The Promise of a Helper

We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise. We're singing in Psalm 91.

This is in the Scottish Psalter, page 351. Psalm 91. We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 5.

He that doth in the secret place of the Most High reside under the shade of him that is the Almighty

shall abide. I think especially for the young ones going through to the hall next door.

Verse 4 of this Psalm you'll see up on the wall next door. There's feathers, there's wings that

young people made up, and in the middle is this verse. His feathers shall thee hide, thy thrust

under his wings shall be. His faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler unto thee. So remember that

God is a shield and that we find refuge under his wings. We'll sing verse 1 to 5 to God's praise,

and we stand to sing.

He that doth in the secret place of the Most High is night,

under the shade of him that is the Almighty shall abide.

Under the shade of him that is the Almighty shall abide.

I owe the Lord my God will save. He is my refuge still. He is my fortress and my hope. And in

He is my fortress and my heart. And in him trust thy will. Assuredly he shall be safe, and in deliverance from subtle power.

He shall be safe, and in deliverance from subtle power.

He shall be safe, and in deliverance from subtle power.

And from subtle power.

And from the noisome pestilence. His feathers shall be my

His faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler unto thee.

His faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler unto thee.

Thou shalt not need to be afraid.

For ever shall the night, nor for the night.

nor for the arrow thou thou be

Thou shalt thou come to thee.

Thou shalt not need to be afraid.

Thou shalt not need to be afraid.

Thou shalt not need to be afraid.

For ever shall the night.

nor for the arrow thou thou thou thou.

Thou shalt not need to be afraid.

I will come to God in prayer.

Let us pray.

Lord our God, our Father in heaven, we do thank you for this, your day.

We thank you to be able to gather together, to come and worship you, to sing praise to you, to hear your word together, and to seek your blessing on all that we do.

We thank you for the promise that you are here with us, and we thank you for the promise that you give us help, that you give us a refuge even in times of trouble.

We thank you that even as we have sung of in this psalm that there may be many things that we are afraid of.

From the youngest here to the oldest there will be things that may leave us feeling scared in life.

But we thank you that we have you to come to, that we have you as one to help us, to be with us, to give us guidance, to give us strength in the midst of all that maybe makes us afraid.

And so we pray, Lord, that you will help us to know you are there for us, each and every one of us, that we can come praying to you, even the simple words, any words that we have, Jesus will hear for us.

And we thank you that you are able to answer prayers for us too.

And so we thank you, Lord, for every good thing that you give to us.

We thank you for a time of holiday for our young people, for the schools and the Sunday school.

We thank you for all who come and go during this time, both going away from ourselves as a congregation, visiting family and friends away or spending time on holiday in different places.

We ask you protection over everyone who is usually here with us, but not today.

We thank you too that visitors come to us and that we have visitors in our midst today.

And we will see maybe more visitors over these coming weeks.

We thank you for these times we're able to share together.

And we pray that you will bless us all together.

Bless the young ones as they will go through to the hall in a few moments.

Lord, be with them there as they enjoy learning more of your word.

And bless us here too in the church as we continue in our worship of you.

So be with us, Lord, as we commit ourselves to you.

Watch over us and all our loved ones as we ask all in Jesus' name and for his sake. Amen.

It's good to see young ones in the congregation today, different parts of the church.

Hands up, young ones, so I can see where you are.

You're all scattered all over the place today.

It's good to see you all here today.

I hope you're enjoying your holidays.

I hope those who are visiting with us are enjoying their time with us as well.

It's always good to have visitors here.

Today in the service, we're going to be looking at what Jesus promised his disciples as he was about to leave them.

We're looking at John chapter 14 together today where Jesus has gathered his disciples together in a room.

John 14 · chapter mention

And he's teaching them about all the things that lie ahead.

And this is just the night before Jesus dies, which makes it even more significant for us, I think,

because it reminds us that even as Jesus has all that lying ahead of him,

that he was still concerned about those he loved, his disciples and others.

And what he wanted for them was to know that he had help for them.

That even though he was going away from them, that he was going to give them a helper.

And that's what we're going to be thinking about this morning in the service.

The helper is the Holy Spirit.

Now, what kind of things do we need help with?

