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So we welcome you all in the Lord's name and we welcome those who are online as well.
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We pray that our time would be blessed together.
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So may we lift our voices and sing to God's praise by singing in Psalm 92a of the Sing
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Psalms version.
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We'll find that on page 122 of the Blue Books.
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Psalm 92a, we'll sing from the beginning of that psalm.
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So we'll sing down to verse Mark 4 and then we'll jump down to verse Mark 12 to the end
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of the psalm and sing them last two stanzas.
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I'll read these words.
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How good it is to praise the Lord, to sing a joyful song, and to your name, O God most
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high, make music all day long, to show your love when morning comes, your faithfulness
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at night, with music of stringed instruments, your praises to recite.
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For by your mighty deeds, O Lord, you make my spirit glad.
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I sing for joy when I survey the works your hands have made.
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And then at verse 12.
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So in old age, they still bear fruit.
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They will stay fresh and strong.
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They will proclaim the Lord is just, my rock who does no wrong.
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A psalm of thanks and praise to God, thanking Him for the time of Sabbath worship as they
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come to worship.
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And a reminder there in the last two verses of the everlasting worship that will continue
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in glory.
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So we'll stand together and sing these verses.
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How good it is to praise the Lord.
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How good it is to praise the Lord, to sing a joyful song.
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And to your name, O God most high, make music all day long.
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To show your love when morning comes, your faithfulness at night.
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With music all singed instruments, your praises to recite.
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For by your mighty deeds, O Lord, you make my spirit glad.
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I sing for joy when I survey the works your hands have made.
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Like palms and cedars flourishing, the righteous all will be.
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And planted in the house of God will grow upon thee.
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So in all days they still bear fruit.
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They will stay fresh and strong.
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They will proclaim the Lord is just.
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My God who does no wrong.
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Okay, we'll say a short prayer now for the young ones that are with us.
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Let us pray together.
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Our Father in heaven, we thank you for this time that we have to come to church.
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We thank you that we can sing and lift our hearts and voice.
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And praise you and thank you for all that you have done for us.
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We thank you, God, for the homes that you have provided for us.
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The families that you give to us.
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And the friends that are around us.
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We thank you, Lord, for Sunday school.
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We thank you for all our teachers.
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And we pray that we would learn about you and learn about your son, Jesus Christ, as we go to our own classes.
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Lord, we pray that we would be like those that are planted within the house of God.
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And that though we are young.
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And Lord, we pray for the young.
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And we remember the young.
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We pray also that you would remain with them as they grow.
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But that they would grow strong.
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And grow in you.
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We pray, Lord, that they would trust in you.
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All the days of their lives.
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And even in the uncertainties and difficult things of life.
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And the questions that they have about life.
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We pray, Lord.
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That we would remember them.
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And that they would remember you.
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So be with us in our classes as we go there and shortly.
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Be with our teachers as they lead.
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We pray for them as well.
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And we pray that you would be with us.
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And be with all our friends as we gather together.
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Help us to have fun.
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In Jesus' name we ask these things.
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Amen.
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Okay, boys and girls.
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I'm just going to say a short word to you before you go off to your Sunday school classes.
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You might remember last week, of those who were here,
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I said that you were doing a lesson about people and the disciples and the friends of Jesus
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that were glad to speak about all the things that Jesus had done.
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But today, I believe, you're going to learn about someone who was glad to do anything for Jesus.
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I think you're going to learn about a man called Stephen today.
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He was not afraid to do anything for God.
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And to be obedient to God, even when other people were saying not to tell people about Jesus.
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He still went and told them.
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And I want to tell you a little story about a man called Hudson Taylor.
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I think it's James Hudson Taylor he was called.
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And he was a man who did a lot for God.
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He was a man who felt that God told him to go to China.
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So he did.
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And he spent 51 years in China.
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He was a man that did a lot there.
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And he loved the people, the Chinese people.
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And he lived just like the Chinese people did.
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And he was thankful to God for guiding him.
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And that's why he did so much.
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And that's why Stephen did so much.
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And that's why all of us who are Christians do so much.
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We're thankful for the heart that God has given us and all that he has done for us.
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Hudson Taylor, when he was in China, made this organization called the China Inland Mission.
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And do you know what he did?
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He managed to recruit 800 missionaries.
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And missionaries are people that go and tell people about Jesus.
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So there's 800 people just like him that went to tell people about Jesus all over China.
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And these 800 people managed to make 125 schools.
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And it is believed that this organization worked to the effect of converting 18,000 people to Christianity.
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James Hudson Taylor did a lot for God.
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And he said that all God's giants, the people who trust in God, he called them giants.
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And he said all God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they believed that God would be with them.
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And that's the same for everyone who believes in Jesus.
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They do things.
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And maybe sometimes they do strange things.
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And they do things that we don't understand.
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Because they believe that God is with them in everything.
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We do because God has done for us.
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And we value everything God has done for us.
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Even it might be beyond our own lives.
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We can do anything through God who gives us strength.
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Amen.
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Let us say the Lord's Prayer together.
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Our Father which art in heaven.
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Hallowed be thy name.
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Thy kingdom come.
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Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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Give us this day our daily bread.
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And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
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Lead us not into temptation.
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But deliver us from evil.
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For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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We'll continue in praise to God by singing in Psalm 96a of the Sing Psalms version.
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You'll find that on page 126 of the Blue Book.
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Sing Psalms version of 96a.
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From the beginning we'll sing down to verse 10.
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Oh sing a new song to the Lord.
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Sing praises to his name.
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And his salvation day by day.
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Let all the earth proclaim.
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Sing down to verse 10.
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Tell every land the Lord is king.
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Established is the earth and cannot move.
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The Lord will judge the people in his truth.
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Today in our consideration as we move on to the next step of Psalm 40.
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We'll look at how David worships God.
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So our singings today are ones that really draw us in praise and worship to God.
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So let us stand and sing.
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Oh sing a new song to the Lord.
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Amen.
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O sing a new song to the Lord.
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Sing praises to his name.
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And his salvation day by day.
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Let all the earth proclaim.
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His glory as his mighty deeds.
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To every land declare.
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How great and awesome is the Lord.
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For other gods are rude and soul.
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The Lord made heaven's might.
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All power and majesty are his.
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He dwells in glorious light.
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All nations to the Lord.
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All nations to the Lord.
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The glory of God.
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He has said.
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He has said.
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Ascribe to God.
