God, who stretched
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The spangled heavens
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Infinite in time and space
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Flung the suns
in burning radiance
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Through the
silent fields of space
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We, your
children, in Your likeness
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Share inventive powers with You
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Great Creator, still creating
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Show us what we yet may do
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We have ventured
worlds undreamed of
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Since the childhood of our race
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Know the ecstasy of winging
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Through
untraveled realms of space
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Probed the secrets of the atom
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Yielding unimagined power
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Facing us with
life's destruction
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Or our most triumphant hour
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As each far horizon beckons
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May it challenge us anew
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Children of creative purpose
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Serving others, honoring You
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May our dreams
prove rich with promise
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Each endeavor well begun
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Great Creator, give us guidance
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Till our goals and Yours are one
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Psalm 19:1-4 says this,
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"The heavens
declare the glory of God,
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the skies proclaim
the work of his hands.
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Day after day
they pour forth speech,
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night after night
they display knowledge.
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There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard.
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Their voice goes
out into all the earth,
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their words to the
ends of the world."
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They proclaimed this
is our father's world.
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That's our next
song this morning,
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"This is our Father's world."
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This is my Father's world
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And to my listening ears
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All nature sings,
and round me rings
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The music of the spheres
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This is my Father's world
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I rest me in the thought
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Of rocks and
trees, of skies and seas
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His hand the wonders wrought
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This is my Father's world
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The birds their carols raise
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The morning
light, the lily white
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Declare their maker's praise
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This is my Father's world
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He shines in all that's fair
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In the rustling
grass, I hear Him pass
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He speaks to me everywhere
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This is my Father's world
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O let me ne'er forget
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That though the
wrong seems oft so strong
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God is the ruler yet
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This is my Father's world
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Why should my heart be sad?
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The Lord is King
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Let the heavens ring!
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God reigns, let
the earth be glad!
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Amen, you maybe seated.
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The Book of Psalms is just rich
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with creative
descriptions of creation,
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and Psalm 33:6-9 says this.
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"By the word of the
Lord the heavens were made,
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their starry host by
the breath of his mouth.
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He gathers the
waters of the sea into jars,
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he puts the deep
into storehouses.
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Let all the earth fear the Lord,
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let all the people
of the world revere him.
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For he spoke, and it came to be,
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he commanded,
and it stood firm."
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From the highest of heights
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To the depths of the sea
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Creation's
revealing Your majesty
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From the colors of Fall
to the fragrance of Spring
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Ev'ry creature unique
in the song that it sings
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All exclaiming
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Indescribable, uncontainable,
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You placed the stars in the sky
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And You know them by name
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You are amazing God
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All powerful, untameable
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Awestruck we fall to our knees
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As we humbly proclaim
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You are amazing God
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Who has told
ev'ry lightning bolt
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Where it should go
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Or seen heavenly storehouses
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Laden with snow?
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Who imagined the sun
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And gives source to its light?
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Yet conceals it to bring
us the coolness of night?
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None can fathom
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Indescribable, uncontainable
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You place the stars in the sky
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And You know them by name
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You are amazing God
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All powerful, untameable
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Awestruck we fall to our knees
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As we humbly proclaim
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You are amazing God
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Indescribable, uncontainable,
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You place the stars in the sky
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And you know them by name
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You are amazing God
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Incomparable, unchangeable
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You see the depths of my heart
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And You love me the same
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You are amazing God
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You are amazing God
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Lord of all creation
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Of water, earth and sky
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The heavens are Your tabernacle
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Glory to the Lord on high!
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God of wonders beyond our galaxy
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You are holy, holy
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The universe
declares Your majesty
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You are holy, holy
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Lord of heaven and earth
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Lord of heaven and earth
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Early in the morning
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I will celebrate the light
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When I stumble in the darkness
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I will call Your name by night
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God of wonders beyond our galaxy
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You are holy, holy
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The universe
declares Your majesty
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You are holy, holy
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Lord of heaven and earth
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Lord of heaven and earth
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Hallelujah to the
Lord of heaven and earth
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Hallelujah to the
Lord of heaven and earth
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Hallelujah to the
Lord of heaven and earth
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God of wonders beyond our galaxy
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You are holy, holy
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The universe
declares Your majesty
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You are holy, holy
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Lord of heaven and earth
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Lord of heaven and earth
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O, my sister and my brother
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All who walk upon this earth
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Fold to your hearts each other
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Where mercy dwells
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The peace of the Lord is there
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To live rightly is
to love one another
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Each kindness a gift
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Each deed a prayer
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O, my sister and my brother
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Fold to your hearts each other
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Listen, listen to one another.
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Listen, listen to one another.
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Walk with reverence in the steps
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of those who have gone before
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Where forgiveness
and wisdom has stood
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So shall the wide
earth become our temple
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Each loving life
a psalm of gratitude
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Each life a psalm of gratitude
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Walk with reverence
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Where forgiveness
and wisdom has stood
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Listen, listen
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Listen to one another
00:15:10.79\00:15:12.50
Listen, listen
00:15:12.53\00:15:14.10
Listen to one another
00:15:14.13\00:15:15.55
Listen, listen
00:15:15.58\00:15:17.02
Listen to one another
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Listen, listen
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Listen to one another
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Listen, listen
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Listen, listen
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Listen, listen
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Listen to one another
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Listen to one another
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Listen to one another
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Listen to one another
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Shackles fall
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The violence of war
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Over the earth shall cease
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Love shall tread
out the fire of anger
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And in its ashes
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Plant a tree of peace
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Then shall the shackles fall
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O, my sister and my brother
00:16:06.90\00:16:11.00
The violence of war
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Over the earth shall cease
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Fold to your hearts each other
00:16:16.52\00:16:21.26
Love shall tread
out the fire of anger
00:16:21.29\00:16:26.70
Where mercy
dwells the Lord is there
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Plant a tree of peace
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Plant a tree of peace
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Plant a tree of peace
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Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah,
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Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah,
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Love shall tread
out the fire of anger
00:16:55.49\00:17:01.36
And in its ashes
00:17:01.39\00:17:04.74
Plant a tree
00:17:04.77\00:17:08.99
Of peace
00:17:09.02\00:17:13.79
Plant a tree of peace
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Plant a tree of peace
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Plant a tree of peace
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Listen, listen to one another
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Listen, listen to one another
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Listen to one another
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Listen to one another
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Plant a tree
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Of peace
00:18:01.40\00:18:06.01
So I went to Google,
the mighty search engine
00:18:19.36\00:18:21.29
and I asked it a question,
how big is the universe?
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In 0.9 seconds,
900's of a second,
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it fired an answer
back with these words.
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The answer to your
question can be seen in
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"on of the most profound
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and humbling images
in all of human history."
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I'd like to share that
image with your right now.
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It's called the Hubble
Ultra Deep Field display.
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There's a picture assembled
by a team of astronomers
00:18:55.54\00:18:58.29
for the use of
the Hubble Telescope,
00:18:58.32\00:19:00.25
a photographic image displaying
00:19:00.28\00:19:01.76
the farthest known
reach of our universe.
00:19:01.79\00:19:08.22
Rather than showing you
a still photograph of it,
00:19:08.25\00:19:10.05
I want you to watch
a breathtaking video,
00:19:10.08\00:19:15.55
three-dimensional presentation.
00:19:15.58\00:19:19.25
I'll tell you where you
can find this in a moment,
00:19:19.28\00:19:21.24
but ponder quietly now
what rolls on our screens.
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Astronomers, in 1996,
00:19:31.85\00:19:34.26
attempted to do
something extraordinary.
