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We're going to begin our service singing to God's praise from Psalm 71 in the Scottish Psalter.
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That's on page 311. The tune is Weatherby, Psalm 71, page 311.
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We sing verses 14 to 19.
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But I with expectation will hope continually, and yet with praises more and more I will they magnify.
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Thy justice and salvation my mouth abroad shall show, even all the day, for I thereof the numbers do not know.
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And I will constantly go on in strength of God the Lord, and thine own righteousness, even thine alone I will record.
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For even from my youth, O God, by thee I have been taught, and hitherto I have declared the wonders thou hast wrought.
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And now, Lord, leave me not when I old and grey-headed grow, till to this age thy strength and power to all to come I show.
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And I, most perfect righteousness, O Lord, is very high, who has so great things done, O God, who is like unto thee.
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Sixth answer, Psalm 71, 14 to 19.
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But I with expectation
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But I with expectation
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will hope continually
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and yet will praise it more and more
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I will be magnified
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My justice and salvation
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My heart the broad shall show
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If all the day on I dare all
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that others do not know
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And I will constantly go on
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His strength of God the Lord
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And I know righteousness
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Even I alone I will report
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For even from my youthful thought
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By Thee I have been taught
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And ever too I have declared
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The wonder shall have strong
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And I know Lord be me not
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When I hope and great in all
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Till the day on I will see
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Thy strength and power
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To all to come I show
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I'm Thy most perfect righteousness
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O Lord is there behind
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Who has so great things done
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O Lord who is like God to feed
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Let us bow in prayer
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O Lord our God as we bow before you this evening
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We give thanks that we were able to sing
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Your word which reminds us that
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We go on in your strength
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And your strength alone
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The apostle was able to say
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That he was able to do all things
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Through Christ who strengthens me
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And we pray Lord that day by day
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We may discover more and more
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Of that enabling strength
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Because there are times that we feel
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Not only physically weak
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But we feel spiritually weak as well
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And we wonder sometimes
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How we're going to face up
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And to deal with all the different challenges
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That come our way
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So we pray for the faith
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That will look heavenward
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And the faith that will fix
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Our eyes upon Jesus
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Who is the author
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And the finisher of our faith
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We pray Lord that as we worship you tonight
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That we may be able to see you by faith
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We have to confess Lord
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That sometimes
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We feel that our faith is very weak
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And we realize that there are
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Differing degrees of faith
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Sometimes you said
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To your people
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That they had great faith
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Other times
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Weak faith
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But we pray that you will give us faith
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That sees you in every situation
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To see you as the Lord of Providence
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And as well as the Lord of Grace
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And enable us Lord
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To lift up our eyes
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And as we heard this morning
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To give you thanks
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Because there is so much
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To give you thanks for
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And we pray that praise
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Might be an integral part
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Of our lives
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We know it's the language of heaven
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And may it certainly be
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Our language here on earth
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So that we will find
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Our whole being lifted up
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To praise you
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And to magnify
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And to exalt your great name
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Because you are worthy
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Of all honour
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And praise
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And glory
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And we pray that
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We may not be like
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The nine lepers
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Who didn't come back
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But that we will be constant
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Like the one who did come back
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In order to praise
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And to give thanks
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To our Lord
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We pray that you will bless us
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In our worship tonight
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We need you
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We pray for a sense
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Of your presence
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We know that you're here
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Your word has told us
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That where two or three
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Gather in your name
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You're there in the midst
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But we pray that we might have
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A felt sense of your presence
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And we give thanks Lord
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For the gathering together
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Of your people
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Because we are a community
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Of believers
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And we seek that we might
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Be given the grace
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Every day to seek
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To strengthen one another
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In the faith
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Because there's so much
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In this life
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To knock us down
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We pray that we will
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Never knock each other down
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But that we will seek
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Always to encourage
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And to build up
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One another in the faith
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Help us all to remember
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That we are part of a body
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A very special
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And precious body
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In your sight
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A body that you lay down
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Your life for
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And may we always
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Acknowledge you
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As the head of the body
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And so we pray
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That we will know
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Collective blessing
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And individual blessing
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And we ask that you
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Will do us good
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We pray your blessing
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Upon this congregation
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Pray your blessing
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Upon James and Donna
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And we give thanks Lord
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For how well things
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Have gone with Donna
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We pray that
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They will know
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A wee bit of rest
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And refreshing
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At this time
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And that you will be
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With them in all the
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Days that lie ahead
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We pray Lord
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That you will bless
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Their family as well
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Likewise we pray
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For Calamurdo
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And Joanne
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We give thanks
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For their being here
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Pray to bless them
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And the ministry here
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And bless their family too
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And we pray your blessing
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Upon all who serve you
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At all different levels
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In this congregation
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So much goes on
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Some publicly
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Some very privately
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But there's nothing
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Private before you
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Because every single thing
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Is noted by you
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And in the great day
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Will receive its reward
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And so we pray
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To encourage your people
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In all the different activities
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And in all the different things
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That take place
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Day by day
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And week by week
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And we pray
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That the seed
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That has been sown
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And particularly
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In young lives
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That it will bear fruit
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And that we will see
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Young people coming to faith
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Where they've come
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To put their trust
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In the living God
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Oh Lord
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We give thanks
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For the way that you work
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In a generational work
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And across generations
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Where we see people
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Of all different age groups
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Coming to embrace
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And to trust the Lord Jesus
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And what we pray
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For ourselves
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We pray for all others
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Who meet as we do
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And all your people
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Throughout our land
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We pray to give wisdom
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To our leaders
