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eight,<00:16:27.289><c> were</c><00:16:27.570><c> they</c><00:16:27.809><c> giving</c><00:16:28.049><c> a</c><00:16:28.350><c> grace,</c><00:16:28.730><c> brethren</c><00:16:28.909><c> and</c><00:16:29.210><c> sisters?</c><00:16:34.230><c> Are</c><00:16:34.870><c> we</c>

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grace<00:17:07.109><c> abound</c><00:17:07.529><c> toward</c><00:17:07.809><c> you,</c>

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may<00:17:13.849><c> abound</c><00:17:14.190><c> in</c><00:17:14.410><c> every</c><00:17:14.549><c> good</c><00:17:14.809><c> work.</c>

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He<00:17:23.630><c> hath</c><00:17:23.970><c> given</c><00:17:24.289><c> to</c><00:17:24.470><c> the</c><00:17:24.710><c> poor,</c><00:17:25.250><c> His</c><00:17:25.630><c> righteousness</c><00:17:26.309><c> remaineth</c><00:17:26.890><c> forever.</c>

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So<00:17:31.789><c> these</c><00:17:32.130><c> givings</c><00:17:32.630><c> of</c><00:17:32.829><c> grace,</c><00:17:33.410><c> brethren</c><00:17:33.589><c> and</c><00:17:33.869><c> sisters,</c><00:17:34.250><c> are</c>

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nothing<00:17:34.710><c> more</c><00:17:35.430><c> than</c><00:17:35.910><c> the</c><00:17:36.490><c> extension</c>

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of<00:17:40.049><c> grace</c><00:17:40.049><c> and</c><00:17:40.049><c> the</c><00:17:40.049><c> response</c><00:17:40.789><c> to</c><00:17:40.990><c> the</c><00:17:41.109><c> grace</c><00:17:41.450><c> that</c><00:17:41.670><c> God</c><00:17:41.869><c> has</c><00:17:42.069><c> given</c><00:17:42.250><c> us.</c><00:17:43.769><c> And</c><00:17:43.910><c> now,</c><00:17:45.049><c> in</c><00:17:45.210><c> a</c><00:17:45.529><c> prayer,</c>

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he<00:17:47.910><c> says,</c><00:17:48.349><c> verse</c><00:17:48.589><c> 10,</c><00:17:49.049><c> Now</c><00:17:49.490><c> he</c><00:17:50.009><c> that</c><00:17:50.329><c> ministereth</c><00:17:50.930><c> seed</c><00:17:51.190><c> to</c>

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reading<00:17:55.650><c> the</c><00:17:55.950><c> revised,</c><00:17:57.450><c> shall</c><00:17:57.710><c> supply</c><00:17:58.390><c> and</c><00:17:58.869><c> multiply</c><00:17:59.609><c> your</c>

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seed<00:18:00.670><c> for</c><00:18:01.049><c> sowing,</c><00:18:02.470><c> and</c><00:18:02.609><c> increase</c><00:18:03.230><c> the</c><00:18:03.589><c> fruits</c>

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of<00:18:04.049><c> your</c><00:18:04.529><c> righteousness,</c><00:18:07.849><c> being</c><00:18:08.190><c> enriched</c><00:18:08.750><c> in</c><00:18:09.130><c> every</c><00:18:09.549><c> thing</c>

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unto<00:18:10.589><c> all</c><00:18:11.349><c> liberality,</c><00:18:12.730><c> which</c><00:18:13.069><c> causeth</c><00:18:13.509><c> through</c>

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us<00:18:14.150><c> thanksgiving</c><00:18:14.750><c> to</c><00:18:14.950><c> God.</c><00:18:15.509><c> See,</c><00:18:15.789><c> the</c><00:18:15.970><c> marvelous</c><00:18:16.470><c> picture</c>

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unfolding<00:18:17.289><c> here,</c><00:18:17.650><c> brethren</c><00:18:17.789><c> and</c><00:18:18.009><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:18:19.750><c> isn't</c><00:18:20.049><c> just</c><00:18:20.430><c> that</c><00:18:20.630><c> the</c><00:18:20.829><c> Corinthians</c><00:18:21.250><c> had</c><00:18:21.710><c> something</c><00:18:22.170><c> that</c>

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they<00:18:22.509><c> could</c><00:18:22.750><c> contribute.</c>

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It<00:18:26.230><c> was</c><00:18:26.410><c> because</c><00:18:26.750><c> God</c><00:18:27.089><c> had</c><00:18:27.369><c> given</c><00:18:27.549><c> to</c><00:18:27.869><c> them.</c>

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And<00:18:31.250><c> Paul</c><00:18:31.529><c> prays,</c><00:18:32.130><c> in</c><00:18:32.190><c> verse</c><00:18:32.490><c> 10,</c><00:18:32.970><c> that</c><00:18:33.269><c> God</c><00:18:33.589><c> would</c><00:18:33.890><c> give</c><00:18:34.170><c> to</c>

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them<00:18:34.730><c> in</c><00:18:35.069><c> abundance,</c><00:18:35.630><c> that</c><00:18:35.829><c> they</c><00:18:36.190><c> in</c><00:18:36.450><c> turn</c><00:18:37.089><c> might</c>

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increase<00:18:38.710><c> their</c><00:18:39.289><c> fruits</c><00:18:39.609><c> of</c><00:18:39.950><c> righteousness,</c><00:18:40.769><c> that</c><00:18:41.109><c> in</c><00:18:41.430><c> turn</c>

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the<00:18:42.130><c> whole</c><00:18:42.390><c> would</c><00:18:42.670><c> redound</c><00:18:43.190><c> to</c><00:18:43.390><c> the</c><00:18:43.589><c> glory</c><00:18:43.869><c> of</c><00:18:44.150><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:46.730><c> God</c><00:18:46.950><c> gets</c><00:18:47.309><c> back</c><00:18:47.589><c> just</c><00:18:47.849><c> a</c><00:18:48.049><c> small</c><00:18:48.349><c> reflection</c><00:18:49.069><c> of</c><00:18:50.609><c> that</c><00:18:50.890><c> which</c><00:18:51.109><c> He</c>

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has<00:18:51.690><c> provided</c><00:18:52.130><c> in</c><00:18:52.349><c> the</c><00:18:52.529><c> first</c><00:18:52.789><c> place.</c>

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But<00:18:56.309><c> he's</c><00:18:56.490><c> praying</c><00:18:57.329><c> that</c><00:18:58.630><c> God</c><00:18:58.869><c> might</c><00:18:59.130><c> increase</c><00:19:00.130><c> the</c><00:19:01.150><c> seed</c><00:19:01.410><c> for</c>

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service<00:19:08.470><c> to</c><00:19:08.670><c> others.</c>

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So<00:19:12.650><c> when</c><00:19:12.930><c> we</c><00:19:14.670><c> think</c><00:19:15.650><c> about</c><00:19:15.990><c> all</c><00:19:16.450><c> of</c><00:19:16.609><c> the</c><00:19:16.869><c> various</c><00:19:17.309><c> facets</c><00:19:17.789><c> of</c>

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it<00:19:22.910><c> may</c><00:19:22.910><c> be</c><00:19:23.150><c> our</c><00:19:23.329><c> prayer,</c><00:19:23.569><c> brethren</c><00:19:23.910><c> and</c><00:19:24.210><c> sisters,</c><00:19:24.569><c> that</c><00:19:24.650><c> whatever</c><00:19:25.089><c> facet</c><00:19:26.049><c> there</c><00:19:26.390><c> is</c>

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that<00:19:27.730><c> various</c><00:19:28.289><c> ones</c><00:19:28.609><c> of</c><00:19:28.710><c> us</c>

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did,<00:19:32.089><c> that</c><00:19:32.269><c> God</c><00:19:32.529><c> might</c><00:19:32.829><c> increase</c><00:19:33.470><c> your</c><00:19:34.349><c> seed</c><00:19:34.730><c> for</c><00:19:35.109><c> sowing,</c>

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that<00:19:40.769><c> you</c><00:19:40.990><c> would</c><00:19:41.309><c> sow</c><00:19:41.549><c> and</c><00:19:41.769><c> bring</c><00:19:42.069><c> forth</c><00:19:42.390><c> the</c><00:19:42.730><c> particular</c><00:19:43.170><c> fruit</c><00:19:43.950><c> that</c><00:19:45.970><c> will</c><00:19:46.410><c> redound</c><00:19:46.970><c> to</c>

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What<00:19:51.369><c> a</c><00:19:51.650><c> marvelous</c><00:19:52.089><c> concept</c><00:19:52.609><c> this</c><00:19:52.869><c> is.</c><00:19:53.069><c> And</c><00:19:53.230><c> as</c><00:19:53.349><c> we</c><00:19:53.549><c> look</c><00:19:53.710><c> at</c>

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all<00:19:54.150><c> the</c><00:19:54.329><c> labors</c><00:19:54.569><c> that</c><00:19:54.769><c> go</c><00:19:54.890><c> across</c><00:19:55.250><c> the</c><00:19:55.490><c> Brotherhood,</c>

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how<00:19:56.430><c> many</c><00:19:56.789><c> times,</c><00:19:57.269><c> brethren</c><00:19:57.430><c> and</c><00:19:57.589><c> sisters,</c><00:19:57.930><c> do</c><00:19:58.029><c> those</c><00:19:58.289><c> labors</c>

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go<00:19:58.910><c> forward</c><00:19:59.230><c> with</c><00:19:59.450><c> just</c><00:19:59.690><c> a</c><00:19:59.890><c> minimal</c><00:20:00.109><c> of</c><00:20:00.450><c> prayer,</c>

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and<00:20:01.569><c> yet</c><00:20:01.710><c> God</c><00:20:01.930><c> seems</c><00:20:02.369><c> fit</c><00:20:02.670><c> to,</c><00:20:03.029><c> sees</c><00:20:03.289><c> fit</c><00:20:03.529><c> to</c><00:20:03.809><c> bless</c><00:20:04.049><c> them</c><00:20:04.230><c> nonetheless.</c>

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I<00:20:06.450><c> say</c><00:20:06.589><c> that</c><00:20:06.809><c> as</c><00:20:06.990><c> an</c><00:20:07.150><c> indictment</c><00:20:07.470><c> of</c><00:20:07.670><c> myself,</c><00:20:08.170><c> you</c><00:20:08.349><c> judge</c><00:20:08.569><c> for</c>

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yourselves.<00:20:11.309><c> Ephesians,</c><00:20:11.829><c> chapter</c><00:20:12.230><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:20:28.630><c> surely</c><00:20:28.950><c> at</c><00:20:29.210><c> verse</c><00:20:29.430><c> 14,</c><00:20:30.130><c> he's</c><00:20:30.269><c> bowing</c><00:20:30.690><c> his</c><00:20:30.950><c> knees</c><00:20:31.210><c> in</c><00:20:34.609><c> prayer,</c>

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insight<00:20:35.390><c> once</c><00:20:35.750><c> again</c><00:20:36.029><c> into</c><00:20:36.269><c> what</c><00:20:36.509><c> the</c><00:20:36.750><c> Apostle's</c><00:20:37.549><c> prayer</c><00:20:37.769><c> life</c><00:20:38.009><c> was</c><00:20:38.329><c> like.</c>

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And<00:20:39.970><c> we</c><00:20:40.069><c> can</c><00:20:40.309><c> multiply</c><00:20:40.950><c> the</c><00:20:41.390><c> kind</c><00:20:41.869><c> of</c><00:20:42.230><c> prayer</c><00:20:42.390><c> that</c><00:20:42.549><c> is</c><00:20:42.890><c> here</c><00:20:43.170><c> a</c>

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number<00:20:43.930><c> of</c><00:20:44.150><c> other</c><00:20:44.329><c> times</c><00:20:44.690><c> in</c><00:20:44.869><c> the</c><00:20:44.930><c> New</c><00:20:45.170><c> Testament.</c>

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I<00:20:46.730><c> found</c><00:20:47.029><c> myself,</c><00:20:47.509><c> as</c><00:20:47.650><c> I</c><00:20:47.750><c> went</c><00:20:48.009><c> through</c><00:20:48.430><c> the</c><00:20:48.809><c> references</c><00:20:49.349><c> last</c>

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night<00:20:50.109><c> and</c><00:20:50.210><c> this</c><00:20:50.430><c> morning,</c>

