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 to begin our worship by singing to God's praise. We're going to sing in Psalm 100 in the Scottish

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 Psalter, the first version of the psalm, page 362, in the tune is Finart. We'll sing the whole of

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 the psalm. All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice, and say with

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 mirth his praise forth tell, come ye before him and rejoice. We'll sing the whole of this psalm

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 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 This Lord can bless His name always, for it is seemly so to do.

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 For while the Lord our God is good, His mercy is forever sure,

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 His truth at all times firmly stood, and shall from age to age endure.

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 Our united hearts in prayer, let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 And we thank You today, Lord, that we have Your Word before us, for it speaks to us.

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 It communicates to us Your wonderful grace and how good You have been to us.

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 And may we seek to learn more and more from it.

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 We are surrounded by different kinds of teaching.

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 We are surrounded in a world that communicates in so many different ways to us.

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 Adverts and television and media of all sorts, they come to us each and every day,

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 speaking to us different messages.

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 But we thank You that You are the God of the greatest message of all, the message of the

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 gospel, the good news of Jesus.

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 And so help us to hear it and help us to share it with others as well.

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 That as we are invited by You to come, that we would invite others to come, to come and hear of the wonder of Jesus,

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 the one who came to save His people.

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 And so may You bless us together today in our service times.

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 May You bless the Sunday school, the Crescent, the Tweenies as well.

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 Lord, look over them and bless them.

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 Be with all the teachers in the Sunday school.

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 Bless them and be with them as they prepare for lessons.

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 Be with the children as they hear.

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 Lord, give them to hear Your Word and to understand it and to live by it.

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 We thank You too for our schools during the week, for all the teachers and staff and the children who attend schools day by day.

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 May Your blessing and peace be upon each place of learning.

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 And may they know Your goodness to them as well.

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 So Lord, look down upon us, continue to bless us and to keep us and to guide us in all things as we ask it all with the forgiveness of our sins.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, I wonder who here, young or old alike, if you're excited when you see the postie coming.

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 Maybe there's some days that you're looking out the window, wondering what time the postie will arrive.

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 Other days you may be not bothered, you may be not expecting anything.

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 Now, there's certain days of the year you might be looking out for a postie coming for a particular reason.

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 It may be it's your birthday or it may be it's another special occasion like Christmas time.

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 And you're wondering, will the postie bring you something?

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 And so you're waiting and getting excited.

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 And hopefully when the postie arrives, you may get something in the post that cheers you up, that makes you thankful.

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 Other times you might be thinking, oh, no, there was nothing today and you have to wait for another time when the postie comes.

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 And the postie's got an important job.

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 They're given bundles and bundles of letters and parcels and they can't decide one day, oh, it's too wet.

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 I'm not going out in that rain.

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 I'm going to wait for a sunny day so I can go out when the weather's better.

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 They have to go out whatever the weather and deliver the mail, whatever that mail is.

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 They have a very important job to do.

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 Now, on the notice sheet, as I was highlighting before, we were talking about having a family service two weeks today for Easter.

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 It'll be Easter Sunday and we want to have a family service.

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 But we also want to think about inviting people along.

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 Now, you think how excited you are when you're waiting for the postie to come, maybe for a birthday.

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 And you think the postie's going to have something.

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 But what about when you get a surprise?

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 When something arrives in the post and you weren't expecting it, a letter from some friend somewhere or a partial, a gift from someone that you weren't expecting,

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 how that cheers you up, how it makes you feel so pleased that someone's remembered you.

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 Well, just think about that in the way that we can give invitations to people to church.

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 Some people might be just waiting for an invitation and nobody's bringing it.

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 And they'll be disappointed.

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 Others maybe aren't expecting an invitation.

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 So when you give it to them, it might cheer them up that you've remembered them, that you've thought of them.

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 And so it's important for us to think, too, that we, all of us together, have an important part to play, to invite people along to church.

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 It might be something they're waiting for, or it might be something that cheers them up and makes them glad that you've remembered them.

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 It might be just what they need to come along and to hear and gather with us together as we come to hear the good news of Jesus.

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 And just like the posties, they don't make excuses that the weather's too wet or too cold to go out with their post.

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 Well, let's not make our own excuses not to deliver the invitation.

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 We can make lots of different excuses not to invite or to give an invitation to someone.

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 But let's just think, well, we're inviting them to hear about Jesus.

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 And that's what counts.

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 And even if there's people listening online today as well, I invite you to come along and to gather with us and to be together to hear about Jesus.

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 So let's think about inviting, because God invites us to himself to come to him.

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 And then he tells us to invite others to come and see this Jesus and all his glory and all his love towards us.

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 So may God help us as we think about that and think over these coming days who we can invite and to go and invite people to come along to worship with us.

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 Well, we're going to say the Lord's Prayer together now.

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 Amen.

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 Well, let's sing to God's praise once again.

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 We're singing in Psalm 45a, in the Sing Psalms version, page 56 of the psalm books.

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 Psalm 45a, we'll sing from verse 1 to 6.

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 And the tune is Herder's Field.

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 A noble theme inspires my heart with verses for the king.

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 My tongue's a skillful writer's pen.

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 Composing lines to sing.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 6.

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 To God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 A noble theme inspires my heart with verses for the king.

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 My tongue's a skillful writer's pen.

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 Composing lines to sing.

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 You far excel the best of men.

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 Your lips are full of grace.

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 For God's light.

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 For God has blessed you evermore.

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 This light shines on your face.

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 O mighty one, take up your sword, and find it on your thigh.

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 With God's splendor.

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 With God's splendor.

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 Clothe yourself and with your majesty.

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 Bright court and state victoriously.

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 For meekness, truth and pride.

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 Let your light hand display your deeds of awesome power and height.

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 Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of those who hate the king.

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 And all the nations of the earth into subjection bring.

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 Your royal throne, O God, will last throughout eternity.

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 Your kingdom's center will be one of truth and equity.

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 Well, we'll turn to read together in God's word.

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 We're going to read in Paul's letter to the Philippians.

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 Our main reading is going to be in chapter 4 from verse 10 down to the end.

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 I just want to read the opening verses in chapter 1 as well.

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 Just the first two verses there in Philippians chapter 1.

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 You find this around page 1178.

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 So in the beginning of the letter, Paul says this,

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 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,

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 to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi with the overseers and deacons,

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 grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 That's his opening to this letter.

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 And then we're going to read in chapter 4 from verse 10 downwards.

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 And our focus today is really going to be on the close,

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 the closing part of this letter.

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 So we're going to read from verse 10.

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 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me.

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 You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity.

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 Not that I am speaking of being in need,

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 for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.

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 I know how to be brought low and I know how to abound.

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 In any and every circumstance,

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 I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.

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 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

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 Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble.

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 And you, Philippians, yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel,

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 when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me,

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 giving and receiving, except you only.

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 Even in Thessalonica, you sent me help for my needs once and again.

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 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.

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 I have received full payment and more.

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 I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent,

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 a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

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 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches and glory in Christ Jesus.

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 To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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 Greet every saint in Christ Jesus.

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 The brothers who are with me greet you.

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 All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar's household.

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 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

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 Amen.

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 And may God bless that reading from his word.

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 So again, just unite our hearts together in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven, as we continue in our worship,

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 we thank you for all the riches that are ours in Christ Jesus,

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 that we have a God who is able to abundantly supply all of our needs,

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 and that there are many things that we take for granted on a daily basis.

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 Help us and remind us that all that is ours is through your generosity to us.

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 For all is yours, and you are the one who supplies.

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 And we pray, Lord, that as we are blessed with so much,

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 that we would not forget you.

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 It is so easily done when we think of ourselves more and more,

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 when we give praise to ourselves or to those around us,

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 instead of looking up and looking to you.

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 And Lord, we pray that not just for ourselves today,

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 but for our people all around us,

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 for our nation and the world in which we live,

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 that we would recognize that every good

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 and every perfect gift is from above,

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 from the one who does not change,

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 the one who is the same yesterday, today, and forever,

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 that we would realize that you alone are God,

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 that you alone are worthy of worship and praise.

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 And how quickly our lives can change in that sense,

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 when we can go, even as Paul describes,

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 from plenty to need,

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 from having everything to having nothing, as it were,

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 how quickly and how easily our lives can change in that way.

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 And yet, even in Paul's own situation,

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 he was able to find what it was to be content,

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 to have that true joy of salvation in his heart.

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 And that was through knowing Christ Jesus.

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 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

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 And we thank you, Lord,

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 that you are the one who gives strength for all our needs.

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 That day by day, Lord,

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 that we would recognize the strength that you have given in the past,

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 the strength that you have given for this day,

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 and the strength that you will give us as we go on in this world.

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 For your grace is always sufficient,

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 and you supply, O Lord, as we need.

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 And so help us that we will depend upon you

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 and lean upon you in all of these things.

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 And we know that as we pray,

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 we can pray for others too,

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 that many more would come and know the wonder of your grace

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 and the wonder of your help

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 in the midst of many different and difficult situations

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 that people find themselves in.

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 We know the struggles of this life are so real

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 and so many at times,

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 that there is grief,

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 that there is sorrow and sadness,

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 that there is ill health,

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 that there is worry and anxiety,

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 that there are so many things

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 that are never far from our doorstep.

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 We can feel overwhelmed at times.

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 We can feel as if we're in the darkness of despair.

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 And yet, Lord, we thank you

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 that you are able to provide

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 even in the midst of all of that.

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 You are able to provide comfort.

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 You are able to provide help

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 and strength and light

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 and all that belongs to you.

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 And so we pray that, Lord,

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 together we would know

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 your help in every circumstance

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 and that people all around us

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 would come to know that help for themselves.

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 And we do remember, Lord,

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 all the different needs.

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 We pray for those who are grieving

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 in their hearts today.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that you are a God of all comfort.

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 We pray for those who are going through

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 times of ill health,

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 going through times of treatment for ill health,

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 going through anxious waiting

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 on results or appointments to take place.

