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Take,<00:16:13.299><c> for</c><00:16:13.419><c> instance,</c><00:16:13.580><c> Psalm</c><00:16:13.899><c> 110,</c><00:16:15.399><c> where</c><00:16:15.519><c> he</c><00:16:15.740><c> says,</c>

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I<00:17:49.019><c> can't</c><00:17:49.279><c> drink</c><00:17:49.440><c> this</c><00:17:49.700><c> water.</c>

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have<00:19:08.759><c> to</c><00:19:08.920><c> come</c><00:19:09.200><c> down.</c>

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loves<00:19:17.019><c> his</c><00:19:17.380><c> servant,</c>

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You<00:19:45.920><c> don't</c><00:19:46.160><c> see</c><00:19:46.420><c> it.</c>

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He<00:19:49.680><c> is</c><00:19:49.900><c> a</c><00:19:50.140><c> hard</c><00:19:50.440><c> man.</c>

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He's<00:19:51.319><c> got</c><00:19:51.460><c> the</c><00:19:51.740><c> rules.</c>

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He's<00:19:52.180><c> got</c><00:19:52.359><c> the</c><00:19:52.539><c> laws.</c>

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And<00:19:58.420><c> David</c><00:19:58.619><c> says,</c><00:19:59.059><c> for</c><00:19:59.180><c> I</c><00:19:59.460><c> am</c><00:19:59.700><c> poor</c><00:20:00.160><c> and</c><00:20:00.420><c> needy.</c>

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the<00:20:05.119><c> song.</c>

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David<00:20:08.059><c> is</c><00:20:08.279><c> not</c><00:20:08.420><c> a</c><00:20:08.640><c> poor</c><00:20:08.900><c> and</c><00:20:09.079><c> needy</c><00:20:09.319><c> person</c><00:20:09.599><c> at</c><00:20:09.799><c> all.</c>

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Look<00:20:10.059><c> what</c><00:20:10.160><c> it</c><00:20:10.380><c> says.</c>

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In<00:20:25.220><c> verse</c><00:20:25.440><c> 12,</c><00:20:25.720><c> he</c><00:20:25.839><c> says,</c><00:20:26.200><c> I</c><00:20:26.480><c> praise</c><00:20:26.799><c> thee</c><00:20:27.019><c> with</c><00:20:27.299><c> all</c><00:20:27.640><c> my</c><00:20:27.920><c> heart.</c>

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Well,<00:20:40.619><c> which</c><00:20:40.819><c> is</c><00:20:41.000><c> it?</c>

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Well,<00:20:42.460><c> the</c><00:20:42.619><c> fact</c><00:20:42.779><c> is,</c><00:20:43.220><c> because</c><00:20:43.460><c> he's</c><00:20:43.660><c> poor</c><00:20:44.000><c> and</c><00:20:44.160><c> needy</c><00:20:44.839><c> and</c>

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sees<00:20:45.440><c> it,</c>

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Bow<00:20:58.559><c> down</c><00:20:58.819><c> to</c><00:20:59.039><c> me.</c>

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You<00:21:01.240><c> know,</c><00:21:01.460><c> we</c><00:21:01.680><c> think</c><00:21:01.819><c> it's</c><00:21:02.039><c> so</c><00:21:02.240><c> easy</c><00:21:02.480><c> just</c><00:21:02.720><c> to</c><00:21:02.940><c> say,</c><00:21:03.680><c> well,</c>

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you<00:21:04.299><c> know,</c>

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I'm<00:21:04.740><c> poor</c><00:21:05.000><c> and</c><00:21:05.160><c> needy.</c>

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I<00:21:05.480><c> mean,</c><00:21:05.500><c> we</c><00:21:05.660><c> say</c><00:21:05.839><c> it</c><00:21:05.940><c> here</c><00:21:06.039><c> all</c><00:21:06.200><c> the</c><00:21:06.359><c> time.</c>

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It's<00:21:09.539><c> really</c><00:21:09.720><c> not</c><00:21:09.920><c> that</c><00:21:10.099><c> easy</c><00:21:10.319><c> to</c><00:21:10.519><c> say</c><00:21:10.660><c> it</c><00:21:10.859><c> all,</c><00:21:11.579><c> to</c><00:21:11.720><c> be</c><00:21:11.900><c> honest</c>

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or<00:21:22.440><c> that</c><00:21:22.579><c> you</c><00:21:22.799><c> are,</c><00:21:23.019><c> you</c><00:21:23.279><c> know,</c><00:21:23.539><c> you're</c><00:21:24.039><c> a</c><00:21:24.680><c> Jesus</c><00:21:25.019><c> freak,</c>

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as<00:21:25.500><c> my</c><00:21:25.720><c> friends</c><00:21:25.839><c> like</c><00:21:26.039><c> to</c><00:21:26.240><c> say.</c>

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And<00:21:31.000><c> they're</c><00:21:31.200><c> very</c><00:21:31.559><c> nice</c><00:21:31.779><c> and</c><00:21:31.940><c> they're</c><00:21:32.180><c> very</c><00:21:32.559><c> polite</c>

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Have<00:21:40.420><c> you</c><00:21:40.519><c> ever</c><00:21:40.640><c> heard</c><00:21:40.799><c> that</c><00:21:41.000><c> before?</c>

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Well,<00:21:42.039><c> if</c><00:21:42.180><c> you</c><00:21:42.259><c> need</c><00:21:42.400><c> it,</c><00:21:42.500><c> that's</c><00:21:42.779><c> nice.</c>

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but<00:21:44.740><c> if</c><00:21:44.880><c> that's</c><00:21:45.059><c> what</c><00:21:45.160><c> you</c><00:21:45.400><c> feel</c><00:21:45.599><c> you</c><00:21:45.799><c> need.</c>

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little<00:21:48.420><c> bit.</c>

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Thank<00:21:50.079><c> you</c><00:21:50.160><c> very</c><00:21:50.339><c> much.</c>

