:26.139
 and exiled

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:27.019
 from God,

00:46:27.399 --> 00:46:28.119
 by being

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:28.859
 cast away

00:46:28.859 --> 00:46:29.259
 from his

00:46:29.259 --> 00:46:30.039
 holy presence

00:46:30.039 --> 00:46:30.619
 in Jerusalem.

00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:32.159
 Now,

00:46:32.819 --> 00:46:33.659
 having paid

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:34.419
 the price

00:46:34.419 --> 00:46:34.919
 of their

00:46:34.919 --> 00:46:35.539
 unfaithfulness,

00:46:36.339 --> 00:46:37.299
 God announces

00:46:37.299 --> 00:46:38.539
 their forgiveness

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:39.579
 and their

00:46:39.579 --> 00:46:40.159
 restoration.

00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:41.460
 They have

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:41.900
 paid the

00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:42.360
 price of

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:42.820
 their sin,

00:46:43.579 --> 00:46:44.519
 they have

00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:45.039
 borne their

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.500
 punishment,

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:47.099
 they have

00:46:47.099 --> 00:46:47.719
 been exiled

00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:48.400
 and forsaken

00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:49.079
 by God,

00:46:49.800 --> 00:46:50.639
 now God

00:46:50.639 --> 00:46:51.039
 will bring

00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:51.599
 them back

00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:53.079
 and restore

00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:53.500
 them to

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:54.779
 himself once

00:46:54.779 --> 00:46:55.139
 again.

00:46:55.340 --> 00:46:55.759
 He shall

00:46:55.759 --> 00:46:56.079
 be their

00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:57.500
 God and

00:46:57.500 --> 00:46:57.840
 they shall

00:46:57.840 --> 00:46:58.199
 be his

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:58.539
 people.

00:47:01.539 --> 00:47:02.059
 This

00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:02.539
 chapter

00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:03.599
 paints a

00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:04.159
 picture not

00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:04.679
 just of the

00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:05.039
 Lord of

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:05.699
 glory but

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:05.940
 of the

00:47:05.940 --> 00:47:06.320
 Lord of

00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:06.860
 grace.

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:08.740
 the grace

00:47:08.740 --> 00:47:09.300
 of God

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:09.660
 and the

00:47:09.660 --> 00:47:10.059
 forgiveness

00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:10.780
 of his

00:47:10.780 --> 00:47:11.900
 people and

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.099
 their

00:47:12.099 --> 00:47:12.760
 reconciliation

00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:13.680
 with them

00:47:13.680 --> 00:47:14.220
 through the

00:47:14.220 --> 00:47:15.039
 payment of

00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:16.300
 a debt of

00:47:16.300 --> 00:47:16.960
 faithfulness

00:47:16.960 --> 00:47:17.340
 they owed

00:47:17.340 --> 00:47:17.599
 him.

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:20.079
 And then

00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:20.579
 we hear the

00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:21.840
 voice of

00:47:21.840 --> 00:47:22.140
 the Lord

00:47:22.140 --> 00:47:22.920
 Jesus Christ

00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:23.780
 crying out,

00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:25.519
 I am the

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:26.039
 good shepherd.

00:47:27.099 --> 00:47:27.780
 The good

00:47:27.780 --> 00:47:28.320
 shepherd lays

00:47:28.320 --> 00:47:28.720
 down his

00:47:28.720 --> 00:47:29.120
 life for

00:47:29.120 --> 00:47:29.519
 the sheep.

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.280
 And then

00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:31.780
 we hear the

00:47:31.780 --> 00:47:32.260
 voice of

00:47:32.260 --> 00:47:32.640
 the apostle

00:47:32.640 --> 00:47:34.840
 Peter saying,

00:47:35.620 --> 00:47:36.240
 he himself,

00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:36.839
 Jesus,

00:47:37.759 --> 00:47:38.239
 bore our

00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:38.659
 sins in

00:47:38.659 --> 00:47:39.079
 his body

00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:39.519
 upon the

00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:40.559
 tree that

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:40.859
 we might

00:47:40.859 --> 00:47:41.319
 die to

00:47:41.319 --> 00:47:41.679
 sin and

00:47:41.679 --> 00:47:42.419
 live to

00:47:42.419 --> 00:47:42.919
 righteousness.

00:47:43.759 --> 00:47:44.159
 By his

00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:44.599
 wounds you

00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:44.859
 have been

00:47:44.859 --> 00:47:46.699
 healed for

00:47:46.699 --> 00:47:47.019
 you were

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.659
 straying like

00:47:47.659 --> 00:47:48.879
 sheep but

00:47:48.879 --> 00:47:49.239
 have now

00:47:49.239 --> 00:47:49.819
 returned to

00:47:49.819 --> 00:47:50.279
 the shepherd

00:47:50.279 --> 00:47:50.959
 and overseer

00:47:50.959 --> 00:47:51.279
 of your

00:47:51.279 --> 00:47:51.779
 souls.

00:47:53.519 --> 00:47:54.079
 On

00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:54.739
 account of

00:47:54.739 --> 00:47:55.639
 our sin

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:56.919
 and unfaithfulness,

00:47:57.379 --> 00:47:58.159
 our straying

00:47:58.159 --> 00:47:58.819
 from God,

00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:00.339
 the Lord

00:48:00.339 --> 00:48:01.199
 Jesus Christ

00:48:01.199 --> 00:48:02.099
 was exiled

00:48:02.099 --> 00:48:02.779
 and forsaken

00:48:02.779 --> 00:48:03.459
 by God on

00:48:03.459 --> 00:48:04.000
 the cross.

00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:06.119
 He paid

00:48:06.119 --> 00:48:06.599
 the price

00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:06.980
 of our

00:48:06.980 --> 00:48:07.300
 sin.

00:48:08.539 --> 00:48:09.139
 He bore

00:48:09.139 --> 00:48:09.719
 the punishment

00:48:09.719 --> 00:48:10.139
 of our

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:10.699
 unfaithfulness.

00:48:11.739 --> 00:48:12.380
 The Lord

00:48:12.380 --> 00:48:12.880
 who was our

00:48:12.880 --> 00:48:13.860
 shepherd bore

00:48:13.860 --> 00:48:13.260
!

00:48:13.320 --> 00:48:13.880
 The Lord

00:48:13.880 --> 00:48:12.860
 who was our

00:48:12.860 --> 00:48:13.860
 shepherd bore

00:48:13.860 --> 00:48:13.860


00:48:13.860 --> 00:48:15.460
 The cost of

00:48:15.460 --> 00:48:16.280
 our idolatry,

00:48:16.920 --> 00:48:17.539
 our greed,

00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:19.420
 our selfishness.