00:19:34.29\00:19:37.14
They pointed the
Hubble Space Telescope
00:19:37.17\00:19:38.98
into a part of the sky
that seemed utterly empty,
00:19:39.01\00:19:41.88
a patch devoid of any
planets, stars and galaxies,
00:19:41.91\00:19:46.51
this area was
close to the Big Dipper,
00:19:46.54\00:19:48.44
a very familiar constellation.
00:19:48.47\00:19:50.46
And the patch of
sky was no bigger
00:19:50.49\00:19:51.94
than a grain of sand
held out at arms length.
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This was a somewhat
risky move by the scientists.
00:19:55.43\00:19:58.09
After all, observing
time on this telescope
00:19:58.12\00:20:00.35
is in very high
demand and some questioned
00:20:00.38\00:20:02.76
whether it would be wasted
trying to look at nothing.
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There was a real risk
that the images returned
00:20:05.61\00:20:07.67
would be as black as the space
at which it was being pointed.
00:20:07.70\00:20:11.54
Nevertheless, they
opened the telescope and slowly,
00:20:11.57\00:20:14.61
over the course of 10 full days,
00:20:14.64\00:20:17.28
photons that had been traveling
for over 13 billion years
00:20:17.31\00:20:21.07
finally ended their
journey on the detector
00:20:21.10\00:20:23.89
of humanities most
powerful telescope,
00:20:23.92\00:20:26.44
their feeble signal
collected almost one by one.
00:20:26.47\00:20:32.70
When the telescope
was finally closed,
00:20:32.73\00:20:35.05
and the images were processed
00:20:35.08\00:20:37.14
the light from
over 3,000 galaxies
00:20:37.17\00:20:39.64
had covered the detector,
00:20:39.67\00:20:41.34
producing one of
the most profound
00:20:41.37\00:20:42.90
and humbling images
in all of human history,
00:20:42.93\00:20:45.84
every single spot, smear,
and dot was an entire galaxy,
00:20:45.87\00:20:50.49
and each one containing
hundreds of billions of stars.
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Later, in 2004,
they did it again,
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this time pointing the telescope
00:21:00.55\00:21:02.13
towards an area near
the constellation Orion.
00:21:02.16\00:21:05.99
They opened the
shutter for over 11 days
00:21:06.02\00:21:08.40
and 400 complete
orbits around the Earth.
00:21:08.43\00:21:12.08
Using detectors with
increased sensitivity
00:21:12.11\00:21:14.52
and filters that allowed more
light through than ever before,
00:21:14.55\00:21:18.31
over 10,000 galaxies
appeared in what became known
00:21:18.34\00:21:21.63
as the Ultra Deep Field,
00:21:21.66\00:21:24.11
an image that
represented the farthest
00:21:24.14\00:21:25.94
we've ever seen
into the universe.
00:21:25.97\00:21:29.53
The photons from
these galaxies left
00:21:29.56\00:21:31.49
when the universe was
only 500 million years old,
00:21:31.52\00:21:35.29
and 13 billion years later,
they end their long journey
00:21:35.32\00:21:39.04
as a small blip
on a telescope's CCD.
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These galaxies,
00:21:43.58\00:21:44.69
while standing absolutely
still are racing away from us,
00:21:44.72\00:21:48.19
in some cases, faster
than the speed of light.
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The spacetime between us
00:21:51.79\00:21:53.15
and everything else
grows larger by the minute,
00:21:53.18\00:21:55.41
pushing the
galaxies in this image
00:21:55.44\00:21:56.91
to a distance of over
47 billion light years.
00:21:56.94\00:22:01.89
And because of
universal expansion,
00:22:01.92\00:22:03.72
the farther
something is away from us,
00:22:03.75\00:22:05.52
the more it's light
is shifted toward the red
00:22:05.55\00:22:07.36
and the faster it
appears to be moving.
00:22:07.39\00:22:09.59
Edwin Hubble
himself discovered this
00:22:09.62\00:22:11.28
by measuring the
redshift of many galaxies.
00:22:11.31\00:22:13.82
And it's a
measure of not only speed,
00:22:13.85\00:22:16.46
but distance as well.
00:22:16.49\00:22:18.05
Recently, Hubble scientists
put the icing on the cake.
00:22:22.64\00:22:26.20
Using the measured redshifts
00:22:26.23\00:22:27.53
of all the
galaxies inside the image,
00:22:27.56\00:22:29.62
they made a 3D model
of the Ultra Deep Field.
00:22:29.65\00:22:33.23
This is how it looks
when we apply the distances
00:22:33.26\00:22:35.31
of the galaxies in the
most important image ever taken.
00:22:35.34\00:22:42.05
There are over 100 billion
galaxies in the universe.
00:22:42.08\00:22:46.51
Simply saying that number
doesn't really mean much to us
00:22:46.54\00:22:48.98
because it doesn't
provide any context.
00:22:49.01\00:22:51.42
Our brains have
no way to accurately
00:22:51.45\00:22:53.38
put that in any
meaningful perspective.
00:22:53.41\00:22:56.58
When we look at
this image however,
00:22:56.61\00:22:58.75
and think about the
context of how it was made,
00:22:58.78\00:23:01.49
and really
understand what it means,
00:23:01.52\00:23:04.17
we instantly
gain the perspective
00:23:04.20\00:23:06.13
and cannot help but
be forever changed by it.
00:23:06.16\00:23:12.24
We pointed the most
powerful telescope ever built
00:23:12.27\00:23:14.68
by human beings at
absolutely nothing,
00:23:14.71\00:23:17.43
for no other reason
than because we were curious,
00:23:17.46\00:23:20.42
and discovered that we occupy
00:23:20.45\00:23:22.30
a very tiny
place in the heavens.
00:23:22.33\00:23:25.27
Oh, Lord, our Lord how majestic
00:23:43.55\00:23:45.44
is Your name in all the earth,
00:23:45.47\00:23:48.60
when I consider your
heavens the work of your fingers
00:23:48.63\00:23:50.76
then moon and the stars
which you have set in place,
00:23:50.79\00:23:53.06
what is man that
you are mindful of him,
00:23:53.09\00:23:55.65
the son of man
that you care for him
00:23:55.68\00:24:00.58
and this creation Sabbath
00:24:00.61\00:24:02.40
and which we celebrate
the glories of the creator.
00:24:02.43\00:24:06.11
Let's take a moment and
brood over the numbers of God,
00:24:06.14\00:24:11.04
the numbers of Charles
Darwin, we know those numbers,
00:24:11.07\00:24:13.34
this year's the 200th
anniversary of his birth
00:24:13.37\00:24:15.72
in Shrewsbury,
England, on February 12th 1809.
00:24:15.75\00:24:19.29
This year as it happens to
be is also the 150th anniversary
00:24:19.32\00:24:23.03
of his magnum opus
'Origin of Species'.
00:24:23.06\00:24:27.30
Well, on this day that
is an anniversary for God
00:24:27.33\00:24:29.54
and His creation, on
this creation Sabbath,
00:24:29.57\00:24:32.36
we pushed Charles
Darwin to the side
00:24:32.39\00:24:34.59
and focus our bright
minds instead on the creator.
00:24:34.62\00:24:38.97
Take the numbers you
just heard full by us,
00:24:39.00\00:24:40.79
how far is it to the edge
of the universe we live in?
00:24:40.82\00:24:44.35
Grab your study guide,
we're gonna begin crunching now
00:24:44.38\00:24:47.04
whether you enjoyed
algebra and arithmetic in school
00:24:47.07\00:24:49.36
or not whether they
were your cup of tea or not,
00:24:49.39\00:24:51.63
let's do the number crunching.
