1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,920 Great hymn. A reading tonight is taken from 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:11,040 Psalm 104. We're going to read from verse 3 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:16,280 24 right through to the end, verse 35. 4 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:23,800 Let's hear the Word of God. For those online, the words will 5 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:31,880 come on the screen. We welcome our online community 6 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,240 and we're delighted to have them and pray the Lord will bless 7 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,120 them. We thank you for the many that 8 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:42,560 have contacted us down through the years and in recent times 9 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,040 and those that need special prayer. 10 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,800 Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. 11 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:57,640 Let's hear God's Word, Psalm 104, verse 24. 12 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:06,840 O Lord, how manifold are thy works and wisdom? 13 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:12,480 Hast thou made them all? The earth is full of Thy riches. 14 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:19,960 So is this great and wide sea, for in are things creeping 15 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:24,600 innumerable, both small and great beasts. 16 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,880 There go the ships. There is that leviathan whom 17 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:40,040 thou has made to play therein. These wait all upon thee, that 18 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:41,920 thou mayest give them their meat. 19 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:48,000 In due season that thou give us them, they gather. 20 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,640 Thou openest thine hand, They are filled with good. 21 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,360 Thou hatest thy face. They are troubled. 22 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,440 They takest away their breath. They die and return to their 23 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,320 dust. They send us forth thy spirit. 24 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,440 They are created, and they renewest the face of the earth. 25 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,200 The glory of the Lord shall endure forever. 26 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,760 The Lord shall rejoice in His works. 27 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,080 He looketh on the earth and it trembleth. 28 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,320 He touches the hills, and they smoke. 29 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,720 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live. 30 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,120 I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 31 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,520 My meditation of hymn shall be sweet. 32 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:41,560 I will be glad in the Lord. Let the sinners be consumed out 33 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,640 of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. 34 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:52,680 Bless thy the Lord, O my soul, praise ye the Lord, Amen. 35 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,440 We know God will stamp with His own approval and blessing this 36 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,560 reading of His own precious and infallible word. 37 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,760 Amen. Now my text tonight is taken 38 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:11,600 from Psalm 104 and verse 26, and my theme this evening is simply 39 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:21,160 entitled There Go the Ships. Psalm 104 is a majestic Psalm. 40 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,880 It's a Psalm that proclaims and rejoices in the true and living 41 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:31,120 God as Creator and Maker, Sustainer and Provider and 42 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,840 Redeemer and judge. In these words we behold the 43 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:40,240 glory of our great Creator who has made all things for himself. 44 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:46,320 You see, Psalm 104 lifts our gears heavenward and by fee. 45 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:52,160 If we survey the heavens, and then we survey the earth with 46 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:59,200 all its majestic mountains, the hills, the valleys, we think 47 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:04,480 about the beasts of the forest, the birds of the field, and as 48 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:09,920 the psalmist torso, he is full of praise for the greatness and 49 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,920 the majesty of God. He he remembers the heavens 50 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,640 declare the glory of God, and the earth showeth forth his 51 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,480 handiwork. Remember what Paul says in 52 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:23,720 Romans chapter 1 and verse 20. For the invisible things of him 53 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,000 from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being 54 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,760 understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power 55 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:35,800 and Godhead, so that they are without excuse. 56 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:42,200 And if you notice that the psalmist says in verse 24, but 57 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:47,760 we have summary, O Lord, how manifold are thy works in wisdom 58 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:53,520 has thy made them all the earth is full of thy riches. 