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Wine in a Water Bottle · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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I'd like to extend a welcome to everyone this morning, a nice morning, and we pray that
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we would know the Lord's blessing as we gather together and worship his name.
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There's a few intimations to highlight.
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The Youth Fellowship meets tonight at 7.45 in the hall.
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We have the weekly prayer meetings as usual through the week, Wednesday and Thursday.
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And on Friday, there will be a ladies' Bible study on Zoom at 1pm if you can make it.
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Saturday coming, there's the ladies' walking group that meet in the castle grounds at the
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museum car park.
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That's at 11am.
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And a number of deaths that we are sorry to hear, and we pray that God would comfort them
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in their losses.
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There's a fundraising lunch on Saturday as well at 12 till 2pm for Crossroads.
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And there's a prayer meeting on Saturday for the Slavic Gospel Association.
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that's at 8.30pm, and that's on Zoom.
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And Providence Christian School on the back page, they are interested, for anyone that is
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welcome and supporting their work, that they're having a prayer meeting on Monday, the 28th
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of March.
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All the details are there on the bulletin sheet.
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And we pray that they are all God willing.
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May we begin our worship of God by singing to his praise in Sing Psalms, Psalm 42.
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Sing Psalms, Psalm 42, and that's on page 53.
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We'll sing from the beginning down to the end of the double verse, Mark 4.
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As pants the deer for flowing streams, so long's my soul, O God, for you.
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I thirst for God, the living God.
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When can I meet with God anew?
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My tears have been my constant food, both in the night and in the day, while all day
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long insistently, where is this God of yours, they say.
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As I pour out my soul in grief, these things I do remember still, how with the multitude I
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went up to God's house on Zion Hill.
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In their procession, I would lead, as we approached with cheerful song and shouts of joy and thankfulness,
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rejoicing with the festive throng.
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We all come as different people, with all our different experiences of life.
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But it is good for us to gather together in God's house, as we do so today.
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So we'll sing these verses to God's praise, as pants the deer for flowing streams.
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As pants the deer for flowing streams, so long's my soul, O God, for you.
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I thirst for God, the living God.
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When can I meet with God anew?
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My tears shall be my constant food.
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Both in the night and in the day, while all day long insistently.
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Where is this God of yours, they say?
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God of yours, they say.
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As I pour out my soul in grief, these things I do remember still, how with the multitude I
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I went out to God's house on Zion Hill.
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In their procession I would lead, as we approach with cheerful song, and shouts of joy and thankfulness.
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In their procession I would lead, as we approach with cheerful song, and shouts of joy and thankfulness.
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In their procession I would lead, as we approach with cheerful song, and also pray together.
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In your procession I would lead, as we approach with cheerful song, and shouts of joy and thankfulness.
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with the festive throne.
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May we join together in prayer.
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Let us pray together.
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Our Heavenly Father,
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we thank you for this day
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and we thank you for this hour
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that we have been brought into your house
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and we thank you that we have the technology
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available to those who cannot gather
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to gather together in spirit
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and be at home
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in the safety of their home.
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And Lord, we pray
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that regardless of where we are
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or how we gather,
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that it would be so blessed
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according to your name
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and in the name and power
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of our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And we thank you
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for all that you have done for us
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and all the provisions that you make for us
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in our daily lives.
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And you know each of us.
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You know the hairs on each of our heads.
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To know the hairs on one man's head
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would be something that would amaze us.
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But you know us all.
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You know every one of us.
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And you know our needs.
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And that is a great thing.
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And we consider
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the needs that are here
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in the hearts
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and experiences
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of everyone that is gathered.
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That you are mindful
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of each of us.
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And that we can come
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and sit under your word
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as a people
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that acknowledge
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that you know all things.
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you are the King of kings.
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The creator of this world.
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The creator of a being.
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And it is fitting
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that we come to you.
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It is fitting
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that we acknowledge this
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before you,
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the God of all.
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And we pray
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that each of us
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would come to understand
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this
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as their God
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of their life.
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Through the works
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of Jesus Christ.
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And the grace
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that has been
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given
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and set
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before
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each of us.
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That we can have life
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everlasting.
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Through the works
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of Christ.
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Through the blood
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of the cross
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of Calvary.
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He is a man
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that loves
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everyone
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that is gathered here.
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In order that he may do
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such as might have
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done such a thing.
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In order that
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we
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would not
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have to experience
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the wrath of God
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for all
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our wrongdoings.
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That he
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has borne
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that wrath
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for us.
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And that we
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are receivers
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of grace.
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And the privileges
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of his
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provision
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to us.
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What a
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saviour
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we have.
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So Lord
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we pray
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as we gather
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open our eyes
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to see
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this saviour.
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To see
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this Christ
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that many
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gathered here
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know.
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And if we do
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not know him
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open our eyes
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for the first time.
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Take these scales
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away.
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Let our ears
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hear
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what you
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have to say
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to us.
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What your
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spirit applies
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to us.
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And as we
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gather we
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acknowledge
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that we need
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your spirit
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to guide us.
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In all that we
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say
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and in all
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that we do.
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Lord we pray
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for our
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country
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and our nation.
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We pray
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for our
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Queen
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and the
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leaders
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of it.
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We pray
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that you
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would be
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their guide
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and we
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thank you
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for our
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Queen
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who
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acknowledges
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you
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as her
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King.
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Lord we
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pray you
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would be
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with her
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keeper in
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health and
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strength.
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May her
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wisdom be
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imparted to
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those that
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lead alongside
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her and
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that they
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would see
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the wisdom
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that God
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has given
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to her.
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Lord be
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with the
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leaders of
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our nation.
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We pray
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you give
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them wisdom
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and guidance.
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We pray
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that they
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would come
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to acknowledge
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the reality
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of God
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and honour
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God
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in what
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we as a
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nation
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should do.
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Lord we
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pray for
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nations
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who are
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not so
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privileged
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as we
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are.
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Who are
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not so
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privileged
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to have
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the freedom
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of the
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gospel to
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worship
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under it.
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And we
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pray for
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those who
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are persecuted.
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We pray
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for your
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persecuted
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people.
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We remember
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them and
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their plight.
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And plight
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that we
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don't
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understand.
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That they
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indeed face
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even the
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certainty of
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death to
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have been
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found to
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come and
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worship your
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name.
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Lord we
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also pray
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for those
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countries in
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unrest and
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we remember
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Ukraine.
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We pray
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for the
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people that
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have been
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displaced
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there from
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their homes
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and from
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their
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securities
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and living
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lives that
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are uncertain.
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We pray
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that they
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find you
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as a
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certainty
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in their
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lives.
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As maybe
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the only
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certainty
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that they
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would have.
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We pray
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that they
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find security
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in Christ
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Jesus.
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We pray
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for that
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country and
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its turmoil
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that it is
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going through
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at this
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time.
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We pray
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for the
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preachers of
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the gospel
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and Christian
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men and
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women that
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are in that
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country.
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We pray
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that they
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would be
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lights for
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your gospel
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and for
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your cause.
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We remember
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those that
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fight against
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them.
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We pray
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for them
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and we
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pray that
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they would
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realise what
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they are
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doing.
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Killing
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fellow
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men.
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And Lord
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how that
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is rooted
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back to
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the beginnings
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of time.
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But it
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is not
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how it
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should be.
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It is not
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the way it
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should be.
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And we
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know that
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in our
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hearts.
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Especially
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when the
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threat is
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set before
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us.
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But Lord
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we pray
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for the
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leaders of
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nations.
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We pray
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for Russia.
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We pray
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that you
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would give
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them
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understanding
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of what
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they are
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doing as
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well.
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And the
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fact that
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they have
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to stand
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before God
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and answer
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for all
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that they
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have done.
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Lord we
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pray that
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they would
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have their
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eyes opened
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as well.
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Little do
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we know
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of what we
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pray for
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in these
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circumstances.
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But we
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pray that
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they may
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see God
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and see
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who he
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is and
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the reality
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of him
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and the
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fear that
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sets in
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our hearts
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of who
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he is.
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Lord we
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pray be
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with our
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children and
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the young
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ones as
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they gather
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next door.
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We pray that
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they would
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know the
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blessing of
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the Lord's
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spirit upon
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them also.
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Pray that
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they would
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be guided
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and understand
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of who
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Christ
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Jesus
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is and
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who these
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biblical
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characters
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teach us
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and show
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us and
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point us
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towards the
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salvation to
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be found
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in Christ
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and the
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love of
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God to
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his people.
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So Lord we
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pray we
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remember those
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who mourn
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as well.
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We pray that
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they would
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know your
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comforting hand
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upon them
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in days that
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have unsettled
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them and
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changed their
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lives in many
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ways.
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We pray that
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they would
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know the
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compassionate
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loving arms
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of Christ
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wrapping
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around them
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as the
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warmest of
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all comforts
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that they
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could know.
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So Lord be
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with us.
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Guide our
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thoughts as we
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gather together.
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Forgive us
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our sins we
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pray as we
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acknowledge them
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in the depths
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of our own
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hearts.