00:24:51.66\00:24:53.26
Take your study
guide. Thank you ushers.
00:24:53.29\00:24:54.79
Make sure
everybody here gets a chance
00:24:54.82\00:24:56.77
to jot this
phenomenal numbers down.
00:24:56.80\00:25:00.70
You listening on the
radio, watching on television,
00:25:00.73\00:25:02.45
let me give you our website
00:25:02.48\00:25:03.77
and you can get
the same study guide
00:25:03.80\00:25:05.96
put it on the screen for you.
00:25:05.99\00:25:07.44
www. See it
there, www.pmchruch.tv.
00:25:07.47\00:25:12.59
You're looking for
the series, 'The Temple'.
00:25:12.62\00:25:15.82
The title of today's
teaching The Third Temple,
00:25:15.85\00:25:18.78
temple in heaven, body temple
this is temple number three,
00:25:18.81\00:25:22.58
the temple of the
earth, The Third Temple,
00:25:22.61\00:25:24.62
the anniversary of
Charles Darwin and God
00:25:24.65\00:25:26.64
when you find that teaching
00:25:26.67\00:25:27.86
and it says study guide
beside a click on there,
00:25:27.89\00:25:29.92
you have the same
study guide we've got to go.
00:25:29.95\00:25:32.78
Don't get a cramp in any
of those bones in your wrist
00:25:32.81\00:25:35.83
but write fast, here we go.
00:25:35.86\00:25:38.69
What we're looking for
is the creator's wow factor,
00:25:38.72\00:25:42.46
the wow factor.
00:25:42.49\00:25:44.59
You never be the same
again when numbers like
00:25:44.62\00:25:47.75
these are
integrated into your thinking
00:25:47.78\00:25:50.44
the Creator's wow factor.
00:25:50.47\00:25:52.13
Let's look at
astronomic numbers first,
00:25:52.16\00:25:54.92
astronomic numbers first.
00:25:54.95\00:25:57.90
The Hubble Ultra
Deep Field, keep writing.
00:25:57.93\00:25:59.44
The Hubble Ultra Deep
Field images reveal the edge
00:25:59.47\00:26:02.30
of the universe at 47
billion light years away,
00:26:02.33\00:26:07.47
all right, 47
billion light years away,
00:26:07.50\00:26:10.81
keep writing.
00:26:10.84\00:26:11.87
Light travels at a speed of
a 186,272 miles per seconds.
00:26:11.90\00:26:16.50
You've learned
that in high school
00:26:16.53\00:26:19.06
if you've gotten that far yet,
you haven't gotten that far,
00:26:19.09\00:26:23.17
you get that number,
jot it down, 186,272,
00:26:23.20\00:26:26.43
so that means that
the edge of the universe
00:26:26.46\00:26:29.85
is a 186,000, keep
writing 272 miles times how--
00:26:29.88\00:26:33.99
how many seconds in the earth?
00:26:34.02\00:26:35.05
31,536,000 seconds
times 47 billion years
00:26:35.08\00:26:41.01
or light years
equals, right this number down
00:26:41.04\00:26:44.01
2.76090868 times 10 to the 23rd.
00:26:44.04\00:26:50.17
Now you hardly get that down
before I give you the number
00:26:52.07\00:26:54.46
as it actually looks or
where you see it right there
00:26:54.49\00:26:56.67
or right the number
down you'll need 15 zeros
00:26:56.70\00:27:00.46
to right this number it's
sextillion 276 sextillion,
00:27:00.49\00:27:04.82
90
quintillions, 868 quadrillion,
00:27:04.85\00:27:09.17
and then
00:27:09.20\00:27:12.31
Now listen, to help you
understand how far that is.
00:27:12.34\00:27:14.79
If you decided to
drive this distance in you
00:27:14.82\00:27:17.28
fuel efficient compact car,
00:27:17.31\00:27:20.07
and you kept the
pedal to the metal
00:27:20.10\00:27:21.65
at 60 miles an hour,
00:27:21.68\00:27:23.40
you could drive to
the edge of our universe
00:27:23.43\00:27:26.16
in 532 quadrillion,
00:27:26.19\00:27:28.96
582 trillions,
693 billion years.
00:27:28.99\00:27:33.13
You probably have
to stop for lunch,
00:27:33.16\00:27:36.14
all right, that's how far it is
00:27:36.17\00:27:38.57
and if you could
travel at the speed of light,
00:27:38.60\00:27:40.54
how far is it?
00:27:40.57\00:27:41.78
How long would it take
you at the speed of light?
00:27:41.81\00:27:43.38
47 billion years to get across
this universe, 47 billion.
00:27:43.41\00:27:49.82
What's more, keep writing,
00:27:49.85\00:27:50.88
The Hubble Ultra
Deep Field also reveals
00:27:50.91\00:27:52.83
that there are over
100, did you hear that?
00:27:52.86\00:27:55.73
Billion galaxies in our universe
00:27:55.76\00:27:58.38
each one with
hundreds of billions of stars,
00:27:58.41\00:28:03.61
planets, black
holes, white dwarfs, moons,
00:28:03.64\00:28:10.83
in that 3D
rendition and that is what
00:28:10.86\00:28:12.50
so inspiring to me that
3D, the ending to that clip
00:28:12.53\00:28:15.55
and I put the website
there for you to get it.
00:28:15.58\00:28:17.90
The every smudge moving by you,
00:28:17.93\00:28:20.16
every dot, every
spot is an entire galaxy.
00:28:20.19\00:28:23.26
We live in one of
those 100 billion galaxies,
00:28:23.29\00:28:26.39
our home galaxy is
called the Milky Way
00:28:26.42\00:28:28.00
and NASA took this
picture over Devils Tower.
00:28:28.03\00:28:30.56
I want you to look at that.
00:28:30.59\00:28:31.62
I've made it my
screensaver that is so good.
00:28:31.65\00:28:34.10
Look at that,
that's Devils Tower
00:28:34.13\00:28:36.01
and the Milky Way
spread, that's our home galaxy,
00:28:36.04\00:28:39.42
we live near the
edge of this galaxy.
00:28:39.45\00:28:42.49
Oh, when you crunch
the astronomic numbers,
00:28:42.52\00:28:44.82
ladies and gentlemen,
there is only one suitable
00:28:44.85\00:28:46.57
expression to
make and that is Wow!
00:28:46.60\00:28:49.39
Jot it down, Psalm 19:1
00:28:49.42\00:28:51.16
"The heavens
declare the glory of God,
00:28:51.19\00:28:53.46
the skies proclaim
the work of his hands."
00:28:53.49\00:28:56.98
How can you possibly
preside over a kingdom
00:28:57.01\00:29:00.41
47 billion light years across?
00:29:00.44\00:29:03.81
You can't do it
unless you're God.
00:29:03.84\00:29:07.11
You can't do it
unless you're God.
00:29:07.14\00:29:09.73
So we've looked at
astronomic numbers.
00:29:09.76\00:29:11.48
Now, let us look
at atomic numbers.
00:29:11.51\00:29:13.08
Jot that down
please, atomic numbers.
00:29:13.11\00:29:16.02
Keep writing, Steven Weinberg,
00:29:16.05\00:29:17.68
high energy
physicist Nobel Laureate
00:29:17.71\00:29:19.59
has concluded that our universe
00:29:19.62\00:29:20.75
is so finely tuned
and so intricately wired
00:29:20.78\00:29:23.29
that an energy variation of
one part in 10 to the 120th,
00:29:23.32\00:29:29.65
in its formation would
have resulted in no life
00:29:29.68\00:29:32.40
anywhere in the universe,
00:29:32.43\00:29:33.46
that's a variation of one part
00:29:33.49\00:29:34.72
out of the number one
followed by a 120 zeros.
