We're going to begin our service. We're going to sing to God's praise in Psalm 107.
And we're going to sing from verse 23.
Our singings today tie in with the theme that we had during the holiday club this week.
And our first singing is Psalm 107. It tells us about those who went to sea in ships,
and they found themselves in great danger. And when they were in danger, what did they do?
They cried out to the Lord for help, and He rescued them. And that's very much the theme
that we had in the holiday club this week. So we're going to sing this Psalm, Psalm 107,
verse 23. Who go to sea in ships, and in great waters trading be within the deep these men God's
works and his great wonders see. We'll sing down to verse 30, and we're going to stand to sing.
Let's sing.
How long to tell the price
They mount to heaven and to the dead
They do go down again
Their souls of fate have held away
Where trouble I will gain
They will have shot the life of God
At their words shall they be
Their day to mourn their trouble cry
To them from streets are free
The stormless chains into the calm
At its command and will
So that the winds which raced before
Now wide and under
Then hard they path because
Are fresh and wide yet now they be
So to the heaven be them brings
Which they desire to see
We're going to come to God in prayer now
Let us bow our heads in a word of prayer
Our Father in heaven as we come to unite our hearts
In prayer as we come to lift up our praise to you this day
We thank you that you are a God who has promised
That you are always near as we worship you
As we praise your name
As we offer up our prayers
Your ear is open towards us
You hear our every word
And you delight when your people come
To give you all the praise
And we thank you that your name is worthy of it
We are reminded in the psalm that we just sung
That we so often find ourselves in difficulty
And in this life we are not far away from troubles
They are all around us
But we thank you that you are there to be called upon
That you are the one who is able to change the storm
Into a calm
And we thank you for that great promise that we have in your word
That we have one who is able to help
One who is able to save
The rescuer who is Jesus Christ our Lord
And so we pray today that we will be able to worship you with all our hearts
To give you thanks for all your blessings
And that even as we look back over this week
And especially as we give thanks for the holiday club that took place
We thank you for the time we enjoyed together
For all the children and parents and families who were joined together there
For all who helped with it in so many different ways
We thank you for your presence with us
For your peace and blessing over us
And we ask for that to continue with us today and always
That we would know that you are with us
And that that is your promise
That you are always with us
So may you bless us and help us day by day
That we would be by faith people who can trust in you
And always lean upon you for help
In every experience we have
We know today that there are those who are going through
Personal times of difficulty
We know that there are people who are sad
Because of the loss of loved ones
There are people who are unwell
Both at home and in hospitals
Maybe even in our own families
We know of those who are unwell
We want to pray for each and every one
That you will draw near with your comfort
With your peace
And your healing hand
Where that is in your will
We thank you for your word
We thank you that it is a light
And a beacon of hope
In this world in which we live
And we pray that you will bless your word
As we share from it together today
Blessed in all the messages we heard
During this past week
Blessed in all the services that take place
Throughout the week and today
And not just here
But everywhere your word is proclaimed
We thank you that it is a great light
Shining into our world
And we pray that you will help people
To see the way to life
And that life that is found in Jesus Christ
The one who is the treasure
Above everything else that we should desire
In this world
So may you lead us to him
And help us to look to him
And fix our eyes on him today
Bless us later as we will enjoy tea and coffee together
With all the young ones
As they will sing and share with us
And we do pray your blessing
On each and every one of them
And their families
And all of us together
May we know your peace and blessing with us
And we ask it all
With the forgiveness of our sins
In Jesus' precious name
Amen
As I was saying before
We really did enjoy
A great week together
At the holiday club this week
And it's great to see so many
Children and also parents
Who are along this week here today
And today's service is really based
On the things that we were looking at
During this past week
We were looking at the passage
That we were looking at
In the memory verse
That we learned especially
Which you'll all remember
And hopefully you'll be able to share
With us later on as well
It was a really good week together
Where we were singing songs
We had games
There were crafts each day
Different things going on each day
But above all
We were learning about a great story
The story that we find in the Bible
And it really is the greatest story ever told
It's a story that's been told
For thousands of years now
And being passed on
From generation to generation
So that older people
Are telling younger people
About this great story
A story of a saviour
Who is Christ the Lord
And this week as we've been learning about it
We've been learning about it
Not just to keep it to ourselves
But so we may go out
And share it with others as well
And today together
We're going to share
A little bit more
About this story
And it's the story of
A treasure hunt
And that's really what we were looking at
This past week
We were all in the holiday club
On a treasure hunt
And a treasure hunt
If you've ever done one
Takes you along different directions
Sometimes you're going the right way
Sometimes you're going the wrong way
Sometimes you find a clue
And you understand it
Sometimes the clue doesn't make any sense
And you have to ask for help
But as we were looking at
The treasure hunt this week
We were learning about
A man called Paul
And before he became Paul
He had another name
He was called Saul
And the thing that made a great difference
In his life
Was when he met Jesus
His life was totally changed
Totally transformed
When he found the greatest treasure of all
He met with Jesus
And he put his faith in Jesus
He trusted Jesus with all of his heart
And in doing so
His life was transformed
As we heard this week
And we're going to look at that
In a little while
But above all
We learned this week
About Jesus
And who he is
And how he's described
In the Bible to us
One of the ways
We saw him describe
Was as a great light
As a lighthouse
A lighthouse
That shines brightly
Into this world
Now what's the job
Of a lighthouse?
