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+[0.00 --> 5.18]  Breaking in a stable for a throne.
+[6.64 --> 12.26]  If I were a wise man, I would travel far.
+[13.18 --> 19.06]  If I were a shepherd, I would do my part.
+[19.28 --> 25.40]  Poor as I am, I would give to him my heart.
+[25.40 --> 32.12]  And he shall reign forevermore, forevermore.
+[32.60 --> 38.84]  And he shall reign forevermore, forevermore.
+[39.80 --> 42.90]  Unto us, trial is born.
+[43.20 --> 46.28]  The King of kings, the Lord of lords.
+[46.56 --> 52.18]  And he shall reign forevermore, forevermore.
+[52.18 --> 56.42]  Here within the manger lies.
+[56.72 --> 59.74]  The one who built the starry skies.
+[60.06 --> 62.92]  This baby born for sacrifice.
+[63.70 --> 65.70]  Christ our Messiah.
+[66.70 --> 69.82]  To our hopes and to our fears.
+[70.08 --> 73.14]  The Savior of the world appears.
+[73.38 --> 76.58]  The promise of eternal years.
+[76.98 --> 79.18]  Christ our Messiah.
+[79.18 --> 88.68]  The King of kings, the."
+[89.36 --> 90.74]  The King of kings, the Israel of kings.
+[91.14 --> 93.56]  Praise the Lord of kings, the Israel of kings.
+[93.70 --> 99.08]  And He shall reign forevermore, forevermore.
+[99.08 --> 105.90]  And he shall reign forevermore, forevermore
+[105.90 --> 109.48]  A child is born to us, a child is born
+[109.48 --> 112.60]  The King of kings and the Lord
+[112.60 --> 119.36]  And he shall reign forevermore, forevermore
+[119.36 --> 122.08]  And he shall reign
+[122.08 --> 129.08]  He shall reign
+[129.08 --> 134.98]  He shall reign forevermore
+[152.08 --> 182.06]  And he shall reign forever
+[182.08 --> 212.06]  And he shall reign forever
+[212.08 --> 242.06]  And he shall reign forever
+[242.08 --> 272.06]  And he shall reign forever
+[272.08 --> 302.06]  Thank you.
+[302.08 --> 332.06]  Thank you.
+[332.08 --> 362.06]  Thank you.
+[362.08 --> 392.06]  Thank you.
+[392.08 --> 422.06]  Thank you.
+[422.06 --> 424.06]  Thank you.
+[452.06 --> 454.06]  Thank you.
+[482.06 --> 484.06]  Thank you.
+[512.06 --> 514.06]  Thank you.
+[542.06 --> 544.06]  Thank you.
+[572.06 --> 574.06]  Thank you.
+[602.06 --> 604.06]  Thank you.
+[632.06 --> 634.06]  Thank you.
+[662.06 --> 664.06]  Thank you.
+[692.06 --> 694.06]  Thank you.
+[694.06 --> 696.06]  Thank you.
+[696.06 --> 698.06]  Thank you.
+[698.06 --> 704.62]  Glory in the highest
+[704.62 --> 709.42]  Glory to you
+[709.42 --> 715.52]  Glory to you, O God
+[728.06 --> 758.04]  Glory to you, O God
+[758.06 --> 788.04]  Glory to you, O God
+[788.06 --> 798.06]  I don't have Christ the Lord
+[798.06 --> 807.72]  So let's say you want to describe the feeling of anticipating a future that's better than the present.
+[807.72 --> 814.04]  You might be giddy or excited or maybe unsure, but most of us know that experience. We call it hope.
+[814.34 --> 818.14]  It's a state of anticipation and it's crucial for healthy human existence.
+[818.58 --> 821.18]  And it's a really important concept in the Bible.
+[821.54 --> 826.46]  In fact, there are many words for hope in the ancient languages of the Bible and they're all fascinating.
+[826.46 --> 830.52]  In the Old Testament, there are two main Hebrew words translated as hope.
+[830.80 --> 833.94]  The first is yachal, which means simply to wait for.
+[834.40 --> 839.76]  Like in the story of Noah and the Ark, as the floodwaters recede, Noah had to yachal for weeks.
+[840.00 --> 843.06]  The other Hebrew word is kavah, which also means to wait.
+[843.26 --> 846.30]  It's related to the Hebrew word kav, which means cord.
+[846.30 --> 851.32]  When you pull a kav tight, you produce a state of tension until there's release.
+[851.64 --> 856.40]  That's kavah, the feeling of tension and expectation while you wait for something to happen.
+[856.84 --> 862.02]  The prophet Isaiah depicts God as a farmer who plants vines and kavahs for good grapes.
+[862.32 --> 868.78]  Or the prophet Micah talks about farmers who both kavah and yachal for morning dew to give moisture to the land.
+[868.78 --> 872.56]  So in biblical Hebrew, hope is about waiting or expectation.
+[873.24 --> 874.44]  But waiting for what?
+[874.86 --> 878.70]  In the period of Israel's prophets, as the nation was sinking into self-destruction,
+[878.86 --> 884.66]  Isaiah said, at this moment, the Lord's hiding his face from Israel, so I will kavah for him.
+[885.10 --> 889.02]  The only hope Isaiah had in those dark days was the hope for God himself.
+[889.50 --> 894.90]  You find this same notion of hope all over the book of Psalms, where these words appear over 40 times.
+[894.90 --> 898.48]  In almost every case, what people are waiting for is God.
+[898.48 --> 902.48]  Like in Psalm 130, the poet cries out from a pit of despair,
+[902.76 --> 909.68]  I kavah for the Lord, let Israel yachal for the Lord, because he's loyal and will redeem Israel from its sins.
+[909.92 --> 913.84]  Biblical hope is based on a person, which makes it different from optimism.
+[914.22 --> 919.76]  Optimism is about choosing to see, in any situation, how circumstances could work out for the best.
+[919.92 --> 922.26]  But biblical hope is not focused on circumstances.
+[922.26 --> 927.18]  In fact, hopeful people in the Bible often recognize there's no evidence things will get better.
+[927.18 --> 929.18]  But you choose hope anyway.
+[929.18 --> 930.54]  Like the prophet Hosea.
+[930.54 --> 935.06]  He lived in a dark time when Israel was being oppressed by foreign empires.
+[935.06 --> 941.18]  And he chose hope when he said God could turn this valley of trouble into a door of hope.
+[941.18 --> 944.10]  Like the day when Israel came up from the land of Egypt.
+[944.46 --> 950.18]  God had surprised his people with redemption back in the days of the Exodus, and he could do so again.
+[950.18 --> 954.10]  So it's God's past faithfulness that motivates hope for the future.
+[954.26 --> 958.74]  You look forward by looking backward, trusting in nothing other than God's character.
+[959.02 --> 961.10]  It's like the poet of Psalm 39 who says,
+[961.30 --> 963.60]  And now, O Lord, what else can I kavah for?
+[963.92 --> 965.18]  You are my yachal.
+[965.40 --> 969.98]  In the New Testament, the earliest followers of Jesus cultivated this similar habit of hope.
+[969.98 --> 976.82]  They believed that Jesus' life, death, and resurrection was God's surprising response to our slavery to evil and death.
+[976.82 --> 979.94]  The empty tomb opened up a new door of hope.
+[980.26 --> 983.14]  And they used the Greek word elpis to describe this anticipation.
+[983.66 --> 987.60]  The apostle Peter said that Jesus' resurrection opened up a living hope.
+[987.86 --> 989.08]  That people can be reborn.
+[989.52 --> 991.36]  To become new and different kinds of humans.
+[992.16 --> 993.98]  More than once, the apostle Paul says,
+[994.18 --> 997.64]  The good news about Jesus announces the elpis of glory.
+[997.64 --> 1003.76]  In both cases, this elpis is based on a person, the risen Jesus, who has overcome death.
+[1004.16 --> 1005.78]  And this hope wasn't just for humans.
+[1006.14 --> 1012.26]  The apostles believed that what happened to Jesus in the resurrection was a foretaste of what God had planned for the whole universe.
+[1012.60 --> 1013.36]  In Paul's words,
+[1013.56 --> 1021.10]  It's a hope that creation itself will be liberated from slavery to corruption into freedom when God's children are glorified.
+[1021.62 --> 1023.48]  So Christian hope is bold,
+[1023.48 --> 1028.16]  waiting for humanity and the whole universe to be rescued from evil and death.
+[1028.36 --> 1029.90]  And some would say it's crazy.
+[1030.22 --> 1031.06]  And maybe it is.
+[1031.18 --> 1034.24]  But biblical hope isn't optimism based on the odds.
+[1034.38 --> 1040.96]  It's a choice to wait for God to bring about a future that's as surprising as a crucified man rising from the dead.
+[1041.26 --> 1045.76]  Christian hope looks back to the risen Jesus in order to look forward.
+[1045.76 --> 1047.58]  And so we wait.
+[1047.96 --> 1050.76]  That's what the biblical words for hope are all about.
+[1061.28 --> 1062.48]  Good morning.
+[1064.00 --> 1073.64]  Welcome into worship on this second Sunday of Advent where we are exploring the theme and idea of hope.
+[1073.64 --> 1077.26]  If you're a guest with us this morning, we are glad that you are here.
+[1077.38 --> 1078.08]  My name is Chris.
+[1078.26 --> 1080.10]  I'm one of the pastors here.
+[1080.26 --> 1084.46]  And it's my privilege with a couple others to lead you in our worship together.
+[1085.00 --> 1087.06]  Our worship today will come to the table.
+[1087.36 --> 1091.46]  And so if you are here, you can already begin preparing your hearts for that.
+[1091.54 --> 1095.68]  If you're online, you can participate with us when we come there as well.
+[1096.32 --> 1100.12]  Just two really quick announcements before the greeting.
+[1100.12 --> 1109.56]  In your mailboxes, if you have one of those here or on the Connect table at the back, you will have received an invitation.
+[1110.48 --> 1117.50]  This invitation is to an event called Oh Holy Night that we are doing next weekend at 4 p.m.
+[1117.96 --> 1118.82]  And so hear that.
+[1119.00 --> 1122.02]  Next weekend at 4 p.m., we're going to come together.
+[1122.14 --> 1124.28]  We're going to sing carols and other Christmas songs.
+[1124.28 --> 1127.88]  And we're going to have a little children's worship time program and hear stories.
+[1128.04 --> 1129.32]  And it's going to be a great evening.
+[1130.04 --> 1135.48]  Following that, there will be a hot chocolate bar and a gingerbread cookie decorating station.
+[1135.48 --> 1144.80]  And so what we hope is that you will receive this invitation and then pass it forward to a neighbor or a co-worker or a friend or someone,
+[1144.96 --> 1151.18]  inviting them to join us on December 17 at 4 p.m. for Oh Holy Night.
+[1151.34 --> 1155.46]  So we can sing into this Christmas season together.
+[1156.10 --> 1158.22]  As well, the second announcement just beginning.
+[1158.22 --> 1166.20]  On Christmas Day, December 25th, which is a Monday this year, we will be gathering for worship at 10 a.m.
+[1166.20 --> 1168.24]  like we have traditionally in the past.
+[1168.36 --> 1172.46]  But we wanted to remind you that we are doing that again this year.
+[1172.64 --> 1174.94]  So Christmas Day at 10 a.m. here.
+[1175.98 --> 1184.02]  I'm going to invite you to stand as we are welcomed into God's presence by receiving His greeting and by His calling us to worship Him.
+[1184.50 --> 1186.20]  Receive the greeting of God.
+[1186.20 --> 1190.06]  Grace, mercy, and peace to you.
+[1190.28 --> 1196.76]  From God our Father, from the Lord Jesus Christ, His Son, and our Savior, through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.
+[1197.76 --> 1198.16]  Amen.
+[1216.20 --> 1239.04]  Today we light the second candle of Advent, the candle of hope.
+[1239.04 --> 1247.06]  N.T. Wright describes the Christmas season in his intro to his book, For All God's Worth.
+[1248.06 --> 1255.68]  Christmas is God lighting a candle, and you don't light a candle in a room that's already full of sunlight.
+[1256.48 --> 1264.18]  You light a candle in a room so murky that the candle, when lit, reveals just how bad things really are.
+[1264.18 --> 1272.24]  The light shines in the darkness, says St. John, and the darkness has not overcome it.
+[1272.86 --> 1273.66]  And there it is.
+[1274.62 --> 1283.92]  Our hope in the person of Jesus, even in this dark and murky world, the darkness has not overcome Him.
+[1283.92 --> 1285.92]  Jesus has overcome.
+[1285.92 --> 1286.50]  Jesus has overcome.
+[1287.22 --> 1289.40]  He is our lighthouse in the storm.
+[1290.76 --> 1293.62]  Our only true hope.
+[1294.38 --> 1295.84]  Let's join our voices in worship.
+[1295.84 --> 1319.48]  O come, O come, Emmanuel,
+[1319.48 --> 1326.36]  Some captive Israel
+[1326.36 --> 1334.12]  That mourns in lowly exile near
+[1334.12 --> 1341.04]  Until the Son of God appears
+[1341.04 --> 1348.84]  Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel
+[1348.84 --> 1354.60]  Shall come to thee, O Israel
+[1354.60 --> 1364.08]  O come, O wisdom, from on high
+[1364.08 --> 1369.60]  Through order and all things vitally
+[1369.60 --> 1376.90]  To us the path of knowledge shown
+[1376.90 --> 1382.66]  And teach us in its ways to go
+[1382.66 --> 1391.54]  Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel
+[1391.54 --> 1396.66]  Shall come to thee, O Israel
+[1396.66 --> 1402.42]  O come, thou branch of Jesse
+[1402.42 --> 1408.18]  O come, thou branch of Jesse
+[1408.18 --> 1413.94]  And rescue them
+[1413.94 --> 1419.94]  From depths of hell your people save
+[1419.94 --> 1425.94]  And give them victory o'er the grave
+[1425.94 --> 1431.70]  Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel
+[1431.70 --> 1437.46]  O come, thou Christ, O Israel
+[1437.46 --> 1446.46]  O come, thou bright and morning star
+[1446.46 --> 1453.46]  And bring us comfort from afar
+[1453.46 --> 1459.22]  Disperse the gloomy cloud of night
+[1459.22 --> 1467.22]  And death's of shadow's moon to fly
+[1467.22 --> 1475.22]  Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel
+[1475.22 --> 1480.98]  Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel
+[1480.98 --> 1482.74]  O Israel
+[1482.74 --> 1486.74]  O Israel
+[1486.74 --> 1496.34]  O Israel
+[1496.34 --> 1506.38]  O Israel
+[1506.38 --> 1510.50]  Jesus, hope of the nations
+[1510.50 --> 1516.50]  Jesus, comfort for all who mourn.
+[1516.50 --> 1523.50]  You are the source of heaven's hope on earth.
+[1523.50 --> 1527.50]  Jesus, light in the darkness.
+[1527.50 --> 1532.50]  Jesus, truth in each circumstance.
+[1532.50 --> 1538.50]  You are the source of heaven's light on earth.
+[1538.50 --> 1543.50]  In history you lived and died.
+[1543.50 --> 1548.50]  You broke the chains you rose to life.
+[1548.50 --> 1552.50]  You are the hope living in us.
+[1552.50 --> 1556.50]  You are the rock in whom we trust.
+[1556.50 --> 1564.50]  You are the light shining for all the world to see.
+[1564.50 --> 1569.50]  You rose from the dead, thunder in fear.
+[1569.50 --> 1573.50]  Our Prince of Peace drawing us here.
+[1573.50 --> 1580.50]  Jesus our home living for all who will receive.
+[1580.50 --> 1582.50]  Lord, we believe.
+[1590.50 --> 1594.50]  Jesus, hope of the nations.
+[1594.50 --> 1599.50]  Jesus, comfort for all who mourn.
+[1599.50 --> 1606.50]  You are the source of heaven's hope on earth.
+[1606.50 --> 1610.50]  Jesus, light in the darkness.
+[1610.50 --> 1615.50]  Jesus, truth in each circumstance.
+[1615.50 --> 1616.50]  Jesus, truth in the darkness.
+[1616.50 --> 1621.50]  You are the source of heaven's hope on earth.
+[1621.50 --> 1625.50]  In history you lived and died.
+[1625.50 --> 1630.50]  You broke the chains you rose to life.
+[1630.50 --> 1631.50]  You are the light on earth.
+[1631.50 --> 1645.50]  You are the light shining for all the world to see.
+[1645.50 --> 1650.50]  You rose from the dead, conquering fear.
+[1650.50 --> 1654.50]  Our Prince of Peace drawing us near.
+[1654.50 --> 1660.50]  Jesus our home living for all who will receive.
+[1660.50 --> 1664.70]  Lord, we believe
+[1664.70 --> 1668.78]  Lord, we believe
+[1668.78 --> 1672.82]  Lord, we believe
+[1672.82 --> 1682.32]  Father, the world is so dark and murky
+[1682.32 --> 1684.36]  we sometimes lose sight of your light.
