100:00:00,640 –> 00:00:03,860They200:00:03,860 –> 00:00:07,680They who wait for the Lord300:00:08,980 –> 00:00:12,240shall renew their strength. Can400:00:12,240 –> 00:00:14,920you hear God speaking that tenderly to500:00:14,920 –> 00:00:18,820you today? They that wait upon the600:00:18,820 –> 00:00:24,120Lord shall renew their strength. What700:00:24,120 –> 00:00:26,500does it mean to wait on the Lord?800:00:28,459 –> 00:00:29,600Welcome to Open the Bible,.900:00:29,600 –> 00:00:32,480I’m your host, Colin Smith. I’m1000:00:32,480 –> 00:00:34,099David Pick, and Colin, we can’t just1100:00:34,099 –> 00:00:36,180leave that question hanging there.1200:00:36,299 –> 00:00:37,900What does it mean to wait on the Lord?1300:00:38,080 –> 00:00:38,779Well, you know, we were looking at the1400:00:38,779 –> 00:00:42,480programme last time at leaning in to1500:00:42,480 –> 00:00:44,419what you know about God and leaning1600:00:44,419 –> 00:00:45,980in to what you know about yourself.1700:00:45,980 –> 00:00:47,220That’s what’s in this scripture.1800:00:47,660 –> 00:00:49,779It reminds us who we are so that we1900:00:49,779 –> 00:00:51,820don’t have unreasonable expectations2000:00:51,820 –> 00:00:53,759of ourselves. We do run and and we2100:00:53,759 –> 00:00:56,119experience faintness, we get run2200:00:56,119 –> 00:00:58,459down. But we are to lean into who God2300:00:58,660 –> 00:01:00,919is, an inexhaustible God. And in taking2400:01:00,919 –> 00:01:03,660in who He is and who we are, that’s2500:01:03,660 –> 00:01:05,760where hope is found, and it’s found in2600:01:05,760 –> 00:01:07,160Him, and that’s where we’re had it in2700:01:07,160 –> 00:01:09,760the programme today, not only the2800:01:09,800 –> 00:01:12,599looking at who we are and who God is,2900:01:12,599 –> 00:01:16,099but the taking hold of the hope that3000:01:16,099 –> 00:01:17,900is found in Jesus Christ.3100:01:18,300 –> 00:01:20,239Well, no better place to start than3200:01:20,279 –> 00:01:23,019Isaiah 40 as we continue the message3300:01:23,279 –> 00:01:25,620collective we’re in us. Here is Colin.3400:01:25,639 –> 00:01:27,459When you’re tired and worn out, you3500:01:27,519 –> 00:01:29,080don’t know how to answer God’s3600:01:29,120 –> 00:01:31,959questions, do you? God says, Why are3700:01:31,959 –> 00:01:33,260you saying this? Why are you thinking3800:01:33,260 –> 00:01:37,059this? I don’t know, I’m just worn out.3900:01:37,120 –> 00:01:40,160I don’t know how to answer. And so4000:01:40,160 –> 00:01:42,239very wonderfully, God answers His own4100:01:42,839 –> 00:01:44,860question. Thank God that when we don’t4200:01:44,860 –> 00:01:46,739know how to answer His questions, He4300:01:46,739 –> 00:01:49,199does. And I want you to notice the4400:01:49,199 –> 00:01:51,440answer that God Himself very tenderly4500:01:51,440 –> 00:01:55,139gives to us as he ministers to us to4600:01:55,360 –> 00:01:58,800strengthen us in these passages of life.4700:01:59,940 –> 00:02:01,580The answer really comes in two parts.4800:02:01,580 –> 00:02:05,099Here’s the first. Lean into the truth4900:02:05,139 –> 00:02:08,080that you know. In a time of weariness5000:02:08,080 –> 00:02:10,880of jaded-ness of feeling that the5100:02:10,880 –> 00:02:13,940cumulative events of life are catching5200:02:13,979 –> 00:02:18,160up with you. Lean into the truth that5300:02:18,160 –> 00:02:20,960you know, and first in particular the5400:02:20,960 –> 00:02:23,259truth that you know about God. That’s5500:02:23,520 –> 00:02:26,679verse 28. Have you not known? Have you5600:02:26,679 –> 00:02:30,860not heard? The Lord is the everlasting5700:02:30,860 –> 00:02:33,699God. The creator of the ends of the5800:02:33,699 –> 00:02:35,460earth, he does not faint or grow weary5900:02:35,460 –> 00:02:39,039and his understanding is unsearchable.6000:02:40,240 –> 00:02:42,059Now here’s a very important principal.6100:02:43,240 –> 00:02:47,500That God reminds his people of what6200:02:47,500 –> 00:02:50,240they already know. Do you not know?6300:02:51,020 –> 00:02:53,460They have not yet known what they6400:02:53,460 –> 00:02:56,360already know and what they have often6500:02:59,100 –> 00:03:02,419heard. So in these times lean into6600:03:02,419 –> 00:03:06,020what you know about God and lean into6700:03:06,020 –> 00:03:11,259what you know about yourself. There’s6800:03:11,259 –> 00:03:13,860a good dose of biblical reality in6900:03:13,860 –> 00:03:16,320verses 29 and 30 with regards to7000:03:16,320 –> 00:03:18,020ourselves. Look at the words that are7100:03:18,820 –> 00:03:21,220we both read pretty well, certainly7200:03:21,220 –> 00:03:23,259do in your own binnenesses. Look7300:03:23,259 –> 00:03:26,960to the faint, to him who has no7400:03:26,960 –> 00:03:31,679might, he increases strength.7500:03:31,679 –> 00:03:35,919And youngsters are weary and towards7600:03:35,919 –> 00:03:38,139young men shall fall exhausted.7700:03:38,139 –> 00:03:41,020There’s the fourfold description of7800:03:41,020 –> 00:03:45,300our human nature. Faint, no might,7900:03:46,220 –> 00:03:49,100and not only is that us in our8000:03:49,100 –> 00:03:53,220frail humanity, but it is us at8100:03:53,220 –> 00:03:55,440our best in humanity. That’s why8200:03:55,440 –> 00:03:59,339it says you see even youths faint8300:03:59,339 –> 00:04:02,539and are weary because youths8400:04:02,539 –> 00:04:04,660have more energy, as we discover8500:04:04,660 –> 00:04:05,820with every ten years of our8600:04:05,820 –> 00:04:07,779lives, those