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and<00:10:37.100><c> you</c><00:10:37.460><c> cannot</c><00:10:37.759><c> belong</c><00:10:38.059><c> to</c><00:10:38.240><c> a</c><00:10:38.399><c> pure</c><00:10:38.580><c> fellowship,</c>

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because<00:10:39.240><c> if</c><00:10:39.500><c> you</c><00:10:39.720><c> join</c><00:10:39.899><c> it,</c>

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it<00:10:40.179><c> won't</c><00:10:40.440><c> be.</c>

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We<00:10:44.100><c> have</c><00:10:44.480><c> to</c><00:10:44.580><c> try</c><00:10:44.779><c> to</c><00:10:44.919><c> help</c><00:10:45.179><c> other</c><00:10:45.519><c> people</c>

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who<00:10:46.620><c> are</c><00:10:46.879><c> having</c><00:10:47.179><c> problems,</c>

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and<00:10:48.740><c> not</c><00:10:49.159><c> separate</c><00:10:49.580><c> ourselves.</c>

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Say,<00:10:50.299><c> well,</c><00:10:50.500><c> that's</c><00:10:50.879><c> them,</c>

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and<00:10:51.259><c> we're</c><00:10:51.440><c> over</c><00:10:51.700><c> here.</c>

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Go<00:10:54.220><c> to</c><00:10:54.440><c> Ezra,</c><00:10:56.139><c> chapter</c><00:10:56.419><c> 9.</c>

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Daniel<00:10:58.019><c> said</c><00:10:58.259><c> that</c><00:10:58.500><c> he</c><00:10:58.820><c> had</c><00:10:59.080><c> sinned.</c>

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We<00:10:59.840><c> have</c><00:11:00.039><c> sinned,</c>

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and<00:11:00.480><c> he</c><00:11:00.539><c> goes</c><00:11:00.700><c> on</c><00:11:01.019><c> and</c><00:11:01.840><c> committed</c><00:11:02.100><c> iniquity,</c>

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and<00:11:02.740><c> done</c><00:11:02.860><c> wickedly,</c>

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and<00:11:03.460><c> rebelled.</c>

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Now<00:11:04.320><c> Ezra,</c><00:11:04.779><c> in</c><00:11:04.919><c> chapter</c><00:11:05.240><c> 9,</c>

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here's<00:11:06.860><c> a</c><00:11:07.100><c> person</c><00:11:07.360><c> that</c><00:11:07.559><c> can</c><00:11:07.799><c> blush.</c>

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How<00:11:09.000><c> many</c><00:11:09.299><c> girls</c><00:11:09.620><c> can</c><00:11:09.919><c> blush</c><00:11:10.139><c> nowadays?</c>

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Blushing<00:11:11.500><c> has</c><00:11:11.700><c> kind</c><00:11:11.860><c> of</c><00:11:11.899><c> gone</c><00:11:12.059><c> out</c><00:11:12.240><c> of</c><00:11:12.500><c> style.</c>

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But<00:11:13.720><c> at</c><00:11:14.039><c> the</c><00:11:14.200><c> evening</c><00:11:14.440><c> sacrifice,</c>

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Ezra<00:11:15.419><c> 9</c><00:11:15.820><c>.5,</c>

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I<00:11:16.399><c> rose</c><00:11:16.700><c> up</c><00:11:16.899><c> from</c><00:11:17.080><c> my</c><00:11:17.259><c> heaviness,</c>

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and<00:11:18.139><c> having</c><00:11:18.299><c> ripped</c><00:11:18.480><c> my</c><00:11:18.759><c> garment</c><00:11:19.100><c> and</c><00:11:19.360><c> my</c><00:11:19.620><c> mantle,</c>

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I<00:11:19.960><c> fell</c><00:11:20.139><c> upon</c><00:11:20.419><c> my</c><00:11:20.679><c> knees,</c>

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and<00:11:21.179><c> spread</c><00:11:21.320><c> out</c><00:11:21.500><c> my</c><00:11:21.639><c> hands</c><00:11:21.899><c> unto</c><00:11:22.059><c> the</c><00:11:22.200><c> Lord</c><00:11:22.360><c> my</c><00:11:22.600><c> God,</c>

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and<00:11:23.200><c> said,</c>

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O<00:11:25.879><c> my</c><00:11:26.399><c> God,</c>

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I<00:11:27.700><c> am</c><00:11:27.940><c> ashamed</c><00:11:28.700><c> and</c><00:11:30.080><c> blush</c>

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to<00:11:31.500><c> lift</c><00:11:31.700><c> up</c><00:11:31.960><c> my</c><00:11:32.259><c> face</c><00:11:32.480><c> to</c><00:11:32.700><c> thee,</c><00:11:32.879><c> my</c><00:11:33.179><c> God,</c>

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for<00:11:34.200><c> our</c><00:11:34.419><c> iniquities</c><00:11:34.740><c> are</c><00:11:34.980><c> increased</c><00:11:35.379><c> over</c><00:11:35.720><c> our</c><00:11:36.039><c> head,</c>

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and<00:11:36.460><c> our</c><00:11:36.659><c> trespasses</c><00:11:37.159><c> growing</c><00:11:37.440><c> up</c><00:11:37.740><c> into</c><00:11:37.919><c> the</c><00:11:38.080><c> heavens.</c>

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So<00:11:39.259><c> there's</c><00:11:40.700><c> Daniel</c><00:11:41.259><c> confessing</c><00:11:42.779><c> the</c><00:11:42.899><c> sins</c><00:11:43.120><c> of</c><00:11:43.340><c> others</c><00:11:43.539><c> as</c>

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his<00:11:44.000><c> own.</c>

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Ezra<00:11:45.139><c> confessing</c><00:11:45.679><c> the</c><00:11:45.799><c> sins</c><00:11:46.000><c> of</c><00:11:46.200><c> others</c><00:11:46.399><c> as</c><00:11:46.580><c> his</c><00:11:46.799><c> own</c><00:11:46.960><c> in</c><00:11:47.139><c> the</c><00:11:47.360><c> Psalms.</c>

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David<00:11:48.200><c> says,</c><00:11:48.539><c> we</c><00:11:48.539><c> have</c><00:11:48.860><c> sinned</c><00:11:49.159><c> with</c><00:11:49.360><c> our</c><00:11:49.600><c> fathers.</c>

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We<00:11:50.039><c> have</c><00:11:50.220><c> committed</c><00:11:50.500><c> iniquity.</c>

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We<00:11:51.539><c> have</c><00:11:51.740><c> done</c><00:11:52.340><c> wickedly.</c>

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So<00:11:53.659><c> all</c><00:11:54.019><c> of</c><00:11:54.179><c> us</c><00:11:54.379><c> are</c><00:11:54.620><c> sinners.</c>

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And<00:11:56.299><c> so</c><00:11:56.860><c> we</c><00:11:57.139><c> need</c><00:11:57.340><c> to</c><00:11:57.500><c> make</c><00:11:57.600><c> ourselves</c><00:11:58.000><c> one</c><00:11:58.360><c> with</c><00:11:58.600><c> those</c>

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who<00:11:58.980><c> are</c><00:11:59.039><c> trying</c><00:11:59.240><c> to</c><00:11:59.460><c> help.</c>

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And<00:11:59.700><c> that's</c><00:12:00.080><c> exactly</c><00:12:00.820><c> what</c><00:12:02.820><c> the</c><00:12:03.039><c> Lord</c><00:12:03.179><c> Jesus</c><00:12:03.539><c> Christ</c><00:12:03.860><c> did</c>

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when<00:12:04.340><c> he</c><00:12:04.480><c> took</c><00:12:04.759><c> our</c><00:12:05.100><c> sins</c><00:12:05.340><c> upon</c><00:12:05.700><c> him</c>

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and<00:12:06.559><c> carried</c><00:12:06.799><c> them</c><00:12:07.019><c> to</c><00:12:07.200><c> his</c><00:12:07.440><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:12:08.899><c> so</c><00:12:09.000><c> we're</c><00:12:09.179><c> back</c><00:12:09.360><c> in</c><00:12:09.500><c> Nehemiah</c><00:12:09.899><c> chapter</c><00:12:10.220><c> 1</c>

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and<00:12:12.240><c> looking</c><00:12:12.440><c> at</c><00:12:12.600><c> verse</c><00:12:12.759><c> 3.</c>

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They<00:12:13.960><c> said</c><00:12:14.179><c> unto</c><00:12:14.360><c> me,</c>

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that<00:12:16.960><c> is</c><00:12:17.100><c> in</c><00:12:17.220><c> the</c><00:12:17.419><c> province</c>

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are<00:12:17.820><c> in</c><00:12:18.000><c> great</c><00:12:18.200><c> affliction</c><00:12:18.639><c> and</c><00:12:18.919><c> reproach.</c>

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The<00:12:20.220><c> wall</c><00:12:20.419><c> of</c><00:12:20.559><c> Jerusalem</c><00:12:20.799><c> also</c><00:12:21.059><c> is</c><00:12:21.259><c> broken</c><00:12:21.539><c> down.</c>

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The<00:12:22.059><c> gates</c><00:12:22.259><c> are</c><00:12:22.379><c> ever</c><00:12:22.500><c> burned</c><00:12:22.740><c> with</c><00:12:23.000><c> fire.</c>

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I<00:12:23.679><c> mean,</c><00:12:23.960><c> this</c><00:12:24.139><c> is</c><00:12:24.419><c> all</c><00:12:24.980><c> bad</c><00:12:25.440><c> news.</c>

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And<00:12:27.159><c> Nehemiah</c><00:12:30.159><c> reacted</c><00:12:30.659><c> in</c><00:12:30.940><c> the</c><00:12:30.980><c> right</c><00:12:31.200><c> way.</c>

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And<00:12:32.159><c> so</c><00:12:32.220><c> saying,</c><00:12:32.500><c> what</c><00:12:32.580><c> can</c><00:12:32.820><c> I</c><00:12:33.019><c> do?</c>

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He<00:12:34.179><c> decided</c><00:12:34.779><c> that</c><00:12:35.480><c> he</c><00:12:35.600><c> would</c><00:12:35.860><c> go.</c>

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But<00:12:38.639><c> first</c><00:12:38.980><c> he</c><00:12:39.320><c> prayed,</c><00:12:41.440><c> and</c><00:12:41.559><c> he</c><00:12:41.779><c> wept,</c>

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and<00:12:43.139><c> he</c><00:12:43.559><c> fasted,</c><00:12:45.220><c> and</c><00:12:45.700><c> he</c><00:12:46.799><c> went.</c>

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God<00:12:50.000><c> does</c><00:12:50.580><c> hear</c><00:12:50.799><c> your</c><00:12:51.100><c> prayers</c><00:12:51.679><c> if</c><00:12:54.720><c> you</c><00:12:55.019><c> pray</c><00:12:55.259><c> all</c><00:12:55.480><c> right.</c>

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But<00:12:56.000><c> he</c><00:12:56.139><c> doesn't</c><00:12:56.519><c> hear</c><00:12:56.860><c> everybody's</c><00:12:57.620><c> prayer.</c>

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look,<00:13:02.120><c> Jesus</c><00:13:02.419><c> tells</c><00:13:02.620><c> us</c><00:13:02.799><c> about</c><00:13:02.980><c> a</c><00:13:03.159><c> man</c><00:13:03.340><c> who</c><00:13:03.639><c> prayed</c><00:13:03.899><c> with</c><00:13:04.200><c> himself.</c>

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This<00:13:05.860><c> man</c><00:13:06.080><c> was</c><00:13:06.299><c> so</c><00:13:06.519><c> wrapped</c><00:13:06.720><c> up</c><00:13:06.960><c> in</c><00:13:07.080><c> himself,</c>

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he<00:13:07.379><c> had</c><00:13:07.519><c> this</c><00:13:07.740><c> terrible</c><00:13:08.100><c> disease.</c>

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You<00:13:08.740><c> all</c><00:13:08.960><c> know</c><00:13:09.159><c> the</c><00:13:09.399><c> disease.</c>

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It's<00:13:09.899><c> called</c><00:13:10.860><c> Iitis.</c>

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As<00:13:16.320><c> my</c><00:13:16.799><c> esteemed</c><00:13:17.159><c> brother</c><00:13:17.440><c> in</c><00:13:17.539><c> the</c><00:13:17.700><c> audience</c><00:13:17.879><c> would</c><00:13:18.019><c> say,</c>

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I've<00:13:18.399><c> heard</c><00:13:18.480><c> all</c><00:13:18.659><c> that</c><00:13:18.860><c> before.</c>

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But<00:13:22.460><c> he</c><00:13:22.940><c> thanked</c><00:13:23.179><c> God</c>

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that<00:13:23.980><c> he</c><00:13:23.980><c> was</c><00:13:24.100><c> such</c><00:13:24.279><c> a</c><00:13:24.379><c> wonderful</c><00:13:24.700><c> person.</c>

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And<00:13:26.379><c> he's</c><00:13:26.519><c> really</c><00:13:26.799><c> telling</c><00:13:26.960><c> God,</c>

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you're<00:13:27.399><c> really</c><00:13:27.620><c> lucky</c><00:13:27.799><c> to</c><00:13:28.019><c> have</c><00:13:28.139><c> me,</c><00:13:28.519><c> God.</c>

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I<00:13:29.080><c> thank</c><00:13:29.279><c> thee</c><00:13:29.440><c> that</c><00:13:29.539><c> I'm</c><00:13:29.720><c> not</c><00:13:29.899><c> like</c><00:13:30.100><c> other</c><00:13:30.320><c> men.</c>

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That<00:13:32.500><c> sinner</c><00:13:32.899><c> over</c><00:13:33.179><c> there.</c>

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And<00:13:34.460><c> the</c><00:13:34.779><c> sinner</c><00:13:35.019><c> just</c><00:13:35.360><c> smote</c><00:13:35.440><c> himself</c><00:13:35.740><c> on</c><00:13:35.899><c> the</c><00:13:36.100><c> breast</c>

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and<00:13:36.419><c> said,</c><00:13:36.620><c> God,</c><00:13:37.059><c> be</c><00:13:37.159><c> merciful</c><00:13:37.480><c> to</c><00:13:37.639><c> me,</c><00:13:37.779><c> a</c><00:13:37.980><c> sinner.</c>

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So<00:13:39.500><c> we</c><00:13:39.679><c> know</c><00:13:39.799><c> that</c><00:13:39.980><c> the</c><00:13:40.120><c> one</c><00:13:40.320><c> prayer</c><00:13:40.519><c> was</c><00:13:40.820><c> answered</c>

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and<00:13:42.200><c> the</c><00:13:42.399><c> other</c><00:13:42.539><c> one</c><00:13:42.679><c> was</c><00:13:42.860><c> not.</c>

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He<00:13:43.139><c> prayed</c><00:13:43.320><c> with</c><00:13:43.519><c> himself.</c>

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That<00:13:44.460><c> one</c><00:13:44.700><c> prayer</c><00:13:44.840><c> only</c><00:13:45.080><c> went</c><00:13:45.259><c> to</c><00:13:45.480><c> the</c><00:13:45.679><c> ceiling</c><00:13:45.960><c> and</c><00:13:46.240><c> back.</c>

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So<00:13:48.720><c> Nehemiah</c><00:13:49.120><c> already</c><00:13:49.519><c> has</c><00:13:49.740><c> a</c><00:13:49.980><c> plan</c><00:13:50.240><c> as</c><00:13:50.519><c> he</c><00:13:50.799><c> prays.</c>

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And<00:13:52.159><c> so</c><00:13:52.379><c> in</c><00:13:52.620><c> chapter</c><00:13:52.980><c> one,</c><00:13:53.559><c> verse</c><00:13:53.759><c> 11,</c><00:13:54.820><c> he</c><00:13:54.840><c> says,</c>

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O<00:13:55.159><c> Lord,</c><00:13:55.720><c> I</c><00:13:55.720><c> beseech</c><00:13:56.139><c> thee,</c>

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let<00:13:56.700><c> now</c><00:13:57.480><c> thine</c><00:13:57.860><c> ear</c><00:13:58.059><c> be</c><00:13:58.379><c> attentive</c><00:13:58.679><c> to</c><00:13:58.899><c> the</c><00:13:59.159><c> prayer</c><00:13:59.500><c> of</c><00:13:59.759><c> thy</c><00:13:59.980><c> servant</c>

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who<00:14:02.799><c> desire</c><00:14:03.220><c> to</c><00:14:03.460><c> fear</c><00:14:03.639><c> thy</c><00:14:03.940><c> name</c><00:14:04.220><c> and</c><00:14:04.539><c> prosper.</c>

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I<00:14:05.919><c> pray</c><00:14:06.200><c> thee,</c><00:14:06.759><c> thy</c><00:14:06.940><c> servant,</c><00:14:07.299><c> this</c><00:14:07.580><c> day,</c>

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and<00:14:08.179><c> grant</c><00:14:08.360><c> me</c><00:14:08.600><c> mercy</c><00:14:09.059><c> in</c><00:14:09.519><c> the</c><00:14:09.700><c> sight</c><00:14:09.779><c> of</c><00:14:09.980><c> this</c><00:14:10.240><c> man,</c>

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for<00:14:11.559><c> I</c><00:14:11.840><c> was</c><00:14:12.120><c> the</c><00:14:12.419><c> king's</c><00:14:13.139><c> cupbearer.</c>

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Now,<00:14:16.059><c> the</c><00:14:16.200><c> book</c><00:14:16.399><c> of</c><00:14:16.580><c> Nehemiah</c><00:14:16.980><c> is</c><00:14:17.200><c> in</c><00:14:17.360><c> two</c><00:14:17.580><c> sections.</c>

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The<00:14:19.899><c> first</c><00:14:20.200><c> section</c><00:14:20.600><c> has</c><00:14:20.899><c> to</c><00:14:21.059><c> do</c><00:14:21.179><c> with</c><00:14:21.299><c> rebuilding</c><00:14:21.779><c> the...</c>

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Yeah,<00:14:23.259><c> take</c><00:14:23.500><c> the...</c>

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Yeah,<00:14:25.220><c> yeah,</c><00:14:25.860><c> yeah,</c><00:14:25.899><c> sure.</c>

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I<00:14:26.659><c> was</c><00:14:26.799><c> going</c><00:14:27.000><c> to</c><00:14:27.059><c> tease</c><00:14:27.299><c> you</c><00:14:27.440><c> with</c><00:14:27.539><c> only</c><00:14:27.720><c> half</c><00:14:27.899><c> of</c><00:14:28.019><c> it.</c>

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You<00:14:28.440><c> know,</c><00:14:28.519><c> my</c><00:14:28.740><c> PowerPoint</c><00:14:29.139><c> doesn't</c><00:14:29.419><c> work</c><00:14:29.659><c> so</c><00:14:29.980><c> well.</c>

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It<00:14:32.740><c> needs</c><00:14:32.960><c> to</c><00:14:33.080><c> go</c><00:14:33.139><c> up</c><00:14:33.259><c> a</c><00:14:33.360><c> little</c><00:14:33.580><c> bit.</c>

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Oh,<00:14:34.259><c> thank</c><00:14:34.460><c> you.</c>

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The<00:14:38.139><c> first</c><00:14:38.620><c> section</c><00:14:39.200><c> has</c><00:14:39.500><c> to</c><00:14:39.700><c> do</c><00:14:39.860><c> with</c><00:14:40.139><c> the</c><00:14:40.360><c> rebuilding</c><00:14:40.820><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:41.340><c> wall.</c>

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Chapter<00:14:43.100><c> one,</c><00:14:43.740><c> we've</c><00:14:43.980><c> just</c><00:14:44.120><c> been</c><00:14:44.259><c> looking</c><00:14:44.440><c> at</c><00:14:44.580><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:14:45.019><c> the</c><00:14:45.200><c> problem</c><00:14:45.480><c> that</c><00:14:45.720><c> he</c><00:14:45.960><c> found</c><00:14:46.200><c> in</c><00:14:46.440><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Then<00:14:47.720><c> he</c><00:14:47.840><c> goes</c><00:14:48.080><c> to</c><00:14:48.279><c> Jerusalem</c><00:14:48.580><c> in</c><00:14:48.779><c> chapter</c><00:14:49.039><c> two.</c>

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The<00:14:49.620><c> work</c><00:14:49.740><c> begins</c><00:14:50.080><c> in</c><00:14:50.220><c> chapter</c><00:14:50.539><c> three.</c>

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He<00:14:51.860><c> then</c><00:14:52.059><c> gets</c><00:14:52.320><c> opposition</c><00:14:52.980><c> from</c><00:14:53.299><c> the</c><00:14:53.480><c> outside</c><00:14:54.019><c> in</c><00:14:54.200><c> chapter</c><00:14:54.480><c> four.</c>

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He<00:14:55.460><c> gets</c><00:14:55.820><c> opposition</c><00:14:56.240><c> from</c><00:14:56.500><c> the</c><00:14:56.659><c> inside</c><00:14:57.080><c> in</c><00:14:57.299><c> chapter</c><00:14:57.559><c> five.</c>

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In<00:14:58.740><c> chapter</c><00:14:59.039><c> six,</c><00:14:59.460><c> the</c><00:14:59.580><c> wall</c><00:14:59.840><c> is</c><00:15:00.120><c> complete.</c>

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Now,<00:15:02.460><c> there</c><00:15:02.639><c> are</c><00:15:02.740><c> a</c><00:15:02.779><c> lot</c><00:15:02.960><c> of</c><00:15:03.159><c> people</c><00:15:03.460><c> who</c><00:15:03.740><c> are</c><00:15:03.940><c> good</c><00:15:04.139><c> at</c>

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building<00:15:04.659><c> things.</c>

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I<00:15:05.200><c> look</c><00:15:05.500><c> at</c><00:15:05.679><c> people</c><00:15:05.919><c> that</c><00:15:06.360><c> are</c><00:15:06.740><c> handy</c><00:15:06.980><c> with</c><00:15:07.179><c> their</c><00:15:07.360><c> hands,</c>

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and<00:15:07.799><c> I</c><00:15:08.039><c> sit</c><00:15:08.179><c> in</c><00:15:08.399><c> awe</c><00:15:08.519><c> and</c><00:15:08.679><c> I</c><00:15:08.860><c> admire</c><00:15:09.139><c> them.</c>

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Anything<00:15:10.139><c> that's</c><00:15:10.399><c> broken,</c><00:15:10.700><c> they</c><00:15:10.840><c> can</c><00:15:11.059><c> fix</c><00:15:11.279><c> it.</c>

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Anything<00:15:11.679><c> that's</c><00:15:12.019><c> fixed,</c><00:15:12.159><c> I</c><00:15:12.299><c> can</c><00:15:12.500><c> break.</c>

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But<00:15:17.580><c> there</c><00:15:18.059><c> are</c><00:15:18.500><c> people</c><00:15:18.700><c> who</c><00:15:18.940><c> like</c><00:15:19.019><c> that.</c>

