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 We're going to begin our service singing to God's praise from Psalm 71 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 That's on page 311. The tune is Weatherby, Psalm 71, page 311.

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 We sing verses 14 to 19.

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 But I with expectation will hope continually, and yet with praises more and more I will they magnify.

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 Thy justice and salvation my mouth abroad shall show, even all the day, for I thereof the numbers do not know.

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 And I will constantly go on in strength of God the Lord, and thine own righteousness, even thine alone I will record.

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 For even from my youth, O God, by thee I have been taught, and hitherto I have declared the wonders thou hast wrought.

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 And now, Lord, leave me not when I old and grey-headed grow, till to this age thy strength and power to all to come I show.

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 And I, most perfect righteousness, O Lord, is very high, who has so great things done, O God, who is like unto thee.

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 Sixth answer, Psalm 71, 14 to 19.

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 But I with expectation

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 But I with expectation

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 will hope continually

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 and yet will praise it more and more

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 I will be magnified

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 My justice and salvation

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 My heart the broad shall show

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 If all the day on I dare all

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 that others do not know

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 And I will constantly go on

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 His strength of God the Lord

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 And I know righteousness

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 Even I alone I will report

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 For even from my youthful thought

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 By Thee I have been taught

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 And ever too I have declared

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 The wonder shall have strong

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 And I know Lord be me not

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 When I hope and great in all

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 Till the day on I will see

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 Thy strength and power

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 To all to come I show

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 I'm Thy most perfect righteousness

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 O Lord is there behind

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 Who has so great things done

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 O Lord who is like God to feed

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 Let us bow in prayer

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 O Lord our God as we bow before you this evening

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 We give thanks that we were able to sing

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 Your word which reminds us that

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 We go on in your strength

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 And your strength alone

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 The apostle was able to say

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 That he was able to do all things

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 Through Christ who strengthens me

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 And we pray Lord that day by day

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 We may discover more and more

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 Of that enabling strength

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 Because there are times that we feel

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 Not only physically weak

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 But we feel spiritually weak as well

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 And we wonder sometimes

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 How we're going to face up

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 And to deal with all the different challenges

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 That come our way

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 So we pray for the faith

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 That will look heavenward

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 And the faith that will fix

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 Our eyes upon Jesus

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 Who is the author

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 And the finisher of our faith

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 We pray Lord that as we worship you tonight

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 That we may be able to see you by faith

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 We have to confess Lord

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 That sometimes

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 We feel that our faith is very weak

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 And we realize that there are

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 Differing degrees of faith

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 Sometimes you said

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 To your people

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 That they had great faith

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 Other times

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 Weak faith

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 But we pray that you will give us faith

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 That sees you in every situation

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 To see you as the Lord of Providence

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 And as well as the Lord of Grace

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 And enable us Lord

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 To lift up our eyes

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 And as we heard this morning

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 To give you thanks

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 Because there is so much

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 To give you thanks for

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 And we pray that praise

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 Might be an integral part

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 Of our lives

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 We know it's the language of heaven

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 And may it certainly be

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 Our language here on earth

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 So that we will find

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 Our whole being lifted up

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 To praise you

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 And to magnify

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 And to exalt your great name

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 Because you are worthy

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 Of all honour

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 And praise

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 And glory

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 And we pray that

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 We may not be like

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 The nine lepers

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 Who didn't come back

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 But that we will be constant

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 Like the one who did come back

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 In order to praise

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 And to give thanks

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 To our Lord

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 We pray that you will bless us

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 In our worship tonight

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 We need you

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 We pray for a sense

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 Of your presence

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 We know that you're here

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 Your word has told us

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 That where two or three

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 Gather in your name

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 You're there in the midst

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 But we pray that we might have

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 A felt sense of your presence

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 And we give thanks Lord

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 For the gathering together

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 Of your people

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 Because we are a community

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 Of believers

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 And we seek that we might

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 Be given the grace

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 Every day to seek

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 To strengthen one another

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 In the faith

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 Because there's so much

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 In this life

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 To knock us down

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 We pray that we will

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 Never knock each other down

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 But that we will seek

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 Always to encourage

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 And to build up

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 One another in the faith

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 Help us all to remember

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 That we are part of a body

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 A very special

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 And precious body

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 In your sight

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 A body that you lay down

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 Your life for

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 And may we always

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 Acknowledge you

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 As the head of the body

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 And so we pray

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 That we will know

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 Collective blessing

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 And individual blessing

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 And we ask that you

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 Will do us good

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 We pray your blessing

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 Upon this congregation

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 Pray your blessing

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 Upon James and Donna

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 And we give thanks Lord

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 For how well things

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 Have gone with Donna

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 We pray that

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 They will know

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 A wee bit of rest

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 And refreshing

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 At this time

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 And that you will be

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 With them in all the

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 Days that lie ahead

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 We pray Lord

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 That you will bless

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 Their family as well

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 Likewise we pray

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 For Calamurdo

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 And Joanne

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 We give thanks

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 For their being here

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 Pray to bless them

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 And the ministry here

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 And bless their family too

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 And we pray your blessing

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 Upon all who serve you

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 At all different levels

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 In this congregation

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 So much goes on

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 Some publicly

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 Some very privately

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 But there's nothing

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 Private before you

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 Because every single thing

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 Is noted by you

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 And in the great day

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 Will receive its reward

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 And so we pray

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 To encourage your people

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 In all the different activities

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 And in all the different things

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 That take place

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 Day by day

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 And week by week

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 And we pray

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 That the seed

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 That has been sown

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 And particularly

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 In young lives

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 That it will bear fruit

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 And that we will see

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 Young people coming to faith

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 Where they've come

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 To put their trust

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 In the living God

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 Oh Lord

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 We give thanks

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 For the way that you work

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 In a generational work

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 And across generations

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 Where we see people

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 Of all different age groups

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 Coming to embrace

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 And to trust the Lord Jesus

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 And what we pray

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 For ourselves

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 We pray for all others

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 Who meet as we do

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 And all your people

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 Throughout our land

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 We pray to give wisdom

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 To our leaders

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 And all an authority over us

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 And even when they don't

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 Look to you

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 For that wisdom

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 We pray that you'll

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 Give it to them

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 Because if we're left

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 To human wisdom

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 It'll just bring catastrophe

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 And as we see so often

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 That laws are passed

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 That don't make sense

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 And we pray Lord

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 That you will indeed

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 Give that wisdom

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 That divine wisdom

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 From above

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 So that we'll be led

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 In the right way

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 Encourage all your people

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 Who are in positions

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 Of authority

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 Strengthen their hands

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 Strengthen their witness

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 And we pray Lord

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 That you will overturn

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 The counsels of those

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 Who are seeking to undermine

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 And destroy your cause

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 And we know that there are many

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 Who are seeking to obliterate

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 The Christian faith

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 From our land

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 We pray that their efforts

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 Will be halted

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 And that your name

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 And your glory

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 Will be the glory

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 That fills our land

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 We ask Lord

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 That you will be

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 With those who mourn

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 Those whose hearts

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 Are heavy and sore

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 And we pray for the family

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 Of the late Jesse Ann Morrison

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 Whose funeral was recently

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 And we pray for all

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 Who mourn the loss

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 Of loved ones

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 It is something that

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 People never really

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 Come to terms with

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 We maybe adjust

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 Maybe learn to live with

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 But there's always

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 A settled emptiness

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 And settled sorrow

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 And so we pray

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 For every broken heart

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 And every person

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 Who feels crushed

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 Pray Lord

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 For those who are

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 Struggling in life

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 Because we live

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 In a very difficult world

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 There are so many challenges

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 Whether they be physical

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 Or mental

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 Or economic

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 Or social

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 Or whatever way

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 We ask Lord

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 That you will help

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 We pray Lord

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 That we might have

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 An eye upon you

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 As we pray

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 About all these things

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 Remember Muriel

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 And ask your blessing

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 Upon her

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 Be with her in Cambodia

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 We give thanks Lord

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 For her great service there

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 And the blessing

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 That she has been

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 To so many

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 We pray for all

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 The missionaries tonight

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 And we ask Lord

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 That you will encourage them

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 Particularly those

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 Who might be struggling

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 Maybe with homesickness

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 Or struggling with illness

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 Or struggling with anxieties

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 Or darkness

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 Or oppression

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 Those who are finding it hard

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 Lord we pray

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 That you will be with them

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 In the midst of their struggles

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 We pray for our world

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 That we are part of

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 And we pray Lord

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 That you might bring peace

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 So often as we look out

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 There seems to be

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 Some new carnage

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 New horror

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 And we are aware

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 That there is so much

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 Bloodshed

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 So much pain

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 In this world

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 We long for peace

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 But we see that

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 This is part of the fruit of sin

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 Lord it's one of the things

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 That we long for in glory

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 Where all the enmity

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 And all the hatred

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 And all the anger

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 And all the bitterness

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 Will be gone forever

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 And it will be eternal peace

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 Eternal joy

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 Eternal rejoicing

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 We do long for that day Lord

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 So we ask that you will be with us

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 As we wait upon you tonight

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 Pray for those who are ill

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 Those Lord who are

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 Undergoing

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 Or waiting for treatment

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 And likewise for surgery

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 We ask to be with them

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 Remember our elderly

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 And those who are no longer able

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 To get out to church

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 Who are so much

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 An integral part of the congregation

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 Be with them

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 Where they are

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 And ask Lord

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 That they will know

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 Your presence

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 And your blessing

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 And so we ask now

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 That you will watch over us

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 And that we might indeed

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 Be conscious that you are with us

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 The whole time that we are here

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 Take away from us

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 Then out every sin

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 In Jesus name we ask it

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 Amen

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 We're going to sing again

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 In Psalm 31

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 From Sing Psalms

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 And the tune is

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 Herringate

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 Psalm 31

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 It's on page 36

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 1 to 7

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 5 stanzas

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 Psalm 31

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 Verses 1 to 7

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 In you have taken refuge

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 Lord

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 You are my shelter

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 In distress

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 Oh let me never be ashamed

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 But save me

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 In your righteousness

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 Lord turn your ear

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 To hear my cry

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 Come quickly

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 To deliver me

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 And be my rock

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 And firm defense

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 My stronghold

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 And security

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 You are my fortress

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 And my rock

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 For your name's sake

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 Be my sure guide

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 Preserve me

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 From the trap

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 That's set

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 You are the refuge

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 Where I hide

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 Redeem me

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 Lord

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 Oh God of truth

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 My spirit

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 I commit to you

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 I hate all those

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 Who trust false gods

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 I trust the Lord

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 For he is true

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 I will rejoice

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 And take delight

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 In all the love

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 That you have shown

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 For my affliction

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 You have seen

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 To you

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 My soul's

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 Distress

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 Is known

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 31 1 to 7

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 And you have taken

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 Refuge Lord

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 In you I take

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 Refuge Lord

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 You are my shelter

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 In distress

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 O let me never be ashamed

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 But save me in your righteousness