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 Lord, may you give grace as they need.

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 We pray, Lord, for those around our communities

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 who are struggling financially,

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 those who are anxious about work,

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 those who are anxious about family.

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 Lord, again, we pray for you to come,

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 to come in your power,

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 to come in your grace

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 and to give us, O Lord,

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 a burden for them as well.

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 We pray to you and thank you, Lord,

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 that life has its joys as well.

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 We thank you that there are many reasons

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 for giving thanks to you.

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 We give thanks, Lord,

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 that you provide new life

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 for babies who are born

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 into our communities.

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 Lord, we thank you for that,

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 for those who are going through

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 times of pregnancy.

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 Lord, we pray your help

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 and protection over them.

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 For those who are going through

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 times of preparing for marriage,

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 for those who are coming to membership

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 in our congregation

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 or other congregations,

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 we thank you for these times of joy

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 where we see and know your spirit working.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that you are a God of many promises

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 and that you, O Lord,

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 are able to bless beyond

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 what we even ask or imagine.

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 So, Lord, hear our prayers

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:22.460
 of petition and thanksgiving

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:24.400
 as we offer them up to you.

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:26.600
 We pray for the work of the gospel

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:27.519
 in our own midst

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 and far and wide.

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 We think of things going on

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:33.200
 throughout this coming week

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 and in the weeks ahead as well.

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 We pray for the Friday at the Free

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 and thank you for all

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:39.180
 who have helped there

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 and for the encouragement received

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:43.960
 through seeing many people

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 coming through our doors.

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:47.340
 We pray your spirit to work

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:48.440
 in the midst of that.

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.019
 We thank you for the work

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.680
 of the Free Church camps.

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:53.019
 For those of our own number

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.640
 who are going away as campers

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.180
 and leaders,

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:57.440
 we pray for them, Lord,

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 that you will bless these times to them.

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.480
 We thank you for the carry night

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.319
 being organized

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 and pray, Lord,

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.759
 for a good response,

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.940
 for a blessed evening

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:08.039
 and for encouragements there.

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 O Lord, may your hand

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.940
 be upon it for good.

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:14.539
 Remember those who are organizing

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.119
 the camps.

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.420
 We pray for Maddie Beaton

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 and pray for others who help,

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.319
 for all the leaders

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:20.220
 who are preparing.

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 Lord, may your hand be upon them

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 for good as well.

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:26.379
 We thank you for the teaching

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:27.740
 of your word as well

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 and we pray for Precepts Scotland

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.099
 as they come and visit

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 for a weekend in April.

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 We pray for events to be held

00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:37.159
 for young people and adults

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 to help us to learn together

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.700
 from your word,

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:42.720
 how to read it,

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:44.100
 how to understand it,

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.100
 how to share it.

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 We thank you for every opportunity

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 we have for all of these things.

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 And Lord, we above all just pray

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:53.700
 for your spirit to work,

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:56.640
 for to know your power upon us,

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:56.920
 Lord.

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 We cannot do it ourselves,

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 not by might,

00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:00.880
 not by power,

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.440
 but by my spirit,

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.299
 says the Lord.

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.559
 And we thank you

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.519
 that you have promised

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.740
 the Holy Spirit.

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 And we pray in his name too

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:10.940
 and the name of our Lord

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:12.759
 and Saviour, Jesus Christ,

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.900
 for you to come in your power,

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.579
 to come and revive us,

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:18.620
 to come and do us good.

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 Continue with us in our worship

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:23.000
 at this time and into the evening.

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 Watch over us this day, Lord.

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 Give us from your word

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:28.500
 to be refreshed and encouraged.

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 Give us rest for our bodies

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.319
 and our souls.

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 And renew us, Lord,

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:35.019
 as we go on into the week ahead.

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 Go before us, Lord,

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 in all things.

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 Hear our prayers then

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.700
 and watch over us now,

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:42.319
 forgiving us for all our sin,

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:44.740
 as we ask it all in Jesus' name.

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.579
 Amen.

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 We're going to sing together

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:53.460
 to God's praise this time

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.980
 in Psalm 145.

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.160
 And let's sing Psalms.

00:24:58.339 --> 00:25:00.039
 Psalm 145,

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:04.359
 page 190 of the Psalm books.

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:09.819
 We'll sing from verse 8

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:15.259
 down to verse 18.

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 The tune is eventide.

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.319
 The Lord is gracious

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 and compassionate.

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.680
 He's slow to anger,

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.720
 rich in steadfast love.

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 The Lord is good

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 to all that he has made

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 and merciful to all on earth

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 that move.

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 We'll sing from verse 8

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.619
 down to verse 18

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:34.299
 to God's praise.

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 The Lord is gracious

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 and compassionate.

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低 in�면ian glory,

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 honor the Lord is good

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.480
 the God's blessing

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.680
 and good

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.659
 himself.

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:57.539
 The heart of their

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.720
 salvation is good

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.359
 and sorry about

00:25:58.359 --> 00:26:01.099
 God,

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:02.419
 the Lord is good

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:02.539
 and merciful to all

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:12.259
 of

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:14.399
 earth.

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:17.840
 to all of it.

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:19.560
 Amen.

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 All you have made

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:30.580
 will give you praise,

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:32.920
 O Lord.

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:37.480
 Your saints will all

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:43.180
 die to bless your name.

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:49.180
 The glory of your reign

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:53.000
 they will declare,

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:58.240
 and your surpassing might

00:26:58.240 --> 00:27:02.000
 they will proclaim.

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:08.539
 Thus all will hear

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:14.539
 how hard your mighty act

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:18.539
 unto the glorious

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:24.539
 splendor of your reign.

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:29.539
 Your kingdom will enter

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:33.539
 for evermore.

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:39.539
 Our all-time year to me

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:42.539
 and will remain.

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:49.539
 The Lord is faithful

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:54.359
 to his promises,

00:27:54.359 --> 00:28:01.539
 to all that he has made

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:05.539
 his love is shown.

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:09.539
 The Lord himself

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:15.539
 upholds all those who fall,

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:19.539
 and lifts up everyone

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:25.539
 who is out of town.

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:30.539
 All eyes are blessed

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:35.539
 except for me to you,

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:40.539
 and in your season

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:45.539
 you supply their food.

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:50.539
 You open my dear

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:55.539
 and to all that live,

00:28:55.539 --> 00:29:00.539
 and satisfy their needs

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:05.539
 with all his food.

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:09.539
 The Lord is just

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:15.539
 and good in all his ways.

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:19.539
 He shows his love

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:25.539
 to all that he has paid.

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:29.539
 The Lord is near

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:34.539
 to all who fall on him,

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:39.539
 to all who fall in truth

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.539
 to him,

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:44.539
 for he.

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:51.539
 Let's turn back to our reading

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.539
 in Paul's letter

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:54.539
 to the Philippians chapter 4.

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:57.539
 And we're reading at the end

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:59.539
 of the chapter there

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.539
 at verse 19,

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.539
 down to the end.

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.539
 My God will supply

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.539
 every need of yours

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:07.539
 according to his riches

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:09.539
 and glory in Christ Jesus.

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.539
 To our God and Father

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.539
 be glory

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.539
 forever and ever.

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.539
 Amen.

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.539
 Greet every saint

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:16.539
 in Christ Jesus.

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.539
 The brothers who are with me

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.539
 greet you.

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:20.539
 All the saints greet you,

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.539
 especially those

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:23.539
 of Caesar's household.

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.539
 The grace

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:26.539
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:28.539
 be with your spirit.

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:31.539
 As we look to this letter,

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:34.539
 it is a letter of joy

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.539
 that Paul wrote

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:37.539
 to the church at Philippi.

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.539
 He was rejoicing in them

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.539
 and with them

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:41.539
 for all their goodness

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.539
 towards him

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:44.539
 and towards their faith

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:46.539
 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.539
 As you read through the letter,

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:49.539
 you find there is so much

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:51.539
 of that sense of rejoicing.

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.539
 And we should open it up

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:56.539
 as a letter to ourselves

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:58.539
 to be excited about what God

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.539
 has to say to us.

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:03.539
 I remember when I was in school

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:05.539
 being taught how you were to write

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.539
 a letter.

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:08.539
 It was one of these exercises

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.539
 that you wanted to learn

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:11.539
 just how you would go about

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.539
 writing a letter

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.539
 and the different kinds

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.539
 of letters

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:16.539
 that you might write.

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.539
 We were told

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.539
 the kind of things

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.539
 that were important

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.539
 to put on the letter.

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.539
 The date,

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.539
 who it was from,

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:24.539
 how you started it,

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.539
 how the main body

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.539
 of the letter

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.539
 was to be written

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:29.539
 and what was to be included in it.

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:32.539
 But we were also told

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.539
 about how you write

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:35.539
 at the end of the letter

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:37.539
 and what it means

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.539
 and how you write

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.539
 at the end of the letter.

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.539
 If you were writing

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.539
 a general letter

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.539
 starting,

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:44.539
 Dear Sir, Madam,

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.539
 it would end

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:47.539
 yours faithfully.

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.539
 Or if you were writing

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.539
 and you knew the person's name,

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.539
 you would put Dear,

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.539
 whoever,

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:54.539
 and you would say at the end

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.539
 yours sincerely.

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.539
 Now it doesn't sound

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:59.539
 much of a difference,

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.539
 yours faithfully

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.539
 or yours sincerely,

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:03.539
 but what was being emphasized

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.539
 was how it would be received.

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.539
 And the difference

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.539
 it would make

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.539
 to the person

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:09.539
 who was receiving it.

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.539
 If you get them mixed up,

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.539
 it would cause

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:13.539
 a little bit of confusion.

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:16.539
 But when you look at

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:18.539
 God's Word,

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.539
 and when we look at

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:21.539
 especially maybe Paul's letters

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.539
 in the New Testament,

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.539
 there's a danger for us

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.539
 where we don't pay attention

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:27.539
 to the small details.