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It's<00:21:51.140><c> not</c><00:21:51.319><c> offensive.</c>

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I<00:21:52.380><c> don't</c><00:21:52.559><c> find</c><00:21:52.740><c> it</c><00:21:52.900><c> offensive</c><00:21:53.259><c> because</c><00:21:54.299><c> I</c><00:21:55.579><c> understand</c><00:21:56.279><c> the</c><00:21:56.619><c> need.</c>

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And<00:21:58.980><c> you</c><00:21:59.059><c> know,</c><00:21:59.339><c> I</c><00:21:59.359><c> think</c><00:21:59.680><c> for</c><00:21:59.960><c> most</c><00:22:00.180><c> people,</c>

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I<00:22:00.640><c> think</c><00:22:00.799><c> they</c><00:22:01.039><c> understand</c><00:22:01.440><c> that</c><00:22:01.700><c> need</c><00:22:01.799><c> as</c><00:22:02.079><c> well.</c>

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However,<00:22:04.779><c> when</c><00:22:04.960><c> they</c><00:22:05.240><c> see</c><00:22:05.420><c> somebody</c><00:22:05.720><c> who</c><00:22:05.960><c> says</c><00:22:06.119><c> they're</c><00:22:06.380><c> born</c><00:22:06.579><c> again,</c>

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they<00:22:07.960><c> see</c><00:22:08.160><c> somebody</c><00:22:08.559><c> who</c><00:22:08.940><c> uses</c><00:22:09.279><c> God</c><00:22:09.700><c> as</c><00:22:09.980><c> a</c><00:22:10.200><c> crutch</c><00:22:10.579><c> to</c><00:22:11.460><c> help</c>

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them<00:22:11.920><c> stand.</c>

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And<00:22:13.299><c> what</c><00:22:13.400><c> they're</c><00:22:13.539><c> saying</c><00:22:13.740><c> is,</c><00:22:14.019><c> I</c><00:22:14.019><c> don't</c><00:22:14.200><c> need</c><00:22:14.339><c> a</c><00:22:14.559><c> crutch</c><00:22:14.880><c> to</c>

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help<00:22:15.380><c> me</c><00:22:15.700><c> stand.</c>

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I'll<00:22:16.220><c> stand</c><00:22:16.420><c> on</c><00:22:16.539><c> my</c><00:22:16.740><c> own.</c>

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born<00:22:26.579><c>-again</c><00:22:26.759><c> Christians,</c>

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pick<00:22:31.079><c> up</c><00:22:31.259><c> that</c><00:22:31.539><c> crutch</c><00:22:31.759><c> and</c><00:22:32.000><c> start</c><00:22:32.220><c> swinging</c><00:22:32.519><c> it</c><00:22:32.720><c> at</c><00:22:32.880><c> you.</c>

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And<00:22:34.599><c> that</c><00:22:34.779><c> turns</c><00:22:35.079><c> them</c><00:22:35.299><c> off,</c><00:22:35.559><c> and</c><00:22:35.700><c> I</c><00:22:35.859><c> understand</c><00:22:36.200><c> that</c><00:22:36.740><c> very</c>

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much<00:22:37.200><c> as</c><00:22:37.440><c> well.</c>

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But<00:22:39.500><c> Jesus</c><00:22:39.819><c> is</c><00:22:40.099><c> not</c><00:22:40.279><c> a</c><00:22:40.480><c> crutch.</c>

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We<00:22:42.539><c> do</c><00:22:42.740><c> not</c><00:22:42.960><c> need</c><00:22:43.279><c> Jesus</c><00:22:43.660><c> to</c><00:22:44.059><c> stand.</c>

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We<00:22:46.579><c> need</c><00:22:46.839><c> Jesus</c><00:22:47.660><c> to</c><00:22:48.160><c> stop.</c>

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He's<00:22:49.940><c> not</c><00:22:50.140><c> a</c><00:22:50.359><c> crutch</c><00:22:50.720><c> because</c><00:22:51.880><c> He's</c><00:22:52.160><c> the</c><00:22:52.380><c> way,</c><00:22:52.700><c> the</c><00:22:52.960><c> truth,</c>

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and<00:22:53.460><c> the</c><00:22:53.579><c> life.</c>

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He<00:22:57.119><c> is</c><00:22:58.400><c> what's</c><00:22:59.519><c> holding</c><00:22:59.680><c> us</c><00:22:59.940><c> up.</c>

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He<00:23:00.480><c> is</c><00:23:01.319><c> our</c><00:23:01.779><c> feet,</c><00:23:02.640><c> our</c><00:23:02.859><c> arms,</c><00:23:03.460><c> our</c><00:23:03.660><c> legs.</c>

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He<00:23:04.240><c> is</c><00:23:04.579><c> our</c><00:23:04.880><c> life.</c>

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It<00:23:07.759><c> is</c><00:23:07.920><c> to</c><00:23:08.119><c> put</c><00:23:08.220><c> on</c><00:23:08.519><c> Christ.</c>

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It<00:23:09.019><c> is</c><00:23:09.180><c> to</c><00:23:09.299><c> be</c><00:23:09.480><c> dead</c><00:23:09.980><c> to</c><00:23:10.380><c> this</c><00:23:10.660><c> life.</c>

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If<00:23:11.539><c> I</c><00:23:11.740><c> have</c><00:23:11.900><c> a</c><00:23:12.160><c> crutch,</c><00:23:12.640><c> I'm</c><00:23:13.000><c> still</c><00:23:13.259><c> the</c><00:23:13.480><c> person</c><00:23:13.740><c> standing.</c>

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And<00:23:15.319><c> so</c><00:23:15.579><c> often</c><00:23:15.839><c> that's</c><00:23:16.339><c> what</c><00:23:16.880><c> a</c><00:23:17.240><c> born</c><00:23:17.400><c>-again</c><00:23:17.579><c> person</c><00:23:17.880><c> thinks</c>

