I was your brother, Gary. We're in the Lady League, 2.30 on Wednesday. Graham Schuchat is speaking. I'm pleased to have you on Zoom on Sunday. Please note that Ruth wanted to be made known that she's moving tomorrow. And I hope that we'll be able to address her and physically see her when we get out of symptoms. So that should be tomorrow until, what do you call it? Marshes. Marshes. Wash you. Marshroom. Wash the plane. Wash the plane. Wash the plane. The psalmist writes in Psalm 65, Praise be to thee, O God, Messiah, and unto thee shall thou be afforded. For thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. Iniquities prevail against me. As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causes to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts. we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. Let's pray together. Gracious and loving Heavenly Father, we bless you for an even in our worship. Thank you again, Lord, for an opportunity to bring our praise and intercession. And thank you, Lord, that you have promised to meet with your people where two are free again. And so, Lord, we look to you to come amongst us and to bless us that you may smile upon us with your grace and favor. May all we do here be to your praise and to your glory. All we ask in Jesus' name. Amen. First hymn, please, is hymn book number 16, As Long As I Live. Stop using cotton swabs. Lord, as I live, I bless your name. I live. shall be the same in the bright world above. Praise is the Lord, his power unknown, and yet his praise be praised. The words of grace repeat. Your grace shall dwell upon my tongue, and while my lips rejoice. ♪ The men that hear my sacred song ♪ ♪ Shall join their cheerful voice ♪ ♪ Honors to stand shall teach your name ♪ ♪ And children learn your way ♪ Your truth proclaim, and nations sound your praise. The glorious deeds of ancient days shall through the world be known. The world is at your hands, your saints are ruled by God. Let's pray together. Let me fatherly approach your throne of reverence and fear, for you are an awesome God. The great I Am, you are the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. We come to one who is altogether different to ourselves, We come with humbleness, we pray, into your presence. We seek in the mercies and grace of your beloved son, our savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you again, Lord, for him. We thank you that he is our representative in the heavenly places. Great high priest, elder brother, and advocate, and mediator, we humbly bow and we worship, for you are worthy of our praise. And tonight, Lord, we give you thanks that you've drawn us to this place, this place where your name is honoured and uplifted. We come, we bid us to come, and we come gladly, for you have done great things for us souls. We pray again, Lord, that you may smile upon us with your grace and favor. For we acknowledge our weakness, our frailty, we acknowledge our need, we acknowledge your power and your greatness, and the one who can supply all our needs. Lord, we come to you in our spiritual poverty. We pray, Lord, that you may come and bless us, and reveal yourself to us through your words. And we thank you for the word of God, and we thank you We have it in our own tongue. We thank you, Lord, that we have that freedom and liberty to read it and to assess it. Lord, we give you thanks for these things, but we want the Word of God to affect us, to work in our hearts and bodies, to transform us into the image of your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. So tonight, Lord, we pray that you'd instruct us through your Word. Lord, that you'd build us up. You'd encourage us that you would Bring that sweet spirit of consolation into our hearts, into our minds. For Lord, we are troubled. We live in a troubled world. We live amongst a troubled people, a troubled nation, troubled families, even our own hearts, Lord, are troubled at times. And we're fearful for the future. We're fearful for our nation, we're fearful for our children, for our grandchildren, We're fearful, Lord, in the direction this nation is heading on into destruction. So again, Lord, we pray earnestly for our families. We pray for one another. We pray, Lord, that you'll come and bless them, particularly our children and their grandchildren as they're brought up in this evil day and generation. We pray, Lord, there may be a true turning again true and living God. We see religion on heavy hands being proclaimed and exhorted, we see the gods of this world being uplifted, but the true and living God is marginalised and is seen to be irrelevant. So Lord our God we pray that you would vindicate your name, vindicate your cause for this nation and around the world. We pray Lord to to protect the lives of our children and grandchildren. That's why I talk to many strange and ungodly truths, and pray Lord that you would raise up godly parents and grandparents to instruct our grandchildren and children in the ways of truth and righteousness. May we take these responsibilities seriously in our day and generation. And Lord, for those of us who are struggling in this time, who the honesty is, and cares, we would lovely commend each one to you tonight. Again, we ask you, dear Barbara, to pray for her. Pray, Lord, she may receive