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.539
 The little details

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.539
 that would make a difference

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.539
 in the letter

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.539
 we write to someone

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.539
 is the same as true

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.539
 in how Paul writes,

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.539
 but how we see it

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.539
 as God writing

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.539
 through him,

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:40.539
 and how the little details

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:42.539
 are important as well.

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.539
 As you're reading through

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:46.539
 the letter to the Philippines,

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.539
 there's so much to take in

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.539
 and to learn

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.539
 that you can think that

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:52.539
 that's what is so important.

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:54.539
 But the beginning and the end

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.539
 highlight for us

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:57.539
 the bookends of the letter.

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.539
 That's why we read

00:32:58.539 --> 00:33:00.539
 in the opening verses as well.

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:03.539
 As Paul writes,

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:05.539
 he says there in verse 2

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.539
 of chapter 1,

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.539
 grace to you and peace

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:09.539
 from God our Father

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:11.539
 and the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:13.539
 This is who is writing

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.539
 to the people.

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:16.539
 It's the grace of God

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:18.539
 through our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:20.539
 And as you come to the conclusion

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.539
 of the letter,

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.539
 he's not writing

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:24.539
 yours faithfully, Paul,

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:26.539
 or yours sincerely, Paul.

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.539
 He doesn't even mention

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:29.539
 his own name.

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:31.539
 He says there in the very last verse,

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:35.539
 the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.539
 be with your spirit.

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:41.539
 And that's important for us

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:43.539
 to remember as well.

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.539
 There are many ways

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:47.539
 that we can communicate today.

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.539
 In many ways,

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:51.539
 the art of letter writing

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.539
 is a dying art.

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:54.539
 We have so many other ways

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.539
 to communicate.

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:57.539
 Text messages,

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.539
 emails,

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.539
 cards,

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:01.539
 and sometimes letters.

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.539
 It can be short,

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:05.539
 it can be long,

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:07.539
 but it's what's behind it

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:09.539
 that counts.

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:11.539
 It's what's behind it

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:13.539
 that makes all the difference.

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.539
 That you are writing,

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.539
 you're getting in touch

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:17.539
 getting in touch with someone,

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.539
 to let them know

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:20.539
 that you're thinking of them.

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.539
 In whatever situation

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.539
 it might be.

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:24.539
 It might be just saying hello.

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:27.539
 It might be just saying congratulations.

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 It might be saying,

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:30.539
 I'm sorry to hear your news.

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 Whatever it is,

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 it's just that you are remembering them.

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 And what we have before us here,

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:40.539
 it's not just a letter from Paul to the church.

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 It is God's word to his church,

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.539
 to Philippi,

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.539
 as it is to Stornway,

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.539
 to ourselves today.

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:52.539
 Because God wrote his book

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:54.539
 to communicate with his people.

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.539
 The word of God together

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:59.539
 is God's way of communicating to us.

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 And it's reminding us of his concern

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:04.539
 and his compassion

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:06.539
 and his love towards us

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.539
 as he writes to us.

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:10.539
 Sometimes it's just in the ordinary

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.539
 day-to-day situations.

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.539
 Other times,

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:15.539
 it's in the times of joy

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:17.539
 that we hear God's word speaking to us.

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 Other times,

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:21.539
 it's in the times of deep sorrow or anxiety

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 that we hear God's word speaking to us.

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 And we are to take our time

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:30.539
 to read it as God's word to us

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 for every and any circumstance.

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 And to see his great love towards us.

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:41.539
 That he has remembered us as a people.

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:45.539
 And like many letters

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:49.539
 can be sealed with a sense of love behind them.

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:52.539
 God's word to us is sealed

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:54.539
 with the greatest sense of love.

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 It is sealed by his grace.

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 Grace through the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Through the one who gave himself for us.

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 And that's what we see at the conclusion

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 of this letter.

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 And that's what we're going to focus on

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:15.539
 just for a few moments together this morning.

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 As we see the close of this letter of joy

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:21.539
 that Paul wrote to the Philippians.

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:24.539
 In his signing off here,

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:26.539
 there's three things that remind us

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:28.539
 of God's abundant provision

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.539
 towards his people.

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:33.539
 Three things that we see here.

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.539
 We see glory

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 and where that glory is to be given.

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 We see greetings

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 and how these greetings

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:45.539
 are to be received and given.

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 But we also see grace.

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 Grace.

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 Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:54.539
 So beginning at verse 19,

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:56.539
 I want to see these three things.

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 The glory to God.

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 The greetings to one another.

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 And the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So first we see the glory of God.

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 In verse 19 there it says,

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 And my God will supply every need of yours

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 according to his riches and glory in Christ Jesus.

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 To our God and Father be glory forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 Twice the word glory is used there.

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 And the context is important for us here.

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 When we start reading at verse 10,

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 we see the context into which Paul is writing to the church at Philippi.

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 They have been very generous towards Paul in his ministry.

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:49.539
 He rejoices greatly, he says in verse 10,

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 that you have revived your concern for me.

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 That they have been able to give to him once again.

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 Something that they've been doing on a regular basis,

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 as you see, as you read through these verses.

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 In verse 14, in the middle of that verse,

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 When I left Macedonia,

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 no church entered into partnership with me

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:14.539
 in giving and receiving except only you.

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 Even in Thessalonica, a rich place.

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 You sent me help for my needs once and again.

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 And Philippi wasn't as rich as other places.

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 But they were giving out of their generosity.

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 They were giving out of their thanksgiving.

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 Thanksgiving for Paul's ministry.

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 But above all, thanksgiving to God.

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 They were generous because God had been good to them.

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 They were giving glory to God.

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 It's easy to take glory to ourselves.

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 It's easy to praise ourselves.

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 But who is worthy of all our praise?

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 God alone.

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 And that's what Paul is making clear at the end of this letter.

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 My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches and glory in Christ Jesus.

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 He's encouraging them to continue to be generous in light of God's goodness to them.

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 And so are we generous to God in this way?

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 Are we a people who are generous to God in all that we are doing?

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 Are we generous in giving him praise and glory in all that we do?

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 Are we generous in giving our lives to him?

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 NeverWhy aren't they going to Iismany psalm

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 So she gave her daughter a pound coin and a five pound note.

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 And she said to her, put whichever one you want into the collection plate and keep the other one for yourself.

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 A little test.

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 Put one into the collection plate and keep the other to yourself.

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 And so they sat through the sermon.

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 And part of the sermon in the church they were in was that a giving's plate would be passed round at a certain point in the service.

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 And after the service, as we were leaving the church, the mother asked the daughter, well, what did you give?

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:42.559
 And the daughter started replying by saying, well, I was going to give the five pound note.

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 But then the man in the pulpit said that we are to be cheerful givers.

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 And so I thought to myself then for a moment, I'll be much more cheerful if I give the pound.

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 So I put the pound in.

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 Now that's not what God means by being cheerful givers.

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 It's not about making ourselves happy.

00:41:08.399 --> 00:41:12.699
 It's about being cheerful and recognizing all that God has done for us.

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:16.419
 And being generous in what we give to him.

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 So what are you willing to give to God?

00:41:21.180 --> 00:41:25.340
 And what do you see that God has given to you?

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:29.000
 When you look at verse 19 there,

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 My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:41.740
 Every need is met in Christ Jesus.

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 He has supplied our every need.

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:54.000
 If your birthday is approaching or when Christmas is coming, like we were saying to the young ones earlier, there's a sense of anticipation.

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:57.279
 I wonder what I'll get.

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 There's an excitement in that thought, but also sometimes an element of doubt.

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:06.359
 I wonder will I get what I want?

00:42:06.819 --> 00:42:08.659
 I wonder will I get what I've asked for?

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:12.139
 I wonder sometimes if I'll get anything at all.

00:42:13.339 --> 00:42:18.420
 But when you look at Philippi and the people of God there and Paul himself,

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:21.739
 they weren't looking at God in this way.

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 They weren't saying, I wonder will God supply.

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 Because look at what Paul says,

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 My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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 He will.

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 It's not might.

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:42.459
 God might give.

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 Or God could give that in some ways dependent on you.

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:54.260
 But no, it's my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches.

00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:59.180
 Do you doubt God in his supply?

00:43:00.260 --> 00:43:05.240
 Do you doubt God that he is able to meet everything that you need in Christ Jesus?

00:43:06.020 --> 00:43:06.980
 Paul doesn't.

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:11.500
 And that's what he's encouraging the church at Philippi and ourselves to remember,

00:43:11.620 --> 00:43:16.200
 that God will supply our every need in Christ Jesus.

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:20.480
 People in management, people in politics,

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:25.199
 they sometimes go through that period when things aren't going well.

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:30.119
 And they receive what's often called the dreaded vote of confidence.

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:33.980
 It comes, if you think of a football manager,

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:36.579
 going through a period of poor results.

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:39.879
 It comes in the midst of this run of poor results.

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:41.419
 And they'll come out with a statement.

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:44.539
 The board has given him the vote of confidence.

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:47.679
 And then a few days later, they're sacked.

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:55.360
 They don't have confidence that the manager is able to turn things around.

00:43:56.400 --> 00:44:00.639
 And it's mere words, a token gesture of a vote of confidence.

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:03.259
 And it's called the dreaded vote of confidence

00:44:03.259 --> 00:44:06.340
 because it usually means that a change is coming.

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:14.360
 But Paul here is reminding us that God is a God who is able to turn things around.

00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:18.739
 That when things aren't going right, when things aren't going well,

00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:22.179
 that he is able to turn things around.

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:26.079
 That he can and will supply our every need.

00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:29.500
 And that that is why we are to give glory to God.

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:31.800
 Because he is able.

00:44:32.759 --> 00:44:35.779
 He is able and he has done so much for us

00:44:35.779 --> 00:44:39.039
 through the riches that we have in Christ Jesus.

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:44.719
 You think of when God came down to this world in his son, Christ Jesus.

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:46.099
 The birth of Jesus.

