We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise. We're singing in Psalm 91.
This is in the Scottish Psalter, page 351. Psalm 91. We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 5.
He that doth in the secret place of the Most High reside under the shade of him that is the Almighty
shall abide. I think especially for the young ones going through to the hall next door.
Verse 4 of this Psalm you'll see up on the wall next door. There's feathers, there's wings that
young people made up, and in the middle is this verse. His feathers shall thee hide, thy thrust
under his wings shall be. His faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler unto thee. So remember that
God is a shield and that we find refuge under his wings. We'll sing verse 1 to 5 to God's praise,
and we stand to sing.
He that doth in the secret place of the Most High is night,
under the shade of him that is the Almighty shall abide.
Under the shade of him that is the Almighty shall abide.
I owe the Lord my God will save. He is my refuge still. He is my fortress and my hope. And in
He is my fortress and my heart. And in him trust thy will. Assuredly he shall be safe, and in deliverance from subtle power.
He shall be safe, and in deliverance from subtle power.
And from subtle power.
And from the noisome pestilence. His feathers shall be my
His faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler unto thee.
Thou shalt not need to be afraid.
For ever shall the night, nor for the night.
nor for the arrow thou thou be
Thou shalt thou come to thee.
Thou shalt not need to be afraid.
For ever shall the night.
nor for the arrow thou thou thou thou.
Thou shalt not need to be afraid.
I will come to God in prayer.
Let us pray.
Lord our God, our Father in heaven, we do thank you for this, your day.
We thank you to be able to gather together, to come and worship you, to sing praise to you, to hear your word together, and to seek your blessing on all that we do.
We thank you for the promise that you are here with us, and we thank you for the promise that you give us help, that you give us a refuge even in times of trouble.
We thank you that even as we have sung of in this psalm that there may be many things that we are afraid of.
From the youngest here to the oldest there will be things that may leave us feeling scared in life.
But we thank you that we have you to come to, that we have you as one to help us, to be with us, to give us guidance, to give us strength in the midst of all that maybe makes us afraid.
And so we pray, Lord, that you will help us to know you are there for us, each and every one of us, that we can come praying to you, even the simple words, any words that we have, Jesus will hear for us.
And we thank you that you are able to answer prayers for us too.
And so we thank you, Lord, for every good thing that you give to us.
We thank you for a time of holiday for our young people, for the schools and the Sunday school.
We thank you for all who come and go during this time, both going away from ourselves as a congregation, visiting family and friends away or spending time on holiday in different places.
We ask you protection over everyone who is usually here with us, but not today.
We thank you too that visitors come to us and that we have visitors in our midst today.
And we will see maybe more visitors over these coming weeks.
We thank you for these times we're able to share together.
And we pray that you will bless us all together.
Bless the young ones as they will go through to the hall in a few moments.
Lord, be with them there as they enjoy learning more of your word.
And bless us here too in the church as we continue in our worship of you.
So be with us, Lord, as we commit ourselves to you.
Watch over us and all our loved ones as we ask all in Jesus' name and for his sake. Amen.
It's good to see young ones in the congregation today, different parts of the church.
Hands up, young ones, so I can see where you are.
You're all scattered all over the place today.
It's good to see you all here today.
I hope you're enjoying your holidays.
I hope those who are visiting with us are enjoying their time with us as well.
It's always good to have visitors here.
Today in the service, we're going to be looking at what Jesus promised his disciples as he was about to leave them.
We're looking at John chapter 14 together today where Jesus has gathered his disciples together in a room.
And he's teaching them about all the things that lie ahead.
And this is just the night before Jesus dies, which makes it even more significant for us, I think,
because it reminds us that even as Jesus has all that lying ahead of him,
that he was still concerned about those he loved, his disciples and others.
And what he wanted for them was to know that he had help for them.
That even though he was going away from them, that he was going to give them a helper.
And that's what we're going to be thinking about this morning in the service.
The helper is the Holy Spirit.
Now, what kind of things do we need help with?
All through our life, we need help with different things.
When we're young, we need help maybe getting dressed and eating our food and all of these kinds of things.
As we're getting older, we'll need help maybe in school because we're finding things hard.
We'll ask our teacher to help us.
When we think of coming to Sunday school and even going next door today and doing a craft together,
maybe you'll have to help.
The teacher's there for help making the craft and different things.
And even as we get older, we rely on help from others as well.
Whatever we're doing in life, we need help.
Whether it's going through times that are difficult for us or times even that are happy for us,
we need help from different people too.
Think about playing sports and being in a team.
You often rely on people there to help you.
For example, if you're playing football and you're playing in a team and you make a mistake,
you need your teammates to be on your side to help you out.
I was playing football on Friday night and I'm seeing a couple of people who are playing with me.
I've lost count of the number of times I had to help them out because they'd made a mistake.
Maybe it was the other way around as well.
But when we're playing sports, we often make mistakes, but we have people there to help us.