Why are there lighthouses
Dotted all over the country
And indeed all over the world?
Well they're there
To help people
To make sure that people
Who are maybe going the wrong way
Going off track
Going off course
Are brought back
Onto the right path
Onto the right route
And that is what
Jesus did for Paul
That's what Jesus has done
For thousands and thousands
And hundreds and thousands
And millions of people
Down through all the years
He's shown his light
Into this world
To show us
Where we're going wrong
And to bring us back
Onto the right track
God's love
For us
Is an amazing thing
That he gave us
Jesus
To be this lighthouse
And when Paul
Came to know
Jesus for himself
He became a light
For Jesus too
And that is our prayer
After this week
And as we go forward
That each one of us
Would be a lighthouse
That each one of us
Would shine
The light of Jesus
By telling others
About this wonderful
Savior
This Jesus
Who Paul knew
And who we can know
And to see the treasure
That is salvation
In Jesus
And come
And tell others
About it
Have any of you
Ever visited a lighthouse
Maybe if you've been
To a lighthouse
You can put your hand up
And I'll see who's been
Anybody visit a lighthouse
Yeah there's a few hands
Going up
I know
Some of the schools
Around here
They take you on a trip
To see the lighthouse
Out at Arnish
And I'm sure
It's a great place
To see
Because it gives you
A better understanding
Of what a lighthouse does
And today's actually
National Lighthouse Day
And it's just a reminder
To us
Of how important
These things are
And if you've been
To a lighthouse
You maybe
See how it works
It sends its light
Out in the darkness
And people can see it
For miles
And miles
But today's
Lighthouses
Are mostly electric
But back in the day
Before electric
People used to have
To look after
Lighthouses
By using
An oil lamp
And the lamp
Had to be lit
When it became dark
And the oil
Had to be
Kept topped up
So there was
Always a light
Shining out
And one time
There was
A group of people
Going to visit
A lighthouse
A group of young people
Going to visit
One of these
Lighthouses
And each lighthouse
Had a lighthouse keeper
They were there
To look after them
When this group
Was visiting the lighthouse
One of the young people
Asked the lighthouse keeper
Do you not get scared
Here at night
When it's dark
And windy
And wild outside
Well the lighthouse keeper's
Answer was very revealing
He said
No
We don't think
Of ourselves
Here at all
We are safe
Where we are
We are here
Because we want
Others
To be safe
Too
A lighthouse
Is there
To guide ships
To safety
Just like we were
Singing about
In that psalm
Psalm 107
The Lord is there
To be a lighthouse
To us
To show us
The way to safety
And as Christians
We ourselves
Know that we are
Safe in Jesus
So we are to show
Others
The way
To Jesus
And that's what
Paul's life
Became too
Not living
First and foremost
For himself
But living
For Jesus
And today
We're going to
Look at the Bible
And see our own lives
A bit like
Going on a treasure hunt
Just like we were
Doing this past week
We're going on
A treasure hunt
We see there are
Exciting things
They're scary things
We need to know
Where we are going
And how to get there
And we see that we need help
Along the way
If we want to find
This treasure
So we're going to think of
Three little things today
The root
The rescue
And the riches
And as we come
To look at these things
We're going to read
Together
In the passage
That we were looking at
In the holiday club
This week
And you find it
On the back
Of your notice sheets
If you don't have
A Bible in front of you
