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Quench Your Thirst · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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  We can turn back to where we read in Isaiah chapter 55.
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  ! We're going to look at the beginning of this chapter.
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  ! Isaiah 55, reading at verse 1.
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  Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters.
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  And he who has no money, come, buy and eat.
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  Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price, and so on.
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  When you sit at a meal, maybe it's at home or if you're eating out,
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  one of the things that often takes place is you examine what's on the table.
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  If you're eating at home, you'll make sure that everything that was prepared is out on the table.
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  It's amazing how often it happens where after the meal is done,
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  you find a dish in the oven that had been completely forgotten about.
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  Or if you're eating out for a meal, a waiter will come round and ask you,
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  have you got everything that you need?
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  They make sure that everything that you've got is there to hand.
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  Well, in a few weeks' time, on the weekend of the 15th of February,
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  we'll be coming to sit at a meal here in the church.
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  And a table will be prepared, and everything that we need will be ready at the table.
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  And yet, when you look at this meal as we come to the Lord's Supper,
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  you think to yourself, well, is that it?
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  It looks so little, just wine and bread on a table.
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  It doesn't look enough for us to live by,
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  and yet there is everything that we need there.
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  The table is prepared.
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  There's no need for anybody to come round,
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  and do you need anything else?
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  It's all there prepared for us.
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  It's the symbols that we see that matter.
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  The wine and what it represents.
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  The blood of Jesus Christ shed at the cross.
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  And the bread showing us the body that was given for us.
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  It is all there.
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  And yet, maybe we think so little of it.
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  We don't think about it, maybe, as we should.
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  What do these things mean?
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  What does it matter?
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  Or there can be a fear about it.
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  We think of ourselves and maybe our unworthiness to come
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  and sit at the Lord's table,
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  that I'm not good enough to be there.
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  But what we have to look at is not ourselves,
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  but to the Lord and to what he has done for us.
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  Because the Lord's Supper is a remembrance.
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  When we gather for a meal at home or in a restaurant,
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  we often talk about maybe a variety of different things.
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  There is chat going on.
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  We can cover a lot of different subjects.
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  But the Lord's Supper is only about one thing.
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  And it's often in silence.
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  We do it in remembrance of him.
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  Where our focus is on what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for us at the cross.
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  How he came to give his life.
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  How what we see promised throughout the scriptures is fulfilled in him.
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  And so we are invited.
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  We are invited to this meal.
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  And that's what we're going to think about as we look at Isaiah chapter 55.
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  There is this great invitation that we are given at the beginning of this chapter.
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  An invitation to a meal, to a feast.
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  And we're going to look at it and look at it just in light of where we find it in the book of Isaiah.
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  As you look at Isaiah 55,
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  all you have to do is just step back two chapters to Isaiah 53.
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  And we see how there Isaiah is talking about the very reason why our meal is going to take place.
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  It's a prophecy of the Lord Jesus Christ and what he would suffer on the cross.
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  In Isaiah 53, verse 5, for example, there we read,
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  But he was wounded for our transgressions.
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  He was crushed for our iniquities.
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  Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace.
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  And with his stripes we are healed.
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  All we like sheep have gone astray.
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  We have turned everyone to his own way.
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  And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
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  So there Isaiah was prophesying the word of God of what was going to take place at the cross.
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  How he was wounded.
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  How he was bruised.
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  How he was crushed.
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  The chastisement that brought us peace was upon him.
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  He did all of this.
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  We have gone astray.
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  We have all turned to our own way.
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  And yet when you come into chapter 54 and chapter 55,
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  What you see is the Lord's gracious way towards his people.
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  Invitations.
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  Assurances in chapter 54 of the Lord's eternal covenant of peace.
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  That he is one who seeks to bring that peace to his people.
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  A peace that brought peace in verse 5 there of Isaiah 53.
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  And then in Isaiah 55 there is this great invitation.
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  Ho, it says in other translations,
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  Listen, come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters.
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  So there is this great invitation.
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  The question is, will you come?
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  Will you come?
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  And so we are going to look at this passage under three headings.
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  The first thing we see is the setting.
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  The kind of setting these words speak about.
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  Then we see the offer that is given.
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  And then we see finally the price that is mentioned.
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  These are three things that when we are thinking of having a meal together,
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  We often think about where are we going to go?
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  What setting?
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  What place are we going to go to?