But what about when we're by ourselves, when there's nobody else around?
When we're maybe afraid of different things.
Maybe even last night you were lying in bed and you were afraid because you were hearing the heavy rain outside.
Or when there's thunderstorms, you can be afraid and you think there's nobody there to help me.
There's people who are unwell and maybe they're feeling alone and afraid and they feel there's nobody there to help them.
Well, that's the promise that God is giving in his word here, that there is someone to help us.
That he doesn't want to leave us alone, but that even when we feel that we're by ourselves, that he has given us a helper, the Holy Spirit.
And just like the wind sometimes where you feel the wind in your face, but you don't know where it comes from.
That's the way the Holy Spirit is described in the Bible.
Like a wind.
You can't see it, but you know he's there.
And we know he's there just by believing in God, by believing in Jesus that he has promised to give us his helper.
So we like to have people around us to help us.
But there's times when we may be feeling alone, but we have to remember that Jesus has promised that he is there for us always.
No matter what time of day or night, no matter whether it's a happy time or a sad time, no matter whether it's things that we see as impossible to get through, that he is there to help us.
We have a helper.
And that is great to know that we have God with us through his Holy Spirit.
And may we all know his help day by day as we go on.
But we're going to say the Lord's Prayer together.
Let's say the Lord's Prayer.
Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.
Amen.
Well, we'll again sing to God's praise.
This time in Psalm 107.
It's in the Sing Psalms version on page 144.
Psalm 107.
We're going to sing from verse 10 down to verse 20.
And again, this Psalm speaks of people who will find themselves in situations where they're afraid, but they cry out to God, and the Lord is able to help them in their fear.
Some sat in darkness and in gloom and chains of iron held.
They scorned the ways of God most high, against his words rebelled.
And so he made them labor hard in bitterness and shame.
They stumbled and they could not rise.
To help them no one came.
Then says, then to the Lord they cried for help.
So we'll sing from verse 10 down to verse 20 to God's praise.
And, please.
Let's sing.
This song.
Let's sing.
brethren
There's a song.
Let's sing.
For the otherwise.
All right.
Let's sing.
We'll sing far away and care.
God of God
strony
reconciliation
O ye may that live our heart in bitterness and shame.
They stumbled and they could not rise to help them, no one came.
Then to the Lord they cried for help, he saved them from their doom.
He broke away their cruel chains and brought them out of gloom.
So let them thank them for his love, the deeds which he achieves.
Because he breaks the spirits of bronze and iron bars he gives.
Summer through their rebellious ways, and for their sins they dear.
All kinds of food revolted them, the gates of death grew near.
Then in despair they sought the Lord.
He saved them from their doom.
His word went forth with healing there, and kept them from the tomb.
We'll turn to reading God's word in the Gospel of John, chapter 14.
We're going to read from verse 15 down to the end of the chapter.
Just note at the beginning of this chapter, it speaks about a word that's repeated in our reading further on.
Verse 1,
Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
These are well-known words to us all perhaps, but it reminds us of just what Jesus is saying to his disciples at this time.
When they are afraid, let not your hearts be troubled.
Then in verse 15 we take up our reading.
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper to be with you forever,
even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him.
You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
I will not leave you as orphans.
I will come to you.
Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more.
But you will see me.
Because I live, you also will live.
In that day you will know that I am in the Father,
and you in me, and I in you.
Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me.
And he who loves me will be loved by my Father,
and I will love him and manifest myself to him.
Judas, not Iscariot, said to him,
Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us and not to the world?
Jesus answered him,
If anyone loves me, he will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Whoever does not love me does not keep my words,
and the word that you hear is not mine,
but the Father who sent me.
These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you,
but the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name,
he will teach you all things,
and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
Peace I leave with you,
my peace I give to you,
not as the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your hearts be troubled,
neither let them be afraid.
You heard me say to you,
I am going away,
and I will come to you.
If you loved me,
you would have rejoiced,
because I am going to the Father,
for the Father is greater than I.
And now I have told you before it takes place,
so that when it does take place,
you may believe.
I will no longer talk much with you,
for the ruler of this world is coming.
He has no claim on me,
but I do as the Father has commanded me,
so that the world may know
that I love the Father.
Rise, let us go from here.
Amen, and may God bless that reading from his word.
We'll again join together in prayer.
Let us pray.
Our Father in heaven,
we thank you for your word
that is often a word that speaks to us
in times of different need.
We thank you that there is always
something new each day,
something fresh,
something that we may have read
many, many times in the past,
and yet it brings new significance
in certain times in our lives.
And we pray that that will be the case
with your word to us today,
that as we read words
that may be very familiar to us,
as we read a passage
that may be heard on many occasion,
that today it may be a day
that it has a new significance,
it has a fresh meaning,
it gives us even a greater understanding
of all that you have done for us.
For we know how often
our lives change
in different circumstances,
changes that we can see coming sometimes,
but other times it's changes
we have not anticipated
and not prepared for.
