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MARTIN:  Well good evening, and 
a very warm welcome to our
evening celebration, it is great
to have you join us.  Our
theme for this week has been 
hope.  And as we think about
that again, this evening we will
see how that Christian hope
is rooted in the story of the 
scriptures.
CAZ:  A special welcome if you 
are joining us for the first
time this evening and welcome 
wherever you are, we are aware
there is people from over 50 
countries around the world
listening in, from south Africa 
to Singapore, Greece to
Ghana, Indonesia to Iraq, 
celebrating the truth that we 
are
all one in Jesus Christ.  So 
wherever you are, whatever you
are doing, we pray this evening 
together we will learn more
of the hope joy and peace that 
we will hear about this
evening.
MARTIN:  If it is the first time
you have tuned in, a
special welcome to you, you can 
find lots more information
about what is going on this 
week, by visiting the Virtually
Keswick Convention website, if 
you go there you will find
information about the programme,
about resources, about
prayer support and about how you
can support the work of the
convention, we will hear a 
little bit more about that later
on this evening.  And as a 
special treat this evening, stay
tuned at the end of this 
session, that won't be the end 
of
our evening, after we finished 
here, we will have our
Keswick unconventional night 
shift, that is an excellent way
for us to think about how 
Christians faith, and life can 
be
engaged with from the 
perspective of the arts.  
Section led
by secret writer and there a 
script writer, stay tuned after
this.
CAZ:  We are really enjoying 
receiving your comments and
photos, sorry we can't show them
all.  Here is a few of the
ones we have received today.  
Firstly greetings from pastor
in north India.
MARTIN:  Here is a group from 
St. James church, that is the
Keswick for kids, having a watch
party, making the shields
as a reminder of Psalm 3, Verse 
3 you are a shield around
me, glory the who one who lifts 
my head high.
CAZ:  Heather is watching from 
Australia, was at spring camp
last year.
MARTIN:  Here is a lovely 
painting of a beautiful view
convention regs may recognise, 
that painted a couple of
years ago, thanks for sending 
that in Evie.
CAZ:  Thank you for sharing 
them, send them in on social
media and the website.  Before 
we go further, let us pray
together.
Lord God we thank you for the 
opportunity to meet together
virtually this evening and for 
all those that have made that
possible.  That people from 
across the world can join to
learn about you and celebrate 
you together.  That we are all
one in Christ Jesus.  We thank 
you for your word, how
precious it is and how full of 
your truth, love and saving
grace.  Thank you that your Holy
Spirit is with us and we
ask that he will cause your word
to change and renew our
hearts tonight.  So, Almighty 
God, Father, son and Holy
Spirit, we commit ourselves to 
you now.  Amen.
MARTIN:  Amen.
CAZ:  Our opening song calls us 
to rejoices in one who has
won our hearts with his 
overwhelming kindness, the one 
who
is worthy of all of our praise.
ALANNA:  In Phillip yaps we are 
told to rejoice, whether we
are in a season of blessing or 
facing trials and suffering,
we can rejoice and sing to the 
ones who hears our cry and
wipes away our tears, will you 
join me?
MARTIN:  You don't need me to 
tell you, Co-vid 19 has had a
massive impact on us as 
individuals, on our workplaces 
and
churches.  I wonder if you have 
thought about the impact
that it has had on the 
persecuted church?  Each evening
we
are hearing different stories of
the ways God is at work
across the world, this evening 
in just a moment, we will
hear 3 different stories, 3 
different people in persecuted
church context about how Co-vid 
19 has impacted them and how
they are finding hope in the 
current situation.
PAUL:  We are so grateful for 
virtual Keswick, we can gather
to be encouraged, hear inspiring
speakers and pray.
I am sure we are all missing and
being together under one
roof.
It is okay to miss that.  It 
helps us appreciate what we
have and perhaps understand 
better what it is like for so
many around the world who don't 
enjoy that same freedom to
gather together.
The freedom to worship.  Even 
the freedom to believe.
Our 3 organisations, CSW.
Open Doors.
Release International.
Are all working in different 
ways but with a unity of
purpose.  To stand alongside and
speak up for those who
suffer for their faith.
