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Love and Loyalty in Following Jesus · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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We'll begin our time of worship, returning praise to Psalm 119.
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That's in the Sing Psalms version on page 166 of the praise book, Psalm 119.
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The beginning of that Psalm at verse 145, page 166 of the blue book.
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I call with all my heart, Lord answer me, and then all your decrees I will obey.
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I cry aloud to you, Lord save my life, and I will keep your statutes every day.
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I rise before the dawn and cry for help, for I have set my hope upon your word.
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I stay awake throughout the hours of the night, reflecting on your promises, O Lord.
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Lord, in your loving kindness hear my voice, and in your justice save and keep my life.
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For those who disregard your holy law approach with schemes of wickedness and strife.
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Yet you are near to those who seek you, Lord.
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All your commands are true and ever sure.
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Yes, from your statutes long ago I learned that you have made them always to endure.
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The psalmist there with his whole heart, expressing the love of the Lord and his faithfulness to him and his promises.
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Let us stand together and sing these words to God's praise.
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I call with all my heart, Lord answer me.
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I call with all my heart, Lord answer me.
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And may all you be peace I will obey.
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I cry aloud to you, Lord save my life.
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And I will keep your statutes every day.
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I rise before the dawn and cry for help.
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For I have set my hope upon your word.
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I stay awake throughout the hours of night,
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Lord, in your loving kindness hear my voice.
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And in your justice save and keep my life.
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For those who did regard your holy law.
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I approach with schemes of wickedness and strife.
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Yet you are near to those who seek you, Lord.
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All your call that are true and never sure.
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Yes, from your statutes long ago I learned.
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And you have made them always to endure.
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We'll now turn to God in prayer.
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Let us pray.
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Our Heavenly Father, as we sung there,
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that you will be near to all those who seek you.
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And so we pray that you would prepare our hearts this evening,
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as we come to seek you, to seek your presence,
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and to seek to know you being with us.
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Lord, make us mindful of what we do when we gather in your name.
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If we gather to worship the Lord God Almighty,
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the creator of heaven and earth,
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the sustainer of each and every one of us.
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He holds everything in his hands.
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And Lord, you are the one that hears us when we pray.
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You know us in a greater sense than we know ourselves.
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As we come to you this evening,
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we know fine well in ourselves
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that we do not deserve you to hear us.
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We do not deserve you to listen to our complaints,
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our anxieties,
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the sorrows of our souls.
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But Lord, you do,
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because you love us.
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And that great expression of your love
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was seen in your Son, Jesus Christ,
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that he died willingly on the cross for us.
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And that we did not choose him,
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but that he chose us
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and loved us with an everlasting love.
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So how else can we come
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and gather and worship you
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for that love that has been extended to us
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with thankfulness and praise in our hearts
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to the God that has made everlasting and eternal promises to us
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who will not fail us
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when we fail him.
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Lord,
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our salvation does not rest in ourselves,
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but in the works of Jesus Christ.
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And we pray that Jesus would be a reality to us tonight
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as we gather,
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that Jesus would come into this building
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and speak with us
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and to show us who we are before God,
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to show us that we are sinful,
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to show us that we are guilty.
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Lord,
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open our eyes
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and block our ears
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to see ourselves,
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but to see the wonderful promises of the gospel,
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the wonderful and eternal promises of salvation
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for those who believe in Jesus Christ
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and who do not trust in themselves.
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To whom else can we go?
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Nothing in this world offers us anything in comparison.
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It is to you that we come.
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It is to you that we come with our prayers and our worries.
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And Lord,
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we ask that you would answer the prayers of your people,
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whatever they may be this evening,
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in your providence and according to your will.
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Hear the cries of those who mourn.
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Hear the cries of those who are anxious about their health.
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Hear the cries of those who have a concern for their own soul.
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Hear the cries of those who have a concern for the souls of those in their families
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who do not yet believe in you.
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Lord,
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by the power of your spirit,
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would you work
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a mighty work
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in the hearts and souls
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of the people of this island
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and this town.
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That people may see
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their need of salvation,
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see their
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eternity in hell
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without you.
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without a saviour.
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That they may come
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and run
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to you.
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Run to the gospel.
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Run to Jesus.
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Fall at his knees
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and have that burden
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as Christian had
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severed from his back
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that would weigh him down
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and condemn him
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in Bunyan's
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Pilgrim's Progress.
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Lord,
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we pray
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that you would take
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the burden
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of condemnation
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away from those
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who are feeling it.
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Those who feel like
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they are not worthy
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to have it set free from them.
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Those who feel like
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Jesus would never
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come to me.
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Come to them.
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In your great compassion
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and love,
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Lord,
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come to those
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who even we do not
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expect you to come to.
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Set them free
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so that they can say
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there is now therefore
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no condemnation
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for those that are
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in Christ Jesus.
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that they may go out
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and testify to others
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of what Jesus
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has done for their soul.
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And in this man,
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I have a hope
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like nothing
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in this world
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can offer me.
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Lord,
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we pray
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the gospel,
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whatever it is preached
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today,
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would go with that power.
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We are particularly
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mindful
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of those
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that have heard,
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have joined together
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in the Christian
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conference this weekend.
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We pray for your
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blessing over that
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and the words
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that have been spoken
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there and the people
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that have joined
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together.
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We pray your blessing
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to pour down
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in your spirit
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upon them.
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They may know
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the great privileges
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of being your people
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and praising you
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together.
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Lord,
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we just pray
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for the ministers
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of your gospel
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that you would
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uphold them
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and strengthen them.
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And even at this
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evening hour
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when they feel
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that they're weakest,
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we pray
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that in their weakness
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they would be strong
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and that the power
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of the gospel
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would work
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not through
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their strength
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but by
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your spirit
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and your word
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faithfully
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preached
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and taught
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week after week.
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Lord,
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we give thanks
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for faithful ministry
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in our congregation.
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The ministry of
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James McKeever
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here
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and his retirement,
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we pray that you
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would be with
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himself and Donna.
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We give thanks
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for that faithfulness
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to the congregation
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and the years
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that he gave
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in service
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to the Lord.
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We pray that you
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would bless them
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in their retirement
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and we pray
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for Calum
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to take up
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that extra burden
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and responsibility.
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We pray for him
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and his loss
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of his friend.
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We pray that you
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would be near
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to him
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and strengthen him.
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We give thanks
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for Colin
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as our inter-moderator.
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We pray also
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that you would
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direct him
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and direct us
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as a congregation
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to a man
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of your choosing,
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a man set apart
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to gather
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with your people
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here
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and to lead us
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as an under-shepherd.
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Lord,
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we pray
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as we pray
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for someone
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to come and lead us
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that we would be
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prayerful for each other
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and mindful
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of each other
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and helpful
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of each other
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encouraging one another
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every step
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of the way.
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for we know
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that different
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afflictions
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affect each of us
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differently.
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One may fall,
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one may just trip
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on the same affliction
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and so help us
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to be mindful
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and considerate
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of each other.
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Lord,
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help us
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to be forgiving
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of each other.
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Help us
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to love
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one another.
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Help us
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to join together
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in worshiping you.
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Lord,
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bind us together
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with that love
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that we have
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in common
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with Christ,
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that love
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of Christ.
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May that
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bond
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and fellowship
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go out
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into this world
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and nation
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and we pray
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for those
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who have
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left homes
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and families
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and followed
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the call
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of Jesus
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to go
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to different
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nations
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to proclaim
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the riches
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which are
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immeasurable
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in Jesus Christ.
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We remember
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Muriel in Cambodia.
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We pray for her.
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We pray for the girls
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that she is with.
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We pray for her
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in her teaching.
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We pray that
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she would be a light
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there to the people.
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We give thank you
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for her.
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We are mindful
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of others
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who have done
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likewise.
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We pray
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that you would
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uphold them
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and give them
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strength.
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That
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they would not
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see persecution
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but that they
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would see
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the fruits
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of your word
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being received
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in the hearts
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and lives
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of believers.
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Lord,
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we
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pray
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for our nation
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at this time
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of election.
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We pray
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that you would
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give wisdom
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to the people.
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Pray that you would
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give us leaders
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who hold
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to your word.
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Revive us
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again
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as a nation
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to come
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to remember
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Jesus
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and to love him
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and to acknowledge
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God.
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For many do not.
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Many choose
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to forget.
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Many
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choose
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to stamp
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it out.
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Lord,
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in your
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great
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compassion
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and mercy
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extend
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your
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loving
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arms
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towards
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those
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that do
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so
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that they
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may turn
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to you
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and know
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you
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and believe
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in you
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and have
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eternal life
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in you.
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Watch over us
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in our time
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of worship.
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Guard us
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from the
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evil one
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and distractions
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of the devil.
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We ask all
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these things
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in the name
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of Jesus
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Christ,
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your Son
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and our
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Saviour.
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Amen.
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We'll continue
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in our praise
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by singing
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in Psalm 9b
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in the
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Sing Psalms
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version.
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You'll find that
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on page 10
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of the
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Blue Praise
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Book.
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from the
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beginning
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from verse
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9
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that
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Psalm
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9b
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page 10
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at verse
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9
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The Lord
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is a
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stronghold
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in times
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of distress
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a refuge
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for those
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whom the
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wicked
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oppress
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for your
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people
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know you
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and will
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trust in
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your grace
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you've
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never
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forsaken
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those
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seeking
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your face.
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We'll sing
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down to
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verse
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Mark 20
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Arise
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O my
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God
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let not
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man
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win the
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day
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let nations
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be judged
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in your
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presence
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I pray
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O Lord
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strike the
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nations
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put fear
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in their
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breast
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to teach
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them
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that they
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are but
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human
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at best.
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We'll stand
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and sing
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these words
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to God's
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praise
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the Lord
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is a
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stronghold
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in times
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of distress.
