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 Thanks very much, Jamie and band.

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 Welcome everyone again. Thank you for coming out this evening.

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 You'll be pleased to know we have a more upbeat psalm today, both on Sundays and Wednesdays.

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 Recently, we've had some psalms that talk about the problem the psalmist has had,

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 some caused by sin, some caused by a difficult in discerning God's presence.

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 This evening, we're looking at someone who's come out of that situation

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 and is able to praise God for his deliverance from it.

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 So let's read it together and then we'll look at what God's got to say to us through it.

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 So Psalm 30, heading in my Bible says,

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 A Psalm, a song for the dedication of the temple of David.

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 David writes,

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 I will exalt you, Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths

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 and did not let my enemies float over me.

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 Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me.

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 You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the grave.

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 You spared me from going down to the pit.

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 Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people.

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 Praise his holy name.

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 For his anger lasts but only a moment,

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 but his favour lasts a lifetime.

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 Weeping may stay for the night,

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 but rejoicing comes in the morning.

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 When I felt secure, I said,

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 I will never be shaken.

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 Lord, when you favoured me,

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 you made my royal mountain stand firm.

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 But when you hid your face,

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 I was dismayed.

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 To you, O Lord, I called.

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 To the Lord I cried for mercy.

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 What is gained if I am silenced,

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 if I go down to the pit?

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 Will the dust praise you?

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 Will it proclaim your faithfulness?

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 Hear, Lord,

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 and be merciful to me.

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 Lord,

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 be my help.

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 You turn my wailing into dancing.

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 You remove my sackcloth

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 and clothe me with joy

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 that my heart may sing your praises

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 and not be silent.

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 Lord,

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 my God,

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 I will praise you forever.

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 I'm sure God will bless his word

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 as we consider it together.

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 One of the things I think we've learned

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 as we've looked at quite a number of psalms

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 over recent months

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 is that it's always worth having a look at the heading.

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 The heading and psalms, I think,

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 are a bit like chapter and verse divisions

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 in our Bible.

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 They're not a part of the inspired scripture.

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 Their helps have been added

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 to give us some guidance

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 as we seek to understand

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 what God is saying to us.

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 So very often,

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 the headings for the psalms

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 give us some kind of indication

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 of the circumstances

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 in which they were written,

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 and that then can help us

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 to relate them to our lives.

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 I think the heading for this psalm

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 is quite interesting.

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 It starts off a psalm,

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 a song,

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 fair enough,

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 good repetition there,

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 but it then says,

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 for the dedication of the temple of David.

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 That creates two difficulties,

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 I think,

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 that we need to think about.

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 The first thing is,

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 if you know anything

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 about the life of David,

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 one thing you'll know

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 is he didn't build the temple,

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 and he actually wasn't there

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 when the temple was dedicated.

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 The temple was built

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 under God's instructions

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 by David's son, Solomon.

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 Now, David did everything

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 but build the temple.

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 All Solomon had to do

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 was to call the builders in

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 and to use the materials

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 that David had got together

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 in the place

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 which David had prepared

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 and to get the temple put up.

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 But David didn't build the temple,

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 and he wasn't there

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 at its dedication.

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 So why do we have

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 a psalm of David

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 that is for dedication

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 of the temple?

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 What number of possible

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 explanations for that?

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 The word that is translated

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 as temple actually,

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 it literally means house

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 in the original Hebrew.

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 So it's possible

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 that it was the dedication

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 of David's house,

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 this palace that's being talked about,

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 though most scholars think not

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 that it actually was the temple.

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 Perhaps David,

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 knowing that the temple

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 was going to be built

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 and would be finished

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 a few years after his death,

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 he wrote a song,

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 he wrote a psalm

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 that would be appropriate

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 for singing

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 at the dedication

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 of the temple,

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 quite possible.

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 Or the other possibility

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 is that actually

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 the words for the dedication

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 of the temple

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 were added later.

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 And the dedication

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 of the temple

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 being talked about

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 is not necessarily

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 the temple built by Solomon,

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 it might be the restoration

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 of the temple

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 under Ezra,

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 or perhaps even more likely

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 is the rededication

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 of the temple

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 by the Maccabees

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 after Antiochus Epiphanes

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 had desecrated it

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 and the Jews

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 cast him out

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 and then they rededicated

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 the temple to God.

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 This is not in the Old Testament,

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 it's in the Apocrypha,

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 but it is Jewish history.

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 And what will give support

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 to that is that

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 the word dedication here

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 is the word Hanukkah.

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 And Hanukkah, of course,

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 is the festival

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 that celebrates,

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 the Jewish festival,

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 celebrates the Maccabees

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 and what they did.

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 So a little interesting puzzle there,

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 probably no great

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 practical relevance to us.

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 The second thing, though,

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 I think is of more relevance

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 and it's worth a bit of thought.

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 And that is,

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 what does this psalm

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 have to do

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 with the dedication

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 of a temple?

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 Why would someone think

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 that this psalm

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 that we've read together

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 is one that's

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 particularly appropriate

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 when the temple

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 is being dedicated?

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 Now, if we look back

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 to when the temple

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 actually was dedicated

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 under Solomon,

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 you have Solomon's

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 great prayer.

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 And Solomon's great prayer

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 has this wonderful vision

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 of God.

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 It's Lord,

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 the God of Israel,

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 there is no God

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 like you in heaven

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 or on earth.

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 You who keep

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 your covenant of love

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 with your servants,

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 who continue wholehearted

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 in your way,

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 and so on.

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 Solomon's dedication

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 of the temple

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 had a very high vision

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 of God

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 and of his greatness

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 and of his dealings

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 with his people,

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 Israel.

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 But this psalm

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 is just one man's testimony.

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 It's not about

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 God's dealings

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 with Israel

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 and the great sweep

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 of history.

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 It's one person

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 who's gone through

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 a time of difficulty

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 and God has brought them out

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 and he is asking others

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 to celebrate with him.

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 So why is it a psalm

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 that's of particular relevance

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 to the dedication

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 of the temple?

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 Again, I think,

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 two reasons.

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 One is that the theme

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 of this psalm

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 is God's mercy.

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 That the psalmist

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 had got into this situation

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 where he was probably

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 very ill,

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 probably on the point of death,

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 and God in his mercy

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 and his grace

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 rescues him from that.

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 And of course,

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 the temple is the place

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 of God's mercy.

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 It's where the people

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 were able to come

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 to meet with God

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 and where sacrifices

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 were made for sins.

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 Indeed, if we'd read on

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 in Solomon's prayer

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 in 2 Chronicles 6,

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 we'd have seen

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 that most of that prayer

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 is about the Israelites

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 being disobedient to God.

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 God then disciplines

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 them for it,

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 whether it's through

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 foreign armies coming in

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 or through famines

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 or whatever.

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 And Solomon's praying,

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 when they turn back

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 to you, God,

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 listen to them

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 and in your mercy

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 show forgiveness.

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 So what we read about

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 in 2 Chronicles 6,

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 specifically in relation

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 to the temple

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 as it has been built,

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 on a national level,

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 I think we see

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 on the individual level

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 in Psalm 30.

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 Here is a psalm

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 that reminds us

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 of the mercy of God

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 as the temple reminds us

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 of the mercy of God.

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 And of course,

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 for us as believers

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 in the Lord Jesus,

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 as the cross of Christ

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 above all else,

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 reminds us

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 of God's mercy to us.

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 Second reason why

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 I think this is a psalm

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 that is relevant

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 to the dedication

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 of the temple

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 is that it is

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 an individual

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 who is calling

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 others together

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 to rejoice with them.

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 And when we come together

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 to worship

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 and to praise God,

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 part of what we do

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 is that we rejoice

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 in God's goodness

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 to us individually.

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 And all of us

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 can celebrate

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 what God is doing

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 in other people's lives.

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 I think it's been really good

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 in recent weeks and months

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 that we've had more people

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 at the All-Each service

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 talking a little bit

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 about what God is doing

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 in their lives

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 and what God means to them

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 day to day.

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 And that is a way

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 in which all of us

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 can begin to understand

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 more of God's goodness

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 and can celebrate together.

