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 Well, the arrival of a newborn baby, if that has been your experience, is no small thing.

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 They have the habit of changing our lives and disrupting our schedules.

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 Our whole life is turned upside down.

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 Everything changes.

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 It is amazing how such a tiny human being can cause such an upheaval.

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 Well, the promised arrival of baby Isaac into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham is no small thing.

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 In fact, the birth of Isaac changes everything.

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 It impacts the whole history of the world.

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 It's a birth that demands a response from each one of us.

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 You see, how we respond to the birth of Isaac will either lead to uncontainable joy or unimaginable misery.

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 Either uncontainable joy or unimaginable misery.

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 So what I want us to do this morning is to look at the promise of God in chapter 21.

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 And as we think about the promise, think about what our response to it is going to be.

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 So first, big long titles this morning.

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 Faith in God's promise leads to uncontainable joy.

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 Faith in God's promise leads to uncontainable joy.

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 You remember back in chapter 12, God had made the promise to Abraham.

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 He says, I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you.

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 And all peoples on the earth will be blessed through you.

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 It was a promise that would restore broken lives and renew this disordered world.

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 The problem was, Abraham and Sarah had no son.

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 And no son meant no means of the blessing continuing.

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 In fact, they are now both very old.

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 Abraham was about to celebrate his centenary and Sarah was hitting the big 9-0.

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 The chances for them having a child and keeping the hope of blessing alive were as good as gone.

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 But let's remember who made the promise.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said.

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 And the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.

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 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age.

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 At the very time God had promised him.

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 You see, what God said, God did.

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 What God promised, God fulfilled.

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 Now these kinds of things aren't supposed to happen.

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 OAPs don't have babies.

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 But that's precisely the point.

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 With God, the impossible happens.

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 God always delivers on his promise, even when we think it's dead and gone.

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 You see, God had promised to bless the nations of the world through the family line of Abraham.

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 And God was determined to make sure that that promise would be fulfilled.

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 That nothing and no one, not even an old age couple, would stop what God says he is going to do.

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 Now the promises are not just to be admired.

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 They are promises that are to be believed.

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 We could imagine the old couple, Sarah and Abraham, looking over their crib, cooing at baby Isaac as he gurgled away.

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 And with a big beaming smile, Sarah says, look at verse 6,

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 God has brought me laughter.

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 Of course, it's not the only time that Sarah laughed, is it?

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 Have a look back at chapter 18.

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 Go back to chapter 18 in verse 12.

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 Here Sarah has been promised that she will have a son.

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 And look at her response, verse 12.

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 So Sarah laughed to herself, as she thought,

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 After I am worn out and my Lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?

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 Then the Lord said to Abraham,

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 Why did Sarah laugh and say,

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 Will I really have a child now that I'm old?

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 Is anything too hard for the Lord?

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 I will return to you at the appointed time next year

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 and Sarah will have a son.

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 Go back to chapter 21.

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 You see, there it was a laugh of doubt and disbelief.

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 You've got to be joking.

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 That ain't possible.

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 But now the possible has happened.

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 The promise has been fulfilled.

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 And Sarah laughs.

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 A laugh not of disbelief,

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 But of sheer, uncontainable delight

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 In what God has done.

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 You see, deep down in the midst of all the doubting and wondering,

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 There was a fragile faith.

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 A faith not in her ability,

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 But in God's ability to do great things.

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 Now in chapter 21,

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 It's perhaps hard for us to detect

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 Where Sarah's faith is.

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 But scripture wants us to see

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 Sarah's faith.

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 The writer of Hebrews

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 Records it for us.

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 Can you follow there on the screen?

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 And by faith,

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 Even Sarah,

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 Who was past childbearing age,

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 Was enabled to bear children

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 Because she considered him faithful,

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 Who had made the promise.

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 You see, Sarah's faith

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 Is not a great faith

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 Or a confident faith.

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 It's a faith in the faithfulness of God.

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 You see, faith in God

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 Enables Sarah to know

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 The blessing that God had promised.

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 Yes, Isaac was her son.

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 She was delighted in having a son.

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 But there was something bigger and greater

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 Because through him

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 Would come the greater and ultimate son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 Who would come to restore the broken lives

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 And renew this disordered world.

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 And now Sarah is beginning to have a taste.

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 To share in the blessing of God.

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 But what was Sarah's experience

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 Can also be our experience.

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 Look at verse 6 again with me.

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 Sarah said,

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 God has brought me laughter

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 And everyone who hears about this

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 Will laugh with me.

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 You see, the promise of blessing

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 Isn't just for Sarah.

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 It's for others too.

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 It's a joy that overflows

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 And is to be shared and experienced

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 By other people.

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 Do you see it there in the middle of verse 6?

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 And everyone who hears about this

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 Will laugh with me.

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 So how do we get to share

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 In Sarah's delight?

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 How do we experience

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 This uncontainable joy

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 That's bursting out of Sarah?

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 Well, it's all by faith.

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 Come with me please

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 To Luke's Gospel

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 Chapter 1

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 Luke's Gospel

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 Chapter 1

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 Because here we get to see

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 How and why

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 We can celebrate

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 And share in Sarah's delight.

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 You see, the birth of Isaac

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 Would ultimately lead

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 To the birth of God's son

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 Jesus Christ

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 The one who comes to

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 Renew the broken world

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 And restore our broken lives.