00:44:46.779 --> 00:44:49.679
 When the angels met the shepherds out in the field,

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:51.619
 they were singing,

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:54.579
 Glory to God in the highest.

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:57.099
 Glory to God in the highest.

00:44:57.099 --> 00:45:00.940
 And that's the song that we can still sing.

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:03.639
 Glory to God in the highest.

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:07.400
 To our God and Father be glory forever and ever.

00:45:07.980 --> 00:45:08.420
 Amen.

00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:09.420
 Full stop.

00:45:10.179 --> 00:45:12.039
 Give glory to God.

00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:14.059
 For he is worthy.

00:45:15.799 --> 00:45:20.219
 Well then we see the second thing here is the greetings to one another.

00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:24.399
 And it says here as he's concluding his letter,

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:26.799
 Greet every saint in Christ Jesus.

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:29.299
 The brothers who are with me greet you.

00:45:29.659 --> 00:45:31.019
 And all the saints greet you,

00:45:31.139 --> 00:45:34.000
 especially those of Caesar's household.

00:45:35.899 --> 00:45:37.819
 How we greet and are greeted.

00:45:38.439 --> 00:45:40.619
 As you come to the conclusion of this letter,

00:45:40.779 --> 00:45:44.239
 it's Paul reminding them to be united,

00:45:44.239 --> 00:45:48.619
 to be together in the love of God that is in Christ Jesus.

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:52.739
 They've been reminded of the joy that there is in the Lord.

00:45:52.839 --> 00:45:55.699
 The rejoicing that there is in the Lord.

00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:57.699
 The rejoicing that there is

00:45:57.699 --> 00:46:00.519
 and sharing in the work of the gospel together.

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:03.359
 Now he's reminding them that this joy can be shown

00:46:03.359 --> 00:46:05.559
 in how you greet one another.

00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:10.699
 And greet here is literally a word used in other places.

00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:11.980
 It's for salute.

00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:14.319
 Salute one another.

00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:17.719
 Don't go past one another without acknowledging

00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:20.259
 and saluting, greeting one another.

00:46:21.919 --> 00:46:26.099
 And the letter opened with this sense of greeting as well.

00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:31.059
 As he's writing to them in the opening verses,

00:46:31.279 --> 00:46:33.599
 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,

00:46:33.779 --> 00:46:37.619
 to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi,

00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:39.819
 with the overseers and deacons,

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:43.139
 grace to you and peace from God our Father

00:46:43.139 --> 00:46:44.639
 and the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:47.480
 It's greetings in his name.

00:46:48.199 --> 00:46:52.400
 Greetings through the riches that are ours in Christ.

00:46:53.279 --> 00:46:55.480
 And that's what he's reminding them to go on

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:58.799
 in that sense of togetherness here as well.

00:47:00.319 --> 00:47:01.199
 Greet one another.

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:02.799
 Encourage one another.

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:04.559
 Remember one another.

00:47:04.759 --> 00:47:06.159
 Look out for one another.

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:11.659
 And you think of the people he mentions here as well.

00:47:12.279 --> 00:47:14.799
 Greet every saint in Christ Jesus.

00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:17.559
 The brothers who are with me greet you.

00:47:17.739 --> 00:47:19.539
 And you think, that's great, that's fine.

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:22.259
 But then he says, all the saints greet you,

00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:25.879
 especially those of Caesar's household.

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:27.920
 And you think to yourself,

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:31.700
 well, what's important about Caesar's household?

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:34.820
 Well, Caesar was the ruler at the time.

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:38.680
 Caesar was the one under whose name Paul

00:47:38.680 --> 00:47:40.079
 was being held in prison.

00:47:41.160 --> 00:47:45.519
 Caesar's household was the guards who was keeping him.

00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:49.840
 And you think, well, here's the church at Philippi

00:47:49.840 --> 00:47:52.780
 hearing that they are to greet Caesar's household

00:47:52.780 --> 00:47:54.559
 who would be almost seen as the enemy,

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:57.539
 the ones who are holding Paul.

00:47:57.619 --> 00:47:59.019
 And yet he's saying, greet them.

00:47:59.119 --> 00:48:01.099
 And what's made the difference?

00:48:02.219 --> 00:48:05.420
 Well, it's those who are of, greet the saints.

00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:10.559
 So there are saints now in Caesar's household.

00:48:11.420 --> 00:48:13.960
 That even through Paul's imprisonment,

00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:15.799
 nothing has been wasted by God.

00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:19.299
 That God has used this imprisonment

00:48:19.299 --> 00:48:21.719
 to bring people to know Jesus.

00:48:21.719 --> 00:48:26.539
 Even people who are sworn enemies of Christians

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:29.639
 and the Christian faith, Caesar's household,

00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:32.239
 some have been converted.

00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:35.500
 And it's a reason for rejoicing.

00:48:36.159 --> 00:48:38.819
 It's a reason to remember the grace

00:48:38.819 --> 00:48:41.119
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:48:41.119 --> 00:48:44.099
 and the wonder of that grace

00:48:44.099 --> 00:48:45.899
 that makes all the difference.

00:48:45.900 --> 00:48:48.000
 the wonder of that grace

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:50.960
 that we invite people to come and hear of.

00:48:50.960 --> 00:48:52.360
 The wonder of that grace

00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:54.460
 that can unite all people.

00:48:55.180 --> 00:48:56.880
 The saints in Christ Jesus.

00:48:57.440 --> 00:48:58.940
 The brothers who are with me.

00:48:59.039 --> 00:48:59.680
 The saints.

00:49:00.240 --> 00:49:01.599
 All the saints greet you,

00:49:01.760 --> 00:49:03.380
 especially Caesar's household.

00:49:03.880 --> 00:49:05.500
 That God has people everywhere.

00:49:06.500 --> 00:49:07.300
 And that in that,

00:49:07.680 --> 00:49:08.700
 we can rejoice.

00:49:08.699 --> 00:49:12.219
 that God's abundant provision

00:49:12.219 --> 00:49:14.460
 is that he is saving his people

00:49:14.460 --> 00:49:17.119
 here, there, and everywhere.

00:49:18.119 --> 00:49:20.460
 And it's wonderful when we hear

00:49:20.460 --> 00:49:22.619
 God saving people.

00:49:23.259 --> 00:49:25.000
 God's work of salvation.

00:49:25.299 --> 00:49:27.219
 God working in power

00:49:27.219 --> 00:49:28.139
 to bring people

00:49:28.139 --> 00:49:30.619
 to know the grace and the glory

00:49:30.619 --> 00:49:32.739
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:49:32.859 --> 00:49:34.539
 And in that, we can rejoice

00:49:34.539 --> 00:49:37.539
 that God is working.

00:49:38.759 --> 00:49:40.400
 That God is drawing people

00:49:40.400 --> 00:49:41.019
 to himself.

00:49:41.139 --> 00:49:41.759
 And that together,

00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:43.619
 we see that and rejoice

00:49:43.619 --> 00:49:44.739
 in that as well.

00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:46.099
 And that together,

00:49:46.259 --> 00:49:48.279
 we share in that.

00:49:49.440 --> 00:49:50.559
 And then we share

00:49:50.559 --> 00:49:52.039
 with one another.

00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:54.420
 And it's a reminder here

00:49:54.420 --> 00:49:56.739
 as Paul is concluding his letter,

00:49:57.259 --> 00:49:59.500
 greet, salute, remember,

00:50:00.159 --> 00:50:01.420
 encourage, help.

00:50:01.679 --> 00:50:03.779
 All of these things are bound up

00:50:03.780 --> 00:50:05.220
 in what he's saying.

00:50:06.040 --> 00:50:08.320
 Quietly love one another.

00:50:09.560 --> 00:50:12.000
 Graciously receive one another.

00:50:14.580 --> 00:50:16.519
 As Paul speaks here,

00:50:16.620 --> 00:50:18.380
 he's speaking about fellowship.

00:50:19.500 --> 00:50:21.260
 And fellowship is all through

00:50:21.260 --> 00:50:22.680
 the New Testament.

00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:24.260
 It's the togetherness

00:50:24.260 --> 00:50:26.100
 of God's people,

00:50:26.200 --> 00:50:28.300
 of sharing with one another.

00:50:29.540 --> 00:50:31.660
 And I read a thing about

00:50:31.659 --> 00:50:33.179
 Charles Spurgeon

00:50:33.179 --> 00:50:34.539
 and his wife recently.

00:50:35.339 --> 00:50:36.359
 And it was something

00:50:36.359 --> 00:50:37.659
 that I was surprised

00:50:37.659 --> 00:50:38.619
 to read of.

00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:41.219
 And it was a simple story.

00:50:41.980 --> 00:50:43.079
 And it reminds us

00:50:43.079 --> 00:50:44.299
 of just what it means

00:50:44.299 --> 00:50:46.119
 to be there for one another.

00:50:47.239 --> 00:50:48.339
 Charles Spurgeon

00:50:48.339 --> 00:50:49.079
 and his wife,

00:50:49.259 --> 00:50:50.779
 they had hens.

00:50:51.819 --> 00:50:53.019
 And as their hens

00:50:53.019 --> 00:50:53.920
 would lay eggs,

00:50:54.420 --> 00:50:55.879
 they would sell the eggs.

00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:57.899
 They refused to give them away.

00:50:57.900 --> 00:50:59.740
 They would always sell them,

00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:01.599
 even to close relatives.

00:51:02.180 --> 00:51:02.980
 They were told,

00:51:03.119 --> 00:51:03.940
 well, if you want eggs,

00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:05.119
 you have to pay for them.

00:51:06.119 --> 00:51:07.599
 And this led to them

00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:08.660
 being criticized.

00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:11.079
 People thought

00:51:11.079 --> 00:51:11.920
 they were selfish

00:51:11.920 --> 00:51:12.680
 and greedy.

00:51:13.460 --> 00:51:14.260
 And why is it

00:51:14.260 --> 00:51:15.160
 that they would do this

00:51:15.160 --> 00:51:16.619
 and not just give them away?

