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- 0:00Psalm 127. We'll look at verse 1 and 2 of this psalm.
- 0:08Psalm 127.
- 0:30As I mentioned earlier, these psalms and this collection of psalms, they are known as the psalms or songs of ascent.
- 0:40Psalms that were sung by the pilgrims as they made their way up to Jerusalem at festival times and times of worship.
- 0:49Although they're called the songs of ascent, that they sung on the way up, I do wonder if they were sung as they made their way away from Jerusalem after the festivals.
- 1:00After the times of worship. So as they came away from Jerusalem, returning to their homes.
- 1:05I would like to imagine that these were psalms that they're not only sung as they were going to worship, but sung also as they were coming away.
- 1:13Again, to give thanks to God for all his goodness to them.
- 1:19Times of worship are always a time of reflection for us.
- 1:24By God's word, we reflect on our situations on a day to day basis.
- 1:31We reflect on situations in various ways.
- 1:36But all the time as we come to worship, we are being taken back to the hope that is ours in God.
- 1:44That's so that no matter what else is going on around us, we remind ourselves that our hope, our confidence is in the Lord, our God.
- 1:54This psalm, Psalm 127.
- 1:58It reminds us, as it was reminding the people then, that we are fully dependent on God for all things.
- 2:06Someone once put it like this, looking at this psalm.
- 2:11He said, our lives are pointless, restless and fruitless apart from God.
- 2:18Because when you look at this psalm, it almost seems like it's different views just pushed together in some ways.
- 2:28It's talking about the building of the house at the start, the watchmen.
- 2:33Then it seems to just take a change of direction towards the end of verse 3 onwards when it talks about children and God's heritage.
- 2:42You almost think to yourself, the thing that doesn't seem connected up, doesn't seem joined up.
- 2:47But yet if you put yourself into the situation of the people as they were making their way up to Jerusalem,
- 2:55as they were reflecting on God's goodness to them in so many different ways in life,
- 3:00you actually find that this psalm ties into life as a whole.
- 3:06It speaks about three important aspects of life.
- 3:11Aspects of life that they would be singing about going up to Jerusalem and singing about coming away.
- 3:17From Jerusalem, a dependence on the Lord for all things.
- 3:22So when you look through this psalm, you see three aspects of life that the psalm speaks about is building a house,
- 3:31protecting a city and rearing a family.
- 3:35Now this would have been a pilgrimage of the people going up to Jerusalem.
- 3:40There would have been parents, grandparents, children, all making their way up to Jerusalem.
- 3:47So it was very much a family occasion.
- 3:51There was a sense of thanksgiving for family.
- 3:54They were making their way from their own homes up to the city of Jerusalem.
- 3:59Looking at the walls that surrounded Jerusalem, the security that that offered and how the Lord offers protection to his people.
- 4:08How the Lord gives them a home, gives them a family.
- 4:13So the psalm may seem a little disjointed at first in our eyes.
- 4:17But as you think of the people going up to Jerusalem, it's very much a psalm that covers every aspect of life.
- 4:25And so as they were going up to Jerusalem, they're reflecting on these things.
- 4:32And coming to the conclusion in it all, that whether it's the family life, the home, the city, whatever is going on in life,
- 4:41the conclusion is that without the Lord, it's all in vain.
- 4:45You see that in verse 2, how it speaks about in vain you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil.
- 4:57It's in vain, apart from the Lord.
- 5:01And so the people are making their way to Jerusalem, a time of reflection, reflecting on God's activity in their lives and in their communities.
- 5:11And also perhaps wondering, what is God's plans for us?
- 5:17What is God going to do with us as we go to worship, as we meet with him, as we come away from that time of worship?
- 5:24What will God's plans be for us?
- 5:28Well, the same is true for ourselves.
- 5:31Every time we come to worship, we come in that sense of thanksgiving for all that God does for us.
- 5:37But there's also a sense of anticipation.
- 5:40What does God want from us?
- 5:43What are God's plans for us?
