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 Morning, church.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, you know the deep places

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 through which our life must go.

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 Help us when we enter them

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 to lift our hearts to you.

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 Help us to be patient when we are afflicted,

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 to be humble when we are in distress,

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 and grant that the hope of your mercy

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 may never fail us,

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 and the consciousness of your loving kindness

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 may never be crowded or hidden from our sight.

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 Through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.

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 Greetings, and I'm glad that you can join us today,

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 especially if you're joining us online.

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 If this is your first time tuning in to our live stream

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 or gathering with us here,

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 we have been studying over the last few weeks

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 the topic of lament

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 from the book of Lamentation

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 and Psalms in the Old Testament of the Bible.

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 So have you heard of the term lament?

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 When someone says he or she is lamenting,

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 what exactly are they doing?

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 If today is not your first time with us,

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 and you have journeyed with us

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 and with the writer of Psalms and Lamentation,

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 have you practiced any laments in the last few weeks?

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 James, the brother of Jesus,

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 wrote us in his letter in the New Testament

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 from chapter 1, verse 22.

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 James 1, verse 22 says,

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 Do not merely listen to the word

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 and so deceive yourself.

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 Do what it says.

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 Anyone who listens to the word

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 but does not do what it says

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 is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror

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 and after looking at himself,

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 goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

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 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law

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 that gives freedom and continues in it,

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 not forgetting what they have heard,

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 but doing it,

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 they will be blessed in what they do.

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 James warn us that

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 if we listen to God's word

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 but take no action

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 in practicing what we hurt,

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 we are deceiving ourselves.

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 We are deceiving ourselves

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 into thinking that we are right with God

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 when we are not.

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 If we take no action,

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 our faith is a shame

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 and will have devastating consequences

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 for our life now

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 and our eternal destiny.

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 If we merely listen to God's word

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 but do not do what it says,

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 it's like someone who looks into a mirror.

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 The mirror that James referred to

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 is not the same that we use now,

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 but the one that make with polished copper or bronze,

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 which does not give a good impression

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 to someone who only take a glance of it.

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 It will take a considerable amount of time

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 to work out what you look like with them.

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 What we see in a mirror

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 is meant to lead us into action.

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 For someone who might be a bit more confident

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 with their image,

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 looking in the mirror

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 will lead them to more admiration of themselves.

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 They will stop at every mirror

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 and not just making sure they look okay,

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 but they will admire themselves

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 and say,

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 oh, why do I look so handsome?

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 Oh, I look so perfect.

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 But for general people,

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 the action is usually corrective,

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 such as a dirty face that needs to be washed.

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 The only reason that you can walk away

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 and immediately forget what you look like

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 would be because you utterly regret

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 the fault you saw or discovered

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 and instantly forget what you have seen.

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 It's ludicrous to have checked your face in the mirror

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 or hear God's words

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 and rapidly ignore and forget what you have heard.

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 It's absurd for someone who belongs to God

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 or call themselves a Christian,

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 a follower of Christ,

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 to be so cavalier towards God's word.

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 So let's repent together

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 and turn towards God

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 like how the book of Lamentation finished

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 at chapter 5, verse 21 and 22

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 by praying,

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 restore us to yourself, Lord,

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 that we might return.

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 Renew our days as of old

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 unless you have utterly rejected us

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 and are angry with us beyond measure.

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 Suppose you are not yet a believer

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 or follower of Christ

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 or follower of the biblical God

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 who created this world

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 and you and me.

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 Lamenting is part and partial of the Bible,

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 the word of God.

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 It is also part and partial of a Christian life.

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 God encourages us, his follower,

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 to join him in lamenting

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 over the fallen situation

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 of his created world.

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 To lament is to know God.

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 So let's together,

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 online, in person,

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 believe it or not yet,

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 look at what, why,

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 and how to lament today.

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 So what is lament?

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 Lament is a declaration

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 of the struggles and sufferings

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 you are experiencing

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 directly to God

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 with honesty

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 and in a God-honoring way.

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 I've been reading

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 a book by Gordon Wynham

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 named

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 The Soldiers Reclaimed,

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 Praying and Praising with the Psalms.

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 He commented that

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 lament is a prayer to God

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 for delivery

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 from Christ

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 regarding enemies,

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 defeats in battle,

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 and a life-threatening illness.

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 These prayers of lament

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 are written and collected

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 in the Psalms and lamentation

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 of the Bible.

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 In this crisis situation,

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 the person lamenting

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 often seems to think

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 that God has deserted them.

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 almost half of the 150 Psalms

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 are lament Psalms.