+[1685.36 --> 1687.78]  We give darkness more credit and power than we should,
+[1687.92 --> 1690.04]  forgetting in whom our hope is found.
+[1691.02 --> 1694.52]  Forgive us for not trusting in the power and the beauty of your light,
+[1695.34 --> 1698.06]  for not seeing the beauty of your love.
+[1699.84 --> 1702.28]  How we longed to see your light
+[1702.28 --> 1705.62]  shining in this dark world. Holy Spirit,
+[1706.44 --> 1710.16]  will you open up our eyes to the hope we have in Jesus
+[1710.16 --> 1714.56]  and the power that is in his name. Jesus, the darkness
+[1714.56 --> 1718.46]  has not and will not overcome you. Help us
+[1718.46 --> 1724.10]  to walk boldly, knowing it is in you alone that our hope is found. Amen.
+[1724.10 --> 1737.72]  In Christ alone
+[1737.72 --> 1750.34]  My hope is found. He is my life, my strength, my soul. This cornerstone, this solid ground,
+[1750.34 --> 1759.76]  firm through the piercest drought and storm. What highs of love, what depths of peace,
+[1759.76 --> 1769.70]  when fears are still and strivings cease. My comforter, my all in all,
+[1769.70 --> 1775.04]  here in the love of Christ I stand.
+[1775.04 --> 1793.28]  In Christ alone, who took on flesh, fullness of love and helpless faith,
+[1793.28 --> 1805.56]  this gift of love and righteousness, scorned by the ones he came to save. Till on the cross
+[1805.56 --> 1822.38]  that Jesus died, the wrath of God was satisfied. For every sin on him was laid, here in the death of Christ I live.
+[1822.38 --> 1829.38]  in Christ alone, who took on flesh, the wrath of God was satisfied.
+[1829.38 --> 1844.38]  There in the ground his body lay, Light of the world by darkness slain. Then bursting forth in glorious day,
+[1844.38 --> 1853.38]  up from the grave he rose again. And as he stands in victory,
+[1853.38 --> 1862.38]  since curse has lost its grip on me. For I am his, and he is mine,
+[1862.38 --> 1869.38]  bought with the precious blood of Christ.
+[1869.38 --> 1885.38]  No guilt in life, no fear in death, This is the power of Christ in me.
+[1885.38 --> 1894.38]  From life's first cry to final breath, Jesus commends my destiny.
+[1894.38 --> 1903.38]  No power of hell, no scheme of man, Can ever pluck me from his hand.
+[1903.38 --> 1912.38]  Till he returns, or calls me home, Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.
+[1912.38 --> 1921.38]  No power of hell, no scheme of man, Can ever pluck me from his hand.
+[1921.38 --> 1932.38]  Till he returns, or calls me home, Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.
+[1932.38 --> 1937.38]  Till he returns, or calls me home, Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.
+[1937.38 --> 1942.38]  Till he returns, or calls me home, Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.
+[1942.38 --> 1959.38]  Till he returns, or calls me home, Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.
+[1959.38 --> 1970.38]  All have declared the glory of the risen Lord,
+[1970.38 --> 1982.38]  Who can compare, With the beauty of the Lord.
+[1982.38 --> 1993.38]  Forever he will be, Forever he will be, The Lamb upon the throne,
+[1993.38 --> 2005.38]  I gladly bow my knee, I gladly bow my knee, And worship him alone.
+[2005.38 --> 2021.38]  I will proclaim, The glory of the risen Lord, Who once was slain,
+[2021.38 --> 2026.38]  To reconcile, O man, To come.
+[2026.38 --> 2036.38]  Forever he will be, Forever he will be, The Lamb upon the throne,
+[2036.38 --> 2044.38]  The Lamb upon the throne, I gladly bow my knee, I gladly bow my knee,
+[2044.38 --> 2046.38]  And worship him alone.
+[2046.38 --> 2049.38]  And worship him alone.
+[2049.38 --> 2057.38]  Forever he will be, Forever he will be, The Lamb upon the throne,
+[2057.38 --> 2063.38]  The Lamb upon the throne, The Lamb upon the throne, I gladly bow my knee,
+[2063.38 --> 2073.38]  I gladly bow my knee, I gladly bow my knee, And worship him alone.
+[2073.38 --> 2078.38]  I gladly bow my knee, I gladly bow my knee, And worship him alone.
+[2078.38 --> 2079.38]  And worship him alone.
+[2079.38 --> 2080.38]  And worship him alone.
+[2080.38 --> 2081.38]  Yes.
+[2081.38 --> 2083.38]  Let's take them to church.
+[2083.38 --> 2084.38]  Okay.
+[2084.38 --> 2086.38]  Good morning.
+[2086.38 --> 2087.38]  My name is Clim.
+[2087.38 --> 2108.36]  I also have done this in the Attire,, and I thank you for fulfilling the
+[2108.36 --> 2109.80]  I'm one of the deacons here at Emanuel.
+[2110.22 --> 2113.90]  The first offering is for the ministry and missions of our church.
+[2114.80 --> 2117.52]  The special offering today is a reverse offering.
+[2118.38 --> 2123.40]  We have been blessed as a church and are called to pass that blessing on to others.
+[2124.08 --> 2130.94]  So if you know someone who is struggling, you can give them a small gift by way of a gift card.
+[2130.94 --> 2143.96]  If we do run out of gift cards or you know someone who needs more than $25, talk to myself or one of the other deacons after the service and we are happy to help.
+[2146.92 --> 2149.96]  Matthew chapter 6 verse 1 to 4.
+[2149.96 --> 2154.66]  Truly I tell you, they have not received their reward in full.
+[2155.44 --> 2164.60]  But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing so that your giving may be in secret.
+[2165.64 --> 2170.92]  Then your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
+[2170.92 --> 2180.98]  There's the bags are for the budget and then there's baskets going around with the gift cards in it.
+[2181.28 --> 2181.70]  Thank you.
+[2181.70 --> 2182.70]  Thank you.
+[2200.92 --> 2230.90]  Thank you.
+[2230.92 --> 2247.42]  Thank you.
+[2247.42 --> 2255.68]  Thank you.
+[2255.68 --> 2257.36]  Thank you.
+[2257.36 --> 2260.48]  since day
+[2260.48 --> 2262.16]  oh
+[2262.16 --> 2266.14]  shepherds
+[2266.14 --> 2268.72]  why this jubilee
+[2268.72 --> 2271.56]  why your joyous
+[2271.56 --> 2272.96]  strains prolong
+[2272.96 --> 2274.92]  what glad
+[2274.92 --> 2277.16]  joys and tidings
+[2277.16 --> 2278.86]  be which
+[2278.86 --> 2280.52]  inspire your
+[2280.52 --> 2282.28]  heavenly song
+[2282.28 --> 2290.68]  Gloria
+[2290.68 --> 2295.62]  in excelsis Deo
+[2295.62 --> 2301.68]  Gloria
+[2301.68 --> 2309.68]  in excelsis Deo
+[2309.68 --> 2315.68]  come to Bethlehem
+[2315.68 --> 2317.40]  and sing
+[2317.40 --> 2319.58]  him whose birth
+[2319.58 --> 2321.82]  the angels sing
+[2321.82 --> 2323.96]  come adore
+[2323.96 --> 2325.70]  on bed and
+[2325.70 --> 2327.94]  knee Christ the
+[2327.94 --> 2329.86]  Lord the new
+[2329.86 --> 2330.80]  Lord King
+[2330.80 --> 2333.50]  Gloria
+[2333.50 --> 2335.50]  Gloria
+[2335.50 --> 2343.50]  in excelsis Deo
+[2344.06 --> 2347.42]  Gloria
+[2347.42 --> 2349.50]  in excelsis Deo
+[2349.50 --> 2351.48]  Gloria
+[2351.48 --> 2355.84]  in excelsis Deo
+[2355.84 --> 2356.84]  Amen.
+[2385.84 --> 2392.84]  Good morning, everybody.
+[2392.84 --> 2398.84]  Can I have the preschoolers all the way up to grade four come up to the front today?
+[2398.84 --> 2416.84]  I have a question for you.
+[2416.84 --> 2426.84]  Have you guys ever waited for something that was going to take forever to get here?
+[2426.84 --> 2428.84]  Christmas?
+[2428.84 --> 2429.84]  Your birthday?
+[2429.84 --> 2431.84]  Is anybody else?
+[2431.84 --> 2432.84]  Ruby?
+[2432.84 --> 2433.84]  Christmas?
+[2433.84 --> 2434.84]  Yeah?
+[2434.84 --> 2436.84]  Anybody else?
+[2436.84 --> 2441.84]  And how did you guys feel when you had to wait and wait and wait?
+[2441.84 --> 2445.84]  Halloween?
+[2445.84 --> 2448.84]  How did you feel?
+[2448.84 --> 2451.84]  Were you excited?
+[2451.84 --> 2455.84]  Were you anxious?
+[2455.84 --> 2457.84]  How did you guys feel?
+[2457.84 --> 2460.84]  Ruby, how did you feel when you have to wait for Christmas?
+[2460.84 --> 2461.84]  Excited?
+[2461.84 --> 2463.84]  Because we have lots of things going on.
+[2463.84 --> 2474.84]  Today in children's worship time, Joseph is going to get a message from an angel of a surprise.
+[2474.84 --> 2477.84]  And then they have to wait for the surprise to come.
+[2477.84 --> 2483.84]  And we are going to learn from Joseph's point of view today in the birth of the story.
+[2483.84 --> 2485.84]  So can everybody stand up?
+[2485.84 --> 2487.84]  I'm going to look at the parents.
+[2487.84 --> 2491.84]  And here we go.
+[2491.84 --> 2492.84]  The Lord be with you.
+[2492.84 --> 2493.84]  And also with you.
+[2493.84 --> 2494.84]  And also with you.
+[2494.84 --> 2495.84]  And we are going to ask you.
+[2495.84 --> 2496.84]  And also with you.
+[2496.84 --> 2497.84]  And also with you.
+[2497.84 --> 2499.84]  And also with you.
+[2499.84 --> 2526.52]  Good morning.
+[2526.52 --> 2556.50]  Thank you.
+[2556.52 --> 2563.34]  We are grateful for everyone's generosity and gifts and using their resources to serve
+[2563.34 --> 2564.46]  the Lord through this church.
+[2564.88 --> 2569.08]  We encourage everyone to think of how you can continue to do that.
+[2569.56 --> 2574.28]  And then one final push, if we can get to the point where we meet our budget for the
+[2574.28 --> 2577.40]  year as we have in past years, that would be a wonderful blessing.
+[2577.40 --> 2583.28]  If you have any questions about how to give, there's numerous ways to talk to myself, any
+[2583.28 --> 2586.34]  of the other council members, elders, pastors, staff.
+[2586.92 --> 2589.48]  There's also information in our e-bulletins.
+[2589.48 --> 2596.20]  Also, a couple other announcements on the youth side, or actually one of them is for church
+[2596.20 --> 2596.50]  wide.
+[2596.64 --> 2598.04]  It's for the Mexico mission trip.
+[2598.96 --> 2603.70]  It's often a lot of youth that attend, and youth grade 10 and up are encouraged to attend,
+[2604.12 --> 2606.96]  but everyone consider that this trip is open to anyone.
+[2606.96 --> 2613.28]  So for details on signing up and on what to do for that, see Brandon sitting in the back
+[2613.28 --> 2613.74]  corner here.
+[2613.84 --> 2615.70]  He'll be at the Connect booth after church.
+[2615.70 --> 2623.00]  Also, tonight for youth, the HCBC will be happening from 7 till 8 o'clock.
+[2623.66 --> 2628.42]  And we just got some exciting news from the Skipper family that Dave and Sheila Skipper had
+[2628.42 --> 2630.38]  a baby girl, Ava Rose.
+[2631.40 --> 2633.84]  So we praise God for that.
+[2636.14 --> 2638.82]  Okay, let's turn to our Lord in prayer.
+[2638.82 --> 2648.42]  God of creation, Lord of all, our loving Father, we come to you this morning through
+[2648.42 --> 2651.70]  Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life.
+[2652.70 --> 2656.62]  As we just sang, all heaven declares the glory of the risen Lord.
+[2657.18 --> 2660.10]  Who can compare with the beauty of the Lord?
+[2661.42 --> 2666.98]  Lord, we know we do not need to be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer
+[2666.98 --> 2671.14]  and petition, with thanksgiving, present our request to you, God.
+[2671.94 --> 2676.32]  Lord, we praise you with thanksgiving for all of the blessings you bestow on us.
+[2677.00 --> 2679.54]  Every good and perfect gift comes from you, Lord.
+[2680.74 --> 2685.58]  We thank you for the gift of children, and we pray your blessing on the families in our
+[2685.58 --> 2687.74]  congregation who are expecting new little ones.
+[2688.32 --> 2692.96]  We praise you for the exciting news with the Skippers of their new baby, Ava Rose.
+[2692.96 --> 2697.50]  And Lord, we pray for those who long to have children and have not.
+[2698.04 --> 2701.88]  Help us trust you to fulfill your will for our lives.
+[2702.98 --> 2704.66]  Lord, we praise you for our health.
+[2705.24 --> 2710.02]  We rejoice with Jerry Jansen and her family, as Jerry's granddaughter, Christina, is feeling
+[2710.02 --> 2713.74]  positive effects from the medication she's taking in her lupus treatment.
+[2713.74 --> 2719.36]  And we thank you also, Lord, for your hand at work in Jerry's daughter, Gonda, as her heart
+[2719.36 --> 2721.92]  valve surgery was successful, and she's back home now.
+[2723.02 --> 2729.42]  Lord, we lift up Dennis Kolkman as he adapts to living with his diabetes diagnosis and adjusts
+[2729.42 --> 2730.34]  to his new home.
+[2731.04 --> 2736.24]  In the midst of change, Lord, bless us with the peace of your constant, unchanging love.
+[2737.78 --> 2742.02]  Lord, we pray for Sai and Greta as Sai is going through tests and treatment.
+[2742.02 --> 2745.64]  Lord, bring them your peace in this time of uncertainty.
+[2746.64 --> 2750.28]  We also lift up John Trass as he undergoes medical tests.
+[2750.88 --> 2755.82]  We ask that you bring John healing and comfort, and we pray for good results for the tests.
+[2757.34 --> 2760.64]  Lord, at times our lives are so full of uncertainty.
+[2761.60 --> 2767.14]  Help us hold fast to the certainty of hope and a future that we may have in you, Lord.
+[2767.14 --> 2773.78]  We also pray for Emmanuel Church and the ministries you have led us to participate in.
+[2774.42 --> 2780.30]  Lord, make us a beacon of your hope and a love and love to a broken and hurting world.
+[2781.40 --> 2785.76]  We pray, Lord, that you provide this world with a peace that is only found in you.
+[2786.44 --> 2791.50]  For those who are suffering from the results of war and violence happening in various places,
+[2791.50 --> 2797.28]  we pray that you provide them with both physical and mental healing and an end to these wars.
+[2798.84 --> 2801.78]  Lord, we pray for families, families that are suffering.
+[2802.48 --> 2808.28]  There's brokenness, loss, loneliness, and grief touching many of us in numerous ways.
+[2809.28 --> 2813.74]  Some of us are experiencing burdensome times of hardships and underemployment.
+[2814.50 --> 2819.02]  Lord, help us cast all our burdens on you and know that you will sustain us.
+[2819.02 --> 2821.52]  You will never let the righteous be shaken.
+[2822.90 --> 2825.68]  Heal our families and heal our hearts, Lord.
+[2826.14 --> 2828.26]  Come, O come, Emmanuel, we pray.
+[2829.28 --> 2833.12]  Lord, as we gather around the table as a body of believers,
+[2833.70 --> 2838.22]  Lord, we pray that we would be filled as we partake in communion.
+[2839.58 --> 2843.32]  And as Pastor Chris now comes to bring us your word of Advent hope,
+[2843.82 --> 2846.78]  we pray that your message through him will resonate in our hearts.
+[2846.78 --> 2847.10]  Let us pray that you will pray that you will be filled as we pray.
+[2847.10 --> 2847.78]  Let us pray that you will be filled as we pray.
+[2847.78 --> 2850.14]  Let us pray that you will be the gospel in the weeks ahead.
+[2851.08 --> 2853.76]  Let us hold true to the song we just sang.
+[2854.38 --> 2857.34]  We will proclaim the glory of the risen Lord,
+[2857.82 --> 2861.82]  who once was slain to reconcile man to God.
+[2862.58 --> 2865.68]  Forever you will be the Lamb upon the throne,
+[2866.08 --> 2869.54]  and we gladly bow our knee and worship you alone.
+[2869.96 --> 2871.12]  In Jesus' name we pray.
+[2871.58 --> 2871.86]  Amen.
+[2871.86 --> 2871.94]  Amen.
+[2871.94 --> 2872.00]  Amen.
