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 Well, thank you so much, Esther. And folks, let me encourage you to have that psalm open in front of you.

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 It's so important that we have God's Word open in front of us, because it's His voice that we want to hear today.

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 That's what the power is. And so let me just encourage you to have His Word open in front of you.

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 So, Psalm 104, let's dive straight in. Put your hands up this morning if you watch Netflix.

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 Watch Netflix. Okay, I don't know if you knew this.

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 But back in May, Netflix for the first time released a list of its most watched shows that month.

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 Now, just while we wait for the PowerPoint to come on, why don't you turn to your neighbour,

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 see if you can have a guess what the most watched show in May on Netflix was.

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 Okay, 10 seconds, and then we'll come back in.

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 Okay, so, the most... I don't know if these guys are laughing, I don't know what they said up there.

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 The most watched show on Netflix in May was Our Planet by David Attenborough.

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 Did anyone say that? A few of us said it?

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 Wonderful. Anyone watched it? Who's watched it?

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 Wonderful show. For those who don't know what I'm talking about,

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 Our Planet is the most recent David Attenborough documentary

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 that explores the different habitats and the different creatures of our world.

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 So, I googled it this week and The Guardian said about it

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 that this documentary leaves you boggling at the endless precision of the natural world.

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 There you go, Guardian readers. Worth a watch, according to The Guardian.

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 But it's not the first time, you might probably aware,

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 it's not the first time David Attenborough has won an award for his work.

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 Okay?

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 2017, his documentary, Blue Planet,

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 was officially the BBC's most watched show.

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 And last year, as the BBC celebrated its 96th birthday,

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 controversially, I think you'll agree with me,

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 that his programme, Planet Earth,

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 rivaled Match of the Day

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 for being voted the best BBC programme of all time.

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 But I find that fascinating, do you not?

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 I find it fascinating and extremely revealing

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 of something we all know to be true.

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 And it's that as human beings,

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 we have a love affair with this planet that we call home.

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 Right?

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 A love affair with this planet that we call home.

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 Its complexities, just think about it,

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 its complexities amaze us.

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 I love that they're still finding animals on these programmes in our year,

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 do you not?

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 Its complexities amazes,

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 its diversity captivates us,

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 and its beauty inspires us.

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 And we think to ourselves, to quote Louis Armstrong,

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 what a wonderful world.

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 What a wonderful world.

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 Well, it's this wonderful world that this psalm,

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 Psalm 104,

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 is going to get us to think about today.

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 And we're going to be asked to lift our eyes

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 and take in the world that we see around us.

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 But here's the thing.

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 The psalmist is going to go one step further

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 than David Attenborough.

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 So the psalmist isn't going to just ask us

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 to observe creation and take it in.

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 The psalmist is going to ask us to listen

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 to what creation is saying.

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 Okay, here's the central thrust of this psalm.

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 If you get one thing, get this, okay?

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 That creation is speaking.

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 Creation is speaking.

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 You see, as our wonderful world,

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 as it does its thing,

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 in all its beauty,

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 as it captivates us,

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 it's telling us something

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 about the God who made it.

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 You see, the God of the Bible

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 is not a silent God.

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 Okay?

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 He's a God who has made himself known.

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 And the Bible would say

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 that God has made himself known

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 in three ways.

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 Firstly, he's made himself known

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 in his words.

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 So we have the Bible.

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 We have it.

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 Amazingly, think about this.

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 We have it in our own language.

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 In our hands.

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 So we can read.

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 We can open the scriptures.

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 And we can know who this God is

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 for ourselves.

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 We can know what he's like.

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 We can know what he's done for us.

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 And amazingly,

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 we can hear him speak to us.

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 Secondly, he's revealed himself

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 most supremely

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 in the person of his son, Jesus.

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 In other words,

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 you want to know what God is like.

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 You look to the son,

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 who is,

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 as you probably heard

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 in that Colossians reading,

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 the exact representation

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 of God the Father.

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 So he's made himself known

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 in his word.

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 He's made himself known

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 in his son.

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 And thirdly,

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 he's made himself known

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 in this wonderful world,

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 in creation.

