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Got To Keep Going · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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We begin singing to God's praise in Psalm 125, Psalm 125.
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And this is from the Scottish Psalter, Psalm 125 in the Scottish Psalter.
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They in the Lord that firmly trust shall be like Zion Hill,
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which at no time can be removed but standeth ever still.
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As round about Jerusalem the mountains stand always.
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The Lord his folk doth compass so from henceforth and foray.
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For ill men's rod upon the lot of just men shall not lie,
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lest righteous men stretch forth their hands unto iniquity.
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Do thou to all those that be good thy goodness, Lord, impart.
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And do thou good to those that are upright within their heart.
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But as for such as turn aside after their crooked way,
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God shall lead forth with wicked men on Israel.
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Peace shall stay.
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We'll sing the whole Psalm 125,
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They in the Lord that firmly trust.
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In the Lord that firmly trust shall be like Zion Hill,
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Which heart of God can be removed,
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But standeth ever still.
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And round about Jerusalem the mountains stand always.
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The Lord his folk doth come us all,
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From men's work and foray.
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For ill men's rod upon the lot,
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All trust men shall not lie,
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Lest righteous men stretch forth their hands unto iniquity.
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Good love to all those that be good,
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My goodness, Lord, impart.
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And do thou good to those that are upright,
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And do thou good to those that are upright within their heart.
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But as for such as turn aside after their crooked way,
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God shall lead forth with wicked men,
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All Israel peace shall stay.
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Let us pray.
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O Lord, we bow before you today,
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Giving thanks that we have this day
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Where we're able to come aside from all the other things of life,
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And where we're able to think about you.
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We give thanks, Lord, for the fact that you speak to us in your word,
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And help us, Lord, to hear what you say to us.
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Because you've given us this book, the Bible,
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Which is the greatest book in the world.
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And help us, Lord, to be reading it,
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And help us, Lord, to understand it.
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Because so often we can't understand without your help.
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So we pray that you will help us in that.
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We pray to bless us all here today,
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From every age, from the very youngest to the oldest.
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And we give thanks, Lord, that we can bring all our needs,
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And all our worries, and everything that is down on us,
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On our minds, and you're able to lift us up.
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And we pray that we might hear you,
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And that you will indeed speak loudly into our heart.
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We pray to take away all the things that so often
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Take away our mind from the truth.
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And help us, Lord, to understand and to believe in you.
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Pray your blessing, especially just now upon the young people.
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We give thanks for them.
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And we pray that they may all grow up to know you,
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To love you, and to follow you.
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Watch over us then, we pray,
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And take away from us our sin.
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In Jesus' name we ask it. Amen.
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Amen.
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I'm just going to say a wee word to the young folk.
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I'm sure you know that crossing the road
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Can be a very dangerous thing.
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Because cars come very quickly.
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And sometimes cars come and we didn't really see them.
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So it's very, very important that we take a lot of care
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When we cross the road.
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There's what is known as the Green Cross Code.
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I remember they used to put a lot of time talking about it.
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And the Green Cross Code tells you to do four things.
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Four things about crossing the road.
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You're to think.
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You're to stop.
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You're to look.
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And you're to listen.
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First of all, you think,
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Where's the best place to cross the road?
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Well, you wouldn't cross the road at a busy junction
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When there's cars coming up and down and across.
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That would be silly.
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So you think, where's the best place,
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The safest place to cross?
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So first of all, you think.
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And then when you get to the place where you're going to cross,
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You stop.
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And then after you stop, you look and you listen.
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It's not enough to listen.
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Because just by listening,
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There might be somebody coming on a bicycle very fast.
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Or there might be an electric car.
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And you wouldn't hear.
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So yes, you've got to listen.
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But you've also got to look.
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And we're told that we're to look right.
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We're to look left.
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We're to look right again.
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And if there's nothing coming, then we cross.
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But you know, we should use the green cross code
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With regard to God as well.
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We should stop and look and listen and think.
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I'm putting it in a different way.
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Because the first thing we should do is stop.
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Because we live very busy lives.
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And even in the holidays, it's busy.
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Because you're always doing different things.
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And God wants us to stop at times.
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That's one of the things He's done by giving us today.
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God's day.
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The Lord's day.
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Sunday.
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It's a day for us to stop.
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And it's a day for us to think.
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It's a day for us to listen to what God is saying to us.
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Because God speaks to us in His Word.
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And He tells us so many wonderful things.
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And every day we have to look at the Bible and listen to what God is saying.
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And we have to look.
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We have to look to Jesus.
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Because that's what the Bible says.
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Look to me and be saved.
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Look to Jesus and be saved.
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You know, if you look up at night.
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And you go out at night and it's dark.
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And it's an open sky.
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And you're somewhere where there maybe aren't too many streetlights.
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When you look up at first, you'll see, maybe you'll see a few really bright stars.
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And then you'll begin to see lots of other stars.
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And the longer you look, you will see more and more.
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And then you'll see, oh, there's hundreds of stars.
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And then you'll see, there's thousands of stars.
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Well, we know that there's even more than thousands.
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There's millions and probably billions, billions of stars.
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And even people with the best telescope in the world can't work out all the stars that are there.
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But you know, the Bible tells us that one of the men who wrote the Psalms, helped by God to say what to put down.
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He said, when I look up to the heavens, to the sky, which your own fingers framed, and to the moon and to the stars, which were by your ordained you, Lord, put these things there.
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And you know, the Bible also tells us that God counts the number of stars.
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And he names them one by one.
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So, by looking, we see the wonder of God.
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So, every day we should be in the way of thinking about God, stopping to think, stopping to look, because we see so much of God everywhere.
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And every day listening to what God says to us.
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So, you remember that green cross code.
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Yes, for crossing the road, very important.
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But also, every day with regard to God, stop, look, listen, think.
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We're now going to say the Lord's Prayer.
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Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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Give us this day your daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
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And lead us not into temptation, 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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We're going to sing again from Psalm 32.
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And this is from Sing Psalm, Psalm 32.
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The tune is Arlington.
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Psalm 32, and we sing verses 1 to 7.
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The tune is Arlington.
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How blessed the one who has received forgiveness for his sin,
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whose sins are covered from God's face, whose debt is cancelled in God's grace.
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There's no deceit in him.
