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 But we'll begin our worship this evening by singing to God's praise.

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 57, in the Sing Psalms version.

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 Psalm 57, page 74 of the psalm books.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 5, the tune is Selma.

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 Have mercy on me, Lord, to you my soul holds fast.

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 Your covering wings will shelter me until the dangers pass.

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 I cry to God, most high, to God who answers me.

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 For he fulfills his purposes for me most perfectly.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 5 to God's praise.

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 My wings will shelter me until the dangers pass.

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 I cry to God, most high, to God who answers me.

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 For he fulfills his purposes for me most perfectly.

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 He sends his help from heaven and sends me from above.

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 He will be close to see my light, no senses to above.

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 I live with savage peace.

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 I dwell in my own strong.

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 With men who speak with piercing words,

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 A sharp sword is their tongue.

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 above the highest heaven, O God, exalted thee,

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 And over all the earth below,

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 His greater majesty.

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

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven, as we come before you again this evening hour,

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 we do thank you that we can come with boldness,

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 that we can come with confidence to you,

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 to that throne of grace.

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 But we come humbly before you as well,

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 recognizing who you are,

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 recognizing that you are a sovereign God over all,

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 all of creation and all of your people,

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 that you are the one who is all-powerful and almighty.

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 And yet we thank you for the confidence of the psalmist

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 in these words that we have sung,

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 that he cries to God, most high,

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 to God who answers me.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that we would have that assurance and confidence,

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 even as we offer up our prayers together here,

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 but also in our own personal devotions to you,

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 in our times of prayer,

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 in our own quietness,

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 in our homes,

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 or whatever we might offer up prayer to you,

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 in the quietness of our hearts,

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 that we would come in that way,

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 recognizing that we are in that relationship with you,

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 that we speak to you as the Lord and God of heaven,

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 but also to the one who is our Father.

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 And in that, there is such a bond,

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 a wonderful, loving relationship with your children as we are.

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 And we thank you that you do listen,

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 that you do hear our prayers,

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 and that in our prayers, Lord,

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 you are able to fulfill your purposes

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 and fulfill them, as the psalmist says,

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 for me most perfectly.

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 And in that, Lord,

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 we seek your will to be done.

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 For your will is that perfection.

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 And teach us, Lord,

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 not to seek our own will,

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 not to have our own desires fulfilled,

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 but that all that we do

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 and all that we seek to do

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 for ourselves or for others,

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 that it would be according

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 to your great and mighty purposes.

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 And we do thank you for the fact

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 that you are the one who sends help,

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 as the psalmist says,

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 help from heaven above,

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 that you send your truth and love,

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 and that we have your word

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 to remind us of that.

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 And as we hear from it again this evening,

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 may we see it as your truth,

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 and may it speak to us

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 that full truth,

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 not just our own thoughts, Lord,

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 but that they would be your words

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 that we hear,

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 the words that remind us

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 of your steadfast love

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 towards your people,

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 the strength that you are able

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 to give in our weariness,

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 that hope that you give

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 in the midst of all that dismay

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 that surrounds us at times.

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 And we do pray, Lord,

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 that you will hear us all

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 as we offer up our prayers

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 and hear us as your people

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 far and wide.

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 For we thank you that today,

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 and especially as it's your day,

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 the Lord's day,

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 a day where,

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 from the rising of the sun

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 to its setting,

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 from north, south, east, and west,

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 your people have been

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 and are and will call on your name,

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 that worship will be offered up to you

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 as the true and living God,

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 that in the midst of all the other idols

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 and false gods that are worshipped,

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 we thank you for the multitude of people

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 who gather in your name

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 in small numbers and places

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 and in large numbers and other places,

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 but all together we seek

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 to lift up our praise

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 and our prayers to you

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 and to join in that wonderful chorus of heaven

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 where praise is made before you,

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 where we know, Lord,

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 we have a Saviour

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 who is seated at your right hand.

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 We have our Lord and our God,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the one who,

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 as we offer up our prayers,

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 we do so in and through

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 his mighty and powerful name.

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 And Lord,

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 we do commit ourselves

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 into your care

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 and into your keeping

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 as a people,

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 as a congregation,

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 as homes and families,

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 as a community.

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 Lord,

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 surround us with your presence,

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 the very thing that we so often

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 take for granted,

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 that you are with us,

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 that you will be near in all things.

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 And yet,

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 as we even read your word this evening,

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 we see how quickly,

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 as a people,

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 we can turn away,

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 as we can forget you,

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 Lord.

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 And so as we go on,

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 even in this week ahead,

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 may we go knowing you with us

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 and asking you to be with us,

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 asking that you would guide us

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 and help us

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 and lead us

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 along life's journey,

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 that we would make our ways

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 according to your paths,

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 that we would follow your ways.

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 Teach us in them,

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 Lord, we pray.

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 And we just ask your help

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 and your strength

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 in all of these things.

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 May you bless us

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 as a congregation here.

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 We thank you

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 for the fellowship

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 of your people.

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 We thank you for visitors

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 as we have been seeing

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 over these last weeks,

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 coming from all different places.

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 People home on holiday

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 and people just passing by

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 and coming to worship with us.

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 We thank you for that fellowship

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 and the bonds

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 that there is in Christ.

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 Christ.

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 We just pray to see

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 that unity and fellowship blossom.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 your protection over us

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 as a people,

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 that you would unite us together

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 in your word

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 and according to your truth

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 and lead us in your ways

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 as a people,

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 even in this time

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 and these months ahead, Lord.

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 May we know your will

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 and your purpose for us.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 for every home and family here.

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 We thank you

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 that we can remember each other

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 at the throne of grace

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 and to do so not just publicly

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 but in our prayers as well, Lord,

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 that you would keep us

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 prayerful for one another.

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 Even as we think of those

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 who are unwell,

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 those who are going through times

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 of distress in different ways.

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 We think of people

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 who are in different needs

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 at this time, Lord,

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 and thankful that

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 even when we don't know

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 their names,

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 that you do

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 and that we can come

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 prayerfully for them.

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 We do have particular prayers

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 for people as well

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 as we have mentioned this morning

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 and seen with Scott

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 and Fiona and the girls

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 and they're moving to Harris.

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 We pray for them, Lord,

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 for you to go with them,

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 to be their shepherd,

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 to be their help,

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 to guide them

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 and to help them

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 in this next phase

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 of Scott's training.

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 May you bless them

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 in the congregation

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 of North Harris,

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 help them to settle there

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 and to make new friends,

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 to be a blessing

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 to those there

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 and help Scott

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 in his studies

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 over this coming year

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 as well

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 and in his preaching,

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 lead them and guide them

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 and be his help

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 and strengthen it all

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 and may they know

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 your blessing with them.

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 And we do pray, Lord,

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 for others

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 who are training

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 for the ministry.

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 We thank you

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 as we have heard

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 in these last weeks

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 of the congregation

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 of North Uist

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 and David Fergson

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 accepting the call.

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 We thank you for that

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 and we pray for him

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 and Catherine and Duncan

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 as they move

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 and as they settle

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 into a new home,

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 a new community

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 and especially

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 into a new congregation there.

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 We ask that you

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 will lead them together

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 and bless them

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 as a people there.

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 May your church flourish

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 in the North

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 and Uist

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 and also in the South

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 as well

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 as we pray

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 for the congregation

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 there as well.

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 We do pray

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 for our seminary

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 as well

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 with all the students

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 who have finished.

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 Some may be waiting

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 on a call as well.

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 We pray

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 for your leading

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 and guiding to them

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 and for other inductions

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 that will be taking place

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 in these coming weeks

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 as well.

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 We thank you for that

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 and pray that you will

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 provide more and more

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 gospel ministers,

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 those who will

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 go out with the good news

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 and proclaim it

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 throughout our land.

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 We thank you

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 for our seminary

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 and for the professors there

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 and for all the students

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 who will be starting back

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 in these next few weeks.

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 We pray your blessing

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 and help towards them

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 and that you will

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 be with them, Lord,

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 in this coming year.

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 We thank you too, Lord,

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 that we can commit

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 the disarray

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 that we see around us,

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 our nation,

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 in so much turmoil

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 and the world

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 in so much disarray.

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 When we think of

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 leaderships and contests

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 going on in America,

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 we think of turmoil

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 in the Middle East

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 and the Ukraine

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 and the tensions

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 in North Korea

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 and the Far East

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 as well, Lord.

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 There are so many things

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 going on around us

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 and so many things

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 that we do not even know about.

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 How your people

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 are persecuted,

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 how your church suffers

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 in so many different ways.

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 And yet we thank you

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 that you are the light

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 to this world,

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 that you are the one

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 who is able

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 to powerfully bless

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 and to bring peace,

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 to bring stability,

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 to bring your goodness

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 upon us.

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 We do pray that,

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 to know it

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 throughout our land,

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 near and far.

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 And so we commit ourselves

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 into your hands now,

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 Lord.

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 We ask that you will bless us

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 as we turn to your word,

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 that you will lead us into it

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 and the singing of your praise

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 help us to lift up our voices

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 in thanksgiving to you,

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 that you will give us voices

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 that will rejoice in you

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 and hearts that will

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 proclaim you

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 and that the joy of the Lord

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 would be our strength.

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 We ask, Lord,

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 that you would forgive us

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 for all our sin too,

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 that you would have mercy upon us,

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 that you would cleanse us anew

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 by the precious blood of Christ

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 as we come in his name,

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 offering up all of these things,

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 thankful for a glorious

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 and a wonderful Savior,

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 a precious Savior.

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 May he be more and more precious

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 to us each and every day

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 and may you love us

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 through him

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 and do us good

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 as we ask all these things

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 in the precious name of Jesus

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 and for his glory.

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 Amen.

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 We again sing to God's praise

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 this time in Psalm 121

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 in the Scottish Psalter version.

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 Psalm 121.

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 Find this on page 416.

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 Psalm 121 on page 416.

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 I to the hills will lift mine eyes

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 from whence doth come my need.

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 My safety cometh from the Lord

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 who heaven and earth hath made.

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 We'll sing the whole of this psalm

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 and the tune is Denfield.

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 We sing to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I to the hills will lift mine eyes

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 from whence doth come my name.

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 I sit ye calm and from the Lord

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 who then on earth hath made.

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 Thy foot in no place

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 like nor will

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 he sombered at the gate.

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 Behold thee that keeps Israel

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 He sombered at the gate.

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 The Lord be keeps the Lord thy shape

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 on thy right hand the same.

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 Thou good by night

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 thee shall not smite

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 nor yet the sun by day.

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 God the Lord shall keep thy soul

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 He shall

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 grace where thee come all hell

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 and forth thy going

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 and hand in

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 God be forever well.

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 We'll turn and read together

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 in God's word now

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 in the book of Isaiah

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 in the Old Testament.

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 Isaiah chapter 40.

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 We're going to take up

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 our reading at verse 9.

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 Isaiah chapter 40

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 and at verse 9

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 you'll find it around page 724

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 of the Bibles.

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 Isaiah 40 is almost like a turning point

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 in the book of Isaiah

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 where it begins

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 a new kind of section

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 where the people of God

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 have been

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 we've been seeing them

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 becoming more and more unfaithful

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 up to this point

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 up to chapter 39

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 and God has been warning them

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 and then in chapter 40 onwards

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 it's more about how God

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 is going to restore his people

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 and we see that in this chapter

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 when it begins with these words

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 comfort, comfort

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 my people

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 says

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 your God.

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 We're going to take up

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 our reading at verse 9

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 and we read there

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 of the greatness

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 of God.