We have come together at virtual
Keswick to bring you 3
stories of hope.
Of Christians living out their 
faith through trials, we
can't imagine.
Seeing the power of faith.
Of Christ's
And of love. hope breaking 
through.
I just want to share with you 
briefly, what it means to
follow Jesus in the face of 
persecution.  During the last 40
years, under the authority of 
the Islamic republic of Islam. 
Christians have been forced to 
have fellowship secretly and
constantly being watched and 
phones taps.  They face
violence and persecution, houses
raided by intelligence
agents, more than 10 church 
leaders been murdered, hundreds
of ordinary people experienced 
and find them in prison.  I
was arrested twice, the first 
time at 20 and then again at
24.  My house was raided, I was 
separated from my family, 60
days in solitary confinement, 
faced harsh interrogations and
was in prison for over 3 years, 
was forced to leave my
country and become a refugee.  
However, in the midst of this
darkness, there is a beautiful 
message from ordinary people
who have been oppressed, broken,
and made hopeless by the
situation but found the true 
freedom, salvation, joy and
identity in the resurrected 
Jesus who is alive today.  These
people will not be selfish or 
silent, but they share this
message with others and accept 
all the consequences.  I
myself as a converted Christian 
during my di tension, I had
the greatest thing in my heart, 
the pain and suffering I
have today in prison is not at 
all comparable with the pain
being without God.  The 
sweetness of Jesus salvation 
will
always overcome the bitterness 
of persecution.
From time to
time we have had curfews either 
because of the attacks or
various forms of crisis, that 
have befallen us.  I have
found out that when people get 
out of the lockdowns, or
curfews, the excitement with 
which they want to share the
gospel is far much more than 
previous before the lockdowns. 
Christians have found that the 
lockdowns are times of
meditation and prayer and 
suddenly, the quiet moments with
God and with family becomes 
intensive study periods for
which people want to share.  So 
make the most of these
lockdowns, firstly because 
churchers are not buildings; 
that
is the first reason.  We are the
body of Christ, the living
body of Christ, we are the 
building blocks of Jesus Christ,
we need to build and develop our
faith in that regard. 
Number 2 the buildings may go 
and we have seen many
buildings go away but they have 
not diminished the faith. 
In the area where we serve, we 
have seen people churches,
structures, vicarages, homes, 
all burned down but it has not
diminished the faith, in fact 
persecution cannot kill the
church, so don't allow the fact 
that you are not moving out
of your church defeat your 
faith, your faith is not in the
building; it is in Christ, in 
His word and by the power of
his Holy Spirit, energising you 
to live out desperate
situations in the world.  As a 
mat her of fact God already
knew about us, this situation 
hasn't taken God by surprise,
we are in his mind and if we 
relate with him, he will help
us to live out our faith, beyond
the situations.  I pray
that God will bless each one of 
us to live out our faith
beyond the situations.  Thank 
you.
CAZ:  What a refreshing 
reminder, God's church isn't a
building.  We are the living 
body of Christ.  Built on
Christ our saviour, his word and
energised by the Holy
Spirit to live out our lives 
despite our current situation
and beyond the current situation
that we find ourselves in.
MARTIN:  Shortly we will hear 
some book recommendations from
Jonathan cars well, then we will
watch a finance update from
Keswick Ministries about the 
current situation and how you
may partner with us in this 
unprecedented here.  But before
that we will listen to a song by
Cathy Burton, which speaks
of some of the things we have 
heard about, God as our
refuge.
JONATHAN:  I am always on the 
look out for authors who can
present complex truths simply.  
Alec Motyer once described
David Gooding as a master Bible 
handler and he was right. 
David Gooding and John Lennox 
have put together a real
superb book, Key Bible Concepts 
not only do they present
difficult doctrines simply but 
do it in a way that is
readable and memorable.  If you 
want to get sort of the big
picture of God's word, the heart
of what God is about, then
turn to this book and slowly 
read through these truths. 