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And praise his name.
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Amen.
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Enter his.
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His words with joy and ring, and offering with you.
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Worship the Lord in holy fear, all earth before Him bound.
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Tell every land the Lord is King, established its Seer.
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And can all good, the Lord will chant, the people say His truth.
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We turn now to God's Word, and if we could turn to Paul's letter to the Ephesians, chapter 3.
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And then we'll turn after a short reading in Ephesians to Psalm 40.
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Paul's letter to the Ephesians, chapter 3, and we'll read from verse Mark 14.
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That short passage at the end of the chapter.
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Let us hear God's Word.
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For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father,
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from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
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that according to the riches of His glory,
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He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
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so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith,
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that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
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may have strength to comprehend with all the saints
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what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
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and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,
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that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly
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than all that we can ask or think,
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according to the power at work within us,
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to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
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throughout all generations,
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forever and ever.
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Amen.
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We turn with me now to
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the book of Psalms and Psalm 40.
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Our focus today will be from verse Mark 6 down to verse Mark 10,
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but I think we'll read from the beginning of Psalm 40,
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and we'll read down to the end of verse Mark 10.
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I waited patiently for the Lord.
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He inclined to me and heard my cry.
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He drew me up from the pit of destruction
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out of the miry bog
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and set my feet upon a rock,
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making my steps secure.
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He put a new song in my mouth,
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a song of praise to our God.
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Many will see and fear
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and put their trust in the Lord.
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Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
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who does not turn to the proud
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or to those who go astray after a lie.
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You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
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your wondrous deeds and thoughts towards us.
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None can compare with you.
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I will proclaim and tell of them,
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yet they are more than can be told.
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Sacrifice and offering you have not desired,
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but you have given me an open ear.
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Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
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Then I said,
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Behold, I have come.
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In the scroll of the book,
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it is written of me.
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I desire to do your will, O my God.
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Your law is within my heart.
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I have told the glad news of deliverance
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in the great congregation.
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Behold, I have not restrained my lips,
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as you know, O Lord.
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I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart.
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I have spoken of your faithfulness
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and your salvation.
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I have not concealed your steadfast love
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and your faithfulness
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from the great congregation.
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Amen.
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May the reading of God's word be blessed to us.
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May we turn to God in prayer.
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Let us pray.
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Amen.
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Our Father in heaven,
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we pray that you would give us peace of mind
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and rest as we come into your house
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and as we come before you, O God.
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Give us a clear sight of who you are
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and reveal to us yourself to us
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through your word.
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Lord, may you be great to us.
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May we understand what is the width,
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the height, the depth and breadth of you
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and your love towards us.
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And Lord, when we come before you,
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we acknowledge our weakness.
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We acknowledge that we have sinned
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and that we have a heart that is desire
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originally to incline itself towards sin.
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Lord, we pray that you would be one to renew our hearts
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and to change us and to transform us.
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That you would put within us
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a heart that would desire to come and worship you
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and to glorify your name
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and sing praises to you.
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Lord, we ask that you would be with us
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as we consider your word
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and as we draw from it,
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may it be rich to us.
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May it be encouraging to us
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and restoring our spirit, Lord.
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Lord, there are many
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who are crying out to you.
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There are many who are crying out
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from the depths of their heart
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because they do not know where to go
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or who to turn to.
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So Lord, we pray
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that you would reveal yourself to them too.
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Lord, reveal to the one who calls out to you.
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Reveal yourself to the one
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who does not know who to call to you.
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Lord, let us not be ashamed
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to declare of what you have done for us
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and the righteousness that you have placed within us
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through Christ Jesus
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and the riches of his mercy.
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Lord, help us to understand them and grasp them
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that we may be people that would be
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equipped and prepared to proclaim
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what you have done for us.
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That people who do not know where to turn to
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would hear of the salvation
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we have found in Jesus Christ
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and say of themselves that they need that too.
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Lord, give us a heart for souls that are lost,
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souls that are unconverted,
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souls that lay in the pit of destruction.
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Lord, we pray for them
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and we pray that the outreaching of your hand
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may touch them
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by whatever means, Lord, may it be.
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We pray for the efforts that are made
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in your church,
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in all denominations.
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Lord, we pray for the efforts
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that are made to proclaim your gospel this day.
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We pray your spirit be upon.
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We pray your spirit to bless it.
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Lord, we pray that you would be with us
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as we gather.
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Give us minds to focus our attention to you.
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Hearts that long to know you.
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Hearts that long to feel
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the riches of your grace
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and the provision and security
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that you afford to us
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through Christ Jesus.
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Lord, wash us in his blood.
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Lord, we pray for the spread of the gospel
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through our nation.
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We pray that it would go out
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and reach the ends of the world.
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Lord, we thank you for the provision
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made in offering these services online.
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And maybe it is by these means
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that you will reach the ends of the world.
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We do not know.
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But Lord, the gospel,
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we pray the gospel
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to be faithfully proclaimed
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by your men
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and within our own hearts, O Lord,
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as we go out into the world.
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Amen.
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Situations.
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We pray
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that we would have effect
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not of any strength of ourselves,
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for we often see our weaknesses
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and we are full of fear
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to speak about you.
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But Lord,
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may we be great in your eyes
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and may we do great things
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in your eyes
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as we rely on you
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and as we reckon
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and trust
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like Hudson Taylor
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that you would be one
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that would go with us.
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Lord, give us thanks
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for your provision.
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Lord, we pray for our people.
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We pray for each of us here.
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We pray that you would meet us
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at our needs
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and there are great needs amongst us.
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We pray for those
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who have concerns over health.
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We pray for those
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who have concerns for others.
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We pray for those who more.
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We pray that you would be with them
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and comfort them.
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Lord,
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be with us.
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May your word
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become alive to us.
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May it be a place
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of warmth to us
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where we desire
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to come back to.
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A place of instruction.
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A place
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Lord,
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where we see you
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and we see ourselves.
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So be with us, we ask
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as we turn to it now.
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Prepare our hearts.
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Be with those
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who worship
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in the Gaelic as well.
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We pray that you would be with them
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and that your spirit
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would equally be upon us
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and enrich our souls.
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all these things we ask
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in the name
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of Jesus Christ.
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Amen.
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We'll continue in praise
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and sing in the Scottish Psalter
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version,
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Psalm 100.
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Scottish Psalter,
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Psalm 100
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on page 362.