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 Get you up

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 onto a high mountain

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 O Zion

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 herald of good news

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 lift up your voice

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 with strength

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 O Jerusalem

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 herald of good news

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 lift it up

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 fear not

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 say to the cities of Judah

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 behold

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 your God

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 behold

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 the Lord God

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 comes with might

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 and his arm

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 rules for him

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 behold

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 his reward

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 is with him

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 and his recompense

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 before him

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 he will tend

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 his flock

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 like a shepherd

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 he will gather

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 the lambs

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 in his arms

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 he will carry them

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 in his bosom

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 and gently lead

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 those that are

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 with young

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 who has measured

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 the water

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 from the hollow

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 of his hand

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 and marked off

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 the heavens

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 with a span

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 enclosed

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 the dust

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 of the earth

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 in a measure

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 and weighed

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 the mountains

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 in scales

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 and the hills

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 in a balance

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 who has measured

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 the spirit

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 of the Lord

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 or what man

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 shows him

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 his counsel

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 whom did he consult

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 and who made him

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 understand

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 who taught him

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 the path

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 of justice

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 and taught him

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 knowledge

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 and showed him

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 the way

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 of understanding

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 behold

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 the nations

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 are like a drop

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 from a bucket

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 and are accounted

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 as the dust

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 on the scales

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 behold

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 he takes up

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 the coastlands

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 like fine dust

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 Lebanon

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 would not suffice

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 for fuel

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 nor are its beasts

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 enough

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 for a burnt offering

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 all the nations

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 are as nothing

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 before him

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 they are accounted

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 by him

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 as less than nothing

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 and emptiness

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 to whom then

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 will you liken

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 God

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 or what likeness

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 compares with him

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 an idol

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 a craftsman

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 casts it

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 and a goldsmith

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 overlays it

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 with gold

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 and casts

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 for it

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 silver chains

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 he who is

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 too impoverished

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 for an offering

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 chooses wood

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 that will not rot

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 he seeks out

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 a skillful

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 craftsman

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 to set up

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 an idol

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 that will not

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 move

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 do you not know

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 do you not hear

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 has it not been told

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 you from the beginning

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 have you not understood

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 from the foundations

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 of the earth

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 it is he

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 who sits above

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 the circle

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 of the earth

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 and its inhabitants

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 are like grasshoppers

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 who stretches out

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 the heavens

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 like a curtain

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 and spreads them

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 like a tent

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 to dwell in

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 who brings

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 princes to nothing

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 and makes the rulers

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 of the earth

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 as emptiness

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 scarcely are they

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 planted

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 scarcely sown

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 scarcely has their

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 stem

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 taken root

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 in the earth

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 when he blows

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 on them

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 and they wither

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 and the tempest

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 carries them off

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 like stubble

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 to whom then

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 will you compare me

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 that I should be like him

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 says the holy one

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 lift up your eyes

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 on high

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 and see

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 who created these

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 he who brings out

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 their host

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 by number

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 calling them all

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 by name

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 by the greatness

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 of his might

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 and because

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 he is strong

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 in power

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 not one

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 is missing

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 why do you say

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 oh Jacob

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 and speak

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 oh Israel

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 my way is hidden

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 from the Lord

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 and my right

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 is disregarded

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 by my God

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 have you not known

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 have you not heard

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 the Lord

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 is the everlasting God

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 the creator

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 of the ends

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 of the earth

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 he does not faint

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 or grow weary

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 his understanding

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 is unsearchable

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 he gives power

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 to the faint

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 and to him

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 who has no might

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 he increases strength

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 even youths

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 shall faint

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 and be weary

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 and young men

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 shall fall exhausted

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 but they

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 who wait

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 for the Lord

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 shall renew

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 their strength

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 they shall mount up

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 with wings

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 like eagles

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 they shall run

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 and not be weary

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 they shall walk

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 and not faint

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 amen

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 and may God bless

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 that reading

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 of his word

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 but before we come

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 to look at this passage

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 we're going to sing again

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 to God's praise

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 in Psalm 89

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 Psalm 89

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 the Scottish Psalter version

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 we sing from verse 13

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 down to verse 18

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 Psalm 89

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 at verse 13

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 thou hast an arm

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 that's full of power

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 thy hand

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 is great in might

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 and thy right hand

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 exceedingly exalted

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 is in height

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 we'll sing from verse 13

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 to 18

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 the tune is Evan

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 and we sing

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 to God's praise

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 thou hast an arm

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 thou hast an arm

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 that's full of power

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 thy hand is great in might

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 and thy light

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 and thy name is great in might

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 and thy name is great in might

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 justice and judgment

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 of thy throne

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 are made the dwelling place

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 mercy

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 and Prob tranquility

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 and

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 In brightness of thy face, O Lord,

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 they ever art shall go.

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 They in my name shall all the day

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 rejoice exceedingly.

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 And in thy righteousness shall be

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 exalted thee on high.

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 Because the glory of Israel

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 doth only stand with thee.

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 And in thy favor shall our heart

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 and thou praise all did thee.

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 For God is our defense and team

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 to us of safety bring.

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 The holy one of Israel

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 is our almighty king.

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 Amen.

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 We turn back to our reading in Isaiah chapter 40.

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 And as I said this morning,

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 today we're thinking about two different ways

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 we could maybe sum up what the Bible is about.

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 If we were asked by someone,

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 as I was saying this morning,

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 maybe you've been reading a book

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 or watching a movie

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 and you've been speaking to someone about it

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 and they've asked,

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 well, how would you sum it up?

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 What would make me want to watch that

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 or read that?

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 How would we approach that

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 when we think about the Bible,

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 the scriptures that we have before us?

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 When we think of inviting people along to church

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 to come and hear the word of God,

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 how do we explain to them

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 what we're inviting them to

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 and why they should take it seriously,

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 why they should listen to the invitation

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 and come and hear what this word has to say?

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 This morning we were looking at

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 the theme of sinners in need of salvation.

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 That is what the Bible tells us

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 from beginning to end.

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 We were looking at 1 Thessalonians chapter 2

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 where Paul is writing,

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 concerned for the church at Thessalonica,

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 they are concerned for their faith

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 and how they are going.

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 A church that has seen sinners come to salvation.

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 And that wonderful good news of the gospel

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 is that there is a saviour for sinners.

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 So we thought of that this morning,

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 sinners in need of salvation.

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 But coming to faith is just the start.

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 Going on in faith is what it's about as well.

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 And how are we encouraged to go on?

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 Well, again, the Bible speaks to us of this.

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 It reminds us of how we go on.

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 We go on not in our own strength,

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 but in the strength of the Lord.

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 And another way of we can summarise the Bible,

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 especially in a world that is so weary

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 and heavy laden with so many different things

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 in these days,

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 is to say, well, in this word,

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 you find a God who says to the weary,

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 come, come to me and find refreshing in me.

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 Find renewal in me.

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 Find strength in me.

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 And that's what we see in this wonderful passage.

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 Isaiah chapter 40.

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 As you come to the end of this chapter,

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 where our focus will be really from verse 27

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 to the end of the chapter.

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 We can read there at verse 30.

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 Even youth shall faint and be weary,

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 and young men shall fall exhausted.

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 But they who wait for the Lord

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 shall renew their strength.

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 They shall mount up with wings like eagles.

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 They shall run and not be weary.

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 They shall walk and not faint.

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 The word of God is full of so many promises.

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 Promises of God.

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 And you read through the word of God,

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 and you find so often in the midst of God's people,

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 so often turning away,

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 as we'll see here in Isaiah,

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 so often the people turning away from God,

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 going in their own direction,

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 and yet God is still faithful with his promises.

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 God is still faithful with his invitation to people

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 to come to him,

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 to return to him,

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 to find rest with him.

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 Despite unfaithful people,

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 God so often showers blessing upon them.

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 And it's important to remind ourselves, too,

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 of these promises.

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 Promises that God will be with us.

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 Promises that God is there to help.

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 And promise, like we see here,

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 as those who wait on the Lord,

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 those who are maybe feeling faint and weary,

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 if you wait on the Lord,

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 he shall renew your strength.

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 He keeps us going.

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 He keeps us going on.

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 You could look at this passage and say,

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 the people themselves have brought it upon themselves,

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 just this array that they find themselves in.

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 And they are being taken captive by a nation called Babylon.

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 This is what is in store for them because of their disobedience.

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 So they've brought it on themselves,

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 and yet they are shown the love of God in the midst of it all.

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 And isn't it wonderful that God still shows that love,

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 still shows that patience towards us as a people,

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 still longs for us to come to him,

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 and gives us this promise even today

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 that when we wait on the Lord,

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 he renews our strength.

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 Renews our strength.

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 He gives us hope.

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 A man named Viktor Frankl,

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 an Austrian man,

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 he was a famous and a leading psychiatrist

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 before the Second World War began.

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 But during the Second World War,

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 he was captured and taken prisoner,

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 and he was imprisoned in concentration camps,

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 one of which was Auschwitz,

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 as well as another three concentration camps.

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 He lived through that.

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 He lived until he was 92,

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 died in 1997.

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 But in looking back in his experience

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 in the concentration camps,

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 having been a psychiatrist,

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 he was obviously observing people.

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 And he said as he observed those who were imprisoned there,

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 he made out that what separated the survivors

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 from those who died in the concentration camps

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 wasn't so much physical health and strength,

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 he said,

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 but hope.

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 Those who had hope,

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 something to look forward to on the outside,

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 something to keep them going,

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 he said they were more likely to survive.

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 Even a physically well person could go into a camp,

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 and within a short space of time,

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 because of having no hope,

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 they could perish.

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 But those who were weak and fragile,

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 but still had hope,

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 they often survived.

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 And as we look at Isaiah writing

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 to the people of Judah and Jerusalem here,

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 we see that he is writing to give them this hope.

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 And it's in the midst of kind of dismay for them.

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 They're in a time of despair

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 because of what they're being told is in store for them,

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 being taken captive,

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 being taken prisoner.

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 But they are told to focus on the Lord,

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 to keep their focus on him,

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 and that he gives this promise

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 that when they wait on the Lord,

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 he shall renew their strength.

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 He shall renew their strength.

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 And it's a message for our world today.

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 If you want to think about

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 why you should invite someone to come to church,

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 if you want to think of it in this way,

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 you think of sinners in need of salvation,

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 we need Christ.

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 But we also have this too,

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 that when we feel weary,

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 when we feel tired in this world,

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 when we feel such a sense of dismay,

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 when all the chaos that we see around us,

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 that the Lord gives hope.

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 The Lord gives hope of something better.

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 The Lord gives hope of a renewal within us,

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 a rejoicing within us,

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 that he renew every strength,

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 that we might mount up on wings like eagles,

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 and run and not be weary,

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 and walk and not faint.

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 That is his promise as we look to him.

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 And so we want to ask people to come

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 and find that for themselves.

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 We want to have it ourselves as well.

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 We want to have that hope and assurance

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 and comfort ourselves.

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 So when we are offering it to others,

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 we're talking through experience,

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 that this is the Lord who has helped me.

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 This is the Lord who has renewed my strength.

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 And I want us to look at three things in this passage.

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 First of all, we see a weary people.

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 Then we see a great God.

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 And then thirdly, we see a glorious promise.

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 So we begin with a weary people.

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 And you ask yourself,

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 well, what has left them in this state?

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 So you come into chapter 40.

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 What has left them in this state

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 where their future looks so bleak,

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 when they're going to be taken captive by Babylon?

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 Well, you see it by just going back

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 a couple of chapters.

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 Chapter 40 is, like I said,

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 like a turning point in the book of Isaiah.

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 Some people describe it as the Old Testament

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 and the New Testament,

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 and there's a split, a moment of divide,

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 and that this is where the divide is

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 in the book of Isaiah.

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 So in the previous chapters,

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 there's been hope that everything's going to be well,

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 but they're looking for that in the wrong place.

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 And you see it in chapter 38,

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 how quickly, in chapter 38 and 39,

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 how quickly people can change.

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 There's this man called Hezekiah

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 that you read of in chapter 38.

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 Hezekiah was ill,

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 and he pleads with the Lord.

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 He pleads with the Lord for help

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 and healing both for him and his city.

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 And in chapter 4,

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 in verse 4 of chapter 38,

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 it says,

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 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah,

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 Go and say to Hezekiah,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 the God of David your father,

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 I have heard your prayer,

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 I have seen your tears.

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 Behold,

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 I will add 15 years to your life.

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 I will deliver you and this city

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 out of the hand of the king of Assyria,

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 and will defend this city.

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 And you think to yourself,

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 What a wonderful blessing.

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 Hezekiah,

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 his prayer has been heard,

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 his tears have been seen,

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 and the Lord has answered.

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 And it's a wonderful time, you think.

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 And then you go into chapter 39.

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 And what's Hezekiah doing now?

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 Hezekiah has these Babylonian envoys

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 who have come.

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 They've come to see Hezekiah.

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 They've come to see his abundance of wealth.

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 And he's almost led in by them.

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 And he thinks,

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 Here is someone I can be friends with.

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 Here is someone who will help me.

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 And yet all he is doing

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 is throwing God's promises back in his face

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 and saying,

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 You're now going to rely on this nation.

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 And you don't realize

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 what danger you're putting yourself

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 and your people into.

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 And the irony is,

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 if you read in verse 8 of chapter 39,

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 it says,

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 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah,

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 The word of the Lord,

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 yet you have spoken, is good.

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 And this is it.

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 For he thought,

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 There will be peace and security

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:42.600
 in my days.

00:35:44.060 --> 00:35:45.780
 Through his own wisdom,

00:35:46.520 --> 00:35:48.240
 through his own understanding

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:48.920
 of the situation

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:50.020
 of what he was going to do

00:35:50.020 --> 00:35:51.520
 with the Babylonians

00:35:51.520 --> 00:35:53.040
 and make this relationship

00:35:53.040 --> 00:35:55.120
 that he felt would bring peace.

00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:56.540
 He couldn't have been further

00:35:56.540 --> 00:35:58.160
 from the truth.

00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:02.159
 He thought,

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:04.500
 There will be peace and security

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:06.399
 in my days.

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.819
 And that's so often

00:36:08.819 --> 00:36:10.839
 when we look to our own devices

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:11.920
 in this world.

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:13.039
 When we look at our nation,

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.839
 so many have said,

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:15.359
 We will have peace

00:36:15.359 --> 00:36:16.699
 through this or that

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.579
 or the next thing.

