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[1072.18 --> 1073.02] to rain and snow,
[1073.22 --> 1074.14] which never fails
[1074.14 --> 1075.30] to fall in due time.
[1075.92 --> 1077.24] It's beautiful poetry here.
[1078.06 --> 1078.60] Before we get
[1078.60 --> 1079.34] to the beauty part,
[1080.28 --> 1081.04] let's think about it
[1081.04 --> 1082.02] in our modern context.
[1082.14 --> 1082.62] Right now,
[1083.50 --> 1084.84] it's winter, right?
[1085.22 --> 1086.18] It's like saying
[1086.18 --> 1087.02] you may be going through
[1087.02 --> 1088.26] the most life-changing
[1088.26 --> 1089.10] and difficult,
[1089.56 --> 1091.14] catastrophic circumstances
[1091.14 --> 1091.82] in your life,
[1092.26 --> 1093.44] but the winter
[1093.44 --> 1094.42] is still coming.
[1095.02 --> 1096.06] It's here already.
[1096.06 --> 1097.80] You can't stop that
[1097.80 --> 1098.38] from happening.
[1099.46 --> 1100.32] And due to that
[1100.32 --> 1101.56] winter cold coming,
[1101.94 --> 1103.18] it will cause change
[1103.18 --> 1103.80] in your life
[1103.80 --> 1105.62] to turn on the heater more,
[1105.76 --> 1106.84] to wear more layers,
[1107.00 --> 1107.76] and if you're like me,
[1108.02 --> 1108.88] you kind of sort of
[1108.88 --> 1109.52] have to stop
[1109.52 --> 1110.48] drinking iced coffee,
[1111.00 --> 1111.72] although I love
[1111.72 --> 1112.50] my iced coffee.
[1112.90 --> 1114.58] But it causes change.
[1115.04 --> 1115.88] And so just like
[1115.88 --> 1116.56] the winter cold
[1116.56 --> 1117.32] causes change
[1117.32 --> 1118.10] in our lives,
[1119.28 --> 1120.22] Isaiah says,
[1120.60 --> 1121.42] just like rain
[1121.42 --> 1122.34] and snow falls
[1122.34 --> 1123.22] and it never fails
[1123.22 --> 1123.72] to fall,
[1124.00 --> 1125.30] and it will water
[1125.30 --> 1125.82] the earth
[1125.82 --> 1126.98] and cause the earth
[1126.98 --> 1128.60] to bear fruit,
[1129.08 --> 1130.18] in the same way,
[1130.60 --> 1131.24] God's word
[1131.24 --> 1132.54] will never fail
[1132.54 --> 1133.14] to fall,
[1133.58 --> 1134.86] and it will never fail
[1134.86 --> 1136.00] to bear the fruit
[1136.00 --> 1137.60] that He has planned already.
[1141.50 --> 1142.46] God's words
[1142.46 --> 1143.34] are powerful.
[1144.16 --> 1144.68] And I'm going to
[1144.68 --> 1145.44] throw this word out
[1145.44 --> 1146.10] again and again.
[1146.38 --> 1147.52] God is sovereign.
[1148.80 --> 1149.54] That's what we say.
[1149.58 --> 1150.70] He's all-powerful.
[1150.96 --> 1152.52] Everything is in His hands.
[1152.52 --> 1154.38] Remember that
[1154.38 --> 1155.34] at the very beginning
[1155.34 --> 1156.36] when God created
[1156.36 --> 1156.88] the world,
[1157.38 --> 1158.32] He didn't necessarily
[1158.32 --> 1159.38] make everything
[1159.38 --> 1160.52] with His hands,
[1160.72 --> 1161.62] whatever that looks like.
[1162.22 --> 1163.14] How did He create
[1163.14 --> 1163.56] the world?
[1165.98 --> 1167.12] He spoke it
[1167.12 --> 1167.70] into being.
[1168.18 --> 1169.38] That's how powerful
[1169.38 --> 1170.18] His words are.
[1171.34 --> 1172.74] Doesn't need anything else.
[1172.94 --> 1173.56] God just said,
[1173.72 --> 1174.32] let there be light.
[1175.00 --> 1176.40] He spoke the word
[1176.40 --> 1177.58] into being
[1177.58 --> 1178.30] out of nothing.
[1178.30 --> 1179.98] And in the same
[1179.98 --> 1181.00] beautiful way,
[1181.76 --> 1182.12] Jesus
[1182.12 --> 1184.68] came as
[1184.68 --> 1185.80] the living word
[1185.80 --> 1186.50] of God
[1186.50 --> 1187.06] Himself
[1187.06 --> 1188.62] in the flesh.
[1188.94 --> 1189.50] As it says
[1189.50 --> 1190.52] in the Gospel of John,
[1190.66 --> 1190.84] right?
[1191.28 --> 1191.94] In the beginning
[1191.94 --> 1193.74] was the word,
[1194.34 --> 1194.78] the logos.
[1196.06 --> 1197.30] He was with God
[1197.30 --> 1198.66] and He was God
[1198.66 --> 1199.34] and He came