WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.240 Well, good morning, everyone. Excellent. Still with me? That's wonderful. So I was delighted when I arrived and I saw the readings that have been scheduled for after Easter. 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:28.240 ! And although I tinkered with them a little bit, what I was delighted to see was that this passage from Luke 24 was right there early on, because actually, this is personally a really important passage of Scripture for me. 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:40.500 And the Lord has used it in the past to deeply minister to me. So if it's okay, in some sense, this is going to be a little bit of sharing of that part of my testimony with you. 00:00:40.500 --> 00:00:56.879 But I hope and I'm pretty sure that in this room, there'll be those who find themselves where I was and that this passage, as the Lord speaks to us, will bring you hope. 00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:09.740 Okay? Let me pray and then we'll go. Lord, thank you for the words that were read by Wendy. Not just words, but your living words pointing us to the living Saviour. 00:01:10.579 --> 00:01:17.340 And I pray that as I share, Lord, your Spirit would be speaking to each one of us. Amen. 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:17.439 Amen. 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:28.140 Great. Well, so it's probably quite helpful, isn't it? Week two. I've come back for the second Sunday and I suppose many of you are glad. That's quite good. 00:01:28.820 --> 00:01:30.240 Thank you. Yes. Thank you. 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:34.640 And it's actually a really good opportunity to share a little bit of my story. 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:41.799 So although I had a sort of churched background, I went as a youngster, I just didn't see it. 00:01:41.859 --> 00:01:45.719 I didn't really get the point of it until I was a music student in London. 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:50.719 And there, I mean, by God's grace, he met with me. 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:55.219 I realised my need for the first time in my life of a Saviour that I needed forgiving. 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:03.859 And really, my time as a music college student in London was a real rollercoaster, not only with the sort of musical stuff, but actually in my faith journey. 00:02:04.379 --> 00:02:10.120 And I quite quickly got involved in various ministries, both at church and in the college I was at. 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:17.520 And it was a great time. And I met my wife, Amy, whilst I was a student there. 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:22.719 And we quickly decided we were going to get married quite soon after we graduated. 00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:26.020 And we both thought we spent a lot of time doing music. 00:02:26.219 --> 00:02:31.099 Let's together explore whether doing Christian ministry is something we want to do. 00:02:31.180 --> 00:02:39.020 So we landed up getting married in the church, worked in the church, worked together for the first couple of years of marriage. 00:02:39.020 --> 00:02:46.040 And then we went away. We went to do some international student work in Amsterdam for a few years, which was great. 00:02:46.780 --> 00:02:51.000 And then during that time, I was, as I say, I was persuaded. 00:02:51.340 --> 00:02:56.439 I felt the call to get ordained and I was encouraged to do that. 00:02:56.439 --> 00:03:01.140 And as many of you know, I trained down the road at Trinity, which was great. 00:03:01.219 --> 00:03:06.700 And then did my first training post as a curate in Tiverton in Mid-Devon. 00:03:06.699 --> 00:03:11.639 So I've been circling around Clevedon a bit, which is now I've landed, which is wonderful. 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:15.379 And it's funny being a man with a dog collar. 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:17.459 I'll just check because my daughter just pulled it out. 00:03:17.539 --> 00:03:18.359 I've put it back in. That's good. 00:03:20.099 --> 00:03:23.280 Because you become a bit of a sort of professional Christian. 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:27.560 And that has filled with all sorts of pitfalls. 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:32.879 Because although I can get up here and say this and that, I can sound as eloquent or not as I am. 00:03:33.620 --> 00:03:37.800 Actually, what's going on inside, I warn you, can be different. 00:03:38.219 --> 00:03:43.240 And there was a particular season as I was a curate where up to that point, it had been so exciting. 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:48.099 I'd been so full of the Lord and so passionate to make his name known. 00:03:48.099 --> 00:03:52.180 And I began to experience, I suppose you might call it sort of burnout. 00:03:53.519 --> 00:03:59.099 And I began to realise that inside me it was getting quite dry. 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:00.479 In fact, it was becoming quite dead. 00:04:00.900 --> 00:04:05.400 And I began to, actually that led to a whole load of, you know, your state dictates your story, doesn't it? 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:13.300 So the story that I'd been telling myself, or not telling myself, but I'd been hearing, all full of hope and joy, it began to get a bit darker. 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:19.579 And I began to feel distant from the God that I knew and loved. 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:22.139 And I knew in parts of me that he was still there. 00:04:22.660 --> 00:04:23.879 But it was distant. 00:04:24.139 --> 00:04:26.720 And I began to sort of question all sorts of things. 00:04:26.819 --> 00:04:29.160 I began to doubt the calling that God had on my life. 00:04:29.460 --> 00:04:30.939 It was a really quite difficult time. 00:04:32.259 --> 00:04:34.860 And obviously it raised all that sort of tension. 