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 Well, we're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise.

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 1 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 Psalm 1, page 200 of the psalm books.

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 We're seeing the whole of this psalm.

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 The tune is Amazing Grace.

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 That man of perfect blessedness who walketh not astray

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 in counsel of ungodly men nor stands in sinners' way.

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 We'll sing the whole of this psalm to God's praise.

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 That man of perfect blessedness who walketh not astray

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 in counsel of ungodly men.

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 Nor stands in sinners' way.

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 Nor sits a thin the sorrows' chair,

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 but grace and grace delight upon God's long and majesties.

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 On heaven, all day and night.

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 We shall be like a king that rose,

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 near-founded by our river.

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 And all he does shall prosper.

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 And all he does shall prosper.

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 We shall prosper.

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 We shall prosper.

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 We shall prosper.

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 We shall prosper.

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 We shall prosper.

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 We shall prosper.

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 We shall prosper.

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 We shall prosper.

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 We shall prosper.

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 We shall prosper.

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 I am not so, but like they are unto the child,

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 which when I do am low, and God,

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 and therefore shall not stand such as a God.

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 I am not so, but like they are,

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 and therefore shall not stand such as a God.

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 Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer. Let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 Our Father in heaven, we do thank you for this, your day.

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 We thank you for the great privilege and joy it is to come and gather together in worship.

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 Lord, we pray that you will bless us and watch over us today in all our different needs.

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 We thank you for everyone who has come out here and also everyone who is tuning in as well.

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 And wherever we are today, Lord, we pray that you will surround us with your grace,

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 with your mercy, with your peace.

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 We do thank you for all our young people here today.

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 We thank you for our Sunday school, the creche, the tweenies, the Bible class.

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 We thank you for the great encouragement that there is in seeing young people coming.

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 And just together we will know your blessing on us.

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 That as they learn today from your word of the wonderful way that you are able to help people.

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 As we think of that passage that we'll be studying today about Bartimaeus,

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 we thank you for the way that he cried out to you.

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 A reminder to us all that that is what we need to do today as well.

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 That we would call upon you and cry out,

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 Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

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 And that you would help us to see you through every one of us, Lord.

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 That we would come to see you and to know you more and more.

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 And to love you with all our hearts and follow you all the days of our lives.

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 So continue with us, watch over us, Lord.

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 Hear our prayers and pardon us.

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 And that's all we ask.

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 We ask in Jesus' precious name.

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 Amen.

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 But before the young people,

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 I just want to mention the passage that you're going to be looking at today

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 in Sunday school and Bible class and tweenies.

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 And it's a wonderful, it's actually one of my favorite passages

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 about a man called Bartimaeus.

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 And you're going to learn about him and how Jesus helped him today.

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 And there's a number of different reasons why I love this story.

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 Bartimaeus was someone who just was ignored by many people.

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 And they looked at him and just thought he was just not to be spoken to even.

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 They told him to be quiet.

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 But Jesus was passing by.

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 And that's what was important for him.

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 He cried out as he heard that Jesus was passing by.

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 He said, Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.

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 And it's a reminder to us of what Jesus can do for all of us.

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 But Jesus had a question for him.

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 As he came to Jesus, Jesus asked him a question.

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 And it's there in verse 51 of Mark 10.

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 And it says, what do you want me to do for you?

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 Jesus is asking, what do you want me to do for you?

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 What would you say to that question if Jesus asked you?

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 What do you want me to do for you?

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 There might be many different things that come to mind.

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 Maybe you're wanting something new.

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 You want a new bike.

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 You're saying to himself, Jesus, can you help me?

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 Can you get me a new bike or just a new toy or a new friend?

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 We might ask for many different things if Jesus gives us that question.

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 But aren't there good things to ask?

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 I want to ask for these things of Jesus in prayer.

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 But that question is a special question.

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 What do you want me to do for you?

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 Because it's asking, what's the greatest thing I could do for you?

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 And what's interesting about Bartimaeus is that just before Jesus met Bartimaeus,

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 he'd actually asked this question of two of his disciples, James and John.

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 They'd come to Jesus making demands.

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 And Jesus had said, what do you want me to do for you?

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 And that answer was, we want one of us to sit on your right and one on your left in glory.

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 They were looking for something special, something special for themselves, glory for themselves.

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 And Jesus said, that's not what's important.

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 That's not what you should really be asking for.

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 And what we learn then is as he comes to meet with Bartimaeus,

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 Bartimaeus' reply is what is important.

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 Jesus said to him, what do you want me to do for you?

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 And Bartimaeus said, Rabbi, that's teacher.

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 He said, let me recover my sight.

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 Let me see.

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 And that's the greatest thing we can ask Jesus for.

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 Lord, Jesus, let me see you.

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 Let me know you in that way.

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 Let me love you with all my heart.

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 So there's many things that we could ask of Jesus.

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 If he was to ask us that question, what do you want me to do for you?

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 But the greatest response we could give is what Bartimaeus says.

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 Lord, let me see.

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 Let me see you.

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 And as he sees Jesus, what does he do?

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 He follows him on the way.

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 So today that that would be our cry to Jesus.

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 Let us see.

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 Let us see Jesus.

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 We're going to say the Lord's Prayer together now.

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 Amen.

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 Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

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 Thy kingdom come.

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 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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 Give us today our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

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 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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 For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing again to God's praise.

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 And the young ones go out.

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 During the singing through the door to my left here, we're going to sing in Psalm 25.

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 In the sing-sign portion, page 29 of the psalm books.

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 Psalm 25.

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 We're going to sing from verse 9.

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 Down to verse 9, and the tune is Herongate.

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 And here, David in this psalm asks the Lord for help to direct him in all the ways that he should go.

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 To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.

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 I trust in you continually.

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 Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my foes gloat over me.

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 We stand to sing verse 1 to 9 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.

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 I trust in you continually.

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 Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my foes gloat over me.

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 No one who sends his hope in you will ever suffer such as grace.

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 But those who act with treachery

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 Your maliancy shame will face

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 O Lord, be built to me your way

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 And all your past and all things you know

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 Thy elect and guide me in your truth

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 And trust me in the way to go

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 You are my Savior and my Lord

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 All day I know in you alone

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 Remember, Lord, your love and grace

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 With strong passages you have shown

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 Do not be of my sins of you

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 For my rebellious evil ways

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 Remember me in your grace

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 For you, O Lord, are good always

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 Because the Lord is just and true

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 He shows His path to all who stray

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 He guides the maiden waters wide

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 And teachers, then His holy way

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 We were getting a big wave from one of the wee boys going out there

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 I wasn't sure, was it me he was waving at?

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 Or was it his dad, Ali?

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 But it made me smile as he was going out giving a big wave

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 We're going to turn and read God's word together now

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 We're going to read in Matthew

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 The Gospel of Matthew, chapter 6

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 We're going to take up our reading at verse 19

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 Reading down to the end of the chapter

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 Matthew chapter 6 and at verse 19

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 You'll find it around page 978 of the church Bibles

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 Matthew chapter 6

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 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth

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 Where moth and rust destroy

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 And where thieves break in and steal

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 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven

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 Where neither moth nor rust destroys

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 And where thieves do not break in and steal

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 But where your treasure is

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 There your heart will be also

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 The eye is the lamp of the body

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 So if your eye is healthy

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 Your whole body will be full of light

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 If your eye is bad

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 Your whole body will be full of darkness

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 If then the light in you is darkness

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 How great is the darkness

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 No one can serve two masters

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 For either he will hate the one and love the other

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 Or he will be devoted to one and despise the other

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 You cannot serve God and money

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 Therefore I tell you

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 Do not be anxious about your life

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 What you will eat or what you will drink

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 Nor about your body

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 What you will put on

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 Is not life more than food

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 And the body more than clothing

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 Look at the birds of the air

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 They neither sow nor reap

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 Nor gather into barns

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 And yet your heavenly Father feeds them

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 Are you not of more value than they

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 And which of you by being anxious

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 Can add a single hour to his span of life

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 And why are you anxious about clothing

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 Consider the lilies of the field

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 How they grow

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 They neither toil nor spin

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 Yet I tell you

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 Even Solomon in all his glory

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 Was not arrayed like one of these

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 But if God so clothes the grass of the field

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 Which today is alive

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 And tomorrow is thrown into the oven

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 Will he not much more clothe you

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 O you of little faith

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 Therefore do not be anxious

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 Saying what shall we eat

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 Or what shall we drink

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 Or what shall we wear

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 For the Gentiles seek after all things

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 And your heavenly Father knows

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 That you need them all

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 But seek first the kingdom of God

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 And his righteousness

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 And all these things will be added to you

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 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow

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 For tomorrow will be anxious for itself

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 Sufficient for the day

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 Is its own trouble

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 Amen

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 And may God bless that reading

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 From his word

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 Again just bow our heads

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 In a word of prayer

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 Let us pray

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 Our gracious Father in heaven

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 As we continue studying your word together this day

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 We thank you for it

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 We thank you for the truths it contains

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 That it is not man's word

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 But your word to man

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 And we thank you that it speaks to everyone of us

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 Young and old alike

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 It reminds us of everything that we need to know for life

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 And especially as we read in this passage together this morning

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 We see Jesus' Sermon on the Mount

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 Where he was preaching to a large crowd

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 About the important things of life

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 And so often it's the case that what we see as important

