WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.740 Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. His love endures forever. 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:08.820 Psalm 106 goes on to say. 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:16.519 What we're going to think about this morning is probably actually quite counter-cultural. 00:00:18.699 --> 00:00:23.940 Here's some of the sound bites, the zeitgeist, if you like, of the modern. 00:00:23.940 --> 00:00:36.480 And probably if you were watching Ireland yesterday, as I was, bidding for the number one place and getting absolutely whippeded by England. 00:00:37.539 --> 00:00:42.280 You're only as good as your last match. Have you heard managers say that? 00:00:42.420 --> 00:00:46.460 Never mind the record before, you're only as good as your last match. 00:00:46.859 --> 00:00:51.859 You're only as good as your last sermon, some churches say, of their pastor. 00:00:53.939 --> 00:00:59.599 In the back pages of the newspaper, in the investment section, if you're so inclined. 00:01:00.519 --> 00:01:06.079 Past performance is no indication of future growth. 00:01:06.659 --> 00:01:09.620 As we watch the stock markets plummet. 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:15.500 There's an awful lot about living for the day. 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:17.519 Living for the moment. 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:26.799 And indeed, I suppose quite naturally in our thinking, one of the questions I'm sure, if we could write it down in that question box, would be, 00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:28.579 Where is God leading me? 00:01:29.179 --> 00:01:31.780 What does God want to do in my life? 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:35.479 Where will I be in a year's time? 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:36.659 What should I do? 00:01:36.759 --> 00:01:38.879 Lord, what do you want me to do? 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:47.679 I've got to tell you that if at 16, I had been told that I would be an ordained pastor and a teacher, I would have wept. 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:52.199 I couldn't have thought of anything worse at 16. 00:01:53.739 --> 00:02:01.699 I don't know about you, but I find I'm not one of those people who very often in my life has been able to say, 00:02:01.699 --> 00:02:06.379 This is absolutely what God wants me to do and where God wants me to go. 00:02:06.379 --> 00:02:15.240 Now, there have been occasions, there definitely have been occasions, where we've sought and we've prayed and we've fasted and we've asked God to guide us. 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:17.359 And we have sensed a leading. 00:02:18.519 --> 00:02:24.900 But for me, the way it seems to work, and I don't know if you think this is wrong, but it just seems to be the way it works for me. 00:02:25.460 --> 00:02:31.060 It's when I turn and I look back that I can see that I was guided all along. 00:02:31.060 --> 00:02:40.659 That doors opened and God put people into my life and, you know, coincidences, except they weren't coincidences, they were God incidences. 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:43.460 And at the time, I wasn't very sure about it. 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:46.039 I wasn't sure where the direction and the path was going. 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:51.620 But when I look back, I can see that I have been guided clearly. 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:55.800 I don't know if that's your experience. 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:59.560 So we seem very future orientated. 00:03:00.340 --> 00:03:03.260 We don't like to talk about the past too much. 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:05.100 The past is passé. 00:03:06.140 --> 00:03:11.020 And then there are rare moments when suddenly we do remember. 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:14.080 We make remembrance our focus. 00:03:15.740 --> 00:03:17.660 Four years ago, I was very, very fortunate. 00:03:18.040 --> 00:03:19.760 My father was a World War II veteran. 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:29.179 And he got invited, and he was allowed to bring somebody with him, so it was me, across to London from Northern Ireland for the 70th anniversary of VE Day. 00:03:29.959 --> 00:03:38.899 And there was a service at Westminster Abbey and a two-mile walk, which he absolutely insisted upon doing, along the mile and into St. James's Park. 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:40.239 There was a reception there. 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:42.659 He got to meet Prince Charles. 00:03:42.659 --> 00:03:51.340 He actually had a golden 15 minutes where he chatted to Prince Charles for quite a wee while and then was walking across the lawn. 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.879 And they'd had all these 1940s dancers, you know, all done up in the gear. 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:58.620 And the press were taking photographs of them. 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:01.479 And one of the press said, get the old guy in the middle. 00:04:01.979 --> 00:04:08.539 And I've never seen a 90-year-old man drop 40 years or 50 years in about 10 seconds. 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:10.039 The walking stick, hold that, Nick. 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:12.539 And he was right in there in the middle of them. 00:04:13.379 --> 00:04:25.759 But the best thing about that was as we were walking together up the mile, you know how, as you get older, people seem to mumble more. 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:28.500 You know, newsreaders don't speak as clearly. 00:04:29.420 --> 00:04:31.219 And people were shouting things. 00:04:31.740 --> 00:04:35.839 They were shouting things from, you know, the streets were absolutely packed. 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:39.339 And dad said to me, what are they shouting, Nicholas? 00:04:39.479 --> 00:04:40.079 What are they shouting? 00:04:41.239 --> 00:04:42.079 Do you know what they were shouting? 00:04:42.939 --> 00:04:44.539 They were shouting, thank you. 00:04:45.899 --> 00:04:46.500 Thank you. 00:04:47.699 --> 00:04:54.399 Thank you to all these old guys and girls who were marching up, probably for the last procession ever. 00:04:54.399 --> 00:05:03.019 Because they were looking back and they were remembering that that was a time of peril and a time of deliverance. 00:05:03.579 --> 00:05:04.979 And they were saying, thank you. 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:09.679 And Psalm 105 is a thank you psalm. 00:05:10.539 --> 00:05:12.139 It's a remembering psalm. 00:05:12.899 --> 00:05:17.199 It's about looking back in order to look forward. 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:20.759 The Jewish faith is particularly good at this. 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:26.759 So they tell the stories and they retell them and they retell them. 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:29.839 And in fact, you will know that it was a command. 00:05:30.539 --> 00:05:32.740 And as you're walking down the street, tell the stories. 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:34.279 Remind them of the commandments. 00:05:34.939 --> 00:05:36.539 Write them in your doorposts. 00:05:36.779 --> 00:05:38.139 Tie them around your arms. 00:05:38.539 --> 00:05:39.459 Tie it around your head. 00:05:40.099 --> 00:05:43.599 Whatever you do, don't forget the stories. 00:05:44.419 --> 00:05:46.000 Don't forget God's covenant. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.620 Don't forget God's law. 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:55.019 And Jewish families will gather together every year at Pisa or Passover. 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:59.899 And why is this night to be remembered amongst all nights is the question. 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:02.920 And they go through a ritual of retelling the story. 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:04.259 They tell it in word. 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:05.600 They tell it in symbol. 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:06.699 They tell it. 00:06:07.579 --> 00:06:13.399 I was quite glad that Haman was mentioned because the festival of Purim is a Jewish festival. 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:18.060 They all gather and they reread the story of Esther and Haman. 00:06:18.060 --> 00:06:27.120 And I've seen, I'm sure this doesn't happen maybe in Orthodox synagogues, but in liberal synagogues, I've seen a video of a service. 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:28.600 And they're all fancy dress. 00:06:28.899 --> 00:06:30.980 They dress up as one of the characters from the story. 00:06:31.300 --> 00:06:37.840 And every time Haman's name is mentioned, they either blow raspberries or there's a rattle, you know, to drown out his name. 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:39.699 They remember the story. 00:06:39.699 --> 00:06:44.019 They go to extraordinary lengths to remember the story. 00:06:45.139 --> 00:06:48.899 Because that is when God came through for them. 00:06:50.539 --> 00:06:56.519 Tell the story, the traditions of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob. 00:06:56.899 --> 00:07:05.199 They remember them not just for who they were, great patriarchs, great people of faith, but for who God was for them. 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:08.979 And I know for some of you, this is cool to Newcastle. 00:07:09.060 --> 00:07:10.680 You know this stuff better than I do. 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:13.800 But just in case you don't know what the word covenant means. 00:07:14.500 --> 00:07:21.560 Covenant, it is a biblical expression, but actually it was quite common in near Middle Eastern history. 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:24.419 It simply meant a treaty or an agreement. 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:30.959 And the Jews believed three things, well, at least three things about God. 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:33.159 One, he was a creational God. 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:37.180 Now, that wasn't unusual amongst Middle Eastern religions. 