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When the Stiff-necked Bow · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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May we begin our worship of God by singing to him and sing Psalms 30.
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Sing Psalms 30 on page 34 of the Blue Book.
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Sing Psalms, Psalm 30. We'll sing from the beginning of that psalm.
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O Lord, I will exalt your name, for you have rescued me.
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You did not let my foes rejoice and gloat triumphantly.
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Lord God, in need I cried to you, and you restored my health.
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O Lord, you brought me from the grave and saved my soul from death.
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You holy ones, sing to the Lord. Sing out with joyful voice.
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When you recall his holy name, then praise him and rejoice.
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His anger but a moment lasts. Lifelong his favour stays.
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Though tears may last throughout the night, joy comes with morning rays.
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I never shall be moved, I said, in my prosperity.
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You made my mountain firm and strong when you, Lord, favoured me.
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May we lift our voices to God and praise, singing these verses.
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O Lord, I will exalt your name.
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O Lord, I will exalt your name.
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O Lord, I will exalt your name.
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For you have rescued me.
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JOHN 2- Cour Courts, build my foes rejoice and gloat triumphantly.
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For God did me die, I cried to you, and you restored my health.
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O Lord, you brought me from the grave, and saved my soul from death.
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You only want to sing to the Lord, sing and with joyful voice.
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When you re-hold this holy name, then praise him and rejoice.
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Till anger felt amoled last, like all his paper stays.
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Though tears may last throughout the night, joy comes with morning's rays.
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I never shall be moved, I said, in my prosperity.
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You made my mountain firm and strong, when you more favoured me.
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I'd ask if you could turn with me together to the book of Exodus.
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Exodus chapter 33.
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And we'll join in prayer afterwards.
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Exodus chapter 33.
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And I want to just read a short passage from verse Mark 3.
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And in the morning service we were asked, if we were honest with ourselves,
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and looked at our hearts, the question was put to us,
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which one of our hearts does not need changed?
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And what I want us to look at tonight is, look at the people of Israel,
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and look at the heart they had in building the first tabernacle.
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And in order to really grasp what heart they had, we need to look back and look at the stages to their own preparation.
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They were people who were far from perfect, they were people who were far from perfect, as we know,
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and they were ones who so easily built the golden calf.
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They were people that angered Moses, and they angered God.
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And there were people that said to them, you have sinned a great sin.
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So with that in mind, let us read from verse 3.
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And I want you to do so to note God's reaction to their sin,
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and their own reaction to their sin.
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This is the Lord's word to Moses.
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Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey,
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but I will not go up among you,
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lest I consume you on the way,
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for you are a stiff-necked people.
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When the people heard this disastrous word,
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they mourned,
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and no one put on his ornaments.
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For the Lord had said to Moses,
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say to the people of Israel,
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you are a stiff-necked people.
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If for a single moment I should go up among you,
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I would consume you.
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So now take off your ornaments,
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that I may know what to do with you.
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Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments
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from Mount Horeb onwards.
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Now Moses used to take the tent,
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and put it outside the camp,
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far off from the camp.
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And he called it the tent of meeting.
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And everyone who sought the Lord
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would go out to the tent of meeting,
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which was outside the camp.
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Whenever Moses went out to the tent,
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all the people would rise up,
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and each would stand at his tent door,
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and watch Moses until he had gone out into the tent.
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When Moses entered the tent,
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the pillar of cloud would descend,
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and stand at the entrance of the tent,
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and the Lord would speak with Moses.
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And when the people saw the pillar of cloud
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standing at the entrance of the tent,
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all the people would rise up and worship,
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each at his tent door.
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Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face,
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as a man speaks to his friend.
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When Moses turned again into the camp,
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his assistant Joshua, the son of Nun,
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a young man,
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would not depart from the tent.
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Amen.
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Let us pray.
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Let us pray.
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Let us pray.
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Let us pray.
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Let us pray.
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Let us pray.
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Our Father in heaven,
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we ask that you,
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we would have stilled hearts
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as we come before you this evening.
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Lord, we have people
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who when we look at the children of Israel
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find so many similarities.
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And when we look at our heart,
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we know the deceit that is in it
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and how prone we are
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to wander from your ways and your word.
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And Lord, may we confess these things tonight.
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May we be like the people
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who would stand at the door of their tent
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and know the sin that we had sinned,
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a great sin,
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and call upon the one
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that would go for us.
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In our case, it is Christ.
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Lord, we ask
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that you would be the one to go for us
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and that you would be the one
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that would intercede for us
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before God
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because we cannot approach God ourselves.
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We are filthy and staked.
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We are full of sin.
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But in the light of Christ,
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we can approach you, God,
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because he has taken that sin away from us.
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And it is only through him
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that we can receive life
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in the true sense of the word
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and to know life.
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And so, Lord,
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we draw near to you.
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May each of us in our hearts
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meditate upon you
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and forget
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what lies
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in our own lives,
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what is within the tent of our lives,
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but cast our eyes to you,
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O God.
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You are the one
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that can save us from our sins.
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You are the one
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that would consume us
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otherwise.
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Lord,
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may these things
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be a reality
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to us.
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May we know
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the sin
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that is harbored
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within our hearts.
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And that
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may we know
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of the freedom
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that can be found
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in Christ Jesus.
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So, Lord,
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we pray
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that your spirit
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would be with us,
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guiding our minds
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and thoughts
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as we come to your word
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and ponder over it.
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We pray
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that we would
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be free
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from distraction.
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And, Lord,
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we ask that you would be
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with all efforts
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that are made this evening
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in sharing
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the gospel message.
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May it go with power
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throughout our land.
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May it not return
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unto you void.
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May you
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water these seeds
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that are sown
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with faithfulness
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week after week.
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May they
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take root
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and grow
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within the hearts
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of the believer,
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the hearts
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of your people.
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Lord,
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we do not know
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where the spirit
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comes
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or where it should go.
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And in many ways,
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your ways
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are mysterious
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to us.
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We do not
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understand you.
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And sometimes
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we are
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prone
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to
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understand
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things ourselves
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and in our own ways.
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Keep us from doing this,
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O Lord.
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But let us be guided
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by your word.
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Let us be people
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that are faithful
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to your word.
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And every day,
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and even in the difficulties
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of these things,
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that when the world
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and the things
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of the world
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press upon us,
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that we would not
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put the simple
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reading
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and praying
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to you
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behind us.
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Let that be a priority
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to us
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as we devote
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ourselves to you
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morning and evening.
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As we find
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guidance from you
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morning and evening
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and that we
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have
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and give you
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thanks
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as we do so.
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We pray
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this week
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a week of
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thanks
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that many
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people would
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see
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what has been
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done for them
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and that
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they realise
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that the things
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that have been
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given to them
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are not of
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themselves.
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And that many
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who do not
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know of a God
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in heaven
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or do not
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believe in a God
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of heaven,
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we pray
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that in your
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mysterious ways
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and in their
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misunderstanding
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of how
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and where
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they would
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return their
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thanks to
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for all
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that they
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have
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and every
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breath
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that they
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are given.
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Lord,
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give them
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understanding
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that it is
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all from
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your hand
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and that
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they may
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seek to
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reason
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their lives
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in the light
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of God.
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Lord,
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we pray
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this evening
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for all
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people that
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are gathered
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here in
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person
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and online
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and we
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pray
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that you
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would meet
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us at
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the point
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of our
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need.
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We are
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people of
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varied
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circumstances
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and situations
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but Lord,
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you are one
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that knows
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the hairs
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on our
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heads
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and you
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are the
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one that
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knows how
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to direct
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us in
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the best
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of ways.
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You are
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the greatest
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comforter
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of broken
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hearts
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and so
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Lord,
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we pray
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that we
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would
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commit
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each other
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in prayer
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to you.
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Let us
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be mindful
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of one
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another,
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having a
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concern
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for one
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another,
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that we
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would bear
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one another
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burdens
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and that we
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would work
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with one
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another
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for the
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building
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of your
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name
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and your
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kingdom.
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Change
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our hearts,
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O Lord.
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We pray
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for our
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nation.
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We pray
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for those
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who are in
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leadership
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over us,
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that you
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would work
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in their
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lives equally.
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Lord,
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let us not
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be afraid
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of asking
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big things
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from your
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hand,
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that you
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would do
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mighty works
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amongst our
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people in
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Scotland.
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Lord,
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we pray
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with confidence
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in your
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name and
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in your
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name only.
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And it is
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in your
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name only
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that we
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have any
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confidence.
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It is of
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no confidence
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of our
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own.
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when we
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look at
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ourselves,
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we feel
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so weak
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to be
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able to
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do the
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things that
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is asked
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of us.
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But Lord,
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let us be
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people of
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faith,
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relying upon
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you to be
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our strength
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and our
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guide,
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even when
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things are
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so uncertain
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and the way
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before us
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is clouded
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and kept
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from us.
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Let us
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walk in
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faith,
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even if it
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be through
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the valley
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of the
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shadow
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of darkness,
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it is
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always
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through
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that you
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will take
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us.
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You will
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not leave
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us nor
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forsake
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us.
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And it
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is not
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in any
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valley you
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leave us.
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You take
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us upon
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great mountains
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to Mount
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Zion where
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your glory
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will descend
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and where
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you will
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welcome
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the faithful
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believers in
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your name.
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As good as
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a faithful
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service.
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Lord,
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what a wonder
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it is and
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what a
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mystery it
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is when we
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consider the
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glorious nature
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of heaven
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and what it
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means for us.
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We struggle
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to comprehend
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it.
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But Lord,
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enable us to
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understand it
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in measure,
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that we
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may see
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the beauty,
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that we
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our eyes
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shall behold,
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and the
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things that
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we shall
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gaze upon.
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Lord,
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it is such
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wondrous and
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so sweet
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a taste to
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our hearts.
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Let us not
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forget the
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inheritance that
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has been
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set aside
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for us.
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But it is
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all through
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Christ and
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all through
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his redeeming
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power and
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of his
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blood,
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shed at
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the cross
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of Calvary
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for our
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sins,
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that he
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may redeem
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his people.
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What
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wondrous love
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he showed
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to those
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who are in
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need,
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and we
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are who
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are in
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need,
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and there
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are still
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many in
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need.
