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 We're going to begin our worship this evening by singing to God's praise in Psalm 96a.

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 That's in the Sing Psalms version, page 126 of the Psalm book.

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 We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 9, and the tune is Glasgow.

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 Psalm 96a, O sing a new song to the Lord, sing praises to his name, and his salvation

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 day by day, let all the earth proclaim.

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 His glory and his mighty deeds to every land declare, how great and awesome is the Lord,

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 with him no gods compare.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 9 to God's praise.

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 O sing a new song to the Lord, sing praises to his name, and his salvation day by day.

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 Let all the earth proclaim.

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 His glory and his mighty deeds to every land declare, how great and awesome is the Lord,

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 with him no gods compare.

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 How great and awesome is the Lord, with him no gods compare.

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 For other gods are wooden stone, the Lord made heaven's high.

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 All power and majesty and his, he dwells in glorious light.

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 All nations to the Lord, the Lord has cried, the glory that is due.

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 Glow thee and strength, ascribe to God, and praise his name anew.

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 Glow thee and strength, ascribe to God, and praise his name anew.

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 Enter his course with joy and dream, and offer him with you.

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 Worship the Lord in holy fear, all earth before him now.

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 Glow thee and strength, ascribe to God's praise.

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 We'll come to God in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Lord our God, our Father in heaven, we do thank you to be able to draw near to you,

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 to be able to worship and praise your name,

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 to remember that you are king and lord over all,

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 to remember that your throne, the throne on high, is secure,

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 and that nothing can remove it, that you are unchanging and unchangeable.

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 We thank you for these words that we have sung in praise to you,

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 of all your mighty deeds that you have done,

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 and the way you declare them to all the nations of this world.

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 How great and awesome is the Lord, with him no gods compare.

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 And we thank you that these words are through,

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 down through every generation and for all people,

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 far and wide, even this day, these words are through.

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 For they echo not just the words that we read before us,

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 but they echo the words that come from yourself as God on high,

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 that there is no one or nothing that can help us in the way that you can.

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 And yet, as a people, we so often seek to find a way by ourselves.

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 We seek to help ourselves with the things that we cannot possibly achieve.

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 And so we pray, Lord, that you will help us to look to you

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 and to realize that you are our only help,

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 that you are our only hope of salvation.

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 For we do not live in this world alone just for a time,

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 although we can enjoy many things in this life.

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 Again and again, we are reminded that here we are but for a moment.

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 Here our days will pass us by so quickly.

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 Here our days will come to an end.

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 But as your word tells us, there is an eternity for all.

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 And the eternity that we will have depends on how we see you.

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 You have revealed yourself to us.

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 You have spoken to us and continue to speak to us

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 through your wonders of creation and through your word and by your spirit.

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 And yet, as we see and hear so much, we can still remain deaf.

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 We can still think that it means nothing and is of little importance.

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 But, Lord, we pray for your spirit to work in our midst,

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 to help us to realize the great importance and the great need

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 of the gospel that we all have,

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 that there is only life and life eternal

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 through your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 For the alternative that we are reminded of in your word

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 is that we will eternally perish,

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 that we will suffer, Lord.

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 And yet, O Lord, even as we hear these words,

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 we still think that we can go on enjoying life without you.

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 So how we need you, Lord, and how we pray

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 that you will give us wisdom,

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 that you will give us understanding,

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 that you will give us a knowledge of Jesus Christ,

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 that we will come and bow before him

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 and worship him alone.

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 Father, Sam reminds us that other gods are wood and stone,

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 but the Lord made heaven's height.

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 All power and majesty are his.

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 He dwells in glorious light.

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 And so we thank you that your gospel is glorious and powerful

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 and able to shine light into our midst

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 and even able to open our eyes and to help us to see

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 and to know the wonder of Jesus.

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 And so we pray, Lord, that for all of us here

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 and all who gather to worship you,

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 whether tuning in online this evening

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 or whether gathering in other places around our islands,

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 our nation, or the world,

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 that your word will go out with power,

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 that it will go out mightily, Lord,

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 and mightily to save.

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 We do thank you for the gospel and all who proclaim it.

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 We thank you that it is bearing fruit throughout the world.

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 And may it be, Lord, that that would continue

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 until the day of the Lord's return,

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 that we would see and hear of people coming to faith,

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 that we would see and hear prayers being answered,

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 even prayers offered many years or even generations ago,

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 that your blessing would be poured out on nations near and far,

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 that your peace that passes understanding would come

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 and reign in our midst.

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 We do acknowledge, Lord, our sinfulness.

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 We acknowledge how far short we fall of your glory.

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 We are sinners before God.

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 And yet we thank you that there is forgiveness,

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 that you are a God who longs for people to come

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 and confess their sins and turn from them

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 and find with you that mercy,

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 that mercy that is able to transform and to keep us,

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 to keep us looking to Jesus.

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 And we thank you, Lord, for your patience and longsuffering towards us.

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 We thank you that you are a God who in wrath remembers mercy.

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 And so we pray, Lord, that you will indeed come in a day of your power.

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 Remember us as a people here.

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 We thank you that you are God and Lord

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 to be called upon in all our different needs.

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 And so that whatever cares and burdens we may have this evening,

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 that we can bring them all to you,

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 as we have heard the one who made the heavens high.

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 And we pray, Lord, this evening for all who need you,

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 as we all do, and many with particular needs.

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 We thank you, Lord, that you are the one who hears and is able to answer prayers

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 and to answer them even beyond all we ask or imagine.

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 And help us and give us faith as we pray.

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 And not to restrain ourselves and our requests,

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 but to bring them boldly to you,

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 acknowledging that it's not dependent on us or our own abilities,

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 but on the one who is able to do all things.

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 And so we do ask, Lord, that you will bless us and be with us as a people.

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 Bless our homes and our families and our community far and wide.

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 That you will remember us, O Lord,

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 and remember those who are unwell at this time.

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 Remember those who are in hospital.

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 Remember those who are going through particular difficulties.

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 As we have heard, we remember Professor McLeod at this time.

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 We commit him to you, O Lord, in his own time of weakness just now.

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 Thankful, Lord, that you are his Lord and God.

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 Thankful for all that he has done for you

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 throughout his life and ministry in so many different ways.

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 And thankful for all the promises that he and we all can claim at such times as this.

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 That as we rest in you, we have hope.

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 And so surround him, Lord, with your peace, with your mercy.

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 Be with his wife and sons and brother and sister too, Lord.

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 And all who remember him at this time, may you draw near to them and be with them, we pray.

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 And others going through similar experiences, Lord.

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 We know that many are known unto us and many throughout our islands and indeed around the world, O Lord.

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 We know that there are great needs all over the place.

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 And yet, O Lord, we marvel that your eyes are upon all.

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 That you hear every prayer offered up.

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 That you know every need.

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 That you know every individual near and far.

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 So, Lord, we thank you that you are able in all things.

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 We do pray, O Lord, your goodness to us as a nation and as nations of the world.

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 Again, as we have heard so much in this last week of the coronation of a king.

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 And as we continue to hear so much going on in our world in terms of conflicts and natural disasters.

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 Even today, hearing of Bangladesh and Myanmar.

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 And the cyclone that's hit there and caused such devastation.

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 And we hear so often, Lord, of tragedies near and far.

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 As we have remembered today already the sadness over our island at this time after the accident in Balallan.

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 We know, O Lord, that we are not immune to any of these things.

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 And you remind us time and again of how precious life is.

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 And how much we need you.

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 And how much, O Lord, that you are able to give if we but ask.

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 And so we pray for your mercy and help to all in different times of need just now.

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 Remember us, Lord, we pray.

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 And bless your word to us this evening.

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 Help us to have ears to hear and to understand the need that we hear in the gospel.

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 Our own personal need.

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 And that it would become a personal, become personal to us in a saving way.

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 To know the Savior, Christ Jesus.

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 May you bless us together then here and be with us this evening and in the days ahead as well.

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 We pray for the young ones who meet in the youth fellowship later on.

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 That your blessing be with them there.

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 We thank you for that unity among our young people to be able to share in times of fellowship.

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 And we pray you will bless them and watch over them.

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 Continue to remember those who are sitting exams in these days as well.

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 Be their help and be their strength.

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 Be with students who come home for the holiday season just now as well.

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 May you bless them in their time at home and look after them day by day.

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 Remember us, Lord, throughout the week and all that goes on.

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 As we think of the AGM in this coming week, we give you thanks, Lord, for your goodness to us.

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 That you remember us, Lord, and you provide for us in so many ways.

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 And even in times of great change and turbulence over this past year, you have been faithful, Lord.

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 And we thank you for all who have given generously to us as a people here and as a congregation.

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 And indeed to our denomination over this past year.

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 We thank you, Lord, for the many who give generously week by week.

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 And we pray your blessing on all that we do in your name.

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 That we honour you that you would honour us.

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 We pray too, Lord, for the fellowship of your people.

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 That you will be in our midst, O Lord, to bless, to encourage us and to build us up in the faith.

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 To rejoice in our Saviour.

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 To rejoice in the hope of salvation.

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 To rejoice in sinners being saved.

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 So, Lord, we commit ourselves into your hands.

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 Go before us, bless us, guide us and keep us.

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 Pardoning all our sins as we ask it all.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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

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 This time in Psalm 24 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 Page 230 of the psalm books.

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 Psalm 24.

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

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 And the tune is Paisley.

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 Psalm 24 at verse 1.

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 Which reminds us that the earth belongs unto the Lord and all that it contains.

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 The world that is inhabited and all that there remains.

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 So, we'll sing from verse 1 to verse 5 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 The earth belongs unto the Lord.

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 For the foundations thereof.

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 And all that there remains.

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 The earth belongs to the Lord and all that it contains.

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 The world that is inhabited and all that there remains.

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 The world that is inhabited and all that there remains.

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 For the foundations thereof.

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 The earth belongs to the Lord and all that there is.

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 The earth belongs to the Lord and all that there is.

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 on the seas daily,

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 and he hath been established

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 upon the floods to stay.

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 Who is the man that shall assail

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 into the hill of God?

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 Or who within his holy place

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 shall have a firm abode?

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 Whose hands are clean,

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 whose heart is pure

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 and untimely,

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 who hath not lived in abyssal,

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 nor sworn be seen holy?

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 He from the eternal shall receive

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 the blessing him upon,

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 and righteousness dim from the God

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 of his salvation.

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 I will turn together to reading God's word

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 in 2 Chronicles chapter 1.

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 2 Chronicles chapter 1.

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 We can read the whole of this chapter together.

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 Amen.

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 Solomon, the son of David,

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 established himself in his kingdom,

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 and the Lord his God was with him

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 and made him exceedingly great.

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 Solomon spoke to all Israel,

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 to the commanders of thousands

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 and of hundreds,

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 to all the judges,

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 and to all the leaders in all Israel,

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 the heads of fathers' houses.

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 And Solomon and all the assembly with him

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 went to the high place that was at Gibeon,

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 for the tent of meeting of God,

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 which Moses the servant of the Lord

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 had made in the wilderness,

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 was there.

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 But David had brought up the ark of God

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 from Kiriath-Jerim

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 to the place that David had prepared for it,

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 for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

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 Moreover, the bronze altar

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 that Bezalel, the son of Uri,

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 son of Ha,

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 had made was there

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 before the tabernacle of the Lord.

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 And Solomon and the assembly

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 resorted to it.

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 And Solomon went up there

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 to the bronze altar before the Lord,

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 which was at the tent of meeting,

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 and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

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 In that night,

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 God appeared to Solomon

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 and said to him,

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 Ask what I shall give you.

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 And Solomon said to God,

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 You have shown great and steadfast love

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 to David my father,

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 and have made me king in his place.

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 O Lord God,

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 let your word to David my father

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 be now fulfilled,

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 for you have made me king

00:20:06.199 --> 00:20:07.599
 over a people as numerous

00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:09.679
 as the dust of the earth.

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 Give me now wisdom and knowledge

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 to go out and come in before this people.

00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:19.779
 For who can govern this people of yours,

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:21.759
 which is so great?

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 God answered Solomon,

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 Because this was your heart,

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 and you have not asked possessions,

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 wealth, honour,

00:20:31.060 --> 00:20:33.700
 or the life of those who hate you,

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 and have not even asked long life,

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 but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself,

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 that you may govern my people

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 over whom I have made you king.

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 Wisdom and knowledge are granted to you.

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 I will also give you riches,

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 possessions, and honour,

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 such as none of the kings had who were before you,

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 and none after you shall have the like.

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 So Solomon came from the high place at Gibeon,

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 from before the tent of meeting,

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 to Jerusalem,

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 and he reigned over Israel.

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 Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen.

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 He had fourteen hundred chariots

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 and twelve thousand horsemen,

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 whom he stationed in the chariot cities,

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 and with the king in Jerusalem.

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 And the king made silver and gold

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 as common in Jerusalem,

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 as stone,

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 and he made cedar as plentiful

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 as the sycamore of Shefela.

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 And Solomon's import of horses

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 was from Egypt and Kew,

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 and the king's traders would buy them

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 from Kew for a price.

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 They imported a chariot from Egypt

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 for six hundred shekels of silver

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 and a horse for a hundred and fifty.

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 Likewise, through them,

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 they were exported to all the kings

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 of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

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 Amen, and may God bless that reading

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 from his word.

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 Before we turn to look at that passage,

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 we're going to sing again to God's praise

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 in Psalm 126.

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 The Sing Psalms version,

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 we'll sing the whole of this psalm

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 on the tune of the psalm,

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 and the tune is Denfield.

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 Psalm 126 on page 171.

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 When Zion's fortunes God restored,

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 it was a dream come through.

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 Our mouths were then with laughter filled,

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 our tongues with songs anew.

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 The nations said,

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 The Lord has done great things for Israel.

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 The Lord did mighty things for us,

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 and joy our hearts knew well.

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 We'll sing the whole of this psalm

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 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 When Zion's fortunes God restored,

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 it was a dream come through.

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 Our mouths were then with laughter filled,

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 our tongues with songs anew.

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 The nations said,

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:31.559
 The Lord has done great things for Israel.

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:40.639
 The Lord did mighty things for us,

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 and joy our hearts knew well.

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 Restore our fortunes,

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 gracious Lord,

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 like streams in desert soil.

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 A joyful harvest will reward

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 The weak in sober toil.

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 The man who bailed seed to sow

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 rose out with tears of grief.

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 Well come again with songs of joy,

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 failing his heart was she.

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 We can turn back together to our reading

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 in 2 Chronicles chapter 1.

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 2 Chronicles chapter 1,

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 our focus is mainly on verse 7 to verse 10,

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:12.700
 where we see God asking a question of Solomon

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 and Solomon's response.

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 We read at verse 7,

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 In that night God appeared to Solomon

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 and said to him,

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 Ask what I shall give you.

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 And Solomon said to God,

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:27.659
 You have shown great and steadfast love

00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:28.839
 to David my father,

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:31.099
 and have made me king in his place.

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.519
 O Lord God,

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:34.079
 let your word today,

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.679
 my father,

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 be now fulfilled,

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:37.660
 for you have made me king

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.940
 over a people as numerous

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:40.480
 as the dust of the earth.

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:44.300
 Give me now wisdom and knowledge

00:25:44.300 --> 00:25:47.220
 to go out and come in before this people,

00:25:47.780 --> 00:25:50.300
 for who can govern this people of yours,

00:25:50.820 --> 00:25:52.660
 which is so great?

00:25:55.300 --> 00:25:58.620
 God's question and Solomon's response.

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 And in the midst of what's happening here,

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:04.860
 we're seeing the theme of wisdom.

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 Now, what does it mean to be wise?

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:10.519
 What does it mean to be wise?

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 And as you look around yourself here this evening,

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 do you see people who you think,

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:16.599
 well, they've got wisdom,

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:18.339
 or others you maybe think,

00:26:18.419 --> 00:26:19.619
 well, they're quite foolish.

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:24.859
 The Bible describes wisdom and foolishness

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:27.039
 in a number of different ways.

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:30.539
 It says the fool is the one who says in their heart

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:32.279
 that there is no God.

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:36.119
 Now, is there any fools in here this evening

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.980
 in light of that?

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.619
 I hope there isn't.

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 There's no one foolish enough to say

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:42.500
 that there is no God.

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:45.059
 So then what is wisdom?

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:48.379
 Well, wisdom is to look to God

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:49.899
 and to trust in him,

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:52.839
 to trust in what we learn from his scriptures

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:55.359
 that reminds us that with him,

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.940
 there is salvation.

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:59.779
 With him, there is much to be keen.

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:03.200
 So who is wise and who is foolish?

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:07.920
 We often think of wisdom as having knowledge.

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:11.099
 And there's many people maybe in here tonight,

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.399
 many of the younger ones,

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:14.160
 you've been sitting exams

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:16.879
 or are sitting exams over these weeks.