- 5:47Last weekend was a communion season in our midst, and it's a time of reflection.
- 5:54A time for us to reflect, looking back.
- 5:58A time to reflect during the weekend, under God's word and in fellowship with one another.
- 6:04And also it's a time to reflect, coming away.
- 6:08Coming away from the Lord's table, the Lord's day, and coming back in to our day-to-day lives and routines.
- 6:17What is God's plans for us?
- 6:21What were your own reflections over that time and since?
- 6:26I'm sure many of us would have gone through different reflections and different emotions.
- 6:31Sometimes we air on the glass half-empty side where we're thinking things just aren't what they used to be.
- 6:40Perhaps the church has had its day here.
- 6:44I hope none of us come away feeling like that.
- 6:49How should we feel in everything that's gone on around us and going on around us?
- 6:55We feel maybe a sense of discouragement, dismay, disheartened.
- 7:01We see internationally, nationally, locally, personally, there's so many things going on around us.
- 7:09So much sad news, so many people unwell, so many crises throughout our nation and the nations of the world.
- 7:17We could easily lose heart.
- 7:21But our reflections should, even in the midst of the reality of everything that's going on,
- 7:26always remind us the goodness of God.
- 7:31How God is gracious.
- 7:33How he's abounding in love.
- 7:35How he is steadfast to all his people.
- 7:40How God is on his throne.
- 7:42How God is on his throne.
- 7:44That's what the people were doing as they were ascending to Jerusalem.
- 7:48As they were worshipping in Jerusalem.
- 7:50As they would come away from Jerusalem, from their time of worship.
- 7:55God is good.
- 7:57Reminders to us in it all.
- 7:59God is good.
- 8:01Reminders to us at the weekend in the Lord's Supper.
- 8:04Of what God has done for us.
- 8:07The price he's paid.
- 8:08And for us to be able to say, God has done good for me.
- 8:15Our reflections should always bring us to see God.
- 8:21These psalms, they remind us that the people came in the midst of their own difficulties and trials.
- 8:28But fixed their eyes on God.
- 8:31And this psalm, as we're looking at this evening, reminds them and us that God is building his church.
- 8:40That the Lord is building his house, as the psalm says.
- 8:46And we could say, as another psalm says, Psalm 116, verse 7, where it says,
- 8:51Rest, O my soul.
- 8:53God has been good to you.
- 8:56We don't want to come away feeling discouraged.
- 9:01We want to come away feeling encouraged.
- 9:04Courage that God has a plan.
- 9:07And God has his purposes for us in the midst of that plan.
- 9:12We want to go forward seeking God's blessing and favor as we work together for the glory of God.
- 9:20That people would have been encouraged going up and encouraged coming away.
- 9:28And that's what we want to keep ourselves in that positive light.
- 9:32That God is with us.
- 9:34That God is good.
- 9:36That God is faithful.
- 9:40This psalm reminds us that we go on with God.
- 9:43We look to the Lord who is building his house, building his people, building his kingdom.
- 9:50And that we can trust in him.
- 9:53And the two things I want us to take from these verses tonight is, first of all, that he has a plan.
- 10:01God's plan.
- 10:04And then secondly, we have a purpose.
- 10:07We have a purpose in the midst of God's plan too.
- 10:12So first thing is God's plan.
- 10:16God has a plan.
- 10:18We hear it so often.
- 10:20We've heard it recently in the ministry of the word that God has a plan.
- 10:26You see it in Jeremiah.
- 10:28I know the plans I have for you.
- 10:31God has a plan.
- 10:32And here we see it again.
- 10:35And the plan in this psalm that he's speaking of is that his house will be built.
- 10:40But it's not a physical place.
- 10:45It's a people.
- 10:48That God is going to build his people.
- 10:52Solomon, the father of David, had a plan to build a temple.
- 10:58He was going to build a temple for God.
- 11:03But what was God's plan?
- 11:04In 2 Samuel chapter 7, David goes to the Lord and says, I want to build you a house.