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 As what we put our priorities in

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 Is the secondary issues

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 But Jesus here reminds us of what is of first importance

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 And that is to seek first

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 The kingdom of God

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 To seek the Lord while he may be found

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 To call upon him while he is near

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 And that in so doing then

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 We will see all other things added to us

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 We would see things in a different order

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 And with different eyes

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 And see that you are what is the most precious thing of all

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 You know as we think of Bartimaeus

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 And how he cried out as Jesus passed by

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 Jesus son of David have mercy on me

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 His need was maybe food

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 As he was blind and begging by the side of the road

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 His greatest need was help though

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 And Jesus showed him what he really needed help with

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 And we thank you for the faith

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 That made Bartimaeus well

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 Your faith has made you well

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 Jesus said to him

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 And his sight was restored

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 And he followed Jesus

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 And so we pray

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 That as we see what is important in life

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 As we see what our priorities should be

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 That you would open our eyes to see

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 And to see Jesus

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 And to follow him

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 And we pray that you will bless your word to us

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 As we study it together this morning

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 As we look at the word before us

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 Lord may you help us by your spirit

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 To understand it

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 To receive it

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 To hear it

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 And to do as it says

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 To believe it with all our hearts

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 And to recognize its ultimate authority

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 Authority for life

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 And for death

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 And for eternity

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 For all of these things that are before us

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 For we are told in your word

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 That there is a time to live

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 And so a time to die

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 And that is the reality

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 That we all have to face up to

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 In this world

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 And yet we thank you

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 That the gospel is still good news

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 In a world that perishes

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 To a people who are perished

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 That the gospel is the great news

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 That there is salvation in Jesus Christ

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 And that he has come

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 That we might have life

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 And have it for all eternity

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 Teach us

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 Teach us through your word

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 To number our days

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 And to apply our minds to wisdom

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 And to the wisdom of your word

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 And your truth

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 Help us then we pray

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 And help us in our homes

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 In our families

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 In our congregation here

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 Lord

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 That you would look down upon us

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 And help us

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 Help those who are going through

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 Difficult times

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 Of ill health

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 Infirmity

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 Of uncertainty in life

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 Even the anxieties

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 That we have read of in this passage

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 We can all have anxious hearts

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 And yet we pray Lord

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 That you will come

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 And help us

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 To be still in your presence

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 To know

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 That you are God

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 And that you are there for us

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 Help those who go through

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 Times of grief

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 We pray Lord

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 That you will

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 Bind up the broken hearts

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 As your word says

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 And that you will help us

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 Even in our understanding

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 Of certain things

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 To still have faith in you

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 As the one who does things

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 Lord

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 There are so many aspects of life

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 That we find difficult and hard

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 Answers that we do not have

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 Answers that we feel so helpless

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 Even to give to those

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 Who ask these questions

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 But Lord

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 We thank you that

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 Through wisdom

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 Is found with you

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 That the hidden things

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 Belong to you

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 And that we can leave them with you

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 And that the day will come

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 Lord

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 When you unravel

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 The pattern of our lives

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 And explain to us

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 The reasons why

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 And that we can just

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 In this time

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 Lord

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 Know

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 That you are the one

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 Who holds us

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 You are the one

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 Who keeps us

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 So we pray Lord

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 Blessing upon

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 Your people

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 And upon the word

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 That goes out

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 Even today

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 Throughout

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 Our communities here

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 We thank you

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 For our communion season

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 And we pray

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 For those who gather

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 Around the Lord's table

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 And the sacrament

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 Of the Lord's supper

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 We pray for the congregation

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 In Nessus

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 They meet

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 We pray for them

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 In North Harris

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 In Scalpe

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 We thank you

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 For the preaching

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 Of your word

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 There today

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 And pray that there

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 Be a movement

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 Of your spirit

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 That there will be

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 Rejoicing over

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 Sinners being saved

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 That there will be

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 A fellowship of believers

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 Gathered

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 To encourage

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 One another

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 And build one another up

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 We thank you Lord

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 For these seasons

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 Of refreshing

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 And pray

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 For the services

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 In the week ahead

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 As well

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 God willing

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 As we see

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 The congregations

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 That will gather

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 Around your word

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 As well

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 Where ministers

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 Will preach

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 Where people

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 Will gather

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 We ask that your spirit

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 Will be present

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 In all of these days

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 To bless

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 And to show us

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 Lord

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 From heaven

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 With your blessing

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 So Lord

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 Hear our prayers

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 Continue with us

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 As a people

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 Continue with us

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 In a world

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 That seems so full

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 Of chaos

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 In so many different ways

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 And so many

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 Different parts

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 Of the world

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 With our troubles

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 And fears

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 And worries

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 With our war

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 With our natural disasters

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 With so many things

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 Going on Lord

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 Beyond our control

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 But we thank you

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 That the world

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 Belongs to the Lord

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 And all

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 That it contains

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 That everything

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 Is yours

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 And Lord

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 We pray

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 That you'll remember us

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 And that you'll have

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 Continue with us

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 Throughout the day

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 Refresh us

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 In our worship

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 And also in our rest

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 And our time

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 Out from the usual

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 Activities of the week

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 Lord

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 That you'll refresh us

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 In body

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 Mind

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 And soul

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 Hear our prayers

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 And as we come

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 We confess our sins

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 Anew

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 Seeking mercy

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 And forgiveness

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 That's all we ask

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 We ask in Jesus

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 Precious name

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 Amen

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 Before we turn back

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 To look at

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 This passage in Matthew

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 We're going to sing again

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 In Psalm 125

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 Psalm 125

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 Page 419

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 We sing the whole of this psalm

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 The tune is Huddersfield

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 Then the Lord

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 That firmly thrust

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 Shall be like Sion Hill

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 Which at no time

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 Can be removed

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 But standeth ever still

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 We sing the whole of this psalm

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 To God's praise

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 Amen

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 In the Lord

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 That firmly must

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 Shall be like Sion Hill

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 Which at no time

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 Can be removed

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 What standeth ever still

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 At found upon Jerusalem

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 The mountain

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 Stand away

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 That voyque

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 Let's walk upon the Lord, for just men shall not die, lest righteous men stretch forth their hearts unto their liquidy.

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 Do bow to all those that be good, I will my sword impart, and do our good to those that have a pride.

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 And within their hearts, but as for such a star night,

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 a light of love and truth that we all shall lead forth with wicked men, all is shall we shall see.

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 Amen.

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 That word's a word that maybe you use often or you hear often being used.

00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:34.799
 There's so much talk about change in our world and in our lives.

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:39.160
 Every day we hear something about it because nothing stands still.

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:41.299
 There's always change.

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:49.039
 But is change something that scares you or is it something that you see a need of?

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:53.839
 Is it something that scares you or is it something that you see a need of?

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:56.740
 It depends how we're looking at it, of course.

00:28:56.879 --> 00:29:00.419
 There are many things that we want to keep as they are.

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:05.220
 But there are other things that we want to change and it depends just what we're looking at.

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:11.740
 And as we look at the gospel, we're always thinking about the gospel as a gospel that never changes.

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:15.920
 It's the same word today, yesterday, forever.

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.960
 It's the same word.

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 The word doesn't change.

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:29.539
 And yet the gospel itself is all about change because it's a gospel with a power to change us, to bring us from darkness to light.

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:33.679
 And so it does depend how we're looking at that word, change.

00:29:33.679 --> 00:29:40.219
 And as Jesus preaches here in Matthew 6, the Sermon on the Mount, as it's so often called,

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:46.759
 is Jesus preaching to a crowd who he longs that they would be changed.

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:55.799
 Changed in a sense of growing in their knowledge and understanding of who he is and what their greatest need in life is.

00:29:56.660 --> 00:30:04.720
 And as we look at our lives ourselves, as we look at our own days, and as we look at our days, our weeks, our months, our years,

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:12.519
 as it quickly passes by, there are so often many things that we see change.

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:19.079
 Things that we see change in ourselves or things that we would like to see change around us.

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:23.839
 As we think of the world in which we live in today, we want to see change.

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:26.759
 We want to see change in so many different ways.

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:29.859
 Where there's war, we want that changed to peace.

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:34.680
 Where there's people who are hungry and thirsty, suffering, we want to see them fed.

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:43.920
 Where there's natural disasters that have caused terrible devastation, we want to see change and things rebuilt.

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:48.740
 We look around us and we see that there's so much need for change.

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:53.580
 We see it in lives around us, of individual lives or our own lives,

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:57.680
 where we want to see change in terms of things being better for people.

00:30:57.680 --> 00:31:01.279
 Whether it's health, we want to see change.

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:09.519
 Whether it's financial insecurity or loss of jobs, we want to see change so that people are more secure in so many different ways.

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:13.140
 There's things that we want in our own lives to change too, I'm sure.

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:17.580
 As we look at ourselves, we want things to change for us, for the better.

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:28.079
 We often learn through experience in life that often the way that we see change coming about or the plans that we make for ourselves,

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:31.179
 we are vulnerable to change.

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:36.899
 And that's why it's important that we hear what Jesus is saying to us here.

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:39.119
 And we apply our hearts to wisdom.

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:43.460
 As one of the Psalms says, the wisdom of which Jesus is teaching us here.

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:49.220
 about is it their own plans that are important or is it the Lord's plans?

