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So as somebody is thinking about the possibility of venturing

onto the frontier, read the passage.

And let me say that.

Hang on.

I have here an introduction to our gospel,

which I'm going to leave in the back.

And it's just an A4.

And I'm very confident there's some recommended reading

and a couple of books you might like to read along

with this new series in Mark's Gospel,

which you now have in the evening.

And at the back, we're going to be reading it through this fall.

So that's the first thing.

I just want to say that we are starting a new series

looking at Mark's Gospel,

going all the way through to Chapter 8

over the next couple of months.

So please do read that on us.

Read the story.

I think that would be better prepared and engaged

as we come to this study

and look at it on Sunday mornings.

So Mark, Chapter 1, Verses 1 to 13,

Mark 1:1–13

and is going to be...

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Mark, Chapter 1, Verses 1 to 13.

Mark 1:1–13

John, the round of the first morning.

The beginning of the talk about Jesus Christ,

the self-serving.

It is written in his name, the cross.

I will send my messenger ahead of you,

and you will prepare your way.

Avoid the phone calling the desert,

prepare you to wait for the Lord,

and make a straight path for heaven.

And so John came,

baptizing in the desert region,

and preaching about his Lord,

and the forgiveness of sins.

The whole Judean countryside,

and all the people of Jerusalem,

went to them.

Confessing their sins,

they were baptized by heaven,

and the Jordan River.

John, who I slowly made a camel's hair,

with a letter of death around his face,

and shaped open,

and while running,

and this was his message.

After me would come,

and I will pass it to the night,

the promise of his God,

and I will not let him see the child in my side.

I got tied to him in water,

but he was baptized into the Holy Spirit.

At that time,

he was a sacred path of reality,

and was baptized by the Lord,

in the Jordan.

As he was supposed to look at the water,

he saw a head,

being torn open from a spirit,

deadly woman,

like a duck,

and always came to heaven.

You are my child,

you are my mother,

and you are your obedience.

At once,

the spirit sent the message to death,

and the spirit sent the word,

and he was baptized by faith.

He was written for a battle,

and I chose to have the children.

Thank you so much, Greg.

Well, let's pray,

and ask God,

for his Holy Spirit,

as we look at this.

Father, it is an enormous privilege,

to meet together like this,

in freedom,

having heard this morning,

a glorious word of the apostles,

brothers,

to have your word in our language,

where we can all have a Bible for ourselves.

We thank you.

We pray that we may not treat it like a believer,

taking it as a privilege,

and a responsibility,

to learn well about Jesus,

so that we will be people who are changed,

that we might bring Jesus to the world,

to the nations,

to our community.

Please, by your Holy Spirit,

speak in fresh to us,

to the wonder of who Jesus is,

and what it is,

to meet him.

In Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

Amen.

Well, that's the verse one,

of Mark's Gospel.

The beginning of the Gospel,

about Jesus Christ,

the Son of God.

In a very short,

I would like to say,

that Mark the author,

is saying,

if we want to know,

about who Jesus is,

why he came,

and what he claims to do,

he didn't fight for us,

to read on in his story.

Now, I imagine,

for most of us,

that's a straightforward assumption,

but for the majority of people,

that is intellectual suicide.

It's a nonsense,

to read a book like this.

Atheists,

like Richard Dawkins,

who wrote a book,

called The God Solution,

conspiracy theorists,

like the author,

Dan Brand,

have made it popular,

for people,

to view the Gospel,

quite far,

but nothing more than,

a legend,

and fabrication.

In other words,

it's a nonsense,

you can't read this,

a lot of serious words.

Let me quote to you,

from Dawkins.

This comes from his website,

and he writes about,

what he thinks,

of the Bible,

and whether we can trust it.

This is what he says,

good Christian scholars,

of the Bible,

including the top,

Protestants,

and Catholic scholars,

will tell you,

that the Bible,

is full of life,

even if they're new,

as you can see.

And here's the truth,

many of the books,

of the New Testament,

were written by people,

who lied about their identity,

claiming to be,

a famous apostle,

like Peter Paul,

or James,

knowing so well,

they were someone else.

Contemporary speaking,

that is a lie,

and a book written by people,

that we lied,

and write his identity,

is a forgery.

Now, Richard Ruhl,

is a professor at Oxford,

and people make serious,

and money says,

or listen to somebody,

like Dan Brown,

and his view of the book,

many of the people,

he says,

the gospel,

of the products,

of man,

not of God.

