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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise.

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 We're singing in Psalm 34 in the Scottish Psalter, page 246 of the Psalm book.

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 Psalm 34, the beginning of the Psalm.

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 We're going to sing down to verse 8.

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 It's a psalm that reminds us of coming to worship God and knowing the blessing of that.

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 God, will I bless all times.

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 His praise my mouth shall still express.

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 My soul shall boast in God.

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 The meek shall hear with joyfulness.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 down to verse 8 to God's praise.

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 God, will I bless all times.

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 His praise my mouth shall still express.

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 My soul shall boast in God.

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 The meek shall hear with joyfulness.

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 Exol the Lord with me.

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 Let us exalt his name together.

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 I sought the Lord.

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 He heard and did me from all fears deliver.

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 They looked to him and lightened were.

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 Not shame it were their faces.

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 This poor man cry.

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 God heard and saved him from all his distresses.

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 The angel of the Lord.

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 The angel of the Lord encamps.

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 And run encampasses.

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 All those of the Lord.

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 All those of the Lord.

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 God, will I bless you.

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 God, will I bless you.

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 God, will I bless you.

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 God, will I bless you.

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 God, will I bless you.

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 Fear God, his saints, none that impere shall be with one oppressed.

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 We unite our hearts together now in prayer. Let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 We thank you for your day in the week, the Lord's Day. We thank you for the day of rest, a day to worship you, a day to spend in this way.

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 And we pray that in everything that we do today, that you would refresh us in it.

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 We thank you for the young ones here today with us. We thank you for all who help over the summer holidays just now with Twinnies and Cresce.

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 And we do pray, Lord, that as they go through to the hall in a few moments, that you'll be with them there, that they will enjoy learning from your word together.

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 And help us to be prayerful for one another, remembering to the holiday club as it comes up this week.

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 Thank you for all the children who have signed up for it.

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 Lord, we look forward to it. We pray that you will bless it each and every day, that you will bless all that we do, take care of us.

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 Lord, even as we travel to and from the holiday club and all that we do in the club, Lord, we pray for you to be with us, that you will speak to us, that you will help us to rejoice in your goodness to us.

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 So, Lord, continue to watch over us and all our loved ones, families and friends, neighbours, all our communities, day after day.

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 We will know your goodness and mercy following us all the days of our life.

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 So we ask all these things, looking to you, asking in Jesus' name, the forgiveness of our sins. Amen.

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 It's good to see you today. Was anybody through in the hall already?

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 Hands up if you were through in the hall already. A few of you have already been in the hall.

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 Some others will go through in a moment.

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 Now, those who are in the hall, just don't say anything for a minute, because I'm going to ask those who haven't been in the hall,

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 when you were coming up to the church today, did you notice anything that was different?

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 Possibly not.

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 Maybe as you were walking up through the gates, coming towards the church, everything just looked the same.

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 Maybe the fact that the sun shining is maybe a difference that we don't see so often.

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 But everything kind of looks the same.

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 You see the church, or maybe you see the hall.

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 Perhaps you didn't notice anything that was different.

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 But if you've been into the hall, well, then you'll see that things are different.

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 Because when you go into the hall, as soon as you open the door, things are very different.

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 You're entering into what looks like a jungle.

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 There's banners hanging, and there's things up on the wall.

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 It's very different to what it normally is.

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 There's all kinds of things that unless you go into the hall, you won't see them.

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 So today, I hope that many of you will come into the hall after the service, when there's tea and coffee served.

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 Go and see for yourselves how the hall has been transformed.

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 It's been transformed for the holiday club that's taking place this coming week.

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 So inside is very different to what it normally is.

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 But outside, it all looks the same.

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 But it reminded me of how that is the way we are as Christians too.

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 How can you look at someone today and say that they're a Christian?

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 If you look around the church, who is a Christian here?

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 Can you tell just by looking on the outside, a person's a Christian?

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 No.

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 Not really.

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 Sometimes you can think, well, they look very happy, but all kinds of different people can look happy.

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 Sometimes you think, well, they look very sad.

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 They can't be Christians, but sometimes Christians can be sad as well.

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 Maybe on the outside, nothing changes.

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 But inside, things change.

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 The Bible tells us again and again that the Lord doesn't look on the things on the outside,

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 but he looks on what's on the inside, in the heart, which is the very being of the person.

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 And that's what he changes.

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 Because inside, he changes us to know that whatever is going on outside of us,

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 things can look the same.

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 We go through times of joy and sadness.

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 But what we know is that he is with us and that we are trusting him.

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 We have faith in him.

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 He changes us inside to be maybe people who aren't trusting,

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 who are not looking to God,

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 instead to look to him and to trust in him.

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 People have worked very hard to change the inside of the hall.

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 And God has done so much to change us inside as well,

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 so that we can come and trust in him.

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 We look the same on the outside, but inside we are trusting him.

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 So if you can, all children and adults,

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 come through to the hall after the service and see the hall for yourselves.

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

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 Let's say the Lord's Prayer.

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 Our Father, which art in heaven,

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 hallowed be thy name.

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 Thy kingdom come.

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

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 Give us this day our daily bread,

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 and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

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 And lead us not into temptation,

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 but deliver us from evil.

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 For thine is the kingdom,

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 the power and the glory forever.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we'll again sing to God's praise.

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 This time we're singing in Psalm 63 in the Sing Psalms.

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 It's on page 80 of the psalm books.

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 Psalm 63.

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 We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 8.

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 O God, you are my God alone.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 My soul and body thirst for you in this dry weary wilderness.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 8 to God's praise.

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 O God, you are my God alone.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 My soul and body thirst for you in this dry weary wilderness.

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 I've seen you in your holy place.

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 Your pardon and glory held my gaze.

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 For better is your love than life.

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 And so my lips will sing your praise.

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 I'll bless you, Lord, throughout my life.

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 And raise my hands to you in prayer.

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 My joyful lips will sing your praise.

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 My soul is fed with riches fair.

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 Upon my bed I lie awake.

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 And in my thoughts remember you.

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 I meditate throughout the night.

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 And keep your constant love in you.

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 Because you are my help alone.

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 In shadow of your wings I'll sing.

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 You hold me up with your right hand.

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 And to you, O God, my soul will cling.

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 Amen.

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 We turn to read in God's word together now in the Old Testament.

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 Reading in the book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible.

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 Reading in chapter 26.

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 Genesis chapter 26. We're going to read from the beginning of the chapter down to verse 25.

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 Here we see a little insight into the life of Isaac. So Genesis chapter 26 at verse 1.

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 Now there was a famine in the land besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham.

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 And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech, king of the Philistines.

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 And the Lord appeared to him and said, Do not go down to Egypt. Dwell in the land which I shall tell you.

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 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you.

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 For to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands.

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 And I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.

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 I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands.

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 And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.

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 Because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge and commandments, my statutes and my laws.

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 So Isaac settled in Gerar.

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 When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, She is my sister.

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 For he feared to say, My wife.

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 Thinking lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebecca, because she was attractive in appearance.

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 When he had been there a long time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with Rebecca, his wife.

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 So Abimelech called Isaac and said, Behold, she is your wife.

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 How then could you say she is my sister?

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 Isaac said to him, Because I thought lest I die because of her.

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 Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us?

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 One of the people might easily have lain with your wife and you would have brought guilt upon us.

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 So Abimelech warned all the people saying, Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

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 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold.

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 The Lord blessed him.

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 And the man became rich and gained more and more until he became very wealthy.

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 He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants.

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 So the Philistines envied him.

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 Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abram, his father.

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 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.

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 So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the valley of Gerah and settled there.

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 And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abram, his father,

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 which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abram.

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 And he gave them the names that his father had given them.

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 But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water,

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 the herdsmen of Gerah quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours.

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 So he called the name of the well Essek because they contended with him.

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 Then they dug another well and they quarreled over that also.

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 So he called its name Sitna.

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 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it.

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 So he called its name Rehoboth, saying, For now the Lord has made room for us,

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 and we shall be fruitful in the land.

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 From there he went up to Beersheba.

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 And the Lord appeared to him that same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father.

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 Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake.

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 So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there.

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 And there Isaac's servants dug a well.

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 And so on.

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 May God bless that reading from his word.

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 Let's again just unite our hearts in a word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 O Lord, our gracious God, we continue in worship of you, thankful for the privilege of prayer,

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 thankful for the privilege of hearing your word, thankful for the privilege of being able to sing praise to you.

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 For these are many things that we could so easily take for granted.

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 They are freedoms that we have enjoyed many, probably all the days of our lives.

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 But they are freedoms that in so many other parts of the world, that people, your people, they do not have.

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 And yet we thank you that throughout the world, that your people praise you.

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 For you are the God who has spoken down through all the generations.

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 You are the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, as your word tells us so often.

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 You are the God of promise, of covenant.

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 And you have promised to your people that you will be their God and they will be your people.

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 And so we thank you that you have your people here.

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 You have your people throughout our islands, throughout our nation, and throughout the world.

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 And that even when we feel few in number, your word reminds us, even as we have read with the promise to Abraham and to Isaac,

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 that your people will be a great multitude.

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 So many that, even like the stars, they cannot be numbered, or the grains of sand, they cannot be numbered by us.

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 But they are known unto you, each one.

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 And so we thank you that you are a God who knows his people, a God who cares for his people,

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 a God who sees us in all our different needs, that you saw Isaac in all his need,

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 and you met him in it, in every way you provided for him,

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 in every way you told him to not be afraid, but to trust in you.

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 And so we pray for ourselves as a people today,

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 that in all our fears, in all our anxieties, in all that goes on in our own personal lives,

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 in our family lives, in our community life, in our nation, in the world,

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 when there are so many things that cause us fear, that cause us worry and anxiety,

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 that we would hear your word to us, not to be afraid, but to trust in you.

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 Help us, Lord, if that is our situation today, when we have much to maybe tremble about,

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 that we'll be able to find you as the one who is near, the one who we can call upon,

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 the one who is there for us in all our different needs.

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 We do thank you, Lord, that you remember us in every way,

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 that you are the one who is able to do so much more than we ask or imagine.

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 And yet, so often we neglect you.

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 We feel that we can do things in our own strength and in our own ways.

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 But, Lord, you remind us, too, again, so often,

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 that we're apart from you, that we can do nothing.

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 And so, Lord, help us. Help us in our faith.

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 That we come today maybe with little faith.

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 We come maybe some with maybe no faith.

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 That we come maybe some who have had faith for a very long time,

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 but a faith that is now being tested.

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 And we thank you, Lord, that it is not about the size of our faith,

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 but the one in whom our faith is placed.

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 We put our faith in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

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 We thank you for all that you have done for us in and through him.

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 And so we pray in his name today that you will draw us close to yourself.

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 That you will draw us even under the shadow of your wings,

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 as the psalmist so often describes.

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 We pray that we will know your peace,

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 a peace that passes all understanding.

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 We pray that we will know your blessing on us,

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 so that in all that we do, it will give glory to your name.

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 And we think of all that goes on even this coming week.

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 And again, we think of the holiday club as it begins tomorrow.

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 And we do seek your blessing on it.

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 We thank you for all the work that has gone into preparing for it.

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 We thank you for all that has been done,

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 both in terms of practical ways,

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 but also in terms of preparing prayerfully

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 and according to your word,

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 as well as we seek to bring the message of the gospel,

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 the good news of Jesus to all who will come in through the doors.

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 We pray for your help and your blessing in that.

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 We pray for all the children who will come,

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 and parents and families associated with them.

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 We thank you for these opportunities to give the gospel to them,

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 to send it home with them,

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 to invite them along, not just to the holiday club,

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 but to the services of the church as well.

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 And we pray for your hand to be upon us for good in all of these things.

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 We pray to, Lord, your blessing on your people near and far.

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:14.460
 We thank you for the means of communication that exists in our day.

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 Communication means that are so often abused in many ways,

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 but yet that allow us to keep in touch with your people near and far.

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 And we thank you for opportunities to meet with them.

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 And we pray for the Zoom meeting on Tuesday with Muriel.

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 We thank you again for her heart,

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 for serving you over these last many years.

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 And we pray that you will continue to bless her,

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 to watch over her,

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 to encourage her,

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 that our prayers for her will be heard by you.

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 And we thank you for many more, Lord,

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 who go out in that way as well,

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 throughout all ends of the earth,

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 that you send your people far and wide,

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 some into very difficult places,

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 some into places where their names cannot even be mentioned

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 for fear for their lives.

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 And so we thank you that your gospel is one that goes out with power.

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 Behind it is your spirit.

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 And we thank you for the power that is in that,

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 in your spirit,

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 in your word,

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 that your truth will reach out to all ends of the earth,

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 to change our world,

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 to transform us away from the paths that we are going,

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 paths that lead us away from you and your truth,

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 to once again turn us towards you,

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 to recognize,

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 oh Lord,

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 that you are not one to be,

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 not one to be put away,

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 not one to be mocked,

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 not one to be made into some kind of joke,

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 or fairy tale,

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 as so many people would call it,

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 but one who we are to fear in the right sense,

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 to know that we can bow before you as Lord and God,

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 to know forgiveness,

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 to know your blessing on us.

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 We pray that, Lord,

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 throughout the ends of the earth,

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 that you will shine your light upon us,

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 that you will turn us again towards you,

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 that you will make us to walk in your ways.

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 So Lord,

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:12.200
 humble us before you even anew today,

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.839
 in our prayers,

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 in our praise,

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 in all that we do,

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 may it be for your glory,

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 may we offer it all up,

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 as a sacrifice to you,

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 that we would pour ourselves out before you,

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 in body,

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 soul,

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 mind,

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 and heart.

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 Lord,

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 hear our prayers,

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 and continue with us throughout this day.

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 Bless your word to us as we turn to it.

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 Give us ears to hear what you are saying to us.

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 And all we ask,

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:41.440
 we ask the forgiveness of all our sins,

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We'll again sing to God's praise in Psalm 60,

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.839
 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 Psalm 60,

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 page 292.

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 We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 5.