00:51:17.559 --> 00:51:19.420
 And it wasn't until after

00:51:19.420 --> 00:51:22.220
 Spurgeon's wife passed away

00:51:22.220 --> 00:51:23.700
 that it became known

00:51:23.700 --> 00:51:25.820
 just what was behind it all.

00:51:25.820 --> 00:51:27.700
 all the money

00:51:27.700 --> 00:51:28.980
 that they received

00:51:28.980 --> 00:51:29.940
 from selling eggs

00:51:29.940 --> 00:51:31.600
 was used to support

00:51:31.600 --> 00:51:32.640
 two widows.

00:51:34.240 --> 00:51:37.300
 They would receive criticism,

00:51:37.460 --> 00:51:37.840
 but they wouldn't

00:51:37.840 --> 00:51:38.860
 defend themselves.

00:51:39.680 --> 00:51:40.680
 They didn't want to know

00:51:40.680 --> 00:51:42.140
 that they were helping

00:51:42.140 --> 00:51:42.940
 or that these women

00:51:42.940 --> 00:51:43.760
 were being helped.

00:51:43.860 --> 00:51:45.240
 They just quietly did it

00:51:45.240 --> 00:51:47.539
 and accepted the criticism.

00:51:48.720 --> 00:51:50.019
 And that is fellowship

00:51:50.019 --> 00:51:51.420
 in the gospel.

00:51:52.240 --> 00:51:54.400
 Looking out for one another.

00:51:54.400 --> 00:51:56.760
 And that is the greetings

00:51:56.760 --> 00:51:58.340
 that we are to share

00:51:58.340 --> 00:51:59.019
 and to show

00:51:59.019 --> 00:52:01.099
 to those around us,

00:52:01.200 --> 00:52:02.820
 to all the saints,

00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:04.800
 to all who are in Christ,

00:52:05.059 --> 00:52:07.019
 even those who surprise us

00:52:07.019 --> 00:52:08.260
 that they are in Christ,

00:52:08.340 --> 00:52:10.059
 those of Caesar's household.

00:52:10.460 --> 00:52:11.099
 How many people

00:52:11.099 --> 00:52:12.360
 have we seen surprises

00:52:12.360 --> 00:52:14.380
 in their coming to the Lord,

00:52:14.639 --> 00:52:15.780
 maybe even questioned

00:52:15.780 --> 00:52:17.039
 whether it's real?

00:52:18.079 --> 00:52:19.079
 But we are to greet

00:52:19.079 --> 00:52:20.099
 one another.

00:52:20.099 --> 00:52:23.079
 greet one another

00:52:23.079 --> 00:52:24.759
 in Christ Jesus.

00:52:25.960 --> 00:52:27.039
 And then finally,

00:52:27.179 --> 00:52:29.739
 you have these closing words.

00:52:30.980 --> 00:52:34.199
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:52:34.199 --> 00:52:36.460
 be with your spirit.

00:52:38.460 --> 00:52:40.779
 Paul closes this letter

00:52:40.779 --> 00:52:41.960
 with what we would call

00:52:41.960 --> 00:52:43.119
 a benediction.

00:52:43.119 --> 00:52:45.639
 And a benediction

00:52:45.639 --> 00:52:46.219
 is something

00:52:46.219 --> 00:52:47.219
 that you will hear

00:52:47.219 --> 00:52:49.639
 at every service.

00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:51.719
 You'll hear it at funerals.

00:52:51.819 --> 00:52:52.519
 You'll hear it whenever

00:52:52.519 --> 00:52:54.440
 the gospel is being preached.

00:52:55.400 --> 00:52:56.440
 But we can just kind of,

00:52:56.699 --> 00:52:57.980
 as we do with a closing

00:52:57.980 --> 00:52:58.480
 of a letter,

00:52:58.539 --> 00:53:00.099
 we can just glance over it

00:53:00.099 --> 00:53:01.460
 as unimportant.

00:53:02.859 --> 00:53:03.779
 We can start looking

00:53:03.779 --> 00:53:04.699
 for our keys

00:53:04.699 --> 00:53:06.199
 when the minister says

00:53:06.199 --> 00:53:07.019
 we're going to close

00:53:07.019 --> 00:53:08.299
 with a benediction.

00:53:08.679 --> 00:53:09.599
 We can start sorting

00:53:09.599 --> 00:53:10.400
 ourselves out.

00:53:10.400 --> 00:53:11.199
 And yet,

00:53:11.279 --> 00:53:13.000
 it's such an important thing.

00:53:13.659 --> 00:53:14.559
 So what is

00:53:14.559 --> 00:53:15.739
 a benediction?

00:53:16.219 --> 00:53:17.299
 What is Paul

00:53:17.299 --> 00:53:18.599
 closing with here?

00:53:18.659 --> 00:53:19.179
 The grace

00:53:19.179 --> 00:53:21.299
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:53:21.299 --> 00:53:22.659
 be with your spirit.

00:53:23.039 --> 00:53:24.460
 He's closing with words

00:53:24.460 --> 00:53:25.339
 that are not just

00:53:25.339 --> 00:53:26.239
 his own.

00:53:26.819 --> 00:53:27.699
 Or a blessing

00:53:27.699 --> 00:53:28.420
 that's just

00:53:28.420 --> 00:53:29.380
 from himself.

00:53:30.500 --> 00:53:31.199
 He's closing

00:53:31.199 --> 00:53:32.119
 with the blessing

00:53:32.119 --> 00:53:33.359
 of God.

00:53:34.279 --> 00:53:34.980
 A reminder

00:53:34.980 --> 00:53:36.259
 that the word of God

00:53:36.259 --> 00:53:37.179
 is from God

00:53:37.179 --> 00:53:38.299
 himself.

00:53:39.139 --> 00:53:40.179
 That God

00:53:40.179 --> 00:53:41.199
 is speaking

00:53:41.199 --> 00:53:41.859
 to us.

00:53:41.860 --> 00:53:42.980
 that God

00:53:42.980 --> 00:53:43.579
 wants

00:53:43.579 --> 00:53:44.840
 what is good

00:53:44.840 --> 00:53:45.660
 for us.

00:53:45.660 --> 00:53:46.620
 That God

00:53:46.620 --> 00:53:48.400
 remembers us.

00:53:49.019 --> 00:53:50.220
 And so that as we go

00:53:50.220 --> 00:53:50.900
 from here

00:53:50.900 --> 00:53:52.260
 and as the church

00:53:52.260 --> 00:53:53.000
 at Philippi

00:53:53.000 --> 00:53:54.559
 was receiving

00:53:54.559 --> 00:53:55.240
 this letter

00:53:55.240 --> 00:53:56.480
 and coming to the

00:53:56.480 --> 00:53:57.519
 close of this letter,

00:53:57.599 --> 00:53:58.660
 that they would go on

00:53:58.660 --> 00:53:59.760
 in the grace

00:53:59.760 --> 00:54:01.559
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:03.900
 That is what it is

00:54:03.900 --> 00:54:04.920
 for ourselves

00:54:04.920 --> 00:54:06.120
 as well.

00:54:06.119 --> 00:54:08.599
 to go from here

00:54:08.599 --> 00:54:09.940
 under the blessing

00:54:09.940 --> 00:54:10.719
 of God

00:54:10.719 --> 00:54:12.139
 and to know

00:54:12.139 --> 00:54:13.099
 God

00:54:13.099 --> 00:54:13.980
 with us

00:54:13.980 --> 00:54:15.460
 and to know

00:54:15.460 --> 00:54:16.219
 the grace

00:54:16.219 --> 00:54:17.599
 of the Lord

00:54:17.599 --> 00:54:18.799
 Jesus Christ

00:54:18.799 --> 00:54:20.440
 with our spirit.

00:54:21.400 --> 00:54:22.279
 Think of yourselves

00:54:22.279 --> 00:54:23.259
 even as you go home

00:54:23.259 --> 00:54:24.239
 today.

00:54:25.099 --> 00:54:25.819
 You'll go home

00:54:25.819 --> 00:54:26.179
 perhaps

00:54:26.179 --> 00:54:26.739
 and you'll sit

00:54:26.739 --> 00:54:27.420
 at the table

00:54:27.420 --> 00:54:29.099
 whether it's with family

00:54:29.099 --> 00:54:29.739
 and friends

00:54:29.739 --> 00:54:30.779
 or just by yourself.

00:54:30.780 --> 00:54:31.400
 you'll sit

00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:32.019
 and you'll eat

00:54:32.019 --> 00:54:32.519
 something

00:54:32.519 --> 00:54:34.019
 and as we do

00:54:34.019 --> 00:54:35.240
 we will say

00:54:35.240 --> 00:54:36.360
 a word of grace

00:54:36.360 --> 00:54:37.820
 before we have

00:54:37.820 --> 00:54:38.480
 our food.

00:54:39.740 --> 00:54:40.540
 Or just think

00:54:40.540 --> 00:54:41.720
 of these words.

00:54:42.600 --> 00:54:43.160
 The grace

00:54:43.160 --> 00:54:44.019
 of the Lord

00:54:44.019 --> 00:54:45.160
 Jesus Christ

00:54:45.160 --> 00:54:46.360
 be with

00:54:46.360 --> 00:54:47.340
 your spirit.

00:54:48.480 --> 00:54:48.940
 Grace,

00:54:49.100 --> 00:54:49.900
 a word of thanks

00:54:49.900 --> 00:54:50.700
 before a meal

00:54:50.700 --> 00:54:51.620
 can just become

00:54:51.620 --> 00:54:53.019
 another habit,

00:54:53.680 --> 00:54:54.560
 another routine,

00:54:54.700 --> 00:54:55.440
 another ritual

00:54:55.440 --> 00:54:56.420
 and we just

00:54:56.420 --> 00:54:57.300
 say the words

00:54:57.300 --> 00:54:58.119
 and we eat.