We know our lives can change
so quickly.
We are reminded of it
day by day.
We are reminded of it
week by week in our lives,
both in our own personal experiences
or in the experiences
in our communities
or our nation
or the world as a whole.
We know, Lord,
that we have seen
so many significant changes
even in this past year already.
We see changes taking place
all the time.
But we thank you
that as we come to your word,
that we come to the one
who does not change,
the one who is the same always,
the same yesterday,
today and forever.
And so we thank you
that in all our changes
that we come to you in prayer.
We come offering up our praise to you
at Thanksgiving,
but also our requests
and petitions
for ourselves
or others around us.
If we are feeling the way hard,
oh Lord,
we thank you
that we can come to you
in prayer,
reminded of even the words
that we have read,
that you will be with us,
that you have provided
a helper for us,
that you have made
your home,
it says,
with your people.
And that's such a beautiful image
for us
to think,
oh Lord,
that you dwell
not just with us,
but in us.
And so we thank you
for the great love
that you have shown
towards us
and the great love
that is available
to all who will call upon you.
The great love
and grace
and mercy
that has helped
your people
down through
all the ages of life.
We thank you
that we can testify to it
so many of us
that by your grace,
oh Lord,
we would not be here ourselves
in the way that we are.
But we thank you,
oh Lord,
for your compassion
that when we were lost,
when we had gone astray,
even as we sung of
in Psalm 107,
we had wandered away
in desert paths,
we had sinned against you
in so many ways
that you still showed
mercy and love
towards us.
We thank you
that you have heard
the cries of your people
and that you have rescued,
that you have saved.
Lord,
we pray
that there will be those
who may call upon you today,
those who may cry out to you
even as a psalmist of old
and know that great power
of salvation,
know that great peace
that you are able to give.
We commit then
all of these things
to you
and our people to you,
those who have
particular needs,
those who are hurting
through the loss
of loved ones.
Even in these past days,
oh Lord,
how we know that
grief has touched
our communities
so sorely.
And we continue
to remember
all associated with us
who are going through
times of grief,
not just this week,
but even in the last
number of weeks.
And we pray
for families,
oh Lord,
who are mourning
and grieving.
We remember
in this past week
the family of
Lena McLeod.
We commit them to you,
her children,
John and Erica
and Muriel
and their families
and the grandchildren
and the wider
extended families too.
Lord,
we ask your blessing
on them,
your comfort towards them.
That we think too
of the family
of Willie Mashey,
that we remember them,
oh Lord.
And after seeing
such a massive turnout
yesterday at the funeral,
we thank you
that in such times
that there is your word
to speak to us.
And we pray
that your word
will be blessed
to all who are there
and especially
to the family
at this time,
to Kathleen
and to John
and Roddy,
to Roddy and Nan
and all their family too,
to Willie's mother
and brothers too.
Lord,
may you surround them
with your love
and your grace
and your peace
in the midst
of such a sore time.
May they know
the helper,
the comforter,
the one who is called
alongside.
May they know
your nearness
with them.
We do commit
our own families
and friends to you
and all that goes on
in our congregation
and in the wider
church as well.
We thank you
for the camps
going on just now
and again we pray
your blessing
on these camps.
We think of
Ken Craig Jr.
taking place
in this week.
We thank you
for safe travel
for them yesterday
and pray
blessing today
as they attend
the church
in Cunissie.
May they hear
your word there
and rejoice in it
and be with them
in the week ahead
in all that they do.
Keep them safe
as campers
and leaders together.
We pray for the
festival week ahead
in our town as well
when so many people
will come
and visit our town.
We pray for
the opportunities
that there are
to reach out
with the gospel
for the lunches
taking place
on Thursday
and Friday
for Giga.
We pray for the cruise ship
the days that the
church is open
in this coming week.
We pray for the breakfast
next Sunday morning
and any opportunities
we have to speak
with people
who are visiting our town
that you will
give us words
to speak
of the greatness
of God
the goodness
of him towards us
and the goodness
we have
and the mercy
we have in Christ
Jesus.
We pray Lord
that our town
will be a blessing
our church
will be a blessing
to many in these days.
We ask you
to continue with us
now in our worship
throughout the day
be with us here
and in the rest
of the day too
bless Scott
as he leads us
this evening
and all of us
who gather together
in worship then Lord
may we come
prayerfully
and seeking your face
even now
as we continue
in worship.
Go before us
Lord we pray
and forgive us
all our sin
as we ask
all of these things
in Jesus name.
Amen.
We're going to
sing again
to God's praise
this time in Psalm 80
in the Sing Psalms.
Psalm 88
page 107
we'll sing from verse
14
down to the end
of the Psalm
turn to us
O God Almighty
look and see
from heaven above
tend this vine
your hand has planted
and the sun
you raised in love.
We'll sing from
verse 14
down to the end
of the Psalm
to God's praise.
Amen.
Turn to us
O God Almighty
look and see
from heaven above
tend this vine
your hand has planted
and the sun
you raised in love.