59 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,880 He adds this so is this green and wide sea. 60 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:03,840 We're in our great creeping, innumerable things, both small 61 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:07,840 and great base. Now he says this not to marvel 62 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:14,600 at the sea, or the ships in it, or the great leviathan, but at 63 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:19,480 the wisdom and power of God who governs and sustains them all. 64 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:25,000 You see, the Bible reminds us that the whole of creation is no 65 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:31,880 random spectacle of nature, but it is the ongoing theatre of 66 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:37,120 God's glory. Every wave of the sea, every 67 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:41,840 wind that blows, every sea craft that seals on the high seas, 68 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:47,440 every creature therein on sea and land, testifies to this 69 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,240 great truth. The great goodness, Providence, 70 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,800 and power of God. The Bible tells us in Psalm 95, 71 00:05:55,800 --> 00:06:01,400 verse 5, the sea is His, and He made it. 72 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:06,440 Now notice that the psalmist adds something in regarding the 73 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:10,640 sea. Having said so is this great and 74 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:14,120 wide sea, wherein our things creeping innumerable, both small 75 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:18,160 and great peace. He adds this, There go the 76 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,920 ships. And what a powerful little 77 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:27,320 statement, a simple phrase, and yet one that is full of meaning. 78 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,000 I believe that he's observing these ships. 79 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,640 These ships are on a journey. They are bound for somewhere. 80 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,560 Oh yes, they are small against the vastness of the ocean. 81 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:45,280 Yes, they are frail and fragile against the fathoms of the deep. 82 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,920 And yet the psalmist, as he stood in the coastline looking 83 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,400 out onto the Mediterranean Sea, was able to say this. 84 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:59,000 There go the ships. Now there's three things that 85 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,480 come to mind, and I want to share them with you this 86 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,880 evening. First of all, I want you to 87 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,880 think of the voyage that is portrayed. 88 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:17,320 There go the ships. David is observing the ships 89 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:21,440 from the coastline leaving the Mediterranean coast goodnight 90 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,320 into the Mediterranean Sea and beyond. 91 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:31,320 And these ships are sailing in the great wide sea in verse 25. 92 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,200 They're not made to sit in the harbour, they're not tied up at 93 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:42,720 a quayside, they're not built to remain forever in a dry dock 94 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:44,200 somewhere. No. 95 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:49,880 They are made for a purpose, and that purpose is to be seen 96 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:57,680 active on the sea. They all ships, large or small, 97 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,160 have a place of origin, a place where they're built. 98 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,800 We'll call that place where they're built a berth dock. 99 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,720 Each ship has a berthing dock. And all ships, of course, are 100 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:15,080 registered somewhere. And all ships have a builder and 101 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:19,200 a maker and a designer and a an owner. 102 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,880 In other words, these ships are built for travel. 103 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:30,360 And the strangest thing is, so are human beings. 104 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:35,559 God has made us. He has made us as our creator. 105 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,960 He sustains and provides for us. He is our designer. 106 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:46,040 He is our owner, and He's the taker, even if we want, of our 107 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,800 lives. You see, life is not merely 108 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:50,680 random. Why are we here? 109 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,480 It's not a mere meaningless existence. 110 00:08:55,640 --> 00:09:01,360 It's not a mere physical drift. No, life is a voyage. 111 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:06,120 Life is an adventure with God. There's a day we're born. 112 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,040 We call it our birthday. And as time progresses, there's 113 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,600 a process of development, childhood, boyhood, teens and 114 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,440 20s. And then soon teens grow up and 115 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:20,160 to be young men and young ladies grow up to be young women and 116 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,000 they progress from 20s into their 30s and 40s and 50s, 117 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,760 sixties, seventy 80s and if the will of God right up to 90. 118 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:34,080 And during that time, they're all on a journey, as it were, on 119 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,360 the sea of time. And they seal in that sea of 120 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:42,360 time in all seasons, in good weathers and bad, in rough 121 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:47,320 weather and smooth. Now the ships that are built for 122 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:53,880 travel are made to go somewhere. They're going to a port of 123 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:58,440 destination and I believe David was thinking about the voyage 124 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,520 that's portrayed here. There go the ships, they're 125 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:06,600 leaving the ports, the ports of Israel, maybe leaving Tyree, and 126 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,760 they're going out into the Mediterranean and they're 127 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,440 travelling somewhere. Let me just ask tonight, do you 128 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:22,160 see yourself on a journey? Do you see yourself as being one 129 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:27,720 who's been born in the port of time, one on a journey and 130 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:32,920 you're bound to the final port? And in between, from the day of 131 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,840 birth, sailing through time and the sea of time, sailing in this 132 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,920 great wide sea full of creatures beyond number great and small, 133 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,400 you're heading to your final destination, heading to the 134 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,600 final port. You see, the sea here, I 135 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:54,120 believe, represents the vastness of life, represents the 136 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:58,400 uncertainty of life, represents the depths of life. 137 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,280 I'm told that the deepest point in the ocean is 7 miles deep. 138 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:07,160 That's from here to Cumber. That's a very, very long way. 139 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:13,000 And many of you as you journey tonight, your sailing or you 140 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,240 feel your sailing, you are sailing in very rough seas. 141 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:20,880 What have you faced last year and and now into 2026? 