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  The offer.
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  What are we going to have?
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  And what is often the case is, well, how much is it going to cost?
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  That's what Isaiah is speaking about here.
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  So the first thing we see is the setting.
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  Isaiah's role as a prophet,
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  As with every prophet we read of in the Old Testament,
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  Was never an easy role.
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  The prophet was often met with opposition.
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  He was bringing God's word to the people,
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  But the people were so often rejecting it and rejecting God.
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  And we see it again and again.
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  And Isaiah is no different.
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  When you read from the beginning of Isaiah through to chapter 40,
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  What you find is the prophet giving warning.
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  You think everything is okay, he's saying,
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  But disaster is coming upon us.
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  Invasion is coming upon us.
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  Captivity is coming our way, but they were not listening.
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  But then from Isaiah 40 onwards,
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  You see that that has come upon them.
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  But yet there is still God speaking to them.
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  God calling a people back to himself.
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  But this call, as you see, is in the midst of other calls.
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  Many other calls going on.
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  And that's what the setting of Isaiah is here.
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  The imagery of Isaiah 55,
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  When we're seeing this,
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  This ho, as it says in other translations,
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  Or come, and come is often repeated.
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  Hear, listen.
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  Listen, the setting here for Isaiah would be one like a marketplace.
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  When Isaiah is just one voice shouting out to the people
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  In the midst of lots of other voices calling for their attention.
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  Everyone knows what we need.
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  That's not the reality of the world in which we live in.
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  That's what a marketplace is like.
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  Everyone is calling for your attention.
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  I don't know if you've ever been to a large marketplace.
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  Remember when I was in college in Glasgow,
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  My late teens.
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  Going along, was in the Nautical College,
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  Which wasn't far from the Barrowlands.
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  Going along there one Saturday to the market that was the Barrowlands.
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  And it was something to behold when you're seeing
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  All of these people just calling for your attention.
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  All the great bargains they've got.
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  Everything that you need to make your life better.
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  They're calling out for your attention.
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  And it's just one voice after another.
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  This is the kind of setting that Isaiah is talking about here.
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  He is just one voice in the midst of many other voices
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  That are calling out for the people's attention.
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  That's the setting of our own lives as well.
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  Everybody knows what we need.
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  But do you know what you need?
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  Have you thought about,
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  What do I really need in life?
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  What is important?
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  Where will my peace, my joy ultimately be found?
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  Is it in all of these voices that are calling for my attention from the world?
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  Or is it in this voice of God?
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  A voice that is speaking as we hear it here today.
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  Calling for our attention.
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  Who are we listening to?
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  What are we listening to?
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  There was a story of a rich businessman
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  Who was walking down by a harbour one day.
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  Some fishing boats had come in after being out early fishing
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  And had landed their catch.
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  And as this businessman was walking around
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  He saw one fisherman just sitting lazily on his boat.
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  And he decided to ask him a few questions.
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  And he said,
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  Why aren't you still out fishing?
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  And the fisherman replied,
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  Well because I've caught enough for the day.
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  I was out early.
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  Caught and landed my catch.
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  I got enough for the day.
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  And so the businessman asked him,
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  Well why don't you catch more fish than you need?
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  And the fisherman replied by saying,
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  Well what am I going to do with them?
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  Well he said,
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  You could sell them and make more money.
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  And as you make more money
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  You could get a better boat.
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  You could go out further,
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  Catch more fish.
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  You could then buy better equipment
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  That would help you catch even more fish
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  And make even more money.
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  And as you make more money
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  You could buy a fleet of boats.
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  And then the fisherman asked him and said,
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  Then what would I do?
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  Well he said,
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  Then you could sit down and enjoy life.
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  To which the fisherman replied,
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  Well what do you think I'm doing now?
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  Perspective is so often the key.
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  What do we need in life?
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  When the voices are all clamoring in our minds
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  To say this is what you need.
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  That's what you need.
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  This is what you've got to do.
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  Are we seeking just more and more and more?
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  Or are we thinking to ourselves,
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  Am I fulfilled in life right now?
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  Do I have that peace with God?
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  Not the peace of just being,
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  As it were,
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  Lazily sitting around.
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  But the peace of knowing
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  That the Lord is my refuge.
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  The Lord is my redeemer.
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  Because the voices of this world
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  Clamor for us
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  To seek our rest and our peace
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  In everything else
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  Apart from God.