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 And with the coming of Jesus

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 The Saviour

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 There was lots of

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 Joyful laughter.

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 Mary, who was pregnant

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 With Jesus, God's son

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 Goes to visit her cousin

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 Elizabeth, who is also pregnant.

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 Now look at how

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 Elizabeth responds

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 When Mary comes to her.

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 We pick it up in verse 44.

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 So this is Elizabeth

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 Who's pregnant

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 Speaking to Mary

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 Who's come to see her.

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 Verse 44

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 As soon as the sound

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 Of your greeting

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 Reached my ears

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 The baby in my womb

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 Leaped for joy.

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 Blessed is she

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 Who has believed

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 That the Lord

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 Would fulfil

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 His promise

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 To her.

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 And Mary said

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 My soul glorifies

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 The Lord

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 And my spirit

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 Rejoices in God

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 My Saviour.

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 You see

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 Mary and Elizabeth

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 Rejoiced

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 They've come to see

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 That the promised

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 Saviour

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 Has come.

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 And even an unborn baby

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 Is leaping and jumping

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 For joy

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 That the Saviour

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 Of the world

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 Who will renew

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 And restore all things

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 Has come.

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 What a day

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 Of celebration.

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 But it wasn't just

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 For Mary

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 And Elizabeth.

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 It was a joy

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 For the whole world.

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 Look at Luke's Gospel

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 Chapter 2.

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 We remember

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 That the angel

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 Came to the shepherd

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 And look what he says

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 In verse 10.