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Some<00:15:19.580><c> people</c><00:15:20.000><c> who</c><00:15:20.200><c> are</c><00:15:20.480><c> very</c><00:15:20.779><c> handy</c><00:15:21.080><c> with</c><00:15:21.320><c> their</c><00:15:21.559><c> hands</c>

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don't<00:15:22.659><c> have</c><00:15:22.840><c> many</c><00:15:23.139><c> people</c><00:15:23.379><c> skills.</c>

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They're<00:15:24.799><c> good</c><00:15:25.100><c> craftsmen,</c>

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but<00:15:26.259><c> they</c><00:15:26.759><c> have</c><00:15:26.980><c> trouble</c><00:15:27.259><c> getting</c><00:15:27.519><c> along</c><00:15:27.720><c> with</c><00:15:27.879><c> other</c><00:15:28.059><c> people,</c>

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and<00:15:28.500><c> that's</c><00:15:28.720><c> too</c><00:15:28.980><c> bad</c><00:15:29.179><c> because</c><00:15:29.480><c> it's</c><00:15:29.940><c> important</c><00:15:30.240><c> to</c><00:15:30.879><c> get</c><00:15:31.059><c> along</c><00:15:31.200><c> with</c>

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But<00:15:34.259><c> then</c><00:15:34.419><c> there</c><00:15:34.580><c> are</c><00:15:34.740><c> people</c><00:15:34.980><c> who</c><00:15:35.159><c> are</c><00:15:35.220><c> very</c><00:15:35.539><c> good</c><00:15:35.720><c> at</c><00:15:35.879><c> getting</c><00:15:36.120><c> along</c>

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And<00:15:40.179><c> so</c><00:15:40.899><c> Nehemiah</c><00:15:41.360><c> was</c><00:15:41.620><c> an</c><00:15:41.940><c> unusual</c><00:15:42.440><c> person</c>

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because<00:15:43.139><c> he</c><00:15:43.360><c> was</c><00:15:43.620><c> talented</c><00:15:43.980><c> in</c><00:15:44.120><c> both</c><00:15:44.340><c> areas.</c>

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He<00:15:45.639><c> was</c><00:15:45.860><c> good</c><00:15:46.059><c> at</c><00:15:46.320><c> fixing</c><00:15:46.580><c> things.</c>

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He<00:15:47.120><c> built</c><00:15:47.340><c> the</c><00:15:47.600><c> wall.</c>

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He<00:15:48.460><c> got</c><00:15:48.700><c> in</c><00:15:48.860><c> there</c><00:15:49.000><c> and</c><00:15:49.139><c> pitched</c><00:15:49.259><c> like</c><00:15:49.480><c> everyone</c><00:15:49.799><c> else</c><00:15:50.039><c> did,</c>

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and<00:15:50.379><c> then</c><00:15:50.620><c> he</c><00:15:51.000><c> was</c><00:15:51.159><c> also</c><00:15:51.379><c> good</c><00:15:51.580><c> at</c><00:15:51.799><c> organizing</c><00:15:52.200><c> the</c><00:15:52.519><c> people.</c>

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So<00:15:53.620><c> the</c><00:15:53.799><c> second</c><00:15:54.059><c> half</c><00:15:54.279><c> of</c><00:15:54.419><c> the</c><00:15:54.559><c> book</c><00:15:54.720><c> has</c><00:15:55.019><c> to</c><00:15:55.240><c> do</c><00:15:55.419><c> with</c><00:15:55.720><c> rebuilding</c><00:15:56.200><c> the</c><00:15:56.480><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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We<00:15:57.899><c> know</c><00:15:58.379><c> of</c><00:15:58.620><c> people.</c>

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We've<00:15:59.220><c> had</c><00:15:59.440><c> this</c><00:15:59.679><c> happen</c><00:15:59.960><c> in</c><00:16:00.220><c> Southern</c><00:16:00.419><c> California</c>

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where<00:16:01.500><c> we</c><00:16:01.740><c> wanted</c><00:16:01.919><c> to</c><00:16:02.159><c> have</c><00:16:02.299><c> a</c><00:16:02.500><c> hall,</c>

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and<00:16:03.840><c> we</c><00:16:04.100><c> had</c><00:16:04.220><c> some</c><00:16:04.480><c> brethren</c><00:16:04.659><c> who</c><00:16:05.000><c> had</c><00:16:05.279><c> skills,</c>

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and<00:16:07.360><c> they</c><00:16:07.639><c> pitched</c><00:16:07.879><c> in</c><00:16:08.240><c> and</c><00:16:08.399><c> built</c><00:16:08.620><c> a</c><00:16:08.840><c> hall.</c>

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And<00:16:10.480><c> they</c><00:16:10.879><c> were</c><00:16:11.440><c> craftsmen,</c>

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and<00:16:11.919><c> we</c><00:16:12.460><c> just</c><00:16:13.220><c> stood</c><00:16:13.440><c> in</c><00:16:13.679><c> awe</c><00:16:13.879><c> at</c><00:16:14.480><c> the</c><00:16:14.580><c> way</c><00:16:14.779><c> they</c><00:16:15.159><c> were</c><00:16:15.379><c> able</c><00:16:15.559><c> to</c>

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put<00:16:15.840><c> that</c><00:16:16.080><c> hall</c><00:16:16.200><c> together.</c>

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And<00:16:18.519><c> some</c><00:16:19.179><c> of</c><00:16:19.299><c> them</c><00:16:19.360><c> ran</c><00:16:19.600><c> it,</c><00:16:19.720><c> some</c><00:16:19.899><c> of</c><00:16:19.980><c> them</c><00:16:19.980><c> did</c><00:16:20.179><c> the</c><00:16:20.379><c> work,</c>

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and<00:16:21.559><c> then</c><00:16:21.759><c> the</c><00:16:21.960><c> hall</c><00:16:22.080><c> was</c><00:16:22.360><c> finished.</c>

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And<00:16:23.620><c> we</c><00:16:23.740><c> looked,</c><00:16:23.899><c> isn't</c><00:16:24.080><c> this</c><00:16:24.240><c> a</c><00:16:24.379><c> wonderful</c><00:16:24.659><c> hall?</c>

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It's<00:16:25.200><c> beautiful,</c><00:16:25.600><c> and</c><00:16:25.779><c> it's</c><00:16:25.940><c> great.</c>

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Now<00:16:27.139><c> we're</c><00:16:27.320><c> going</c><00:16:27.340><c> to</c><00:16:27.360><c> have</c><00:16:27.500><c> a</c><00:16:27.659><c> special</c><00:16:27.899><c> lecture.</c>

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They're<00:16:30.480><c> not</c><00:16:30.779><c> there.</c>

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They<00:16:32.399><c> didn't</c><00:16:32.679><c> come.</c>

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We're<00:16:34.159><c> having</c><00:16:34.320><c> a</c><00:16:34.539><c> Bible</c><00:16:34.759><c> class</c><00:16:34.980><c> at</c><00:16:35.120><c> the</c><00:16:35.279><c> hall</c><00:16:35.419><c> tonight,</c>

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and<00:16:36.320><c> they're</c><00:16:36.480><c> not</c><00:16:36.779><c> there.</c>

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See,<00:16:38.820><c> we've</c><00:16:39.120><c> got</c><00:16:39.179><c> to</c><00:16:39.279><c> be</c><00:16:39.519><c> balanced.</c>

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It's<00:16:40.539><c> quite</c><00:16:40.799><c> right</c><00:16:41.059><c> to</c><00:16:41.320><c> build</c><00:16:41.559><c> the</c><00:16:41.879><c> hall,</c>

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but<00:16:43.759><c> you</c><00:16:44.240><c> build</c><00:16:44.539><c> the</c><00:16:44.740><c> hall</c><00:16:44.879><c> to</c><00:16:45.120><c> use</c><00:16:45.379><c> the</c><00:16:45.620><c> hall.</c>

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And<00:16:46.600><c> so</c><00:16:47.279><c> using</c><00:16:48.200><c> what</c><00:16:48.500><c> we</c><00:16:48.799><c> built</c><00:16:49.100><c> is</c><00:16:49.960><c> every</c><00:16:50.059><c> bit</c><00:16:50.200><c> as</c><00:16:50.460><c> important,</c>

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if<00:16:50.879><c> not</c><00:16:51.059><c> more</c><00:16:51.279><c> important,</c><00:16:51.559><c> than</c><00:16:51.740><c> building</c><00:16:52.039><c> the</c><00:16:52.200><c> building</c><00:16:52.419><c> itself.</c>

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So<00:16:53.820><c> in</c><00:16:53.940><c> the</c><00:16:54.100><c> second</c><00:16:54.279><c> half</c><00:16:54.559><c> of</c><00:16:54.779><c> the</c><00:16:55.120><c> book,</c>

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we<00:16:55.799><c> have</c><00:16:55.940><c> the</c><00:16:56.200><c> official</c><00:16:56.480><c> listing</c><00:16:56.899><c> of</c><00:16:57.259><c> the</c><00:16:57.440><c> remnant.</c>

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We've<00:16:59.279><c> got</c><00:16:59.360><c> a</c><00:16:59.480><c> Bible</c><00:16:59.659><c> school</c><00:16:59.840><c> here.</c>

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They<00:17:00.519><c> had</c><00:17:00.559><c> a</c><00:17:00.659><c> Bible</c><00:17:00.860><c> school</c><00:17:01.039><c> in</c><00:17:01.179><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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We're<00:17:01.559><c> going</c><00:17:01.620><c> to</c><00:17:01.720><c> talk</c><00:17:01.879><c> about</c><00:17:02.059><c> it.</c>

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He<00:17:03.360><c> dedicated</c><00:17:03.799><c> the</c><00:17:04.039><c> people.</c>

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He<00:17:04.720><c> renewed</c><00:17:04.980><c> the</c><00:17:05.299><c> covenant.</c>

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He<00:17:06.740><c> listed</c><00:17:07.000><c> the</c><00:17:07.119><c> increased</c><00:17:07.500><c> population</c><00:17:08.140><c> in</c><00:17:08.519><c> the</c><00:17:08.720><c> city.</c>

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They<00:17:09.839><c> dedicated</c><00:17:10.380><c> the</c><00:17:10.680><c> wall.</c>

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And<00:17:11.240><c> in</c><00:17:11.480><c> the</c><00:17:11.619><c> last</c><00:17:11.880><c> chapter,</c><00:17:12.960><c> 12</c><00:17:13.220><c> chapters</c><00:17:13.660><c> of</c><00:17:13.900><c> Nehemiah</c>

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are<00:17:14.660><c> wonderful,</c><00:17:15.299><c> beautiful,</c><00:17:15.900><c> and</c><00:17:15.920><c> everything</c><00:17:16.119><c> is</c><00:17:16.700><c> peachy</c>

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-keen,<00:17:17.359><c> rosy.</c>

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And<00:17:18.960><c> then</c><00:17:19.259><c> chapter</c><00:17:19.539><c> 13,</c><00:17:20.200><c> he</c><00:17:20.400><c> leaves.</c>

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And<00:17:22.220><c> he</c><00:17:22.279><c> comes</c><00:17:22.519><c> back</c><00:17:23.400><c> to</c><00:17:23.819><c> problems.</c>

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It's<00:17:25.339><c> kind</c><00:17:25.539><c> of</c><00:17:25.619><c> like</c><00:17:25.799><c> the</c><00:17:25.960><c> Lord</c><00:17:26.099><c> Jesus</c><00:17:26.380><c> Christ.</c>

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Nehemiah<00:17:26.940><c> was</c><00:17:27.119><c> a</c><00:17:27.279><c> type</c><00:17:27.460><c> of</c><00:17:27.619><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:17:29.640><c> Jesus</c><00:17:29.900><c> is</c><00:17:30.099><c> going</c><00:17:30.220><c> to</c><00:17:30.420><c> return</c><00:17:30.660><c> like</c><00:17:30.880><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:31.339><c> returned.</c>

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And<00:17:32.480><c> thank</c><00:17:32.700><c> you,</c><00:17:33.299><c> Henry.</c>

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So<00:17:34.539><c> that's</c><00:17:35.759><c> the</c><00:17:36.019><c> end</c><00:17:36.220><c> of</c><00:17:36.400><c> my</c><00:17:37.339><c> fancy</c><00:17:37.859><c> public...</c>

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My<00:17:42.000><c> PowerPoint</c><00:17:42.519><c> has</c><00:17:43.599><c> gone</c><00:17:43.920><c> out.</c>

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So<00:17:48.579><c> it's</c><00:17:49.220><c> interesting</c><00:17:49.539><c> to</c><00:17:49.779><c> notice</c><00:17:49.960><c> that</c><00:17:50.440><c> both</c><00:17:50.759><c> Nehemiah</c>

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and<00:17:51.339><c> his</c><00:17:51.519><c> brother</c><00:17:51.839><c> Hananiah</c><00:17:52.539><c> were</c><00:17:52.740><c> more</c><00:17:53.079><c> interested</c>

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in<00:17:53.539><c> the</c><00:17:53.720><c> welfare</c><00:17:54.000><c> of</c><00:17:54.220><c> God's</c><00:17:56.099><c> city</c>

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than<00:17:56.579><c> they</c><00:17:56.799><c> were</c><00:17:56.960><c> in</c><00:17:57.000><c> their</c><00:17:57.200><c> own</c><00:17:57.460><c> personal</c><00:17:57.799><c> comfort.</c>

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Chapter<00:18:01.500><c> 2</c><00:18:02.160><c> of</c><00:18:02.339><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:03.640><c> opens,</c><00:18:05.240><c> and</c><00:18:05.240><c> it's</c><00:18:05.519><c> springtime.</c>

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It's<00:18:06.559><c> today,</c><00:18:07.880><c> April,</c><00:18:08.640><c> first</c><00:18:08.859><c> day</c><00:18:09.079><c> of</c><00:18:09.240><c> April,</c><00:18:09.619><c> today.</c>

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And<00:18:11.099><c> chapter</c><00:18:11.680><c> 2</c><00:18:12.039><c> opens</c><00:18:12.480><c> in</c><00:18:12.940><c> the</c><00:18:13.039><c> month</c><00:18:13.180><c> of</c><00:18:13.359><c> April.</c>

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And<00:18:13.960><c> what</c><00:18:14.440><c> has</c><00:18:15.140><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:15.680><c> been</c><00:18:15.960><c> doing</c><00:18:16.240><c> since</c><00:18:16.960><c> December?</c>

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Well,<00:18:18.720><c> he's</c><00:18:18.960><c> been</c><00:18:19.220><c> praying.</c>

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And<00:18:21.200><c> he</c><00:18:21.460><c> has</c><00:18:21.700><c> been</c><00:18:21.960><c> planning.</c>

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And<00:18:23.799><c> he's</c><00:18:23.960><c> been</c><00:18:24.240><c> fasting.</c>

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And<00:18:24.920><c> he's</c><00:18:25.079><c> been</c><00:18:25.259><c> getting</c><00:18:25.559><c> ready.</c>

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And<00:18:27.240><c> now</c><00:18:27.680><c> he</c><00:18:27.920><c> is</c><00:18:28.099><c> ready</c><00:18:28.559><c> to</c><00:18:28.880><c> act.</c>

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You<00:18:29.319><c> see,</c><00:18:30.119><c> it's</c><00:18:30.480><c> proper</c><00:18:30.720><c> to</c><00:18:30.980><c> do</c><00:18:31.119><c> your</c><00:18:31.380><c> homework</c><00:18:31.839><c> before</c><00:18:32.599><c> you</c><00:18:33.400><c> begin.</c>

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Plan<00:18:34.880><c> your</c><00:18:35.099><c> work</c><00:18:35.259><c> and</c><00:18:35.440><c> work</c><00:18:35.680><c> your</c><00:18:35.940><c> plan</c>

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is<00:18:36.359><c> a</c><00:18:36.559><c> saying</c><00:18:36.720><c> in</c><00:18:36.880><c> the</c><00:18:37.019><c> world.</c>

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It<00:18:37.500><c> has</c><00:18:37.700><c> a</c><00:18:37.839><c> lot</c><00:18:38.000><c> of</c><00:18:38.200><c> truth</c><00:18:38.339><c> to</c><00:18:38.579><c> it.</c>

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So<00:18:41.500><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:41.940><c> now</c><00:18:42.460><c> has</c><00:18:42.720><c> a</c><00:18:42.880><c> job</c><00:18:43.059><c> to</c><00:18:43.279><c> do.</c>

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What's<00:18:43.660><c> his</c><00:18:43.839><c> job?</c>

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Well,<00:18:44.220><c> he's</c><00:18:44.480><c> the</c><00:18:44.599><c> king's</c><00:18:44.920><c> cupbearer.</c>

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So<00:18:46.599><c> he's</c><00:18:47.059><c> going</c><00:18:47.279><c> to</c><00:18:47.319><c> go</c><00:18:47.519><c> in</c><00:18:47.619><c> to</c><00:18:47.759><c> see</c><00:18:47.859><c> the</c><00:18:48.059><c> king.</c>

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And<00:18:51.119><c> what</c><00:18:51.559><c> did</c><00:18:51.759><c> you</c><00:18:51.900><c> do</c><00:18:52.039><c> when</c><00:18:52.160><c> you</c><00:18:52.299><c> went</c><00:18:52.400><c> in</c><00:18:52.599><c> to</c><00:18:52.799><c> see</c><00:18:53.019><c> the</c><00:18:53.200><c> king?</c>

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You<00:18:54.400><c> smiled.</c>

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Because<00:18:57.059><c> kings</c><00:18:57.319><c> didn't</c><00:18:57.599><c> want</c><00:18:57.779><c> to</c><00:18:57.920><c> see</c><00:18:58.079><c> grouchy</c><00:18:58.539><c> fusses.</c>

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We<00:19:00.819><c> read</c><00:19:01.039><c> in</c><00:19:01.259><c> Esther</c><00:19:01.700><c> that</c><00:19:02.779><c> the</c><00:19:03.059><c> king</c><00:19:03.200><c> refused</c><00:19:03.579><c> to</c><00:19:03.839><c> have</c><00:19:03.839><c> anyone</c><00:19:04.140><c> in</c><00:19:04.380><c> sackcloth</c>

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come<00:19:05.140><c> anywhere</c><00:19:05.720><c> near</c><00:19:05.940><c> him.</c>

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So<00:19:06.960><c> Mordecai</c><00:19:07.420><c> went</c><00:19:07.599><c> as</c><00:19:07.900><c> far</c><00:19:08.079><c> as</c><00:19:08.279><c> the</c><00:19:08.400><c> front</c><00:19:08.539><c> of</c><00:19:08.859><c> the</c><00:19:09.019><c> king's</c><00:19:09.400><c> gate,</c>

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for<00:19:09.779><c> no</c><00:19:10.000><c> one</c><00:19:10.099><c> might</c><00:19:10.339><c> enter</c><00:19:10.599><c> the</c><00:19:10.819><c> king's</c><00:19:11.140><c> gate</c><00:19:11.319><c> clothed</c><00:19:11.619><c> in</c><00:19:11.799><c> sackcloth.</c>

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You<00:19:12.900><c> have</c><00:19:13.079><c> Disney</c><00:19:13.480><c> World</c><00:19:13.779><c> not</c><00:19:14.000><c> too</c><00:19:14.259><c> far</c><00:19:14.440><c> from</c><00:19:14.660><c> here.</c>

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We<00:19:15.299><c> have</c><00:19:15.539><c> Disneyland</c><00:19:15.920><c> out</c><00:19:16.319><c> our</c><00:19:16.599><c> way.</c>

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Do<00:19:17.500><c> you</c><00:19:17.500><c> know</c><00:19:17.599><c> the</c><00:19:17.920><c> sign</c><00:19:18.160><c> that</c><00:19:18.279><c> they</c><00:19:18.500><c> have</c><00:19:18.720><c> over</c><00:19:18.940><c> the</c><00:19:19.180><c> locker</c><00:19:19.400><c> rooms</c>

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for<00:19:20.299><c> the</c><00:19:20.480><c> people</c><00:19:20.599><c> who</c><00:19:20.759><c> work</c><00:19:20.920><c> at</c><00:19:21.140><c> Disneyland?</c>

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Smile!