00:48:20.500 --> 00:48:21.639
 Through faith

00:48:21.639 --> 00:48:22.980
 in the good

00:48:22.980 --> 00:48:23.599
 shepherd Jesus

00:48:23.599 --> 00:48:25.159
 Christ, our

00:48:25.159 --> 00:48:25.780
 iniquity is

00:48:25.780 --> 00:48:27.440
 pardoned for

00:48:27.440 --> 00:48:28.199
 he has

00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:28.900
 received from

00:48:28.900 --> 00:48:29.420
 the Lord's

00:48:29.420 --> 00:48:30.199
 hand double

00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:30.900
 for all our

00:48:30.900 --> 00:48:31.320
 sins.

00:48:31.320 --> 00:48:32.880
 on the

00:48:32.880 --> 00:48:33.220
 cross

00:48:33.220 --> 00:48:34.380
 he paid

00:48:34.380 --> 00:48:35.000
 the price

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:36.620
 and reconciled

00:48:36.620 --> 00:48:36.940
 us to

00:48:36.940 --> 00:48:37.220
 God.

00:48:39.200 --> 00:48:40.000
 This is

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:40.580
 the grace

00:48:40.580 --> 00:48:40.960
 of the

00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:41.500
 shepherd of

00:48:41.500 --> 00:48:41.800
 whom we

00:48:41.800 --> 00:48:42.180
 read in

00:48:42.180 --> 00:48:42.800
 verse 11.

00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:43.820
 The shepherd

00:48:43.820 --> 00:48:44.720
 who tends

00:48:44.720 --> 00:48:45.260
 his flock

00:48:45.260 --> 00:48:45.880
 because he

00:48:45.880 --> 00:48:46.660
 gave himself

00:48:46.660 --> 00:48:47.039
 for his

00:48:47.039 --> 00:48:47.320
 flock.

00:48:47.680 --> 00:48:48.140
 The shepherd

00:48:48.140 --> 00:48:48.880
 who gathered

00:48:48.880 --> 00:48:49.559
 his flock

00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:50.760
 in those arms

00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:51.340
 he stretched

00:48:51.340 --> 00:48:52.000
 out on the

00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:52.380
 cross.

00:48:52.740 --> 00:48:53.260
 The shepherd

00:48:53.260 --> 00:48:54.780
 who carries

00:48:54.780 --> 00:48:55.480
 his lambs

00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:56.120
 near his

00:48:56.120 --> 00:48:56.400
 heart,

00:48:56.480 --> 00:48:56.960
 that heart

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:57.480
 which stopped

00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:58.000
 beating for

00:48:58.000 --> 00:48:58.740
 three days

00:48:58.739 --> 00:49:00.279
 because he

00:49:00.279 --> 00:49:00.659
 was laid

00:49:00.659 --> 00:49:01.239
 in a tomb.

00:49:01.779 --> 00:49:02.299
 The shepherd

00:49:02.299 --> 00:49:03.119
 who gently

00:49:03.119 --> 00:49:03.739
 leads those

00:49:03.739 --> 00:49:04.059
 who have

00:49:04.059 --> 00:49:04.779
 young because

00:49:04.779 --> 00:49:05.439
 he was

00:49:05.439 --> 00:49:06.259
 harshly led

00:49:06.259 --> 00:49:06.759
 for them

00:49:06.759 --> 00:49:07.419
 to Mount

00:49:07.419 --> 00:49:07.959
 Calvary

00:49:07.959 --> 00:49:09.139
 where he

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:09.739
 was crucified.

00:49:11.439 --> 00:49:11.839
 In the

00:49:11.839 --> 00:49:12.579
 old covenant

00:49:12.579 --> 00:49:13.739
 innocent sheep

00:49:13.739 --> 00:49:14.599
 were sacrificed

00:49:14.599 --> 00:49:15.339
 on behalf of

00:49:15.339 --> 00:49:15.839
 their sinful

00:49:15.839 --> 00:49:16.439
 shepherds.

00:49:16.879 --> 00:49:17.679
 In the new

00:49:17.679 --> 00:49:18.699
 covenant our

00:49:18.699 --> 00:49:19.719
 innocent shepherd

00:49:19.719 --> 00:49:21.000
 was sacrificed

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:21.859
 on behalf of

00:49:21.859 --> 00:49:22.339
 his sinful

00:49:22.339 --> 00:49:22.799
 sheep.

00:49:24.599 --> 00:49:25.500
 But that

00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:26.039
 grace of

00:49:26.039 --> 00:49:26.899
 Christ which

00:49:26.899 --> 00:49:27.339
 has brought

00:49:27.339 --> 00:49:27.899
 us close

00:49:27.899 --> 00:49:28.359
 to God

00:49:28.360 --> 00:49:29.220
 continues

00:49:29.220 --> 00:49:29.579
 throughout

00:49:29.579 --> 00:49:30.240
 our lives

00:49:30.240 --> 00:49:30.800
 as Christian

00:49:30.800 --> 00:49:31.220
 believers

00:49:31.220 --> 00:49:31.960
 to bring

00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:32.440
 us closer

00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:32.780
 to him

00:49:32.780 --> 00:49:33.140
 still.

00:49:33.920 --> 00:49:34.700
 The story

00:49:34.700 --> 00:49:34.940
 of the

00:49:34.940 --> 00:49:35.220
 Christian

00:49:35.220 --> 00:49:35.640
 life

00:49:35.640 --> 00:49:36.640
 is the

00:49:36.640 --> 00:49:37.260
 story of

00:49:37.260 --> 00:49:38.519
 Christ's

00:49:38.519 --> 00:49:39.099
 continued

00:49:39.099 --> 00:49:39.680
 grace

00:49:39.680 --> 00:49:40.860
 in forgiving

00:49:40.860 --> 00:49:41.460
 our sin

00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:42.740
 in strengthening

00:49:42.740 --> 00:49:43.360
 us with

00:49:43.360 --> 00:49:44.059
 new dissolve

00:49:44.059 --> 00:49:45.240
 and giving

00:49:45.240 --> 00:49:45.640
 us the

00:49:45.640 --> 00:49:46.700
 inextinguishable

00:49:46.700 --> 00:49:47.260
 hope of

00:49:47.260 --> 00:49:48.140
 eternal life.

00:49:48.740 --> 00:49:49.000
 It is

00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:49.660
 grace

00:49:49.660 --> 00:49:50.880
 it is

00:49:50.880 --> 00:49:52.059
 whole grace

00:49:52.059 --> 00:49:52.960
 and it's

00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:53.640
 nothing but

00:49:53.640 --> 00:49:54.200
 grace.