00:29:34.75\00:29:38.38
That small a variation no life.
00:29:38.41\00:29:41.54
It's called the
anthropic principle.
00:29:41.57\00:29:43.30
This universe has
been wired from man,
00:29:43.33\00:29:47.52
Anthropas in the Greek,
00:29:47.55\00:29:49.36
it's been wired
for the human race.
00:29:49.39\00:29:53.55
Oxford University,
00:29:53.58\00:29:54.61
Professor Roger
Penrose has written a book
00:29:54.64\00:29:56.86
'The Large, the
Small and the Human Mind'.
00:29:56.89\00:29:59.00
Jot this down, by calculating
the entropy of black holes,
00:29:59.03\00:30:02.47
Penrose has concluded
00:30:02.50\00:30:03.87
that the probability of
a life-supporting universe
00:30:03.90\00:30:06.28
is 1 in10 to the
10th to the 123rd,
00:30:06.31\00:30:09.64
now you got to
write this correctly.
00:30:09.67\00:30:12.31
Our master producer
have to work hard to get it.
00:30:12.34\00:30:15.25
You've got multiple
exponents there, all right,
00:30:15.28\00:30:17.38
1 times 10 to the 10th
and then 10th is to the 123rd,
00:30:17.41\00:30:22.09
that number ladies and gentlemen
00:30:22.12\00:30:23.35
is beyond human comprehension.
00:30:23.38\00:30:25.76
In fact, jot this down,
00:30:25.79\00:30:27.07
if you were to simply
write 10 to the 10th to the 3rd,
00:30:27.10\00:30:30.28
it would be written as
10 followed by 999 zeros,
00:30:30.31\00:30:34.14
all right, write those down.
00:30:34.17\00:30:35.64
Now, to write 10 to the
10th to the 123rd in one line
00:30:35.67\00:30:40.61
would extend beyond
the bounds of the universe.
00:30:40.64\00:30:43.29
The numbers would go beyond
the bounds of the universe.
00:30:43.32\00:30:45.73
That's how big the number is,
00:30:45.76\00:30:47.02
the chances of life creating
itself in this universe.
00:30:47.05\00:30:53.19
The latest issue
of Adventist World
00:30:56.22\00:30:58.40
contains a piece
by George T. Javor,
00:30:58.43\00:31:02.08
biochemist for years
at Loma Linda University,
00:31:02.11\00:31:03.96
you'll jot this line down,
00:31:03.99\00:31:05.02
the quotation will
continue on the screen,
00:31:05.05\00:31:06.73
"It is estimated" Javor writes,
00:31:06.76\00:31:08.29
"that there are
between 10 to the 50th
00:31:08.32\00:31:09.91
to 10 to the 80th atoms
in the observable universe."
00:31:09.94\00:31:16.18
Now go to the screen
for the rest of the quote.
00:31:16.21\00:31:18.57
"If these were
only hydrogen atoms"
00:31:18.60\00:31:20.45
the lightest of all elements,
00:31:20.48\00:31:21.55
"it would have
required a minimum of
00:31:21.58\00:31:22.82
3.6 times 10 to the 39th
to 3.6 times 10 to the 69th
00:31:22.85\00:31:27.34
calories of energy to create."
00:31:27.37\00:31:29.79
By comparison the world's
total electricity consumption
00:31:29.82\00:31:32.73
for the year 2005 was 1.4
times 10 to the 19 infantisable,
00:31:32.76\00:31:39.64
compared with
the massive number.
00:31:39.67\00:31:42.62
"While all matters, he goes on,
00:31:42.65\00:31:43.94
came from the hand of a Creator,
00:31:43.97\00:31:45.06
it was a gift to His creatures.
00:31:45.09\00:31:46.12
God is not in matter."
00:31:46.15\00:31:47.18
Please note, only
the Creator is eternal,
00:31:47.21\00:31:48.99
matter is not eternal.
00:31:49.02\00:31:50.35
Only the Creator is eternal,
but He created matter for us.
00:31:50.38\00:31:53.20
"Nonetheless,
the Creator is aware
00:31:53.23\00:31:54.71
of every aspect
of His creation,"
00:31:54.74\00:31:56.07
I love this,
"down to its smallest,
00:31:56.10\00:31:58.25
subatomic level.
00:31:58.28\00:31:59.45
The Lord knows the location
00:31:59.48\00:32:01.06
and function of every one
of His 10 to the 80th atoms.
00:32:01.09\00:32:04.25
This much may be
inferred from the reference
00:32:04.28\00:32:06.46
Jesus made to God's awareness
00:32:06.49\00:32:07.98
of the smallest
entities of the physical realm."
00:32:08.01\00:32:10.87
And then he
quotes Matthew 10:29, 30
00:32:10.90\00:32:15.40
and here is-- here's
how it goes, Jesus said
00:32:15.43\00:32:18.73
"Are not two
sparrows sold for a penny?
00:32:18.76\00:32:21.66
Yet not one of them
tumbles to the ground
00:32:21.69\00:32:23.77
but your father does not know.
00:32:23.80\00:32:25.84
"The smallest particles.
00:32:25.87\00:32:28.30
Oh, the Creator's wow
factor, astronomic numbers,
00:32:28.33\00:32:32.34
atomic numbers and
now finally anatomic,
00:32:32.37\00:32:35.02
write that in, anatomic numbers,
00:32:35.05\00:32:37.03
I'm gonna bring our buddy Kelly
up to the pulpit with me now.
00:32:37.06\00:32:40.88
Anatomic numbers,
so here's the skeleton,
00:32:40.91\00:32:47.24
the reason I want
Kelly to stand before us
00:32:47.27\00:32:48.84
as I want you to
marvel at the numbers,
00:32:48.87\00:32:50.90
incredible numbers right here.
00:32:50.93\00:32:52.91
There are 206 parts,
this is a 206 parts system,
00:32:52.94\00:32:56.19
all right, so how many ways
00:32:56.22\00:32:59.53
can you put a 206
parts system together
00:32:59.56\00:33:01.36
if it just happened by random,
00:33:01.39\00:33:02.56
how many ways can
you put it together?
00:33:02.59\00:33:04.14
One-- if it were only 1
part it would be 1 times 1 is 1,
00:33:04.17\00:33:07.42
If it were 2 parts,
it's 1 times 2 is 2.
00:33:07.45\00:33:09.68
If it's 3 parts it's
1 times 2 times 3 is 6.
00:33:09.71\00:33:12.88
If it's 4 parts it's one times
00:33:12.91\00:33:14.34
2 times 3 times
4 is 24 and so on.
00:33:14.37\00:33:16.76
If you did those
numbers all the up to 206,
00:33:16.79\00:33:19.81
it's called-- its
called 206 factorial,
00:33:19.84\00:33:23.39
you write it 206 with an
exclamation mark after the 6!
00:33:23.42\00:33:27.32
Here's the number, jot it down.
00:33:27.35\00:33:28.80
The number of ways a
206 part human skeleton
00:33:28.83\00:33:31.20
can be assembled
is 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 times
00:33:31.23\00:33:33.76
and all the way up
to 206 or 10 to the 388,
00:33:33.79\00:33:39.10
that's a 1 with a
388 zeroes following it.