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And bless us
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as we
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acknowledge and
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worship you
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together as
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our people
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gathered under
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your name
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and for
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your glory.
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Amen.
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I would
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like to do
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just a short
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kids talk.
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I know there
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is Sunday
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school on but
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I believe that
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there will be
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many probably
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at home
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isolating
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or
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watching
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online.
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Now
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what happened
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this morning
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or maybe
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last night
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was that we
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had a bit of
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clocks forward
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and imagine
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if you could
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fast forward
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time.
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And I
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remember being
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young and
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probably wanting
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to do that.
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You'd want to
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skip ahead to
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the next
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exciting thing
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in your life
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and you wanted
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to skip ahead
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through the
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years or skip
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through school.
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You'd wish you
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could fast forward
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time like that
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and you wish
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that you could
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maybe just
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spin that
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clock and
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keep it
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spinning and
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spin through
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all the
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days.
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But as you
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get older
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you don't
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seem to want
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to do that
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so much.
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You don't
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want to slow
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things down
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a wee bit
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and I'm
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finding that
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myself.
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Maybe things
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are going a
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wee bit too
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fast.
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People say
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it speeds up
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as you get
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older.
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So maybe the
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older ones
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amongst us
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say no
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we really
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want to slow
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things down
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and they want
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to rewind
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the time
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if at all
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possible.
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But we
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can't do
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that.
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And when we
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are young
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we only want
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to fast
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forward the
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time to
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get to
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things that
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we want
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to do.
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And maybe
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even being
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in church
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you want to
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fast forward
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the time.
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Or Sunday
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you want to
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fast forward
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the time
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until Monday.
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But you know
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what if that
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was allowed
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and if we
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could fast
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forward time
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and days
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then many
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of us
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wouldn't have
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come to
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know who
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God was.
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If we
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could fast
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forward a
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time through
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church.
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If we
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could fast
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forward a
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time through
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Sundays.
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If we
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could fast
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forward a
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time through
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all the
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bad experiences
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of our
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lives.
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There's many
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of us that
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wouldn't
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realise who
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God really
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is.
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God is the
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one who
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would say
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in Psalm
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104.
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He made
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the moon
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to mark
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the seasons
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and the
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sun knows
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it's time
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for setting.
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God is
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one who
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has ordered
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all things
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and God
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has ordered
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every time
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whatever time
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it is for
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you today.
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Like I say
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we only
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fast forward
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it to suit
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ourselves
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to get
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what we
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want to
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do.
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and we're
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thankful
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that God
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doesn't
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change.
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You know
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God is a
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God of
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order and
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he orders
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the moon
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and the
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sun to
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rise and
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continue to
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do these
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things and
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the seasons
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to come
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and go.
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But the
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times that we
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maybe wish
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to fast
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forward
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through
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maybe they're
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the most
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important
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times that
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we should
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be in.
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They're not
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times that we
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should skip
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through.
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Maybe it's
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times when
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we're in
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church.
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Maybe it's
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Sundays.
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Maybe it's
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days that we
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find that are
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so difficult
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and days that
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are hard
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for us
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and we
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wish for
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tomorrow.
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But we
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should never
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ask to
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fast forward
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time.
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Although
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we might
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want to.
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We should
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never wish
17:48
away time
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especially
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when it
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is with
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God.
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We should
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always make
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time with
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God.
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We should
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always be
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still in
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the time
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of God
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and not
18:00
wish it
18:01
away.
18:01
Especially when
18:02
we gather
18:02
together like
18:03
we are
18:03
today.
18:06
Because
18:06
maybe we'll
18:09
come to
18:09
understand that
18:10
these times
18:10
are the best
18:11
times.
18:12
And these
18:13
hard days that
18:14
we have been
18:14
through were
18:15
in fact days
18:16
that we
18:17
needed to
18:17
go through
18:18
and needed
18:19
to experience.
18:21
And in a way
18:21
these hard
18:22
days can
18:23
become the
18:25
days that we
18:25
needed and
18:27
the days that
18:27
we value
18:28
more than
18:29
any other
18:30
one.
18:31
So whatever
18:32
time it is
18:33
for you
18:34
today,
18:35
remember
18:36
God has
18:37
ordered every
18:38
time and
18:40
every day.
18:41
And it is
18:42
God's timing
18:43
that you
18:43
experience what
18:44
we experience.
18:46
And we
18:46
need to
18:47
remember that.
18:48
We need to
18:49
remember that
18:50
all that we
18:50
have and
18:51
all that we
18:52
experience is
18:52
according to
18:55
God's timing.
18:57
And we just
18:58
need to
18:58
acknowledge that.
19:02
We remember
19:03
God does
19:06
it.
19:07
And God
19:07
will be our
19:08
help through
19:09
days that
19:11
we think
19:11
are unfair,
19:12
days that
19:14
are hard,
19:14
and maybe
19:15
we'll come
19:16
to know
19:16
one day
19:17
that even
19:18
sitting in
19:19
church
19:19
were the
19:20
best days
19:21
and the
19:22
most thankful
19:23
days that
19:24
we have
19:25
ever had
19:26
in our
19:26
lives.
19:27
So I
19:28
pray you
19:28
remember
19:29
that God
19:30
orders every
19:32
time.
19:34
And maybe
19:34
it's a time
19:35
that we don't
19:35
value today,
19:37
but we
19:38
pray God
19:40
would show
19:40
us why
19:41
these times
19:42
have been.
19:43
So we'll
19:44
say the
19:44
Lord's
19:45
prayer
19:45
together.
19:48
Our
19:48
Father,
19:49
which art
19:50
in heaven,
19:51
hallowed be
19:52
thy name,
19:53
thy kingdom
19:54
come,
19:55
thy will be
19:55
done on
19:56
earth as
19:57
it is in
19:57
heaven.
19:58
Give us
19:59
this day
19:59
our daily
20:00
bread,
20:01
and forgive
20:01
us our
20:02
debts as
20:03
we forgive
20:03
our debtors.
20:04
Lead us
20:05
not into
20:06
temptation,
20:07
but deliver
20:08
us from
20:08
evil.
20:09
for thine
20:10
is the
20:10
kingdom,
20:11
the power,
20:12
and the
20:12
glory,
20:13
forever.
20:14
Amen.
20:16
We'll
20:16
turn to
20:17
our
20:17
Bibles
20:17
together,
20:18
and turn
20:20
to the
20:20
Gospel of
20:21
John.
20:24
Gospel of
20:25
John,
20:26
chapter 2,
20:28
and we'll
20:28
read from
20:28
the beginning.
20:29
John,
20:31
chapter 2,
20:32
let us hear
20:49
God's word.
20:50
On the
20:52
third day,
20:53
there was a
20:54
wedding at
20:54
Cana in
20:55
Galilee,
20:56
and the
20:57
mother of
20:57
Jesus was
20:58
there.
20:59
Jesus also
21:01
was invited
21:01
to the
21:02
wedding with
21:02
his disciples.
21:04
When the
21:04
wine ran
21:05
out, the
21:06
mother of
21:06
Jesus said
21:07
to him,
21:08
they have
21:09
no wine.
21:10
And Jesus
21:11
said to
21:11
her,
21:12
woman,
21:13
what does
21:14
this have
21:15
to do
21:15
with me?
21:17
My hour
21:17
has not
21:18
yet come.
21:19
His
21:19
mother said
21:20
to the
21:21
servants,
21:22
do whatever
21:23
he tells
21:23
you.
21:25
Now,
21:25
there were
21:25
six stone
21:26
jars there
21:27
for Jewish
21:27
rites of
21:28
purification,
21:29
each holding
21:30
twenty or
21:31
thirty gallons.
21:33
Jesus said
21:33
to the
21:34
servants,
21:35
fill the
21:35
jars with
21:36
water,
21:37
and they
21:37
filled them
21:37
up to
21:38
the brim.
21:39
And he
21:39
said to
21:40
them,
21:40
now draw
21:41
some out
21:42
and take
21:43
to the
21:43
master of
21:44
the feast.
21:45
So they
21:46
took it.
21:47
When the
21:48
master of the
21:48
feast tasted,
21:49
the water
21:50
now become
21:51
wine,
21:51
and did
21:52
not know
21:52
where it
21:53
came,
21:54
though the
21:55
servants who
21:56
had drawn
21:56
the water
21:56
on you,
21:57
the master
21:58
of the
21:59
feast called
21:59
the bridegroom
22:00
and said
22:01
to him,
22:02
everyone
22:03
serves the
22:04
good wine
22:04
first,
22:05
and when
22:05
the people
22:06
have drunk
22:06
freely,
22:07
then the
22:07
poor wine,
22:09
but you
22:09
have kept
22:10
the good
22:10
wine till
22:11
now.
22:12
This,
22:13
the first
22:14
signs Jesus
22:15
did at
22:16
Cana in
22:17
Galilee,
22:18
and manifested
22:19
his glory,
22:21
and his
22:21
disciples believed
22:22
in him.