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  We spend our time
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  Making money
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  And all of these things.
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  And this is what Isaiah
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  Is speaking about here
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  In verse 2 you see,
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  Why do you spend your money
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  For that which is not bread
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  And your labor
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  For that which does not satisfy?
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  Why are you purchasing
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  The things that don't matter?
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  The things that aren't
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  Really important in this life.
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  They are not the things
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  That are going to give you satisfaction.
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  They are not the things
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  That are going to give you peace.
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  Or your pursuits.
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  Why do you labor?
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  Why do you work?
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  For that which does not satisfy.
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  When you keep going after everything
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  Thinking this is what is going
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  To give me peace.
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  This is what is going to give me satisfaction.
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  But we are always just chasing
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  After the wrong thing.
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  Do you know that God knows
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  Your heart
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  Better than you know it yourself.
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  And that is why God
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  Speaks to this day.
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  God didn't abandon his people
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  In Isaiah's day
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  And he has not abandoned us today either.
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  He is still speaking to us.
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  And he knows exactly
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  What you need.
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  But what is your heart saying
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  To God?
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  What is your reaction
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  To God's word?
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  When you make phone calls
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  Phoning a big company
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  For example
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  When you start the phone call
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  They will often say
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  Your calls are monitored
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  Recorded for training
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  And monitoring purposes.
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  I always thought
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  This was just a nonsense.
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  Who is going to monitor
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  All of these calls
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  That are coming in
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  Until this week
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  I had to phone
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  One of these companies
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  And explain
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  That something was wrong
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  With an agreement
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  That I had made.
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  And they said
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  Well leave it with us
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  And we will go back
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  And listen to your call
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  Which was about
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  Six weeks ago.
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  And I thought
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  There is no way
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  That they are going
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  To have this recorded
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  But I got a phone call
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  A few days later
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  Saying
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  We have listened to the call
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  We have heard what was said
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  And you are right
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  You did not get
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  What was agreed
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  And we will amend that
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  And I thought to myself
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  How many calls
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  Do they get?
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  And they were able
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  To go back
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  And find my one call
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  Listen to it
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  And change it.
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  But when we think
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  Of God like that
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  We think well
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  He knows everything
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  He knows every thought
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  Every conversation
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  Everything that has come to mind
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  No matter how long ago it was
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  Maybe you were a child
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  And you were thinking
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  I love the Lord
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  And I just want to come