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 Lord turn your ear to hear my cry

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 Come quickly to deliver me

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 And be my wrong and firm defense

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 My stronghold and security

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 You are my fortress

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 You are my fortress

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 And my hope

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 For you

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 Be my sure guide

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 Be serve me from the trap

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 You are my fortress

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 You are my fortress

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 You are my fortress

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 Then I hide

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 And I hide

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 I love you

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 Reveal me Lord

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 O God of truth

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 My spirit

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 I commit to you

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 I hate

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 I hate all those

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 Who trust

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 I trust the Lord

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 For he is true

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 I will rejoice

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 And take delight

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 And take delight

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 In all the love

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 Of the love

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 That you have shown

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 For my affliction

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 You have seen

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 To you

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 My soul's distress is known

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 Amen

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 Let's turn to read God's word

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 Now in the epistle to the Hebrews

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 And chapter 6

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 Hebrews chapter 6

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 We read the chapter

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 Hebrews chapter 6

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 Hebrews chapter 6

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 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ

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 And go on to maturity

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 Not laying again a foundation of repentance

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 From dead works and of faith towards God

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 And of instruction about washings

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 The laying on of hands

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 The resurrection of the dead

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 And eternal judgment

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 And this we will do

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 If God permits

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 For it is impossible

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 To restore again to repentance

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 Those who have once been enlightened

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 Who have tasted the heavenly gift

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 And have shared in the Holy Spirit

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 And have tasted the goodness of the word of God

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 And the powers of the age to come

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 If they then fall away

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 Since they are crucifying once again

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 The Son of God

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 To their own harm

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 And holding him up to contempt

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 For lamb that has drunk the rain

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 That often falls in it

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 And produces a crop useful to those

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 For whose sake it is cultivated

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 Receives a blessing from God

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 But if it bears thorns and thistles

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 It is worthless

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 And near to being cursed

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 And its end is to be burned

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 Though we speak in this way

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 Yet in your case, beloved

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 We feel sure of better things

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 Things that belong to salvation

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 For God is not so unjust

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 As to overlook your work

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 And the love that you showed

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 For his sake

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 In serving the saints

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 As you still do

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 And we decide each one of you

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 To show the same earnestness

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 To have the full assurance

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 Of hope until the end

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 So that you may not be sluggish

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 But imitators of those

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 Who through faith and patience

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 Inherit the promises

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 For when God made a promise to Abraham

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 Since he had no one greater

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 By whom to swear

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 He swore by himself

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 Saying, surely I will bless you

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 And multiply you

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 And thus Abraham

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 Having patiently waited

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 Obtained the promise

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 For people swear

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 By something greater than themselves

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 And in all their disputes

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 An oath is final

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 For confirmation

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 So when God desired

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 To show more convincingly

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 To the heirs of the promise

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 The unchangeable character

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 Of his purpose

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 He guaranteed it

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 With an oath

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 So that by two unchangeable things

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 In which it is impossible

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 For God to lie

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 We who have fled for refuge

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 Might have strong encouragement

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 To hold fast to the hope set before us

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 We have this as a sure

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 And steadfast anchor of the soul

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 A hope that enters into the inner place

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 Behind the curtain

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 Where Jesus has gone as a forerunner

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 On our behalf

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 Having become a high priest forever

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 After the order of Melchizedek

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 Amen

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 And may God bless to us

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 This reading of his own holy word

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 We are going to sing again

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 From the Scottish Psalter

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 In Psalm 130

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 We sing the whole psalm

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 The tune is Martyrdom

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 Psalm 130

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 We sing the whole psalm

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 Tune Martyrdom

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 Page 421

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 Lord from the depths

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 To thee I cried

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 My voice Lord

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 Do thou hear

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 Unto my supplications voice

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 Give an attentive ear

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 Lord who shall stand

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 If thou O Lord

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 Shouldst mark iniquity

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 But yet with thee forgiveness is

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 That feared thou mayest be

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 I wait for God

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 My soul doth wait

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 My hope is in his word

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 More than they that for morning watch

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 My soul waits for the Lord

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 I say more than they that do watch

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 The morning light to see

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 Let Israel's hope in the Lord

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 For with him mercy is be

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 And plenteous redemption

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 Is ever found with him

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 And from all his iniquities

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 He Israel shall redeem

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 Psalm 130

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 Lord from the depths

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 To thee I cried

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 For from the depths

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 To thee I cried

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 For from the depths

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 To thee I cried

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 For from the dead to thee I cry, my voice for to the clear,

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 And do my soul with patience voice, if I'm not dead there be.

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 Lord, who shall stand if thou, O Lord, sure sparkly with thee?

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 But yet with thee forgiveness is, but fear thou mayest be.

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 I wait for God, my soul doth wait, My hope is in His word.

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 More than they have, for mooring watch, My soul is for the Lord.

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 My Savior, I may have to watch The morning light to see.

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 Let Israel open the door, For with Him mercy is He.

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 And when Jesus' redemption Is ever come to Him,

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 And from all His dengue is He is husha free.

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 Let's turn again to the chapter we read in Hebrews chapter 6.

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 And if we read again from verse 17, Hebrews 6 from verse 17,

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 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise, the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath.

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 So by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

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 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

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 And particularly verse 19.

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 I'm sure we're all aware from history that way back in the early church when the times of the fires of persecution were really burning.

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 And people couldn't publicly share that they were Christians on pain of death.

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 So there had to be an awful lot of secrecy.

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 And we know that it's like that in some places in the world even today where there's an underground church.

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 People don't have the freedom and they don't have the privileges that we have that often we take for granted.

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 But back then when the fires of persecution were burning, it cost an awful lot to be a Christian.

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 And so we know that there was a symbol, the symbol of the fish, which still is to the go today.

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 But that's when it originated, the symbol of the fish.

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 And of course, it is an acrostic for Christians because in Greek, the lettering stands for Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.

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 So that's what a person had, this symbol, where they were stating that Jesus Christ, Son of God, is my Savior.

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 Because they couldn't do it publicly.

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 And there's a lot of, I suppose in archaeology and so on, there's a lot of these discoveries of it.

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 But there was also, which wasn't so common, but there was still a lot of them discovered, there was a symbol of the anchor.

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 And of course, that was symbolizing the steadfastness and the perseverance of the Christian faith.

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 And really, these two symbols speak about what Christianity is.

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 That Jesus Christ, Son of God, is our Savior.

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 And that by Him and through Him, we remain steadfast and sure in the faith.

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 And it's a question, before we go any further, we'd have to ask ourselves, if we lived in such a day,

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 could you pin these two anchors, particularly the first one, to yourself?

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 These two symbols, could you pin it to yourself?

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 Is Jesus Christ, Son of God, your Savior?

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 It's a very, very important question.

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 And one that needs an answer.

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 Because one day, Jesus is going to confront you and me about this very thing.

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 Where we have been, where we have stood, what we have done with Him.

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 And so we're given this opportunity even tonight.

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 If you haven't got yourself right with Jesus, then it's time that you did.

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:28.920
 So that you would be able to pin these two symbols onto you.

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 Where you could say that Jesus Christ, Son of God, is my Savior.

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 And I am remaining through Him steadfast in the faith.

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:46.160
 Now this passage from verse 13 on really is quite remarkable.

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:50.000
 And in a sense, we're just looking at it briefly tonight here.

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:53.920
 And our main focus is in verse 19, these words,

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:57.859
 we have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul,

00:30:58.359 --> 00:31:02.460
 a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain.

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:05.779
 Now as we know, hope is a wonderful word.

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:10.940
 And we often use the expression, maybe when somebody's really, really ill.

00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:15.200
 And maybe there's a, we're kind of wondering how things are going to do.

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:18.900
 And we use the expression, where there's life, there's hope.

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.480
 And that's so true.

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:22.200
 Where there's life, there's always hope.

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:25.900
 We hope that he or she will turn the corner and get better.

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:32.640
 But while it's true in the natural world, it is also very, very true in the spiritual world.

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 Where there is life, there is hope.

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 Where there is spiritual life, there is spiritual hope.

00:31:42.800 --> 00:31:46.440
 And the hope, the Christian hope is not dependent upon ourselves.

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:49.500
 If it was, it wouldn't take us very far.

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:56.059
 Christian hope is not dependent on our circumstances of what's happening or what hasn't happened.

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:58.920
 If it was, it wouldn't take us very far.

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 Christian hope is based upon the very nature and the very character of God.

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:09.940
 And it is what we have in and through the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:14.180
 And Christian hope is one of the great, great blessings

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:18.619
 that we have been given when we come to faith in Jesus Christ.

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:23.339
 The question is, do we work up this hope ourselves?

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:26.539
 Is this something that we can conjure up ourselves, this hope?

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.759
 Of course it's not.

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:32.319
 When a person becomes a Christian, various things happen.

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:36.039
 The moment that we're regenerated, the moment we're born again,

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:41.039
 the moment that we come into faith with the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.839
 various things happen.

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:45.019
 That changes everything.

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.240
 We're justified.

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:50.559
 In a moment, if you remember our shorter catechism,

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:53.920
 it tells us that justification is an act.

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:57.440
 It is like a once and for all.

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:59.299
 It happens right away.

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:04.299
 God pronounces us just because of what Jesus Christ has done.

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:08.079
 Not something that we've done, but what Jesus has done.

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:11.259
 And following on from that,

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:16.059
 we are also immediately brought into the family of God.

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:19.460
 We call it adoption, who are adopted into the family of God.

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:23.339
 And along with that, happening at the same time,

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:25.319
 we have peace with God.

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:27.539
 We have our peace.

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 Because you see, beforehand, before we came to faith,

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.679
 we were on the run from God.

00:33:34.679 --> 00:33:35.960
 We didn't want God.

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:39.039
 Or at least we didn't want God except on our terms.

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:42.460
 But we can only get God on his terms.

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:49.740
 And so there is this natural instinct within us to run away from God.

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.259
 Why?

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 Because we're afraid.

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:54.119
 That's why Adam ran.

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:56.259
 Remember when Adam ran in the Garden of Eden?

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.420
 God said, where are you?

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.839
 And why do you run away?

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.899
 He said, I was afraid.

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:03.019
 I was afraid.

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:06.639
 You see, that's how we are by nature.

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.440
 We're afraid.

00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:08.019
 We run.

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.219
 We're on the run from God.

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:13.099
 But once we become Christians, we stop running.

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.380
 We're not running away.

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.539
 We're running to God.

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.599
 We're at peace with God.

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:20.739
 We now call him Abba Father.

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:25.759
 We are into this wonderful relationship.

00:34:27.299 --> 00:34:30.139
 And so there's this sense of peace comes into our heart.