much comfort in this Lord's day and through this coming week. And we pray, Lord, that you be kind and gracious to her, as you have done in the past. May she know that sweet presence of the Spirit of God, wherever she is tonight. And, dear Ruth, Lord, as she Contemplates moving tomorrow, we pray, Lord, you're going before her. May she settle into a new environment quickly. May she feel comfortable there, Lord. Again, we pray, Lord, that you'll bless her, that she may be a blessing to those who she'll be living with in future days. We thank you, Lord, for these dear ones. We thank you, Lord, for their faithfulness to the fellowship here. Lovers, Lord, who are sad and lonely, that I may know your presence to be with me. Lord, we look to the needs of Israel, their great and many. We look to the church around the world under great persecution and tribulation. We pray, Lord, that you would raise up godly men to lead a flock of Christ. We pray, Lord, for those who are imprisoned for their faith to be given much strength and help. They may know your presence with them also, and that, Lord, those congregations who are bereft of the other shepherd, may they be greatly helped and encouraged. Pray, Lord, that those who are persecuted may be strengthened. They may have that holy resolve to press on despite the fear of men. So Lord, we pray for your church in Sri Lanka and for the church in Asia. in many other places, Lord, around this world where the name of Christ is marginalized and despised, and your people persecuted. Lord, bless your people. Bless the church. I pray, Lord, again, that you would speak to us through your word tonight, that you would encourage us. Lord, we look to you in these things. We look to you, Lord, to revive us and to quicken us and to give us a holy zeal and boldness, and a witness for you through this coming week. And so Lord, again, we pray all you do here tonight may be to your praise and to your glory. We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Second hymn, please, is 390 in the church hymn book, Jesus Where? by P. Paul Wright, hymn 390. Jesus, where thy people meet, Where they behold thy mercies meet, Where they see thee crowned on high, And every day ♪ Is now our right ♪ ♪ Lord, I believe in the laws of life ♪ ♪ In heav'nly testament I have a right ♪ Such ever grieving, when they call, And your loving spirit leads to their call. ♪ Christ, close and new ♪ ♪ And all our mercies give in due ♪ ♪ Here to our raging cause proclaim ♪ ♪ The sweetness of thy saving name ♪ Here may we prove the power of prayer, To strength and faith, and spirit and prayer, To teach the way, teach us to rise, And bring no e'er before of love, of fear, O show thy love, O death, my dear. Open the gates of wickedness, and bring the ways in Christ my Lord. I'd like to turn your Bibles, please, to Psalm 77. The 77th Psalm. Let us hear the Word of God together. To the Chief Musician, I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice, and he gave ear unto me. In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord. My soul ran in the night and ceased not. My soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God and was troubled. I complained. and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. Thou holdest mine eyes waking. I am so troubled that I cannot speak. I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. I conjure once my song in the night. I commune with mine own heart and my spirit made diligent search. Will the Lord cast off forever? And will he be fable no more? Is his mercy clean gone forever? Doth his promise foul for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. And I said, this is my infirmity. But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. I will remember the works of the Lord. Surely I will remember thy wonders of old. I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary. Who is so great a God as our God? Thou art the God that doest wonders. Thou hast declared thy strength among the people. Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee. They were afraid, the depths also were troubled. The clouds poured out water. The skies sent out a sound. My arrows also went abroad. The voice of a thunder was in heaven. The lightnings lightened the world. The earth trembled in shock. My way is in the sea. My path in the great waters. My footsteps are not known. Thou leadest my people like a flock. by the hand of Moses and Aaron. May the Lord add his blessing to the reading of his word. The third hymn, please, is hymn number 791. Out of the depths I cry to thee. Hymn 791. O come, O come, let us adore Him, O come, O come, let us adore Him, ♪ May God be with you today ♪ ♪ May God be with you today ♪ The Father in my head, I love and praise the Lord my God. I want to let out in you the strength and the power ♪ My glory, dear, my praise shall go to thee ♪ Here is thy love, O man, thy trust. Here is thy love, O man, thy trust. ♪ Who pray the sins of the cross ♪ ♪ Is raised from the dead. ♪ ♪ Is the King of the living God. ♪ ♪ The God who came in the Son of Man. ♪ Once again, if you could turn to that psalm please, Psalm 77. consider the psalm of Asaph. I'm not sure of the background or circumstances where Asaph is writing this psalm. We know he's a man of integrity. We know he's a man of honesty. It's