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The Lord
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is a
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stronghold
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in times
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of distress
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a refuge
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for those
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who
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the
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wicked
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oppress
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your people
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who know
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you
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will trust
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in your
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grace
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you've
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never
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forsaken
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those
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seeking
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your
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faith.
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Praise God
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who in
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Zion
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has
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founded
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his
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throne
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proclaim
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to the
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nations
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the needs
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he has
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done
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the cry
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of afflicted
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what springs
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in his
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ear
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their
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blood
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he avenges
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their
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plea
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he will
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hear
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Lord
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see what
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I
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suffer
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from
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malice
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and hate
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have
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pity
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and lift
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me
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away
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from
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his
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gate
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that
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I
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in
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Jerusalem
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gave
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his
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gate
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we
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proclaim
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your
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mercy
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and sing
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to
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the
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praise
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of
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your
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name
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the
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nations
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are
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sung
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in
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the
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pit
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they
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prepare
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their
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feet
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in
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the
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net
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which
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they
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had
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are
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in
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fear
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the
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Lord
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by his
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justice
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has
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made
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himself
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known
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and
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by
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their
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own
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works
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are
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the
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wicked
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cast
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down
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the
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wicked
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return
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to
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the
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graves
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dark
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of
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all
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nations
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and
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those
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who
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are
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heedless
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of
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God
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but
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God
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will
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remember
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the
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cause
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of
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the
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weak
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he
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will
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not
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let
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perish
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the
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hope
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of
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the
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me
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arise
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oh
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my
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God
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let
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not
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man
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win
