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Walk Humbly With Your God · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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We'll begin our worship this morning by singing to God's praise. We're going to sing in Psalm 25, the first version of the psalm,
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in the Scottish Psalter, Psalm 25,
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page 231.
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The tune is Dennis. We're going to sing from verse 1 down to verse 6.
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To thee I lift my soul, O Lord, I trust in thee.
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My God, let me not be ashamed, nor foes triumph for me.
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Let none that wait on thee be put to shame at all, but those that without cause transgress, let shame upon them fall.
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We'll sing from verse 1 to 6 to God's praise.
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To thee I lift my soul, O Lord, I trust in thee.
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Let thou that wait on thee.
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Let thou that wait on thee.
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My God, let me not be ashamed, nor boast high of glory.
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Let the man that wait on me be put to shame and all.
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And those that will and cause transgress, let shame upon them all.
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O me, my grace, O Lord, my past, O tree, shall we?
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And do thou read me in my truth, then my teacher be.
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For thou art God, let us to meet salvation, strength.
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And die upon thee, O Lord, my best, O Lord.
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Amen.
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Let us bow our heads in a word of prayer.
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Let us pray.
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Our Father in heaven, as we gather in your name this day, as we come praising you, as we come offering up praise to you in song,
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as we come looking to you in prayer, as we come seeking to hear from you in your word.
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We thank you that you are a God who has remembered us, that you have remembered us in such a special and a significant way,
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that you have sent salvation to us as we have sung.
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We thank you that we come in the name of Jesus today, that we come looking to him to be Lord and God of all,
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and Lord and God for us, that we would come looking to him to trust in him with all our heart, with all our soul,
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and to love you as we should.
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And we pray and thank you, Lord, for your word that instructs us, that helps us.
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Your word teaches us day by day.
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And we thank you that all of us together here, from youngest to oldest, hears from your word and help us to learn,
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help us to hear what you are saying to us.
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And as we come to the end of this year, as we come to the last day of the year,
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we thank you for all your goodness to us in so many ways over this year.
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Through all the ups and downs of life, Lord, you are faithful.
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You are our constant companion.
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And we pray, Lord, that as we look, God, willing to a new year,
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that we will put our hand in yours and walk with you and trust in you with all our hearts.
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May you guide us and help us along every step of the way.
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So, Lord, be near to us as we worship you this day.
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And in all our homes and our families, Lord, we ask your blessing, your help, your strength in all the different needs that we have.
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We thank you, Lord, for a time of holiday.
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We thank you for many families being together, both here and maybe some away as well.
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We thank you for these times that we are able to share together and to be able to share it around your word today as well is a real blessing to us.
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So, Lord, we thank you for everyone here, everyone visiting with us, everyone tuning in online as well, wherever they may be, Lord,
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that you will surround us all with your love and with your grace.
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We thank you for your faithfulness, Lord, and help us that we may be faithful to you in all that we do, in all that we say,
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and in all that we do in the days ahead as well, Lord.
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May we know your goodness with us and your mercy upon us.
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So, Lord, hear our prayers and pardon all our sin as we ask all these things in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Before some of the younger ones go out, I'll just share a word with you.
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We're thinking today in our service about what it means to walk with God,
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to go on looking to him and trusting in him every day of our lives.
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And I hope you've had a good week this week.
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I hope you've been enjoying your holiday and enjoy the last few days of it.
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And today is the last day of 2023.
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Tomorrow, all being well, we'll be into 2024.
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Another year has gone by.
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And when you think about a year and you think about it in terms of numbers,
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there's so many numbers that you can think about in a year.
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You think about it as one year.
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And it sounds quite small in some ways.
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One year has passed.
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Or we think about it in another way.
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We think about it in terms of months.
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And we have 12 months in the year.
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And everybody in that period of time,
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I'm sure everybody's had a birthday or other different occasions over these months.
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Then you think about it in terms of weeks.
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How many weeks are there in a year?
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We've got 52 weeks in the year.
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Then you can break it into days.
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And how many days there are in a year?
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365 days in the year.
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So the numbers are getting bigger.
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And then you start thinking,
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well, I've got 365 days.
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Every day's got hours.
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So how many hours are there in a year?
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Now the numbers are starting to get quite big.
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8,760 hours in a year.
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Now we're going to go one more.
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What about number of minutes in the year?
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A lot higher than 8,000.
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How many minutes are in a year?
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525,600 minutes in a year.
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Now we're not going to go to seconds
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because that will just be getting a really big, big, huge number.
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But you just think about all these numbers that we have.
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From one year down to 525,600 minutes.
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And you break it all down into that.
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And the question is this.
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What have we done with our time?
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In Ephesians, the letter of the Ephesians,
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in the New Testament, in chapter 5 and verse 15,
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it says,
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Look carefully then how you walk,
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not as unwise but as wise,
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making the best use of the time.
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It's talking there about walking.
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How are we walking with God?
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Are we making the best use of our time?
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All of the last year,
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and as we look ahead to another year to come,
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God willing,
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as we look back over 12 months,
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as we look back over 52 weeks,
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as we look back over 365 days,
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as we look back over all these numbers,
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and we think of them,
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yes, some of them are just small numbers,
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but we ask ourselves,
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have we lived every minute trusting in God?
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Have we lived 525,600 minutes trusting in God
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with all our hearts?
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And is that what we will do
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as we go into a new year?
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If we haven't already done so,
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are we going to make the best use of the time?
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Walking with God,
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not as unwise,
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which means we're doing silly things with our time,
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stupid things with our time,
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but as wise.
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Wise people,
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making the best use of our time
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every minute that we have.
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We often say time is precious,
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and we are to spend it in the right way.
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It means looking out for others,
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helping others,
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living our lives in a good way,
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but above all,
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it means trusting God
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every minute,
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every second of every day,
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that we will walk with Him
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and trust in Him.
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So may God bless these thoughts to us
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and be with us all
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as we look ahead to a new year.
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We're going to say now
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the Lord's Prayer together.
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Amen.
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Our Father,
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which art in heaven,
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hallowed be thy name.
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Thy kingdom come.
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Thy will be done on earth
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as it is in heaven.
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Give us this day our daily bread,
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and forgive us our debts
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as we forgive our debtors.
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And lead us not into temptation,
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but deliver us from evil.
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For thine is the kingdom,
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the power,
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and the glory forever.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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We're going to sing again
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to God's praise,
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this time in Psalm 57,
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in the Sing Psalms version.