See your vine
cut down and withered
and its branches
burned with fire
your rebuke has
crushed your people
and they perish
in your hour
let your hand be placed
in blessing
on the man
at your right hand
on the Son of Man
you've chosen
whom alone
you cause to stand
then we will not
wander from you
turning from you
to her shame
strengthen us
revive and heal us
then we'll call
upon your name
look on us
Lord God Almighty
let us see
your glory bright
turn us once again
towards you
come and save us
give us light
We can turn back
to our reading
in John chapter 14
we can read again
at verse 25
John chapter 14
at verse 25
these things
I have spoken to you
while I am still
with you
but the helper
the Holy Spirit
whom the Father
will send
in my name
he will teach you
all things
and bring to you
remembrance
all that I have
said to you
peace
I leave with you
my peace
I give to you
not as the world
gives
do I give to you
let not your hearts
be troubled
neither
let them be afraid
and so on
as I was saying
to the children
earlier
we think of
situations
where we feel
afraid
where we feel
helpless
and I'm sure
there are many
maybe here today
or listening in
online
who are going
through
these very
experiences
and even if we're
not
there often
comes
or often
will come
a time
when we have
fear and anxiety
in our hearts
for a number
of different
reasons
just think of
the number
of different
things
that make us
afraid
in life
it can be
very personal
situations
it can be
situations
going on
around us
locally
it can be
things going
on around
us nationally
there are so
many things
that make
us
afraid
there's a
fear
when bad
news
comes
our way
there's a
fear
in times
of ill
health
a fear
as we face
up to the
very reality
and the
fact
of death
in this
world
a fear
of going
on
after losing
loved ones
there's so
many
different
situations
where we
find ourselves
afraid
and the
wonderful
thing
for all
of these
experiences
and times
in life
is that
we have
God's
word
for us
we have
God's
word
to us
even as
we were
singing
in that
last
psalm
together
in
psalm
80
in
verse
19
it says
look on
us
Lord
God
almighty
let us
see
your
glory
bright
turn us
once again
towards
you
come
and save
us
give us
light
there's
a plea
there
in that
psalm
for
God
to be
with us
and that's
the great
assurance
that we
have
in these
verses
that we've
read
together
verses
that
enter
into
the
experience
of
Jesus
with
his
disciples
just
before
his
crucifixion
just
before
that time
when
darkness
came over
the world
even at
midday
in the
middle
of the
day
but yet
Jesus
had great
concern
for his
disciples
and for
his
people
so as
you look
through
this
section
of
John
from
chapter
13
through
to
chapter
17
you see
this
wonderful
teaching
that
Jesus
gave
his
love
his
compassion
his
care
for
his
people
and the
greatest
assurance
the greatest
comfort
here in
these
words
is
that he
knows
our
experiences
he
knows
the
things
that we
are afraid
of
the
disciples
here
in this
passage
are afraid
but he
speaks
these
words
let not
your
hearts
be
troubled
and he
speaks
to them
of this
great
relationship
that there
is between
those
who love
him
and the
father
who loves
them
that he
comes
and makes
his home
with
them
but it's
this
assurance
too
that there
is a
helper
with us
at all
times
Jesus
says
I am
speaking
these
words
while I
am
still
with
you
but
as we
know
he
is
going
away
but he
says
there
in
verse
26
but the
helper
the
Holy
Spirit
whom
the
father
will
send
in
my
name
he
will
teach
you
all
things
and
bring
to
your
remembrance
all
that I
have
said
to
you
so
there
is
a
that is
provided
and that's
what we
have
available
to
ourselves
today
because
our
testimony
at times
is one
when we
are so
afraid
and anxious
about all
that's
going on
around us
and I
read a
testimony
of somebody
once
and they
were saying
this
and it's
an experience
that I'm
sure many
of us
can relate
to
it's
similar
to
experiences
we maybe
have gone
through
or even
we will
go through
but this
person was
talking about
their own
anxieties
and they
said
this
a few
months
ago
I
entered
a season
of waiting
with a
major
project
I'd been
working on
and I
found myself
flapping
between
trust
and worry
one minute
I was
certain
God
had
everything
under
control
and was
confident
that he
would take
care of
the hundreds