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.859
 And you think to yourself,

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:22.119
 you've been learning so much over this last year

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.920
 and now you've got to answer questions.

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:26.880
 You've got to show what knowledge

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:28.840
 you've learned over this year

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:31.519
 and to put it down on paper.

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:35.720
 Now, is that knowledge the same as being wise?

00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:40.220
 Well, you could get straight A's in your exams

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:42.519
 and still not be wise,

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.380
 be quite foolish.

00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:47.180
 Or you could fail all your exams

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:49.900
 and yet still be wise.

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:51.940
 How so?

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:55.320
 Well, it depends how you look at wisdom

00:27:55.320 --> 00:27:57.920
 and what wisdom is to you.

00:27:59.120 --> 00:28:03.320
 Jim Parker wrote a book called Knowing God.

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:06.980
 And in that book, he says that wisdom

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:09.259
 is the power to see

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:11.920
 and the inclination to choose

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:15.060
 the best and the highest goal

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:17.740
 together with the surest means

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:19.859
 of attaining it.

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:22.720
 Now, what was,

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.639
 he's speaking about there,

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:27.359
 the best and highest goal?

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:30.440
 Well, the clue is in the title of the book.

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:33.119
 It is to know God,

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:35.679
 to trust in him.

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:38.679
 And the surest means of attaining this

00:28:38.679 --> 00:28:41.119
 is to listen to what his word

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.619
 is telling us

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:45.799
 and to be guided by that word

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:49.359
 because that is where wisdom is found.

00:28:49.979 --> 00:28:52.759
 Wisdom is found with God.

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:55.259
 Now, there are many things in this world

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.839
 that will tell us otherwise,

00:28:56.959 --> 00:28:58.339
 that our wisdom is found

00:28:58.339 --> 00:29:00.339
 in many other different means

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.719
 apart from God.

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:04.279
 And yes, there is much we can learn

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.519
 in this world

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:07.059
 from other kinds of teachings

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.779
 and knowledge.

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:09.440
 things that are good to know

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:11.200
 and important for us to know.

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:13.119
 But through wisdom,

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.299
 through knowledge,

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.519
 through understanding

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:17.899
 is found with God.

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:20.319
 And our reading here this evening

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:22.399
 reminds us of that.

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:25.240
 Who was the wisest man

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.700
 to ever live?

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:30.420
 Well, the Bible tells us

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.660
 it was Solomon.

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:34.119
 He had wisdom beyond any

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:35.099
 who were before him

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:37.440
 and any who would be after him.

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:39.519
 And yet, even in his own experience,

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:40.240
 there were times

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.700
 when he was foolish.

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.859
 And yet, God gave him

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.779
 this wisdom too.

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:48.240
 Here is a man who was appointed

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:50.039
 as leader over a nation,

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.619
 over a people.

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:54.240
 And in looking for a way forward

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.519
 in how he was to govern

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:57.259
 and rule over these people,

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.799
 what does he do?

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:03.019
 He asks God for wisdom.

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:05.639
 And when we think of the world

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.400
 in which we live

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:08.079
 and the turmoil that there is

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:09.559
 throughout our nation

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:11.200
 and so many nations of the world,

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.480
 especially as we think

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.759
 of leadership

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:16.119
 and the goals of leadership today,

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:18.859
 we think of how wisdom

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:20.579
 and leadership is lacking

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:22.680
 in so many ways.

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.359
 And how we need

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:27.359
 the wisdom of God

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:29.220
 for those who rule over us

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:31.119
 on every level of life

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.439
 and for ourselves

00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:34.879
 to be led and guided

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:37.579
 by the wisdom of God.

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:39.939
 And that is what God offers us

00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:41.159
 through his word.

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:43.159
 He invites us to have

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:44.879
 this wisdom.

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.500
 No matter how foolish we've been,

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.219
 no matter all that we've done

00:30:49.219 --> 00:30:49.739
 in our life,

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.219
 he says,

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:52.839
 come and I can give you wisdom.

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:55.439
 I can help you understand

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:58.600
 the things of this world.

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.860
 Have you ever put yourself

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.880
 in a situation

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.640
 and you think,

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:05.779
 if I had one wish,

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:08.180
 what would I ask for?

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:11.220
 What request would I make

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:13.299
 if I had one wish?

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.539
 The world so often

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.960
 puts that temptation

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:18.259
 in front of us

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:19.980
 in so many different ways.

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.779
 It tells us

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.980
 what we need

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:24.039
 and what difference

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.680
 it'll make in our lives.

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.740
 And so much of it

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:28.960
 is based on finances.

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.980
 The lottery says

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:32.700
 it could be you.

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.579
 Betting firms say,

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.339
 win big

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:36.860
 and live life to the full.

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:39.259
 There's so many temptations

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.720
 put in front of us

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.660
 that this is what

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:43.059
 is going to satisfy.

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.980
 This is what is going to make

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:46.360
 all the difference

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:47.519
 in your life.

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.579
 The foreign holidays,

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:50.160
 the luxury homes,

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:51.299
 the fine cars,

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.559
 all of these things.

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.599
 This is what you need.

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:56.179
 This is what will satisfy you.

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.740
 But the trouble

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.619
 and the temptation

00:31:58.619 --> 00:32:02.639
 that this world offers us

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:04.220
 is we only think

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.440
 of ourselves

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.819
 and so much of it

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:08.299
 just in a temporary way.

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:09.899
 Things that will make

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.659
 a difference

00:32:10.659 --> 00:32:11.799
 for a moment

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.500
 but ultimately

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:14.240
 are never going to give us

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:16.019
 that true satisfaction,

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:17.700
 that true joy.

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:21.039
 What would you wish for?

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:24.359
 Well, here Solomon

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:25.079
 is given

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:27.039
 that very opportunity.

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.720
 When God comes to him,

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:31.879
 he gives him this opportunity

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.879
 to have

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:35.379
 whatever he wants

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:38.399
 and what a response

00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:39.639
 he has.

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:42.200
 How many of us

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.099
 would respond

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:44.319
 like him?

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.279
 Given this opportunity,

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.440
 you can have

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:49.279
 whatever you want.

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:51.019
 how many of us

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.759
 would respond

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.519
 and be honest

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.980
 in the same way

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.319
 as Solomon responds

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.359
 here.

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.440
 But there really is

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.680
 a lesson for us

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:01.500
 both in the question

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.559
 and the one who asks

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.279
 the question

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:05.240
 and the response

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:07.319
 that Solomon gives.

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:09.099
 It reminds us

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:10.079
 that we can ask

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.899
 great things

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:12.059
 of God.

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.960
 And it reminds us, too,

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:15.299
 that he is able

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:17.099
 to give great things

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:18.379
 to his people.

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.279
 Not seeking things

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.480
 for our glory

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:23.379
 but for his.

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:25.159
 And so let's just

00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:25.720
 consider

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:27.279
 these two things

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.440
 together for a time

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.480
 from this passage.

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:31.279
 God's question

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:33.519
 and how it shows us

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.779
 how he is a God

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.539
 of abundance.

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.599
 And then secondly,

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:39.299
 we look at Solomon's response

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:41.299
 and his response

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:41.980
 and his response

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.700
 in asking

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:44.119
 for wisdom.

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.779
 So first,

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:47.480
 we look at God's question.

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.839
 And the question

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:50.299
 there in verse 7,

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:53.000
 ask what I

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:54.480
 shall give you.

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:57.220
 Ask what I

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:58.440
 shall give you.

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:02.139
 Solomon was David's son.

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.919
 David who had been king

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:06.779
 over God's people.

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:08.239
 If you just turn back

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:09.000
 one page

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.119
 to the end

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.719
 of 1 Chronicles,

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:13.059
 you see there

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:14.039
 where it tells us

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.699
 that Solomon

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:16.739
 was anointed king

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:18.320
 and David,

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.519
 his father,

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.579
 passed away.

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:23.500
 In verse 22,

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.179
 in the middle

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:25.099
 of verse 22,

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.699
 it says,

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:27.400
 they made Solomon

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.779
 the son of David

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.460
 king

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.739
 the second time

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.779
 and they anointed him

00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.679
 as prince

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.800
 for the Lord

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:35.119
 and Sadoc

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:36.779
 as priest.

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:40.079
 And then it says

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.920
 in verse 26,

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.799
 thus David,

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.779
 the son of Jesse,

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:45.019
 reigned over Israel.

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:46.559
 The time that he had

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.299
 reigned over Israel

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:48.960
 was 40 years

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:50.779
 and then he died,

00:34:50.859 --> 00:34:51.359
 it says,

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:53.579
 at a good age.

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.960
 So David had been king

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.900
 and now Solomon

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:57.940
 is anointed king

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:59.819
 in his place.

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.679
 And that's what we see

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.699
 then as we come into

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:05.059
 2 Chronicles chapter 1.

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.939
 We're really continuing on

00:35:06.939 --> 00:35:09.239
 from where 1 Chronicles left.

00:35:10.419 --> 00:35:11.960
 What had proceeded there

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:13.319
 we see continuing now

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:14.199
 and especially as you look

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:15.619
 at verse 1.

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.159
 Solomon,

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.519
 the son of David,

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.899
 established himself

00:35:18.899 --> 00:35:19.739
 in his kingdom

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:21.339
 and the Lord,

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.699
 his God,

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:24.039
 was with him

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.579
 and made him

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:27.819
 exceedingly great.

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.679
 David had been blessed

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.379
 blessed by God

00:35:30.379 --> 00:35:32.039
 and given so much

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:34.000
 as king over Israel.

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.480
 And again,

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.039
 David was wise

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.759
 and yet foolish

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.759
 at times himself

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.259
 as well.

00:35:38.319 --> 00:35:38.819
 He was given

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:40.619
 the wisdom of God.

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.299
 And now we come

00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:42.980
 to Solomon,

00:35:43.419 --> 00:35:44.179
 his son.

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:45.819
 And verse 1

00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:46.960
 makes it very clear

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.559
 for us,

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.799
 the Lord

00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:50.679
 was with him.

00:35:51.839 --> 00:35:52.759
 The Lord

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.500
 was with him.

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:55.599
 And for any nation,

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:57.360
 for any king,

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.760
 for any people,

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.780
 for any church,

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:02.000
 for any individual,

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:03.559
 that is key.

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:05.239
 The Lord

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:06.780
 with us.

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:09.039
 That is what we need.

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.880
 And this is what God

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.400
 offers

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:13.380
 to his people.

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:15.360
 He is a God

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:17.260
 of abundance.

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:19.159
 Because with God

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.820
 on our side,

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.400
 we have one

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.160
 who is able

00:36:21.160 --> 00:36:22.240
 to give us

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:23.000
 anything

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:24.260
 that we need

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.940
 or desire.

00:36:25.080 --> 00:36:26.019
 That's what

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.780
 his question

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.440
 is about

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.480
 in verse 7.

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:30.519
 Ask what I

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.900
 shall give you.

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.840
 God is saying

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.720
 this to Solomon.

00:36:35.180 --> 00:36:36.500
 Able to give him

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.280
 anything

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:38.820
 that this world

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.660
 has to offer.

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.120
 The Bible

00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:42.620
 teaches us

00:36:42.620 --> 00:36:43.740
 that the earth

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:44.840
 is the Lord's

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:46.039
 and the fullness

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.760
 thereof.

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.580
 We sang that

00:36:47.580 --> 00:36:49.360
 in Psalm 24.

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.660
 Everything

00:36:50.660 --> 00:36:52.180
 we see around us,

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:54.220
 it all belongs

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:55.140
 to God.

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.820
 The cattle

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:57.940
 on a thousand hills

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.180
 belong to God,

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:00.800
 Psalm 50 tells us.

00:37:01.240 --> 00:37:01.780
 So you read

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.760
 throughout Scripture,

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.860
 you see everything

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:05.720
 belongs to God.

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.660
 And this is the God

00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:07.360
 who is saying

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.260
 to Solomon,

00:37:08.580 --> 00:37:09.200
 Ask,

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:11.340
 ask of me

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.760
 what I shall

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:14.180
 give you.

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.400
 Every year,

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:19.000
 there's a day

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.860
 set aside.

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.440
 It's called

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:22.300
 World Earth Day.

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.280
 People in that day

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.960
 are challenged

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.940
 about the impact

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:27.360
 that we have made

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:28.059
 or are making

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:29.200
 on all the creation

00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:30.660
 around us.

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.539
 And year by year,

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.900
 this goes on,

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:35.079
 reminding us

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:36.079
 of the great damage

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:37.099
 that's being caused

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:38.340
 to our world,

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:40.320
 to God's creation,

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:42.160
 and challenging us

00:37:42.160 --> 00:37:43.200
 about our attitudes

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:44.740
 towards it.

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:47.199
 One of the greatest

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:48.199
 problems

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:49.199
 that this world

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:50.299
 sees today

00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:52.019
 is a selfish

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:53.119
 people.

00:37:53.779 --> 00:37:55.379
 A people who think

00:37:55.379 --> 00:37:56.519
 it's all

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.519
 for me.

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.339
 It's all

00:37:59.339 --> 00:38:00.299
 for myself

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:01.500
 to enjoy

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.679
 and to do

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.779
 as I please.

00:38:04.879 --> 00:38:05.500
 Now we're thinking

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.599
 of individuals

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.539
 in that sense,

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:08.359
 but also looking

00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:10.019
 in a broader sense

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.699
 where we see

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.779
 it's so much

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.359
 of life

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:13.539
 is for this moment,

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.500
 for this day.

00:38:15.419 --> 00:38:16.539
 To reap as much

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.139
 as we can,

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:18.419
 to make as much

00:38:18.419 --> 00:38:19.619
 money as we can

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:20.619
 for ourselves

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.939
 in the here

00:38:21.939 --> 00:38:22.659
 and now.

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:24.219
 Because we think

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:25.079
 it's ours.

00:38:26.459 --> 00:38:27.379
 And yet God's

00:38:27.379 --> 00:38:28.559
 word reminds us

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:30.000
 that it's his.

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:32.039
 Right from the very

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.479
 beginning

00:38:32.479 --> 00:38:33.559
 in Genesis

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.759
 with Adam and Eve,

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:35.779
 they were given

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:38.299
 care over God's

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:38.959
 creation.

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.779
 To look after it,

00:38:40.839 --> 00:38:42.019
 to care for it.

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:44.059
 Because it is his.

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.939
 And he is able

00:38:45.939 --> 00:38:46.779
 to give us

00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:48.099
 abundantly from it.

00:38:48.419 --> 00:38:48.839
 He is able

00:38:48.839 --> 00:38:49.539
 to take away

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.819
 from us as well.

00:38:51.339 --> 00:38:52.139
 It is all

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:54.139
 in his hands.

00:38:55.479 --> 00:38:55.979
 The earth

00:38:55.979 --> 00:38:57.359
 belongs

00:38:57.359 --> 00:38:58.819
 unto the Lord

00:38:58.819 --> 00:39:00.199
 and the fullness

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:01.019
 thereof.

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.959
 It is all

00:39:01.959 --> 00:39:02.939
 his.

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:04.599
 And it's in light

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.500
 of that knowledge

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.639
 that we see God

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:09.019
 asking this question.

00:39:09.419 --> 00:39:10.959
 Ask what I

00:39:10.959 --> 00:39:12.379
 shall give you.

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:13.680
 It's an open

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.599
 invitation that

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.519
 shows God

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.840
 has control

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:18.500
 over everything.

00:39:19.200 --> 00:39:20.220
 It's a reminder

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:20.960
 to Solomon.

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:22.340
 It's a reminder

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:23.700
 to ourselves.

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:24.700
 Who is in

00:39:24.700 --> 00:39:25.660
 control

00:39:25.660 --> 00:39:26.920
 of this world?

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:27.680
 As we were hearing

00:39:27.680 --> 00:39:28.240
 this morning,

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.640
 who is king

00:39:29.640 --> 00:39:30.880
 over this world?

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.820
 It is the Lord

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:33.039
 who is king.

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.320
 It is the Lord

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:35.099
 who rules

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.940
 over it all.

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:37.800
 He has control

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:38.460
 over it all.

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.320
 He is able

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:40.380
 to give

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:41.199
 from all

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:42.260
 that already

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:42.880
 belongs

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:44.019
 to him.

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:47.380
 God's control

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:47.920
 and reach

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.720
 goes far

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:49.639
 and wide,

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.420
 but it challenges

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.880
 us.

00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:51.940
 How much

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:53.139
 do we trust

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.659
 God?

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.260
 How much

00:39:55.260 --> 00:39:56.360
 did Solomon

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:57.800
 trust God?

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.519
 Well, fully

00:39:58.519 --> 00:40:00.000
 as we shall see.