00:54:59.000 --> 00:54:59.840
 But do we think

00:54:59.840 --> 00:55:00.380
 about what

00:55:00.380 --> 00:55:01.480
 our words mean?

00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:02.619
 Do we think

00:55:02.619 --> 00:55:03.500
 about what is

00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:04.700
 before us?

00:55:05.300 --> 00:55:05.760
 That we are

00:55:05.760 --> 00:55:06.860
 thanking the Lord

00:55:06.860 --> 00:55:08.260
 for the food

00:55:08.260 --> 00:55:09.019
 that we have,

00:55:09.559 --> 00:55:10.639
 for the blessings

00:55:10.639 --> 00:55:11.500
 that we enjoy

00:55:11.500 --> 00:55:12.599
 from his hand,

00:55:13.159 --> 00:55:14.000
 that he enables

00:55:14.000 --> 00:55:15.119
 us to go on

00:55:15.119 --> 00:55:16.820
 in his strength.

00:55:17.500 --> 00:55:17.860
 Without

00:55:17.860 --> 00:55:18.920
 the grace

00:55:18.920 --> 00:55:19.579
 of the Lord

00:55:19.579 --> 00:55:20.700
 Jesus Christ

00:55:20.700 --> 00:55:22.360
 we have nothing.

00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:25.420
 but in it

00:55:25.420 --> 00:55:26.039
 we remember

00:55:26.039 --> 00:55:26.700
 that God

00:55:26.700 --> 00:55:28.120
 has remembered

00:55:28.120 --> 00:55:28.820
 us.

00:55:29.800 --> 00:55:30.320
 Whether it's

00:55:30.320 --> 00:55:31.059
 sitting at a meal

00:55:31.059 --> 00:55:31.500
 or whatever

00:55:31.500 --> 00:55:32.400
 we are doing

00:55:32.400 --> 00:55:33.420
 we do it

00:55:33.420 --> 00:55:34.220
 by the grace

00:55:34.220 --> 00:55:35.480
 of our Lord

00:55:35.480 --> 00:55:36.559
 Jesus Christ.

00:55:37.980 --> 00:55:38.460
 And even as

00:55:38.460 --> 00:55:39.220
 you sit at a meal

00:55:39.220 --> 00:55:39.640
 today

00:55:39.640 --> 00:55:40.880
 remember the

00:55:40.880 --> 00:55:41.360
 provision,

00:55:41.500 --> 00:55:42.019
 the abundant

00:55:42.019 --> 00:55:42.800
 provision that

00:55:42.800 --> 00:55:43.760
 God is preparing

00:55:43.760 --> 00:55:45.200
 for his people.

00:55:45.720 --> 00:55:46.160
 A meal,

00:55:46.300 --> 00:55:46.780
 a banquet

00:55:46.780 --> 00:55:47.760
 prepared for

00:55:47.760 --> 00:55:48.519
 those of his

00:55:48.519 --> 00:55:48.980
 people

00:55:48.980 --> 00:55:50.019
 who will come

00:55:50.019 --> 00:55:51.079
 into his glory

00:55:51.079 --> 00:55:52.599
 and share

00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:53.799
 with him.

00:55:55.059 --> 00:55:55.559
 We have an

00:55:55.559 --> 00:55:56.059
 abundance

00:55:56.059 --> 00:55:58.179
 because he

00:55:58.179 --> 00:55:59.199
 who was rich

00:55:59.199 --> 00:56:00.860
 for our sake

00:56:00.860 --> 00:56:02.420
 became poor.

00:56:03.279 --> 00:56:04.139
 That Christ

00:56:04.139 --> 00:56:04.779
 came into

00:56:04.779 --> 00:56:05.559
 this world

00:56:05.559 --> 00:56:06.699
 to give

00:56:06.699 --> 00:56:08.259
 himself for us.

00:56:08.319 --> 00:56:08.799
 What Paul

00:56:08.799 --> 00:56:09.259
 has written

00:56:09.259 --> 00:56:10.099
 earlier in this

00:56:10.099 --> 00:56:11.159
 letter in

00:56:11.159 --> 00:56:12.079
 chapter 2

00:56:12.079 --> 00:56:13.500
 those wonderful

00:56:13.500 --> 00:56:14.019
 words,

00:56:14.139 --> 00:56:14.980
 have this mind

00:56:14.980 --> 00:56:16.039
 among yourselves

00:56:16.039 --> 00:56:16.960
 which is yours

00:56:16.960 --> 00:56:18.400
 in Christ Jesus

00:56:18.400 --> 00:56:18.860
 who,

00:56:19.360 --> 00:56:20.000
 though he was

00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:20.719
 in the form

00:56:20.719 --> 00:56:21.400
 of God

00:56:21.400 --> 00:56:22.280
 did not

00:56:22.280 --> 00:56:23.400
 count equality

00:56:23.400 --> 00:56:24.019
 with God

00:56:24.019 --> 00:56:24.920
 a thing to be

00:56:24.920 --> 00:56:25.519
 grasped

00:56:25.519 --> 00:56:26.920
 but made

00:56:26.920 --> 00:56:27.760
 himself

00:56:27.760 --> 00:56:28.659
 nothing.

00:56:29.440 --> 00:56:30.019
 Taking the

00:56:30.019 --> 00:56:30.920
 form of a

00:56:30.920 --> 00:56:31.320
 servant

00:56:31.320 --> 00:56:32.619
 being born

00:56:32.619 --> 00:56:33.460
 in the likeness

00:56:33.460 --> 00:56:33.860
 of men

00:56:33.860 --> 00:56:34.539
 and so it

00:56:34.539 --> 00:56:35.159
 goes on

00:56:35.159 --> 00:56:36.079
 to the point

00:56:36.079 --> 00:56:36.380
 where it

00:56:36.380 --> 00:56:37.639
 describes himself

00:56:37.639 --> 00:56:39.079
 giving his

00:56:39.079 --> 00:56:39.619
 life

00:56:39.619 --> 00:56:40.920
 on a tree.

00:56:42.039 --> 00:56:43.099
 He emptied

00:56:43.099 --> 00:56:43.840
 himself.

00:56:44.280 --> 00:56:44.880
 He made

00:56:44.880 --> 00:56:45.739
 himself

00:56:45.739 --> 00:56:46.739
 nothing.

00:56:47.139 --> 00:56:47.960
 He was rich

00:56:47.960 --> 00:56:48.699
 but for

00:56:48.699 --> 00:56:49.440
 our sakes

00:56:49.440 --> 00:56:50.460
 he became

00:56:50.460 --> 00:56:51.000
 poor.

00:56:51.800 --> 00:56:52.220
 Why?

00:56:52.920 --> 00:56:53.440
 So that we

00:56:53.440 --> 00:56:54.340
 might be rich

00:56:54.340 --> 00:56:55.539
 through him.

00:56:56.440 --> 00:56:57.199
 The grace

00:56:57.199 --> 00:56:58.380
 of the Lord

00:56:58.380 --> 00:56:59.539
 Jesus Christ

00:56:59.539 --> 00:57:00.760
 is something

00:57:00.760 --> 00:57:01.519
 precious.

00:57:02.559 --> 00:57:03.260
 Something to

00:57:03.260 --> 00:57:03.980
 give thanks

00:57:03.980 --> 00:57:04.440
 for.

00:57:04.940 --> 00:57:05.420
 Something to

00:57:05.420 --> 00:57:05.980
 remember

00:57:05.980 --> 00:57:07.760
 every day.

00:57:08.920 --> 00:57:09.559
 Back in

00:57:09.559 --> 00:57:10.840
 2015

00:57:10.840 --> 00:57:12.720
 Mark Zuckerberg

00:57:12.720 --> 00:57:13.800
 the creator

00:57:13.800 --> 00:57:14.519
 of Facebook

00:57:14.519 --> 00:57:15.159
 and who made

00:57:15.159 --> 00:57:16.300
 a fortune

00:57:16.300 --> 00:57:16.980
 out of it

00:57:16.980 --> 00:57:18.240
 he announced

00:57:18.240 --> 00:57:18.640
 that he was

00:57:18.640 --> 00:57:19.039
 going to

00:57:19.039 --> 00:57:19.820
 spend or

00:57:19.820 --> 00:57:21.300
 give 99%

00:57:21.300 --> 00:57:21.920
 of his

00:57:21.920 --> 00:57:22.400
 wealth

00:57:22.400 --> 00:57:23.300
 to charity

00:57:23.300 --> 00:57:24.620
 and his

00:57:24.620 --> 00:57:25.019
 wealth

00:57:25.019 --> 00:57:25.640
 even at that

00:57:25.640 --> 00:57:25.980
 point

00:57:25.980 --> 00:57:26.880
 was no

00:57:26.880 --> 00:57:27.840
 small figure.

00:57:27.940 --> 00:57:28.140
 He was

00:57:28.140 --> 00:57:28.519
 worth

00:57:28.519 --> 00:57:29.340
 roughly

00:57:29.340 --> 00:57:30.840
 45 billion

00:57:30.840 --> 00:57:31.380
 dollars

00:57:31.380 --> 00:57:31.960
 at that

00:57:31.960 --> 00:57:32.380
 time.

00:57:32.720 --> 00:57:32.920
 He was

00:57:32.920 --> 00:57:33.140
 going to

00:57:33.140 --> 00:57:33.640
 give away

00:57:33.640 --> 00:57:35.180
 99%

00:57:35.180 --> 00:57:36.940
 still

00:57:36.940 --> 00:57:37.240
 leaving

00:57:37.240 --> 00:57:37.500
 with

00:57:37.500 --> 00:57:38.539
 450

00:57:38.539 --> 00:57:38.980
 million

00:57:38.980 --> 00:57:39.539
 dollars.

00:57:40.740 --> 00:57:41.080
 You think

00:57:41.080 --> 00:57:41.320
 well

00:57:41.320 --> 00:57:42.420
 give it

00:57:42.420 --> 00:57:42.740
 away

00:57:42.740 --> 00:57:44.600
 and still

00:57:44.600 --> 00:57:45.140
 be left

00:57:45.140 --> 00:57:45.640
 rich.