22:23
after this,
22:25
he went
22:25
down to
22:26
Capernaum
22:27
with his
22:29
mother,
22:30
and his
22:30
brother,
22:31
and his
22:32
disciples,
22:33
and they
22:33
stayed there
22:35
a few
22:36
days.
22:37
Amen.
22:38
May the
22:38
reading of
22:38
God's
22:39
word be
22:40
blessed to
22:41
us,
22:41
and may
22:42
we know
22:42
the
22:43
manifestation
22:45
of Christ
22:46
himself,
22:48
as we
22:48
saw there,
22:50
the one
22:50
who manifested
22:51
himself at
22:52
that wedding,
22:53
may we
22:54
know
22:54
something
22:54
of that
22:56
today,
22:57
as we
22:57
consider
22:57
it.
22:59
But we'll
22:59
continue in
23:00
praise by
23:02
singing together
23:03
in Psalm
23:04
98 of
23:06
the Psalter,
23:06
and that's
23:07
on page
23:07
360.
23:13
Page
23:13
360,
23:16
Scottish
23:17
Psalter,
23:18
98,
23:19
from the
23:20
beginning.
23:20
O sing
23:21
a new
23:22
song to
23:22
the Lord,
23:23
for wonders
23:23
he hath
23:24
done,
23:25
his right
23:25
hand and
23:26
his holy
23:27
arm,
23:28
in victory
23:29
hath won.
23:30
The Lord
23:31
God,
23:31
his salvation,
23:32
has caused
23:33
it to be
23:34
known,
23:34
his justice
23:35
in the
23:35
heathen
23:36
sight,
23:37
he openly
23:37
has shown.
23:38
And we'll
23:39
sing down
23:40
to the end
23:40
of verse
23:41
Mark 6,
23:43
with trumpets,
23:44
cornets,
23:44
gladly sound,
23:45
before the
23:46
Lord and
23:46
King.
23:47
So may we
23:47
stand and
23:48
sing to
23:49
God's
23:49
praise these
23:50
verses,
23:50
O sing
23:51
a new
23:51
song to
23:52
the Lord.
23:57
O sing
23:58
a new
24:00
song to
24:02
the
24:04
Lord,
24:06
for
24:06
wonders
24:08
he
24:10
hath
24:12
done,
24:13
his
24:14
right
24:16
and
24:17
had
24:18
his
24:19
holy
24:21
arm,
24:23
him
24:24
victory
24:27
hath
24:29
won.
24:31
The
24:32
Lord
24:34
God,
24:35
his
24:36
salvation,
24:41
hath
24:42
cause
24:44
it
24:45
to
24:45
be
24:47
known,
24:49
his
24:50
trust
24:52
is
24:53
in
24:54
the
24:55
heathen
24:58
sight,
24:59
he
25:00
openly
25:03
hath
25:05
shown.
25:07
He
25:09
mindful
25:11
of
25:12
his
25:14
grace
25:16
and
25:17
truth
25:18
to
25:19
Israel's
25:22
house
25:24
hath
25:24
been,
25:27
and
25:28
the
25:29
salvation
25:32
of
25:34
our
25:35
God,
25:36
all
25:38
ends
25:40
of
25:40
the
25:41
earth
25:42
have
25:43
seen.
25:45
Let
25:46
all
25:48
the
25:49
earth
25:51
unto
25:52
the
25:54
Lord
25:55
send
25:57
forth
25:58
a
25:59
joyful
26:01
noise,
26:03
lift
26:05
up
26:06
your
26:07
voice,
26:09
aloud
26:10
to
26:12
him,
26:14
sing
26:15
praises
26:17
and
26:19
rejoice
26:20
with
26:24
our
26:24
with
26:26
our
26:27
can
26:29
voice
26:30
voice
26:31
of
26:32
psalms,
26:34
and
26:34
to
26:35
Jehovah
26:39
sing,
26:41
with
26:42
crumpets,
26:45
cornets,
26:48
gladly
26:49
sound,
26:52
before
26:53
the
26:55
Lord
26:57
the
26:58
King.
26:59
sing.
27:08
We
27:08
turn
27:08
back to
27:09
the
27:09
passage
27:09
that we
27:10
read
27:10
together,
27:11
and we'll
27:12
look at the
27:13
whole
27:13
passage,
27:14
but we
27:14
can focus
27:15
maybe our
27:16
attention on
27:16
verse 11.
27:17
This
27:18
is the
27:18
first
27:18
signs
27:19
Jesus
27:20
did
27:20
at
27:21
Cana
27:21
in
27:21
Galilee,
27:22
and
27:23
manifested
27:23
his
27:24
glory,
27:25
and
27:26
his
27:26
disciples
27:27
believed
27:28
in
27:29
him.
27:31
I'm
27:31
sure
27:32
most
27:32
of you
27:32
will
27:32
find
27:32
it
27:32
hard
27:33
to
27:33
believe
27:34
that
27:34
we
27:34
have
27:34
changed
27:34
the
27:35
clocks
27:35
again,
27:36
hoping that
27:37
the
27:37
winter
27:37
has
27:38
passed,
27:38
and we
27:38
would
27:39
like to
27:39
enjoy a
27:40
warmer,
27:41
more
27:41
settled
27:41
summer
27:42
time.
27:44
It's a
27:45
significant
27:45
change
27:46
and marker
27:46
in our
27:47
calendar,
27:48
and it
27:49
can bear a
27:50
significant
27:50
impact on
27:51
our lives.
27:53
It can
27:54
change our
27:54
work
27:54
patterns,
27:55
the
27:55
quantity
27:56
of work
27:56
that we
27:56
have,
27:57
and it
27:58
brings
27:58
benefits
27:58
to us
27:59
that we
27:59
can
27:59
resume
28:00
personal
28:00
activities
28:01
that we
28:02
like to
28:02
enjoy
28:03
in the
28:04
evenings.
28:06
And the
28:07
passage that
28:08
we have
28:08
read together
28:09
today has
28:11
a vital
28:12
hour of
28:13
change in
28:14
it.
28:14
This
28:15
wedding,
28:15
which would
28:16
have normally
28:17
extended over
28:19
a period of
28:19
maybe about
28:20
seven days,
28:22
it would
28:22
have ended
28:22
abruptly if
28:24
the wine
28:24
had run
28:25
out,
28:26
and it
28:26
would have
28:26
left the
28:27
bridegroom
28:27
publicly
28:29
humiliated as
28:30
the man
28:31
that had
28:32
the wedding
28:32
and ran
28:33
out of
28:33
wine.
28:35
But we
28:36
know this
28:36
is not
28:37
the case,
28:39
and we
28:39
know it
28:41
is not
28:41
just a
28:42
personal
28:43
change for
28:44
those who
28:44
attended
28:45
the wedding,
28:47
but it
28:47
is a
28:48
change of
28:49
hour for
28:50
even
28:50
those
28:52
that
28:53
gather
28:54
together
28:55
today.
28:57
This is
28:57
an hour
28:58
that signified
29:00
a new
29:01
season
29:01
to come
29:03
and its
29:04
effects we
29:05
enjoy
29:06
together
29:06
still.
29:08
The
29:09
manifestation
29:09
of Jesus
29:11
Christ.
29:13
This event
29:14
that takes
29:15
place, it's
29:15
almost like
29:16
the first
29:17
appearing of
29:18
the sun
29:19
from behind
29:20
the clouds,
29:21
like a
29:22
revelation
29:22
of God's
29:24
glory,
29:26
all given
29:27
out of
29:27
his loving
29:28
kindness
29:28
for men
29:30
and women.
29:32
It's as if
29:33
the clouds
29:34
part for
29:35
us under
29:36
this miracle,
29:38
and it
29:38
would have
29:39
left everyone
29:39
talking about
29:41
the hour
29:43
and the
29:45
man.
29:46
The
29:47
man
29:47
Jesus
29:49
of
29:49
Nazareth,
29:50
the man
29:51
who did
29:51
this great
29:52
thing,
29:52
he is the
29:53
son of
29:53
God,
29:54
and this
29:55
is the
29:55
man who
29:57
was the
29:57
promised
29:57
Messiah,
29:58
the one
29:59
that we
30:00
have waited
30:01
for.
30:03
This
30:03
great
30:04
hour of
30:05
change is
30:06
like the
30:07
first
30:08
marker
30:09
of this
30:10
new season
30:11
of grace
30:12
through Jesus
30:14
Christ.
30:14
Christ.
30:15
And this
30:16
season,
30:17
as we
30:18
say,
30:19
remains,
30:20
even till
30:21
today.
30:23
And the
30:23
benefits of
30:24
it,
30:25
its warmth
30:25
and its
30:27
light that
30:27
it gives
30:28
to us,
30:29
are still
30:30
known by
30:30
the men
30:31
and women
30:32
who sit
30:33
together in
30:34
this building.