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You<00:19:24.819><c> work</c><00:19:25.140><c> in</c><00:19:25.240><c> a</c><00:19:25.339><c> happy</c><00:19:25.559><c> place.</c>

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The<00:19:26.119><c> people</c><00:19:26.299><c> have</c><00:19:26.500><c> come</c><00:19:26.640><c> here</c><00:19:26.839><c> to</c><00:19:26.960><c> have</c><00:19:27.240><c> fun.</c>

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Your<00:19:28.259><c> wife</c><00:19:28.539><c> just</c><00:19:28.819><c> left</c><00:19:29.019><c> you.</c>

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Your<00:19:29.339><c> kid's</c><00:19:29.660><c> in</c><00:19:29.839><c> jail.</c>

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You<00:19:31.880><c> work</c><00:19:32.200><c> here.</c>

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You<00:19:32.660><c> smile.</c>

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You<00:19:35.039><c> don't</c><00:19:35.319><c> bring</c><00:19:35.519><c> your</c><00:19:35.720><c> troubles</c><00:19:36.019><c> to</c><00:19:36.299><c> work</c>

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because<00:19:37.279><c> the</c><00:19:37.480><c> people</c><00:19:37.700><c> don't</c><00:19:37.900><c> want</c><00:19:38.059><c> to</c><00:19:38.160><c> hear</c><00:19:38.359><c> of</c><00:19:38.519><c> you.</c>

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And<00:19:39.839><c> so</c><00:19:40.119><c> the</c><00:19:40.380><c> king</c><00:19:40.599><c> did</c><00:19:40.859><c> not</c><00:19:41.079><c> want</c><00:19:41.200><c> anybody</c>

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not<00:19:42.180><c> being</c><00:19:42.579><c> around</c><00:19:42.880><c> him</c><00:19:43.140><c> who</c><00:19:43.359><c> was</c><00:19:43.680><c> unhappy.</c>

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And<00:19:45.240><c> so</c><00:19:46.039><c> whenever</c><00:19:46.500><c> you</c><00:19:46.700><c> went</c><00:19:46.819><c> in</c><00:19:46.940><c> to</c><00:19:47.019><c> see</c><00:19:47.200><c> the</c><00:19:47.440><c> king,</c>

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you<00:19:49.180><c> smiled.</c>

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And<00:19:52.920><c> Nehemiah</c><00:19:53.319><c> didn't.</c>

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He<00:19:55.740><c> was</c><00:19:55.940><c> taking</c><00:19:56.180><c> his</c><00:19:56.400><c> life</c><00:19:56.559><c> in</c><00:19:56.700><c> his</c><00:19:56.900><c> hands</c><00:19:57.039><c> by</c><00:19:57.200><c> doing</c><00:19:57.420><c> this.</c>

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Verse<00:20:01.859><c> 1,</c><00:20:02.279><c> chapter</c><00:20:02.500><c> 2.</c>

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And<00:20:02.900><c> it</c><00:20:03.039><c> came</c><00:20:03.220><c> to</c><00:20:03.440><c> pass</c><00:20:03.619><c> in</c><00:20:03.779><c> the</c><00:20:03.920><c> month</c><00:20:04.079><c> Nisan,</c>

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in<00:20:05.480><c> the</c><00:20:05.640><c> twentieth</c><00:20:05.940><c> year</c><00:20:06.079><c> of</c><00:20:06.220><c> our</c><00:20:06.359><c> desertion.</c>

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He<00:20:06.779><c> was</c><00:20:06.900><c> the</c><00:20:07.019><c> king.</c>

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Remember<00:20:07.839><c> that</c><00:20:08.019><c> twentieth</c><00:20:08.380><c> year.</c>

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We're<00:20:08.859><c> going</c><00:20:09.000><c> to</c><00:20:09.059><c> come</c><00:20:09.279><c> back</c><00:20:09.460><c> to</c><00:20:09.500><c> that</c><00:20:09.660><c> in</c><00:20:09.759><c> a</c><00:20:09.880><c> minute.</c>

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That<00:20:10.940><c> wine</c><00:20:11.140><c> was</c><00:20:11.339><c> before</c><00:20:11.759><c> him,</c><00:20:12.039><c> and</c><00:20:12.180><c> I</c><00:20:12.319><c> took</c><00:20:12.519><c> the</c><00:20:12.759><c> wine</c>

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and<00:20:13.200><c> gave</c><00:20:13.359><c> it</c><00:20:14.599><c> unto</c><00:20:14.799><c> the</c><00:20:15.039><c> king.</c>

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Now<00:20:16.039><c> I</c><00:20:16.140><c> had</c><00:20:16.380><c> not</c><00:20:16.619><c> been</c><00:20:16.839><c> before</c><00:20:17.220><c> time</c><00:20:17.599><c> sad</c><00:20:18.299><c> in</c><00:20:18.500><c> his</c><00:20:18.779><c> presence.</c>

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So<00:20:19.279><c> can</c><00:20:19.500><c> you</c><00:20:19.640><c> just</c><00:20:19.920><c> imagine</c><00:20:20.359><c> now,</c>

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he's<00:20:21.700><c> got</c><00:20:21.839><c> the</c><00:20:22.079><c> wine,</c>

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he's<00:20:23.200><c> bringing</c><00:20:23.359><c> it</c><00:20:23.480><c> in</c><00:20:23.579><c> before</c><00:20:23.799><c> the</c><00:20:24.000><c> king,</c>

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and<00:20:24.259><c> there's</c><00:20:24.500><c> the</c><00:20:24.619><c> king</c><00:20:24.759><c> sitting</c><00:20:24.980><c> on</c><00:20:25.240><c> his</c><00:20:25.480><c> throne,</c>

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and<00:20:26.279><c> he</c><00:20:26.440><c> usually</c><00:20:26.539><c> went,</c><00:20:27.579><c> you</c><00:20:27.720><c> know,</c>

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you<00:20:28.559><c> know,</c>

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I<00:20:28.700><c> just</c><00:20:28.720><c> had</c><00:20:28.880><c> milk.</c>

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On<00:20:33.279><c> purpose</c><00:20:33.559><c> he</c><00:20:33.779><c> had</c><00:20:33.900><c> a</c><00:20:34.079><c> sourpuss.</c>

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And<00:20:35.960><c> the</c><00:20:36.160><c> king</c><00:20:36.500><c> noticed</c><00:20:37.039><c> right</c><00:20:37.660><c> away.</c>

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Nehemiah<00:20:40.660><c> didn't</c><00:20:41.000><c> say</c><00:20:41.299><c> a</c><00:20:41.480><c> word.</c>

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He<00:20:42.619><c> just</c><00:20:43.119><c> looked</c><00:20:43.579><c> miserable.</c>

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Some<00:20:45.299><c> of</c><00:20:45.440><c> us</c><00:20:45.559><c> do</c><00:20:45.720><c> that</c><00:20:45.880><c> all</c><00:20:46.059><c> the</c><00:20:46.180><c> time.</c>

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But<00:20:48.900><c> this</c><00:20:49.460><c> was</c><00:20:49.799><c> an</c><00:20:50.119><c> act</c><00:20:50.799><c> to</c><00:20:51.700><c> get</c><00:20:52.079><c> the</c><00:20:52.440><c> king's</c><00:20:52.940><c> attention</c>

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because<00:20:54.680><c> he</c><00:20:54.880><c> had</c><00:20:55.079><c> a</c><00:20:55.339><c> message</c><00:20:55.700><c> to</c><00:20:55.920><c> give</c><00:20:56.039><c> the</c><00:20:56.299><c> king,</c>

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and<00:20:56.640><c> he</c><00:20:56.759><c> had</c><00:20:57.019><c> to</c><00:20:57.180><c> get</c><00:20:57.319><c> the</c><00:20:57.539><c> king's</c><00:20:58.000><c> attention.</c>

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And<00:20:59.119><c> in</c><00:20:59.319><c> verse</c><00:20:59.579><c> 2,</c><00:20:59.960><c> the</c><00:20:59.960><c> king</c><00:21:00.279><c> said</c><00:21:00.559><c> unto</c><00:21:00.779><c> me,</c>

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Why<00:21:01.500><c> is</c><00:21:01.759><c> thy</c><00:21:01.920><c> countenance</c><00:21:02.420><c> sad,</c>

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seeing<00:21:03.720><c> thou</c><00:21:03.980><c> art</c><00:21:04.220><c> not</c><00:21:04.599><c> sick?</c>

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There<00:21:05.359><c> is</c><00:21:05.380><c> nothing</c><00:21:05.660><c> else</c><00:21:06.019><c> with</c><00:21:06.279><c> sorrow.</c>

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You<00:21:07.119><c> don't</c><00:21:07.640><c> look</c><00:21:07.900><c> sick.</c>

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Then<00:21:10.880><c> was</c><00:21:11.160><c> I</c><00:21:11.680><c> sore</c><00:21:12.259><c> afraid.</c>

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He<00:21:15.779><c> has</c><00:21:16.079><c> for</c><00:21:16.339><c> four</c><00:21:16.680><c> months</c><00:21:16.980><c> been</c><00:21:17.380><c> planning</c><00:21:17.680><c> this,</c>

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and<00:21:19.240><c> when</c><00:21:19.440><c> it</c><00:21:19.819><c> happened,</c>

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he<00:21:20.779><c> is</c><00:21:21.240><c> frightened.</c>

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He<00:21:23.140><c> had</c><00:21:23.359><c> a</c><00:21:23.480><c> right</c><00:21:23.599><c> to</c><00:21:23.779><c> be</c><00:21:24.019><c> frightened.</c>

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He<00:21:24.740><c> could</c><00:21:24.980><c> have</c><00:21:25.759><c> lost</c><00:21:26.039><c> his</c><00:21:26.380><c> job.</c>

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He<00:21:27.180><c> could</c><00:21:27.420><c> have</c><00:21:27.680><c> lost</c><00:21:28.019><c> his</c><00:21:28.380><c> life</c><00:21:29.220><c> over</c><00:21:29.900><c> that.</c>

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So<00:21:34.079><c> what</c><00:21:34.680><c> did</c><00:21:34.819><c> he</c><00:21:35.039><c> do?</c>

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Well,<00:21:37.740><c> he</c><00:21:37.859><c> said</c><00:21:37.940><c> he</c><00:21:38.240><c> prayed.</c>

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Now<00:21:39.539><c> I</c><00:21:39.539><c> don't</c><00:21:39.819><c> think</c><00:21:40.660><c> this</c><00:21:40.920><c> is</c><00:21:41.099><c> what</c><00:21:41.299><c> happened.</c>

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He's<00:21:42.279><c> walking</c><00:21:42.559><c> like</c><00:21:43.559><c> this</c><00:21:43.859><c> to</c><00:21:44.339><c> the</c><00:21:44.480><c> king.</c>

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He<00:21:45.400><c> said,</c><00:21:45.799><c> What's</c><00:21:45.980><c> the</c><00:21:46.000><c> matter?</c>

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And<00:21:46.400><c> he</c><00:21:46.480><c> said,</c><00:21:46.640><c> Wait</c><00:21:46.819><c> a</c><00:21:46.920><c> minute,</c><00:21:48.200><c> king.</c>

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I<00:21:53.140><c> think</c><00:21:53.460><c> this</c><00:21:53.680><c> was</c><00:21:53.880><c> a</c><00:21:54.019><c> really</c><00:21:54.400><c> quick</c><00:21:54.539><c> prayer.</c>

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And<00:21:56.380><c> I</c><00:21:56.500><c> think</c><00:21:56.819><c> a</c><00:21:56.880><c> lot</c><00:21:57.000><c> of</c><00:21:57.160><c> times</c><00:21:57.400><c> it's</c><00:21:57.779><c> right</c><00:21:58.000><c> to</c><00:21:58.180><c> have</c><00:21:58.279><c> quick</c><00:21:58.519><c> prayers.</c>

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We<00:21:59.460><c> should</c><00:21:59.660><c> have</c><00:21:59.880><c> the</c><00:22:00.059><c> formal</c><00:22:00.299><c> prayers,</c>

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and<00:22:01.240><c> all</c><00:22:01.500><c> kinds</c><00:22:01.720><c> of</c><00:22:01.900><c> prayers</c><00:22:02.039><c> are</c><00:22:02.259><c> okay</c><00:22:02.480><c> with</c><00:22:02.680><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:22:03.980><c> that</c><00:22:04.099><c> your</c><00:22:04.319><c> heart</c><00:22:04.519><c> should</c><00:22:04.700><c> be</c><00:22:04.880><c> on</c><00:22:05.019><c> its</c><00:22:05.220><c> knees</c>

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regardless<00:22:06.279><c> of</c><00:22:06.519><c> where</c><00:22:06.759><c> the</c><00:22:07.000><c> body</c><00:22:07.240><c> is.</c>

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And<00:22:08.180><c> I</c><00:22:08.240><c> think</c><00:22:08.460><c> that</c><00:22:08.559><c> he</c><00:22:08.660><c> just</c><00:22:08.920><c> said,</c>

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Oh<00:22:09.640><c> Lord,</c><00:22:10.099><c> help</c><00:22:10.319><c> me</c><00:22:10.539><c> at</c><00:22:10.619><c> this</c><00:22:10.839><c> time.</c>

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I<00:22:11.180><c> believe</c><00:22:11.339><c> that</c><00:22:11.500><c> was</c><00:22:11.819><c> a</c><00:22:12.200><c> very</c><00:22:12.640><c> fervent</c><00:22:12.960><c> prayer,</c>

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but<00:22:13.880><c> a</c><00:22:14.000><c> very</c><00:22:14.279><c> quick</c><00:22:14.460><c> one.</c>

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And<00:22:15.480><c> you</c><00:22:15.859><c> can</c><00:22:16.019><c> make</c><00:22:16.220><c> these</c><00:22:16.480><c> kind</c><00:22:16.619><c> of</c><00:22:16.799><c> prayers.</c>

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I<00:22:17.940><c> mean,</c><00:22:18.119><c> we</c><00:22:18.400><c> should</c><00:22:18.539><c> be</c><00:22:18.799><c> praying</c><00:22:18.960><c> people.</c>

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Pray<00:22:19.500><c> without</c><00:22:19.799><c> ceasing.</c>

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One<00:22:20.460><c> brother</c><00:22:20.619><c> says</c><00:22:20.779><c> to</c><00:22:20.940><c> me,</c>

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he<00:22:21.140><c> said,</c><00:22:21.380><c> I</c><00:22:21.680><c> pray</c><00:22:21.940><c> whenever</c><00:22:22.240><c> I</c><00:22:22.480><c> drive</c><00:22:22.640><c> the</c><00:22:22.880><c> car.</c>

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His<00:22:23.980><c> wife</c><00:22:24.160><c> said,</c><00:22:24.460><c> So</c><00:22:24.599><c> do</c><00:22:24.839><c> I.</c>

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So<00:22:31.779><c> you</c><00:22:32.279><c> can</c><00:22:32.539><c> pray</c><00:22:32.799><c> with</c><00:22:33.039><c> your</c><00:22:33.220><c> eyes</c><00:22:33.480><c> open.</c>

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You<00:22:35.960><c> can</c><00:22:36.440><c> pray</c><00:22:36.759><c> at</c><00:22:37.019><c> any</c><00:22:37.279><c> time,</c>

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and<00:22:38.180><c> Nehemiah</c><00:22:39.099><c> at</c><00:22:39.279><c> that</c><00:22:39.740><c> very</c><00:22:40.099><c> moment</c>

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stopped<00:22:41.440><c> and</c><00:22:42.000><c> prayed</c><00:22:42.200><c> before</c><00:22:42.640><c> he</c><00:22:42.940><c> talked.</c>

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And<00:22:44.619><c> so</c><00:22:44.799><c> what</c><00:22:45.000><c> does</c><00:22:45.160><c> he</c><00:22:45.279><c> say?</c>

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As<00:22:47.000><c> soon</c><00:22:47.099><c> as</c><00:22:47.220><c> his</c><00:22:47.380><c> prayer</c><00:22:47.460><c> was</c><00:22:47.640><c> over,</c>

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he<00:22:47.799><c> says,</c><00:22:48.180><c> Oh,</c><00:22:48.480><c> may</c><00:22:48.559><c> the</c><00:22:48.779><c> king</c><00:22:48.900><c> live</c><00:22:49.099><c> forever.</c>

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Why<00:22:50.859><c> shouldn't</c><00:22:51.180><c> my</c><00:22:51.519><c> face</c><00:22:51.700><c> be</c><00:22:52.019><c> sad</c>

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when<00:22:53.579><c> the</c><00:22:53.880><c> city,</c><00:22:54.460><c> the</c><00:22:54.619><c> place</c><00:22:54.759><c> of</c><00:22:54.980><c> my</c><00:22:55.119><c> father's</c><00:22:55.660><c> tomb,</c>

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lies<00:22:56.740><c> waste</c><00:22:57.180><c> and</c><00:22:57.359><c> its</c><00:22:57.559><c> gates</c><00:22:57.720><c> are</c><00:22:58.039><c> burned</c><00:22:58.200><c> with</c><00:22:58.519><c> fire?</c>

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Now<00:23:00.759><c> kings</c><00:23:00.880><c> were</c><00:23:01.099><c> used</c><00:23:01.220><c> to</c><00:23:01.400><c> people</c><00:23:01.579><c> asking</c><00:23:02.000><c> for</c><00:23:02.440><c> favors,</c>

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and<00:23:02.960><c> so</c><00:23:03.099><c> he</c><00:23:03.160><c> says,</c><00:23:03.480><c> Okay,</c><00:23:04.180><c> what</c><00:23:04.400><c> do</c><00:23:04.700><c> you</c><00:23:04.759><c> want?</c>

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The<00:23:06.579><c> king</c><00:23:07.059><c> read</c><00:23:07.660><c> right</c><00:23:08.579><c> through</c><00:23:08.799><c> him,</c>

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but<00:23:09.619><c> it's</c><00:23:10.140><c> what</c><00:23:10.279><c> he</c><00:23:10.400><c> wanted</c><00:23:10.640><c> to</c><00:23:10.880><c> do</c><00:23:11.059><c> too.</c>

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The<00:23:12.140><c> king</c><00:23:12.279><c> said,</c><00:23:12.519><c> Okay,</c><00:23:12.920><c> what</c><00:23:13.000><c> is</c><00:23:13.400><c> your</c><00:23:13.579><c> request?</c>

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And<00:23:14.599><c> then</c><00:23:14.700><c> he</c><00:23:14.900><c> prays,</c>

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and<00:23:16.400><c> the</c><00:23:16.559><c> king</c><00:23:17.140><c> asks</c><00:23:18.220><c> the</c><00:23:18.460><c> question,</c>

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and<00:23:20.200><c> Nehemiah</c><00:23:20.759><c> is</c><00:23:21.000><c> ready</c><00:23:21.400><c> to</c><00:23:21.700><c> give</c><00:23:21.839><c> an</c><00:23:22.039><c> answer.</c>

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He<00:23:23.220><c> knew</c><00:23:23.500><c> exactly</c><00:23:24.299><c> what</c><00:23:24.619><c> he</c><00:23:24.799><c> wanted.</c>

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He<00:23:25.960><c> had</c><00:23:26.180><c> gone</c><00:23:26.359><c> over</c><00:23:26.660><c> this</c><00:23:26.880><c> a</c><00:23:27.180><c> thousand</c><00:23:27.500><c> times</c><00:23:27.880><c> in</c><00:23:28.000><c> his</c><00:23:28.279><c> mind.</c>

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For<00:23:29.019><c> four</c><00:23:29.380><c> months</c><00:23:29.700><c> he'd</c><00:23:29.920><c> been</c><00:23:30.180><c> practicing.</c>

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What<00:23:31.200><c> will</c><00:23:31.420><c> I</c><00:23:31.640><c> say?</c><00:23:31.859><c> What</c><00:23:32.000><c> will</c><00:23:32.200><c> I</c><00:23:32.359><c> do?</c>

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So<00:23:33.099><c> in</c><00:23:33.259><c> verse</c><00:23:33.460><c> five,</c><00:23:33.839><c> he</c><00:23:33.920><c> says,</c><00:23:34.200><c> I</c><00:23:34.200><c> said</c><00:23:34.420><c> to</c><00:23:34.579><c> the</c><00:23:34.740><c> king,</c>

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if<00:23:35.380><c> it</c><00:23:35.579><c> please</c><00:23:35.799><c> the</c><00:23:36.059><c> king,</c>

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and<00:23:37.279><c> if</c><00:23:37.400><c> your</c><00:23:37.579><c> servant</c><00:23:37.779><c> has</c><00:23:38.039><c> found</c><00:23:38.319><c> favor</c><00:23:38.720><c> in</c><00:23:39.000><c> your</c><00:23:39.319><c> sight,</c>

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I<00:23:39.819><c> ask</c><00:23:40.000><c> that</c><00:23:40.160><c> you</c><00:23:40.380><c> send</c><00:23:40.619><c> me</c><00:23:40.980><c> to</c><00:23:41.220><c> Judah,</c>

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to<00:23:42.200><c> the</c><00:23:42.319><c> city</c><00:23:42.460><c> of</c><00:23:42.640><c> my</c><00:23:42.779><c> father's</c><00:23:43.279><c> tomb,</c>

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that<00:23:43.619><c> I</c><00:23:43.759><c> may</c><00:23:43.940><c> rebuild</c><00:23:44.279><c> it.</c>

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So<00:23:46.319><c> when</c><00:23:46.599><c> you</c><00:23:46.920><c> pray,</c>

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do<00:23:48.599><c> you</c><00:23:48.660><c> know</c><00:23:48.740><c> what</c><00:23:48.900><c> to</c><00:23:49.079><c> pray</c><00:23:49.220><c> for?</c>

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Brother<00:23:49.980><c> Michael</c><00:23:50.500><c> talked</c><00:23:50.960><c> about,</c>

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be<00:23:51.720><c> careful</c><00:23:51.920><c> what</c><00:23:52.099><c> you</c><00:23:52.279><c> pray</c><00:23:52.460><c> for.</c>

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God<00:23:52.839><c> may</c><00:23:53.059><c> very</c><00:23:53.299><c> well</c><00:23:53.500><c> give</c><00:23:53.700><c> you</c><00:23:53.859><c> what</c><00:23:53.980><c> you</c><00:23:54.200><c> ask</c><00:23:54.339><c> for.</c>

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Would<00:23:55.039><c> the</c><00:23:55.220><c> God</c><00:23:55.400><c> we</c><00:23:55.599><c> died</c><00:23:55.759><c> in</c><00:23:55.920><c> the</c><00:23:56.059><c> wilderness,</c>

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you<00:23:56.420><c> want</c><00:23:56.539><c> to</c><00:23:56.680><c> die</c><00:23:56.740><c> in</c><00:23:56.839><c> the</c><00:23:56.960><c> wilderness,</c>

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you<00:23:57.380><c> get</c><00:23:57.519><c> your</c><00:23:57.779><c> wish.</c>

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It's<00:23:59.720><c> amazing</c><00:24:00.079><c> how</c><00:24:00.400><c> negative</c><00:24:00.759><c> some</c><00:24:00.980><c> of</c><00:24:01.099><c> us</c><00:24:01.220><c> can</c><00:24:01.400><c> be</c>

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in<00:24:01.740><c> our</c><00:24:01.880><c> prayers.</c>

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Go<00:24:03.680><c> Lord,</c><00:24:03.940><c> I'll</c><00:24:04.099><c> never</c><00:24:04.299><c> get</c><00:24:04.440><c> into</c><00:24:04.579><c> the</c><00:24:04.720><c> kingdom.</c>

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If<00:24:05.380><c> you</c><00:24:05.519><c> don't</c><00:24:05.660><c> think</c><00:24:05.740><c> you're</c><00:24:05.920><c> going</c><00:24:06.039><c> to</c><00:24:06.140><c> make</c><00:24:06.279><c> it,</c>

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you<00:24:06.640><c> probably</c><00:24:07.099><c> won't.</c>

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I<00:24:08.140><c> don't</c><00:24:08.319><c> mean</c><00:24:08.420><c> we</c><00:24:08.579><c> should</c><00:24:08.779><c> be</c><00:24:09.119><c> at</c><00:24:09.119><c> flippant,</c>

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but<00:24:09.619><c> we</c><00:24:09.740><c> should</c><00:24:10.119><c> be</c><00:24:10.599><c> living</c><00:24:10.779><c> in</c><00:24:11.059><c> expectancy</c>

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of<00:24:12.000><c> being</c><00:24:12.259><c> accepted</c><00:24:12.619><c> by</c><00:24:12.819><c> the</c><00:24:12.920><c> Lord</c><00:24:13.059><c> Jesus</c><00:24:13.460><c> Christ,</c>

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because<00:24:14.400><c> He</c><00:24:14.500><c> wants</c><00:24:14.799><c> to</c><00:24:15.460><c> give</c><00:24:15.579><c> you</c><00:24:15.700><c> the</c><00:24:15.900><c> kingdom.</c>

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You<00:24:16.319><c> can't</c><00:24:16.579><c> earn</c><00:24:16.740><c> it,</c>

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but<00:24:17.500><c> He</c><00:24:17.599><c> wants</c><00:24:17.819><c> to</c><00:24:17.960><c> give</c><00:24:18.059><c> it</c><00:24:18.220><c> to</c><00:24:18.299><c> you.</c>

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My<00:24:20.720><c> father's</c><00:24:20.980><c> a</c><00:24:21.059><c> good</c><00:24:21.200><c> pleasure</c><00:24:21.380><c> to</c><00:24:21.559><c> give</c><00:24:21.680><c> you</c><00:24:21.819><c> the</c><00:24:21.960><c> kingdom,</c>

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he<00:24:22.400><c> said.</c>

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So<00:24:23.339><c> are</c><00:24:23.660><c> we</c><00:24:23.819><c> living</c><00:24:24.019><c> in,</c>

