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 Good morning, everyone.

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 My name is James, and my middle name is Stuart,

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 and I'm more than happy for you to make up nicknames based on that.

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 I love doing that, so please, be creative as you like.

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 And I'm also very excited to be ordained in a couple of weeks here,

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 and I'd love to see you all here if you can.

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 I recently learned a phrase in Korean.

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 Now, I'm very sorry, my Korean accent is, like, really terrible,

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 but here we go.

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 The phrase is,

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 Does anybody know any Korean?

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 No? Okay, so it wasn't that helpful.

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 The phrase means,

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 when you walk past a mountain,

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 there is another mountain to walk past.

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 I think it's a slightly better version of

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 out of the frying pan into the fire.

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 And the last part of the phrase,

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 Taishan, is actually talking about a mountain

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 in Shandong province in China.

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 It's this mountain called Taishan.

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 And it has this imagery of,

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 once you walk up part of this mountain,

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 there's just another part of the mountain to climb up.

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 But I think it captures a certain feeling,

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 a mixture of joy and pain really well.

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 That feeling of getting past one struggle

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 and being joyful that you're on the other side of it,

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 but then the clouds part

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 and there is just another struggle,

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 another challenge ahead.

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 I know it's been exam period for many people here,

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 and it's like that short-term feeling of joy

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 when you finish one exam,

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 only to remember you have four more coming up.

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 How foolish is it if we pretend

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 that after the first struggle,

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 after the first exam,

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 that there's no more,

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 and it's just easy roads ahead.

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 But I think, I wonder actually,

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 I wonder if we can do the same thing with God.

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 Is it possible that we depend on God

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 in one difficult season,

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 like a COVID lockdown,

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 one struggle,

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 and then we quickly forget how much we need Him,

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 and we go back to trying to do life on our own.

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 We've climbed one mountain with God's help,

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 and then we don't even see the next one,

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 and we don't realize how dependent we are

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 on God in every season.

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 Today is our last in our series,

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 Hope in Despair.

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 We've spent the last eight weeks

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 in the Psalms and the Book of Lamentations,

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 and I'm really thankful for this series.

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 I texted in to that number

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 about how thankful I am

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 because I have been reminded

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 of how amazing God's grace is to us.

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 That we do things which make God grieve,

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 and He continues to love us.

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 I'm thankful for Psalm 13 last week,

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 which gave us a way to use our lament.

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 The Book of Lamentations

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 was a very difficult book to read through

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 as we saw the city of Jerusalem destroyed,

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 but it has been wonderful for me personally

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 to see and to be reminded

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 that we have a God who stands by His people.

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 Even when He pours out His anger on them,

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 He continues to love them,

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 and He does that as well,

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 ultimately in Jesus.

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 But the challenge for me

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 and the challenge for us today

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 is that as we come out of a season of despair,

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 as we come back into what seems to be

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 more like normal life,

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 that we cannot trust in God.

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 We can think that we've got it,

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 and we can forget the mountains ahead.

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 So the challenge will be for us

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 to continue to trust in God

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 and not forget our need in Him

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 because our God is our only hope.

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 And so today, we're in Psalm 40,

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 and King David is going to encourage us

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 to be lifelong lamenters

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 who know how to cry out,

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 how to pray to God,

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 how to rejoice in Him,

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 how to do what Aidan did

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 and prepare a lament

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 so we can use that later

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 so that we can lament our sin,

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 so we can grieve in a difficult season.

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 When there's a loss of a loved one

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 or a difficult season,

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 we can depend on God's grace

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 in every season.

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 So let me pray

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 as we have a look at Psalm 40.

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 Dear Heavenly Father,

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 I thank You for Your goodness to us,

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 that You walk with us

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 and You continue to walk with us

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 when we think we don't need You.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 as we are reminded of Your love

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 and Your grace in Psalm 40,

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 remind us of our continual need

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 in You today, Lord.

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 Amen.

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 So please,

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 have your Bibles open.

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 Psalm chapter 40.