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that<00:23:18.380><c> they</c><00:23:18.579><c> are.</c>

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They<00:23:19.299><c> think</c><00:23:19.579><c> that,</c><00:23:20.380><c> you</c><00:23:20.480><c> know,</c><00:23:20.579><c> I'm</c><00:23:21.019><c> standing</c><00:23:21.400><c> and</c><00:23:21.640><c> I'm</c><00:23:22.000><c> bigger</c>

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because<00:23:22.700><c> I've</c><00:23:22.980><c> got</c><00:23:23.079><c> this</c><00:23:23.319><c> crutch</c><00:23:23.480><c> to</c><00:23:23.680><c> hold</c><00:23:23.880><c> on</c><00:23:24.180><c> to.</c>

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And<00:23:24.720><c> that's</c><00:23:24.980><c> not</c><00:23:25.319><c> true.</c>

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You<00:23:25.740><c> will</c><00:23:26.019><c> always</c><00:23:26.460><c> fall.</c>

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When<00:23:29.359><c> you</c><00:23:29.599><c> are</c><00:23:29.839><c> born</c><00:23:30.140><c> again</c><00:23:30.799><c> in</c><00:23:31.200><c> the</c><00:23:31.339><c> waters</c><00:23:31.500><c> of</c><00:23:31.759><c> baptism,</c><00:23:32.599><c> you</c>

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are<00:23:33.140><c> raised</c><00:23:33.420><c> to</c><00:23:33.680><c> new</c><00:23:33.900><c> life.</c>

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You<00:23:34.359><c> are</c><00:23:34.740><c> standing</c><00:23:35.359><c> in</c><00:23:36.420><c> the</c><00:23:36.680><c> feet</c><00:23:36.819><c> of</c><00:23:37.059><c> Christ.</c>

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You<00:23:38.720><c> are</c><00:23:39.039><c> standing</c><00:23:39.359><c> on</c><00:23:39.619><c> the</c><00:23:39.880><c> foundation</c><00:23:40.599><c> stone,</c><00:23:41.059><c> if</c><00:23:41.279><c> you</c><00:23:41.519><c> will.</c>

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The<00:23:42.160><c> temple</c><00:23:42.480><c> that's</c><00:23:42.740><c> being</c><00:23:43.079><c> built</c><00:23:43.400><c> in</c><00:23:43.700><c> you</c><00:23:43.900><c> is</c><00:23:44.220><c> Christ</c><00:23:44.599><c> in</c><00:23:45.019><c> you.</c>

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Not<00:23:46.380><c> a</c><00:23:46.599><c> crutch.</c>

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It's<00:23:47.680><c> like</c><00:23:47.839><c> that</c><00:23:48.079><c> bumper</c><00:23:48.299><c> sticker</c><00:23:48.579><c> that</c><00:23:48.819><c> says,</c><00:23:49.279><c> bring</c><00:23:49.299><c> Jesus</c>

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into<00:23:49.880><c> your</c><00:23:50.099><c> life.</c>

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That's<00:23:50.799><c> a</c><00:23:50.880><c> nice</c><00:23:51.039><c> expression,</c><00:23:51.460><c> but</c><00:23:51.579><c> it's</c><00:23:51.799><c> not</c><00:23:51.980><c> right.</c>

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You<00:23:53.200><c> don't</c><00:23:53.339><c> bring</c><00:23:53.519><c> Jesus</c><00:23:53.839><c> into</c><00:23:54.079><c> your</c><00:23:54.279><c> life.</c>

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Jesus<00:23:56.200><c> brings</c><00:23:56.579><c> you</c><00:23:57.099><c> into</c><00:23:57.559><c> His</c><00:23:57.900><c> life.</c>

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And<00:23:59.400><c> it's</c><00:23:59.559><c> an</c><00:23:59.920><c> important,</c><00:24:00.480><c> important</c><00:24:01.240><c> distinction.</c>

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And<00:24:03.240><c> so</c><00:24:03.359><c> when</c><00:24:03.599><c> David</c><00:24:03.880><c> says,</c><00:24:04.500><c> I</c><00:24:04.619><c> am</c><00:24:05.019><c> poor</c><00:24:05.339><c> and</c><00:24:05.720><c> needy,</c>

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he's<00:24:06.819><c> expressing</c><00:24:07.279><c> exactly</c><00:24:07.980><c> how</c><00:24:08.180><c> he</c><00:24:08.359><c> fits</c><00:24:08.559><c> to</c><00:24:08.839><c> God.</c>

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And<00:24:10.019><c> so</c><00:24:10.099><c> when</c><00:24:10.240><c> it</c><00:24:10.339><c> goes</c><00:24:10.559><c> on</c><00:24:10.839><c> and</c><00:24:10.980><c> he</c><00:24:11.119><c> says,</c><00:24:11.519><c> I</c><00:24:11.519><c> am</c><00:24:11.819><c> holy,</c>

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how<00:24:13.440><c> does</c><00:24:13.579><c> he</c><00:24:13.779><c> say</c><00:24:13.920><c> he</c><00:24:14.099><c> is</c><00:24:14.359><c> holy?</c>

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Well,<00:24:14.819><c> he</c><00:24:15.119><c> explains</c><00:24:15.299><c> it</c><00:24:15.539><c> in</c><00:24:15.640><c> verse</c><00:24:15.960><c> two.</c>

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Preserve<00:24:17.079><c> my</c><00:24:17.359><c> soul,</c><00:24:17.900><c> for</c><00:24:18.019><c> I</c><00:24:18.220><c> am</c><00:24:18.359><c> holy.</c>

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O<00:24:19.559><c> thou</c><00:24:19.779><c> my</c><00:24:20.140><c> God,</c><00:24:20.680><c> save</c><00:24:21.140><c> thy</c><00:24:21.779><c> servant</c><00:24:22.319><c> that</c><00:24:23.539><c> trusts</c><00:24:23.839><c> in</c><00:24:24.119><c> thee.</c>

