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we<00:26:49.019><c> need</c><00:26:49.559><c> to</c><00:26:50.259><c> appreciate</c>

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our<00:26:55.799><c> basic</c><00:26:56.200><c> belief.</c><00:26:57.960><c> And</c><00:26:58.140><c> so</c><00:26:58.240><c> very</c><00:26:58.500><c> simple</c><00:26:58.819><c> words</c>

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here,<00:27:10.279><c> just</c><00:27:10.720><c> it</c><00:27:10.920><c> seems</c><00:27:11.140><c> in</c><00:27:11.440><c> passing,</c>

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expression,<00:27:17.099><c> the</c><00:27:17.240><c> outpouring</c><00:27:17.920><c> of</c><00:27:19.059><c> his</c><00:27:19.740><c> heart</c>

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God,<00:27:30.259><c> we</c><00:27:30.759><c> are</c><00:27:31.099><c> not</c><00:27:31.359><c> giving</c><00:27:31.680><c> to</c><00:27:31.980><c> God</c><00:27:32.740><c> new</c><00:27:33.180><c> information.</c><00:27:35.680><c> There's</c><00:27:35.859><c> nothing</c><00:27:36.240><c> that</c>

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we<00:27:36.819><c> articulate</c><00:27:37.480><c> in</c><00:27:37.779><c> our</c><00:27:38.119><c> thoughts</c>

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or<00:27:38.700><c> words</c><00:27:39.480><c> that</c><00:27:40.220><c> is</c><00:27:40.799><c> new</c><00:27:41.119><c> to</c><00:27:41.319><c> the</c><00:27:41.500><c> hearing</c><00:27:41.660><c> of</c><00:27:41.859><c> God.</c><00:27:42.079><c> He</c><00:27:42.099><c> knows</c>

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our<00:27:42.519><c> words</c><00:27:42.720><c> before</c><00:27:43.039><c> we</c><00:27:43.220><c> ever</c><00:27:43.480><c> express</c><00:27:43.859><c> them.</c><00:27:45.740><c> The</c>

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verbal<00:27:50.220><c> or</c><00:27:51.019><c> whether</c><00:27:51.380><c> they're</c><00:27:51.720><c> silent,</c><00:27:53.980><c> is</c><00:27:54.180><c> the</c><00:27:54.539><c> framing</c>

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way<00:28:08.960><c> that</c><00:28:09.200><c> gives</c><00:28:09.519><c> a</c><00:28:09.920><c> particular</c><00:28:11.019><c> expression</c><00:28:12.019><c> of</c><00:28:13.019><c> what</c>

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the<00:28:46.640><c> prayer</c><00:28:47.099><c> comes</c><00:28:47.940><c> from</c><00:28:48.200><c> us,</c>

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in<00:28:49.339><c> that</c><00:28:49.680><c> process</c><00:28:50.480><c> our</c><00:28:51.480><c> Heavenly</c><00:28:51.920><c> Father</c><00:28:52.619><c> is</c><00:28:53.099><c> glorified.</c><00:28:55.400><c> He</c>

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there<00:28:59.660><c> is</c><00:28:59.880><c> a</c><00:29:00.000><c> sense</c><00:29:00.400><c> of</c><00:29:01.039><c> understanding</c><00:29:01.700><c> and</c><00:29:02.140><c> appreciation</c><00:29:02.900><c> and</c><00:29:04.619><c> that</c><00:29:04.779><c> God's</c><00:29:05.640><c> Word</c><00:29:06.000><c> and</c><00:29:06.359><c> work</c><00:29:06.839><c> is</c>

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in<00:29:21.740><c> themselves</c><00:29:22.380><c> bringing</c><00:29:23.079><c> glory</c><00:29:23.720><c> to</c>

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be<00:29:40.119><c> understood</c><00:29:40.420><c> in</c>

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sense.<00:29:43.839><c> So</c><00:29:44.359><c> we</c><00:29:44.779><c> carry</c><00:29:45.039><c> on</c><00:29:45.299><c> then,</c><00:29:45.900><c> I</c><00:29:45.900><c> have</c><00:29:46.319><c> glorified</c><00:29:47.119><c> thee</c><00:29:47.579><c> in</c>

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work<00:30:02.279><c> which</c><00:30:02.539><c> thou</c><00:30:02.660><c> gave</c><00:30:02.900><c> us</c><00:30:03.099><c> me</c><00:30:03.279><c> to</c><00:30:03.440><c> do.</c><00:30:04.099><c> We'll</c><00:30:04.299><c> come</c><00:30:04.519><c> back</c><00:30:04.680><c> to</c>

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that<00:30:05.039><c> point</c><00:30:05.400><c> in</c><00:30:05.839><c> a</c><00:30:05.980><c> few</c><00:30:06.099><c> minutes.</c><00:30:07.559><c> But</c><00:30:07.759><c> we</c><00:30:07.839><c> only</c><00:30:08.079><c> observe</c>

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:13.819
here<00:30:08.940><c> that</c><00:30:09.640><c> the</c><00:30:09.859><c> Lord</c><00:30:10.119><c> was</c><00:30:10.480><c> confident</c><00:30:11.299><c> in</c><00:30:12.140><c> what</c><00:30:12.420><c> he</c><00:30:12.599><c> had</c><00:30:12.880><c> done.</c>

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certain<00:30:17.920><c> confidence</c><00:30:18.480><c> about</c><00:30:18.779><c> our</c><00:30:19.059><c> work.</c><00:30:20.099><c> Although</c><00:30:20.279><c> it's</c><00:30:20.619><c> always</c><00:30:21.579><c> imperfect,</c><00:30:23.799><c> it's</c>

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always<00:30:24.380><c> deficient</c><00:30:25.059><c> and</c><00:30:25.720><c> can</c>

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never<00:30:26.359><c> reach</c><00:30:26.619><c> the</c><00:30:26.859><c> standard</c><00:30:27.140><c> that</c><00:30:27.359><c> the</c><00:30:27.500><c> Lord</c><00:30:27.680><c> has,</c><00:30:30.559><c> what</c><00:30:30.779><c> we</c>

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do<00:30:31.319><c> should</c><00:30:31.559><c> reflect</c><00:30:32.220><c> our</c><00:30:32.819><c> best</c><00:30:33.359><c> effort.</c><00:30:34.980><c> And</c><00:30:35.380><c> that's</c>

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all<00:30:36.000><c> that</c><00:30:36.000><c> God</c><00:30:36.279><c> requires.</c><00:30:37.660><c> And</c><00:30:37.680><c> when</c><00:30:37.859><c> we</c><00:30:38.000><c> have</c><00:30:38.200><c> put</c><00:30:38.319><c> our</c><00:30:38.579><c> best</c>

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effort<00:30:39.240><c> in,</c><00:30:40.299><c> then</c><00:30:40.440><c> of</c><00:30:40.619><c> course</c><00:30:41.640><c> our</c><00:30:42.099><c> Heavenly</c><00:30:42.500><c> Father</c>

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will<00:30:42.980><c> be</c><00:30:43.559><c> satisfied</c><00:30:44.359><c> with</c><00:30:44.839><c> what</c><00:30:45.000><c> we</c><00:30:45.180><c> have</c><00:30:45.359><c> done.</c><00:30:47.039><c> And</c><00:30:47.279><c> I</c><00:30:47.440><c> think</c>

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as<00:30:48.299><c> we</c><00:30:48.400><c> go</c><00:30:48.599><c> through</c><00:30:48.819><c> our</c><00:30:49.039><c> lives</c><00:30:49.259><c> we</c><00:30:49.400><c> should</c><00:30:49.680><c> have</c><00:30:49.940><c> a</c>

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certain<00:30:50.640><c> satisfaction</c><00:30:51.640><c> about</c><00:30:52.480><c> what</c><00:30:52.680><c> we</c><00:30:52.880><c> are</c><00:30:53.000><c> doing.</c><00:30:54.240><c> Although</c><00:30:54.440><c> it's</c><00:30:54.680><c> imperfect</c><00:30:55.119><c> and</c><00:30:55.319><c> we</c>

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need<00:30:55.680><c> to</c><00:30:56.019><c> strive</c><00:30:56.420><c> even</c>

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harder<00:30:57.480><c> each</c><00:30:57.819><c> day</c><00:30:58.000><c> to</c><00:30:58.180><c> improve,</c><00:30:59.259><c> we</c><00:30:59.559><c> need</c><00:30:59.940><c> to</c><00:31:00.140><c> see</c><00:31:00.440><c> that</c><00:31:00.599><c> there</c>

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is<00:31:01.420><c> progress</c><00:31:01.859><c> in</c><00:31:02.059><c> our</c><00:31:02.259><c> lives,</c><00:31:03.119><c> that</c><00:31:03.259><c> we</c><00:31:03.400><c> are</c><00:31:03.599><c> involved</c>

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in<00:31:04.180><c> the</c><00:31:04.200><c> right</c><00:31:04.480><c> thing,</c><00:31:05.460><c> that</c><00:31:05.579><c> we</c><00:31:05.700><c> are</c><00:31:06.059><c> expending</c><00:31:06.559><c> our</c><00:31:06.859><c> efforts</c>

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and<00:31:07.380><c> energies</c><00:31:07.859><c> in</c><00:31:08.279><c> the</c><00:31:08.359><c> right</c><00:31:08.599><c> direction.</c><00:31:10.200><c> That</c>

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should<00:31:10.680><c> bring</c><00:31:10.880><c> us</c><00:31:11.119><c> some</c><00:31:11.400><c> satisfaction.</c><00:31:13.460><c> It's</c><00:31:13.839><c> the</c><00:31:14.380><c> seed,</c><00:31:14.980><c> the</c>

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seed<00:31:15.759><c> of</c><00:31:16.640><c> the</c><00:31:17.059><c> joy</c><00:31:17.319><c> and</c><00:31:17.559><c> rejoicing</c><00:31:18.259><c> that</c><00:31:18.619><c> we</c><00:31:18.819><c> considered</c>

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earlier<00:31:19.500><c> this</c><00:31:19.819><c> week</c><00:31:20.119><c> in</c><00:31:20.720><c> one</c><00:31:20.880><c> of</c><00:31:20.980><c> Brother</c><00:31:21.140><c> Rogers'</c><00:31:21.539><c> talks.</c><00:31:22.579><c> We</c>

