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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 We talked last Sunday about Psalm 96, about the incomparable greatness of God,

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 that He's worthy of all praise.

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 And so everything that we are, everything that we have,

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 should be in service of His name being made great,

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 of His glory being made known here and everywhere else.

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 That that must be our driving passion as individuals and as a church.

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 God's glory declared in Huntsville and beyond among the nations, right?

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 Right?

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 I've stayed in the Psalms a lot this week,

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 just reading more about the glory of God, the praise that's due to Him.

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 I don't want us to lose the grandeur of His greatness or His glory

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 and the significance that that ought to have for our lives,

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 because that goes away so quickly and easily, doesn't it?

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 If you feel that your heart needs some help here too,

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 I'd highly recommend the Psalms.

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 It's a great place to camp out, to marinate for a little while,

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 maybe just this Thanksgiving week or the rest of this year,

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 to help our hearts get that vision for God's greatness and what it means for us.

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 So this morning I want us to look at Psalm 145.

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 Look for a couple of things as I read it in just a minute.

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 First, the basic message is this.

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 It's pretty similar to last week.

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 The basic message of the Psalm is God is great everywhere

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 and we will declare how everywhere, how He is great.

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 Look for that exhaustive, superlative language,

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 the all and every and so on that you'll see throughout this Psalm.

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 And then the second thing, in the midst of all of that,

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 look for one particular way that God has designed for His glory to be declared everywhere.

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 As I've read this week, I've seen it over and over and over this particular way.

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 You'll notice it in verses 4 through 7 as we read

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 and we're going to focus our attention there.

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 You know, last week I really didn't give you any particulars

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 on how it would shape our lives,

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 how they'd be different if we were going to be about the glory of God here and everywhere.

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 I mean, except maybe go to India.

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 But you're not all going to India, at least not today.

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 Well, this is one particular.

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 We're going to talk, spend the rest of our lives

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 figuring out what those particular ways are.

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 We'll spend especially the next several months here

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 talking about what that means for us together here at Southwood

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 specifically to have our lives shaped around that.

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 But here's one way this morning,

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 highlighted by Psalm 145,

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 where we can shape our lives around God's glory.

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 Look for that way and notice how it connects to God's incomparable greatness.

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 Psalm 145, verse 1.

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 I will extol you, my God and King,

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 and bless your name forever and ever.

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 Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.

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 Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised,

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 and His greatness is unsearchable.

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 One generation shall commend your works to another

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 and shall declare your mighty acts.

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 On the glorious splendor of your majesty

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 and on your wondrous works I will meditate.

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 They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds

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 and I will declare your greatness.

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 They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness

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 and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

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 The Lord is gracious and merciful,

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 slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

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 The Lord is good to all

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 and His mercy is over all that He has made.

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 All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,

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 and all your saints shall bless you.

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 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom

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 and tell of your power

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 to make known to the children of man

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 your mighty deeds

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 and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

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 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom

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 and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

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 The Lord upholds all who are falling

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 and raises up all who are bowed down.

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 The eyes of all look to you

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 and you give them their food in due season.

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 You open your hand,

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 you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

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 The Lord is righteous in all His ways

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 and kind in all His works.

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 The Lord is near to all who call on Him,

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 to all who call on Him in truth.

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 He fulfills the desire of those who fear Him.

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 He also hears their cry and saves them.

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 The Lord preserves all who love Him,

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 but the wicked He will destroy.

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 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord

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 and let all flesh bless His holy name

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 forever and ever.

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 Back to verse 4.

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 One generation shall commend your works to another

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 and shall declare your mighty acts.

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 On the glorious splendor of your majesty

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 and on your wondrous works I will meditate.

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 They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds

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 and I will declare your greatness.

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 They shall pour forth the fame

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 of your abundant goodness

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 and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

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 Let's pray and we'll look at this psalm together.

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 Father, we have acknowledged your greatness.

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 Might we know it more?

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 Might we experience it more?

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 And might you by your Spirit come

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 and do what needs to be done in our hearts

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 for that to impact us as it ought.

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 Change us, we pray by your Spirit.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Shortly after Christi and I got married,

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 we spent four months together in Scotland

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 while I was finishing up undergrad work.