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You<00:24:25.140><c> see,</c><00:24:25.299><c> in</c><00:24:25.420><c> the</c><00:24:25.599><c> first</c><00:24:25.819><c> verse,</c><00:24:26.339><c> David</c><00:24:26.480><c> says,</c><00:24:27.500><c> David</c><00:24:28.019><c> is</c><00:24:28.940><c> poor</c><00:24:29.359><c> and</c><00:24:29.559><c> needy.</c>

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And<00:24:31.200><c> from</c><00:24:31.380><c> that</c><00:24:31.660><c> point</c><00:24:31.880><c> on,</c><00:24:32.960><c> that's</c><00:24:33.279><c> no</c><00:24:33.480><c> longer</c><00:24:33.740><c> David.</c>

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That's<00:24:35.980><c> the</c><00:24:36.200><c> servant</c><00:24:36.519><c> of</c><00:24:36.720><c> the</c><00:24:36.880><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:24:39.880><c> God</c><00:24:40.220><c> has</c><00:24:40.700><c> separated</c><00:24:41.160><c> us</c><00:24:41.680><c> out</c><00:24:42.200><c> from</c><00:24:42.440><c> the</c><00:24:42.680><c> world.</c>

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We<00:24:44.619><c> didn't</c><00:24:45.200><c> separate</c><00:24:45.660><c> ourselves</c><00:24:46.240><c> out</c><00:24:46.640><c> from</c><00:24:46.859><c> the</c><00:24:47.079><c> world.</c>

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We<00:24:48.740><c> did</c><00:24:49.220><c> one</c><00:24:49.799><c> thing.</c>

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We<00:24:52.200><c> looked</c><00:24:52.680><c> at</c><00:24:52.880><c> the</c><00:24:53.079><c> Word,</c><00:24:54.140><c> and</c><00:24:54.279><c> we</c><00:24:54.619><c> believed</c><00:24:54.859><c> it,</c>

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and<00:24:55.700><c> we</c><00:24:55.900><c> had</c><00:24:56.140><c> just</c><00:24:56.500><c> enough</c><00:24:56.779><c> trust</c><00:24:57.079><c> in</c><00:24:57.319><c> God</c><00:24:57.900><c> to</c><00:24:58.299><c> say,</c><00:24:59.160><c> I</c><00:24:59.839><c> need</c><00:25:00.440><c> help.</c>

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And<00:25:01.880><c> God</c><00:25:02.359><c> said,</c><00:25:03.000><c> through</c><00:25:03.119><c> Jesus</c><00:25:03.539><c> Christ,</c>

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you<00:25:04.339><c> need</c><00:25:04.559><c> the</c><00:25:04.779><c> waters</c><00:25:04.980><c> of</c><00:25:05.259><c> baptism.</c>

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You<00:25:06.160><c> need</c><00:25:06.359><c> to</c><00:25:06.579><c> take</c><00:25:06.759><c> that</c><00:25:07.200><c> step.</c>

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And<00:25:08.460><c> once</c><00:25:08.640><c> you</c><00:25:08.839><c> take</c><00:25:09.079><c> that</c><00:25:09.539><c> step,</c><00:25:10.460><c> I</c><00:25:10.599><c> will</c><00:25:10.799><c> always</c><00:25:11.039><c> be</c><00:25:11.200><c> with</c><00:25:11.400><c> you.</c>

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I<00:25:13.559><c> will</c><00:25:13.819><c> always</c><00:25:14.160><c> carry</c><00:25:14.500><c> you</c><00:25:14.700><c> from</c><00:25:14.920><c> then</c><00:25:15.140><c> on.</c>

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I<00:25:15.880><c> will</c><00:25:16.119><c> always</c><00:25:16.480><c> be</c><00:25:16.740><c> your</c><00:25:17.019><c> foundation</c><00:25:17.579><c> and</c><00:25:17.799><c> your</c><00:25:18.019><c> feet</c><00:25:18.160><c> from</c>

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then<00:25:18.619><c> on.</c>

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Now,<00:25:19.140><c> we</c><00:25:19.279><c> don't</c><00:25:19.559><c> always</c><00:25:20.720><c> believe</c><00:25:21.279><c> that,</c>

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or<00:25:22.000><c> trust</c><00:25:22.319><c> in</c><00:25:22.460><c> it</c><00:25:22.579><c> is</c><00:25:22.740><c> probably</c><00:25:23.119><c> a</c><00:25:23.299><c> better</c><00:25:23.420><c> way</c><00:25:23.579><c> to</c><00:25:23.759><c> put</c><00:25:23.900><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:25.579><c> a</c><00:25:25.700><c> lot</c><00:25:25.819><c> of</c><00:25:25.980><c> times</c><00:25:26.140><c> in</c><00:25:26.319><c> our</c><00:25:26.519><c> lives,</c><00:25:26.700><c> we</c><00:25:26.839><c> find</c><00:25:27.079><c> ourselves</c><00:25:27.480><c> not</c><00:25:27.799><c> trusting</c><00:25:28.160><c> in</c><00:25:28.480><c> God.</c>

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You<00:25:30.420><c> know,</c><00:25:30.579><c> I</c><00:25:30.700><c> believe</c><00:25:31.079><c> in</c><00:25:31.259><c> Jesus</c><00:25:31.500><c> as</c><00:25:31.700><c> my</c><00:25:31.900><c> Savior,</c>

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but<00:25:32.680><c> if</c><00:25:33.039><c> I</c><00:25:33.200><c> won</c><00:25:33.299><c> the</c><00:25:33.480><c> lottery,</c><00:25:34.119><c> that</c><00:25:34.279><c> would</c><00:25:34.460><c> be</c><00:25:34.660><c> okay,</c><00:25:35.299><c> too.</c>

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Well,<00:25:36.160><c> that's</c><00:25:36.299><c> just</c><00:25:36.559><c> another</c><00:25:36.819><c> Savior.</c>