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:31.699
 Through the Holy Spirit.

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:36.199
 The love of God is shed abroad within our heart.

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:41.099
 But also, hope is born in our heart.

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:44.419
 And it's not the hope so of the world.

00:34:44.899 --> 00:34:47.339
 It is a firm persuasion.

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:53.039
 Again, that everything God has promised in his word is going to come true.

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:56.059
 And that's one of the most wonderful things.

00:34:56.760 --> 00:35:00.880
 That is why becoming a Christian changes life radically.

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:02.559
 We're still the same people.

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:04.000
 Still the same personality.

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:07.320
 We still operate in many of the same ways.

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:13.700
 Although as time goes on, we should be being conformed and changed more and more to the image of Christ.

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:16.200
 But it's a radical change.

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:21.019
 And that's the most wonderful thing that can happen to us.

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:27.120
 And if you're still without Christ, I urge you to seek him and to look to him.

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:32.400
 So God has given us this great blessing of hope.

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:38.460
 Now, this hope is here described as an anchor of the soul.

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:43.639
 And it's not just described as an anchor, but a sure and steadfast anchor.

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:46.400
 And why is it so sure?

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:49.440
 Well, this passage tells us why it is so sure.

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:54.039
 And really, I find this one of the most incredible passages in Scripture.

00:35:54.039 --> 00:36:09.940
 Because the hope that God has implanted into our heart is all tied in with the promise that God gave to Abraham many, many, many years ago.

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:13.579
 Now, some people think the Old Testament today is irrelevant.

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:16.119
 They say, oh, what's the point in the Old Testament?

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:20.840
 The Old Testament is as relevant as the New Testament.

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:22.500
 You can't separate them.

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:28.159
 Although the New Testament is in a new age, the two are combined.

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:31.700
 And we cannot understand the one without the other.

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:37.239
 And Genesis is as relevant to today as the book of Revelation is relevant.

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.980
 It's all relevant.

00:36:39.919 --> 00:36:45.719
 And so when we go back into Genesis, we find that God gave Abraham a promise.

00:36:46.859 --> 00:36:51.000
 And that's what we read there in verse 13.

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:59.500
 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying,

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:04.000
 Surely I will bless you and multiply you.

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:12.460
 And so when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of promise.

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:14.699
 And who are the heirs of promise?

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:16.519
 Well, that's you and me.

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:20.199
 We are the heirs of promise.

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:28.380
 Because although there was a godly line before Abraham, Abel was a godly man.

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:34.059
 Seth was Adam and Eve's son Seth.

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:40.420
 There was a godly line run down that through them, the likes of Enoch and on into Noah.

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:43.940
 But remember how God called Abraham.

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:47.480
 And he was going to make him a great nation.

00:37:47.640 --> 00:37:50.680
 And through him, all the nations of the world were going to be blessed.

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:56.280
 And in a sense, we can say Abraham is the father of the Jewish race.

00:37:56.280 --> 00:38:01.700
 But not only of the Jewish race, but of all believers.

00:38:03.160 --> 00:38:05.840
 He is the father of a physical race.

00:38:06.160 --> 00:38:10.519
 But he's also the father in this world of a spiritual race.

00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:14.340
 We are the spiritual seed of Abraham.

00:38:15.200 --> 00:38:21.260
 And so the promises that God gave to Abraham are promises for us as well.

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:23.600
 We are the heirs of salvation.

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:31.119
 But what is remarkable here is, and it all ties in with this sure and steadfast,

00:38:31.279 --> 00:38:42.659
 God wants us to be so absolutely persuaded of what he is telling us of the fullness and the wonder of this promise,

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:46.480
 is that he has made this promise with an oath.

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:49.920
 Now, I find that quite extraordinary.

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:53.139
 Now, you and I make promises.

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:55.420
 We make promises all the time.

00:38:56.420 --> 00:39:00.539
 And usually the promises we make are with every good intention.

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:04.400
 But you and I know only too well that we break promises.

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.539
 Not deliberately.

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:08.980
 But so often because we forget.

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:12.300
 How often have you said, oh, you know, I promise to go.

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:14.780
 I promise to go and see so and so.

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:16.159
 I promise to do this.

00:39:16.240 --> 00:39:17.260
 I promise to do that.

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.400
 And we've forgotten.

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:22.000
 And other times we make promises to do something.

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:26.179
 But circumstances change and no longer are we able to do it.

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:29.139
 But that's never so with God.

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:32.500
 Because God knows everything.

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:35.799
 He knows everything from end to the beginning.

00:39:36.759 --> 00:39:39.559
 And it is impossible for God to change his mind.

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:43.299
 It is impossible for God to make a promise and not fulfill it.

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:45.319
 God is unchanging.

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:47.859
 It tells us God cannot lie.

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:55.139
 And that means that every single word in this book is true.

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:58.920
 It is impossible for God not to fulfill his word.

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:03.299
 So God has made this promise to us.

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:11.259
 But this promise is so important to God that he attaches an oath to the promise.

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:13.259
 Now, that's extraordinary.

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:16.339
 He's putting an oath.

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:22.119
 Now, I don't know the language of courts today.

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:28.639
 But I know that how it used to be that a person had to swear on the Bible.

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:33.480
 A person had to say that they were telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:42.500
 And the reason why a Bible was produced is because they had to take an authority that was greater than us.

00:40:43.359 --> 00:40:48.119
 And there is no authority greater in the whole world than the Bible.

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:57.880
 So when we, like in a courtroom, would swear to tell the truth, putting our hand on the Bible or holding the Bible up,

00:40:58.259 --> 00:41:03.719
 that is making an oath by someone who is greater than ourselves.

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:11.419
 But what God is saying here is because there is nobody greater than himself,

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:16.779
 then God is swearing by himself.

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:18.859
 He says, by his own name.

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:23.319
 By my name, he says, I will bless you.

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:27.299
 And you see how important this promise is to God.

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:33.280
 So we have this most wonderful promise with a guaranteed fulfillment.

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:39.100
 And we ask the question, where do we find all the promises fulfilled?

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:44.160
 Well, all the promises, we're told, are yea and amen in Christ Jesus.

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:51.080
 And if we're in Christ Jesus, then we're inheritors of all the promises.

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:55.340
 And here is God's guarantee over it all.

00:41:55.340 --> 00:42:05.079
 And that's why God has gone to such lengths to demonstrate to us the importance of this particular promise,

00:42:05.220 --> 00:42:12.640
 where we have this guarantee, this sure and certain hope, this anchor for our life.

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.940
 Now, what does an anchor do?

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:16.320
 Well, obviously, an anchor gives security.

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:18.180
 It gives a steadfast hold.

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:26.699
 Now, God doesn't promise us that we won't have storms, we won't have troubles, we won't have trials, we won't have difficulties in life.

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.559
 We will.

00:42:28.379 --> 00:42:29.659
 And God tells us that.

00:42:29.779 --> 00:42:32.079
 In this world, you will have tribulation.

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:33.279
 But be of good cheer.

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:35.019
 I have overcome the world.

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:36.819
 We will have these things.

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:46.300
 But what we will have guaranteed is an anchor, sure and steadfast in the midst of all these things.

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:49.800
 Now, an anchor, as we know, it's an amazing thing.

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:57.760
 And when a ship lets down its anchor, the length of the chain, and there has to be a long chain with it,

00:42:58.380 --> 00:43:04.260
 the length of the chain and the weight of the anchor is that which holds the ship in place.

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:06.200
 There are different types of anchors.

00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:10.000
 Some of the wee boats might have a fluke anchor, and then there's a plough anchor.

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:17.599
 And that kind of anchor can hold on to the seabed even, whether it's grassy or sandy.

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:26.800
 And, of course, the weight of the chain and the way that it's set out will keep the boat in place.

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:28.139
 It's an amazing thing.

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:35.000
 Occasionally, you hear of a boat that's slipped its moorings or that's broken its anchor.

00:43:35.099 --> 00:43:35.980
 It doesn't happen often.

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:40.420
 Well, here's an anchor that will never break.

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:43.039
 This is a mooring that will never slip.

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:49.219
 This is the most secure anchorage ever in this world.

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:58.559
 Because you remember tonight, my Christian friend, you are held by the everlasting hand of the almighty creator of this universe.

00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:02.659
 You know, sometimes you look out at sea and you can see a couple of boats.

00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:06.139
 It's one stationary, maybe out in the bay, and one is moving.

00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:11.159
 The one that's moving, we know is moving because it has no anchor.

00:44:11.399 --> 00:44:12.559
 It hasn't cast an anchor.

00:44:13.379 --> 00:44:19.239
 The one that isn't moving, we know that, obviously, an anchor has been cast down.

00:44:19.239 --> 00:44:26.339
 Now, we know that it's not just storms that cause boats to drift.

00:44:26.979 --> 00:44:32.279
 We know that changing tides will cause a boat to drift.

00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:37.739
 And, you know, we live in a world where there are changing tides all the time.

00:44:37.739 --> 00:44:42.299
 We live in a world that is just a sea of change.

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:44.739
 There are cultural changes.

00:44:45.059 --> 00:44:51.299
 There are changes in every front, economic and financial and social and the culture of the day.

00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:56.159
 You know, we live in a day that often you don't know what's what.

00:44:56.159 --> 00:45:01.299
 And sometimes we used to talk about a generational change.

00:45:02.359 --> 00:45:04.940
 But it's not a generational change anymore.

00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:08.139
 It's just a sea of change all the time.

00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:10.179
 And so often you don't know.

00:45:10.980 --> 00:45:12.920
 It's so easy to be confused.

00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:16.239
 But, you know, if you have an anchor for your soul,

00:45:16.239 --> 00:45:23.679
 in the midst of all that goes on with the changing society and the changing culture,

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:28.539
 you have an anchor that remains sure and steadfast.

00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:32.359
 And that holds you firm against the changing tides,

00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:35.439
 against the storms, against all the things that are happening.

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.279
 And this is vital.

00:45:37.419 --> 00:45:38.659
 It's so important to have.

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:42.059
 We're told Paul, writing to the church in Ephesians,

00:45:42.259 --> 00:45:45.899
 warns them not to be blown about by every wind of doctrine.

00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:49.079
 Paul was aware that there were many teachers coming in

00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:52.319
 with fancy new ideas about this and that and the next thing.

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:54.659
 And he said, if you're not anchored properly,

00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:56.779
 you'll get blown this way and that way.

00:45:56.839 --> 00:45:58.679
 And you'll be saying, oh, I'm going this way.

00:45:58.719 --> 00:46:00.299
 And then next day you'll go another way.

00:46:01.519 --> 00:46:02.899
 That's not how it should be.

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:03.979
 We've got to be rooted.

00:46:04.699 --> 00:46:07.919
 We've got to be ground down in Jesus Christ.

00:46:08.479 --> 00:46:09.939
 And that's what the anchor does.