- 11:15But the Lord says to David, you're not going to build me a house.
- 11:20I'm going to build you a house.
- 11:23And he wasn't speaking of a physical place.
- 11:28A building.
- 11:30He was speaking about a people.
- 11:33He was speaking about a family dynasty, if you like.
- 11:38That the Lord would always have a ruler over his people.
- 11:42Ultimately, the Lord Jesus himself, who is on the throne forever.
- 11:51And God has a plan.
- 11:53And it's not always the way we would have planned it.
- 11:57But God is the one who is building the house.
- 12:02And of that, we can be sure.
- 12:05Because we have God's word.
- 12:09Here we see God's plan from beginning to end.
- 12:13How he reveals it to us.
- 12:16We don't know all the details of it.
- 12:19But we know he has a plan.
- 12:22He had a plan for his people in the Old Testament.
- 12:25Bringing them from Egypt to the promised land.
- 12:28He had a plan, even when they went into exile, that he would bring them back.
- 12:32He had a plan as we come into the New Testament.
- 12:35That the Old was pointing to words.
- 12:37That he would send a saviour for the world.
- 12:41That saviour would have to die.
- 12:43And die on the cross.
- 12:45That he would rise again on the third day.
- 12:48And that he is coming again.
- 12:49You see, the plan is ongoing.
- 12:52God has a plan.
- 12:56When we build or renovate a house.
- 12:59So many different people are involved in that building.
- 13:06From the very beginning, when there's maybe nothing but the ground.
- 13:09To the very final point, when all the decorations are being put up.
- 13:14Everyone has a part to play.
- 13:17And some people, they just want to get to the end point.
- 13:21The point where it's curtains and cushions.
- 13:25Where it's just putting out the design or things into the house.
- 13:29And we lose patience coming to that point.
- 13:33But unless the work is done at the start.
- 13:36The laying of the foundations.
- 13:38The toil that goes into that.
- 13:39The building upon it.
- 13:41And everything else that goes with it.
- 13:43Everything else is in vain.
- 13:46And that's the kind of thing we've been reminded of in this psalm.
- 13:50There may be many things.
- 13:52Many plans that we might have for ourselves.
- 13:55Or even for the Lord's work.
- 13:57But in it all, we're looking for the Lord's plan.
- 14:00And being part of that.
- 14:03Unless the Lord builds the house.
- 14:06Those who build it.
- 14:08Labour in vain.
- 14:10It's worthless.
- 14:12Without God.
- 14:14God's plans are for building his kingdom.
- 14:20And that's the plans that we seek.
- 14:23That's the plans that we look to.
- 14:26Even as we think of what we have enjoyed together over the weekend.
- 14:30We see it's all God's plan.
- 14:32All his plan being worked out.
- 14:35That he gave his son.
- 14:36And that we were doing it in remembrance of him.
- 14:40Taking the bread.
- 14:42Taking the wine.
- 14:44Reflecting on what was done for us.
- 14:48Worshipping him.
- 14:49Praising his name.
- 14:51That his plan is working out.
- 14:54And that he knows best.
- 14:58God always has a plan.
- 15:02A plan for salvation.
- 15:04He is able to save to the uttermost.
- 15:09We've been reminded of that over these last couple of months.
- 15:13As James has been preaching through 1 Corinthians 15.
- 15:17There we see so much of God's blueprint.
- 15:22His plan.
- 15:24That everything else is being built upon.
- 15:26Christ Jesus is the cornerstone.
- 15:29We're reminded how the resurrection is at the heart of it all.
- 15:37God's plan.
- 15:38It wouldn't have been our plan of the way.
- 15:40We would have done it ourselves.
- 15:42But it's God's plan and his way.
- 15:46As it says in 1 Corinthians 15 verse 14.
- 15:50If Christ has not been raised.
- 15:52Then our preaching is in vain.
- 15:54And your faith is in vain.
- 15:57But he has.
- 15:58He is risen.
- 16:00As God had planned.
