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them,</c><00:12:47.639><c> but</c><00:12:48.080><c> they</c><00:12:48.440><c> believed</c><00:12:48.759><c> it</c><00:12:49.039><c> not.</c> 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:54.460 Perhaps,<00:12:52.639><c> brethren</c><00:12:52.799><c> and</c><00:12:53.019><c> sisters,</c><00:12:53.419><c> it's</c><00:12:53.460><c> difficult</c><00:12:53.940><c> for</c><00:12:54.120><c> us</c> 00:12:54.460 --> 00:12:59.460 too<00:12:54.940><c> to</c><00:12:55.700><c> understand</c><00:12:56.360><c> exactly</c><00:12:57.039><c> how</c><00:12:57.340><c> God</c><00:12:57.659><c> was</c><00:12:57.940><c> with</c><00:12:58.220><c> them.</c> 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:04.500 We<00:13:01.179><c> saw</c><00:13:01.419><c> a</c><00:13:01.539><c> glimpse</c><00:13:01.700><c> of</c><00:13:01.860><c> it</c><00:13:01.960><c> yesterday</c><00:13:02.360><c> in</c><00:13:02.620><c> Exodus</c><00:13:02.860><c> 19,</c><00:13:03.500><c> didn't</c><00:13:03.700><c> we?</c> 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:09.240 Someone<00:13:06.500><c> felt</c><00:13:06.799><c> that</c><00:13:07.080><c> perhaps</c><00:13:07.340><c> I</c><00:13:07.480><c> was</c><00:13:07.679><c> saying</c><00:13:08.000><c> that</c><00:13:08.519><c> God</c><00:13:08.879><c> was</c> 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:10.200 not<00:13:09.500><c> in</c><00:13:09.799><c> Egypt.</c> 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:14.940 Well,<00:13:11.340><c> he</c><00:13:11.460><c> wasn't</c><00:13:11.799><c> in</c><00:13:12.059><c> a</c><00:13:12.240><c> sense,</c><00:13:12.759><c> was</c><00:13:12.840><c> he?</c><00:13:13.580><c> Certainly</c><00:13:14.019><c> he</c><00:13:14.279><c> was</c><00:13:14.600><c> there.</c> 00:13:15.019 --> 00:13:18.519 There<00:13:15.120><c> was</c><00:13:15.559><c> every</c><00:13:15.940><c> manifestation</c><00:13:16.700><c> of</c><00:13:16.940><c> his</c><00:13:17.240><c> might</c><00:13:17.480><c> and</c><00:13:17.700><c> his</c><00:13:17.980><c> power</c><00:13:18.320><c> in</c> 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:22.299 the<00:13:18.720><c> plagues</c><00:13:19.139><c> which</c><00:13:19.480><c> God</c><00:13:19.759><c> visited</c><00:13:20.179><c> in</c><00:13:20.460><c> punishment</c><00:13:20.899><c> upon</c><00:13:21.299><c> Pharaoh.</c> 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:25.759 There<00:13:23.220><c> was</c><00:13:23.399><c> the</c><00:13:23.659><c> angel</c><00:13:23.879><c> of</c><00:13:24.120><c> death</c><00:13:24.559><c> which</c><00:13:24.980><c> passed</c><00:13:25.320><c> over.</c> 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:28.960 There<00:13:26.320><c> was</c><00:13:26.580><c> redemption</c><00:13:27.179><c> wrought</c><00:13:27.639><c> for</c><00:13:27.879><c> the</c><00:13:28.120><c> Israelites,</c><00:13:28.759><c> the</c> 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:30.620 faithful<00:13:29.360><c> Israelites.</c> 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:35.399 But<00:13:31.559><c> there</c><00:13:31.799><c> was</c><00:13:32.100><c> still,</c><00:13:32.679><c> in</c><00:13:33.080><c> another</c><00:13:33.399><c> sense,</c><00:13:34.840><c> a</c><00:13:34.940><c> way</c><00:13:35.100><c> in</c><00:13:35.240><c> which</c> 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:36.440 God<00:13:35.620><c> was</c><00:13:35.860><c> not</c><00:13:36.100><c> there,</c> 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:40.720 and<00:13:36.600><c> a</c><00:13:36.700><c> way</c><00:13:36.860><c> in</c><00:13:37.000><c> which,</c><00:13:37.279><c> as</c><00:13:37.279><c> we</c><00:13:37.480><c> saw</c><00:13:37.860><c> in</c><00:13:38.340><c> Exodus</c><00:13:38.679><c> 19,</c><00:13:39.440><c> he</c><00:13:39.700><c> brought</c><00:13:40.259><c> Israel</c> 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:42.059 to<00:13:40.940><c> himself.</c> 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:45.759 He<00:13:42.659><c> was</c><00:13:42.960><c> their</c><00:13:43.340><c> God.</c><00:13:44.779><c> He</c><00:13:44.899><c> would</c><00:13:45.080><c> be</c><00:13:45.340><c> with</c><00:13:45.580><c> them.</c> 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:49.960 He<00:13:46.299><c> brought</c><00:13:46.639><c> them</c><00:13:46.879><c> to</c><00:13:47.059><c> himself,</c><00:13:48.159><c> embracing</c><00:13:48.580><c> them</c><00:13:48.879><c> and</c><00:13:49.179><c> clasping</c><00:13:49.700><c> them</c> 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:52.320 to<00:13:50.139><c> him</c><00:13:50.299><c> as</c><00:13:50.740><c> his</c><00:13:51.200><c> people.</c> 00:13:52.659 --> 00:13:55.980 He<00:13:52.840><c> would</c><00:13:53.019><c> be</c><00:13:53.240><c> with</c><00:13:53.440><c> them</c><00:13:53.580><c> in</c><00:13:53.779><c> a</c><00:13:53.960><c> very</c><00:13:54.340><c> real</c><00:13:54.740><c> way.</c> 00:13:56.820 --> 00:13:59.940 I<00:13:56.899><c> wonder,</c><00:13:57.240><c> brethren</c><00:13:57.379><c> and</c><00:13:57.580><c> sisters,</c><00:13:57.799><c> if</c><00:13:58.000><c> we</c><00:13:58.139><c> can</c><00:13:58.419><c> appreciate</c><00:13:59.120><c> that.</c> 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:04.779 Deuteronomy<00:14:02.679><c> tells</c><00:14:03.039><c> us</c><00:14:03.240><c> the</c><00:14:03.399><c> same</c><00:14:03.639><c> truth</c><00:14:03.919><c> in</c><00:14:04.179><c> another</c><00:14:04.399><c> way.</c> 00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:08.299 The<00:14:05.100><c> book</c><00:14:05.279><c> of</c><00:14:05.460><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:14:06.000><c> in</c><00:14:06.179><c> the</c><00:14:06.419><c> second</c><00:14:06.820><c> chapter.</c> 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:18.279 God<00:14:11.879><c> reminds</c><00:14:12.440><c> his</c><00:14:12.740><c> people</c><00:14:13.580><c> that</c><00:14:15.299><c> he</c><00:14:15.759><c> knew</c><00:14:16.320><c> their</c><00:14:17.179><c> journeying.</c> 00:14:18.820 --> 00:14:22.919 Deuteronomy<00:14:19.379><c> chapter</c><00:14:19.759><c> two</c><00:14:21.019><c> and</c><00:14:21.460><c> the</c><00:14:21.620><c> seventh</c><00:14:21.840><c> verse.</c> 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:27.820 For<00:14:24.080><c> the</c><00:14:24.340><c> Lord</c><00:14:24.700><c> thy</c><00:14:24.940><c> God</c><00:14:25.299><c> hath</c><00:14:25.580><c> blessed</c><00:14:26.059><c> thee</c><00:14:26.399><c> in</c><00:14:26.679><c> all</c><00:14:27.100><c> the</c><00:14:27.299><c> works</c><00:14:27.559><c> of</c> 00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:28.399 thy<00:14:28.000><c> hand.</c> 00:14:28.700 --> 00:14:32.159 He<00:14:29.059><c> knoweth</c><00:14:29.440><c> thy</c><00:14:29.919><c> walking</c><00:14:30.500><c> through</c><00:14:31.139><c> this</c><00:14:31.480><c> great</c><00:14:31.799><c> wilderness.</c> 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:36.480 These<00:14:32.700><c> forty</c><00:14:33.100><c> years</c><00:14:33.500><c> the</c><00:14:33.659><c> Lord</c><00:14:33.919><c> thy</c><00:14:34.159><c> God</c><00:14:34.600><c> hath</c><00:14:34.960><c> been</c><00:14:35.320><c> with</c><00:14:35.759><c> thee.</c> 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:39.019 Thou<00:14:37.200><c> hast</c><00:14:37.440><c> lacked</c><00:14:37.960><c> nothing.</c> 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:42.240 Still<00:14:40.879><c> he</c><00:14:41.100><c> was</c><00:14:41.440><c> with</c><00:14:41.720><c> them.</c> 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:44.960 In<00:14:42.700><c> forty</c><00:14:43.019><c> years</c><00:14:43.399><c> wondering</c><00:14:43.820><c> he</c><00:14:44.019><c> had</c><00:14:44.139><c> been</c><00:14:44.360><c> with</c><00:14:44.679><c> them.</c> 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:46.259 They<00:14:45.259><c> had</c><00:14:45.460><c> lacked</c><00:14:45.740><c> nothing.</c> 00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:50.240 Not<00:14:46.879><c> with</c><00:14:47.100><c> them</c><00:14:47.259><c> in</c><00:14:47.480><c> some</c><00:14:48.059><c> airy,</c><00:14:48.779><c> fairy,</c><00:14:49.240><c> vague</c><00:14:49.559><c> kind</c><00:14:49.960><c> of</c><00:14:50.120><c> way,</c> 00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:51.139 brethren<00:14:50.559><c> and</c><00:14:50.799><c> sisters.</c> 00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:54.879 We<00:14:51.559><c> sometimes</c><00:14:52.000><c> use</c><00:14:52.320><c> the</c><00:14:52.519><c> words</c><00:14:52.700><c> in</c><00:14:52.919><c> that</c><00:14:53.120><c> way,</c><00:14:53.340><c> don't</c><00:14:53.480><c> we?</c><00:14:54.039><c> Sadly.</c> 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picture</c><00:16:03.720><c> exactly</c><00:16:04.440><c> is</c><00:16:04.700><c> painted</c><00:16:05.139><c> much</c><00:16:05.940><c> later</c><00:16:06.360><c> in</c><00:16:06.559><c> the</c> 00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:10.799 history<00:16:06.899><c> of</c><00:16:07.100><c> Israel</c><00:16:07.360><c> in</c><00:16:07.700><c> the</c><00:16:07.980><c> second</c><00:16:08.240><c> book</c><00:16:08.460><c> of</c><00:16:08.840><c> Samuel</c><00:16:09.340><c> and</c><00:16:09.919><c> chapter</c><00:16:10.320><c> 7</c> 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:14.299 in<00:16:11.080><c> the</c><00:16:11.419><c> famous</c><00:16:11.799><c> promise</c><00:16:12.240><c> made</c><00:16:12.539><c> to</c><00:16:12.799><c> David.</c> 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:19.320 Second<00:16:14.980><c> Samuel</c><00:16:15.399><c> chapter</c><00:16:15.779><c> 7,</c><00:16:16.940><c> when</c><00:16:17.159><c> David</c><00:16:17.580><c> is</c><00:16:18.200><c> anxious</c><00:16:18.600><c> to</c><00:16:18.860><c> build</c><00:16:19.120><c> the</c> 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:20.419 Lord<00:16:19.580><c> a</c><00:16:19.759><c> house.</c> 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:24.259 And<00:16:20.960><c> Nathan</c><00:16:21.240><c> says</c><00:16:21.600><c> that's</c><00:16:22.019><c> a</c><00:16:22.100><c> good</c><00:16:22.240><c> idea</c><00:16:22.679><c> and</c><00:16:22.960><c> then</c><00:16:23.580><c> perhaps</c> 00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:28.139 even<00:16:24.559><c> before</c><00:16:24.840><c> he</c><00:16:25.000><c> got</c><00:16:25.159><c> home</c><00:16:25.580><c> that</c><00:16:25.840><c> night</c><00:16:26.080><c> was</c><00:16:26.279><c> sent</c><00:16:26.600><c> back</c><00:16:27.000><c> to</c><00:16:27.259><c> David.</c> 00:16:28.700 --> 00:16:34.019 Go<00:16:29.220><c> and</c><00:16:29.740><c> tell</c><00:16:29.980><c> my</c><00:16:30.419><c> servant</c><00:16:30.740><c> David,</c><00:16:32.000><c> thus</c><00:16:32.159><c> saith</c><00:16:32.419><c> the</c><00:16:32.620><c> Lord,</c><00:16:33.100><c> shalt</c><00:16:33.179><c> thou</c><00:16:33.519><c> build</c><00:16:33.740><c> me</c> 00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:36.019 a<00:16:34.080><c> house</c><00:16:34.419><c> for</c><00:16:34.659><c> me</c><00:16:34.899><c> to</c><00:16:35.080><c> dwell</c><00:16:35.240><c> in?