a man who tells it like it is. He doesn't sugarcoat it. He's perplexed, he's troubled. He says, in verse two, in the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord. In verse three, I remember God and was troubled, I complained. What's he complaining about? We don't know. into his words and his sentiments. He's a man who's troubled. He's troubled of the circumstances he finds himself in. He's troubled of the situation the church is in. And since this section has begun, Asaph has been honest with his readers. Right there, in Psalm 73, He makes that glorious statement, truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. But then he goes on to describe his doubts and his fears, and it's almost, he seems to lose his faith, but as for me, my feet were almost gone, he says, my steps are well I slipped. He's envious of the prosperity of the unrighteous, the foolish, He sees him prospering. He says he has a jaundiced view of his life. Even the ungodly, when they die, they seem to die well, without pain or conflict. And he lays this all before the Lord. And a great turning point in that psalm is when he enters into a saintly. And again, in Psalm 77, he's perplexed. He's troubled. and it's a trouble which is rented him for lack of sleep. He complains about, he cannot sleep. He complains about his nights are full of those tossing and turnings in his bed. That's a common complaint in that day and generation. Did you know that one in ten of the population of the United Kingdom Do you know that there's 7.3 million people in our nation taking antidepressants? What a terrible indictment upon our nation and upon the welfare of our people. 73 million people daily taking antidepressants. But for this man, He couldn't go to his doctor and seek help, for there's none to give him help. So what does this man do? He lays out his situation to God. And the first nine verses are full of his complaints. Thirteen times he says, I. I cry unto God. I complain to God. I cannot speak, I have considered, I call to remembrance. He's not complaining about the I, he's complaining about my, or mine. Verse one, I cried unto God with my voice. Again, he repeats it, with my voice. Verse two, in the day of my trouble, my soul, This man is hurting. This man is seeking to commune with God. But it appears, in his own heart, in his own mind, that God is not hearing. But again, he believes that God does hear. So in verse 1 he says, I cried unto God with my voice. Now there's an antidote, isn't there? to our worries and our concerns, our fears and our troubles. I cried, that's a strong word, I cried unto God with my voice. He's going to verbalise, he's going to put his complaint into words. He's going to lay it out before the Lord in words. I cried unto God with my voice. even unto God with my voice. There's a lesson there for us, friends. Let's pray. Let's bring our complaints and our concerns to God in prayer. And let us use words. Speak to ourselves in prayer. And again, I would encourage you, when you come to the prayer meeting, use your voice. Words. Bring words before God. God loves to hear the words of His people. He loves to hear the cry of His people. Listen to what He says here. I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice, and He gave ear unto me. God wants to hear your cry. I encourage you, again, Brothers, sisters, when we come to a prayer meeting, let us pray. Let's not be constrained by tradition. Let's not be handcuffed. Let us bring our praise and our worship with words before our God, with our voice. Even unto God with my voice. He underlies it. He underscores it. It's an important point to him. or encouragement to us. But God, they hear unto Him, and He will give ear unto us when we pray. It encourages us when we pray together. We pray for one another, it's an encouragement to one another. But above all, God delights in the prayers of His people. With that said, he has doubts. because he's bringing all his complaint to the Lord in prayer. He says, verse one, I cried. In verse three, he says, I complained. And then in verse four, he says, I cannot speak. There's a point where he's exhausted words, and then it appears that he can no longer pray, but he prays in his heart. He prays the prayer of faith. but cannot speak. There's a time to cry, there's a time to complain, and there's a time to be silent. And the psalmist knew that. And as I've already suggested, we don't know the trouble he is in. In verse 2, in the day of my trouble, see, it's personal. There is something affecting him. There's the enemy attacking him. And his trouble is great. And he says, I sought the Lord. I sought the Lord. And he says, I saw a man in the night. You can translate that, my hands were open in submission to the Lord God in prayer, in the night. Sleep has bereft him. He can no longer close his eyes. He can no longer rest. And he says, So he brings it to the Lord in prayer, and we encourage one another to do that in prayer. But even in that sense, he finds no relief. His soul refuses to be comforted. This man is wrestling with God in prayer. Remember Jacob there, when he's going to cross the river to meet Esau. And he sends the family, and he's alone there in the wilderness. And one comes to him, and he wrestles. And it's death-breaking when one says to him, Let