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So may
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the compassion
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of Christ
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Jesus rest
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in our
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hearts as
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we go out
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into the
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world in
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the week
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ahead.
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may you
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reside in
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our hearts.
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May our
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hearts be
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a hearts
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where you
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may dwell,
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and our
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hearts be
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changed for
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you and
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your cause.
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May all
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these things
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be, we
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ask and
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bring to
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you in
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your name.
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Be with
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us, we
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ask.
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Open our
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minds to
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understand
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your
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word, guide
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our
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thoughts, and
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fill us
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with your
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power, and
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your spirit, and
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your nourishment.
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All these
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things, in
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the name of
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Christ we
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ask.
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Amen.
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If I
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could ask
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you to
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turn to
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Exodus
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chapter 35
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now.
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Exodus
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chapter 35,
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and we
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read this
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chapter.
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this is
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where the
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people of
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Israel begin
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to build
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the
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tabernacle,
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and the
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order that
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has been
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given to
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them from
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Moses.
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So as we
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read through
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this passage,
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take note
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of the
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heart that
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the people
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now have.
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Let us
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read God's
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word.
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Exodus
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35.
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verse 36,
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Moses
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assembled
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all the
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congregation
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of the
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people of
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Israel, and
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said to
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them,
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these are
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the things
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that the
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Lord has
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commanded
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you to
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do.
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For
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six days
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work
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shall be
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done,
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but on
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the seventh
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day you
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shall have a
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Sabbath of
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solemn rest,
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holy to
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the Lord.
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Whoever
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does any
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work on it
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shall be
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put to
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death.
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You
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shall
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kindle no
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fire in
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all your
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dwelling
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places on
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the Sabbath
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day.
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Moses
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said to
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all the
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congregation
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of the
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people of
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Israel,
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this is
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the thing
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that the
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Lord has
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commanded.
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Take
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from among
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you a
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contribution
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to the
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Lord.
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Whoever
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is of a
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generous
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heart,
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let him
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bring the
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Lord's
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contribution,
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gold,
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silver,
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and bronze,
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blue and
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purples,
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and scarlet
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yarns,
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and fine
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twined
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linen,
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goats
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hair,
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tanned
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rammed
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skins,
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and goat
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skins,
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oil for
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the
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light,
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spices for
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the anointing
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oil,
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and of
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the fragrant
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incense,
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and onyx
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stones,
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and stones
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for setting,
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for the
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ephod,
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and for
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the
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breastpiece.
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Let
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every
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skillful
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craftman
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among
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you come
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and make
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all that
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the Lord
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has
19:33
commanded.
19:34
The
19:34
tabernacle,
19:35
its
19:35
tents,
19:35
its
19:35
covering,
19:36
its
19:36
hoots,
19:37
and its
19:37
frames,
19:38
its
19:38
bars,
19:39
its
19:39
pillars,
19:40
its
19:40
bases,
19:41
the
19:41
ark with
19:42
its
19:42
poles,
19:43
the
19:43
mushy
19:44
seat,
19:44
and the
19:45
veil of
19:45
the
19:46
screen,
19:47
the table
19:48
with its
19:48
poles,
19:49
and all
19:49
its
19:49
utensils,
19:51
and the
19:51
bread of
19:51
the
19:51
presents,
19:53
the
19:53
lampstand
19:53
also,
19:54
for the
19:55
light with
19:55
its
19:55
utensils,
19:56
and its
19:57
lamps,
19:58
and the
19:58
oil for
19:59
the
19:59
light,
20:00
and the
20:00
altar for
20:01
incense,
20:02
with its
20:03
poles,
20:04
and the
20:04
anointing
20:05
oil,
20:05
and the
20:05
fragrant
20:06
incense,
20:07
and the
20:08
screen for
20:08
the door,
20:09
and the
20:10
door of
20:10
the tabernacle,
20:11
the altar of
20:12
burnt offering,
20:13
with its
20:14
grating of
20:15
bronze,
20:15
and its
20:15
poles,
20:16
and all its
20:17
utensils,
20:18
the basin,
20:19
and its
20:19
stand,
20:20
the hangings of
20:21
the court,
20:22
its pillars,
20:23
and its bases,
20:24
and the screen of
20:25
the gate of the
20:25
court,
20:26
the pegs of the
20:27
tabernacle,
20:28
the pegs of the
20:29
court,
20:29
and their
20:30
cords,
20:30
the finely
20:32
worked garments
20:33
for ministering
20:34
in the holy
20:34
place,
20:36
the holy
20:36
garments of
20:37
Aaron,
20:38
the priest,
20:38
and the
20:39
garments of
20:39
his sons,
20:40
for their
20:41
service as
20:41
priests.
20:43
Then all the
20:44
congregation of
20:45
the people
20:46
of Israel
20:47
departed from
20:48
the presence
20:49
of Moses,
20:50
and they
20:51
came,
20:52
everyone whose
20:52
heart stirred
20:53
him,
20:54
and everyone
20:54
whose spirit
20:55
moved him,
20:56
and brought
20:57
the Lord's
20:58
contribution,
20:59
to be used
21:00
for the
21:00
tent of
21:01
meeting,
21:02
and for
21:03
all its
21:03
service,
21:04
and for
21:05
the holy
21:05
garments.
21:06
So they
21:07
came,
21:08
both men
21:08
and women,
21:10
all who
21:10
were of a
21:11
willing heart,
21:12
brought
21:12
brooches
21:13
and earrings,
21:14
and signet
21:15
rings and
21:15
armlets,
21:16
all sorts
21:17
of gold
21:18
objects,
21:18
every man
21:19
dedicating an
21:21
offering of
21:21
gold to
21:22
the Lord,
21:23
and everyone
21:24
who possessed
21:25
blue or
21:26
purple or
21:27
scarlet yarns,
21:29
or fine
21:29
linen or
21:30
goat's hair,
21:31
or tanned
21:31
ram skins,
21:33
or goat skins,
21:34
brought them.
21:36
Everyone who
21:37
could make a
21:37
contribution of
21:38
silver or
21:39
bronze,
21:40
brought it as
21:41
the Lord's
21:41
contribution,
21:43
and everyone
21:44
who possessed
21:45
Asia wood,
21:46
of any use
21:47
in the use
21:48
in the work,
21:49
brought it,
21:50
and every
21:51
skillful woman
21:52
spun with
21:53
her hands,
21:54
and they all
21:55
brought what
21:56
they had
21:56
spun in
21:57
blue and
21:57
purple and
21:58
scarlet yarns,
22:00
and fine
22:00
twined linen.
22:02
All the
22:03
people whose
22:03
hearts stirred
22:04
them to
22:05
use their
22:06
skill spun
22:07
the goat's
22:08
hair,
22:08
and the
22:09
leaders brought
22:10
onyx stones
22:11
and stones to
22:11
be set for
22:12
the ephod and
22:13
the breast
22:13
piece,
22:14
and the
22:15
spices and
22:16
oil for the
22:16
light,
22:17
and for the
22:18
anointing oil,
22:18
and for the
22:19
fragrant incense,
22:21
all the men
22:21
and women,
22:22
the people of
22:23
Israel,
22:24
whose heart
22:24
moved them
22:25
to bring
22:25
anything for
22:26
the work
22:27
that the
22:27
Lord had
22:28
commanded by
22:29
Moses to
22:29
be done,
22:30
brought it
22:31
as a free
22:31
will offering
22:32
to the
22:33
Lord.
22:34
Then Moses
22:35
said to the
22:36
people of
22:36
Israel,
22:37
see the
22:38
Lord has
22:38
called by
22:39
name
22:39
Bezalel,
22:40
the son of
22:41
Uri,
22:42
the son of
22:43
Hur,
22:43
from the
22:44
tribe of
22:44
Judah,
22:45
and he
22:46
has filled
22:46
them with
22:47
the spirit
22:47
of God,
22:48
with skill,
22:50
with intelligence,
22:50
knowledge,
22:52
and with
22:52
all craftsmanship,
22:54
to devise
22:55
artistic designs,
22:56
to work gold
22:57
and silver
22:58
and bronze,
22:59
in cutting
23:00
stones for
23:01
setting,
23:02
and in
23:02
carving wood
23:03
for work
23:04
in every
23:05
skilled craft,
23:06
and he
23:07
has inspired
23:08
them to
23:08
teach both
23:10
him and
23:11
Holiab,
23:12
the son of
23:13
Achimach,
23:14
of the
23:14
tribe of
23:15
Dan.
23:16
He has
23:16
filled them
23:17
with skill
23:18
to do
23:18
every sort
23:19
of work
23:20
done by
23:20
an engraver
23:21
or by
23:21
a designer
23:22
or by
23:23
an embroiderer
23:24
in blue
23:25
and purple
23:26
scarlet
23:26
yarns
23:27
and fine
23:27
twine
23:28
linen,
23:29
or by
23:30
a weaver,
23:31
by any
23:31
sort of
23:32
workman
23:32
or skill
23:33
designer.
23:34
Bezalel
23:35
and
23:36
Oliab,
23:37
and every
23:37
craftsman
23:38
in whom
23:38
the Lord
23:39
had put
23:40
skill
23:40
and
23:40
intelligence
23:41
to know
23:42
how to
23:42
do any
23:43
work in
23:44
the construction
23:45
of the
23:45
sanctuary,
23:46
shall work
23:47
in accordance
23:48
with all
23:49
that the
23:50
Lord has
23:51
commanded.
23:52
May the
23:53
reading of
23:54
God's
23:54
word be
23:55
a blessing
23:56
to each
23:57
of us.
23:58
May we
23:58
continue in
23:59
praise by
24:00
singing in
24:00
Psalm 30
24:01
again of
24:02
the Sing
24:02
Psalms.
24:04
Following on
24:05
from where we
24:06
left off,
24:07
Sing
24:07
Psalms,
24:08
Psalm 30.
24:13
Midway through
24:14
verse Mark
24:15
7.
24:15
Psalm 30.
24:45
Turned my
24:46
wailing into
24:46
dance.
24:47
No longer
24:48
was I
24:49
sad.
24:50
My sack
24:50
was gone.