</c> 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:40.600 Whereas,<00:16:37.000><c> verse</c><00:16:37.279><c> 6</c><00:16:37.639><c> of</c><00:16:37.820><c> 2</c><00:16:38.000><c> Samuel</c><00:16:38.320><c> 7,</c><00:16:39.299><c> whereas</c><00:16:39.580><c> I</c><00:16:39.779><c> have</c><00:16:40.000><c> not</c><00:16:40.240><c> dwelt</c><00:16:40.419><c> in</c> 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:44.039 any<00:16:40.820><c> house</c><00:16:41.220><c> since</c><00:16:41.659><c> the</c><00:16:41.879><c> time</c><00:16:42.080><c> that</c><00:16:42.259><c> I</c><00:16:42.480><c> brought</c><00:16:42.740><c> up</c><00:16:42.960><c> the</c><00:16:43.139><c> children</c><00:16:43.379><c> of</c><00:16:43.519><c> Israel</c><00:16:43.799><c> out</c> 00:16:44.039 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it's</c><00:23:19.779><c> nearly</c><00:23:19.960><c> always</c><00:23:20.299><c> read</c><00:23:20.579><c> at</c><00:23:20.819><c> funerals.</c> 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:24.519 It<00:23:21.779><c> really</c><00:23:22.019><c> has</c><00:23:22.200><c> so</c><00:23:22.480><c> little</c><00:23:22.680><c> to</c><00:23:22.960><c> do</c><00:23:23.119><c> with</c><00:23:23.359><c> funerals.</c> 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:27.839 It<00:23:25.519><c> has</c><00:23:25.720><c> to</c><00:23:25.880><c> do</c><00:23:25.980><c> with</c><00:23:26.180><c> Israel,</c><00:23:26.799><c> surely.</c> 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:32.380 Verse<00:23:29.200><c> 10,</c><00:23:30.039><c> the</c><00:23:30.119><c> days</c><00:23:30.420><c> of</c><00:23:30.680><c> our</c><00:23:30.859><c> years</c><00:23:31.019><c> are</c><00:23:31.319><c> three</c><00:23:31.700><c> score</c><00:23:31.980><c> years</c> 00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.920 and<00:23:32.720><c> ten.</c> 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:35.799 And<00:23:33.319><c> if</c><00:23:33.440><c> by</c><00:23:33.599><c> reason</c><00:23:33.819><c> of</c><00:23:34.059><c> strength</c><00:23:34.279><c> they</c><00:23:34.420><c> be</c><00:23:34.640><c> four</c><00:23:34.920><c> score</c><00:23:35.140><c> years,</c><00:23:35.660><c> yet</c> 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:37.759 is<00:23:35.980><c> their</c><00:23:36.099><c> strength</c><00:23:36.440><c> labour</c><00:23:36.720><c> and</c><00:23:36.980><c> sorrow,</c><00:23:37.259><c> for</c><00:23:37.359><c> it</c><00:23:37.480><c> is</c><00:23:37.599><c> soon</c> 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:39.519 cut<00:23:37.980><c> off</c><00:23:38.119><c> and</c><00:23:38.200><c> we</c><00:23:38.339><c> fly</c><00:23:38.599><c> away.</c> 00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:44.160 He's<00:23:40.740><c> not</c><00:23:41.000><c> saying</c><00:23:41.339><c> that</c><00:23:41.640><c> man's</c><00:23:41.960><c> allotted</c><00:23:42.240><c> portion</c><00:23:42.619><c> is</c><00:23:42.839><c> 70</c><00:23:43.180><c> years.</c> 00:23:44.759 --> 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had</c><00:23:56.180><c> come</c><00:23:56.319><c> out</c><00:23:56.519><c> of</c><00:23:56.700><c> Egypt</c><00:23:57.200><c> would</c><00:23:57.819><c> mainly</c><00:23:58.099><c> be</c> 00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.819 about<00:23:58.599><c> that</c><00:23:58.799><c> age.</c> 00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:05.259 And<00:24:01.599><c> the</c><00:24:01.799><c> days</c><00:24:02.039><c> of</c><00:24:02.299><c> our</c><00:24:02.500><c> years</c><00:24:02.779><c> are</c><00:24:03.119><c> three</c><00:24:03.420><c> score</c><00:24:03.680><c> years</c><00:24:04.099><c> and</c><00:24:04.400><c> ten.</c> 00:24:05.750 --> 00:24:10.900 God<00:24:06.119><c> had</c><00:24:06.460><c> limited</c><00:24:06.859><c> their</c><00:24:07.160><c> life,</c><00:24:08.460><c> within</c><00:24:08.779><c> 40</c><00:24:09.160><c> years</c><00:24:10.039><c> of</c><00:24:10.480><c> their</c> 00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:14.119 then<00:24:11.140><c> age</c><00:24:11.779><c> they</c><00:24:12.519><c> would</c><00:24:12.779><c> perish.</c> 00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:20.180 Return,<00:24:17.579><c> O</c><00:24:17.740><c> Lord,</c><00:24:18.599><c> how</c><00:24:19.019><c> long?</c> 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:24.880 Let<00:24:20.359><c> it</c><00:24:20.539><c> repent</c><00:24:21.039><c> thee</c><00:24:21.279><c> concerning</c><00:24:21.940><c> thy</c><00:24:22.299><c> servants,</c><00:24:23.099><c> or</c><00:24:23.339><c> satisfy</c><00:24:23.960><c> us</c><00:24:24.140><c> early</c><00:24:24.400><c> with</c><00:24:24.720><c> thy</c> 00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:28.599 mercy,<00:24:25.720><c> that</c><00:24:25.779><c> we</c><00:24:25.940><c> may</c><00:24:26.119><c> rejoice</c><00:24:26.500><c> and</c><00:24:26.660><c> be</c><00:24:26.960><c> glad</c><00:24:27.160><c> all</c><00:24:27.420><c> our</c><00:24:27.660><c> days.</c> 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:36.000 Then,<00:24:32.140><c> brethren</c><00:24:32.259><c> and</c><00:24:32.500><c> sisters,</c><00:24:33.039><c> in</c><00:24:33.220><c> Psalm</c><00:24:33.440><c> 91</c><00:24:34.299><c> is</c><00:24:35.420><c> the</c><00:24:35.619><c> other</c> 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.720 side<00:24:36.259><c> of</c><00:24:36.500><c> the</c><00:24:36.680><c> coin.</c> 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:40.720 Only<00:24:38.440><c> these</c><00:24:38.799><c> men</c><00:24:39.079><c> had</c><00:24:39.259><c> been</c><00:24:39.619><c> faithful.</c> 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:45.519 He<00:24:42.099><c> that</c><00:24:42.319><c> dwelleth</c><00:24:42.779><c> in</c><00:24:42.940><c> the</c><00:24:43.259><c> secret</c><00:24:43.599><c> place</c><00:24:44.039><c> of</c><00:24:44.259><c> the</c><00:24:44.420><c> Most</c><00:24:44.799><c> High</c> 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:50.019 shall<00:24:46.460><c> abide</c><00:24:47.319><c> under</c><00:24:48.099><c> the</c><00:24:48.400><c> shadow</c><00:24:48.660><c> of</c><00:24:48.900><c> the</c><00:24:49.039><c> Almighty.</c> 00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:54.599 Those<00:24:50.700><c> eagle's</c><00:24:51.259><c> wings</c><00:24:51.579><c> that</c><00:24:51.880><c> were</c><00:24:52.200><c> spoken</c><00:24:52.480><c> of</c><00:24:52.700><c> in</c><00:24:52.940><c> Exodus</c><00:24:53.259><c> 19,</c> 00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:58.339 those<00:24:55.420><c> brethren</c><00:24:55.700><c> and</c><00:24:56.000><c> sisters</c><00:24:56.339><c> who</c><00:24:56.680><c> dwell</c><00:24:57.119><c> in</c><00:24:57.359><c> the</c><00:24:57.599><c> secret</c><00:24:57.880><c> place</c><00:24:58.160><c> of</c> 00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.920 the<00:24:58.480><c> Most</c><00:24:58.700><c> High,</c> 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:02.500 notice<00:24:59.240><c> that,</c><00:24:59.539><c> they</c><00:24:59.859><c> live</c><00:25:00.119><c> out</c><00:25:00.519><c> their</c><00:25:00.819><c> lives</c><00:25:01.279><c> there.</c> 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:06.559 Joshua<00:25:03.160><c> and</c><00:25:03.440><c> Caleb,</c><00:25:04.140><c> that</c><00:25:04.359><c> faithful</c><00:25:04.960><c> attitude</c><00:25:05.519><c> of</c><00:25:05.779><c> mine,</c><00:25:06.039><c> that</c><00:25:06.259><c> way</c> 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.039 of<00:25:06.839><c> life,</c> 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:11.299 they<00:25:07.420><c> weren't</c><00:25:07.720><c> dashing</c><00:25:08.279><c> for</c><00:25:08.539><c> refuge</c><00:25:09.019><c> to</c><00:25:09.240><c> the</c><00:25:09.460><c> shadow</c><00:25:09.740><c> of</c><00:25:10.000><c> these</c><00:25:10.180><c> wings</c><00:25:10.539><c> when</c> 00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:14.039 there<00:25:11.480><c> was</c><00:25:11.680><c> a</c><00:25:11.900><c> need,</c><00:25:12.500><c> when</c><00:25:12.740><c> distress</c><00:25:13.240><c> came</c><00:25:13.539><c> upon</c><00:25:13.819><c> them.</c> 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.559 They<00:25:14.339><c> were</c><00:25:14.559><c> always</c><00:25:14.940><c> there.</c> 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:18.359 They<00:25:16.339><c> lived</c><00:25:16.539><c> out</c><00:25:16.759><c> their</c><00:25:16.940><c> lives</c><00:25:17.299><c> under</c><00:25:17.519><c> the</c><00:25:17.680><c> shadow</c><00:25:17.900><c> of</c><00:25:18.099><c> their</c><00:25:18.160><c> wings.</c> 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:20.380 Wherever<00:25:18.740><c> they</c><00:25:18.980><c> went,</c><00:25:19.220><c> even</c><00:25:19.420><c> when</c><00:25:19.500><c> they</c><00:25:19.660><c> went</c><00:25:19.799><c> into</c><00:25:20.000><c> the</c><00:25:20.079><c> land</c> 00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.339 of<00:25:20.720><c> Canaan,</c> 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:23.759 amongst<00:25:21.839><c> those</c><00:25:22.140><c> wicked</c><00:25:22.420><c> nations</c><00:25:22.839><c> and</c><00:25:23.000><c> their</c><00:25:23.200><c> giants</c><00:25:23.599><c> and</c> 00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.960 their<00:25:23.960><c> heavily</c><00:25:24.240><c> defensed</c><00:25:24.619><c> cities,</c> 00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:27.059 they<00:25:25.400><c> took</c><00:25:25.599><c> God</c><00:25:25.799><c> with</c><00:25:26.039><c> them.</c> 00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:30.519 They<00:25:27.599><c> lived</c><00:25:27.839><c> out</c><00:25:28.160><c> their</c><00:25:28.380><c> lives</c><00:25:28.680><c> beneath</c><00:25:29.019><c> the</c><00:25:29.359><c> shadow</c><00:25:29.640><c> of</c><00:25:29.859><c> His</c><00:25:30.000><c> wings.</c> 00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:33.339 They<00:25:31.160><c> abode</c><00:25:31.619><c> there.</c><00:25:31.980><c> It</c><00:25:32.160><c> was</c><00:25:32.240><c> where</c><00:25:32.400><c> they</c><00:25:32.779><c> lived.</c><00:25:33.079><c> It</c><00:25:33.160><c> was</c> 00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.440 their<00:25:33.519><c> resting</c><00:25:33.960><c> place.</c> 00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:38.160 They<00:25:35.019><c> were</c><00:25:35.200><c> not</c><00:25:35.359><c> meant</c><00:25:35.579><c> to</c><00:25:35.859><c> fly</c><00:25:36.059><c> to</c><00:25:36.259><c> God</c><00:25:36.440><c> in</c><00:25:36.660><c> distress</c><00:25:37.039><c> merely.