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rejoice<00:31:23.460><c> in</c><00:31:23.680><c> that</c><00:31:23.799><c> we</c><00:31:23.980><c> are</c><00:31:24.140><c> involved</c><00:31:24.740><c> in</c><00:31:25.059><c> the</c><00:31:25.259><c> Lord's</c>

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work.<00:31:26.990><c> We</c><00:31:27.150><c> rejoice</c><00:31:27.829><c> that</c><00:31:27.970><c> we</c><00:31:28.069><c> are</c><00:31:28.250><c> part</c><00:31:28.849><c> of</c><00:31:29.289><c> God's</c><00:31:29.970><c> purpose,</c>

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which<00:31:32.569><c> includes,</c><00:31:33.029><c> of</c><00:31:33.210><c> course,</c><00:31:34.210><c> the</c><00:31:34.289><c> great</c>

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redemption<00:31:35.410><c> in</c><00:31:36.029><c> the</c><00:31:36.150><c> work</c><00:31:36.289><c> of</c><00:31:36.490><c> Christ</c><00:31:37.009><c> and</c><00:31:37.390><c> of</c><00:31:37.569><c> which</c><00:31:37.930><c> we</c><00:31:38.289><c> pray</c>

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to<00:31:38.769><c> be</c><00:31:39.430><c> the</c><00:31:39.789><c> beneficiaries.</c><00:31:42.890><c> But</c><00:31:43.150><c> I</c><00:31:43.250><c> think</c><00:31:43.829><c> it's</c>

00:31:44.509 --> 00:31:48.210
helpful<00:31:45.029><c> to</c><00:31:45.549><c> try</c><00:31:45.789><c> and</c><00:31:45.990><c> take</c><00:31:46.269><c> satisfaction</c><00:31:46.910><c> from</c><00:31:47.289><c> our</c><00:31:47.509><c> efforts,</c><00:31:47.910><c> however</c>

00:31:48.210 --> 00:31:49.890
meagre,<00:31:48.750><c> to</c><00:31:48.869><c> realize</c><00:31:49.309><c> that</c><00:31:49.470><c> we</c><00:31:49.609><c> have</c>

00:31:49.890 --> 00:31:57.589
tried<00:31:50.289><c> today</c><00:31:51.029><c> to</c><00:31:51.549><c> do</c><00:31:51.750><c> what</c><00:31:51.930><c> is</c><00:31:52.109><c> right</c><00:31:52.650><c> and</c><00:31:52.990><c> we</c><00:31:53.029><c> will</c><00:31:53.250><c> try</c><00:31:53.509><c> harder</c><00:31:53.849><c> tomorrow,</c><00:31:54.930><c> if</c><00:31:55.009><c> God</c><00:31:55.250><c> permit,</c><00:31:57.130><c> but</c><00:31:57.289><c> we</c>

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are<00:31:58.109><c> satisfied</c>

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that<00:31:59.069><c> we</c><00:31:59.210><c> have</c><00:31:59.430><c> done</c><00:31:59.849><c> the</c><00:32:00.210><c> right</c><00:32:00.470><c> things</c><00:32:00.869><c> today</c><00:32:01.450><c> and</c><00:32:01.769><c> pray</c><00:32:02.069><c> for</c>

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forgiveness<00:32:02.690><c> where</c><00:32:02.990><c> we</c><00:32:03.269><c> failed.</c><00:32:05.289><c> And</c><00:32:05.309><c> now,</c><00:32:06.109><c> O</c><00:32:06.109><c> Father,</c>

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glorify<00:32:07.329><c> thou</c><00:32:07.609><c> me</c><00:32:07.950><c> with</c><00:32:08.650><c> thine</c><00:32:08.970><c> own</c><00:32:09.430><c> self,</c><00:32:10.269><c> with</c><00:32:10.529><c> the</c><00:32:10.730><c> glory</c><00:32:11.150><c> which</c><00:32:11.690><c> I</c>

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had<00:32:12.109><c> with</c><00:32:12.430><c> thee</c><00:32:12.869><c> before</c><00:32:13.289><c> the</c><00:32:13.470><c> world</c><00:32:13.789><c> was.</c>

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The<00:32:16.210><c> Lord</c><00:32:16.549><c> here</c><00:32:16.910><c> in</c><00:32:17.250><c> speaking</c><00:32:17.650><c> in</c><00:32:17.849><c> words</c><00:32:18.049><c> like</c><00:32:18.390><c> this</c><00:32:18.930><c> is</c><00:32:19.869><c> incorporating</c><00:32:20.630><c> himself</c><00:32:21.490><c> in</c><00:32:22.130><c> the</c><00:32:22.450><c> great</c><00:32:22.750><c> plan</c><00:32:23.309><c> of</c><00:32:23.690><c> God,</c>

00:32:24.670 --> 00:32:29.069
which<00:32:24.690><c> was</c><00:32:24.950><c> from</c><00:32:25.210><c> the</c><00:32:25.410><c> beginning.</c><00:32:27.049><c> Jesus</c><00:32:27.230><c> wasn't</c><00:32:27.990><c> at</c><00:32:28.410><c> the</c><00:32:28.609><c> beginning</c><00:32:28.789><c> of</c>

00:32:29.069 --> 00:32:31.410
creation<00:32:29.529><c> as</c><00:32:30.069><c> a</c><00:32:30.250><c> person,</c><00:32:30.650><c> as</c><00:32:30.849><c> a</c><00:32:31.049><c> man.</c><00:32:31.269><c> We</c>

00:32:31.410 --> 00:32:35.089
know<00:32:31.650><c> that.</c><00:32:32.630><c> That's</c><00:32:32.910><c> the</c><00:32:33.009><c> whole</c><00:32:33.490><c> issue</c><00:32:33.950><c> of</c><00:32:34.250><c> predestination</c>

00:32:35.089 --> 00:32:38.369
and<00:32:36.309><c> some</c><00:32:36.569><c> aspects</c><00:32:37.009><c> of</c><00:32:37.210><c> the</c><00:32:37.349><c> Trinitarian</c><00:32:37.849><c> doctrine,</c>

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which<00:32:39.289><c> we</c><00:32:39.470><c> know</c><00:32:39.670><c> to</c><00:32:39.849><c> be</c><00:32:40.029><c> untrue</c><00:32:40.450><c> and</c><00:32:40.609><c> unscriptural.</c><00:32:42.210><c> But</c><00:32:42.349><c> he</c>

00:32:42.490 --> 00:32:45.170
was<00:32:42.750><c> there</c><00:32:43.210><c> in</c><00:32:43.410><c> the</c><00:32:43.650><c> mind</c><00:32:44.089><c> and</c><00:32:44.349><c> in</c><00:32:44.470><c> the</c><00:32:44.630><c> purpose</c><00:32:44.890><c> of</c>

00:32:45.170 --> 00:32:53.650
God.<00:32:46.289><c> And</c><00:32:46.369><c> in</c><00:32:46.589><c> the</c><00:32:46.730><c> fullness</c><00:32:46.910><c> of</c><00:32:47.230><c> time,</c><00:32:48.890><c> Jesus</c><00:32:49.109><c> came,</c><00:32:51.849><c> born</c><00:32:51.970><c> unto</c><00:32:52.230><c> the</c><00:32:52.450><c> law,</c><00:32:53.250><c> made</c><00:32:53.490><c> of</c>

00:32:53.650 --> 00:32:55.029
a<00:32:53.809><c> woman,</c><00:32:54.150><c> and</c><00:32:54.269><c> he</c><00:32:54.450><c> took</c><00:32:54.630><c> his</c>

00:32:55.029 --> 00:33:01.430
place<00:32:55.630><c> in</c><00:32:56.230><c> that</c><00:32:56.829><c> stream</c><00:32:57.210><c> of</c><00:32:57.390><c> God's</c><00:32:57.910><c> purpose.</c><00:32:59.029><c> And</c><00:32:59.210><c> he</c><00:32:59.410><c> fulfilled</c><00:33:00.049><c> his</c><00:33:00.710><c> role</c><00:33:01.089><c> at</c>

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that<00:33:01.710><c> time,</c><00:33:02.670><c> that</c><00:33:02.950><c> defined</c>

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role.<00:33:04.049><c> I</c><00:33:04.049><c> have</c><00:33:04.369><c> finished</c><00:33:05.029><c> my</c><00:33:06.410><c> work.</c><00:33:07.529><c> I</c><00:33:07.690><c> have</c><00:33:07.970><c> finished</c><00:33:08.309><c> the</c><00:33:08.609><c> work</c><00:33:08.809><c> which</c><00:33:09.049><c> thou</c><00:33:09.170><c> gave</c><00:33:09.410><c> us</c>

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me<00:33:09.750><c> to</c><00:33:09.950><c> do.</c><00:33:11.509><c> He</c><00:33:11.769><c> had</c>

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continues<00:33:20.630><c> in</c><00:33:20.809><c> a</c><00:33:20.950><c> different</c><00:33:21.170><c> role.</c><00:33:23.150><c> And</c><00:33:23.309><c> that's</c><00:33:23.450><c> what</c><00:33:23.589><c> we</c><00:33:23.849><c> do.</c>

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that<00:33:34.529><c> purpose</c><00:33:35.170><c> for</c><00:33:37.049><c> a</c><00:33:37.470><c> tiny</c><00:33:37.869><c> fraction</c><00:33:38.289><c> of</c><00:33:38.609><c> time.</c>

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have<00:33:43.509><c> the</c><00:33:43.710><c> opportunity</c><00:33:44.309><c> to</c><00:33:45.170><c> live</c><00:33:45.849><c> under</c><00:33:46.549><c> God's</c>

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direction<00:33:47.609><c> and</c><00:33:47.890><c> to</c><00:33:48.109><c> reflect</c><00:33:48.750><c> what</c><00:33:49.309><c> God</c><00:33:49.609><c> wishes</c><00:33:49.910><c> us</c><00:33:50.210><c> to</c><00:33:50.390><c> do.</c><00:33:50.589><c> We</c>

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join<00:33:51.269><c> the</c><00:33:51.490><c> purpose</c><00:33:52.109><c> and</c><00:33:53.069><c> there</c><00:33:53.250><c> will</c><00:33:53.490><c> come</c><00:33:53.670><c> a</c><00:33:53.910><c> point</c>

