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Waiting · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Let us begin our worship of God. Let us sing to him from Psalm 61 of the Sing Psalms.
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Psalm 61, Sing Psalms version, you find that on page 78 of the Blue Book.
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And we'll sing from verses 1 down to verse Mark 5.
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O hear my urgent cry, my God, and listen to my plea.
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From earth's remotest bounds I call when my heart faints in me.
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O God, conduct me to the rock that's higher far than I.
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For you are my refuge from the foe, my tower of strength on high.
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O let me dwell within your tent, forever there to live.
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O for the shelter of your wings, the refuge which they give.
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For you have heard my vows, O God, and you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name continually.
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That psalm that there where David speaks and comes to God in his weaknesses, in his cry.
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Desiring to come and be close to God, conduct me to the rock.
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And it says that he has a desire in verse 8, at the conclusion of the psalm, to come and praise his name.
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We won't sing that verse, but that is what we do when we gather.
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So we'll sing this psalm, verses 1 down to verse Mark 5.
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The tune is, Whether be O hear my urgent cry, my God.
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O hear my urgent cry, my God.
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O hear my urgent cry, my God.
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And listen to my fear.
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From the earth's remote, there's arms I call, where my heart faints in me.
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O God, come and grant me to the rock.
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As I am found an eye.
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For you, my refuge from the poor, my child of strength for life.
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O let ye dwell within your care, forever dare to live.
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O Lord, the children of your wings, the left you rest in me.
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What you have heard, my love so long.
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And you have given me.
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The heaven of those who fear your name, on January.
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So now we'll say a short prayer before we do our children's talk and before they go into Sunday school.
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So let us pray together.
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Our Heavenly Father, we thank you again for this new day that you have given to us.
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And how gracious you are to us to give us all things that are good.
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Help us, Lord, that we would be thankful to you for all that you have done.
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And we'll be thankful for everyone that you have put around us.
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We thank you for our parents.
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We thank you for brothers or sisters.
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We thank you for grannies and grandpas.
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We thank you, Lord, for everyone that is here.
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And Lord, we thank you that you have given us Bibles to read.
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And pray that we would understand what the Bible says to us.
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That we would learn about Jesus.
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And all that Jesus has done for us.
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And all that Jesus continues to do for us.
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So, Lord, we pray for our understanding of who you are.
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We pray for the children as they gather next door.
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We pray for the teachers as they teach them truths of the Bible.
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Lord, we pray for the children as they do these things.
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And we pray that questions that they have will be answered.
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And that they would come to know who Jesus Christ is.
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And that he is a Savior that died on the cross for them.
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So that we may live and have confidence in the life that we live.
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So we ask that you be with us.
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Forgive us our sins, we pray.
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All this we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior.
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Amen.
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Okay, boys and girls.
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Just want to say a short word to you before you go into Sunday school.
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I think today you're going to be learning about the apostles and the disciples.
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And how they spoke about Jesus.
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And who he was.
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And how they were so excited to tell others about Jesus.
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So you, boys and girls, are going to be learning about the disciples.
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And we, the older ones, are going to look at Psalm 40.
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And that is also a psalm that tells of a person that was not ashamed to speak about Jesus.
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And all that he had done for him.
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And when they're speaking because they're so excited and so happy.
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Something good has happened to them.
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Now, when something good happens to you.
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If you're out and about and then you come home.
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You want to tell your parents.
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You know, what happened to you?
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Mom, Dad, you'll never guess what happened when I was out.
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So and so happened.
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Or I saw so and so.
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Or something happened that was so exciting.
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And you know, I was in Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago.
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And I was just in Tesco.
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Just going to buy something.
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And there were two people talking beside me.
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And they were so excited about what they were speaking about.
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Me and the person that was there to me.
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We didn't know what they were talking about.
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But we both sort of turned and looked at them.
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Because of the way they spoke to each other.
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They were so excited.
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And they were saying, yes, it's so great.
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And I was thinking, well, I was wondering what they were talking about.
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And so was the lady that was serving me.
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She asked them, what are you talking about?
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And it turned out they were talking about a caramel Kit Kat.
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This new caramel Kit Kat.
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Other chocolates are available.
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I don't want to advertise that.
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But they were so passionate about this new thing that had come out.
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It was a new version.
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And, you know, I just thought, isn't it amazing that we were just watching and seeing them talking.
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And how they had this connection with one another about what was so good.
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And they were telling each other about what this was so great.
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And this is what the apostles were doing and the disciples were doing.
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Jesus had done something that was so great.
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The greatest thing in the world.
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He had died and he had risen.
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And they wanted to tell everyone.
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But some people didn't like it.
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Because it was so exciting.
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And because everyone was looking and wondering, what are these disciples talking about?
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It was like me when I was looking and saying, something exciting is happening.
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I don't know what it is.
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But other people, they weren't happy.
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Because everyone was listening to the disciples.
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And telling them about Jesus.
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And so they sought to put them to jail.
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But one thing is very important that they did.
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They said that they must talk about God.
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And they must do what God has told them to do.
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And you know what, boys and girls?
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We have the greatest news in the world in our Bibles.
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And that's what it's called.
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It's called the good news.
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It's called the gospel.
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The good news.
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Because we have good news, like the disciples did, about Jesus.
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And I hope and pray that we will be able to speak to each other and tell each other
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about what Jesus has done for me.
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And even the older ones.
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And that excitement about what Jesus has done for me.
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And that others may see and wonder at what this man has done and can do for them.
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I wanted to try this new Kit Kat.
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I still haven't.
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I thought I didn't need it.
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But we all need Jesus.
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And I pray that we would all find Jesus and know him.
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So I pray that you'd be blessed in your time together as you go through to Sunday school.
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And as you go through to Sunday school, all the kids that are, all the younger ones that are upstairs,
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can you come down and go out this door here beside Roddy?
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The deacons, the men on the door will help you and direct you.
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Just because it's very windy at the front, you can all come down, come down the sides,
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and then come out this door here.
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So you don't get blown away.
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We just want to keep you safe.
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Okay.
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So thank you for listening to me.
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We'll continue in our praise by singing in Psalm 119 of the Scottish Psalter.
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Psalm 119 in the Scottish Psalter.
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That's on page 404 of the Blue Book.
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We'll sing that section from verse 49 down to 56.