00:07:37.380 --> 00:07:41.320 Lots of religions believed in some kind of creator God or gods. 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:45.460 Secondly, the Jews believed in a providential God. 00:07:45.780 --> 00:07:49.620 That means a God who got involved with human affairs. 00:07:50.460 --> 00:07:54.379 Now, that again wasn't that unusual a belief amongst the other religions. 00:07:55.140 --> 00:08:01.620 You know, they would quite often believe that God could smite or God could make a harvest grow or whatever. 00:08:01.620 --> 00:08:08.079 But what made the Jewish people unique was that they believed in a covenantal God. 00:08:08.540 --> 00:08:12.759 A God who entered into relationship with his people. 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:17.920 And the covenants often have a binding promise. 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:19.780 I will if you will. 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.680 I will be your God if you will be my people. 00:08:23.340 --> 00:08:25.860 I will be your God if you keep my commandments. 00:08:25.860 --> 00:08:29.520 So, there's a bind sort of on both sides. 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:33.740 So, they remember the covenant to Abraham. 00:08:34.779 --> 00:08:37.019 In fact, the very, very first covenant was to Noah. 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:41.500 And each covenant has a sign as well, a seal on it. 00:08:42.019 --> 00:08:44.340 And the seal of the covenant to Noah is the rainbow. 00:08:44.560 --> 00:08:45.899 I will never flood the earth again. 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:49.480 To Abraham, he says, I'm going to give you many descendants. 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:51.500 That's my promise to you. 00:08:51.500 --> 00:08:54.259 It's renewed to Isaac. 00:08:54.779 --> 00:08:58.419 It's renewed to Jacob, whose name is changed and he becomes Israel. 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:02.460 And then it's renewed again through Moses. 00:09:03.340 --> 00:09:08.080 And here we have in Psalm 105, more or less, the whole story. 00:09:08.539 --> 00:09:11.500 From grandfather to father to son. 00:09:12.779 --> 00:09:15.179 And then 400 years to Moses. 00:09:15.179 --> 00:09:21.959 In verse 42 of Psalm 105, it says, 00:09:22.319 --> 00:09:26.500 God remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham. 00:09:26.959 --> 00:09:30.099 That's when Moses hits the rock and water flows out. 00:09:30.779 --> 00:09:36.839 So, God remembers, and my biblical arithmetic might not be just absolutely tip-top, 00:09:36.939 --> 00:09:42.500 but God remembers a promise he gave 700 years ago to Abraham, roughly. 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:47.840 And then 700 years later, David is saying to his people, 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:49.639 because we believe that David wrote this Psalm, 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:52.240 he's saying, you've got to remember. 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:59.399 Remember, remember God's goodness, God's deliverance, God's salvation. 00:10:00.299 --> 00:10:04.539 And the Jewish community, 3,500 years later, 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:08.120 are still remembering every Passover. 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:11.960 The things that we've read about in Psalm 105. 00:10:14.100 --> 00:10:21.019 You see, with God, past performance is an indication of future growth. 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:27.460 We look back and we see what God has done in order to move forward. 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:33.680 There's a tribe in South America, I believe, 00:10:34.740 --> 00:10:36.299 quite like their thinking. 00:10:36.299 --> 00:10:42.059 They are moving through time, metaphorically, backwards. 00:10:44.019 --> 00:10:46.799 So, when they talk, and I have to read this out. 00:10:46.859 --> 00:10:49.339 They're in the High Andes, by the way, if anybody wants to look them up. 00:10:49.419 --> 00:10:50.519 They're called Amaira. 00:10:52.139 --> 00:10:53.519 Their word for future, 00:10:54.459 --> 00:10:57.919 and please correct my pronunciation if you know Amaira, 00:10:58.319 --> 00:10:59.919 is Gipapacha. 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:02.099 That's their word for future. 00:11:02.779 --> 00:11:04.639 And Gipapacha means behind time. 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:06.659 The future's behind them, 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:08.360 because they can't see it. 00:11:09.179 --> 00:11:10.580 So, when they talk about the future, 00:11:10.740 --> 00:11:11.740 they actually point backwards. 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:14.779 And when they talk about the past, 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:16.580 it's Naira Pacha. 00:11:17.460 --> 00:11:19.580 It means Ford time. 00:11:20.319 --> 00:11:21.460 So, when they talk about the past, 00:11:21.539 --> 00:11:22.460 they point in front of them. 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:25.179 Because we don't know what's going to happen, 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:26.699 even later on today. 00:11:26.779 --> 00:11:27.539 We may have plans, 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:28.960 but we don't really know what's going to happen. 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:32.019 But we can look back and see what has happened, 00:11:32.680 --> 00:11:34.860 and identify how God has delivered, 00:11:35.560 --> 00:11:36.420 and has rescued. 00:11:38.420 --> 00:11:41.019 Because he is the I Am. 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:42.879 The old, what is it? 00:11:43.019 --> 00:11:44.620 The old hymn says, 00:11:45.280 --> 00:11:47.060 For I know who holds the future. 00:11:47.940 --> 00:11:48.960 And he holds it in his hand. 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:51.379 With God, things don't just happen. 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:52.779 I used to sing it, 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:55.700 For God, things just don't happen. 00:11:55.939 --> 00:11:56.659 And that's not right. 00:11:56.980 --> 00:11:59.080 For God, things don't just happen. 00:12:00.379 --> 00:12:02.639 Everything by him is planned. 00:12:04.620 --> 00:12:05.860 God says to Moses, 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:06.919 I am. 00:12:07.659 --> 00:12:09.460 I am the eternal present 00:12:09.460 --> 00:12:12.039 in a way that you and I can never be. 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:15.080 He was as much present in the past 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:17.120 as he's present now. 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:19.200 And God is here 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:21.060 and is present in the future. 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:24.279 Now, I was born 1969. 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:26.080 I know I don't look good. 00:12:26.899 --> 00:12:29.539 I can trace my family back to 1807. 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:32.759 But I know very little before that. 00:12:34.220 --> 00:12:37.279 I am one person in time. 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:39.539 But God was as fully 00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:41.419 with my great-great-grandparents 00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:43.600 as he was with my great-grandparents 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:44.840 and my grandparents 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:47.120 and with you and with me 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:49.100 and with the generations before. 00:12:49.379 --> 00:12:51.000 In fact, I think it says, 00:12:52.160 --> 00:12:52.860 verse 8, 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:55.560 he remembers his covenant forever, 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:57.860 the word he commanded 00:12:57.860 --> 00:13:00.800 for a thousand generations. 00:13:02.800 --> 00:13:04.840 Psalm 105 says, 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:05.820 trust the one 00:13:05.820 --> 00:13:08.180 who holds the past 00:13:08.180 --> 00:13:09.019 and the present 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:11.440 and the future together. 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:15.560 Here's something I kind of, 00:13:15.640 --> 00:13:16.820 I suppose I run past the kids. 00:13:16.920 --> 00:13:17.840 This is my mathematics. 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:19.420 It's still probably not perfect. 00:13:20.460 --> 00:13:21.400 We are told, 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:23.940 we are told by NASA, 00:13:24.380 --> 00:13:25.520 whether you believe it or not, 00:13:26.300 --> 00:13:29.020 there are 100 billion suns 00:13:29.020 --> 00:13:30.380 in our galaxy. 00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:31.940 100 billion suns. 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:33.820 And they estimate, 00:13:34.180 --> 00:13:35.980 they estimate that 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:38.040 there are 100 billion galaxies. 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:41.599 And that's 100 with 23 zeros 00:13:41.599 --> 00:13:42.480 after it, apparently. 00:13:43.620 --> 00:13:44.599 And if you divide that 00:13:44.599 --> 00:13:46.639 between 7 billion people 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:47.179 on the planet, 00:13:47.319 --> 00:13:48.919 so you and I get our star kingdom 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:49.599 each, 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.639 each one of us, 00:13:51.179 --> 00:13:52.179 and you go and visit 00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:53.079 your star kingdom 00:13:53.079 --> 00:13:54.899 bit by bit, 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:56.659 and you can travel 00:13:56.659 --> 00:13:58.079 instantaneously between them, 00:13:58.139 --> 00:13:59.120 so you spend a day 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:00.259 on each of your stars, 00:14:01.079 --> 00:14:02.500 it would take you 00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:04.059 39 billion years 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:05.339 just to visit the stars 00:14:05.339 --> 00:14:06.219 assigned to you. 