24:51
You gave
24:51
me clothes
24:52
of joy
24:52
and I
24:53
was glad.
24:54
Therefore
24:55
my heart
24:56
will sing
24:56
to you
24:57
and never
24:58
cease to
24:58
praise.
24:59
To your
25:00
great name,
25:01
O Lord
25:01
my God,
25:02
I will
25:03
give thanks
25:04
always.
25:04
Let us
25:05
stand together
25:06
and sing
25:06
to God's
25:07
praise.
25:07
But when
25:08
you hid
25:08
your face
25:09
from me,
25:10
my heart
25:11
was terrified.
25:12
but when
25:17
you hid
25:19
your face
25:21
from me,
25:22
my heart
25:25
was terrified.
25:30
To you,
25:31
O Lord,
25:34
I got the
25:37
loud,
25:38
for mercy,
25:41
Lord,
25:42
I cry.
25:46
What
25:47
thing will
25:49
my
25:51
discussion
25:53
be,
25:55
if I
25:57
descend
25:58
to death,
26:01
will
26:03
just
26:04
proclaim
26:05
your
26:07
faithfulness
26:10
or
26:11
praise
26:12
you
26:13
with
26:14
this
26:15
prayer.
26:18
And
26:18
till
26:19
last
26:20
I
26:21
cry,
26:22
O
26:23
Lord
26:24
my
26:25
God,
26:27
and
26:28
listen
26:29
to
26:30
my
26:32
plea.
26:34
Come to
26:36
my
26:37
aid,
26:38
in
26:39
my
26:40
distress,
26:43
have
26:44
mercy,
26:45
Lord,
26:47
on
26:48
me.
26:51
You
26:51
turn
26:52
my
26:54
way
26:55
in
26:56
to
26:57
dance,
26:59
no
27:00
longer
27:01
was
27:03
I
27:04
sad,
27:06
my
27:07
sack
27:08
of
27:09
God,
27:10
you
27:11
gave
27:12
me
27:13
hope
27:14
of
27:15
joy,
27:17
and
27:17
I
27:19
was
27:20
glad.
27:23
But
27:23
for
27:24
my
27:26
heart
27:27
will
27:28
sing
27:29
to
27:29
you,
27:31
and
27:32
never
27:33
cease
27:35
to
27:36
praise,
27:38
to
27:39
you
27:40
bring
27:41
near,
27:42
O
27:43
Lord,
27:44
my
27:45
God,
27:47
I
27:47
will
27:49
give
27:49
thanks
27:51
always.
27:54
we
27:57
could
27:57
turn
27:58
back
27:58
to
27:58
the
27:58
passage
27:59
we
27:59
read
28:00
together
28:00
in
28:00
Exodus
28:01
35.
28:03
I
28:04
didn't
28:04
give
28:04
a
28:05
text
28:05
for
28:06
my
28:06
sermon
28:07
tonight
28:07
in
28:08
the
28:09
notices,
28:10
but
28:10
it
28:10
would
28:10
be
28:11
verse
28:11
29.
28:13
All
28:14
the
28:14
men
28:15
and
28:15
women,
28:16
the
28:16
people
28:16
of
28:16
Israel,
28:17
whose
28:17
heart
28:17
moved
28:18
them,
28:19
to
28:19
bring
28:19
anything
28:20
for
28:20
the
28:20
work
28:21
that
28:21
the
28:21
Lord
28:21
had
28:21
commanded
28:22
by
28:23
Moses
28:23
to
28:24
be
28:24
done,
28:25
brought
28:25
it
28:25
as
28:26
a
28:26
free
28:26
will
28:27
offering
28:28
to
28:28
the
28:29
Lord.
28:30
The
28:31
psalm
28:31
that we
28:31
sung
28:32
there
28:32
sort
28:33
of
28:34
echoes
28:34
the
28:35
sentiment
28:35
of what
28:36
we'll
28:36
be
28:36
looking
28:36
at
28:36
people
28:37
that
28:38
says
28:39
there,
28:39
but
28:39
when
28:39
you hid
28:41
your
28:41
face
28:42
from
28:42
me,
28:42
my
28:43
heart
28:43
was
28:43
terrified.
28:45
That's
28:45
almost
28:45
what we
28:46
see at
28:46
the
28:46
beginning
28:47
with
28:47
these
28:47
people.
28:48
And
28:48
we
28:48
looked
28:48
at
28:48
chapter
28:49
33.
28:50
the
28:51
thought
28:51
of
28:51
God
28:53
not
28:53
being
28:53
with
28:53
them
28:54
put
28:55
terror
28:55
in
28:56
their
28:56
heart.
28:57
But
28:58
now we
28:58
see
28:58
them
28:59
as
28:59
people
28:59
with
29:00
totally
29:00
different
29:01
hearts.
29:02
And
29:02
they
29:03
are
29:03
ones
29:03
that
29:03
could
29:05
say,
29:05
therefore
29:05
my
29:06
heart
29:06
will
29:06
sing
29:07
to
29:07
you
29:07
and
29:07
never
29:08
cease
29:08
to
29:08
praise
29:09
to
29:09
you
29:09
your
29:10
great
29:10
name,
29:10
O
29:11
Lord
29:11
my
29:11
God,
29:12
I
29:12
will
29:12
give
29:12
thanks
29:13
to
29:13
you
29:13
always.
29:16
I
29:16
want
29:17
us to
29:17
look at
29:17
the
29:17
heart
29:18
that the
29:18
people
29:19
had in
29:19
chapter
29:20
35.
29:22
Look at
29:22
the
29:22
change
29:23
that
29:23
has
29:23
happened
29:23
in
29:23
these
29:24
people.
29:26
They
29:26
put a
29:26
wholehearted
29:27
devotion
29:28
to
29:28
God
29:29
when
29:30
not
29:30
so
29:30
long
29:31
ago
29:31
their
29:31
hearts
29:32
were
29:33
elsewhere
29:34
in
29:35
making
29:35
their
29:35
own
29:36
gods
29:36
of
29:37
gold.
29:38
What
29:39
a
29:39
change.
29:41
And
29:41
we
29:41
could
29:41
focus
29:42
on
29:42
so
29:42
many
29:42
points
29:43
in
29:44
this
29:45
passage,
29:45
but
29:45
really
29:46
what I
29:46
want
29:47
to
29:47
do
29:47
is
29:47
have
29:47
an
29:48
overview
29:48
of
29:48
this
29:49
congregation
29:50
of
29:50
people
29:51
as it
29:51
were,
29:51
Israel.
29:53
And
29:53
what
29:54
they
29:54
had
29:54
become
29:55
and
29:55
what
29:55
can
29:56
we
29:56
learn
29:56
from
29:57
where
29:57
they
29:58
came
29:58
and
29:58
what
29:59
God
29:59
did
30:00
with
30:00
them.
30:01
And
30:02
in
30:02
doing
30:02
that
30:02
we'll
30:03
learn
30:03
about
30:04
the
30:04
character
30:04
of
30:04
God
30:05
also.
30:07
Now
30:08
if
30:09
you
30:09
had
30:09
to
30:10
decide
30:10
or
30:11
if
30:11
you
30:11
had
30:11
decided
30:12
to
30:12
build
30:12
yourself
30:12
a
30:12
new
30:13
home
30:13
you
30:14
would
30:14
not
30:15
just
30:15
go
30:15
ahead
30:15
and
30:16
do
30:16
whatever
30:16
you
30:17
felt
30:17
like.
30:17
You
30:18
wouldn't
30:18
just
30:19
make
30:19
it
30:19
up
30:19
as
30:19
you
30:19
would
30:20
go
30:20
along
30:20
using
30:21
what
30:21
you
30:21
would
30:22
find
30:22
as
30:22
you
30:22
went.
30:23
To
30:23
do it
30:24
effectively
30:24
you
30:24
would need
30:25
to have
30:25
a plan.
30:27
You
30:27
would need
30:27
to work
30:28
out what
30:29
you wanted
30:29
to begin
30:30
with.
30:30
You
30:30
would need
30:31
to work
30:32
out what
30:32
materials
30:33
you would
30:33
require.
30:34
You
30:34
would need
30:35
to arrange
30:36
men
30:36
capable
30:38
of the
30:38
work.
30:38
and
30:40
you
30:40
would need
30:40
to
30:40
adhere
30:41
to
30:42
certain
30:42
requirements
30:43
and
30:43
certain
30:44
laws.
30:47
And
30:47
when the
30:48
plans are
30:49
all done
30:49
the right
30:51
time comes
30:51
when you
30:52
can start
30:52
building.
30:54
And this
30:55
is in a
30:55
sense
30:56
what we
30:56
have here
30:57
in the
30:57
passage.
30:59
The plans
31:00
have been
31:00
given
31:00
to Moses.
31:02
When
31:02
Moses was
31:03
up on
31:04
Mount
31:04
Sinai
31:04
receiving
31:06
the commandments
31:07
of God
31:07
and all
31:08
these
31:08
plans
31:09
God
31:09
had
31:10
for
31:10
the
31:10
tabernacle
31:11
the
31:12
people
31:12
at the
31:14
base
31:14
thought
31:15
Moses
31:16
had
31:16
died
31:16
and
31:18
they
31:18
started
31:18
doing
31:21
it their
31:21
own way
31:22
and making
31:23
their own
31:23
gods.
31:28
God
31:29
had given
31:29
various laws
31:30
on that
31:31
mountain
31:31
and God
31:33
had said
31:33
to Moses
31:34
that he
31:35
wanted
31:35
them to
31:36
build them
31:37
a home
31:37
basically
31:38
on earth.
31:39
He said
31:40
to Moses
31:41
let them
31:42
make me
31:43
a sanctuary
31:43
that I
31:45
may dwell
31:45
in their
31:46
midst.
31:48
And isn't
31:48
it so
31:48
strange
31:49
that God
31:51
said this
31:52
while the
31:53
hearts of
31:54
the people
31:55
were in
31:56
such
31:57
so
31:59
distracted
32:00
in so
32:01
many different
32:02
ways.
32:03
And they
32:03
were beginning
32:04
to form
32:05
this other
32:06
gods.