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Remember, Lord, thy gracious word, thou to thy servants speak,
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which for a ground of my sure hope thou caused me to take.
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This word of thine my comfort is in mine affliction,
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for in my straits I am revived.
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By this thy word alone.
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The psalmist relies on the word of God
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and his love for the word of God
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and his value of the word of God
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comes through in this psalm as we sing it.
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And it is something that we as believers in the Lord
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are likened to,
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thank him for the words that he has given to us.
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So we'll sing this psalm to God's praise,
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to the tune St. Andrew.
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Remember, Lord, thy gracious word.
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We stand to sing.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Remember, Lord, thy gracious word.
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How do thy servants speak?
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Which for a ground of my sure hope thou cost me to take?
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This warm, Lord, thy might come for this,
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in my affection.
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For in my chains I am revived.
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By this thy heart alone.
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The man whose heart will drive our star,
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If he need be right,
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Yet on thy ship from hand-bent,
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I have not turned aside.
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Thy judgment's right,
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O Lord, thy trust, O Lord,
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O Lord,
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which thou of hope for him.
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I bid, ye men, but run myself,
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By death, come for did I.
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O Lord, my God, my God, my God, my God,
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I bid, ye men, but run myself,
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By death, come for did I.
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Come for did I.
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Or are to hold on me because
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He'll make thy law forsake.
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How in my hearts of peril will be.
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Thy laws my song to lead.
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Thy name by night, Lord, I divine, and I have yet I own.
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And this high land equals high Lord, I get done soon in all.
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If we can turn to our Bibles now and take our first reading.
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We've got two readings this morning.
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Our first reading will be from Paul's letter to Ephesians.
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Chapter 2.
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We'll read a short section there and then we'll read from Psalm 40 afterwards.
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Paul's letter to the Ephesians, chapter 2, and we'll read from the beginning.
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Let us hear the word of God.
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And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked,
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following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air,
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the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience,
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among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,
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carrying out the desires of the body and the mind,
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and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind.
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But God, being rich in mercy because of the great love with which he loved us,
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even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.
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By grace you have been saved.
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And raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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so that in the coming ages he might show what is the immeasurable riches of his grace
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and kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.
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For by grace you have been saved through faith.
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And this is not your own doing.
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It is the gift of God,
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not a result of works so that no one may boast.
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For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works,
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which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
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Amen.
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May we turn also to Psalm 40, the book of Psalms.
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We'll look at Psalm 40 today.
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So Psalm 40, we'll read from the beginning.
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I waited patiently for the Lord.
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He inclined to me and heard my cry.
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He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
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out of the miry bog,
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and set my feet upon a rock,
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making my steps secure.
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He put a new song in my mouth,
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a song of praise to our God.
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Many will see and fear,
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and put their trust in the Lord.
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Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
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who does not turn to the proud,
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or to those who go astray after a lie.
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You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
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your wondrous deeds,
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and your thoughts towards us.
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None can compare with you.
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I will proclaim and tell of them,
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yet they are more than can be told.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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May the reading of God's word
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be a blessing to each and every one of us.
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May we turn to God in prayer
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as we prepare our hearts.
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Our Heavenly Father,
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we come to you again
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as thinking of ourselves as little children.
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We think we know the way,
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but often we need to be directed.
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We need to be shown,
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we need to be corrected.
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And Lord, we come to you,
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acknowledging this,
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that we are in need of direction.
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We are weak as we come before you,
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for you are mightier than we are.
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And Lord,
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give us reverence in our hearts
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as we come to you in prayer.
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Each of us in our own hearts,
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the prayers that are silent
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and the prayers that are all.
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Lord,
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give us reverence
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as we behold your beauty.
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May it shine forth from your word today
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as we consider it.
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Give us ears of understanding.
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Unblock our eyes to see
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the beauties of Christ Jesus
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and all that he has done for us
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and the security we can have in him
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if only we trust in him.
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Lord, that all of us who are gathered here
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would exercise our trust and faith
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in the Lord Jesus Christ,
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for in whom there is no other.
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There is no other to whom we can compare.
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There is no other to whom we can trust.
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But you, O God.
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We thank you for each one that is gathered here.
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And we pray that your word would speak
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a word in season to the soul and hearts of each.
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We pray for those who are online
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and we are mindful of them.
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We are thankful for this provision that we have,
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especially this day.
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Lord, we pray that you would protect us
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by the power of the nature that is around us.
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And through this,
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we see the power of you, O God,
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and how weak we are.
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Lord, be gracious to us
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and merciful.
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Lord, be gracious to us.
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Protect us, O Lord,
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from the wrath that is to come.
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And we find that protection in Christ Jesus.
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Is it not true that we have the greatest news
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in the world for the world?
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We have the greatest news in Christ Jesus
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that he is the one that will protect us
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from the wrath that is to come,
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that is deserving of us for our sins.
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For we have admitted that we have followed
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the passions of our flesh
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and the desires of our body.
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Lord, we confess our sins to you today.
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We confess them because you are one
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that can forgive them.
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And you are the only forgiver of sins.
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You are the great high priest
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that takes them
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and intercedes for us on our behalf.
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Lord, let each of us
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put our trust in you this day.
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We pray for our nation.
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We pray for those who govern over us
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that you would give them your wisdom.
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And Lord, direct us in your ways
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and not the ways of our flesh,
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the passions of our flesh.
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Lord, we pray for laws and legislations
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that have been passed,
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that they would be overturned.
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And that we would return
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to being guided by your word
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and the wisdom of it.
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Lord, we pray for our nation
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and the efforts that are made
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across it this day,
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your day,
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the day that you rose from the dead.
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that that would be proclaimed
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to the people.
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Jesus Christ has overcome death.
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And so you can overcome death too
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if you would only trust in him.
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Lord, we pray
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that you would be amongst us.
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And in every effort that is made,
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we acknowledge that
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if your spirit does not go with us,
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we can do no good of ourselves.
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So we pray
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that your spirit would bless
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our gathering here
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and enlighten our minds
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and pray that your spirit would go
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amongst our island and our nation
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and everywhere where the gospel is preached.
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Lord, we know that
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we preach the gospel
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poorly and many times.
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But it is not how we preach it.
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It is how you apply it
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to believers' hearts.
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So Lord, be effective
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to those that mourn.
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Lord, encourage them
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and comfort them.
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There are many mourning
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in our community,
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in our island and our nation.