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 And of course,

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 again,

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 as we think of the temple,

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 we maybe think

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 largely of the Day of Atonement

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 and the sacrifice

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 for the sins of the people,

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 but most of the sacrifices

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 that were made

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 in the temple

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 were sacrifices

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 by individuals.

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 Sacrifices recognizing

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 their sin

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 or particularly

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 in this context,

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 sacrificing,

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 recognizing God's goodness

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 to them,

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 thank offerings

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 for what God

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 had done for them.

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 And so this psalm calls us

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 if we as Christians

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 have experienced

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 the goodness

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 of God

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 in our lives,

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 to share it with others,

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 to give thanks

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 to God for it,

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 and together

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 to praise him

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 for his goodness

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 to us as individuals

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 as well as to us

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 as a church.

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 So this is a psalm

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 that's relevant

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 to the dedication

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 of the temple

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 and very relevant

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 to us too

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 as we think

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 of our need

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 for God's mercy

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 and as we think too

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 of how we together

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 should praise God

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 for all the things

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 that he's doing

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 in our lives

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 as individuals.

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 Let's try and get

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 a little bit of understanding

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 of the structure

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 of the psalm.

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 The psalm begins

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 and ends

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 with words of praise

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 from David.

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 Verse 1,

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 I will exalt you,

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 O Lord.

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 And verse 12,

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 later at the end,

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 Lord my God,

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 I will praise you

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 forever.

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 And then in verse 4,

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 David takes his

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 personal praise

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 and he encourages

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 everyone else

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 to join in

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 with them,

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 sing the praises

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 of the Lord.

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 and these three

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 phrases there,

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 they are the kind

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 of dividers

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 of the psalm.

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 And in between them,

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 there are two accounts

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 by David

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 of what God

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 has done for him.

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 So first of all,

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 David gives

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 what is in many ways

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 the physical description

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 of what's happened.

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 He was ill,

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 he was on the point

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 of death

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 and God

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 raised him up.

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 That's verses 2

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 and 3

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 particularly.

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 And then the second

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 half of the psalm,

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 in the longest bit

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 of the psalm,

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 David, if you like,

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 gives the spiritual

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 reason for what's

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 happened.

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 And he talks about

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 the security he felt.

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 He talks about

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 how he was dismayed

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 when his world

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 started crumbling

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 around him

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 and he couldn't

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 see God's face.

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 God had hidden

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 this place from him.

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 He talks about

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 the prayer that he prayed,

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 that prayer for God's

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 mercy

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 and God's grace

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 to him.

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 And then at the end

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 he talks about

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 how God has turned

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 his life around

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 and has clothed

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 him with joy.

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 So essentially

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 a psalm with two

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 is not two halves

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 because the second

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 is a lot longer

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 than the first

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 but it's two

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 different ways

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 of looking at

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 the same thing.

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 One is the description

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 of physically

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 what God has done

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 for the psalmist

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 and the second

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 then is the

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 spiritual side

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 of things,

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 how he interprets

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 what's happened

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 and they're all

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 encapsulated

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 within the praise

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 of the psalmist.

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 So let's begin

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 and have a look

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 through the psalm.

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 I've got loads

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 of alliteration

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 this evening

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 hopefully it might

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 make it a little bit

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 easier to remember

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 and the first few

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 verses we're looking

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 at what I've called

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 my proclamation

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 David's proclamation

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 under the theme

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 of death defeated.

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 So here we have

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 David doing

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 the first pass

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 at what God

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 has done for him

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 and recognizing

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 that he's gone

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 through a near death

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 experience

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 and he's come

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 out of it

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 through God's grace.

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 So verse 1

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 he says

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 you lifted me

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 out of the depths

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 you did not let

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 my enemies gloat

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 over me.

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 Very interesting

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 to read the psalms

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 all the psalmists

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 seem to have

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 lots of enemies.

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 I assume these

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 are enemies

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 are people

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 who are

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 the other nations

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 or those who

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 didn't have

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 any time for God

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 but very often

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 you read about

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 the enemies

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 who just seem

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 to be waiting

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 to pounce

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 on anything bad

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 that happens

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 to the psalmist

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 and to put him

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 down even further.

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 So but God

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 doesn't let the enemies

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 gloat over him

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 because as he was

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 ill

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 as he called

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 to God for help

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 God healed him

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 and he says

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 you brought me up

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 from the realm

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 of the dead

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 you spared me

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 from going down

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 to the pit.

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 I think the natural

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 interpretation of this

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 is that the psalmist

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 had been very very ill

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 that he had perhaps

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 been on the point

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 of death

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 and God had healed him

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 he had recovered

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 and looking back

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 on things

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 he was able

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 to praise God.

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 He knew that God

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 was the one

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 who was stronger

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 than death

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 who was able

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 to rescue him

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 and to heal him

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 and to help him

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 and to comfort him

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 as the title

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 of our series

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 this evening

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 says to comfort him

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 in his time

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 of trouble.

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 Now we're not going

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 to spend any longer

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 on this

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 because I think

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 the real spiritual meat

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 is in later parts

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 of the psalm.

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 So let's move on

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 to the next two verses.

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 I've called this

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 my principle

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 grace guaranteed

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 and I think that's right

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 I think this is

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 the kind of theological

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 basis for what the writer

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 says in the psalm

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 but I looked at it

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 and thought

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 that looks very sterile.

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 The psalmist is getting

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 really excited here

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 and he's saying to me

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 will rejoice with me

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 and really think

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 about God's goodness.

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 He disciplines us

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 for a short time

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 and then

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 he restores us.

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 So I thought

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 we'd write things

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 just a little bit

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 and perhaps give a bit

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 more of a flavour

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 for what the psalmist

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 is thinking here.

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 You may have come across

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 a book called

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 Rob Lacey

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 it is called

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 The Word on the Street

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 used to be called

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 The Street Bible

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 and it's a very loose

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 paraphrase

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 of important parts

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 of the scripture.

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 And when Rob Lacey

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 is writing about

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 the psalms

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 he says

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 these are songs

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 they were meant

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 to be sung

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 let's imagine

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 what kind of style

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 they might be sung in

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 if we were singing

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 them in our society

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 today.

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 And he says

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 Psalm 30

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 would be a rock anthem

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 it would be full

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 of guitar riffs

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 and loud noises

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 and people dancing

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 about

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 and really getting

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 excited

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 about what's happening.

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 And verses 4 to 5

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 the verses we're

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 looking at here

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 he says

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 that's the chorus

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 that's the highlight

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 that's when you really

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 get on top of things.

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 So let me read

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 what he

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 translated

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 interprets it as

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 in this book.

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 He says

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 so let it rip

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 sing it strong

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 let its crew

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 take the roof off

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 with this celebration

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 song

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 his fury

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 didn't last so long

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 his favour

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 lasts a lifetime

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 we cry

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 through the night

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 but the morning sun

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 begins its climb

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 and it's

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 celebration

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 time.

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 That's what the

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 psalmist is saying

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 to those who are

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 listening or those

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 who are reading

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 it's celebration

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 time

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 it's the time

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 to celebrate

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 God's goodness

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 and God's

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 grace

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 to us.

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 And as we read

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 these verses

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 we really should be

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 getting quite excited

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 about what God

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 is doing

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 for us.

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 So he says

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 sing it appraises

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 the Lord

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 you as faithful

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 people

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 praise his holy

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 name

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 and then this

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 wonderful verse

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 verse 5

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 his anger

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 lasts only a

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 moment

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 but his favour

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 lasts a lifetime

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 weeping may stay

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 for the night

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 but rejoicing

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 or joy

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 the older verses

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 say joy

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 comes

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 in the morning.

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 Why is that?

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 It is because

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 God's grace

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 is guaranteed

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 if we turn

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 to him.

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 Now we'll be looking

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 in a few minutes

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 at the psalmist's

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 situation

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 but it looks

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 likely the psalmist

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 had been guilty

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 of some sin

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 in his life

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 because of his sin

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 God had disciplined

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 him

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 he turned to God

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 God restored him

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 to health

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 as well as

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 spiritually

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 and he's able

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 to rejoice

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 because he knows

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 that God

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 is a God

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 of grace.