All through our life, we need help with different things.

When we're young, we need help maybe getting dressed and eating our food and all of these kinds of things.

As we're getting older, we'll need help maybe in school because we're finding things hard.

We'll ask our teacher to help us.

When we think of coming to Sunday school and even going next door today and doing a craft together,

maybe you'll have to help.

The teacher's there for help making the craft and different things.

And even as we get older, we rely on help from others as well.

Whatever we're doing in life, we need help.

Whether it's going through times that are difficult for us or times even that are happy for us,

we need help from different people too.

Think about playing sports and being in a team.

You often rely on people there to help you.

For example, if you're playing football and you're playing in a team and you make a mistake,

you need your teammates to be on your side to help you out.

I was playing football on Friday night and I'm seeing a couple of people who are playing with me.

I've lost count of the number of times I had to help them out because they'd made a mistake.

Maybe it was the other way around as well.

But when we're playing sports, we often make mistakes, but we have people there to help us.

But what about when we're by ourselves, when there's nobody else around?

When we're maybe afraid of different things.

Maybe even last night you were lying in bed and you were afraid because you were hearing the heavy rain outside.

Or when there's thunderstorms, you can be afraid and you think there's nobody there to help me.

There's people who are unwell and maybe they're feeling alone and afraid and they feel there's nobody there to help them.

Well, that's the promise that God is giving in his word here, that there is someone to help us.

That he doesn't want to leave us alone, but that even when we feel that we're by ourselves, that he has given us a helper, the Holy Spirit.

And just like the wind sometimes where you feel the wind in your face, but you don't know where it comes from.

That's the way the Holy Spirit is described in the Bible.

Like a wind.

You can't see it, but you know he's there.

And we know he's there just by believing in God, by believing in Jesus that he has promised to give us his helper.

So we like to have people around us to help us.

But there's times when we may be feeling alone, but we have to remember that Jesus has promised that he is there for us always.

No matter what time of day or night, no matter whether it's a happy time or a sad time, no matter whether it's things that we see as impossible to get through, that he is there to help us.

We have a helper.

And that is great to know that we have God with us through his Holy Spirit.

And may we all know his help day by day as we go on.

But we're going to say the Lord's Prayer together.

Let's say the Lord's Prayer.

Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.

Amen.

Well, we'll again sing to God's praise.

This time in Psalm 107.

It's in the Sing Psalms version on page 144.

Psalm 107.

We're going to sing from verse 10 down to verse 20.

And again, this Psalm speaks of people who will find themselves in situations where they're afraid, but they cry out to God, and the Lord is able to help them in their fear.

Some sat in darkness and in gloom and chains of iron held.

They scorned the ways of God most high, against his words rebelled.

And so he made them labor hard in bitterness and shame.

They stumbled and they could not rise.

To help them no one came.

Then says, then to the Lord they cried for help.

So we'll sing from verse 10 down to verse 20 to God's praise.

And, please.

Let's sing.

This song.

Let's sing.

brethren

There's a song.

Let's sing.

For the otherwise.

All right.

Let's sing.

We'll sing far away and care.

God of God

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reconciliation

O ye may that live our heart in bitterness and shame.

They stumbled and they could not rise to help them, no one came.

Then to the Lord they cried for help, he saved them from their doom.

He broke away their cruel chains and brought them out of gloom.

So let them thank them for his love, the deeds which he achieves.

Because he breaks the spirits of bronze and iron bars he gives.

Summer through their rebellious ways, and for their sins they dear.

All kinds of food revolted them, the gates of death grew near.

Then in despair they sought the Lord.

He saved them from their doom.

His word went forth with healing there, and kept them from the tomb.

We'll turn to reading God's word in the Gospel of John, chapter 14.

John 14 · chapter mention

We're going to read from verse 15 down to the end of the chapter.

Just note at the beginning of this chapter, it speaks about a word that's repeated in our reading further on.

Verse 1,

Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

These are well-known words to us all perhaps, but it reminds us of just what Jesus is saying to his disciples at this time.

When they are afraid, let not your hearts be troubled.

Then in verse 15 we take up our reading.

If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper to be with you forever,

even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him.

You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

I will not leave you as orphans.

I will come to you.

Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more.

But you will see me.

Because I live, you also will live.

In that day you will know that I am in the Father,

and you in me, and I in you.

Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me.

And he who loves me will be loved by my Father,

and I will love him and manifest myself to him.

Judas, not Iscariot, said to him,

Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us and not to the world?

Jesus answered him,

If anyone loves me, he will keep my word,

and my Father will love him,

and we will come to him and make our home with him.

Whoever does not love me does not keep my words,

and the word that you hear is not mine,

but the Father who sent me.

These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you,

but the Helper, the Holy Spirit,

whom the Father will send in my name,

he will teach you all things,

and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Peace I leave with you,

my peace I give to you,

not as the world gives do I give to you.

Let not your hearts be troubled,

neither let them be afraid.

You heard me say to you,

I am going away,

and I will come to you.

If you loved me,

you would have rejoiced,

because I am going to the Father,

for the Father is greater than I.

And now I have told you before it takes place,

so that when it does take place,

you may believe.

I will no longer talk much with you,

for the ruler of this world is coming.

He has no claim on me,

but I do as the Father has commanded me,

so that the world may know

that I love the Father.

Rise, let us go from here.

Amen, and may God bless that reading from his word.

We'll again join together in prayer.

Let us pray.

Our Father in heaven,

we thank you for your word

that is often a word that speaks to us

in times of different need.

We thank you that there is always

something new each day,

something fresh,

something that we may have read

many, many times in the past,

and yet it brings new significance

in certain times in our lives.

And we pray that that will be the case

with your word to us today,

that as we read words

that may be very familiar to us,

as we read a passage

that may be heard on many occasion,

that today it may be a day

that it has a new significance,

it has a fresh meaning,

it gives us even a greater understanding

of all that you have done for us.

For we know how often

our lives change

in different circumstances,

changes that we can see coming sometimes,

but other times it's changes

we have not anticipated

and not prepared for.

We know our lives can change

so quickly.

We are reminded of it

day by day.

We are reminded of it

week by week in our lives,

both in our own personal experiences

or in the experiences

in our communities

or our nation

or the world as a whole.

We know, Lord,

that we have seen

so many significant changes

even in this past year already.

We see changes taking place

all the time.

But we thank you

that as we come to your word,

that we come to the one

who does not change,

the one who is the same always,

the same yesterday,

today and forever.

And so we thank you

that in all our changes

that we come to you in prayer.

We come offering up our praise to you

at Thanksgiving,

but also our requests

and petitions

for ourselves

or others around us.

If we are feeling the way hard,

oh Lord,

we thank you

that we can come to you

in prayer,

reminded of even the words

that we have read,

that you will be with us,

that you have provided

a helper for us,

that you have made

your home,

it says,

with your people.

And that's such a beautiful image

for us

to think,

oh Lord,

that you dwell

not just with us,

but in us.

And so we thank you

for the great love

that you have shown

towards us

and the great love

that is available

to all who will call upon you.

The great love

and grace

and mercy

that has helped

your people

down through

all the ages of life.

We thank you

that we can testify to it

so many of us

that by your grace,

oh Lord,

we would not be here ourselves

in the way that we are.

But we thank you,

oh Lord,

for your compassion

that when we were lost,

when we had gone astray,

even as we sung of

in Psalm 107,

we had wandered away

in desert paths,

we had sinned against you

in so many ways

that you still showed

mercy and love

towards us.

We thank you

that you have heard

the cries of your people

and that you have rescued,

that you have saved.

Lord,

we pray

that there will be those

who may call upon you today,

those who may cry out to you

even as a psalmist of old

and know that great power

of salvation,

know that great peace

that you are able to give.

We commit then

all of these things

to you

and our people to you,

those who have

particular needs,

those who are hurting

through the loss

of loved ones.

Even in these past days,

oh Lord,

how we know that

grief has touched

our communities

so sorely.

And we continue

to remember

all associated with us

who are going through

times of grief,

not just this week,

but even in the last

number of weeks.

And we pray

for families,

oh Lord,

who are mourning

and grieving.

We remember

in this past week

the family of

Lena McLeod.

We commit them to you,

her children,

John and Erica

and Muriel

and their families

and the grandchildren

and the wider

extended families too.