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Find us on page 74
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of the Psalm books.
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Psalm 57.
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We're going to sing
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from verse 1 to verse 5.
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The tune is Selma.
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Have mercy on me, Lord,
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to you my soul holds fast.
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Your covering wings will shelter me
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until the dangers pass.
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I cry to God,
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most high,
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to God who answers me,
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for he fulfills his purposes
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for me most perfectly.
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We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 5
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to God's praise.
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God's praise.
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Let's amen.
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Let's pray.
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د hands
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I cry to God most high, to God who answers me.
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For he fulfills his purposes, for he moves perfectly.
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He sends his help from her, and saves me all my love.
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Reveal me close to see my life, God sends this truth and love.
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I live with savage peace, I dwell with high up strong.
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With man who speak, with piercing words, a sharp sword is their tongue.
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Above the highest head, O God, exalted thee,
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And O God, on the earth below, display your majesty.
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We'll turn together to read in God's word now in the Old Testament, in the book of Micah.
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Micah, we're going to read in chapter 6.
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Micah chapter 6, you'll find it around page 942, towards the end of the Old Testament.
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Micah chapter 6, and we can read the whole of this chapter together.
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Micah chapter 6, from the beginning.
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Hear what the Lord says.
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O my people, what have I done to you?
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How have I wearied you?
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Answer me.
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For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of slavery.
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And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
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O my people, remember what Balak, king of Moab, devised,
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And what Balaam, the son of Baor, answered him,
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And what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,
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That you may know the saving acts of the Lord.
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With what shall I come before the Lord,
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And bow myself before God on high?
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Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
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With calves a year old?
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Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
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With ten thousands of rivers of oil?
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Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
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The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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He has told you, O man, what is good,
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And what does the Lord require of you,
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But to do justice, and to love kindness,
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And to walk humbly with your God.
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The voice of the Lord cries to the city,
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And it is sound wisdom to fear your name.
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Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it.
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Can I forget any longer the treasures of wickedness
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In the house of the wicked,
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And the scant measure that is accursed?
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Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales,
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And with a bag of deceitful weights?
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Your rich men are full of violence,
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Your inhabitants speak lies,
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And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
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Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,
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Making you desolate because of your sins.
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You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
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And there shall be hunger within you.
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You shall put away, but not preserve,
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And what you preserve I will give to the sword.
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You shall sow, but not reap.
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You shall tread olives,
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But not anoint yourselves with oil.
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You shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
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For you have kept the statutes of Omri,
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And all the works of the house of Ahab,
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And you have walked in their councils,
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That I may make you a desolation,
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And your inhabitants a hissing.
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So you shall bear the scorn of my people.
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And so on.
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And may God bless to us that reading of his word.
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Let's again turn to God in prayer.
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Let us pray.
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Amen.
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Our Father in heaven,
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As often as we read of your blessings in your word,
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The many great and wonderful promises
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That you have given to us,
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That are all fulfilled in your Son,
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Christ Jesus our Lord.
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We recognize and give thanks, Lord,
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For every one of them,
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That are precious to us as a people.
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And yet, O Lord,
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As we read your word as well,
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In the fullness of it,
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We see the many promises,
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But also the many challenges,
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And rebukes that there are for us.
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The many truths that they are reminding us
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Of the consequence of sin.
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The many truths that remind us of what it means,
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What it entails not to listen to you
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As you speak to us.
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And as we have read in your word together just now,
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We see so many of these things.
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We see the challenges and the rebukes to your people.
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But we thank you that in the midst of them,
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We read too of your great love towards us as a people.
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That you know our sins,
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You know our helplessness,
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You know how we cannot do anything for ourselves
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Because our hearts are so inclined to wander away from you.
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We are pulled in so many different directions.
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We are pulled so easily away from your truth and from your ways.
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The things that appeal to us in this world, O Lord,
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Can so easily take over our hearts.
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But help us, Lord, to find mercy with you.
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Help us to find renewal with you.
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Help us to repent as your word calls us to.
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Help us to turn away from our sin
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And to seek to walk humbly with the Lord.
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For we thank you for your steadfast love,
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Your covenant love,
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Through which we are blessed and blessed abundantly.
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That you are a God who loves steadfast love.
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That you are a God who desires it for all people.
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And yet so quickly, Lord, we turn away.
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And so help us, Lord,
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Even as we reflect at the end of this year.
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As we look back and
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As we are maybe reminded of the many ways in which your promises have blessed us and helped us
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Throughout so many different situations.
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We thank you that we can look back and see your faithfulness to us in so many ways.
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The way that you have kept us, sustained us, watched over us.
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The way that you have provided for us.
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In the simplest of ways, Lord, that we so often forget.
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Whether it's the air that we breathe, the water that we drink.
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The simple things in life that we see as attained by ourselves.
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And yet your word reminds us that every good and perfect gift is from above.
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From the one who changes not.
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And so, Lord, humble us before you today.
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That we might walk rightly with you.
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That we would seek your face.
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That we would come, O Lord, with much to give thanks for.
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And that we would praise your name.
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That we would also come, O Lord, confessing our sin.
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Our sin of forgetfulness.
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Our sin of turning away from you.
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Our sin of not leaning on your word or trusting in it.
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And also, Lord, in the many things that go on in our lives.
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When we are challenged.
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When we are finding the way tough.
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We thank you that we can come, O Lord, and cast our cares upon you.
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And help us to do so for ourselves and for others around us.
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For our communities.
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For our nation.
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For our world.
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We thank you that you are a God who hears and answers prayer.
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And every one of which we have seen answer to in this past year.
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We give you thanks.
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For every prayer offered up that we wait upon.
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Still wait upon.
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We pray for patience to wait.
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For every prayer that we offered up, Lord.
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Not according to your will.
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But for our own selfish hearts.
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We ask forgiveness.
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And we pray, Lord, that you will be the one that guides us in the days ahead.
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That as we go into a new year, God willing.
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We would know your presence with us.
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We would know you going before us in all things.
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Directing our paths.
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Helping us to walk closely with you.
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We pray that, Lord, for our nation as a whole.
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When we think of our rulers and all who govern us in so many different ways.
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We think of our king and his family, Lord.
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We pray your blessing on them.
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We pray, Lord, for them all to come to see the light of the glory of Jesus Christ.
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We pray for them to come to know what it is to fully believe in God.
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And the fact that you sent your son as a savior for this world.
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That they would come to believe in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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The one who is there for us.
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Lord, help them.
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We pray in all their own needs as well, Lord.