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:08.580 I don't know 00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:09.700 if you like my maths or not, 00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:12.200 but what my Bible says 00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:14.279 is that he calls them out 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:15.040 one by one, 00:14:15.660 --> 00:14:16.840 and by his power 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:17.660 not one of them 00:14:17.660 --> 00:14:18.460 is missing. 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.779 He doesn't just hold 00:14:20.779 --> 00:14:21.560 the future 00:14:21.560 --> 00:14:22.399 and the present 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:23.060 and the past 00:14:23.060 --> 00:14:23.660 in his hand, 00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:24.899 he holds the whole 00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:25.560 of creation 00:14:25.560 --> 00:14:26.779 in his hand. 00:14:27.660 --> 00:14:28.820 And what's best of all, 00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:30.220 he's a covenantal 00:14:30.899 --> 00:14:33.720 relationship-making God 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:34.840 with you 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:35.899 and me. 00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:37.820 I don't know 00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:38.600 where you are this morning. 00:14:38.660 --> 00:14:39.000 I don't know 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.639 if you're discouraged 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.360 in your faith 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:41.460 or greatly encouraged 00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:42.100 in your faith. 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:43.399 I don't know 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:44.620 if you're feeling 00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:45.540 very close to God 00:14:45.540 --> 00:14:46.139 or you're feeling 00:14:46.139 --> 00:14:47.180 very far away from God. 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:49.019 I don't know, 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:50.200 it may be 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:51.259 that you don't know 00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:52.060 that relationship 00:14:52.060 --> 00:14:53.740 with God through Christ 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.480 that I'm speaking 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.240 about this morning. 00:14:57.160 --> 00:14:58.200 But what I would like 00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:58.660 this morning 00:14:58.660 --> 00:14:59.820 for the next little bit, 00:14:59.820 --> 00:15:01.800 and I don't think 00:15:01.800 --> 00:15:02.300 it should finish 00:15:02.300 --> 00:15:03.240 when I stop speaking, 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:05.000 is to be a time 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:06.520 of telling stories 00:15:06.520 --> 00:15:07.260 of faith, 00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:09.620 encouraging each other 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:11.500 with our individual 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:12.560 walk with God 00:15:12.560 --> 00:15:14.240 about where you've 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.800 seen God 00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:15.460 at work. 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.900 Because it's by 00:15:17.900 --> 00:15:19.220 remembering these things 00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:20.560 that we can 00:15:20.560 --> 00:15:21.840 engage with others, 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:23.379 but we can also 00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.180 re-engage 00:15:24.180 --> 00:15:24.960 with our faith. 00:15:25.280 --> 00:15:26.480 Remembering when God 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:27.460 has been faithful. 00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:29.200 Because sometimes 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:30.300 you can be in a situation 00:15:30.300 --> 00:15:31.000 and because it's 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:31.460 the immediate 00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:32.360 and it's the present, 00:15:33.040 --> 00:15:34.120 it feels overwhelming 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:35.019 or it feels maybe 00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:35.920 that God isn't there. 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:37.840 And what we do 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:38.879 is we look back 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:40.120 and we say, 00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:41.620 God is faithful. 00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:43.060 As he was faithful 00:15:43.060 --> 00:15:43.639 to Abraham 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.400 and to Isaac 00:15:44.400 --> 00:15:45.139 and to Jacob 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:46.440 for generation 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:47.300 after generation 00:15:47.300 --> 00:15:48.120 after generation, 00:15:48.660 --> 00:15:50.019 he is faithful 00:15:50.019 --> 00:15:51.160 and will be faithful 00:15:51.160 --> 00:15:52.000 to me. 00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:55.620 The future, 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.639 I can't see it, 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:57.699 it's behind me. 00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:59.179 The past, 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:00.240 what he has done 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:01.799 is all in front of me. 00:16:02.819 --> 00:16:03.639 And so I'm going to ask you, 00:16:03.699 --> 00:16:04.179 I don't know whether you, 00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:05.299 do you do tea and coffee 00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:06.220 afterwards as well? 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:07.080 Or folks are like, 00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:07.840 do you know what? 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.480 It would be great 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:09.799 to talk about the rugby yesterday. 00:16:09.939 --> 00:16:10.340 And yes, 00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:11.139 well done Scotland. 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:12.620 Yeah. 00:16:13.939 --> 00:16:15.620 And didn't Liverpool do well? 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:16.100 And yeah, 00:16:16.199 --> 00:16:17.539 what are you doing this week? 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:17.899 And all that. 00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:19.039 How about 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:21.080 we just for once 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:22.539 go up, 00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.299 if you're comfortable, 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.939 and ask somebody, 00:16:24.940 --> 00:16:26.260 tell me a story 00:16:26.260 --> 00:16:27.380 about faith in your life 00:16:27.380 --> 00:16:28.540 when God was 00:16:28.540 --> 00:16:29.540 really very real 00:16:29.540 --> 00:16:30.140 for you. 00:16:31.180 --> 00:16:31.940 And as that person 00:16:31.940 --> 00:16:32.620 tells the story, 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.640 they'll remind themselves. 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:35.320 And as they tell the story, 00:16:35.400 --> 00:16:36.100 they'll encourage you. 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:38.080 And as a congregation, 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:39.180 we'll be encouraged 00:16:39.180 --> 00:16:40.340 to know that God 00:16:40.340 --> 00:16:41.580 has been faithful. 00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:43.360 And these just aren't 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:44.240 stories from the 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.460 dim, 00:16:44.540 --> 00:16:45.260 distant past 00:16:45.260 --> 00:16:46.760 that he's the same 00:16:46.760 --> 00:16:47.200 yesterday, 00:16:47.560 --> 00:16:47.900 today, 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.780 and forever. 00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:50.759 And I think 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:51.279 that probably 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:51.959 would be far more 00:16:51.959 --> 00:16:52.500 of an encouragement 00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.100 to faith 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:54.659 than some 00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:55.740 50-year-old Irishman 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.519 standing at the front 00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:57.720 and talking 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.759 for possibly too long. 00:16:59.819 --> 00:17:00.860 You do the ministry. 00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.220 You share 00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.819 with people. 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:04.440 I'm going to tell you 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:05.180 two quick stories. 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.960 And these are just 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.299 examples, 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:08.180 because they don't need 00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:08.660 to be big, 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:08.960 big, 00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:09.399 you know, 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:11.019 I was at death's door 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.559 stories. 