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the
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day
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let
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nations
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be
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judged
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in
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your
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presence
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I
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pray
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oh
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lord
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strive
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the
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nations
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who
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feel
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in
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their
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breath
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to
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teach
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them
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how
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they
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are
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but
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human
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at
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rest
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I
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will
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turn
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now
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to
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read
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from
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the
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word
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of
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God
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we
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will
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have
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two
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readings
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read
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from
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the
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gospel
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of
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Mark
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first
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chapter
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15
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from
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verse
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40
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then
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we will
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turn
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to
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the
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gospel
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of
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John
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after
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gospel
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of
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Mark
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chapter
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15
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reading
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from
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verse
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40
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the
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crucifixion
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of
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Jesus
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and
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particularly
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thinking
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mindful
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of
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Mary
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Magdalene
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here
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as we
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read
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these
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two
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passages
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they
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were
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also
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women
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looking
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on
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from
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a
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distance
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among
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whom
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were
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Mary
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Magdalene
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and
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Mary
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the
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mother
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of
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James
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the
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younger
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and
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of
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Joseph
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and
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Salome
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when
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he
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was
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in
21:09
Galilee
21:09
they
21:09
followed
21:10
him
21:10
and
21:11
ministered
21:11
to
21:12
him
21:12
and
21:13
there
21:13
were
21:14
also
21:14
many
21:14
other
21:15
women
21:15
who
21:15
came
21:15
up
21:16
with
21:16
him
21:16
to
21:17
Jerusalem
21:17
and
21:19
when
21:19
evening
21:19
had
21:20
come
21:20
since
21:20
it
21:21
was
21:21
a
21:21
day
21:21
of
21:21
preparation
21:22
that
21:22
is
21:23
the
21:23
day
21:23
before
21:24
the
21:24
Sabbath
21:24
Joseph
21:25
of
21:27
Armathia
21:27
a
21:28
respected
21:29
member
21:29
of
21:29
the
21:29
council
21:30
who
21:30
was
21:31
also
21:31
himself
21:32
looking
21:32
for
21:33
the
21:33
kingdom
21:33
of
21:33
God
21:34
took
21:35
courage
21:35
and
21:36
went
21:36
to
21:36
Pilate
21:37
and
21:37
asked
21:38
for
21:38
the
21:38
body
21:38
of
21:39
Jesus
21:39
Pilate
21:41
was
21:41
surprised
21:41
to hear
21:42
that he
21:42
should
21:42
have
21:42
already
21:43
died
21:43
and
21:44
summoning
21:44
the
21:45
centurion
21:45
he asked
21:46
him
21:46
whether
21:46
he was
21:47
already
21:47
dead
21:47
and
21:49
when
21:49
he
21:49
learned
21:49
from
21:49
the
21:50
centurion
21:50
that
21:50
he
21:51
was
21:51
dead
21:51
he
21:52
granted
21:53
he
21:54
granted
21:55
he
21:56
handed
21:56
he
21:58
handed
21:59
him
21:59
in
21:59
the
22:00
linen
22:00
shroud
22:00
and
22:01
laid
22:01
him
22:01
in
22:01
a
22:01
tomb
22:02
that
22:03
had
22:03
been
22:03
cut
22:03
out
22:04
of
22:04
the
22:04
rock
22:04
and
22:05
he
22:06
rolled
22:06
a
22:06
stone
22:07
against
22:07
the
22:08
entrance
22:08
of
22:08
the
22:09
tomb
22:09
Mary
22:10
Magdalene
22:11
and
22:11
Mary
22:12
the
22:12
mother
22:13
of
22:13
Joseph
22:13
saw
22:14
where
22:15
he
22:15
was
22:15
laid
22:16
also
22:17
we'll
22:18
turn
22:18
to
22:18
the
22:18
gospel
22:19
of
22:19
John
22:19
chapter
22:20
20
22:21
reading
22:25
from
22:25
the
22:25
beginning
22:26
of
22:26
that
22:26
chapter
22:27
John
22:27
20
22:28
reading
22:33
down
22:33
to
22:34
verse
22:34
18
22:34
let
22:35
us
22:36
hear
22:36
God's
22:36
word
22:36
now
22:38
on
22:38
the
22:38
first
22:39
day
22:39
of
22:39
the
22:39
week
22:40
Mary
22:40
Magdalene
22:41
came
22:41
to
22:41
the
22:42
tomb
22:42
early
22:42
while
22:42
it
22:43
was
22:43
still
22:43
dark
22:44
and
22:44
saw
22:45
that
22:45
the
22:45
stone
22:45
had