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We pray above all for their souls, O Lord.
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That you will bless them richly.
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That you will bring them to know and to rule according to your word and to your truth.
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We pray that also for our governments.
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For Westminster.
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For Holyrood.
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For Prime Minister and First Minister.
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Lord, again, that their hearts will be turned to you.
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That they would come to know the glory of God.
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That they would come to know the wonder of your grace.
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And the power of your word.
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The power of prayer.
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And that righteousness exalts our nation.
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We pray, Lord, for the year ahead to be seeing your glory in our land.
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To be seeing your power at work.
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To be seeing people turn to you in great numbers.
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And people coming to know and believe in the Lord Jesus.
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We pray these things so often, Lord.
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Maybe just asking as a token gesture.
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Not really believing it's possible.
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But we thank you that your word reminds us of how quickly you can turn a people.
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Turn a nation.
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Turn a world to yourself.
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And we pray, Lord, that you will come in your power.
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That you will hear your praying people throughout the world today.
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Far and wide.
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That you will look down upon us.
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That you will remember those in need in all corners of the earth.
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The persecuted church.
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Those who suffer for your name.
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Those who are suffering in the midst of conflict and wars just now.
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Those who suffer in so many different ways.
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Through rulers oppressing a people.
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Keeping things for themselves when a people are in need.
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And we, oh Lord, pray for mercy.
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And your goodness to be poured out upon us.
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We thank you, Lord, that you remember us.
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That you know us in every need that we have.
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That you know our names.
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That you know us in all our personal needs, our innermost thoughts.
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And we come, oh Lord, pleading with you to remember our people here.
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To remember our homes.
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And our families and our communities at this time.
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Remember those in sorrow and sadness.
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Remember those who are anxious over loved ones.
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Remember those who are unwell.
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In whatever situation that may be.
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Physically or mentally or spiritually.
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Oh Lord, we know that the battles in this world are so many.
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And so varied.
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But we thank you that we have a God who is able.
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A God who is able to help and do abundantly more than all that we ask or imagine.
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And so we pray, Lord, to draw near to us.
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And to help us to draw near to you.
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That every day of a year to come.
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Every week.
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Every hour.
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Every second even.
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That we would live for the Lord.
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That we would seek to trust in you.
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And to walk closely with you.
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Lord, bless us, we pray.
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From our youngest to our oldest.
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That you would be with us in all that we seek to do in your name.
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In families and communities.
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In all our island communities here, Lord.
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We pray for your goodness and mercy to be with us.
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To pour out your spirit upon us.
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To revive us as a people.
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And to do us good.
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Lord, help us, we pray.
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And all we ask, we ask.
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Knowing our own frailties and weakness.
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But thankful, Lord, for your goodness towards us.
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Your strength.
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Your grace that is always sufficient.
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And we pray.
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Pleading in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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The name above every name.
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The name before whom we must all come and give an account.
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On that day of judgment.
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And we pray, Lord.
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Help us to be prepared for that day.
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To be ready for it.
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To be trusting in you.
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Recognizing that there will be no injury time when it comes to that.
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There will be no second chances.
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There will be no time to make amends when the Lord comes.
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Our day is now.
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Our time is now.
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And we pray, Lord, that you will help us in this day.
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To hear your voice speaking to us.
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Give us ears to hear then.
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And go with us, we pray.
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Pardoning all our sin as we ask it all in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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We're going to sing again to God's praise before we turn back to look at the passage in Micah and Psalm 39.
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Psalm 39, we'll sing from verse 7.
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Page 258 of the Psalm book.
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Psalm 39 at verse 7.
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And now, O Lord, what wait I for.
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My hope is fixed on thee.
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Free me from all my trespasses.
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The fool's scorn make not me.
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We'll sing from verse 7 to 13.
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And the tune is, Wetherby.
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Amen.
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The fool's scorn make not me.
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The fool's scorn make not me.
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The fool's scorn make not me.
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The fool's scorn make not me.
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Because this world was nigh.
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Thy soul's scorn make not me.
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The fool's scorn make not me.
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Of thy hand I do hide.
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When with refuse thou dost glory,
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Man for iniquity.
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The fool's scorn make not me.
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The fool's scorn make not me.
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The fool's scorn make not me.
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The fool's scorn make not me.
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The fool's scorn make not me.
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But then, my cry, Lord, that my tears
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And there's the silent beat
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I soldier not
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My father's all
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And Savior come with me
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O say by me
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That I my strength
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Recover me again
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Before progress
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I do depart
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And here
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No more
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Reveal
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Let's turn back to our reading in Micah chapter 6
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We can read again at verse 8
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We're going to look really at verse 1 through to verse 8
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Micah 6 at verse 8
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He has told you, O man, what is good
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And what does the Lord require of you
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But to do justice
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And to love kindness
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And to walk humbly
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With your God
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To do justice
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And to love
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Steadfast love
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You could say there
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And to walk humbly
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With your God
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As we think of coming
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To the end of a year
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As we've thought about
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Our time in that sense
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Of the year gone past
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And what we've done
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With our time
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Has it been a year
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That we have been walking
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Humbly with the Lord
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Or is it something
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That we have to reflect on
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And think about
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How we could be better
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In that sense
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Of walking
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Humbly with the Lord
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Have we lost our focus
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From him
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As we look at the book of Micah
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It's a book that's
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Full of this challenge
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Both in the sense of
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Yes, in many ways
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Things are going well
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The people are getting on
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Okay
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But they're losing sight
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Of God
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And that always has
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Consequences
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And Micah comes to them
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With a word
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With a rebuke
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With a challenge
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And to walk humbly
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With your God
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You imagine going
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Into your workplace
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And you're going in
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Expecting that your boss
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Will give you the jobs
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For that day
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But instead
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They say to you
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I'm sure you've
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Got enough
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To catch up on yourself
34:13
I know you've just
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Been on holiday
34:15
You're coming back
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After your Christmas
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And New Year break
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But you've probably
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Got things that you
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Would like to do yourself
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Things you want to get
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Back on top of
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So just take the day
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To yourself
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You're probably thinking
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Well
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My job must be at risk
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Or something
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There's something
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Just not right here
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Maybe he's not going
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Not going to get paid
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For this day's work
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So you ask that question
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What about my pay?