</c> 00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:47.119 And<00:25:40.559><c> so,</c><00:25:43.319><c> I</c><00:25:43.380><c> will</c><00:25:43.640><c> say</c><00:25:43.880><c> of</c><00:25:44.000><c> the</c><00:25:44.180><c> Lord,</c><00:25:45.240><c> He</c><00:25:45.240><c> is</c><00:25:45.539><c> my</c><00:25:45.859><c> refuge.</c> 00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:50.039 He<00:25:48.099><c> is</c><00:25:48.420><c> my</c><00:25:48.859><c> fortress.</c> 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:56.039 My<00:25:52.240><c> God,</c><00:25:53.759><c> in</c><00:25:54.079><c> Him</c><00:25:54.420><c> will</c><00:25:54.680><c> I</c><00:25:54.940><c> trust.</c> 00:25:57.240 --> 00:26:00.440 Surely,<00:25:58.480><c> He</c><00:25:58.759><c> shall</c><00:25:59.059><c> deliver</c><00:25:59.619><c> thee.</c> 00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:03.819 And<00:26:02.119><c> so</c><00:26:02.259><c> a</c><00:26:02.380><c> little</c><00:26:02.539><c> later</c><00:26:02.759><c> down</c><00:26:02.960><c> in</c><00:26:03.119><c> the</c><00:26:03.220><c> chapter,</c><00:26:03.660><c> brethren</c> 00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.359 and<00:26:04.019><c> sisters,</c> 00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:05.400 verse<00:26:05.059><c> 5,</c> 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:08.380 Thou<00:26:05.619><c> shalt</c><00:26:05.920><c> not</c><00:26:06.140><c> be</c><00:26:06.420><c> afraid</c><00:26:06.660><c> for</c><00:26:06.839><c> the</c><00:26:07.059><c> terror</c><00:26:07.240><c> by</c><00:26:07.579><c> night,</c><00:26:08.259><c> nor</c> 00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:11.940 for<00:26:08.539><c> the</c><00:26:08.799><c> arrow</c><00:26:09.119><c> that</c><00:26:09.500><c> flyeth</c><00:26:09.819><c> by</c><00:26:10.140><c> day.</c> 00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:16.680 Apart,<00:26:13.660><c> of</c><00:26:14.059><c> course,</c><00:26:14.319><c> from</c><00:26:14.539><c> the</c><00:26:14.720><c> obvious</c><00:26:15.119><c> application</c><00:26:15.740><c> of</c><00:26:15.960><c> this</c><00:26:16.240><c> psalm</c><00:26:16.500><c> to</c> 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.720 our<00:26:16.859><c> Lord</c><00:26:17.079><c> Jesus</c><00:26:17.500><c> Christ,</c> 00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:23.079 its<00:26:20.059><c> first</c><00:26:20.440><c> application</c><00:26:21.099><c> in</c><00:26:21.380><c> its</c><00:26:21.660><c> historical</c><00:26:22.200><c> setting</c><00:26:22.660><c> must</c> 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:24.799 surely<00:26:23.380><c> be</c><00:26:23.599><c> to</c><00:26:23.839><c> Joshua</c><00:26:24.200><c> and</c><00:26:24.519><c> Caleb,</c> 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:30.519 for<00:26:25.259><c> who</c><00:26:25.559><c> else</c><00:26:25.900><c> received</c><00:26:26.339><c> such</c><00:26:26.700><c> a</c><00:26:26.980><c> promise,</c><00:26:28.180><c> a</c><00:26:28.480><c> guarantee</c><00:26:29.039><c> of</c><00:26:29.380><c> life?</c> 00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:35.460 Who<00:26:31.799><c> else</c><00:26:32.319><c> was</c><00:26:32.779><c> so</c><00:26:33.039><c> assured</c><00:26:33.660><c> that</c><00:26:34.079><c> no</c><00:26:34.339><c> evil</c><00:26:34.579><c> could</c><00:26:34.880><c> befall</c><00:26:35.259><c> them</c> 00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:37.900 until<00:26:35.720><c> the</c><00:26:35.960><c> promise</c><00:26:36.279><c> of</c><00:26:36.460><c> God</c><00:26:36.680><c> to</c><00:26:36.880><c> them</c><00:26:37.099><c> was</c><00:26:37.359><c> fulfilled,</c> 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:43.339 that<00:26:38.359><c> they</c><00:26:38.779><c> alone</c><00:26:39.240><c> of</c><00:26:40.180><c> all</c><00:26:40.460><c> Israel</c><00:26:40.819><c> should</c><00:26:41.220><c> see</c><00:26:41.740><c> the</c><00:26:41.960><c> land?</c> 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.700 Verse<00:26:46.359><c> 6,</c> 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:49.680 Nor<00:26:46.920><c> for</c><00:26:47.059><c> the</c><00:26:47.259><c> pestilence</c><00:26:47.799><c> that</c><00:26:48.099><c> walketh</c><00:26:48.420><c> in</c><00:26:48.599><c> darkness,</c> 00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:52.559 nor<00:26:50.160><c> for</c><00:26:50.339><c> the</c><00:26:50.500><c> destruction</c><00:26:50.960><c> that</c><00:26:51.259><c> westeth</c><00:26:51.599><c> at</c><00:26:51.799><c> noonday.</c> 00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:56.319 Yea,<00:26:53.500><c> verse</c><00:26:53.700><c> 7,</c><00:26:54.039><c> a</c><00:26:54.259><c> thousand</c><00:26:54.559><c> shall</c><00:26:54.839><c> fall</c><00:26:55.119><c> at</c><00:26:55.279><c> thy</c><00:26:55.519><c> side,</c><00:26:56.079><c> and</c> 00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.640 ten<00:26:56.559><c> thousand</c><00:26:56.900><c> at</c><00:26:57.039><c> thy</c><00:26:57.259><c> right</c><00:26:57.500><c> hand,</c> 00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:59.759 but<00:26:57.759><c> it</c><00:26:57.880><c> shall</c><00:26:58.059><c> not</c><00:26:58.259><c> come</c><00:26:58.500><c> nigh</c><00:26:58.779><c> thee.</c> 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:03.720 Only<00:27:00.160><c> with</c><00:27:00.460><c> thine</c><00:27:00.640><c> eyes</c><00:27:01.039><c> shalt</c><00:27:01.279><c> thou</c><00:27:01.579><c> behold</c><00:27:02.079><c> and</c><00:27:02.460><c> see</c><00:27:02.819><c> the</c><00:27:03.140><c> reward</c><00:27:03.539><c> of</c> 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.119 the<00:27:03.859><c> wicked,</c> 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:07.740 because<00:27:05.019><c> thou</c><00:27:05.440><c> hast</c><00:27:05.720><c> made</c><00:27:05.920><c> the</c><00:27:06.220><c> Lord,</c><00:27:06.539><c> which</c><00:27:06.740><c> is</c><00:27:07.039><c> my</c><00:27:07.319><c> refuge,</c> 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:10.279 even<00:27:08.220><c> the</c><00:27:08.359><c> most</c><00:27:08.700><c> high,</c><00:27:09.259><c> thy</c><00:27:09.480><c> habitation.</c> 00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:14.059 There<00:27:10.859><c> shall</c><00:27:11.200><c> no</c><00:27:11.539><c> evil</c><00:27:11.940><c> befall</c><00:27:12.420><c> thee,</c><00:27:13.259><c> neither</c><00:27:13.500><c> shall</c><00:27:13.700><c> any</c> 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.559 plague<00:27:14.380><c> come</c><00:27:14.640><c> nigh</c><00:27:14.880><c> thy</c><00:27:15.180><c> dwelling,</c> 00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:18.619 for<00:27:16.299><c> He</c><00:27:16.500><c> shall</c><00:27:16.640><c> give</c><00:27:16.819><c> His</c><00:27:17.059><c> angels</c><00:27:17.380><c> charge</c><00:27:17.779><c> over</c><00:27:18.039><c> thee</c><00:27:18.220><c> to</c><00:27:18.400><c> keep</c> 00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:20.519 thee<00:27:18.819><c> in</c><00:27:18.980><c> all</c><00:27:19.220><c> thy</c><00:27:19.460><c> ways.</c> 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:26.180 They<00:27:21.119><c> shall</c><00:27:21.380><c> bear</c><00:27:21.640><c> thee</c><00:27:21.859><c> up</c><00:27:22.519><c> in</c><00:27:23.440><c> their</c><00:27:23.680><c> hands,</c><00:27:24.799><c> lest</c><00:27:25.240><c> thou</c><00:27:25.539><c> dash</c><00:27:25.859><c> thy</c> 00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:27.880 foot<00:27:26.400><c> against</c><00:27:26.819><c> a</c><00:27:27.059><c> stone.</c> 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:31.779 Isn't<00:27:29.279><c> that</c><00:27:29.579><c> fantastic,</c><00:27:30.500><c> brethren</c><00:27:30.640><c> and</c><00:27:30.880><c> sisters?</c> 00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:34.519 A<00:27:32.359><c> thousand</c><00:27:32.619><c> might</c><00:27:32.880><c> fall</c><00:27:33.140><c> at</c><00:27:33.319><c> their</c><00:27:33.539><c> side.</c> 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:37.380 There<00:27:34.920><c> might</c><00:27:35.079><c> be</c><00:27:35.319><c> ten</c><00:27:35.559><c> thousand</c><00:27:36.000><c> on</c><00:27:36.539><c> their</c><00:27:36.700><c> right</c><00:27:37.019><c> hand</c><00:27:37.240><c> as</c> 00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:39.119 they<00:27:37.640><c> walked</c><00:27:37.819><c> through</c><00:27:38.059><c> the</c><00:27:38.240><c> wilderness,</c> 00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:42.880 strewn<00:27:39.480><c> now</c><00:27:39.759><c> with</c><00:27:40.000><c> the</c><00:27:40.200><c> corpses</c><00:27:40.519><c> of</c><00:27:40.779><c> these</c><00:27:41.140><c> faithless</c><00:27:41.660><c> individuals,</c> 00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:45.759 but<00:27:43.640><c> it</c><00:27:43.740><c> would</c><00:27:43.900><c> not</c><00:27:44.079><c> come</c><00:27:44.279><c> nigh</c><00:27:44.519><c> them,</c> 00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:49.920 because<00:27:46.940><c> the</c><00:27:47.220><c> Lord</c><00:27:47.500><c> was</c><00:27:47.759><c> their</c><00:27:48.039><c> habitation,</c> 00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:54.779 because<00:27:51.019><c> it</c><00:27:51.220><c> was</c><00:27:51.920><c> not</c><00:27:52.359><c> a</c><00:27:52.599><c> moment</c><00:27:52.900><c> of</c><00:27:53.299><c> faithfulness.</c> 00:27:54.940 --> 00:28:00.420 He<00:27:55.140><c> didn't</c><00:27:55.420><c> hinge</c><00:27:55.720><c> simply</c><00:27:56.160><c> on</c><00:27:56.400><c> a</c><00:27:56.640><c> good</c><00:27:56.839><c> report</c><00:27:57.380><c> one</c><00:27:57.940><c> day</c><00:27:58.799><c> in</c> 00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:02.019 many<00:28:00.680><c> years'</c><00:28:01.200><c> wandering.</c> 00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:09.200 It<00:28:04.160><c> rested</c><00:28:04.420><c> upon</c><00:28:04.759><c> an</c><00:28:05.039><c> attitude</c><00:28:05.359><c> of</c><00:28:05.720><c> mind</c><00:28:06.400><c> and</c><00:28:07.539><c> a</c><00:28:07.740><c> way</c><00:28:07.880><c> of</c><00:28:08.099><c> life.</c> 00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:16.480 The<00:28:12.500><c> deliverance</c><00:28:13.079><c> that</c><00:28:13.299><c> this</c><00:28:13.640><c> psalm</c><00:28:14.000><c> speaks</c><00:28:14.460><c> of</c><00:28:15.059><c> is</c> 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:18.559 marvellously<00:28:17.259><c> complete.</c> 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:23.460 In<00:28:19.500><c> our</c><00:28:19.700><c> King</c><00:28:19.920><c> James</c><00:28:20.180><c> Version,</c><00:28:21.299><c> the</c><00:28:21.339><c> word</c><00:28:21.660><c> deliver</c><00:28:22.140><c> or</c><00:28:22.380><c> deliverance</c><00:28:23.019><c> occurs</c> 00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:27.019 in<00:28:23.740><c> Psalm</c><00:28:23.960><c> 91</c><00:28:24.680><c> three</c><00:28:25.559><c> times.