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 So as we look around

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 at our wonderful world,

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 as we take in its beauty,

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 we can understand something

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 of who this God is.

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 That's what we were just singing,

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 wasn't it?

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 If you remember the words

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 on the screen,

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 O Lord my God,

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 when I in awesome wonder

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 consider all

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 the worlds thy hands have made.

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 I see the stars.

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 I hear the rolling thunder,

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 the power throughout

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 the universe displayed.

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 Then sings my soul,

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 my saviour God to thee,

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 how great thou art,

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 how great thou art.

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 Have you ever wondered

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 where that hymn

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 gets its inspiration from?

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 It gets it from verse 1

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 of this psalm.

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 Look at it with me.

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 Okay?

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 Bless the Lord,

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 O my soul.

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 O Lord,

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 my God,

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 you are very great.

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 Do you see it?

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 And it's a sentiment

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 that carries over

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 straight on from verse 1

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 of Psalm 103.

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 My soul,

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 bless the Lord.

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 The psalmist looks up

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 and it's as if he's

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 saying to himself,

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 having a wee pep talk

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 with himself,

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 I do that now and again,

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 saying,

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 look at this.

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 Brain,

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 take this in

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 and celebrate

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 how good

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 my God is.

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 Notice the personal

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 pronoun there,

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 my God.

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 The psalmist rejoices

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 because he knows

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 the God

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 who has made

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 everything.

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 It's his God.

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 And you notice

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 that that God

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 is Israel's God.

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 Right?

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 The word Lord

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 there comes up

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 five times

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 in this psalm.

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 So the psalmist

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 is looking around

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 and he's exclaiming

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 to himself,

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 my God's done this.

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 Right?

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 My God's done this.

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 Creation speaking,

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 the psalmist

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 is singing.

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 The question

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 for us this morning,

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 whoever you are

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 here today,

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 whatever you think

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 about this God,

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 the question is,

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 are you joining?

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 Are you joining?

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 So creation speaking,

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 what's it telling us?

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 It's telling us

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 three things.

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 Firstly,

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 and these are

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 alliterating,

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 so you'll remember,

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 okay,

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 it's firstly telling us

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 about a mighty maker,

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 verses one to nine.

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 A mighty maker,

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 verses one to nine.

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 Come with me,

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 verses one to nine.

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 Look at how the Lord

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 is described to us here.

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 Let's glance over it.

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 What is he described

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 as being?

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 As being clothed

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 with splendor

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 and majesty.

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 Of wearing a garment

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 of light.

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 That's what we were

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 singing,

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 wasn't it?

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 Of the heavens

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 being his upper chambers,

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 of the clouds

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 being his chariots,

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 of the winds

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 being his messengers,

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 and of fire

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 being his servant.

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 This is the Lord.

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 And do you see

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 all the verbs?

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 All the verbs.

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 Still remember a verb

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 as being a doing word?

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 That's how you remembered

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 it in school,

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 wasn't it?

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 A verb.

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 Do you see all the verbs,

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 right?

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 He makes,

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 he rides,

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 he lays,

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 he stretched,

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 he covered,

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 he set,

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 he spoke,

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 he assigned,

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 he raised,

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 he sank,

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 he established.

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 That's a lot of verbs

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 in nine verses.

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 And it's a deliberate echo

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 of Genesis one.

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 We don't have time

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 to do that.

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 I would love to do that

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 comparison

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 between how Genesis one

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 goes and how this psalm

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 goes,

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 and you'll see the

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 connections if you want

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 to go home and do it

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 yourself.

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 But this is a deliberate

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 echo of Genesis one.

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 See what's going on?

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 The Lord has been

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 described to us

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 like a king.

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 Just feel the language,

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 like a king.

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 One who has

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 all the power

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 and one who has

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 all the wisdom.

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 And you have to say

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 what a beautiful

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 combination of

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 attributes that is.

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 and that we see

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 come gloriously

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 together

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 in the creation

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 of the world.

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 He did it.

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 God did it.

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 And he loves it.

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 He loves what he made.

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 It's the picture,

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 if you want to check it out,

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 that we get in the

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 Genesis account,

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 isn't it?