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where<00:33:54.490><c> our</c><00:33:55.049><c> mortal</c><00:33:55.569><c> earthly</c><00:33:56.089><c> lives</c><00:33:56.470><c> are</c><00:33:56.730><c> ended,</c><00:33:59.230><c> just</c><00:33:59.470><c> as</c><00:33:59.910><c> the</c>

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and<00:34:05.829><c> blessing</c><00:34:06.329><c> to</c><00:34:07.170><c> raise</c><00:34:07.390><c> us</c><00:34:07.589><c> from</c><00:34:07.769><c> the</c><00:34:07.950><c> dead,</c><00:34:09.610><c> where</c><00:34:09.690><c> we</c><00:34:09.889><c> may</c>

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rejoin<00:34:11.150><c> that</c><00:34:11.429><c> purpose</c><00:34:11.809><c> and</c><00:34:12.070><c> carry</c><00:34:12.349><c> on</c>

00:34:13.250 --> 00:34:20.550
our<00:34:13.710><c> efforts</c><00:34:14.070><c> to</c><00:34:14.730><c> glorify</c><00:34:15.690><c> the</c><00:34:15.889><c> name</c><00:34:16.929><c> of</c><00:34:17.449><c> Almighty</c><00:34:17.710><c> God.</c><00:34:20.010><c> It's</c>

00:34:20.550 --> 00:34:23.090
an<00:34:20.730><c> interesting</c><00:34:21.010><c> way</c><00:34:21.269><c> to</c><00:34:21.590><c> think</c><00:34:21.909><c> about</c><00:34:22.630><c> the</c><00:34:22.949><c> work</c>

00:34:23.090 --> 00:34:29.590
of<00:34:23.630><c> God</c><00:34:23.650><c> as</c><00:34:24.289><c> a</c><00:34:24.610><c> continuing</c><00:34:25.010><c> purpose.</c><00:34:26.250><c> And</c><00:34:26.369><c> we</c><00:34:26.610><c> join</c><00:34:26.869><c> it</c><00:34:27.550><c> and</c><00:34:27.929><c> incorporate</c><00:34:28.409><c> ourselves</c><00:34:29.030><c> for</c><00:34:29.389><c> a</c>

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time<00:34:30.010><c> in</c><00:34:30.789><c> the</c><00:34:30.949><c> work</c>

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God<00:34:31.289><c> gives</c><00:34:31.530><c> us</c><00:34:31.769><c> to</c><00:34:31.989><c> do.</c><00:34:33.650><c> And</c><00:34:33.849><c> that</c><00:34:33.989><c> I</c><00:34:34.130><c> believe</c><00:34:34.289><c> is</c><00:34:34.469><c> what</c><00:34:34.989><c> the</c><00:34:35.230><c> Lord</c><00:34:35.369><c> is</c>

00:34:35.650 --> 00:34:38.889
speaking<00:34:35.829><c> about</c><00:34:36.190><c> here.</c><00:34:38.150><c> So</c><00:34:38.309><c> in</c><00:34:38.449><c> this</c><00:34:38.650><c> early</c>

00:34:38.889 --> 00:34:46.510
section,<00:34:40.050><c> the</c><00:34:40.230><c> first</c><00:34:40.429><c> five</c><00:34:40.710><c> verses,</c><00:34:41.190><c> Jesus</c><00:34:41.590><c> speaks</c><00:34:41.989><c> about</c><00:34:42.409><c> his</c><00:34:43.530><c> specific</c><00:34:44.070><c> feelings</c><00:34:44.769><c> to</c>

00:34:46.510 --> 00:34:47.969
his<00:34:47.030><c> father.</c>

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And<00:34:48.610><c> now</c><00:34:48.809><c> in</c><00:34:48.969><c> the</c><00:34:49.010><c> next</c><00:34:49.309><c> section,</c><00:34:50.090><c> verses</c><00:34:50.230><c> six</c><00:34:50.789><c> through</c><00:34:51.170><c> twenty,</c><00:34:51.750><c> six</c>

00:34:52.130 --> 00:34:53.469
through<00:34:52.369><c> nineteen,</c>

00:34:54.090 --> 00:35:00.150
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00:35:00.150 --> 00:35:01.989
to<00:35:00.329><c> note</c><00:35:00.449><c> now</c><00:35:00.710><c> some</c><00:35:00.909><c> of</c><00:35:01.070><c> the</c><00:35:01.210><c> specific</c><00:35:01.590><c> things</c>

00:35:01.989 --> 00:35:09.289
that<00:35:02.230><c> he</c><00:35:02.389><c> mentions.</c><00:35:03.449><c> Verse</c><00:35:03.630><c> six,</c><00:35:04.610><c> I</c><00:35:04.869><c> have</c><00:35:05.269><c> manifested</c><00:35:06.090><c> thy</c><00:35:06.510><c> name</c><00:35:06.989><c> unto</c><00:35:07.329><c> the</c><00:35:07.610><c> men</c><00:35:07.889><c> which</c><00:35:08.269><c> thou</c><00:35:08.570><c> gavest</c><00:35:08.989><c> me</c>

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out<00:35:09.550><c> of</c><00:35:09.630><c> the</c>

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they<00:35:15.690><c> have</c><00:35:15.929><c> kept</c><00:35:16.170><c> thy</c><00:35:16.550><c> word.</c>

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There's<00:35:19.170><c> a</c><00:35:19.489><c> tremendous</c><00:35:19.969><c> number</c><00:35:20.230><c> of</c><00:35:20.489><c> thoughts</c><00:35:20.710><c> that</c><00:35:20.949><c> come</c><00:35:21.090><c> to</c>

00:35:21.269 --> 00:35:23.449
mind<00:35:21.429><c> as</c><00:35:21.590><c> we</c><00:35:21.750><c> read</c><00:35:21.909><c> a</c><00:35:22.090><c> passage</c><00:35:22.309><c> like</c><00:35:22.670><c> that.</c>

00:35:24.690 --> 00:35:28.829
Number<00:35:25.010><c> one,</c><00:35:26.889><c> Jesus</c><00:35:27.150><c> says,</c><00:35:27.469><c> I</c><00:35:27.469><c> have</c><00:35:27.670><c> manifested</c><00:35:28.250><c> thy</c><00:35:28.590><c> name</c>

00:35:28.829 --> 00:35:30.809
unto<00:35:29.030><c> the</c><00:35:29.269><c> men</c><00:35:29.570><c> which</c><00:35:29.869><c> thou</c><00:35:30.030><c> gavest</c>

00:35:31.269 --> 00:35:39.670
me<00:35:31.769><c> out</c><00:35:32.070><c> of</c><00:35:32.130><c> the</c><00:35:32.329><c> world.</c><00:35:34.230><c> I</c><00:35:34.230><c> have</c><00:35:34.469><c> manifested</c><00:35:35.329><c> thy</c><00:35:35.889><c> name.</c><00:35:36.869><c> He</c><00:35:36.869><c> says</c><00:35:37.409><c> in</c><00:35:37.789><c> verse</c><00:35:38.050><c> eight,</c><00:35:39.269><c> for</c><00:35:39.329><c> I</c>

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have<00:35:39.889><c> given</c><00:35:40.210><c> unto</c><00:35:40.550><c> them</c>

00:35:41.389 --> 00:35:47.269
thy<00:35:41.989><c> words</c><00:35:42.809><c> which</c><00:35:43.250><c> thou</c><00:35:43.429><c> gavest</c><00:35:43.889><c> me.</c><00:35:45.789><c> There's</c><00:35:45.949><c> nothing</c><00:35:46.170><c> greater</c><00:35:46.590><c> we</c><00:35:46.750><c> can</c><00:35:46.969><c> do</c>

00:35:47.269 --> 00:35:49.869
for<00:35:47.489><c> the</c><00:35:47.710><c> people</c><00:35:48.090><c> we</c><00:35:48.570><c> know</c><00:35:49.110><c> and</c><00:35:49.610><c> for</c>

00:35:49.869 --> 00:35:54.130
our<00:35:50.130><c> families</c><00:35:50.769><c> than</c><00:35:51.329><c> to</c><00:35:51.570><c> manifest</c><00:35:52.030><c> the</c><00:35:52.230><c> name</c><00:35:52.349><c> of</c><00:35:52.610><c> God</c><00:35:53.010><c> and</c><00:35:53.849><c> to</c>

00:35:54.130 --> 00:35:57.829
give<00:35:54.269><c> them</c><00:35:55.010><c> the</c><00:35:55.449><c> words</c><00:35:55.630><c> of</c><00:35:55.889><c> God.</c><00:35:57.329><c> There's</c><00:35:57.590><c> nothing</c>

00:35:57.829 --> 00:36:01.989
greater<00:35:58.070><c> we</c><00:35:58.230><c> can</c><00:35:58.449><c> do</c><00:35:58.889><c> to</c><00:35:59.349><c> try</c><00:35:59.670><c> and</c><00:35:59.909><c> be</c><00:36:00.070><c> a</c><00:36:00.309><c> reflection</c><00:36:00.949><c> of</c><00:36:01.710><c> God</c>

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in<00:36:02.130><c> our</c><00:36:02.329><c> own</c><00:36:02.590><c> lives</c><00:36:03.070><c> to</c><00:36:03.590><c> the</c><00:36:03.789><c> people</c><00:36:03.989><c> around</c><00:36:04.309><c> us</c>

00:36:04.889 --> 00:36:11.769
and<00:36:05.449><c> to</c><00:36:05.730><c> give</c><00:36:05.909><c> them</c><00:36:06.530><c> the</c><00:36:06.989><c> words</c><00:36:07.469><c> of</c><00:36:07.909><c> life.</c><00:36:10.949><c> Jesus</c><00:36:11.070><c> in</c><00:36:11.329><c> those</c>

00:36:11.769 --> 00:36:14.809
few<00:36:12.090><c> short</c><00:36:12.429><c> phrases</c><00:36:12.849><c> has</c><00:36:13.610><c> crystallized</c>

00:36:14.929 --> 00:36:19.250
his<00:36:15.289><c> relationship</c><00:36:15.989><c> with</c><00:36:16.690><c> his</c><00:36:16.889><c> disciples</c><00:36:17.469><c> and</c><00:36:18.610><c> it</c><00:36:18.750><c> gives</c><00:36:18.909><c> us</c>