22:46
been
22:46
taken
22:46
away
22:46
from
22:47
the
22:47
tomb
22:47
so
22:48
she
22:48
ran
22:49
and
22:49
went
22:49
to
22:50
Simon
22:50
Peter
22:50
and
22:51
the
22:51
other
22:51
disciple
22:51
the
22:52
one
22:53
whom
22:53
Jesus
22:53
loved
22:54
and
22:54
said
22:55
to
22:55
them
22:55
they
22:56
have
22:56
taken
22:56
the
22:57
Lord
22:57
out
22:58
of
22:58
the
22:58
tomb
22:58
and
22:59
we
22:59
do
23:00
not
23:00
know
23:00
where
23:00
they
23:00
have
23:01
laid
23:01
him
23:01
so
23:02
Peter
23:03
went
23:03
out
23:03
with
23:04
the
23:04
other
23:04
disciple
23:05
and
23:05
they
23:06
were
23:06
going
23:06
towards
23:06
the
23:07
tomb
23:07
both
23:08
of
23:08
them
23:08
were
23:08
running
23:09
together
23:09
but
23:10
the
23:10
other
23:11
disciple
23:11
out
23:11
ran
23:12
Peter
23:16
going
23:16
to
23:16
look
23:16
in
23:16
he
23:16
saw
23:17
the
23:17
linen
23:17
cloths
23:18
lying
23:18
there
23:19
but
23:20
he
23:20
did
23:20
not
23:20
go
23:21
in
23:21
then
23:22
Simon
23:22
Peter
23:23
came
23:23
following
23:24
him
23:24
and
23:25
went
23:25
into
23:25
the
23:26
tomb
23:26
he
23:27
saw
23:27
the
23:28
linen
23:28
cloths
23:29
lying
23:29
there
23:29
and
23:30
the
23:31
face
23:31
cloth
23:31
which
23:32
had
23:32
been
23:32
on
23:32
Jesus
23:33
head
23:33
not
23:34
lying
23:34
with
23:34
the
23:34
linen
23:34
cloths
23:35
but
23:35
folded
23:36
up
23:36
in
23:36
a
23:36
place
23:36
by
23:37
itself
23:37
then
23:39
the
23:39
other
23:39
disciple
23:40
who
23:40
had
23:41
reached
23:41
the
23:41
tomb
23:42
first
23:42
also
23:42
went
23:43
in
23:43
and
23:46
believed
23:46
for
23:47
as
23:47
yet
23:48
they
23:48
did
23:48
not
23:48
understand
23:49
the
23:49
scripture
23:49
that
23:50
he
23:51
must
23:51
rise
23:52
from
23:52
the
23:52
dead
23:52
then
23:54
the
23:54
disciples
23:55
went
23:55
back
23:55
to
23:56
their
23:56
homes
23:56
but
23:58
Mary
23:58
stood
23:59
weeping
24:00
outside
24:00
the
24:01
tomb
24:01
and
24:02
as
24:02
she
24:03
wept
24:03
she
24:04
stooped
24:04
to
24:04
look
24:05
into
24:05
the
24:05
tomb
24:05
and
24:06
she
24:06
saw
24:07
two
24:07
angels
24:08
in
24:08
white
24:08
sitting
24:09
where
24:09
the
24:09
body
24:09
of
24:09
Jesus
24:10
had
24:10
lain
24:10
one
24:11
at
24:12
the
24:12
head
24:12
and
24:12
one
24:12
at
24:12
the
24:13
feet
24:13
they
24:14
said
24:15
to
24:15
her
24:16
woman
24:16
why
24:17
are
24:17
you
24:18
weeping
24:18
she
24:20
said
24:20
to
24:20
them
24:20
they
24:21
have
24:21
taken
24:21
away
24:22
my
24:22
Lord
24:23
and
24:24
I
24:24
do
24:24
not
24:24
know
24:24
where
24:25
they
24:25
have
24:25
laid
24:25
him
24:25
having
24:27
said
24:28
this
24:28
she
24:28
turned
24:29
around
24:29
and
24:30
saw
24:30
Jesus
24:31
standing
24:31
but
24:33
she
24:33
did
24:33
not
24:33
know
24:34
that
24:34
it
24:34
was
24:34
Jesus
24:35
said
24:36
said
24:37
to
24:37
her
24:37
woman
24:38
why
24:39
are
24:39
you
24:40
weeping
24:40
whom
24:41
are
24:42
you
24:42
seeking
24:42
supposing
24:44
him
24:45
to be
24:45
the
24:45
gardener
24:46
she
24:46
said
24:46
to
24:46
him
24:47
sir
24:48
if
24:49
you
24:49
have
24:49
carried
24:49
him
24:50
away
24:50
tell
24:51
me
24:51
where
24:51
you
24:52
have
24:52
laid
24:52
him
24:52
and
24:53
I
24:53
will
24:53
take
24:54
him
24:54
away
24:54
Jesus
24:56
said
24:57
to
24:57
her
24:58
Mary
24:58
she
25:00
turned
25:00
and
25:01
said
25:02
to
25:02
him
25:02
in
25:02
Aramaic
25:03
Rabboni
25:04
which
25:05
means
25:05
teacher
25:06
Jesus
25:07
said
25:07
to
25:08
her
25:08
do
25:09
not
25:09
cling
25:09
to
25:10
me
25:10
for
25:11
I
25:11
have
25:11
not
25:11
yet
25:11
ascended
25:12
to
25:12
the
25:12
father
25:13
but
25:14
go
25:14
to
25:14
my
25:14
brothers
25:15
and
25:15
say
25:15
to
25:15
them
25:15
that
25:16
I
25:16
am
25:16
ascending
25:16
to
25:17
my
25:17
father
25:17
and
25:18
your
25:18
father
25:19
to
25:20
my
25:20
God
25:20
and
25:21
your
25:22
God
25:22
Mary
25:23
Magdalene
25:24
went
25:24
and
25:25
announced
25:25
to
25:26
the
25:26
disciples
25:26
I
25:28
have
25:28
seen
25:28
the
25:28
Lord
25:29
and
25:30
that
25:30
he
25:30
had
25:30
said
25:31
these
25:31
things
25:32
to
25:32
her
25:33
amen
25:34
may
25:35
the
25:35
reading
25:35
of
25:35
God's
25:36
word
25:36
be a
25:36
blessing
25:37
to
25:37
all
25:37
who
25:37
have
25:38
heard
25:38
it
25:38
we'll
25:39
continue
25:40
in our
25:40
praise
25:41
by
25:41
singing
25:41
in
25:42
Psalm
25:42
63
25:43
of
25:43
the
25:43
Scottish
25:44
Psalter
25:44
version
25:45
you'll
25:46
find that
25:46
on
25:47
page
25:47
295
25:48
of the
25:49
blue
25:49
book
25:49
Psalm
25:52
63
25:52
from
25:53
the
25:53
beginning
25:53
of
25:53
that
25:54
Psalm
25:54
Lord
25:58
thee
25:58
my
25:59
God
25:59
I
25:59
early
26:00
seek
26:00
my
26:01
soul
26:01
does
26:02
thirst
26:02
for
26:02
thee
26:03
my
26:04
flesh
26:04
lungs
26:05
in a
26:05
dry
26:05
parched
26:06
land
26:06
wherein
26:07
no
26:07
waters
26:07
be
26:08
that
26:09
I
26:09
thy
26:09
power
26:10
may
26:10
behold
26:11
and
26:11
brightness
26:12
of
26:12
thy
26:12
face
26:13
as
26:14
I
26:14
have
26:14
seen
26:15
thee
26:15
heretofore
26:16
within
26:17
thy
26:18
holy
26:18
place
26:19
singing
26:19
down
26:20
to
26:20
verse
26:21
marked
26:21
8
26:21
and
26:22
shadow
26:23
off
26:23
thy
26:23
wings
26:23
I
26:24
will
26:24
joy
26:24
for
26:24
thou
26:24
my
26:25
help
26:25
has
26:25
been
26:26
my
26:26
soul
26:27
thee
26:27
follows
26:28
hard
26:28
and
26:28
me
26:29
thy
26:30
right
26:30
hand
26:30
doth
26:31
sustain
26:32
we'll
26:32
sing
26:33
these
26:33
verses
26:34
1 to
26:34
8
26:35
to
26:35
God's
26:35
praise
26:36
Lord
26:36
thee
26:36
my
26:36
God
26:37
I'll
26:37
early
26:38
seek
26:38
Lord
26:44
thee
26:44
my
26:46
God
26:47
I'll
26:48
early
26:50
seek
26:51
my
26:53
soul
26:54
the
26:55
thirst
26:57
for
26:57
thee
26:59
my
27:00
flesh
27:02
chomps
27:03
in
27:04
that
27:05
dry
27:06
heart
27:07
stand
27:08
where
27:09
there
27:11
no
27:11
waters
27:13
be
27:15
that
27:17
I
27:18
thy
27:19
power
27:20
made
27:22
thee
27:23
hold
27:24
and
27:26
bright
27:27
bless
27:28
of
27:29
thy
27:30
face
27:32
as
27:33
I
27:34
have
27:35
seen
27:37
thee
27:38
here
27:39
to
27:40
pour
27:41
within
27:42
thy
27:44
holy
27:46
face
27:48
since
27:50
beg
27:51
to
27:51
is
27:53
thy
27:54
love
27:56
and
27:56
life
27:58
my
27:59
lips
28:00
thee
28:01
grace
28:03
shall
28:04
give
28:05
I
28:06
in
28:08
thy
28:09
name
28:10
will
28:11
lift
28:12
thy
28:13
arms
28:14
and
28:16
bless
28:17
thee
28:18
why
28:19
thy
28:20
name
28:22
hello
28:33
if
28:34
might
28:34
them
28:35
on
28:36
me
28:37
j
28:50
is
28:52
unto thee
28:54
when
28:56
I to
28:58
thee upon
29:01
my bed
29:04
remember
29:07
with
29:09
delight
29:11
and
29:12
when
29:14
only
29:15
I
29:17
medited
29:20
in watches
29:23
of the
29:26
night
29:28
in shadow
29:31
of
29:32
thy wings
29:35
shall
29:36
join
29:37
for thou
29:39
my
29:40
help
29:42
hast
29:43
been
29:44
my
29:46
soul
29:47
thee
29:48
follow
29:49
star
29:51
and
29:52
me
29:53
thy
29:54
right
29:55
hand
29:56
does
29:58
the
29:59
same
30:00
turn
30:06
back to the
30:07
passage that
30:08
we read in
30:08
gospel of
30:09
john
30:09
the text
30:12
tonight will be
30:13
the words in
30:14
verse 15
30:15
woman
30:17
why are you
30:19
weeping
30:19
whom
30:21
are you
30:22
seeking
30:23
the resurrection
30:26
accounts
30:27
form the
30:29
foundation of
30:30
our
30:30
christianity
30:31
all the
30:33
gospel
30:33
writers
30:34
recorded
30:35
and I
30:35
believe
30:36
there are
30:36
ten
30:37
differing
30:38
accounts
30:38
of
30:39
jesus
30:40
in his
30:40
resurrection
30:41
state
30:41
appearing
30:42
to his
30:43
followers
30:44
of course
30:47
in the
30:47
period of
30:48
40 days
30:49
before he
30:50
ascended
30:50
to glory
30:51
in the
30:52
gospel of
30:53
in the
30:53
book of
30:54
acts
30:54
and this
30:56
account that
30:56
we have
30:57
read of
30:57
here
30:57
is the
30:59
first of
30:59
the
30:59
resurrection
31:00
appearances
31:00
and
31:02
over the
31:02
next few
31:03
times that
31:03
I
31:03
preach
31:04
it won't
31:04
be
31:05
consecutive
31:05
weeks
31:06
it'll be
31:06
elsewhere
31:07
but
31:07
the next
31:08
few times
31:09
that I'm
31:09
with you
31:09
I hope
31:10
to
31:11
draw
31:12
attention
31:12
to the
31:13
resurrection
31:13
appearances
31:14
that are
31:16
recorded here
31:16
in the
31:17
gospel of
31:17
john
31:18
a gospel
31:20
that has
31:21
been written
31:21
with a
31:23
purpose
31:23
a gospel
31:24
that has
31:25
been written
31:25
with a
31:26
purpose
31:26
that you
31:26
can see
31:27
in this
31:28
chapter
31:28
at verse
31:29
30
31:29
where john
31:31
says that
31:32
he has
31:32
written these
31:33
things so
31:34
that you
31:35
may believe
31:36
that jesus
31:38
is the
31:38
son of
31:39
god
31:39
john
31:41
wrote all
31:42
these things
31:42
so that they
31:43
would not be
31:43
forgotten
31:44
john
31:45
wrote all
31:46
these things
31:46
because they
31:47
made such
31:47
an impression
31:48
upon him
31:48
john
31:50
wrote all
31:51
these things
31:51
because he
31:52
believed in a
31:53
risen saviour
31:54
and he has
31:54
written it
31:55
for each
31:56
and every
31:56
one of us
31:57
so that we
31:58
may believe
31:59
that jesus
32:00
is the
32:01
son of
32:02
god
32:02
and that by
32:04
believing in
32:05
him
32:05
each and
32:07
every one
32:08
of us
32:08
may have
32:09
life
32:10
john in
32:13
his gospel
32:13
records
32:14
four of
32:16
the resurrection
32:17
appearances
32:17
the first
32:19
one here
32:19
is what
32:19
we'll
32:20
consider
32:20
at the