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 Psalm 60,

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:06.340
 on page 292.

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 The psalmist speaks here about a people,

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 his people being,

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.820
 God's people being rejected,

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 and scattered,

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 and scattered abroad,

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 because the Lord has been displeased with them.

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 But there is also the plea,

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:25.660
 from the psalmist to God,

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 that God would return,

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 return to his people.

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 And in verse 4,

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 in the midst of all the difficulties

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 that have come upon the people of God,

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 there is these words,

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 And yet a banner thou hast given

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 to them who thee do fear,

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 that it by them,

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 because of truth displayed,

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 may appear,

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 that thy beloved people may,

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 delivered be from thrall,

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 save with the power of thy right hand,

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 and hear me when I call.

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 That we would know his banner over us,

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 as his people.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 5,

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 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 O Lord, thou hast rejected us,

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:29.099
 and scattered us abroad,

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 thou justly hast displeased,

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 be returned to us, O God.

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 The earth to tremble,

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 thou hast made,

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 where in this preaches make,

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 do thou thereof the breaches heal,

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 because the land doth shake.

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 And to thy people

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 thou heartthinks hast showed,

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 and all them said,

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 and thou hast caused us to drink wine,

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 O astondish men.

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 and yet a banner thou hast given,

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:13.340
 to them who thee do fear,

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 that it by them he calls,

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 for fruitless may he appear,

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:47.339
 that thy beloved people may deliver me from thrall,

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:57.119
 save with the power of thy fright,

00:29:57.119 --> 00:30:05.339
 and hear me when I call.

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.339
 Amen.

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:17.579
 Now we can turn back to our reading in the book of Genesis,

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.980
 chapter 26.

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:22.839
 I'm going to look at the beginning of this chapter,

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:26.039
 from verse 1 down to verse 7 in particular.

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:31.200
 But in this chapter we have much told to us of Isaac,

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:34.740
 and the different things that he went through in life.

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:39.359
 When you pick up your Bible to read it,

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:41.440
 what do you think it is about?

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:45.779
 I'm sure there's many things that maybe come to mind

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:47.039
 as you lift your Bible and think,

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:49.379
 well, what is this Bible all about?

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.779
 It's about theology.

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.899
 It's about God.

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.799
 It's about worship.

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:56.799
 It's about Jesus.

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.720
 It's about salvation.

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:01.720
 All of these things maybe come to mind

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.279
 when we think,

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:04.899
 what is the Bible all about?

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:07.940
 These things are important things.

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:11.180
 But there's one thing that we can often miss

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:14.220
 when we pick up our Bibles to read them,

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:16.440
 and it's something we mustn't forget

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:18.659
 that the Bible is about too,

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:21.899
 and that is that it is about people.

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:25.360
 It is written to people,

00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:27.880
 and it's written for people.

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:31.180
 And it's written not just to the people of that age

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:32.000
 when it was written,

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:34.800
 it's written to people and for people

00:31:34.800 --> 00:31:37.320
 down through every generation,

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:39.940
 so that we learn all about theology,

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:41.840
 we learn all about God,

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:43.680
 we learn all about worship,

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.980
 we learn all about Jesus,

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:46.620
 we learn all about salvation,

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:49.339
 but we learn it in a way that we recognize

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:52.839
 it's not just something away or apart from us,

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:55.359
 but it's something that is to us.

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:59.199
 It's speaking to us as a people.

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:01.779
 God has spoken to his people

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:04.739
 down through every generation.

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:06.799
 And so we thank God

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:09.940
 that he has given his word to us in this way,

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.960
 so that as a people,

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:14.299
 we come to hear a message that is personal.

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:17.440
 It's to all of us here today,

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:19.480
 to all who hear God's word today,

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:23.000
 it's a personal message to us as individuals.

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:26.460
 And as you read through your Bible,

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:29.599
 there is a phrase that we're seeing

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.799
 or looking into today,

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.220
 in part at least,

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:35.079
 that appears in both the Old Testament

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:36.519
 and the New Testament.

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:40.799
 And it's a phrase that speaks of people,

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:43.880
 three people in particular.

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.940
 In the Bible, you read the phrase,

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:48.079
 I am the God of Abraham,

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.299
 of Isaac,

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.860
 and of Jacob.

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:54.480
 It's something that you hear very often

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:57.039
 throughout both the Old and the New Testament.

00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:00.319
 It's got a common occurrence.

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:02.500
 And at the heart of that phrase,

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.599
 as God is saying it,

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.939
 I am the God of Abraham,

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.059
 I am the God of Isaac,

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:07.500
 I am the God of Jacob.

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:09.960
 At the heart of that is covenant,

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:14.079
 God's promise to his people.

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:15.819
 He made a covenant with Abraham,

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:17.960
 he shared it with Isaac,

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:19.859
 and he shared it with Jacob,

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:21.119
 and it was a covenant,

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:24.939
 a promise for all of God's people.

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:27.259
 A God who will bless,

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:30.180
 and a God who will provide.

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:33.200
 So as we hear these three names,

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:33.759
 Abraham,

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.880
 Isaac,

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.740
 Jacob,

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:38.779
 we maybe often think of them on a pedestal.

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:41.620
 They weren't ordinary people.

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:45.840
 They were people who God blessed in a special way,

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.620
 and yes,

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.400
 God did.

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:49.620
 But on the same way,

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:51.519
 they were ordinary people

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:53.560
 that God was speaking to

00:33:53.560 --> 00:33:55.220
 in an extraordinary way.

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:58.420
 In the same way as we are ordinary people

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.980
 who God is speaking to

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:01.320
 in an extraordinary way

00:34:01.320 --> 00:34:02.500
 through his word,

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.140
 the word of God

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:06.940
 that speaks to us of salvation.

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:10.079
 But when you look at these three,

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.019
 Abraham,

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.820
 Isaac,

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.579
 and Jacob,

00:34:12.660 --> 00:34:15.200
 as you find them in God's word,

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:17.519
 what you find is that Abraham,

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:19.960
 we learn a lot about him.

00:34:20.839 --> 00:34:22.000
 A lot has gone into,

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.899
 into the life of Abraham.

00:34:24.919 --> 00:34:28.259
 And maybe the same is true with Jacob.

00:34:28.939 --> 00:34:31.419
 Jacob is spoken about throughout Scripture.

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:34.139
 We learn a lot about Jacob.

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:37.559
 But what of Isaac?

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.579
 What do you know of Isaac?

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.039
 Well,

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:44.319
 if you've heard of Isaac before,

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:46.780
 I'm sure you've heard a little about his childhood,

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:48.620
 perhaps in particular.

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:51.519
 He was the son of Abraham.

00:34:52.600 --> 00:34:54.820
 And he was a child of promise.

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:56.120
 Abraham and Sarah,

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.160
 his wife,

00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:58.039
 were in old age,

00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:00.580
 and they felt that they couldn't bear a son.

00:35:01.660 --> 00:35:04.140
 But God blessed them with a son,

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.820
 Isaac.

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:07.080
 And then Isaac

00:35:07.080 --> 00:35:09.500
 was taken by Abraham

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:12.139
 and was on the point of being sacrificed,

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:13.079
 put to death

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:16.139
 until the Lord stopped him.

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.619
 So yes,

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.400
 there is this

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:20.559
 account of Isaac

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.340
 in that way.

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.960
 The focus is maybe more so

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:24.219
 on Abraham there,

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.460
 though.

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:26.280
 But when you look at Isaac

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:27.820
 into his adulthood,

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.980
 there's not much said.

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.320
 In fact,

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.039
 pretty much

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:33.760
 all that's said of Isaac

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.639
 we have here

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:36.000
 in chapter 26

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:37.400
 of Genesis.

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:40.039
 And yet he's used

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.079
 in that phrase

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:42.360
 the God of Abraham,

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.340
 the God of Isaac,

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:45.240
 the God of Jacob.

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:47.300
 But I want us to look at

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.300
 Isaac

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:49.740
 in this chapter

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:52.019
 and what we see

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:53.260
 about him.

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.740
 Commentators

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:57.019
 have written about him

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:58.519
 and too have described

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.900
 Isaac

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.940
 in this way.

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.180
 Isaac

00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:02.840
 was an ordinary son

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:04.800
 of a famous father

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:06.720
 and an ordinary father

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:08.920
 of a famous son.

00:36:10.120 --> 00:36:10.600
 Emphasizing

00:36:10.600 --> 00:36:10.860
 the

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:13.060
 much being said

00:36:13.060 --> 00:36:13.740
 about Abraham

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.700
 and Jacob

00:36:14.700 --> 00:36:15.680
 but little

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:16.840
 about Isaac.

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.460
 Another one said

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.280
 Isaac was a man

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:20.400
 who lived in the shadows.

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:22.039
 He lived his life

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.220
 first under the shadow

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:24.580
 of his great father Abraham

00:36:24.580 --> 00:36:26.340
 and then he lived his life

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.900
 in the shadow

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:28.480
 of his great son Jacob.

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:31.519
 But would that be fair

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.739
 to say

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:34.559
 well

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:36.360
 in terms of content

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:37.519
 and quantity

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.239
 of content

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:39.159
 maybe yes

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:41.019
 but not maybe

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:42.119
 in the life lived

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:43.280
 because

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:44.000
 Isaac

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.679
 was a child

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.360
 of promise

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.460
 and he was

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.539
 a man

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.400
 who grew

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.840
 to know

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.480
 the promises

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.259
 of God

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:52.880
 in a special way.

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:55.019
 But as we see

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.860
 with all three

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.760
 in their lives

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:58.420
 they were ordinary men.

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:00.240
 And like any

00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:00.980
 ordinary man

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.460
 or woman

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:03.400
 they had their failings.

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.420
 They had their weaknesses.

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:05.880
 They had things

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.519
 in their lives

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.360
 that maybe

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.420
 if we keep them

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.260
 on a pedestal

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:10.880
 you wouldn't expect

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.440
 these things

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.340
 to happen to them

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:13.420
 but they did.

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:15.460
 God allowed

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.500
 things in their life

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.260
 that were difficult.

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.039
 And so much

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.940
 of what we learn

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:21.420
 in their lives

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.460
 is about that.

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.840
 Just the ordinary

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.579
 things

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.760
 in their lives

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:26.059
 too

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.940
 but the extraordinary

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.840
 power

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:29.160
 of God.

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:31.000
 So we're going

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:32.140
 to look at

00:37:32.140 --> 00:37:33.320
 Isaac just now

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.559
 and we're going

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.640
 to think about him

00:37:35.640 --> 00:37:36.760
 in this way

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:38.720
 an ordinary man

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:40.619
 but an ordinary man

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:42.280
 who was used

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.119
 by God.

00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:45.440
 And that's what we see

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:47.140
 here for ourselves.

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.500
 We too

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.860
 are ordinary men

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.360
 and women

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.800
 ordinary boys

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.539
 and girls

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:54.320
 but ones

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:55.119
 who God

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.960
 can use

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:57.059
 as we put

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.860
 our trust

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:59.119
 in him.

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.779
 The first thing

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.539
 we see about

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.320
 Isaac

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:03.619
 as an ordinary man

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:05.320
 is that he had

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:06.519
 his trials.

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:09.179
 Isaac had trials

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:10.659
 like ordinary

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:12.239
 people do.

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.440
 Abraham,

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.460
 Isaac

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.320
 and Jacob.

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:17.279
 The God of Abraham

00:38:17.279 --> 00:38:17.779
 and Isaac

00:38:17.779 --> 00:38:18.300
 and Jacob.

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:19.080
 we hear that

00:38:19.080 --> 00:38:19.100
 we hear that

00:38:19.100 --> 00:38:19.720
 phrase

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:21.480
 but it doesn't

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.620
 mean that

00:38:22.620 --> 00:38:23.600
 they never went

00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:25.019
 through trials

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.780
 themselves.

00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:27.360
 And the very

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:28.120
 outset of this

00:38:28.120 --> 00:38:28.880
 chapter we are

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.260
 told of one

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:30.760
 of the first

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.580
 trials that

00:38:31.580 --> 00:38:33.140
 Isaac has

00:38:33.140 --> 00:38:33.560
 here.

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:33.960
 It says

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.760
 now there was a

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.140
 famine

00:38:35.140 --> 00:38:37.200
 in the land.

00:38:38.580 --> 00:38:38.980
 Isaac

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:40.180
 was living

00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:41.080
 in this place

00:38:41.080 --> 00:38:42.220
 in this land

00:38:42.220 --> 00:38:42.820
 of promise

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:43.320
 the place

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.840
 where God

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.420
 had placed

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.740
 him

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:46.400
 and yet

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.360
 in the midst

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.980
 of this

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:49.100
 the land

00:38:49.100 --> 00:38:49.780
 that he was in

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:50.960
 a famine

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:52.559
 came in the land.

00:38:53.620 --> 00:38:54.680
 Which land

00:38:54.680 --> 00:38:55.420
 was it?

00:38:57.160 --> 00:38:57.720
 Well it was the

00:38:57.720 --> 00:38:58.740
 land of promise.

00:38:59.580 --> 00:39:00.420
 The place that God

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.140
 had promised to

00:39:01.140 --> 00:39:01.480
 Abraham

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:03.100
 to his descendants

00:39:03.100 --> 00:39:04.500
 a place later on

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:05.380
 described as a

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:06.120
 place flowing

00:39:06.120 --> 00:39:07.260
 with milk

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:07.820
 and honey.

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.440
 And yet at this

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:09.940
 time

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:11.659
 there is famine

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:12.920
 in this land

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.420
 and you notice

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:14.780
 too that it's

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:15.300
 something that

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:16.599
 Abraham experienced

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:18.000
 himself as well.

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:20.380
 Besides the

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:21.139
 former famine

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.579
 it says

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.099
 that was in the

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:23.420
 days of Abraham.

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:24.980
 Abraham had

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.740
 suffered this

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.179
 too.

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:28.260
 Ordinary people

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:29.260
 go through

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:30.000
 trials

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:31.360
 as well.