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 Usually,

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 the most common format

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 is complaint,

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 with a cry for help

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 and description of distress.

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 Petition,

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 with an appeal to God

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 and reason for divine intervention.

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 And praise,

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 that ends on a note of certainty

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 that prayer has been heard

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 and a vow

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 to praise God

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 for deliveries.

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 So the usual pattern

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 for lament

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 is complain,

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 petition,

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 and praise.

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 Like the Psalm

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 we just read out

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 by Vivian,

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 Psalm 13,

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 it goes like this,

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 How long, Lord,

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 will you forget me forever?

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 How long

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 will you hide your face from me?

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 How long

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 must I wrestle

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 with my thoughts

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 and day after day

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 have sorrow in my heart?

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 How long

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 will my enemy

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 triumph over me?

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 Look on me

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 and answer,

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 Lord my God.

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 Give light to my eyes

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 or I will sleep in death.

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 And my enemy

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 will say,

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 I have overcome him.

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 And my foes rejoice

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 when I fall.

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 The Psalmist

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 was in real trouble.

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 His enemy

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 were attacking him

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 and he doubt

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 whether God

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 still cared

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 for him.

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 He worried

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 that his enemy

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 will realize

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 how shaky

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 his faith is

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 and will go

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 over the loss

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 of faith.

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 But like most men,

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 Psalm 13

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 suddenly changed key,

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 ending on a note

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 of confidence

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 and praise

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 in verse 5.

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 But I trust

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 in your unfailing love.

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 My heart

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 rejoiced

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 in your salvation.

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 I will sing

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 the Lord's praise

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 for he has been

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 good to me.

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 Though the man

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 usually ends

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 on a note of hope,

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 several do not.

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 Though at some point

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 they may express hope,

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 the Psalmist

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 sometimes referred

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 to a despair

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 at the end.

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 His glamour

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 of hope

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 seems extinguished.

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 and it is

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 at this point,

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 at those dark

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 points,

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 that God's

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 steadfast love

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 will shine

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 through

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 to prove

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 his faithfulness

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 to us.

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 So some of you

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 might question

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 whether it's

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 appropriate

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 for Christians

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 to lament

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 and some of us

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 did ask that.

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 Can Christians

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 use such sound?

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 Shall we not

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 be giving thanks

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 in all circumstances?

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 Are such songs

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 appropriate

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 to people of faith,

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 particularly for use

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 in public worship?

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 So why do we lament?

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 Lament lines up

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 our thoughts

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 about our situation

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 with God's plans

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 for us

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 and this world.

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 Lament

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 turns and

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 tunes

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 our heart

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 to the hurt

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 and anger

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 of God

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 towards

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 our

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 mentality

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 towards

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 him

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 and his

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 word.

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 Lament

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 drives us

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 to action

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 which often

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 involves

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 confession

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 and repentance.

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 So lament

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 brings our

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 heart,

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 our heart,

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 our head

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 and our hands

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 together

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 to glorify God.

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 Christians

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 should be

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 lamenting

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 together

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 or quote

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 psalms

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 that is

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 written

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 for lament

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 because

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 lament

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 are most

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 quoted

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 in the

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 New Testament.

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 Psalm 22

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 and 69

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 are the two

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 most quoted

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 psalms

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 by all the

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 writers

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 of the

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 New Testament.

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 Psalm 69

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 was quoted

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 in the book

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 of John,

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 in the book

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 of Acts

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 and Romans.

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 Christians,

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 a follower

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 of Christ

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 should lament

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 because of

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 Christ

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 we follow

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 Jesus,

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 pray

00:10:42.100 --> 00:10:43.220
 Psalm 22

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 on the cross

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 and Psalm 31

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 just before

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 he died.

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 On the night

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 before he

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 rests,

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 he would have

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 been singing

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 a few

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 lament psalms

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 with his

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 disciples.

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 So,

00:10:59.560 --> 00:11:00.040
 we should

00:11:00.040 --> 00:11:00.460
 lament

00:11:00.460 --> 00:11:00.900
 or use

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 the psalms

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 of lament

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 because

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 our

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 Christ

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 was

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 the one

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 that using

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 it.

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 Christians

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 in today's

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 society

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 get nervous

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 when we

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 come across

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 a sentence

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 like,

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 how long

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 Lord

00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:15.840
 will you

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 forget me

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 forever?

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 How long

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 will you

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 hide your

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 face from

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 me?

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 Because

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 this kind

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 of sentence

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 counters

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 our culture

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 of positivity.