- 16:02From the very beginning.
- 16:04So we don't lose heart.
- 16:06Because God has a plan and a purpose.
- 16:09He is building.
- 16:11His kingdom.
- 16:13Hudson Taylor.
- 16:14The missionary who went to China.
- 16:16He was a man of great faith.
- 16:19And always trusted that God would have a plan.
- 16:22Going forward at all times.
- 16:25And he said this at one point.
- 16:28How God's work should be done.
- 16:30He said.
- 16:31We can make our best plans.
- 16:33And try to carry them out.
- 16:34In our own strength.
- 16:37Or he said.
- 16:38We can make careful plans.
- 16:40And ask God to bless them.
- 16:43But then he said as well.
- 16:45Yet another way of working.
- 16:48Is to begin with God.
- 16:50And to ask his plans.
- 16:53And to offer ourselves to him.
- 16:55To carry out his purposes.
- 16:59That's what we are looking to do.
- 17:02And should be looking to do.
- 17:03To see that God has a plan.
- 17:06To build his church.
- 17:09And that we seek not our plans.
- 17:11Or our ways.
- 17:11But his.
- 17:13And offer ourselves.
- 17:15To help him fulfill.
- 17:17His plans.
- 17:18And his purposes.
- 17:20So God has a plan.
- 17:22And too often.
- 17:23We could take this psalm.
- 17:26And say.
- 17:27Only God.
- 17:28Can do it.
- 17:30There's nothing.
- 17:31That we can do.
- 17:33But we would be wrong.
- 17:35To stop there.
- 17:37We know that only God.
- 17:39Can build.
- 17:40Only God.
- 17:41Can save.
- 17:42But you see.
- 17:44In this psalm.
- 17:44He says.
- 17:45Unless the Lord.
- 17:46Builds the house.
- 17:48Yes.
- 17:48We know.
- 17:49Those who build it.
- 17:52Labour in vain.
- 17:54He has.
- 17:55His people.
- 17:57He has.
- 17:58His labourers.
- 17:59He has those.
- 18:00Who are to serve him.
- 18:02With all their heart.
- 18:04We are dependent on God.
- 18:05But we are also called.
- 18:07To be faithful.
- 18:09To God.
- 18:11And that's.
- 18:12When we see the second thing here.
- 18:15Our purpose.
- 18:16In the midst.
- 18:18Of his plan.
- 18:20He has a purpose.
- 18:21For his people.
- 18:24They're not just.
- 18:25Standing by.
- 18:26And waiting.
- 18:28They're not just.
- 18:29Watching on.
- 18:30At a distance.
- 18:31Waiting for God.
- 18:33To act.
- 18:34They are involved.
- 18:36They are in it.
- 18:37They are fulfilling.
- 18:38His purpose.
- 18:40And that's the call.
- 18:42Of God.
- 18:43To his people.
- 18:44Through all the generations.
- 18:46He calls his people.
- 18:48To follow him.
- 18:50In obedience.
- 18:50To take up their cross.
- 18:53And follow him.
- 18:54He calls on the church.
- 18:56To be salt and light.
- 18:58The house that he is building.
- 19:00Is the people of God.
- 19:03And as we see ourselves.
- 19:05As God's people.
- 19:07We come to him.
- 19:09To worship him.
- 19:10But also to serve him.
- 19:13We are reminded of that.
- 19:14At the end of the morning service.
- 19:16On Sunday.
- 19:17That we are to be.
- 19:19Servants.
- 19:19To God.
- 19:21To go out.
- 19:23For him.
- 19:24And here is.
- 19:26Our purpose.
- 19:27As we think again.
- 19:28Of the building.
- 19:29Of the house.
- 19:31The laborers are there.
- 19:33There's all kinds of people.
- 19:34Involved.
- 19:35And you see it here.
- 19:36There's those who are laboring.
- 19:37And he says.
- 19:38In verse one.
- 19:39As well.
- 19:40Unless the Lord.
- 19:41Watches over the city.