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Lord, we ask that you would
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be with them
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to many to name.
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Many have lost mothers.
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Some have lost fathers.
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Some have lost grandparents
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and grandmothers.
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Brothers and sisters,
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aunties and uncles.
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And we pray
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for those who have lost
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sons and daughters,
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that you would comfort them
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in the difficulties
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that they face
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and the questions
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which they have.
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Lord,
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wrap your loved arms
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around them
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and be a protector
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to them
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in these days
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that will be difficult
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and the weeks
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and months
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that lie ahead for them.
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we pray
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that you would be
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with them
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in all things.
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We pray
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for our young
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and we pray
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for the young
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that gather next door
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that they would see
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and know
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the riches
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of Jesus Christ
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and come
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to trust in him.
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We pray
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for each of us
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who are believers here
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that you would
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encourage us
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in your way
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and give us
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strength
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in every step
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that we take.
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We pray
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for the unconverted
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that you would
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speak with them
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and that you would
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awaken their conscience
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to be turned to God.
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See the plight
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of their situation
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in which they lie
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without Christ
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and turn them
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to you in Christ
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to rely upon
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the one
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who can forgive
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and the one
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who can free them
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from the weight
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of sin
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that will burden them.
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Lord, we pray
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be over us
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as we look at your word
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guide our minds
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protect our minds
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from the thoughts
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that are
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not a building
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give us a focus
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on your word
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a focus on Christ
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a focus on the wonders
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that you have done
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for us.
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Be with us
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we pray
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may your spirit
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accompany us
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and bless
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your word
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as it is read
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and preached
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all this we ask
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in the name
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of your son
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and our saviour
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the Lord
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Jesus Christ
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Amen.
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May we continue
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in our praise
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to God
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in Psalm
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26
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of the Sing Psalms
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Psalm 26
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of the Sing Psalms
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you'll find that
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on page 30
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of the Blue Book
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and we'll sing
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from one
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down to
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verse mark
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eight
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Declare me
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innocent
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O Lord
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I've walked
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in blameless ways
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and I have trusted
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in the Lord
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not wavering
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all my days
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Test me
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O Lord
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and try my heart
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my thoughts
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survey
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your love
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surrounds me
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from your truth
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my feet
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will never
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stray
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I'll tell of all
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your awesome deeds
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verse 7
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proclaiming loud
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your voice
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your glory
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fills your dwelling
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place
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I love your house
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always
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the one who trusts
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and relies on God
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and the one who has
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the heart
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to come to worship him
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let us sing this
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psalm to the tune
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Palerma
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Declare me
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innocent
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O Lord
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and we'll stand to sing
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Declare me
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innocent
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O Lord
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I've walked
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in blameless ways
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and I have trusted
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in the Lord
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Lord
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clear me
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all my days
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test me
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O Lord
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and try
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my heart
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my impulse
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for
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serene
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your love
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surrounds me
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from your truth
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God
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I
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God
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I
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believe
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I hate the weakness gathering.
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With them I will not sit.
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I wash my hands in him, O sin.
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And endless is my heart.
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I go abroad, dear altar Lord,
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The place you set apart.
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I tell all your awesome deeds,
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Proclaim in large your praise.
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Your glory fills your dwelling place.
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I love you once always.
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If we could turn and look at,
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For a time that we have left in Psalm 40,
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And God willing over the next three Sundays,
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I hope that we can make steps through this psalm together.
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This is one of the well-known psalms.
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One that we learned when we were young.
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One that is on par with Psalm 23 or Psalm 100.
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There's many one that Christians that sit here,
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Or those who listen online,
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Can say,
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This psalm has a special place in my heart.
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It is maybe one of the psalms that is a favorite for us to sing when we are in fellowship together.
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Or it is a psalm where we may come and read it in the silence of our own hearts,
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And the solitude that we have with God.
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It is a psalm that speaks of tribulation.
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Tribulation, it is one fitting for tribulation.
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It is one fitting for times of pain and anguish.
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But it is also one that we sing when we rejoice and come in thanks to God.
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Psalm 40 has a sympathetic bond with us, we can say.
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And rightly so has become a psalm that is cherished by many of the Lord's people.
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And in our consideration of this psalm over the next few weeks,
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We'll divide it sensibly into three parts.
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Our first part today will take us down to where we read the end of verse Mark 5.
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And we can call this the waiting on God.
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The psalmist waits upon the Lord.
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The second part we'll take from verse 6 down to the end of verse Mark 10.
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And we can call that the worship of God.
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And finally from 11 down to the end of the psalm,
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We can call that the walk that we have with God.
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And each week hopefully we'll take a passage from Ephesians
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To parallel what Psalm 40 and the psalmist speaks to us.
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So an overlook in a sense of the psalm.
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And something that aids our remembrance of what the psalm means is the wait on God,
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The worship of God and the walking with God.
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And I hope in the next few weeks all this will become clearer.
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But on the outside, as we look at this psalm,
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And we stand back from this psalm,
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You know, is it not often the case in the Christian's experience
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That we are often forced to wait on God.
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And we feel every second of that wait.
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It is not a passive wait.
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It is not a half-hearted wait that we have.
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As the psalmist here on the words of the psalm portray it,
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As all his words are consuming,
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Of his waiting in the midst of struggle and distress.
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And then on the relief of the wait that he experiences,
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And the relief that we experience as Christians,
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When God hears and God answers,
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We find that, well, we cannot but come and worship God.
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We cannot but come and thank him for what he has done for us.
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And we desire to be closer with him,
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And to know him better.
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And he gives us the strength to walk.
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And it is only by his strength,
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That we are unable to walk through the difficulties of this world,
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And the tribulations of it.
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But maybe the greatest thing about this psalm,
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Is that though he goes through these experiences,
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And we go through these experiences,
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The psalmist does not polish them,
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As magical perfections of the Christian life.
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But they come with ease.
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They come with many difficulties.
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You know, when we tell a testimony of what the Lord has done for us,
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We may be guilty of not maybe fully explaining the difficulties that we go into,
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Because of the personalness and privacy of the difficulties.
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But the psalmist here portrays that,
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Well, he waited on God.
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And he longingly waited,
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Patiently waited,
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And he walked with God,
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In a way that was not an easy walk either.
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We all find ourselves somewhere,
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I think,
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In the words of Psalm 40.