00:57:46.300 --> 00:57:48.860
 the creator

00:57:48.860 --> 00:57:49.720
 of Facebook

00:57:49.720 --> 00:57:50.700
 a billionaire.

00:57:52.400 --> 00:57:53.140
 Well think

00:57:53.140 --> 00:57:53.920
 about what

00:57:53.920 --> 00:57:54.380
 the Lord

00:57:54.380 --> 00:57:54.900
 has given

00:57:54.900 --> 00:57:55.539
 for us.

00:57:56.240 --> 00:57:57.120
 The creator

00:57:57.120 --> 00:57:57.500
 of the

00:57:57.500 --> 00:57:57.880
 heavens

00:57:57.880 --> 00:57:58.680
 and the

00:57:58.680 --> 00:57:59.100
 earth.

00:57:59.860 --> 00:58:00.300
 Not

00:58:00.300 --> 00:58:01.460
 99%

00:58:01.460 --> 00:58:04.180
 but 100%

00:58:04.180 --> 00:58:06.120
 gave his

00:58:06.120 --> 00:58:06.500
 all.

00:58:07.560 --> 00:58:08.160
 He gave

00:58:08.160 --> 00:58:09.360
 his life

00:58:09.360 --> 00:58:10.660
 that we

00:58:10.660 --> 00:58:11.160
 might have

00:58:11.160 --> 00:58:11.680
 life

00:58:11.679 --> 00:58:12.940
 in him.

00:58:13.859 --> 00:58:14.339
 That we

00:58:14.339 --> 00:58:15.039
 might have

00:58:15.039 --> 00:58:16.079
 the grace

00:58:16.079 --> 00:58:17.019
 of the

00:58:17.019 --> 00:58:17.739
 Lord Jesus

00:58:17.739 --> 00:58:18.440
 Christ

00:58:18.440 --> 00:58:19.460
 in our

00:58:19.460 --> 00:58:20.000
 spirit.

00:58:20.619 --> 00:58:21.219
 That we

00:58:21.219 --> 00:58:21.759
 might have

00:58:21.759 --> 00:58:22.319
 him with

00:58:22.319 --> 00:58:23.279
 us as

00:58:23.279 --> 00:58:23.739
 we sit

00:58:23.739 --> 00:58:24.059
 at a

00:58:24.059 --> 00:58:24.319
 meal.

00:58:24.859 --> 00:58:24.940
 We

00:58:24.940 --> 00:58:25.419
 remember

00:58:25.419 --> 00:58:25.719
 as we

00:58:25.719 --> 00:58:25.919
 give

00:58:25.919 --> 00:58:26.419
 thanks

00:58:26.419 --> 00:58:27.259
 he is

00:58:27.259 --> 00:58:27.719
 present.

00:58:28.659 --> 00:58:28.980
 That we

00:58:28.980 --> 00:58:29.460
 remember

00:58:29.460 --> 00:58:30.079
 his grace

00:58:30.079 --> 00:58:30.440
 as we

00:58:30.440 --> 00:58:31.059
 sit with

00:58:31.059 --> 00:58:31.419
 loved

00:58:31.419 --> 00:58:31.739
 ones

00:58:31.739 --> 00:58:32.419
 as they

00:58:32.419 --> 00:58:33.179
 pass away

00:58:33.179 --> 00:58:33.960
 that he

00:58:33.960 --> 00:58:34.379
 is with

00:58:34.379 --> 00:58:34.699
 us.

00:58:34.859 --> 00:58:35.579
 That we

00:58:35.579 --> 00:58:36.019
 remember

00:58:36.019 --> 00:58:36.559
 his grace

00:58:36.559 --> 00:58:36.899
 when we

00:58:36.899 --> 00:58:37.460
 are sick

00:58:37.460 --> 00:58:37.940
 or someone

00:58:37.940 --> 00:58:38.460
 else is

00:58:38.460 --> 00:58:38.759
 sick

00:58:38.760 --> 00:58:39.580
 that he

00:58:39.580 --> 00:58:40.040
 is with

00:58:40.040 --> 00:58:40.340
 us.

00:58:40.600 --> 00:58:41.040
 That we

00:58:41.040 --> 00:58:41.480
 remember

00:58:41.480 --> 00:58:42.120
 his grace

00:58:42.120 --> 00:58:42.420
 when we

00:58:42.420 --> 00:58:42.620
 are in

00:58:42.620 --> 00:58:42.820
 these

00:58:42.820 --> 00:58:43.420
 times of

00:58:43.420 --> 00:58:44.120
 joy and

00:58:44.120 --> 00:58:44.900
 gladness

00:58:44.900 --> 00:58:45.780
 that he

00:58:45.780 --> 00:58:46.260
 is with

00:58:46.260 --> 00:58:46.700
 us.

00:58:47.660 --> 00:58:48.280
 This letter

00:58:48.280 --> 00:58:49.300
 reminds us

00:58:49.300 --> 00:58:50.080
 of his

00:58:50.080 --> 00:58:50.920
 great love

00:58:50.920 --> 00:58:52.080
 that he

00:58:52.080 --> 00:58:52.240
 has

00:58:52.240 --> 00:58:52.940
 remembered

00:58:52.940 --> 00:58:53.520
 us

00:58:53.520 --> 00:58:54.340
 that he

00:58:54.340 --> 00:58:54.960
 has not

00:58:54.960 --> 00:58:56.040
 forgotten

00:58:56.040 --> 00:58:56.960
 us.

00:58:57.740 --> 00:58:58.400
 And the

00:58:58.400 --> 00:58:59.040
 benediction

00:58:59.040 --> 00:58:59.440
 that he

00:58:59.440 --> 00:59:00.140
 concludes

00:59:00.140 --> 00:59:00.560
 with

00:59:00.560 --> 00:59:01.840
 reminds us

00:59:01.840 --> 00:59:02.400
 of all

00:59:02.400 --> 00:59:02.880
 of these

00:59:02.880 --> 00:59:03.400
 things.

00:59:03.860 --> 00:59:04.920
 The glory

00:59:04.920 --> 00:59:05.640
 of God

00:59:05.640 --> 00:59:07.240
 the greetings

00:59:07.240 --> 00:59:07.980
 the fellowship

00:59:07.980 --> 00:59:08.340
 that we

00:59:08.340 --> 00:59:08.680
 have

00:59:08.679 --> 00:59:09.440
 in Christ

00:59:09.440 --> 00:59:10.619
 and the

00:59:10.619 --> 00:59:11.119
 grace

00:59:11.119 --> 00:59:12.119
 that is

00:59:12.119 --> 00:59:12.679
 ours

00:59:12.679 --> 00:59:13.079
 through

00:59:13.079 --> 00:59:13.480
 him.

00:59:15.659 --> 00:59:16.079
 I often

00:59:16.079 --> 00:59:16.460
 quote

00:59:16.460 --> 00:59:17.539
 older hymns

00:59:17.539 --> 00:59:18.440
 but there's

00:59:18.440 --> 00:59:18.859
 some new

00:59:18.859 --> 00:59:19.239
 ones that

00:59:19.239 --> 00:59:19.839
 speak to

00:59:19.839 --> 00:59:20.339
 us as

00:59:20.339 --> 00:59:20.779
 well and

00:59:20.779 --> 00:59:21.119
 this one

00:59:21.119 --> 00:59:21.899
 from Australia

00:59:21.899 --> 00:59:23.079
 speaks of

00:59:23.079 --> 00:59:23.599
 the grace

00:59:23.599 --> 00:59:24.359
 of God.

00:59:25.019 --> 00:59:25.559
 What gift

00:59:25.559 --> 00:59:26.279
 of grace

00:59:26.279 --> 00:59:27.119
 is Jesus

00:59:27.119 --> 00:59:28.219
 my Redeemer?

00:59:28.759 --> 00:59:29.259
 There is

00:59:29.259 --> 00:59:29.919
 no more

00:59:29.919 --> 00:59:30.639
 for heaven

00:59:30.639 --> 00:59:31.299
 now to

00:59:31.299 --> 00:59:31.659
 give.

00:59:32.359 --> 00:59:32.819
 He is

00:59:32.819 --> 00:59:33.579
 my joy

00:59:33.579 --> 00:59:35.000
 my righteousness

00:59:35.000 --> 00:59:36.199
 and freedom

00:59:36.199 --> 00:59:37.719
 my steadfast

00:59:37.719 --> 00:59:38.259
 love

00:59:38.260 --> 00:59:39.520
 my deep

00:59:39.520 --> 00:59:40.660
 and boundless

00:59:40.660 --> 00:59:41.240
 peace.

00:59:42.080 --> 00:59:42.860
 What gift

00:59:42.860 --> 00:59:43.840
 of grace

00:59:43.840 --> 00:59:45.400
 is Jesus

00:59:45.400 --> 00:59:46.880
 my Redeemer?

00:59:47.620 --> 00:59:48.100
 And here

00:59:48.100 --> 00:59:48.700
 we have

00:59:48.700 --> 00:59:49.840
 the grace

00:59:49.840 --> 00:59:50.740
 of the

00:59:50.740 --> 00:59:51.460
 Lord Jesus

00:59:51.460 --> 00:59:52.220
 Christ

00:59:52.220 --> 00:59:53.420
 who is

00:59:53.420 --> 00:59:54.100
 with us.

00:59:54.740 --> 00:59:55.100
 May we

00:59:55.100 --> 00:59:55.440
 know

00:59:55.440 --> 00:59:56.520
 that gift

00:59:56.520 --> 00:59:57.260
 of grace

00:59:57.260 --> 00:59:58.520
 and hold

00:59:58.520 --> 00:59:59.720
 fast to

00:59:59.720 --> 01:00:00.220
 him as

01:00:00.220 --> 01:00:00.780
 he holds

01:00:00.780 --> 01:00:01.960
 fast to

01:00:01.960 --> 01:00:02.360
 us.