32:06
and it's
32:08
a reminder
32:09
to us
32:09
that you
32:10
know
32:10
we are
32:12
the people
32:13
and we
32:15
do not
32:15
know God's
32:16
ways
32:17
nor
32:17
understand
32:18
how
32:19
God's
32:20
works.
32:21
But we
32:22
are called
32:22
to be
32:22
faithful.
32:26
So the
32:27
plans are
32:28
there.
32:28
Moses
32:29
had the
32:29
plans
32:30
and the
32:31
people
32:32
had gone
32:32
off course.
32:35
And I
32:36
suppose
32:36
what we
32:37
have here
32:38
in chapter
32:38
35 is
32:39
Moses
32:40
delivering
32:41
these plans
32:42
to the
32:42
people.
32:44
You could
32:44
maybe compare
32:45
it to a
32:46
contractor
32:46
being handed
32:47
plans to
32:48
form this
32:50
new building.
32:51
Moses
32:52
stands in
32:53
front of the
32:54
people,
32:55
the congregation
32:55
of Israel
32:56
and saying
32:57
this is what
32:58
the Lord
32:58
has commanded.
33:01
Relaying all
33:02
the information
33:02
he had
33:03
received on
33:03
Mount Sinai.
33:05
And the
33:06
commands there
33:07
come down
33:07
to verse 19
33:09
in the passage.
33:10
And then from
33:10
verse 20 in
33:12
the passage,
33:13
that is the
33:13
people then
33:14
going forth
33:16
to work.
33:16
You can
33:17
see it
33:18
clearly there
33:18
in the
33:19
congregation
33:19
of the
33:20
people of
33:20
Israel
33:20
in verse
33:21
20,
33:22
departed
33:23
from the
33:23
presence
33:23
of Moses.
33:24
They got
33:24
their
33:25
instructions
33:25
and they
33:27
obeyed
33:27
that
33:27
instruction.
33:29
So in
33:30
looking at
33:30
these
33:31
people,
33:33
I want
33:33
us to
33:34
look at
33:35
the hearts
33:35
of them
33:36
and beginning
33:38
with the
33:39
heart of
33:39
reverence
33:40
they had
33:41
to this
33:42
God.
33:45
And what
33:46
is the
33:46
first thing
33:46
that God
33:47
commands them
33:48
to do
33:49
in this
33:50
passage?
33:52
Regarding
33:52
this
33:53
tabernacle,
33:54
you may
33:54
think,
33:55
well,
33:56
in verse
33:57
4,
33:58
Moses said
33:59
to the
33:59
congregation
33:59
of Israel,
34:01
this is the
34:01
thing that
34:01
the Lord
34:02
has commanded.
34:04
But it
34:04
is not
34:05
from verse
34:05
4 where
34:07
the command
34:08
and directions
34:09
and his
34:09
plans come
34:10
from.
34:11
It's from
34:11
verse 1.
34:13
Moses
34:13
assembled
34:15
all the
34:16
congregation
34:16
of the
34:17
people of
34:17
Israel
34:17
and said
34:18
to them,
34:19
these are
34:20
the things
34:20
that the
34:20
Lord has
34:21
commanded
34:21
you to
34:22
do.
34:23
For
34:23
six days
34:24
work shall
34:25
be done
34:25
and on
34:26
the seventh
34:26
day you
34:27
shall have
34:27
a Sabbath
34:28
of solemn
34:29
rest,
34:30
holy to
34:31
the Lord.
34:32
Whoever
34:32
does any
34:33
work on
34:33
it shall
34:34
be put
34:34
to death.
34:36
You
34:36
shall
34:36
kindle no
34:37
fire in
34:38
your dwelling
34:38
places
34:39
on the
34:40
Sabbath
34:40
day.
34:41
The
34:42
first
34:43
thing
34:44
in their
34:46
instruction
34:46
was to
34:47
keep
34:48
the
34:48
Sabbath
34:49
day.
34:50
This
34:50
was the
34:50
most
34:50
important
34:51
thing
34:51
that
34:52
God
34:52
commanded
34:53
them to
34:53
do.
34:55
A day
34:55
where you
34:55
can rest
34:56
and it
34:56
would be
34:57
solemn
34:57
rest
34:58
because it
34:59
is a
34:59
day that
34:59
is holy
35:00
to the
35:01
Lord.
35:03
This
35:04
was also
35:04
emphasized
35:05
when Moses
35:06
was up the
35:06
mountain
35:07
receiving all
35:08
these
35:08
instructions
35:08
and plans.
35:10
God
35:11
emphasized
35:11
this to
35:11
Moses that
35:12
the people
35:12
would remember
35:13
the Sabbath
35:14
day and so
35:14
Moses delivers
35:16
this instruction
35:17
to them.
35:20
And you
35:20
think well
35:20
would the
35:21
children of
35:22
Israel,
35:22
would they
35:23
not have
35:23
kept the
35:24
Sabbath day
35:24
anyway?
35:26
Why does
35:27
this need
35:29
to be hammered
35:29
home to the
35:30
people in
35:32
relation to
35:32
the tabernacle?
35:34
Why has
35:34
this been
35:35
emphasized so
35:36
much?
35:38
Well,
35:40
when you
35:40
think about
35:41
it,
35:41
it's quite
35:42
simple
35:42
really.
35:44
Why did
35:44
God say
35:45
this?
35:47
God's
35:48
telling them
35:48
to make
35:49
this new
35:50
building for
35:50
him.
35:52
And I
35:53
believe,
35:54
as we
35:55
may see
35:55
in our
35:56
own hearts,
35:56
what we
35:56
would do
35:57
is we
35:57
would reason
35:58
that,
36:00
you know,
36:01
Sabbath
36:01
keeping is
36:02
difficult.
36:04
We all
36:04
must admit
36:05
that.
36:06
And there
36:06
are so many
36:07
distractions
36:07
that come
36:08
to us,
36:09
to take
36:10
us away
36:11
from private
36:13
devotions,
36:13
it is
36:14
hard to
36:16
keep the
36:16
Sabbath.
36:18
And I
36:18
believe what
36:19
the people
36:20
would have
36:20
done is,
36:22
as we
36:22
would have
36:22
reasoned
36:23
within our
36:23
hearts,
36:23
is that they
36:24
too would
36:24
have reasoned
36:25
that this
36:27
is the
36:27
work of
36:28
God to
36:29
build this
36:29
tabernacle.
36:31
This is
36:31
for him.
36:33
This is
36:33
with his
36:34
glory will
36:34
dwell.
36:35
Well,
36:35
this is
36:39
where we
36:39
will
36:39
worship
36:40
God.
36:42
Surely
36:42
it is
36:43
okay to
36:44
do his
36:44
work on
36:46
his day.
36:47
It kind
36:47
of makes
36:48
sense in
36:48
our head.
36:50
It is,
36:51
you may
36:52
hear people
36:53
say,
36:53
it is part
36:54
of my
36:54
worship to
36:55
God to
36:56
do things
36:57
that they
36:58
do.
36:59
And they
37:00
would say,
37:00
it is part
37:00
of our
37:01
worship to
37:01
God to
37:02
build this
37:02
building,
37:03
that we
37:04
have been
37:04
commanded
37:05
to build
37:05
by God.
37:07
But God
37:08
said,
37:08
no,
37:09
do not
37:09
do any
37:10
work,
37:11
physical
37:11
work,
37:11
in this
37:12
manner on
37:13
this day.
37:13
There are
37:13
six days
37:14
for this.
37:16
And it
37:16
says that
37:17
anyone who
37:17
would light
37:18
a fire
37:19
would be
37:20
put to
37:20
death.
37:21
Such is
37:22
the severity
37:23
of breaking
37:24
this commandment
37:25
and how
37:26
serious it
37:27
was in
37:27
the eyes
37:27
of God.
37:30
But now,
37:31
in lighting
37:32
a fire,
37:33
it's not,
37:35
I can't
37:36
see God
37:40
saying,
37:41
in order
37:42
to light,
37:42
you must
37:43
not light
37:43
a fire.
37:44
We think
37:45
of a fire
37:46
as to
37:46
give us
37:46
warmth,
37:48
and to
37:49
be an
37:49
aid to
37:50
us,
37:51
and to
37:52
meet
37:52
our
37:53
provisional
37:53
needs,
37:54
and physical
37:55
needs.
37:56
I can't
37:57
see it
37:57
being that
37:58
light that
37:59
it has
37:59
been mentioned.
38:00
But these
38:01
were people
38:02
who were
38:02
called to
38:03
build.
38:04
And so,
38:06
there's a lot
38:07
of forging
38:07
of metals
38:08
having to
38:09
be done
38:09
here.
38:10
But God
38:11
is saying,
38:12
do not
38:12
light a
38:13
fire to
38:14
carry that
38:15
work on.
38:17
They shall
38:17
be put
38:18
to death.
38:22
It's
38:23
solemn
38:23
this day,
38:25
the
38:26
Sabbath.
38:27
God
38:28
is telling
38:28
them to
38:29
keep it.
38:31
It is
38:31
for your
38:33
spiritual
38:33
good.
38:36
It is
38:36
for your
38:37
spiritual
38:37
edification
38:38
to come
38:39
and give
38:40
your minds
38:41
to God,
38:42
and to
38:43
have an
38:44
intent
38:44
separation
38:45
from the
38:48
things that
38:48
are
38:49
unnecessary.
38:53
You know,
38:54
we need
38:54
to be
38:56
careful of
38:57
the
38:57
Sabbath
38:57
day.
39:00
God
39:00
showed
39:02
his love
39:03
for the
39:04
Sabbath
39:04
day
39:04
and how
39:06
he wished
39:07
us to
39:07
keep it.
39:08
We must
39:09
be careful
39:09
that we
39:10
keep it.
39:12
And not to
39:13
do work
39:13
that is
39:14
for our
39:14
convenience,
39:16
in order to
39:17
give us more
39:17
time through
39:18
the week.
39:19
It is not
39:19
a day
39:20
which we
39:21
should be
39:22
distracted
39:22
by doing
39:23
other things.
39:24
it is not
39:25
a day
39:25
where we
39:26
should be
39:26
doing
39:26
our own
39:27
business
39:28
on that
39:29
day.