The words are on the back
Of the notice sheet
We're going to read
From Philippians
Chapter 3
And from verse 7
Down to verse 16
Philippians chapter 3
And at verse 7
Remember this is Paul
Writing to the church
At a place called
Philippi
And teaching them
About the wonders
Of Jesus
And he says here
But whatever gain
I had
I counted as loss
For the sake of Christ
Indeed
I count everything
As loss
Because of the
Surpassing worth
Of knowing Christ
Jesus my Lord
For his sake
I have suffered
The loss
Of all things
And count them
As rubbish
In order that
I may gain Christ
And be found
In him
Not having a righteousness
Of my own
That comes from the law
But that which comes
Through faith
In Christ
The righteousness
From God
That depends
On faith
That I may know him
And the power
Of his resurrection
And may share
His sufferings
Becoming like him
In his death
That by any means
Possible
I may attain
The resurrection
From the dead
Not that I have
Already obtained this
Or am already
Perfect
But I press on
To make it my own
Because Christ Jesus
Made me his own
Brothers
I do not consider
That I have made it my own
But one thing I do
Forgetting what lies behind
And straining forward
To what lies ahead
I press on
Toward the goal
For the prize
Of the upward call
Of God
In Christ Jesus
Let those of us
Who are mature
Think this way
And if in anything
You think otherwise
God will reveal
That also to you
Only let us
Hold through
To what
We have attained
That's God's
Word to us
And may he
Bless it
To us
Well as we think
Of these words
That we read
And as we were
Thinking of
At the holiday club
This week
The first thing
We want to think
About today
Is the route
The route
And what do we
Mean by the route
Well if you're
Going on a
Treasure hunt
You follow a route
You follow a path
And you go along
Maybe a path
That leads you
In different directions
And this week
We had something
To help us
Along the way
Hanging on the wall
Through in the hall
And up on the screen
During the week
We saw something
That was helping us
Find our way
Along this treasure hunt
Anybody remember
What that was
It was up on the wall
And it showed us
Different things
It was a map
A map
And a map
We use
Because it helps us
Find our way
It's important
If we're going
Somewhere
Or we're looking
For a particular place
We have something
To help us
Along the way
Otherwise
What happens
If we're not sure
Where we're going
Or we don't have
A map to show us
The way
We end up
Lost
We end up
Lost
Maybe if you've
Been away on holiday
Over the summer
You've ended up
Lost
Somewhere along the way
You've gone
Somewhere new
And you weren't sure
What direction to go
To get there
And you've ended up
Lost somewhere
Along the way
Well as we were doing
The holiday club
This week
We were following
A map
That was taking us
In different directions
And our lives
Are just like that
Our lives are like
Going on a treasure hunt
Going on a journey
And Paul
Is a great example
To us
Of this
Before
He met Jesus
He thought
The life
He was living
Was good
There in the reading
We had
He says
In verse 12
He says
Not that I've already
Obtained this
Or I'm already
Perfect
Is anybody here
Perfect
Could you put it up
Your hand
And think
Yes
I'm perfect
Well if you'd asked
Paul before
He met Jesus
He might have said
Yeah
I'm perfect
Everything that I am doing
Is good
And right
And he thought
Everything that he was doing
He was doing
For God
But actually
He was
Way off track
He wasn't following
The right map
He was doing
Bad things
And especially
Against Christians
He was
Doing bad things
He was
Thought he was
On the right route