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Words that are familiar
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to us,
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but words
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that turn
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ourselves
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to thank God
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with cheerful voice
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for all that he has done
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for us.
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to praise him
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and to invite others
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to know
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of this
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great God.
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All people
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that on earth
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do dwell.
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Sing to the Lord
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with cheerful voice,
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himself with mirth,
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his praise forth tell,
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come ye before him
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and rejoice.
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We'll stand
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and we'll sing
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to God's praise
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all people
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that on earth
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do dwell.
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Amen.
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All people
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that on earth
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do dwell.
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Sing to the Lord
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with cheerful voice,
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himself with birth
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his praise
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foretell,
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love me
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before him
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and rejoice.
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Rejoice.
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Know that the Lord
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is on him
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singly to the Lord
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of his
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trumping of the sand
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always.
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For it is
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simply so to
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do.
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For by the Lord
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our God is good,
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His mercy is
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forever sure,
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which to that
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all times were he
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stood, and
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shall from age to
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age change
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I'd like to turn our minds now
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to Psalm 40.
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And those who were here last week,
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we looked at the first verses up to
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verse 5.
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And we call that the waiting upon God, and we saw
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how the psalmist there
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trusted in God
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from where the situation that he was in
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as he lay in the pit of destruction
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and the mire that he was in.
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But God did not leave him there.
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God was one that rescued him from that place,
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and God was one that worked a transformation in his life.
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And we saw that transformation there in verse 3,
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with the new song that had been put within him.
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And then from verses 4 and 5,
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we saw that the psalmist then had a testimony in God,
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for what he had done for him,
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saying that with none can compare with you.
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God is incompatible and great.
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And God is one that is worthy to be trust.
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And he said the man who puts his trust in the Lord
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will be blessed.
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So now we turn to our step 2, in a sense,
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from verse Mark 6 down to verse Mark 10.
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And we will call this next section
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the worship of God.
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And you can see there is actually a shift in the psalm
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from where in the first part we saw that
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it was God who made approach to David,
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or the psalmist.
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But now as we look at this next passage
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from verse Mark 6,
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we'll see that the psalmist now draws near to God.
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This is his worship,
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to draw near to God,
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to approach God.
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And this is our heart as we come here.
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This is David's heart to draw near to God.
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This is our worship,
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to draw near to God as we gather,
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whether it be online or in person.
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We pray that our hearts would be directed towards God.
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And other worldly distractions will be set aside
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for this time, if at all possible,
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that we may lift our voices in praise and thanks
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to the one who rightly deserves all honour and glory.
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But as we come,
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we must be mindful that we do it in the right manner.
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God specified in the days of old
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how they were to approach God
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with sacrifices and offering.
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This is what God required.
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And so we, as we approach him today,
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must be mindful that worship
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is not something of our own imaginations.
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It is not something that we
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choose to do of ourselves.
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It is something that God has asked of us.
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Who knows where we'd end up
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if we did what we wanted.
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But really what worship comes down to
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is that it is a natural response or desire
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to approach this God.
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And to approach this God
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who reverently asks us to.
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There's a dutiful response, in a sense,
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to coming to worship God.
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We can say that worship
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is not just dutiful, though.
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Because, in a sense,
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our hearts are aligned
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to what God requires.
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Our hearts seek to lift up
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the name of God.
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Seek to come and praise him
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as God has asked us to.
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That work within us,
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that transformation,
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aligns us to God.
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So much so,
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that when we come,
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in that sense,
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we find that we have delight
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in worshipping God.
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It is a delight for the Christian
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to come and draw near to God.
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And such is the delight
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that they know
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that they cannot but declare
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the riches of his glory
34:59
and what God has done for them.
35:03
As we sing
35:04
and gather together
35:06
under his word.
35:09
You see, this is our worship.
35:12
To be dutiful
35:13
to God's direction in it.
35:15
We have a duty.
35:16
And with the renewed heart
35:19
that God has put in us,
35:21
we find delight.
35:24
But we are people
35:25
who cannot keep these things silent.
35:29
We desire to declare
35:31
and tell people
35:33
what God has done for us.
35:35
So in our worship,
35:36
there is a duty,
35:38
there is a delight,
35:39
and there is a declaration made.
35:41
Even as we come here today,
35:44
we make a declaration to the world
35:46
that I am coming
35:48
to worship God.
35:50
So let us take our first point there.
35:54
Duty.
35:55
And you know,
35:56
we don't really like to
35:57
describe our worship as duty.
36:01
It's not solely duty, though.
36:04
It's not a box-ticking exercise
36:06
that we do.
36:08
It's a loving duty.
36:10
It's a loving duty
36:11
of that aligned heart
36:13
that comes to God.
36:15
But it is God
36:16
that we come to.
36:18
It is God
36:19
that is above us.
36:22
And we are the ones
36:23
dutiful to him.
36:26
This is what the writer
36:27
in Ephesians wrote.
36:29
For this reason,
36:30
I bow my knees
36:31
before the Father
36:32
from whom every family
36:34
in heaven and earth
36:35
is named.
36:36
You see the greatness
36:39
of who his God is.
36:42
Every family on heaven and earth
36:43
is named on the outset.
36:46
And our understanding of God
36:49
is crucial to our worship.
36:51
It will proportionally affect
36:54
our worship, in fact.
36:56
If God is nothing to you,
36:58
there will be no worship.
37:00
If God is little to you,
37:02
there will be little worship.
37:03
You may think God
37:06
has been the almighty creator.
37:09
He's the one who sustains us
37:11
in our days.
37:14
We may give him reasonable worship
37:17
because we can reasonably
37:20
understand him,
37:22
in a sense.
37:23
But if God
37:25
is your God,
37:28
and if God
37:28
is the God
37:29
of your heart,
37:30
your soul,
37:30
your mind,
37:31
and your strength,
37:32
then we have an intimate
37:34
worship with God.
37:37
And we have a heart
37:38
to worship him.
37:40
But God
37:44
is not
37:47
who we
37:48
think he is.
37:50
God is truth
37:51
regardless
37:52
of how we worship him.
37:56
God
37:57
is almighty
37:58
and over all things.
38:01
And we must come
38:02
to worship him
38:03
in a sense
38:05
with a fear
38:06
and reverence
38:06
before the almighty
38:08
creator.
38:10
Let us read
38:11
in verse 6
38:13
of Psalm 40.