who are younger are8700:04:07,779 –> 00:04:09,220given the gifts of remarkable8800:04:09,220 –> 00:04:10,399energy. Parents think they’ve got8900:04:10,440 –> 00:04:12,020way too much energy and all the9000:04:12,020 –> 00:04:15,139rest of it, but even youths are9100:04:15,160 –> 00:04:17,579faint and are weary, and then9200:04:17,579 –> 00:04:19,299notice this God says, and young9300:04:19,299 –> 00:04:22,519men shall fall exhausted. The9400:04:22,519 –> 00:04:24,720phrase young men literally means9500:04:24,839 –> 00:04:28,640picked men. And the image here9600:04:28,640 –> 00:04:31,700is of an athlete in superb9700:04:31,700 –> 00:04:34,519condition. And think of the9800:04:34,519 –> 00:04:36,559Olympic selectors picking the9900:04:36,559 –> 00:04:39,880team to represent the U.S. and10000:04:39,880 –> 00:04:42,200here are these athletes and they10100:04:42,220 –> 00:04:44,820catch the eye of the selector.10200:04:44,980 –> 00:04:47,579Picked men. And so they’re on10300:04:47,579 –> 00:04:48,619the team because of their10400:04:48,619 –> 00:04:51,420prowess and and so even human10500:04:51,420 –> 00:04:54,260strength at its highest point,10600:04:54,799 –> 00:04:58,260at its selected point, even10700:04:58,260 –> 00:05:01,059that even picked men shall fall10800:05:01,059 –> 00:05:02,940exhausted. So, you look even at10900:05:02,940 –> 00:05:04,980great athletes at the end of the11000:05:04,980 –> 00:05:06,260marathon, the end of the Iron11100:05:06,260 –> 00:05:08,480Man, or whatever it is and you11200:05:08,480 –> 00:05:11,059see they are weary and and fall11300:05:11,059 –> 00:05:13,000exhausted and some looked faint11400:05:13,079 –> 00:05:15,320and why is that? Because their11500:05:15,320 –> 00:05:16,640bodies have been pushed to the11600:05:16,640 –> 00:05:17,540very limit.11700:05:19,339 –> 00:05:20,720And that’s exactly what we’re11800:05:20,720 –> 00:05:22,279being told here, that there are11900:05:22,279 –> 00:05:24,720limits to all human endurance.12000:05:25,839 –> 00:05:27,920And that is why Paul in Second12100:05:27,920 –> 00:05:29,299Corinthians Chapter 5, he12200:05:29,299 –> 00:05:31,799pictures the human body as what?12300:05:31,880 –> 00:05:35,079A tent. And you look at the12400:05:35,079 –> 00:05:36,380fitness of younger people and12500:05:36,380 –> 00:05:37,799they’re kind of like a tent set12600:05:37,799 –> 00:05:40,220up, real taut and then you get12700:05:40,220 –> 00:05:41,880older as the decades pass the12800:05:41,880 –> 00:05:43,200ropes are beginning to sag.12900:05:43,220 –> 00:05:44,679Does that picture work for you,13000:05:44,720 –> 00:05:45,760you know, a little bit of a13100:05:46,480 –> 00:05:49,320droop in the ridge. He said,13200:05:49,399 –> 00:05:50,540one day in this tent’s gonna be13300:05:50,540 –> 00:05:52,859torn down, it was never made for13400:05:52,859 –> 00:05:54,079eternity, there’s gonna be a13500:05:54,079 –> 00:05:55,519Resurrection body for that.13600:05:57,660 –> 00:05:59,040Now what does all this tell us?13700:05:59,040 –> 00:06:00,359Why is all this truth being13800:06:00,359 –> 00:06:01,760given to us? For this reason,13900:06:02,779 –> 00:06:04,260no Christian should be14000:06:04,260 –> 00:06:06,380surprised at the experience of14100:06:06,380 –> 00:06:07,059weariness.14200:06:08,000 –> 00:06:10,380God has placed this treasure of14300:06:10,380 –> 00:06:12,940Christ, where? In jars of clay.14400:06:14,279 –> 00:06:15,399And we live in this earthly14500:06:15,399 –> 00:06:17,899tent that one day will be torn14600:06:17,899 –> 00:06:19,279down. And the experience of14700:06:19,279 –> 00:06:20,899weariness that may come to a14800:06:20,899 –> 00:06:24,239Christian has come to the best14900:06:24,299 –> 00:06:25,940of believers, the strongest of15000:06:25,940 –> 00:06:27,660believers, David, and Elijah,15100:06:27,660 –> 00:06:28,940John the Baptist.15200:06:31,260 –> 00:06:32,540And when it comes to you, and15300:06:32,540 –> 00:06:33,700when it comes to me, here’s what15400:06:33,700 –> 00:06:36,220we have to do, we have to lean15500:06:36,480 –> 00:06:39,399into the truth that we already15600:06:39,399 –> 00:06:40,579know, that God has made very15700:06:40,579 –> 00:06:42,940clear to us in the scripture.15800:06:43,140 –> 00:06:44,459The truth about God, the truth15900:06:44,459 –> 00:06:46,160about ourselves. John Calvin16000:06:46,160 –> 00:06:47,679said so wonderfully on one16100:06:47,679 –> 00:06:49,920occasion that nearly all the16200:06:49,920 –> 00:06:51,980wisdom we can possess is in two16300:06:51,980 –> 00:06:53,380parts, the knowledge of God and16400:06:53,380 –> 00:06:55,299ourselves, and we never possess16500:06:55,299 –> 00:06:57,980the one without the other. Very16600:06:57,980 –> 00:07:01,700profound. And here God is saying16700:07:01,700 –> 00:07:03,140to his people, now you need to16800:07:03,140 –> 00:07:04,940lean into the truth of, the16900:07:05,000 –> 00:07:06,420knowledge of who you are and17000:07:06,420 –> 00:07:08,779the knowledge of who God17100:07:08,799 –> 00:07:11,260himself is. Here’s what you know17200:07:11,320 –> 00:07:13,420about God, he’s your creator,17300:07:13,420 –> 00:07:15,540he will never abandon you, he17400:07:15,540 –> 00:07:17,040will never faint, he will not17500:07:17,040 –> 00:07:18,299grow weary, and he works on a17600:07:18,339 –> 00:07:20,820vast time scale, so that what he17700:07:20,820 –> 00:07:22,739is doing ultimately is beyond17800:07:22,739 –> 00:07:23,820the range of what you