Man created it,

as a historical record,

of two months of life,

and as it evolved,

through countless,

translations,

additions,

and revisions.

So modern views,

opinions,

which have us believe,

that we cannot take,

the gospel apart,

seriously.

It's all made up,

in all lines.

of the people,

of the people,

of the people,

of the people,

which raises the question,

but where do we have,

to be a mark,

and concerning,

over the next couple of months,

can we actually trust,

what mark has written?

Is this actually,

a reliable record,

about the person,

who's writing?

Can we read this,

that's true?

Well,

I am persuaded,

that we can.

Let me say,

three things,

very quickly.

First,

Mark draws,

all of his material,

from an eye witness,

somebody who is,

actually there,

and witness,

in the light of Jesus.

Back in,

138,

there was a bishop,

who called,

to hide.

And in his writings,

which were said to,

he records,

that Mark,

was a secretary,

and a translator,

for Peter,

one of the first followers,

of Jesus.

And he wrote,

accurately,

all that Peter,

remembered.

And as we read,

through the gospel,

of the gospel of Mark,

we'll see that,

Peter's not going to be,

mentioned in the most.

But something seems,

to happen,

in which Peter,

is not present.

He's done all,

the nature of events,

that are going on.

So the gospel of Mark,

is certainly,

the Bible,

as account,

of Peter.

Second,

the content,

of Mark's gospel,

will it too,

counterproductive,

to be considered,

gladiaries,

or fabrications.

Peter is,

consistently seen,

as he reads,

through the new sentence,

as the first,

and primary,

Christian leader,

of the church.

Yet,

as he reads,

through Mark's gospel,

he is portrayed,

as he is a failure,

of people,

setting up,

and making mistakes.

In fact,

in chapter 14,

Mark's words,

read in great detail,

how Peter,

denied Jesus,

and cursed him,

in public.

Now,

we have to ask,

the question,

why would anybody,

who is wanting,

to promote,

such a teaching,

and encourage people,

to follow Jesus,

why would they,

highlight,

the spectacular,

failures,

of their most,

prominent,

readers?

It seems,

that Peter,

has been laid,

to Mark,

as honest,

and truthful,

accounts,

with them.

Which suggests,

that,

all the truth.

And third,

as you read,

through the gospel,

of Mark,

there is too much,

detail here,

that is to be,

considered fiction.

For example,

in Mark chapter 4,

Mark 4 · chapter mention

you know the story,

well,

it's like,

Jesus,

a camp,

and storm.

But a report,

therefore,

is that,

Jesus was asleep,

on a cushion,

in the third,

proposal.

Now,

that information,

is necessary,

for us to know,

about,

what you're trying,

to do in the game.

But the detail,

is so intricate,

where they,

and David,

what he was taken on,

that it concludes,

that there were,

I would have friends,

who recorded,

everything that they,

saw,

and heard.

And this is what,

makes the gospel,

of Mark,

reliable.

It's a piece,

of literature,

that's not just,

put together,

as a couple.

It's true,

and we can trust it.

All of this,

is evident,

that Mark,

gospel,

is a revival,

record,

and it,

instantly,

is the gospel,

of Jesus Christ.

So we can read it,

knowing,

it's going to get,

the picture,

of the need,

of the need.

Now,

that's all,

by way of introduction,

we don't want,

to get,

false,

and,

it's just,

historical,

evidence.

This is,

as the first,

verse,

tells us,

is good news,

for us today,

because that's,

what the word,

gospel means.

Good news,

Christ,

something that happens,

and it's all found,

in the person,

of Jesus Christ.

So let's see,

what Mark has to say,

to us,

about Jesus,

and why,

is it good news?

Again,

let's read,

verse one.

The beginning,

of the gospel,

about Jesus Christ,

the son of God.

His introduction,

is carefully shown,

a character,

to show us,

that this is,

history shaping,

world impact,

there has been,

an intervention,

into the world.

Now,

there's two things,

that point to that.

First,

one of the most,

famous rulers,

of the Roman Empire,

was the Emperor,

of Augustus.

He was there,

at the time,

of Jesus,

born in the first,

of the Roman Empire.

Now,

when he was born,

this inscription,

was made,

to chisel it,

to a dove,

to be found,

by a cardiologist.

And listen carefully,

to what he says.

The first day,

of the gospel,

in Purodunus.

March for the world,

the beginning,

of good news,

through the coming.

