diff --git "a/Sunday Worship, April 7, 2024_transcript.txt" "b/Sunday Worship, April 7, 2024_transcript.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/Sunday Worship, April 7, 2024_transcript.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,2334 @@ +[0.00 --> 29.98] Thank you. +[30.00 --> 59.98] Thank you. +[60.00 --> 89.98] Thank you. +[90.00 --> 119.98] Thank you. +[120.00 --> 149.98] Thank you. +[150.00 --> 179.98] Thank you. +[180.00 --> 209.98] Thank you. +[210.00 --> 239.98] Thank you. +[240.00 --> 269.98] Thank you. +[270.00 --> 299.98] Thank you. +[300.00 --> 329.98] Thank you. +[330.00 --> 359.98] Thank you. +[360.00 --> 389.98] Thank you. +[390.00 --> 419.98] Thank you. +[420.00 --> 449.98] Thank you. +[450.00 --> 479.96] Thank you. +[479.96 --> 509.94] Thank you. +[509.94 --> 539.92] Thank you. +[539.94 --> 569.92] Thank you. +[570.60 --> 572.60] It's treat tag again, Josh. +[572.82 --> 574.02] What are we gonna do? +[574.52 --> 575.94] I have an idea. +[576.42 --> 577.46] I don't know, Josh. +[577.82 --> 579.66] Last year didn't end so well for you. +[580.20 --> 580.74] No, no, no. +[581.42 --> 582.70] This one can't go wrong. +[599.92 --> 609.94] Welcome to Jurassic Park. +[609.94 --> 612.66] Welcome to Jurassic Park. +[612.66 --> 612.70] Welcome to Jurassic Park. +[612.70 --> 613.70] Welcome to Jurassic Park. +[613.70 --> 618.88] I'm not sure I like this idea, Josh. +[618.88 --> 648.86] What's that noise. +[648.88 --> 678.86] It's coming. +[678.88 --> 708.88] Once again, it's the month of the day, +[708.88 --> 712.22] is the day today, the so you're going to, you know, +[712.22 --> 717.50] something to give, look up people in the directory, look at people at your church, show up at their +[717.50 --> 722.36] doorstep, put it in their mailbox, whatever creative way you can think of, go and tag +[722.36 --> 728.52] someone with that treat. And then if you get tagged by someone, pay it forward, go tag +[728.52 --> 733.40] one or two or eight other people with a gift or treat. +[733.40 --> 739.78] When you tag people, you can choose to do that anonymously. You can choose to do that +[739.78 --> 747.22] with a card that says who it's from. You can choose to do that by knocking on the door and running away +[747.22 --> 754.18] as they come to open it and find the gift there. Or you can stand and wait and say, treat tag and hand +[754.18 --> 759.86] them their box of candy or their bag of books or whatever it is that you are giving. +[759.86 --> 766.18] Basically, there is no rules. There are some tags that you can print and use with your treats here at the +[766.18 --> 770.90] link below this video, or you can find some in the midweek memo or bulletin as well. +[770.90 --> 777.86] So one last time, make sure that you are tagging as many people as you can, but especially those people +[777.86 --> 783.62] whom you may not know or haven't yet met, reach out to them. If you're not sure how to connect with +[783.62 --> 791.14] people or how to tag someone, you can contact us or the church office and we will happily get you +[791.14 --> 797.38] connected there. And then when you do share, share that online. We want to encourage you this year +[797.38 --> 806.18] to use the hashtag LICRC treat tag 24. And that way we'll be able to collect all of those and see the +[806.18 --> 814.26] way it's spread around in our community together. In the meantime, I wonder how Josh is doing? +[814.26 --> 827.38] guys, this was definitely a bad idea. +[827.38 --> 828.02] treat K! +[831.06 --> 831.86] man, i'm hungry. +[838.90 --> 839.54] treat K! +[844.26 --> 855.62] okay, so it is treat tag. Thanks, linda. If you would like to get started right away, there are some +[855.62 --> 862.42] tags on the connect booth. You can grab, take home and use those as you are tagging people. I'm going +[862.42 --> 870.90] to invite the worship leaders up front and we can come together and worship our God. As we gather in +[870.90 --> 876.82] worship, we know that God is in this place and we mark that by receiving his greeting. And so as +[876.82 --> 881.38] these ones come up, I invite you also, if you're able and where you are, to stand. +[886.90 --> 893.14] After we receive God's greeting, I invite you to turn to those around you and to greet them in +[893.14 --> 897.86] worship this morning. And you can do so in various ways with a handshake or a head nod or a fist bump. +[897.86 --> 902.98] If you're not, you can say, peace of Christ be with you or the Lord be with you or welcome. However it is, +[902.98 --> 908.02] you are moved to do that. We encourage you just to welcome everyone into this space. Receive the greeting +[908.02 --> 915.46] of God. Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from the Lord Jesus Christ, +[915.46 --> 922.34] Son and our Savior, through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. +[927.86 --> 942.18] Same if Gina Taunel from someone. +[944.26 --> 948.34] Isn't that safe? +[948.34 --> 950.66] Target килom, +[950.66 --> 951.70] especially when it comes in. +[951.70 --> 973.28] is from Psalm 145. +[974.40 --> 977.36] I will exalt you, my God the King. +[977.66 --> 980.16] I will praise your name forever and ever. +[980.16 --> 984.18] Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise. +[984.54 --> 986.72] His greatness no one can fathom. +[987.46 --> 990.46] One generation commends your works to another. +[990.90 --> 992.90] They tell of your mighty acts. +[994.08 --> 998.12] This passage for the call to worship this morning +[998.12 --> 1001.18] is fitting as we celebrate God's faithfulness +[1001.18 --> 1006.54] in witnessing the number of generations of past and present +[1006.54 --> 1009.40] and future gems worshiping here today. +[1010.16 --> 1015.76] So I'm going to ask this question to all of the current gems and leaders +[1015.76 --> 1019.40] and also any past gems or Calvinettes or leaders. +[1019.92 --> 1021.82] So what does the Lord require of you? +[1022.08 --> 1026.64] To act justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with your God. +[1026.80 --> 1028.82] Micah 6 verse 8. +[1028.82 --> 1028.86] Micah 6 verse 8. +[1028.86 --> 1035.92] Let's worship together. +[1035.92 --> 1054.56] You give life. +[1054.56 --> 1055.56] You are love. +[1055.56 --> 1057.56] You bring life. +[1057.56 --> 1060.68] You bring life to the darkness. +[1060.68 --> 1062.56] You give up. +[1062.56 --> 1063.56] You restore. +[1063.56 --> 1069.10] Every heart that is broken. +[1069.10 --> 1070.10] You bring life to the darkness. +[1070.10 --> 1082.96] You bring life to the darkness. +[1082.96 --> 1087.86] You bring life to the darkness. +[1087.86 --> 1091.30] our lives +[1101.86 --> 1113.30] you give life you are love you bring life to the darkness you give hope you restore +[1113.30 --> 1118.34] every heart that is broken +[1118.34 --> 1125.30] pray on you lord +[1125.30 --> 1137.86] it's your breath in our mouths so we pour out our praise pour out our praise it's your breath in our +[1137.86 --> 1143.78] lungs so we pour out our praise to +[1143.78 --> 1157.54] them +[1157.54 --> 1172.04] And all the earth will shout a praise +[1172.04 --> 1176.54] Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing +[1176.54 --> 1183.94] Wake up, you Lord +[1183.94 --> 1189.08] And all the earth will shout your praise +[1189.08 --> 1193.54] Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing +[1193.54 --> 1200.14] Wake up, you Lord +[1200.14 --> 1205.88] And all the earth will shout your praise +[1205.88 --> 1210.00] Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing +[1210.00 --> 1217.54] Great for you, Lord +[1217.54 --> 1221.48] Your breath in our lives +[1221.48 --> 1225.86] That we pour out our praise, pour out our praise +[1225.86 --> 1229.42] It's your breath in our lives +[1229.42 --> 1233.50] That we pour out our praise to the Lord +[1233.50 --> 1237.56] It's your breath in our lives +[1237.56 --> 1240.20] Till we pour out our praise +[1240.20 --> 1242.06] Pour out our praise +[1242.06 --> 1245.66] It's your breath in our lives +[1245.66 --> 1249.78] Till we pour out our praise to all +[1263.50 --> 1290.78] In the darkness we were waiting +[1290.78 --> 1294.60] Without hope, without light +[1294.60 --> 1297.80] Till the heavens had been running +[1297.80 --> 1301.94] There was mercy in your eyes +[1301.94 --> 1305.10] To declare the law and prophets +[1305.10 --> 1308.86] To a virgin came the word +[1308.86 --> 1312.14] From a throne of endless glory +[1312.14 --> 1316.62] To a cradle in the dirt +[1316.62 --> 1325.08] Praise the Father +[1325.08 --> 1328.58] Praise the Son +[1328.58 --> 1332.06] Praise the Spirit +[1332.06 --> 1335.70] Free in one +[1335.70 --> 1339.24] God of glory +[1339.24 --> 1342.62] Let His feet +[1342.62 --> 1350.08] Praise forever to the King of kings +[1350.08 --> 1357.44] To reveal the kingdom coming +[1357.44 --> 1361.04] Back to the heavens of the lost +[1361.04 --> 1364.22] To redeem the whole creation +[1364.22 --> 1368.08] Through Him not disguise the lies +[1368.08 --> 1371.00] For we made the suffering +[1371.00 --> 1374.76] His heart to the other side +[1374.76 --> 1377.78] Knowing this was my salvation +[1377.78 --> 1382.48] Dreams before our Savior died +[1382.48 --> 1390.54] Praise the Father +[1390.54 --> 1393.54] Praise the Son +[1393.54 --> 1396.92] Praise the Spirit +[1396.92 --> 1400.00] Free in one +[1400.00 --> 1404.00] God of glory +[1404.00 --> 1407.00] Let His feet +[1407.00 --> 1415.00] Praise forever to the King of kings +[1415.00 --> 1419.46] For the Lord +[1419.46 --> 1421.96] In the morning that you rose +[1421.96 --> 1425.64] All of heaven held its breath +[1425.64 --> 1429.10] Till the stone was moved for good +[1429.10 --> 1432.86] For the Lamb had conquered death +[1432.86 --> 1436.32] And the dead rose from their tombs +[1436.32 --> 1439.92] And the angels stood in awe +[1439.92 --> 1443.32] For the souls of all who'd come +[1443.32 --> 1446.38] To the Father are restored +[1446.38 --> 1450.44] And the church of Christ was born +[1450.44 --> 1454.02] And the Spirit lit the flame +[1454.02 --> 1457.32] Now that His gospel to the gold +[1457.32 --> 1460.38] Shall not heal and shall not faint +[1460.38 --> 1464.28] And His blood in His name +[1464.28 --> 1467.62] In His freedom I am free +[1467.62 --> 1471.12] For the love of Jesus Christ +[1471.12 --> 1474.90] Who has