00:04:34.860 --> 00:04:38.860 Here I am, telling people about Jesus, trying to run ministries. 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:43.259 And inside it's a very different reality. 00:04:44.819 --> 00:04:47.879 Now, some of you are clergy in the room, but others are not. 00:04:47.960 --> 00:05:00.900 But I wonder whether my experience of feeling distant from God, or dry, or even in a dark place, is something that might resonate with you. 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:03.180 Some of you might be in that place right now. 00:05:03.180 --> 00:05:04.540 Bless you for being here. 00:05:04.860 --> 00:05:06.860 Anyway. 00:05:06.860 --> 00:05:07.340 Anyway. 00:05:07.339 --> 00:05:20.979 Whilst I was a curate, there was a local retired clergy person who used to sort of open up the upstairs loft in her, effectively a bungalow, for people to come and have sort of little retreats. 00:05:20.980 --> 00:05:22.980 And she'd invited me to come. 00:05:22.980 --> 00:05:28.140 And I was, Amy blessed me to be out for 24 hours. 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:35.620 And I don't know if you know the story of Elijah, when he's just defeated Ahab at the back of the camp and he's on a real low. 00:05:35.980 --> 00:05:41.540 And he goes underneath a tree and he curls up and he's sort of like, oh, Lord, just take it all from me. 00:05:41.540 --> 00:05:46.120 And I felt a bit like Elijah at that point underneath the tree. 00:05:47.540 --> 00:05:55.560 But right there, just as it was in that story of Elijah, that is where the Lord fed me, like the ravens did with Elijah. 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:58.939 There wasn't any ravens or pigeons or seagulls at that point. 00:05:59.139 --> 00:06:03.220 But there was a definite feeding that God did at that time. 00:06:03.220 --> 00:06:11.480 Because, as I literally laid down in that place, he led me, started making me think about this passage, the road to Emmaus. 00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:13.380 And so I read it. 00:06:13.820 --> 00:06:15.380 See, I knew it, but I read it. 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:22.540 And suddenly I began to see myself as one of those disciples on that first Easter day. 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:26.420 Got two disciples walking around and I just put myself there. 00:06:27.620 --> 00:06:31.240 And I wonder if you can enter into that imagining like I did then. 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:35.019 What would it have been like to be those two disciples? 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:38.460 You've been around Jesus. 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:45.300 The last three years have been, wow, a roller coaster of excitement. 00:06:46.579 --> 00:06:51.460 And, you know, just think about the miracles you've seen and all that you thought might happen. 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:54.900 You've got great dreams of God's kingdom breaking in. 00:06:55.420 --> 00:06:59.460 The Romans being like taken off their rule. 00:06:59.459 --> 00:07:01.899 Victory and triumph. 00:07:02.339 --> 00:07:03.599 And you're part of it. 00:07:04.019 --> 00:07:04.439 Wow. 00:07:06.239 --> 00:07:11.120 And then on Palm Sunday, there's the rejoicing. 00:07:11.740 --> 00:07:13.579 By Thursday, he's being betrayed. 00:07:13.919 --> 00:07:15.579 By Friday, he's being tortured. 00:07:15.579 --> 00:07:23.620 And now you're getting these strange messages that he wasn't at the tomb that he was left in. 00:07:25.359 --> 00:07:27.419 And they just can't make sense of it. 00:07:27.659 --> 00:07:29.860 I can easily imagine myself in that position. 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:33.279 And they're wandering around going, what is going on? 00:07:35.919 --> 00:07:37.079 Because there would have been shock. 00:07:37.180 --> 00:07:37.759 There would have been shock. 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:38.659 There would have been in grief. 00:07:38.660 --> 00:07:41.680 And that kind of trauma does all sorts of stuff to you. 00:07:41.740 --> 00:07:42.820 You can't think straight. 00:07:44.640 --> 00:07:49.120 So it's a dark and confusing time and painful for those disciples. 00:07:49.780 --> 00:07:52.100 So you can see why that resonated with me, where I was. 00:07:53.640 --> 00:07:59.480 And yet it is exactly in that place where the Lord Jesus meets with them. 00:08:00.320 --> 00:08:03.080 He starts walking alongside them. 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:04.099 I mean, who knows? 00:08:04.159 --> 00:08:07.959 He might have been walking alongside them for a long time before, before they even realized. 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:12.579 And of course, they don't realize that. 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:14.000 But he's there. 00:08:14.459 --> 00:08:15.579 He is walking alongside. 00:08:15.860 --> 00:08:18.759 And he starts to gently minister to them. 00:08:19.039 --> 00:08:21.839 I talked a little bit last night about the shape of Jesus' ministry. 00:08:22.159 --> 00:08:24.099 He's doing that here with them. 00:08:24.919 --> 00:08:26.279 He answers their questions. 00:08:26.819 --> 00:08:27.339 He inquires. 00:08:27.379 --> 00:08:29.000 He's curious about them. 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:33.399 And he begins to open the scriptures to them. 00:08:34.620 --> 00:08:37.299 And that is a Bible study I would love to have been part of. 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:43.980 He begins to connect the dots of all those promises that were made in the Hebrew Bible that they would have known 00:08:43.980 --> 00:08:47.559 to the events that were beginning to unfold around them. 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:49.120 The dots are connecting. 00:08:49.860 --> 00:08:53.200 But it wasn't just some kind of cerebral academic exercise. 00:08:53.659 --> 00:08:57.759 We're told that their hearts, when they reflect back, their hearts were burning within them. 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:00.960 Wow, something is being revealed here. 