+[2876.78 --> 2897.96]  If you have a Bible, I'm going to invite you,
+[2899.40 --> 2902.34]  excuse me, to turn that to Isaiah 8.
+[2902.34 --> 2907.28]  Isaiah 8, we're going to read verse 11 through 17.
+[2908.90 --> 2912.66]  As we go through, and before we do, just a note,
+[2912.76 --> 2916.40]  we're going to really focus on verse 17 of this text,
+[2916.54 --> 2919.86]  and so keep that in mind as we read together.
+[2928.86 --> 2930.26]  Isaiah 8.
+[2932.34 --> 2936.64]  Starting at verse 11.
+[2936.68 --> 2942.02]  This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me,
+[2942.28 --> 2945.12]  warning me not to follow the way of his people.
+[2946.12 --> 2949.92]  Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls conspiracy.
+[2950.32 --> 2953.60]  Do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.
+[2954.26 --> 2958.22]  The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy.
+[2958.22 --> 2960.30]  He is the one you are to fear.
+[2960.60 --> 2962.52]  He is the one you are to dread.
+[2962.86 --> 2966.66]  He will be a holy place for both Israel and Judah.
+[2967.08 --> 2969.78]  He will be a stone that causes people to stumble,
+[2969.96 --> 2971.40]  a rock that makes them fall.
+[2971.98 --> 2973.68]  And for the people of Jerusalem,
+[2973.90 --> 2975.66]  he will be a trap and a snare.
+[2976.12 --> 2977.34]  Many of them will stumble.
+[2977.48 --> 2978.72]  They will fall and be broken.
+[2978.88 --> 2980.40]  They will be snared and captured.
+[2981.50 --> 2983.64]  Bind up this testimony of warning,
+[2983.64 --> 2986.98]  and seal up God's instruction among my disciples.
+[2987.86 --> 2989.72]  I will wait for the Lord,
+[2990.08 --> 2992.86]  who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.
+[2993.30 --> 2996.44]  I will put my trust in him.
+[2996.98 --> 2998.24]  This is the word of the Lord.
+[2998.24 --> 3006.76]  So, for about five hours this week,
+[3007.16 --> 3016.16]  an entire nation had their hopes wrapped up in one unsure thing.
+[3017.52 --> 3019.20]  Rob knows what I'm talking about.
+[3019.88 --> 3020.98]  He might be the only one.
+[3021.98 --> 3023.94]  For about five hours this week,
+[3023.94 --> 3028.20]  the Toronto Blue Jays were surely signing Shohei Otani.
+[3029.22 --> 3031.62]  He was on a plane and had come to Toronto.
+[3032.78 --> 3034.22]  Kikuchi, another Blue Jay,
+[3034.32 --> 3036.56]  had rented out a Japanese restaurant.
+[3036.90 --> 3039.92]  December 8th is important in Japanese culture.
+[3040.94 --> 3044.40]  The Twitterverse, Xverse, whatever that's called now,
+[3044.46 --> 3045.30]  was a buzz,
+[3045.44 --> 3049.02]  and everyone was super excited and super hopeful
+[3049.02 --> 3054.32]  until word came that,
+[3054.44 --> 3058.06]  no, he was still at his home in Los Angeles,
+[3058.46 --> 3060.40]  and he wasn't, in fact, in Toronto.
+[3060.82 --> 3061.98]  And then a couple hours later,
+[3062.08 --> 3063.48]  Hope was dashed even further
+[3063.48 --> 3066.46]  when we found out that he'd signed with the Dodgers.
+[3068.04 --> 3070.74]  Now, for those of you who that means absolutely nothing,
+[3072.04 --> 3074.58]  Shohei Otani is a two-way baseball player.
+[3074.58 --> 3078.84]  He is a once-in-a-century phenomenon as an ace pitcher
+[3078.84 --> 3082.64]  and a home-run smashing derby winner.
+[3083.18 --> 3085.06]  He is a phenomenal player
+[3085.06 --> 3088.24]  around which the Blue Jays could have easily built a World Series team.
+[3089.36 --> 3092.02]  I'm old enough to remember the last time the Blue Jays won.
+[3093.24 --> 3096.32]  I hope that my kids will also have that experience.
+[3098.16 --> 3100.28]  And it could have happened next season.
+[3101.00 --> 3103.60]  But alas, probably the Dodgers.
+[3103.60 --> 3108.36]  Hope in the world can be like that.
+[3108.72 --> 3111.26]  And it can sometimes feel a fickle thing,
+[3111.96 --> 3114.44]  at least for Toronto sports fans.
+[3117.10 --> 3118.20]  Yeah, there it is.
+[3118.26 --> 3118.64]  Thank you.
+[3122.06 --> 3127.56]  This morning, as we explore this idea of hope,
+[3127.56 --> 3133.32]  my desire is that we will see,
+[3133.80 --> 3139.98]  in contrast to how we often talk about hope culturally
+[3139.98 --> 3141.34]  and in the world today,
+[3141.68 --> 3147.02]  and what the Bible can offer us in its place.
+[3147.94 --> 3149.42]  Now, our focus, like I said,
+[3149.50 --> 3152.56]  comes from verse 17 of the text.
+[3152.56 --> 3154.26]  And as you read,
+[3154.50 --> 3156.64]  please get the sense of the text,
+[3156.76 --> 3160.80]  where the people are standing in this place of uncertainty.
+[3161.72 --> 3163.94]  They're standing in this place of fear
+[3163.94 --> 3165.88]  and an unknown future,
+[3166.38 --> 3169.66]  where things feel like a trap,
+[3169.80 --> 3173.14]  and where people will be stumbling around in darkness,
+[3173.32 --> 3175.30]  not sure what is going on.
+[3175.30 --> 3176.96]  And then Isaiah says,
+[3177.34 --> 3179.34]  I will wait for the Lord,
+[3179.34 --> 3182.38]  who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.
+[3182.74 --> 3186.68]  I will put my trust in him.
+[3188.00 --> 3190.56]  That word, translated trust,
+[3190.90 --> 3192.78]  in Isaiah 8 verse 17,
+[3193.06 --> 3196.56]  is one of the Hebrew words for hope.
+[3198.04 --> 3199.84]  If you read the ESV,
+[3200.00 --> 3202.54]  which is another really excellent translation of the Bible,
+[3202.54 --> 3204.70]  it says hope there.
+[3205.74 --> 3208.70]  If you read the New English translation of the Bible,
+[3208.80 --> 3210.10]  which again is another really good one,
+[3210.34 --> 3212.12]  it says wait there.
+[3214.26 --> 3216.30]  Trust and wait.
+[3217.62 --> 3218.10]  Hope.
+[3218.98 --> 3221.26]  Put my hope in him, says Isaiah.
+[3221.40 --> 3223.74]  I will wait for him.
+[3225.04 --> 3229.22]  This Advent, as we look at these words of Advent,
+[3229.40 --> 3231.46]  peace, hope, joy, and love,
+[3231.46 --> 3233.84]  we started last week with peace,
+[3234.00 --> 3234.94]  this week hope,
+[3235.10 --> 3237.64]  next week Josh is going to help us explore joy.
+[3238.34 --> 3239.64]  As we look this week,
+[3240.16 --> 3241.96]  biblical hope is different
+[3241.96 --> 3244.96]  than the kinds or ideas of hope
+[3244.96 --> 3248.58]  that are talked about in culture and in the world.
+[3250.26 --> 3253.26]  This morning is not only for us
+[3253.26 --> 3255.88]  a biblical theology of hope,
+[3255.94 --> 3257.34]  but a bit of a contrast
+[3257.34 --> 3259.52]  to this cultural idea of hope.
+[3259.52 --> 3263.10]  And what I hope you will see is,
+[3263.16 --> 3264.88]  and here's our big idea for the morning,
+[3266.06 --> 3269.90]  biblical hope is not based on circumstances,
+[3270.48 --> 3272.64]  but on the person of God
+[3272.64 --> 3275.64]  who has promised a certain future.
+[3277.10 --> 3279.26]  Biblical hope is not based on circumstances,
+[3279.48 --> 3280.64]  whatever they may be,
+[3280.90 --> 3282.60]  but on the person of God
+[3282.60 --> 3285.82]  who has promised a certain future.
+[3285.82 --> 3291.00]  Now, just like the translation of the Hebrew word,
+[3291.38 --> 3293.64]  kavah, into English,
+[3294.38 --> 3296.74]  the concept of biblical hope
+[3296.74 --> 3301.86]  includes those two aspects of trust and waiting.
+[3303.14 --> 3303.72]  Right?
+[3303.78 --> 3306.60]  You can trust in the midst of a need for hope
+[3306.60 --> 3309.60]  because you can know that God has promised
+[3309.60 --> 3311.66]  a particular future.
+[3311.66 --> 3314.58]  And because we trust with hope,
+[3314.72 --> 3317.78]  we wait for a certain future to come about
+[3317.78 --> 3319.78]  knowing that it is fixed.
+[3321.30 --> 3322.16]  And so already,
+[3322.44 --> 3324.42]  as we begin just digging here,
+[3325.32 --> 3327.60]  right, when I say that biblical hope
+[3327.60 --> 3329.44]  is not based on circumstances,
+[3329.70 --> 3331.04]  but on the person of God
+[3331.04 --> 3333.68]  who has promised a certain future,
+[3334.34 --> 3337.38]  that word certain, right,
+[3337.38 --> 3339.20]  that word in certain future
+[3339.20 --> 3343.28]  means particular and fixed.
+[3345.00 --> 3346.92]  The future that God promises
+[3346.92 --> 3348.48]  is particular
+[3348.48 --> 3351.54]  because it looks a particular way.
+[3351.68 --> 3353.32]  It looks a certain way
+[3353.32 --> 3356.24]  and He knows exactly how it looks
+[3356.24 --> 3358.66]  and He knows exactly how to get us there.
+[3359.52 --> 3359.64]  Right?
+[3359.68 --> 3361.32]  God has promised a future
+[3361.32 --> 3363.88]  that can be told about
+[3363.88 --> 3366.12]  and anticipated already
+[3366.12 --> 3368.70]  because He has revealed it to us
+[3368.70 --> 3369.66]  in His Word.
+[3371.24 --> 3371.42]  Right?
+[3371.46 --> 3372.34]  It is a future
+[3372.34 --> 3375.18]  when all things are made new.
+[3376.02 --> 3376.94]  It is a future
+[3376.94 --> 3378.28]  when there's no more crying
+[3378.28 --> 3380.56]  or dying or pain
+[3380.56 --> 3382.40]  for the old order has been washed away.
+[3382.62 --> 3383.40]  It is a future
+[3383.40 --> 3385.64]  where everything is made right,
+[3385.88 --> 3387.96]  where there's no more injustice,
+[3387.96 --> 3390.34]  where there's perfect shalom,
+[3390.74 --> 3391.92]  peace with God.
+[3391.92 --> 3392.90]  It is a future
+[3392.90 --> 3394.88]  where the dwelling place of God
+[3394.88 --> 3397.00]  is now with humanity.
+[3397.98 --> 3398.08]  Right?
+[3398.10 --> 3399.60]  That's part of our hope
+[3399.60 --> 3403.74]  and it is a particularly well-defined view
+[3403.74 --> 3405.34]  of human history
+[3405.34 --> 3407.16]  and where we're going.
+[3408.52 --> 3411.36]  And that hope is particular
+[3411.36 --> 3412.44]  or it is certain
+[3412.44 --> 3415.02]  and it is fixed.
+[3415.68 --> 3415.84]  Right?
+[3415.86 --> 3417.28]  That's the other aspect of this.
+[3417.40 --> 3419.66]  The hope that God has promised
+[3419.66 --> 3421.50]  for a certain future
+[3421.50 --> 3422.84]  is both particular
+[3422.84 --> 3424.38]  and fixed.
+[3424.60 --> 3425.70]  And what that means is
+[3425.70 --> 3427.22]  it can't be changed.
+[3428.10 --> 3428.22]  Right?
+[3428.26 --> 3429.76]  That God will accomplish
+[3429.76 --> 3430.60]  the purpose
+[3430.60 --> 3432.64]  for which He has set out
+[3432.64 --> 3433.70]  both in creation
+[3433.70 --> 3434.78]  and in redemption.
+[3435.22 --> 3435.42]  Right?
+[3435.46 --> 3436.70]  In revealing His Word
+[3436.70 --> 3437.42]  to the world
+[3437.42 --> 3438.86]  and His coming down
+[3438.86 --> 3440.14]  as the Word made flesh
+[3440.14 --> 3441.60]  in the person of Jesus Christ.
+[3441.88 --> 3442.38]  In fact,
+[3442.94 --> 3444.08]  Christmas itself
+[3444.08 --> 3445.74]  is an example
+[3445.74 --> 3447.64]  of how this truth,
+[3447.90 --> 3450.32]  this fixed future truth
+[3450.32 --> 3452.88]  is realized among us.
+[3453.84 --> 3454.24]  Right?
+[3454.24 --> 3454.88]  Because Christmas
+[3454.88 --> 3456.38]  leads to the life
+[3456.38 --> 3457.44]  and the death
+[3457.44 --> 3458.24]  and the resurrection
+[3458.24 --> 3459.56]  of Jesus Christ.
+[3460.28 --> 3462.02]  In Romans 5 verse 6 says,
+[3462.02 --> 3463.06]  You see,
+[3463.94 --> 3465.54]  at just the right time,
+[3466.02 --> 3467.84]  when we were still powerless,
+[3468.46 --> 3470.88]  Christ died for the ungodly.
+[3471.42 --> 3472.34]  And that phrase,
+[3472.44 --> 3474.82]  at just the right time,
+[3475.38 --> 3477.34]  means everything here.
+[3478.46 --> 3478.70]  Right?
+[3478.82 --> 3480.28]  Everything God does
+[3480.28 --> 3482.82]  is at just the right time.
+[3484.40 --> 3486.76]  His future and His plans
+[3486.76 --> 3487.80]  are fixed
+[3487.80 --> 3490.92]  because God is the Lord of time,
+[3490.92 --> 3491.96]  not bound by it,
+[3492.00 --> 3493.16]  but ruling over it.
+[3494.20 --> 3494.32]  Right?
+[3494.38 --> 3495.56]  Before the foundation
+[3495.56 --> 3496.62]  of the world,
+[3496.74 --> 3498.62]  before God even began
+[3498.62 --> 3499.46]  to create,
+[3499.66 --> 3500.84]  He knew exactly
+[3500.84 --> 3502.08]  what would happen
+[3502.08 --> 3503.34]  and how He would
+[3503.34 --> 3504.30]  redeem the world
+[3504.30 --> 3504.96]  in response,
+[3505.06 --> 3505.84]  how He would bring it
+[3505.84 --> 3506.72]  back to Himself
+[3506.72 --> 3508.72]  at just the right time.
+[3511.44 --> 3513.50]  And God's promise
+[3513.50 --> 3515.98]  isn't like when you
+[3515.98 --> 3518.00]  or I say a promise,
+[3518.12 --> 3518.60]  when we say,
+[3518.74 --> 3519.56]  I promise, right?
+[3519.70 --> 3520.36]  There's always
+[3520.36 --> 3521.26]  the possibility
+[3521.26 --> 3523.00]  of falling short.
+[3523.90 --> 3524.50]  There's always
+[3524.50 --> 3525.24]  the possibility
+[3525.24 --> 3526.42]  of not following through.
+[3527.04 --> 3527.94]  With God,
+[3528.06 --> 3529.24]  there is no possibility
+[3529.24 --> 3530.34]  of falling short
+[3530.34 --> 3531.02]  of His promise.
+[3531.14 --> 3532.22]  There is no possibility
+[3532.22 --> 3534.20]  of Him falling short.
+[3534.30 --> 3535.24]  There is no possibility
+[3535.24 --> 3537.14]  of God being made a liar.
+[3537.60 --> 3537.88]  In fact,
+[3538.06 --> 3538.90]  Numbers 23
+[3538.90 --> 3540.30]  addresses this exactly,
+[3540.82 --> 3541.02]  saying,
+[3541.14 --> 3542.44]  God is not human
+[3542.44 --> 3543.54]  that He should lie,
+[3543.68 --> 3544.62]  not a human being
+[3544.62 --> 3545.54]  that He should change
+[3545.54 --> 3546.50]  His mind.
+[3546.82 --> 3547.64]  Does He speak
+[3547.64 --> 3548.60]  and then not act?
+[3548.96 --> 3549.86]  Does He promise
+[3549.86 --> 3550.70]  and not fulfill?
+[3552.54 --> 3553.60]  Of course He does.
+[3553.70 --> 3554.34]  He promises
+[3554.34 --> 3555.74]  and fulfills.
+[3555.88 --> 3556.80]  That's who God is.
+[3556.88 --> 3558.14]  He can't lie.