resurrected me +[1474.90 --> 1483.38] Praise the Father +[1483.38 --> 1486.52] Praise the Son +[1486.52 --> 1489.90] Praise the Spirit +[1489.90 --> 1490.90] Praise the Spirit +[1490.90 --> 1492.90] Three in one +[1492.90 --> 1496.90] God of glory +[1496.90 --> 1498.90] Majesty +[1498.90 --> 1507.44] Praise forever to the King of kings +[1507.44 --> 1515.98] Praise forever to the King of kings +[1515.98 --> 1527.72] Praise the Orient +[1527.72 --> 1528.52] sek +[1528.62 --> 1530.50] Import Musik +[1530.50 --> 1532.36] onne +[1532.36 --> 1533.36] Women +[1533.36 --> 1534.40] ốn +[1534.40 --> 1536.32] Arbor +[1536.32 --> 1537.30] Jingle +[1538.88 --> 1540.40] in +[1540.44 --> 1541.78] La +[1541.78 --> 1542.60] j +[1542.78 --> 1543.14] 放 +[1543.14 --> 1543.98] seventh +[1543.98 --> 1544.50] stump +[1544.50 --> 1545.60] ăn +[1545.60 --> 1557.22] Come all you weary, come all you thirsty, come to the well that never runs dry. +[1557.22 --> 1563.32] Drink of the water, come and thirst no more. +[1566.10 --> 1574.78] Come all you sinners, come find His mercy, come to the table He will satisfy. +[1575.60 --> 1580.82] Taste of His goodness, find what you'll look for. +[1583.76 --> 1593.68] For God so loved, the world that He gave us is one and only Son to save us. +[1593.82 --> 1598.92] Whoever believes in Him will live forever. +[1598.92 --> 1610.92] Bring all your failures, bring your addictions, come lay them down at the foot of the cross. +[1610.92 --> 1618.32] Jesus is waiting there with love in arms. +[1618.32 --> 1629.60] For God so loved, the world that He gave us is one and only Son to save us. +[1629.60 --> 1635.60] Whoever believes in Him will live forever. +[1637.76 --> 1642.74] The power of hell forever defeated. +[1643.10 --> 1647.30] Now it is well of walking in freedom. +[1647.30 --> 1653.92] For God so loved, God so loved the world. +[1653.92 --> 1664.08] Praise God, praise God, from whom all blessings flow. +[1664.08 --> 1674.26] Praise Him, praise Him, for the wonders of His love. +[1674.26 --> 1682.60] Praise God, praise God, from whom all blessings flow. +[1682.60 --> 1692.42] Praise Him, praise Him, for the wonders of His love. +[1692.42 --> 1704.42] For God so loved, the world that He gave us is one and only Son to save us. +[1704.42 --> 1713.26] For God so loved, the world that He gave us is one and only Son to save us. +[1713.26 --> 1718.26] Whoever believes in Him will live forever. +[1718.26 --> 1720.26] Whoever believes in Him will live forever. +[1720.26 --> 1722.26] Whoever believes in Him will live forever. +[1722.26 --> 1726.26] The power of hell forever defeated. +[1726.26 --> 1730.26] Now it is well, I'm walking in freedom. +[1730.26 --> 1738.26] For God so loved, God so loved the world. +[1738.26 --> 1749.26] Bring all your failures, bring your addictions, come lay them down at the foot of the cross. +[1749.26 --> 1757.26] Jesus is waiting, God so loved the world. +[1768.26 --> 1773.26] Please pray with me. +[1773.26 --> 1782.26] Our Heavenly Father, we come to you this morning as a church family, but also as individuals who need your grace and mercy. +[1782.26 --> 1786.26] We have all sinned, as we have just sung. +[1786.26 --> 1791.26] Some of us are weary and feel like failures in our own sinfulness. +[1791.26 --> 1794.26] We are thirsty for your love and mercy. +[1794.26 --> 1799.26] We are so thankful that you are the well that never runs dry. +[1799.26 --> 1809.26] Dear God, you know our hearts, you know our failures, you know our addictions, and we lay them all now at the foot of the cross in a moment of silent prayer. +[1809.26 --> 1810.26] You know our hearts Alan... +[1810.26 --> 1811.26] Peace... +[1811.26 --> 1812.26] Please... +[1812.26 --> 1813.26] May help... +[1813.26 --> 1814.26] andelnie... +[1814.26 --> 1815.26] Maybe hello to God, be on hold... +[1815.26 --> 1816.26] Maybe. +[1816.26 --> 1817.26] Welcome. +[1817.26 --> 1818.26] Peace... +[1818.26 --> 1819.26] Your wonderful powers... +[1819.26 --> 1820.26] And from theogamy... +[1820.26 --> 1822.26] My Little Hip of Nós... +[1822.26 --> 1824.26] Your mosquito recicon... +[1824.26 --> 1825.26] Matt Position... +[1825.26 --> 1826.26] So it would just listen... +[1826.26 --> 1830.76] Help... +[1831.26 --> 1836.26] To your heavenly Lily... +[1836.26 --> 1842.58] we thank you God +[1842.58 --> 1845.28] that you so loved the world +[1845.28 --> 1848.10] that you sacrificed your one and only son +[1848.10 --> 1849.24] for us who believe +[1849.24 --> 1852.28] we thank you that the power of hell +[1852.28 --> 1853.80] has been defeated +[1853.80 --> 1857.14] so that we will live forever with you +[1857.14 --> 1859.08] praise God +[1859.08 --> 1860.66] praise God +[1860.66 --> 1862.96] in Jesus we pray +[1862.96 --> 1864.00] amen +[1864.00 --> 1864.56] amen +[1864.56 --> 1867.18] amen +[1894.00 --> 1900.00] I love you Lord +[1900.00 --> 1906.00] Oh your mercy never fails me +[1906.00 --> 1912.00] All my days I have held in your hands +[1912.00 --> 1916.00] The moment I wake up +[1916.00 --> 1920.00] Until I lay my head +[1920.00 --> 1928.00] I will sing of the goodness of God +[1928.00 --> 1936.00] All my life you have been faithful +[1936.00 --> 1944.00] All my life you have been so, so good +[1944.00 --> 1948.00] With every breath that I am in +[1948.00 --> 1954.00] I will sing of the goodness of God +[1954.00 --> 1958.00] I love your voice +[1958.00 --> 1964.00] You have led me through the fire +[1964.00 --> 1966.00] The darkest night +[1966.00 --> 1970.00] You are close like no other +[1970.00 --> 1974.00] I've known you as a father +[1974.00 --> 1978.00] I've known you as a friend +[1978.00 --> 1984.00] I will sing of the goodness of God +[1984.00 --> 1994.00] All my life you have been faithful +[1994.00 --> 2000.00] All my life you have been so, so good +[2000.00 --> 2006.00] With every breath that I am in +[2006.00 --> 2012.00] I will sing of the goodness of God +[2012.00 --> 2018.00] Your goodness is running out +[2018.00 --> 2022.00] It's running out for me +[2022.00 --> 2024.00] Your goodness is running out +[2024.00 --> 2028.00] It's running out for me +[2028.00 --> 2030.00] Your goodness is running out +[2030.00 --> 2032.00] It's running out for me +[2032.00 --> 2034.00] Your goodness is running out for me +[2034.00 --> 2048.00] Your goodness is running out for me +[2048.00 --> 2054.00] Your goodness is running out for me +[2054.00 --> 2064.00] Your goodness is running out for me +[2064.00 --> 2069.00] Your goodness is running out for me +[2069.00 --> 2073.00] And all my life you have been faithful +[2073.00 --> 2076.78] And all my life you have been faithful. +[2079.10 --> 2086.54] And all my life you have been so, so good. +[2086.54 --> 2098.90] With every breath that I am made of, I will sing of the goodness of God. +[2098.90 --> 2106.58] I will sing of the goodness of God. +[2128.90 --> 2145.14] When you go, I'll go. +[2145.14 --> 2147.14] Where you stay, I'll stay. +[2148.10 --> 2150.42] When you move, I'll move. +[2150.70 --> 2151.98] I will follow. +[2153.10 --> 2155.44] Where you go, I'll go. +[2155.90 --> 2158.08] Where you stay, I'll stay. +[2158.48 --> 2160.68] When you move, I'll move. +[2160.96 --> 2162.26] I will follow. +[2162.26 --> 2175.40] Where you ways are good. +[2175.74 --> 2177.86] All your ways are sure. +[2179.30 --> 2182.72] I will trust in you alone. +[2183.06 --> 2185.26] Higher than my sight. +[2185.56 --> 2187.64] High above my God. +[2187.64 --> 2193.64] I will trust in you alone. +[2197.64 --> 2199.70] When you go, I'll go. +[2200.04 --> 2201.64] Where you stay, I'll stay. +[2202.46 --> 2204.32] When you move, I'll move. +[2204.74 --> 2206.04] I will follow. +[2206.94 --> 2209.44] When you love, I'll love. +[2209.68 --> 2211.76] When you serve, I'll serve. +[2211.76 --> 2214.20] In this life, my dreams. +[2214.50 --> 2216.76] I will follow you. +[2217.64 --> 2222.64] I will follow you. +[2226.64 --> 2228.74] Light into the world. +[2229.04 --> 2232.04] Light into my mind. +[2232.50 --> 2235.88] I will live for you alone. +[2236.20 --> 2237.64] You're the one I see. +[2238.60 --> 2241.76] Knowing I will find. +[2241.76 --> 2245.76] All I need is you alone. +[2250.76 --> 2252.76] When you go, I'll go. +[2252.86 --> 2255.00] When you stay, I'll stay. +[2255.26 --> 2257.36] When you move, I'll move. +[2257.62 --> 2259.76] I will follow you. +[2259.76 --> 2262.22] When you love, I'll love. +[2262.46 --> 2264.52] When you serve, I'll serve. +[2264.52 --> 2265.52] When you serve, I'll move. +[2265.52 --> 2266.52] When you serve, I'll move. +[2266.52 --> 2269.52] When you serve, I'll follow you. +[2269.52 --> 2270.52] I will follow you. +[2270.52 --> 2271.52] Yeah. +[2271.52 --> 2272.52] I will follow you. +[2272.52 --> 2273.52] I will follow you. +[2273.52 --> 2274.52] Yeah. +[2274.52 --> 2275.52] Yeah. +[2275.52 --> 2276.52] When you serve, I'll move. +[2276.52 --> 2277.52] Yeah. +[2277.52 --> 2278.52] Yeah. +[2278.52 --> 2282.52] In you, there's life everlasting. +[2282.52 --> 2288.52] In you, there's freedom for my soul. +[2288.52 --> 2289.52] Give you joy. +[2289.52 --> 2290.52] In you, there's joy. +[2290.52 --> 2291.52] In you, there's joy. +[2291.52 --> 2293.52] And in you, there's joy. +[2293.52 --> 2295.52] I will follow you. +[2295.52 --> 2297.52] I will follow you. +[2297.52 --> 2300.52] pineapple +[2300.52 --> 2301.24] Where you go, I'll go. +[2301.42 --> 2303.92] Where you ocean, sadece, SAID, +[2304.52 --> 2305.52] Where you move, I'll move. +[2305.52 --> 2307.62] I will follow you. +[2308.52 --> 2311.52] I will follow you. +[2312.78 --> 2313.52] Your little Italy +[2314.52 --> 2319.98] I will follow you. +[2319.98 --> 2321.98] Oh +[2349.98 --> 2351.90] a +[2379.98 --> 2389.14] Hello, my name is Courtney and I'm the coordinator for the Langley Emanuel CRC GEMS program. +[2389.62 --> 2394.50] GEMS stands for Girls Everywhere Meeting the Savior, and its vision is to see girls around +[2394.50 --> 2399.00] the world actively and enthusiastically expressing love for God and for others. +[2399.60 --> 2403.90] Girls equipped, motivated, and passionately engaged in living out their faith. +[2404.42 --> 2409.02] The mission of GEMS is to bring girls everywhere into a living dynamic relationship with Jesus +[2409.02 --> 2415.46] Christ. Langley Emanuel GEMS does this through Bible study, badges, crafts, songs, having +[2415.46 --> 