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  And profess my faith in Him
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  But now you are thinking
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  Oh I have gone so far away
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  I can't
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  God knows your heart
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  And maybe God today
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  Is speaking to you
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  In that very situation
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  And reminding you
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  That that heart
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  Is still not so far away
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  From God
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  That He cannot speak
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  That He is speaking
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  To you
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  Everything that we do
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  And say is monitored
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  By God
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  He knows
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  But the key is
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  He knows your heart today
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  And as I say
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  I am speaking to the people
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  Here
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  He is speaking to their heart
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  To see
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  Where is your heart lying
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  In all of these voices
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  That are calling to you
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  What are you doing
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  With them
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  Well the second thing
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  We see here
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  Is the offer
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  The offer that is
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  Is made
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  And I say
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  Here is something
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  You must have
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  Come everyone who thirsts
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  Come to the waters
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  And he who has no money
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  Come buy and eat
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  Come buy wine and milk
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  Without money
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  And without price
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  He is saying
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  Everything that you need
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  Is here for you
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  Come and receive it
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  Every human
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  In this world
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  Has a common need
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  And that is
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  A thirst
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  That needs
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  To be quenched
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  It's a physical thirst
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  So often
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  That we have
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  You know what it's like
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  When you're getting thirsty
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  You just need
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  To get a drink
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  A drink of water
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  To quench
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  That thirst
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  But here I see
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  I was talking about
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  A spiritual thirst
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  A thirst
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  For the things
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  Of God
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  And our thirst
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  In this world
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  Is so often
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  Just like those voices
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  Calling to us
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  They are there
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  To seek to quench
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  That thirst
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  But the more
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  We just listen
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  To the world
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  And everything
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  That's going on
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  Around us
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  That thirst
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  Isn't going
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  Away
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  That thirst
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  Is never
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  Satisfied
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  But God
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  Is saying
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  Here
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  Here is something
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  That can quench
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  Your thirst
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  Here is something
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  That can satisfy
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  You
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  Because in the midst
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  Of everything else
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  Clamoring
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  For our attention
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  When God speaks
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  He gives us
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  A different kind
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  Of thirst
