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[1617.76 --> 1619.94] Now turn to the next one.
[1621.12 --> 1626.70] The next way the M turns, it's the original M.
[1627.04 --> 1630.42] The M is for manger, where the baby Jesus slept that night.
[1630.42 --> 1638.78] And this one is the way the M turns, is the number three.
[1639.08 --> 1643.14] Three is for wise men, bearing gifts for him they came.
[1644.02 --> 1647.68] And the last one, as everybody said, it turns into a W.
[1648.68 --> 1650.00] W is for worship.
[1650.30 --> 1650.78] Hallelujah.
[1651.36 --> 1652.38] Praise to his name.
[1652.38 --> 1655.48] And so we're going to go back into children's worship time in a minute.
[1655.64 --> 1660.94] We're going to talk a little bit more how worship and how it relates to the three wise men
[1660.94 --> 1666.22] and how it relates to our hearts and how our whole story leads to Jesus.
[1666.72 --> 1668.34] Can everybody stand up, guys?
[1668.96 --> 1670.28] And we'll face the audience.
[1674.78 --> 1677.06] And we're going to go one, two, three.
[1677.06 --> 1679.34] The Lord is with you.
[1679.66 --> 1681.14] And also with you.
[1681.14 --> 1681.84] So we can see.
[1698.06 --> 1699.66] I walked up here too fast.
[1699.86 --> 1702.34] Now I've got to stand here awkwardly waiting for everybody to leave.
[1707.26 --> 1707.70] Okay.
[1708.24 --> 1709.02] I'm Joshua.
[1709.24 --> 1711.10] I'm the Young Adults Ministry Coordinator here.
[1712.14 --> 1714.46] Join me in the church family prayer.
[1719.36 --> 1722.06] Father in heaven, holy is your name.
[1723.06 --> 1729.96] I pray, Lord, that Chris, when he preaches his sermon, Lord, would be filled with your spirit
[1729.96 --> 1733.14] so that his words are not his own but yours.
[1733.14 --> 1741.52] And I pray, Lord, that we wouldn't hear his words but we would hear yours and that it would transform us.
[1742.36 --> 1746.34] That we would not just be hearers of the word but that we would be doers of the word.
[1746.34 --> 1752.38] Lord, that it would make us more like your son so that we can act more like him and be more like him.
[1754.72 --> 1756.50] I pray, Lord, for the Wagoner family.
[1756.50 --> 1763.66] That as Doug is now home, Elise's father, I pray that you would help him with the partial paralysis.
[1764.88 --> 1768.96] That you would help the family surround him and surround each other with love.
[1768.96 --> 1774.12] I pray, Lord, that your presence would be palpable.
[1774.12 --> 1779.48] That they would feel your comfort and your strength that only you can give.
[1779.48 --> 1786.14] I pray, Lord, that with a future oncology consult, that that would go well and that your will, Lord, would be done.
[1786.66 --> 1790.82] And that if healing is in that will, that it would be done.
[1793.48 --> 1797.60] I pray also, Lord, for Tanya, who also is dealing with cancer right now.
[1798.50 --> 1805.38] I pray that if she adjusts to life in the hospital, Lord, that I pray that she would also experience your peace and your comfort.
[1805.38 --> 1810.14] And that she would receive healing if, again, Lord, is your will.
[1811.18 --> 1814.40] And she'd be surrounded by strength and people, community, and family.
[1814.82 --> 1815.82] And by this church.
[1817.40 --> 1825.12] I pray, Lord, for all the college students and university students who are returning now to school shortly or already have.
[1826.46 --> 1833.42] I pray that you would help them study and focus what it is that they are doing there on their various fields of study.
[1833.42 --> 1840.96] And that as they live abroad, Lord, that they find their community and that they live with you and them well.
[1841.94 --> 1847.32] And that they would not be pulled astray by distractions and the enemy to do anything else.
[1847.86 --> 1853.90] But that you would help them do their work so that they could become more like you.
[1853.90 --> 1857.96] I pray, Lord, for those who are also traveling this winter break.
[1858.68 --> 1861.10] That they would travel with safety and ease.
[1862.02 --> 1863.50] And that no one would be hurt.
[1864.56 --> 1865.80] The roads can be icy.