00:36:19.250 --> 00:36:21.889
the<00:36:19.449><c> sense</c><00:36:19.650><c> of</c><00:36:19.929><c> purpose</c><00:36:20.150><c> which</c><00:36:20.369><c> we</c><00:36:20.750><c> have.</c><00:36:21.050><c> We</c><00:36:21.389><c> need</c><00:36:21.570><c> to</c>

00:36:21.889 --> 00:36:29.289
imitate<00:36:22.190><c> the</c><00:36:22.409><c> Lord</c><00:36:22.710><c> in</c><00:36:23.550><c> those</c><00:36:23.929><c> purposes.</c><00:36:27.889><c> He</c><00:36:28.030><c> says</c><00:36:28.510><c> at</c><00:36:28.909><c> the</c><00:36:28.969><c> end</c><00:36:29.190><c> of</c>

00:36:29.289 --> 00:36:35.329
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00:36:37.309 --> 00:36:39.909
That's<00:36:37.909><c> an</c><00:36:38.110><c> amazing</c><00:36:38.389><c> statement</c><00:36:38.710><c> isn't</c><00:36:38.949><c> it?</c><00:36:39.289><c> That</c><00:36:39.449><c> they</c><00:36:39.650><c> have</c>

00:36:39.909 --> 00:36:42.510
kept<00:36:40.070><c> thy</c><00:36:40.489><c> word.</c><00:36:41.190><c> We're</c><00:36:41.329><c> looking</c><00:36:41.530><c> at</c><00:36:41.710><c> men</c><00:36:41.969><c> who</c><00:36:42.329><c> within</c>

00:36:42.510 --> 00:36:47.530
a<00:36:42.710><c> few</c><00:36:42.849><c> hours</c><00:36:43.150><c> are</c><00:36:43.349><c> going</c><00:36:43.510><c> to</c><00:36:44.489><c> fail</c><00:36:44.949><c> and</c><00:36:46.369><c> deny</c><00:36:46.750><c> the</c><00:36:47.010><c> Lord</c><00:36:47.230><c> and</c>

00:36:47.530 --> 00:36:51.869
leave<00:36:48.409><c> his</c><00:36:49.190><c> company</c><00:36:49.690><c> in</c><00:36:50.070><c> his</c><00:36:50.329><c> great</c><00:36:50.489><c> hour</c><00:36:50.750><c> of</c><00:36:51.030><c> need.</c>

00:36:51.889 --> 00:36:56.769
They<00:36:52.510><c> have</c><00:36:52.769><c> kept</c><00:36:52.989><c> thy</c><00:36:53.369><c> word.</c><00:36:55.610><c> Imagine</c><00:36:55.650><c> that</c><00:36:55.949><c> the</c><00:36:56.269><c> spirit</c><00:36:56.469><c> of</c>

00:36:56.769 --> 00:36:59.429
generosity<00:36:57.369><c> that's</c><00:36:57.710><c> behind</c><00:36:58.130><c> that</c><00:36:58.429><c> phrase.</c>

00:36:59.650 --> 00:37:03.050
He<00:36:59.869><c> knows</c><00:37:00.389><c> that</c><00:37:00.670><c> they</c><00:37:00.829><c> have</c><00:37:01.489><c> made</c><00:37:01.809><c> their</c><00:37:02.070><c> best</c><00:37:02.369><c> efforts</c><00:37:02.670><c> to</c><00:37:02.869><c> be</c>

00:37:03.050 --> 00:37:06.750
with<00:37:03.289><c> him</c><00:37:03.670><c> to</c><00:37:03.889><c> this</c><00:37:04.150><c> point.</c><00:37:05.150><c> It</c><00:37:05.309><c> hasn't</c><00:37:05.510><c> been</c><00:37:05.750><c> perfect.</c>

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It<00:37:06.969><c> hasn't</c><00:37:07.130><c> been</c><00:37:07.489><c> complete</c><00:37:07.849><c> understanding,</c><00:37:08.969><c> but</c><00:37:09.090><c> they've</c><00:37:09.489><c> tried.</c>

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But<00:37:12.230><c> he</c><00:37:12.429><c> sees</c><00:37:12.690><c> as</c><00:37:12.969><c> well</c><00:37:13.230><c> the</c><00:37:13.449><c> tremendous</c><00:37:14.030><c> potential</c><00:37:14.809><c> in</c><00:37:15.409><c> these</c>

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men.<00:37:15.869><c> He</c><00:37:16.050><c> knows</c><00:37:16.570><c> that</c><00:37:16.789><c> in</c><00:37:16.949><c> the</c><00:37:17.110><c> course</c><00:37:17.269><c> of</c><00:37:17.550><c> time</c>

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they<00:37:18.349><c> will</c><00:37:18.969><c> seize</c><00:37:19.789><c> the</c><00:37:20.050><c> moment.</c><00:37:20.809><c> They</c><00:37:20.929><c> will</c><00:37:21.269><c> grow</c><00:37:21.590><c> in</c><00:37:21.710><c> their</c>

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understanding<00:37:22.570><c> and</c><00:37:23.110><c> apply</c><00:37:23.690><c> in</c><00:37:24.349><c> the</c><00:37:24.590><c> fullest</c><00:37:24.809><c> sense</c>

00:37:25.210 --> 00:37:32.210
the<00:37:25.469><c> words</c><00:37:25.849><c> which</c><00:37:26.289><c> he</c><00:37:26.389><c> has</c><00:37:26.610><c> given</c><00:37:26.829><c> them.</c><00:37:28.269><c> They</c><00:37:28.369><c> will</c><00:37:28.590><c> be</c><00:37:28.869><c> faithful</c><00:37:29.210><c> ambassadors</c><00:37:29.969><c> of</c><00:37:31.150><c> the</c><00:37:31.590><c> work</c><00:37:31.769><c> which</c><00:37:32.010><c> he</c>

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commissions<00:37:32.530><c> them</c><00:37:32.769><c> to</c><00:37:33.010><c> do.</c><00:37:34.469><c> They</c><00:37:34.590><c> have</c><00:37:34.869><c> kept</c><00:37:35.510><c> thy</c><00:37:36.090><c> word</c><00:37:36.630><c> is</c><00:37:37.510><c> a</c>

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very<00:37:38.349><c> generous</c><00:37:38.829><c> statement</c><00:37:39.389><c> and</c><00:37:40.630><c> yet</c><00:37:40.869><c> it</c><00:37:41.289><c> is</c><00:37:41.469><c> a</c><00:37:41.630><c> true</c>

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statement<00:37:42.449><c> and</c><00:37:43.389><c> it</c><00:37:43.710><c> shows</c><00:37:43.949><c> again</c><00:37:44.269><c> the</c><00:37:44.550><c> outlook</c><00:37:44.849><c> which</c><00:37:45.530><c> the</c><00:37:45.929><c> Lord</c><00:37:46.150><c> had</c><00:37:46.409><c> toward</c><00:37:46.650><c> these</c><00:37:46.889><c> men.</c><00:37:47.070><c> There</c><00:37:47.210><c> wasn't</c><00:37:47.429><c> a</c>

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feeling<00:37:48.010><c> of</c><00:37:49.230><c> frustration</c><00:37:51.429><c> or</c><00:37:51.889><c> anger</c><00:37:52.489><c> or</c><00:37:53.230><c> disappointment</c><00:37:54.010><c> at</c>

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this<00:37:54.570><c> time.</c><00:37:56.690><c> There's</c><00:37:56.869><c> a</c><00:37:57.130><c> love</c><00:37:57.349><c> here</c><00:37:57.730><c> which</c><00:37:58.030><c> runs</c><00:37:58.289><c> behind</c>

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this<00:37:59.130><c> prayer</c><00:37:59.329><c> on</c><00:37:59.530><c> their</c><00:37:59.710><c> behalf.</c><00:38:03.050><c> Verse</c><00:38:03.110><c> 9,</c><00:38:05.469><c> I</c><00:38:05.469><c> pray</c><00:38:05.869><c> for</c><00:38:06.110><c> them.</c><00:38:07.349><c> I</c>

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pray<00:38:07.730><c> not</c><00:38:08.030><c> for</c><00:38:08.230><c> the</c><00:38:08.449><c> world</c><00:38:08.909><c> but</c><00:38:09.389><c> for</c><00:38:09.650><c> them</c><00:38:10.130><c> which</c>

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thou<00:38:11.190><c> hast</c><00:38:11.670><c> given</c><00:38:11.949><c> me</c><00:38:12.730><c> for</c><00:38:13.130><c> they</c><00:38:13.650><c> are</c><00:38:14.030><c> thine.</c><00:38:16.170><c> And</c><00:38:16.389><c> that's</c><00:38:16.610><c> a</c>

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helpful<00:38:17.030><c> perspective.</c>

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That<00:38:19.590><c> everything</c><00:38:20.250><c> belongs</c><00:38:21.130><c> to</c><00:38:21.530><c> the</c><00:38:21.710><c> Lord.</c><00:38:22.929><c> The</c><00:38:23.090><c> earth</c><00:38:23.349><c> is</c><00:38:23.570><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:38:24.949><c> and</c><00:38:25.090><c> the</c><00:38:25.389><c> fullness</c><00:38:25.989><c> thereof.</c>

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The<00:38:27.809><c> world</c><00:38:28.389><c> and</c><00:38:28.989><c> they</c><00:38:29.210><c> that</c><00:38:29.590><c> dwell</c><00:38:29.849><c> therein.</c><00:38:31.550><c> They</c><00:38:31.730><c> all</c><00:38:31.949><c> belong</c><00:38:32.150><c> to</c>

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God.<00:38:33.530><c> Jesus</c><00:38:33.909><c> Christ</c>

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is<00:38:35.269><c> his</c><00:38:35.750><c> son,</c><00:38:36.150><c> his</c><00:38:36.409><c> agent,</c><00:38:37.110><c> but</c><00:38:37.289><c> the</c><00:38:37.489><c> world</c><00:38:37.750><c> belongs</c><00:38:38.110><c> to</c><00:38:38.309><c> God</c>

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always<00:38:39.650><c> completely</c><00:38:40.550><c> belongs</c><00:38:41.289><c> to</c><00:38:41.769><c> God.</c>