can ever17900:07:23,820 –> 00:07:27,880imagine. But don’t even try. And18000:07:27,880 –> 00:07:28,700here’s what you need to know18100:07:28,700 –> 00:07:30,559about yourself, you are not God,18200:07:31,059 –> 00:07:32,540you are a created being with18300:07:32,540 –> 00:07:33,839limits to your own strength and18400:07:33,839 –> 00:07:35,140your own endurance, you will18500:07:35,140 –> 00:07:36,600become weary, you will know what18600:07:36,600 –> 00:07:38,040it is to feel spent and to feel18700:07:38,040 –> 00:07:39,920exhausted, and that should never18800:07:39,920 –> 00:07:43,700take you by surprise. So lean18900:07:43,700 –> 00:07:44,920into the truth that you know.19000:07:46,799 –> 00:07:48,040But that’s not the whole answer,19100:07:48,200 –> 00:07:50,000that’s the first thing, and it’s19200:07:50,000 –> 00:07:51,600the necessary step that will get19300:07:51,600 –> 00:07:53,440us to the second, which is this,19400:07:54,079 –> 00:07:56,000lay hold of the hope that you19500:07:56,000 –> 00:07:58,160have, lean into the truth that19600:07:58,160 –> 00:08:01,000you know, and lay hold of the19700:08:01,000 –> 00:08:03,700hope that you have. And again,19800:08:03,700 –> 00:08:05,179this comes in two parts, do you19900:08:05,179 –> 00:08:07,559notice here that he gives us the20000:08:07,559 –> 00:08:09,619gift of strength? He speaks20100:08:09,619 –> 00:08:11,660about God giving verse 29, and20200:08:11,660 –> 00:08:13,179then he tells us about how to20300:08:13,220 –> 00:08:15,299receive this gift. So the giving20400:08:15,299 –> 00:08:16,859of the gift and the receiving of20500:08:16,859 –> 00:08:19,179the gift both very clear here.20600:08:19,179 –> 00:08:21,179So lay hold of the hope that you20700:08:21,179 –> 00:08:23,000have. Notice the gift of20800:08:23,000 –> 00:08:26,019strength in verse 29. He gives,20900:08:26,260 –> 00:08:31,420God gives power to the faint and21000:08:31,420 –> 00:08:32,820to him who has no might he21100:08:32,820 –> 00:08:34,460increases strength. That’s21200:08:34,859 –> 00:08:37,940wonderful word gives, gives,21300:08:39,219 –> 00:08:41,320he gives, God gives.21400:08:42,380 –> 00:08:43,799So here we’re reading about a21500:08:43,799 –> 00:08:45,960particular action of God in21600:08:45,960 –> 00:08:47,520relation to his own people at21700:08:47,520 –> 00:08:49,460times when we feel discouraged,21800:08:49,460 –> 00:08:50,900our strength depleted, our faith21900:08:50,900 –> 00:08:52,460burning low, what does God do?22000:08:52,460 –> 00:08:57,140He gives power. He increases22100:08:57,140 –> 00:08:58,940strength, a particular action22200:08:58,940 –> 00:09:01,099and work of God. How does God do22300:09:01,099 –> 00:09:03,780this? Well, we’ve just read22400:09:03,799 –> 00:09:05,460that God himself does not grow22500:09:05,460 –> 00:09:07,099faint or grow weary and the way22600:09:07,099 –> 00:09:08,619in which he gives strength to22700:09:08,619 –> 00:09:11,539the weary is that he gives us22800:09:11,539 –> 00:09:15,619himself, the unwearying God, the22900:09:15,619 –> 00:09:19,020spirit of the God who never runs23000:09:19,080 –> 00:09:23,419out of resource. And this is not23100:09:23,419 –> 00:09:25,039folks… I mean this is not some23200:09:25,039 –> 00:09:27,659kind of zapping with power that23300:09:27,659 –> 00:09:29,280moves an exhausted Christian23400:09:29,440 –> 00:09:32,119into instant bionic overdrive. I23500:09:32,119 –> 00:09:36,099mean, no, it’s not that. The23600:09:36,119 –> 00:09:38,640effect of this renewing of23700:09:38,640 –> 00:09:40,460strength that is the gift of God23800:09:40,520 –> 00:09:43,320to his people is that God’s23900:09:43,359 –> 00:09:44,840people just keep pressing on.24000:09:45,640 –> 00:09:47,840Keep running, keep walking,24100:09:49,119 –> 00:09:53,520keep, keep pressing on. And it’s24200:09:53,520 –> 00:09:55,840an amazing thing. If you want to24300:09:55,840 –> 00:09:57,559know how it feels, let me give24400:09:57,580 –> 00:09:59,880you two descriptions of it from24500:09:59,880 –> 00:10:01,000the New Testament from the24600:10:01,000 –> 00:10:02,840experience of the Apostle Paul.24700:10:02,840 –> 00:10:03,820This is what it was like for24800:10:03,820 –> 00:10:05,520him. And so it’s what it may24900:10:05,520 –> 00:10:07,080feel like for you and for me as25000:10:07,080 –> 00:10:08,820well. One description is in25100:10:08,820 –> 00:10:10,6402 Corinthians chapter four and25200:10:10,640 –> 00:10:12,479verse seven. This is where Paul25300:10:12,479 –> 00:10:14,159talks about the treasure of25400:10:14,159 –> 00:10:15,840Christ being placed in these25500:10:15,840 –> 00:10:18,080jars of clay, this frail25600:10:18,599 –> 00:10:21,760reality, that is my life. And he25700:10:21,760 –> 00:10:23,159says, this is what it’s like, we25800:10:23,159 –> 00:10:25,219are afflicted in every way.25900:10:25,359 –> 00:10:28,099There’s the stress. But we are26000:10:28,099 –> 00:10:29,059not crushed.26100:10:29,099 –> 00:10:30,659There’s God giving the strength26200:10:30,659 –> 00:10:33,039to continue. We are perplexed.26300:10:33,059 –> 00:10:34,900There’s the pressure but we are26400:10:34,900 –> 00:10:36,659not driven to despair. There’s26500:10:36,659 –> 00:10:38,059God renewing strength to keep26600:10:38,059 –> 00:10:41,039going. We are persecuted but we26700:10:41,039 –> 00:10:43,140are not forsaken. We are struck26800:10:43,140 –> 00:10:44,859down but we are not destroyed.26900:10:44,859 –> 00:10:46,140We’re always carrying in