32:21
tomb
32:21
secondly
32:23
we'll
32:23
move into
32:24
the locked
32:24
room with
32:25
the disciples
32:26
thirdly
32:28
we'll
32:28
witness a
32:29
personal
32:30
conversation
32:31
that the
32:31
resurrected
32:32
lord had
32:32
with
32:33
thomas
32:33
and the
32:35
last of
32:35
the appearances
32:36
is when
32:37
jesus
32:37
appears on
32:38
the shore
32:39
and has a
32:40
meal with
32:41
the disciples
32:41
in the
32:42
closing
32:43
chapter
32:43
four
32:45
differing
32:46
moments
32:47
that
32:47
radically
32:48
influenced
32:49
and changed
32:51
those whom
32:52
he appeared
32:52
to
32:53
these
32:56
resurrection
32:56
appearances
32:57
they were
32:59
key
32:59
motivators
33:00
for the
33:01
early church
33:02
of course
33:04
they were
33:05
who
33:06
comes back
33:07
from the
33:08
dead
33:08
who
33:10
comes back
33:11
from the
33:12
grave
33:12
to walk
33:13
with
33:13
and talk
33:14
with
33:14
to sit
33:14
with
33:15
and eat
33:15
with
33:15
those who
33:17
had
33:17
followed
33:18
him
33:18
this is
33:20
big news
33:21
this is
33:22
the greatest
33:22
news
33:23
that these
33:24
followers
33:25
went on
33:25
to tell
33:26
everyone
33:27
about
33:27
and though
33:30
this man
33:30
died
33:31
he's
33:31
risen
33:32
again
33:33
he's
33:34
come back
33:34
to life
33:35
surely
33:36
he must
33:37
be the
33:37
son
33:38
of god
33:39
and their
33:40
testimony
33:40
was just
33:41
like
33:41
Mary's
33:42
here in
33:42
this chapter
33:42
where she
33:43
said
33:44
I have
33:45
seen
33:46
the lord
33:46
they too
33:48
saw
33:49
the lord
33:50
they knew
33:52
there was
33:52
no other
33:53
news like
33:53
this that
33:54
everyone had
33:55
to hear
33:55
about
33:56
but when
33:58
they went
33:59
to the
33:59
world with
34:00
it
34:00
they didn't
34:01
really receive
34:02
it
34:02
with gladness
34:04
they hated
34:06
it
34:07
they didn't
34:08
want it
34:09
and those
34:12
followers
34:12
those
34:13
apostles
34:14
had seen
34:15
the resurrected
34:16
lord who
34:17
sat with
34:17
him and
34:18
spoke with
34:18
him and
34:19
ate a
34:19
meal with
34:20
him
34:20
they faithfully
34:23
went on
34:23
no matter
34:24
what
34:25
telling this
34:26
news to
34:28
people that
34:28
would not
34:29
accept it
34:30
faithfully
34:31
preaching the
34:32
word
34:32
even if it
34:34
meant that
34:35
the majority
34:35
of them
34:36
would be
34:36
brutally
34:37
killed
34:38
that in
34:40
itself is
34:41
such a
34:41
testimony
34:42
to the
34:43
reality
34:44
that they
34:45
knew of
34:45
Jesus
34:46
Christ
34:46
they were
34:49
killed
34:49
for proclaiming
34:51
the greatest
34:52
news that
34:53
anyone could
34:54
have heard
34:54
but they
34:56
knew they
34:57
had seen
34:57
someone who
34:58
had overcome
34:59
death
34:59
they knew
35:01
the lord's
35:02
power was
35:03
greater than
35:04
death and
35:05
so it
35:06
motivated the
35:07
early church
35:08
like nothing
35:09
else could
35:09
even when
35:11
they were
35:11
threatened with
35:12
death
35:13
they knew
35:14
that if they
35:14
believed in
35:15
Jesus they
35:16
would have
35:16
life and
35:17
life eternal
35:18
the apostles
35:20
came with the
35:21
cure to that
35:22
lifelong problem
35:23
of death
35:23
and the world
35:26
didn't receive
35:27
it
35:28
I believe
35:30
if they were
35:31
going out
35:31
today with
35:32
it would
35:32
be plastered
35:33
with fake
35:33
news
35:34
trying to
35:37
silence
35:38
the hope
35:39
of the
35:39
gospel
35:40
trying to
35:42
silence
35:42
that there
35:44
is a
35:45
cure
35:45
to that
35:47
power
35:47
of death
35:48
and this
35:51
is something
35:52
that Jesus
35:52
had been
35:53
teaching
35:53
those who
35:54
followed him
35:55
while he
35:55
was alive
35:56
what was it
35:57
Jesus had
35:58
said to
35:59
those who
36:00
followed him
36:00
I am
36:02
the
36:03
resurrection
36:03
and the
36:05
life
36:05
whoever
36:07
believes in
36:08
me though
36:08
he die
36:09
yet he
36:11
shall
36:11
live
36:12
and everyone
36:14
who lives
36:14
and believes
36:15
in me
36:16
shall
36:16
never
36:17
die
36:18
do you
36:20
hear that
36:21
everyone
36:22
who lives
36:23
and believes
36:23
in me
36:24
shall
36:25
never
36:25
die
36:26
and he
36:28
asked a
36:28
question
36:29
after that
36:29
he asked
36:32
do you
36:32
believe
36:32
this
36:33
and this
36:37
is a
36:37
question
36:37
that he's
36:38
asking each
36:38
and every
36:38
one of us
36:39
tonight
36:39
when we
36:41
come and
36:41
consider
36:41
the
36:42
resurrected
36:43
Lord
36:43
Jesus
36:44
the
36:45
question
36:46
is
36:47
do you
36:48
believe
36:48
this
36:49
and all
36:51
the words
36:52
that I
36:52
speak
36:53
really
36:54
it is
36:55
a question
36:55
that the
36:56
risen
36:56
Lord
36:56
Jesus
36:57
who is
36:58
alive
36:58
today
36:59
is asking
36:59
each
36:59
and every
37:00
one of
37:00
us
37:00
for a
37:01
response
37:01
to that
37:02
question
37:02
do you
37:06
believe
37:07
that he
37:11
is the
37:11
resurrection
37:12
and the
37:13
life
37:13
so I
37:14
pray that
37:15
as we
37:15
come to
37:16
the
37:16
resurrection
37:17
appearances
37:17
that
37:19
Jesus
37:20
Christ
37:21
would
37:21
become
37:21
a reality
37:22
to us
37:23
all
37:23
and great
37:24
motivators
37:25
to us
37:25
so that
37:25
we may
37:26
go out
37:26
faithfully
37:27
and proclaim
37:27
the greatest
37:29
news
37:29
that we
37:31
ever could
37:31
tell
37:31
so looking
37:33
at this
37:33
first
37:34
resurrection
37:34
appearance
37:35
of Mary
37:35
I want
37:37
us to
37:37
consider
37:38
the lost
37:38
love
37:39
that she
37:39
felt in
37:40
her heart
37:41
at the
37:42
loss
37:42
of her
37:43
good
37:43
friend
37:43
I
37:45
then want
37:45
to consider
37:46
the goodness
37:46
of the
37:47
gardener
37:47
who appeared
37:48
to her
37:49
and finally
37:50
the true
37:51
testimony
37:51
that Mary
37:52
bore
37:53
the lost
37:55
love
37:55
the good
37:56
gardener
37:57
and the
37:58
true
37:58
testimony
37:59
so firstly
38:01
the lost
38:01
love
38:02
Horatius
38:04
Bonner
38:04
says that
38:05
he that
38:07
loves
38:07
Christ
38:08
will
38:08
long
38:09
to
38:09
see
38:09
him
38:09
the
38:11
lover
38:11
seeks
38:12
the
38:12
absent
38:12
loved
38:13
one
38:13
the
38:14
wife
38:14
the
38:14
husband
38:15
the
38:16
child
38:16
the
38:16
mother
38:17
so do
38:19
you
38:19
your
38:20
Lord
38:20
it is a
38:22
mark of
38:22
a disciple
38:23
that he
38:24
waits for
38:25
the son of
38:26
God from
38:26
heaven
38:27
that he
38:28
loves
38:29
for
38:29
looks
38:30
for
38:31
longs
38:32
for
38:32
the
38:33
appearance
38:34
of
38:35
Christ
38:35
for
38:37
we
38:37
know
38:38
we
38:38
know
38:38
that
38:38
the
38:39
greatest
38:39
loves
38:40
in
38:41
this
38:41
world
38:42
form
38:42
the
38:42
deepest
38:43
of
38:43
bonds
38:44
and
38:45
they
38:46
are
38:46
bonds
38:46
that
38:47
we
38:47
wish
38:48
were
38:48
unbreakable
38:49
but
38:50
yet
38:51
with
38:51
an
38:51
unstoppable
38:52
passage
38:53
of
38:54
time
38:54
and
38:54
the
38:55
unknown
38:55
mysterious
38:56
providence
38:57
of
38:57
God
38:57
there
39:00
is a
39:01
severing
39:02
that
39:03
brings
39:04
an
39:04
unavoidable
39:05
sorrow
39:05
into
39:06
our
39:06
lives
39:07
when
39:07
love
39:07
is
39:08
lost
39:08
we
39:10
know
39:10
that
39:11
in
39:11
our
39:11
earthly
39:12
relationships
39:13
but
39:14
the
39:14
believer
39:15
will
39:15
have
39:16
a
39:16
longing
39:17
instilled
39:18
within
39:18
them
39:19
to be
39:20
with
39:21
Jesus
39:21
to
39:22
know
39:23
more
39:23
about
39:24
him
39:24
to
39:24
see
39:25
him
39:25
again
39:26
to
39:26
hear
39:27
his
39:27
words
39:28
to
39:29
sit
39:29
with
39:30
him
39:30
because
39:32
Jesus
39:33
is
39:33
their
39:34
Lord
39:34
and
39:34
they
39:34
love
39:35
him
39:35
and
39:37
it
39:37
is
39:38
this
39:38
longing
39:39
love
39:40
that
39:40
the
39:40
believer
39:41
should
39:41
have
39:41
that
39:42
we
39:42
see
39:42
in
39:42
Mary
39:43
and
39:44
we
39:44
see
39:44
in
39:44
our
39:44
actions
39:45
and
39:46
we
39:46
can
39:46
surely
39:47
say
39:47
that
39:47
Mary
39:48
Magdalene
39:49
loved
39:50
the
39:50
Lord
39:50
with
39:51
a
39:52
great
39:52
love
39:53
and
39:54
it's
39:54
not
39:55
a
39:55
love
39:55
in a
39:55
romantic
39:56
sense
39:56
but
39:57
she
39:57
had
39:58
lost
39:58
a
39:59
love
39:59
of
39:59
someone
40:00
whom
40:00
she
40:01
had
40:01
her
40:01
whole
40:01
life
40:02
tied
40:02
up
40:03
in
40:03
the
40:05
one
40:05
she
40:05
adored
40:06
the
40:06
one
40:07
whom
40:08
she
40:08
loved
40:09
being
40:09
in
40:09
the
40:09
company
40:10
of
40:10
and
40:10
sitting
40:11
with
40:11
and
40:11
spending
40:12
time
40:12
with
40:13
she
40:15
is a
40:15
woman
40:16
that
40:16
has
40:16
been
40:16
following
40:17
Jesus
40:17
whenever
40:18
she
40:18
could
40:19
she
40:20
was
40:20
at
40:20
the
40:20
cross
40:21
in
40:21
chapter
40:21
19
40:22
verse
40:22
25
40:23
she
40:23
was
40:23
at
40:24
the
40:24
burial
40:24
in
40:24
chapter
40:25
20
40:25
verse
40:26
1
40:26
she
40:27
was
40:27
among
40:27
the
40:28
first
40:28
here
40:28
to
40:28
come
40:29
and
40:29
anoint
40:29
Jesus
40:30
in
40:30
the
40:30
tomb
40:31
but
40:32
she
40:32
was
40:32
the
40:33
last
40:33
left
40:34
standing
40:34
there
40:35
when
40:36
all
40:36
the
40:36
other
40:36
disciples
40:37
returned
40:37
home
40:38
in
40:39
verse
40:39
10
40:40
and
40:41
we
40:41
ask
40:42
well
40:42
why
40:42
was
40:43
her
40:43
love
40:43
so
40:43
great
40:44
for
40:44
this
40:44
man
40:44
and
40:45
why
40:45
was
40:45
she
40:45
so
40:46
devoted
40:46
to
40:46
him
40:47
well
40:48
it's
40:48
because
40:49
Jesus
40:49
turned
40:50
her