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 Our religious

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 culture

00:11:28.959 --> 00:11:29.620
 identifies

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 strong faith

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 with

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 ambitions,

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 ambitious,

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 joyful,

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 and strong.

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 Our society

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 emphasizes

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 and pursue

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 comfortable

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 self-made

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 life and

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 prides itself

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 on being

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 better than

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 the rest

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 of the world.

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 Many

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 Christians

00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:50.480
 are influenced

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 by our

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 society

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 and have

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 difficulty

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 emphasizing

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 with the

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 reality of

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 suffering

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 and the

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 seemingly

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 absence of

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 God.

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 We think

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 it's not

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 appropriate

00:12:07.899 --> 00:12:09.040
 to lament

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 to or

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 about God

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 is too

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 negative

00:12:13.820 --> 00:12:14.560
 to make

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 God look

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 bad.

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 another

00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:19.920
 reason we

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 must lament

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 in today's

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 society

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 by using

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 or praying

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 these

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 psalms

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 is those

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 who think

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 they have

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 no problem

00:12:27.700 --> 00:12:29.139
 and difficulties

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 in their

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 life can

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 learn to

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 sympathize

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 with those

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 in trouble

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 and pray

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 for those

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 suffering

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 or persecuted.

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 Our

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 reality is

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 no one

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 is immune

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 to suffering

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 and challenges

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 in life.

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 And maybe

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 the reality

00:12:48.019 --> 00:12:49.159
 for you

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 right now

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 is you

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 are under

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 significant

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 burden.

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 Both

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 physical

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 and spiritual

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 sickness,

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 marital

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 problems,

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 financial

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 difficulties,

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 pressure at

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 work,

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 even harassment

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 and persecution.

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 The

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 advancing of

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 your age

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 bring all

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 sorts of

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 problems

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 with you.

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 you find

00:13:13.579 --> 00:13:13.899
 it very

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 hard to

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 come

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 full of

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 joy

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 or

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 happiness.

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 When you

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 can see

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 no way

00:13:20.339 --> 00:13:20.839
 out

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 and in

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 your

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 distress,

00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:24.139
 lamenting

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 and crying

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 out,

00:13:25.439 --> 00:13:25.939
 how long

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 Lord,

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 is a sure

00:13:27.599 --> 00:13:28.019
 and only

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 way

00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:29.240
 of getting

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 to our

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 saying

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 the Lord's

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 praise

00:13:31.839 --> 00:13:32.819
 for his

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 has been

00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:33.839
 good to

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 me.

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 So what

00:13:36.819 --> 00:13:37.120
 is the

00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:37.839
 most significant

00:13:37.839 --> 00:13:38.559
 experience of

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 suffering that

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 you have

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 gone through

00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:41.340
 that you

00:13:41.340 --> 00:13:41.740
 are going

00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:41.919
 through

00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:42.299
 now?

00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:43.820
 What

00:13:43.820 --> 00:13:44.600
 injustice

00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:45.960
 and social

00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:46.360
 issues

00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:47.279
 disturb you

00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:47.720
 most?

00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:50.120
 God is

00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:51.060
 inviting you

00:13:51.060 --> 00:13:51.679
 to put

00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:52.259
 your trust

00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:52.759
 in him

00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:53.679
 and lament

00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:54.139
 with him

00:13:54.139 --> 00:13:54.840
 over your

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 significant

00:13:55.379 --> 00:13:56.159
 sufferings

00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:57.200
 and to

00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:57.799
 cry out

00:13:57.799 --> 00:13:58.399
 to him.

00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:00.320
 Bring your

00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:00.940
 lamentation

00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:01.500
 to God,

00:14:01.940 --> 00:14:02.700
 especially if

00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:03.120
 you are now

00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:03.620
 in the middle

00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:03.899
 of your

00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:04.279
 hardship.

00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:06.039
 Let's

00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:06.480
 practice

00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:07.299
 lamentation,

00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:08.240
 lamenting

00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:08.659
 together,

00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:08.719
 together,

00:14:09.199 --> 00:14:09.600
 bring your

00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:09.919
 suffering

00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:10.419
 to God.

00:14:12.819 --> 00:14:13.419
 We'll

00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:13.779
 practice

00:14:13.779 --> 00:14:14.500
 lamenting

00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:15.259
 together

00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:16.179
 today by

00:14:16.179 --> 00:14:16.679
 reading out

00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:18.019
 aloud Psalm

00:14:18.019 --> 00:14:18.620
 13,

00:14:19.199 --> 00:14:19.839
 42,

00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:20.559
 and 43

00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:21.159
 to each

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 other.