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.240 Although they're 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.000 very good as well. 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:13.859 But here's one. 00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.160 You'll maybe not even 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:15.740 think this is God. 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.139 You'll maybe think 00:17:16.139 --> 00:17:16.859 this is too trivial. 00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:19.299 I was in cool rain. 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:20.839 I was dropping my son 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.759 off at a Northern 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.599 Irish Scripture Union 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:22.979 camp. 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:24.219 I have managed 00:17:24.219 --> 00:17:25.019 to brainwash him 00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.479 into thinking 00:17:25.479 --> 00:17:26.179 that he's a Northern 00:17:26.179 --> 00:17:27.399 Ireland boy in exile. 00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:28.779 So he goes to 00:17:28.779 --> 00:17:29.559 Northern Irish 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.779 Scripture Union 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.199 camps. 00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:32.079 He actually, 00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.699 bizarrely, 00:17:32.919 --> 00:17:33.719 in the way that 00:17:33.719 --> 00:17:34.259 only Northern 00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.759 Irish Scripture 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.740 Union could do, 00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:36.719 he goes to a 00:17:36.719 --> 00:17:37.339 Northern Irish 00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:38.179 Scripture Union 00:17:38.179 --> 00:17:39.099 Scottish camp. 00:17:41.399 --> 00:17:42.459 Which used to 00:17:42.459 --> 00:17:43.059 meet in Edinburgh. 00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:44.799 So he would 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.519 leave him off 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.139 in Northern Ireland 00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:46.980 so Scripture Union 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:47.480 could take him 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:47.900 to Edinburgh. 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:49.840 Now, 00:17:50.060 --> 00:17:50.620 they can't go 00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:50.960 to Edinburgh 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.620 anymore so they 00:17:51.620 --> 00:17:52.520 go to Bullingar 00:17:52.520 --> 00:17:53.100 which is in the 00:17:53.100 --> 00:17:53.660 south of Ireland. 00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:55.000 So it's now 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.560 the Northern 00:17:55.560 --> 00:17:56.080 Ireland Scripture 00:17:56.080 --> 00:17:56.920 Union Scottish 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:57.620 camp meeting 00:17:57.620 --> 00:17:58.060 in the south 00:17:58.060 --> 00:17:58.460 of Ireland. 00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.200 Anyway, 00:17:59.800 --> 00:18:01.259 we took him 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.640 across. 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.040 I'm from 00:18:03.040 --> 00:18:03.540 Colerain. 00:18:04.080 --> 00:18:04.480 I don't know 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:04.920 if you like 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:06.080 golf but that's 00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:06.759 four miles from 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:07.240 Port Rush 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:07.740 where the Open 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.220 was held for 00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:08.780 the first time 00:18:08.780 --> 00:18:09.980 since 1951. 00:18:10.320 --> 00:18:11.259 It was all 00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:11.759 the news in 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.080 Northern Ireland. 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:12.860 It was the 00:18:12.860 --> 00:18:13.440 biggest thing. 00:18:14.600 --> 00:18:15.300 Tickets were sold 00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:16.319 out nine hours 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:17.019 after they 00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:17.599 went on sale. 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:18.480 So, 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:20.180 we're there. 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:20.700 We happened to 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.259 have a free day. 00:18:21.379 --> 00:18:22.339 Bit of dad-son 00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:23.099 bonding time. 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:23.940 What would you 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.480 like to do 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.259 before I drop 00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:25.659 you off at 00:18:25.659 --> 00:18:25.899 camp? 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:27.599 No. 00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:29.619 Well, 00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:29.899 come on, 00:18:29.919 --> 00:18:30.220 let's do 00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:30.899 something now 00:18:30.899 --> 00:18:31.200 we're here. 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:31.700 No. 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.200 No. 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:33.839 Well, 00:18:33.899 --> 00:18:34.339 shall we go to 00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:34.799 Port Rush? 00:18:35.639 --> 00:18:36.339 We'll just soak 00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:36.899 up the atmosphere. 00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:38.039 No. 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:38.139 No. 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:40.879 So, 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.279 we go to 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.659 Port Rush 00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:44.259 and don't 00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.740 expect you 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:44.880 to know 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.320 Port Rush 00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:45.860 but you can 00:18:45.860 --> 00:18:46.380 actually see 00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:46.820 part of the 00:18:46.820 --> 00:18:47.200 course from 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.519 the road. 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.480 So, 00:18:48.560 --> 00:18:48.700 we were 00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:49.240 standing on 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.680 the road 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.240 not having 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.700 paid to 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.100 get in 00:18:51.100 --> 00:18:51.440 and we're 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.120 watching Rory 00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.800 McIlroy and 00:18:52.800 --> 00:18:53.200 some of the 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.160 greats tee off 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.519 down the 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:55.220 second fairway 00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:56.140 thinking, 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:56.759 that's really 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.019 good. 00:18:57.080 --> 00:18:57.500 That's quite 00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:57.720 good, 00:18:57.800 --> 00:18:57.960 Johnny. 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.600 Guy comes 00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:04.019 up from 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.580 inside the 00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:04.880 course, 00:19:05.620 --> 00:19:05.840 says, 00:19:06.040 --> 00:19:06.740 would you 00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:06.980 like a 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.140 ticket? 00:19:08.820 --> 00:19:09.220 I said, 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.500 yeah. 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.240 He said, 00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:10.880 how much? 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:11.140 He said, 00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.280 no, 00:19:11.300 --> 00:19:11.400 no, 00:19:11.580 --> 00:19:12.460 just have 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.500 it with 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:13.940 my blessing. 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:15.640 I'll 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:16.020 take it. 00:19:17.580 --> 00:19:17.940 I said, 00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.120 oh, 00:19:18.260 --> 00:19:18.560 but there's 00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:18.920 two of 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.900 us rapidly 00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:20.320 thinking, 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.060 could I 00:19:21.060 --> 00:19:21.440 get rid 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:21.660 of him 00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.260 some way? 00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.660 Here's a 00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:24.900 fiver, 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.180 go and 00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.380 have an 00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:25.740 ice cream, 00:19:25.840 --> 00:19:25.980 son. 00:19:27.800 --> 00:19:28.420 And he 00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:28.560 said, 00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:28.700 well, 00:19:28.780 --> 00:19:28.940 here, 00:19:29.080 --> 00:19:29.440 we've 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.840 used one 00:19:29.840 --> 00:19:30.100 of them 00:19:30.100 --> 00:19:30.380 and we 00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:30.560 haven't 00:19:30.560 --> 00:19:30.700 used 00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:30.880 the other. 