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 We stayed while we were there in Glasgow

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 with a pastor and his wife.

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 And so because we were there with them,

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 we went to church with them.

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 They had a car, we didn't.

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 Every time the doors were open,

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 we were there,

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 Govan Hill Free Church of Scotland.

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 When we became a part of that church

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 as 24-year-old and 22-year-old,

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 the average age of that congregation

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 dropped drastically.

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 Almost all the members of that 25- or 30-person church

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 were over the age of 70.

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 Many of them older than that.

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 And we were there three, four times a week

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 for four months.

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 We didn't know when we got there,

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 but this congregation was going to be

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 such a huge blessing to us

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 through our time there

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 and also have a huge impact on us,

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 on what church meant to us

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 even before we went to seminary

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 to prepare for ministry in the church.

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 You see, this traditional Scottish church

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 found themselves in the midst of a community

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 that became almost overnight

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 mostly Muslim immigrants,

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 refugees, what they called

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 asylum seekers in Scotland.

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 So an older, traditional Scottish church

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 in an even older

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 and more traditional Scottish church building

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 that had been there for a long time

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 all of a sudden finds itself

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 in a new world

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 surrounded by different people.

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 And I think many such congregations

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 in that situation

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 would have turned inward.

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 They would have cared for each other

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 and in a few years died off.

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 I would have understood if they had.

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 But instead, the folks at Govan Hill

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 determined that they would share

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 the good news of Jesus

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 with their new neighbors.

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 They began hosting ESL classes

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 for the community,

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 working with those asylum seekers

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 on their many legal issues before them,

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 having some multicultural,

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 multilingual worship services

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 in their very traditional building.

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 Their heart was to see God's glory

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 declared everywhere

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 and to every nation.

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 And having some different people around them

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 wasn't going to dampen their passion

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 for that one bit.

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 They refused to back down from that.

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 In fact, they found that as they did that,

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 their passion for Christ and His kingdom

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 was inflamed by the youthful zeal

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 of young Muslim moms and toddlers

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 who came every week

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 to meet with their much older

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 Presbyterian playmates

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 at a moms and toddlers group.

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 It gave them energy and zeal

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 for the kingdom.

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 Their church didn't always feel

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 the same way that it used to,

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 say, 30 years before.

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 But they fervently followed

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 the mission of Jesus

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 no matter the cost.

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 And they found that that cost

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 and those changes

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 were well worth the sacrifice for them.

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 There are many things to consider

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 about the community

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 in which God has placed Southwood.

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 The people who live in our neighborhoods,

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 the people that we work with

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 and play with

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 and share life with.

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 But this morning,

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 I want to consider

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 one particular aspect of it

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 that was true for them

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 in that church.

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 And that is different generations,

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 young and old,

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 together in one family.

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 It's one of my very favorite things

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 about Southwood

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 since we came here 10 years ago.

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 And it's one of our greatest

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 kingdom opportunities

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 when we talk about

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 seeing God's glory

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 declared everywhere.

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 Having a mixture of generations

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 together in one family,

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 genuinely loving each other.

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 I loved being in a small group

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 for years here

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 with people two

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 and even three times my age.

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 I love how many of you

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 have been asking me

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 in the last couple of weeks

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 about Jenny Doss.

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 How is she?

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 Where is she?

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 She's always here.

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 How come I don't see her?

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 Because she's too weak

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 to come to worship

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 the last several weeks.

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 I loved talking with Ivy Barber

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 last week on the phone.

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 Ivy, as you know,

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 is 91 years young

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 and for most of those 91 years

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 has come to church every Sunday.

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 But now it's difficult

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 for her to walk very far

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 and so she hasn't been coming

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 for a while

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 and she said,

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 I so miss being there

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 and you know what I especially miss?

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 What does she miss the most,

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 do you think?

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 She didn't mention my preaching.

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 I'm sure it was coming.

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 It was granted, I think.

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 She mentioned the children

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 even though,

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 and I think perhaps

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 a little bit because,

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 they run all around her

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 while she's trying

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 to walk down the hall.

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 This morning,

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 our group of new members,

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 like many such groups

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 we've had here

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 spanned 60 years.