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And<00:38:43.570><c> these</c><00:38:43.969><c> men</c><00:38:44.409><c> were</c><00:38:44.789><c> given</c><00:38:45.190><c> to</c><00:38:45.530><c> the</c><00:38:45.710><c> Lord</c><00:38:46.329><c> by</c><00:38:46.809><c> his</c><00:38:47.090><c> father</c><00:38:47.570><c> to</c>

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be<00:38:48.869><c> a</c><00:38:49.070><c> source</c><00:38:49.269><c> of</c><00:38:49.929><c> help</c><00:38:50.289><c> and</c><00:38:50.889><c> strength</c><00:38:51.329><c> and</c>

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encouragement<00:38:52.190><c> and</c><00:38:53.130><c> to</c><00:38:53.309><c> be</c><00:38:53.570><c> the</c><00:38:53.909><c> continuing</c><00:38:54.269><c> link</c><00:38:54.690><c> for</c><00:38:54.909><c> the</c>

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work<00:38:55.590><c> which</c><00:38:56.050><c> he</c><00:38:56.250><c> leaves</c><00:38:56.469><c> them</c><00:38:56.869><c> to</c><00:38:57.150><c> do.</c>

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And<00:38:59.690><c> the</c><00:38:59.789><c> Lord</c><00:39:00.050><c> appreciates</c><00:39:00.929><c> that.</c><00:39:01.750><c> There's</c><00:39:01.989><c> a</c><00:39:02.289><c> thankfulness</c>

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in<00:39:03.510><c> his</c><00:39:03.849><c> mind</c><00:39:04.409><c> that</c><00:39:04.789><c> God</c><00:39:05.170><c> had</c><00:39:05.469><c> given</c><00:39:05.650><c> them</c><00:39:06.230><c> these</c><00:39:06.650><c> men.</c>

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And<00:39:10.369><c> perhaps</c><00:39:10.570><c> that's</c><00:39:10.869><c> how</c><00:39:11.050><c> we</c><00:39:11.210><c> need</c><00:39:11.369><c> to</c><00:39:11.570><c> feel</c><00:39:11.730><c> about</c><00:39:12.389><c> our</c><00:39:12.769><c> families,</c><00:39:14.050><c> about</c><00:39:14.690><c> our</c>

00:39:15.150 --> 00:39:16.510
ecclesial<00:39:15.610><c> family.</c><00:39:16.110><c> That</c><00:39:16.269><c> the</c>

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people<00:39:17.030><c> that</c><00:39:17.530><c> are</c><00:39:17.849><c> here</c><00:39:18.409><c> in</c><00:39:19.329><c> this</c><00:39:19.610><c> room</c><00:39:19.909><c> today</c><00:39:20.590><c> are</c><00:39:21.969><c> the</c><00:39:22.190><c> people</c><00:39:22.849><c> which</c>

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God<00:39:23.889><c> has</c><00:39:24.510><c> given</c><00:39:24.849><c> to</c><00:39:25.269><c> us.</c>

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Have<00:39:27.909><c> you</c><00:39:28.090><c> ever</c><00:39:28.309><c> considered</c><00:39:28.849><c> that</c><00:39:29.130><c> the</c><00:39:29.349><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:30.150><c> is</c><00:39:30.809><c> the</c><00:39:31.150><c> resource</c><00:39:31.949><c> which</c><00:39:32.530><c> God</c>

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has<00:39:33.110><c> given</c><00:39:33.309><c> to</c><00:39:33.630><c> you</c><00:39:33.909><c> to</c><00:39:34.130><c> help</c><00:39:34.449><c> you</c>

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in<00:39:35.090><c> your</c><00:39:35.349><c> spiritual</c><00:39:35.710><c> life?</c><00:39:37.429><c> The</c><00:39:37.570><c> people</c><00:39:37.889><c> there</c><00:39:38.210><c> are</c><00:39:38.610><c> individual</c><00:39:39.190><c> resources</c><00:39:39.909><c> to</c><00:39:40.610><c> you</c>

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to<00:39:41.269><c> help</c><00:39:41.530><c> you</c><00:39:42.210><c> serve</c><00:39:42.409><c> God.</c>

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And<00:39:44.610><c> it's</c><00:39:44.730><c> possible</c><00:39:45.110><c> to</c><00:39:45.250><c> look</c><00:39:45.429><c> around</c><00:39:45.889><c> and</c><00:39:46.210><c> see</c><00:39:46.469><c> people</c><00:39:46.789><c> in</c>

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the<00:39:47.030><c> meeting</c><00:39:47.210><c> and</c><00:39:47.429><c> wonder</c><00:39:47.789><c> why</c><00:39:48.429><c> they're</c><00:39:48.610><c> there</c><00:39:49.210><c> and</c><00:39:49.670><c> what</c>

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benefit<00:39:50.869><c> they</c><00:39:51.110><c> possibly</c><00:39:51.570><c> could</c><00:39:52.030><c> have</c><00:39:52.710><c> to</c><00:39:53.130><c> you.</c><00:39:55.510><c> And</c><00:39:55.630><c> yet</c><00:39:55.789><c> in</c>

00:39:55.989 --> 00:39:59.210
the<00:39:56.289><c> composition</c><00:39:56.849><c> of</c><00:39:57.289><c> every</c><00:39:57.969><c> ecclesia</c>

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and<00:39:59.909><c> assembly</c><00:40:00.230><c> of</c><00:40:00.550><c> believer,</c><00:40:01.510><c> there</c><00:40:01.710><c> is</c><00:40:01.889><c> a</c><00:40:02.090><c> benefit</c><00:40:02.530><c> through</c>

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the<00:40:03.050><c> interaction</c><00:40:03.590><c> of</c><00:40:03.889><c> those</c><00:40:04.150><c> members</c><00:40:04.449><c> who</c><00:40:04.670><c> are</c>

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strong<00:40:05.550><c> and</c><00:40:06.250><c> weak</c><00:40:06.710><c> and</c><00:40:07.449><c> honorable</c><00:40:07.909><c> and</c><00:40:08.630><c> less</c><00:40:08.989><c> honorable.</c><00:40:10.409><c> There</c><00:40:10.969><c> is</c>

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a<00:40:11.969><c> divine</c><00:40:12.489><c> wisdom</c><00:40:13.130><c> in</c><00:40:14.150><c> the</c><00:40:14.730><c> composition</c><00:40:15.449><c> of</c>

00:40:16.070 --> 00:40:23.590
the<00:40:16.329><c> assembly</c><00:40:16.630><c> of</c><00:40:16.909><c> believers.</c><00:40:18.909><c> And</c><00:40:19.030><c> it's</c><00:40:19.329><c> God</c><00:40:19.650><c> given.</c><00:40:21.269><c> And</c><00:40:21.510><c> it's</c><00:40:21.769><c> God</c><00:40:21.969><c> given</c><00:40:22.449><c> for</c><00:40:23.070><c> us</c>

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so<00:40:24.190><c> that</c><00:40:24.329><c> we</c><00:40:24.389><c> can</c><00:40:24.650><c> grow</c>

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if<00:40:25.949><c> we</c><00:40:26.190><c> understand</c><00:40:26.650><c> and</c><00:40:26.909><c> appreciate</c><00:40:27.510><c> the</c><00:40:28.570><c> various</c><00:40:28.989><c> characteristics</c><00:40:29.750><c> and</c><00:40:30.170><c> temperaments</c><00:40:30.630><c> and</c><00:40:30.989><c> strengths</c>

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and<00:40:32.090><c> weaknesses</c><00:40:32.550><c> of</c><00:40:33.309><c> our</c><00:40:33.489><c> fellow</c><00:40:33.710><c> disciples.</c><00:40:35.210><c> They</c><00:40:35.369><c> are</c><00:40:35.610><c> a</c><00:40:35.849><c> considerable</c><00:40:36.429><c> benefit</c><00:40:36.809><c> to</c>

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us<00:40:37.269><c> in</c><00:40:37.510><c> all</c><00:40:37.730><c> of</c><00:40:37.849><c> their</c><00:40:38.050><c> aspects.</c>

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Of<00:40:40.150><c> course</c><00:40:40.349><c> that</c><00:40:40.530><c> is</c><00:40:40.789><c> a</c><00:40:41.030><c> body</c><00:40:41.309><c> of</c><00:40:41.570><c> teaching</c><00:40:41.809><c> which</c><00:40:42.889><c> the</c><00:40:43.349><c> apostle</c><00:40:43.670><c> Paul</c>

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will<00:40:44.230><c> pick</c><00:40:44.449><c> up</c><00:40:44.670><c> in</c><00:40:44.909><c> his</c><00:40:45.130><c> letters.</c>

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But<00:40:47.550><c> Jesus</c><00:40:47.889><c> here</c><00:40:48.210><c> is</c><00:40:48.409><c> thankful</c><00:40:49.309><c> to</c><00:40:50.309><c> his</c><00:40:50.550><c> father</c><00:40:50.989><c> for</c><00:40:52.710><c> the</c><00:40:52.929><c> disciples,</c><00:40:53.610><c> for</c>

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the<00:40:53.969><c> men</c><00:40:54.210><c> that</c><00:40:54.349><c> were</c><00:40:54.550><c> given</c><00:40:54.789><c> to</c><00:40:54.969><c> him.</c>

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They<00:40:55.730><c> belong</c><00:40:56.070><c> to</c><00:40:56.250><c> God</c><00:40:56.750><c> and</c><00:40:57.309><c> they</c><00:40:57.389><c> were</c><00:40:57.590><c> given</c><00:40:57.769><c> to</c><00:40:57.969><c> the</c><00:40:58.150><c> Lord</c><00:40:58.630><c> for</c><00:40:59.130><c> this</c><00:40:59.329><c> period</c><00:40:59.650><c> of</c>

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continue<00:41:02.929><c> the</c><00:41:03.170><c> work.</c><00:41:05.230><c> Verse</c><00:41:05.449><c> 11,</c><00:41:07.389><c> and</c><00:41:07.429><c> now</c><00:41:07.829><c> I</c><00:41:08.110><c> am</c><00:41:08.269><c> no</c><00:41:08.550><c> more</c><00:41:08.769><c> in</c>