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brethren<00:20:50.990><c> and</c><00:20:51.230><c> sisters,</c><00:20:52.049><c> just</c><00:20:52.309><c> setting</c><00:20:52.509><c> aside</c><00:20:52.930><c> more</c><00:20:53.190><c> cards</c><00:20:53.490><c> than</c><00:20:53.650><c> I</c>

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could<00:20:53.970><c> possibly</c><00:20:54.470><c> include</c><00:20:54.829><c> in</c><00:20:54.950><c> my</c><00:20:55.250><c> list,</c>

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and<00:20:56.069><c> then</c><00:20:56.269><c> just</c><00:20:56.710><c> taking</c><00:20:56.930><c> a</c><00:20:57.170><c> synopsis</c><00:20:57.730><c> of</c><00:20:57.809><c> what</c><00:20:57.950><c> was</c><00:20:58.230><c> left.</c><00:20:59.150><c> In</c>

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for<00:21:02.710><c> this</c><00:21:03.109><c> cause</c><00:21:03.369><c> I</c><00:21:03.609><c> bow</c><00:21:03.869><c> my</c><00:21:04.210><c> knees</c><00:21:04.529><c> unto</c><00:21:04.769><c> the</c><00:21:05.029><c> Father</c><00:21:05.390><c> of</c><00:21:05.589><c> our</c>

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Lord<00:21:06.029><c> Jesus</c><00:21:06.470><c> Christ,</c><00:21:07.369><c> of</c><00:21:07.509><c> whom</c><00:21:07.690><c> the</c><00:21:07.990><c> whole</c><00:21:08.569><c> family</c>

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heaven<00:21:09.430><c> and</c><00:21:09.589><c> earth</c><00:21:09.769><c> is</c><00:21:10.029><c> named.</c><00:21:11.690><c> And</c><00:21:11.869><c> so</c><00:21:12.109><c> he</c><00:21:12.450><c> does</c><00:21:12.829><c> in</c><00:21:12.950><c> his</c><00:21:13.289><c> prayer</c><00:21:13.470><c> life</c>

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and<00:21:13.990><c> in</c><00:21:15.109><c> his</c><00:21:15.269><c> spiritual</c><00:21:15.829><c> eye</c>

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would<00:21:21.950><c> grant</c><00:21:22.349><c> you</c>

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the<00:21:33.650><c> development</c><00:21:33.950><c> of</c><00:21:34.170><c> that</c><00:21:34.450><c> Holy</c><00:21:34.930><c> Spirit</c><00:21:35.670><c> that</c><00:21:36.049><c> we</c>

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talked<00:21:36.589><c> about</c><00:21:36.829><c> yesterday,</c><00:21:38.849><c> that</c><00:21:39.109><c> God</c><00:21:39.410><c> would</c><00:21:39.730><c> continue</c><00:21:40.230><c> to</c><00:21:40.730><c> strengthen</c><00:21:41.190><c> and</c><00:21:41.390><c> develop</c><00:21:41.890><c> by</c>

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his<00:21:42.809><c> Spirit,</c>

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the<00:21:44.789><c> inner</c><00:21:45.130><c> man,</c><00:21:45.529><c> the</c><00:21:45.750><c> Spirit</c><00:21:46.049><c> in</c><00:21:46.269><c> us.</c><00:21:47.289><c> That,</c><00:21:47.569><c> and</c><00:21:47.670><c> here's</c><00:21:48.029><c> the</c>

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product<00:21:48.670><c> of</c><00:21:48.849><c> it,</c>

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Christ<00:21:49.849><c> may</c><00:21:50.069><c> dwell</c><00:21:50.329><c> in</c><00:21:50.450><c> your</c><00:21:50.670><c> hearts</c><00:21:50.970><c> by</c><00:21:51.369><c> faith,</c><00:21:53.170><c> that</c><00:21:53.710><c> ye</c><00:21:54.089><c> being</c><00:21:54.529><c> rooted</c><00:21:54.930><c> and</c>

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grounded<00:21:55.529><c> in</c><00:21:55.750><c> love</c>

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may<00:21:56.670><c> be</c><00:21:56.869><c> able</c><00:21:57.130><c> to</c><00:21:57.430><c> comprehend</c><00:21:57.930><c> with</c><00:21:58.190><c> all</c><00:21:58.809><c> saints</c><00:21:59.410><c> what</c><00:21:59.930><c> is</c><00:22:00.130><c> the</c>

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breadth<00:22:00.650><c> and</c><00:22:00.849><c> length</c><00:22:01.150><c> and</c><00:22:01.369><c> depth</c><00:22:01.710><c> and</c><00:22:01.950><c> height,</c>

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and<00:22:03.509><c> to</c><00:22:03.710><c> know</c><00:22:03.869><c> the</c><00:22:04.009><c> love</c><00:22:04.190><c> of</c><00:22:04.369><c> Christ</c><00:22:04.789><c> which</c><00:22:05.089><c> passeth</c><00:22:05.549><c> knowledge,</c><00:22:06.849><c> that</c><00:22:07.710><c> ye</c>

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might<00:22:08.369><c> be</c><00:22:08.730><c> filled</c><00:22:08.990><c> with</c><00:22:09.289><c> all</c>

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the<00:22:09.730><c> fullness</c><00:22:10.029><c> of</c><00:22:10.329><c> God.</c><00:22:12.390><c> And</c><00:22:12.869><c> so</c><00:22:13.029><c> it's</c><00:22:13.230><c> now</c><00:22:13.490><c> a</c><00:22:13.750><c> prayer</c><00:22:14.369><c> for</c><00:22:16.430><c> that</c><00:22:16.769><c> development</c><00:22:17.450><c> in</c>

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toward<00:22:21.849><c> perfection,</c><00:22:22.569><c> that</c><00:22:22.789><c> growth</c><00:22:23.190><c> toward</c><00:22:23.390><c> maturity</c><00:22:24.210><c> of</c><00:22:26.589><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:22:27.730><c> Spirit,</c><00:22:30.250><c> that</c><00:22:30.690><c> quality</c><00:22:31.150><c> of</c><00:22:31.390><c> the</c><00:22:31.509><c> inner</c><00:22:31.730><c> man,</c>

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that<00:22:35.670><c> leads</c><00:22:36.009><c> us</c><00:22:36.349><c> on</c><00:22:36.569><c> toward</c><00:22:36.789><c> the</c><00:22:36.990><c> perfection</c><00:22:37.470><c> that</c><00:22:37.650><c> is</c><00:22:37.829><c> in</c><00:22:38.069><c> Christ.</c><00:22:39.769><c> What</c><00:22:39.950><c> a</c><00:22:40.130><c> thing</c><00:22:40.250><c> to</c><00:22:40.450><c> pray</c><00:22:40.710><c> for,</c><00:22:41.009><c> what</c><00:22:41.190><c> a</c>

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thing<00:22:41.529><c> to</c>

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pray<00:22:41.950><c> for.</c><00:22:43.349><c> Just</c><00:22:43.670><c> one</c><00:22:43.869><c> other,</c><00:22:44.089><c> brethren</c><00:22:44.349><c> and</c><00:22:44.589><c> sisters,</c><00:22:45.589><c> in</c><00:22:46.130><c> this</c><00:22:46.450><c> ecclesial</c><00:22:46.930><c> context.</c><00:22:47.670><c> Ephesians</c><00:22:48.170><c> chapter</c><00:22:48.650><c> 6</c>

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at<00:22:56.930><c> verse</c><00:22:57.450><c> 18.</c><00:22:59.509><c> And</c><00:22:59.509><c> we</c><00:23:01.690><c> dip</c><00:23:01.950><c> into</c><00:23:02.190><c> the</c><00:23:02.369><c> middle</c><00:23:02.549><c> of</c><00:23:02.750><c> a</c><00:23:02.930><c> thought</c>

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here,<00:23:03.490><c> but</c><00:23:03.490><c> we'll</c><00:23:03.730><c> try</c><00:23:03.910><c> to</c><00:23:04.029><c> pick</c><00:23:04.190><c> up</c><00:23:04.349><c> the</c><00:23:04.549><c> context.</c>

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Praying<00:23:08.150><c> always</c><00:23:08.670><c> with</c><00:23:09.190><c> all</c><00:23:09.670><c> prayer</c><00:23:10.009><c> and</c><00:23:10.349><c> supplication.</c><00:23:12.029><c> The</c>

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emphasis<00:23:12.730><c> is</c><00:23:12.990><c> so</c><00:23:13.349><c> strong,</c><00:23:13.849><c> brethren</c><00:23:13.930><c> and</c><00:23:14.170><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:23:14.569><c> we</c><00:23:14.809><c> see</c><00:23:15.109><c> in</c><00:23:15.430><c> agonizing</c><00:23:16.210><c> as</c><00:23:16.509><c> striving</c><00:23:16.890><c> in</c><00:23:17.230><c> prayer</c><00:23:17.430><c> here.</c>

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Praying<00:23:18.829><c> always</c><00:23:19.470><c> with</c><00:23:19.849><c> all</c><00:23:20.250><c> prayer</c><00:23:20.490><c> and</c>

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supplication.<00:23:23.049><c> The</c><00:23:23.210><c> Revised</c><00:23:23.670><c> says,</c><00:23:23.970><c> with</c><00:23:24.150><c> all</c><00:23:24.529><c> prayer</c><00:23:24.730><c> and</c>

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supplication,<00:23:25.950><c> praying</c><00:23:26.089><c> at</c><00:23:26.410><c> all</c><00:23:26.910><c> seasons</c><00:23:27.529><c> in</c><00:23:28.109><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:23:28.829><c> and</c><00:23:29.390><c> watching</c><00:23:29.769><c> thereunto</c><00:23:30.210><c> with</c><00:23:30.470><c> all</c><00:23:30.809><c> perseverance</c>

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and<00:23:31.609><c> supplication</c><00:23:32.250><c> for</c><00:23:32.490><c> all</c><00:23:32.930><c> saints.</c><00:23:33.829><c> And</c><00:23:33.910><c> we'll</c><00:23:34.029><c> leave</c>

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verse<00:23:34.450><c> 19</c><00:23:34.970><c> for</c><00:23:35.269><c> later.</c><00:23:37.869><c> Praying</c><00:23:38.470><c> for</c><00:23:38.829><c> all</c><00:23:39.230><c> saints.</c><00:23:41.410><c> Because,</c>

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brethren<00:23:42.049><c> and</c><00:23:42.250><c> sisters,</c><00:23:42.589><c> back</c><00:23:42.930><c> in</c><00:23:43.089><c> verse</c>

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12,<00:23:43.869><c> we</c><00:23:44.049><c> wrestle.</c><00:23:46.109><c> The</c><00:23:46.410><c> Brotherhood</c><00:23:46.930><c> wrestles</c><00:23:47.450><c> and</c><00:23:47.890><c> contends</c>

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in<00:23:49.349><c> this</c><00:23:49.869><c> dispensation.</c><00:23:51.269><c> We</c><00:23:51.490><c> wrestle</c><00:23:51.910><c> not</c>

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against<00:23:52.569><c> flesh</c><00:23:52.809><c> and</c><00:23:53.049><c> blood.</c><00:23:53.369><c> It's</c><00:23:53.410><c> not</c><00:23:53.650><c> a</c><00:23:53.869><c> carnal</c><00:23:54.170><c> warfare.</c><00:23:55.309><c> It's</c><00:23:55.549><c> not</c><00:23:55.769><c> a</c>

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physical<00:23:56.369><c> battle</c><00:23:56.750><c> that</c><00:23:56.910><c> we're</c><00:23:57.170><c> waging,</c>

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but<00:23:58.390><c> a</c><00:23:58.690><c> spiritual</c><00:23:59.170><c> one</c><00:23:59.789><c> that</c><00:24:00.230><c> all</c><00:24:00.509><c> of</c><00:24:00.589><c> us</c><00:24:00.750><c> has</c><00:24:01.009><c> to</c><00:24:01.289><c> contend</c><00:24:01.650><c> with.</c><00:24:03.369><c> We</c>

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wrestle<00:24:04.009><c> not</c><00:24:04.309><c> against</c><00:24:04.630><c> flesh</c><00:24:04.890><c> and</c><00:24:05.130><c> blood,</c>

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but<00:24:05.450><c> against</c><00:24:05.789><c> principalities,</c><00:24:06.750><c> against</c><00:24:07.069><c> powers,</c><00:24:07.970><c> against</c>

