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again extend a very warm welcome to everyone this evening and we pray that the Lord will
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indeed bless our worship and also a warm welcome to any who may be visiting with us it's always
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nice to have visitors and again we also welcome those who join with us online
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you have the intimation bulletin it's quite short this for this week so just take your time
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reading through it it's because Mr McEver has lost his voice and I'm here tonight the as you can see
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obviously the English service details that are on the bulletin are different so we're going to begin
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singing in Psalm 122 Psalm 122 and I'm going to sing it's on page 416 the whole Psalm
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Psalm 122 I joyed went to the house of God go up they said to me Jerusalem within thy gates our feet
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shall standing be Jerusalem as a city is compactly built together and to that place the tribes go up
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the tribes of God go thither to Israel's testimony there to God's name thanks to pay for thrones of
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judgment even the thrones of David's house to their stay pray that Jerusalem may have peace and
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felicity let them that love thee and thy peace have still prosperity therefore I wish that peace may
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still within thy walls remain and ever may thy palaces prosperity retain now for my friends and
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brethren sakes peace be in thee I'll say and for the house of God our Lord I'll seek thy good always
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psalm one two two the whole psalm I joyed went to the house of God
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I joyed went to the house of God
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I joyed went to the house of God
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O have they said to me
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that we build together.
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And to the place the tribes go up,
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the tribes of God go together.
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To Israel's testimony,
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do God take plans to pay.
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Our thrones of judgment
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in the thrones
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of three Acts with us persone,
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do God take me.
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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CHOIR SINGS
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Let us bow in prayer.
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O Lord, as we seek to call upon your name, we have begun our worship singing praise to you.
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And we pray that the joy of our heart may indeed be such that it propels us forward day by day.
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The psalmist was able to say, I joyed when to the house of God go up, they said to me.
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We pray that there might be something of that joy in our own heart as we come to your house.
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That we don't simply come out of a way of duty, although there is an element of duty in it.
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And that we don't simply come in order that we may tick a box.
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But that we might come with a desire to meet with you.
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Because we know that your presence is promised for your people gathered together.
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Even if the numbers are as few as two or three.
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You're there.
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And so we pray tonight with the promise of your presence.
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That you will show yourself to us as we come under your word.
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And that we will hear your voice in the stillness and the quietness of our own heart.
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O Lord, our God, we give thanks that we are able to worship you.
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And we pray that we might have a spirit of worship.
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And that we might be able to rejoice in you.
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It's a wonderful privilege that we have.
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And that you have shown us the way to go.
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Because there are so many who do not have your word.
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So many do not know what you are requiring.
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So many do not know of you in order to praise you.
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We do not worship the unknown God.
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As Paul found a statue to in the Acts of the Apostles.
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But we worship the God that has been revealed to us in your word.
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And we pray that we might come to an ever greater knowledge of you through the truth.
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We pray that you will open our hearts so that we will see you.
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Open our minds to understand.
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We pray for a perception to delve into the scripture.
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So that it may become sweeter to us.
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More precious to us.
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And that you will build us up in the faith.
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That you will strengthen us in the depth of our being.
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Lord, we live at a time where there is so much opposition to the Christian faith.
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And we pray, O Lord, that you will indeed strengthen your people.
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And that you will encourage them as they go forward.
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Because we know that often the personal inward battles can be difficult.
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But we pray that your grace will prove to be sufficient every day.
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And your strength made perfect in our weakness.
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O Lord, our God, we pray to equip us for the battle.
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We give thanks that you've given to us the sword and the shield.
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You've given to us the helmet.
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You've given to us all the different aspects of the armor.
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And we pray that we may put this on and keep this on.
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And help us as we go forward day by day.
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We pray for any in here maybe who don't yet know you.
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They know about you.
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But they haven't come into that personal knowledge.
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Where they're able to say, my Lord and my God.
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We pray, Lord, that those things which might be holding them back, that these things might be removed.
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We pray, Lord, that you will open people's eyes and people's hearts to see and to believe.
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Because we know that we need you to do this.
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We have to confess, Lord, for how often we stood, as it were, at a gate where we couldn't see a way in and we couldn't see a way over.
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Until all of a sudden things, or maybe it was gradually, things became clear.
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And we understood.
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And we were unable to embrace Jesus.
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And we pray that that might be true for any who tonight still don't know you.
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We pray, Lord, that you will bless everybody gathered here and all who are worshiping with us online.
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We pray, Lord, that you will bless every home and every family.
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And we pray for where there is grief and sorrow and sadness, that you will bring healing into the heart.
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And we know that we live at a time which every day brings its own trials, its own difficulties.
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And we know that death is never far away.
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And so we pray for every broken heart and every heavy heart.
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And ask, Lord, that you will raise up.
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Lord, we pray in particular for the McLeod family in Plasterfield.
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But we pray also for all who hurt at this time.
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Pray for those who are ill, those who are sick in body and mind.
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We ask, Lord, that you will help them.
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We ask, Lord, that you will lift up those who feel cast down.
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That you will give a balance of mind to those who are filled maybe with anxieties.
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Those who are struggling in life.
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And there are so many things which cause us to struggle.
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Lord, we pray that you will give us a settled peace.
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That you will give that freedom from anxiety.
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Help us to cast out burden upon the Lord, knowing that you will sustain us.
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Pray for those who are ill of body.
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We pray for healing for those, Lord, who may be going through difficult times.
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In hospital, in homes, in their own home, in the hospice.
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In all the different places, Lord, we commit them to your care.
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We ask, Lord, for all those who work for the NHS.
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And we realize often the great pressures that they're under.
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We ask, Lord, that you will help them and equip them in work.
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There is pressure in every work.
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And we ask, Lord, that you will be with all and each and every one of us.
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Lord, we live in difficult times.
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There are so many financial challenges and financial restraints.
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We ask, Lord, that you will help those who are struggling most.
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We pray, Lord, that you will help this world that we're part of.
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As the pandemic is still creating disruption in our land.
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And the war in Ukraine, Lord, we're so aware of the horrors that are taking place there.
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And the global impact that comes from that.
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And, Lord, we are aware of rising costs at every front.
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And there's so much uncertainty and so much that we just don't know.
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But we give thanks, Lord, that you're in control.
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That you rule over all.
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And we pray that you will display your power.
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That you will show your authority.
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That you will make clear that you are God of heaven and earth.
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Bless us as a nation.
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Watch over us, we pray.
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Bless those who have the rule over us in Westminster and Holyrood.
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And locally here in the council.
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Grant wisdom from above.
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Lord, leave us not to ourselves.
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Because our own wisdom will bring us into foolishness.
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We pray that it might be the wisdom of God that will guide.
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We pray to bless, Lord, the work of the gospel throughout this world.
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We pray for missionaries tonight who are discouraged in faraway lands.
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Maybe suffering with homesickness.
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With language difficulties.
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Facing a culture that is foreign to them.
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And that there is just within their own heart.
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This longing for just a touch of the homeland.
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Lord, we pray to encourage them.
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And make them persuade them that nothing that they do for you is in vain.
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Again, we remember Muriel.
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And we ask to be with her and bless her.
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Lord, guide us then as we wait upon you.
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We pray your blessing upon Mr. McKeever.
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We ask, Lord, that you will restore him to full health and strength soon.
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And we pray for Cal Murdois.
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He's away at this time.
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And ask that you will bless him.
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We give thanks, Lord, for bringing him here.
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And Joanne and the family, we ask that they will settle in quickly.
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And that they will know that your hand is upon them for good.
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Remember the congregation of North Eust.
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We pray for them.
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And pray that you will indeed guide them in the right direction.
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And provide a pastor for them.
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We know, Lord, that you are the Lord who leads your people.
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And leads in the right way.
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And so we commit them to your care.
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Bless us then, we pray.
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Bless him, Murdois.
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He leads the praise.
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Cleansing us from our sin.
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In Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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We're going to sing again from Psalm 85.
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This time in Sing Psalms, page 113.
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The tune is Converse, Psalm 85, on page 113.
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I'm going to sing from verse 4.
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In fact, we'll sing.
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Excuse me.
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I had put 4 to 9.
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But, you know, if it's okay, we'll sing to the end of the psalm.
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Psalm 85, from verse 4 to the end.
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It's page 113.