40:50
world
40:50
upside
40:51
down
40:52
she
40:54
appears
40:55
in
40:55
Luke's
40:56
gospels
40:56
record
40:57
in
40:58
chapter
40:58
8
40:59
as
40:59
having
40:59
seven
41:00
demons
41:00
cast
41:01
out
41:01
of her
41:01
by
41:02
Jesus
41:02
and
41:03
we
41:04
don't
41:04
have
41:04
all
41:04
the
41:05
details
41:05
of
41:05
that
41:06
miracle
41:06
there
41:06
but
41:07
we
41:07
are
41:07
told
41:08
that
41:08
when
41:08
she
41:09
was
41:09
healed
41:09
she
41:10
followed
41:11
on
41:12
after
41:12
Jesus
41:13
nothing
41:14
else
41:15
mattered
41:15
to
41:15
her
41:16
and
41:16
she
41:16
went
41:17
with
41:17
Jesus
41:18
through
41:18
all
41:18
the
41:18
villages
41:19
and
41:19
through
41:19
all
41:20
the
41:20
cities
41:20
she
41:22
loved
41:23
him
41:23
so
41:23
much
41:24
that
41:25
her
41:25
whole
41:26
life
41:26
owed
41:27
everything
41:27
to
41:28
him
41:28
because
41:28
she
41:30
had
41:30
set
41:32
her
41:32
free
41:33
from
41:34
that
41:34
bondage
41:35
of
41:36
evil
41:36
that
41:36
had
41:37
entrapped
41:37
her
41:38
and
41:38
ruled
41:38
her
41:39
she
41:41
was
41:41
free
41:41
from
41:41
it
41:42
she
41:44
was
41:44
free
41:44
to
41:44
do
41:44
what
41:45
she
41:45
wanted
41:45
and
41:47
what
41:47
else
41:47
could
41:47
she
41:47
do
41:48
but
41:49
follow
41:49
the
41:50
man
41:50
that
41:51
loved
41:52
her
41:52
and
41:55
saved
41:55
her
41:55
Jesus
41:58
did
41:58
the
41:58
impossible
41:59
for
41:59
her
41:59
and
42:01
Jesus
42:01
can
42:01
do
42:01
the
42:02
impossible
42:02
for
42:03
each
42:03
and
42:03
every
42:03
one
42:04
of
42:04
us
42:04
as
42:04
well
42:04
maybe
42:06
we
42:06
think
42:06
we
42:07
are
42:07
so
42:07
far
42:08
away
42:08
from
42:09
Jesus
42:09
maybe
42:10
we
42:10
think
42:11
well
42:11
I've
42:12
let
42:12
all
42:12
the
42:13
evil
42:13
passions
42:14
of
42:14
my
42:14
life
42:15
rule
42:15
me
42:15
I'm
42:17
nowhere
42:17
near
42:18
this
42:19
Jesus
42:20
that
42:20
he
42:20
would
42:21
even
42:21
consider
42:21
touching
42:22
me
42:22
or
42:23
healing
42:23
me
42:24
maybe
42:26
we
42:27
have
42:27
no
42:27
word
42:27
of
42:28
this
42:28
man
42:28
that
42:29
can
42:30
cure
42:30
us
42:30
from
42:30
death
42:31
but
42:33
Jesus
42:34
can
42:35
do
42:35
the
42:35
impossible
42:36
Jesus
42:38
can
42:38
come
42:39
and
42:39
touch
42:39
us
42:40
and
42:41
set
42:41
us
42:41
free
42:42
from
42:43
whatever
42:44
is
42:44
ruling
42:44
us
42:44
in
42:45
our
42:45
lives
42:45
and
42:46
whatever
42:46
rule
42:47
in
42:47
our
42:48
lives
42:48
we
42:48
feel
42:49
that
42:49
we
42:50
can't
42:50
get
42:50
away
42:50
from
42:51
things
42:52
that
42:52
rule
42:52
us
42:53
let
42:55
us
42:55
come
42:56
to
42:56
the
42:56
Lord
42:56
but
42:58
Mary
42:59
was
42:59
one
42:59
who
43:00
had
43:00
her
43:00
life
43:00
tied
43:01
up
43:01
in
43:01
Jesus
43:02
it's
43:04
as if
43:04
all
43:05
her
43:05
love
43:05
had
43:05
been
43:05
poured
43:06
into
43:06
this
43:07
one
43:08
man
43:09
all
43:10
her
43:11
love
43:11
had
43:11
been
43:11
poured
43:11
into
43:12
this
43:12
one
43:12
bottle
43:13
that
43:13
had
43:13
been
43:13
smashed
43:14
on
43:14
the
43:14
ground
43:14
you
43:17
hear
43:17
people
43:17
speaking
43:18
financial
43:18
terms
43:19
they
43:19
say
43:19
don't
43:20
put
43:20
all
43:20
your
43:20
eggs
43:20
in
43:21
one
43:21
basket
43:21
don't
43:22
put
43:22
all
43:23
your
43:23
money
43:23
in
43:23
one
43:23
pot
43:24
you
43:25
lose
43:26
it
43:26
all
43:26
in
43:27
one
43:28
go
43:28
if
43:28
you
43:28
do
43:28
and
43:30
that's
43:30
almost
43:31
the
43:31
same
43:31
as
43:31
Mary
43:31
has
43:32
here
43:32
she
43:33
put
43:34
all
43:34
the
43:34
love
43:35
that
43:35
she
43:35
had
43:36
into
43:36
this
43:37
man
43:37
Jesus
43:37
and
43:38
at
43:38
this
43:38
moment
43:39
it
43:39
seems
43:40
like
43:40
she's
43:40
lost
43:41
everything
43:41
her
43:43
life
43:44
had
43:44
lost
43:45
her
43:46
love
43:46
she
43:48
has
43:48
been
43:48
separated
43:49
from
43:49
the
43:49
center
43:50
of
43:50
her
43:51
new
43:51
life
43:52
separated
43:54
from
43:54
the
43:54
meaning
43:55
and
43:55
the
43:55
man
43:55
that
43:56
gave
43:56
her
43:56
this
43:56
new
43:57
life
43:57
and
43:58
this
43:58
separation
43:59
caused
43:59
a great
44:00
sorrow
44:00
for her
44:01
and her
44:01
soul
44:01
she
44:03
goes
44:03
to the
44:04
tomb
44:04
she
44:06
sees
44:07
the
44:07
door
44:07
the
44:08
stone
44:09
had been
44:09
rolled
44:09
away
44:10
she
44:10
runs
44:10
to
44:10
the
44:11
disciples
44:11
she
44:13
finds
44:13
Peter
44:14
and
44:14
John
44:14
there
44:14
and
44:15
they
44:15
immediately
44:15
run
44:16
to the
44:16
burial
44:16
site
44:17
they
44:17
assess
44:17
the
44:17
tomb
44:18
they
44:19
see
44:19
the
44:19
linen
44:19
cloths
44:20
lying
44:21
there
44:21
says
44:23
that
44:24
John
44:24
believed
44:24
but
44:25
we're
44:25
also
44:25
told
44:26
that
44:26
they
44:27
didn't
44:27
quite
44:27
fully
44:28
grasp
44:28
what was
44:29
going on
44:29
there
44:29
in verse
44:30
nine
44:30
and we
44:32
can say
44:33
well
44:33
who would
44:34
really
44:35
who would
44:36
fully grasp
44:37
what's going
44:38
on
44:39
this has never
44:40
happened
44:41
before
44:41
nothing like
44:42
this had
44:42
happened
44:42
before
44:43
and when
44:45
you read
44:45
verse
44:45
11
44:46
but
44:47
Mary
44:47
stood
44:47
weeping
44:48
outside
44:48
the
44:49
tomb
44:49
in the
44:50
light
44:50
of
44:50
verse
44:50
10
44:51
the
44:51
disciples
44:51
had
44:52
gone
44:52
home
44:52
it
44:52
seems
44:52
like
44:53
she
44:53
is
44:53
the
44:53
only
44:53
one
44:54
left
44:54
there
44:54
all
44:55
alone
44:55
it's
44:56
as if
44:56
she's
44:57
just
44:57
lost
44:58
not
44:58
knowing
44:58
what
44:59
to
44:59
do
44:59
now
44:59
where
45:00
to
45:00
go
45:01
what
45:02
to
45:02
do
45:02
she's
45:04
lost
45:04
everything
45:05
and
45:07
she
45:07
enters
45:07
into
45:07
this
45:08
conversation
45:08
with
45:09
two
45:09
angels
45:09
that
45:10
question
45:11
her
45:11
weeping
45:12
and
45:14
when
45:14
we
45:14
read
45:14
it
45:14
through
45:15
John
45:16
does
45:16
not
45:16
emphasize
45:16
any
45:17
fear
45:17
on
45:18
Mary's
45:18
part
45:18
it
45:18
seems
45:19
like
45:19
a
45:19
strangely
45:20
normal
45:20
conversation
45:21
other
45:22
than
45:23
the
45:23
question
45:23
that
45:23
she's
45:24
asked
45:24
why
45:26
are
45:26
you
45:26
weeping
45:27
surely
45:28
they
45:28
knew
45:29
surely
45:30
they
45:30
knew
45:31
why
45:31
she
45:31
was
45:31
weeping
45:32
and
45:33
we
45:34
find
45:34
her
45:34
answer
45:34
there
45:35
in
45:35
verse
45:35
13
45:36
they
45:37
have
45:37
taken
45:38
away
45:38
my
45:39
Lord
45:40
and
45:40
I
45:41
do
45:41
not
45:41
know
45:41
where
45:42
they
45:42
have
45:42
laid
45:43
him
45:43
she
45:44
has
45:44
lost
45:44
her
45:45
Lord
45:45
she
45:46
has
45:46
lost
45:47
her
45:47
saviour
45:48
her
45:48
king
45:48
she
45:49
has
45:49
lost
45:49
her
45:50
love
45:50
and
45:53
she
45:53
seems
45:54
like
45:54
someone
45:55
who
45:55
herself
45:56
is
45:56
now
45:56
lost
45:57
and
45:58
while
45:59
this
45:59
conversation
45:59
is
46:00
going
46:00
to
46:01
take
46:01
place
46:02
we
46:04
we
46:06
can
46:07
read
46:07
off
46:08
this
46:08
other
46:09
one
46:09
that
46:09
is
46:09
listening
46:10
to
46:10
everything
46:10
that's
46:10
going
46:11
on
46:11
the
46:13
gardener
46:14
the
46:15
unrecognisable
46:16
Jesus
46:16
is in
46:17
the
46:17
background
46:18
almost
46:18
listening
46:19
to
46:19
this
46:19
cry
46:20
of
46:20
the
46:20
woman
46:21
who
46:21
has
46:21
lost
46:21
everything
46:22
that's
46:23
her
46:23
second
46:23
point
46:24
the
46:25
good
46:26
gardener
46:27
Mary's
46:28
lost
46:28
love
46:29
and
46:29
now
46:29
we
46:29
come
46:30
to
46:30
the
46:30
good
46:30
gardener
46:31
Mary
46:32
turns
46:33
around
46:33
and
46:33
sees
46:34
this
46:34
man
46:34
standing
46:35
before
46:35
her
46:36
who
46:36
asks
46:36
exactly
46:37
the
46:37
same
46:37
questions
46:38
as the
46:38
angels
46:39
do
46:39
woman
46:41
why
46:42
are you
46:42
weeping
46:43
but also
46:44
adds
46:44
whom
46:45
are you
46:45
seeking
46:46
now
46:48
Jesus
46:48
of course
46:48
knew the
46:49
answer
46:49
to
46:50
these
46:50
questions
46:51
and
46:53
surely
46:53
that
46:53
repetition
46:54
is an
46:54
emphasis
46:55
to ask
46:56
why
46:57
is she
46:57
weeping
46:58
because
46:59
he
47:00
knew
47:00
that she
47:01
had no
47:01
reason
47:02
to
47:02
weep
47:02
she
47:03
had no
47:04
reason
47:04
to
47:05
seek
47:05
the
47:05
one
47:05
whom
47:06
she
47:06
loved
47:06
the
47:06
one
47:07
whom
47:07
she
47:07
looked
47:07
for
47:07
was
47:08
standing
47:08
right
47:08
in
47:09
front
47:09
of
47:09
her
47:09
staring
47:11
her
47:11
in
47:11
the
47:11
face
47:11
and
47:12
the
47:13
true
47:13
reality
47:13
is
47:14
that
47:14
she
47:14
had
47:14
not
47:15
lost
47:15
anything
47:15
at
47:16
all
47:16
and
47:18
for
47:19
some
47:19
reason
47:19
or
47:19
other
47:20
she
47:20
assumes
47:20
that
47:21
Jesus
47:21
is
47:21
a
47:21
gardener
47:22
and
47:24
continues
47:24
to
47:25
ask
47:25
for
47:26
the
47:26
body
47:26
of
47:27
Jesus
47:27
so
47:28
that
47:28
she
47:28
could
47:28
show
47:29
her
47:29
love
47:30
in
47:30
this
47:30
one
47:31
last
47:31
act
47:32
in
47:32
anointing
47:33
the
47:34
remains
47:34
an act
47:36
that she
47:37
never
47:37
actually
47:37
got to
47:38
do
47:38
and
47:39
never
47:39
got
47:39
to
47:40
fulfill
47:40
the
47:43
gardener
47:44
would have
47:44
belonged to
47:44
one of the
47:45
poorest
47:45
classes of
47:46
people
47:47
which is
47:49
interesting
47:49
that even
47:50
in
47:50