142 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,840 Some of you are facing heartache, sickness, 143 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,560 difficulties, distresses, darkness. 144 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:31,520 We've we've all had to endure and face the death of precious 145 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,960 loved ones. And you see in this journey 146 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,080 that's being portrayed here, there go the ships. 147 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,760 David knows that at some point in that journey, storms will 148 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:49,680 come to engulf that ship and and even frighten the daylights of 149 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:54,040 the sailors in that ship. Remember in the Sea of Galilee, 150 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,440 the disciples asked the Lord Jesus asleep, Master, carest 151 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,320 thou not that we perish? They thought they were going to 152 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:04,720 die. And in between the port of birth 153 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,440 and the final port, the final destination. 154 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,680 That journey, I believe is a very short journey. 155 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,560 It's brief. Remember what Psalm 90 says 156 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:23,080 Psalm 90, the days of our years are three score years and 10 and 157 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,360 if by reason of strength the before score years yet as their 158 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,840 strength, labour and sorrow for the soon cut off and we flyeth 159 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,720 away. Verse 12 so teach just the 160 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:38,720 number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 161 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,560 And I just want to ask, tonight, as you seal through the journey 162 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:48,360 of time, do you know the one who governs the seas? 163 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,880 See, remember, you're not sealing independently of him. 164 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,680 Even those who don't know him are not sealing independently of 165 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:01,800 him, even those who have never tasted of His free sovereign 166 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:06,800 grace. Let's think of all that people 167 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,960 face in the journey. Storms, winds, current tage, 168 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:14,240 pirates and darkness. And yet for many who seal in 169 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:19,680 that sea of tame their life fails deep and difficult. 170 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,760 The challenges and the circumstances that they face at 171 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:30,240 times are overwhelming and and and and their, their, their life 172 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,120 is full of fear. And maybe they have a sense of 173 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,320 dread. We're not going to make it. 174 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:39,440 We're we're we're we're in what we're in a great way. 175 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:45,680 See 7 miles deep, as I've said, carried off to cumber. 176 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,560 And yet in the midst of that, do you know the Lord? 177 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,000 Have you a testimony that you're born again of the Spirit? 178 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,880 Was there a time in your life when you trusted Jesus Christ as 179 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,000 Lord and your Saviour? A time when you put your life 180 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,120 and soul into His hands for safekeeping, and you know 181 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:09,800 tonight that you're born of God? We who were formerly born in sin 182 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,400 and shapen in iniquity, born dead to sin, needed newness of 183 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,160 life and you have they quickened who were dead in trespasses and 184 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,080 sins and in Christ. We've come to him as Lord and 185 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,760 saver in Christ. We've come under his ownership 186 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,400 in Christ. We have his companionship. 187 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:32,880 Is that your experience tonight? You see all of that. 188 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,520 The voids that is portrayed is bound up on those words. 189 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:41,360 There go the ships. Notice the second thing that I 190 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,920 thought about and it's this. If you look again at the text, 191 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:50,360 there go the ships. Think of the vessel that is 192 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:55,680 presented. The ships well underline that. 193 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,200 You see in ancient time there was two types of ships. 194 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:04,840 There was the trading ship and there was the great warship and 195 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,840 they were vastly different. Now I believe the reference here 196 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:13,960 is to the trading ships, that they were the seafaring vessels 197 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,760 which were involved in commerce and trade. 198 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,240 I'm well aware there were huge warships, but I I'm not thinking 199 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:22,800 that David's thinking about them. 200 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:27,040 He wasn't observing them leaving his coast to go off into other 201 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:31,360 ports. The Phoenicians were great 202 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,360 shipbuilders, and the Phoenicians and Tyree and Sidon, 203 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,320 they were great for building these seafaring vessels. 