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:00.980
 But how much

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.659
 do we

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:02.740
 trust God

00:40:02.740 --> 00:40:03.440
 ourselves?

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:04.599
 When a world

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.340
 that so often

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:06.380
 mocks God,

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:07.760
 in a world

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.519
 that so often

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:09.320
 puts God

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:09.840
 away and

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.840
 belittles God

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.760
 and says

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:12.660
 he's not real,

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.720
 he doesn't exist,

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:15.059
 he's just a fairy tale,

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:15.579
 a myth,

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:17.840
 does that shake

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:19.000
 our faith?

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.860
 Does that shake

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:21.000
 our belief

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.519
 in him?

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:22.420
 Does it make us

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.780
 think,

00:40:23.160 --> 00:40:23.360
 well,

00:40:23.640 --> 00:40:24.500
 can God

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.380
 do this?

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.220
 Can God

00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:27.599
 really provide

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.079
 for me

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.860
 in this way?

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:30.059
 Can God

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.820
 help me

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:32.059
 in this need

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:33.240
 that I have?

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:34.820
 Do you see

00:40:34.820 --> 00:40:35.500
 God as

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.699
 all-powerful,

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:37.940
 all-seeing,

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.860
 all-knowing

00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:39.400
 God?

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:40.400
 Or do we,

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:41.000
 because of what

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:42.000
 the world says,

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:43.019
 put restrictions

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:44.559
 on God?

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.719
 Is your attitude

00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:47.400
 one where you're

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:47.739
 saying,

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:48.320
 well,

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:49.619
 if only God

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.519
 could help me

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.880
 in this,

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:52.639
 but he can't?

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:55.079
 Or is our attitude

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:56.119
 as it should be,

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.719
 I thank the Lord

00:40:57.719 --> 00:40:58.960
 that he is

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:00.059
 on my side,

00:41:00.739 --> 00:41:01.300
 that I can

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:02.139
 trust him,

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:02.860
 that he will

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.739
 help me,

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.480
 for that is

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.320
 his promise.

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:07.000
 To be with us

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:08.699
 no matter what.

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.920
 We think of

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.739
 the opportunity

00:41:11.739 --> 00:41:13.239
 of the question

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:14.119
 that God

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:15.219
 puts to Solomon

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.820
 here.

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.460
 Have others

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:18.739
 experienced

00:41:18.739 --> 00:41:19.739
 this opportunity

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.579
 as well?

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.280
 Well,

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:22.800
 you see,

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.619
 down through

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:24.380
 the Scriptures,

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:25.599
 that is something

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.460
 that's put before

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:27.260
 others too.

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:28.019
 It's put before

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.619
 us all,

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:29.760
 even here

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:30.639
 this evening,

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.719
 because God

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:32.659
 asks of us,

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:34.099
 ask what I

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.819
 shall give

00:41:34.819 --> 00:41:35.619
 to you.

00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:36.119
 And God

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:36.599
 has made

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:37.199
 provision.

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:39.579
 And what's

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:40.299
 the greatest

00:41:40.299 --> 00:41:41.319
 provision

00:41:41.319 --> 00:41:42.000
 that God

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.500
 has made

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:43.179
 for us?

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.839
 The greatest

00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:46.019
 provision is all,

00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:46.920
 of all that he

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.899
 gave his son,

00:41:48.859 --> 00:41:49.980
 that he gave us

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.359
 the way,

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.440
 not just for

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:52.119
 blessings in

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:52.859
 this life,

00:41:53.339 --> 00:41:54.739
 but blessings

00:41:54.739 --> 00:41:55.719
 for eternity.

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:57.519
 that in the

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:58.199
 Lord Jesus

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:59.039
 we have one

00:41:59.039 --> 00:42:00.039
 who provides

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:01.559
 all that we

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:01.939
 need.

00:42:02.899 --> 00:42:03.459
 We're at the

00:42:03.459 --> 00:42:03.899
 cross,

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:05.299
 we see he

00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:06.399
 gave his life

00:42:06.399 --> 00:42:07.139
 that we might

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:08.119
 have life

00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:09.500
 and have it

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.579
 abundantly,

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.519
 have it to

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.119
 the full.

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.739
 God was

00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:14.639
 willing to

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.359
 give out of

00:42:15.359 --> 00:42:16.219
 his abundance

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:17.559
 because everything

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:18.219
 is his.

00:42:18.339 --> 00:42:18.739
 The earth

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:19.879
 belongs to

00:42:19.879 --> 00:42:20.179
 the Lord

00:42:20.179 --> 00:42:20.980
 in the fullness

00:42:20.980 --> 00:42:21.699
 thereof.

00:42:22.299 --> 00:42:22.799
 And so much

00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:23.679
 so that he

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.339
 gave of his

00:42:24.339 --> 00:42:24.819
 abundance,

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.820
 he gave his

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:26.180
 son,

00:42:26.640 --> 00:42:27.059
 the Lord

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:28.200
 Jesus Christ.

00:42:29.700 --> 00:42:30.360
 So does that

00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:31.260
 not show us

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:32.180
 a God

00:42:32.180 --> 00:42:33.360
 who is able,

00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:34.600
 a God

00:42:34.600 --> 00:42:35.360
 who is willing,

00:42:35.720 --> 00:42:36.180
 a God

00:42:36.180 --> 00:42:36.880
 who has

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.140
 done so much

00:42:38.140 --> 00:42:39.120
 to help us

00:42:39.120 --> 00:42:40.080
 already?

00:42:41.100 --> 00:42:42.039
 So here is

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:43.059
 God saying

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.640
 to us

00:42:43.640 --> 00:42:44.539
 this evening,

00:42:44.740 --> 00:42:46.019
 ask what I

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:46.780
 shall give

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.220
 you.

00:42:48.100 --> 00:42:49.019
 And what's

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:50.580
 our response?

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:52.580
 What are we

00:42:52.580 --> 00:42:54.180
 asking for?

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:55.420
 It's another

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:56.100
 wonderful

00:42:56.100 --> 00:42:57.380
 incident in

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:58.200
 the Gospels

00:42:58.200 --> 00:42:58.580
 where we

00:42:58.580 --> 00:42:59.160
 see this

00:42:59.160 --> 00:43:00.120
 very same

00:43:00.120 --> 00:43:00.539
 kind of

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.460
 question being

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:02.080
 asked.

00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:03.480
 Jesus

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.360
 asks this

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:05.120
 question in

00:43:05.120 --> 00:43:06.600
 two different

00:43:06.600 --> 00:43:07.160
 settings.

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:07.740
 He asks,

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:08.440
 what do you

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:09.160
 want me

00:43:09.160 --> 00:43:10.260
 to do

00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:11.260
 for you?

00:43:12.080 --> 00:43:12.539
 It's in the

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:13.140
 Gospel of

00:43:13.140 --> 00:43:13.480
 Mark,

00:43:13.640 --> 00:43:14.460
 chapter 10.

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:15.740
 And the

00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:16.940
 first account

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.660
 is when he's

00:43:17.660 --> 00:43:18.980
 with James

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.740
 and John.

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:21.500
 Two of his

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.039
 disciples,

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.800
 two you would

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:23.240
 think would

00:43:23.240 --> 00:43:24.519
 know best

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.060
 of all

00:43:25.060 --> 00:43:25.600
 what to

00:43:25.600 --> 00:43:26.460
 ask for.

00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:27.840
 And Jesus

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.460
 says to

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:28.700
 them,

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:29.400
 what do you

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:30.420
 want me

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:31.620
 to do

00:43:31.620 --> 00:43:32.320
 for you?

00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:33.519
 And what's

00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:34.460
 their response?

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:36.100
 Well, you see,

00:43:36.180 --> 00:43:36.760
 they're fools.

00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:38.260
 They say,

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:39.180
 we want one

00:43:39.180 --> 00:43:39.740
 to sit on

00:43:39.740 --> 00:43:40.180
 your right

00:43:40.180 --> 00:43:41.039
 hand and

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.360
 one on

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:41.880
 your left

00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:43.039
 hand in

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.539
 glory.

00:43:44.580 --> 00:43:45.539
 They're asking

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:46.820
 honor and

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:47.600
 glory for

00:43:47.600 --> 00:43:48.220
 themselves.

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:49.380
 Such a

00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:50.039
 selfish

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:51.480
 response.

00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:52.740
 And what's

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.079
 Jesus'

00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:53.940
 response to

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:54.079
 that?

00:43:54.140 --> 00:43:54.420
 He says,

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.400
 you don't

00:43:55.400 --> 00:43:56.380
 know what

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:56.720
 you are

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:57.599
 asking for.

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.440
 You don't

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:59.740
 realize what

00:43:59.740 --> 00:44:00.059
 you are

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:00.960
 asking for.

00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:02.880
 Then the

00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:03.660
 very same

00:44:03.660 --> 00:44:04.980
 question is

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.619
 asked of

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:06.119
 someone in

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:06.440
 a very

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.019
 different

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.840
 situation.

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:08.460
 And later

00:44:08.460 --> 00:44:09.260
 on, at

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:09.640
 the end

00:44:09.640 --> 00:44:10.119
 of chapter

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:10.760
 10 of

00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:11.000
 Mark,

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.599
 that same

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:12.240
 question,

00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:12.960
 what do

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:13.260
 you want

00:44:13.260 --> 00:44:13.740
 me to

00:44:13.740 --> 00:44:14.240
 do for

00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:14.579
 you,

00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:15.519
 is asked

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:15.900
 of a

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.660
 man called

00:44:16.660 --> 00:44:17.720
 Bartimaeus,

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:18.619
 a blind

00:44:18.619 --> 00:44:19.779
 beggar.

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:21.339
 Here is

00:44:21.339 --> 00:44:21.839
 someone who's

00:44:21.839 --> 00:44:22.619
 been suffering

00:44:22.619 --> 00:44:23.500
 most of

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:24.019
 his life,

00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:24.659
 begging at

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:25.139
 the side

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.399
 of the

00:44:25.399 --> 00:44:25.659
 road,

00:44:25.959 --> 00:44:26.459
 and Jesus

00:44:26.459 --> 00:44:27.239
 asks him,

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:28.000
 what do

00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:28.279
 you want

00:44:28.279 --> 00:44:28.759
 me to

00:44:28.759 --> 00:44:29.239
 do for

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:29.599
 you?

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:30.879
 Now,

00:44:30.959 --> 00:44:31.279
 of all

00:44:31.279 --> 00:44:31.919
 the things

00:44:31.919 --> 00:44:32.279
 he could

00:44:32.279 --> 00:44:32.779
 have asked

00:44:32.779 --> 00:44:33.039
 for,

00:44:33.379 --> 00:44:34.000
 of all

00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:34.639
 the things

00:44:34.639 --> 00:44:35.099
 that this

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.919
 one who

00:44:35.919 --> 00:44:36.739
 cannot give

00:44:36.739 --> 00:44:37.599
 anything in

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:38.179
 this whole

00:44:38.179 --> 00:44:38.739
 world,

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:39.619
 what does

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:40.099
 he ask

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:40.359
 for?

00:44:41.459 --> 00:44:42.019
 He says,

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:42.439
 Lord,

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:43.719
 that I

00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:44.619
 might see.

00:44:46.199 --> 00:44:46.739
 There is

00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:47.259
 wisdom.

00:44:48.419 --> 00:44:48.939
 Lord,

00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:49.980
 that I

00:44:49.980 --> 00:44:50.980
 might see.

00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:52.019
 And he's

00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:52.439
 not just

00:44:52.439 --> 00:44:53.139
 talking about

00:44:53.139 --> 00:44:54.079
 physically

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:54.579
 seeing.

00:44:55.279 --> 00:44:55.879
 He knows

00:44:55.879 --> 00:44:56.199
 who it

00:44:56.199 --> 00:44:56.639
 is that's

00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:57.319
 passing by.

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:58.079
 He knows

00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:58.719
 it's Jesus

00:44:58.719 --> 00:44:59.439
 that's passing

00:44:59.439 --> 00:44:59.799
 by,

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:00.679
 and it is

00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:01.599
 him that

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:01.980
 he wants

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.519
 to see,

00:45:02.599 --> 00:45:03.000
 because you

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:03.239
 see,

00:45:03.299 --> 00:45:03.839
 after he

00:45:03.839 --> 00:45:04.319
 sees,

00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:05.079
 it says

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:05.859
 he follows

00:45:05.859 --> 00:45:07.000
 him on

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.539
 the way.

00:45:08.859 --> 00:45:09.919
 He sees

00:45:09.919 --> 00:45:10.859
 Jesus

00:45:10.859 --> 00:45:12.659
 and follows

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:13.239
 him.

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:15.199
 So,

00:45:15.339 --> 00:45:16.500
 Jesus asks

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:17.439
 that question,

00:45:17.719 --> 00:45:18.119
 what do

00:45:18.119 --> 00:45:18.439
 you want

00:45:18.439 --> 00:45:19.419
 me to

00:45:19.419 --> 00:45:20.339
 do for

00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.679
 you?

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:21.980
 What do

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:22.719
 we want

00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:23.939
 of God

00:45:23.939 --> 00:45:24.679
 tonight?

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:26.079
 What would

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.579
 you ask

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:27.519
 God for

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:28.259
 if he was

00:45:28.259 --> 00:45:28.639
 to say,

00:45:28.759 --> 00:45:29.039
 I have

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:29.619
 this one

00:45:29.619 --> 00:45:30.539
 thing that

00:45:30.539 --> 00:45:30.819
 you can

00:45:30.819 --> 00:45:31.399
 ask for?

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:31.819
 What are

00:45:31.819 --> 00:45:32.059
 you going

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:32.599
 to ask

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:33.000
 for?

00:45:34.319 --> 00:45:34.659
 Well,

00:45:34.759 --> 00:45:35.439
 Solomon has

00:45:35.439 --> 00:45:36.039
 asked that

00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:36.480
 question.

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:37.159
 Ask

00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:38.339
 what I

00:45:38.339 --> 00:45:39.219
 shall

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:39.899
 give you.

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:40.900
 God for

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.900
 me?

00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:43.000
 The letter

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.660
 of James

00:45:43.660 --> 00:45:44.360
 says,

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:45.660
 if anyone

00:45:45.660 --> 00:45:47.119
 lacks

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:47.760
 wisdom,

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:48.900
 let him

00:45:48.900 --> 00:45:49.800
 ask God

00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:50.840
 who gives

00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.800
 generously to

00:45:51.800 --> 00:45:53.099
 all without

00:45:53.099 --> 00:45:54.559
 reproach.

00:45:54.559 --> 00:45:58.059
 do we

00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:58.480
 lack

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:59.380
 wisdom

00:45:59.380 --> 00:46:00.679
 ourselves

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:01.299
 tonight?

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:02.779
 Do we

00:46:02.779 --> 00:46:03.039
 lack

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.500
 wisdom

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:03.920
 from the

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:04.320
 God

00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:05.059
 who is

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:05.579
 able to

00:46:05.579 --> 00:46:06.059
 give us

00:46:06.059 --> 00:46:06.619
 anything

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:07.179
 in this

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:07.559
 world?

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:08.840
 What are

00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:09.460
 we asking

00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:10.059
 for?

00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:11.000
 Are we

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:11.519
 pleading

00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:12.119
 with him?

00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:12.860
 Like

00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:13.699
 Bartimaeus,

00:46:14.119 --> 00:46:14.679
 Lord,

00:46:15.079 --> 00:46:16.099
 let me

00:46:16.099 --> 00:46:16.619
 see.

00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:18.599
 Let me

00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:19.279
 see

00:46:19.279 --> 00:46:20.179
 Jesus.

00:46:20.179 --> 00:46:22.059
 because

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:22.539
 there

00:46:22.539 --> 00:46:23.500
 is

00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:24.039
 wisdom.

00:46:25.359 --> 00:46:25.659
 God

00:46:25.659 --> 00:46:26.159
 says,

00:46:26.379 --> 00:46:26.839
 ask

00:46:26.839 --> 00:46:27.519
 for

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:27.879
 whatever

00:46:27.879 --> 00:46:28.079
 you

00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:28.379
 want

00:46:28.379 --> 00:46:28.699
 me

00:46:28.699 --> 00:46:29.379
 to

00:46:29.379 --> 00:46:29.699
 give

00:46:29.699 --> 00:46:29.919
 to

00:46:29.919 --> 00:46:30.159
 you.

00:46:30.219 --> 00:46:30.359
 So,

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:30.739
 how

00:46:30.739 --> 00:46:31.919
 do

00:46:31.919 --> 00:46:32.219
 you

00:46:32.219 --> 00:46:32.819
 respond?