00:49:54.199 --> 00:49:54.299
 grace.

00:49:57.980 --> 00:49:58.799
 Have you

00:49:58.799 --> 00:49:59.359
 failed

00:49:59.359 --> 00:50:00.460
 your

00:50:00.460 --> 00:50:00.899
 shepherd?

00:50:02.619 --> 00:50:03.439
 Have you

00:50:03.439 --> 00:50:04.099
 strayed from

00:50:04.099 --> 00:50:04.699
 your shepherd?

00:50:06.500 --> 00:50:07.139
 When you

00:50:07.139 --> 00:50:07.699
 return to

00:50:07.699 --> 00:50:07.960
 him

00:50:07.960 --> 00:50:09.500
 do not

00:50:09.500 --> 00:50:10.279
 expect the

00:50:10.279 --> 00:50:10.899
 harshness

00:50:10.899 --> 00:50:11.419
 of a

00:50:11.419 --> 00:50:11.739
 judge

00:50:11.739 --> 00:50:15.019
 anticipate

00:50:15.019 --> 00:50:15.619
 the grace

00:50:15.619 --> 00:50:15.879
 of a

00:50:15.879 --> 00:50:16.179
 shepherd.

00:50:18.419 --> 00:50:19.219
 Are you

00:50:19.219 --> 00:50:19.939
 exhausted in

00:50:19.939 --> 00:50:20.539
 his service

00:50:20.539 --> 00:50:21.719
 falling over

00:50:21.719 --> 00:50:22.119
 under the

00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:22.739
 burdens you're

00:50:22.739 --> 00:50:23.159
 carrying?

00:50:24.179 --> 00:50:24.819
 Go to

00:50:24.819 --> 00:50:25.599
 him because

00:50:25.599 --> 00:50:26.599
 he is your

00:50:26.599 --> 00:50:27.500
 shepherd and

00:50:27.500 --> 00:50:28.119
 ask him for

00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:28.859
 more grace

00:50:28.859 --> 00:50:29.839
 to help you

00:50:29.839 --> 00:50:30.339
 carry them.

00:50:31.839 --> 00:50:32.339
 Are you

00:50:32.339 --> 00:50:33.839
 fearful and

00:50:33.839 --> 00:50:34.559
 anxious for

00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:35.079
 your future?

00:50:36.359 --> 00:50:36.959
 Take your

00:50:36.959 --> 00:50:37.919
 anxieties to

00:50:37.919 --> 00:50:38.619
 Jesus and

00:50:38.619 --> 00:50:39.199
 pray for his

00:50:39.199 --> 00:50:39.899
 grace that he

00:50:39.899 --> 00:50:40.399
 may replace

00:50:40.399 --> 00:50:41.019
 your worry

00:50:41.019 --> 00:50:42.219
 with his

00:50:42.219 --> 00:50:42.659
 peace.

00:50:43.659 --> 00:50:44.419
 We have a

00:50:44.419 --> 00:50:44.779
 gracious

00:50:44.779 --> 00:50:45.259
 shepherd.

00:50:46.299 --> 00:50:46.980
 Therefore all

00:50:46.980 --> 00:50:47.619
 shall be well

00:50:47.619 --> 00:50:48.219
 with us.

00:50:48.219 --> 00:50:51.719
 we have a

00:50:51.719 --> 00:50:52.039
 glorious

00:50:52.039 --> 00:50:52.439
 shepherd,

00:50:52.559 --> 00:50:52.839
 we have a

00:50:52.839 --> 00:50:53.179
 gracious

00:50:53.179 --> 00:50:53.619
 shepherd,

00:50:53.739 --> 00:50:54.319
 then finally

00:50:54.319 --> 00:50:56.059
 we have

00:50:56.059 --> 00:50:57.619
 a gentle

00:50:57.619 --> 00:50:58.059
 shepherd,

00:50:58.599 --> 00:50:59.079
 a gentle

00:50:59.079 --> 00:50:59.480
 shepherd.

00:51:02.039 --> 00:51:02.719
 When I

00:51:02.719 --> 00:51:02.899
 was a

00:51:02.899 --> 00:51:03.319
 wee boy,

00:51:03.859 --> 00:51:04.119
 maybe

00:51:04.119 --> 00:51:06.019
 oh three

00:51:06.019 --> 00:51:06.419
 or four

00:51:06.419 --> 00:51:07.019
 years old

00:51:07.019 --> 00:51:08.699
 and I

00:51:08.699 --> 00:51:09.159
 wake up

00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:09.919
 at night

00:51:09.919 --> 00:51:10.839
 with fear

00:51:10.839 --> 00:51:11.079
 in my

00:51:11.079 --> 00:51:11.379
 heart

00:51:11.379 --> 00:51:12.399
 thinking there

00:51:12.399 --> 00:51:12.639
 was a

00:51:12.639 --> 00:51:12.899
 monster

00:51:12.899 --> 00:51:13.419
 under my

00:51:13.419 --> 00:51:13.779
 bed,

00:51:14.839 --> 00:51:15.439
 I would

00:51:15.439 --> 00:51:15.959
 creep into

00:51:15.959 --> 00:51:16.259
 my mum

00:51:16.259 --> 00:51:16.699
 and dad's

00:51:16.699 --> 00:51:17.000
 bed.

00:51:18.219 --> 00:51:18.879
 And my

00:51:18.879 --> 00:51:19.239
 dad would

00:51:19.239 --> 00:51:19.779
 put his

00:51:19.779 --> 00:51:20.919
 arm around

00:51:20.919 --> 00:51:22.559
 me and

00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:22.919
 I'd put

00:51:22.919 --> 00:51:23.739
 my head

00:51:23.739 --> 00:51:24.359
 on his

00:51:24.359 --> 00:51:26.299
 chest and

00:51:26.299 --> 00:51:26.579
 I could

00:51:26.579 --> 00:51:26.939
 hear the

00:51:26.939 --> 00:51:27.279
 beating of

00:51:27.279 --> 00:51:27.679
 his heart.