When I was a kid and coming down
for school in the morning I
would, I would always see my mum
on the sofa, praying, she
was praying using her battered 
old copy of a book called The
Heart of God.  I want to 
recommend this book to you, it
takes portions of scripture, 
pulls them together to a theme
and puts them as prayers that 
you can be praying.  It means
our prayers are rich, our 
prayers are scripture bringing 
to
God the things that are on His 
heart and are His will so
that we are praying for that 
rather than our will, our ways
to be done.  I must buy my mum a
new copy of this to replace
her battered one.  But get hold 
of these two books and
nourish yourself with scripture 
and then enrich your prayers
as you praise scripture to our 
Father in heaven.  These
books should be 6.99 each  if 
you buy them together we will
do them both for  6.99.
I have hazy memories of parents 
taking my sister and
Margaret ant me to the 
convention in the 60's, so 
exciting
as a young child to be part of a
big Christian gathering.
I will miss the groups each day 
and being able to have ice
creams.
It is such fun, it is so 
encouraging also to see so many
teenagers from up and down the 
country and beyond to be
lapping up God's word and to be 
growing in confidence and
conviction that the hope that we
have produces Christ, is
really worth trusting.
Great as well to take time out 
to grow spiritually and
engage more in my relationship 
with Jesus and I really miss
the Christian fellowship and the
excuse to visit the
beautiful Lake District and go 
hiking and swimming and
Derwentwater.
The Keswick Convention is so 
flexible, plenty of time to
make the most of Keswick offers,
whether that is down at the
lake ant watersports or going 
hiking or jogging around the
hills to make the most of the 
beautiful landscape there is
there.
The space to enjoy nature and 
meet friends and study God's
word and ponder.
Always a special week for us.  
We love being able to go to
the Count Everyone In group 
where we meet other people and
learn together about being a 
follower of Jesus in a way we
can all understand.
I am going to miss the 
camaraderie of working in a 
small
team.
There is so much on offer both 
as part of the convention and
also Keswick generally as well. 
There is often an extra
Bible talk or class or workshop 
or a gospel drama each day.
Praising God together through 
serving and volunteering, the
Keswick Convention is a place of
community.
You miss lots of things, 
especially singing altogether as
one group.  A sense of God's 
family meeting together.
I am going to miss that quiet 
walk across a sleepy Keswick
in the morning, looking forward 
to the Derwent Project and
being all on one site and also 
being looking bard to taking
out these, looking forward to 
taking out these.
This relies on supporters, we 
need to raise  200,000 to help
ensure that the ministry 
continues and we can put on the
convention next year.
We realise some of you might not
be able to support us this
year, if you are able to, please
make a one off donation or
donate monthly business donating
by direct debit keeps our
administration down and good for
planned ahead, you can pay
on-line, or a cheque, all the 
information on the website
thank you.
MARTIN:  Thank you indeed, we 
want to reiterate that thanks
we are so grateful for your 
continued support of the
ministry here.
Our next song picks up some of 
the themes that we keep
coming back to this week, it 
speaks about adoption as
children.  Our forgiveness in 
Christ, the fact that we now
have no condemnation to dread, 
that nothing can take us from
the love of Jesus.  I will hand 
over to the band now as we
sing creation awaits.
CAZ:  We are going to hear the 
Bible read by Helkias
Mapimhidze and he is a Curate 
from Gloucestershire and
attended one of the teaching 
training workshops, we asked
him how it has helped him in his
ministry.
HELKIAS:  My name is Helkias, I 
am a Curate in
Gloucestershire, last year I 
attend add workshop, Keswick
runs through their training 
events  events it understands 
the
importance of preaching, Jesus 
was a great preacher. 
However, my preaches today, the 
Lord Jesus was not boring,
people who heard him preach were
astonished they were amazed
but sometimes enraged but never 
ever were they bored.  There
is much value in meditating on 
God's word analysing sentence
structure, paragraph structure, 
even in the original
language, there is much value 
and exposing the meaning of
God's word to God's people as a 
preacher.  Of all that hard
work of the study is futile if 
it is delivered poorly, the
teaching course aaddressed how 
to search God's truth to get
all the goodness God has from it
but also how to give these
riches to God's people in an 
engaging way.