00:33:39.13\00:33:42.36
You would need that
many tries to get this right,
00:33:42.39\00:33:45.22
and by the way to get it right
it's just to connect the parts
00:33:45.25\00:33:47.87
it's not
necessarily to have them
00:33:47.90\00:33:48.97
right set up or upside
down, that doesn't matter,
00:33:49.00\00:33:50.88
just to get the parts to
touch the right parts of touch.
00:33:50.91\00:33:56.60
So how long would it take
us to get the human skeleton
00:33:56.63\00:33:58.43
if it were done by random?
00:33:58.46\00:33:59.75
A scientist Jerry Bergman,
00:33:59.78\00:34:00.85
Northwest State
College in Archbold, Ohio,
00:34:00.88\00:34:03.12
his second PhD in human biology
00:34:03.15\00:34:04.88
as he notes in an essay I
read, jot this down please.
00:34:04.91\00:34:07.72
If you could
complete one new random
00:34:07.75\00:34:09.62
trial arrangements of
this 206 bones every second,
00:34:09.65\00:34:12.21
so seconds--, try another,
00:34:12.24\00:34:15.06
oh, now we got the
skull at the feet come on,
00:34:15.09\00:34:16.70
do that better,
00:34:16.73\00:34:18.01
if you did it every
second, notice what he writes.
00:34:18.04\00:34:21.93
"For every
single second available
00:34:21.96\00:34:23.50
in all of the estimated
00:34:23.53\00:34:24.72
evolutionary view
of astronomic time
00:34:24.75\00:34:26.60
which is between 10
to 20 billion years,
00:34:26.63\00:34:29.03
using the most
conservative estimate...
00:34:29.06\00:34:31.12
the chances that the
correct general position,
00:34:31.15\00:34:34.04
just general will
be obtained by random
00:34:34.07\00:34:35.83
is less than once
in 10 billion years."
00:34:35.86\00:34:39.15
So that's how we
got it, we got the one,
00:34:39.18\00:34:42.25
my friend that's not in them,
00:34:42.28\00:34:44.27
they're in the right
position within the connection,
00:34:44.30\00:34:46.59
that's just
getting the connections
00:34:46.62\00:34:49.41
and then Bergman's goes on...
00:34:49.44\00:34:50.78
"For all practical purposes,
a zero possibility exists
00:34:50.81\00:34:53.66
that the correct general
position of only 206 parts
00:34:53.69\00:34:55.90
could be obtained
simultaneously by chance
00:34:55.93\00:34:57.46
and the average human..."
00:34:57.49\00:34:58.54
now, you want to
factor something else in,
00:34:58.57\00:35:00.03
"75 trillion cells!..."
00:35:00.06\00:35:02.52
You also got to put
those 75 trillion together.
00:35:02.55\00:35:05.08
"This illustration indicates
00:35:08.64\00:35:09.91
that the argument
commonly used by evolutionists--
00:35:09.94\00:35:11.92
'given enough time anything
is possible'-- is wanting."
00:35:11.95\00:35:15.77
Write it in, it
doesn't-- it doesn't hold up."
00:35:15.80\00:35:20.21
Jot it down, will you?
00:35:20.24\00:35:21.28
Psalm 139:13-14,
00:35:21.31\00:35:24.41
"For you
created my inmost being,
00:35:24.44\00:35:26.65
you knit me together
in my mother's womb."
00:35:26.68\00:35:28.95
Isn't that fascinating?
00:35:28.98\00:35:30.03
About that little baby score,
00:35:30.06\00:35:31.09
you already knew
that, didn't you?
00:35:31.12\00:35:32.36
But that score was
carefully put together
00:35:32.39\00:35:34.26
so that it could
get out and then grow.
00:35:34.29\00:35:37.63
"You knit me
together in my mother's tummy,
00:35:37.66\00:35:40.49
I praise you
because I am fearfully
00:35:40.52\00:35:43.78
and wonderfully,
hallelujah, made."
00:35:43.81\00:35:48.71
Amazing.
00:35:48.74\00:35:49.79
Listen, the next time
you're feeling down on yourself,
00:35:49.82\00:35:51.97
you're feeling little blue,
00:35:52.00\00:35:53.84
the next time here's
what I want you to do.
00:35:53.87\00:35:56.43
Just hold your hand
out in front of your face.
00:35:56.46\00:35:57.97
Just hold you hand
out in front of your face
00:35:58.00\00:35:59.48
and just wiggle
these, just wiggle these,
00:35:59.51\00:36:02.32
just stare at
that and ask yourself,
00:36:02.35\00:36:04.23
what's up with this?
00:36:04.26\00:36:06.39
When your fingers
wiggle in front of your eyes,
00:36:06.42\00:36:08.29
you will see that you
are a priceless marvel
00:36:08.32\00:36:10.86
by an infinite maker.
00:36:10.89\00:36:16.58
Oh, Lord, our Lord, how majestic
00:36:16.61\00:36:20.18
is Your name in all the earth.
00:36:20.21\00:36:24.07
When we crunch God's
numbers, His astronomic numbers,
00:36:24.10\00:36:26.22
His atomic numbers,
His anatomic numbers,
00:36:26.25\00:36:28.79
we are confronted with
the Creator's wow factor.
00:36:28.82\00:36:32.00
I want to end with
this, jot it down please.
00:36:32.03\00:36:33.81
What is the
Creator's wow factor?
00:36:33.84\00:36:36.40
The W stands for Wonder.
00:36:36.43\00:36:38.55
Write it down. Wonder.
00:36:38.58\00:36:41.57
In his book 'The Tangled Wing'
00:36:41.60\00:36:42.89
Melvin Konner describes wonder
is "The hallmark of our species
00:36:42.92\00:36:46.34
and the central
feature of the human spirit."
00:36:46.37\00:36:49.14
Nobody else can wonder like you.
00:36:49.17\00:36:51.60
I have a treasure
little book in my library
00:36:51.63\00:36:53.07
that I read again and again.
00:36:53.10\00:36:54.41
In fact we took it to
Switzerland this summer
00:36:54.44\00:36:55.76
so I can read it with Karen,
00:36:55.79\00:36:56.85
Arthur Gordon's
delightful inspiration,
00:36:56.88\00:36:59.09
"A Touch of Wonder"
00:36:59.12\00:37:00.55
an invitation to
fall in love with life.
00:37:00.58\00:37:03.41
His premise is simple and stark.
00:37:03.44\00:37:05.61
We are too much too hurried,
00:37:05.64\00:37:11.45
and as a consequence we
miss the greatest pleasures
00:37:11.48\00:37:14.43
and the deepest wonders in life.
00:37:14.46\00:37:16.83
The scratchy lick of a dog,
the fiery glory of a sunset,
00:37:16.86\00:37:24.43
the wet kiss of a child,
00:37:24.46\00:37:28.28
the fragrance and crunch
of autumn's falling leaves,
00:37:28.31\00:37:33.37
the cold biting silver
of the milky way in winter.
00:37:33.40\00:37:40.28
Stop, look and wonder. Wonder.
00:37:40.31\00:37:46.93
And when you wonder, Christian,
when you wonder, pray.
00:37:46.96\00:37:53.19
Pray to the God of the universe
who made it all possible,
00:37:53.22\00:37:58.82
pray to the Creator,
oh the wonder of it all.
00:37:58.85\00:38:05.77
Look at that psalm,
our theme psalm today.
00:38:05.80\00:38:08.22
I've been quoting it,
now let's read it together.
00:38:08.25\00:38:09.61
Psalm 8, Psalm 8 page,
00:38:09.64\00:38:13.36
grab your pew Bible if
you don't have a Bible,
00:38:13.39\00:38:15.09
will be page 370
in your pew Bible.