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.280
 God could

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:33.800
 easily have

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.380
 supplied

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:35.519
 the needs

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.139
 of Isaac

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:36.700
 here.

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:37.679
 He could have

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.539
 protected him

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.099
 in the midst

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.740
 of the famine

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.679
 and given

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.259
 to him

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:42.099
 the needs

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.419
 that he

00:39:42.419 --> 00:39:43.019
 needed for

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.959
 getting through

00:39:43.959 --> 00:39:44.699
 this famine

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:46.219
 and yet

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:47.119
 he didn't.

00:39:48.339 --> 00:39:48.979
 God's

00:39:48.979 --> 00:39:50.299
 chosen man

00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:51.739
 he had to

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:52.599
 suffer alongside

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.399
 the others

00:39:53.399 --> 00:39:54.599
 in this land

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:55.199
 as well.

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.239
 Many others

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:56.919
 in this land

00:39:56.919 --> 00:39:57.679
 were pagans

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:57.979
 who had

00:39:57.979 --> 00:39:59.159
 turned against

00:39:59.159 --> 00:39:59.639
 God

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:00.819
 but Isaac

00:40:00.819 --> 00:40:01.579
 was trusting

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.119
 God along

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:02.659
 with others

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.259
 of God's

00:40:03.259 --> 00:40:03.959
 people and yet

00:40:03.959 --> 00:40:04.639
 they suffered

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:06.259
 in this famine.

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.259
 Trials

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:09.240
 are the

00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:09.640
 ordinary

00:40:09.640 --> 00:40:10.440
 lot of

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:10.940
 God's

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.600
 people.

00:40:12.700 --> 00:40:12.920
 They

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.880
 always have

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.220
 been

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:14.960
 and they

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.720
 always will

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.080
 be

00:40:16.080 --> 00:40:17.180
 until the

00:40:17.180 --> 00:40:17.500
 Lord

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.380
 returns.

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.020
 We are

00:40:20.020 --> 00:40:20.700
 reminded of

00:40:20.700 --> 00:40:21.300
 that so

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.680
 often

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:22.760
 throughout the

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.200
 scriptures.

00:40:24.140 --> 00:40:24.600
 God's

00:40:24.600 --> 00:40:25.160
 people

00:40:25.160 --> 00:40:26.000
 going

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.600
 through

00:40:26.600 --> 00:40:27.600
 difficult

00:40:27.600 --> 00:40:28.360
 times.

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:29.540
 And yet

00:40:29.540 --> 00:40:30.020
 here was

00:40:30.020 --> 00:40:30.700
 Isaac.

00:40:31.100 --> 00:40:31.540
 He was

00:40:31.540 --> 00:40:32.540
 in the

00:40:32.540 --> 00:40:33.180
 place that

00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:34.060
 God wanted

00:40:34.060 --> 00:40:34.800
 him to be

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:36.320
 and yet

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:36.920
 there was

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.480
 trouble.

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.039
 That's a

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.860
 reminder to

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:41.480
 ourselves.

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.800
 We seek

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:44.480
 God's

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.820
 will.

00:40:45.640 --> 00:40:46.120
 We do

00:40:46.120 --> 00:40:46.680
 things

00:40:46.680 --> 00:40:47.880
 prayerfully.

00:40:48.600 --> 00:40:49.080
 We can

00:40:49.080 --> 00:40:49.700
 pray for

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.680
 God to

00:40:50.680 --> 00:40:51.380
 guide us

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:51.760
 into the

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:52.220
 place that

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:52.539
 we should

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.039
 work.

00:40:53.640 --> 00:40:54.060
 We can

00:40:54.060 --> 00:40:54.580
 pray for

00:40:54.580 --> 00:40:55.480
 God to

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:56.039
 guide us

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.380
 into the

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:56.800
 place that

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:57.120
 we should

00:40:57.120 --> 00:40:57.539
 live.

00:40:58.320 --> 00:40:58.720
 We can

00:40:58.720 --> 00:40:59.220
 pray for

00:40:59.220 --> 00:40:59.700
 God to

00:40:59.700 --> 00:41:00.080
 lead us

00:41:00.080 --> 00:41:00.360
 to the

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:00.780
 place that

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:01.100
 we should

00:41:01.100 --> 00:41:01.519
 worship.

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:03.019
 all of

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.259
 these

00:41:03.259 --> 00:41:03.820
 things we

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.360
 can pray

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.880
 about and

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.659
 God can

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:06.259
 show us

00:41:06.259 --> 00:41:06.679
 the way and

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:07.259
 open all

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:07.719
 the doors

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:08.559
 for us

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:10.039
 and yet

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:10.400
 there can

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:11.820
 still be

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:12.259
 troubles.

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:14.179
 There can

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:15.619
 still be

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.280
 problems.

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:17.679
 And

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.259
 sometimes it

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:18.559
 can even

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:18.900
 feel like

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.239
 it's just

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:20.500
 one problem

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:22.039
 after another.

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.320
 Because

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.880
 somehow we've

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.440
 picked up

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:27.579
 this notion,

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:28.259
 this idea

00:41:28.259 --> 00:41:29.619
 that because

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:30.539
 God has

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:31.400
 called us to

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.960
 a particular

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:33.500
 place or

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:33.840
 to a

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.280
 particular

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:35.019
 work or

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.280
 to a

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:35.700
 particular

00:41:35.700 --> 00:41:36.380
 ministry,

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.880
 that everything

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.380
 is going to

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:39.099
 go smoothly,

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.960
 that everything

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.559
 is going to

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:42.440
 go right for

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:42.760
 us, that we

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:43.579
 won't encounter

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:45.059
 any problems

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.639
 at all, that

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.059
 everything is

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.940
 going to be

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:48.280
 just milk and

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:49.260
 honey all

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:49.820
 the time.

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:51.039
 So when the

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.840
 way gets hard

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.500
 we think,

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.599
 well maybe I'm

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.500
 not in God's

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:56.480
 will, maybe

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:57.160
 I'm not where

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:58.639
 God wants me

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.180
 to be.

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.400
 And we can

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:01.180
 be serving

00:42:01.180 --> 00:42:02.420
 God in a

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:03.039
 position that

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:04.139
 we felt led

00:42:04.139 --> 00:42:04.880
 by him

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.180
 to.

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:05.880
 It could be

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.519
 a minister,

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:07.980
 an elder or

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:08.400
 a deacon,

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:09.059
 it could be

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.820
 a missionary,

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.340
 it could be

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:10.880
 serving in

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.380
 the Sunday

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:12.840
 school, as

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.380
 a teacher,

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:13.920
 it can be

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:15.300
 serving God

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:16.260
 in any

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:17.019
 end of

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.579
 means, in

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.180
 our community,

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:19.539
 in our

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:20.639
 workplace, in

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:21.300
 all of these

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:21.780
 things.

00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:22.260
 And we think,

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:23.500
 yes, this is

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:24.079
 where God

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:24.920
 wants me to

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.760
 be to serve

00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:26.820
 him, and

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:27.160
 yet it's

00:42:27.160 --> 00:42:27.960
 still just one

00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:29.380
 problem after

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:29.800
 another.

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:31.900
 And the

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.599
 danger there

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:33.240
 is that we

00:42:33.240 --> 00:42:33.820
 start to

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:34.940
 think, I'll

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.340
 just take

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.920
 things into

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:36.360
 my own

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:36.960
 hands.

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:39.579
 Isaac, like

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.240
 every ordinary

00:42:40.240 --> 00:42:41.679
 person, he

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:42.260
 had ordinary

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:42.900
 trials.

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:45.199
 Here was a

00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:45.539
 famine.

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.460
 Abraham had

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.360
 suffered famine,

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.619
 and you see it

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.199
 throughout the

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:51.920
 scriptures, again

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.980
 and again, God's

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:53.980
 people going

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:55.019
 through trials,

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:56.900
 but it's not

00:42:56.900 --> 00:42:58.179
 the time to

00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:58.780
 take things

00:42:58.780 --> 00:42:59.280
 into our

00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:00.079
 own hands.

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:02.840
 Isaac wanted

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:03.599
 to do

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.059
 that.

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:06.219
 He went

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:08.000
 to Abimelech,

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:09.059
 and he was

00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:09.460
 going to go

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:10.679
 down to

00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:11.579
 Egypt, we

00:43:11.579 --> 00:43:12.099
 are told,

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:13.840
 here, and

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:14.719
 yet God

00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:16.119
 stopped him.

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:19.199
 If you are

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:19.500
 in a

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:21.000
 trial, if

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:21.480
 you feel

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:21.719
 that you

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:22.039
 are in the

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.559
 place that

00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:23.300
 God wants

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:23.740
 you to be,

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:24.119
 and yet

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:25.039
 you're still

00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:25.579
 feeling that

00:43:25.579 --> 00:43:25.899
 it's just

00:43:25.899 --> 00:43:27.000
 one problem

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:28.339
 after another,

00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:29.799
 maybe God

00:43:29.799 --> 00:43:30.339
 is saying,

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:31.019
 stay.

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.279
 Stay.

00:43:35.979 --> 00:43:36.859
 I have a

00:43:36.859 --> 00:43:37.500
 purpose.

00:43:38.299 --> 00:43:38.779
 I have a

00:43:38.779 --> 00:43:39.279
 plan.

00:43:39.839 --> 00:43:40.059
 You have

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:40.659
 to trust

00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:41.679
 me in

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:42.099
 this.

00:43:42.799 --> 00:43:43.359
 You need

00:43:43.359 --> 00:43:44.139
 faith.

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:44.879
 We are

00:43:44.879 --> 00:43:46.319
 not immune

00:43:46.319 --> 00:43:47.419
 to trials.

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:49.199
 Isaac,

00:43:49.779 --> 00:43:50.599
 this one

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.019
 who was

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:52.079
 so close

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:52.679
 to God,

00:43:52.759 --> 00:43:53.299
 the God

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:54.140
 of Isaac,

00:43:54.600 --> 00:43:55.360
 yet he

00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:56.019
 was someone

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:57.000
 who knew

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.840
 his trials,

00:43:58.840 --> 00:43:59.660
 and so

00:43:59.660 --> 00:44:00.220
 will we.

00:44:02.060 --> 00:44:02.800
 The second

00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:03.440
 thing here

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.140
 is that

00:44:04.140 --> 00:44:06.120
 Isaac had

00:44:06.120 --> 00:44:07.060
 fears,

00:44:07.600 --> 00:44:09.100
 like every

00:44:09.100 --> 00:44:09.640
 ordinary

00:44:09.640 --> 00:44:10.720
 person has

00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:11.180
 fears.

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:13.960
 What do

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.920
 ordinary people

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:15.600
 do when

00:44:15.600 --> 00:44:16.760
 trials hit?

00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:18.680
 very often

00:44:18.680 --> 00:44:19.760
 we panic.

00:44:20.520 --> 00:44:21.020
 We go

00:44:21.020 --> 00:44:22.020
 into a

00:44:22.020 --> 00:44:22.980
 fear mode,

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:24.140
 and that's

00:44:24.140 --> 00:44:25.000
 exactly what

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:25.880
 Isaac did

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.620
 as well when

00:44:26.620 --> 00:44:27.940
 this famine

00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:28.400
 hit.

00:44:28.520 --> 00:44:28.960
 There was a

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.560
 famine in the

00:44:29.560 --> 00:44:30.000
 land,

00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:31.060
 and you would

00:44:31.060 --> 00:44:31.860
 love to read

00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:32.280
 here,

00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:33.520
 there was a

00:44:33.520 --> 00:44:34.140
 famine in the

00:44:34.140 --> 00:44:34.580
 land,

00:44:35.060 --> 00:44:35.700
 and Isaac

00:44:35.700 --> 00:44:36.940
 sought the

00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:37.340
 Lord.

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:39.340
 But it's not

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:39.860
 what we read.

00:44:41.060 --> 00:44:41.700
 There was a

00:44:41.700 --> 00:44:42.220
 famine in the

00:44:42.220 --> 00:44:43.060
 land, it says

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:44.219
 in verse 1,

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:45.279
 and Isaac

00:44:45.279 --> 00:44:46.340
 went to

00:44:46.340 --> 00:44:47.559
 Gerar, to

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:48.259
 Abimelech,

00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:49.759
 king of the

00:44:49.759 --> 00:44:50.480
 Philistines.

00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:52.119
 He went to

00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:53.759
 completely the

00:44:53.759 --> 00:44:55.159
 wrong place.

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:56.659
 He wasn't

00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:57.699
 planning to

00:44:57.699 --> 00:44:58.500
 stop there

00:44:58.500 --> 00:44:58.960
 either,

00:44:59.739 --> 00:45:01.139
 because the

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:01.980
 plan was that

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.259
 he would go

00:45:02.259 --> 00:45:02.739
 all the way

00:45:02.739 --> 00:45:03.619
 down to

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:04.279
 Egypt, as

00:45:04.279 --> 00:45:04.860
 verse 2

00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:05.619
 makes clear

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:06.039
 for us.

00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:06.799
 He was

00:45:06.799 --> 00:45:07.940
 heading towards

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:09.119
 Egypt until

00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:10.539
 the Lord

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.400
 intervened.

00:45:12.279 --> 00:45:13.059
 The Lord

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:14.179
 stopped him.

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:17.400
 Isaac was

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:18.059
 afraid.

00:45:18.819 --> 00:45:19.239
 It's a

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:20.219
 natural reaction

00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:20.599
 in this

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.279
 situation.

00:45:21.839 --> 00:45:22.339
 A famine

00:45:22.339 --> 00:45:22.940
 has come.

00:45:23.719 --> 00:45:24.679
 He's afraid.

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.319
 And you

00:45:26.319 --> 00:45:27.199
 see it again

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:29.519
 in verse

00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:30.779
 6 and 7

00:45:30.779 --> 00:45:31.460
 as well,

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:32.299
 where there's

00:45:32.299 --> 00:45:33.059
 a fear

00:45:33.059 --> 00:45:33.940
 about his

00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:34.400
 wife,

00:45:34.579 --> 00:45:35.099
 Rebekah.