But he was
Actually
Lost
And how do we
Know this
How do we know
This
Is what he was
Well it's because
He tells us
Himself
And it's
Actually the verse
That we learned
This week
The memory verse
This week
Was verse 8
Of Philippians 3
And I'm going to
Say it just now
The way we learned
It at the holiday club
And I'm sure
If you're at the holiday club
You'll be able
To join in
The verse said this
Nothing is as wonderful
As knowing Christ Jesus
My Lord
I have given up
Everything else
And counted all
As rubbish
All I want
Is Christ
That verse
Tells us
That Paul
That Paul knew
Later on
After he'd met
Jesus
That he had
Actually been
Lost
But then he's
Telling us
That he gave up
Everything that he
Thought was right
And good
So that he could
Know Jesus Christ
All I want
Is Christ
So what had
He given up
Well Paul had
Many good things
In his life
He had status
He had power
He had control
Over many people
In fact people
Were very often
Scared of Paul
Because of the kind
Of man he was
But it was of
No use
To him
There was
No lasting
Treasure
There
There was nothing
That was going to
Do him any good
In the long term
He was attracted
To the things
Of this world
Things that are
Just temporary
Things that
Don't last
He was a little
Bit like a sheep
A sheep that
Had gone astray
He had wandered
Off
Gone down the
Wrong path
Thinking
The grass over
There looks so
Much better
It looks so much
Greener
I'm going to
Go over there
And have that
But what he
Found was
It wasn't
As good as he
Thought it might
Be
Does anybody
Here have sheep
And like looking
After sheep
There's not too
Many maybe
One or two
If you like
Looking after sheep
You realise
It's not always
Easy
Looking after sheep
Is hard work
And one of the
Greatest things
That's hard about
Them is
They're so awkward
They're so
Stubborn
They never go
Where you want
Them to go
They'll always go
Where they want
To go themselves
And do their
Own thing
And the other
Thing is that
The Bible
Actually describes
Us
In that way
In the Old
Testament
In a book
Called Isaiah
Isaiah says
These words
All we
Like sheep
Have gone
Astray
We've turned
Each to
Our own
Way
That's the way
We're described
In the Bible
And in looking
For treasure
In our own
Life
And as we were
Seeing this
Week
Looking at the
Map
We see
All the
Different
Directions
We can
Go
Sometimes
We don't
Listen to
What God
Is saying
And we
Go off
On the
Wrong track
We end
Up
Lost
And how
Are we
Lost
Today
How can
We'll be
Lost
If we
Know exactly
Where we
Are
Here we
Are in
The church
In Stornoway
We've come
From our
House
To come
To church
Today
We've not
Got lost
Along the
Way
And after
Church
We'll go
Back home
And we
Know the
Way to
Go home
We won't
Get lost
Maybe on
The way
Going back
Home
But at the
Same time
If we don't
Have Jesus
Today
We can
Say that
We're
Lost
Paul
Thought
And many
People before
And after
Him thought
That everything
Was good
And everything
Was right
That he
Knew where
He was
Going
But we
Learn
Such an
Important
Lesson
From Paul
That when
He says
You know
I'd
Gone on
The wrong
Route
I'd
Followed
The wrong
Path
I'd
Gone
The wrong
Way
And he
Says
Everything
That I
Thought
Was good
Was actually
Rubbish
So what
Do we
Do
With
Rubbish
We throw
It away
We throw
It in
The bin
Because we
Realize
It's not
The treasure
That we
Need at
All
It's not
What's going
To help
Us
In this
World
We need
To find
A greater
Treasure
We have
To find
Our way
Back
On to
The right
Path
On the
Right
Route
When we
Are lost
We need
Help
And that's
The way
We're looking
At in
The holiday
Club
Too
A rescuer
Who came
To save
And that's