38:16
Sacrifice and offering
38:17
you have not desired,
38:19
but you have given me
38:21
an open ear.
38:22
Burnt offering
38:23
and sin offering
38:24
you have not required.
38:26
Now you see
38:29
David
38:30
in his worship.
38:32
He realizes that
38:33
well,
38:35
sacrifice and offering
38:36
you have not desired.
38:38
And this is an
38:39
interesting insight
38:40
for this day.
38:41
Because this was
38:42
a day when
38:43
sacrifice and offering
38:45
would have been
38:45
required.
38:47
So he's saying
38:48
now sacrifice
38:49
and offering,
38:50
God does not
38:50
desire these things.
38:52
God
38:53
does not
38:53
require these things.
38:55
which raises
38:56
a question.
38:58
Why did God
38:59
ask for them?
39:01
Why did God
39:04
ask us to approach
39:05
him with these
39:06
offerings?
39:08
But really
39:08
what's coming
39:09
through there
39:09
is that David
39:10
is identifying
39:11
that, you know,
39:13
the sacrifice
39:14
in and of itself
39:16
wasn't everything.
39:18
The sacrifice
39:18
wasn't
39:19
the thing
39:21
that would
39:21
restore
39:23
a relationship
39:24
to God.
39:24
all of itself.
39:27
I'll just
39:27
give you an
39:28
illustration
39:28
to make
39:30
this clearer.
39:32
You know,
39:33
you may
39:33
have worked
39:36
in a job
39:36
or you may
39:37
have heard
39:37
one of your
39:37
colleagues say
39:38
in their
39:39
employment
39:40
that, you know,
39:41
my heart
39:42
wasn't in it.
39:43
And
39:44
that really
39:46
means that,
39:47
well,
39:47
they're not
39:47
really enjoying
39:48
their work.
39:49
Their heart
39:50
isn't in it.
39:51
And they may
39:51
seek another
39:52
employment.
39:54
But if you
39:54
were to watch
39:55
two people
39:56
who were to
39:58
fulfil the
39:59
same task,
40:00
one with the
40:01
heart to do
40:02
the work
40:02
and one
40:03
without the
40:04
heart to do
40:04
it,
40:05
you may
40:06
watch them
40:06
and you
40:07
would see
40:07
significant
40:08
differences
40:09
in the way
40:10
they approached
40:11
it and the
40:12
value that
40:13
they gave
40:14
to doing
40:15
what they
40:16
did,
40:16
the task
40:17
to fulfil
40:17
the task
40:18
that they
40:18
had to
40:19
do.
40:21
That's the
40:22
difference.
40:23
Is there
40:24
heart in
40:25
it?
40:26
Is the
40:26
person's
40:27
heart in
40:27
it?
40:28
The person
40:29
that doesn't
40:29
have the
40:29
heart in
40:30
it may
40:30
actually
40:30
do a
40:31
better
40:31
job.
40:33
But you
40:34
can see
40:34
clear
40:35
differences.
40:36
And that
40:37
is what
40:37
God delights
40:38
to see.
40:40
The one
40:41
that has
40:41
the heart.
40:42
That is
40:43
where whose
40:43
value lies.
40:44
God loves
40:45
a cheerful
40:46
giver.
40:46
It says
40:47
in 2nd
40:48
Corinthians.
40:49
It doesn't
40:49
say God
40:50
loves a
40:50
giver.
40:52
God loves
40:52
a cheerful
40:53
giver.
40:54
The heart
40:54
of the
40:54
matter is
40:55
the crux.
40:56
And this
40:57
is what
40:57
comes through
40:58
in the
40:58
psalm.
40:58
It's through
40:59
David.
41:00
It is
41:00
his heart
41:01
as he
41:02
comes to
41:02
worship.
41:04
We'll see
41:05
that.
41:06
But we've
41:07
got to ask
41:07
ourselves,
41:09
where is
41:10
our heart
41:10
as we
41:11
come to
41:12
worship?
41:13
Why do
41:13
we come
41:14
to worship?
41:16
How great
41:16
is God
41:17
as we
41:18
come to
41:18
worship him?
41:20
How do
41:21
we sing
41:21
when we
41:22
sing praises
41:23
to God?
41:24
How do
41:24
we pray
41:25
when we
41:26
pray to
41:26
God?
41:28
How great
41:29
to you
41:30
is God?
41:33
And what
41:33
David is
41:34
saying here
41:35
would have
41:35
been probably
41:37
controversial
41:37
in its
41:38
day.
41:40
But with
41:40
no heart
41:41
of repentance,
41:43
no acknowledgement
41:43
of sin
41:44
and only
41:45
doing this
41:46
outward
41:46
traditional
41:47
procedure
41:47
offering
41:49
sacrifices,
41:50
God had
41:51
no delight
41:51
in it.
41:53
If the
41:53
heart was
41:54
misaligned,
41:55
God did
41:55
not delight
41:56
in it.
41:57
And Samuel
41:58
picks up on
41:59
this as well
41:59
in Old Testament
42:00
times.
42:01
He asks
42:02
the question,
42:04
has the
42:05
Lord as
42:05
great delight
42:06
in burnt
42:07
offerings and
42:07
sacrifices?
42:09
As in
42:10
obeying the
42:11
voice of the
42:11
Lord,
42:13
behold,
42:13
he says,
42:14
it is
42:14
better to
42:16
obey than
42:18
to offer
42:18
sacrifice.
42:20
Behold,
42:21
to obey is
42:22
better than
42:22
sacrifice and
42:24
to listen
42:24
than the
42:25
fat of
42:26
rams.
42:27
That
42:28
lovingly
42:29
dutiful
42:31
offering of
42:32
ourselves comes
42:33
through there.
42:36
But David
42:37
says something
42:37
else in this
42:38
passage,
42:39
which is quite
42:39
interesting.
42:40
He says that
42:41
you have
42:41
given me
42:42
an open
42:43
ear.
42:45
Now,
42:46
you look at
42:47
this version,
42:48
you think,
42:48
well,
42:49
okay,
42:49
David said
42:50
sacrifice and
42:51
offering God
42:52
has not
42:52
desired.
42:53
And God
42:54
has given
42:54
him an
42:55
open ear.
42:57
Is that
42:58
open ear
42:58
that God
43:00
has given
43:00
him
43:00
understanding
43:01
that
43:02
these
43:05
sacrifices
43:06
and offerings
43:07
are of
43:09
little
43:10
value if
43:11
they come
43:11
on of
43:11
themselves.