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When I kept silent, all my bones with groaning were worn out.
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Beneath your hand I felt entrapped.
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Both day and night my strength was sapped, as in a summer drought.
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Then I laid bare my sin to you, the guilt that lay within.
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I said, O Lord, I have transgressed, and you forgave when I confessed.
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You pardoned all my sin.
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So let the godly pray to you while you are to be found.
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Surely when waves are sweeping past and mighty waters rising fast,
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you'll keep them safe and sound.
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To the end of verse 7, 5 stands as Psalm 32 to the tune Arlington.
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O bless the one who has received.
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O bless the one who has received.
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O bless the one who has received.
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O bless the one who has received.
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O bless the one who has received.
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For illness, for his sin.
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Whose sins are covered from God's face.
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Whose debt is cancelled in God's grace.
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There's no deceit in him
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When I can't silence all my bones
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With rolling wherefore not
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Bring your hand, thy belt and track
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Both day and night, my strength was up
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As in a summer drought
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Then I made clear my sin to you
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The guilt that lay within
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I said, O Lord, I have lost grace
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And you forgive when I confess
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You pardon all my sin
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So let the glory bring to you
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While you are to be found
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Surely when waves are sweeping past
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And mighty waters rising fast
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You'll keep them safe and sound
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You are my hiding place, O Lord
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My true security
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You give me safe and troubled days
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You circle me with joyful bliss
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When you have set me free
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Let's turn now to read God's word
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And we read it in Matthew's Gospel
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Matthew chapter 24
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Matthew chapter 24
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Matthew chapter 24
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Matthew chapter 24
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And we'll read to the end of verse 31
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Jesus left the temple and was going away
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When his disciples came to point out to him
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The buildings of the temple
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But he answered them
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You see all these
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Do you not?
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Truly I say to you
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There will not be left here
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One stone upon another
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That will not be thrown down
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As he sat on the Mount of Olives
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The disciples came to him privately
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Saying, Tell us
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When will these things be?
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And what will be the sign
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Of your coming
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And of the close of the age?
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Jesus answered them
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See that no one leads you astray
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For many will come in my name
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Saying, I am the Christ
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And they will lead many astray
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And you will hear of wars
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And rumors of wars
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See that you are not alarmed
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For this must take place
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But the end is not yet
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For nation will rise against nation
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And kingdom against kingdom
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And there will be famines
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And earthquakes in various places
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All these are but the beginning
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Of the birth pains
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Then they will deliver you up
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To tribulation
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And put you to death
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And you will be hated
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By all nations
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For my name's sake
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And then many will fall away
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And betray one another
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And hate one another
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And many false prophets
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Will arise
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And lead many astray
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And because lawlessness
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Will be increased
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The love of many
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Will grow cold
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But the one who endures
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To the end
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Will be saved
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And this gospel
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Of the kingdom
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Will be proclaimed
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Throughout the whole world
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As a testimony
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To all nations
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And then the end
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Will come
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So when you see
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The abomination
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Of desolation
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Spoken of
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By the prophet Daniel
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Standing in the holy place
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Let the reader understand
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Then let those
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Who are in Judea
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Flee to the mountains
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Let the one
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Who is on the housetop
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Not go down
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To take what is in his house
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And let the one
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Who is in the field
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Not turn back
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To take his cloak
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And I'll ask for women
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Who are pregnant
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And for those
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Who are nursing infants
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In those days
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Pray that your flight
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May not be in winter
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Or on a Sabbath
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But then there will be
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Great tribulation
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Such as has not been
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From the beginning
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Of the world
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Until now
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No one ever will be
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And if those days
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Had not been cut short
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No human being
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Would be saved
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But for the sake
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Of the elect
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Those days
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Will be cut short
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Then if anyone
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Says to you
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Look here
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Is a Christ
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Or there he is
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Do not believe
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For false prophets
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False Christs
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And false prophets
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Will arise
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And perform
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Great signs
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And wonders
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So as to lead
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If possible
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Even the elect
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To lead astray
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See I have told you
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Beforehand
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So if they say to you
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Look
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He is in the wilderness
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Do not go out
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If they say
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Look
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He is in the inner rooms
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Do not believe it
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For as the lightning
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Comes from the east
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And shines as far
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As the west
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So will be the coming
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Of the son of man
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Wherever the corpse is
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There the vultures
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Will gather
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Immediately
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After the tribulation
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Of those days
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When the sun
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Will be darkened
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And the moon
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Will not give its light
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And the stars
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Will fall from heaven
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And the powers
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Of the heavens
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Will be shaken