00:14:22.819 --> 00:14:23.480
 We'll

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 divide this

00:14:24.219 --> 00:14:24.740
 church into

00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:25.399
 four groups,

00:14:25.699 --> 00:14:26.339
 including you

00:14:26.339 --> 00:14:26.759
 online.

00:14:28.259 --> 00:14:29.219
 So group

00:14:29.219 --> 00:14:29.480
 one,

00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:30.079
 session one

00:14:30.079 --> 00:14:30.419
 will be

00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:31.100
 over there

00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:33.179
 in front

00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:33.399
 of the

00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:33.879
 Stingas

00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:34.579
 window.

00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:36.179
 Session

00:14:36.179 --> 00:14:36.600
 two will

00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:37.220
 be to

00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:37.639
 my left

00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:37.899
 here.

00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.480
 Session

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:40.519
 three is

00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.779
 this group,

00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:42.740
 including you

00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:43.120
 online,

00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:44.199
 and session

00:14:44.199 --> 00:14:44.699
 four is

00:14:44.699 --> 00:14:45.600
 those under

00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:46.659
 the mezzanine.

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 So what

00:14:47.699 --> 00:14:47.939
 we're going

00:14:47.939 --> 00:14:48.299
 to do is

00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:48.580
 we're going

00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:48.840
 to read

00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:49.399
 out loud

00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:50.179
 on the

00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:51.519
 screen as

00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.419
 the scripture

00:14:52.419 --> 00:14:53.000
 comes up.

00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:54.480
 So session

00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.179
 one, we'll

00:14:55.179 --> 00:14:55.879
 start reading

00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:57.480
 out Lamentation

00:14:57.480 --> 00:14:59.419
 5, 21 to 22,

00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:00.019
 and then Psalm

00:15:00.019 --> 00:15:00.580
 13.

00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:01.759
 And while the

00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.700
 session is

00:15:02.700 --> 00:15:03.139
 reading, the

00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:03.639
 rest of us

00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:04.139
 can listen.

00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:04.939
 And then

00:15:04.939 --> 00:15:05.259
 the next

00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:06.019
 session, we'll

00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.319
 read the

00:15:06.319 --> 00:15:07.600
 next session

00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:09.240
 of text, and

00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:09.759
 the rest can

00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:10.399
 listen as

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 well.

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 So as we

00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:13.100
 read out

00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:13.860
 these verses,

00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:15.319
 let's bring

00:15:15.319 --> 00:15:16.100
 to your mind

00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:16.819
 the suffering

00:15:16.819 --> 00:15:18.699
 that you might

00:15:18.699 --> 00:15:19.019
 be going

00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:19.960
 through, and

00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:20.360
 also the

00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:20.840
 suffering of

00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:21.460
 this world.

00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:23.480
 And let's

00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:24.179
 bring this

00:15:24.179 --> 00:15:24.600
 word to

00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:27.179
 God, and

00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:27.779
 let God's

00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:28.659
 word lead

00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:29.279
 you through

00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:29.779
 a journey

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:30.259
 of lament.

00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:30.379
 Amen.

00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:32.419
 So session

00:15:32.419 --> 00:15:35.740
 one, please

00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.240
 join me to

00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:36.620
 read out.

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.879
 Restore us

00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.700
 to yourself,

00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.960
 Lord, that

00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:41.399
 we might

00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.139
 return, renew

00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:44.319
 our days as

00:15:44.319 --> 00:15:46.100
 of old, unless

00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.480
 you have

00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:47.539
 utterly reject

00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:48.919
 us and are

00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:49.879
 angry with us

00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:50.360
 beyond

00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:50.819
 measure.

00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.659
 How long,

00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:53.860
 Lord, will

00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.519
 you forget

00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.259
 me forever?

00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:56.720
 How long

00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:57.399
 will you hide

00:15:57.399 --> 00:15:58.019
 your face

00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.539
 from me?

00:15:58.539 --> 00:16:00.360
 how long

00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:00.799
 must I

00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:01.539
 wrestle with

00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:02.179
 my thoughts

00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:03.099
 and day

00:16:03.099 --> 00:16:03.819
 after day

00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:04.899
 have sorrow

00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.899
 in my heart?

00:16:06.339 --> 00:16:07.059
 How long

00:16:07.059 --> 00:16:07.459
 will my

00:16:07.459 --> 00:16:08.459
 enemy triumph

00:16:08.459 --> 00:16:09.240
 over me?