00:51:29.439 --> 00:51:30.079
 And as a

00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:30.439
 tiny wee

00:51:30.439 --> 00:51:30.879
 boy I was

00:51:30.879 --> 00:51:31.299
 then able to

00:51:31.299 --> 00:51:31.719
 go back to

00:51:31.719 --> 00:51:33.199
 sleep because

00:51:33.199 --> 00:51:33.839
 no matter if

00:51:33.839 --> 00:51:34.459
 the sky was

00:51:34.459 --> 00:51:35.079
 falling down,

00:51:36.079 --> 00:51:36.859
 no matter if

00:51:36.859 --> 00:51:37.239
 really there

00:51:37.239 --> 00:51:37.859
 was a monster

00:51:37.859 --> 00:51:38.319
 under my

00:51:38.319 --> 00:51:39.000
 bed and it

00:51:39.000 --> 00:51:39.619
 wasn't just a

00:51:39.619 --> 00:51:40.079
 figment of

00:51:40.079 --> 00:51:40.739
 my imagination,

00:51:41.739 --> 00:51:42.500
 I couldn't

00:51:42.500 --> 00:51:42.759
 have been

00:51:42.759 --> 00:51:43.119
 safer,

00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:44.500
 more at

00:51:44.500 --> 00:51:44.819
 peace,

00:51:45.819 --> 00:51:46.699
 more contented

00:51:46.699 --> 00:51:47.980
 than when

00:51:47.980 --> 00:51:48.379
 my wee

00:51:48.379 --> 00:51:49.500
 heady was

00:51:49.500 --> 00:51:49.739
 on my

00:51:49.739 --> 00:51:50.059
 dad's

00:51:50.059 --> 00:51:51.679
 chest and

00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:51.919
 I was

00:51:51.919 --> 00:51:52.399
 listening to

00:51:52.399 --> 00:51:52.639
 the beat

00:51:52.639 --> 00:51:52.859
 of his

00:51:52.859 --> 00:51:53.179
 heart.

00:51:55.259 --> 00:51:55.719
 Nearly

00:51:55.719 --> 00:51:56.239
 50 years

00:51:56.239 --> 00:51:56.759
 later I

00:51:56.759 --> 00:51:57.480
 can still

00:51:57.480 --> 00:51:59.399
 remember how

00:51:59.399 --> 00:52:01.379
 loved and

00:52:01.379 --> 00:52:02.179
 safe I

00:52:02.179 --> 00:52:02.480
 felt.

00:52:05.460 --> 00:52:06.179
 Now we

00:52:06.179 --> 00:52:06.619
 could talk

00:52:06.619 --> 00:52:07.159
 about the

00:52:07.159 --> 00:52:08.659
 gentleness of

00:52:08.659 --> 00:52:09.259
 our glorious

00:52:09.259 --> 00:52:10.019
 and gracious

00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:10.779
 shepherd from

00:52:10.779 --> 00:52:11.199
 each of the

00:52:11.199 --> 00:52:11.839
 four clauses

00:52:11.839 --> 00:52:12.339
 in verse

00:52:12.339 --> 00:52:13.099
 11 but it's

00:52:13.099 --> 00:52:13.859
 the third

00:52:13.859 --> 00:52:14.460
 which appeals

00:52:14.460 --> 00:52:14.819
 to me

00:52:14.819 --> 00:52:15.199
 most,

00:52:15.799 --> 00:52:16.139
 maybe to

00:52:16.139 --> 00:52:16.679
 you also.

00:52:18.000 --> 00:52:18.339
 He will

00:52:18.339 --> 00:52:18.839
 carry them

00:52:18.839 --> 00:52:19.059
 in his

00:52:19.059 --> 00:52:19.379
 bosom,

00:52:20.500 --> 00:52:20.779
 he will

00:52:20.779 --> 00:52:21.239
 carry them

00:52:21.239 --> 00:52:21.480
 in his

00:52:21.480 --> 00:52:21.799
 bosom.

00:52:22.960 --> 00:52:23.339
 Our

00:52:23.339 --> 00:52:24.019
 shepherd king

00:52:24.019 --> 00:52:25.900
 having gathered

00:52:25.900 --> 00:52:26.420
 us in his

00:52:26.420 --> 00:52:28.519
 arms draws

00:52:28.519 --> 00:52:29.079
 us in those

00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:29.900
 powerful arms

00:52:29.900 --> 00:52:30.319
 into his

00:52:30.319 --> 00:52:32.379
 chest so

00:52:32.379 --> 00:52:32.759
 that we may

00:52:32.759 --> 00:52:33.119
 hear the

00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:33.519
 beating of

00:52:33.519 --> 00:52:34.019
 his heart.

00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:36.279
 He does

00:52:36.279 --> 00:52:36.879
 for us what

00:52:36.879 --> 00:52:37.440
 my father

00:52:37.440 --> 00:52:37.900
 used to do

00:52:37.900 --> 00:52:38.359
 for me,

00:52:38.960 --> 00:52:39.299
 he puts

00:52:39.299 --> 00:52:39.719
 his arm

00:52:39.719 --> 00:52:40.440
 around us

00:52:40.440 --> 00:52:41.619
 and he

00:52:41.619 --> 00:52:42.039
 draws us

00:52:42.039 --> 00:52:42.480
 close.

00:52:43.460 --> 00:52:43.920
 We were

00:52:43.920 --> 00:52:44.379
 very much

00:52:44.379 --> 00:52:45.159
 by ourselves

00:52:45.159 --> 00:52:46.500
 we were

00:52:46.500 --> 00:52:47.019
 alone and

00:52:47.019 --> 00:52:47.619
 insecure,

00:52:48.659 --> 00:52:49.279
 afraid and

00:52:49.279 --> 00:52:49.579
 worried.

00:52:50.480 --> 00:52:51.039
 The darkness

00:52:51.039 --> 00:52:51.899
 was oppressive

00:52:51.899 --> 00:52:52.500
 to us

00:52:52.500 --> 00:52:53.259
 and the

00:52:53.259 --> 00:52:53.519
 loneliness

00:52:53.519 --> 00:52:54.299
 was complete.

00:52:54.420 --> 00:52:54.819
 There seemed

00:52:54.819 --> 00:52:55.440
 to be no

00:52:55.440 --> 00:52:56.819
 light in

00:52:56.819 --> 00:52:57.399
 our lives

00:52:57.399 --> 00:52:57.799
 and no

00:52:57.799 --> 00:52:58.119
 hope.

00:52:59.539 --> 00:53:00.019
 But he

00:53:00.019 --> 00:53:00.619
 gathered us

00:53:00.619 --> 00:53:00.940
 in his

00:53:00.940 --> 00:53:01.399
 arms,

00:53:02.619 --> 00:53:03.399
 those arms

00:53:03.399 --> 00:53:03.779
 of his

00:53:03.779 --> 00:53:04.179
 which are

00:53:04.179 --> 00:53:04.799
 so strong

00:53:04.799 --> 00:53:05.139
 and so

00:53:05.139 --> 00:53:05.980
 powerful

00:53:05.980 --> 00:53:06.599
 and yet

00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:07.199
 so gentle.