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Then will appear
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In heaven
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The sign
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Of the son of man
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And then all the tribes
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Of the earth
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Will mourn
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And they will see
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The son of man
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Coming on the clouds
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Of heaven
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With power
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And great glory
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And he will send
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Out his angels
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With a loud trumpet call
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And they will gather
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His elect
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From the four winds
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From one end
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Of heaven
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To the other
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Amen
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And may God
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Bless to us
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This reading
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Of his holy word
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Let us again
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Bow in prayer
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Amen
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O Lord
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As we bow
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In your presence
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And as we've
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Come under your word
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We've sung it
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And read it
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We pray that
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This word
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Of yours
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May indeed
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Lodge deep
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Within our heart
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We know that
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Your word
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Is transforming
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And it changes lives
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And we pray
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That our lives
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Might be changed
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More and more
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By it
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Those who
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Still don't know you
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That your word
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Will today
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Change their lives
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So that they
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Will come to
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Follow you
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And those who
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Already are following you
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We still need
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That our lives
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Will be changed
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And renewed
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Day by day
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We give thanks
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O Lord
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That you are the God
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Of heaven
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And of earth
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The God
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Who ultimately
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Controls all things
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And we see
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Even as we read there
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That we are living
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In times
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Where nation
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Is rising
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Against nation
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And kingdom
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Against kingdom
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We are seeing
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The earthquakes
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And the famines
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All round
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And these are things
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That you spoke
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About 2000 years ago
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Which would be
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Just as it were
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At the very beginning
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Of the end
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Help us then
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Lord
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To live
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In the light
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Of your coming again
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Help us Lord
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To have an expectancy
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And help us
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To have a vision
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Beyond the here
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And now
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So that there might
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Be more of heaven
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In our lives
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Than of earth
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And that we might
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Seek to follow you
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With all our heart
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Forgive us Lord
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For when we're lukewarm
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Forgive us Lord
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For when we don't
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Follow you
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In the right way
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Forgive us O Lord
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For when we say
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And do
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And think things
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Which are so
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Contrary to your word
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Forgive us Lord
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For how complacent
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We so often become
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In the society
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That we live in
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And where we become
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Used to
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The way things are
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Help us Lord
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To always see
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That your word
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Is the standard
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By which we ought
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To live
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Because it is
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According to your word
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That we will glorify you
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And we're told
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That that is
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The chief purpose
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Of our being here
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We pray then
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That you will bless
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Every single one
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Of us here today
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As we come
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With all our own
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Individuality
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With all our own
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Needs and worries
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Concerns
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With our hopes
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And aspirations
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With our longings
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And we pray
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That we might be
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Always going to you
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With everything
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We're told in your word
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That in everything
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By prayer
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And supplication
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With thanksgiving
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Let your requests
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Be made known
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To God
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There's nothing
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Too big
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Or nothing
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Too small
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To bring to you
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And so we pray
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For the faith
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That every day
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We will do that
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And that we will
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Look for the answer
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So often we pray
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But we don't see
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The answer
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Because we're not looking
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Because sometimes
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Your answers
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Are different
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To the way
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That we expect
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And so we pray
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That we might have
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Spiritual eyes
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To see
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Help us to see
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You in everything
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And to see
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That you are
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In everything
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Help us always
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To remember
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That it's in you
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That we live
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And move
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And have our being
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And so we pray
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That you'll be near to us
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And that you'll open
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Our hearts
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To your word
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That your spirit
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Will be present with us
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That we'll be conscious
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That the Lord is here
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We know from your word
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That you are
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But make us
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Aware of it