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And they say
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Don't worry
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You'll still get paid
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But just go
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And do your own thing
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I'm sure you'll be surprised
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If any boss
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Would say that to you
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Because you go to work
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Expecting
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To do a job
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Likewise
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You wouldn't go into work
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And just say to your boss
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Look I can't do the work
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That you're paying me for today
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I've got so many things
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I've got to do for myself
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I'm going to go and do that
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But you're going to still pay me
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My wage at the end of the week
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You wouldn't go in doing that
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Because if you did
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You would probably expect
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To be sacked
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But what is our relationship
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With God like
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In this way?
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How are we living
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With God?
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Do we treat God
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With a selfish
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Kind of attitude?
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Where we come to God
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And say to him
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I'm going to do my own thing
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I'm going to live as I want
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But at the end of the day
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You're going to give me
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The goodness
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Of your heart
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You're going to give me
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All the good things
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That you promise
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In your word
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But I'm still going to
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Just go and do
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My own thing
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That is how we
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So often end up living
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We want to do
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Our own thing
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And we want to do it
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In our way
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But we want the blessings
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Of God too
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And as you look through Micah
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That's the very situation
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You find
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They were doing
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Anything they wanted
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To please themselves
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But still expecting
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To God
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God to be on demand
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As well
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When he was needed
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They'd call
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And they would expect him
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To give them
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Exactly what they wanted
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And that's why God
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Sent Micah
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He sent Micah to them
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To show them
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The error of their ways
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To show them
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Where they were going wrong
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How they're turning
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Away from God
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And expecting just God
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To do as they wanted
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When they wanted
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This was going to have
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Consequences
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Consequences
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That without their way
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Being changed
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Would lead them down
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A path
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That was not good
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The relationship
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With God
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Was breaking up
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The steadfast love
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That they had enjoyed
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From God
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So much
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And that the goodness
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Of God
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As we read through
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Here of what he'd done
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For them
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They were forgetting
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And just turning
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Away from
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When you see
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The setting of Micah
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And the kind of situation
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He's writing into you
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Begin to realise
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How similar it is
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To our own day
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You read through Micah
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And you see