our27000:10:46,140 –> 00:10:47,359body the death of the Lord27100:10:47,359 –> 00:10:48,799Jesus so that the life of the27200:10:48,799 –> 00:10:50,299Lord Jesus may be revealed in27300:10:50,299 –> 00:10:52,159us. That’s the reality of27400:10:52,159 –> 00:10:53,520Christian experience is God27500:10:53,539 –> 00:10:56,119renews your strength. Another27600:10:56,119 –> 00:10:57,460way in which Paul describes it27700:10:57,460 –> 00:10:59,159is in Colossians chapter 1 and27800:10:59,159 –> 00:11:01,400verse 29. He’s been talking27900:11:01,400 –> 00:11:02,479about ministry, he’s been28000:11:02,479 –> 00:11:04,760talking about his life’s work.28100:11:04,760 –> 00:11:06,260He says and the life’s work of28200:11:06,260 –> 00:11:07,239the Church. He says, we28300:11:07,239 –> 00:11:08,919proclaim Him. That’s what we28400:11:08,919 –> 00:11:11,840do. We proclaim Jesus Christ and28500:11:11,840 –> 00:11:14,859what’s it like doing that? Well28600:11:14,859 –> 00:11:16,559he says in the next verse, for28700:11:16,559 –> 00:11:20,320this I toil, literally the word28800:11:20,320 –> 00:11:24,080is hard labor. For this I toil28900:11:24,080 –> 00:11:25,919and notice the next word29000:11:25,919 –> 00:11:29,400struggling! That’s tough.29100:11:29,400 –> 00:11:31,520Struggling, how struggling with29200:11:31,520 –> 00:11:33,960all his energy that so29300:11:33,960 –> 00:11:36,580powerfully works in me? So29400:11:36,580 –> 00:11:38,520here’s what it feels like. It29500:11:38,520 –> 00:11:39,799feels like I’m working really29600:11:39,799 –> 00:11:41,599hard. It feels like I’m toiling.29700:11:41,599 –> 00:11:43,559It feels like I’m laboring. It29800:11:43,559 –> 00:11:44,900feels like I’m struggling but29900:11:44,900 –> 00:11:45,979the very reason that I am30000:11:45,979 –> 00:11:48,580struggling and not giving up is30100:11:49,320 –> 00:11:50,900that he’s renewing my strength.30200:11:50,900 –> 00:11:52,179That his energy is working30300:11:52,179 –> 00:11:55,619powerfully in me. So the30400:11:55,619 –> 00:11:57,119energy of God that he’s spoken30500:11:57,119 –> 00:11:58,340of here does not make a30600:11:58,340 –> 00:11:59,979Christian feel that he or she30700:11:59,979 –> 00:12:01,940is somehow soaring above the30800:12:01,940 –> 00:12:06,280clouds. No, I toil, I labor.30900:12:06,280 –> 00:12:07,739I sometimes feel discouraged.31000:12:07,739 –> 00:12:09,520I sometimes feel exhausted but31100:12:09,520 –> 00:12:12,940here is why I don’t give up.31200:12:12,940 –> 00:12:13,979Here is why I keep31300:12:13,979 –> 00:12:18,239pushing on. God gives.31400:12:19,020 –> 00:12:20,960Power to defeat.31500:12:22,119 –> 00:12:22,960You’re listening to Open the31600:12:22,960 –> 00:12:24,340Bible with Pastor Colin31700:12:24,340 –> 00:12:25,799Smith and a message called31800:12:25,799 –> 00:12:27,419Collective Weariness and31900:12:27,419 –> 00:12:28,400we’ll get right back to the32000:12:28,400 –> 00:12:30,280message very shortly.32100:12:30,280 –> 00:12:31,039Don’t forget if you ever32200:12:31,039 –> 00:12:32,520missed one of Pastor32300:12:32,520 –> 00:12:33,580Colin’s messages or if32400:12:33,580 –> 00:12:34,919you want to catch up or32500:12:34,919 –> 00:12:35,940go back and listen again32600:12:35,940 –> 00:12:37,020to any of the series32700:12:37,020 –> 00:12:37,659which have already been32800:12:37,659 –> 00:12:38,940broadcasted, you can find32900:12:38,940 –> 00:12:40,599them all on our website33000:12:40,599 –> 00:12:43,539at openthebible.org.uk33100:12:43,539 –> 00:12:45,080also as a podcast on all33200:12:45,080 –> 00:12:46,880the main podcast sites.33300:12:46,880 –> 00:12:48,280Try searching Open the33400:12:49,239 –> 00:12:50,719Bible UK. Open the Bible33500:12:50,719 –> 00:12:52,059is listened to by people33600:12:52,059 –> 00:12:53,599up and down the country.33700:12:53,599 –> 00:12:55,419I’m with Open the Bible’s33800:12:55,419 –> 00:12:56,179executive director, John33900:12:56,179 –> 00:12:57,679Martin. John, what are34000:12:57,679 –> 00:12:58,919listeners saying when34100:12:58,919 –> 00:13:00,179they contact you?34200:13:00,179 –> 00:13:02,719Yeah, so we get letters34300:13:02,719 –> 00:13:03,539from all sorts of34400:13:03,539 –> 00:13:04,919listeners and some of34500:13:04,919 –> 00:13:05,880those listeners are34600:13:05,880 –> 00:13:07,140actually inmates around34700:13:07,140 –> 00:13:08,539UK prisons and it’s34800:13:08,539 –> 00:13:09,940wonderful to receive the34900:13:09,940 –> 00:13:11,299news that they have been35000:13:11,299 –> 00:13:12,380able to listen to the35100:13:12,380 –> 00:13:13,359broadcast and they’ve35200:13:13,359 –> 00:13:14,539been encouraged by it.35300:13:14,539 –> 00:13:15,679We’re pursuing a35400:13:15,679 –> 00:13:17,419partnership with Daylight35500:13:17,559 –> 00:13:19,260Christian Prison Trust.35600:13:19,260 –> 00:13:20,700They have chaplains in a35700:13:20,700 –> 00:13:22,099number of UK prisons,35800:13:22,099 –> 00:13:23,979and they’re keen to use35900:13:23,979 –> 00:13:25,900good resources with those36000:13:25,900 –> 00:13:27,299exploring faith and those36100:13:27,299 –> 00:13:28,059seeking to grow in their36200:13:28,059 –> 00:13:30,140faith. So, we’ve talked36300:13:30,140 –> 00:13:31,260with them about the36400:13:31,260 –> 00:13:32,239possibility of getting36500:13:32,239 –> 00:13:33,260the film, Heaven, How I36600:13:33,260 –> 00:13:34,820Got It, into as many of36700:13:34,820 –> 00:13:35,739those prisons as36800:13:35,739 –> 00:13:37,080possible, to