of little
details
that I
was worrying
about
the next
minute
I was
afraid
the worst
would
happen
rehearsing
every
possible
scenario
in my
mind
when I
enter
panic
mode
I
know
what
I
need
to
do
but
my
mind
doesn't
always
follow
the
spirit
leading
instead
of getting
into the
word
and praying
to God
about it
I
busy
myself
with other
things
and try
to keep
my thoughts
off the
source
of my
worry
I
talk
to
others
I
think
will
understand
the
situation
and
sometimes
I
end
up
even
more
anxious
and
afraid
but
then
they
said
as I
thought
about
these
tendencies
the other
day
I
asked
myself
why
don't
we
start
with
God
why
is
prayer
often
difficult
when
our
mind
is
consumed
with
fear
I
think
some
of us
wonder
if
he
God
understands
fear
he
tells
us
not
to
worry
but
we
may
question
whether
he
can
understand
our
worries
and
that's
a
natural
reaction
for
so
many
of
us
we
go
through
that
in
so
many
different
experiences
in life
one
minute
we're
trusting
one
minute
we're
fearful
we
know
what
we're
meant
to
do
we
know
we
should
be
bringing
it
all
to
God
but
we
fail
to
do
so
and
then
we
even
have
questions
can
God
really
understand
my
fear
can
he
understand
my
situation
can
he
sympathize
with
me
in it
well
God's
word
reminds us
again and
again
that he
can
was
Jesus
ever
afraid
can
he
really
understand
our
fears
well
we
know
the
disciples
here
were
afraid
because
of
what
it
says
let
not
your
hearts
be
troubled
Jesus
on the
eve
of his
death
standing
in the
very
shadow
of
Calvary
is
teaching
his
disciples
all
that
is
laid
in
store
for
him
and
they
are
afraid
but
was
Jesus
afraid
well
all we
have
to do
is
turn
back
a couple
of
chapters
to
chapter
12
verse
27
where
Jesus
there
was
praying
to
his
father
in
Gethsemane
now
is
my
soul
troubled
and
what
shall
I
say
father
say
me
from
this
hour
but
for
this
purpose
I
have
come
to
this
hour
Jesus
was
afraid
of
what
lay
ahead
of
him
but
what
did
he
do
and
what
does
he
teach
his
disciples
to
do
what
does
he
teach
us
to
do
is
to
live
in
dependence
on
the
father
and
as
we
are
looking
to
the
father
and
depending
on
him
we
have
this
promise
that
the
father
knows
our
fears
he
knows
our
anxieties
he
knows
our
worries
and
he
provides
for
them
and
in
the
provision
that
he
has
made
it
is
this
helper
the
holy
spirit
who
will
come
alongside
in
our
troubles
he
doesn't
leave
us
and
that's
a
great
assurance
for us
no
matter
what
our
experience
no
matter
what
we
are
going
through
that
he
is
there
with
us
the
three
things
I
want
us
to
take
out
of
these
verses
verse
26
and
27
especially
is
the
fact
that
there
is
a
helper
and
that
he
is
teaching
us
here
and
that
he
is
giving
us
relief
a
helper
a
teaching
and
a
relief
so
the
first
thing
we
see
here
is
a
helper
this
section
is
known
as
the
farewell
discourse
from
13
through
to
chapter
17
Jesus
giving
these
wonderful
teachings
to
his
disciples
and
you
notice
he's
already
covered
much
with
them
up
to
this
point
in
the
middle
of
chapter
14
he
is
now
down
to
11
disciples
because
Judas
has
deserted
him
he's
gone
to
betray
him
he
has
told
Peter
that
he
will
deny
him
he
has
spoken
into
their
anxieties
and
worries
in
the
opening
of
chapter
14
let
not
your
hearts
be
troubled
but
then
there
are
questions
of
how
will
we
know
the
way
and
Jesus
gave
that
great
teaching
where
he
says
I
am
the
way
and
the
truth
and
the
life
so
he's
already
teaching
them
he's
already
giving
them
understanding
about
what
is
happening
and
he
has
told
them
all
that
lies
death
and
departures
betrayal
Peter's
denial
all
of
these
things
and
into
this
there
is
a
sense
of
fear
there
is
fear
that
comes
over
the
disciples
just
as
we
would
be
afraid
in
such
circumstances
just
as
we
are
afraid
when
we
feel
that
we're
losing
control
in
our
situation
when
we
don't
know
what
the
future
holds
for
us
there
is
fear
but
you
notice
that
twice
Jesus
utters
these
words
in
chapter
14
let
not
your
hearts
be
troubled
in
verse
1
he
speaks
to
them
of
the
work
that
he
is
doing
and
going
to
do
he
says
let
not
your
hearts
be
troubled
believe
in
God
believe
also
in
me
in
my
father's
house
are
many
rooms
and
he
goes
on
to
say
I
am
going
to
prepare
a
place
for
you
so
he
says
let
not
your
hearts
be
troubled
because
I
am
in
control
of
this
situation
I
have
this
plan
that
is
being
worked
out
this
plan
of
salvation
I
am