30:36
And we
30:36
can, as
30:37
believers in
30:38
Jesus Christ,
30:40
join together
30:41
by saying
30:42
that Christ
30:43
has taken
30:44
away the
30:44
clouds of
30:45
obscurity
30:46
from my
30:47
soul
30:48
when he
30:50
chose to
30:51
reveal himself
30:52
to me.
30:54
So with a
30:55
mind on the
30:55
passage and
30:56
of this
30:56
first miracle
30:58
that has
30:58
taken place,
31:00
we have a
31:01
conversation
31:02
that takes
31:03
place with
31:04
this mother,
31:05
or who he
31:06
calls a
31:06
woman.
31:08
And there
31:08
is, of
31:08
course, the
31:09
water jar
31:10
that were
31:11
filled, and
31:12
the miraculous
31:13
conversion of
31:14
it to
31:14
wine.
31:15
So we
31:15
have in
31:16
context three
31:18
points of
31:19
the woman,
31:21
the water,
31:23
and the
31:23
wine.
31:24
Three simple
31:25
steps for us
31:26
to follow
31:26
through with
31:27
that kind.
31:28
So we'll
31:28
look at the
31:29
woman first.
31:32
Let me just
31:32
read again with
31:33
you down to
31:34
verse Mark
31:34
5 from the
31:35
beginning.
31:36
On the
31:36
third day
31:37
there was a
31:37
wedding in
31:38
Cana and
31:38
Galilee,
31:39
and the
31:39
mother of
31:40
Jesus was
31:41
there.
31:42
Jesus was
31:42
also invited
31:43
to the
31:43
wedding with
31:44
his disciples.
31:45
When the
31:46
wine ran
31:46
out, the
31:47
mother of
31:48
Jesus said
31:48
to him,
31:49
they have
31:49
no wine.
31:50
And Jesus
31:51
said to
31:51
her, woman,
31:52
what does
31:53
this have to
31:54
do with
31:54
me?
31:55
My hour
31:55
has not
31:56
yet come.
31:57
His
31:57
mother said
31:58
to the
31:58
servants,
31:59
do whatever
32:00
he tells
32:01
you.
32:02
We know
32:03
the woman
32:03
to be
32:04
his mother,
32:05
but why
32:06
on earth
32:07
does he
32:08
call her
32:09
woman?
32:11
You know,
32:11
if someone
32:11
said this
32:12
today,
32:12
you know,
32:13
woman,
32:14
what are
32:14
you doing?
32:15
Or woman,
32:16
where are
32:16
you going?
32:17
It seems
32:17
to be like
32:18
a disrespectful
32:19
or maybe
32:20
harsh kind
32:21
of term
32:21
to use.
32:23
But as a
32:25
matter of
32:25
fact, in
32:26
their time,
32:26
it was
32:27
something of
32:27
the opposite.
32:28
it, we
32:29
see this
32:29
title or
32:31
approach
32:35
from Christ
32:36
at the
32:37
cross also
32:38
when Jesus
32:40
says to
32:40
her again,
32:42
woman,
32:42
behold your
32:43
son.
32:44
And it
32:45
is a
32:46
respectful
32:46
term,
32:48
maybe something
32:48
the likes
32:49
of Mrs.
32:49
or Lady
32:51
or the
32:51
likes for
32:52
today.
32:53
But either
32:54
way, we
32:55
must be
32:56
clear that
32:56
he has
32:56
been
32:57
respectful
32:57
to her,
32:59
first of
32:59
all,
33:00
as he
33:02
taught us
33:02
to be
33:03
respectful
33:04
to our
33:04
parents,
33:05
even when
33:07
it's not
33:07
Mother's Day.
33:09
But really,
33:10
what's
33:11
interesting is
33:11
what they
33:12
have to
33:13
say to
33:13
one another.
33:15
His
33:15
mother comes
33:16
to Jesus
33:16
first,
33:17
stating that
33:18
they have
33:19
no wine,
33:20
and he
33:21
responds
33:21
with,
33:21
woman,
33:22
what does
33:22
this have
33:23
to do
33:23
with me?
33:24
My hour
33:24
has not
33:24
yet come.
33:25
And we
33:27
ask,
33:28
well,
33:28
what hour
33:29
did he
33:30
mean?
33:31
What does
33:32
he mean
33:32
by saying
33:33
it doesn't
33:33
have anything
33:33
to do
33:33
with me?
33:36
Because
33:36
we know
33:38
that Jesus
33:38
went on
33:39
to create
33:39
a hugely
33:40
significant
33:41
hour
33:41
afterwards
33:43
in his
33:44
actions.
33:45
And it
33:46
just seems
33:46
to contradict
33:47
his own
33:47
words of
33:48
what he's
33:48
saying here
33:49
at the
33:49
beginning,
33:49
which
33:50
implied to
33:51
us that
33:51
this was
33:53
not the
33:53
time to
33:53
start working
33:54
miracles.
33:55
Now is
33:56
not the
33:56
hour.
33:57
What does
33:57
this have
33:58
to do
33:58
with me?
33:59
My hour
33:59
has not
33:59
yet come.
34:01
And there
34:02
are suggestions
34:02
about this
34:03
and one
34:05
refers back
34:05
to verse
34:06
three where
34:07
it says
34:07
when the
34:08
wine ran
34:09
out.
34:10
When you
34:11
read that
34:11
in the
34:11
Greek,
34:12
it says
34:12
that it
34:12
beginning
34:13
to lack
34:14
or beginning
34:14
to fall
34:15
short by
34:16
the running
34:16
out of
34:16
it.
34:17
So the
34:18
wine was
34:18
not completely
34:19
finished and
34:20
there were
34:21
still some
34:21
left and
34:22
this is why
34:22
Jesus is
34:23
saying now
34:23
is not
34:23
the time.
34:24
He needed
34:24
to wait
34:25
for the
34:25
wine to
34:26
be empty
34:27
or the
34:28
wineskins to
34:29
be completely
34:29
empty and
34:31
then Jesus
34:32
would work
34:33
to free
34:34
them from
34:34
any doubt
34:34
that it
34:35
was just
34:35
a mere
34:36
magic trick.
34:37
But that's
34:38
often how
34:38
Jesus works,
34:40
that he
34:41
waits until
34:41
things are
34:43
empty or
34:44
things are
34:45
desperate
34:45
before he
34:46
works.
34:48
But then
34:49
when you
34:49
look at the
34:49
passage again,
34:50
his mother
34:51
clearly says
34:52
afterwards that
34:53
they have
34:54
no wine.
34:55
There's no
34:56
wine.
34:57
And it is
34:57
that clear in
34:58
the Greek
34:58
also.
35:00
So it's
35:01
a battle
35:04
for it for
35:04
a wee
35:04
while and
35:05
it just
35:06
seems to
35:06
me like
35:07
there's a
35:07
deeper
35:07
meaning to
35:08
this than
35:08
just the
35:09
wine hadn't
35:10
quite ran
35:11
out.
35:11
And I was
35:12
struggling to
35:12
make sense
35:13
of this
35:13
hour and
35:14
as I said
35:15
there's
35:15
different
35:15
ideas and
35:16
Augustine
35:17
had it
35:18
that it
35:18
was
35:18
referring to
35:20
the hour
35:20
of his
35:20
death to
35:21
come and
35:22
J.C.
35:23
Ryle was
35:23
saying that
35:23
that's just
35:24
too far
35:25
fetched for
35:25
what he
35:27
meant at
35:27
the time
35:27
of his
35:28
beginning of
35:28
his ministry
35:29
but I
35:31
thought well
35:32
look at
35:33
what's
35:33
basically
35:33
going on
35:34
here.
35:36
And it
35:36
is that
35:36
Mary is
35:38
trying to
35:39
direct or
35:40
tell Jesus
35:41
to fix
35:41
this situation.
35:43
To do
35:44
something about
35:45
it.
35:46
As his
35:46
mother.
35:47
But you
35:50
see Jesus
35:50
has grown
35:51
up now.
35:53
And Mary
35:54
cannot have
35:56
the same
35:56
authority over
35:58
her as
35:59
she would
35:59
have as
36:00
a mother
36:01
to a
36:02
child.
36:03
He's grown
36:04
up now.
36:05
Jesus is
36:06
to be
36:07
directed by
36:07
his heavenly
36:08
father from
36:09
now on.
36:10
And he
36:11
will only
36:12
be under
36:13
the authority
36:14
of man's
36:15
direction
36:16
again.
36:17
when it
36:18
comes to
36:19
the hour
36:19
of the
36:20
cross.
36:21
And that
36:21
is of
36:22
course
36:22
allowed
36:23
by him.
36:24
That
36:25
authority.
36:26
And until
36:27
that time,
36:28
until that
36:29
hour,
36:30
no man
36:31
nor woman
36:32
will have
36:33
any authority
36:33
over the
36:34
actions
36:35
of the
36:36
son of
36:37
man.
36:37
man.
36:39
Not
36:40
until my
36:41
hour.
36:43
Maybe that's
36:44
why he
36:44
called her
36:45
woman as
36:45
well.