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I hope you do.
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Even if you're not a Christian,
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May these words speak to you,
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And may God,
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By his power,
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Speak to our hearts,
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As we look at this psalm.
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So let us turn our attention,
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To the first passage of this psalm.
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And we'll look at the trust we have first,
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In verses 1 to 2.
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We'll look at the transformation,
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That comes about in verse 3.
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And the testimony of the psalmist,
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From verse 4 to 5.
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We have the trust,
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The transformation,
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And the testimony,
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In this first section.
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I waited patiently for the Lord.
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He inclined to me and heard my cry.
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He drew me from the pit of destruction,
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Out of the miry bog,
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And set my feet upon a rock,
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Making my steps secure.
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The psalmist's trust is in this situation.
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David here is actually recalling or reminiscing
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Over a past experience.
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I didn't appreciate this until I looked and studied the psalm.
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You can see that it is all written in the past tense,
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This first few verses.
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He waited.
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It is a past experience.
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The psalmist refers to this particular experience that he went through.
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And that he found himself in a grave affliction or trial in this experience.
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And where does he write this psalm as he looks back, I thought.
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We're not told exactly what this psalm relates to in the experience of David.
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Just that it was a time of tribulation.
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But I wondered,
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Well, where was he as he wrote the psalm?
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Well, I thought that he would be in a place of peace and security.
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He would be resting in his home,
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Recalling what the Lord had done for him.
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But it is actually not the case.
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If you look at verse 17,
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The psalmist says,
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As for me,
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He speaks in the present tense,
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I am poor and needy.
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But the Lord takes thought of me,
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For me.
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The psalmist is, in a sense,
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In another tribulation and difficulty.
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And he is forced,
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Maybe we could say,
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To recall,
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In his tribulation,
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I have been here before.
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And I trusted in the Lord.
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And he did not leave me.
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He did not forsake me.
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He was faithful to me.
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He remembers that he never let him down.
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He restored his soul.
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And in his remembrance,
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He finds himself his own reassurance.
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Trusting in the one
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Who relieved him from that tribulation.
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And we go through many tribulations.
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The psalmist, in a sense,
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Is not hiding the fact of the tribulation.
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That he goes through.
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But maybe we have never been through
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Something so difficult before.
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And it is,
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For us as older Christians,
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Examples that we must portray clearly
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What the Lord has done for us.
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And not hide,
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When we speak of God,
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What he has taken me from.
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From the tribulations.
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And the difficulty I experienced.
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Before the Lord
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Relieved me from my plight.
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The afflictions of the righteous
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Are many.
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But the Lord delivers them from them all.
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He doesn't hide his afflictions in the psalm.
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His remembrance of waiting with patience
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Is a hopeful awaiting,
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As he recalls.
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He was trusting,
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Relying on this God,
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Though fraught with difficulty,
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And maybe the hardest part
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Of the psalm is actually
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That he had to wait.
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I waited for the Lord my God
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And patiently did wait,
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As the Psalter puts it.
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Maybe portrays
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The difficulty he had in waiting
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And the patience he needed to exercise
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In waiting.
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Many of us have had to wait upon God
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In our experiences.
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And it's a difficult thing
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As we question ourselves.
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And we make questions.
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Why is the Lord not answering me?
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Waiting should not be underestimated.
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And the difficulty of it.
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Someone once said that
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Patience is not passive.
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On the contrary,
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It is active.
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It is concentrated strength.
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We find that
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We need to make a conscious effort
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In our waiting.
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It's not like we're waiting for someone,
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You know,
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If we drop someone off
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To go to an appointment.
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We're not.
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We're just waiting for them to come back.
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Passively.
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We're waiting consciously
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Because everything
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Hangs on
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What
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Happens.
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What will happen.
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We are longingly waiting.
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But when we come to wait on God
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We can be sure
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That there will be another voice
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That will say to us
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Why?
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Why are you waiting?
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Nobody is listening.
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That is where the psalmist's trust
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Comes through.
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His faith and trust
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Overcomes
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Any doubts
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As ours must
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That the devil
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Speaks to us.
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We must address the devil
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To depart from us
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In these times.
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I trust in God
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God
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God
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Is faithful to his people
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God will not forsake his people
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And I am one of God's people
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I am one that trusts in God
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So we have confidence
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In our difficulties
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And in our waiting
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That God
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That God will not leave us
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And the psalmist