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 That God is like a

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 master artist who,

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 when he finished his

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 greatest work,

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 he sat back and he

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 surveyed what he made.

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 And if God was Scottish,

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 he would have gone,

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 yeah, beauty.

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 Right?

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 Yes.

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 What did he say?

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 He says it is very good.

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 Do you see how creation

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 brings God satisfaction

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 and glory?

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 This is very good.

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 So let me ask you here

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 today,

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 done that very quickly,

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 let me ask you here

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 today,

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 whoever you are,

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 what do you make

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 of all that?

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 There's a lot of

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 questions come up there,

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 isn't there,

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 about the creation

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 of the world.

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 But let me ask you,

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 how do you account

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 for the world?

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 You know,

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 comedian Frank Skinner,

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 who from what I can tell

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 has some kind of

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 belief in God.

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 There's a story that I

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 heard about him

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 recently,

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 about how he was

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 having a debate with

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 his friend who didn't

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 believe that God

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 created the world.

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 And so they had a bit

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 of back and forth chat,

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 went on for a long,

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 long time,

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 and his friend turned

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 to him and said,

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 Frank, listen,

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 do you want a cup of

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 tea?

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 And Frank said,

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 that would be lovely,

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 thank you.

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 So his friend went

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 to the kitchen

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 and put the kettle on.

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 And he was so engrossed

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 in this conversation

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 that his friend came

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 right back to see Frank,

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 came right back

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 into the conversation.

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 And the chat went

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 back and forth a bit,

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 bit more.

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 And then all of a sudden

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 in the kitchen,

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 the kettle goes,

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 and his friend says,

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 listen,

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 I need to go back

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 into the kitchen,

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 Frank,

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 because that cup of

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 tea won't make itself.

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 And Frank said,

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 why not?

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 Just think about it.

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 Think about it.

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 Why not?

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 You see,

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 the psalmist is saying

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 that God established

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 the earth,

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 that there's a first cause.

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 He did it.

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 He did it.

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 Our God,

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 he did this.

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 And what an

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 awe-inspiring thought

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 for the psalmist

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 and for the Lord's people

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 in this day

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 who would have been

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 surrounded by people

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 worshipping all sorts

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 of small g-gots,

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 worshipping the sun,

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 worshipping the moon,

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 worshipping the sea,

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 that the psalmist

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 can shout to the world

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 and say,

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 hey,

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 see our God.

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 He's the one

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 who made

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 the sun,

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 the moon,

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 and the sea.

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 And so when it comes

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 to any of you guys

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 challenging me

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 to a game of

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 BC God-top trumps,

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 let me tell you

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 that Yahweh,

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 let me tell you

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 that the Lord

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 is always going to win.

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 let me tell you

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 how this challenged

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 me this week.

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 As I try and

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 allow God's word

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 to shape my soul,

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 here's how it

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 challenged me this week.

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 I don't know if you

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 remember the

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 Duracell batteries

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 when we were young.

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 The type that you

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 squeeze at the top

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 and the bottom

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 and if you squeezed

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 hard enough

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 you could see

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 how much power

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 was left in the battery.

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 Do you remember them?

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 Yeah?

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 Well, I don't know

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 about you,

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 but over the past

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 season of life,

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 see if you'd

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 squeeze me,

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 right?

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 Squeeze me.

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 Friends,

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 you would have seen

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 that I was

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 extremely low in power.

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 And I don't know

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 if you find that

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 in your own life,

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 you've known that

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 over the last season

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 or you know that

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 right now,

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 that you're low in power.

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 But here's what

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 I've asked myself

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 this week,

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 in those times,

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 why is it,

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 friends,

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 that so often

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 we live our lives,

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 we run from

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 thing to thing,

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 we run from

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 job to job,

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 we run from

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 task to task

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 and not only do

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 we massively overrate

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 our own power

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 as creatures,

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 but we massively

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 underrate God.

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 Because if you think

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 about it,

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 if by faith

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 in Jesus Christ

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 that this mighty

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 maker is for us

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 and he's one

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 who we can call

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 incredibly

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 our good father,

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 then what a reason

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 we have

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 to run to him

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 and to trust

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 and to pray.