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:55.740
 In the book of Proverbs, chapter 16, verse 9, there we see wisdom.

00:31:56.880 --> 00:32:00.140
 The heart of man plans his ways, it says.

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:02.819
 Our own hearts, we make our plans.

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:05.380
 We have our desired plans that we might think about.

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:08.620
 This is the change that needs to happen in my life.

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:13.120
 But it goes on to say, but the Lord establishes his steps.

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:17.740
 It's not just change in ourselves that we want ourselves,

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:22.200
 but what does the Lord want for you, what does the Lord want for me?

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:25.279
 What are our priorities in life?

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:30.279
 So as we look at our lives, we have a sense of a need of change

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:36.000
 in so many different ways of putting our house in order, if you like.

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:42.220
 And we can often view it as a kind of setting priority and goals in life,

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:46.900
 but I wanted to look at it today under a kind of DIY project.

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:50.220
 A DIY project.

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:55.680
 But in the sense of asking, is it a do-it-yourself plan?

00:32:56.279 --> 00:33:00.200
 Is it something you're going to sort out all by yourself?

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.920
 A DIY project.

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:04.759
 Or is it going to be a DIY disaster?

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:10.039
 In trying to do it yourself, it's only going to end in disaster.

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:16.039
 And where does the Lord fit into all these plans?

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:21.500
 We often have DIY projects on the go.

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:25.099
 I'm sure many of us like to tinker with little projects.

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.659
 Perhaps it's around the house.

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:31.560
 You go through the winter months and it's maybe an inside project.

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:33.360
 Painting and decorating a room.

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:35.420
 Making some changes inside.

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:39.900
 Or as the spring comes, as the days get longer, the weather gets better.

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.340
 It's the outside jobs.

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:43.540
 You want to change things.

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:45.200
 Improve things.

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.880
 But how do they turn out?

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:50.440
 Are you good at DIY?

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:54.360
 Or have you ever had a DIY disaster?

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:59.019
 Have you ever been working on a project where I just have lost my way?

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:01.619
 I just don't know what I'm doing here.

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:04.899
 It's time to call in the experts.

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:08.579
 There's a program on television called DIY SOS.

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:12.420
 And it used to be more so in the past.

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:16.219
 There would be programs about people who have started DIY projects.

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:18.079
 It's all gone wrong for them.

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:23.739
 And they have to call in this DIY SOS team who come in to put things right.

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:27.399
 Or people who have looked at projects and they're just too big.

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:31.879
 And the DIY SOS come in to help them through it.

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:35.259
 Well, as you see in this passage in Matthew 6,

00:34:35.419 --> 00:34:40.639
 it's very much Jesus speaking to a people who have their own DIY plans.

00:34:41.919 --> 00:34:43.419
 We're going to do it this way.

00:34:43.459 --> 00:34:45.739
 We're going to live our lives in this way.

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:50.399
 We're going to find our way through life, through death, into eternity.

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:52.920
 We're going to do it all by ourselves.

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:55.500
 It's a DIY project.

00:34:56.660 --> 00:35:03.059
 But Jesus so often shows us that doing it by ourselves is only going to end in disaster.

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:07.960
 And instead that we are to see, as he is teaching here,

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:12.639
 that it's first to put him as the first priority in our lives.

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:16.579
 That he is the one who has come to right our DIY disaster.

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:19.219
 That we cannot save ourselves.

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:24.460
 And this is closely connected to what we've been looking at in our Wednesday Bible studies.

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:26.940
 Looking at the truths of the Reformation.

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:30.559
 That we cannot save ourselves by our own works.

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:34.099
 It's not a project we try and do ourselves.

00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:37.139
 By his word alone.

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:38.179
 By grace alone.

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.799
 Through faith alone.

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.460
 It's all of these things.

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:46.400
 Because if we do it apart from him, it ends in disaster.

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:49.840
 So as you look at your own life today.

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:51.639
 As you look at your past.

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:52.639
 As you look at your present.

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:54.220
 As you even look to the future.

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:57.960
 Ask yourself, is my house in order?

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:03.340
 Is my life, my project, this is a DIY project.

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:05.559
 I'm going to do it all myself.

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:10.480
 Or are you living, looking to the Lord and his help?

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:13.159
 But we see in this passage.

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.579
 An SOS.

00:36:15.279 --> 00:36:18.219
 The way the Lord comes to his people.

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:20.960
 And we're going to look at it under that three heads.

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:22.299
 That SOS.

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:24.779
 And the first thing is savings.

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:27.460
 And the second thing is observations.

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:30.779
 And then the third thing is security.

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:33.079
 Three things that make up SOS.

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:36.699
 By savings, observations, and security.

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:42.000
 And Jesus begins in the verses that we read by speaking about savings.

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:48.659
 In the beginning of the chapter, in the previous verses, he's spoken about the Lord's prayer.

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:51.139
 He's taught them how to pray.

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:53.500
 And he's talked about fasting.

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:56.980
 And from there, he moves on to possessions.

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.179
 To money.

00:36:58.299 --> 00:36:58.920
 To savings.

00:36:58.920 --> 00:37:03.340
 And in many ways, it can seem like just a random jump.

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:08.820
 Just going from one random thing to another throughout the Sermon on the Mount.

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:12.280
 But it's actually, it's tying everything together.

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:16.820
 It's tying our lives together in how we look at things.

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:20.000
 If our focus is right towards God.

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:22.440
 So we think of prayer and fasting.

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:24.000
 That was important to the people.

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:27.460
 If we get these things in order and get these things right.

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:34.059
 Well then, there's a better chance of everything else flowing from rightly from that.

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:37.980
 So that when he comes down to verse 33.

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:39.559
 And he's sort of summarizing it there.

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:42.679
 Seek for the kingdom of God.

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:45.659
 It's taking us right back to prayer and fasting.

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:50.239
 It's taking us back to putting things in that right order.

00:37:50.399 --> 00:37:54.420
 Because from there, everything falls into place.

00:37:55.219 --> 00:38:02.179
 If our focus is right towards God and towards Christ, then other things have a right focus too.

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:06.219
 Because you see in verse 24, he makes that point follows.

00:38:06.339 --> 00:38:06.699
 He says,

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:09.259
 No one can serve two masters.

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:13.319
 You cannot have these two as your master.

00:38:13.439 --> 00:38:18.379
 You cannot serve God and money.

00:38:19.339 --> 00:38:21.279
 Who is your master?

00:38:21.379 --> 00:38:22.799
 That's what he's saying here.

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:26.000
 So the first thing he speaks about here is savings.

00:38:27.379 --> 00:38:32.439
 And when you think of a DIY project, it's always going to need funding.

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:34.119
 It's going to need input.

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:37.920
 It's going to need money to make that project become a reality.

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:43.500
 Jesus is saying here is, let's get that right as well.

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:48.699
 And what he says then is in verse 19, verse 20.

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:52.639
 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth,

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:57.559
 where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

00:38:57.819 --> 00:39:01.119
 But lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven,

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:07.759
 where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:12.659
 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

00:39:12.839 --> 00:39:15.960
 So it's about not having this divided loyalty.

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:19.500
 Trying to serve God and money.

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:22.139
 No, where is your treasure?

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:25.859
 What is important in your life?

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:29.460
 Is it God or is it money?

00:39:31.220 --> 00:39:33.539
 You cannot serve both.

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:39.300
 And much of what we invest in putting into our homes,

00:39:39.620 --> 00:39:41.940
 into our lives in this world,

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:44.820
 is good in so many ways.

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.740
 It's important.

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:48.719
 But what Jesus reminds us of,

00:39:48.899 --> 00:39:52.819
 if that is all the treasure that you're laying up,

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:56.959
 then it's worthless because it's going to be destroyed.

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:58.619
 The moth is going to eat it.

00:39:58.659 --> 00:40:00.479
 The rust is going to destroy it.

00:40:00.839 --> 00:40:03.000
 The thieves are going to break in and steal it.

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.759
 It's vulnerable.

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:08.779
 And that's what our lives are if that's what our focus is on.

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:10.439
 Our lives are vulnerable.

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:13.099
 But he says instead,

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:15.780
 lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:17.880
 where nothing can touch it,

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:19.220
 nothing can destroy it,

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:20.880
 nothing can steal it.

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:26.960
 You know, we can live our lives with ourselves as our priority,

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:28.440
 our own DIY project,

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:31.200
 where I'm going to enjoy my life.

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:33.159
 I'm going to make the money.

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:36.380
 I'm going to buy my car.

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:38.139
 I'm going to do all of these things.

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:40.960
 But ultimately, it's worthless.

00:40:41.779 --> 00:40:42.480
 It'll rust.

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.500
 It'll fade away.

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:47.539
 We can do all of these projects,

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:50.279
 and yet we have nothing at the end of the day.

00:40:50.879 --> 00:40:53.139
 So where are you to invest?

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:57.639
 Where are you to invest in me?

00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:01.079
 Your security is in me.

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:05.239
 Your works, you're living your life in this way.

00:41:05.319 --> 00:41:07.119
 It's not going to help you eternally.

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:10.659
 Christ alone is the only way to salvation.

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:17.119
 Christ alone is the only way to save up for an eternity that is before all.

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:21.019
 So we look to Jesus.

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:23.179
 We see what his preaching is here.

00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:26.000
 Lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven.

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:29.619
 How do we do this?

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:32.900
 Well, it's not in him.