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:07.759 And, yeah, I mean, clearly it was quite a long Bible study as well. 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:09.480 I mean, as they walked along. 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:13.179 And so by the end of the day, Jesus looks as if he's going on. 00:09:13.299 --> 00:09:14.419 And they're like, no, no, no, no. 00:09:14.659 --> 00:09:15.539 Stay with me. 00:09:15.980 --> 00:09:17.120 I mean, I don't know who he is. 00:09:17.419 --> 00:09:24.319 But there's something so attractive and life-giving and hope-giving about this person who's on the road with them. 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:25.480 Stay with me. 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:27.080 And it's like they won't let him go. 00:09:28.340 --> 00:09:35.559 And so wherever they stayed, they won't let him go until they've eaten with him. 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:36.659 And that's a great phrase. 00:09:36.819 --> 00:09:39.799 Because when you see, there's a lot of eating that goes on in the Bible. 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:41.120 That's why I love the book so much. 00:09:42.179 --> 00:09:47.299 But that eating together, whether it's with enemies or close friends, there's always a sign of fellowship. 00:09:47.299 --> 00:09:49.319 And they want fellowship. 00:09:49.439 --> 00:09:53.339 They want connection with Jesus, even though they don't even know who he is. 00:09:53.340 --> 00:10:02.580 And I wonder, there may be some of you here who are on maybe an early stage or you can sit at an early stage in your journey of faith. 00:10:02.580 --> 00:10:11.660 And there's something about this church, about the sense of community, even about the worship, that's deeply attractive to you. 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:14.280 And you come back and again and again because something is drawing you. 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:16.919 And you're not maybe sure of who or what it is. 00:10:18.220 --> 00:10:20.379 But there's a burning fire within you. 00:10:21.779 --> 00:10:22.639 And you want to know more. 00:10:22.699 --> 00:10:24.980 If that's you, again, it's brilliant that you're here. 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:30.539 And I want to tell you up front that that person is Jesus. 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:33.480 He is the one who's drawing you to himself. 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:39.940 I've got a picture that Gwen is going to pop on the board. 00:10:39.940 --> 00:10:49.220 And this is Cavaglio's famous depiction of the supper shared with those two disciples. 00:10:49.220 --> 00:10:55.960 And we're told, as he breaks the bread, he reveals himself to them. 00:10:57.420 --> 00:11:02.600 And in this picture, obviously, there's a lot of cultural overtones here. 00:11:02.820 --> 00:11:06.500 And you get the sort of picture of the priest Christ doing that. 00:11:06.620 --> 00:11:08.000 And we share communion today. 00:11:08.100 --> 00:11:14.639 And there's something about, as we break the bread, as we remember the man who broke his body open for us, 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:19.679 that we find, that's at the heart of the revelation of who Jesus is. 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:23.819 And so there's no coincidence that it's as he broke the bread, as he shared that, 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:26.240 the penny dropped, their eyes were opened, 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:30.259 and they saw that the man who had been with them was Jesus. 00:11:32.340 --> 00:11:36.819 And no more, they sense that, he disappears. 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:40.740 Mysterious and amazing. 00:11:40.740 --> 00:11:45.200 But can you imagine? 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:48.480 And we get that sense from the story as it begins to unfold. 00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:50.240 That has changed everything. 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:57.220 They, whatever burdens they were carrying, whatever downward gaze they had, they were lifted. 00:11:57.740 --> 00:12:00.919 And you can imagine them sprinting back to the other disciples to say, 00:12:01.060 --> 00:12:03.700 it's true, we've seen the Lord, we've been with him. 00:12:03.700 --> 00:12:09.360 And they may well still have a squillion questions. 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:14.780 But what they know is that they've met with the Lord and that he is for them. 00:12:15.340 --> 00:12:18.400 He has been with them and he is journeying with them. 00:12:20.379 --> 00:12:23.879 And there was something of that experience that I had. 00:12:24.460 --> 00:12:25.680 And the Lord was gracious enough. 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:28.060 As I came in that place of real darkness, 00:12:28.059 --> 00:12:31.279 and I just read this story quite simply. 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:34.519 And I was like, oh, Lord, you've always been with me. 00:12:34.659 --> 00:12:35.759 And you're here again. 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:38.279 Just a reminder, a gentle reminder of his presence. 00:12:38.939 --> 00:12:39.439 Who he is. 00:12:39.619 --> 00:12:40.679 What he went through. 00:12:41.199 --> 00:12:44.439 Actually, he knew what it was to experience dark places. 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:46.299 Suffering to the extreme. 00:12:47.659 --> 00:12:49.879 And he is the one, my brother, my friend, 00:12:50.119 --> 00:12:52.119 who walks with me in that. 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:57.320 And I have to say, I can't say that I was instantly like a jack-in-a-box 00:12:57.320 --> 00:12:58.899 bouncing my way back home. 00:12:59.019 --> 00:13:03.019 But just the light began to dawn again in my life. 00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:07.419 And that sense of dryness and darkness began to dissipate. 