So I have learned in my 
preaching, not to just deliver
information but to engage the 
heart as well.  The gospel is
the greatest news for all of 
creation.  God forbid that I
deliver it like it is the worst 
and the most boring news
ever!  So thank you Keswick for 
equipping me to do this.
MARTIN:  In a moment Helkias 
will read to us our Bible
passage from Romans Chapter 15. 
This evening we have the
privilege of having Dr Amy 
Orr-Ewing speak to us, she is 
the
Director of the Oxford centre 
for Christian apologetics, the
Europe Middle East and Africa 
Director of Ravi Zechariah
international ministries, as we 
come to God's word, let's
pray.
Father, as we draw near to you 
this evening, as you address
us in your word, Father would 
you give us soft hearts and
would you give us open eyes and 
ears to say behold your
glory, in Jesus name we ask.  
Amen.
CAZ:  Amen.
HELKIAS:  The reading comes from
Roman Chapter 15, Verse 1
to 13.  (on screen)
This is the word of the Lord.
AMY:  Welcome to Keswick 
on-line, it is a great 
privilege,
tonight we will look at this 
question, how can I hope the
scriptures, Romans Chapter 15 
Verse 1 to 13 we might start
by asking the question, what is 
hope?  Here the Greek word
means to anticipate, usually 
with pleasure, it has a sector
of expectation, abstractor 
concrete or confidence.  What 
are
you hoping for?  What are you 
looking forward to?  Well
during the lockdown, my 
teenagers have been regularly
extolling the merits of various 
fast foods in great detail. 
We have had Nandos and McDonalds
and KFC described with
detail, looking forward to the 
longed for day when they
might once again taste the 
delights of their favourite fast
food, for weeks hoping for that 
day, checking the news, when
is McDonalds going to open?  An 
pating with pleasure,
expectation and confidence.  One
day they will be able to
bite into the big Mac.  It was a
source of delight and
encouragement to them to look 
forward with anticipation.
But what are you looking forward
to as a Christian?  What
are you putting your hope, your 
expectation, your
anticipation into?  Hope is a 
desperately needed thing in
our culture as we face such 
uncertain times.  Our jobs, our
churches, our communities have 
been massively impacted by
the pandemic and the subsequent 
lockdown.  Is there a
Christian hope that is more than
a vague sense of positive
thinking that one day things are
going to get better? 
Better days are ahead of us?  
You know, things can only get
better!  Is there something more
than that kind of positive
thinking mentality?  Are there 
any certain or secure anchors
for Christian hope?
In the book of Romans, Paul 
writes this:  (on screen)
Everything that was written in 
the past was written to teach
us so that through endurance 
taught in the scriptures and
the encouragements they provide,
we might have hope.  In
other words the scriptures are a
secure anchor of confidence
that Christian hope is solid 
that it is substantial and
real.  That what was being 
written down in the past in the
scriptures has been done so 
carefully, but this can be
trusted, this is not some sort 
of religious mythology thrown
together in a haphazard way, in 
fact you know the Bible is
the most scrutinised, challenged
book that the world has
ever known.  Yet time and time 
again, its accuracy and
integrity are not held by those 
who examine it.  Luke
writes.
In the a first year of the reign
of Tiberius Caesar, when
Pontius Pilate was Governor of 
Judea, Herod tetrarch of
Galilee, his brother Phillip 
tetrarch of Iturea and
Traconitis and Lysanias and 
tetrarch of Abilene during the
high priesthood of Annas and 
Caiaphas the word of God came
to Johnson of Zechariah in the 
desert.  In other words Luke
Places his writing firmly in 
history, he specific, we know
that 15th year of Tiberius was 
27 AD, once said that
Lysanias was murdered in AD 34,
scholars said, Luke must
have got this wrong, mentioned 
someone that did exist but in
the wrong time period.  But 
fascinatingly previously, this
has been shown to be wrong.  
Inscriptions found of a later
Lysanias who was tetrarch of 
Abilene, this was exactly that
Luke said it was, Eduard Meyer 
said, Luke is correct.  He is
a first class historian and his 
attention to detail has been
underscored time and time again.
You see the scriptures are
historically trustworthy, that 
is a tiny example from Luke's
gospel, here in Romans Paul 
shares that the endurance taught
in the scriptures and the 
encouragement they provide 
produce
hope in the heart of the 
believer and because the 
scriptures
can be trusted that hope is 
solid.