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do<00:24:24.819><c> we</c><00:24:25.019><c> expect</c><00:24:25.259><c> the</c><00:24:25.420><c> best,</c>

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or<00:24:26.700><c> do</c><00:24:26.799><c> we</c><00:24:26.940><c> expect</c><00:24:27.099><c> the</c><00:24:27.299><c> worst?</c>

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There<00:24:28.200><c> are</c><00:24:28.299><c> people</c><00:24:28.559><c> who</c><00:24:29.240><c> expect</c><00:24:29.599><c> the</c><00:24:29.779><c> worst</c><00:24:29.960><c> in</c><00:24:30.180><c> life,</c>

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and<00:24:30.500><c> they</c><00:24:30.619><c> usually</c><00:24:30.920><c> get</c><00:24:31.140><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:33.099><c> so</c><00:24:33.240><c> the</c><00:24:33.440><c> king</c><00:24:33.559><c> said,</c>

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what<00:24:34.900><c> do</c><00:24:35.079><c> you</c><00:24:35.160><c> want?</c>

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And<00:24:35.500><c> he</c><00:24:35.579><c> said,</c><00:24:35.779><c> if</c><00:24:35.779><c> it</c><00:24:35.960><c> pleases</c><00:24:36.119><c> the</c><00:24:36.400><c> king,</c>

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I<00:24:37.279><c> ask</c><00:24:37.480><c> you</c><00:24:37.660><c> to</c><00:24:37.839><c> send</c><00:24:37.940><c> me</c><00:24:38.099><c> to</c><00:24:38.240><c> my</c><00:24:38.420><c> father's.</c>

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And<00:24:39.779><c> notice</c><00:24:40.000><c> who's</c><00:24:40.259><c> sitting</c><00:24:40.440><c> beside</c><00:24:40.799><c> him</c><00:24:40.980><c> in</c><00:24:41.119><c> verse</c><00:24:41.359><c> six.</c>

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Verse<00:24:42.380><c> six,</c><00:24:43.200><c> the</c><00:24:43.299><c> king</c><00:24:43.460><c> said,</c>

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and<00:24:45.819><c> the</c><00:24:45.980><c> queen,</c>

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the<00:24:48.759><c> princess</c><00:24:48.980><c> in</c><00:24:49.160><c> verse</c><00:24:49.380><c> six,</c>

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the<00:24:49.759><c> king</c><00:24:49.980><c> said</c><00:24:50.200><c> unto</c><00:24:50.319><c> me,</c>

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the<00:24:50.640><c> queen</c><00:24:50.799><c> also</c><00:24:51.079><c> sitting</c><00:24:51.279><c> by</c><00:24:51.579><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:24:52.319><c> I</c><00:24:52.359><c> have</c><00:24:52.579><c> a</c><00:24:52.720><c> note</c><00:24:52.819><c> in</c><00:24:52.980><c> my</c><00:24:53.279><c> margin</c>

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that<00:24:54.519><c> that</c><00:24:54.779><c> was</c><00:24:55.339><c> Esther,</c>

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and<00:24:55.880><c> she</c><00:24:56.000><c> would</c><00:24:56.140><c> be</c><00:24:56.279><c> 55</c><00:24:56.640><c> years</c><00:24:56.940><c> old</c><00:24:57.099><c> at</c><00:24:57.279><c> that</c><00:24:57.440><c> time.</c>

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Now<00:24:59.759><c> that,</c><00:25:00.279><c> my</c><00:25:00.519><c> margins</c><00:25:00.940><c> are</c><00:25:01.319><c> not</c><00:25:01.559><c> inspired.</c>

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The<00:25:05.079><c> printed</c><00:25:05.400><c> part</c><00:25:05.740><c> is,</c>

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I<00:25:07.140><c> do</c><00:25:07.400><c> not</c><00:25:07.539><c> know</c><00:25:07.700><c> even</c><00:25:07.920><c> who</c><00:25:08.160><c> told</c><00:25:08.339><c> me</c><00:25:08.599><c> that,</c>

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but<00:25:08.900><c> I</c><00:25:09.039><c> wrote</c><00:25:09.160><c> it</c><00:25:09.319><c> down</c>

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because<00:25:09.599><c> I</c><00:25:09.740><c> thought</c><00:25:09.740><c> it</c><00:25:09.779><c> was</c><00:25:09.960><c> a</c><00:25:10.039><c> good</c><00:25:10.200><c> idea.</c>

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But<00:25:11.400><c> I</c><00:25:11.519><c> can't</c><00:25:11.819><c> prove</c><00:25:12.119><c> it.</c>

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But<00:25:13.940><c> my</c><00:25:14.460><c> note</c><00:25:14.619><c> says</c><00:25:14.839><c> that</c><00:25:15.000><c> she</c><00:25:15.099><c> was</c><00:25:15.259><c> 55</c><00:25:15.700><c> at</c><00:25:15.880><c> this</c><00:25:16.039><c> time,</c>

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and<00:25:16.299><c> you</c><00:25:16.380><c> know</c><00:25:16.539><c> the</c><00:25:16.660><c> story</c><00:25:16.880><c> of</c><00:25:17.059><c> Esther,</c>

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of<00:25:17.400><c> course</c><00:25:17.480><c> we</c><00:25:17.619><c> read</c><00:25:17.819><c> that</c><00:25:17.960><c> every</c><00:25:18.180><c> year</c><00:25:18.400><c> too.</c>

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So<00:25:21.519><c> she</c><00:25:21.660><c> was</c><00:25:21.880><c> not</c><00:25:22.079><c> a</c><00:25:22.259><c> young</c><00:25:22.740><c> thing</c><00:25:23.059><c> that</c><00:25:23.200><c> she</c><00:25:23.359><c> had</c><00:25:23.559><c> been</c>

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when<00:25:23.980><c> she</c><00:25:24.200><c> married</c><00:25:24.460><c> him,</c>

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but<00:25:26.059><c> so</c><00:25:26.460><c> the</c><00:25:26.619><c> king</c><00:25:26.740><c> says,</c>

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well<00:25:27.279><c> how</c><00:25:27.519><c> long</c><00:25:27.700><c> do</c><00:25:27.859><c> you</c><00:25:27.859><c> want</c><00:25:28.019><c> to</c><00:25:28.119><c> be</c><00:25:28.299><c> off?</c>

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How<00:25:29.359><c> long,</c><00:25:29.619><c> how</c><00:25:29.759><c> much,</c>

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verse<00:25:31.059><c> six</c><00:25:31.339><c> says,</c>

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the<00:25:31.579><c> king</c><00:25:31.779><c> said</c><00:25:31.920><c> unto</c><00:25:32.119><c> me,</c>

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the<00:25:32.500><c> queen</c><00:25:32.660><c> said</c><00:25:32.779><c> unto</c><00:25:32.799><c> me,</c>

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how<00:25:33.240><c> long</c><00:25:33.440><c> will</c><00:25:33.680><c> thy</c><00:25:33.839><c> journey</c><00:25:34.079><c> be,</c>

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and<00:25:34.980><c> when</c><00:25:35.140><c> wilt</c><00:25:35.359><c> thou</c><00:25:35.500><c> return?</c>

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So<00:25:37.140><c> it</c><00:25:37.319><c> pleased</c><00:25:37.480><c> the</c><00:25:37.720><c> king</c><00:25:37.839><c> to</c><00:25:38.539><c> send</c><00:25:38.640><c> me,</c>

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and<00:25:39.000><c> I</c><00:25:39.200><c> sent</c><00:25:39.279><c> him</c><00:25:39.460><c> a</c><00:25:39.579><c> time.</c>

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Now<00:25:40.140><c> imagine,</c>

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the<00:25:41.319><c> king</c><00:25:41.539><c> is</c><00:25:41.700><c> your</c><00:25:41.839><c> boss,</c>

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and<00:25:42.319><c> you're</c><00:25:42.480><c> the</c><00:25:42.599><c> cup</c><00:25:42.779><c> bearer,</c>

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and<00:25:43.839><c> you</c><00:25:44.279><c> say,</c>

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boss<00:25:44.720><c> can</c><00:25:44.859><c> I</c><00:25:44.960><c> have</c><00:25:45.079><c> some</c><00:25:45.299><c> time</c><00:25:45.460><c> off?</c>

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He<00:25:46.420><c> said,</c>

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yeah,<00:25:46.980><c> yeah,</c><00:25:47.180><c> you</c><00:25:47.279><c> can</c><00:25:47.460><c> have</c><00:25:47.640><c> it.</c>

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How<00:25:48.200><c> much</c><00:25:48.480><c> time</c><00:25:48.700><c> off</c><00:25:48.859><c> you</c><00:25:49.079><c> want?</c>

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Do<00:25:50.140><c> you</c><00:25:50.200><c> know</c><00:25:50.279><c> how</c><00:25:50.420><c> much</c><00:25:50.619><c> time</c><00:25:50.759><c> he</c><00:25:51.099><c> wanted</c><00:25:51.400><c> off?</c>

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Well,<00:25:52.980><c> go</c><00:25:53.240><c> back</c><00:25:53.440><c> to</c><00:25:53.579><c> verse</c><00:25:53.799><c> one,</c>

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verse<00:25:54.480><c> one</c><00:25:54.980><c> of</c><00:25:55.359><c> this</c><00:25:55.519><c> chapter.</c>

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In<00:25:56.299><c> the</c><00:25:56.460><c> twentieth</c><00:25:56.900><c> year,</c>

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do<00:25:57.339><c> you</c><00:25:57.480><c> see</c><00:25:57.660><c> that</c><00:25:57.859><c> there?</c>

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In<00:26:03.039><c> chapter</c><00:26:03.500><c> five,</c><00:26:04.759><c> verse</c><00:26:04.900><c> fourteen,</c>

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moreover,

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from<00:26:06.839><c> the</c><00:26:07.019><c> time</c><00:26:07.160><c> that</c><00:26:07.319><c> I</c><00:26:07.440><c> was</c><00:26:07.619><c> appointed</c>

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to<00:26:08.119><c> be</c><00:26:08.259><c> their</c><00:26:08.420><c> governor</c>

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in<00:26:08.980><c> the</c><00:26:09.140><c> land</c><00:26:09.299><c> of</c><00:26:09.539><c> Judea,</c>

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from<00:26:10.559><c> the</c><00:26:10.799><c> twentieth</c><00:26:11.140><c> year,</c>

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that's<00:26:11.680><c> what</c><00:26:11.819><c> we</c><00:26:11.980><c> have</c><00:26:12.119><c> in</c><00:26:12.220><c> verse</c><00:26:12.420><c> one,</c>

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twentieth<00:26:13.059><c> year,</c>

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until<00:26:14.339><c> the</c><00:26:14.740><c> thirty</c><00:26:15.140><c>-second</c><00:26:15.359><c> year</c>

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of<00:26:15.839><c> King</c><00:26:16.019><c> Artaxerxes,</c>

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twelve<00:26:18.160><c> years.</c>

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Boss,<00:26:19.900><c> I'd</c><00:26:20.160><c> like</c><00:26:20.220><c> a</c><00:26:20.279><c> little</c><00:26:20.480><c> time</c><00:26:20.779><c> off</c>

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to<00:26:21.059><c> go</c><00:26:21.180><c> to</c><00:26:21.359><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:26:21.880><c> okay?</c>

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I<00:26:24.460><c> want</c><00:26:25.019><c> twelve</c><00:26:25.480><c> years.</c>

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What's<00:26:28.200><c> his</c><00:26:28.440><c> job?</c>

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He's<00:26:29.359><c> the</c><00:26:29.440><c> king's</c><00:26:29.819><c> cup</c><00:26:30.019><c> bearer.</c>

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You<00:26:30.859><c> expect</c><00:26:31.019><c> me</c><00:26:31.200><c> to</c><00:26:31.319><c> give</c><00:26:31.460><c> up</c><00:26:31.640><c> drinking</c>

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for<00:26:32.160><c> twelve</c><00:26:32.519><c> years?</c>

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What<00:26:37.400><c> did</c><00:26:37.759><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:38.380><c> know</c>

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he<00:26:38.880><c> was</c><00:26:39.119><c> going</c><00:26:39.339><c> to</c><00:26:39.539><c> do?</c>

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He<00:26:39.900><c> was</c><00:26:40.059><c> going</c><00:26:40.259><c> to</c><00:26:40.400><c> lose</c><00:26:40.660><c> his</c><00:26:40.960><c> job.</c>

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The<00:26:42.400><c> king's</c><00:26:42.680><c> not</c><00:26:42.839><c> going</c><00:26:42.940><c> to</c><00:26:43.019><c> do</c>

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without<00:26:43.460><c> wine</c><00:26:43.940><c> for</c><00:26:44.220><c> twelve</c><00:26:44.559><c> years</c>

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while<00:26:45.000><c> you're</c><00:26:45.240><c> off</c><00:26:45.619><c> in</c><00:26:46.180><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:50.980
So,<00:26:48.940><c> what's</c><00:26:49.359><c> more</c><00:26:49.599><c> important</c><00:26:50.140><c> to</c><00:26:50.500><c> us</c>

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:54.400
our<00:26:51.900><c> serving</c><00:26:52.000><c> the</c><00:26:52.259><c> Lord</c><00:26:52.619><c> or</c><00:26:53.000><c> our</c><00:26:53.220><c> career?</c>

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:56.839
Many<00:26:55.279><c> times</c><00:26:55.720><c> I've</c><00:26:56.079><c> had</c><00:26:56.299><c> people</c><00:26:56.619><c> say,</c>

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:58.559
well,<00:26:57.059><c> I</c><00:26:57.140><c> can</c><00:26:57.380><c> never</c><00:26:57.599><c> go</c><00:26:57.819><c> to</c><00:26:57.980><c> Bible</c><00:26:58.339><c> school</c>

00:26:58.559 --> 00:27:00.900
because<00:26:58.920><c> I</c><00:26:59.099><c> can't</c><00:26:59.319><c> get</c><00:26:59.539><c> the</c><00:26:59.720><c> time</c><00:26:59.940><c> off.</c>

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.819
I've<00:27:01.500><c> had</c><00:27:01.599><c> people</c><00:27:01.920><c> say</c><00:27:02.140><c> that</c><00:27:02.380><c> to</c><00:27:02.579><c> me,</c>

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.660
and<00:27:03.019><c> one</c><00:27:03.220><c> year</c><00:27:03.339><c> they</c><00:27:03.539><c> said</c>

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.619
I<00:27:03.900><c> had</c><00:27:04.039><c> missed</c><00:27:04.140><c> Bible</c><00:27:04.440><c> school</c>

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.220
so<00:27:04.779><c> many</c><00:27:05.000><c> years,</c>

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.420
I<00:27:05.640><c> just</c><00:27:05.799><c> went</c><00:27:05.900><c> into</c><00:27:06.059><c> the</c><00:27:06.259><c> boss</c>

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.799
and<00:27:06.539><c> I</c><00:27:06.660><c> said,</c>

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:08.759
Boss,<00:27:07.140><c> I</c><00:27:07.319><c> need</c><00:27:07.480><c> the</c><00:27:07.720><c> time</c><00:27:07.900><c> off,</c>

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:11.279
and<00:27:09.319><c> he</c><00:27:09.440><c> gave</c><00:27:09.660><c> it</c><00:27:09.880><c> to</c><00:27:10.140><c> me.</c>

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:14.720
And<00:27:13.440><c> his</c><00:27:13.819><c> person</c><00:27:14.079><c> had</c><00:27:14.240><c> been</c><00:27:14.519><c> missing</c>

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.940
Bible<00:27:15.099><c> school</c><00:27:15.299><c> for</c><00:27:15.599><c> years</c>

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:17.279
because<00:27:16.200><c> he</c><00:27:16.319><c> was</c><00:27:16.500><c> afraid</c><00:27:16.779><c> to</c><00:27:17.039><c> ask</c>

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.779
for<00:27:17.440><c> the</c><00:27:17.640><c> time</c><00:27:17.819><c> which</c><00:27:18.039><c> the</c><00:27:18.279><c> boss</c><00:27:18.420><c> gave</c><00:27:18.619><c> him</c>

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.859
when<00:27:18.900><c> he</c><00:27:19.039><c> asked</c><00:27:19.220><c> for</c><00:27:19.460><c> it.</c>

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:22.460
Ask<00:27:20.559><c> and</c><00:27:20.700><c> ye</c><00:27:20.839><c> shall</c><00:27:21.059><c> receive.</c>

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:25.539
And<00:27:23.039><c> so</c><00:27:23.440><c> many</c><00:27:23.940><c> times</c><00:27:24.400><c> we</c><00:27:24.660><c> do</c><00:27:24.960><c> without</c>

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:27.519
because<00:27:26.059><c> we're</c><00:27:26.380><c> afraid</c><00:27:26.700><c> to</c><00:27:27.079><c> ask.</c>

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:30.559
And<00:27:27.980><c> if</c><00:27:28.180><c> we've</c><00:27:28.599><c> committed</c><00:27:28.859><c> our</c><00:27:29.119><c> life</c><00:27:29.259><c> to</c><00:27:29.500><c> God,</c>

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.240
God's<00:27:32.380><c> in</c><00:27:32.559><c> control.</c>

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.839
And<00:27:33.859><c> if</c><00:27:33.980><c> you</c><00:27:34.140><c> lose</c><00:27:34.339><c> one</c><00:27:34.599><c> job</c>

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:36.619
he'll<00:27:35.099><c> have</c><00:27:35.279><c> another</c><00:27:35.619><c> one</c><00:27:35.799><c> for</c><00:27:36.079><c> you.</c>

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:39.680
Or<00:27:37.160><c> maybe</c><00:27:37.480><c> you</c><00:27:37.920><c> can</c><00:27:38.160><c> enjoy</c><00:27:38.500><c> retirement.</c>

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:42.440
A<00:27:41.140><c> lot</c><00:27:41.339><c> of</c><00:27:41.500><c> people</c><00:27:41.720><c> have</c><00:27:41.920><c> done</c><00:27:42.140><c> that</c>

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.980
with<00:27:42.720><c> forced</c><00:27:42.980><c> retirement.</c>

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:46.400
I'm<00:27:44.960><c> semi</c><00:27:45.259><c>-retired.</c>

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.460
I<00:27:46.819><c> still</c><00:27:47.000><c> go</c><00:27:47.180><c> to</c><00:27:47.319><c> work,</c>

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:49.240
but<00:27:47.599><c> I</c><00:27:47.740><c> don't</c><00:27:47.960><c> do</c><00:27:48.200><c> anything.</c>

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:57.880
So<00:27:55.119><c> the</c><00:27:55.599><c> king</c><00:27:55.940><c> allowed</c><00:27:56.960><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:59.579
the<00:27:58.299><c> time</c><00:27:58.559><c> he</c><00:27:58.779><c> needed.</c>

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:02.400
And<00:28:00.599><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:01.039><c> had</c><00:28:01.220><c> his</c><00:28:01.440><c> priorities</c><00:28:01.900><c> straight,</c>

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:04.200
and<00:28:02.859><c> it's</c><00:28:03.059><c> important</c><00:28:03.380><c> that</c><00:28:03.660><c> we</c><00:28:03.940><c> learn</c>

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:06.279
in<00:28:04.920><c> our</c><00:28:05.160><c> lives</c><00:28:05.440><c> that</c><00:28:05.900><c> we</c><00:28:06.119><c> keep</c>

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:08.000
our<00:28:06.579><c> priorities</c><00:28:07.039><c> straight.</c>

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:09.579
So<00:28:08.259><c> he</c><00:28:08.339><c> says</c><00:28:08.559><c> in</c><00:28:08.700><c> verses</c><00:28:08.920><c> 7</c><00:28:09.220><c> and</c><00:28:09.339><c> 8,</c>

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.680
Furthermore<00:28:09.960><c> I</c><00:28:10.140><c> said</c><00:28:10.339><c> to</c><00:28:10.460><c> the</c><00:28:10.539><c> king,</c>

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.619
If<00:28:10.819><c> it</c><00:28:11.000><c> please</c><00:28:11.259><c> the</c><00:28:11.420><c> king,</c>

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:13.140
let<00:28:11.900><c> letters</c><00:28:12.140><c> be</c><00:28:12.380><c> given</c><00:28:12.539><c> to</c><00:28:12.759><c> me</c>

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:14.900
for<00:28:13.640><c> the</c><00:28:13.859><c> governors</c><00:28:14.200><c> of</c><00:28:14.460><c> the</c><00:28:14.640><c> region</c>

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.759
beyond<00:28:15.180><c> the</c><00:28:15.359><c> river,</c>

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:18.140
that<00:28:16.240><c> they</c><00:28:16.440><c> may</c><00:28:16.700><c> permit</c><00:28:17.039><c> me</c><00:28:17.299><c> to</c><00:28:17.539><c> pass</c><00:28:17.839><c> through</c>

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:20.500
till<00:28:18.319><c> I</c><00:28:18.500><c> come</c><00:28:18.920><c> to</c><00:28:19.200><c> Judea.</c>

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:23.480
I<00:28:22.099><c> know</c><00:28:22.339><c> exactly</c><00:28:22.940><c> what</c><00:28:23.160><c> I</c><00:28:23.279><c> need.</c>

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.740
I<00:28:23.779><c> need</c><00:28:23.960><c> a</c><00:28:24.059><c> letter</c><00:28:24.160><c> to</c><00:28:24.420><c> Asaph</c>

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:26.940
who<00:28:24.900><c> is</c><00:28:25.420><c> in</c><00:28:25.599><c> charge</c><00:28:25.740><c> of</c><00:28:25.880><c> the</c><00:28:26.039><c> force.</c>

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:28.279
I<00:28:27.160><c> need</c><00:28:27.339><c> timber.</c>

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.779
We're<00:28:28.819><c> going</c><00:28:28.960><c> to</c><00:28:29.000><c> build</c><00:28:29.180><c> this</c><00:28:29.440><c> wall.</c>

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:31.619
And<00:28:30.279><c> we</c><00:28:30.359><c> need</c><00:28:30.539><c> beams.</c>

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:34.440
He<00:28:32.880><c> knew</c><00:28:33.099><c> what</c><00:28:33.900><c> he</c><00:28:34.119><c> needed,</c>

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:36.180
and<00:28:34.779><c> he</c><00:28:34.839><c> knew</c><00:28:34.980><c> who</c><00:28:35.180><c> could</c><00:28:35.460><c> fill</c><00:28:35.660><c> the</c><00:28:35.880><c> need.</c>

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:38.160
He<00:28:36.779><c> had</c><00:28:36.960><c> the</c><00:28:37.160><c> names</c><00:28:37.359><c> of</c><00:28:37.559><c> the</c><00:28:37.740><c> people</c>

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:39.940
that<00:28:38.440><c> could</c><00:28:38.720><c> provide</c><00:28:39.259><c> the</c><00:28:39.559><c> materials</c>

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.519
that<00:28:40.119><c> he</c><00:28:40.259><c> needed.</c>