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And all an authority over us
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And even when they don't
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Look to you
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For that wisdom
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We pray that you'll
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Give it to them
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Because if we're left
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To human wisdom
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It'll just bring catastrophe
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And as we see so often
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That laws are passed
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That don't make sense
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And we pray Lord
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That you will indeed
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Give that wisdom
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That divine wisdom
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From above
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So that we'll be led
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In the right way
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Encourage all your people
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Who are in positions
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Of authority
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Strengthen their hands
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Strengthen their witness
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And we pray Lord
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That you will overturn
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The counsels of those
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Who are seeking to undermine
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And destroy your cause
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And we know that there are many
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Who are seeking to obliterate
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The Christian faith
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From our land
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We pray that their efforts
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Will be halted
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And that your name
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And your glory
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Will be the glory
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That fills our land
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We ask Lord
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That you will be
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With those who mourn
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Those whose hearts
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Are heavy and sore
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And we pray for the family
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Of the late Jesse Ann Morrison
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Whose funeral was recently
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And we pray for all
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Who mourn the loss
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Of loved ones
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It is something that
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People never really
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Come to terms with
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We maybe adjust
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Maybe learn to live with
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But there's always
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A settled emptiness
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And settled sorrow
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And so we pray
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For every broken heart
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And every person
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Who feels crushed
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Pray Lord
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For those who are
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Struggling in life
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Because we live
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In a very difficult world
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There are so many challenges
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Whether they be physical
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Or mental
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Or economic
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Or social
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Or whatever way
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We ask Lord
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That you will help
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We pray Lord
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That we might have
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An eye upon you
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As we pray
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About all these things
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Remember Muriel
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And ask your blessing
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Upon her
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Be with her in Cambodia
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We give thanks Lord
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For her great service there
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And the blessing
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That she has been
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To so many
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We pray for all
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The missionaries tonight
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And we ask Lord
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That you will encourage them
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Particularly those
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Who might be struggling
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Maybe with homesickness
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Or struggling with illness
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Or struggling with anxieties
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Or darkness
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Or oppression
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Those who are finding it hard
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Lord we pray
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That you will be with them
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In the midst of their struggles
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We pray for our world
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That we are part of
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And we pray Lord
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That you might bring peace
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So often as we look out
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There seems to be
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Some new carnage
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New horror
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And we are aware
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That there is so much
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Bloodshed
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So much pain
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In this world
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We long for peace
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But we see that
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This is part of the fruit of sin
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Lord it's one of the things
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That we long for in glory
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Where all the enmity
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And all the hatred
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And all the anger
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And all the bitterness
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Will be gone forever
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And it will be eternal peace
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Eternal joy
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Eternal rejoicing
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We do long for that day Lord
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So we ask that you will be with us
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As we wait upon you tonight
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Pray for those who are ill
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Those Lord who are
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Undergoing
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Or waiting for treatment
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And likewise for surgery
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We ask to be with them
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Remember our elderly
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And those who are no longer able
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To get out to church
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Who are so much
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An integral part of the congregation
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Be with them
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Where they are
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And ask Lord
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That they will know
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Your presence
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And your blessing
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And so we ask now
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That you will watch over us
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And that we might indeed
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Be conscious that you are with us
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The whole time that we are here
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Take away from us
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Then out every sin
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In Jesus name we ask it
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Amen
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We're going to sing again
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In Psalm 31
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From Sing Psalms
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And the tune is
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Herringate
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Psalm 31
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It's on page 36
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1 to 7
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5 stanzas
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Psalm 31
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Verses 1 to 7
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In you have taken refuge
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Lord
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You are my shelter
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In distress
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Oh let me never be ashamed
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But save me
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In your righteousness
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Lord turn your ear
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To hear my cry
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Come quickly
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To deliver me
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And be my rock
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And firm defense
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My stronghold
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And security
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You are my fortress
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And my rock
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For your name's sake
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Be my sure guide
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Preserve me
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From the trap
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That's set
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You are the refuge
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Where I hide
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Redeem me
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Lord
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Oh God of truth
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My spirit
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I commit to you
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I hate all those
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Who trust false gods
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I trust the Lord
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For he is true
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I will rejoice
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And take delight
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In all the love
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That you have shown
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For my affliction
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You have seen
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To you
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My soul's
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Distress
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Is known
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31 1 to 7
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And you have taken
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Refuge Lord
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In you I take
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Refuge Lord
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You are my shelter
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In distress
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O let me never be ashamed
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But save me in your righteousness
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Lord turn your ear to hear my cry
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Come quickly to deliver me
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And be my wrong and firm defense
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My stronghold and security
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You are my fortress
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You are my fortress
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And my hope
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For you
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Be my sure guide
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Be serve me from the trap
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You are my fortress
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You are my fortress
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You are my fortress
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Then I hide
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And I hide
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I love you
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Reveal me Lord
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O God of truth
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My spirit
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I commit to you
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I hate
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I hate all those
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Who trust
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I trust the Lord
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For he is true
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I will rejoice
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And take delight
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And take delight
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In all the love
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Of the love
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That you have shown
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For my affliction
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You have seen
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To you
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My soul's distress is known
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Amen
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Let's turn to read God's word
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Now in the epistle to the Hebrews
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And chapter 6
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Hebrews chapter 6
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We read the chapter
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Hebrews chapter 6
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Hebrews chapter 6
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Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ
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And go on to maturity
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Not laying again a foundation of repentance
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From dead works and of faith towards God
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And of instruction about washings
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The laying on of hands
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The resurrection of the dead
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And eternal judgment
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And this we will do
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If God permits
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For it is impossible
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To restore again to repentance
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Those who have once been enlightened
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Who have tasted the heavenly gift
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And have shared in the Holy Spirit
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And have tasted the goodness of the word of God
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And the powers of the age to come
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If they then fall away
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Since they are crucifying once again
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The Son of God
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To their own harm
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And holding him up to contempt
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For lamb that has drunk the rain
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That often falls in it
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And produces a crop useful to those
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For whose sake it is cultivated
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Receives a blessing from God
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But if it bears thorns and thistles
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It is worthless
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And near to being cursed
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And its end is to be burned
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Though we speak in this way
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Yet in your case, beloved
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We feel sure of better things
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Things that belong to salvation
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For God is not so unjust
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As to overlook your work
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And the love that you showed
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For his sake
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In serving the saints
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As you still do
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And we decide each one of you
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To show the same earnestness
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To have the full assurance
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Of hope until the end
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So that you may not be sluggish
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But imitators of those
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Who through faith and patience
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Inherit the promises
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For when God made a promise to Abraham
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Since he had no one greater
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By whom to swear
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He swore by himself
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Saying, surely I will bless you
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And multiply you
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And thus Abraham
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Having patiently waited
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Obtained the promise
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For people swear
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By something greater than themselves
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And in all their disputes
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An oath is final
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For confirmation
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So when God desired
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To show more convincingly
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To the heirs of the promise
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The unchangeable character
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Of his purpose
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He guaranteed it
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With an oath
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So that by two unchangeable things
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In which it is impossible
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For God to lie
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We who have fled for refuge
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Might have strong encouragement
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To hold fast to the hope set before us
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We have this as a sure
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And steadfast anchor of the soul
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A hope that enters into the inner place
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Behind the curtain
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Where Jesus has gone as a forerunner
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On our behalf
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Having become a high priest forever
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After the order of Melchizedek
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Amen
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And may God bless to us
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This reading of his own holy word
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We are going to sing again
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From the Scottish Psalter
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In Psalm 130
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We sing the whole psalm
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The tune is Martyrdom
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Psalm 130
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We sing the whole psalm
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Tune Martyrdom
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Page 421
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Lord from the depths
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To thee I cried
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My voice Lord
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Do thou hear
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Unto my supplications voice
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Give an attentive ear
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Lord who shall stand
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If thou O Lord
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Shouldst mark iniquity
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But yet with thee forgiveness is
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That feared thou mayest be
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I wait for God
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My soul doth wait
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My hope is in his word
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More than they that for morning watch
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My soul waits for the Lord
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I say more than they that do watch
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The morning light to see
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Let Israel's hope in the Lord
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For with him mercy is be
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And plenteous redemption
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Is ever found with him
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And from all his iniquities
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He Israel shall redeem
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Psalm 130
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Lord from the depths
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To thee I cried
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For from the depths
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To thee I cried
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For from the depths
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To thee I cried
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For from the dead to thee I cry, my voice for to the clear,
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And do my soul with patience voice, if I'm not dead there be.
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Lord, who shall stand if thou, O Lord, sure sparkly with thee?
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But yet with thee forgiveness is, but fear thou mayest be.
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I wait for God, my soul doth wait, My hope is in His word.
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More than they have, for mooring watch, My soul is for the Lord.
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My Savior, I may have to watch The morning light to see.
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Let Israel open the door, For with Him mercy is He.
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And when Jesus' redemption Is ever come to Him,
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And from all His dengue is He is husha free.
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Let's turn again to the chapter we read in Hebrews chapter 6.
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And if we read again from verse 17, Hebrews 6 from verse 17,
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So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise, the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath.
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So by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
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We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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And particularly verse 19.
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I'm sure we're all aware from history that way back in the early church when the times of the fires of persecution were really burning.
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And people couldn't publicly share that they were Christians on pain of death.
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So there had to be an awful lot of secrecy.
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And we know that it's like that in some places in the world even today where there's an underground church.
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People don't have the freedom and they don't have the privileges that we have that often we take for granted.
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But back then when the fires of persecution were burning, it cost an awful lot to be a Christian.
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And so we know that there was a symbol, the symbol of the fish, which still is to the go today.
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But that's when it originated, the symbol of the fish.
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And of course, it is an acrostic for Christians because in Greek, the lettering stands for Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.
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So that's what a person had, this symbol, where they were stating that Jesus Christ, Son of God, is my Savior.
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Because they couldn't do it publicly.
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And there's a lot of, I suppose in archaeology and so on, there's a lot of these discoveries of it.
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But there was also, which wasn't so common, but there was still a lot of them discovered, there was a symbol of the anchor.
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And of course, that was symbolizing the steadfastness and the perseverance of the Christian faith.
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And really, these two symbols speak about what Christianity is.
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That Jesus Christ, Son of God, is our Savior.
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And that by Him and through Him, we remain steadfast and sure in the faith.
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And it's a question, before we go any further, we'd have to ask ourselves, if we lived in such a day,
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could you pin these two anchors, particularly the first one, to yourself?
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These two symbols, could you pin it to yourself?
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Is Jesus Christ, Son of God, your Savior?
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It's a very, very important question.
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And one that needs an answer.
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Because one day, Jesus is going to confront you and me about this very thing.
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Where we have been, where we have stood, what we have done with Him.
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And so we're given this opportunity even tonight.
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If you haven't got yourself right with Jesus, then it's time that you did.
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So that you would be able to pin these two symbols onto you.
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Where you could say that Jesus Christ, Son of God, is my Savior.
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And I am remaining through Him steadfast in the faith.
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Now this passage from verse 13 on really is quite remarkable.
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And in a sense, we're just looking at it briefly tonight here.
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And our main focus is in verse 19, these words,
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we have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul,
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a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain.
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Now as we know, hope is a wonderful word.
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And we often use the expression, maybe when somebody's really, really ill.
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And maybe there's a, we're kind of wondering how things are going to do.
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And we use the expression, where there's life, there's hope.
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And that's so true.
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Where there's life, there's always hope.
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We hope that he or she will turn the corner and get better.
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But while it's true in the natural world, it is also very, very true in the spiritual world.
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Where there is life, there is hope.
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Where there is spiritual life, there is spiritual hope.
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And the hope, the Christian hope is not dependent upon ourselves.
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If it was, it wouldn't take us very far.
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Christian hope is not dependent on our circumstances of what's happening or what hasn't happened.
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If it was, it wouldn't take us very far.
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Christian hope is based upon the very nature and the very character of God.
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And it is what we have in and through the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And Christian hope is one of the great, great blessings
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that we have been given when we come to faith in Jesus Christ.
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The question is, do we work up this hope ourselves?
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Is this something that we can conjure up ourselves, this hope?
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Of course it's not.
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When a person becomes a Christian, various things happen.
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The moment that we're regenerated, the moment we're born again,
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the moment that we come into faith with the Lord Jesus Christ,
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various things happen.
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That changes everything.
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We're justified.
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In a moment, if you remember our shorter catechism,
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it tells us that justification is an act.
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It is like a once and for all.
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It happens right away.
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God pronounces us just because of what Jesus Christ has done.
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Not something that we've done, but what Jesus has done.
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And following on from that,
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we are also immediately brought into the family of God.
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We call it adoption, who are adopted into the family of God.
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And along with that, happening at the same time,
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we have peace with God.
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We have our peace.
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Because you see, beforehand, before we came to faith,
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we were on the run from God.
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We didn't want God.
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Or at least we didn't want God except on our terms.
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But we can only get God on his terms.
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And so there is this natural instinct within us to run away from God.
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Why?
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Because we're afraid.
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That's why Adam ran.
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Remember when Adam ran in the Garden of Eden?
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God said, where are you?
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And why do you run away?
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He said, I was afraid.
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I was afraid.
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You see, that's how we are by nature.
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We're afraid.
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We run.
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We're on the run from God.
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But once we become Christians, we stop running.
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We're not running away.
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We're running to God.
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We're at peace with God.
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We now call him Abba Father.
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We are into this wonderful relationship.
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And so there's this sense of peace comes into our heart.
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Through the Holy Spirit.
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The love of God is shed abroad within our heart.
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But also, hope is born in our heart.
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And it's not the hope so of the world.
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It is a firm persuasion.
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Again, that everything God has promised in his word is going to come true.
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And that's one of the most wonderful things.
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That is why becoming a Christian changes life radically.
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We're still the same people.
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Still the same personality.
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We still operate in many of the same ways.
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Although as time goes on, we should be being conformed and changed more and more to the image of Christ.
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But it's a radical change.
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And that's the most wonderful thing that can happen to us.
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And if you're still without Christ, I urge you to seek him and to look to him.
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So God has given us this great blessing of hope.
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Now, this hope is here described as an anchor of the soul.
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And it's not just described as an anchor, but a sure and steadfast anchor.
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And why is it so sure?
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Well, this passage tells us why it is so sure.
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And really, I find this one of the most incredible passages in Scripture.
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Because the hope that God has implanted into our heart is all tied in with the promise that God gave to Abraham many, many, many years ago.
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Now, some people think the Old Testament today is irrelevant.
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They say, oh, what's the point in the Old Testament?
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The Old Testament is as relevant as the New Testament.
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You can't separate them.
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Although the New Testament is in a new age, the two are combined.
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And we cannot understand the one without the other.
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And Genesis is as relevant to today as the book of Revelation is relevant.
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It's all relevant.
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And so when we go back into Genesis, we find that God gave Abraham a promise.
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And that's what we read there in verse 13.
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For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying,
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Surely I will bless you and multiply you.
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And so when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of promise.
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And who are the heirs of promise?
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Well, that's you and me.
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We are the heirs of promise.
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Because although there was a godly line before Abraham, Abel was a godly man.
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Seth was Adam and Eve's son Seth.
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There was a godly line run down that through them, the likes of Enoch and on into Noah.
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But remember how God called Abraham.
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And he was going to make him a great nation.
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And through him, all the nations of the world were going to be blessed.
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And in a sense, we can say Abraham is the father of the Jewish race.
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But not only of the Jewish race, but of all believers.
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He is the father of a physical race.
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But he's also the father in this world of a spiritual race.
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We are the spiritual seed of Abraham.
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And so the promises that God gave to Abraham are promises for us as well.
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We are the heirs of salvation.
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But what is remarkable here is, and it all ties in with this sure and steadfast,
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God wants us to be so absolutely persuaded of what he is telling us of the fullness and the wonder of this promise,
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is that he has made this promise with an oath.
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Now, I find that quite extraordinary.
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Now, you and I make promises.
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We make promises all the time.
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And usually the promises we make are with every good intention.
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But you and I know only too well that we break promises.
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Not deliberately.
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But so often because we forget.
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How often have you said, oh, you know, I promise to go.
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I promise to go and see so and so.
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I promise to do this.
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I promise to do that.
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And we've forgotten.
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And other times we make promises to do something.
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But circumstances change and no longer are we able to do it.
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But that's never so with God.
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Because God knows everything.
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He knows everything from end to the beginning.
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And it is impossible for God to change his mind.
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It is impossible for God to make a promise and not fulfill it.
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God is unchanging.
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It tells us God cannot lie.
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And that means that every single word in this book is true.
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It is impossible for God not to fulfill his word.
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So God has made this promise to us.
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But this promise is so important to God that he attaches an oath to the promise.
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Now, that's extraordinary.
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He's putting an oath.
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Now, I don't know the language of courts today.
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But I know that how it used to be that a person had to swear on the Bible.
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A person had to say that they were telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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And the reason why a Bible was produced is because they had to take an authority that was greater than us.
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And there is no authority greater in the whole world than the Bible.
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So when we, like in a courtroom, would swear to tell the truth, putting our hand on the Bible or holding the Bible up,
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that is making an oath by someone who is greater than ourselves.
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But what God is saying here is because there is nobody greater than himself,
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then God is swearing by himself.
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He says, by his own name.
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By my name, he says, I will bless you.
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And you see how important this promise is to God.
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So we have this most wonderful promise with a guaranteed fulfillment.
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And we ask the question, where do we find all the promises fulfilled?
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Well, all the promises, we're told, are yea and amen in Christ Jesus.
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And if we're in Christ Jesus, then we're inheritors of all the promises.
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And here is God's guarantee over it all.
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And that's why God has gone to such lengths to demonstrate to us the importance of this particular promise,
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where we have this guarantee, this sure and certain hope, this anchor for our life.
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Now, what does an anchor do?
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Well, obviously, an anchor gives security.
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It gives a steadfast hold.
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Now, God doesn't promise us that we won't have storms, we won't have troubles, we won't have trials, we won't have difficulties in life.
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We will.
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And God tells us that.
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In this world, you will have tribulation.
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But be of good cheer.
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I have overcome the world.
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We will have these things.
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But what we will have guaranteed is an anchor, sure and steadfast in the midst of all these things.
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Now, an anchor, as we know, it's an amazing thing.
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And when a ship lets down its anchor, the length of the chain, and there has to be a long chain with it,
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the length of the chain and the weight of the anchor is that which holds the ship in place.
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There are different types of anchors.
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Some of the wee boats might have a fluke anchor, and then there's a plough anchor.
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And that kind of anchor can hold on to the seabed even, whether it's grassy or sandy.
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And, of course, the weight of the chain and the way that it's set out will keep the boat in place.
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It's an amazing thing.
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Occasionally, you hear of a boat that's slipped its moorings or that's broken its anchor.
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It doesn't happen often.
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Well, here's an anchor that will never break.
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This is a mooring that will never slip.
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This is the most secure anchorage ever in this world.
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Because you remember tonight, my Christian friend, you are held by the everlasting hand of the almighty creator of this universe.
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You know, sometimes you look out at sea and you can see a couple of boats.
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It's one stationary, maybe out in the bay, and one is moving.
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The one that's moving, we know is moving because it has no anchor.
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It hasn't cast an anchor.
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The one that isn't moving, we know that, obviously, an anchor has been cast down.
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Now, we know that it's not just storms that cause boats to drift.
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We know that changing tides will cause a boat to drift.
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And, you know, we live in a world where there are changing tides all the time.
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We live in a world that is just a sea of change.
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There are cultural changes.
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There are changes in every front, economic and financial and social and the culture of the day.
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You know, we live in a day that often you don't know what's what.
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And sometimes we used to talk about a generational change.
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But it's not a generational change anymore.
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It's just a sea of change all the time.
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And so often you don't know.
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It's so easy to be confused.
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But, you know, if you have an anchor for your soul,
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in the midst of all that goes on with the changing society and the changing culture,
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you have an anchor that remains sure and steadfast.
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And that holds you firm against the changing tides,
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against the storms, against all the things that are happening.
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And this is vital.
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It's so important to have.
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We're told Paul, writing to the church in Ephesians,
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warns them not to be blown about by every wind of doctrine.
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Paul was aware that there were many teachers coming in
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with fancy new ideas about this and that and the next thing.
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And he said, if you're not anchored properly,
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you'll get blown this way and that way.
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And you'll be saying, oh, I'm going this way.
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And then next day you'll go another way.
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That's not how it should be.
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We've got to be rooted.
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We've got to be ground down in Jesus Christ.
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And that's what the anchor does.
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It holds us firm and fast in the truth.
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So that when we are anchored in Christ,
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we know what the truth is.
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And the truth is unchanging.
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Irrespective of what society says.
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Irrespective of what the views of the culture are at the time.
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God's word doesn't change.
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And so we need to be embedded and firm in the word of God,
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in the truth.
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And you know what's so important for us?
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To be anchored in Christ.
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Because if we're not, we'll drift.
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And can I say, and I say this lovingly,
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if you're not in Christ,
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do you know this, you're drifting.
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And you might say, no, I'm not.
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I've got a real pattern to my life.
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My life is guided by Christian principles.
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Well, that is great.
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I applaud that.
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And I thank the Lord for that.
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And I know that many people
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who have never come to faith
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regulate their life by Christian principles.
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And that's a wonderful thing.
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I would say it's a first step.
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But it's not enough.
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We need to have the anchor.
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Because if not, we will drift.
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Because we don't have underneath us
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that which is going to give the stability
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when the storms come.
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Because maybe just now
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there aren't great storms in your life.
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But one day there's going to break.
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And we need this anchor.
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Otherwise we will crash
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onto the rocks of perdition.
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There's no two ways about it.
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So it's imperative
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that we have this anchor for our soul.
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And we're told it's assured and steadfast.
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That's a wonderful thing.
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You see, this union that we have
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with the Lord Jesus Christ
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is an unbreakable union.
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It cannot be broken.
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And that's so encouraging for us
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because, you know, sometimes we think
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and we think one day, you know this,
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I'm going to make shipwreck.
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One day, I am going to hit the rocks.
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One day, and you sometimes think that you,
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you look at your faith
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and you think that it's so slender.
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It's just like a one little thread of faith.
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Sometimes we feel our faith stronger,
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but sometimes we feel it so weak,
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so fragile.
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And then we look at ourselves
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and we're so aware of our sin
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and our failure
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and our mistakes
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and our repeated failures
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and our repeated sin.
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And we say one day,
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the Lord's going to say,
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oh, I've had enough of him.
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I've had enough of her.
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I give up.
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No.
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That is never, ever going to happen.
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Even if our faith is as weak
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or as small as Jesus said
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as a grain of mustard seed.
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And even with our sin,
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the Lord will never, ever give up on us.
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Paul asked,
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is there anything that can separate us
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from the love of Christ?
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And he went through everything.
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Everything in this world.
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Who shall separate us
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from the love of Christ?
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And he asked the question
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of loads of things
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and even went into
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the spiritual realms,
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the places and powers of darkness
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and even to death itself.
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And he said,
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no, nothing,
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not even death
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can separate the Christian
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from the love of God
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in Christ Jesus.
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Why?
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Because we're kept.
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That's what the anchor does.
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It keeps.
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It's one of the greatest words
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in scripture.
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Kept.
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You're a believer tonight.
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You are being kept.
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How?
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By the power of God.
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That's what it says in Peter.
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Kept by the power of God.
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Every day,
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every night,
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the power of God
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is keeping you.
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and will keep you
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and will eventually,
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you'll be taken home
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to glory
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with the Lord Jesus.
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So despite all the storms
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and all the batterings
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and all the bruisings
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and all the temptations,
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the anchor will hold.
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As the old song said,
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we shall not be moved
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and the Christian can sing that
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because it is true.
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You go through the Bible
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and you see the lives
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of all the great men
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and women of the past.
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They had the storms
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in their life.
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They had the losses,
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the crosses,
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the difficulties.
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And yet they kept going.
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Kept going to the end.
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They were kept.
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They were kept.
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You know,
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it's very interesting
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when Jesus told Peter
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that he was going to deny him.
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And he said,
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Satan has desired to have you,
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to sift you as wheat.
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But I have prayed for you
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that your faith won't fail.
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Now it's very interesting.
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Jesus didn't pray
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that Peter wouldn't deny him.
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I find that interesting.
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Jesus' prayer is not
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regarding the sin,
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but it's regarding faith.
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Because faith is the key
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to it all.
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And so we're aware
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that this,
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we've been kept.
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Kept by the power of God.
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And the Bible tells us
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that all these Old Testament
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and New Testament,
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the characters
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and the incidents
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and experiences of their life
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are there for our example.
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They're there for us
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to learn from.
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And see how God worked
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in their lives
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and what he did.
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It's like a picture book
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for ourselves to discover.
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the way that the Lord
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has worked.
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But the last thing
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that we see here
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about the anchor
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is normally an anchor
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is let down.
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Down onto the seabed.
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Let down from the ship.
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But the anchor that we have
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moves in a totally
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different direction.
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We see that it's an anchor
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that goes up.
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It's an anchor
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that goes into heaven,
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goes behind the curtain
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or the veil.
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And of course,
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when we see that
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in verse 20 there,
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we have this
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as a sure and steadfast
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anchor of the soul,
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a hope that enters
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into the inner place
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behind the curtain
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where Jesus
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has gone as a forerunner
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on our behalf.
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And that takes us
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straight back
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to the Old Testament,
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to the tabernacle
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and the temple.
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And you remember
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then the structure there,
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there was one
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very, very special place.
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There was a holy place,
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but there was then
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the most holy place.
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There was a curtain
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that separated.
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And nobody,
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nobody,
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ever was allowed
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into the most holy place
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or the holy of holies.
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Where the Ark of the Covenant
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was,
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God's presence
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was centered there.
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Nobody,
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on pain of death,
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if you entered in there,
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you would die.
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The only person
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who was ever allowed
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in there
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was the high priest.
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And that was only
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once a year
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on the great day
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of atonement
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when he went in
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with the blood
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of the sacrifice,
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representing the people
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where the blood
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was sprinkled
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on the mercy seat.
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They are.
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That was the only day
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that he was ever
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allowed in.
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And that's a picture
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that's given
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of what Jesus has done.
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But there's a difference
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between Jesus
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as our great high priest
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and the Old Testament
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high priest.
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Because the Old Testament
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high priest
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wasn't a forerunner.
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The Old Testament priest
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only went in
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once a year.
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And nobody else
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could go in.
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But Jesus
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has gone behind
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the veil
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as our forerunner.
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Which means
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we're running after him.
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We're coming behind.
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Jesus has gone
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into heaven.
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And remember
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how he said
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to the disciples,
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I go to prepare
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a place for you.
54:17
And we said that
54:18
before he went
54:18
to the cross.
54:19
And that's what
54:20
he did on the cross.
54:21
He prepared a place
54:23
for us
54:23
through his death.
54:25
But in glory
54:26
tonight
54:27
he is preparing
54:28
us
54:28
for that place.
54:32
One day
54:33
he'll send
54:33
for us
54:34
to take us
54:35
home with himself.
54:38
You see
54:38
before
54:38
Jesus went
54:40
to the cross
54:40
he prayed.
54:41
coming back
54:42
to this
54:43
what we said
54:44
about kept
54:45
because Jesus
54:45
has gone
54:46
into glory.
54:48
He's there
54:48
just now.
54:49
And we're told
54:50
that he makes
54:51
continual
54:52
intercession
54:53
for us.
54:55
He continues
54:56
to pray
54:56
for us.
54:58
He prayed
54:59
for us
54:59
before he went
55:00
to the cross.
55:02
And the first thing
55:02
he prayed
55:03
a lot of things
55:04
but one of the things
55:04
was
55:05
that's the very thing
55:06
I pray not
55:08
that you take
55:09
them out
55:10
to the world
55:10
but that you
55:12
keep them.
55:14
That's part
55:14
of the high
55:15
priestly prayer
55:16
out being kept.
55:18
There's to stay
55:19
in the world
55:19
but they're being
55:21
kept.
55:22
But further on
55:23
in the high
55:24
priestly prayer
55:25
he's looking
55:26
ahead
55:26
to something
55:27
he's so
55:27
looking forward
55:28
to.
55:29
Father I will
55:30
that them
55:31
whom you've
55:32
given me
55:33
all the people
55:34
that you've
55:34
given me
55:34
be with me
55:36
where I am
55:37
that they
55:38
may behold
55:38
my glory.
55:40
That will be
55:40
the fulfillment
55:41
of the high
55:42
priestly prayer
55:43
when the whole
55:44
church
55:44
is brought
55:45
at last
55:46
into the
55:47
presence
55:47
of the king.
55:49
But at the
55:49
moment
55:50
there's a work
55:51
to be done
55:52
because you see
55:53
normally an anchor
55:55
keeps a boat
55:55
in place
55:56
although the
55:56
boat might
55:57
revolve
55:58
around the
55:59
anchor
55:59
it keeps
56:00
it in place.
56:02
We're not
56:02
kept
56:02
we're kept
56:04
firm and
56:04
sure
56:05
but not
56:06
to stay
56:06
on the
56:07
spot.
56:08
We're
56:08
working
56:08
we're
56:09
moving
56:09
because
56:11
when Jesus
56:12
says I
56:14
pray not to
56:14
take them
56:15
out of the
56:15
world but
56:16
to keep
56:16
them
56:16
keep them
56:17
from evil
56:18
or keep
56:18
them from
56:18
the evil
56:19
one.
56:20
You see
56:21
there's work
56:21
to be done.
56:23
Jesus
56:23
tells us
56:24
I have
56:25
sheep that
56:26
are not
56:27
of this
56:27
fold
56:28
them I
56:28
must bring
56:29
in.
56:31
The great
56:31
shepherd of
56:32
the sheep
56:32
is gathering
56:33
in his
56:34
flock and
56:35
who does
56:35
he use?
56:37
He uses
56:38
the sheep.
56:39
He uses
56:40
you and
56:40
me.
56:42
That's the
56:43
amazing thing.
56:43
We're kept
56:44
in this
56:44
world.
56:45
We're kept
56:46
but we're
56:47
also being
56:47
kept to be
56:48
used by
56:49
the Lord
56:50
in the
56:51
great work
56:51
of in
56:52
gathering
56:53
the sheep
56:54
into the
56:54
fold.
56:57
Tonight
56:57
Jesus is
56:58
interceding
56:59
on your
56:59
behalf and
57:01
he's not
57:02
praying
57:02
Lord.
57:03
He's not
57:03
praying to
57:03
the Father
57:04
and saying
57:04
excuse them
57:06
they can't
57:07
help that
57:07
because of
57:08
what they
57:09
are.
57:10
No.
57:11
He agrees
57:12
totally with
57:13
the verdict
57:13
of the
57:13
Father
57:14
but he's
57:16
pleading his
57:16
perfect
57:17
righteousness.
57:18
He's
57:18
pleading his
57:19
finished work.
57:20
He's
57:20
pleading the
57:21
blood sacrifice
57:23
that he has
57:24
shed for us.
57:26
The Father
57:27
looks on the
57:27
finished work
57:28
of Christ
57:28
and then
57:30
he sees
57:30
us.
57:31
He's
57:31
looking at
57:31
us through
57:32
that.
57:34
So Jesus
57:34
is there
57:35
making that
57:36
intercession
57:37
for us
57:37
as our
57:38
forerunner
57:39
and you
57:40
and I
57:41
tonight as
57:41
believers
57:42
will be
57:43
following him
57:44
on.
57:44
well the
57:47
great question
57:48
that we
57:48
have to
57:48
ask is
57:50
is that
57:52
your hope
57:53
tonight?
57:54
If you're a
57:54
Christian
57:54
that's your
57:55
hope.
57:56
You're full
57:57
of hope
57:58
not because
57:59
of what
58:00
you've done
58:00
but because
58:01
of what
58:01
Christ has
58:02
done and
58:03
because of
58:03
the word
58:04
that he's
58:04
given and
58:04
the promise
58:05
that he's
58:05
given.
58:07
But if
58:07
you're not
58:08
a Christian
58:08
you don't
58:09
have this
58:09
hope.
58:11
And you
58:11
know I
58:12
don't think
58:13
I've ever
58:13
lived in a
58:14
more uncertain
58:15
world than
58:16
we live in
58:17
just now.
58:18
It is just
58:19
it is so
58:21
uncertain at
58:21
every conceivable
58:23
front.