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 We're going to spend our time

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 in Psalm 40 today.

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 As we see that God saves

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 and He continues to save.

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 Psalm 40 verse 1.

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 I waited patiently for the Lord.

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 He turned to me and heard my cry.

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 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,

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 out of the mud and mire.

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 This is almost the flip side

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 of the season we've been in.

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 We've been looking at a number of laments

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 and people grieving.

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 And this is David.

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 And he's saying,

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 I have been grieving,

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 but you have answered me.

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 David had been in a time of despair.

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 He cried out to God

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 and then he waited patiently.

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 Now, we don't know how long he had to wait

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 or what he was crying out to God for,

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 but he waited patiently.

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 Now, even that word there,

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 that's a challenge.

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 I don't like waiting for anything,

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 especially when I'm in despair.

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 God, come and fix it now.

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 But David waited patiently.

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 David has waited on God

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 in a season of despair.

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 And God has answered him.

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 He has saved him

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 from whatever the issue was.

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 And that description of the problem,

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 it's just so vivid.

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 It's pictured as a slimy pit

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 out of the mud and mire

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 or the miry bog

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 from older translations.

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 Now, it makes me think

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 of my worst nightmare

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 as a child.

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 Quicksand.

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 It seemed to be

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 in every TV show

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 that I grew up in.

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 It was the threat

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 of stumbling upon to quicksand

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 and then you,

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 no matter how much you tried,

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 you couldn't claw your way out of it.

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 Now, I've never been in one.

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 Has anybody been in quicksand?

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 No, it turns out

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 it's not actually

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 that much of a threat.

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 But it's this picture

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 of danger,

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 of slippery walls.

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 You're unable to save yourself.

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 David says he was stuck

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 in a hole,

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 unable to get himself out there.

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 He can't even get

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 a foothold or purchase

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 to try and fix the situation.

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 It sounds a lot like

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 a COVID lockdown.

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 For a while there,

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 it didn't seem to matter

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 what restrictions were in place.

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 Nothing was getting better.

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 There seemed to be

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 no way out.

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 It was this season

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 of depression and despair,

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 attack from outside

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 and attack from in.

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 But God has saved David

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 from what seemed to him

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 to be an impossible situation.

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 God has saved him.

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 He's pulled him out.

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 And there's a contrast

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 in the rest of verse 2.

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 Pulled him out of the miry pit.

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 Verse 2,

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 the second part of verse 2.

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 He set my feet on a rock

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 and gave me a firm place to stand.

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 Safety.

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 Security in God.

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 Now I don't know

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 the feeling of coming out

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 of a slimy pit

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 onto firm ground,

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 but I do know

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 a similar feeling.

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 The feeling of

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 being swept into the ocean

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 and not being in control.

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 I remember one morning

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 on holiday

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 a couple of years ago.

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 I'd gone for a run

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 on the beach

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 early in the morning

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 and then I jumped in the ocean

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 and I swam a little bit.

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 And I didn't realise

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 how tired my legs were

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 until I tried

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 to swim back into shore.

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 It wasn't then

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 until then I realised

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 I was actually being pulled out.

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 And I had that moment

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 where I had my life flash before me.

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 Is this going to be

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 the place that I die?

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 Are my two little kids

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 going to be without a father

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 at this point?

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 And I remember that feeling

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 when my foot

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 finally hit sand.

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 Joy.

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 Inexpressible joy, relief.

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 Praise to God.

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 God,

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 my children are going to see

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 their dad for another day.

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 God has taken David

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 out of the pits

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 of pain and despair,

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 a struggle he couldn't

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 climb out of,

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 and placed him safe

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 on a rock

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 and David responds

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 by praising God.

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 Because of God saving him,

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 David trusts in God more

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 and he wants to give his life

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 and not just a couple of offerings.

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 Have a look at verse 3.

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 He put a new song

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 in my mouth,

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 a hymn of praise

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 to our God.

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 Many will see

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 and fear the Lord

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 and put their trust in him.

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 He is praising God.