</c> 00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:33.059 But<00:28:29.059><c> in</c><00:28:29.880><c> each</c><00:28:30.160><c> occasion,</c><00:28:30.900><c> brethren</c><00:28:31.059><c> and</c><00:28:31.299><c> sisters,</c><00:28:32.400><c> it</c><00:28:32.559><c> is</c><00:28:32.839><c> a</c> 00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:35.700 different<00:28:33.579><c> word</c><00:28:34.079><c> in</c><00:28:34.299><c> the</c><00:28:34.500><c> Hebrew.</c> 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:44.180 Interestingly,<00:28:40.180><c> the</c><00:28:40.299><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:41.140><c> words</c><00:28:42.180><c> for</c><00:28:42.559><c> these</c><00:28:43.019><c> deliverance</c> 00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:48.000 describe,<00:28:46.140><c> it</c><00:28:46.960><c> seems,</c> 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:53.839 the<00:28:48.559><c> whole</c><00:28:48.940><c> spectrum</c><00:28:49.619><c> of</c><00:28:50.099><c> God's</c><00:28:50.720><c> activity</c><00:28:51.359><c> in</c><00:28:52.599><c> our</c><00:28:52.819><c> lives.</c> 00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:58.099 Take<00:28:55.380><c> the</c><00:28:55.579><c> first</c><00:28:55.839><c> one</c><00:28:56.119><c> at</c><00:28:56.740><c> verse</c><00:28:57.000><c> three.</c> 00:28:58.220 --> 00:29:02.380 Surely<00:28:58.779><c> he</c><00:28:59.099><c> shall</c><00:28:59.480><c> deliver</c><00:29:00.220><c> thee</c><00:29:00.700><c> from</c><00:29:01.220><c> the</c><00:29:01.619><c> snare</c><00:29:01.900><c> of</c><00:29:02.220><c> the</c> 00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:06.180 fowler<00:29:02.799><c> and</c><00:29:03.779><c> from</c><00:29:04.039><c> the</c><00:29:04.279><c> noisome</c><00:29:04.819><c> pestilence.</c> 00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:09.579 It's<00:29:06.799><c> difficult</c><00:29:07.140><c> to</c><00:29:07.420><c> define</c><00:29:07.799><c> that</c><00:29:08.099><c> word</c><00:29:08.359><c> deliver</c><00:29:08.819><c> in</c><00:29:09.059><c> the</c><00:29:09.299><c> Hebrew,</c> 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:12.559 but<00:29:10.099><c> it's</c><00:29:10.440><c> clear</c><00:29:10.680><c> from</c><00:29:10.900><c> the</c><00:29:11.160><c> context</c><00:29:11.640><c> that</c><00:29:11.900><c> the</c><00:29:12.059><c> meaning</c><00:29:12.319><c> is</c> 00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:14.980 to<00:29:12.900><c> deliver</c><00:29:13.160><c> from</c><00:29:13.420><c> the</c><00:29:13.819><c> snare</c><00:29:14.079><c> of</c><00:29:14.339><c> the</c><00:29:14.579><c> fowler.</c> 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:18.140 And<00:29:15.460><c> one</c><00:29:15.559><c> of</c><00:29:15.720><c> the</c><00:29:15.859><c> meanings</c><00:29:16.140><c> of</c><00:29:16.400><c> this</c><00:29:16.619><c> word</c><00:29:16.859><c> deliver</c><00:29:17.279><c> is</c><00:29:17.480><c> to</c> 00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:19.980 snatch<00:29:18.619><c> away.</c> 00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:32.960 A<00:29:27.259><c> kind</c><00:29:27.380><c> of</c><00:29:27.700><c> trap,</c><00:29:29.619><c> a</c><00:29:29.819><c> gin,</c><00:29:31.059><c> a</c><00:29:31.240><c> snare,</c><00:29:32.079><c> a</c><00:29:32.160><c> sort</c><00:29:32.339><c> of</c><00:29:32.519><c> trap</c><00:29:32.700><c> that</c> 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:35.259 catches<00:29:33.460><c> the</c><00:29:34.000><c> unsuspecting</c><00:29:34.859><c> animal,</c> 00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:37.519 perhaps<00:29:35.759><c> just</c><00:29:36.079><c> by</c><00:29:36.279><c> a</c><00:29:36.460><c> leg.</c> 00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:40.920 The<00:29:37.700><c> trap</c><00:29:37.859><c> springs</c><00:29:38.380><c> and</c><00:29:38.599><c> the</c><00:29:38.779><c> animal</c><00:29:38.960><c> is</c><00:29:39.259><c> caught</c><00:29:39.539><c> suddenly.</c> 00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:46.420 But<00:29:42.980><c> God</c><00:29:43.519><c> is</c><00:29:44.539><c> quicker</c><00:29:44.839><c> than</c><00:29:45.119><c> the</c><00:29:45.400><c> trap.</c> 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:48.160 His<00:29:47.039><c> reaction</c><00:29:47.380><c> is</c><00:29:47.700><c> faster.</c> 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:51.240 He<00:29:48.960><c> can</c><00:29:49.259><c> deliver</c><00:29:49.599><c> from</c><00:29:49.839><c> the</c><00:29:50.180><c> snare</c><00:29:50.440><c> of</c><00:29:50.680><c> the</c><00:29:50.859><c> fowler.</c> 00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:55.640 God<00:29:51.839><c> sees</c><00:29:52.559><c> what</c><00:29:52.859><c> obstacles</c><00:29:53.500><c> lie</c><00:29:53.799><c> in</c><00:29:53.980><c> our</c><00:29:54.220><c> path,</c><00:29:54.720><c> and</c><00:29:54.819><c> sometimes,</c><00:29:55.500><c> brethren</c> 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.240 and<00:29:55.880><c> sisters,</c> 00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:58.940 He<00:29:56.839><c> delivers</c><00:29:57.220><c> by</c><00:29:57.720><c> snatching</c><00:29:58.200><c> away.</c> 00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:02.759 Just<00:29:59.700><c> as</c><00:29:59.819><c> the</c><00:30:00.059><c> trap</c><00:30:00.180><c> was</c><00:30:00.400><c> about</c><00:30:00.660><c> to</c><00:30:01.059><c> spring,</c><00:30:02.059><c> just</c><00:30:02.299><c> as</c><00:30:02.460><c> we</c><00:30:02.579><c> were</c> 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:06.500 about<00:30:02.940><c> to</c><00:30:03.099><c> be</c><00:30:03.440><c> caught</c><00:30:03.720><c> in</c><00:30:04.299><c> some</c><00:30:05.140><c> distress,</c> 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:11.180 God<00:30:07.460><c> delivers</c><00:30:08.119><c> His</c><00:30:08.440><c> servant</c><00:30:08.799><c> by</c><00:30:09.279><c> snatching</c><00:30:09.799><c> him</c><00:30:10.119><c> away.</c> 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:14.400 At<00:30:11.700><c> the</c><00:30:11.799><c> very</c><00:30:12.000><c> last</c><00:30:12.299><c> moment,</c><00:30:12.839><c> we</c><00:30:12.839><c> are</c><00:30:13.059><c> redeemed,</c><00:30:14.039><c> rescued,</c> 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:17.299 delivered<00:30:15.099><c> from</c><00:30:16.099><c> adversity.</c> 00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:23.440 God's<00:30:19.779><c> snatching</c><00:30:20.240><c> us</c><00:30:20.599><c> from</c><00:30:20.839><c> the</c><00:30:21.259><c> snare</c><00:30:21.579><c> of</c><00:30:21.819><c> the</c><00:30:22.000><c> fowler.</c> 00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:27.920 We<00:30:25.579><c> may</c><00:30:25.779><c> not</c><00:30:25.940><c> be</c><00:30:26.180><c> aware</c><00:30:26.380><c> of</c><00:30:26.579><c> it.</c> 00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:31.119 We<00:30:28.480><c> may</c><00:30:28.660><c> not</c><00:30:28.839><c> always</c><00:30:29.140><c> see</c><00:30:29.380><c> it.</c> 00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:35.559 We<00:30:31.740><c> may</c><00:30:31.940><c> sometimes</c><00:30:32.480><c> never</c><00:30:32.859><c> know</c><00:30:33.319><c> that</c><00:30:33.599><c> the</c><00:30:33.799><c> trap</c><00:30:33.960><c> was</c><00:30:34.259><c> there.</c> 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:43.460 But<00:30:37.039><c> that</c><00:30:37.319><c> should</c><00:30:37.579><c> not</c><00:30:37.839><c> lessen</c><00:30:38.319><c> our</c><00:30:38.660><c> gratitude</c><00:30:39.640><c> for</c><00:30:41.539><c> the</c><00:30:41.799><c> power</c><00:30:42.599><c> and</c> 00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:46.240 the<00:30:43.720><c> care</c><00:30:44.500><c> of</c><00:30:45.140><c> our</c><00:30:45.319><c> Father.</c> 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:53.140 Then<00:30:49.400><c> down</c><00:30:49.720><c> at</c><00:30:49.940><c> verses</c><00:30:50.359><c> 12</c><00:30:50.819><c> and</c><00:30:51.000><c> 13</c><00:30:51.539><c> of</c><00:30:51.720><c> this</c><00:30:51.960><c> chapter,</c> 00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:57.259 They<00:30:55.180><c> shall</c><00:30:55.380><c> bear</c><00:30:55.599><c> thee</c><00:30:55.799><c> up</c><00:30:55.900><c> in</c><00:30:56.079><c> their</c><00:30:56.259><c> hands,</c><00:30:56.619><c> lest</c><00:30:56.700><c> thou</c><00:30:56.900><c> dash</c><00:30:57.059><c> thy</c> 00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.200 foot<00:30:57.460><c> against</c><00:30:57.799><c> a</c><00:30:58.019><c> stone.</c> 00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:00.799 Thou<00:30:58.619><c> shalt</c><00:30:58.799><c> tread</c><00:30:59.000><c> upon</c><00:30:59.259><c> the</c><00:30:59.539><c> lion</c><00:30:59.839><c> and</c><00:31:00.119><c> adder,</c><00:31:00.380><c> the</c><00:31:00.500><c> young</c> 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.660 lion<00:31:01.039><c> and</c><00:31:01.200><c> the</c><00:31:01.420><c> dragon,</c> 00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.980 shalt<00:31:01.880><c> thou</c><00:31:02.079><c> trample</c><00:31:02.480><c> under</c><00:31:02.759><c> feet.</c> 00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:06.680 Because<00:31:03.799><c> he</c><00:31:04.059><c> hath</c><00:31:04.259><c> set</c><00:31:04.420><c> his</c><00:31:04.680><c> love</c><00:31:04.940><c> upon</c><00:31:05.279><c> me,</c><00:31:05.839><c> therefore</c><00:31:06.359><c> will</c> 00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:08.700 I<00:31:06.960><c> deliver</c><00:31:07.500><c> him,</c><00:31:08.059><c> says</c><00:31:08.259><c> God.</c> 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:14.359 I<00:31:09.420><c> will</c><00:31:09.619><c> set</c><00:31:09.779><c> him</c><00:31:09.960><c> on</c><00:31:10.220><c> high,</c><00:31:11.299><c> because</c><00:31:11.799><c> he</c><00:31:12.039><c> hath</c><00:31:12.259><c> known</c><00:31:12.640><c> my</c><00:31:13.099><c> name.</c> 00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:17.339 Because<00:31:15.539><c> he</c><00:31:15.799><c> hath</c><00:31:16.039><c> set</c><00:31:16.420><c> his</c><00:31:16.660><c> love</c><00:31:16.900><c> upon</c><00:31:17.140><c> me.</c> 00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:22.019 Again,<00:31:18.119><c> a</c><00:31:18.299><c> consistent</c><00:31:19.500><c> placing</c><00:31:20.259><c> of</c><00:31:20.579><c> one's</c><00:31:20.940><c> love</c><00:31:21.200><c> upon</c><00:31:21.559><c> God.</c> 00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:24.079 A<00:31:22.400><c> way</c><00:31:22.539><c> of</c><00:31:22.759><c> life,</c><00:31:23.299><c> brethren</c><00:31:23.460><c> and</c><00:31:23.700><c> sisters.</c> 00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:27.359 Not<00:31:24.859><c> something</c><00:31:25.279><c> done</c><00:31:25.579><c> in</c><00:31:25.819><c> the</c><00:31:25.960><c> heat</c><00:31:26.079><c> of</c><00:31:26.299><c> the</c><00:31:26.460><c> moment.