204 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:43,120 There were certain size and a certain width and a certain 205 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,520 height. And what was their purpose? 206 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:51,600 Think of the purpose of the ships, not for pleasure, but for 207 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,280 produce. They were especially designed. 208 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,400 They they were built for a purpose, not merely decorative. 209 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,920 But they had a duty. They, they carried food and wood 210 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:05,800 and precious cargo like gold and silver, animal fur, supplies and 211 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,440 messages. In other words, they had an 212 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:11,200 assignment to fulfil. They they, they connected 213 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,920 countries and nations. Do you know that the Queen of 214 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:22,520 Sheba was said to have some 400 of these ships in her fleet? 215 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:30,640 400 seafaring trading vessels. The Bible speaks 8 times, for 216 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:35,120 example in Isaiah 2 and 16 of the ships of Tarshish. 217 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:39,720 And the ships of Tarshish sealed all over the world doing 218 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,640 business. Cedar from Lebanon, fine linen 219 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:51,800 from Egypt, gold and silver from Spain, 10 from Spain, ivory and 220 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:56,280 Peacocks from Africa even believe they're sealed to the 221 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,720 British Isles because the Bible speaks about the Isles. 222 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,280 It's widely believed they're sealed even as far as the 223 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:11,440 Caribbean Sea if you turn over the air for one reference, Just 224 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:16,400 to give you a little insight, it says in First Kings chapter 5 225 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:21,599 verse 7 to 12. I'll just read the portion First 226 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:26,480 Kings chapter 5 verse 7 to 12. Now think of these words. 227 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:30,240 And it came to pass when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that 228 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,520 he rejoiced greatly and said, blessed be the God this day, 229 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,520 which is given unto David, a wise son over this great people. 230 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:41,600 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the 231 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,240 thing which thou sentest to me for. 232 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:49,400 And I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar and 233 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,400 concerning timber of fur. My servants shall bring them 234 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:58,200 down from Lebanon unto the sea, and I will convey them by sea in 235 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:04,120 floats unto the pleas that thou shall appoint me, and I will 236 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:08,160 cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive 237 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:12,960 them, and thou shall accomplish my desire in giving food for my 238 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,880 household. So Hiram gave Solomon cedar 239 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,680 trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 240 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:23,360 And Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 measures of wheat for food to 241 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:28,840 his household, and 20 measures of pure oil thus gave Solomon to 242 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:34,240 Hiram year by year. Here's an Old Testament shipping 243 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:40,920 contract, an Old Testament shipping arrangement, no doubt 244 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,440 one of many. And it was between King Solomon 245 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,680 and King Hiram of Syria. You see, these ships, as have 246 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,840 said, had a purpose. Not to be tied up in the dock, 247 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:56,440 not built for nothing, not built to stay tied to the harbour and 248 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,040 never used. And like these ships, we too 249 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,080 have a purpose. Now, what's your purpose? 250 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,160 What's mine? Well, the Catechism tells us 251 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,920 man's defend us to glorify God and enjoy him forever. 252 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,080 We were built for God. We were built for God's glory. 253 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:16,240 We were built to enjoy God. Now how can we do that? 254 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,280 What are we actually doing for God? 255 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,240 What does God want of us? I said this to the young people 256 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,560 on Friday night. I give them the best advice that 257 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,960 I could, and this was the best advice that I give them, to know 258 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:36,680 God, to know him as Creator and Maker and as Redeemer and Judge. 259 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:42,520 I advised him to pursue holiness and he had sinned and say no to 260 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,480 it. I advised him to seek God for 261 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:50,640 wisdom. I had urged him to live for him, 262 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,920 to sacrifice all for him. I urge them, remember in the 263 00:19:55,920 --> 00:20:00,240 words of Matthew 6 and verse 33, But seek ye first the Kingdom of 264 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,080 God and his righteousness, and all these other things shall be 265 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,920 added on to you. And remember what Paul says in 266 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,320 Romans chapter 12. He says this. 267 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,880 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, 268 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,840 and you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, 269 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,200 acceptable unto God, with your readable service, and be not 270 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,320 conformed to this world, but be it transformed. 