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 God doesn't

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 want us

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 as Christians

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 to live lives

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 that are miserable

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 that we're always

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 down

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 and that there

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 are all sorts

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 of problems

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 that keep

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 occupying

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 our attention.

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 Sometimes he will

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 discipline us

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 sometimes he will

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 in the words

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 of the psalm

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 be angry

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 with us

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 if we turn

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 away from him

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 perhaps particularly

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 in the ways

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 we're going to

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 talk about in a minute

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 if we turn

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 away from God

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 if we lose

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 our trust

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 in him

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 in practice

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 if not

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 in words

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 then he may

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 bring things

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 upon us

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 to wake us up

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 to help us

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 to realise

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 that we depend

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 on him

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 and that we

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 need him

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 but he disciplines

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 us only

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 to bring him

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 back

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 to himself

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 and he does

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 it in a way

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 that is short

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 term

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 and that allows

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 us once we are

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 restored to him

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 to enjoy

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 again

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 the joy

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 of our

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 salvation

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 grace

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 is guaranteed

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 if we put

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 our trust

00:17:07.840 --> 00:17:08.819
 in the Lord

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 Jesus

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 if we come

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 to him

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 and confess

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 whatever is

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 happening in

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 our lives

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 whatever we

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 have done

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 whatever our

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 attitudes have

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 been

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 that are

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 wrong

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 when we come

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 truly confessing

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 our sin

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 and relying

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 on the death

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus

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 as the one

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 who took

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 these sins

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 on himself

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 then we

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 can experience

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 God's grace

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 in our lives

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 and when we're

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 going through

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 the night

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 when we're

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 weeping

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 when things

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 are really

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 really hard

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 it can be

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 difficult to

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:42.680
 see God

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 at work

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 it can be

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 difficult to

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 understand

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 how God

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 is working

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 things

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.059
 for our

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 good

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 but when we

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 come to the

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 morning

00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.720
 when things

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 get brighter

00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:54.440
 when we

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 begin to

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 understand

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 more

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 of God's

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 way for us

00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:58.700
 we can look

00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.360
 back and we

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 can say

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 what God

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 allowed to

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 happen to

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 me

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 was for

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 my good

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 for my

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 benefit

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 and I

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 can rejoice

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 in his

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 grace

00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.600
 to me

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 his anger

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.579
 lasts

00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:12.640
 only a

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 moment

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 but his

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 favour

00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.740
 his grace

00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:17.000
 lasts

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.200
 a lifetime

00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:19.039
 let's

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 celebrate

00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.140
 and rejoice

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 in the

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 grace of

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 our God

00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:23.460
 and all

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 that he

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 does

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 for us

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 despite

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 our sin

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.740
 and despite

00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.519
 our

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 failure

00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:31.879
 let's move

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 on and look

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 a little bit

00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.240
 more at the

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 situation

00:18:33.679 --> 00:18:33.919
 of the

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 psalmist

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 as I

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 said

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 from verse

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 6 on

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 he's

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 broadly

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 looking at

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 his

00:18:37.679 --> 00:18:38.240
 spiritual

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.740
 condition

00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.119
 as well

00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:39.960
 as a

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 little bit

00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:40.899
 of the

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 physical

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 but verse

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 6 I

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 think may

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 be the

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 key to

00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.259
 understanding

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.639
 what's

00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.179
 going on

00:18:46.179 --> 00:18:46.879
 in the

00:18:46.879 --> 00:18:47.819
 psalm

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.539
 psalmist

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:48.899
 says

00:18:48.899 --> 00:18:49.359
 when I

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 felt

00:18:49.639 --> 00:18:50.159
 secure

00:18:50.159 --> 00:18:50.359
 I

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:50.859
 said

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 I

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 shall

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 never

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.880
 be

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.420
 shaken

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 picture

00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:54.500
 put up

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:54.640
 there

00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:54.880
 says

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 I

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 shall

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 not

00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.039
 be

00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.519
 moved

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.700
 and

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:57.839
 the

00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.039
 key

00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.279
 word

00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:58.539
 there

00:18:58.539 --> 00:18:58.700
 I

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 think

00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.279
 is

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 I

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 the

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 psalmist

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.700
 has

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.000
 gotten

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.180
 to

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:02.299
 a

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.859
 situation

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.200
 where

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.359
 he

00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:03.539
 is

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:03.819
 self

00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.539
 satisfied

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.240
 where

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.400
 he

00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:05.579
 is

00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:06.200
 proud

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.839
 where

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.019
 he

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.559
 doesn't

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.140
 realize

00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:08.440
 his

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:08.960
 dependence

00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.799
 on

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.299
 God

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:11.299
 oh yes

00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:11.579
 if you

00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:12.000
 asked him

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.240
 you would

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:12.400
 say

00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:12.759
 God

00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:12.940
 is

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.200
 my

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.480
 God

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:13.640
 I

00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:14.019
 trust

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.279
 him

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:14.740
 I

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.160
 follow

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:15.500
 him

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:15.940
 I

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.420
 depend

00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:16.680
 on

00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:16.980
 him

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.859
 but

00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:18.319
 actually

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.620
 in his

00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:19.180
 life

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:19.819
 and in

00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.039
 his

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.579
 thoughts

00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.259
 and in

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:21.419
 his

00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:21.879
 attitudes

00:19:21.879 --> 00:19:22.799
 he's

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.139
 thinking

00:19:23.139 --> 00:19:23.539
 I

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:23.799
 can

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.139
 take

00:19:24.139 --> 00:19:24.480
 care

00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:24.679
 of

00:19:24.679 --> 00:19:25.259
 myself

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.339
 I've

00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:26.519
 got

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:26.720
 into

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:26.960
 this

00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.500
 situation

00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:27.659
 of

00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:27.740
 his

00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.019
 David

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:28.279
 maybe

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.439
 it's

00:19:28.439 --> 00:19:28.639
 the

00:19:28.639 --> 00:19:29.559
 situation

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:29.759
 of

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:29.939
 being

00:19:29.939 --> 00:19:30.059
 in

00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.199
 the

00:19:30.199 --> 00:19:30.679
 palace

00:19:30.679 --> 00:19:31.639
 and

00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:31.899
 being

00:19:31.899 --> 00:19:32.019
 in

00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:32.099
 a

00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:32.379
 position

00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:32.579
 of

00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:33.119
 authority

00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:33.799
 and

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.139
 thinking

00:19:34.139 --> 00:19:34.419
 this

00:19:34.419 --> 00:19:34.639
 is

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.159
 my

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 thing

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 one

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 one

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 possibility

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 of

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 this

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 psalm

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 is

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 that

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 David

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 wrote

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 it

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 after

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 he

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 tried

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 to

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 count

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 all

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 his

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 armies

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 and

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 when

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 God

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 had

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 told

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 him

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 not

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 to

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 and

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 as

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 he

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 counted

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 his

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 armies

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 God

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 brought

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 judgment

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 on

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 Israel

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 perhaps

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 that's

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 the

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 situation

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 he's

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 talking

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 about

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 that

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 was

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 really

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 David's

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 pride

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 in

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 wanting

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 to

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 see

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 how

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 powerful

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 he