Now,

isn't that extraordinary?

It's almost identical,

to have March about,

the coming of Jesus.

Look at verse one,

the beginning,

of the gospel,

about Jesus Christ,

the Son of God.

You see,

the people,

of the Roman Empire,

aren't hearing,

about the birth,

of Augustus.

They anticipated,

here comes a new king,

a new ruler,

who's going to bring,

about faith,

and freedom,

and victory.

And that's exactly,

what March is,

communicating to us here.

He borrowed language,

of the people today,

to communicate,

to those people originally.

But it makes sense,

to us today,

if we read it,

that Jesus Christ,

has intervened,

into the world,

God's kingdom come,

to restore,

this broken,

and disordered world.

He'd come to rescue us,

he'd come to free us,

he'd come to bring peace.

Now,

of course,

Jesus,

is nothing like,

the emperor government.

He was merely,

his man.

Look what it says,

verse 1,

Jesus is the son,

of God.

A title of divinity,

he is nothing,

as a God himself,

in human form,

who has intervened,

and has,

has been,

in,

into,

our world.

and the second thing,

that means,

to learn from this,

is that Mark's introduction,

is also,

very similar,

to the first book,

of the Bible,

Genesis.

Do you remember,

the first verse,

of Genesis,

what does it say,

in the beginning,

God.

And Genesis,

records,

that the earth,

was formless,

of the tension,

there was disorder,

there was chaos,

but God intervened,

and he brought,

order,

and design,

to the world.

He created,

the world,

into nothing,

that was very good.

Now,

that Mark,

starts in the gospel,

and he's wanting,

us to make,

these connections,

he says,

the beginning,

of the gospel,

he says,

it's not around,

the world,

it's been,

ordered,

there's chaos,

and all,

needs to be,

put right,

and God,

intervenes,

through Jesus Christ,

not to create,

the world,

but to renew,

the world,

to bring about,

a new creation,

into the lives,

of people.

Now,

when we take,

these thoughts together,

we can see,

that this is,

an intervention,

that means,

the world,

is never going,

to be the same again.

A new world leader,

a king,

comes from God,

to restore,

this broken world.

Now,

this intervention,

was no action,

just as creation,

was no action.

It's all been,

planted,

and hurt,

by God.

People like,

Isaiah,

the prophet,

thousand years earlier,

wrote about it.

Look at verse 2.

The Isaiah,

the prophet,

wrote about Jesus,

and he said,

I will send my messenger,

ahead of you,

who will prepare your way,

a voice of God,

calling in the devil,

prepare the way,

unto the Lord,

and make this,

great platform.

So God,

has planned,

for Jesus to come,

he planned,

to intervene,

he planned,

to rescue us,

and to restore us.

And Mark,

in the next second,

very beginning,

with God,

that Jesus Christ,

is God,

long awaited,

from that king,

who has come,

to put right,

our broken lives,

and to put right,

our disordered world.

What an amazing event,

putting right,

our broken lives,

and putting right,

our disordered world.

God,

that's what Jesus,

is coming,

or if he has come,

we need to be prepared,

to meet him.

And that's what John,

wrote on,

was to prepare people,

to meet him.

Look at verse 4.

And so John came,

baptizing,

in the desert region,

and preaching,

a baptism of repentance,

for the forgiveness,

of sinners.

Repentance,

and baptism,

is the way,

people,

were preparing,

themselves,

to meet,

Jesus,

who was coming,

to them.

And John,

like the better,

because he was the last,

of a great long life,

spoke about,

the need to repent,

before God,

and the Lord's Son,

to retain.

Because it was a matter,

of unordewing,

you have to be prepared,

to meet him.

Now the help of us,

have done this,

we need to look back,

at where these two quotes,

in verses 2 and 3,

come from.

The first quote,

comes from Malachi.

So I want,

to jump back,

to Malachi.

The last book,

in the Old Testament,

so you don't have,

to go back too far.

You've got Matthew,

Mark,

in John,

and before Matthew,

is Malachi.

I want to go back,

to the first few pages.

And the smart ones,

among you,

will be saying,

well,

in a sense,

we're going to,

it is written,

an Isaiah's prophet,

so why are we going,

to Malachi?

Well,

let me explain,

that to you,

looking at me.

Isaiah was considered,

the chief of the main,

prophet,

and very often,

all the other,

prophets,

were grouped,

under Isaiah's,

so just generally,

meaning,

it was talked,

Isaiah's,

and all the others,

were included,

underneath him.