Lord,

we ask your blessing

on them,

your comfort towards them.

That we think too

of the family

of Willie Mashey,

that we remember them,

oh Lord.

And after seeing

such a massive turnout

yesterday at the funeral,

we thank you

that in such times

that there is your word

to speak to us.

And we pray

that your word

will be blessed

to all who are there

and especially

to the family

at this time,

to Kathleen

and to John

and Roddy,

to Roddy and Nan

and all their family too,

to Willie's mother

and brothers too.

Lord,

may you surround them

with your love

and your grace

and your peace

in the midst

of such a sore time.

May they know

the helper,

the comforter,

the one who is called

alongside.

May they know

your nearness

with them.

We do commit

our own families

and friends to you

and all that goes on

in our congregation

and in the wider

church as well.

We thank you

for the camps

going on just now

and again we pray

your blessing

on these camps.

We think of

Ken Craig Jr.

taking place

in this week.

We thank you

for safe travel

for them yesterday

and pray

blessing today

as they attend

the church

in Cunissie.

May they hear

your word there

and rejoice in it

and be with them

in the week ahead

in all that they do.

Keep them safe

as campers

and leaders together.

We pray for the

festival week ahead

in our town as well

when so many people

will come

and visit our town.

We pray for

the opportunities

that there are

to reach out

with the gospel

for the lunches

taking place

on Thursday

and Friday

for Giga.

We pray for the cruise ship

the days that the

church is open

in this coming week.

We pray for the breakfast

next Sunday morning

and any opportunities

we have to speak

with people

who are visiting our town

that you will

give us words

to speak

of the greatness

of God

the goodness

of him towards us

and the goodness

we have

and the mercy

we have in Christ

Jesus.

We pray Lord

that our town

will be a blessing

our church

will be a blessing

to many in these days.

We ask you

to continue with us

now in our worship

throughout the day

be with us here

and in the rest

of the day too

bless Scott

as he leads us

this evening

and all of us

who gather together

in worship then Lord

may we come

prayerfully

and seeking your face

and seeking your face

even now

as we continue

in worship.

Go before us

Lord we pray

and forgive us

all our sin

as we ask

all of these things

in Jesus name.

Amen.

We're going to

sing again

to God's praise

this time in Psalm 80

in the Sing Psalms.

Psalm 88

page 107

we'll sing from verse

14

down to the end

of the Psalm

turn to us

O God Almighty

look and see

from heaven above

tend this vine

your hand has planted

and the sun

you raised in love.

We'll sing from

verse 14

down to the end

of the Psalm

to God's praise.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Turn to us

O God Almighty

look and see

from heaven above

tend this vine

your hand has planted

and the sun

you raised in love.