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 Three distinct generations.

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 What an exciting thing.

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 What a neat opportunity

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 to have these groups together.

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 Southwood,

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 this is one place

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 where God has clearly called us

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 to declare his glory

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 among the nations, yes,

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 and across the generations.

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 We have a privilege

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 and an opportunity

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 that many don't have.

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 It's one of the things

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 that's been so exciting

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 about getting Derek Harris

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 here on staff

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 and installing him this morning.

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 See, Derek is here

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 for the oldest

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 and for the youngest among us.

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 He's our shepherding pastor

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 and so he will be caring for

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 and ministering

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 to our oldest members.

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 He's also our pastor

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 for young families

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 and so he's going to be working

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 with the youngest among us

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 and especially with their parents

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 equipping them

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 for how to shepherd

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 their children

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 and their families

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 as they grow.

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 See, that's what Psalm 145

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 lays out

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 for the pattern

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 for God's glory

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 to spread everywhere.

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 It's verse 4.

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 One generation

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 shall commend your works

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 to another.

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 Remember the context

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 of the whole psalm.

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 What's the whole psalm saying?

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 God is great everywhere

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 and we will declare

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 how everywhere.

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 In what ways is he great?

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 We will say not merely

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 that God is great

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 but what his greatness looks like.

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 Verse 8, for example.

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 The Lord is gracious

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 and merciful,

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 slow to anger,

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 abounding in steadfast love.

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 If you keep reading,

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 you see his power,

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 his mighty deeds,

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 his glorious splendor,

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 his everlasting kingdom.

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 The way he lifts up

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 the weak and downtrodden,

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 verse 14.

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 The way he cares

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 for every living thing,

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 verse 16.

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 The way he responds

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 to those who cry,

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 verse 19.

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 Just stop and marvel

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 for a minute.

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 How incredible is this God?

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 How great is Yahweh?

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 Not just that he's mighty

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 and powerful

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 and dwells above

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 and is different from us,

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 but then he's also caring,

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 entering in,

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 drawing near the same God

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 like this.

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 Isn't he great?

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 There's no one like him.

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 How have you seen his grace,

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 mercy,

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 abundant love,

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 tender care,

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 mighty deeds

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 in your life?

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 You have unique stories,

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 don't you?

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 You can tell stories

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 of how God is great,

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 yes.

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 Others need to hear

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 those stories.

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 See, it's in the context

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 of saying how great God is

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 that David writes,

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 one generation shall commend

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 your works to another.

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 They're not just for you.

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 The things you've experienced

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 aren't just for you

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 to know how great God is.

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 They're for you to tell others,

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 even other generations,

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 how else will they know

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 what our God has been like

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 for thousands and thousands

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 of years,

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 generation after generation.

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 So notice how it works

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 for us.

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 It begins first

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 with our meditating

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 on his wondrous works,

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 the glorious splendor

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 of his majesty

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 there in verse 5.

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 In other words,

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 we all need to be

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 experiencing his grace

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 for ourselves.

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 Learning more,

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 even the most mature

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 among us,

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 learning of how God's greatness

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 impacts us,

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 soaking in that,

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 getting to know more and more

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 what he's like

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 and how he works

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 in our lives.

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 That's where it starts,

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 isn't it?

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 We meditate on that,

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 we learn more of that

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 and then we get to

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 verses 6 and 7.

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 Speaking,

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 declaring,

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 pouring forth,

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 singing aloud.

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 That's how God

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 designs his family

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 to work, right?

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 One generation

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 learns to praise him,

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 continues to experience

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 more of his greatness

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 and then as they worship,

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 they commend him

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 to the next generations.

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 Isn't that how it works

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 in our families?

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 Don't our kids

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 often begin to praise

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 what we praise?

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 I remember growing up

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 watching my grandfather

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 cheer for the Atlanta Braves.

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 He loved the Braves,

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 he lived in Atlanta.

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 I didn't, though.

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 I lived in Memphis

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 and I really had no reason

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 to like the Braves.

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 All they'd done was lose

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 my entire childhood.

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 Year after year.

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 But nonetheless,

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 despite never seeing them win,

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 I cheered for the Braves.