+[3558.42 --> 3559.28]  He doesn't promise
+[3559.28 --> 3560.32]  and leave that promise
+[3560.32 --> 3560.88]  unfulfilled
+[3560.88 --> 3561.86]  because that would be
+[3561.86 --> 3563.68]  contrary to His nature,
+[3564.24 --> 3565.60]  the very being of God.
+[3567.52 --> 3568.54]  Biblical hope
+[3568.54 --> 3570.02]  is trust
+[3570.02 --> 3571.50]  and waiting,
+[3571.50 --> 3572.64]  or it is trust
+[3572.64 --> 3573.98]  in waiting
+[3573.98 --> 3576.48]  for a fixed,
+[3576.92 --> 3578.02]  particular,
+[3578.82 --> 3580.56]  certain future.
+[3583.20 --> 3584.20]  Now culturally,
+[3584.56 --> 3585.36]  let's contrast,
+[3585.52 --> 3585.92]  culturally,
+[3586.28 --> 3587.28]  in the world today,
+[3587.48 --> 3588.84]  hope is something
+[3588.84 --> 3590.52]  a little different
+[3590.52 --> 3591.58]  and what I hope
+[3591.58 --> 3592.68]  we will begin to see,
+[3592.82 --> 3593.74]  what I hope
+[3593.74 --> 3594.50]  we will begin to see
+[3594.50 --> 3596.72]  is that it is something
+[3596.72 --> 3598.58]  a little bit less
+[3598.58 --> 3600.38]  than what the Bible
+[3600.38 --> 3600.98]  has to offer.
+[3601.66 --> 3602.86]  Generally speaking,
+[3603.06 --> 3604.40]  hope in our world
+[3604.40 --> 3606.50]  is a sense of longing,
+[3607.18 --> 3607.42]  right?
+[3607.48 --> 3608.54]  And that sense of longing
+[3608.54 --> 3609.38]  can be ambiguous
+[3609.38 --> 3610.56]  or it can be unclear,
+[3610.90 --> 3612.18]  but it's a desire
+[3612.18 --> 3613.12]  for something else.
+[3613.74 --> 3614.30]  Hope,
+[3614.46 --> 3615.58]  for so many people,
+[3616.06 --> 3617.82]  is defined
+[3617.82 --> 3619.26]  as some sort of
+[3619.26 --> 3621.14]  unsure optimism.
+[3622.58 --> 3622.82]  Now,
+[3623.28 --> 3625.92]  in its simplest form,
+[3626.36 --> 3626.52]  right,
+[3626.70 --> 3628.12]  optimism is about
+[3628.12 --> 3629.26]  choosing to see
+[3629.26 --> 3630.24]  how a situation
+[3630.24 --> 3631.86]  could work out
+[3631.86 --> 3632.58]  for the best.
+[3633.72 --> 3634.76]  Not that it will,
+[3635.50 --> 3636.28]  but that it could.
+[3637.32 --> 3637.54]  Now,
+[3637.88 --> 3639.56]  let's slow down
+[3639.56 --> 3639.94]  a minute
+[3639.94 --> 3641.30]  and be clear,
+[3641.52 --> 3641.72]  right,
+[3641.78 --> 3643.04]  because choosing
+[3643.04 --> 3643.96]  to see
+[3643.96 --> 3645.04]  how a situation
+[3645.04 --> 3646.20]  could work out
+[3646.20 --> 3647.34]  for the best
+[3647.34 --> 3649.04]  is a really
+[3649.04 --> 3650.04]  healthy practice.
+[3652.04 --> 3652.56]  Right?
+[3652.62 --> 3653.46]  In counseling,
+[3653.98 --> 3654.86]  in therapy,
+[3654.86 --> 3655.88]  if you've ever
+[3655.88 --> 3658.02]  had the honor
+[3658.02 --> 3658.74]  of doing that,
+[3658.82 --> 3659.60]  you might talk
+[3659.60 --> 3661.64]  about reframing
+[3661.64 --> 3662.60]  your particular
+[3662.60 --> 3663.42]  circumstances.
+[3664.68 --> 3664.88]  Right?
+[3664.88 --> 3665.38]  You might talk
+[3665.38 --> 3665.82]  about how you
+[3665.82 --> 3666.68]  choose to see
+[3666.68 --> 3667.54]  things in a different
+[3667.54 --> 3667.96]  light,
+[3668.36 --> 3669.28]  in a way that
+[3669.28 --> 3670.06]  doesn't reinforce
+[3670.06 --> 3671.22]  negative ideas
+[3671.22 --> 3671.84]  or reinforce
+[3671.84 --> 3673.50]  words or things
+[3673.50 --> 3674.02]  that are bouncing
+[3674.02 --> 3674.98]  around in your head.
+[3675.94 --> 3676.76]  And let me be,
+[3676.88 --> 3677.06]  again,
+[3677.18 --> 3678.02]  abundantly clear,
+[3678.14 --> 3678.24]  like,
+[3678.38 --> 3679.32]  doing that work
+[3679.32 --> 3680.38]  is really good.
+[3681.08 --> 3681.92]  It's healthy,
+[3682.40 --> 3683.30]  important work.
+[3683.30 --> 3684.38]  And in my own
+[3684.38 --> 3684.88]  counseling,
+[3685.18 --> 3685.60]  people,
+[3685.76 --> 3686.58]  and in receiving,
+[3687.10 --> 3687.26]  right,
+[3687.46 --> 3689.84]  we do this work
+[3689.84 --> 3690.72]  together.
+[3691.20 --> 3692.86]  And I use the language
+[3692.86 --> 3695.04]  of making new meaning.
+[3695.76 --> 3695.98]  Right?
+[3696.02 --> 3696.52]  The idea
+[3696.52 --> 3697.92]  being that
+[3697.92 --> 3699.14]  after an experience
+[3699.14 --> 3700.02]  or a situation,
+[3700.02 --> 3701.48]  we make particular
+[3701.48 --> 3702.18]  meanings
+[3702.18 --> 3703.88]  of certain events
+[3703.88 --> 3705.78]  because of things
+[3705.78 --> 3706.76]  that were said to us
+[3706.76 --> 3707.60]  or done to us
+[3707.60 --> 3708.84]  or things that we did
+[3708.84 --> 3710.28]  or things that we said.
+[3710.98 --> 3711.14]  Right?
+[3711.20 --> 3711.48]  And then,
+[3711.74 --> 3712.90]  in our processing,
+[3712.90 --> 3714.06]  the healthy,
+[3714.74 --> 3716.52]  maybe even optimistic,
+[3717.04 --> 3717.82]  reframing
+[3717.82 --> 3718.70]  is to make
+[3718.70 --> 3719.90]  a new meaning.
+[3721.18 --> 3721.38]  Right?
+[3721.40 --> 3722.76]  It's to redefine
+[3722.76 --> 3723.52]  that event
+[3723.52 --> 3724.88]  for us.
+[3725.24 --> 3725.38]  Now,
+[3725.42 --> 3726.36]  sometimes that requires
+[3726.36 --> 3727.26]  talking to the people
+[3727.26 --> 3727.76]  involved.
+[3727.94 --> 3729.22]  Sometimes that requires
+[3729.22 --> 3730.32]  forgiving other people.
+[3730.48 --> 3731.52]  Sometimes that requires
+[3731.52 --> 3733.16]  forgiving ourselves.
+[3734.02 --> 3735.18]  And all of these things,
+[3735.24 --> 3735.42]  again,
+[3735.50 --> 3736.30]  all of these things
+[3736.30 --> 3736.84]  are good
+[3736.84 --> 3737.80]  and healthy
+[3737.80 --> 3738.92]  and they're part
+[3738.92 --> 3740.94]  of this cultural idea
+[3740.94 --> 3742.78]  that floats around
+[3742.78 --> 3744.12]  in the word of hope.
+[3745.66 --> 3746.56]  In fact,
+[3746.78 --> 3749.06]  in the field of education
+[3749.06 --> 3750.06]  right now,
+[3750.12 --> 3750.90]  there's all this
+[3750.90 --> 3752.82]  really good work
+[3752.82 --> 3753.48]  and talk
+[3753.48 --> 3754.88]  about growth mindset.
+[3756.40 --> 3757.78]  We use this language
+[3757.78 --> 3758.44]  in our own home,
+[3758.80 --> 3759.14]  actually.
+[3759.44 --> 3759.56]  Right?
+[3759.58 --> 3760.08]  The idea
+[3760.08 --> 3761.28]  that you are growing
+[3761.28 --> 3762.24]  in understanding
+[3762.24 --> 3763.72]  and growing in capacity
+[3763.72 --> 3764.98]  and growing in ability.
+[3764.98 --> 3766.48]  And so,
+[3766.76 --> 3768.40]  when your kid says to you,
+[3768.50 --> 3769.84]  I can't do this,
+[3770.36 --> 3771.56]  we reframe it
+[3771.56 --> 3772.38]  and we say,
+[3772.58 --> 3773.64]  you're learning
+[3773.64 --> 3774.58]  how to do this.
+[3775.60 --> 3775.82]  Right?
+[3775.86 --> 3776.68]  When someone says,
+[3776.78 --> 3777.50]  I'm too shy
+[3777.50 --> 3778.82]  to speak in front of people,
+[3779.10 --> 3780.04]  we reframe it
+[3780.04 --> 3780.66]  and we say,
+[3781.04 --> 3781.58]  with practice
+[3781.58 --> 3782.34]  and encouragement,
+[3782.62 --> 3783.36]  I can become
+[3783.36 --> 3784.14]  more confident
+[3784.14 --> 3785.08]  and I can improve
+[3785.08 --> 3786.40]  my public speaking skills.
+[3788.22 --> 3788.34]  Right?
+[3789.06 --> 3790.18]  Carol Dweck
+[3790.18 --> 3791.80]  is a leading researcher
+[3791.80 --> 3792.52]  in this field.
+[3792.62 --> 3793.86]  She's from Stanford University
+[3793.86 --> 3795.36]  and she writes,
+[3796.44 --> 3797.82]  in a growth mindset,
+[3798.54 --> 3799.24]  people believe
+[3799.24 --> 3800.68]  that their most basic abilities
+[3800.68 --> 3801.48]  can be developed
+[3801.48 --> 3802.22]  through dedication
+[3802.22 --> 3803.12]  and hard work.
+[3803.66 --> 3804.68]  Brains and talent
+[3804.68 --> 3806.56]  are just the starting point.
+[3808.64 --> 3809.24]  And so again,
+[3809.62 --> 3811.84]  don't hear what I'm not saying
+[3811.84 --> 3813.34]  because all of these
+[3813.34 --> 3814.70]  are really good examples
+[3814.70 --> 3815.98]  and we can learn
+[3815.98 --> 3816.74]  and be
+[3816.74 --> 3817.64]  and do this
+[3817.64 --> 3818.96]  and they come to us
+[3818.96 --> 3821.20]  largely from the world today
+[3821.20 --> 3821.96]  and our culture.
+[3822.50 --> 3823.54]  All of them
+[3823.54 --> 3824.88]  require
+[3824.88 --> 3827.60]  an active definition
+[3827.60 --> 3829.50]  or an active understanding
+[3829.50 --> 3829.96]  though
+[3829.96 --> 3831.00]  of hope.
+[3832.46 --> 3833.64]  Hope that the way
+[3833.64 --> 3835.24]  things currently are
+[3835.24 --> 3836.62]  don't have to be
+[3836.62 --> 3837.38]  the way things
+[3837.38 --> 3838.26]  always will be.
+[3840.84 --> 3841.74]  But whenever
+[3841.74 --> 3843.40]  I look into
+[3843.40 --> 3844.56]  these kinds of
+[3844.56 --> 3846.26]  cultural understandings
+[3846.26 --> 3846.90]  of ideas,
+[3847.38 --> 3848.84]  I'm always left
+[3848.84 --> 3850.12]  with the question,
+[3851.12 --> 3851.52]  how?
+[3851.52 --> 3853.66]  How can I have
+[3853.66 --> 3854.60]  this kind of hope?
+[3855.74 --> 3855.88]  Right?
+[3855.94 --> 3857.70]  Or where does this
+[3857.70 --> 3858.72]  kind of hope come from?
+[3858.80 --> 3859.88]  What is it grounded in?
+[3860.14 --> 3860.68]  And perhaps
+[3860.68 --> 3861.90]  most importantly,
+[3862.76 --> 3863.48]  why?
+[3864.86 --> 3866.20]  Why is it true
+[3866.20 --> 3867.26]  that things
+[3867.26 --> 3868.38]  don't have to be
+[3868.38 --> 3869.76]  the way they currently are?
+[3871.12 --> 3871.34]  Right?
+[3871.38 --> 3872.22]  It seems to me,
+[3872.38 --> 3873.14]  strictly speaking,
+[3873.40 --> 3874.82]  that unless we have
+[3874.82 --> 3876.04]  a bigger idea
+[3876.04 --> 3877.10]  than this world,
+[3877.10 --> 3878.24]  all we can say
+[3878.24 --> 3879.12]  with confidence
+[3879.12 --> 3880.32]  is that things
+[3880.32 --> 3880.82]  are the way
+[3880.82 --> 3881.62]  they currently are.
+[3883.32 --> 3884.76]  Not that they can be
+[3884.76 --> 3885.44]  or that they have
+[3885.44 --> 3886.52]  to be any different.
+[3888.22 --> 3889.10]  In fact,
+[3889.84 --> 3890.92]  I think that
+[3890.92 --> 3892.98]  honest intellectuals
+[3892.98 --> 3893.76]  outside of the
+[3893.76 --> 3894.46]  Christian tradition
+[3894.46 --> 3895.62]  have recognized this.
+[3896.58 --> 3897.46]  For instance,
+[3897.62 --> 3898.48]  everyone's favorite
+[3898.48 --> 3899.62]  modern philosopher,
+[3900.02 --> 3900.36]  Nietzsche,
+[3900.80 --> 3901.20]  says,
+[3901.20 --> 3903.40]  hope in the world
+[3903.40 --> 3904.16]  in reality
+[3904.16 --> 3905.10]  is the worst
+[3905.10 --> 3905.90]  of all evils
+[3905.90 --> 3907.18]  because it prolongs
+[3907.18 --> 3908.10]  the torments of man.
+[3909.56 --> 3909.94]  Now,
+[3910.00 --> 3911.04]  that's an extreme example
+[3911.04 --> 3911.94]  and not all of us
+[3911.94 --> 3912.66]  are nihilists.
+[3913.30 --> 3913.64]  At least,
+[3913.74 --> 3914.70]  I hope none of us here
+[3914.70 --> 3915.74]  are nihilists
+[3915.74 --> 3916.46]  even if we have
+[3916.46 --> 3917.24]  some of those tendencies.
+[3918.58 --> 3918.84]  And so,
+[3918.92 --> 3919.98]  a less extreme example.
+[3921.14 --> 3922.12]  In an essay
+[3922.12 --> 3922.64]  called
+[3922.64 --> 3923.70]  Secular Hope,
+[3924.46 --> 3925.38]  John Keeks
+[3925.38 --> 3925.96]  writes,
+[3927.20 --> 3928.44]  the modest hope,
+[3928.60 --> 3929.32]  notice he's already
+[3929.32 --> 3930.46]  limiting his definition
+[3930.46 --> 3930.86]  of hope.
+[3930.94 --> 3931.76]  The modest hope
+[3931.76 --> 3933.10]  rests on the possibility
+[3933.10 --> 3934.14]  that we have
+[3934.14 --> 3935.02]  some control
+[3935.02 --> 3935.98]  over our lives
+[3935.98 --> 3937.32]  and we can increase
+[3937.32 --> 3938.30]  the control we have.
+[3940.78 --> 3940.96]  Now,
+[3940.98 --> 3941.80]  in this case,
+[3941.92 --> 3942.16]  right,
+[3942.28 --> 3943.66]  the why of hope
+[3943.66 --> 3945.28]  rests on the idea
+[3945.28 --> 3945.94]  that we have
+[3945.94 --> 3946.72]  some control
+[3946.72 --> 3948.42]  and that we can
+[3948.42 --> 3950.00]  increase our control.
+[3951.14 --> 3952.28]  But that's an awful
+[3952.28 --> 3953.06]  big assumption
+[3953.06 --> 3954.38]  about human autonomy
+[3954.38 --> 3955.34]  and about our
+[3955.34 --> 3956.40]  particular powers
+[3956.40 --> 3957.30]  and prowess
+[3957.30 --> 3958.18]  in the world.
+[3958.46 --> 3958.90]  And,
+[3959.12 --> 3959.84]  it ultimately
+[3959.84 --> 3960.92]  still limits hope
+[3960.92 --> 3961.74]  because it means
+[3961.74 --> 3962.68]  that hope is limited
+[3962.68 --> 3963.24]  to the things
+[3963.24 --> 3964.06]  that I can control
+[3964.06 --> 3965.72]  or things that I can
+[3965.72 --> 3966.76]  reasonably hope
+[3966.76 --> 3967.34]  to control
+[3967.34 --> 3968.30]  in the future.