43:15
We can
43:16
say that,
43:16
and it is
43:17
true in a
43:17
sense that
43:18
God does
43:19
open our
43:19
ears,
43:20
God does
43:20
unblock our
43:21
ears to
43:22
understand who
43:23
he is.
43:24
And David
43:25
has a clear
43:26
insight,
43:27
a clearer
43:28
insight maybe
43:28
than many of
43:29
in their day
43:30
as to who
43:31
God was.
43:32
us.
43:34
But if you
43:35
look at the
43:35
Scottish Psalter
43:36
version,
43:36
the version
43:37
that we
43:37
sing,
43:38
you'll see
43:38
that it
43:38
says that,
43:40
it doesn't
43:40
say my
43:40
ears were
43:41
open,
43:41
but my
43:41
ears were
43:42
bored.
43:43
And that's
43:44
really what
43:44
the Hebrew
43:45
is.
43:46
It means a
43:47
boring of
43:47
the ear.
43:49
And I
43:49
want to just
43:50
mention something
43:50
here because
43:51
it is worth
43:52
mentioning.
43:54
And it
43:55
references a
43:57
servant and a
43:58
master really
43:58
here.
43:59
And the
44:01
context of
44:02
it comes
44:03
from the
44:04
Old Testament
44:04
where the
44:07
boring of
44:07
the ear is a
44:08
piercing of
44:09
the ear as
44:10
such.
44:12
And the
44:14
master would
44:16
bore or
44:17
pierce the
44:18
servant's ear.
44:20
And this
44:20
would be a
44:20
sign of
44:22
something.
44:24
So to
44:26
give you the
44:26
context of
44:27
that sign,
44:29
it would
44:30
have been
44:31
in the
44:31
year of
44:32
Jubilee,
44:33
when the
44:33
servant would
44:34
have been
44:34
set free.
44:35
He would
44:36
have done
44:36
a six-year
44:37
duty and
44:38
he would
44:38
have been
44:38
set free.
44:40
And in
44:41
Exodus 21,
44:41
I'll read a
44:42
short passage
44:43
here that
44:43
really makes
44:44
it clear for
44:45
us.
44:48
If the
44:49
master gives
44:50
him a
44:50
wife in
44:51
this time
44:52
that he
44:52
had been
44:52
a slave,
44:53
if the
44:53
master gives
44:54
him a
44:54
wife and
44:54
she bears
44:55
him a
44:55
son or
44:55
a daughter,
44:57
the wife
44:57
and her
44:58
children
44:59
shall be
45:00
the
45:00
master,
45:01
and he
45:03
shall go
45:05
out alone.
45:07
But if
45:07
the slave
45:08
plainly
45:09
says,
45:10
I love
45:10
my
45:11
master,
45:12
I love
45:13
my wife,
45:14
I love
45:14
my children,
45:16
I will
45:17
not go
45:17
out free,
45:18
then his
45:19
master shall
45:20
bring him
45:20
to God,
45:21
and he
45:21
shall bring
45:22
him to
45:22
the door
45:23
or to
45:23
the
45:23
doorpost,
45:24
and the
45:25
master
45:25
shall
45:25
bore
45:26
his
45:27
ear
45:27
through
45:28
with
45:29
an
45:29
awe,
45:30
and he
45:31
shall be
45:31
his
45:32
slave
45:32
forever.
45:35
The
45:36
act of
45:36
piercing
45:37
the
45:37
slave's
45:38
ear
45:38
meant
45:39
that the
45:40
slave
45:41
was
45:41
willingly
45:42
submitting
45:44
himself
45:44
to remain
45:45
within
45:46
the
45:46
master's
45:47
house
45:47
forever.
45:50
And this
45:50
is the
45:51
heart of
45:51
David coming
45:52
through here
45:53
in worship.
45:53
He's
45:54
saying,
45:55
you have
45:57
borne
45:57
my ear,
45:58
and I
45:59
am one
45:59
that will
45:59
remain in
46:00
your house
46:01
forever.
46:03
Dutifully
46:03
devoted to
46:05
your house,
46:06
I choose
46:07
to remain
46:08
with you.
46:11
But these
46:11
words are
46:13
not all
46:13
about David.
46:15
They're not
46:16
all about
46:16
ourselves.
46:18
They're
46:18
largely about
46:19
Christ.
46:20
And that's
46:21
where the
46:21
richness comes
46:22
through in
46:23
the boring
46:23
of this
46:24
ear.
46:26
Jesus was
46:27
the one
46:28
that was
46:28
represented
46:29
in the
46:29
sacrifices.
46:31
But Jesus
46:31
was the
46:32
one that
46:32
sacrificed
46:33
with his
46:34
heart.
46:36
Christ is
46:37
the servant
46:38
that chose
46:39
to have
46:40
his ear
46:40
bored to
46:42
God's
46:42
house in
46:42
a sense.
46:43
Christ is
46:46
the one
46:47
that chose
46:48
to remain
46:49
in the
46:49
house of
46:50
God
46:50
for his
46:52
love for
46:52
the people.
46:55
Like the
46:55
slave who
46:56
was willing
46:57
to submit
46:58
to those
46:59
that were
46:59
in the
47:00
house,
47:01
Christ
47:02
was willing
47:03
to submit
47:04
for us.
47:07
Christ
47:07
is the
47:08
one
47:08
who
47:10
submitted
47:11
himself
47:12
to the
47:13
service
47:13
of the
47:13
father
47:14
because
47:17
he
47:17
could
47:18
say like
47:19
the
47:19
slave,
47:20
I love
47:20
my
47:21
master,
47:22
I love
47:22
my wife,
47:23
I love
47:23
my children.
47:26
It's as if
47:26
he was
47:26
saying I
47:27
love my
47:27
father,
47:29
I love
47:29
my bride,
47:30
the church,
47:31
and I
47:31
love the
47:32
children that
47:33
you have
47:33
given to
47:34
me.
47:34
and he
47:36
chose
47:37
that he
47:38
would be
47:39
pierced
47:39
for these
47:41
people
47:41
that were
47:42
given to
47:43
him.
47:44
And he
47:45
chose
47:45
that he
47:46
would be
47:47
the one
47:47
that would
47:48
remain
47:49
forever
47:49
with them.
47:52
The one
47:53
that chose
47:54
to give
47:55
his heart
47:56
and life
47:56
for these
47:58
people.