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 He is rejoicing

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 and his trust

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 and dependence

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 has grown.

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 He cried out to God.

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 He waited on him.

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 God answered

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 and saved him.

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 And importantly,

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 David doesn't just move on

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 to the next thing

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 he's got to do

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 in his life.

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 He sits in this moment

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 and praises God.

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 He trusts in him

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 and he offers

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 his whole life to him.

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 Verse 6,

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 sacrifice and offering

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 you did not desire,

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 but my ears

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 you have opened.

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 Burn offerings

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 and sin offerings

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 you did not require.

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 Then I said,

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 here I am,

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 I have come.

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 It is written about me

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 in the scroll.

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 I desire to do your will,

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 my God.

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 Your law

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 is within my heart.

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 Now it's hard not

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 to read this part

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 and immediately

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 think of Jesus.

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 But David is the

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 fulfillment of expectation.

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 He is the king.

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 But where David

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 desires to do

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 God's will,

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 Jesus is the one

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 who does it.

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 He is the one

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 who the scrolls

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 point to,

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 the Old Testament

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 points to.

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 And whilst God

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 has been faithful

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 and answered

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 David's call,

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 how much more

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 for Jesus?

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 Crying out

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 on the cross,

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 God,

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 why have you

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 forsaken me?

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 And yet God

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 lifted Jesus

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 out of a pit.

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 Not just a pit

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 of despair

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 and pain,

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 but the pit

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 of death.

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 And because God

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 has lifted him up,

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 he lifts us

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 up to new life too.

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 Placing us

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 on the firm

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 foundation

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 of Jesus.

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 In our moment

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 of salvation,

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 we don't even

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 realize how high

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 the walls

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 of the pit

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 are around us

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 until we get

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 taken out of them.

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 We were stuck

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 in a pit,

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 but not just

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 a difficult pit,

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 an impossible pit.

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 Ephesians 2

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 tells us

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 that we

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 were dead,

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 totally unable

00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:29.960
 to climb out

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 of our graves.

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 But God

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 has pulled us

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 out of this pit

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 in Jesus

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 and he puts

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 us on him

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 a firm

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 foundation.

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 And so now

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 we can do

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 what David

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 does and see

00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:44.479
 God's goodness

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 on the other

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 side of this pit.

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 We can see

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 and be reminded

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 that God

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 is good.

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 He listens

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 to us.

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 He answers

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 our cries.

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 We can say,

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 God,

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 I can depend

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 upon you

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 when I'm in a pit

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 because no matter

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 what pit I'm in,

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 it's not going

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 to be as bad

00:12:01.199 --> 00:12:01.559
 as the pit

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 I was in

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 when I was dead.

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 but God,

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 you have pulled

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 me out of that

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 and I can stand

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 on Jesus

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 regardless

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 of the season

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 around me

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 because no pit

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 can swallow me

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 because I am firm

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 in him.

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 If those

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 10 verses

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 were all we had

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 of Psalm 40,

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 it would be lovely

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 and it would be amazing.

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 It's this picture

00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:26.900
 of David

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 responding to God

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 saving him,

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 David crying out

00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:32.440
 and David

00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:33.000
 knowing that

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 God saves him.

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 But that's not

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 the full story

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 because that's not

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 our lived experience.

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 That illustration

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 from before

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 about that Korean

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 phrase,

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 our life

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 is much more

00:12:46.620 --> 00:12:47.720
 we climb a mountain,

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 we go through

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 a season of despair

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 and then there's

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 another mountain

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 to climb.

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 The truth is

00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:55.060
 that we lurch

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 from disaster

00:12:55.980 --> 00:12:56.940
 to disaster,

00:12:57.220 --> 00:12:58.419
 from the frying pan

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 to the fire.

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 Just because

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 someone has

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 survived cancer

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 doesn't mean

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 that they won't

00:13:03.740 --> 00:13:04.580
 lose a loved one.

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 Just because

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 someone has

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 struggled to

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 find a job

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 doesn't mean

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 their house

00:13:09.139 --> 00:13:09.819
 won't be threatened

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 by a bushfire.