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 So as you go

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 home today,

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 I want to challenge

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 you,

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 just take a leaf

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 out of the

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 psalmist book.

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 Look at creation,

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 just look at creation

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 as you drive home,

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 as you walk home,

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 take it in.

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 As you go up

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 Blackford Hill,

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 as you walk up

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 Arthur's seat,

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 as you look on

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 the Pentlands,

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 as you drive over

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 the Fourth Road Bridge,

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 I know where you live,

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 right?

00:12:52.139 --> 00:12:53.519
 Take a minute

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 to take stock

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 of the fact

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 that our God

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 is not lacking

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 in power.

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 He's not lacking

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 in power.

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 Friends,

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 creation is speaking.

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 The question is,

00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:08.580
 are we listening?

00:13:09.820 --> 00:13:10.580
 Second thing

00:13:10.580 --> 00:13:11.740
 it tells us

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 is about

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 a perfect provider.

00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:14.840
 Now,

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 if you come with me

00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:16.780
 to verses 10 to 30,

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 this is where we see this.

00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:19.300
 Now,

00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:19.820
 there was an English

00:13:19.820 --> 00:13:20.740
 philosopher called

00:13:20.740 --> 00:13:21.440
 William Paley.

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 Some of you might

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 have heard of him.

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 He came up with this

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 analogy to describe

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 the creation of the world

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 and he said it was a bit

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 like coming across

00:13:28.659 --> 00:13:29.439
 a pocket watch

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 lying on the floor.

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 And he was saying

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 that logic would lead

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 you to believe

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 that that pocket watch

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 hadn't just come

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 out of nothing.

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 There must have been

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 someone that created it.

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 It's a pretty decent

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 stab at an analogy.

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 But what happened

00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:44.639
 is down the years

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 people took that analogy

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 and they used it

00:13:46.839 --> 00:13:47.279
 to promote

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 what is called

00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:48.539
 deism,

00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:50.019
 right?

00:13:50.059 --> 00:13:51.019
 So it's this idea

00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:51.899
 that God wound

00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:52.639
 the world up

00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:53.639
 like a watch

00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:55.000
 and then he stepped

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 back,

00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:56.139
 put it down

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 and he's just

00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:58.039
 let it run its course.

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 He's not involved

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 in the slightest.

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 But if you come

00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:02.699
 with me to these verses

00:14:02.699 --> 00:14:03.639
 this psalm is telling

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 us that the opposite

00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:05.139
 is true.

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 It is telling us

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 that the Lord

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 is intimately

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 and actively involved

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 day after day

00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:11.519
 after day

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 after day

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 in lovingly

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 caring for his creation.

00:14:15.500 --> 00:14:15.759
 Right?

00:14:15.839 --> 00:14:16.719
 Here is this God.

00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:17.639
 He is not just

00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:18.480
 the God of the big

00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:19.459
 picture of life.

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 He is the God

00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:22.339
 who cares about

00:14:22.339 --> 00:14:22.980
 the small details

00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:23.519
 of life.

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 Again,

00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:26.259
 see the present tense

00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:26.620
 verbs,

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 what does the Lord

00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:27.960
 do?

00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:28.799
 Present tense,

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 he causes.

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 Do you see it?

00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:31.480
 Verse 10 and 14.

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 He causes water

00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.279
 to flow

00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:35.080
 and the grass

00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:35.600
 to grow.

00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.860
 He waters

00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.539
 the mountains.

00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:39.519
 Verse 13.

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 He makes

00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:42.600
 both the sun

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 and the moon

00:14:43.460 --> 00:14:44.439
 rise and set.

00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:45.360
 Verse 14.

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 He gives food

00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:47.279
 to his creatures.

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 Verse 20.

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 Does this strike you

00:14:50.580 --> 00:14:51.019
 as a God

00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:51.659
 who isn't actively

00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:52.620
 involved in lovingly

00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:53.620
 caring for his creation?

00:14:54.539 --> 00:14:55.259
 Not a bit.

00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.419
 God cares.