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That's<00:25:39.059><c> all</c><00:25:39.259><c> that</c><00:25:39.519><c> is.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:41.359><c> is</c><00:25:41.619><c> our</c><00:25:41.839><c> Savior.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:43.700><c> is</c><00:25:43.960><c> the</c><00:25:44.160><c> way</c><00:25:44.359><c> and</c><00:25:44.539><c> the</c><00:25:44.700><c> truth</c><00:25:44.859><c> of</c><00:25:45.079><c> the</c><00:25:45.220><c> life.</c>

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And<00:25:45.880><c> so</c><00:25:46.039><c> through</c><00:25:46.220><c> the</c><00:25:46.380><c> rest</c><00:25:46.579><c> of</c><00:25:46.759><c> this</c><00:25:47.119><c> prayer,</c>

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David<00:25:49.140><c> speaks</c><00:25:49.599><c> in</c><00:25:49.920><c> a</c><00:25:50.299><c> character</c><00:25:50.700><c> that</c><00:25:51.779><c> an</c><00:25:52.119><c> individual</c><00:25:52.660><c> on</c><00:25:52.880><c> his</c>

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own<00:25:53.140><c> would</c><00:25:53.460><c> never</c><00:25:53.779><c> speak</c><00:25:54.180><c> about,</c>

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not<00:25:55.220><c> in</c><00:25:55.500><c> sincerity.</c>

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No<00:25:56.640><c> individual</c><00:25:57.200><c> in</c><00:25:57.460><c> sincerity</c><00:25:57.920><c> says</c><00:25:58.259><c> about</c><00:25:58.519><c> themselves,</c><00:25:59.519><c> I</c>

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am<00:25:59.940><c> holy.</c>

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Think<00:26:01.160><c> of</c><00:26:01.380><c> David.</c>

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Think<00:26:02.259><c> if</c><00:26:02.380><c> you're</c><00:26:02.559><c> standing</c><00:26:02.759><c> there</c><00:26:03.019><c> and</c><00:26:03.180><c> you're</c><00:26:03.279><c> looking</c>

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over<00:26:03.700><c> David's</c><00:26:04.119><c> shoulder</c>

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as<00:26:04.420><c> he's</c><00:26:04.599><c> starting</c><00:26:04.859><c> to</c><00:26:05.119><c> write,</c><00:26:05.619><c> and</c><00:26:05.839><c> you</c><00:26:05.940><c> say,</c>

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Dave,<00:26:08.839><c> what</c><00:26:09.319><c> about</c><00:26:09.519><c> that</c><00:26:09.779><c> Bathsheba</c><00:26:10.180><c> thing?</c>

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I<00:26:10.519><c> don't</c><00:26:10.720><c> think</c><00:26:10.900><c> that</c><00:26:11.160><c> quite</c><00:26:12.079><c> fits</c><00:26:12.380><c> into</c><00:26:12.759><c> I</c><00:26:12.900><c> am</c><00:26:13.140><c> holy,</c><00:26:13.420><c> do</c><00:26:13.460><c> you</c><00:26:13.619><c> think?</c>

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Or<00:26:14.480><c> the</c><00:26:14.680><c> census,</c><00:26:16.240><c> or</c><00:26:16.859><c> your</c><00:26:17.579><c> opinion</c><00:26:17.880><c> of</c><00:26:18.119><c> Nabal.</c>

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I<00:26:18.640><c> don't</c><00:26:18.779><c> think</c><00:26:18.880><c> that</c><00:26:19.059><c> all</c><00:26:19.180><c> fits</c><00:26:19.380><c> into</c><00:26:19.619><c> I</c><00:26:19.779><c> am</c><00:26:19.960><c> holy.</c>

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And<00:26:22.640><c> David</c><00:26:22.819><c> would</c><00:26:23.119><c> say,</c><00:26:23.660><c> that's</c><00:26:23.799><c> because</c><00:26:23.920><c> I'm</c><00:26:24.059><c> not</c><00:26:24.220><c> writing</c>

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about<00:26:24.619><c> me.</c>

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I'm<00:26:26.500><c> writing</c><00:26:26.700><c> about</c><00:26:27.740><c> the</c><00:26:28.259><c> servant</c><00:26:28.480><c> of</c><00:26:28.700><c> the</c><00:26:28.880><c> Lord.</c>

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I'm<00:26:30.660><c> writing</c><00:26:30.880><c> about</c><00:26:31.079><c> the</c><00:26:31.299><c> transformation</c><00:26:31.819><c> that</c><00:26:32.099><c> occurs</c>

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that<00:26:33.539><c> makes</c><00:26:33.759><c> me</c><00:26:34.059><c> a</c><00:26:34.319><c> gracious,</c><00:26:35.059><c> loving,</c><00:26:35.920><c> caring</c><00:26:36.380><c> person</c>

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because<00:26:39.539><c> I</c><00:26:40.019><c> am</c><00:26:40.880><c> God's</c><00:26:41.680><c> servant.</c>

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I<00:26:42.799><c> was</c><00:26:42.980><c> actually</c><00:26:43.200><c> going</c><00:26:43.359><c> to</c><00:26:43.460><c> get</c><00:26:43.559><c> to</c><00:26:43.720><c> that</c><00:26:43.880><c> later</c><00:26:44.140><c> if</c><00:26:44.259><c> you</c><00:26:44.380><c> let</c>

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me<00:26:44.680><c> continue</c><00:26:44.920><c> to</c><00:26:45.180><c> write.</c>

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I'm<00:26:45.779><c> going</c><00:26:45.839><c> to</c><00:26:45.960><c> say</c><00:26:46.019><c> it</c><00:26:46.180><c> down</c><00:26:46.279><c> here</c><00:26:46.400><c> later</c><00:26:46.619><c> on.</c>

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But<00:26:48.980><c> he</c><00:26:49.160><c> says,</c><00:26:50.599><c> as</c><00:26:50.619><c> the</c><00:26:50.920><c> servant</c><00:26:51.180><c> of</c><00:26:51.460><c> God,</c>