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That we may
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Have a sense
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A felt sense
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Of your presence
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Pray to bless
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Every home
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And every family
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We pray for those
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Who are in need
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For those who are
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Going through
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Really difficult times
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And hard times
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Lord we pray
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For those who are
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Ill and seriously ill
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Lord today
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We remember Francis
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And all the family
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She's very very
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Seriously ill
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We commit her
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To your care
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At this time
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And we do so
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With all who are
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Going through
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That momentous time
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Where they are
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Facing the
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Going to death's
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Dark veil
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Oh Lord we pray
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That as a shepherd
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Who has led
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In the green pastures
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And by the still water
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That you will be
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Where you have promised
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To be
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In death's
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Dark veil
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With your rod
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And with your staff
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To support
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And to comfort
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We pray Lord
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For those who mourn
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Those whose hearts
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Are heavy and sore
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Death changes
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So much in life
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And so we pray
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For every broken heart
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Today
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Whether the
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Death has been
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Of recent times
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Or long ago
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That it's
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Life is never
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The same
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When loved ones
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Are taken
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And so we pray
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For your comfort
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And your help
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And your strength
25:57
And your grace
25:58
When it is most needed
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We pray to bless
26:02
Us as a congregation
26:04
Bless all the work
26:07
That is done here
26:08
We give thanks
26:09
For every willing heart
26:11
And willing hand
26:11
That is engaged
26:12
In the work
26:13
We give thanks
26:15
Oh Lord
26:15
That nothing is done
26:16
For you
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But you take note of it
26:19
Help us to do
26:20
By faith
26:21
Help us to do
26:22
In love
26:23
Help us Lord
26:24
To go forward
26:25
Looking to you
26:26
At all times
26:27
Pray Lord
26:29
To bless us
26:30
And we pray
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For our young people
26:32
And we give thanks
26:34
For school holidays
26:35
And we pray
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For Sunday school teachers
26:38
And we pray
26:39
For our school teachers
26:41
And we pray
26:42
That you will help them
26:43
We pray Lord
26:45
For our nation
26:46
And we pray
26:47
For wisdom
26:48
To be given
26:49
To our leaders
26:50
And even although
26:51
They might not look
26:52
To you
26:53
We still ask
26:53
That the wisdom
26:54
From above
26:55
Will be given to them
26:56
So that they will
26:58
Direct us
27:00
And lead us
27:01
In the right way
27:02
And it is our duty
27:04
We are commanded
27:04
In scripture
27:05
To pray for kings
27:06
And those in authority
27:08
Over us
27:08
And so we do
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We pray for King Charles
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We pray
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For our prime minister
27:14
And first minister
27:15
And we pray
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For all our governments
27:18
And we pray
27:18
For our council
27:19
And we ask Lord
27:20
To grant wisdom
27:21
And direction
27:22
And we pray
27:23
More and more
27:24
That the ways
27:25
Of your word
27:27
Might be the ways
27:28
That are lived
27:30
In our land
27:30
We pray for all
27:32
The nations
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Of this world
27:33
And remember
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In particular
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The Middle East
27:36
It seems like
27:38
A boiling point
27:38
Just now
27:39
And we look
27:41
In horror
27:42
At the things
27:43
That have happened
27:44
Oh Lord
27:45
Our God
27:46
We pray
27:46
That you might
27:48
Indeed bring peace
27:49
We ask Lord
27:51
That you will
27:51
Indeed intervene
27:53
That you will
27:54
Show your hand
27:55
We remember Lord
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That you are
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The God of heaven
27:59
And of earth
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And we pray
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That you will
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Indeed intervene
28:03
And we still
28:05
Remember Ukraine
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And all the troubled
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Areas of this world
28:08
All throughout this world
28:09
There's conflict
28:10
And hatred
28:10
And violence
28:11
And bloodshed
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Some of it
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We know about
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How little we do know
28:16
But it's taking place
28:18
Day by day
28:18
Oh Lord
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Comfort
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And build up
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And we pray
28:22
That the nations
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May turn to you
28:25
We read there
28:27
That all the nations
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Of the world
28:30
Will yet hear of you
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And in many ways
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We pray to hasten
28:34
That day
28:35
Because that's the only hope
28:36
For this world
28:37
And so we ask
28:39
That you will bless us
28:40
And be near to us
28:41
And grant us your grace
28:42
Be with James
28:44
In the seminary
28:44
Be with Calum Murdo
28:46
And family
28:46
And holiday just now
28:47
Watch over
28:48
Each and every one
28:50
Grant us your grace
28:51
In all that we do
28:52
And cleanse us
28:53
From our every sin
28:54
In Jesus name
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We ask it
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Amen
28:56
We'll continue singing now
29:00
In Psalm 31
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Psalm 31
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And it's at verse 19
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This is in sing psalms
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Psalm 31
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And sing psalms
29:08
Verses 19
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To the end
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Five stanzas
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Your goodness
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Your goodness Lord
29:19
Is very great
29:20
Prepared for those
29:21
Who fear your name
29:22
You show your goodness
29:24
Openly to all
29:25
To all who
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Your protection claim
29:29
Your presence
29:30
Hides and shelters them
29:32
From those who plot
29:33
To take their life
29:35
And in your tent
29:36
You keep them safe
29:38
From evil tongues
29:39
That stir up strife
29:40
The Lord be praised
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Because he showed
29:43
The wonders
29:44
Of his love
29:45
To me
29:46
When in a city
29:47
I was trapped
29:48
Surrounded
29:49
By the enemy
29:50
Psalm 31
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Verses 19
29:54
To 24
29:55
The tune is
29:55
We're home
29:56
We sing to God's praise
29:58
Your goodness Lord
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Is very great
30:02
Your goodness Lord
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Is very great
30:14
Prepared for those
30:19
Who fear your name
30:23
To show your goodness
30:28
Openly
30:32
To open your protection claim
30:40
Your blessings
30:44
And in your tent
30:50
You keep them safe
30:50
From evil tongues
30:53
That stir up strife
30:54
And in your tent
30:59
You keep them safe
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From evil tongues
31:03
That stir up strife
31:05
The Lord be praised
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The Lord be praised
31:21
Because he showed
31:25
The wonder of his love to me
31:34
When in the city
31:38
I was trapped
31:42
Surrounded by the enemy
31:50
In my alarm
31:55
I rashly said
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That I was hidden
32:05
From your eyes
32:09
But when I called
32:13
To you for help
32:17
In case you listen
32:22
To my cries
32:26
Oh love the Lord
32:31
All you his saints
32:35
The faithful will be kept by God
32:43
But he will give
32:47
The proud
32:50
There to be strong
32:54
Take heart
32:56
Oh bend the Lord
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Let's turn again
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For a little
33:06
To the chapter
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That we read
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In Matthew's gospel
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Chapter 24
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Looking again
33:13
At verse 12
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And because lawlessness
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Will be increased
33:19
The love of many
33:20
Will grow cold
33:21
But the one who endures
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To the end
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Will be saved
33:25
And this gospel
33:26
Of the kingdom
33:27
Will be proclaimed
33:28
Throughout the whole world
33:29
As a testimony
33:31
To all nations
33:32
And then the end
33:34
Will come
33:34
Now as we know
33:37
The future
33:38
Has always fascinated
33:39
People
33:41
And every generation
33:43
Is trying to predict
33:45
When the end will be
33:46
People of course
33:47
Don't know
33:48
Every generation
33:51
Tries to make predictions
33:52
Scientists will tell us
33:54
That the way
33:55
That things are going
33:56
That the world
33:58
Cannot keep going
33:59
They might even
33:59
Make predictions
34:00
As to when
34:01
It is likely to end
34:03
Leaders of various sects
34:06
And cults
34:07
Have from time to time
34:09
Issued statements
34:10
Saying that the world
34:11
Will end
34:11
At such and such a time
34:13
Even Christians
34:15
At various periods
34:17
Have made predictions
34:18
As to when the world
34:19
Will end
34:20
But they don't know
34:21
Nobody knows
34:22
And if anybody
34:23
Ever gives this prediction
34:25
You know with a certainty
34:27
That they don't know
34:29
Because the Bible
34:30
Makes it very clear
34:31
Jesus tells us this
34:33
But concerning that day
34:35
And hour
34:35
No one knows
34:37
He says
34:37
Not even the angels
34:38
In heaven know
34:39
But Jesus warns us
34:41
To be ready
34:42
Because he's going to come
34:44
At a time
34:45
When nobody expects
34:46
That's what he says
34:48
Therefore
34:48
You also must be ready
34:50
For the Son of Man
34:51
Is coming
34:52
At an hour
34:53
That you don't expect
34:55
And that's an all
34:57
Important question
34:58
That we'd have to ask
34:59
Ourselves today
35:00
Because we do not know
35:02
When the Son of Man
35:03
Will return
35:04
And if we were told
35:06
Today that he was
35:07
To return
35:07
How would you feel?
35:10
How would you react?
35:12
What would your
35:12
What would your
35:14
Take on it be?
35:16
Are you ready
35:17
For the Son of Man
35:18
To return?