</c> 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:31.880 Because<00:31:28.359><c> he</c><00:31:28.599><c> hath</c><00:31:28.799><c> set</c><00:31:28.980><c> his</c><00:31:29.119><c> love</c><00:31:29.339><c> upon</c><00:31:29.640><c> me,</c><00:31:30.960><c> therefore</c><00:31:31.460><c> will</c> 00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:34.559 I<00:31:32.180><c> deliver</c><00:31:32.759><c> him,</c><00:31:33.440><c> says</c><00:31:33.599><c> God.</c> 00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:37.180 This<00:31:35.240><c> word,</c><00:31:35.539><c> brethren</c><00:31:35.779><c> and</c><00:31:36.000><c> sisters,</c><00:31:36.240><c> is</c><00:31:36.380><c> quite</c><00:31:36.700><c> different</c> 00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.359 in<00:31:37.400><c> the</c><00:31:37.559><c> Hebrew.</c> 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:49.160 It<00:31:38.940><c> has</c><00:31:39.319><c> the</c><00:31:39.599><c> meaning</c><00:31:40.119><c> to</c><00:31:41.460><c> steer,</c><00:31:44.180><c> to</c><00:31:44.339><c> direct,</c><00:31:46.680><c> to</c><00:31:46.859><c> guide,</c><00:31:47.680><c> to</c><00:31:48.660><c> control.</c> 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:55.200 The<00:31:50.140><c> idea</c><00:31:50.519><c> is</c><00:31:50.900><c> that</c><00:31:51.420><c> there</c><00:31:51.700><c> is</c><00:31:51.980><c> some</c><00:31:52.779><c> obstacle</c><00:31:53.619><c> in</c><00:31:53.880><c> our</c><00:31:54.180><c> path,</c> 00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:58.039 and<00:31:55.920><c> God</c><00:31:56.279><c> diverts</c><00:31:57.099><c> us.</c> 00:31:58.539 --> 00:32:00.200 He<00:31:59.099><c> steers</c><00:31:59.660><c> us.</c> 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:04.519 Because<00:32:00.940><c> we</c><00:32:01.140><c> have</c><00:32:01.359><c> set</c><00:32:01.500><c> his</c><00:32:01.779><c> love</c><00:32:02.000><c> upon</c><00:32:02.319><c> him,</c><00:32:02.940><c> because</c><00:32:03.339><c> we</c><00:32:03.680><c> desire</c><00:32:04.279><c> to</c> 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.480 do<00:32:04.640><c> that</c><00:32:04.839><c> which</c><00:32:05.000><c> is</c><00:32:05.259><c> right,</c> 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:10.980 because<00:32:06.079><c> we</c><00:32:06.319><c> believe</c><00:32:06.759><c> him</c><00:32:07.240><c> and</c><00:32:07.539><c> his</c><00:32:07.900><c> word,</c><00:32:08.960><c> therefore,</c><00:32:09.440><c> brethren</c><00:32:09.680><c> and</c><00:32:09.900><c> sisters,</c> 00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:14.440 he<00:32:11.359><c> guides</c><00:32:11.700><c> us</c><00:32:12.079><c> round</c><00:32:12.720><c> the</c><00:32:12.980><c> stumbling</c><00:32:13.299><c> block.</c> 00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:18.220 He<00:32:14.819><c> helps</c><00:32:15.019><c> us</c><00:32:15.339><c> find</c><00:32:15.599><c> the</c><00:32:15.900><c> path</c><00:32:16.380><c> safe</c><00:32:16.819><c> for</c><00:32:17.079><c> our</c><00:32:17.319><c> feet.</c> 00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:23.480 He<00:32:18.559><c> directs</c><00:32:19.039><c> our</c><00:32:19.259><c> way,</c><00:32:20.259><c> or</c><00:32:20.380><c> perhaps</c><00:32:20.640><c> he</c><00:32:20.880><c> lifts</c><00:32:21.140><c> us</c><00:32:21.500><c> over</c><00:32:21.880><c> the</c><00:32:22.160><c> obstacle,</c> 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:29.339 so<00:32:24.740><c> that</c><00:32:25.460><c> we</c><00:32:25.980><c> shall</c><00:32:26.200><c> not</c><00:32:26.480><c> stumble</c><00:32:27.119><c> nor</c><00:32:28.259><c> fall.</c> 00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:35.059 This<00:32:30.559><c> word,</c><00:32:31.000><c> deliver,</c><00:32:31.359><c> has</c><00:32:31.640><c> that</c><00:32:31.960><c> sense</c><00:32:32.220><c> of</c><00:32:32.440><c> to</c><00:32:32.859><c> steer</c><00:32:33.339><c> around.</c> 00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:37.839 To<00:32:36.859><c> direct.</c> 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:42.460 Of<00:32:39.519><c> course,</c><00:32:39.680><c> it</c><00:32:39.720><c> doesn't</c><00:32:39.960><c> always</c><00:32:40.319><c> work</c><00:32:40.640><c> like</c><00:32:40.980><c> that,</c><00:32:41.299><c> does</c><00:32:41.380><c> it?</c> 00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:46.059 There<00:32:43.880><c> are</c><00:32:44.220><c> occasions,</c><00:32:44.740><c> again,</c><00:32:45.180><c> as</c><00:32:45.359><c> we</c><00:32:45.480><c> shall</c><00:32:45.660><c> see</c><00:32:45.839><c> in</c><00:32:45.960><c> the</c> 00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:47.420 morning,<00:32:46.339><c> God</c><00:32:46.599><c> willing,</c> 00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:51.160 when<00:32:47.940><c> it</c><00:32:48.059><c> is</c><00:32:48.259><c> right</c><00:32:48.519><c> that</c><00:32:48.700><c> we</c><00:32:48.900><c> should</c><00:32:49.339><c> suffer</c><00:32:49.779><c> distress,</c> 00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:55.579 when<00:32:52.579><c> it</c><00:32:52.720><c> is</c><00:32:52.920><c> not</c><00:32:53.079><c> the</c><00:32:53.220><c> will</c><00:32:53.319><c> of</c><00:32:53.539><c> God</c><00:32:53.779><c> that</c><00:32:53.940><c> the</c><00:32:54.160><c> obstacles</c><00:32:54.619><c> should</c><00:32:54.839><c> be</c><00:32:55.119><c> removed,</c> 00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:59.019 or<00:32:56.059><c> we</c><00:32:56.420><c> provided</c><00:32:56.880><c> an</c><00:32:57.119><c> easy</c><00:32:57.339><c> passage</c><00:32:57.839><c> around</c><00:32:58.279><c> them.</c> 00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:03.619 There<00:33:01.099><c> are</c><00:33:01.319><c> times</c><00:33:01.640><c> when</c><00:33:01.880><c> the</c><00:33:02.119><c> servant</c><00:33:02.359><c> of</c><00:33:02.539><c> God</c><00:33:02.779><c> finds</c><00:33:03.160><c> himself</c> 00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:05.619 in<00:33:03.859><c> the</c><00:33:03.980><c> midst</c><00:33:04.200><c> of</c><00:33:04.480><c> great</c><00:33:04.660><c> trouble.</c> 00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:11.799 When<00:33:06.960><c> faith</c><00:33:07.559><c> and</c><00:33:07.960><c> courage</c><00:33:08.359><c> and</c><00:33:08.900><c> more</c><00:33:09.279><c> trust</c><00:33:09.700><c> yet</c><00:33:10.000><c> are</c><00:33:10.259><c> demanded</c><00:33:10.680><c> of</c><00:33:10.880><c> him.</c> 00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:15.150 But<00:33:13.000><c> still,</c><00:33:13.420><c> God</c><00:33:13.680><c> will</c><00:33:13.980><c> deliver</c><00:33:14.339><c> him.</c> 00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:20.680 For<00:33:17.380><c> God</c><00:33:17.740><c> who</c><00:33:17.980><c> brought,</c><00:33:18.359><c> as</c><00:33:18.539><c> we</c><00:33:18.680><c> have</c><00:33:18.779><c> been</c><00:33:19.000><c> learning,</c><00:33:19.660><c> the</c><00:33:19.819><c> Assyrians</c><00:33:20.359><c> to</c> 00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:22.400 the<00:33:20.839><c> gates</c><00:33:21.079><c> of</c><00:33:21.359><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:25.279 provided<00:33:23.180><c> the</c><00:33:23.460><c> means</c><00:33:23.740><c> of</c><00:33:23.980><c> their</c><00:33:24.160><c> destruction.</c> 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:28.240 God<00:33:26.119><c> who</c><00:33:26.339><c> brought</c><00:33:26.519><c> Israel</c><00:33:26.920><c> to</c><00:33:27.119><c> the</c><00:33:27.339><c> threshold</c><00:33:27.700><c> of</c><00:33:27.920><c> the</c><00:33:28.059><c> land</c> 00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:31.319 would<00:33:28.619><c> have</c><00:33:28.900><c> provided</c><00:33:29.400><c> their</c><00:33:29.700><c> means</c><00:33:29.960><c> of</c><00:33:30.299><c> entry.</c> 00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:37.420 And<00:33:33.079><c> if</c><00:33:33.400><c> God</c><00:33:33.960><c> chooses</c><00:33:34.460><c> to</c><00:33:34.779><c> provide</c><00:33:35.279><c> difficulties</c><00:33:36.000><c> in</c><00:33:36.299><c> our</c><00:33:36.559><c> walk,</c> 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:42.579 God<00:33:37.839><c> also</c><00:33:38.359><c> will</c><00:33:38.740><c> provide</c><00:33:39.259><c> their</c><00:33:39.619><c> solution</c><00:33:40.279><c> and</c><00:33:41.400><c> our</c><00:33:41.799><c> deliverance.</c> 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:46.640 And<00:33:43.819><c> so,</c><00:33:44.119><c> verse</c><00:33:44.279><c> 14</c><00:33:44.819><c> of</c><00:33:45.059><c> Psalm</c><00:33:45.279><c> 91,</c> 00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:51.019 We<00:33:47.759><c> have</c><00:33:47.980><c> read,</c><00:33:48.359><c> Because</c><00:33:48.720><c> he</c><00:33:48.940><c> hath</c><00:33:49.079><c> set</c><00:33:49.279><c> his</c><00:33:49.440><c> love</c><00:33:49.680><c> upon</c><00:33:49.940><c> me,</c><00:33:50.259><c> therefore</c><00:33:50.619><c> will</c><00:33:50.859><c> I</c> 00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.799 deliver<00:33:51.400><c> him.</c> 00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:54.799 I<00:33:52.140><c> will</c><00:33:52.339><c> set</c><00:33:52.539><c> him</c><00:33:52.720><c> on</c><00:33:52.900><c> high,</c><00:33:53.180><c> because</c><00:33:53.400><c> he</c><00:33:53.559><c> hath</c><00:33:53.680><c> known</c><00:33:54.000><c> my</c><00:33:54.319><c> name.</c> 00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:58.420 Verse<00:33:55.539><c> 15,</c><00:33:55.960><c> He</c><00:33:56.099><c> shall</c><00:33:56.339><c> call</c><00:33:56.740><c> upon</c><00:33:57.019><c> me,</c><00:33:57.220><c> and</c><00:33:57.339><c> I</c><00:33:57.440><c> will</c><00:33:57.640><c> answer</c><00:33:57.980><c> him.</c> 00:33:58.420 --> 00:34:04.859 I<00:33:59.019><c> will</c><00:33:59.200><c> be</c><00:33:59.359><c> with</c><00:33:59.559><c> him</c><00:33:59.920><c> in</c><00:34:00.460><c> trouble,</c><00:34:02.839><c> and</c><00:34:02.900><c> I</c><00:34:03.259><c> will</c><00:34:03.680><c> deliver</c><00:34:04.220><c> him</c> 00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:06.740 and<00:34:05.420><c> honour</c><00:34:05.740><c> him.</c> 00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:12.199 With<00:34:07.440><c> long</c><00:34:07.880><c> life</c><00:34:08.280><c> will</c><00:34:08.500><c> I</c><00:34:08.739><c> satisfy</c><00:34:09.260><c> him,</c><00:34:10.019><c> and</c><00:34:10.280><c> show</c><00:34:10.500><c> him</c><00:34:10.960><c> my</c><00:34:11.360><c> salvation.