00:53:09.019 --> 00:53:09.519
 In Sunday

00:53:09.519 --> 00:53:09.960
 school we

00:53:09.960 --> 00:53:10.339
 learned the

00:53:10.339 --> 00:53:10.679
 chorus,

00:53:11.099 --> 00:53:11.519
 my God

00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:11.859
 is so

00:53:11.859 --> 00:53:12.239
 big,

00:53:12.899 --> 00:53:13.739
 so strong

00:53:13.739 --> 00:53:14.019
 and so

00:53:14.019 --> 00:53:14.399
 mighty,

00:53:14.500 --> 00:53:14.679
 there's

00:53:14.679 --> 00:53:15.119
 nothing

00:53:15.119 --> 00:53:15.879
 that he

00:53:15.879 --> 00:53:16.139
 cannot

00:53:16.139 --> 00:53:16.559
 do.

00:53:17.819 --> 00:53:18.359
 As

00:53:18.359 --> 00:53:18.839
 children we

00:53:18.839 --> 00:53:19.039
 would all

00:53:19.039 --> 00:53:19.259
 do the

00:53:19.259 --> 00:53:19.719
 actions,

00:53:19.919 --> 00:53:20.259
 came to

00:53:20.259 --> 00:53:20.959
 the strong,

00:53:21.399 --> 00:53:21.679
 mighty,

00:53:21.959 --> 00:53:22.459
 strike the

00:53:22.459 --> 00:53:23.099
 bodybuilder's

00:53:23.099 --> 00:53:23.399
 pose,

00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:24.799
 show off

00:53:24.799 --> 00:53:25.079
 these

00:53:25.079 --> 00:53:26.459
 bicep

00:53:26.459 --> 00:53:26.819
 muscles.

00:53:28.159 --> 00:53:28.539
 Well it's

00:53:28.539 --> 00:53:28.899
 true,

00:53:29.839 --> 00:53:30.439
 our God

00:53:30.439 --> 00:53:30.819
 is so

00:53:30.819 --> 00:53:31.439
 strong and

00:53:31.439 --> 00:53:31.959
 so mighty

00:53:31.959 --> 00:53:32.759
 but those

00:53:32.759 --> 00:53:33.779
 strong and

00:53:33.779 --> 00:53:34.559
 mighty arms

00:53:34.559 --> 00:53:35.439
 they're so

00:53:35.439 --> 00:53:36.299
 tender,

00:53:37.019 --> 00:53:37.659
 they gently

00:53:37.659 --> 00:53:38.239
 gather us

00:53:38.239 --> 00:53:38.839
 to himself,

00:53:38.939 --> 00:53:39.819
 such tender

00:53:39.819 --> 00:53:40.659
 arms they

00:53:40.659 --> 00:53:41.099
 hold us

00:53:41.099 --> 00:53:41.799
 close to

00:53:41.800 --> 00:53:42.280
 his heart.

00:53:43.340 --> 00:53:43.800
 The strong

00:53:43.800 --> 00:53:44.220
 arms of

00:53:44.220 --> 00:53:44.580
 our king

00:53:44.580 --> 00:53:44.820
 are the

00:53:44.820 --> 00:53:45.060
 gentle

00:53:45.060 --> 00:53:45.500
 arms of

00:53:45.500 --> 00:53:46.000
 our shepherd.

00:53:48.039 --> 00:53:48.740
 In John

00:53:48.740 --> 00:53:49.100
 10,

00:53:49.180 --> 00:53:49.760
 27,

00:53:50.519 --> 00:53:50.840
 Jesus

00:53:50.840 --> 00:53:51.260
 says,

00:53:52.220 --> 00:53:52.720
 my sheep

00:53:52.720 --> 00:53:53.140
 hear my

00:53:53.140 --> 00:53:53.539
 voice,

00:53:53.760 --> 00:53:54.280
 I know

00:53:54.280 --> 00:53:55.840
 them and

00:53:55.840 --> 00:53:56.260
 they follow

00:53:56.260 --> 00:53:56.500
 me.

00:53:57.019 --> 00:53:57.500
 I give

00:53:57.500 --> 00:53:58.000
 them eternal

00:53:58.000 --> 00:53:58.620
 life and

00:53:58.620 --> 00:53:58.880
 they will

00:53:58.880 --> 00:54:00.180
 never perish,

00:54:00.460 --> 00:54:01.080
 no one will

00:54:01.080 --> 00:54:01.760
 ever snatch

00:54:01.760 --> 00:54:02.100
 them from

00:54:02.100 --> 00:54:02.720
 my hand.

00:54:03.460 --> 00:54:04.019
 Once the

00:54:04.019 --> 00:54:04.740
 strong arms

00:54:04.740 --> 00:54:05.100
 of our

00:54:05.100 --> 00:54:05.660
 shepherd has

00:54:05.660 --> 00:54:06.000
 us,

00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:07.840
 no one,

00:54:08.720 --> 00:54:09.200
 no one,

00:54:09.240 --> 00:54:09.560
 not even

00:54:09.560 --> 00:54:10.300
 ourselves and

00:54:10.300 --> 00:54:10.880
 our doubts

00:54:10.880 --> 00:54:12.320
 can snatch

00:54:12.320 --> 00:54:12.800
 us from

00:54:12.800 --> 00:54:13.420
 his grasp

00:54:13.420 --> 00:54:14.740
 and he

00:54:14.740 --> 00:54:15.119
 holds us

00:54:15.119 --> 00:54:15.720
 so close

00:54:15.720 --> 00:54:16.039
 that we

00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:16.420
 may hear

00:54:16.420 --> 00:54:16.800
 the beat

00:54:16.800 --> 00:54:17.059
 of his

00:54:17.059 --> 00:54:17.420
 heart

00:54:17.420 --> 00:54:18.119
 and every

00:54:18.119 --> 00:54:18.519
 beat of

00:54:18.519 --> 00:54:19.000
 his heart

00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:20.720
 is for

00:54:20.720 --> 00:54:21.099
 us.

00:54:22.680 --> 00:54:23.519
 Every beat

00:54:23.519 --> 00:54:23.760
 of the

00:54:23.760 --> 00:54:24.180
 heart of

00:54:24.180 --> 00:54:24.740
 God

00:54:24.740 --> 00:54:25.400
 echoes

00:54:25.400 --> 00:54:26.160
 with his

00:54:26.160 --> 00:54:26.740
 love for

00:54:26.740 --> 00:54:27.180
 us.