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:19.539
 And yet there's no peace.

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:21.440
 There's more turmoil,

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.299
 more trouble,

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.980
 because we're not listening

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:25.139
 to God.

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:28.159
 And then you come into chapter 40

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:30.079
 and you realize that this peace

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:31.659
 that Hezekiah had hoped for,

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:33.460
 it's not going to be.

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.819
 Not at this moment.

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:37.699
 Isaiah begins with chapter 40

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.480
 with comfort.

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:40.719
 Comfort, my people,

00:36:41.279 --> 00:36:42.400
 says the Lord.

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.980
 With that assurance

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.139
 that the word of the Lord

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:46.099
 stands forever

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:47.980
 in verse 6 to 8.

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:50.059
 And that's what leads us then

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:52.240
 into the rest of chapter 40

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:53.019
 where we see

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:55.539
 the goodness of God.

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:58.219
 But this weedy people,

00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:00.039
 they don't see it.

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.980
 And when you look at verse 27,

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.619
 you see God

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:05.260
 speaking so directly

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:06.380
 to the people there

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:07.659
 and challenging them.

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.500
 Saying,

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.400
 Why do you say,

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.880
 O Jacob,

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:11.199
 and speak, O Israel?

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.820
 My way is hidden

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.940
 from the Lord

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.119
 and my right

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:16.559
 is disregarded

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:18.019
 by my God.

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:20.079
 So this is the situation.

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.920
 The people are groaning

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:23.320
 and they're groaning

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:24.559
 towards God.

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.880
 That their ways

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.760
 are hidden.

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:28.840
 That His understanding

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:29.960
 is just not there.

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:31.700
 They're disregarded

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:32.980
 by God.

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.179
 That is the way

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.860
 they see it.

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:37.099
 And today people cry,

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:39.019
 There is no God.

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.820
 We don't want God

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.900
 over us

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:43.380
 and yet there is dismay.

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.059
 There is so much

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.840
 that is wrong

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:47.160
 in this world.

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.860
 But we push God

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.840
 and then if they do

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.660
 say anything about God,

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:50.940
 well,

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:52.380
 where is God?

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:54.079
 He's disregarding us.

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.880
 He's not interested.

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.579
 He's cruel.

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:56.539
 He's not kind

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.740
 to His people.

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:59.180
 He allows so much suffering

00:37:59.180 --> 00:38:00.840
 in so many different ways.

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:02.519
 It's a very cry

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.599
 that we have here

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:04.360
 in verse 27.

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:05.500
 My way is hidden

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.700
 from the Lord

00:38:06.700 --> 00:38:07.720
 and my right

00:38:07.720 --> 00:38:08.820
 is disregarded

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:10.180
 by my God.

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:12.879
 But you notice

00:38:12.879 --> 00:38:13.699
 something here.

00:38:13.879 --> 00:38:15.199
 The way the people

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:16.480
 are speaking of God,

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:18.299
 they still hold Him.

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:20.980
 The Lord is Yahweh.

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.399
 That is the word

00:38:22.399 --> 00:38:23.839
 that they're using here,

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.559
 Yahweh.

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:27.000
 And it's my God.

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.460
 We could almost say

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:28.980
 that we've gone

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:30.719
 further away from that.

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:33.099
 People speak of God

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.460
 as, well,

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.940
 He's your God.

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.339
 He's got nothing

00:38:36.339 --> 00:38:37.279
 to do with us.

00:38:37.359 --> 00:38:38.299
 He's not our God.

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:39.840
 He's your God.

00:38:41.060 --> 00:38:41.640
 And so,

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:43.180
 we are in disarray.

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.560
 We have a people

00:38:44.560 --> 00:38:45.360
 around us

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:46.400
 who are weary.

00:38:47.140 --> 00:38:48.720
 And it's all because

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:51.100
 God is pushed away.

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.660
 And when you look

00:38:53.660 --> 00:38:54.280
 at it here,

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.940
 the people's faith

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.680
 is challenged

00:38:56.680 --> 00:38:57.380
 in the way that

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.340
 they say,

00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:00.160
 God does not love us.

00:39:01.080 --> 00:39:02.519
 God is not interested.

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:03.780
 God is,

00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:05.300
 our ways are hidden.

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:08.280
 Our ways are disregarded

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:09.480
 by God.

00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:10.980
 And behind it

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.920
 is that fear

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:13.120
 that God

00:39:13.120 --> 00:39:14.460
 is unloving.

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:16.620
 He's not interested

00:39:16.620 --> 00:39:17.680
 in them.

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.840
 That's their take.

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.720
 And yet,

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.280
 what's happened

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:23.660
 is that they are blind

00:39:23.660 --> 00:39:24.940
 to God.

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.940
 We can all say,

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.300
 I'm sure,

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.200
 at some point,

00:39:29.580 --> 00:39:30.840
 we've asked questions

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.580
 of God.

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:34.179
 We've asked God,

00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:34.619
 I'm sure,

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.860
 where are you?

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:37.840
 What's going on, Lord?

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.659
 Are you not interested

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:39.940
 in what's happening?

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.519
 We all have these moments.

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:45.079
 But God so often speaks

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.079
 to remind us

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:47.360
 that he is there.

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:48.819
 But as we mentioned

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:49.519
 this morning,

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:51.880
 there is an opponent

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:53.219
 against the gospel.

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.239
 There is an enemy,

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.900
 and that is Satan.

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.179
 And again,

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:58.179
 we have to see him

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:59.639
 in the midst of this,

00:39:59.759 --> 00:40:00.679
 that there is Satan

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.679
 here as well,

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:03.779
 planting seeds of doubt,

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:05.599
 making people ask

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.859
 questions of God.

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:09.079
 Does he really love me?

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:10.919
 My way is hidden

00:40:10.919 --> 00:40:11.579
 from the Lord.

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:13.679
 My right is disregarded

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.379
 by my God.

00:40:14.419 --> 00:40:15.940
 That's not God speaking.

00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:18.019
 That's Satan

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:19.019
 putting doubts

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:20.339
 in their mind.

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.219
 John Knox,

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:23.059
 the famous

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:24.339
 Scottish reformer,

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:26.299
 he once spoke about it

00:40:26.299 --> 00:40:26.879
 in this way,

00:40:26.879 --> 00:40:27.940
 reminding us that

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:29.460
 the way of Satan

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.800
 is not a new way.

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:32.039
 He said,

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:33.079
 By what means

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:35.220
 Satan first threw mankind

00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:36.900
 from obedience to God?

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:38.980
 The scripture bears witness

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:40.519
 to this,

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:43.119
 by pouring into their hearts

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:44.139
 that poison

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:45.760
 that God

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:47.300
 did not love them.

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:49.720
 Now that's the way

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:51.659
 that Satan came

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:53.380
 to draw mankind

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:55.440
 away from obedience to God.

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:56.320
 To put that doubt,

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.000
 that seed,

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.920
 that poison,

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:59.159
 that God

00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:00.760
 does not love them.

00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:03.579
 Despair and doubt

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:05.059
 is one of Satan's

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:06.380
 greatest weapons

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:08.159
 against the Lord's people,

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:10.219
 against all people,

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:11.440
 against all mankind.

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:12.380
 To say,

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:14.900
 God is not interested.

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:17.059
 To leave us in that place

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.500
 where we think,

00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:18.980
 my way is hidden

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.940
 from the Lord.

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.599
 My right

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:22.139
 is disregarded

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:23.340
 by God.

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:25.179
 That he's not interested

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:26.379
 in us.

00:41:27.839 --> 00:41:29.659
 We lose hope

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.739
 in that.

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:33.359
 But that is not

00:41:33.359 --> 00:41:34.379
 how God

00:41:34.379 --> 00:41:35.579
 leaves his people.

00:41:36.339 --> 00:41:37.199
 That is not

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:38.099
 what we see

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:39.440
 as we read on

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:40.619
 in this passage.

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.579
 That there is

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.639
 so much more

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.859
 that if Satan

00:41:43.859 --> 00:41:44.579
 attacks,

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:46.079
 we are to turn

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:47.159
 to God.

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.460
 And that's what

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:49.399
 the role of Isaiah

00:41:49.399 --> 00:41:50.719
 is as the prophet

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:51.339
 in the midst

00:41:51.339 --> 00:41:51.859
 of this.

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:53.740
 to bring the people

00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:55.079
 back to God.

00:41:55.160 --> 00:41:55.660
 To bring him

00:41:55.660 --> 00:41:56.920
 back to see that

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.260
 no,

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:59.000
 he's not forgotten.

00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:00.800
 He's not disregarded.

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.360
 It's not that he

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:02.400
 doesn't love you.

00:42:03.120 --> 00:42:04.539
 That he can bring good.

00:42:06.120 --> 00:42:06.920
 As the hymn writer

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.840
 says in the hymn

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:09.200
 before the throne

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:10.180
 of God above,

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:11.300
 when Satan

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.180
 tempts me

00:42:12.180 --> 00:42:13.019
 to despair

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:14.360
 and tells me

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:15.300
 of the guilt

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:15.700
 within,

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.500
 upward

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.500
 I look

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:18.340
 and see him

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:18.740
 there

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:20.259
 who made an end

00:42:20.259 --> 00:42:21.839
 of all my sin.

00:42:22.359 --> 00:42:22.879
 Upward

00:42:22.879 --> 00:42:23.719
 I look.

00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:25.219
 We look

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:25.939
 to God.

00:42:26.399 --> 00:42:27.439
 And that's exactly

00:42:27.439 --> 00:42:28.239
 what Isaiah

00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:28.979
 is doing here

00:42:28.979 --> 00:42:29.519
 as the Lord

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.679
 speaks through him.

00:42:31.259 --> 00:42:31.899
 For the second thing

00:42:31.899 --> 00:42:32.359
 we see here

00:42:32.359 --> 00:42:34.159
 is a great God.

00:42:34.819 --> 00:42:35.919
 A great God.

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.459
 And you see that

00:42:37.459 --> 00:42:39.179
 in verse 28.

00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:41.079
 Have you not known?

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.479
 Have you not heard?

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.219
 The Lord

00:42:43.219 --> 00:42:45.299
 is the everlasting God,

00:42:45.379 --> 00:42:46.000
 the creator

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:46.759
 of the ends

00:42:46.759 --> 00:42:47.419
 of the earth.

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:49.360
 He does not faint

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:50.420
 or grow weary.

00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:52.039
 His understanding

00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:54.079
 is unsearchable.

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:56.579
 We look up

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.639
 to God.

00:42:58.400 --> 00:42:59.180
 We look up

00:42:59.180 --> 00:42:59.760
 to him

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.639
 who is

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:02.119
 the everlasting God,

00:43:02.180 --> 00:43:02.960
 the creator

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:04.420
 of the ends

00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:05.559
 of the earth.

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:08.119
 So often

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:09.200
 in despair

00:43:09.200 --> 00:43:09.940
 in these times,

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.619
 these moments,

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:12.460
 we can take

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:13.760
 our eyes off God

00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:14.659
 and we lose sight

00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:15.180
 of him.

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:17.059
 We can't see

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:18.340
 a way forward.

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.619
 We forget

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.460
 that God's been

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:21.599
 faithful in the past.

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:22.179
 We forget

00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:23.000
 the hope

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.820
 that God gives

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:24.480
 for the future.

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:25.019
 We just look

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.619
 at the here

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:26.099
 and now

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:26.960
 and we don't

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.759
 see God.

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.480
 But here

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:29.219
 is Isaiah

00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:30.099
 saying,

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.119
 look up.

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:32.559
 Just like

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:34.119
 Psalm 121

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:35.019
 spoke of

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:36.039
 when we think

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.320
 of

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:37.980
 I to the hills

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.500
 will lift

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:39.039
 mine eyes.

00:43:39.219 --> 00:43:39.900
 There was this

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.480
 danger

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:41.400
 in the Psalms

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:41.619
 saying,

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.400
 where will my

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:43.460
 help come from?

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:44.720
 My help,

00:43:44.820 --> 00:43:45.460
 my safety

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:46.740
 comes from

00:43:46.740 --> 00:43:47.240
 the Lord

00:43:47.240 --> 00:43:48.059
 who has made

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:50.320
 heaven and earth.

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:52.000
 And Isaiah

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.940
 is focusing

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:54.260
 the people here.

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:55.639
 You have known,

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:57.240
 you have heard,

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:57.840
 he is saying

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.960
 in verse 28.

00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:00.159
 You know all

00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:00.740
 about God

00:44:00.740 --> 00:44:01.320
 but you've lost

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:02.099
 sight of him

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:03.659
 and God

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:04.260
 is there

00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:05.300
 for us today.

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:06.099
 He's saying,

00:44:06.240 --> 00:44:07.119
 have you not heard,

00:44:07.220 --> 00:44:08.059
 have you not known

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:09.019
 the Lord

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:10.059
 is the everlasting

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:11.239
 everlasting God.