39:31
And maybe
39:31
even if
39:33
these things
39:33
are in
39:34
relation to
39:34
the church,
39:36
we are
39:37
to honour
39:38
God on
39:40
that day
39:40
and to
39:41
worship God
39:42
on that
39:43
day and
39:44
to be
39:44
spiritually
39:44
edified
39:45
on that
39:46
day.
39:47
what the
39:48
passage here
39:49
says,
39:51
God
39:52
is saying
39:54
to the
39:54
people,
39:55
do not
39:56
build my
39:57
church
39:57
physically
39:59
in a way
40:00
that is not
40:01
necessary
40:02
on the
40:03
Sabbath
40:03
day.
40:05
And note
40:06
the heart
40:07
of the
40:07
people.
40:08
Nobody
40:09
opposed this
40:10
command to
40:11
keep the
40:11
Sabbath day.
40:13
And I
40:14
didn't see
40:14
any record
40:15
when I went
40:15
through this
40:16
of any
40:16
member
40:16
disregarding
40:17
this
40:18
command
40:18
or not
40:20
honouring
40:20
this
40:20
command.
40:22
Why?
40:24
Such was
40:25
their heart
40:25
for the
40:27
God
40:27
that did
40:28
not
40:29
consume
40:29
them.
40:32
John 14
40:32
says,
40:33
if you
40:33
love me,
40:35
you will
40:35
keep my
40:36
commandments.
40:37
That was
40:38
the heart
40:38
of the
40:38
people.
40:40
They had
40:41
a heart
40:41
to obey,
40:43
but they
40:44
also had a
40:45
heart to
40:45
give in
40:46
this
40:46
passage.
40:48
We can
40:49
see at
40:49
verse 4
40:50
there,
40:50
they were
40:51
commanded
40:51
to give.
40:53
This is
40:53
the thing
40:53
that the
40:54
Lord has
40:54
commanded,
40:55
take from
40:55
among you
40:56
a contribution
40:56
to the
40:57
Lord.
40:58
Whoever is
40:59
of a
40:59
generous
40:59
heart,
41:01
let him
41:01
bring the
41:02
Lord's
41:02
contribution.
41:05
There was
41:05
a material
41:06
giving in
41:07
all that
41:07
they gave.
41:10
It was a
41:10
required
41:11
giving.
41:11
gold,
41:17
silver,
41:19
bronze,
41:20
blue,
41:21
purple,
41:21
scarlet,
41:22
yarns,
41:22
fine twine,
41:23
linen,
41:23
which is
41:24
hard.
41:24
It's hard
41:25
for us
41:25
to put a
41:25
value on
41:26
these things
41:27
in our
41:28
light.
41:28
Gold,
41:29
silver,
41:29
bronze,
41:29
yes,
41:30
and everything
41:30
else is
41:31
hard for
41:31
us to
41:31
value at
41:33
what cost
41:34
it was
41:34
to them.
41:35
But they
41:36
were people
41:36
in the
41:37
wilderness,
41:38
and anything
41:39
like this I
41:39
imagine would
41:40
have been of
41:40
great cost
41:41
to them.
41:44
Precious
41:45
items.
41:47
And you
41:48
can see
41:48
anything that
41:50
they had
41:50
been given
41:51
from the
41:51
land of
41:51
Egypt would
41:52
have been
41:52
their
41:53
inheritance
41:54
when they
41:54
came into
41:55
this new
41:55
land,
41:56
to secure
41:57
their future
41:58
well-being
41:59
when they
42:01
came to
42:01
Canaan.
42:04
But they
42:05
didn't hold
42:06
on to it
42:06
with their
42:07
hearts.
42:07
they
42:10
responded
42:11
by going
42:13
and getting
42:14
these things.
42:15
The response
42:15
comes in
42:16
verse 20.
42:18
They
42:18
departed
42:18
from the
42:19
presence of
42:19
Moses after
42:20
he had
42:21
been given
42:21
them their
42:22
instructions.
42:23
And they
42:23
came everyone
42:24
whose heart
42:25
stirred them
42:26
and everyone
42:26
whose spirit
42:27
moved them
42:28
and brought
42:29
the Lord's
42:29
contribution
42:30
to be used
42:32
for the
42:32
tent of
42:33
meeting and
42:33
for its
42:34
service and
42:35
for the
42:36
holy garments.
42:37
they brought
42:38
what was
42:39
asked of
42:39
them,
42:41
all who
42:41
were of
42:42
a willing
42:42
heart.
42:44
And it
42:44
says that
42:45
everyone
42:45
brought
42:46
gold to
42:47
God in
42:48
verse 22.
42:51
At the
42:52
latter part
42:52
of verse
42:53
22,
42:54
every man
42:54
dedicating an
42:56
offering of
42:56
gold to
42:57
the Lord,
42:59
everyone
42:59
gave of
43:00
the most
43:01
valuable
43:01
thing that
43:02
they had
43:03
for the
43:04
building that
43:05
God had
43:06
commanded them
43:06
to build.
43:07
they brought
43:08
so much
43:09
and they
43:09
were so
43:10
willing to
43:10
give of
43:11
their material
43:12
possessions.
43:14
Why?
43:15
Because their
43:15
heart was not
43:17
embroiled in
43:17
these possessions.
43:19
Their heart
43:20
was not
43:20
holding to
43:21
these things
43:21
of the
43:22
world.
43:24
Their heart
43:25
was holding
43:26
on to
43:26
God.
43:28
And all
43:28
that they
43:29
had possessed
43:30
in a sense
43:31
was only
43:32
held in
43:32
their hands.
43:33
hands.
43:34
And they
43:34
were so
43:34
ready to
43:35
give them
43:36
away when
43:37
God asked
43:37
them to
43:38
put their
43:38
hands to
43:40
work.
43:42
The
43:42
section from
43:43
verse 20
43:44
down to
43:44
verse 29,
43:46
the word
43:47
brought is
43:48
in there
43:48
eight times
43:49
of all the
43:50
things described
43:51
and a
43:52
further once
43:53
where it
43:53
mentions
43:54
bring.
43:54
they
43:58
brought an
43:58
abundant
43:59
quantity
44:00
of all
44:01
these
44:02
things so
44:02
valuable.
44:04
And it
44:05
wasn't that
44:05
they brought
44:06
leftovers.
44:08
It wasn't
44:09
what they
44:10
could spare.
44:11
It was
44:12
a great
44:13
costly
44:14
devotion
44:15
that they
44:16
brought
44:16
for God.
44:19
Their
44:19
material
44:19
giving
44:20
was actually
44:21
so great
44:22
that in
44:23
chapter
44:24
36,
44:26
Moses had
44:26
to tell
44:27
them to
44:27
stop
44:27
giving.
44:29
We have
44:30
enough
44:30
to build
44:32
this
44:32
tabernacle.
44:35
Imagine
44:36
if a
44:36
church
44:38
leader
44:40
told us
44:41
that,
44:42
well,
44:42
we've got
44:42
enough
44:42
money.
44:43
You can
44:44
stop
44:44
giving now.
44:46
Imagine
44:47
if we
44:47
were giving
44:47
so much
44:48
that that
44:49
was the
44:49
case.
44:50
I can't
44:51
imagine
44:52
it.
44:53
But all
44:54
of the
44:54
gave
44:55
materially
44:55
there's
44:57
more.
44:59
They
44:59
gave
45:00
of
45:00
themselves.
45:03
You may
45:03
have tried
45:05
to organise
45:05
an event
45:06
or tried
45:06
to organise
45:07
various
45:09
whatever it
45:12
is,
45:12
clubs or
45:13
meetings or
45:14
anything like
45:15
that.
45:17
And the
45:18
problem is
45:18
not always
45:19
lack of
45:21
material
45:21
things.
45:23
Quite
45:23
often you
45:24
receive
45:24
the
45:24
material
45:24
things
45:25
easier
45:26
than you
45:27
receive
45:27
the
45:27
willingness
45:28
of the
45:28
people.
45:30
It's
45:30
often a
45:31
lack of
45:31
workers
45:32
we
45:32
suffer
45:33
from.
45:34
Whatever
45:34
project it
45:35
is you're
45:36
trying to
45:36
outwork,
45:39
the real
45:39
test comes
45:40
when people
45:42
are asked to
45:43
give of
45:43
their time
45:44
and
45:45
themselves.
45:45
do it.
45:46
And that
45:47
is a
45:48
test of
45:49
priority
45:49
and often
45:50
a test
45:51
that we
45:52
fail at
45:52
when we
45:54
are asked
45:54
to do
45:55
things in
45:55
the church
45:56
or when
45:56
God
45:57
asks us
45:58
himself
45:59
to do
46:00
things for
46:00
him.
46:02
And there
46:03
may be
46:03
nothing more
46:04
evident of
46:05
the heart
46:06
that we
46:07
have for
46:08
God
46:08
than what
46:10
we give
46:11
to him.
46:13
Not just
46:14
materially,
46:14
but of
46:16
ourselves.
46:17
Because the
46:17
value we
46:18
place on
46:19
God will
46:20
reflect the
46:21
value of
46:22
our giving.
46:24
And all
46:25
that the
46:25
people give
46:26
in the
46:26
passage,
46:28
it made
46:28
the work
46:29
easy.
46:31
And the
46:31
leaders would
46:32
have been
46:32
glad to
46:33
see how
46:34
much the
46:35
people had
46:36
brought.
46:37
And you
46:38
can see the
46:38
devotion of
46:39
the people
46:40
almost jumping
46:41
out of the
46:41
page at
46:42
us.
46:43
And see
46:43
how much
46:44
they gave
46:44
and the
46:46
stirring of
46:47
their hearts
46:48
to the
46:48
work that
46:49
God had
46:49
commanded
46:50
them to
46:50
do.
46:51
They gave
46:52
abundantly
46:52
and willing
46:53
at great
46:54
cost to
46:55
themselves.
46:57
Such
46:58
was
46:59
their
46:59
hearts.
47:01
2 Corinthians
47:02
9 verse
47:03
7.