me go, he says. No, I'm not going to let you go unless you bless me. He wrestled with God and prevailed. This man wrestled with God in the night and finds no relief and no comfort. He doesn't see the victory. My soul refused to be comforted. And we can be in positions like that. You have a burden for a family member. your problems with your family. So many things bear upon us and cause us heartache and pain and suffering. And we lay before the Lord, and we plead before our God for mercy, and yet we find no comfort. That's true for us. You've been in that position. You may well be in that position tonight. when Smirgin was writing his commentary on the Book of Psalms, this psalm particularly spoke to him, because he knew what it was like to be sore oppressed, with physical pain and anguish, and also with the attacks of the enemy without, and even with attacks from the church within, those who were criticising and seek to undermine his ministry, and he felt the pain of this psalm, and he writes about it, He's one who could sympathize, he can enter into the pain and anguish of Psalm 77. And I suggest you will be there, or have been there. And the Psalmist lays it all before his God. He's taken up with I, with myself. And he says that is right, he's being honest with himself. And then in verse 3 he seems to stir himself up. So, as a man thinketh in his heart, what he thinks in his head is manifested in his life. And this is what the astronomist is doing here. I remember God. That's a good thing to do, isn't it? I remember God, verse three. He remembered God. He remembered the dealings that God had had with him. He remembered those personal experiences. God has intervened for him, when God came to him and saved him. I remember God. I remember God. I remember the good old days. I remember things were different, unlike today. I remember God. And alas, he says, I was troubled. He was troubled. Again, we can be or brighter days for the church, can't we? We can look back in our own assembly here, when mostly seats were full. They were brighter days, weren't they? They were days when we were rejoicing together. We can look back through history, church history. Here's a revival, an awakening. He says, I remember God. He was troubled. Why is he troubled? because you remember what God has done for him, and he doesn't see God doing that for him today. And he's troubled. He's perplexed. And as he's troubled, I complain. I complain that my spirit was overwhelmed. He's overwhelmed. I think Ace's problem was that he's thinking of his dealings with God, God's dealings with him, on that personal, experimental level, which is good. That level is not a basis for us to build our faith. Our faith is foundational upon the doctrines of the faith. When we discipline on experience, that's when we come into trouble, and we're troubled and we're easily persuaded. So he remembers God, his past dealings with him, and his troubles. And this God, his God, is no longer working in the same way. And my spirit was overwhelmed. But then Swami says, Thou holdest my eyes awake. That's a strange expression, but what he's saying in the Hebrew is, you God, holding my eyelids, you're pinching them open so I cannot sleep. That's the pinch. They're holding my eyes awake, and I am so troubled that I cannot sleep. He's so restless, but he does fall asleep. He suddenly awakes, five o'clock in the morning, and he can't You've been there, I've been there, worries of the church, worries of members of the church, worries for our family. Suddenly we seem to be sound asleep and all of a sudden these things just rush into our heads and into our minds and we just cannot think about anything else. Toss and we turn. This is his condition. I remember God was troubled, I complained. My spirit was overwhelmed, a sealer. I hold this mind, he's waking. I am so troubled that I cannot speak." And thus far he says, I've considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. And again, he's considering, he's remembering, he's meditating upon the great events that God has come in for the children of Israel. I've considered the days of old. In the years of ancient times, I call to remembrance my song in the night. I commune with my own heart and my spirit-made diligence search. When he's awake, he takes up maybe his harp, for he's a psalmist, and he sings the sweet songs of a psalmist, and he remembers. I call to remembrance my song in the night, in the night. We'll consider the dark a story, won't we? And here he is, in the dark. He finds no consolation, no comfort for himself. He communes with his own heart. He thinks on these things. He meditates upon the Word of God. He communes with himself. He meditates. He chews over. He ruminates upon the Word of God. He communed to his own heart, and my spirit made diligent search. This man is in trouble. Let me ask him these questions from verse 7. It's sort of a ladder up here, really. Will the Lord cast off forever? And will he be faithful no more? Is his mercy clean gone forever? Doth his promises fail forevermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in his anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. How would you answer those questions tonight? Will the Lord cast off forever? No. And will he be faithful? No more. Is his mercy clean gone