00:38:15.12\00:38:18.43
I'll read just a line from
this great Psalm of David's.
00:38:18.46\00:38:23.53
Psalm 8, I'm in
the NIV, verse 1.
00:38:23.56\00:38:25.97
"O Lord, our Lord, how majestic
00:38:26.00\00:38:29.47
is your name in all the earth!"
00:38:29.50\00:38:31.60
Verse 3, "When I
consider your heavens,
00:38:31.63\00:38:34.16
the work of your
fingers, the moon and the stars,
00:38:34.19\00:38:36.73
which you have set in place.
00:38:36.76\00:38:38.26
What is man, what is woman
that you are mindful of us,
00:38:38.29\00:38:41.01
the son and daughter of humanity
00:38:41.04\00:38:43.57
that you care for us?"
00:38:43.60\00:38:45.95
I don't understand this guy.
00:38:45.98\00:38:48.12
47 billion light
years in Your kingdom
00:38:48.15\00:38:52.62
and this peck,
and you care it all.
00:38:52.65\00:38:59.23
Oh, the wonder of it
all, the wonder of it all
00:38:59.26\00:39:02.57
just to think that God loves me.
00:39:02.60\00:39:06.55
The great Creator's wow factor,
00:39:06.58\00:39:09.15
the W is Wonder,
the O is Observe.
00:39:09.18\00:39:13.35
If wonder is an
emotional response to creation,
00:39:13.38\00:39:16.12
observe is an
intellectual response.
00:39:16.15\00:39:18.60
Write that in.
00:39:18.63\00:39:20.00
Observation is what
00:39:20.03\00:39:21.19
this university
teaches as well to do.
00:39:21.22\00:39:25.22
Got a great
university, great scientist,
00:39:25.25\00:39:28.19
observe, think,
00:39:28.22\00:39:30.90
that's the point Paul is making,
00:39:30.93\00:39:32.18
I'll put it on
the screen for you,
00:39:32.21\00:39:33.24
fill it in, Romans 1:20.
00:39:33.27\00:39:34.74
"For since the
creation of the world
00:39:34.77\00:39:36.36
God's invisible
qualities, his eternal power
00:39:36.39\00:39:39.48
and divine nature
have been clearly seen,"
00:39:39.51\00:39:42.02
notice that, seen...
00:39:42.05\00:39:43.50
not imagined, not imagined,
00:39:46.16\00:39:49.05
they've been "seen,
00:39:49.08\00:39:52.57
being understood
from what has been made,
00:39:52.60\00:39:54.31
so that men and
women are without excuse."
00:39:54.34\00:39:58.33
Paul writes it
if we used our eyes
00:39:58.36\00:39:59.75
in careful
thoughtful observation,
00:39:59.78\00:40:01.53
there is enough evidence
and wondering nature itself
00:40:01.56\00:40:03.69
to convince or at least
convict the human spirit
00:40:03.72\00:40:06.20
that an
omnipotent creator exists.
00:40:06.23\00:40:11.97
Without reading a
single word of scripture,
00:40:12.00\00:40:14.07
through observation I believe,
00:40:14.10\00:40:15.33
through observation it
is possible to conclude
00:40:15.36\00:40:18.31
that the preponderance
of nature's witness
00:40:18.34\00:40:20.65
is of a care
filled, thought filled,
00:40:20.68\00:40:23.71
power filled being who not only
00:40:23.74\00:40:26.73
design the
cosmos but superintended
00:40:26.76\00:40:28.40
its continuing
existence toward his desired
00:40:28.43\00:40:30.47
and universal
harmony and symbioses--
00:40:30.50\00:40:34.05
symbioses through
out his generation,
00:40:34.08\00:40:35.95
how do Paul put it,
00:40:35.98\00:40:37.36
"Since the creation of the world
00:40:37.39\00:40:40.25
God's invisible qualities--
have been clearly seen..."
00:40:40.28\00:40:45.90
Stop looking wonder,
wonder observe the last W,
00:40:45.93\00:40:50.17
worship the wow factor, worship,
00:40:50.20\00:40:53.82
it's a last letter of wow
00:40:53.85\00:40:54.95
that summons the creature
to respond to its creator.
00:40:54.98\00:40:58.46
For you and for
me for us to believe,
00:40:58.49\00:41:01.49
worship becomes our
highest expression of adoration
00:41:01.52\00:41:04.43
in thanks giving to the creator.
00:41:04.46\00:41:07.62
Psalm 95:6, jot
this down, will you,
00:41:07.65\00:41:10.95
"Come, let us
bow down in worship,
00:41:10.98\00:41:13.99
let us kneel before
the Lord our Maker."
00:41:14.02\00:41:17.25
You see worship and
maker always go together.
00:41:17.28\00:41:19.37
Worship and maker go together,
that's the Old Testament.
00:41:19.40\00:41:21.43
Take a look at
the New Testament,
00:41:21.46\00:41:23.05
Revelation 4:11,
"You are worthy--,"
00:41:23.08\00:41:25.69
the old English for
worship is worthy sheep,
00:41:25.72\00:41:28.93
worship means
worthy sheep in English.
00:41:28.96\00:41:31.68
"You are worthy,
our Lord and God,
00:41:31.71\00:41:34.85
to receive glory
and honor and power,
00:41:34.88\00:41:36.62
for you created all things,
00:41:36.65\00:41:38.75
and by your will
they were created
00:41:38.78\00:41:40.74
and have their being."
00:41:40.77\00:41:41.93
You see worship and
creator are twin realities,
00:41:41.96\00:41:44.56
they always go together,
they're bound eternally
00:41:44.59\00:41:47.61
in the grateful
heart of all creation.
00:41:47.64\00:41:52.56
Classics Steps to
Christ puts it this way,
00:41:52.59\00:41:54.28
put it on the screen for you.
00:41:54.31\00:41:55.78
I want you to jot
this page number down,
00:41:55.81\00:41:57.55
"God is love" is
written upon every opening bud,"
00:41:57.58\00:42:02.40
I got to tell you about my dad.
00:42:02.43\00:42:05.13
Dad used to this all
the time when we were kids.
00:42:05.16\00:42:08.23
We'd be walking long
in Sabbath afternoon,
00:42:08.26\00:42:10.67
or driving
along who knows where.
00:42:10.70\00:42:14.11
And he'd see, he'd
see a little flower,
00:42:14.14\00:42:16.66
along the walk, he
sees a little flower
00:42:16.69\00:42:17.93
and he say hey boys,
00:42:17.96\00:42:21.45
you know what
that flower saying?
00:42:21.48\00:42:23.85
What dad?
00:42:23.88\00:42:25.58
God is love, they
walk little farther
00:42:25.61\00:42:28.01
and some birds go
tweeting over head,
00:42:28.04\00:42:30.97
hey, girl, you know
what that bird is singing?
00:42:31.00\00:42:36.49
God is love,
every time he'd say,
00:42:36.52\00:42:39.34
finally we got-- we
just knew, God is love,
00:42:39.37\00:42:40.95
we'd all pipe up,
God is love, it's true.
00:42:40.98\00:42:45.00
Look at this quotation
00:42:45.03\00:42:46.47
"God is love' is
written upon every opening bud,
00:42:46.50\00:42:48.97
upon every spire
of springing grass.