give the36900:13:37,080 –> 00:13:38,460chaplains the discussion37000:13:38,460 –> 00:13:39,919guide, to supply the37100:13:39,919 –> 00:13:41,099chaplains with the books37200:13:41,099 –> 00:13:42,460or booklets. So, we’re37300:13:42,460 –> 00:13:43,880trialling that now with37400:13:43,880 –> 00:13:45,099the hope of creating a37500:13:45,099 –> 00:13:46,419batch of DVDs of the37600:13:46,760 –> 00:13:47,900films so they can easily37700:13:47,900 –> 00:13:49,859take those in and share37800:13:49,859 –> 00:13:50,760the good news that way.37900:13:51,400 –> 00:13:52,099There are a number of38000:13:52,099 –> 00:13:53,419prisoners around the UK38100:13:53,419 –> 00:13:55,140who are really keen to38200:13:55,140 –> 00:13:56,059learn more about the38300:13:56,059 –> 00:13:57,539Christian faith. So, if38400:13:57,539 –> 00:13:58,919we can give them courses38500:13:58,919 –> 00:14:00,419that are accessible and38600:14:00,419 –> 00:14:01,299appropriate for their38700:14:01,320 –> 00:14:02,900setting, then we are very,38800:14:02,900 –> 00:14:04,260very eager to do that.38900:14:04,340 –> 00:14:05,500To find out more about39000:14:05,500 –> 00:14:06,260the work of Open the39100:14:06,260 –> 00:14:07,419Bible, come to our39200:14:07,419 –> 00:14:09,780website, openthebible.org.uk39300:14:09,780 –> 00:14:12,299Back to The Message Now,39400:14:12,299 –> 00:14:13,460here again is Colin.39500:14:14,419 –> 00:14:18,640God gives power to the39600:14:18,640 –> 00:14:21,979faint. So there is the39700:14:21,979 –> 00:14:23,179gift that God gives.39800:14:23,179 –> 00:14:24,820And then of course the39900:14:24,820 –> 00:14:26,059question is then how am I40000:14:26,059 –> 00:14:29,059to receive it? And notice40100:14:29,059 –> 00:14:29,739that that is where we40200:14:29,739 –> 00:14:31,500come in. Verse 31 –40300:14:31,500 –> 00:14:35,239They who wait for the40400:14:35,239 –> 00:14:39,799Lord shall renew their40500:14:39,799 –> 00:14:41,979strength. Do you hear God40600:14:41,979 –> 00:14:43,320speaking that tenderly to40700:14:44,159 –> 00:14:46,859you today? They that wait40800:14:46,859 –> 00:14:50,900upon the Lord shall renew40900:14:50,900 –> 00:14:53,000their strength. What does41000:14:53,000 –> 00:14:54,659it mean to wait on the41100:14:54,659 –> 00:14:57,739Lord? Well it means to41200:14:57,739 –> 00:15:00,960look expectantly, it means41300:15:00,960 –> 00:15:04,580eager anticipation. When41400:15:04,580 –> 00:15:07,539I was a little boy my41500:15:07,539 –> 00:15:10,159grandparents used to41600:15:10,159 –> 00:15:12,580come in my aunts blue41700:15:12,979 –> 00:15:18,739call our car every Wednesday41800:15:18,739 –> 00:15:20,679at 630 and the reason they41900:15:20,679 –> 00:15:22,760came every Wednesday at 63042000:15:22,760 –> 00:15:24,280was that every Wednesday at42100:15:24,280 –> 00:15:26,599730 was the prayer meeting42200:15:26,599 –> 00:15:28,820and we didn’t have a car.42300:15:28,820 –> 00:15:29,859They picked up either my42400:15:29,859 –> 00:15:30,900father or my mother and one42500:15:30,900 –> 00:15:31,559of them went with my aunt42600:15:31,559 –> 00:15:34,799my grandparents and my42700:15:34,799 –> 00:15:36,239grandma always had sweets42800:15:36,239 –> 00:15:40,099in her bag. and she was42900:15:40,500 –> 00:15:43,239at time. At 630 when she43000:15:43,239 –> 00:15:44,940arrived. and I can still43100:15:44,940 –> 00:15:46,200remember quite vividly my43200:15:46,200 –> 00:15:47,400mother saying where are43300:15:47,400 –> 00:15:51,080you. and I would say.43400:15:51,080 –> 00:15:54,320watching at the window.43500:15:54,320 –> 00:15:56,820Climbed up my bedroom. Next43600:15:56,820 –> 00:15:59,859to the curtain watching at43700:15:59,859 –> 00:16:02,059the window. Grandma’s43800:16:02,059 –> 00:16:04,099coming. she’s got good43900:16:04,099 –> 00:16:07,359things in her bag.44000:16:07,359 –> 00:16:13,659anticipating. anticipation.44100:16:13,659 –> 00:16:15,400Those who anticipate the44200:16:15,400 –> 00:16:19,419help of God. will renew44300:16:19,419 –> 00:16:23,280their strength. And laying44400:16:23,280 –> 00:16:25,340hold of the hope that you44500:16:25,340 –> 00:16:29,419have. The natural result of44600:16:29,419 –> 00:16:31,239leaning into the truth that44700:16:31,239 –> 00:16:33,979you know. So when you lean44800:16:33,979 –> 00:16:35,359into what you know about God44900:16:35,359 –> 00:16:36,460that he really is your45000:16:36,460 –> 00:16:38,159spirit and he can not grow45100:16:38,159 –> 00:16:40,900weary, you will look to him45200:16:40,900 –> 00:16:44,719and he will give you strength45300:16:44,719 –> 00:16:46,440and look at what is promised45400:16:46,440 –> 00:16:48,340they who wait upon the lord45500:16:48,340 –> 00:16:49,840shall renew their strength.45600:16:49,840 –> 00:16:51,700They shall mount up with45700:16:51,700 –> 00:16:52,659wings like eagles. They45800:16:52,659 –> 00:16:54,799shall run and not be weary45900:16:54,799 –> 00:16:56,640and they shall walk and not46000:16:56,640 –> 00:16:59,479faint. at least one of the46100:16:59,479 –> 00:17:00,640commentators asked the46200:17:00,640 –> 00:17:01,479question, isn’t this the46300:17:01,479 –> 00:17:04,479wrong way around? I mean, it46400:17:04,479 –> 00:17:05,719seems like we’re starting46500:17:06,280 –> 00:17:07,020and then we’re going to46600:17:07,020 –> 00:17:09,479running, then we’re slowing46700:17:09,479 –> 00:17:11,880down to walking. What’s46800:17:11,880 –> 00:17:12,920next, grind into a46900:17:12,920 –> 00:17:14,719standstill? I mean, like47000:17:14,719 –> 00:17:15,479we’re going the wrong way,47100:17:15,479 –> 00:17:17,400it doesn’t, it! Of course47200:17:17,400 –> 00:17:18,920God never has it the47300:17:18,920 –> 00:17:19,900wrong way around. Why is47400:17:19,900 –> 00:17:21,459it placed this way? Let me47500:17:21,459 –> 00:17:24,000suggest this to you. The47600:17:24,000 –> 00:17:26,000strength for pressing on47700:17:26,000 –> 00:17:27,140whether it be running or47800:17:27,140 –> 00:17:29,739walking arises from what?47900:17:30,739 –> 00:17:32,479It comes to us as we48000:17:32,540 –> 00:17:34,800ascend by faith into the48100:17:34,819 –> 00:17:36,199presence of the Lord and48200:17:36,199 –> 00:17:38,060commune with him. That’s48300:17:38,060 –> 00:17:39,219exactly what I’m inviting48400:17:39,219 –> 00:17:40,219you to do in just a few48500:17:40,219 –> 00:17:41,160moments time around the48600:17:41,160 –> 00:17:43,660Lord’s table. We come48700:17:43,660 –> 00:17:46,160here to do more than48800:17:46,160 –> 00:17:47,439remember a Savior who48900:17:47,439 –> 00:17:50,579died. We come here to49000:17:50,579 –> 00:17:52,400commune with a Savior who49100:17:52,400 –> 00:17:55,599lives. That’s huge. And49200:17:55,599 –> 00:17:57,180remember as you come that49300:17:57,180 –> 00:17:59,380in His humanity, He knew49400:17:59,380 –> 00:18:01,180what it was to be weary,49500:18:01,180 –> 00:18:02,959to be so tired that he49600:18:02,959 –> 00:18:04,160could even fall asleep in49700:18:04,339 –> 00:18:05,160a boat where there’s a49800:18:05,160 –> 00:18:07,920storm. That tired in49900:18:07,920 –> 00:18:11,219ministry. And he knew as50000:18:11,219 –> 00:18:12,920a young man what it was50100:18:12,920 –> 00:18:14,400to stumble and to fall50200:18:14,599 –> 00:18:16,260bearing the weight of that50300:18:16,260 –> 00:18:18,199cross after his back had50400:18:18,199 –> 00:18:19,880been lacerated, his head50500:18:19,880 –> 00:18:20,839had been beaten. His50600:18:20,839 –> 00:18:22,060strength was exhausted.50700:18:22,180 –> 00:18:23,719He stumbles and falls.50800:18:23,819 –> 00:18:26,880He’s been there but He’s50900:18:27,280 –> 00:18:29,900not there now. Where is51000:18:29,900 –> 00:18:30,939He now? He’s at the right51100:18:30,939 –> 00:18:33,219hand of the Father in51200:18:33,260 –> 00:18:34,599glory. And He’s there for51300:18:34,599 –> 00:18:36,219you. And He’s there on51400:18:36,239 –> 00:18:37,959your behalf. And He gives51500:18:37,959 –> 00:18:39,199His spirit. And there is51600:18:39,199 –> 00:18:40,280hope for you in your51700:18:40,280 –> 00:18:41,719struggle and Him as51800:18:41,719 –> 00:18:43,479something of His divine51900:18:43,479 –> 00:18:47,040power touches you in your52000:18:47,040 –> 00:18:48,280human weakness and52100:18:48,280 –> 00:18:50,739strength comes to us as52200:18:50,739 –> 00:18:52,560by faith we ascend into52300:18:52,560 –> 00:18:53,640the presence of the Lord52400:18:53,800 –> 00:18:55,119and we commune with Him52500:18:55,280 –> 00:18:58,660our living Savior. And52600:18:58,660 –> 00:18:59,859here’s what will come from52700:18:59,859 –> 00:19:01,300that as you ascende to Him52800:19:01,300 –> 00:19:02,939by faith. And you commune52900:19:02,959 –> 00:19:04,099with Him. You will find53000:19:04,099 –> 00:19:05,420that strength comes to53100:19:05,420 –> 00:19:06,800you. That’s what faith is.53200:19:06,819 –> 00:19:08,560That’s how faith receives53300:19:08,560 –> 00:19:10,180and you will just keep53400:19:10,180 –> 00:19:13,219going. You will keep53500:19:13,239 –> 00:19:14,260pressing on. Someone’s53600:19:14,260 –> 00:19:14,979going to be saying,53700:19:14,979 –> 00:19:16,040someone who’s skeptical53800:19:16,040 –> 00:19:17,579someone who says, I wish53900:19:17,579 –> 00:19:18,959that was true. But where’s54000:19:18,959 –> 00:19:20,339the proof. I see to you54100:19:20,339 –> 00:19:21,560today the proof is all54200:19:21,560 –> 00:19:24,500round you. Brother,54300:19:24,500 –> 00:19:26,380sister, you are the54400:19:26,380 –> 00:19:29,979proof. Look back on your54500:19:29,979 –> 00:19:31,180Christian life. And ask54600:19:31,180 –> 00:19:32,359this question, how in all54700:19:32,359 –> 00:19:33,479the world am I still a54800:19:33,479 –> 00:19:36,520Christian today? Think54900:19:36,520 –> 00:19:37,959about all the questions55000:19:37,959 –> 00:19:39,000that have perplexed you55100:19:39,000 –> 00:19:39,780and some of them you’ve55200:19:39,780 –> 00:19:42,280not answered yet. All55300:19:42,280 –> 00:19:42,920the things that have55400:19:42,920 –> 00:19:44,119disappointed you, all the55500:19:44,119 –> 00:19:45,199things that have drained55600:19:45,199 –> 00:19:48,199you. Look at all that55700:19:48,199 –> 00:19:50,520you have come through and55800:19:50,520 –> 00:19:52,760ask the question, why am55900:19:52,760 –> 00:19:54,959I still a Christian today,56000:19:55,119 –> 00:19:56,020and there can only be56100:19:56,020 –> 00:19:57,000one answer to that56200:19:57,000 –> 00:19:58,800question. You were saved56300:19:58,800 –> 00:20:00,760because God made hold56400:20:00,760 –> 00:20:02,119of you and you have56500:20:02,119 –> 00:20:04,119been kept because God56600:20:04,119 –> 00:20:05,680has never let you go.56700:20:07,339 –> 00:20:08,119His grace and his56800:20:08,119 –> 00:20:08,719strength has been56900:20:08,719 –> 00:20:11,439sufficient and that just57000:20:11,439 –> 00:20:12,560caught the mind, the57100:20:12,560 –> 00:20:14,160imagination