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 The harsh

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 realistic truth

00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:15.700
 is that we live

00:13:15.700 --> 00:13:17.059
 in a damned world

00:13:17.059 --> 00:13:18.639
 cursed by sin.

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 God is the only hope

00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:23.899
 until he sends Jesus

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 and this world

00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:25.519
 is remade.

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 It is easy

00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:28.879
 to move on

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 from one mountain

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 of dependence

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 on God

00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:32.419
 and forget him

00:13:32.419 --> 00:13:33.439
 in the next moment.

00:13:35.299 --> 00:13:35.960
 Throughout lockdown

00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:37.600
 I was very aware

00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.299
 of the mountain

00:13:38.299 --> 00:13:39.200
 that we were climbing.

00:13:39.899 --> 00:13:41.000
 I was very aware

00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:41.939
 how much I needed

00:13:41.939 --> 00:13:42.659
 God's help

00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:43.759
 just to do

00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:44.939
 daily things

00:13:44.939 --> 00:13:46.000
 like have

00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:46.939
 patience

00:13:46.939 --> 00:13:47.919
 with my kids.

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 God was really good

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 to me in that season.

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 I really appreciated

00:13:55.059 --> 00:13:55.600
 reading the book

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 of Jeremiah

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 and being reminded

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 about God's

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 continued patience

00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:02.340
 for his kids

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 Israel.

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 And that encouraged

00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.279
 me to be a good dad.

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 And then we got

00:14:09.500 --> 00:14:10.620
 back to normal life.

00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:11.759
 We came out

00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:12.120
 of lockdown

00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:13.759
 and I didn't realise it

00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:14.980
 but I'd actually

00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:15.800
 put that dependence

00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:16.540
 on God

00:14:16.540 --> 00:14:17.600
 particularly for

00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:18.860
 patience to one side.

00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:20.960
 And I went back

00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:21.480
 to thinking

00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:22.180
 normal life

00:14:22.180 --> 00:14:22.920
 I can do this

00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:23.620
 I can do this

00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:24.299
 on my own.

00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:26.740
 Even though

00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:28.179
 it's just a different

00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:29.120
 mountain to climb.

00:14:30.459 --> 00:14:30.779
 And so

00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:31.099
 you know

00:14:31.099 --> 00:14:31.519
 I'm not sure

00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:32.360
 if you found this

00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:33.639
 came out of lockdown

00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.899
 my kids hadn't seen

00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:35.959
 anybody for four months

00:14:35.959 --> 00:14:36.719
 they went back

00:14:36.719 --> 00:14:37.179
 to school

00:14:37.179 --> 00:14:37.599
 we thought

00:14:37.599 --> 00:14:38.199
 yes

00:14:38.199 --> 00:14:39.679
 school's back

00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:41.000
 and then they all

00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.639
 got sick

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:43.959
 because they were

00:14:43.959 --> 00:14:44.740
 back with people.

00:14:46.059 --> 00:14:47.039
 And I love you all

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:48.579
 thank you for wearing masks.

00:14:50.319 --> 00:14:51.519
 And even then

00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.159
 I thought

00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:52.659
 okay

00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:53.379
 we're back

00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:53.919
 to this

00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:55.019
 we've just

00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:55.980
 gotten our freedom

00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:56.719
 I thought

00:14:56.719 --> 00:14:57.379
 I had life

00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:57.860
 and now

00:14:57.860 --> 00:14:58.259
 we're back

00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:59.120
 in a different

00:14:59.120 --> 00:14:59.819
 sort of lockdown

00:14:59.819 --> 00:15:01.740
 and that challenge

00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:03.120
 of having patience

00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:03.719
 was back

00:15:03.719 --> 00:15:05.500
 but I hadn't realised

00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:06.379
 how much

00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:06.719
 I needed

00:15:06.719 --> 00:15:07.419
 God in that.