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:43.220
And<00:28:41.000><c> so</c><00:28:41.220><c> he</c><00:28:41.579><c> gave</c><00:28:41.940><c> a</c><00:28:42.559><c> laundry</c><00:28:42.960><c> list,</c>

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.920
so<00:28:43.480><c> to</c><00:28:43.660><c> speak,</c>

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:45.819
to<00:28:44.240><c> the</c><00:28:44.339><c> king</c><00:28:44.579><c> of</c><00:28:44.740><c> what</c><00:28:44.900><c> he</c><00:28:45.059><c> wanted.</c>

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.880
And<00:28:46.259><c> the</c><00:28:46.359><c> king</c><00:28:46.579><c> granted</c><00:28:47.059><c> them</c><00:28:47.400><c> to</c><00:28:47.640><c> me</c>

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.839
according<00:28:48.180><c> to</c><00:28:48.380><c> the</c><00:28:48.539><c> good</c><00:28:48.700><c> hand</c>

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:51.000
of<00:28:49.000><c> my</c><00:28:49.140><c> God</c><00:28:49.339><c> upon</c><00:28:49.579><c> me.</c>

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.920
Nehemiah<00:28:52.140><c> did</c><00:28:52.420><c> everything</c>

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:55.599
as<00:28:53.160><c> if</c><00:28:53.339><c> it</c><00:28:53.599><c> all</c><00:28:53.900><c> depended</c><00:28:54.299><c> on</c><00:28:54.579><c> him.</c>

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.859
And<00:28:56.059><c> when</c><00:28:56.220><c> it</c><00:28:56.380><c> went</c><00:28:56.539><c> right,</c>

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:58.799
he<00:28:57.039><c> gave</c><00:28:57.259><c> God</c><00:28:57.559><c> all</c><00:28:57.819><c> the</c><00:28:58.000><c> credit.</c>

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.839
And<00:28:59.440><c> that's</c><00:28:59.640><c> the</c><00:28:59.700><c> way</c>

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:01.299
we<00:29:00.000><c> should</c><00:29:00.140><c> live</c><00:29:00.299><c> our</c><00:29:00.539><c> lives.</c>

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.640
It's<00:29:01.680><c> not</c><00:29:01.859><c> that</c><00:29:02.000><c> we're</c><00:29:02.240><c> lazy.</c>

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.579
We<00:29:02.880><c> don't</c><00:29:03.119><c> prepare.</c>

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.880
We<00:29:03.880><c> don't</c><00:29:04.079><c> know</c><00:29:04.200><c> what</c><00:29:04.339><c> we're</c><00:29:04.559><c> doing.</c>

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:06.160
We<00:29:05.339><c> do</c><00:29:05.559><c> our</c><00:29:05.779><c> homework.</c>

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.519
We<00:29:06.759><c> are</c><00:29:07.000><c> prepared.</c>

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:09.160
But<00:29:08.059><c> when</c><00:29:08.220><c> it</c><00:29:08.359><c> goes</c><00:29:08.700><c> right,</c>

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:10.960
it's<00:29:09.680><c> because</c><00:29:09.980><c> the</c><00:29:10.180><c> Lord</c><00:29:10.299><c> is</c><00:29:10.500><c> blessing</c><00:29:10.740><c> it,</c>

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:12.660
not<00:29:11.140><c> our</c><00:29:11.380><c> own</c><00:29:11.599><c> cleverness.</c>

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:16.480
So<00:29:13.920><c> Nehemiah</c><00:29:14.599><c> traveled</c><00:29:14.960><c> 650</c><00:29:15.619><c> miles</c>

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:18.960
from<00:29:17.039><c> Shushan</c><00:29:17.539><c> to</c><00:29:17.680><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.259
Just<00:29:19.619><c> compare.</c>

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.460
Keep<00:29:20.920><c> your</c><00:29:21.079><c> finger</c><00:29:21.299><c> here</c>

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.420
if<00:29:21.500><c> you</c><00:29:21.640><c> want</c><00:29:21.759><c> to</c><00:29:21.880><c> go</c>

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:24.579
to<00:29:22.940><c> Ezra</c><00:29:23.180><c> chapter</c><00:29:23.519><c> 8</c>

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:26.599
and<00:29:25.200><c> see</c><00:29:25.700><c> how</c><00:29:25.900><c> these</c><00:29:26.119><c> two</c><00:29:26.339><c> people</c>

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:28.099
travel<00:29:26.960><c> differently.</c>

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:31.000
Nehemiah<00:29:29.460><c> is</c><00:29:29.640><c> coming</c><00:29:29.859><c> later</c><00:29:30.180><c> than</c><00:29:30.359><c> Ezra.</c>

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:33.339
And<00:29:31.500><c> when</c><00:29:32.380><c> Nehemiah</c><00:29:32.880><c> is</c><00:29:33.099><c> going,</c>

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.779
he's<00:29:33.660><c> got</c><00:29:33.859><c> the</c><00:29:34.079><c> king's</c><00:29:34.460><c> ear,</c>

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.740
so<00:29:35.180><c> he</c><00:29:35.259><c> says</c><00:29:35.440><c> to</c><00:29:35.640><c> the</c><00:29:35.759><c> king,</c>

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:38.519
I<00:29:37.579><c> need</c><00:29:37.819><c> these</c><00:29:38.119><c> letters.</c>

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:41.200
I<00:29:39.339><c> also</c><00:29:39.619><c> need</c><00:29:39.960><c> an</c><00:29:40.819><c> escort.</c>

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:43.480
Now<00:29:41.779><c> the</c><00:29:41.900><c> king</c><00:29:42.059><c> had</c><00:29:42.319><c> sent</c><00:29:42.500><c> captains</c><00:29:42.940><c> of</c><00:29:43.099><c> the</c><00:29:43.259><c> army</c>

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.519
and<00:29:43.700><c> horsemen</c><00:29:43.980><c> with</c><00:29:44.200><c> me.</c>

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:47.400
But<00:29:45.059><c> now</c><00:29:45.539><c> when</c><00:29:45.880><c> Ezra</c><00:29:46.180><c> had</c><00:29:46.460><c> gone,</c>

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:49.819
he<00:29:47.920><c> proclaimed</c><00:29:48.339><c> a</c><00:29:48.599><c> fast</c><00:29:48.839><c> in</c><00:29:49.019><c> Ezra</c><00:29:49.319><c> chapter</c><00:29:49.599><c> 8,</c>

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:51.319
verse<00:29:50.019><c> 21,</c>

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:53.339
that<00:29:52.220><c> we</c><00:29:52.380><c> might</c><00:29:52.559><c> humble</c><00:29:52.900><c> ourselves</c>

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:55.700
before<00:29:53.680><c> our</c><00:29:53.900><c> God</c><00:29:54.140><c> to</c><00:29:55.119><c> seek</c><00:29:55.259><c> for</c><00:29:55.519><c> him</c>

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:58.539
the<00:29:55.980><c> right</c><00:29:56.420><c> way</c><00:29:56.839><c> for</c><00:29:57.140><c> us.</c>

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:02.420
Now<00:30:00.559><c> just</c><00:30:01.079><c> notice</c><00:30:01.680><c> this</c><00:30:01.980><c> in</c><00:30:02.160><c> Ezra,</c>

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.460
verse<00:30:03.220><c> 21,</c>

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:05.980
I<00:30:03.700><c> was</c><00:30:03.960><c> ashamed</c><00:30:04.559><c> to</c><00:30:05.599><c> request</c>

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:07.480
of<00:30:06.140><c> the</c><00:30:06.279><c> king</c><00:30:06.440><c> an</c><00:30:06.619><c> escort</c><00:30:06.880><c> of</c><00:30:07.119><c> soldiers</c>

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:09.359
and<00:30:07.740><c> horsemen</c><00:30:08.640><c> to</c><00:30:08.920><c> help</c><00:30:09.099><c> us</c>

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:11.420
against<00:30:09.579><c> the</c><00:30:09.859><c> enemy</c><00:30:10.079><c> on</c><00:30:10.380><c> the</c><00:30:10.519><c> road.</c>

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:13.880
Traveling<00:30:11.940><c> in</c><00:30:12.039><c> those</c><00:30:12.259><c> days</c><00:30:12.500><c> was</c><00:30:12.700><c> dangerous.</c>

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:16.079
I<00:30:14.339><c> mean,</c><00:30:14.660><c> we</c><00:30:14.819><c> talk</c><00:30:14.960><c> about</c><00:30:15.180><c> car</c><00:30:15.500><c> hijackings.</c>

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:18.299
They<00:30:16.619><c> didn't</c><00:30:16.859><c> travel</c><00:30:17.119><c> as</c><00:30:17.380><c> fast</c><00:30:17.519><c> as</c><00:30:17.759><c> cars</c><00:30:18.000><c> do,</c>

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:20.240
and<00:30:18.759><c> there</c><00:30:19.059><c> were</c><00:30:19.200><c> a</c><00:30:19.220><c> lot</c><00:30:19.420><c> of</c><00:30:19.599><c> highway</c><00:30:19.859><c> robbers</c>

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.559
in<00:30:20.420><c> those</c><00:30:20.700><c> days.</c>

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:23.200
And<00:30:21.779><c> so</c><00:30:22.039><c> all</c><00:30:22.640><c> they're</c><00:30:22.859><c> going,</c>

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.640
and<00:30:23.640><c> if</c><00:30:23.839><c> you</c><00:30:23.920><c> look</c><00:30:24.099><c> back</c><00:30:24.339><c> at</c><00:30:24.559><c> Ezra,</c>

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:26.500
all<00:30:25.099><c> the</c><00:30:25.559><c> things</c><00:30:25.700><c> they</c><00:30:25.900><c> took</c><00:30:26.099><c> with</c><00:30:26.319><c> them,</c>

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:28.599
they<00:30:26.819><c> had</c><00:30:27.039><c> a</c><00:30:27.200><c> lot</c><00:30:27.579><c> of</c><00:30:27.920><c> valuable</c><00:30:28.299><c> things</c>

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:30.200
that<00:30:28.839><c> they</c><00:30:29.140><c> carried</c><00:30:29.319><c> along</c><00:30:29.579><c> on</c><00:30:29.779><c> that</c><00:30:29.980><c> trip</c>

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:32.759
that<00:30:30.640><c> any</c><00:30:30.960><c> thief</c><00:30:31.180><c> would</c><00:30:31.400><c> love</c><00:30:31.559><c> to</c><00:30:31.700><c> have</c><00:30:31.920><c> had.</c>

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:34.299
And<00:30:33.180><c> Ezra</c><00:30:33.420><c> was</c><00:30:33.700><c> ashamed</c>

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:36.519
to<00:30:34.619><c> request</c><00:30:34.940><c> the</c><00:30:35.180><c> king</c><00:30:35.519><c> help.</c>

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.000
Nehemiah<00:30:37.539><c> wasn't.</c>

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:39.599
We're<00:30:38.160><c> not</c><00:30:38.400><c> all</c><00:30:38.640><c> the</c><00:30:38.920><c> same.</c>

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:42.299
God<00:30:40.099><c> protected</c><00:30:40.660><c> both</c><00:30:41.000><c> of</c><00:30:41.240><c> them.</c>

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.460
In<00:30:42.720><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:30:43.460><c> case,</c>

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:45.420
he<00:30:43.640><c> provided</c><00:30:44.000><c> the</c><00:30:44.259><c> army</c><00:30:44.480><c> that</c><00:30:44.759><c> escorted</c><00:30:45.099><c> him.</c>

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:47.240
In<00:30:45.819><c> Ezra's</c><00:30:46.039><c> case,</c><00:30:46.380><c> he</c><00:30:46.519><c> had</c><00:30:46.720><c> no</c><00:30:46.960><c> army,</c>

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.380
so<00:30:47.619><c> God</c><00:30:47.819><c> protected</c><00:30:48.200><c> him,</c>

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.539
and<00:30:48.460><c> they</c><00:30:48.579><c> didn't</c><00:30:48.799><c> need</c><00:30:49.079><c> one.</c>

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:52.660
And<00:30:50.039><c> they</c><00:30:50.160><c> got</c><00:30:50.380><c> there</c><00:30:50.680><c> without</c><00:30:51.200><c> any</c><00:30:52.259><c> escort.</c>

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:55.920
I<00:30:53.039><c> was</c><00:30:53.240><c> ashamed</c><00:30:53.480><c> to</c><00:30:53.700><c> request</c><00:30:53.980><c> an</c><00:30:54.240><c> escort</c><00:30:54.579><c> of</c><00:30:54.759><c> soldiers.</c>

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:58.759
Why?<00:30:57.759><c> Well,</c><00:30:57.920><c> we</c><00:30:58.079><c> said</c><00:30:58.220><c> to</c><00:30:58.400><c> the</c><00:30:58.519><c> king,</c>

00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:00.640
the<00:30:59.099><c> hand</c><00:30:59.319><c> of</c><00:30:59.460><c> our</c><00:30:59.599><c> God</c><00:30:59.720><c> is</c><00:30:59.920><c> upon</c><00:31:00.160><c> us,</c>

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:02.500
God's<00:31:01.279><c> going</c><00:31:01.380><c> to</c><00:31:01.500><c> take</c><00:31:01.660><c> care</c><00:31:01.819><c> of</c><00:31:02.000><c> us,</c>

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.500
and<00:31:02.960><c> he</c><00:31:03.180><c> will.</c>

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:05.900
You<00:31:04.460><c> can</c><00:31:04.619><c> walk</c><00:31:04.859><c> down</c><00:31:05.140><c> a</c><00:31:05.339><c> dangerous</c><00:31:05.640><c> street</c>

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:08.039
at<00:31:06.099><c> night,</c><00:31:06.900><c> at</c><00:31:07.119><c> midnight,</c>

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:10.420
in<00:31:08.359><c> a</c><00:31:08.440><c> ghetto</c><00:31:08.839><c> if</c><00:31:09.700><c> you</c><00:31:09.920><c> have</c><00:31:10.140><c> to,</c>

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.599
and<00:31:10.640><c> God</c><00:31:10.799><c> can</c><00:31:11.039><c> protect</c><00:31:11.380><c> you.</c>

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:13.420
But<00:31:11.920><c> also</c><00:31:12.240><c> you</c><00:31:12.359><c> don't</c><00:31:12.619><c> tempt</c><00:31:12.900><c> the</c><00:31:13.119><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:15.359
You<00:31:13.839><c> don't</c><00:31:14.039><c> go</c><00:31:14.240><c> places</c><00:31:14.539><c> you</c><00:31:14.700><c> ought</c><00:31:14.940><c> not</c><00:31:15.119><c> to</c><00:31:15.259><c> go.</c>

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:21.000
You<00:31:15.900><c> don't</c><00:31:16.539><c> flout</c><00:31:17.799><c> His</c><00:31:18.920><c> will</c><00:31:19.579><c> in</c><00:31:20.400><c> your</c><00:31:20.640><c> life.</c>

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.700
If<00:31:21.579><c> you</c><00:31:21.720><c> can</c><00:31:21.920><c> have</c><00:31:22.119><c> protection,</c>

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:24.380
which<00:31:23.220><c> is</c><00:31:23.359><c> what</c><00:31:23.440><c> we're</c><00:31:23.579><c> learning</c><00:31:23.759><c> from</c><00:31:23.980><c> Nehemiah,</c>

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.220
take<00:31:24.960><c> it.</c>

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.559
If<00:31:25.660><c> you</c><00:31:25.859><c> can't</c><00:31:26.140><c> have</c><00:31:26.279><c> it,</c>

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:28.119
then<00:31:26.779><c> go</c><00:31:26.960><c> without</c><00:31:27.259><c> it.</c>

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:30.079
Pray<00:31:28.839><c> and</c><00:31:29.140><c> then</c><00:31:29.319><c> go.</c>

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:32.980
I<00:31:30.680><c> know</c><00:31:30.839><c> I</c><00:31:31.000><c> was</c><00:31:31.160><c> invited</c><00:31:31.480><c> to</c><00:31:32.059><c> a</c><00:31:32.519><c> study</c><00:31:32.700><c> day</c>

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:35.500
in<00:31:33.240><c> an</c><00:31:33.740><c> area</c><00:31:34.519><c> once,</c>

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:38.059
and<00:31:36.240><c> it</c><00:31:36.599><c> was</c><00:31:36.759><c> not</c><00:31:36.900><c> a</c><00:31:36.980><c> good</c><00:31:37.099><c> area,</c>

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.420
and<00:31:39.279><c> people</c><00:31:39.619><c> with</c><00:31:39.859><c> my</c><00:31:40.019><c> color</c><00:31:40.200><c> skin</c>

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.819
were<00:31:40.599><c> not</c><00:31:40.779><c> safe</c><00:31:41.019><c> there,</c><00:31:41.200><c> I</c><00:31:41.319><c> was</c><00:31:41.519><c> told,</c>

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:43.559
and<00:31:42.339><c> I</c><00:31:42.539><c> had</c><00:31:42.680><c> people</c><00:31:42.940><c> writing</c><00:31:43.220><c> to</c><00:31:43.420><c> me</c>

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.500
telling<00:31:43.700><c> me</c><00:31:43.880><c> not</c><00:31:44.039><c> to</c><00:31:44.200><c> go,</c>

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:46.200
that<00:31:44.940><c> my</c><00:31:45.160><c> life</c><00:31:45.400><c> would,</c><00:31:45.900><c> you</c><00:31:46.200><c> know,</c>

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.480
I<00:31:46.220><c> was</c><00:31:46.440><c> a</c><00:31:46.539><c> danger</c><00:31:46.680><c> to</c><00:31:46.799><c> mine.</c>

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:49.000
But<00:31:47.940><c> I</c><00:31:48.339><c> thought</c><00:31:48.480><c> I'd</c><00:31:48.599><c> been</c><00:31:48.759><c> asked,</c>

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.619
and<00:31:49.160><c> I</c><00:31:49.339><c> went,</c>

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:51.220
and<00:31:49.960><c> I</c><00:31:50.259><c> was</c><00:31:50.319><c> more</c><00:31:50.519><c> like</c><00:31:50.720><c> Ezra</c>

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:52.720
than<00:31:51.579><c> I</c><00:31:51.680><c> was</c><00:31:51.920><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:55.019
And<00:31:53.339><c> we</c><00:31:53.619><c> went,</c><00:31:54.059><c> and</c><00:31:54.220><c> while</c><00:31:54.400><c> we</c><00:31:54.539><c> were</c><00:31:54.700><c> there,</c>

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.900
somebody<00:31:55.460><c> came</c><00:31:55.880><c> in</c><00:31:56.099><c> and</c><00:31:56.200><c> stole</c><00:31:56.380><c> a</c><00:31:56.599><c> purse</c>

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:58.519
from<00:31:57.279><c> one</c><00:31:57.440><c> of</c><00:31:57.519><c> the</c><00:31:57.640><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.700
So<00:31:58.839><c> it</c><00:31:58.859><c> was</c><00:31:59.059><c> a</c><00:31:59.200><c> bad</c><00:31:59.319><c> area.</c>

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:02.259
But<00:32:00.380><c> you</c><00:32:00.559><c> see,</c><00:32:00.920><c> if</c><00:32:01.140><c> you</c><00:32:01.319><c> have</c><00:32:01.500><c> to</c><00:32:01.700><c> go,</c><00:32:01.880><c> you</c><00:32:02.099><c> go.</c>

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.099
But<00:32:02.559><c> you</c><00:32:02.720><c> don't</c><00:32:03.000><c> do,</c>

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:06.880
you<00:32:03.319><c> don't</c><00:32:04.000><c> take</c><00:32:04.539><c> unnecessary</c><00:32:05.339><c> risks.</c>

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.779
Nehemiah<00:32:07.220><c> didn't</c><00:32:07.359><c> have</c><00:32:07.539><c> to</c><00:32:07.660><c> take</c>

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:09.400
an<00:32:07.900><c> unnecessary</c><00:32:08.319><c> risk,</c><00:32:08.640><c> so</c><00:32:08.759><c> he</c><00:32:08.859><c> didn't.</c>

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:11.319
Ezra<00:32:09.740><c> had</c><00:32:09.960><c> to,</c><00:32:10.440><c> and</c><00:32:10.660><c> he</c><00:32:10.900><c> did.</c>

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:13.200
And<00:32:11.720><c> the</c><00:32:11.819><c> hand</c><00:32:12.000><c> of</c><00:32:12.119><c> his</c><00:32:12.220><c> God</c><00:32:12.359><c> was</c><00:32:12.619><c> upon</c><00:32:12.900><c> him.</c>

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:16.440
For<00:32:13.599><c> God</c><00:32:14.099><c> is</c><00:32:14.839><c> good</c><00:32:15.160><c> to</c><00:32:15.420><c> those</c><00:32:15.660><c> who</c><00:32:15.920><c> seek</c><00:32:16.099><c> him,</c>

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.599
but<00:32:16.660><c> his</c><00:32:16.900><c> power</c><00:32:17.099><c> and</c><00:32:17.259><c> his</c><00:32:17.440><c> wrath</c>

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:19.579
are<00:32:17.740><c> against</c><00:32:17.960><c> those</c><00:32:18.200><c> who</c><00:32:18.339><c> forsake</c><00:32:18.720><c> him.</c>

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:22.420
So<00:32:20.079><c> Ezra</c><00:32:20.519><c> fasted</c><00:32:21.039><c> and</c><00:32:21.180><c> treated</c><00:32:21.480><c> our</c><00:32:21.779><c> God</c><00:32:22.000><c> for</c><00:32:22.220><c> this,</c>

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.240
and<00:32:22.559><c> he</c><00:32:22.759><c> answered</c><00:32:22.859><c> our</c><00:32:23.119><c> prayer.</c>

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:25.799
See,<00:32:23.660><c> God</c><00:32:23.940><c> does</c><00:32:24.400><c> answer</c><00:32:24.680><c> our</c><00:32:25.039><c> prayers.</c>

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:27.519
I'm<00:32:26.380><c> sitting</c><00:32:26.519><c> in</c><00:32:26.680><c> Michael's</c><00:32:27.160><c> classes,</c>

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.740
and<00:32:27.839><c> I'm</c><00:32:28.099><c> enjoying</c><00:32:28.400><c> it.</c>

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:30.940
I'm<00:32:29.079><c> not</c><00:32:29.279><c> getting</c><00:32:29.460><c> a</c><00:32:29.680><c> thing</c><00:32:29.799><c> out</c><00:32:29.980><c> of</c><00:32:30.119><c> Richard.</c>

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:37.880
I'm<00:32:35.420><c> teaching</c><00:32:35.759><c> the</c><00:32:36.059><c> teenagers</c><00:32:36.440><c> that</c><00:32:36.819><c> we're</c><00:32:37.039><c> period.</c>

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:39.400
I'm<00:32:38.460><c> not</c><00:32:38.599><c> in</c><00:32:38.799><c> his</c><00:32:39.059><c> class.</c>