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Turning away from God
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Leads us to turn
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To other things
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To pleasing ourselves
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To getting our own gain
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And there's probably
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Four different ways
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That you could see it
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When you read through Micah
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You read in chapter 3
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Verse 11
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Something that was happening
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There was bribery
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There was bribery
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Going on
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In verse 11 of chapter 3
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Its heads give judgment
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For a bribe
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Its priests teach for a price
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Its prophets practice divination
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For money
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Yet they lean on the Lord
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And say
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It's not the Lord
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In the midst of us
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No disaster
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Shall come upon us
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It's this situation
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Of bribery going on
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Just you tell us
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What will please us
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And we'll give you money
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For it
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But if God is not happy
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You can bring God into it
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And give him a token gesture
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So that he will bless us
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And isn't that how
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Our nation seems to operate
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So much now
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We bring God in
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Just for the essentials
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From time to time
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But we want to continue
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And live our lives
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In our own way
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Turning away from God's word
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Rejecting God's word
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But in the midst of disaster
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We'll come and say
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Oh but God help us
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It doesn't work
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You see there was violence
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In Micah's day as well
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Micah chapter 2 verse 8
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But lately my people
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Have risen up as an enemy
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You stripped the rich robe
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From those who passed by
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Trustingly
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With no thought of war
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There was this violence
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Going on for self gain
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Again you look at our world today
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Such a similar situation
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Corruption was there as well
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Similar to bribery
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But slightly different
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Micah 6 verse 11
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Which we read
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Shall I acquit a man
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With wicked scales
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And with a bag of deceitful weights
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Corruption going on
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And you see too
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In chapter 7
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There's a sense of community
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Breakdown too
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In verse 5 and 6
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Of chapter 7
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Put no trust in a neighbor
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Have no confidence in a friend
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Guard the doors of your mouth
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From her who lies in your arms
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For the son treats the father
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With contempt
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The daughter rises up
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Against her mother
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There's community and family
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Breakdown to the fore here as well
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Again it's the same kinds of things
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That we see in our own society today
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All these things are so prominent
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In our life
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And what is behind it all
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We fail to acknowledge
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We fail to look at
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Is abandoning God
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And turning her back on God
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There are consequences
40:25
To doing that
40:27
In Micah's day
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And in our own day
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And yet God still comes in
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God still speaks to a nation here
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And to a nation ourselves
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To a people ourselves
40:40
And he calls his people
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To repentance
40:44
What remains constant
40:48
Throughout Micah's day
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And our day