47:05
Each one
47:05
must give
47:06
as he has
47:07
decided in
47:08
his heart,
47:09
not reluctantly
47:11
or under
47:11
compulsion,
47:13
for God
47:14
loves a
47:15
cheerful
47:15
giver.
47:18
So there
47:18
were people
47:19
that obeyed
47:22
God and
47:22
had reverence
47:23
for God's
47:24
command.
47:24
There were
47:25
people that
47:26
gave
47:26
to the
47:29
cause of
47:29
God.
47:32
But who
47:33
were the
47:34
people that
47:34
had this
47:35
heart?
47:37
Who
47:37
were they?
47:38
when you
47:40
think of
47:40
the people
47:41
it's funny
47:43
that God
47:46
would ask
47:47
people that
47:49
are so
47:51
sinful to
47:52
build his
47:53
dwelling
47:53
place.
47:55
People that
47:56
he would
47:56
consume if
47:57
he was in
47:58
their presence
47:58
because of
47:59
their sin.
48:01
People that
48:02
he called
48:02
stiff-necked.
48:05
Yet
48:06
it is
48:08
through
48:08
these men
48:09
that God
48:10
has always
48:11
worked.
48:13
It is
48:13
often the
48:14
way he
48:14
chooses to
48:15
work,
48:15
through
48:16
people and
48:18
through
48:18
certain men.
48:20
This is
48:20
the way he
48:21
operates.
48:22
E.M.
48:22
Bounds in
48:23
one of his
48:24
books says
48:25
that the
48:26
Bible reveals
48:27
the necessity
48:28
of men
48:29
and his
48:31
dependence upon
48:32
them as a
48:33
channel through
48:35
which to
48:36
exhort his
48:37
power upon
48:38
the world.
48:41
God is
48:42
always, in
48:43
the book he
48:44
also says,
48:46
God is
48:46
always looking
48:47
for better
48:47
men.
48:50
God is
48:51
always looking
48:52
for better
48:53
men.
48:55
Who of the
48:56
men and
48:57
women contributed
48:58
in the
48:59
passage?
49:00
Who had
49:00
this heart?
49:02
It seemed
49:02
everyone.
49:03
All did.
49:05
and it
49:07
makes specific
49:08
descriptions
49:08
about these
49:09
people.
49:12
The people
49:12
in general,
49:14
they were
49:14
stirred in
49:15
heart.
49:16
They were
49:16
moved in
49:17
spirit.
49:18
All who
49:19
were of a
49:20
willing heart.
49:23
People whose
49:24
heart moved
49:26
them.
49:28
But verse
49:28
29
49:29
clarifies it.
49:31
You know,
49:31
you might
49:32
doubt that
49:32
maybe not
49:33
all the
49:33
people were
49:34
moved in
49:34
heart or
49:35
spirit.
49:35
But verse
49:36
29 says,
49:38
all the
49:39
men and
49:39
women,
49:40
the people
49:41
of Israel,
49:41
whose heart
49:42
moved among
49:43
them to
49:43
bring for
49:44
the work
49:44
of the
49:44
Lord,
49:45
commanded by
49:46
the Moses
49:46
to be
49:47
done,
49:48
brought it
49:48
as a
49:49
free will
49:49
offering to
49:50
the Lord.
49:52
It would
49:52
seem that it
49:53
was actually
49:54
everyone that
49:55
brought,
49:57
everyone that
49:58
had this
49:58
heart.
49:59
heart.
50:00
And
50:01
throughout
50:01
this passage,
50:02
this heart
50:03
is seen in
50:04
all different
50:05
types of
50:06
people,
50:06
with all
50:07
different types
50:08
of skills,
50:08
and employs a
50:09
variety of
50:10
different trades.
50:13
People that
50:14
would craft
50:14
wood,
50:15
people that
50:15
would forge
50:16
metal,
50:17
people that
50:18
would mould,
50:19
people that
50:19
would make
50:19
yarns and
50:20
dye,
50:22
fabrics,
50:22
cords,
50:23
make oil,
50:24
make fragrance.
50:25
there would
50:27
have been
50:27
enough people
50:28
for each
50:29
task.
50:31
And here
50:32
we have
50:32
in effect
50:33
a whole
50:33
congregation
50:34
of God's
50:35
differing
50:36
people,
50:38
called
50:38
together in
50:39
one mind
50:40
for one
50:40
purpose,
50:41
and maybe
50:43
this is a
50:43
rare thing
50:44
to happen,
50:46
but a
50:46
blessing when
50:47
it does.
50:49
And what
50:50
potential we
50:52
have in
50:52
Stornoway.
50:54
When you
50:55
look at
50:55
each other
50:56
here,
50:57
and the
50:57
skill sets
50:58
that we
50:59
have,
50:59
that God
51:00
has given
51:01
to us,
51:02
what can
51:05
we do
51:06
for God?
51:07
If we
51:08
have this
51:08
heart that
51:09
is stirred
51:10
and moved
51:11
to obey
51:13
his commands,
51:14
to do
51:14
his will,
51:15
to give
51:16
of what
51:16
we can,
51:18
what would
51:19
God do
51:20
with us,
51:21
his people?
51:23
And maybe
51:23
you struggle
51:25
to identify
51:26
any sort
51:26
of work
51:27
that you
51:27
can do
51:28
for God,
51:29
but pray
51:30
about it.
51:31
Maybe try
51:32
something that
51:33
takes your
51:33
interest,
51:34
or maybe try
51:35
things that
51:35
don't take
51:36
your interest.
51:37
God may
51:38
surprise you.
51:40
Help anybody
51:41
that is in
51:41
need,
51:42
because in
51:44
his church
51:44
he can be
51:45
sure that
51:46
he has a
51:47
work for
51:47
you,
51:48
and he has
51:49
a work that
51:50
is suited
51:51
to you,
51:52
and it
51:53
is a
51:53
work that
51:53
will be
51:54
for his
51:54
glory.
51:58
So may
51:59
our hearts
52:00
be a
52:01
heart that
52:02
is stirred
52:03
to work
52:04
for the
52:05
glory of
52:06
God.
52:08
And note
52:09
also in
52:09
the passage
52:10
that it
52:11
is not a
52:12
few people
52:12
that are
52:13
mentioned.
52:15
It is not
52:16
a few people
52:17
that do the
52:17
work,
52:18
or do
52:18
everything.
52:19
it is a
52:20
complete
52:21
congregational
52:22
effort to
52:23
do the
52:24
work of
52:25
God.
52:26
But of
52:27
all the
52:27
people that
52:28
are here,
52:29
and the
52:30
generalizations
52:31
that we
52:31
make of
52:32
the whole
52:33
congregation,
52:35
there are
52:35
people also
52:38
that are
52:39
specifically
52:39
named.
52:42
And you'll
52:43
see that
52:43
in verse
52:44
30 and
52:44
34.
52:47
Then
52:48
Moses said
52:49
to the
52:50
people of
52:50
Israel,
52:50
see the
52:51
Lord has
52:51
called by
52:52
name,
52:53
Bezalel,
52:54
the son of
52:54
Uriah.
52:56
And in
52:56
34,
52:59
both
53:00
him and
53:01
Oliab,
53:02
the son of
53:03
Achimish,
53:04
he has
53:05
filled them
53:06
with the
53:07
skill to do
53:08
every sort
53:09
of work.
53:09
These two
53:10
men,
53:11
named by
53:12
God,
53:14
to carry
53:14
out his
53:15
work.
53:15
And I
53:15
wonder who
53:17
these men
53:18
were.
53:19
You know,
53:19
who were
53:20
these men
53:21
in their
53:21
character?
53:22
Would they
53:22
have been
53:23
confident
53:24
craftsmen?
53:26
Would they
53:26
have been
53:26
boastful
53:27
craftsmen?
53:28
I can't
53:30
see it.
53:31
I can't
53:32
even see it
53:33
that they
53:33
would have
53:33
been people
53:34
that Israel
53:35
would have
53:35
picked out
53:36
of all
53:37
the men.
53:38
And the
53:39
only reason
53:39
I'm saying
53:40
that is
53:40
because God
53:41
had to
53:41
name them.
53:42
God
53:44
named
53:44
these men.
53:45
God
53:45
had to
53:46
make it
53:46
clear who
53:47
these men
53:47
were to
53:48
be to
53:49
lead the
53:49
people.
53:51
Maybe
53:51
there were
53:51
people that
53:52
didn't want
53:53
the job
53:53
specifically,
53:54
but when
53:55
God asks
53:56
you by
53:56
name,
53:57
what can
53:58
you say?
54:00
And you
54:00
can note
54:00
again that
54:01
there is
54:01
no opposition
54:03
from anyone
54:04
to these
54:06
men being
54:07
appointed.
54:08
There seems
54:09
to be a
54:09
unified
54:10
recognition
54:10
in the
54:11
church to
54:12
these
54:13
people.
54:14
These
54:14
were
54:16
craftsmen
54:17
that the
54:17
others
54:18
were
54:19
willing
54:20
to be
54:20
under
54:21
and
54:22
willing
54:22
to be
54:23
led
54:23
by.
54:25
Not
54:25
men who
54:26
commended
54:26
themselves,
54:28
but men
54:29
who were
54:29
commended
54:29
by God.
54:31
2 Corinthians
54:32
verse 10.
54:34
But these
54:35
men were
54:37
not sure
54:38
why they
54:38
were picked
54:39
by God.
54:39
but we
54:41
are told
54:42
that they
54:42
were filled
54:43
with the
54:43
Spirit of
54:44
God.
54:45
And they
54:46
were people
54:47
that were
54:47
inspired to
54:48
teach in
54:49
verse 34.
54:52
And you
54:53
know,
54:53
this is the
54:54
people we
54:55
need to
54:56
lead us.
54:58
To lead
54:59
our churches.
55:00
People who
55:01
are set
55:01
apart by
55:02
God and
55:03
equipped by
55:05
the filling
55:05
of the
55:06
Spirit in
55:06
their lives.
55:07
people who
55:08
are ready
55:09
to work.
55:11
People who
55:12
God has
55:12
inspired to
55:13
teach.
55:15
People who
55:16
are relatable
55:16
to all
55:17
others.
55:20
And
55:20
people
55:21
who the
55:23
other,
55:25
who the
55:25
majority
55:26
are willing
55:27
to support.