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And the Christian
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Will commend
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To everyone
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That God is worth waiting for
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The psalmist
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Remembered
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That he waited
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But the psalmist
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Remembered
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That he cried
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In this situation
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He made this cry
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And it would be
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And it would be
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Confident to say
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That
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In the psalm
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It's singular cry
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But
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Our cries
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Are often
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Never singular
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They are many
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And painful
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Many times
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They're never even audible
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Situations
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That surround us
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Like the psalmist
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Can weigh upon us
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With grievous pains
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That we must cry
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For him
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What was the psalmist
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Situation here
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Where we see
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He was in the pit
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Of destruction
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He was in the
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Miley bog
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It says
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What does this place
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Equate to in your head
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As you think about it
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What is equal
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To being in the pit
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Of destruction
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For you
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The Miley bog
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You may well
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Be able to say
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That I have been
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In that place
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Or maybe today
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You can say
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That it feels
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Like I am
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In the pit
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Of destruction
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Or in the Miley bog
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What was this place
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To David
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Well it was a place
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Where there was
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No hope
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Surrounded on every side
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Weighted
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And tired
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And all his strength
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Taken from him
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By the clay
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That stuck to his feet
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And the mire
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That he walked through
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In this bog
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He may be able to see
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Where he wants to go
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From the pit
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But there is no way
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He can attain
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What he desires
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It is unattainable
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And all he can do
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Is cry
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To God
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Cry for help
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And it is a confession
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That he cannot
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Do it himself
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The cry
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As our cry
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Often is
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As simple as
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God
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I need you
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Oh God
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Will you help me
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From this pit
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And mire
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That I find myself in
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We cry
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In our experiences
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To God
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Whatever
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Difficulty
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Of our situation
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Calvin would say
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That it is a genuine
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Evidence
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Of the true
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Godliness
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When although
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Plunged into
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The deepest
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Afflictions
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We yet
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Cease not
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To submit
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Ourselves
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To God
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In all
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The afflictions
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That come
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Before us
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In the situations
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We cry
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To God
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Because the
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Psalmist
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Recalls
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In whom
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He trusted
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It was
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God
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It was
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God
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He inclined
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His ear
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He drew me
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He heard
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My cry
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He drew me
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Out of this
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Pit
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And he
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Unburdened
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The weight
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Of the
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Mire
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That sapped
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All my
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Strength
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And set
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My feet
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Upon a
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Rock
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Making
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My steps
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Secure
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The
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Shure
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Footing
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That God
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Gave to him
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Unlike the
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Mire
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Let him
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Stand
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Confidently
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And securely
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Every step
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Is made
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Securely
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It's
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The
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Psalter
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Again
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Words
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That is
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Establishing
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My way
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God
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Takes you
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From the
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Pit
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Sets you
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On the
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Rock
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And establishes
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The way
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For you
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Something
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Is established
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And it is
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Firm
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And fixed
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In his
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Will
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And he
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Gives you
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Directions
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The passage