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 and

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 his

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 armies

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 were

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 maybe

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 it was

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 something

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 else

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 but

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 it

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 does

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 look

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 as

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 the

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 psalmist

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 got

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 a

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 situation

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.940
 where

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 he's

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 saying

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 I

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 have

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 done

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:04.859
 this

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 I

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 shall

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 not

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 be

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 moved

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 I

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 shall

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 never

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 be

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 shaken

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 I

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 am

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 secure

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 that's

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 a dreadful

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 place

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 for anyone

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 who trusts

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 in God

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 to get

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 into

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 and yet

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 perhaps

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 it's a

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 place

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 that's

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 all too

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 easy

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 for us

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 to get

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 into

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 as we

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 live

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 lives

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 which by

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 and large

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 are

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 comfortable

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 where most

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 of us

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 have a

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 reasonable

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 amount

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 of

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 material

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 things

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 we're

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 not

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 thinking

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 where's

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 my next

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 meal

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 going to

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 come

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 from

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 or that

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 kind

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 of

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 thing

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 most

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 of us

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 in that

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 kind

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 of

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 situation

00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:41.059
 it's

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 very

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 easy

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.059
 for us

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.460
 to become

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 dependent

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.619
 on

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 ourselves

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 say I've

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 got a

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 good job

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 I've

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 worked

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 I've

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 saved

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 up

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 I've

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 built

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 up

00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:49.099
 my

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.519
 life

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.220
 and you

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.539
 kind

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:50.700
 of

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.019
 then

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.619
 lose

00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:51.819
 your

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 dependence

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.299
 on

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 God

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:54.839
 and

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 sometimes

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.599
 God

00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:55.940
 then has

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 to come

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 in

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 and to

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 discipline

00:20:57.639 --> 00:20:58.099
 us

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 and to

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 draw us

00:20:59.339 --> 00:20:59.619
 up

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 and to

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.379
 say

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:00.839
 no

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.519
 without

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.940
 me

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.139
 you

00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:02.339
 are

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:02.940
 nothing

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.899
 and you

00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:04.359
 mustn't

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:04.859
 depend

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.539
 on

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.519
 yourself

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.559
 I

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:07.899
 certainly

00:21:07.899 --> 00:21:08.299
 as I

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:08.899
 read

00:21:08.899 --> 00:21:09.159
 this

00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:09.559
 psalm

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:10.819
 it is

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.220
 one thing

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.659
 that really

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.220
 strikes you

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 as you

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.139
 think about

00:21:13.139 --> 00:21:13.460
 it

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.599
 as you

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 examine

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.220
 your

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.680
 heart

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.500
 to say

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.099
 am I

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:17.740
 self

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:17.759
 self

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.419
 satisfied

00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:19.159
 like

00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:19.379
 the

00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:19.879
 psalmist

00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:21.059
 I

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.319
 wouldn't

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.559
 say

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:21.819
 it

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.579
 but

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:22.859
 perhaps

00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.240
 by my

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 actions

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.500
 and by

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:24.839
 my

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.259
 attitudes

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.879
 I

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.339
 demonstrate

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.819
 it

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.679
 that my

00:21:27.679 --> 00:21:28.079
 feeling

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.759
 is I

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.199
 shall

00:21:29.199 --> 00:21:29.519
 never

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:29.759
 be

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.099
 shaken

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:31.039
 I

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.679
 feel

00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:32.759
 secure

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.500
 and the

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:33.799
 psalmist

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.639
 says that's

00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:35.639
 not how

00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.019
 it should

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.500
 be

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.980
 so then

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.279
 in verse

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.639
 7

00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:39.759
 he talks

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.299
 about what

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.679
 happened

00:21:40.679 --> 00:21:41.139
 so he's

00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:41.559
 saying I

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:41.759
 feel

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.199
 secure

00:21:42.199 --> 00:21:42.379
 I

00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:42.500
 shall

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:42.799
 never

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.059
 be

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.399
 shaken

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:44.580
 and then

00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:45.040
 verse 7

00:21:45.040 --> 00:21:45.400
 he turns

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:45.759
 back to

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.019
 talking

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.280
 about

00:21:46.280 --> 00:21:46.800
 God

00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:47.440
 interesting

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:47.980
 the psalm

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.580
 he kind

00:21:48.580 --> 00:21:49.460
 of alternates

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.080
 between giving

00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.740
 some commentary

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.200
 and talking

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.640
 to God

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:51.940
 I think he

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.360
 addresses God

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:53.080
 eight times

00:21:53.080 --> 00:21:54.759
 in the psalm

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.040
 he said

00:21:55.040 --> 00:21:55.519
 when you

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.180
 favoured me

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.040
 you made

00:21:57.040 --> 00:21:57.580
 my royal

00:21:57.580 --> 00:21:58.019
 mountain

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.920
 stand firm

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.420
 not exactly

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.780
 sure what

00:21:59.780 --> 00:22:00.140
 that means

00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:00.340
 but I

00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:00.680
 think the

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.200
 kind of

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.680
 import

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.080
 of it

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:02.700
 is quite

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.100
 obvious

00:22:03.100 --> 00:22:03.580
 that it

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:04.180
 was God

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.580
 they had

00:22:04.580 --> 00:22:05.060
 given them

00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:05.980
 some security

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.380
 and some

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:06.920
 stability

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:08.140
 in his

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.580
 life

00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:09.300
 and it

00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:09.620
 made his

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.240
 life good

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.120
 and relatively

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.680
 easy

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.840
 but then he

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.380
 says when

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.760
 you hid

00:22:13.760 --> 00:22:13.960
 your

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.500
 face

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.500
 I

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.020
 was

00:22:16.020 --> 00:22:17.080
 dismayed

00:22:17.080 --> 00:22:17.400
 and God

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:17.740
 hid his

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.000
 face

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.340
 in this

00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:18.700
 case

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.400
 it looks

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.800
 like

00:22:19.800 --> 00:22:20.400
 when the

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.720
 psalmist

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.440
 fell really

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.860
 ill

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.840
 and thought

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.160
 he was

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.560
 about

00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:24.520
 to die

00:22:24.520 --> 00:22:25.520
 and in

00:22:25.520 --> 00:22:25.660
 that

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:26.280
 situation

00:22:26.280 --> 00:22:26.780
 where the

00:22:26.780 --> 00:22:27.100
 psalmist

00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:27.580
 was full

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.240
 of himself

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:29.520
 and confident

00:22:29.520 --> 00:22:30.380
 in himself

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:31.460
 God

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.080
 comes to him

00:22:32.080 --> 00:22:32.480
 and says

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.100
 actually

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.900
 you have

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.620
 no reason

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.320
 for confidence

00:22:35.320 --> 00:22:36.560
 in yourself

00:22:36.560 --> 00:22:38.220
 your life

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.960
 is here

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.440
 today

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.260
 it could

00:22:40.260 --> 00:22:40.700
 be gone

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.220
 tomorrow

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:42.600
 you have

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.000
 no

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.640
 real

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.559
 long term

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.059
 power

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:46.039
 or authority

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:47.180
 unless it

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.660
 comes

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.740
 from God

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.539
 and if

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.220
 your security

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.859
 isn't in

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.279
 God

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.099
 then that

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.539
 security

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.660
 is insecure

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.819
 you're not

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.539
 standing on

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.059
 the solid

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.539
 rock

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.460
 you're standing

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:57.880
 on the

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.259
 sinking

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.940
 sand

00:22:58.940 --> 00:23:00.259
 and you're

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.099
 liable to

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.740
 come in

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.400
 for a

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.079
 big fall

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:04.319
 and God

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.240
 allows the

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.559
 psalmist

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:05.940
 to go

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.400
 through that

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.259
 experience

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.039
 God

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.940
 the psalmist

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.359
 said

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.039
 hides

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.079
 his face

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:12.240
 from him

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.500
 so the

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.819
 psalmist

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.299
 is looking

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.960
 to God

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.359
 in his

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.839
 time of

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.480
 illness

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.640
 in his

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.059
 time of

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.599
 difficulty

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:18.859
 in his

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.279
 time of

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.779
 trial

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.640
 and he

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.180
 has great

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.879
 difficulty

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.660
 finding God

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.119
 not that

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.680
 God's not

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.079
 there

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.920
 God is

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.640