00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:09.179 And it's up and down. 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:10.279 And maybe some of you are thinking, 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:12.960 well, this is a strange thing for the vicar to start off early on. 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:15.759 We're talking about his days distant from God. 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:17.820 But I want to tell you again, if you're early on these stages, 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:19.159 and many of you will know this, 00:13:19.700 --> 00:13:21.799 this is a journey we go on with God. 00:13:22.340 --> 00:13:25.700 And he is willing to be with you through the mountaintop experiences, 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:29.779 where he is, you know, so obviously with you. 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:32.340 And it's, you know, it's all experience. 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:35.419 But he will be with you in the dark valleys too. 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:36.620 He's with you. 00:13:36.700 --> 00:13:37.720 He will walk with you. 00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:40.539 And he wants to reveal and give you hope. 00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:43.519 And I want to encourage you that, yeah, 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:46.620 it's as simple sometimes as just opening the scriptures. 00:13:47.539 --> 00:13:50.580 You know, I don't know what your Bible reading habits are. 00:13:50.580 --> 00:13:53.720 And I want to encourage you to read as much as you can. 00:13:53.800 --> 00:13:57.420 But particularly those moments where you are feeling in a dark place, 00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:59.080 a difficult place, an isolated place. 00:14:00.040 --> 00:14:06.920 He's given us this written word to allow us a real sort of access to his living word, 00:14:07.040 --> 00:14:07.520 the Lord Jesus. 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.019 And so I just encourage you, whether it's a psalm, 00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:14.319 whether it's a, you know, just like this, a kind of famous gospel story, 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:17.340 just remind yourself of reality by reading this. 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:19.460 Because we can get surrounded by all sorts of stories 00:14:19.460 --> 00:14:22.279 that we've already been praying about this morning. 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:27.019 And let's get our sense of reality back on track, as it were, 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:28.399 by reading this book. 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:32.240 And we'll find there that the Lord meets us in his word. 00:14:34.939 --> 00:14:37.519 And I'll just continue my story a little bit. 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:40.480 And I'm not going to run it all the way to arriving in Clevedon. 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:44.019 But it's safe to say that the sense of God being with me has always continued, 00:14:44.459 --> 00:14:47.679 whether that's in bright light or in slightly dim light. 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:52.039 He continues to guide and strongly sense of bringing us here. 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:57.279 But actually on that very night, when I was in that little lady's bungalow loft, 00:14:58.019 --> 00:15:04.139 actually this story kind of came alive in a bit of a song. 00:15:04.219 --> 00:15:06.219 Now, some of you were here last Thursday and I said, 00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:08.120 oh, you know, I'd woken up and this song dropped down. 00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:09.319 You're going to have a feeling that that's what, 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:11.779 every morning I wake up and suddenly this music drops in. 00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:13.019 But this is one of the occasions, 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:15.219 and it does seem that the Lord uses, 00:15:15.439 --> 00:15:17.819 sometimes struggles to bring about something creative. 00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:25.500 And this version of this story, again, sort of came into my head. 00:15:25.560 --> 00:15:28.040 And I've gradually put it to some music and regimen. 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:30.920 And I'd be delighted to sort of share that with you. 00:15:31.900 --> 00:15:33.660 Even more delighted that it won't be me singing, 00:15:33.760 --> 00:15:36.480 but Amy's going to sing it with me playing. 00:15:38.640 --> 00:15:41.760 And I hope that just using it as a reflection for you, 00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:43.580 and maybe asking yourself the question, 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:45.480 well, where on the journey am I? 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:47.920 Where on the journey am I? 00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:52.879 And where am I longing for some hope and the presence of God? 00:15:53.560 --> 00:15:57.019 And maybe even today, he wants to meet you afresh 00:15:57.019 --> 00:16:01.620 and to make himself more known, more present to you, 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.820 whatever you're going through. 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:05.080 So we'll just sort of reset ourselves. 00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:07.560 Amy, I think you're up on the red microphone. 00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:10.560 We haven't practiced it in here yet, so excuse us. 00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.580 Okay. 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:44.460 On the road, I trudge down, 00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:50.700 Anger and tears of all I see. 00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:55.680 All that I dream now lurks defeated. 