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In Ephesians
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Speaks of
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Ones
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That followed
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The course
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Of this
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World
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Spoke of
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Ones
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That were
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Dead
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In
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Trespasses
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And sins
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Spoke of
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The
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This speaks
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Of the
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Extremity
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Of the
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Pit
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Death
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Without
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Trusting
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In Christ
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Without
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A cry
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To Christ
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We remain
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In the
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Pit
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And we
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Remain in
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The
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Mire
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Without
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Hope
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And so
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We cry
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We cry
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And we
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Cry to
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God
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To save
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Me from
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This pit
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And we
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Put all
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Our hope
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In you
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And the
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Place
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May not
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Have any
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Hope
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Or the
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Situation
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And experience
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Of our lives
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May not
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Have any
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Hope
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But we
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Can have
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Hope in
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God
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As the
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Psalmist
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Did
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He hoped
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And waited
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Patiently
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Upon God
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And what
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A transformation
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He knew
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By it
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He trusted
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In God
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Let us
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Look at
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The
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Transformation
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There's a
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Transformation
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Within
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Him
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There's a
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Transformation
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Outwardly
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Verse 3
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He put a
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New song
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In my
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Mouth
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A song
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Of praise
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To our
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God
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Many
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Will see
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And will
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Fear
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And put
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Their trust
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In the
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Lord
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Within
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His heart
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He finds
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This
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New song
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To sing
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He finds
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This desire
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To sing
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This new
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Song
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Thankful
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Praising
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God
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For all
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That he
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Has done
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And it
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Is entirely
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Attributed
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To God
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And God
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Alone
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It is
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Nothing
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Of ourselves
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The
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Psalms
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Did not
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Save
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Themselves
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We as
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Christians
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Do not
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Save
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Ourselves
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And it
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Is by
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Grace
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That we
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Have been
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Saved
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It is a
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Gift
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Of God
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Within
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Him
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He found
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This new
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Song
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Taken
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From this
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Place where
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He was
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Of sorrow
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And cry
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He is
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Rejoicing
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And you
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Know
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I think
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Of this
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Passage
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And I
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Recall
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Myself
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As I
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Fear
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Many
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Of you
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Can
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When we
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Sing
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The
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Psalms
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Sometimes
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We come
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And we
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Just sing
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But there
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Are a lot
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Of times
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We come
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And we
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Sing the
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Psalms
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And we
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The words
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Of it
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Speak to
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Our soul
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And address
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Of how
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We feel
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And we
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Sing them
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We may
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Sing them
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With tears
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We may
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Sing them
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With sorrow
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We may
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Sing it
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With thankfulness
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And awe
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Of what God
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Has done
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For us