35:20
And of course
35:20
We know the only way
35:22
To be ready
35:23
For the Son of Man
35:24
To return
35:26
Is by coming
35:27
To know him
35:28
As our friend
35:29
As our Lord
35:31
As our saviour
35:32
Because if we are
35:34
Safe in him
35:35
Then we have nothing
35:37
To worry about
35:38
But if we're without
35:40
Jesus
35:40
Then it's in a bad
35:42
Place we are
35:43
And to reject Jesus
35:45
Really is
35:46
The most
35:47
Stupid thing
35:49
That any person
35:50
Can do
35:50
Because
35:52
To turn our back
35:54
On Jesus
35:54
Is to turn our back
35:55
On the most
35:57
Wonderful invitation
35:58
That has ever
35:59
Been given to anybody
36:00
There's been
36:01
Never a greater
36:03
Display of love
36:04
In this world
36:05
Than God's
36:06
Love to us
36:07
In sending
36:08
His Son
36:09
The Lord Jesus
36:11
Christ
36:11
To save us
36:12
From our sins
36:13
Because you see
36:14
By nature
36:15
We don't love him
36:16
By nature
36:18
We don't care
36:19
About God
36:19
We're not interested
36:20
In God
36:21
We don't have
36:22
Many thoughts
36:23
About God
36:24
Maybe sometimes
36:25
When people
36:27
Are in trouble
36:27
They might
36:29
All of a sudden
36:29
They might
36:30
Say oh
36:31
I need to pray
36:31
There's a sense
36:32
Of crying out
36:33
To God
36:34
For help
36:34
But that's it
36:36
It's just a passing
36:37
In that particular
36:38
Moment
36:39
And then God
36:40
Is forgotten again
36:41
People
36:42
By and large
36:44
Don't think about God
36:45
And they're not
36:46
Too bothered
36:46
About God
36:47
But God's love
36:49
Is so great to us
36:51
That he's given us
36:52
This book
36:53
And he's given us
36:55
This spirit
36:55
To show us
36:56
How things are
36:57
Because
36:58
We would never
36:59
Work it out
37:00
Ourselves
37:00
We wouldn't know
37:02
How much
37:03
We need
37:03
To get right
37:05
With God
37:05
Because we have
37:07
Within ourselves
37:07
What's called
37:08
Self-righteousness
37:09
Where we think
37:10
We're okay
37:11
And that's the problem
37:13
With so many people
37:14
That's why
37:14
There's so much
37:15
Animosity
37:16
Towards the Bible
37:17
Because people say
37:18
There's nothing in there
37:20
That's of any good
37:21
That's just telling people
37:23
That they're bad
37:23
And they don't want
37:24
To hear about it
37:25
But it's
37:27
God in his mercy
37:28
Has given us
37:29
This
37:30
Because we couldn't
37:31
Work it out ourselves
37:32
We wouldn't know
37:33
Were it not that God
37:34
Shows us in his word
37:36
And shows us by his spirit
37:38
How things really are
37:41
And that not only
37:43
Has he shown us
37:44
How things are
37:45
But he has shown us
37:47
In his word
37:47
He's given us
37:48
A remedy
37:49
A cure
37:50
For the problem
37:52
And he's saying to us
37:54
You are distant from me
37:56
You are away from me
37:58
You don't care about me
38:00
And as things stand
38:01
You're under
38:02
My wrath and condemnation
38:04
Now we don't know that
38:05
Apart from God's word
38:06
But God is saying
38:09
I provided for you
38:10
I provided a saviour
38:12
I provided my son
38:14
In order that you can
38:16
Come back to me
38:17
Return to me
38:18
And to be
38:19
At one with me
38:21
And so we should be
38:24
So thankful
38:24
For this great provision
38:26
That the Lord has made
38:28
Now Jesus
38:29
In this passage
38:31
Is beginning
38:31
By highlighting
38:33
Many of the things
38:35
That are going to happen
38:35
Before the end comes
38:37
And as we read through it
38:39
It's obvious
38:39
That we are living
38:40
In the times
38:43
The first times
38:43
That Jesus describes
38:45
Where nation is fighting
38:47
Against nation
38:48
And kingdom
38:49
Against kingdom
38:50
And there's famines
38:52
In different places
38:53
And there's earthquakes
38:55
We're seeing it all the time
38:56
Every year
38:58
In our news bulletins
38:59
These things
39:00
Of famines
39:00
And earthquakes
39:01
And wars
39:02
We're seeing it
39:03
And it's becoming
39:04
Because of how easily
39:07
News is transmitted today
39:09
We're being
39:10
What's happening
39:11
These things are being
39:12
Brought into our homes
39:14
So we can see it
39:15
And we see also
39:17
That not only that
39:18
But many false prophets
39:20
And false religions
39:21
And then you find
39:23
That they're coming
39:24
To the point
39:25
Of hating one another
39:26
And betraying one another
39:28
And so there's
39:30
This terrible catalogue
39:31
Of sin and suffering
39:33
And it's a picture
39:34
Of a world out of control
39:36
But you know
39:38
The one thing
39:39
That we're so thankful for
39:40
Is that the Lord
39:42
Is in control
39:42
And part of this control
39:44
Is that
39:44
Jesus is telling us
39:46
Two thousand years ago
39:48
About what it's going
39:48
To be like
39:49
And it's happening
39:50
Because the Lord knows
39:52
The end from the beginning
39:54
But because
39:56
Of this incredible
39:59
Force of lawlessness
40:01
And we're living in such days
40:03
Where there's a
40:04
Complete lawlessness
40:06
Towards God
40:07
It's talking about lawlessness
40:09
Towards God here
40:10
Because of this lawlessness
40:12
Because of this lawlessness
40:12
Because of this lawlessness
40:12
We read that
40:13
The love of many
40:16
Will grow cold
40:18
And of course
40:19
It's speaking here
40:20
About to the Christian
40:22
Because Jesus goes on
40:23
In the very next verse
40:25
To say that
40:26
Those who keep going
40:27
Those who persevere
40:28
Keep going to the end
40:29
These are the ones
40:30
Who will be saved
40:32
Who will discover
40:33
What salvation really is
40:35
Now as we know
40:37
That the love of God
40:38
Which we have in our heart
40:40
Begins with God
40:42
We love him
40:43
Because he first loved us
40:45
That's the order of things
40:46
We wouldn't love him
40:48
Unless he first loved us
40:50
And by nature
40:52
As we said
40:53
We're going in the opposite direction
40:55
We want away from God
40:56
Adam showed that
40:57
At the very beginning
40:58
He ran
40:58
And that's how we've run
41:01
Ever since
41:01
We're running away
41:02
But God in his mercy
41:04
Called Adam
41:05
And he's calling us as well
41:06
And that's the beauty of it
41:08
And we're drawn to him
41:11
When his love touches our heart
41:13
When we hear his call
41:15
In the gospel
41:16
When we're drawn to him
41:18
It changes everything
41:19
We begin to think about him
41:22
We begin to think about him
41:24
In a way we never thought
41:25
About him before
41:26
But we don't just think
41:28
In a kind of empty way
41:30
We find that there's a
41:31
A drawing within our heart
41:33
We begin to
41:34
We begin to think about him
41:36
That's how love works
41:38
If you love somebody
41:40
You think about that person often
41:42
And so it is
41:44
With a Christian
41:45
When the Lord begins to work
41:47
Within our heart
41:48
We begin to think about him
41:50
A lot
41:51
And there's a complete change
41:55
Takes place in our life
41:56
Because
41:57
The overwhelming power
42:01
Of God's love
42:02
Changes
42:03
Our thinking
42:04
Our mind
42:06
Our will
42:07
Our affections
42:09
Our emotions
42:10
Our heart
42:11
Everything
42:11
Goes out to him
42:13
And that's why
42:15
Sometimes when
42:15
People are converted
42:17
Particularly people
42:17
Who maybe
42:19
Aren't too much
42:20
Of a church background
42:21
And their friends
42:22
Can't understand
42:23
What's happened
42:24
Because all of a sudden
42:26
This person
42:27
Has changed
42:28
Still the same person
42:30
Still doing the same work
42:32
Still involved
42:33
In the same things
42:34
But they can't understand
42:36
That there's a
42:37
It's because
42:38
There's a new
42:39
New desires
42:40
New affection
42:41
A new love
42:43
Has been born
42:44
In their heart
42:45
Which changes
42:46
The way they think
42:47
It changes the direction
42:48
In which they're going
42:49
And that's
42:50
That's this
42:51
This great love
42:53
That takes place here
42:54
It's an all compelling love
42:56
But we see here
42:59
That it tells us
43:00
That because of this lawlessness
43:03
That the love of many
43:05
Will wax cold
43:06
But this love of God
43:09
Displays itself
43:11
In our life
43:13
By loving God
43:16
And how do we love God?