Jesus'
47:51
resurrection
47:51
state
47:52
he was
47:54
of a
47:54
humble
47:54
appearance
47:55
and
47:57
this
47:57
gardener
47:58
appearance
48:01
is quite
48:01
specific
48:02
and many
48:03
form a
48:04
parallel
48:04
here
48:04
between
48:05
Jesus
48:05
and
48:05
Adam
48:06
Adam's
48:07
job
48:07
was
48:07
to
48:08
work
48:08
Eden's
48:09
ground
48:09
and
48:10
to
48:10
keep
48:10
Eden
48:10
Adam
48:12
was
48:12
essentially
48:12
a
48:13
gardener
48:13
but he
48:15
was a
48:15
gardener
48:15
who
48:16
failed
48:16
and
48:17
disobeyed
48:17
his
48:18
master
48:18
and he
48:20
was sent
48:20
out from
48:21
God
48:21
and
48:21
separated
48:22
from
48:23
the
48:23
presence
48:23
of
48:23
God
48:24
Adam's
48:26
disobedience
48:27
brought
48:27
a great
48:28
separation
48:29
and in
48:31
John's
48:32
account
48:32
we have
48:33
somewhat
48:33
of a
48:34
parallel
48:34
we have
48:36
Jesus
48:36
here
48:36
buried
48:37
in a
48:38
garden
48:38
chapter
48:40
19
48:40
verse
48:40
41
48:41
he
48:41
appears
48:43
then in
48:43
the
48:43
garden
48:44
as a
48:44
gardener
48:45
calling
48:46
the one
48:46
that was
48:47
with him
48:47
woman
48:48
initially
48:50
just like
48:51
Adam
48:52
but this
48:54
new
48:55
Adam
48:55
does not
48:56
disobey
48:57
he obeys
48:58
his
48:58
Lord
48:59
and
49:00
because
49:00
Jesus
49:01
has
49:01
obeyed
49:02
there
49:03
is
49:03
no
49:03
separation
49:04
but
49:04
restoration
49:05
this
49:07
gardener
49:07
brings
49:08
a
49:08
great
49:08
restoration
49:09
of
49:10
the
49:11
greatest
49:11
love
49:12
that
49:13
this
49:13
woman
49:14
knew
49:15
this
49:17
gardener
49:17
binds
49:18
the
49:18
sorrow
49:19
of
49:19
a
49:19
broken
49:20
love
49:20
for
49:21
Mary
49:21
the
49:24
woman
49:25
who
49:25
lost
49:26
her
49:26
love
49:26
woman
49:27
why
49:28
are
49:28
you
49:28
weeping
49:29
whom
49:30
are
49:30
you
49:31
seeking
49:31
she
49:33
had
49:33
no
49:34
reason
49:34
to
49:34
and
49:36
as we
49:36
continue
49:37
through
49:37
in the
49:37
passage
49:38
it is
49:39
an
49:39
action
49:40
that is
49:40
not
49:40
explicitly
49:41
recorded
49:42
but
49:44
between
49:44
verse
49:45
15
49:46
and
49:46
verse
49:46
16
49:47
she
49:48
at
49:49
some
49:49
point
49:49
must
49:50
turn
49:50
away
49:51
because
49:52
she
49:52
is
49:53
talking
49:53
to
49:53
Jesus
49:54
Jesus
49:56
said
49:57
to her
49:57
why are
49:58
you
49:58
weeping
49:59
whom
49:59
are you
49:59
seeking
50:00
supposing
50:01
him to
50:01
be the
50:01
gardener
50:02
she
50:03
answers
50:04
requesting
50:05
for his
50:05
body
50:06
and
50:07
when
50:07
Jesus
50:08
says
50:08
to
50:08
her
50:09
Mary
50:09
in
50:09
verse
50:09
16
50:10
she
50:11
turns
50:11
so
50:12
at
50:12
some
50:13
point
50:13
she
50:13
turned
50:13
away
50:14
in
50:15
her
50:15
request
50:15
for
50:15
the
50:16
body
50:16
it
50:18
may be
50:19
wrong
50:19
to
50:19
assume
50:20
it
50:20
but
50:20
it's
50:20
almost
50:21
as if
50:21
she's
50:22
had a
50:23
despondent
50:24
reaction
50:24
to
50:25
this
50:25
gardener
50:26
it's
50:27
almost
50:27
as if
50:28
she's
50:28
expecting
50:28
absolutely
50:29
nothing
50:30
from
50:30
this
50:31
man
50:31
which
50:33
is
50:33
interesting
50:33
because
50:34
in
50:34
reality
50:35
she
50:36
actually
50:36
received
50:37
everything
50:38
from
50:39
that
50:39
man
50:40
because
50:41
all
50:41
her
50:42
sorrow
50:42
all
50:42
her
50:43
mourning
50:43
all
50:43
the
50:44
plans
50:44
all
50:44
her
50:44
confusions
50:45
that
50:46
she
50:46
had
50:46
that
50:46
day
50:47
were
50:48
turned
50:48
upside
50:49
down
50:49
in the
50:49
revealing
50:50
of
50:50
the
50:51
name
50:51
Mary
50:52
her
50:54
whole
50:54
life
50:55
changed
50:56
it was
50:56
such a
50:57
personal
50:58
and private
50:58
moment
50:59
but it
50:59
was
50:59
actually
51:00
a
51:00
moment
51:00
that
51:00
would
51:00
change
51:01
the
51:01
entire
51:01
world
51:02
Mary
51:03
instantly
51:04
recognised
51:04
that
51:05
voice
51:05
and
51:07
turns
51:07
around
51:08
with
51:08
the
51:08
words
51:09
Rabboni
51:10
which
51:11
I
51:11
believe
51:11
can
51:12
also
51:12
equate
51:12
to
51:13
her
51:13
calling
51:13
him
51:14
her
51:15
Lord
51:15
and
51:19
it
51:19
says
51:19
that
51:19
Jesus
51:20
said
51:20
do
51:20
not
51:21
cling
51:21
to
51:21
me
51:22
there's
51:24
a
51:24
bit
51:25
of a
51:25
dispute
51:25
there
51:26
as to
51:26
whether
51:26
that
51:27
means
51:27
that
51:27
she
51:27
was
51:28
clinging
51:28
to
51:28
him
51:28
which
51:28
would
51:29
have
51:29
been
51:29
a
51:29
natural
51:29
reaction
51:30
for
51:30
her
51:30
in
51:31
the
51:31
love
51:31
that
51:31
she
51:32
had
51:32
for
51:32
this
51:32
man
51:33
or
51:34
was
51:34
it
51:35
Jesus
51:35
saying
51:36
you
51:36
cannot
51:36
touch
51:37
me
51:37
do
51:38
not
51:38
cling
51:38
to
51:38
me
51:38
do
51:39
not
51:39
come
51:40
near me
51:40
because
51:40
I
51:41
haven't
51:41
ascended
51:42
to
51:42
my
51:42
father
51:43
but
51:44
she
51:44
wanted
51:45
to
51:45
she
51:46
wanted
51:47
to
51:47
embrace
51:48
Jesus
51:49
regardless
51:50
of what
51:50
it
51:50
means
51:51
she
51:52
had a
51:53
desire
51:53
to
51:54
embrace
51:54
him
51:55
and
51:56
that
51:56
revelation
51:58
there
51:59
that
51:59
was
51:59
made
52:00
in
52:00
the
52:00
calling
52:01
of
52:01
our
52:01
name
52:01
it
52:01
points
52:02
you
52:02
directly
52:02
to
52:02
John
52:03
chapter
52:03
10
52:04
where
52:04
Jesus
52:06
describes
52:06
himself
52:07
as a
52:07
good
52:07
shepherd
52:08
the
52:09
good
52:10
shepherd
52:10
sorry
52:10
those
52:13
who
52:14
are
52:14
his
52:14
sheep
52:15
he
52:15
knows
52:16
by
52:16
name
52:16
and
52:17
the
52:17
sheep
52:17
know
52:17
his
52:18
voice
52:18
Jesus
52:20
is
52:21
the
52:21
good
52:21
shepherd
52:22
that
52:23
cares
52:23
for
52:23
his
52:24
sheep
52:24
he
52:25
cares
52:25
for
52:25
Mary
52:26
he
52:26
cares
52:27
for
52:27
each
52:27
one
52:27
of
52:28
us
52:28
here
52:28
and
52:32
the
52:32
gardener
52:32
comes
52:33
in
52:33
all
52:33
that
52:33
goodness
52:34
Jesus
52:35
comes
52:35
in
52:36
that
52:36
same
52:36
goodness
52:37
to
52:37
Mary
52:38
restoring
52:40
the
52:41
separation
52:41
of
52:42
her
52:42
lost
52:43
love
52:44
the
52:49
love
52:49
that
52:49
was
52:49
absent
52:50
was
52:51
restored
52:52
and
52:54
it
52:54
was
52:54
a
52:54
love
52:55
that
52:55
could
52:55
never
52:56
be
52:56
broken
52:56
again
52:57
for
52:57
her
52:58
it
53:00
is
53:00
that
53:00
eternal
53:01
love
53:01
that
53:02
the
53:02
good
53:02
shepherd
53:03
has
53:03
for
53:04
his
53:05
flock
53:05
it
53:06
is
53:07
an
53:07
eternal
53:07
love
53:08
that
53:09
is
53:09
continual
53:10
everlasting
53:11
unfaltering
53:12
unfailing
53:13
and
53:13
personal
53:14
because
53:17
that
53:18
saviour
53:19
knows
53:20
your
53:20
name
53:21
and
53:23
he's
53:24
calling out
53:24
to each
53:25
and every
53:25
one of
53:26
us
53:26
tonight
53:26
to
53:29
come
53:29
to him
54:00
it
54:00
can
54:00
bring
54:00
so
54:01
much
54:01
sorrow
54:02
to
54:02
each
54:02
of
54:02
us
54:03
whatever
54:07
our
54:07
sorrow
54:08
is
54:08
caused
54:09
by
54:09
sin
54:10
it
54:13
is no
54:14
love
54:14
like the
54:15
lasting
54:16
love
54:17
that
54:17
Jesus
54:18
Christ
54:18
gives
54:19
to us
54:20
it
54:21
is
54:21
an
54:21
eternal
54:22
unfailing
54:24
love
54:24
that
54:26
gives us
54:26
joy and assurance
54:28
that we will not be parted
54:31
from him.
54:35
The things of this world
54:37
that we put our love in
54:38
are like broken cisterns.
54:42
Empty bags
54:44
because they're full of holes.
54:49
We pour our love
54:51
into these things
54:52
and we're left unsatisfied
54:55
with them.
55:01
Because it's not like
55:03
the love of Jesus,
55:05
the love of God.
55:07
Sin that came into this world
55:09
separated us from the love
55:11
of God in Eden,
55:13
but Jesus has come to restore
55:15
that greatest love that we can know
55:17
and be satisfied with
55:18
in his death and resurrection.
55:20
Jesus restores our lost love.
55:29
Are we going to have a love
55:30
like no other love in him?
55:32
Because the world will leave you
55:40
feeling lost.
55:42
All the loves of this world
55:44
will leave you feeling lost.
55:48
But the good gardener
55:50
will compassionately hear your cry.
55:53
And if your cry is
55:56
that the world has left me lost,
55:57
if you've been chasing
55:58
after other loves
56:00
and trying to fill bags with holes,
56:02
trying to fill cisterns
56:03
that are broken,
56:07
mourn over
56:10
the love that you have lost
56:12
because we are separated
56:16
by sin.
56:19
Pray to Jesus
56:22
that he would restore
56:24
the satisfying and eternal love
56:27
of God in your heart
56:28
through his death.
56:32
That he would reveal himself
56:33
to you by calling out your name.
56:37
That he would be your good shepherd
56:39
to lead you.
56:40
And that all your love
56:42
would be poured into
56:43
this pot of Jesus
56:45
that will not break,
56:48
that will last forever
56:49
and satisfy you eternally.
56:53
The good gardener
56:56
restored a lost love,
56:58
but she had a true testimony
57:00
in closing.
57:04
The loyalty and love that Mary had
57:07
had its great reward.
57:08
And the loyalty and love
57:10
that the believer has
57:12
will also have
57:13
a great reward
57:14
in seeing Jesus
57:16
and hearing his voice.
57:19
But it means living a life
57:21
testifying
57:22
to the resurrected Jesus.
57:24
It means saying to others
57:25
around us,
57:26
I know that Jesus is alive.
57:29
I have seen the Lord
57:31
as Mary exclaimed
57:32
in verse 18.
57:33
But Jesus told her
57:39
to go with a message.