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:37.699
 Because Jesus has a building project going on us.

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:42.199
 That he is preparing for his people.

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:44.079
 A place in glory.

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:47.980
 In John 14, verse 2 and 3, it says,

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:55.980
 He has a project.

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.559
 He has a project.

00:41:56.719 --> 00:41:58.900
 He has a better place for us all.

00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:02.219
 That he has prepared by going to the cross for us,

00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:04.239
 and is even preparing for us now.

00:42:04.919 --> 00:42:06.439
 That, as he goes on to say,

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:08.799
 If I go and prepare a place for you,

00:42:08.879 --> 00:42:12.239
 I will come again and will take you to myself.

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:14.959
 That where I am, you may be also.

00:42:15.959 --> 00:42:20.399
 A place that is secure and a security for his people.

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:25.639
 So what's your saving plan for getting your house in order?

00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:27.079
 Is it a DIY job?

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:28.980
 You're trying to do it yourself.

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:32.360
 It will only end in disaster.

00:42:33.660 --> 00:42:36.440
 The only security, the only saving plan you need

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:38.400
 is that finished work of Christ.

00:42:40.240 --> 00:42:41.539
 Christ has done it.

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:44.019
 It's finished, he said, on the cross.

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:47.980
 And he has gone to prepare a place for his people.

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:52.000
 So it's about our treasure in heaven.

00:42:53.300 --> 00:42:54.780
 That that is what we're to look to.

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:57.099
 So we have our savings plan.

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:58.980
 When we see our observations,

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:04.039
 observations, if you're looking at DIY projects,

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:06.340
 it's because you're observing, you're seeing,

00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:09.099
 that there is a need, that there's a project

00:43:09.099 --> 00:43:10.980
 that needs your attention.

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:14.900
 And as Jesus goes on here,

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:18.220
 he speaks about how we look around us

00:43:18.220 --> 00:43:19.420
 and how we see our lives

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:22.440
 and how much anxiety it brings to us.

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:25.880
 And in verse 25, he starts to say,

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:27.099
 therefore, I tell you,

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:28.740
 do not be anxious about your life,

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:30.720
 what you will eat or what you will drink,

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:31.680
 not about your body,

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:33.220
 what you will put on.

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:35.559
 And he's saying this for a reason.

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:36.579
 He's saying this because

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:39.139
 that is what people are troubled by,

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:40.859
 that these are big issues

00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:42.319
 in our lives then

00:43:42.319 --> 00:43:45.279
 and as they are now in our day as well.

00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:47.460
 We are afraid.

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:50.639
 We're anxious about so many different things.

00:43:52.379 --> 00:43:54.980
 Jesus speaks about anxiety here,

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:56.059
 not in a way of saying,

00:43:56.299 --> 00:43:58.239
 just pull yourself together.

00:43:58.519 --> 00:44:00.319
 Come on, get on with your life.

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:02.460
 But he does it in a way

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:03.719
 where he's teaching us,

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:06.579
 where he's teaching us what's important,

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:08.519
 where he's teaching us that

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:10.880
 he knows about our anxieties.

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:13.219
 He knows the worries and the fears

00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:14.440
 that we have.

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:17.819
 And life often makes us think about

00:44:17.819 --> 00:44:19.319
 these things,

00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:21.340
 the things that he speaks about,

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:25.440
 whether it's food or clothing,

00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:27.340
 you know, what our health,

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:28.480
 all these different things

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:29.659
 that make us anxious,

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:32.199
 all these different things that, again,

00:44:32.199 --> 00:44:36.000
 we can so often make a priority for ourselves.

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:38.400
 But ultimately he's saying,

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:39.860
 look at these things,

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:41.099
 observe these things,

00:44:41.259 --> 00:44:42.840
 and put in it all,

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:47.019
 see how quickly your life is passing by

00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:51.519
 and that these are not your priorities either.

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:54.659
 What does he say in verse 27?

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:57.059
 Each of you, by being anxious,

00:44:57.219 --> 00:45:00.739
 can add a single hour to his span of life.

00:45:02.179 --> 00:45:03.980
 Our lives go past.

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:06.420
 A new year comes,

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:09.119
 and here we are already into March 2025.

00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:15.139
 We think about how a birthday comes,

00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:16.619
 another milestone arrives,

00:45:16.679 --> 00:45:18.659
 or a major event comes in our lives.

00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:21.780
 They make us think about the passing of time.

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:23.139
 So often, all the time,

00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:25.460
 we're reminded of the years going past

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:29.400
 and how uncertain our time span here is.

00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:32.980
 We observe all of these things.

00:45:33.200 --> 00:45:35.460
 We see it all around us,

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:37.260
 whether it's locally, nationally,

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:38.700
 or internationally.

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:41.599
 How quick circumstances are we?

00:45:42.160 --> 00:45:45.880
 How quickly our lives go by.

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:48.260
 We've observed it.

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:50.960
 Even just looking back over these last few years,

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:53.440
 it's just about five years now

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:55.960
 since the pandemic came.

00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:58.920
 Our lives were turned upside down.

00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:02.539
 We've not really recovered fully from it

00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:03.800
 in so many different ways.

00:46:04.139 --> 00:46:06.039
 Things that we could never see coming,

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:08.099
 and yet all of a sudden,

00:46:08.220 --> 00:46:10.659
 it turned our lives upside down.

00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:13.119
 And we've seen natural disasters.

00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:14.780
 We've seen wars.

00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:16.780
 We've seen it going on all the time.

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:20.780
 And these things.

00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:21.920
 Think.

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:25.740
 Think even for ourselves,

00:46:25.860 --> 00:46:26.880
 as we look at our lives,

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:28.780
 lives but a breath

00:46:28.780 --> 00:46:32.860
 and an eternity before us.

00:46:36.340 --> 00:46:39.240
 We cannot add a single hour

00:46:39.240 --> 00:46:40.640
 to the span of our life

00:46:40.640 --> 00:46:42.420
 by just being anxious

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:44.120
 about all of these things.

00:46:44.119 --> 00:46:46.920
 There has to be more.

00:46:47.859 --> 00:46:50.199
 And what does it say to us?

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:53.099
 Well, it's teaching us

00:46:53.099 --> 00:46:54.380
 that the priority

00:46:54.380 --> 00:46:56.739
 is not about food

00:46:56.739 --> 00:46:57.420
 and the body

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:58.219
 and clothing

00:46:58.219 --> 00:46:59.480
 and all of these things.

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:01.219
 The priority is

00:47:01.219 --> 00:47:02.460
 seek first

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:04.400
 the kingdom of God.

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:06.539
 Seek first

00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:07.579
 the kingdom of God

00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:08.400
 that we observe

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:09.239
 all these things

00:47:09.239 --> 00:47:10.920
 in light of eternity,

00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:12.440
 and we seek first

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:14.139
 the kingdom of God

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:16.599
 because that

00:47:16.599 --> 00:47:18.240
 is what is important.

00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:19.320
 You can chase after

00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:20.000
 these things

00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:21.420
 all your days.

00:47:21.519 --> 00:47:22.280
 You can be anxious

00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:23.460
 about your clothing,

00:47:23.659 --> 00:47:24.200
 your food,

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:25.900
 all of these things.

00:47:26.920 --> 00:47:27.860
 And there's a time

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:28.820
 that we are

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:29.880
 afraid and anxious

00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:31.460
 but we come to God

00:47:31.460 --> 00:47:31.880
 with it.

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:32.820
 That's the key.

00:47:33.980 --> 00:47:34.920
 We observe

00:47:34.920 --> 00:47:36.260
 and we come to God

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:36.980
 and seek

00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:37.800
 his kingdom.

00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:38.440
 And he says

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:39.260
 then all these

00:47:39.260 --> 00:47:40.140
 other things

00:47:40.140 --> 00:47:41.000
 will be added to you.

00:47:41.080 --> 00:47:42.260
 They will fall

00:47:42.260 --> 00:47:43.120
 into place

00:47:43.120 --> 00:47:44.260
 for you.

00:47:45.080 --> 00:47:46.160
 Not in the sense

00:47:46.160 --> 00:47:46.960
 where we'll be

00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:47.960
 millionaires

00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:49.100
 or anything like that.

00:47:49.660 --> 00:47:50.100
 There may be still

00:47:50.100 --> 00:47:51.080
 times when we're hungry

00:47:51.080 --> 00:47:52.539
 and we don't have money

00:47:52.539 --> 00:47:53.620
 but yet we have

00:47:53.620 --> 00:47:55.080
 that assurance

00:47:55.080 --> 00:47:56.500
 in God

00:47:56.500 --> 00:47:57.940
 that the grace

00:47:57.940 --> 00:47:58.800
 of God

00:47:58.800 --> 00:48:00.360
 is with us.

00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:03.060
 The comedy show

00:48:03.060 --> 00:48:04.380
 Only Fools and Horses

00:48:04.380 --> 00:48:05.760
 I'm sure many of you

00:48:05.760 --> 00:48:06.220
 have seen it

00:48:06.220 --> 00:48:06.880
 over the years

00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:08.700
 and it's that story

00:48:08.700 --> 00:48:09.660
 of two brothers

00:48:09.660 --> 00:48:10.619
 who are always

00:48:10.619 --> 00:48:12.840
 searching after that goal.