271 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,600 By the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that 272 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,760 good and acceptable and perfect will of God. 273 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:31,920 That's our purpose as we seek to glorify God and enjoy Him. 274 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:38,000 Those five bits of advice should form the core of all that we do. 275 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:42,840 And the last one was to fix their gaze in Christ as the 276 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,480 author and the finisher of our faith. 277 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:50,680 That's the purpose of the ships. Secondly, and very quickly, not 278 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,320 only the vessel that's presented in its purpose, but think of the 279 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,320 vessel presented in its properties. 280 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,360 We emphasise this to the children down at the school few 281 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,800 nights ago. 4 things every ship needs. 282 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,880 Every ship needs a captain. Do you know a ship can't seal 283 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:12,960 without a captain? Every ship that seals without an 284 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,760 appointed captain is a disaster waiting to happen. 285 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,840 And of course, we know that in the Bible, in Paul's day, there 286 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:23,840 was a captain that was warned not to set seal. 287 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,200 He ignored that advice. He took no heed. 288 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,520 And what did it lead to? It led the shipwreck. 289 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,280 You see, a ship must have a captain in charge. 290 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:36,720 There must be an authority on board to make decisions. 291 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,400 And of course in the book of Hebrews, in Hebrews chapter 2 292 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,200 and verse 10, we're taught that the Lord Jesus Christ is the 293 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,920 captain of our salvation. It says, for it became him for 294 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,120 whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many 295 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:55,280 sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation 296 00:21:55,280 --> 00:22:01,680 perfect through suffering. Remember Joshua was told when he 297 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:05,600 asked the man that he saw, are you for us? 298 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,760 Are you for our enemies? And he said, neither, I'm the 299 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:17,240 captain of the Lord's hosts. We need Christ as our captain. 300 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,920 He's the one that can guide us. Psalm 32, verse eight. 301 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,080 I will teach the instructee in the way in which they shall go. 302 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,480 I will guide thee with mine eye. Another property of the ship is 303 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:34,040 ships are named, they're registered, they have an 304 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,480 identity there, there, there's an ownership. 305 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,160 They, they, they, they belong to someone. 306 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:45,080 Do you know what the Lord Jesus said to his disciples, Luke 10 307 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,520 and verse 20 to rejoice that their names are written in 308 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,880 heaven? Isn't it wonderful to know that 309 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,160 your name is written and recorded in heaven? 310 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,240 It's, it's in the Lamb's book of life. 311 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:00,600 Every one of us is a name Christian, a name to live or a 312 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,000 name to die. And we should rejoice in this 313 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,600 truth that our names are written in heaven and when the books are 314 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:10,280 opened, our name will be there. Every ship needs a crew. 315 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,960 No ship sails alone. Acts 27. 316 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:22,280 Paul was on a ship of 276 other people, soldiers and sailors and 317 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,400 prisoners. Paul was one of those prisoners. 318 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,800 You see, we sail with others in the journey there. 319 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,280 There's a sense of belonging. And when the Lord Jesus was in 320 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,160 the boat and it was out in the Sea of Galilee, we read there in 321 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,160 Matthew or Mark chapter 5 that they were with him also other 322 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,400 little ships. And I think we preached it not 323 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:44,080 in the past. There's a sense of belonging and 324 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,960 I want you to have a sense of belonging to carried off FPC, 325 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,480 not only belonging to a particular family, but belonging 326 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,960 to this church family, belonging to this church fellowship, 327 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:59,480 joining with other believers of like precious faith. 328 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,760 You see, we need fellowship with one another. 329 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,560 We need encouragement one with another. 330 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,080 We need activity with one another, but we also need 331 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,960 accountability. Another property for the ship is 332 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:17,160 the ship must have an anchor. Hebrews chapter 6 and verse 19 333 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:22,640 tells us those tremendous words about the anchor. 