36:47
You are
36:48
my worldly
36:48
mother.
36:49
And in
36:50
one sense,
36:51
with all
36:51
respect,
36:54
you must
36:54
be as a
36:55
woman.
36:55
He doesn't
36:57
address her
36:58
as his
36:59
mother.
36:59
mother.
37:01
And it
37:02
says that
37:02
a sword
37:03
would go
37:03
through
37:04
Mary's
37:04
heart.
37:05
It says
37:05
that
37:05
somewhere
37:06
as well.
37:09
But when
37:10
he addresses
37:11
her as
37:11
woman the
37:12
second time
37:13
at the
37:14
cross,
37:15
he gives
37:16
her a
37:16
son and
37:17
he makes
37:18
her a
37:19
mother.
37:20
And it
37:21
seems to
37:21
me like
37:22
what's going
37:22
on here
37:23
is that
37:25
he's just
37:26
saying to
37:27
her,
37:28
you need
37:28
to let
37:29
me be
37:30
the son
37:30
of God.
37:34
And the
37:34
section
37:35
before it
37:35
when he
37:36
says what
37:37
does this
37:37
have to
37:37
do with
37:38
me,
37:40
that doesn't
37:41
translate
37:41
clearly from
37:42
the Greek
37:42
either.
37:44
It actually
37:45
says more
37:47
of it's
37:48
me to
37:48
you.
37:49
And what
37:49
is written
37:51
is what
37:51
is me to
37:52
you,
37:52
essentially,
37:54
as I
37:54
understand
37:55
it.
37:58
And the
37:58
AV,
37:59
when you
37:59
look at
37:59
it,
38:00
translates
38:00
it as
38:02
what have
38:03
I to
38:04
do with
38:04
thee.
38:05
So that
38:06
what have
38:06
I to
38:07
do with
38:07
thee is
38:08
miles away
38:10
from what
38:11
does this
38:11
have to
38:12
do with
38:12
me.
38:13
Especially
38:14
when he's
38:14
addressing
38:14
his mother,
38:15
what do I
38:16
have to
38:16
do with
38:16
thee,
38:18
woman.
38:19
It's
38:19
completely
38:20
different,
38:20
but again,
38:22
what it
38:22
really implies
38:24
from the
38:25
original
38:25
language,
38:26
and what
38:26
the AV
38:27
says there
38:27
is it
38:29
implies some
38:30
sort of
38:30
separation.
38:31
You know,
38:32
what have
38:33
I to
38:33
do with
38:33
thee,
38:34
woman?
38:37
Maybe
38:38
separation is
38:39
a harsh
38:39
term to
38:40
use.
38:41
Maybe
38:41
it would
38:42
be better
38:42
saying it's
38:43
an incompatibility.
38:46
No.
38:48
He is a
38:48
son of
38:50
God,
38:51
and it
38:52
can't be
38:53
like it
38:53
used to
38:54
be.
38:55
It
38:55
cannot
38:56
work like
38:57
this,
38:57
being
38:58
directed
38:58
by his
38:59
mother.
39:02
But
39:02
whatever
39:02
the
39:03
hour,
39:03
it's
39:03
hugely
39:03
significant.
39:05
This
39:06
change
39:06
would be
39:07
the
39:08
revealing
39:08
of who
39:09
he is.
39:11
And it
39:11
was here
39:12
that he
39:12
would manifest
39:13
his glory,
39:13
as it
39:14
says in
39:14
verse 11,
39:16
before his
39:16
family and
39:17
friends.
39:19
Family and
39:19
friends who
39:19
maybe knew
39:20
of his
39:20
kingship,
39:21
maybe knew
39:22
that he
39:22
was the
39:23
promised
39:23
Messiah to
39:24
come,
39:25
but I
39:26
don't
39:26
believe in
39:28
all their
39:28
days that
39:29
they would
39:29
have expected
39:30
that Jesus
39:31
would have
39:31
turned the
39:32
water into
39:34
wine.
39:35
I believe
39:36
he left
39:36
every one
39:37
of them
39:37
in awe
39:38
at what
39:39
he had
39:39
just done.
39:43
But his
39:43
mother says
39:44
something else
39:45
worth noting
39:45
afterwards.
39:47
And it
39:48
kind of
39:48
follows with
39:49
the idea
39:50
of Mary
39:52
having to
39:53
let Jesus
39:54
be the
39:55
son of
39:55
God.
39:56
What does
39:56
she say
39:57
in verse
39:57
five?
39:59
His
40:00
mother,
40:00
after Jesus
40:01
had said
40:01
that,
40:02
my
40:02
hour has
40:02
not yet
40:03
come,
40:04
his
40:04
mother said
40:05
to his
40:05
servants,
40:06
do whatever
40:07
he tells
40:08
you.
40:10
And if
40:11
there was
40:11
ever a
40:11
word that
40:12
this mother
40:13
would have
40:13
to confess
40:14
now,
40:15
it would
40:16
be,
40:18
listen to
40:18
what he
40:19
says and
40:20
not what
40:20
I think.
40:22
Do what
40:23
Christ
40:23
tells you.
40:26
And if
40:26
there's
40:27
ever a
40:27
word that
40:27
the Christian
40:28
should hear
40:29
of him,
40:30
it would
40:31
be,
40:32
do whatever
40:32
he tells
40:33
you.
40:35
If there's
40:35
ever a
40:35
word that
40:36
Christians
40:36
should say
40:37
to the
40:37
unbeliever,
40:39
it would
40:39
be,
40:39
do whatever
40:40
he tells
40:42
you.
40:43
Do
40:43
whatever
40:44
Christ
40:45
says
40:46
to you.
40:50
And this
40:51
is what
40:51
many men
40:52
who have
40:53
stood in
40:54
this place
40:54
have said
40:55
to you.
40:56
Listen to
40:57
Christ,
40:58
listen to
40:58
his words,
41:00
and be
41:00
obedient to
41:01
him.
41:03
Sometimes
41:04
a mother's
41:04
word is
41:05
the best
41:06
advice for
41:07
us.
41:09
And though
41:09
it may be a
41:10
fearful thing
41:11
even for
41:12
the mother
41:13
to say,
41:15
she knows
41:16
what is
41:16
best and
41:18
knows that
41:18
it is best
41:19
in this
41:20
moment that
41:22
we do
41:24
whatever
41:24
Christ
41:25
says.
41:27
And that
41:28
they in
41:28
that moment
41:29
would do
41:29
whatever he
41:31
had told
41:32
them to
41:32
do.
41:34
Maybe
41:34
Christ
41:35
speaks to
41:36
you today.
41:38
Or maybe
41:39
there is a
41:39
word yet
41:40
to come.
41:42
But if
41:42
it has
41:43
or whenever
41:43
it does,
41:45
and however
41:46
it makes
41:46
us feel
41:47
about it,
41:49
remember
41:50
these words.
41:52
Do
41:53
whatever
41:54
he tells
41:55
you to
41:56
do.
41:57
Be
41:57
obedient
41:58
to Christ.
41:59
Listen to
42:00
what he
42:00
says through
42:01
his word
42:02
in the
42:02
gospel.
42:04
And often
42:05
that's hard
42:06
for us to
42:06
admit.
42:07
Often
42:08
that's hard
42:09
for us to
42:09
submit to.
42:11
water.
42:12
And we
42:13
often wish
42:13
it was
42:14
something as
42:15
easy as
42:17
putting water
42:18
into a
42:19
jar.
42:20
So let us
42:21
look now
42:22
at the
42:23
water.
42:25
Read from
42:26
verse 6
42:27
down to
42:27
verse 9.
42:28
Now there
42:29
were six
42:30
stone jars
42:30
there for
42:31
Jewish
42:32
rites of
42:32
purification,
42:33
each holding
42:34
twenty or
42:35
thirty gallons.
42:36
Jesus said to
42:37
his servants,
42:38
fill the jars
42:38
with water.
42:39
And they
42:40
filled them up
42:40
to the
42:40
brim,
42:41
and he
42:41
said to
42:42
them,
42:42
now draw
42:42
some out
42:43
and take
42:44
it to the
42:44
master of
42:45
the feast.
42:46
So they
42:46
took it.
42:48
There are
42:48
six stone
42:49
jars
42:49
presented to
42:50
us here,
42:52
which we
42:53
have two
42:53
details about.
42:54
Their use
42:55
as Jewish
42:56
rites of
42:56
purification,
42:57
and also
42:58
their size,
42:59
which is
43:00
great,
43:00
because then
43:01
we can get
43:02
a clearer
43:02
picture of
43:03
the scale
43:04
of his
43:05
miracle.
43:06
And the
43:07
size of
43:07
them being
43:07
twenty to
43:08
thirty gallons.
43:10
And just
43:10
to picture
43:11
that,
43:12
you can
43:12
buy a
43:13
120-litre
43:14
drum,
43:17
and
43:17
that's
43:20
roughly
43:21
twenty-five
43:21
gallons.
43:22
So we're
43:23
bang in the
43:23
middle there.