going
to
prepare
a
place
for
you
he's
going
to
prepare
the
way
for
us
it's
the
way
of
the
cross
the
way
where
he
defeats
sin
and
the
way
of
the
resurrection
and
then
he's
going
to
prepare
a
place
for
us
in
his
father's
house
so
it's
speaking
there
don't
let
your
hearts
be
troubled
I
am
at
work
I
am
in
control
of
all
of
these
things
but
then
as
he
says
it
later
on
in
verse
26
and
verse
27
when
he
says
in
verse
27
let
not
your
hearts
be
troubled
neither
let
them
be
afraid
he's
saying
in
the
meantime
until
I
come
again
and
to
take
you
to
be
with
me
in
the
place
I
am
preparing
for
you
don't
let
your
hearts
be
troubled
because
I
am
providing
a
helper
for
you
I
am
providing
the
Holy
Spirit
the
comforter
who
will
be
with
you
there
will
be
times
when
you
will
be
afraid
when
you
will
come
to
situations
that
are
out of
your
control
but
he
says
let
not
your
hearts
be
troubled
because
I
am
still
with
you
through
the
helper
the
Holy
Spirit
and
it's
wonderful
the way
he puts
it
here
he speaks
about it
in this
way
of
relationship
in
verse
18
he
says
I
will
not
leave
you
as
orphans
I
will
come
to
you
when
you
think
of
orphans
in
Jesus
day
or
in
our
own
day
the
image
that
comes
to
mind
is
of
little
children
who
have
lost
parents
and
family
and
everything
in
life
they've
got
nowhere
to
turn
to
no
one
to
help
them
they're
orphans
they're
left
by
themselves
but
Jesus
says
I
will
not
leave
you
as
orphans
I
will
not
leave
you
without
help
I
will
not
leave
you
abandoned
and
alone
I
will
come
to
you
I
will
be
with
you
and
what
a
great
comfort
and
assurance
there
is
in
these
words
and
that's
what
we
see
running
through
chapter
13
to
chapter
17
this
helper
this
comforter
that is
there
for
God's
people
is
there
in
every
experience
I
will
ask
the
father
and
he
will
give
you
another
helper
to
be
with
you
forever
there
is
no
experience
that you
will
go
through
that
you
will
be
alone
and
that's
what
he's
reiterating
in
verse
26
as
he
says
but
the
helper
the
Holy
Spirit
whom
the
Father
will
send
in
my
name
he
is
going
to
give
us
this
help
and
the
Greek
word
for
the
help
of
the
Holy
Spirit
is
paraclete
the
word
that
means
the
one
who
is
called
alongside
the
one
who
the
father
sending
us
our
helper
who
is
going
to
be
with
you
by
your
side
through
all
of
these
things
I
attended
hospital
a few
years
ago
I
had
to
get
an
endoscope
and
it's
not
the
most
pleasant
experience
to go
through
but
as
I
went
into
the
room
for
it
the
surgeon
was
there
who
was
doing
it
but
there
was
also
two
nurses
with
them
and
they
were
by
my
side
the
whole
time
all
three
of
them
were
speaking
to
me
throughout
the
whole
procedure
they
were
by
my
side
talking
to
me
reassuring
me
comforting
me
that
everything
was
going
okay
even
though
it
was
an
unpleasant
experience
they
were
there
right
through
and
in an
even
greater
way
that
is
what
the
paraclete
the
one
who
is
called
alongside
us
does
he
is
there
for
us
through
every
step
of
the
way
and
especially
we
could
say
in
our
times
of
most
greatest
need
as
you
think
of
the
words
of
psalm
23
a
psalm
we
sing
so
often
and
we
especially
sing
them
at
funerals
at
times
of
great
sorrow
and
the
psalm
says
that
even
though
I
am
in
the
valley
of
the
shadow
of
death
I
will
fear
no
evil
for
you
are
with
me
your
rod
and
your
staff
they
comfort
me
there
is
the
great
assurance
that
as
we
trust
in
the
lord
his
help
is
with
us
even
in
the
valley
of
the
shadow
of
death
god
is
able
to
help
us
through
he
is
alongside
us
he
is
with
us
as
we
look
to
him
so
we
have
this
great
reassurance
that
he
is
with
us
the
helper
the
holy
spirit
the
one
who
is
called
alongside
he
is
there
for
us
he
is
not
leaving
us
he
has
not
left
us
he
is
still
with
us
to
this
day
and
always
he
is
there
for
us
so
we
have
a
helper
we
have
one
who
is
called
alongside
the
second
thing
we
see
here
is
a
teaching
a
teaching
what
does
the
holy
spirit
do
and
how
do
we
know
this
comfort
of
the
holy
spirit
well
it's
made
clear
for
us
that
this
is
not
for
everyone
because
in
verse
17
it
says
even
the
spirit
of
truth
whom
the
world
cannot
receive
because
it
neither
sees
him
nor
knows
him
there
are
those
who
do
not
want
the
holy
spirit
they
do
not
want
god's
help
they
cannot
receive
him
because
they
neither
see
him
or
know
him
but
he
goes
on
to
say
in
that
verse
you
know
him
for