- 19:42The watchman.
- 19:43Stays awake.
- 19:44In vain.
- 19:45The watchman.
- 19:46Was involved.
- 19:47And guarding.
- 19:48As the laborers.
- 19:49As the builders.
- 19:50Got on with the work.
- 19:52And again.
- 19:52It's just so relevant.
- 19:54To our own day to day.
- 19:56As well.
- 19:57How everyone.
- 19:58Has a part to play.
- 20:00In the kingdom of God.
- 20:02There are those.
- 20:03Who are laboring.
- 20:04More active.
- 20:05In the work of the Lord.
- 20:06On the ground.
- 20:08There are those.
- 20:09Who are watching.
- 20:10And watching.
- 20:11So often.
- 20:12Means play.
- 20:13Everyone.
- 20:14Has a part.
- 20:16To play.
- 20:18Unless the Lord.
- 20:19Does it.
- 20:20Of course.
- 20:21But we have a purpose.
- 20:24In it all.
- 20:25As well.
- 20:26We are to labor.
- 20:28For the Lord.
- 20:30God's word.
- 20:32Gives us direction.
- 20:34It gives us focus.
- 20:36So we're not like.
- 20:37The hamster.
- 20:38In the wheel.
- 20:39Just going round.
- 20:40And round.
- 20:40In a circle.
- 20:41With no direction.
- 20:43That's those.
- 20:43Who in vain.
- 20:44Rise up early.
- 20:46And go late.
- 20:46To rest.
- 20:47In verse 2.
- 20:48Eating the bread.
- 20:49Of anxious toil.
- 20:51There's nothing.
- 20:51At the end.
- 20:52Of the day.
- 20:52For it.
- 20:54Aimless toil.
- 20:56But we have a purpose.
- 20:58We see God's plan.
- 21:00To build his house.
- 21:01To build his kingdom.
- 21:03And we see our purpose.
- 21:04To be a part of it.
- 21:06To be his laborers.
- 21:07To be his prayer warriors.
- 21:09To be all.
- 21:10Of these things.
- 21:12The word of God.
- 21:14Always reminds us.
- 21:15Of that.
- 21:18Paul writes.
- 21:19Into the church.
- 21:20Colossians.
- 21:21Colossians chapter 3.
- 21:23Verse 16.
- 21:23Says.
- 21:24Let the word of Christ.
- 21:26Dwell.
- 21:26In you.
- 21:27Richly.
- 21:27Teaching and admonishing.
- 21:29One another.
- 21:29In all wisdom.
- 21:30Singing psalms.
- 21:31Hymns.
- 21:32And spiritual songs.
- 21:33With thankfulness.
- 21:34In your hearts.
- 21:35To God.
- 21:36There's the sense of worship.
- 21:38In these words.
- 21:39Thankfulness.
- 21:40Song.
- 21:41Praise.
- 21:41Is there.
- 21:42To God.
- 21:43But then it goes on.
- 21:44In the next verse.
- 21:45There to say.
- 21:46Whatever you do.
- 21:48In word.
- 21:49Or deed.
- 21:50Do everything.
- 21:51In the name.
- 21:51Of the Lord Jesus.
- 21:53We do it for him.
- 21:55Giving thanks.
- 21:56To God.
- 21:57The father.
- 21:58Through him.
- 22:00So we.
- 22:01We have.
- 22:02This activity.
- 22:04We have this purpose.
- 22:05To labor.
- 22:07To work.
- 22:08For the Lord.
- 22:10But you notice too.
- 22:12In the end of verse 2.
- 22:14He says.
- 22:14He gives his beloved.
- 22:16Sleep.
- 22:18The psalmist tells us.
- 22:20That when we trust.
- 22:21In the Lord.
- 22:23And when we see.
- 22:24That he has a plan.
- 22:25And we have a purpose.
- 22:26It gives us a sense.
- 22:28Of rest.
- 22:31That we rest.
- 22:32In him.
- 22:33That we rest.
- 22:35In Christ.