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.180 Take 00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:31.540 two. 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.000 He said, 00:19:32.080 --> 00:19:32.500 maybe you 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:32.880 can tell 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:33.160 them that 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:33.340 you, 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:33.940 you know, 00:19:34.120 --> 00:19:34.580 invent 00:19:34.580 --> 00:19:35.100 some story. 00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:35.400 He says, 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:35.800 by the way, 00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:36.100 you have 00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:36.520 to pretend 00:19:36.520 --> 00:19:36.880 to be 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:37.200 Kieran 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.660 McCann. 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:41.160 to the 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:41.340 ticket 00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:41.760 office. 00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.100 And 00:19:43.100 --> 00:19:43.460 Johnny's 00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:43.840 woken up 00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:44.120 by this 00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:44.400 time, 00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:45.380 because it's 00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:46.020 almost 11 00:19:46.020 --> 00:19:46.400 o'clock, 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:49.220 and he's 00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:49.540 saying, 00:19:49.820 --> 00:19:50.560 maybe you 00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:50.960 could say 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.240 that we 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.840 got separated 00:19:51.840 --> 00:19:52.260 and you 00:19:52.260 --> 00:19:52.640 went in 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:52.900 and had 00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.180 to come 00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.680 out again. 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.800 Or maybe, 00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:56.580 I don't know. 00:19:57.820 --> 00:19:58.440 And I'm 00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:58.780 thinking, 00:19:59.180 --> 00:19:59.420 you know, 00:19:59.480 --> 00:19:59.660 well, 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.820 I can't do 00:20:00.820 --> 00:20:01.100 this. 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.140 I can't do 00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:02.420 this. 00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:03.520 I do love 00:20:03.520 --> 00:20:03.960 my golf, 00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:04.840 but I can't 00:20:04.840 --> 00:20:05.180 do this. 00:20:06.060 --> 00:20:06.660 So I just 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.040 went up and 00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:07.240 I said, 00:20:07.280 --> 00:20:07.440 Johnny, 00:20:07.520 --> 00:20:07.920 here's my 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.240 strategy. 00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:08.620 I'm just 00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:08.880 going to be 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.520 completely and 00:20:09.520 --> 00:20:10.040 utterly truthful 00:20:10.040 --> 00:20:10.300 with the 00:20:10.300 --> 00:20:10.520 guy. 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:13.640 I went 00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.020 up to the 00:20:14.020 --> 00:20:14.460 ticket booth 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.000 and just 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.220 said, 00:20:15.300 --> 00:20:15.520 listen, 00:20:15.840 --> 00:20:16.400 I'm not 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:16.600 going to 00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:16.820 tell you 00:20:16.820 --> 00:20:17.100 a word 00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:17.520 of a lie. 00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:17.940 Some 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.760 random 00:20:18.760 --> 00:20:19.260 person 00:20:19.260 --> 00:20:19.520 called 00:20:19.520 --> 00:20:19.740 Kieran 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.080 McCann 00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:20.380 has just 00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:20.680 given me 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.060 this ticket 00:20:21.060 --> 00:20:21.460 for free, 00:20:21.520 --> 00:20:21.800 no money 00:20:21.800 --> 00:20:22.220 exchanged 00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.580 hands. 00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:23.480 That's 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.860 not who 00:20:23.860 --> 00:20:24.320 I am. 00:20:24.580 --> 00:20:25.080 And I 00:20:25.080 --> 00:20:25.500 can't use 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:25.820 the ticket 00:20:25.820 --> 00:20:26.460 unless I 00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:26.940 get one 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.700 for my 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.520 son here. 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:29.600 And the 00:20:29.600 --> 00:20:29.920 guy goes, 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.940 you're 00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.220 joking. 00:20:32.560 --> 00:20:33.100 He said, 00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:33.600 the ticket 00:20:33.600 --> 00:20:34.060 sold out 00:20:34.060 --> 00:20:34.520 nine hours 00:20:34.520 --> 00:20:34.860 after they 00:20:34.860 --> 00:20:35.120 went on 00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.320 sale. 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:36.740 I said, 00:20:36.800 --> 00:20:36.940 okay. 00:20:37.060 --> 00:20:37.180 Well, 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:37.380 I said, 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:37.620 listen, 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.600 I was blessed 00:20:38.600 --> 00:20:39.060 with a ticket 00:20:39.060 --> 00:20:40.020 for five 00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.299 minutes. 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:41.839 Take it, 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:42.539 give it to 00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:42.740 somebody, 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.059 give it to 00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.339 the next 00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:43.720 person who 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.139 comes along 00:20:44.139 --> 00:20:44.539 and inquires 00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:44.839 about a 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.000 ticket. 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:46.680 He said, 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.039 what age 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.279 is your 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.460 son? 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:48.940 Fifteen. 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.680 Just a 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:49.839 moment. 00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.000 Went, 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.480 printed off 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.819 a fresh 00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.099 ticket, 00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.160 gave it 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:54.420 to me. 00:20:55.139 --> 00:20:55.519 Two of 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:55.779 us are 00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.259 in watching 00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.759 the British 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.039 Open 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:58.339 within five 00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:59.319 minutes on 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.339 the 18th 00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.799 and for 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.700 15 minutes 00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:02.639 and it's a 00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.379 precious 15 00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:03.799 minutes if 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.119 you've got a 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.660 15-year-old 00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:04.920 son. 00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.220 I was on 00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.980 a pedestal. 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.339 I was up 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.660 there. 00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:10.120 How did 00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:10.519 you do 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:10.840 that, 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.340 Dad? 