334 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:27,640 Hebrews 6 and 19, and this is what it says, which hope we have 335 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,920 as an anchor of the soul, be sure and steadfast, and which 336 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:35,320 entereth into that within the veil. 337 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,080 The word hope here, as I emphasised this morning, 338 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,720 assuring certain you think of an anchor, what does it do? 339 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:47,080 Well, it keeps the ship from drifting, drifting to 340 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,040 destruction. You see, without an anchor, the 341 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,520 storms will move the ship when they come and batter it. 342 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,840 The the current will control the ship. 343 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,960 Take it off course. No, we're not talking about 344 00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:03,600 diesel engine ships. We're talking about ships that 345 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:08,640 were dependent on the seal by the wind, and of course without 346 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,200 an anchor, the rocks would destroy the ship. 347 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,600 We have an anchor that keeps the soul steadfast and sure while 348 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,080 the billows roll. And our anchor is actually God's 349 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,560 salvation that's found in Christ as the captain of our salvation. 350 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,960 So we come back to that truth about being savingly joined to 351 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,520 Christ. It's not about joining the 352 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,240 church. Some people with this notion, 353 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,080 you know, that all they have to do as a Christian, to be a 354 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,440 Christian is just to come to church and start attending. 355 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,320 And it's wonderful to attend to church. 356 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,640 It's wonderful to attend the Bible believing church. 357 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,400 And there's few Bible believing churches, let me tell you. 358 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:49,280 And I'm not boasting when I say that that is the reality, but to 359 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,080 come to a Bible, but even church is tremendous. 360 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:57,560 But it's not just coming to the church that saves us all. 361 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:04,120 It's it's Christ. Are you joined to Christ? 362 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:10,800 That's the anchor for your soul. Notice also very quickly here 363 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:15,360 the progress of the ship. There go the ship that really 364 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:19,560 struck me. They're not built to sit, 365 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:25,520 they're not built to drift, not there be the ships. 366 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,400 That would mean that we're tied up in the harbour, but there go 367 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,840 the ships. The word go speaks of progress 368 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,880 and movement and motion and purpose. 369 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,680 As I've said, we're built for purpose. 370 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,280 We're built for progress, we're built for mission. 371 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:40,120 We're not to sit in the dock of comfort. 372 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,320 No, we're destined for the duty of a challenge and the 373 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,360 challenges we were built to travel as ships of the high 374 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:48,640 seas. We're not safe to sit. 375 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:53,920 We're we're safe to serve. We're created in Christ Jesus on 376 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,560 the good works which God had before ordained. 377 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,960 We're under orders. We've got the Great Commission 378 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,080 from the the captain of our salvation go into all the world 379 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,240 and preach the gospel to every creature. 380 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,200 And that's my responsibility and yours as well along with me. 381 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,080 We have to go into our community and preach the gospel. 382 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,480 Even the people that don't want to hear, people that are in 383 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:17,440 spiritual darkness, people that are dead to God and blamed and 384 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,160 seized, we've got to bring to them the Word of God. 385 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:27,480 Tell them the mighty Jesus is able to save and save to the 386 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,920 uttermost. Think very quickly here of the 387 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,080 power of the ship. There go the ship. 388 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,440 How do these ships sail on the high seas? 389 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,880 What propel them? Think back now. 390 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,920 This is 1000 years before Christ, before diesel engines 391 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,360 ever came about. Well, you've already thought of 392 00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,160 it. The power of the wind. 393 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:59,040 They sealed hoisting their seals with the power of the wind, and 394 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,960 the power of the wind LED them to the port of their 395 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,240 destination. Is that not a reference here to 396 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,040 John chapter 3? Remember what the Lord Jesus 397 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:14,040 said to Nicodemus? He said this in John 3, verse 8. 398 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,280 The wind blows where it lifts us, and now here's the sound 399 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:17,960 thereof. But canst it tale whence it 400 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,120 cometh? Whether it goes? 401 00:28:19,120 --> 00:28:21,200 So is everyone that is born of the Spirit. 