57:41
Go with a message
57:42
to the disciples
57:43
that I am ascending
57:45
to my Father
57:46
and your Father
57:47
to my God
57:48
and your God.
57:50
See the message
57:51
that she was told
57:52
to deliver?
57:54
It is a restoration
57:55
of the greatest love
57:57
that we could know.
57:59
because his Father
58:02
will be our Father.
58:05
His God
58:06
our God.
58:09
We will know
58:10
God
58:11
as our Father
58:12
and that Father
58:14
will love us.
58:17
Jesus restores
58:18
the greatest love
58:19
that we have lost,
58:21
that sin brought
58:22
through his death
58:24
and resurrection.
58:25
the separation
58:27
made by Adam
58:28
is restored
58:29
through Jesus
58:30
and Mary is saying,
58:32
go and tell everyone.
58:37
Mary's sorrow
58:37
turned to joy
58:38
and it is true
58:41
maybe in part
58:43
that we see
58:46
the sorrow
58:47
of our soul
58:48
and the sorrow
58:49
of our foolishness
58:50
in following loves
58:51
that do not satisfy.
58:53
maybe it is a sorrow
58:55
in knowing
58:56
that we have lost
58:57
the love
58:58
of God the Father
59:00
because sin
59:01
has come into
59:02
our hearts
59:03
and we are all
59:04
over the place
59:05
and we feel lost.
59:06
We do not know
59:07
which way to go.
59:11
But Jesus
59:12
will restore
59:14
the satisfying
59:17
eternal love
59:20
that will direct us
59:22
and give us
59:22
meaning in our lives.
59:25
The greatest meaning
59:27
and message
59:27
to go out with.
59:32
But Mary's message
59:33
was an unconvincing
59:35
announcement
59:35
for many.
59:37
The Jews
59:38
would not value
59:40
the testimony
59:41
of a woman
59:41
in that time.
59:45
They placed
59:45
limited trust
59:46
on their speech
59:47
such that it was
59:50
written into
59:50
Roman law.
59:52
So it was easy
59:54
for them to ask
59:55
well,
59:56
is this true?
59:58
Is this woman
59:59
telling the truth?
1:00:02
Especially
1:00:03
in Mary's case.
1:00:05
Mary was a woman
1:00:06
possessed
1:00:06
by demons
1:00:07
previously.
1:00:10
It would have been
1:00:11
easy to dismiss
1:00:12
the message
1:00:12
that Mary brought.
1:00:15
She's telling lies.
1:00:17
She's making it up.
1:00:18
It's nonsense.
1:00:19
But her life
1:00:24
had been turned
1:00:25
upside down.
1:00:26
The testimony
1:00:27
of her life
1:00:28
and the way
1:00:30
that she loved
1:00:31
her life,
1:00:33
seeking after
1:00:35
Christ
1:00:36
and delivering
1:00:38
that message.
1:00:39
The way she acted,
1:00:40
the way she spoke,
1:00:42
no doubt
1:00:42
radically changed
1:00:44
her and motivated
1:00:45
her
1:00:45
as it did
1:00:47
the apostles
1:00:48
who saw
1:00:49
the Lord
1:00:50
Jesus
1:00:51
risen.
1:00:53
Who knew
1:00:54
that the Lord
1:00:55
Jesus had spoken
1:00:56
to them.
1:00:58
Who knew
1:00:59
that the Lord
1:00:59
Jesus had died
1:01:00
for them.
1:01:03
They lived
1:01:03
their lives
1:01:04
in a way
1:01:05
that they hadn't
1:01:06
lived in before.
1:01:08
They spoke
1:01:08
in a way
1:01:09
they hadn't
1:01:09
spoken before.
1:01:10
They acted
1:01:11
in a way
1:01:11
they hadn't
1:01:11
acted before.
1:01:12
as the love
1:01:15
of Jesus
1:01:16
changed us.
1:01:20
As the
1:01:20
resurrected
1:01:21
living
1:01:22
Jesus
1:01:22
changed us
1:01:23
so that we
1:01:24
live our lives
1:01:25
upside down
1:01:27
from the way
1:01:28
that we were.
1:01:31
And our
1:01:31
testimony
1:01:32
of our life
1:01:33
will be
1:01:34
to this
1:01:35
risen
1:01:35
Lord
1:01:36
Jesus.
1:01:37
whom we
1:01:39
pour all
1:01:40
our love
1:01:41
into
1:01:42
because we
1:01:43
know
1:01:44
that the
1:01:44
vessel
1:01:44
of his
1:01:45
love
1:01:45
will never
1:01:46
break.
1:01:47
We know
1:01:48
the sorrows
1:01:49
of lost
1:01:50
love
1:01:50
but we
1:01:51
know
1:01:51
that that
1:01:52
sorrow
1:01:52
will never
1:01:52
come to
1:01:53
us
1:01:54
in the
1:01:56
love that
1:01:56
we have
1:01:57
for Jesus
1:01:57
because it
1:01:58
will never
1:01:58
be broken.
1:02:00
It will
1:02:00
last
1:02:01
for all
1:02:02
eternity
1:02:02
and that's
1:02:03
just what
1:02:03
Paul says
1:02:04
when he
1:02:05
asks what
1:02:06
can separate
1:02:07
us from
1:02:07
the love
1:02:07
of Christ.
1:02:09
Neither
1:02:10
death
1:02:11
nor life
1:02:12
nor angels
1:02:14
nor rulers
1:02:15
nor things
1:02:15
present
1:02:16
nor things
1:02:17
to come
1:02:17
nor power
1:02:19
nor height
1:02:20
nor depth
1:02:21
nor anything
1:02:21
else in all
1:02:23
creation
1:02:23
will be able
1:02:25
to separate
1:02:25
us from
1:02:27
the love
1:02:27
of God
1:02:28
and Jesus
1:02:29
Christ
1:02:30
our Lord.
1:02:33
What did
1:02:34
Jesus ask
1:02:34
at the
1:02:35
beginning?
1:02:36
Do you
1:02:37
believe it?
1:02:39
Jesus is
1:02:40
asking you
1:02:40
tonight
1:02:40
Do you
1:02:42
believe it?
1:02:45
Is your
1:02:45
love
1:02:46
poured into
1:02:47
this man?
1:02:50
A love
1:02:50
that we
1:02:52
will never
1:02:53
be separated
1:02:54
from
1:02:54
and a love
1:02:56
that will
1:02:56
last forever.
1:02:59
Do you
1:03:00
believe
1:03:01
in the
1:03:02
resurrected
1:03:02
Jesus
1:03:03
Christ?
1:03:05
Amen.
1:03:06
We
1:03:08
could
1:03:08
include
1:03:09
our
1:03:09
time of
1:03:09
worship
1:03:10
by singing
1:03:11
in Psalm
1:03:11
106
1:03:12
of the
1:03:13
Scottish
1:03:13
Psalter
1:03:14
version
1:03:14
on
1:03:15
page
1:03:16
378.
1:03:22
Psalm
1:03:23
106
1:03:24
on page
1:03:24
378
1:03:25
singing
1:03:26
from the
1:03:26
beginning.
1:03:27
Amen.
1:03:27
Amen.
1:03:27
Amen.
1:03:27
Amen.
1:03:27
Amen.
1:03:27
Amen.
1:03:27
Amen.
1:03:27
Amen.
1:03:28
Amen.
1:03:29
Amen.
1:03:29
Amen.
1:03:29
Amen.
1:03:29
Amen.
1:03:31
Amen.
1:03:31
Amen.
1:03:31
Amen.
1:03:31
Amen.
1:03:31
Amen.
1:03:31
Amen.
1:03:31
Amen.
1:03:32
Amen.
1:03:32
Amen.
1:03:32
Amen.
1:03:36
tidIGNR
1:03:37
Lord
1:04:00
Amen.
1:04:00
Amen.
1:04:00
Amen.
1:04:01
Amen.
1:04:02
Give praise and thanks unto the Lord, for bounty full is he.
1:04:18
His tender mercy, the angel unto eternity.
1:04:32
God's mighty marks who can express our show for all his grace.
1:04:47
Blessed are the Lord, the judge may keep, and judge thee to always.
1:05:01
Remember me, Lord, with the love which thou tonight dost bear.
1:05:15
With thy salvation, O my God, to visit ye all year.
1:05:29
That I thy chosen, good day see, and in their heart rejoice.
1:05:43
And he will find in heaven's triumphal, cheerful voice.
1:05:57
Amen.
1:05:59
May we rejoice in the love that Jesus has for us, and a love that we will never be separated from,
1:06:08
because you are the risen Lord Jesus, and everyone who believes in you, yet they die, they shall live.
1:06:16
Make this a reality and a truth to us this evening.
1:06:21
As we go to your homes and we part from one another,
1:06:26
may the continual and abiding love of Jesus Christ be known and felt and be with us.
1:06:34
Part us with your blessing, we pray.
1:06:37
In Jesus' name we ask this.
1:06:38
Amen.
1:06:39
Amen.
1:07:09
Amen.
1:07:10
Amen.
1:07:10
Amen.
1:07:19
Amen.
1:07:19
Amen.
1:07:19
Amen.
1:07:20
Amen.
1:07:20
Amen.
1:07:21
Amen.
1:07:21
Amen.
1:07:22
Amen.
1:07:23
Amen.
1:07:24
Amen.
1:07:24
Amen.
1:07:24
Amen.
1:07:26
Yes.
1:07:26
Amen.
1:07:27
Amen.
1:07:28
Amen.
1:07:31
Amen.
1:07:31
Amen.
1:07:33
Amen.
1:07:33
Amen.
1:07:34
Amen.
1:07:34
Amen.
1:07:36
Amen.
1:07:36
Amen.
1:07:36
Amen.
1:07:37
Amen.
1:07:37
Amen.
1:07:38
Amen.
1:07:38
Amen.
1:07:38
Amen.