of John57200:20:14,160 –> 00:20:14,880Newton who wrote that57300:20:14,880 –> 00:20:16,640wonderful hymn coming out57400:20:16,640 –> 00:20:17,680of his own conversion,57500:20:17,680 –> 00:20:19,640Amazing Grace, and he was57600:20:19,640 –> 00:20:20,760gripped by the fact57700:20:20,760 –> 00:20:21,839that after all that he57800:20:21,839 –> 00:20:23,160had done, the wickedness57900:20:23,160 –> 00:20:24,760of his life, that God in58000:20:24,760 –> 00:20:26,319his grace would save him.58100:20:27,760 –> 00:20:28,800But it didn’t stop58200:20:28,800 –> 00:20:31,160there. He was every bit58300:20:31,239 –> 00:20:32,800as amazed that God would58400:20:32,800 –> 00:20:33,739have kept him.58500:20:34,920 –> 00:20:35,579Do you remember how he58600:20:35,579 –> 00:20:36,939put it? Through many58700:20:36,939 –> 00:20:38,479dangers, toils and58800:20:38,479 –> 00:20:41,319snares I have already58900:20:41,319 –> 00:20:44,119come, but it is grace59000:20:44,119 –> 00:20:45,579that has brought me safe59100:20:45,579 –> 00:20:49,199this far. And it is grace59200:20:50,040 –> 00:20:53,800that will lead me home.59300:20:53,800 –> 00:20:54,920That is the faithfulness59400:20:54,920 –> 00:20:57,239of God the eternal and59500:20:57,239 –> 00:20:59,520inexhaustible God, a God59600:20:59,520 –> 00:21:00,520who has come to us in59700:21:00,520 –> 00:21:01,760Jesus Christ, and who59800:21:01,760 –> 00:21:03,760says to us in his son,59900:21:03,800 –> 00:21:05,300Come to me all you who60000:21:05,300 –> 00:21:06,400are weary and heavy60100:21:06,400 –> 00:21:09,839lame and I will give60200:21:09,839 –> 00:21:11,119you rest.60300:21:12,979 –> 00:21:13,979You’ve been listening to60400:21:13,979 –> 00:21:15,319Pastor Colin Smith on60500:21:15,319 –> 00:21:16,660Open the Bible with the60600:21:16,660 –> 00:21:17,599final part of our60700:21:17,599 –> 00:21:18,880message, Collective60800:21:18,880 –> 00:21:20,359Weariness, part of the60900:21:20,359 –> 00:21:21,859series Waiting for the61000:21:21,859 –> 00:21:23,839Lord. If you ever miss61100:21:23,839 –> 00:21:24,959one of our messages,61200:21:24,959 –> 00:21:25,979you can easily catch61300:21:25,979 –> 00:21:26,920up or go back and61400:21:26,920 –> 00:21:28,319listen again by coming61500:21:28,319 –> 00:21:29,699online to our website,61600:21:30,000 –> 00:21:31,839openthebible.org.uk61700:21:32,699 –> 00:21:33,579or by going to your61800:21:33,579 –> 00:21:34,900favourite podcast site61900:21:35,099 –> 00:21:36,540and they’re searching for62000:21:36,540 –> 00:21:38,119openthebibleuk.62100:21:38,599 –> 00:21:39,500You’ll find all the62200:21:39,500 –> 00:21:40,359messages which have62300:21:40,359 –> 00:21:41,660already gone out on air62400:21:41,900 –> 00:21:42,819freely available62500:21:42,819 –> 00:21:44,239to be listened to on62600:21:44,239 –> 00:21:45,880our website and as a62700:21:45,880 –> 00:21:47,819podcast. Many62800:21:47,819 –> 00:21:48,459Christians62900:21:48,479 –> 00:21:49,859use Open the Bible’s63000:21:50,040 –> 00:21:51,199short reflection63100:21:51,199 –> 00:21:52,540programme, Open the63200:21:52,540 –> 00:21:54,099Bible Daily. You’ll63300:21:54,099 –> 00:21:55,099find Open the Bible63400:21:55,099 –> 00:21:56,500Daily on our website63500:21:56,739 –> 00:21:57,540and there’s a fresh63600:21:57,540 –> 00:21:58,900episode every day.63700:21:59,079 –> 00:22:00,099It’s based on Pastor63800:22:00,099 –> 00:22:01,380Colin’s teaching and63900:22:01,380 –> 00:22:03,079read in the UK by Sue64000:22:03,099 –> 00:22:04,939MacLeish. That’s open64100:22:04,939 –> 00:22:07,000the Bible Daily.64200:22:07,079 –> 00:22:07,819Open the Bible is64300:22:07,819 –> 00:22:08,680supported very64400:22:08,680 –> 00:22:09,719generously by our64500:22:09,739 –> 00:22:10,959listeners but it’s not64600:22:10,959 –> 00:22:12,060just the programme and64700:22:12,060 –> 00:22:13,180the website that are64800:22:13,180 –> 00:22:14,160listeners support.64900:22:14,579 –> 00:22:15,660Open the Bible also65000:22:15,660 –> 00:22:16,979supports Daylight65100:22:17,020 –> 00:22:18,459Christian Prison Trust65200:22:18,859 –> 00:22:20,000who work directly with65300:22:20,000 –> 00:22:21,219prisoners in UK65400:22:21,219 –> 00:22:23,119prisons. Here again is65500:22:23,199 –> 00:22:24,060open the Bible’s65600:22:24,060 –> 00:22:25,219executive director65700:22:25,300 –> 00:22:26,079John Martin.65800:22:26,479 –> 00:22:26,680bi65900:22:26,680 –> 00:22:27,400Listeners might be66000:22:27,400 –> 00:22:28,079interested to know66100:22:28,079 –> 00:22:28,939where some of the66200:22:28,959 –> 00:22:29,880donations to open66300:22:29,880 –> 00:22:30,680the Bible go.66400:22:30,739 –> 00:22:31,699So through a mutual66500:22:31,699 –> 00:22:32,819friend I got to know66600:22:32,859 –> 00:22:34,239Gaius Fillingham who66700:22:34,239 –> 00:22:35,579is the CEO of66800:22:35,579 –> 00:22:36,640Daylight Christian66900:22:36,660 –> 00:22:37,660Prison Trust or67000:22:37,719 –> 00:22:38,800Daylight for short67100:22:39,119 –> 00:22:40,339and Gaius and I67200:22:40,339 –> 00:22:41,280were talking about67300:22:41,280 –> 00:22:42,239some of the resources67400:22:42,239 –> 00:22:43,079that open the Bible67500:22:43,079 –> 00:22:44,500has I mentioned67600:22:44,760 –> 00:22:46,040Colin has this67700:22:46,199 –> 00:22:47,439first person account67800:22:47,439 –> 00:22:48,319of the story of the67900:22:48,319 –> 00:22:49,160Thief on the Cross68000:22:49,160 –> 00:22:50,199heaven how I got68100:22:50,199 –> 00:22:51,079here that was a68200:22:51,079 –> 00:22:51,719story that was68300:22:51,719 –> 00:22:52,540relevant to68400:22:53,099 –> 00:22:54,459prisoners obviously I68500:22:54,479 –> 00:22:55,319mentioned that the68600:22:55,319 –> 00:22:56,079book had actually68700:22:56,099 –> 00:22:57,540been produced as a68800:22:57,540 –> 00:22:59,060one hour one actor68900:22:59,079 –> 00:23:00,459filmed performance69000:23:00,880 –> 00:23:01,859and that was available69100:23:02,020 –> 00:23:02,579and would that be69200:23:02,579 –> 00:23:03,599of use in prisons69300:23:04,079 –> 00:23:05,540so we produced69400:23:05,579 –> 00:23:06,780a prison edition69500:23:07,400 –> 00:23:08,380of heaven how I got69600:23:08,380 –> 00:23:09,040here the story of69700:23:09,040 –> 00:23:09,560the thief on the69800:23:09,560 –> 00:23:09,979cross.69900:23:10,660 –> 00:23:11,260One hundred and70000:23:11,260 –> 00:23:12,180fifty DVD’s70100:23:12,180 –> 00:23:13,000were produced.70200:23:13,479 –> 00:23:14,000We did it as a70300:23:14,000 –> 00:23:14,800prison edition70400:23:14,819 –> 00:23:15,640whereby we had70500:23:15,660 –> 00:23:16,339open the Bible70600:23:16,339 –> 00:23:17,079and Daylight’s70700:23:17,140 –> 00:23:18,180logos on there70800:23:18,719 –> 00:23:19,979and Collin recorded70900:23:20,020 –> 00:23:21,219a bespoke little71000:23:21,260 –> 00:23:22,579epilogue to71100:23:22,680 –> 00:23:23,300address the71200:23:23,300 –> 00:23:24,359prisoners point71300:23:24,359 –> 00:23:24,939them to the71400:23:24,939 –> 00:23:25,760prison chaplain71500:23:26,060 –> 00:23:27,040encourage them to71600:23:27,040 –> 00:23:27,560speak to their71700:23:27,560 –> 00:23:28,319chaplains to get71800:23:28,319 –> 00:23:29,060more literature.71900:23:29,599 –> 00:23:30,979We’ve heard from72000:23:30,979 –> 00:23:31,800prison chaplains72100:23:31,800 –> 00:23:32,579who said the72200:23:32,579 –> 00:23:33,719video the film72300:23:33,719 –> 00:23:34,400has been well72400:23:34,400 –> 00:23:35,000received.72500:23:35,760 –> 00:23:36,760We printed a72600:23:36,760 –> 00:23:37,239whole load of72700:23:37,239 –> 00:23:38,079little booklets72800:23:38,180 –> 00:23:39,400about how to72900:23:39,400 –> 00:23:40,099get into heaven73000:23:40,739 –> 00:23:41,280how they can73100:23:41,280 –> 00:23:42,319respond themselves73200:23:42,760 –> 00:23:44,079and those again73300:23:44,079 –> 00:23:44,800were distributed73400:23:44,800 –> 00:23:45,780with the DVD’s73500:23:46,199 –> 00:23:46,780and there’s a whole73600:23:46,780 –> 00:23:47,459load more that can73700:23:47,459 –> 00:23:48,300be requested for73800:23:48,300 –> 00:23:48,739free.73900:23:49,000 –> 00:23:49,880So donations74000:23:49,880 –> 00:23:50,479towards open the74100:23:50,479 –> 00:23:51,699Bible can be74200:23:51,839 –> 00:23:52,819sent directly74300:23:52,880 –> 00:23:53,880into that ministry.74400:23:54,400 –> 00:23:55,239If you’d like to74500:23:55,239 –> 00:23:55,880support the work74600:23:55,880 –> 00:23:56,520of open the Bible74700:23:56,660 –> 00:23:57,719generally or our74800:23:57,719 –> 00:23:58,699working prison in74900:23:58,699 –> 00:23:59,439association with75000:23:59,439 –> 00:23:59,979Daylight75100:23:59,979 –> 00:24:01,560specially you can75200:24:01,560 –> 00:24:02,619do that online75300:24:02,619 –> 00:24:03,560at our Web site75400:24:03,560 –> 00:24:04,359open the Bible75500:24:05,079 –> 00:24:06,439.org.uk75600:24:06,439 –> 00:24:07,439use the donate75700:24:07,439 –> 00:24:08,560button and enter75800:24:08,560 –> 00:24:09,479your email address.75900:24:09,959 –> 00:24:10,920On the next page76000:24:10,920 –> 00:24:11,859select between76100:24:11,859 –> 00:24:13,160the General 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off78400:24:33,359 –> 00:24:34,119gift to 5078500:24:34,119 –> 00:24:34,979pounds or more78600:24:35,300 –> 00:24:35,959we’d love to say78700:24:35,959 –> 00:24:36,619thank you78800:24:36,920 –> 00:24:37,640by sending you78900:24:37,640 –> 00:24:38,140a copy of79000:24:38,140 –> 00:24:39,060pastor Colin’s79100:24:39,060 –> 00:24:39,780new book79200:24:40,160 –> 00:24:40,900Hike Through79300:24:40,900 –> 00:24:41,500the Bible.79400:24:42,020 –> 00:24:43,160Full terms and79500:24:43,160 –> 00:24:44,199conditions online79600:24:44,199 –> 00:24:45,239at our website79700:24:45,239 –> 00:24:46,260open the Bible79800:24:46,260 –> 00:24:47,780.org.uk79900:24:47,780 –> 00:24:48,660and you can80000:24:48,660 –> 00:24:49,520give online.80100:24:50,079 –> 00:24:50,819Don’t forget80200:24:50,819 –> 00:24:51,599to leave your80300:24:51,599 –> 00:24:52,459named address80400:24:52,459 –> 00:24:53,560so we can send80500:24:53,560 –> 00:24:54,260you your gift.80600:24:55,000 –> 00:24:55,819For Open the80700:24:55,920 –> 00:24:56,439Bible and80800:24:56,439 –> 00:24:57,500Pastor Colin Smith80900:24:57,500 –> 00:24:58,540I’m David Pick81000:24:58,540 –> 00:24:59,239And I look81100:24:59,239 –> 00:24:59,859forward to being81200:24:59,859 –> 00:25:00,719with you again81300:25:00,719 –> 00:25:01,560next time.81400:25:08,380 –> 00:25:08,800Find out81500:25:08,800 –> 00:25:09,619how Christians81600:25:09,619 –> 00:25:10,040ought to81700:25:10,040 –> 00:25:10,920communicate81800:25:10,920 –> 00:25:11,439when we81900:25:11,439 –> 00:25:12,060speak in the82000:25:12,060 –> 00:25:12,560name of the82100:25:12,560 –> 00:25:13,060Lord.82200:25:13,819 –> 00:25:14,439That’s next82300:25:14,439 –> 00:25:14,939time on82400:25:14,939 –> 00:25:16,079Open the Bible.