What we're
Going to
Look at
In a
Wee
Minute
But before
We do
We're going
To sing
Again to
God's
Praise
In psalm
22
And this
Is in the
Sing psalms
Version
Psalm 22
On page
27
Of the
Psalm
Books
Psalm
22
On page
27
We're going
To sing
From verse
27
Down to
The end
Of the
Psalm
And this
Psalm again
Just reminds
Us of what
We were
Looking at
In the
Holiday
Club
This week
It reminds
Us about
Telling
People
About the
Good news
Of Jesus
Especially in
Verse 30
Posterity
Will serve
The Lord
And generations
Still to
Come
Will tell
A people
Yet unborn
The righteous
Acts
That he
Has done
Verse 27
It says
The whole
Earth
Will remember
Him
And turn
Towards
The Lord
Their God
All peoples
Will bow
Down to
Him
And nations
Of the
World
Abra
We'll sing
And stand
To sing
Verse 27
To 31
To the tune
Rocking
The whole
Earth
Will
Remember
Him
And turn
To
The Lord
Their God
All
People's
Will
Love
Down
To him
The nations
Of the
World
Have
Rocked
Dominion
To
The Lord
Belongs
And
Over
Nations
He
Is
King
The
Rich
Of
All
The
Earth
Will
Feast
And
Worship
With
An
Off
The
All
Those
Whose
Hester
Be
His
God
Will
Humbly
Heal
Before
His
Storm
They
Can
More
Tear
Than
Shelf
To
Life
Or
Depend
On
Him
Alone
For
Stead
He
Will
Serve
The
Lord
And
Generations
Still
To
Come
Will
Tell
The
People
Yet
Unborn
The
Righteous
Heart
That
He
Has
Done
The
Second
Thing
We're
Thinking
About
Now
Is
The
Rescuer
And
As
We
Think
Of
Verse
Eight
In
Philippians
And
The
Thing
That
Made
The
Greatest
Difference
In
The
Life
Of
Paul
Was
To
Know
The
Lord
Jesus
Indeed
He
Says
I
Count
Everything
Has
Lost
Because
Of
The
Surpassing
Worth
Of
Knowing
Christ
Jesus
My
Lord
It
Was
He
Came
To
Know
The
Lord
Jesus
As
His
Saviour
But
The
Interesting
Thing
About
Paul
Is
That
He
Didn't
Actually
Realize
The
Danger
That
He
Was
In
He
Was
Living
His
Life
Doing
Everything
That
He
Was
Doing
Every
Day
Going
About
His
Business
Thinking
Everything
Was
Fine
All
Was
Well
He
Was
Carrying
On
As
Normal
But
As
He
Looks
At
His
Life
Now
And
As
We
Look
At
His
Life
We
See
That
He
Was
Actually
Running
Away
From
God
And
When
We're
Living
Our
Lives
Without
Jesus
When
We've
Got
No
Thought
Of
Jesus
We
Might
Think
Yes
Everything
That
We're
Doing
Is
Good
I'm
Doing
Right
I'm
Not
Doing
Anything
Wrong
But
We
Don't
Have
God
In
Our
Lives
We're
Actually
Running
Away
From
Him
And
We
Don't
Even
Realize
The
Danger
That
We're
In
America
A number
Of
Years
Ago
There
Was
A
Car
That
Was
Stolen
In
California
And
The
Police
Were
Desperately
Searching
For
This
Car
And
The
Driver
But
Not
Because
He'd
Stolen
The
Car
And
They
Wanted
To
Arrest
Them
For
Stealing
The
Car
It
Was
For
Another
Reason
The
Driver
Was
Actually
In
That
Danger
That
He
Didn't
Realize
And
They
Started
Putting
Out
As well
As
Searching
For
And
They
Started
Putting
Out
Announcements
On
The
Radio
In
The
Hope
That
The
Driver
Might
Be
Listening
To
One
Of
The
Radio
Stations
And
That
He
Would
Be
Able
To
Hear
The
Danger
That
He
Was
In
You
See
When
The
Police
Not
To
Say
You
Have
To
Catch
The
Thief
But
You
Have
To
Warn
Him
Of
The
Danger
That
He
In
Because
On
The
Front
Seat
Of
The
Car
Beside
The
Driver
Seat
Was
A
Packet
Of
Biscuits
And
Maybe
The
Thief
Would
Be
Tempted
To
Have
One
Of
These
Biscuits
But
They
Weren't
Ordinary
Biscuits
You
See
The
Driver
Of
The
Car
Had
Laced
Them
With
Poison
He
Was
Going
To
Use
Them
To
Catch
Rats
And
The
Driver's
Greatest
Concern
The
Owner
Of
The
Car
His
Greatest
Concern
Now
Was
Not
To
Get
His
Car
Back
But
That
The
Thief
Who
Had
Stolen
It
Wouldn't
Eat
One
Of
These
Biscuits
Because
He
Knew
It
Would
Kill
Him
So
There
Was
This
Desperate
Search
To
Catch
This
Thief