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 But the angel

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 Said to them

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 Do not be afraid

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 I bring you

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 Good news

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 That will cause

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 Great

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 Joy

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 For

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 All the people

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 Today

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 In the town of David

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 A Saviour

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 Has been born to you

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 He is the Messiah

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 The Lord

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 Lord

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 You see

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 This is a blessing

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 For all people

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 As they come to faith

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 And turn to trust

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 In Jesus Christ

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 Now just as Sarah

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 Look forward

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 In faith

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 To the promised son

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 Jesus Christ

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 So we

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 Now look back

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 To Jesus

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 Who has come

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 The Saviour

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 Of the world

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 And that changes

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 Everything

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 For us

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 The apostle Peter

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 Understood this

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 He writes

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 Follow on screen

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 Though

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 You have not

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 Seen him

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 It's speaking of Jesus

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 Though we have not

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 Seen him

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 We love him

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 And even though

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 You do not see him

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 Now

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 You believe in him

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 And we are filled

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 With an inexpressible

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 And glorious joy

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 For you are receiving

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 The end result

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 Of your faith

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 The salvation

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 Of your souls

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 That's

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 Why

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 We sing

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 That's why

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 Ralph led us

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 With joyful praise

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 With all of creation

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 Singing

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 Of God's

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 Great salvation

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 Plan

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 You see

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 We cannot help

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 But express

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 Our delight

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 And happiness

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 In all that

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 God has given

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 To us in Christ

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 That everything

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 Has been changed

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 And our eternal

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 Destiny is secure

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 And we have hope

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 Today

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 And life

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 To come

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 You see

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 Faith

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 In the promise

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 Of God

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 Leads to

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 Uncontainable

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 Joy

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 Well second

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 Unbelief

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 Unbelief

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 In God's

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 Promise

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 Leads to

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 Unimaginable

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 Misery

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 Let's go back

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 To

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 Genesis

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 Chapter 21

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 Unbelief

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 In God's

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 Promise

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 Leads to

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 Unimaginable

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 Misery

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 The arrival

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 Of baby

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 Isaac

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 Caused

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 Quite an

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 Upheaval

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 Didn't it

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 Not everyone

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 Was celebrating

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 And sharing

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 In the joy

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 Some

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 Mocked

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 Look at

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 Verse 8

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 The child

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 The child

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 The child

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 Grew

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 And was

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 Weaned

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 And on

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 The day

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 Isaac

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 Was weaned

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 Abraham

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 Held a

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 Great feast

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 There was

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 There was a

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 Party

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 A celebration

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 But Sarah

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 Saw that the

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 Son whom

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 Hagar the

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 Egyptian

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 Had born to

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 Abraham

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 Was mocking

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 We of course

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 Know this

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 Son to be

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 Ishmael

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 And he isn't

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 Very excited

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 Is he

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 About the

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 Arrival of

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 Isaac

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 Ishmael

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 Is laughing

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 For sure

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 But he's

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 Not laughing

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 With Sarah

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 In joy

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 He's laughing

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 At Isaac

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 He's

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 Ridiculing

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 Him

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 He's

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 Despising

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 Him

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 He's

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 Verse 9

00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:27.139
 Mocking

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 Him

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 While others

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 Are rejoicing

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 At God's

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 Promised

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 Blessing

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 Ishmael

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 Is mocking

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 The promised

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 Blessing

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 You see

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 To mock

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 And laugh

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 At Isaac

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 Is actually

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 To mock

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 And laugh

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 At God

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 And his

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 Plan of

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 Redemption

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 Ishmael

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 At this

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 Stage is

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 About 16

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 Years of

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 Age

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 And should

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 Know better

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 And he

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 Sees Isaac

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 As a

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 Threat

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 Blessing

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 Well I'm

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 Going to

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 Find my

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 Own

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 Blessing

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 I don't

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 Need promises

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 From God

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 Or anybody

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 Else

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 I'll find

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 My own

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 Way through

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 Life

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 Thank you