+[3968.86 --> 3970.02]  But let's be honest,
+[3970.08 --> 3971.10]  that's not satisfactory
+[3971.10 --> 3972.20]  because when we need
+[3972.20 --> 3973.08]  hope the most,
+[3973.50 --> 3974.66]  things are out of control.
+[3976.20 --> 3976.72]  And so,
+[3976.78 --> 3977.64]  we need a different hope.
+[3979.24 --> 3979.72]  Right?
+[3979.80 --> 3980.82]  That kind of hope
+[3980.82 --> 3981.92]  doesn't spur
+[3981.92 --> 3982.68]  nations
+[3982.68 --> 3984.24]  to great cultural
+[3984.24 --> 3984.84]  productivity.
+[3984.84 --> 3986.18]  That kind of hope
+[3986.18 --> 3987.10]  doesn't change
+[3987.10 --> 3987.86]  the world.
+[3988.00 --> 3988.84]  That kind of hope
+[3988.84 --> 3990.42]  isn't even
+[3990.42 --> 3991.46]  what most people
+[3991.46 --> 3992.44]  experience
+[3992.44 --> 3993.28]  when they talk
+[3993.28 --> 3993.88]  about hope.
+[3995.12 --> 3996.26]  Hope in the Bible
+[3996.26 --> 3997.74]  is something
+[3997.74 --> 3998.64]  different.
+[3998.82 --> 3999.70]  And the kind of hope
+[3999.70 --> 4000.26]  that Isaiah
+[4000.26 --> 4001.46]  is talking about here
+[4001.46 --> 4002.84]  is different.
+[4004.00 --> 4004.40]  Now,
+[4004.46 --> 4004.86]  we started
+[4004.86 --> 4006.00]  with that video
+[4006.00 --> 4006.62]  and so we're not
+[4006.62 --> 4007.54]  going to go through
+[4007.54 --> 4008.56]  all of this again.
+[4008.74 --> 4008.94]  But,
+[4009.12 --> 4010.38]  in the Old Testament,
+[4010.94 --> 4011.54]  there are
+[4011.54 --> 4012.76]  three words
+[4012.76 --> 4013.64]  that are primarily
+[4013.64 --> 4014.74]  used for hope.
+[4015.60 --> 4015.90]  And,
+[4016.02 --> 4017.30]  I'm not going to give you
+[4017.30 --> 4018.30]  every example of them
+[4018.30 --> 4019.38]  but just some particular
+[4019.38 --> 4020.68]  ones to make the point.
+[4021.48 --> 4022.64]  The first word
+[4022.64 --> 4023.42]  used for hope
+[4023.42 --> 4023.94]  in Hebrew
+[4023.94 --> 4024.88]  is yachal.
+[4025.16 --> 4025.96]  It's the word
+[4025.96 --> 4027.06]  used by Job.
+[4027.68 --> 4028.80]  You remember Job's story.
+[4029.32 --> 4029.42]  Right?
+[4029.52 --> 4030.48]  Job lost everything,
+[4030.64 --> 4031.50]  suffered everything
+[4031.50 --> 4033.70]  and near death.
+[4034.10 --> 4034.84]  Job 13,
+[4035.20 --> 4035.90]  Job says,
+[4036.32 --> 4038.04]  though he slay me,
+[4038.76 --> 4040.04]  I will hope
+[4040.04 --> 4041.18]  in him.
+[4042.76 --> 4043.56]  Right?
+[4043.62 --> 4044.06]  Yachal
+[4044.06 --> 4044.88]  is the word
+[4044.88 --> 4046.54]  used in Psalm 42.
+[4047.58 --> 4047.92]  Right?
+[4048.02 --> 4048.62]  Verse 11
+[4048.62 --> 4050.14]  where the psalmist says,
+[4050.24 --> 4050.94]  and this is familiar
+[4050.94 --> 4051.82]  to many of you,
+[4052.20 --> 4053.36]  Why, my soul,
+[4053.48 --> 4054.54]  are you downcast?
+[4055.04 --> 4056.28]  Why so disturbed
+[4056.28 --> 4056.80]  within me?
+[4056.94 --> 4057.98]  Put your hope
+[4057.98 --> 4059.00]  in God
+[4059.00 --> 4060.18]  for I will yet
+[4060.18 --> 4061.32]  praise him.
+[4062.14 --> 4062.50]  Right?
+[4062.54 --> 4063.66]  This kind of hope
+[4063.66 --> 4064.82]  is about waiting.
+[4065.12 --> 4066.18]  It's about being patient
+[4066.18 --> 4067.08]  in the midst
+[4067.08 --> 4068.36]  of whatever is happening.
+[4068.50 --> 4069.30]  It's about trusting
+[4069.30 --> 4070.04]  that God
+[4070.04 --> 4070.86]  has a purpose
+[4070.86 --> 4072.32]  for this moment
+[4072.32 --> 4073.74]  whatever it may be.
+[4074.16 --> 4074.28]  Right?
+[4074.38 --> 4075.90]  No amount of slaying
+[4075.90 --> 4076.76]  or chaos
+[4076.76 --> 4078.40]  of waves and breakers
+[4078.40 --> 4079.46]  crashing over us
+[4079.46 --> 4080.96]  in this particular experience.
+[4081.34 --> 4082.26]  Whatever that may be,
+[4082.40 --> 4083.82]  God has a purpose
+[4083.82 --> 4084.78]  and so hope
+[4084.78 --> 4085.48]  means we
+[4085.48 --> 4086.30]  wait
+[4086.30 --> 4087.56]  patiently.
+[4090.14 --> 4091.46]  One of the other words
+[4091.46 --> 4092.46]  used for hope
+[4092.46 --> 4093.14]  is the word
+[4093.14 --> 4093.84]  kavah.
+[4093.94 --> 4094.48]  That's the word
+[4094.48 --> 4095.42]  that Isaiah uses
+[4095.42 --> 4096.16]  that we've seen
+[4096.16 --> 4097.56]  and it's the word
+[4097.56 --> 4098.98]  that Jacob uses
+[4098.98 --> 4100.42]  in Genesis 49
+[4100.42 --> 4102.00]  when he says
+[4102.00 --> 4103.26]  I will look
+[4103.26 --> 4104.88]  for your deliverance
+[4104.88 --> 4105.58]  Lord.
+[4107.42 --> 4108.62]  I will look
+[4108.62 --> 4110.06]  is that word
+[4110.06 --> 4111.08]  hope.
+[4111.34 --> 4112.30]  I will wait.
+[4112.62 --> 4113.80]  I will anticipate.
+[4114.38 --> 4115.56]  I will search out.
+[4116.48 --> 4116.58]  Right?
+[4116.76 --> 4117.84]  Hope involves
+[4117.84 --> 4118.26]  waiting
+[4118.26 --> 4119.72]  but with anticipation
+[4119.72 --> 4121.14]  and it involves
+[4121.14 --> 4122.12]  searching out
+[4122.12 --> 4122.90]  the Lord
+[4122.90 --> 4123.62]  and looking
+[4123.62 --> 4124.40]  for the things
+[4124.40 --> 4124.88]  in the midst
+[4124.88 --> 4125.62]  of the unknown
+[4125.62 --> 4126.34]  and whatever
+[4126.34 --> 4126.98]  that experience
+[4126.98 --> 4127.48]  may be.
+[4127.48 --> 4130.68]  And the last word
+[4130.68 --> 4131.18]  for hope
+[4131.18 --> 4133.20]  is tikvah
+[4133.20 --> 4134.32]  in Hebrew.
+[4136.06 --> 4136.78]  If you live
+[4136.78 --> 4137.44]  in this neighborhood
+[4137.44 --> 4138.48]  there's a barista
+[4138.48 --> 4139.14]  at Starbucks
+[4139.14 --> 4139.62]  over there
+[4139.62 --> 4140.64]  whose name is tikvah
+[4140.64 --> 4142.30]  and so if you ever
+[4142.30 --> 4143.18]  go through the drive-thru
+[4143.18 --> 4144.24]  and you see her name tag
+[4144.24 --> 4144.62]  tikvah
+[4144.62 --> 4145.08]  you can say
+[4145.08 --> 4145.70]  hey hope
+[4145.70 --> 4146.30]  how you doing?
+[4146.86 --> 4147.96]  She'll be really impressed.
+[4148.10 --> 4148.88]  She was when I did it
+[4148.88 --> 4149.42]  the last time.
+[4153.94 --> 4155.06]  Jeremiah 29
+[4155.06 --> 4156.24]  verse 11
+[4156.24 --> 4157.42]  for I know
+[4157.42 --> 4157.98]  the plans
+[4157.98 --> 4158.76]  I have for you
+[4158.76 --> 4159.62]  declares the Lord
+[4159.62 --> 4161.24]  plans to prosper you
+[4161.24 --> 4162.18]  and not to harm you
+[4162.18 --> 4163.34]  plans to give you
+[4163.34 --> 4164.48]  a tikvah
+[4164.48 --> 4166.62]  and a future.
+[4169.10 --> 4170.48]  God has a hope
+[4170.48 --> 4172.50]  and we have a hope
+[4172.50 --> 4173.48]  because of who
+[4173.48 --> 4175.42]  God is.
+[4176.14 --> 4176.64]  And yes
+[4176.64 --> 4177.16]  our hope
+[4177.16 --> 4178.24]  involves waiting
+[4178.24 --> 4178.92]  and it involves
+[4178.92 --> 4179.54]  patience.
+[4179.90 --> 4180.22]  Our hope
+[4180.22 --> 4180.96]  also involves
+[4180.96 --> 4182.14]  eagerly anticipating
+[4182.14 --> 4183.48]  and being on the edge
+[4183.48 --> 4183.98]  of our seats
+[4183.98 --> 4184.72]  waiting for God
+[4184.72 --> 4185.14]  to do
+[4185.14 --> 4185.70]  what God
+[4185.70 --> 4186.36]  is going to do
+[4186.36 --> 4187.40]  and our hope
+[4187.40 --> 4189.28]  is trusting.
+[4191.88 --> 4192.36]  Trusting
+[4192.36 --> 4193.24]  that God
+[4193.24 --> 4193.78]  will do it.
+[4195.22 --> 4195.96]  Now in the New Testament
+[4195.96 --> 4196.90]  this idea
+[4196.90 --> 4197.94]  carries
+[4197.94 --> 4199.18]  forward.
+[4199.38 --> 4200.28]  In the New Testament
+[4200.28 --> 4203.06]  Paul writes
+[4203.06 --> 4203.80]  he says
+[4203.80 --> 4205.40]  in this hope
+[4205.40 --> 4206.96]  we are saved.
+[4208.28 --> 4208.64]  But hope
+[4208.64 --> 4209.32]  that is seen
+[4209.32 --> 4210.02]  is no hope
+[4210.02 --> 4210.40]  at all.
+[4210.72 --> 4211.28]  Who hopes
+[4211.28 --> 4211.72]  for what they
+[4211.72 --> 4212.42]  already have
+[4212.42 --> 4213.08]  but if we
+[4213.08 --> 4213.76]  hope for what
+[4213.76 --> 4214.34]  we do not
+[4214.34 --> 4214.72]  have
+[4214.72 --> 4215.66]  we wait
+[4215.66 --> 4216.44]  for it
+[4216.44 --> 4217.36]  patiently.
+[4218.54 --> 4219.44]  The New Testament
+[4219.44 --> 4220.24]  the Greek word
+[4220.24 --> 4221.04]  now for hope
+[4221.04 --> 4221.74]  is elpis
+[4221.74 --> 4222.22]  and you see
+[4222.22 --> 4222.48]  the way
+[4222.48 --> 4223.02]  Paul uses
+[4223.02 --> 4223.40]  it there
+[4223.40 --> 4224.04]  it brings
+[4224.04 --> 4225.28]  all of those
+[4225.28 --> 4226.38]  Old Testament
+[4226.38 --> 4227.10]  ideas
+[4227.10 --> 4228.04]  of waiting
+[4228.04 --> 4228.86]  and anticipating
+[4228.86 --> 4229.70]  and trusting
+[4229.70 --> 4230.62]  and looking
+[4230.62 --> 4231.18]  to God
+[4231.18 --> 4231.70]  together
+[4231.70 --> 4232.88]  into one.
+[4235.14 --> 4236.06]  The author
+[4236.06 --> 4236.58]  of Hebrews
+[4236.58 --> 4237.18]  continues
+[4237.18 --> 4238.72]  instructing us
+[4238.72 --> 4238.92]  saying
+[4238.92 --> 4239.72]  let us hold
+[4239.72 --> 4241.04]  unswervingly
+[4241.04 --> 4241.70]  to the hope
+[4241.70 --> 4242.36]  we profess
+[4242.36 --> 4243.18]  for he
+[4243.18 --> 4244.06]  who promised
+[4244.06 --> 4245.20]  is faithful.