To
Save
His
Life
The
Thief
Didn't
Realize
The
Danger
That
He
Was
In
And
It's
A
Reminder
To
Ourselves
Today
That
So
Often
When
We
Run
Away
From
God
Even
When
We
Think
We're
Doing
The
Right
Things
We
Feel
It's
Almost
Just
We
Want
To
Get
Away
From
God
We
Don't
Want
Anything
To
Do
With
God
Because
We
See
God
As
Someone
Who's
Just
Hard
On
Us
Or
Maybe
Will
Punish
Us
But
What
We're
Actually
Doing
Is
Running
Away
From
A
Savior
One
Who
Wants
To
Bless
His
People
One
Who
Wants
To
Save
His
People
And
As
We're
Looking
At
The
Story
Of
Paul
We
See
That
God
Sent
His
Son
Jesus
To
Him
Even
Though
He
Didn't
Realize
The
Danger
That
He
Was
In
Even
Though
He
Didn't
Realize
That
He
Was
On
The
Wrong
Path
God
Sent
His
Son
Jesus
To
Meet
Him
On
The
Road
In
That
Bright
Shining
Light
That
Blinded
Him
Jesus
Was
The
Light
That
Came
To
Paul
And
Jesus
Is
The
Light
Of
The
World
In
Which
We
Live
In
Today
He
Shines
His
Light
Into
This
World
Through
His
Word
Who
Was
This
Jesus
Who
Is
This
Jesus
Who
Is
This
Light
Well
In
The
Previous
Chapter
To
Chapter
3
In
Chapter
2
Of
Philippians
We
Read
A
Little
Of
Who
This
Jesus
Is
And
It
Says
Have
This
Mind
Among
You
At
Verse
5
Which
Is
Yours
In
Christ
Jesus
Who
Though
He
Was
In
The
Form
Of
God
Did
Not
Count
Equality
With
God
A
Thing
To
Be
Grasped
But
Made
himself
Nothing
Taking
The
Form
Of
A
Servant
And
Then
It
Goes
On
To
He
Humbled
Death
Even
Death
On
The
Cross
Who
Is
This
Jesus
Who
Is
This
Rescuer
He's
The
Son
Of
God
But
He
Didn't
Count
As it
Says
There
Equality
With
God
Something
That
Needed
To
Be
Held
On
To
He
Had
This
Great
Power
And
Authority
There
But
He
Came
Into
This
World
He
Came
Into
This
World
As
A
Man
He
Lived
Among
Us
As
Ordinary
people
But
More
Than
That
He
Gave
His
Life
For
His
People
He
Did
Something
That
None
Of
Us
Could
He
Died
On
The
Cross
And
Then
He
Did
Something
Else
That
None
Of
Us
Can
Do
He
Rose
From
The
Death
From
The
Grave
He
Rose
From
The
Dead
And
To
This
Day
He
Meets
With
Us
Through
His
Word
We
Have
This
Word
Of
Life
This
Greatest
Story
Ever
Told
About
One
Who
Came
To
Rescue
His
People
And
You
Think
Well
This
Must
Cost
A
Lot
This
Must
Cost
A
Lot
Of
Money
This
Must
Be
Really
Expensive
This
Jesus
Who
Offers
Us
Eternal
Life
People
Today
Spend
Thousands
Some
People
Maybe
Even
Millions
Trying
To
Find
A
Way
That
They
Can
Stay
Alive
Forever
But
There's
No
Way
Apart
From
Knowing
Jesus
There's
A
Lovely
Story
Told
About
A
Nurse
Who
Was
A
Nurse
During
A
Time
Of
War
A
Time
Of
Conflict
It
Was
A
Long
Time
Ago
During
A
War
That
Was
Called
The
Spanish
American
War
This
Nurse
Named
Nurse
Barton
She
Was
Working
In
A
Tent
Hospital
In
A
Place
Called
Cuba
And
She
Was
There
Looking
After
All
These
Soldiers
Who
Were
Coming
In
Many
Of
Them
Wounded
Seriously
And
She
Was
Working
All
Day
Every
Day
Looking
After
These
People
One
Day
This
Very
Important
Man
Came
Into
The
Hospital
Came
Into
The
Tent
And
His
Name
Was
Colonel
Roosevelt
And
He
Came
To
He
Wanted
To
Buy
Food
He
Wanted
To
Buy
Food
To
Give
To
His
Own
Soldiers
Who
Were
Sick
And
Who
Were
Wounded
But
She
Refused
To
Sell
Him
Any
Food
And
This
Really
Upset
The
Colonel
He
Was
Annoyed
With
Her
He
Was
One
Thing
Well
Why
Wouldn't
You
Sell
Me
This
Food
But
She
Was
So
Busy
Trying
To
Help
Others
She
Didn't
Have
Time
Out
And
Asked
This
Nurse
Could
I
Have
Some
Food
For
My
Soldiers
And
She
Said
Yes
Of
Course
There
It
Is
And
He
Didn't
Have
To
Pay
A
Penny
And
That's
The
Way
We
Can
Be
With
The
Lord
As
Well
All
We
Have
To
Do
Is
Ask
And
He
Gives
Us
Freely
We
Don't
Have
To
Earn
Anything
We
Don't
Have
To
Pay
Anything
Because
He
Has
Done
Everything
For
Us
That's
What
Those
Words