00:42:49.00\00:42:51.13
The lovely birds
making the air vocal
00:42:51.16\00:42:53.28
with their happy songs,
the delicately tinted flowers
00:42:53.31\00:42:55.91
in their
perfection perfuming the air,
00:42:55.94\00:42:57.71
the lofty trees of the forest
00:42:57.74\00:42:59.22
with their rich
foliage of living green --
00:42:59.25\00:43:01.22
all testify to the
tender, fatherly care of our God
00:43:01.25\00:43:05.47
and to His desire to
make His children happy."
00:43:05.50\00:43:10.95
Worship, what we
are doing right now.
00:43:10.98\00:43:15.12
Worship is the grateful response
00:43:15.15\00:43:17.41
of the creation to the creator,
00:43:17.44\00:43:20.08
but all on you'll
see this-- this is truly,
00:43:20.11\00:43:22.49
I mean this is the greatest wow
in the history of the universe,
00:43:22.52\00:43:27.91
can you believe this?
00:43:27.94\00:43:30.71
Listen up, the
creator of the universe,
00:43:30.74\00:43:33.73
we are talking
about all 47 billion
00:43:33.76\00:43:35.94
light years of the universe,
00:43:35.97\00:43:37.30
all right, the
100 billion galaxies.
00:43:37.33\00:43:40.49
Get this, the
creator of this universe
00:43:40.52\00:43:43.78
presiding over it all
as the reigning monarch,
00:43:43.81\00:43:47.56
the creator of this universe
00:43:47.59\00:43:50.21
came down to the
speck of a planet,
00:43:50.24\00:43:54.58
the edge of the milky way
00:43:54.61\00:43:57.40
and it became one
of the human race,
00:43:57.43\00:44:00.92
shrunken bones, a
brain affected by...
00:44:00.95\00:44:06.95
genetics, He came down.
00:44:09.56\00:44:15.35
Became one with the human race,
00:44:15.38\00:44:18.45
so that we might
see a picture of the God
00:44:18.48\00:44:22.16
who rules the cosmos,
00:44:22.19\00:44:24.45
not just so that we
might see however a picture
00:44:24.48\00:44:28.49
so that he might die our death.
00:44:28.52\00:44:34.59
That we might have his life,
00:44:34.62\00:44:38.70
in a perfect creation one
day forever and ever, amen.
00:44:38.73\00:44:44.70
That's-- name your better
wow. Give me a bigger wow.
00:44:44.73\00:44:48.69
Give me any number you
want, make it bigger than that,
00:44:48.72\00:44:51.40
you can't do
it, you can't do it,
00:44:51.43\00:44:55.20
'cause the biggest wow of
all is the wonder of it all.
00:44:55.23\00:44:59.54
Just to think that God loves me.
00:44:59.57\00:45:02.03
Steps to Christ put it
back on the screen for you.
00:45:02.06\00:45:03.92
"It was to redeem us
that Jesus our Creator lived
00:45:03.95\00:45:07.83
and suffered and died.
00:45:07.86\00:45:09.21
But this great
sacrifice was not made
00:45:09.24\00:45:10.87
in order to create
in the Father's heart
00:45:10.90\00:45:12.23
a love for man and woman,
00:45:12.26\00:45:13.53
not to make Him willing to save.
00:45:13.56\00:45:15.06
No, no!
00:45:15.09\00:45:16.52
'God so loved the world,
00:45:16.55\00:45:17.65
that He gave His
only-begotten Son.
00:45:17.68\00:45:19.19
The Father loves us,
00:45:19.22\00:45:20.52
not because of
the great sacrifice,
00:45:20.55\00:45:22.26
but He provided the
sacrifice because He loves us."
00:45:22.29\00:45:26.71
Wow, wow, wow
that's what worship is,
00:45:26.74\00:45:33.68
when your heart says
wow, could it be true.
00:45:33.71\00:45:37.92
There are times when I worship,
00:45:41.83\00:45:47.36
sometimes right here on
this platform in first church.
00:45:47.39\00:45:52.91
Spend a whole lot of time
worshiping in the front pew
00:45:52.94\00:45:54.44
and second church.
00:45:54.47\00:45:57.00
Sometimes when I'm worshiping
all alone in my prayer closet,
00:45:57.03\00:45:59.24
there are times when I worship
00:45:59.27\00:46:01.58
when it feels as if my
heart is going to burst.
00:46:01.61\00:46:08.34
I'll kneel there, I'll sit here,
00:46:08.37\00:46:12.55
and while the choir is
soaring as it did today,
00:46:12.58\00:46:18.00
or the organ is crescendoing
00:46:18.03\00:46:22.33
while the prays team song--
00:46:22.36\00:46:24.39
songs are just
ascending into heaven,
00:46:24.42\00:46:29.32
I'll sit here
and I try to imagine,
00:46:29.35\00:46:34.86
what would it be like,
00:46:34.89\00:46:36.65
if right now the
doors to the throne room
00:46:36.68\00:46:41.89
of the temple of
the universe swell open.
00:46:41.92\00:46:47.19
And I see the choir and I
hear that majestic straight
00:46:47.22\00:46:51.47
what would it be like,
00:46:51.50\00:46:54.04
if I could be ushered
in to the very presence
00:46:54.07\00:47:00.08
of almighty God
Himself, I'm sitting here,
00:47:00.11\00:47:04.08
I'm imagining this
while we're singing.
00:47:04.11\00:47:06.45
I think to myself,
if these walls fell away
00:47:13.25\00:47:18.87
and I were there
and he was here visible,
00:47:18.90\00:47:24.48
I know what I'd do, I
know myself well enough,
00:47:24.51\00:47:29.06
I know I'd fall to my face,
00:47:29.09\00:47:31.85
and I know I
would burst into tears,
00:47:31.88\00:47:34.23
I just know I would.
00:47:34.26\00:47:36.06
I've to keep my head
00:47:36.09\00:47:37.12
at certain
angle on the front pew
00:47:37.15\00:47:38.63
so that the people
around me don't see me,
00:47:38.66\00:47:42.47
I would just start crying
00:47:42.50\00:47:46.40
and when the
choirs of angels hushed
00:47:46.43\00:47:50.75
and the silence
in the throne room,
00:47:50.78\00:47:53.78
and the one seated on
that white throne high
00:47:53.81\00:47:55.62
and lifted up looks down
00:47:55.65\00:47:56.95
at this speck of the human being
00:47:56.98\00:47:59.88
and he quietly
asked, why are you here?
00:47:59.91\00:48:03.59
I know,
00:48:21.75\00:48:26.36
that when I could find my voice,
00:48:26.39\00:48:31.22
in a torrent of words,
00:48:31.25\00:48:34.69
I would try to
tell him that I'm here,
00:48:34.72\00:48:40.63
because you are the greatest God
00:48:40.66\00:48:43.06
I have ever met in my life
00:48:43.09\00:48:47.33
and I want to
give my life to you.
00:48:47.36\00:48:49.33
Sometimes in the
quite of my prayer room,
00:48:53.98\00:48:58.26
sometimes in the
glory of worship right here
00:48:58.29\00:49:04.09
that's what my
hearts want to say to him,
00:49:04.12\00:49:06.60
if only I could find
the words but I can't.
00:49:06.63\00:49:13.52
A few decades
ago someone finally
00:49:13.55\00:49:17.14
found the words to
say and wrote a song,
00:49:17.17\00:49:22.31
it has become a
glorious tribute to our creator.
00:49:22.34\00:49:27.54
I was in the stadium
00:49:27.57\00:49:28.61
once filled with
45,000 Christian men
00:49:28.64\00:49:32.31
singing this hymn,
at the top of our lungs.