00:46:09.939 --> 00:46:13.179
 It holds us firm and fast in the truth.

00:46:13.179 --> 00:46:16.940
 So that when we are anchored in Christ,

00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:19.879
 we know what the truth is.

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:21.500
 And the truth is unchanging.

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:24.279
 Irrespective of what society says.

00:46:24.859 --> 00:46:28.279
 Irrespective of what the views of the culture are at the time.

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:30.759
 God's word doesn't change.

00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:36.840
 And so we need to be embedded and firm in the word of God,

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.800
 in the truth.

00:46:39.220 --> 00:46:41.360
 And you know what's so important for us?

00:46:41.800 --> 00:46:43.440
 To be anchored in Christ.

00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:46.500
 Because if we're not, we'll drift.

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:51.040
 And can I say, and I say this lovingly,

00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:53.759
 if you're not in Christ,

00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:55.579
 do you know this, you're drifting.

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:58.219
 And you might say, no, I'm not.

00:46:59.320 --> 00:47:01.360
 I've got a real pattern to my life.

00:47:02.099 --> 00:47:04.340
 My life is guided by Christian principles.

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:06.199
 Well, that is great.

00:47:06.279 --> 00:47:07.079
 I applaud that.

00:47:07.139 --> 00:47:08.840
 And I thank the Lord for that.

00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:10.380
 And I know that many people

00:47:10.380 --> 00:47:12.300
 who have never come to faith

00:47:12.300 --> 00:47:14.559
 regulate their life by Christian principles.

00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:16.079
 And that's a wonderful thing.

00:47:16.139 --> 00:47:17.519
 I would say it's a first step.

00:47:17.759 --> 00:47:18.639
 But it's not enough.

00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:22.859
 We need to have the anchor.

00:47:23.799 --> 00:47:27.019
 Because if not, we will drift.

00:47:28.079 --> 00:47:30.519
 Because we don't have underneath us

00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:33.099
 that which is going to give the stability

00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:35.239
 when the storms come.

00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:36.759
 Because maybe just now

00:47:36.759 --> 00:47:38.879
 there aren't great storms in your life.

00:47:38.920 --> 00:47:40.359
 But one day there's going to break.

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:43.659
 And we need this anchor.

00:47:44.879 --> 00:47:46.460
 Otherwise we will crash

00:47:46.460 --> 00:47:48.579
 onto the rocks of perdition.

00:47:49.299 --> 00:47:50.699
 There's no two ways about it.

00:47:51.159 --> 00:47:52.319
 So it's imperative

00:47:52.319 --> 00:47:55.619
 that we have this anchor for our soul.

00:47:56.099 --> 00:47:58.359
 And we're told it's assured and steadfast.

00:47:59.239 --> 00:48:00.379
 That's a wonderful thing.

00:48:00.519 --> 00:48:02.460
 You see, this union that we have

00:48:02.460 --> 00:48:03.839
 with the Lord Jesus Christ

00:48:03.839 --> 00:48:05.719
 is an unbreakable union.

00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:07.900
 It cannot be broken.

00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:11.519
 And that's so encouraging for us

00:48:11.519 --> 00:48:13.300
 because, you know, sometimes we think

00:48:13.300 --> 00:48:15.820
 and we think one day, you know this,

00:48:16.420 --> 00:48:18.320
 I'm going to make shipwreck.

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:22.400
 One day, I am going to hit the rocks.

00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:26.099
 One day, and you sometimes think that you,

00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:27.660
 you look at your faith

00:48:27.660 --> 00:48:29.539
 and you think that it's so slender.

00:48:29.639 --> 00:48:32.940
 It's just like a one little thread of faith.

00:48:32.940 --> 00:48:36.000
 Sometimes we feel our faith stronger,

00:48:36.159 --> 00:48:38.079
 but sometimes we feel it so weak,

00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:39.179
 so fragile.

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:41.860
 And then we look at ourselves

00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:43.440
 and we're so aware of our sin

00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:44.340
 and our failure

00:48:44.340 --> 00:48:46.380
 and our mistakes

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:48.179
 and our repeated failures

00:48:48.179 --> 00:48:49.519
 and our repeated sin.

00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:51.259
 And we say one day,

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:52.199
 the Lord's going to say,

00:48:52.259 --> 00:48:53.199
 oh, I've had enough of him.

00:48:53.619 --> 00:48:54.559
 I've had enough of her.

00:48:55.079 --> 00:48:55.719
 I give up.

00:48:56.719 --> 00:48:57.119
 No.

00:48:58.019 --> 00:49:00.059
 That is never, ever going to happen.

00:49:01.079 --> 00:49:03.000
 Even if our faith is as weak

00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:05.039
 or as small as Jesus said

00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:06.519
 as a grain of mustard seed.

00:49:07.539 --> 00:49:09.179
 And even with our sin,

00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:12.599
 the Lord will never, ever give up on us.

00:49:12.920 --> 00:49:13.480
 Paul asked,

00:49:13.559 --> 00:49:15.239
 is there anything that can separate us

00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:16.420
 from the love of Christ?

00:49:16.420 --> 00:49:17.719
 And he went through everything.

00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:19.599
 Everything in this world.

00:49:20.299 --> 00:49:21.459
 Who shall separate us

00:49:21.459 --> 00:49:22.419
 from the love of Christ?

00:49:22.839 --> 00:49:23.939
 And he asked the question

00:49:23.939 --> 00:49:25.059
 of loads of things

00:49:25.059 --> 00:49:26.299
 and even went into

00:49:26.299 --> 00:49:27.559
 the spiritual realms,

00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:29.480
 the places and powers of darkness

00:49:29.480 --> 00:49:32.419
 and even to death itself.

00:49:32.579 --> 00:49:33.219
 And he said,

00:49:33.379 --> 00:49:34.859
 no, nothing,

00:49:35.279 --> 00:49:36.739
 not even death

00:49:36.739 --> 00:49:39.959
 can separate the Christian

00:49:39.959 --> 00:49:41.159
 from the love of God

00:49:41.159 --> 00:49:42.619
 in Christ Jesus.

00:49:44.159 --> 00:49:44.719
 Why?

00:49:44.719 --> 00:49:46.359
 Because we're kept.

00:49:46.360 --> 00:49:48.140
 That's what the anchor does.

00:49:48.360 --> 00:49:49.099
 It keeps.

00:49:50.320 --> 00:49:51.640
 It's one of the greatest words

00:49:51.640 --> 00:49:52.320
 in scripture.

00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:52.860
 Kept.

00:49:54.380 --> 00:49:55.820
 You're a believer tonight.

00:49:55.940 --> 00:49:56.820
 You are being kept.

00:49:57.440 --> 00:49:57.760
 How?

00:49:58.019 --> 00:49:59.820
 By the power of God.

00:49:59.900 --> 00:50:01.360
 That's what it says in Peter.

00:50:01.519 --> 00:50:04.120
 Kept by the power of God.

00:50:04.740 --> 00:50:05.400
 Every day,

00:50:05.940 --> 00:50:06.620
 every night,

00:50:07.320 --> 00:50:08.519
 the power of God

00:50:08.519 --> 00:50:09.780
 is keeping you.

00:50:09.780 --> 00:50:11.600
 and will keep you

00:50:11.600 --> 00:50:13.519
 and will eventually,

00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:15.120
 you'll be taken home

00:50:15.120 --> 00:50:15.800
 to glory

00:50:15.800 --> 00:50:17.160
 with the Lord Jesus.

00:50:18.340 --> 00:50:20.220
 So despite all the storms

00:50:20.220 --> 00:50:21.240
 and all the batterings

00:50:21.240 --> 00:50:22.220
 and all the bruisings

00:50:22.220 --> 00:50:23.620
 and all the temptations,

00:50:24.240 --> 00:50:26.100
 the anchor will hold.

00:50:26.420 --> 00:50:27.640
 As the old song said,

00:50:27.960 --> 00:50:29.480
 we shall not be moved

00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:31.540
 and the Christian can sing that

00:50:31.540 --> 00:50:33.320
 because it is true.

00:50:33.320 --> 00:50:35.280
 You go through the Bible

00:50:35.280 --> 00:50:36.240
 and you see the lives

00:50:36.240 --> 00:50:37.120
 of all the great men

00:50:37.120 --> 00:50:38.220
 and women of the past.

00:50:39.160 --> 00:50:40.400
 They had the storms

00:50:40.400 --> 00:50:41.039
 in their life.

00:50:41.120 --> 00:50:41.780
 They had the losses,

00:50:41.960 --> 00:50:42.400
 the crosses,

00:50:42.559 --> 00:50:43.220
 the difficulties.

00:50:44.220 --> 00:50:45.400
 And yet they kept going.

00:50:45.640 --> 00:50:46.960
 Kept going to the end.

00:50:47.760 --> 00:50:48.420
 They were kept.

00:50:49.580 --> 00:50:50.260
 They were kept.

00:50:51.140 --> 00:50:51.420
 You know,

00:50:51.440 --> 00:50:52.140
 it's very interesting

00:50:52.140 --> 00:50:55.400
 when Jesus told Peter

00:50:55.400 --> 00:50:57.820
 that he was going to deny him.

00:50:57.820 --> 00:50:59.340
 And he said,

00:50:59.480 --> 00:51:01.400
 Satan has desired to have you,

00:51:02.480 --> 00:51:04.480
 to sift you as wheat.

00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:07.120
 But I have prayed for you

00:51:07.120 --> 00:51:08.620
 that your faith won't fail.

00:51:08.940 --> 00:51:09.820
 Now it's very interesting.

00:51:10.500 --> 00:51:11.539
 Jesus didn't pray

00:51:11.539 --> 00:51:13.760
 that Peter wouldn't deny him.

00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:15.440
 I find that interesting.

00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:17.980
 Jesus' prayer is not

00:51:17.980 --> 00:51:19.860
 regarding the sin,

00:51:20.640 --> 00:51:22.320
 but it's regarding faith.

00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:24.920
 Because faith is the key

00:51:24.920 --> 00:51:26.019
 to it all.

00:51:26.019 --> 00:51:28.559
 And so we're aware

00:51:28.559 --> 00:51:29.079
 that this,

00:51:29.239 --> 00:51:30.059
 we've been kept.

00:51:30.679 --> 00:51:33.380
 Kept by the power of God.

00:51:34.099 --> 00:51:35.480
 And the Bible tells us

00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:37.460
 that all these Old Testament

00:51:37.460 --> 00:51:38.480
 and New Testament,

00:51:38.619 --> 00:51:39.199
 the characters

00:51:39.199 --> 00:51:40.139
 and the incidents

00:51:40.139 --> 00:51:42.079
 and experiences of their life

00:51:42.079 --> 00:51:43.980
 are there for our example.