00:15:08.339 --> 00:15:09.019
 Instead of

00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:10.240
 coming to him

00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:11.480
 and grieving

00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:12.519
 the fact that

00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:13.459
 we live in a cursed world

00:15:13.459 --> 00:15:14.179
 where you still have to

00:15:14.179 --> 00:15:15.000
 deal with sickness

00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:16.839
 depending on him

00:15:16.839 --> 00:15:18.019
 as the great healer

00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:18.860
 I just thought

00:15:18.860 --> 00:15:19.579
 I can do it.

00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.399
 But there is

00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:22.259
 a wonderful hope

00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.919
 and encouragement

00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:23.679
 here for us

00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.419
 in Psalm 40.

00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:26.340
 The first half

00:15:26.340 --> 00:15:26.980
 of the Psalm

00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:27.740
 is David

00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:28.939
 being thankful

00:15:28.939 --> 00:15:29.799
 to God

00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:30.600
 that he has

00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:31.279
 saved him.

00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:32.740
 The second half

00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.539
 of Psalm 40

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:35.019
 David says

00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:36.139
 oh God

00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:36.799
 I've stuffed up

00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:37.559
 and I need you

00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:38.000
 to save me

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.960
 I'm in another pit

00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:39.700
 I need you

00:15:39.700 --> 00:15:40.059
 to get me

00:15:40.059 --> 00:15:40.639
 out of this.

00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:44.000
 Verse 11

00:15:44.000 --> 00:16:05.799
 David's own sin

00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.460
 has caused

00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:07.019
 his trouble

00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:09.159
 and his request

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:10.919
 his request

00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.379
 is based

00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:11.919
 on God

00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:12.620
 and on

00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:13.360
 who God

00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:13.659
 is.