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:42.420
You<00:32:40.119><c> won't</c><00:32:40.319><c> tell</c><00:32:40.539><c> him</c><00:32:40.700><c> that</c><00:32:40.839><c> I</c><00:32:40.960><c> said</c><00:32:41.059><c> it,</c><00:32:41.259><c> of</c><00:32:41.440><c> course.</c>

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:46.240
But<00:32:44.000><c> I</c><00:32:44.539><c> thought</c><00:32:44.740><c> that</c><00:32:44.920><c> was</c><00:32:45.099><c> such</c><00:32:45.299><c> an</c><00:32:45.519><c> interesting</c><00:32:45.859><c> point</c>

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:48.160
that<00:32:46.839><c> Brother</c><00:32:47.000><c> Michael</c><00:32:47.299><c> made</c><00:32:47.500><c> this</c><00:32:47.819><c> morning</c>

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:51.779
about<00:32:48.799><c> the</c><00:32:49.440><c> prayer</c><00:32:49.660><c> of</c><00:32:50.059><c> Jesus</c><00:32:50.700><c> for</c><00:32:51.440><c> Peter,</c>

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:53.480
I<00:32:52.059><c> pray</c><00:32:52.259><c> for</c><00:32:52.579><c> thee.</c>

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:57.420
And<00:32:53.940><c> he</c><00:32:54.099><c> knew</c><00:32:54.240><c> he</c><00:32:55.400><c> was</c><00:32:55.619><c> going</c><00:32:55.900><c> to</c><00:32:56.440><c> deny</c><00:32:56.960><c> him.</c>

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.740
And<00:32:58.099><c> the</c><00:32:58.220><c> question</c><00:32:58.440><c> was,</c>

00:32:58.740 --> 00:33:01.839
did<00:32:59.079><c> God</c><00:32:59.500><c> not</c><00:33:00.019><c> answer</c><00:33:00.779><c> Jesus'</c><00:33:01.599><c> prayer?</c>

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.579
And<00:33:02.039><c> he</c><00:33:02.160><c> answered,</c><00:33:02.480><c> of</c><00:33:02.480><c> course,</c>

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:04.380
God<00:33:03.099><c> does</c><00:33:03.500><c> answer</c><00:33:03.759><c> prayers,</c>

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:06.940
and<00:33:05.000><c> God</c><00:33:05.660><c> has</c><00:33:06.299><c> his</c><00:33:06.619><c> plan.</c>

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:10.359
I<00:33:07.480><c> think</c><00:33:07.619><c> it's</c><00:33:07.819><c> right</c><00:33:08.059><c> for</c><00:33:08.200><c> us</c><00:33:08.359><c> to</c><00:33:08.480><c> pray</c><00:33:08.759><c> for</c><00:33:08.920><c> what</c><00:33:09.079><c> we</c><00:33:09.440><c> want</c>

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:13.000
and<00:33:10.859><c> then</c><00:33:11.059><c> ask</c><00:33:11.279><c> God</c><00:33:11.519><c> to</c><00:33:11.740><c> do</c><00:33:11.900><c> what</c><00:33:12.099><c> is</c><00:33:12.400><c> right,</c>

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.980
rather<00:33:13.519><c> than</c><00:33:13.700><c> tell</c><00:33:13.859><c> God</c><00:33:14.079><c> everything</c><00:33:14.299><c> we</c><00:33:14.400><c> want</c><00:33:14.640><c> to</c><00:33:14.799><c> do.</c>

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:17.440
And<00:33:15.339><c> I</c><00:33:15.500><c> pray</c><00:33:15.799><c> firmly</c><00:33:16.220><c> for</c><00:33:16.480><c> some</c><00:33:16.660><c> people</c><00:33:16.940><c> who</c><00:33:17.099><c> are</c><00:33:17.279><c> ill,</c>

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.640
and<00:33:17.640><c> sometimes</c><00:33:17.980><c> they</c><00:33:18.140><c> get</c><00:33:18.359><c> well.</c>

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:20.240
We<00:33:19.180><c> thank</c><00:33:19.500><c> God,</c><00:33:19.940><c> and</c><00:33:19.940><c> we</c><00:33:20.099><c> believe</c>

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:22.700
it<00:33:20.339><c> was</c><00:33:20.500><c> an</c><00:33:20.660><c> answer</c><00:33:20.779><c> to</c><00:33:21.000><c> our</c><00:33:21.180><c> prayers,</c><00:33:21.440><c> and</c><00:33:21.579><c> it</c><00:33:21.779><c> was.</c>

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:24.900
And<00:33:23.039><c> sometimes</c><00:33:23.319><c> it</c><00:33:23.420><c> was</c><00:33:23.619><c> God's</c><00:33:23.960><c> will</c><00:33:24.059><c> that</c><00:33:24.180><c> they</c><00:33:24.319><c> fall</c><00:33:24.579><c> asleep,</c>

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:28.180
and<00:33:25.039><c> that</c><00:33:25.160><c> was</c><00:33:25.359><c> God's</c><00:33:26.400><c> answer,</c><00:33:26.900><c> and</c><00:33:27.119><c> we</c><00:33:27.319><c> accept</c><00:33:27.700><c> that.</c>

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:31.880
So<00:33:28.940><c> rather</c><00:33:29.420><c> than</c><00:33:29.759><c> tell</c><00:33:29.920><c> God</c><00:33:30.180><c> always,</c><00:33:30.779><c> we</c><00:33:30.779><c> just</c><00:33:31.000><c> ask</c><00:33:31.559><c> him.</c>

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:34.460
But<00:33:32.299><c> Jesus'</c><00:33:33.240><c> prayer</c><00:33:33.380><c> did</c><00:33:33.660><c> not</c><00:33:33.980><c> fail,</c>

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:36.039
and<00:33:34.980><c> your</c><00:33:35.180><c> prayers</c><00:33:35.460><c> don't</c><00:33:35.779><c> fail</c>

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:38.539
if<00:33:36.180><c> you</c><00:33:36.339><c> don't</c><00:33:36.519><c> get</c><00:33:36.720><c> everything</c><00:33:37.039><c> that</c><00:33:37.240><c> you</c><00:33:37.440><c> ask</c><00:33:37.660><c> for.</c>

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:43.480
So<00:33:38.740><c> in</c><00:33:40.059><c> love,</c><00:33:40.559><c> we</c><00:33:40.559><c> should</c><00:33:40.779><c> just</c><00:33:41.859><c> cast</c><00:33:42.059><c> our</c><00:33:42.299><c> burdens</c><00:33:42.579><c> upon</c><00:33:42.900><c> the</c><00:33:43.119><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:46.680
and<00:33:44.099><c> he</c><00:33:44.119><c> will</c><00:33:44.380><c> comfort</c><00:33:44.700><c> us</c><00:33:45.220><c> and</c><00:33:45.460><c> sustain</c><00:33:45.859><c> us.</c>

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:53.619
So<00:33:49.839><c> they</c><00:33:50.339><c> arrive,</c><00:33:51.279><c> he</c><00:33:51.519><c> arrives</c><00:33:52.059><c> in</c><00:33:52.599><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.880
and<00:33:54.420><c> there's</c><00:33:54.799><c> problems.</c>

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:58.059
Now,<00:33:56.859><c> when</c><00:33:57.059><c> he</c><00:33:57.240><c> arrives</c><00:33:57.559><c> in</c><00:33:57.759><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:33:58.160 --> 00:34:01.880
he's<00:33:58.299><c> been</c><00:33:58.519><c> working</c><00:33:58.759><c> on</c><00:33:58.980><c> this</c><00:33:59.400><c> for</c><00:34:00.559><c> four</c><00:34:00.920><c> months.</c>

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:06.380
It<00:34:02.420><c> took</c><00:34:02.700><c> about</c><00:34:03.079><c> six</c><00:34:03.299><c> months</c><00:34:03.579><c> for</c><00:34:05.740><c> Ezra</c><00:34:06.079><c> to</c><00:34:06.200><c> get</c><00:34:06.299><c> there.</c>

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:07.160
We<00:34:06.480><c> don't</c><00:34:06.619><c> know</c><00:34:06.680><c> how</c><00:34:06.799><c> long</c><00:34:06.920><c> it</c><00:34:06.960><c> took.</c>

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.739
Nehemiah<00:34:07.519><c> doesn't</c><00:34:07.799><c> say.</c>

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:12.320
But<00:34:09.440><c> he</c><00:34:09.920><c> gets</c><00:34:10.199><c> there,</c><00:34:10.599><c> and,</c><00:34:10.739><c> of</c><00:34:10.880><c> course,</c><00:34:11.119><c> since</c><00:34:11.400><c> this</c><00:34:11.559><c> is</c><00:34:11.719><c> God's</c><00:34:12.139><c> work</c>

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:15.059
and<00:34:12.420><c> it</c><00:34:12.519><c> was</c><00:34:12.639><c> his</c><00:34:12.920><c> plan</c><00:34:13.139><c> to</c><00:34:13.320><c> have</c><00:34:13.440><c> the</c><00:34:13.679><c> wall</c><00:34:13.900><c> rebuilt,</c>

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:17.340
it<00:34:15.980><c> was</c><00:34:16.539><c> a</c><00:34:16.659><c> prophecy</c><00:34:16.860><c> of</c><00:34:17.019><c> Daniel</c>

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:19.559
to<00:34:17.539><c> rebuild</c><00:34:17.820><c> the</c><00:34:18.019><c> wall</c><00:34:18.139><c> in</c><00:34:18.360><c> troubleous</c><00:34:18.739><c> times.</c>

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:21.360
So<00:34:20.019><c> he's</c><00:34:20.440><c> doing</c><00:34:20.739><c> God's</c><00:34:21.159><c> work.</c>

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:23.159
He<00:34:22.000><c> walks</c><00:34:22.260><c> into</c><00:34:22.460><c> the</c><00:34:22.519><c> city</c><00:34:22.719><c> of</c><00:34:22.920><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:25.159
and<00:34:23.480><c> there's</c><00:34:23.719><c> a</c><00:34:23.920><c> banner</c><00:34:24.099><c> over</c><00:34:24.480><c> Main</c><00:34:24.719><c> Street</c><00:34:24.940><c> that</c><00:34:25.079><c> says,</c>

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:26.099
Welcome,<00:34:25.500><c> Nehemiah,</c>

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:28.880
and<00:34:26.320><c> there's</c><00:34:26.400><c> a</c><00:34:26.519><c> little</c><00:34:26.739><c> brass</c><00:34:27.000><c> band</c><00:34:27.340><c> there</c><00:34:27.699><c> playing.</c>

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:31.199
And<00:34:29.400><c> the</c><00:34:29.679><c> governor</c><00:34:30.000><c> or</c><00:34:30.420><c> the</c><00:34:30.559><c> mayor</c><00:34:30.780><c> of</c><00:34:30.920><c> the</c><00:34:31.039><c> city</c>

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:33.219
has<00:34:31.400><c> a</c><00:34:31.619><c> golden</c><00:34:31.840><c> key</c><00:34:32.219><c> to</c><00:34:32.519><c> give</c><00:34:32.679><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.320
He<00:34:33.360><c> says,</c><00:34:33.659><c> Welcome</c><00:34:33.699><c> to</c><00:34:33.940><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:36.980
because<00:34:34.820><c> you're</c><00:34:35.000><c> going</c><00:34:35.099><c> to</c><00:34:35.199><c> do</c><00:34:35.239><c> great</c><00:34:35.500><c> things</c><00:34:35.760><c> for</c><00:34:35.900><c> us,</c><00:34:36.059><c> right?</c>

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:39.239
None<00:34:37.920><c> of</c><00:34:38.019><c> that</c><00:34:38.260><c> happened.</c>

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:42.460
You're<00:34:40.159><c> doing</c><00:34:40.420><c> God's</c><00:34:40.840><c> work,</c><00:34:40.960><c> but</c><00:34:41.099><c> it</c><00:34:41.239><c> doesn't</c><00:34:41.440><c> work</c><00:34:41.739><c> like</c><00:34:42.139><c> that.</c>

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:44.900
I'm<00:34:43.039><c> doing</c><00:34:43.219><c> your</c><00:34:43.500><c> work,</c><00:34:44.400><c> God.</c>

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.920
And<00:34:46.599><c> you</c><00:34:46.820><c> are.</c>

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:50.639
But<00:34:48.159><c> don't</c><00:34:48.440><c> expect</c><00:34:48.840><c> everything</c><00:34:49.239><c> to</c><00:34:49.460><c> go</c><00:34:49.639><c> just</c><00:34:50.320><c> perfect,</c>

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:52.739
because<00:34:51.019><c> that's</c><00:34:51.300><c> not</c><00:34:51.559><c> the</c><00:34:51.679><c> way</c><00:34:51.820><c> life</c><00:34:52.099><c> is.</c>

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:57.260
And<00:34:53.579><c> so</c><00:34:54.179><c> when</c><00:34:55.119><c> he</c><00:34:55.239><c> gets</c><00:34:55.539><c> there,</c><00:34:55.960><c> he</c><00:34:55.980><c> has</c><00:34:56.360><c> enemies,</c>

00:34:58.039 --> 00:35:00.679
Sanballat,<00:34:58.679><c> Tobiah,</c><00:35:00.159><c> Jishum.</c>

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:04.780
There<00:35:01.039><c> are</c><00:35:01.219><c> people</c><00:35:01.760><c> in</c><00:35:02.260><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:02.639><c> that</c><00:35:03.139><c> hated</c><00:35:03.420><c> the</c><00:35:03.800><c> Jews.</c>

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:08.599
Is<00:35:05.679><c> history</c><00:35:06.199><c> repeating</c><00:35:06.739><c> itself</c><00:35:07.659><c> today?</c>

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:11.380
Are<00:35:08.960><c> people</c><00:35:09.239><c> in</c><00:35:09.420><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:09.940><c> today</c><00:35:10.320><c> that</c><00:35:10.639><c> hate</c><00:35:10.820><c> the</c><00:35:11.119><c> Jews?</c>

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:13.239
We<00:35:11.659><c> know</c><00:35:12.059><c> they</c><00:35:12.380><c> do.</c>

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.340
We<00:35:13.500><c> know</c><00:35:13.739><c> that</c><00:35:13.980><c> they're...</c>

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:16.599
You<00:35:14.579><c> talk</c><00:35:14.800><c> about</c><00:35:15.099><c> sincerity.</c>

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:20.280
It's<00:35:18.539><c> right</c><00:35:18.699><c> to</c><00:35:18.900><c> be</c><00:35:19.099><c> sincere,</c><00:35:19.500><c> of</c><00:35:19.780><c> course,</c>

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:23.960
but<00:35:21.019><c> it's</c><00:35:21.219><c> also</c><00:35:21.539><c> possible</c><00:35:22.000><c> to</c><00:35:22.179><c> be</c><00:35:22.380><c> sincerely</c><00:35:22.780><c> wrong.</c>

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:27.599
And<00:35:24.579><c> any</c><00:35:24.960><c> young</c><00:35:25.480><c> Arab</c><00:35:25.900><c> who</c><00:35:26.400><c> feels</c><00:35:26.739><c> so</c><00:35:27.119><c> sincere</c>

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:29.559
that<00:35:27.800><c> they're</c><00:35:28.019><c> willing</c><00:35:28.199><c> to</c><00:35:28.460><c> strap</c><00:35:28.619><c> bombs</c><00:35:28.940><c> on</c><00:35:29.079><c> their</c><00:35:29.320><c> body</c>

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:31.639
and<00:35:29.780><c> walk</c><00:35:29.900><c> into</c><00:35:30.099><c> a</c><00:35:30.300><c> crowd</c><00:35:30.440><c> and</c><00:35:30.639><c> blow</c><00:35:30.739><c> themselves</c><00:35:31.119><c> up</c>

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:33.639
has<00:35:32.079><c> to</c><00:35:32.260><c> be</c><00:35:32.460><c> sincere.</c>

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:35.539
It's<00:35:34.320><c> misguided</c><00:35:35.000><c> sincerity.</c>

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:38.800
It's<00:35:36.079><c> a</c><00:35:36.320><c> terrible,</c><00:35:36.880><c> heinous</c><00:35:37.280><c> crime</c><00:35:37.659><c> they're</c><00:35:37.920><c> doing,</c>

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:41.699
but<00:35:39.480><c> you</c><00:35:39.880><c> can't</c><00:35:40.179><c> question</c><00:35:40.380><c> their</c><00:35:40.579><c> sincerity.</c>

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:44.599
So<00:35:42.199><c> don't</c><00:35:42.480><c> think</c><00:35:42.679><c> just</c><00:35:42.900><c> because</c><00:35:43.219><c> we're</c><00:35:43.519><c> sincere</c><00:35:44.099><c> in</c><00:35:44.320><c> something</c>

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.940
that<00:35:45.099><c> it</c><00:35:45.260><c> makes</c><00:35:45.400><c> it</c><00:35:45.679><c> right.</c>

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:47.739
It<00:35:46.320><c> has</c><00:35:46.539><c> to</c><00:35:46.679><c> be</c><00:35:46.880><c> right</c><00:35:47.039><c> with</c><00:35:47.280><c> God.</c>

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:51.860
So<00:35:48.300><c> it</c><00:35:48.400><c> has</c><00:35:48.599><c> to</c><00:35:48.719><c> be</c><00:35:48.900><c> right</c><00:35:49.099><c> as</c><00:35:49.400><c> well</c><00:35:49.659><c> as</c><00:35:50.539><c> being</c><00:35:51.320><c> sincere.</c>

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:56.420
So<00:35:52.380><c> he</c><00:35:52.460><c> comes</c><00:35:52.659><c> to</c><00:35:52.860><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:35:53.920><c> and</c><00:35:53.920><c> nobody</c><00:35:54.800><c> knows</c><00:35:55.219><c> as</c><00:35:55.320><c> he</c><00:35:55.539><c> comes,</c>

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:58.199
and<00:35:56.619><c> he</c><00:35:57.199><c> stays</c><00:35:57.440><c> there</c><00:35:57.760><c> three</c><00:35:57.920><c> days,</c>

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:59.659
and<00:35:58.400><c> nobody</c><00:35:58.619><c> hardly</c><00:35:58.860><c> knows</c><00:35:59.059><c> he's</c><00:35:59.280><c> there,</c>

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:01.099
and<00:36:00.000><c> he</c><00:36:00.099><c> gets</c><00:36:00.239><c> up</c><00:36:00.380><c> in</c><00:36:00.539><c> the</c><00:36:00.639><c> middle</c><00:36:00.800><c> of</c><00:36:00.960><c> the</c><00:36:01.000><c> night.</c>

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:03.159
I'm<00:36:01.300><c> in</c><00:36:01.719><c> chapter</c><00:36:02.000><c> 2,</c><00:36:02.440><c> verse</c><00:36:02.639><c> 11,</c>

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:06.579
and<00:36:03.800><c> he</c><00:36:04.380><c> didn't</c><00:36:04.579><c> tell</c><00:36:04.760><c> anybody</c><00:36:05.059><c> what</c><00:36:05.159><c> he</c><00:36:05.260><c> was</c><00:36:05.420><c> up</c><00:36:05.599><c> to,</c>

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:08.260
and<00:36:07.059><c> he</c><00:36:07.460><c> takes</c><00:36:07.719><c> a</c><00:36:07.960><c> donkey,</c>

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:10.139
and<00:36:08.500><c> he</c><00:36:08.579><c> goes</c><00:36:08.739><c> out</c><00:36:08.920><c> in</c><00:36:09.039><c> the</c><00:36:09.119><c> middle</c><00:36:09.280><c> of</c><00:36:09.719><c> the</c><00:36:09.880><c> night,</c>

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.559
and<00:36:10.579><c> he</c><00:36:10.699><c> looks</c><00:36:10.840><c> around</c><00:36:11.119><c> the</c><00:36:11.340><c> wall,</c>

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:13.940
and<00:36:11.820><c> everything</c><00:36:12.260><c> his</c><00:36:12.539><c> brother</c><00:36:12.760><c> had</c><00:36:12.980><c> said</c><00:36:13.059><c> to</c><00:36:13.219><c> him</c><00:36:13.320><c> was</c><00:36:13.579><c> true.</c>

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:16.820
I<00:36:14.800><c> went</c><00:36:15.079><c> out</c><00:36:15.280><c> by</c><00:36:15.599><c> night</c><00:36:15.840><c> to</c><00:36:16.079><c> the</c><00:36:16.280><c> valley</c><00:36:16.500><c> gate</c>

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:19.159
to<00:36:17.219><c> the</c><00:36:17.340><c> serpent</c><00:36:17.559><c> well</c><00:36:17.920><c> and</c><00:36:18.400><c> the</c><00:36:18.599><c> refuse</c><00:36:18.900><c> gate,</c>

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.639
and<00:36:19.380><c> behold,</c><00:36:19.780><c> the</c><00:36:19.800><c> walls</c><00:36:20.019><c> of</c><00:36:20.280><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:23.099
that<00:36:21.099><c> were</c><00:36:21.280><c> broken</c><00:36:21.500><c> down</c><00:36:21.840><c> and</c><00:36:22.000><c> its</c><00:36:22.199><c> gates</c><00:36:22.440><c> that</c><00:36:22.659><c> were</c><00:36:22.860><c> burned</c>

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.800
with<00:36:23.440><c> fire.</c>

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:26.159
I<00:36:24.340><c> went</c><00:36:24.460><c> to</c><00:36:24.599><c> the</c><00:36:24.739><c> fountain</c><00:36:25.000><c> gate</c><00:36:25.219><c> and</c><00:36:25.320><c> to</c><00:36:25.460><c> the</c><00:36:25.619><c> king's</c><00:36:25.980><c> pool,</c>

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:28.519
but<00:36:26.320><c> there</c><00:36:26.460><c> was</c><00:36:26.579><c> no</c><00:36:26.840><c> room</c><00:36:26.960><c> for</c><00:36:27.159><c> the</c><00:36:27.320><c> animal</c><00:36:27.539><c> under</c><00:36:27.739><c> me</c><00:36:28.239><c> to</c><00:36:28.420><c> pass.</c>

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.780
I<00:36:28.820><c> mean,</c><00:36:29.000><c> this</c><00:36:29.159><c> was</c><00:36:29.380><c> a</c><00:36:29.539><c> mess.</c>

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:32.219
This<00:36:30.019><c> place</c><00:36:30.260><c> was</c><00:36:30.679><c> in</c><00:36:30.860><c> awful</c><00:36:31.119><c> things.</c>

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:35.199
I<00:36:32.400><c> went</c><00:36:32.679><c> by</c><00:36:33.019><c> night</c><00:36:33.260><c> by</c><00:36:33.860><c> the</c><00:36:34.079><c> valley</c><00:36:34.280><c> and</c><00:36:34.539><c> viewed</c><00:36:34.699><c> the</c><00:36:34.940><c> wall,</c>

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:37.179
and<00:36:35.380><c> then</c><00:36:35.480><c> I</c><00:36:35.599><c> turned</c><00:36:35.719><c> back</c><00:36:36.000><c> and</c><00:36:36.159><c> entered</c><00:36:36.320><c> by</c><00:36:36.539><c> the</c><00:36:36.739><c> valley</c><00:36:37.019><c> gate</c>