00:51:45.259 --> 00:51:46.199
 They're there for us

00:51:46.199 --> 00:51:47.139
 to learn from.

00:51:48.340 --> 00:51:50.099
 And see how God worked

00:51:50.099 --> 00:51:50.820
 in their lives

00:51:50.820 --> 00:51:51.579
 and what he did.

00:51:52.500 --> 00:51:54.139
 It's like a picture book

00:51:54.139 --> 00:51:56.000
 for ourselves to discover.

00:51:56.019 --> 00:51:57.480
 the way that the Lord

00:51:57.480 --> 00:51:58.480
 has worked.

00:51:59.559 --> 00:52:00.579
 But the last thing

00:52:00.579 --> 00:52:01.500
 that we see here

00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:02.719
 about the anchor

00:52:02.719 --> 00:52:04.000
 is normally an anchor

00:52:04.000 --> 00:52:04.880
 is let down.

00:52:05.380 --> 00:52:08.639
 Down onto the seabed.

00:52:08.739 --> 00:52:10.440
 Let down from the ship.

00:52:11.099 --> 00:52:12.659
 But the anchor that we have

00:52:12.659 --> 00:52:13.900
 moves in a totally

00:52:13.900 --> 00:52:14.860
 different direction.

00:52:15.719 --> 00:52:16.920
 We see that it's an anchor

00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:17.699
 that goes up.

00:52:18.360 --> 00:52:19.199
 It's an anchor

00:52:19.199 --> 00:52:20.480
 that goes into heaven,

00:52:20.659 --> 00:52:22.519
 goes behind the curtain

00:52:22.519 --> 00:52:23.159
 or the veil.

00:52:24.019 --> 00:52:24.539
 And of course,

00:52:24.679 --> 00:52:25.719
 when we see that

00:52:25.719 --> 00:52:28.579
 in verse 20 there,

00:52:29.219 --> 00:52:29.879
 we have this

00:52:29.879 --> 00:52:31.259
 as a sure and steadfast

00:52:31.259 --> 00:52:32.119
 anchor of the soul,

00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:33.779
 a hope that enters

00:52:33.779 --> 00:52:35.319
 into the inner place

00:52:35.319 --> 00:52:36.639
 behind the curtain

00:52:36.639 --> 00:52:37.839
 where Jesus

00:52:37.839 --> 00:52:39.899
 has gone as a forerunner

00:52:39.899 --> 00:52:40.879
 on our behalf.

00:52:41.379 --> 00:52:42.119
 And that takes us

00:52:42.119 --> 00:52:42.599
 straight back

00:52:42.599 --> 00:52:43.579
 to the Old Testament,

00:52:43.779 --> 00:52:44.599
 to the tabernacle

00:52:44.599 --> 00:52:45.319
 and the temple.

00:52:46.399 --> 00:52:47.039
 And you remember

00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:48.159
 then the structure there,

00:52:48.259 --> 00:52:49.000
 there was one

00:52:49.000 --> 00:52:50.940
 very, very special place.

00:52:50.940 --> 00:52:51.960
 There was a holy place,

00:52:52.079 --> 00:52:52.900
 but there was then

00:52:52.900 --> 00:52:54.840
 the most holy place.

00:52:54.920 --> 00:52:55.740
 There was a curtain

00:52:55.740 --> 00:52:56.559
 that separated.

00:52:57.559 --> 00:52:58.420
 And nobody,

00:52:58.720 --> 00:52:59.400
 nobody,

00:53:00.079 --> 00:53:01.039
 ever was allowed

00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:02.400
 into the most holy place

00:53:02.400 --> 00:53:03.519
 or the holy of holies.

00:53:03.960 --> 00:53:05.139
 Where the Ark of the Covenant

00:53:05.139 --> 00:53:05.380
 was,

00:53:05.679 --> 00:53:06.780
 God's presence

00:53:06.780 --> 00:53:08.019
 was centered there.

00:53:08.900 --> 00:53:09.340
 Nobody,

00:53:09.659 --> 00:53:10.280
 on pain of death,

00:53:10.380 --> 00:53:11.519
 if you entered in there,

00:53:11.639 --> 00:53:12.220
 you would die.

00:53:12.880 --> 00:53:13.860
 The only person

00:53:13.860 --> 00:53:14.940
 who was ever allowed

00:53:14.940 --> 00:53:15.420
 in there

00:53:15.420 --> 00:53:16.460
 was the high priest.

00:53:16.900 --> 00:53:17.920
 And that was only

00:53:17.920 --> 00:53:18.960
 once a year

00:53:18.960 --> 00:53:20.079
 on the great day

00:53:20.079 --> 00:53:20.860
 of atonement

00:53:20.860 --> 00:53:21.740
 when he went in

00:53:21.740 --> 00:53:22.800
 with the blood

00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:25.980
 of the sacrifice,

00:53:26.139 --> 00:53:27.300
 representing the people

00:53:27.300 --> 00:53:27.880
 where the blood

00:53:27.880 --> 00:53:28.679
 was sprinkled

00:53:28.679 --> 00:53:29.579
 on the mercy seat.

00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:30.360
 They are.

00:53:30.820 --> 00:53:31.639
 That was the only day

00:53:31.639 --> 00:53:32.920
 that he was ever

00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:33.539
 allowed in.

00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:36.119
 And that's a picture

00:53:36.119 --> 00:53:36.699
 that's given

00:53:36.699 --> 00:53:38.079
 of what Jesus has done.

00:53:38.639 --> 00:53:39.720
 But there's a difference

00:53:39.720 --> 00:53:41.179
 between Jesus

00:53:41.179 --> 00:53:42.940
 as our great high priest

00:53:42.940 --> 00:53:44.360
 and the Old Testament

00:53:44.360 --> 00:53:45.119
 high priest.

00:53:45.119 --> 00:53:46.480
 Because the Old Testament

00:53:46.480 --> 00:53:47.980
 high priest

00:53:47.980 --> 00:53:49.299
 wasn't a forerunner.

00:53:50.279 --> 00:53:51.900
 The Old Testament priest

00:53:51.900 --> 00:53:52.719
 only went in

00:53:52.719 --> 00:53:53.739
 once a year.

00:53:54.380 --> 00:53:55.299
 And nobody else

00:53:55.299 --> 00:53:55.900
 could go in.

00:53:57.079 --> 00:53:57.759
 But Jesus

00:53:57.759 --> 00:53:59.599
 has gone behind

00:53:59.599 --> 00:54:00.119
 the veil

00:54:00.119 --> 00:54:02.679
 as our forerunner.

00:54:03.179 --> 00:54:03.940
 Which means

00:54:03.940 --> 00:54:05.219
 we're running after him.

00:54:05.880 --> 00:54:07.239
 We're coming behind.

00:54:08.619 --> 00:54:09.739
 Jesus has gone

00:54:09.739 --> 00:54:10.420
 into heaven.

00:54:11.319 --> 00:54:11.880
 And remember

00:54:11.880 --> 00:54:12.440
 how he said

00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:13.239
 to the disciples,

00:54:13.239 --> 00:54:14.539
 I go to prepare

00:54:14.539 --> 00:54:15.799
 a place for you.

00:54:17.199 --> 00:54:18.119
 And we said that

00:54:18.119 --> 00:54:18.819
 before he went

00:54:18.819 --> 00:54:19.459
 to the cross.

00:54:19.859 --> 00:54:20.500
 And that's what

00:54:20.500 --> 00:54:21.439
 he did on the cross.

00:54:21.839 --> 00:54:23.099
 He prepared a place

00:54:23.099 --> 00:54:23.619
 for us

00:54:23.619 --> 00:54:24.779
 through his death.

00:54:25.599 --> 00:54:26.719
 But in glory

00:54:26.719 --> 00:54:27.279
 tonight

00:54:27.279 --> 00:54:28.339
 he is preparing

00:54:28.339 --> 00:54:28.979
 us

00:54:28.979 --> 00:54:30.899
 for that place.

00:54:32.479 --> 00:54:33.000
 One day

00:54:33.000 --> 00:54:33.579
 he'll send

00:54:33.579 --> 00:54:34.119
 for us

00:54:34.119 --> 00:54:35.659
 to take us

00:54:35.659 --> 00:54:36.579
 home with himself.

00:54:38.019 --> 00:54:38.359
 You see

00:54:38.359 --> 00:54:38.899
 before

00:54:38.899 --> 00:54:40.299
 Jesus went

00:54:40.299 --> 00:54:40.839
 to the cross

00:54:40.839 --> 00:54:41.419
 he prayed.

00:54:41.420 --> 00:54:42.900
 coming back

00:54:42.900 --> 00:54:43.340
 to this

00:54:43.340 --> 00:54:44.300
 what we said

00:54:44.300 --> 00:54:45.019
 about kept

00:54:45.019 --> 00:54:45.920
 because Jesus

00:54:45.920 --> 00:54:46.559
 has gone

00:54:46.559 --> 00:54:47.700
 into glory.

00:54:48.059 --> 00:54:48.500
 He's there

00:54:48.500 --> 00:54:49.159
 just now.

00:54:49.800 --> 00:54:50.820
 And we're told

00:54:50.820 --> 00:54:51.519
 that he makes

00:54:51.519 --> 00:54:52.559
 continual

00:54:52.559 --> 00:54:53.420
 intercession

00:54:53.420 --> 00:54:54.119
 for us.

00:54:55.079 --> 00:54:56.200
 He continues

00:54:56.200 --> 00:54:56.740
 to pray

00:54:56.740 --> 00:54:57.260
 for us.

00:54:58.200 --> 00:54:59.039
 He prayed

00:54:59.039 --> 00:54:59.480
 for us

00:54:59.480 --> 00:55:00.240
 before he went

00:55:00.240 --> 00:55:00.900
 to the cross.

00:55:02.280 --> 00:55:02.840
 And the first thing

00:55:02.840 --> 00:55:03.460
 he prayed

00:55:03.460 --> 00:55:04.099
 a lot of things

00:55:04.099 --> 00:55:04.960
 but one of the things

00:55:04.960 --> 00:55:05.260
 was

00:55:05.260 --> 00:55:06.639
 that's the very thing

00:55:06.639 --> 00:55:08.260
 I pray not

00:55:08.260 --> 00:55:09.720
 that you take

00:55:09.720 --> 00:55:10.119
 them out

00:55:10.119 --> 00:55:10.779
 to the world

00:55:10.779 --> 00:55:12.199
 but that you

00:55:12.199 --> 00:55:12.739
 keep them.

00:55:14.039 --> 00:55:14.900
 That's part

00:55:14.900 --> 00:55:15.920
 of the high

00:55:15.920 --> 00:55:16.679
 priestly prayer

00:55:16.679 --> 00:55:17.719
 out being kept.

00:55:18.779 --> 00:55:19.380
 There's to stay

00:55:19.380 --> 00:55:19.940
 in the world

00:55:19.940 --> 00:55:21.739
 but they're being

00:55:21.739 --> 00:55:22.099
 kept.