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 Very much

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 Rather

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 Rather than

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 Faith

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 In God

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 He was

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 Opting

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 For faith

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 In himself

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 And to

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 Reject

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 The promises

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 Of God

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 To mock

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 God

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 To laugh

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 At God

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 Means

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 It has

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 Serious

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 Consequences

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 For mocking

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 God

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 Will mean

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 That you are

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 Cut off

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 From God

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 Look at

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 Verse 9

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 But Sarah

00:15:39.819 --> 00:15:40.419
 Saw that

00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:40.899
 The son

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 Whom Hagar

00:15:41.699 --> 00:15:42.399
 The Egyptian

00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:42.980
 Had born

00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:43.539
 To Abraham

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 Was mocking

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 And she

00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:45.659
 Said to

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 Abraham

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 Get rid

00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.620
 Of that

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 Slave woman

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 And her

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 Son

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 For that

00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:52.220
 Woman's

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 Son

00:15:52.439 --> 00:15:53.240
 Will never

00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:53.879
 Share

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:55.000
 In the

00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:55.819
 Inheritance

00:15:55.819 --> 00:15:56.960
 With my

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 Son Isaac

00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:58.460
 He's not

00:15:58.460 --> 00:15:58.919
 Going to

00:15:58.919 --> 00:15:59.399
 Share in

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 That blessing

00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:01.899
 Now that

00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:02.679
 Might sound

00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:03.759
 Really harsh

00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:04.500
 To us

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 But Sarah

00:16:06.459 --> 00:16:07.059
 Is only

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 Acting

00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:09.359
 As Ishmael

00:16:09.359 --> 00:16:10.279
 Had already

00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:11.159
 Decided

00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.839
 By mocking

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 Isaac

00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:14.119
 Ishmael

00:16:14.119 --> 00:16:14.859
 Was placing

00:16:14.859 --> 00:16:15.459
 Himself

00:16:15.459 --> 00:16:16.659
 Outside of

00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:17.119
 God's

00:16:17.119 --> 00:16:17.519
 Promised

00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:18.159
 Blessing

00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:19.439
 We know

00:16:19.439 --> 00:16:19.979
 This because

00:16:19.979 --> 00:16:21.159
 God affirmed

00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:22.339
 Sarah's

00:16:22.339 --> 00:16:23.119
 Request

00:16:23.119 --> 00:16:23.559
 Look at

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 Verse 11

00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:26.159
 The matter

00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:26.819
 Distressed

00:16:26.819 --> 00:16:27.319
 Abraham

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 Greatly

00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.799
 Because it

00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:29.359
 Concerned

00:16:29.359 --> 00:16:29.959
 His son

00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:31.620
 But God

00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:32.139
 Said to

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:32.580
 Abraham

00:16:32.580 --> 00:16:33.680
 Do not

00:16:33.680 --> 00:16:34.200
 Be so

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 Distressed

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 About the

00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.660
 Boy and

00:16:35.660 --> 00:16:36.220
 Your slave

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:36.480
 Woman

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 Listen

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 To whatever

00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:39.060
 Sarah

00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:40.080
 Tells you

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 Because it

00:16:41.540 --> 00:16:42.019
 Is through

00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:42.700
 Isaac that

00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.300
 The offspring

00:16:43.300 --> 00:16:43.800
 Will be

00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:44.460
 Reckoned

00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:46.040
 The blessings

00:16:46.040 --> 00:16:46.759
 Are going to

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.519
 Come through

00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:48.660
 Isaac's line

00:16:48.660 --> 00:16:49.800
 But sadly

00:16:49.800 --> 00:16:50.440
 Ishmael

00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:50.960
 Didn't want

00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.680
 Anything to

00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:52.100
 Do with

00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:52.420
 It

00:16:52.420 --> 00:16:53.680
 And the

00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:54.600
 Consequences

00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:55.500
 Of unbelief

00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.200
 Meant

00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:57.259
 Being cut

00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:57.700
 Off

00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:59.220
 From the

00:16:59.220 --> 00:16:59.840
 Blessings

00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.420
 Of God

00:17:00.420 --> 00:17:02.519
 Verse 14

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:04.039
 So early

00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.559
 The next

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.059
 Morning

00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:06.839
 Abraham

00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.600
 Took some

00:17:07.600 --> 00:17:08.180
 Food

00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:09.420
 And a

00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:09.740
 Skin

00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.420
 A container

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.120
 Of water

00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:12.420
 And gave

00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:12.779
 Them to

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.279
 Hagar

00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:14.940
 He sent

00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:15.319
 Them on

00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:16.039
 Her shoulders

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:17.500
 And then

00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.160
 Sent her

00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:18.599
 Off with

00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:19.039
 The boy

00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:20.940
 She went

00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:21.299
 On her

00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:21.779
 Way and

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.359
 Wandered

00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:23.339
 In the

00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:23.679
 Desert

00:17:23.679 --> 00:17:24.240
 In the

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:26.019
 Desert of

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.339
 I think

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:26.659
 It's one

00:17:26.659 --> 00:17:26.859
 Of the

00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.099
 Most

00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:27.919
 Saddest

00:17:27.919 --> 00:17:29.219
 Verses

00:17:29.219 --> 00:17:31.619
 You see

00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:32.459
 Turning

00:17:32.459 --> 00:17:33.319
 Your back

00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.199
 On the

00:17:34.199 --> 00:17:34.719
 Promises

00:17:34.719 --> 00:17:35.500
 Of God

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:37.079
 Is to

00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:37.559
 Be cut

00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:37.939
 Off

00:17:37.939 --> 00:17:38.939
 From the

00:17:38.939 --> 00:17:39.500
 Blessings

00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:40.059
 Of God

00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:41.559
 And rather

00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:42.199
 Than bring

00:17:42.199 --> 00:17:43.579
 Uncontainable

00:17:43.579 --> 00:17:44.159
 Joy

00:17:44.159 --> 00:17:46.639
 It leads

00:17:46.639 --> 00:17:47.019
 To

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:48.359
 Unimaginable

00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:49.539
 Misery

00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:51.940
 Look at

00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:52.680
 The effects

00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:54.200
 Of turning

00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:54.879
 Away from

00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:55.359
 God's

00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:55.720
 Promise

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.359
 They were

00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:57.619
 Immediate

00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:58.980
 And harsh

00:17:58.980 --> 00:18:00.359
 From a

00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:00.859
 Life of

00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:01.379
 Blessing

00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:01.899
 They now

00:18:01.899 --> 00:18:02.559
 Enter into

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.059
 A life

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.779
 Of curse

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:05.139
 From a

00:18:05.139 --> 00:18:05.720
 Home where

00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:06.079
 There was

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:06.720
 Plenty

00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:07.639
 Ishmael

00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.099
 Ends up

00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:08.379
 In a

00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:08.740
 Desert

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.659
 That's

00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:10.579
 Empty

00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:12.319
 Verse 15

00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:13.559
 When the

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.139
 Water in

00:18:14.139 --> 00:18:14.680
 The skin

00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:15.299
 Was gone

00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:15.779
 She put

00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.240
 The boy

00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.740
 Under one

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.000
 Of the

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.579
 Bushes

00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:18.879
 Then she

00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:19.460
 Went off

00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:19.920
 And sat

00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:20.340
 Down

00:18:20.340 --> 00:18:21.360
 About a

00:18:21.360 --> 00:18:21.920
 Bow shot

00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:22.180
 Away

00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:22.539
 For she

00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:22.799
 Thought

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.700
 I cannot

00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.579
 Watch the

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:24.860
 Boy

00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:25.640
 I can't

00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.220
 Look at

00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:26.880