402 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,120 He had already said to him in verse 7, Marvel not that I say 403 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:27,000 unto thee, You must be born again. 404 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,360 We need the power of the Holy Spirit. 405 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:35,240 It's the Holy Spirit who regenerates us, brings about the 406 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,440 new birth, transforms and changes our lives. 407 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,520 He indwells us wonderful thing to be knowed. 408 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,320 You're indwelt by the Spirit. He leads us on the journey. 409 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,280 He He equips us with fruit and gifts, and He fills us. 410 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,120 Be not drunk with wine, we're in his excess, but be filled with 411 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,360 the Spirit. Ephesians 5 and 18 The Lord 412 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,480 Jesus said of you then being evil, know how to give good 413 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,600 gifts unto your children. How much more shall your 414 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,240 heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them? 415 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,520 Ask him. One of the biggest challenges 416 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:11,320 I've discovered from the Gospel of Micah, like I said, I'm full 417 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:16,280 of power by the Spirit of God, the power of the ships as we go. 418 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:21,880 It was the power of the wind and how much we need the power of 419 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:26,320 God's Spirit to come upon us. These ships have to be managed. 420 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,120 Even though they had the power of the wind, there had to be 421 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,200 navigation. They, they, they navigated the 422 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,240 coastline from a certain distance. 423 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,440 They had charts and maps. Later on they began to follow 424 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,400 the North Star. You know, some of these trading 425 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:46,640 ships could travel 50 and 75 miles per day if they had a good 426 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:52,080 captain and the, the, the wind was there filling the seals and 427 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,200 the navigational charts and the instruments and the coastline, 428 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:01,680 they could travel that distance. We've got the word of God. 429 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,480 We've got the law of the Lord, and the Word of God covers every 430 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:11,200 area of her life, and that word is light, and that word is a 431 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,080 lamp unto our fate. And of course, through the Word 432 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:19,240 of God, we're focusing in on Him who is the the captain of our 433 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,200 salvation. Remember the psalmist, the godly 434 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,720 man blessed is the man that walketh not in the country of 435 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,400 the ungodly. They're standing in the way of 436 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,640 sinners. They're sitteth in the seat of 437 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,800 the scornful. But his delight is in the law of 438 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,240 the Lord and in his Lordoth he meditate day and night. 439 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,360 Oh, that the Church could come back to the book. 440 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:41,480 Only the Scriptures. What saith the scriptures? 441 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:45,240 See, that was the Reformation cry in the 15th century, the 442 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,760 16th century. The Great Awakening in England 443 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,600 was rooted in that. What saith the Scriptures? 444 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,440 We've got away from the Scriptures because we've got 445 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,480 away from the Scriptures. Then apostasy and apathy and 446 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,760 indifference and coldness and everything else is set into the 447 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,080 life of the Church. Leaders do that which is right 448 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:09,040 in their own eyes. Echo bods on the door. 449 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,440 Very quickly here. Think about the peril of the 450 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:15,720 ship already touched in this. The ship's going to be tested. 451 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:20,760 It'll face storms. The storms will test the ship as 452 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,640 the ship's sound. Will the anchor hold? 453 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:27,520 Does the crew really trust the captain in the storm? 454 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,920 You see, every captain would have fear of mutiny. 455 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,720 Many ships sank in the storm. There was the loss of life. 456 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,640 Some ships survived. And as I've said, you and I, as 457 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:43,960 we seal the high seas of life from the day of our birth to the 458 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:48,640 final port of destination, you and I will face many storms. 459 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:54,840 We'll have to trust our captain. He says, trust me, you'll face 460 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,400 sickness and disease and tragedy and death. 461 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:02,600 But if you see your vessel has been managed by him and he's 462 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:07,080 your captain, and you bear His name because your name's 463 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:11,320 registered in heaven, and you've got the anchor of salvation, and 464 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:15,520 you're with a crew of God's people, and you're under him. 465 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:21,880 His eye is upon you, his his hand is upon you, and all that 466 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,520 overwhelms you and frightens you, just remember, he's in 467 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,600 control. He's governing it all. 468 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,720 He is sovereign. He'll not cause a needless tear. 469 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:39,280 The vessel that is presented. And one final thing, the view 470 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,000 that is pictured. If you think of David standing, 471 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:47,320 observing in the coastline and saying thus there go the ships, 472 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,440 the voids that's portrayed. That's what he's thinking about. 