00:48:13.780 --> 00:48:14.920
 This time next year

00:48:14.920 --> 00:48:15.640
 we're going to be

00:48:15.640 --> 00:48:16.460
 millionaires.

00:48:17.380 --> 00:48:17.900
 That's what they're

00:48:17.900 --> 00:48:18.740
 always looking at.

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:19.400
 They're dealing with

00:48:19.400 --> 00:48:20.619
 all kinds of

00:48:20.619 --> 00:48:21.559
 different deals

00:48:21.559 --> 00:48:22.780
 and items

00:48:22.780 --> 00:48:23.780
 and trying to sell

00:48:23.780 --> 00:48:24.900
 and all of these things.

00:48:25.400 --> 00:48:26.220
 Delboy and Rodney

00:48:26.220 --> 00:48:26.720
 they're going to be

00:48:26.720 --> 00:48:28.019
 millionaires next year.

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:29.800
 And then the day comes

00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:31.519
 where they find

00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:32.480
 a watch

00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:33.300
 in their garage

00:48:33.300 --> 00:48:34.260
 what they think

00:48:34.260 --> 00:48:35.119
 is just something

00:48:35.119 --> 00:48:35.619
 worthless.

00:48:35.760 --> 00:48:36.660
 It turns out to be

00:48:36.659 --> 00:48:37.339
 what changes

00:48:37.339 --> 00:48:38.460
 their lives

00:48:38.460 --> 00:48:39.759
 that's worth millions.

00:48:40.739 --> 00:48:41.799
 And all of a sudden

00:48:41.799 --> 00:48:43.079
 they are millionaires.

00:48:44.719 --> 00:48:45.719
 But what happens

00:48:45.719 --> 00:48:46.279
 at the end

00:48:46.279 --> 00:48:47.480
 of one of the episodes

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:48.559
 that's then changed

00:48:48.559 --> 00:48:48.920
 is to

00:48:48.920 --> 00:48:50.179
 say this time next year

00:48:50.179 --> 00:48:51.099
 we're going to be millionaires.

00:48:51.759 --> 00:48:52.199
 Rodney,

00:48:52.319 --> 00:48:53.299
 this time next year

00:48:53.299 --> 00:48:53.879
 we're going to be

00:48:53.879 --> 00:48:54.779
 billionaires.

00:48:55.500 --> 00:48:56.279
 There's always

00:48:56.279 --> 00:48:57.079
 this searching

00:48:57.079 --> 00:48:58.359
 after more.

00:48:59.299 --> 00:49:00.079
 And that's the sad

00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:01.500
 truth in this world

00:49:01.500 --> 00:49:02.299
 where it's never

00:49:02.299 --> 00:49:03.440
 enough.

00:49:03.440 --> 00:49:06.220
 we're always

00:49:06.220 --> 00:49:07.240
 wanting more.

00:49:08.079 --> 00:49:08.900
 But as we observe

00:49:08.900 --> 00:49:09.760
 life today

00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:10.860
 is that our goal?

00:49:11.240 --> 00:49:11.700
 That we want

00:49:11.700 --> 00:49:12.880
 more of this world?

00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:14.460
 More of what the world

00:49:14.460 --> 00:49:15.079
 gives us

00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:15.800
 as happiness?

00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:16.780
 No,

00:49:16.860 --> 00:49:17.820
 it's about seeking

00:49:17.820 --> 00:49:18.460
 first

00:49:18.460 --> 00:49:19.820
 the kingdom

00:49:19.820 --> 00:49:20.500
 of God.

00:49:20.619 --> 00:49:21.960
 Observe these things

00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:22.720
 and see them

00:49:22.720 --> 00:49:23.840
 in light of

00:49:23.840 --> 00:49:24.619
 eternity

00:49:24.619 --> 00:49:25.500
 where they're

00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:26.019
 worthless

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:29.320
 compared to the

00:49:29.320 --> 00:49:29.820
 riches

00:49:29.820 --> 00:49:30.800
 of knowing

00:49:30.800 --> 00:49:31.759
 Jesus

00:49:31.759 --> 00:49:33.159
 as Lord.

00:49:33.800 --> 00:49:35.099
 By his grace

00:49:35.099 --> 00:49:36.219
 alone

00:49:36.219 --> 00:49:37.639
 we are saved.

00:49:38.559 --> 00:49:39.619
 The grace of God

00:49:39.619 --> 00:49:40.759
 that rescues us

00:49:40.759 --> 00:49:41.380
 from a

00:49:41.380 --> 00:49:42.800
 DIY disaster

00:49:42.800 --> 00:49:44.000
 of doing it

00:49:44.000 --> 00:49:44.519
 ourselves

00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:45.199
 to instead

00:49:45.199 --> 00:49:45.980
 being relying

00:49:45.980 --> 00:49:47.059
 on the grace

00:49:47.059 --> 00:49:47.759
 of God

00:49:47.759 --> 00:49:49.480
 for our salvation.

00:49:51.239 --> 00:49:52.380
 And that leads us

00:49:52.380 --> 00:49:53.179
 to the last thing

00:49:53.179 --> 00:49:54.420
 I want us to see here.

00:49:54.420 --> 00:49:56.680
 we've had savings

00:49:56.680 --> 00:49:57.780
 we've had observations

00:49:57.780 --> 00:49:58.740
 and the last thing

00:49:58.740 --> 00:49:59.500
 S

00:49:59.500 --> 00:50:01.059
 is security.

00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:02.960
 Security.

00:50:03.980 --> 00:50:04.900
 When you're looking

00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:06.059
 at a project

00:50:06.059 --> 00:50:07.360
 a DIY project

00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:08.480
 what's the reason

00:50:08.480 --> 00:50:09.559
 for it?

00:50:10.840 --> 00:50:11.539
 It's something

00:50:11.539 --> 00:50:12.180
 that makes us

00:50:12.180 --> 00:50:13.680
 feel more secure

00:50:13.680 --> 00:50:14.380
 in life.

00:50:14.500 --> 00:50:15.000
 Maybe something

00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:15.780
 that's needed

00:50:15.780 --> 00:50:16.440
 repaired

00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:17.760
 or needed doing

00:50:17.760 --> 00:50:19.720
 for our own safety.

00:50:19.820 --> 00:50:20.599
 Maybe your car

00:50:20.599 --> 00:50:21.740
 is getting

00:50:21.740 --> 00:50:22.539
 to an old age

00:50:22.539 --> 00:50:22.800
 and you want

00:50:22.800 --> 00:50:23.380
 a newer one

00:50:23.380 --> 00:50:24.240
 to be safer.

00:50:24.420 --> 00:50:25.360
 Maybe your house

00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:25.720
 is needing

00:50:25.720 --> 00:50:26.360
 new windows

00:50:26.360 --> 00:50:26.980
 so you put them

00:50:26.980 --> 00:50:27.900
 in in order

00:50:27.900 --> 00:50:28.700
 to be warmer.

00:50:28.860 --> 00:50:29.519
 All these things

00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:30.079
 are just about

00:50:30.079 --> 00:50:31.039
 our own personal

00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:32.700
 kind of security.

00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:34.760
 But what Jesus

00:50:34.760 --> 00:50:35.800
 gets at here

00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:36.659
 ultimately

00:50:36.659 --> 00:50:37.920
 is our security

00:50:37.920 --> 00:50:39.159
 in him.

00:50:40.500 --> 00:50:41.260
 The foundation

00:50:41.260 --> 00:50:42.240
 on which

00:50:42.240 --> 00:50:43.000
 we're building.

00:50:43.980 --> 00:50:44.519
 And that's what

00:50:44.519 --> 00:50:45.340
 he comes to

00:50:45.340 --> 00:50:46.099
 as you read on

00:50:46.099 --> 00:50:46.940
 down through

00:50:46.940 --> 00:50:48.599
 this Sermon on the Mount.

00:50:48.680 --> 00:50:49.220
 We looked at it

00:50:49.220 --> 00:50:50.000
 actually at the end

00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:51.619
 we looked at it

00:50:51.619 --> 00:50:52.360
 in the Gospel

00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:52.940
 of Luke

00:50:52.940 --> 00:50:53.559
 but it comes

00:50:53.559 --> 00:50:54.099
 to the same

00:50:54.099 --> 00:50:55.300
 conclusion here

00:50:55.300 --> 00:50:56.840
 in Matthew 7.

00:50:57.840 --> 00:50:58.659
 The security

00:50:58.659 --> 00:50:59.420
 of the two

00:50:59.420 --> 00:51:00.360
 different houses

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:01.199
 being built.

00:51:01.940 --> 00:51:03.139
 One being built

00:51:03.139 --> 00:51:04.159
 upon the sand

00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:05.840
 and one being built

00:51:05.840 --> 00:51:07.000
 upon the rock.

00:51:08.440 --> 00:51:09.400
 Everyone who hears

00:51:09.400 --> 00:51:10.039
 these words

00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:10.400
 of mine

00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:11.079
 and does them

00:51:11.079 --> 00:51:11.559
 will be like

00:51:11.559 --> 00:51:12.480
 the wise man

00:51:12.480 --> 00:51:13.760
 who built his house

00:51:13.760 --> 00:51:14.500
 on the rock.

00:51:14.980 --> 00:51:15.780
 That's at the end

00:51:15.780 --> 00:51:16.400
 of this sermon

00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:17.940
 in Matthew 7.24.