00:54:28.119 --> 00:54:28.680
 Once we

00:54:28.680 --> 00:54:29.079
 were far

00:54:29.079 --> 00:54:29.440
 away from

00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:29.619
 him,

00:54:29.720 --> 00:54:30.220
 lost and

00:54:30.220 --> 00:54:30.619
 fearful,

00:54:31.000 --> 00:54:31.460
 rather like

00:54:31.460 --> 00:54:31.880
 a child

00:54:31.880 --> 00:54:32.360
 waking in

00:54:32.360 --> 00:54:32.760
 the dark

00:54:32.760 --> 00:54:33.059
 with a

00:54:33.059 --> 00:54:33.400
 monster

00:54:33.400 --> 00:54:33.960
 under its

00:54:33.960 --> 00:54:34.300
 bed.

00:54:35.079 --> 00:54:35.519
 But now

00:54:35.519 --> 00:54:35.800
 he has

00:54:35.800 --> 00:54:36.260
 gathered us

00:54:36.260 --> 00:54:36.519
 up in

00:54:36.519 --> 00:54:37.019
 his arms,

00:54:37.519 --> 00:54:37.900
 he is

00:54:37.900 --> 00:54:38.340
 holding us

00:54:38.340 --> 00:54:38.780
 close to

00:54:38.780 --> 00:54:40.079
 himself and

00:54:40.079 --> 00:54:40.579
 he lets us

00:54:40.579 --> 00:54:41.059
 hear the

00:54:41.059 --> 00:54:41.619
 beating of

00:54:41.619 --> 00:54:41.980
 his loving

00:54:41.980 --> 00:54:42.500
 heart for

00:54:42.500 --> 00:54:42.900
 us.

00:54:44.980 --> 00:54:45.519
 When I

00:54:45.519 --> 00:54:45.759
 was a

00:54:45.759 --> 00:54:45.860
 wee

00:54:45.860 --> 00:54:46.219
 balach,

00:54:46.519 --> 00:54:47.380
 I couldn't

00:54:47.380 --> 00:54:47.779
 have felt

00:54:47.779 --> 00:54:48.380
 safer,

00:54:48.659 --> 00:54:49.019
 more at

00:54:49.019 --> 00:54:49.500
 peace and

00:54:49.500 --> 00:54:50.360
 more contented

00:54:50.360 --> 00:54:50.599
 than when

00:54:50.599 --> 00:54:51.079
 my dad's

00:54:51.079 --> 00:54:51.500
 arms were

00:54:51.500 --> 00:54:51.980
 around me

00:54:51.980 --> 00:54:52.239
 and my

00:54:52.239 --> 00:54:52.559
 head was

00:54:52.559 --> 00:54:52.799
 on his

00:54:52.799 --> 00:54:53.159
 chest.

00:54:53.539 --> 00:54:53.980
 The sky

00:54:53.980 --> 00:54:54.299
 could be

00:54:54.299 --> 00:54:55.000
 falling down

00:54:55.000 --> 00:54:55.539
 and I

00:54:55.539 --> 00:54:55.779
 wouldn't

00:54:55.779 --> 00:54:56.239
 have cared

00:54:56.239 --> 00:54:56.519
 he would

00:54:56.519 --> 00:54:56.940
 keep me

00:54:56.940 --> 00:54:57.340
 safe.

00:54:57.860 --> 00:54:58.199
 I knew

00:54:58.199 --> 00:54:58.519
 he would.

00:55:00.259 --> 00:55:00.739
 When our

00:55:00.739 --> 00:55:01.279
 glorious,

00:55:01.519 --> 00:55:02.119
 gracious and

00:55:02.119 --> 00:55:02.860
 gentle shepherd

00:55:02.860 --> 00:55:03.400
 has gathered

00:55:03.400 --> 00:55:03.900
 us up in

00:55:03.900 --> 00:55:04.480
 his arms and

00:55:04.480 --> 00:55:04.860
 is holding

00:55:04.860 --> 00:55:05.840
 us close to

00:55:05.840 --> 00:55:06.239
 his heart,

00:55:06.559 --> 00:55:07.119
 we feel

00:55:07.119 --> 00:55:08.119
 so safe,

00:55:09.440 --> 00:55:09.900
 so much

00:55:09.900 --> 00:55:10.480
 at peace,

00:55:11.420 --> 00:55:12.220
 so very

00:55:12.220 --> 00:55:13.039
 contented.

00:55:15.180 --> 00:55:15.980
 When I

00:55:15.980 --> 00:55:16.500
 fear my

00:55:16.500 --> 00:55:17.099
 faith may

00:55:17.099 --> 00:55:17.500
 fail,

00:55:18.440 --> 00:55:19.019
 Christ will

00:55:19.019 --> 00:55:19.440
 hold me

00:55:19.440 --> 00:55:19.880
 fast.

00:55:20.380 --> 00:55:20.860
 When the

00:55:20.860 --> 00:55:21.480
 tempter would

00:55:21.480 --> 00:55:21.940
 prevail,

00:55:22.460 --> 00:55:22.740
 he will

00:55:22.740 --> 00:55:23.180
 hold me

00:55:23.180 --> 00:55:23.599
 fast.

00:55:23.840 --> 00:55:24.300
 I could

00:55:24.300 --> 00:55:24.900
 never keep

00:55:24.900 --> 00:55:25.700
 my hold

00:55:25.700 --> 00:55:26.639
 through life's

00:55:26.639 --> 00:55:27.539
 fearful path.

00:55:28.260 --> 00:55:28.800
 For my

00:55:28.800 --> 00:55:29.119
 love is

00:55:29.119 --> 00:55:30.000
 often cold,

00:55:30.720 --> 00:55:31.240
 he must

00:55:31.240 --> 00:55:31.700
 hold me

00:55:31.700 --> 00:55:32.119
 fast.

00:55:33.119 --> 00:55:33.559
 Yes,

00:55:33.619 --> 00:55:34.139
 he holds

00:55:34.139 --> 00:55:34.860
 us fast,

00:55:35.500 --> 00:55:36.220
 such beautiful

00:55:36.220 --> 00:55:36.619
 words,

00:55:36.619 --> 00:55:37.739
 but where

00:55:37.739 --> 00:55:38.339
 he holds

00:55:38.339 --> 00:55:38.859
 us fast

00:55:38.859 --> 00:55:39.239
 is more

00:55:39.239 --> 00:55:39.539
 beautiful

00:55:39.539 --> 00:55:40.000
 still.

00:55:40.380 --> 00:55:40.900
 He holds

00:55:40.900 --> 00:55:41.480
 us fast

00:55:41.480 --> 00:55:41.980
 close to

00:55:41.980 --> 00:55:42.480
 his heart.