00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:57.899
 And do you see

00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.419
 who benefits

00:14:58.419 --> 00:14:59.460
 from this loving care?

00:14:59.539 --> 00:14:59.980
 The birds,

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 verse 12.

00:15:01.820 --> 00:15:02.899
 The sea creatures,

00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:03.879
 verse 25.

00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:06.659
 Verse 11.

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 The beasts

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 of the field.

00:15:07.820 --> 00:15:08.259
 And here is my

00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:09.019
 favourite character

00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:10.179
 in this psalm.

00:15:10.580 --> 00:15:11.560
 If you check him out.

00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:15.419
 The wild donkey.

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 Do you see him?

00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:17.960
 The wild donkey.

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 Where is he?

00:15:18.560 --> 00:15:18.919
 I should have

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 written down there.

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 Verse 11.

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 The wild donkey.

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 Picture the wild donkey

00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.659
 in your head.

00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:25.920
 Right?

00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:26.440
 He's away out

00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:27.180
 on the wilderness

00:15:27.180 --> 00:15:27.899
 on his own.

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 He is undomesticated.

00:15:29.300 --> 00:15:30.019
 He is scruffy.

00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:30.759
 He is filthy.

00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:32.019
 No kids running up

00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:32.500
 to their mum

00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.519
 saying mum, mum, mum, mum.

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 Can we please, please,

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 please, please, please,

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 please have a wild donkey

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 as a pet?

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 He's not making it

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 onto Blue Planet.

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 There's no funfair

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 about this wild donkey.

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 And yet do you see

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 that God provides

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 even for him?

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 The animals benefit

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 from God's care

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 and this is where

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 we come in.

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 Man does.

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 Verse 14.

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 The crops that we are

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 able to grow,

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 the ground that we are

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 able to cultivate

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 in verses 22 and 23.

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 Think about this one

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 tomorrow morning.

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 The work that we are

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 able to do

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 because the sun comes up.

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 All of that

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 finds its original source

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 from the Lord's

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 good hand.

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 You know,

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 our little girl Grace

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 is dairy intolerant.

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 And because of that,

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 almost for the first time

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 in my life,

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 what I've started doing

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 is checking the ingredients

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 on the back of packets.

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 I was doing it this week

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 with a psalm in my mind

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 and saying,

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 thank you, Lord,

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 for providing the sun

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 and the rain

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 and for giving the farmer

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 the skills that he needs

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 to cultivate that land

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 so that we can have

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 sunflower seed oil

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 that could go in

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 that flora tub

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 that I could put

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 on my little girl's toast

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 and she could eat it.

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 Tracing things

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 all the way back,

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 aren't we,

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 to our first source,

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 first cause.

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 This is what the psalm

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 is asking us to do.

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 I was challenged

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 this week as well

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 to develop my theology

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 of grass cutting.

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 Went to cut the grass

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 on Thursday night.

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 I haven't done it for weeks

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 and it was so long.

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 Why was it so long?

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 Because it rained

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 and rained

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 and rained

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 and rained

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 over the past few weeks

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 and every time I went

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 to cut it,

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 I couldn't

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 because it rained again.

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 But the rain fell

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 and the sun came out

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 and boy did that grass grow

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 and I cut it

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 and I filled two

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 wheelie bins

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 worth of grass.

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 But God made

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 that grass grow.

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 It is testimony

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 to the fact

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 that he lovingly cares

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 for his creation.

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 It's challenges,

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 doesn't it,

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 it's the everyday things

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 that we do in life.

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 How often does grace

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 around the dinner table

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 saying thanks

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 just become a routine

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 thing for us?

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 We all fall into that,

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 don't we?

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 It gets stale

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 at giving thanks.

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 Friends,

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 every glass of wine

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 that you enjoy,

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 every potato peeling

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 that you scrape

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 into the bin,

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 parents,

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 every nappy

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 that you change

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 is telling you something

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 about the God

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 who provides

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 for the creatures

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 of his world.

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 In the book of Acts,

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 you see Paul,

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 he's speaking to the people

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 of this little town

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 in Lystra

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 who don't know

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 about the God

00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.559
 of the Bible.