00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:14.100
 God

00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:14.879
 is merciful

00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.839
 he is faithful

00:16:15.839 --> 00:16:16.819
 and he is loving

00:16:16.819 --> 00:16:17.819
 and so even though

00:16:17.819 --> 00:16:18.579
 David has

00:16:18.579 --> 00:16:18.899
 effectively

00:16:18.899 --> 00:16:19.419
 just gone

00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:19.839
 and jumped

00:16:19.839 --> 00:16:20.360
 back into

00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:20.699
 the pit

00:16:20.699 --> 00:16:21.100
 God has

00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:21.399
 pulled him

00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:21.740
 out of

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:23.659
 David

00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:24.679
 cries out

00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:25.079
 to him

00:16:25.079 --> 00:16:25.819
 our God

00:16:25.819 --> 00:16:26.240
 is a much

00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:26.819
 better father

00:16:26.819 --> 00:16:27.319
 than me

00:16:27.319 --> 00:16:28.139
 if my kids

00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:28.620
 continually

00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:29.199
 come and ask

00:16:29.199 --> 00:16:29.620
 me the same

00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:29.939
 thing

00:16:29.939 --> 00:16:30.879
 I'll be okay

00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.360
 the first

00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:32.039
 three or four

00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:32.839
 or five times

00:16:32.839 --> 00:16:33.620
 on the sixth

00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:34.120
 it's just like

00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.839
 leave me alone

00:16:34.839 --> 00:16:36.399
 just figure it

00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:36.959
 out yourself

00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:38.160
 God is not

00:16:38.160 --> 00:16:38.700
 like that

00:16:38.700 --> 00:16:40.480
 we throw

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.460
 ourself back

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:42.060
 into that pit

00:16:42.060 --> 00:16:42.519
 of despair

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.019
 repeatedly

00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.580
 we choose

00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:44.139
 to sin

00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:45.920
 and God

00:16:45.920 --> 00:16:46.840
 in his goodness

00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:48.100
 and patience

00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.639
 and love

00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:49.180
 for us

00:16:49.180 --> 00:16:50.240
 continues to

00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:50.740
 answer our

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.540
 cries for help

00:16:51.540 --> 00:16:53.259
 verse 13

00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:54.680
 be pleased

00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:55.759
 to save me

00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.060
 Lord

00:16:56.060 --> 00:16:57.660
 come quickly

00:16:57.660 --> 00:16:58.040
 Lord

00:16:58.040 --> 00:16:58.700
 to help me

00:16:58.700 --> 00:17:00.759
 David has

00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.340
 learnt the

00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:02.000
 lesson of

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.620
 grief and

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:03.300
 lamentation

00:17:03.300 --> 00:17:05.100
 calling out

00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:05.600
 to God

00:17:05.600 --> 00:17:06.240
 when in need

00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:07.700
 depending on

00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:08.299
 him in

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:08.940
 each and

00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.319
 every

00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:10.039
 circumstance

00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:10.900
 even the

00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:11.440
 problems that

00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:11.880
 he is now

00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:12.259
 making

00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:13.680
 God doesn't

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 ignore him

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.579
 David sees

00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:17.319
 how faithful

00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:18.220
 God is

00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:19.160
 that he is a

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:19.599
 God who

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.539
 answers prayers

00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.019
 and so he

00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:22.079
 continues to

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.640
 cry out

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 and he's aware

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 of his condition

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 verse 17

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 as for me

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 I am poor

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 and needy

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 may the Lord

00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:32.200
 think of me

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 you are my

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 help and my

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 deliverer

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 you are my

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 God do not

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 delay

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 now this is

00:17:38.080 --> 00:17:38.860
 King David

00:17:38.860 --> 00:17:39.600
 saying these

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 words

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 not sure if

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.640
 he's in a

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 cave at this

00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:42.940
 point but

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.660
 this is the

00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:44.600
 king and he

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 is saying he

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 is poor

00:17:46.040 --> 00:17:47.660
 and needy

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 he is aware

00:17:50.780 --> 00:17:51.680
 of who he

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 is before

00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:52.660
 God

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 that's what

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 happens when

00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:56.460
 we cry out

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:56.960
 to God

00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:58.880
 we see God

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 answer us

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 when our

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 trust and

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.500
 dependence grows

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:01.800
 in him

00:18:01.800 --> 00:18:02.720
 we become more

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 aware of who

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 we are and

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 who he is

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 how awesome

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 he is and

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 how awful

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 we are and

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 how much we

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 need him

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 so that we

00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:13.300
 can say God

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 I am poor

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:14.800
 and needy but

00:18:14.800 --> 00:18:15.320
 you are my

00:18:15.320 --> 00:18:16.360
 help and my

00:18:16.360 --> 00:18:17.160
 deliverer

00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:19.420
 when we learn

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 the lament of

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 Psalm 40 and

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 the and from

00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:22.480
 the book of

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.200
 lamentations or

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 from Psalm 13

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 we learn David's

00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.960
 lesson here that

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 God is always

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 good he is

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 always helping and

00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:31.660
 answering prayers he

00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:32.820
 is always able to

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 be trusted but

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 also how good

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.840
 God's grace for

00:18:37.840 --> 00:18:39.920
 us is that our

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 God would

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 willingly trade

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 our place with

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.460
 Jesus at the

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.840
 cross and so

00:18:45.840 --> 00:18:46.720
 that we can

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.980
 continue to cry

00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.600
 out to him

00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:51.080
 preacher

00:18:51.080 --> 00:18:52.259
 theologian and

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.880
 author Don

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 Carson told a

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 story about a

00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:57.220
 missionary who

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 came back to

00:18:58.120 --> 00:18:59.380
 Don Carson's

00:18:59.380 --> 00:19:00.540
 church while he

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 was doing his

00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:03.740
 PhD he brought

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.799
 his wife and

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.420
 young daughter

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 with him when

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 they were there

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 and he was

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 studying his

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 PhD his wife

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 got cancer she

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 was treated with

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 chemotherapy and

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 she recovered six

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:19.839
 months later he

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 was diagnosed with

00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:22.619
 cancer liver

00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:25.019
 cancer no one

00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.799
 wanted to touch

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 him eventually

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 they found doctors

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.599
 who would help

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 him they took a

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 large chunk of

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:33.099
 his stomach with

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 radical treatment

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 but eventually he

00:19:37.159 --> 00:19:38.740
 recovered and was

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.480
 able to continue

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 his PhD studies

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:44.339
 six months after

00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:46.980
 that his wife died