00:55:22.940 --> 00:55:23.839
 But further on

00:55:23.839 --> 00:55:24.339
 in the high

00:55:24.339 --> 00:55:25.159
 priestly prayer

00:55:25.159 --> 00:55:26.099
 he's looking

00:55:26.099 --> 00:55:26.579
 ahead

00:55:26.579 --> 00:55:27.359
 to something

00:55:27.359 --> 00:55:27.819
 he's so

00:55:27.819 --> 00:55:28.519
 looking forward

00:55:28.519 --> 00:55:28.819
 to.

00:55:29.460 --> 00:55:30.359
 Father I will

00:55:30.359 --> 00:55:31.219
 that them

00:55:31.219 --> 00:55:32.960
 whom you've

00:55:32.960 --> 00:55:33.319
 given me

00:55:33.319 --> 00:55:34.019
 all the people

00:55:34.019 --> 00:55:34.420
 that you've

00:55:34.420 --> 00:55:34.839
 given me

00:55:34.839 --> 00:55:36.420
 be with me

00:55:36.420 --> 00:55:37.239
 where I am

00:55:37.239 --> 00:55:38.299
 that they

00:55:38.299 --> 00:55:38.979
 may behold

00:55:38.979 --> 00:55:39.779
 my glory.

00:55:40.299 --> 00:55:40.839
 That will be

00:55:40.839 --> 00:55:41.559
 the fulfillment

00:55:41.559 --> 00:55:42.239
 of the high

00:55:42.239 --> 00:55:43.059
 priestly prayer

00:55:43.059 --> 00:55:44.119
 when the whole

00:55:44.119 --> 00:55:44.599
 church

00:55:44.599 --> 00:55:45.899
 is brought

00:55:45.899 --> 00:55:46.559
 at last

00:55:46.559 --> 00:55:47.379
 into the

00:55:47.379 --> 00:55:47.679
 presence

00:55:47.679 --> 00:55:48.299
 of the king.

00:55:49.299 --> 00:55:49.739
 But at the

00:55:49.739 --> 00:55:50.119
 moment

00:55:50.119 --> 00:55:51.639
 there's a work

00:55:51.639 --> 00:55:52.259
 to be done

00:55:52.259 --> 00:55:53.899
 because you see

00:55:53.899 --> 00:55:55.000
 normally an anchor

00:55:55.000 --> 00:55:55.779
 keeps a boat

00:55:55.779 --> 00:55:56.359
 in place

00:55:56.359 --> 00:55:56.979
 although the

00:55:56.979 --> 00:55:57.459
 boat might

00:55:57.459 --> 00:55:58.979
 revolve

00:55:58.979 --> 00:55:59.439
 around the

00:55:59.439 --> 00:55:59.759
 anchor

00:55:59.759 --> 00:56:00.579
 it keeps

00:56:00.579 --> 00:56:01.259
 it in place.

00:56:02.119 --> 00:56:02.500
 We're not

00:56:02.500 --> 00:56:02.959
 kept

00:56:02.960 --> 00:56:04.240
 we're kept

00:56:04.240 --> 00:56:04.880
 firm and

00:56:04.880 --> 00:56:05.159
 sure

00:56:05.159 --> 00:56:06.340
 but not

00:56:06.340 --> 00:56:06.860
 to stay

00:56:06.860 --> 00:56:07.159
 on the

00:56:07.159 --> 00:56:07.559
 spot.

00:56:08.059 --> 00:56:08.440
 We're

00:56:08.440 --> 00:56:08.860
 working

00:56:08.860 --> 00:56:09.240
 we're

00:56:09.240 --> 00:56:09.619
 moving

00:56:09.619 --> 00:56:11.240
 because

00:56:11.240 --> 00:56:12.800
 when Jesus

00:56:12.800 --> 00:56:14.059
 says I

00:56:14.059 --> 00:56:14.900
 pray not to

00:56:14.900 --> 00:56:15.260
 take them

00:56:15.260 --> 00:56:15.679
 out of the

00:56:15.679 --> 00:56:16.119
 world but

00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:16.599
 to keep

00:56:16.599 --> 00:56:16.880
 them

00:56:16.880 --> 00:56:17.559
 keep them

00:56:17.559 --> 00:56:18.199
 from evil

00:56:18.199 --> 00:56:18.599
 or keep

00:56:18.599 --> 00:56:18.900
 them from

00:56:18.900 --> 00:56:19.280
 the evil

00:56:19.280 --> 00:56:19.579
 one.

00:56:20.400 --> 00:56:21.079
 You see

00:56:21.079 --> 00:56:21.579
 there's work

00:56:21.579 --> 00:56:22.159
 to be done.

00:56:23.380 --> 00:56:23.599
 Jesus

00:56:23.599 --> 00:56:24.420
 tells us

00:56:24.420 --> 00:56:25.659
 I have

00:56:25.659 --> 00:56:26.280
 sheep that

00:56:26.280 --> 00:56:27.119
 are not

00:56:27.119 --> 00:56:27.539
 of this

00:56:27.539 --> 00:56:28.019
 fold

00:56:28.019 --> 00:56:28.920
 them I

00:56:28.920 --> 00:56:29.639
 must bring

00:56:29.639 --> 00:56:29.880
 in.

00:56:31.139 --> 00:56:31.659
 The great

00:56:31.659 --> 00:56:32.159
 shepherd of

00:56:32.159 --> 00:56:32.559
 the sheep

00:56:32.559 --> 00:56:33.699
 is gathering

00:56:33.699 --> 00:56:34.480
 in his

00:56:34.480 --> 00:56:35.480
 flock and

00:56:35.480 --> 00:56:35.820
 who does

00:56:35.820 --> 00:56:36.380
 he use?

00:56:37.139 --> 00:56:38.079
 He uses

00:56:38.079 --> 00:56:38.639
 the sheep.

00:56:39.400 --> 00:56:40.219
 He uses

00:56:40.219 --> 00:56:40.840
 you and

00:56:40.840 --> 00:56:41.099
 me.

00:56:42.299 --> 00:56:43.000
 That's the

00:56:43.000 --> 00:56:43.719
 amazing thing.

00:56:43.840 --> 00:56:44.239
 We're kept

00:56:44.239 --> 00:56:44.599
 in this

00:56:44.599 --> 00:56:45.019
 world.

00:56:45.519 --> 00:56:46.219
 We're kept

00:56:46.219 --> 00:56:47.420
 but we're

00:56:47.420 --> 00:56:47.940
 also being

00:56:47.940 --> 00:56:48.659
 kept to be

00:56:48.659 --> 00:56:49.579
 used by

00:56:49.579 --> 00:56:50.099
 the Lord

00:56:50.099 --> 00:56:51.079
 in the

00:56:51.079 --> 00:56:51.799
 great work

00:56:51.799 --> 00:56:52.559
 of in

00:56:52.559 --> 00:56:53.019
 gathering

00:56:53.019 --> 00:56:54.299
 the sheep

00:56:54.299 --> 00:56:54.779
 into the

00:56:54.779 --> 00:56:55.159
 fold.

00:56:57.059 --> 00:56:57.619
 Tonight

00:56:57.619 --> 00:56:58.400
 Jesus is

00:56:58.400 --> 00:56:59.440
 interceding

00:56:59.440 --> 00:56:59.719
 on your

00:56:59.719 --> 00:57:01.659
 behalf and

00:57:01.659 --> 00:57:02.059
 he's not

00:57:02.059 --> 00:57:02.420
 praying

00:57:02.420 --> 00:57:02.780
 Lord.

00:57:03.059 --> 00:57:03.380
 He's not

00:57:03.380 --> 00:57:03.800
 praying to

00:57:03.800 --> 00:57:04.240
 the Father

00:57:04.240 --> 00:57:04.720
 and saying

00:57:04.720 --> 00:57:06.380
 excuse them

00:57:06.380 --> 00:57:07.280
 they can't

00:57:07.280 --> 00:57:07.940
 help that

00:57:07.940 --> 00:57:08.960
 because of

00:57:08.960 --> 00:57:09.280
 what they

00:57:09.280 --> 00:57:09.619
 are.

00:57:10.059 --> 00:57:10.260
 No.

00:57:11.400 --> 00:57:12.320
 He agrees

00:57:12.320 --> 00:57:13.000
 totally with

00:57:13.000 --> 00:57:13.500
 the verdict

00:57:13.500 --> 00:57:13.900
 of the

00:57:13.900 --> 00:57:14.220
 Father

00:57:14.220 --> 00:57:16.320
 but he's

00:57:16.320 --> 00:57:16.880
 pleading his

00:57:16.880 --> 00:57:17.440
 perfect

00:57:17.440 --> 00:57:18.039
 righteousness.

00:57:18.340 --> 00:57:18.480
 He's

00:57:18.480 --> 00:57:19.039
 pleading his

00:57:19.039 --> 00:57:19.900
 finished work.

00:57:20.400 --> 00:57:20.659
 He's

00:57:20.659 --> 00:57:21.340
 pleading the

00:57:21.340 --> 00:57:23.320
 blood sacrifice

00:57:23.320 --> 00:57:24.220
 that he has

00:57:24.220 --> 00:57:25.360
 shed for us.

00:57:26.500 --> 00:57:27.019
 The Father

00:57:27.019 --> 00:57:27.720
 looks on the

00:57:27.720 --> 00:57:28.380
 finished work

00:57:28.380 --> 00:57:28.960
 of Christ

00:57:28.960 --> 00:57:30.119
 and then

00:57:30.119 --> 00:57:30.619
 he sees

00:57:30.619 --> 00:57:30.940
 us.

00:57:31.240 --> 00:57:31.440
 He's

00:57:31.440 --> 00:57:31.880
 looking at

00:57:31.880 --> 00:57:32.699
 us through

00:57:32.699 --> 00:57:33.099
 that.

00:57:34.079 --> 00:57:34.760
 So Jesus

00:57:34.760 --> 00:57:35.400
 is there

00:57:35.400 --> 00:57:36.679
 making that

00:57:36.679 --> 00:57:37.260
 intercession

00:57:37.260 --> 00:57:37.780
 for us

00:57:37.780 --> 00:57:38.480
 as our

00:57:38.480 --> 00:57:39.199
 forerunner

00:57:39.199 --> 00:57:40.699
 and you

00:57:40.699 --> 00:57:41.019
 and I

00:57:41.019 --> 00:57:41.639
 tonight as

00:57:41.639 --> 00:57:42.099
 believers

00:57:42.099 --> 00:57:43.539
 will be

00:57:43.539 --> 00:57:44.220
 following him

00:57:44.220 --> 00:57:44.519
 on.