So,

we're going to,

Malachi chapter 3,

Malachi 3 · chapter mention

and verse 1,

and here he quotes,

because he wants us,

to go back,

and bring forward,

with us,

all the information,

that's contained there,

and he quotes,

verse 1,

revival,

the messenger,

and the covenant,

who you desire,

will come,

says the Lord,

according to Joshua.

The applications,

today,

Jesus,

in coming.

Look at verse 2.

But who will endure the day of his coming?

Who can stand when he appears?

For he will be like a refiner's fire or a laundry soap.

Jesus is coming today as a refiner.

As somebody who's going to come and purify,

somebody who's going to come and clean,

he's going to remove all that's wrong.

And he's going to come and fight.

Verse 5.

So I will come near thee for judgment.

I will be equipped to testify against your horsewars,

your adulterers, your murderers,

against those who do not labor in their wages,

who oppress the widows, the fatherless,

and the pride aliens of judgment,

or people from outside coming in.

Now it's a hardening question in verse 2.

Who can endure the day of his coming?

Who can stand when he is here?

And Mark is now telling us that Jesus has come.

He is appearing.

And because of the people's rebellion in this day,

no one could stand guiltless or faultless

before God's promised kingdom

in the coming center stage.

It was serious murder because he was coming

from Jordan and all else.

And who could stand?

And look at the very end of verse 5.

Of Malachi 2.

Look at the very last line.

You see what it says?

But did not fear me,

said the Lord Almighty.

But how did they not fear?

He was coming as a refiner,

as a purifier.

How did they not fear?

Well, hold that clause.

And let's go back to the other quotes

from my Bible,

which I've received in my Bible,

Isaiah chapter 40.

Isaiah 40 · chapter mention

Mark chapter 1 verse 3,

Mark 1:3

quotes, Isaiah chapter 40.

Isaiah 40 · chapter mention

And we'll get an answer.

Isaiah chapter 40.

Isaiah 40 · chapter mention

We're going to read it up to verse 1.

We're close to Isaiah chapter 3,

Isaiah 3 · chapter mention

but we're going to read it up to verse 1,

by 5, 4.

So we're thinking,

Jesus is coming.

He's coming as a refiner,

as a purifier.

How did they stand as he's coming?

But he says,

don't fear.

How did they not fear?

Well, we're in chapter 40 verse 1.

Comfort, comfort my people,

said your God.

Speak tenderly to Jerusalem

and proclaim to her

that her hard service

has been completed.

That her sin has been paid for.

That she has received

from the Lord's land

and juttled for all her sin.

And then they quote,

a voice of one calling

in the desert

and tears away for the Lord.

Do you get the connection?

They do not need to fear

because their sins have been paid for.

The promise came with coming to Israel

with the promise of judgment and justice.

He was going to put everything right.

He was the purifier,

the red wire,

the cleaner.

But it comes to the offer of forgiveness.

That's the gospel of Jesus Christ.

That's the good news

that justice is going to be done in the world.

But people can also be forgiven.

Now if we are to avail

of the saints for Jesus,

we must also be people

who would respond

with repentance and baptism.

Look at verse 5.

Let's go back to Mark's gospel.

And we'll say amen.

Mark's gospel chapter 1.

It says in verse 5,

as all the human beings come to us

and all the people of Jerusalem

find taxing.

Jesus is coming.

The refinerers are coming.

The purifiers.

They have to be ready.

They have to be prepared.

What do they do?

The rest of verse 5,

they were confessing their sins

and they were baptized by John

in the Jordan River.

You see,

people who are prepared to meet Jesus

are tempted and were baptized.

It wasn't about going out today

and presenting yourself

as perfect.

Jesus is coming,

putting on your best clothes

and presenting yourself

as such a good person

and how you're better

than everybody else.

No, he says,

I want you to come in

directly as you want.

With all your left

and all your failures

and all your upset.

And just confess yourself.

Don't hide it.

Let him see you as you are

and seek his forgiveness.

It's quite liberating.

And let's not be mistaken.

Repentance isn't just

a one-stop event

that you're going to do

when you're quite a year old

and eating by your bed

and eating as you want.

Repentance is a life-off program.

And the way to demonstrate

that life of repentance

and the people you are doing

may be a claim to say,

I'm going to leave this life-off program.

They were baptized.

And baptism is an external expression

of an internal reality.