+[4246.62 --> 4247.34]  So as we
+[4247.34 --> 4248.00]  build on
+[4248.00 --> 4248.80]  this idea
+[4248.80 --> 4249.70]  of what hope
+[4249.70 --> 4250.36]  is and what
+[4250.36 --> 4251.04]  it can be
+[4251.04 --> 4251.62]  for us
+[4251.62 --> 4252.30]  in the world
+[4252.30 --> 4252.64]  today
+[4252.64 --> 4253.28]  as Christians
+[4253.28 --> 4254.16]  who know
+[4254.16 --> 4254.54]  God
+[4254.54 --> 4255.10]  and are known
+[4255.10 --> 4255.60]  by God
+[4255.60 --> 4256.12]  as Christians
+[4256.12 --> 4256.80]  who have seen
+[4256.80 --> 4257.16]  God
+[4257.16 --> 4257.84]  at work
+[4257.84 --> 4258.40]  in the world
+[4258.40 --> 4258.76]  through
+[4258.76 --> 4259.56]  the Christmas
+[4259.56 --> 4260.08]  story
+[4260.08 --> 4261.02]  of God
+[4261.02 --> 4261.64]  taking on
+[4261.64 --> 4262.00]  flesh
+[4262.00 --> 4262.58]  and coming
+[4262.58 --> 4263.32]  as a baby
+[4263.32 --> 4263.76]  the hope
+[4263.76 --> 4264.54]  of nations
+[4264.54 --> 4265.52]  fulfilled
+[4265.52 --> 4266.40]  in that moment
+[4266.40 --> 4267.02]  as we
+[4267.02 --> 4267.70]  as Christians
+[4267.70 --> 4268.42]  have seen
+[4268.42 --> 4269.48]  this hope
+[4269.48 --> 4270.18]  of nations
+[4270.18 --> 4270.60]  grow
+[4270.60 --> 4271.16]  and become
+[4271.16 --> 4271.64]  obedient
+[4271.64 --> 4273.12]  even unto
+[4273.12 --> 4273.60]  death
+[4273.60 --> 4274.34]  on the cross
+[4274.34 --> 4274.84]  as we have
+[4274.84 --> 4275.90]  the hope
+[4275.90 --> 4276.50]  of Christmas
+[4276.50 --> 4277.16]  turning
+[4277.16 --> 4278.74]  into the hope
+[4278.74 --> 4279.54]  and the joy
+[4279.54 --> 4280.40]  of Good Friday
+[4280.40 --> 4281.50]  and Easter
+[4281.50 --> 4283.80]  we are called
+[4283.80 --> 4284.84]  to hold
+[4284.84 --> 4286.46]  unswervingly
+[4286.46 --> 4287.44]  to the hope
+[4287.44 --> 4288.26]  that we profess
+[4288.26 --> 4289.16]  for he
+[4289.16 --> 4289.92]  who promised
+[4289.92 --> 4291.14]  is faithful
+[4291.14 --> 4292.70]  and so notice
+[4292.70 --> 4293.00]  right
+[4293.00 --> 4294.62]  that hold
+[4294.62 --> 4295.76]  unswervingly
+[4295.76 --> 4296.90]  hope
+[4296.90 --> 4297.92]  requires
+[4297.92 --> 4299.18]  discipline
+[4299.18 --> 4301.18]  hope requires
+[4301.18 --> 4302.34]  a force
+[4302.34 --> 4303.18]  of mind
+[4303.18 --> 4304.08]  and of spirit
+[4304.08 --> 4305.02]  and of will
+[4305.02 --> 4306.12]  in the face
+[4306.12 --> 4307.08]  of all those
+[4307.08 --> 4307.60]  things
+[4307.60 --> 4308.44]  that tell
+[4308.44 --> 4309.82]  us to the contrary
+[4309.82 --> 4310.72]  all those things
+[4310.72 --> 4311.70]  that pull us
+[4311.70 --> 4312.62]  into the darkness
+[4312.62 --> 4313.80]  all those things
+[4313.80 --> 4314.86]  that may slay
+[4314.86 --> 4316.18]  us in the moment
+[4316.18 --> 4317.20]  hope says
+[4317.20 --> 4318.12]  I hold
+[4318.12 --> 4319.56]  unswervingly
+[4319.56 --> 4320.98]  to the truth
+[4320.98 --> 4322.80]  to the truth
+[4322.80 --> 4323.50]  that we
+[4323.50 --> 4324.70]  profess
+[4324.70 --> 4325.36]  let us hold
+[4325.36 --> 4326.00]  unswervingly
+[4326.00 --> 4326.50]  to the hope
+[4326.50 --> 4327.26]  we profess
+[4327.26 --> 4328.26]  hope
+[4328.26 --> 4329.86]  of this kind
+[4329.86 --> 4330.72]  requires
+[4330.72 --> 4331.60]  a profession
+[4331.60 --> 4332.62]  it requires
+[4332.62 --> 4333.42]  a statement
+[4333.42 --> 4334.32]  of belief
+[4334.32 --> 4334.98]  it requires
+[4334.98 --> 4335.34]  that we
+[4335.34 --> 4336.18]  preach to
+[4336.18 --> 4336.64]  ourselves
+[4336.64 --> 4337.66]  even when
+[4337.66 --> 4338.58]  our senses
+[4338.58 --> 4339.54]  and everyone
+[4339.54 --> 4340.38]  else in the world
+[4340.38 --> 4341.34]  is telling you
+[4341.34 --> 4342.20]  this or that
+[4342.20 --> 4342.54]  thing
+[4342.54 --> 4343.50]  we say
+[4343.50 --> 4344.46]  I believe
+[4344.46 --> 4345.52]  this is
+[4345.52 --> 4346.06]  true
+[4346.06 --> 4346.90]  I believe
+[4346.90 --> 4347.80]  God is
+[4347.80 --> 4348.34]  who God
+[4348.34 --> 4348.72]  is
+[4348.72 --> 4349.08]  and that
+[4349.08 --> 4349.52]  what he
+[4349.52 --> 4350.30]  has said
+[4350.30 --> 4351.28]  will come
+[4351.28 --> 4352.00]  about
+[4352.00 --> 4352.48]  hope
+[4352.48 --> 4353.34]  requires
+[4353.34 --> 4354.44]  a profession
+[4354.44 --> 4355.40]  but finally
+[4355.40 --> 4356.78]  let us hold
+[4356.78 --> 4357.50]  unswervingly
+[4357.50 --> 4357.98]  to the hope
+[4357.98 --> 4358.56]  we profess
+[4358.56 --> 4359.14]  for he
+[4359.14 --> 4360.04]  who promised
+[4360.04 --> 4360.88]  is faithful
+[4360.88 --> 4363.76]  he who promised
+[4363.76 --> 4365.36]  is faithful
+[4365.36 --> 4367.72]  the power
+[4367.72 --> 4369.02]  of Christian
+[4369.02 --> 4369.52]  hope
+[4369.52 --> 4371.12]  the power
+[4371.12 --> 4372.24]  the confidence
+[4372.24 --> 4373.52]  that we have
+[4373.52 --> 4374.22]  in our hope
+[4374.22 --> 4375.70]  is not in
+[4375.70 --> 4376.14]  one
+[4376.14 --> 4376.88]  the strength
+[4376.88 --> 4377.82]  of my discipline
+[4377.82 --> 4379.56]  or the intensity
+[4379.56 --> 4380.54]  of my discipline
+[4380.54 --> 4381.06]  though we are
+[4381.06 --> 4381.86]  required to have it
+[4381.86 --> 4383.10]  it's not in two
+[4383.10 --> 4384.18]  the strength
+[4384.18 --> 4384.90]  or the scope
+[4384.90 --> 4385.82]  of my profession
+[4385.82 --> 4386.82]  though we are
+[4386.82 --> 4387.78]  required to make it
+[4387.78 --> 4389.04]  to declare it boldly
+[4389.04 --> 4390.10]  the strength
+[4390.10 --> 4390.68]  of my hope
+[4390.68 --> 4391.32]  the truth
+[4391.32 --> 4392.56]  of our conviction
+[4392.56 --> 4393.74]  is in
+[4393.74 --> 4394.92]  the person
+[4394.92 --> 4396.12]  who promised
+[4396.12 --> 4397.44]  for he
+[4397.44 --> 4398.36]  who promised
+[4398.36 --> 4399.86]  is faithful
+[4399.86 --> 4402.02]  biblical hope
+[4402.02 --> 4402.52]  is not based
+[4402.52 --> 4403.72]  on your circumstances
+[4403.72 --> 4404.46]  or how much
+[4404.46 --> 4405.12]  control
+[4405.12 --> 4406.26]  you may have
+[4406.26 --> 4407.00]  or reasonably
+[4407.00 --> 4408.20]  assume you can have
+[4408.20 --> 4409.00]  in the world
+[4409.00 --> 4409.80]  but it is based
+[4409.80 --> 4410.78]  on the person
+[4410.78 --> 4411.36]  of God
+[4411.36 --> 4412.60]  who has promised
+[4412.60 --> 4413.20]  for you
+[4413.20 --> 4414.30]  a certain
+[4414.30 --> 4415.82]  future
+[4415.82 --> 4418.70]  and so we go
+[4418.70 --> 4419.52]  from this
+[4419.52 --> 4420.22]  place
+[4420.22 --> 4422.22]  hope
+[4422.22 --> 4423.04]  filled
+[4423.04 --> 4424.60]  to be
+[4424.60 --> 4425.20]  full
+[4425.20 --> 4426.80]  of hope
+[4426.80 --> 4427.98]  in the world
+[4427.98 --> 4430.56]  as we've said
+[4430.56 --> 4431.18]  a number of times
+[4431.18 --> 4431.86]  already this morning
+[4431.86 --> 4433.02]  in this
+[4433.02 --> 4434.34]  present darkness
+[4434.34 --> 4436.60]  we light a candle
+[4436.60 --> 4438.60]  hope
+[4438.60 --> 4440.42]  is the candle
+[4440.42 --> 4441.82]  that changes
+[4441.82 --> 4442.42]  the world
+[4442.42 --> 4443.64]  hope
+[4443.64 --> 4444.42]  is that little
+[4444.42 --> 4445.18]  bit of light
+[4445.18 --> 4446.42]  that pierces
+[4446.42 --> 4446.84]  out
+[4446.84 --> 4447.98]  and separates
+[4447.98 --> 4448.86]  darkness
+[4448.86 --> 4449.44]  hope
+[4449.44 --> 4450.32]  is what
+[4450.32 --> 4450.80]  people
+[4450.80 --> 4451.88]  will see
+[4451.88 --> 4452.50]  and will
+[4452.50 --> 4453.10]  wonder
+[4453.10 --> 4453.94]  how
+[4453.94 --> 4455.02]  on this
+[4455.02 --> 4455.64]  earth
+[4455.64 --> 4457.46]  can you
+[4457.46 --> 4458.10]  have hope
+[4458.10 --> 4462.10]  no
+[4462.10 --> 4465.26]  hope
+[4465.26 --> 4466.54]  can still
+[4466.54 --> 4467.22]  be hard
+[4467.22 --> 4470.78]  in the video
+[4470.78 --> 4471.32]  we watched
+[4471.32 --> 4472.18]  Tim Mackey
+[4472.18 --> 4472.72]  says
+[4472.72 --> 4474.18]  Christian hope
+[4474.18 --> 4475.04]  looks back
+[4475.04 --> 4476.10]  to the risen
+[4476.10 --> 4476.52]  Jesus
+[4476.52 --> 4477.32]  in order
+[4477.32 --> 4478.40]  to look forward
+[4478.40 --> 4479.96]  in this
+[4479.96 --> 4480.66]  present moment
+[4480.66 --> 4482.44]  the table
+[4482.44 --> 4483.86]  is us
+[4483.86 --> 4484.66]  doing that
+[4484.66 --> 4486.20]  we look
+[4486.20 --> 4486.64]  back
+[4486.64 --> 4487.42]  and we
+[4487.42 --> 4487.90]  remember
+[4487.90 --> 4488.52]  the death
+[4488.52 --> 4488.88]  and the
+[4488.88 --> 4489.30]  resurrection
+[4489.30 --> 4489.82]  of Jesus
+[4489.82 --> 4490.30]  Christ
+[4490.30 --> 4491.14]  in order
+[4491.14 --> 4491.94]  that from
+[4491.94 --> 4492.64]  here we
+[4492.64 --> 4493.12]  can be
+[4493.12 --> 4493.64]  filled
+[4493.64 --> 4495.06]  with hope
+[4495.06 --> 4496.30]  in order
+[4496.30 --> 4496.84]  that from
+[4496.84 --> 4497.38]  here we
+[4497.38 --> 4497.70]  can be
+[4497.70 --> 4498.34]  filled
+[4498.34 --> 4499.34]  by God
+[4499.34 --> 4499.98]  and nourished
+[4499.98 --> 4500.46]  by him
+[4500.46 --> 4501.88]  right
+[4501.88 --> 4502.62]  this isn't
+[4502.62 --> 4503.22]  simply
+[4503.22 --> 4504.20]  a remembrance
+[4504.20 --> 4506.04]  but this
+[4506.04 --> 4506.32]  is an
+[4506.32 --> 4506.80]  act of
+[4506.80 --> 4507.06]  God
+[4507.06 --> 4507.42]  where he
+[4507.42 --> 4508.22]  meets us
+[4508.22 --> 4508.66]  at the
+[4508.66 --> 4509.04]  table
+[4509.04 --> 4510.04]  and sends
+[4510.04 --> 4510.68]  us out
+[4510.68 --> 4511.06]  in the
+[4511.06 --> 4511.50]  power
+[4511.50 --> 4512.98]  of hope
+[4512.98 --> 4514.10]  this is
+[4514.10 --> 4515.06]  a celebration
+[4515.06 --> 4515.76]  of what
+[4515.76 --> 4516.26]  God has
+[4516.26 --> 4516.56]  done
+[4516.56 --> 4517.06]  and so
+[4517.06 --> 4517.86]  as we
+[4517.86 --> 4518.48]  come to
+[4518.48 --> 4519.40]  this table
+[4519.40 --> 4520.52]  come as
+[4520.52 --> 4521.70]  those longing
+[4521.70 --> 4523.32]  for hope
+[4523.32 --> 4523.94]  come as
+[4523.94 --> 4524.40]  those who
+[4524.40 --> 4524.86]  recognize
+[4524.86 --> 4525.72]  that we
+[4525.72 --> 4526.52]  need
+[4526.52 --> 4527.24]  this
+[4527.24 --> 4528.00]  hope
+[4528.00 --> 4528.72]  come as
+[4528.72 --> 4529.56]  those who
+[4529.56 --> 4530.38]  will
+[4530.38 --> 4531.16]  be
+[4531.16 --> 4532.04]  filled
+[4532.04 --> 4533.68]  as we
+[4533.68 --> 4533.94]  come to
+[4533.94 --> 4534.36]  this table
+[4534.36 --> 4534.84]  we come
+[4534.84 --> 4535.64]  with a
+[4535.64 --> 4536.02]  liturgy
+[4536.02 --> 4536.76]  I'm going
+[4536.76 --> 4537.04]  to invite
+[4537.04 --> 4537.30]  you to
+[4537.30 --> 4537.68]  speak the
+[4537.68 --> 4538.06]  words
+[4538.06 --> 4539.28]  of our
+[4539.28 --> 4539.96]  approaching
+[4539.96 --> 4540.74]  the table
+[4540.74 --> 4541.64]  together
+[4541.64 --> 4543.20]  lift up
+[4543.20 --> 4543.72]  your hearts
+[4543.72 --> 4547.42]  let us
+[4547.42 --> 4547.98]  give thanks
+[4547.98 --> 4548.30]  to the
+[4548.30 --> 4548.70]  Lord our
+[4548.70 --> 4549.04]  God
+[4549.04 --> 4552.70]  let's
+[4552.70 --> 4553.22]  pray together
+[4553.22 --> 4555.76]  with joy
+[4555.76 --> 4556.64]  we praise
+[4556.64 --> 4557.02]  you
+[4557.02 --> 4557.52]  gracious
+[4557.52 --> 4557.98]  God
+[4557.98 --> 4558.52]  for you
+[4558.52 --> 4559.20]  have made
+[4559.20 --> 4559.56]  heaven
+[4559.56 --> 4560.14]  and earth
+[4560.14 --> 4560.80]  you've
+[4560.80 --> 4561.22]  made us
+[4561.22 --> 4561.50]  in your
+[4561.50 --> 4561.86]  image
+[4561.86 --> 4562.30]  and kept
+[4562.30 --> 4562.72]  covenant
+[4562.72 --> 4563.26]  with us
+[4563.26 --> 4563.70]  even
+[4563.70 --> 4564.38]  when we
+[4564.38 --> 4564.74]  fell
+[4564.74 --> 4565.10]  into
+[4565.10 --> 4565.48]  sin
+[4565.48 --> 4566.62]  we
+[4566.62 --> 4567.00]  give you
+[4567.00 --> 4567.36]  thanks
+[4567.36 --> 4567.86]  for Jesus
+[4567.86 --> 4568.30]  Christ
+[4568.30 --> 4568.58]  who
+[4568.58 --> 4569.06]  by his
+[4569.06 --> 4569.50]  life
+[4569.50 --> 4570.22]  death
+[4570.22 --> 4570.50]  and
+[4570.50 --> 4570.98]  resurrection
+[4570.98 --> 4571.60]  opened
+[4571.60 --> 4572.20]  to us
+[4572.20 --> 4572.78]  the way
+[4572.78 --> 4573.44]  of life
+[4573.44 --> 4574.34]  everlasting
+[4574.34 --> 4575.20]  and in
+[4575.20 --> 4575.86]  so doing
+[4575.86 --> 4576.44]  gave
+[4576.44 --> 4577.00]  us
+[4577.00 --> 4577.84]  hope
+[4577.84 --> 4579.00]  it's in
+[4579.00 --> 4579.50]  his name
+[4579.50 --> 4579.78]  that we
+[4579.78 --> 4580.08]  pray
+[4580.08 --> 4581.26]  amen
+[4581.26 --> 4584.88]  Jesus
+[4584.88 --> 4586.10]  before
+[4586.10 --> 4586.54]  he
+[4586.54 --> 4587.12]  suffered
+[4587.12 --> 4587.92]  and died
+[4587.92 --> 4588.74]  gave us
+[4588.74 --> 4589.58]  this memorial
+[4589.58 --> 4590.22]  of his
+[4590.22 --> 4590.86]  sacrifice
+[4590.86 --> 4591.62]  until
+[4591.62 --> 4591.94]  he
+[4591.94 --> 4592.24]  comes
+[4592.24 --> 4592.58]  again
+[4592.58 --> 4593.84]  and the
+[4593.84 --> 4593.98]  Lord
+[4593.98 --> 4594.30]  Jesus
+[4594.30 --> 4594.72]  on the
+[4594.72 --> 4594.94]  night
+[4594.94 --> 4595.22]  that he
+[4595.22 --> 4595.46]  was
+[4595.46 --> 4595.94]  betrayed
+[4595.94 --> 4596.86]  took
+[4596.86 --> 4597.48]  bread