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 What does he do?

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 He appeals to creation.

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 Getting them to think

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 about the how

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 and the why

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 that all the things happen.

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 He says this,

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 God has not left himself

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 without witness.

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 He has shown kindness

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 by giving you rain

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 from heaven

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 and crops in their seasons.

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 He provides you

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 with plenty of food

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 and fills your hearts

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 with joy.

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 In other words,

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 Paul is saying

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 if you look up,

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 you'll understand

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 that the God

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 of creation

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 is one who provides

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 all the things

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 that you need.

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 It comes from his hand.

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 Would you understand?

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 Take stock,

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 stop in your life

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 and think about

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 what this is telling you.

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 Friends,

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 bring those wonderful

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.780
 two truths together.

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 Mighty maker,

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 perfect provider.

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 This is who this God is.

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 Incomparable power

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 and incomparable love.

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 And of course,

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 we see both of these

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 fully

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 in the person

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 of the Lord Jesus,

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 don't we?

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 who stilled the seas.

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 Do you see it?

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 This blew my mind

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 this week

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 and then I realized

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 it wasn't my thought.

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 It was in my ESV study Bible

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.139
 but I thought it was mine.

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 What does the psalmist

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.579
 write of God?

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 Verse 7,

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 that God did what?

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 He rebuked the water

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 and it fled.

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 And what does Mark

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:21.119
 write about Jesus

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 as he was in the boat

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 with his disciples?

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 What did he do?

00:19:23.659 --> 00:19:24.579
 He rebuked

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 the seas,

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 the wind and the waves

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 and the still.

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 Same words.

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 Mark helping us see

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:32.240
 that God is in the boat.

00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:33.500
 This is who Jesus is.

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 He's one of all power.

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 And what do we see Jesus

00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:37.400
 doing for the hungry crowd

00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:38.779
 as he has compassion on them

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.259
 as they gather

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.180
 to hear him preach?

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 He miraculously provides

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.940
 bread for them to eat.

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 Do you see in Jesus

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 we have one

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:47.720
 who is a mighty maker

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 and we have one

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 who is this perfect provider.

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 And as we read in Colossians,

00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.299
 he is the one

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 through whom all things

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.200
 were created.

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 And he is the one

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:57.380
 who sustains all things

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 with a word of his power.

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 What a big Christ we have.

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 Friends,

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.839
 creation speaking,

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.659
 the question is

00:20:04.659 --> 00:20:05.980
 are we listening thirdly

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.559
 and finally?

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.559
 Creation is telling us

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.579
 about a tragic truth.

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:12.319
 Verses 31 to 35,

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:13.379
 because in light of everything

00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:14.460
 that we've seen,

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.819
 what does this God deserve?

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:18.000
 What does the Lord deserve?

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.460
 The God who made everything,

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.639
 who provides everything

00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.539
 and who rejoices

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.399
 in his work

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 as he gains satisfaction

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.539
 from it,

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.279
 as it displays

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:27.519
 his majesty.

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.519
 What does he deserve?

00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.379
 Do you see the words?

00:20:30.139 --> 00:20:31.259
 He deserves glory.

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:34.299
 He deserves glory

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.579
 from every creature.

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.359
 All creatures

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:37.500
 of our God and King

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.400
 lift up their voice

00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:39.079
 and with us sing

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.680
 hallelujah.

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.980
 All of creation

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:42.099
 is supposed to praise

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.720
 this God,

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.960
 this holy God.

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.460
 And so that

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:49.720
 our soul

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:52.180
 and creation's soul

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:54.379
 were singing praises

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:55.279
 to this God.

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:57.519
 That is what the psalmist

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:57.859
 is doing.

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.940
 Do you see verse 33?

00:20:59.099 --> 00:21:00.359
 I will sing to the Lord.

00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:01.079
 He's adding his voice

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.500
 to this.

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.859
 I will sing to the Lord

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.559
 all my life.

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.420
 I will sing praise

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:04.980
 to my God

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.720
 as long as I live.

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.940
 May my meditation

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:08.660
 be pleasing to him

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.819
 as I rejoice in the Lord.