By digging into the Bible, by 
digging into scriptures
written down for us in the past 
Paul is saying that as
Christians we can exercise that 
muscle of Christian hope
through learning endurance they 
teach and through the
encouragement they impart to us.
Ravi Zacharias my late
boss, shared he was ministering 
in Vietnam in 1971 lad an
interpreter who was called Hien 
Pham.  This man worked as
translator and worked with the 
American forces and Hien
travelled with him up and down 
the country side and became
very close, ministering 
together.  At the end of that 
trip
where he didn't know their paths
would cross again, but 17
years later, he receive add 
phone call from Hien, he said,
he immediately recognised his 
voice.  Hien told Ravi his
story, said shortly after 
Vietnam fell he was imprisoned 
on
accusations of helping the 
Americans, his jailers tried to
indoctrinate him against 
Christianty, was forced to read
propaganda, the marks and angles
took his told.  Hien
thought, maybe I have been lied 
to, maybe God doesn't exist,
maybe the words have deceived 
me.  Decided web he woke up,
he wouldn't pray again or think 
about his faith.  The next
morning, in the camp he was 
assigned the dreaded chore of
cleaning the prison latrines as 
he cleaned out a tin can
overflowing with toilet paper 
his eye caught what seemed to
be English written on the page, 
grabbed it, washed it, after
his roommates had gone to sleep 
that night, he retrieved the
paper and read the words:  
Romans 8.  He began to read, we
know that in all things God - 
been called according to his
purpose, convinced on nor Keith 
nor life, ... new height nor
depth will ever be able to 
separate us from the love of God
Christ Jesus our Lord.  Hien 
wept, he knew his Bible and he
knew that there was not a more 
relevant passage for someone
on the verge of giving up.  He 
cried out to God asking for
forgiveness, that was supposed 
to have been the first day
that he wouldn't start his day 
in prayer, that evidently God
had other plans.
There was an official in the 
camp who was using a Bible as
toilet paper.  Hien asked the 
commander if he could clean
the latrines each day, every day
she collected the
scripture.  When the day came 
through and equally set of
providential circumstances for 
Hien to be released, he made
plans to start leaving Vietnam 
and construct a boat for his
escape and 50 ore really other 
people, a couple of days
before the depack churr, 4 Viet 
Cong knocked on the door and
said he was trying to escape, he
denied it and felt
relieved.  He was disappointed 
with himself, he had made, so
he got down on his knees and 
made a promise to God, if they
came back, he would tell them 
the truth.  So when a few
hours before they were due to 
sail, the Viet Cong returned
and questioned him, Hien, 
confessed the truth.  His
astonishment the Viet Cong 
leaned forward and in hushed
tones asked if they could come 
along too?  So in an utterly
amazing escape plan, 58 people 
found themselves on the high
seas engulfed by violent storm, 
Hien cried out to God "did
you bring us here to die."  If 
it wasn't for the sailing
ability of the Viet Cong, he 
would not have made it.  He
arrived in Thailand and now 
lives in America.
What are you looking forward to?
What is the basis of your
hope?  Here Paul tells us to 
return to the scriptures and
learn the endurance of the Lord 
Jesus and receive the
encouragement from his word that
you need, don't give up on
God.  Don't dismiss hope as 
wishful thinking.  Biblical hope
is rooted in reality and rooted 
in the truths of the Bible
and that cannot be shaken.  
Receive the encouragement of
God's word right now, just like 
Hien Pham did, nothing can
separate you from the love of 
God that is in Christ Jesus. 
So hope is rooted in scripture. 
But then we see that one of
the overflows of that is unity 
and mission.  May the God of
hope who gives endurance and 
encouragement give you the same
attitude of mind toward each 
other that Christ Jesus had. 
So that with one mind and with 
one voice you may glorify the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ.  Accept one another
then just as Christ accepted you
in order to bring praise to
God.  For I tell you that Christ
has become a servant of the
Jews on behalf of God's truth so
the promises made to the
patriarchs maybe confirmed, 
moreover that the gentiles might
glorify God for his mercy.  Then
Paul goes on to quote from
the 
the old  Old Testament text of 
scripture, speaking how people
will extol God and the root of 
Jesse will spring up.