43:17
Well in many ways
43:18
It is shown through
43:20
Our love for all
43:21
That belongs to God
43:22
For instance
43:23
We love his day
43:24
And we're thankful
43:26
For this day
43:27
It's this day
43:28
That God has given us
43:30
He's given us
43:31
The six other days
43:32
To fulfill everything
43:33
And on this day
43:34
He says
43:34
We term it
43:36
The Lord's day
43:36
New Testament mentions it
43:38
As the Lord's day
43:39
The day that
43:40
Jesus rose from the dead
43:41
And it's this day
43:43
Where we're able
43:45
To give our mind
43:46
As we were saying
43:46
To the young folk
43:47
To stop
43:48
And to think
43:49
And to look
43:50
And to listen
43:50
That's one of the great things
43:52
About today
43:53
We're able to think
43:55
About the Lord
43:56
We're able to stop
43:57
We're given this time
43:59
To draw aside
44:00
And so
44:01
The Christian is someone
44:03
Who loves the Lord's day
44:05
And we love the Lord's word
44:07
Because the Bible
44:09
Becomes so precious to us
44:11
You know when you were
44:13
First converted
44:13
You couldn't get over
44:14
When you would read it
44:17
You would say
44:17
I feel the Lord
44:19
Speaking to me
44:20
You would find
44:22
That the situation
44:23
That you were in
44:23
In that day
44:24
That the Lord
44:25
Was just there
44:26
And he was directing you
44:27
He was showing you
44:28
From his word
44:30
And you were
44:30
You were saying
44:31
Wow
44:32
This is amazing
44:33
And so
44:35
As the Bible says
44:36
His word is more precious
44:38
Than gold
44:39
And you know
44:41
When you're in trouble
44:42
Or in difficulties
44:42
Or in sorrow
44:43
Or in pain
44:44
Or whatever
44:45
God's word
44:46
Is so important to you
44:47
Because often
44:49
You will find
44:50
Something there
44:50
And you say
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Oh you know
44:51
That really lifted me
44:53
That spoke to me
44:54
That gave me hope
44:56
That I didn't have before
44:57
Again we love God's house
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Psalmist said
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I joyed
45:02
Went to the house of God
45:03
Go up
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They said to me
45:05
Because God's house
45:07
Is a refuge to our soul
45:09
You'll find Asaph
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Remember in Psalm 73
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Asaph was going through
45:14
All kinds of problems
45:15
He was envying the godless
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He was seeing how
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People were getting on
45:19
He was a believer
45:20
And he was saying
45:21
I've done all the right things
45:23
And nothing is working
45:24
In my life
45:25
And he said
45:26
It's been a waste of time
45:28
Then he went to God's house
45:30
And when he went there
45:32
The Lord spoke to him
45:34
Because you see
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God is present here today
45:36
The Lord promises that
45:38
And that's one of the great things
45:40
That when he went there
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And he began to speak to the Lord
45:44
And the Lord to speak to him
45:46
His vision was changed
45:48
His problems in his mind
45:51
Were restored
45:52
He saw God was in control
45:54
He saw at the end
45:56
That he was the one
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Who had everything
45:57
Whom have I in the heavens
45:59
I but thee O Lord alone
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And in the earth
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Whom I desire
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Besides thee there is none
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And also when we
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Become Christians
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We have our love
46:09
To the church family
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They are our brothers
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And our sisters
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It's one of the evidences
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Of grace is
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We're told that
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We know that we've passed
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From death to life
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Because we love the brothers
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We love the sisters
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And there's this
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Sense of identity
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Sense of belonging
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That they're all one
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We're all one together
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In Christ Jesus
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But sadly
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Our verse tells us
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That many
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The love of many
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Will grow cold
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And why?