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  When God works
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  By his spirit
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  In our heart
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  He gives us
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  A new desire
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  For something else
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  Something better
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  And we realise
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  That there is
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  Something missing
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  There is something
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  Lacking
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  In our lives
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  That nothing
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  In this world
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  Can satisfy
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  All of these voices
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  That we've been
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  Listening to
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  All the time
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  Are thirst
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  Is still there
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  But Isaiah is saying
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  You've tried
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  All these things
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  Come
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  Come
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  To the waters
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  Come
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  To what can
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  Truly
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  Satisfy you
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  A desire
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  Grows
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  Within us
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  When the Lord
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  Is working
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  In our hearts
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  And we begin
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  To realise
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  That it is only
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  Through him
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  That this thirst
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  Can be satisfied
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  We have this
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  This movement
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  As it is called
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  This quiet revival
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  That people are
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  Talking about
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  Around our nation
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  Where many people
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  Are coming back
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  To church
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  Many people
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  Are enquiring
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  About the Christian
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  Faith
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  Why
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  Because through
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  Everything
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  They are not
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  Getting their
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  Thirst
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  Quenched
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  There is still
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  Something
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  Missing
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  And so
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  It is the same
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  With us
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  When we are
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  Without Christ
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  There is always
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  Going to be
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  Something
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  Missing
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  But here
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  Is the offer
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  Here is something
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  That you must
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  Hear
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  Throughout
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  These verses
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  A phrase
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  Is repeated
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  That is really
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  Saying the same
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  Thing
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  It is about
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  Listening
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  Like I said
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  Earlier
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  That word
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  Come
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  At the very
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  First word
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  Of the chapter
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  It is often
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  Translated
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  Ho
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  It is just
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  This word
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  Grabbing
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  For your
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  Attention
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  Seeking
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  Your attention
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  And so
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  Isaiah
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  Goes on
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  And he speaks
• 19:40
  About
• 19:40
  Listen
• 19:41
  Diligently
• 19:42
  Hear
• 19:43
  He uses
• 19:44
  All these words
• 19:45
  Incline
• 19:46
  Your ear
• 19:46
  It is all
• 19:48
  About
• 19:48
  Listen
• 19:49
  Listen
• 19:49
  Listen
• 19:50
  And what
• 19:51
  Are you
• 19:51
  Listening
• 19:52
  To
• 19:52