And so the people

who are serious about eating Jesus

prepared themselves

by turning away

and turning to Christ.

and being baptized

was a thing

that they were stating clearly

to everybody

that we are going to live

a life of repentance

and we are going to follow

the Lord Jesus

who is coming.

Let me just stop there

and make some comments

around you.

Somebody recently came to me

and said they once again

were baptized.

I was delighted

by seeing the difference.

They want to stay

by life of repentance.

And they both do that

positively to show

that this is the way

they're going in life.

And I want to challenge

people here to see what

have you first of all

ever repented

before the Lord?

Or is it just something

that is something

that we have?

It's a continual thing.

We continually need to come

and seek repentance.

And maybe you're claiming

that you do follow Jesus

but this baptism thing

well,

I'm going to wait

until I'm a little bit better

and try to do it,

done a few more good things

and then I'll get to it.

But look at it here.

Confessor says

we're baptized.

Think then.

Just like that.

If you're not baptized

and you're saying

the end of the following

of Jesus

and I want you to hear

the values of you,

why not?

What are you doing?

It's blatantly clear.

And we should be speaking

and saying

yes, I want to apologize

and I want other people

to know that that's

what I'm about to

and I want God's team

to know so that they

can encourage me

and support me.

And in a few weeks' time

we're going to be doing

the studies of the handout

and that person

who's asked about that

will join in on that

and wouldn't be bravely

if there were somebody

else in the room.

take it seriously

what God's saying.

In fact,

for attention

and means and I

to prepare them

for something supernatural.

Look at verse 7.

And this was

John's message.

He says,

after me

will come one

more powerful in life

that's trust

of his man

who's not worthy

to do that.

He said,

don't look at me.

I want you to look at Jesus.

He's coming.

All I'm doing

is preparing the way,

getting people ready

to meet Jesus.

But he's the one

who's going to transform you.

He's the one

who's going to change

in your first day.

I've baptized you

with water,

but he's going to come

and baptized you

with the Holy Spirit.

God's supernatural power

would come from Jesus

and would be

poured out upon

his people

equipping

and enabling them

to live

and experience

the new life

that he had come to bring.

His spirit was going

to come and change them

from the inside out

radically turning them

around in their life

bringing renewal

and restoration

so that they could be

renewers

and restorers

of their own community.

So preparing

to meet Jesus

was serious.

He was the refiner

of the coming,

the purifier

of the singing,

the God of justice.

But with the opera

begins,

so he says,

repent

and show up serious

by being untied

to the dead.

Now,

if we're serious

about eating

this Jesus,

I'm not sure

if all of the people

here,

if they were listening

to John,

were asking the question,

well,

how do we know

who he really claims

to be?

Maybe he's just a fraud,

a kind of religious

guru who is obsessed

with power and control

because for a lot

of kind of wannabe

and a fly

of one thing

around in that time.

How do we know

that he's real?

Well,

for the first time.

Jesus came from

Nazareth in Galilee

and he was baptized

by John

in the Jordan.

Now,

is that quite strange

because we've just been

saying that

that's hidden

with an outward expression

of repentance.

So does that mean

that Jesus needs

to repent?

Was he just a rebellion

that we are?

And he needed to get

himself sorted out

before he could

sort out the ground?

No,

it wasn't that at all.

We know that Jesus

was pure of repentance.

His baptism

was all about

identifying with us.

So as Jesus

comes to be baptized

by John

up to leave

and say,

I am one with you,

people.

I'm not pushing

myself upon you.

I'm not going to

force me to my power

on you,

making me my servant.

I'm going to be

one with you

to identify with you.

I've come to

wait your feet

into your broken

life and into

your disordered world.

I've come to serve you,

not to control you.

I've come to be like you

so that I can save you.

So he won't bend

on the power

in that sense.

To identify

and serve you

with Jesus.

Verse 10,

and as Jesus

was coming up

out of the water,

he saw heaven

being torn open

and the spirit

being sending down

on Jesus

like a dove

and a voice

came from heaven.

You are my son

who am I done

when you

I am well pleased.

Now this is how

we know

Jesus

is no strong.

The Father

in heaven

confirmed to us

that Jesus

that's in them

who he really is.

and I want you

to be there.

Nobody in the history

of the world

has received

an audible voice

from heaven

that says

you are my son

whom I am.

With you

I am well sold.

Nobody's ever heard

of that.

Except for him.

And it's why

Mark is drawing

a thing.

He says

I want you to

come with me.