00:55:42.779 --> 00:55:43.239
 His arms

00:55:43.239 --> 00:55:43.799
 are strong,

00:55:44.039 --> 00:55:44.500
 his heart

00:55:44.500 --> 00:55:44.940
 beats with

00:55:44.940 --> 00:55:45.539
 love for

00:55:45.539 --> 00:55:46.440
 us so

00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:47.219
 powerfully,

00:55:47.480 --> 00:55:48.440
 so rhythmically,

00:55:48.799 --> 00:55:49.319
 his grip

00:55:49.319 --> 00:55:50.000
 upon us is

00:55:50.000 --> 00:55:51.599
 so gentle,

00:55:52.420 --> 00:55:53.159
 so tender.

00:55:55.599 --> 00:55:56.339
 Many of

00:55:56.339 --> 00:55:56.839
 Glasgow's

00:55:56.839 --> 00:55:57.359
 professional

00:55:57.359 --> 00:55:58.059
 rugby team,

00:55:58.539 --> 00:55:59.000
 the Glasgow

00:55:59.000 --> 00:55:59.539
 Warriors,

00:56:00.019 --> 00:56:00.719
 train at my

00:56:00.719 --> 00:56:01.380
 local gym.

00:56:02.319 --> 00:56:02.480
 Now,

00:56:02.559 --> 00:56:02.799
 some of

00:56:02.799 --> 00:56:03.299
 these rugby

00:56:03.299 --> 00:56:04.319
 players are

00:56:04.319 --> 00:56:05.599
 giants.

00:56:05.599 --> 00:56:06.920
 in every

00:56:06.920 --> 00:56:07.119
 way,

00:56:07.679 --> 00:56:08.099
 well over

00:56:08.099 --> 00:56:08.579
 six feet

00:56:08.579 --> 00:56:08.940
 tall.

00:56:09.519 --> 00:56:09.839
 They've

00:56:09.839 --> 00:56:10.360
 got muscles

00:56:10.360 --> 00:56:10.900
 in places

00:56:10.900 --> 00:56:11.299
 I don't

00:56:11.299 --> 00:56:11.500
 have

00:56:11.500 --> 00:56:11.920
 places.

00:56:12.739 --> 00:56:13.099
 But

00:56:13.099 --> 00:56:13.519
 sometimes

00:56:13.519 --> 00:56:13.759
 you'll

00:56:13.759 --> 00:56:14.239
 see one

00:56:14.239 --> 00:56:14.460
 of them

00:56:14.460 --> 00:56:14.699
 in the

00:56:14.699 --> 00:56:15.239
 swimming pool

00:56:15.239 --> 00:56:16.420
 with his

00:56:16.420 --> 00:56:17.059
 young child.

00:56:18.339 --> 00:56:18.539
 Now,

00:56:18.599 --> 00:56:19.099
 these guys,

00:56:19.420 --> 00:56:19.619
 I mean,

00:56:19.639 --> 00:56:19.860
 they might

00:56:19.860 --> 00:56:20.319
 be muscly

00:56:20.319 --> 00:56:20.759
 giants,

00:56:21.559 --> 00:56:22.719
 but they

00:56:22.719 --> 00:56:23.579
 hold their

00:56:23.579 --> 00:56:24.279
 little children

00:56:24.279 --> 00:56:24.880
 in that

00:56:24.880 --> 00:56:25.440
 swimming pool

00:56:25.440 --> 00:56:25.980
 with such

00:56:25.980 --> 00:56:26.719
 strength,

00:56:27.440 --> 00:56:27.739
 such

00:56:27.739 --> 00:56:28.400
 tenderness.

00:56:29.059 --> 00:56:29.579
 Even

00:56:29.579 --> 00:56:29.960
 though that

00:56:29.960 --> 00:56:30.599
 child can't

00:56:30.599 --> 00:56:30.860
 swim,

00:56:31.839 --> 00:56:32.319
 that young

00:56:32.319 --> 00:56:32.739
 child is

00:56:32.739 --> 00:56:33.339
 never as

00:56:33.339 --> 00:56:34.980
 safe as

00:56:34.980 --> 00:56:35.400
 when it's

00:56:35.400 --> 00:56:36.260
 giant of

00:56:36.260 --> 00:56:36.860
 a father

00:56:36.860 --> 00:56:38.860
 is holding

00:56:38.860 --> 00:56:39.500
 it close.

00:56:41.059 --> 00:56:41.579
 Neither

00:56:41.579 --> 00:56:41.940
 are we

00:56:41.940 --> 00:56:42.360
 safer,

00:56:43.160 --> 00:56:43.619
 neither are

00:56:43.619 --> 00:56:44.119
 you safer,

00:56:45.200 --> 00:56:45.760
 than when

00:56:45.760 --> 00:56:46.500
 you have

00:56:46.500 --> 00:56:47.160
 your glorious

00:56:47.160 --> 00:56:47.800
 and gracious

00:56:47.800 --> 00:56:48.619
 shepherd holding

00:56:48.619 --> 00:56:49.200
 you close to

00:56:49.200 --> 00:56:49.639
 his heart.

00:56:50.000 --> 00:56:50.820
 We might feel

00:56:50.820 --> 00:56:51.220
 as if we're

00:56:51.220 --> 00:56:51.860
 drowning in

00:56:51.860 --> 00:56:52.559
 life's sorrows,

00:56:52.720 --> 00:56:53.160
 but he's

00:56:53.160 --> 00:56:53.840
 carrying us.

00:56:54.099 --> 00:56:54.740
 We might feel

00:56:54.740 --> 00:56:55.539
 confused and

00:56:55.539 --> 00:56:55.780
 full of

00:56:55.780 --> 00:56:56.240
 questions,

00:56:56.360 --> 00:56:56.619
 but he's

00:56:56.619 --> 00:56:57.200
 holding us.

00:56:57.400 --> 00:56:58.039
 We might be

00:56:58.039 --> 00:56:58.720
 tired and

00:56:58.720 --> 00:56:59.180
 exhausted,

00:56:59.360 --> 00:56:59.840
 but he draws

00:56:59.840 --> 00:57:00.400
 us close.

00:57:00.599 --> 00:57:01.180
 We might be

00:57:01.180 --> 00:57:01.800
 mentally and

00:57:01.800 --> 00:57:02.700
 physically dying,

00:57:02.820 --> 00:57:03.220
 but he lets

00:57:03.220 --> 00:57:03.820
 us hear the

00:57:03.820 --> 00:57:04.460
 beat of his

00:57:04.460 --> 00:57:06.360
 gentle heart.