2421.16] conversations, and so much more. We currently have 10 leaders and 40 girls, ranging in ages +[2421.16 --> 2427.26] from grade 3 to grade 7. This year the theme has been Rise Up, which has helped us to explore +[2427.26 --> 2432.02] the story of Esther. We have been learning about how God can use an ordinary person to +[2432.02 --> 2437.32] do extraordinary things, how Esther was more than an orphan or a pretty face. She was a +[2437.32 --> 2441.94] girl who could rise up in faith and stand her ground because she put her hope in God alone. +[2442.72 --> 2447.42] But in order for us to trust God, we have to know who he is. We saw part of God's character +[2447.42 --> 2453.70] through these five Bible-based truths. God is king. God is our deliverer. God is trustworthy. +[2454.48 --> 2460.16] God is always at work. God is with you wherever you go. The girls were reminded to put their faith +[2460.16 --> 2463.42] in God through our theme verse this year, which they will share now. +[2463.42 --> 2487.48] There is nothing easy about being a girl or living in our world today. We face unique challenges +[2487.48 --> 2495.02] and unsustainable pressures in a culture of confusion about who God is and what truth is, or what is truth. +[2495.56 --> 2501.46] Sometimes it can feel overwhelming and hopeless, but we gather on this Gem Sunday in the hope of Jesus Christ. +[2501.46 --> 2531.44] Jesus Christ. +[2531.44 --> 2534.70] Let's learn these five truths about who God is and what he has promised. +[2535.44 --> 2537.62] God is king. +[2538.52 --> 2540.84] The Lord is my God. +[2541.52 --> 2543.90] The great king over all the earth. +[2544.64 --> 2546.72] Psalm 47, verse 2. +[2548.14 --> 2550.44] God is our deliverer. +[2551.94 --> 2553.62] The Lord is my rock. +[2553.94 --> 2556.26] My fortress and my deliverer. +[2556.66 --> 2558.42] My God is my rock. +[2558.42 --> 2560.42] In whom I take refuge. +[2560.42 --> 2563.42] My shield and the horn of my salvation. +[2563.42 --> 2565.50] My strong will. +[2565.50 --> 2568.04] Psalm 18, verse 2. +[2568.04 --> 2571.04] God is trust worthy. +[2571.04 --> 2574.04] He is who he says he is. +[2574.04 --> 2576.86] And he will do what he says he will do. +[2578.12 --> 2581.52] The Lord is trust worthy in all the promises. +[2582.18 --> 2584.32] And faithful in all the dust. +[2584.88 --> 2587.66] Psalm 145, verse 13. +[2587.66 --> 2592.14] God is always at work. +[2592.50 --> 2593.58] He is near. +[2594.12 --> 2597.80] The Lord is near to all who call on him. +[2598.16 --> 2600.06] To all who call on him. +[2601.06 --> 2603.96] Psalm 145, verse 13. +[2605.66 --> 2608.96] God is with you wherever you go. +[2608.96 --> 2611.30] Do not be afraid. +[2611.58 --> 2613.20] Do not be discouraged. +[2613.72 --> 2617.46] For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. +[2617.88 --> 2619.82] Joshua 1, verse 13. +[2621.22 --> 2626.92] Thanks be to the God of hope who renews our strength so that we can rise up in every circumstance. +[2627.46 --> 2633.28] Stand secure in our faith and have the confidence that when we put our hope in him, we will be okay. +[2633.28 --> 2634.22] No matter what. +[2638.96 --> 2658.94] Tell me the story of the girl without a mother. +[2658.94 --> 2662.38] Of the girl without a father. +[2662.80 --> 2665.22] Who found favor with the king. +[2665.22 --> 2668.84] Tell me again. +[2669.24 --> 2672.30] About how he beheld her beauty. +[2672.58 --> 2675.74] About the way she stepped out bravely. +[2675.94 --> 2678.34] All her life an offering. +[2679.84 --> 2682.64] She fell to her knees. +[2683.76 --> 2686.00] While she begged him, please. +[2686.68 --> 2688.32] To spare my people. +[2688.84 --> 2691.52] Or set them free or king. +[2692.22 --> 2694.08] Give them a merit. +[2694.08 --> 2695.64] To spare belonging. +[2695.64 --> 2698.96] To a kingdom that is coming. +[2699.52 --> 2702.34] With the song they'll keep on singing. +[2702.82 --> 2705.60] With the bells they'll keep on ringing. +[2706.14 --> 2709.08] Oh, I'm swept up in a story. +[2709.50 --> 2711.96] All that I don't want to miss. +[2712.34 --> 2714.94] So I will rise up. +[2714.94 --> 2717.30] For such a time is late. +[2717.30 --> 2718.04] Tell me again. +[2718.04 --> 2726.04] Tell me again. +[2726.04 --> 2729.00] What a god man come from glory. +[2729.00 --> 2732.32] Why they said he had no beauty. +[2732.32 --> 2735.46] He was the flavor of the king. +[2736.84 --> 2738.98] Tell me again. +[2739.22 --> 2742.30] About the way he loved the lonely. +[2742.72 --> 2745.56] Healed the sick and fed the hungry. +[2745.56 --> 2748.52] All his life an offering. +[2748.52 --> 2752.36] He hung on a tree. +[2752.36 --> 2753.72] He cried. +[2753.72 --> 2755.48] Oh, fall and flee. +[2756.48 --> 2758.36] Slay all people. +[2759.12 --> 2760.40] Oh, set them free. +[2762.12 --> 2764.04] Give them a merit. +[2764.04 --> 2768.82] To a kingdom that is coming. +[2768.82 --> 2772.14] It's the song they'll keep on singing. +[2772.58 --> 2775.46] It's the bells they'll keep on ringing. +[2776.00 --> 2779.04] They'll be swept up in a story. +[2779.48 --> 2782.10] Oh, that they don't want to miss. +[2782.42 --> 2784.92] So I will rise up. +[2784.92 --> 2787.34] Oh, such a time is late. +[2789.44 --> 2792.36] Oh, and he is able. +[2792.92 --> 2795.60] We have a place here at the table. +[2796.12 --> 2798.66] Our deliverance has come. +[2798.66 --> 2802.16] His steadfast love will bring us home. +[2802.62 --> 2805.58] He holds all things together. +[2805.96 --> 2808.88] We already have his favor. +[2809.30 --> 2812.32] We'll give honest, surrendered years. +[2812.32 --> 2818.86] Because of all his faithfulness. +[2820.16 --> 2822.26] Tell me a story. +[2822.56 --> 2825.56] About the way I'm loved completely. +[2825.88 --> 2828.88] Because your beauty is my cover. +[2829.22 --> 2831.92] I have a favor of the king. +[2833.50 --> 2835.52] Tell me again. +[2835.90 --> 2839.02] About how I can stand up only. +[2839.02 --> 2842.38] I will heed the things you've told me. +[2842.60 --> 2845.10] And make my life and my soul. +[2845.90 --> 2849.26] So I, oh, so my need. +[2849.52 --> 2852.68] So I, beg your father please. +[2853.02 --> 2855.56] Set all your people free. +[2856.12 --> 2858.74] Help us live what we believe. +[2859.00 --> 2862.26] We have a merit in belonging. +[2862.26 --> 2865.60] To a kingdom that is coming. +[2866.10 --> 2868.76] It's the song we'll keep on singing. +[2869.46 --> 2872.06] It's the bells we'll keep on ringing. +[2872.74 --> 2875.72] We'll be swept up in a story. +[2876.18 --> 2878.72] Oh, do we all want to miss? +[2878.96 --> 2881.52] So we will rise up. +[2881.52 --> 2884.42] Such a time in our place. +[2885.86 --> 2888.98] Oh, we're swept up in a story. +[2888.98 --> 2892.04] All that we don't want to miss. +[2892.38 --> 2894.96] So we will rise up. +[2895.28 --> 2897.82] Such a time in our place. +[2897.82 --> 2901.78] Oh, oh, oh. +[2901.78 --> 2904.54] Oh, oh, oh. +[2904.54 --> 2916.62] All right. +[2916.68 --> 2919.80] The first offering today is for our budget and the needs of our church. +[2919.94 --> 2923.18] The second offering is for the GEMS Ministry of North America. +[2923.28 --> 2929.04] This money is used to run GEMS on a larger scale, to help develop curriculum, to provide +[2929.04 --> 2933.38] staff support for the various clubs, and to help spread the word about GEMS. +[2933.38 --> 2935.14] And to help set up new clubs. +[2935.80 --> 2938.02] So please give generously as God has given to you. +[2938.02 --> 2947.44] From rejected to accepted. +[2947.44 --> 2953.16] From forgotten to remembered. +[2954.16 --> 2958.78] From the victim to the victor. +[2959.60 --> 2962.30] Who we are is not the same. +[2962.30 --> 2964.92] And the changes night and day. +[2964.92 --> 2968.54] No longer orphans. +[2968.54 --> 2970.86] Now sons and daughters. +[2970.86 --> 2973.18] Worthy and wanted. +[2973.72 --> 2975.56] We belong. +[2975.56 --> 2981.18] We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, crowned in dignity. +[2982.18 --> 2986.48] We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, heirs to majesty. +[2986.90 --> 2989.18] We're made for victory. +[2989.56 --> 2995.58] We're given authority to reign like kings and queens. +[2996.24 --> 2997.56] We're royalties. +[2997.56 --> 3005.10] We're royalties. +[3005.10 --> 3006.10] We're royalties. +[3007.10 --> 3011.50] From abandoned to exalted. +[3012.38 --> 3017.02] From so broken to beloved. +[3018.02 --> 3023.54] From the shadows to the light, from the dead brought back to life. +[3023.54 --> 3026.30] Who we are is not the same +[3026.30 --> 3029.18] And the change is man and day +[3029.18 --> 3032.52] No longer orphans +[3032.52 --> 3034.84] Now sons and daughters +[3034.84 --> 3037.20] Worthy and wanted +[3037.20 --> 3040.34] We belong, yeah +[3040.34 --> 3043.06] We are, we are, we are, we are +[3043.06 --> 3045.20] Crown and dignity +[3045.20 --> 3048.50] We are, we are, we are, we are +[3048.50 --> 3050.50] Heirs to majesty +[3050.50 --> 3053.16] We're made for victory +[3053.16 --> 3055.78] We're given authority +[3055.78 --> 3059.72] To reign like kings and queens +[3059.72 --> 3061.56] We're royalty +[3061.56 --> 3064.36] We are, we are, we are, we are +[3064.36 --> 3066.96] We're royalty +[3066.96 --> 3069.86] We are, we are, we are, we are +[3069.86 --> 3075.24] Every lie beneath our feet +[3075.24 --> 3077.82] When we see the way you see +[3077.82 --> 3082.24] We know we're chosen and redeemed +[3082.24 --> 3088.36] We are, we are, we are, we are +[3088.36 --> 3091.02] Renamed, adopted in +[3091.02 --> 3093.44] We are, we are, we are, we are +[3093.44 --> 3096.62] Kings in a kingdom with no end +[3096.62 --> 3098.94] We are, we are, we are, we are +[3098.94 --> 3101.20] Crown and dignity +[3101.20 --> 3104.40] We are, we are, we are, we are, we are +[3104.40 --> 3105.92] We are, we are, we are +[3105.92 --> 3107.76] We are, we are, we are +[3107.76 --> 3110.02] Clean land moves +[3110.02 --> 3112.42] We need authority +[3113.26 --> 3115.60] We are, we are, we are +[3115.60 --> 3116.38] We are, we are, we are +[3116.38 --> 3117.76] Giants of majesty +[3117.76 --> 3119.64] When we are +[3119.64 --> 3121.24] Gottes O person with no end +[3121.24 --> 3121.52] We are +[3121.52 --> 3122.62] We're copying +[3122.62 --> 3123.52] Gerald pens +[3123.52 --> 3124.52] Then we have +[3124.52 --> 3125.58] We are, we are, we are +[3125.58 --> 3126.10] We are, we are, we are +[3126.10 --> 3126.62] We are, we are, we are, we are +[3126.62 --> 3127.14] We are, we are, we are, we are +[3127.14 --> 3127.66] We're everything we are, we are, we are +[3127.66 --> 3129.66] We're all your team +[3129.66 --> 3131.66] We're all your team +[3131.66 --> 3133.66] We're all your team +[3133.66 --> 3135.66] We're all your team +[3135.66 --> 3137.66] We're all your team +[3137.66 --> 3139.66] They say +[3139.66 --> 3141.66] You're the king of everything +[3141.66 --> 3143.66] The one who taught the wind to sing +[3143.66 --> 3145.66] The source of the rhythm +[3145.66 --> 3147.66] My heart keeps beating +[3147.66 --> 3149.66] They say +[3149.66 --> 3151.66] You can give the blind their sight +[3151.66 --> 3153.66] And you can bring the dead to life +[3153.66 --> 3155.66] You can be the hope +[3155.66 --> 3157.66] My soul's been seeking +[3157.66 --> 3159.66] I wanna tell you now that I believe it +[3159.66 --> 3161.66] I wanna tell you now that I believe it +[3161.66 --> 3163.66] I do +[3163.66 --> 3165.66] That you can make me new +[3165.66 --> 3167.66] Oh +[3167.66 --> 3169.66] I'm an empty place +[3169.66 --> 3171.66] I'm an open book +[3171.66 --> 3173.66] Write your story on my heart +[3173.66 --> 3175.66] Come on and make your mark +[3175.66 --> 3177.66] Author of my hope +[3177.66 --> 3179.66] Maker of the stars +[3179.66 --> 3181.66] Let me be your work of art +[3181.66 --> 3183.66] Won't you write your story on my heart +[3183.66 --> 3185.66] Write your story +[3185.66 --> 3187.66] Write your story +[3187.66 --> 3189.66] Write your story +[3189.66 --> 3191.66] Write your story +[3191.66 --> 3193.66] Come on and write your story +[3193.66 --> 3195.66] Come on and write your story +[3195.66 --> 3197.66] I'm an open book +[3197.66 --> 3199.66] I'm an empty place +[3199.66 --> 3201.66] I'm an empty place +[3201.66 --> 3203.66] I'm an empty place +[3203.66 --> 3205.66] I'm an empty place +[3205.66 --> 3207.66] I'm an empty place +[3207.66 --> 3209.66] I'm an empty place +[3209.66 --> 3211.66] We have to have many kids here +[3211.66 --> 3213.66] Who are age 3 up to grade 4 +[3213.66 --> 3215.66] To join us at the front +[3215.66 --> 3217.66] Before we head off to children's worship time +[3217.66 --> 3219.66] In the back +[3219.66 --> 3221.66] And if you're visiting with us +[3221.66 --> 3223.66] And have kids in that age group +[3223.66 --> 3225.66] They're welcome to come up here +[3225.66 --> 3227.66] Or follow us as we leave +[3227.66 --> 3229.66] And join us in our worship together +[3229.66 --> 3231.66] Back in the other rooms +[3231.66 --> 3233.66] Good morning +[3233.66 --> 3235.66] Oh that was nice and loud +[3235.66 --> 3240.66] I'm wondering if you guys can think of anything +[3240.66 --> 3242.66] That you know is real +[3242.66 --> 3244.66] But that you can't see +[3244.66 --> 3249.66] Something you know is real +[3249.66 --> 3251.66] But that you can't see with your eyes +[3251.66 --> 3253.66] Like that might be invisible +[3253.66 --> 3255.66] Something in like in the world +[3255.66 --> 3259.66] We do know Jesus is real, yes +[3259.66 --> 3260.66] And we can't see him +[3260.66 --> 3262.66] But something else +[3262.66 --> 3263.66] Can anyone think of anything? +[3263.66 --> 3265.66] Can anyone think of anything? +[3265.66 --> 3266.66] No? +[3266.66 --> 3267.66] It's a kind of a hard question +[3267.66 --> 3269.66] Okay, I have one +[3269.66 --> 3271.66] What about the wind? +[3271.66 --> 3273.66] Have you ever seen the wind? +[3273.66 --> 3276.66] So how do we know the wind is real +[3276.66 --> 3278.66] If we can't see it? +[3278.66 --> 3279.66] Haley? +[3279.66 --> 3280.66] We can feel it? +[3280.66 --> 3283.66] Yeah, how else can we know the wind is real? +[3285.66 --> 3286.66] You can hear it sometimes +[3286.66 --> 3287.66] If it's really loud +[3287.66 --> 3288.66] It might make a loud noise +[3288.66 --> 3291.66] Yeah, we can see it blowing in the trees +[3291.66 --> 3293.66] Today we're going to +[3293.66 --> 3294.66] In children's worship time +[3294.66 --> 3295.66] We're going to be talking about +[3295.66 --> 3298.66] How sometimes it's hard to believe in things +[3298.66 --> 3299.66] That we can't see +[3299.66 --> 3301.66] And there's a person in the Bible named Thomas +[3301.66 --> 3304.66] And he had a hard time believing something +[3304.66 --> 3305.66] That he couldn't see +[3305.66 --> 3307.66] And we're going to see what we can learn +[3307.66 --> 3308.66] From Jesus +[3308.66 --> 3309.66] About Jesus from that story +[3309.66 --> 3311.66] So we're going to stand up +[3311.66 --> 3313.66] And we're going to have to be nice and loud today +[3313.66 --> 3315.66] Because lots of our big kids aren't here +[3315.66 --> 3316.66] For gems +[3316.66 --> 3317.66] For gems +[3317.66 --> 3318.66] And we're going to do our blessings +[3318.66 --> 3320.66] So I invite everyone to stand up with us +[3320.66 --> 3321.66] While we bless you +[3321.66 --> 3322.66] And receive your blessing +[3322.66 --> 3323.66] And receive your blessing +[3323.66 --> 3325.66] Thank you +[3325.66 --> 3352.60] Good morning, everyone. +[3352.60 --> 3356.34] My name is Ken. I am one of the elders here at Emanuel Church. +[3357.30 --> 3362.04] First off, it's so great seeing all you gems here and all the participation in this service. +[3362.04 --> 3365.52] It's really amazing, the offering and the welcome we got. +[3365.72 --> 3370.22] And the praise team up here is really cool seeing you guys joining in and leading us in worship. +[3370.36 --> 3371.50] So thank you so much for that. +[3372.32 --> 3375.56] Just a couple of announcements I have from the council. +[3376.06 --> 3382.28] We have a council meeting this week, so I ask you to uphold that in prayer as we seek to do God's work in our church council. +[3382.60 --> 3392.50] And it's also entering the last week and day for our nominations for the upcoming new office bearers that we're looking for. +[3392.60 --> 3405.32] So we ask you to continue to prayerfully seek out nominating individuals that you think would be called into that work for our church and for God. +[3405.32 --> 3412.50] And if you yourself are still feeling called as well, please be sure to get those nominations in very shortly. +[3412.68 --> 3419.48] There is a form that should be available at the Connect booth as well as they've been emailed and accessible through our e-bulletin. +[3420.82 --> 3424.28] Additionally, next week, Sunday, we will be celebrating Lord's Supper. +[3424.28 --> 3432.34] So take this week to prepare your hearts and to prepare for gathering together around the Lord's table. +[3433.16 --> 3437.64] So at this point, I'd like to lead us in our time of prayer as a congregation. +[3438.58 --> 3439.34] Let's pray. +[3439.34 --> 3444.94] Lord our God, as we sang this morning, you give life. +[3445.54 --> 3446.16] You are love. +[3446.86 --> 3448.48] You bring light to our darkness. +[3449.38 --> 3450.00] You give hope. +[3450.64 --> 3452.84] And you restore every heart that is broken. +[3453.46 --> 3454.76] Great are you, Lord. +[3455.54 --> 3460.46] We pour out our praise to you this morning, Lord, and humbly bring our requests to you. +[3460.46 --> 3465.34] We praise you, Lord, for the gift of our children who are a heritage from the Lord. +[3465.92 --> 3467.34] We pray for parents. +[3467.78 --> 3470.94] Help us to teach our kids to know you through your word. +[3471.64 --> 3476.12] We thank you for girls everywhere meeting the Savior as we celebrate the gems today. +[3476.88 --> 3482.14] And we praise you, Lord, for the work and dedication of the counselors and ask your blessing on them and their work. +[3483.74 --> 3485.86] Lord, we pray for new young parents. +[3485.86 --> 3489.96] We lift up Joanna and Mike and their two-week-old baby, McKenna. +[3491.04 --> 3495.40] We also pray for those whose life stories include struggles with infertility. +[3495.92 --> 3500.72] Lord, we pray that you bless medical treatments that are being taken for infertility. +[3501.34 --> 3505.12] And we pray for your blessing for those who are on journeys toward adoption. +[3506.52 --> 3512.50] And today, Lord, in addition to Gem Sunday, we get to hear from the Mexico team who returned two weeks ago +[3512.50 --> 3515.56] and will share the work you did in them and through them. +[3516.56 --> 3519.50] May the seeds that were sown and relationships that were cultivated +[3519.50 --> 3521.96] produce a fruitful harvest for your kingdom, Lord. +[3522.96 --> 3528.26] We ask that you work through our missionaries who you have called to go out and spread the gospel. +[3528.90 --> 3535.58] And likewise, Lord, please work through the rest of us who you have called to spread the gospel within our communities at home. +[3535.58 --> 3541.66] Lord, we lift up those in our congregation and those we know with various health concerns. +[3542.44 --> 3543.38] Heal our diseases. +[3544.42 --> 3549.72] We think of Grace Vanderdeen's mom who had an angioplasty done last week, and we pray for her recovery. +[3549.72 --> 3556.26] We also uphold to you, Lord, Matthew and Rachel Skipper and their kids as Rachel's health continues to decline. +[3556.86 --> 3560.60] Lord, we ask for your miraculous healing hand on Rachel and the family. +[3561.70 --> 3567.10] We pray for Kobe DeBoorsap as she's ongoing cancer treatments and is presently at home. +[3567.76 --> 3572.34] Help their young family feel your nearness in this time and bring Kobe healing recovery. +[3572.34 --> 3578.64] We lift up those who have various struggles with mental health, anxiety, and depression. +[3579.18 --> 3583.94] Lord, when we are weary and burdened, draw us to you and you will give us rest. +[3584.62 --> 3592.26] Transform us, Lord, by the renewing of our minds and help us cast all our anxiety on you because you care for us. +[3593.52 --> 3596.24] We pray, too, for those who are in seasons of mourning. +[3596.98 --> 3600.80] We lift up Karen Walker as she mourns the passing of her husband Kevin last week. +[3600.80 --> 3606.38] And we also pray that you give Rosita all she needs to walk alongside her friend Karen in this time. +[3607.56 --> 3615.76] We pray for all who mourn the loss of loved ones, having just celebrated Easter without a loved one for the first time or maybe many times over