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Because of the lawlessness
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And because lawlessness
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Will be increased
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And that's where the whole ways
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Of society
46:54
Are today
46:55
Lawless against God
46:57
And you know
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The sad thing is
47:00
That not only is society
47:02
Within the individuality
47:05
Lawless
47:05
But even
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Even our governments
47:08
Are putting lawlessness
47:11
In place
47:13
For us to
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Keep lawlessness
47:16
Against God
47:18
It's quite extraordinary
47:19
But you know
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When we
47:21
When we get
47:23
We get
47:25
It's part of human nature
47:26
We begin to get used
47:28
To anything
47:29
And however things are
47:31
And things that
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Maybe a while back
47:33
Would say
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Oh no no
47:34
We begin to become
47:36
Complacent
47:37
And used to it
47:38
And we begin to
47:40
Say oh well
47:41
It's alright
47:42
It's this
47:42
It's that
47:42
Well in God's sight
47:44
It's lawlessness
47:45
And it's
47:47
It's affecting
47:48
The whole being
47:50
And it influences us
47:51
It affects
47:52
Our soul
47:54
Our mind
47:55
Our thinking
47:55
Everything
47:56
We get sucked in by it
47:57
And because of the
47:59
Deceitfulness of sin
48:01
Within and around us
48:02
It often has an impact
48:05
Upon our souls
48:06
And that's why it's saying here
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That the love
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Of many
48:11
Will grow cold
48:12
And an evidence
48:14
Of that love
48:15
Becoming cold
48:16
Is we see it
48:17
In the very things
48:18
That we mentioned
48:18
With regard to our love
48:20
For God
48:21
We become cold
48:23
To his day
48:24
Day doesn't mean
48:25
That much to us anymore
48:26
It was a day
48:27
We really appreciated
48:29
The Lord's day
48:30
Today it doesn't mean
48:31
Maybe it doesn't mean
48:32
That much
48:33
It's the same with the word
48:36
We call God's word
48:38
The daily bread
48:39
There was a time
48:42
We would never miss
48:43
Having our fill
48:44
Of the daily bread
48:45
But when our hearts
48:47
Grow cold
48:49
It might be days
48:50
Before we pick up
48:52
His word again
48:53
It doesn't have
48:55
The central place
48:56
In our lives
48:56
That it used to
48:57
We take it
48:59
And we leave it
49:00
We maybe just
49:00
Skip through it
49:01
Somebody says
49:03
What were you reading today
49:04
You'd have to
49:05
I haven't a clue
49:05
It's had no impression
49:08
No impact
49:09
Because our hearts
49:11
Are getting colder
49:12
And it's the same
49:14
With God's house
49:15
There was a day
49:17
We loved going there
49:18
And now maybe
49:18
Maybe we struggle
49:20
Maybe it's more
49:22
Out of a sense
49:23
Of duty
49:23
Than desire
49:24
Same with the church
49:27
Family
49:27
You see the way
49:29
Of the world
49:29
When the way
49:31
Of the world
49:31
Touches the church
49:32
The church begins
49:33
To think like the world
49:35
What does the church
49:37
What does love
49:38
Want to do
49:39
You think of a family
49:42
Love protects
49:43
Love covers
49:45
Love wants to do
49:47
The best for
49:48
But so often now
49:50
In the church
49:51
There's a devouring
49:53
There's no
49:54
There isn't the protection
49:55
There isn't
49:56
There's
49:56
You know we live
49:57
In a world today
49:58
Where people want
49:59
To expose everything
50:00
And there's this
50:02
Just this
50:02
There's always
50:03
This glare
50:04
Of everything
50:05
Is out there
50:06
And it's a cruel world
50:09
And we must guard
50:11
Against that
50:12
Sort of spirit
50:13
Within the church
50:14
Because the church
50:15
Is a family
50:16
Church of love
50:18
Family of love
50:20
So we've got to guard
50:21
Against the ways
50:22
Of the world
50:23
Beginning to
50:23
Impact us
50:25
Because the more
50:26
We resemble
50:27
The world
50:28
The less
50:29
We resemble
50:30
The Lord
50:31
But then we see
50:33
Despite
50:35
All the lawlessness
50:36
And despite
50:38
The love
50:39
Growing cold
50:40
It tells us
50:41
The one who endures
50:42
To the end
50:43
Will be saved
50:44
And that's a great thing
50:46
Because you know
50:47
The wonderful thing
50:48
Is that
50:49
Once we're safe
50:50
In Christ
50:50
We're safe
50:51
That's what Jesus said
50:54
I will give them
50:55
Eternal life
50:55
And they shall never
50:56
Perish
50:57
Neither shall anyone
50:58
Pluck them out of my hand
51:00
Father
51:01
Son
51:02
And spirit
51:03
Are involved
51:04
In your salvation
51:05
Involved in saving you
51:07
Looking after you
51:08
In this world
51:09
And taking you home
51:10
It's all part of the work
51:12
Part of their great work
51:13
And although
51:14
We may stray
51:15
And our hearts
51:16
Grow cold
51:17
And maybe
51:18
For some
51:20
Or all of us
51:21
Today we have to say
51:22
You know
51:22
I'm not where I used to be
51:23
I have to confess
51:25
That maybe
51:25
Maybe you're having
51:26
To say that
51:27
Yeah
51:28
That's me
51:29
Sadly
51:30
God's house
51:31
God's word
51:32
Doesn't mean the same
51:33
To me
51:33
God's people
51:34
Don't mean the same
51:35
To me
51:36
God's day
51:37
Doesn't mean the same
51:38
To me
51:38
Well if so
51:40
We need to repent
51:41
That's what Jesus said
51:43
To the church
51:43
In Laodicea
51:44
You've got to repent
51:46
He said it quite often
51:48
To the churches
51:48
But you know
51:51
The wonderful thing is
51:52
That
51:53
The Christian
51:54
Will keep going
51:55
Despite the falls
51:57
Despite
51:58
And let's remember
51:59
That we live in a world
52:00
That's powerful
52:01
That sucks us
52:03
In
52:04
But you know
52:06
When you go to the Bible
52:07
There are exceptional saints
52:10
Like Daniel
52:10
And you look at him
52:13
He was greatly loved
52:14
Beloved of the Lord
52:15
He was an exceptional man
52:17
But there were a lot of other
52:19