00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:12.820
 Something our

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.900
 nation knew

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.900
 so well in the

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:15.559
 past and has

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:16.119
 forgotten.

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:17.500
 Something even

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:18.179
 the churches

00:44:18.179 --> 00:44:19.079
 today have maybe

00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:20.039
 forgotten to a

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:21.159
 certain extent.

00:44:22.179 --> 00:44:22.719
 We've forgotten

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.299
 what we know

00:44:23.299 --> 00:44:24.139
 and what we heard

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:25.159
 of God.

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:27.099
 But God

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:28.179
 is the everlasting

00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:28.679
 God,

00:44:28.759 --> 00:44:29.400
 the creator

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:30.940
 of the ends

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:32.239
 of the earth.

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:33.599
 He is our

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:34.340
 only help,

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:35.360
 our only hope

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:36.380
 in the midst

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:37.159
 of everything.

00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:38.299
 He is all

00:44:38.299 --> 00:44:38.980
 powerful.

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:40.179
 He is all

00:44:40.179 --> 00:44:40.599
 knowing.

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:42.340
 There is no

00:44:42.340 --> 00:44:43.360
 situation that

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:44.400
 lies out

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:45.099
 with his

00:44:45.099 --> 00:44:45.699
 control,

00:44:45.820 --> 00:44:46.559
 out with his

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:47.119
 knowledge.

00:44:48.139 --> 00:44:48.699
 It's not that

00:44:48.699 --> 00:44:49.380
 he's sleeping.

00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:50.420
 It's not that

00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:51.260
 he's not there.

00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:52.900
 He does not

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.940
 faint or

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.599
 grow weary.

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:56.199
 His understanding

00:44:56.199 --> 00:44:57.719
 is unsearchable.

00:44:58.480 --> 00:44:59.320
 We think we

00:44:59.320 --> 00:44:59.980
 have wisdom.

00:45:00.139 --> 00:45:00.679
 We think we

00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:01.619
 have understanding.

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:02.820
 It is nothing

00:45:02.820 --> 00:45:03.960
 compared to

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.460
 his.

00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:06.800
 And that is

00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:07.199
 what we

00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:07.840
 remember.

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:09.220
 That is

00:45:09.220 --> 00:45:09.519
 what we

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:09.780
 are to

00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:10.400
 hold on

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:11.260
 to ourselves.

00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:12.500
 If we

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:12.900
 think of

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:13.360
 inviting

00:45:13.360 --> 00:45:14.059
 others to

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:14.880
 come and

00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:15.539
 hear this

00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:16.059
 message,

00:45:16.200 --> 00:45:16.900
 this gospel,

00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:17.480
 this good

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:17.860
 news,

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:18.880
 how do we

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:19.519
 know God

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:20.220
 ourselves?

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:22.640
 Sometimes it's

00:45:22.640 --> 00:45:23.600
 easy to tell

00:45:23.600 --> 00:45:25.019
 others that

00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:25.960
 God is good,

00:45:26.420 --> 00:45:26.960
 that you need

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:28.059
 God in your

00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:28.579
 life.

00:45:30.180 --> 00:45:30.980
 But do you

00:45:30.980 --> 00:45:32.000
 tell yourself?

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.300
 Do you

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:34.420
 remind yourself

00:45:34.420 --> 00:45:35.340
 of the

00:45:35.340 --> 00:45:36.900
 greatness of

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.380
 God?

00:45:38.220 --> 00:45:38.900
 Do you

00:45:38.900 --> 00:45:39.720
 remind yourself

00:45:39.720 --> 00:45:40.180
 as you look

00:45:40.180 --> 00:45:40.820
 at God's

00:45:40.820 --> 00:45:41.119
 word?

00:45:41.639 --> 00:45:42.700
 Here is

00:45:42.700 --> 00:45:43.300
 the Lord

00:45:43.300 --> 00:45:43.820
 who is the

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:45.000
 everlasting God,

00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:45.639
 the creator

00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:46.720
 of the ends

00:45:46.720 --> 00:45:47.500
 of the earth.

00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:48.940
 And he is

00:45:48.940 --> 00:45:49.760
 the one who

00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:50.420
 had mercy

00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:51.420
 on me,

00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:51.900
 a sinner.

00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:54.200
 Isn't that

00:45:54.200 --> 00:45:55.400
 amazing?

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:57.659
 That God

00:45:57.659 --> 00:45:58.920
 loved me,

00:45:59.079 --> 00:46:00.159
 that he would

00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:01.019
 give his son

00:46:01.019 --> 00:46:02.039
 for me.

00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:03.619
 The creator

00:46:03.619 --> 00:46:04.880
 of heaven

00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:05.400
 and earth

00:46:05.400 --> 00:46:06.639
 is interested

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:07.900
 in us.

00:46:09.739 --> 00:46:10.119
 So the

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:10.780
 doubts that

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:11.559
 Satan puts

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:11.800
 in,

00:46:11.920 --> 00:46:12.900
 my way is

00:46:12.900 --> 00:46:13.199
 hidden,

00:46:13.699 --> 00:46:14.539
 my right is

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:15.420
 disregarded,

00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:16.039
 that God

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:16.840
 doesn't love,

00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:18.259
 it's dismissed,

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:19.460
 it's dispelled

00:46:19.460 --> 00:46:20.739
 as we see

00:46:20.739 --> 00:46:22.300
 God in all

00:46:22.300 --> 00:46:23.659
 his greatness.

00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:26.559
 The writer

00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:27.159
 and minister

00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:28.119
 John Flavel

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:28.639
 from many

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:29.360
 years ago,

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:30.480
 he once

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:31.220
 said this

00:46:31.220 --> 00:46:32.640
 and it

00:46:32.640 --> 00:46:33.039
 shows the

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:33.599
 importance

00:46:33.599 --> 00:46:34.380
 of listening

00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:35.280
 to the

00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:35.800
 word of

00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:36.099
 God.

00:46:36.200 --> 00:46:36.460
 He said,

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:37.840
 one word

00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:38.780
 of God

00:46:38.780 --> 00:46:40.019
 can do

00:46:40.019 --> 00:46:40.519
 more than

00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:41.700
 10,000

00:46:41.700 --> 00:46:42.500
 words of

00:46:42.500 --> 00:46:42.940
 men

00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:44.320
 to relieve

00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:45.240
 a distressed

00:46:45.240 --> 00:46:45.880
 soul.

00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:46.980
 One

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:48.200
 word of

00:46:48.200 --> 00:46:48.640
 God

00:46:48.640 --> 00:46:49.579
 can do

00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:50.059
 more than

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:51.079
 10,000

00:46:51.079 --> 00:46:51.820
 words of

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:52.180
 men

00:46:52.180 --> 00:46:53.380
 to relieve

00:46:53.380 --> 00:46:54.300
 a distressed

00:46:54.300 --> 00:46:55.000
 soul.

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:57.019
 And isn't

00:46:57.019 --> 00:46:57.700
 it amazing

00:46:57.699 --> 00:46:58.919
 that God

00:46:58.919 --> 00:46:59.919
 speaks to

00:46:59.919 --> 00:47:00.439
 us.

00:47:01.379 --> 00:47:01.719
 That even

00:47:01.719 --> 00:47:02.059
 as we look

00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:02.359
 at these

00:47:02.359 --> 00:47:03.000
 words tonight,

00:47:03.079 --> 00:47:03.819
 here is God

00:47:03.819 --> 00:47:05.000
 speaking to

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:05.439
 us.

00:47:05.759 --> 00:47:06.119
 Have you

00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:06.679
 not known?

00:47:07.259 --> 00:47:07.619
 Have you

00:47:07.619 --> 00:47:08.279
 not heard?

00:47:08.839 --> 00:47:09.399
 The Lord

00:47:09.399 --> 00:47:09.759
 is the

00:47:09.759 --> 00:47:10.319
 everlasting

00:47:10.319 --> 00:47:10.919
 God.

00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:11.859
 As he

00:47:11.859 --> 00:47:12.419
 speaks to

00:47:12.419 --> 00:47:12.639
 us,

00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:13.259
 but those

00:47:13.259 --> 00:47:13.839
 who wait

00:47:13.839 --> 00:47:14.139
 for the

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:14.460
 Lord

00:47:14.460 --> 00:47:15.059
 shall

00:47:15.059 --> 00:47:15.500
 renew

00:47:15.500 --> 00:47:15.799
 their

00:47:15.799 --> 00:47:16.279
 strength.

00:47:16.379 --> 00:47:16.439
 They

00:47:16.439 --> 00:47:16.599
 shall

00:47:16.599 --> 00:47:16.960
 mount

00:47:16.960 --> 00:47:17.239
 up

00:47:17.239 --> 00:47:17.439
 with

00:47:17.439 --> 00:47:17.919
 wings

00:47:17.919 --> 00:47:18.639
 like

00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:19.079
 eagles.

00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:19.699
 God

00:47:19.699 --> 00:47:20.659
 speaking

00:47:20.659 --> 00:47:20.960
 to

00:47:20.960 --> 00:47:21.480
 us.

00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:24.039
 But are

00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:24.179
 we

00:47:24.179 --> 00:47:24.579
 anchoring

00:47:24.579 --> 00:47:25.219
 ourselves

00:47:25.219 --> 00:47:26.460
 in that

00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:27.039
 word and

00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:27.440
 in his

00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:28.000
 promises?

00:47:29.840 --> 00:47:30.119
 Someone

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:30.420
 once

00:47:30.420 --> 00:47:31.099
 described

00:47:31.099 --> 00:47:31.480
 it as

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:32.820
 looking to

00:47:32.820 --> 00:47:32.980
 the

00:47:32.980 --> 00:47:33.719
 icebergs

00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:33.960
 that you

00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:34.599
 see around

00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:35.240
 the cold

00:47:35.240 --> 00:47:35.880
 waters of

00:47:35.880 --> 00:47:36.440
 places like

00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:37.099
 Greenland.

00:47:37.780 --> 00:47:38.179
 When you

00:47:38.179 --> 00:47:39.240
 see icebergs

00:47:39.240 --> 00:47:39.559
 in these

00:47:39.559 --> 00:47:39.900
 areas,

00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:40.320
 you see

00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:40.599
 that there

00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:41.059
 are different

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:42.360
 kinds of

00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:42.960
 icebergs,

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:43.900
 different sizes

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:45.300
 of icebergs.

00:47:45.340 --> 00:47:45.699
 Some are

00:47:45.699 --> 00:47:46.840
 small and

00:47:46.840 --> 00:47:47.880
 some are

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:48.820
 very large.

00:47:48.820 --> 00:47:50.380
 And as

00:47:50.380 --> 00:47:51.000
 you observe

00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:51.160
 them,

00:47:51.200 --> 00:47:51.380
 you can

00:47:51.380 --> 00:47:51.760
 see that

00:47:51.760 --> 00:47:52.440
 they may

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:52.780
 be very

00:47:52.780 --> 00:47:53.260
 often going

00:47:53.260 --> 00:47:53.760
 in different

00:47:53.760 --> 00:47:54.300
 directions.

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:54.900
 The small

00:47:54.900 --> 00:47:55.260
 ones might

00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:55.600
 be going

00:47:55.600 --> 00:47:56.160
 one way

00:47:56.160 --> 00:47:56.820
 and the

00:47:56.820 --> 00:47:57.360
 larger ones

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:58.019
 going another

00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:58.300
 way.

00:47:59.500 --> 00:48:00.240
 And how

00:48:00.240 --> 00:48:00.860
 is this?

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:01.900
 Why is

00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:02.300
 that?

00:48:03.160 --> 00:48:03.660
 The person

00:48:03.660 --> 00:48:04.059
 said the

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:04.940
 explanation is

00:48:04.940 --> 00:48:05.420
 simple.

00:48:06.500 --> 00:48:07.100
 The winds,

00:48:07.340 --> 00:48:07.940
 the surface

00:48:07.940 --> 00:48:08.500
 winds,

00:48:08.680 --> 00:48:09.640
 move the

00:48:09.640 --> 00:48:10.500
 little ones,

00:48:11.420 --> 00:48:12.160
 whereas the

00:48:12.160 --> 00:48:13.059
 large ones,

00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:14.000
 what moves

00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:14.880
 them is the

00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:15.700
 currents of

00:48:15.700 --> 00:48:16.280
 the ocean

00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:17.240
 underneath.

00:48:17.239 --> 00:48:19.039
 And they

00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:19.639
 used it as

00:48:19.639 --> 00:48:20.239
 a way of

00:48:20.239 --> 00:48:21.219
 illustrating

00:48:21.219 --> 00:48:22.559
 how our

00:48:22.559 --> 00:48:23.659
 lives are.

00:48:24.259 --> 00:48:24.559
 They said

00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:25.159
 the wind

00:48:25.159 --> 00:48:26.099
 represents

00:48:26.099 --> 00:48:26.899
 everything

00:48:26.899 --> 00:48:27.799
 changeable,

00:48:27.959 --> 00:48:28.659
 unpredictable,

00:48:29.319 --> 00:48:30.379
 and distressing.