again. +[3616.70 --> 3626.28] Help the Easter resurrection truth comfort us in knowing that death has lost its sting and been swallowed up in the victory we have in our Lord Jesus Christ. +[3626.28 --> 3631.08] Lord, we pray for our church and ministries here at Emanuel CRC. +[3631.86 --> 3635.32] Bless the work of the staff, volunteers, and council members. +[3635.98 --> 3638.94] Lead them to hear your will and direction for your church. +[3640.00 --> 3643.64] We pray for your hand on the council nomination process that is underway. +[3644.36 --> 3649.16] Stir in the hearts of those you are calling to the noble task of serving your church. +[3649.16 --> 3658.26] We pray for each of us this week as we examine ourselves and prepare our hearts to gather around your table in communion next week. +[3659.46 --> 3666.52] And now, as we open your word and hear your message, we pray that you open the eyes of our hearts, Lord, and help us to see you. +[3667.04 --> 3675.34] Help us not merely listen to the word and so deceive ourselves, but help us to really hear it today and to go out doing what it says. +[3675.34 --> 3680.54] Help us act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God. +[3681.26 --> 3689.34] We pray all these things in your most holy name, not because we're worthy, but because you have allowed us to approach your throne of grace with confidence. +[3689.68 --> 3691.56] In the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior. +[3692.10 --> 3692.36] Amen. +[3705.34 --> 3724.26] As we've already heard, this year the Gems have been taking this theme verse from Isaiah 40, verse 31, sorry, +[3724.62 --> 3732.18] and reading the book of Esther and learning the story of Esther through that lens. +[3732.18 --> 3736.16] So we're going to do the same thing in our time together this morning. +[3736.24 --> 3738.18] So I'm going to begin once again. +[3738.32 --> 3751.80] I'll read Isaiah 40, verse 31, and then we will sort of rehearse the story of Esther through the themes of the five truths that the Gems are looking at. +[3751.88 --> 3762.16] And so allow me to start with Isaiah 40, verse 31, where we read that those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. +[3762.18 --> 3765.52] They will soar on wings like eagles. +[3765.90 --> 3767.92] They will run and not grow weary. +[3768.38 --> 3770.52] They will walk and not be faint. +[3770.98 --> 3772.30] This is the word of the Lord. +[3775.52 --> 3782.58] So you girls, over the course of this year, have been focusing on five truths. +[3782.66 --> 3786.94] Now we've heard them, but I'm going to put them on the screen again so you can see them. +[3786.94 --> 3792.32] And I've also reordered them slightly for the purposes of this telling of the story. +[3793.24 --> 3804.84] But those five truths are God is king, God is trustworthy, God is our deliverer, God is near, and God is with you. +[3804.84 --> 3820.54] As we hear these truths again, and as we look at the story of Esther, I want to challenge you, even as we look at particular characters, +[3820.54 --> 3833.76] to realize that the story that's told here is first and foremost for the purpose of revealing God who is behind the story. +[3833.76 --> 3839.60] But in Esther, that's a particular challenge. +[3840.84 --> 3844.78] Because I don't know how many of you have read the book of Esther recently, +[3845.06 --> 3851.70] but the book of Esther doesn't mention the name God at all. +[3851.70 --> 3858.92] The word God and its various forms of God's names are not used. +[3860.34 --> 3865.12] God is not a character on the surface of the story of Esther. +[3865.60 --> 3872.72] And so how can we learn these truths about who God is from a story that seemingly doesn't even mention him? +[3873.88 --> 3877.84] That's the challenge that's kind of in front of us this morning. +[3877.84 --> 3884.58] Those are the kinds of questions that the story of Esther invites us to ask. +[3886.04 --> 3888.48] Because throughout the whole book, there isn't one mention of God. +[3888.82 --> 3891.12] His name doesn't appear at all. +[3893.28 --> 3895.76] And here's why I think this matters for us this morning. +[3896.94 --> 3903.26] Because it's so easy in our own lives and in our own stories, right, to not see God. +[3904.40 --> 3906.46] And to not know where he is. +[3907.84 --> 3910.66] And to not be sure if he's even in the mix at all. +[3912.18 --> 3917.00] Esther starts equipping us to understand how he might be. +[3918.90 --> 3922.12] Now the book of Esther tells us a particular story. +[3922.22 --> 3926.34] And I want to walk you through that story for those of you who aren't as familiar with it. +[3927.12 --> 3932.84] The book of Esther tells the story of the people of God who have been taken into exile. +[3933.12 --> 3935.90] And they are now in the Persian Empire. +[3935.90 --> 3941.68] This is taking place in a city called Susa, which is one of the capitals of the empire at the time. +[3942.42 --> 3948.30] And so real quick, after the people leave Egypt, they spent 400 years there in slavery. +[3948.44 --> 3949.88] Then you get the story of the Exodus. +[3950.26 --> 3953.04] And they cross the Red Sea, the Ten Commandments. +[3953.10 --> 3956.44] And then they end up wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. +[3956.44 --> 3960.02] After 40 years, they enter the land. +[3960.70 --> 3962.18] They take possession of it. +[3962.18 --> 3967.02] They didn't push out the people as they were commanded to. +[3967.24 --> 3975.74] And so throughout the next hundreds of years, there's a conflict that continues, that exists. +[3975.84 --> 3978.34] And it's a conflict of nations and of peoples. +[3978.34 --> 3987.32] But also, there's a conflict that exists within the nation of Israel, that exists within the hearts of the people who live there, +[3987.40 --> 3990.68] about whether or not they will follow God's ways. +[3991.98 --> 4000.18] In the time of the judges and in the time of the kings, there's a few examples of people doing right and of leaders doing right. +[4000.18 --> 4004.84] But by and large, what is happening is people are doing what's right in their own eyes. +[4005.50 --> 4011.16] People are compromising and they're not living faithfully in relationship to God. +[4012.08 --> 4020.42] And so, because of that, God allows his people to be taken into exile in Babylon and Persia. +[4020.98 --> 4026.62] The story of Esther happens in the middle of this exile story, +[4026.62 --> 4029.74] in the middle of the people being carried away in captivity. +[4030.18 --> 4037.22] And so in terms of the whole Bible, for a very short period, the location focus shifts. +[4038.38 --> 4040.64] It's kind of a story within a story. +[4041.50 --> 4047.34] And because of that, Esther offers for us a really unique perspective to reflect on, +[4047.50 --> 4050.82] and a really unique way of seeing God at work in the world. +[4052.28 --> 4056.62] The Persian Empire stretched from India to Ethiopia. +[4056.62 --> 4064.98] And the story begins when Xerxes, who is king, summons his queen, Vashti, +[4065.48 --> 4069.96] to appear before his officials and to show her beauty. +[4071.08 --> 4075.88] Now Vashti does the unthinkable and she defies the king. +[4075.88 --> 4082.22] Right, the king, who's powerful in the world, cannot rule his own home. +[4082.94 --> 4086.88] And so if you read the story, he becomes humiliated and angry. +[4087.24 --> 4092.30] He listens to some counselors that he has and he deposes Vashti from her throne. +[4092.30 --> 4098.64] And he issues a decree that throughout the empire, all women should honor their husbands. +[4100.34 --> 4103.88] So he was a scorned man by his wife. +[4104.80 --> 4106.88] And then again, the location shifts. +[4107.68 --> 4112.40] After the power and the pride of the king are revealed to the readers, +[4112.66 --> 4115.90] the main characters of the story, as it will continue, are introduced. +[4115.90 --> 4122.10] We meet a woman named Hadassah, who is also called Esther. +[4122.88 --> 4127.86] She's a Jewish woman living outside the realm of the Jews +[4127.86 --> 4130.72] because she was part of the people carried into exile, +[4130.96 --> 4133.86] and her uncle named Mordecai. +[4135.10 --> 4140.10] Now Mordecai tells her not to reveal to the king and to the council +[4140.10 --> 4143.70] that she is Jewish because the king, in looking for a new wife, +[4143.76 --> 4150.04] has called for a beauty contest that he might find a new wife, +[4150.04 --> 4153.06] or at least another one to add to his collection of wives. +[4156.02 --> 4163.78] And throughout the immediate events of a seemingly random story, +[4163.78 --> 4169.50] a plot is actually being skillfully crafted. +[4170.10 --> 4177.04] And by chapter 3, the plot thickens with the introduction of a man named Haman. +[4178.26 --> 4184.02] Now Haman is promoted to effectively like prime minister in the king's court, right? +[4184.08 --> 4186.62] And an honor that in the story, as you're reading it, +[4186.66 --> 4190.10] you might expect to go to Mordecai, but it doesn't. +[4191.80 --> 4194.50] So if chapter 2, when we read these first characters, +[4194.68 --> 4198.66] raises the question about where, whether or not Jews can live in a foreign land +[4198.66 --> 4204.76] and how they might, chapter 3 in the raising of Haman brings this tension to a head. +[4205.42 --> 4210.30] Haman is described in chapter 3 as an agagite, +[4211.16 --> 4216.50] which is a term that scholars have argued connects him back to the Amalekites, +[4216.96 --> 4220.78] which is the historic enemy of Israel from the time of the Exodus. +[4220.78 --> 4226.64] When Israel left the Exodus, they were harried and had to fight the Amalekites all along. +[4226.74 --> 4230.56] And all throughout Israel's history, the Amalekites are a thorn in their side. +[4230.66 --> 4237.08] And so they become representative of all the enemies that they face. +[4237.44 --> 4241.78] And so here is Haman connected to the Amalekites, an enemy of Israel. +[4241.78 --> 4250.86] Haman gets angry and boils over because Mordecai refused to bow down in his presence. +[4251.96 --> 4256.88] So Mordecai is doing to Haman, in a sense, what Vashti first did to Xerxes. +[4257.34 --> 4261.94] And as a result, Haman turns his wrath not just against Mordecai, +[4262.08 --> 4265.16] but against all of the Jews, all of the people of God. +[4265.16 --> 4272.82] And so you have this man who represents the historic enmity towards God's people, +[4273.56 --> 4278.72] and he brings that enmity on the whole of the people who are in exile +[4278.72 --> 4284.50] by casting lots, throwing dice to determine how he will destroy them. +[4286.26 --> 4290.66] Now, Haman plots and fools the king into following along with this plan, +[4290.66 --> 4293.94] but the king doesn't yet realize that by doing so, +[4293.94 --> 4296.74] he's going to end up killing his new wife. +[4298.20 --> 4304.12] And as the edict to destroy the people of God goes out and around Susa and around the empire, +[4304.90 --> 4306.74] Mordecai tears his clothes. +[4308.12 --> 4310.96] He puts on traditional mourning sackcloth and ashes, +[4311.16 --> 4317.22] and he goes to Esther, who's now in the queen's court, +[4317.66 --> 4321.70] living there in the home of the king. +[4321.70 --> 4327.98] And he tells her that she has a responsibility for her people, +[4328.20 --> 4331.56] a responsibility to protect them and to speak to the king. +[4332.22 --> 4336.20] And Esther says, if I go speak to the king, unbidden by him, +[4336.34 --> 4340.00] if I go without him asking me to come, he will kill me. +[4340.52 --> 4341.34] That's what he does. +[4341.34 --> 4346.36] And Mordecai says, you will be killed regardless. +[4347.66 --> 4348.36] You are Jewish. +[4348.52 --> 4350.10] You can't keep that secret forever. +[4350.50 --> 4354.30] Either you will die in the throne room or with the rest of your people. +[4354.30 --> 4357.56] But maybe you can save us all. +[4357.56 --> 4360.80] And then Mordecai says, +[4360.80 --> 4363.64] for if you remain silent at this time, +[4364.00 --> 4367.40] relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, +[4367.94 --> 4371.12] but you and your father's family will perish. +[4372.50 --> 4376.64] Now, interestingly, this is the one place in the story +[4376.64 --> 4382.06] where it seems that there's even a veiled reference to God, right? +[4382.06 --> 4385.50] That deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place. +[4385.60 --> 4388.70] And so scholars have debated, is this, is they talking about God? +[4388.74 --> 4390.40] Because God is deliverer. +[4390.42 --> 4392.40] That's a word that's regularly used about him. +[4392.42 --> 4394.38] But again, he's just not mentioned. +[4395.96 --> 4397.56] And it continues to debate. +[4397.66 --> 4400.50] It's a vague reference at best, +[4400.50 --> 4407.00] but perhaps all Mordecai knows is that God will protect his people. +[4407.56 --> 4411.64] He doesn't know how or where or if or when, +[4412.36 --> 4414.76] just that he has. +[4415.82 --> 4418.38] And then Mordecai adds his own reference. +[4418.54 --> 4420.20] He says, and who knows, +[4420.66 --> 4425.68] but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this. +[4425.68 --> 4433.76] And that is the line from the story of Esther that people hang on to, right? +[4433.84 --> 4436.64] For such a time as this. +[4437.88 --> 4440.36] Maybe everything that's happened to you +[4440.36 --> 4443.06] was so that you could be right here, +[4444.12 --> 4446.52] right now, in this moment, +[4446.88 --> 4449.42] able to save all of these lives. +[4449.52 --> 4451.44] Maybe every struggle and every worry, +[4451.44 --> 4456.46] every fight was to prepare you for this battle. +[4456.98 --> 4460.12] Maybe every tear, every hurt, every pain +[4460.12 --> 4463.70] was in order to get you to this place. +[4464.60 --> 4466.58] Maybe every seeming failure, +[4466.98 --> 4469.02] every time it just didn't work out, +[4469.12 --> 4471.48] every setback was to make sure +[4471.48 --> 4475.00] that you wouldn't miss this opportunity. +[4476.50 --> 4477.92] And I want to suggest to you +[4477.92 --> 4480.42] that this is why we have the book of Esther. +[4481.44 --> 4482.76] To think like that. +[4483.06 --> 4484.22] To ask these questions. +[4485.06 --> 4486.18] Because it's still true +[4486.18 --> 4490.30] that the Bible reveals the action of God in history. +[4490.46 --> 4493.58] And that the Bible is the true story of the whole world. +[4493.66 --> 4495.62] And the Bible is teaching us about the nature +[4495.62 --> 4497.22] and the character of God. +[4497.56 --> 4499.24] And Esther is now, +[4499.46 --> 4502.92] the story of Esther is broadening our understanding +[4502.92 --> 4507.88] to include times even when God doesn't seem present. +[4508.00 --> 4510.26] Even when we don't acknowledge God, +[4510.26 --> 4512.04] He's still working. +[4512.04 --> 4515.02] He's still making His will come about. +[4516.28 --> 4517.82] Or more pointedly, +[4518.46 --> 4522.66] even when we refuse to name His presence, +[4523.54 --> 4524.88] He is still present. +[4526.64 --> 4530.84] Even when we can't see the main action, +[4531.04 --> 4533.58] we can know because of stories like Esther +[4533.58 --> 4535.72] that God is the main actor. +[4535.72 --> 4539.02] Even when things seem to be going wrong +[4539.02 --> 4542.38] and life is just hanging in this tenuous balance, +[4542.84 --> 4544.24] God is still present +[4544.24 --> 4548.94] and guiding His history for His glory. +[4548.94 --> 4554.22] And that's because God is king. +[4554.58 --> 4558.84] That's the first truth that the gems have been looking at. +[4558.90 --> 4561.48] And the story of Esther isn't just a contest +[4561.48 --> 4563.66] between Xerxes and the people of God. +[4563.72 --> 4566.16] This is a contest of kings. +[4566.72 --> 4570.08] Xerxes and the true king of God's people +[4570.08 --> 4570.90] and of the world. +[4570.90 --> 4573.08] And so in this story, +[4573.50 --> 4575.72] who is it that orchestrated the exile +[4575.72 --> 4577.24] to take place in the first place? +[4578.44 --> 4579.04] God did. +[4580.14 --> 4583.26] God orchestrated that Hadassah, Esther, +[4583.62 --> 4585.30] would be in the right place +[4585.30 --> 4587.24] at the right time for her people. +[4587.90 --> 4588.74] God did that. +[4590.20 --> 4593.54] Kings in this world rule cities and empires. +[4593.54 --> 4596.06] God is king of this world. +[4596.82 --> 4597.64] He rules it all. +[4598.58 --> 4600.34] Nothing happens without His will +[4600.34 --> 4601.60] and without His purpose. +[4603.04 --> 4605.42] And because God is king, +[4606.06 --> 4608.54] even when you can't see Him, +[4609.42 --> 4611.48] His action, His reign, +[4611.74 --> 4613.40] is happening all around you. +[4613.90 --> 4616.44] History is the servant of God. +[4616.54 --> 4618.72] It moves at His direction. +[4618.90 --> 4621.06] That's what it means that God is king. +[4621.06 --> 4624.66] In fact, +[4626.22 --> 4631.66] only if God is king +[4631.66 --> 4634.92] does any of this, +[4635.22 --> 4636.38] the story in Esther, +[4636.48 --> 4637.28] but also this, +[4637.40 --> 4640.12] any of this make sense. +[4641.26 --> 4642.08] What I mean is that +[4642.08 --> 4645.00] only if God is king +[4645.00 --> 4647.26] can any of our life +[4647.26 --> 4648.50] and our doing +[4648.50 --> 4650.62] and our activity have purpose. +[4650.62 --> 4652.78] Only if God is king +[4652.78 --> 4654.64] can any of your suffering +[4654.64 --> 4656.06] or your struggling +[4656.06 --> 4658.06] or the hardships that you face +[4658.06 --> 4659.74] have a meaning behind them. +[4660.46 --> 4662.06] If God isn't king, +[4662.24 --> 4663.46] if God isn't sovereign, +[4663.66 --> 4665.22] if He isn't in control +[4665.22 --> 4667.06] of history +[4667.06 --> 4668.56] and of everything that happens +[4668.56 --> 4669.50] in this world, +[4669.66 --> 4672.80] that means you can never be sure, +[4673.44 --> 4674.92] you can never have any confidence +[4674.92 --> 4677.46] that what you are facing in life +[4677.46 --> 4679.08] or that what you are doing in life +[4679.08 --> 4681.52] has any purpose at all, +[4682.74 --> 4682.88] right, +[4682.90 --> 4684.44] or that any of it is part of a plan. +[4685.10 --> 4686.04] At best, +[4686.44 --> 4687.54] if God isn't king, +[4687.68 --> 4689.00] it's just a guessing game. +[4691.10 --> 4692.80] You can never be sure +[4692.80 --> 4695.32] that what happens to you +[4695.32 --> 4698.02] is meaningful. +[4698.02 --> 4701.70] The only thing you can be sure of, +[4701.76 --> 4702.14] actually, +[4702.14 --> 4704.00] is that it might be meaningless. +[4704.90 --> 4706.40] It might all be purposeless. +[4707.56 --> 4709.40] And, honestly, +[4710.14 --> 4712.42] if any of our struggle +[4712.42 --> 4713.22] is meaningless, +[4713.76 --> 4715.20] if any of the things +[4715.20 --> 4716.40] that we face in this life +[4716.40 --> 4717.30] are meaningless, +[4718.46 --> 4721.84] why even bother doing life? +[4722.66 --> 4724.02] Why even bother enduring? +[4724.02 --> 4724.58] But, +[4724.58 --> 4728.22] what Esther is saying +[4728.22 --> 4730.56] is that God is king. +[4731.20 --> 4732.28] God is king. +[4732.40 --> 4733.80] He does have a purpose +[4733.80 --> 4734.96] and He does have a plan. +[4735.26 --> 4735.56] And yet, +[4735.70 --> 4736.90] you may not see it. +[4738.40 --> 4739.86] You may not even see Him. +[4741.02 --> 4742.06] But, like Esther, +[4742.56 --> 4743.66] you can know +[4743.66 --> 4745.02] that He's done it. +[4745.74 --> 4746.60] You can know +[4746.60 --> 4748.42] that He has a plan, +[4748.50 --> 4749.84] that He has a purpose. +[4749.96 --> 4750.52] Like Esther, +[4750.52 --> 4751.52] you can know +[4751.52 --> 4752.66] that someone, +[4753.44 --> 4755.18] that He is somewhere. +[4756.02 --> 4756.70] That someone, +[4756.96 --> 4757.68] namely God, +[4757.76 --> 4759.20] is in control. +[4759.34 --> 4760.24] And, like Esther, +[4761.12 --> 4762.08] you can trust Him. +[4763.12 --> 4764.32] That's the second truth +[4764.32 --> 4765.66] of this story, +[4765.70 --> 4767.26] that God is trustworthy. +[4767.52 --> 4768.72] And it comes immediately +[4768.72 --> 4769.62] out of the fact +[4769.62 --> 4770.46] that God is king. +[4771.42 --> 4772.84] And it comes out of the fact +[4772.84 --> 4773.80] that He is holy +[4773.80 --> 4774.56] and good +[4774.56 --> 4775.74] and beautiful. +[4776.58 --> 4777.22] That God is, +[4777.44 --> 4778.62] the Latin phrase is, +[4778.72 --> 4779.76] the sunum bonum, +[4779.76 --> 4781.30] the ultimate good, +[4781.42 --> 4782.28] the ultimate true, +[4782.40 --> 4783.40] the ultimate beautiful. +[4784.00 --> 4784.96] And