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God, our Savior, God, our Savior, now restore us.
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From us turn away your rage.
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Will your anger burn against us?
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Will it last from age to age?
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Will you not again revive us?
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That we may rejoice in you.
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Show us, Lord, your covenant mercy.
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Your salvation grant in you.
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I will hear what God the Lord says.
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To his saints he offers peace.
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But his people must not wander and return to foolishness.
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Surely for all those who fear him, his salvation is at hand,
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so that once again his glory may be seen within our land.
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Psalm 85, from verse 4 to the end.
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The Tunis Converse.
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God, our Savior, now restore us.
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From us turn away your rage.
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Will your anger burn against us?
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Will it last from age to age?
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Will you not again revive us?
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That we may rejoice in you.
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Show us, Lord, your covenant mercy.
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Your salvation grant in you.
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I will hear what God the Lord says.
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To his saints he offers peace.
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But his people must not wander
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And return to foolishness.
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Sure, before all those who fear him,
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His salvation is at hand,
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So that once again his glory
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May be seen within our land
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Love and truth, amen together
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Righteousness and peace and grace
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Righteousness looks out from heaven
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From the earth's faithfulness
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What is good the Lord will give us
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And our land his truth will bear
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Righteousness will go before him
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And his royal way prepare
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Let us turn to read God's word now
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In the Gospel of John
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John's Gospel and the 20th chapter
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John's Gospel, chapter 20
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John chapter 20
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We read from the beginning
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Now on the first day of the week
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Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early
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While it was still dark
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And saw that the stone had been taken away
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From the tomb
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So she ran and went to Simon Peter
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And the other disciple
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The one whom Jesus loved
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And said to them
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They have taken the Lord
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Out of the tomb
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And we do not know
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Where they have laid him
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So Peter went out
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With the other disciple
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And they were going towards the tomb
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Both of them were running together
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But the other disciple
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Outran Peter
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And reached the tomb first
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And stooping to look in
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He saw the linen cloths lying there
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But he did not go in
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Then Simon Peter came
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Following him
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And went into the tomb
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He saw the linen cloths lying there
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And the face cloth
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Which had been on Jesus' head
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Not lying with the linen cloths
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But folded up in a place by itself
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Then the other disciple
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Who had reached the tomb first
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Went in and he saw and believed
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For as yet
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They did not understand the scripture
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That he must rise from the dead
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Then the disciples went back
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To their homes
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But Mary stood weeping
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Outside the tomb
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And as she wept
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She stooped to look into the tomb
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And she saw two angels in white
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Sitting where the body of Jesus had lain
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One at the head
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And one at the feet
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They said to her
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Woman
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Why are you weeping?
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She said to them
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They have taken away my Lord
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And I do not know
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Where they have laid him
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Having said this
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She turned round
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And saw Jesus standing
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But she did not know
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That it was Jesus
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Jesus said to her
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Woman
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Why are you weeping?
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Whom are you seeking?
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Supposing him to be the gardener
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She said to him
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Sir
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If you have carried him away
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Tell me where you have laid him
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And I will take him away
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Jesus said to her
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Mary
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She turned and said to him
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In Aramaic
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Rabboni
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Which means teacher
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Jesus said to her