00:51:17.940 --> 00:51:19.579
 We looked at it

00:51:19.579 --> 00:51:20.619
 just a few weeks ago.

00:51:21.159 --> 00:51:22.119
 The wise man

00:51:22.119 --> 00:51:23.179
 built his house

00:51:23.179 --> 00:51:23.740
 on the rock

00:51:23.740 --> 00:51:24.599
 who hears

00:51:24.599 --> 00:51:25.579
 these words

00:51:25.579 --> 00:51:26.240
 of mine

00:51:26.240 --> 00:51:27.639
 and does them.

00:51:29.220 --> 00:51:30.380
 So think back

00:51:30.380 --> 00:51:31.340
 two weeks ago.

00:51:32.460 --> 00:51:33.440
 You heard

00:51:33.440 --> 00:51:34.340
 these words

00:51:34.340 --> 00:51:36.400
 in the Gospel

00:51:36.400 --> 00:51:37.039
 of Luke.

00:51:37.679 --> 00:51:38.360
 You heard

00:51:38.360 --> 00:51:38.920
 these words

00:51:38.920 --> 00:51:39.480
 and you heard

00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:40.220
 them before.

00:51:41.280 --> 00:51:42.280
 Are you wise?

00:51:43.500 --> 00:51:44.780
 Are you building

00:51:44.780 --> 00:51:46.179
 on the rock?

00:51:46.720 --> 00:51:47.440
 You heard them

00:51:47.440 --> 00:51:48.320
 two weeks ago

00:51:48.320 --> 00:51:50.420
 but did you do them?

00:51:52.039 --> 00:51:52.659
 Did you do

00:51:52.659 --> 00:51:53.460
 these words?

00:51:54.840 --> 00:51:55.500
 Are you building

00:51:55.500 --> 00:51:56.139
 your house

00:51:56.139 --> 00:51:57.480
 on the rock

00:51:57.480 --> 00:51:58.320
 that is Christ?

00:52:00.880 --> 00:52:01.700
 We listen

00:52:01.700 --> 00:52:02.720
 to his word.

00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:05.280
 We hear it

00:52:05.280 --> 00:52:07.619
 but do we do it?

00:52:10.700 --> 00:52:11.679
 Jesus is here

00:52:11.679 --> 00:52:12.780
 speaking to us

00:52:12.780 --> 00:52:13.679
 again.

00:52:14.679 --> 00:52:15.539
 Speaking about

00:52:15.539 --> 00:52:16.519
 what is important

00:52:16.519 --> 00:52:17.460
 in life

00:52:17.460 --> 00:52:18.320
 what our priorities

00:52:18.320 --> 00:52:18.840
 are.

00:52:19.199 --> 00:52:20.000
 Are we doing it

00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:20.639
 ourselves

00:52:20.639 --> 00:52:22.920
 or are we

00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:23.360
 listening

00:52:23.360 --> 00:52:24.800
 to him?

00:52:25.840 --> 00:52:26.699
 Two things

00:52:26.699 --> 00:52:27.259
 to say

00:52:27.259 --> 00:52:28.659
 in conclusion.

00:52:29.699 --> 00:52:30.679
 The first thing

00:52:30.679 --> 00:52:31.059
 is

00:52:31.059 --> 00:52:32.259
 God doesn't

00:52:32.259 --> 00:52:32.800
 give us

00:52:32.800 --> 00:52:34.639
 everything we want

00:52:34.639 --> 00:52:38.039
 and for that

00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:38.579
 we should be

00:52:38.579 --> 00:52:38.980
 glad

00:52:38.980 --> 00:52:41.719
 because if he gave us

00:52:41.719 --> 00:52:42.699
 everything we wanted

00:52:42.699 --> 00:52:43.779
 where would we be?

00:52:44.739 --> 00:52:45.619
 We would ask

00:52:45.619 --> 00:52:46.299
 for the wrong

00:52:46.299 --> 00:52:46.939
 things.

00:52:48.039 --> 00:52:49.039
 There was a note

00:52:49.039 --> 00:52:50.199
 that had been

00:52:50.199 --> 00:52:50.639
 written by

00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:52.699
 a confederate

00:52:52.699 --> 00:52:53.559
 soldier during

00:52:53.559 --> 00:52:54.559
 the civil war

00:52:54.559 --> 00:52:56.480
 and he wrote

00:52:56.480 --> 00:52:57.139
 these words.

00:52:57.259 --> 00:52:57.659
 He said

00:52:57.659 --> 00:52:59.199
 I asked God

00:52:59.199 --> 00:53:00.039
 for strength

00:53:00.039 --> 00:53:00.619
 that I might

00:53:00.619 --> 00:53:01.319
 achieve.

00:53:01.899 --> 00:53:02.739
 I was made

00:53:02.739 --> 00:53:03.579
 weak that I

00:53:03.579 --> 00:53:04.139
 might learn

00:53:04.139 --> 00:53:04.699
 humbly

00:53:04.699 --> 00:53:05.819
 to obey.

00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:07.839
 I asked

00:53:07.839 --> 00:53:08.440
 God for

00:53:08.440 --> 00:53:08.920
 health

00:53:08.920 --> 00:53:09.659
 that I

00:53:09.659 --> 00:53:10.119
 might do

00:53:10.119 --> 00:53:10.619
 greater

00:53:10.619 --> 00:53:11.299
 things.

00:53:11.899 --> 00:53:12.719
 I was given

00:53:12.719 --> 00:53:13.619
 infirmity

00:53:13.619 --> 00:53:14.559
 that I

00:53:14.559 --> 00:53:14.920
 might do

00:53:14.920 --> 00:53:15.299
 better

00:53:15.299 --> 00:53:15.879
 things.

00:53:16.519 --> 00:53:17.299
 I asked

00:53:17.299 --> 00:53:17.899
 for riches

00:53:17.899 --> 00:53:18.339
 that I

00:53:18.339 --> 00:53:18.719
 might be

00:53:18.719 --> 00:53:19.119
 happy.

00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:20.480
 I was given

00:53:20.480 --> 00:53:21.139
 poverty

00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:22.119
 that I

00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:22.559
 might be

00:53:22.559 --> 00:53:23.079
 wise.

00:53:24.239 --> 00:53:24.779
 I asked

00:53:24.779 --> 00:53:25.519
 for power

00:53:25.519 --> 00:53:26.379
 that I

00:53:26.379 --> 00:53:26.859
 might have

00:53:26.860 --> 00:53:27.579
 the praise

00:53:27.579 --> 00:53:28.240
 of men.

00:53:29.019 --> 00:53:29.780
 I was given

00:53:29.780 --> 00:53:30.440
 weakness

00:53:30.440 --> 00:53:31.320
 that I

00:53:31.320 --> 00:53:32.300
 feel the

00:53:32.300 --> 00:53:32.920
 need of

00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:33.320
 God.

00:53:34.260 --> 00:53:35.000
 I asked

00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:35.720
 for all

00:53:35.720 --> 00:53:36.360
 things

00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:37.180
 that I

00:53:37.180 --> 00:53:37.940
 might enjoy

00:53:37.940 --> 00:53:38.380
 life.

00:53:39.160 --> 00:53:39.940
 I was given

00:53:39.940 --> 00:53:40.539
 life

00:53:40.539 --> 00:53:41.579
 that I

00:53:41.579 --> 00:53:42.340
 might enjoy

00:53:42.340 --> 00:53:43.460
 all things.

00:53:44.460 --> 00:53:44.900
 I got

00:53:44.900 --> 00:53:45.420
 nothing

00:53:45.420 --> 00:53:46.280
 that I

00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:47.039
 asked for

00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:48.860
 but everything

00:53:48.860 --> 00:53:49.780
 I had

00:53:49.780 --> 00:53:50.480
 hoped for.

00:53:51.519 --> 00:53:51.980
 He didn't

00:53:51.980 --> 00:53:52.539
 get what he

00:53:52.539 --> 00:53:53.059
 asked

00:53:53.059 --> 00:53:54.340
 but he

00:53:54.340 --> 00:53:54.880
 realized

00:53:54.880 --> 00:53:55.960
 there was

00:53:55.960 --> 00:53:56.360
 everything

00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:56.880
 that he

00:53:56.880 --> 00:53:57.199
 needed.

00:53:58.279 --> 00:53:58.599
 It was

00:53:58.599 --> 00:53:59.320
 those words

00:53:59.320 --> 00:54:00.460
 I asked

00:54:00.460 --> 00:54:00.739
 for

00:54:00.739 --> 00:54:01.820
 things

00:54:01.820 --> 00:54:03.219
 that I

00:54:03.219 --> 00:54:03.940
 might enjoy

00:54:03.940 --> 00:54:04.460
 life.

00:54:05.219 --> 00:54:05.799
 That's the

00:54:05.799 --> 00:54:06.259
 natural

00:54:06.259 --> 00:54:07.059
 conclusion

00:54:07.059 --> 00:54:07.360
 that we

00:54:07.360 --> 00:54:07.900
 might come

00:54:07.900 --> 00:54:08.059
 to.

00:54:08.119 --> 00:54:08.360
 Give me

00:54:08.360 --> 00:54:09.179
 all these

00:54:09.179 --> 00:54:09.519
 things

00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:09.799
 that I

00:54:09.799 --> 00:54:10.460
 might enjoy

00:54:10.460 --> 00:54:11.420
 life.