 always there

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.799
 always present

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:28.200
 and yet

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.539
 as the

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:28.940
 psalmist

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.879
 until he

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.519
 is willing

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.379
 to admit

00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:32.500
 his failure

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.519
 and to

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.839
 admit

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.240
 that he's

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.779
 got things

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.200
 wrong

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.839
 it is

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.039
 as if

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.299
 God

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.880
 is hiding

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.599
 his face

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.380
 and the

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:38.720
 psalmist

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.559
 begins to

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:39.960
 lose

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:41.539
 all hope

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.759
 perhaps at

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.160
 times we

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.619
 get into

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.160
 that kind

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.819
 of situation

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.200
 too

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.640
 when things

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.059
 seem to be

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.420
 clattering

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.119
 down around

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:47.480
 us

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.180
 and God

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.819
 doesn't seem

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.079
 to be

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.539
 present

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.400
 and there

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.700
 are lessons

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.019
 in that

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.180
 part

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.460
 and we've

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:51.740
 looked at

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.619
 that in

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:52.920
 some of

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.380
 the previous

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.819
 weeks

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.740
 of this

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.019
 series

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.140
 as well

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.019
 the psalmist

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.440
 says my

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:58.059
 security

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.980
 was shattered

00:23:58.980 --> 00:24:00.259
 I had

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.200
 a big

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.200
 problem

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.319
 so what

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.600
 does he

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:03.940
 do

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:06.160
 he prays

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.779
 verses

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.940
 8 to

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.460
 10

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.299
 he comes

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:10.220
 before God

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.840
 and you

00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.220
 have this

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.279
 really desperate

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.940
 prayer

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:14.059
 to you

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.460
 oh Lord

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.059
 I call

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.440
 to the

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:15.620
 Lord

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.059
 I cried

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.660
 for mercy

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.360
 and what

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:17.620
 does he

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:17.960
 say to

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.380
 God

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.080
 he says

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.539
 what is

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.840
 gained

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:20.200
 if I'm

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.740
 silenced

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.120
 if I go

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.539
 down to

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.019
 the pit

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.779
 will the

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.080
 dust

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:23.460
 praise

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:23.779
 you

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.500
 will it

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:24.880
 proclaim

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.120
 your

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.960
 faithfulness

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.559
 hear

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:26.920
 Lord

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.279
 and be

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.700
 merciful

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.380
 to me

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.240
 Lord

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.259
 be my

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.120
 help

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:32.199
 we have

00:24:32.199 --> 00:24:32.659
 to realize

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.099
 that the

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.879
 Old Testament

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.579
 writers

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.519
 didn't have

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.059
 the full

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.500
 view of

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.859
 scripture

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.799
 that we

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.119
 do

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:39.239
 so we

00:24:39.239 --> 00:24:39.639
 would look

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:40.179
 at death

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.619
 hopefully

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:40.939
 in the

00:24:40.939 --> 00:24:41.379
 light that

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:41.759
 Paul

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.500
 looked at

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.119
 in Philippians

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.919
 chapter 1

00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:44.599
 to say

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.019
 for me

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.439
 to live

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:46.139
 is Christ

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:47.279
 to die

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.779
 is gain

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.799
 so for the

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.179
 Christian

00:24:50.179 --> 00:24:50.639
 death

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.119
 isn't

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.639
 something

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.000
 that is

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.459
 final

00:24:52.459 --> 00:24:52.839
 and that

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.359
 stops us

00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:53.799
 from praising

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.359
 God

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.459
 in some

00:24:55.459 --> 00:24:55.639
 ways

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:55.939
 it's the

00:24:55.939 --> 00:24:56.279
 gateway

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.219
 into even

00:24:57.219 --> 00:24:58.179
 greater praise

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:59.080
 and adoration

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.720
 of God

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.660
 as we

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.080
 see the

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.560
 Lord Jesus

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.160
 face to

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.539
 face

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.299
 and as

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.759
 we fall

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.160
 down

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.799
 and as

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.400
 we truly

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:06.279
 worship

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.700
 him

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:08.120
 for the

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.640
 psalmist

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.279
 it was

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.720
 something

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.259
 that was

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.580
 to be

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.200
 dreaded

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.940
 and not

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.480
 to be

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.779
 looked

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.400
 forward

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:13.660
 to

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.000
 now again

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.180
 I'm

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.539
 slightly

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:14.980
 challenged

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.640
 by this

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.539
 because I've

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.039
 said as

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.500
 Christians

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.019
 this is

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.380
 how it

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.620
 should

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.019
 be

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.900
 I'm

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.100
 not

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.279
 sure

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.560
 always

00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:20.759
 as

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.120
 Christians

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.580
 this is

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:21.960
 how it

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.500
 is

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:24.380
 and perhaps

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:24.940
 at times

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.560
 we do

00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:26.259
 dread

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.740
 death

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.640
 perhaps

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.660
 we do

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.160
 everything

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:29.740
 we can

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.240
 to cling

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.599
 on to

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:30.900
 life

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.480
 and sometimes

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.940
 God has

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.339
 to say

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.079
 to Christians

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.940
 no it is

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.500
 better for

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.879
 you that

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.240
 you come

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.599
 to be

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.140
 with me

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.779
 that is

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.480
 my plan

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.259
 for your

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.720
 life

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:40.099
 so we

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.460
 shouldn't

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.000
 dread death

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.539
 perhaps

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.279
 we do

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.960
 sometimes

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:44.039
 but I

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.279
 think what

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.680
 we take

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.319
 particularly

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.920
 from these

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.299
 verses

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.160
 is that

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.720
 when we

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.299
 get into

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.960
 this kind

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.619
 of situation

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.299
 the psalmist

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.619
 is in

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.160
 when all

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.500
 seems

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.019
 hopeless

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.099
 when all

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.559
 seems to

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:53.980
 be going

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.839
 against us

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.460
 and we're

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.059
 really worried

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.500
 about our

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.879
 future

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.319
 and what's

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.619
 going to

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:57.960
 happen

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.299
 perhaps

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.539
 whether

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.099
 we're

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.519
 even going

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.279
 to face

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.639
 death

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.240
 or something

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.259
 dreadful

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.559
 instead of

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.899
 that

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.960
 that is

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.619
 the time

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.200
 when we

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.859
 really get

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.819
 before God

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.879
 in prayer

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.899
 earnestly

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:11.799
 and sincerely

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:13.299
 now we should

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.639
 be praying

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.200
 in that way

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.700
 when we're

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.460
 feeling secure

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.259
 when we're

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.019
 in a situation

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.139
 the psalmist

00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:18.500
 is in

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.079
 in verse 6

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.500
 not that

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.839
 should he

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.200
 but the

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.639
 situation

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.220
 he was in

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.919
 when things

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:22.299
 were going

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.759
 well

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.700
 and it

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.159
 all seemed

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:24.919
 to be fine

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.700
 that is

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.160
 the time

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.480
 when we

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:26.779
 should be

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.440
 building our

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.019
 relationship

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.580
 with the

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:28.960
 Lord

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.580
 we should

00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:30.200
 be investing

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.800
 time

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:31.900
 in reading

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.480
 the scripture

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.100
 and learning

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:33.519
 it in

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.500
 prayer

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.360
 and meditation

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:36.340
 and making

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:36.779
 sure that

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.300
 when the time

00:26:37.300 --> 00:26:37.880
 of difficulty

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.720
 does come

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.440
 we have a

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.940
 relationship

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.740
 with God

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.759
 that we can

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.320
 come to him

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:42.840
 in prayer

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.700
 and with

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.180
 confidence

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.200
 in his

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.000
 answer

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.860
 sadly

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.420
 sometimes

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:47.900
 when things

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.300
 are going

00:26:48.300 --> 00:26:48.920
 easily

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.600
 for us

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.539
 we're all

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.759
 to forget

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.919
 to pray

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:54.939
 as a church

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:56.019
 do we pray

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.659
 together

00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:58.419
 and fervently

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:59.159
 and sincerely

00:26:59.159 --> 00:27:00.279
 as often

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.439
 or as much

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:02.399
 as we should

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:02.799
 I suspect

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.359
 the answer

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.179
 is that we

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.500
 don't

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.839
 as an