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the<00:24:08.549><c> rulers</c><00:24:08.769><c> of</c><00:24:09.069><c> darkness</c><00:24:09.410><c> of</c><00:24:09.630><c> this</c><00:24:09.970><c> world,</c>

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against<00:24:10.950><c> spiritual</c><00:24:11.710><c> wickedness</c><00:24:12.250><c> in</c><00:24:12.470><c> high</c><00:24:12.809><c> places.</c><00:24:13.970><c> And</c><00:24:14.150><c> that</c>

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spiritual<00:24:14.950><c> wickedness,</c><00:24:15.569><c> brethren</c><00:24:15.690><c> and</c><00:24:15.950><c> sisters,</c>

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makes<00:24:16.589><c> its</c><00:24:16.930><c> inroads</c><00:24:17.289><c> on</c><00:24:17.710><c> us</c><00:24:18.170><c> if</c><00:24:18.569><c> we</c><00:24:18.789><c> aren't</c><00:24:19.089><c> constantly</c><00:24:19.690><c> watching</c><00:24:20.150><c> unto</c>

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prayer.<00:24:20.750><c> And,</c><00:24:20.910><c> of</c><00:24:20.990><c> course,</c><00:24:21.089><c> that's</c><00:24:21.329><c> what</c>

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he<00:24:21.630><c> says</c><00:24:21.869><c> in</c><00:24:22.069><c> verse</c><00:24:22.309><c> 18.</c><00:24:23.529><c> Watching</c><00:24:24.130><c> unto</c><00:24:24.589><c> with</c><00:24:24.849><c> all</c><00:24:25.210><c> perseverance</c><00:24:25.730><c> and</c><00:24:26.049><c> supplication</c><00:24:26.609><c> for</c>

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all<00:24:27.130><c> saints.</c>

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And<00:24:30.369><c> so</c><00:24:30.569><c> it</c><00:24:30.670><c> is</c><00:24:31.009><c> a</c><00:24:31.430><c> praying</c><00:24:31.710><c> for</c><00:24:32.109><c> his</c><00:24:32.430><c> brethren</c><00:24:32.930><c> that</c><00:24:34.769><c> they</c><00:24:34.970><c> might</c><00:24:35.230><c> withstand</c><00:24:35.869><c> the</c>

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spiritually<00:24:37.049><c> debilitating</c><00:24:38.049><c> and</c>

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destructive<00:24:40.069><c> inroads</c><00:24:40.589><c> of</c><00:24:40.789><c> the</c><00:24:40.930><c> world.</c><00:24:43.630><c> Now,</c><00:24:43.809><c> you</c><00:24:43.869><c> can</c><00:24:44.109><c> multiply</c><00:24:44.630><c> these</c>

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kinds<00:24:45.289><c> of</c><00:24:45.529><c> things</c><00:24:45.769><c> a</c><00:24:45.950><c> number</c><00:24:46.190><c> of</c><00:24:46.450><c> times,</c>

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a<00:24:47.150><c> number</c><00:24:47.450><c> of</c><00:24:47.670><c> times,</c><00:24:48.950><c> and</c><00:24:49.170><c> begin</c><00:24:49.549><c> to</c><00:24:50.009><c> generate</c><00:24:50.450><c> the</c><00:24:50.710><c> kinds</c><00:24:50.970><c> of</c>

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things<00:24:51.390><c> which</c><00:24:51.670><c> the</c><00:24:51.910><c> Apostle</c><00:24:52.309><c> was</c><00:24:52.549><c> constantly</c>

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praying<00:24:53.450><c> for.</c><00:24:54.450><c> And</c><00:24:54.710><c> I</c><00:24:54.890><c> believe,</c><00:24:55.349><c> brethren</c><00:24:55.470><c> and</c><00:24:55.750><c> sisters,</c><00:24:56.109><c> we</c>

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need<00:24:56.490><c> to</c><00:24:56.609><c> be</c><00:24:56.710><c> more</c><00:24:57.049><c> conscious</c><00:24:57.450><c> of</c><00:24:57.710><c> ourselves.</c>

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Ourselves.<00:25:00.670><c> Now,</c><00:25:02.390><c> it</c><00:25:02.630><c> was</c><00:25:02.769><c> in</c><00:25:02.970><c> this</c><00:25:03.170><c> connection</c>

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and<00:25:09.410><c> stepping</c><00:25:09.710><c> back</c><00:25:10.170><c> from</c><00:25:10.349><c> the</c><00:25:10.589><c> studies</c><00:25:11.029><c> and</c><00:25:11.470><c> saying,</c>

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I<00:25:13.569><c> haven't</c><00:25:13.829><c> really</c><00:25:14.150><c> appreciated</c><00:25:14.650><c> that</c><00:25:14.990><c> before</c><00:25:15.309><c> the</c><00:25:15.529><c> way</c><00:25:15.710><c> I</c><00:25:15.910><c> should,</c>

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that<00:25:19.509><c> I</c><00:25:19.650><c> suddenly</c><00:25:19.990><c> realized</c><00:25:20.650><c> we</c><00:25:20.910><c> hold</c><00:25:21.190><c> in</c><00:25:21.410><c> our</c><00:25:21.650><c> hands</c><00:25:22.230><c> a</c><00:25:23.150><c> very</c>

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practical<00:25:24.049><c> key</c><00:25:24.329><c> to</c><00:25:24.569><c> doing</c><00:25:24.829><c> this</c><00:25:25.190><c> kind</c><00:25:25.390><c> of</c><00:25:25.589><c> thing.</c>

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Within<00:25:29.789><c> the</c><00:25:30.230><c> pages</c><00:25:30.630><c> of</c><00:25:30.910><c> many</c><00:25:31.309><c> of</c><00:25:31.509><c> the</c><00:25:31.769><c> magazines,</c><00:25:32.569><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:25:32.930><c> sisters,</c><00:25:33.750><c> now</c><00:25:33.849><c> that</c><00:25:34.289><c> we</c><00:25:34.529><c> have</c><00:25:35.170><c> across</c>

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the<00:25:35.890><c> Brotherhood,</c><00:25:38.190><c> there</c><00:25:38.250><c> is</c><00:25:38.430><c> much</c><00:25:38.710><c> information</c><00:25:39.470><c> on</c>

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that's<00:25:44.410><c> there,</c><00:25:45.210><c> month</c><00:25:45.509><c> after</c><00:25:45.829><c> month</c><00:25:46.130><c> after</c><00:25:46.430><c> month.</c><00:25:47.970><c> Whether</c>

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it<00:25:48.369><c> be</c><00:25:48.490><c> the</c><00:25:48.690><c> Christadelphian</c><00:25:49.369><c> magazine,</c>

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or<00:25:51.029><c> the</c><00:25:51.289><c> Tidings</c><00:25:51.670><c> magazine</c><00:25:52.170><c> on</c><00:25:52.369><c> this</c><00:25:52.589><c> continent,</c><00:25:53.849><c> or</c><00:25:54.009><c> the</c>

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Lagos<00:25:54.549><c> magazine</c><00:25:55.269><c> from</c><00:25:55.509><c> Australia,</c>

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we<00:25:57.410><c> have</c><00:25:57.890><c> in</c><00:25:57.990><c> the</c><00:25:58.289><c> pages</c><00:25:58.630><c> of</c><00:25:58.849><c> those</c><00:25:59.190><c> magazines,</c><00:25:59.930><c> brethren</c><00:26:00.009><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:26:00.890><c> ecclesial</c><00:26:01.309><c> information</c>

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which<00:26:06.690><c> gives</c><00:26:07.289><c> us,</c>

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well,<00:26:10.309><c> brethren</c><00:26:10.549><c> and</c><00:26:10.769><c> sisters,</c><00:26:11.109><c> it</c><00:26:11.230><c> gives</c><00:26:11.509><c> us</c><00:26:11.789><c> the</c><00:26:12.089><c> modern</c><00:26:12.529><c> day</c><00:26:13.710><c> chronicle</c><00:26:14.269><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:14.670><c> hand</c><00:26:14.890><c> of</c><00:26:15.210><c> God</c><00:26:15.329><c> at</c><00:26:15.589><c> work.</c>

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That's<00:26:18.950><c> what</c><00:26:19.029><c> it</c><00:26:19.170><c> does.</c>

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When<00:26:21.950><c> I</c><00:26:22.130><c> open</c><00:26:22.369><c> to</c><00:26:22.529><c> the</c><00:26:22.750><c> pages</c><00:26:23.190><c> of</c><00:26:23.470><c> the</c><00:26:23.690><c> Brotherhood,</c><00:26:24.329><c> near</c><00:26:24.329><c> and</c><00:26:24.569><c> far,</c>

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in<00:26:25.950><c> the</c><00:26:26.109><c> back</c><00:26:26.289><c> of</c><00:26:26.410><c> the</c><00:26:26.470><c> most</c><00:26:26.710><c> recent</c><00:26:27.029><c> Christadelphian</c><00:26:27.769><c> that</c><00:26:27.930><c> I</c><00:26:28.230><c> have,</c>

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here<00:26:29.930><c> is</c><00:26:30.150><c> the</c><00:26:30.430><c> chronicle</c><00:26:30.829><c> of</c><00:26:30.990><c> the</c><00:26:31.190><c> hand</c><00:26:31.369><c> of</c><00:26:31.549><c> God</c><00:26:31.730><c> at</c><00:26:31.950><c> work.</c><00:26:32.809><c> And</c>

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here,<00:26:33.390><c> alas,</c><00:26:33.630><c> at</c><00:26:33.730><c> times,</c><00:26:34.190><c> brethren</c><00:26:34.269><c> and</c><00:26:34.490><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:34.829 --> 00:26:39.369
is<00:26:34.950><c> the</c><00:26:35.210><c> chronicle</c><00:26:35.930><c> of</c><00:26:36.769><c> a</c><00:26:36.849><c> human</c><00:26:37.210><c> spirit</c><00:26:37.609><c> in</c><00:26:37.849><c> response</c><00:26:38.430><c> to</c><00:26:38.710><c> it,</c>

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and<00:26:39.849><c> sometimes</c><00:26:40.470><c> Holy</c><00:26:40.869><c> Spirit</c><00:26:41.329><c> in</c><00:26:41.569><c> response</c><00:26:42.089><c> to</c><00:26:42.369><c> it.</c>

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And<00:26:45.390><c> it</c><00:26:45.509><c> has</c><00:26:46.130><c> occurred</c><00:26:46.450><c> to</c><00:26:46.690><c> me,</c><00:26:46.910><c> and</c><00:26:47.049><c> I</c><00:26:47.309><c> offer</c><00:26:47.450><c> it</c><00:26:47.589><c> as</c><00:26:47.690><c> a</c>

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practical<00:26:48.289><c> suggestion,</c>

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that<00:26:53.849><c> we</c><00:26:54.109><c> can</c><00:26:54.490><c> now</c><00:26:54.829><c> take</c><00:26:55.210><c> this</c><00:26:56.009><c> and</c><00:26:57.170><c> open</c><00:26:57.490><c> to</c><00:26:57.710><c> those</c><00:26:58.089><c> pages</c><00:26:58.910><c> and</c>

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read<00:27:01.509><c> them</c><00:27:02.430><c> with</c><00:27:02.849><c> a</c><00:27:03.049><c> prayer</c><00:27:03.210><c> in</c><00:27:03.450><c> our</c><00:27:03.589><c> hearts,</c>

00:27:06.529 --> 00:27:11.509
and<00:27:06.630><c> fulfill</c><00:27:07.170><c> some</c><00:27:07.849><c> of</c><00:27:08.170><c> the</c><00:27:08.609><c> very</c><00:27:09.329><c> essence</c><00:27:09.809><c> of</c><00:27:10.009><c> what</c><00:27:10.230><c> the</c><00:27:10.470><c> Apostle</c><00:27:10.970><c> did,</c>

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day<00:27:12.009><c> by</c><00:27:12.369><c> day,</c><00:27:13.049><c> by</c><00:27:13.329><c> himself</c><00:27:13.950><c> or</c><00:27:14.190><c> with</c><00:27:14.470><c> his</c>

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brethren.<00:27:15.950><c> Think</c><00:27:16.150><c> of</c><00:27:16.329><c> sitting</c><00:27:16.650><c> down</c><00:27:17.150><c> with</c><00:27:17.390><c> your</c><00:27:17.670><c> family,</c><00:27:18.269><c> brethren</c><00:27:18.390><c> and</c>