00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:10.799
 Look on

00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:11.399
 me and

00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:11.919
 answer,

00:16:12.459 --> 00:16:12.980
 Lord, my

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:14.279
 God, give

00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.860
 light to

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.639
 my eyes

00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.519
 or I will

00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.199
 sleep in

00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:17.599
 death.

00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:18.879
 And my

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.539
 enemy will

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 say, I

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 have overcome

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 him, and

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 my foes

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 will rejoice

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 when I

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 fall.

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 But I

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 trust in

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 your unfailing

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 love.

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 my heart

00:16:29.579 --> 00:16:30.579
 rejoice in

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 your salvation.

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 And I

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 will sing

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 praise, sing

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 the Lord's

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 praise, for

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 he has been

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 good to

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 me.

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 Session

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 two.

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 Ready?

00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:46.379
 As the

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 deer pants

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 for streams

00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:48.899
 of water,

00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:50.219
 so my

00:16:50.219 --> 00:16:51.159
 soul pants

00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.779
 for you,

00:16:51.959 --> 00:16:52.439
 my God.

00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:54.019
 My soul

00:16:54.019 --> 00:16:54.740
 thirsts for

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 God, for

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 the living

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 God, when

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 can I go

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 and meet

00:16:59.079 --> 00:16:59.620
 with God?

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 My teeth

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:02.000
 have been

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.679
 my food

00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:03.299
 day and

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 night, while

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 people say

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 to me all

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 day long,

00:17:07.339 --> 00:17:08.099
 where is

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 your God?

00:17:09.639 --> 00:17:10.440
 These things

00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.180
 I remember

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 as I

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 pour out my

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 soul, how

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 I used to

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 go to the

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 house of

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 God.

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.379
 Under the

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 protection of

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 mighty one,

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 we shout of

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 joy and

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 praise among

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 the

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 fisted

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 throne.

00:17:25.659 --> 00:17:26.259
 Why, my

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:27.039
 soul, are

00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:27.220
 you

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.939
 downcast?

00:17:28.639 --> 00:17:29.519
 Why so

00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.179
 disturbed

00:17:30.179 --> 00:17:30.859
 within me?

00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:32.079
 Put your

00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:32.599
 hope in

00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:33.980
 God, for

00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:34.439
 I will yet

00:17:34.439 --> 00:17:35.200
 praise him,

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 my

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 savior and

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 my God.

00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:39.700
 Session

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 three, and

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 those of you

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 online, please

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 join me.

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 My soul

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.259
 is

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.919
 downcast

00:17:46.919 --> 00:17:47.679
 within me,

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 therefore I

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 will remember

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 you from

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 the land of

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 the Jordan,

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 the height of

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 Hermon,

00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:55.380
 from Mount

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 Missa.

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 Deep

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 course to

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 deep in

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 the roar of

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 your waterfalls,

00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.319
 all your

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 waves and

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:04.100
 breakers have

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 swept over

00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.039
 me.

00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:06.700
 I

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 day the

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 Lord

00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.200
 dearest

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.740
 his love,

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 and light

00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:11.019
 the song

00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.480
 is with

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 me.

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:12.799
 I

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 pray to

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 the God

00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.319
 of my

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 life.

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:15.980
 I

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.539
 say to

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 my God,

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 my rock,

00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.160
 why have

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:19.900
 you forgotten

00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:20.259
 me?

00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:21.539
 why must

00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:22.079
 I go

00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:22.539
 about

00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:23.160
 mourning,

00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.279
 oppressed

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:24.779
 by the

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.180
 enemy?

00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:26.920
 My bones

00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:28.079
 suffer mortal

00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:28.660
 agony,

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.879
 as my

00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:30.259
 foes

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.900
 taunt me,

00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.200
 saying to

00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:32.859
 me all

00:18:32.859 --> 00:18:33.500
 day long,

00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.619
 where is

00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.200
 your God?

00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:36.900
 Why,

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.680
 my soul,

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.299
 are you

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:39.019
 downcast?

00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:40.619
 Why so

00:18:40.619 --> 00:18:41.200
 disturbed

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.940
 within me?

00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:43.299
 Put your

00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:43.819
 hope in

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.099
 the

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.339
 God,

00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.440
 for I

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.920
 will yet

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.400
 praise

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:46.700
 him,

00:18:47.420 --> 00:18:47.700
 my

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.140
 savior

00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:49.099
 and my

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 God.

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.599
 And

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:50.839
 section

00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.200
 four

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 over

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 there.

00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:55.079
 Vindicate

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:55.799
 me,

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.119
 my

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.539
 God,

00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:57.660
 and

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.039
 plead

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 the

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 rescue

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:03.000
 me from

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.539
 those who

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:03.740
 are

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.460
 deceitful

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.180
 and wicked.