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And every generation
40:51
Is the need of repentance
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And the offer of salvation
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From the Lord
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In Micah chapter 7
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Verse 18
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You read there
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Who is a God like you
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Pardoning iniquity
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And passing over transgression
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For the remnant of his inheritance
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He does not retain his anger forever
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But he delights
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In steadfast love
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He delights
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In his covenant love
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In his faithfulness
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Towards his people
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And that is what Micah
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Is calling us to
41:27
In this section
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Just as the Lord
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Loves
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Steadfast love
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So in verse 8
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We are being called
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To God
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He has told us
41:37
What is good
41:38
What he requires of you
41:40
To do justice
41:41
To love
41:43
Steadfast love
41:44
And to walk humbly
41:46
With your God
41:47
It is there
41:49
Before us
41:50
And the question is
41:53
What are we doing
41:54
With it
41:55
Somebody once
41:57
Put it like this
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The same old story
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Which is what we see
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And look at here
42:02
The same old story
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Of all that is wrong
42:05
With our world
42:06
He said
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It needs
42:07
The same old story
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The same old story
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Needs
42:13
The same old story
42:14
The same old story
42:16
Of corruption
42:17
And bribery
42:18
Turning away from God
42:20
Needs the same old story
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Of the steadfast love
42:24
Of God
42:24
It needs
42:25
The gospel
42:26
And that is what
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We all need
42:29
As we come to the end
42:30
Of a year
42:31
Going to a new year
42:32
God willing
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The gospel
42:34
The goodness of God
42:35
With us
42:36
And to walk humbly
42:38
With our God
42:39
And there's three things
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That we learn here
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Of what we need
42:43
To walk humbly
42:45
With God
42:46
And the first is this
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We see it in verse 1 and 2
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Hear the Lord
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Hear the Lord
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If we're not listening to God
42:57
If we're not hearing God
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It is impossible
42:59
To walk humbly
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With God
43:03
Because if we're not
43:04
Listening to God
43:05
We're listening to ourselves
43:06
Or to everything else
43:08
That this world
43:09
Will throw our way
43:10
And we're turning away
43:12
From God
43:13
And so
43:14
Micah's role
43:16
If you like
43:16
As a prophet
43:17
Was to bring
43:18
The word of God
43:19
That the people
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Would hear
43:21
And listen
43:22
To the word of God
43:24
There were these
43:25
False prophets
43:26
Who were coming
43:27
They were taking a bribe
43:29
They'd tell the people
43:30
Whatever they wanted
43:31
To hear
43:32
Not what God
43:33
Was saying to them
43:34
But whatever they wanted
43:36
To hear
43:36
Just carry on as you are
43:38
Do as you please
43:39
Do what you want
43:41
But God will still
43:43
Be there for you
43:45
But Micah
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He comes
43:48
With the truth
43:49
In verse 1
43:50
And verse 2
43:51
You see
43:52
It says
43:53
Hear what the Lord
43:55
Says
43:56
Hear what the Lord
43:58
Says
43:58
Hear you mountains
44:00
The indictment
44:01
Of the Lord
44:02
God is speaking
44:04
And he is speaking
44:05
Powerfully here
44:07
To the people
44:08
And they need
44:09
To listen
44:10
And how much
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Has the Lord
44:14
Been speaking to us
44:15
All through our days
44:17
All our lives
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All our years
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All our weeks
44:21
All our months
44:22
All our hours
44:23
Every second of the day
44:24
God is speaking
44:26
To us
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Through everything
44:28
That goes on
44:29
In our own lives
44:30
Our lives around us
44:31
The world around us
44:33
God is speaking
44:34
And yet
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What had happened
44:37
To the people
44:38
In Micah's days
44:39
The same as is
44:40
Happening to ourselves
44:41
Today
44:42
People are growing
44:43
Tired of listening
44:45
To God
44:46
They are growing
44:48
Tired of hearing
44:50
What God is saying
44:51
And they are
44:52
Turning away
44:53
And Micah is saying
44:56
There are consequences
44:57
If you do
44:58
What you need to do
44:59
Is hear
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What he is saying
45:01
To you
45:02
Have you ever had
45:04
Someone
45:04
Who has always
45:05
Got advice
45:06
To offer
45:07
It doesn't matter
45:09
What you are doing
45:10
It might be just
45:11
A little job
45:12
Around the house
45:13
You might be working
45:13
With this person
45:14
But they have always
45:16
Got a bit of advice
45:17
To give as to
45:17
How it should be done
45:19
Or to do it like this
45:20
Instead of like that
45:21
And if this is going on
45:23
All the time
45:25
You can become
45:26
Tired of hearing it
45:27
You become frustrated
45:29
With hearing it
45:30
You don't want to
45:31
Hear it anymore
45:32
And yet
45:34
When we are hearing
45:35
God speaking to us
45:37
It is so often
45:38
The way we can be
45:38
God
45:39
Why do you keep
45:40
Saying that I am a sinner
45:41
God
45:42
Why do you keep
45:43
Telling me that I need
45:44
To repent
45:44
And turn and live
45:46
My life in a particular way
45:47
Can I not do it
45:49
My own way
45:49
And it tires us
45:52
It wearies us
45:52
It is a recurring problem
45:56
Throughout the scriptures
45:57
From the old
45:58
Into the new testament
46:00
You find a people
46:02
Who become weary
46:03
With God
46:04
Although he is offering
46:06
His steadfast love
46:07
His salvation
46:08
His redemption
46:09
People just reject it
46:12
And turn away from it
46:14
We will do it our way
46:15
We will go our own path
46:17
We will walk our own way
46:19
Not humbly before God
46:21
But proudly before others
46:23
We will show them
46:25
How it is done
46:26
But it will not end well
46:29
And so
46:31
The word of God
46:33
Is telling us
46:34
To listen
46:35
To hear what he is saying
46:37
Not to tire of it
46:39
But to love it
46:41
To love the fact
46:42
That God speaks
46:44
To love the fact
46:46