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.299
 individual

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.500
 do I pray

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.079
 to God

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.819
 in the way

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.199
 that I

00:27:08.199 --> 00:27:08.519
 should

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.259
 when things

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.639
 are going

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:09.879
 well

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.399
 the answer

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:11.240
 in my life

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.719
 perhaps in

00:27:11.719 --> 00:27:12.339
 yours too

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.459
 is no

00:27:13.459 --> 00:27:14.599
 not always

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.240
 but when the

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.599
 time of

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.119
 difficulty

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.639
 comes

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:17.219
 when we

00:27:17.219 --> 00:27:17.679
 recognise

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.320
 our need

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:18.940
 of God

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.560
 when we

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:19.960
 come to

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.220
 him

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.539
 and we

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.860
 plead

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.160
 to him

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.860
 for mercy

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.720
 God

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.460
 is there

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.519
 and God

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.420
 is able

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.380
 and willing

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:27.400
 to answer

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:28.640
 our prayers

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.420
 and our

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:29.940
 recourse

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.259
 in the

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.680
 time of

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.019
 trouble

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.840
 is not

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.180
 to look

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.039
 to ourself

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.980
 not to

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.240
 look to

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.640
 others

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.220
 round about

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.640
 us

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.360
 but to

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.680
 look to

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.160
 God

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.820
 and to

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.140
 look to

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.900
 his mercy

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.820
 and to

00:27:39.820 --> 00:27:40.340
 seek his

00:27:40.340 --> 00:27:40.820
 face

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.759
 and his

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.360
 guidance

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.500
 and protection

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.600
 in it

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.380
 so the

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.680
 psalmist

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.299
 dreaded his

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.820
 destruction

00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:47.519
 his death

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.119
 but he

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.440
 did the

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.059
 right thing

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.879
 he came

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.539
 to God

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:52.039
 in prayer

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:54.579
 and in

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:54.879
 the last

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.279
 couple of

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.599
 verses of

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.220
 the psalm

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.279
 is a

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.720
 praise of

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.240
 the psalmist

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.720
 have called

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:58.879
 it

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.639
 rejoicing

00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:00.559
 restored

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:02.019
 I guess

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.079
 there's five

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.519
 is the one

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.900
 that most

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.359
 people know

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.839
 from this

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.359
 psalm

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.960
 and the

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.400
 joy in

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.519
 the

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.819
 morning

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.240
 bit

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.079
 but also

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.980
 verse 11

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.460
 and 12

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.839
 I'm sure

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.700
 look familiar

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.039
 to us

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.259
 there's a

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.759
 picture that's

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.279
 not unique

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.720
 to this

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.099
 psalm

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.960
 in scripture

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.339
 it's taking

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:16.000
 someone

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.940
 pictorially

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.380
 who is

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.100
 dressed up

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.380
 to go

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:18.720
 to a

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.100
 funeral

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.900
 who is

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.559
 in mourning

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.720
 and who

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.080
 is really

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.740
 sad about

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.279
 things

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.039
 and they

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.220
 have a

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.500
 complete

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.059
 change of

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.420
 clothing

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.259
 and they

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.680
 also have

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.080
 a complete

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:28.080
 change of

00:28:28.080 --> 00:28:28.500
 attitude

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:30.120
 the sackcloth

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.900
 the mourning

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.720
 garments

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.500
 come off

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.960
 the joyful

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.460
 garments

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:34.920
 the garments

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.660
 of salvation

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.420
 go on

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.420
 and the

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.900
 wailing that

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.539
 was there

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.039
 before

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:40.200
 was turned

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.920
 into

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.860
 dancing

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.719
 the psalmist

00:28:42.719 --> 00:28:43.179
 life

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.979
 has been

00:28:43.979 --> 00:28:44.959
 completely

00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:46.199
 transformed

00:28:46.199 --> 00:28:48.099
 and he

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.599
 goes back

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.219
 perhaps

00:28:49.219 --> 00:28:49.959
 in one

00:28:49.959 --> 00:28:50.240
 sense

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.539
 to where

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.899
 he was

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.399
 to begin

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:51.759
 with

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.759
 he's been

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.159
 through this

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.599
 time of

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.000
 illness

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.899
 and he's

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.659
 back again

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:56.759
 with God's

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.099
 favour

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:58.399
 and in a

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:59.159
 good place

00:28:59.159 --> 00:29:00.039
 physically

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:01.419
 but he's

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:02.199
 actually not

00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:03.019
 going back

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.659
 spiritually

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:04.179
 to where

00:29:04.179 --> 00:29:04.699
 he was

00:29:04.699 --> 00:29:05.500
 before

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.479
 he's

00:29:06.479 --> 00:29:07.099
 recognising

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.500
 that was

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.019
 not a

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.539
 good place

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.099
 to be

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.859
 and having

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.519
 experienced

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:10.920
 God's

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.379
 discipline

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:12.539
 and God's

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:12.980
 grace

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.899
 so he

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.480
 rejoices

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.099
 in God's

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.440
 goodness

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.420
 and I'm

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:16.879
 sure as he

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.659
 goes forward

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.700
 his trust

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.559
 is much

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:19.879
 more

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.619
 confidently

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.920
 in God

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.879
 and so

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.639
 he rejoices

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.319
 in God

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.139
 and he

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.659
 encourages

00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.659
 others to

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.099
 rejoice

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:28.139
 in God

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.980
 as well

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.579
 my heart

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.159
 sings your

00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:30.559
 praises

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.559
 and is not

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.159
 silent

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:33.240
 Lord my

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.700
 God

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.659
 I will

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.480
 praise you

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.639
 forever

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:38.119
 so someone

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.459
 who's been

00:29:38.459 --> 00:29:38.819
 through the

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.599
 whole gamut

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.199
 of things

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:40.799
 that we

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.199
 read about

00:29:41.199 --> 00:29:41.519
 in the

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.019
 Psalms

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.979
 he started

00:29:42.979 --> 00:29:43.479
 off with

00:29:43.479 --> 00:29:44.000
 God

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.079
 and feeling

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.659
 secure

00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:46.099
 and feeling

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.519
 God's

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.879
 blessing

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.259
 in his

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.639
 life

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.319
 but perhaps

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.219
 not recognising

00:29:49.219 --> 00:29:49.679
 how much

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:49.839
 he was

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.279
 dependent

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.000
 on God

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.639
 he's

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.139
 experienced

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.619
 God's

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.039
 discipline

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.559
 for his

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:53.799
 sin

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.019
 he's

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.439
 experienced

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:55.099
 illness

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.819
 he was

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.059
 perhaps

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.359
 on the

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.639
 point

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:56.899
 of his

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.199
 enemies

00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:57.659
 gloating

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:58.159
 over him

00:29:58.159 --> 00:29:59.279
 though it

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.619
 doesn't seem

00:29:59.619 --> 00:29:59.859
 to have

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.219
 come to

00:30:00.219 --> 00:30:00.579
 that

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.239
 and then

00:30:01.239 --> 00:30:01.799
 he experiences

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.319
 God's

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.719
 grace

00:30:02.719 --> 00:30:03.559
 and he's

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.279
 able really

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.019
 to rejoice

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.939
 in the

00:30:05.939 --> 00:30:06.079
 Lord

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.359
 and that's

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:06.979
 a good place

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.640
 for us to be

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:07.960
 if we're

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.360
 going through

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:08.799
 times of

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.240
 difficulty

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.960
 to recognise

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.799
 that there

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.339
 is joy

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.640
 in the

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:11.940
 morning

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.440
 that God

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.819
 does have

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.259
 a plan

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.940
 for us

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.700
 if we've

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.140
 gone through

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.759
 that time

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.620
 to share

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.039
 with each

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.380
 other

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.140
 and to

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.740
 rejoice

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.500
 in all

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:19.960
 that God

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.579
 has done

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.720
 for us

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:23.360
 when I

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:23.920
 came to

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.140
 church

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.720
 this morning

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.339
 I was

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.579
 told

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.039
 pondering

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.319
 in my

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:26.660
 mind

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.180
 how I

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.319
 would

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.759
 finish

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.420
 this

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.759
 evening

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.400
 I

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:29.640
 always

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:29.860
 find

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:29.980
 the

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.160
 most

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.480
 difficult

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.839
 part

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.079
 of a

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.360
 sermon

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:31.579
 is

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:31.740
 the

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.180
 end

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:33.559
 relatively

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:33.980
 straightforward

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.620
 usually

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.360
 to divide

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.620
 up the

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:35.960
 passion

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.600
 to explain

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:36.880
 it

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.440
 there's

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.640
 usually

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:37.940
 something

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.319
 that comes

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.579
 at the

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:38.880
 beginning

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.220
 that you

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.400
 can

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.940
 get a

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.180
 hook

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.480
 into

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.740
 it

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.079
 but

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.339