48:00
The act
48:02
of piercing
48:03
was a
48:04
sign that
48:05
the slave
48:05
would remain
48:06
forever,
48:07
but that
48:08
he was
48:08
willing to
48:08
do it.
48:10
Christ was
48:11
willing to
48:12
be pierced
48:13
for us
48:13
in order
48:15
that we
48:16
may know
48:16
him and
48:17
that he
48:18
may remain
48:19
with us.
48:22
But how
48:23
was her
48:23
heart?
48:28
Do we
48:29
have that
48:30
heart's
48:30
desire?
48:31
to
48:33
remain
48:33
with God,
48:35
to come
48:37
to God,
48:38
not to
48:39
run after
48:40
our own
48:40
things,
48:42
but to
48:42
say
48:42
dutifully,
48:44
I remain
48:44
with you.
48:47
Matthew
48:47
Henry
48:47
writes,
48:49
when the
48:50
law of
48:51
God is
48:51
written on
48:51
our hearts,
48:53
our duty
48:53
will be
48:55
our delight.
48:56
So briefly,
48:58
we'll look
48:58
at delight.
49:00
And we
49:00
see that
49:01
from verse
49:01
seven.
49:03
Then I
49:03
said,
49:04
behold,
49:05
I have
49:05
come.
49:06
In the
49:06
scroll of
49:07
the book
49:07
it is
49:07
written of
49:08
me.
49:09
I
49:09
desire to
49:10
do your
49:11
will,
49:11
O my
49:11
God.
49:12
Your
49:13
law is
49:14
within
49:14
my heart.
49:15
David
49:19
as the
49:20
one,
49:20
that
49:20
slave that
49:21
was
49:21
willing to
49:22
come.
49:23
Behold,
49:23
I have
49:23
come,
49:24
he says.
49:25
He comes
49:25
to God.
49:26
He comes
49:27
and is so
49:28
willing like
49:29
that slave
49:29
to come.
49:31
And he
49:32
confesses that
49:32
in the
49:33
scroll of
49:33
the book
49:34
it is
49:34
written of
49:34
me.
49:35
Now this
49:36
points to
49:37
Christ,
49:37
of course.
49:38
But is it
49:39
not true
49:39
that David
49:41
himself can
49:42
confess that
49:42
within the
49:43
scroll of
49:44
the book
49:44
it is
49:44
written of
49:45
me.
49:45
Within
49:45
the
49:46
scripture
49:46
it is
49:47
written of
49:47
me.
49:49
He saw
49:49
who he
49:50
is himself
49:50
through
49:51
God's
49:52
word.
49:52
And that
49:52
is
49:53
likened to
49:54
ourselves.
49:55
It is
49:56
God's word
49:56
that reveals
49:57
who we
49:57
really are.
49:59
Negatively,
50:00
it shows
50:01
us who we
50:01
are in
50:02
our sin,
50:03
who we
50:03
are before
50:04
God,
50:04
who we
50:05
are in
50:06
our own
50:07
nature,
50:08
the things
50:08
that we
50:08
desire that
50:09
are not
50:09
good for
50:10
us.
50:11
But
50:11
positively
50:12
so,
50:13
does the
50:13
word of
50:14
God show
50:15
us who
50:16
we are
50:16
in Christ
50:18
Jesus.
50:19
We are
50:20
adopted by
50:21
him and
50:22
we are
50:23
redeemed
50:23
by him.
50:27
But there
50:27
is a
50:27
delight to
50:28
do the
50:29
will of
50:29
God as
50:31
well.
50:33
It delights
50:33
not his
50:34
own will,
50:35
not things
50:36
that are
50:36
pleasing to
50:37
his own
50:37
desires.
50:38
God
50:38
desires.
50:39
He desires
50:40
to do
50:41
what God
50:42
requires.
50:43
That is
50:43
our
50:44
dutiful
50:44
response
50:45
as we
50:45
come and
50:46
worship.
50:49
Our
50:49
worship is
50:49
not an
50:50
arena for
50:51
open
50:51
experimentation.
50:53
If we
50:54
worship by
50:54
doing what
50:55
we enjoy,
50:56
rather than
50:57
doing what
50:57
is pleasing
50:58
to God,
51:00
our worship
51:00
will gravitate
51:01
towards
51:02
idolatry.
51:04
Sproul,
51:04
R.C.
51:05
Sproul wrote
51:06
these words.
51:08
We must
51:09
be careful
51:09
in how
51:10
we approach
51:11
God.
51:16
But it's
51:17
a transforming
51:18
work
51:19
only that
51:22
can make
51:22
us really
51:23
approach God
51:24
with a
51:24
heart of
51:25
worship.
51:27
And we
51:27
desire to
51:28
come to
51:29
God and
51:29
maybe we
51:30
wonder why
51:32
we come to
51:33
God in
51:33
such a
51:34
way.
51:35
We
51:35
question
51:37
ourselves
51:37
and say
51:38
I love
51:38
these things
51:39
of the
51:39
world.
51:40
But then
51:41
I desire
51:44
to do
51:44
God's.
51:45
I desire
51:46
to come
51:46
to God
51:46
greater.
51:48
That's the
51:49
heart that
51:49
God put
51:50
in us.
51:51
It's not
51:51
our work
51:52
of ourselves.
51:56
You see
51:57
of Christ
51:59
this is
52:00
true as
52:00
well.
52:00
Christ
52:02
was the
52:03
one who
52:05
confessed
52:05
himself.
52:09
The
52:10
will of
52:10
God was
52:11
difficult
52:11
for him.
52:13
Nevertheless
52:14
not your
52:15
will but
52:16
yours be
52:16
done.
52:18
He was
52:18
dutiful in
52:20
his approach
52:21
to God.
52:22
But he
52:23
delighted to
52:24
do the
52:24
will of
52:25
God.
52:26
And you
52:26
see that
52:28
at the
52:29
extremities
52:29
of life
52:30
Christ
52:32
our
52:32
example
52:32
was glad
52:33
to
52:34
fulfil
52:34
the
52:35
will
52:35
of
52:35
God.
52:37
And in
52:38
a sense
52:38
we see
52:39
that
52:39
well
52:39
delight
52:40
to do
52:41
God's
52:41
will
52:41
is not
52:42
always
52:42
a sense
52:43
that we
52:43
are happy
52:44
full of
52:45
praise
52:45
joy
52:47
and
52:47
feeling
52:48
joyous
52:49
but it
52:51
overlaps
52:52
back into
52:52
a dutiful
52:53
sense.