00:16:56.519 --> 00:17:02.000 And this I know is wounding me. 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:14.660 On the road, a stranger joins me. 00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:20.079 What's going on, I cannot say. 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:25.460 When all I thought is true seems distant, 00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:30.460 And what I know confuses me. 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:38.500 And as I walk, you're there beside me. 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:43.500 And as you talk, my fears are stilled. 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:49.920 And as your word reveals your glory, 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:56.920 My heart will burn with hope again. 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:58.240 On the road, a voice familiar. 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:10.700 On the road, a voice familiar, 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:15.860 Echoes of songs sung long ago 00:18:15.860 --> 00:18:20.559 Promise once made in Christ completed 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:26.180 And this I know light spars in me 00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:38.140 On the road, his face still hidden 00:18:38.140 --> 00:18:43.800 Come stay with me, I won't let go 00:18:43.800 --> 00:18:48.620 Through broken bread or revelation 00:18:48.620 --> 00:18:54.140 And then I know it's Christ with me 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:59.540 And as I walk, you're there beside me 00:18:59.540 --> 00:19:04.640 And as you talk, my fears are still 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:10.880 And as your word reveals your glory 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:18.880 My heart will burn with hope again 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:31.300 On the road, my God elected 00:19:31.300 --> 00:19:36.720 I join with friends to tell the world 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:41.540 The risen Lord now reigns from heaven 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:46.779 And this I know he is for me 00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:52.019 And as I walk, you're there beside me 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:56.539 And as you talk, my fears are still 00:19:56.539 --> 00:20:03.079 And as your word reveals your glory 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:10.779 My heart will burn with hope again 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:16.019 And as your word, my God elected 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:21.660 I join with friends to tell the world 00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:27.660 The risen Christ now reigns from heaven 00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:34.660 And as your word is for me 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:36.660 And as your word is for me 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:53.660 And as your word is for me 00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:55.660 And as your word is for me 00:20:55.660 --> 00:21:17.860 Shall we pray? 00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:20.560 So Heavenly Father, thank you 00:21:20.560 --> 00:21:22.500 That you're with us on our journey 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:25.180 And whether we feel that we're in a dark place 00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.660 At that moment 00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:27.480 Or the bright light is shining 00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:30.480 Thank you that in it you are there 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:32.339 And you are glorifying yourself 00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:34.599 And as you reveal yourself to us 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:37.059 Your desire is that we reveal you 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:38.359 To those around us 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:40.799 So send us out in the power of your spirit 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:44.160 To be the people loved by you 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:46.160 That want to make you known 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:48.279 And thank you that you do reign from heaven 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.920 It's all about you, Lord 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:52.940 And we don't need to fear 00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:57.920 We don't need to do anything special within ourselves 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:00.259 To make ourselves right with you 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:01.960 Because you've done it all 00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.680 In the breaking of your body 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:05.360 You died for us 00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:06.940 And as you rose again 00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:08.519 Yes, you're alive 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:10.240 And we can know you 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:12.000 Thank you, Lord 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.300 Amen 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.000 Amen 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.000 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.000 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.000 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.000 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.000 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.000 00:22:14.000 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