In
Chapter
Two
Mean
When
He
Became
Nothing
He
Emptied
Himself
Jesus
He
Became
Nothing
For
Us
He
Paid
The
Price
That
We
Cannot
Pay
It
Cost
Him
Everything
But
For
Us
This
Salvation
Is
Free
Through
Faith
What
Do
We
Have
To
Do
If
We
Are
In
Danger
Stranded
On
A
Treasure
Island
As
We
Were
Looking
At
This
Week
What
Do
We
Have
To
Put
In
The
Sand
We
Put
An
S
O
S
And
What
Does
That
Stand
For
Save
Our
Souls
And
That
Is
What
Jesus
Came
To
Do
He
Came
To
Save
Our
Souls
And
All
We
Have
To
Do
Is
Ask
To
Come
And
Plead
With
Him
To
Save
Us
From
The
Danger
That
We
Are
In
And
When
We
Know
This
Salvation
Then
We
Realize
This
Is
The
Greatest
Treasure
We
Could
Ever
Have
Paul
Came
To
Know
That
Treasure
For
Himself
To
Understand
That
Everything
Else
Was
Rubbish
Compared
To
Knowing
Christ
Jesus
As
Lord
We
Have
A
Great
Savior
Who
Is
Jesus
And
All
We
Have
To
Do
Is
Ask
Well
Before
We
Come
To
Look
At
Our
Final
Point
I
Was
Going
To
Read
A
Few
Verses
In
A
Different
Part
Of
The
Bible
Reading
In
The
Gospel
Of
Matthew
Chapter
6
Matthew
Chapter
6
And
At
Verse
19
And
Again
This
Just
Reminds
Us
Of
Where
Our
Treasure
Is
To
Be
Matthew
Chapter
6
At
Verse
19
And
This
Is
Jesus
Saying
These
Words
Do
Not
Lay
Up
For
Yourselves
Treasure
On
Earth
Where
Moth
And
Rust
Destroy
And
Where
Thieves
Break
In
And
Steal
But
Lay
Up
For
Yourselves
Treasure
In
Heaven
Where
Neither
Moth
Nor
Rust
Destroys
And
Where
Thieves
Do
Not
Break
In
And
Steal
For
Where
Your
Treasure
Is
There
Your
Heart
Will
Be
Also
So
The
Question
Today
As
We
Come
To
A
Close
Is
Where
Is
Our
Treasure
And
What
Is
Our
Treasure
Final
Thing
We're
Thinking
Of
Is
The
Riches
That
Paul
Knew
In
Christ
Back
In
1969
There
Was
A
Man
Called
Rob
Who
All
His
Days
Were
Spent
Looking
For
Treasure
Looking
For
Precious
Stones
He
Lived
In
America
And
He
Would
Go
Out
Every
Day
Searching
In
Mountains
And
Hills
And
Anywhere
That
This
Treasure
May
Be
Found
Digging
Away
One
Day
Back
In
1969
He
Found
A
Great
Big
Blue
Rock
He
Was
A
Simple
Man
And
The
Only
Way
He
Could
Describe
It
Was
As
Pretty
And
Big
And
He
Tried
To
Sell
This
Stone
Because
That's
What
He
Would
Do
Find
These
Stones
And
He
Would
Sell
To
People
Who
Were
Passing
By
And
He
Tried
To
Sell
This
Big
Stone
But
He
Was
Not
Successful
So
Time
Went
On
And
He
Wasn't
Able
To
Sell
So
What
He
Did
Was
He
Put
This
Great
Big
Stone
In
A
Box
And
Put
It
Under
His
Bed
And
Just
Forgot
About
It
For
A
Time
He
Carried
On
Looking
For
Other
Stones
Finding
Little
Bits
Here
And
There
And
Selling
Them
For
A
Few
Pounds
Here
And
There
But
Then
After
Twenty
Years
He
Came
Tidying
Out
Around
He
Came
Across
This
Box
And
He
Recognized
The
Big
Blue
Stone
That
He
Found
All
Those
Years
Ago
And
He
Guess
To
Himself
Surely
This
Stone
Has
Got
To
Be
Worth
Something
Maybe
Four
Or
Five
Hundred
Pounds
If
I
Could
Sell
It
For
That
Would
Help
Me
Pay
A
Few
Of
My
Bills
So
By
This
Point
Other
People
Had
Started
Selling
Precious
Stones
And
He
To
Help
Him
Sell
It
Well
This
Man
Was
Astonished
When
He
Saw
This
Stone
And
He
Said
To
Himself
This
Is
Worth
A
Lot
Of
Money
And
Rob
Was
Amazed
The
Thing
That
He
Tried
To
Sell
For
A
Few
Hundred
Pounds
On
Different
Locations
He
Found
Out
That
Day
In
Around
1987
It
Was
It
Was
Worth
2.3
Million
Pounds
It
Was
An
Emerald
That
Became
Known
As
The
Sapphire
Of
David
I
Think
It
Was
Called
And
This
Stone
The
Star
Of
David
It
Was
Called
This
Stone
That
He
Had
Hidden
Away
All
Those
Years
Under
His
Bed
Was
Worth
2.3
Million
Pounds
It
Would
Be
The
Equivalent
Today
Of
About
7
Or
8
Million
Pounds
Can
You
Imagine
Having
Something
You
Thought
Was
Just
Worth
Maybe
A
Few
Hundred
Pounds
That
Is
Worth
Millions