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.500 Now, 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.320 where was 00:21:14.320 --> 00:21:14.660 God in 00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:14.860 that? 00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.580 I think 00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:16.980 God was 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.540 just honoring 00:21:17.540 --> 00:21:17.920 me for 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.480 being honest 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:20.259 and not 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:21.340 valuing a 00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:21.620 very, 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.460 very precious 00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.180 Port Rush 00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.940 Open ticket 00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:25.120 ahead of 00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:25.500 telling the 00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:25.759 truth. 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.320 And what a 00:21:27.320 --> 00:21:27.740 tremendous 00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:29.019 example to 00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.580 be able to 00:21:29.580 --> 00:21:30.300 set to 00:21:30.300 --> 00:21:30.860 my boy 00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.920 that actually 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.860 telling the 00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:33.140 truth, 00:21:34.060 --> 00:21:34.240 you know, 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.060 okay, 00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.640 sometimes it 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.420 doesn't work 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.279 in terms of 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.539 you don't 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:37.879 get what 00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.240 you want, 00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:38.740 but it's 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.160 always the 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.500 right thing 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.819 to do, 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.980 even to 00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.359 be prepared 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:41.680 to hand 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.000 back a 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.139 ticket. 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:44.000 So that's 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.700 one story. 00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:45.779 That's to 00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.240 show you how 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.079 trivial it 00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.500 can be, 00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:47.920 except it's 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.399 not trivial 00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:48.980 ever where 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.279 God is 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:50.240 involved or 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.579 God is 00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:50.779 honored. 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.079 So you 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.500 be thinking 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.039 about what 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.879 story you 00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.440 could tell. 00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:56.379 Last one. 00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:56.660 Do I still 00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.180 have time for 00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.420 one more? 00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:58.940 That was 00:21:58.940 --> 00:22:00.940 one. 00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:03.319 No, no, 00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:03.599 no, 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.500 one story. 00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:07.500 I was 00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.960 privileged to 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.140 go to 00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.619 South Africa 00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:08.920 with a 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.680 rugby tour 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.259 for the 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.519 school, 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.240 went as 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.579 chaplain, 00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.980 but I 00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.500 was flying 00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.240 back because 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.880 we support 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.500 a charity 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.119 in Zimbabwe, 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:18.460 so I was 00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:18.920 flying back 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.500 via there, 00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.640 and I was 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.039 catching a 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.480 British Airways 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.180 flight back 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.720 home from 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.160 Joburg, 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.400 Joburg via 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:26.940 Heathrow up 00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.319 to Edinburgh, 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:29.819 and I'd 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.339 booked extra 00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.779 leg room 00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.579 because I 00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.119 have bad 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.539 knees from 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:32.980 playing rugby. 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:36.759 It's about 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.779 60 quid more, 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:37.980 and it was 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.579 one of those 00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.240 lovely occasions 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.559 where there 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:39.900 was a woman 00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.299 in the window 00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.220 seat and a 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.920 completely free 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.599 seat beside 00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.099 me, and I'm 00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:43.519 sitting in the 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.339 aisle with my 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.859 legs stretched 00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:46.759 out, and at 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.460 the very last 00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.900 minute, this 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:50.359 young woman 00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.980 bags all 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.299 everywhere, 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.759 comes in, 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.599 plants herself 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.259 down in the 00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.380 seat, and 00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:58.339 oh, just 00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.079 made it, 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.420 just made 00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.619 it, she 00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:00.819 said. 00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.980 And what a 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.440 good seat, 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.880 she said. 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.840 I didn't 00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.280 even pay 00:23:04.280 --> 00:23:04.820 for this. 00:23:07.760 --> 00:23:09.060 And we're 00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:09.380 chatting, I 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.640 said, well, 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.800 where are you 00:23:10.800 --> 00:23:10.980 going? 00:23:11.060 --> 00:23:11.340 She said, I'm 00:23:11.340 --> 00:23:11.940 going to 00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.240 Edinburgh. 00:23:13.060 --> 00:23:13.680 I said, so 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.540 am I, so 00:23:14.540 --> 00:23:14.820 am I. 00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:18.520 And she 00:23:18.520 --> 00:23:19.700 said, I 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.740 hate flying, 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.020 so do you 00:23:22.020 --> 00:23:22.420 mind if I 00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.880 grab your 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.380 leg during 00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:23.880 take-off? 00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:27.160 You have 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.600 to sometimes 00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:28.040 suffer for 00:23:28.040 --> 00:23:28.460 your ministry. 