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Do not cling to me
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For I have not yet ascended
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To the Father
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But go to my brothers
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And say to them
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I am ascending to my Father
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And your Father
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And to my God
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And your God
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Mary Magdalene went
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And announced to the disciples
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I have seen the Lord
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And that he had said
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These things to her
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On the evening of that day
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The first day of the week
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The doors being locked
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For the disciples
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Where for fear of the Jews
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Jesus came and stood among them
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And said to them
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Peace be with you
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When he had said this
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He showed them his hands
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And his side
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Then the disciples were glad
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When they saw the Lord
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Jesus said to them again
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Peace be with you
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As the Father has sent me
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Even so am I sending you
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And when he had said this
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He breathed on them
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And said to them
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Receive the Holy Spirit
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If you forgive the sins of anyone
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They are forgiven
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If you withhold forgiveness from anyone
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It is withheld
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Now Thomas
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One of the twelve
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Called the twin
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Was not with them
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When Jesus came
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So the other disciples
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Told him
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We have seen the Lord
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But he said to them
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Unless I see in his hands
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The mark of the nails
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And place my finger
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Into the mark of the nails
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And place my hand
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Into his side
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I will never believe
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Eight days later
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The disciples were inside again
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And Thomas was with them
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Although the doors were locked
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Jesus came and stood among them
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And said
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Peace be with you
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Then he said to Thomas
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Put your finger here
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And see my hands
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And put out your hand
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And place it in my side
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Do not disbelieve
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But believe
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Thomas answered him
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My Lord
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And my God
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Jesus said to him
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Have you believed
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Because you have seen me
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Blessed are those
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Who having not seen
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And yet have believed
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Now Jesus did many other signs
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In the presence of the disciples
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Which are not written in this book
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But these are written
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So that you may believe
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That Jesus is the Christ
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The Son of God
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And that by believing
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You may have life
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In his name
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Amen
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And may God bless to us
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This reading of his holy word
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We're going to sing again
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From Sing Psalms
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On page 44
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It's Psalm number 36
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Psalm number 36
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On page 44
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The tune is Denfield
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We sing verses 5 to 10
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Psalm 36
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5 to 10
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Your steadfast love is great
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O Lord
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It reaches heaven high
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Your faithfulness is wonderful
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Extending to the sky
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Your righteousness is very great
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Like mountains high and steep
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Your justice is like ocean depths
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Both man and beast you keep
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How precious is your steadfast love
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What confidence it brings
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Both high and low find shelter
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In the shadow of your wings
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They feast within your house
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And drink from streams of your delight
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For with you is the source of life
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In your light we see light
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To those who know you as their God
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Your steadfast love impart
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Maintain your righteousness
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To those of pure and upright heart
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Verses 5 to 10
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Psalm 36
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And the tune is Denfield
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Your steadfast love is great
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O Lord
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It reaches heaven high
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Your faithfulness is wonderful
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Original