00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:10.799
 This is why we were made.

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.759
 This was the creator's

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:13.039
 intention for all of us

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:14.299
 is his creatures.

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.160
 We would join in

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:16.519
 with the hallelujah chorus

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.619
 giving him glory

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.379
 and sharing

00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:19.619
 in his glory.

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:22.000
 But here's the tragedy

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:23.019
 of verse 34.

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:25.559
 What does the psalmist

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.299
 see and know?

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.259
 He knows that despite

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.039
 of what is obvious

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.480
 to them

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:32.440
 many people

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:33.099
 have willfully

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.700
 turned away

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.519
 from this God

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.139
 and will not

00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:36.059
 recognize him

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:37.500
 as their creator.

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:40.379
 It was a tragic

00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:41.079
 truth then

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.740
 it's a tragic

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.579
 truth now

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.259
 it's a tragic

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.339
 truth today.

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:50.680
 Paul writes this

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.460
 in Romans 1.

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 for what could be

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:54.039
 known about God

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.860
 is plain to them

00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:55.400
 because God

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:56.279
 has shown it to them.

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:57.120
 Hear what he's saying.

00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:59.180
 For God's invisible

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.779
 attributes

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.720
 namely his eternal

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.819
 power and divine

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.759
 nature have been

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.700
 clearly perceived

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.420
 ever since the

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.420
 creation of the world

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.840
 in the things

00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.920
 that have been

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.259
 made.

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:08.940
 So they are

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.480
 without

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:11.120
 excuse.

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.500
 For although

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.340
 they knew God

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:14.880
 they did not

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.720
 honor him as God

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.440
 or give thanks

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:16.819
 to him

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.960
 but became futile

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.960
 in their thinking

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.519
 and their foolish

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.880
 hearts were darkened

00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:23.400
 claiming to be wise

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:25.559
 they became fools

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:27.720
 and they exchanged

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.480
 the glory

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.420
 of the immortal

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.720
 God for images

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.940
 resembling

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:33.079
 mortal man

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.480
 and birds

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:33.920
 and animals

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.940
 and creeping things.

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 And here is where

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.360
 we kick in

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:36.980
 on the screen.

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.500
 Therefore

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:40.200
 God gave them up

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 in the lusts

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 of their hearts

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 to impurity

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 to the dishonoring

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 of their bodies

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 among themselves

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 because

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 they exchanged

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 the truth

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 about God

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 for a lie

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 and worshipped

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 and served

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 the creature

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 rather than

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 the creator.

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 There is the

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 tragedy

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 that man

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 the creature

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 willfully wants

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 to worship

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 creation

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 rather than

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 the creator.

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 Now the thing

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 is the gods

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.259
 of our day

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 they might have

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 different faces

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 to those of the

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 first century

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 fame, success,

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 comfort, sex,

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 money, career

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 you take your pick

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 but they represent

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 the same defiant

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 heart attitude

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 that says

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 I don't want

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 anything to do

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 with God.

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 And friends

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 the thing is

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 that God's

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 righteous anger

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 is hanging over

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 all of us

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 who have bought

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 into that bad

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 exchange

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 and who are

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 ignoring the truth

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 about God

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 and have chosen

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 to buy

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 the lie

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 that he's not there.

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 And it's a

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 tragic truth

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 and it's a

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 serious problem.

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 But let me

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 tell you about

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 another kind

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 of exchange.

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 Let me

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 tell you about

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 God the Son

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 let me tell you

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 about Jesus

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 who exchanged

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 heaven's praises

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 for birth

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 in a stable

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 who stepped

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 into this

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 creation

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 who became

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 a creature

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 and who was

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 crucified

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 by the very

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 creatures

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 that he had

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 made

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 the utter

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 humiliation

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 of that

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 and who hung

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.480
 on a cross

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 who took

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.460
 God's anger

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 on himself

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 that defiant

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.380
 creatures like

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 you and me

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 deserve making

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 a way for you

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 and I by faith

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:23.220
 in him to be

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.079
 perfectly right

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.119
 with our creator

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 and by doing

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 so joining in

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 this glorious

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.960
 harmony

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:32.319
 as creation

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 and creature

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 join in the

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.460
 worship of

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 their creator.