00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:31.859
 That can

00:48:31.859 --> 00:48:32.659
 just blow us

00:48:32.659 --> 00:48:33.739
 in different

00:48:33.739 --> 00:48:34.379
 directions.

00:48:35.879 --> 00:48:36.239
 But they

00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:36.959
 said operating

00:48:36.959 --> 00:48:37.839
 at the same

00:48:37.839 --> 00:48:38.500
 time with

00:48:38.500 --> 00:48:39.659
 these gusts

00:48:39.659 --> 00:48:40.219
 and winds

00:48:40.219 --> 00:48:41.359
 is another

00:48:41.359 --> 00:48:41.979
 force,

00:48:42.839 --> 00:48:43.199
 another

00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:44.139
 more powerful

00:48:44.139 --> 00:48:44.799
 force.

00:48:45.419 --> 00:48:46.359
 And it's a

00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:47.599
 sure movement

00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:48.360
 of God's

00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:49.340
 wise and

00:48:49.340 --> 00:48:49.800
 sovereign

00:48:49.800 --> 00:48:50.579
 purposes,

00:48:51.120 --> 00:48:51.980
 the deep

00:48:51.980 --> 00:48:53.079
 flow of

00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:54.380
 his unchanging

00:48:54.380 --> 00:48:55.240
 love.

00:48:56.900 --> 00:48:57.260
 And we

00:48:57.260 --> 00:48:57.599
 can be

00:48:57.599 --> 00:48:58.500
 tossed around

00:48:58.500 --> 00:48:58.860
 by the

00:48:58.860 --> 00:48:59.340
 winds as

00:48:59.340 --> 00:49:00.300
 James in

00:49:00.300 --> 00:49:00.620
 the New

00:49:00.620 --> 00:49:01.120
 Testament

00:49:01.120 --> 00:49:01.980
 describes.

00:49:03.480 --> 00:49:04.300
 And that's

00:49:04.300 --> 00:49:04.900
 when Satan

00:49:04.900 --> 00:49:05.380
 puts these

00:49:05.380 --> 00:49:06.280
 doubts in

00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:06.940
 that blows

00:49:06.940 --> 00:49:07.420
 us off

00:49:07.420 --> 00:49:07.940
 course.

00:49:09.140 --> 00:49:09.740
 But Isaiah

00:49:09.740 --> 00:49:10.280
 is bringing

00:49:10.280 --> 00:49:10.880
 them back to

00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:11.539
 be grounded

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:12.380
 in the

00:49:12.380 --> 00:49:13.019
 word of

00:49:13.019 --> 00:49:13.460
 God.

00:49:14.039 --> 00:49:14.579
 With that

00:49:14.579 --> 00:49:15.599
 deep flow,

00:49:15.599 --> 00:49:15.920
 that

00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:16.980
 undercurrent

00:49:16.980 --> 00:49:18.079
 of his

00:49:18.079 --> 00:49:18.900
 unchanging

00:49:18.900 --> 00:49:19.719
 love.

00:49:20.579 --> 00:49:21.400
 Because there

00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:22.579
 is the

00:49:22.579 --> 00:49:23.079
 greatness

00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:24.619
 of God.

00:49:25.579 --> 00:49:26.339
 So we

00:49:26.339 --> 00:49:27.179
 see here

00:49:27.179 --> 00:49:28.639
 the goodness

00:49:28.639 --> 00:49:30.219
 of God.

00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:32.039
 The final

00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:32.440
 thing we

00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:32.719
 want to

00:49:32.719 --> 00:49:33.299
 see here

00:49:33.299 --> 00:49:34.659
 is the

00:49:34.659 --> 00:49:35.360
 promised

00:49:35.360 --> 00:49:36.719
 renewal.

00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:38.179
 A precious

00:49:38.179 --> 00:49:38.920
 promise.

00:49:40.259 --> 00:49:40.639
 God's

00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:41.339
 greatness is

00:49:41.339 --> 00:49:42.339
 something that

00:49:42.339 --> 00:49:43.079
 at times we

00:49:43.079 --> 00:49:44.019
 just cannot

00:49:44.019 --> 00:49:45.239
 describe.

00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:47.019
 How do

00:49:47.019 --> 00:49:47.920
 we describe

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:49.099
 the greatness

00:49:49.099 --> 00:49:49.699
 of God,

00:49:49.780 --> 00:49:50.280
 the love

00:49:50.280 --> 00:49:51.280
 of God

00:49:51.280 --> 00:49:52.000
 towards us,

00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:52.699
 especially when

00:49:52.699 --> 00:49:53.219
 you think of

00:49:53.219 --> 00:49:53.500
 it in the

00:49:53.500 --> 00:49:54.559
 midst of

00:49:54.559 --> 00:49:55.340
 times of

00:49:55.340 --> 00:49:56.000
 dismay?

00:49:57.780 --> 00:49:58.039
 I'm sure

00:49:58.039 --> 00:49:58.460
 you've heard

00:49:58.460 --> 00:49:59.000
 it before

00:49:59.000 --> 00:49:59.440
 described,

00:49:59.579 --> 00:49:59.960
 maybe I've

00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:00.420
 used it

00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:00.900
 myself,

00:50:01.059 --> 00:50:01.380
 of how

00:50:01.380 --> 00:50:02.420
 someone

00:50:02.420 --> 00:50:03.820
 describes a

00:50:03.820 --> 00:50:04.340
 jewellery

00:50:04.340 --> 00:50:04.840
 shop and

00:50:04.840 --> 00:50:05.219
 how they

00:50:05.219 --> 00:50:05.880
 display

00:50:05.880 --> 00:50:06.559
 diamonds.

00:50:07.920 --> 00:50:08.300
 And very

00:50:08.300 --> 00:50:08.699
 often you

00:50:08.699 --> 00:50:09.259
 find that in

00:50:09.259 --> 00:50:09.860
 a jewellery

00:50:09.860 --> 00:50:10.840
 the most

00:50:10.840 --> 00:50:11.340
 precious

00:50:11.340 --> 00:50:12.120
 diamonds are

00:50:12.120 --> 00:50:13.640
 displayed with

00:50:13.640 --> 00:50:14.400
 a black

00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:15.360
 background.

00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:17.160
 And the

00:50:17.160 --> 00:50:17.880
 reason for

00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:18.500
 that is that

00:50:18.500 --> 00:50:19.440
 the darkness

00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:21.000
 shows the

00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:21.519
 beauty of

00:50:21.519 --> 00:50:22.120
 the diamond

00:50:22.120 --> 00:50:23.340
 in an even

00:50:23.340 --> 00:50:24.480
 greater way.

00:50:25.860 --> 00:50:26.440
 And how

00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:27.019
 often we

00:50:27.019 --> 00:50:27.599
 think of the

00:50:27.599 --> 00:50:28.400
 word of God

00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:29.000
 in that way,

00:50:29.079 --> 00:50:29.840
 how there is

00:50:29.840 --> 00:50:30.519
 a darkness

00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:32.059
 behind things,

00:50:33.240 --> 00:50:33.680
 and yet you

00:50:33.680 --> 00:50:34.059
 see the

00:50:34.059 --> 00:50:34.900
 beauty and

00:50:34.900 --> 00:50:35.660
 the greatness

00:50:35.660 --> 00:50:36.460
 of God

00:50:36.460 --> 00:50:37.640
 shining in

00:50:37.640 --> 00:50:38.220
 the midst

00:50:38.219 --> 00:50:39.199
 of darkness.

00:50:40.480 --> 00:50:40.959
 And here

00:50:40.959 --> 00:50:41.519
 is Isaiah

00:50:41.519 --> 00:50:42.279
 speaking to

00:50:42.279 --> 00:50:42.959
 a people,

00:50:43.399 --> 00:50:43.839
 people who

00:50:43.839 --> 00:50:44.500
 are questioning

00:50:44.500 --> 00:50:44.899
 God,

00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:45.500
 people who

00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:46.019
 are anxious

00:50:46.019 --> 00:50:46.599
 and worried

00:50:46.599 --> 00:50:47.419
 and afraid,

00:50:48.899 --> 00:50:49.179
 and yet

00:50:49.179 --> 00:50:50.339
 Isaiah is

00:50:50.339 --> 00:50:51.179
 shining that

00:50:51.179 --> 00:50:51.799
 light into

00:50:51.799 --> 00:50:52.439
 the darkness

00:50:52.439 --> 00:50:53.480
 and showing

00:50:53.480 --> 00:50:54.539
 the beauty

00:50:54.539 --> 00:50:55.799
 of God

00:50:55.799 --> 00:50:57.159
 and the

00:50:57.159 --> 00:50:58.359
 hope that

00:50:58.359 --> 00:50:59.319
 God gives.

00:51:00.379 --> 00:51:01.019
 And he

00:51:01.019 --> 00:51:01.679
 says it in

00:51:01.679 --> 00:51:02.299
 verse 18

00:51:02.299 --> 00:51:02.959
 earlier on

00:51:02.959 --> 00:51:03.359
 here,

00:51:03.939 --> 00:51:04.639
 he's reminding

00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:04.980
 them of

00:51:04.980 --> 00:51:05.919
 where else

00:51:05.919 --> 00:51:06.319
 are you going

00:51:06.319 --> 00:51:06.839
 to look,

00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:08.000
 to whom

00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:08.679
 then will

00:51:08.679 --> 00:51:09.179
 you liken

00:51:09.179 --> 00:51:09.659
 God,

00:51:10.059 --> 00:51:10.480
 or with

00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:11.420
 what likeness

00:51:11.420 --> 00:51:12.159
 compare

00:51:12.159 --> 00:51:12.440
 him?

00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:13.360
 Is he

00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:13.820
 like the

00:51:13.820 --> 00:51:14.219
 idols,

00:51:14.340 --> 00:51:14.599
 he goes

00:51:14.599 --> 00:51:15.039
 on to

00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:15.420
 speak,

00:51:15.900 --> 00:51:16.500
 idols that

00:51:16.500 --> 00:51:16.800
 can do

00:51:16.800 --> 00:51:17.199
 nothing.

00:51:18.739 --> 00:51:19.059
 But then

00:51:19.059 --> 00:51:19.239
 he goes

00:51:19.239 --> 00:51:19.500
 on in

00:51:19.500 --> 00:51:20.019
 verse 21,

00:51:20.179 --> 00:51:20.400
 do you

00:51:20.400 --> 00:51:20.920
 not know,

00:51:21.539 --> 00:51:21.860
 do you

00:51:21.860 --> 00:51:22.280
 not hear,

00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:22.539
 has it

00:51:22.539 --> 00:51:22.800
 not been

00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:23.420
 told from

00:51:23.420 --> 00:51:23.900
 the beginning,

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:24.659
 have you

00:51:24.659 --> 00:51:25.360
 not understood

00:51:25.360 --> 00:51:25.860
 from the

00:51:25.860 --> 00:51:26.340
 foundations

00:51:26.340 --> 00:51:26.800
 of the

00:51:26.800 --> 00:51:27.119
 earth,

00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:28.219
 how God

00:51:28.219 --> 00:51:28.539
 is the

00:51:28.539 --> 00:51:29.719
 one who

00:51:29.719 --> 00:51:30.519
 inhabits

00:51:30.519 --> 00:51:32.059
 above the

00:51:32.059 --> 00:51:32.260
 earth,

00:51:32.300 --> 00:51:32.500
 the one

00:51:32.500 --> 00:51:32.880
 who is in

00:51:32.880 --> 00:51:33.500
 control.

00:51:34.940 --> 00:51:35.480
 He is

00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:35.820
 the one

00:51:35.820 --> 00:51:36.079
 who has

00:51:36.079 --> 00:51:37.400
 power over

00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:38.400
 all things.

00:51:39.700 --> 00:51:39.960
 And so

00:51:39.960 --> 00:51:40.460
 it is this

00:51:40.460 --> 00:51:41.079
 God that

00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:41.680
 we have

00:51:41.680 --> 00:51:42.240
 who gives

00:51:42.240 --> 00:51:43.180
 us strength.

00:51:44.200 --> 00:51:44.700
 He is the

00:51:44.700 --> 00:51:45.260
 one who

00:51:45.260 --> 00:51:46.480
 doesn't faint

00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:47.019
 or grow

00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:47.440
 weary,

00:51:47.660 --> 00:51:47.840
 whose

00:51:47.840 --> 00:51:48.559
 understanding

00:51:48.559 --> 00:51:49.599
 is unsearchable,

00:51:49.960 --> 00:51:50.660
 he is the

00:51:50.660 --> 00:51:51.680
 one who

00:51:51.680 --> 00:51:52.579
 gives power,

00:51:53.180 --> 00:51:53.660
 who gives

00:51:53.660 --> 00:51:54.360
 strength.