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But we're
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Singing it
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And it is
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As if
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The words
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Of the
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Psalm
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Are a new
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Song to us
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Because of
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What he
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Has done
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For me
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And what
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He has
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Done
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For my
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Soul
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And it
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Maybe
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At times
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We will
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Recall
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What God
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Has done
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But it
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Was him
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That who
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Has put
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That new
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Song in
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My heart
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He
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Put a new
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Song in
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My mouth
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A song
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Of praise
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To God
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It is
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Him
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That has
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Done
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And we
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Become
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In a
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Sense
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The singers
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That really
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Sing the
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Psalms of
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God
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Outwardly
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It says
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That many
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Will see
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And fear
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And put
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Their trust
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In God
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This
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Transformation
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Outwardly
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Brings people
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To see
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The change
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And the
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Fear
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And say
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Look
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At this
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Man who
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Was in
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The pit
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He now
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Stands on
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The rock
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Look at
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This man
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Who dragged
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His feet
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Through the
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Clay and
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The mire
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And the
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Difficulty
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Where he
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Was overcome
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By the
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Weight
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Of these
49:39
Things
49:39
He now
49:40
Stands sure
49:41
And firmly
49:42
And confidently
49:44
What has
49:45
Happened to
49:45
This man
49:46
People
49:48
See that
49:49
Change
49:50
And come
49:52
In reverence
49:53
Fear
49:53
To the
49:54
God of
49:55
Conversion
49:58
The God
49:59
Of transformation
50:00
But there
50:02
Is something
50:02
Else
50:03
I want
50:03
To address
50:04
And it
50:04
Is maybe
50:04
Not the
50:05
Intent
50:05
Of the
50:06
Passage
50:06
But some
50:08
People
50:08
Can be
50:10
Afraid
50:10
Of what
50:11
God
50:11
Would do
50:11
With them
50:12
They may
50:13
See changes
50:14
And great
50:14
Wonders
50:15
In others
50:45
We're not
50:46
To be
50:46
To be scared
50:47
Today
50:47
Of what
50:48
God
50:49
Will do
50:49
We're
50:51
To be
50:51
Scared
50:52
What God
50:52
Will do
50:53
With you
50:53
At your
50:53
Death
50:54
If you
50:54
Do not
50:54
Trust in
50:55
Christ
50:55
What hope
50:59
Does this
50:59
World have
51:00
To assure
51:02
You
51:02
And give
51:03
You
51:03
Confidence
51:04
Why
51:05
Do we
51:06
Measure
51:07
Worldly
51:08
Things
51:09
Against
51:10
The
51:11
Immeasurable
51:11
Riches
51:12
Of Christ
51:12
Jesus
51:13
There is
51:15
No
51:15
Comparing
51:16
These
51:16
Things
51:17
Let the
51:20
Psalmist
51:20
Testimony
51:21
Give you
51:21
Confidence
51:22
That we
51:24
Are to
51:25
Come
51:25
And wait
51:26
Upon
51:27
God
51:27
And not
51:30
Worry
51:31
About what
51:32
God will
51:33
Do for
51:33
Us
51:33
Because he
51:35
Will open
51:35
Your eyes
51:35
To see
51:36
That you
51:36
Are in
51:37
A pit
51:37
And a
51:37
Mire
51:38
And that
51:39
He will
51:40
Uplift
51:40
You
51:40
And let
51:41
You stand
51:41
On a
51:41
Rock
51:42
You're
51:44
Far
51:44
Better
51:44
Off
51:45
With
51:45
Christ
51:45
Let the
51:48
Pit
51:48
Not be
51:48
Eternal
51:49
For you
51:49
Today
51:49
Cry to
51:51
God
51:52
To save
51:53
You
51:53
From the
51:54
Pit
51:54
And let
51:55
Him
51:56
Put you
51:56
On a
51:56
Rock
51:57
The
51:58
Rock
51:59
In
52:00
Christ
52:00
Jesus
52:01
And in
52:02
Whom we
52:02
Stand
52:03
And the
52:04
Richest
52:04
That he
52:05
Can give
52:05
To you
52:06
Who
52:06
Trust
52:06
In him
52:07
We
52:08
Pray
52:09
That the
52:09
Psalmist
52:10
Testimony
52:10
As he
52:11
Speaks
52:12
Of what
52:12
God
52:13
Has
52:13
Done
52:13
Would
52:15
Give us
52:15
Confidence
52:16
To wait
52:16
On the
52:16
Lord
52:17
So let
52:18
Us
52:18
Briefly
52:19
Look
52:19
At the
52:20
Testimony
52:21
Of this
52:21
Psalmist
52:22
Blessed
52:23
Is the
52:24
Man
52:24
Who
52:24
Makes
52:25
The
52:25
Lord
52:25
His
52:25
Trust
52:26
Who
52:27
Does
52:27
Not
52:27
Turn
52:27
To
52:28
The
52:28
Proud
52:28
Or
52:28
To
52:28
Those
52:29
Who
52:29
Go
52:29
Astray
52:29
After
52:30
A
52:30
Lie
52:30
You
52:31
Have
52:31
Multiplied
52:32
O
52:32
Lord
52:33
My
52:33
God
52:33
Your
52:34
Wondrous
52:34
Deeds
52:35
To
52:35
Your
52:35
Thoughts
52:36
And
52:36
Your
52:36
Thoughts
52:36
Towards
52:37
Us
52:37
None
52:38
Can
52:38
Compare
52:39
With
52:39
You
52:39
I
52:40
Will
52:40
Proclaim
52:41
Of
52:41
Them
52:41
I
52:43
Will
52:43
Proclaim
52:43
And
52:43
Tell
52:44
Of
52:44
Them
52:44
Yet
52:45
They
52:45
Are
52:45
More
52:46
Than
52:46
Can
52:46
Be
52:46
Told
52:47
David
52:49
Looks
52:49
Back
52:50
At
52:50
This
52:50
Experience
52:51
A
52:53
Man
52:53
Who
52:54
Knows
52:54
The
52:54
Power
52:54
And
52:55
Faithfulness
52:55
Of
52:56
God
52:56
A
52:57
Man
52:58
Who
52:58
Knows
52:58
That
52:59
He
53:00
Will
53:00
Hear
53:00
His
53:00
Cry
53:01
A
53:02
Man
53:02
Who
53:02
Knows
53:03
The
53:03
Difficulty
53:03
Of
53:04
Waiting
53:05
But
53:07
He
53:07
Says
53:07
Blessed
53:09
Is
53:09
The
53:09
Man
53:09
Who
53:11
Makes
53:11
The
53:11
Lord
53:12
His
53:12
Trust
53:13
This
53:16
Is
53:16
David's
53:17
Confession
53:18
And
53:18
It
53:19
Is
53:19
A
53:19
Christian's
53:19
Confession
53:20
As
53:20
They
53:21
Sit
53:21
Here
53:21
Today
53:22
Blessed
53:23
Is
53:23
The
53:23
Man
53:23
Who
53:23
Makes
53:24
The
53:24
Lord
53:24
His
53:24
Trust
53:25
This
53:27
Is
53:27
What
53:28
Every
53:28
Christian
53:28
Will
53:29
Say
53:29
To
53:29
Those
53:30
Who
53:30
Are
53:30
Unconverted
53:31
To
53:32
Those
53:32
Who
53:32
Have
53:32
Not
53:33
Put
53:33
Their
53:33
Trust
53:33
In
53:34
God
53:34
Yet
53:34
This
53:36
Is
53:36
What
53:37
I
53:37
Say
53:37
To
53:37
You
53:37
Today
53:38
Blessed
53:39
Is
53:39
The
53:39
Man
53:40
Who
53:40
Makes
53:41
The
53:41
Lord
53:41
His
53:42
Trust
53:42
This
53:44
Is
53:44
The
53:44
Preacher's
53:45
Desire
53:45
That
53:47
You
53:47
Would
53:47
Trust
53:47
In
53:48
Him
53:48
And
53:48
Know
53:48
His
53:49
Blessing
53:49
Trust
53:51
In
53:51
Him
53:51
When
53:52
Your
53:52
Feet
53:52
Are
53:52
In
53:52
The
53:52
Mire
53:53
Trust
53:54
In
53:54
Him
53:54
When
53:55
You
53:55
Feel
53:55
Like
53:55
You
53:55
Are
53:56
In
53:56
The
53:56
Pit
53:56
Of
53:56
Destruction
53:57
When
53:58
Your
53:58
Situation
53:59
Seems
54:00
Hopeless
54:00
When
54:01
You
54:01
Have
54:01
Nowhere
54:02
To
54:02
Go
54:02
Trust
54:04
In
54:04
God
54:04
And
54:05
Wait
54:05
On
54:05
Him
54:05
And
54:07
He
54:07
Will
54:08
Hear
54:08
Your
54:08
Cry
54:09
The
54:11
Testimony
54:12
Of
54:12
The believer
54:13
Will
54:13
Say
54:13
That
54:14
I
54:14
Have
54:14
Trusted
54:15
In
54:16
God
54:16
And
54:18
So
54:19
Much
54:19
More
54:19
Has
54:20
He
54:20
Given
54:20
Me
54:21
In
54:22
My
54:22
Experiences
54:23
Since
54:24
The
54:24
First
54:25
Time
54:25
He
54:25
Helped
54:26
Me
54:26
He
54:27
Has
54:27
Continued
54:28
With
54:28
Me
54:29
And
54:30
I
54:30
Have
54:30
Not
54:30
Followed
54:31
The
54:31
Lies
54:32
Of
54:32
The
54:32
World
54:33
I
54:33
Have
54:33
Not
54:33
Followed
54:34
The
54:35
Ways
54:35
Of
54:35
The
54:36
Devil
54:36
And
54:36
The
54:37
Temptations
54:38
And
54:38
Distractions
54:38
He
54:38
Has
54:39
Set
54:39
Before
54:39
Me
54:39
I
54:40
Have
54:40
Put
54:40
Behind
54:40
Me
54:41
I
54:44
Say
54:44
I
54:45
Look
54:46
To
54:47
Christ
54:47
I
54:48
Look
54:48
To
54:49
God
54:49
Who
54:50
Has
54:50
Delivered
54:50
Me
54:51
From
54:51
All
54:51
My
54:51
Trials
54:52
And
54:52
Tribulations
54:52
He
54:55
Says
54:55
It
54:55
Is
54:55
A
54:55
Wonder
54:56
About
54:56
These
54:57
Things
54:57
That
54:59
He
54:59
Has
54:59
Done
55:00
These
55:00
Things
55:01
For
55:01
Me
55:01
His
55:02
Thoughts
55:03
Towards
55:03
Us
55:04
We
55:04
Often
55:04
Ask
55:05
Ourselves
55:05
Why
55:06
Does
55:06
God
55:07
Love
55:07
Me
55:07
Why
55:08
Does
55:08
He
55:08
Listen
55:09
To
55:09
My
55:09
Cry
55:10
Why
55:10
Does
55:10
He
55:10
Save
55:11
Me
55:11
It
55:13
Shows
55:14
Us
55:14
His
55:14
Love
55:14
For
55:15
Us
55:15
We
55:18
Want
55:19
To
55:20
Tell
55:20
People
55:20
About
55:21
Christ
55:21
We
55:23
Pray
55:23
That
55:23
We
55:24
Would
55:24
Have
55:24
A
55:24
Heart
55:24
Of
55:24
Desire
55:25
To
55:25
Proclaim
55:25
What
55:26
He
55:26
Has
55:26
Done
55:26
For
55:26
Us
55:27
Not
55:28
Hiding
55:28
The
55:28
Difficulty
55:29
And
55:30
Reality
55:30
Of
55:30
It
55:31
And
55:33
Yet
55:33
He
55:35
Says
55:36
I
55:38
Will
55:38
Proclaim
55:38
And
55:39
Tell
55:39
And
55:39
Yet
55:39
They
55:40
Are
55:40
More
55:40
Than
55:41
Can
55:41
Be
55:41
Told
55:41
It's
55:43
Funny
55:44
Like
55:44
We
55:44
We
55:46
Want
55:46
To
55:46
Say
55:46
All
55:47
That
55:47
Christ
55:47
Has
55:47
Done
55:48
For
55:48
Us
55:48
And
55:48
All
55:48
That
55:48
Christ
55:49
Means
55:49
To
55:49
Us
55:50
But
55:51
We
55:51
Can
55:51
Only
55:51
Go
55:51
So
55:52
Far
55:52
In
55:52
A
55:52
Sense
55:53
I
55:54
Can
55:55