- 22:37We find rest.
- 22:38In knowing.
- 22:39The Lord.
- 22:40Is on our side.
- 22:42And delighting.
- 22:44In doing.
- 22:45His will.
- 22:47So instead of being anxious.
- 22:49And worried.
- 22:50And afraid.
- 22:51In the midst of all things.
- 22:53We have a sense of peace.
- 22:56Peace.
- 22:57With God.
- 22:58That he can take away.
- 23:00Our worries.
- 23:01And our anxieties.
- 23:02And our fears.
- 23:04As we trust.
- 23:06In him.
- 23:08What is it.
- 23:10To labor.
- 23:11For the Lord.
- 23:13Well the Bible.
- 23:14Uses.
- 23:15Different ways.
- 23:17Of describing.
- 23:18What it is.
- 23:18To labor.
- 23:19For the Lord.
- 23:21We read.
- 23:22In first.
- 23:23Well we've mentioned.
- 23:24First Corinthians.
- 23:25At the end of that chapter.
- 23:27As we've heard recently.
- 23:28It's not a labor.
- 23:29In vain.
- 23:32We do not labor.
- 23:34In vain.
- 23:36First Thessalonians.
- 23:37Chapter 1.
- 23:37Verse 3.
- 23:38Reminds us.
- 23:39It's a labor of love.
- 23:42We love him.
- 23:44Because he first.
- 23:46Loved us.
- 23:48The book of Revelation.
- 23:49Chapter 2.
- 23:49Verse 2.
- 23:50Reminds us.
- 23:51It's a labor.
- 23:52Known.
- 23:53By Christ.
- 23:54That he sees.
- 23:57Our works.
- 23:57Or perhaps.
- 24:01The lack of them.
- 24:04We're also reminded.
- 24:06It's a labor.
- 24:07That God.
- 24:08Does not forget.
- 24:10Hebrews.
- 24:10Chapter 6.
- 24:12Verse 10.
- 24:14First Corinthians.
- 24:153.
- 24:15Verse 9.
- 24:16Reminds us.
- 24:17It's a labor.
- 24:18Done together.
- 24:20We labor.
- 24:21Side.
- 24:22By side.
- 24:25Colossians.
- 24:261.
- 24:27Verse 28.
- 24:28It's a labor.
- 24:28For eternal.
- 24:29Things.
- 24:33So we labor.
- 24:34In all of these ways.
- 24:37We have.
- 24:38That purpose.
- 24:40But let it be.
- 24:41A labor.
- 24:43Of love.
- 24:44And a labor.
- 24:46That doesn't end.
- 24:47Because we don't.
- 24:48Lose heart.
- 24:50A farmer.
- 24:51Once.
- 24:52Said.
- 24:52Or observed.
- 24:53On his farm.
- 24:54Is that the hardest thing.
- 24:56About milking cows.
- 24:58Is that they never.
- 24:59Stay milked.
- 25:01They had to be milked.
- 25:03Twice.
- 25:04A day.
- 25:06And it goes on.
- 25:07Day.
- 25:07After day.
- 25:09But for a farmer.
- 25:10It's a labor.
- 25:11Of love.
- 25:13And for ourselves.
- 25:14In the work.
- 25:15Of the kingdom.
- 25:15Of God.
- 25:16In the midst.
- 25:17Of his plan.
- 25:18And purpose.
- 25:19For us.
- 25:19We should never.
- 25:21Lose heart.
- 25:22But to do all.
- 25:23As to the Lord.
- 25:25As a labor.
- 25:26Of love.
- 25:27The work.
- 25:28Of the gospel.
- 25:29Is always.
- 25:31Ongoing.
- 25:32Because the Lord.
- 25:33Is building.
- 25:34His church.
- 25:36And the people.
- 25:38Are to see.
- 25:39That unless he does.
- 25:41We labor.
- 25:42In vain.
- 25:43But we remember.
- 25:45That he's on our side.
- 25:46And so we love.
- 25:49To labor.