+[4597.48 --> 4599.04]  and when
+[4599.04 --> 4599.28]  he had
+[4599.28 --> 4599.46]  given
+[4599.46 --> 4600.04]  thanks
+[4600.04 --> 4600.80]  he broke
+[4600.80 --> 4601.02]  it
+[4601.02 --> 4601.48]  and said
+[4601.48 --> 4602.26]  this is
+[4602.26 --> 4603.30]  my body
+[4603.30 --> 4603.78]  which is
+[4603.78 --> 4604.26]  for you
+[4604.26 --> 4605.36]  do this
+[4605.36 --> 4606.30]  in remembrance
+[4606.30 --> 4607.46]  of me
+[4607.46 --> 4609.36]  in the
+[4609.36 --> 4609.68]  same
+[4609.68 --> 4610.26]  way
+[4610.26 --> 4612.28]  after
+[4612.28 --> 4612.68]  supper
+[4612.68 --> 4613.32]  he took
+[4613.32 --> 4613.84]  the cup
+[4613.84 --> 4614.82]  and saying
+[4614.82 --> 4615.60]  this cup
+[4615.60 --> 4616.20]  is the
+[4616.20 --> 4616.42]  new
+[4616.42 --> 4616.82]  covenant
+[4616.82 --> 4617.86]  in my
+[4617.86 --> 4618.26]  blood
+[4618.26 --> 4619.32]  do
+[4619.32 --> 4619.80]  this
+[4619.80 --> 4620.18]  whenever
+[4620.18 --> 4620.58]  you
+[4620.58 --> 4620.90]  drink
+[4620.90 --> 4621.08]  it
+[4621.08 --> 4621.38]  in
+[4621.38 --> 4621.82]  remembrance
+[4621.82 --> 4622.98]  of me
+[4622.98 --> 4624.12]  for
+[4624.12 --> 4624.42]  whenever
+[4624.42 --> 4625.02]  you eat
+[4625.02 --> 4625.30]  this
+[4625.30 --> 4625.62]  bread
+[4625.62 --> 4626.30]  and drink
+[4626.30 --> 4626.68]  this
+[4626.68 --> 4627.02]  cup
+[4627.02 --> 4627.40]  you
+[4627.40 --> 4627.84]  proclaim
+[4627.84 --> 4628.32]  the
+[4628.32 --> 4628.72]  Lord's
+[4628.72 --> 4629.06]  death
+[4629.06 --> 4629.92]  until
+[4629.92 --> 4630.34]  he
+[4630.34 --> 4630.96]  comes
+[4630.96 --> 4631.84]  again
+[4631.84 --> 4633.20]  this
+[4633.20 --> 4633.72]  is
+[4633.72 --> 4634.00]  the
+[4634.00 --> 4634.56]  mystery
+[4634.56 --> 4635.34]  of
+[4635.34 --> 4635.78]  our
+[4635.78 --> 4636.40]  faith
+[4636.40 --> 4638.42]  your
+[4638.42 --> 4638.76]  death
+[4638.76 --> 4639.08]  oh
+[4639.08 --> 4639.50]  Christ
+[4639.50 --> 4639.94]  we
+[4639.94 --> 4640.40]  proclaim
+[4640.40 --> 4641.44]  your
+[4641.44 --> 4642.04]  resurrection
+[4642.04 --> 4642.52]  we
+[4642.52 --> 4642.94]  affirm
+[4642.94 --> 4643.26]  with
+[4643.26 --> 4643.64]  joy
+[4643.64 --> 4644.62]  your
+[4644.62 --> 4645.08]  coming
+[4645.08 --> 4645.44]  we
+[4645.44 --> 4645.84]  await
+[4645.84 --> 4646.20]  with
+[4646.20 --> 4646.56]  hope
+[4646.56 --> 4647.70]  glory
+[4647.70 --> 4648.06]  be
+[4648.06 --> 4648.30]  to
+[4648.30 --> 4648.64]  you
+[4648.64 --> 4649.02]  Lord
+[4649.02 --> 4649.46]  Jesus
+[4649.46 --> 4651.36]  church
+[4651.36 --> 4651.68]  family
+[4651.68 --> 4652.60]  the
+[4652.60 --> 4652.90]  Lord
+[4652.90 --> 4653.24]  has
+[4653.24 --> 4653.78]  prepared
+[4653.78 --> 4654.30]  his
+[4654.30 --> 4654.88]  table
+[4654.88 --> 4655.48]  for
+[4655.48 --> 4655.74]  all
+[4655.74 --> 4655.94]  who
+[4655.94 --> 4656.24]  love
+[4656.24 --> 4656.56]  him
+[4656.56 --> 4656.80]  and
+[4656.80 --> 4657.14]  trust
+[4657.14 --> 4657.34]  in
+[4657.34 --> 4657.60]  him
+[4657.60 --> 4658.10]  alone
+[4658.10 --> 4658.36]  for
+[4658.36 --> 4658.56]  their
+[4658.56 --> 4659.04]  salvation
+[4659.04 --> 4659.64]  and
+[4659.64 --> 4659.88]  so
+[4659.88 --> 4660.28]  come
+[4660.28 --> 4660.54]  to
+[4660.54 --> 4660.84]  this
+[4660.84 --> 4661.34]  table
+[4661.34 --> 4662.00]  you
+[4662.00 --> 4662.32]  who
+[4662.32 --> 4662.64]  have
+[4662.64 --> 4662.96]  much
+[4662.96 --> 4663.36]  faith
+[4663.36 --> 4663.66]  and
+[4663.66 --> 4663.88]  you
+[4663.88 --> 4664.08]  who
+[4664.08 --> 4664.30]  would
+[4664.30 --> 4664.54]  like
+[4664.54 --> 4664.68]  to
+[4664.68 --> 4664.86]  have
+[4664.86 --> 4665.16]  more
+[4665.16 --> 4665.88]  come
+[4665.88 --> 4666.04]  to
+[4666.04 --> 4666.24]  this
+[4666.24 --> 4666.54]  table
+[4666.54 --> 4666.82]  you
+[4666.82 --> 4667.06]  who
+[4667.06 --> 4667.20]  have
+[4667.20 --> 4667.48]  been
+[4667.48 --> 4667.70]  to
+[4667.70 --> 4667.88]  it
+[4667.88 --> 4668.32]  often
+[4668.32 --> 4669.02]  and
+[4669.02 --> 4669.24]  you
+[4669.24 --> 4669.44]  who
+[4669.44 --> 4669.58]  have
+[4669.58 --> 4669.82]  not
+[4669.82 --> 4670.10]  been
+[4670.10 --> 4670.36]  for
+[4670.36 --> 4670.58]  a
+[4670.58 --> 4670.80]  long
+[4670.80 --> 4671.26]  time
+[4671.26 --> 4671.84]  come
+[4671.84 --> 4672.02]  to
+[4672.02 --> 4672.22]  this
+[4672.22 --> 4672.48]  table
+[4672.48 --> 4672.78]  you
+[4672.78 --> 4673.04]  who
+[4673.04 --> 4673.18]  have
+[4673.18 --> 4673.60]  tried
+[4673.60 --> 4673.86]  to
+[4673.86 --> 4674.18]  follow
+[4674.18 --> 4674.54]  Jesus
+[4674.54 --> 4674.90]  and
+[4674.90 --> 4675.20]  you
+[4675.20 --> 4675.64]  who
+[4675.64 --> 4675.82]  have
+[4675.82 --> 4676.12]  failed
+[4676.12 --> 4676.46]  come
+[4676.46 --> 4676.72]  to
+[4676.72 --> 4677.00]  this
+[4677.00 --> 4677.42]  table
+[4677.42 --> 4678.04]  because
+[4678.04 --> 4678.50]  Jesus
+[4678.50 --> 4679.34]  Christ
+[4679.34 --> 4680.06]  is
+[4680.06 --> 4680.86]  raised
+[4680.86 --> 4681.28]  come
+[4681.28 --> 4681.52]  to
+[4681.52 --> 4681.80]  this
+[4681.80 --> 4682.22]  table
+[4682.22 --> 4682.78]  and
+[4682.78 --> 4683.28]  find
+[4683.28 --> 4684.12]  hope
+[4684.12 --> 4685.50]  come
+[4685.50 --> 4685.76]  if
+[4685.76 --> 4685.92]  you
+[4685.92 --> 4686.04]  are
+[4686.04 --> 4686.38]  here
+[4686.38 --> 4686.98]  with
+[4686.98 --> 4687.22]  us
+[4687.22 --> 4687.42]  in
+[4691.34 --> 4692.86]  the
+[4692.86 --> 4695.30]  people
+[4695.30 --> 4696.10]  of
+[4696.10 --> 4698.32]  God
+[4698.32 --> 4698.94]  for
+[4698.94 --> 4699.06]  the
+[4699.06 --> 4699.36]  people
+[4699.36 --> 4700.12]  of
+[4700.12 --> 4700.46]  God
+[4700.46 --> 4701.98]  as
+[4701.98 --> 4702.12]  we
+[4702.12 --> 4702.34]  come
+[4702.34 --> 4702.48]  to
+[4702.48 --> 4702.66]  this
+[4702.66 --> 4702.96]  table
+[4702.96 --> 4703.14]  we
+[4703.14 --> 4703.24]  are
+[4703.24 --> 4703.34]  going
+[4703.34 --> 4703.40]  to
+[4703.40 --> 4703.68]  move
+[4703.68 --> 4704.10]  forward
+[4704.10 --> 4704.38]  in
+[4704.38 --> 4704.76]  groups
+[4704.76 --> 4706.06]  we
+[4706.06 --> 4706.34]  have
+[4706.34 --> 4707.26]  elders
+[4707.26 --> 4707.50]  who
+[4707.50 --> 4707.64]  will
+[4707.64 --> 4707.80]  be
+[4707.80 --> 4708.24]  ushers
+[4708.24 --> 4708.48]  that
+[4708.48 --> 4708.64]  is
+[4708.64 --> 4708.76]  they
+[4708.76 --> 4708.90]  will
+[4708.90 --> 4709.16]  tell
+[4709.16 --> 4709.36]  you
+[4709.36 --> 4709.62]  when
+[4709.62 --> 4709.80]  to
+[4709.80 --> 4710.02]  come
+[4710.02 --> 4710.28]  up
+[4710.28 --> 4710.46]  and
+[4710.46 --> 4710.58]  then
+[4710.58 --> 4710.70]  we
+[4710.70 --> 4710.86]  will
+[4710.86 --> 4711.18]  gather
+[4711.18 --> 4711.78]  in
+[4711.78 --> 4711.96]  a
+[4711.96 --> 4712.38]  circle
+[4712.38 --> 4712.88]  around
+[4712.88 --> 4713.08]  the
+[4713.08 --> 4713.40]  table
+[4713.40 --> 4713.58]  in
+[4713.58 --> 4713.70]  the
+[4713.70 --> 4713.88]  group
+[4713.88 --> 4714.08]  that
+[4714.08 --> 4714.34]  comes
+[4714.34 --> 4714.58]  up
+[4714.58 --> 4715.40]  and
+[4715.40 --> 4715.50]  we
+[4715.50 --> 4715.62]  will
+[4715.62 --> 4715.98]  pass
+[4715.98 --> 4716.20]  the
+[4716.20 --> 4716.50]  bread
+[4716.50 --> 4717.62]  to
+[4717.62 --> 4717.84]  your
+[4717.84 --> 4718.14]  left
+[4718.14 --> 4718.36]  or
+[4718.36 --> 4718.56]  to
+[4718.56 --> 4718.78]  your
+[4718.78 --> 4719.08]  right
+[4719.08 --> 4719.34]  and
+[4719.34 --> 4719.58]  as
+[4719.58 --> 4719.72]  you
+[4719.72 --> 4720.06]  pass
+[4720.06 --> 4720.26]  the
+[4720.26 --> 4720.52]  bread
+[4720.52 --> 4720.72]  we
+[4720.72 --> 4721.02]  invite
+[4721.02 --> 4721.16]  you
+[4721.16 --> 4721.32]  to
+[4721.32 --> 4721.54]  say
+[4721.54 --> 4721.76]  the
+[4721.76 --> 4722.10]  body
+[4722.10 --> 4722.34]  of
+[4722.34 --> 4722.76]  Christ
+[4722.76 --> 4723.38]  given
+[4723.38 --> 4723.68]  for
+[4723.68 --> 4723.92]  you
+[4723.92 --> 4724.62]  and
+[4724.62 --> 4724.74]  then
+[4724.74 --> 4724.84]  you
+[4724.84 --> 4724.96]  will
+[4724.96 --> 4725.26]  pass
+[4725.26 --> 4725.48]  the
+[4725.48 --> 4725.82]  juice
+[4725.82 --> 4726.06]  as
+[4726.06 --> 4726.22]  it
+[4726.22 --> 4726.48]  goes
+[4726.48 --> 4726.64]  to
+[4726.64 --> 4726.78]  your
+[4726.78 --> 4727.06]  left
+[4727.06 --> 4727.26]  or
+[4727.26 --> 4727.40]  to
+[4727.40 --> 4727.56]  your
+[4727.56 --> 4727.80]  right
+[4727.80 --> 4728.10]  and
+[4728.10 --> 4728.54]  we
+[4728.54 --> 4728.84]  invite
+[4728.84 --> 4728.98]  you
+[4728.98 --> 4729.16]  to
+[4729.16 --> 4729.40]  say
+[4729.40 --> 4729.62]  the
+[4729.62 --> 4729.94]  blood
+[4729.94 --> 4730.20]  of
+[4730.20 --> 4730.62]  Christ
+[4730.62 --> 4731.24]  shed
+[4731.24 --> 4731.96]  for
+[4731.96 --> 4732.18]  you
+[4732.18 --> 4733.48]  as
+[4733.48 --> 4733.62]  we
+[4733.62 --> 4733.84]  come
+[4733.84 --> 4734.00]  up
+[4734.00 --> 4734.12]  to
+[4734.12 --> 4734.24]  the
+[4734.24 --> 4734.62]  table
+[4734.62 --> 4735.14]  I'm
+[4735.14 --> 4735.26]  going
+[4735.26 --> 4735.36]  to
+[4735.36 --> 4735.72]  invite
+[4735.72 --> 4736.14]  those
+[4736.14 --> 4736.34]  who
+[4736.34 --> 4736.64]  are
+[4736.64 --> 4737.58]  helping
+[4737.58 --> 4738.12]  serve
+[4738.12 --> 4738.36]  so
+[4738.36 --> 4738.52]  the
+[4738.52 --> 4738.86]  elders
+[4738.86 --> 4739.04]  and
+[4739.04 --> 4739.16]  the
+[4739.16 --> 4739.38]  worship
+[4739.38 --> 4739.72]  team
+[4739.72 --> 4739.88]  and
+[4739.88 --> 4740.00]  the
+[4740.00 --> 4740.22]  prayer
+[4740.22 --> 4740.60]  team
+[4740.60 --> 4741.16]  to
+[4741.16 --> 4741.36]  come
+[4741.36 --> 4741.74]  forward
+[4741.74 --> 4742.20]  first
+[4742.20 --> 4742.74]  we
+[4742.74 --> 4742.92]  will
+[4742.92 --> 4743.24]  serve
+[4743.24 --> 4743.56]  them
+[4743.56 --> 4743.76]  and
+[4743.76 --> 4743.90]  then
+[4743.90 --> 4744.06]  they
+[4744.06 --> 4744.18]  will
+[4744.18 --> 4744.34]  go
+[4744.34 --> 4744.50]  to
+[4744.50 --> 4744.64]  their
+[4744.64 --> 4745.04]  respective
+[4745.04 --> 4745.54]  stations
+[4745.54 --> 4745.86]  and
+[4745.86 --> 4746.06]  so
+[4746.06 --> 4746.26]  if
+[4746.26 --> 4746.40]  you
+[4746.40 --> 4746.52]  are
+[4746.52 --> 4746.76]  looking
+[4746.76 --> 4747.02]  for
+[4747.02 --> 4747.38]  prayer
+[4747.38 --> 4747.86]  or
+[4747.86 --> 4747.96]  would
+[4747.96 --> 4748.10]  like
+[4748.10 --> 4748.22]  to
+[4748.22 --> 4748.34]  be
+[4748.34 --> 4748.52]  met
+[4748.52 --> 4748.72]  by
+[4748.72 --> 4749.02]  someone
+[4749.02 --> 4749.24]  for
+[4749.24 --> 4749.50]  prayer
+[4749.50 --> 4749.70]  they
+[4749.70 --> 4749.82]  will
+[4749.82 --> 4749.94]  be
+[4749.94 --> 4750.06]  in
+[4750.06 --> 4750.20]  the
+[4750.20 --> 4750.50]  foyer
+[4750.50 --> 4750.86]  at
+[4750.86 --> 4750.96]  the
+[4750.96 --> 4751.24]  back
+[4751.24 --> 4751.42]  you
+[4751.42 --> 4751.56]  can
+[4751.56 --> 4751.74]  meet
+[4751.74 --> 4751.92]  with
+[4751.92 --> 4752.06]  them
+[4752.06 --> 4752.36]  there
+[4752.36 --> 4754.50]  and
+[4754.50 --> 4754.70]  if
+[4754.70 --> 4754.90]  you
+[4754.90 --> 4755.22]  are
+[4755.22 --> 4756.16]  unable
+[4756.16 --> 4756.52]  for
+[4756.52 --> 4756.78]  whatever
+[4756.78 --> 4757.16]  reason
+[4757.16 --> 4757.40]  to
+[4757.40 --> 4757.62]  come
+[4757.62 --> 4757.78]  up
+[4757.78 --> 4757.94]  to
+[4757.94 --> 4758.14]  the
+[4758.14 --> 4758.40]  front
+[4758.40 --> 4758.62]  to
+[4758.62 --> 4759.12]  receive
+[4759.12 --> 4759.64]  the
+[4759.64 --> 4759.88]  supper
+[4759.88 --> 4760.26]  here
+[4760.26 --> 4760.60]  please
+[4760.60 --> 4760.98]  indicate
+[4760.98 --> 4761.30]  that
+[4761.30 --> 4761.44]  to
+[4761.44 --> 4761.58]  the
+[4761.58 --> 4761.88]  elder
+[4761.88 --> 4762.48]  near
+[4762.48 --> 4762.68]  your
+[4762.68 --> 4762.94]  seat
+[4762.94 --> 4763.14]  and
+[4763.14 --> 4763.28]  they
+[4763.28 --> 4763.42]  will
+[4763.42 --> 4763.66]  come
+[4763.66 --> 4763.88]  and
+[4763.88 --> 4764.12]  serve
+[4764.12 --> 4764.46]  you
+[4764.46 --> 4764.98]  where
+[4764.98 --> 4765.20]  you
+[4765.20 --> 4765.54]  are
+[4765.54 --> 4766.32]  there
+[4766.32 --> 4767.36]  can
+[4767.36 --> 4767.44]  I
+[4767.44 --> 4767.76]  invite
+[4767.76 --> 4768.10]  the
+[4768.10 --> 4769.40]  serving
+[4769.40 --> 4770.22]  teams
+[4770.22 --> 4770.52]  up
+[4770.52 --> 4770.66]  to
+[4770.66 --> 4770.80]  the
+[4770.80 --> 4771.02]  front
+[4771.02 --> 4771.26]  here
+[4782.36 --> 4793.90]  body
+[4793.90 --> 4794.06]  of
+[4794.06 --> 4794.32]  Christ
+[4794.32 --> 4794.58]  given
+[4794.58 --> 4794.78]  for
+[4794.78 --> 4795.04]  you
+[4795.04 --> 4797.44]  body
+[4797.44 --> 4797.60]  of
+[4797.60 --> 4797.84]  Christ
+[4797.84 --> 4798.06]  given
+[4798.06 --> 4798.26]  for
+[4798.26 --> 4798.42]  you
+[4812.36 --> 4838.98]  eat
+[4838.98 --> 4839.54]  and
+[4839.54 --> 4839.94]  remember
+[4839.94 --> 4853.10]  blood
+[4853.10 --> 4853.24]  of
+[4853.24 --> 4853.50]  Christ
+[4853.50 --> 4853.78]  shed
+[4853.78 --> 4853.96]  for
+[4853.96 --> 4854.16]  you
+[4854.16 --> 4858.66]  blood
+[4858.66 --> 4858.82]  of
+[4858.82 --> 4859.04]  Christ
+[4859.04 --> 4859.28]  shed
+[4859.28 --> 4859.44]  for
+[4859.44 --> 4859.62]  you
+[4859.68 --> 4860.78]  were
+[4860.78 --> 4863.60]  you
+[4870.62 --> 4874.78]  put
+[4874.78 --> 4876.78]  Amen.