Explain
55:55
It
55:55
So
55:55
Far
55:56
And
55:56
I
55:56
I'm
55:57
Stuck
55:58
And
55:58
All
55:59
I
55:59
Can
55:59
Say
55:59
Is
55:59
What
56:00
The
56:00
Psalmist
56:00
Says
56:01
Is
56:01
That
56:01
While
56:02
He
56:02
Inclined
56:03
His
56:03
Ear
56:03
Towards
56:04
Me
56:04
And
56:04
He
56:04
Drew
56:05
Me
56:05
Out
56:06
Of
56:06
The
56:06
Put
56:06
And
56:07
He
56:07
Put
56:08
A
56:08
New
56:08
Song
56:08
In
56:09
My
56:09
Heart
56:09
And
56:12
He
56:12
Has
56:12
Done
56:12
Everything
56:13
For
56:13
Me
56:13
It
56:14
Is
56:14
A
56:14
Gift
56:14
Of
56:15
God
56:15
It
56:16
Is
56:16
Not
56:16
Of
56:16
Our
56:17
Own
56:17
Do
56:17
So
56:19
Make
56:19
This
56:20
Year
56:20
A
56:21
Year
56:21
To
56:22
Trust
56:22
In
56:22
God
56:23
That
56:25
He
56:25
May
56:26
Hear
56:26
Your
56:26
Cry
56:27
And
56:28
Work
56:28
A
56:28
Transformation
56:29
Within
56:29
Your
56:29
Soul
56:30
And
56:32
By
56:32
The
56:33
Power
56:33
Of
56:33
His
56:33
Spirit
56:34
And
56:36
The
56:36
Workings
56:37
Of
56:37
His
56:38
Spirit
56:39
Within
56:39
Your
56:40
Soul
56:40
You
56:40
Would
56:40
Be
56:40
Able
56:41
To
56:41
Say
56:41
That
56:42
You
56:42
Too
56:42
Can
56:43
Testify
56:43
That
56:44
The
56:44
Words
56:45
Of
56:45
Psalm
56:45
40
56:46
Are
56:47
True
56:47
And
56:47
Trust
56:48
Why
56:48
Take
56:50
Courage
56:51
Wait
56:52
On
56:53
God
56:53
With
56:54
Confidence
56:55
Each
56:56
And
56:56
Every
56:56
One
56:57
Of
56:57
Take
56:58
Courage
56:58
And
56:59
Wait
56:59
On
56:59
God
56:59
With
57:00
Confidence
57:00
Because
57:01
See
57:01
When
57:01
You
57:01
Look
57:01
Through
57:02
This
57:02
Psalm
57:02
It
57:03
Is
57:03
So
57:03
Much
57:04
About
57:04
David
57:05
It
57:05
Is
57:05
So
57:05
Much
57:05
About
57:06
Ourselves
57:06
But
57:07
It
57:07
Is
57:08
So
57:08
Much
57:08
About
57:08
Christ
57:09
We
57:12
See
57:13
That
57:13
Christ
57:13
From
57:14
Gethsemane
57:15
Patiently
57:16
Cried
57:17
Out
57:18
To
57:18
God
57:18
He
57:19
Was
57:19
Mocked
57:19
And
57:20
Patiently
57:20
Endured
57:21
It
57:21
He
57:21
Endured
57:22
The
57:22
Pains
57:22
Of
57:23
The
57:23
Cross
57:23
As
57:25
We
57:25
Go
57:25
Home
57:25
Today
57:26
May
57:27
You
57:28
See
57:28
As
57:28
You
57:28
Read
57:28
Through
57:29
Where
57:29
Christ
57:30
Relates
57:31
To
57:31
Psalm
57:31
40
57:32
And
57:33
It
57:33
Is
57:33
Actually
57:34
A
57:34
Prophetic
57:35
Words
57:36
Of
57:37
David
57:37
In
57:38
Relation
57:39
To
57:39
Christ
57:39
Our
57:41
Time
57:41
Has
57:41
Gone
57:42
To
57:42
To
57:43
To
57:44
To
57:45
To
57:45
See
57:46
Where
57:47
We
57:48
Are
57:48
Related
57:49
In
57:49
The
57:49
Psalm
57:50
Where
57:50
David's
57:51
Words
57:52
Are
57:52
True
57:53
To
57:53
Us
57:53
And
57:54
Yet
57:54
Where
57:54
It
57:54
Is
57:55
True
57:55
Of
57:55
The
57:55
Experience
57:56
Of
57:56
Christ
57:57
Himself
57:57
May
57:58
These
57:59
Thoughts
57:59
Be
57:59
Blessed
58:00
To
58:00
Each
58:00
And
58:00
Every
58:00
One
58:01
Of
58:01
We
58:03
Will
58:03
Conclude
58:03
By
58:04
Singing
58:04
In
58:04
That
58:05
Psalm
58:05
40
58:06
From
58:06
The
58:06
Scottish
58:06
Psalter
58:07
From
58:12
The
58:12
Beginning
58:12
We'll
58:12
Sing
58:13
The
58:13
Verses
58:13
That
58:13
We've
58:14
Looked
58:14
At
58:15
From
58:17
One
58:17
Down
58:18
To
58:18
Verse
58:19
Mark
58:19
Five
58:20
Two
58:21
Verses
58:22
Two
58:22
Five
58:22
I
58:27
Waited
58:27
For
58:27
The
58:27
Lord
58:28
My
58:28
God
58:28
And
58:29
Patient
58:30
Leaded
58:30
Bear
58:31
At
58:31
Length
58:32
To
58:32
Me
58:32
He
58:32
Did
58:33
Incline
58:33
My
58:34
Voice
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And
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Cry
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To
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Hear
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The
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Scottish
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Psalter
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Version
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Page
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259
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May
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We
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Sing
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These
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Words
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And
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See
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The
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Experience
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Of
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The
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Psalmist
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The
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Experience
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That
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We
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Ourselves
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Have
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Been
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Through
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And
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The
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Experience
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Of
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Christ
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And
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All
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That
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He
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Has
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Done
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For
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Us
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So
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Let
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Us
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Stand
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We'll
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Sing
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Verses
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One
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Down
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To
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Verse
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Mark
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Five
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To
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The
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Tune
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Amazing
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Grace
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I
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Waited
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For
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The
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Lord
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My
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God
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I
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Waited
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For
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The
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Lord
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My
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God
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And
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patiently
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Did
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Fear
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And
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Plain
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To
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Me
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He
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Didn't
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Cry
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My
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Voice
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And
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Cry
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To
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Hear
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He
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Took
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Me
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From
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A
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Fear
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Fulcret
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And
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From
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The
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Night
1:00:00
He
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Play
1:00:02
And
1:00:05
On
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The
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Rock
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He
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begins
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Loving
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He
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Set
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My
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BraDS
1:00:30
Hello
1:00:30
In
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My love, a rock to my divine.
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When ye shall see, and shall fear.
1:00:54
Adon the Lord be nigh.
1:01:02
O blessed is the man whose trust upon the Lord relies.
1:01:23
Respecting not the pride nor such.
1:01:34
As hard as I to rise.
1:01:43
O Lord my God, who may be I?
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The wonders thou hast done.
1:02:02
Thy ignitions not to us were found.
1:02:13
Above all thoughts are gone.
1:02:22
Then all the blood that pray for them.
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To thee let them be fair.
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And seek of them.
1:02:48
I would be more than can be done for time.
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Amen.
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I conclude with a word of prayer.
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Our Father in heaven, we sing the words of the psalmist.
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And Lord, may many sing them with words of heartfelt thanks.
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There are many who sing the pains of the afflictions of the life that we have endured.
1:03:23
Lord, whatever our situation, we find ourselves in these words.
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But we see that Christ was there too.
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And he is a saviour who can sympathise with our experience.
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And so he is one that we can easily approach.
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And with all our cries.
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And he knows our cries.
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So Lord, wherever we are today, pray that we would turn to you.
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And that you would meet us at our need.
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Lord, we pray for the words that will be spoken later in our gatherings.
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We pray that we would have a desire to come and hear the word of God being preached.
1:03:58
We pray for yourself and as he prepares to do so.
1:04:01
Prepare our hearts to hear your word.
1:04:04
Be with us, Lord, in our outgoings.
1:04:06
And as we depart, be with us in our friendships and fellowships.
1:04:10
Forgive us our sins, we ask, as we come to Christ, acknowledging and confessing them.
1:04:16
Amen.
1:04:40
We pray for the rest of you, Lord.
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Many of us in our hearts and blessings.
1:04:50
.
1:04:51
Amen.
1:04:52
Amen.
1:04:53
Amen.
1:04:54
Amen.
1:04:55
Amen.
1:04:56
Amen.
1:04:57
Amen.
1:04:58
Amen.
1:04:59
Amen.
1:05:00
Amen.
1:05:01
Amen.
1:05:02
Amen.
1:05:03
Amen.
1:05:04
Amen.
1:05:05
Amen.
1:05:07
Amen.