</c> 00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:15.739 And<00:34:12.659><c> Joshua</c><00:34:12.940><c> and</c><00:34:13.280><c> Caleb,</c><00:34:13.599><c> brethren</c><00:34:13.840><c> and</c><00:34:14.039><c> sisters,</c><00:34:14.420><c> were</c><00:34:14.559><c> blessed</c><00:34:15.000><c> indeed</c><00:34:15.340><c> to</c> 00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:18.199 see<00:34:16.079><c> that</c><00:34:16.519><c> salvation</c><00:34:17.159><c> of</c><00:34:17.360><c> God.</c> 00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:24.019 But<00:34:21.539><c> here</c><00:34:21.780><c> is</c><00:34:22.019><c> a</c><00:34:22.179><c> different</c><00:34:22.579><c> deliverance.</c> 00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:29.159 Now<00:34:24.760><c> the</c><00:34:25.000><c> servant</c><00:34:25.260><c> of</c><00:34:25.480><c> God</c><00:34:25.579><c> is</c><00:34:25.780><c> in</c><00:34:26.059><c> trouble,</c><00:34:26.800><c> and</c><00:34:27.000><c> still</c><00:34:27.460><c> in</c><00:34:28.039><c> trouble</c><00:34:28.659><c> I</c> 00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.099 will<00:34:29.340><c> be</c><00:34:29.500><c> with</c><00:34:29.719><c> him.</c> 00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:34.340 I<00:34:30.679><c> will</c><00:34:30.920><c> deliver</c><00:34:31.320><c> him</c><00:34:31.980><c> and</c><00:34:32.639><c> honour</c><00:34:32.900><c> him.</c> 00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:39.300 This<00:34:35.079><c> word</c><00:34:35.340><c> deliver</c><00:34:35.739><c> has</c><00:34:36.619><c> perhaps</c><00:34:37.079><c> the</c><00:34:37.360><c> sense</c><00:34:37.719><c> of</c><00:34:38.019><c> to</c><00:34:38.460><c> extricate.</c> 00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:44.380 Now<00:34:42.739><c> we</c><00:34:42.900><c> are</c><00:34:43.079><c> in</c><00:34:43.360><c> trouble.</c> 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:48.579 But<00:34:45.239><c> still,</c><00:34:45.940><c> brethren</c><00:34:45.940><c> and</c><00:34:46.179><c> sisters,</c><00:34:47.099><c> the</c><00:34:47.340><c> hand</c><00:34:47.679><c> of</c><00:34:47.980><c> our</c><00:34:48.239><c> God</c> 00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:51.599 is<00:34:49.139><c> able</c><00:34:49.400><c> to</c><00:34:49.699><c> take</c><00:34:49.880><c> hold</c><00:34:50.320><c> of</c><00:34:50.559><c> the</c><00:34:50.920><c> circumstances</c> 00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:56.820 that<00:34:51.820><c> oppress</c><00:34:52.380><c> us</c><00:34:53.079><c> as</c><00:34:53.780><c> carefully</c><00:34:54.300><c> he</c><00:34:54.699><c> removes</c><00:34:55.099><c> us</c><00:34:55.380><c> from</c><00:34:55.639><c> them.</c> 00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:00.340 Maybe<00:34:59.059><c> we</c><00:34:59.219><c> have</c><00:34:59.380><c> been</c><00:34:59.559><c> foolish.</c> 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:03.699 Maybe<00:35:01.579><c> we</c><00:35:01.739><c> got</c><00:35:01.840><c> ourselves</c><00:35:02.320><c> into</c><00:35:02.559><c> this</c><00:35:02.800><c> jam.</c> 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:07.760 Maybe<00:35:05.400><c> it</c><00:35:05.559><c> was</c><00:35:05.699><c> the</c><00:35:05.780><c> will</c><00:35:05.860><c> of</c><00:35:06.079><c> God</c><00:35:06.340><c> that</c><00:35:06.519><c> we</c><00:35:06.679><c> should</c><00:35:06.960><c> suffer</c><00:35:07.300><c> for</c><00:35:07.579><c> a</c> 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:09.900 while<00:35:07.980><c> and</c><00:35:08.179><c> be</c><00:35:08.400><c> proved</c><00:35:08.659><c> and</c><00:35:08.960><c> tested.</c> 00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:15.360 But<00:35:10.239><c> now</c><00:35:10.500><c> God</c><00:35:10.780><c> lays</c><00:35:11.039><c> a</c><00:35:11.400><c> hand</c><00:35:11.880><c> upon</c><00:35:12.300><c> the</c><00:35:12.639><c> circumstances</c><00:35:13.380><c> and</c><00:35:14.380><c> extricates</c><00:35:15.179><c> us</c> 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:17.960 so<00:35:15.679><c> gently,</c><00:35:16.820><c> so</c><00:35:17.199><c> carefully,</c> 00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:25.800 pulling<00:35:19.099><c> us</c><00:35:19.360><c> out</c><00:35:20.420><c> of</c><00:35:21.440><c> that</c><00:35:21.920><c> which</c><00:35:22.320><c> would</c><00:35:22.579><c> have</c><00:35:22.800><c> hurt</c><00:35:23.659><c> and</c><00:35:24.239><c> destroyed.</c> 00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:33.260 So<00:35:27.639><c> that</c><00:35:27.780><c> in</c><00:35:28.079><c> every</c><00:35:28.519><c> way</c><00:35:28.920><c> God</c><00:35:29.380><c> delivers,</c><00:35:31.760><c> snatching</c><00:35:32.159><c> away,</c> 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:35.880 sometimes<00:35:34.440><c> steering</c><00:35:34.900><c> around,</c> 00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:42.519 sometimes<00:35:38.679><c> extricating,</c><00:35:41.000><c> carefully</c><00:35:41.519><c> taking</c><00:35:41.920><c> us</c><00:35:42.179><c> out.</c> 00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:49.139 But<00:35:43.059><c> always,</c><00:35:43.920><c> brethren</c><00:35:44.059><c> and</c><00:35:44.320><c> sisters,</c><00:35:44.599><c> always,</c><00:35:47.079><c> for</c><00:35:47.239><c> that</c><00:35:47.679><c> man</c><00:35:48.000><c> whose</c><00:35:48.460><c> faith</c><00:35:48.820><c> is</c> 00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:53.519 in<00:35:49.420><c> God,</c><00:35:50.860><c> providing</c><00:35:51.579><c> deliverance.</c> 00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:56.019 Can<00:35:54.719><c> we</c><00:35:54.920><c> doubt</c><00:35:55.119><c> it?</c> 00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:59.320 Dare<00:35:57.639><c> we</c><00:35:57.900><c> doubt</c><00:35:58.099><c> it?</c> 00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:03.539 Does<00:36:00.440><c> not</c><00:36:00.599><c> the</c><00:36:00.800><c> Apostle</c><00:36:01.219><c> Paul</c><00:36:01.500><c> say</c><00:36:01.920><c> in</c><00:36:02.159><c> his</c><00:36:02.679><c> eighth</c><00:36:02.940><c> chapter</c> 00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.900 of<00:36:03.860><c> his</c><00:36:04.019><c> letter</c><00:36:04.199><c> to</c><00:36:04.420><c> the</c><00:36:04.619><c> Romans,</c> 00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:13.719 he<00:36:05.699><c> that</c><00:36:06.300><c> spared</c><00:36:06.800><c> not</c><00:36:07.199><c> his</c><00:36:07.460><c> own</c><00:36:08.019><c> son,</c><00:36:10.179><c> he</c><00:36:10.340><c> that</c><00:36:10.659><c> spared</c><00:36:10.860><c> not</c><00:36:11.079><c> his</c><00:36:11.320><c> own</c><00:36:11.659><c> son,</c><00:36:12.579><c> but</c><00:36:12.719><c> delivered</c><00:36:13.119><c> him</c><00:36:13.460><c> up</c> 00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.400 for<00:36:13.980><c> us</c><00:36:14.179><c> all,</c> 00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:18.019 how<00:36:14.800><c> shall</c><00:36:14.920><c> he</c><00:36:15.099><c> not</c><00:36:15.239><c> with</c><00:36:15.480><c> him</c><00:36:15.840><c> also</c><00:36:16.460><c> freely</c><00:36:16.840><c> give</c><00:36:17.059><c> us</c><00:36:17.280><c> all</c><00:36:17.619><c> things?</c> 00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:21.280 Can<00:36:18.500><c> we</c><00:36:18.679><c> doubt</c><00:36:18.900><c> that</c><00:36:19.079><c> if</c><00:36:19.219><c> God</c><00:36:19.400><c> has</c><00:36:19.699><c> begun</c><00:36:20.019><c> this</c><00:36:20.340><c> great</c><00:36:20.780><c> work</c><00:36:21.079><c> of</c> 00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:24.559 redemption<00:36:21.659><c> in</c><00:36:21.880><c> us</c><00:36:22.139><c> that</c><00:36:22.360><c> he</c><00:36:22.460><c> is</c><00:36:22.519><c> going</c><00:36:22.699><c> to</c><00:36:22.900><c> leave</c><00:36:23.019><c> us</c><00:36:23.239><c> half</c><00:36:23.579><c> way?</c> 00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:28.880 Can<00:36:25.480><c> we</c><00:36:25.699><c> believe</c><00:36:25.980><c> that</c><00:36:26.159><c> God</c><00:36:26.980><c> took</c><00:36:27.340><c> all</c><00:36:27.639><c> that</c><00:36:27.880><c> trouble</c><00:36:28.179><c> in</c><00:36:28.460><c> bringing</c><00:36:28.679><c> us</c> 00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:31.980 out<00:36:29.079><c> of</c><00:36:29.260><c> Egypt</c><00:36:29.619><c> to</c><00:36:30.440><c> ditch</c><00:36:30.639><c> us</c><00:36:30.800><c> in</c><00:36:30.940><c> the</c><00:36:31.079><c> wilderness?</c> 00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:34.159 It<00:36:32.699><c> cannot</c><00:36:33.099><c> be.</c> 00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:38.019 If<00:36:34.980><c> God</c><00:36:35.239><c> has</c><00:36:35.480><c> gone</c><00:36:35.619><c> to</c><00:36:35.760><c> the</c><00:36:35.880><c> extent</c><00:36:36.300><c> of</c><00:36:36.699><c> making</c><00:36:37.019><c> that</c><00:36:37.400><c> supreme</c> 00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:40.079 sacrifice<00:36:38.699><c> of</c><00:36:38.860><c> his</c><00:36:39.000><c> only</c><00:36:39.300><c> begotten</c><00:36:39.820><c> son,</c> 00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:43.440 how<00:36:40.500><c> shall</c><00:36:40.639><c> he</c><00:36:40.780><c> not</c><00:36:40.940><c> as</c><00:36:41.199><c> well</c><00:36:41.400><c> give</c><00:36:41.599><c> us</c><00:36:41.780><c> all</c><00:36:42.059><c> things</c><00:36:42.400><c> freely?</c> 00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:47.340 Certainly,<00:36:45.659><c> he</c><00:36:46.000><c> shall</c><00:36:46.539><c> deliver.</c> 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:51.159 Let<00:36:49.159><c> it</c><00:36:49.480><c> not</c><00:36:49.780><c> be</c><00:36:50.079><c> doubted.</c> 00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:55.199 Will<00:36:53.239><c> you</c><00:36:53.460><c> be</c><00:36:53.659><c> in</c><00:36:53.800><c> the</c><00:36:53.960><c> kingdom,</c><00:36:54.699><c> brother?</c> 00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:59.159 Will<00:36:57.320><c> you</c><00:36:57.480><c> be</c><00:36:57.659><c> there,</c><00:36:58.659><c> sister?</c> 00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.980 Yes. 00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:07.139 By<00:37:03.079><c> the</c><00:37:03.460><c> grace</c><00:37:03.679><c> of</c><00:37:03.920><c> God,</c><00:37:05.500><c> you</c><00:37:05.619><c> will</c><00:37:05.840><c> be</c><00:37:06.099><c> there.</c> 00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:11.840 Not<00:37:08.280><c> that</c><00:37:08.460><c> we</c><00:37:08.619><c> may</c><00:37:08.860><c> say</c><00:37:09.119><c> that</c><00:37:09.360><c> with</c><00:37:09.579><c> any</c><00:37:09.940><c> presumption,</c><00:37:10.619><c> of</c><00:37:10.840><c> course.