00:27:18.650 --> 00:27:19.890
sisters.<00:27:18.930><c> It</c><00:27:19.029><c> isn't</c><00:27:19.230><c> something</c><00:27:19.529><c> we've</c>

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tried.<00:27:20.289><c> I've</c><00:27:20.529><c> done</c><00:27:20.690><c> a</c><00:27:20.769><c> bit</c><00:27:20.869><c> of</c><00:27:20.950><c> this</c><00:27:21.130><c> now</c><00:27:21.450><c> personally</c><00:27:21.890><c> since</c>

00:27:22.509 --> 00:27:24.890
I've<00:27:22.890><c> begun</c><00:27:23.069><c> to</c><00:27:23.230><c> be</c><00:27:23.329><c> more</c><00:27:23.569><c> aware</c><00:27:23.789><c> of</c><00:27:23.970><c> this.</c>

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But<00:27:25.289><c> think</c><00:27:25.450><c> of</c><00:27:25.670><c> sitting</c><00:27:25.890><c> down,</c><00:27:26.589><c> husband</c><00:27:26.990><c> and</c><00:27:27.269><c> wife,</c><00:27:27.549><c> or</c><00:27:27.670><c> with</c>

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children,<00:27:28.210><c> and</c><00:27:28.410><c> looking</c><00:27:28.589><c> at</c><00:27:28.789><c> some</c><00:27:29.049><c> of</c><00:27:29.250><c> these</c>

00:27:30.450 --> 00:27:34.650
things<00:27:30.890><c> across</c><00:27:31.329><c> the</c><00:27:31.589><c> Brotherhood,</c><00:27:33.650><c> and</c><00:27:33.829><c> realizing</c><00:27:34.210><c> that</c><00:27:34.430><c> in</c>

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some<00:27:34.869><c> of</c><00:27:35.049><c> those</c><00:27:35.390><c> things,</c><00:27:35.730><c> brethren</c><00:27:35.869><c> and</c><00:27:36.089><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:36.289 --> 00:27:42.089
there<00:27:36.490><c> are</c><00:27:36.769><c> appeals</c><00:27:37.109><c> for</c><00:27:37.450><c> prayers.</c><00:27:38.650><c> There</c><00:27:38.809><c> are</c><00:27:39.549><c> requests</c><00:27:40.250><c> for</c><00:27:40.950><c> prayer.</c>

00:27:43.990 --> 00:27:50.430
Or<00:27:44.509><c> there</c><00:27:44.730><c> are</c><00:27:45.009><c> prayers,</c><00:27:46.349><c> and</c><00:27:47.109><c> do</c><00:27:47.289><c> we</c><00:27:47.470><c> say</c><00:27:47.630><c> amen.</c><00:27:49.789><c> Now</c><00:27:50.049><c> I</c><00:27:50.170><c> just</c>

00:27:50.430 --> 00:27:53.130
have<00:27:50.609><c> opened</c><00:27:50.829><c> it</c><00:27:51.029><c> here</c>

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to<00:27:53.690><c> the</c><00:27:53.869><c> section</c><00:27:54.190><c> from</c><00:27:54.430><c> Canada</c>

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where<00:27:57.569><c> there's</c><00:27:57.769><c> a</c><00:27:57.849><c> word</c><00:27:57.970><c> of</c><00:27:58.269><c> thanks</c><00:27:59.069><c> for</c><00:27:59.589><c> one</c><00:27:59.750><c> of</c><00:27:59.910><c> our</c><00:28:00.069><c> brethren</c>

00:28:01.450 --> 00:28:04.670
who<00:28:01.970><c> was</c><00:28:02.109><c> here</c><00:28:02.250><c> at</c><00:28:02.369><c> this</c><00:28:02.529><c> Bible</c><00:28:02.890><c> school,</c><00:28:03.170><c> who</c><00:28:03.410><c> served</c><00:28:03.890><c> there</c><00:28:04.390><c> at</c><00:28:04.549><c> a</c>

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gathering<00:28:04.990><c> last</c><00:28:05.470><c> winter,</c><00:28:05.849><c> last</c><00:28:06.210><c> fall.</c>

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And<00:28:13.349><c> Brother</c><00:28:13.549><c> Dave,</c><00:28:15.430><c> we</c><00:28:15.730><c> think</c><00:28:15.930><c> of</c><00:28:16.130><c> Paul's</c><00:28:16.549><c> words,</c><00:28:18.970><c> God,</c><00:28:19.410><c> and</c>

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multiply<00:28:20.170><c> your</c><00:28:20.849><c> seed</c><00:28:21.089><c> for</c><00:28:21.450><c> sowing.</c>

00:28:28.630 --> 00:28:33.250
And<00:28:29.170><c> just</c><00:28:29.710><c> a</c><00:28:30.490><c> little</c><00:28:30.710><c> ways</c><00:28:30.910><c> down</c><00:28:31.210><c> that</c><00:28:31.470><c> same</c><00:28:31.730><c> column</c><00:28:32.009><c> of</c><00:28:32.150><c> the</c><00:28:32.369><c> page,</c>

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there's<00:28:34.509><c> a</c><00:28:34.670><c> heading</c><00:28:34.930><c> under</c><00:28:35.430><c> Liberia.</c><00:28:36.210><c> Well,</c><00:28:36.430><c> brethren</c><00:28:36.549><c> and</c>

00:28:36.769 --> 00:28:39.410
sisters,<00:28:37.130><c> where</c><00:28:37.349><c> in</c><00:28:37.490><c> the</c><00:28:37.650><c> world</c><00:28:37.869><c> is</c><00:28:38.109><c> Liberia?</c>

00:28:42.789 --> 00:28:44.890
You<00:28:43.170><c> know,</c><00:28:43.289><c> I</c><00:28:43.329><c> had</c><00:28:43.509><c> to</c><00:28:43.609><c> get</c><00:28:43.750><c> the</c><00:28:43.930><c> map</c><00:28:44.089><c> out</c><00:28:44.289><c> last</c><00:28:44.529><c> night.</c><00:28:44.630><c> One</c><00:28:44.750><c> of</c>

00:28:44.890 --> 00:28:47.549
the<00:28:45.029><c> last</c><00:28:45.289><c> things</c><00:28:45.569><c> I</c><00:28:45.829><c> did</c><00:28:45.990><c> before</c><00:28:46.329><c> I</c><00:28:46.630><c> left</c>

00:28:47.869 --> 00:28:50.470
was<00:28:48.250><c> to</c><00:28:48.509><c> grab</c><00:28:48.630><c> a</c><00:28:48.869><c> world</c><00:28:49.089><c> map</c><00:28:49.309><c> and</c><00:28:49.509><c> throw</c><00:28:49.730><c> it</c><00:28:49.849><c> in</c><00:28:49.990><c> amongst</c><00:28:50.250><c> all</c>

00:28:50.470 --> 00:28:51.849
the<00:28:50.589><c> other</c><00:28:50.769><c> things.</c><00:28:50.910><c> You</c><00:28:51.029><c> know,</c><00:28:51.109><c> you</c><00:28:51.250><c> always</c><00:28:51.430><c> come</c><00:28:51.589><c> over</c>

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prepared.<00:28:53.750><c> You</c><00:28:53.809><c> might</c><00:28:54.009><c> just</c><00:28:54.230><c> need</c><00:28:54.369><c> a</c><00:28:54.569><c> world</c><00:28:54.730><c> map</c><00:28:54.990><c> for</c><00:28:55.230><c> some</c><00:28:55.410><c> reason</c><00:28:55.609><c> or</c>

00:28:55.789 --> 00:28:59.049
another.<00:28:57.529><c> Well,</c><00:28:57.829><c> I</c><00:28:57.910><c> had</c><00:28:58.390><c> a</c><00:28:58.509><c> few</c><00:28:58.690><c> things</c><00:28:58.930><c> in</c>

00:28:59.049 --> 00:29:04.890
the<00:28:59.190><c> back</c><00:28:59.309><c> of</c><00:28:59.410><c> my</c><00:28:59.549><c> mind.</c><00:28:59.650><c> It</c><00:28:59.750><c> actually</c><00:29:00.009><c> wasn't</c><00:29:00.269><c> this.</c><00:29:02.329><c> And</c><00:29:02.670><c> I</c><00:29:02.809><c> went</c><00:29:03.069><c> and</c><00:29:03.849><c> got</c><00:29:04.269><c> the</c><00:29:04.490><c> map</c><00:29:04.650><c> out.</c><00:29:04.890><c> I</c>

00:29:04.890 --> 00:29:05.809
had<00:29:05.130><c> some</c><00:29:05.410><c> suspicion</c>

00:29:05.809 --> 00:29:12.230
it<00:29:05.910><c> was</c><00:29:06.049><c> on</c><00:29:06.250><c> the</c><00:29:06.410><c> continent</c><00:29:06.710><c> of</c><00:29:06.990><c> Africa.</c><00:29:10.930><c> And</c><00:29:11.150><c> as</c><00:29:11.490><c> the</c><00:29:11.970><c> bulge</c>

00:29:12.230 --> 00:29:15.190
of<00:29:12.549><c> Africa</c><00:29:12.890><c> comes</c><00:29:13.230><c> around</c><00:29:13.710><c> toward</c><00:29:13.970><c> the</c><00:29:14.829><c> west,</c>

00:29:15.450 --> 00:29:20.589
brethren<00:29:15.549><c> and</c><00:29:15.829><c> sisters,</c><00:29:16.890><c> down</c><00:29:17.369><c> in</c><00:29:17.809><c> that</c><00:29:18.089><c> southwest</c><00:29:18.930><c> curve</c><00:29:19.789><c> is</c>

00:29:20.589 --> 00:29:22.609
the<00:29:20.730><c> little</c><00:29:20.890><c> country</c><00:29:21.269><c> of</c><00:29:21.470><c> Liberia.</c>

00:29:25.369 --> 00:29:28.750
And<00:29:25.589><c> there</c><00:29:25.789><c> are</c><00:29:26.069><c> two</c><00:29:26.470><c> entries</c><00:29:26.950><c> under</c><00:29:27.369><c> Liberia.</c>

00:29:30.329 --> 00:29:36.269
We<00:29:30.970><c> enjoyed</c><00:29:31.470><c> good</c><00:29:31.869><c> fellowship</c><00:29:32.390><c> with,</c><00:29:32.849><c> and</c><00:29:33.009><c> they</c><00:29:33.250><c> mention,</c><00:29:33.549><c> Brother</c><00:29:33.809><c> Dennis</c><00:29:34.250><c> Palmer</c><00:29:34.630><c> and</c><00:29:34.910><c> Brother</c><00:29:35.170><c> Ron</c><00:29:35.569><c> Seeley</c><00:29:35.890><c> of</c>

00:29:36.269 --> 00:29:41.130
the<00:29:36.509><c> UK,</c><00:29:39.309><c> and</c><00:29:39.450><c> said,</c><00:29:39.769><c> two</c><00:29:39.769><c> of</c><00:29:39.970><c> our</c><00:29:40.130><c> members</c><00:29:40.430><c> were</c><00:29:40.690><c> immersed,</c>

00:29:41.369 --> 00:29:44.750
Sister<00:29:41.670><c> Mary</c><00:29:42.069><c> Wilson</c><00:29:42.490><c> and</c><00:29:42.730><c> Brother</c><00:29:43.349><c> Alfred</c><00:29:43.769><c> Taki.</c>

00:29:46.849 --> 00:29:50.670
May<00:29:47.490><c> God's</c><00:29:48.130><c> blessing</c><00:29:48.630><c> help</c><00:29:48.990><c> to</c><00:29:49.210><c> maintain</c><00:29:49.690><c> the</c><00:29:50.009><c> faith</c><00:29:50.230><c> of</c><00:29:50.450><c> our</c>

00:29:50.670 --> 00:29:53.609
new<00:29:50.910><c> members</c><00:29:51.269><c> in</c><00:29:51.549><c> difficult</c><00:29:52.269><c> conditions.</c>

00:29:54.690 --> 00:29:57.869
And<00:29:55.170><c> we</c><00:29:55.309><c> have</c><00:29:55.529><c> no</c><00:29:55.730><c> idea,</c><00:29:55.950><c> I</c><00:29:56.109><c> have</c><00:29:56.289><c> no</c><00:29:56.509><c> idea</c><00:29:56.789><c> what</c><00:29:56.930><c> those</c><00:29:57.190><c> conditions</c><00:29:57.630><c> are,</c>