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Christ
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The true other
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I am
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still
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your
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justice is
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like ocean
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debt
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old man
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and beast
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to be
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how
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precious
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is your
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steadfast love
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what
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confidence
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it
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raised
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both high
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and low
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I sheltered
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in a
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shadow of
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pure
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wings
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the feast
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within
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your hearts
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and drain
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from streams
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of your
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delight
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for
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when you
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is
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the
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source of
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light
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in your
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light
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we
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see
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light
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to those
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who
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know you
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as their
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God
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your
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steadfast love
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impart
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heart
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maintain
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you
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righteous
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next to
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those
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of
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pure
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and
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upright
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heart
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hearts
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let's
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turn again
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to the
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portion
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of
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scripture
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we read
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in
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John's
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gospel
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John
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chapter
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20
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and we'll
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read again
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at verse
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19
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on the
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evening
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on the
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evening
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of that
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day
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the
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door
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for fear
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of the
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Jews
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Jesus
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came and
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stood
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among
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them
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and said
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to them
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peace
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be with
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you
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when he
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had said
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this
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he showed
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them his
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hands
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and his
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side
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then the
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disciples
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were glad
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when they
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saw the
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Lord
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you and
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I know
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that life
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is forever
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changing
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our
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circumstances
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are
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constantly
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changing
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even in
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the course
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of a
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day or
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in the
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course
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of a
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year
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and
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sometimes
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we can
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go from
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great joy
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happiness
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contentment
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and we can
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be plunged
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into sorrow
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and into
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despair
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life is
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forever
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changing
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it changes
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so quickly
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and one
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of the
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things
28:37
that we
28:38
see in
28:39
this chapter
28:39
is the
28:40
constant
28:41
rapid
28:41
change
28:42
that is
28:42
taking
28:43
place
28:43
but central
28:44
to the
28:45
whole thing
28:45
of course
28:46
is the
28:47
Lord
28:47
Jesus
28:48
and
28:49
Jesus
28:50
here
28:50
is
28:52
showing
28:53
himself
28:53
revealing
28:54