52:56
Paul
52:57
had the
52:57
thorn in
52:58
his flesh
52:58
and asked
53:00
the Lord
53:00
to remove
53:01
it but he
53:02
was content
53:02
that it
53:03
wasn't
53:03
removed
53:04
from.
53:05
There's
53:05
things that
53:06
are difficult
53:06
in our
53:07
lives that
53:07
are the
53:07
Lord's
53:08
will
53:08
but we
53:12
struggle to
53:13
understand
53:13
and we
53:14
are not
53:15
immune from
53:16
the sharp
53:16
end of
53:17
life's
53:18
stick as
53:19
a sense.
53:21
And of
53:21
course we
53:23
cry to
53:23
God in
53:25
our
53:25
experiences.
53:26
we plead
53:27
with God
53:28
in the
53:29
situations
53:29
that we
53:30
find
53:30
ourselves
53:30
in.
53:33
We
53:33
ask why
53:34
is this
53:35
not
53:35
different?
53:37
Your
53:37
will
53:38
is too
53:39
hard for
53:40
me to
53:40
grasp.
53:42
We
53:43
confess
53:44
that your
53:45
will is
53:45
not what
53:45
I want.
53:46
Your
53:47
will is
53:47
not my
53:48
will.
53:48
but do
53:51
we have
53:52
the heart
53:52
to say
53:53
in
53:54
confession
53:55
as we
53:56
come before
53:57
God
53:57
nevertheless
53:59
not my
54:01
will
54:01
but yours
54:02
be done.
54:03
We have
54:04
that servant
54:05
willing to
54:06
devote his
54:06
life to
54:07
God again.
54:09
The one
54:09
who is
54:09
willing to
54:10
have his
54:10
ears
54:10
pierced.
54:12
Devoting
54:12
himself
54:13
not the
54:14
things that
54:14
I want.
54:15
what does
54:17
God
54:18
desire
54:18
of me?
54:20
What is
54:20
the will
54:21
of God
54:21
for my
54:22
life?
54:23
Whatever
54:24
it is
54:24
may we
54:25
find a
54:25
delight
54:26
in it.
54:27
We may
54:28
not see
54:28
the delight
54:29
in it
54:29
immediately.
54:32
The
54:32
delight
54:32
may come
54:33
afterwards.
54:34
It may
54:35
not even
54:35
come in
54:35
this
54:36
lifetime
54:36
but let
54:39
our
54:39
delight
54:39
be in
54:40
his
54:41
will.
54:42
May
54:42
our
54:42
heart
54:43
be
54:43
inclined
54:44
to
54:45
his
54:45
ways.
54:47
And
54:47
may
54:47
we
54:47
be
54:47
people
54:48
that
54:48
are
54:48
not
54:48
ashamed
54:49
to
54:50
speak
54:50
of
54:50
all
54:51
that
54:51
he
54:51
has
54:51
done
54:51
for us.
54:52
The last
54:53
few
54:53
verses
54:53
there
54:54
I have
54:55
told the
54:55
glad
54:55
news of
54:56
deliverance
54:57
in the
54:57
great
54:58
congregation.
54:59
Behold I
55:00
have not
55:00
restrained my
55:01
lips as you
55:02
know O
55:02
Lord.
55:03
I have
55:04
not hidden
55:04
your
55:05
deliverance
55:05
within my
55:06
heart.
55:07
I have
55:07
spoken of
55:08
your
55:08
faithfulness
55:09
and your
55:09
salvation.
55:10
I have
55:11
not
55:11
concealed
55:11
your
55:12
steadfast
55:12
love and
55:13
your
55:13
faithfulness
55:13
from the
55:14
great
55:15
congregation.
55:16
We don't
55:17
have time
55:18
to go
55:18
into this
55:19
really.
55:22
But it
55:22
is that
55:23
man who
55:24
is
55:24
unashamed
55:25
to speak
55:26
of what
55:27
God has
55:28
done for
55:28
him.
55:30
David was
55:30
glad to
55:31
tell of
55:32
the
55:32
righteousness
55:33
and
55:33
deliverance,
55:34
the
55:35
steadfast
55:35
love of
55:36
God
55:36
in his
55:38
experience.
55:39
God
55:40
is
55:41
he
55:42
was
55:42
active
55:43
and
55:43
confident
55:43
as he
55:44
did
55:44
so.
55:45
You can
55:46
see that
55:46
I have
55:47
is scattered
55:48
through them
55:49
two
55:49
verses.
55:51
And he
55:51
comes before
55:52
the great
55:53
congregations
55:54
gladly
55:55
telling
55:56
these
55:56
things.
56:00
Ephesians
56:01
speaks
56:02
of
56:04
that we
56:06
may have
56:07
strength to
56:08
comprehend
56:09
with all
56:10
the saints
56:11
what is
56:12
the breadth,
56:13
the length,
56:14
the height,
56:15
and the
56:15
depth
56:16
of God.
56:17
You know,
56:20
we come
56:21
together with
56:21
our different
56:22
experiences.
56:24
And as
56:25
Christians,
56:26
you know,
56:26
it's great
56:27
hearing people's
56:27
testimonies.
56:29
And you
56:29
think,
56:29
well,
56:29
I didn't
56:30
know that
56:30
about the
56:31
person,
56:31
and I
56:31
didn't
56:31
know they
56:32
had gone
56:32
through that.
56:33
I didn't
56:34
know God
56:34
would work
56:35
in such a
56:35
way as
56:36
he has
56:36
done in
56:37
that person's
56:37
life.
56:38
But as
56:39
we come
56:39
together,
56:40
and as
56:40
we gather
56:41
together,
56:42
unashamed
56:42
of what
56:43
God has
56:44
done for
56:44
us,
56:45
may we
56:46
declare
56:46
that God
56:49
has done
56:49
a great
56:50
work in
56:50
my life.
56:51
And as
56:52
we do
56:52
this
56:53
together,
56:54
we
56:55
strengthen
56:56
one another,
56:57
strengthen
56:58
with all
56:58
the saints.
57:00
What is
57:00
the breadth,
57:01
length,
57:02
height,
57:02
and depth?