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 of cancer he

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 finished his PhD

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:53.079
 but before he went

00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.779
 back to the mission

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.779
 field with his then

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.879
 nine-year-old

00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:57.299
 daughter he went

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:58.139
 and spoke at Don

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 Carson's church

00:19:59.019 --> 00:20:00.480
 and he thanked

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.240
 everybody for their

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.059
 support for their

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.879
 prayers for him

00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.720
 over this time

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:05.799
 and he thanked

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:08.159
 God for all his

00:20:08.159 --> 00:20:08.599
 goodness

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:12.059
 he thanked God

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:13.099
 for the assurance

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.779
 of life

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:15.899
 for real hope

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:17.579
 that he would see

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.720
 his wife again

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.700
 he thanked God

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.460
 that he had left

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.379
 him there to care

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 for his daughter

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:24.220
 he spent his

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:25.039
 whole time

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 in gratitude

00:20:26.360 --> 00:20:28.740
 and Don Carson

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.400
 made the point

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:30.160
 a very painful

00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.580
 point

00:20:30.580 --> 00:20:31.960
 that that is

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 simply normal

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:35.200
 Christian living

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:39.720
 hope in despair

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 is the usual

00:20:41.560 --> 00:20:42.560
 life of the

00:20:42.560 --> 00:20:42.920
 Christian

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:45.600
 it is to be

00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:46.320
 the usual

00:20:46.320 --> 00:20:47.460
 life of the

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.880
 Christian

00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:50.300
 our hope

00:20:50.300 --> 00:20:50.940
 isn't that

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.580
 this season

00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:52.280
 of pain

00:20:52.280 --> 00:20:53.300
 will get

00:20:53.300 --> 00:20:53.620
 better

00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:55.000
 our hope

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.440
 is not that

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.020
 we will climb

00:20:56.020 --> 00:20:56.460
 a mountain

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.180
 and then

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.620
 it will just

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:58.260
 be valleys

00:20:58.260 --> 00:20:59.060
 it will be

00:20:59.060 --> 00:20:59.940
 smooth sailing

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.300
 it will just

00:21:00.300 --> 00:21:00.840
 be downhill

00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.460
 from here

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:02.080
 because that

00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:02.440
 is not our

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.920
 lived experience

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.320
 that is not

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:03.700
 life

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:05.060
 it is we

00:21:05.060 --> 00:21:05.460
 climb a

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:05.720
 mountain

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.160
 and there's

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.400
 another

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.760
 mountain

00:21:06.760 --> 00:21:08.900
 our hope

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:10.260
 is in

00:21:10.260 --> 00:21:10.660
 Jesus

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:12.760
 who didn't

00:21:12.760 --> 00:21:14.240
 climb a

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.500
 mountain

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.260
 he went up

00:21:15.260 --> 00:21:15.700
 a hill

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.820
 to Jerusalem

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:18.419
 he went

00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:18.879
 on to a

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.319
 cross

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:21.139
 who God

00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:21.700
 raised from

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.079
 the dead

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.500
 who pulled

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.799
 him out

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.259
 of the pit

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:25.379
 and so that

00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:25.980
 no matter what

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.759
 happens with

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.460
 our story

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.000
 about the

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.799
 mountains we

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.099
 have to

00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.379
 climb

00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:30.019
 we can

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.579
 grieve the

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:30.879
 painful

00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:31.279
 difficult

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.779
 seasons

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:33.299
 we can

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:34.339
 grieve the

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.980
 challenges of

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.399
 work

00:21:35.399 --> 00:21:36.679
 our families

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.460
 getting sick

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.460
 because Jesus

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.159
 has climbed

00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:39.519
 the most

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.939
 important

00:21:39.939 --> 00:21:40.279
 mountain

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:41.579
 and he

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.200
 has placed

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.980
 us on his

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.500
 back

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.579
 and carries

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.119
 us like a

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.980
 little child

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:47.140
 to stand

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.720
 before God

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:50.079
 the Christian

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.700
 can endure

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.240
 that the

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.779
 story of

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.480
 the missionary

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:54.180
 still rejoicing

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.779
 and being

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.519
 thankful to

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:55.900
 God

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.880
 it can be

00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:57.700
 our story

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:59.200
 because Jesus

00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:00.279
 is walking

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.900
 with us

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:02.960
 he says

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.759
 this pain

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.460
 you're going

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:04.880
 through

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.640
 I have

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.140
 already

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:06.579
 walked

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.180
 through it

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.559
 come

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.380
 and follow

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:09.599
 me

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.120