00:46:34.099 --> 00:46:34.460
 Well,

00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:34.719
 let's

00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:35.139
 look at

00:46:35.139 --> 00:46:35.579
 secondly,

00:46:35.919 --> 00:46:36.719
 Solomon's

00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:37.739
 response

00:46:37.739 --> 00:46:38.960
 and the

00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:39.919
 response

00:46:39.919 --> 00:46:40.259
 that he

00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:40.679
 gives

00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:42.739
 to God

00:46:42.739 --> 00:46:43.239
 with this

00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:44.339
 request.

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:45.119
 He says

00:46:45.119 --> 00:46:45.539
 this in

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:46.319
 verse 10,

00:46:47.679 --> 00:46:48.299
 give me

00:46:48.299 --> 00:46:48.799
 no

00:46:48.799 --> 00:46:49.579
 wisdom

00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:50.699
 and

00:46:50.699 --> 00:46:51.500
 knowledge.

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:53.259
 Give

00:46:53.259 --> 00:46:53.559
 me

00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:53.860
 no

00:46:53.860 --> 00:46:54.559
 wisdom

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:55.559
 and

00:46:55.559 --> 00:46:56.019
 knowledge.

00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:56.299
 So,

00:46:56.360 --> 00:46:56.599
 as we

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:56.980
 see

00:46:56.980 --> 00:46:57.779
 a God

00:46:57.779 --> 00:46:58.460
 who is

00:46:58.460 --> 00:46:59.019
 a God

00:46:59.019 --> 00:46:59.219
 of

00:46:59.219 --> 00:46:59.840
 abundance,

00:47:00.279 --> 00:47:00.920
 we see

00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:01.380
 the way

00:47:01.380 --> 00:47:02.119
 to enjoy

00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:02.360
 this

00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:02.900
 abundance

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:03.779
 is a

00:47:03.779 --> 00:47:04.179
 right

00:47:04.179 --> 00:47:04.659
 view

00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:05.039
 of

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:05.480
 who

00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:05.920
 God

00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:06.239
 is

00:47:06.239 --> 00:47:06.840
 and

00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:07.039
 a

00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:07.420
 right

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:08.440
 response

00:47:08.440 --> 00:47:09.279
 to

00:47:09.279 --> 00:47:09.759
 God.

00:47:10.559 --> 00:47:10.779
 If

00:47:10.779 --> 00:47:10.900
 we

00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:11.179
 want

00:47:11.179 --> 00:47:11.380
 to

00:47:11.380 --> 00:47:11.539
 know

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:11.739
 the

00:47:11.739 --> 00:47:12.099
 blessing

00:47:12.099 --> 00:47:12.360
 of

00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:12.699
 God

00:47:12.699 --> 00:47:12.860
 in

00:47:12.860 --> 00:47:13.039
 our

00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:13.460
 lives,

00:47:13.739 --> 00:47:14.119
 we

00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:14.259
 need

00:47:14.259 --> 00:47:14.400
 to

00:47:14.400 --> 00:47:14.679
 learn

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:15.279
 lessons

00:47:15.279 --> 00:47:16.319
 from

00:47:16.319 --> 00:47:16.599
 how

00:47:16.599 --> 00:47:17.099
 Solomon

00:47:17.099 --> 00:47:17.819
 responds

00:47:17.820 --> 00:47:20.740
 in this

00:47:20.740 --> 00:47:21.280
 chapter.

00:47:21.840 --> 00:47:22.080
 There's

00:47:22.080 --> 00:47:22.300
 three

00:47:22.300 --> 00:47:22.840
 things we

00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:22.980
 can

00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:23.400
 take

00:47:23.400 --> 00:47:24.660
 from

00:47:24.660 --> 00:47:24.960
 his

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:25.539
 response

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:25.720
 and

00:47:25.720 --> 00:47:25.880
 his

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:26.440
 approach

00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:27.180
 to

00:47:27.180 --> 00:47:27.480
 God.

00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:27.680
 The

00:47:27.680 --> 00:47:27.960
 first

00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:28.220
 thing

00:47:28.220 --> 00:47:28.420
 is

00:47:28.420 --> 00:47:28.820
 this,

00:47:29.640 --> 00:47:29.920
 he

00:47:29.920 --> 00:47:30.940
 worships

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.640
 God.

00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:33.519
 There

00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:33.760
 is

00:47:33.760 --> 00:47:35.140
 the

00:47:35.140 --> 00:47:35.559
 first

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:35.800
 thing

00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:36.000
 that we

00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:36.320
 want to

00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:36.620
 take

00:47:36.620 --> 00:47:36.840
 from

00:47:36.840 --> 00:47:37.180
 this.

00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:37.640
 He

00:47:37.640 --> 00:47:38.500
 worships

00:47:38.500 --> 00:47:39.220
 God.

00:47:39.300 --> 00:47:39.380
 You

00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:39.740
 see it

00:47:39.740 --> 00:47:39.860
 in

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:40.120
 verse

00:47:40.120 --> 00:47:40.800
 6.

00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:42.360
 The

00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:42.640
 whole

00:47:42.640 --> 00:47:43.300
 setting

00:47:43.300 --> 00:47:43.900
 here

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:44.500
 is

00:47:44.500 --> 00:47:44.900
 one

00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:45.180
 where

00:47:45.180 --> 00:47:45.639
 Solomon

00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:45.920
 has

00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:46.300
 gone

00:47:46.300 --> 00:47:46.980
 to

00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:47.539
 worship

00:47:47.539 --> 00:47:48.000
 God.

00:47:48.079 --> 00:47:48.160
 He

00:47:48.160 --> 00:47:48.460
 went

00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:48.780
 up

00:47:48.780 --> 00:47:49.119
 there

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:49.680
 to

00:47:49.680 --> 00:47:49.800
 the

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:50.200
 bronze

00:47:50.200 --> 00:47:50.539
 altar

00:47:50.539 --> 00:47:50.940
 before

00:47:50.940 --> 00:47:51.340
 the

00:47:51.340 --> 00:47:51.680
 Lord

00:47:51.680 --> 00:47:52.300
 which

00:47:52.300 --> 00:47:52.420
 was

00:47:52.420 --> 00:47:52.559
 at

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:52.700
 the

00:47:52.700 --> 00:47:53.059
 tent

00:47:53.059 --> 00:47:53.260
 of

00:47:53.260 --> 00:47:53.559
 meeting

00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:53.780
 and

00:47:53.780 --> 00:47:54.220
 offered

00:47:54.220 --> 00:47:54.880
 a

00:47:54.880 --> 00:47:55.360
 thousand

00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:55.840
 burnt

00:47:55.840 --> 00:47:56.420
 offerings

00:47:56.420 --> 00:47:57.380
 on it.

00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:57.480
 He

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:57.660
 was

00:47:57.660 --> 00:47:57.960
 giving

00:47:57.960 --> 00:47:58.500
 worship

00:47:58.500 --> 00:47:59.519
 to

00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:00.019
 God.

00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:01.220
 The

00:48:01.220 --> 00:48:01.360
 book

00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:01.579
 of

00:48:01.579 --> 00:48:02.280
 Proverbs

00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:02.980
 is

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:03.139
 a

00:48:03.139 --> 00:48:03.320
 book

00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:03.639
 that's

00:48:03.639 --> 00:48:04.059
 full

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:04.780
 of

00:48:04.780 --> 00:48:05.360
 wisdom.

00:48:05.880 --> 00:48:06.079
 A

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:06.220
 book

00:48:06.220 --> 00:48:06.720
 full

00:48:06.720 --> 00:48:07.460
 of

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:07.960
 wisdom.

00:48:09.079 --> 00:48:09.340
 And

00:48:09.340 --> 00:48:09.480
 it

00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:09.720
 says

00:48:09.720 --> 00:48:09.940
 the

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:10.360
 fear

00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:10.980
 of

00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:11.200
 the

00:48:11.200 --> 00:48:11.660
 Lord

00:48:11.660 --> 00:48:12.480
 is

00:48:12.480 --> 00:48:12.660
 the

00:48:12.660 --> 00:48:13.119
 beginning

00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:14.019
 of

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:14.279
 all

00:48:14.279 --> 00:48:14.699
 wisdom.

00:48:15.219 --> 00:48:15.500
 We

00:48:15.500 --> 00:48:15.619
 were

00:48:15.619 --> 00:48:15.960
 reminded

00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:16.179
 of

00:48:16.179 --> 00:48:16.380
 that

00:48:16.380 --> 00:48:16.619
 this

00:48:16.619 --> 00:48:16.920
 morning

00:48:16.920 --> 00:48:17.119
 as

00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:17.380
 well.

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:17.599
 That

00:48:17.599 --> 00:48:18.460
 word

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:19.119
 fear

00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:19.519
 means

00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:20.400
 worship

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:20.779
 and

00:48:20.779 --> 00:48:21.400
 love

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:21.699
 of

00:48:21.699 --> 00:48:22.039
 God.

00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:23.239
 Worshiping

00:48:23.239 --> 00:48:23.420
 him

00:48:23.420 --> 00:48:23.599
 with

00:48:23.599 --> 00:48:23.839
 all

00:48:23.839 --> 00:48:23.980
 our

00:48:23.980 --> 00:48:24.279
 hearts

00:48:24.279 --> 00:48:24.500
 as

00:48:24.500 --> 00:48:24.880
 Solomon

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:25.759
 is

00:48:25.759 --> 00:48:26.139
 doing

00:48:26.139 --> 00:48:26.799
 here.

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:28.679
 Proverbs

00:48:28.679 --> 00:48:29.119
 chapter

00:48:29.119 --> 00:48:29.579
 4

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:29.880
 verse

00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:30.339
 7

00:48:30.339 --> 00:48:31.079
 says

00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:31.279
 the

00:48:31.279 --> 00:48:31.639
 beginning

00:48:31.639 --> 00:48:31.900
 of

00:48:31.900 --> 00:48:32.299
 wisdom

00:48:32.299 --> 00:48:32.539
 is

00:48:32.539 --> 00:48:32.900
 this.

00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:33.819
 Get

00:48:33.819 --> 00:48:34.480
 wisdom

00:48:34.480 --> 00:48:35.199
 and

00:48:35.199 --> 00:48:35.460
 whatever

00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:35.679
 you

00:48:35.679 --> 00:48:35.940
 get

00:48:35.940 --> 00:48:36.259
 get

00:48:36.259 --> 00:48:36.859
 insight

00:48:36.859 --> 00:48:37.299
 get

00:48:37.299 --> 00:48:38.799
 understanding.

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:39.039
 I

00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:39.139
 was

00:48:39.139 --> 00:48:39.239
 at

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:39.400
 a

00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:39.759
 funeral

00:48:39.759 --> 00:48:40.759
 this

00:48:40.759 --> 00:48:41.099
 week

00:48:41.099 --> 00:48:41.299
 over

00:48:41.299 --> 00:48:41.579
 on the

00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:41.839
 west

00:48:41.839 --> 00:48:42.139
 side

00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:42.319
 where

00:48:42.319 --> 00:48:42.539
 that

00:48:42.539 --> 00:48:42.960
 verse

00:48:42.960 --> 00:48:43.260
 was

00:48:43.260 --> 00:48:43.880
 quoted.

00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:44.679
 A

00:48:44.679 --> 00:48:45.019
 Christian

00:48:45.019 --> 00:48:45.400
 man

00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:45.559
 who

00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:45.720
 had

00:48:45.720 --> 00:48:46.139
 passed

00:48:46.139 --> 00:48:46.480
 away

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:46.659
 and

00:48:46.659 --> 00:48:47.599
 he

00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:47.780
 was

00:48:47.780 --> 00:48:48.139
 one

00:48:48.139 --> 00:48:48.360
 who

00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:48.800
 often

00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:49.599
 asked

00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:50.240
 questions

00:48:50.240 --> 00:48:50.500
 and

00:48:50.500 --> 00:48:50.860
 sought

00:48:50.860 --> 00:48:51.800
 understanding

00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:52.579
 from

00:48:52.579 --> 00:48:53.139
 God's

00:48:53.139 --> 00:48:53.380
 word.

00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:53.519
 And

00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:53.720
 this

00:48:53.720 --> 00:48:54.079
 verse

00:48:54.079 --> 00:48:54.320
 was

00:48:54.320 --> 00:48:54.860
 quoted

00:48:54.860 --> 00:48:55.220
 in the

00:48:55.220 --> 00:48:55.559
 sense

00:48:55.559 --> 00:48:55.720
 of

00:48:55.720 --> 00:48:56.320
 this

00:48:56.320 --> 00:48:56.519
 was

00:48:56.519 --> 00:48:56.720
 his

00:48:56.720 --> 00:48:57.119
 desire.

00:48:57.240 --> 00:48:57.320
 He

00:48:57.320 --> 00:48:57.800
 longed

00:48:57.800 --> 00:48:57.980
 for

00:48:57.980 --> 00:48:58.519
 wisdom

00:48:58.519 --> 00:48:59.039
 more

00:48:59.039 --> 00:48:59.300
 than that

00:48:59.300 --> 00:48:59.420
 he

00:48:59.420 --> 00:48:59.780
 longed

00:48:59.780 --> 00:48:59.960
 for

00:48:59.960 --> 00:49:01.360
 understanding.

00:49:02.179 --> 00:49:02.699
 Being

00:49:02.699 --> 00:49:02.880
 able

00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:03.699
 to apply

00:49:03.699 --> 00:49:04.400
 that

00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:04.960
 wisdom

00:49:04.960 --> 00:49:05.639
 to

00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:05.860
 our

00:49:05.860 --> 00:49:06.240
 lives.

00:49:06.300 --> 00:49:06.380
 And

00:49:06.380 --> 00:49:06.539
 that

00:49:06.539 --> 00:49:06.720
 is

00:49:06.720 --> 00:49:07.320
 wisdom.

00:49:08.119 --> 00:49:08.679
 Getting

00:49:08.679 --> 00:49:09.639
 understanding,

00:49:10.179 --> 00:49:10.840
 getting

00:49:10.840 --> 00:49:11.720
 knowledge.

00:49:11.719 --> 00:49:12.019
 knowledge.

00:49:13.019 --> 00:49:13.339
 And this

00:49:13.339 --> 00:49:14.759
 begins by

00:49:14.759 --> 00:49:15.099
 giving

00:49:15.099 --> 00:49:15.619
 worship

00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:16.839
 to God.

00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:17.919
 By

00:49:17.919 --> 00:49:18.539
 acknowledging

00:49:18.539 --> 00:49:19.679
 him for

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.239
 who he

00:49:20.239 --> 00:49:20.739
 is and

00:49:20.739 --> 00:49:21.000
 what he

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:21.559
 is able

00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:22.579
 to do.

00:49:23.519 --> 00:49:23.839
 Exodus

00:49:23.839 --> 00:49:24.959
 34 verse

00:49:24.959 --> 00:49:25.939
 14 says,

00:49:26.459 --> 00:49:26.819
 Do not

00:49:26.819 --> 00:49:27.519
 worship any

00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:28.219
 other God,

00:49:28.299 --> 00:49:28.579
 for the

00:49:28.579 --> 00:49:29.039
 Lord,

00:49:29.439 --> 00:49:30.059
 whose name

00:49:30.059 --> 00:49:31.019
 is a

00:49:31.019 --> 00:49:32.079
 jealous God.

00:49:32.279 --> 00:49:32.779
 He is

00:49:32.779 --> 00:49:33.959
 worthy of

00:49:33.959 --> 00:49:35.339
 all our

00:49:35.339 --> 00:49:35.859
 worship.

00:49:36.559 --> 00:49:37.239
 We are to

00:49:37.239 --> 00:49:38.500
 come to

00:49:38.500 --> 00:49:38.939
 him.

00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:40.619
 somebody

00:49:40.619 --> 00:49:41.059
 once

00:49:41.059 --> 00:49:41.480
 said,

00:49:42.039 --> 00:49:42.599
 If God

00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:43.119
 is not

00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:43.960
 Lord of

00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:44.559
 all,

00:49:44.820 --> 00:49:45.380
 he is

00:49:45.380 --> 00:49:45.639
 not

00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:46.139
 Lord

00:49:46.139 --> 00:49:47.119
 at all.

00:49:48.280 --> 00:49:48.800
 And

00:49:48.800 --> 00:49:49.119
 that's a

00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:49.639
 reminder

00:49:49.639 --> 00:49:50.579
 for our

00:49:50.579 --> 00:49:51.059
 own

00:49:51.059 --> 00:49:51.639
 lives

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:52.139
 too.

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:53.019
 Is he

00:49:53.019 --> 00:49:53.460
 Lord

00:49:53.460 --> 00:49:54.519
 of

00:49:54.519 --> 00:49:55.079
 all?

00:49:55.920 --> 00:49:56.519
 Because

00:49:56.519 --> 00:49:57.179
 if not,

00:49:57.240 --> 00:49:57.519
 he is

00:49:57.519 --> 00:49:57.780
 not

00:49:57.780 --> 00:49:58.240
 Lord

00:49:58.240 --> 00:49:59.440
 at all.