 See my

00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:27.400
 Child

00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:28.019
 Die

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:30.519
 And she

00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:31.240
 Sat there

00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:32.740
 And she

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.420
 Began to

00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:33.960
 Sob

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:35.860
 Can you

00:18:35.860 --> 00:18:36.220
 See

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.759
 The misery

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:39.120
 Of what

00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:39.779
 Happens when

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.220
 We turn

00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:40.740
 Our backs

00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.200
 On God

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.819
 Instead of

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.279
 Life

00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:43.400
 There is

00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:43.779
 Death

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:45.220
 Instead of

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.740
 Blessing

00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.120
 There is

00:18:46.120 --> 00:18:46.600
 Curse

00:18:46.600 --> 00:18:47.440
 Instead of

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.319
 Uncontainable

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:48.779
 Joy

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:50.359
 Unimaginable

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:51.000
 Misery

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:52.660
 You see

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.420
 The promises

00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:54.039
 Of God

00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:54.420
 Are not

00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:55.139
 A small

00:18:55.139 --> 00:18:55.559
 Thing

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:56.220
 They are

00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:57.000
 A serious

00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:57.539
 Thing

00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:59.180
 And it

00:18:59.180 --> 00:18:59.759
 Demands

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.599
 A response

00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:01.079
 From each

00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:01.480
 One of

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.700
 Us

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.639
 Do we

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.460
 Like Sarah

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 Welcome

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.359
 And believe

00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:06.119
 The promise

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:08.639
 Or like

00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:09.399
 Ishmael

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:10.940
 Reject

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.759
 The promise

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:14.839
 It's a

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.180
 Question

00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:15.480
 We are

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 All confronted

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:16.680
 With

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 With the

00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.640
 Arrival

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.160
 Of another

00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:18.619
 Baby

00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:20.240
 The

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.859
 Fulfillment

00:19:20.859 --> 00:19:21.319
 Of all

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:21.779
 God's

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.299
 Promises

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:22.759
 Jesus

00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.400
 Christ

00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:23.740
 The

00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:23.980
 Son

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.559
 Of God

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:25.859
 He

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 Confronts

00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:27.019
 Us

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:28.180
 What

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:28.420
 Are we

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 Going

00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.099
 To do

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.559
 With him

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:31.099
 To listen

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 To him

00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.220
 To trust

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 Him

00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.240
 Will be

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 Life

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:35.859
 To ignore

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 Him

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.960
 And to reject

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.200
 Him

00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.720
 Will be

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 Death

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:40.440
 And as we

00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:41.420
 Respond in

00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:41.980
 Faith to

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.779
 God's promises

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:44.019
 We are welcomed

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.759
 Into his

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 Family

00:19:45.139 --> 00:19:46.139
 We receive

00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:46.599
 The gift

00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.099
 Of life

00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.940
 The forgiveness

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.720
 Of sins

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.700
 Fullness

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.599
 And peace

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:51.879
 We get to

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:52.759
 Enjoy all

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.460
 His blessings

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.400
 Now and for

00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.460
 All eternity

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:58.240
 But yet

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 To laugh

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 And mock

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:01.440
 And turn

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.000
 Our back

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.579
 On Jesus

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 Is to be

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:04.039
 Cut off

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:05.960
 Yes we may

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.840
 Find pleasure

00:20:06.840 --> 00:20:07.440
 And happiness

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 For a time

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:09.180
 But it's

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.779
 Never going

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.360
 To last

00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:11.059
 It leaves

00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:12.000
 Us empty

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.620
 Unfulfilled

00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:15.240
 Never satisfied

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 We'll face

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 An eternity

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.920
 Separated

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.680
 From God

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.299
 Without

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 Hope

00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:24.120
 And without

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 Joy

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:30.379
 Even as

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 Believers

00:20:30.919 --> 00:20:31.719
 We can be

00:20:31.719 --> 00:20:32.399
 Tempted to

00:20:32.399 --> 00:20:33.019
 Turn away

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.719
 From Jesus

00:20:33.719 --> 00:20:34.339
 Can't we

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:36.740
 Like Ishmael

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:38.099
 We can put

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 Our trust

00:20:38.699 --> 00:20:39.379
 In self

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:40.419
 And go

00:20:40.419 --> 00:20:40.959
 It alone

00:20:40.959 --> 00:20:42.919
 Pursuing

00:20:42.919 --> 00:20:43.480
 Life

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.259
 Pursuing

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.839
 Happiness

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.539
 And joy

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.779
 In things

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.579
 And people

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.319
 And created

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 Things

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.779
 Instead of

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 The creator

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.099
 God

00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:53.139
 Know the

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 Message

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.240
 Is turned

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.879
 Back

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:56.480
 Trust

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.159
 Jesus

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:58.240
 He is the

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.819
 Source of

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.799
 All life

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.639
 Infinite

00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.199
 Peace

00:21:01.199 --> 00:21:02.359
 And eternal

00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:02.879
 Rest

00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:03.919
 His word

00:21:03.919 --> 00:21:04.939
 Will satisfy

00:21:04.939 --> 00:21:05.419
 You

00:21:05.419 --> 00:21:06.579
 His presence

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.519
 Will fulfill

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:07.879
 You

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:08.799
 Faith

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.719
 In God's

00:21:09.719 --> 00:21:10.199
 Promise

00:21:10.199 --> 00:21:11.039
 Leads to

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.159
 Uncontainable

00:21:12.159 --> 00:21:12.679
 Joy

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:14.960
 But unbelief

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:17.039
 Will lead to

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:18.180
 Unimaginable

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:18.799
 Misery

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:23.480
 God's desire

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:25.180
 Is that we

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.660
 Would all

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.259
 Share

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.700
 In his

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.279
 Joy

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:31.339
 So what

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:31.819
 Hope is

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.099
 There

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:34.119
 Well

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:34.879
 Third

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:35.720
 Hope in

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.200
 God's

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.579
 Promise

00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:38.480
 Leads to

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.460
 Unbelievable

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.839
 Mercy

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:42.399
 Hope in

00:21:42.399 --> 00:21:42.879
 The promise

00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.539
 Leads to

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.460
 Unbelievable

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.160
 Mercy

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:46.700
 Remember

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.220
 We left

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.779
 Ishmael

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.740
 Outside of

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.339
 The promise

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.980
 Cut off

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.319
 From the

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.759
 Blessing

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.259
 Of God

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:53.019
 In distress

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:54.160
 Her mother

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.940