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.619
 You

00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.200
 are God,

00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:07.460
 my

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.160
 stronghold.

00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.180
 Why

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.660
 have you

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.220
 rejected

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.519
 me?

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:11.759
 Why

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.240
 must I

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:12.940
 go about

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.500
 mourning,

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:14.619
 oppressed

00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.099
 by the

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.500
 enemy?

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.019
 Send

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.480
 me your

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.319
 light and

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.519
 your

00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:18.920
 faithful

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.380
 care.

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.539
 Let

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:20.700
 them

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:23.160
 bring me

00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:23.779
 to your

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.140
 holy

00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:24.620
 mountain,

00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:25.500
 to the

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.279
 place where

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:26.539
 you

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:26.900
 dwell.

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:28.480
 Then I

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:28.860
 will go

00:19:28.860 --> 00:19:29.259
 to the

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.779
 altar of

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.120
 God,

00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:31.500
 to God

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.460
 my joy

00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:32.840
 and my

00:19:32.840 --> 00:19:33.320
 delight.

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.259
 I

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.800
 will praise

00:19:34.800 --> 00:19:35.259
 you with

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.420
 the

00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:35.700
 lead.

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:36.960
 O

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.300
 God,

00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:37.580
 my

00:19:37.580 --> 00:19:37.920
 God,

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.519
 why my

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.259
 soul are

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.440
 you

00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:41.100
 downcast?

00:19:41.820 --> 00:19:42.380
 Why so

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:42.940
 disturbed

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.620
 within me?

00:19:44.560 --> 00:19:44.900
 Put your

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.380
 hope in

00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:45.759
 God,

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:46.380
 for I

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:46.779
 will yet

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.440
 praise him,

00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:48.539
 my

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.519
 savior and

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:49.680
 my

00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:50.039
 God.

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.240
 And let's

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.759
 read together

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.220
 this next

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.559
 session.

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:54.900
 Together,

00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:55.840
 we

00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.400
 store us

00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:56.580
 to

00:19:56.580 --> 00:19:57.140
 yourself,

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.640
 Lord,

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.680
 that we

00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:58.900
 might

00:19:58.900 --> 00:19:59.460
 return.

00:20:00.320 --> 00:20:00.700
 Renew

00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:00.940
 our

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.559
 days as

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:01.740
 of

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.080
 old.

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.400
 Unless

00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:03.600
 you

00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:03.759
 have

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.180
 utterly

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:04.820
 rejected

00:20:04.820 --> 00:20:05.980
 us and

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.500
 are angry

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.019
 with us

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.440
 beyond

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:07.960
 measure.

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.340
 How

00:20:09.340 --> 00:20:09.700
 long,

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:10.160
 Lord,

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.799
 will you

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.600
 forget me

00:20:11.600 --> 00:20:12.000
 forever?

00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.180
 How

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:13.660
 long will

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:14.160
 you hide

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:14.740
 your face

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.299
 from me?

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:17.119
 how long

00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:17.519
 must I

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.180
 wrestle with

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:18.859
 my thoughts

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:19.559
 and day

00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:20.299
 after day

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:21.460
 have sorrow

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.000
 in my

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.419
 heart?

00:20:22.919 --> 00:20:23.339
 How

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:23.779
 long will

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.519
 my enemy

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.299
 triumph

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:25.980
 over me?

00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.259
 Look

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.779
 on me

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.599
 and answer,

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:29.539
 Lord my

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:29.919
 God.

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.259
 Give light

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.279
 to my eyes

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.099
 or I

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.659
 will sleep

00:20:33.659 --> 00:20:34.319
 in death.

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:35.579
 And my

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:35.960
 enemy

00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.619
 will say

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.460
 I have

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:37.879
 overcome

00:20:37.879 --> 00:20:39.159
 him and

00:20:39.159 --> 00:20:39.779
 my foes

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.399
 rejoice

00:20:40.399 --> 00:20:40.919
 when I

00:20:40.919 --> 00:20:41.240
 fall.

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.659
 But I

00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:43.180
 trust in

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.759
 your unfailing

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.220
 love.

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:45.819
 my heart

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.380
 rejoice

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:46.940
 in your

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.559
 salvation.

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.460
 I will

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:49.900
 sing the

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.240
 Lord's

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.059
 praise for

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.400
 he has

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.920
 been good

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.539
 to me.