00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:30.980 And then 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.360 she said, if 00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:32.519 I fall asleep, 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.299 if I fall 00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.900 asleep, I 00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.420 might loll 00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:34.799 over you. 00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.819 Just feel 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.140 free to 00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.380 nudge me 00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.519 in the 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.660 ribs. 00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:39.700 I said, what 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:39.860 are you 00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.120 doing? 00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.539 Are you 00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:40.840 visiting 00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.079 Edinburgh? 00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.620 She said, no, 00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.180 I'm leaving 00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.880 South Africa 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.380 for the last 00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.680 time. 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.200 We're 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.640 emigrating, 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:46.340 and I'm 00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:46.680 going to 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:46.880 live in 00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.319 Linlithgow. 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.940 She said, 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.660 what do you 00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:50.779 do? 00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:51.140 I said, well, 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.759 I'm going 00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.019 home. 00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.460 I said, I'm 00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.940 a chaplain 00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.579 at a school 00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.299 in Edinburgh. 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.779 Oh, she 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.620 went, you 00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.559 are God's 00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.139 gift to 00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.419 me. 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.819 Now, in 00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.259 fairness, I 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.720 have heard 00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.119 that one 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.419 or two 00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:04.480 times in 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.839 life. 00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:08.599 But what 00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.000 had happened 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.359 is her 00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:09.859 husband and 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.159 her had 00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.559 just become 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.059 Christians 00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:12.159 about a 00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.599 year ago, 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.799 and they 00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.359 were praying 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:16.240 in the 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.659 airport before 00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:18.179 they came 00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:19.220 that she 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.700 would be 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.240 sitting beside 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.679 a Christian 00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.000 who she 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.379 could ask 00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:22.059 about churches 00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.839 to link up 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.419 with in 00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:23.659 Edinburgh. 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.259 And yes, I 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.740 actually did 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.220 mention 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.940 Brunsfield, 00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.759 but I 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.039 think they're 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.339 going to 00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:27.859 St. John's 00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:29.459 now in 00:24:29.459 --> 00:24:30.159 Linlithgow, 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.779 because that's 00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.039 where they 00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.259 live. 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.259 Now, that's 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.759 just a little, 00:24:33.939 --> 00:24:34.240 you know, 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.699 a couple 00:24:35.699 --> 00:24:36.859 pray and 00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.439 they get 00:24:37.439 --> 00:24:39.539 a gobby 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.839 Irishman to 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.919 answer the 00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.299 prayer and 00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.919 sit beside. 00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:43.899 God is 00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.279 faithful. 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.839 God has 00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.679 answered those 00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:45.939 folks' 00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.359 prayers. 00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.459 He wanted 00:24:47.459 --> 00:24:47.740 to be 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.240 faithful to 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.639 them and 00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:48.939 get them 00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:49.339 into a 00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:49.679 fellowship 00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:50.819 in Linlithgow. 00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.459 The funny 00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.339 thing is when 00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.779 we got to 00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.679 Heathrow, she 00:24:53.679 --> 00:24:54.039 got through 00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.779 security quicker 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.199 and she 00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:55.899 was FaceTiming 00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.319 her husband. 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.099 And she 00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.299 was going, 00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.639 yeah, and 00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:57.960 I've met 00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.519 this guy on 00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.299 the plane and 00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.659 he's just 00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.259 God's gift. 00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.639 And she 00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.179 said, here 00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:02.639 he is. 00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:03.259 And there's 00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.659 this big 00:25:03.659 --> 00:25:05.819 really mountain 00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.419 of a South 00:25:06.419 --> 00:25:07.259 African guy 00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.799 going, I'm 00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.079 going, hi 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.740 Nick, I'm 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.179 married, three 00:25:09.179 --> 00:25:09.700 children, nice 00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.059 to meet you. 00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.379 Yeah. 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.799 How has 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.159 God worked 00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:16.000 in your life 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.639 faithfully? 