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:38.539
and<00:36:37.320><c> so</c><00:36:37.519><c> returned.</c>

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:40.539
What's<00:36:39.159><c> he</c><00:36:39.280><c> up</c><00:36:39.519><c> to?</c>

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:42.800
So<00:36:41.039><c> now</c><00:36:41.519><c> he's</c><00:36:41.920><c> done</c><00:36:42.019><c> his</c><00:36:42.219><c> homework</c><00:36:42.460><c> again.</c>

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:44.500
He's<00:36:43.179><c> been</c><00:36:43.400><c> praying,</c><00:36:43.920><c> he's</c><00:36:43.920><c> been</c><00:36:44.199><c> planning,</c>

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.900
he's<00:36:44.920><c> got</c><00:36:45.320><c> his</c><00:36:45.539><c> letters,</c>

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:49.860
he's<00:36:46.699><c> got</c><00:36:47.000><c> the</c><00:36:47.920><c> equipment</c><00:36:48.179><c> and</c><00:36:48.639><c> the</c><00:36:48.820><c> lumber</c><00:36:49.019><c> coming,</c>

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:52.159
but<00:36:50.619><c> nothing</c><00:36:50.960><c> has</c><00:36:51.199><c> happened.</c>

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:55.739
One<00:36:53.219><c> person</c><00:36:53.659><c> can</c><00:36:53.880><c> make</c><00:36:54.059><c> a</c><00:36:54.260><c> difference</c><00:36:54.500><c> in</c><00:36:54.739><c> a</c><00:36:54.880><c> life.</c>

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:58.000
Everything<00:36:56.639><c> was</c><00:36:57.139><c> in</c><00:36:57.579><c> shambles.</c>

00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.739
One<00:36:58.719><c> man</c><00:36:59.199><c> made</c><00:36:59.500><c> a</c><00:36:59.659><c> difference</c><00:36:59.820><c> because</c><00:37:00.099><c> God</c><00:37:00.320><c> was</c><00:37:00.519><c> working</c>

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.019
with<00:37:00.860><c> him.</c>

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:03.239
So<00:37:01.460><c> he</c><00:37:01.739><c> calls</c><00:37:01.880><c> a</c><00:37:02.059><c> meeting,</c><00:37:02.420><c> get</c><00:37:02.719><c> the</c><00:37:02.920><c> Jews</c><00:37:03.039><c> together,</c>

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:05.619
come<00:37:03.440><c> on,</c><00:37:03.880><c> let's</c><00:37:04.139><c> get</c><00:37:04.280><c> in</c><00:37:04.360><c> here</c><00:37:04.460><c> and</c><00:37:04.519><c> have</c><00:37:04.659><c> a</c><00:37:04.800><c> meeting.</c>

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.780
Chapter<00:37:05.920><c> 2,</c><00:37:06.219><c> verse</c><00:37:06.340><c> 17,</c>

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:09.039
and<00:37:06.980><c> I</c><00:37:07.079><c> said</c><00:37:07.219><c> to</c><00:37:07.320><c> them,</c><00:37:07.639><c> you</c><00:37:07.639><c> see</c><00:37:07.920><c> the</c><00:37:08.139><c> distress</c><00:37:08.480><c> that</c><00:37:08.659><c> we</c><00:37:08.820><c> are</c><00:37:08.940><c> in?</c>

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:10.280
Oh,<00:37:09.619><c> sure.</c>

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:12.039
You're<00:37:10.840><c> not</c><00:37:10.980><c> telling</c><00:37:11.199><c> us</c><00:37:11.400><c> anything</c><00:37:11.559><c> we</c><00:37:11.699><c> don't</c><00:37:11.920><c> know?</c>

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:13.800
Yeah,<00:37:12.300><c> it's</c><00:37:12.519><c> all</c><00:37:12.739><c> around.</c>

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.400
Jerusalem<00:37:14.539><c> lies</c><00:37:14.900><c> waste.</c>

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:17.500
Its<00:37:15.900><c> gates</c><00:37:16.039><c> are</c><00:37:16.239><c> burned</c><00:37:16.400><c> with</c><00:37:16.679><c> fire.</c>

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:20.300
Come,<00:37:18.480><c> let</c><00:37:18.599><c> us</c><00:37:18.920><c> build</c><00:37:19.159><c> the</c><00:37:19.360><c> wall</c><00:37:19.539><c> of</c><00:37:19.780><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:22.199
that<00:37:20.820><c> we</c><00:37:21.039><c> be</c><00:37:21.179><c> no</c><00:37:21.400><c> longer</c><00:37:21.599><c> a</c><00:37:21.880><c> reproach.</c>

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:25.440
And<00:37:22.380><c> I</c><00:37:22.619><c> told</c><00:37:22.920><c> them</c><00:37:23.219><c> of</c><00:37:23.480><c> the</c><00:37:24.000><c> hand</c><00:37:24.199><c> of</c><00:37:24.360><c> my</c><00:37:24.619><c> God,</c>

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:27.480
which<00:37:25.679><c> had</c><00:37:25.960><c> been</c><00:37:26.380><c> good</c><00:37:26.739><c> upon</c><00:37:27.059><c> me,</c>

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:30.300
and<00:37:27.880><c> also</c><00:37:28.139><c> the</c><00:37:28.360><c> king's</c><00:37:28.820><c> word</c><00:37:28.980><c> that</c><00:37:29.139><c> he</c><00:37:29.260><c> had</c><00:37:29.420><c> spoken</c><00:37:29.619><c> unto</c><00:37:29.800><c> me,</c>

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:33.219
so<00:37:30.559><c> they</c><00:37:30.719><c> said,</c><00:37:30.980><c> let</c><00:37:31.139><c> us</c><00:37:31.480><c> rise</c><00:37:31.820><c> up</c><00:37:32.059><c> and</c><00:37:32.300><c> build.</c>

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:36.179
One<00:37:34.420><c> man</c><00:37:34.820><c> made</c><00:37:35.260><c> the</c><00:37:35.760><c> difference.</c>

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:38.860
He<00:37:36.699><c> was</c><00:37:36.940><c> able</c><00:37:37.460><c> to</c><00:37:37.760><c> persuade</c><00:37:38.000><c> all</c><00:37:38.480><c> the</c><00:37:38.659><c> Jews,</c>

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:41.840
let's<00:37:39.420><c> do</c><00:37:39.699><c> something,</c><00:37:40.099><c> let's</c><00:37:40.340><c> rise</c><00:37:40.619><c> up</c><00:37:40.820><c> and</c><00:37:40.980><c> build.</c>

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:44.139
The<00:37:42.260><c> rubble</c><00:37:42.500><c> was</c><00:37:42.659><c> still</c><00:37:42.920><c> there,</c>

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:45.179
they<00:37:44.519><c> were</c><00:37:44.519><c> still</c><00:37:44.679><c> in</c><00:37:44.840><c> distress,</c>

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:47.539
but<00:37:45.519><c> now</c><00:37:45.960><c> they</c><00:37:46.059><c> had</c><00:37:46.260><c> a</c><00:37:46.380><c> will</c><00:37:46.480><c> to</c><00:37:46.679><c> work.</c>

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:51.440
Now<00:37:48.179><c> I</c><00:37:48.280><c> live</c><00:37:48.500><c> in</c><00:37:48.639><c> the</c><00:37:48.739><c> city</c><00:37:49.579><c> next</c><00:37:50.760><c> door</c><00:37:50.920><c> to</c><00:37:51.079><c> Pasadena,</c>

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.099
it's<00:37:51.579><c> called</c><00:37:51.780><c> Altonia,</c>

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:54.380
but<00:37:52.619><c> we</c><00:37:52.840><c> have</c><00:37:53.039><c> a</c><00:37:53.239><c> place</c><00:37:53.400><c> that</c><00:37:53.539><c> you</c><00:37:53.719><c> probably</c><00:37:53.980><c> have</c><00:37:54.099><c> heard</c><00:37:54.260><c> of,</c>

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:56.159
it's<00:37:54.539><c> called</c><00:37:54.719><c> the</c><00:37:55.019><c> Rose</c><00:37:55.320><c> Bowl.</c>

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:58.539
And<00:37:56.840><c> the</c><00:37:56.940><c> Rose</c><00:37:57.159><c> Bowl</c><00:37:57.280><c> is</c><00:37:57.460><c> a</c><00:37:57.619><c> football</c><00:37:58.059><c> stadium</c>

00:37:58.539 --> 00:38:00.719
that<00:37:58.980><c> we</c><00:37:59.219><c> play</c><00:37:59.440><c> a</c><00:37:59.860><c> football</c><00:38:00.239><c> game</c><00:38:00.460><c> in,</c>

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:02.579
a<00:38:00.920><c> lot</c><00:38:01.039><c> of</c><00:38:01.239><c> times,</c><00:38:01.420><c> but</c><00:38:01.760><c> on</c><00:38:01.960><c> New</c><00:38:02.099><c> Year's</c><00:38:02.380><c> Day</c>

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:04.380
they<00:38:02.780><c> play</c><00:38:02.960><c> a</c><00:38:03.280><c> game</c><00:38:03.579><c> there.</c>

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:06.960
And<00:38:04.679><c> the</c><00:38:05.300><c> side</c><00:38:05.539><c> of</c><00:38:05.679><c> that</c><00:38:05.880><c> place</c><00:38:06.039><c> is</c><00:38:06.219><c> quite</c><00:38:06.440><c> a</c><00:38:06.619><c> lovely</c><00:38:06.840><c> place.</c>

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:09.400
There's<00:38:07.320><c> mountains</c><00:38:07.619><c> on</c><00:38:07.840><c> both</c><00:38:08.079><c> sides,</c><00:38:08.760><c> it's</c><00:38:08.880><c> a</c><00:38:09.119><c> plateau,</c>

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:11.820
and<00:38:09.840><c> then</c><00:38:09.980><c> it</c><00:38:10.699><c> goes</c><00:38:11.079><c> straight</c><00:38:11.440><c> down,</c>

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:13.559
and<00:38:12.059><c> they</c><00:38:12.239><c> call</c><00:38:12.800><c> it</c><00:38:12.980><c> a</c><00:38:13.179><c> royal,</c>

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:15.519
and<00:38:14.099><c> it's</c><00:38:14.400><c> flat</c><00:38:14.719><c> down</c><00:38:15.139><c> there,</c>

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:19.420
and<00:38:15.960><c> it</c><00:38:16.059><c> was</c><00:38:16.260><c> a</c><00:38:16.500><c> garbage</c><00:38:16.960><c> dump</c><00:38:17.260><c> for</c><00:38:17.559><c> the</c><00:38:17.679><c> city</c><00:38:17.900><c> of</c><00:38:18.179><c> Pasadena.</c>

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:22.639
And<00:38:20.179><c> one</c><00:38:20.380><c> man</c><00:38:20.659><c> back</c><00:38:20.960><c> in</c><00:38:21.159><c> the</c><00:38:21.239><c> early</c><00:38:21.480><c> 1900s</c><00:38:22.340><c> thought,</c>

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:26.119
that<00:38:23.000><c> would</c><00:38:23.179><c> be</c><00:38:23.360><c> a</c><00:38:23.579><c> great</c><00:38:23.780><c> place</c><00:38:24.139><c> to</c><00:38:24.380><c> build</c><00:38:24.599><c> a</c><00:38:24.920><c> Rose</c><00:38:25.280><c> Bowl.</c>

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:31.360
And<00:38:28.840><c> he</c><00:38:29.400><c> went</c><00:38:29.559><c> out</c><00:38:29.840><c> there,</c><00:38:30.159><c> and</c><00:38:30.500><c> it</c><00:38:30.980><c> smelled,</c>

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:32.920
and<00:38:31.679><c> the</c><00:38:31.880><c> garbage</c><00:38:32.119><c> was</c><00:38:32.420><c> everywhere.</c>

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.820
So<00:38:33.699><c> he</c><00:38:33.900><c> had</c><00:38:34.139><c> an</c><00:38:34.400><c> idea.</c>

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:37.320
He<00:38:35.239><c> was</c><00:38:35.500><c> a</c><00:38:35.699><c> Nehemiah</c><00:38:36.280><c> type</c><00:38:36.559><c> person,</c>

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:40.820
for<00:38:37.860><c> not</c><00:38:38.219><c> a</c><00:38:39.079><c> worthy</c><00:38:39.340><c> project</c><00:38:39.719><c> like</c><00:38:40.280><c> building</c><00:38:40.579><c> a</c><00:38:40.760><c> wall,</c>

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:44.039
but<00:38:41.199><c> he</c><00:38:41.400><c> wanted</c><00:38:41.619><c> to</c><00:38:41.780><c> persuade</c><00:38:42.139><c> the</c><00:38:42.440><c> city</c><00:38:42.699><c> fathers</c><00:38:43.099><c> of</c><00:38:43.380><c> Pasadena</c>

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:46.360
that<00:38:44.420><c> this</c><00:38:44.659><c> would</c><00:38:44.840><c> be</c><00:38:45.019><c> a</c><00:38:45.159><c> good</c><00:38:45.300><c> place</c><00:38:45.559><c> to</c><00:38:45.760><c> build</c><00:38:45.940><c> a</c><00:38:46.139><c> Rose</c><00:38:46.280><c> Bowl.</c>

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.960
And<00:38:46.900><c> he</c><00:38:46.940><c> knew</c><00:38:47.079><c> if</c><00:38:47.219><c> he</c><00:38:47.320><c> took</c><00:38:47.440><c> them</c><00:38:47.579><c> out</c><00:38:47.760><c> there,</c>

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:49.860
and<00:38:48.199><c> they</c><00:38:48.380><c> stood</c><00:38:48.519><c> around</c><00:38:48.800><c> in</c><00:38:49.019><c> all</c><00:38:49.199><c> that</c><00:38:49.400><c> garbage,</c>

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:51.400
they<00:38:50.179><c> said,</c><00:38:50.300><c> look</c><00:38:50.659><c> at</c><00:38:50.840><c> the</c><00:38:51.039><c> mess!</c>

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:54.079
And<00:38:51.920><c> that's</c><00:38:52.300><c> exactly</c><00:38:52.639><c> what</c><00:38:52.840><c> Judah</c><00:38:53.019><c> will</c><00:38:53.239><c> say</c><00:38:53.320><c> in</c><00:38:53.420><c> a</c><00:38:53.559><c> few</c><00:38:53.659><c> chapters.</c>

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.599
Judah<00:38:54.619><c> said,</c><00:38:54.800><c> look</c><00:38:54.980><c> at</c><00:38:55.119><c> this</c><00:38:55.280><c> rubble.</c>

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:58.900
So<00:38:56.260><c> he</c><00:38:56.380><c> had</c><00:38:56.599><c> to</c><00:38:56.780><c> do</c><00:38:56.940><c> something,</c><00:38:57.159><c> so</c><00:38:57.320><c> this</c><00:38:57.500><c> is</c><00:38:57.619><c> what</c><00:38:57.719><c> he</c><00:38:57.900><c> did.</c>

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:04.900
He<00:39:02.940><c> got</c><00:39:03.079><c> them</c><00:39:03.219><c> all,</c><00:39:03.400><c> they</c><00:39:03.539><c> were</c><00:39:03.539><c> horse</c><00:39:03.699><c> and</c><00:39:03.880><c> buggies,</c>

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:06.500
and<00:39:05.820><c> he</c><00:39:05.840><c> had</c><00:39:05.960><c> each</c><00:39:06.239><c> of</c><00:39:06.340><c> them,</c>

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:08.960
he<00:39:06.659><c> made</c><00:39:06.820><c> a</c><00:39:07.019><c> cardboard</c><00:39:07.300><c> for</c><00:39:07.480><c> each</c><00:39:07.679><c> one</c><00:39:07.820><c> of</c><00:39:07.900><c> them.</c>

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:12.119
And<00:39:09.780><c> this</c><00:39:09.960><c> cardboard</c><00:39:10.460><c> had</c><00:39:11.019><c> a</c><00:39:11.159><c> hole</c><00:39:11.280><c> in</c><00:39:11.440><c> the</c><00:39:11.519><c> middle</c><00:39:11.679><c> of</c><00:39:11.840><c> it,</c>

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:14.420
and<00:39:12.480><c> they</c><00:39:12.619><c> rode</c><00:39:12.699><c> out</c><00:39:12.920><c> there,</c><00:39:13.139><c> and</c><00:39:13.340><c> before</c><00:39:13.579><c> they</c><00:39:13.760><c> got</c><00:39:13.900><c> to</c><00:39:14.019><c> the</c><00:39:14.139><c> spot,</c>

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:16.920
he<00:39:14.679><c> put</c><00:39:14.820><c> one</c><00:39:15.000><c> of</c><00:39:15.000><c> these</c><00:39:15.199><c> all</c><00:39:15.340><c> on</c><00:39:15.539><c> each</c><00:39:15.800><c> one's</c><00:39:16.179><c> head.</c>

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:19.199
And<00:39:17.340><c> with</c><00:39:17.460><c> this</c><00:39:17.639><c> on</c><00:39:17.820><c> your</c><00:39:18.059><c> head,</c><00:39:18.280><c> you</c><00:39:18.380><c> can</c><00:39:18.559><c> look</c><00:39:18.800><c> out,</c>

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:21.780
and<00:39:19.460><c> you</c><00:39:19.500><c> can</c><00:39:19.679><c> look</c><00:39:19.920><c> up,</c><00:39:20.199><c> but</c><00:39:20.340><c> you</c><00:39:20.460><c> can't</c><00:39:20.679><c> look</c><00:39:20.880><c> down.</c>

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:26.559
And<00:39:24.559><c> he</c><00:39:24.719><c> said,</c><00:39:25.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:25.280><c> this</c><00:39:25.519><c> be</c><00:39:25.719><c> a</c><00:39:25.880><c> beautiful</c><00:39:26.219><c> place</c>

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:28.320
to<00:39:26.880><c> build</c><00:39:26.900><c> a</c><00:39:27.159><c> Rose</c><00:39:27.440><c> Bowl?</c>

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:30.519
He<00:39:28.760><c> had</c><00:39:28.960><c> to</c><00:39:29.099><c> use</c><00:39:29.300><c> a</c><00:39:29.539><c> prop,</c><00:39:29.800><c> thank</c><00:39:29.960><c> you,</c><00:39:30.199><c> Betty</c><00:39:30.360><c> Lou,</c>

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:32.440
for<00:39:30.659><c> making</c><00:39:30.920><c> that</c><00:39:31.159><c> for</c><00:39:31.300><c> me.</c>

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:39.250
He<00:39:34.340><c> had</c><00:39:34.519><c> to</c><00:39:34.679><c> use</c><00:39:34.860><c> a</c><00:39:35.219><c> prop</c><00:39:35.840><c> to</c><00:39:36.679><c> encourage</c><00:39:37.159><c> them</c><00:39:37.719><c> to</c><00:39:38.199><c> look</c><00:39:38.519><c> up,</c>

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:42.559
because<00:39:40.320><c> the</c><00:39:40.519><c> natural</c><00:39:40.800><c> tendency</c><00:39:41.219><c> is</c><00:39:41.500><c> to</c><00:39:41.579><c> look</c><00:39:41.880><c> down</c>

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:44.980
and<00:39:42.760><c> think</c><00:39:43.139><c> it</c><00:39:43.340><c> can't</c><00:39:43.679><c> be</c><00:39:43.940><c> done.</c>

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:48.099
And<00:39:46.000><c> when</c><00:39:46.119><c> we</c><00:39:46.119><c> get</c><00:39:46.300><c> to</c><00:39:46.400><c> chapter</c><00:39:46.780><c> 4,</c><00:39:47.219><c> we'll</c><00:39:47.380><c> see</c><00:39:47.519><c> that</c><00:39:47.860><c> Judah</c>

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:49.460
did<00:39:48.440><c> that.</c>

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:51.940
Abraham<00:39:49.900><c> Lincoln</c><00:39:50.199><c> says,</c><00:39:50.420><c> I</c><00:39:50.500><c> can</c><00:39:50.739><c> see</c><00:39:50.900><c> why</c><00:39:51.139><c> a</c><00:39:51.280><c> man</c><00:39:51.380><c> could</c><00:39:51.519><c> look</c><00:39:51.719><c> down</c>

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:54.579
at<00:39:52.079><c> the</c><00:39:52.280><c> ground</c><00:39:52.559><c> and</c><00:39:52.739><c> say</c><00:39:52.940><c> there</c><00:39:53.099><c> is</c><00:39:53.360><c> no</c><00:39:53.559><c> God,</c>

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:57.539
but<00:39:55.340><c> I</c><00:39:55.820><c> cannot</c><00:39:56.139><c> conceive</c><00:39:56.460><c> how</c><00:39:56.659><c> you</c><00:39:56.800><c> could</c><00:39:56.920><c> look</c><00:39:57.059><c> into</c><00:39:57.300><c> the</c>

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.159
starry<00:39:57.860><c> heavens</c>

00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:01.500
and<00:39:58.460><c> deny</c><00:39:58.780><c> the</c><00:39:59.099><c> existence</c><00:39:59.460><c> of</c><00:39:59.739><c> an</c><00:39:59.920><c> almighty</c><00:40:00.360><c> creator.</c>

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:05.500
So<00:40:03.099><c> where</c><00:40:03.300><c> are</c><00:40:03.400><c> you</c><00:40:03.480><c> looking,</c><00:40:04.039><c> brothers</c><00:40:04.199><c> and</c><00:40:04.440><c> sisters?</c>

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:07.539
Up<00:40:06.639><c> or</c><00:40:07.119><c> down?</c>

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:11.699
Do<00:40:07.800><c> you</c><00:40:07.840><c> look</c><00:40:08.019><c> down</c><00:40:08.300><c> at</c><00:40:08.500><c> the</c><00:40:08.719><c> rubble,</c><00:40:09.900><c> the</c><00:40:10.119><c> problems</c><00:40:10.500><c> of</c><00:40:10.719><c> this</c><00:40:10.960><c> life,</c>

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:14.280
and<00:40:12.380><c> think</c><00:40:12.539><c> it</c><00:40:12.760><c> can't</c><00:40:13.059><c> be</c><00:40:13.300><c> done?</c>

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:17.039
Or<00:40:14.719><c> do</c><00:40:14.840><c> you</c><00:40:14.880><c> look</c><00:40:15.059><c> up</c><00:40:15.179><c> at</c><00:40:15.300><c> the</c><00:40:15.440><c> God</c><00:40:15.599><c> of</c><00:40:15.780><c> the</c><00:40:15.940><c> universe,</c>

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:20.039
where<00:40:17.239><c> nothing</c><00:40:17.519><c> is</c><00:40:17.739><c> impossible,</c><00:40:18.400><c> and</c><00:40:18.420><c> say,</c><00:40:18.699><c> if</c><00:40:18.699><c> God</c><00:40:18.940><c> be</c><00:40:19.239><c> for</c><00:40:19.380><c> us,</c>