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 Why?

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 Because my grandfather

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 thought they were great

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 and so I thought

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 they were great.

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 We cheered together.

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 Our girls have never

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 experienced in person

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 the wonderful reality

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 of the Clemson football team

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 running down the hill

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 before the game.

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 But if you watched them

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 watching it on television,

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 you'd think they'd been

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 there before.

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 The way they get excited,

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 the way they cheer.

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 They have no fond memories

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 of campus that that

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 brings to mind.

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 No great experiences

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 to look back upon,

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 but they've seen their

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 parents cheer

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 and they get excited

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 as well.

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 God has designed

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 His family

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 to work that way too.

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 It's one of the reasons

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 we're so glad

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 to have our kids

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 regularly in these

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 worship services

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 with us

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 because even when

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 you don't realize it,

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 they're learning something.

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 They're learning

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 who is worthy

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 of praise,

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 who's worth

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 worshiping

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 and shaping

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 our lives

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 around.

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 And they need

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 to hear

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 from the experiences

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 of their spiritual parents

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 and grandparents

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 how God is great,

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 how He has been faithful,

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 how He's been merciful

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 in your life.

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 It's the thing

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 I've noticed this week

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 reading in the Psalms.

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 It's one of the primary ways

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 God has designed

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 for His glory

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 to be declared

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 here and everywhere.

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 We've already read

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 Psalm 145.

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 I'm not going to

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 laundry list all the

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 Psalms for you

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 this morning.

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 You can look up

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 a bunch of them.

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 But look also in places

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 like Deuteronomy 6

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 that we read earlier.

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 Titus 2.

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 And you'll see

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 how Old Testament,

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 New Testament,

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 wherever it is,

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 God designs this pattern

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 for His family.

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 And maybe that's why

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 little children

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 and elderly saints

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 are consistently highlighted

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 as valuable to Jesus

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 and significant

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 in His church.

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 We need each other,

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 don't we?

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 It's the way

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 He's designed it.

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 I guess that means

00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:12.920
 Derek has a pretty

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 significant role

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 here on our pastoral team.

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 And he's going to

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 stand up before us

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 and be charged

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 to that role

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 in a few minutes.

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 But more importantly,

00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:25.539
 see that's not just

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 Derek's job,

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 that's our job

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 as a family

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 to relate that way.

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 Each of us

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 has a significant role

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 in that.

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 And I didn't want

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 any of us

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 to miss out

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 on the chance

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 to stand up,

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 hear from God's Word

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 and be charged

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 this morning.

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 So this is going to be fun,

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 isn't it?

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 Oh boy,

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 y'all are excited.

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 You've always wanted

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 to stand up

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 and get charged

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 during the sermon.

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 Here goes.

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 Three groups.

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 First group,

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 if you were born

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 before 1960,

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 would you please

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 stand up

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 and remain standing

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 for a minute

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 if you're able?

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 You notice that

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 I have no idea

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 how old you are.

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 I'm going by

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 when you were born.

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 Age is,

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 I have no idea

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 what the age is.

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 Born before 1960.

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 Awesome.

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 We're so glad

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 that y'all are here

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 at Southwood.

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 We're really thankful

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 to have you here.

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 I know sometimes

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 the way we young people

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:20.059
 dress or sing

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 or parent

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 seems strange

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 and different to you.

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 I know there are

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 many places you could go

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 where everyone is your age.

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 I'm aware of that.

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 But we need you here.

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 We do.

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 And I want to charge you

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 to do more

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 than just be here.

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 You're here.

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 Thank you.

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 Wonderful.

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 I want to charge you

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 to something more

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 than just being present.

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 Listen to Psalm 71.

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 what it has to say.

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 Oh God,

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 from my youth

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.339
 you have taught me

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 and I still proclaim

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:53.680
 your wondrous deeds.

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 So even to old age

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 and gray hairs,

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 oh God,

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 do not forsake me

00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:59.700
 until I proclaim

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:01.139
 your might

00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:02.559
 to another generation.

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 Your power

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 to all those

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 to come.

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 I think this is why

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.819
 God has you here.

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 There may be other reasons.

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 But I think this is

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.700
 an important part of it.