 His mother

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:56.180
 Laid her

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.980
 Dying son

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.519
 Under a

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:57.779
 Bush

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.299
 Let's pick

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.559
 It up

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:58.920
 In verse

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 16

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:01.099
 Then she

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.759
 Went off

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.279
 And sat

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:02.920
 Down about

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.420
 A bow

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:03.960
 Shot away

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.379
 For she

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.700
 Thought

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.759
 I cannot

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.319
 Watch the

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:06.960
 Boy die

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:08.480
 I cannot

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.359
 Bear it

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:11.399
 And as

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:11.899
 She sat

00:22:11.899 --> 00:22:12.359
 There she

00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:13.079
 Began to

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.599
 Sob

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:16.319
 Their lives

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.099
 Are hopeless

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:19.079
 And helpless

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:21.460
 No chance

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:21.839
 In the

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.680
 Searing heat

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.740
 No water

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.480
 To revive

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:26.519
 But as

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.000
 Death

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.779
 Begins

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.619
 To close

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.180
 In

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:30.079
 We see

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.380
 The

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:31.380
 Unbelievable

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:32.400
 Mercy

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.599
 Of God

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:35.039
 Look at

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.660
 How God

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.500
 Pursues

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:38.599
 The wanderer

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:40.119
 There's three

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:41.000
 Things as we

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.660
 Close to

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.180
 Consider

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.920
 First

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.880
 God

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.779
 Hears

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:47.380
 Our cry

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:48.759
 Look at

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.539
 Verse 17

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:52.119
 God

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.799
 God heard

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.299
 The boy

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.899
 Crying

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:55.300
 And the

00:22:55.300 --> 00:22:55.780
 Angel of

00:22:55.780 --> 00:22:56.040
 God

00:22:56.040 --> 00:22:56.560
 Called to

00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:56.860
 Hagar

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.400
 From heaven

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:57.800
 And said

00:22:57.800 --> 00:22:58.080
 To her

00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:59.060
 What's

00:22:59.060 --> 00:22:59.480
 The matter

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.080
 Hagar

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:01.759
 Do not

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.580
 Be afraid

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:04.460
 God has

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.200
 Heard the

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.200
 Boy crying

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:07.300
 As he

00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:07.680
 Lies

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.019
 There

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.780
 Remember

00:23:09.780 --> 00:23:10.280
 This is

00:23:10.280 --> 00:23:11.120
 Ishmael

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.519
 Who had

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.400
 Mocked

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:12.680
 God

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.040
 Who had

00:23:13.040 --> 00:23:14.100
 Turned away

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.560
 From the

00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:15.000
 Gift of

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.519
 Blessing

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.299
 But yet

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.200
 God still

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.440
 Hears his

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.879
 Cry

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:20.599
 It's as if

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.039
 God is

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.319
 Saying

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.180
 Ishmael

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.819
 You may be

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.379
 Finished with

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:23.660
 Me

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.539
 But I'm

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.220
 Not finished

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.900
 With you

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:27.519
 Ishmael

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.139
 You may have

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.759
 Put yourself

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.779
 Outside of

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.079
 God

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.240
 But God

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.720
 Is never

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.539
 Outside of

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.440
 Ishmael

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:36.620
 Now we

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.080
 May know

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.820
 People who

00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:39.000
 Placed

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.799
 Themselves

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.660
 Outside of

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:40.980
 God

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.460
 Who want

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.080
 Nothing to

00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.500
 Do with

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.720
 Him

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:45.220
 Maybe it's

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.519
 One of

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.660
 Your

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.160
 Children

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:48.440
 Maybe a

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.019
 Spouse

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:51.039
 Maybe a

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.400
 Friend

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:54.900
 But no

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.279
 One is

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.620
 Ever

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.920
 Outside

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.539
 The reach

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.120
 Of God

00:23:58.120 --> 00:24:00.200
 It seems

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.019
 That there

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.580
 Is an

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.120
 Offer

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:03.120
 Of

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.619
 Life

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:05.979
 You see

00:24:05.979 --> 00:24:06.399
 God

00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:07.159
 Hears our

00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:07.779
 Cry

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:10.319
 And God

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.259
 Opens

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.819
 Our

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.519
 Eyes

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.899
 Of course

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.539
 Hearing the

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.359
 Cry is no

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.939
 Good unless

00:24:16.939 --> 00:24:17.539
 Something is

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.279
 Done to

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:19.459
 Relieve that

00:24:19.459 --> 00:24:19.879
 Cry

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:21.179
 So verse

00:24:21.179 --> 00:24:21.699
 19

00:24:21.699 --> 00:24:22.079
 God

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.679
 Hears

00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:23.659
 Now verse

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.259
 19

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.019
 God

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:26.259
 Opened

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.019
 Hagar's

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.339
 Eyes

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:27.799
 And she

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.419
 Saw a

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:28.759
 Well of

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.099
 Water

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.599
 So she

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.119
 Went and

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:31.059
 Filled the

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.539
 Skin with

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:31.879
 Water

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.319
 And gave

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.719
 The boy

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.299
 A drink

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.940
 It seems

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.660
 Hagar was

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.220
 In so

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.079
 Much distress

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:38.779
 That she

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.480
 Doesn't see

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.039
 The well

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:42.420
 It's concealed

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.100
 From her

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:44.200
 So God

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:45.079
 Intervenes

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.140
 And opens

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:47.100
 Her eyes

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:48.019
 To see

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.640
 That there

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:50.220
 Is water

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:52.160
 And the boy

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.980
 Can drink

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.900
 And as he

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.400
 Drinks

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.700
 He lives

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:57.980
 And isn't

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.440
 That what

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.860
 God

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.420
 Must do

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.019
 For those

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.519
 Who do

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.940
 Not

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.519
 Believe

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:03.360
 He must

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:04.000
 Open our

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.440
 Eyes

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:04.920
 So that

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.580
 We see

00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:06.580
 In him

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:07.559
 Life

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.400
 In all

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.019
 Its fullness

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:14.180
 You remember