00:54:12.860 --> 00:54:13.340
 But the

00:54:13.340 --> 00:54:13.739
 right way

00:54:13.739 --> 00:54:14.139
 of looking

00:54:14.139 --> 00:54:14.420
 at it

00:54:14.420 --> 00:54:15.400
 was I

00:54:15.400 --> 00:54:15.880
 was given

00:54:15.880 --> 00:54:16.539
 life

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 that I

00:54:17.840 --> 00:54:18.599
 might enjoy

00:54:18.599 --> 00:54:19.980
 all things.

00:54:20.759 --> 00:54:21.279
 And that's

00:54:21.279 --> 00:54:21.799
 really what

00:54:21.799 --> 00:54:22.739
 Jesus is

00:54:22.739 --> 00:54:23.460
 saying here.

00:54:24.480 --> 00:54:24.860
 It's not

00:54:24.860 --> 00:54:25.460
 about getting

00:54:25.460 --> 00:54:26.480
 all these

00:54:26.480 --> 00:54:26.940
 things that

00:54:26.940 --> 00:54:27.239
 we might

00:54:27.239 --> 00:54:28.139
 enjoy life

00:54:28.139 --> 00:54:29.699
 but that

00:54:29.699 --> 00:54:30.239
 finding that

00:54:30.239 --> 00:54:31.440
 life is

00:54:31.440 --> 00:54:32.000
 in him

00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:32.960
 that we

00:54:32.960 --> 00:54:33.579
 might enjoy

00:54:33.579 --> 00:54:34.440
 all things.

00:54:35.239 --> 00:54:35.559
 Seek

00:54:35.559 --> 00:54:36.159
 first

00:54:36.159 --> 00:54:37.639
 the kingdom

00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:39.039
 of God.

00:54:39.759 --> 00:54:40.099
 God

00:54:40.099 --> 00:54:40.579
 doesn't

00:54:40.579 --> 00:54:41.400
 always give

00:54:41.400 --> 00:54:42.360
 us what

00:54:42.360 --> 00:54:43.019
 we want

00:54:43.019 --> 00:54:45.299
 but he

00:54:45.299 --> 00:54:45.679
 does

00:54:45.679 --> 00:54:46.039
 certainly

00:54:46.039 --> 00:54:46.719
 give us

00:54:46.719 --> 00:54:47.980
 everything

00:54:47.980 --> 00:54:49.019
 that we

00:54:49.019 --> 00:54:49.400
 need.

00:54:50.240 --> 00:54:50.860
 He has

00:54:50.860 --> 00:54:51.400
 given us

00:54:51.400 --> 00:54:52.300
 everything

00:54:52.300 --> 00:54:53.260
 that we

00:54:53.260 --> 00:54:53.579
 need

00:54:53.579 --> 00:54:54.760
 that we

00:54:54.760 --> 00:54:54.980
 should

00:54:54.980 --> 00:54:55.599
 rejoice

00:54:55.599 --> 00:54:56.820
 in him

00:54:56.820 --> 00:54:58.300
 and it

00:54:58.300 --> 00:54:59.000
 never has

00:54:59.000 --> 00:54:59.519
 been more

00:54:59.519 --> 00:55:00.740
 true in

00:55:00.740 --> 00:55:01.380
 our security

00:55:01.380 --> 00:55:01.639
 that we

00:55:01.639 --> 00:55:01.960
 think of

00:55:01.960 --> 00:55:02.440
 all that

00:55:02.440 --> 00:55:02.699
 he has

00:55:02.699 --> 00:55:03.360
 given to

00:55:03.360 --> 00:55:03.800
 us

00:55:03.800 --> 00:55:05.059
 in Christ.

00:55:06.300 --> 00:55:07.119
 We have

00:55:07.119 --> 00:55:08.460
 had a

00:55:08.460 --> 00:55:08.920
 DIY

00:55:08.920 --> 00:55:09.780
 disaster.

00:55:10.460 --> 00:55:11.179
 We have

00:55:11.179 --> 00:55:12.059
 tried to

00:55:12.059 --> 00:55:12.500
 do it

00:55:12.500 --> 00:55:13.179
 ourselves

00:55:13.179 --> 00:55:15.159
 and that

00:55:15.159 --> 00:55:15.740
 has led

00:55:15.740 --> 00:55:16.800
 to sin

00:55:16.800 --> 00:55:17.780
 in our

00:55:17.780 --> 00:55:18.220
 life.

00:55:19.720 --> 00:55:20.240
 A DIY

00:55:20.240 --> 00:55:21.320
 disaster is

00:55:21.320 --> 00:55:22.620
 sin in

00:55:22.620 --> 00:55:23.039
 our life.

00:55:23.100 --> 00:55:23.360
 We could

00:55:23.360 --> 00:55:23.860
 never

00:55:23.860 --> 00:55:25.019
 sort it

00:55:25.019 --> 00:55:26.539
 but the

00:55:26.539 --> 00:55:27.000
 SOS

00:55:27.000 --> 00:55:27.940
 went out

00:55:27.940 --> 00:55:29.340
 and he

00:55:29.340 --> 00:55:30.760
 came to

00:55:30.760 --> 00:55:31.640
 save us

00:55:31.640 --> 00:55:32.620
 from our

00:55:32.620 --> 00:55:32.860
 sin.

00:55:33.900 --> 00:55:34.680
 He paid

00:55:34.680 --> 00:55:36.060
 the price

00:55:36.060 --> 00:55:38.360
 and therefore

00:55:38.360 --> 00:55:39.640
 as we seek

00:55:39.640 --> 00:55:40.220
 to put our

00:55:40.220 --> 00:55:41.560
 house in

00:55:41.560 --> 00:55:41.940
 order

00:55:41.940 --> 00:55:43.519
 as we

00:55:43.519 --> 00:55:44.240
 seek to

00:55:44.240 --> 00:55:44.900
 find the

00:55:44.900 --> 00:55:46.079
 way to

00:55:46.079 --> 00:55:47.039
 enjoy life.

00:55:48.099 --> 00:55:48.619
 How is

00:55:48.619 --> 00:55:48.960
 it going

00:55:48.960 --> 00:55:49.480
 to be?

00:55:50.740 --> 00:55:51.039
 Is it

00:55:51.039 --> 00:55:51.440
 going to

00:55:51.440 --> 00:55:52.599
 be in

00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:53.079
 your own

00:55:53.079 --> 00:55:53.659
 DIY

00:55:53.659 --> 00:55:54.460
 project?

00:55:54.619 --> 00:55:54.880
 Do it

00:55:54.880 --> 00:55:55.360
 yourself?

00:55:56.800 --> 00:55:57.159
 Or is it

00:55:57.159 --> 00:55:57.480
 to come

00:55:57.480 --> 00:55:58.059
 back and

00:55:58.059 --> 00:55:59.220
 see that

00:55:59.220 --> 00:55:59.679
 will end

00:55:59.679 --> 00:56:00.480
 in disaster

00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:02.059
 and instead

00:56:02.059 --> 00:56:04.139
 trust in

00:56:04.139 --> 00:56:04.519
 the Lord

00:56:04.519 --> 00:56:04.960
 Jesus?

00:56:05.740 --> 00:56:06.220
 Faith

00:56:06.220 --> 00:56:08.179
 alone is

00:56:08.179 --> 00:56:08.720
 the way

00:56:08.719 --> 00:56:09.739
 to live.

00:56:10.299 --> 00:56:10.919
 I asked

00:56:10.919 --> 00:56:11.480
 for all

00:56:11.480 --> 00:56:12.099
 things that

00:56:12.099 --> 00:56:12.480
 I might

00:56:12.480 --> 00:56:13.419
 enjoy life.

00:56:14.119 --> 00:56:14.899
 That's not

00:56:14.899 --> 00:56:15.359
 the way.

00:56:16.779 --> 00:56:17.299
 But Jesus

00:56:17.299 --> 00:56:17.939
 will give you

00:56:17.939 --> 00:56:19.559
 life that

00:56:19.559 --> 00:56:19.859
 you may

00:56:19.859 --> 00:56:21.279
 enjoy all

00:56:21.279 --> 00:56:21.859
 things.

00:56:22.379 --> 00:56:22.719
 May you

00:56:22.719 --> 00:56:23.899
 find that

00:56:23.899 --> 00:56:24.619
 life in

00:56:24.619 --> 00:56:24.839
 him.

00:56:25.359 --> 00:56:25.739
 Let us

00:56:25.739 --> 00:56:25.980
 pray.

00:56:27.699 --> 00:56:28.319
 Our

00:56:28.319 --> 00:56:29.059
 gracious and

00:56:29.059 --> 00:56:29.939
 eternal God,

00:56:30.019 --> 00:56:30.719
 we thank you

00:56:30.719 --> 00:56:31.799
 for your

00:56:31.799 --> 00:56:32.519
 wisdom that's

00:56:32.519 --> 00:56:33.279
 above ours,

00:56:33.359 --> 00:56:33.679
 that you do

00:56:33.679 --> 00:56:34.379
 not give us

00:56:34.379 --> 00:56:35.079
 all that we

00:56:35.079 --> 00:56:36.359
 want, but

00:56:36.359 --> 00:56:37.039
 you do give

00:56:37.039 --> 00:56:37.739
 all that we

00:56:37.739 --> 00:56:38.059
 need.