55:28
God.
55:30
But in
55:31
everything that
55:32
these men
55:32
were called
55:33
to do,
55:34
it is
55:35
overshadowed
55:36
by the
55:38
words,
55:40
to do
55:41
what the
55:41
Lord has
55:42
commanded.
55:45
These men
55:46
were to do
55:47
in accordance
55:48
with all
55:49
that the
55:49
Lord had
55:49
commanded in
55:50
verse 1
55:51
of chapter
55:51
36.
55:53
It wasn't
55:54
by their
55:54
methods,
55:56
it wasn't
55:56
by their
55:56
ways,
55:57
it wasn't
55:57
by what
55:58
they thought
55:58
was best,
56:00
it was
56:01
a reliance
56:01
upon God
56:02
and his
56:02
directing
56:03
hand in
56:04
their work.
56:09
Such was
56:09
their heart,
56:10
such was
56:12
their heart
56:13
to listen
56:13
to God
56:14
and to
56:14
be devoted
56:15
to them.
56:17
But in
56:17
closing,
56:19
these people,
56:20
we look at
56:21
them,
56:22
and it is
56:23
an admirable
56:23
example,
56:25
maybe,
56:25
of what a
56:26
church should
56:26
be like.
56:27
obeying
56:29
God,
56:31
keeping the
56:31
Sabbath,
56:33
willing to
56:33
give,
56:34
willing to
56:34
help,
56:35
supporting
56:35
one another,
56:37
being
56:40
directed
56:40
by God
56:41
and the
56:42
people who
56:43
are over
56:43
them.
56:46
What,
56:48
where did
56:49
this come
56:50
from?
56:51
Where did
56:51
this zeal
56:52
come from
56:52
in them,
56:53
in this
56:54
example that
56:55
we have
56:55
here?
56:55
And can
56:57
we have
56:57
this same
56:58
zeal to
57:00
work for
57:01
God in
57:01
such a
57:02
way?
57:03
And that's
57:04
why I read
57:04
what I read
57:05
in chapter
57:05
33,
57:07
to understand
57:08
where the
57:09
people had
57:09
this zeal
57:10
and where
57:11
this came
57:12
from.
57:12
God,
57:13
you can
57:14
recall that
57:16
the children
57:16
of Israel
57:17
at the
57:18
Mount
57:18
Sinai,
57:20
they camped
57:21
at the
57:21
base,
57:22
and Moses
57:23
ascended to
57:24
meet with
57:24
God.
57:25
But it
57:25
took so
57:25
long that
57:27
the people
57:28
thought that
57:29
he had
57:29
died,
57:31
and they
57:31
fell into
57:32
the serious
57:32
sin of
57:33
creating this
57:34
God,
57:34
the golden
57:34
calf.
57:35
But Moses
57:37
hadn't
57:38
died.
57:41
Moses was
57:41
one that
57:42
came down
57:43
when he
57:44
did and
57:45
showed them
57:46
the sin
57:47
that they
57:47
had.
57:48
You have
57:49
sinned a
57:49
great sin.
57:50
And what we
57:51
read from
57:51
in chapter
57:52
33,
57:53
the anger
57:53
of God
57:54
was so
57:54
clear.
57:56
He says
57:56
that I
57:56
would not
57:57
go with
57:57
you lest
57:58
I consume
57:59
you.
58:00
Their sin
58:00
was so
58:01
grievous
58:01
in the
58:01
sight of
58:02
God,
58:03
that they
58:03
were called
58:04
a
58:06
stuff-nick
58:07
people,
58:07
but they
58:08
understood this.
58:09
They understood
58:10
their sin.
58:12
It says
58:13
they mourned
58:13
over,
58:14
they grieved
58:15
over their
58:15
sins in
58:16
their hearts.
58:18
They needed
58:19
to restore
58:20
God's
58:21
favour,
58:21
otherwise
58:21
he would
58:22
consume
58:22
them.
58:25
And when
58:26
their
58:26
representative
58:27
Moses went
58:28
to this
58:29
tent to
58:30
meet with
58:31
God,
58:32
they would
58:32
stand
58:33
outside
58:34
their
58:34
tents,
58:37
watching
58:37
this
58:37
man,
58:39
with all
58:39
reverence
58:40
and fear,
58:41
not knowing
58:42
what God
58:43
would do,
58:44
but they
58:44
bowed and
58:45
worshipped.
58:46
They bowed
58:47
and worshipped,
58:49
realising
58:49
their need
58:50
of forgiveness
58:52
of their
58:53
sins.
58:55
I believe
58:55
this is why
58:56
they had a
58:56
godly
58:57
heart,
58:58
to do
58:59
this work.
59:01
Beginning
59:01
with the
59:02
grief of
59:02
their
59:03
sin,
59:04
in making
59:04
this
59:05
other
59:05
god,
59:07
and not
59:07
relying or
59:08
trusting in
59:09
God,
59:10
the Lord
59:11
God.
59:14
It was
59:15
through this
59:16
spirit of
59:16
conviction,
59:18
and holy
59:18
reverence,
59:19
and holy
59:19
fear that
59:20
drew them
59:20
to seek
59:21
God,
59:22
and yet
59:23
he was a
59:23
god so
59:23
gracious that
59:24
he would
59:24
not consume
59:25
them.
59:26
He was a
59:27
god who
59:27
had mercy
59:28
on them.
59:30
They were
59:31
people who
59:32
stripped
59:32
themselves of
59:33
their
59:33
treasures.
59:35
They saw
59:35
that none
59:36
of these
59:36
things did
59:37
them any
59:37
good.
59:38
Their
59:38
hearts were
59:39
disengaged
59:41
from the
59:41
treasures of
59:42
this world,
59:43
and they
59:44
put them
59:44
aside in
59:45
order that
59:46
their heart
59:46
would seek
59:47
God.
59:49
They would
59:50
sit at the
59:50
door of
59:51
their tent
59:51
and prepare
59:54
themselves
59:55
to meet
59:57
with God.
1:00:00
And the
1:00:00
amazing thing
1:00:01
is that God
1:00:02
still wanted
1:00:03
to dwell
1:00:04
with them.
1:00:06
People that
1:00:07
were so
1:00:08
stiff-naised,
1:00:09
and can
1:00:10
we be like
1:00:11
these people?
1:00:12
Can we
1:00:13
have our
1:00:14
hearts renewed
1:00:14
and changed
1:00:15
to be the
1:00:16
example that
1:00:17
is set here
1:00:18
in chapter
1:00:18
35?
1:00:20
We have
1:00:21
sinned.
1:00:22
We know,
1:00:23
we confess
1:00:24
that our
1:00:25
hearts need
1:00:25
changed.
1:00:26
And we
1:00:27
should be
1:00:27
consumed and
1:00:28
would be
1:00:29
consumed in
1:00:29
the presence
1:00:30
of God
1:00:30
if we were
1:00:31
to meet
1:00:31
with him
1:00:32
before our
1:00:34
sins.
1:00:36
Because in
1:00:36
our sin we
1:00:37
have no
1:00:37
chance.
1:00:39
When we
1:00:39
meet with
1:00:40
God,
1:00:42
and there
1:00:42
are many
1:00:43
lives,
1:00:44
as maybe
1:00:44
our lives
1:00:45
were,
1:00:46
that stirred
1:00:46
the anger
1:00:47
of God
1:00:49
by making
1:00:50
our own
1:00:50
golden
1:00:51
calves and
1:00:51
our own
1:00:52
idols,
1:00:53
and doing
1:00:53
things our
1:00:54
way,
1:00:55
I can
1:00:56
have my
1:00:56
God,
1:00:57
and I
1:00:58
have my
1:00:58
own idea
1:00:59
of what
1:01:00
salvation
1:01:00
looked like.
1:01:02
And maybe
1:01:03
you did
1:01:04
this before
1:01:05
you were
1:01:06
converted,
1:01:06
and there
1:01:07
are men
1:01:07
still doing
1:01:08
this out
1:01:08
there.
1:01:09
Why do
1:01:10
they do
1:01:10
it?
1:01:11
Because
1:01:11
Christ is
1:01:12
dead to
1:01:13
them.
1:01:14
Christ is
1:01:14
dead to
1:01:15
them,
1:01:15
just like
1:01:16
the people
1:01:16
thought Moses
1:01:17
had died.
1:01:18
They sought
1:01:19
after other
1:01:20
things and
1:01:20
other gods,
1:01:21
that Jesus
1:01:22
is not
1:01:23
dead.
1:01:24
And we
1:01:25
know that
1:01:25
Jesus is
1:01:26
not dead.
1:01:27
He has
1:01:27
come down
1:01:28
that mountain
1:01:30
to meet
1:01:32
with us,
1:01:32
and he
1:01:33
reveals to
1:01:34
us the
1:01:34
sins and
1:01:35
foolishness of
1:01:36
our hearts
1:01:37
before God,
1:01:39
the foolishness
1:01:40
of our ways
1:01:41
and the state
1:01:41
of our sin
1:01:42
before an
1:01:43
almighty
1:01:44
God.
1:01:46
You
1:01:47
cannot do
1:01:48
it.
1:01:49
We cannot
1:01:49
do it our
1:01:50
way.
1:01:51
Jesus
1:01:53
comes down
1:01:53
and says,
1:01:54
I am the
1:01:54
way,
1:01:55
the truth
1:01:55
and the
1:01:56
life.
1:01:57
No one
1:01:57
comes to
1:01:57
the Father
1:01:58
except
1:01:58
through me.
1:02:01
So when
1:02:01
we see
1:02:01
our need
1:02:02
and we
1:02:02
sit,
1:02:04
a good
1:02:04
place for
1:02:05
us to
1:02:05
be is
1:02:06
sitting at
1:02:07
the door
1:02:07
of our
1:02:07
tents with
1:02:09
our eyes
1:02:10
upon God,
1:02:12
worshipping
1:02:12
him,
1:02:13
confessing
1:02:14
our sins,
1:02:15
asking for
1:02:15
our forgiveness,
1:02:18
that Jesus
1:02:19
will go on
1:02:20
our behalf,
1:02:22
as our
1:02:23
representative,
1:02:26
and that
1:02:26
we place
1:02:27
all our
1:02:27
trust in
1:02:28
this
1:02:28
Christ.