[1866.62 --> 1867.90] Well, not here, but...
[1870.12 --> 1871.94] Yeah.
[1873.78 --> 1875.94] I pray, Lord, also for the church's ministries.
[1875.94 --> 1878.04] Children's worship time.
[1879.12 --> 1880.12] Cadets and gems.
[1880.48 --> 1881.58] Youth and young adults.
[1881.92 --> 1882.66] Seniors alive.
[1882.86 --> 1883.50] Coffee break.
[1883.72 --> 1884.28] And the others.
[1885.10 --> 1889.22] I pray, Lord, that the leaders would be filled with your spirit to lead.
[1889.68 --> 1892.08] And that those who are partaking would be filled by you.
[1893.96 --> 1896.22] I pray, Lord, that these ministries would be effective.
[1897.10 --> 1899.96] And that you would be the one that receives the glory of their work.
[1899.96 --> 1904.08] And that your church would be transformed to be more like Christ.
[1906.04 --> 1907.62] I also pray, Lord, for the world.
[1908.44 --> 1911.96] That with wars and nations and conflicts with...
[1913.58 --> 1916.78] Lord, that you would bring peace to these places.
[1917.60 --> 1921.56] And that you would work in these conflicts and in these wars as you have throughout all of history.
[1922.94 --> 1928.58] I pray, Lord, that as the church is found in those places, that the church would be equipped to help those people where they can.
[1930.62 --> 1932.78] We can't expect heaven now.
[1934.54 --> 1936.42] But we can expect your work to be done.
[1936.76 --> 1937.94] The transformation of souls.
[1939.28 --> 1942.12] And I pray that that would be what happens.
[1943.46 --> 1951.68] And I pray, Lord, that wherever the church is found, wherever the citizens of heaven are, Lord, that we would live like we are citizens of heaven already.
[1952.46 --> 1955.22] That we live like we are already in the kingdom of heaven.
[1955.22 --> 1960.80] And, Lord, I pray that we would not be...
[1960.80 --> 1973.80] That this church and the church of the world would not be pulled astray by the work of the devil or by any work of the world to drag us down and take our eyes off of you.
[1973.80 --> 1978.10] I pray, Lord, that we would not fear anything else but just you.
[1979.20 --> 1983.14] That that fear would bring love and compassion and obedience.
[1983.82 --> 1987.88] And I pray, Lord, that in all of this, that we would glorify you above all.
[1988.60 --> 1989.82] Because all of it is yours.
[1991.02 --> 1991.28] Amen.
[2003.80 --> 2004.34] Amen.
[2013.34 --> 2019.88] This morning, we're going to read together from Isaiah 61.
[2019.88 --> 2029.24] I'm going to read verse starting at verse 10 and through the first three verses of Isaiah 62
[2029.24 --> 2036.06] but then throughout I'm going to refer to the whole of 61 and the whole of 62 and so
[2036.06 --> 2042.60] it will help you I think a lot to have a bible in your hands or in front of you on a device
[2042.60 --> 2049.54] whatever the case may be so that as we refer back you can see where I'm looking as well
[2049.54 --> 2056.36] let's read God's word together I'll start at verse 10 of Isaiah 61
[2056.36 --> 2067.70] I delight greatly in the Lord my soul rejoices in my God for he has clothed me with garments of
[2067.70 --> 2074.48] salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness as a bridegroom adorns his head
[2074.48 --> 2081.50] like a priest and as a bride adorns her adorns herself with her jewels for as the soil makes
[2081.50 --> 2088.16] the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow so the sovereign Lord will make righteousness
[2088.16 --> 2100.78] and praise spring up before all nations for Zion's sake I will not keep silent for Jerusalem's sake I will
[2100.78 --> 2108.24] not remain quiet till her vindication shines out like the dawn her salvation like a blazing torch
[2108.24 --> 2116.08] the nations will see your vindication and all kings your glory you will be called by a new name that the
[2116.08 --> 2124.24] mouth of the Lord will bestow you will be a crown of splendor in the Lord's hand a royal diadem in the hand
[2124.24 --> 2127.62] of your God this is the word of the Lord
[2127.62 --> 2144.56] so my question for us this morning is what has changed right we have had Christmas day and we