00:50:00.059 --> 00:50:00.460
 If

00:50:00.460 --> 00:50:00.740
 there is

00:50:00.740 --> 00:50:01.099
 something

00:50:01.099 --> 00:50:01.500
 that we

00:50:01.500 --> 00:50:01.679
 are

00:50:01.679 --> 00:50:02.320
 putting

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:03.079
 before

00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:03.519
 God

00:50:03.519 --> 00:50:03.700
 and

00:50:03.700 --> 00:50:04.260
 worshiping

00:50:04.260 --> 00:50:05.200
 before

00:50:05.200 --> 00:50:05.880
 God

00:50:05.880 --> 00:50:06.940
 and

00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:07.160
 seeing

00:50:07.160 --> 00:50:07.320
 as

00:50:07.320 --> 00:50:07.640
 more

00:50:07.640 --> 00:50:08.320
 important

00:50:08.320 --> 00:50:09.000
 than

00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:09.500
 God,

00:50:10.320 --> 00:50:10.700
 then he's

00:50:10.700 --> 00:50:10.920
 not

00:50:10.920 --> 00:50:11.300
 Lord

00:50:11.300 --> 00:50:11.539
 of

00:50:11.539 --> 00:50:11.940
 all.

00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:13.140
 And

00:50:13.140 --> 00:50:13.280
 there

00:50:13.280 --> 00:50:13.519
 may

00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:13.619
 be

00:50:13.619 --> 00:50:14.000
 things

00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:14.200
 we

00:50:14.200 --> 00:50:14.360
 have

00:50:14.360 --> 00:50:14.480
 to

00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:15.019
 remove

00:50:15.019 --> 00:50:15.599
 from

00:50:15.599 --> 00:50:15.800
 our

00:50:15.800 --> 00:50:16.380
 lives,

00:50:16.380 --> 00:50:17.140
 take

00:50:17.140 --> 00:50:17.440
 out

00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:17.619
 of

00:50:17.619 --> 00:50:17.760
 our

00:50:17.760 --> 00:50:18.180
 lives

00:50:18.180 --> 00:50:18.579
 because

00:50:18.579 --> 00:50:18.820
 it's

00:50:18.820 --> 00:50:19.360
 keeping

00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:19.740
 us

00:50:19.740 --> 00:50:20.280
 from

00:50:20.280 --> 00:50:20.900
 worshiping

00:50:20.900 --> 00:50:21.380
 God

00:50:21.380 --> 00:50:22.220
 as

00:50:22.220 --> 00:50:22.480
 we

00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:22.940
 should.

00:50:24.180 --> 00:50:24.519
 Solomon

00:50:24.519 --> 00:50:24.940
 as we

00:50:24.940 --> 00:50:25.240
 see

00:50:25.240 --> 00:50:25.780
 here

00:50:25.780 --> 00:50:26.460
 was

00:50:26.460 --> 00:50:27.340
 worshiping

00:50:27.340 --> 00:50:28.180
 God,

00:50:28.860 --> 00:50:29.079
 giving

00:50:29.079 --> 00:50:29.280
 his

00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:29.640
 whole

00:50:29.640 --> 00:50:30.180
 heart

00:50:30.180 --> 00:50:30.860
 to

00:50:30.860 --> 00:50:31.280
 him

00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:32.059
 in

00:50:32.059 --> 00:50:32.460
 worship.

00:50:34.099 --> 00:50:34.340
 And

00:50:34.340 --> 00:50:34.559
 there

00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:34.760
 is

00:50:34.760 --> 00:50:35.080
 how

00:50:35.080 --> 00:50:35.840
 we

00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:36.280
 too

00:50:36.280 --> 00:50:36.960
 get

00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:37.480
 wisdom.

00:50:38.360 --> 00:50:38.620
 It's

00:50:38.620 --> 00:50:38.800
 not

00:50:38.800 --> 00:50:39.040
 just

00:50:39.040 --> 00:50:39.440
 coming

00:50:39.440 --> 00:50:40.000
 in

00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:40.160
 the

00:50:40.160 --> 00:50:40.760
 routine

00:50:40.760 --> 00:50:41.480
 of

00:50:41.480 --> 00:50:41.880
 worship.

00:50:42.540 --> 00:50:42.800
 It's

00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:43.000
 not

00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:43.260
 just

00:50:43.260 --> 00:50:43.680
 coming

00:50:43.680 --> 00:50:44.060
 because

00:50:44.060 --> 00:50:44.580
 it's

00:50:44.580 --> 00:50:44.820
 what

00:50:44.820 --> 00:50:45.040
 we

00:50:45.040 --> 00:50:45.460
 do

00:50:45.460 --> 00:50:46.020
 at

00:50:46.020 --> 00:50:46.460
 eleven

00:50:46.460 --> 00:50:46.720
 and

00:50:46.720 --> 00:50:46.980
 half

00:50:46.980 --> 00:50:47.280
 past

00:50:47.280 --> 00:50:47.660
 six

00:50:47.660 --> 00:50:47.860
 on

00:50:47.860 --> 00:50:47.980
 the

00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:48.460
 Lord's

00:50:48.460 --> 00:50:48.720
 day.

00:50:49.720 --> 00:50:50.040
 It's

00:50:50.040 --> 00:50:50.400
 coming

00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:50.820
 because

00:50:50.820 --> 00:50:51.060
 we

00:50:51.060 --> 00:50:51.460
 long

00:50:51.460 --> 00:50:52.080
 to

00:50:52.080 --> 00:50:52.360
 meet

00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:52.600
 with

00:50:52.600 --> 00:50:53.000
 God.

00:50:53.460 --> 00:50:53.660
 We

00:50:53.660 --> 00:50:54.060
 long

00:50:54.060 --> 00:50:54.580
 to

00:50:54.580 --> 00:50:54.760
 give

00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:54.960
 our

00:50:54.960 --> 00:50:55.340
 worship

00:50:55.340 --> 00:50:55.660
 and

00:50:55.660 --> 00:50:56.180
 praise

00:50:56.180 --> 00:50:56.400
 to

00:50:56.400 --> 00:50:56.640
 him

00:50:56.640 --> 00:50:57.180
 because

00:50:57.180 --> 00:50:57.440
 we

00:50:57.440 --> 00:50:58.020
 recognize

00:50:58.020 --> 00:50:58.460
 that

00:50:58.460 --> 00:50:58.860
 we

00:50:58.860 --> 00:50:59.420
 depend

00:50:59.420 --> 00:50:59.760
 on

00:50:59.760 --> 00:51:00.140
 him

00:51:00.140 --> 00:51:00.760
 for

00:51:00.760 --> 00:51:01.200
 all

00:51:01.200 --> 00:51:01.920
 things.

00:51:02.760 --> 00:51:02.960
 So

00:51:02.960 --> 00:51:03.140
 do

00:51:03.140 --> 00:51:03.340
 we

00:51:03.340 --> 00:51:03.820
 worship

00:51:03.820 --> 00:51:05.039
 the Lord

00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:05.880
 aright?

00:51:06.600 --> 00:51:06.920
 Are we

00:51:06.920 --> 00:51:07.320
 seeking

00:51:07.320 --> 00:51:07.860
 wisdom

00:51:07.860 --> 00:51:08.320
 from

00:51:08.320 --> 00:51:08.580
 him

00:51:08.580 --> 00:51:09.280
 in

00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:09.620
 that

00:51:09.620 --> 00:51:09.960
 way?

00:51:10.980 --> 00:51:11.660
 The

00:51:11.660 --> 00:51:11.980
 second

00:51:11.980 --> 00:51:12.280
 thing

00:51:12.280 --> 00:51:12.740
 we see

00:51:12.740 --> 00:51:12.960
 with

00:51:12.960 --> 00:51:13.300
 Solomon

00:51:13.300 --> 00:51:13.860
 here is

00:51:13.860 --> 00:51:14.440
 that

00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:14.880
 he is

00:51:14.880 --> 00:51:15.620
 humble.

00:51:16.340 --> 00:51:17.220
 He is

00:51:17.220 --> 00:51:17.720
 humble

00:51:17.720 --> 00:51:18.700
 before

00:51:18.700 --> 00:51:19.120
 God.

00:51:19.240 --> 00:51:19.340
 And

00:51:19.340 --> 00:51:19.760
 wisdom

00:51:19.760 --> 00:51:20.220
 is so

00:51:20.220 --> 00:51:20.539
 often

00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:21.480
 closely

00:51:21.480 --> 00:51:21.920
 linked

00:51:21.920 --> 00:51:22.460
 to

00:51:22.460 --> 00:51:23.120
 humility.

00:51:23.600 --> 00:51:23.840
 And

00:51:23.840 --> 00:51:24.280
 you see

00:51:24.280 --> 00:51:24.660
 that

00:51:24.660 --> 00:51:25.019
 with

00:51:25.019 --> 00:51:25.700
 Solomon

00:51:25.700 --> 00:51:26.100
 later

00:51:26.100 --> 00:51:26.300
 in

00:51:26.300 --> 00:51:26.480
 his

00:51:26.480 --> 00:51:26.720
 life.

00:51:26.820 --> 00:51:26.900
 He

00:51:26.900 --> 00:51:27.100
 lets

00:51:27.099 --> 00:51:27.880
 pride

00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:28.519
 come

00:51:28.519 --> 00:51:28.779
 in.

00:51:29.940 --> 00:51:30.339
 Pride

00:51:30.339 --> 00:51:30.599
 is

00:51:30.599 --> 00:51:30.839
 so

00:51:30.839 --> 00:51:31.179
 often

00:51:31.179 --> 00:51:31.900
 our

00:51:31.900 --> 00:51:32.599
 downfall.

00:51:32.739 --> 00:51:32.779
 And

00:51:32.779 --> 00:51:32.920
 we

00:51:32.920 --> 00:51:33.159
 see

00:51:33.159 --> 00:51:33.299
 it

00:51:33.299 --> 00:51:33.480
 with

00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:33.920
 Solomon.

00:51:34.500 --> 00:51:34.860
 Instead

00:51:34.860 --> 00:51:35.099
 of

00:51:35.099 --> 00:51:35.759
 humility

00:51:35.759 --> 00:51:36.299
 pride

00:51:36.299 --> 00:51:36.679
 comes

00:51:36.679 --> 00:51:36.860
 in.

00:51:37.159 --> 00:51:37.360
 But

00:51:37.360 --> 00:51:37.719
 here

00:51:37.719 --> 00:51:37.920
 we

00:51:37.920 --> 00:51:38.339
 see

00:51:38.339 --> 00:51:38.819
 a

00:51:38.819 --> 00:51:39.420
 humility

00:51:39.420 --> 00:51:39.920
 in

00:51:39.920 --> 00:51:40.079
 him.

00:51:40.319 --> 00:51:40.400
 We

00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:40.559
 see

00:51:40.559 --> 00:51:40.699
 it

00:51:40.699 --> 00:51:40.819
 in

00:51:40.819 --> 00:51:41.079
 verse

00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:41.940
 7

00:51:41.940 --> 00:51:42.179
 and

00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:42.460
 verse

00:51:42.460 --> 00:51:43.019
 8.

00:51:44.460 --> 00:51:44.839
 When

00:51:44.839 --> 00:51:45.119
 God

00:51:45.119 --> 00:51:46.319
 asked

00:51:46.319 --> 00:51:46.559
 that

00:51:46.559 --> 00:51:47.059
 question

00:51:47.059 --> 00:51:47.360
 of him,

00:51:47.420 --> 00:51:47.659
 ask

00:51:47.659 --> 00:51:47.880
 what

00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:48.099
 I

00:51:48.099 --> 00:51:48.339
 shall

00:51:48.339 --> 00:51:48.639
 give

00:51:48.639 --> 00:51:48.900
 you,

00:51:49.400 --> 00:51:49.679
 Solomon

00:51:49.679 --> 00:51:50.159
 said

00:51:50.159 --> 00:51:50.400
 to

00:51:50.400 --> 00:51:50.659
 God,

00:51:50.779 --> 00:51:50.819
 you

00:51:50.819 --> 00:51:50.980
 have

00:51:50.980 --> 00:51:51.519
 shown

00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:52.440
 great

00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:52.739
 and

00:51:52.739 --> 00:51:53.319
 steadfast

00:51:53.319 --> 00:51:53.679
 love

00:51:53.679 --> 00:51:53.920
 to

00:51:53.920 --> 00:51:54.219
 David

00:51:54.219 --> 00:51:54.480
 my

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:54.860
 father,

00:51:54.940 --> 00:51:55.039
 and

00:51:55.039 --> 00:51:55.199
 I've

00:51:55.199 --> 00:51:55.460
 made

00:51:55.460 --> 00:51:55.699
 me

00:51:55.699 --> 00:51:56.099
 king

00:51:56.099 --> 00:51:56.779
 in

00:51:56.779 --> 00:51:57.039
 his

00:51:57.039 --> 00:51:57.679
 place.

00:51:58.099 --> 00:51:58.299
 You

00:51:58.299 --> 00:51:58.519
 see

00:51:58.519 --> 00:51:58.699
 he's

00:51:58.699 --> 00:51:58.939
 saying

00:51:58.939 --> 00:51:59.139
 that

00:51:59.139 --> 00:51:59.639
 you

00:51:59.639 --> 00:51:59.960
 have

00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:00.279
 made

00:52:00.279 --> 00:52:00.500
 me

00:52:00.500 --> 00:52:00.859
 king.

00:52:01.899 --> 00:52:02.219
 It's

00:52:02.219 --> 00:52:02.399
 not

00:52:02.399 --> 00:52:02.539
 an

00:52:02.539 --> 00:52:02.739
 honor

00:52:02.739 --> 00:52:03.019
 he's

00:52:03.019 --> 00:52:03.219
 put

00:52:03.219 --> 00:52:03.359
 on

00:52:03.359 --> 00:52:03.919
 himself.

00:52:04.500 --> 00:52:04.799
 He's

00:52:04.799 --> 00:52:05.000
 seeing

00:52:05.000 --> 00:52:05.119
 it

00:52:05.119 --> 00:52:05.299
 as

00:52:05.299 --> 00:52:05.859
 God

00:52:05.859 --> 00:52:06.059
 the

00:52:06.059 --> 00:52:06.439
 Lord

00:52:06.439 --> 00:52:07.059
 has

00:52:07.059 --> 00:52:07.500
 made

00:52:07.500 --> 00:52:07.960
 him

00:52:07.960 --> 00:52:08.519
 king.

00:52:09.339 --> 00:52:09.500
 And

00:52:09.500 --> 00:52:09.599
 then

00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:09.659
 he

00:52:09.659 --> 00:52:09.779
 goes

00:52:09.779 --> 00:52:09.980
 on

00:52:09.980 --> 00:52:10.079
 to

00:52:10.079 --> 00:52:10.179
 say

00:52:10.179 --> 00:52:10.319
 oh

00:52:10.319 --> 00:52:10.539
 Lord

00:52:10.539 --> 00:52:10.899
 God

00:52:10.899 --> 00:52:11.500
 let

00:52:11.500 --> 00:52:11.699
 your

00:52:11.699 --> 00:52:12.099
 word

00:52:12.099 --> 00:52:12.339
 to

00:52:12.339 --> 00:52:12.639
 David

00:52:12.639 --> 00:52:12.859
 my

00:52:12.859 --> 00:52:13.259
 father

00:52:13.259 --> 00:52:13.460
 be

00:52:13.460 --> 00:52:13.779
 now

00:52:13.779 --> 00:52:14.500
 fulfilled

00:52:14.500 --> 00:52:15.379
 for

00:52:15.379 --> 00:52:15.579
 you

00:52:15.579 --> 00:52:15.719
 have

00:52:15.719 --> 00:52:15.980
 made

00:52:15.980 --> 00:52:16.219
 me

00:52:16.219 --> 00:52:16.679
 king

00:52:16.679 --> 00:52:16.980
 over

00:52:16.980 --> 00:52:17.219
 a

00:52:17.219 --> 00:52:17.579
 people

00:52:17.579 --> 00:52:17.799
 as

00:52:17.799 --> 00:52:18.159
 numerous

00:52:18.159 --> 00:52:18.960
 as

00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:19.159
 the

00:52:19.159 --> 00:52:19.639
 dust

00:52:19.639 --> 00:52:19.980
 of

00:52:19.980 --> 00:52:20.259
 this

00:52:20.259 --> 00:52:20.659
 earth.

00:52:20.719 --> 00:52:20.839
 And

00:52:25.699 --> 00:52:26.000
 that

00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:26.239
 they

00:52:26.239 --> 00:52:26.519
 are

00:52:26.519 --> 00:52:27.279
 your

00:52:27.279 --> 00:52:28.339
 people.