himself
28:54
to his
28:56
disciples
28:56
now
28:58
there's
28:59
something
28:59
lovely
29:00
in the
29:00
way
29:00
that
29:00
Jesus
29:01
first of
29:02
all
29:02
reveals
29:03
himself
29:04
to
29:05
Mary
29:05
you would
29:06
have
29:06
expected
29:07
if
29:07
we
29:08
were
29:08
the
29:08
ones
29:08
who
29:08
were
29:09
giving
29:09
an
29:10
account
29:10
if
29:10
supposing
29:11
this
29:12
was
29:12
simply
29:13
a
29:13
story
29:14
which
29:14
obviously
29:14
it's
29:14
not
29:15
I'm
29:16
quite
29:16
sure
29:16
that
29:17
we
29:17
would
29:18
say
29:18
or
29:18
the
29:19
way
29:19
we
29:19
would
29:19
expect
29:20
that
29:21
Jesus
29:21
would
29:22
reveal
29:22
himself
29:22
to
29:23
John
29:23
before
29:24
anybody
29:24
else
29:24
because
29:25
John
29:25
of course
29:26
was
29:26
the
29:26
disciple
29:26
whom
29:27
Jesus
29:27
loved
29:28
amongst
29:29
Jesus
29:29
had the
29:30
twelve
29:30
disciples
29:31
of the
29:31
twelve
29:32
there was
29:32
an inner
29:32
three
29:33
and of
29:33
the inner
29:34
three
29:34
there was
29:35
this one
29:36
John
29:36
himself
29:36
termed
29:37
himself
29:37
the
29:38
disciple
29:38
whom
29:38
Jesus
29:39
loved
29:39
but it
29:41
wasn't
29:41
to
29:41
John
29:41
or maybe
29:42
you would
29:43
have said
29:43
it probably
29:44
would be
29:44
to Peter
29:45
because Peter
29:45
was the
29:46
one who
29:46
had made
29:47
the great
29:47
confession
29:48
you are
29:49
the Christ
29:49
the son
29:50
of the
29:50
living
29:50
God
29:51
Jesus
29:52
said
29:52
flesh
29:53
and blood
29:53
hasn't
29:53
said that
29:54
but my
29:55
father
29:55
which is
29:55
in heaven
29:56
so it
29:56
was a
29:56
great
29:57
confession
29:57
but it
29:59
wasn't
29:59
to any
30:00
of the
30:01
immediate
30:02
followers
30:03
the
30:03
immediate
30:04
twelve
30:04
but it
30:05
was to
30:05
this
30:06
woman
30:06
Mary
30:06
Mary
30:07
Magdalene
30:08
and of
30:09
course
30:09
Mary
30:10
along with
30:11
other women
30:12
had come
30:13
early to
30:13
the grave
30:14
in order
30:15
to anoint
30:15
the body
30:16
of Jesus
30:17
and
30:18
they
30:19
had put
30:20
their necks
30:21
on the
30:21
line
30:21
because
30:23
you've got
30:23
to remember
30:23
that his
30:24
disciples
30:25
the likes
30:25
of Peter
30:26
James
30:26
and John
30:27
were nowhere
30:28
to be
30:28
found
30:29
at this
30:29
time
30:29
when we
30:30
do come
30:30
across
30:31
them
30:31
they are
30:32
in a
30:32
room
30:32
behind
30:33
locked
30:33
doors
30:34
but
30:36
here
30:36
are the
30:36
ladies
30:37
and
30:38
it's
30:39
obviously
30:40
taken
30:40
great
30:40
courage
30:41
but they
30:42
were
30:42
propelled
30:43
by this
30:44
amazing
30:45
love
30:46
and zeal
30:47
that they
30:47
had for
30:48
the Lord
30:48
Jesus
30:49
so that
30:50
they didn't
30:50
count their
30:51
own lives
30:51
precious
30:51
they just
30:53
wanted to
30:53
do this
30:54
honour
30:55
in anointing
30:55
the body
30:56
of Jesus
30:56
but of
30:58
course
30:58
his body
31:00
wasn't
31:00
needing
31:00
anointing
31:01
his body
31:02
didn't
31:03
see decay
31:04
Psalm 16
31:05
tells us
31:05
that
31:06
that the
31:07
body of
31:07
Jesus
31:07
that's the
31:08
one difference
31:09
between
31:09
although
31:10
Jesus
31:11
died
31:11
physically
31:13
as we
31:14
die
31:14
there was
31:15
there was
31:16
a difference
31:17
with regard
31:18
to his
31:19
burial
31:19
because his
31:20
body
31:21
actually
31:21
didn't
31:22
see
31:22
decay
31:23
the
31:23
moment
31:24
that
31:24
we
31:25
die
31:25
our
31:26
body
31:26
begins
31:27
to
31:27
decay
31:27
but
31:28
not
31:29
the
31:29
body
31:29
of
31:29
the
31:29
Lord
31:30
Jesus
31:30
his
31:31
body
31:31
we're
31:31
told
31:32
saw
31:32
no
31:33
corruption
31:33
so
31:35
there
31:35
was
31:35
this
31:36
one
31:37
difference
31:37
it's
31:37
almost
31:38
as if
31:38
the
31:38
moment
31:39
that
31:39
Jesus
31:40
was
31:40
buried
31:40
it
31:41
was
31:41
as if
31:44
his
31:45
very
31:45
being
31:46
was
31:46
bursting
31:46
in
31:46
order
31:47
to
31:47
rise
31:48
again
31:48
so
31:50
they
31:50
came
31:51
in
31:51
order
31:51
to
31:51
anoint
31:52
there
31:52
was
31:52
only
31:52
one
31:52
person
31:53
actually
31:53
and we
31:54
know
31:54
that
31:55
one
31:55
person
31:55
who
31:56
actually
31:56
anointed
31:56
Jesus
31:58
and that
31:59
was
31:59
before
31:59
he
31:59
died
32:00
and that
32:00
was
32:00
Mary
32:01
of
32:01
Bethany
32:01
because
32:02
she
32:02
came
32:03
remember
32:03
how
32:04
she
32:04
anointed
32:05
Jesus
32:06
to
32:07
there
32:08
were
32:08
people
32:08
who
32:08
were
32:09
very
32:09
critical
32:09
of
32:10
her
32:10
and
32:11
yet
32:11
Jesus
32:11
said
32:12
against
32:12
the
32:13
day
32:13
of
32:13
my
32:13
burial
32:14
has
32:14
she
32:14
done
32:15
this
32:15
so
32:16
Mary
32:17
had a
32:17
keen eye
32:18
of
32:18
faith
32:19
Mary
32:19
in fact
32:20
saw
32:20
what
32:21
Peter
32:21
James
32:22
and
32:22
John
32:22
didn't
32:23
see
32:23
she
32:24
had a
32:25
spiritual
32:25
perception
32:26
about
32:26
her
32:27
she
32:27
understood
32:28
things
32:28
that
32:29
even
32:30
they
32:30
didn't
32:30
and
32:30
as
32:31
we've
32:31
said
32:32
often
32:32
enough
32:32
before
32:33
Mary
32:34
understood
32:35
these
32:35
things
32:35
because
32:36
every
32:36
time
32:36
we
32:36
find
32:37
Mary
32:37
she's
32:37
at
32:37
the
32:38
feet
32:38
of
32:38
Jesus
32:38
the
32:39
place
32:39
of
32:39
learning
32:40
the
32:40
place
32:40
of
32:41
humility
32:41
she
32:42
was
32:42
waiting
32:43
upon
32:43
Jesus
32:43
and so
32:44
she
32:44
grasped
32:44
and
32:45
understood
32:45
things
32:46
that
32:47
his
32:47
immediate
32:47
disciples
32:49
the ones
32:49
he had
32:49
chosen
32:50
hadn't
32:50
so
32:51
Jesus
32:52
reveals
32:52
himself
32:53
to
32:54
Mary
32:55
first of
32:56
all
32:56
to
32:56
Mary
32:56
Magdalene
32:57
and of
32:58
course
32:58
Mary
32:58
Magdalene
32:59
was one
32:59
of whom
33:00
he had
33:00
cast out
33:01
devils
33:01
and
33:02
she
33:03
was
33:03
she
33:04
from
33:05
that
33:05
moment
33:05
on
33:06
she
33:06
couldn't
33:07
do
33:07
enough
33:07
for
33:08
the
33:08
Lord
33:08
Jesus
33:08
he
33:09
was
33:09
at
33:09
the
33:10
very
33:10
center
33:11
of
33:11
her
33:11
life
33:11
just
33:12
with
33:12
his
33:12
passionate
33:13
love
33:14
and
33:14
devotion
33:14
to
33:15
him
33:15
and
33:15
for
33:16
him
33:16
and
33:17
it's
33:17
interesting
33:18
when
33:18
we read
33:19
the account
33:20
of when
33:20
Mary
33:20
comes
33:21
at the
33:23
tomb
33:23
I think
33:24
it's quite
33:25
beautiful
33:25
because we
33:26
find that
33:26
an angel
33:28
or angels
33:29
there's an angel
33:30
at the head
33:31
and an angel
33:31
at the foot
33:32
of where
33:33
Jesus was
33:33
lying
33:34
and that's
33:35
beautiful
33:35
because
33:36
just a
33:36
wee while
33:37
before
33:37
Jesus
33:38
is
33:39
when he's
33:39
put to
33:40
death
33:40
he's also
33:41
between
33:42
two
33:42
but he's
33:43
between
33:43
two
33:44
criminals
33:44
so
33:45
Jesus
33:50
is
33:50
put
33:51
to
33:51
death
33:51
between
33:52
two
33:53
criminals
33:53
but he's
33:55
buried
33:55
when we
33:56
find
33:56
the
33:57
scene
33:57
when the
33:58
tomb
33:58
is
33:58
opened
33:58
up
33:59
it's
34:00
between
34:00
two
34:00
angels
34:01
and of
34:02
course
34:02
he
34:02
had
34:03
risen
34:03
by that
34:04
time
34:04
from
34:05
the
34:05
dead
34:05
so
34:06
there
34:08
is
34:08
Mary
34:09
we find
34:09
her
34:10
weeping
34:10
and she
34:11
believes
34:12
that
34:12
the
34:13
body
34:13
of
34:13
Jesus
34:14
has
34:14
been
34:14
taken
34:15
and this
34:16
to her
34:16
was just
34:17
the most
34:17
it was
34:18
adding
34:19
the final
34:20
as it were
34:21
nail in the
34:22
coffin
34:23
she had
34:23
seen her
34:24
beloved
34:25
saviour
34:25
die on
34:26
the cross
34:27
the ladies
34:28
had no doubt
34:29
had obviously
34:30
watched where
34:30
Jesus was
34:31
buried
34:32
and now
34:32
they had
34:33
come to
34:33
honour
34:34
the body
34:34
of Jesus
34:35
only to
34:36
find
34:36
that the
34:37
body
34:37
has
34:37
gone
34:38
and so
34:39
you can't
34:40
even begin
34:40
to imagine
34:41
the pain
34:42
the heartache
34:42
that's in
34:43
Mary's
34:44
heart
34:44
and then
34:46
of course
34:46
Jesus
34:46
comes to
34:48
her
34:48
and Jesus
34:50
speaks just
34:50
one word
34:51
calls her
34:52
by her own
34:54
name
34:54
Mary
34:54
you know
34:56
that's what
34:56
the Lord
34:56
tells us
34:57
he says
34:58
in John
35:00
in John's
35:01
gospel
35:02
when talking
35:02
about the
35:03
good shepherd
35:03
he say
35:04
he tells us
35:05
that he calls
35:06
his own
35:06
sheep by
35:07
name
35:07
and my
35:09
sheep hear
35:09
my voice
35:10
Jesus
35:11
you've
35:11
heard that
35:12
all of
35:12
you tonight
35:13
you're
35:13
Christians
35:14
you've
35:15
heard the
35:15
voice of
35:16
Jesus
35:16
through the
35:17
word
35:17
he has
35:18
spoken to
35:19
you
35:19
and he
35:20
has spoken
35:20
to you
35:22
directly
35:22
personally
35:23
you have
35:24
heard his
35:25
voice in
35:26
the word
35:27
here we
35:27
have the
35:27
written
35:28
word
35:28
it is
35:29
the voice
35:29
it is
35:30
the living
35:30
voice
35:30
of the
35:31
living
35:31
Jesus
35:32
but Mary
35:34
heard
35:34
this voice
35:35
he just
35:36
said
35:37
Mary
35:37
and that
35:38
one word
35:39
it changed
35:40
everything
35:41
there was
35:42
an instant
35:43
recognition
35:43
and Mary
35:44
doesn't just
35:45
say when
35:46
was asked
35:47
who are you
35:48
looking for
35:48
she didn't
35:49
say the
35:49
body
35:49
of Jesus
35:50
she said
35:52
that she was
35:53
looking for
35:53
her Lord
35:54
he was still
35:55
her Lord
35:55
and so