00:57:44.519 --> 00:57:47.340
 well the

00:57:47.340 --> 00:57:48.039
 great question

00:57:48.039 --> 00:57:48.340
 that we

00:57:48.340 --> 00:57:48.639
 have to

00:57:48.639 --> 00:57:50.679
 ask is

00:57:50.679 --> 00:57:52.500
 is that

00:57:52.500 --> 00:57:53.000
 your hope

00:57:53.000 --> 00:57:53.480
 tonight?

00:57:54.259 --> 00:57:54.619
 If you're a

00:57:54.619 --> 00:57:54.980
 Christian

00:57:54.980 --> 00:57:55.599
 that's your

00:57:55.599 --> 00:57:55.860
 hope.

00:57:56.860 --> 00:57:57.679
 You're full

00:57:57.679 --> 00:57:58.139
 of hope

00:57:58.139 --> 00:57:59.880
 not because

00:57:59.880 --> 00:58:00.219
 of what

00:58:00.219 --> 00:58:00.639
 you've done

00:58:00.639 --> 00:58:01.300
 but because

00:58:01.300 --> 00:58:01.639
 of what

00:58:01.639 --> 00:58:02.239
 Christ has

00:58:02.239 --> 00:58:03.219
 done and

00:58:03.219 --> 00:58:03.699
 because of

00:58:03.699 --> 00:58:04.139
 the word

00:58:04.139 --> 00:58:04.539
 that he's

00:58:04.539 --> 00:58:04.960
 given and

00:58:04.960 --> 00:58:05.460
 the promise

00:58:05.460 --> 00:58:05.880
 that he's

00:58:05.880 --> 00:58:06.159
 given.

00:58:07.159 --> 00:58:07.800
 But if

00:58:07.800 --> 00:58:08.119
 you're not

00:58:08.119 --> 00:58:08.619
 a Christian

00:58:08.619 --> 00:58:09.099
 you don't

00:58:09.099 --> 00:58:09.639
 have this

00:58:09.639 --> 00:58:09.960
 hope.

00:58:11.440 --> 00:58:11.659
 And you

00:58:11.659 --> 00:58:12.759
 know I

00:58:12.759 --> 00:58:13.159
 don't think

00:58:13.159 --> 00:58:13.519
 I've ever

00:58:13.519 --> 00:58:14.480
 lived in a

00:58:14.480 --> 00:58:15.280
 more uncertain

00:58:15.280 --> 00:58:16.500
 world than

00:58:16.500 --> 00:58:17.059
 we live in

00:58:17.059 --> 00:58:17.599
 just now.

00:58:18.480 --> 00:58:19.340
 It is just

00:58:19.340 --> 00:58:21.059
 it is so

00:58:21.059 --> 00:58:21.900
 uncertain at

00:58:21.900 --> 00:58:23.280
 every conceivable

00:58:23.280 --> 00:58:23.800
 front.