00:45:36.359 --> 00:45:37.239
 He says

00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:38.960
 she is my

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.500
 sister.

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:40.320
 In verse

00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:40.699
 6,

00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:41.740
 for he

00:45:41.740 --> 00:45:42.380
 feared to

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:42.980
 say my

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:43.400
 wife,

00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:44.599
 thinking lest

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.119
 the men of

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:45.599
 the place

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:46.400
 should kill

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:47.340
 me because

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:48.220
 of Rebekah.

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:49.320
 He was

00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:50.199
 afraid.

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:54.420
 And that's

00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:54.940
 our own

00:45:54.940 --> 00:45:56.199
 natural reaction

00:45:56.199 --> 00:45:57.380
 too in so

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:58.519
 many situations

00:45:58.519 --> 00:45:59.220
 we find

00:45:59.220 --> 00:45:59.860
 ourselves.

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:01.320
 This reaction

00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:02.159
 of fear,

00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:02.720
 there are so

00:46:02.720 --> 00:46:03.559
 many things

00:46:03.559 --> 00:46:04.740
 that make

00:46:04.740 --> 00:46:05.780
 us afraid.

00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:07.980
 But what

00:46:07.980 --> 00:46:08.300
 does the

00:46:08.300 --> 00:46:08.639
 Lord

00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:09.779
 do here

00:46:09.779 --> 00:46:10.079
 in the

00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:10.539
 midst

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:12.279
 of Isaac's

00:46:12.279 --> 00:46:12.559
 fear?

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:14.599
 He

00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:15.719
 intervenes.

00:46:17.839 --> 00:46:18.639
 It says

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:19.219
 there that

00:46:19.219 --> 00:46:19.900
 the Lord

00:46:19.900 --> 00:46:20.599
 appeared to

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:20.819
 him in

00:46:20.819 --> 00:46:21.259
 verse 2

00:46:21.259 --> 00:46:21.779
 and said,

00:46:22.579 --> 00:46:23.019
 do not

00:46:23.019 --> 00:46:23.739
 go down

00:46:23.739 --> 00:46:24.599
 to Egypt.

00:46:25.039 --> 00:46:25.400
 Dwell

00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:26.259
 in the

00:46:26.259 --> 00:46:26.779
 land

00:46:26.779 --> 00:46:27.639
 for which

00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:28.119
 I will

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:28.799
 tell you.

00:46:29.819 --> 00:46:30.379
 God

00:46:30.379 --> 00:46:32.019
 intervenes.

00:46:32.659 --> 00:46:33.099
 God

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:33.980
 speaks.

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:34.980
 God

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:36.119
 says,

00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:39.380
 do not

00:46:39.380 --> 00:46:39.980
 fear

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:42.420
 unless a

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:42.960
 person is

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.500
 afraid.

00:46:44.619 --> 00:46:44.860
 And yet

00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:45.240
 when you go

00:46:45.240 --> 00:46:45.800
 through the

00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:46.219
 scriptures,

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:47.079
 you see him

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:47.940
 saying it to

00:46:47.940 --> 00:46:48.539
 so many

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:49.179
 people,

00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:50.719
 to Joshua,

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:52.159
 to David.

00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:53.320
 You can

00:46:53.320 --> 00:46:53.840
 carry on and

00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:54.440
 go through the

00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:54.940
 scriptures and

00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:56.119
 find so many

00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:56.820
 people who

00:46:56.820 --> 00:46:57.500
 are afraid,

00:46:57.619 --> 00:46:57.900
 and yet the

00:46:57.900 --> 00:46:58.659
 Lord says,

00:46:59.119 --> 00:47:00.159
 do not be

00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:00.760
 afraid,

00:47:00.760 --> 00:47:00.880
 afraid.

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:02.640
 Because he

00:47:02.640 --> 00:47:03.640
 knows the

00:47:03.640 --> 00:47:04.400
 fear that his

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:05.340
 people have.

00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:07.040
 And so we

00:47:07.040 --> 00:47:07.560
 too, we

00:47:07.560 --> 00:47:08.380
 will have

00:47:08.380 --> 00:47:09.080
 fears.

00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:10.560
 And how do

00:47:10.560 --> 00:47:11.720
 we react

00:47:11.720 --> 00:47:12.460
 in fear?

00:47:12.600 --> 00:47:13.020
 We take

00:47:13.020 --> 00:47:13.540
 things into

00:47:13.540 --> 00:47:13.960
 our own

00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:14.360
 hands,

00:47:14.460 --> 00:47:14.920
 just like

00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:15.360
 Isaac.

00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:17.120
 We seek

00:47:17.120 --> 00:47:17.540
 to do

00:47:17.540 --> 00:47:18.760
 things our

00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:19.260
 own way.

00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:19.880
 We sometimes

00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:20.460
 maybe even

00:47:20.460 --> 00:47:21.360
 tell lies,

00:47:21.680 --> 00:47:22.440
 like Isaac

00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:23.080
 did about

00:47:23.080 --> 00:47:23.640
 his wife

00:47:23.640 --> 00:47:24.200
 Rebecca.

00:47:24.620 --> 00:47:25.280
 We react

00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:25.680
 in all

00:47:25.680 --> 00:47:26.360
 these different

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:26.920
 kinds of

00:47:26.920 --> 00:47:27.380
 ways in

00:47:27.380 --> 00:47:27.780
 the midst

00:47:27.780 --> 00:47:28.160
 of our

00:47:28.160 --> 00:47:28.740
 fear,

00:47:29.220 --> 00:47:30.500
 instead of

00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:31.239
 turning to

00:47:31.239 --> 00:47:31.699
 God.

00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:35.699
 We ought

00:47:35.699 --> 00:47:36.199
 to take

00:47:36.199 --> 00:47:37.099
 our fears

00:47:37.099 --> 00:47:38.099
 to the

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:38.500
 Lord,

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:40.400
 take it

00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:40.679
 to him

00:47:40.679 --> 00:47:41.300
 in prayer.

00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:42.719
 Isaac

00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:43.480
 didn't do

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:44.900
 it because

00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:45.320
 he was an

00:47:45.320 --> 00:47:45.639
 ordinary

00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:46.400
 person like

00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:46.699
 you and

00:47:46.699 --> 00:47:46.940
 I.

00:47:48.199 --> 00:47:48.820
 He reacted

00:47:48.820 --> 00:47:49.099
 in the

00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:49.539
 same way

00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:50.059
 we do

00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:50.840
 so often.

00:47:51.619 --> 00:47:52.119
 Instead of

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:52.599
 turning to

00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:52.920
 God,

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:53.840
 we'll sort

00:47:53.840 --> 00:47:54.139
 it out

00:47:54.139 --> 00:47:54.760
 ourselves.

00:47:57.219 --> 00:47:57.920
 But he

00:47:57.920 --> 00:47:58.340
 says,

00:47:59.079 --> 00:47:59.639
 do not

00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:01.079
 be afraid.

00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:02.500
 We looked

00:48:02.500 --> 00:48:03.139
 at the

00:48:03.139 --> 00:48:03.559
 passage

00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:04.539
 John 14

00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:04.940
 a few

00:48:04.940 --> 00:48:05.579
 weeks ago.

00:48:06.379 --> 00:48:07.179
 A passage

00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:07.879
 that speaks

00:48:07.879 --> 00:48:08.679
 to Jesus

00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:09.259
 speaking to

00:48:09.259 --> 00:48:09.980
 his disciples

00:48:09.980 --> 00:48:10.639
 about their

00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:11.279
 fears.

00:48:11.440 --> 00:48:11.719
 He's saying,

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:12.199
 let not

00:48:12.199 --> 00:48:12.699
 your hearts

00:48:12.699 --> 00:48:13.319
 be troubled.

00:48:14.719 --> 00:48:15.379
 He tells

00:48:15.379 --> 00:48:15.599
 them,

00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:16.460
 do not

00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:17.359
 be afraid

00:48:17.359 --> 00:48:18.379
 because

00:48:18.379 --> 00:48:18.900
 they are.

00:48:19.460 --> 00:48:20.359
 They're afraid

00:48:20.359 --> 00:48:20.859
 of what the

00:48:20.859 --> 00:48:21.759
 future holds.

00:48:21.839 --> 00:48:22.319
 They're afraid

00:48:22.319 --> 00:48:23.139
 of everything

00:48:23.139 --> 00:48:23.819
 that's happening

00:48:23.819 --> 00:48:24.420
 in their lives

00:48:24.420 --> 00:48:25.059
 at that point.

00:48:25.159 --> 00:48:25.619
 But Jesus

00:48:25.619 --> 00:48:26.179
 says,

00:48:26.379 --> 00:48:27.299
 do not

00:48:27.299 --> 00:48:28.179
 be afraid.

00:48:28.179 --> 00:48:30.059
 We have

00:48:30.059 --> 00:48:30.579
 to turn

00:48:30.579 --> 00:48:31.079
 to God

00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:31.379
 and his

00:48:31.379 --> 00:48:31.899
 promises.

00:48:32.759 --> 00:48:33.179
 So often

00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:33.440
 he says,

00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:33.779
 do not

00:48:33.779 --> 00:48:34.599
 be afraid

00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:35.639
 for I

00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:36.099
 am with

00:48:36.099 --> 00:48:36.419
 you.

00:48:38.819 --> 00:48:39.359
 The

00:48:39.359 --> 00:48:40.000
 comforter

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:40.559
 comes

00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:41.699
 alongside.

00:48:42.699 --> 00:48:43.359
 We have

00:48:43.359 --> 00:48:44.179
 our fears

00:48:44.179 --> 00:48:44.960
 but how

00:48:44.960 --> 00:48:45.299
 do we

00:48:45.299 --> 00:48:46.019
 respond

00:48:46.019 --> 00:48:46.879
 in them?

00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:48.480
 Take

00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:48.779
 them

00:48:48.779 --> 00:48:50.119
 to God.

00:48:50.779 --> 00:48:51.339
 That is

00:48:51.339 --> 00:48:51.659
 what we're

00:48:51.659 --> 00:48:52.319
 learning here

00:48:52.319 --> 00:48:52.940
 from Isaac.

00:48:53.500 --> 00:48:54.219
 Our first

00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:54.919
 port of call,

00:48:55.019 --> 00:48:55.480
 even before

00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:56.019
 God has

00:48:56.019 --> 00:48:56.759
 to stop

00:48:56.759 --> 00:48:57.019
 us in

00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:57.800
 our tracks

00:48:57.800 --> 00:48:58.679
 should be

00:48:58.679 --> 00:48:59.139
 to take

00:48:59.139 --> 00:48:59.679
 everything

00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:00.500
 to the

00:49:00.500 --> 00:49:00.880
 Lord

00:49:00.880 --> 00:49:01.980
 in prayer.

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:03.860
 Third thing

00:49:03.860 --> 00:49:04.500
 we see here

00:49:04.500 --> 00:49:05.059
 about Isaac

00:49:05.059 --> 00:49:05.579
 is,

00:49:06.579 --> 00:49:07.360
 Isaac had

00:49:07.360 --> 00:49:08.579
 sinned

00:49:08.579 --> 00:49:09.259
 like ordinary

00:49:09.259 --> 00:49:09.900
 people.

00:49:10.759 --> 00:49:11.099
 When you

00:49:11.099 --> 00:49:11.400
 hear the

00:49:11.400 --> 00:49:11.699
 phrase

00:49:11.699 --> 00:49:12.000
 of God

00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:12.559
 of Abraham,

00:49:13.019 --> 00:49:13.380
 Isaac,

00:49:13.579 --> 00:49:14.199
 and Jacob,

00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:15.179
 you almost

00:49:15.179 --> 00:49:15.360
 think,

00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:15.639
 well they

00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:16.019
 must have

00:49:16.019 --> 00:49:16.699
 been a

00:49:16.699 --> 00:49:17.460
 class above

00:49:17.460 --> 00:49:17.840
 everybody

00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:18.159
 else.

00:49:18.219 --> 00:49:18.340
 They

00:49:18.340 --> 00:49:18.699
 must have

00:49:18.699 --> 00:49:19.239
 been without

00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:19.780
 sin.

00:49:21.099 --> 00:49:21.900
 But no

00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:22.239
 one is

00:49:22.239 --> 00:49:22.960
 without sin.

00:49:23.980 --> 00:49:24.360
 They are

00:49:24.360 --> 00:49:25.480
 sinners like

00:49:25.480 --> 00:49:25.840
 you and

00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:26.099
 I.

00:49:27.780 --> 00:49:28.440
 We are

00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:28.900
 all

00:49:28.900 --> 00:49:29.719
 sinners

00:49:29.719 --> 00:49:30.760
 before

00:49:30.760 --> 00:49:31.760
 God.

00:49:33.079 --> 00:49:33.559
 And you

00:49:33.559 --> 00:49:34.860
 see the

00:49:34.860 --> 00:49:35.400
 sin of

00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:36.219
 Isaac here,

00:49:36.300 --> 00:49:36.679
 the sin

00:49:36.679 --> 00:49:37.699
 of disobedience,

00:49:37.820 --> 00:49:38.139
 the sin

00:49:38.139 --> 00:49:38.579
 of doing

00:49:38.579 --> 00:49:39.579
 things in

00:49:39.579 --> 00:49:39.940
 his own

00:49:39.940 --> 00:49:40.179
 way,

00:49:40.260 --> 00:49:40.579
 the sin

00:49:40.579 --> 00:49:41.480
 of telling

00:49:41.480 --> 00:49:42.240
 lies to

00:49:42.240 --> 00:49:43.139
 those around

00:49:43.139 --> 00:49:43.420
 him.

00:49:44.219 --> 00:49:45.139
 You see

00:49:45.139 --> 00:49:45.579
 it here

00:49:45.579 --> 00:49:46.719
 again and

00:49:46.719 --> 00:49:47.099
 again.