That God
46:46
Longs for goodness
46:48
For his people
46:49
To love the fact
46:52
That we have
46:53
A great story
46:55
To hear
46:56
Not to tire
46:58
Of it
46:59
There was a woman
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Called Catherine Hankey
47:03
And she was born
47:05
In London
47:06
In 1834
47:07
And born into
47:09
A very wealthy family
47:11
But she came
47:12
To love the Lord
47:13
And serve the Lord
47:14
From her young age
47:16
She was very young
47:16
When she became
47:17
A Christian
47:18
And she had a real
47:20
Love for God
47:21
And a love for sharing
47:23
His word with others
47:24
And when she was
47:26
Just a teenager
47:26
She began
47:27
A Bible class
47:29
For girls
47:29
In her neighborhood
47:30
In her late teens
47:32
She began organizing
47:34
Sunday schools
47:35
Around different parts
47:37
Of London
47:37
For girls
47:39
In her late teens
47:40
As well
47:40
And she used to love
47:41
Just serving the Lord
47:43
She used to publish
47:45
Poems and tracts
47:46
To share with others
47:48
She was always busy
47:49
With the Lord
47:51
But then when she was
47:52
In her thirties
47:53
She became seriously ill
47:56
And she was ill
47:57
For quite a long
47:58
Period of time
47:58
And she realized
48:00
During that time
48:01
That in all the busyness
48:02
Of what she'd been doing
48:04
She had become
48:05
In a danger
48:06
Of forgetting
48:07
The gospel
48:09
Forgetting to listen
48:10
To God
48:11
And she wrote
48:13
A poem
48:14
And it's called
48:15
Tell me
48:16
The same old story
48:19
And it goes
48:21
Like this
48:21
Tell me the story
48:23
Slowly
48:24
That I may take it in
48:26
The wonderful redemption
48:28
God's remedy
48:29
For sin
48:30
Tell me the story
48:32
Often
48:32
For I forget
48:34
So soon
48:35
The early dew
48:36
Of morning
48:37
Has passed away
48:39
At noon
48:40
That was one of the verses
48:42
In it
48:42
She longed just to hear
48:44
The story
48:45
The same old story
48:48
Tell it to me often
48:49
For I forget
48:51
So soon
48:52
And it's so important
48:54
That we listen
48:55
To what the Lord
48:56
Is saying
48:57
To us
48:58
Tell me
49:00
The story
49:01
Often
49:02
Let us
49:03
Love
49:04
Hearing
49:05
The gospel
49:06
The good news
49:07
Of God
49:08
Through Jesus Christ
49:10
To us
49:11
We are to listen
49:13
To the Lord
49:15
Why is that
49:16
So important
49:17
Well the second thing
49:19
We see here
49:19
Is because we have
49:21
To give answer
49:22
To the Lord
49:23
The day is coming
49:25
When we have to give
49:26
Answer
49:27
To the Lord
49:29
We have to give answers
49:31
We see in verse 6
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With what shall I come
49:35
Before the Lord
49:36
And bow myself
49:38
Before God
49:39
On high
49:40
A day is coming
49:42
When we will have to
49:43
Appear before God
49:45
And what are we going to
49:46
Bring
49:47
Before God
49:48
On that day
49:49
How am I going to
49:50
Bow myself
49:51
Before God
49:52
On high
49:53
Do you realize
49:56
The significance
49:57
Of this
49:57
Yes we can
50:00
Not listen
50:01
To God
50:02
Just now
50:02
We can turn
50:03
Away from God
50:04
Just now
50:04
But the day
50:06
Is coming
50:07
When you must
50:08
Come face
50:09
To face
50:10
With God
50:11
And what will
50:13
You bring
50:13
Before the Lord
50:15
On that day
50:16
You might
50:19
Watch
50:20
Television
50:21
And see
50:22
These programs
50:23
They have now
50:24
When they have
50:24
A judge
50:25
Judge Judy
50:27
Or judge
50:28
Rinder
50:28
Of one of these
50:29
Programs
50:29
And it's all
50:31
Televised so people
50:33
Can see what's
50:34
Going on in people's
50:35
Lives
50:35
And a person
50:36
Will come
50:37
Making a case
50:38
Against somebody
50:39
Else
50:39
Presenting
50:40
The evidence
50:41
And this is almost
50:42
Like a court case
50:43
We're having here
50:44
In verse 6
50:45
In verse 6
50:48
And 7
50:49
What we see here
50:50
Is God
50:51
While saying
50:51
What evidence
50:52
Do you have
50:54
Against me
50:55
You go back
50:56
To verse 3
50:57
And it says there
50:58
Oh my people
50:59
What have I done
51:01
To you
51:02
How have I
51:04
Wearied you
51:04
Answer me
51:06
What have I done
51:09
To you
51:10
How have I
51:11
Wearied you
51:12
Answer me
51:14
And when you
51:16
See God
51:16
Put across
51:17
His case
51:18
There
51:18
In verse 4
51:21
And verse 5
51:22
For I brought
51:24
You up
51:24
Out of the
51:25
Land of Egypt
51:26
And redeemed
51:27
You from the
51:28
House of slavery
51:29
And I sent
51:30
Before you
51:31
Moses and
51:32
Aaron
51:32
And Miriam
51:33
Oh my people
51:34
Remember
51:35
What Balak
51:36
King of Moab
51:37
Devised
51:38
And so it goes
51:39
On
51:40
And then
51:41
In the end of verse 5
51:42
That you may know
51:43
The saving acts
51:44
Of the Lord
51:46
This is God's case
51:49
What have I done
51:50
To weary you
51:51
I've brought you
51:52
Out of Egypt
51:52
I've brought you
51:53
Out of slavery
51:54
I've brought you
51:55
Redemption
51:56
I've brought you
51:56
All of this
51:57
How have I
51:58
Wearied you
51:59
Answer me
52:01
God is a God
52:04
Of covenant
52:05
A God of
52:05
Faithfulness
52:06
A God of
52:07
Steadfast love
52:08
And he shows it
52:09
Again and again
52:10
And again
52:11
And he says
52:13
How can this
52:14
Be wearisome
52:15
To you
52:16
And what is
52:19
Our case
52:20
That we are
52:21
Going to make
52:22
Against that
52:23
How are we
52:24
Going to answer
52:25
Is there anything
52:26
That we could
52:26
Bring against
52:27
God to
52:28
Justify and
52:29
Say
52:29
Look Lord
52:30
You did this
52:31
Wrong
52:31
Look Lord
52:34
This would have
52:35
Been better
52:35
In my life
52:36
When God
52:38
Knows best
52:39
For us
52:40
All the time
52:41
The word
52:45
Of God
52:46
Is so clear
52:47
To us
52:47
If you think
52:48
Of it
52:48
When you go
52:49
To a workplace
52:50
And you have
52:51
A contract
52:52
It makes clear
52:53
Everything for you
52:54
But you don't
52:54
Always read
52:55
All the fine
52:56
Details
52:57
Until something
52:58
Goes wrong
52:59
And they say
52:59
Well if you read
52:59
The small print
53:01
You'll see
53:01
It's there
53:02
And even when we
53:06
Think of the hard
53:07
Things in our life
53:08
The troubles
53:08
That come our way
53:09
The trials
53:10
That are there
53:11
Can we say
53:11
But Lord
53:12
You didn't tell me
53:13
No because
53:14
It's there
53:15
Before us
53:16
And it's not
53:17
In small print
53:19
It's in bold
53:20
It's clear
53:21
To us
53:22
God makes
53:23
Clear to us
53:24
There will always
53:26
Be challenges
53:26
There are consequences
53:28
To sin
53:29
Death has come in
53:30
Pain and misery
53:31
And suffering
53:32
It's all there
53:34
It's clear to us
53:35
So that there is
53:36
Nothing that we can
53:37
Say to God
53:38
You didn't tell me
53:39
When it comes
53:43
To that day of judgment
53:44
We can't come
53:45
And say
53:45
Lord
53:45
You didn't tell me
53:47
My life would be
53:48
Like that
53:48
My life would be
53:49
This hard
53:50
The Lord has told us
53:52
In this world
53:54
You will have
53:55
Many troubles
53:55
It's there
53:57
Before us
53:58
But he also
54:00
Says
54:01
But be of good
54:02
Courage
54:03
For I have
54:04
Overcome the world
54:06
There is always
54:09
That promise
54:10
That God
54:11
Will be with us
54:12
So that when we
54:15
Appear before
54:16
The judgment seat
54:17
With what
54:18
Shall we come
54:19
Before the Lord
54:20
How will we
54:21
Bow ourselves
54:21
Before God
54:23
On high
54:23
What answer
54:26
Will we give
54:27
There is no
54:29
Avoiding this
54:30
There is no
54:31
Hiding from him
54:32
The message
54:33
From Micah
54:34
To his people
54:35
Then is the same
54:36
As for ourselves
54:36
Today
54:37
How are we
54:39
Living with God
54:40
Are we walking
54:42
Humbly with him
54:44
Are we bowing
54:46
Ourselves before him
54:47
In all our need
54:49
How will we answer
54:51
God
54:52
Well the final
54:55
Thing we see
54:55
Is as we come
54:56
Into the
54:57
Verse 8
54:58
He gives us
55:00
The answer
55:01
We cannot
55:03
Come
55:04
In verse 7
55:06
With thousands
55:07
Of rams
55:08
Or ten thousands
55:09
Of rivers