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whom<00:41:17.570><c> thou</c><00:41:17.849><c> hast</c><00:41:18.210><c> given</c><00:41:18.449><c> me</c><00:41:19.090><c> that</c><00:41:19.449><c> they</c><00:41:19.690><c> may</c><00:41:19.929><c> be</c><00:41:20.230><c> one</c>

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even<00:41:21.849><c> as</c><00:41:22.750><c> we</c><00:41:23.030><c> are.</c><00:41:25.469><c> Now</c><00:41:25.630><c> there's</c><00:41:25.889><c> a</c><00:41:26.250><c> great</c><00:41:26.769><c> important</c><00:41:28.130><c> theme</c>

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that<00:41:29.829><c> comes</c><00:41:30.090><c> up</c><00:41:30.329><c> now</c><00:41:30.570><c> in</c><00:41:30.730><c> this</c><00:41:31.110><c> prayer</c><00:41:31.449><c> which</c><00:41:31.869><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:41:32.550><c> addresses</c><00:41:33.269><c> to</c><00:41:33.570><c> his</c><00:41:33.769><c> father</c><00:41:34.070><c> and</c><00:41:34.250><c> that</c><00:41:34.409><c> is</c><00:41:34.730><c> the</c><00:41:34.969><c> theme</c><00:41:35.309><c> of</c>

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unity,<00:41:37.269><c> the</c><00:41:37.429><c> oneness.</c><00:41:39.670><c> Jesus</c><00:41:40.110><c> had</c><00:41:40.349><c> said</c><00:41:40.489><c> earlier</c><00:41:40.889><c> in</c>

00:41:41.130 --> 00:41:47.409
chapter<00:41:41.670><c> 10</c><00:41:42.150><c> that</c><00:41:42.429><c> I</c><00:41:42.969><c> and</c><00:41:43.550><c> my</c><00:41:43.889><c> father</c><00:41:44.389><c> are</c><00:41:45.070><c> one.</c><00:41:47.010><c> And</c><00:41:47.110><c> the</c><00:41:47.269><c> Jews</c>

00:41:47.409 --> 00:41:51.070
took<00:41:47.630><c> up</c><00:41:47.969><c> stones</c><00:41:48.250><c> to</c><00:41:48.610><c> stone</c><00:41:48.809><c> him</c><00:41:49.329><c> for</c><00:41:49.869><c> that</c><00:41:50.150><c> statement.</c>

00:41:51.489 --> 00:41:54.710
They<00:41:51.590><c> couldn't</c><00:41:51.769><c> imagine</c><00:41:52.190><c> a</c><00:41:52.349><c> man</c><00:41:52.550><c> talking</c><00:41:52.969><c> in</c><00:41:53.550><c> those</c><00:41:53.949><c> words.</c>

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It<00:41:54.969><c> seemed</c><00:41:55.150><c> blasphemous.</c>

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But<00:41:58.050><c> we</c><00:41:58.150><c> know</c><00:41:58.269><c> what</c><00:41:58.369><c> it</c><00:41:58.570><c> meant.</c><00:41:59.829><c> That</c><00:41:59.949><c> the</c><00:42:00.110><c> Lord</c><00:42:00.269><c> was</c><00:42:00.670><c> one</c><00:42:01.090><c> in</c>

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mind<00:42:01.949><c> and</c><00:42:02.230><c> purpose</c><00:42:02.570><c> with</c><00:42:02.789><c> his</c><00:42:02.989><c> father.</c>

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There<00:42:04.110><c> was</c><00:42:04.630><c> a</c><00:42:04.909><c> unity</c><00:42:05.190><c> there</c><00:42:05.570><c> in</c><00:42:05.809><c> outlook</c><00:42:06.250><c> and</c><00:42:07.750><c> now</c><00:42:08.309><c> the</c><00:42:08.690><c> Lord</c>

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prays<00:42:09.769><c> that</c><00:42:09.969><c> his</c><00:42:10.230><c> disciples</c><00:42:10.670><c> have</c><00:42:10.909><c> that</c><00:42:11.170><c> same</c><00:42:11.409><c> unity</c>

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with<00:42:13.909><c> him</c><00:42:14.309><c> and</c><00:42:14.550><c> his</c><00:42:14.769><c> father</c><00:42:15.190><c> and</c><00:42:15.849><c> of</c><00:42:16.070><c> course</c><00:42:16.530><c> that</c><00:42:16.869><c> unity</c><00:42:17.190><c> would</c><00:42:17.409><c> then</c>

00:42:17.670 --> 00:42:20.909
have<00:42:17.849><c> to</c><00:42:18.050><c> be</c><00:42:18.590><c> present</c><00:42:19.010><c> amongst</c><00:42:19.510><c> themselves.</c>

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The<00:42:21.309><c> theme</c><00:42:21.429><c> is</c><00:42:21.650><c> picked</c><00:42:21.789><c> up</c><00:42:22.030><c> in</c><00:42:22.190><c> verse</c><00:42:22.610><c> 21</c><00:42:23.369><c> that</c><00:42:24.750><c> they</c><00:42:25.329><c> all</c><00:42:26.050><c> may</c>

00:42:26.409 --> 00:42:31.070
be<00:42:26.909><c> one</c><00:42:27.309><c> as</c><00:42:28.190><c> thou</c><00:42:28.449><c> father</c><00:42:28.969><c> art</c><00:42:29.329><c> in</c><00:42:29.530><c> me</c><00:42:29.909><c> and</c><00:42:30.269><c> I</c><00:42:30.530><c> in</c><00:42:30.769><c> thee</c>

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that<00:42:31.530><c> they</c><00:42:31.829><c> also</c><00:42:32.389><c> may</c><00:42:32.650><c> be</c><00:42:33.010><c> one</c><00:42:33.369><c> in</c><00:42:33.789><c> us</c><00:42:34.610><c> that</c><00:42:34.949><c> the</c><00:42:35.150><c> world</c><00:42:35.449><c> may</c><00:42:35.730><c> believe</c><00:42:36.309><c> that</c><00:42:36.909><c> thou</c><00:42:37.070><c> hast</c><00:42:37.369><c> sent</c><00:42:37.570><c> me</c>

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and<00:42:38.949><c> the</c><00:42:39.130><c> glory</c><00:42:40.010><c> which</c><00:42:40.809><c> thou</c><00:42:41.030><c> gavest</c><00:42:41.510><c> me</c><00:42:41.849><c> I</c><00:42:42.150><c> have</c><00:42:42.309><c> given</c><00:42:42.570><c> them</c>

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No<00:42:50.989><c> mistake</c><00:42:51.429><c> here</c><00:42:51.989><c> of</c><00:42:52.510><c> the</c><00:42:53.610><c> importance</c><00:42:54.250><c> of</c><00:42:54.489><c> this</c><00:42:54.809><c> theme.</c><00:42:56.210><c> I</c><00:42:56.510><c> asked</c><00:42:56.789><c> you</c><00:42:57.670><c> a</c>

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few<00:42:58.190><c> minutes</c><00:42:58.449><c> ago</c><00:42:58.610><c> to</c><00:42:58.809><c> think</c><00:42:58.989><c> about</c><00:42:59.210><c> what</c>

00:42:59.409 --> 00:43:04.230
you<00:42:59.550><c> might</c><00:42:59.690><c> incorporate</c><00:43:00.309><c> in</c><00:43:00.809><c> a</c><00:43:01.250><c> prayer</c><00:43:01.590><c> of</c><00:43:02.030><c> Jesus</c><00:43:02.369><c> at</c><00:43:02.550><c> this</c><00:43:02.789><c> time.</c><00:43:03.090><c> I'm</c><00:43:03.170><c> not</c><00:43:03.449><c> sure</c><00:43:03.630><c> this</c><00:43:03.849><c> is</c>

00:43:04.230 --> 00:43:04.929
a<00:43:04.389><c> theme</c><00:43:04.590><c> we</c><00:43:04.730><c> might</c>

00:43:04.929 --> 00:43:09.750
pick<00:43:05.190><c> up</c><00:43:05.789><c> automatically</c><00:43:06.369><c> and</c><00:43:07.730><c> yet</c><00:43:08.030><c> Jesus</c><00:43:08.750><c> here</c><00:43:09.190><c> identifies</c>

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this<00:43:10.090><c> now</c><00:43:10.409><c> as</c><00:43:10.730><c> something</c><00:43:10.989><c> that's</c><00:43:11.429><c> critical</c>

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00:43:17.690 --> 00:43:21.030
these<00:43:17.969><c> men.</c><00:43:19.650><c> He</c><00:43:19.769><c> and</c><00:43:19.889><c> his</c><00:43:20.110><c> father</c><00:43:20.389><c> are</c><00:43:20.730><c> already</c>

00:43:21.030 --> 00:43:26.110
one.<00:43:21.329><c> There's</c><00:43:21.409><c> no</c><00:43:21.670><c> problem</c><00:43:21.949><c> about</c><00:43:22.250><c> that.</c><00:43:23.789><c> He</c><00:43:24.070><c> understands</c><00:43:24.630><c> it.</c><00:43:25.530><c> He's</c><00:43:25.949><c> in</c>

00:43:26.110 --> 00:43:28.110
tune<00:43:26.250><c> with</c><00:43:26.449><c> the</c><00:43:26.630><c> father.</c><00:43:27.429><c> He's</c><00:43:27.769><c> going</c><00:43:27.909><c> to</c>

00:43:28.110 --> 00:43:33.170
submit<00:43:28.550><c> in</c><00:43:28.849><c> complete</c><00:43:29.170><c> obedience</c><00:43:29.690><c> to</c><00:43:29.929><c> the</c><00:43:30.050><c> father</c><00:43:30.610><c> but</c><00:43:32.909><c> it's</c>

00:43:33.170 --> 00:43:36.230
now<00:43:33.389><c> necessary</c><00:43:34.130><c> that</c><00:43:34.750><c> he</c><00:43:35.010><c> pray</c><00:43:35.269><c> on</c><00:43:35.489><c> behalf</c><00:43:35.829><c> of</c><00:43:36.030><c> his</c>

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disciples<00:43:36.710><c> that</c><00:43:36.929><c> they</c><00:43:37.190><c> have</c><00:43:37.409><c> that</c><00:43:37.690><c> same</c><00:43:37.909><c> unity</c><00:43:38.489><c> amongst</c><00:43:38.949><c> themselves</c><00:43:39.769><c> and</c>