  You think
• 19:53
  About going
• 19:54
  Out
• 19:54
  Eating
• 19:55
  In cities
• 19:56
  In our
• 19:57
  Own nation
• 19:58
  Or in other
• 19:58
  Parts of the
• 19:59
  World
• 19:59
  Very often
• 20:00
  There is people
• 20:00
  Out on the
• 20:01
  Street
• 20:01
  They are all
• 20:02
  Calling again
• 20:03
  For your
• 20:03
  Attention
• 20:03
  Come
• 20:04
  Come to
• 20:05
  This restaurant
• 20:05
  Come try
• 20:06
  This food
• 20:07
  Everybody says
• 20:09
  They have got
• 20:09
  The best
• 20:10
  Well here I
• 20:12
  Say in the
• 20:12
  Midst of all
• 20:13
  These other
• 20:14
  Voices
• 20:14
  They are saying
• 20:14
  Come
• 20:15
  Come and see
• 20:16
  What I have
• 20:17
  On offer
• 20:17
  Come to
• 20:18
  The water
• 20:19
  Come without
• 20:20
  Money
• 20:20
  Come without
• 20:21
  Price
• 20:21
  Buy wine
• 20:22
  And milk
• 20:23
  Without money
• 20:24
  And without
• 20:24
  Price
• 20:25
  Do you have
• 20:28
  That thirst
• 20:29
  In your soul
• 20:29
  Today
• 20:30
  Have you been
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  One of these
• 20:32
  Ones who has
• 20:33
  Been trying
• 20:34
  To fulfill
• 20:35
  Everything in
• 20:35
  This by
• 20:36
  Listening to
• 20:36
  This world
• 20:37
  This is going
• 20:37
  To quench
• 20:38
  That thirst
• 20:39
  Finally I am
• 20:40
  Going to have
• 20:40
  Peace
• 20:40
  And it is
• 20:41
  Still not
• 20:42
  There
• 20:42
  Well the
• 20:45
  Lord
• 20:46
  Speaks
• 20:46
  To us
• 20:47
  All
• 20:47
  And he
• 20:48
  Asks
• 20:49
  Well what
• 20:49
  Is important
• 20:50
  What is
• 20:51
  Your priority
• 20:52
  He says
• 20:53
  Here is
• 20:54
  Water
• 20:54
  Here is
• 20:56
  What
• 20:56
  Gives
• 20:57
  Life
• 20:57
  To us
• 20:58
  Here is
• 20:59
  Wine
• 21:00
  Here is
• 21:00
  Milk
• 21:01
  Here is
• 21:01
  Everything
• 21:02
  That we
• 21:02
  Need
• 21:03
  For life
• 21:03
  To the
• 21:04
  Full
• 21:04
  When you
• 21:05
  Think of
• 21:05
  These three
• 21:06
  Things
• 21:06
  Water
• 21:07
  And bread
• 21:09
  They were
• 21:09
  Often just
• 21:10
  The staple
• 21:10
  Things for
• 21:11
  Everybody to
• 21:12
  Have
• 21:12
  Wine
• 21:13
  And milk
• 21:14
  They were
• 21:14
  Extravagant
• 21:15
  But yet
• 21:17
  Here he is
• 21:18
  Saying you
• 21:18
  Can have
• 21:19
  All of
• 21:19
  These
• 21:19
  Things
• 21:20
  It is
• 21:21
  All there
• 21:21
  For you
• 21:22
  He offers
• 21:24
  Us all
• 21:25
  That we
• 21:26
  Need
• 21:26
  And that
• 21:28
  Is true
• 21:29
  Today
• 21:30
  As well
• 21:31
  The offer
• 21:32
  Of salvation
• 21:33
  In Jesus
• 21:34
  Christ
• 21:34
  Is like
• 21:34
  What we
• 21:35
  Have
• 21:35
  In the
• 21:36
  Offer
• 21:36
  Here
• 21:37
  Come
• 21:37
  To the
• 21:38
  Waters
• 21:38
  Come
• 21:39
  By wine
• 21:40
  And milk
• 21:41
  Everything
• 21:42
  That was
• 21:42
  Essential
• 21:43
  Water
• 21:45
  In the
• 21:46
  Scriptures
• 21:47
  Is often
• 21:47
  Either seen
• 21:48
  As the
• 21:48
  Life
• 21:49
  Giving
• 21:50
  Spirit
• 21:50
  Of God
• 21:52
  Wine
• 21:53
  Is seen
• 21:53
  As something
• 21:54
  That gives
• 21:54
  Joy
• 21:55
  And milk
• 21:57
  Is often
• 21:57
  Described as
• 21:58
  What we need
• 21:59
  To sustain
• 22:00
  Is often
• 22:00
  Described as
• 22:01
  The word
• 22:02
  Of God
• 22:02
  So here
• 22:03
  We are
• 22:04
  Saying that
• 22:04
  Everything
• 22:05
  That we
• 22:05
  Need
• 22:05
  Is found
• 22:06
  Here
• 22:07
  The Lord
• 22:09
  Has given
• 22:10
  Us
• 22:10
  His
• 22:10
  Spirit
• 22:11
  He has
• 22:12
  Given us
• 22:12
  That joy
• 22:13
  That is
• 22:13
  Found in
• 22:14
  Him
• 22:14
  He has
• 22:14
  Given us
• 22:15
  His word
• 22:15
  He has
• 22:16
  Given us
• 22:16
  Everything
• 22:17
  That we
• 22:17
  Need
• 22:17
  So that
• 22:18
  As we
• 22:18
  Look at
• 22:18
  The table
• 22:19
  Of the
• 22:19
  Lord's
• 22:20
  Set
• 22:20
  The bread
• 22:21
  And the
• 22:21
  Wine
• 22:21
  It may
• 22:22
  Look
• 22:22
  Very
• 22:23
  Little
• 22:23
  But it
• 22:25
  Is
• 22:25
  Everything
• 22:26
  It is
• 22:27
  Everything
• 22:28
  That we
• 22:29
  Need
• 22:29
  He offers
• 22:31
  It
• 22:32
  To us
• 22:33
  So the
• 22:35
  Offer
• 22:35
  Is there
• 22:36
  For us
• 22:37
  It is
• 22:38
  There for
• 22:38
  You
• 22:39
  Today
• 22:40
  The final
• 22:42
  Thing we
• 22:42
  See here
• 22:43
  Is
• 22:43
  What is
• 22:44
  The price
• 22:45
  And this
• 22:47
  Is often
• 22:48
  The thing
• 22:48
  That when
• 22:48
  We go
• 22:49
  Out to
• 22:49
  Eat
• 22:50
  Especially
• 22:50
  We go
• 22:51
  Along
• 22:51
  Maybe a
• 22:51
  Street
• 22:52
  And we
• 22:52
  Are looking
• 22:52
  At the
• 22:53
  Menu
• 22:54
  We don't
• 22:55
  Look at
• 22:55
  What the
• 22:56
  Food
• 22:56
  Is
• 22:56
  Very often
• 22:57
  We look
• 22:57
  At what
• 22:57
  The price
• 22:58
  Is
• 22:58
  How much
• 23:00
  Is this
• 23:00
  Going to
• 23:01
  Cost
• 23:01
  Well that's
• 23:03
  The obvious
• 23:03
  Question that
• 23:04
  They would
• 23:04
  Have in
• 23:05
  Isaiah's
• 23:05
  Day as
• 23:06
  Well
• 23:06
  What's
• 23:07
  All this
• 23:07
  Going to
• 23:08
  Cost
• 23:08
  How much
• 23:09
  Well
• 23:11
  What does
• 23:13
  He say
• 23:14
  Here
• 23:14
  Come
• 23:15
  Everyone who
• 23:15
  Thirst
• 23:16
  Come
• 23:16
  To the
• 23:17
  Waters
• 23:17
  And he
• 23:18
  Who has
• 23:18
  No money
• 23:19
  Come
• 23:21
  Buy
• 23:21
  And eat
• 23:21
  How
• 23:22
  How can
• 23:23
  You possibly
• 23:23
  Come and
• 23:24
  Buy and
• 23:24
  Eat
• 23:24
  Without
• 23:24
  Money
• 23:25
  It
• 23:26
  Wouldn't
• 23:26
  Wash
• 23:26
  If you're
• 23:27
  Going out
• 23:27
  To a
• 23:27
  Restaurant
• 23:28
  I don't
• 23:29
  Have
• 23:29
  Money
• 23:29
  That's
• 23:29
  Okay
• 23:30
  Just
• 23:30
  Come in
• 23:30
  And
• 23:31
  Eat
• 23:31
  Well I'm
• 23:32
  Sorry you
• 23:33
  Wouldn't
• 23:33
  Get in
• 23:33
  If you
• 23:33
  Don't
• 23:33
  Have
• 23:34
  Money
• 23:34
  And yet
• 23:35
  Here
• 23:35
  It is
• 23:36
  All about
• 23:37
  Coming
• 23:37
  No price
• 23:38
  No money
• 23:39
  Doesn't
• 23:40
  Matter
• 23:40
  It's all
• 23:41
  Taken
• 23:42
  Care
• 23:42
  Of
• 23:43
  The world
• 23:45
  Makes you
• 23:45
  Pay
• 23:46
  For everything
• 23:47
  And yet
• 23:49
  What is on
• 23:49
  Offer for
• 23:50
  Us
• 23:50
  Here
• 23:50
  Today
• 23:51
  Is without
• 23:52
  Money
• 23:52
  Without
• 23:52
  Price
• 23:53
  It is
• 23:54
  Free
• 23:54
  Free
• 23:56
  For us
• 23:57
  God
• 23:59
  Doesn't
• 23:59
  Require
• 24:00
  Money
• 24:00
  Of us
• 24:01
  He doesn't
• 24:01
  Require
• 24:02
  Ourselves
• 24:03
  To be
• 24:03
  Good
• 24:03
  And
• 24:03
  Righteous
• 24:04
  Of
• 24:04
  Ourselves
• 24:05
  He doesn't
• 24:05
  Require
• 24:05
  Our good
• 24:06
  Works
• 24:06
  Or any
• 24:07
  Other
• 24:07
  Resource
• 24:08
  To
• 24:08
  Come
• 24:09
  He says
• 24:10
  Come
• 24:11
  Without
• 24:11
  Any
• 24:12
  Of
• 24:12
  These
• 24:13
  Things
• 24:13
  So how
• 24:15
  Can he
• 24:16
  Make such
• 24:16
  An
• 24:16
  Offer
• 24:17
  How can
• 24:18
  Make such
• 24:19
  An
• 24:19
  Offer
• 24:19
  To
• 24:19
  Us
• 24:20
  Surely
• 24:21
  There
• 24:21
  Is a
• 24:21
  Price
• 24:22
  That
• 24:22
  Was
• 24:22
  Paid
• 24:23
  Well of
• 24:24
  Course
• 24:24
  There
• 24:25
  Is
• 24:25
  Because
• 24:26
  That's
• 24:27
  What the
• 24:27
  Lord's
• 24:27
  Supper
• 24:28
  Is all
• 24:28
  About
• 24:28
  It's
• 24:29
  Do
• 24:29
  This
• 24:29
  In
• 24:30
  Remembrance
• 24:31
  Of me
• 25:32
  all. Jesus paid it all. All to him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow.