00:52:29.179 --> 00:52:29.379
 This

00:52:29.379 --> 00:52:29.960
 people

00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:30.480
 for

00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:30.659
 who

00:52:30.659 --> 00:52:30.899
 can

00:52:30.899 --> 00:52:31.359
 govern

00:52:31.359 --> 00:52:32.099
 the

00:52:32.099 --> 00:52:32.259
 end

00:52:32.259 --> 00:52:32.339
 of

00:52:32.339 --> 00:52:32.500
 verse

00:52:32.500 --> 00:52:32.679
 10

00:52:32.679 --> 00:52:32.819
 who

00:52:32.819 --> 00:52:33.019
 can

00:52:33.019 --> 00:52:33.419
 govern

00:52:33.419 --> 00:52:33.719
 this

00:52:33.719 --> 00:52:34.279
 people

00:52:34.279 --> 00:52:35.019
 of

00:52:35.019 --> 00:52:35.779
 yours

00:52:35.779 --> 00:52:36.719
 which

00:52:36.719 --> 00:52:37.239
 is

00:52:37.239 --> 00:52:37.799
 so

00:52:37.799 --> 00:52:38.439
 great.

00:52:39.019 --> 00:52:39.379
 There's

00:52:39.379 --> 00:52:39.579
 a

00:52:39.579 --> 00:52:39.980
 sense

00:52:39.980 --> 00:52:40.439
 of

00:52:40.439 --> 00:52:41.399
 humility

00:52:41.399 --> 00:52:42.319
 in

00:52:42.319 --> 00:52:42.939
 Solomon

00:52:42.939 --> 00:52:43.439
 here.

00:52:43.559 --> 00:52:43.579
 It's

00:52:43.579 --> 00:52:43.779
 not

00:52:43.779 --> 00:52:44.179
 his

00:52:44.179 --> 00:52:44.679
 power.

00:52:45.259 --> 00:52:45.339
 It's

00:52:45.339 --> 00:52:45.559
 not

00:52:45.559 --> 00:52:46.019
 his

00:52:46.019 --> 00:52:46.619
 authority

00:52:46.619 --> 00:52:47.279
 or

00:52:47.279 --> 00:52:47.619
 his

00:52:47.619 --> 00:52:48.199
 achievements

00:52:48.199 --> 00:52:48.539
 in

00:52:48.539 --> 00:52:48.839
 life

00:52:48.839 --> 00:52:48.980
 that

00:52:48.980 --> 00:52:49.099
 are

00:52:49.099 --> 00:52:49.699
 important.

00:52:50.319 --> 00:52:50.699
 It

00:52:50.699 --> 00:52:50.939
 is

00:52:50.939 --> 00:52:51.619
 honoring

00:52:51.619 --> 00:52:53.059
 God.

00:52:54.099 --> 00:52:54.619
 Humility

00:52:54.619 --> 00:52:54.939
 is

00:52:54.939 --> 00:52:55.439
 something

00:52:55.440 --> 00:52:56.099
 that's

00:52:56.099 --> 00:52:56.340
 so

00:52:56.340 --> 00:52:56.780
 lacking

00:52:56.780 --> 00:52:57.039
 in

00:52:57.039 --> 00:52:57.380
 life

00:52:57.380 --> 00:52:57.840
 today

00:52:57.840 --> 00:52:58.200
 so

00:52:58.200 --> 00:52:58.539
 often.

00:52:59.420 --> 00:52:59.740
 When

00:52:59.740 --> 00:52:59.880
 you

00:52:59.880 --> 00:53:00.300
 watch

00:53:00.300 --> 00:53:01.320
 Parliament

00:53:01.320 --> 00:53:01.700
 whether

00:53:01.700 --> 00:53:01.940
 it's

00:53:01.940 --> 00:53:02.119
 in

00:53:02.119 --> 00:53:02.760
 Westminster

00:53:02.760 --> 00:53:03.139
 or

00:53:03.139 --> 00:53:03.780
 Holyrood

00:53:03.780 --> 00:53:04.820
 how

00:53:04.820 --> 00:53:05.119
 often

00:53:05.119 --> 00:53:05.280
 do

00:53:05.280 --> 00:53:05.420
 you

00:53:05.420 --> 00:53:05.700
 see

00:53:05.700 --> 00:53:06.240
 people

00:53:06.240 --> 00:53:06.740
 stand

00:53:06.740 --> 00:53:06.980
 up

00:53:06.980 --> 00:53:07.119
 and

00:53:07.119 --> 00:53:07.700
 apologize

00:53:07.700 --> 00:53:08.139
 and

00:53:08.139 --> 00:53:08.500
 say

00:53:08.500 --> 00:53:08.720
 I

00:53:08.720 --> 00:53:09.320
 was

00:53:09.320 --> 00:53:09.820
 wrong.

00:53:10.700 --> 00:53:10.840
 I

00:53:10.840 --> 00:53:11.679
 apologize

00:53:11.679 --> 00:53:13.220
 because

00:53:13.220 --> 00:53:14.420
 instead

00:53:14.420 --> 00:53:14.780
 they

00:53:14.780 --> 00:53:15.579
 blame

00:53:15.579 --> 00:53:16.200
 somebody

00:53:16.200 --> 00:53:16.579
 else.

00:53:16.700 --> 00:53:16.780
 It's

00:53:16.780 --> 00:53:17.119
 always

00:53:17.119 --> 00:53:17.960
 somebody

00:53:17.960 --> 00:53:18.599
 else's

00:53:18.599 --> 00:53:19.059
 fault.

00:53:20.380 --> 00:53:20.639
 And

00:53:20.639 --> 00:53:20.960
 we're

00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:21.179
 the

00:53:21.179 --> 00:53:21.559
 same

00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:22.179
 ourselves

00:53:22.179 --> 00:53:22.659
 in so

00:53:22.659 --> 00:53:22.840
 many

00:53:22.840 --> 00:53:23.139
 ways.

00:53:23.260 --> 00:53:23.320
 We

00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:23.559
 look

00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:24.000
 for

00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:24.360
 someone

00:53:24.360 --> 00:53:24.720
 else

00:53:24.719 --> 00:53:25.019
 to

00:53:25.019 --> 00:53:25.500
 blame

00:53:25.500 --> 00:53:26.699
 instead

00:53:26.699 --> 00:53:26.899
 of

00:53:26.899 --> 00:53:27.500
 acknowledging

00:53:27.500 --> 00:53:28.279
 our

00:53:28.279 --> 00:53:28.739
 own

00:53:28.739 --> 00:53:29.519
 fault.

00:53:30.739 --> 00:53:31.299
 But

00:53:31.299 --> 00:53:31.619
 if we

00:53:31.619 --> 00:53:32.139
 humble

00:53:32.139 --> 00:53:33.559
 ourselves

00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:34.759
 later

00:53:34.759 --> 00:53:35.279
 on in

00:53:35.279 --> 00:53:35.579
 chapter

00:53:35.579 --> 00:53:36.219
 7

00:53:36.219 --> 00:53:37.359
 of

00:53:37.359 --> 00:53:37.899
 this

00:53:37.899 --> 00:53:38.299
 book

00:53:38.299 --> 00:53:38.579
 it

00:53:38.579 --> 00:53:39.039
 speaks

00:53:39.039 --> 00:53:39.480
 about

00:53:39.480 --> 00:53:41.159
 verse

00:53:41.159 --> 00:53:41.639
 11

00:53:41.639 --> 00:53:43.339
 Solomon

00:53:43.339 --> 00:53:44.000
 finished

00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:44.179
 the

00:53:44.179 --> 00:53:44.419
 house

00:53:44.419 --> 00:53:44.659
 of the

00:53:44.659 --> 00:53:44.879
 Lord

00:53:44.879 --> 00:53:45.000
 and

00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:45.139
 the

00:53:45.139 --> 00:53:45.519
 king's

00:53:45.519 --> 00:53:45.819
 house

00:53:45.819 --> 00:53:46.539
 and

00:53:46.539 --> 00:53:46.819
 everything

00:53:46.819 --> 00:53:47.019
 that

00:53:47.019 --> 00:53:47.159
 the

00:53:47.159 --> 00:53:47.439
 Lord

00:53:47.439 --> 00:53:47.659
 had

00:53:47.659 --> 00:53:47.899
 done

00:53:47.899 --> 00:53:48.039
 and

00:53:48.039 --> 00:53:48.299
 the

00:53:48.299 --> 00:53:48.519
 Lord

00:53:48.519 --> 00:53:49.039
 appeared

00:53:49.039 --> 00:53:49.259
 it

00:53:49.259 --> 00:53:49.559
 says

00:53:49.559 --> 00:53:49.839
 in

00:53:49.839 --> 00:53:50.059
 verse

00:53:50.059 --> 00:53:50.599
 12

00:53:50.599 --> 00:53:50.799
 and

00:53:50.799 --> 00:53:51.039
 said

00:53:51.039 --> 00:53:51.159
 to

00:53:51.159 --> 00:53:51.279
 him

00:53:51.280 --> 00:53:51.720
 I

00:53:51.720 --> 00:53:51.860
 have

00:53:51.860 --> 00:53:52.140
 heard

00:53:52.140 --> 00:53:52.340
 your

00:53:52.340 --> 00:53:52.660
 prayer

00:53:52.660 --> 00:53:52.800
 and

00:53:52.800 --> 00:53:52.880
 I

00:53:52.880 --> 00:53:52.940
 have

00:53:52.940 --> 00:53:53.340
 chosen

00:53:53.340 --> 00:53:53.620
 this

00:53:53.620 --> 00:53:53.980
 place

00:53:53.980 --> 00:53:54.180
 for

00:53:54.180 --> 00:53:54.640
 myself

00:53:54.640 --> 00:53:55.380
 as

00:53:55.380 --> 00:53:55.540
 a

00:53:55.540 --> 00:53:55.900
 house

00:53:55.900 --> 00:53:56.180
 of

00:53:56.180 --> 00:53:56.700
 sacrifice

00:53:56.700 --> 00:53:57.140
 when I

00:53:57.140 --> 00:53:57.500
 shut

00:53:57.500 --> 00:53:57.720
 up

00:53:57.720 --> 00:53:57.940
 the

00:53:57.940 --> 00:53:58.340
 heavens

00:53:58.340 --> 00:53:58.920
 so

00:53:58.920 --> 00:53:59.080
 there

00:53:59.080 --> 00:53:59.320
 is

00:53:59.320 --> 00:53:59.540
 no

00:53:59.540 --> 00:53:59.840
 rain

00:53:59.840 --> 00:54:00.000
 or

00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:00.400
 command

00:54:00.400 --> 00:54:00.640
 the

00:54:00.640 --> 00:54:01.160
 locust

00:54:01.160 --> 00:54:01.700
 to

00:54:01.700 --> 00:54:02.080
 devour

00:54:02.080 --> 00:54:02.260
 the

00:54:02.260 --> 00:54:02.600
 land

00:54:02.600 --> 00:54:03.100
 or send

00:54:03.100 --> 00:54:03.760
 pestilence

00:54:03.760 --> 00:54:04.080
 among

00:54:04.080 --> 00:54:04.340
 my

00:54:04.340 --> 00:54:04.840
 people

00:54:04.840 --> 00:54:05.560
 if

00:54:05.560 --> 00:54:05.860
 my

00:54:05.860 --> 00:54:06.500
 people

00:54:06.500 --> 00:54:06.780
 who

00:54:06.780 --> 00:54:06.960
 are

00:54:06.960 --> 00:54:07.540
 called

00:54:07.540 --> 00:54:08.260
 by

00:54:08.260 --> 00:54:08.640
 my

00:54:08.640 --> 00:54:08.900
 name

00:54:08.900 --> 00:54:09.900
 humble

00:54:09.900 --> 00:54:10.900
 themselves

00:54:10.900 --> 00:54:11.900
 and pray

00:54:11.900 --> 00:54:13.080
 and seek

00:54:13.080 --> 00:54:13.320
 my

00:54:13.320 --> 00:54:13.820
 face.

00:54:13.820 --> 00:54:14.960
 There is a

00:54:14.960 --> 00:54:15.560
 sense of

00:54:15.560 --> 00:54:16.480
 humbling

00:54:16.480 --> 00:54:17.700
 before

00:54:17.700 --> 00:54:18.519
 God.

00:54:18.519 --> 00:54:20.659
 James

00:54:20.659 --> 00:54:21.099
 again

00:54:21.099 --> 00:54:21.639
 in the

00:54:21.639 --> 00:54:22.239
 epistle

00:54:22.239 --> 00:54:22.519
 in the

00:54:22.519 --> 00:54:22.679
 New

00:54:22.679 --> 00:54:23.179
 Testament

00:54:23.179 --> 00:54:23.639
 says

00:54:23.639 --> 00:54:24.380
 humble

00:54:24.380 --> 00:54:25.019
 yourselves

00:54:25.019 --> 00:54:25.480
 before

00:54:25.480 --> 00:54:25.699
 the

00:54:25.699 --> 00:54:25.940
 Lord

00:54:25.940 --> 00:54:26.159
 and

00:54:26.159 --> 00:54:26.659
 he

00:54:26.659 --> 00:54:27.239
 will

00:54:27.239 --> 00:54:27.920
 exalt

00:54:27.920 --> 00:54:28.280
 you.

00:54:28.960 --> 00:54:29.179
 And

00:54:29.179 --> 00:54:29.460
 that's

00:54:29.460 --> 00:54:29.619
 the

00:54:29.619 --> 00:54:29.840
 very

00:54:29.840 --> 00:54:30.300
 thing

00:54:30.300 --> 00:54:31.259
 that

00:54:31.259 --> 00:54:31.400
 we

00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:31.739
 see

00:54:31.739 --> 00:54:32.019
 with

00:54:32.019 --> 00:54:32.460
 Solomon

00:54:32.460 --> 00:54:33.000
 here.

00:54:33.380 --> 00:54:33.659
 He

00:54:33.659 --> 00:54:34.340
 humbles

00:54:34.340 --> 00:54:34.900
 himself.

00:54:35.579 --> 00:54:35.699
 He

00:54:35.699 --> 00:54:36.259
 asks

00:54:36.259 --> 00:54:36.800
 not

00:54:36.800 --> 00:54:36.980
 for

00:54:36.980 --> 00:54:37.559
 possession

00:54:37.559 --> 00:54:37.920
 or

00:54:37.920 --> 00:54:38.460
 glory

00:54:38.460 --> 00:54:38.699
 or

00:54:38.699 --> 00:54:38.960
 honor.

00:54:39.579 --> 00:54:39.820
 He

00:54:39.820 --> 00:54:40.239
 asks

00:54:40.239 --> 00:54:40.860
 for

00:54:40.860 --> 00:54:41.400
 wisdom.

00:54:42.780 --> 00:54:43.000
 And

00:54:43.000 --> 00:54:43.300
 what we

00:54:43.300 --> 00:54:43.500
 see

00:54:43.500 --> 00:54:43.679
 is

00:54:43.679 --> 00:54:43.860
 as

00:54:43.860 --> 00:54:43.980
 he

00:54:43.980 --> 00:54:44.239
 gets

00:54:44.239 --> 00:54:44.880
 wisdom

00:54:44.880 --> 00:54:45.780
 he

00:54:45.780 --> 00:54:46.019
 gets

00:54:46.019 --> 00:54:46.559
 everything

00:54:46.559 --> 00:54:47.000
 else

00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:47.579
 with it

00:54:47.579 --> 00:54:48.019
 too.

00:54:48.019 --> 00:54:49.199
 because

00:54:49.199 --> 00:54:49.719
 he

00:54:49.719 --> 00:54:50.380
 asked

00:54:50.380 --> 00:54:50.960
 a

00:54:50.960 --> 00:54:51.420
 right.