43:24
And
43:24
most of
43:26
you will
43:26
probably
43:26
know the
43:27
sight of
43:28
these drums.
43:28
They're just
43:28
blue plastic
43:29
drums,
43:30
and there's
43:30
usually a
43:31
black pop
43:31
on lid on
43:32
them.
43:33
And they
43:33
get reused
43:34
for all
43:34
sorts of
43:34
things.
43:35
They're
43:35
about
43:35
knee or
43:36
waist
43:36
height,
43:37
depending
43:37
on where
43:38
that falls.
43:40
You'll
43:40
see them
43:41
line about
43:41
in
43:42
crofts or
43:42
sheds or
43:43
things like
43:43
that.
43:45
So that's
43:45
the size
43:45
of one
43:46
of them.
43:46
And it's
43:47
a fair amount
43:48
of water.
43:50
But it's
43:50
an awful
43:50
lot of
43:51
wine,
43:52
especially
43:52
when you
43:52
have six
43:53
of them.
43:53
And of
43:55
course,
43:55
they were
43:56
not plastic
43:56
and they
43:57
weren't
43:57
clay,
43:58
as would
43:58
have been
43:59
common in
43:59
their day,
43:59
but they
44:00
were stone.
44:02
And this
44:02
would have
44:02
been stone
44:03
to keep
44:03
the water
44:04
pure,
44:05
for cleaning
44:06
purposes for
44:07
the Jews.
44:08
Because it was
44:09
important for the
44:10
Jew to wash
44:11
their hands
44:12
before they
44:12
would eat.
44:13
I'll read
44:15
you a wee
44:15
section from
44:16
Mark 7,
44:17
just so you
44:18
get the
44:18
picture of
44:18
what it
44:20
meant for
44:20
them.
44:21
Now when
44:22
the Pharisees
44:22
gathered to
44:23
him with
44:24
some of
44:24
the scribes
44:25
who had
44:25
come in
44:26
from
44:26
Jerusalem,
44:27
they saw
44:27
that some
44:28
of his
44:28
disciples ate
44:29
with hands
44:30
that were
44:30
defiled,
44:31
that is
44:31
unwashed.
44:33
For the
44:33
Pharisees and
44:34
all the
44:34
Jews do
44:35
not eat
44:35
unless they
44:36
wash their
44:36
hands
44:37
properly,
44:38
holding to
44:38
the tradition
44:39
of the
44:39
elders,
44:40
and when
44:41
they come
44:41
from the
44:42
marketplace,
44:43
they do
44:43
not eat
44:44
unless they
44:44
wash.
44:46
And there
44:46
were many
44:47
other traditions
44:47
that they
44:48
observed,
44:48
such as the
44:49
washing of
44:49
cups and
44:50
pots and
44:51
copper vessels
44:52
and dining
44:52
couches.
44:55
You see,
44:56
they would
44:59
wash more
44:59
than their
44:59
hands,
45:00
I mean,
45:00
even the
45:01
implements
45:02
they would
45:02
use for
45:03
their foods
45:03
and the
45:03
seats they
45:04
would sit
45:04
upon.
45:05
So this
45:05
water was
45:06
important to
45:06
them to
45:07
clean.
45:08
And what
45:08
does Jesus
45:09
do at this
45:10
moment?
45:12
At this
45:12
wedding,
45:14
he tells
45:14
them to
45:15
fill the
45:15
jars with
45:16
water all
45:17
the way to
45:18
the brim,
45:19
as it says
45:19
in verse
45:19
7.
45:21
Yeah,
45:23
I can't
45:24
help but
45:24
imagine what
45:24
they would
45:25
have been
45:25
expecting.
45:26
You know,
45:26
Jesus saying,
45:27
fill these
45:28
jars up
45:29
with water.
45:31
And maybe
45:31
they're walking
45:32
back and
45:32
forth with
45:33
smaller buckets
45:34
and saying
45:34
to one
45:35
another,
45:35
what's going
45:36
to happen?
45:38
Why are we
45:38
filling up
45:39
these jars
45:39
with water?
45:40
Who's coming?
45:41
How many
45:42
people are
45:42
coming?
45:44
It's
45:45
building in
45:45
them,
45:46
whatever they
45:46
understood it
45:47
to be,
45:47
it's building
45:48
in them an
45:48
expectation.
45:50
There's
45:50
abundance
45:51
coming.
45:54
Something's
45:54
coming,
45:55
needing this
45:56
water to
45:56
take place.
45:57
And it's
45:58
actually quite
45:59
interesting.
46:00
Jesus seems
46:01
to give
46:03
this expectation
46:04
to these
46:05
men.
46:07
But it
46:07
comes in
46:08
a way
46:08
that they
46:08
would never
46:09
have thought.
46:10
And it's
46:11
almost like
46:11
an insight
46:12
into what
46:14
was to
46:14
come in
46:15
Jesus'
46:15
life.
46:17
And even
46:17
what would
46:18
come after
46:18
his life.
46:20
Remember,
46:21
this is the
46:22
first sign
46:22
he makes,
46:23
and it's
46:23
not surprising
46:24
if there
46:25
would be
46:25
more to
46:26
it than
46:26
meets the
46:27
eye.
46:27
Jesus,
46:30
what he
46:31
does is
46:32
he gives
46:32
to the
46:32
one that
46:33
listens to
46:34
his commands
46:35
an expectancy
46:36
of abundance.
46:39
And the
46:39
Christians
46:39
should be
46:40
like these
46:41
servants.
46:43
Obedient
46:44
to the
46:45
word of
46:45
God,
46:46
to the
46:47
words of
46:47
Christ,
46:49
handling
46:49
with the
46:51
ability he
46:52
has given
46:52
us what
46:52
we have
46:53
and what
46:54
we can.
46:55
But often
46:56
we don't
46:57
understand
46:57
the thing.
46:58
We don't
46:58
understand
46:59
what's
46:59
going on.
47:00
We don't
47:00
understand
47:00
what's
47:00
happening.
47:02
But we
47:03
should be
47:03
expectful.
47:05
We should
47:06
have an
47:06
expectancy
47:07
about it.
47:08
Even if
47:09
all that
47:09
we are
47:10
doing is
47:10
something as
47:11
routine,
47:13
or something
47:14
as normal
47:14
as filling
47:15
water,
47:16
just living
47:18
a routine
47:19
Christian
47:19
life,
47:21
we should
47:21
be expectful
47:22
of what
47:23
Christ will
47:23
do with
47:24
it.
47:25
Because all
47:26
these things
47:27
he stores
47:28
up for
47:29
his glory.
47:31
And all
47:31
that we
47:31
do and
47:32
all that
47:32
we are
47:33
as believers
47:34
in Christ
47:35
is that
47:35
may God
47:36
manifest
47:38
his glory
47:38
through us
47:40
and in all
47:41
that we
47:42
do.
47:42
But in all
47:43
that we
47:43
do,
47:44
it is
47:45
pointing
47:45
every time
47:47
to Christ.
47:51
These
47:51
jars that
47:52
seem so
47:53
vital to
47:54
Jewish
47:54
customs.
47:56
And what
47:56
he does,
47:56
he does
47:57
away with
47:57
them.
47:58
He
47:59
repurposes
47:59
them to
48:00
hold
48:00
wine.
48:03
The
48:03
passage in
48:03
Mark that
48:04
I read
48:04
to you
48:05
had the
48:05
disciples
48:05
eating with
48:06
unwashed
48:07
hands and
48:07
the Pharisees
48:08
picked up
48:09
and it
48:09
straight away
48:10
because they
48:13
ate with
48:13
unwashed
48:13
hands.
48:15
And they
48:15
were dirty,
48:15
they weren't
48:16
clean.
48:18
And I
48:18
believe even
48:19
at the
48:19
outset of
48:19
his ministry
48:20
here in
48:20
this first
48:21
public
48:21
miracle,
48:22
he's
48:22
saying to
48:22
the Jews,
48:24
I'll
48:25
change your
48:25
ways and
48:27
your rituals
48:28
and your
48:29
ceremonies and
48:29
your laws,
48:31
I'll do
48:31
away with
48:32
them.
48:33
They're not
48:33
required
48:33
anymore.
48:36
No one
48:37
at this
48:37
wedding needed
48:39
to wash
48:39
their hands.
48:41
Jesus is
48:42
taking all
48:42
that away.
48:44
And he
48:44
was saying
48:45
you have no
48:45
need to
48:45
cleanse yourself
48:47
because I
48:48
will cleanse
48:49
you.
48:49
I will
48:51
cleanse you
48:52
and he
48:52
will absorb
48:53
every requirement
48:55
of the law
48:56
in its entirety
48:58
right up to
48:59
the brim.
49:01
And all
49:02
that I
49:04
give you
49:04
is to
49:05
enjoy what
49:06
I provide
49:07
for you.
49:08
Enjoy the
49:09
riches of
49:10
my provision.
49:13
This is a
49:13
new season.