00:49:32.34\00:49:37.34
Oh, Lord, my God,
00:49:37.37\00:49:43.74
when I in awesome wonder,
00:49:43.77\00:49:48.14
wonder consider all the
words thy hands have made.
00:49:48.17\00:49:56.05
I see the stars, I
hear the rolling thunder,
00:49:56.08\00:50:01.66
thy power
throughout the universe display
00:50:01.69\00:50:06.08
then sings my sole,
00:50:06.11\00:50:09.99
my savior God to
the how great thou art.
00:50:10.02\00:50:17.51
Ladies and gentlemen,
that's what worship is,
00:50:17.54\00:50:22.73
singing to him,
how great you are.
00:50:22.76\00:50:28.42
Let's stand to our feet
and sing all four stances.
00:50:28.45\00:50:32.88
O Lord, my God
00:51:07.50\00:51:10.49
When I in awesome wonder
00:51:10.52\00:51:15.23
Consider all the worlds
00:51:15.26\00:51:19.81
Thy hands hath made
00:51:19.84\00:51:22.84
I see the stars
00:51:22.87\00:51:26.31
I hear the rolling thunder
00:51:26.34\00:51:31.02
Thy power throughout
00:51:31.05\00:51:34.52
The universe displayed
00:51:34.55\00:51:39.37
Then sings my soul
00:51:39.40\00:51:42.86
My Savior God, to Thee
00:51:42.89\00:51:48.03
How great Thou art
00:51:48.06\00:51:52.78
How great Thou art
00:51:52.81\00:51:56.32
Then sings my soul
00:51:56.35\00:51:59.92
My Savior God, to Thee
00:51:59.95\00:52:05.68
How great Thou art
00:52:05.71\00:52:10.03
How great Thou art!
00:52:10.06\00:52:16.03
When through the woods
00:52:18.41\00:52:21.58
And forest glades I wander
00:52:21.61\00:52:26.57
And hear the birds sing
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Sweetly in the trees
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When I look down
00:52:35.13\00:52:38.55
From lofty mountain grandeur
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And see the brook
00:52:43.88\00:52:47.27
And feel the gentle breeze
00:52:47.30\00:52:52.67
Then sings my soul
00:52:52.70\00:52:56.23
My Savior God, to Thee
00:52:56.26\00:53:01.50
How great Thou art
00:53:01.53\00:53:05.69
How great Thou art
00:53:05.72\00:53:09.86
Then sings my soul
00:53:09.89\00:53:13.37
My Savior God, to Thee
00:53:13.40\00:53:18.83
How great Thou art
00:53:18.86\00:53:23.72
How great Thou art!
00:53:23.75\00:53:31.10
And when I think
00:53:31.13\00:53:35.14
that God His Son not sparing
00:53:35.17\00:53:40.69
Sent Him to die
00:53:40.72\00:53:44.50
I scarce can take it in
00:53:44.53\00:53:50.25
That on the Cross
00:53:50.28\00:53:53.94
My burden gladly bearing
00:53:53.97\00:54:00.45
He bled and died
00:54:00.48\00:54:03.12
To take away my sin
00:54:03.15\00:54:08.77
Then sings my soul
00:54:08.80\00:54:13.14
My Savior God, to Thee
00:54:13.17\00:54:18.16
How great Thou art
00:54:18.19\00:54:22.79
How great Thou art
00:54:22.82\00:54:26.55
Then sings my soul
00:54:26.58\00:54:30.14
My Savior God, to Thee
00:54:30.17\00:54:35.69
How great Thou art!
00:54:35.72\00:54:40.40
How great Thou art!
00:54:40.43\00:54:47.45
When Christ shall come
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With shout of acclamation
00:54:51.21\00:54:55.89
And take me home
00:54:55.92\00:54:59.11
What joy shall fill my heart!
00:54:59.14\00:55:03.95
Then shall I bow
00:55:03.98\00:55:07.76
in humble adoration
00:55:07.79\00:55:13.19
And then proclaim
00:55:13.22\00:55:16.94
My God, how great Thou art!
00:55:16.97\00:55:22.70
Then sings my soul
00:55:22.73\00:55:26.80
My Savior God, to Thee
00:55:26.83\00:55:32.59
How great Thou art
00:55:32.62\00:55:37.13
How great Thou art!
00:55:37.16\00:55:41.16
Then sings my soul
00:55:41.19\00:55:45.02
My Savior God, to Thee
00:55:45.05\00:55:50.77
How great Thou art!
00:55:50.80\00:55:55.62
How great Thou art!
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Oh, God, thank you from
the bottom of our hearts,
00:56:09.25\00:56:16.19
through Jesus
Christ our Lord, amen.
00:56:16.22\00:56:20.55
I'd like to take a moment
here at the end of the service
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to tell you about
one of the most important
00:56:24.69\00:56:26.04
groups of people that
make this ministry possible.
00:56:26.07\00:56:30.10
There are team of people,
00:56:30.13\00:56:31.53
they're not afraid to get down
into the thick of life itself,
00:56:31.56\00:56:35.23
which is why
you're gonna find them,
00:56:35.26\00:56:36.43
you will find them,
moving forward on their knees.
00:56:36.46\00:56:39.80
They are prayer partners.
00:56:39.83\00:56:41.52
A group of men and
women and young adults
00:56:41.55\00:56:44.59
who believe that this
humble television ministry
00:56:44.62\00:56:47.49
has been raised up by
God for such a time as this
00:56:47.52\00:56:49.96
and so they pray earnestly
that God will use the preacher,
00:56:49.99\00:56:53.04
that God will use me,
00:56:53.07\00:56:54.10
that God will use the
countless other volunteers
00:56:54.13\00:56:56.77
to spread the everlasting gospel
00:56:56.80\00:56:59.18
and the word of God and ways
00:56:59.21\00:57:00.24
we could never
have imagined before.
00:57:00.27\00:57:02.36
They are the
ones who are praying
00:57:02.39\00:57:03.99
that God is gonna open
up the hearts of people,
00:57:04.02\00:57:07.10
open up the hearts of viewers
00:57:07.13\00:57:08.72
around the
world for the message,
00:57:08.75\00:57:10.73
the critical message for
this end time generation.
00:57:10.76\00:57:14.88
And what I like
to do is ask you,
00:57:14.91\00:57:16.97
would you be willing to
be a prayer partner with us?
00:57:17.00\00:57:19.73
A prayer partner
with new perceptions.
00:57:19.76\00:57:21.43
You don't have to
call the toll free number.
00:57:21.46\00:57:23.14
You don't have to
go online to register.
00:57:23.17\00:57:25.20
All I need to know is
that you would be willing
00:57:25.23\00:57:27.88
to lift this little ministry
up day after day after day.
00:57:27.91\00:57:33.66
Pray that somehow through radio
and television and the web,
00:57:33.69\00:57:37.49
God will open up new
doors, new regions on earth
00:57:37.52\00:57:42.00
where the everlasting
gospel can be proclaimed.
00:57:42.03\00:57:44.39
There is no
question the power of prayer
00:57:44.42\00:57:47.10
has potential to take
this ministry to places
00:57:47.13\00:57:49.35
we could never
have imagined before.
00:57:49.38\00:57:52.23
So that's it.
00:57:52.26\00:57:53.29
Would you please be willing
to partner with me in prayer?
00:57:53.32\00:57:56.90
The times are urgent.
00:57:56.93\00:57:58.72
The need is critical
and I hope you will say yes.
00:57:58.75\00:58:02.45
Till we're together next time,
may the prayer answering God
00:58:02.48\00:58:06.78
accompany you
every step of the way.
00:58:06.81\00:58:09.64