+[4904.78 --> 4913.36]  Drink and have hope.
+[4934.78 --> 4936.78]  Amen.
+[4964.78 --> 4966.78]  Amen.
+[4966.78 --> 4989.72]  Amen.
+[4989.72 --> 4997.14]  All of creation, all of the earth
+[4997.14 --> 5001.64]  Make straight a highway, a path for the Lord
+[5001.64 --> 5008.06]  Jesus is coming soon
+[5008.06 --> 5013.88]  Call back the sinner, wake up the saint
+[5013.88 --> 5018.14]  Let every nation shout out your name
+[5018.14 --> 5025.02]  Jesus is coming soon
+[5025.02 --> 5031.60]  Like a bride waiting for her groom
+[5031.60 --> 5036.82]  We'll be a church ready for you every night
+[5036.82 --> 5039.98]  Longing for our King
+[5039.98 --> 5044.76]  We sing even so far
+[5044.76 --> 5048.64]  Lord Jesus come
+[5048.64 --> 5053.04]  Even so come
+[5053.04 --> 5058.22]  Lord Jesus come
+[5058.22 --> 5061.64]  There will be justice
+[5061.64 --> 5063.64]  All will be new
+[5063.64 --> 5065.64]  Your name forever
+[5065.64 --> 5067.52]  Faithful and true
+[5067.52 --> 5072.52]  Jesus is coming soon
+[5072.52 --> 5074.40]  Soon
+[5074.40 --> 5081.34]  Like a bride waiting for her groom
+[5081.34 --> 5086.40]  We'll be a church ready for you every night
+[5086.40 --> 5089.52]  Longing for our King
+[5089.52 --> 5093.40]  We sing even so come
+[5093.40 --> 5097.28]  Lord Jesus come
+[5097.28 --> 5102.22]  Even so come
+[5102.22 --> 5106.28]  Lord Jesus come
+[5106.28 --> 5110.28]  So we wait
+[5110.28 --> 5114.28]  We wait for you
+[5114.28 --> 5118.16]  God we wait
+[5118.16 --> 5122.16]  You're coming soon
+[5122.16 --> 5126.40]  So we wait
+[5126.40 --> 5130.16]  We wait for you
+[5130.16 --> 5134.16]  God we wait
+[5134.16 --> 5138.04]  You're coming soon
+[5138.04 --> 5140.04]  You're coming soon
+[5140.04 --> 5145.94]  Like a bride waiting for our groom
+[5145.94 --> 5150.98]  We'll be a church ready for you every night
+[5150.98 --> 5154.04]  Longing for our King
+[5154.04 --> 5156.04]  We sing
+[5156.04 --> 5169.92]  Like a bride waiting for our King
+[5169.92 --> 5171.92]  We sing
+[5171.92 --> 5174.26]  Even so come
+[5174.26 --> 5178.38]  Lord Jesus come
+[5178.38 --> 5182.38]  Even so come
+[5182.38 --> 5186.08]  Lord Jesus come
+[5186.08 --> 5190.34]  Even so come
+[5190.34 --> 5194.38]  Lord Jesus come
+[5194.38 --> 5222.56]  The chasm that lay between us
+[5222.56 --> 5228.78]  How high the mountain I could not climb
+[5228.78 --> 5234.48]  In desperation I turned to heaven
+[5234.48 --> 5240.96]  And spoke your name into the night
+[5240.96 --> 5247.22]  Then through the darkness your loving kindness
+[5247.22 --> 5253.16]  Torn through the shadows of my soul
+[5253.16 --> 5259.16]  The work is finished, the end is written
+[5259.16 --> 5265.10]  Jesus Christ, my living home
+[5265.10 --> 5273.78]  Who could imagine so great a mercy
+[5273.78 --> 5280.04]  What heart could fathom such boundless grace
+[5280.04 --> 5285.56]  The God of ages stepped down from glory
+[5285.56 --> 5291.12]  To wear my sin and bear my shame
+[5291.12 --> 5296.92]  The cross has spoken, I am forgiven
+[5296.92 --> 5302.56]  The King of Kings calls me His own
+[5303.12 --> 5308.36]  Beautiful Savior, I'm yours forever
+[5308.36 --> 5314.30]  Jesus Christ, my living home
+[5314.30 --> 5320.80]  Hallelujah, praise the one who set me free
+[5320.80 --> 5326.42]  Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
+[5326.42 --> 5329.22]  You have broken every chain
+[5329.22 --> 5332.04]  There's salvation in your name
+[5332.04 --> 5336.36]  Jesus Christ, my living home
+[5336.36 --> 5364.50]  Then came the morning
+[5364.50 --> 5367.78]  That sealed the promise
+[5367.78 --> 5370.44]  Your buried body
+[5370.44 --> 5373.04]  Began to breathe
+[5373.04 --> 5376.56]  Out of the silence
+[5376.56 --> 5379.32]  The roaring lion
+[5379.32 --> 5381.76]  Declared the grave
+[5381.76 --> 5384.74]  Has no shame on me
+[5384.74 --> 5387.78]  Then came the morning
+[5387.78 --> 5390.74]  That sealed the promise
+[5390.74 --> 5392.74]  Your buried body
+[5392.74 --> 5393.74]  Your buried body
+[5393.74 --> 5395.74]  Began to breathe
+[5395.74 --> 5399.74]  Out of the silence
+[5399.74 --> 5401.74]  The roaring lion
+[5401.74 --> 5404.74]  Declared the grave
+[5404.74 --> 5407.74]  Has no claim on me
+[5407.74 --> 5412.74]  Jesus, your disavitory
+[5412.74 --> 5420.12]  Hallelujah, praise the one who set me free
+[5420.12 --> 5421.12]  Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
+[5421.12 --> 5425.12]  Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
+[5425.12 --> 5426.12]  Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
+[5426.12 --> 5428.12]  You have broken every chain
+[5428.12 --> 5431.12]  There's salvation in your name
+[5431.12 --> 5436.12]  Jesus Christ, my living home
+[5436.12 --> 5442.12]  Hallelujah, praise the one who set me free
+[5442.12 --> 5447.12]  Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
+[5447.12 --> 5448.12]  You have broken every chain
+[5448.12 --> 5449.12]  You have broken every chain
+[5449.12 --> 5450.12]  You have broken every chain
+[5450.12 --> 5452.12]  There's salvation in your name
+[5452.12 --> 5454.12]  Jesus Christ, my living home
+[5454.12 --> 5458.12]  Jesus Christ, my living home
+[5458.12 --> 5463.12]  Jesus Christ, my living home
+[5463.12 --> 5468.12]  Oh God, you are my living home
+[5468.12 --> 5477.12]  You have broken every chain
+[5477.12 --> 5481.12]  You have broken every chain
+[5481.12 --> 5485.12]  You have broken every chain
+[5485.12 --> 5506.12]  You have broken every chain
+[5506.12 --> 5511.84]  I lift my eyes up to the mountains.
+[5511.84 --> 5516.12]  Where does my help come from?
+[5518.20 --> 5529.02]  My help comes from you, maker of heaven, creator of the earth.
+[5529.02 --> 5540.00]  Oh, how I need you, Lord. You are my only home. You're my only friend.
+[5542.00 --> 5551.36]  So I will pray for you to come and rescue me. Come and give me love.
+[5551.36 --> 5563.18]  I lift my eyes up to the mountains. Where does my help come from?
+[5565.04 --> 5574.36]  My help comes from you, maker of heaven, creator of the earth.
+[5574.36 --> 5586.36]  Oh, how I need you, Lord. You are my only home. You're my only friend.
+[5587.98 --> 5597.36]  So I will wait for you to come and rescue me. Come and give me life.
+[5597.36 --> 5609.54]  I lift my eyes up to the mountains. Where does my help come from?
+[5609.54 --> 5639.52]  I lift my eyes up to the mountains.
+[5639.52 --> 5642.52]  So unchanging.
+[5646.52 --> 5656.52]  Ageless one, you're my rock of peace.
+[5656.52 --> 5664.64]  Lord of all, I depend on you.
+[5664.64 --> 5671.64]  I call out to you.
+[5671.64 --> 5676.64]  Again and again.
+[5676.64 --> 5681.64]  I call out to you.
+[5681.64 --> 5685.64]  Again and again.
+[5685.64 --> 5692.64]  You are my rock.
+[5692.64 --> 5694.64]  You are my rock.
+[5694.64 --> 5698.64]  In times of trouble.
+[5698.64 --> 5699.64]  You lift me up.
+[5699.64 --> 5703.64]  You lift me up.
+[5703.64 --> 5707.64]  When I hold down.
+[5707.64 --> 5711.64]  All through the storm.
+[5711.64 --> 5721.64]  Your love is the anchor.
+[5721.64 --> 5722.64]  My hope is in you alone.
+[5722.64 --> 5728.64]  My hope is in you alone.
+[5728.64 --> 5729.64]  Faithful one, so unchanging.
+[5729.64 --> 5730.64]  Faithful one, so unchanging.
+[5730.64 --> 5735.64]  Faithful one, so unchanging.
+[5735.64 --> 5742.64]  Ageless one, you're my rock of peace.
+[5742.64 --> 5749.64]  Ageless one, you're my rock of peace.
+[5749.64 --> 5750.64]  Lord of all, I depend on you.
+[5750.64 --> 5751.64]  I call out to you.
+[5751.64 --> 5752.64]  I call out to you.
+[5752.64 --> 5756.64]  Again and again.
+[5756.64 --> 5757.64]  I call out to you.
+[5757.64 --> 5758.64]  I call out to you.
+[5758.64 --> 5759.64]  Again and again.
+[5759.64 --> 5763.64]  I call out to you.
+[5763.64 --> 5768.64]  Again and again.
+[5768.64 --> 5771.64]  You are my rock.
+[5771.64 --> 5778.64]  In times of trouble.
+[5778.64 --> 5779.64]  You lift me up.
+[5779.64 --> 5782.64]  When I fall down.
+[5782.64 --> 5784.64]  All through the storm.
+[5784.64 --> 5786.64]  I call out to you.
+[5786.64 --> 5788.64]  Again and again.
+[5788.64 --> 5791.64]  I call out to you.
+[5791.64 --> 5793.64]  Again and again.
+[5793.64 --> 5796.64]  You are my rock.
+[5796.64 --> 5799.64]  In times of trouble.
+[5799.64 --> 5802.64]  All through the storm.
+[5802.64 --> 5811.64]  Your love is the anchor.
+[5811.64 --> 5819.64]  My hope is in you alone.
+[5819.64 --> 5823.64]  All through the storm.
+[5823.64 --> 5832.64]  Your love is the anchor.
+[5832.64 --> 5840.64]  My hope is in you alone.
+[5840.64 --> 5855.64]  As we conclude our time at the table, I'm going to invite you to stand and we can pray together.
+[5855.64 --> 5867.64]  Amazing God.
+[5867.64 --> 5876.64]  You have come into our ordinary everyday lives to set a holy table among us.
+[5876.64 --> 5882.64]  Filling our plates with the bread of life and our cups with your salvation.
+[5882.64 --> 5890.64]  Send us out, oh God, with a tender heartedness to touch an ordinary everyday world.
+[5890.64 --> 5894.64]  With the promise of your holiness and hope.
+[5894.64 --> 5896.64]  In Jesus name we pray.
+[5896.64 --> 5897.64]  Amen.
+[5897.64 --> 5898.64]  Amen.
+[5898.64 --> 5904.64]  As we go from this place, we go with the blessing of our God.
+[5904.64 --> 5910.64]  And so I invite you to receive God's blessing for the journey of life and faith ahead.
+[5910.64 --> 5915.64]  May God go before you to guide you.
+[5915.64 --> 5918.64]  God go behind you to protect you.
+[5918.64 --> 5921.64]  God go beneath you to support you.
+[5921.64 --> 5923.64]  And God go beside you to befriend you.
+[5923.64 --> 5925.64]  Do not be afraid.
+[5925.64 --> 5928.64]  Let the blessing of God come upon you today.
+[5928.64 --> 5930.64]  Do not be afraid.
+[5930.64 --> 5935.64]  But go in hope to love and serve the Lord.
+[5935.64 --> 5936.64]  Amen.
+[5936.64 --> 5937.64]  Amen.
+[5937.64 --> 5939.64]  Thank you
+[5939.64 --> 5942.64]  Lord.
+[5942.64 --> 5944.64]  lantern
+[5944.64 --> 5946.64]  To the love
+[5946.64 --> 5947.64]  George
+[5947.64 --> 5948.64] 為
+[5948.64 --> 5949.64]  eux
+[5949.64 --> 5951.32]  Thy
+[5951.32 --> 5951.64]  Ride
+[5951.64 --> 5952.42]  work
+[5952.42 --> 5953.10]  They
+[5953.10 --> 5953.46]  They
+[5953.46 --> 5953.58]  ignore
+[5953.58 --> 5955.48]  y
+[5955.48 --> 5955.58]  law
+[5955.58 --> 5957.66]  you
+[5957.66 --> 5963.38]  The
+[5963.38 --> 5968.12]  Let heaven and nature sing
+[5968.12 --> 5971.04]  Let heaven and nature sing
+[5971.04 --> 5977.26]  Let heaven and heaven and nature sing
+[5977.26 --> 5982.96]  To the earth the Savior reigns
+[5982.96 --> 5988.36]  Let all their songs and songs
+[5988.36 --> 5991.78]  Of fields and floods
+[5991.78 --> 5994.82]  From fields and plains
+[5994.82 --> 5997.18]  Repeat the sounding joy
+[5997.18 --> 6000.06]  Repeat the sounding joy
+[6000.06 --> 6006.86]  Repeat the sounding joy
+[6006.86 --> 6013.76]  No more let sin and sorrow grow
+[6013.76 --> 6018.82]  Our thoughts in paths of ground
+[6018.82 --> 6025.72]  He comes to make His blessings come
+[6025.72 --> 6028.48]  Far as the curse is found
+[6028.48 --> 6031.42]  Far as the curse is found
+[6031.42 --> 6037.22]  Far as, far as the curse is found
+[6037.22 --> 6044.80]  He rules the world with truth and grace
+[6044.80 --> 6049.62]  And makes the nations prove
+[6049.62 --> 6055.90]  The glories of His righteousness
+[6055.90 --> 6059.28]  And wonders of His love
+[6059.28 --> 6063.28]  And wonders of His love
+[6063.28 --> 6068.96]  And wonders of His love
+[6068.96 --> 6072.04]  God forgive the Lord
+[6072.04 --> 6076.72]  read the name of the Touched God
+[6076.72 --> 6078.78]  Look at all their views
+[6078.92 --> 6080.42]  And is laid to rest
+[6080.42 --> 6081.82]  Ever
+[6081.82 --> 6082.80]  Fear
+[6083.52 --> 6084.72]  Godbli
+[6084.72 --> 6085.72]  Amen.
+[6114.72 --> 6115.72]  Amen.