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brethren<00:29:58.109><c> and</c><00:29:58.349><c> sisters,</c><00:29:58.990><c> none,</c><00:29:59.150><c> whatever.</c>

00:30:02.890 --> 00:30:05.670
And<00:30:03.210><c> yet</c><00:30:03.329><c> if</c><00:30:03.490><c> we</c><00:30:03.650><c> were</c><00:30:03.789><c> just</c><00:30:04.170><c> reading</c><00:30:04.490><c> that</c><00:30:04.789><c> and</c><00:30:05.089><c> stopping</c><00:30:05.369><c> for</c>

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a<00:30:05.849><c> moment,</c><00:30:06.369><c> shouldn't</c><00:30:06.549><c> we</c><00:30:06.789><c> bow</c><00:30:06.990><c> our</c><00:30:07.170><c> heads</c><00:30:07.690><c> and</c><00:30:08.390><c> pray?</c>

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We'll<00:30:09.890><c> do</c><00:30:10.049><c> that</c><00:30:10.289><c> momentarily.</c>

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We<00:30:15.049><c> go</c><00:30:15.349><c> on</c><00:30:15.670><c> down</c><00:30:15.970><c> to</c><00:30:17.410><c> Sestah</c><00:30:17.930><c> City</c><00:30:18.369><c> in</c><00:30:19.470><c> Liberia,</c><00:30:20.430><c> and</c><00:30:21.869><c> at</c><00:30:22.089><c> the</c>

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end<00:30:22.630><c> of</c><00:30:22.970><c> the</c><00:30:23.410><c> entry</c><00:30:23.769><c> there,</c><00:30:24.750><c> we're</c><00:30:24.970><c> told</c><00:30:25.329><c> the</c>

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opportunities<00:30:26.269><c> are</c><00:30:26.589><c> enormous.</c><00:30:28.990><c> And</c><00:30:29.130><c> with</c><00:30:29.250><c> the</c><00:30:29.410><c> help</c><00:30:29.529><c> of</c><00:30:29.829><c> God,</c>

00:30:30.029 --> 00:30:32.269
we<00:30:30.190><c> are</c><00:30:30.569><c> sure</c><00:30:30.869><c> that</c><00:30:31.089><c> there</c><00:30:31.269><c> will</c><00:30:31.470><c> be</c><00:30:31.630><c> a</c><00:30:31.750><c> response</c>

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to<00:30:32.470><c> the</c><00:30:32.710><c> truth</c><00:30:32.910><c> in</c><00:30:33.089><c> this</c><00:30:33.349><c> part</c><00:30:33.509><c> of</c><00:30:33.630><c> his</c><00:30:33.829><c> vineyard.</c><00:30:34.930><c> We</c><00:30:35.529><c> ask</c><00:30:36.009><c> for</c>

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the<00:30:36.630><c> prayers</c><00:30:36.950><c> of</c><00:30:37.190><c> the</c><00:30:37.470><c> Brotherhood</c><00:30:37.990><c> for</c><00:30:38.309><c> this</c><00:30:38.769><c> small</c>

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Clesia.<00:30:41.130><c> Have</c><00:30:41.769><c> we</c><00:30:42.009><c> given</c><00:30:42.269><c> them?</c>

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Have<00:30:50.549><c> I?</c>

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And<00:30:55.069><c> we</c><00:30:55.190><c> go</c><00:30:55.369><c> on</c><00:30:55.630><c> without</c><00:30:55.950><c> mentioning</c><00:30:56.470><c> places</c><00:30:56.950><c> we</c><00:30:57.269><c> regret</c><00:30:57.630><c> that</c>

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fellowship<00:30:58.309><c> has</c><00:30:58.569><c> been</c><00:30:58.769><c> withdrawn</c>

00:30:59.269 --> 00:31:05.589
from<00:30:59.650><c> Sister</c><00:30:59.950><c> so</c><00:31:00.269><c>-and</c><00:31:00.529><c>-so.</c><00:31:03.970><c> And</c><00:31:04.609><c> that</c><00:31:04.869><c> tugs</c><00:31:05.069><c> at</c><00:31:05.250><c> the</c><00:31:05.410><c> heart,</c>

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brethren<00:31:05.910><c> and</c><00:31:06.190><c> sisters.</c>

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Because<00:31:09.809><c> I</c><00:31:10.069><c> am</c><00:31:10.269><c> one</c><00:31:10.549><c> who</c><00:31:10.730><c> will</c><00:31:10.890><c> stand</c><00:31:11.150><c> here</c><00:31:11.329><c> and</c><00:31:11.569><c> say</c><00:31:11.710><c> I</c><00:31:11.890><c> don't</c>

00:31:12.230 --> 00:31:14.769
believe<00:31:12.650><c> that</c><00:31:12.849><c> that</c><00:31:13.029><c> has</c><00:31:13.269><c> solved</c><00:31:13.670><c> a</c><00:31:14.009><c> problem.</c>

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It<00:31:19.930><c> has</c><00:31:20.210><c> merely</c><00:31:20.529><c> created</c><00:31:21.170><c> one.</c><00:31:21.369><c> Now</c><00:31:21.549><c> I'm</c><00:31:21.609><c> not</c><00:31:21.930><c> saying,</c><00:31:22.490><c> brethren</c><00:31:22.609><c> and</c>

00:31:22.849 --> 00:31:24.069
sisters,<00:31:23.029><c> I'm</c><00:31:23.269><c> not</c><00:31:23.589><c> saying</c>

00:31:24.069 --> 00:31:26.829
that<00:31:24.650><c> there</c><00:31:24.789><c> are</c><00:31:24.910><c> not</c><00:31:25.049><c> times</c><00:31:25.349><c> when</c><00:31:25.509><c> this</c><00:31:25.730><c> is</c><00:31:25.910><c> the</c><00:31:26.069><c> recourse</c><00:31:26.349><c> that</c><00:31:26.470><c> has</c><00:31:26.670><c> to</c>

00:31:26.829 --> 00:31:27.809
be<00:31:27.069><c> taken.</c>

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But<00:31:30.470><c> alas,</c><00:31:30.849><c> it</c><00:31:30.970><c> is</c><00:31:31.569><c> the</c><00:31:32.069><c> evidence</c><00:31:32.609><c> of</c><00:31:34.490><c> a</c><00:31:34.609><c> tragic</c><00:31:34.950><c> problem.</c>

00:31:37.230 --> 00:31:42.210
And<00:31:37.789><c> that</c><00:31:37.789><c> sister</c><00:31:38.150><c> needs</c><00:31:38.430><c> our</c><00:31:38.750><c> prayers</c><00:31:38.950><c> as</c><00:31:39.250><c> well.</c><00:31:41.490><c> That</c><00:31:41.670><c> sister</c><00:31:41.930><c> needs</c>

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our<00:31:42.450><c> prayers.</c>

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Here's<00:31:45.250><c> an</c><00:31:45.490><c> entry</c><00:31:45.650><c> from</c><00:31:45.890><c> Nigeria</c><00:31:46.569><c> where</c><00:31:46.930><c> they</c><00:31:47.210><c> say</c><00:31:47.410><c> it</c><00:31:47.549><c> was</c><00:31:47.829><c> a</c>

00:31:47.930 --> 00:31:49.869
great<00:31:48.369><c> pleasure</c><00:31:48.789><c> to</c><00:31:49.009><c> have</c><00:31:49.130><c> the</c><00:31:49.390><c> company</c>

00:31:49.869 --> 00:31:52.970
of<00:31:50.410><c> Brethren</c><00:31:50.690><c> Harold</c><00:31:51.069><c> Jenkins</c><00:31:51.490><c> and</c><00:31:51.710><c> Stephen</c><00:31:52.210><c> Sykes</c><00:31:52.589><c> of</c><00:31:52.809><c> the</c>

00:31:52.970 --> 00:31:55.569
UK.<00:31:53.970><c> They</c><00:31:54.230><c> encouraged</c><00:31:54.710><c> us</c><00:31:54.930><c> with</c><00:31:55.230><c> comments</c>

00:31:55.569 --> 00:31:58.630
from<00:31:55.769><c> the</c><00:31:55.930><c> daily</c><00:31:56.230><c> readings,</c><00:31:56.990><c> giving</c><00:31:57.250><c> us</c><00:31:57.549><c> strength</c><00:31:57.829><c> to</c><00:31:58.170><c> continue</c><00:31:58.430><c> with</c>

00:31:58.630 --> 00:31:59.710
the<00:31:58.789><c> work.</c>

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And<00:32:01.869><c> so</c><00:32:02.230><c> we</c><00:32:02.569><c> thank</c><00:32:02.829><c> God</c><00:32:03.210><c> for</c><00:32:03.589><c> the</c><00:32:04.130><c> ability</c><00:32:04.470><c> of</c><00:32:04.650><c> these</c><00:32:04.910><c> Brethren</c>

00:32:05.150 --> 00:32:08.589
to<00:32:05.390><c> communicate</c><00:32:06.289><c> not</c><00:32:07.730><c> just</c><00:32:07.990><c> in</c><00:32:08.170><c> the</c><00:32:08.309><c> limited</c>

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sense<00:32:08.849><c> as</c><00:32:08.990><c> we</c><00:32:09.150><c> mentioned</c><00:32:09.349><c> the</c><00:32:09.509><c> other</c><00:32:09.730><c> day,</c><00:32:10.289><c> but</c><00:32:10.410><c> in</c><00:32:10.589><c> the</c><00:32:10.829><c> broader</c><00:32:11.089><c> sense</c>

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of<00:32:11.769><c> fellowship</c><00:32:12.170><c> and</c><00:32:12.470><c> ministering.</c>

00:32:15.289 --> 00:32:20.970
We<00:32:15.450><c> look</c><00:32:15.690><c> on</c><00:32:16.029><c> down</c><00:32:16.349><c> to</c><00:32:16.589><c> the</c><00:32:16.730><c> UK</c><00:32:17.109><c> entry</c><00:32:17.730><c> and</c><00:32:19.250><c> here's</c><00:32:19.650><c> Brother</c><00:32:19.950><c> Ken</c><00:32:20.349><c> Smith</c><00:32:20.710><c> of</c>

00:32:20.970 --> 00:32:22.509
Acocks<00:32:21.549><c> Green</c><00:32:21.829><c> who's</c><00:32:22.150><c> retired</c>

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from<00:32:22.710><c> the</c><00:32:22.829><c> position</c><00:32:23.130><c> of</c><00:32:23.430><c> recording</c><00:32:23.670><c> brother</c><00:32:23.910><c> after</c><00:32:24.250><c> 31</c><00:32:24.690><c> years</c>

00:32:25.009 --> 00:32:28.809
of<00:32:25.349><c> service.</c><00:32:27.210><c> I've</c><00:32:27.789><c> had</c><00:32:27.930><c> two</c><00:32:28.289><c> stints</c><00:32:28.609><c> as</c>

00:32:28.809 --> 00:32:30.990
recording,<00:32:29.390><c> brethren</c><00:32:29.549><c> and</c><00:32:29.890><c> sisters,</c><00:32:30.250><c> and</c><00:32:30.390><c> they</c><00:32:30.589><c> barely</c><00:32:30.829><c> add</c>

00:32:30.990 --> 00:32:33.099
up<00:32:31.109><c> to</c><00:32:31.289><c> a</c><00:32:31.390><c> third</c><00:32:31.549><c> of</c><00:32:31.710><c> that</c><00:32:31.849><c> length</c><00:32:32.069><c> of</c><00:32:32.349><c> time.</c>

00:32:35.789 --> 00:32:37.869
And<00:32:35.990><c> I</c><00:32:36.069><c> knuckled</c><00:32:36.329><c> under</c><00:32:36.589><c> twice.</c>

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So<00:32:41.410><c> when</c><00:32:41.589><c> I</c><00:32:41.930><c> see</c><00:32:42.190><c> a</c><00:32:42.329><c> person</c><00:32:42.690><c> that's</c><00:32:42.970><c> gone</c><00:32:43.170><c> 31</c><00:32:43.670><c> years</c><00:32:44.190><c> in</c><00:32:44.369><c> that</c>

00:32:44.710 --> 00:32:46.170
kind<00:32:44.910><c> of</c><00:32:45.109><c> service,</c>