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.200
 You remember

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.639
 What John

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.440
 Records for

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.819
 Us in

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.299
 John's

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.700
 Gospel

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.160
 There's

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:19.160
 Another

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.960
 Woman

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.460
 At another

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.000
 Well

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.359
 And she's

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.019
 Distressed

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:25.839
 And Jesus

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.680
 Comes to her

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.160
 And says

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.759
 Whoever

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.400
 Drinks

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.980
 The water

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.779
 I give

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.039
 Them

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.379
 Will

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.259
 Never

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.879
 Thirst

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:33.319
 Indeed

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.879
 The water

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.460
 I give

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:34.720
 Them

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.279
 Will become

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.619
 In them

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.180
 A spring

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:36.740
 Of water

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:38.099
 Welling up

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:39.240
 To eternal

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.839
 Life

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:41.439
 I have

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:41.819
 Come

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.199
 Says

00:25:42.199 --> 00:25:42.599
 Jesus

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.099
 To give

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.500
 Life

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.379
 In all

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:45.279
 Its fullness

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:49.539
 Can you

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.299
 See where

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.259
 Life is

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:54.339
 So God

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:56.099
 Hears

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.439
 Us

00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:56.879
 God

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:58.079
 Opens

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:59.059
 Our eyes

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.879
 And third

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.599
 God is

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:03.199
 With us

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:04.859
 Look at

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.099
 Verse

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.679
 20

00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:07.339
 God

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.679
 Was

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.279
 With

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.940
 The boy

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.340
 As he

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:09.940
 Grew up

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:11.259
 He lived

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.539
 In the

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.840
 Desert

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.880
 And became

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.480
 An archer

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.920
 And while he

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.380
 Was living

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.720
 In the

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.039
 Desert

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.759
 Of Paran

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.660
 His mother

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.060
 Got a

00:26:17.060 --> 00:26:17.380
 Wife

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.900
 For him

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:19.140
 From Egypt

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:21.220
 Now going

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.980
 To Egypt

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.600
 Is never

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.019
 A good

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.600
 Move

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:26.299
 In fact

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.779
 Throughout

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.340
 Genesis

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:28.580
 Anytime we

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:29.080
 Read of

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:29.519
 Somebody

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.640
 Going to

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.039
 Egypt

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:32.039
 It's always

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.680
 A move

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.320
 Away from

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:33.779
 God

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:36.100
 And that's

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:37.019
 Where Ishmael

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.640
 Is turned

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:39.540
 But yet

00:26:39.540 --> 00:26:40.400
 The extraordinary

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.240
 Thing is

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.560
 God didn't

00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:43.080
 Abandon

00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:43.460
 Him

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.700
 Look at

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.300
 Verse 20

00:26:45.300 --> 00:26:46.000
 God was

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.900
 With

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.759
 The boy

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:49.080
 As he

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.740
 Grew up

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.240
 It seems

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.820
 That God

00:26:51.820 --> 00:26:52.480
 Doesn't give

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.060
 Up so

00:26:53.060 --> 00:26:53.780
 Easily

00:26:53.780 --> 00:26:55.300
 Now I'm

00:26:55.300 --> 00:26:55.820
 Not trying

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.340
 To say

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:57.380
 All ended

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.980
 Well for

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.560
 Ishmael

00:26:58.560 --> 00:27:00.280
 It doesn't

00:27:00.280 --> 00:27:01.259
 If we

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.800
 Follow the

00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:02.240
 Story

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.380
 But what

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.759
 I want

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.339
 To see

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.900
 Here is

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.140
 The

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.359
 Unbelievable

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.140
 Mercy

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.680
 Of God

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.579
 Who doesn't

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.099
 Give up

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:10.099
 On wanderers

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:11.099
 Like Ishmael

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.799
 And if

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.299
 Anybody

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.400
 Rejects

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.740
 God

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.420
 It's

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.700
 Never

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.220
 Going to

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.359
 Be

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.740
 Because

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.140
 God

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.559
 Wasn't

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.400
 Bothered

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.300
 God

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:19.380
 No God

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.620
 Is

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.400
 God is

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.140
 Kind

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:23.540
 God's

00:27:23.540 --> 00:27:24.060
 Mercy

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.440
 Is

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:25.220
 Long

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.040
 Suffering

00:27:26.040 --> 00:27:27.519
 His

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.220
 Countless

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.220
 Interventions

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.380
 In the lives

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.240
 Of those who do

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.960
 Not believe

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.840
 And those who do

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.180
 Believe

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.259
 Every single

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.640
 Day

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:34.980
 His

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:36.600
 Daily grace

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:37.400
 And provision

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:39.000
 His

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.840
 Steadfast

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.460
 Care

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:42.740
 He loves

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.660
 His

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.319
 Creation

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:48.360
 So what does

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:48.799
 That mean

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.500
 For us

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:52.259
 Well I think

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.960
 It encourages

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.880
 Me not to

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.700
 Be hopeless

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:56.579
 When it

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.100
 Comes to

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.720
 People who

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.400
 Express

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.960
 Unbelief

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:02.000
 Because

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.819
 God is

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.960
 Merciful

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.240
 And kind

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:07.160
 The promises

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.220
 Of God

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.100
 Are held

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:09.600
 Out to

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.279
 Them too

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:12.779
 That means

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.940
 I can cry

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.440
 Out in

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.819
 Prayer

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.279
 For my

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.920
 Friends

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:17.319
 I know

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.700
 That when

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.379
 I cry

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:18.839
 On their

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.379
 Behalf

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:20.440
 God

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.940
 Who made

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.460
 The world

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.639
 Hears

00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:24.579
 He hears

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.160
 What I have

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.720
 To say

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:27.599
 And I

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.079
 Can ask

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.639
 God to

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:29.579