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.720
 Many

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.319
 haunting

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:58.019
 questions

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.559
 will

00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.120
 surface

00:20:59.120 --> 00:21:00.500
 and often

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:01.200
 surface in

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.559
 the middle

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.019
 of a

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.400
 difficult

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:03.339
 circumstance.

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.860
 While we're

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.360
 reading through

00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:06.900
 those section

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.600
 of Psalms,

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:09.660
 what comes

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:09.960
 up to

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.940
 your mind?

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:13.920
 while we

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.340
 wait for

00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:14.759
 God to

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.539
 deliver us,

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:17.539
 we cannot

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.059
 help but

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.400
 question

00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:19.000
 sometimes,

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.559
 have we

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.039
 missed the

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.620
 way by

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.120
 mistake?

00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:24.019
 Have we

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.460
 done something

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.900
 wrong?

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.240
 So we are

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.720
 facing what

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.080
 we're facing

00:21:27.080 --> 00:21:27.480
 now.

00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:29.039
 Does God

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:30.700
 care?

00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.000
 Is God

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.580
 there after

00:21:32.580 --> 00:21:33.440
 all or have

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.860
 we been

00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:34.720
 mistaken all

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 along?

00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.500
 Waiting

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.200
 does something

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.660
 to us.

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.779
 I don't

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:40.960
 know,

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.259
 have you

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:41.660
 ever been

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.380
 to an

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:42.860
 emergency

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:44.660
 ward when

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.039
 you are

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:46.240
 so urgently

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.840
 needed some

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:47.220
 help?

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.380
 So you

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:48.740
 got in

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.080
 there,

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:50.660
 you

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.080
 waited,

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 you got

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.220
 a number,

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.340
 and every

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.680
 time a

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.019
 nurse will

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.380
 pass,

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 you're

00:21:54.600 --> 00:21:54.860
 like,

00:21:55.080 --> 00:21:55.360
 is that

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:55.680
 me?

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 Or

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.559
 someone

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:56.779
 that I

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.000
 want to

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.340
 help?

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:58.580
 But the

00:21:58.580 --> 00:21:59.120
 longer you

00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.480
 sit in

00:21:59.480 --> 00:21:59.779
 there,

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:01.840
 the reaction

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.319
 of your

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.680
 heart

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.319
 is slow.

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:04.620
 The

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.299
 longest the

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.539
 people

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:05.900
 that sit

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.120
 in the

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:06.500
 emergency

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.460
 ward often

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.759
 is the

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:10.000
 waiting

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:13.279
 part

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.599
 actually

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.079
 changed

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.359
 them.

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.200
 Waiting

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.460
 does

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.720
 something

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.299
 to us,

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.579
 and it

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.279
 also tells

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.879
 us something.

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.299
 It shows

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.240
 what our

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 relationship

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.400
 is to

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 the person

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.279
 and to

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.859
 the event

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.180
 that we

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.500
 are waiting

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.799
 for.

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.680
 The way

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.359
 a man

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.960
 will wait

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.359
 for his

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.099
 fiancee

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:34.400
 and the

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.700
 wedding,

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.640
 the way

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:35.940
 they're

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:37.599
 expecting

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.199
 parents

00:22:38.199 --> 00:22:38.699
 wait for

00:22:38.699 --> 00:22:38.939
 their

00:22:38.939 --> 00:22:39.559
 babies

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:39.839
 during

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.059
 their

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.500
 pregnancy.

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.079
 The

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.500
 excitement

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.879
 of the

00:22:42.879 --> 00:22:43.159
 waiting

00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:43.599
 because

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.059
 the

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.459
 person

00:22:44.459 --> 00:22:44.679
 that

00:22:44.679 --> 00:22:44.799
 they're

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.019
 waiting

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.259
 for,

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.419
 the

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:45.719
 event

00:22:45.719 --> 00:22:45.839
 they're

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.059
 waiting

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.359
 for,

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.559
 is worth

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.339
 waiting

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:48.639
 for.

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.959
 Waiting

00:22:50.959 --> 00:22:51.480
 shows us

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.859
 what we

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.399
 think of

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:52.980
 the person

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.699
 who keeps

00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:53.879
 us

00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.259
 waiting,

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.240
 and we

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.519
 have to

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.059
 wait no

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.439
 more,

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.639
 because the

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.240
 Lord has

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.539
 come.

00:22:59.399 --> 00:22:59.559
 Our

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.079
 Savior,

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.039
 our God,

00:23:01.719 --> 00:23:01.919
 has

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.879
 disamounted us.

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:04.120
 Jesus is

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:05.460
 not a

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.120
 means to

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:06.920
 an end

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:08.220
 or mechanism

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.140
 through which

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.140
 we can

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.780
 change our

00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:11.280
 circumstance.