00:32:47.150 --> 00:32:49.829
I<00:32:47.410><c> find</c><00:32:47.650><c> it</c><00:32:47.829><c> just</c><00:32:48.130><c> absolutely</c><00:32:48.490><c> breathtaking.</c><00:32:49.150><c> We</c><00:32:49.390><c> thank</c><00:32:49.650><c> him</c>

00:32:49.829 --> 00:32:52.049
for<00:32:49.990><c> his</c><00:32:50.269><c> dedicated</c><00:32:50.710><c> devotion</c><00:32:51.190><c> to</c><00:32:51.430><c> our</c><00:32:51.609><c> spiritual</c>

00:32:52.049 --> 00:32:55.750
welfare<00:32:52.650><c> and</c><00:32:53.170><c> the</c><00:32:53.369><c> stability</c><00:32:53.730><c> he</c><00:32:53.930><c> has</c><00:32:54.170><c> brought</c><00:32:54.349><c> to</c><00:32:54.549><c> the</c><00:32:54.750><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:55.109><c> through</c><00:32:55.390><c> his</c>

00:32:55.750 --> 00:32:57.269
untiring<00:32:56.190><c> efforts.</c>

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And<00:32:57.970><c> then</c><00:32:58.130><c> it</c><00:32:58.230><c> goes</c><00:32:58.410><c> on</c><00:32:58.630><c> to</c><00:32:58.809><c> say,</c><00:32:59.170><c> with</c><00:32:59.170><c> great</c><00:32:59.509><c> sadness,</c><00:32:59.950><c> we</c>

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report<00:33:00.549><c> the</c><00:33:00.869><c> falling</c><00:33:01.069><c> asleep</c>

00:33:01.670 --> 00:33:07.490
of<00:33:02.269><c> Brother</c><00:33:02.549><c> Ken's</c><00:33:02.990><c> wife,</c><00:33:03.470><c> Sister</c><00:33:03.690><c> Connie</c><00:33:04.029><c> Smith,</c><00:33:04.430><c> age</c><00:33:04.670><c> 75.</c><00:33:06.569><c> Sister</c><00:33:06.849><c> Connie</c><00:33:07.109><c> had</c><00:33:07.150><c> been</c><00:33:07.349><c> a</c>

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member<00:33:07.650><c> of</c><00:33:07.789><c> this</c>

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Ecclesia<00:33:08.369><c> since</c><00:33:08.670><c> her</c><00:33:08.890><c> baptism</c><00:33:09.269><c> in</c><00:33:09.529><c> 1932,</c><00:33:10.910><c> and</c><00:33:11.069><c> her</c><00:33:11.329><c> presence</c>

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will<00:33:11.869><c> be</c><00:33:12.210><c> sorely</c><00:33:12.630><c> missed.</c>

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And<00:33:15.130><c> so</c><00:33:15.690><c> we</c><00:33:16.730><c> might</c><00:33:17.230><c> infer</c><00:33:17.569><c> a</c><00:33:17.869><c> connection</c><00:33:18.269><c> of</c><00:33:18.630><c> some</c><00:33:18.910><c> sort.</c><00:33:20.170><c> Here's</c><00:33:20.430><c> been</c>

00:33:20.609 --> 00:33:22.450
this<00:33:20.849><c> wonderful</c><00:33:21.309><c> help</c><00:33:21.690><c> meet</c><00:33:21.930><c> for</c><00:33:22.170><c> this</c>

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brother.<00:33:24.750><c> Well,</c><00:33:25.190><c> we</c><00:33:25.369><c> thank</c><00:33:25.609><c> God</c><00:33:25.890><c> for</c><00:33:26.029><c> that</c><00:33:26.329><c> brother.</c><00:33:28.109><c> We</c><00:33:28.349><c> thank</c><00:33:28.630><c> God</c>

00:33:28.890 --> 00:33:30.410
for<00:33:29.069><c> that</c><00:33:29.390><c> sister.</c>

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And<00:33:32.410><c> we</c><00:33:32.650><c> thank</c><00:33:32.930><c> God</c><00:33:33.230><c> for</c><00:33:33.410><c> the</c><00:33:33.630><c> comfort</c><00:33:33.930><c> of</c><00:33:34.130><c> the</c><00:33:34.369><c> truth</c><00:33:34.930><c> that</c><00:33:36.450><c> says</c><00:33:36.710><c> she</c><00:33:36.890><c> now</c><00:33:37.210><c> sleeps</c><00:33:37.549><c> to</c>

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await<00:33:38.009><c> the</c><00:33:38.230><c> call</c><00:33:38.430><c> of</c><00:33:38.569><c> the</c><00:33:38.690><c> master.</c>

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You<00:33:42.750><c> can</c><00:33:42.869><c> go</c><00:33:43.009><c> on</c><00:33:43.230><c> and</c><00:33:43.390><c> on</c><00:33:43.529><c> like</c><00:33:43.789><c> this.</c><00:33:44.730><c> I</c><00:33:44.970><c> picked</c><00:33:45.109><c> up</c><00:33:45.309><c> a</c><00:33:45.450><c> few</c><00:33:45.609><c> pages</c><00:33:45.970><c> over</c><00:33:46.349><c> and</c>

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probably<00:33:46.890><c> you</c><00:33:47.109><c> did</c><00:33:47.289><c> too</c><00:33:47.509><c> as</c><00:33:47.650><c> you</c>

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Ecclesia<00:33:53.970><c> near</c><00:33:54.509><c> Birmingham,</c><00:33:55.109><c> if</c><00:33:55.230><c> my</c><00:33:55.450><c> memory</c><00:33:56.150><c> serves</c><00:33:56.509><c> me</c><00:33:56.730><c> correctly,</c><00:33:58.609><c> and</c>

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says<00:33:59.069><c> 1989</c><00:33:59.849><c> marks</c><00:34:00.289><c> the</c><00:34:00.549><c> centenary</c><00:34:00.930><c> of</c>

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the<00:34:01.210><c> Ecclesia</c><00:34:01.509><c> in</c><00:34:01.670><c> West</c><00:34:01.930><c> Bromwich,</c><00:34:02.390><c> the</c><00:34:02.509><c> first</c><00:34:02.809><c> meeting</c><00:34:03.349><c> being</c><00:34:03.930><c> held</c>

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on<00:34:04.509><c> January</c><00:34:04.910><c> 1,</c><00:34:05.549><c> 1889</c><00:34:06.130><c> with</c><00:34:06.390><c> a</c><00:34:06.569><c> total</c><00:34:06.730><c> of</c><00:34:06.890><c> 15</c>

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members<00:34:07.769><c> in</c><00:34:08.050><c> attendance.</c><00:34:09.409><c> Over</c><00:34:09.730><c> the</c><00:34:09.969><c> years,</c><00:34:10.469><c> the</c><00:34:10.550><c> numbers</c><00:34:10.929><c> of</c>

00:34:11.150 --> 00:34:14.590
members<00:34:11.510><c> increased</c><00:34:12.090><c> steadily</c><00:34:12.510><c> to</c><00:34:12.769><c> a</c><00:34:12.929><c> peak</c><00:34:13.050><c> of</c><00:34:13.269><c> 54</c><00:34:13.849><c> in</c>

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1935.<00:34:16.190><c> And</c><00:34:16.469><c> during</c><00:34:16.710><c> this</c><00:34:17.010><c> time,</c><00:34:17.349><c> the</c><00:34:17.550><c> meeting</c><00:34:17.730><c> for</c><00:34:17.969><c> various</c>

00:34:18.409 --> 00:34:21.030
reasons<00:34:18.849><c> moved</c><00:34:19.150><c> to</c><00:34:19.389><c> seven</c><00:34:19.730><c> different</c><00:34:20.030><c> locations</c><00:34:20.650><c> in</c><00:34:20.849><c> the</c>

00:34:21.030 --> 00:34:23.989
town,<00:34:21.449><c> but</c><00:34:21.829><c> the</c><00:34:22.170><c> desire</c><00:34:22.590><c> and</c><00:34:22.789><c> determination</c><00:34:23.389><c> to</c><00:34:23.570><c> keep</c><00:34:23.769><c> a</c>

00:34:23.989 --> 00:34:26.429
light<00:34:24.210><c> stand</c><00:34:24.469><c> burning</c><00:34:24.829><c> remained</c><00:34:25.309><c> strong.</c>

00:34:26.789 --> 00:34:31.909
In<00:34:26.949><c> 1937,</c><00:34:28.230><c> the</c><00:34:28.409><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:34:28.809><c> by</c><00:34:29.070><c> the</c><00:34:29.309><c> kindness</c><00:34:29.590><c> of</c><00:34:29.869><c> certain</c><00:34:30.070><c> brethren,</c><00:34:30.909><c> moved</c><00:34:31.130><c> into</c><00:34:31.369><c> their</c><00:34:31.610><c> own</c>

00:34:31.909 --> 00:34:33.190
hall<00:34:32.110><c> in</c><00:34:32.309><c> Beaches</c><00:34:32.710><c> Road</c>

00:34:33.190 --> 00:34:36.349
where<00:34:33.710><c> it</c><00:34:33.809><c> was</c><00:34:34.010><c> to</c><00:34:34.210><c> remain</c><00:34:34.489><c> for</c><00:34:34.690><c> the</c><00:34:34.730><c> next</c><00:34:35.070><c> 32</c><00:34:35.489><c> years</c><00:34:35.929><c> until</c><00:34:36.150><c> it</c>

00:34:36.349 --> 00:34:39.110
became<00:34:36.769><c> the</c><00:34:37.090><c> subject</c><00:34:37.489><c> of</c><00:34:37.969><c> a</c><00:34:38.110><c> compulsory</c><00:34:38.730><c> purchase</c>

00:34:39.110 --> 00:34:42.769
order<00:34:39.489><c> to</c><00:34:39.909><c> facilitate</c><00:34:40.429><c> a</c><00:34:40.650><c> new</c><00:34:40.829><c> loop</c><00:34:41.070><c> road</c><00:34:41.289><c> around</c><00:34:41.610><c> the</c><00:34:41.889><c> town.</c>

00:34:42.969 --> 00:34:44.750
Once<00:34:43.289><c> again,</c><00:34:43.710><c> with</c><00:34:43.869><c> the</c><00:34:44.010><c> help</c><00:34:44.150><c> of</c><00:34:44.289><c> our</c><00:34:44.429><c> Heavenly</c>

00:34:44.750 --> 00:34:47.969
Father,<00:34:45.150><c> a</c><00:34:45.309><c> new</c><00:34:45.489><c> hall</c><00:34:45.750><c> was</c><00:34:45.989><c> built</c><00:34:46.250><c> in</c><00:34:46.510><c> Seeger</c><00:34:46.869><c> Street.</c><00:34:47.670><c> This</c>

00:34:47.969 --> 00:34:50.409
was<00:34:48.190><c> the</c><00:34:48.409><c> first</c><00:34:48.690><c> hall</c><00:34:48.949><c> fully</c><00:34:49.269><c> owned</c><00:34:49.530><c> by</c><00:34:49.750><c> the</c><00:34:49.909><c> members</c><00:34:50.210><c> and</c>

00:34:50.409 --> 00:34:55.210
possession<00:34:50.829><c> was</c><00:34:51.090><c> taken</c><00:34:51.610><c> by</c><00:34:51.929><c> the</c><00:34:52.170><c> trustees</c><00:34:52.530><c> on</c><00:34:52.829><c> May</c><00:34:53.090><c> 8,</c><00:34:53.550><c> 1969.</c>

00:34:55.510 --> 00:35:00.469
During<00:34:55.809><c> 100</c><00:34:56.489><c> years,</c><00:34:58.170><c> 372</c><00:34:59.469><c> brethren</c><00:34:59.889><c> and</c><00:35:00.170><c> sisters</c>

00:35:00.469 --> 00:35:06.789
have<00:35:00.730><c> passed</c><00:35:01.070><c> through</c><00:35:01.349><c> the</c><00:35:01.510><c> books,</c><00:35:02.210><c> and</c><00:35:02.369><c> today</c><00:35:02.710><c> the</c><00:35:02.929><c> membership</c><00:35:03.389><c> number</c><00:35:03.789><c> is</c><00:35:03.929><c> 46.</c><00:35:06.309><c> And</c><00:35:06.610><c> I</c>

00:35:06.789 --> 00:35:07.309
stopped<00:35:07.010><c> and</c>

00:35:07.309 --> 00:35:14.329
thought,<00:35:07.489><c> brethren</c><00:35:07.829><c> and</c><00:35:08.110><c> sisters,</c><00:35:08.849><c> 372</c><00:35:11.389><c> brethren</c><00:35:11.889><c> and</c><00:35:12.210><c> sisters,</c><00:35:14.010><c> and</c>