 often

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:41.539
 to

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.799
 really

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.220
 end

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.539
 well

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.039
 is

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.500
 difficult

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.960
 and I

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.059
 was

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.220
 sitting

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.480
 this

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.839
 morning

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.500
 and I

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.740
 looked

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:45.980
 over

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.360
 on my

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:46.660
 right

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:46.960
 on your

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.259
 left

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.600
 there

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.240
 and it

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.359
 was

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.500
 the

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.779
 words

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:48.939
 that

00:30:48.939 --> 00:30:49.500
 young

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:49.799
 people

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.000
 did

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.159
 at

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.339
 Easter

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.419
 service

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:52.059
 Paul

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.279
 got

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.439
 the

00:30:52.439 --> 00:30:52.639
 young

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 people

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.480
 to

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 fill

00:30:53.719 --> 00:30:53.899
 in

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 these

00:30:54.219 --> 00:30:54.719
 three

00:30:54.719 --> 00:30:55.219
 words

00:30:55.219 --> 00:30:56.799
 presence

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.740
 peace

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.639
 and

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.079
 power

00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:00.199
 and I

00:31:00.199 --> 00:31:00.379
 thought

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:00.639
 these

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:00.799
 are

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.119
 really

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.699
 relevant

00:31:01.699 --> 00:31:02.379
 as we

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:02.659
 think

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.039
 about

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.659
 this

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:04.759
 psalm

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.059
 it

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.219
 is

00:31:05.219 --> 00:31:05.480
 about

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.719
 the

00:31:05.719 --> 00:31:06.339
 presence

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.059
 or

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.759
 absence

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.419
 apparent

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:09.019
 absence

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.719
 of

00:31:09.719 --> 00:31:10.179
 God

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:11.179
 it

00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:11.299
 is

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.519
 someone

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:11.699
 who

00:31:11.699 --> 00:31:11.839
 is

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.299
 dependent

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.599
 on

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:12.980
 God

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.359
 and

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.519
 has

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.759
 felt

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.019
 God

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.359
 present

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.539
 and

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.059
 suddenly

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.839
 feels

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.319
 God

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.179
 absent

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:18.759
 and

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:18.940
 yet

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.080
 he

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.840
 recognises

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.060
 that

00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:20.600
 actually

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.100
 God

00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:21.539
 is

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.259
 there

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.500
 and

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.660
 that

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:23.799
 is

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:23.960
 the

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.360
 first

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.759
 step

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:24.940
 in

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.140
 our

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.680
 restoration

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.160
 if

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.299
 we're

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.500
 going

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.700
 through

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.060
 times

00:31:27.060 --> 00:31:27.240
 of

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.799
 difficulty

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.519
 to

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.980
 recognise

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.420
 that

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:29.779
 God

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.000
 is

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.460
 always

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.060
 present

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:31.640
 and

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:31.799
 he

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:31.940
 is

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.340
 always

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:32.920
 here

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.340
 to

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:33.680
 hear

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.039
 us

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.740
 and

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:34.940
 to

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.519
 answer

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.299
 our

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.860
 prayers

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:38.539
 and

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:38.700
 then

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:38.980
 there's

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.660
 peace

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:41.279
 John

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.880
 Godingay

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.180
 in his

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.539
 commentary

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.279
 on

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.539
 this

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.980
 chapter

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.799
 talks

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.200
 about

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.640
 two

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.160
 stages

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.720
 in

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:46.980
 God

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.599
 answering

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.140
 our

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.519
 prayers

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.660
 and

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:48.819
 this

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.059
 psalm

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.220
 is

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.779
 largely

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.140
 about

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.500
 the

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.819
 second

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.299
 phase

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.880
 this

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.000
 is

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.160
 the

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.420
 first

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.680
 phase

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:52.819
 of

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.000
 God

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.400
 answering

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.660
 our

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.099
 prayers

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.819
 is

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:54.980
 when

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.120
 we

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.380
 bring

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.539
 our

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:55.960
 request

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.240
 to

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.599
 him

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.240
 and

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.420
 we

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.880
 trust

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.220
 him

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.579
 that

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:58.680
 he

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:58.819
 is

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.099
 going

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.299
 to

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.799
 answer

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.420
 and

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.579
 he

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:00.980
 answers

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.420
 initially

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.660
 by

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:01.920
 giving

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.160
 us

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.400
 that

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.900
 peace

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.440
 that

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:03.960
 confidence

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.339
 in

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.620
 him

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.220
 knowing

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.420
 that

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:05.519
 we

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.660
 have

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:05.819
 a

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.079
 loving

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.519
 heavenly

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.980
 father

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.559
 and

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.740
 that

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:07.920
 he

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.099
 will

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.420
 do

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.000
 what's

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.420
 best

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.000
 for

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.400
 us

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:11.339
 so

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.620
 peace

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:11.759
 I

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.120
 any

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.380
 other

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:17.860
 psalms

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.240
 the

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.559
 psalmist

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:18.759
 says

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:18.900
 I

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.059
 will

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.420
 trust

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.640
 in

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.000
 God

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.579
 despite

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.240
 everything

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.519
 that's

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.920
 happening

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.440
 in

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.660
 my

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.120
 life

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:24.079
 and

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.180
 these

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.559
 psalmists

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:25.880
 have got

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.000
 to

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.480
 stage

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.860
 one

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.299
 of

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.640
 God's

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.039
 answer

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.599
 they

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:28.720
 have

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.160
 recognized

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:29.360
 they

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.660
 need

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.099
 God

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.599
 they

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:30.700
 have

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:30.980
 committed

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.360
 things

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.599
 to

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:31.980
 him

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.500
 and

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.779
 God

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:32.940
 has

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.180
 given

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.360
 them

00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:33.519
 a

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:33.740
 peace

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.059
 about

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.460
 it

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.079
 God

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.440
 has

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.099
 assured

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.480
 them

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.920
 of

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.120
 his

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.519
 love

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.319
 and

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.500
 that

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:38.680
 he

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:38.900
 will

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.940
 always

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.420
 work

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.599
 for

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:40.819
 their

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.200
 good

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.819
 but

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:41.940
 then

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.079
 there's

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.180
 the

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.420
 second

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.960
 stage

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.380
 and

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.560
 that

00:32:43.560 --> 00:32:43.840
 stage

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:43.980
 is

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.120
 the

00:32:44.120 --> 00:32:44.440
 stage

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.580
 that

00:32:44.580 --> 00:32:44.700
 is

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.140
 represented

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.420
 by

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.600
 the

00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:45.840
 word

00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.420
 power

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.080
 over

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.519
 here

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.400
 that

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.519
 it

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.840
 wasn't

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.120
 just

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.279
 in

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.420
 the

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.740
 psalmist

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.539
 attitudes

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.440
 or

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.740
 his

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.500
 understanding

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.800
 of

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.259
 God

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.700
 that

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.019
 God

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.460
 worked

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.519
 that

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:55.800
 God

00:32:55.800 --> 00:32:56.460
 actually

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.880
 gave

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.039
 him

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.220
 the

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.700
 request

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:57.900
 that

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.019
 he

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.320
 asked

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:58.700
 for

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.140
 he

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.539
 answered

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.820
 his

00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:00.160
 prayer

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.460
 in a

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.700
 very

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.180
 real

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.940
 in a

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.220
 very

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.940
 physical

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.960
 way

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.019
 and

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.140
 when

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.300
 we

00:33:05.300 --> 00:33:05.600
 pray

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.440
 we

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:06.620
 need

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:06.740
 to

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.120
 recognize

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.320
 the

00:33:07.320 --> 00:33:07.660
 presence

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:07.880
 of

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.240
 God

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.140
 we

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.340
 need

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.500
 to

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.880
 leave

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.259
 things

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.580
 with

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:10.960
 God

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.199
 to

00:33:11.199 --> 00:33:11.659
 trust

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:12.000
 him

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.619
 and

00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:12.839
 to

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.240
 know

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.679
 that

00:33:13.679 --> 00:33:13.839
 we

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.000