01:00:02.820 --> 01:00:03.260
 Let us

01:00:03.260 --> 01:00:03.540
 pray.

01:00:03.539 --> 01:00:06.599
 our

01:00:06.599 --> 01:00:07.320
 Father in

01:00:07.320 --> 01:00:07.860
 heaven we

01:00:07.860 --> 01:00:08.860
 rejoice in

01:00:08.860 --> 01:00:09.279
 the hope

01:00:09.279 --> 01:00:09.619
 that is

01:00:09.619 --> 01:00:10.259
 ours in

01:00:10.259 --> 01:00:10.759
 Christ

01:00:10.759 --> 01:00:12.099
 that whatever

01:00:12.099 --> 01:00:13.380
 our circumstances

01:00:13.380 --> 01:00:14.539
 plenty or need

01:00:14.539 --> 01:00:16.159
 we can rejoice

01:00:16.159 --> 01:00:16.880
 in his

01:00:16.880 --> 01:00:18.159
 strength and

01:00:18.159 --> 01:00:18.719
 help us to

01:00:18.719 --> 01:00:19.480
 give glory

01:00:19.480 --> 01:00:20.719
 and praise

01:00:20.719 --> 01:00:21.219
 to him.

01:00:21.360 --> 01:00:22.000
 Help us to

01:00:22.000 --> 01:00:22.599
 greet and

01:00:22.599 --> 01:00:23.320
 fellowship with

01:00:23.320 --> 01:00:23.860
 one another

01:00:23.860 --> 01:00:24.759
 through him

01:00:24.759 --> 01:00:26.000
 and help us

01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:26.500
 to know

01:00:26.500 --> 01:00:27.679
 the grace

01:00:27.679 --> 01:00:28.559
 and the

01:00:28.559 --> 01:00:29.079
 strength that

01:00:29.079 --> 01:00:29.619
 that gives

01:00:29.619 --> 01:00:30.000
 of our

01:00:30.000 --> 01:00:30.619
 Lord Jesus

01:00:30.619 --> 01:00:31.279
 Christ

01:00:31.279 --> 01:00:32.199
 with our

01:00:32.199 --> 01:00:32.920
 spirit as

01:00:32.920 --> 01:00:33.639
 we ask it

01:00:33.639 --> 01:00:34.039
 in his

01:00:34.039 --> 01:00:34.380
 name.

01:00:34.900 --> 01:00:35.299
 Amen.

01:00:39.299 --> 01:00:39.980
 Let's

01:00:39.980 --> 01:00:40.699
 conclude by

01:00:40.699 --> 01:00:41.539
 singing to

01:00:41.539 --> 01:00:42.400
 God's praise

01:00:42.400 --> 01:00:42.920
 in Psalm

01:00:42.920 --> 01:00:44.059
 28.

01:00:46.400 --> 01:00:47.319
 The Sing

01:00:47.319 --> 01:00:48.299
 Psalms version

01:00:48.299 --> 01:00:50.179
 Psalm 28

01:00:50.179 --> 01:00:50.799
 on page

01:00:50.799 --> 01:00:51.819
 33.

01:00:54.119 --> 01:00:54.799
 We'll

01:00:54.799 --> 01:00:55.239
 sing from

01:00:55.239 --> 01:00:56.380
 verse 6

01:00:56.380 --> 01:00:57.079
 to 9

01:00:57.079 --> 01:00:57.679
 6 down

01:00:57.679 --> 01:00:58.219
 to the end

01:00:58.219 --> 01:00:58.699
 of the

01:00:58.699 --> 01:00:59.139
 psalm.

01:00:59.619 --> 01:01:01.519
 Psalm 28

01:01:01.519 --> 01:01:02.279
 on page

01:01:02.279 --> 01:01:03.039
 33.

01:01:03.279 --> 01:01:04.019
 Praise to

01:01:04.019 --> 01:01:04.519
 the Lord

01:01:04.519 --> 01:01:05.699
 for he has

01:01:05.699 --> 01:01:06.319
 heard the

01:01:06.319 --> 01:01:06.880
 plea for

01:01:06.880 --> 01:01:07.659
 mercy which

01:01:07.659 --> 01:01:08.199
 I made.

01:01:08.699 --> 01:01:09.359
 He is my

01:01:09.359 --> 01:01:09.900
 strength,

01:01:10.000 --> 01:01:10.619
 he is my

01:01:10.619 --> 01:01:11.000
 shield,

01:01:11.059 --> 01:01:11.679
 I trust

01:01:11.679 --> 01:01:12.239
 in him

01:01:12.239 --> 01:01:13.539
 who sends

01:01:13.539 --> 01:01:14.019
 me aid.

01:01:14.059 --> 01:01:14.519
 The tune is

01:01:14.519 --> 01:01:15.079
 Warrington

01:01:15.079 --> 01:01:15.819
 and we'll

01:01:15.819 --> 01:01:16.380
 sing these

01:01:16.380 --> 01:01:17.579
 three stanzas.

01:01:23.159 --> 01:01:24.359
 Praise to

01:01:24.359 --> 01:01:26.279
 the Lord

01:01:26.279 --> 01:01:28.139
 for he

01:01:28.139 --> 01:01:29.539
 he has

01:01:29.539 --> 01:01:31.839
 hurt the

01:01:31.839 --> 01:01:32.839
 plea for

01:01:32.839 --> 01:01:35.839
 mercy which

01:01:35.839 --> 01:01:37.879
 I

01:01:37.879 --> 01:01:38.839
 need.

01:01:38.839 --> 01:01:41.960
 He is my

01:01:41.960 --> 01:01:42.839
 strength,

01:01:42.839 --> 01:01:46.299
 he is my

01:01:46.299 --> 01:01:47.599
 shield,

01:01:47.839 --> 01:01:50.779
 I trust in

01:01:50.779 --> 01:01:52.900
 him who

01:01:52.900 --> 01:01:55.099
 sends me

01:01:55.099 --> 01:01:57.799
 heed.

01:01:57.799 --> 01:01:59.619
 My heart

01:01:59.619 --> 01:02:01.799
 uplifted

01:02:01.799 --> 01:02:05.639
 for joy,

01:02:05.639 --> 01:02:06.920
 my

01:02:06.920 --> 01:02:09.239
 thanks to

01:02:09.239 --> 01:02:11.380
 him I

01:02:11.380 --> 01:02:13.059
 gladly

01:02:13.059 --> 01:02:14.539
 sing.

01:02:15.099 --> 01:02:15.860
 The

01:02:15.860 --> 01:02:17.619
 Lord all

01:02:17.619 --> 01:02:19.679
 is his

01:02:19.679 --> 01:02:20.799
 people's

01:02:20.799 --> 01:02:23.059
 strength,

01:02:23.059 --> 01:02:24.759
 love,

01:02:24.759 --> 01:02:25.259
 a saving

01:02:25.259 --> 01:02:27.759
 fortress

01:02:27.759 --> 01:02:29.759
 for his

01:02:29.759 --> 01:02:31.759
 king.

01:02:32.759 --> 01:02:33.759
 Lord,

01:02:33.759 --> 01:02:35.840
 save your

01:02:35.840 --> 01:02:36.759
 people,

01:02:36.759 --> 01:02:40.139
 your own

01:02:40.139 --> 01:02:40.759
 flock,

01:02:40.759 --> 01:02:41.759
 be

01:02:41.759 --> 01:02:42.759
 pleased

01:02:42.759 --> 01:02:43.759
 your

01:02:43.759 --> 01:02:44.759
 heritage

01:02:44.760 --> 01:02:46.760
 heritage

01:02:46.760 --> 01:02:48.460
 to

01:02:48.460 --> 01:02:49.840
 bless,

01:02:50.160 --> 01:02:50.460
 be

01:02:50.460 --> 01:02:51.460
 their

01:02:51.460 --> 01:02:52.460
 good

01:02:52.460 --> 01:02:53.840
 shepherd,

01:02:54.540 --> 01:02:55.460
 carry

01:02:56.000 --> 01:02:57.760
 them

01:02:57.760 --> 01:02:59.040
 forever

01:02:59.040 --> 01:03:01.880
 in

01:03:01.880 --> 01:03:02.880
 your

01:03:02.880 --> 01:03:04.460
 faithfulness.

01:03:04.460 --> 01:03:05.159
 Lord,

01:03:05.159 --> 01:03:07.159
 bless.

01:03:08.559 --> 01:03:09.340
 I will

01:03:09.340 --> 01:03:09.900
 close with

01:03:09.900 --> 01:03:10.019
 a

01:03:10.019 --> 01:03:10.599
 benediction.

01:03:11.179 --> 01:03:11.619
 Now may

01:03:11.619 --> 01:03:12.220
 grace,

01:03:12.639 --> 01:03:12.960
 mercy,

01:03:13.139 --> 01:03:13.699
 and peace

01:03:13.699 --> 01:03:14.519
 from God

01:03:14.519 --> 01:03:14.740
 our

01:03:14.740 --> 01:03:15.199
 Father,

01:03:15.940 --> 01:03:16.699
 God our

01:03:16.699 --> 01:03:17.000
 Son,

01:03:17.059 --> 01:03:17.280
 and the

01:03:17.280 --> 01:03:18.119
 Holy Spirit

01:03:18.119 --> 01:03:18.860
 be with us

01:03:18.860 --> 01:03:19.380
 all now

01:03:19.380 --> 01:03:20.079
 and forever

01:03:20.079 --> 01:03:20.519
 more.

01:03:20.940 --> 01:03:21.340
 Amen.

01:03:21.340 --> 01:03:21.460
 Amen.

01:03:21.460 --> 01:03:21.500
 Amen.

01:03:21.500 --> 01:03:21.519
 Amen.

01:03:21.519 --> 01:03:21.539
 Amen.

01:03:21.539 --> 01:03:21.559
 Amen.

01:03:34.460 --> 01:03:35.460
 Amen.