 come and

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.660
 place your

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.160
 burdens

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.759
 on me

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.319
 because I

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.019
 can carry

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.279
 them

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:15.279
 and so

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.740
 as we

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.500
 finish this

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.960
 series

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.700
 this season

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:19.440
 of having

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.359
 hope in

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:20.940
 despair

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:22.259
 and before

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.700
 we head

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.240
 into Christmas

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.639
 and we get

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.200
 distracted

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.619
 with the

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.799
 food and

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.359
 the lights

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:27.039
 and the

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.740
 feasting

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.099
 and the

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.480
 festivals

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:28.980
 and the

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.579
 presents

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:31.319
 remember

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:32.700
 the value

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:33.460
 of lament

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:35.420
 lament

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.139
 reminds us

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:36.759
 of God's

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.059
 goodness

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:39.359
 it reminds

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:39.980
 us of how

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.660
 we still

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.819
 depend on

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.200
 God

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.259
 on how

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.539
 we should

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.000
 be grieving

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.659
 our sins

00:22:44.659 --> 00:22:45.079
 grieving

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.960
 the things

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.259
 that go

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.679
 on around

00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:47.159
 us

00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:48.419
 but also

00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:49.019
 remembering

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.919
 and celebrating

00:22:49.919 --> 00:22:50.799
 and rejoicing

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.439
 God's goodness

00:22:51.439 --> 00:22:52.019
 to us

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.279
 that he

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.700
 would have

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.439
 grace for

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:54.939
 us

00:22:54.939 --> 00:22:56.939
 remember it

00:22:56.939 --> 00:22:58.480
 because there

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.759
 is another

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.379
 mountain around

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:00.899
 the corner

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:01.980
 to climb

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:03.679
 but Jesus

00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:04.399
 is already

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:04.799
 there

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:06.059
 calling us

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.519
 to walk

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.960
 with him

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:08.319
 don't

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.720
 get bogged

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.480
 down in

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.000
 the mountain

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.180
 because

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.720
 God is

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.079
 there with

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.440
 us

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.940
 cry out

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.400
 to him

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:16.900
 to help

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.680
 because he

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.200
 will answer

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.579
 let's pray

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:24.380
 heavenly

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:24.859
 father

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:27.980
 you were

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.480
 so kind

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.140
 to us

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:31.440
 that Jesus

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.099
 climbed

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:33.140
 that mountain

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:34.180
 to Jerusalem

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 that he

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 was on

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 a cross

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 that you

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 pulled him

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 out of

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 the pit

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 of death

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 and that

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 you have

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 raised us

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 to life

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 heavenly

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 father

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 thank you

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 that you

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 continue

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 to walk

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 with us

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 in the

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 good seasons

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 and in the

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 painful

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 difficult ones

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 lord

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 heavenly

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 father

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 for those

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 of us

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 who are

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 not in

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 a difficult

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.660
 season

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 at the

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 moment

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 help us

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 not to

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 think that

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 we can

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 do it

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 on our

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 own

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 but lord

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 remind us

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 in season

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 and out

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 about how

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 much we

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 need you

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 bring us

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 closer to

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 you lord

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 and we

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 ask this

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 in your

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 son's name

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 and for

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 your glory

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 me

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen