2022/Sunday Worship - January 23, 2022_transcript.txt

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[450.00 --> 461.00]  It is well with my soul.
[461.00 --> 477.00]  It is well with my soul.
[480.00 --> 495.00]  It is well with my soul.
[495.00 --> 506.00]  It is well, it is well with my soul.
[506.00 --> 508.00]  It is well.
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[536.00 --> 551.00]  It is well with my soul.
[551.00 --> 556.00]  It is well with my soul.
[556.00 --> 563.00]  Well, good morning everyone.
[563.00 --> 567.00]  Isn't it ten?
[567.00 --> 568.00]  I'll say good morning in a minute.
[568.00 --> 588.00]  I just found out that it is not ten yet.
[588.00 --> 591.00]  Yeah, Pastor Chris will say good morning.
[591.00 --> 603.00]  I kind of dropped the ball on that one.
[603.00 --> 604.00]  Good morning.
[604.00 --> 606.00]  Good morning.
[606.00 --> 607.00]  Welcome to church.
[607.00 --> 611.00]  I am so excited that we can be here together.
[611.00 --> 613.00]  We can be worshiping our God together.
[613.00 --> 621.00]  Whether you are present with us in person or if you are participating online, welcome to our worship this weekend.
[621.00 --> 622.00]  My name is Chris.
[622.00 --> 623.00]  I am one of the pastors here.
[623.00 --> 630.00]  It is my privilege to lead you along with these others in our worship together this morning.
[630.00 --> 632.00]  Just one announcement before we begin.
[632.00 --> 634.00]  That is for the youth.
[634.00 --> 636.00]  There is HCBC tonight.
[636.00 --> 639.00]  Please make arrangements to be here for that.
[639.00 --> 644.00]  If you have any questions about what that looks like, you can grab Pastor Kevin after the service.
[644.00 --> 647.00]  He will address those with you.
[647.00 --> 650.00]  We are going to worship our God together this morning.
[650.00 --> 653.00]  So I am going to invite you as you are able and where you are to stand.
[653.00 --> 658.00]  Or if you are at home, you can stand or just open your hands and take a posture of receipt.
[658.00 --> 664.00]  That we might be welcomed into God's presence with his greeting together.
[664.00 --> 673.00]  Open your hearts and your minds to hear from God in worship as he meets us in this place today.
[673.00 --> 686.00]  Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, his Son and our Savior through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.
[686.00 --> 688.00]  Amen.
[688.00 --> 689.00]  Let's worship God.
[689.00 --> 695.00]  Psalm 108 says,
[695.00 --> 697.00]  My heart, O God, is steadfast.
[697.00 --> 700.00]  I will sing and make music with all my soul.
[700.00 --> 702.00]  Awake, harp and lyre.
[702.00 --> 704.00]  I will awaken the dawn.
[704.00 --> 707.00]  I will praise you, Lord, among the nations.
[707.00 --> 710.00]  I will sing of you among the peoples.
[710.00 --> 712.00]  For great is your love.
[712.00 --> 715.00]  Higher than the heavens, your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
[715.00 --> 719.00]  Be exalted, O God, above the heavens.
[719.00 --> 722.00]  Let your glory be over all the earth.
[722.00 --> 737.00]  We stand and lift up our hands.
[737.00 --> 743.00]  For the joy of the Lord is our strength.
[743.00 --> 748.00]  We bow down and worship him now.
[748.00 --> 752.00]  How great, how awesome is he.
[752.00 --> 758.00]  Together we sing.
[758.00 --> 763.00]  Everyone sing.
[763.00 --> 769.00]  Holy is the Lord God Almighty.
[769.00 --> 773.00]  The earth is filled with his glory.
[773.00 --> 778.00]  Holy is the Lord God Almighty.
[778.00 --> 784.00]  The earth is filled with his glory.
[784.00 --> 790.00]  The earth is filled with his glory.
[790.00 --> 795.00]  We stand and lift up our hands.
[795.00 --> 800.00]  For the joy of the Lord is our strength.
[800.00 --> 805.00]  We bow down and worship him now.
[805.00 --> 809.00]  How great, how awesome is he.
[809.00 --> 822.00]  The earth is filled with his glory.
[822.16 --> 829.12]  is
[839.28 --> 846.08]  filled with his glory
[852.00 --> 856.00]  It's rising up all around
[856.00 --> 861.00]  It's the anthem of the Lord's ring now
[861.00 --> 866.00]  It's rising up all around
[866.00 --> 873.00]  It's the anthem of the Lord's ring now
[873.00 --> 883.00]  Together we sing, everyone sing
[883.00 --> 889.00]  Holy is the Lord God Almighty
[889.00 --> 894.00]  The earth is filled with His glory
[894.00 --> 899.00]  Holy is the Lord God Almighty
[899.00 --> 904.00]  The earth is filled with His glory
[904.00 --> 909.00]  The earth is filled with His glory
[909.00 --> 914.00]  The earth is filled with His glory
[929.00 --> 944.00]  Who breaks the power of sin and darkness
[944.00 --> 949.00]  Whose love is mighty and so much stronger
[949.00 --> 951.00]  The King of glory
[951.00 --> 954.00]  The King above all kings
[954.00 --> 962.00]  Who shakes the whole earth with holy thunder
[962.00 --> 967.00]  And leaves us breathless in awe and wonder
[967.00 --> 969.00]  The King of glory
[969.00 --> 974.00]  The King above all kings
[974.00 --> 979.00]  This is amazing grace
[979.00 --> 983.00]  This is unfailing love
[983.00 --> 988.00]  That You would take my place
[988.00 --> 993.00]  That You would bear my cross
[993.00 --> 997.00]  You laid down Your life
[997.00 --> 1003.00]  That I would be set free
[1003.00 --> 1007.00]  Oh, Jesus I sing for
[1007.00 --> 1010.00]  All that You've done for me
[1010.00 --> 1023.00]  Who brings our chaos back into order
[1023.00 --> 1028.00]  Who makes the orphan a son and daughter
[1028.00 --> 1032.00]  The King of glory, the King of glory
[1032.00 --> 1034.00]  Who rose the nations
[1034.00 --> 1036.00]  With truth and justice
[1036.00 --> 1041.00]  Shines like the sun in all of its brilliance
[1041.00 --> 1047.00]  The King of glory, the King above all kings
[1047.00 --> 1051.00]  This is amazing grace
[1051.00 --> 1056.00]  This is unfailing love
[1056.00 --> 1061.00]  That You would take my place
[1061.00 --> 1066.00]  That You would bear my cross
[1066.00 --> 1070.00]  You laid down Your life
[1070.00 --> 1076.00]  That I would be set free
[1076.00 --> 1079.00]  Oh, Jesus I sing for
[1079.00 --> 1083.00]  All that You've done for me
[1083.00 --> 1090.00]  Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
[1090.00 --> 1095.00]  Worthy is the King who conquered the grave
[1095.00 --> 1099.00]  Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
[1099.00 --> 1104.00]  Worthy is the King who conquered the grave
[1104.00 --> 1108.00]  Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
[1108.00 --> 1111.00]  Worthy is the King who conquered the grave
[1111.00 --> 1116.00]  Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
[1116.00 --> 1119.00]  Worthy, worthy, worthy
[1119.00 --> 1124.00]  Oh, this is amazing grace
[1124.00 --> 1128.00]  This is unfailing love
[1128.00 --> 1132.00]  That You would take my place
[1132.00 --> 1137.00]  That You would bear my cross
[1137.00 --> 1141.00]  You would lay down Your life
[1141.00 --> 1147.00]  That I would be set free
[1147.00 --> 1150.00]  Oh, Jesus I sing for
[1150.00 --> 1153.00]  All that You've done for me
[1153.00 --> 1164.00]  You may be seated
[1164.00 --> 1166.00]  You may be seated
[1171.00 --> 1174.00]  Matthew 11, 28 and 29
[1174.00 --> 1178.00]  It says, come to me all you who are weary and burdened
[1178.00 --> 1180.00]  And I will give you rest
[1180.00 --> 1181.00]  Take my yoke upon you
[1181.00 --> 1183.00]  And lean or learn from me
[1183.00 --> 1185.00]  For I am gentle and humble in heart
[1185.00 --> 1188.00]  And you will find rest for your souls
[1188.00 --> 1191.00]  I was reflecting on that
[1191.00 --> 1193.00]  And I was thinking
[1193.00 --> 1195.00]  After 50 or 60 years of walking with Jesus
[1195.00 --> 1199.00]  It should be easy for me to come to Him and find rest
[1199.00 --> 1206.00]  But the old me still wants my vision of my life
[1206.00 --> 1209.00]  The old me still wants what I want
[1209.00 --> 1211.00]  For me, I guess it really comes down to trust
[1211.00 --> 1215.00]  Do I trust Jesus and His love for me?
[1215.00 --> 1216.00]  And His love for me?
[1216.00 --> 1218.00]  Even
[1218.00 --> 1220.00]  Or do I, sorry
[1220.00 --> 1223.00]  Do I trust Jesus and His love for me enough
[1223.00 --> 1225.00]  To give Him my life?
[1225.00 --> 1228.00]  To rest my future in His hands?
[1228.00 --> 1231.00]  I know the right answer
[1231.00 --> 1232.00]  But
[1232.00 --> 1239.00]  When the right answer isn't the honest answer
[1239.00 --> 1241.00]  Then I
[1241.00 --> 1244.00]  The part I don't like is
[1244.00 --> 1246.00]  The trill in my voice
[1246.00 --> 1249.00]  I reread these verses
[1249.00 --> 1253.00]  And I let the love I hear in these words
[1253.00 --> 1254.00]  Wash over me
[1254.00 --> 1259.00]  And I'm encouraged to rest my life in His hands
[1259.00 --> 1261.00]  Let's rise and sing
[1261.00 --> 1262.00]  Lord I need you
[1262.00 --> 1287.00]  Lord I come
[1287.00 --> 1290.00]  I confess
[1290.00 --> 1291.00]  I confess
[1291.00 --> 1293.00]  Bowing here
[1293.00 --> 1297.00]  I find my rest
[1297.00 --> 1299.00]  Without you
[1299.00 --> 1303.00]  I fall apart
[1303.00 --> 1306.00]  You're the one
[1306.00 --> 1311.00]  That guides my heart
[1311.00 --> 1316.00]  Lord I need you
[1316.00 --> 1321.00]  Oh I need you
[1321.00 --> 1323.00]  Every hour
[1323.00 --> 1326.00]  I need you
[1326.00 --> 1329.00]  I want defense
[1329.00 --> 1331.00]  My righteousness
[1331.00 --> 1333.00]  Oh God how I need you
[1333.00 --> 1338.00]  Oh God how I need you
[1338.00 --> 1344.00]  Where sin runs deep
[1344.00 --> 1348.00]  Your grace is Lord
[1348.00 --> 1350.00]  Where grace is found
[1350.00 --> 1354.00]  Is where you are
[1354.00 --> 1356.00]  Where you are
[1356.00 --> 1358.00]  Lord I am free
[1358.00 --> 1359.00]  Where you are
[1359.00 --> 1360.00]  Lord I am free
[1360.00 --> 1367.00]  Holiness is Christ in me
[1367.00 --> 1368.00]  Where you are
[1368.00 --> 1369.00]  Lord I am free
[1369.00 --> 1371.00]  Where you are
[1371.00 --> 1372.00]  Where you are
[1372.00 --> 1373.00]  Lord I am free
[1373.00 --> 1381.00]  Holiness is Christ to me
[1381.00 --> 1390.00]  Lord, I need you, oh, I need you
[1390.00 --> 1396.00]  Every hour I need you
[1396.00 --> 1403.00]  My one defense, my righteousness
[1403.00 --> 1409.00]  Oh God, how I need you
[1409.00 --> 1415.00]  Teach my song to rise to you
[1415.00 --> 1420.00]  When temptation comes my way
[1420.00 --> 1426.00]  When I cannot stand, I'll fall on you
[1426.00 --> 1431.00]  Jesus, you're my hope and stay
[1431.00 --> 1437.00]  When I cannot stand, I'll fall on you
[1437.00 --> 1445.00]  Jesus, you're my hope and stay
[1445.00 --> 1452.00]  Lord, I need you, oh, I need you
[1452.00 --> 1458.00]  Every hour I need you
[1458.00 --> 1464.00]  My one defense, my righteousness
[1464.00 --> 1470.00]  Oh God, how I need you
[1470.00 --> 1491.00]  My one defense, my righteousness
[1491.00 --> 1497.00]  Oh God, how I need you
[1497.00 --> 1504.00]  My one defense, my righteousness
[1504.00 --> 1512.00]  Oh God, how I need you
[1512.00 --> 1514.00]  Pray with me
[1514.00 --> 1517.00]  Father, how we need you
[1517.00 --> 1520.00]  Sometimes we catch ourselves telling you
[1520.00 --> 1523.00]  How and where you should lead us
[1523.00 --> 1526.00]  Forgive us for the times we didn't
[1526.00 --> 1529.00]  Trust you enough to rest our plans
[1529.00 --> 1532.00]  To rest in your plans for us
[1532.00 --> 1535.00]  Help us to understand your gentle
[1535.00 --> 1536.00]  And humble heart
[1536.00 --> 1538.00]  Thank you for washing us
[1538.00 --> 1540.00]  In your everlasting love
[1540.00 --> 1544.00]  Lord, will you open our eyes to your beauty
[1544.00 --> 1545.00]  Amen
[1545.00 --> 1546.00]  Amen
[1546.00 --> 1566.00]  We are a moment
[1566.00 --> 1569.00]  You are forever
[1569.00 --> 1571.00]  Lord of the ages
[1571.00 --> 1573.00]  Lord of the ages
[1573.00 --> 1577.00]  God before time
[1577.00 --> 1581.00]  We are a vapor
[1581.00 --> 1585.00]  You are eternal
[1585.00 --> 1588.00]  Love everlasting
[1588.00 --> 1593.00]  Reigning on high
[1593.00 --> 1599.00]  Holy, holy, holy
[1599.00 --> 1601.00]  Lord God Almighty
[1601.00 --> 1604.00]  Worthy earth
[1604.00 --> 1608.00]  The land who was saved
[1608.00 --> 1612.00]  High of praises
[1612.00 --> 1615.00]  Honor and glory
[1615.00 --> 1620.00]  Be unto your name
[1620.00 --> 1623.00]  Be unto your name
[1623.00 --> 1625.00]  Be unto your name
[1625.00 --> 1627.00]  Be unto your name
[1627.00 --> 1629.00]  Be unto your name
[1629.00 --> 1630.00]  Be unto your name
[1630.00 --> 1631.00]  Be unto your name
[1631.00 --> 1633.00]  We are the broken
[1633.00 --> 1635.00]  You are the healer
[1635.00 --> 1637.00]  Jesus' Redeemer
[1637.00 --> 1644.08]  Jesus, Redeemer, mighty to save.
[1644.42 --> 1650.38]  You are the love song, we'll sing forever.
[1651.46 --> 1658.30]  Bowing before you, blessed in your name.
[1659.98 --> 1665.78]  Holy, holy Lord God Almighty.
[1665.78 --> 1673.18]  Worthy is the love of one's name.
[1673.62 --> 1679.82]  Highest praise and honor and glory.
[1681.00 --> 1685.44]  Be unto your name.
[1687.16 --> 1692.28]  Be unto your name.
[1692.28 --> 1699.68]  Holy, holy Lord God Almighty.
[1700.68 --> 1706.28]  Worthy is the Lamb whom I sing.
[1707.42 --> 1713.48]  Highest praise and honor and glory.
[1713.48 --> 1720.16]  Be unto your name.
[1720.88 --> 1727.62]  Be unto your name.
[1727.62 --> 1730.18]  I invite you to be seated.
[1730.18 --> 1731.02]  Thank you.
[1731.02 --> 1752.26]  My husband tells me I'm still shrinking and I can't reach this thing.
[1752.26 --> 1752.62]  Amen.
[1752.62 --> 1752.92]  Amen.
[1752.92 --> 1753.08]  Amen.
[1753.08 --> 1753.52]  Amen.
[1753.52 --> 1753.62]  Amen.
[1753.62 --> 1753.80]  Amen.
[1753.80 --> 1753.90]  Amen.
[1753.90 --> 1755.96]  Amen.
[1756.04 --> 1759.16]  Today's offerings are for the Budget and the Gateway of Hope.
[1759.16 --> 1766.18]  It is a ministry of the Salvation Army of Canada, serving the city and township of Langley.
[1766.18 --> 1772.10]  Because of the love of Christ, their mission is to help the homeless and those at risk.
[1772.98 --> 1780.64]  With material assistance and other crucial support in order to help them find hope and move forward.
[1781.42 --> 1787.68]  They bring a dignified, person-centered and holistic approach to their work.
[1788.30 --> 1793.42]  Meeting every individual with respect and without judgment or discrimination.
[1793.42 --> 1799.78]  Their emergency shelter and meal center services run seven days a week.
[1800.82 --> 1808.24]  They are always looking for volunteers without which they could not operate on a daily basis.
[1808.86 --> 1811.56]  2 Corinthians 9 says,
[1811.56 --> 1816.80]  Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give.
[1817.34 --> 1822.62]  Not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
[1823.42 --> 1853.40]  1 Corinthians 9 says,
[1853.40 --> 1860.40]  The still waters, you restore righteousness to me.
[1860.40 --> 1869.40]  Though I walk through the valley, I will fear no evil thing.
[1869.40 --> 1876.40]  For you are with me, and you comfort me.
[1876.40 --> 1883.40]  Surely goodness, love and mercy will follow wherever I go.
[1883.40 --> 1892.40]  Surely goodness, love and mercy will follow wherever I go.
[1892.40 --> 1896.40]  Surely goodness, love and mercy will follow wherever I go.
[1896.40 --> 1905.80]  Surely goodness, love and mercy will follow wherever I go.
[1908.38 --> 1916.40]  Oh Lord, you are my shepherd, you make me light in fields of green.
[1916.40 --> 1925.58]  You lead me by the still waters, you restore righteousness to me.
[1925.58 --> 1934.32]  Though I walk through the valley, I will fear no evil thing.
[1934.64 --> 1941.58]  For you are with me, and you are with me.
[1942.92 --> 1951.98]  Surely goodness, love and mercy will follow wherever I go.
[1951.98 --> 1960.72]  Surely goodness, love and mercy will follow wherever I go.
[1960.72 --> 1969.72]  Surely goodness, love and mercy will follow wherever I go.
[1969.72 --> 1980.38]  Oh Lord, you are my shepherd, you make me light in fields of green.
[1980.38 --> 1989.12]  You lead me by the still waters, you restore righteousness to me.
[1989.12 --> 1998.30]  Though I walk through the valley, I will fear no evil thing.
[1998.30 --> 2005.10]  For you are with me, and you'll comfort me.
[2005.10 --> 2021.80]  For you are my shepherd, you make me light in fields of green.
[2021.80 --> 2024.30]  Sorry, I'm being attacked by my mask here.
[2027.10 --> 2037.54]  So we are really excited, and we have the opportunity now to just take a moment and welcome some new members to our church family.
[2037.54 --> 2043.00]  And so, can I invite Louise and John and Margaret?
[2043.50 --> 2044.42]  John and Margaret, are you here?
[2044.48 --> 2046.16]  I didn't see you before.
[2046.32 --> 2046.88]  Oh, there we go.
[2046.96 --> 2047.28]  Okay, good.
[2047.90 --> 2048.10]  Whew.
[2048.94 --> 2050.74]  Tried to catch you before, but I didn't get you.
[2051.24 --> 2052.60]  You guys come on up to the front.
[2054.18 --> 2057.20]  During this season of COVID,
[2057.20 --> 2062.30]  COVID, there's all sorts of talk about what church membership is going to look like.
[2062.34 --> 2066.76]  You can just come up here right onto the stage so the camera can see you for the people at home.
[2069.24 --> 2075.02]  It's been hard, and there's been all sorts of conversations about what church looks like, what membership looks like,
[2075.02 --> 2080.24]  and we haven't been immune to those hard conversations here,
[2081.02 --> 2086.36]  and yet, we've also been blessed to experience some growth in that time.
[2086.36 --> 2089.68]  And you guys represent some of that growth.
[2089.84 --> 2093.92]  And so, we are excited to welcome you into our church family and into our fellowship.
[2094.56 --> 2099.96]  And the way that we are doing that sort of thing here is by asking a couple questions,
[2100.46 --> 2104.18]  wherein you guys just give a brief testimony of your faith in response to the questions.
[2104.24 --> 2105.22]  I'm not asking you to talk.
[2105.66 --> 2107.98]  I did say that to John, and he quickly said no.
[2110.08 --> 2116.32]  Just as a way of expressing our shared faith and belief together.
[2116.36 --> 2122.96]  And so, it's our hope and prayer that in this faith community,
[2122.96 --> 2125.08]  your faith in God will be strengthened,
[2125.30 --> 2127.48]  and that your love for Jesus will be grown,
[2127.62 --> 2132.10]  and that here, you will find opportunity to serve in the Spirit
[2132.10 --> 2137.34]  as you join with us in God's mission to this community and to the world.
[2138.04 --> 2140.14]  As we welcome you into this church family,
[2140.14 --> 2145.24]  we're going to ask you to affirm the faith that you have professed and been baptized into,
[2145.44 --> 2149.02]  and your commitment to God's mission in and through us here.
[2149.58 --> 2152.18]  To do so, I'm going to ask you three questions.
[2152.30 --> 2156.38]  I will ask all three questions, and then just ask you to answer as we go.
[2156.70 --> 2159.14]  When you answer, just speak into the microphone,
[2159.70 --> 2161.32]  so that the people at home can hear you,
[2161.32 --> 2163.88]  and everyone here as well.
[2164.98 --> 2168.74]  First, do you believe in Jesus as your Savior and Lord,
[2168.86 --> 2173.42]  and that in him alone is hope and freedom from sin found?
[2174.26 --> 2178.02]  Second, do you believe that the Bible is the Word of God,
[2178.12 --> 2180.86]  revealing his plan for redemption in Jesus Christ,
[2180.92 --> 2183.12]  and that the preaching and teaching of Langley,
[2183.48 --> 2186.16]  Emmanuel reflects this truth?
[2186.16 --> 2190.84]  And then third, do you promise, with the help of the Holy Spirit,
[2190.96 --> 2194.68]  to do all that you can to strengthen your relationship to Jesus
[2194.68 --> 2198.12]  by being a part of the life of this church,
[2198.86 --> 2201.12]  recognizing its authority and oversight,
[2201.34 --> 2205.20]  and joining with us on mission for Jesus in this community,
[2205.50 --> 2207.46]  in this city, and to the world?
[2208.56 --> 2210.30]  Louise, what is your answer?
[2211.46 --> 2213.54]  I do, with God's help.
[2213.54 --> 2214.30]  Amen.
[2215.34 --> 2216.04]  John and Margaret.
[2216.36 --> 2217.06]  What is your answer?
[2219.86 --> 2221.32]  We do, with God's help.
[2222.16 --> 2223.02]  She answered for me.
[2223.24 --> 2224.74]  She answered for you, smart man.
[2229.36 --> 2232.74]  I'm going to ask, if you are a member here,
[2232.80 --> 2234.98]  or a regular worship peer here, or you attend here,
[2235.02 --> 2237.30]  if you consider yourself part of the church family,
[2237.58 --> 2238.20]  would you stand?
[2238.66 --> 2239.92]  And kids, that includes you.
[2243.96 --> 2245.08]  We're going to do the same,
[2245.08 --> 2247.30]  as they have made a promise to us,
[2247.30 --> 2248.88]  we are going to promise to them.
[2248.94 --> 2250.14]  And so I'm going to ask you a question,
[2250.24 --> 2251.62]  and I just invite you to respond,
[2252.04 --> 2253.78]  we do, with God's help.
[2254.34 --> 2256.56]  And so do you, church family of Langley,
[2256.64 --> 2259.32]  Emmanuel, promise to embrace these people
[2259.32 --> 2261.88]  as part of our family of God,
[2262.04 --> 2263.76]  and serving them,
[2263.82 --> 2265.28]  and serving with them,
[2265.28 --> 2266.88]  as the Spirit moves?
[2266.88 --> 2267.68]  What is your answer?
[2267.68 --> 2267.70]  What is your answer?
[2270.90 --> 2272.44]  We do, with God's help.
[2272.54 --> 2273.44]  We do, God's helping us.
[2273.48 --> 2275.42]  There's some legacy CRC people in the room.
[2275.76 --> 2276.36]  I love it.
[2277.50 --> 2279.28]  Thank you all very much,
[2279.28 --> 2281.38]  and congratulations to you guys.
[2281.38 --> 2284.14]  I encourage you, following the service,
[2284.52 --> 2286.02]  if you haven't introduced yourself
[2286.02 --> 2287.56]  to any of these three,
[2287.66 --> 2288.24]  to do so.
[2288.56 --> 2289.36]  Be responsible,
[2289.80 --> 2292.76]  and gauge people's own assessment
[2292.76 --> 2294.50]  of their risk in physical distancing,
[2294.68 --> 2295.20]  and the like,
[2295.32 --> 2298.24]  but welcome them into our fellowship.
[2298.56 --> 2299.30]  And to you three,
[2299.76 --> 2300.36]  God bless,
[2300.78 --> 2301.36]  and welcome.
[2301.36 --> 2313.50]  As the kids are making their way up,
[2314.02 --> 2316.06]  I just want to throw this out there.
[2316.18 --> 2317.86]  If you have been worshiping with us,
[2317.86 --> 2319.76]  and you want to have a conversation
[2319.76 --> 2321.14]  about membership,
[2321.42 --> 2323.28]  or joining more closely with our fellowship,
[2323.46 --> 2324.78]  and if you've been doing that online,
[2324.88 --> 2325.52]  from a distance,
[2326.08 --> 2327.64]  please go to our website.
[2327.92 --> 2329.80]  You can find our contact information there,
[2329.92 --> 2330.74]  mine specifically,
[2330.74 --> 2331.76]  reach out,
[2331.82 --> 2332.48]  and we can talk,
[2332.60 --> 2334.92]  and see what God has in store for all of us.
[2335.26 --> 2335.62]  Thank you.
[2339.64 --> 2340.68]  Good morning, everybody.
[2341.02 --> 2342.48]  I didn't have to ask you to come up.
[2342.48 --> 2342.76]  So,
[2344.12 --> 2345.18]  today in kids,
[2345.44 --> 2347.38]  in children's worship time,
[2347.50 --> 2350.30]  we're going to talk about something called faith.
[2350.66 --> 2352.70]  I'm wondering if any of you can tell me
[2352.70 --> 2353.96]  what that word means.
[2354.16 --> 2355.66]  You've probably heard it at church,
[2355.94 --> 2356.66]  at home.
[2357.22 --> 2358.50]  Does anyone know what faith means?
[2358.98 --> 2359.68]  What do you think, Zoe?
[2359.68 --> 2360.16]  Um,
[2360.68 --> 2362.92]  believing in God.
[2363.24 --> 2364.04]  Believing in God.
[2365.36 --> 2366.92]  Anyone else have any ideas?
[2367.50 --> 2367.96]  Yep, Caleb.
[2369.30 --> 2369.66]  Trusting.
[2370.42 --> 2371.10]  Good answers.
[2371.18 --> 2371.28]  Now,
[2371.36 --> 2372.04]  I have a question.
[2372.18 --> 2374.98]  Can you have faith in the wrong thing?
[2376.08 --> 2376.44]  No?
[2376.60 --> 2376.80]  Okay,
[2376.86 --> 2378.42]  I'm going to give you a little demonstration.
[2379.18 --> 2379.52]  So,
[2379.62 --> 2380.02]  Ruby,
[2380.18 --> 2380.76]  can you help me?
[2382.32 --> 2382.68]  Okay,
[2382.86 --> 2383.64]  this is my question.
[2383.76 --> 2383.92]  So,
[2383.98 --> 2385.28]  I'm going to give you two scenarios,
[2385.42 --> 2386.36]  and you're going to tell me
[2386.36 --> 2387.66]  which one makes more sense.
[2388.28 --> 2388.50]  So,
[2388.60 --> 2388.78]  Ruby,
[2388.84 --> 2390.60]  I want you to stand right here.
[2391.20 --> 2391.96]  Turn and face me.
[2395.64 --> 2396.04]  Okay,
[2396.30 --> 2396.60]  now,
[2396.72 --> 2398.10]  I'm going to do something really fun.
[2398.56 --> 2399.88]  I'm going to jump off,
[2400.14 --> 2401.94]  and Ruby is going to catch me.
[2402.52 --> 2402.82]  Okay?
[2402.82 --> 2404.98]  I have faith that she can do this.
[2405.06 --> 2405.38]  I really,
[2405.50 --> 2406.22]  I think she can.
[2406.58 --> 2408.64]  I trust that she's not going to want me to fall.
[2408.72 --> 2409.18]  I'm going to jump,
[2409.24 --> 2410.12]  and she's going to catch me.
[2410.56 --> 2410.78]  Okay?
[2411.10 --> 2411.68]  Who thinks,
[2411.78 --> 2412.90]  who thinks I should try that?
[2416.14 --> 2416.50]  Yeah?
[2416.68 --> 2417.38]  Do you think so?
[2418.06 --> 2418.42]  Okay,
[2418.58 --> 2418.74]  now,
[2418.82 --> 2419.78]  let's try something else.
[2421.14 --> 2421.50]  Now,
[2421.60 --> 2421.78]  Ruby,
[2421.82 --> 2422.80]  I want you to come up here.
[2422.80 --> 2423.28]  Okay,
[2423.28 --> 2426.34]  now,
[2426.44 --> 2427.10]  I'm going to ask,
[2427.46 --> 2428.18]  if Ruby jumped,
[2428.28 --> 2429.36]  to jump off of this,
[2429.88 --> 2430.86]  and I will catch her.
[2431.36 --> 2432.20]  Who thinks that?
[2432.40 --> 2432.76]  Does she,
[2432.90 --> 2433.06]  Ruby,
[2433.12 --> 2434.18]  do you have faith that if you jump,
[2434.24 --> 2434.80]  I'll catch you?
[2435.34 --> 2435.70]  Yeah?
[2435.96 --> 2437.06]  She has faith that I'll catch you.
[2437.08 --> 2438.14]  Do you think that makes sense?
[2438.98 --> 2439.38]  Yeah?
[2440.30 --> 2440.68]  Okay,
[2440.70 --> 2441.30]  you can jump down.
[2442.58 --> 2444.40]  I can't really catch you with one hand,
[2444.50 --> 2445.62]  but with two hands,
[2445.68 --> 2446.02]  I would.
[2446.68 --> 2446.98]  So,
[2447.18 --> 2448.92]  can you have faith in something
[2448.92 --> 2449.84]  that isn't,
[2449.94 --> 2451.08]  doesn't really make sense?
[2451.98 --> 2452.38]  Yeah,
[2452.38 --> 2452.76]  like,
[2453.00 --> 2453.50]  you can,
[2453.88 --> 2454.06]  right?
[2454.10 --> 2456.08]  If I really believe that Ruby will catch me,
[2456.12 --> 2456.66]  and I jump,
[2457.22 --> 2458.12]  and I smush her,
[2458.72 --> 2461.10]  that wasn't really a good idea to have faith in that,
[2461.70 --> 2461.98]  right?
[2462.72 --> 2463.12]  But,
[2463.24 --> 2464.86]  if Ruby has faith that I'll catch her,
[2464.92 --> 2466.38]  because she knows she can trust me,
[2466.44 --> 2467.80]  and that I'm strong enough to catch her,
[2467.86 --> 2469.60]  then that's a good place to put our faith.
[2470.26 --> 2470.66]  So,
[2470.76 --> 2472.70]  we're going to talk about having faith in Jesus,
[2473.36 --> 2476.66]  and I think you all would agree that that's a good place to put our faith.
[2476.90 --> 2479.18]  And we have two examples in our story today,
[2479.18 --> 2481.40]  of people who also showed that in the Bible.
[2481.40 --> 2482.22]  So,
[2482.30 --> 2483.14]  let's pray together,
[2483.34 --> 2484.48]  and then we'll do the blessing.
[2485.90 --> 2486.58]  Lord Jesus,
[2486.72 --> 2488.96]  we thank you so much that we can have faith in you,
[2489.10 --> 2490.26]  that we can trust you,
[2490.60 --> 2492.34]  and that you are our God.
[2492.86 --> 2493.96]  Please open our hearts,
[2494.10 --> 2494.96]  and our ears,
[2495.08 --> 2495.88]  and our eyes,
[2495.94 --> 2497.32]  as we learn more about you,
[2497.86 --> 2499.02]  in children's worship time,
[2499.06 --> 2499.82]  and in church today.
[2500.12 --> 2500.38]  Amen.
[2500.38 --> 2502.56]  All right.
[2502.64 --> 2502.74]  So,
[2502.80 --> 2504.28]  I invite everyone to stand up.
[2506.72 --> 2508.06]  We're going to face this way.
[2511.28 --> 2511.68]  Ready?
[2511.68 --> 2511.74]  Ready?
[2512.80 --> 2515.12]  The Lord is in the air.
[2515.84 --> 2516.56]  Amen.
[2516.56 --> 2516.70]  Amen.
[2516.70 --> 2516.80]  Amen.
[2516.80 --> 2517.16]  Amen.
[2517.16 --> 2517.30]  Amen.
[2517.30 --> 2517.36]  Amen.
[2517.36 --> 2517.38]  Amen.
[2517.38 --> 2518.38]  Amen.
[2518.38 --> 2519.38]  Amen.
[2519.38 --> 2520.38]  Amen.
[2520.38 --> 2521.38]  Amen.
[2521.38 --> 2522.38]  Amen.
[2522.38 --> 2523.38]  Amen.
[2523.38 --> 2524.38]  Amen.
[2524.38 --> 2525.38]  Amen.
[2525.38 --> 2526.38]  Amen.
[2526.38 --> 2527.38]  Amen.
[2527.38 --> 2528.38]  Amen.
[2528.38 --> 2529.38]  Amen.
[2529.38 --> 2530.36]  Amen.
[2530.38 --> 2531.38]  Amen.
[2539.18 --> 2539.58]  Amen.
[2539.58 --> 2539.76]  Amen.
[2539.76 --> 2540.28]  Amen.
[2540.28 --> 2540.46]  Amen.
[2540.46 --> 2540.82]  Amen.
[2540.82 --> 2541.88]  Good morning, everybody.
[2542.48 --> 2543.32]  My name is Ken.
[2543.32 --> 2544.94]  I'm an elder here at Emmanuel,
[2545.18 --> 2548.96]  and I have the privilege of leading you in our church family prayer,
[2549.12 --> 2550.84]  so let's go to God together.
[2553.30 --> 2554.76]  Merciful God and Heavenly Father,
[2555.48 --> 2557.56]  Lord, you are worthy of all thanks and praise.
[2558.18 --> 2559.86]  We come to you now as your people.
[2560.38 --> 2569.52]  We come to this place to sing praise to you, to worship you, to be with each other, and to hear from you, to listen to your word preached.
[2570.12 --> 2579.82]  It is a wonderful gift we have to come here every Sunday, or to hear from you from our living rooms, depending on the circumstances, and we thank you for it.
[2580.44 --> 2586.20]  We praise you for this gift of freedom we have as a country in Canada, to serve you without fear of persecution.
[2587.20 --> 2589.86]  We pray for those around the world who do not have this freedom.
[2590.38 --> 2592.64]  Those who are persecuted for your namesake.
[2593.54 --> 2599.18]  Those who continue to gather for worship and study, even though they can face severe penalties or even death.
[2599.88 --> 2603.22]  Keep them strong in you, that they may continue to fight the battle of faith.
[2604.70 --> 2607.92]  Father, another week has passed, in which so many things of life have happened.
[2608.26 --> 2610.42]  Work, school, all kinds of activities.
[2611.16 --> 2614.20]  People moving, people traveling, sporting events, and the like.
[2615.08 --> 2618.74]  For some, it was a typical busy week with certain joys and happiness abounding.
[2618.74 --> 2624.98]  For others, it was a hard week, a struggle to make it through, a fight of mental or physical pain.
[2625.90 --> 2634.12]  Father, we think of Miriam Visser, who is experiencing symptoms similar to the seizures again, and is waiting for a treatment plan from the doctors.
[2634.12 --> 2643.12]  We pray for answers to Miriam's symptoms, and for a quick process and turnaround in her symptoms, and peace during anxious moments while waiting.
[2644.28 --> 2647.68]  We pray for those who are continuing to mourn the loss of loved ones.
[2648.46 --> 2655.28]  Grant them comfort and peace in the nearness of Christ through the fellowship of the church family in the days and weeks ahead.
[2655.28 --> 2662.40]  Father, comfort those who are elderly, those who are lonely, those whose days and weeks are not so easy,
[2662.92 --> 2667.16]  not filled with the joy of life, but rather filled with worry, pain, suffering, and struggle.
[2668.04 --> 2671.58]  You are the only true peace on earth, and we pray for your nearness to them.
[2673.02 --> 2675.78]  We pray for Jared Alcoma, who is traveling to Costa Rica,
[2676.12 --> 2680.38]  to serve with Capenray in a leadership development and mission program for the next four months.
[2680.38 --> 2683.90]  May you bless him and use him to further your kingdom work.
[2685.88 --> 2688.12]  Father, we pray for this CRC denomination,
[2688.58 --> 2692.72]  as there will be a conversation about leadership and direction on a national level.
[2693.42 --> 2696.52]  We pray for your blessing on the plans that come out of this conversation.
[2697.64 --> 2701.44]  And we also pray that you will provide a new executive director for the denomination.
[2702.22 --> 2706.80]  We pray for Pastor Chris, as he heads up the committee which is tasked with finding this new person,
[2707.42 --> 2709.06]  and that you will bless him in his work there.
[2709.06 --> 2715.88]  Father, we give thanks to you for your healing mercies in the lives of Kevin and Colleen Breedveld.
[2716.76 --> 2719.68]  Even though they were in a car crash and suffered critical injuries,
[2719.94 --> 2722.38]  they were both able to go home and receive care there.
[2723.10 --> 2728.22]  We pray for continued patience and perseverance as they continue to heal both physically and emotionally.
[2729.86 --> 2735.78]  We also give thanks to you this day for the new memberships of Luis Condos and John and Margaret Struick.
[2735.78 --> 2741.46]  We pray for them, that they will feel at home here, that they will be active and living members of this congregation,
[2742.26 --> 2746.38]  and that we, as a congregation, may make them feel welcome and loved here.
[2748.04 --> 2750.72]  Father, continue to watch over your church here in Murrayville.
[2751.38 --> 2754.74]  Be with the leadership of this church and the council.
[2755.16 --> 2760.92]  Be with every committee, Bible study, care group, and any other gatherings of this church for the benefit of your people.
[2760.92 --> 2766.54]  Be with Pastor Chris this morning as he brings us your word.
[2767.16 --> 2771.36]  Give him your strength and spirit as we learn more about how to live in your will and way.
[2772.14 --> 2775.58]  Be with us this day and grant us all a day of peace and rest in you.
[2776.32 --> 2778.62]  We pray all of this in Jesus' name. Amen.
[2778.62 --> 2779.62]  Amen.
[2779.62 --> 2780.62]  Amen.
[2780.62 --> 2781.62]  Amen.
[2781.62 --> 2782.62]  Amen.
[2808.62 --> 2809.60]  Good morning.
[2809.74 --> 2815.42]  We are continuing with our look at the book of Exodus.
[2817.34 --> 2823.08]  If you're visiting with us or if you haven't been here for a while or if you're just checking us out online for the first time,
[2823.66 --> 2828.38]  we've been looking at this, the second book of the Bible, the book of Exodus,
[2829.56 --> 2832.42]  which is part of what's called the Old Testament.
[2832.42 --> 2838.76]  Old Testament means that it records the history of redemption that took place before the coming
[2838.76 --> 2846.02]  of Jesus. Exodus is also part of the Pentateuch which is the first five books of the Bible that
[2846.02 --> 2852.54]  sometimes called the Torah so just to get us situated there. Bible begins in the book of
[2852.54 --> 2859.00]  Genesis and at the end of Genesis God's people the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are
[2859.00 --> 2865.42]  living in Egypt because of a famine in the land of Canaan where they were previously situated.
[2866.26 --> 2873.38]  Joseph, one of the sons of Jacob, has become a leader in Egypt and God provides for his family
[2873.38 --> 2880.22]  through him. Now fast forward between the end of Genesis and the beginning of Exodus some 400 years
[2880.22 --> 2888.14]  passes and the king of Egypt called Pharaoh has forgotten Joseph and the history that came before.
[2889.00 --> 2895.02]  And all through that time the Israelites have been incredibly fruitful and have multiplied. They
[2895.02 --> 2904.22]  have grown to a huge group of people. Scared of their size, Pharaoh orders the death of all the newborn
[2904.22 --> 2915.64]  boys in attempt to stem the tide of population growth. Now one boy escapes genocide. He ends up being
[2915.64 --> 2924.94]  rescued by Pharaoh's daughter raised in the palace as a prince of Egypt yet he is an Israelite. This boy
[2924.94 --> 2933.06]  Moses grows up and then one day while touring the lands he sees an Egyptian guard beating an Israelite
[2933.06 --> 2938.68]  slave and he intervenes and he kills that guard and so fearing for his life because Pharaoh has
[2938.68 --> 2946.76]  found out he flees into the wilderness. Now there in the wilderness he protects a group of women who were
[2946.76 --> 2952.52]  trying to draw water. They were taking care of their father's sheep. He eventually marries one of those women
[2952.52 --> 2960.86]  named Zipporah and for 40 years Moses shepherds the flocks of Jethro, his father-in-law. While he is doing
[2960.86 --> 2966.78]  that work is when he encountered God in the burning bush. That's the text that Pastor Kevin led us in
[2966.78 --> 2973.58]  last week if he was here. At the end of that text where God tells Moses, commissions him to go and
[2973.58 --> 2981.04]  speak to Pharaoh, he complains to God that he can't do it and so God gives him a promise that he would go
[2981.04 --> 2986.52]  with him one and that he would send with him Aaron, right? God gives the Holy Spirit and he gives a
[2986.52 --> 2995.82]  community wherein we can work out our calling through. So Moses goes back to Egypt perhaps reluctantly
[2995.82 --> 3002.98]  to tell Pharaoh to let the people go so that they might worship God and you'll remember that that
[3002.98 --> 3012.34]  God's people worshiping him rightly is a central theme of the book of Exodus. Now Pharaoh however
[3012.34 --> 3019.38]  does not care and he doesn't like the idea. He wants to keep the people working and to not
[3019.38 --> 3027.26]  be distracted. And so as we read today from the end of chapter 5, let me set that context before we
[3027.26 --> 3035.50]  dig in. I'm going to look quickly at verse 6 before we read the text that will be on the screen.
[3036.96 --> 3042.54]  That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people.
[3042.54 --> 3048.98]  You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks. Let them go gather their own
[3048.98 --> 3055.52]  straw but require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Do not reduce the quota. They are
[3055.52 --> 3062.32]  lazy. That's why they're crying out. Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Make the work harder for the
[3062.32 --> 3070.90]  people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies. Now eventually the Israelite leaders in the
[3070.90 --> 3077.96]  community and the overseers, they go to plea with Pharaoh in order to make their work easier again
[3077.96 --> 3083.84]  but Pharaoh doubles down and he keeps the work hard for them and the quota the same. And so those leaders
[3083.84 --> 3092.12]  having failed with Pharaoh go find Moses and Aaron and then they say, verse 21,
[3092.12 --> 3100.18]  may the Lord look on you and judge you. You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials have
[3100.18 --> 3108.36]  put a sword in their hand to kill us. And so in that big story and then that little context we come to
[3108.36 --> 3116.40]  the text of our focus today starting in verse 22 of chapter 5. I encourage you to read along with me.
[3116.40 --> 3125.76]  Moses, remember having been queued out by the leaders, Moses returned to the Lord and said,
[3127.20 --> 3135.08]  why Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me? Ever since I went
[3135.08 --> 3141.92]  to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble to this people and you have not rescued your
[3141.92 --> 3151.72]  people at all. Then the Lord said to Moses, now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh because of my
[3151.72 --> 3158.14]  mighty hand, he will let them go because of my mighty hand, he will drive them out of his country.
[3159.94 --> 3170.30]  God also said to Moses, I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob as God almighty,
[3170.30 --> 3178.76]  but by my name, the Lord, I did not make myself fully known to them. I also established my covenant
[3178.76 --> 3187.98]  with them to give them the land of Canaan where they resided as foreigners. Moreover, I have heard
[3187.98 --> 3195.38]  the groaning of the Israelites whom the Egyptians are enslaving. I have remembered my covenant.
[3195.38 --> 3206.72]  Therefore, say to the Israelites, I am the Lord and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the
[3206.72 --> 3213.22]  Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm
[3213.22 --> 3221.84]  and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my own people and I will be your God. Then you
[3221.84 --> 3227.50]  will know that I am the Lord, your God who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and I
[3227.50 --> 3233.22]  will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.
[3233.56 --> 3242.90]  I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord. Moses reported this to the Israelites,
[3243.48 --> 3248.28]  but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.
[3248.28 --> 3258.18]  The Lord said to Moses, go tell Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to let the Israelites go out of this country.
[3258.98 --> 3266.20]  But Moses said to the Lord, if the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me
[3266.20 --> 3272.76]  since I speak with faltering lips? This is the word of the Lord.
[3278.28 --> 3287.48]  So we're at the point in the story where things go from bad to worse. And when they go from bad to
[3287.48 --> 3295.36]  worse, the people blame Moses. And then what's more, Moses, as their leader, takes on their own
[3295.36 --> 3302.42]  frustration as his own and then he directs that frustration at God. And now it's God's response
[3302.42 --> 3309.94]  to Moses and his frustration that we're going to look at and focus on today. What I hope you will
[3309.94 --> 3316.98]  see is that God shows us that God's covenant identity and his covenant promises are a source
[3316.98 --> 3324.58]  of strength and encouragement when things go from bad to worse, right? When things seem to be falling
[3324.58 --> 3333.72]  apart around you, look to God's covenant identity, to who he is, to his covenant promises, right? What he does
[3333.72 --> 3341.98]  and says that he will do. When your life is in chaos after chaos after chaos, right? It is the person,
[3342.14 --> 3349.56]  the nature and character, and it is the activity of God in the world that can buoy you through,
[3349.56 --> 3355.46]  right? He is our refuge and strength, says the psalmist, and ever-present help in times of trouble.
[3357.12 --> 3363.54]  And so we'll get there. But before we get there, I want to start with something from Moses.
[3364.68 --> 3375.04]  Now notice how Moses receives the anxiety of the Israelite leaders and then makes it his own,
[3375.04 --> 3382.72]  right? You had me, we started in 21, may the Lord look on you and judge you. You have made us obnoxious
[3382.72 --> 3390.00]  to Pharaoh. And then that leads to Moses in verse 22 saying, why have you brought trouble on this? Is
[3390.00 --> 3397.66]  this why you sent me here? Ever since I went to tell Pharaoh to speak to in your name, he's brought
[3397.66 --> 3402.58]  trouble on these people and you have not rescued your people at all.
[3402.58 --> 3414.82]  Here is a man who stood before a bush ablaze but wouldn't be consumed. And here is a man to whom
[3414.82 --> 3423.58]  the voice of God spoke audibly out of that bush to him. Here is the man whom God revealed his very
[3423.58 --> 3437.40]  covenant name, Yahweh, I am, I am who I am, to. And yet, he gives in to their anxiety and he makes it his own.
[3439.16 --> 3443.96]  And let me be clear, right? Because Moses isn't afraid of conflict.
[3446.14 --> 3450.90]  Moses killed an Egyptian slave driver with his bare hands when that slave driver was beating another
[3450.90 --> 3457.06]  Israelite, right? Moses intervened and protected the family of Zipporah when shepherds came and were
[3457.06 --> 3465.38]  mistreating them, right? He's not afraid to get in people's faces. And I think it's important to remember
[3465.38 --> 3473.56]  that fact about Moses, that he's not afraid of conflict when he gives his excuses of not being a
[3473.56 --> 3481.96]  good speaker. Because he is a fighter, right? He's not a coward. He's a leader. I want to suggest that
[3481.96 --> 3488.56]  maybe his excuses are more about his own fears or his own anxiety, either adopted or from within,
[3489.20 --> 3499.72]  than it is the reality of his stammering tongue. And he does the same thing here, right? He doesn't lead
[3499.72 --> 3508.50]  in the face of the people's anxiety. He takes it on. He makes it his own. And so just quickly, I want to
[3508.50 --> 3514.26]  talk to you people who are here and listening right now who are leaders, right? Whether you are a leader
[3514.26 --> 3520.14]  in church or at work or in school or if school is your work, whether you are a leader on a board
[3520.14 --> 3525.52]  somewhere or if you are in public service or an elected official or whether you are leaders in your
[3525.52 --> 3536.40]  neighborhood. Good leaders don't take on the anxiety of their people. Let me say that again. Good leaders
[3536.40 --> 3543.16]  don't take on the anxiety of the people that they are leading. Now, you represent them and you articulate
[3543.16 --> 3550.32]  those anxieties and you be present with the people who are experiencing those anxieties. But if you are a
[3550.32 --> 3558.64]  leader, it is your job somehow to stand above their anxiety, right? You can't manage other people's anxieties.
[3559.96 --> 3568.18]  Now, sometimes we think that we can lessen a person's experience of anxiety by taking it from them and
[3568.18 --> 3576.14]  putting it on our own shoulders, right? That somehow we are then sharing the load. But that doesn't actually
[3576.14 --> 3582.98]  have the effect of lessening the anxiety. It just spreads it out more, right? It makes it more pervasive.
[3584.94 --> 3591.84]  I did a leadership training course a few years ago and the course spanned six years of my life.
[3592.88 --> 3597.82]  And one of the tenets, one of the sort of principles of that leadership training program
[3597.82 --> 3603.82]  was this statement, this axiom. It said, anxiety makes you stupid.
[3603.82 --> 3612.56]  Is someone applauding over there? Because that's absolutely the case. Anxiety makes you stupid. And
[3612.56 --> 3617.84]  you don't realize just how stupid you are when you are anxious because you can't see it.
[3619.46 --> 3624.72]  Now, to be clear, when I say this, I'm talking about the anxiety that's common to us all. I'm not
[3624.72 --> 3630.66]  talking about generalized anxiety disorder. I'm not talking about other anxiety disorders that will
[3630.66 --> 3635.42]  have different roots and different treatments and I will leave those roots and treatments to good,
[3635.72 --> 3641.90]  faithful counselors and psychologists. Talking about the anxiety that exists in our system.
[3643.28 --> 3648.82]  When you're anxious about something, you're not thinking clearly. When you're anxious about
[3648.82 --> 3654.44]  something, you can't see the bigger picture because whatever is in front of you is all consuming.
[3654.44 --> 3664.48]  A good leader will learn how to recognize and manage her own anxiety and be a non-anxious presence in the
[3664.48 --> 3673.10]  midst of high anxiety and high tension. And so leaders, hear this. You cannot take away other people's
[3673.10 --> 3679.56]  anxieties. All you can do is manage your own in the midst of that tension.
[3679.56 --> 3692.44]  But managing your own anxiety will have the effect of canceling out or of making less the anxiety of
[3692.44 --> 3699.22]  those around you, right? Of those whom you are leading. And so as we dig into this text, let me start
[3699.22 --> 3707.54]  with this. Leaders don't be like Moses. Don't borrow worry or anxiety from people around you.
[3707.54 --> 3714.36]  Second, look at what Moses does with his anxiety.
[3718.00 --> 3721.40]  Why, Lord? Why have you brought trouble on this people?
[3723.44 --> 3733.48]  Lord, right? He prays. He goes to God, right? God wants your frustration. He wants your anxiety. God wants
[3733.48 --> 3738.42]  you to come to him with the whole gamut of your emotional realities.
[3740.42 --> 3744.52]  And sometimes we go around thinking,
[3744.86 --> 3748.60]  oh, you can't talk to God like that.
[3749.34 --> 3752.28]  You can't be angry at God. That's not respectful.
[3752.62 --> 3754.98]  That's not the way you talk to the creator of the world.
[3755.20 --> 3758.56]  And look, I get the intent behind that, right?
[3758.56 --> 3762.24]  Or at least I can come up with a charitable interpretation that makes it understandable.
[3763.44 --> 3764.48]  But here's the thing.
[3765.48 --> 3774.80]  It is important. It is critical that you go to God with your anger or anxiety or worries or doubts
[3774.80 --> 3780.38]  or questions or frustrations rather than ignore him or hide from him, right?
[3780.38 --> 3786.18]  Especially if you're keeping those feelings from God because of some wrong sense of piety.
[3788.18 --> 3793.18]  Your frustration, no matter how great it is, will not frustrate God.
[3794.64 --> 3796.98]  Right? God won't take on your anxiety.
[3798.22 --> 3799.76]  His shoulders are big enough.
[3800.14 --> 3802.42]  He can hear it. He can assess it with you.
[3802.50 --> 3805.08]  And he can give it back, maybe transformed or diminished.
[3805.08 --> 3810.60]  Right? God is bigger than your fear and he wants to hear from you in the midst of it.
[3811.48 --> 3816.72]  God is actually inviting you to take the fullness of who you are,
[3817.24 --> 3818.72]  whatever that is, right?
[3818.78 --> 3822.14]  Your fears and your dreams, your hopes and your failures, your struggles and your worries,
[3822.26 --> 3825.90]  your joys and your successes, all your identity questions,
[3826.22 --> 3828.86]  all of who you are, the fullness of who you are,
[3828.86 --> 3834.02]  God wants to hear from you so that you can bring it to the fullness of who he is.
[3835.08 --> 3839.94]  He is the right one to go to with your anxiety.
[3841.08 --> 3843.84]  And so on the one hand, we said, leaders, don't be like Moses.
[3844.04 --> 3848.32]  Don't worry or don't borrow worry and anxiety from the people around you,
[3848.34 --> 3849.54]  from the system that you are in.
[3849.76 --> 3852.26]  And yet also be like Moses.
[3853.56 --> 3856.86]  Go to God when you have anxieties and frustrations.
[3856.86 --> 3862.58]  Cry out to him as the only one who can do anything about everything in your life.
[3862.58 --> 3871.54]  And then allow God to hold your own heart back to you,
[3871.62 --> 3873.90]  to hold your own words back to you.
[3874.02 --> 3880.00]  Allow God to expose the truth of your anxiety to the truth of his gospel.
[3880.00 --> 3884.26]  So let's do that together with Moses' words.
[3885.20 --> 3887.92]  Why, Lord, have you brought trouble on this people?
[3888.24 --> 3889.58]  Is that why you sent me?
[3890.42 --> 3892.94]  Ever since I went back to Pharaoh to speak in your name,
[3893.08 --> 3898.20]  he has brought trouble on this people and you have not rescued their people at all.
[3898.38 --> 3900.32]  Ever since I went to Pharaoh.
[3900.32 --> 3903.72]  I mean, he just did go to Pharaoh.
[3905.00 --> 3905.42]  Right?
[3905.46 --> 3910.20]  But he elevates, he exaggerates, he makes it bigger and he makes it more pressing.
[3910.38 --> 3913.48]  And anxiety has a tendency to do that to us.
[3914.74 --> 3915.22]  Right?
[3915.28 --> 3918.58]  We take significant things, but we inflate them.
[3919.68 --> 3923.00]  We take less significant things and we make them more than they are.
[3923.00 --> 3930.78]  He has brought trouble on all his people and you have not rescued your people at all.
[3932.40 --> 3937.02]  Moses wanted immediate action.
[3940.14 --> 3946.00]  Most of us, when we are facing a trial or a struggle that brings anxiety or fear or worry,
[3946.20 --> 3948.44]  we want immediate action.
[3948.44 --> 3958.20]  Moses couldn't see or his anxiety wouldn't let him see the bigger picture.
[3958.92 --> 3959.52]  Right?
[3959.52 --> 3963.38]  Or he forgot that there is a bigger plan of God here at work.
[3963.94 --> 3966.06]  Yes, we've said it already, right?
[3966.16 --> 3971.12]  This is about the people of Israel being able to worship God rightly.
[3971.88 --> 3977.04]  But it's not ultimately about worshiping God in the wilderness outside of Egypt.
[3977.04 --> 3977.52]  Right?
[3978.04 --> 3982.84]  But it's about worshiping God in their home of God's promise back in Canaan.
[3983.30 --> 3983.42]  Right?
[3983.50 --> 3985.64]  Promise to Abraham and to Isaac and to Jacob.
[3985.90 --> 3989.42]  This isn't about escaping Egypt for a weekend getaway.
[3990.78 --> 3996.92]  This is about freedom to be and to become their own nation in their own land as their own people.
[3998.66 --> 4002.48]  And what's more, and we'll come back to this more in a moment, right?
[4002.48 --> 4010.72]  This is about setting up themes and types and shadows and patterns and historical circumstances that will ultimately culminate in Jesus,
[4011.14 --> 4013.42]  God's ultimate plan for ultimate redemption.
[4013.90 --> 4014.02]  Right?
[4014.06 --> 4016.66]  That's at work in this story too.
[4020.68 --> 4025.76]  You've heard me say it before, but it bears repeating over and over and over again.
[4025.76 --> 4029.72]  God wants your anger and he wants your frustration.
[4029.90 --> 4032.20]  He wants your anxiety and your worry.
[4032.60 --> 4037.04]  Come to him in your rage and in your frustration and in prayer and in devotion.
[4037.86 --> 4040.36]  But remember this.
[4040.36 --> 4054.00]  If you want a God who is big enough to be angry at when things go wrong, he must also be big enough to have reasons that are beyond your comprehension.
[4056.14 --> 4056.62]  Right?
[4056.66 --> 4065.72]  If God is big enough to handle your pain, he must also be big enough to fill that pain full of purpose and meaning in his divine plan.
[4065.72 --> 4072.80]  And yes, you may never know how this side of heaven, maybe even after.
[4073.64 --> 4076.52]  But you can know that he has one.
[4077.26 --> 4078.62]  And that it is good.
[4079.06 --> 4079.16]  Right?
[4079.18 --> 4080.88]  It is always good.
[4080.96 --> 4084.64]  And that it is for your good and for his glory.
[4085.26 --> 4085.44]  Right?
[4085.46 --> 4088.90]  If our God is for us, who can be against us?
[4089.12 --> 4089.22]  Right?
[4089.28 --> 4094.28]  God works for good all things for those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
[4094.28 --> 4105.46]  And so maybe if today you are crying out for the immediate action of God in your anxiety or worry or fear,
[4105.82 --> 4110.64]  maybe you need to hear that God's got you.
[4111.92 --> 4114.36]  He will never leave you or forsake you.
[4114.36 --> 4127.28]  But for him to be a God who's got you, he and thereby his action in the world must be bigger than your understanding.
[4128.96 --> 4131.02]  He's got you no matter what.
[4132.88 --> 4137.64]  But for that to be true, you also have to accept that you might not know how.
[4137.64 --> 4140.96]  But he does.
[4144.96 --> 4148.20]  And even though God is ultimately bigger than our understanding,
[4148.90 --> 4152.36]  I also want to say that doesn't mean we don't have any understanding.
[4154.76 --> 4154.96]  Right?
[4155.02 --> 4159.44]  He makes sure to give us something while we wait.
[4160.06 --> 4160.20]  Right?
[4160.20 --> 4169.10]  He gives us his covenant name and his identity and his covenant promise.
[4170.02 --> 4172.90]  So let's look at God's response to Moses then.
[4177.54 --> 4178.86]  Chapter 6, verse 2.
[4179.38 --> 4180.04]  God says,
[4180.04 --> 4183.78]  I am the Lord.
[4186.38 --> 4189.00]  I am the Lord.
[4190.14 --> 4191.36]  And then in verse 6,
[4192.28 --> 4193.66]  I am the Lord.
[4193.78 --> 4196.36]  I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
[4197.50 --> 4201.68]  And then he ends that whole section of his speech to Moses by saying,
[4201.90 --> 4204.52]  I am the Lord.
[4204.52 --> 4209.12]  There's something special.
[4210.20 --> 4210.56]  God says,
[4210.68 --> 4211.46]  I am the Lord.
[4211.56 --> 4212.36]  In verse 3,
[4212.74 --> 4215.42]  I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob as God Almighty,
[4215.56 --> 4217.76]  but by my name, the Lord,
[4217.88 --> 4219.82]  I did not make myself known to them.
[4220.10 --> 4224.04]  There's something special about knowing God's name.
[4224.56 --> 4224.76]  Right?
[4224.80 --> 4226.82]  There's a personal aspect,
[4227.04 --> 4229.02]  a depth of relationship.
[4229.02 --> 4234.70]  To give someone your name is to give them access to you.
[4236.50 --> 4237.74]  That's what God does.
[4238.34 --> 4240.10]  He gives us his name.
[4240.22 --> 4242.28]  And then he signs his name.
[4242.38 --> 4245.32]  At the end of this list of promises in verse 8,
[4245.40 --> 4245.64]  he says,
[4245.80 --> 4247.86]  I am the Lord.
[4248.54 --> 4249.66]  I am the Lord.
[4249.76 --> 4251.82]  I will not give my glory to another.
[4251.92 --> 4252.58]  Not to Pharaoh,
[4252.86 --> 4253.58]  not to Egypt,
[4253.72 --> 4254.50]  not to anxiety,
[4254.76 --> 4255.46]  not to worry.
[4255.46 --> 4257.50]  I am worth the weight,
[4257.66 --> 4259.26]  W-A-I-T,
[4259.74 --> 4262.00]  and I am worth the weight,
[4262.14 --> 4264.32]  W-E-G-H-T,
[4264.48 --> 4266.02]  W-E-I-G-H-T.
[4266.38 --> 4267.58]  Spelling was never my strong suit.
[4269.26 --> 4269.44]  Right?
[4269.50 --> 4270.46]  I am worth the weight,
[4270.56 --> 4272.04]  and I am worth the weight,
[4272.18 --> 4272.76]  God says.
[4272.90 --> 4273.90]  In Hebrew,
[4274.78 --> 4278.22]  one of the words that is translated to English as glory
[4278.22 --> 4280.08]  literally means weight,
[4280.86 --> 4282.06]  literally means heavy.
[4283.04 --> 4283.24]  Right?
[4283.24 --> 4287.30]  God can handle the weight of whatever you put on him
[4287.30 --> 4290.06]  because he is the ultimate weighty one.
[4290.78 --> 4293.94]  He is the glorious one in whom is our delight.
[4294.18 --> 4298.26]  His name matters because it is connected to his identity.
[4298.76 --> 4298.86]  Right?
[4298.90 --> 4299.38]  God says,
[4299.66 --> 4300.38]  I am.
[4300.78 --> 4303.04]  I am who I am.
[4303.14 --> 4304.82]  What this reveals to us is,
[4305.18 --> 4307.14]  Pastor Kevin led us in that,
[4307.22 --> 4309.82]  is God's unchanging nature.
[4309.82 --> 4314.08]  God is the same yesterday,
[4314.34 --> 4314.74]  today,
[4314.74 --> 4315.74]  and tomorrow.
[4315.94 --> 4317.70]  In theological language,
[4318.00 --> 4320.14]  we call this God's immutability,
[4320.70 --> 4323.02]  his unmutatingness.
[4323.26 --> 4325.18]  He does not change.
[4326.34 --> 4328.72]  And this unchanging God
[4328.72 --> 4331.40]  makes a promise to you.
[4331.82 --> 4333.52]  I am says,
[4333.52 --> 4334.68]  I will do.
[4336.24 --> 4337.98]  I am says,
[4337.98 --> 4342.66]  I have established my covenant with them
[4342.66 --> 4344.94]  to give them the land of Canaan.
[4346.26 --> 4347.14]  I am says,
[4347.28 --> 4349.48]  I have remembered my covenant.
[4349.68 --> 4354.44]  I have remembered my special promise of relationship to them.
[4354.52 --> 4354.82]  And then,
[4355.60 --> 4358.28]  in verse 6 through 8,
[4358.54 --> 4359.58]  there's so many,
[4360.12 --> 4362.74]  I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
[4362.74 --> 4365.00]  I will free you from being slaves to them.
[4365.30 --> 4367.40]  I will redeem you with an outstretched arm
[4367.40 --> 4368.48]  and with mighty acts of judgment.
[4368.64 --> 4370.12]  I will take you as my own people.
[4370.26 --> 4371.34]  I will be your God.
[4371.66 --> 4374.40]  I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand
[4374.40 --> 4375.22]  to give to Abraham,
[4375.36 --> 4375.68]  to Isaac,
[4375.74 --> 4376.16]  and to Jacob.
[4376.42 --> 4379.56]  I will give it to you as a possession.
[4381.20 --> 4381.96]  And now look,
[4382.02 --> 4383.14]  let's pull it all together,
[4383.24 --> 4383.40]  okay?
[4383.62 --> 4385.88]  You take God's immutability,
[4386.40 --> 4388.10]  his unchanging nature,
[4388.26 --> 4390.78]  you take God's I am name,
[4390.78 --> 4393.98]  and then you see that with his sovereign will,
[4394.12 --> 4395.16]  his sovereign plan,
[4395.40 --> 4396.22]  his promises,
[4396.76 --> 4396.94]  right?
[4396.94 --> 4400.20]  That he is big enough to have a bigger picture
[4400.20 --> 4401.96]  than you are able to comprehend,
[4402.50 --> 4402.72]  right?
[4402.74 --> 4403.86]  And you put that all together,
[4404.00 --> 4406.76]  that means God's promise of I will
[4406.76 --> 4409.16]  is exactly the same as God saying,
[4409.16 --> 4410.70]  it is done.
[4412.36 --> 4414.24]  When God says I will,
[4414.56 --> 4415.58]  he does.
[4415.74 --> 4417.00]  It's a fact of history
[4417.00 --> 4418.98]  that just hasn't yet been realized in history.
[4419.52 --> 4420.94]  It hasn't yet been worked out
[4420.94 --> 4422.08]  in the plan of God,
[4422.18 --> 4423.66]  but it will happen.
[4423.82 --> 4425.00]  It is guaranteed.
[4425.00 --> 4426.78]  And look,
[4427.32 --> 4429.70]  we actually as Christians
[4429.70 --> 4430.94]  in the 21st century
[4430.94 --> 4432.02]  are blessed in this.
[4432.14 --> 4434.02]  We are three and a half millennia
[4434.02 --> 4435.72]  removed from this story,
[4435.72 --> 4438.16]  and we can actually see it as true.
[4439.78 --> 4439.88]  Right?
[4439.90 --> 4441.54]  And if you know this story,
[4442.04 --> 4444.66]  or if this is new for you,
[4444.80 --> 4445.26]  get ready,
[4445.38 --> 4447.54]  because God does take his people
[4447.54 --> 4448.24]  out of Egypt.
[4448.74 --> 4450.34]  They do come into the land
[4450.34 --> 4451.88]  and they are able to worship him.
[4452.22 --> 4452.42]  Now,
[4452.76 --> 4454.16]  anxiety still makes them stupid,
[4455.00 --> 4457.04]  but they're just in good company.
[4458.42 --> 4460.22]  But it's even deeper than that.
[4461.14 --> 4463.22]  The picture becomes even more beautiful,
[4463.22 --> 4465.68]  because this little story
[4465.68 --> 4467.10]  is a microcosm
[4467.10 --> 4469.04]  of the whole of humanity's story,
[4469.20 --> 4471.88]  because this story gets us to Jesus.
[4472.36 --> 4474.54]  Jesus comes to set you free
[4474.54 --> 4476.86]  from slavery to sin and death.
[4476.86 --> 4479.08]  Jesus comes to set us free
[4479.08 --> 4480.94]  from this present darkness.
[4481.18 --> 4483.06]  Jesus comes into this world
[4483.06 --> 4486.40]  as the new and the true and better Moses
[4486.40 --> 4488.68]  to redeem his people,
[4488.80 --> 4491.68]  to carry them into the presence of the Father.
[4491.68 --> 4493.80]  Jesus comes and lives the life
[4493.80 --> 4494.58]  we should have lived,
[4494.66 --> 4497.70]  but daily prove that we just cannot do,
[4497.78 --> 4499.56]  because anxiety makes us stupid.
[4499.90 --> 4502.06]  Jesus comes and died the death
[4502.06 --> 4503.36]  that we deserve,
[4504.04 --> 4505.84]  because we've given into fear
[4505.84 --> 4507.48]  and worry and darkness.
[4507.48 --> 4512.68]  in this great story,
[4513.68 --> 4516.14]  on the cross,
[4516.94 --> 4519.38]  God takes
[4519.38 --> 4523.04]  the greatest evil
[4523.04 --> 4525.90]  that the world had ever intended,
[4526.90 --> 4531.02]  and he turns it into the greatest possible good
[4531.02 --> 4532.20]  with the empty tomb.
[4532.70 --> 4534.72]  The death of God becomes the means
[4534.72 --> 4538.06]  by which his people are saved from death.
[4538.66 --> 4541.36]  And if he can do that with sin and death,
[4541.84 --> 4543.96]  surely, surely he can handle
[4543.96 --> 4545.98]  your anxious circumstances.
[4546.48 --> 4547.42]  Surely he can handle
[4547.42 --> 4549.18]  whatever is giving you fear
[4549.18 --> 4551.96]  or worry or concern right now.
[4557.62 --> 4559.10]  And even that's not it.
[4559.10 --> 4562.66]  Because you see,
[4563.14 --> 4566.98]  that story's not yet done.
[4568.42 --> 4570.18]  Because this same Jesus
[4570.18 --> 4571.76]  who lived and died
[4571.76 --> 4574.00]  and was ascended to the right hand
[4574.00 --> 4575.34]  of God the Father Almighty
[4575.34 --> 4577.94]  will come back.
[4578.74 --> 4579.94]  He will come back
[4579.94 --> 4582.20]  with the blast of the archangel's trumpet.
[4582.28 --> 4583.04]  He will come back
[4583.04 --> 4584.64]  marching with the armies of God
[4584.64 --> 4586.46]  that have gone on before him.
[4586.52 --> 4587.20]  He will come back
[4587.20 --> 4588.92]  to renew this world,
[4589.08 --> 4591.18]  to usher in the new creation,
[4591.54 --> 4593.08]  to refine and redeem
[4593.08 --> 4594.20]  all that is.
[4594.40 --> 4595.40]  He will come back
[4595.40 --> 4596.76]  and the dwelling place of God
[4596.76 --> 4598.00]  will now be with man
[4598.00 --> 4599.20]  and we will live with him
[4599.20 --> 4601.68]  as face to face.
[4602.84 --> 4605.46]  The story isn't done.
[4605.46 --> 4609.68]  But it is done.
[4609.68 --> 4612.04]  In that it is a fact.
[4613.66 --> 4616.06]  Because of God's immutable nature,
[4616.72 --> 4618.00]  you can be guaranteed
[4618.00 --> 4619.78]  that the new creation
[4619.78 --> 4621.82]  will come.
[4623.10 --> 4624.98]  And so whatever it is
[4624.98 --> 4626.38]  you are facing,
[4626.60 --> 4629.86]  see the truth of God's covenant name,
[4629.96 --> 4631.66]  the truth of who God is
[4631.66 --> 4632.58]  as I am,
[4632.58 --> 4634.60]  and see that in relationship
[4634.60 --> 4636.78]  to God's covenant promises.
[4639.06 --> 4639.98]  But no,
[4640.68 --> 4642.62]  there is also
[4642.62 --> 4645.60]  a practical warning here.
[4646.74 --> 4648.56]  Or a practical concern
[4648.56 --> 4649.68]  yet to note.
[4651.46 --> 4652.74]  Moses reports
[4652.74 --> 4653.88]  what God says
[4653.88 --> 4654.82]  to the Israelites,
[4654.82 --> 4657.66]  but they did not
[4657.66 --> 4658.60]  listen to him
[4658.60 --> 4660.14]  because of their
[4660.14 --> 4660.98]  discouragement
[4660.98 --> 4662.94]  and harsh labor.
[4666.52 --> 4669.08]  As disciples of Jesus,
[4669.08 --> 4670.82]  we have this
[4670.82 --> 4673.08]  gospel message.
[4673.42 --> 4674.48]  As disciples of Jesus,
[4674.68 --> 4675.34]  we have this
[4675.34 --> 4676.16]  responsibility
[4676.16 --> 4677.04]  to proclaim
[4677.04 --> 4679.22]  the truth of who God is
[4679.22 --> 4680.66]  and what he has done
[4680.66 --> 4683.18]  and what he will yet do.
[4683.18 --> 4687.32]  we have
[4687.32 --> 4689.34]  the deep
[4689.34 --> 4690.26]  blessing
[4690.26 --> 4692.04]  to preach
[4692.04 --> 4692.92]  peace
[4692.92 --> 4695.50]  to an anxious people
[4695.50 --> 4698.58]  and yet
[4698.58 --> 4699.48]  they may not hear.
[4700.46 --> 4701.64]  They may not be able
[4701.64 --> 4701.98]  to hear.
[4702.28 --> 4703.58]  You may not
[4703.58 --> 4704.06]  hear.
[4705.14 --> 4705.66]  You may not
[4705.66 --> 4706.36]  be able to hear.
[4707.96 --> 4708.78]  And so,
[4709.72 --> 4710.12]  leaders,
[4710.12 --> 4712.76]  don't be like Moses,
[4713.56 --> 4714.46]  but be like Moses.
[4714.72 --> 4715.14]  And finally,
[4715.34 --> 4716.52]  don't be like Moses
[4716.52 --> 4717.08]  who says,
[4717.76 --> 4718.34]  if the Israelites
[4718.34 --> 4719.32]  will not listen to me,
[4719.86 --> 4720.60]  why should Pharaoh
[4720.60 --> 4721.32]  listen to me
[4721.32 --> 4722.44]  since I speak
[4722.44 --> 4724.06]  with faltering lips?
[4725.18 --> 4726.42]  The danger is
[4726.42 --> 4727.58]  we all
[4727.58 --> 4728.48]  fall back
[4728.48 --> 4729.48]  on what
[4729.48 --> 4730.26]  is
[4730.26 --> 4731.08]  normal.
[4732.08 --> 4732.90]  And as
[4732.90 --> 4733.12]  uncomfortable
[4733.64 --> 4734.72]  as anxiety
[4734.72 --> 4735.54]  is,
[4736.40 --> 4737.64]  for some of you,
[4738.28 --> 4739.28]  for most of you
[4739.28 --> 4740.06]  perhaps even,
[4741.06 --> 4741.84]  it is your
[4741.84 --> 4743.44]  most common
[4743.44 --> 4744.50]  bedfellow.
[4745.66 --> 4747.02]  It is the darkness
[4747.02 --> 4747.74]  that you know
[4747.74 --> 4749.00]  and that are
[4749.00 --> 4749.76]  comfortable in
[4749.76 --> 4751.16]  and are unsure
[4751.16 --> 4752.10]  how life could
[4752.10 --> 4753.18]  possibly live
[4753.18 --> 4754.52]  without this
[4754.52 --> 4755.50]  anxiety
[4755.50 --> 4756.42]  piercing
[4756.42 --> 4757.82]  every aspect
[4757.82 --> 4758.52]  of what
[4758.52 --> 4759.64]  you do.
[4760.74 --> 4761.42]  Remember
[4761.42 --> 4762.70]  God's
[4762.70 --> 4763.44]  covenant
[4763.44 --> 4764.60]  identity
[4764.60 --> 4765.78]  and his covenant
[4765.78 --> 4766.50]  promises.
[4766.84 --> 4767.40]  Remember that
[4767.40 --> 4768.30]  they are a source
[4768.30 --> 4769.20]  of strength
[4769.20 --> 4770.38]  and encouragement.