35:57
Jesus
35:57
shows her
35:59
very clearly
35:59
that he is
36:00
risen from
36:01
the dead
36:02
and he
36:04
then tells
36:05
her that
36:05
she is
36:07
to go
36:07
and give
36:08
the message
36:08
to the
36:09
disciples
36:09
and I'm
36:11
quite sure
36:12
that just
36:13
as Peter
36:13
and John
36:14
ran to
36:15
the grave
36:15
I could
36:16
well imagine
36:17
Mary running
36:18
to tell
36:19
the disciples
36:20
of what
36:22
had happened
36:22
and of
36:22
who she
36:23
met
36:23
but it's
36:24
wonderful
36:25
just that
36:25
one moment
36:26
changes
36:27
everything
36:27
and that's
36:28
what Jesus
36:28
does
36:28
we mentioned
36:30
that this
36:30
morning
36:31
of how
36:31
our whole
36:33
lives
36:33
change
36:34
the moment
36:35
Jesus
36:36
comes in
36:37
to our
36:37
life
36:38
everything
36:39
changes
36:39
and
36:41
the darkness
36:42
we may have
36:43
been in
36:43
the despair
36:44
we may have
36:45
been in
36:45
the bleakness
36:46
that we may
36:47
have been in
36:47
the lack
36:48
of understanding
36:49
it all
36:50
changes
36:51
and everything
36:52
begins to
36:53
make sense
36:54
and as long
36:55
as we can
36:56
see
36:56
there's sufficient
36:57
light that is
36:58
guiding us
36:59
and showing us
37:00
the way
37:00
we have
37:01
this sense
37:02
of peace
37:03
and belonging
37:03
and realizing
37:05
this is right
37:06
Jesus
37:06
changes
37:07
everything
37:08
and so
37:09
we find
37:10
that
37:11
Mary goes
37:12
to tell
37:13
the disciples
37:13
but we find
37:14
now
37:14
of course
37:15
when we meet
37:16
the disciples
37:17
in verse 19
37:18
the same day
37:19
that Mary
37:20
had met
37:20
with Jesus
37:21
we find
37:21
the disciples
37:22
are behind
37:22
locked doors
37:23
and they're
37:24
gathered in
37:25
one room
37:26
and they're
37:27
there for
37:28
fear of the
37:28
Jews
37:29
and we
37:29
can understand
37:30
that
37:30
because
37:31
they are
37:32
the closest
37:33
followers
37:34
of Jesus
37:34
they have
37:36
seen the
37:36
absolute
37:37
hatred
37:38
that the
37:39
Jews
37:40
the religious
37:41
leaders
37:41
the those
37:42
in authority
37:43
that they
37:44
had
37:44
expressed
37:46
against
37:47
Jesus
37:47
they couldn't
37:49
do enough
37:50
harm to
37:51
him
37:51
they put
37:52
him to
37:52
death
37:52
in the
37:53
most
37:53
barbaric
37:54
cruel
37:55
spiteful
37:56
hateful
37:57
way
37:57
possible
37:58
and they
37:59
were saying
37:59
well if
38:00
they've
38:00
done that
38:00
to our
38:01
lord and
38:02
our
38:02
master
38:02
what might
38:04
they do
38:04
to us
38:04
so you can
38:05
understand
38:06
that one
38:06
level why
38:07
they were
38:07
there behind
38:09
locked doors
38:10
and they're
38:10
there hiding
38:11
and if we
38:14
try to put
38:15
ourselves in
38:15
the place
38:16
in the shoes
38:17
of the
38:17
disciples
38:17
I would
38:18
well imagine
38:19
well if I
38:20
was there
38:20
I could well
38:21
imagine being
38:22
exactly like
38:23
them because
38:23
you think
38:24
about it
38:24
on Thursday
38:25
they had
38:27
the most
38:27
wonderful
38:28
day and
38:29
evening
38:30
possible
38:30
there they
38:31
are in
38:32
the upper
38:32
room
38:33
there they
38:33
are in
38:34
this company
38:35
and fellowship
38:35
with Jesus
38:36
and Jesus
38:38
is opening
38:39
up to
38:40
them the
38:41
most wonderful
38:41
truths they
38:42
didn't understand
38:43
a lot of
38:43
it but it
38:45
was it was
38:45
intimate it
38:47
was personal
38:48
it was they
38:49
would be saying
38:50
to themselves
38:50
this is
38:51
really something
38:52
special there
38:54
were moments
38:55
where they
38:55
were upset
38:56
because he
38:57
had told
38:57
them he
38:57
was going
38:58
from them
38:58
but they
38:59
couldn't
38:59
figure it
38:59
out they
39:00
couldn't
39:00
understand so
39:02
they had
39:02
gone from
39:03
this time
39:03
of great
39:04
togetherness
39:05
and intimacy
39:06
and fellowship
39:07
and their
39:09
whole world
39:09
was thrown
39:10
absolutely
39:11
upside down
39:12
because Jesus
39:14
was taken
39:15
and he was
39:16
arrested and
39:17
of course we
39:17
know that
39:17
Jesus he
39:19
went to the
39:19
spot when
39:20
they left
39:20
the upper
39:21
room remember
39:21
what it
39:22
says
39:22
that Jesus
39:23
went he
39:25
went to
39:25
the garden
39:26
and he
39:27
went to
39:27
the place
39:27
that he
39:29
knew it
39:29
tells us
39:30
here Judas
39:30
knew the
39:31
spot well
39:32
so Jesus
39:33
went deliberately
39:34
to the very
39:36
place that he
39:36
knew that Judas
39:38
was most likely
39:39
to figure he
39:40
had gone and
39:41
that he would
39:41
bring the
39:42
enemies of
39:43
Christ there
39:43
which is
39:44
exactly what
39:44
happened
39:45
which shows
39:46
us that Jesus
39:47
of course was
39:48
a willing
39:49
savior what
39:50
he did he
39:51
did willingly
39:51
he wasn't
39:53
reluctant but
39:54
he was
39:54
passionate in
39:55
what he was
39:56
doing he
39:56
he did this
39:58
out of love
39:58
to his
39:59
father and
40:00
out of love
40:00
to us as
40:01
well and
40:03
so here are
40:04
the disciples
40:04
and their
40:05
their whole
40:06
world has
40:07
collapsed
40:07
they're beaten
40:09
frightened
40:10
dispirited
40:11
anxious men
40:12
their leader
40:14
has been
40:15
taken and
40:16
they're all
40:16
alone they
40:17
wouldn't know
40:17
where to go
40:18
they wouldn't
40:18
know where
40:19
to turn
40:19
what do
40:20
we do
40:20
where do
40:21
we go
40:21
we've given
40:22
up that's
40:23
that's why
40:24
Peter in the
40:25
next chapter
40:25
he says well
40:26
I'm going
40:26
fishing
40:27
that's all
40:28
Peter knew
40:29
before Jesus
40:30
came into
40:30
his life
40:31
he'd been a
40:32
fisherman
40:32
and he says
40:33
really that I'm
40:34
going back
40:34
fishing
40:35
because they
40:37
seem to be the
40:38
end of things
40:39
that's they were
40:40
just saying well
40:40
there's nothing
40:41
else for it
40:42
but to go back
40:43
to what we
40:43
used to do
40:44
but life will
40:45
never be the
40:46
same
40:46
these three
40:48
years were
40:49
just they
40:49
were extraordinary
40:50
how can we
40:52
ever go back
40:53
to how things
40:54
were and then
40:54
of course we're
40:55
going to be
40:56
living against
40:57
under the
40:57
the opposition
40:59
of those who
40:59
hated Jesus
41:00
Christ so you
41:02
can understand
41:03
the way they
41:04
were and so
41:06
as they're
41:06
gathered there
41:07
together all
41:09
of a sudden
41:09
Jesus appears
41:11
right there in
41:13
the midst
41:13
it's incredible
41:15
theologians
41:17
are divided
41:18
some think
41:18
that although
41:20
the doors
41:21
were locked
41:21
I think it's
41:22
people like
41:23
even like
41:23
Calvin thinks
41:24
that he opened
41:24
the door
41:25
and came in
41:25
though it was
41:26
a locked
41:26
door
41:26
others like
41:27
Augustine
41:28
believe he
41:28
just appeared
41:29
and whether
41:30
he came through
41:31
a locked
41:32
door or whether
41:33
he just
41:33
as it were
41:34
went through
41:35
the very
41:35
walls of the
41:36
door
41:36
the thing
41:37
is that the
41:37
risen saviour
41:38
Jesus is still
41:40
in a physical
41:41
body because
41:42
the wounds
41:42
were obvious
41:43
but there's
41:45
a new order
41:46
now
41:46
it's not
41:47
bound by
41:48
the laws
41:49
of this
41:49
world as
41:50
such
41:50
and so
41:51
he's able
41:52
to appear
41:52
and disappear
41:53
and he's
41:54
able to be
41:55
to show
41:56
himself to be
41:57
visible to
41:57
certain people
41:58
and invisible
41:59
to others
42:00
that was the
42:01
amazing thing
42:02
we believe
42:03
that it was
42:03
only those
42:04
who believed
42:06
in Jesus
42:06
that he showed
42:08
himself to
42:08
that he
42:10
was appearing
42:11
and reappearing
42:13
and reappearing
42:14
over these
42:15
like I said
42:16
we had 40
42:17
days
42:17
but it was
42:18
only his
42:19
followers
42:19
that saw
42:20
him
42:20
many saw
42:21
we know
42:21
that 500
42:22
saw
42:23
so
42:24
he just
42:27
entered this
42:28
room all
42:29
of a sudden
42:29
and he
42:31
comes with a
42:32
great word
42:32
peace be
42:34
unto you
42:34
peace to
42:35
you
42:35
and it's
42:36
wonderful
42:37
that Jesus
42:38
greets his
42:39
disciples in
42:40
this way
42:40
because that's
42:41
how he left
42:41
them
42:42
remember when
42:43
Jesus left
42:44
he says
42:44
you know
42:44
what
42:44
do you know
42:45
what I'm
42:45
going to
42:46
leave you
42:46
I'm going
42:47
to leave
42:47
you my
42:47
peace
42:48
my
42:49
peace
42:50
I give
42:51
unto you
42:51
my peace
42:52
I leave
42:53
you
42:53
not as the
42:54
world gives
42:55
give I
42:55
unto you
42:56
see Jesus
42:57
peace is
42:57
different
42:58
the peace
42:59
of Jesus
42:59
is not
43:00
dependent
43:00
on circumstances
43:02
or things
43:03
that are
43:04
happening
43:04
or not
43:05
happening
43:05
the peace
43:07
of Jesus
43:07
is himself
43:08
he is
43:09
the prince
43:09
of peace
43:10
he alone
43:12
can bestow
43:13
this peace
43:14
and tonight
43:14
if you don't
43:15
have this
43:16
peace
43:16
he's here
43:17
tonight
43:18
as a prince
43:19
of peace
43:19
and he's
43:21
saying to
43:21
you
43:21
my peace
43:22
can be
43:22
your peace
43:23
will you
43:24
ask him
43:25
will you
43:25
ask Jesus
43:26
to come
43:27
into your
43:27
heart
43:28
into your
43:28
life
43:29
and if
43:30
you know
43:30
this
43:30
if you
43:31
do
43:32
he'll
43:33
hear you
43:33
and when
43:34
he comes
43:34
he will
43:35
bring his
43:36
peace
43:36
with you
43:37
that's
43:37
what he
43:37
does
43:38
my peace
43:39
I give
43:40
you
43:40
and so
43:41
he says
43:42
the very
43:42
first words