</c> 00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:17.480 We<00:37:13.860><c> must</c><00:37:14.099><c> be</c><00:37:14.400><c> careful</c><00:37:14.820><c> that</c><00:37:15.159><c> our</c><00:37:15.480><c> faith</c><00:37:15.780><c> is</c><00:37:16.059><c> not</c><00:37:16.360><c> pride,</c><00:37:17.380><c> that</c> 00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:19.239 our<00:37:17.739><c> faith</c><00:37:17.940><c> is</c><00:37:18.199><c> not</c><00:37:18.460><c> misplaced,</c> 00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:24.219 that<00:37:19.539><c> it</c><00:37:19.719><c> is</c><00:37:19.900><c> not</c><00:37:20.179><c> our</c><00:37:20.699><c> own</c><00:37:21.239><c> self</c><00:37:21.659><c>-confidence</c><00:37:22.360><c> with</c><00:37:22.599><c> which</c><00:37:22.760><c> we</c><00:37:23.019><c> abound.</c> 00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:28.460 But<00:37:26.239><c> if</c><00:37:26.440><c> we</c><00:37:26.639><c> trust</c><00:37:26.900><c> in</c><00:37:27.179><c> the</c><00:37:27.300><c> Lord,</c><00:37:27.639><c> brethren</c><00:37:27.920><c> and</c><00:37:28.139><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:32.219 we<00:37:28.699><c> may</c><00:37:28.920><c> be</c><00:37:29.239><c> certain</c><00:37:29.539><c> that</c><00:37:29.840><c> by</c><00:37:30.179><c> his</c><00:37:30.480><c> grace</c><00:37:30.840><c> we</c><00:37:31.420><c> shall</c><00:37:31.739><c> attain</c> 00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:33.519 to<00:37:32.440><c> the</c><00:37:32.599><c> kingdom</c><00:37:32.860><c> and</c><00:37:33.059><c> the</c><00:37:33.239><c> glory.</c> 00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:36.420 And<00:37:33.900><c> it's</c><00:37:34.079><c> no</c><00:37:34.219><c> use</c><00:37:34.360><c> saying</c><00:37:34.639><c> I'm</c><00:37:34.900><c> not</c><00:37:35.239><c> good</c><00:37:35.500><c> enough.</c> 00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:39.119 Of<00:37:37.039><c> course</c><00:37:37.300><c> we're</c><00:37:37.659><c> not</c><00:37:37.800><c> good</c><00:37:38.079><c> enough.</c> 00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:42.079 Israel<00:37:39.519><c> said</c><00:37:39.800><c> they</c><00:37:40.000><c> were</c><00:37:40.260><c> not</c><00:37:40.519><c> able,</c><00:37:40.920><c> and</c><00:37:41.119><c> they</c><00:37:41.320><c> were</c><00:37:41.579><c> not</c><00:37:41.880><c> able.</c> 00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:45.599 It<00:37:42.260><c> was</c><00:37:42.599><c> true</c><00:37:43.280><c> of</c><00:37:44.239><c> themselves.</c> 00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:51.079 But<00:37:47.840><c> in</c><00:37:48.039><c> the</c><00:37:48.280><c> strength</c><00:37:48.559><c> of</c><00:37:48.840><c> God,</c><00:37:49.880><c> they</c><00:37:49.980><c> were</c><00:37:50.260><c> able.</c> 00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:57.579 I<00:37:52.940><c> can</c><00:37:53.260><c> do</c><00:37:53.500><c> all</c><00:37:53.780><c> things</c><00:37:54.099><c> through</c><00:37:54.400><c> Christ</c><00:37:54.900><c> which</c><00:37:55.340><c> strengtheneth</c><00:37:56.000><c> me,</c><00:37:56.320><c> says</c><00:37:56.440><c> the</c><00:37:56.639><c> apostle.</c> 00:37:58.659 --> 00:38:04.309 Of<00:37:59.059><c> course</c><00:37:59.559><c> we</c><00:37:59.920><c> shall</c><00:38:00.300><c> be</c><00:38:00.639><c> there</c><00:38:01.699><c> by</c><00:38:02.880><c> God's</c><00:38:03.480><c> grace.</c> 00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:10.000 And<00:38:08.079><c> if</c><00:38:08.340><c> it</c><00:38:08.539><c> should</c><00:38:08.739><c> be,</c><00:38:09.019><c> brethren</c><00:38:09.320><c> and</c><00:38:09.599><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:14.139 that<00:38:10.239><c> on</c><00:38:10.519><c> the</c><00:38:10.739><c> way</c><00:38:11.179><c> there</c><00:38:12.280><c> should</c><00:38:12.500><c> be</c><00:38:12.800><c> persecution,</c> 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:19.519 or<00:38:15.599><c> distress,</c><00:38:18.280><c> or</c><00:38:18.480><c> trouble,</c> 00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:24.099 then<00:38:21.340><c> the</c><00:38:22.199><c> Lord</c><00:38:22.420><c> will</c><00:38:22.760><c> deliver.</c> 00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:28.619 And<00:38:25.579><c> we</c><00:38:25.760><c> shall</c><00:38:26.000><c> not</c><00:38:26.320><c> face</c><00:38:26.760><c> such</c><00:38:27.159><c> a</c><00:38:27.420><c> time</c><00:38:27.599><c> as</c><00:38:27.900><c> that</c> 00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:32.880 by<00:38:29.300><c> squaring</c><00:38:29.820><c> our</c><00:38:30.179><c> shoulders</c><00:38:30.800><c> and</c><00:38:31.599><c> nerving</c><00:38:32.039><c> ourselves</c><00:38:32.619><c> for</c> 00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:35.300 the<00:38:33.159><c> pressures</c><00:38:33.539><c> of</c><00:38:33.840><c> any</c><00:38:34.099><c> adversity.</c> 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:40.420 We<00:38:37.599><c> shall</c><00:38:37.840><c> not</c><00:38:38.079><c> face</c><00:38:38.360><c> persecution</c><00:38:39.039><c> and</c><00:38:39.440><c> distress</c><00:38:39.800><c> and</c><00:38:40.059><c> trouble</c> 00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:45.059 by<00:38:41.260><c> pulling</c><00:38:41.599><c> our</c><00:38:41.920><c> socks</c><00:38:42.199><c> up</c><00:38:42.460><c> and</c><00:38:42.780><c> resolving</c><00:38:43.219><c> them</c><00:38:43.480><c> more</c><00:38:43.780><c> determinedly</c><00:38:44.639><c> to</c> 00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:47.039 remain<00:38:45.480><c> steadfast.</c> 00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:51.179 Good<00:38:48.639><c> those</c><00:38:48.960><c> things</c><00:38:49.460><c> may</c><00:38:49.780><c> be.</c> 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:54.360 Certainly<00:38:52.159><c> we</c><00:38:52.360><c> must</c><00:38:52.599><c> be</c><00:38:52.900><c> resolute.</c> 00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:58.139 Certainly<00:38:55.519><c> we</c><00:38:55.739><c> should</c><00:38:55.940><c> apply</c><00:38:56.320><c> our</c><00:38:56.579><c> hearts</c><00:38:56.860><c> and</c><00:38:57.099><c> minds</c><00:38:57.340><c> to</c><00:38:57.559><c> the</c><00:38:57.760><c> Scriptures</c> 00:38:58.139 --> 00:39:01.039 to<00:38:58.659><c> prepare</c><00:38:59.039><c> ourselves</c><00:38:59.519><c> against</c><00:38:59.920><c> the</c><00:39:00.159><c> hour</c><00:39:00.320><c> of</c><00:39:00.539><c> temptation.</c> 00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:04.179 But<00:39:01.679><c> brethren</c><00:39:01.960><c> and</c><00:39:02.219><c> sisters,</c><00:39:02.559><c> that</c><00:39:02.880><c> which</c><00:39:03.099><c> will</c><00:39:03.420><c> deliver</c><00:39:03.739><c> us</c> 00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:09.599 is<00:39:04.780><c> our</c><00:39:05.159><c> trust</c><00:39:05.820><c> and</c><00:39:06.699><c> our</c><00:39:07.079><c> faith</c><00:39:07.619><c> in</c><00:39:08.579><c> God.</c> 00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:14.860 For<00:39:12.260><c> if</c><00:39:12.579><c> there</c><00:39:12.820><c> should</c><00:39:13.019><c> be</c><00:39:13.300><c> persecution</c><00:39:14.019><c> for</c><00:39:14.440><c> us,</c> 00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:17.019 if<00:39:15.300><c> there</c><00:39:15.579><c> should</c><00:39:15.820><c> be,</c><00:39:16.260><c> I</c><00:39:16.260><c> say,</c> 00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:19.760 then<00:39:17.739><c> it</c><00:39:17.900><c> will</c><00:39:18.039><c> be</c><00:39:18.300><c> brought</c><00:39:18.519><c> of</c><00:39:18.699><c> God.</c> 00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:22.460 It<00:39:20.820><c> will</c><00:39:20.940><c> be</c><00:39:21.119><c> He</c><00:39:21.300><c> that</c><00:39:21.460><c> has</c><00:39:21.619><c> done</c><00:39:21.820><c> it.</c> 00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:24.659 And<00:39:22.920><c> He</c><00:39:23.099><c> also</c><00:39:23.440><c> will</c><00:39:23.699><c> provide</c><00:39:24.059><c> its</c><00:39:24.360><c> resolution.</c> 00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:27.639 He<00:39:25.460><c> also</c><00:39:25.820><c> will</c><00:39:26.139><c> provide</c><00:39:26.460><c> its</c><00:39:26.699><c> way</c><00:39:26.940><c> of</c><00:39:27.239><c> escape.</c> 00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:35.119 He<00:39:28.320><c> also</c><00:39:28.699><c> will</c><00:39:29.000><c> provide</c><00:39:29.900><c> that</c><00:39:31.800><c> we</c><00:39:32.079><c> might</c><00:39:32.679><c> be</c><00:39:33.159><c> delivered</c><00:39:33.699><c> from</c><00:39:34.320><c> it.</c> 00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:40.320 I<00:39:37.739><c> know</c><00:39:38.159><c> that</c><00:39:38.360><c> we</c><00:39:38.579><c> believe</c><00:39:38.860><c> in</c><00:39:39.239><c> God.</c> 00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:42.860 Do<00:39:41.300><c> we</c><00:39:41.480><c> believe</c><00:39:41.739><c> Him?</c> 00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:47.400 That<00:39:43.639><c> we</c><00:39:43.820><c> might</c><00:39:44.159><c> indeed</c><00:39:44.659><c> endure</c><00:39:45.239><c> to</c><00:39:45.519><c> the</c><00:39:45.719><c> end</c><00:39:46.079><c> and</c><00:39:46.300><c> be</c><00:39:46.579><c> saved?</c> 00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:53.360 We<00:39:49.480><c> do</c><00:39:49.699><c> not</c><00:39:49.900><c> think</c><00:39:50.099><c> we</c><00:39:50.239><c> can</c><00:39:50.500><c> endure,</c><00:39:51.679><c> and</c><00:39:51.880><c> we</c><00:39:52.039><c> are</c><00:39:52.280><c> right.</c> 00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:57.019 Our<00:39:54.420><c> strength</c><00:39:54.679><c> is</c><00:39:54.920><c> too</c><00:39:55.199><c> little</c><00:39:55.519><c> that</c><00:39:55.659><c> we</c><00:39:55.940><c> should.</c> 00:39:58.219 --> 00:40:00.199 But<00:39:58.559><c> if</c><00:39:58.820><c> we</c><00:39:59.059><c> believe</c><00:39:59.380><c> God,</c> 00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:07.320 then<00:40:03.559><c> His</c><00:40:04.239><c> strength</c><00:40:04.739><c> is</c><00:40:05.079><c> made</c><00:40:05.360><c> perfect</c><00:40:05.880><c> in</c><00:40:06.219><c> our</c><00:40:06.480><c> weakness,</c> 00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:11.460 and<00:40:09.219><c> we</c><00:40:09.519><c> shall</c><00:40:09.739><c> be</c><00:40:10.059><c> there.