See your vine

cut down and withered

and its branches

burned with fire

your rebuke has

crushed your people

and they perish

in your hour

let your hand be placed

in blessing

on the man

at your right hand

on the Son of Man

you've chosen

whom alone

you cause to stand

then we will not

wander from you

turning from you

to her shame

strengthen us

revive and heal us

then we'll call

upon your name

look on us

Lord God Almighty

let us see

your glory bright

turn us once again

towards you

come and save us

give us light

We can turn back

to our reading

in John chapter 14

John 14 · chapter mention

we can read again

at verse 25

John chapter 14

John 14 · chapter mention

at verse 25

these things

I have spoken to you

while I am still

with you

but the helper

the Holy Spirit

whom the Father

will send

in my name

he will teach you

all things

and bring to you

remembrance

all that I have

said to you

peace

I leave with you

my peace

I give to you

not as the world

gives

do I give to you

let not your hearts

be troubled

neither

let them be afraid

and so on

as I was saying

to the children

earlier

we think of

situations

where we feel

afraid

where we feel

helpless

and I'm sure

there are many

maybe here today

or listening in

online

who are going

through

these very

experiences

and even if we're

not

there often

comes

or often

will come

a time

when we have

fear and anxiety

in our hearts

for a number

of different

reasons

just think of

the number

of different

things

that make us

afraid

in life

it can be

very personal

situations

it can be

situations

going on

around us

locally

it can be

things going

on around

us nationally

there are so

many things

that make

us

afraid

there's a

fear

when bad

news

comes

our way

there's a

fear

in times

of ill

health

a fear

as we face

up to the

very reality

and the

fact

of death

in this

world

a fear

of going

on

after losing

loved ones

there's so

many

different

situations

where we

find ourselves

afraid

and the

wonderful

thing

for all

of these

experiences

and times

in life

is that

we have

God's

word

for us

we have

God's

word

to us

even as

we were

singing

in that

last

psalm

together

in

psalm

80

in

verse

19

it says

look on

us

Lord

God

almighty

let us

see

your

glory

bright

turn us

once again

towards

you

come

and save

us

give us

light

there's

a plea

there

in that

psalm

for

God

to be

with us

and that's

the great

assurance

that we

have

in these

verses

that we've

read

together

verses

that

enter

into

the

experience

of

Jesus

with

his

disciples

just

before

his

crucifixion

just

before

that time

when

darkness

came over

the world

even at

midday

in the

middle

of the

day

but yet

Jesus

had great

concern

for his

disciples

and for

his

people

so as

you look

through

this

section

of

John

from

chapter

13

through

to

chapter

17

you see

this

wonderful

teaching

that

Jesus

gave

his

love

his

compassion

his

care

for

his

people

and the

greatest

assurance

the greatest

comfort

here in

these

words

is

that he

knows

our

experiences

he

knows

the

things

that we

are afraid

of

the

disciples

here

in this

passage

are afraid

but he

speaks

these

words

let not

your

hearts

be

troubled

and he

speaks

to them

of this

great

relationship

that there

is between

those

who love

him

and the

father

who loves

them

that he

comes

and makes

his home

with

them

but it's

this

assurance

too

that there

is a

helper

with us

at all

times

Jesus

says

I am

speaking

these

words

while I

am

still

with

you

but

as we

know

he

is

going

away

but he

says

there

in

verse

26

but the

helper

the

Holy

Spirit

whom

the

father

will

send

in

my

name

he

will

teach

you

all

things

and

bring

to

your

remembrance

all

that I

have

said

to

you

so

there

is

a

that is

provided

and that's

what we

have

available

to

ourselves

today

because

our

testimony

at times

is one

when we

are so

afraid

and anxious

about all

that's

going on

around us

and I

read a

testimony

of somebody

once

and they

were saying

this

and it's

an experience

that I'm

sure many

of us

can relate

to

it's

similar

to

experiences

we maybe

have gone

through

or even

we will

go through

but this

person was

talking about

their own

anxieties

and they

said

this

a few

months

ago

I

entered

a season

of waiting

with a

major

project

I'd been

working on

and I

found myself

flapping

between

trust

and worry

one minute

I was

certain

God

had

everything

under

control

and was

confident

that he

would take

care of

the hundreds

of little

details

that I

was worrying

about

the next

minute

I was

afraid

the worst

would

happen

rehearsing

every

possible

scenario

in my

mind

when I

enter

panic

mode

I

know

what

I

need

to

do

but

my

mind

doesn't

always

follow

the

spirit

leading

instead

of getting

into the

word

and praying

to God

about it

I

busy

myself

with other

things