00:49:48.179 --> 00:49:48.460
 And

00:49:48.460 --> 00:49:49.320
 sometimes

00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:51.559
 the enemy

00:49:51.559 --> 00:49:52.079
 gets us

00:49:52.079 --> 00:49:53.300
 thinking that

00:49:53.300 --> 00:49:54.059
 God cannot

00:49:54.059 --> 00:49:54.960
 use us

00:49:54.960 --> 00:49:55.559
 if this

00:49:55.559 --> 00:49:55.860
 is the

00:49:55.860 --> 00:49:56.219
 way we

00:49:56.219 --> 00:49:56.559
 are.

00:49:57.699 --> 00:49:58.000
 My

00:49:58.000 --> 00:49:58.579
 life just

00:49:58.579 --> 00:49:59.119
 seems to

00:49:59.119 --> 00:49:59.940
 be full

00:49:59.940 --> 00:50:00.519
 of sin.

00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:02.119
 Just one

00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:03.719
 sin after

00:50:03.719 --> 00:50:04.139
 another.

00:50:04.980 --> 00:50:05.279
 And yet

00:50:05.279 --> 00:50:05.940
 here and

00:50:05.940 --> 00:50:06.420
 so often

00:50:06.420 --> 00:50:06.699
 through

00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:07.360
 scripture you

00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:08.500
 see God

00:50:08.500 --> 00:50:09.679
 using people,

00:50:09.820 --> 00:50:10.259
 ordinary

00:50:10.259 --> 00:50:11.059
 people,

00:50:11.659 --> 00:50:13.099
 whose lives

00:50:13.099 --> 00:50:14.000
 have so many

00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:14.579
 sins and

00:50:14.579 --> 00:50:15.219
 yet God

00:50:15.219 --> 00:50:16.259
 can use

00:50:16.259 --> 00:50:16.539
 them.

00:50:17.579 --> 00:50:18.199
 One minute

00:50:18.199 --> 00:50:18.739
 you can be

00:50:18.739 --> 00:50:19.420
 sitting in

00:50:19.420 --> 00:50:19.900
 church,

00:50:21.079 --> 00:50:21.299
 you're

00:50:21.299 --> 00:50:21.880
 listening to

00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:22.320
 God's

00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:22.760
 word and

00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:22.960
 you're

00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:23.320
 singing

00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:24.300
 God's

00:50:24.300 --> 00:50:25.000
 praise.

00:50:26.200 --> 00:50:26.840
 And the

00:50:26.840 --> 00:50:27.400
 next minute

00:50:27.400 --> 00:50:28.519
 some kind

00:50:28.519 --> 00:50:29.300
 of horrible

00:50:29.300 --> 00:50:29.940
 thought comes

00:50:29.940 --> 00:50:30.360
 into your

00:50:30.360 --> 00:50:30.720
 mind.

00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:32.579
 And you're

00:50:32.579 --> 00:50:32.940
 thinking to

00:50:32.940 --> 00:50:33.300
 yourself,

00:50:33.980 --> 00:50:35.220
 I can't

00:50:35.220 --> 00:50:35.860
 be holy.

00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:37.180
 There's just

00:50:37.180 --> 00:50:37.700
 so much

00:50:37.700 --> 00:50:38.559
 sin in my

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:38.940
 life,

00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:39.260
 in my

00:50:39.260 --> 00:50:39.760
 heart.

00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:40.800
 God

00:50:40.800 --> 00:50:41.599
 can't use

00:50:41.599 --> 00:50:42.599
 me to

00:50:42.599 --> 00:50:43.039
 do anything

00:50:43.039 --> 00:50:43.640
 for him.

00:50:44.840 --> 00:50:45.660
 I have

00:50:45.660 --> 00:50:47.039
 to purify

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:47.380
 myself,

00:50:47.480 --> 00:50:47.760
 I have to

00:50:47.760 --> 00:50:49.099
 be perfect

00:50:49.099 --> 00:50:49.800
 before God

00:50:49.800 --> 00:50:50.160
 before I

00:50:50.160 --> 00:50:50.880
 can possibly

00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:51.860
 be used

00:50:51.860 --> 00:50:52.519
 by him.

00:50:53.320 --> 00:50:53.880
 Perfect

00:50:53.880 --> 00:50:54.460
 just like

00:50:54.460 --> 00:50:54.940
 Abraham,

00:50:55.360 --> 00:50:56.019
 Isaac and

00:50:56.019 --> 00:50:56.800
 Jacob were.

00:50:57.960 --> 00:50:58.539
 But they

00:50:58.539 --> 00:50:59.119
 weren't.

00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:01.079
 And neither

00:51:01.079 --> 00:51:01.900
 will you

00:51:01.900 --> 00:51:02.300
 or I

00:51:02.300 --> 00:51:03.140
 be perfect,

00:51:03.640 --> 00:51:04.099
 but it

00:51:04.099 --> 00:51:04.599
 doesn't mean

00:51:04.599 --> 00:51:05.440
 God can't

00:51:05.440 --> 00:51:06.079
 use us.

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:07.039
 It doesn't

00:51:07.039 --> 00:51:07.780
 mean God

00:51:07.780 --> 00:51:08.900
 can't bless

00:51:08.900 --> 00:51:09.320
 us.

00:51:11.680 --> 00:51:12.059
 Isaac

00:51:12.059 --> 00:51:13.160
 was an

00:51:13.160 --> 00:51:13.960
 ordinary man

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:14.260
 who had

00:51:14.260 --> 00:51:14.900
 sin in

00:51:14.900 --> 00:51:15.440
 his life.

00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:16.760
 You and

00:51:16.760 --> 00:51:17.099
 I are

00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:17.400
 ordinary

00:51:17.400 --> 00:51:18.619
 people who

00:51:18.619 --> 00:51:19.140
 have sin

00:51:19.140 --> 00:51:19.519
 in our

00:51:19.519 --> 00:51:20.340
 lives too.

00:51:20.880 --> 00:51:21.720
 God

00:51:21.720 --> 00:51:22.880
 is

00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:23.720
 perfect.

00:51:23.720 --> 00:51:23.820
 And you

00:51:23.820 --> 00:51:24.280
 look through

00:51:24.280 --> 00:51:24.940
 Scripture and

00:51:24.940 --> 00:51:25.300
 that's what

00:51:25.300 --> 00:51:25.860
 you see

00:51:25.860 --> 00:51:27.280
 again and

00:51:27.280 --> 00:51:27.700
 again.

00:51:29.380 --> 00:51:30.300
 Remember the

00:51:30.300 --> 00:51:31.640
 Bible is

00:51:31.640 --> 00:51:32.579
 about people.

00:51:33.740 --> 00:51:34.460
 It's showing

00:51:34.460 --> 00:51:35.320
 us people

00:51:35.320 --> 00:51:36.380
 in all the

00:51:36.380 --> 00:51:37.220
 realities of

00:51:37.220 --> 00:51:37.740
 life,

00:51:38.220 --> 00:51:38.820
 in all the

00:51:38.820 --> 00:51:39.099
 different

00:51:39.099 --> 00:51:40.380
 experiences of

00:51:40.380 --> 00:51:40.860
 life.

00:51:41.660 --> 00:51:42.280
 There is no

00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:43.059
 one perfect

00:51:43.059 --> 00:51:45.519
 because

00:51:45.519 --> 00:51:47.340
 Christ alone

00:51:47.340 --> 00:51:48.200
 is perfect.

00:51:48.199 --> 00:51:48.399
 perfect.

00:51:49.500 --> 00:51:50.079
 And we

00:51:50.079 --> 00:51:50.619
 all need

00:51:50.619 --> 00:51:52.059
 Christ for

00:51:52.059 --> 00:51:52.679
 our sin.

00:51:53.799 --> 00:51:54.279
 And that's

00:51:54.279 --> 00:51:54.539
 what we

00:51:54.539 --> 00:51:55.079
 are learning.

00:51:56.919 --> 00:51:58.219
 Isaac had

00:51:58.219 --> 00:51:59.099
 to depend

00:51:59.099 --> 00:52:00.339
 on God.

00:52:00.939 --> 00:52:01.319
 In the

00:52:01.319 --> 00:52:01.919
 midst of his

00:52:01.919 --> 00:52:02.779
 disobedience,

00:52:02.839 --> 00:52:03.079
 in the

00:52:03.079 --> 00:52:03.779
 midst of his

00:52:03.779 --> 00:52:04.980
 sin, he

00:52:04.980 --> 00:52:05.619
 is called

00:52:05.619 --> 00:52:06.859
 back to

00:52:06.859 --> 00:52:07.339
 God.

00:52:08.679 --> 00:52:09.500
 The Lord

00:52:09.500 --> 00:52:10.159
 appeared to

00:52:10.159 --> 00:52:10.319
 him and

00:52:10.319 --> 00:52:10.619
 says in

00:52:10.619 --> 00:52:10.939
 verse 2,

00:52:10.940 --> 00:52:11.380
 Do not

00:52:11.380 --> 00:52:11.780
 go down

00:52:11.780 --> 00:52:12.159
 to Egypt.

00:52:12.700 --> 00:52:13.099
 Dwell in

00:52:13.099 --> 00:52:13.500
 the land

00:52:13.500 --> 00:52:14.260
 which I

00:52:14.260 --> 00:52:15.119
 shall tell

00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:15.400
 you.

00:52:16.519 --> 00:52:17.440
 Listen to

00:52:17.440 --> 00:52:18.019
 the Lord,

00:52:18.139 --> 00:52:18.420
 he is

00:52:18.420 --> 00:52:18.659
 saying.

00:52:19.380 --> 00:52:19.840
 And that's

00:52:19.840 --> 00:52:20.360
 what God

00:52:20.360 --> 00:52:21.039
 says to

00:52:21.039 --> 00:52:21.800
 us as

00:52:21.800 --> 00:52:22.079
 well.

00:52:23.079 --> 00:52:23.659
 Let us

00:52:23.659 --> 00:52:24.860
 listen to

00:52:24.860 --> 00:52:25.380
 what God

00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:25.780
 is saying.

00:52:25.860 --> 00:52:26.220
 Let us

00:52:26.220 --> 00:52:27.400
 stop what

00:52:27.400 --> 00:52:27.720
 we are

00:52:27.720 --> 00:52:28.179
 doing and

00:52:28.179 --> 00:52:28.619
 trying to

00:52:28.619 --> 00:52:29.360
 do things

00:52:29.360 --> 00:52:30.480
 ourselves to

00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:31.039
 sort our

00:52:31.039 --> 00:52:31.760
 own sin

00:52:31.760 --> 00:52:33.039
 out because

00:52:33.039 --> 00:52:33.700
 we cannot.

00:52:35.200 --> 00:52:35.639
 Instead,

00:52:36.039 --> 00:52:36.900
 we have to

00:52:36.900 --> 00:52:38.300
 listen to

00:52:38.300 --> 00:52:38.780
 God.

00:52:38.780 --> 00:52:40.840
 we all

00:52:40.840 --> 00:52:42.019
 have sin

00:52:42.019 --> 00:52:42.840
 in our

00:52:42.840 --> 00:52:43.360
 lives.

00:52:44.860 --> 00:52:45.760
 That leads

00:52:45.760 --> 00:52:46.460
 us to the

00:52:46.460 --> 00:52:47.000
 fourth thing

00:52:47.000 --> 00:52:47.300
 and the

00:52:47.300 --> 00:52:48.100
 final thing

00:52:48.100 --> 00:52:48.480
 here.

00:52:49.800 --> 00:52:50.360
 Everyone

00:52:50.360 --> 00:52:51.700
 can have

00:52:51.700 --> 00:52:52.180
 hope.

00:52:53.660 --> 00:52:54.060
 Isaac

00:52:54.060 --> 00:52:55.140
 had hope

00:52:55.140 --> 00:52:56.480
 like ordinary

00:52:56.480 --> 00:52:57.820
 people too.

00:52:58.820 --> 00:52:59.440
 And that's

00:52:59.440 --> 00:53:00.019
 the wonder

00:53:00.019 --> 00:53:01.600
 of God's

00:53:01.600 --> 00:53:02.000
 word.

00:53:02.840 --> 00:53:03.720
 It reminds

00:53:03.720 --> 00:53:04.420
 us of

00:53:04.420 --> 00:53:05.640
 the fact

00:53:05.640 --> 00:53:06.080
 that we're

00:53:06.080 --> 00:53:06.500
 sinners,

00:53:07.460 --> 00:53:08.320
 the fact

00:53:08.320 --> 00:53:09.160
 that we

00:53:09.160 --> 00:53:09.580
 will have

00:53:09.580 --> 00:53:10.180
 trials,

00:53:10.600 --> 00:53:11.019
 the fact

00:53:11.019 --> 00:53:11.260
 that we

00:53:11.260 --> 00:53:11.420
 are

00:53:11.420 --> 00:53:12.180
 disobedient.

00:53:12.260 --> 00:53:12.660
 It reminds

00:53:12.660 --> 00:53:13.360
 us of

00:53:13.360 --> 00:53:14.000
 all of

00:53:14.000 --> 00:53:14.280
 these

00:53:14.280 --> 00:53:14.860
 things.

00:53:15.920 --> 00:53:16.460
 But it

00:53:16.460 --> 00:53:17.120
 speaks to

00:53:17.120 --> 00:53:17.480
 us as

00:53:17.480 --> 00:53:18.039
 an ordinary

00:53:18.039 --> 00:53:19.380
 people who

00:53:19.380 --> 00:53:20.420
 need an

00:53:20.420 --> 00:53:20.960
 extraordinary

00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:22.160
 God.

00:53:23.240 --> 00:53:23.740
 We need

00:53:23.740 --> 00:53:24.420
 him in

00:53:24.420 --> 00:53:25.120
 our lives.

00:53:26.420 --> 00:53:27.180
 Claire Booth,

00:53:27.620 --> 00:53:28.140
 an author

00:53:28.140 --> 00:53:28.740
 in America,

00:53:28.920 --> 00:53:29.400
 she once

00:53:29.400 --> 00:53:29.720
 said,

00:53:30.360 --> 00:53:30.519
 there are

00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:31.460
 no hopeless

00:53:31.460 --> 00:53:32.640
 situations.