forever? No. Doth his promises fail forevermore? No. Have God forgotten? He's promised never to forget. And we can affirm those promises, can't we? On a good day. When things are going well. When my wife or my husband's got good health. My children are prospering. The church is prospering. I'm prospering. Then we can affirm, yes, these things are true. But since some is honest, In the bad days, we can tell this, can't we? Will the law cast off forever? Maybe. See, it's the way he feels. This is his problem. It's what he feels. And he addresses his problem. He pulls himself up. Now, this day and generation, to tell people to pull themselves together. You know, pull your socks up. Get on with life, you know. But he has no psychiatrist to go to. He has no counsellor to go to. Verse 10 says, and I said, this is my infirmity. This is my weakness. This is my sickness. This self-pity. And I said, this is my infirmity. But I remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. To begin to think positively about the promises of God. You see, those questions he's asked just then, they are the pillars of the ground of truth. The pillar of God's presence God's promised to be with his people. And the Word of God. And that's where we need to rest. That's where we need to build. Upon the promises of God and upon his Word. These are what uphold the psalmist. And in verse 10 he says, and I said, this is my infirmity, but I remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. I remember the works of the Lord. Surely I remember by the wonders of old. But by here, this is the turning point. From here onwards, it's no longer I or me or mine. It's now focused upon this God. Surely I remember thy wonders of art. And I've said it before in this pulpit, this is what the Psalms continually remind us to do. for you to do. Those days of extremity, those days when God is seen as forsaken you and abandoned you and yet unexpectedly comes into your help and to your aid. And he remembers that, what God has done for the people of Israel and for himself. And I will meditate also of all thy work and talk of thy doings Not only is he going to remember it, but he's going to talk about it. He's going to share it with the household of faith. That's why we come together, is it not? For saying not to meet one another together in the assembly of God's people. Why? To stir one another up unto good works. And if we're not here, we're not stirring. We're not encouraging one another. That's what he does. I will meditate also all thy works and talk of thy doings. When we share what God has done amongst us, it's an encouragement to us. He built us up in our faith, gives us hope for tomorrow. And verse 13 is surely the key point. Verse 13, for I know God is in the sanctuary. Who is so great a God? as our own. Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary. Other translations would read, Thy way, O God, is in His holiness. His holiness. It's the same thing. A sanctuary is set apart for the glory of God. And this is God's way. Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary. his holiness. Isaiah 6, the building words. And one cried unto another and said, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory. Asaph now turns his attention to a sanctuary and to the holiness When we think of His Holiness, we think of His otherness, His moral purity, His ethical purity. He's altogether different to you and to I. He's holy, thought, word and deed. His Holiness is His character. It's one of His glorious attributes. And the psalmist sets his heart and his mind on the holiness of the character of his God, his otherness, his glory. But he says, who is so great a God as our God? Who is? For the gods of this world, made of men, hands, made from wood and stone, a figment of their imagination, and they are no gods. into his heart and to his mind who is so great a God as our God. And there is no other God. Our God is unique. He is the creator of heaven and earth. He is the God who sees our need and in our need sends a redeemer, his own beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. No other God could imagine such a thing. No other God could achieve such a work. Who is so great a God as our God? It's our God, friends. Encourage ourselves in this truth. This God, the God of the Scriptures, the God, the Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, is our God. And through Him, we can do all things. Verse 14, he says, by strength among the people, and the greatest wonder is done for you, and for me, it's the saviour of a never-dying soul. Thou art the God who doest wonders." What a wonder that is! You, die, miserable wretches, rebellious men and women, against the holy and righteous God, should come and redeem such a people. Thou art the God doest wonders. He considereth the wonders of the heavens, the spheres, and the stars of all creation. He pallideth nothing compared to the redeeming work the Son of God hath achieved for his people. Thou art the God who doest wonders. Thou hast declared my strength among the people. Verse 15. Thou hast with thy arm redeemed my people. the sons of Jacob and Joseph and Siloam. Is this not a wonder to you? Thou hast with thine arm redeemed our people. This God, this God who is altogether given to us, his moral purity, his ethical purity, his