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 It would be easy for you

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 as long as you have served

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 to say,

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.580
 I've done my time.

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 It's time to retire

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.880
 from church.

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 I've been teaching

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.759
 a long time.

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 I've been in the nursery.

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 I've been in a lot of places.

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 It would be easy

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 as it would have been

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.220
 for our friends

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 in Scotland

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 to see all these

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:30.360
 different people around you

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 and just turn inward

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 and just care about yourself.

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 Would you make this

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 your prayer?

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 The end of that?

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 That every day

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 that God would give you strength,

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 it wouldn't be just to get by

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 or just to show up,

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 but to proclaim His might

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 to the next generations?

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 You do that for us a lot.

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 I'm charging you

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 to something I know you love.

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 I know it's why you're here.

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 Please pray for that.

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 Think of someone right now

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 that needs to hear

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 about this great God from you.

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 You can pick me

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 if you can't think of anybody else.

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 If you don't know where to start,

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 I've actually got

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 a specific opportunity.

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 We need your help.

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 You can help with the youth,

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 children's ministry,

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 but we really need your help

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 in the nursery right now.

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 If you look at the front

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 of your bulletin

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 towards the bottom

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 of the announcements,

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 it says cross-generational opportunities.

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 And there's an opportunity there,

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 an email address

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 that you can send and say,

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 I want to take a turn

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 in the nursery rotation.

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 And one of the beautiful things

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 about that is you can not only

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 talk to the kids,

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 but as a parent,

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 I can tell you

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 when I walk down

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 to pick up my child

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 and you're rocking them

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 in the chair,

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 I want to talk to you

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 because I see how you love my child.

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 So there's a great place

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 if you don't have

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 another place to start.

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 But would you think

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 of some way

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 during the next few weeks

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 during this holiday season

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 that you could do that?

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 We would love that.

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 Thank you.

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 You may be seated.

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 If you are under the age of 13

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 or live with someone

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 under the age of 13

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 in your home,

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 would you please stand

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 and remain standing

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 for just a minute?

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 Under the age of 13

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 or live with someone

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 under the age of 13

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 in your home?

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 I knew you were there.

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 There you go.

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 Isn't that exciting?

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 Those of you

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 who were just standing up

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 a minute ago,

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 isn't this exciting?

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 I know it's part

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 of why you're here.

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 There are a lot of y'all.

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 Listen to Psalm 78

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 for a second.

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 We will not hide

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 these things about God

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 from their children,

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 but tell to the coming generation

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 the glorious deeds

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 of the Lord

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 and His might

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 and the wonders

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 that He has done.

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 He established

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 a testimony in Jacob

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 and appointed a law

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 in Israel

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 which He commanded

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 our fathers

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 to teach their children

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 that the next generation

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 might know them,

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 the children yet unborn.

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 Some of those out there,

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 I know there are.

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 You're keeping it secret.

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 And arise

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 and tell them

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 to their children

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 so that they should

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 set their hope

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 in God.

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 What's it going to take

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 for us to have

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 our hope

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 in God?

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 Well,

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 one of the things

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 is that we

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 have to listen

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 to the ones

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 who were standing up

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 before you.

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 It's the way God says

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 He's designed it to be

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 that they would

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 teach us

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 of who God is

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 and of His glorious deeds.

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 Proverbs says

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 wisdom is with the aged

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 and we in our pride

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 forget that too often,

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 don't we?

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 We think we're okay

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 without our parents' help,

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 without our grandparents' wisdom

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 and that can happen

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 in the church too.

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 I charge each of you

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 to find someone older

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 to listen to

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 and love

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 during the holidays.

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 It could be someone

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 in your own family.

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 Those are neat opportunities.

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 But I'd especially

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 encourage you

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 to think of someone

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 in this family.

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 The deacons would love

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 to help connect you

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 with one of our widows

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 or older couples

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 in the church

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 and they would love

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 to be with you

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 and to share with you

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 during this holiday season

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 that same place

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 in the bulletin.

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 There's an email address

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 for you

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 so you can sign up

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 right now

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 during the rest of the service

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 or this week.

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 Love for you

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 to be a part of that.

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 Thank you.