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I<00:26:54.059><c> can</c><00:26:54.259><c> say</c><00:26:54.460><c> I'm</c><00:26:54.619><c> holy</c><00:26:55.099><c> because</c><00:26:56.380><c> he</c><00:26:56.660><c> has</c><00:26:56.940><c> made</c><00:26:57.160><c> me</c><00:26:57.420><c> holy,</c>

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because<00:26:58.019><c> he</c><00:26:58.240><c> has</c><00:26:58.539><c> separated</c><00:26:58.900><c> me</c><00:26:59.240><c> out,</c><00:27:00.119><c> not</c><00:27:00.339><c> because</c><00:27:00.619><c> of</c><00:27:00.680><c> what</c>

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I<00:27:01.039><c> have</c><00:27:01.160><c> done,</c>

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but<00:27:01.859><c> by</c><00:27:02.119><c> his</c><00:27:02.400><c> grace</c><00:27:02.839><c> so</c><00:27:03.200><c> that</c><00:27:03.400><c> he</c><00:27:03.619><c> is</c><00:27:03.920><c> glorified,</c>

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so<00:27:05.700><c> that</c><00:27:06.299><c> his</c><00:27:06.720><c> light</c><00:27:07.079><c> shines</c><00:27:07.519><c> before</c><00:27:07.859><c> the</c><00:27:08.160><c> world.</c>

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And<00:27:08.940><c> he's</c><00:27:09.779><c> such</c><00:27:09.900><c> a</c><00:27:10.220><c> marvelous</c><00:27:10.559><c> example</c><00:27:11.019><c> of</c><00:27:11.200><c> the</c><00:27:11.400><c> light</c><00:27:11.519><c> of</c><00:27:11.779><c> God</c>

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is<00:27:13.039><c> David</c>

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and<00:27:13.599><c> his</c><00:27:13.900><c> mercy</c><00:27:14.240><c> and</c><00:27:14.400><c> his</c><00:27:14.640><c> grace</c><00:27:14.819><c> that</c><00:27:14.960><c> you</c><00:27:15.099><c> could</c><00:27:15.279><c> take</c><00:27:15.559><c> this</c><00:27:16.079><c> man</c>

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who<00:27:16.500><c> was</c><00:27:16.839><c> no</c><00:27:17.119><c> one,</c><00:27:18.000><c> make</c><00:27:18.160><c> him</c><00:27:18.420><c> king,</c>

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and<00:27:20.140><c> then</c><00:27:20.579><c> transform</c><00:27:21.079><c> him</c><00:27:21.299><c> before</c><00:27:21.660><c> our</c><00:27:22.039><c> eyes,</c>

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revealing<00:27:23.039><c> all</c><00:27:23.460><c> of</c><00:27:23.559><c> his</c><00:27:23.720><c> weaknesses</c><00:27:24.140><c> in</c><00:27:24.940><c> these</c><00:27:25.220><c> Psalms,</c>

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revealing<00:27:25.980><c> every</c><00:27:26.559><c> depth</c><00:27:26.920><c> of</c><00:27:27.799><c> his</c><00:27:28.359><c> purging,</c>

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of<00:27:30.740><c> his</c><00:27:31.019><c> struggles,</c><00:27:32.440><c> of</c><00:27:32.599><c> his</c><00:27:32.819><c> tremendous</c><00:27:33.559><c> mistakes.</c>

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And<00:27:35.460><c> yet</c><00:27:35.559><c> we</c><00:27:35.779><c> never</c><00:27:36.180><c> doubt</c><00:27:36.500><c> that</c><00:27:36.759><c> David</c><00:27:36.960><c> is</c><00:27:37.160><c> a</c><00:27:37.279><c> servant</c><00:27:37.480><c> of</c><00:27:37.740><c> God.</c>

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We<00:27:40.339><c> never</c><00:27:40.619><c> doubt</c><00:27:40.859><c> it,</c><00:27:40.960><c> and</c><00:27:41.119><c> the</c><00:27:41.259><c> reason</c><00:27:41.500><c> is</c>

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because<00:27:43.299><c> he's</c><00:27:43.759><c> such</c><00:27:43.880><c> a</c><00:27:44.160><c> reflection</c><00:27:44.759><c> of</c><00:27:46.259><c> his</c><00:27:46.539><c> son,</c><00:27:48.420><c> his</c><00:27:48.579><c> greater</c><00:27:48.940><c> son.</c>

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He's<00:27:50.700><c> such</c><00:27:50.819><c> a</c><00:27:51.119><c> reflection</c><00:27:51.519><c> of</c><00:27:51.700><c> Jesus</c><00:27:52.039><c> Christ</c><00:27:52.680><c> is</c><00:27:54.039><c> David.</c>

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And<00:27:56.339><c> the</c><00:27:56.740><c> spirit</c><00:27:57.259><c> that</c><00:27:58.539><c> transformed</c><00:27:59.079><c> him</c>

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is<00:28:01.180><c> the</c><00:28:01.440><c> same</c><00:28:01.680><c> spirit</c><00:28:02.240><c> that</c><00:28:02.980><c> can</c><00:28:03.279><c> transform</c><00:28:03.819><c> any</c><00:28:04.400><c> of</c><00:28:04.579><c> us.</c>

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And<00:28:06.539><c> all</c><00:28:06.680><c> we</c><00:28:06.819><c> have</c><00:28:06.980><c> to</c><00:28:07.140><c> do</c><00:28:07.240><c> is</c><00:28:07.400><c> let</c><00:28:07.640><c> go.</c>