00:35:14.329 --> 00:35:18.469
the<00:35:14.489><c> Lord</c><00:35:14.769><c> God</c><00:35:15.130><c> knows</c><00:35:15.610><c> the</c><00:35:15.929><c> names</c><00:35:16.369><c> of</c><00:35:16.670><c> every</c><00:35:17.090><c> one</c><00:35:17.269><c> of</c><00:35:17.489><c> them.</c>

00:35:20.409 --> 00:35:26.730
And<00:35:20.949><c> not</c><00:35:21.050><c> only</c><00:35:21.329><c> that</c><00:35:21.670><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:35:23.690><c> but</c><00:35:23.889><c> multiply</c><00:35:24.369><c> it</c><00:35:24.570><c> by</c><00:35:24.730><c> the</c><00:35:24.909><c> number</c><00:35:25.170><c> of</c><00:35:25.409><c> Ecclesias,</c>

00:35:27.130 --> 00:35:29.989
and<00:35:27.250><c> multiply</c><00:35:27.710><c> that</c><00:35:28.030><c> by</c><00:35:28.230><c> the</c><00:35:28.369><c> number</c><00:35:28.590><c> of</c><00:35:28.929><c> generations</c><00:35:29.710><c> from</c>

00:35:29.989 --> 00:35:35.329
the<00:35:30.170><c> first</c><00:35:30.429><c> century</c><00:35:30.750><c> to</c><00:35:31.050><c> this,</c><00:35:32.730><c> and</c><00:35:32.929><c> God</c><00:35:33.389><c> knows</c><00:35:33.929><c> them</c><00:35:34.289><c> all.</c>

00:35:36.510 --> 00:35:40.469
Our<00:35:36.769><c> Lord</c><00:35:37.210><c> Jesus</c><00:35:37.889><c> knows</c><00:35:38.449><c> them</c><00:35:38.869><c> all</c><00:35:39.230><c> as</c><00:35:39.489><c> well.</c>

00:35:41.769 --> 00:35:45.289
Just<00:35:42.230><c> so</c><00:35:42.590><c> many</c><00:35:42.869><c> things</c><00:35:43.230><c> here,</c><00:35:43.570><c> and</c><00:35:43.730><c> Brother</c><00:35:43.929><c> Bob,</c><00:35:44.210><c> what's</c><00:35:44.409><c> our</c><00:35:44.610><c> time?</c>

00:35:46.289 --> 00:35:48.349
You're<00:35:46.769><c> still</c><00:35:46.909><c> good</c><00:35:47.130><c> for</c><00:35:47.329><c> about</c><00:35:47.469><c> 10</c><00:35:47.670><c> minutes.</c>

00:35:50.889 --> 00:35:54.789
Well,<00:35:51.449><c> 10</c><00:35:51.630><c> minutes</c><00:35:51.889><c> won't</c><00:35:52.110><c> allow</c><00:35:52.349><c> me</c><00:35:52.570><c> to</c><00:35:52.710><c> do</c><00:35:52.849><c> all</c><00:35:53.070><c> that</c><00:35:53.309><c> I</c><00:35:53.769><c> intended,</c><00:35:54.170><c> so</c><00:35:54.389><c> maybe</c><00:35:54.670><c> a</c>

00:35:54.789 --> 00:35:55.690
little<00:35:54.909><c> of</c><00:35:55.050><c> this</c><00:35:55.190><c> can</c><00:35:55.429><c> carry</c>

00:35:55.690 --> 00:36:00.010
over<00:35:55.909><c> till</c><00:35:56.090><c> tomorrow.</c><00:35:57.929><c> But</c><00:35:58.230><c> I</c><00:35:58.630><c> glance</c><00:35:58.989><c> through</c><00:35:59.409><c> here</c><00:35:59.670><c> and</c><00:35:59.789><c> I</c>

00:36:00.010 --> 00:36:02.570
see<00:36:00.130><c> another</c><00:36:00.510><c> piece</c><00:36:00.789><c> of</c><00:36:01.070><c> information</c><00:36:01.530><c> that</c><00:36:01.969><c> has</c><00:36:02.289><c> touched</c>

00:36:02.570 --> 00:36:08.590
the<00:36:02.849><c> lives</c><00:36:03.090><c> of</c><00:36:03.409><c> some</c><00:36:03.550><c> who</c><00:36:03.670><c> are</c><00:36:03.849><c> here.</c><00:36:06.929><c> An</c><00:36:07.170><c> older</c><00:36:07.489><c> brother,</c><00:36:08.030><c> I'm</c>

00:36:08.590 --> 00:36:11.449
sure<00:36:08.869><c> if</c><00:36:09.050><c> I'm</c><00:36:09.230><c> reading</c><00:36:09.389><c> this</c><00:36:09.690><c> correctly,</c><00:36:11.050><c> who</c><00:36:11.210><c> just</c>

00:36:11.449 --> 00:36:19.150
a<00:36:11.630><c> couple</c><00:36:11.769><c> of</c><00:36:12.030><c> years</c><00:36:12.250><c> ago</c><00:36:12.590><c> lost</c><00:36:12.989><c> his</c><00:36:13.250><c> sister</c><00:36:13.570><c> wife,</c><00:36:14.849><c> and</c><00:36:15.750><c> now</c><00:36:16.070><c> in</c><00:36:16.269><c> the</c><00:36:16.429><c> later</c><00:36:16.769><c> years</c><00:36:17.389><c> has</c><00:36:18.530><c> found</c><00:36:18.809><c> a</c>

00:36:19.150 --> 00:36:20.349
companion<00:36:19.469><c> again,</c>

00:36:21.809 --> 00:36:23.630
and<00:36:22.409><c> has</c><00:36:22.670><c> remarried.</c>

00:36:25.130 --> 00:36:30.750
And<00:36:25.730><c> that</c><00:36:25.889><c> has</c><00:36:26.130><c> happened</c><00:36:26.329><c> in</c><00:36:26.530><c> our</c><00:36:26.690><c> own</c><00:36:26.929><c> family.</c><00:36:29.170><c> And</c><00:36:29.389><c> you</c><00:36:29.610><c> thank</c><00:36:29.829><c> God</c>

00:36:30.750 --> 00:36:33.269
for<00:36:32.309><c> this</c><00:36:32.610><c> companionship,</c>

00:36:33.269 --> 00:36:36.349
and<00:36:33.409><c> you</c><00:36:33.570><c> realize,</c><00:36:34.250><c> brethren</c><00:36:34.369><c> and</c><00:36:34.650><c> sisters,</c><00:36:35.449><c> I</c><00:36:35.710><c> realize</c><00:36:36.090><c> at</c>

00:36:36.349 --> 00:36:39.449
my<00:36:36.690><c> age</c><00:36:36.929><c> how</c><00:36:37.150><c> my</c><00:36:37.449><c> own</c><00:36:37.750><c> patterns</c><00:36:38.130><c> of</c><00:36:38.489><c> living</c><00:36:38.670><c> become</c>

00:36:39.449 --> 00:36:47.190
established,<00:36:41.730><c> and</c><00:36:42.349><c> how</c><00:36:42.769><c> to</c><00:36:43.909><c> take</c><00:36:44.309><c> and</c><00:36:45.289><c> meld</c><00:36:45.789><c> two</c><00:36:46.050><c> lives</c><00:36:46.489><c> together</c><00:36:46.969><c> in</c>

00:36:47.190 --> 00:36:48.690
the<00:36:47.289><c> later</c><00:36:47.550><c> years.</c>

00:36:50.670 --> 00:36:54.869
I<00:36:50.869><c> suppose</c><00:36:51.349><c> along</c><00:36:51.829><c> with</c><00:36:52.230><c> the</c><00:36:52.789><c> established</c><00:36:53.210><c> patterns</c><00:36:53.670><c> also</c><00:36:54.190><c> come</c><00:36:54.510><c> some</c><00:36:54.710><c> of</c>

00:36:54.869 --> 00:36:55.949
the<00:36:55.010><c> development</c><00:36:55.309><c> of</c><00:36:55.530><c> the</c><00:36:55.690><c> finer</c>

00:36:55.949 --> 00:36:59.730
qualities,<00:36:56.929><c> which</c><00:36:57.190><c> make</c><00:36:57.469><c> that</c><00:36:57.829><c> adjustment</c><00:36:58.449><c> perhaps</c><00:36:59.369><c> a</c><00:36:59.550><c> bit</c>

00:36:59.730 --> 00:37:03.170
more<00:37:00.710><c> smooth</c><00:37:01.030><c> than</c><00:37:01.210><c> it</c><00:37:01.369><c> might</c><00:37:01.510><c> be</c><00:37:01.710><c> in</c><00:37:01.889><c> younger</c><00:37:02.090><c> years.</c>

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:08.789
But<00:37:03.969><c> there</c><00:37:04.230><c> we</c><00:37:04.449><c> are,</c><00:37:04.969><c> companions</c><00:37:05.670><c> once</c><00:37:06.170><c> again</c><00:37:06.690><c> in</c><00:37:07.590><c> the</c><00:37:08.030><c> closing</c><00:37:08.449><c> years</c>

00:37:08.789 --> 00:37:12.929
of<00:37:09.070><c> life,</c><00:37:10.250><c> as</c><00:37:10.690><c> this</c><00:37:11.449><c> brother</c><00:37:11.809><c> and</c><00:37:12.269><c> his</c>

00:37:12.929 --> 00:37:18.969
new<00:37:13.349><c> wife</c><00:37:14.150><c> walk</c><00:37:15.349><c> together</c><00:37:15.730><c> toward</c><00:37:15.989><c> the</c><00:37:16.250><c> kingdom.</c><00:37:18.369><c> And</c><00:37:18.489><c> a</c><00:37:18.610><c> little</c><00:37:18.769><c> note</c>

00:37:18.969 --> 00:37:20.789
that<00:37:19.130><c> I</c><00:37:19.309><c> just</c><00:37:19.530><c> penciled</c><00:37:19.929><c> in</c><00:37:20.050><c> the</c><00:37:20.230><c> margin</c><00:37:20.489><c> of</c>

00:37:20.789 --> 00:37:27.210
my<00:37:21.369><c> Christadelphian,</c><00:37:22.429><c> wonderful.</c><00:37:24.690><c> And</c><00:37:25.190><c> we</c><00:37:25.429><c> pray</c><00:37:25.670><c> for</c><00:37:25.969><c> them.</c>

00:37:28.070 --> 00:37:30.849
We<00:37:28.570><c> read</c><00:37:28.829><c> it</c><00:37:29.010><c> with</c><00:37:29.170><c> a</c><00:37:29.369><c> prayer</c><00:37:29.510><c> in</c><00:37:29.730><c> our</c><00:37:29.909><c> hearts.</c>

00:37:34.389 --> 00:37:41.590
And<00:37:34.989><c> so,</c><00:37:35.289><c> brethren</c><00:37:35.369><c> and</c><00:37:35.610><c> sisters,</c><00:37:39.469><c> we</c><00:37:39.769><c> bow</c><00:37:39.949><c> our</c><00:37:40.130><c> heads.</c>

00:37:52.789 --> 00:37:59.190
We<00:37:53.389><c> come,</c><00:37:53.590><c> Heavenly</c><00:37:54.010><c> Father,</c><00:37:57.190><c> before</c><00:37:57.590><c> Thy</c><00:37:57.849><c> throne</c><00:37:58.110><c> of</c><00:37:58.389><c> grace,</c>

00:38:05.090 --> 00:38:08.530
and<00:38:05.630><c> we</c><00:38:05.630><c> stop</c><00:38:05.989><c> and</c><00:38:06.269><c> reflect</c><00:38:06.730><c> on</c><00:38:07.030><c> the</c><00:38:07.269><c> things</c><00:38:07.650><c> that</c>

00:38:11.769 --> 00:38:14.659
the<00:38:12.050><c> Apostles</c><00:38:12.610><c> have</c><00:38:12.829><c> given</c><00:38:13.050><c> to</c><00:38:13.309><c> us</c><00:38:13.449><c> in</c><00:38:13.710><c> Thy</c><00:38:13.889><c> Word.</c>