1:02:30
He has
1:02:31
washed away
1:02:32
our sins,
1:02:34
and it is
1:02:34
only through
1:02:35
this man
1:02:35
that we
1:02:37
can meet
1:02:38
with God.
1:02:40
And you
1:02:40
know what?
1:02:42
God is
1:02:43
pleased to
1:02:43
dwell with
1:02:44
us.
1:02:44
God
1:02:46
builds
1:02:47
within
1:02:48
our
1:02:48
hearts
1:02:48
a
1:02:49
dwelling
1:02:49
place
1:02:49
where
1:02:50
he
1:02:50
will
1:02:51
rest
1:02:51
amongst
1:02:51
his
1:02:52
people.
1:02:53
But he
1:02:54
gives us
1:02:54
a command
1:02:55
to go
1:02:57
and build
1:02:58
my
1:02:58
kingdom.
1:03:00
Do we
1:03:01
have a
1:03:01
heart
1:03:02
to obey
1:03:03
the command
1:03:04
that has
1:03:05
been left
1:03:06
to us?
1:03:08
Has
1:03:08
our heart
1:03:09
realised
1:03:10
that we
1:03:12
have not
1:03:12
been consumed
1:03:13
by God,
1:03:14
but that we
1:03:15
should have
1:03:16
been.
1:03:17
And it is
1:03:18
all because
1:03:18
of Christ
1:03:19
and his
1:03:20
death on
1:03:20
the cross
1:03:21
and his
1:03:22
justifying of
1:03:23
sin before
1:03:24
God,
1:03:25
the sins of
1:03:26
our hearts,
1:03:27
and he has
1:03:27
washed us
1:03:28
clean in
1:03:30
the blood
1:03:30
of the Lamb
1:03:31
that we
1:03:32
have confidence
1:03:33
and know
1:03:35
that God
1:03:36
dwells
1:03:36
within us.
1:03:39
May we
1:03:39
be people
1:03:40
that are
1:03:41
stirred in
1:03:42
heart
1:03:43
to
1:03:44
obey
1:03:46
his
1:03:46
commands,
1:03:48
to give
1:03:49
of ourselves
1:03:50
so willingly
1:03:51
and freely,
1:03:53
to be
1:03:55
people that
1:03:55
work with
1:03:56
one another
1:03:56
and to
1:03:59
be people
1:03:59
that realise
1:04:00
that it is
1:04:02
all through
1:04:03
Christ,
1:04:04
and it is
1:04:05
all through
1:04:05
that man
1:04:06
that has
1:04:07
saved us.
1:04:09
That we
1:04:10
would see
1:04:10
that we
1:04:12
have done
1:04:12
nothing
1:04:13
to deserve
1:04:15
it.
1:04:16
We have
1:04:17
done nothing
1:04:17
to deserve
1:04:18
the dwelling
1:04:18
place of
1:04:19
God to be
1:04:20
amongst us.
1:04:22
As the
1:04:22
people of
1:04:23
Israel did
1:04:23
not deserve
1:04:24
God to
1:04:25
dwell in
1:04:26
their midst,
1:04:28
we did
1:04:28
not deserve
1:04:29
that God
1:04:31
would dwell
1:04:31
in our
1:04:32
hearts.
1:04:32
but he
1:04:34
does
1:04:34
through
1:04:35
Christ.
1:04:37
And that
1:04:38
is what
1:04:39
changes
1:04:39
our hearts.
1:04:43
It
1:04:43
changes
1:04:43
our hearts
1:04:44
and
1:04:44
thanks
1:04:45
for all
1:04:46
that he
1:04:46
has done
1:04:47
for us
1:04:48
and we
1:04:49
hold loosely
1:04:49
to the
1:04:50
things of
1:04:51
the world.
1:04:52
What is
1:04:53
our heart
1:04:53
in it?
1:04:55
Do we
1:04:55
have a
1:04:55
heart
1:04:56
that was
1:04:57
like the
1:04:58
people of
1:04:58
Israel
1:04:59
that built
1:05:00
the dwelling
1:05:01
place of
1:05:02
God?
1:05:03
May these
1:05:03
thoughts be
1:05:04
blessed to
1:05:04
us tonight.
1:05:08
Can we
1:05:09
sing in
1:05:09
Psalm 27
1:05:11
of the
1:05:12
Scottish
1:05:13
Psalter?
1:05:15
Psalm 27
1:05:16
of the
1:05:16
Scottish
1:05:17
Psalter.
1:05:17
will sing
1:05:41
from
1:05:43
verse
1:05:43
verse
1:05:43
4b.
1:05:48
Halfway
1:05:48
through
1:05:49
verse 4
1:05:49
that I
1:05:50
the
1:05:50
beauty
1:05:50
of the
1:05:51
Lord
1:05:51
behold
1:05:52
me and
1:05:54
admire
1:05:55
and that I
1:05:56
in his
1:05:56
holy place
1:05:57
may reverently
1:05:58
inquire
1:05:59
down to
1:06:00
end of
1:06:01
verse
1:06:01
mark 6.
1:06:03
Therefore
1:06:03
unto us
1:06:04
tabernacle
1:06:04
I'll
1:06:05
sacrifice
1:06:06
us
1:06:06
bring
1:06:06
of
1:06:07
joyfulness
1:06:08
I'll
1:06:08
sing
1:06:09
ye
1:06:09
I
1:06:10
to
1:06:10
God
1:06:11
will
1:06:11
praise
1:06:12
us
1:06:12
sing.
1:06:12
Heirs
1:06:13
stand
1:06:14
together
1:06:15
and lift
1:06:15
our hearts
1:06:16
and praise
1:06:16
to God
1:06:17
that I
1:06:18
the beauty
1:06:19
of the
1:06:19
Lord
1:06:20
behold
1:06:21
me
1:06:21
and
1:06:21
admire
1:06:22
and
1:06:26
the
1:06:27
beauty
1:06:29
of
1:06:31
the
1:06:32
Lord
1:06:33
behold
1:06:34
me
1:06:36
and
1:06:37
admire
1:06:38
and
1:06:40
the
1:06:41
dying
1:06:42
is
1:06:45
holy
1:06:46
place
1:06:47
spirit
1:06:49
and
1:06:50
the
1:06:51
and
1:06:52
while
1:06:53
for
1:06:55
he
1:06:56
in
1:06:57
his
1:06:58
family
1:07:00
young
1:07:01
shall
1:07:03
behind
1:07:04
the
1:07:05
evil
1:07:07
days
1:07:10
and
1:07:11
secret
1:07:12
of
1:07:13
his
1:07:14
tent
1:07:16
behind
1:07:18
and
1:07:19
on
1:07:20
our
1:07:21
home
1:07:22
be
1:07:23
raised
1:07:25
on
1:07:27
the
1:07:28
green
1:07:29
at
1:07:30
this
1:07:31
present
1:07:32
time
1:07:34
my
1:07:35
head
1:07:36
shall
1:07:38
lift
1:07:38
it
1:07:39
be
1:07:40
me
1:07:41
above
1:07:42
all
1:07:44
those
1:07:45
that
1:07:46
are
1:07:47
my
1:07:48
foot
1:07:49
and
1:07:50
ground
1:07:51
encompass
1:07:52
me
1:07:54
the
1:07:58
poor
1:07:59
and
1:08:00
to
1:08:01
rich
1:08:03
town
1:08:04
and
1:08:04
build
1:08:05
and
1:08:06
sacrifices
1:08:08
free
1:08:10
of
1:08:12
joy
1:08:14
fullness
1:08:16
and
1:08:18
sing
1:08:19
yea
1:08:20
to
1:08:22
God
1:08:23
will
1:08:24
praise
1:08:26
us
1:08:26
me
1:08:28
close with
1:08:30
prayer
1:08:31
our heavenly
1:08:31
father
1:08:32
we pray
1:08:33
that you
1:08:33
would be
1:08:34
one that
1:08:34
would be
1:08:35
at work
1:08:35
in our
1:08:35
hearts
1:08:36
as we
1:08:37
come and
1:08:37
sit at
1:08:38
our
1:08:38
tent
1:08:39
and
1:08:39
confession
1:08:40
of all
1:08:40
that we
1:08:41
are
1:08:41
in the
1:08:41
depths
1:08:42
of our
1:08:42
hearts
1:08:43
but we
1:08:43
look to
1:08:44
one that
1:08:44
has
1:08:45
gone
1:08:46
before
1:08:46
us
1:08:47
the
1:08:47
Lord
1:08:47
Jesus
1:08:47
Christ
1:08:48
may
1:08:49
he
1:08:49
be
1:08:49
one
1:08:50
that
1:08:50
continues
1:08:51
to
1:08:51
intercede
1:08:51
for
1:08:52
us
1:08:52
and
1:08:53
one
1:08:53
that
1:08:53
we
1:08:53
would
1:08:54
trust
1:08:54
in
1:08:54
and
1:08:55
that
1:08:55
the
1:08:55
spirit
1:08:56
would
1:08:56
be
1:08:56
at
1:08:56
work
1:08:56
in
1:08:57
our
1:08:57
hearts
1:08:57
convicting
1:08:58
us
1:08:58
of
1:08:58
these
1:08:59
things
1:08:59
may
1:09:00
we
1:09:00
know
1:09:00
God
1:09:01
through
1:09:01
this
1:09:01
and
1:09:02
may
1:09:02
you
1:09:02
be
1:09:03
one
1:09:03
that
1:09:04
rests
1:09:04
upon
1:09:04
us
1:09:05
in
1:09:05
the
1:09:05
days
1:09:05
ahead
1:09:06
of
1:09:06
us
1:09:06
be
1:09:07
with
1:09:07
us
1:09:07
we
1:09:08
pray
1:09:08
all
1:09:08
these
1:09:09
things
1:09:09
we
1:09:09
ask
1:09:09
in
1:09:09
the
1:09:10
name
1:09:10
of
1:09:10
the
1:09:10
Lord
1:09:10
Jesus
1:09:10
Christ
1:09:11
Amen