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.259 How has God 00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.879 been faithful 00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.299 to you? 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.759 What story are 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.299 you going to 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.439 tell to a 00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:22.099 person over 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:23.419 tea or coffee? 00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.160 How are you 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:25.060 going to 00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:26.240 encourage a 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.840 community of 00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.220 faith and 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.180 encourage yourself 00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:29.460 by remembering 00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.860 God's covenant 00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.800 to you? 00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.080 And if you 00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:33.759 really can't 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.060 think of 00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:36.200 anything, then 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:38.680 as you forget 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.240 for a moment 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.259 about tomorrow, 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.779 you look 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.519 backwards and 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.880 as we were 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.980 singing, you 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.580 look at the 00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:44.960 cross. 00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:47.100 You look at 00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:49.060 the cross and 00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:49.960 you tell stories 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.880 and remember 00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:52.180 Christ's 00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:53.920 sacrifice for 00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.759 me and for 00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.579 you on the 00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.319 cross, in 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.960 my place. 00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.559 You remember 00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.299 his words to 00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.840 the thief on 00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.240 the cross, 00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:00.880 today you 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.360 will be with 00:26:01.360 --> 00:26:02.360 me in 00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:02.740 paradise. 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.579 And you 00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.240 remember that 00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.940 that was 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.200 for you. 00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.220 Just as 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.960 actually those 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.640 old soldiers 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.660 walking down 00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.559 the mile 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.579 four years 00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.720 ago were 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.120 remembering 00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:16.420 people that 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.819 they knew 00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.420 friends who 00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.720 had laid 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.259 down their 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.720 lives. 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:21.319 Christ, your 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.299 friend, Jesus, 00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.980 your friend, 00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.980 laid his 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.640 life down 00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.900 for you. 00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.799 He is 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.980 faithful and 00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.759 remembers that 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.180 promise, 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.019 remembers the 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.559 promise that 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.000 he made, 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.319 that all who 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.860 come to him 00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.319 and confess 00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.100 their sins, 00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:38.120 he is just 00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.519 and will 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.100 forgive them 00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:40.360 from all 00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:41.180 unrighteousness. 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.360 Remember 00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.680 that. 00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.259 Write it 00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.819 down somewhere, 00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:46.980 write it on 00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.420 your wall, 00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.620 tie it in 00:26:48.620 --> 00:26:49.000 your arm, 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:50.380 talk about 00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:50.880 it as 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.000 you're 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.440 walking down 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.859 the street 00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.900 with your 00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.380 grandchildren 00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:53.920 or kids 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.339 or your 00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.859 friends or 00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.160 whoever. 00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.619 Look back 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.119 and remember 00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.480 God's 00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.039 faithfulness 00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.140 and be 00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.559 encouraged 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.180 for today 00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:01.660 and take 00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.799 hope in 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.119 tomorrow. 00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.700 Let's 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:05.900 pray. 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.319 Father God, 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.380 God, 00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:14.099 I pray 00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:15.019 that actually 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.660 these next 00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.259 five, 00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:16.819 ten minutes 00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:19.799 will be 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.539 refreshing, 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.740 will be 00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.039 faith 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.619 inspiring, 00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:27.019 will give 00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:28.220 hope where 00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.639 hope is 00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:28.879 needed, 00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.440 encouragement 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.740 where 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.200 encouragement 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.740 is needed, 00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.759 challenge 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.000 where 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.359 challenge 00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.559 is 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:32.799 needed. 00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.079 And by 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.579 your spirit 00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:34.920 you would 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.299 do your 00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.839 work in 00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.359 your way 00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.940 in our 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.619 lives in 00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.119 this place. 00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:40.119 Amen.