00:43:40.429 --> 00:43:43.070
then<00:43:40.610><c> to</c><00:43:40.829><c> be</c><00:43:41.510><c> in</c><00:43:41.969><c> perfect</c><00:43:42.230><c> harmony</c><00:43:42.730><c> with</c>

00:43:43.070 --> 00:43:47.409
the<00:43:43.329><c> work</c><00:43:43.989><c> and</c><00:43:44.730><c> the</c><00:43:45.070><c> concepts</c><00:43:45.469><c> and</c><00:43:46.269><c> the</c><00:43:46.429><c> attitudes</c><00:43:46.889><c> of</c><00:43:47.150><c> he</c><00:43:47.329><c> and</c>

00:43:47.409 --> 00:43:50.039
his<00:43:47.610><c> father</c><00:43:48.050><c> in</c><00:43:48.650><c> order</c><00:43:48.849><c> to</c><00:43:49.150><c> accomplish</c><00:43:49.530><c> what</c><00:43:49.730><c> they</c>

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:55.239
do.<00:43:51.880><c> They</c><00:43:52.079><c> will</c><00:43:52.260><c> disagree.</c><00:43:53.300><c> They</c><00:43:53.420><c> have</c><00:43:53.619><c> already</c><00:43:53.940><c> disagreed.</c>

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They<00:43:55.559><c> have</c><00:43:55.780><c> bickered.</c><00:43:57.059><c> They've</c><00:43:57.380><c> had</c>

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misunderstanding<00:43:58.539><c> but</c><00:44:00.559><c> they</c><00:44:00.739><c> need</c><00:44:01.019><c> now</c><00:44:01.300><c> to</c><00:44:01.579><c> have</c><00:44:01.760><c> this</c><00:44:02.019><c> very</c>

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:05.039
high<00:44:02.719><c> and</c><00:44:02.900><c> lofty</c><00:44:03.219><c> perspective.</c><00:44:04.179><c> They</c><00:44:04.420><c> are</c><00:44:04.639><c> listening</c>

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as<00:44:05.400><c> well</c><00:44:05.659><c> to</c><00:44:05.840><c> these</c><00:44:06.079><c> words</c><00:44:06.800><c> and</c><00:44:07.860><c> we</c><00:44:08.000><c> are</c><00:44:08.199><c> reading</c><00:44:08.480><c> these</c><00:44:08.780><c> words</c>

00:44:09.300 --> 00:44:13.199
so<00:44:10.119><c> the</c><00:44:10.980><c> theme</c><00:44:11.340><c> of</c><00:44:11.539><c> this</c><00:44:11.880><c> prayer</c><00:44:12.280><c> becomes</c><00:44:12.860><c> one</c>

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which<00:44:13.380><c> we</c><00:44:13.659><c> need</c><00:44:14.139><c> ourselves</c><00:44:14.719><c> to</c><00:44:15.039><c> comprehend</c><00:44:15.719><c> and</c><00:44:16.679><c> endorse.</c><00:44:17.960><c> If</c>

00:44:18.019 --> 00:44:21.699
the<00:44:18.199><c> Lord</c><00:44:18.360><c> has</c><00:44:18.739><c> prayed</c><00:44:19.219><c> for</c><00:44:19.739><c> them</c><00:44:20.119><c> and</c><00:44:20.380><c> for</c><00:44:20.639><c> us</c>

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in<00:44:22.019><c> this</c><00:44:22.300><c> way</c><00:44:22.519><c> then</c><00:44:22.699><c> of</c><00:44:22.920><c> course</c><00:44:23.119><c> this</c><00:44:23.340><c> has</c><00:44:23.579><c> to</c><00:44:23.760><c> be</c><00:44:24.219><c> one</c><00:44:24.420><c> of</c><00:44:24.559><c> our</c>

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own<00:44:24.980><c> spiritual</c><00:44:25.440><c> objectives</c>

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:30.860
to<00:44:26.860><c> be</c><00:44:27.179><c> one</c><00:44:27.360><c> together</c><00:44:27.940><c> ourselves</c><00:44:28.739><c> and</c><00:44:29.420><c> with</c><00:44:29.599><c> the</c><00:44:29.840><c> father.</c>

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:36.820
We<00:44:33.679><c> have</c><00:44:33.840><c> time</c><00:44:34.039><c> for</c><00:44:34.239><c> just</c><00:44:34.860><c> one</c><00:44:35.219><c> other</c><00:44:35.440><c> observation.</c>

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Verse<00:44:39.539><c> 15.</c>

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Now<00:44:51.380><c> that's</c><00:44:51.539><c> very</c><00:44:51.800><c> interesting</c><00:44:52.340><c> because</c><00:44:52.920><c> there</c><00:44:53.079><c> was</c><00:44:53.280><c> an</c><00:44:53.420><c> option</c><00:44:53.699><c> of</c>

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course<00:44:54.280><c> to</c><00:44:54.559><c> remove</c><00:44:55.179><c> and</c><00:44:55.480><c> protect</c><00:44:56.139><c> the</c>

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:59.900
disciples<00:44:57.199><c> from</c><00:44:58.139><c> the</c><00:44:58.400><c> hardship</c><00:44:58.800><c> and</c><00:44:59.079><c> difficulty</c><00:44:59.539><c> which</c><00:44:59.780><c> they</c>

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:06.019
would<00:45:00.139><c> face.</c><00:45:01.619><c> One</c><00:45:01.800><c> would</c><00:45:02.079><c> think</c><00:45:02.260><c> that</c><00:45:02.380><c> would</c><00:45:02.519><c> be</c><00:45:06.019><c> a</c>

00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:13.099
easier<00:45:06.559><c> and</c><00:45:08.179><c> to</c><00:45:08.539><c> remove</c><00:45:08.820><c> them</c><00:45:09.179><c> from</c><00:45:09.460><c> the</c><00:45:09.820><c> difficult</c><00:45:10.179><c> circumstances</c><00:45:10.880><c> they</c><00:45:11.179><c> faced</c><00:45:11.659><c> but</c>

00:45:13.099 --> 00:45:13.960
in<00:45:13.280><c> doing</c><00:45:13.480><c> so</c><00:45:13.780><c> would</c>

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:18.800
prevent<00:45:14.280><c> them</c><00:45:14.500><c> from</c><00:45:14.679><c> doing</c><00:45:14.920><c> the</c><00:45:15.079><c> work</c><00:45:15.199><c> they</c><00:45:15.380><c> had</c><00:45:15.579><c> to</c><00:45:15.800><c> do</c><00:45:16.719><c> and</c><00:45:17.900><c> so</c><00:45:18.059><c> Jesus</c><00:45:18.380><c> makes</c><00:45:18.639><c> a</c>

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very<00:45:19.019><c> specific</c><00:45:20.019><c> petition</c><00:45:20.500><c> here</c>

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that<00:45:22.440><c> he</c><00:45:22.920><c> prays</c><00:45:23.139><c> not</c><00:45:23.300><c> to</c><00:45:23.500><c> take</c><00:45:23.599><c> them</c><00:45:23.739><c> out</c><00:45:23.900><c> of</c><00:45:24.000><c> the</c><00:45:24.199><c> world</c><00:45:24.400><c> and</c>

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away<00:45:24.840><c> from</c><00:45:25.039><c> all</c><00:45:25.239><c> the</c><00:45:25.400><c> difficulty</c>

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but<00:45:26.519><c> simply</c><00:45:26.900><c> to</c><00:45:27.139><c> keep</c><00:45:27.300><c> them</c><00:45:27.480><c> from</c><00:45:27.639><c> the</c><00:45:27.920><c> evil</c><00:45:28.340><c> and</c><00:45:29.280><c> he</c><00:45:30.119><c> he</c><00:45:30.579><c> prayed</c><00:45:30.699><c> that</c>

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before<00:45:31.460><c> lead</c><00:45:31.760><c> us</c><00:45:32.000><c> not</c><00:45:32.159><c> into</c><00:45:32.380><c> temptation</c>

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but<00:45:33.239><c> deliver</c><00:45:33.719><c> us</c><00:45:34.619><c> from</c><00:45:35.079><c> evil.</c><00:45:37.840><c> So</c><00:45:38.219><c> the</c><00:45:38.500><c> Lord</c><00:45:38.760><c> knew</c><00:45:39.179><c> the</c><00:45:39.860><c> difficulty</c><00:45:40.440><c> and</c><00:45:41.159><c> the</c><00:45:41.320><c> outlook</c><00:45:41.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:41.880><c> disciples.</c>

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There's<00:45:44.199><c> an</c><00:45:44.519><c> expression</c><00:45:45.059><c> of</c><00:45:45.219><c> this</c><00:45:45.420><c> I</c><00:45:45.559><c> believe</c><00:45:45.860><c> in</c><00:45:46.239><c> Psalm</c><00:45:46.539><c> 55.</c>

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We<00:45:47.480><c> can</c><00:45:47.579><c> just</c><00:45:47.780><c> look</c><00:45:47.940><c> at</c><00:45:48.099><c> that.</c>

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It<00:45:51.059><c> captures</c><00:45:51.659><c> a</c><00:45:52.440><c> feeling</c><00:45:52.699><c> which</c><00:45:52.900><c> we</c><00:45:53.139><c> all</c><00:45:53.440><c> have</c>

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particularly<00:45:57.960><c> in</c><00:45:58.199><c> moments</c><00:45:58.539><c> of</c><00:45:58.780><c> difficulty.</c><00:45:59.599><c> Psalm</c><00:45:59.599><c> 55</c><00:46:00.460><c> verse</c><00:46:00.900><c> 6.</c>

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Oh<00:46:05.480><c> that</c><00:46:05.679><c> I</c><00:46:05.960><c> had</c><00:46:07.280><c> wings</c><00:46:08.079><c> like</c><00:46:08.539><c> a</c><00:46:08.840><c> dove</c><00:46:09.159><c> for</c><00:46:10.019><c> then</c><00:46:10.519><c> would</c><00:46:10.820><c> I</c><00:46:11.079><c> fly</c>

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away<00:46:11.820><c> and</c><00:46:12.139><c> be</c><00:46:12.360><c> at</c><00:46:12.639><c> rest.</c>