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All<00:28:09.279><c> we</c><00:28:09.420><c> have</c><00:28:09.599><c> to</c><00:28:09.740><c> do</c><00:28:09.859><c> is</c><00:28:10.039><c> put</c><00:28:10.279><c> aside</c><00:28:10.940><c> the</c><00:28:11.339><c> will</c><00:28:11.500><c> of</c><00:28:11.759><c> the</c><00:28:11.859><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:28:12.640><c> say,</c><00:28:13.039><c> Father,</c><00:28:13.799><c> I</c><00:28:14.079><c> am</c><00:28:14.279><c> yours.</c><00:28:14.720><c> Do</c><00:28:14.920><c> as</c><00:28:15.160><c> you</c><00:28:15.359><c> will.</c>

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And<00:28:17.680><c> trust</c><00:28:17.940><c> in</c><00:28:18.180><c> him.</c>

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And<00:28:19.599><c> the</c><00:28:19.779><c> peace</c><00:28:19.900><c> of</c><00:28:20.039><c> the</c><00:28:20.180><c> Lord</c><00:28:20.319><c> which</c><00:28:20.680><c> transcends</c><00:28:21.220><c> human</c><00:28:21.519><c> understanding</c>

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will<00:28:22.319><c> keep</c><00:28:22.579><c> constant</c><00:28:23.019><c> guard</c><00:28:23.680><c> over</c><00:28:24.240><c> your</c><00:28:24.519><c> heart</c><00:28:24.740><c> and</c><00:28:24.980><c> mind,</c>

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as<00:28:26.220><c> our</c><00:28:26.359><c> brother</c><00:28:26.539><c> Bob</c><00:28:26.819><c> always</c><00:28:27.200><c> likes</c><00:28:27.480><c> to</c><00:28:27.779><c> say.</c>

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That's<00:28:30.220><c> what</c><00:28:30.400><c> this</c><00:28:30.640><c> Psalm</c><00:28:30.839><c> is</c><00:28:31.099><c> about.</c><00:28:31.440><c> That's</c><00:28:31.640><c> what</c><00:28:31.779><c> this</c><00:28:32.079><c> prayer</c><00:28:32.299><c> is</c><00:28:32.539><c> about.</c>

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It's<00:28:34.299><c> about</c><00:28:34.480><c> a</c><00:28:34.680><c> man</c><00:28:34.859><c> who</c><00:28:35.019><c> was</c><00:28:35.220><c> let</c><00:28:35.460><c> go.</c>

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And<00:28:36.220><c> you</c><00:28:36.299><c> can</c><00:28:36.559><c> see</c><00:28:36.720><c> his</c><00:28:36.960><c> reflection</c><00:28:37.519><c> of</c><00:28:38.240><c> Jesus</c><00:28:38.640><c> Christ</c><00:28:39.039><c> in</c><00:28:39.220><c> verse</c><00:28:40.180><c> 16.</c>

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How<00:28:53.220><c> much</c><00:28:53.440><c> do</c><00:28:53.640><c> we</c><00:28:53.660><c> know</c><00:28:53.799><c> about</c><00:28:54.019><c> David's</c><00:28:54.460><c> mother?</c>

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Almost<00:28:57.619><c> nothing</c><00:28:58.099><c> at</c><00:28:58.319><c> all.</c>

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I<00:28:59.960><c> think</c><00:29:00.119><c> we</c><00:29:00.259><c> know</c><00:29:00.400><c> that</c><00:29:00.539><c> she</c><00:29:00.640><c> went</c><00:29:00.799><c> to</c><00:29:01.039><c> Moab.</c>

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I<00:29:02.299><c> think</c><00:29:02.440><c> that's</c><00:29:02.680><c> the</c><00:29:02.799><c> only</c><00:29:03.000><c> time</c><00:29:03.160><c> she's</c><00:29:03.460><c> ever</c><00:29:03.640><c> mentioned.</c>

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I<00:29:04.039><c> could</c><00:29:04.200><c> be</c><00:29:04.400><c> wrong,</c><00:29:04.559><c> but</c><00:29:04.680><c> I</c><00:29:04.819><c> believe</c><00:29:05.019><c> it</c><00:29:05.220><c> is.</c>

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But<00:29:07.019><c> we</c><00:29:07.140><c> know</c><00:29:07.240><c> who</c><00:29:07.380><c> the</c><00:29:07.619><c> handmaid</c><00:29:08.059><c> is.</c>

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Because<00:29:09.940><c> Luke</c><00:29:10.099><c> tells</c><00:29:10.359><c> us</c><00:29:10.539><c> who</c><00:29:10.660><c> the</c><00:29:10.839><c> handmaid</c><00:29:11.220><c> is</c>

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when<00:29:12.799><c> Mary</c><00:29:13.099><c> offers</c><00:29:13.359><c> up</c><00:29:13.599><c> her</c><00:29:13.839><c> prayer.</c>

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And<00:29:15.519><c> she</c><00:29:15.759><c> says...</c>

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If<00:29:23.859><c> I</c><00:29:24.339><c> could</c><00:29:24.519><c> find</c><00:29:24.779><c> it.</c>

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She<00:29:28.279><c> calls</c><00:29:28.559><c> herself</c><00:29:28.900><c> the</c><00:29:29.140><c> handmaid</c><00:29:29.759><c> of</c><00:29:29.940><c> the</c><00:29:30.140><c> Lord.</c>

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My<00:29:31.720><c> soul</c><00:29:32.079><c> doth</c><00:29:32.400><c> magnify</c><00:29:33.079><c> the</c><00:29:33.319><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:29:33.880><c> my</c><00:29:34.119><c> spirit</c><00:29:34.359><c> hath</c><00:29:34.640><c> rejoiced</c><00:29:35.259><c> in</c><00:29:35.460><c> God</c><00:29:35.720><c> my</c><00:29:37.140><c> Savior.</c>

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For<00:29:38.500><c> he</c><00:29:38.700><c> has</c><00:29:38.960><c> regarded</c><00:29:39.380><c> the</c><00:29:39.640><c> lower</c><00:29:39.900><c> state</c><00:29:40.099><c> of</c><00:29:40.220><c> his</c><00:29:40.420><c> handmaid.</c>