00:56:38.659 --> 00:56:39.000
 And we

00:56:39.000 --> 00:56:39.359
 thank you

00:56:39.359 --> 00:56:39.819
 for every

00:56:39.819 --> 00:56:40.319
 good and

00:56:40.319 --> 00:56:41.159
 perfect gift

00:56:41.159 --> 00:56:41.500
 that you

00:56:41.500 --> 00:56:41.979
 have given,

00:56:42.339 --> 00:56:43.039
 all that

00:56:43.039 --> 00:56:43.699
 comes from

00:56:43.699 --> 00:56:44.399
 your hand.

00:56:44.879 --> 00:56:45.299
 We thank

00:56:45.299 --> 00:56:45.539
 you for

00:56:45.539 --> 00:56:46.159
 your word.

00:56:46.759 --> 00:56:47.259
 We thank

00:56:47.259 --> 00:56:47.479
 you for

00:56:47.479 --> 00:56:48.259
 your spirit.

00:56:48.819 --> 00:56:49.079
 We thank

00:56:49.079 --> 00:56:49.379
 you for

00:56:49.379 --> 00:56:50.039
 your son.

00:56:50.659 --> 00:56:50.959
 And we

00:56:50.959 --> 00:56:51.299
 thank you

00:56:51.299 --> 00:56:51.619
 for the

00:56:51.619 --> 00:56:52.239
 salvation

00:56:52.239 --> 00:56:52.739
 that has

00:56:52.739 --> 00:56:53.259
 been bought

00:56:53.259 --> 00:56:53.899
 for us.

00:56:54.359 --> 00:56:55.000
 We thank

00:56:55.000 --> 00:56:55.339
 you for

00:56:55.339 --> 00:56:56.299
 faith and

00:56:56.299 --> 00:56:56.759
 hope.

00:56:57.519 --> 00:56:58.000
 We thank

00:56:58.000 --> 00:56:58.239
 you for

00:56:58.239 --> 00:56:58.859
 grace.

00:57:01.439 --> 00:57:02.000
 We thank

00:57:02.000 --> 00:57:02.179
 you for

00:57:02.179 --> 00:57:02.500
 us so

00:57:02.500 --> 00:57:02.959
 liberally.

00:57:03.500 --> 00:57:03.819
 And we

00:57:03.819 --> 00:57:04.159
 pray,

00:57:04.319 --> 00:57:04.459
 Lord,

00:57:04.519 --> 00:57:04.739
 that we

00:57:04.739 --> 00:57:05.799
 will see

00:57:05.799 --> 00:57:06.479
 that life

00:57:06.479 --> 00:57:07.139
 in you

00:57:07.139 --> 00:57:07.900
 is to

00:57:07.900 --> 00:57:08.299
 be able

00:57:08.299 --> 00:57:08.960
 to enjoy

00:57:08.960 --> 00:57:10.259
 all things.

00:57:10.440 --> 00:57:11.219
 So teach

00:57:11.219 --> 00:57:11.659
 us, Lord,

00:57:11.719 --> 00:57:11.879
 that we

00:57:11.879 --> 00:57:12.460
 would seek

00:57:12.460 --> 00:57:13.659
 first the

00:57:13.659 --> 00:57:14.839
 kingdom of

00:57:14.839 --> 00:57:15.239
 God.

00:57:15.699 --> 00:57:16.039
 So we

00:57:16.039 --> 00:57:16.579
 ask it in

00:57:16.579 --> 00:57:16.900
 Jesus'

00:57:17.159 --> 00:57:17.319
 name.

00:57:17.739 --> 00:57:18.039
 Amen.

00:57:21.539 --> 00:57:22.059
 We're

00:57:22.059 --> 00:57:22.460
 going to

00:57:22.460 --> 00:57:23.179
 conclude by

00:57:23.179 --> 00:57:23.980
 singing to

00:57:23.980 --> 00:57:24.379
 God's

00:57:24.379 --> 00:57:24.920
 praise in

00:57:24.920 --> 00:57:26.059
 Psalm 127

00:57:26.059 --> 00:57:27.440
 in the

00:57:27.440 --> 00:57:27.739
 Sing

00:57:27.739 --> 00:57:28.379
 Psalms.

00:57:30.460 --> 00:57:31.039
 Page

00:57:31.039 --> 00:57:32.359
 171.

00:57:33.059 --> 00:57:33.599
 We'll

00:57:33.599 --> 00:57:33.900
 sing

00:57:33.900 --> 00:57:35.199
 first two

00:57:35.199 --> 00:57:35.559
 verses,

00:57:35.719 --> 00:57:36.099
 verse 1

00:57:36.099 --> 00:57:36.599
 and 2.

00:57:38.519 --> 00:57:39.360
 Reminder to

00:57:39.360 --> 00:57:39.839
 us that

00:57:39.839 --> 00:57:40.900
 we don't

00:57:40.900 --> 00:57:41.339
 build our

00:57:41.339 --> 00:57:41.900
 own house

00:57:41.900 --> 00:57:42.239
 in that

00:57:42.239 --> 00:57:42.719
 security.

00:57:42.880 --> 00:57:43.319
 Unless the

00:57:43.319 --> 00:57:43.980
 Lord builds

00:57:43.980 --> 00:57:44.500
 the house,

00:57:45.079 --> 00:57:45.659
 its builders

00:57:45.659 --> 00:57:46.719
 toil in vain.

00:57:47.219 --> 00:57:47.860
 Unless he

00:57:47.860 --> 00:57:48.400
 keeps the

00:57:48.400 --> 00:57:49.039
 city safe,

00:57:49.139 --> 00:57:49.779
 they vainly

00:57:49.779 --> 00:57:50.639
 watch,

00:57:50.799 --> 00:57:51.119
 maintain.

00:57:51.219 --> 00:57:51.400
 We're going

00:57:51.400 --> 00:57:51.679
 to sing

00:57:51.679 --> 00:57:52.199
 verse 1

00:57:52.199 --> 00:57:52.559
 and 2

00:57:52.559 --> 00:57:52.819
 in the

00:57:52.819 --> 00:57:53.199
 tune as

00:57:53.199 --> 00:57:54.019
 Covenanters.

00:57:54.019 --> 00:57:54.880
 We sing

00:57:54.880 --> 00:57:55.480
 to God's

00:57:55.480 --> 00:57:55.839
 praise.

00:57:55.840 --> 00:58:16.880
 voy voy

00:58:16.880 --> 00:58:16.880


00:58:16.880 --> 00:58:18.880
 voy

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00:58:18.880 --> 00:58:20.880
 What maintain

00:58:20.880 --> 00:58:22.880
 They

00:58:22.880 --> 00:58:24.880
 Vainly

00:58:24.880 --> 00:58:26.880
 What maintain

00:58:26.880 --> 00:58:28.880
 They

00:58:28.880 --> 00:58:30.880
 Vainly

00:58:30.880 --> 00:58:32.880
 What maintain

00:58:32.880 --> 00:58:34.880
 Unless

00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:36.880
 He keeps

00:58:36.880 --> 00:58:36.880


00:58:36.880 --> 00:58:38.880
 Selties

00:58:38.880 --> 00:58:40.880
 They

00:58:40.880 --> 00:58:42.880
 Vainly

00:58:42.880 --> 00:58:44.880
 What maintain

00:58:44.880 --> 00:58:46.880
 When you rise

00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:48.880
 Before the dawn

00:58:48.880 --> 00:58:50.880
 And lay

00:58:50.880 --> 00:58:52.880
 Our shady

00:58:52.880 --> 00:58:54.880
 Keep

00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:56.880
 That you may

00:58:56.880 --> 00:58:58.880
 Toil for

00:58:58.880 --> 00:59:00.880
 Food to me

00:59:00.880 --> 00:59:02.880
 He gives

00:59:02.880 --> 00:59:04.880
 Selt

00:59:04.880 --> 00:59:06.880
 One

00:59:06.880 --> 00:59:08.880
 Sleeve

00:59:08.880 --> 00:59:10.880
 He gives

00:59:10.880 --> 00:59:12.880
 Selt

00:59:12.880 --> 00:59:14.880
 One

00:59:14.880 --> 00:59:16.880
 Sleeve

00:59:16.880 --> 00:59:18.880
 That you

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00:59:18.880 --> 00:59:20.880
 Toil for

00:59:20.880 --> 00:59:22.880
 Food to me

00:59:22.880 --> 00:59:24.880
 He gives

00:59:24.880 --> 00:59:24.880


00:59:24.880 --> 00:59:26.880
 One

00:59:26.880 --> 00:59:28.880
 Sleeve

00:59:28.880 --> 00:59:30.880
 After the benediction

00:59:30.880 --> 00:59:32.880
 I'll go to the main door.

00:59:32.880 --> 00:59:34.880
 Now may grace, mercy and peace

00:59:34.880 --> 00:59:36.880
 From God, Father, Son

00:59:36.880 --> 00:59:38.880
 And Holy Spirit rest upon

00:59:38.880 --> 00:59:40.880
 And abide with you all

00:59:40.880 --> 00:59:42.880
 Now and forevermore. Amen.

00:59:42.880 --> 00:59:44.880
 Please

00:59:44.880 --> 00:59:46.880
 Please

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 Please

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 Please

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 Please

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 Please

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 Please

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