Exceptional men
52:20
And they fell
52:21
That's one of the beauties
52:23
And the honesty of the Bible
52:25
And you look at your lots
52:27
Righteous lot
52:29
The New Testament calls it
52:31
Look at David
52:33
What was the term
52:34
That was used to him
52:35
A man after God's own heart
52:38
What a declaration
52:41
What a unique believer
52:44
David was
52:45
And yet
52:46
We see David succumbed
52:48
To temptation
52:49
And then not only
52:52
Did he succumb to temptation
52:54
But he tried to cover his tracks
52:56
In the most awful way
52:57
By murder
52:58
A saint of God
53:00
You look at Peter
53:02
There was nobody
53:03
Who voiced his love
53:04
For Jesus more
53:06
Oh
53:07
He said
53:07
So other people
53:08
Will do this and that
53:09
Count on me Lord
53:11
And yet a little later
53:13
You're seeing Peter
53:14
With oaths
53:15
And with curses
53:16
Denying that he ever knew
53:17
Anything about Jesus
53:19
You see
53:20
We're weak
53:21
We're frail
53:21
But you know
53:23
God's love is so great
53:25
He doesn't let us go
53:26
Despite that
53:27
He's still holding on to us
53:29
That's the beauty of it
53:31
Because he's saving us
53:33
Saving us from ourselves
53:35
But it isn't just a matter of
53:36
Being saved as it were
53:39
In this world
53:40
In the sense that our soul
53:42
Is saved from the Lord Jesus Christ
53:44
Because
53:45
When Jesus says here
53:47
We'll be saved
53:48
He's talking about the full salvation
53:50
Our salvation has begun
53:52
The moment
53:53
We've come to trust in Jesus Christ
53:56
But that's not the end of it
53:57
Our souls
54:00
Will pass
54:02
Into glory
54:03
The moment
54:05
We die
54:05
That's what will happen
54:08
For every single one
54:10
Who trusts in Jesus
54:11
And at that moment
54:13
We will discover
54:14
What salvation is
54:16
In an ever greater measure
54:18
We will see
54:19
What it involved
54:20
And we will see the
54:23
Towards the end results
54:25
Of the wonder
54:26
Of the glory
54:28
That has been prepared
54:29
For us
54:29
But that's not the end
54:31
Because we have to leave
54:33
Our bodies behind
54:34
And our bodies
54:36
Which are so important to us
54:38
And in our Christian life
54:41
Have been such a part
54:43
Of our Christian work
54:45
Hands that served
54:47
Tongues that sang
54:49
And confessed
54:50
Feet that carried us
54:52
Our bodies
54:54
And so often
54:56
We see this
54:57
Oh it's awful
54:57
Have to put the body
54:59
But it's not the end
55:00
Because the body
55:01
Will just
55:02
As Jesus rose from the dead
55:04
So shall we
55:05
And our bodies
55:07
Will be fitted
55:08
They will be made
55:09
Right
55:10
Same body
55:11
Not somebody else's
55:13
Or not other
55:14
Components
55:15
But our own body
55:17
Will rise
55:19
And reunite
55:20
With our soul
55:21
Being made
55:22
Suited and fitted
55:23
For the glorious
55:25
Environment
55:26
That we will be in
55:27
Forever
55:28
And only then
55:30
Will we fully discover
55:32
What being saved
55:34
Actually means
55:35
Because that is
55:37
What Jesus is talking about
55:39
Those who endure
55:40
To the end
55:40
Will be saved
55:42
That is the full
55:44
Salvation
55:45
That awaits
55:47
And the wonder
55:49
Of this gospel
55:49
Is that it isn't
55:51
Confined
55:52
Just to one
55:53
We spot
55:54
Before the end
55:55
Comes
55:56
The gospel
55:58
Will reach
55:58
All nations
55:59
And then the end
56:00
Will come
56:01
And now
56:03
What a wonderful
56:03
Prospect that is
56:05
Are you today
56:08
Safe in Jesus
56:09
Because there's
56:11
Nowhere else
56:11
It's a cruel
56:13
World out there
56:14
But there's
56:15
A safety
56:16
A security
56:18
A warmth
56:19
A peace
56:20
In Jesus
56:20
And there's
56:22
Nothing that the
56:23
Lord would
56:23
Love more
56:24
Than you to
56:25
Ask him
56:26
Right now
56:27
Lord
56:28
Come into
56:29
My heart
56:30
Be
56:31
My saviour
56:32
Let us pray
56:33
Lord our God
56:35
We pray
56:36
Today to bless
56:37
Us
56:37
As we read
56:39
Your word
56:40
We see
56:41
Difficulties
56:41
But we see
56:43
Blessings
56:43
We give
56:44
Thanks for
56:45
Your word
56:46
And we pray
56:47
That we might
56:47
Listen to it
56:48
Well
56:48
And that we
56:50
Might act
56:50
Wisely on it
56:51
By your grace
56:52
We pray to
56:53
Watch over
56:54
Each and every
56:55
One of us
56:55
Bless the cup
56:56
Of tea
56:56
In the hall
56:57
After
56:57
Take us all
56:58
Home safely
56:58
We pray
56:59
Do us good
57:00
And take
57:01
And take away
57:01
Every sin
57:02
In Jesus
57:02
Name
57:03
Amen
57:03
We're going to
57:07
Conclude singing
57:08
In Psalm 80
57:09
The 80th
57:10
Psalm from
57:11
The Scottish
57:11
Psalter
57:12
Psalm number
57:13
80
57:14
From the
57:19
Scottish
57:20
Psalter
57:20
It's on page
57:23
334
57:24
Verse 17
57:26
The last three
57:27
Verses
57:27
Oh let thy
57:29
Hand be still
57:30
Upon the man
57:31
Of thy right
57:31
Hand
57:32
The son of man
57:33
Whom for thyself
57:34
Thou madest
57:35
Strong to stand
57:37
So henceforth
57:38
We will not
57:39
Go back
57:39
Nor turn
57:40
From thee
57:41
At all
57:42
Oh do thou
57:43
Quicken us
57:43
And we upon
57:44
Thy name
57:44
Will call
57:45
Turn us
57:46
Again
57:47
Lord God
57:48
Of hosts
57:48
And upon us
57:49
Vowt safe
57:50
To make thy
57:51
Countenance
57:52
To shine
57:52
And so
57:53
We shall
57:54
Be saved
57:55
The tune
57:55
Is heaven
57:55
Psalm 80
57:57
The last three
57:59
Verses
57:59
Oh let thy
58:00
Hand be still
58:01
Upon
58:01
The man
58:16
Of thy
58:18
Right hand
58:20
O son
58:23
Of man
58:25
Whom for
58:27
Thyself
58:29
Thou may
58:31
Just
58:32
Night
58:35
Of
58:35
Thou
58:37
Ruby
58:37
And son
58:39
Thou
58:39
As
58:40
Thou
58:41
To
58:41
Thou
58:43
Are
58:44
Mar Ving
58:44
Thou
58:45
Abend
58:46
A
58:48
khác
58:48
History
58:49
HAM
58:52
Fo
58:52
bel
58:53
We
58:54
Thou
58:55
B
58:55
Thou
58:57
Thou
58:57
Thou
58:58
S
58:59
Thou
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upon thy name will fall.
59:08
Darn us and aim for Prodobos,
59:17
and upon us our shame,
59:23
to make thy fountain hearts to shine,
59:32
and so we shall be saved.
59:40
Go to the front door.
59:42
Now may the grace, mercy, and peace of God the Father,
59:44
Son, and Holy Spirit rest and abide upon each one of you
59:48
now and forevermore. Amen.
59:53
Amen.