over and over +[4784.96 --> 4785.70] and over again +[4785.70 --> 4786.32] in the Bible, +[4786.60 --> 4788.14] we read how God +[4788.14 --> 4789.76] remembers His people. +[4790.46 --> 4791.36] We read how God +[4791.36 --> 4792.16] comes alongside +[4792.16 --> 4793.30] of His people. +[4793.44 --> 4794.24] We read how God +[4794.24 --> 4795.44] hears His people +[4795.44 --> 4796.96] when they cry out to Him. +[4797.22 --> 4798.64] Even when His people +[4798.64 --> 4799.58] do what is right +[4799.58 --> 4800.50] in their own eyes. +[4800.64 --> 4801.90] Even when they are +[4801.90 --> 4803.10] more ruled by sin +[4803.10 --> 4804.18] than they are by Him. +[4804.54 --> 4806.04] Even in these moments, +[4806.18 --> 4807.76] God never forgets +[4807.76 --> 4809.86] His people +[4809.86 --> 4811.94] because that's who He is. +[4812.94 --> 4813.70] And that's why +[4813.70 --> 4814.32] He's trustworthy. +[4816.44 --> 4817.38] Now, I want to illustrate +[4817.38 --> 4818.04] this point. +[4818.56 --> 4819.10] And to do that, +[4819.12 --> 4819.44] I'm going to need +[4819.44 --> 4820.14] a couple volunteers. +[4821.04 --> 4821.80] So I'm going to need +[4821.80 --> 4823.30] one GEMS girl +[4823.30 --> 4825.24] to come to the front. +[4827.04 --> 4828.08] Someone who hasn't been +[4828.08 --> 4829.28] on stage yet this morning. +[4830.04 --> 4831.16] Amara, you want to come up? +[4831.58 --> 4832.10] Thank you. +[4832.10 --> 4833.18] And then I need +[4833.18 --> 4834.54] four counselors. +[4836.56 --> 4838.14] Four GEMS counselors. +[4841.88 --> 4842.20] Counselors, +[4842.26 --> 4842.74] if you come up +[4842.74 --> 4843.12] to the front, +[4843.20 --> 4843.96] you don't have to come +[4843.96 --> 4844.56] on stage. +[4844.70 --> 4845.38] Amara does. +[4847.38 --> 4847.66] Two. +[4847.80 --> 4848.64] Hey, there we go. +[4850.46 --> 4851.00] Very good. +[4851.04 --> 4851.60] Let's thank them +[4851.60 --> 4852.14] for coming up +[4852.14 --> 4852.56] to the front. +[4853.88 --> 4854.24] Awesome. +[4854.78 --> 4855.14] All right. +[4856.10 --> 4856.94] I need two of you +[4856.94 --> 4857.38] on this side +[4857.38 --> 4857.84] and two of you +[4857.84 --> 4858.44] on this side. +[4859.10 --> 4859.72] Amara, you need to stand +[4859.72 --> 4860.34] right on the edge. +[4861.04 --> 4861.52] Turn around. +[4861.52 --> 4864.16] Put your hands +[4864.16 --> 4864.52] in the air. +[4866.40 --> 4867.08] Look at me. +[4868.16 --> 4868.94] Fall backwards. +[4870.68 --> 4871.98] You should see her face. +[4872.30 --> 4873.18] Her face literally +[4873.18 --> 4874.52] just like went ghost white. +[4876.44 --> 4876.80] No? +[4877.00 --> 4877.20] Okay. +[4877.42 --> 4878.10] Courtney, tell her +[4878.10 --> 4878.38] you're there. +[4881.42 --> 4882.96] No, we don't want +[4882.96 --> 4883.42] to do that. +[4884.18 --> 4884.78] You want to try? +[4885.00 --> 4885.74] They're behind you. +[4885.88 --> 4886.34] You can hear them. +[4886.52 --> 4886.80] Hear them. +[4887.42 --> 4887.60] Oh. +[4889.40 --> 4889.92] Hear them. +[4891.12 --> 4891.46] Hey. +[4891.52 --> 4893.94] Good job. +[4894.56 --> 4895.38] Thank you. +[4899.54 --> 4900.06] Okay. +[4900.26 --> 4901.80] Really simple illustration. +[4902.68 --> 4902.88] Right? +[4903.46 --> 4904.78] She couldn't see +[4904.78 --> 4906.96] the people behind her. +[4906.96 --> 4910.46] She couldn't be sure, +[4910.84 --> 4911.88] at least with her own eyes, +[4912.02 --> 4912.70] that they were there. +[4913.92 --> 4915.08] But she could hear them. +[4916.20 --> 4917.72] She could hear their word +[4917.72 --> 4918.60] to her +[4918.60 --> 4919.32] that says, +[4919.46 --> 4919.80] we're here. +[4920.60 --> 4921.84] And she could trust that. +[4923.44 --> 4924.10] And so, +[4924.32 --> 4924.90] like Esther, +[4925.00 --> 4926.26] who couldn't see God, +[4927.26 --> 4927.54] right, +[4927.66 --> 4929.28] she could hear his word, +[4929.78 --> 4930.76] the story that she had been +[4930.76 --> 4931.68] raised on and told +[4931.68 --> 4932.54] over and over +[4932.54 --> 4933.36] and over again, +[4933.36 --> 4934.70] and she could fall +[4934.70 --> 4935.70] back into him, +[4936.80 --> 4937.28] trusting +[4937.28 --> 4939.34] that he is there +[4939.34 --> 4940.72] to catch her. +[4941.52 --> 4942.78] But not only that, +[4943.02 --> 4943.28] girls, +[4943.44 --> 4944.52] your theme for the year +[4944.52 --> 4946.26] is to find his rise up, +[4947.12 --> 4947.36] right, +[4947.44 --> 4949.66] that God will lift you up, +[4949.74 --> 4950.60] he will be the one +[4950.60 --> 4951.54] to cause you to soar. +[4951.78 --> 4952.84] As you fall back +[4952.84 --> 4953.46] into him +[4953.46 --> 4955.30] and they catch you, +[4956.00 --> 4957.24] they can lift you up. +[4957.24 --> 4959.44] But that's what God +[4959.44 --> 4961.00] does with his word +[4961.00 --> 4961.94] and with his people +[4961.94 --> 4963.04] in our lives +[4963.04 --> 4964.34] as we trust in him. +[4964.62 --> 4965.66] He reveals himself +[4965.66 --> 4966.32] to us +[4966.32 --> 4967.70] through them. +[4968.42 --> 4968.66] And so, +[4968.74 --> 4969.56] Gems Counselors, +[4969.86 --> 4971.26] you are a revelation +[4971.26 --> 4971.86] of God +[4971.86 --> 4972.40] to these girls. +[4973.84 --> 4974.54] That's what you do. +[4975.00 --> 4976.78] You are teaching them +[4976.78 --> 4977.96] the voice of God +[4977.96 --> 4979.18] and the presence of God +[4979.18 --> 4981.00] so that they can trust him. +[4982.24 --> 4982.76] Girls, +[4983.58 --> 4984.76] that's what these other women +[4984.76 --> 4986.08] are to you, +[4986.78 --> 4987.04] right, +[4987.04 --> 4988.02] the voice of God +[4988.02 --> 4988.68] to each other +[4988.68 --> 4989.66] and you +[4989.66 --> 4990.84] to your friends, +[4991.62 --> 4991.88] right, +[4991.92 --> 4992.70] and to your family, +[4992.84 --> 4993.74] the voice of God +[4993.74 --> 4994.76] to trust him +[4994.76 --> 4995.48] and to know +[4995.48 --> 4996.18] that he is there. +[4996.78 --> 4997.20] And really, +[4997.28 --> 4998.30] that's a microcosm +[4998.30 --> 4999.14] of all of us, +[4999.80 --> 4999.92] right, +[4999.96 --> 5001.34] this is all of us +[5001.34 --> 5002.40] who are here +[5002.40 --> 5004.96] to be the revelation +[5004.96 --> 5005.68] of God +[5005.68 --> 5006.40] to each other. +[5006.60 --> 5008.18] As we hold up his word, +[5008.72 --> 5010.02] as we speak that +[5010.02 --> 5010.76] to each other, +[5010.96 --> 5012.20] we reveal God +[5012.20 --> 5012.90] as king +[5012.90 --> 5014.62] and as trustworthy. +[5016.12 --> 5016.58] We can follow +[5016.58 --> 5017.48] and fall back +[5017.48 --> 5019.08] into the arms +[5019.08 --> 5019.70] of God +[5019.70 --> 5020.40] so that he +[5020.40 --> 5022.94] can raise us up. +[5024.98 --> 5025.84] Mordecai said +[5025.84 --> 5027.10] to Esther, +[5027.26 --> 5028.36] relief and deliverance +[5028.36 --> 5029.02] for the Jews +[5029.02 --> 5030.08] may arise +[5030.08 --> 5031.06] from another place, +[5032.14 --> 5033.04] but maybe +[5033.04 --> 5034.38] for such a time +[5034.38 --> 5035.00] as this, +[5035.48 --> 5036.40] you are the one +[5036.40 --> 5037.02] through whom +[5037.02 --> 5038.06] it will rise. +[5038.46 --> 5039.72] And that's the third truth +[5039.72 --> 5040.30] then, +[5040.40 --> 5041.44] that coming out +[5041.44 --> 5042.34] of God as king +[5042.34 --> 5043.40] and him being trustworthy +[5043.40 --> 5044.78] is that God +[5044.78 --> 5047.02] is our deliverer. +[5048.82 --> 5048.96] Right, +[5049.04 --> 5049.66] Mordecai knew +[5049.66 --> 5051.68] enough of his own story, +[5051.86 --> 5052.66] he knew enough +[5052.66 --> 5053.24] of the stories +[5053.24 --> 5053.70] of faith +[5053.70 --> 5054.92] from his upbringing +[5054.92 --> 5055.96] to trust +[5055.96 --> 5056.72] and to believe +[5056.72 --> 5057.40] that God +[5057.40 --> 5058.62] is his deliverer. +[5058.92 --> 5059.58] And that's again +[5059.58 --> 5060.42] why we do +[5060.42 --> 5061.18] what we do here +[5061.18 --> 5061.82] every week. +[5062.28 --> 5063.46] To hear this story +[5063.46 --> 5064.34] over and over +[5064.34 --> 5065.18] and over again +[5065.18 --> 5066.04] so it takes root +[5066.04 --> 5067.50] deep within us. +[5068.04 --> 5068.92] And then we model it +[5068.92 --> 5069.68] and we practice it +[5069.68 --> 5070.18] in gems +[5070.18 --> 5071.32] and in other places +[5071.32 --> 5072.20] and in care groups +[5072.20 --> 5073.40] and coming together +[5073.40 --> 5074.94] and in our own crises +[5074.94 --> 5076.10] and moments of trial +[5076.10 --> 5076.72] and pain +[5076.72 --> 5078.20] we hear this promise +[5078.20 --> 5079.12] that God +[5079.12 --> 5081.24] is our deliverer. +[5085.32 --> 5086.44] Now the fact +[5086.44 --> 5088.26] that this is true +[5088.26 --> 5089.66] is seen +[5089.66 --> 5093.40] if mysteriously +[5093.40 --> 5094.82] and behind the scenes +[5094.82 --> 5096.00] in the story of Esther. +[5097.14 --> 5097.82] But it's seen +[5097.82 --> 5099.12] most evidently +[5099.12 --> 5100.14] and most clearly +[5100.14 --> 5101.48] in another person +[5101.48 --> 5102.32] in history. +[5103.28 --> 5104.12] And like Esther +[5104.12 --> 5104.98] this person +[5104.98 --> 5106.24] intervened +[5106.24 --> 5108.04] in humanity's struggles +[5108.04 --> 5109.70] under constant threat +[5109.70 --> 5110.22] of death. +[5111.04 --> 5111.94] And like Esther +[5111.94 --> 5112.60] this person +[5112.60 --> 5113.82] accepted the reality +[5113.82 --> 5116.80] and possibility +[5116.80 --> 5117.64] of death +[5117.64 --> 5119.44] and still went forward +[5119.44 --> 5121.28] as God's means +[5121.28 --> 5122.42] of deliverance +[5122.42 --> 5123.70] as his agent +[5123.70 --> 5124.56] of redemption. +[5125.74 --> 5126.86] But unlike Esther +[5126.86 --> 5127.64] this man +[5127.64 --> 5128.36] whom we know +[5128.36 --> 5129.16] as Jesus +[5129.16 --> 5130.32] the Messiah +[5130.32 --> 5130.94] of Israel +[5130.94 --> 5131.50] the Savior +[5131.50 --> 5132.16] of the world +[5132.16 --> 5132.98] this man +[5132.98 --> 5134.38] did go all the way +[5134.38 --> 5135.22] to death +[5135.22 --> 5137.12] to bring his deliverance. +[5137.78 --> 5138.56] Paul says +[5138.56 --> 5140.12] in Romans 5 +[5140.12 --> 5141.88] he says +[5141.88 --> 5142.44] you see +[5142.44 --> 5142.46] you see +[5142.46 --> 5143.84] at just the right +[5143.84 --> 5144.50] time +[5144.50 --> 5146.10] when we were +[5146.10 --> 5146.92] still powerless +[5146.92 --> 5147.92] Christ died +[5147.92 --> 5148.96] for the ungodly. +[5149.76 --> 5150.40] Very rarely +[5150.40 --> 5151.16] will anyone die +[5151.16 --> 5152.26] for a righteous man +[5152.26 --> 5152.88] though +[5152.88 --> 5154.06] for a good man +[5154.06 --> 5154.74] someone might +[5154.74 --> 5155.96] possibly dare to die +[5155.96 --> 5156.82] but God +[5156.82 --> 5157.38] demonstrates +[5157.38 --> 5158.38] his own love +[5158.38 --> 5158.88] for us +[5158.88 --> 5159.32] in this +[5159.32 --> 5160.26] while we were +[5160.26 --> 5160.98] still sinners +[5160.98 --> 5162.38] Christ died +[5162.38 --> 5163.38] for us. +[5164.94 --> 5165.78] Did you catch that? +[5166.16 --> 5166.30] Right? +[5166.36 --> 5167.46] At just the right +[5167.46 --> 5168.16] time. +[5169.22 --> 5170.56] At just the right time. +[5170.56 --> 5171.76] Things couldn't get +[5171.76 --> 5172.34] any worse +[5172.34 --> 5173.50] for God's people +[5173.50 --> 5174.16] at this time +[5174.16 --> 5174.60] in history. +[5174.90 --> 5175.54] It's like +[5175.54 --> 5176.90] in the time +[5176.90 --> 5177.36] of Esther +[5177.36 --> 5177.70] again. +[5177.88 --> 5178.46] This time +[5178.46 --> 5178.88] in history +[5178.88 --> 5179.46] is horrible +[5179.46 --> 5179.92] for them. +[5180.26 --> 5180.32] Right? +[5180.42 --> 5181.00] Humanity +[5181.00 --> 5181.78] is behaving +[5181.78 --> 5182.54] vilely. +[5182.82 --> 5183.64] Roman rule +[5183.64 --> 5184.52] has overtaken +[5184.52 --> 5185.38] godly rule. +[5185.74 --> 5186.90] Roman sympathizers +[5186.90 --> 5187.46] are sitting +[5187.46 --> 5188.26] on the throne +[5188.26 --> 5189.16] as Jewish +[5189.16 --> 5189.96] puppet kings. +[5190.56 --> 5192.04] And in all honesty +[5192.04 --> 5192.48] right? +[5192.58 --> 5192.70] Like +[5192.70 --> 5194.72] things are horrible +[5194.72 --> 5196.10] in the world +[5196.10 --> 5196.96] and yet +[5196.96 --> 5198.82] at just +[5198.82 --> 5199.72] the right +[5199.72 --> 5200.76] time. +[5202.22 --> 5202.86] Perhaps +[5202.86 --> 5203.48] for such +[5203.48 --> 5204.14] a time +[5204.14 --> 5205.30] as this. +[5206.32 --> 5206.76] Nothing +[5206.76 --> 5207.48] seems to be +[5207.48 --> 5208.04] adding up +[5208.04 --> 5208.68] nothing seems +[5208.68 --> 5209.56] to be making sense +[5209.56 --> 5210.54] at just +[5210.54 --> 5211.24] the right +[5211.24 --> 5212.10] time. +[5212.90 --> 5213.58] God seems +[5213.58 --> 5214.14] to have forgotten +[5214.14 --> 5214.78] his people +[5214.78 --> 5215.56] he seems +[5215.56 --> 5216.02] distant +[5216.02 --> 5217.76] or uninvolved +[5217.76 --> 5218.80] but he's not +[5218.80 --> 5219.50] because it's +[5219.50 --> 5219.86] just +[5219.86 --> 5220.64] the right +[5220.64 --> 5221.44] time. +[5222.40 --> 5222.50] Right? +[5222.58 --> 5223.18] God came +[5223.18 --> 5223.74] in Jesus +[5223.74 --> 5224.34] to live +[5224.34 --> 5224.80] the life +[5224.80 --> 5225.06] that we +[5225.06 --> 5225.46] were called +[5225.46 --> 5225.94] to live +[5225.94 --> 5226.62] at just +[5226.62 --> 5227.04] the right +[5227.04 --> 5227.60] time +[5227.60 --> 5227.84] and he +[5227.84 --> 5228.14] came +[5228.14 --> 5228.58] in Jesus +[5228.58 --> 5229.04] to die +[5229.04 --> 5229.48] the death +[5229.48 --> 5229.84] that we +[5229.84 --> 5230.48] deserve +[5230.48 --> 5231.06] at just +[5231.06 --> 5231.64] the right +[5231.64 --> 5232.36] time. +[5234.36 --> 5235.10] And who +[5235.10 --> 5235.56] knows +[5235.56 --> 5237.00] but that +[5237.00 --> 5237.80] you have +[5237.80 --> 5238.22] come +[5238.22 --> 5239.08] to royal +[5239.08 --> 5239.58] position +[5239.58 --> 5240.76] for such +[5240.76 --> 5241.42] a time +[5241.42 --> 5242.60] as this. +[5243.44 --> 5243.54] Right? +[5243.58 --> 5244.32] Esther teaches +[5244.32 --> 5245.10] us that God +[5245.10 --> 5246.24] is our king +[5246.24 --> 5246.90] that God +[5246.90 --> 5247.50] is trustworthy +[5247.50 --> 5248.36] and that God +[5248.36 --> 5249.16] is our +[5249.16 --> 5249.78] deliverer +[5249.78 --> 5250.50] and Esther +[5250.50 --> 5251.06] ultimately +[5251.06 --> 5251.74] brings us +[5251.74 --> 5252.32] to Jesus +[5252.32 --> 5252.78] where we +[5252.78 --> 5253.44] see that +[5253.44 --> 5253.86] truth +[5253.86 --> 5254.84] most clearly +[5254.84 --> 5255.38] and in +[5255.38 --> 5255.72] Jesus +[5255.72 --> 5256.84] we see +[5256.84 --> 5257.54] also +[5257.54 --> 5258.80] that God +[5258.80 --> 5260.30] is near. +[5261.26 --> 5261.36] Right? +[5261.38 --> 5261.70] That God +[5261.70 --> 5262.26] is always +[5262.26 --> 5262.68] present +[5262.68 --> 5262.94] that he +[5262.94 --> 5263.42] is always +[5263.42 --> 5264.12] working +[5264.12 --> 5264.86] guiding +[5264.86 --> 5265.44] history +[5265.44 --> 5266.34] to his +[5266.34 --> 5266.72] ends. +[5267.04 --> 5267.36] Esther +[5267.36 --> 5267.78] in her +[5267.78 --> 5268.08] story +[5268.08 --> 5268.38] says +[5268.38 --> 5268.76] if I +[5268.76 --> 5269.10] die +[5269.10 --> 5269.94] I die +[5269.94 --> 5270.76] and yet +[5270.76 --> 5271.54] did not +[5271.54 --> 5271.80] die. +[5271.94 --> 5272.30] She is +[5272.30 --> 5272.68] teaching +[5272.68 --> 5273.16] us +[5273.16 --> 5274.44] that God's +[5274.44 --> 5275.44] work in +[5275.44 --> 5275.92] the world +[5275.92 --> 5276.82] is active +[5276.82 --> 5278.10] his providence +[5278.10 --> 5278.70] is the word +[5278.70 --> 5279.38] that we use +[5279.38 --> 5281.40] is to +[5281.40 --> 5283.40] bring about +[5283.40 --> 5284.12] not only +[5284.12 --> 5285.02] cosmically +[5285.02 --> 5285.98] and globally +[5285.98 --> 5286.84] his purposes +[5286.84 --> 5287.54] and ends +[5287.54 --> 5287.94] but in the +[5287.94 --> 5288.62] term providence +[5288.62 --> 5289.48] we were talking +[5289.48 --> 5290.24] about like +[5290.24 --> 5291.44] locally +[5291.44 --> 5292.28] and in +[5292.28 --> 5293.18] your life +[5293.18 --> 5293.92] in your +[5293.92 --> 5294.50] heart. +[5295.68 --> 5295.76] Right? +[5295.84 --> 5296.68] God's providence +[5296.68 --> 5297.72] is his sovereignty +[5297.72 --> 5298.80] coming near +[5298.80 --> 5299.68] to you. +[5300.42 --> 5300.90] Right? +[5300.92 --> 5301.36] When we say +[5301.36 --> 5302.18] God is near +[5302.18 --> 5303.06] what we mean +[5303.06 --> 5303.60] by that is +[5303.60 --> 5304.38] like not a hair +[5304.38 --> 5304.84] can fall +[5304.84 --> 5305.46] from my head +[5305.46 --> 5306.12] without the will +[5306.12 --> 5306.68] of my father +[5306.68 --> 5307.10] in heaven. +[5308.24 --> 5308.36] Right? +[5308.44 --> 5309.14] God's nearness +[5309.14 --> 5310.10] is shown to us +[5310.10 --> 5310.98] in the incarnation +[5310.98 --> 5311.84] when God +[5311.84 --> 5312.64] took on flesh +[5312.64 --> 5313.54] and made his +[5313.54 --> 5314.90] dwelling among us. +[5315.00 --> 5315.08] Right? +[5315.12 --> 5315.64] He became +[5315.64 --> 5317.00] as a man. +[5317.68 --> 5317.78] Right? +[5318.14 --> 5319.10] Eugene Peterson +[5319.10 --> 5319.76] says that +[5319.76 --> 5320.80] his dwelling +[5320.80 --> 5321.26] among us +[5321.26 --> 5321.78] he translates +[5321.78 --> 5322.66] that by saying +[5322.66 --> 5323.54] God moved +[5323.54 --> 5324.06] into the +[5324.06 --> 5324.38] neighborhood. +[5325.60 --> 5326.52] God is +[5326.52 --> 5327.12] near. +[5328.56 --> 5329.04] Sometimes +[5329.04 --> 5331.16] we can't +[5331.16 --> 5331.62] see him. +[5333.72 --> 5334.28] Sometimes +[5334.28 --> 5335.78] we need +[5335.78 --> 5336.06] him +[5336.06 --> 5336.80] to reveal +[5336.80 --> 5337.52] his nearness +[5337.52 --> 5338.34] to us +[5338.34 --> 5339.26] by the people +[5339.26 --> 5339.92] who lift us +[5339.92 --> 5340.18] up +[5340.18 --> 5341.22] when we fall +[5341.22 --> 5341.92] back in despair. +[5343.14 --> 5343.86] That's how +[5343.86 --> 5345.14] God is +[5345.14 --> 5345.92] near. +[5347.06 --> 5347.78] And through +[5347.78 --> 5348.34] it all +[5348.34 --> 5349.82] through it all +[5349.82 --> 5350.44] God +[5350.44 --> 5351.48] is +[5351.48 --> 5352.76] with you. +[5353.84 --> 5354.58] God is +[5354.58 --> 5355.38] with you. +[5355.50 --> 5356.14] Those who hope +[5356.14 --> 5356.70] in the Lord +[5356.70 --> 5357.20] will renew +[5357.20 --> 5357.82] their strength. +[5357.96 --> 5358.22] They will +[5358.22 --> 5359.52] soar on wings +[5359.52 --> 5360.10] like eagles. +[5360.22 --> 5360.78] They will run +[5360.78 --> 5361.78] and not grow weary. +[5362.12 --> 5362.86] They will walk +[5362.86 --> 5364.30] and not be faint. +[5365.04 --> 5365.74] God is +[5365.74 --> 5366.86] with you. +[5368.48 --> 5368.86] And girls +[5368.86 --> 5369.32] I'm actually +[5369.32 --> 5369.54] going to +[5369.54 --> 5371.04] sorry to the +[5371.04 --> 5371.52] people running +[5371.52 --> 5371.96] the camera +[5371.96 --> 5372.62] they're going +[5372.62 --> 5372.86] to hate +[5372.86 --> 5373.32] this part +[5373.32 --> 5373.56] but +[5373.56 --> 5376.78] as +[5376.78 --> 5377.58] you +[5377.58 --> 5378.66] go +[5378.66 --> 5379.84] from today +[5379.84 --> 5380.64] and in +[5380.64 --> 5381.08] gems +[5381.08 --> 5382.14] but +[5382.14 --> 5382.78] like I +[5382.78 --> 5382.96] just +[5382.96 --> 5387.88] my prayer 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a good time and we'll move into that following our time of fellowship together. +[5894.86 --> 5898.58] Lastly, go with God's blessing. +[5899.06 --> 5902.02] Receive the blessing of God for the journey of life and faith ahead. +[5902.02 --> 5905.84] God, go before you to lead you. +[5906.24 --> 5908.22] God, go behind you to guard you. +[5909.10 --> 5911.30] God, go beneath you to support you. +[5911.48 --> 5914.70] And God, go beside you to protect you, to befriend you. +[5915.22 --> 5916.94] Do not be afraid. +[5917.42 --> 5919.20] Let the blessing of God come upon you today. +[5919.20 --> 5927.56] Do not be afraid, but go in peace to reveal God as near to a world in need. +[5928.16 --> 5928.48] Amen. +[5932.02 --> 5959.70] Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon a throne. +[5959.70 --> 5970.16] And unto the Lamb of praise and glory, wisdom and thanks, +[5970.66 --> 5974.90] Honor and power and strength. +[5974.90 --> 5979.92] He to our God forever and ever. +[5979.92 --> 5984.76] 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