God gives endurance and 
encouragement and Paul believes 
that
that is an outflow of, of the 
scriptures is that endurance
and encouragement and then an 
outflow of that will be unity,
he will give you the same 
attitude of mind that Jesus had
says Paul, so with one mind and 
voice glorify God.  Unity
with other Christians is a fruit
of this hope and
encouragement.  How much 
evidence of hope is there in 
your
life and my life?  The one mind 
and one voice thing?  How is
that going?  Paul goes on 
emphasise that Jesus came as a 
Jew
so that the promise to Abraham 
might be fulfilled that is
the promise of, of being a 
blessing to all nations and a
light to the gentiles.  The 
presenting issue of disunity in
the Roman church was Jew, 
gentile for us racial tensions
might be different but the 
fundamental truth that Christ
came for all nations and all 
people it is powerful and
countercultural and as much 
today as it has been and it is
under siege.  This truth is 
under siege from the
intersectionality culture 
warriors see the Christian as 
life
blood of colonisation of empire,
so the gentiles to glorify
God, all are image bearers of 
God and loved by him.  This
truth that Christ came for all 
is also under siege from
pluralists who tell us all paths
to God are the same and no
one can make exdelusive truth 
game, whilst claiming that
..., the gentiles came to 
glorify God, this is under siege
from the white premise cysts, - 
Christ came that all general S
 ... this truth is under fire 
from the progressive,
with their self-realisation and 
myth and constant human
process, yet Christ came that 
all gentiles glorify God, he
needed to come because we cannot
save ourselves, it says the
insults and the sins of the 
world needed to fall on him.  Do
you feel weary at the scandals 
and confusions and disunity
in the church?  Look to Christ 
in the scriptures says Paul
and receive encouragement and 
hope today.  His truth is
rooted and trustworthy and real.
Intersectionality
pluralism, white supremacy, 
self-realisation, they leave us
hopeless and it is Christ alone 
who can save us, look to him
for hope.  Read the scriptures 
and receive his encouragement
and his strengthening.
The panel says that this will 
lead to may the overflow, God
of hope fill you with all joy 
and peace as you trust in him
so that you may overflow with 
hope by the power of the
spirit.  Hope is God's, he is 
the God of hope.  He is the
one who can fill us with hope.  
Hope's bedfellows joy and
peace trust in him, receive from
him the promise is real. 
You and I can overflow with hope
by the power of the Holy
Spirit.  What does that look 
like?  What might it look like
to overflow with hope?  One 
example of what that might look
like to overflow with hope comes
from northern Nigeria, a
dear friend of mine is a 
Christian worker there a 
Nigerian
and seen amazing things 
happening, seen many, many 
people
come to Christ including from 
Muslim backgrounds, told the
story of one friend who had come
to know Jesus and had
decided to stay within the 
mosque community in order to
reach others with the gospel.  
One day my friend received a
call from this man who was kind 
of undercover I guess in the
mosque sharing Christ with his, 
Muslim family and friends
and a man revealed that he had 
been discovered his cover was
blown.  That he was in a house 
now surrounded by militants
who had come there with machetes
and guns to kill him.  As
he was making the call, he and 
his wife were lying down on
the floor of the house calling 
my friend.  My friend
described the feeling of 
responsibility for this 
Christian
brother and sister in such a 
situation.  Described the
feelings of being overwhelmed by
the loss that he knew was
coming, this man was going to 
die for his faith.  He just
got into his car, by instinct to
??? there.  His children
got into the car, he was driving
them to school on the way
as well.  They were in the back 
and just overwhelmed with
trying to get to this man and 
his friend, as they are
driving down this track towards 
the house where this man and
his wife were, my friend was 
driving and he realised that
the crowd of militants who had 
almost certainly killed his
friend were now walking towards 
his car.  My friend is
ordained he was wearing a dog 
collar, immediately, he took
the dog collar off and turned 
the Christian worship music on
his radio down.  His son, his 12
year old son, in the back
of the car piped up and said to 
him "daddy don't you want
them to know we are Christians" 
my friend felt very
convicted, as a family they had 
made a decision, if they
were in a situation where they 
were asked to deny Christ at
gun point, they weren't going to
give up their faith.  Here
was his son asking "daddy don't 
you want them to know we are
Christians" encouraged he put 
the collar back on and turned
the music and up he began to , 
the car parted as his car
drove and everyone looked into 
the car.  My friend thought
this is it, my children and I 
are going to die.  The crowd
parted.  They kept driving.  As 
they drove up to the house
and walked into the house the 
man had in fact survived as
had his wife.  My friend, looked
at his son, looked at his
children and they experienced 
the joy and peace of putting
their hope of God, even when 
their life was most likely at
an end and they rejoiced 
together and worshiped the God 
of
hope and truth.  What does hope 
and overflow that look like? 