00:57:09.519 --> 00:57:10.240
 Well, to

00:57:10.240 --> 00:57:10.720
 apply this

00:57:10.720 --> 00:57:11.300
 great truth

00:57:11.300 --> 00:57:12.199
 of our

00:57:12.199 --> 00:57:12.699
 Lord being

00:57:12.699 --> 00:57:13.800
 our glorious,

00:57:14.280 --> 00:57:14.599
 gracious,

00:57:14.820 --> 00:57:15.220
 and gentle

00:57:15.220 --> 00:57:15.639
 shepherd,

00:57:16.260 --> 00:57:17.059
 let me suggest

00:57:17.059 --> 00:57:18.220
 that though

00:57:18.220 --> 00:57:19.139
 his hold on

00:57:19.139 --> 00:57:19.840
 us is

00:57:19.840 --> 00:57:20.440
 ultimate,

00:57:21.920 --> 00:57:23.460
 we would

00:57:23.460 --> 00:57:24.199
 do well

00:57:24.199 --> 00:57:24.960
 to do

00:57:24.960 --> 00:57:25.639
 everything we

00:57:25.639 --> 00:57:26.720
 can to

00:57:26.720 --> 00:57:27.240
 hold on

00:57:27.240 --> 00:57:27.740
 to him.

00:57:28.539 --> 00:57:29.280
 We would

00:57:29.280 --> 00:57:29.780
 do well

00:57:29.780 --> 00:57:30.159
 to do

00:57:30.159 --> 00:57:30.760
 everything we

00:57:30.760 --> 00:57:31.659
 can to

00:57:31.659 --> 00:57:32.099
 hold on

00:57:32.099 --> 00:57:32.519
 to him.

00:57:33.059 --> 00:57:33.519
 We need

00:57:33.519 --> 00:57:34.000
 to abide

00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:34.480
 in him,

00:57:35.179 --> 00:57:35.960
 to walk

00:57:35.960 --> 00:57:36.699
 closely to

00:57:36.699 --> 00:57:36.940
 him,

00:57:37.380 --> 00:57:38.039
 to listen

00:57:38.039 --> 00:57:38.719
 carefully to

00:57:38.719 --> 00:57:39.119
 the voice

00:57:39.119 --> 00:57:39.500
 of our

00:57:39.500 --> 00:57:40.119
 shepherd through

00:57:40.119 --> 00:57:40.480
 the reading

00:57:40.480 --> 00:57:40.759
 of his

00:57:40.759 --> 00:57:41.179
 word,

00:57:41.819 --> 00:57:42.259
 and letting

00:57:42.259 --> 00:57:43.039
 him hear

00:57:43.039 --> 00:57:43.599
 the bleating

00:57:43.599 --> 00:57:44.039
 of our

00:57:44.039 --> 00:57:45.400
 voices as

00:57:45.400 --> 00:57:46.039
 we pray,

00:57:47.199 --> 00:57:48.000
 daily being

00:57:48.000 --> 00:57:49.279
 strengthened by

00:57:49.279 --> 00:57:49.980
 the grace of

00:57:49.980 --> 00:57:51.559
 his spirit as

00:57:51.559 --> 00:57:52.139
 we live in

00:57:52.139 --> 00:57:52.380
 him.

00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:54.900
 God's

00:57:54.900 --> 00:57:55.059
 but there

00:57:55.059 --> 00:57:55.320
 may be

00:57:55.320 --> 00:57:55.720
 some here

00:57:55.720 --> 00:57:56.240
 this morning

00:57:56.240 --> 00:57:57.660
 for whom

00:57:57.660 --> 00:57:58.019
 the Lord

00:57:58.019 --> 00:57:58.420
 is not

00:57:58.420 --> 00:57:58.940
 your shepherd.

00:58:00.000 --> 00:58:00.640
 You're still

00:58:00.640 --> 00:58:01.039
 lost,

00:58:01.900 --> 00:58:02.099
 well maybe

00:58:02.099 --> 00:58:02.320
 you don't

00:58:02.320 --> 00:58:02.740
 think you

00:58:02.740 --> 00:58:02.920
 are,

00:58:03.000 --> 00:58:03.260
 but you

00:58:03.260 --> 00:58:03.519
 are,

00:58:04.800 --> 00:58:05.220
 and you're

00:58:05.220 --> 00:58:05.860
 straying in

00:58:05.860 --> 00:58:06.300
 the desert,

00:58:07.440 --> 00:58:07.800
 and you're

00:58:07.800 --> 00:58:08.160
 dying on

00:58:08.160 --> 00:58:08.599
 the inside.

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 The good

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 shepherd Jesus

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 Christ extended

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 wide his arms

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 on the cross

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 to embrace

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 a sinful

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 world,

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 and he

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 invites

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 every one

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 of us

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 today to

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 enter that

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 embrace.

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 The shepherd

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 who died

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 for his

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 sheep,

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 he invites

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 us to

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 believe and

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 to trust

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 in him,

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 to let

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 him tend

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 us,

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 and gather

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 us up in

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 his gentle

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 arms,

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 to let us

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 crawl into

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 bed beside

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 him,

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 as he puts

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 his arm

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 around us,

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 so that we

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 may hear

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 his heart.

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 So my

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 last question

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 for you

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 today is

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 this,

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 will you,

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 will you

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 today let

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 him draw

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 you close,

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 so that

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 you may

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 hear the

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 beat of

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 the loving

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 heart of

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 your loving

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 shepherd.

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 Amen.

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 We shall

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 close now

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 as we sing

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 what is

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 perhaps our

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 favorite

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 psalm,

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 Psalm 23

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 from the

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 Scottish

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 Psalter,

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 page 229,

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 the Lord's

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 my shepherd,

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 I'll not

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 want.

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 He makes

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 me down

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 to lie

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 in pastures

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 green,

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 he leadeth me

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 the quiet

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 waters

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 by.

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 the Lord's

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 my shepherd,

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 I'll not

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 want,

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 he makes

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 me down

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 to lie,

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 the

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 water

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 The quiet waters shine

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 And so be done, restore again

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 And be to all the pain

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 Within the paths of righteousness

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 In God's own insane

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 And though I walk in death's dark pale

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 Yet will I fear the hill

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 For thou art with me on thy road

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 And shall be calm for still

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 My table thou hast furnished

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 In presence of my foes

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 My heaven does

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 With oil and light

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 And my cup overflow

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 To death and mercy

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 Of my life

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 Shall surely follow me

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 And in the mountains

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 Forevermore

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 My dwelling place shall be

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 Receive God's blessing

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 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 The love of God

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 And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

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 Be with you all

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 Amen

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 Thank you

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 Thank you.