he
dwells
with
you
and
will
be
in
you
so
the
obvious
question
from
that
is
how
do
we
know
him
how
do
we
know
his
help
how
do
we
know
his
presence
and
that's
a very
question
that
Judas
not
as
scary
as
it
says
in
verse
22
has
he
says
Lord
how
is
it
that
you
will
manifest
yourself
to
us
and
not
to
the
world
so
he
asks
the
very
question
that
we
might
have
ourselves
how
are
we
going
to
know
this
and
Jesus
gives
us
the
answer
he
says
Jesus
answered
him
if
anyone
loves
me
he
will
keep
my
word
and
my
father
will
love
him
and
we
will
come
to
him
and
make
our
home
with
him
so
there's
this
wonderful
response
how
are we
going
to know
this
it is
through
loving
him
through
faith
in
him
through
trusting
him
through
thick
and
thin
through
putting
our
whole
heart
to
him
in
every
situation
that
we
find
ourselves
in
and
some
here
can
testify
to
that
faithfulness
of
having
known
this
hell
and
it's
because
you
have
loved
him
and
he
has
come
to
you
in
that
way
and
made
his
home
with
you
throughout
these
verses
chapter
15
speaks
about
the
vine
and
the
branches
abiding
in
him
and
him
in
us
and
it's
concluded
this
section
by
prayer
in
chapter
17
the
high
priestly
prayer
as it's
called
and that
prayer
is all
about
the
abiding
presence
of
God
with
his
people
I
and
you
and
you
and
me
and
we
in
them
there's
this
ongoing
relationship
and
this
relationship
teaches
us
that we
can
know
the
love
of
God
and
so
there
is
this
wonderful
teaching
for us
here
we
have
our
questions
but
Jesus
has
the
answers
too
as he
says
these
things
have
spoken
to
you
while
I
was
with
you
but
the
helper
the
Holy
Spirit
whom
this
father
will
send
in
my
name
he
will
teach
you
all
things
and
bring
to
remembrance
all
that
I
have
said
so
there
is
this
great
assurance
and
this
confidence
that
he
will
reveal
himself
to
us
more
and
more
as
time
goes
on
and
the
more
we
go
on
in
faith
the
more
we
experience
of
him
a
fresh
and
a
new
day
by
day
we
go
on
realizing
his
promises
realizing
his
blessings
to
us
over
and
over
again
and
so
it's
about
our
relationship
with
him
leaning
on
him
trusting
in
him
and
then
knowing
that
he
dwells
in
us
and
that's
what
we
long
for
that
we
would
go
on
learning
more
and
more
of
this
presence
with
us
more
and
more
of
this
help
there
for
us
in
all
our
times
of
need
how
often
have
you
been
afraid
and
God's
word
speaks
to
you
how
often
have
you
been
afraid
and
anxious
and
a
verse
comes
to
your
mind
how
often
have
you
been
anxious
about
going
into
a
situation
and
someone's
come
to
you
with
a
word
of
peace
and
assurance
from
God's
word
for
you
how
often
has
somebody
just
when
you
least
expect
it
and
it
gives
you
great
assurance
it
reminds
you
that
the
Holy
Spirit
is
working
laying
on
someone
else's
heart
your
troubles
so
they
will
pray
for
you
they
will
remember
you
and
vice
versa
how
many
times
has
someone
come
to
your
mind
and
you
have
prayed
for
them
how
often
have
you
heard
of
some
situation
and
you
prayed
for
them
or
sent
a
message
to
someone
that
is
the
teaching
of
the
Holy
Spirit
the
one
who
is
with
us
the
one
who
is
there
for
us
the
one
who
makes
his
home
in
us
and
we
learn
together
going
forward
of
the
blessings
that
there
are
in
Christ
in
his
presence
with
us
in
his
help
towards
us
so
we
have
a
helper
we
have
a
teaching
and
finally
we
have
a
relief
as
Jesus
speaks
these
words
he
reminds
him
of
these
things
we
have
the
helper
we
have
the
teaching
but
then
he
says
in
verse
27
peace
I
leave
with
you
my
peace
I
give
to
you
not
as
the
world
gives
do
I
give
to
you
let
not
your
hearts
be
troubled
neither
let
them
be
afraid
it's
in
the
knowledge
and
only
in
the
knowledge
of
this
relationship
with
God
through
Father
Son
and
Holy
Spirit
that
we
come
to
know
the
assurance
of
this
peace
through
our
relationship
with
God
and
again
it's
just
awesome
to
think
of
what
Jesus
was
going
through
as he
was
speaking
these
words
as he
was on
his
way
to
the
cross
as he
was on
his
way
to
give
his
life
as a
ransom
for
many
and
yet
he
went
with
that
relationship
with
the
Father
as a
reminder
to
us
as
how
we
are
to
go
forward
we
look
at
the
fears
that
are
around
us
the
things
that
make
us
feel
how
can
I
go
on
but
we
go
forward
knowing
this
great
assurance
that
he
is
with
us
and
when
we
know
that
it
gives
us
peace
and
you
see
that
in
the
testimony
of
so
many