58:25
The world
58:25
is just
58:26
you feel
58:27
there's a
58:27
top
58:27
there's an
58:28
unsettledness
58:29
vibrating all
58:30
through it
58:31
and it
58:33
cries out
58:33
for surety
58:34
and steadfastness
58:35
and I
58:37
believe that's
58:37
why so many
58:38
people are
58:39
so many
58:40
people are
58:40
searching
58:41
so many
58:41
people are
58:42
worried and
58:42
anxious and
58:43
concerned
58:44
here's the
58:45
answer
58:45
the anchor
58:47
the anchor
58:48
for your
58:48
soul
58:49
it will
58:50
change your
58:51
life
58:52
it will
58:53
change your
58:54
destiny
58:54
change
58:55
everything
58:56
you ask
58:57
Jesus
58:58
tonight
58:58
to become
59:00
the anchor
59:00
of your
59:00
soul
59:01
tonight
59:02
let's
59:02
pray
59:03
Lord our
59:04
God we
59:05
pray to
59:05
bless us
59:06
and we
59:07
give thanks
59:07
for your
59:08
tender
59:09
mercies
59:09
and for
59:09
your love
59:10
towards us
59:11
we pray
59:12
that we
59:13
might all
59:13
know that
59:14
anchorage
59:15
in you
59:15
we pray
59:16
that nobody
59:17
will go out
59:18
of here
59:18
and say I
59:19
have no
59:20
idea what
59:21
it is to
59:22
have Jesus
59:22
as my
59:23
saviour
59:23
we pray if
59:25
there are
59:26
any who
59:26
don't know
59:27
you yet
59:27
that you
59:28
will implant
59:29
a growing
59:30
desire within
59:31
their heart
59:32
to fulfil
59:32
so that they
59:34
will come to
59:35
know you
59:35
to come to
59:36
know that
59:36
hope and
59:37
that peace
59:38
that is
59:39
found in
59:39
Jesus
59:39
Christ
59:40
bless us
59:41
tonight
59:42
then we
59:42
pray
59:42
part us
59:43
with your
59:43
blessing
59:44
do us
59:44
good
59:44
and take
59:45
away our
59:45
every sin
59:46
in Jesus
59:46
name
59:47
amen
59:47
we're going
59:50
to conclude
59:50
singing in
59:51
Psalm 107
59:53
these words
59:56
of the storm
59:57
and then making
59:57
the way into
59:58
the shelter
59:59
Psalm 107
1:00:02
verses 26
1:00:03
to 30
1:00:04
the tune
1:00:05
is Loch
1:00:05
Broom
1:00:06
it's on
1:00:07
page 384
1:00:08
Psalm 107
1:00:13
verse 26
1:00:14
they mount
1:00:16
to heaven
1:00:17
then to the
1:00:17
depths
1:00:18
they do
1:00:18
go down
1:00:19
again
1:00:19
their soul
1:00:20
doth faint
1:00:21
and melt
1:00:22
away with
1:00:22
trouble
1:00:23
and with
1:00:23
pain
1:00:23
they reel
1:00:25
and stagger
1:00:25
like one
1:00:26
drunk
1:00:26
at their
1:00:26
wits end
1:00:27
they be
1:00:28
then they
1:00:28
to God
1:00:29
in trouble
1:00:29
cry
1:00:30
who them
1:00:31
from
1:00:31
streets
1:00:32
doth
1:00:32
free
1:00:32
the storm
1:00:34
is changed
1:00:34
into a
1:00:35
calm
1:00:35
at his
1:00:36
command
1:00:36
and will
1:00:37
so that
1:00:38
the waves
1:00:38
which raged
1:00:39
before
1:00:40
now quiet
1:00:41
are and
1:00:41
still
1:00:42
then are
1:00:43
they glad
1:00:43
because at
1:00:44
rest and
1:00:44
quiet
1:00:45
now they
1:00:46
be
1:00:46
so to
1:00:47
the
1:00:47
haven
1:00:48
he then
1:00:48
brings
1:00:48
which they
1:00:49
desired
1:00:50
to see
1:00:51
26 to
1:00:51
30
1:00:52
the
1:00:52
Tunis
1:00:52
love
1:00:52
broom
1:00:53
they
1:00:54
mount
1:00:55
to heaven
1:00:55
then to
1:00:56
the
1:00:56
depths
1:00:56
they do
1:01:10
go down
1:01:12
again
1:01:15
their
1:01:17
souls
1:01:18
of
1:01:19
faith
1:01:20
and
1:01:21
melt
1:01:22
away
1:01:23
with
1:01:25
trouble
1:01:27
and
1:01:29
with
1:01:30
pain
1:01:31
we
1:01:33
will
1:01:34
and
1:01:35
stag
1:01:36
are
1:01:37
like
1:01:38
one
1:01:39
throng
1:01:40
at
1:01:41
them
1:01:43
with
1:01:43
send
1:01:45
they
1:01:46
be
1:01:47
then
1:01:49
they
1:01:50
to
1:01:51
go down
1:01:52
in
1:01:53
trouble
1:01:54
cry
1:01:56
who
1:01:57
them
1:01:59
from
1:01:59
saints
1:02:01
are
1:02:02
free
1:02:03
the
1:02:05
storm
1:02:06
is
1:02:07
changed
1:02:09
into
1:02:10
account
1:02:12
they
1:02:13
they
1:02:14
come
1:02:15
they
1:02:17
come
1:02:19
and
1:02:20
will
1:02:21
so
1:02:22
that
1:02:23
the
1:02:23
ways
1:02:24
which
1:02:25
reached
1:02:26
before
1:02:27
now
1:02:29
quiet
1:02:30
are
1:02:32
still
1:02:34
when
1:02:36
are
1:02:38
they
1:02:39
glad
1:02:40
because
1:02:42
are
1:02:43
blessed
1:02:44
and
1:02:45
quiet
1:02:47
thou
1:02:48
may
1:02:49
be
1:02:51
so
1:02:52
to
1:02:53
thy
1:02:54
heaven
1:02:56
he
1:02:57
em
1:02:59
brings
1:03:00
which
1:03:01
any
1:03:03
start
1:03:04
to
1:03:05
see
1:03:06
after
1:03:07
the
1:03:09
benediction
1:03:10
i'll go
1:03:10
to the
1:03:11
door
1:03:11
on my
1:03:11
left
1:03:12
now
1:03:12
may
1:03:12
the
1:03:13
grace
1:03:13
mercy
1:03:13
and
1:03:13
peace
1:03:14
of
1:03:14
god
1:03:14
the
1:03:14
father
1:03:15
son
1:03:15
and
1:03:15
holy
1:03:16
spirit
1:03:16
rest
1:03:17
and
1:03:17
abide
1:03:17
upon
1:03:18
each
1:03:18
one
1:03:18
of
1:03:18
you
1:03:19
now
1:03:19
and
1:03:19
forever
1:03:20
more
1:03:20
amen