- 25:50For him.
- 25:51When we think.
- 25:52Of what we were remembering.
- 25:54On the Lord's day.
- 25:56Jesus.
- 25:57On the cross.
- 25:59At Calvary.
- 26:01Was that.
- 26:02The greatest chaos.
- 26:04This world.
- 26:05Has seen.
- 26:07When there was darkness.
- 26:08In the middle of the day.
- 26:10As Jesus.
- 26:11Was crucified.
- 26:13When people.
- 26:15Whose plans.
- 26:15With.
- 26:16Were putting forward.
- 26:18To get rid.
- 26:19Of the Lord Jesus.
- 26:20When their plans.
- 26:21Would have seemed.
- 26:22To have been accomplished.
- 26:23And successful.
- 26:27And yet.
- 26:28God.
- 26:29Had a plan.
- 26:31His plan.
- 26:32Was being fulfilled.
- 26:35Just as Jesus.
- 26:36Had said.
- 26:38Destroy.
- 26:39This temple.
- 26:40And in three days.
- 26:42I will raise it up.
- 26:43His plan.
- 26:45His plan.
- 26:45Was fulfilled.
- 26:47He rose.
- 26:49Again.
- 26:50Today.
- 26:51It would seem.
- 26:53That God's plans.
- 26:54Are in chaos.
- 26:55In the eyes of many.
- 26:56The world.
- 26:57Is falling apart.
- 27:00But we don't listen.
- 27:02To the world.
- 27:03We listen.
- 27:05To the word of God.
- 27:07And that he is building.
- 27:09His church.
- 27:10And the gates of hell.
- 27:13Will not prevail.
- 27:14Against it.
- 27:15God has a plan.
- 27:17And he is building.
- 27:19And he has a purpose.
- 27:20For you.
- 27:21And for me.
- 27:23To labor.
- 27:24And to watch.
- 27:26And to find rest.
- 27:28As he gives his beloved.
- 27:30Sleep.
- 27:32May we rest.
- 27:33In him.
- 27:34And know.
- 27:35His blessing.
- 27:36As we go on.
- 27:37Laboring.
- 27:38For the Lord.
- 27:39Let us pray.
- 27:41Lord our God.
- 27:43We thank you.
- 27:44That your word.
- 27:45Reminds us.
- 27:45Again and again.
- 27:46That in all the chaos.
- 27:48That so often.
- 27:49Surrounds us.
- 27:50When the plans.
- 27:51Of this world.
- 27:52Are in disarray.
- 27:53That your plans.
- 27:54Are being fulfilled.
- 27:55At all times.
- 27:57And that you have.
- 27:58A plan.
- 27:58And a purpose.
- 27:59For all your people.
- 28:01In every generation.
- 28:03That you are the God.
- 28:04Who is building.
- 28:05His church.
- 28:06And nothing.
- 28:07Will prevail.
- 28:07Against it.
- 28:08We thank you.
- 28:09That we have Christ Jesus.
- 28:11As the cornerstone.
- 28:12And that it is all.
- 28:14Built on him.
- 28:15And so we pray.
- 28:16Lord that you will help us.
- 28:17To find.
- 28:18Our purpose.
- 28:19In your plans.
- 28:21That you would use us.
- 28:22For your glory.
- 28:24That you would help us.
- 28:25To labor.
- 28:26And to labor.
- 28:27In love.
- 28:27For you.
- 28:28With all our heart.
- 28:29And all our soul.
- 28:31So Lord bless us.
- 28:32We pray.
- 28:32And continue with us.
- 28:34And pardon all our sin.
- 28:35As we ask it all.
- 28:36In Jesus name.
- 28:38Amen.
- 28:38Amen.
- 28:39しく you.
- 28:39Amen.
- 28:41Amen.
- 28:41Amen.
- 28:43Amen.
- 28:45Amen.
- 28:47Amen.
- 28:48Amen.
- 28:48Amen.
- 28:48Amen.
- 28:48Amen.