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For<00:29:42.000><c> behold,</c><00:29:42.700><c> from</c><00:29:42.819><c> henceforth</c><00:29:43.460><c> all</c><00:29:43.960><c> generations</c><00:29:44.759><c> shall</c><00:29:45.799><c> call</c><00:29:46.079><c> me</c><00:29:46.319><c> blessed.</c>

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All<00:29:47.640><c> generations</c><00:29:48.400><c> shall</c><00:29:49.160><c> call</c><00:29:49.400><c> her</c><00:29:49.640><c> blessed.</c>

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Even<00:29:51.160><c> David</c><00:29:51.519><c> called</c><00:29:51.799><c> her</c><00:29:52.039><c> blessed.</c>

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Save<00:29:53.980><c> the</c><00:29:54.180><c> son</c><00:29:54.420><c> of</c><00:29:54.660><c> thine</c><00:29:54.940><c> handmaid.</c>

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We<00:29:58.700><c> are</c><00:29:59.059><c> called</c><00:29:59.579><c> to</c><00:30:00.400><c> a</c><00:30:00.539><c> life</c><00:30:00.680><c> of</c><00:30:00.980><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:30:03.059><c> are</c><00:30:03.259><c> not</c><00:30:03.400><c> just</c><00:30:03.660><c> called</c><00:30:03.859><c> to</c><00:30:04.059><c> a</c><00:30:04.240><c> life</c><00:30:05.039><c> of</c><00:30:05.680><c> belief.</c>

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We<00:30:07.059><c> speak</c><00:30:07.279><c> so</c><00:30:07.559><c> often</c><00:30:07.759><c> about</c><00:30:08.019><c> the</c><00:30:08.339><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:30:09.980><c> there's</c><00:30:10.119><c> nothing</c><00:30:10.339><c> wrong</c><00:30:10.519><c> with</c><00:30:10.700><c> the</c><00:30:10.880><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:30:11.259><c> a</c><00:30:11.380><c> marvelous</c><00:30:11.700><c> thing.</c>

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But<00:30:13.640><c> it</c><00:30:13.819><c> says</c><00:30:14.220><c> the</c><00:30:14.859><c> law</c><00:30:15.119><c> came</c><00:30:15.359><c> by</c><00:30:15.619><c> Moses.</c>

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But<00:30:17.660><c> grace</c><00:30:17.940><c> and</c><00:30:18.220><c> truth</c><00:30:18.720><c> came</c><00:30:19.619><c> by</c><00:30:19.839><c> Jesus</c><00:30:20.180><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:30:21.819><c> grace</c><00:30:22.420><c> is</c><00:30:23.160><c> the</c><00:30:23.359><c> transformation</c><00:30:23.900><c> of</c><00:30:24.119><c> a</c><00:30:24.240><c> man.</c>

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It<00:30:25.660><c> is</c><00:30:25.859><c> the</c><00:30:26.059><c> power</c><00:30:26.440><c> of</c><00:30:26.720><c> God</c><00:30:27.220><c> to</c><00:30:28.000><c> transform</c><00:30:28.539><c> your</c><00:30:28.940><c> heart.</c>

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That's<00:30:30.480><c> what</c><00:30:30.619><c> grace</c><00:30:30.900><c> is.</c>

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And<00:30:33.140><c> that's</c><00:30:33.380><c> what</c><00:30:33.519><c> trust</c><00:30:33.920><c> does.</c>

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If<00:30:36.059><c> you</c><00:30:36.299><c> trust</c><00:30:36.579><c> in</c><00:30:36.740><c> the</c><00:30:36.900><c> Father,</c>

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and<00:30:39.299><c> you</c><00:30:39.480><c> let</c><00:30:39.660><c> his</c><00:30:39.940><c> will</c><00:30:40.140><c> work</c><00:30:40.420><c> upon</c><00:30:40.819><c> you,</c>

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then<00:30:44.299><c> you</c><00:30:44.480><c> will</c><00:30:44.660><c> be</c><00:30:44.920><c> transformed.</c>

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And<00:30:47.119><c> the</c><00:30:47.259><c> things</c><00:30:47.400><c> of</c><00:30:47.599><c> this</c><00:30:47.819><c> life</c><00:30:48.000><c> will</c><00:30:48.220><c> have</c><00:30:48.380><c> no</c><00:30:48.660><c> significance</c><00:30:49.240><c> anymore.</c>

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It<00:30:51.119><c> won't</c><00:30:51.339><c> matter</c><00:30:51.640><c> whether</c><00:30:51.859><c> the</c><00:30:52.039><c> Red</c><00:30:52.279><c> Sox</c><00:30:52.660><c> win</c><00:30:52.920><c> or</c><00:30:53.160><c> lose.</c>

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Because<00:30:55.420><c> you</c><00:30:55.599><c> will</c><00:30:55.819><c> have</c><00:30:55.980><c> the</c><00:30:56.259><c> peace</c><00:30:57.019><c> of</c><00:30:57.680><c> Christ</c><00:30:58.079><c> in</c><00:30:58.220><c> your</c><00:30:58.519><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:31:00.000><c> you</c><00:31:00.079><c> can</c><00:31:00.240><c> be</c><00:31:00.440><c> as</c><00:31:00.640><c> Paul</c><00:31:00.940><c> who</c><00:31:01.200><c> says,</c>

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I<00:31:01.559><c> have</c><00:31:01.859><c> learned</c><00:31:02.099><c> the</c><00:31:02.319><c> meaning</c><00:31:02.559><c> of</c><00:31:02.759><c> being</c><00:31:03.059><c> content.</c>

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I<00:31:05.420><c> can</c><00:31:05.619><c> do</c><00:31:05.819><c> all</c><00:31:06.279><c> things</c><00:31:06.980><c> through</c><00:31:07.500><c> Christ</c><00:31:08.059><c> who</c><00:31:09.079><c> comforts</c><00:31:09.519><c> me.</c>