00:53:33.500 --> 00:53:33.880
 There are

00:53:33.880 --> 00:53:34.740
 only people

00:53:34.740 --> 00:53:35.140
 who have

00:53:35.140 --> 00:53:36.140
 grown hopeless

00:53:36.139 --> 00:53:36.980
 about

00:53:36.980 --> 00:53:37.319
 them.

00:53:39.420 --> 00:53:39.920
 But we

00:53:39.920 --> 00:53:40.519
 can say

00:53:40.519 --> 00:53:41.400
 to ourselves,

00:53:41.519 --> 00:53:42.000
 but how

00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:42.940
 can anybody

00:53:42.940 --> 00:53:43.739
 say that

00:53:43.739 --> 00:53:44.199
 there is

00:53:44.199 --> 00:53:45.379
 no hopeless

00:53:45.379 --> 00:53:46.699
 situation?

00:53:47.819 --> 00:53:48.819
 Because so

00:53:48.819 --> 00:53:49.440
 many of our

00:53:49.440 --> 00:53:50.639
 situations in

00:53:50.639 --> 00:53:50.980
 life,

00:53:51.299 --> 00:53:52.019
 they seem

00:53:52.019 --> 00:53:52.699
 hopeless.

00:53:53.779 --> 00:53:54.500
 They seem

00:53:54.500 --> 00:53:55.440
 like nothing

00:53:55.440 --> 00:53:56.159
 is going to

00:53:56.159 --> 00:53:57.239
 change our

00:53:57.239 --> 00:53:58.059
 situation.

00:53:58.059 --> 00:54:01.559
 but no

00:54:01.559 --> 00:54:02.659
 situation is

00:54:02.659 --> 00:54:03.299
 hopeless

00:54:03.299 --> 00:54:04.299
 with God.

00:54:05.820 --> 00:54:06.840
 Because as

00:54:06.840 --> 00:54:07.320
 we look to

00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:08.039
 God's word,

00:54:08.139 --> 00:54:08.420
 to the

00:54:08.420 --> 00:54:08.880
 gospel,

00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:10.239
 it gives

00:54:10.239 --> 00:54:11.259
 us hope.

00:54:12.559 --> 00:54:12.960
 And it's

00:54:12.960 --> 00:54:13.820
 not just a

00:54:13.820 --> 00:54:14.519
 hope for

00:54:14.519 --> 00:54:14.880
 now.

00:54:15.420 --> 00:54:16.239
 Because we

00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:16.639
 need a

00:54:16.639 --> 00:54:17.039
 greater

00:54:17.039 --> 00:54:17.900
 perspective

00:54:17.900 --> 00:54:18.559
 of who

00:54:18.559 --> 00:54:19.259
 God is

00:54:19.259 --> 00:54:19.559
 and what

00:54:19.559 --> 00:54:20.259
 the plans

00:54:20.259 --> 00:54:21.159
 are for

00:54:21.159 --> 00:54:22.099
 his people.

00:54:22.619 --> 00:54:23.079
 We need

00:54:23.079 --> 00:54:23.460
 to look

00:54:23.460 --> 00:54:24.880
 at things

00:54:24.880 --> 00:54:25.219
 in an

00:54:25.219 --> 00:54:25.880
 eternal

00:54:25.880 --> 00:54:26.920
 perspective.

00:54:28.059 --> 00:54:28.679
 that all

00:54:28.679 --> 00:54:29.340
 of God's

00:54:29.340 --> 00:54:30.360
 people have

00:54:30.360 --> 00:54:30.900
 hope.

00:54:32.340 --> 00:54:32.599
 Our

00:54:32.599 --> 00:54:33.340
 situation

00:54:33.340 --> 00:54:34.599
 today may

00:54:34.599 --> 00:54:35.599
 not change.

00:54:36.659 --> 00:54:37.099
 It may

00:54:37.099 --> 00:54:37.699
 not go

00:54:37.699 --> 00:54:38.539
 the way

00:54:38.539 --> 00:54:38.840
 that we

00:54:38.840 --> 00:54:39.400
 want it

00:54:39.400 --> 00:54:39.880
 to go.

00:54:40.759 --> 00:54:41.119
 And the

00:54:41.119 --> 00:54:41.480
 greatest

00:54:41.480 --> 00:54:42.739
 fear we

00:54:42.739 --> 00:54:43.099
 have in

00:54:43.099 --> 00:54:43.299
 life,

00:54:43.400 --> 00:54:43.840
 the greatest

00:54:43.840 --> 00:54:45.199
 pain that

00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:45.719
 we have

00:54:45.719 --> 00:54:46.299
 in life,

00:54:46.539 --> 00:54:47.179
 is a fear

00:54:47.179 --> 00:54:47.480
 and the

00:54:47.480 --> 00:54:48.099
 pain of

00:54:48.099 --> 00:54:48.519
 death.

00:54:50.779 --> 00:54:51.960
 But God's

00:54:51.960 --> 00:54:52.900
 people have

00:54:52.900 --> 00:54:54.000
 hope in

00:54:54.000 --> 00:54:54.400
 that.

00:54:55.539 --> 00:54:56.099
 And that

00:54:56.099 --> 00:54:56.699
 is what we

00:54:56.699 --> 00:54:57.199
 have to

00:54:57.199 --> 00:54:57.679
 look to.

00:54:58.059 --> 00:55:00.779
 hope in

00:55:00.779 --> 00:55:01.179
 God.

00:55:02.179 --> 00:55:03.099
 We have

00:55:03.099 --> 00:55:04.099
 ordinary

00:55:04.099 --> 00:55:05.820
 fears in

00:55:05.820 --> 00:55:06.299
 life.

00:55:07.480 --> 00:55:08.239
 We have

00:55:08.239 --> 00:55:09.380
 ordinary

00:55:09.380 --> 00:55:10.599
 sins in

00:55:10.599 --> 00:55:10.980
 our life.

00:55:11.279 --> 00:55:11.840
 All ordinary

00:55:11.840 --> 00:55:12.460
 people have

00:55:12.460 --> 00:55:13.019
 all of

00:55:13.019 --> 00:55:13.900
 these things.

00:55:15.480 --> 00:55:16.400
 But as we

00:55:16.400 --> 00:55:16.719
 look to

00:55:16.719 --> 00:55:17.119
 God's

00:55:17.119 --> 00:55:17.599
 word, we

00:55:17.599 --> 00:55:18.400
 have hope.

00:55:19.119 --> 00:55:19.500
 And that

00:55:19.500 --> 00:55:19.820
 is what

00:55:19.820 --> 00:55:20.619
 God offered

00:55:20.619 --> 00:55:21.599
 to Isaac.

00:55:22.259 --> 00:55:22.639
 And it's

00:55:22.639 --> 00:55:23.099
 what God

00:55:23.099 --> 00:55:24.099
 offers to

00:55:24.099 --> 00:55:24.519
 all of

00:55:24.519 --> 00:55:25.239
 his people.

00:55:25.239 --> 00:55:25.679
 hope.

00:55:25.679 --> 00:55:26.659
 Because he

00:55:26.659 --> 00:55:28.099
 says that

00:55:28.099 --> 00:55:28.399
 he will

00:55:28.399 --> 00:55:29.059
 give him

00:55:29.059 --> 00:55:29.919
 a land

00:55:29.919 --> 00:55:30.719
 to dwell

00:55:30.719 --> 00:55:30.939
 in.

00:55:31.279 --> 00:55:31.959
 He says

00:55:31.959 --> 00:55:32.599
 he will

00:55:32.599 --> 00:55:33.099
 give him

00:55:33.099 --> 00:55:33.779
 a place

00:55:33.779 --> 00:55:34.879
 of promise.

00:55:35.319 --> 00:55:35.639
 He will

00:55:35.639 --> 00:55:37.059
 promise him

00:55:37.059 --> 00:55:37.559
 that he

00:55:37.559 --> 00:55:37.899
 will be

00:55:37.899 --> 00:55:38.479
 with him

00:55:38.479 --> 00:55:39.319
 in all

00:55:39.319 --> 00:55:39.739
 of these

00:55:39.739 --> 00:55:40.299
 things.

00:55:42.039 --> 00:55:43.059
 But above

00:55:43.059 --> 00:55:44.000
 all, he

00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:44.959
 promises him

00:55:44.959 --> 00:55:45.399
 this,

00:55:46.279 --> 00:55:46.959
 life

00:55:46.959 --> 00:55:48.119
 eternal.

00:55:48.119 --> 00:55:48.960
 will

00:55:48.960 --> 00:55:50.119
 be

00:55:50.119 --> 00:55:50.480
 a

00:55:50.480 --> 00:55:50.799
 gospel.

00:55:51.460 --> 00:55:51.539
 It's

00:55:51.539 --> 00:55:52.119
 a word

00:55:52.119 --> 00:55:53.039
 of hope.

00:55:53.539 --> 00:55:54.119
 A word

00:55:54.119 --> 00:55:54.659
 that we

00:55:54.659 --> 00:55:55.299
 find so

00:55:55.299 --> 00:55:55.619
 often

00:55:55.619 --> 00:55:56.059
 throughout

00:55:56.059 --> 00:55:56.339
 the

00:55:56.339 --> 00:55:56.799
 scriptures.

00:55:57.059 --> 00:55:57.319
 Psalm

00:55:57.319 --> 00:55:58.619
 130

00:55:58.619 --> 00:55:59.339
 verse 5

00:55:59.339 --> 00:55:59.699
 says,

00:55:59.839 --> 00:56:00.239
 I wait

00:56:00.239 --> 00:56:00.599
 for the

00:56:00.599 --> 00:56:00.900
 Lord,

00:56:01.339 --> 00:56:01.940
 my soul

00:56:01.940 --> 00:56:02.440
 waits,

00:56:02.519 --> 00:56:02.739
 and in

00:56:02.739 --> 00:56:02.920
 his

00:56:02.920 --> 00:56:03.380
 word,

00:56:03.579 --> 00:56:03.819
 I

00:56:03.819 --> 00:56:04.539
 hope

00:56:04.539 --> 00:56:06.920
 that

00:56:06.920 --> 00:56:07.199
 all

00:56:07.199 --> 00:56:07.420
 his

00:56:07.420 --> 00:56:07.779
 word

00:56:07.779 --> 00:56:07.920
 will

00:56:07.920 --> 00:56:08.099
 be

00:56:08.099 --> 00:56:08.659
 fulfilled.

00:56:09.839 --> 00:56:10.239
 Jeremiah

00:56:10.239 --> 00:56:10.920
 29

00:56:10.920 --> 00:56:11.579
 verse 11,

00:56:11.679 --> 00:56:11.940
 I know

00:56:11.940 --> 00:56:12.599
 the plans

00:56:12.599 --> 00:56:12.920
 I have

00:56:12.920 --> 00:56:13.319
 for you,

00:56:13.380 --> 00:56:13.739
 declares

00:56:13.739 --> 00:56:14.219
 the Lord.

00:56:14.659 --> 00:56:15.000
 Plans

00:56:15.000 --> 00:56:15.679
 for welfare

00:56:15.679 --> 00:56:16.099
 and not

00:56:16.099 --> 00:56:16.519
 for evil,

00:56:16.599 --> 00:56:16.880
 to give

00:56:16.880 --> 00:56:17.179
 you a

00:56:17.179 --> 00:56:17.699
 future

00:56:17.699 --> 00:56:18.799
 and a

00:56:18.799 --> 00:56:19.299
 hope.

00:56:21.079 --> 00:56:21.639
 Paul,

00:56:21.879 --> 00:56:22.239
 in 1

00:56:22.239 --> 00:56:22.759
 Corinthians

00:56:22.759 --> 00:56:23.559
 chapter 2,

00:56:23.679 --> 00:56:24.219
 speaks about

00:56:24.219 --> 00:56:25.139
 the hope

00:56:25.139 --> 00:56:25.419
 that we

00:56:25.419 --> 00:56:25.960
 look to.

00:56:26.079 --> 00:56:26.440
 He says,

00:56:26.519 --> 00:56:26.960
 but as it

00:56:26.960 --> 00:56:27.419
 is written,

00:56:27.799 --> 00:56:28.480
 what no eye

00:56:28.480 --> 00:56:29.059
 has seen,

00:56:29.159 --> 00:56:29.619
 nor ear

00:56:29.619 --> 00:56:30.099
 heard,

00:56:30.480 --> 00:56:30.699
 nor the

00:56:30.699 --> 00:56:31.119
 heart of

00:56:31.119 --> 00:56:31.440
 man

00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:32.019
 imagined,

00:56:32.480 --> 00:56:33.079
 what God

00:56:33.079 --> 00:56:33.739
 has prepared

00:56:33.739 --> 00:56:34.500
 for those

00:56:34.500 --> 00:56:34.940
 who love

00:56:34.940 --> 00:56:35.119
 him.

00:56:35.980 --> 00:56:36.379
 What we

00:56:36.379 --> 00:56:37.219
 have to

00:56:37.219 --> 00:56:38.119
 hope for

00:56:38.119 --> 00:56:38.719
 in

00:56:38.719 --> 00:56:39.440
 eternity.

00:56:39.839 --> 00:56:40.399
 Titus

00:56:40.399 --> 00:56:40.779
 1

00:56:40.779 --> 00:56:41.539
 verse 2,

00:56:41.960 --> 00:56:42.619
 in hope

00:56:42.619 --> 00:56:43.500
 of eternal

00:56:43.500 --> 00:56:44.039
 life,

00:56:44.440 --> 00:56:45.099
 which God

00:56:45.099 --> 00:56:45.619
 who never

00:56:45.619 --> 00:56:46.219
 lies,

00:56:46.659 --> 00:56:47.119
 promised

00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:47.579
 before

00:56:47.579 --> 00:56:47.839
 the

00:56:47.839 --> 00:56:48.480
 ages

00:56:48.480 --> 00:56:49.559
 began.