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:22.599
who<00:40:20.820><c> can</c><00:40:21.039><c> be</c><00:40:21.239><c> against</c><00:40:21.579><c> us?</c>

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:29.400
And<00:40:24.059><c> so,</c><00:40:25.840><c> we</c><00:40:25.840><c> can</c><00:40:26.199><c> do</c><00:40:26.440><c> it</c><00:40:26.599><c> if</c><00:40:26.780><c> we</c><00:40:26.980><c> just</c><00:40:27.280><c> put</c><00:40:27.480><c> our</c><00:40:27.699><c> trust</c><00:40:28.000><c> in</c><00:40:28.360><c> God.</c>

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:32.840
I<00:40:30.159><c> get</c><00:40:30.360><c> five</c><00:40:30.659><c> more</c><00:40:30.820><c> minutes</c><00:40:31.000><c> because</c><00:40:31.139><c> I</c><00:40:31.639><c> started</c><00:40:31.920><c> late.</c>

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:37.659
I've<00:40:34.579><c> got</c><00:40:34.679><c> my</c><00:40:34.920><c> stopwatch,</c><00:40:35.320><c> I'm</c><00:40:35.440><c> watching</c><00:40:35.719><c> it.</c>

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:40.780
Chapter<00:40:38.539><c> 2,</c><00:40:39.199><c> verse</c><00:40:39.420><c> 19,</c>

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:44.519
Sanballat<00:40:42.079><c> and</c><00:40:42.639><c> the</c><00:40:42.840><c> Horonite</c><00:40:43.280><c> and</c><00:40:43.460><c> Tobiah</c><00:40:43.840><c> the</c><00:40:44.039><c> Ammonite</c>

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:47.820
and<00:40:44.679><c> Gisham</c><00:40:44.980><c> the</c><00:40:45.139><c> Arabian</c><00:40:45.500><c> heard</c><00:40:45.900><c> what</c><00:40:47.000><c> we</c><00:40:47.199><c> were</c><00:40:47.400><c> doing,</c>

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:50.619
and<00:40:48.139><c> they</c><00:40:48.280><c> laughed</c><00:40:48.820><c> at</c><00:40:49.059><c> us</c><00:40:49.360><c> and</c><00:40:49.579><c> despised</c><00:40:50.139><c> us</c><00:40:50.280><c> and</c><00:40:50.400><c> said,</c>

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:53.139
What<00:40:51.059><c> is</c><00:40:51.340><c> this</c><00:40:51.639><c> thing</c><00:40:51.820><c> that</c><00:40:52.000><c> you</c><00:40:52.179><c> are</c><00:40:52.280><c> doing?</c>

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:55.460
Will<00:40:53.460><c> you</c><00:40:53.800><c> rebel</c><00:40:54.079><c> against</c><00:40:54.480><c> the</c><00:40:54.679><c> king?</c>

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:57.659
Are<00:40:55.619><c> you</c><00:40:55.719><c> going</c><00:40:55.880><c> to</c><00:40:55.960><c> let</c><00:40:56.159><c> ridicule</c><00:40:56.739><c> get</c><00:40:57.179><c> you</c><00:40:57.420><c> down?</c>

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:59.780
Who<00:40:58.400><c> do</c><00:40:58.599><c> you</c><00:40:58.900><c> Christadelphians</c><00:40:59.440><c> think</c><00:40:59.659><c> you</c><00:40:59.760><c> are?</c>

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:01.039
I<00:40:59.940><c> never</c><00:41:00.179><c> heard</c><00:41:00.500><c> of</c><00:41:00.659><c> you.</c>

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:04.300
It<00:41:01.360><c> was</c><00:41:01.559><c> a</c><00:41:01.639><c> lady</c><00:41:01.820><c> and</c><00:41:02.000><c> I</c><00:41:02.139><c> missed</c><00:41:02.340><c> last</c><00:41:02.699><c> night</c><00:41:02.920><c> from</c><00:41:03.139><c> Lodi,</c><00:41:03.780><c> California,</c>

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.639
where<00:41:04.519><c> some</c><00:41:04.719><c> of</c><00:41:04.860><c> us</c><00:41:05.000><c> met</c><00:41:05.239><c> her.</c>

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:07.760
And<00:41:05.940><c> she</c><00:41:06.059><c> said,</c><00:41:06.179><c> I</c><00:41:06.320><c> never</c><00:41:06.639><c> heard</c><00:41:06.900><c> of</c><00:41:07.059><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:10.519
What<00:41:08.099><c> makes</c><00:41:08.280><c> you</c><00:41:08.480><c> different</c><00:41:08.699><c> from</c><00:41:08.940><c> everybody</c><00:41:09.380><c> else?</c>

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:13.739
She<00:41:11.739><c> acts</c><00:41:12.139><c> like</c><00:41:12.320><c> she's</c><00:41:12.659><c> searching</c><00:41:12.940><c> and</c><00:41:13.099><c> we've</c><00:41:13.320><c> got</c><00:41:13.420><c> her</c><00:41:13.559><c> name</c>

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:14.119
and<00:41:13.900><c> address.</c>

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:14.960
We<00:41:14.300><c> gave</c><00:41:14.460><c> her</c><00:41:14.679><c> a</c><00:41:14.800><c> pamphlet.</c>

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:17.960
Did<00:41:15.219><c> you</c><00:41:15.340><c> have</c><00:41:15.440><c> a</c><00:41:15.579><c> pamphlet</c><00:41:15.860><c> on</c><00:41:16.079><c> you</c><00:41:16.219><c> in</c><00:41:16.360><c> case</c><00:41:16.619><c> she</c><00:41:16.920><c> talked</c><00:41:17.519><c> to</c><00:41:17.719><c> you?</c>

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:19.860
She<00:41:18.539><c> got</c><00:41:18.659><c> one</c><00:41:18.860><c> of</c><00:41:19.019><c> mine.</c>

00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:21.719
It's<00:41:20.480><c> got</c><00:41:20.559><c> my</c><00:41:20.780><c> name</c><00:41:20.920><c> and</c><00:41:21.059><c> address</c><00:41:21.340><c> in</c><00:41:21.480><c> it.</c>

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:23.099
She<00:41:21.900><c> knows</c><00:41:22.039><c> how</c><00:41:22.199><c> to</c><00:41:22.380><c> find</c><00:41:22.579><c> me.</c>

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:24.719
Now<00:41:23.480><c> I</c><00:41:23.559><c> know</c><00:41:23.719><c> how</c><00:41:23.880><c> to</c><00:41:24.059><c> find</c><00:41:24.260><c> her.</c>

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:26.480
We're<00:41:25.340><c> going</c><00:41:25.440><c> to</c><00:41:25.559><c> write</c><00:41:25.739><c> to</c><00:41:25.860><c> her</c><00:41:25.960><c> when</c><00:41:26.099><c> we</c><00:41:26.199><c> get</c><00:41:26.340><c> home.</c>

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:28.079
We're<00:41:26.619><c> going</c><00:41:26.719><c> to</c><00:41:26.739><c> send</c><00:41:26.960><c> her</c><00:41:27.139><c> the</c><00:41:27.280><c> book</c><00:41:27.440><c> Bible</c><00:41:27.719><c> basics.</c>

00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:29.179
We're<00:41:28.280><c> going</c><00:41:28.380><c> to</c><00:41:28.440><c> try</c><00:41:28.559><c> to</c><00:41:28.659><c> keep</c><00:41:28.860><c> in</c><00:41:29.019><c> touch.</c>

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:35.000
You<00:41:29.559><c> don't</c><00:41:29.840><c> know,</c><00:41:30.599><c> but</c><00:41:31.900><c> do</c><00:41:32.360><c> you</c><00:41:32.519><c> let</c><00:41:33.800><c> ridicule</c><00:41:34.320><c> get</c><00:41:34.539><c> you</c><00:41:34.760><c> down?</c>

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:37.699
I<00:41:35.579><c> never</c><00:41:35.820><c> heard</c><00:41:36.000><c> of</c><00:41:36.099><c> you</c><00:41:36.280><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:41.079
What<00:41:39.760><c> do</c><00:41:39.900><c> you</c><00:41:40.079><c> feeble</c><00:41:40.420><c> Jews</c><00:41:40.659><c> think</c><00:41:40.900><c> you</c><00:41:41.000><c> are?</c>

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.940
Do<00:41:41.260><c> you</c><00:41:41.300><c> want</c><00:41:41.400><c> to</c><00:41:41.460><c> hear</c><00:41:41.579><c> a</c><00:41:41.760><c> joke?</c>

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:45.059
Oh,<00:41:42.280><c> this</c><00:41:42.480><c> is</c><00:41:42.739><c> a</c><00:41:42.980><c> really</c><00:41:43.280><c> good</c><00:41:43.519><c> joke.</c>

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:48.300
Nehemiah<00:41:46.079><c> chapter</c><00:41:46.340><c> four,</c><00:41:46.900><c> verse</c><00:41:46.980><c> two.</c>

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:52.500
And<00:41:48.579><c> this</c><00:41:50.260><c> is</c><00:41:51.239><c> Tobiah.</c>

00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:55.320
And<00:41:52.719><c> he</c><00:41:52.880><c> spake</c><00:41:53.099><c> before</c><00:41:53.400><c> his</c><00:41:53.619><c> brethren</c><00:41:54.000><c> in</c><00:41:54.400><c> the</c><00:41:54.539><c> army</c><00:41:54.719><c> of</c><00:41:54.840><c> Samaria</c><00:41:55.139><c> and</c><00:41:55.219><c> said,</c>

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:57.539
What<00:41:55.679><c> do</c><00:41:55.860><c> these</c><00:41:56.199><c> feeble</c><00:41:56.559><c> Jews?</c>

00:41:58.480 --> 00:42:00.340
Will<00:41:58.840><c> they</c><00:41:59.400><c> fortify</c><00:41:59.940><c> themselves?</c>

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:01.739
Will<00:42:00.519><c> they</c><00:42:00.679><c> sacrifice?</c>

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:03.679
Will<00:42:01.980><c> they</c><00:42:02.239><c> complete</c><00:42:02.639><c> in</c><00:42:03.460><c> a</c><00:42:03.559><c> day?</c>

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:05.519
Will<00:42:03.840><c> they</c><00:42:04.079><c> revive</c><00:42:04.380><c> the</c><00:42:04.639><c> stones?</c>

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:08.679
It's<00:42:08.019><c> Tobiah's</c><00:42:08.519><c> talk.</c>

00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:09.340
It's<00:42:08.880><c> so</c><00:42:09.159><c> funny.</c>

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:11.039
It's<00:42:09.599><c> a</c><00:42:09.739><c> really</c><00:42:09.960><c> good</c><00:42:10.179><c> joke.</c>

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:14.760
Do<00:42:13.699><c> you</c><00:42:14.179><c> see</c><00:42:14.420><c> it?</c>

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:16.460
It's<00:42:15.099><c> from</c><00:42:15.300><c> Fox</c><00:42:15.539><c> Drop.</c>

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:19.099
Thank<00:42:17.639><c> you</c><00:42:17.820><c> very</c><00:42:18.099><c> much.</c>

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:21.659
Where<00:42:20.280><c> are</c><00:42:20.480><c> you?</c>

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:23.300
Thank<00:42:22.460><c> you.</c>

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:26.280
It<00:42:23.739><c> helps</c><00:42:23.980><c> if</c><00:42:24.119><c> you're</c><00:42:24.300><c> on</c><00:42:24.380><c> the</c><00:42:24.460><c> right</c><00:42:24.679><c> page.</c>

00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:29.960
Senior<00:42:28.639><c> moments</c><00:42:28.940><c> again.</c>

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:32.599
Okay,<00:42:31.639><c> listen</c><00:42:32.079><c> to</c><00:42:32.219><c> this</c><00:42:32.340><c> joke.</c>

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:33.920
This<00:42:32.840><c> is</c><00:42:33.420><c> really</c><00:42:33.739><c> funny.</c>

00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:36.320
Tobiah<00:42:34.559><c> the</c><00:42:34.760><c> Ammonite</c><00:42:35.139><c> was</c><00:42:35.400><c> by</c><00:42:35.659><c> him</c><00:42:35.840><c> and</c><00:42:35.940><c> he</c><00:42:36.079><c> said,</c>

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:39.079
Even<00:42:36.960><c> that</c><00:42:37.199><c> which</c><00:42:37.340><c> they</c><00:42:37.639><c> build,</c><00:42:37.920><c> if</c><00:42:38.079><c> a</c><00:42:38.300><c> fox</c><00:42:38.460><c> go</c><00:42:38.699><c> up</c><00:42:38.880><c> on</c><00:42:39.000><c> it,</c>

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:41.300
he<00:42:39.219><c> shall</c><00:42:39.400><c> break</c><00:42:39.780><c> down</c><00:42:40.039><c> their</c><00:42:40.300><c> stone</c><00:42:40.519><c> wall.</c>

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:43.400
A<00:42:41.679><c> little</c><00:42:41.880><c> fox</c><00:42:42.119><c> is</c><00:42:42.300><c> going</c><00:42:42.380><c> to</c><00:42:42.519><c> just</c><00:42:42.719><c> knock</c><00:42:42.900><c> all</c><00:42:43.119><c> those</c><00:42:43.300><c> over.</c>

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.960
Isn't<00:42:43.599><c> that</c><00:42:43.820><c> funny?</c>

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:45.400
Ha,<00:42:44.320><c> ha,</c><00:42:44.460><c> ha,</c><00:42:44.599><c> ha.</c>

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:51.420
I<00:42:46.639><c> mean,</c><00:42:47.079><c> this</c><00:42:47.239><c> wall</c><00:42:47.460><c> was</c><00:42:47.699><c> so</c><00:42:48.219><c> big</c><00:42:49.079><c> that</c><00:42:49.960><c> they</c><00:42:50.500><c> marched</c><00:42:50.780><c> on</c><00:42:51.059><c> the</c><00:42:51.199><c> wall.</c>

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:55.360
And<00:42:51.659><c> yet</c><00:42:51.820><c> he's</c><00:42:52.860><c> belittling</c><00:42:53.460><c> what</c><00:42:53.860><c> they're</c><00:42:54.139><c> trying</c><00:42:54.360><c> to</c><00:42:54.599><c> do.</c>

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:56.800
Who<00:42:55.659><c> do</c><00:42:55.860><c> you,</c><00:42:56.199><c> Christen</c><00:42:56.400><c> Delvin,</c><00:42:56.719><c> think?</c>

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:58.380
Are<00:42:56.960><c> you</c><00:42:57.059><c> trying</c><00:42:57.260><c> to</c><00:42:57.400><c> convert</c><00:42:57.659><c> the</c><00:42:57.880><c> whole</c><00:42:58.099><c> world?</c>

00:42:58.539 --> 00:42:59.679
I<00:42:58.679><c> mean,</c><00:42:58.739><c> you've</c><00:42:58.920><c> got</c><00:42:59.059><c> such</c><00:42:59.199><c> funny</c><00:42:59.460><c> ideas.</c>

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:01.599
Nobody's<00:43:00.139><c> ever</c><00:43:00.320><c> heard</c><00:43:00.559><c> of</c><00:43:00.760><c> you.</c>

00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:04.659
Do<00:43:02.159><c> you</c><00:43:02.340><c> let</c><00:43:02.699><c> ridicule</c><00:43:03.219><c> get</c><00:43:03.460><c> you</c><00:43:03.679><c> down?</c>

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:06.920
If<00:43:05.320><c> you</c><00:43:05.500><c> do,</c><00:43:05.679><c> you</c><00:43:05.820><c> will</c><00:43:06.019><c> never</c><00:43:06.179><c> do</c><00:43:06.420><c> anything.</c>

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:10.380
Because<00:43:07.780><c> you're</c><00:43:08.139><c> going</c><00:43:08.260><c> to</c><00:43:08.380><c> be</c><00:43:08.579><c> ridiculed</c><00:43:09.500><c> if</c><00:43:09.820><c> you</c><00:43:10.000><c> stand</c><00:43:10.239><c> up</c>

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:10.940
for<00:43:10.539><c> the</c><00:43:10.699><c> Lord.</c>

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:14.159
We<00:43:11.340><c> are</c><00:43:11.699><c> always</c><00:43:12.159><c> going</c><00:43:12.400><c> to</c><00:43:12.579><c> be</c><00:43:12.760><c> in</c><00:43:12.900><c> the</c><00:43:13.079><c> minority</c><00:43:13.519><c> until</c><00:43:13.880><c> the</c>

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:15.519
kingdom<00:43:14.460><c> comes.</c>

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:19.000
But<00:43:15.820><c> the</c><00:43:16.000><c> minority,</c><00:43:17.260><c> the</c><00:43:17.340><c> majority</c><00:43:17.659><c> is</c><00:43:17.960><c> almost</c><00:43:18.239><c> always</c><00:43:18.760><c> in</c>

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:20.159
the<00:43:19.199><c> wrong.</c>

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:24.659
And<00:43:21.679><c> people</c><00:43:22.039><c> are</c><00:43:22.380><c> afraid</c><00:43:22.639><c> to</c><00:43:22.840><c> even,</c><00:43:23.800><c> she</c><00:43:24.119><c> said</c><00:43:24.280><c> last</c><00:43:24.559><c> night,</c>

00:43:24.699 --> 00:43:26.679
she<00:43:24.880><c> said,</c><00:43:24.880><c> I</c><00:43:24.980><c> heard</c><00:43:25.159><c> that</c><00:43:25.340><c> you</c><00:43:25.500><c> are</c><00:43:25.760><c> a</c><00:43:25.940><c> cult.</c>

00:43:27.179 --> 00:43:28.159
I<00:43:27.340><c> don't</c><00:43:27.460><c> know</c><00:43:27.480><c> how</c><00:43:27.659><c> she</c><00:43:27.860><c> heard</c><00:43:27.980><c> that.</c>

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:29.619
First<00:43:28.559><c> she</c><00:43:28.719><c> said</c><00:43:28.820><c> she</c><00:43:28.940><c> never</c><00:43:29.159><c> heard</c><00:43:29.340><c> of</c><00:43:29.480><c> us,</c>

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:31.340
and<00:43:29.760><c> then</c><00:43:29.840><c> she</c><00:43:30.000><c> heard</c><00:43:30.119><c> that</c><00:43:30.260><c> we</c><00:43:30.360><c> are</c><00:43:30.519><c> a</c><00:43:30.579><c> cult.</c>

00:43:33.699 --> 00:43:35.539
So<00:43:34.059><c> somebody</c><00:43:34.420><c> said</c><00:43:34.699><c> something</c><00:43:34.980><c> to</c><00:43:35.139><c> her</c><00:43:35.300><c> about</c><00:43:35.440><c> us,</c>

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:36.840
but<00:43:35.679><c> it</c><00:43:35.699><c> wasn't</c><00:43:35.960><c> very</c><00:43:36.300><c> friendly,</c><00:43:36.519><c> you</c><00:43:36.739><c> see.</c>

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.880
But<00:43:37.280><c> she</c><00:43:37.400><c> didn't</c><00:43:37.639><c> listen.</c>

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:40.760
She<00:43:38.079><c> came</c><00:43:38.360><c> last</c><00:43:38.639><c> night</c><00:43:38.800><c> and</c><00:43:39.420><c> she</c><00:43:39.619><c> enjoyed</c><00:43:40.000><c> Richard's</c><00:43:40.579><c> talk.</c>

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:42.199
And<00:43:41.019><c> so</c><00:43:41.280><c> we're</c><00:43:41.840><c> pleased.</c>

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:43.340
You<00:43:42.780><c> never</c><00:43:43.099><c> know.</c>

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:44.920
We<00:43:43.559><c> plant</c><00:43:43.820><c> seeds.</c>

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:46.719
And<00:43:45.179><c> so</c><00:43:45.360><c> I</c><00:43:45.420><c> think</c><00:43:45.619><c> my</c><00:43:45.840><c> time</c><00:43:45.980><c> has</c><00:43:46.219><c> gone</c><00:43:46.480><c> now.</c>

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:49.460
And<00:43:46.940><c> so</c><00:43:47.800><c> we're</c><00:43:48.199><c> going</c><00:43:48.320><c> to</c><00:43:48.440><c> be</c><00:43:48.599><c> looking</c><00:43:48.739><c> at</c><00:43:48.940><c> the</c><00:43:49.119><c> reasons</c>

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:52.679
why<00:43:50.260><c> we</c><00:43:51.500><c> are</c><00:43:51.619><c> discouraged</c><00:43:51.960><c> from</c><00:43:52.179><c> doing</c><00:43:52.320><c> the</c><00:43:52.519><c> work.</c>

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:54.980
Reason<00:43:53.059><c> number</c><00:43:53.360><c> one</c><00:43:53.539><c> is</c><00:43:53.780><c> that</c><00:43:53.920><c> people</c><00:43:54.119><c> will</c><00:43:54.360><c> ridicule</c><00:43:54.820><c> us.</c>

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:57.360
And<00:43:55.519><c> the</c><00:43:55.619><c> answer</c><00:43:55.840><c> is</c><00:43:56.059><c> don't</c><00:43:56.280><c> let</c><00:43:56.420><c> it</c><00:43:56.679><c> happen</c><00:43:56.880><c> to</c><00:43:57.119><c> you.</c>

00:43:57.760 --> 00:43:59.400
Be<00:43:58.039><c> bigger</c><00:43:58.300><c> than</c><00:43:58.539><c> the</c><00:43:58.980><c> criticism.</c>

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:02.599
Remember<00:44:00.099><c> that</c><00:44:00.300><c> if</c><00:44:00.500><c> God</c><00:44:00.739><c> be</c><00:44:00.980><c> for</c><00:44:01.079><c> you,</c><00:44:01.699><c> nothing</c><00:44:01.880><c> can</c><00:44:02.139><c> be</c><00:44:02.260><c> against</c><00:44:02.400><c> you.</c>

00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:04.079
Remember<00:44:03.119><c> to</c><00:44:03.500><c> look</c><00:44:03.679><c> up.</c>

00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:05.500
Don't<00:44:04.840><c> look</c><00:44:05.059><c> down.</c>

00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:08.019
Because<00:44:05.880><c> if</c><00:44:06.019><c> you</c><00:44:06.139><c> look</c><00:44:06.400><c> down,</c><00:44:07.260><c> you'll</c><00:44:07.320><c> only</c><00:44:07.480><c> see</c><00:44:07.639><c> the</c><00:44:07.820><c> rubbish.</c>

00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:10.579
But<00:44:08.320><c> if</c><00:44:08.420><c> you</c><00:44:08.460><c> look</c><00:44:08.639><c> up,</c><00:44:09.659><c> you'll</c><00:44:09.840><c> see</c><00:44:09.980><c> the</c><00:44:10.159><c> sky.</c>

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:12.239
You'll<00:44:11.199><c> see</c><00:44:11.199><c> the</c><00:44:11.460><c> Lord.</c>