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.180
 He is

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.320
 the end.

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.400
 Our

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:16.820
 circumstance

00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.560
 means to

00:23:17.560 --> 00:23:18.080
 drive us

00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:18.580
 to him.

00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.940
 It's not

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.400
 that our

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:20.920
 suffering

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.380
 doesn't

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:21.760
 matter.

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.220
 It matters

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.560
 enough to

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:25.380
 bring tears

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.080
 to the eyes

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:26.440
 of the

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.760
 Son of

00:23:26.760 --> 00:23:27.000
 God,

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.420
 Jesus.

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.880
 when he

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.320
 saw

00:23:29.320 --> 00:23:30.480
 someone

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.880
 die,

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.580
 when he

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:32.960
 saw

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.620
 Jerusalem,

00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:36.160
 and people

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:37.640
 are not

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.140
 worshipping

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.740
 God as

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.000
 the way

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.980
 they should.

00:23:45.300 --> 00:23:45.940
 Our

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.480
 suffering,

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.820
 our

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:48.400
 circumstance

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.340
 means to

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:49.900
 drive us

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.539
 to Jesus,

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.200
 to God.

00:23:52.800 --> 00:23:53.440
 Our

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.779
 suffering

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.200
 matters

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.920
 to our

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.279
 God.

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:57.440
 it

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:57.759
 matters

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.279
 like a

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.579
 first

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.099
 meeting,

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:02.180
 matters

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.599
 to a

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.019
 marriage,

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:06.059
 or like

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.639
 a birth,

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.160
 matters

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.379
 to

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.059
 motherhood.

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.299
 It's

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.980
 the entry

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.160
 point to

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.319
 a

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.019
 relationship

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.899
 formed

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.200
 through

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.859
 suffering

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:15.819
 as much

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.299
 as through

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.720
 joy.

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.139
 As if

00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.480
 Jesus

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.940
 claimed

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.859
 the goal

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.180
 of our

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.559
 existence

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:24.000
 is a

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.480
 relationship

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.059
 with him,

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.339
 finding

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.879
 him in

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.059
 our

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.539
 suffering

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.299
 is a

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.500
 main

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.899
 point

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.960
 of

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.559
 lamenting.

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:32.779
 Let's

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.039
 pray.

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.399
 Lord,

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.200
 you know

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.660
 the deep

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.259
 places

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.500
 through which

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.099
 our life

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.680
 must go.

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.379
 Help us

00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:45.440
 when we

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.059
 enter them.

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.819
 To

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.279
 leave our

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.839
 hearts to

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.160
 you,

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.779
 help us

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.539
 to be

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.039
 patient

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:53.019
 when we

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.119
 are

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.519
 affected,

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.779
 to be

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.200
 humble

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.139
 when we

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.460
 are in

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.000
 distress,

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.759
 and grant

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.379
 that the

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.859
 hope of

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.559
 your mercy

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.559
 may never

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.259
 fail us,

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.619
 and the

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.200
 consciousness

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.180
 of your

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:06.079
 loving kindness

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:07.079
 may never

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.759
 be crowded

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.660
 or hidden

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.319
 from our

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.799
 eyes.

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.680
 Through

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.480
 Jesus Christ,

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.660
 your Son,

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.440
 our Lord.

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.579
 Amen.

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:14.660
 Amen.

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:14.700
 Amen.

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:14.740
 Amen.

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:14.779
 Amen.

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:14.819
 Amen.

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:14.879
 Amen.

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:16.740
 Amen.

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:18.700
 Amen.

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:18.740
 Amen.

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:18.779
 Amen.

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:18.819
 Amen.

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.740
 Amen.

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.740
 Amen.

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:20.819
 Amen.

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:20.839
 Amen.

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:22.740
 Amen.

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.740
 Amen.

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:26.180
 Amen.

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:40.859
 Amen.

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.519
 Amen.

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.920
 Amen.

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.460
 Amen.

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:43.779
 Amen.

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:43.940
 Amen.

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.380
 Amen.

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.519
 Amen.

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.779
 Amen.

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:44.960
 Amen.

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.019
 Amen.

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.440
 Amen.

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.460
 Amen.

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.480
 Amen.

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.240
 Amen.

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.859
 Amen.

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:47.880
 Amen.

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.839
 Amen.

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.960
 Amen.

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.859
 Amen.

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.680
 Amen.

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:51.880
 Amen.

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.579
 Amen.

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:52.700
 Amen.

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:52.720
 Amen.