57:05
You know,
57:06
we might
57:07
hear of
57:07
someone's
57:08
conversion,
57:09
or God
57:10
working in
57:11
someone's
57:11
life,
57:12
and we
57:12
say,
57:13
you know,
57:13
it's amazing
57:14
that God
57:14
did that.
57:16
And it
57:16
extends
57:17
our
57:17
understanding
57:18
of God.
57:19
And you
57:19
might hear
57:20
something
57:20
else,
57:20
and it
57:20
raises
57:21
the
57:24
might of
57:25
God in
57:25
your eyes.
57:27
And then
57:28
you hear
57:28
something else,
57:29
and you
57:29
say,
57:29
well,
57:29
I didn't
57:29
realize God
57:31
could reach
57:32
the depths.
57:34
As we
57:35
come together,
57:37
we strengthen
57:38
one another,
57:39
and we
57:40
uplift
57:41
God's
57:42
name,
57:43
and
57:43
praise
57:44
him for
57:45
all that
57:46
he has
57:46
done.
57:47
And
57:47
together,
57:48
we
57:48
enlarge
57:50
our
57:50
understanding
57:52
of who
57:52
God is.
57:53
And as I
57:54
said in
57:54
the beginning,
57:55
that's
57:56
really
57:56
central
57:59
to the
58:00
matter of
58:00
our
58:01
worship.
58:02
Who is
58:02
God to
58:03
you?
58:05
I pray
58:06
that as
58:08
we come
58:08
together,
58:09
we would
58:10
have our
58:11
eyes
58:12
opened
58:12
to
58:14
understand
58:15
who
58:16
God
58:16
is,
58:18
what he
58:19
has done
58:19
for so
58:20
and so,
58:21
what he
58:22
has done
58:22
for me.
58:24
And we
58:24
say,
58:24
God,
58:26
wow,
58:28
no one
58:29
can compare
58:30
with you.
58:31
to the
58:35
extent that
58:35
we say,
58:36
I'm not
58:38
going to
58:38
go anywhere
58:38
else.
58:40
All these
58:41
desires that
58:42
I have
58:43
do not
58:43
compare,
58:44
the worldly
58:45
desires do
58:45
not compare
58:46
to what
58:48
Jesus can
58:49
do for
58:50
me,
58:51
to what
58:51
God can
58:52
give me,
58:52
to what
58:53
remaining
58:53
in his
58:54
household
58:55
means to
58:56
me.
58:56
as God
59:00
becomes
59:01
great to
59:01
us,
59:03
may we
59:03
be people
59:04
that have
59:05
a heart
59:06
to come
59:07
to worship
59:07
him,
59:08
that have
59:09
a heart
59:09
to devote
59:10
ourselves
59:11
dutifully
59:11
to him,
59:13
have a
59:13
heart to
59:14
delight
59:14
ourselves
59:15
in whatever
59:15
his will
59:16
is for
59:16
our life,
59:18
but be
59:18
unashamed
59:18
to declare
59:20
all that
59:21
he has
59:21
done,
59:22
to be
59:23
marked
59:23
by God,
59:28
to have
59:29
our ears
59:29
pierced
59:30
as it
59:30
were,
59:32
that we
59:32
would be
59:32
willingly
59:33
submissive
59:34
to remain
59:36
in his
59:36
house
59:37
forever.
59:39
I pray
59:39
that our
59:40
hearts
59:41
would be
59:42
such.
59:43
Pray it
59:44
would be
59:44
blessed
59:44
to us,
59:46
our
59:46
worship,
59:48
our
59:48
duty,
59:49
our
59:49
delight,
59:50
and our
59:50
declaration.
59:51
Amen.
59:52
We'll
59:53
conclude
59:54
by singing
59:55
in Psalm
59:55
40,
59:56
the Scottish
59:57
Psalter
59:57
version,
59:59
page 260
1:00:00
of the
1:00:01
Blue Book.
1:00:09
And we'll
1:00:10
sing the
1:00:11
verses that
1:00:12
we read
1:00:12
there,
1:00:13
from
1:00:14
verse 6
1:00:14
down to
1:00:15
end of
1:00:16
verse 10.
1:00:19
No
1:00:19
sacrifice,
1:00:21
nor offering,
1:00:21
didst not
1:00:31
require.
1:00:32
We'll
1:00:33
sing down
1:00:33
to the
1:00:34
end of
1:00:34
verse 10
1:00:35
that
1:00:36
thy
1:00:38
kindness
1:00:38
which
1:00:38
must
1:00:39
love
1:00:39
in us,
1:00:40
concealed
1:00:41
have not
1:00:41
I,
1:00:42
nor from
1:00:43
the
1:00:43
congregation
1:00:44
great,
1:00:45
have hid
1:00:45
thy
1:00:45
verity.
1:00:46
We'll
1:00:46
stand
1:00:47
together,
1:00:48
and we'll
1:00:48
lift our
1:00:48
voices and
1:00:49
hearts,
1:00:50
praising God,
1:00:51
no
1:00:52
sacrifice,
1:00:52
nor offering.
1:00:53
No
1:00:56
sacrifice,
1:00:59
Thine is no offering, it's thou at all desire.
1:01:13
Mine is the Lord's sin, all three love, and burn its all three fire.
1:01:31
Then to the Lord these were my words, I come, ye, O thou see.
1:01:49
Where did thou own you, all the book, the great is of me.
1:02:08
To do thy will I take delight, O thou my heart, thou art.
1:02:28
Yea, that most holy law of thine I have within my heart.
1:02:47
Within thy congregation great, I my righteousness did reach.
1:03:06
O thou art, thou scroll, O Lord, that I refrain in not my speech.
1:03:24
I never did within my heart conceal thy righteousness.
1:03:41
I thy salvation have declared, and show thy faithfulness.
1:04:01
Thy kindness which most loving is.
1:04:12
Conceal it, have no time, nor from the congregation great, have it by benity.
1:04:36
Conclude in prayer.
1:04:41
Our heavenly Father, we thank you for this time we have had together to come and to praise your name.
1:04:49
Lord, we pray that you would remain with us.
1:04:52
Lord, give us hearts renewed to worship you.
1:04:57
We pray for our service this evening.
1:05:00
We pray for Mr. McKeever as he leads us.
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We pray you prepare at heart to receive the word.
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Be with us as we part.
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Forgive us our sins that we know are many and great.
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Through the name of Jesus Christ, the one who was pierced for our transgressions.
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Lord, in his name we ask these things.
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Amen.
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graciousさせ keys.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.