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Lo<00:46:13.960><c> then</c><00:46:14.480><c> would</c><00:46:14.719><c> I</c><00:46:14.960><c> wander</c><00:46:15.219><c> far</c><00:46:15.739><c> off</c><00:46:16.219><c> and</c><00:46:16.679><c> remain</c><00:46:17.099><c> in</c><00:46:17.260><c> the</c><00:46:17.460><c> wilderness.</c><00:46:18.219><c> I</c><00:46:18.579><c> would</c><00:46:18.880><c> hasten</c><00:46:19.280><c> my</c><00:46:19.519><c> escape</c>

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from<00:46:20.900><c> the</c><00:46:21.099><c> windy</c><00:46:21.420><c> storm</c><00:46:22.139><c> and</c><00:46:22.579><c> tempest.</c>

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David<00:46:25.739><c> there</c><00:46:26.179><c> is</c><00:46:26.440><c> expressing</c><00:46:26.900><c> how</c><00:46:27.119><c> we</c><00:46:27.300><c> sometimes</c><00:46:27.820><c> feel</c><00:46:28.159><c> that</c>

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we'd<00:46:28.579><c> like</c><00:46:28.659><c> to</c><00:46:28.800><c> just</c><00:46:29.300><c> get</c><00:46:29.639><c> away.</c><00:46:30.880><c> We'd</c><00:46:31.179><c> like</c><00:46:31.360><c> to</c>

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flee<00:46:32.099><c> the</c><00:46:32.360><c> trouble</c><00:46:32.599><c> and</c><00:46:32.840><c> difficulty</c><00:46:33.539><c> to</c><00:46:34.860><c> get</c><00:46:35.059><c> away</c><00:46:35.400><c> from</c><00:46:35.699><c> the</c>

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windy<00:46:37.139><c> storm</c><00:46:37.639><c> and</c><00:46:38.219><c> the</c><00:46:38.500><c> tempest.</c>

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Of<00:46:41.000><c> course</c><00:46:41.199><c> we</c><00:46:41.380><c> can't.</c><00:46:42.860><c> We</c><00:46:43.119><c> can't</c><00:46:44.420><c> remove</c><00:46:44.739><c> ourselves</c><00:46:45.320><c> and</c><00:46:45.519><c> we</c>

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can't<00:46:46.039><c> by</c><00:46:46.179><c> God</c><00:46:46.460><c> be</c><00:46:46.699><c> removed</c><00:46:47.239><c> from</c><00:46:47.539><c> the</c>

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difficulties<00:46:48.210><c> of</c><00:46:48.409><c> life.</c><00:46:49.449><c> They</c><00:46:49.449><c> are</c><00:46:49.710><c> part</c><00:46:50.050><c> of</c><00:46:50.170><c> what</c><00:46:50.329><c> makes</c><00:46:50.610><c> us</c>

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grow<00:46:51.489><c> and</c><00:46:52.409><c> they</c><00:46:52.570><c> are</c><00:46:52.889><c> part</c><00:46:53.250><c> the</c><00:46:53.849><c> environment</c>

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that<00:46:54.429><c> we</c><00:46:54.610><c> live</c><00:46:54.789><c> in</c><00:46:54.989><c> which</c><00:46:55.190><c> is</c><00:46:55.409><c> sometimes</c><00:46:55.849><c> hostile</c><00:46:56.429><c> to</c><00:46:56.730><c> us</c><00:46:57.289><c> is</c>

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part<00:46:58.190><c> of</c><00:46:58.690><c> our</c><00:46:59.010><c> work</c><00:46:59.389><c> to</c><00:46:59.730><c> live</c><00:46:59.929><c> as</c><00:47:00.190><c> lights</c>

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in<00:47:00.590><c> a</c><00:47:00.730><c> dark</c><00:47:00.989><c> world</c><00:47:01.349><c> and</c><00:47:01.530><c> to</c><00:47:01.869><c> seek</c><00:47:02.349><c> to</c><00:47:03.449><c> help</c><00:47:03.650><c> those</c><00:47:04.130><c> who</c><00:47:04.650><c> are</c><00:47:04.869><c> around</c><00:47:05.090><c> us.</c>

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So<00:47:06.230><c> the</c><00:47:06.409><c> Lord</c><00:47:06.570><c> recognizes</c>

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that<00:47:08.010><c> disposition</c><00:47:08.550><c> and</c><00:47:08.889><c> feeling</c><00:47:09.090><c> that</c><00:47:09.269><c> we'd</c><00:47:09.510><c> like</c><00:47:09.550><c> to</c><00:47:09.710><c> get</c><00:47:09.829><c> away</c><00:47:10.050><c> and</c><00:47:10.309><c> escape</c><00:47:10.869><c> and</c><00:47:12.530><c> he</c>

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prays<00:47:13.250><c> for</c><00:47:13.409><c> his</c>

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disciples<00:47:14.150><c> and</c><00:47:15.110><c> for</c><00:47:15.389><c> us</c><00:47:15.929><c> in</c><00:47:16.110><c> this</c><00:47:16.389><c> matter.</c><00:47:19.250><c> Well</c><00:47:19.449><c> we</c><00:47:19.510><c> must</c><00:47:19.750><c> close.</c><00:47:21.889><c> What</c><00:47:22.010><c> we've</c><00:47:22.289><c> tried</c><00:47:22.469><c> to</c>

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do<00:47:22.750><c> in</c><00:47:22.909><c> our</c><00:47:23.070><c> brief</c>

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studies<00:47:23.610><c> here</c><00:47:24.050><c> in</c><00:47:24.269><c> this</c><00:47:24.489><c> section</c><00:47:24.730><c> of</c><00:47:24.969><c> John</c><00:47:25.269><c> is</c><00:47:25.550><c> to</c><00:47:25.849><c> identify</c>

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some<00:47:27.710><c> themes</c><00:47:28.230><c> and</c><00:47:29.610><c> general</c><00:47:30.750><c> objectives</c>

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of<00:47:32.489><c> this</c><00:47:32.730><c> teaching</c><00:47:33.010><c> of</c><00:47:33.210><c> the</c><00:47:33.309><c> Lord.</c><00:47:33.650><c> It</c><00:47:33.769><c> is</c><00:47:33.909><c> a</c><00:47:34.010><c> very</c><00:47:34.429><c> concentrated</c><00:47:35.190><c> and</c><00:47:35.849><c> specialized</c><00:47:36.789><c> section</c><00:47:37.590><c> of</c><00:47:37.889><c> the</c>

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scripture<00:47:39.070><c> in</c><00:47:39.550><c> the</c><00:47:39.710><c> life</c><00:47:39.929><c> of</c><00:47:40.130><c> the</c><00:47:40.130><c> Lord</c><00:47:40.349><c> Jesus</c><00:47:40.849><c> where</c><00:47:41.110><c> he</c><00:47:41.250><c> is</c><00:47:41.710><c> with</c><00:47:42.510><c> his</c><00:47:42.989><c> disciples</c><00:47:43.590><c> in</c><00:47:43.829><c> a</c>

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very<00:47:44.769><c> personal</c><00:47:45.889><c> setting</c>

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where<00:47:46.909><c> he</c><00:47:47.050><c> has</c><00:47:47.250><c> specific</c><00:47:47.710><c> objectives</c><00:47:48.429><c> to</c><00:47:49.849><c> complete</c><00:47:50.570><c> the</c><00:47:50.969><c> teaching</c><00:47:51.269><c> which</c><00:47:51.510><c> he</c>

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started<00:47:52.389><c> so</c><00:47:52.789><c> many</c><00:47:52.969><c> years</c><00:47:53.210><c> before.</c>

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And<00:47:55.230><c> so</c><00:47:55.329><c> I</c><00:47:55.489><c> hope</c><00:47:55.630><c> in</c><00:47:55.849><c> our</c><00:47:56.369><c> considerations</c><00:47:56.909><c> together</c><00:47:57.429><c> we've</c><00:47:58.449><c> identified</c><00:47:58.929><c> a</c>

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few<00:47:59.369><c> themes</c><00:47:59.690><c> and</c><00:47:59.949><c> ideas</c><00:48:00.289><c> that</c>

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may<00:48:00.690><c> be</c><00:48:00.889><c> helpful</c><00:48:01.349><c> as</c><00:48:01.829><c> you</c><00:48:01.949><c> go</c><00:48:02.210><c> back</c><00:48:02.429><c> to</c><00:48:02.570><c> your</c><00:48:02.750><c> own</c><00:48:02.969><c> homes</c><00:48:03.369><c> and</c>

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read<00:48:04.170><c> these</c><00:48:04.429><c> chapters</c><00:48:04.909><c> and</c><00:48:05.250><c> meditate</c><00:48:05.550><c> upon</c><00:48:05.909><c> them</c>

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and<00:48:07.050><c> take</c><00:48:07.230><c> great</c><00:48:07.550><c> comfort</c><00:48:08.130><c> from</c><00:48:08.969><c> the</c><00:48:09.250><c> example</c><00:48:09.690><c> and</c><00:48:09.889><c> the</c><00:48:10.070><c> teaching</c><00:48:10.449><c> of</c><00:48:10.889><c> the</c><00:48:11.070><c> Lord</c><00:48:11.449><c> at</c>

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the<00:48:12.329><c> Last</c><00:48:12.590><c> Supper.</c>

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Brethren<00:48:37.829><c> and</c><00:48:38.070><c> sisters,</c><00:48:40.150><c> remember,</c><00:48:42.369><c> remember</c>

00:48:44.510 --> 00:48:50.010
you<00:48:44.969><c> are</c><00:48:45.250><c> the</c><00:48:45.449><c> resources</c><00:48:46.030><c> that</c><00:48:46.369><c> the</c><00:48:46.550><c> Lord</c><00:48:46.849><c> hath</c><00:48:47.170><c> given</c><00:48:47.630><c> to</c><00:48:48.269><c> help</c><00:48:48.469><c> me.</c>

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No<00:48:50.349><c> criticism.</c>

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We<00:48:53.869><c> have</c><00:48:54.349><c> about</c><00:48:55.909><c> nine</c><00:48:56.309><c> minutes.</c><00:48:57.349><c> Please</c><00:48:57.690><c> be</c><00:48:57.929><c> in</c><00:48:58.050><c> your</c><00:48:58.250><c> seats</c>

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for<00:48:58.630><c> the</c><00:48:58.849><c> second</c><00:48:59.070><c> class.</c>