 can

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.220
 have

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.579
 peace

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:14.919
 because

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.159
 we

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:15.539
 committed

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.899
 it

00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:16.379
 to

00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:16.699
 him

00:33:16.699 --> 00:33:17.599
 but

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:17.740
 we

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.000
 then

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.220
 need

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.419
 to

00:33:18.419 --> 00:33:18.639
 look

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:18.799
 for

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:18.960
 the

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.339
 evidence

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.559
 of

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.919
 God's

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.299
 power

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:20.879
 and

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.019
 the

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.379
 answer

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:21.599
 that

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:21.699
 he

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.099
 gives

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.559
 to

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:22.779
 our

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.099
 prayers

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.379
 not

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.699
 always

00:33:23.699 --> 00:33:23.899
 as

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.059
 we

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.659
 expect

00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:25.199
 our

00:33:25.199 --> 00:33:25.679
 heavenly

00:33:25.679 --> 00:33:26.019
 father

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.299
 knows

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.619
 better

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:26.839
 than

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.059
 we

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.319
 do

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.779
 what

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:27.919
 it

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.099
 is

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.259
 we

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.599
 need

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.220
 but

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.399
 to

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:29.579
 look

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:29.740
 for

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:29.899
 the

00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.319
 evidence

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.539
 of

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.879
 God's

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.259
 power

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.799
 and

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.019
 how

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.279
 he

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.500
 has

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.139
 changed

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.659
 things

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.259
 in

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.480
 our

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.960
 lives

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.839
 and

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:35.960
 when

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.079
 we

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.240
 see

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.579
 that

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.400
 when

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:37.559
 we

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:37.740
 can

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:37.980
 look

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.440
 back

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.940
 and

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.059
 we

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.200
 can

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.859
 understand

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.119
 the

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.440
 goodness

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:40.720
 of

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:40.879
 our

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.279
 God

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.879
 and

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:42.079
 all

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.279
 that

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.420
 he

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:42.599
 has

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:42.879
 done

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.200
 for

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.579
 us

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.539
 that

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.700
 is

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:44.839
 the

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.119
 point

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.299
 at

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 which

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:45.740
 we

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:45.940
 need

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.099
 to

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.379
 share

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:46.519
 it

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.700
 with

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.099
 others

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.819
 we

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.000
 need

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.119
 to

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.279
 bring

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.460
 our

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.980
 testimony

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.460
 before

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.000
 others

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.740
 in

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:50.960
 our

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.400
 fellowship

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.680
 or

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:51.879
 among

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.099
 our

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.619
 friends

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.299
 and

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.799
 together

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.440
 we

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.640
 can

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:54.839
 then

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.359
 rejoice

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:55.640
 at

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:55.839
 the

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.200
 goodness

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.460
 of

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.839
 God

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.799
 and

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:57.960
 to

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.519
 recognize

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:58.759
 that

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:58.960
 with

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.460
 God

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.420
 his

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:04.879
 mercy

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.160
 his

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.700
 grace

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.200
 his

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.660
 favor

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.379
 lasts

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:07.539
 a

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:08.039
 lifetime

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.360
 but

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.480
 there

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.619
 may

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:09.739
 be

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.159
 weeping

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.940
 but

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.179
 that

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.559
 weeping

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.000
 is only

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.360
 in the

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.719
 short

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.159
 term

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.599
 if

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:13.780
 our

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.219
 confidence

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.539
 is

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.699
 in

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.059
 God

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.900
 and

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.039
 in

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.179
 the

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.519
 morning

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.000
 things

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.699
 lighten

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:17.980
 up

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.500
 the

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.900
 darkest

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.280
 hour

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.500
 is

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:19.840
 just

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.340
 before

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.880
 the

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.260
 dawn

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:21.840
 and

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.019
 as

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.179
 the

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.440
 dawn

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.900
 comes

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.079
 and

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.260
 the

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.559
 light

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:23.880
 comes

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.119
 in

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.639
 we

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:24.840
 can

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.059
 see

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.420
 God

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.000
 working

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.639
 and

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:26.820
 we

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.039
 can

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.579
 rejoice

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.239
 in

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.420
 all

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.579
 that

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:28.699
 he

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:28.860
 has

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.199
 done

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.880
 for

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.260
 us

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.880
 so

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.039
 let's

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.179
 take

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.860
 comfort

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.140
 from

00:34:35.140 --> 00:34:35.360
 this

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.740
 psalm

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:36.100
 in

00:34:36.100 --> 00:34:36.220
 the

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.460
 knowledge

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.660
 of

00:34:36.660 --> 00:34:36.880
 what

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.100
 God

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:37.840
 does

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.120
 for

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:38.420
 us

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.280
 and

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.500
 let's

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.640
 be

00:34:39.640 --> 00:34:39.960
 willing

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.380
 to

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.660
 share

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:40.860
 with

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.020
 one

00:34:41.020 --> 00:34:41.400
 another

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.140
 God's

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:42.480
 goodness

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.100
 in

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.300
 our

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.720
 lives

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:44.520
 let's

00:34:44.520 --> 00:34:44.640
 pray

00:34:44.640 --> 00:34:45.040
 together

00:34:45.040 --> 00:34:47.340
 father

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.720
 we thank

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:48.060
 you for

00:34:48.060 --> 00:34:48.540
 your word

00:34:48.540 --> 00:34:48.920
 to us

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.320
 we thank

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:49.680
 you that

00:34:49.680 --> 00:34:50.180
 this

00:34:50.180 --> 00:34:50.500
 psalm

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.020
 really is

00:34:51.020 --> 00:34:51.380
 one of

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.160
 rejoicing

00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:53.640
 one of

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.440
 being able

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.220
 to celebrate

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:56.280
 your goodness

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.480
 and your

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.920
 grace

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.360
 we thank

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:58.640
 you that

00:34:58.640 --> 00:34:58.940
 you are

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.440
 a God

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.280
 above all

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.920
 of grace

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.780
 and of

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.180
 love

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:03.260
 and

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.580
 although

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.980
 our sins

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.840
 rightly

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.699
 bring your

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.219
 wrath

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:08.380
 because

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.340
 sin is

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:09.920
 hateful

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.779
 to you

00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:11.819
 yet

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:12.239
 you are

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:12.799
 eager

00:35:12.799 --> 00:35:13.639
 that

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.039
 your

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.539
 grace

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:14.880
 should

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.719
 overcome

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.519
 all our

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.000
 faults

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.880
 that

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.360
 where sin

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.840
 abounds

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.380
 that grace

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:19.960
 should abound

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:21.019
 even more

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.019
 and that

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.360
 we should

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.119
 experience

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.940
 your forgiveness

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:25.460
 and your

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.179
 joy

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.480
 and your

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.119
 work

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.840
 in our

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.279
 lives

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.079
 help us

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.319
 to have

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:30.719
 a real

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.279
 dependence

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:31.819
 on you

00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:32.259
 help us

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.840
 not to

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.480
 rely

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.159
 on ourselves

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.840
 and on

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.019
 our

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.519
 strength

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.380
 help us

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.880
 to depend

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.460
 on you

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.480
 and in

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.159
 good times

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.860
 and in

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.579
 bad times

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.300
 to be able

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.740
 to come

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.119
 to you

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.579
 in earnest

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.039
 prayer

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:44.380
 recognizing you

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.699
 as our

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.039
 heavenly

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.500
 father

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.659
 and to

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.059
 bring

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.740
 all our

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:48.199
 requests

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.699
 to you

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.320
 in the

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.639
 name of

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:49.800
 the

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:49.980
 Lord

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.340
 Jesus

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:51.199
 so we

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.460
 give you

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.599
 our

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.019
 thanks

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.699
 for being

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.179
 with us

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.480
 for a

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.840
 time of

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.260
 worship

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.820
 and of

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.099
 meditation

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.679
 on your

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.059
 word

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.740
 and we

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:56.940
 commit

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.300
 ourselves

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.659
 to you

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:57.960
 for the

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.179
 coming

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.559
 days

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.860
 in the

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.000
 name

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.280
 of the

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.440
 Lord

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.780
 Jesus

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.840
 Amen

00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:02.100
 chapter 2

00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:02.700
 to you