00:51:55.440 --> 00:51:56.039
 He gives

00:51:56.039 --> 00:51:56.880
 power to the

00:51:56.880 --> 00:51:57.460
 faint and to

00:51:57.460 --> 00:51:58.559
 him who has

00:51:58.559 --> 00:51:59.300
 no might,

00:51:59.380 --> 00:52:00.079
 he increases

00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:00.860
 strength.

00:52:01.340 --> 00:52:02.000
 So when we

00:52:02.000 --> 00:52:02.559
 are weary,

00:52:03.039 --> 00:52:03.660
 when we are

00:52:03.660 --> 00:52:04.320
 dismayed,

00:52:04.360 --> 00:52:04.800
 when we are

00:52:04.800 --> 00:52:05.360
 tired,

00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:06.039
 when we

00:52:06.039 --> 00:52:06.440
 are all

00:52:06.440 --> 00:52:06.900
 of these

00:52:06.900 --> 00:52:07.460
 things,

00:52:08.220 --> 00:52:08.880
 he gives

00:52:08.880 --> 00:52:09.880
 us his

00:52:09.880 --> 00:52:10.360
 power.

00:52:12.579 --> 00:52:12.920
 And when

00:52:12.920 --> 00:52:13.400
 you take

00:52:13.400 --> 00:52:14.099
 these verses

00:52:14.099 --> 00:52:14.900
 forward,

00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:16.380
 when you

00:52:16.380 --> 00:52:16.620
 look at

00:52:16.620 --> 00:52:16.800
 them in

00:52:16.800 --> 00:52:17.559
 the context

00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:18.680
 of the

00:52:18.680 --> 00:52:19.579
 New Testament,

00:52:20.680 --> 00:52:21.260
 it so

00:52:21.260 --> 00:52:22.180
 much points

00:52:22.180 --> 00:52:23.519
 to Christ.

00:52:24.559 --> 00:52:25.019
 They are

00:52:25.019 --> 00:52:25.780
 pointing us

00:52:25.780 --> 00:52:26.519
 towards

00:52:26.519 --> 00:52:27.220
 Christ.

00:52:28.320 --> 00:52:28.820
 And we

00:52:28.820 --> 00:52:30.099
 see there

00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:31.400
 his glory

00:52:31.400 --> 00:52:32.280
 shine on the

00:52:32.280 --> 00:52:32.780
 cross in

00:52:32.780 --> 00:52:33.300
 the midst

00:52:33.300 --> 00:52:34.240
 of that

00:52:34.240 --> 00:52:34.920
 darkness.

00:52:35.780 --> 00:52:36.200
 And although

00:52:36.200 --> 00:52:36.900
 as we've

00:52:36.900 --> 00:52:37.340
 looked at

00:52:37.340 --> 00:52:37.760
 recently,

00:52:37.800 --> 00:52:38.080
 as you're

00:52:38.080 --> 00:52:38.519
 looking at

00:52:38.519 --> 00:52:39.800
 what happened

00:52:39.800 --> 00:52:40.120
 at the

00:52:40.120 --> 00:52:40.600
 cross,

00:52:41.120 --> 00:52:41.820
 the people

00:52:41.820 --> 00:52:42.100
 who were

00:52:42.100 --> 00:52:42.700
 questioning

00:52:42.700 --> 00:52:43.039
 and the

00:52:43.039 --> 00:52:43.400
 people who

00:52:43.400 --> 00:52:44.400
 were downcast,

00:52:44.800 --> 00:52:45.080
 the two

00:52:45.080 --> 00:52:45.340
 on the

00:52:45.340 --> 00:52:45.700
 road to

00:52:45.700 --> 00:52:46.180
 Emmaus

00:52:46.180 --> 00:52:46.420
 we were

00:52:46.420 --> 00:52:46.760
 looking at

00:52:46.760 --> 00:52:47.380
 last week,

00:52:47.880 --> 00:52:48.700
 they felt

00:52:48.700 --> 00:52:49.480
 that hope

00:52:49.480 --> 00:52:50.620
 was gone.

00:52:52.360 --> 00:52:52.940
 And yet

00:52:52.940 --> 00:52:54.400
 God was

00:52:54.400 --> 00:52:54.820
 doing an

00:52:54.820 --> 00:52:55.760
 amazing thing.

00:52:56.720 --> 00:52:57.340
 God was

00:52:57.340 --> 00:52:58.120
 doing something

00:52:58.120 --> 00:52:59.720
 beyond our

00:52:59.720 --> 00:53:00.660
 understanding.

00:53:00.659 --> 00:53:01.599
 His

00:53:01.599 --> 00:53:02.539
 understanding

00:53:02.539 --> 00:53:02.819
 is

00:53:02.819 --> 00:53:03.759
 unsearchable.

00:53:04.339 --> 00:53:04.899
 To us

00:53:04.899 --> 00:53:05.359
 it seems

00:53:05.359 --> 00:53:05.839
 to make

00:53:05.839 --> 00:53:06.559
 no sense,

00:53:06.679 --> 00:53:07.319
 the cross.

00:53:08.980 --> 00:53:09.399
 And yet

00:53:09.399 --> 00:53:10.179
 there we

00:53:10.179 --> 00:53:11.779
 see where

00:53:11.779 --> 00:53:12.279
 we will be

00:53:12.279 --> 00:53:12.739
 renewed,

00:53:13.339 --> 00:53:13.899
 where our

00:53:13.899 --> 00:53:14.960
 strength comes

00:53:14.960 --> 00:53:15.279
 from.

00:53:16.239 --> 00:53:16.899
 Those who

00:53:16.899 --> 00:53:17.519
 wait on the

00:53:17.519 --> 00:53:18.119
 Lord shall

00:53:18.119 --> 00:53:18.799
 renew their

00:53:18.799 --> 00:53:19.379
 strength.

00:53:19.819 --> 00:53:20.079
 They shall

00:53:20.079 --> 00:53:20.679
 mount up

00:53:20.679 --> 00:53:21.219
 with wings

00:53:21.219 --> 00:53:21.819
 like eagles.

00:53:21.899 --> 00:53:22.179
 They shall

00:53:22.179 --> 00:53:22.719
 run and

00:53:22.719 --> 00:53:23.059
 not be

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:23.319
 weary.

00:53:23.679 --> 00:53:24.019
 They shall

00:53:24.019 --> 00:53:24.619
 walk and

00:53:24.619 --> 00:53:25.139
 not faint.

00:53:25.219 --> 00:53:25.599
 You think

00:53:25.599 --> 00:53:26.219
 of the

00:53:26.219 --> 00:53:26.879
 disciples

00:53:26.879 --> 00:53:27.519
 after they

00:53:27.519 --> 00:53:27.940
 met with

00:53:27.940 --> 00:53:28.339
 the risen

00:53:28.339 --> 00:53:28.799
 Lord.

00:53:28.800 --> 00:53:28.860
 Lord,

00:53:30.019 --> 00:53:31.039
 met with

00:53:31.039 --> 00:53:31.840
 all these

00:53:31.840 --> 00:53:32.740
 people who

00:53:32.740 --> 00:53:33.320
 met with

00:53:33.320 --> 00:53:33.780
 God,

00:53:34.340 --> 00:53:35.060
 the risen

00:53:35.060 --> 00:53:35.620
 Lord.

00:53:36.900 --> 00:53:37.539
 No more

00:53:37.539 --> 00:53:37.880
 were they

00:53:37.880 --> 00:53:38.640
 faint and

00:53:38.640 --> 00:53:39.000
 weary.

00:53:39.700 --> 00:53:39.960
 You think

00:53:39.960 --> 00:53:40.340
 even the

00:53:40.340 --> 00:53:40.660
 two on

00:53:40.660 --> 00:53:40.980
 the road

00:53:40.980 --> 00:53:41.680
 to Emmaus

00:53:41.680 --> 00:53:41.880
 who had

00:53:41.880 --> 00:53:42.860
 been downcast

00:53:42.860 --> 00:53:43.640
 walking almost

00:53:43.640 --> 00:53:44.400
 all day

00:53:44.400 --> 00:53:45.880
 to Emmaus

00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:46.480
 from Jerusalem

00:53:46.480 --> 00:53:47.380
 seven miles

00:53:47.380 --> 00:53:47.780
 and yet

00:53:47.780 --> 00:53:48.700
 it seems

00:53:48.700 --> 00:53:49.019
 like there

00:53:49.019 --> 00:53:49.360
 was no

00:53:49.360 --> 00:53:49.880
 time at

00:53:49.880 --> 00:53:50.360
 all until

00:53:50.360 --> 00:53:50.600
 they were

00:53:50.600 --> 00:53:51.120
 back in

00:53:51.120 --> 00:53:51.440
 Jerusalem

00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:51.760
 when they

00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:51.900
 had

00:53:51.900 --> 00:53:52.620
 recognized

00:53:52.620 --> 00:53:53.220
 Jesus.

00:53:54.760 --> 00:53:54.960
 They

00:53:54.960 --> 00:53:55.300
 weren't

00:53:55.300 --> 00:53:55.660
 faint,

00:53:55.780 --> 00:53:55.860
 they

00:53:55.860 --> 00:53:56.180
 weren't

00:53:56.180 --> 00:53:56.539
 weary.

00:53:57.140 --> 00:53:57.580
 Their

00:53:57.580 --> 00:53:58.220
 strength

00:53:58.219 --> 00:53:58.579
 was

00:53:58.579 --> 00:53:59.039
 renewed.

00:54:00.539 --> 00:54:00.939
 And that

00:54:00.939 --> 00:54:01.259
 is what

00:54:01.259 --> 00:54:01.799
 the Lord

00:54:01.799 --> 00:54:02.879
 does.

00:54:03.719 --> 00:54:04.339
 That is

00:54:04.339 --> 00:54:04.659
 what the

00:54:04.659 --> 00:54:05.500
 Lord does

00:54:05.500 --> 00:54:06.459
 for his

00:54:06.459 --> 00:54:07.019
 people.

00:54:07.559 --> 00:54:07.959
 And that's

00:54:07.959 --> 00:54:08.439
 what verse

00:54:08.439 --> 00:54:10.059
 31 gives

00:54:10.059 --> 00:54:10.839
 to us.

00:54:11.539 --> 00:54:12.139
 It's a

00:54:12.139 --> 00:54:12.579
 beautiful

00:54:12.579 --> 00:54:13.000
 and a

00:54:13.000 --> 00:54:13.559
 wonderful

00:54:13.559 --> 00:54:14.759
 promise

00:54:14.759 --> 00:54:17.039
 that this

00:54:17.039 --> 00:54:17.379
 is what

00:54:17.379 --> 00:54:17.659
 he will

00:54:17.659 --> 00:54:18.779
 do for

00:54:18.779 --> 00:54:19.219
 you and

00:54:19.219 --> 00:54:19.699
 for me

00:54:19.699 --> 00:54:20.059
 as we

00:54:20.059 --> 00:54:20.459
 put our

00:54:20.459 --> 00:54:21.259
 trust in

00:54:21.259 --> 00:54:21.539
 him.

00:54:22.219 --> 00:54:23.059
 It seems

00:54:23.059 --> 00:54:24.019
 to have

00:54:24.019 --> 00:54:25.559
 a future,

00:54:25.559 --> 00:54:25.599
 future,

00:54:26.139 --> 00:54:27.559
 but it's

00:54:27.559 --> 00:54:28.259
 also for

00:54:28.259 --> 00:54:28.920
 the present

00:54:28.920 --> 00:54:30.579
 that he

00:54:30.579 --> 00:54:31.940
 is able

00:54:31.940 --> 00:54:32.719
 to actively

00:54:32.719 --> 00:54:33.659
 renew us

00:54:33.659 --> 00:54:34.779
 day by

00:54:34.779 --> 00:54:35.820
 day to

00:54:35.820 --> 00:54:36.400
 strengthen

00:54:36.400 --> 00:54:37.539
 us each

00:54:37.539 --> 00:54:38.019
 and every

00:54:38.019 --> 00:54:38.360
 day.

00:54:39.119 --> 00:54:39.519
 It is

00:54:39.519 --> 00:54:40.039
 the Lord

00:54:40.039 --> 00:54:41.299
 who does

00:54:41.299 --> 00:54:41.559
 it.

00:54:42.619 --> 00:54:42.980
 I listened

00:54:42.980 --> 00:54:43.559
 to a

00:54:43.559 --> 00:54:44.699
 short

00:54:44.699 --> 00:54:45.320
 testimony

00:54:45.320 --> 00:54:45.940
 today of

00:54:45.940 --> 00:54:46.320
 a woman

00:54:46.320 --> 00:54:47.739
 and she

00:54:47.739 --> 00:54:48.420
 began by

00:54:48.420 --> 00:54:49.299
 saying this,

00:54:50.340 --> 00:54:50.820
 people

00:54:50.820 --> 00:54:51.759
 can't

00:54:51.759 --> 00:54:52.420
 change.

00:54:52.420 --> 00:54:52.539
 change.

00:54:53.960 --> 00:54:54.440
 She wasn't

00:54:54.440 --> 00:54:54.920
 saying it

00:54:54.920 --> 00:54:55.480
 meaning it.