[4773.18 --> 4773.70]  Instead,
[4774.86 --> 4776.80]  instead of
[4776.80 --> 4777.78]  letting anxiety
[4777.78 --> 4778.80]  make you stupid,
[4779.80 --> 4780.90]  let us fix
[4780.90 --> 4781.56]  our eyes
[4781.56 --> 4782.70]  on Jesus,
[4783.18 --> 4784.38]  the one
[4784.38 --> 4784.96]  whom Moses
[4784.96 --> 4785.92]  is ultimately
[4785.92 --> 4786.40]  revealing
[4786.40 --> 4787.48]  to us.
[4787.86 --> 4788.66]  Let us fix
[4788.66 --> 4789.22]  our eyes
[4789.22 --> 4789.84]  on Jesus,
[4790.06 --> 4790.54]  the author
[4790.54 --> 4791.66]  and perfecter
[4791.66 --> 4792.50]  of our faith,
[4792.60 --> 4793.44]  and let us run
[4793.44 --> 4794.38]  with endurance
[4794.38 --> 4794.98]  the race
[4794.98 --> 4795.52]  that God
[4795.52 --> 4796.26]  has set out
[4796.26 --> 4797.36]  before us.
[4797.84 --> 4798.66]  In the world
[4798.66 --> 4799.14]  today,
[4799.30 --> 4799.76]  anxiety
[4799.76 --> 4801.08]  and worry
[4801.08 --> 4802.24]  are very,
[4802.36 --> 4803.42]  very real.
[4805.56 --> 4806.20]  But,
[4806.88 --> 4808.02]  God is more
[4808.02 --> 4808.32]  real.
[4809.76 --> 4810.70]  God is more.
[4812.76 --> 4813.26]  And his
[4813.26 --> 4814.86]  covenant
[4814.86 --> 4815.72]  name,
[4816.26 --> 4817.28]  his identity,
[4817.28 --> 4818.82]  and his promise
[4818.82 --> 4819.98]  prove
[4819.98 --> 4821.08]  that
[4821.08 --> 4822.28]  true.
[4823.44 --> 4824.18]  Let me pray
[4824.18 --> 4824.48]  for you.
[4827.20 --> 4827.98]  Holy God,
[4828.88 --> 4830.94]  may we see
[4830.94 --> 4832.20]  who you are
[4832.20 --> 4833.26]  more clearly
[4833.26 --> 4834.14]  today.
[4835.06 --> 4835.42]  Open
[4835.42 --> 4836.50]  the eyes
[4836.50 --> 4837.36]  of our heart
[4837.36 --> 4838.18]  to see
[4838.18 --> 4838.98]  you.
[4840.20 --> 4841.14]  Open the eyes
[4841.14 --> 4841.66]  of our heart
[4841.66 --> 4842.58]  to hear
[4842.58 --> 4843.16]  your word
[4843.16 --> 4843.70]  and to know
[4843.70 --> 4844.24]  the truth
[4844.24 --> 4844.72]  of what
[4844.72 --> 4845.54]  your name
[4845.54 --> 4846.38]  means for
[4846.38 --> 4847.04]  who you are.
[4847.28 --> 4847.72]  the truth
[4847.72 --> 4848.42]  of your covenant
[4848.42 --> 4848.98]  promises
[4848.98 --> 4850.08]  in relationship
[4850.08 --> 4851.06]  to the assurance
[4851.06 --> 4851.96]  that your name
[4851.96 --> 4852.76]  provides,
[4852.86 --> 4853.32]  and that we
[4853.32 --> 4853.82]  might go
[4853.82 --> 4854.52]  from this
[4854.52 --> 4855.32]  place,
[4855.44 --> 4856.54]  having witnessed
[4856.54 --> 4857.54]  the gospel
[4857.54 --> 4859.00]  of Jesus Christ
[4859.00 --> 4860.10]  once again,
[4860.56 --> 4861.44]  may we go
[4861.44 --> 4862.38]  convicted
[4862.38 --> 4864.10]  and encouraged.
[4864.30 --> 4864.88]  May we go
[4864.88 --> 4865.72]  strengthened
[4865.72 --> 4867.16]  and emboldened.
[4867.52 --> 4868.30]  May we go
[4868.30 --> 4872.32]  just a little
[4872.32 --> 4873.46]  bit more
[4873.46 --> 4873.98]  aware
[4873.98 --> 4875.58]  of how
[4875.58 --> 4876.02]  you
[4876.02 --> 4877.34]  are at work
[4877.34 --> 4878.04]  in the world
[4878.04 --> 4878.72]  here and
[4878.72 --> 4879.06]  now
[4879.06 --> 4879.46]  and how
[4879.46 --> 4879.84]  you
[4879.84 --> 4880.76]  are guiding
[4880.76 --> 4881.56]  history
[4881.56 --> 4882.34]  towards
[4882.34 --> 4882.74]  your
[4882.74 --> 4883.44]  great
[4883.44 --> 4884.14]  end.
[4884.28 --> 4884.88]  And so
[4884.88 --> 4885.72]  may we
[4885.72 --> 4886.22]  go
[4886.22 --> 4887.08]  in
[4887.08 --> 4888.00]  your
[4888.00 --> 4889.10]  peace.
[4891.60 --> 4892.86]  Your peace
[4892.86 --> 4894.38]  is worth
[4894.38 --> 4894.84]  the weight
[4894.84 --> 4896.48]  and you,
[4896.64 --> 4897.10]  Lord God,
[4897.46 --> 4897.98]  are the
[4897.98 --> 4898.50]  weightiest
[4898.50 --> 4899.36]  of all.
[4899.86 --> 4900.36]  And so we
[4900.36 --> 4901.02]  give you
[4901.02 --> 4902.06]  glory.
[4902.70 --> 4903.20]  In Jesus
[4903.20 --> 4904.14]  we pray.
[4905.02 --> 4905.42]  Amen.
[4905.42 --> 4905.50]  Amen.
[4915.10 --> 4916.20]  And we
[4916.20 --> 4916.90]  rise and
[4916.90 --> 4917.54]  sing.
[4917.54 --> 4933.06]  strategies
[4933.06 --> 4933.98]  in
[4933.98 --> 4942.80]  The演Pod appament.
[4950.80 --> 4956.12]  My God of Abraham lead me by your hand.
[4956.12 --> 4958.92]  You are strong and wise.
[4958.92 --> 4967.40]  I want to trust in you and in all I do bring you honor and praise.
[4968.92 --> 4977.40]  How I love you, great and mighty King.
[4977.40 --> 4987.40]  You are faithful through the ages you never change.
[4988.92 --> 4996.40]  I know the dark of night that I fear to fight you are hope and truth.
[4997.40 --> 5005.18]  I want to trust in you and in all I do bring you honor and praise.
[5005.18 --> 5013.50]  How I love you, great and mighty King.
[5013.50 --> 5023.92]  You are faithful through the ages you never change.
[5023.92 --> 5027.80]  Be my guide for the road ahead.
[5028.08 --> 5032.20]  Should I feel this that you are just and good.
[5033.00 --> 5040.40]  I want to trust in you and in all I do bring you honor and praise.
[5040.40 --> 5049.40]  How I love you, great and mighty King.
[5049.40 --> 5058.30]  You are faithful through the ages you never change.
[5058.30 --> 5066.22]  How I love you, great and mighty King.
[5066.22 --> 5077.04]  You are faithful through the ages you never change.
[5077.04 --> 5097.44]  As you go into this week, know that God himself goes with you in the power of his name and the surety of his promise.
[5097.44 --> 5105.92]  May God go before you to lead you.
[5105.92 --> 5108.78]  May God go behind you to protect you.
[5109.28 --> 5111.76]  May God go beneath you to support you.
[5112.36 --> 5114.84]  May God go beside you to befriend you.
[5115.30 --> 5117.48]  Do not be afraid.
[5118.04 --> 5119.86]  Let the blessing of God come upon you today.
[5119.86 --> 5126.86]  May God go beside you to love and serve the Lord.
[5126.86 --> 5128.86]  Amen.
[5128.86 --> 5158.84]  May God go beside you.
[5158.86 --> 5188.84]  May God go beside you.
[5188.86 --> 5190.86]  May God go there,でしょう new hands.
[5190.86 --> 5194.24]  May God go beside you.
[5194.30 --> 5196.16]  May God go above and serve the Lord.
[5196.16 --> 5197.40]  May God go beside you.
[5197.40 --> 5198.86]  May God overcome you to tell you that.
[5199.20 --> 5203.20]  May God go inside you, God overcome you.
[5203.56 --> 5208.26]  May God go ships through our hands.
[5208.26 --> 5220.48]  There's a shield in our head and a sword at our side
[5220.48 --> 5224.36]  There's a fire in our spirits that cannot be denied
[5224.36 --> 5228.54]  There's a father that's a world that's for these you have died
[5228.54 --> 5232.04]  For the nations who gather before you
[5232.04 --> 5235.54]  And the years of all can't meet you here
[5235.54 --> 5239.14]  On the Lamb who was crucified
[5239.14 --> 5248.42]  He descended to hell and was raised up to reign at his Father's side
[5248.42 --> 5250.78]  And the angels will cry
[5250.78 --> 5254.30]  Hail the Lamb
[5254.30 --> 5262.38]  Who was slain for the world's ruling power
[5262.38 --> 5266.98]  And the earth will reply
[5266.98 --> 5271.98]  You shall reign
[5271.98 --> 5277.12]  As the King of all kings and the Lord of all worlds
[5277.12 --> 5279.30]  And the angels will cry
[5279.30 --> 5283.26]  Hail the Lamb
[5283.26 --> 5292.86]  Who was slain for the world's ruling power
[5292.86 --> 5295.74]  And the earth will reply
[5295.74 --> 5300.86]  You shall reign
[5300.86 --> 5305.96]  As the King of all kings and the Lord of all worlds
[5305.96 --> 5311.56]  As the King of all kings and the Lord of all worlds
[5311.56 --> 5313.06]  Don't excel
[5313.06 --> 5313.76]  Not role for the Lord of all kings and the Lord of all kings and the Lord
[5313.76 --> 5316.26] ams
[5317.16 --> 5319.08]  This King of all kings and princes
[5319.08 --> 5320.26]  So ever
[5320.26 --> 5321.10]  How to speak
[5321.10 --> 5323.64]  And the Lord of all kings and kings
[5323.64 --> 5324.48]  If be whole
[5324.48 --> 5325.80]  Of kings and kings and kings
[5325.80 --> 5327.16]  Then come true
[5327.16 --> 5327.18]  The powers that are commanded
[5327.34 --> 5328.16]  Frommont
[5328.16 --> 5329.44]  You shall not mention
[5329.44 --> 5331.24]  The King of all kings
[5331.24 --> 5332.20]  The King of all kings and kings
[5332.20 --> 5332.92]  The King of all kings and kings
[5332.92 --> 5334.42]  Are we reestablish
[5334.42 --> 5335.16]  As the King of all kings
[5335.16 --> 5337.48]  Has the King of all kings and kings
[5337.48 --> 5338.48]  The King of all kings and kings
[5338.48 --> 5368.46]  We'll be right back.
[5368.48 --> 5398.46]  Thank you.