00:56:50.440 --> 00:56:50.679
 There

00:56:50.679 --> 00:56:51.420
 is hope

00:56:51.420 --> 00:56:52.259
 found

00:56:52.259 --> 00:56:52.900
 in the

00:56:52.900 --> 00:56:53.380
 gospel.

00:56:54.119 --> 00:56:54.359
 Hope

00:56:54.359 --> 00:56:54.940
 not just

00:56:54.940 --> 00:56:55.719
 for today,

00:56:56.179 --> 00:56:56.659
 but for

00:56:56.659 --> 00:56:57.099
 all

00:56:57.099 --> 00:56:58.199
 eternity.

00:56:58.920 --> 00:56:59.319
 Isaac

00:56:59.319 --> 00:57:00.339
 was stopped

00:57:00.339 --> 00:57:01.259
 by God.

00:57:01.359 --> 00:57:01.960
 He remained

00:57:01.960 --> 00:57:03.019
 in Gerard.

00:57:03.079 --> 00:57:03.299
 He was

00:57:03.299 --> 00:57:04.159
 faithful to

00:57:04.159 --> 00:57:04.559
 God,

00:57:05.139 --> 00:57:05.579
 even in

00:57:05.579 --> 00:57:06.319
 his ongoing

00:57:06.319 --> 00:57:07.219
 faults.

00:57:08.319 --> 00:57:08.839
 But this

00:57:08.839 --> 00:57:09.819
 ordinary man

00:57:09.819 --> 00:57:10.599
 knew the

00:57:10.599 --> 00:57:11.279
 blessings of

00:57:11.279 --> 00:57:11.440
 an

00:57:11.440 --> 00:57:11.960
 extraordinary

00:57:11.960 --> 00:57:13.099
 God.

00:57:15.299 --> 00:57:15.699
 And when

00:57:15.699 --> 00:57:16.019
 you read

00:57:16.019 --> 00:57:16.480
 of him

00:57:16.480 --> 00:57:17.599
 in the

00:57:17.599 --> 00:57:17.859
 New

00:57:17.859 --> 00:57:18.379
 Testament,

00:57:18.879 --> 00:57:19.799
 when you

00:57:19.799 --> 00:57:20.259
 read that

00:57:20.259 --> 00:57:20.819
 phrase in

00:57:20.819 --> 00:57:21.099
 the New

00:57:21.099 --> 00:57:21.599
 Testament,

00:57:22.399 --> 00:57:22.899
 the Lord,

00:57:23.039 --> 00:57:23.419
 the God

00:57:23.419 --> 00:57:23.879
 of Abraham,

00:57:24.000 --> 00:57:24.339
 the God

00:57:24.339 --> 00:57:24.859
 of Isaac,

00:57:24.859 --> 00:57:25.219
 and the

00:57:25.219 --> 00:57:25.699
 God of

00:57:25.699 --> 00:57:26.139
 Jacob,

00:57:26.719 --> 00:57:27.199
 listen to

00:57:27.199 --> 00:57:27.619
 this as

00:57:27.619 --> 00:57:28.199
 it says

00:57:28.199 --> 00:57:29.239
 in Luke

00:57:29.239 --> 00:57:30.119
 20 verse

00:57:30.119 --> 00:57:30.879
 37,

00:57:32.119 --> 00:57:33.119
 where it

00:57:33.119 --> 00:57:33.739
 is speaking

00:57:33.739 --> 00:57:34.500
 about the

00:57:34.500 --> 00:57:35.199
 resurrection.

00:57:35.199 --> 00:57:36.819
 but that

00:57:36.819 --> 00:57:37.399
 the dead

00:57:37.399 --> 00:57:38.299
 are raised,

00:57:38.439 --> 00:57:39.159
 even Moses

00:57:39.159 --> 00:57:40.359
 showed in

00:57:40.359 --> 00:57:40.859
 the passage

00:57:40.859 --> 00:57:41.359
 about the

00:57:41.359 --> 00:57:41.599
 bush,

00:57:41.679 --> 00:57:41.919
 where he

00:57:41.919 --> 00:57:42.639
 calls the

00:57:42.639 --> 00:57:42.960
 Lord,

00:57:43.460 --> 00:57:43.819
 the God

00:57:43.819 --> 00:57:44.359
 of Abraham,

00:57:44.500 --> 00:57:44.799
 the God

00:57:44.799 --> 00:57:45.339
 of Isaac,

00:57:45.460 --> 00:57:45.739
 and the

00:57:45.739 --> 00:57:46.179
 God of

00:57:46.179 --> 00:57:46.579
 Jacob.

00:57:47.539 --> 00:57:47.980
 Now he

00:57:47.980 --> 00:57:48.480
 is not

00:57:48.480 --> 00:57:49.099
 the God

00:57:49.099 --> 00:57:49.419
 of the

00:57:49.419 --> 00:57:49.759
 dead,

00:57:50.500 --> 00:57:51.000
 but of

00:57:51.000 --> 00:57:51.619
 the living,

00:57:52.480 --> 00:57:52.899
 and for

00:57:52.899 --> 00:57:54.039
 all to

00:57:54.039 --> 00:57:54.779
 live to

00:57:54.779 --> 00:57:55.179
 him.

00:57:57.460 --> 00:57:57.980
 Isaac

00:57:57.980 --> 00:57:58.939
 had died,

00:57:59.879 --> 00:58:00.379
 and yet

00:58:00.379 --> 00:58:01.039
 he is

00:58:01.039 --> 00:58:01.879
 described

00:58:01.879 --> 00:58:02.799
 there as

00:58:02.800 --> 00:58:04.060
 the son

00:58:04.060 --> 00:58:04.700
 of the

00:58:04.700 --> 00:58:05.620
 living God,

00:58:05.740 --> 00:58:06.560
 but also

00:58:06.560 --> 00:58:08.140
 alive in

00:58:08.140 --> 00:58:08.500
 him.

00:58:09.700 --> 00:58:10.260
 And that

00:58:10.260 --> 00:58:10.640
 is the

00:58:10.640 --> 00:58:11.700
 hope that

00:58:11.700 --> 00:58:12.440
 the Christian

00:58:12.440 --> 00:58:13.200
 has.

00:58:14.580 --> 00:58:15.960
 Hope not

00:58:15.960 --> 00:58:16.420
 just for

00:58:16.420 --> 00:58:16.920
 now,

00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:18.300
 when everything

00:58:18.300 --> 00:58:19.340
 seems hopeless

00:58:19.340 --> 00:58:20.260
 in our eyes,

00:58:20.860 --> 00:58:21.720
 but hope

00:58:21.720 --> 00:58:22.960
 for all

00:58:22.960 --> 00:58:24.140
 eternity.

00:58:25.120 --> 00:58:25.840
 In God's

00:58:25.840 --> 00:58:26.320
 wisdom,

00:58:26.519 --> 00:58:27.100
 sometimes he

00:58:27.100 --> 00:58:28.220
 doesn't change

00:58:28.220 --> 00:58:29.539
 the situation

00:58:29.539 --> 00:58:30.120
 that we're

00:58:30.120 --> 00:58:30.380
 in,

00:58:30.900 --> 00:58:31.480
 but he

00:58:31.480 --> 00:58:32.000
 gives us

00:58:32.000 --> 00:58:32.640
 a different

00:58:32.639 --> 00:58:33.639
 perspective.

00:58:35.119 --> 00:58:35.539
 And that's

00:58:35.539 --> 00:58:35.759
 what we

00:58:35.759 --> 00:58:36.920
 find as

00:58:36.920 --> 00:58:37.339
 we look

00:58:37.339 --> 00:58:38.079
 to God's

00:58:38.079 --> 00:58:38.440
 word,

00:58:39.119 --> 00:58:39.460
 as we

00:58:39.460 --> 00:58:40.019
 look to

00:58:40.019 --> 00:58:40.579
 Abraham

00:58:40.579 --> 00:58:41.199
 and Isaac

00:58:41.199 --> 00:58:41.799
 and Jacob,

00:58:41.900 --> 00:58:42.099
 as we

00:58:42.099 --> 00:58:42.440
 look to

00:58:42.440 --> 00:58:43.519
 Isaac here

00:58:43.519 --> 00:58:44.440
 in this

00:58:44.440 --> 00:58:45.019
 passage,

00:58:45.139 --> 00:58:46.119
 one who

00:58:46.119 --> 00:58:46.599
 had his

00:58:46.599 --> 00:58:47.079
 faults,

00:58:47.199 --> 00:58:47.500
 who had

00:58:47.500 --> 00:58:48.259
 his fears,

00:58:48.699 --> 00:58:49.039
 who had

00:58:49.039 --> 00:58:50.019
 his sins,

00:58:51.259 --> 00:58:51.679
 and yet

00:58:51.679 --> 00:58:52.539
 had hope.

00:58:54.420 --> 00:58:54.940
 Isaac

00:58:54.940 --> 00:58:55.460
 Watts

00:58:55.460 --> 00:58:56.279
 says in

00:58:56.279 --> 00:58:56.679
 the hymn,

00:58:57.159 --> 00:58:57.619
 O God,

00:58:57.679 --> 00:58:58.179
 our help

00:58:58.179 --> 00:58:58.679
 of ages

00:58:58.679 --> 00:58:59.219
 past.

00:58:59.299 --> 00:58:59.400
 He

00:58:59.400 --> 00:58:59.719
 says,

00:59:00.239 --> 00:59:00.719
 O God,

00:59:00.759 --> 00:59:01.239
 our help

00:59:01.239 --> 00:59:01.779
 of ages

00:59:01.779 --> 00:59:02.379
 past,

00:59:02.380 --> 00:59:03.180
 our hope

00:59:03.180 --> 00:59:04.360
 for years

00:59:04.360 --> 00:59:05.079
 to come.

00:59:05.860 --> 00:59:06.320
 Be thou

00:59:06.320 --> 00:59:07.059
 our guide

00:59:07.059 --> 00:59:07.700
 while life

00:59:07.700 --> 00:59:08.660
 shall last

00:59:08.660 --> 00:59:09.920
 and our

00:59:09.920 --> 00:59:11.180
 eternal

00:59:11.180 --> 00:59:11.900
 home.

00:59:12.980 --> 00:59:13.680
 The hope

00:59:13.680 --> 00:59:14.660
 of the

00:59:14.660 --> 00:59:15.180
 Christian

00:59:15.180 --> 00:59:16.640
 that despite

00:59:16.640 --> 00:59:17.579
 our fears,

00:59:18.340 --> 00:59:18.860
 despite

00:59:18.860 --> 00:59:20.019
 our sins,

00:59:20.700 --> 00:59:21.140
 that in

00:59:21.140 --> 00:59:21.880
 Christ we

00:59:21.880 --> 00:59:22.340
 are one

00:59:22.340 --> 00:59:23.180
 who has

00:59:23.180 --> 00:59:23.760
 promised

00:59:23.760 --> 00:59:24.720
 eternal

00:59:24.720 --> 00:59:25.240
 life,

00:59:25.780 --> 00:59:26.380
 who gives

00:59:26.380 --> 00:59:27.160
 us hope,

00:59:28.099 --> 00:59:28.420
 but we

00:59:28.420 --> 00:59:28.840
 have to

00:59:28.840 --> 00:59:29.920
 heed his

00:59:29.920 --> 00:59:30.360
 word.

00:59:30.360 --> 00:59:31.680
 God's

00:59:31.680 --> 00:59:32.160
 word is

00:59:32.160 --> 00:59:33.000
 before us

00:59:33.000 --> 00:59:33.460
 today.

00:59:34.380 --> 00:59:34.880
 It's a

00:59:34.880 --> 00:59:35.200
 book of

00:59:35.200 --> 00:59:35.680
 theology.

00:59:36.320 --> 00:59:36.800
 It's a

00:59:36.800 --> 00:59:37.220
 book all

00:59:37.220 --> 00:59:38.059
 about God,

00:59:38.640 --> 00:59:39.400
 all about

00:59:39.400 --> 00:59:39.820
 Jesus,

00:59:40.380 --> 00:59:40.920
 all about

00:59:40.920 --> 00:59:41.460
 salvation,

00:59:41.579 --> 00:59:42.099
 about all

00:59:42.099 --> 00:59:42.480
 of these

00:59:42.480 --> 00:59:43.039
 things.

00:59:44.420 --> 00:59:45.039
 But it's a

00:59:45.039 --> 00:59:45.500
 book about

00:59:45.500 --> 00:59:45.980
 ordinary

00:59:45.980 --> 00:59:46.620
 people.

00:59:47.539 --> 00:59:47.840
 It's a

00:59:47.840 --> 00:59:48.500
 book for

00:59:48.500 --> 00:59:49.440
 ordinary

00:59:49.440 --> 00:59:50.099
 people,

00:59:50.099 --> 00:59:50.539
 like you

00:59:50.539 --> 00:59:51.019
 and me,

00:59:51.700 --> 00:59:52.539
 to hear

00:59:52.539 --> 00:59:53.559
 what God

00:59:53.559 --> 00:59:54.140
 is saying

00:59:54.140 --> 00:59:54.880
 to us,

00:59:55.760 --> 00:59:56.059
 that we

00:59:56.059 --> 00:59:56.539
 have all

00:59:56.539 --> 00:59:57.140
 of these

00:59:57.139 --> 00:59:57.960
 ordinary

00:59:57.960 --> 00:59:58.679
 things in

00:59:58.679 --> 00:59:58.859
 our

00:59:58.859 --> 00:59:59.879
 experience.

01:00:00.739 --> 01:00:01.019
 Ordinary

01:00:01.019 --> 01:00:01.699
 trials,

01:00:02.259 --> 01:00:02.500
 ordinary

01:00:02.500 --> 01:00:03.159
 fears,

01:00:03.759 --> 01:00:04.119
 sins of

01:00:04.119 --> 01:00:04.480
 ordinary

01:00:04.480 --> 01:00:05.239
 people.