00:58:25.059 --> 00:58:25.920
 The world

00:58:25.920 --> 00:58:26.460
 is just

00:58:26.460 --> 00:58:27.119
 you feel

00:58:27.119 --> 00:58:27.539
 there's a

00:58:27.539 --> 00:58:27.800
 top

00:58:27.800 --> 00:58:28.260
 there's an

00:58:28.260 --> 00:58:29.240
 unsettledness

00:58:29.240 --> 00:58:30.639
 vibrating all

00:58:30.639 --> 00:58:31.199
 through it

00:58:31.199 --> 00:58:33.099
 and it

00:58:33.099 --> 00:58:33.900
 cries out

00:58:33.900 --> 00:58:34.800
 for surety

00:58:34.800 --> 00:58:35.980
 and steadfastness

00:58:35.980 --> 00:58:37.320
 and I

00:58:37.320 --> 00:58:37.920
 believe that's

00:58:37.920 --> 00:58:38.599
 why so many

00:58:38.599 --> 00:58:39.219
 people are

00:58:39.219 --> 00:58:40.240
 so many

00:58:40.240 --> 00:58:40.740
 people are

00:58:40.740 --> 00:58:41.179
 searching

00:58:41.179 --> 00:58:41.719
 so many

00:58:41.719 --> 00:58:42.340
 people are

00:58:42.340 --> 00:58:42.920
 worried and

00:58:42.920 --> 00:58:43.579
 anxious and

00:58:43.579 --> 00:58:44.119
 concerned

00:58:44.119 --> 00:58:45.119
 here's the

00:58:45.119 --> 00:58:45.559
 answer

00:58:45.559 --> 00:58:47.319
 the anchor

00:58:47.319 --> 00:58:48.359
 the anchor

00:58:48.359 --> 00:58:48.859
 for your

00:58:48.859 --> 00:58:49.380
 soul

00:58:49.380 --> 00:58:50.759
 it will

00:58:50.759 --> 00:58:51.679
 change your

00:58:51.679 --> 00:58:52.079
 life

00:58:52.079 --> 00:58:53.440
 it will

00:58:53.440 --> 00:58:54.059
 change your

00:58:54.059 --> 00:58:54.619
 destiny

00:58:54.619 --> 00:58:55.679
 change

00:58:55.679 --> 00:58:56.179
 everything

00:58:56.179 --> 00:58:57.579
 you ask

00:58:57.579 --> 00:58:58.000
 Jesus

00:58:58.000 --> 00:58:58.559
 tonight

00:58:58.559 --> 00:59:00.019
 to become

00:59:00.019 --> 00:59:00.539
 the anchor

00:59:00.539 --> 00:59:00.920
 of your

00:59:00.920 --> 00:59:01.400
 soul

00:59:01.400 --> 00:59:02.299
 tonight

00:59:02.299 --> 00:59:02.819
 let's

00:59:02.819 --> 00:59:03.099
 pray

00:59:03.099 --> 00:59:04.779
 Lord our

00:59:04.779 --> 00:59:05.199
 God we

00:59:05.199 --> 00:59:05.619
 pray to

00:59:05.619 --> 00:59:06.139
 bless us

00:59:06.139 --> 00:59:07.219
 and we

00:59:07.219 --> 00:59:07.739
 give thanks

00:59:07.739 --> 00:59:08.279
 for your

00:59:08.279 --> 00:59:09.019
 tender

00:59:09.019 --> 00:59:09.519
 mercies

00:59:09.519 --> 00:59:09.920
 and for

00:59:09.920 --> 00:59:10.559
 your love

00:59:10.559 --> 00:59:11.360
 towards us

00:59:11.360 --> 00:59:12.799
 we pray

00:59:12.799 --> 00:59:13.159
 that we

00:59:13.159 --> 00:59:13.679
 might all

00:59:13.679 --> 00:59:14.360
 know that

00:59:14.360 --> 00:59:15.079
 anchorage

00:59:15.079 --> 00:59:15.500
 in you

00:59:15.500 --> 00:59:16.880
 we pray

00:59:16.880 --> 00:59:17.759
 that nobody

00:59:17.759 --> 00:59:18.400
 will go out

00:59:18.400 --> 00:59:18.840
 of here

00:59:18.840 --> 00:59:19.980
 and say I

00:59:19.980 --> 00:59:20.259
 have no

00:59:20.259 --> 00:59:21.699
 idea what

00:59:21.699 --> 00:59:22.380
 it is to

00:59:22.380 --> 00:59:22.900
 have Jesus

00:59:22.900 --> 00:59:23.420
 as my

00:59:23.420 --> 00:59:23.900
 saviour

00:59:23.900 --> 00:59:25.500
 we pray if

00:59:25.500 --> 00:59:26.139
 there are

00:59:26.139 --> 00:59:26.639
 any who

00:59:26.639 --> 00:59:27.119
 don't know

00:59:27.119 --> 00:59:27.639
 you yet

00:59:27.639 --> 00:59:28.719
 that you

00:59:28.719 --> 00:59:29.619
 will implant

00:59:29.619 --> 00:59:30.799
 a growing

00:59:30.799 --> 00:59:31.759
 desire within

00:59:31.759 --> 00:59:32.320
 their heart

00:59:32.320 --> 00:59:32.820
 to fulfil

00:59:32.820 --> 00:59:34.559
 so that they

00:59:34.559 --> 00:59:35.259
 will come to

00:59:35.259 --> 00:59:35.699
 know you

00:59:35.699 --> 00:59:36.340
 to come to

00:59:36.340 --> 00:59:36.880
 know that

00:59:36.880 --> 00:59:37.880
 hope and

00:59:37.880 --> 00:59:38.599
 that peace

00:59:38.599 --> 00:59:39.000
 that is

00:59:39.000 --> 00:59:39.579
 found in

00:59:39.579 --> 00:59:39.900
 Jesus

00:59:39.900 --> 00:59:40.460
 Christ

00:59:40.460 --> 00:59:41.679
 bless us

00:59:41.679 --> 00:59:42.039
 tonight

00:59:42.039 --> 00:59:42.460
 then we

00:59:42.460 --> 00:59:42.759
 pray

00:59:42.759 --> 00:59:43.299
 part us

00:59:43.299 --> 00:59:43.599
 with your

00:59:43.599 --> 00:59:44.000
 blessing

00:59:44.000 --> 00:59:44.480
 do us

00:59:44.480 --> 00:59:44.739
 good

00:59:44.739 --> 00:59:45.440
 and take

00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:45.839
 away our

00:59:45.839 --> 00:59:46.400
 every sin

00:59:46.400 --> 00:59:46.860
 in Jesus

00:59:46.860 --> 00:59:47.299
 name

00:59:47.299 --> 00:59:47.860
 amen

00:59:47.860 --> 00:59:50.219
 we're going

00:59:50.219 --> 00:59:50.980
 to conclude

00:59:50.980 --> 00:59:51.599
 singing in

00:59:51.599 --> 00:59:53.699
 Psalm 107

00:59:53.699 --> 00:59:56.440
 these words

00:59:56.440 --> 00:59:57.199
 of the storm

00:59:57.199 --> 00:59:57.799
 and then making

00:59:57.799 --> 00:59:58.420
 the way into

00:59:58.420 --> 00:59:59.339
 the shelter

00:59:59.339 --> 01:00:02.000
 Psalm 107

01:00:02.000 --> 01:00:03.940
 verses 26

01:00:03.940 --> 01:00:04.799
 to 30

01:00:04.799 --> 01:00:05.319
 the tune

01:00:05.319 --> 01:00:05.719
 is Loch

01:00:05.719 --> 01:00:06.119
 Broom

01:00:06.119 --> 01:00:07.559
 it's on

01:00:07.559 --> 01:00:08.440
 page 384

01:00:08.440 --> 01:00:13.579
 Psalm 107

01:00:13.579 --> 01:00:14.920
 verse 26

01:00:14.920 --> 01:00:16.539
 they mount

01:00:16.539 --> 01:00:17.079
 to heaven

01:00:17.079 --> 01:00:17.800
 then to the

01:00:17.800 --> 01:00:18.200
 depths

01:00:18.200 --> 01:00:18.780
 they do

01:00:18.780 --> 01:00:19.300
 go down

01:00:19.300 --> 01:00:19.760
 again

01:00:19.760 --> 01:00:20.940
 their soul

01:00:20.940 --> 01:00:21.519
 doth faint

01:00:21.519 --> 01:00:22.099
 and melt

01:00:22.099 --> 01:00:22.740
 away with

01:00:22.740 --> 01:00:23.079
 trouble

01:00:23.079 --> 01:00:23.480
 and with

01:00:23.480 --> 01:00:23.860
 pain

01:00:23.860 --> 01:00:25.059
 they reel

01:00:25.059 --> 01:00:25.720
 and stagger

01:00:25.720 --> 01:00:26.320
 like one

01:00:26.320 --> 01:00:26.679
 drunk

01:00:26.679 --> 01:00:26.960
 at their

01:00:26.960 --> 01:00:27.519
 wits end

01:00:27.519 --> 01:00:28.019
 they be

01:00:28.019 --> 01:00:28.940
 then they

01:00:28.940 --> 01:00:29.440
 to God

01:00:29.440 --> 01:00:29.940
 in trouble

01:00:29.940 --> 01:00:30.460
 cry

01:00:30.460 --> 01:00:31.380
 who them

01:00:31.380 --> 01:00:31.700
 from

01:00:31.700 --> 01:00:32.280
 streets

01:00:32.280 --> 01:00:32.559
 doth

01:00:32.559 --> 01:00:32.880
 free

01:00:32.880 --> 01:00:34.139
 the storm

01:00:34.139 --> 01:00:34.780
 is changed

01:00:34.780 --> 01:00:35.320
 into a

01:00:35.320 --> 01:00:35.679
 calm

01:00:35.679 --> 01:00:36.059
 at his

01:00:36.059 --> 01:00:36.500
 command

01:00:36.500 --> 01:00:37.119
 and will

01:00:37.119 --> 01:00:38.099
 so that

01:00:38.099 --> 01:00:38.679
 the waves

01:00:38.679 --> 01:00:39.960
 which raged

01:00:39.960 --> 01:00:40.460
 before

01:00:40.460 --> 01:00:41.219
 now quiet

01:00:41.219 --> 01:00:41.719
 are and

01:00:41.719 --> 01:00:42.079
 still

01:00:42.079 --> 01:00:43.059
 then are

01:00:43.059 --> 01:00:43.619
 they glad

01:00:43.619 --> 01:00:44.480
 because at

01:00:44.480 --> 01:00:44.980
 rest and

01:00:44.980 --> 01:00:45.500
 quiet

01:00:45.500 --> 01:00:46.139
 now they

01:00:46.139 --> 01:00:46.440
 be

01:00:46.440 --> 01:00:47.519
 so to

01:00:47.519 --> 01:00:47.679
 the

01:00:47.679 --> 01:00:48.000
 haven

01:00:48.000 --> 01:00:48.480
 he then

01:00:48.480 --> 01:00:48.799
 brings

01:00:48.799 --> 01:00:49.519
 which they

01:00:49.519 --> 01:00:50.480
 desired

01:00:50.480 --> 01:00:51.059
 to see

01:00:51.059 --> 01:00:51.799
 26 to

01:00:51.799 --> 01:00:52.139
 30

01:00:52.139 --> 01:00:52.339
 the

01:00:52.339 --> 01:00:52.639
 Tunis

01:00:52.639 --> 01:00:52.859
 love

01:00:52.859 --> 01:00:53.199
 broom

01:00:53.199 --> 01:00:54.460
 they

01:00:54.460 --> 01:00:55.039
 mount

01:00:55.039 --> 01:00:55.579
 to heaven

01:00:55.579 --> 01:00:56.339
 then to

01:00:56.339 --> 01:00:56.500
 the

01:00:56.500 --> 01:00:56.859
 depths

01:00:56.860 --> 01:01:10.300
 they do

01:01:10.300 --> 01:01:12.420
 go down

01:01:12.420 --> 01:01:15.760
 again

01:01:15.760 --> 01:01:17.140
 their

01:01:17.140 --> 01:01:18.599
 souls

01:01:18.599 --> 01:01:19.260
 of

01:01:19.260 --> 01:01:20.539
 faith

01:01:20.539 --> 01:01:21.380
 and

01:01:21.380 --> 01:01:22.740
 melt

01:01:22.740 --> 01:01:23.900
 away

01:01:23.900 --> 01:01:25.680
 with

01:01:25.680 --> 01:01:27.240
 trouble

01:01:27.240 --> 01:01:29.240
 and

01:01:29.240 --> 01:01:30.079
 with

01:01:30.079 --> 01:01:31.760
 pain

01:01:31.760 --> 01:01:33.720
 we

01:01:33.720 --> 01:01:34.840
 will

01:01:34.840 --> 01:01:35.460
 and

01:01:35.460 --> 01:01:36.960
 stag

01:01:36.960 --> 01:01:37.639
 are

01:01:37.639 --> 01:01:38.880
 like

01:01:38.880 --> 01:01:39.700
 one

01:01:39.700 --> 01:01:40.680
 throng

01:01:40.680 --> 01:01:41.940
 at

01:01:41.940 --> 01:01:43.180
 them

01:01:43.180 --> 01:01:43.960
 with

01:01:43.960 --> 01:01:45.400
 send

01:01:45.400 --> 01:01:46.139
 they

01:01:46.139 --> 01:01:47.639
 be

01:01:47.639 --> 01:01:49.019
 then

01:01:49.019 --> 01:01:50.400
 they

01:01:50.400 --> 01:01:51.000
 to

01:01:51.000 --> 01:01:52.400
 go down

01:01:52.400 --> 01:01:53.240
 in

01:01:53.240 --> 01:01:54.740
 trouble

01:01:54.740 --> 01:01:56.280
 cry

01:01:56.280 --> 01:01:57.500
 who

01:01:57.500 --> 01:01:59.039
 them

01:01:59.039 --> 01:01:59.740
 from

01:01:59.740 --> 01:02:01.280
 saints

01:02:01.280 --> 01:02:02.119
 are

01:02:02.119 --> 01:02:03.139
 free

01:02:03.139 --> 01:02:05.380
 the

01:02:05.380 --> 01:02:06.740
 storm

01:02:06.740 --> 01:02:07.559
 is

01:02:07.559 --> 01:02:09.059
 changed

01:02:09.059 --> 01:02:10.139
 into

01:02:10.139 --> 01:02:12.139
 account

01:02:12.139 --> 01:02:13.139
 they

01:02:13.139 --> 01:02:14.139
 they

01:02:14.139 --> 01:02:15.139
 come

01:02:15.139 --> 01:02:17.139
 they

01:02:17.139 --> 01:02:19.139
 come

01:02:19.139 --> 01:02:20.139
 and

01:02:20.139 --> 01:02:21.139
 will

01:02:21.139 --> 01:02:22.139
 so

01:02:22.139 --> 01:02:23.139
 that

01:02:23.139 --> 01:02:23.159
 the

01:02:23.159 --> 01:02:24.139
 ways

01:02:24.139 --> 01:02:25.139
 which

01:02:25.139 --> 01:02:26.139
 reached

01:02:26.139 --> 01:02:27.139
 before

01:02:27.139 --> 01:02:29.139
 now

01:02:29.139 --> 01:02:30.139
 quiet

01:02:30.139 --> 01:02:32.139
 are

01:02:32.139 --> 01:02:34.139
 still

01:02:34.139 --> 01:02:36.139
 when

01:02:36.139 --> 01:02:38.139
 are

01:02:38.139 --> 01:02:39.139
 they

01:02:39.139 --> 01:02:40.139
 glad

01:02:40.139 --> 01:02:42.139
 because

01:02:42.139 --> 01:02:43.139
 are

01:02:43.139 --> 01:02:44.139
 blessed

01:02:44.139 --> 01:02:45.139
 and

01:02:45.139 --> 01:02:47.139
 quiet

01:02:47.139 --> 01:02:48.139
 thou

01:02:48.139 --> 01:02:49.139
 may

01:02:49.139 --> 01:02:51.139
 be

01:02:51.139 --> 01:02:52.139
 so

01:02:52.139 --> 01:02:53.139
 to

01:02:53.139 --> 01:02:54.139
 thy

01:02:54.139 --> 01:02:56.139
 heaven

01:02:56.139 --> 01:02:57.139
 he

01:02:57.139 --> 01:02:59.139
 em

01:02:59.139 --> 01:03:00.139
 brings

01:03:00.139 --> 01:03:01.139
 which

01:03:01.139 --> 01:03:03.139
 any

01:03:03.139 --> 01:03:04.139
 start

01:03:04.139 --> 01:03:05.139
 to

01:03:05.139 --> 01:03:06.139
 see

01:03:06.139 --> 01:03:07.139
 after

01:03:07.139 --> 01:03:09.139
 the

01:03:09.139 --> 01:03:10.139
 benediction

01:03:10.139 --> 01:03:10.879
 i'll go

01:03:10.879 --> 01:03:11.179
 to the

01:03:11.179 --> 01:03:11.420
 door

01:03:11.420 --> 01:03:11.699
 on my

01:03:11.699 --> 01:03:12.039
 left

01:03:12.039 --> 01:03:12.699
 now

01:03:12.699 --> 01:03:12.859
 may

01:03:12.859 --> 01:03:13.000
 the

01:03:13.000 --> 01:03:13.299
 grace

01:03:13.299 --> 01:03:13.699
 mercy

01:03:13.699 --> 01:03:13.980
 and

01:03:13.980 --> 01:03:14.299
 peace

01:03:14.299 --> 01:03:14.480
 of

01:03:14.480 --> 01:03:14.699
 god

01:03:14.699 --> 01:03:14.859
 the

01:03:14.859 --> 01:03:15.199
 father

01:03:15.199 --> 01:03:15.619
 son

01:03:15.619 --> 01:03:15.819
 and

01:03:15.819 --> 01:03:16.099
 holy

01:03:16.099 --> 01:03:16.559
 spirit

01:03:16.559 --> 01:03:17.460
 rest

01:03:17.460 --> 01:03:17.599
 and

01:03:17.599 --> 01:03:17.980
 abide

01:03:17.980 --> 01:03:18.299
 upon

01:03:18.299 --> 01:03:18.539
 each

01:03:18.539 --> 01:03:18.799
 one

01:03:18.799 --> 01:03:18.940
 of

01:03:18.940 --> 01:03:19.079
 you

01:03:19.079 --> 01:03:19.339
 now

01:03:19.339 --> 01:03:19.619
 and

01:03:19.619 --> 01:03:20.039
 forever

01:03:20.039 --> 01:03:20.500
 more

01:03:20.500 --> 01:03:21.119
 amen