• 25:43
  Jesus paid it all. The price has been paid. Is the Lord working in your heart? In all the voices
• 25:57
  that are going on around us, is his voice being heard in your heart? He is saying, come.
• 26:06
  He is saying, come. Will you? There was a mission going on many years ago on New Year's Day,
• 26:17
  1886. The mission was to take place in a hall. Before the mission was to start, they were
• 26:25
  out on the streets, a group singing some psalms and hymns and a message being given. And after
• 26:33
  they had finished singing the last song and a message had been given, they started to make
• 26:38
  their way back to the hall. Some people had been listening in the passing, but one young
• 26:45
  woman had listened to the man speak the gospel. And as they were walking back, this woman came
• 26:53
  up behind the man and called out to him. And she said, I heard you addressing the open
• 26:59
  air meeting just now. And this is what she said, do you think, sir, that Jesus could save
• 27:06
  a sinner like me? Is that your question today? Do you think Jesus could save a sinner like me?
• 27:17
  Well, the answer is, of course he can. And that's what this invitation is for. It's not for the perfect.
• 27:29
  It's not for those who have everything sorted. It is for sinners such as we are, that we might
• 27:37
  come and see a Savior who has paid the price. Jesus paid it all. All to him I owe. Will you come?
• 27:51
  Let us pray.
• 27:55
  Lord, our gracious God, we do thank you that in Christ Jesus we have one who has done all for his
• 28:01
  people. Nothing is left short. There is nothing that we can give that would make any difference,
• 28:08
  but just to see the price is paid and the offer is there before us. So, Lord, may your word bless our
• 28:16
  hearts today. May it speak to us. May it challenge us. May it direct us to the one who came to save
• 28:22
  sinners such as we are. And as we even think now of preparing for another communion season, as we think
• 28:30
  of preparing to come to do this in remembrance of him, may our hearts be stirred up not to look at
• 28:37
  ourselves, but to look on him who was pierced for our transgressions. Hear our prayers and go before us.
• 28:44
  We ask all in his precious name. Amen.
• 28:47
  We'll conclude by singing to God's praise in Psalm 67. Sing Psalm's version. Psalm 67.
• 29:05
  We'll sing the whole of this Psalm. Page 84 of the Psalm books.
• 29:10
  God be merciful and bless us. Shine upon us with your face, that the earth may know your actions and all
• 29:17
  lands your saving grace. We'll stand to sing the whole of this Psalm to God's praise.
• 29:22
  God be merciful and bless us. Shine upon us with your face, that the earth may know your actions and all
• 29:52
  and all lands your saving grace. O God, may the peoples praise you. May all peoples sing your praise.
• 30:15
  For you judge the nations justly, ruling over every race. May they sing with joy and gladness. May they all
• 30:44
  rejoice as one. O God, may the peoples praise you. As they all unite in song. Then the land will yield its harvest.
• 31:11
  God will pour his gifts abroad. God, our God, will surely bless us. All the earth will fear our God.
• 31:35
  After the benediction, I'll go to the main door. We'll close with the benediction.
• 31:41
  Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. Amen.
• 32:05
  Amen.
• 32:35
  Amen.
• 33:05
  Amen.
• 33:35
  Amen.
• 34:05
  Amen.
• 34:35
  Amen.
• 34:37
  Amen.
• 34:37
  Thank you.