55:10
Of oil
55:11
We cannot
55:12
Come with any
55:13
Of these things
55:14
So what can
55:16
We come
55:16
With
55:17
He has told
55:19
You a man
55:19
What is good
55:20
And what does
55:21
The Lord
55:21
Require of you
55:23
But to do
55:23
Justice
55:24
To love
55:25
Steadfast love
55:26
And to walk
55:27
Humbly
55:28
With your God
55:29
He is telling
55:31
Us
55:32
What to do
55:33
He is giving
55:34
Us
55:35
The answer
55:36
In the same
55:37
Way as he
55:38
Reminds the
55:38
People of
55:39
All that he's
55:40
Brought them
55:41
Through
55:41
From the land
55:42
Of Egypt
55:43
Redeeming
55:44
Them from
55:44
The house
55:44
Of slavery
55:45
Sending
55:46
Moses
55:47
And Aaron
55:47
And Miriam
55:48
Before them
55:49
We look
55:50
At our lives
55:50
And what has
55:51
God done
55:51
For us
55:52
He has
55:54
Bought us
55:54
Out of the
55:55
Bondage of
55:56
Sin
55:56
He has
55:57
Redeemed us
55:58
Through his
55:59
Son Christ
56:00
Jesus
56:01
He has
56:01
Given us
56:02
His spirit
56:02
To guide us
56:04
And to help
56:04
Us along
56:05
The way
56:06
Has he
56:08
Wearied us
56:09
With these
56:09
Things
56:10
Are we
56:12
Tired of
56:12
Hearing
56:13
Of the
56:14
Goodness
56:14
Of God
56:15
Or do we
56:16
Need to
56:17
Hear it
56:17
Again and
56:18
Again
56:19
Tell me
56:20
The same
56:21
Old story
56:22
Of the
56:25
God of
56:26
Steadfast
56:26
Love
56:27
Of the
56:28
God of
56:29
Faithfulness
56:30
To his
56:31
People
56:32
When we
56:34
Think of
56:34
The world
56:35
In which
56:36
We live
56:36
In
56:37
And the
56:38
Way
56:39
We have
56:39
Turned
56:39
Away
56:40
From
56:40
The word
56:41
Of
56:41
God
56:41
Are we
56:43
Surprised
56:44
At where
56:44
We're at
56:45
When there's
56:46
Consequences
56:47
Outlined
56:48
For us
56:49
Charles
56:51
Swindle
56:52
He's got a
56:52
Book called
56:53
Living above
56:54
The level
56:55
Of mediocrity
56:56
And listen
56:58
To what he
56:58
Says
56:59
In this
57:00
Imagine if
57:02
You will
57:03
That you
57:04
Work for
57:04
A company
57:05
Whose
57:06
President
57:06
Found it
57:07
Necessary
57:07
To travel
57:08
Out of
57:09
The country
57:09
And to
57:10
Spend an
57:11
Extended
57:11
Period of
57:12
Time
57:12
Abroad
57:13
So he
57:14
Says to
57:15
You and
57:15
To the
57:16
Other
57:16
Trusted
57:16
Employees
57:17
Look
57:17
I'm
57:18
Going
57:18
To
57:19
Leave
57:19
And while
57:20
I'm
57:21
Gone
57:21
I want
57:21
You to
57:22
Pay
57:22
Close
57:22
Attention
57:23
To the
57:24
Business
57:25
You
57:26
Manage
57:27
Things
57:27
While I'm
57:28
Away
57:28
I will
57:29
Write
57:30
To you
57:30
Regularly
57:31
And when
57:32
I do
57:32
I will
57:32
Instruct
57:33
You
57:33
In what
57:34
You should
57:34
Do
57:35
From now
57:35
Until
57:36
I return
57:36
From this
57:37
Trip
57:37
And
57:39
Everyone
57:39
Agrees
57:40
To this
57:41
So the
57:42
President
57:43
Leaves
57:43
And he
57:44
Stays
57:44
Gone
57:44
For a
57:45
Couple
57:45
Of
57:45
Years
57:46
During
57:46
That
57:47
Time
57:47
He
57:47
Writes
57:48
Often
57:48
Communicating
57:49
His
57:50
Desires
57:50
And
57:51
Concerns
57:52
Finally
57:53
He
57:53
Returns
57:54
He
57:55
Walks
57:55
Up
57:55
To the
57:55
Front
57:56
Door
57:56
Of
57:56
The
57:56
Company
57:57
And
57:58
Immediately
57:59
Discoveres
58:00
Everything
58:00
Is
58:00
In a
58:01
Mess
58:01
Weeds
58:02
Flourishing
58:03
In
58:03
Flower
58:03
Beds
58:04
Windows
58:05
Broken
58:05
Across
58:06
The
58:06
Front
58:06
Of
58:06
The
58:06
Building
58:07
The
58:07
Person
58:08
At
58:08
The
58:08
Front
58:08
Desk
58:09
Sleeping
58:09
Loud
58:10
Music
58:11
Roaring
58:12
From
58:13
Several
58:13
Offices
58:14
Two
58:15
Or
58:15
Three
58:15
People
58:16
Engaged
58:17
In
58:17
Horse
58:17
Play
58:18
In
58:18
The
58:18
Back
58:18
Room
58:18
Instead
58:20
Of
58:20
Making
58:20
A
58:20
Profit
58:21
The
58:21
Business
58:22
Has
58:22
Suffered
58:23
A
58:23
Great
58:23
Loss
58:24
Without
58:25
Hesitation
58:26
He
58:26
Calls
58:26
Everyone
58:27
Together
58:27
And
58:28
With
58:28
A
58:28
Frown
58:28
Asks
58:29
What
58:29
Happened
58:30
Didn't
58:31
You
58:31
Get
58:31
My
58:32
Letters
58:32
And
58:34
You
58:34
Say
58:34
Oh
58:34
Yeah
58:35
We
58:35
Got
58:36
All
58:36
Your
58:36
Letters
58:37
We
58:38
Even
58:38
Bound
58:39
Them
58:39
In
58:39
A
58:39
Book
58:40
And
58:41
Some
58:41
Of
58:41
Us
58:41
Memorized
58:42
Them
58:42
In
58:43
Fact
58:43
We
58:44
Have
58:44
A
58:45
Letter
58:45
Study
58:45
Every
58:46
Sunday
58:46
You
58:48
Know
58:48
Those
58:49
Were
58:49
Really
58:50
Great
58:50
Letters
58:51
I
58:52
Think
58:52
The
58:53
President
58:53
Would
58:53
Then
58:54
Ask
58:54
But
58:55
What
58:55
Did
58:56
You
58:56
Do
58:56
About
58:57
My
58:57
Instructions
58:58
And
59:00
No
59:00
Doubt
59:00
The
59:01
Employees
59:01
Would
59:01
Respond
59:02
Do
59:03
Well
59:04
Nothing
59:05
But
59:06
We
59:06
Read
59:07
Everyone
59:08
What's
59:11
He
59:11
Getting
59:11
At
59:11
There
59:12
He's
59:14
Getting
59:14
At
59:14
The
59:15
Fact
59:15
That
59:16
Yes
59:17
We
59:17
May
59:17
See
59:17
God
59:18
Has
59:18
Gone
59:18
Away
59:19
For
59:19
A
59:19
Time
59:19
But
59:21
He
59:21
Is
59:21
Coming
59:22
Again
59:22
And
59:23
In
59:24
The
59:24
Meant
59:24
Time
59:24
He
59:25
Has
59:25
Spoken
59:25
To
59:26
Us
59:26
Through
59:27
His
59:27
Word
59:28
Which
59:29
We
59:29
Have
59:29
Bound
59:29
In
59:30
A
59:30
Book
59:30
Before
59:31
Us
59:31
Which
59:32
We
59:32
Hear
59:33
Every
59:34
Sunday
59:34
Which
59:35
We
59:36
Maybe
59:36
Memorize
59:37
Great
59:37
Parts
59:38
Of
59:38
It
59:38
But
59:40
The
59:40
Question
59:41
Is
59:41
What
59:42
Have
59:42
We
59:43
Done
59:43
With
59:44
It
59:44
Have
59:46
We
59:46
Listened
59:46
To
59:47
What
59:47
God
59:48
Is
59:48
Saying
59:48
Do
59:49
We
59:49
Hear
59:50
What
59:51
God
59:51
The
59:51
Lord
59:52
Is
59:52
Saying
59:52
To
59:53
Us
59:53
He
59:54
Calls
59:54
Us
59:55
Here
59:55
To
59:55
Hear
59:56
Because
59:58
We
59:58
Are
59:58
To
59:58
Appear
59:59
Before
59:59
God
1:00:00
And
1:00:01
God
1:00:02
Will
1:00:02
Say
1:00:02
To
1:00:03
Us
1:00:03
What
1:00:04
Have
1:00:04
I
1:00:04
Done
1:00:05
To
1:00:05
You
1:00:06
How
1:00:06
Have
1:00:07
I
1:00:07
Weed
1:00:08
You
1:00:08
Answer
1:00:09
Me
1:00:09
What
1:00:11
Answer
1:00:11
Do
1:00:12
You
1:00:12
Give
1:00:12
Do
1:00:14
You
1:00:14
Have
1:00:14
Anything
1:00:14
To
1:00:14
Come
1:00:15
Before
1:00:15
God
1:00:15
And
1:00:16
Say
1:00:16
You
1:00:17
Got
1:00:17
That
1:00:17
Wrong
1:00:18
There
1:00:19
Is
1:00:20
No
1:00:20
Answer
1:00:20
Before
1:00:21
God
1:00:21
In
1:00:22
That
1:00:22
Way
1:00:23
The
1:00:24
Only
1:00:24
Answer
1:00:25
Is
1:00:26
To
1:00:26
Listen
1:00:26
And
1:00:28
To
1:00:28
See
1:00:28
That
1:00:28
All
1:00:29
We
1:00:29
Are
1:00:29
To
1:00:29
Do
1:00:30
All
1:00:31
We
1:00:32
Are
1:00:32
Required
1:00:33
Of
1:00:33
Us
1:00:33
Is
1:00:33
Before
1:00:34
Us
1:00:34
In
1:00:35
This
1:00:35
Word
1:00:35
To
1:00:36
Do
1:00:36
Justice
1:00:37
To
1:00:38
Love
1:00:39
Steadfast
1:00:39
Love
1:00:40
And
1:00:40
To
1:00:41
Walk
1:00:41
Humbly
1:00:42
With
1:00:42
Your
1:00:43
God
1:00:43
How
1:00:45
Do
1:00:45
We
1:00:45
Do
1:00:45
That
1:00:46
We
1:00:47
Look
1:00:47
To
1:00:48
God
1:00:48
We
1:00:49
Trust
1:00:50
In
1:00:50
His
1:00:51
Faithfulness
1:00:51
His
1:00:52
Steadfast
1:00:53
Love
1:00:53
His
1:00:54
Covenant
1:00:54
Love
1:00:55
That
1:00:55
We
1:00:55
See
1:00:56
Before
1:00:56
Us
1:00:57
Fulfilled
1:00:57
In
1:00:58
Christ
1:00:59
Jesus
1:00:59
And
1:01:00
We
1:01:01
Seek
1:01:01
To
1:01:01
Walk
1:01:02
Humbly
1:01:02
Putting
1:01:03
Our
1:01:04
Trust
1:01:04
In
1:01:04
Him
1:01:05
Turning
1:01:06
Away
1:01:06
From
1:01:06
Our
1:01:07
Sin
1:01:07
Repenting
1:01:08
Of
1:01:09
Our
1:01:09
Sin
1:01:10
And
1:01:11
Looking
1:01:11
To
1:01:11
And
1:01:12
Trusting
1:01:12
In
1:01:13
Him
1:01:14
It's
1:01:16
No
1:01:16
Use
1:01:16
Having
1:01:16
The
1:01:17
Word
1:01:17
Beautifully
1:01:18
Bound
1:01:19
Before
1:01:20
Us
1:01:20
Memorizing
1:01:21
It
1:01:21
And
1:01:22
Doing
1:01:22
Nothing
1:01:23
With
1:01:24
It
1:01:24
We
1:01:25
Are
1:01:25
To
1:01:25
Hear
1:01:26
And
1:01:27
Do
1:01:27
As
1:01:27
The
1:01:27
Word
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