01:00:06.379 --> 01:00:06.739
 But it

01:00:06.739 --> 01:00:07.519
 reminds us

01:00:07.519 --> 01:00:08.159
 that as

01:00:08.159 --> 01:00:08.480
 ordinary

01:00:08.480 --> 01:00:09.179
 people,

01:00:09.599 --> 01:00:10.059
 we have

01:00:10.059 --> 01:00:10.539
 hope,

01:00:11.400 --> 01:00:11.619
 and that

01:00:11.619 --> 01:00:12.219
 that hope

01:00:12.219 --> 01:00:12.619
 is in

01:00:12.619 --> 01:00:13.799
 God and

01:00:13.799 --> 01:00:14.339
 in Christ

01:00:14.339 --> 01:00:14.839
 Jesus.

01:00:15.879 --> 01:00:16.259
 May we

01:00:16.259 --> 01:00:17.440
 know that

01:00:17.440 --> 01:00:17.799
 hope

01:00:17.799 --> 01:00:18.619
 ourselves,

01:00:18.819 --> 01:00:19.279
 and come,

01:00:19.839 --> 01:00:20.460
 and in all

01:00:20.460 --> 01:00:21.639
 our circumstances,

01:00:22.339 --> 01:00:23.539
 lean on

01:00:23.539 --> 01:00:24.319
 God's word

01:00:24.319 --> 01:00:25.000
 for us.

01:00:25.000 --> 01:00:26.420
 He knows

01:00:26.420 --> 01:00:27.639
 every one

01:00:27.639 --> 01:00:28.079
 of us.

01:00:28.900 --> 01:00:29.400
 He speaks

01:00:29.400 --> 01:00:29.900
 to us

01:00:29.900 --> 01:00:31.219
 individually

01:00:31.219 --> 01:00:32.699
 about a

01:00:32.699 --> 01:00:33.280
 Saviour

01:00:33.280 --> 01:00:34.280
 for us

01:00:34.280 --> 01:00:34.639
 all.

01:00:35.280 --> 01:00:35.699
 Let us

01:00:35.699 --> 01:00:35.940
 pray.

01:00:37.840 --> 01:00:38.420
 Our

01:00:38.420 --> 01:00:39.099
 Father in

01:00:39.099 --> 01:00:39.400
 heaven,

01:00:39.519 --> 01:00:40.000
 we bless

01:00:40.000 --> 01:00:40.460
 you for

01:00:40.460 --> 01:00:41.079
 your word.

01:00:41.619 --> 01:00:42.380
 It speaks

01:00:42.380 --> 01:00:42.940
 to us,

01:00:42.960 --> 01:00:43.199
 and we

01:00:43.199 --> 01:00:43.960
 pray today,

01:00:44.099 --> 01:00:44.300
 Lord,

01:00:44.739 --> 01:00:45.079
 that we

01:00:45.079 --> 01:00:45.519
 will hear

01:00:45.519 --> 01:00:45.840
 what you

01:00:45.840 --> 01:00:46.400
 say to

01:00:46.400 --> 01:00:46.679
 us,

01:00:47.099 --> 01:00:47.400
 that we

01:00:47.400 --> 01:00:47.519
 will

01:00:47.519 --> 01:00:48.239
 experience

01:00:48.239 --> 01:00:48.780
 the

01:00:48.780 --> 01:00:49.079
 goodness

01:00:49.079 --> 01:00:49.840
 of God,

01:00:50.519 --> 01:00:50.800
 that we

01:00:50.800 --> 01:00:50.940
 will

01:00:50.940 --> 01:00:51.760
 experience

01:00:51.760 --> 01:00:52.139
 that

01:00:52.139 --> 01:00:52.619
 blessing

01:00:52.619 --> 01:00:53.920
 of knowing

01:00:53.920 --> 01:00:54.440
 Christ

01:00:54.440 --> 01:00:54.960
 Jesus

01:00:54.960 --> 01:00:55.720
 as our

01:00:55.720 --> 01:00:56.099
 Lord,

01:00:56.599 --> 01:00:56.920
 that you

01:00:56.920 --> 01:00:57.099
 will

01:00:57.099 --> 01:00:57.519
 still

01:00:57.519 --> 01:00:57.800
 our

01:00:57.800 --> 01:00:58.280
 fears

01:00:58.280 --> 01:00:58.860
 and help

01:00:58.860 --> 01:00:59.720
 us to

01:00:59.720 --> 01:01:00.220
 bring them

01:01:00.220 --> 01:01:00.760
 to you,

01:01:01.300 --> 01:01:01.599
 and that we

01:01:01.599 --> 01:01:02.079
 would know

01:01:02.079 --> 01:01:03.179
 your peace

01:01:03.179 --> 01:01:03.880
 upon us,

01:01:04.280 --> 01:01:04.840
 as we ask

01:01:04.840 --> 01:01:05.420
 it all in

01:01:05.420 --> 01:01:06.240
 Jesus' name.

01:01:06.860 --> 01:01:07.179
 Amen.

01:01:10.000 --> 01:01:10.619
 We'll

01:01:10.619 --> 01:01:11.300
 conclude by

01:01:11.300 --> 01:01:12.179
 singing to

01:01:12.179 --> 01:01:13.059
 God's praise

01:01:13.059 --> 01:01:13.619
 in Psalm

01:01:13.619 --> 01:01:14.139
 10,

01:01:14.800 --> 01:01:15.179
 in the

01:01:15.179 --> 01:01:15.420
 Sing

01:01:15.420 --> 01:01:15.900
 Psalms

01:01:15.900 --> 01:01:16.360
 version.

01:01:18.760 --> 01:01:19.200
 Psalm

01:01:19.200 --> 01:01:19.619
 10,

01:01:19.679 --> 01:01:20.280
 on page

01:01:20.280 --> 01:01:21.460
 12 of

01:01:21.460 --> 01:01:21.619
 the

01:01:21.619 --> 01:01:21.920
 Psalm

01:01:21.920 --> 01:01:22.200
 books.

01:01:22.199 --> 01:01:25.500
 We're

01:01:25.500 --> 01:01:25.819
 going to

01:01:25.819 --> 01:01:26.299
 sing from

01:01:26.299 --> 01:01:27.259
 verse 16

01:01:27.259 --> 01:01:27.779
 down to

01:01:27.779 --> 01:01:28.319
 the end

01:01:28.319 --> 01:01:29.199
 of the

01:01:29.199 --> 01:01:29.599
 Psalm.

01:01:31.599 --> 01:01:32.079
 Psalm

01:01:32.079 --> 01:01:32.519
 10 at

01:01:32.519 --> 01:01:33.219
 verse 16,

01:01:33.299 --> 01:01:33.699
 The Lord

01:01:33.699 --> 01:01:34.219
 will ever

01:01:34.219 --> 01:01:34.799
 reign as

01:01:34.799 --> 01:01:35.099
 king,

01:01:35.199 --> 01:01:35.719
 his throne

01:01:35.719 --> 01:01:36.819
 will always

01:01:36.819 --> 01:01:37.359
 stand,

01:01:37.759 --> 01:01:38.000
 for he,

01:01:38.099 --> 01:01:38.599
 the nations

01:01:38.599 --> 01:01:39.139
 of the

01:01:39.139 --> 01:01:39.439
 world,

01:01:39.559 --> 01:01:40.219
 will perish

01:01:40.219 --> 01:01:41.219
 from his

01:01:41.219 --> 01:01:41.539
 hand.

01:01:41.619 --> 01:01:41.980
 O Lord,

01:01:42.079 --> 01:01:42.460
 the needy

01:01:42.460 --> 01:01:43.379
 ones desire,

01:01:43.819 --> 01:01:44.460
 you answer

01:01:44.460 --> 01:01:45.039
 from on

01:01:45.039 --> 01:01:45.339
 high,

01:01:45.799 --> 01:01:46.199
 you give

01:01:46.199 --> 01:01:46.799
 encouragement

01:01:46.799 --> 01:01:47.539
 to them

01:01:47.539 --> 01:01:48.059
 and listen

01:01:48.059 --> 01:01:48.919
 to their

01:01:48.919 --> 01:01:49.319
 cry.

01:01:49.419 --> 01:01:49.559
 We'll

01:01:49.559 --> 01:01:49.919
 sing from

01:01:49.919 --> 01:01:50.679
 verse 16

01:01:50.679 --> 01:01:51.039
 to the

01:01:51.039 --> 01:01:51.319
 end of

01:01:51.319 --> 01:01:51.519
 the

01:01:51.519 --> 01:01:51.899
 psalm,

01:01:52.259 --> 01:01:52.779
 to God's

01:01:52.779 --> 01:01:53.159
 praise.

01:01:56.159 --> 01:01:57.079
 The

01:01:57.079 --> 01:01:58.199
 Lord

01:01:58.199 --> 01:01:59.199
 will

01:01:59.199 --> 01:02:00.359
 ever

01:02:00.359 --> 01:02:02.399
 reign

01:02:02.399 --> 01:02:03.500
 as

01:02:03.500 --> 01:02:04.219
 king,

01:02:04.639 --> 01:02:05.619
 his

01:02:05.619 --> 01:02:06.399
 throne

01:02:06.399 --> 01:02:07.639
 will

01:02:07.639 --> 01:02:09.019
 always

01:02:09.019 --> 01:02:11.199
 stand,

01:02:11.980 --> 01:02:12.480
 the

01:02:12.480 --> 01:02:13.480
 he,

01:02:14.179 --> 01:02:14.579
 the

01:02:14.579 --> 01:02:16.419
 nations

01:02:16.419 --> 01:02:18.199
 of

01:02:18.199 --> 01:02:18.960
 the

01:02:18.960 --> 01:02:19.899
 world,

01:02:19.900 --> 01:02:21.160
 will

01:02:21.160 --> 01:02:23.380
 perish

01:02:23.380 --> 01:02:24.260
 from

01:02:24.260 --> 01:02:25.660
 his

01:02:25.660 --> 01:02:27.420
 land.

01:02:27.420 --> 01:02:29.420
 O

01:02:29.420 --> 01:02:30.280
 Lord,

01:02:30.460 --> 01:02:31.539
 the

01:02:31.539 --> 01:02:33.420
 needy

01:02:33.420 --> 01:02:34.740
 ones

01:02:34.740 --> 01:02:36.500
 desire,

01:02:36.920 --> 01:02:37.420
 you

01:02:37.420 --> 01:02:39.000
 answer

01:02:39.000 --> 01:02:40.960
 from

01:02:40.960 --> 01:02:42.039
 on

01:02:42.039 --> 01:02:43.680
 high,

01:02:44.380 --> 01:02:45.420
 you

01:02:45.420 --> 01:02:46.539
 give

01:02:46.539 --> 01:02:48.679
 encouragement

01:02:48.679 --> 01:02:51.000
 to

01:02:51.000 --> 01:02:52.500
 them

01:02:52.500 --> 01:02:53.880
 and

01:02:53.880 --> 01:02:55.059
 listen

01:02:55.059 --> 01:02:56.559
 to

01:02:56.559 --> 01:02:57.940
 their

01:02:57.940 --> 01:03:00.300
 cry.

01:03:01.179 --> 01:03:02.000
 For

01:03:02.000 --> 01:03:02.900
 you

01:03:02.900 --> 01:03:04.500
 defend

01:03:04.500 --> 01:03:06.440
 the

01:03:06.440 --> 01:03:09.279
 fatherless

01:03:09.279 --> 01:03:10.739
 and

01:03:10.739 --> 01:03:11.800
 those

01:03:11.800 --> 01:03:12.759
 who

01:03:12.759 --> 01:03:13.539
 are

01:03:13.539 --> 01:03:15.420
 oppressed,

01:03:15.420 --> 01:03:18.000
 so

01:03:18.000 --> 01:03:19.139
 that

01:03:19.139 --> 01:03:20.179
 from

01:03:20.179 --> 01:03:21.119
 fear

01:03:21.119 --> 01:03:22.380
 of

01:03:22.380 --> 01:03:23.679
 mortal

01:03:23.679 --> 01:03:25.219
 man

01:03:25.219 --> 01:03:27.500
 help

01:03:27.500 --> 01:03:28.480
 and

01:03:28.480 --> 01:03:30.019
 sing

01:03:30.019 --> 01:03:30.960
 the

01:03:30.960 --> 01:03:33.179
 rest.

01:03:34.179 --> 01:03:35.019
 After the

01:03:35.019 --> 01:03:35.440
 benediction,

01:03:35.559 --> 01:03:37.019
 I'll go to the door to my left.

01:03:37.119 --> 01:03:38.400
 We'll close with the benediction.

01:03:38.400 --> 01:03:40.200
 Now may grace,

01:03:40.440 --> 01:03:40.740
 mercy,

01:03:40.920 --> 01:03:42.180
 and peace from God,

01:03:42.440 --> 01:03:42.780
 Father,

01:03:43.000 --> 01:03:43.220
 Son,

01:03:43.320 --> 01:03:44.240
 and Holy Spirit

01:03:44.240 --> 01:03:46.860
 rest upon and abide with you all,

01:03:47.300 --> 01:03:48.420
 now and forevermore.

01:03:48.780 --> 01:03:49.139
 Amen.

01:03:49.139 --> 01:03:49.260
 Amen.

01:03:49.260 --> 01:03:49.340
 Amen.

01:03:49.340 --> 01:03:49.360
 Amen.

01:03:49.360 --> 01:03:49.460
 Amen.

01:03:49.460 --> 01:03:49.559
 Amen.

01:03:49.559 --> 01:03:49.579
 Amen.

01:03:49.579 --> 01:03:50.460
 Amen.

01:03:50.460 --> 01:03:51.460
 Amen.

01:03:51.460 --> 01:03:51.519
 Amen.

01:03:51.519 --> 01:03:51.579
 Amen.

01:03:51.579 --> 01:03:51.619
 Amen.

01:03:51.619 --> 01:03:51.660
 Amen.

01:03:51.660 --> 01:03:51.700
 Amen.

01:03:51.700 --> 01:03:52.619
 Amen.

01:03:52.619 --> 01:03:52.660
 Amen.

01:03:52.660 --> 01:03:53.539
 Amen.

01:04:08.400 --> 01:04:09.400
 Amen.