</c> 00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:17.480 We<00:40:12.980><c> shall</c><00:40:13.219><c> be</c><00:40:13.500><c> able</c><00:40:13.719><c> then,</c><00:40:14.980><c> not</c><00:40:15.340><c> presumptuously</c><00:40:16.159><c> but</c><00:40:16.639><c> gladly,</c> 00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:21.559 to<00:40:18.739><c> look</c><00:40:19.000><c> back</c><00:40:19.340><c> as</c><00:40:19.519><c> the</c><00:40:19.739><c> Apostle</c><00:40:20.199><c> Paul</c><00:40:20.559><c> at</c><00:40:20.780><c> the</c><00:40:20.920><c> end</c><00:40:21.099><c> of</c><00:40:21.340><c> his</c> 00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:23.179 life<00:40:21.900><c> looked</c><00:40:22.219><c> back</c> 00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:27.579 and<00:40:23.860><c> knew</c><00:40:24.179><c> that</c><00:40:24.440><c> God</c><00:40:24.699><c> had</c><00:40:25.079><c> delivered</c><00:40:25.360><c> him</c><00:40:25.599><c> out</c><00:40:25.739><c> of</c><00:40:26.000><c> so</c><00:40:26.380><c> many</c><00:40:26.739><c> circumstances</c> 00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:30.920 by<00:40:28.019><c> different</c><00:40:28.480><c> means,</c><00:40:28.920><c> sometimes</c><00:40:29.699><c> snatching</c><00:40:30.260><c> away</c><00:40:30.599><c> from</c><00:40:30.800><c> the</c> 00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.599 very<00:40:31.199><c> mouth,</c> 00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:33.679 the<00:40:31.780><c> very</c><00:40:32.119><c> jaws</c><00:40:32.460><c> of</c><00:40:32.719><c> death,</c> 00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:38.539 sometimes<00:40:35.820><c> steering</c><00:40:36.420><c> him</c><00:40:36.719><c> round</c><00:40:37.119><c> to</c><00:40:37.380><c> avoid</c><00:40:37.800><c> and</c><00:40:38.019><c> evade</c><00:40:38.340><c> the</c> 00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:40.199 problems<00:40:38.900><c> altogether,</c> 00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:42.800 sometimes<00:40:41.500><c> taking</c><00:40:41.900><c> him,</c><00:40:42.179><c> as</c><00:40:42.320><c> he</c><00:40:42.559><c> says,</c> 00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:46.300 out<00:40:43.079><c> of</c><00:40:43.199><c> the</c><00:40:43.320><c> very</c><00:40:43.659><c> mouth</c><00:40:43.940><c> of</c><00:40:44.159><c> the</c><00:40:44.340><c> lion</c><00:40:44.619><c> I</c><00:40:44.900><c> was</c><00:40:45.079><c> delivered,</c> 00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:52.079 putting<00:40:47.480><c> a</c><00:40:47.679><c> hand</c><00:40:47.940><c> on</c><00:40:48.159><c> the</c><00:40:48.300><c> situation</c><00:40:48.960><c> to</c><00:40:50.019><c> draw</c><00:40:50.380><c> his</c><00:40:50.719><c> servant</c><00:40:51.000><c> out.</c> 00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:55.599 Let<00:40:53.980><c> us</c><00:40:54.159><c> then</c><00:40:54.480><c> say</c><00:40:54.679><c> with</c><00:40:54.880><c> him,</c> 00:40:55.599 --> 00:41:00.900 And<00:40:56.480><c> the</c><00:40:56.659><c> Lord</c><00:40:57.239><c> shall</c><00:40:57.880><c> deliver</c><00:40:58.320><c> me</c><00:40:58.900><c> from</c><00:40:59.320><c> every</c><00:40:59.940><c> evil</c><00:41:00.460><c> work,</c> 00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:07.539 and<00:41:01.380><c> will</c><00:41:01.679><c> preserve</c><00:41:02.400><c> me,</c><00:41:03.519><c> keep</c><00:41:03.780><c> me</c><00:41:04.079><c> all</c><00:41:04.599><c> the</c><00:41:04.860><c> way</c><00:41:06.039><c> unto</c><00:41:07.019><c> His</c> 00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:09.360 heavenly<00:41:08.019><c> kingdom,</c> 00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:12.380 to<00:41:10.159><c> whom</c><00:41:10.320><c> be</c><00:41:10.539><c> glory</c><00:41:10.800><c> forever</c><00:41:11.260><c> and</c><00:41:11.480><c> ever.</c> 00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:16.219 Let<00:41:15.039><c> us</c><00:41:15.179><c> pray.</c> 00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:22.599 Our<00:41:20.079><c> heavenly</c><00:41:20.559><c> Father,</c><00:41:21.239><c> we</c><00:41:21.460><c> thank</c><00:41:22.079><c> Thee</c> 00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:27.309 for<00:41:23.519><c> the</c><00:41:23.840><c> abundant</c><00:41:24.260><c> evidence</c><00:41:24.880><c> of</c><00:41:25.159><c> Thy</c><00:41:25.360><c> mercy</c><00:41:25.880><c> and</c><00:41:26.139><c> Thy</c><00:41:26.420><c> love</c> 00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:34.219 that<00:41:28.380><c> Thou</c><00:41:28.579><c> art</c><00:41:28.920><c> with</c><00:41:29.460><c> those</c><00:41:30.159><c> who</c><00:41:30.519><c> put</c><00:41:30.760><c> their</c><00:41:31.079><c> trust</c><00:41:31.440><c> in</c><00:41:31.900><c> Thee.</c> 00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:40.659 Forgive,<00:41:34.940><c> we</c><00:41:35.139><c> beseech</c><00:41:35.579><c> Thee</c><00:41:35.780><c> for</c><00:41:36.079><c> Jesus'</c><00:41:36.820><c> sake,</c><00:41:37.099><c> our</c><00:41:37.300><c> weakness,</c><00:41:39.420><c> our</c><00:41:39.719><c> sin.</c> 00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:46.099 Help<00:41:41.760><c> us,</c><00:41:42.039><c> O</c><00:41:42.260><c> Lord,</c><00:41:42.679><c> to</c><00:41:43.579><c> have</c><00:41:44.019><c> confidence</c><00:41:44.800><c> in</c><00:41:45.300><c> 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us</c><00:42:05.460><c> worthy</c><00:42:05.719><c> to</c><00:42:06.000><c> escape</c><00:42:06.480><c> all</c><00:42:07.199><c> those</c><00:42:07.579><c> things</c><00:42:08.019><c> that</c> 00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:11.579 must<00:42:08.920><c> come</c><00:42:09.239><c> upon</c><00:42:09.579><c> this</c><00:42:09.960><c> ungodly</c><00:42:10.760><c> world.</c> 00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:17.440 Count<00:42:14.019><c> us</c><00:42:14.340><c> worthy,</c><00:42:14.639><c> O</c><00:42:14.920><c> Lord,</c><00:42:15.199><c> to</c><00:42:15.460><c> stand</c><00:42:15.880><c> before</c><00:42:16.320><c> the</c><00:42:16.519><c> Son</c><00:42:16.719><c> of</c><00:42:16.960><c> Man</c> 00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:20.960 and<00:42:18.539><c> to</c><00:42:18.840><c> stand</c><00:42:19.079><c> approved</c><00:42:19.860><c> by</c><00:42:20.159><c> Him.</c> 00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:26.780 For<00:42:23.000><c> we</c><00:42:23.199><c> ask</c><00:42:23.380><c> it</c><00:42:23.559><c> in</c><00:42:23.639><c> His</c><00:42:23.900><c> name.</c><00:42:25.679><c> Amen.</c> 00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:31.820 And<00:42:30.300><c> sisters,</c><00:42:30.639><c> we</c><00:42:30.800><c> have</c><00:42:31.059><c> time</c><00:42:31.340><c> to</c><00:42:31.619><c> sing,</c> 00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:38.619 and<00:42:32.239><c> Anthem</c><00:42:32.519><c> 41</c><00:42:33.039><c> is</c><00:42:33.880><c> particularly</c><00:42:34.679><c> appropriate</c><00:42:35.860><c> to</c><00:42:36.719><c> our</c><00:42:36.940><c> subject</c><00:42:37.300><c> this</c><00:42:37.579><c> morning.</c> 00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:42.239 The<00:42:39.519><c> Lord</c><00:42:40.079><c> will</c><00:42:40.679><c> be</c><00:42:40.920><c> a</c><00:42:41.079><c> refuge.</c> 00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:48.400 Anthem<00:42:44.400><c> 41.</c><00:42:45.260><c> The</c><00:42:45.820><c> Lord</c><00:42:46.059><c> will</c><00:42:46.280><c> be</c><00:42:46.519><c> a</c><00:42:46.679><c> refuge</c><00:42:47.019><c> for</c><00:42:47.239><c> the</c><00:42:47.420><c> oppressed,</c> 00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:51.239 a<00:42:48.800><c> refuge</c><00:42:49.159><c> in</c><00:42:49.519><c> times</c><00:42:49.920><c> of</c><00:42:50.199><c> trouble,</c> 00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:58.039 and<00:42:51.599><c> they</c><00:42:51.800><c> that</c><00:42:52.059><c> know</c><00:42:52.300><c> Thy</c><00:42:52.599><c> name</c><00:42:53.360><c> will</c><00:42:54.159><c> put</c><00:42:54.500><c> their</c><00:42:54.780><c> trust</c><00:42:55.239><c> in</c><00:42:55.920><c> Thee.</c> 00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:25.619 The<00:43:17.920><c> Lord</c><00:43:19.139><c> will</c><00:43:19.679><c> be</c><00:43:20.159><c> a</c><00:43:20.900><c> refuge</c><00:43:22.079><c> for</c><00:43:23.480><c> the</c><00:43:24.019><c> oppressed,</c> 00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:33.780 a<00:43:26.840><c> refuge</c><00:43:27.940><c> in</c><00:43:29.039><c> times</c><00:43:29.800><c> of</c><00:43:30.800><c> trouble,</c> 00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:41.719 and<00:43:34.820><c> they</c><00:43:36.019><c> that</c><00:43:36.900><c> know</c><00:43:37.840><c> Thy</c><00:43:39.019><c> name</c><00:43:39.019><c> will</c><00:43:39.019><c> put</c><00:43:40.619><c> their</c><00:43:40.619><c> trust</c><00:43:41.719><c> in</c><00:43:41.719><c> Thee.</c> 00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:42.840 The<00:43:42.780><c> Lord</c><00:43:42.840><c> will</c><00:43:42.840><c> be</c><00:43:42.840><c> a</c><00:43:42.840><c> refuge</c><00:43:42.840><c> for</c><00:43:42.840><c> the</c><00:43:42.840><c> oppressed,</c> 00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:49.420 and<00:43:42.840><c> they</c><00:43:42.840><c> that</c><00:43:42.840><c> know</c><00:43:42.840><c> Thy</c><00:43:42.840><c> name</c><00:43:42.840><c> will</c><00:43:42.840><c> put</c><00:43:44.099><c> their</c><00:43:44.960><c> trust</c><00:43:46.199><c> in</c><00:43:47.239><c> Thee.</c> 00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:54.920 For<00:43:50.699><c> Thou</c><00:43:52.260><c> art</c><00:43:53.159><c> the</c><00:43:53.159><c> right</c><00:43:54.039><c> child,</c> 00:43:54.920 --> 00:44:04.659 Lord,<00:43:55.639><c> save</c><00:43:57.039><c> them</c><00:43:58.500><c> that</c><00:43:59.679><c> sleep</c><00:44:01.219><c> in</c><00:44:01.900><c> Thee.</c> 00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:08.579 For<00:44:05.260><c> Thou</c><00:44:06.059><c> art</c><00:44:06.300><c> the</c><00:44:06.300><c> right</c><00:44:07.179><c> child,</c> 00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:12.039 Lord,<00:44:09.820><c> save</c><00:44:10.400><c> them,</c> 00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:20.360 Lord,<00:44:13.880><c> save</c><00:44:14.739><c> them</c><00:44:16.139><c> that</c><00:44:17.239><c> sleep</c><00:44:18.780><c> in</c><00:44:19.500><c> Thee.</c> 00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:28.519 The<00:44:21.239><c> Lord</c><00:44:22.340><c> will</c><00:44:22.860><c> be</c><00:44:23.280><c> a</c><00:44:24.059><c> refuge</c><00:44:24.900><c> for</c><00:44:26.420><c> the</c><00:44:27.320><c> oppressed,</c> 00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:35.860 a<00:44:29.599><c> refuge</c><00:44:30.860><c> in</c><00:44:32.059><c> times</c><00:44:32.760><c> of</c><00:44:33.820><c> trouble,</c> 00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:52.860 and<00:44:37.579><c> they</c><00:44:38.739><c> that</c><00:44:39.639><c> know</c><00:44:40.619><c> Thy</c><00:44:43.539><c> name</c><00:44:45.059><c> will</c><00:44:46.260><c> put</c><00:44:47.179><c> their</c><00:44:48.099><c> trust</c><00:44:49.320><c> in</c><00:44:50.420><c> Thee.</c> 00:44:53.420 --> 00:45:02.059 Will<00:44:54.500><c> put</c><00:44:55.860><c> their</c><00:44:56.599><c> trust</c><00:44:58.119><c> in</c><00:44:59.420><c> Thee.</c> 00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:22.960 Thank<00:45:22.460><c> you.</c>