 Open the

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.079
 Eyes of

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.539
 Those who

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.259
 Are blind

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.339
 To Jesus

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.899
 So that

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.480
 They may

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.579
 Know life

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:34.980
 And have

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.579
 Life in

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.440
 All its

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.079
 Fullness

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.639
 Because I

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.220
 Can't open

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.680
 The eyes

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.220
 Of anyone

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.319
 But God

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.799
 Can

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:44.559
 And I

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.220
 Can trust

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.819
 That God

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.360
 Is with

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:47.019
 Those who

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.980
 Turn away

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.519
 And make

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.059
 Sinful

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.600
 Choices

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.819
 And go

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.759
 Further away

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.160
 And I

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.799
 Know that

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.640
 The creator

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.160
 God

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.720
 Is always

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.680
 Within striking

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.480
 Distance

00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:01.160
 He is with

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.640
 Them all

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:04.519
 God is

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.799
 Unbelievably

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.640
 Merciful

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:09.099
 You see

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.539
 It doesn't

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.860
 Matter

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.920
 Who we

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.299
 Are

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:13.480
 Where we

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.120
 Come from

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:15.740
 Or what

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.400
 We've done

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:18.660
 There is

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.200
 Hope

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:20.480
 In the

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.980
 Promises

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.579
 Of God

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:25.619
 So there

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.039
 We have

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.319
 It

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:28.899
 The arrival

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.699
 Of God's

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:30.179
 Promised

00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:30.619
 Son

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:32.279
 Teaches

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.960
 Us that

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.759
 Faith in

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.359
 The promises

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.000
 Of God

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.699
 Leads to

00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:37.299
 Uncontainable

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.779
 Joy

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:40.000
 Unbelief in

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.539
 The promises

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.119
 Of God

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.839
 Leads to

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.699
 Unimaginable

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.259
 Misery

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:46.720
 But yet

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.000
 There's

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.539
 Hope in

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.079
 The promises

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.740
 Of God

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:50.400
 Because it

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.119
 Leads to

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:52.079
 Unbelievable

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.740
 Mercy

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:57.279
 Let's

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.599
 Pray

00:29:57.599 --> 00:30:12.519
 In the

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.160
 Quietness

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.640
 Maybe

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:16.960
 Maybe

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.140
 Maybe you

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.480
 Just want

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.880
 To pray

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.520
 For someone

00:30:18.520 --> 00:30:19.180
 Right now

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:23.200
 Maybe

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.660
 It is

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.020
 One of

00:30:24.020 --> 00:30:24.160
 Your

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.680
 Children

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:27.400
 Your

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:28.100
 Spouse

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:29.680
 A

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.180
 Friend

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:33.880
 Maybe

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.300
 You need

00:30:34.300 --> 00:30:34.800
 To pray

00:30:34.800 --> 00:30:35.600
 Yourself

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:37.720
 Because you

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.240
 Know you

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.660
 Are not

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.080
 Walking

00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:39.340
 In

00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:39.759
 Faith

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:43.240
 You

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.400
 Who Have

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.640
 Not

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.079
 Trusted

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.380
 In

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:44.900
 Jesus

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:51.180
 Pray

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.000
 Because God

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.539
 Hears

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:55.480
 Pray

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.279
 Because God

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.720
 Opens

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.180
 Eyes

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:59.920
 Pray

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.839
 Because God

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:02.799
 Is with us

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:25.059
 Thank you

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.659
 Lord for

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.299
 Hearing our

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.680
 Hearts

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.059
 Cry

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:29.619
 Thank you for

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.259
 Opening our

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.799
 Eyes to

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.339
 Jesus

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:33.659
 Thank you

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.039
 That you

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.460
 Are with

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.919
 Us

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:37.299
 And you

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.779
 Have filled

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.259
 Us

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 With joy

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 In Christ

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 Thank you

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:45.399
 Amen

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:53.780
 What we

00:31:53.780 --> 00:31:54.080
 Want to

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 Sing

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:57.620
 Sarah

00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:58.460
 Laughed

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 Sarah

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 Laughed

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 With joy

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 At delight

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 In the

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 Promises

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 Of God

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 And we

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 Can laugh

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.280
 With her

00:32:06.280 --> 00:32:07.320
 As we

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:07.900
 Sing

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.640
 Songs

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.320
 Of joy

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 All my

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.019
 Days of

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 Gladness

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.460
 I only

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 Oh

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 Start

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.119
 Again

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 All my

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.720
 Days I

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 Will sing

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.599
 This song

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.440
 Of gladness

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.720
 Give my

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 Praise to

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 The fountain

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.880
 Of delight

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 For in

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 My helplessness

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:24.519
 You heard

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.240
 My cry

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.859
 And waves

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.619
 Of mercy

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:29.019
 Poured down

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 On my

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 Life

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.960
 How it

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.900
 Reflects

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.980
 What we

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.460
 Have just

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 Looked at

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.059
 Together

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 Let's stand

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.220
 Together as

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 We sing

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.779
 To

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 Help

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.699
 Always

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 Chances

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 What caso

00:32:41.439 --> 00:32:42.019
 Is

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 dabei

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否

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 In

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 Hum

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.879
 Coming

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:47.899
 Food

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.240
 Something

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.439
 Ever

00:32:48.439 --> 00:32:49.319
 More

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.699
 Drug

00:32:49.699 --> 00:32:50.220
 Charge

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的人

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 Am

00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:59.980
 Any

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 событи

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.839
 Matter

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 Of