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[4618.52 --> 4619.78] and only that
[4619.78 --> 4621.82] because that is
[4621.82 --> 4622.92] the promise of God
[4622.92 --> 4625.42] and the word of God
[4625.42 --> 4627.04] endures forever.
[4629.04 --> 4630.40] And because of that comfort,
[4630.50 --> 4631.02] our certainty,
[4633.36 --> 4633.94] or that comfort
[4633.94 --> 4634.80] is our certainty.
[4635.38 --> 4636.34] Our only response
[4636.34 --> 4636.80] is worship.
[4638.24 --> 4639.00] Christ has come.
[4639.42 --> 4640.12] Christ has won.
[4640.36 --> 4641.32] Victory is assured
[4641.32 --> 4642.32] and there is no more
[4642.32 --> 4643.16] blessed assurance,
[4643.58 --> 4644.48] no more comfort
[4644.48 --> 4645.10] in this world
[4645.10 --> 4645.78] than to know
[4645.78 --> 4646.60] that we have been saved
[4646.60 --> 4647.06] and redeemed
[4647.06 --> 4648.06] by the word made flesh.
[4648.58 --> 4649.18] True comfort
[4649.88 --> 4651.34] found in the word.
[4651.66 --> 4652.66] That's what gives us
[4652.66 --> 4653.62] all our hope,
[4654.14 --> 4654.68] our joy,
[4655.14 --> 4655.68] our peace,
[4655.94 --> 4656.62] and our comfort
[4656.62 --> 4657.24] as we wait
[4657.24 --> 4658.08] for Christmas Day
[4658.08 --> 4659.28] this Advent season.
[4659.94 --> 4660.16] Amen?
[4660.16 --> 4662.62] Please pray with me
[4662.62 --> 4663.40] and then we will
[4663.40 --> 4665.04] respond in worship.
[4667.14 --> 4668.26] Father in heaven,
[4669.92 --> 4671.20] God,
[4671.28 --> 4672.12] you have set forth
[4672.12 --> 4674.30] this redemption plan
[4674.30 --> 4675.32] from the start of time.
[4676.68 --> 4677.08] Lord,
[4677.14 --> 4677.66] we know that
[4677.66 --> 4678.76] our only comfort
[4678.76 --> 4679.94] in this life and death
[4679.94 --> 4681.18] is that we belong to you.
[4682.18 --> 4682.70] But God,
[4682.82 --> 4683.88] sometimes we put
[4683.88 --> 4684.32] our comfort
[4684.32 --> 4685.10] in other things,
[4685.74 --> 4687.16] sometimes even good things
[4687.16 --> 4687.98] like family
[4687.98 --> 4689.74] and others,
[4690.12 --> 4690.80] but sometimes,
[4690.94 --> 4691.02] God,
[4691.04 --> 4691.68] we put our comfort
[4691.68 --> 4692.56] in just things
[4692.56 --> 4693.68] that draw us away from you,
[4694.58 --> 4695.64] things that distract
[4695.64 --> 4696.38] from what it is
[4696.38 --> 4697.44] that you bring to us.
[4698.38 --> 4698.64] God,
[4698.72 --> 4700.12] reorient our comforts.
[4700.50 --> 4701.64] Allow us to see you,
[4701.74 --> 4702.68] the true comforter,
[4703.44 --> 4706.14] as the place
[4706.14 --> 4706.98] that we must turn
[4706.98 --> 4708.38] when life is hard.
[4709.46 --> 4709.64] God,
[4709.70 --> 4710.40] may this community
[4710.40 --> 4711.02] be a place
[4711.02 --> 4712.06] that provides
[4712.06 --> 4712.74] your comfort
[4712.74 --> 4713.46] to your people.
[4715.12 --> 4716.38] And as we go forth
[4716.38 --> 4717.08] from this place,
[4717.08 --> 4717.80] as we keep
[4717.80 --> 4719.08] making our way
[4719.08 --> 4720.06] through this Advent season,
[4720.18 --> 4720.32] God,
[4720.38 --> 4722.76] we surrender
[4722.76 --> 4723.80] this to you.
[4725.16 --> 4726.46] May we truly find
[4726.46 --> 4727.30] our only comfort
[4727.30 --> 4727.88] in you.
[4729.22 --> 4730.24] And may we know
[4730.24 --> 4732.36] to the depths
[4732.36 --> 4733.10] of our heart
[4733.10 --> 4735.50] that we are saved
[4735.50 --> 4738.28] from the greatest
[4738.28 --> 4739.40] discomfort of all,
[4739.98 --> 4740.36] sin,
[4741.32 --> 4742.10] that you have
[4742.10 --> 4742.80] redeemed us
[4742.80 --> 4744.50] and that we will be
[4744.50 --> 4745.28] with you in glory.
[4745.28 --> 4748.50] even so,
[4748.60 --> 4748.84] come,
[4749.04 --> 4749.54] Lord Jesus,
[4749.70 --> 4749.94] come.