00:38:17.989 --> 00:38:20.710
We've<00:38:18.530><c> asked</c><00:38:18.829><c> of</c><00:38:19.030><c> Thee,</c><00:38:19.230><c> Heavenly</c><00:38:19.630><c> Father,</c><00:38:20.030><c> what</c><00:38:20.250><c> should</c><00:38:20.510><c> we</c>

00:38:20.710 --> 00:38:21.719
pray<00:38:20.949><c> for?</c>

00:38:23.369 --> 00:38:29.489
And<00:38:23.710><c> that</c><00:38:23.929><c> prayer</c><00:38:24.590><c> is</c><00:38:25.409><c> answered</c><00:38:25.989><c> in</c><00:38:26.650><c> abundance</c><00:38:27.409><c> to</c><00:38:28.210><c> the</c><00:38:28.409><c> point,</c><00:38:28.570><c> Heavenly</c><00:38:28.969><c> Father,</c><00:38:29.329><c> that</c>

00:38:29.489 --> 00:38:30.449
we<00:38:29.670><c> just</c><00:38:29.989><c> say</c>

00:38:30.449 --> 00:38:33.150
we'll<00:38:31.070><c> have</c><00:38:31.250><c> to</c><00:38:31.389><c> take</c><00:38:31.550><c> it</c><00:38:31.690><c> a</c><00:38:31.690><c> little</c><00:38:31.909><c> bit</c><00:38:32.070><c> at</c><00:38:32.250><c> a</c><00:38:32.389><c> time.</c>

00:38:36.329 --> 00:38:44.269
But<00:38:37.730><c> as</c><00:38:38.489><c> we</c><00:38:39.030><c> scan</c><00:38:39.630><c> the</c><00:38:41.369><c> horizon</c><00:38:42.250><c> of</c><00:38:42.469><c> the</c><00:38:42.630><c> ecclesial</c><00:38:43.070><c> world,</c>

00:38:49.449 --> 00:38:57.250
we<00:38:49.690><c> see</c><00:38:50.590><c> not</c><00:38:51.929><c> only</c><00:38:52.489><c> 372</c><00:38:54.449><c> in</c><00:38:55.809><c> West</c><00:38:56.150><c> Bramwich,</c>

00:39:00.289 --> 00:39:03.710
but<00:39:00.929><c> hundreds</c><00:39:01.409><c> and</c><00:39:01.829><c> thousands,</c><00:39:02.590><c> brethren</c><00:39:02.710><c> and</c><00:39:02.989><c> sisters,</c><00:39:03.530><c> of</c>

00:39:03.710 --> 00:39:05.809
brethren<00:39:03.989><c> and</c><00:39:04.250><c> sisters,</c><00:39:04.670><c> Heavenly</c><00:39:04.989><c> Father,</c>

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many<00:39:11.570><c> on</c><00:39:11.789><c> this</c><00:39:12.010><c> continent,</c>

00:39:15.949 --> 00:39:23.969
1200<00:39:16.329><c> in</c><00:39:16.610><c> Malawi,</c><00:39:20.449><c> just</c><00:39:20.730><c> a</c><00:39:21.050><c> small</c><00:39:21.289><c> group</c><00:39:21.630><c> in</c><00:39:22.230><c> Sestah</c><00:39:22.650><c> City,</c><00:39:22.969><c> Liberia.</c>

00:39:28.309 --> 00:39:33.210
But<00:39:29.070><c> added</c><00:39:29.369><c> together</c><00:39:29.969><c> through</c><00:39:30.610><c> the</c><00:39:31.110><c> present</c><00:39:31.570><c> and</c><00:39:32.530><c> multiplied</c>

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by<00:39:33.610><c> the</c><00:39:33.869><c> past,</c>

00:39:37.809 --> 00:39:43.230
we<00:39:38.570><c> thank</c><00:39:38.929><c> Thee,</c><00:39:39.130><c> Heavenly</c><00:39:39.469><c> Father,</c><00:39:41.449><c> for</c><00:39:41.710><c> their</c><00:39:41.969><c> faith.</c>

00:39:47.050 --> 00:39:50.690
What<00:39:47.230><c> a</c><00:39:47.429><c> rare</c><00:39:47.630><c> commodity</c><00:39:48.210><c> in</c><00:39:48.429><c> this</c><00:39:48.750><c> day</c><00:39:48.969><c> and</c><00:39:49.130><c> in</c><00:39:49.349><c> this</c><00:39:49.510><c> age.</c>

00:39:51.690 --> 00:39:57.230
And<00:39:51.989><c> that</c><00:39:52.070><c> it</c><00:39:52.309><c> should</c><00:39:52.469><c> have</c><00:39:52.949><c> found</c><00:39:53.309><c> us,</c><00:39:55.710><c> we</c><00:39:56.449><c> thank</c><00:39:56.730><c> Thee.</c>

00:40:01.150 --> 00:40:07.349
And<00:40:02.030><c> we</c><00:40:02.909><c> see</c><00:40:03.489><c> also</c><00:40:04.130><c> in</c><00:40:04.409><c> the</c><00:40:04.650><c> chronicle</c><00:40:05.070><c> of</c><00:40:05.449><c> Thy</c><00:40:05.730><c> work,</c><00:40:06.050><c> Heavenly</c><00:40:06.409><c> Father,</c>

00:40:10.809 --> 00:40:17.329
we<00:40:11.469><c> see</c><00:40:12.070><c> how</c><00:40:13.769><c> frail</c><00:40:14.190><c> our</c><00:40:14.429><c> human</c><00:40:14.869><c> nature</c><00:40:15.309><c> is,</c><00:40:16.309><c> how</c><00:40:16.610><c> powerful</c><00:40:17.110><c> in</c>

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its<00:40:17.510><c> weakness.</c>

00:40:22.909 --> 00:40:27.409
And<00:40:23.550><c> we</c><00:40:23.550><c> see</c><00:40:23.909><c> those</c><00:40:24.789><c> upon</c><00:40:25.889><c> whom</c><00:40:26.110><c> the</c><00:40:26.349><c> world</c><00:40:26.550><c> has</c><00:40:26.809><c> had</c><00:40:26.929><c> such</c><00:40:27.170><c> an</c>

00:40:27.409 --> 00:40:30.670
impact<00:40:28.030><c> that</c><00:40:29.329><c> they've</c><00:40:29.650><c> fallen</c><00:40:29.849><c> away</c>

00:40:33.909 --> 00:40:37.929
or<00:40:34.550><c> been</c><00:40:34.869><c> unable</c><00:40:35.250><c> to</c><00:40:35.510><c> resist</c><00:40:35.949><c> the</c><00:40:36.210><c> temptations</c><00:40:36.849><c> of</c><00:40:37.110><c> sin.</c>

00:40:40.670 --> 00:40:44.610
And<00:40:40.889><c> our</c><00:40:41.030><c> heart</c><00:40:41.789><c> is</c><00:40:42.610><c> filled</c><00:40:42.869><c> with</c><00:40:43.090><c> sadness</c><00:40:43.489><c> and</c><00:40:43.789><c> grief</c>

00:40:47.469 --> 00:40:52.909
because<00:40:48.510><c> we</c><00:40:49.050><c> know</c><00:40:50.389><c> that</c><00:40:51.170><c> above</c><00:40:51.389><c> all</c><00:40:51.670><c> else</c><00:40:51.949><c> Thou</c><00:40:52.309><c> dost</c><00:40:52.610><c> know</c>

00:40:52.909 --> 00:40:56.170
them<00:40:53.730><c> and</c><00:40:54.190><c> had</c><00:40:54.809><c> called</c><00:40:55.150><c> them.</c>

00:41:00.809 --> 00:41:08.550
We<00:41:01.329><c> see</c><00:41:01.789><c> the</c><00:41:02.289><c> chronicle</c><00:41:03.530><c> of</c><00:41:04.730><c> service,</c><00:41:07.570><c> a</c><00:41:07.949><c> recording</c><00:41:08.230><c> brother</c>

00:41:08.550 --> 00:41:10.130
for<00:41:08.849><c> many</c><00:41:09.110><c> years,</c>

00:41:11.929 --> 00:41:18.219
and<00:41:12.630><c> our</c><00:41:12.630><c> brethren</c><00:41:13.030><c> who</c><00:41:16.550><c> will</c><00:41:16.809><c> minister</c><00:41:17.130><c> to</c><00:41:17.369><c> others,</c>

00:41:20.409 --> 00:41:27.940
or<00:41:20.610><c> committees</c><00:41:21.110><c> who</c><00:41:23.789><c> provide</c><00:41:24.210><c> for</c><00:41:24.449><c> us</c><00:41:24.989><c> of</c><00:41:25.190><c> a</c><00:41:25.309><c> wonderful</c><00:41:25.989><c> environment</c><00:41:26.789><c> to</c><00:41:27.090><c> meet</c>

00:41:28.250 --> 00:41:31.510
and<00:41:28.949><c> consider</c><00:41:29.309><c> Thy</c><00:41:29.570><c> Word.</c><00:41:30.010><c> And</c><00:41:30.010><c> we</c><00:41:30.190><c> ask,</c><00:41:30.670><c> Father,</c><00:41:30.849><c> multiply</c>

00:41:31.510 --> 00:41:33.530
their<00:41:31.889><c> seed</c><00:41:32.110><c> for</c><00:41:32.449><c> sowing,</c>

00:41:33.750 --> 00:41:36.000
give<00:41:34.130><c> them</c><00:41:34.510><c> grace</c><00:41:34.889><c> for</c><00:41:35.150><c> grace,</c>

00:41:38.030 --> 00:41:40.510
that<00:41:38.150><c> all</c><00:41:38.349><c> may</c><00:41:38.550><c> redound</c><00:41:39.030><c> to</c><00:41:39.269><c> Thine</c><00:41:39.429><c> honor,</c><00:41:39.849><c> to</c><00:41:39.949><c> Thine</c><00:41:40.170><c> glory,</c>

00:41:40.650 --> 00:41:49.210
and<00:41:40.809><c> thanksgiving</c><00:41:41.269><c> to</c><00:41:41.530><c> Thee.</c>

00:41:49.630 --> 00:41:56.090
Heavenly<00:41:50.150><c> Father,</c><00:41:51.789><c> help</c><00:41:52.070><c> us</c><00:41:53.389><c> in</c><00:41:54.230><c> these</c><00:41:54.550><c> last</c><00:41:54.909><c> days</c>

00:41:57.289 --> 00:42:03.690
to<00:41:58.690><c> pray</c><00:41:59.510><c> more</c><00:42:01.170><c> earnestly</c><00:42:01.750><c> one</c><00:42:02.269><c> for</c><00:42:02.489><c> another</c>

00:42:05.829 --> 00:42:11.789
because<00:42:06.530><c> we</c><00:42:06.789><c> suspect</c><00:42:07.429><c> that</c><00:42:08.949><c> hidden</c><00:42:09.150><c> away</c><00:42:09.889><c> in</c><00:42:10.429><c> the</c><00:42:10.590><c> answers</c>

00:42:13.550 --> 00:42:21.429
are<00:42:14.250><c> blessings</c><00:42:14.730><c> that</c><00:42:15.030><c> we</c><00:42:15.730><c> hardly</c><00:42:16.309><c> can</c><00:42:17.610><c> begin</c><00:42:18.550><c> to</c><00:42:19.889><c> perceive</c><00:42:20.329><c> of.</c>

00:42:23.349 --> 00:42:26.369
Hear<00:42:24.429><c> as</c><00:42:24.590><c> we</c><00:42:24.829><c> beseech</c><00:42:25.329><c> Thee,</c>

00:42:30.550 --> 00:42:38.789
give<00:42:30.690><c> us</c><00:42:30.949><c> hearts</c><00:42:31.789><c> that</c><00:42:33.769><c> are</c><00:42:33.969><c> able</c><00:42:34.250><c> to</c><00:42:36.090><c> stand</c><00:42:36.570><c> outside</c><00:42:37.150><c> themselves</c>

00:42:42.730 --> 00:42:50.730
and<00:42:43.269><c> love</c><00:42:43.630><c> and</c><00:42:44.010><c> minister</c><00:42:44.550><c> and</c><00:42:45.530><c> pray</c><00:42:46.389><c> for</c><00:42:48.070><c> one</c><00:42:48.309><c> another</c><00:42:48.769><c> in</c><00:42:50.090><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:50.929 --> 00:42:54.210
Thank<00:42:52.070><c> you.</c><00:42:52.969><c> Amen.</c>

00:43:33.530 --> 00:43:34.869
Amen.