I want you

to be there.

That Jesus

has been

baptized in

the right job.

And I want you

to hear those

words from heaven

for yourself.

You are my son.

You are my love.

You are my love.

I want you

to see the spirit

descending upon Jesus

so that you

will know

that this is

God's long

awaited

promised king

who has come

to restore

broken life

and renew

disordered world.

in many ways

Jesus is commissioned

sent by the

father

empowered

by the spirit

to go into

the world

and let the people

do the work

that you can do.

This is God's

confirmation

that Jesus

is the one

the children

one

who is going

to entertain

the life.

But this

wasn't going

to mean

to let him

say

that

opposition

is going

to come

and opposition

that followed

Jesus

all the way

through as we

meet the religious

leaders

and reject Jesus

and their people

who are against

him.

Look at verse 12.

at once

the spirit

sent Jesus

out into

the desert

and he

lived in the desert

for forty days

being tempted

by Satan

and he was

with the wild

animals

and the angels

attention.

Now

Satan

is aware

of God's plan

and hurt

him.

He knows

that Jesus

had come

for a specific

purpose

to renew

and restore

things

and Satan

did out

to stop

it.

He wants

his plan

to destroy

before it

even began.

Now again

just as the

start of

our gospel

kind of

runs back

to Genesis

we're almost

all about

to Genesis

again

in three

verses.

It's not

unlike what

we see

at the very

beginning.

God created

a world

that was very

good

but who was

lurking in

the background?

Who was there

in the garden?

Satan.

He got

a hold of

the glass

and he

first married

women

and he

broke

them.

He crushed

them.

He tempted

them and they

fell and they

failed and were

living with

consequences

ever since

a broken

world.

Now Satan

is out to

break Jesus

but this

time

things are

different.

Jesus

has tested

for 40

days

but he

didn't

break.

In fact

Jesus

is the

one who

is going

to crush

Satan.

Jesus

would crush

Satan

and

also

Satan

by

his

second

cross.

And Jesus

is here

on his

mission

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coming to

the world

and no one

and nothing

is going

to stop

his plan

for restoration

not even

to tell

what Satan

is.

Satan

has a

need

to happen

in the

world

of

charity

becomes

and charity

becomes

and each

one of us

here

face

a world

we live

life

and are

resorters

we live

with death

and disease

and decay

and broken

there's war

going on

there's corruption

going on

and injustice

there's hurt

there's all

kinds of

things

but here

the message

comes on

that Jesus

Christ

has come

he has

intervened

to put it

like this

and many

of you

here this

morning

have a

story to

tell about

Jesus

intervened

in your

own

lives

and brought

about

repressions

in your

mouth

and

energy

and as

we read

through

large

apostles

we will

relieve

Jesus

beginning to

undo

the brokenness

to reverse

the effect

of the curse

and you read

through large

apostles

it's full of

miracles

the sick

the sick

are healed

evil spirits

are cast

out

the poor

are fed

the storms

are calmed

the dead

are raised

and sins

are forgiven

and minds

are being transformed

all around you

all evidence

that Jesus

has come to

restore

and we need

faith

we

are

faith

but Jesus

Christ

has triumphed

he will

restore

our

disorder

lives

he will

renew

his broken

world

he starts

to do it

he's doing

it

in our

lives

and this

is the

beginning

of the

gospel

about

Jesus

Christ

the

son of

and

a

nation

who

is

intervening

to put

things on

earth

and it's

our hope

and our

prayer

that as we

breathe through

my

love

we will

breathe

this

Jesus

and be

changed

and transformed

and bring

his hope

to the

nation

bless

the

God

we thank

you so

much

for that

helpful

mark

we thank

you for

the way

of which

it was

written

those

hundreds

and hundreds

of years

ago

mark

writing

down

everything

that

teacher

of

that

verse

so that

we

today

in 2011

in our

own

language

can read

the story

of Jesus

and know

that it

is true

that it

is real

and that we

can actually

need

Jesus

please

father

would you

restore

us

and

renew

us

help us

to see

the work

that you

are about

help us

to see

what you

are doing

in the world

and what you

want to do

and help us

to be

on the

word

help us

help us

to be

deeply

and more

waiting

help us

to be

content

and live

lives

in the

kingdom

lives

that are

showing

back

through our

life

lives

that go

the way

of Jesus

to become

man

we ask

more

amen

this is

singing

of the

being

encouraging

one

of us

let's

come together

you