holiness, his righteousness, his justice, redeemed. A people. Just grasp this truth. This God chooses to be the next of kin to his people. This is how kings are redeemed. It's his choice. It was not our choice. Our choice is to rebel and he chooses to redeem. And this is how he declares his power. This is the wonder that has moved by now, redeemed by people. And this God has redeemed you and I. That is the wonder of wonders. That God Almighty, the person of his beloved son, the Lord Jesus Christ, comes to a place called Bethlehem. makes himself of no reputation, laid in a manger, born of a virgin, ministers to the people of Israel, is condemned at the hands of vile and jealous men, crucified on a cruel cross, mocked and jeered, spat upon, call of thorns upon his brow, his hands and feet pierced, He comes to redeem the people at such a price. He chooses to be our next of kin. He chooses to be our brother and our Redeemer. Thou hast moved thine arm, redeemed thy people. And again, this is a theme of Asaph through his psalms here. He wants us to grasp the reality and the truth of his kingdom and redeemer. to come to redeem us. They speak say of the sons of Jacob and of Joseph. And Joseph, it's a strange combination of two names we find here, the sons of Jacob and of Joseph. See Joseph knew that the Redeemer would come. When he was in Israel, he told his brethren, when I die, when you leave this land, Do not leave my bones here. Take them up with you into the promised land. He had a hope of promise. He had a hope of redeemer. And he didn't want to be left in Egypt, in all his idolatry and superstition. He wanted to be in the land of promise, in the land of resurrection. Is that why Joseph is mentioned? We know Jacob, the cheat, the liar, who become Israel. These are two men, trophies of God's grace and examples of God's redemption. Two examples of types of our Lord Jesus Christ. They should encourage us. They were ordinary men, just like you and I. Nothing special, yet God chose them to be His favoured sons. They said, verse 16, goes back in his memory to what God has done. He's remembering God's ways, thy ways are gone in the sanctuary. Who is so great a God as our God? Thou art the God that doest wonders. Thou hast declared thy strength among the people. Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. See love. And he goes back in his mind to rehearse that. a picture of redemption for the nation of Israel as they crossed the Red Sea and as they entered into the Promised Land. Verse 16, very quickly. The waters saw thee, O God. The waters saw thee. They were afraid. The depths also were troubled. The clouds poured out water. The skies sent out a sound. Fine arrows also went abroad. The voice of my thunder was in heaven. The lightnings lighted Thy way is in the sea, thy path in the red waters, and thy footsteps are not gone. This is an example where scriptures give us more light into that great event there in the Red Sea. is here by an inspirational spirit, gives us more detail into the events. The clouds poured out water, the skies sent out a sound, by an arrow a thunder and a lightning, the voice of a thunder was in the air, and the lightnings lighted it all out, and the earth trembled and shook. And God, in his grace and mercy, and they were consumed. The people of Israel went across dry foot and into the promised land. That's what lays before us. That promised land. Glory itself. Is that our reason to spur us on? To be faithful in this day and generation? And then Psalm ends, Very promptly, some say abruptly, thou leadest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. I believe that is a promise to us. As he's led the children of Israel through the Red Sea, through the wilderness, under the hand of Moses and Aaron, so he will lead you in future days. He will never leave us, never forsakes us. Vow, then, is to the white people. You see, the emphasis is upon God. God's leading. Under the other shepherds, or Moses and Aaron. He leads us like a flock. He's a shepherd with a tender heart. He has compassion. He knows when we are hurting. He knows the balm to apply to those wounds. He knows when we are hungry and thirsty. He knows how to refresh our never-dying souls. And this God, is our God and He's promised to lead us. So He will not forget His loving kindness to us. He will not forget His hesed. He will not forget His mercy. He will never forsake us. Even when you feel He has, He's promised to be gracious until the day when we're caught into His presence. May the Lord bless us all tonight, encourage us on our way. Let's sing our final hymn, which is 26. Bless the Lord, my soul. 20. You need to press a little bit. Yeah. Oh, bless the Lord, my soul, and forgive me, Lord, and give Who saved us all, dear God? His mercy's eye, For God's learning of thankfulness, And with our praises cry. Tis He that heals my sicknesses, and makes me not afraid. Then western from the grave, He that with it was stolen from them, Has spoken loud to say, He kills the poor in good, The Lord has judgments for the proud, And justice for the oppressed. His wondrous works have praised, He made by Moses love. Now the Lord bless thee in keeping. The Lord make his face shine upon thee and be gracious unto him. Lord lift up his countenance upon me and give me peace.