00:54:56.360 --> 00:54:56.840
 She was

00:54:56.840 --> 00:54:57.380
 saying it

00:54:57.380 --> 00:54:58.599
 having heard

00:54:58.599 --> 00:54:59.280
 it so

00:54:59.280 --> 00:54:59.760
 often in

00:54:59.760 --> 00:55:00.099
 her own

00:55:00.099 --> 00:55:00.480
 life.

00:55:00.680 --> 00:55:01.059
 People

00:55:01.059 --> 00:55:02.079
 can't

00:55:02.079 --> 00:55:02.980
 change.

00:55:03.880 --> 00:55:04.240
 I.e.

00:55:04.260 --> 00:55:04.539
 what they

00:55:04.539 --> 00:55:05.079
 were saying

00:55:05.079 --> 00:55:05.519
 to her

00:55:05.519 --> 00:55:05.720
 was,

00:55:06.599 --> 00:55:06.840
 you

00:55:06.840 --> 00:55:08.019
 can't

00:55:08.019 --> 00:55:08.880
 change.

00:55:10.159 --> 00:55:10.539
 And for

00:55:10.539 --> 00:55:11.119
 so long

00:55:11.119 --> 00:55:11.400
 in her

00:55:11.400 --> 00:55:12.019
 life that

00:55:12.019 --> 00:55:12.500
 seemed

00:55:12.500 --> 00:55:13.019
 to be

00:55:13.019 --> 00:55:13.680
 the case.

00:55:14.820 --> 00:55:15.200
 And she

00:55:15.200 --> 00:55:15.539
 said,

00:55:15.639 --> 00:55:15.960
 I was

00:55:15.960 --> 00:55:16.760
 hung over

00:55:16.760 --> 00:55:18.440
 every day.

00:55:19.300 --> 00:55:19.760
 This was

00:55:19.760 --> 00:55:20.400
 her life.

00:55:21.280 --> 00:55:22.119
 She describes

00:55:22.119 --> 00:55:22.859
 herself as

00:55:22.859 --> 00:55:23.779
 the meanest

00:55:23.779 --> 00:55:24.679
 atheist.

00:55:25.940 --> 00:55:26.679
 God just

00:55:26.679 --> 00:55:27.519
 meant nothing

00:55:27.519 --> 00:55:28.019
 to her.

00:55:28.359 --> 00:55:28.859
 And anyone

00:55:28.859 --> 00:55:29.359
 who had

00:55:29.359 --> 00:55:29.980
 any interest

00:55:29.980 --> 00:55:30.440
 in God,

00:55:30.539 --> 00:55:30.819
 she was

00:55:30.819 --> 00:55:31.500
 the meanest

00:55:31.500 --> 00:55:31.980
 atheist

00:55:31.980 --> 00:55:33.119
 towards

00:55:33.119 --> 00:55:33.400
 them.

00:55:34.539 --> 00:55:35.359
 This was

00:55:35.359 --> 00:55:35.980
 her life.

00:55:37.259 --> 00:55:37.659
 People

00:55:37.659 --> 00:55:38.779
 can't

00:55:38.779 --> 00:55:39.679
 change.

00:55:41.039 --> 00:55:41.420
 But now

00:55:41.420 --> 00:55:41.739
 she's

00:55:41.739 --> 00:55:43.039
 saying that

00:55:43.039 --> 00:55:44.380
 is not

00:55:44.380 --> 00:55:45.159
 true.

00:55:46.299 --> 00:55:46.739
 She has

00:55:46.739 --> 00:55:47.500
 been sober

00:55:47.500 --> 00:55:49.039
 ten years.

00:55:49.900 --> 00:55:50.839
 A believer

00:55:50.840 --> 00:55:51.820
 and a

00:55:51.820 --> 00:55:52.740
 bright witness

00:55:52.740 --> 00:55:53.760
 for Christ.

00:55:54.559 --> 00:55:55.000
 And she

00:55:55.000 --> 00:55:55.260
 said,

00:55:55.400 --> 00:55:55.980
 once you

00:55:55.980 --> 00:55:56.960
 meet God,

00:55:57.660 --> 00:55:58.480
 you cannot

00:55:58.480 --> 00:55:59.880
 but be

00:55:59.880 --> 00:56:00.539
 changed.

00:56:01.760 --> 00:56:02.579
 She met

00:56:02.579 --> 00:56:03.740
 the living

00:56:03.740 --> 00:56:04.700
 God.

00:56:06.180 --> 00:56:07.160
 And she

00:56:07.160 --> 00:56:07.740
 also said

00:56:07.740 --> 00:56:07.920
 this,

00:56:07.960 --> 00:56:08.240
 if you

00:56:08.240 --> 00:56:08.900
 believe

00:56:08.900 --> 00:56:10.059
 people

00:56:10.059 --> 00:56:11.019
 can't

00:56:11.019 --> 00:56:11.780
 change,

00:56:12.620 --> 00:56:13.120
 it's

00:56:13.120 --> 00:56:13.920
 because you

00:56:13.920 --> 00:56:14.660
 haven't

00:56:14.660 --> 00:56:15.720
 met God.

00:56:15.719 --> 00:56:18.019
 God is

00:56:18.019 --> 00:56:18.519
 the one

00:56:18.519 --> 00:56:19.439
 who is

00:56:19.439 --> 00:56:19.919
 able to

00:56:19.919 --> 00:56:20.619
 change

00:56:20.619 --> 00:56:21.119
 any.

00:56:22.319 --> 00:56:22.539
 And

00:56:22.539 --> 00:56:23.119
 testimonies

00:56:23.119 --> 00:56:23.679
 are always

00:56:23.679 --> 00:56:24.199
 such a

00:56:24.199 --> 00:56:24.639
 powerful

00:56:24.639 --> 00:56:25.819
 reminder

00:56:25.819 --> 00:56:26.679
 for us.

00:56:27.199 --> 00:56:27.819
 Powerful

00:56:27.819 --> 00:56:28.500
 reminder of

00:56:28.500 --> 00:56:29.259
 how God

00:56:29.259 --> 00:56:30.559
 transforms

00:56:30.559 --> 00:56:31.279
 life.

00:56:32.719 --> 00:56:33.239
 And that

00:56:33.239 --> 00:56:33.480
 is what

00:56:33.480 --> 00:56:34.179
 the gospel

00:56:34.179 --> 00:56:34.879
 does.

00:56:35.659 --> 00:56:36.459
 That is

00:56:36.459 --> 00:56:37.639
 what Christ

00:56:37.639 --> 00:56:38.779
 does for

00:56:38.779 --> 00:56:39.319
 sinners.

00:56:40.339 --> 00:56:40.980
 Sinners

00:56:40.980 --> 00:56:41.859
 in need

00:56:41.859 --> 00:56:42.779
 of salvation,

00:56:43.579 --> 00:56:43.939
 there is

00:56:43.940 --> 00:56:44.579
 Christ.

00:56:46.099 --> 00:56:46.760
 And the

00:56:46.760 --> 00:56:47.119
 weary

00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:48.039
 in need

00:56:48.039 --> 00:56:48.760
 of refreshing

00:56:48.760 --> 00:56:49.340
 to go

00:56:49.340 --> 00:56:49.679
 on,

00:56:50.519 --> 00:56:50.880
 there is

00:56:50.880 --> 00:56:51.440
 Christ.

00:56:52.380 --> 00:56:52.940
 It's

00:56:52.940 --> 00:56:53.500
 all of

00:56:53.500 --> 00:56:53.780
 him.

00:56:54.900 --> 00:56:55.159
 He

00:56:55.159 --> 00:56:55.940
 saves

00:56:55.940 --> 00:56:57.500
 and he

00:56:57.500 --> 00:56:58.200
 keeps

00:56:58.200 --> 00:56:59.300
 and he

00:56:59.300 --> 00:56:59.880
 keeps us

00:56:59.880 --> 00:57:00.260
 going.

00:57:01.599 --> 00:57:01.920
 Even

00:57:01.920 --> 00:57:02.460
 youths

00:57:02.460 --> 00:57:03.159
 shall faint

00:57:03.159 --> 00:57:03.800
 and be

00:57:03.800 --> 00:57:04.119
 weary

00:57:04.119 --> 00:57:05.119
 and young

00:57:05.119 --> 00:57:05.519
 men

00:57:05.519 --> 00:57:06.800
 shall fall

00:57:06.800 --> 00:57:07.480
 exhausted.

00:57:08.280 --> 00:57:09.240
 But they

00:57:09.240 --> 00:57:09.920
 who wait

00:57:09.920 --> 00:57:10.220
 on the

00:57:10.220 --> 00:57:10.559
 Lord

00:57:10.559 --> 00:57:11.320
 shall

00:57:11.320 --> 00:57:11.720
 renew

00:57:11.720 --> 00:57:12.019
 their

00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:12.460
 strength.

00:57:12.559 --> 00:57:12.619
 They

00:57:12.619 --> 00:57:12.800
 shall

00:57:12.800 --> 00:57:13.159
 mount

00:57:13.159 --> 00:57:13.619
 up with

00:57:13.619 --> 00:57:14.079
 wings

00:57:14.079 --> 00:57:14.420
 like

00:57:14.420 --> 00:57:14.920
 eagles.

00:57:15.579 --> 00:57:15.879
 They

00:57:15.879 --> 00:57:16.119
 shall

00:57:16.119 --> 00:57:16.619
 run

00:57:16.619 --> 00:57:17.519
 and not

00:57:17.519 --> 00:57:17.699
 be

00:57:17.699 --> 00:57:18.019
 weary.

00:57:18.599 --> 00:57:18.819
 They

00:57:18.819 --> 00:57:19.000
 shall

00:57:19.000 --> 00:57:19.579
 walk

00:57:19.579 --> 00:57:20.799
 and not

00:57:20.799 --> 00:57:21.279
 faint.

00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:22.899
 Isn't

00:57:22.899 --> 00:57:23.259
 that a

00:57:23.259 --> 00:57:23.819
 wonderful

00:57:23.819 --> 00:57:25.039
 promise

00:57:25.039 --> 00:57:26.219
 of the

00:57:26.219 --> 00:57:26.799
 renewing

00:57:26.799 --> 00:57:27.399
 power

00:57:27.399 --> 00:57:28.659
 of God?

00:57:29.739 --> 00:57:29.899
 A

00:57:29.899 --> 00:57:30.199
 weary

00:57:30.199 --> 00:57:30.899
 people

00:57:30.899 --> 00:57:32.399
 see the

00:57:32.399 --> 00:57:32.879
 greatness

00:57:32.879 --> 00:57:34.559
 of God

00:57:34.559 --> 00:57:35.799
 and go

00:57:35.799 --> 00:57:37.039
 on in

00:57:37.039 --> 00:57:37.339
 his

00:57:37.339 --> 00:57:37.920
 strength.

00:57:38.639 --> 00:57:39.039
 Let us

00:57:39.039 --> 00:57:39.279
 pray.

00:57:39.280 --> 00:57:39.740
 God

00:57:39.740 --> 00:57:41.820
 to

00:57:41.820 --> 00:57:42.740
 God

00:57:42.740 --> 00:57:43.660
 to

00:57:43.660 --> 00:57:43.740
 God

00:57:43.740 --> 00:57:44.740
 to

00:57:44.740 --> 00:57:45.240
 God

00:57:45.240 --> 00:57:45.460
 is

00:57:45.460 --> 00:57:46.019
 powerful.

00:57:46.620 --> 00:57:47.120
 That

00:57:47.120 --> 00:57:47.380
 one

00:57:47.380 --> 00:57:47.740
 word

00:57:47.740 --> 00:57:47.960
 from

00:57:47.960 --> 00:57:48.240
 you

00:57:48.240 --> 00:57:48.540
 is

00:57:48.540 --> 00:57:48.940
 worth

00:57:48.940 --> 00:57:49.320
 more

00:57:49.320 --> 00:57:49.540
 than

00:57:49.540 --> 00:57:50.360
 10,000

00:57:50.360 --> 00:57:50.840
 words

00:57:50.840 --> 00:57:51.060
 of

00:57:51.060 --> 00:57:51.360
 men.

00:57:52.240 --> 00:57:52.580
 And we

00:57:52.580 --> 00:57:53.060
 thank you

00:57:53.060 --> 00:57:53.660
 that you

00:57:53.660 --> 00:57:54.220
 speak

00:57:54.220 --> 00:57:55.160
 and that

00:57:55.160 --> 00:57:55.320
 your

00:57:55.320 --> 00:57:55.660
 word

00:57:55.660 --> 00:57:55.860
 is

00:57:55.860 --> 00:57:56.360
 truth

00:57:56.360 --> 00:57:57.240
 and that

00:57:57.240 --> 00:57:57.380
 your

00:57:57.380 --> 00:57:57.660
 word

00:57:57.660 --> 00:57:57.840
 is

00:57:57.840 --> 00:57:58.280
 life.