It is about God so it 
necessarily transcends 
circumstances,
hope is not about whether the 
answer to prayer happens or
not, if you answer my prayer, 
then I will overflow with hope
and trust - no this is God's 
hope, filling us with joy and
peace but only he can impart.  
Can you trust Him with the
situations in your life?  Can 
You truly trust him whatever
the outcome that he is the one 
who can impart that hope into
your heart and give you that joy
and peace that the
scriptures promise here.
How can I hope?  As we read the 
scriptures as we dig into
the scriptures knowing with 
confidence that there is a
reliability, there is 
authenticity there, Paul reminds
us we
can learn the endurance taught 
in the scriptures and we can
receive the encouragement they 
provide that we need.  How
can we hope?  We can dig into 
the scriptures together.  How
can we hope?  We can begin to 
see a flow of unity and
mission as we trust in Christ 
and as we dig into the
scriptures.  Then how can we 
hope?  We can receive that
overflow, may the God of hope 
fill you with all joy and
peace as you trust in Him so you
may overflow with power, so
that you may overflow with hope 
by the power of the Holy
Spirit.
Why don't we pray now and ask 
that that happen, wherever we
are sitting in our homes 
watching this and engaging with
this, why don't we invite the 
Holy Spirit to do that, to
fill us with joy and peace as we
trust in Him.  Thank you
Father for your word, thank you 
that your word is reliable
and trustworthy.  Would you come
now into our homes and into
our hearts and fill us with your
Holy Spirit that we might
overflow with joy and peace as 
we trust in you.  Amen.
CAZ:  Psalm 119 Verse 105 
reminds us that God's word is a
lamp to our feet and a light to 
our path.  How do we
overflow with hope?  We dig into
the scriptures, they are
our joy, they are our hope, they
are our song as they point
us to the Lord Jesus.  Well our 
final song picks up on those
themes, those words, so let's 
join with the band as we sing: 
Your Word.
MARTIN:  Thank you for joining 
with us this evening I do
pray that your faith and your 
hope may have been
strengthened a little this 
evening as we have thought about
the beauty and the preciousness 
and the rock solid
reliability of God's word.  We 
would love you to keep
sending in those pictures and 
your comments to hear from you
and to see what you are doing, 
reminder don't go anywhere
just yet, stay tuned we will be 
shortly streaming the
Keswick unconventional night 
shift.  Get yourself a cuppa,
curl up and enjoy,.
CAZ:  Come back tomorrow, it all
kicks off at 9 with the
prayer meeting, 10:00 a.m. 
Christopher Ash is speaking from
the psalms and at 11:15 on how 
to share your faith.  The
youth and kids programme also 
kicks off at 11:15 back here
at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow evening.  
If you would like somebody
to pray for you this evening, 
please do make the most of
emailing in, 
prayer@keswickministries.org and
we have got a
dedicated team of people to pray
with you.  Make the most of
that.
MARTIN:  Let me close by praying
for us the words which we
have just thought about and had 
read earlier, from Romans 15
and Verse 13 let's pray.  May 
the God of hope fill you with
all joy and peace as you trust 
in Him.  So that you may
overflow with hope by the power 
of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.
CAZ:  Amen.
MARTIN:  Thanks for joining with
us, good night, God bless
and we will see you tomorrow.