43:43
he says
43:44
is
43:45
peace
43:46
be to
43:47
you
43:47
and this
43:48
word peace
43:49
where we have
43:50
the shalom
43:50
and all
43:51
that
43:51
is more
43:52
than simply
43:52
just
43:53
what we
43:53
think of
43:54
peace
43:55
it means
43:56
well-being
43:56
it brings
43:58
everything
43:59
that
43:59
Jesus
44:00
wants
44:01
Jesus
44:01
wants
44:02
the very
44:02
best
44:02
for us
44:03
not a
44:03
kind of
44:03
well
44:04
just get
44:05
by
44:05
if we
44:06
could
44:06
understand
44:07
right now
44:07
all the
44:09
resources
44:09
that God
44:10
has
44:10
for us
44:11
if we
44:12
could see
44:12
and just
44:13
kind of
44:14
grasp
44:14
in a way
44:16
just
44:16
the
44:17
marvelous
44:19
provision
44:19
that God
44:20
has
44:20
and he
44:21
wants
44:21
the very
44:22
very best
44:22
for us
44:22
he wants
44:23
us to be
44:24
filled
44:24
with himself
44:25
to come
44:26
to a
44:26
greater
44:26
understanding
44:27
of himself
44:27
to be
44:28
just
44:29
lost
44:29
in himself
44:30
as it
44:30
were
44:31
but
44:33
so often
44:34
we don't
44:35
see this
44:36
and so
44:38
we've got
44:38
to remember
44:39
that peace
44:39
is at the
44:40
very center
44:40
of the
44:41
Christian
44:41
message
44:42
when
44:43
Jesus
44:43
was born
44:44
into this
44:44
world
44:45
you remember
44:46
how the
44:46
angels
44:46
sang glory
44:47
to God
44:48
and the
44:49
highest
44:49
and on
44:49
earth
44:50
peace
44:50
and good
44:51
will
44:52
to all
44:52
peace
44:53
is at the
44:54
very center
44:54
of the
44:55
Christian
44:55
message
44:55
and you
44:57
know
44:57
peace
44:58
should be
44:59
what
45:00
characterizes
45:01
I think
45:02
the two
45:02
things
45:03
that
45:03
in many
45:04
ways
45:04
ought to
45:05
characterize
45:05
the Christian
45:06
life
45:06
is love
45:08
and peace
45:09
yes there
45:09
are many
45:09
other aspects
45:10
to it
45:11
but they
45:12
are the
45:12
two things
45:13
that possibly
45:13
are spoken
45:14
about more
45:14
but Jesus
45:15
said that
45:16
love is a
45:16
major
45:17
characteristic
45:18
of the
45:18
disciples
45:19
life
45:19
by this
45:21
shall all
45:22
men know
45:22
that you
45:23
are my
45:23
disciples
45:23
if you
45:24
have loved
45:25
one to
45:25
another
45:25
love
45:27
is powerful
45:28
loving
45:30
Christians
45:31
are powerful
45:32
witnesses
45:32
but also
45:34
peace
45:35
as the
45:35
prince of
45:36
peace
45:36
that Jesus
45:37
is
45:37
to be
45:39
a
45:39
somebody
45:40
a man
45:41
or a woman
45:42
or a boy
45:42
or a girl
45:43
of peace
45:43
is a wonderful
45:45
thing in this
45:45
world
45:46
we should
45:46
always pray
45:47
that we
45:48
come in
45:48
peace
45:49
and that
45:49
we go
45:49
in peace
45:50
blessed are
45:51
the peacemakers
45:52
there's great
45:53
blessing
45:53
attached to
45:54
it
45:54
so
45:54
it's
45:55
something
45:55
we ought
45:55
to be
45:55
about
45:56
as
45:57
Christians
45:57
seeking
45:58
to promote
45:59
peace
45:59
it's not
46:00
a good
46:01
thing
46:01
for any
46:02
Christian
46:03
to be
46:04
divisive
46:05
or somebody
46:06
that is
46:07
against
46:07
peace
46:08
and so
46:10
Jesus
46:11
reveals himself
46:14
to them
46:14
here
46:15
now
46:16
there are
46:19
so many
46:19
different
46:20
things
46:20
that we
46:20
could
46:20
look
46:21
at
46:21
here
46:21
but
46:22
I
46:22
think
46:22
one
46:23
of
46:23
the
46:23
things
46:23
that
46:23
really
46:24
touches
46:25
you
46:25
is
46:26
when
46:26
Jesus
46:27
appears
46:28
in front
46:28
of them
46:29
and he
46:29
says
46:30
peace
46:30
be
46:30
to
46:30
you
46:31
he
46:33
doesn't
46:33
there's
46:34
not
46:34
one
46:35
word
46:35
of
46:36
rebuke
46:36
from
46:37
Jesus
46:37
to
46:38
them
46:38
because
46:39
you've
46:39
got to
46:39
remember
46:40
that the
46:40
last
46:40
time
46:41
that
46:41
Jesus
46:42
was
46:42
in the
46:42
company
46:43
of the
46:43
disciples
46:43
what does
46:44
it tell
46:45
us
46:45
they
46:46
all
46:46
forsook
46:48
him
46:48
and
46:48
fled
46:49
at
46:50
the
46:50
moment
46:51
when
46:51
he
46:51
needed
46:51
them
46:52
most
46:52
what
46:53
did
46:53
they
46:53
do
46:54
they
46:54
legged
46:54
it
46:55
okay
46:56
Peter
46:56
came
46:56
back
46:57
but
46:58
he
46:58
followed
46:58
Jesus
46:59
at a
46:59
distance
47:00
and
47:01
when
47:01
he
47:01
was
47:01
put
47:02
to
47:02
the
47:02
test
47:02
in
47:03
the
47:03
presence
47:03
of
47:04
Christ
47:04
he
47:05
denied
47:05
Jesus
47:06
with
47:06
oaths
47:06
and
47:06
with
47:07
curses
47:07
I
47:07
don't
47:08
know
47:08
him
47:08
it
47:08
means
47:08
nothing
47:09
to
47:09
me
47:09
the
47:12
only
47:12
one
47:12
that
47:12
really
47:13
followed
47:13
on
47:13
was
47:14
John
47:14
because
47:14
he
47:15
was
47:15
below
47:15
the
47:15
cross
47:16
and
47:17
Jesus
47:17
entrusted
47:18
the
47:18
care
47:19
of
47:19
his
47:19
mother
47:19
to
47:20
John
47:20
but
47:22
the
47:22
others
47:22
had
47:22
forsaken
47:23
him
47:23
and
47:23
fled
47:23
and
47:25
I
47:25
would
47:25
love
47:25
to
47:25
know
47:26
just
47:26
what
47:26
was
47:26
going
47:26
on
47:27
in
47:27
the
47:27
hearts
47:27
of
47:27
the
47:27
disciples
47:28
at
47:28
that
47:28
moment
47:29
when
47:29
Jesus
47:29
appeared
48:00
and
48:01
he
48:01
he
48:01
was
48:01
a
48:01
broken
48:02
man
48:02
that
48:02
was
48:03
a
48:03
broken
48:03
man
48:04
and
48:05
here
48:05
all
48:05
of
48:05
a
48:06
sudden
48:06
is
48:06
Jesus
48:06
standing
48:07
in
48:07
front
48:07
of
48:08
him
48:08
I
48:09
wonder
48:09
how
48:09
Peter
48:10
felt
48:10
I
48:11
wonder
48:11
how
48:12
some
48:12
of
48:12
the
48:12
other
48:12
disciples
48:13
felt
48:13
and
48:14
they
48:14
might
48:15
feel
48:15
an
48:15
element
48:15
yes
48:16
there's
48:16
joy
48:16
but
48:17
there
48:17
might
48:17
be
48:18
shame
48:18
what's
48:19
he
48:19
going
48:20
to
48:20
say
48:20
to
48:20
us
48:20
well
48:21
what
48:21
did
48:21
he
48:21
say
48:22
he
48:22
said
48:22
peace
48:23
be
48:23
to
48:24
you
48:24
not
48:24
one
48:25
word
48:25
of
48:26
rebuke
48:26
it's
48:28
just
48:28
like
48:28
as
48:28
Jesus
48:29
is
48:29
pleased
48:30
to
48:30
see
48:30
them
48:31
and
48:32
they
48:32
were
48:33
pleased
48:33
to
48:34
see
48:34
him
48:34
because
48:35
it's
48:35
probably
48:36
one of
48:36
the
48:36
great
48:36
understatements
48:37
of the
48:37
Bible
48:38
because
48:38
it
48:39
tells
48:39
us
48:39
then
48:40
the
48:40
disciples
48:41
were
48:41
glad
48:42
when
48:42
they
48:43
saw
48:43
the
48:43
Lord
48:43
it's
48:45
funny
48:45
here
48:45
sometimes
48:45
the
48:45
Bible
48:46
downplays
48:47
situations
48:47
it wasn't
48:49
just that
48:49
they were
48:50
glad
48:50
they were
48:51
absolutely
48:51
thrilled
48:52
their
48:52
whole
48:52
being
48:53
they were
48:54
euphoric
48:54
this
48:55
was
48:55
the
48:56
most
48:56
wonderful
48:56
moment
48:57
so
48:58
the
48:58
disciples
48:59
were
48:59
glad
48:59
why
49:00
were
49:00
they
49:00
glad
49:00
well
49:00
for
49:01
obvious
49:01
reasons
49:02
the
49:02
first
49:02
reason
49:02
the
49:03
most
49:03
obvious
49:03
is
49:04
they
49:04
thought
49:04
they
49:05
had
49:05
lost
49:05
him
49:05
and
49:07
you
49:07
put
49:07
yourself
49:08
in
49:08
their
49:08
shoes
49:08
or
49:08
try
49:09
to
49:09
can
49:10
you
49:10
imagine
49:11
just
49:12
imagine
49:12
for a
49:13
moment
49:13
that
49:13
the
49:14
Lord
49:14
was
49:14
to
49:14
send
49:15
from
49:16
heaven
49:16
a
49:16
message
49:17
to
49:17
you
49:17
which
49:18
said
49:19
you
49:19
know
49:19
what
49:20
from
49:20
tonight
49:20
you're
49:21
on
49:21
your
49:21
own
49:21
I've
49:22
given
49:23
up
49:25
you
49:27
have
49:29
given
49:29
you
49:29
opportunity
49:30
after
49:30
opportunity
49:31
to walk
49:31
in the
49:32
way
49:32
you
49:32
should
49:32
and so
49:33
often
49:34
you've
49:34
disappointed
49:35
me
49:35
you know
49:36
from
49:36
tonight
49:37
on
49:37
that's
49:38
it
49:38
I'm
49:39
walking
49:39
away
49:39
from
49:39
you
49:40
tonight
49:40
you're
49:40
all
49:41
on
49:41
your
49:41
own
49:41
how
49:41
would
49:42
you
49:42
feel
49:42
well
49:43
if
49:43
you're
49:43
a
49:44
true
49:44
Christian
49:44
you
49:45
would
49:45
be
49:45
absolutely
49:46
bereft
49:47
you
49:48
couldn't
49:48
get worse
49:48
news
49:49
in the
49:49
world
49:49
than that
49:50
because
49:51
Christ
49:51
means
49:52
everything
49:52
to
49:52
you
49:53
your
49:53
whole
49:54
life
49:54
is
49:55
tied
49:55
up
49:55
in
49:55
them
49:56
sometimes
49:56
as
49:57
Christians
49:57
we can
49:58
lose
49:58
our way
49:58
a wee
49:59
bit
49:59
but you
49:59
know
50:00
when push
50:00
comes to
50:01
shove
50:01
the Lord
50:03
is at the
50:03
centre of
50:04
our lives
50:04
and if we
50:05
felt for a
50:06
moment
50:06
that we
50:07
lost him
50:08
we would
50:09
be distraught
50:09
and that's
50:11
why the
50:12
disciples
50:12
are so
50:13
glad
50:13
because they
50:15
thought
50:15
they had
50:16
lost him
50:16
and here
50:17
he is
50:18
he's there
50:18
with them
50:19
he's in
50:20
their
50:20
presence
50:20
he's our
50:21
Lord
50:21
it's like
50:22
whoa
50:23
this is
50:23
our hearts
50:25
were broken
50:26
but not
50:26
anymore
50:27
so that's
50:28
the first
50:28
thing
50:28
again
50:29
the second
50:30
thing
50:30
that we
50:30
would say
50:31
as to
50:31
why
50:31
they were
50:33
filled
50:34
with joy
50:35
was
50:35
because
50:36
it looked
50:38
like
50:38
all the
50:39
promises
50:39
that Jesus
50:40
had given
50:40
had died
50:41
with Jesus
50:42
and you
50:44
and I
50:44
know
50:44
that there
50:44
are times
50:45
as we
50:45
as we
50:46
go into
50:47
the word
50:47
of God
50:47
we
50:48
find there
50:49
so many
50:50
rich
50:50
promises
50:51
and sometimes
50:52
the Lord