00:54:52.420 --> 00:54:52.639
 In

00:54:52.639 --> 00:54:52.960
 verse

00:54:52.960 --> 00:54:54.199
 11

00:54:54.199 --> 00:54:54.380
 and

00:54:54.380 --> 00:54:54.659
 the

00:54:54.659 --> 00:54:54.800
 end

00:54:54.800 --> 00:54:54.880
 of

00:54:54.880 --> 00:54:55.059
 verse

00:54:55.059 --> 00:54:55.340
 11

00:54:55.340 --> 00:54:55.619
 into

00:54:55.619 --> 00:54:55.960
 verse

00:54:55.960 --> 00:54:56.579
 12

00:54:56.579 --> 00:54:57.679
 he

00:54:57.679 --> 00:54:57.860
 says

00:54:57.860 --> 00:54:57.980
 you

00:54:57.980 --> 00:54:58.119
 have

00:54:58.119 --> 00:54:58.380
 asked

00:54:58.380 --> 00:54:58.840
 wisdom

00:54:58.840 --> 00:54:59.019
 and

00:54:59.019 --> 00:54:59.320
 knowledge

00:54:59.320 --> 00:54:59.840
 for

00:54:59.840 --> 00:55:00.199
 yourself

00:55:00.199 --> 00:55:00.380
 that

00:55:00.380 --> 00:55:00.440
 you

00:55:00.440 --> 00:55:00.579
 may

00:55:00.579 --> 00:55:00.900
 govern

00:55:00.900 --> 00:55:01.159
 my

00:55:01.159 --> 00:55:01.659
 people

00:55:01.659 --> 00:55:01.940
 over

00:55:01.940 --> 00:55:02.219
 whom

00:55:02.219 --> 00:55:02.719
 I

00:55:02.719 --> 00:55:02.860
 have

00:55:02.860 --> 00:55:03.059
 made

00:55:03.059 --> 00:55:03.199
 you

00:55:03.199 --> 00:55:03.500
 king.

00:55:03.699 --> 00:55:04.119
 Wisdom

00:55:04.119 --> 00:55:04.320
 and

00:55:04.320 --> 00:55:04.619
 knowledge

00:55:04.619 --> 00:55:04.800
 are

00:55:04.800 --> 00:55:05.239
 granted

00:55:05.239 --> 00:55:05.639
 to

00:55:05.639 --> 00:55:06.059
 you.

00:55:06.759 --> 00:55:06.860
 I

00:55:06.860 --> 00:55:07.059
 will

00:55:07.059 --> 00:55:07.639
 also

00:55:07.639 --> 00:55:08.079
 give

00:55:08.079 --> 00:55:08.400
 you

00:55:08.400 --> 00:55:09.320
 riches

00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:10.179
 possessions

00:55:10.179 --> 00:55:10.719
 and

00:55:10.719 --> 00:55:11.179
 honor.

00:55:12.800 --> 00:55:13.039
 Are

00:55:13.039 --> 00:55:13.179
 we

00:55:13.179 --> 00:55:13.739
 writing

00:55:13.739 --> 00:55:14.619
 asking

00:55:14.619 --> 00:55:15.239
 the

00:55:15.239 --> 00:55:15.739
 Lord

00:55:15.739 --> 00:55:16.539
 a

00:55:16.539 --> 00:55:16.940
 right?

00:55:16.940 --> 00:55:18.039
 the

00:55:18.039 --> 00:55:18.500
 one

00:55:18.500 --> 00:55:19.139
 who

00:55:19.139 --> 00:55:19.380
 can

00:55:19.380 --> 00:55:20.200
 abundantly

00:55:20.200 --> 00:55:20.780
 give

00:55:20.780 --> 00:55:21.519
 but

00:55:21.519 --> 00:55:21.940
 are we

00:55:21.940 --> 00:55:22.639
 asking

00:55:22.639 --> 00:55:23.619
 a

00:55:23.619 --> 00:55:24.099
 right?

00:55:25.900 --> 00:55:26.880
 The

00:55:26.880 --> 00:55:27.519
 final thing

00:55:27.519 --> 00:55:27.960
 we see

00:55:27.960 --> 00:55:28.440
 of this

00:55:28.440 --> 00:55:28.760
 is

00:55:28.760 --> 00:55:29.920
 he's

00:55:29.920 --> 00:55:30.300
 not

00:55:30.300 --> 00:55:31.200
 selfish.

00:55:33.119 --> 00:55:34.019
 He's

00:55:34.019 --> 00:55:34.519
 humble

00:55:34.519 --> 00:55:35.539
 and

00:55:35.539 --> 00:55:35.820
 he's

00:55:35.820 --> 00:55:36.220
 not

00:55:36.220 --> 00:55:36.960
 selfish.

00:55:37.119 --> 00:55:37.260
 He

00:55:37.260 --> 00:55:37.840
 realizes

00:55:37.840 --> 00:55:38.260
 his

00:55:38.260 --> 00:55:38.720
 God

00:55:38.720 --> 00:55:39.139
 given

00:55:39.139 --> 00:55:40.400
 responsibility

00:55:40.400 --> 00:55:40.860
 to

00:55:40.860 --> 00:55:41.380
 govern

00:55:41.380 --> 00:55:42.519
 God's

00:55:42.519 --> 00:55:43.079
 people.

00:55:43.200 --> 00:55:43.280
 He

00:55:43.280 --> 00:55:43.559
 says

00:55:43.559 --> 00:55:44.180
 not

00:55:44.180 --> 00:55:44.619
 my

00:55:44.619 --> 00:55:45.240
 people

00:55:45.240 --> 00:55:46.200
 but

00:55:46.200 --> 00:55:46.579
 this

00:55:46.579 --> 00:55:47.000
 great

00:55:47.000 --> 00:55:47.700
 people

00:55:47.700 --> 00:55:48.680
 of

00:55:48.680 --> 00:55:49.320
 yours.

00:55:52.079 --> 00:55:52.380
 If

00:55:52.380 --> 00:55:52.760
 only

00:55:52.760 --> 00:55:54.260
 kings

00:55:54.260 --> 00:55:54.579
 and

00:55:54.579 --> 00:55:54.920
 rulers

00:55:54.920 --> 00:55:55.599
 in this

00:55:55.599 --> 00:55:56.059
 world

00:55:56.059 --> 00:55:56.860
 would

00:55:56.860 --> 00:55:57.099
 see

00:55:57.099 --> 00:55:57.640
 people

00:55:57.640 --> 00:55:58.740
 as

00:55:58.740 --> 00:55:59.300
 God's

00:55:59.300 --> 00:55:59.820
 people.

00:56:00.640 --> 00:56:01.019
 This

00:56:01.019 --> 00:56:01.460
 great

00:56:01.460 --> 00:56:02.180
 people

00:56:02.180 --> 00:56:03.000
 of

00:56:03.000 --> 00:56:03.660
 yours.

00:56:04.619 --> 00:56:04.860
 But

00:56:04.860 --> 00:56:05.579
 instead

00:56:05.579 --> 00:56:06.480
 they're

00:56:06.480 --> 00:56:06.720
 so

00:56:06.720 --> 00:56:07.160
 often

00:56:07.160 --> 00:56:07.900
 selfish

00:56:07.900 --> 00:56:09.680
 and

00:56:09.680 --> 00:56:10.019
 so

00:56:10.019 --> 00:56:10.280
 are

00:56:10.280 --> 00:56:10.599
 we.

00:56:11.660 --> 00:56:12.000
 We

00:56:12.000 --> 00:56:12.240
 are

00:56:12.240 --> 00:56:12.539
 a

00:56:12.539 --> 00:56:13.039
 selfish

00:56:13.039 --> 00:56:14.280
 people.

00:56:15.059 --> 00:56:15.500
 But

00:56:15.500 --> 00:56:15.820
 who

00:56:15.820 --> 00:56:16.220
 put

00:56:16.220 --> 00:56:16.860
 others

00:56:16.860 --> 00:56:17.720
 first?

00:56:18.800 --> 00:56:19.059
 Who

00:56:19.059 --> 00:56:19.619
 shows

00:56:19.619 --> 00:56:20.079
 us

00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:20.860
 what

00:56:20.860 --> 00:56:21.019
 it

00:56:21.019 --> 00:56:21.340
 is

00:56:21.340 --> 00:56:21.539
 to

00:56:21.539 --> 00:56:21.720
 put

00:56:21.720 --> 00:56:22.260
 others

00:56:22.260 --> 00:56:23.280
 before

00:56:23.280 --> 00:56:24.039
 ourselves?

00:56:25.440 --> 00:56:25.860
 The

00:56:25.860 --> 00:56:26.240
 greatest

00:56:26.240 --> 00:56:26.740
 one of

00:56:26.740 --> 00:56:27.119
 all

00:56:27.119 --> 00:56:27.680
 is

00:56:27.680 --> 00:56:27.860
 the

00:56:27.860 --> 00:56:28.139
 Lord

00:56:28.139 --> 00:56:28.639
 Jesus

00:56:28.639 --> 00:56:29.400
 Christ

00:56:29.400 --> 00:56:30.920
 putting

00:56:30.920 --> 00:56:31.460
 others

00:56:31.460 --> 00:56:32.599
 before

00:56:32.599 --> 00:56:33.260
 himself.

00:56:34.119 --> 00:56:34.380
 As

00:56:34.380 --> 00:56:34.539
 it

00:56:34.539 --> 00:56:34.900
 says

00:56:34.900 --> 00:56:35.160
 in

00:56:35.160 --> 00:56:35.820
 Philippians

00:56:35.820 --> 00:56:36.260
 2

00:56:36.260 --> 00:56:36.599
 verse

00:56:36.599 --> 00:56:37.160
 6

00:56:37.159 --> 00:56:38.059
 who

00:56:38.059 --> 00:56:38.339
 being

00:56:38.339 --> 00:56:38.460
 in

00:56:38.460 --> 00:56:38.599
 the

00:56:38.599 --> 00:56:38.839
 very

00:56:38.839 --> 00:56:39.339
 nature

00:56:39.339 --> 00:56:39.920
 God

00:56:39.920 --> 00:56:40.639
 did

00:56:40.639 --> 00:56:40.940
 not

00:56:40.940 --> 00:56:41.440
 consider

00:56:41.440 --> 00:56:42.099
 equality

00:56:42.099 --> 00:56:42.440
 with

00:56:42.440 --> 00:56:42.779
 God

00:56:42.779 --> 00:56:43.279
 something

00:56:43.279 --> 00:56:43.739
 to be

00:56:43.739 --> 00:56:44.319
 grasped

00:56:44.319 --> 00:56:45.079
 but

00:56:45.079 --> 00:56:45.579
 made

00:56:45.579 --> 00:56:46.179
 himself

00:56:46.179 --> 00:56:46.719
 nothing.

00:56:47.259 --> 00:56:47.579
 Taking

00:56:47.579 --> 00:56:47.759
 the

00:56:47.759 --> 00:56:47.980
 very

00:56:47.980 --> 00:56:48.679
 nature

00:56:48.679 --> 00:56:48.859
 of

00:56:48.859 --> 00:56:49.099
 a

00:56:49.099 --> 00:56:49.539
 servant

00:56:49.539 --> 00:56:50.359
 being

00:56:50.359 --> 00:56:50.879
 made

00:56:50.879 --> 00:56:51.079
 in

00:56:51.079 --> 00:56:51.539
 human

00:56:51.539 --> 00:56:52.279
 likeness

00:56:52.279 --> 00:56:53.039
 and

00:56:53.039 --> 00:56:53.199
 being

00:56:53.199 --> 00:56:53.619
 found

00:56:53.619 --> 00:56:53.779
 in

00:56:53.779 --> 00:56:54.279
 appearance

00:56:54.279 --> 00:56:54.500
 as

00:56:54.500 --> 00:56:54.659
 a

00:56:54.659 --> 00:56:54.940
 man

00:56:54.940 --> 00:56:55.639
 he

00:56:55.639 --> 00:56:56.219
 humbled

00:56:56.219 --> 00:56:56.759
 himself

00:56:56.759 --> 00:56:56.960
 and

00:56:56.960 --> 00:56:57.259
 became

00:56:57.259 --> 00:56:57.739
 obedient

00:56:57.739 --> 00:56:58.219
 to

00:56:58.219 --> 00:56:58.559
 death

00:56:58.559 --> 00:56:59.379
 even

00:56:59.379 --> 00:56:59.940
 death

00:56:59.940 --> 00:57:00.199
 on

00:57:00.199 --> 00:57:00.399
 a

00:57:00.399 --> 00:57:00.739
 cross.

00:57:00.960 --> 00:57:01.299
 Therefore

00:57:01.299 --> 00:57:02.659
 God

00:57:02.659 --> 00:57:03.599
 exalted

00:57:03.599 --> 00:57:04.139
 him

00:57:04.139 --> 00:57:04.839
 to

00:57:04.839 --> 00:57:05.059
 the

00:57:05.059 --> 00:57:05.539
 highest

00:57:05.539 --> 00:57:06.440
 place.

00:57:07.159 --> 00:57:07.839
 He

00:57:07.839 --> 00:57:08.259
 came

00:57:08.259 --> 00:57:08.539
 to

00:57:08.539 --> 00:57:09.199
 serve

00:57:09.199 --> 00:57:10.019
 and

00:57:10.019 --> 00:57:10.179
 to

00:57:10.179 --> 00:57:10.539
 give

00:57:10.539 --> 00:57:11.259
 his

00:57:11.259 --> 00:57:11.779
 life

00:57:11.779 --> 00:57:12.659
 as

00:57:12.659 --> 00:57:12.879
 a

00:57:12.879 --> 00:57:13.319
 ransom

00:57:13.319 --> 00:57:14.199
 for

00:57:14.199 --> 00:57:14.579
 many.

00:57:15.579 --> 00:57:15.879
 He

00:57:15.879 --> 00:57:16.480
 died.

00:57:17.299 --> 00:57:17.399
 He

00:57:17.399 --> 00:57:17.639
 put

00:57:17.639 --> 00:57:18.119
 others

00:57:18.119 --> 00:57:18.920
 before

00:57:18.920 --> 00:57:19.539
 himself.

00:57:20.539 --> 00:57:20.699
 He

00:57:20.699 --> 00:57:20.819
 said,

00:57:20.980 --> 00:57:21.299
 Father,

00:57:21.500 --> 00:57:22.059
 forgive

00:57:22.059 --> 00:57:22.420
 them

00:57:22.420 --> 00:57:23.139
 for

00:57:23.139 --> 00:57:23.339
 they

00:57:23.339 --> 00:57:23.619
 know

00:57:23.619 --> 00:57:24.039
 not

00:57:24.039 --> 00:57:24.759
 what

00:57:24.759 --> 00:57:25.000
 they

00:57:25.000 --> 00:57:25.379
 do.

00:57:26.659 --> 00:57:27.000
 There

00:57:27.000 --> 00:57:27.199
 is

00:57:27.199 --> 00:57:27.699
 mercy

00:57:27.699 --> 00:57:28.980
 towards

00:57:28.980 --> 00:57:29.299
 a

00:57:29.299 --> 00:57:29.759
 foolish

00:57:29.759 --> 00:57:30.519
 people

00:57:30.519 --> 00:57:31.279
 and

00:57:31.279 --> 00:57:31.519
 he's

00:57:31.519 --> 00:57:31.859
 saying,

00:57:32.500 --> 00:57:32.559
 will

00:57:32.559 --> 00:57:32.879
 you not

00:57:32.879 --> 00:57:33.339
 ask

00:57:33.339 --> 00:57:33.759
 for

00:57:33.759 --> 00:57:34.299
 wisdom

00:57:34.300 --> 00:57:35.400
 tonight.

00:57:36.420 --> 00:57:37.120
 Wisdom

00:57:37.120 --> 00:57:37.940
 to

00:57:37.940 --> 00:57:38.340
 know

00:57:38.340 --> 00:57:38.900
 God,

00:57:39.620 --> 00:57:39.820
 to

00:57:39.820 --> 00:57:40.420
 trust

00:57:40.420 --> 00:57:40.860
 him,

00:57:41.580 --> 00:57:41.900
 to

00:57:41.900 --> 00:57:42.100
 not

00:57:42.100 --> 00:57:42.300
 be

00:57:42.300 --> 00:57:42.780
 foolish

00:57:42.780 --> 00:57:43.019
 and

00:57:43.019 --> 00:57:43.240
 say

00:57:43.240 --> 00:57:43.460
 there

00:57:43.460 --> 00:57:43.820
 is

00:57:43.820 --> 00:57:44.100
 no

00:57:44.100 --> 00:57:44.539
 God,

00:57:45.260 --> 00:57:45.480
 but

00:57:45.480 --> 00:57:45.680
 to

00:57:45.680 --> 00:57:46.160
 believe

00:57:46.160 --> 00:57:46.580
 in

00:57:46.580 --> 00:57:46.980
 him

00:57:46.980 --> 00:57:47.740
 who

00:57:47.740 --> 00:57:47.920
 is

00:57:47.920 --> 00:57:48.180
 able

00:57:48.180 --> 00:57:48.380
 to

00:57:48.380 --> 00:57:49.000
 provide

00:57:49.000 --> 00:57:49.780
 so

00:57:49.780 --> 00:57:50.539
 abundantly

00:57:50.539 --> 00:57:50.920
 to

00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:51.340
 us

00:57:51.340 --> 00:57:51.820
 in

00:57:51.820 --> 00:57:52.200
 all

00:57:52.200 --> 00:57:52.780
 ways

00:57:52.780 --> 00:57:53.720
 if

00:57:53.720 --> 00:57:53.860
 we

00:57:53.860 --> 00:57:54.060
 would

00:57:54.060 --> 00:57:54.800
 trust

00:57:54.800 --> 00:57:55.680
 in

00:57:55.680 --> 00:57:56.060
 him.