and try

to keep

my thoughts

off the

source

of my

worry

I

talk

to

others

I

think

will

understand

the

situation

and

sometimes

I

end

up

even

more

anxious

and

afraid

but

then

they

said

as I

thought

about

these

tendencies

the other

day

I

asked

myself

why

don't

we

start

with

God

why

is

prayer

often

difficult

when

our

mind

is

consumed

with

fear

I

think

some

of us

wonder

if

he

God

understands

fear

he

tells

us

not

to

worry

but

we

may

question

whether

he

can

understand

our

worries

and

that's

a

natural

reaction

for

so

many

of

us

we

go

through

that

in

so

many

different

experiences

in life

one

minute

we're

trusting

one

minute

we're

fearful

we

know

what

we're

meant

to

do

we

know

we

should

be

bringing

it

all

to

God

but

we

fail

to

do

so

and

then

we

even

have

questions

can

God

really

understand

my

fear

can

he

understand

my

situation

can

he

sympathize

with

me

in it

well

God's

word

reminds us

again and

again

that he

can

was

Jesus

ever

afraid

can

he

really

understand

our

fears

well

we

know

the

disciples

here

were

afraid

because

of

what

it

says

let

not

your

hearts

be

troubled

Jesus

on the

eve

of his

death

standing

in the

very

shadow

of

Calvary

is

teaching

his

disciples

all

that

is

laid

in

store

for

him

and

they

are

afraid

but

was

Jesus

afraid

well

all we

have

to do

is

turn

back

a couple

of

chapters

to

chapter

12

verse

27

where

Jesus

there

was

praying

to

his

father

in

Gethsemane

now

is

my

soul

troubled

and

what

shall

I

say

father

say

me

from

this

hour

but

for

this

purpose

I

have

come

to

this

hour

Jesus

was

afraid

of

what

lay

ahead

of

him

but

what

did

he

do

and

what

does

he

teach

his

disciples

to

do

what

does

he

teach

us

to

do

is

to

live

in

dependence

on

the

father

and

as

we

are

looking

to

the

father

and

depending

on

him

we

have

this

promise

that

the

father

knows

our

fears

he

knows

our

anxieties

he

knows

our

worries

and

he

provides

for

them

and

in

the

provision

that

he

has

made

it

is

this

helper

the

holy

spirit

who

will

come

alongside

in

our

troubles

he

doesn't

leave

us

and

that's

a

great

assurance

for us

no

matter

what

our

experience

no

matter

what

we

are

going

through

that

he

is

there

with

us

the

three

things

I

want

us

to

take

out

of

these

verses

verse

26

and

27

especially

is

the

fact

that

there

is

a

helper

and

that

he

is

teaching

us

here

and

that

he

is

giving

us

relief

a

helper

a

teaching

and

a

relief

so

the

first

thing

we

see

here

is

a

helper

this

section

is

known

as

the

farewell

discourse

from

13

through

to

chapter

17

Jesus

giving

these

wonderful

teachings

to

his

disciples

and

you

notice

he's

already

covered

much

with

them

up

to

this

point

in

the

middle

of

chapter

14

he

is

now

down

to

11

disciples

because

Judas

has

deserted

him

he's

gone

to

betray

him

he

has

told

Peter

that

he

will

deny

him

he

has

spoken

into

their

anxieties

and

worries

in

the

opening

of

chapter

14

let

not

your

hearts

be

troubled

but

then

there

are

questions

of

how

will

we

know

the

way

and

Jesus

gave

that

great

teaching

where

he

says

I

am

the

way

and

the

truth

and

the

life

so

he's

already

teaching

them

he's

already

giving

them

understanding

about

what

is

happening

and

he

has

told

them

all

that

lies

death

and

departures

betrayal

Peter's

denial

all

of

these

things

and

into

this

there

is

a

sense

of

fear

there

is

fear

that

comes

over

the

disciples

just

as

we

would

be

afraid

in

such

circumstances

just

as

we

are

afraid

when

we

feel

that

we're

losing

control

in

our

situation

when

we

don't

know

what

the

future

holds

for

us

there

is

fear

but

you

notice

that

twice

Jesus

utters

these

words

in

chapter

14

let

not

your

hearts

be

troubled

in

verse

1

he

speaks

to

them

of

the

work

that

he

is

doing

and

going

to

do

he

says

let

not

your

hearts

be

troubled

believe

in

God

believe

also

in

me

in

my

father's

house

are

many

rooms

and

he

goes

on

to

say

I

am

going

to

prepare

a

place

for

you

so

he

says

let

not

your

hearts

be

troubled

because

I

am

in

control

of

this

situation

I

have

this

plan

that

is

being

worked

out

this

plan

of

salvation

I

am

going

to

prepare

a

place

for

you

he's

going

to

prepare

the

way

for

us

it's

the

way

of

the

cross

the

way

where

he

defeats

sin

and

the

way

of

the

resurrection

and

then

he's

going

to

prepare

a

place

for

us

in

his

father's

house

so

it's

speaking

there

don't

let

your

hearts

be

troubled

I

am

at

work

I

am

in

control

of

all

of

these

things

but

then

as

he

says

it

later

on

in

verse

26

and

verse

27

when

he

says

in

verse

27

let

not