49:15
This is an
49:16
hour of
49:16
change for
49:18
the Jews.
49:19
It gives
49:20
an expectation
49:21
to the
49:24
people.
49:26
He
49:26
manifested
49:27
his glory
49:28
by making
49:29
the water
49:29
into wine.
49:32
So let us
49:32
look at the
49:32
wine very
49:34
briefly.
49:35
Verse 9
49:37
to 10.
49:38
When the
49:39
master of the
49:39
feast tasted
49:40
it, the
49:41
water now
49:42
became wine
49:43
and did
49:44
not know
49:44
where it
49:44
came from,
49:45
although the
49:46
servants that
49:47
had drawn the
49:47
water knew,
49:48
the master
49:49
of the
49:49
feast called
49:50
the bridegroom
49:52
and said to
49:53
him,
49:53
everyone serves
49:54
the good
49:54
wine first
49:55
and when
49:55
the people
49:55
have drunk
49:56
freely,
49:56
then the
49:57
poor wine,
49:58
but you
49:58
have kept
49:59
the good
50:00
wine till
50:01
now.
50:02
The water
50:02
became the
50:03
best tasting
50:05
wine of
50:06
all.
50:08
And the
50:08
how of it
50:09
happening
50:10
leaves us in
50:10
as much
50:11
awe as
50:12
it could
50:13
because there's
50:13
no direct
50:14
command or
50:15
no instruction
50:16
to the
50:16
water to
50:16
become wine.
50:18
It's almost
50:18
like it
50:19
happens by
50:19
the power
50:20
of his
50:20
thoughts.
50:22
It makes
50:23
it difficult
50:23
for us to
50:24
understand.
50:26
This
50:27
wedding,
50:28
the manifestation
50:28
of his
50:30
glory,
50:31
I believe
50:32
what he is
50:32
really saying
50:33
to the
50:33
people is,
50:35
I want
50:36
you to
50:36
taste and
50:37
see that
50:38
God is
50:39
good.
50:40
Essentially,
50:41
this is what's
50:42
happening.
50:44
But,
50:45
you know,
50:46
many people
50:48
only want
50:49
the wine
50:49
of the
50:50
world.
50:51
And it
50:51
is a
50:52
poor
50:52
wine that
50:54
they drink.
50:56
And they're
50:56
blinded by
50:57
the world,
50:59
and they're
50:59
blinded to
51:00
the good
51:00
wine.
51:02
And you
51:02
could maybe
51:03
say that
51:03
people get
51:04
drunk on
51:06
the wine
51:06
provided by
51:08
man.
51:10
And they
51:10
become satisfied
51:11
with the
51:12
wine provided
51:12
by man.
51:14
And it's
51:15
a sad
51:15
thing that
51:16
when people
51:16
become so
51:18
drunk on
51:19
these things
51:20
that they
51:21
wouldn't
51:22
identify the
51:24
good wine.
51:25
They wouldn't
51:26
know it.
51:26
They wouldn't
51:27
realize what
51:27
it is.
51:30
And we
51:31
become,
51:31
we are
51:32
guilty that
51:33
we can be
51:33
as like
51:34
the men.
51:35
We can be
51:36
consumed with
51:37
the sins
51:38
that distract
51:39
us and
51:39
consume us
51:40
and push
51:42
out the
51:42
good ones.
51:44
We get,
51:45
we consume
51:46
the poor
51:47
wine,
51:49
the one
51:49
that doesn't
51:50
satisfy us.
51:52
And for
51:52
some reason
51:53
we enjoy it.
51:54
We just
51:55
enjoy drinking
51:56
it.
51:57
And many
51:58
people would
51:59
spit out
52:00
the best
52:01
wine they
52:01
could ever
52:02
taste in
52:03
Christ Jesus.
52:07
But there
52:07
was an
52:09
hour that
52:11
came for
52:12
Christ.
52:13
And it
52:13
was a
52:14
great and
52:14
necessary
52:15
hour when
52:17
he was
52:18
handed into
52:19
the power
52:19
of man.
52:21
And it
52:22
was the
52:22
greatest hour
52:23
of change
52:24
that anyone
52:26
could ever
52:26
know.
52:27
And his
52:28
death at
52:28
Calvary is
52:29
like that
52:30
wine.
52:32
And
52:32
richness
52:33
that he
52:34
provides
52:35
to us
52:35
through
52:36
his
52:37
grace
52:37
and love
52:38
for his
52:40
people.
52:41
And it
52:42
is where
52:42
God
52:43
would
52:43
manifest
52:44
his
52:45
glory
52:45
and
52:47
glorify
52:48
the
52:49
Son
52:49
afterwards.
52:51
And it
52:52
has given
52:53
them an
52:53
expectation
52:54
and given
52:55
us an
52:55
expectation
52:56
of what
52:57
is to
52:57
come.
53:00
But
53:00
also
53:01
when you
53:03
look back
53:03
it
53:05
transforms
53:06
the Old
53:07
Testament
53:08
into
53:08
something
53:09
far
53:09
richer.
53:11
It's
53:11
like
53:12
what
53:13
Christ
53:13
has
53:14
done
53:14
is he
53:15
takes
53:15
the Old
53:15
Testament
53:16
which is
53:16
like
53:16
water
53:17
and he
53:18
enriches
53:19
it into
53:20
a wine.
53:22
He makes
53:22
it far
53:23
richer
53:24
by his
53:25
works
53:26
and all
53:27
that he
53:28
has done
53:28
is fulfilled
53:29
in every
53:30
way
53:31
and makes
53:33
that
53:33
old
53:34
way
53:35
rich
53:37
for the
53:39
people of
53:39
today.
53:41
He fulfilled
53:42
it
53:43
in the
53:45
hour of
53:46
his death.
53:48
And if
53:49
there were
53:49
ever a sign
53:50
that he could
53:50
have done
53:51
for the
53:51
people,
53:52
you know,
53:52
surely
53:52
this is
53:53
altogether
53:54
relevant for
53:55
them.
53:56
And what
53:57
he would
53:57
do and
53:57
how he
53:58
would work
53:59
and whom
54:00
he would
54:00
give it
54:01
to and
54:02
the abundance
54:03
of what
54:04
he would
54:04
leave for
54:05
the people
54:06
but also
54:08
the expectation
54:09
for us to
54:11
come.
54:12
And the
54:13
wine today
54:14
is still
54:14
the lasting
54:15
memory of
54:16
what Christ
54:16
has done
54:17
for us.
54:19
What he
54:19
is for us
54:20
today and
54:22
what he
54:22
will be.
54:24
of himself
54:25
and of
54:26
everything
54:27
that he
54:27
has done
54:28
for every
54:28
believer
54:29
that
54:29
receives
54:30
him.
54:33
And I
54:33
have no
54:33
doubt that
54:34
everyone that
54:34
has tasted
54:35
the riches
54:35
of Christ
54:36
has found
54:36
him wonderful.
54:38
And the
54:38
first thing
54:39
they would
54:39
have done
54:40
was to
54:40
tell the
54:41
person beside
54:42
them,
54:42
if it were
54:43
a wine,
54:43
certainly,
54:44
have you
54:44
tasted this
54:45
wine?
54:48
And how
54:48
easy it is
54:49
to do with
54:49
wine,
54:51
but how
54:51
hard it is
54:53
to do with
54:54
Christ?
54:56
What a
54:56
challenge,
54:57
it's a
54:57
challenge for
54:58
all of us
54:59
as Christians.
55:00
But that's
55:01
exactly what
55:02
we should be
55:03
as Christians.
55:05
We should
55:05
be men
55:06
and women
55:07
that are
55:08
saying to
55:08
the people
55:09
of this
55:09
world,
55:12
taste this
55:13
wine.
55:15
Taste this
55:15
wine.
55:17
Because we
55:18
are ones
55:19
that are
55:19
enjoying the
55:20
wine.
55:20
wine.
55:22
And we
55:22
should glorify
55:23
the
55:23
winemaker
55:24
for all
55:25
that he
55:25
has done
55:25
for us.
55:27
I know
55:27
the taste
55:28
that this
55:29
man has
55:30
provided for
55:31
me.
55:33
And it
55:33
is that
55:34
man that
55:35
has done
55:36
it for
55:36
me.
55:37
He is
55:38
the one
55:38
that has
55:39
made this
55:40
wine so
55:42
rich to
55:42
my taste.
55:44
It is
55:44
Jesus Christ.
55:45
Have you
55:46
tasted him?
55:46
Have you
55:48
tasted this
55:49
wine made
55:50
by this
55:50
man so
55:52
that you
55:53
would be
55:53
one that
55:54
would glorify
55:54
and enjoy
55:55
him forever?
55:58
And all
55:59
that is
55:59
going on
56:00
in this
56:01
passage,
56:02
it speaks
56:02
of conversion.
56:03
There is
56:03
water turned
56:04
into wine.
56:05
The bland
56:06
is made
56:06
rich.
56:06
The
56:07
flavorless
56:07
is now
56:08
bursting
56:08
with flavor.