00:57:57.080 --> 00:57:57.539
 Abraham

00:57:57.539 --> 00:57:58.200
 Kuyper,

00:57:58.600 --> 00:57:59.180
 he once

00:57:59.180 --> 00:57:59.460
 said

00:57:59.460 --> 00:57:59.920
 this,

00:58:00.120 --> 00:58:00.720
 writing

00:58:00.720 --> 00:58:00.980
 a

00:58:00.980 --> 00:58:01.260
 poem,

00:58:01.920 --> 00:58:02.140
 he said,

00:58:02.139 --> 00:58:02.420
 I am

00:58:02.420 --> 00:58:02.819
 not

00:58:02.819 --> 00:58:04.000
 sent

00:58:04.000 --> 00:58:04.259
 a

00:58:04.259 --> 00:58:04.819
 pilgrim

00:58:04.819 --> 00:58:05.339
 here,

00:58:05.879 --> 00:58:06.119
 my

00:58:06.119 --> 00:58:06.639
 heart

00:58:06.639 --> 00:58:07.079
 with

00:58:07.079 --> 00:58:07.480
 earth

00:58:07.480 --> 00:58:07.759
 to

00:58:07.759 --> 00:58:08.119
 fill,

00:58:08.579 --> 00:58:09.119
 but

00:58:09.119 --> 00:58:09.299
 I

00:58:09.299 --> 00:58:09.460
 am

00:58:09.460 --> 00:58:09.819
 here

00:58:09.819 --> 00:58:10.299
 God's

00:58:10.299 --> 00:58:10.659
 grace

00:58:10.659 --> 00:58:10.960
 to

00:58:10.960 --> 00:58:11.339
 learn

00:58:11.339 --> 00:58:11.599
 and

00:58:11.599 --> 00:58:12.159
 serve

00:58:12.159 --> 00:58:13.099
 God's

00:58:13.099 --> 00:58:13.539
 sovereign

00:58:13.539 --> 00:58:13.940
 will.

00:58:14.619 --> 00:58:14.799
 He

00:58:14.799 --> 00:58:15.099
 leads

00:58:15.099 --> 00:58:15.319
 me

00:58:15.319 --> 00:58:15.619
 on

00:58:15.619 --> 00:58:15.900
 through

00:58:15.900 --> 00:58:16.480
 smiles

00:58:16.480 --> 00:58:16.799
 and

00:58:16.799 --> 00:58:17.299
 tears,

00:58:17.900 --> 00:58:18.119
 grief

00:58:18.119 --> 00:58:18.659
 follows

00:58:18.659 --> 00:58:19.400
 gladness

00:58:19.400 --> 00:58:19.839
 still,

00:58:20.500 --> 00:58:20.739
 but

00:58:20.739 --> 00:58:21.219
 let me

00:58:21.219 --> 00:58:21.719
 welcome

00:58:21.719 --> 00:58:22.239
 both

00:58:22.239 --> 00:58:22.799
 alike

00:58:22.799 --> 00:58:23.599
 since

00:58:23.599 --> 00:58:24.059
 both

00:58:24.059 --> 00:58:24.480
 work

00:58:24.480 --> 00:58:24.859
 out

00:58:24.859 --> 00:58:25.179
 his

00:58:25.179 --> 00:58:25.500
 will.

00:58:26.239 --> 00:58:26.480
 No

00:58:26.480 --> 00:58:26.980
 service

00:58:26.980 --> 00:58:27.199
 in

00:58:27.199 --> 00:58:27.739
 itself

00:58:27.739 --> 00:58:28.099
 is

00:58:28.099 --> 00:58:28.579
 small,

00:58:29.299 --> 00:58:29.500
 none

00:58:29.500 --> 00:58:29.980
 great

00:58:29.980 --> 00:58:30.379
 though

00:58:30.379 --> 00:58:30.779
 earth

00:58:30.779 --> 00:58:31.000
 it

00:58:31.000 --> 00:58:31.339
 fill.

00:58:32.139 --> 00:58:32.339
 But

00:58:32.339 --> 00:58:32.599
 that

00:58:32.599 --> 00:58:32.799
 is

00:58:32.799 --> 00:58:33.219
 small

00:58:33.219 --> 00:58:33.460
 that

00:58:33.460 --> 00:58:33.960
 seeks

00:58:33.960 --> 00:58:34.199
 its

00:58:34.199 --> 00:58:34.639
 own

00:58:34.639 --> 00:58:35.480
 and

00:58:35.480 --> 00:58:35.960
 great

00:58:35.960 --> 00:58:36.299
 that

00:58:36.299 --> 00:58:36.819
 seeks

00:58:36.819 --> 00:58:37.400
 God's

00:58:37.400 --> 00:58:37.699
 will.

00:58:38.379 --> 00:58:38.639
 Then

00:58:38.639 --> 00:58:39.079
 hold

00:58:39.079 --> 00:58:39.379
 my

00:58:39.379 --> 00:58:39.920
 hand,

00:58:40.400 --> 00:58:40.639
 most

00:58:40.639 --> 00:58:41.199
 precious,

00:58:41.559 --> 00:58:41.779
 most

00:58:41.779 --> 00:58:42.199
 gracious

00:58:42.199 --> 00:58:42.719
 Lord,

00:58:43.139 --> 00:58:43.440
 guide

00:58:43.440 --> 00:58:43.839
 all

00:58:43.839 --> 00:58:44.139
 my

00:58:44.139 --> 00:58:44.819
 doings

00:58:44.819 --> 00:58:45.420
 still,

00:58:46.139 --> 00:58:46.739
 and let

00:58:46.739 --> 00:58:47.079
 this

00:58:47.079 --> 00:58:47.519
 be

00:58:47.519 --> 00:58:47.819
 my

00:58:47.819 --> 00:58:48.420
 life's

00:58:48.420 --> 00:58:48.719
 one

00:58:48.719 --> 00:58:49.139
 aim,

00:58:49.759 --> 00:58:49.980
 to

00:58:49.980 --> 00:58:50.420
 do

00:58:50.420 --> 00:58:51.179
 and

00:58:51.179 --> 00:58:51.619
 bear

00:58:51.619 --> 00:58:52.480
 thy

00:58:52.480 --> 00:58:52.900
 will.

00:58:53.980 --> 00:58:54.359
 To

00:58:54.359 --> 00:58:54.619
 have

00:58:54.619 --> 00:58:55.119
 wisdom

00:58:55.119 --> 00:58:56.279
 and to

00:58:56.279 --> 00:58:56.839
 delight

00:58:56.839 --> 00:58:57.799
 in

00:58:57.799 --> 00:58:58.559
 God's

00:58:58.559 --> 00:58:59.159
 will.

00:58:59.940 --> 00:59:00.199
 Are

00:59:00.199 --> 00:59:00.400
 we

00:59:00.400 --> 00:59:01.039
 seeking

00:59:01.039 --> 00:59:02.139
 God

00:59:02.139 --> 00:59:02.920
 in

00:59:02.920 --> 00:59:03.079
 the

00:59:03.079 --> 00:59:03.420
 right

00:59:03.420 --> 00:59:03.860
 way

00:59:03.860 --> 00:59:04.519
 today?

00:59:05.480 --> 00:59:05.779
 Are

00:59:05.779 --> 00:59:05.960
 we

00:59:05.960 --> 00:59:06.639
 wise?

00:59:07.679 --> 00:59:07.880
 Are

00:59:07.880 --> 00:59:08.019
 we

00:59:08.019 --> 00:59:08.519
 wise

00:59:08.519 --> 00:59:08.759
 when

00:59:08.759 --> 00:59:08.920
 he

00:59:08.920 --> 00:59:09.480
 says,

00:59:09.980 --> 00:59:10.519
 ask

00:59:10.519 --> 00:59:11.179
 what

00:59:11.179 --> 00:59:11.539
 I

00:59:11.539 --> 00:59:11.860
 shall

00:59:11.860 --> 00:59:12.340
 give

00:59:12.340 --> 00:59:12.940
 to

00:59:12.940 --> 00:59:13.340
 you?

00:59:13.779 --> 00:59:13.960
 Do

00:59:13.960 --> 00:59:14.079
 we

00:59:14.079 --> 00:59:14.300
 want

00:59:14.300 --> 00:59:14.699
 honor

00:59:14.699 --> 00:59:15.079
 and

00:59:15.079 --> 00:59:15.420
 glory

00:59:15.420 --> 00:59:15.679
 like

00:59:15.679 --> 00:59:16.139
 James

00:59:16.139 --> 00:59:16.400
 and

00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:16.719
 John?

00:59:17.719 --> 00:59:18.440
 Or

00:59:18.440 --> 00:59:18.539
 do

00:59:18.539 --> 00:59:18.659
 we

00:59:18.659 --> 00:59:18.840
 have

00:59:18.840 --> 00:59:18.980
 the

00:59:18.980 --> 00:59:19.380
 heart

00:59:19.380 --> 00:59:20.219
 of

00:59:20.219 --> 00:59:21.099
 Bartimaeus?

00:59:21.840 --> 00:59:22.360
 Lord,

00:59:23.079 --> 00:59:23.599
 that I

00:59:23.599 --> 00:59:23.800
 would

00:59:23.800 --> 00:59:24.239
 see,

00:59:25.360 --> 00:59:25.599
 and that

00:59:25.599 --> 00:59:25.679
 we

00:59:25.679 --> 00:59:26.239
 would see

00:59:26.239 --> 00:59:26.639
 him

00:59:26.639 --> 00:59:27.460
 and

00:59:27.460 --> 00:59:27.920
 follow

00:59:27.920 --> 00:59:28.279
 him

00:59:28.279 --> 00:59:29.079
 on

00:59:29.079 --> 00:59:29.239
 the

00:59:29.239 --> 00:59:29.539
 way.

00:59:29.819 --> 00:59:30.000
 Our

00:59:30.000 --> 00:59:30.539
 eyes

00:59:30.539 --> 00:59:31.619
 fixed

00:59:31.619 --> 00:59:32.579
 on

00:59:32.579 --> 00:59:33.000
 Jesus.

00:59:33.199 --> 00:59:33.339
 May

00:59:33.339 --> 00:59:33.679
 God

00:59:33.679 --> 00:59:34.099
 grant

00:59:34.099 --> 00:59:34.480
 us

00:59:34.480 --> 00:59:35.039
 wisdom

00:59:35.039 --> 00:59:35.739
 to

00:59:35.739 --> 00:59:36.019
 see.

00:59:36.119 --> 00:59:36.239
 Let

00:59:36.239 --> 00:59:36.440
 us

00:59:36.440 --> 00:59:36.759
 pray.

00:59:38.179 --> 00:59:38.739
 Our

00:59:38.739 --> 00:59:39.420
 Father in

00:59:39.420 --> 00:59:39.819
 heaven,

00:59:40.000 --> 00:59:40.319
 we give

00:59:40.319 --> 00:59:40.920
 you thanks

00:59:40.920 --> 00:59:41.359
 for your

00:59:41.359 --> 00:59:41.920
 word and

00:59:41.920 --> 00:59:42.319
 for how

00:59:42.319 --> 00:59:42.879
 it teaches

00:59:42.879 --> 00:59:43.579
 us so

00:59:43.579 --> 00:59:43.980
 much.

00:59:44.359 --> 00:59:44.819
 It

00:59:44.819 --> 00:59:45.119
 teaches

00:59:45.119 --> 00:59:45.400
 us

00:59:45.400 --> 00:59:45.920
 wisdom

00:59:45.920 --> 00:59:46.159
 and

00:59:46.159 --> 00:59:46.579
 knowledge

00:59:46.579 --> 00:59:47.139
 are the

00:59:47.139 --> 00:59:47.500
 greatest

00:59:47.500 --> 00:59:47.900
 thing

00:59:47.900 --> 00:59:48.099
 to

00:59:48.099 --> 00:59:48.579
 desire,

00:59:49.139 --> 00:59:49.599
 and that

00:59:49.599 --> 00:59:50.059
 knowledge

00:59:50.059 --> 00:59:50.679
 and wisdom

00:59:50.679 --> 00:59:51.359
 is found

00:59:51.359 --> 00:59:52.119
 in the

00:59:52.119 --> 00:59:52.339
 Lord

00:59:52.339 --> 00:59:52.819
 Jesus.

00:59:52.980 --> 00:59:53.339
 So we

00:59:53.339 --> 00:59:54.019
 pray this

00:59:54.019 --> 00:59:54.359
 evening,

00:59:54.519 --> 00:59:54.659
 Lord,

00:59:54.739 --> 00:59:55.239
 to help

00:59:55.239 --> 00:59:56.119
 us to

00:59:56.119 --> 00:59:56.839
 be wise,

00:59:57.219 --> 00:59:57.679
 not to

00:59:57.679 --> 00:59:58.239
 be fools

00:59:58.239 --> 00:59:58.619
 and to

00:59:58.619 --> 00:59:58.939
 deny

00:59:58.939 --> 00:59:59.439
 God,

00:59:59.799 --> 01:00:00.319
 but to

01:00:00.319 --> 01:00:01.019
 be wise

01:00:01.019 --> 01:00:01.699
 and ask

01:00:01.699 --> 01:00:03.119
 God that

01:00:03.119 --> 01:00:03.479
 we would

01:00:03.479 --> 01:00:04.639
 see and

01:00:04.639 --> 01:00:05.419
 see Jesus

01:00:05.419 --> 01:00:06.179
 and follow

01:00:06.179 --> 01:00:07.239
 him on

01:00:07.239 --> 01:00:07.619
 the way.

01:00:07.719 --> 01:00:08.199
 So bless

01:00:08.199 --> 01:00:08.559
 us, we

01:00:08.559 --> 01:00:08.939
 pray, and

01:00:08.939 --> 01:00:09.379
 your word

01:00:09.379 --> 01:00:09.959
 to us

01:00:09.959 --> 01:00:10.759
 and forgive

01:00:10.759 --> 01:00:11.439
 our sin

01:00:11.439 --> 01:00:11.779
 as we

01:00:11.779 --> 01:00:12.239
 ask it

01:00:12.239 --> 01:00:12.519
 all.

01:00:12.899 --> 01:00:13.159
 In

01:00:13.159 --> 01:00:13.539
 Jesus'

01:00:13.819 --> 01:00:14.039
 name,

01:00:14.519 --> 01:00:14.879
 Amen.

01:00:19.919 --> 01:00:20.519
 We're

01:00:20.519 --> 01:00:20.939
 going to

01:00:20.939 --> 01:00:21.639
 conclude by

01:00:21.639 --> 01:00:22.339
 singing to

01:00:22.339 --> 01:00:22.679
 God's

01:00:22.679 --> 01:00:23.159
 praise in

01:00:23.159 --> 01:00:24.139
 Psalm 20

01:00:24.139 --> 01:00:25.159
 in the

01:00:25.159 --> 01:00:25.559
 Scottish

01:00:25.559 --> 01:00:26.159
 Psalter,

01:00:26.259 --> 01:00:27.519
 page 224

01:00:27.519 --> 01:00:27.819
 of the

01:00:27.819 --> 01:00:28.099
 psalm

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 books.

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 Psalm 20

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 on page

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 224,

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 we'll

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 sing from

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 verse 5

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 down to

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 the end

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 of the

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 psalm.

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 In thy

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 salvation we

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 will joy,

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 in our

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 God's name

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 we will

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 display our

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 banners,

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 and the

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 Lord thy

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 prayers all

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 fulfill.

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 We'll sing

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 from verse 5

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 down to the

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 end of the

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 psalm,

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 and the

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 tune is

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 Evan.

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 Amen.

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 In thy

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 salvation we

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 will

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 joy,

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 in our

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 God's

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 name we

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 will

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 display

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 our

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 banners,

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 Shit.

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 Men are

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 nueva

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 pole and

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 the

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 new

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 mime

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 olurg kayете

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 him,

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你的

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 Ugh

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 Legend of the

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 korona hart

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 be

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 kept

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 ll Shepherd or

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 SINGLE elf

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 than the

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 Lord,

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 thy

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duous

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 murking

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 earth is

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 new

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 holy

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淡無

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 will heal him with the saving strength

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 by his own right hand given.

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 In child your son could come with his

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 some horses crossed upon,

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 but we remain where will the name

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 of our Lord God alone.

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 We rise and uprise and when they are bowing down and fall,

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 deliver our Lord and let the King

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 pass here when we do come.

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 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my left.

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 We'll close with the benediction.

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 Now may grace, mercy, and peace from God,

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit rest upon

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 and abide with us all now and forevermore.

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 Amen.