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 Please be seated.

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 Now if you are surrounding

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 those first two groups

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 age-wise

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 and you haven't stood yet,

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 anyone who hasn't stood yet,

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 will you stand now

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 and remain standing

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 for a minute?

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 Awesome.

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 I knew the range

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 we were going to have

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 in this group.

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 That's so fun.

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 You may get the most exciting

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 and most challenging charge yet.

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 Listen to Psalm 89,

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 just the first verse.

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 I will sing

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 of the steadfast love

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 of the Lord forever.

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 With my mouth

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 I will make known

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 your faithfulness

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 to all generations.

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 You get the chance

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 to look in both directions

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 from where you sit.

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 There are people ahead of you

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 in this family

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 and people behind you

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 in this family.

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 Both of whom

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 you're charged

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 to tell with your mouth

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 the glory of God

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 and of His faithfulness

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 to all generations.

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 You get to go

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 in both directions.

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 You can pick one

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 to start with

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 or you can do both.

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 In fact,

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 you can sign up

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:30.099
 for both of those

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 email opportunities

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 if you'd like

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 and I know you don't have

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 anything to do

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.940
 in the next few weeks

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 so go ahead

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.900
 and do them both.

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 Look around you

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.680
 in your church family

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 and think

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 about the people

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.240
 in this family

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 and in this community

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:45.039
 that God has called you to.

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:47.319
 you're in stages of life

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.659
 where it's really easy

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:50.399
 to think that it's all about you.

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 I'm in college.

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 I'm an empty nester

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:57.639
 and I've poured in

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 and now life is about me

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 and I'm here to remind you

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 that it's not.

00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.899
 That it's about God.

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.420
 It's about His kingdom

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:07.619
 and you get to be a part of that

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:09.279
 and it's so much more exciting

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.799
 than everything

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.799
 just being about you.

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.759
 So look up,

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.920
 look down

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:15.000
 and find someone

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:16.360
 that you can connect with

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:17.380
 during this season

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:19.160
 to tell God's glory

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.519
 and shape your life

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.940
 around declaring that

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:24.340
 not declaring yourself.

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.120
 Thank you.

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.340
 Please be seated.

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.039
 See,

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.779
 that being about that

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:33.080
 is really the heart of this

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.900
 for all of us.

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:34.519
 Right?

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:36.640
 There's really one story

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:38.360
 that we all

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:39.460
 get to declare.

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 Even in the Psalms

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.620
 you'll notice that story

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:44.079
 is about God's glorious

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.839
 and gracious deliverance.

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.399
 The story of glory

00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:47.959
 and grace

00:26:47.959 --> 00:26:48.899
 that we talk about

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:50.359
 every week here.

00:26:51.219 --> 00:26:52.479
 Our glorious God

00:26:52.479 --> 00:26:54.139
 made us to share

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:55.599
 in His glory with Him

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:58.019
 but we turned away from Him.

00:26:58.899 --> 00:27:00.259
 And our gracious God

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:01.339
 ran after us

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.239
 faster than we could

00:27:02.239 --> 00:27:03.779
 run away from Him

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:05.779
 especially in sending

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.779
 His Son,

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.379
 Jesus Christ,

00:27:08.939 --> 00:27:09.859
 in whom we see

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.599
 the glory

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.679
 and the grace

00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:12.319
 of God

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.339
 most fully.

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:15.459
 The one who lives

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 perfectly.

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:18.299
 The one who dies

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.539
 sacrificially

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:21.719
 to deliver us.

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.119
 And so we come

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.779
 and we revel

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:25.039
 in that story

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.199
 young and old

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 all of us

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 and then we get

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:29.139
 to tell that

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:30.099
 one story

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:32.099
 of one glorious God

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:34.199
 one gracious Savior

00:27:34.199 --> 00:27:35.759
 to every nation

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 and every generation.

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 my mouth will speak

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:41.559
 the praise

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.460
 of the Lord

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 and let all flesh

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.940
 bless His holy name

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.680
 forever

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:48.180
 and ever.

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.599
 Amen

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:51.099
 and Amen.

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:56.279
 For more information

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.579
 visit us online

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.879
 at southwood.org