56:11
And it's
56:12
a great
56:12
and gracious
56:13
gift through
56:14
Christ Jesus.
56:16
This is
56:17
the work
56:17
of Christ
56:19
which changes
56:20
water into
56:21
wine and
56:23
a sinner
56:23
into a
56:24
saint.
56:25
And I
56:26
don't know
56:26
how you
56:26
feel today
56:27
and you
56:27
may regard
56:29
yourself as
56:29
anything special
56:30
nor feel
56:31
like you
56:32
have much
56:32
worth more
56:33
than water.
56:36
But I
56:36
tell you
56:37
that something
56:38
that is
56:38
true in
56:39
this passage
56:39
that Jesus
56:41
has the
56:43
power to
56:43
change you.
56:45
We are
56:45
all born
56:46
alike.
56:47
And really
56:48
when we
56:48
consider
56:49
ourselves
56:49
at a
56:50
worldly
56:50
unbelieving
56:51
level,
56:51
there is
56:51
not much
56:52
to set
56:52
us apart
56:53
from one
56:54
another.
56:54
We can
56:55
make
56:55
ourselves
56:56
who we
56:56
want to
56:56
be.
56:57
We can
56:57
wash
56:58
ourselves
56:58
to be
56:59
whatever
56:59
we like.
57:01
But in
57:01
God's
57:02
eyes,
57:02
we are
57:02
only what
57:03
we are.
57:05
In a
57:05
sense,
57:06
we are
57:06
just like
57:07
a water
57:07
bottle.
57:10
It may
57:10
be full,
57:11
but it
57:11
is bland
57:13
with no
57:13
taste.
57:15
And there
57:17
is seemingly
57:17
nothing to
57:18
enrich it.
57:20
But what
57:20
Christ does
57:21
is he
57:22
turns the
57:23
water of
57:24
your wine.
57:26
And it
57:26
may take
57:27
time to
57:27
develop as
57:28
a wine
57:29
does,
57:30
but it
57:30
will be a
57:31
most wonderful
57:31
taste as
57:33
it ferments
57:35
in you.
57:37
The wine
57:38
remains within
57:40
the water
57:40
bottle in
57:41
this earth.
57:42
and if
57:44
you were
57:44
to do
57:44
that today,
57:45
the world
57:45
would laugh
57:45
at you,
57:46
putting wine
57:47
in a
57:47
water bottle.
57:49
And that's
57:49
what many
57:50
do to
57:50
the
57:50
Christian.
57:51
They
57:51
laugh
57:52
at them.
57:54
But there
57:55
will be a
57:55
day when
57:56
we will be
57:58
renewed in
57:58
body as
57:59
well to
58:00
match the
58:01
contents
58:02
given to
58:03
us by the
58:04
grace of
58:04
Christ.
58:06
We will be
58:07
transformed by
58:08
a new
58:09
body,
58:10
maybe a
58:11
wine glass,
58:12
but it
58:14
will be
58:14
presented to
58:15
the master
58:15
and it
58:17
will be
58:17
well received.
58:19
So what
58:20
are the
58:21
contents of
58:22
your life?
58:24
What are
58:24
the contents
58:25
of your
58:25
life to
58:26
the master?
58:27
And what
58:28
will he
58:28
taste when
58:29
you are
58:30
presented to
58:31
him?
58:32
Will your
58:33
life be
58:35
received by
58:36
God as
58:39
and through
58:40
the works of
58:40
Christ as a
58:41
beautiful
58:42
taste?
58:43
May these
58:44
thoughts be
58:45
blessed to
58:45
us as we
58:47
close.
58:49
We will
58:49
conclude in
58:50
singing God's
58:52
praise together
58:53
in Psalm
58:57
19.
58:58
Psalm 19 of
58:59
the Scottish
59:00
Slaughter.
59:00
19 of
59:01
the
59:02
Slaughter.
59:03
And we'll
59:05
sing from
59:06
verse
59:06
7 down
59:08
to 10.
59:09
That's on
59:10
page 223.
59:12
The Scottish
59:12
Psalter,
59:13
Psalm 19,
59:14
223.
59:16
God's law is
59:17
perfect and
59:18
converts the
59:19
soul and
59:19
sin that
59:20
lies.
59:21
God's
59:21
testimony is
59:22
most sure and
59:23
makes the
59:23
simple wise.
59:25
The
59:25
statutes of
59:26
the Lord are
59:26
right and do
59:27
rejoice the
59:28
heart.
59:28
The Lord's
59:30
command is
59:30
pure and
59:31
doth light to
59:32
the eyes in
59:33
part.
59:34
Unspotted is
59:35
the fear of
59:35
God and
59:36
doth endure
59:36
forever.
59:37
The judgments
59:38
of the Lord are
59:39
true and
59:40
righteous altogether.
59:42
They more than
59:43
gold,
59:43
yea,
59:43
much fine gold,
59:44
to be desired
59:45
are than
59:47
honey,
59:47
honey from
59:48
the comb that
59:49
droppeth sweeter
59:50
far.
59:51
God's law is
59:52
perfect and
59:53
converts the
59:54
soul in
59:54
sins that
59:55
lies.
59:56
God's law is
1:00:20
perfect and
1:00:24
converts the
1:00:27
soul in
1:00:29
sin that
1:00:32
lies.
1:00:34
God's
1:00:35
testimony is
1:00:40
most sure and
1:00:44
makes the
1:00:46
simple wise.
1:00:50
The
1:00:52
statutes of
1:00:56
the Lord
1:00:58
are right
1:01:00
and do
1:01:03
rejoice the
1:01:06
heart.
1:01:09
The
1:01:09
Lord's
1:01:11
command
1:01:12
is pure and
1:01:17
doth light to
1:01:20
the eyes
1:01:23
in part.
1:01:28
Unspotted is
1:01:32
the fear of
1:01:35
God and
1:01:38
doth endure
1:01:40
forever.
1:01:43
The
1:01:45
judgments
1:01:47
of the
1:01:50
Lord are
1:01:53
true and
1:01:55
righteous
1:01:57
altogether.
1:02:01
They more
1:02:05
than
1:02:07
gold,
1:02:08
yea,
1:02:08
much
1:02:10
fine gold
1:02:12
to be
1:02:15
desired
1:02:17
are
1:02:20
than
1:02:22
honey,
1:02:24
honey
1:02:26
from
1:02:27
the
1:02:29
comb
1:02:30
that
1:02:31
droppeth
1:02:34
sweeter
1:02:35
fire.
1:02:39
Let's
1:02:40
conclude with a
1:02:40
word of
1:02:40
prayer.
1:02:43
Our
1:02:44
Father,
1:02:44
as we
1:02:45
part,
1:02:46
we pray
1:02:47
that we
1:02:47
would have
1:02:47
known your
1:02:48
blessing under
1:02:48
your word
1:02:49
and we
1:02:50
pray that
1:02:51
you would
1:02:51
make us
1:02:52
rich and
1:02:53
enrichen us
1:02:54
by your
1:02:55
works,
1:02:56
what you
1:02:56
have done
1:02:57
for us.
1:02:58
Lord,
1:02:59
make us
1:02:59
richer
1:03:00
than wine
1:03:02
and tastes
1:03:03
that we
1:03:05
would leave
1:03:06
with man,
1:03:07
would always
1:03:08
point to
1:03:08
Christ.
1:03:09
This is the
1:03:10
man that
1:03:10
has done
1:03:11
it.
1:03:11
He has
1:03:11
done this
1:03:12
for me
1:03:12
and I
1:03:13
commend him
1:03:14
to you.
1:03:15
I commend
1:03:16
Christ to
1:03:17
everyone that
1:03:18
is here
1:03:18
and I
1:03:19
pray that
1:03:20
your spirit
1:03:21
would speak
1:03:21
to each
1:03:22
of us
1:03:22
and that
1:03:23
this would
1:03:24
be an
1:03:24
hour,
1:03:25
an hour
1:03:26
of change
1:03:27
for the
1:03:27
soul that
1:03:28
lies in
1:03:29
sin.
1:03:30
So be
1:03:30
with us
1:03:31
as we
1:03:31
part.
1:03:32
May we
1:03:32
know the
1:03:32
spirit
1:03:33
guiding us.
1:03:34
May we
1:03:35
come to
1:03:35
believe and
1:03:36
trust in
1:03:36
the Lord
1:03:37
Jesus
1:03:37
Christ and
1:03:39
all that
1:03:39
has been
1:03:39
provided by
1:03:41
the Father
1:03:41
and has
1:03:43
given us
1:03:43
all these
1:03:44
things.
1:03:45
Be with
1:03:45
us in
1:03:46
our
1:03:46
parting.
1:03:47
Forgive us
1:03:47
our sin
1:03:48
we pray and
1:03:49
that by
1:03:50
these things
1:03:50
we ask the
1:03:51
name and
1:03:51
power of
1:03:52
Christ Jesus
1:03:53
our
1:03:53
Saviour.
1:03:54
Amen.