of
God's
people
you
see
it
in
the
testimony
of
God's
people
in
his
word
David
who
went
out
to
face
Goliath
he
didn't
go
out
talking
about
how
dangerous
how
big
Goliath
was
and the
threat
that
he
was
he
went
out
in
the
assurance
of
how
great
God
is
and
that's
how
he
faced
up
to
his
troubles
there
he
knew
that
God
was
with
him
we
think
about
Stephen
who
was
stoned
to
death
and
yet
his
focus
was
on
that
those
who
were
stoning
him
would
not
be
condemned
but
his
focus
too
was
on
God
as
he
said
in
Acts
7
verse
56
behold
I
see
the
heavens
opened
and
the
son
of
man
standing
at
the
right
hand
of
God
he
had
this
great
assurance
that
God
was
with
him
as
John
Newton
who
wrote
amazing
grace
could
relate
in
the
terror
of
the
storm
as
he
was
going
through
that
he
could
relate
to
the
grace
of
God
that
calmed
his
fears
it
was
grace
that
taught
my
heart
to
fear
and
grace
my
fears
relieved
how
precious
did
that
grace
appear
the
hour
I
first
believed
it
was
grace
that
brought
him
through
the
presence
of
God
and
think
of
how
this
can
be
the
case
for
you
and
I
too
that
in
all
the
situations
we
go
through
that
we
have
a
helper
that
we
have
one
who
is
called
alongside
that
we
have
one
who
is
there
to
teach
us
to
teach
us
all
things
to
remind
us
we
don't
know
everything
yet
there
are
things
that
we
still
have
to
learn
but
we
will
learn
them
as
we
go
through
all
our
own
experiences
but
he
assures
us
that
he
will
teach
us
going
forward
but
we
have
this
confidence
of
his
peace
his
peace
to
guard
in
our
hearts
and
our
minds
in
Christ
Jesus
Matthew
Henry
in his
commentary
on
these
verses
he
says
when
Christ
was
about
to
leave
the
world
he
made
his
will
his
soul
he
committed
to
the
father
his
body
he
bequeathed
to
Joseph
his
clothes
fell
to
the
soldiers
his
mother
he
left
to
the
care
of
John
but
he
goes
on
to
say
but
what
should
he
leave
to
his
poor
disciples
who
had
left
all
for
him
silver
or
gold
he
had
none
but
he
left
them
that
which
was
infinitely
better
his
peace
that's
relating
to
these
words
here
peace
I
leave
with
you
is
there
anything
better
that he
could have
left
them
with
at
this
time
and
is
he
anything
better
he
could
give
to
us
in
our
time
of
need
than
his
peace
when
our
world
is
shattered
and
crumbling
all
around
us
his
peace
is
what
we
need
and
that
is
the
promise
that
he
has
given
he
will
not
leave
us
as
orphans
he
comes
to
us
he
makes
his
home
in
us
as
we
love
his
word
and
love
him
and
through
faith
we
are
brought
near
to
all
of
these
things
the
holy
spirit
who
is
his
comforter
he
has
given
to
us
that
we
might
know
his
presence
always
and
his
peace
with
us
let
us
pray
our
father
in
heaven
we
thank
you
for
the
assurance
and
comfort
that
your
word
gives
for
all
our
different
needs
we
thank
you
that
it
speaks
to
us
and
speaks
powerfully
a
word
of
peace
a
peace
that
comes
not
from
the
world
but
from
you
and
so
we
seek
that
peace
for
ourselves
we
seek
it
for
others
today
to
know
your
peace
in
very
difficult
circumstances
to
know
the
confidence
of
your
presence
with
them
to
know
the
comforter
the
one
who
is
called
alongside
we
pray
Lord
that
your
word
will
be
blessed
to
us
comfort
us
and
guide
us
to
the
one
who
is
the
fulfillment
of
your
word
that
by
faith
we
may
have
these
things
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
we
ask
it
in
his
name
amen
we
we're
going
to
conclude
by
singing
to
God's
praise
in
Psalm
61
Psalm
61
we'll
sing
from
verse
1
to
4
page
293
of
the
psalm
books
the
Scottish
Psalter
version
oh
God
give
ear
unto
my
cry
and
to
my
prayer
attend
in
the
utmost
corner
of
the
land
my
cry
to
thee
I'll
send
we'll
sing from
verse 1
to 4
to
God's
praise
O
God
give
ear
unto
my
cry
and
to
my
prayer
attend
from
the
utmost
corner
of
the
land
I
cry
to
thee
I'll
send
what
time
my
heart
is
overwhelmed
and
in
perplexity
to
me
lead
unto
the
rock
that
I
heard
is
the
night
for
thou
hast
for
my
refuge
be
a
shelter
by
thy
power
and
for
defense
against
my
foes
thou
hast
been
a
strong
tower
within
thy
tabernacle
I
forever
will
abide
forever
will
abide
forever
will
abide
and
under
comfort
of
thy
wings
with
confidence
be
high
after
the
benediction
I'll go to the main door we'll close the benediction now may grace mercy and peace from God Father Son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore amen
you