50:53
gives you
50:54
faith
50:54
to lay
50:55
hold upon
50:56
a particular
50:58
verse
50:59
or a particular
51:00
portion of
51:00
scripture
51:01
maybe in
51:02
relation to
51:02
something
51:03
and that
51:04
faith is
51:05
really strong
51:06
you're aware
51:07
you're saying
51:08
to yourself
51:08
you know
51:08
I really
51:09
believe the
51:10
Lord is
51:10
speaking to
51:11
me through
51:11
this
51:11
and it's
51:13
close into
51:14
your heart
51:14
and you
51:14
feel strongly
51:15
about it
51:16
but you
51:18
know as
51:18
the time
51:19
goes on
51:19
it looks
51:21
less and
51:22
less likely
51:23
that that
51:23
promise
51:24
that you
51:25
believe the
51:25
Lord has
51:26
given to
51:26
you is
51:27
going to
51:27
be fulfilled
51:27
but don't
51:29
be surprised
51:30
that often
51:31
happens
51:32
that the
51:33
very providence
51:34
of God
51:35
appears to
51:36
be going
51:36
often in
51:37
the opposite
51:38
direction to
51:39
the promise
51:39
but there'll
51:40
come a time
51:40
when the
51:41
promise will
51:41
be fulfilled
51:42
and you
51:43
go through
51:44
the scriptures
51:44
and you'll
51:45
find that
51:45
over and
51:45
over again
51:46
and say
51:47
for instance
51:47
the likes
51:48
of Joseph
51:48
and the
51:49
likes of
51:49
Daniel
51:49
the likes
51:50
of David
51:50
and so
51:51
many of
51:51
God's
51:52
people
51:52
there were
51:54
the promises
51:55
and yet it
51:56
seemed that
51:57
the very
51:57
promises were
51:58
dying
51:58
in the
52:00
providence
52:00
but one
52:02
day it
52:03
all turned
52:03
round
52:03
and it
52:04
will in
52:04
your
52:04
experience
52:05
as well
52:05
so keep
52:07
that faith
52:07
shining by
52:08
focusing upon
52:09
Jesus
52:09
and you
52:11
know just
52:12
like the
52:12
disciples
52:13
Jesus
52:14
as it
52:15
were comes
52:15
back into
52:16
your experience
52:16
you might be
52:17
here tonight
52:18
and you
52:18
might feel
52:18
down
52:19
and you
52:20
might be
52:20
saying to
52:20
yourself
52:21
you know
52:21
this I
52:21
I've kind
52:22
of lost
52:23
my way
52:23
it's not
52:25
that I
52:25
have stopped
52:25
being a
52:26
Christian
52:26
but the
52:27
you know
52:28
the thrill
52:28
I used
52:29
to get
52:29
I feel
52:30
that I'm
52:30
in a
52:31
kind of
52:31
a darkness
52:31
I can't
52:33
see Jesus
52:33
the way
52:34
I used
52:34
to see
52:34
him
52:35
well you
52:36
know
52:36
you won't
52:38
be left
52:38
like that
52:39
and it
52:40
might be
52:40
might be
52:41
in church
52:42
or it
52:43
might be
52:43
at home
52:44
might be
52:44
in your bed
52:45
at night
52:45
it might
52:46
be
52:46
but
52:47
usually
52:48
but not
52:49
always
52:50
but very
52:50
often
52:50
accompanied
52:51
by the
52:51
word
52:52
there is
52:53
a returning
52:54
insight
52:54
given to
52:55
you
52:55
and all
52:56
of a sudden
52:57
again
52:57
maybe it's
52:58
just in
52:58
reading
52:59
in your
52:59
own private
53:00
devotion
53:00
and you're
53:01
reading
53:01
and all
53:02
of a sudden
53:02
it comes
53:03
alive
53:04
the word
53:05
comes alive
53:06
and you feel
53:07
that Jesus
53:07
is there
53:08
and he's
53:08
beside you
53:08
he's speaking
53:09
to you
53:09
it's real
53:10
or you could
53:11
be in church
53:11
and you might
53:12
have come in
53:12
and you're
53:13
drifting
53:13
and then all
53:14
of a sudden
53:14
you're saying
53:15
this is real
53:16
this is speaking
53:17
to me
53:18
this is going
53:18
right into my
53:19
heart
53:19
this is for
53:20
real
53:21
see the Lord
53:22
doesn't leave
53:22
his people
53:23
lost and
53:24
wondering about
53:25
and so the
53:26
disciples
53:27
were glad
53:28
because here
53:30
is the return
53:31
of the promise
53:31
but they're also
53:33
glad because
53:34
it meant
53:35
the triumph
53:37
of the Lord's
53:38
kingdom
53:38
you see it
53:40
appeared for a
53:41
little while
53:41
that Jesus
53:43
and his
53:43
cause
53:44
was finally
53:45
once and for
53:46
all
53:47
broken
53:47
and they
53:50
had held
53:50
out
53:51
or they
53:51
believed
53:52
that Jesus
53:52
was going
53:53
to establish
53:54
this great
53:55
kingdom
53:55
he was going
53:57
to restore
53:57
the kingdom
53:58
in their eyes
53:58
but they
53:59
believed
54:00
that the
54:00
kingdom
54:01
was going
54:01
to come
54:02
with power
54:02
and it
54:04
seemed
54:04
that the
54:05
enemies
54:05
had won
54:05
but no
54:07
they hadn't
54:07
Jesus rose
54:09
triumphant
54:10
over death
54:12
over the
54:13
grave
54:13
and you know
54:15
we must take
54:16
courage as well
54:16
because sometimes
54:17
when we look
54:18
out we feel
54:19
the cause of
54:20
Christ is taking
54:21
a fearful
54:21
battering
54:22
and it's very
54:24
easy to become
54:24
despondent and
54:26
say to ourselves
54:27
what's happening
54:28
here
54:28
you look around
54:30
and there's
54:30
the fortress of
54:32
darkness
54:32
those that are
54:33
opposed to
54:34
Christ
54:34
they often seem
54:36
to be on the
54:36
rise and they
54:37
seem to be
54:38
winning
54:38
and so often
54:39
we feel that
54:40
the Christian
54:41
faith is being
54:42
marginalized and
54:43
pushed further
54:44
and further
54:45
into Cornish
54:46
we say to
54:47
ourselves what's
54:48
going to happen
54:49
well it might
54:51
go lower yet
54:52
we don't know
54:53
but you know
54:54
what there's
54:55
going to come
54:55
a day when
54:56
it's all going
54:56
to change
54:57
and Christ
54:58
will triumph
54:59
because no
55:00
enemy is
55:01
ultimately
55:02
going to
55:03
triumph over
55:04
the Lord
55:05
and his
55:05
people
55:05
and his
55:06
cause
55:07
and his
55:07
kingdom
55:07
and this
55:09
shows us
55:10
that even
55:11
although it
55:12
looked as
55:13
dead as
55:13
could be
55:14
that Jesus
55:16
has risen
55:17
triumphant
55:17
over and he
55:18
always will
55:19
and that's the
55:21
great news of
55:22
the gospel
55:22
and Jesus
55:23
is the one
55:24
who gladdens
55:25
our hearts
55:26
and I pray
55:27
tonight that
55:28
Jesus will
55:29
gladden your
55:30
heart
55:30
and gladden
55:31
my heart
55:32
that we
55:33
will be
55:34
able to
55:34
say
55:34
just like
55:35
the disciples
55:36
or say
55:36
of us
55:37
just as
55:37
it said
55:38
of the
55:38
disciples
55:38
then were
55:39
they glad
55:40
when they
55:41
saw the
55:41
Lord
55:42
and we
55:42
pray that
55:43
tonight
55:43
we may
55:44
see by
55:44
faith
55:45
and that
55:45
if anybody
55:46
in here
55:46
tonight
55:47
has not
55:47
seen by
55:48
faith yet
55:48
let me
55:49
tell you
55:49
your heart
55:50
will be
55:51
glad
55:51
the moment
55:52
you see
55:53
Jesus
55:53
ask him
55:54
ask him
55:55
to come
55:56
into your
55:56
heart
55:56
even now
55:57
let's
55:57
pray
55:58
oh Lord
55:59
our God
55:59
we pray
56:00
that
56:01
tonight
56:02
as we
56:02
wait upon
56:03
you
56:04
that you
56:05
may
56:05
reveal
56:06
yourself
56:06
in your
56:07
word
56:07
to us
56:07
and that
56:09
we may
56:09
see you
56:10
see you
56:11
as a
56:11
great
56:11
saviour
56:12
of sinners
56:13
that we
56:14
may see
56:14
you
56:14
as the
56:15
one
56:15
who
56:15
guides
56:17
us
56:17
and
56:17
shines
56:18
away
56:18
for us
56:19
as we
56:19
go
56:19
through
56:20
life
56:20
Lord
56:21
watch
56:22
over us
56:23
and take
56:23
us to
56:23
our
56:24
home
56:24
safely
56:24
deal
56:25
graciously
56:26
with us
56:27
because we
56:27
need you
56:28
every step
56:28
of the way
56:29
cleanse us
56:30
from our
56:30
every sin
56:31
we pray
56:31
in Jesus
56:32
name
56:32
Amen
56:33
we're
56:35
going to
56:35
conclude
56:36
singing
56:36
from Psalm
56:37
107
56:38
in the
56:38
Scottish
56:39
Psalter
56:39
and this
56:40
is on
56:41
page
56:42
384
56:44
Psalm
56:45
107
56:46
from the
56:48
Scottish
56:48
Psalter
56:48
on page
56:50
384
56:52
and we're
56:53
going to
56:53
sing from
56:53
verse 27
56:54
to
56:56
31
56:57
verse 27
57:02
they
57:02
rail and
57:02
stagger
57:03
like one
57:03
drunk
57:04
at their
57:04
woods
57:04
end
57:05
they
57:05
be
57:05
then
57:06
they
57:06
to
57:06
God
57:07
and
57:07
trouble
57:07
cry
57:08
who
57:08
them
57:09
from
57:09
straits
57:10
doth
57:10
free
57:10
the storm
57:12
is changed
57:12
into a
57:13
calm
57:13
at his
57:14
command
57:15
and will
57:15
so that
57:16
the waves
57:17
which raged
57:18
before
57:18
now quiet
57:19
are and
57:19
still
57:20
then are
57:20
they glad
57:21
because at
57:22
rest and
57:22
quiet
57:23
now they
57:24
be
57:24
so to
57:25
the haven
57:25
he then
57:26
brings
57:26
which they
57:27
desire to
57:28
see
57:28
oh that
57:29
men to
57:30
the Lord
57:30
would give
57:31
praise for
57:31
his goodness
57:32
then and
57:33
for the
57:34
works of
57:34
wonder done
57:36
unto the
57:37
sons of
57:37
men
57:38
these four
57:38
stances
57:39
Psalm
57:39
107
57:41
verses
57:42
27 to
57:43
31 to
57:44
the
57:44
tune
57:44
loch
57:45
brno
57:45
the
57:48
real
57:51
técn
57:52
for
57:52
the
57:55
line
57:57
what
58:00
on
58:02
the
58:05
dead
58:05
then
58:08
To cause in troubled pride
58:15
Who then from states of need
58:23
The storm is changed into a camp
58:32
At its command and will
58:39
So that the ways which raced before
58:48
Thou quiet are still
58:55
Then are they blind because of rest
59:04
And quiet now they be
59:11
So to the heaven he then brings
59:21
Which they desire to see
59:28
Oh, that then to the Lord would give
59:37
Praise for his goodness then
59:44
And for his words of wonder done
59:53
Unto the sons of men
1:00:01
Now may the grace, mercy and peace of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
1:00:06
Rest and abide upon each one of you now and forevermore
1:00:10
Amen
1:00:11
I'll go to the door to my left
1:00:13
Thank you