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 French creation

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.119
 is speaking

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:44.220
 the psalmist

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.720
 is singing

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:46.799
 the world

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.399
 is displaying

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:49.279
 the question

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.779
 is are we

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.119
 joining?

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 Just as we

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 close there

00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.079
 was a man

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.639
 called Thomas

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.079
 Chisholm

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.500
 some of you

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.779
 might have

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.179
 heard of him

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:55.759
 he lived in

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.359
 New Jersey

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.819
 and he became

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.200
 a Christian

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.659
 when he was

00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:59.159
 27

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 he suffered

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.379
 ill health

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:00.899
 most of his

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.279
 life

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.419
 starting when

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 he was 36

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 in fact he

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.299
 had to come

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.599
 out of the

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.240
 Christian ministry

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.819
 that he entered

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.659
 for one year

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.560
 because of his

00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:08.180
 ill health

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:09.460
 and he spent

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.940
 the rest of

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.519
 his life

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 working a

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.680
 desk job

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.840
 selling life

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 insurance

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:16.920
 I love that

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.300
 thought

00:25:17.300 --> 00:25:18.160
 helping people

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 make financial

00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:19.480
 plans on the

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.880
 one hand

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.340
 and telling

00:25:20.340 --> 00:25:20.700
 them about

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.140
 the God

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.779
 who created

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.300
 all things

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:22.860
 and sustains

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.320
 all things

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:23.740
 and provides

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.200
 all things

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.600
 on the other

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:24.980
 hand

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:26.660
 and he's the

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.019
 man who's

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.759
 famous for

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.779
 writing the

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:28.980
 hymn

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.779
 Great is thy

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.640
 faithfulness

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:32.240
 as he reflected

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.720
 on God's

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.640
 loving care

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.480
 his glory

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.200
 displayed in the

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.700
 world but his

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.519
 loving care for

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:36.980
 him

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:39.000
 friends I

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.319
 thought we

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.779
 would just

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.319
 close by

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.960
 singing it

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.500
 together I

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.779
 know the

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.220
 time is

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.759
 marching on

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.039
 but just

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.599
 singing this

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.839
 together it's

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.379
 a great way

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:45.700
 isn't it we

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.240
 did this a few

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.740
 weeks ago and

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.319
 so many of you

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.720
 came up to me

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.000
 and said it

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.099
 was it was so

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.900
 potent just a

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.420
 way of allowing

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:52.019
 God's word to

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.960
 dwell among us

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.619
 richly as we

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.720
 reflect on these

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:57.259
 truths so we'll

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.920
 give this a shot

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.720
 and as we always

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.619
 say if it flies

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.180
 great and if it

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.660
 doesn't we'll never

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.500
 talk about it again

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.980
 okay but think

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:04.279
 about what these

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.119
 words are saying

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:06.699
 to you this hymn

00:26:06.699 --> 00:26:07.319
 that was written

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.459
 reflecting the

00:26:08.459 --> 00:26:09.159
 God who provides

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:10.939
 all these things

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.259
 okay

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:16.579
 how countless

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.419
 are your works

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:18.459
 Lord in wisdom

00:26:18.459 --> 00:26:19.359
 you have made

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.979
 them all

00:26:19.979 --> 00:26:20.739
 heavenly father

00:26:20.739 --> 00:26:21.899
 thank you so much

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.599
 that you are this

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.399
 kind of God

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:25.199
 thank you so much

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:26.219
 and that we

00:26:26.219 --> 00:26:27.419
 perfectly see that

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:28.259
 you are a mighty

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:30.239
 maker and you're a

00:26:30.239 --> 00:26:31.639
 perfect provider we

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.660
 see it ultimately

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.320
 in your son

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:34.259
 Jesus Christ

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.500
 and so father I

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.120
 pray that you would

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:37.900
 help us as creatures

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.940
 to be those who

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.140
 look to our creator

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:41.060
 would you help us

00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:42.240
 to find our all in

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:44.120
 all in Jesus Christ

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.920
 in whose name we

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:46.020
 pray amen