473 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:55,160 And the vessel that is presented in his mind, the ships, plural, 474 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,240 all of these various things that I've mentioned. 475 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:04,880 Think of one final thing, the view that is pictured their 476 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:11,120 destination. If you turn over there to I 477 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:15,360 think it's Second Chronicles Chapter 9, Second Chronicles 478 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:22,720 Chapter 9 and verse 21. And we read this, for the King's 479 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:29,600 ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram every three 480 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,320 years. Once came the ships of Tarshish, 481 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:37,120 bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and Peacocks. 482 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:43,120 And King Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and 483 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,240 wisdom. Now I want you to notice 484 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,920 something in that verse of Scripture. 485 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,440 Second Corinthians, Second Chronicles 9 and 21. 486 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:57,520 Three years, three years. They were on the high seas. 487 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,040 Would you like to be in the high seas for three full years? 488 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:06,360 That was David's observation. There go the ships. 489 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,960 They're leaving the coast now and they're going out, and then 490 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:15,840 they'll come back and, and, and they're the ships of Tarsus and 491 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,560 he's observing them, but he sees them as an opportunity. 492 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,760 There go and they're gone. They're over the horizon. 493 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,880 And what does that teach us? It teaches us this, that our 494 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,360 life is brief. For a moment it's seen and then 495 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,120 it's gone. James asks. 496 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,600 What is your life? It is even a vapour that appears 497 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,480 for a little time and then vanished away. 498 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:39,199 He sees the ships and he thinks about his own life. 499 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:46,199 He thinks about it's past, he thinks about the present, he 500 00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:50,400 thinks about the future. And I want you to think about 501 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:55,000 the future now as we finish the view that is pictured. 502 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,960 These ships are headed for a final destination. 503 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,840 Where are you headed? Are you buying for the port 504 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,240 called heaven? Are you buying for the port 505 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:12,560 called hell? The Bible tells us this as we 506 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,960 wrap things up this evening over there in the Book of Revelation, 507 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:23,680 in Revelation chapter 21 and 27, it tells us this marvellous 508 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:28,440 truth, and there shall in no ways enter into it anything that 509 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:32,240 defineth neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a 510 00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:37,000 lie, but they that are written in the Lamb's book of life. 511 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:42,480 Is that the port that you're bound for because your name is 512 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:46,760 written in that book of life? I remember having the 513 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,560 opportunity to go and see the tall ships that came into 514 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,400 Belfast. We came from Portrush. 515 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,360 It was a very, very wet day. We got soaked, difficulty 516 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:56,920 getting parked and we had to walk. 517 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:01,000 But it was lovely to see the tall ships and it was lovely to 518 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,640 watch because it was the very last day and then they were 519 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:08,120 setting sail down Belfast Lock. I remember thinking of these 520 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:12,040 words. There go the ships the last time 521 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:16,400 I was going to see them. Do you see yourself as a ship? 522 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:22,920 Make sure that you're buying for the port called Heaven, not for 523 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:27,280 the port called hell. Imagine spending eternity having 524 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:34,040 lived a life 60708090 a hundred years and ended up in the place 525 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:38,600 where the worm dieth not the fires not quenched for all 526 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:42,000 eternity. May the Lord give grace and 527 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,760 wisdom for His Word. This evening I'm going to sing 528 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,960 in closing, just a couple of verses, a couple of verses of 529 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:55,520 316, 316. You've been very patient. 530 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,400 A trusted God will bless His word to your heart. 531 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,440 It's not by accident that the Lord has put this word in my 532 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:02,600 heart for you. This evening. 533 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:10,840 We're going to sing verses 1/3 and five of three 1/6 as we 534 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:11,880 finish this evening.