00:57:59.120 --> 00:57:59.320
 We

00:57:59.320 --> 00:57:59.540
 thank you

00:57:59.540 --> 00:57:59.800
 that your

00:57:59.800 --> 00:58:00.120
 word

00:58:00.120 --> 00:58:00.920
 renews

00:58:00.920 --> 00:58:01.920
 even when

00:58:01.920 --> 00:58:02.580
 renewal and

00:58:02.580 --> 00:58:03.400
 change seems

00:58:03.400 --> 00:58:04.360
 impossible for

00:58:04.360 --> 00:58:04.680
 us.

00:58:05.480 --> 00:58:05.800
 And we

00:58:05.800 --> 00:58:06.099
 pray,

00:58:06.260 --> 00:58:06.380
 Lord,

00:58:06.440 --> 00:58:06.760
 that your

00:58:06.760 --> 00:58:07.180
 word

00:58:07.180 --> 00:58:09.099
 will be

00:58:09.099 --> 00:58:09.460
 actively

00:58:09.460 --> 00:58:10.400
 powerful in

00:58:10.400 --> 00:58:11.039
 our hearts

00:58:11.039 --> 00:58:11.400
 and in

00:58:11.400 --> 00:58:12.039
 those around

00:58:12.039 --> 00:58:12.460
 us.

00:58:13.079 --> 00:58:13.360
 It will

00:58:13.360 --> 00:58:13.480
 be

00:58:13.480 --> 00:58:14.220
 renewing

00:58:14.220 --> 00:58:14.480
 and

00:58:14.480 --> 00:58:14.980
 refreshing

00:58:14.980 --> 00:58:15.740
 to us

00:58:15.740 --> 00:58:16.720
 that even

00:58:16.720 --> 00:58:16.960
 in the

00:58:16.960 --> 00:58:17.519
 midst of

00:58:17.519 --> 00:58:18.220
 the times

00:58:18.220 --> 00:58:18.420
 of

00:58:18.420 --> 00:58:18.800
 weariness

00:58:18.800 --> 00:58:19.260
 we can

00:58:19.260 --> 00:58:19.500
 all

00:58:19.500 --> 00:58:20.120
 experience

00:58:20.120 --> 00:58:21.420
 that we

00:58:21.420 --> 00:58:21.840
 will know

00:58:21.840 --> 00:58:22.099
 that

00:58:22.099 --> 00:58:22.579
 renewing

00:58:22.579 --> 00:58:23.240
 strength

00:58:23.240 --> 00:58:23.579
 of the

00:58:23.579 --> 00:58:23.900
 Lord,

00:58:24.539 --> 00:58:24.900
 that we

00:58:24.900 --> 00:58:25.300
 shall know

00:58:25.300 --> 00:58:25.640
 what it

00:58:25.640 --> 00:58:26.140
 is to

00:58:26.140 --> 00:58:26.720
 mount up

00:58:26.720 --> 00:58:27.300
 with wings

00:58:27.300 --> 00:58:27.620
 like

00:58:27.620 --> 00:58:28.059
 eagles,

00:58:28.780 --> 00:58:29.280
 that we

00:58:29.280 --> 00:58:29.740
 should know

00:58:29.740 --> 00:58:30.079
 what it

00:58:30.079 --> 00:58:30.559
 is to

00:58:30.559 --> 00:58:31.559
 run and

00:58:31.559 --> 00:58:31.940
 not be

00:58:31.940 --> 00:58:32.460
 weary and

00:58:32.460 --> 00:58:33.059
 walk and

00:58:33.059 --> 00:58:33.680
 not faint.

00:58:34.360 --> 00:58:34.880
 We thank

00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:35.120
 you that

00:58:35.120 --> 00:58:35.559
 that is

00:58:35.559 --> 00:58:35.920
 through

00:58:35.920 --> 00:58:36.720
 your

00:58:36.720 --> 00:58:37.300
 strength

00:58:37.300 --> 00:58:37.680
 given.

00:58:38.240 --> 00:58:38.599
 So may

00:58:38.599 --> 00:58:39.039
 you bless

00:58:39.039 --> 00:58:39.519
 us with

00:58:39.519 --> 00:58:40.039
 it and

00:58:40.039 --> 00:58:40.519
 watch over

00:58:40.519 --> 00:58:40.960
 us we

00:58:40.960 --> 00:58:41.480
 pray in

00:58:41.480 --> 00:58:41.800
 Jesus'

00:58:42.039 --> 00:58:42.260
 name.

00:58:42.720 --> 00:58:43.120
 Amen.

00:58:51.200 --> 00:58:51.780
 We're

00:58:51.780 --> 00:58:52.200
 going to

00:58:52.200 --> 00:58:52.960
 conclude by

00:58:52.960 --> 00:58:53.500
 singing in

00:58:53.500 --> 00:58:54.079
 Psalm 89

00:58:54.079 --> 00:58:55.000
 once again

00:58:55.000 --> 00:58:56.180
 in the

00:58:56.180 --> 00:58:56.579
 Scottish

00:58:56.579 --> 00:58:57.220
 Psalter.

00:58:57.840 --> 00:58:58.880
 Psalm 89

00:58:58.880 --> 00:58:59.840
 at verse

00:58:59.840 --> 00:59:00.740
 33.

00:59:04.360 --> 00:59:04.920
 page

00:59:04.920 --> 00:59:05.960
 347

00:59:05.960 --> 00:59:06.280
 of the

00:59:06.280 --> 00:59:06.559
 psalm

00:59:06.559 --> 00:59:06.700
 book

00:59:06.700 --> 00:59:07.079
 psalm

00:59:07.079 --> 00:59:07.660
 89

00:59:07.660 --> 00:59:07.960
 at

00:59:07.960 --> 00:59:08.220
 verse

00:59:08.220 --> 00:59:08.980
 33.

00:59:10.039 --> 00:59:10.180
 Yet

00:59:10.180 --> 00:59:10.480
 I'll

00:59:10.480 --> 00:59:10.680
 not

00:59:10.680 --> 00:59:11.019
 take

00:59:11.019 --> 00:59:11.240
 my

00:59:11.240 --> 00:59:11.599
 love

00:59:11.599 --> 00:59:11.880
 from

00:59:11.880 --> 00:59:12.200
 him

00:59:12.200 --> 00:59:12.840
 nor

00:59:12.840 --> 00:59:13.340
 false

00:59:13.340 --> 00:59:13.760
 my

00:59:13.760 --> 00:59:14.220
 promise

00:59:14.220 --> 00:59:14.640
 make

00:59:14.640 --> 00:59:15.260
 my

00:59:15.260 --> 00:59:15.680
 covenant

00:59:15.680 --> 00:59:16.180
 I'll

00:59:16.180 --> 00:59:16.400
 not

00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:16.780
 break

00:59:16.780 --> 00:59:16.980
 nor

00:59:16.980 --> 00:59:17.519
 change

00:59:17.519 --> 00:59:18.620
 what

00:59:18.620 --> 00:59:18.980
 with

00:59:18.980 --> 00:59:19.340
 my

00:59:19.340 --> 00:59:19.760
 mouth

00:59:19.760 --> 00:59:20.400
 I

00:59:20.400 --> 00:59:20.780
 speak.

00:59:20.840 --> 00:59:21.099
 We have

00:59:21.099 --> 00:59:21.300
 that

00:59:21.300 --> 00:59:21.940
 assurance

00:59:21.940 --> 00:59:23.140
 of God

00:59:23.140 --> 00:59:23.680
 keeping

00:59:23.680 --> 00:59:24.420
 his

00:59:24.420 --> 00:59:24.920
 promises

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 and

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 keeping

00:59:25.519 --> 00:59:25.740
 his

00:59:25.740 --> 00:59:26.140
 love

00:59:26.140 --> 00:59:26.900
 towards

00:59:26.900 --> 00:59:27.599
 those

00:59:27.599 --> 00:59:28.220
 who

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 are

00:59:28.340 --> 00:59:28.519
 his

00:59:28.519 --> 00:59:28.760
 own.

00:59:28.880 --> 00:59:29.180
 Psalm

00:59:29.180 --> 00:59:29.860
 89

00:59:29.860 --> 00:59:30.240
 verse

00:59:30.240 --> 00:59:30.860
 33

00:59:30.860 --> 00:59:31.039
 and

00:59:31.039 --> 00:59:31.519
 the tune

00:59:31.519 --> 00:59:32.099
 is

00:59:32.099 --> 00:59:32.599
 Effingham.

00:59:34.360 --> 00:59:39.860
 Yet

00:59:39.860 --> 00:59:41.260
 I'll

00:59:41.260 --> 00:59:42.079
 not

00:59:42.079 --> 00:59:43.420
 tame

00:59:43.420 --> 00:59:44.340
 my

00:59:44.340 --> 00:59:45.579
 love

00:59:45.579 --> 00:59:46.500
 from

00:59:46.500 --> 00:59:47.400
 him

00:59:47.400 --> 00:59:48.559
 nor

00:59:48.559 --> 00:59:49.920
 false

00:59:49.920 --> 00:59:50.880
 my

00:59:50.880 --> 00:59:52.480
 promise

00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:54.519
 may

00:59:54.519 --> 00:59:55.940
 I

00:59:55.940 --> 00:59:56.579
 can

00:59:56.579 --> 00:59:58.300
 that

00:59:58.300 --> 00:59:59.579
 child

00:59:59.579 --> 01:00:00.500
 of

01:00:00.500 --> 01:00:01.920
 pain

01:00:01.920 --> 01:00:02.660
 or

01:00:02.660 --> 01:00:04.000
 change

01:00:04.000 --> 01:00:05.139
 what

01:00:05.139 --> 01:00:06.260
 with

01:00:06.260 --> 01:00:07.260
 my

01:00:07.260 --> 01:00:08.639
 love

01:00:08.639 --> 01:00:09.420
 I

01:00:09.420 --> 01:00:11.420
 say

01:00:11.420 --> 01:00:13.519
 yet

01:00:13.519 --> 01:00:14.019
 I

01:00:14.019 --> 01:00:15.940
 look

01:00:15.940 --> 01:00:17.019
 in

01:00:17.019 --> 01:00:20.059
 once

01:00:20.059 --> 01:00:21.360
 by

01:00:21.360 --> 01:00:22.360
 my

01:00:22.360 --> 01:00:24.900
 holiness

01:00:24.900 --> 01:00:36.400
 ham

01:00:38.980 --> 01:00:39.220
 van

01:00:39.219 --> 01:00:51.919
 The Lord shall pass the sun before the dust for rain.

01:00:51.919 --> 01:01:01.480
 If like the moon shall ever be,

01:01:01.480 --> 01:01:08.659
 He's done with steadfastly,

01:01:08.659 --> 01:01:18.260
 And I to the which in the air

01:01:18.260 --> 01:01:24.320
 Doth witness faithfully.

01:01:27.320 --> 01:01:30.099
 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my right.

01:01:30.199 --> 01:01:31.400
 We'll close with a benediction.

01:01:32.300 --> 01:01:35.340
 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God,

01:01:35.579 --> 01:01:38.599
 Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon

01:01:38.599 --> 01:01:41.579
 And abide with you all now and forevermore.

01:01:42.000 --> 01:01:42.440
 Amen.

01:01:42.440 --> 01:01:42.519
 Amen.

01:01:42.519 --> 01:01:50.679
 Amen.

01:01:50.679 --> 01:01:51.000
 Amen.

01:01:51.420 --> 01:01:52.420
 Amen.

01:01:52.500 --> 01:01:52.800
 Amen.

01:01:53.019 --> 01:01:53.639
 Amen.

01:01:53.639 --> 01:01:55.179
 Amen.

01:01:55.179 --> 01:01:55.679
 Amen.

01:01:55.679 --> 01:01:56.599
 Amen.

01:01:56.599 --> 01:01:57.539
 Amen.

01:01:57.539 --> 01:01:58.400
 Amen.

01:01:58.400 --> 01:01:58.579
 Amen.

01:01:58.659 --> 01:01:59.480
 Amen.

01:01:59.480 --> 01:01:59.559
 Amen.

01:01:59.559 --> 01:02:00.320
 Amen.

01:02:01.239 --> 01:02:01.719
 Amen.

01:02:01.719 --> 01:02:03.219
 Amen.

01:02:07.300 --> 01:02:07.900
 Amen.

01:02:07.900 --> 01:02:08.139
 Amen.

01:02:08.139 --> 01:02:08.239
 Amen.

01:02:08.239 --> 01:02:08.420
 Amen.

01:02:08.420 --> 01:02:08.460
 Amen.

01:02:08.460 --> 01:02:08.759
 Amen.

01:02:08.759 --> 01:02:09.360
 Amen.

01:02:09.360 --> 01:02:09.480
 Amen.

01:02:09.480 --> 01:02:09.500
 Amen.

01:02:09.500 --> 01:02:10.440
 Amen.

01:02:10.440 --> 01:02:11.500
 Amen.