He
Had
This
Treasure
All
The
Time
Worth
So
Much
And
He
Didn't
Realize
Well
This
Week
As
We
Were
On
A
Treasure
Hunt
It
Took
Us
On
A
Long
Journey
Through
Many
Different
Paths
Reminding
Us
That
It's
Not
Always
Easy
That
The
Going
Is
Tough
But
That
We
Are
To
Keep
Going
Reminds
Us
That
When
We
Get
In
Trouble
We
Need
Rescued
And
We
Have
A
Rescuer
In
Jesus
Christ
But
At
The
End
Of
The
Hunt
What
Did
We
Find
Does
Anybody
Remember
What
We
Found
Well
We
Found
This
We
Found
The
Treasure
Chest
Didn't
We
All
The
Clues
Led
Us
To
Find
This
Treasure
Chest
And
When
You
Open
A
Treasure
Chest
You
Maybe
Think
It's
Going
To
Be
Full
Of
Gold
Or
Diamonds
Or
All
Kinds
Of
Jewels
But
Inside
This
Treasure
Chest
Was
The
Greatest
Treasure
Of
All
And
It
Was
A
Bible
And
That's
The
Greatest
Treasure
We
Have
A
Bible
That
Tells
Us
The
Way
To
Salvation
This
Is
Worth
So
Much
And
Yet
I'm
Sure
Many
Of
Us
Just
Like
Rob
Who
Had
That
Precious
Stone
Lying
Around
Thinking
It
Was
Worthless
For
Years
We've
Had
This
In
Our
Homes
And
Even
In
Our
Hands
For
Years
Year
After
Year
It's
There
Sitting
Before
Us
And
Maybe
We
Don't
Even
Open
It
We
Don't
Look
Inside
It
To
See
What
It
Says
And
Yet
If
We
Open
Up
This
Book
We
Find
It
Tells
Us
The
Greatest
Story
Ever
Told
It
Tells
Us
Of
A
Saviour
Who
Is
Christ
The
Lord
And
As
Paul
As
We
Learned
This
Week
Was
Saying
Nothing
Is
As
Wonderful
As
Knowing
Jesus
Christ
My
Lord
I
Have
Given
Up
Everything
Else
And
Count
It
All
As
Rubbish
All
I
Want
Is
Christ
And
When
We
Find
This
Treasure
What
Are
We
To
Do
With
It
Well
Two
Things
Hold
Fast
To
The
Word
Of
God
Hold
Fast
To
The
Word
Of
Life
And
Then
Let
This
Treasure
Shine
Out
Through
You
So
That
Others
Would
See
The
Beauty
Of
Christ
Jesus
Came
To
Rescue
Those
Who
Were
On
The
Wrong
Route
He
Gave
Us
A
Treasure
The
Salvation
Of
Our
Souls
So
That
We
Will
Be
A
Light
Shining
To
Others
The
Beauty
Of
Christ
So
May
God
Bless
His
Word
To
Us
And
Help
Us
To
Find
This
Treasure
For
Our
Ourselves
And
To
Share
This
Treasure
With
Others
We're
Going
To
Sing
As
We
Conclude
In
Psalm
19
In
The
Scottish
Psalter
Psalm
19
In
The
Scottish
Psalter
On
Page
223
We're
Going
To
Sing
From
Verse
7
To
Verse
10
And
It
Tells
Us
In
This
Psalm
The
Wonder
Of
God's
Word
And
How
Precious
It
Is
Compared
To
Silver
And
Gold
It's
Nothing
In
Comparison
God's
Law
Is
Perfect
And
Converts
The
Soul
And
Sin
That
Lies
God's
Testimony
Is
Most
Sure
And
Makes
The
Simple
Wise
We'll
Stand
To
Sing
Verse
7
To
10
And
The
tune
Is
Amazing
Grace
God's
Law
Is
Perfect
And
Converts
The
Soul
In
Sin
That
Lies
God's
Testimony
Is
For
Sure
And
Makes
The
Simple
Wise
The
Statutes
Of
The
Lord
The
Right
And
To
Rejoice
The
Heart
For
Joy
To
Man
His
Pure
And
Death
Like
To
The
Ice
Impart
Heart
Unsported
Is
The
Fear
Of
Lord
And
Doth
Endure
Forever
The
Judgment
The
Judgment
Of
The
Lord
Are
True
And
Righteous
exciting
Third
A
bunch
For
The
110
Than
Early
Care
And
God
Others
Whatever
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Wey
And honey, honey from the comb.
That of our sweet are far.
After the benediction I'll go to the main door.
And do if you're able do come through to the hall.
For tea and coffee and to share with the children.
In a time there.
So we'll close with a benediction.
Now may grace, mercy and peace.
From God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Rest on and abide with us all.
Now and forevermore.
Amen.
Loan and Holy Spirit.
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On our three genuine Mon highly desirable.
And the aşk and Jesse.
So for you he stands for fun.
And to love himself.
So for you to find please.
Thank you.